Integration in the Library Organization

Bring technical and public services together to create a more user-friendly library! Written for public and technical services librarians, this vital book examines the changes in the profession that have contributed to the integration of the two services. It explores the responsibilities of public and technical services, the effect of dualism on libraries and the profession, and management concerns in this overlapping environment. With case studies and insightful predictions for the future, Integration in the Library Organization discusses the changes in the profession that have contributed to the integration of the two services. This book fills a gap in the available information about team management and the blurring of public/technical services lines in libraries. Integration in the Library Organization shows you how to create an environment of full staff cooperation within your library and provides examples of ways that other libraries have accomplished this. Here you'll discover management techniques to use in such an overlapping environment. Integration in the Library Organization discusses: the false dualism of technical services vs. public services working as partners in a team-based environment tailoring library positions to match individual skills outsourcing in Hawaii satellite cataloging operations and nonprint backlogs . . . and much more! Integration in the Library Organization will provide you with the insight you need to help your library balance and integrate technical and public services and improve the capability of your library to offer patrons quality services and large amounts of information.

Mary S. Alexander is Head of the Serials Unit and Assistant Professor in the Catalog Department at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Margaret "Peggy" Bing is Curator/Cataloger in The Dianne and Michael Bienes Special Collections and Rare Book Library, Bienes Center for the Literary Arts at the Broward County Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is instructor in the Florida State University Distance Learning LIS Program Mary K. Bolin is Head of Technical Services and Associate Professor at the University of Idaho, Moscow Karen J. Davis is currently Head of the Monographs Cataloging Unit at Georgia State University Janet DeForest is Assistant Documents Librarian at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Christine DeZelar-Tiedman is Catalog Librarian at the University of Idaho, Moscow David Garnes is Reference Librarian and Health Sciences Bibliographer in Research and Information Services at the Homer Babbidge Library at the University of Connecticut, Storrs Maria Anna Jankowska is Associate Professor and Network Resources Librarian at the University of Idaho Library, Moscow Mary H. Kay is Acquisitions/Collection Development Librarian at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California David P. Miller is Head of Technical Services at the Levin Library, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts Sean Saxon is Head of Cataloging at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Susan P. Smith is a cataloger at the University of Connecticut, Storrs Elizabeth N. Steinhagen is Head of Ibero American Materials Cataloging at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Stephanie A. Strickland is Branch Library Manager at the Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library in Honolulu, Hawaii Christine E. Thompson is Head of the Catalog Department and Professor at the University of Alabama Nancy J. Young is Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian at the University of Idaho Library, Moscow