CDL: ALCTS Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services IG at ALA Annual

ALCTS Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services IG at ALA 
Annual
From:
Betsy Appleton <eapplet1_at_gmu.edu>


ALCTS Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest 
Group (RPLTS)
Saturday, June 28, 2014, 10:30am-11:30am
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, N109
Add this event to your Midwinter schedule: http://ala14.ala.org/node/14818

Please join the RPLTS Interest Group for the following two presentations:

*Spandex Positions - Librarian Flexibility in Technical Services*
Jane Skoric, Cataloging and Metadata Librarian, Santa Clara University

How do we manage expanding positions? What to do when our roles are 
ambiguous? This presentation will give a realistic overview (with an 
optimistic spin) of one professional librarian's experiences in the 
technical services department of a mid-size academic library.
Two years ago I was hired into a "newly redefined position" as 
Cataloging and Metadata Librarian. The position I replaced was the Head 
of Technical Services. During the interview, a librarian stated, "But we 
need someone to manage the electronic resources. Who is going to do that 
work?"  Thus, although the position announcement did not address several 
of the immediate needs of the technical services department, I chose to 
do so. My primary duties became the direct supervision of 6 support 
staff and the management of e-resources. Many other changes, including 
to whom I report, and other colleagues' evolving roles have occurred in 
the past two years. As 21st century libraries evolve, how and by whom 
will the roles of professional librarians in technical services be defined?
*
**Emerging Leadership roles for Technical Services Librarians and 
Training for professional and non-professional staff*
Stephanie P. Hess, Electronic Resources Librarian, Binghamton University

Leadership roles in Technical Services are shifting as the potential of 
digital collections continues to open new career paths for Technical 
Services staff.  Employment opportunities for metadata/ cataloging 
librarians, digitization experts, and electronic resources librarians 
now require skill sets that are prompting many of us to become project 
managers and/ or administrators of electronic resource management 
systems and next Gen catalogs. These emerging technologies entail 
extensive re-vamping of workflows and the introduction of more 
egalitarian training techniques that will reach library staff at all 
levels. This presentation will cover the nuances of leadership and 
include tips on "leading from where you are" as well as offer ideas 
regarding how to approach staff training and re-deploy existing staff 
when implementing new workflows within an evolving cross-departmental 
setting.


Betsy Appleton and Stephanie Rodriguez, RPLTS IG Co-Chairs
Christine Dulaney and Harriet Wintermute, RPLTS IG Co-Chairs Elect

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Betsy Appleton
Electronic Resources Librarian
George Mason University Libraries
eapplet1_at_gmu.edu
703-993-3713