Innovative Redesign and Reorganization of Library Technical Services: Paths For The Future And Case Studies

xii, 480 pages. Ink stamps on half title and title pages and bar code on spine (see photos). Photos form part of description. Contents: Review of the Literature / Laurie Lopatin -- What is Technical Services? / Pat Lawton and Deborah Rose-Lefmann -- Staffing Trends in Academic Library Technical Services / Vicki Toy Smith and Kathryn Etcheverria -- Change and Adaptation in the Technical Services of a Group of Mid-sized Academic Libraries: A 14-year Overview / Pamela Cline Howley -- Quality Cataloging with Less / Mary L. Mastraccio -- The Name and Role of the Cataloger in the Twenty-first Century / Nadine P. Ellero -- Redesign of Database Management in Rutgers University Libraries / Ruth A. Bogan -- Successfully Merging Workflow and Personnel in Technical Services: A Management Perspective / Ann Branton -- Workflow Analysis as a Basis for Organizational Redesign at McMaster University Library / Cheryl Martin -- Centering Technical Services / Annette M. LeClair -- Merging Departments in a Small Academic Library / Rhonda R. Glazier and Dr Jack D. Glazier -- Creating Career Paths for Cataloging Support Staff / Karen M. Letart, Charles Pennell and Shirley Hamlett -- Navigating Toward the Future / Susan B. Bailey -- Technological Change and Technical Services / Karen M. Ramsey -- Personnel Turnover as Impetus for Change / Martha Ann Bace and Patricia Ratkovich -- Shifting Duties and Responsibilities of Technical Services Staff / Karen Davis, Constance Demetracopoulos and Daryle McEachern Maroney -- Technical Services Between Reality and Illusion / Magda El-Sherbini -- Shuffling the Deck: Two Reorganizations at the Unversity of Massachissetts Amherst / Patricia S. Banach -- Redesigning Technical Services in an Academic Law Library / Andrea Rabbia -- National Cataloging and Indexing Program for United States Government Publications / Thomas A. Downing -- A Vision for the Future: Cornell University's Geospatial Information Repository (CUGIR) / Elaine L. Westbrooks.