Forrest makes an excellent point. Convincing the administration that tech services has a public impact will not necessarily convince them that tech services needs to remain physically located in the library.
You might want to step back and ask yourself why you feel that tech services needs to be physically located in the library. If your reasoning is purely staff-centric ("Here are all the reasons we don't want to be moved offsite"), then you're going to have a tough time making a compelling argument. But if moving TS would actually hurt the patron experience, then that's where you need to focus your argument — not on the more abstract question of whether or not TS serves the public.
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Stacey,
Based on your interest in seeking arguments for keeping Technical Services on-site, I would suggest that you are asking the wrong question. More specifically, you need to demonstrate that your physical presence offers a greater benefit to the library's mission than whatever other plans exist for that space. Interaction with students and faculty is a red herring.
Cheers!
--Forrest
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Hello All
I posted a question awhile ago asking for examples of libraries that had their technical services departments moved off-site. Thank you to those who responded, always looking for more examples!
My next question is how would you argue that Technical Services is indeed a public service? I found a very good article here
http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Publications/spectrum/Archives/Vol-16/No-2/technical-services.pdf
Our technical services department (Acq, Cataloging and ERM) has been told we are candidates to move off-site because we do not interact directly with students and faculty. I am arguing that we do interact, indirectly. What does everyone else think?
Stacey
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