Hi Folks, This has nothing to do with films and video. It’s a library organization question.
My library has re-org’ed yet again and my “team” is trying to come up with a title that succinctly describes the following activities that occur within: Acquisitions, Cataloging, Metadata, Physical Processing, Binding and Conservation. Generically this would be called Technical Processing Unit but it’s not sexy enough and the fear is that people would get it confused with IT. I suggested Physical Processing Services but the catalogers in the group don’t like “processing” in the title. The head of this unit is fond of acronyms—this unit was previously called RATs (Resources Access Team) Whatever we come up with will end up in “Services” rather than Unit or Department or Team as its designation (ex. Financial Services) My own thought on this is: Acquisitions & Processing, Cataloging & Metadata Services--AP & CM Services for short--but it is a mouthful. I’ve also thought of CAMP, i.e. Cataloging, Acquisitions, Metadata & Processing, but I think the powers that be would prefer “Cataloging & Metadata” grouped together as they are related. So guys, have a field day with this—if you come up with something catchy I’ll pass the suggestion along. Chris McNevins ___________________________________________________ Christine Slominski McNevins | ACQUISITIONS COORDINATOR UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY 369 Fairfield Way Unit 1005AM | Storrs, CT 06269-1005 USA PH: 860-486-3842 | FX: 860-486-6017 | EMAIL: chris.mcnev...@lib.uconn.edu<mailto:chris.mcnev...@lib.uconn.edu> [cid:image001.png@01CFB0A7.BB6D4040]
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