Authors

Stacey Marien

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Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences

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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.

ISBN

9781557538420

Publication Date

8-2020

Publisher

Purdue University Press

City

West Lafayette

Keywords

technical services; libraries; librarian; electronic and digital resources; metadata; catalog; information technology; staffing; outsourcing; downsizing; facilities

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Library Technical Services: Adapting to a Changing Environment

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