Enhancing User-Centered Library Services through Collaboration between Subject Librarians and Technical Staff

1. International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship Improving User-Centered Library Services: Collaboration between Subject Librarians and Library Technical Services Staff Dongyun Ni University of Hawaii at Manoa September 18, 2008

2. Overview • Introduction • Acquisitions • Cataloging • Preservation & Conservation • Institutional Repositories • Library Website • Conclusion International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

3. Introduction • Definition Librarians “with special knowledge of, and responsibility for, a particular subject or subjects.” --International encyclopedia of information and library science • Roles • Subject Librarians in the changing environment • Technological advances • Library users • Technical services • Library collection and public services • Funding pressures International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

4. Acquisitions • Western language materials • Materials with non-roman scripts • Ordering workflow • Electronic resources Management International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

5. Cataloging • Use of Online public access catalog (OPAC) -- Reference -- Instruction • Access to library collections -- single record policy -- patron-requested items and rare materials -- gifts and exchange materials for which no acquisitions record exists -- Call number justification International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

6. “bird of paradise” “birds of paradise” International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

7. Proposed heading LC Class Number: QK495.S86 HEADING:Strelitzia reginae [proposed] Used For/See From:Bird-of-paradise flower Bird-of-paradise (Plant) Crane flower Crane lily Search Also Under:Strelitzia (Genus) Found In Work cat.: Bird-of-paradise, 1998 USDA plants database, July 24, 2008 (Strelitzia reginae; bird-of-paradise; belongs to genus Strelitzia,…) Web. 3 (…scapes of orange and purple flowers suggestive of a bird) Wikipedia, July 24, 2008 (……) International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

8. Cataloging • National/International cataloging standard and rules -- CONSER standard record -- Resource Description and Access (RDA) -- Statement of International Cataloguing Principles International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

9. Preservation & Conservation • Print materials - traditional preservation methods - digitization • Conservation for damages made by catastrophes International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

10. Institutional Repositories • a solution to the “here today, gone tomorrow” problem of the online publishing paradigm • Subject librarian • metadata creation and enhancement International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

11. Library Website Development • Participation • Involvement • Collaboration • Training International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

12. Communication! Collaboration ! Conclusion International Conference on the Development of Subject Librarianship and Personal Librarianship

13. Questions?