Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Academic Library Cataloging Practices, 2011-12 Edition, ISBN 1-57440-178-5. 

The study looks closely at how academic libraries deploy their cataloging personnel, how they use librarians and how they use cataloging technicians, and at the sizes of the cataloging and technical services departments. It helps library administrators to answer questions such as: What kind of work is performed by librarians and paraprofesisonals in different types of organizations? How much is outsourced? How are special collections handled? Are cataloging staffs growing or shrinking? How does administration assess work quality? What are considered reasonable measures of excellence? To what extent is cataloging of eBooks or AV materials outsourced and how does this compare to other types of materials?

Just a few of the many findings from this 154-page report are:

• Copy cataloging was routinely performed by paraprofessionals in 81.43% of libraries in the sample, and by librarians in 58.57% of them.
  
• On average, the libraries in the sample anticipated the retirement of 0.50 professional librarians performing cataloging functions within the next five years, with community college anticipating the fewest, a mean of 0.10.
  
• Master bibliographic record enhancement in OCLC was performed by paraprofessional support staff in 30% of academic libraries and by professional librarians in 75.71% of academic libraries.
  
• 28.57% of private colleges and 17.95% of public colleges considered turn-around time very useful as an indicator of cataloging work quality, including 33.33% of community colleges and 25% of 4-year degree-granting programs.
  
• 45.71% of academic libraries outsourced authority control in the form of obtaining new and updated authority records. This outsourcing occurred most often in private colleges and in higher level academic institutions, as in level 1 and level 2 Carnegie Class research universities, 73.33% of which had outsourced this work.
  

Data is broken out by type and size of academic library. Approximately 75 libraries participated. To view a table of contents and an excerpt, or to order, visit the publication's page here.