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Rethinking library technical services : redefining our profession for the future / [edited by] Mary Beth Weber.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2015.Description: xviii, 187 p. : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781442238633 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.02 23 W375
Contents:
1. The future of traditional technical services / Julie Renee Moore and James L. Weinheimer -- 2. The state of technical services today / Mary Beth Weber -- 3. The current state of bibliographic description / Sylvia Hall-Ellis -- 4. Restructuring monograph acquisitions in academic libraries: Innovative strategies for the twenty-first century / Michael Luesebrink -- 5. The management of electronic resources: An overview / Alice Crosetto -- 6. Research data and linked data: A new future for technical services? / Sherry Vellucci -- 7. Skills for the future of technical services / Erin E. Boyd and Elyssa Gould -- 8. Breaking up is hard to do: The end of technical services?: A think piece on the future of technical services / Amy K. Weiss -- 9. Interviews/feedback from the profession / Mary Beth Weber -- Index -- About the editor and contributors.
Summary: Will library technical services exist thirty years from now? If so, what do leading experts see as the direction of the field? In this look at the future of technical services, Mary Beth Weber, Head of Central Technical Services at Rutgers, has compiled a veritable who's who of the field to answer just these questions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The future of traditional technical services / Julie Renee Moore and James L. Weinheimer --
2. The state of technical services today / Mary Beth Weber --
3. The current state of bibliographic description / Sylvia Hall-Ellis --
4. Restructuring monograph acquisitions in academic libraries: Innovative strategies for the twenty-first century / Michael Luesebrink --
5. The management of electronic resources: An overview / Alice Crosetto --
6. Research data and linked data: A new future for technical services? / Sherry Vellucci --
7. Skills for the future of technical services / Erin E. Boyd and Elyssa Gould --
8. Breaking up is hard to do: The end of technical services?: A think piece on the future of technical services / Amy K. Weiss --
9. Interviews/feedback from the profession / Mary Beth Weber --
Index --
About the editor and contributors.

Will library technical services exist thirty years from now? If so, what do leading experts see as the direction of the field? In this look at the future of technical services, Mary Beth Weber, Head of Central Technical Services at Rutgers, has compiled a veritable who's who of the field to answer just these questions.

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