A few of us in Cataloging are freelancing metadata services. It's both a good experience and an opportunity to accumulate travel money, as conferences are incredibly expensive. I have 2 1/2 weeks left to finish my record allocation. I hope I can do it. Part of the problem is that the db has been very slow with an average save time 30+ seconds. Ok, that is 1/2 minute! Whew, that is slow in these days!The database was worked on recently and is a little faster; but I have concerns that the more we add to it, the slower it will get. I hate going to conferences anyway.