FAU Libraries Technical Services Department Policies and Procedures Outsourcing Catalog

Outsourcing Cataloging

The Process in Action

These images illustrate steps taken to maintain quality control of the outsourcing project.

Processing the books in preparation for shipping to TechPro.

 

 

 

Coordinating shipment schedules and reviewing statistics.

 

 

 

A message is entered into the copy holding field of each provisional record indicating the number of the TechPro shipment.

 

 

 

A list can then be retrieved of all the titles of a particular shipment.

 

 

 

Books are packed in Shipping/Receiving area to send to TechPro.

 

 

 

Labelled boxes of the shipments are stored in the Library's Mail Room until shipping date arrives.

 

 

 

Verification is made that the bibliographic records of the material cataloged by TechPro have been successfully transferred into the library's database.

 

 

 

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