Speaker: Mandy Hurt In 2018, at a time when our department was shrinking through attrition, the decision was made to further leverage the particular skill sets of a select group of monographic catalogers by training them to also undertake the complex copy cataloging of serials. This presentation concerns the assumptions underlying how this decision was originally made, the initial plan for how this would be accomplished by CONSER Bridge Training, the eventual formation of the Serials Cohort with a view to creating an iterative process I would design and manage, and the problems, obstacles and time constraints faced and addressed along the way.

1. The Serial Cohort:
A Confederacy of Catalogers
Mandy Hurt
Duke University
Libraries
NASIG 2020 Conference

2. A little background
• Multiple libraries
• Two serials catalogers

3. Restructuring of Technical Services
• Examined all workflows
• All services
• Staff availability
• Staff attrition
• Available expertise

4. Specialists Required… or are they?

5. Serials Cohort,
a plan comes together

6. Serials Cohort issues
• Responsible for regular
workload
• Assigned special projects
• Different reporting structures

7. Hang on! Let’s try this again!

8. Serials Cohort, First Generation

9. Must love puzzles

10. Sample Serial Titles

11. The Circle of Life?
Instruction
Practice
Feedback
Discussion

13. Mandy.Hurt@duke.edu
Questions?