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Program reminder: ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group, ALA Midwinter 2019

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Attending at ALA Midwinter 2019? Please join the ALCTS Creative Ideas in
Technical Services Interest Group, an open forum for discussion of all
things technical services!  Everyone is welcome to participate in any of
the 8 exciting roundtable discussions being held on Saturday, January 26th,
from 4:30-5:30 PM in Room 2B of the Washington State Convention Center in
Seattle.  Add the session to your conference scheduler here:
https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/ALA-Midwinter/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=470124

We are proud to present the following discussion topics for our session at
ALA Midwinter 2019:

Critical cataloging and faculty engagement

Proposal by: Susan Ponischil (Grand Valley State University)

Facilitators: Violet Fox (OCLC), Mira Greene (Rice University)

Catalogers interested in engaging faculty can create opportunities.
Critical cataloging looks at social justice issues and the ethical
implications of our work. This framework can be incorporated as a critical
theory into curricula in a number of disciplines such as Literary Studies,
Gender Studies, Education, Sociology, Criminal Justice, etc. The Library of
Congress Subject Headings create opportunities for engagement through
discussions about biases and fallacies represented. An open dialogue about
LCSH issues and how to address those issues through tools like the
Cataloging Lab can be incorporated in to the conversation. This heightened
awareness can translate into a better understanding of how to use the
catalog, but also an appreciation for the focus librarians bring to
conversations about discrimination and disparities.  Potential questions
could include: Are there opportunities in your institution for this type of
engagement? Is critical cataloging something you actively participate in?
How? If you were to consider reaching out to faculty, which discipline
would consider first?

Understanding and Managing the Changing Landscape of Technical Services

Facilitators: Dan Tam Do (University of Vermont) and Lihong Zhu (Washington
State University)

This roundtable discussion will focus on exploring current issues and
trends in technical services, including the role of the manager or
supervisor in addressing change. What are the major drivers of change in
the current landscape of technical services? Here, the drivers of change
refer to those factors which bring changes in the overall landscape. They
can originate from the outer ring of the macro-environment or within the
inner ring of the micro-environment. It is critical to understand the major
drivers of change since they are likely to impact all aspects of technical
services, including standards, best practices, technology, workflows, and
staffing. Managers and supervisors in technical services are often
responsible not only for these aspects of operations but also for
maintaining awareness of the drivers of change, considering and
communicating their potential impacts, and making decisions around change.
This position brings a unique perspective as well as particular challenges,
which will be explored during the discussion. Potential questions may
include: 1. What are the major drivers of change in the current landscape
of technical services? 2. What challenges do managers and supervisors face
in meeting the upcoming changes in technical services? 3. What can managers
and supervisors do to develop their technical services department into a
learning organization that is not only keeping up to date with current
issues and trends, but also continuously learning new ways of doing things?

Embracing Technical Service's Public Service Role

Facilitator: Jeffrey Mortimore (Georgia Southern University)

The traditional distinction between the “front office” and the “back
office” fails to align with contemporary technical services practice.
Today, technical and public services personnel are equally involved in
providing resources, services, and support direct to patrons, demanding
communication, collaboration, and public service competencies library-wide.
Drawing upon participants' experiences, this roundtable will discuss the
importance of communication and referral skills commonly associated with
reference and instruction to the delivery of effective technical services.
What are the emerging points of contact between technical and public
services, and technical services and patrons? What role has the ongoing
transition to electronic resources played in changing or increasing these
points of contact, and the need for technical services personnel to
participate in their mediation? How do technical services personnel provide
education, promotion, and support for library resources? What practices
work well, and what can we do better? How does technical services’
participation in patron education and support impact technical and public
services roles library-wide? Are traditional service models well adapted to
emerging technical and public services?

Tools and workflows for enhancing discoverability of linked data and other
library resources on the web

Facilitators: Theodore Gerontakos, Crystal Clements, Benjamin Riesenberg
(University of Washington)

Many libraries create linked data and local triple stores which, in turn,
become additional library resources to expose to potential users. One goal
for this type of resource is to make it discoverable directly on the web,
often without intervening applications such as an integrated library system
or a content management system. How have libraries dealt with this
challenge? How are we publishing resources (including linked data and local
triple stores) directly into the web and making them discoverable? Library
metadata as linked data further complicates this effort because web
searches customarily retrieve the resources themselves, rather than
descriptions about the resources. We can use search engine optimization
practices to make our datasets visible to web searches, but how do we
present them to justify offering a dataset as a query solution? These
problems can apply to any resource published directly into the web. A
discussion of discoverability strategies for diverse resources, including
but not limited to linked data resources, would make for an informative
discussion. Potential discussion questions may include: 1. What work has
your institution done to optimize discoverability of locally produced
linked data? How has your institution facilitated the use of that linked
data? How thoroughly was that data integrated with other web resources? 2.
What can libraries do moving forward to enhance discoverability of library
resources on the web? Has your institution considered SEO practices,
Wikimedia, sitemaps, schema.org? Something else? 3. How can institutions
share workflows and knowledge as we explore this new territory? What are
some ways for us to work together in order not to duplicate our efforts and
to share what we learn?

Team building in technical services: how to boost morale and motivate staff

Facilitators: Laura Evans and Rachel Turner (Binghamton University)

Whether it’s the constantly increasing number of projects, migration to a
new system, or just the daily grind, sometimes technical services staff
need a little motivation to continue working productively. A key component
of being productive is healthy interpersonal relationships among staff
members. If colleagues work well together, they are more likely to enjoy
coming to work, collaborate on projects, and contribute to the work of the
technical services department. This discussion will focus on creative team
building ideas that can be employed in staff meetings, on special
occasions, or day-to-day, that can help staff members become more
comfortable with each other, boost morale and ensure that everyone feels
like part of the team. Through our questions and examples, we will also
explore the idea that team building exercises do not have to be all-day
workshops or silly icebreakers, but can be engaging and encourage staff to
think “outside of the box.” Discussion questions may include: 1. What team
building ideas have you tried within your department? Were they successful?
2. In what contexts are fun or motivational activities appropriate? How do
you keep these activities focused and productive? 3. How do you choose
inclusive activities, or include staff members who are not comfortable with
traditional team-building ideas?

Technical Services in a Startup University

Facilitator: Raymond Pun (Alder Graduate School of Education)

As a librarian at a startup university building a library from scratch, I
am interested in hosting a discussion exploring the intricacies, problems,
opportunitities and expectations of startup culture can apply to library
policies ranging from collection strategy to e-access to IT collaboration.
The discussion will center on tools and resources that might make workflows
much more streamlined in this situation. Some of these discussions and
applications can also be re-directed or transferred to established
institutions too. The challenge of working at a startup university is
identifying the needs and priorities but how do you do that when everything
is constantly moving, important, timely and urgent? This discussion will
open up discussions on how workflows for technical services can be
developed in these startup cultures: solo librarianship, librarians who
transitioned from technical to public services, librarians who also serve
as IT/academic writing support, and librarians who do not have any physical
libraries to work in. Potential questions may include: 1. Think of several
words of the word "startup" and write it down in the index card, we'll pass
it around and take turns to read it. Is "startup" a good or not so good
blend with academic/library cultures, why or why not? 2. If you didn't have
a website, no IT support (or very limited), no collection policy, no
library staff other than yourself and no collections (digital or print) so
far but you do have a 10k budget line for library resources and university
accreditors coming in next month for a visit, what are your first
priorities and how would you plan this through? What scenarios can you take
back from this experience as a technical services librarian? Where/how do
you begin to purchase e-resources? 3. Has anyone worked in public services
before? If so, what are your experiences having transitioned to technical
services? What are some challenges, opportunities and benefits from such
transition? Do you establish workflows differently based on your past
experiences as a public services librarian?

Evaluating Technical Services Operations

Facilitator: Jennifer Sweeney (San Jose State University)

Is your technical services operation as efficient as it could be? This
session will feature discussion on how to assess processes and workload and
identify inefficiencies to improve workflow, streamline processes, and
identify best practices in selecting, ordering, purchasing, delivery,
movement of materials throughout the library system.  Potential discussion
questions may include: 1. Describe current movement of materials through
your system (there will be a form for participants to fill out to help
organize this information; facilitator will sketch out flowchart on easel
pad). Also demographics: Size/type of library. Size of staff. Your role. 2.
What is most challenging in your current workflow? 3. How could this be
improved? 4. What are the barriers to making improvements in your process?
5. How might these barriers be minimized or eliminated?

Collection Development and Interlibrary Loan Open Communication

Facilitator: Alison Armstrong (Radford University)

The Collection Development Unit has always tried to work in concert with
the Interlibrary Loan Unit but being in different departments made cross
collaboration difficult. In 2015, the supervisors of each unit worked
together to develop a “Purchase on Demand” program. The Collection
Assistant looked at books (and sometimes CDs) which had been requested
multiple times and decided which titles to purchase to avoid the future
need to borrow for our patrons. For titles that ILL could not find a copy
to borrow, there were procedures for ILL staff to send the title to the
Collection Assistant to potentially purchase to be placed on hold for the
patron. Overall, this program has worked well and, above all else, it has
led to a collaborative environment with better communication across
departments.  Discussion questions may include: How do your ILL and C.D.
departments/units work together? What do you see as impediments to
communication between areas? Are there ways in which you can use clear
procedures to achieve the desired result?

-- 
Timothy Ryan Mendenhall, Chair, ALCTS-CITSIG, [log in to unmask]

Jennifer Maddox Abbott, Vice-Chair, ALCTS-CITSIG, [log in to unmask]

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