Open AccessThe FUTURES of Technical Services
Author(s) -
Mary Elings,
Randal S. Brandt
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
rbm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2150-668X
pISSN - 1529-6407
DOI - 10.5860/rbm.14.1.392
Subject(s) - futures contract , variety (cybernetics) , engineering , business , library science , computer science , telecommunications , finance , artificial intelligence
The 53rd annual RBMS Preconference in San Diego explored the variety of futures in store for the rare books, manuscripts, and special collections community. Technical Services, with its crucial roles in acquisitions, description, access, and preservation, will not be excepted from the changes headed our way. Even the very term technical services faces an uncertain future. At the University of California, “technical services” as a concept is being phased out in favor of the more encompassing “collection services,” which covers the entire life cycle of library materials up until the moment they are shelved or made otherwise available to the . . .