It would be good to hear from people who have used the outsourcing option for smaller projects. I wonder if there is a minimum size?

Helen



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Hello,



Thank you all for the great discussion so far.  We'd now like to move the discussion to contemplating practical issues relating to reclassification projects.  We're going to start with discussing out-sourcing, something that a number of you have already mentioned.  We'd also like to take up  the point about the role of subject librarians in classification and what impact this might have on reclassification projects, and broaden the discussion to contemplating the role of all other non-metadata specialist staff in reclassification projects.



What are your views and/or experiences of out-sourcing your reclassification project? Do you have any experiences of working with outsourcing reclassification that you would like to share? For anyone with subject librarians who do part of the cataloguing/classification workflow, what impact did this have or do you expect this to have on your reclassification project? Who did or does the relabeling and reshelving of stock relating to your reclassification project, and do you have any thoughts to share on this matter?



Best wishes,



Debbie







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