TS'ers-- For those of you who didn't get a copy of Carol Hixson's handout of her PowerPoint presentation on transforming catalogers into digital librarians, it's available at the link below. Scroll down to the bottom line, "AALL.ppt," & click on "view/open." --Cindy
https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/3020
--Cindy May
Philadelphia 2015: TS-SIS and OBS-SIS in the City of Brotherly Love
Friday, July 14, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Check this out!
Ellen McGrath's comment to the Beth's previous post (session A5) deserves broader notice:
This session is also mentioned on Jim Milles' Check This Out! podcast at:
http://jmilles.libsyn.com/
as are a number of other tech services sessions.
On behalf of those of us not at the conference, thank you for blogging!
This session is also mentioned on Jim Milles' Check This Out! podcast at:
http://jmilles.libsyn.com/
as are a number of other tech services sessions.
On behalf of those of us not at the conference, thank you for blogging!
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Program A-5: Pioneering the Transformation of Technical Services Librarians into Digital Librarians
Carol Hixson, Head of Metadata and Digital Library Services at the University of Oregon gave an excellent presentation on how the original Catalog Department transformed itself into the Metadata and Digital Library Services Dept. This department now includes the creation and maintenance of digital collections. In addition they also assumed operation of the campus institutional repository, including policy-making and marketing documents. Other new responsibilities include software administration and upgrades, public Web pages, and digital and photographic reproductions of library materials. Carol outlined the facts behind this process and the circumstances driving it and showed the step by step process that has lead to this new Metadata and Digital Services department.
She credited being in the right place at the right time as being an important factor in her department's successful transformation. When she began as Head of the Catalog Dept in 2000 many of the elements for success were present. She had great staff and colleagues, they were involved in PCC, they had very clean bibliographic database, there was already some team-based organization in the department, they were and are an ARL library working with a budget deficit, she had an extensive cataloging and metadata background, and there was a new University Librarian in June of that year. The leadership style of the new UL was crucial in this process. She stressed collaboration across divisions, liked co-operation, did not like whining, and she had budgetary constraints which required a creative approach.
Carol's department began by looking at what needed to be accomplished and what backlogs of uncataloged materials were in the library’s collection and looking at ways to provide access to them such as different levels of cataloging, different types of metadata such as Dublin Core and EAD, and having non cataloging personnel providing metadata. For example they worked collaboratively with the Manuscripts department to teach them cataloging so that they could do some of their own bibliographic control work. They took on some digital projects which were grant funded and used ContentDM software. Carol also actively lobbied for her position as co-chair of the team to implement their institutional repository. In addition, their merger with the Preservation Dept. in 2003, drove some of these new duties.
She summarized this process as a gradual evolution. They worked to acquire new skills, took on new work, seized opportunities and promoted a wide role for the cataloging department. They actively worked to make access to the library's collections in all formats a library wide “problem” and not just a cataloging department “problem”.
Technical Services Librarians can and should take on these digital library projects and widen the scope of their departments because they have the skill set required:
• They are familiar with standards
• They've been creating metadata all along and are experts in it
• They have experience designing workflows
• They have the technical skills to make things work
• They had experience in and the skills required to train people and to document procedures
• They have experience in marketing (because they have been justifying their skills and work product to Administrators)
• They are used to adapting to new rules and new systems.
This program was so meaty and full of information and ideas that I don't think I can do it justice in a blog entry. Carol covered much more detail including the challenges they have faced and ways in which they are working to overcome them. She stressed over and over the need to work collaboratively and the need for continual retraining and education as well as cross-training.
To access the Powerpoint Slides including her notes, and her Handouts for this program go to: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/3020
The slides also include links to the department’s web pages and to some of their projects. Incidentally these materials are housed in their institutional repository and you can take a look at the metadata record for them.
This program was also taped and it would well worth the purchase price. I was encouraged that my library was on the right track and I was inspired to do more.
~Beth Geesey Holmes
Cataloging Services Librarian
University of Georgia Law Library
She credited being in the right place at the right time as being an important factor in her department's successful transformation. When she began as Head of the Catalog Dept in 2000 many of the elements for success were present. She had great staff and colleagues, they were involved in PCC, they had very clean bibliographic database, there was already some team-based organization in the department, they were and are an ARL library working with a budget deficit, she had an extensive cataloging and metadata background, and there was a new University Librarian in June of that year. The leadership style of the new UL was crucial in this process. She stressed collaboration across divisions, liked co-operation, did not like whining, and she had budgetary constraints which required a creative approach.
Carol's department began by looking at what needed to be accomplished and what backlogs of uncataloged materials were in the library’s collection and looking at ways to provide access to them such as different levels of cataloging, different types of metadata such as Dublin Core and EAD, and having non cataloging personnel providing metadata. For example they worked collaboratively with the Manuscripts department to teach them cataloging so that they could do some of their own bibliographic control work. They took on some digital projects which were grant funded and used ContentDM software. Carol also actively lobbied for her position as co-chair of the team to implement their institutional repository. In addition, their merger with the Preservation Dept. in 2003, drove some of these new duties.
She summarized this process as a gradual evolution. They worked to acquire new skills, took on new work, seized opportunities and promoted a wide role for the cataloging department. They actively worked to make access to the library's collections in all formats a library wide “problem” and not just a cataloging department “problem”.
Technical Services Librarians can and should take on these digital library projects and widen the scope of their departments because they have the skill set required:
• They are familiar with standards
• They've been creating metadata all along and are experts in it
• They have experience designing workflows
• They have the technical skills to make things work
• They had experience in and the skills required to train people and to document procedures
• They have experience in marketing (because they have been justifying their skills and work product to Administrators)
• They are used to adapting to new rules and new systems.
This program was so meaty and full of information and ideas that I don't think I can do it justice in a blog entry. Carol covered much more detail including the challenges they have faced and ways in which they are working to overcome them. She stressed over and over the need to work collaboratively and the need for continual retraining and education as well as cross-training.
To access the Powerpoint Slides including her notes, and her Handouts for this program go to: https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/dspace/handle/1794/3020
The slides also include links to the department’s web pages and to some of their projects. Incidentally these materials are housed in their institutional repository and you can take a look at the metadata record for them.
This program was also taped and it would well worth the purchase price. I was encouraged that my library was on the right track and I was inspired to do more.
~Beth Geesey Holmes
Cataloging Services Librarian
University of Georgia Law Library
Friday, July 07, 2006
PLANNING FOR THE 2007 AALL ANNUAL MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS
Join us at the TS-SIS Education Committee Meeting
Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 11:45 AM-1:00 pm
America's Center, Room 125
Overview
While it may seem way too earlier to think about AALL in 2007, we need
to plan now due to the very short time-frame for submitting program
ideas after the 2006 Annual meeting. We have lots of flexibility to
propose learning opportunities that are important to us, but we need
your ideas! If you would like TS-SIS to consider sponsoring your
program, please read on ...
Theme
The theme for the 2007 meeting in New Orleans is "Rise to the
Challenge." See the incoming 2006/07 AALL President Sarah (Sally)
Holterhoff's description here.
Deadline if Requesting TS-SIS Sponsorship
Final deadline for submitting your program, workshop or topic to the
TS-SIS Education Committee is Friday, August 4, 2006, 5:00 pm PDT.
Process
All TS-SIS Education Committee members are available to assist you. We
are open to collaborating with other SIS's or committees. And don't
limit your presentation to the traditional 3 talking-head panels. See
page 18 in the Handbook for alternative presentation formats.
1. Refer to the Program Planners Handbook for more information.
2. Beginning on p. 32 of the Handbook are step-by-step guidelines
for using the online web site to create your proposal.
3. You do not need to complete your proposal in one session. You
can save your work in progress and log back in as many times as needed
to complete your proposal.
4. If you are seeking TS-SIS sponsorship, identify TS-SIS as the
sponsor (or co-sponsor).
5. When you have completed your proposal, enter both the TS-SIS
Education Committee e-mail address: ts-educationATaallnet.org and
Rhonda Lawrence's e-mail address: lawrenceATlaw.ucla.edu. Next, when
you are ready to share it with the TS-SIS Education Committee, click on
the button that says "Share." Your proposal will then be automatically
sent to TS-SIS Education Committee and to Rhonda Lawrence to review.
6. IMPORTANT: Do not click on the "Submit Proposal" button until
you have heard from the TS-SIS Education Committee. If you click on
the "Submit Proposal" button, the proposal goes directly to AMPC and you
will no longer be able to revise it.
When will TS-SIS notify people about sponsorship?
We will notify everyone who has submitted a proposal to TS-SIS no later
than Thursday August 10, 2006, whether we will sponsor your program.
Individuals may choose to submit any programs to directly AMPC they like
without our sponsorship.
Plan to attend the TS-SIS Education Committee meeting, Tuesday, July 11,
2006 from 11:45 AM-1:00 pm, in America's Center, Room 125.
TS-SIS 2006/07 Education Committee Members
Rhonda Lawrence, 2006/07 TS-SIS Chair & Education Committee Chair, UCLA
Law Library, lawrenceATlaw.ucla.edu
Alan Keely, TS-SIS 2006/07 Vice-Chair
Wake Forest University keelyATwfu.edu
Ajaye Bloomstone, Acquisitions Committee Chair
Louisiana State Law Library, llajayeATlsu.edu
Jean Pajerek, Cataloging & Classification Committee Chair, Cornell Law
Library, jmp8ATcornell.edu
Patricia Turpening, Preservation Committee Chair
BookloverConsultingATyahoo.com.
Carol Nicholson, Serials Standing Committee Chair
UNC Chapel Hill carol_nicholsonATunc.edu
Cindy Buhi, Tech Services Librarian, Washington State Attorney General
cindyb3ATatg.wa.gov
Jolande E. Goldberg, Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist
Library of Congress, jgolATloc.gov
Jim Mumm, Acquisitions/Serials Librarian, Marquette University Law
Library jim.mummATmarquette.edu
Teresa A. Parker-Bellamy, Head, Bibliographic Services Dept., Regent
University Law Library, tereparATregent.edu
Paula Tejeda, Associate Law Librarian, Sol Blatt Jr. Law Library,
Charleston School of Law, ptejedaATcharlestonlaw.org
Join us at the TS-SIS Education Committee Meeting
Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 11:45 AM-1:00 pm
America's Center, Room 125
Overview
While it may seem way too earlier to think about AALL in 2007, we need
to plan now due to the very short time-frame for submitting program
ideas after the 2006 Annual meeting. We have lots of flexibility to
propose learning opportunities that are important to us, but we need
your ideas! If you would like TS-SIS to consider sponsoring your
program, please read on ...
Theme
The theme for the 2007 meeting in New Orleans is "Rise to the
Challenge." See the incoming 2006/07 AALL President Sarah (Sally)
Holterhoff's description here.
Deadline if Requesting TS-SIS Sponsorship
Final deadline for submitting your program, workshop or topic to the
TS-SIS Education Committee is Friday, August 4, 2006, 5:00 pm PDT.
Process
All TS-SIS Education Committee members are available to assist you. We
are open to collaborating with other SIS's or committees. And don't
limit your presentation to the traditional 3 talking-head panels. See
page 18 in the Handbook for alternative presentation formats.
1. Refer to the Program Planners Handbook for more information.
2. Beginning on p. 32 of the Handbook are step-by-step guidelines
for using the online web site to create your proposal.
3. You do not need to complete your proposal in one session. You
can save your work in progress and log back in as many times as needed
to complete your proposal.
4. If you are seeking TS-SIS sponsorship, identify TS-SIS as the
sponsor (or co-sponsor).
5. When you have completed your proposal, enter both the TS-SIS
Education Committee e-mail address: ts-educationATaallnet.org and
Rhonda Lawrence's e-mail address: lawrenceATlaw.ucla.edu. Next, when
you are ready to share it with the TS-SIS Education Committee, click on
the button that says "Share." Your proposal will then be automatically
sent to TS-SIS Education Committee and to Rhonda Lawrence to review.
6. IMPORTANT: Do not click on the "Submit Proposal" button until
you have heard from the TS-SIS Education Committee. If you click on
the "Submit Proposal" button, the proposal goes directly to AMPC and you
will no longer be able to revise it.
When will TS-SIS notify people about sponsorship?
We will notify everyone who has submitted a proposal to TS-SIS no later
than Thursday August 10, 2006, whether we will sponsor your program.
Individuals may choose to submit any programs to directly AMPC they like
without our sponsorship.
Plan to attend the TS-SIS Education Committee meeting, Tuesday, July 11,
2006 from 11:45 AM-1:00 pm, in America's Center, Room 125.
TS-SIS 2006/07 Education Committee Members
Rhonda Lawrence, 2006/07 TS-SIS Chair & Education Committee Chair, UCLA
Law Library, lawrenceATlaw.ucla.edu
Alan Keely, TS-SIS 2006/07 Vice-Chair
Wake Forest University keelyATwfu.edu
Ajaye Bloomstone, Acquisitions Committee Chair
Louisiana State Law Library, llajayeATlsu.edu
Jean Pajerek, Cataloging & Classification Committee Chair, Cornell Law
Library, jmp8ATcornell.edu
Patricia Turpening, Preservation Committee Chair
BookloverConsultingATyahoo.com.
Carol Nicholson, Serials Standing Committee Chair
UNC Chapel Hill carol_nicholsonATunc.edu
Cindy Buhi, Tech Services Librarian, Washington State Attorney General
cindyb3ATatg.wa.gov
Jolande E. Goldberg, Senior Cataloging Policy Specialist
Library of Congress, jgolATloc.gov
Jim Mumm, Acquisitions/Serials Librarian, Marquette University Law
Library jim.mummATmarquette.edu
Teresa A. Parker-Bellamy, Head, Bibliographic Services Dept., Regent
University Law Library, tereparATregent.edu
Paula Tejeda, Associate Law Librarian, Sol Blatt Jr. Law Library,
Charleston School of Law, ptejedaATcharlestonlaw.org
Come to the Heads Of Technical Services Roundtable
TS-SIS Members:
Come join us at the Heads of Technical Services Roundtable on Sunday,
July 9 from 11:45-1:15 PM in the Renaissance Grand, Landmark 4.
We don't have a specific agenda this year, but come armed with topics
that you want to discuss or issues you may be facing. Get the input of
others in similar situations. This is always a lively discussion that
ends way to soon. You don't have to be a Head of Tech Services to
attend. Feel free to bring your lunch. Hope to see you there!
Karen Douglas,
Roundtable Facilitator
Karen B. Douglas
Head of Technical Services
Duke University Law Library
Come join us at the Heads of Technical Services Roundtable on Sunday,
July 9 from 11:45-1:15 PM in the Renaissance Grand, Landmark 4.
We don't have a specific agenda this year, but come armed with topics
that you want to discuss or issues you may be facing. Get the input of
others in similar situations. This is always a lively discussion that
ends way to soon. You don't have to be a Head of Tech Services to
attend. Feel free to bring your lunch. Hope to see you there!
Karen Douglas,
Roundtable Facilitator
Karen B. Douglas
Head of Technical Services
Duke University Law Library
2006 CC:DA representative's report
Hi all,
Martin has kindly posted my report on the TS website. Access it here or you
can reach it from the TS home page under Representatives' Reports.
I hope to see many of you in St. Louis!
Kathy
Martin has kindly posted my report on the TS website. Access it here or you
can reach it from the TS home page under Representatives' Reports.
I hope to see many of you in St. Louis!
Kathy
2006 Task Group on Replacement Vols. Report
Hello all,
The task group report is available from the TS homepage or directly
here.
Regina Wallen
The task group report is available from the TS homepage or directly
Regina Wallen
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