1. Has your library done any significant cataloging of pre-1976 U.S. Government publications? [299 total respondents]
a. Yes: 84 responses (28%)
b. No: 215 responses (72%)If yes, please continue with Project Scope and Description questions.
If no, please go to Future Projects questions (Questions 10-14)
Project Scope and Description:
2. Please briefly describe what has been cataloged. Please include agency names, SuDoc stems, etc.
Provide an estimate of the number of titles cataloged. [82 responses]
For a list of responses, click here.
For a list of projects by category, click here.
3. Between your library's depository designation date and 1977, can you estimate your average depository item selection percentage? If your library is a Regional, make estimate for years preceding regional designation. [84 institutions responding; 28% of total]
a. 75%-100%: 15 responses (18% responding to this question)
b. 50%-75%: 15 responses (18% responding to this question)
c. 25%-50%: 12 responses (14% responding to this question)
d. 0% -25%: 37 responses(44% responding to this question)
e. Don't know: 5 responses (6% responding to this question)
4. What percentage of those items which you acquired through the depository program have since been weeded from the collection? [84 institutions responding; 28% of total]
a. 75%-100%: 0 response (0% responding to this question)
b. 50%-75%: 9 responses (11% responding to this question)
c. 25%-50%: 7 responses (8% responding to this question
d. 0% -25%: 50 responses (60% responding to this question
e. Don't know: 18 responses (21% responding to this question)
5. Did you use a bibliographic utility? [82 institutions responding; 13 checked two or more choices]
a. OCLC: 74 responses (90% responding to this question)
b. RLIN: 11 responses (13% responding to this question)
c. WLN: 5 responses (6% responding to this question)
d. Other/local (which one?): 10 responses (12% responding to this question). For a list of responses, click here.
6. Are your records full MARC? [84 institutions responding]
a. Yes: 80 responses (95% responding to this question)
b. No: 4 responses (5 % responding to this question)
7. How were publications chosen for cataloging? (please check all that apply.) [83 institutions responding; 48 checked one choice, 19 checked two, 13 checked three, and 6 checked four]
a. By agency: 37 responses (45% responding to this question)
b. By year: 19 responses (23% responding to this question)
c. High usage: 41 responses (49% responding to this question)
d. Low usage: 2 responses (2% responding to this question)
e. Other (Please specify): 46 responses (55% responding to this question). For a list of responses, click here.
8. Did your project include (check all that apply). [84 institutions making multiple responses]
a. Original cataloging: 60 responses
b. Copy cataloging: 80 responses
c. Classification numbers added to the records: 58 responses
d. Depository item numbers added to records: 13 responses
e. Enhancing OCLC master records (updating OCLC’s record): 22 responses
9. Where are the records available? [84 institutions responding]
a. Locally: 84 responses (100% responding to this question)
b. National utility: 65 responses (77% responding to this question)
c. Other? (Please specify, listing URL or card catalog location): 7 responses (8% responding to this question). For a list of responses, click here.
10. If a multi-library project for retrospective cataloging were to be organized, would your library be interested in contributing? (This contribution could vary between cataloging an entire agency to doing a limited amount of original cataloging for an agency of your choosing, or year-by-year.) [299 institutions responding]
a. Yes: 107 (36%). For a list of YES responses, click here.
b. No: 192 (64%)
11. Would you be willing to volunteer staff time to catalog documents owned by other institutions? [294 institutions responding]
a. Yes: 21 (7% responding to this question; 7% of total respondents) For a list of YES responses, click here.
b. No: 273 (93% responding to this question; 91% of total respondents)
12. Would your library be willing to catalog selected documents in your collection which have been identified as needing original cataloging? [296 institutions responding]
a. Yes: 172 (58% responding to this question; 58% of total respondents) For a list of YES responses, click here.
b. No: 124 (42% responding to this question; 41% total respondents)
13. Please identify one person at your institution that would be willing to serve as a contact to those seeking further information about your recon activities and willingness to participate in future collaborative projects. If listing more than one person is necessary, please indicate what type of information can be provided by each contact. (While this information will be posted with the survey results, you are NOT obligated to participate in any future projects)
14. Do you know of any other libraries that have done significant retrospective cataloging of federal publications that we might wish to contact if they do not respond to or know about this survey? If so, do you have a contact name, email address and/or phone number?