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ERIC Number: EJ513843
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0024-2527
Outsourcing Copy Cataloging and Physical Processing: A Review of Blackwell's Outsourcing Services for the J. Hugh Jackson Library at Stanford University.
Wilson, Karen A.
Library Resources & Technical Services, v39 n4 p359-83 Oct 1995
Describes the background of library outsourcing, and discusses the quality of cataloging and physical processing services provided by Blackwell North America and B. H. Blackwell Ltd. during a one-year pilot project at Stanford University (California). At the end of the project, an error rate of less than 1% was achieved in outsourced work. (Contains 76 references.) (JMV)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Technical Processes, Pilot Projects, Publishing Industry, Quality Control, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Blackwell North America; Historical Explanation; Quality Measurement Project; Stanford University CA