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Columbia has 11 FTE who receive material in the Monographs Processing Services (MPS) division. Eight of the staff members are responsible for the day-to-day receiving of material in the Monographs Acquisitions Services (MAS) department which is divided into two units: the Book in Hand unit (BIH) receives approvals, Collection Direct Accessions (CDAs), and gifts, and the Order & Receiving Unit (OAR) receives firm ordered material. One FTE in the OAR unit is assigned 35% cataloging duties. The three remaining staff members are copy catalogers who are located in Monographs Processing Services-Cataloging and assist with receiving firm order material whenever necessary. Cornell has 12 FTE that are cross-trained to receive, input and fastcast approval and firm order material, and are dispersed throughout Library Technical Services. Both Columbia and Cornell's receiving staff have diverse language skills and expertise which allow them to process a wide range of approval material for review, receive firm orders, and fastcat upon receipt. Cornell includes the processing of Chinese-Japanese-Korean-Tibetan (CJKT) material within their main technical services division at Cornell , whereas Columbia's CJKT material is processed separately at C.V. Starr East Asian Library.
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