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maintenance of online [[library catalog|catalogs]], creation and maintenance of [[MARC record]]s in the catalog, labeling, covering, security processing, and/or distribution of materials, maintaining a library's technology resources, such as [[server (computing)|servers]], [[OPAC]]s, [[Library circulation|circulation]], [[Image scanner|scanners]], and other devices.
maintenance of online [[library catalog|catalogs]], creation and maintenance of [[MARC record]]s in the catalog, labeling, covering, security processing, and/or distribution of materials, maintaining a library's technology resources, such as [[server (computing)|servers]], [[OPAC]]s, [[Library circulation|circulation]], [[Image scanner|scanners]], and other devices.


==Technical Services Resources==
==Technical Services RESOURCES==
*OCLC - Webjunction<ref>http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/pennsylvania/Technical%20Services(10).pdf</ref>
*OCLC - Webjunction<ref>http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/pennsylvania/Technical%20Services(10).pdf</ref>
*Library of Congress - Resource Description and Access (RDA)<ref>http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/</ref>
*Library of Congress - Resource Description and Access (RDA)<ref>http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/</ref>

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Library technical services are the processing and maintenance activities of a library's collection. These include:[1]

  • Identification: locating potentially worthwhile items to add to the collection
  • Selection: deciding which of the identified items to add to the collection
  • Acquisitions: securing the items for the collection
  • Organization: indexing and cataloging the items acquired in a manner that will aid the end-user in locating materials in the collection
  • Preparation: labeling, binding, repairing, conservation, and otherwise making items ready for (and maintained during) storage in a manner that allows for easy retrieval and maintenance of what is in a collection

Technical services may also include: maintenance of online catalogs, creation and maintenance of MARC records in the catalog, labeling, covering, security processing, and/or distribution of materials, maintaining a library's technology resources, such as servers, OPACs, circulation, scanners, and other devices.

Technical Services RESOURCES

  • OCLC - Webjunction[2]
  • Library of Congress - Resource Description and Access (RDA)[3]

Technical Services Membership Opportunities

  • ALA - Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)[4]
  • Also see local state library associations and consortiums

References

  1. ^ G. Edward Evans, Sheila S. Intner, Jean Weihs Introduction to Technical Services; 7th ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2002 ISBN 1-56308-918-1
  2. ^ http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/pennsylvania/Technical%20Services(10).pdf
  3. ^ http://www.loc.gov/aba/rda/
  4. ^ http://www.ala.org/alcts/