Rethinking library technical services : redefining our profession for the future

Author(s)

• Weber, Mary Beth

Bibliographic Information

Rethinking library technical services : redefining our profession for the future

edited by Mary Beth Weber

Rowman & Littlefield, c2015

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Will library technical services 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 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 its lifecycle? *What skills will be needed in the future in technical services jobs?

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1: The Future of Traditional Technical Services Julie Renee Moore and James L. Weinheimer Chapter 2: The State of Technical Services Today Mary Beth Weber Chapter 3: Metadata, MARC, and More Sylvia Hall-Ellis Chapter 4: Restructuring Monograph Acquisitions in Academic Libraries: Innovative Strategies for the Twenty-First Century Michael Luesebrink Chapter 5: The Management of Electronic Resources: An Overview Alice Crosetto Chapter 6: Research Data and Linked Data: A New Future for Technical Services? Sherry Vellucci Chapter 7: Skills for the Future of Technical Services Erin E. Boyd and Elyssa Gould Chapter 8: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: The End of Technical Services?: A Think Piece on the Future of Technical Services Amy Weiss Chapter 9: Interviews/feedback from the profession Index About the Contributors About the Editor

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• NCID: BB21833344
• ISBN:
  • 9781442238633
• LCCN: 2014044983
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lanham, Md.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 187 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z688.5
  • DC23 : 025/.02
  • NDLC : UL611
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Technical services (Libraries)