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While the overall numbers of staff involved in copy cataloging activities at Columbia and Cornell are comparable (seeColumbia Central TS, Starr East Asian, and Cornell org. charts)  it is not easy to assess staffing levels in terms of FTE because Columbia's copy cataloging operations are more centralized than Cornell's.  At Cornell there are 35 staff members performing inputting and fastcatting and 4 copy catalogers, at Columbia there are 25 copy catalogers.  There is a difference in major responsibilities as well. At Columbia copy catalogers are support staff performing mainly cataloging activities: inputting minimal level records, backlogging, performing copy and sometimes original cataloging. At Cornell these tasks are more aligned with position titles:  copy cataloger and inputter/fastcatter. The main difference in staff distribution is that at Columbia most staff perform only cataloging related duties while at Cornell many of the fastcatters and inputters have other Technical Services related responsibilities (e.g. receiving, ordering, physical processing, database maintenance, etc.)

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Direct reporting structures at both institutions are well represented by the Technical Services organizational charts (see Columbia Central TS, Starr East Asian, and Cornell org. charts)

Staff generally report to a direct supervisor, who in turn reports to a director of a division or department.  At both institutions there are cross departmental/divisional meetings and committees charged with deciding cataloging policies and new procedures as well as creation and changes in local cataloging documentation.

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• Attached spreadsheets for Columbia cataloging statistics (2010-2013):

        - Columbia overall copy and original statistics \[link\]

        - By language \[link\]

        - By format \[link\]
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• Attached spreadsheets for Cornell cataloging statistics (2010-2013):

         - Cornell overall copy and original statistics \[link\]

         - By language \[link\]

         - By format \[link\]
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Generally, copy cataloging statistics at both institutions reflect the number of materials received in a certain period of time. The combined copy cataloging numbers at Columbia for MPS, OSMC and EAL are about 100,000 a year (not counting backlogged materials in Precat and Offprecat). At Cornell the fastcat and non-fastcat categories comprise approximately 60,000 titles a year.

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