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One last thing I noticed, "Your study seems to show that use of the BSR reduces the number of subject headings per record and thereby saves a considerable amount of time (ca. 25% for your sample)." Actually, I am hesitant to draw the conclusion that the reduction in subject headings was the main reason for the time savings. I think an argument can be made that some of the other things, like not filling in fixed fields or measuring the spine, while individually small, might add up to a significant portion by themselves too. But that's technically speculation. We didn't have a way to count that like we could headings. And there were on average also fewer 1xx and 7xx on BSR, it just that the testing didn't show it was a statistically significant difference. ************ Diana Brooking (206) 685-0389 Cataloging Librarian (206) 685-8782 fax Suzzallo Library [log in to unmask] University of Washington Box 352900 Seattle WA 98195-2900 On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Laurence S. Creider wrote: > Very interesting study, to which I would like to add a few comments. > > Your study seems to show that use of the BSR reduces the number of subject > headings per record and thereby saves a considerable amount of time (ca. > 25% for your sample). This is great news for administrators, but the > advantage to users is not so clear. What we need next is a study that > will take the additional cost of a full record and determine whether that > extra work increases the discovery and selection of the resource by users. > Difficult, but I think not impossible. > > Second, in order to reflect more accurately the sorts of things that > original catalogers deal with, there should probably be more humanities > and less scientific materials and more foreign language materials. It is > difficult to know whether these different materials would have > significantly different savings from using the BSR record as opposed to > the Full record. Perhaps in literature and not in history? > > Thanks for sharing this and for providing good documentation. > > -- > Laurence S. Creider > Special Collections Librarian > New Mexico State University > Las Cruces, NM 88003 > Work: 575-646-7227 > Fax: 575-646-7477 > [log in to unmask] > > On Wed, July 7, 2010 5:05 pm, D. Brooking wrote: >> I gave a brief talk at ALA about a small time test of the BIBCO Standard >> Record "floor" that was done at the University of Washington Libraries. >> Here is the url for a more complete description of the test: >> >> http://staffweb.lib.washington.edu/committees/CPC/bsr >> >> This was just one test at one institution, so we would like to see if >> others >> could do their own tests of the BSR and share their results. >> >> If you have any questions, please email me or Joe Kiegel, [log in to unmask] >> >> >> ************ >> Diana Brooking (206) 685-0389 >> Cataloging Librarian (206) 685-8782 fax >> Suzzallo Library [log in to unmask] >> University of Washington >> Box 352900 >> Seattle WA 98195-2900 >> > > >