Library Technical Services

Library Technical Services

Author: Stacey Marien

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2020-08-15

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 1612495842

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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.


Technical Services in the 21st Century

Technical Services in the 21st Century

Author: Samantha Schmehl Hines

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2021-01-08

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 1800438281

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By showcasing the work of technical services, and the ground-breaking changes they have encountered, this edited collection provides readers with an opportunity to re-assess the opportunities and challenges for library administration, and to understand how libraries should be managed in the future.


Rethinking Library Technical Services

Rethinking Library Technical Services

Author: Mary Beth Weber

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-04-09

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 144223864X

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Will library technical services exist thirty years from now? If so, what do leading experts see as the direction of the field? In this visionary look at the future of technical services, Mary Beth Weber, Head of Central Technical Services at Rutgers and editor of Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS), the official journal of ALA’s Association for Library Collections and Technical Services and one of the top peer-reviewed scholarly technical services journals has compiled a veritable who’s who of the field to answer just these questions. Experts including Amy K. Weiss, Sylvia Hall-Ellis, and Sherri L. Vellucci answer vital questions like: Is there a future for traditional cataloging, acquisitions, and technical services? How can librarians influence the outcome of vendor-provided resources such as e-books, licensing, records sets, and authority control? Will RDA live up to its promise? Are approval plans and subject profiles relics of the past? Is there a need to curate data through its lifecycle? What skills will be needed in the future in technical services jobs?


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

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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 Grey Literature

Managing Grey Literature

Author: Michelle Leonard

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2022-01-03

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 0838938213

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An important resource for scholarly research, grey literature is relevant to every discipline. It’s also often more current than commercial publications. Unfortunately, though it provides a richness of content, this type of scholarly resource is often overlooked when conducting research. This book aims to change that, describing the importance of grey literature and offering a holistic approach to successfully integrating it into library collections. Readers will learn an overview of grey literature that discusses its importance to researchers, scholars, and students; collections policies for selection and deselection, complete with a suggested workflow; information about vendors, OA, and other aspects of acquisitions; guidance on cataloging, such as collection categories in the public-facing catalog, and preservation; and methods for promoting grey literature in library collections, including institutional repositories; and tips for marketing, branding, outreach, and best communication practices for colleagues, administrators, and patrons.


Library Technical Services

Library Technical Services

Author: Irene P. Godden

Publisher: Orlando, Fla. : Academic Press

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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More than 150 quotes from celebrities and wise people to keep new parents smiling through the sleepless nights Whether one's new family addition has arrived or is on its way, this book is guaranteed to raise a chuckle. It's full of humorous observations from well-known people on the adventures and misadventures of their new offspring.


Fundamentals of Technical Services Management

Fundamentals of Technical Services Management

Author: Sheila S. Intner

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0838909531

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"The processes for acquiring, cataloging, and preserving resources have undergone dramatic changes in the past decade, and library technical services departments have had to evolve quickly in response. Often, librarians asked to take on technical services management roles find themselves both underprepared and without guidance from their institutions"--P. [4] of cover.