University of Florida  

George A.Smathers Libraries Resource Service Department

           

Processing Costs for Monographs Received Without
Shelf Ready Handling


Monograph Receiving and Invoice Processing Costs
Approvals Receipt and Order Creation Costs -- LC Copy
Cataloging and End Processing Costs for Non-Approval-- LC Copy
Quick Cataloging - 26% of the incoming monographs
Quick/quick cataloging -- 50% of the incoming monographs

Performed in the Monographs Unit, this processing is for firm orders, claim orders, and slip orders and includes receiving the item and posting payment on the NOTIS order record (created previously when the order was placed).

OPS/Student - process 20 titles per hour and receive approximately 50% of the titles.
$.21 per title (x 20 title per hour = $4.20)
SR LTA staff - process about 20 titles per hour and receive approximately 50% of the titles.
$.39 per title (x20 titles = $7.80)
(for foreign title receipts and invoices, staff and students can process about 17 titles per hour)

 
Approvals Receipt and Order Creation Costs -- LC Copy

Staff unpack weekly shipment, check items against invoice, shelf for review according to LC classification. Once books are selected, staff remove from the shelf and search OCLC using title search or by scanning ISBN barcode. Staff use a macro to set the location, call number, and make a print out. They also apply the barcode and scan the number into the record before processing for ONI interface with NOTIS. After the ONI process, staff cut the printouts and match them with the pieces. Then they search LUIS by title to check for title duplication. Using the scanner to "smart barcode", the bar code macro creates an order (CROD) and inputs the vendor, sets the order code and ship to code, add APP note, and then enter the fund code and price of the title manually.

Staff stamp with UF ownership stamp, write the call number in the back of the book, stamp with the location, and tattle tape the book.

$0.80 per item for LTA staff to perform OCLC searching and bib/cat review
$0.15 search labor
$0.30 receipt processing
$0.23 tattle tape ($.10 labor + $.13 tattle tape)
$1.05 end processing
$0.36 OCLC prime time search
$0.11 Export record to OCLC
$0.48 Set holdings in prime time

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$3.48 per title

 

Cataloging and End Processing Costs for Non-Approval-- LC Copy

CIP - 24% of the incoming monographs

$1.60 per item for LTA to process 4-5 titles per hour
$0.15 search labor
$0.01 sort labor
$0.23 tattle tape ($.10 labor + $.13 tattle tape)
$1.05 end processing (spine label and edge stamp)
$0.36 OCLC prime time search
$0.11 Export record to OCLC
$0.48 Set holdings in prime time

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$3.99 per title

 

Quick Cataloging - 26% of the incoming monographs

$1.07 per item for LTA to process 6-8 titles per hour
$0.15 search labor
$0.04 sort labor
$0.23 tattle tape ($.10 labor + $.13 tattle tape)
$1.05 end processing (spine label and edge stamp)
$0.36 OCLC prime time search
$0.11 Export record to OCLC
$0.48 Set holdings in prime time

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$3.49 per title

 

Quick/quick cataloging -- 50% of the incoming monographs

$0.39 per item for OPS to process 10 titles per hour
$0.15 per item for search labor
$0.04 sort labor
$1.05 end processing (spine label and edge stamp)
$0.23 tattle tape ($.10 labor + $.13 tattle tape)
$0.36 OCLC prime time search
$0.11 Export record to OCLC
$0.48 Set holdings in prime time

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$2.81 per title

Average cataloging/end processing cost per title -- firm order material - $3.28
Average cataloging/end processing per title -- firm order and approval - $3.35


Prepared by: Michele Crump
Last updated: March 10, 1997