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Locations & Dislocations in Technical Services

Locations & Dislocations in Technical Services. ALCTS AS Acquisitions Managers & Vendors Interest Group ALA Midwinter – January, 2008. ALCTS Business. Term of Co-Chairs of this Interest Group (Rick Lugg and Lauren Corbett) expires after Annual in Anaheim

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Locations & Dislocations in Technical Services

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  1. Locations & Dislocations in Technical Services ALCTS AS Acquisitions Managers & Vendors Interest Group ALA Midwinter – January, 2008

  2. ALCTS Business • Term of Co-Chairs of this Interest Group (Rick Lugg and Lauren Corbett) expires after Annual in Anaheim • Volunteers? Contact rick@r2consulting.org or lcorbet@emory.edu • Volunteer note taker for today? Need count and brief notes for ANO report • Webcast?

  3. Reasons for Moving TS Offsite • Library space prioritized for User Services • Information Commons • Collaborative study areas • Coffee shops • Stacks are reaching capacity • Remote storage facilities (often shared)

  4. Reasons for moving TS offsite • Changing role of the library: from a “warehouse” of books to a partner in learning • Renovation of library buildings drives long-term temporary moves • Increasing percentages of new materials going directly to remote storage

  5. Impact of Offsite Moves • Disruption • Effect of physical distance, separation • Effect on processes • Effect on staff

  6. Potential Implications • For print, staff may need to be near the material • For electronic resources, staff are “near” the material no matter where they are • Communication and shared processes with Collection Development become more complicated • As print continues to diminish, shared volume helps maintain cost-effectiveness

  7. Some examples • Harvard College Library • University of Pittsburgh • University of Florida • Ohio State University • University of Utah • Rutgers • UCLA

  8. Locations and Dislocations • Centralization of technical services • Relocation of tech services: Where is the center? Where does it fit best? • What have libraries who have dealt with offsite operations learned? • What might libraries who are considering offsite TS need to know? • What role can vendors & agents play?

  9. Panelists • Mary Page, Head of Acquisitions, Rutgers University • Germaine Wadeborn, Manager, Print Acquisitions, UCLA • Kittie Henderson, Academic Sales Manager, EBSCO • Rick Lugg, R2 Consulting (Moderator)

  10. Practical & Strategic Questions • Is this a trend that’s likely to continue? Are others in this room facing it?

  11. Practical & Strategic Questions • Separating TS still further from users: how to maintain technical services that are user-driven?

  12. Practical & Strategic Questions • Out of sight, out of mind? Does “offsite” lower the status of TS operations & people?

  13. Practical & Strategic Questions • How does offsite TS affect specific processes, such as review of approval books or gifts by selectors?

  14. Practical & Strategic Questions • How best to handle collection maintenance issues such as binding, labeling errors, transfers & withdrawals?

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