Cataloguing Costed and Restructured at Curtin University of Technology

Rona Wade and Vicki Williamson

rona@unilinc.edu.au
avkw@curtin.edu.au

Abstract
This paper outlines the results of a review of the cataloguing operations at the library at Curtin University of Technology and the three other publicly funded universities in Western Australia (known collectively as WAGUL). It identifies the cost savings to be achieved by re-engineering cataloguing and related operations, and separates them from the savings to be expected from outsourcing. The review itself concerned all four WAGUL libraries equally, however, this paper includes current operational experience from Curtin only.