Case Study: Managing Change, and More Change, in Tech Services

Like most academic libraries, the Riley State University (RSU) Library planned to follow Library of Congress' lead and adopt RDA cataloging as standard practice for new cataloging at the end of the month, too. RSU was not a big research institution, but the library held a number of well-used sp...

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Published in:The Journal of academic librarianship 2014-11, Vol.40 (6), p.640-641
Main Author: McCourry, Maurine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Beamer, Nathan
Best practice
Colleges & universities
Communication. Information transfer
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Information service management
Library and documentation centre management
Library and information science. General aspects
Library cataloging
Library cataloguing
Library collections
Library management
Library staff
Projects
Sciences and techniques of general use
Technical services
User service management
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Summary:Like most academic libraries, the Riley State University (RSU) Library planned to follow Library of Congress' lead and adopt RDA cataloging as standard practice for new cataloging at the end of the month, too. RSU was not a big research institution, but the library held a number of well-used special collections, several containing many unique items, and so the cataloging unit included two full-time librarians in addition to Nathan. These librarians devoted their time principally to original cataloging, leaving the copy cataloging to two paraprofessionals. The department also employed student assistants. Here, McCourry talks about Nathan Beamer, head of cataloging for the RSU library.
ISSN:0099-1333
1879-1999
DOI:10.1016/j.acalib.2014.09.010