Today's Topics:
1. ALA Midwinter: Role of the Professional Librarian in
Technical Services IG meeting program (Elaine Franco)
2. ALA Midwinter: Collection Management and Electronic Resources
Interest Group at ALA Midwinter (Elaine Franco)
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Please join the RPLTS Interest Group for the following two presentations:
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Old Habits Die Hard: Changing the roles in Technical Services in a Small
Academic Library ??
Anne LePage, Technical Services Librarian, Mount Allison University
Libraries & Archives
In 2014 and 2015, Mount Allison University Libraries & Archives will lose 5
technical services staff due to retirements and staff cuts. It is unlikely
that the library will be able to refill all positions. As a result, a new
Technical Services position has been created that focuses on cross-trained
skills to support in the library ? cataloguing, acquisitions, access
services, etc. The focus will be on cataloguing skills to help support new
initiatives and enhanced workflows, especially for our current Technical
Services staff that need this skill set. This presentation will provide a
look at the new position and focus on the training plan. We hope this model
of cross-training will enhance the skills of all library staff, new and old,
and anticipate the areas of further staff development in the future.
The Evolving Role of the Electronic Resources Librarian Monica Moore,
Electronic Resources Librarian, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
As our collections become increasingly electronic, the acquisition and
discovery processes for our resources have become more and more complex.
This complexity is not always well understood by subject librarians,
reference librarians, or library administrators. In a sense, it is like a
?digital divide? among library faculty, which needs to be overcome if we are
all to make sound, strategic decisions on the direction of our collection,
its impact on our users, and its relevance to our institution. This
presentation will describe these challenges, but also include specific
suggestions and ideas for attendees to help them promote better
communication with other librarians at their respective institutions.
Christine Dulaney and Harriet Wintermute, RPLTS-IG 2015 Co-Chairs Jennifer
M. Eustis and Helen Goldman, RPLTS-IG 2015 Co-Vice-Chairs ?
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We invite you to join us at ALA Midwinter in Chicago for the next meeting of
the Collection Management and Electronic Resources Interest Group (CMERIG).
Title: Resource Sharing of Electronic Resources: Problems, Opportunities,
and Alternatives.
Time: Sunday, February 1st, 3:00-4:00 pm
Location: McCormick Place W176c
Following a short presentation by our moderators, we will discuss how
resource sharing of electronic resources differs from interlibrary loan
services based on physical materials. Changes in technology, license terms,
business models, and best practices for electronic resources management
require that libraries reinvestigate how to provide the best possible
information services to the contemporary user. What are the implications of
these changes for libraries in terms of administration, organizational
structure, and professional specialization, as well as routine business
processes and workflows? Be prepared to actively participate in a robust and
thoughtful group discussion.
Later, we will invite libraries to share case studies of how they have
improved resource sharing operations at their own institutions during our
next meeting at the ALA Annual conference.
Moderators
George Stachokas is Special Assistant to the Dean for Project Management at
Purdue University Libraries. Previously, he has served as Head of Resource
Services at Purdue, Electronic Resources Librarian at Indiana State
University, and Chair of the Resource Advisory Committee for the Academic
Libraries of Indiana (ALI) consortium. George holds an MLIS degree from the
University of Illinois, an MA in History from Indiana State University, and
a BS in Economics from Purdue University. His research about organizational
change in libraries, electronic resource management, and collection
development has appeared in such publications as Serials Review, the Journal
of Electronic Resources Librarianship, Collection Management, and Managing
Electronic Resources: A LITA Guide. He is sole author of After the Book:
Information Services for the 21st Century (Elsevier Science, 2014).
Jennifer Bazeley has a BM and an MM in viola performance from the Eastman
School of Music, and an MLIS from Dominican University in Illinois. Since
completing her MLIS, she has worked in technical services at the library in
the Field Museum in Chicago, the Mason Public Library in Ohio, and the
library at the Cincinnati Art Museum. She began working for Miami University
Libraries in Oxford, OH in November 2009, and is currently Interim Head of
Technical Services. Her research interests include the role of libraries in
scholarly communication, improving technical services workflows, and
analyzing e-resource usage data.
Thank you,
George Stachokas, Chair
Jennifer Bazeley, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect Collection Management and
Electronic Resources Interest Group
George Stachokas
Special Assistant to the Dean for Project Management Assistant Professor of
Library Science Purdue University Libraries
765-494-2812
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