Re: Job Description List

[Betty Dawn Hamilton <bhamilt@TENET.EDU>]

>Joyce Conklin wrote:
> I agree that such duties as MARC record creation (and other parts of
> cataloging) be given some other category title than "clerical" since
> administrators are often wont to equate "clerical" with "low pay" or with
> "professional not needed."

YES, YES, Yes!  We are *still* trying to make corrections that data entry
clerks keyed into our database several years ago.  Because they were not
librarians, they just didn't understand the necessity of adhering to the
MARC format religiously -- consequently, we have some very unorthodox
records.  (They did most of their data entry during the summer and
Christmas holidays when a non-librarian was the only one to supervise.)

MARC records, even if keyed by data entry people, need *administrative*
decisions and supervision.

Betty
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