Open AccessBook Review: Rethinking Technical Services: New Frameworks, New Skill Sets, New Tools, New Roles
Author(s) -
Catherine Oliver
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
library resources and technical services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.342
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2159-9610
pISSN - 0024-2527
DOI - 10.5860/lrts.60n4.278
Subject(s) - metadata , praxis , joins , world wide web , computer science , library science , cataloging , state (computer science) , management , engineering management , engineering , political science , algorithm , law , economics , programming language
This book, the sixth volume in a series on the twenty-first century academic library, joins other books on the present and future of technical services, including Rethinking Library Technical Services (2015) and the much older Technical Services: Today and Tomorrow (1998); it presents a mixture of theory and praxis and includes surveys of the state of the profession, case studies, and think pieces. Unlike the other two volumes mentioned, it does not have chapters specifically devoted to acquisitions or to electronic resources management; metadata creation is the only division discussed in detail. However, it does include two sections aimed at technical services managers, a demographic not often treated separately.