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Cynthia Williamson | 1 Oct 15:57
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Re: bib services outdated?

Patti:  My dept. is responsible for selection and acquisition of print
materials(books, periodicals) and e-resources (e-books, databases and a
website collection) as well as "care and maintenance" of the OPAC - our
department is called Collection and Access Management.  Maybe that
better describes what you do?

Cynthia Williamson
Collection Management Librarian
cynthia.williamson <at> mohawkcollege.ca

----- Original Message -----
From: Patricia Martin <Patricia.Martin <at> UCOP.EDU>
Date: Friday, September 28, 2007 2:31 pm
Subject: [NGC4LIB] bib services outdated?

> i've been thinking of the future of bibliographic services at my
> organization, and it occurs to me that the term Bibliographic Services
> is outdated in an increasingly electronic, digitized world.  i'm
> tryingto think of a new way to describe what my team does -
> discovery,
> access, delivery, etc....
>
> does anyone have any opinion on this?  or had this discussion
> elsewhere?heard of a really good description lately in an
> organization?
> any comments or suggestions welcome.
>
> patti martin
> director, bibliographic services
> california digital library
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O'English, Mark | 1 Oct 20:04
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Award nominations solicited in reference librarianship: Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award

Please pardon multiple postings...

$5,000 Award & Citation:  Do you know someone who has significantly
influenced reference librarianship?

Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award, sponsored by the Gale Group

An annual cash award of $5,000 and a citation will be presented to an
individual who has made a distinguished contribution to reference
librarianship.  This contribution may include, but is not limited to,
programming in a particular library or authorship of a significant book
or articles in the reference field.  The award is presented by the
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), a division of the
American Library Association (ALA).  To nominate an individual, write a
letter of nomination explaining why the individual is deserving of this
recognition, citing specific achievements. Each nomination packet must
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Please send nominations to:   

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Isadore Gilbert Mudge Award Committee
3326 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
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Brenda Clark | 2 Oct 00:36
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Re: bib services outdated?

Hi
One of the questions about naming conventions relates to the intended
audience.  Is the name of your group designed to convey information to
your staff, students and faculty, other librarians, or the general
public?

I agree that the word "collections" seems to imply something that you
own -- but  I learned while working in a public library system that the
public associates that word with the process of collecting money for
fines.  Our Access Services (which did handle fines) was not part of
Collection Services but the Collection Services Manager often got those
phone calls.

Brenda Clark
Portland, OR

-----Original Message-----
From: Amira Aaron <aaaron <at> BRANDEIS.EDU>
To: NGC4LIB <at> listserv.nd.edu
Sent: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:00 am
Subject: Re: bib services outdated?

Our department at Brandeis includes much the same as you describeÂ
below, with the addition of cataloging and metadata services,Â
acquisitions, and Archives and Special Collections. Several monthsÂ
ago, after much discussion we renamed it: "Resource Management andÂ
Access" (in my mind, with the emphasis on Access). We stayed awayÂ
from the term "Collections" to emphasize that we don't need to own theÂ
materials to which we provide access - quite the contrary.Â
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Diana Nichols | 2 Oct 01:53
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Registration for the Academic Library Association of Ohio 33rd Annual Conference is still open

Register now for the Academic Library Association of Ohio's 33rd Annual
Conference entitled Innovation Generation: Tools, Techniques,
Transformation.

Join ALAO and your colleagues in Columbus for an all new, two-day
conference full of programming and unique opportunities to share your own
means of innovation.

This year's conference will be held at the Columbus Convention Center on
October 25th & 26th.  New this year is an author/vendor social where you
can meet Ohio authors, a President's program featuring Joe Janes,
presentations by Ohio library innovators, and more than 50 programs.

Visit the conference web site for more details, program schedules, and
registration information:
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Erin Stalberg | 2 Oct 01:46
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ALA Midwinter: Call for Speakers -- ALCTS Networked Resources & Metadata Interest Group

The ALCTS NRMIG Networked Resources and Metadata Interest Group welcomes
your proposal for informal presentations at its meeting at the ALA
Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia, Sunday, January 13, 2008, from
8:00-10:00 am. Presentations and discussion topics should focus on
current practices, tools, or research affecting networked resources and
metadata.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to: best practices;
metadata schemes, content standards, and controlled vocabularies;
crosswalking and interoperability; metadata harvesting; search engines;
metadata display and user interfaces; technical and preservation
metadata; visual resources metadata; institutional repository metadata.

Presentations should be roughly 15-25 minutes in length. After each
presentation, there will be an opportunity for general discussion. To
submit a proposal, please email one of us a brief description of your
proposed topic. Alternately, please consider posting suggestions for
additional topics to the list, or emailing your suggestion directly to
one of us.

Thank you,

Erin Stalberg, NRMIG Secretary
erin_stalberg <at> ncsu.edu

Joanna Burgess, NRMIG Volunteer
burgessj <at> reed.edu

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Zhu, Lihong | 2 Oct 17:53
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Assistant Dean for Collections and Technical Services

Washington State University is now accepting applications for the
position of Assistant Dean for Collections and Technical Services.  A
copy of the Notice of Vacancy can be accessed via the web-site:

    http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/general/Notice_of_Vacancy_AD_CTS_4785.pdf
<http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/general/Notice_of_Vacancy_AD_CTS_4785.pdf> 

To ensure full consideration, applications should be submitted by
October 15, 2007. 

__________________________________________

Lihong Zhu
Head, Bibliographic Control Department
Collections and Technical Services Division
Holland Library, Washington State University Libraries
P.O. Box 645610, Pullman, WA 99164-5610
E-mail: lzhu2 <at> wsu.edu
Phone: (509) 335-7769
Fax: (509) 335-9589
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Janet Hill | 2 Oct 19:05
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Re: bib services outdated?

I think we need to admit that most words we might use can mislead the public, who are not au courant with our jargon.

My division is named Technical Services, and I constantly get calls from people asking for help with their
computers, with software, with courseware, with telephones, and anything else that might be considered "technical".

TS Units long ago (50 years or more) started moving away from calling themselves "Processing" because it
sounded clerical.

Access Services can sound like issues of physical access to the building, to assistive technologies, etc.

Collections can sound like the place you pay your fines.

Resources can sound like fund-raising.

Bibliographic Services can sound only like books, or else be totally incomprehensible.

Whatever you name your unit, you'll need to define it.  Maybe "Ministry of Magic" wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Janet Swan Hill, Professor
Associate Director for Technical Services
University of Colorado Libraries, CB184
Boulder, CO 80309
janet.hill <at> colorado.edu
     *****
Tradition is the handing-on of Fire, and not the worship of Ashes.
- Gustav Mahler,
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Qiang Jin | 3 Oct 16:43
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Re: ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee Annual 2007 meetings minutes

The ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee Annual 2007 meetings minutes are now available at
http://www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/catalogingsection/catcommittees/subjectanalysis/sac07acminutes.doc

Qiang Jin
Chair, Subject Analysis Committee (2006-2008)
Chair, SAC Subcommittee on FAST (2004-2008)
Associate Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
220 Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, Illinois 61801
217-265-6242 (office)
217-333-2214 (fax)
qiangjin <at> uiuc.edu
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Diana Nichols | 5 Oct 15:36
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ALAO Conference Registration Just Extended to Oct 12

Registration will stay open until Oct 12 for the Academic Library
Association of Ohio's 33rd Annual Conference entitled Innovation
Generation: Tools, Techniques, Transformation.

Join ALAO and your colleagues in Columbus for an all new, two-day
conference full of programming and unique opportunities to share your own
means of innovation.

This year's conference will be held at the Columbus Convention Center on
October 25th & 26th.  New this year is an author/vendor social where you
can meet Ohio authors, a President's program featuring Joe Janes,
presentations by Ohio library innovators, and more than 50 programs.

Visit the conference web site for more details, program schedules, and
registration information:
http://www.alaoweb.org/conferences/conf2007/index.html
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Zhu, Lihong | 5 Oct 17:46
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Call for proposal for presentation -- ALA Midwinter 2008

ALCTS CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group invites speakers for its
meeting at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia, Saturday,
January 12, 2008, from 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Presentation topics should be
of current interest to catalogers, cataloging managers and
administrators.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to: evolution, definition,
and functions of the catalog and cataloging norms; emerging concepts and
implementations of "next generation catalogs"; RDA; FRBR; cataloging in
hybrid and digital libraries; changes in basic cataloging work and
catalogers' responsibilities; changes in catalogers' workflows;
emerging perceptions of cataloging quality; how end users' expectations
and behaviors affect cataloging norms; metadata records and elements in
different contexts; and the impact of web norms on cataloging norms from
the perspectives of web developers and catalogers.

Presentations should be approximately 15-20 minutes in length. Time will
be allowed for questions and answers. Speakers are encouraged to lead
discussions.

Please send abstracts of proposals to co-chairs Tatiana Barr [Catalog
Librarian, Catalog and Metadata Services, Yale University Library.
E-mail: tatiana.barr <at> yale.edu] or Lihong Zhu [Head, Bibliographic
Control Dept., Washington State University Libraries.  E-mail:
lzhu2 <at> wsu.edu] by Oct. 30, 2007.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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