Technical Services Annual Report 2006/2007
- Worked to implement Primo, with many staff involved on the various project teams. In particular, Mary Charles Lasater headed the Normalization Team.
- Migrated to the Java client of our Unicorn Workflows modules. Some team members were very much involved in the beta testing and served as Java trainers.
- Increased the VU e-Archive by adding History Department Baccalaureate Honors Theses and VU News Service podcasts. Involved Cataloging Team members in metadata creation or enhancement.
- Electronic Resource Librarian
created White Paper on Electronic Resources Management Systems.
- Preservation Librarian began
research for white paper on digital preservation.
- Improved mechanisms for
reporting and correcting problems with ejournal
access.
- Created 'etrials'
blog, for eresources being considered for
purchase
- Worked on bibliographic record import for large electronic sets such as 18th Century Collections Online, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Cambridge Companions Online Collection, Oxford Digital Reference shelf and others.
- Processed the Peruvian collection of books purchased on Central bibliographer buying trip
- Ventured into ordering Arabic
language materials
- Helped to automate the
receiving of the Brodart/McNaughton Leisure
Reading Collection materials
Personnel-related Accomplishments:
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Defined and appointed a shared position between TS and Central Library to support East Asian Studies by identifying, acquiring, and cataloging library materials.
- Two book repair library
assistant positions were upgraded to preservation technicians.
- Hired for newly created
position, Eectronic Resource Librarian.
Staff Development-related:
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Formed a Metadata journal club, to increase awareness and discuss current issues related to metadata.
- Developed a blog to record and share Cataloging and Authorities Team information
Metadata Committee
Accomplishments:
- Created improved procedures for processing Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD’s) through the recommendations of the ETD Project Team. More than half of all theses are now submitted in electronic form. Reassigned most of the work of dealing with ETDs to the CAT team.
- Developed work-around for series processing changes at the Library of Congress through the recommendations of a Project Team.
- Created a VU e-Archive Application Profile Project Team to create consistent metadata standards for the VU e-Archive