Comments on: Tech Services is the Oil in the Library Machine http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/#comment-20493 Brian Herzog Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:54:30 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4013#comment-20493 @Nicky: you are welcome – thank you for the comment, and I’m happy to hear you find my website useful.

]]> By: Nicky Fairless http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/#comment-20483 Nicky Fairless Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:21:44 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4013#comment-20483 I am a MLIS student and I have shared your post with my LIS730 cataloging classmates at Dominican University in River Forest, IL.

Thanks for blogging, as it gives insight to the profession for us budding librarians!

]]> By: Links of Interest : February 19, 2013 « A Modern Hypatia http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/#comment-20405 Links of Interest : February 19, 2013 « A Modern Hypatia Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:55:25 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4013#comment-20405 [...] Herzog does a great bit on why tech services matters. (having done my share of cataloging and processing, and working in the same office as the people [...]

]]> By: Amy's SI 643 Reflective Blog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/#comment-20336 Amy's SI 643 Reflective Blog Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:09:27 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4013#comment-20336 [...] have to do with their evolving job descriptions. Brian Herzog specifically discusses how some more technical jobs are moving from technology desks to service [...]

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/#comment-20297 Brian Herzog Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:13:43 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4013#comment-20297 @Jane: that is interesting. I think we talked about that at one point in my library, but decided against it for a few reasons:
-We’d have to buy receipt printers for Tech Services

-New books pause at service desks so staff can see what’s new to better recommend things to patrons (for instance, all new non-fiction books go to the reference desk first on their way to the circulation desk to be checked in)

-As soon as they got checked in in Tech Services, the notification for any item on hold would go out to the patron. Some of our patrons are Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to picking up holds, and we didn’t want the patron getting to the circulation desk before the item did.

But these were just things we came up without actually trying it. How is it working for you?

@Joyce & @Leigh: You are very welcome!

]]> By: Leigh http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/#comment-20282 Leigh Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:48:08 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4013#comment-20282 Thank you so much! I feel more and more like people overlook what we do because it’s not glamorous–we only get noticed when things *don’t* work, and so it’s rarely positive feedback. Or maybe it is easy to forget that catalogers are there to help users as much as reference, just in a different way. Either way, thank you for the shout-out! It’s nice to hear! (from a cataloger who loves her job)

]]> By: Joyce http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/#comment-20267 Joyce Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:58:37 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4013#comment-20267 Thank you Brian for highlighting the role of the technical services department in the library!

]]> By: Tech Services is the Oil in the Library Machine « Blog de biblioteconomie şi ştiinţa informării http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/#comment-20220 Tech Services is the Oil in the Library Machine « Blog de biblioteconomie şi ştiinţa informării Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:55:16 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4013#comment-20220 [...] http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this. [...]

]]> By: Jane http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2013/02/13/tech-services-is-the-oil-in-the-library-machine/#comment-20210 Jane Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:32:29 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=4013#comment-20210 That’s weird…in MY library, we’re moving traditionally Circ things into Tech Services, like checking in new books and filling holds.

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