Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group meeting: "Restructuring Tech Services in Lean Times"
Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group will meet Saturday, July 11 from 8-10 AM, in the Chicago Hilton, Room Northwest 3. Our discussion topic will be "Restructuring Tech Services in Lean Times: the Long-Term Impacts of Budget Cuts on the Future of Technical Services".
With the downturn of the economy, and the resulting budget cuts to our libraries, Technical Services is seeing less materials ordered, received, cataloged, bound, labeled. There is less work and in many cases, less staff. Library managers have passed from crisis management mode to a need for thinking about long-term changes that include dramatically different approaches to our work. Please join other Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries as we discuss these changes among small groups in a round-table setting.
Table topics may include:
How to increase sharing across institutions
How to support development efforts
How to redeploy staff to cover vacancies
How to maximize efficiency
How to establish our continuing role
Please note: we are the former "Medium Heads" with a new name and a new meeting time. We welcome those who have an interest in technical services management in college and university libraries, with no rules about who is "medium-sized" or who is an "administrator". We hope you can join us for an interesting discussion.
We will also hold elections for a new chair of the group.
Roberta Winjum, Chair
Associate Dean, Technical Services
Vanderbilt University Library
419 21st Ave. South
Nashville, TN 37203-2427
Received on Wed Jun 24 2009 - 17:09:54 EDT