Bradford Eden

Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services

Paths for the Future and Case Studies
Ed.: Bradford Lee Eden

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the changing modern-day library, the area of technical services has undergone radical redesign and reorganization not just once, but many times in the last thirty years. Shrinking budgets, new electronic formats, the advent of the Internet, and technological innovations have drastically changed the face of library technical services departments and presented new challenges, such as finding and hiring qualified catalogers; dealing with the exponentially expanding range of print and electronic formats; reorganizing workflows due to staff reductions; and trying to find answers for organizing and describing information in its many manifestations. The first part of this book explores the future of technical services through surveys, research essays, and insightful opinion pieces. The second part focuses on redesign and reorganization efforts through a number of fascinating case studies. The majority of these case studies come from academic library technical services departments, highlighting efforts to meet and deal with challenges through a myriad of options. For anyone involved in the day-to-day supervision, management, and future of a library technical services department, this book will provide food for thought, as well as practical lessons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libraries Unlimited
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 840g
• ISBN-13: 9781591580928
• ISBN-10: 1591580927
• Artikelnr.: 13943388

Autorenporträt

BRADFORD LEE EDEN is Associate University Librarian for Technical Services and Scholarly Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Paths for the Future by Bradford Lee Eden Review of the
Literature: Technical Services Redesign and Reorganization by Laurie
Lopatin What Is Technical Services?: Perspectives from the Field and from
LIS Education by Pat Lawton and Deborah Rose-Lefmann Staffing Trends in
Academic Library Technical Services by Kathryn Etcheverria and Vicki Toy
Smith Change and Adaptation in the Technical Services of a Group of
Mid-sized Academic Libraries: A Fourteen-Year Perspective by Pamela Cline
Howley Quality Cataloging with Less: Alternative and Innovative Methods by
Mary L. Mastraccio The Name and Role of the Cataloger in the 21st Century
by Nadine P. Ellero Case Studies Redesign of Database Management at Rutgers
University Libraries by Ruth A. Bogan Successfully Merging Workflow and
Personnel in Technical Services: A Management Perspective by Ann Branton
Workflow Analysis as a Basis for Organizational Redesign at McMaster
University Library by Cheryl Martin Centering Technical Services:
Developing a Vision for Change at Union College by Annette M. LeClair
Merging Departments in a Small Academic Library by Rhonda R. Glazier and
Dr. Jack D. Glazier Creating Career Paths for Cataloging Support Staff by
Karen Letarte, Charles Pennell, and Shirley Hamlett Navigating Toward the
Future, Building on Our Strengths: Reorganization and Change at Emory
University Libraries by Susan Bailey Technological Change and Technical
Services: A Case Study of a Mid-Sized Research Library by Karen M. Ramsay
Personnel Turnover as the Impetus for Change by Martha Ann Bace and
Patricia Ratkovich Shifting Duties and Responsibilities of Technical
Services Staff by Karen J. Davis, Tina Demetracopoulos, and Daryle Maroney
Technical Services between Reality and Illusion: Reorganization in
Technical Services at the Ohio State University Libraries: Questions and
Assessment by Magda El-Sherbini Shuffling the Deck: Two Reorganizations at
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst by Patricia S. Banach Redesigning
Technical Services in an Accademic Law Library by Andrea Rabbia National
Cataloging and Indexing Program for United States Government Publications:
Innovative Responses to Challenges Created by Online Publishing by Thomas
A. Downing A Vision for the Future: Cornell University's Geospatial
Information Repository by Elaine L. Westbrooks