Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Academic Library Cataloging Practices, 2013 Edition, ISBN 978-1-57440-234-6.

This 230+ page study is based on data from 80 academic libraries predominantly in the United States and Canada and gives a detailed picture of how libraries are responding to the challenging changes in the environment for academic library cataloging. Among the many issues covered are: new resource description cataloging rules, perceptions of the future of cataloging and the prestige breitling replica watches of the profession, productivity enhancement measures, use of outsourcing for many different kinds of materials, views on the preparedness of library science grads in various facets of cataloging. The report also covers developments in personnel salaries, use of technology and more. Questionnaire development assistance for this report was provided by Michael A. Cerbo II. Mr. Cerbo II is the Bibliographic Access and Resource Management Librarian at the University of Rhode Island.

Just a few of the many findings in the report are:

• The majority of survey participants (60.49 percent) say the rolex replica watches new Resources Description and Access cataloging rules will "not really enhance" the cataloger's role in future library decisions
• Just 7.41 percent of libraries in the sample have marketed the new RDA cataloging rules outside the library
• The survey participants spent a mean of 49.09 hours of staff time in the past year in viewing webinars, online tutorials, conferences, formal classroom training, and on other aids for cataloging education
• At least 50 percent of all those participants at schools with an annual tuition less than $18,000 say copy cataloging is performed mostly by paraprofessional support staff, while only 23.08 percent of those at schools where the tuition is more than $18,000 say the same
• 26.67 percent of research libraries and 23.53 percent of colleges with more than 20,000 students report that bibliographic upgrades in OCLC are replica watches handled by both paraprofessionals and professional librarians who work at the library
• Over the last five years, the libraries in the sample gained a mean of 0.24 positions in cataloging library support staff
• More than half (56.79 percent) of all survey participants say the cataloger's pay rate has increased by less than 2.5 percent over the last four years
• 53.33 percent of research universities in the sample say that they outsource replica watches the updating of headings in bibliographic records
• 28.4 percent of survey participants outsource e-journal cataloging.
• More than 23 percent of librarians at colleges with an annual tuition of more than $18,000 per year spot check all vendor supplied records

The report is available in print and PDF formats for $95.00. Site licenses cost $219.00. To view a table of contents, list of participants, and sample data, or to http://www.goodmanwatches.com order a copy of the report, please visit out website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.