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Technical Services “Living with the new Normal”. Gloria Kelley Dean of Library Services Central Piedmont Community College. Session Outline. Acquisitions Cataloging Finance/Budgeting. Library Myths. Libraries/Librarians are no longer needed Technical Services is Dead
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Technical Services “Living with the new Normal” Gloria Kelley Dean of Library Services Central Piedmont Community College
Session Outline • Acquisitions • Cataloging • Finance/Budgeting
Library Myths • Libraries/Librarians are no longer needed • Technical Services is Dead • Libraries have a new Normal
What are Libraries Experiencing? • Changing, adapting, changing, adapting…… • To remain relevant, change is necessary • Library Makeover • Are libraries self serving? • New models of operation • Budget strains force radical change
Changes in TS • Shift from Print to Digital • Information Delivery instead of ownership • Reduction in subscriptions • Collective Purchasing – Consortium agreements • Outsourcing of services • Reassigning personnel • Library-Publisher Collaboration • Systems – upgrades, new generations
Creative Financing • State Budget • Institutional budget • Accreditation (SACS, program) • Grants • Collaboration with academic departments • Foundation • Collaboration with campus Foundation Offices to establish endowments
Creative Financing • Internal Collaboration • Departmental /Division/Library- cost is covered by subject areas or cost is shared • Fees • (Library versus Lab fees) • Etc.