Discover Technical Services April 29, 2010
No kittens were harmed in the making of this presentation. (It's okay, because I made a trifold handout.)
Discover Technical Services It's on the third floor Also in the basement We've thought about changing our name o Good to have "digital" or "research" Research and Technical Services (RATS) Services, Technical and Research (STAR) Digital, Research, and Technical Services (DRATS) Digital and Research Technical Services (DARTS) Try it! CATS, CARTS, etc.
Discover Technical Services The cycle o Identifying, acquiring, providing access, providing consistency, physical processing and conservation Acquisitions Cataloging Database Maintenance Preservation
Discover Technical Services Major activities o Serials review bibliographic, order, payment, check-in, holdings o Pre-inventory item-level data in the catalog o Outside collections Cataloging campus collections that are open for use
Discover Technical Services Links and contact information TS wiki o ain_Pagehttp://libinfo.unl.edu/techser/index.php/M ain_Page
Discover Technical Services Links and contact information TS Project list
Discover Technical Services Links and contact information Submit a project request /request Submit a list request /create_list_request
Discover Technical Services Links and contact information Map
Discover Technical Services Themes o Targeted activity o Partnership o Take a glad song and make it better o Tracking StrengthsFinder o We're strategic maximizing achievers o Collaborative problem-solving
Discover Technical Services Learning Organization Team learning o Collaborative problem-solving Personal mastery o High level of experience and expertise Systems thinking o Whole > Sum of the parts o Parts = Essential to the whole
Discover Technical Services Technical Services Council o "New TOG" o Representatives from TS faculty and staff, public services, Law Library
Discover Technical Services Cataloging options o OCLC o SkyRiver o Z39.50 public domain search o MARC records from vendors o shelf-ready
Discover Technical Services Re-engineering "Next Generation" Technical Services Training New skills and activities Workflow and service