编目业务外包指图书馆将编目部门承担的书目数据的编制、图书基础加工业务全部或部分委托给数据公司、书商承担,编目部门主要负责外包编目数据审校、质量控制和数据库的维护工作。早在20世纪70年代,美国、日本等国图书馆开始将非核心的编目业务外包,并且取得了良好的效益。图书馆为何将编目业务外包?编目业务外包是企业经营管理模式在文化机构的应用,以成本—效益原 Outsourcing of cataloging refers to the compilation of bibliographic data borne by the cataloging department in the library. All or part of the book-based processing business is entrusted to the data company and the bookseller. The cataloging department is mainly responsible for the revision of outsourced cataloging data, quality control and database maintenance. As early as the 1970s, libraries in the United States, Japan and other countries started to outsource their non-core cataloging businesses and achieved good results. Why library outsourcing cataloging? Cataloging business outsourcing is the business management model in the cultural institutions, the cost-effectiveness of the original