CATALOGUING AND CLASSIFICATION IN BRITISH UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Abstract

As we indicated in the first part of this study, the second part was to be a cost analysis of cataloguing and classification, comprising a picture of the activities in the libraries—the division of labour, the distinction, if any, between professional and non-professional work, the grades and salaries of staff employed on the various tasks, and the amount of time spent on each. It should be made clear at the outset that no detailed cost analysis was attempted, but we hope to have given a general picture of the amount of time spent on cataloguing and classification in relation to certain other tasks in the libraries covered by our survey.