[PADG:805] ALA Midwinter: Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries

[Beth Picknally Camden <bethpc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries
Discussion Group
ALA Midwinter Meeting, San Antonio
Friday, January 20, 2006, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Marriott Riverwalk, Salon D


1—Welcome, introductions, and announcements (Calhoun, chair, and the
group) (10 minutes)

2--Vendor records for acquisitions and cataloging. Pricing models,
workflows, value, and impact on OCLC/RLG (Calhoun and the group, 25
minutes)

3--E-resource management systems. Integration with local library
systems, workflows, manpower requirements, effectiveness, and early
experience from implementers. Who has these systems up and running (or
close to it) and how is it going? Are users coming out ahead on service
as we expected they would? Are labor costs for managing e-resources
lower as a result of these systems? (Calhoun and the group, 25 minutes)

4--Participating in the Google Book Search project: report from the
field. A guided discussion of questions/issues that have arisen as a
result of participation in the project. (John Price Wilkin and Catherine
Tierney, University of Michigan and Stanford University, 30 minutes)

Break 11:00-11:15 (approximate)

5--Report on Janus conference (
http://www.library.cornell.edu/janusconference/)
<http://www.library.cornell.edu/janusconference/%29.%A0>Opportunity for
input from the group to the Chief Collection Development Officers of
Large Research Libraries (CCDO), whose agenda will be devoted to
discussion of the 6 key challenges from the Janus conference (
http://janusconference.library.cornell.edu/?p=49). (Cindy Shelton, UCLA,
30 minutes)

6--Retooling staff. What is the future of acquisitions staffing? Staff
members "armed with a browser and a credit card" are moving away from
lower level data entry work. There is a new emphasis on faster
turnaround time and a variety of options for delivering materials to
users. How are these changes affecting what we need acquisitions and
other technical services staff members to know and be able to do?
(Katharine Farrell, Princeton, 25 minutes)

7--Big Heads housekeeping. 2006 is the TS Big Heads membership
evaluation year. What needs to be accomplished and who will undertake
this work? (Katharine Farrell, chair-elect, 20 minutes)

8—Other topics; suggestions for the next agenda (time permitting)