| Category | Activities | Minutes |
|---|
| Copy Cataloging | | 8-12 |
| | 2 or less changes, not including call number assignment | |
| | addition of 049 and 949 | |
| | verification of descriptive cataloging | |
| | verification of access points | |
| | CAI to complete acquisitions process and create item record for circulation | |
| Advanced Copy Cataloging | | 15-20 |
| | 3 or more changes, which may include: | |
| | call number assignment | |
| | multiple volumes or pieces of varied nature | |
| | changes required to descriptive cataloging | |
| | additions or corrections required for access points | |
| | additions or corrections required for series/set handling | |
| | CAI to complete acquisitions process and create item record for circulation | |
| Incomplete records | | 25-30 |
| | 3 or more changes, which nearly always include: | |
| | call number assignment | |
| | changes required to descriptive cataloging | |
| | additions or corrections required for access points | |
| | additions or corrections required for series/set handling | |
| | CAI to complete acquisitions process and create item record for circulation | |
| Original Cataloging | | |
| | book or serial with no title change, in English | 25-30 |
| | theses | 25 |
| | scores sound recordings, av, software, maps | 30-45 |
| | manuscript collections, multiple media items, foreign materials, and large or complex collections of materials | 45+ |
| | includes CAI to complete acquisitions process and create item record for circulation | 15-20 |
| | NACO research and authority record creation | 10-30 |
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