Telling the Technical Services Story

Telling the Technical Services Story

Author: Kimberley A. Edwards

Publisher: ALA Editions

Published: 2021-04-30

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9780838949467

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The real-world initiatives and straightforward advice in this collection will embolden technical services managers and administrators to demonstrate the value of their work to stakeholders throughout their organization.


Introduction to Library Public Services

Introduction to Library Public Services

Author: G. Edward Evans

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume emphasizes the changes wrought by technology. Chapters are arranged by type of service - reference services and sources, bibliographic instruction, interlibrary loan, circulation, reserve services, special collections, serials, media services and government documents.


Library Technical Services

Library Technical Services

Author: Stacey Marien

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2020-08-15

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 1612495842

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Libraries are experiencing major changes concerning the role of technical services. Technical services librarians also are being challenged about their relevance and role, sometimes revealed by a lack of understanding of the contribution technical services librarians make to building and curating library and archival collections. The threats are real: relocation from central facilities, the dramatic shift to electronic resources, budgetary constraints, and outsourced processing. As a result, technical services departments are reinventing themselves to respond to these and similar challenges while embracing innovative methods and opportunities to advance librarianship in the twenty-first century. Library Technical Services provides case studies that highlight difficult realities, yet embrace exciting opportunities, such as space reclamation, evolving vendor partnerships, metadata, retraining and managing personnel, special collections, and distance education. Written for catalog and metadata librarians and managers of technical services units, this book will inspire and provide practical advice and examples for solving issues many libraries are facing today.


Assessment Strategies in Technical Services

Assessment Strategies in Technical Services

Author: Kimberley A. Edwards

Publisher: ALA Editions

Published: 2019-05-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780838918579

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Are you spending money wisely? Can you prove it? The call for efficiency and evidence-based practice has sparked an examination traditional assessment and statistic-gathering.


Library Management and Technical Services

Library Management and Technical Services

Author: Jennifer Cargill

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1136553398

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This exciting volume explores the role of technical services functions and organizational structure as forces in the library change process. It provides practical information to help administrators make decisions about how their libraries are organized and managed. As libraries change in many ways--organizational structure, design of jobs, managerial philosophy, responsibilities of professionals, and the impact of automation--librarians in technical services, administrators, and personnel officers--need guidance in meeting the new challenges in order to continue providing thorough efficient services. Professionals from a variety of library environments address the pertinent issues of automation, personnel matters, education, management techniques, and the role of technical services within the total library community.


Managing Technical Services in the 90's

Managing Technical Services in the 90's

Author: Drew Racine

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 9781560241669

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In this optimistic new book, librarians examine how changes in society, the information industry, and libraries require iconoclastic thinking and acting on the part of the information specialists to take maximum advantage of the opportunities that are present to better the profession, the professionals, and services to their patrons. The focus of the volume is on managing functions typically associated with technical services. Recent changes to library functions such as the changed roles of managers and the necessity for fund-raising as a method of obtaining basic operating funds are discussed fully. Running across the varied chapters are recurring themes such as the need for flexibility in staffing and organizational structures, looking at the traditional in new ways, and convergence and union. The chapters, written by experienced academic librarians, will be of interest to both managers of libraries and to those who are concerned with how the libraries are managed. Students of library science will find this an invaluable guide to gaining a deeper knowledge of the changes in technical services, and how they relate to the general public coming into the library.


State Technical Services Act of 1965

State Technical Services Act of 1965

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce and Finance

Publisher:

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Committee Serial No. 89-15. Considers H.R. 3420, to authorize grants to states for scientific and technical research programs.