Rethinking library technical services : redefining our profession for the future / edited by Mary Beth Weber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weber, Mary Beth, editor.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technical services (Libraries).

Physical Description:

xviii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

Will library technical services in its traditional form 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 University Libraries 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 Hs lifecycle? What skills will be needed in the future in technical services jobs? Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : What is technical services? / Mary Beth Weber

The future of traditional technical services / Julie Renee Moore and James L. Weinheimer

The state of technical services today / Mary Beth Weber

The current state of bibliographic description / Sylvia Hall-Ellis

Restructuring monograph acquisitions in academic libraries : innovative strategies for the twenty-first century / Michael Luesebrink

The management of electronic resources : an overview / Alice Crosetto

Research data and linked data : a new future for technical services? / Sherry Vellucci

Skills for the future of technical services / Erin E. Boyd and Elyssa Gould

Breaking up is hard to do : the end of technical services? : a think piece on the future of technical services / Amy K. Weiss

Interviews/feedback from the profession / Mary Beth Weber.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

1442238631

9781442248717

1442248718

9781442238633

OCLC:

898161645

Publisher Number:

99963272881