Core Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services Interest Group

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Purpose: Provides a forum to discuss common issues surrounding the role of professional librarians in technical services and professional activities such as training, project management, research, assessment, supervision, or hiring in the technical services area of academic research libraries..

This interest group is part of Core's Metadata and Collections Section.

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Call for ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Incoming Convener

  • 1.  Call for ACRL Technical Services Interest Group Incoming Convener

    Posted Mar 07, 2024 08:32 AM

    (Please excuse cross postings.)

    The ACRL Technical Services Interest Group (TSIG) is seeking a volunteer to serve as the Incoming Convener (2024-25) / Convener (2025-26). This position serves a two-year term and is responsible for planning and facilitating a conference session at ALA Annual Conferences, organizing additional programming during the year, and communicating group activities. Annual Conference attendance is strongly encouraged.

    The charge of the TSIG is "to provide a broad framework for information exchange on current developments and activities related to technical services including, but not limited to, collection development, collection management, acquisitions, metadata services and resource discovery and delivery in academic libraries; To develop programs and foster and sponsor education and training opportunities that contribute to and enhance an understanding of acquisitions, metadata services and resource discovery and delivery in academic libraries; To better connect technical services librarians with ACRL and to enhance technical services." -ACRL TSIG website.

    If you are interested in this opportunity, please reply with a short bio and brief statement of interest by April 15, 2024, to dad193@pitt.edu and ak2079@georgetown.edu.

    Thank you for your interest.

    Dan Tam Do, Convener

    Alyssa Koclanes, Incoming Convener



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    Dan Tam Do
    Head of Cataloging
    University of Pittsburgh
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