Next Generation Technical Services--Martha Hruska Presentation

Great deal of work in last four years, in response to 2005 Bibliographic Services Task Force Report.

Redefining collections--great opportunity to expose hidden collections throughout UC.

Next Generation Technical Services charge:

• Move technical services to network level, away from local level.
• Identify areas of coordination and collaboration across UC.
• Quickly implement any "low-hanging fruit" changes, with approval from Executive Tea

Goal of Next Generation Tech Services project is to address the "backend" recommendations from 2005 report.

Next Generation Tech Services values:

• Speed up processing
• View all aspects of tech services as single, system-wide; eliminate redundancy
• Start with existing metadata that is "good enough" and go from there

Guiding values--partial list:

• Tech services "critical infrastructure" for collections

Information resource types--not perfect taxonomy, but a useful framework:

• Commonly held content in Roman script
• Comminly held content in non-Roman script
• UC unique collections
• 21st Century Emerging Resources--blogs, wikis, tweets?, etc.

Task groups will be formed to consider how best to provide technical services for each type of resource.

Mind shift: from "cataloging" to "technical services" needed to support a collection.

Next Generation Technical Services task force just beginning its work. Possible outcomes:

• Reduced silos in technical services work
• Collaborative approval plans
• Collaborative outsourcing
• Improved tools for system-wide acquisitions & cataloging
• "Shared Print in Place" norm rather than exception
• Less redundant work, which frees time to focus on local campus priorities

Web site for more information here: http://uclib-s10.cdlib.org/about/uls/ngts/