Introduction to Technical Services, 7th Edition

Contents......Page 6
Preface to the Seventh Edition......Page 16
Part One General Background......Page 18
What Are Technical Services?......Page 20
Technical Service Units......Page 21
Technical Service Background and Philosophy......Page 22
Trends Affecting Technical Services......Page 24
Technology......Page 25
Budgetary Issues......Page 27
Outsourcing......Page 29
Summary......Page 32
Notes......Page 33
Suggested Reading......Page 34
Review Questions......Page 36
Library Personnel Categories......Page 37
Professional Staff......Page 39
Paraprofessional Staff......Page 41
Clerical Staff......Page 45
Part-Time Nonprofessional Staff......Page 46
Nonprofessional Volunteers......Page 47
Staff Development and Training......Page 49
Notes......Page 52
Suggested Reading......Page 53
Review Questions......Page 56
The "More" Factor......Page 57
Tips for Effective Time Management......Page 59
The "Faster/Better/Cheaper" Factors......Page 61
Restructuring to Provide "Faster and Better"......Page 64
Standards......Page 66
Benchmarking......Page 70
Cost Analysis......Page 73
Tips on Staff Motivation......Page 74
Team Building......Page 75
Communication Issues......Page 76
Summary......Page 80
Suggested Reading......Page 81
Review Questions......Page 83
Background and History......Page 84
Attempting to Collect the World......Page 86
Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery......Page 88
Early Programs, Databases, and Networks......Page 90
Major Online Bibliographic Services......Page 91
AMICUS......Page 92
OCLC......Page 93
Research Libraries Group/Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN®)......Page 96
The Electronic World and Cooperation Today......Page 97
Notes......Page 101
Academic......Page 102
Special......Page 103
Review Questions......Page 104
Part Two Acquisitions and Serials......Page 106
Collection Development and Acquisitions......Page 108
Public Library Selection......Page 109
School and Academic Library Selection......Page 110
Other Sources of Requests......Page 111
Departmental Functions......Page 112
Staffing......Page 114
Printed Materials......Page 117
Electronic Resources......Page 118
Notes......Page 119
General......Page 120
Public......Page 121
Review Questions......Page 122
6 Information Producers......Page 124
What Is Publishing?......Page 126
How Publishing Works......Page 127
Types of Publishers......Page 129
Functions of Publishing......Page 134
Producers of Nonbook Materials......Page 139
Notes......Page 143
Suggested Reading......Page 144
Review Questions......Page 145
Printed Materials......Page 146
Request Processing......Page 147
Preorder Work—Verification......Page 149
Searching Sources......Page 153
Serials Sources......Page 160
Media Sources......Page 161
Electronic Searching and OCLC......Page 164
Review Questions......Page 172
8 Order Processes......Page 174
Acquisition Methods......Page 180
Order Placement and Receiving......Page 186
Serials Processing......Page 187
Check-In Routines......Page 191
Notes......Page 194
Suggested Reading......Page 195
Review Questions......Page 196
Jobbers......Page 198
Jobber or Wholesaler......Page 199
What Can Jobbers Do......Page 200
Vendor-Added Services......Page 203
What Should Jobbers and Acquisitions Departments Expect from Each Other?......Page 205
Vendor Evaluation......Page 208
Retail Outlets......Page 214
Out-of-Print, Antiquarian, and Rare Book Dealers......Page 216
Selecting Vendors......Page 219
Selected Web Sites......Page 223
Suggested Reading......Page 224
Review Questions......Page 226
10 Print-Based Serials......Page 227
What Is a Serial?......Page 228
Yearbooks and Proceedings......Page 229
Superseding Serials......Page 230
Newsletters......Page 231
Journals......Page 232
Identifying Serials......Page 235
Serial Vendors......Page 236
Issues and Concerns......Page 238
Invoices......Page 242
Binding and Repairs......Page 243
Summary......Page 247
Notes......Page 248
Suggested Reading......Page 249
Review Questions......Page 250
Digital Serials......Page 251
Acquiring E-Serials......Page 254
Handling E-Serials......Page 256
Pricing......Page 257
Notes......Page 259
Selected Web Sites......Page 260
Suggested Reading......Page 261
Review Questions......Page 263
12 Government Information......Page 264
Background......Page 267
U.S. Documents......Page 270
State and Local Governments......Page 272
Local Government Publications......Page 274
Documents from Other Countries......Page 275
U.S. Depository Library Program......Page 277
Acquisitions......Page 280
Notes......Page 282
Suggested Reading......Page 283
Review Questions......Page 284
Why Nonbook Collections?......Page 285
Differences Between Print and Media......Page 287
Media Formats......Page 289
Selection and Acquisitions Issues......Page 290
Microforms......Page 292
Videorecordings......Page 295
Slides......Page 297
Flat Pictures......Page 298
Maps......Page 299
Sound Recordings: Discs and Tapes......Page 300
Other Media......Page 301
Previewing......Page 302
Acquisitions Tools......Page 303
Ordering Media......Page 304
Summary......Page 305
Notes......Page 306
General......Page 307
Review Questions......Page 308
14 Fiscal Management......Page 310
Problems in Fiscal Management......Page 311
Library Fund Accounting......Page 312
Accounting......Page 313
Accounts and Ledgers......Page 314
The Journal......Page 316
Estimating Costs......Page 318
Allocation of Monies......Page 326
Encumbering......Page 330
Order-Invoice Control......Page 333
Reconciliation of Accounts......Page 334
Summary......Page 335
Notes......Page 336
Academic......Page 337
Review Questions......Page 338
Part Three Cataloging and Processing......Page 340
What's the Process?......Page 342
Functions of the Catalog......Page 343
Catalog Displays......Page 345
Notes......Page 349
Review Questions......Page 350
How Much Data?—Levels of Description......Page 351
Subject Authorities......Page 355
Classifications......Page 356
Other Decisions......Page 357
Summary......Page 359
Suggested Reading......Page 360
Review Questions......Page 361
AACR: Past, Present, Future......Page 362
Organization of AACR2-98.......Page 366
Descriptive Structure and Sources......Page 372
ISBD Punctuation......Page 374
Area 1—Title and Statement of Responsibility......Page 377
Area 2—Edition......Page 384
Area 3—Material Specific Details......Page 385
Area 4—Publication, Distribution, Etc.......Page 386
Area 5—Physical Description......Page 396
Area 6—Series......Page 398
Area 7—Notes......Page 400
Access Points—Retrieving the Record......Page 408
Personal Names......Page 427
Corporate Bodies......Page 428
Geographic Names......Page 429
Uniform Titles......Page 430
Notes......Page 432
Access Points......Page 433
Review Questions......Page 434
Determining Subject Matter......Page 435
Enumeration Versus Faceting or Synthesis......Page 437
Subject Authorities: Vocabularies for Subject Cataloging......Page 438
Subject Authorities: Numbers for Classification......Page 439
Call Numbers......Page 440
Principles of Subject Cataloging......Page 442
Principles of Classification......Page 445
Precision......Page 449
Cost......Page 450
Problems of the Subject Catalog......Page 451
Evaluating Classifications......Page 452
Maintaining Subject Catalogs and Classifications......Page 453
Subject Analysis for Literary Works......Page 455
Why Use Standard Systems......Page 457
Subject Headings......Page 458
Review Questions......Page 459
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)......Page 460
Cross-References in LCSH......Page 464
Subdivisions in LCSH......Page 466
LCSH's Canadian Complement......Page 471
Problems with LCSH......Page 474
Sears List of Subject Headings......Page 476
Summary......Page 481
Notes......Page 482
Suggested Reading......Page 484
Review Questions......Page 485
Principles Underlying DDC......Page 486
Format of DDC......Page 488
A Closer Look at the DDC Schedules......Page 493
A Closer Look at the DDC Tables......Page 496
Library of Congress Classification (LCC)......Page 498
Principles Underlying LCC......Page 499
Format of LCC......Page 501
Main Classes of LCC......Page 502
Subdivision in LCC......Page 504
Comparison of DDC and LCC......Page 506
"Copy" Classification......Page 508
Summary......Page 509
Notes......Page 511
LCC......Page 512
Review Questions......Page 513
Answers to Examples on Page 493......Page 514
Introduction......Page 515
History and Background......Page 516
Fields......Page 517
Content Designators......Page 519
MARC Displays......Page 520
Bibliographic Networks and Online Cataloging......Page 525
Summary......Page 527
Suggested Reading......Page 528
Review Questions......Page 529
Management Tasks......Page 530
Needed Skills......Page 531
Departmental Policies and Procedures......Page 532
Responses to Changes in Cataloging Standards......Page 534
Writing the Policy Manual......Page 536
Processing Materials for Use......Page 537
Management Issues......Page 539
Ten Hints For Good Management......Page 541
Suggested Reading......Page 542
A......Page 544
C......Page 545
E......Page 546
J......Page 547
M......Page 548
P......Page 549
S......Page 550
V......Page 551
W......Page 552
Index to Names......Page 553
Index to Figures and Examples......Page 556
Access Points......Page 557
Description......Page 558
Classification......Page 560