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- Summary of staffing in terms of approximate FTE:** Columbia has about 15.2 people who form the core of the original catalogers (10 in OSMC, 2.70 in the East Asian Library, 2.50 in MPS) as well as other staff who do some cataloging (some cataloging in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library as well as at Barnard and the Health Sciences Library; these are not part of 2CUL). Not all of them catalog full time.** Cornell has about 13 people who form the core of the original catalogers. Not all of them catalog full time.
- Cornell has more split and part-time cataloging assignments
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- At Columbia, OSMC librarians report to the Director, Original and Special Materials Cataloging. OSMC support staff report to one of the OSMC librarians. MPS librarians report to the Director, Monographic Processing Services. MPS support staff report to one of the MPS librarians. EAL librarians report to the Head, Technical Services, Starr East Asian Library. EAL support staff report to one of the EAL librarians. The cataloging department heads ("Catheads") meet regularly to discuss and finalize policies and priorities. Some topics also go up to Management Committee. The Law Library and The Augustus Long Health Sciences Library are administratively separate. Org charts available here.\
- Cornell's cataloging operations are spread across the three Library Technical Services (LTS) departments, as shown in the organization chart. In practice, staff in the three departments work closely together at all levels; high-level decisions that cross departmental boundaries are made by the Senior Management Team consisting of the Director of LTS, the three departmental directors, and the Electronic Resources User Experience Librarian.
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