Library Technical Services

Library Technical Services
Author: Stacey Marien
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2020-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1612495842

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.

Telling the Technical Services Story

Telling the Technical Services Story
Author: Kimberley A. Edwards
Publisher: ALA Editions
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2021-04-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838949467

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 Technical Services for Library Technicians

Introduction to Technical Services for Library Technicians
Author: Mary Liu Kao
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Library technicians
ISBN: 9781003417859

For library technicians working in technical services and students in library technology programs, Introduction to technical services for library technicians is a practical, how-to-do-it text that shows how to perform the behind-the-scenes tasks the job requires. Comes complete with a suggested reading list, helpful charts and tables, and review questions at the end of each chapter.

Library Management and Technical Services

Library Management and Technical Services
Author: Jennifer Cargill
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1136553398

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.

Assessment Strategies in Technical Services

Assessment Strategies in Technical Services
Author: Kimberley A. Edwards
Publisher: ALA Editions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-05-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780838918579

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.

Radical Cataloging

Radical Cataloging
Author: K.R. Roberto
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2015-03-07
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1476605122

This collection of critical and scholarly essays addresses the state of cataloging in the world of librarianship. The contributors, including Sanford Berman, Thomas Mann, and numerous front-line library workers, address topics ranging from criticisms of the state of the profession and traditional Library of Congress cataloging to methods of making cataloging more inclusive and helpful to library users. Other essay topics include historical overviews of cataloging practices and the literature they generate, first-person discussions of library workers' experiences with cataloging or metadata work, and the implications behind what materials get cataloged, who catalogs them, and how. Several essays provide a critical overview of innovative cataloging practices and the ways that such practices have been successfully integrated in many of the nation's leading libraries. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Resources for College Libraries

Resources for College Libraries
Author: Marcus Elmore
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Academic libraries
ISBN: 9780835248556

This seven-volume set offers a core collection of hand-selected titles in 58 curriculum-specific subject areas. Volumes are organized into broad subject areas such as Humanities, Languages and Literature, History, Social Sciences and Professional Studies, Science and Technology, and Interdisciplinary and Area Studies. The seventh volume provides helpful cross-referencing indexes which explain the relationship between RCL subject taxonomy and LC ranges. New to this edition are the inclusion of interdisciplinary subject areas and the selection of electronic resources and web sites essential for undergraduate library collections. Non-book selections will be easily identified by a graphic indicator included in the item record. All selections will be assigned an audience level marker indicating whether the title is most appropriate for lower-division undergraduate, upper-division undergraduate, faculty, or general readership. Records will also include a notation if they previously appeared in BCL3 (Books for College Libraries, 1988) or have been reviewed by Choice.

Licensing Electronic Resources in Academic Libraries

Licensing Electronic Resources in Academic Libraries
Author: Corey S. Halaychik
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-03-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0081021089

Licensing Electronic Resources in Academic Libraries: A Practical Handbook provides librarians charged with reviewing, negotiating, and processing licenses with fundamental information that will ensure they not only understand the contents of a license, but are also able to successfully complete the licensing life cycle from start to finish. The contents of the monograph includes basic concepts, real word examples, and tips for negotiation. Ideal resource for both new and practicing librarians who are responsible for licensing information resources Written from both a librarian’s and procurement officer’s point-of-view Includes examples directly related to libraries Provides a step-by-step explanation of contract language and suggestions on how to best negotiate impasses and negotiation tips

Electronic Resource Management

Electronic Resource Management
Author: Anne Elguindi
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2012-10-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1780633203

A significant shift is taking place in libraries, with the purchase of e-resources accounting for the bulk of materials spending. Electronic Resource Management makes the case that technical services workflows need to make a corresponding shift toward e-centric models and highlights the increasing variety of e-formats that are forcing new developments in the field.Six chapters cover key topics, including: technical services models, both past and emerging; staffing and workflow in electronic resource management; implementation and transformation of electronic resource management systems; the role of the electronic resource librarian in discovery systems, layers and tools; and academic library consortia and the evolving role of electronic resources and technology. The leading chapters include case studies from around the world, and a concluding chapter focuses on the disruptive nature of e-books and how broad adoption of this format is emerging as the tipping point towards holistic 'resource management', where separate technical services processes for print and electronic resources are finally merged. - An emphasis on 'access' within the new technical services model - Focuses on the unique attributes of electronic resource management that are distinct from traditional print serials workflows - Covers consortia and how membership affects electronic resource management workflows, priorities, and technical processes

Technical Services in the 21st Century

Technical Services in the 21st Century
Author: Samantha Schmehl Hines
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2021-01-08
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1800438281

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.