PROJECT APPRECIATION: Tech Services Appreciation Day …
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PROJECT APPRECIATION: Tech Services Appreciation Day (TSAD)
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN: TSAD is Coming
EVENT: Ice Cream Social
ENTERTAINMENT: 50’s music on cassette or CD player, ice cream eating contest (prizes given)
ICE CREAM EATING CONTEST:
DATE & TIME:
COST ESTIMATE: $40
DETAILS: For the Ice Cream Social, 2 staff members will wear aprons and any 50’s/60’s type clothing they wish, including cut off t-shirt, black leather jacket, bobby sox, slicked down hair, big bow ties, baggy pants, etc. (Think “Happy Days”). They will have two coolers with dry ice morning of event. Staff will pick up ice cream and other food items, plastic gloves. Both will provide scoopers. Items to be served will include: (?) Sundaes, Ice Cream Cones, Ice Cream in a Cup, root beer floats, banana splits. Toppings will include chocolate syrup, cherries, strawberry topping, whipped cream. Also will have 1 pint of non-fat frozen yogurt for folks with lactose intolerance.
Advertisements will be placed on the two library refrigerators:
Resources:
Great Moments in the History of Technical Services
The Laughing Librarian
LIBRARY TECHNICAL SERVICES QUESTIONNAIRE
How do you “stack” up? Check all that apply. *Maybe you have been part of the
technical services operation in the library, and don’t even know it!
Each of the following is worth 1 point unless marked otherwise.
I have worked in the following departments in the library (10 points each):
❑ Cataloging
❑ Acquisition
❑ Processing
❑ Serials Check-in
❑ Binding
❑ Shelf Maintenance
❑ Interlibrary Loan
❑ Web Page Maintenance
❑ Collection/Stack Maintenance
Or I have done the following (more than once):
❑ Overdues Notification
❑ Filing microfiche/film
❑ Ordered microfiche/film
❑ Photocopying Services
❑ Ordered supplies or equipment
❑ Maintained supply cabinets
❑ Processed in new books
❑ Processed out old books
❑ Written in-house manuals
❑ Maintained library account ledgers
❑ Prepared the annual report (LARP)
❑ Managed property records
❑ Open and sort the mail
❑ Maintain the standing order file
❑ Claimed missing journal issues
❑ Routed journals to staff or customers
❑ Reviewed duplicate & exchange lists
❑ Weeded the collection
❑ Inventoried the collection
❑ Been part of a retrospective conversion
❑ Updated loose leaf services
❑ Set up electronic journals for customer access
❑ Shelved journals in the reading room
❑ Applied security strips
❑ Represented the library in union list meetings
❑ Added holdings information to OCLC records
❑ Listened to vendor’s sales pitches
❑ Tracked serials title changes
❑ Maintained attendance records
❑ Dusted the shelves or books
❑ Created a staff birthday list
❑ Kept library statistics
❑ Typed shelf labels
❑ Digitized an item in the library collection
❑ Applied Se-Lin labels
❑ Trained someone to do one of the above
o 1 to 5 times
o 6-20 times
o over 1 million times (10 points)
Nostalgia Time - I have:
❑ Filed cards in the card catalog
❑ Typed 6 part multiple order forms
❑ Handwritten interlibrary loan forms
❑ Done manual cataloging (before OCLC)
❑ Maintained the shelflist (on cards)
❑ Checked in journals with the Kardex system
❑ Used the phone as my primary interlibrary loan resource
❑ Updated Air Force regulations in 3-ring binders
❑ Refiled/Filed transaction cards
❑ Put newspapers on sticks
❑ Typed letters on a typewriter
❑ Photocopied tables of contents for customers
❑ Verified holdings in the (Old LC Union List)
❑ Checked the GPO PRF database on microfiche
❑ Typed subject headings, etc. on catalog cards
❑ Filed microfiche into their envelopes
❑ Checked in journals using OCLC’s system
❑ Set up oblique folders for new titles
❑ Cataloged or processed art prints, long playing records, 8-track tapes, reel-to-reel tapes, etc.
❑ Created library software programs
❑ Used a Texas Instrument Silent 100 computer
I know what the following are and can describe them:
❑ P-Slip
❑ BIP
❑ NUC
❑ Desiderata
❑ Snags
❑ Dummies
❑ Vertical File
❑ LMTA
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❑ 10 Point bonus – I have read one or more of the following (outside of library school)
o Introduction to Technical Services for Library Technicians
o Cost-Effective Technical Services
o Immroth’s Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
o Any book on AACR – (any version)
o Coping with Difficult People
o The Assertive Librarian
o Your Retirement: How to Prepare for it, How to Enjoy it
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Please add up your points for your chance at a nifty prize. (Or file this with your other “limited” documents.)
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