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crl-15218	Buttlar, Lois; Garcha, Rajinder	Catalogers in Academic Libraries: Their Evolving and Expanding Roles	1998-07-01	11	.pdf	application/pdf	5074	231	52	It would appear that in 1997, more catalogers were handling disserta­ tions and theses than in 1987 (55.1% com­ pared to 50.9%), rare books/special col­ lections materials (51.1% compared to 40.8%), and government documents (53.4% compared to 47.3%). Automation definitely has decreased the amount of original catalog­ ing done in academic libraries, and there is agreement in the literature that tasks for­ merly assigned to professional catalogers have shifted downward to paraprofes­ sional support staff members.1–4 Much dis­ cussion has focused on what has been called the “deprofessionalization” of tech­ nical services and cataloging, with various attributions of cause.5–7 The commonplace nature of biblio­ graphic utilities, user-friendly OPACs,	cache/crl-15218.pdf	txt/crl-15218.txt