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There
will
be three presentations given:
1).
“Technical Services and
Public Services: Collaborative Decision Making” presented by Krista Schmidt,
Research and
Instruction Librarian/STEM Liaison & Kristin Calvert, Head
of Content
Organization & Management, Hunter Library, Western Carolina
University.
For
academic libraries, a shared budgetary
and resource governance structure in an academic library
provides technical and
public services staff the opportunity to collaborate on
collection development
and management decisions and improves transparency in the
decision-making
process. For Western Carolina University, a medium-sized
regional comprehensive
university in North Carolina, the Collections Advisory Committee
includes four
technical services members and three members from public
services. The
committee reviews and provides recommendations on collections
topics including
policy decisions, budget allocations, the addition of new
continuing resources
or expensive one-time purchases, and the review and cancellation
of continuing
resources. In our talk, we will discuss how this committee has
collaborated on decision making, including budget and resource
prioritization,
the outcomes of these collaborations, and the benefits each
department has
experienced based on this collaboration.
2).
“Technical Services Outreach – Facilitating Conversations and
Collaboration in
Your Library for the Benefit of All ”
presented
by Emily Sanford, Serials Catalog Librarian, Michigan State
University
Libraries.
The
work of
technical services units in libraries is foundational, but
traditionally behind
the scenes and somewhat shrouded in mystery to outsiders. The
MSU Libraries
Technical Services Unit, after the success of outreach efforts
to prepare
public services staff for RDA implementation, started to think
about ways to
continue the conversation by developing a series of
presentations about our
work. The informal series of talks sought to advocate for the
work of the unit,
while also sparking discussions with staff members in other
parts of the
library in order to facilitate collaboration and silo
information breakdowns.
This presentation will discuss the series and
advocacy/collaboration efforts at
the MSU Libraries.
3). “Picking Perfect
Partners: Collaborations
Within and Outside Technical Services” by Mary Konkel, Head of
Technical Services,
College of DuPage Library.
The
Internet
and library systems and software have provided greater
efficiencies within
technical services. In addition, the shifting of human resources
to meet the
growing demand for additional staff in public services has
contributed to the
rightsizing of technical services departments. In order to do
“more with less”,
finding partners to collaborate on projects has been essential.
These
partnerships have also provided valuable cross-training
opportunities. This
presentation will highlight cataloging, processing, systems,
collection
development and reference activities and projects that can be
accomplished by picking the perfect partner. It’s not
necessarily just for
technical services anymore!
-- Mingyan Li Resource Access Librarian Richard J. Daley Library University of Illinois at Chicago Voice: (312)996-3040 Fax: (312)413-0424 Email: [log in to unmask]