Library Technical Services

Stacey Marien is the head of acquisitions at American University in Washington, DC. She received her MSLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She cowrites a column called Let's Get Technical for Against the Grain. She has been the acquisitions librarian at American University for over ten years; before that she was the business librarian at American University as well as Elon College (now University). She has been published in several library-related journals and magazines, including Against the Grain, Choice, Reference and User Services Quarterly, and The Bottom Line.

• PrefaceINTRODUCTION: The Challenges Facing Library Technical Services: A Dialogue, by Rebecca Ciota and R. Cecilia KnightCHALLENGE ONE: The Evolution of Library Cataloging and MetadataCHAPTER 1: From Records to Data: The New Purposes of Cataloging, by Kara D. LongCHAPTER 2: Measuring Metadata Quality: A User Research Approach, by Erin Elzi and Kevin ClairCHAPTER 3: Technical Services Advocacy: Partnerships in the Library and Beyond, by Bridget Euliano, Peggy Griesinger, Kimberley A. Edwards, and Tricia MackenzieCHAPTER 4: A Road Taken: A Cataloging Team Becomes a Metadata Team, by Scott M. Dutkiewicz and Jessica L. SerraoCHALLENGE TWO: Improving Collection Evaluation and ManagementCHAPTER 5: Assessing the Work of Technical Services Through an In-Depth Analysis of Physical Resource Usage, by Laura KirklandCHAPTER 6: Building Better Collections Through Relationships: Sharing Expertise During Collection Downsizing, by Mary C. Aagard, Nancy Rosenheim, Marlena Hooyboer, and Cheri A. FolknerCHAPTER 7: Bound for the Stacks: Strategic Rightsizing and Classification of Print Journals Collections, by Emily A. Hicks and Fred W. JenkinsCHAPTER 8: Space Reclamation: The Cataloging Department's Role in Weeding Projects, by Muriel D. Nero and Jia HeCHAPTER 9: Relocating, Downsizing, and Merging: Inventory Projects to Manage Change in a Digital Environment, by Gail Perkins Barton and Rachel Elizabeth ScottCHALLENGE THREE: Rethinking Library Space UsageCHAPTER 10: For Efficiency's Sake: Consolidating Workflows, Managing Change, and Positioning Ourselves for the Future, by Mary S. Laskowski and Jennifer A. Maddox AbbottCHAPTER 11: A Framework for Addressing the Psychological Aspects of Relocating Technical Services Off-Site, by Christine Korytnyk DulaneyCHAPTER 12: Building an Infrastructure: Integrating Access and Technical Services for Improved Service Quality Utilizing a Supply Chain Model, byKaren Glover, Elizabeth Winter, and Emy Nelson DeckerCHALLENGE FOUR: Staffing Technical ServicesCHAPTER 13: Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in Library Technical Services, by Rhonda Y. Kauffman and Martina S. AndersonCHAPTER 14: Creative Solutions to Technical Services Staffing Challenges in an Academic Library, by Meghan Banach Bergin and Sally KrashCHAPTER 15: Auraria Library: One Technical Services Department, Three Institutions, by Sommer BrowningCHAPTER 16: Redefining the Pie: Doing More With Less in Technical Services, by Monika Glowacka-Musial, Ellen Bosman, and John SandstromCHAPTER 17: Crossing Conventional Lines: Innovative Staffing and Cross-Training in Technical Services, by Lisa Kallman HopkinsCHAPTER 18: Challenging the Status Quo: Collaboration and Creativity in Small Academic Libraries, by Susanne MarkgrenCHAPTER 19: Out From the Shadows: Transforming Technical Services During an Academic Library's Reorganization, by Courtney McAllisterCHAPTER 20: Technical Metamorphosis by Design, by Maaike Oldemans and Jennifer KronenbitterCHAPTER 21: Responding to Evolutionary Workflow Challenges Through Staffing Adaptation: A Play in Five Acts, by Kimberly W. Stevens, Mary Bevis, Bethany Latham, and Jodi PoeCHALLENGE FIVE: Government Documents Collections in a Digital EraCHAPTER 22: Using CRDP to Manage Cataloging in a Federal Depository Library, by Edith K. BeckettCHAPTER 23: Bridging Functions: Government Publications Librarians as Technical and Public Service Ambassadors, by McKinley SielaffCHALLENGE SIX: Adapting for the FutureCHAPTER 24: Facing Distance Education Challenges in the Library Through Collaboration Between Technical and Public Services Departments: A Case Study, by Katherine Hill and Samantha HarlowCHAPTER 25: Evolving Ethos and Etiquette: Why and How We Altered Our Library-Vendor Relationships, by Laurel Sammonds Crawford and Allyson RodriguezCHAPTER 26: Adopting Agile: Workflow and Personnel Management in Technical Services at a Small Academic Library, by Paromita BiswasGlossaryBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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