“Redesigning Technical Services for the 21st Century Library” was held during the 2017 ALA Annual Conference on June 24. It was co-sponsored by the ALCTS Technical Services Workflow Efficiency Interest Group and the Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries Interest Group.
Continue readingOn Sunday, June 25, 2017, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Metadata Interest Group sponsored “Metadata Migration: Managing Methods and Mayhem” along with co-sponsors ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Interest Group and ALCTS Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS) Cataloging Norms Interest Group. The program featured two speakers discussing their experiences with evolving procedures and tools around metadata migrations. Of note, the audio and slides are available on the conference event page.
Continue readingThe Eighth Annual Collection Management and Research Forum, sponsored by ALCTS and ALCTS Collection Management Section (CMS) was held at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois on Sunday, June 25. The forum focused on two projects. The first presentation was titled “DDA Beyond the Trigger: Evaluating the Sustainability and Use of an E-BOOK DDA Plan” and presented by Lindsay Barnett, the Collection Development and Assessment Librarian at the College of Charleston. The second presentation was “Citation Analysis of Communication Studies Journals: Actionable Knowledge for the Communication Librarian” and presented by Lisa Romero, the Communications Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Continue readingThe ALCTS Acquisitions Managers and Vendors Interest Group (AMVIG) and the ALCTS Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Interest Group co-sponsored a program at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, June 24, which focused on gathering and utilizing data to inform collection development decisions.
Continue readingThe ALCTS Board met twice during the 2017 ALA Annual Conference: Friday, June, 23, 1:00–5:00 p.m., and Monday, June 26, 1:00–5:30 p.m. The Board’s action items and decisions follow.
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