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Hamza U, Musa & Ibrahim H, Jibril, H (2015)define library service is any act or activities undertake by information service provider to faciltate access to information resources. Library technical services are the processing and maintenance activities of a library's collection. These include:[1]

  • Identification: locating potentially worthwhile items to add to the collection
  • Selection: deciding which of the identified items to add to the collection
  • Acquisitions: securing the items for the collection
  • Organization: indexing and cataloging the items acquired in a manner that will aid the end-user in locating materials in the collection
  • Preparation: labeling, binding, repairing, conservation, and otherwise making items ready for (and maintained during) storage in a manner that allows for easy retrieval and maintenance of what is in a collection

Technical services may also include: maintenance of online catalogs, creation and maintenance of MARC records in the catalog, labeling, covering, security processing, and/or distribution of materials, maintaining a library's technology resources, such as servers, OPACs, circulation, scanners, and other devices.

Technical Services Resources

  • OCLC - Webjunction[2]
  • Library of Congress - Resource Description and Access (RDA)[3]

Technical Services Membership Opportunities

  • ALA - Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)[4]
  • Also see local state library associations and consortiums

References

  1. ^ G. Edward Evans, Sheila S. Intner, Jean Weihs Introduction to Technical Services; 7th ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2002 ISBN 1-56308-918-1
  2. ^ http://www.webjunction.org/content/dam/WebJunction/Documents/pennsylvania/Technical%20Services(10).pdf
  3. ^ "Resource Description and Access (RDA): Information and Resources in Preparation for RDA (Aquisitions and Bibliographic Control, Library of Congress)". loc.gov.
  4. ^ "Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)". ala.org.


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