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Planning and Implementing Technical Services Workstations

Author: Michael Kaplan

Rs. 1250

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ISBN 9788170005940
Year of Publication 2010
Binding HardBound
Pages
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Language English
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Implementing Technical Services Workstations-Take it form the experts
The job of the technical services librarian has grown increasingly complex. for example, catalogers must draw from a vast pool of dynamic information as they handle traditional and new media. Thus the rise of technical service workstations (TSWs), which combine ease of access to networked information with ease of use.
Planning and Implementing Technical Services Workstations provides the practical tools for successfully implementing TSWs for cataloging, authority control, and acquisitions. It is the most comprehensive resource available to help librarians and catalogers ensure that technical services workstations are the boon to productivity they were meant to be.
Implementing these workstations requires more than buying equipment and installing it. Experts in cataloging from various libraries and the Library of Congress guide you through the most current information on equipment and software and on planning and implementation, including
Hardware, software and network considerations
online documentation and documentation tools
productivity enhancers including macros and other approaches
ergonomic training issues
the future of TSWs
A leading authority on TSWs, Michael Kaplan is a key presenter of the frequently held "Technical Service Workstation: The State-of-the-Art Cataloging Seminars", sponsored by ALA's Association for Library Collections and Technical Services.


Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
What is a TSW and Where Do You Find One?
The Future of TVWs
PART -I
Background and Planning
Chapter-1
Hardware and Network Considerations
Michael Kaplan
Hardware
Keyboards and Mice
Monitors
Local Area Networks
The Internet
Appendix: Games on the Computer
Chapter-2
Software Considerations
Michael Kaplan
Winsock Compatibility
Why a Windows Workstation?
The ALA Character set
Macros and Macro Packages
Chapter-3
A Developer's Point of View
Mark Wilson
Basic Considerations
Target Audience
Problem Domain
Hardware Issues
Systems and Language Issues
Application Issues
Functionality
The Librarian-Developer Link
Chapter-4
National Cooperative Programs
Michael Kaplan
Origin of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Cooperative Cataloging Council
Cooperative Cataloging Council Automation
Appendix: CCC Strategic Plan Automation
Recommendations
PART-II
Online Documentation and online Tools
Chapter-5
Online Documentation first Steps: Cataloger's Desktop
Bruce Char. Johnson
Origins
How Cataloger's Desktop Works
Machine Requirements
The future
Chapter-6
Library of Congress Classification: Super LCCS and Classification Plus
Anaclare Frost Evans
SuperLCC CD
Classification Plus
Appendix: System and Network Requirements for SuperLCC CD and Classification Plus
Chapter-7
Dewey for Windows
Diane Vizine-Goetz and Mark Bendig
Editorial Support System
Classification Record Enhancements
DDC Hierarchies
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sample Bibliographic Records Showing DDC/LCSH
The DDC Database
Indexes
Dewey for Windows System Design
PART-III
Productivity Enhancers Macros and Programmatic Approaches
Chapter-8
Northwestern University's Toolkit
Gary L. Strawn
Development and Distribution
Automated Creation for Authority Records
Assistance with Call Numbers
Conflict Resolution
Next Steps
Appendix: Specifications for Machine-Generated
Authority Records
Chapter-9
Custom Applications: The Library of congress Experience
David Williamson
On the MARC
National Library of Medicine CIP
Clip Search
PART-IV
Ergonomic and Training Issues for the Desktop Environment
Chapter-10
Ergonomics and Design
Bruce Trumble
A Workplace Ergonomics Program
Defining the Problem
Designing an Ergonomics Program
Ergonomics Policy Statements
Appendix: Resources for Ergonomics Research
Chpater-11
Training
Julia C. Blixrud
What Constitutes Training?
Why Train?
Trends in Training
Training Investments
Current Sources for Library Technical Training
Development of a Technical services Workstation Training Program
Training Obstacles
Elements for Successful Training Programs
PART-V
The Symbiotic Future Technical Services Workstations, the Internet, and the World Wide Web
Chapter-12
The TSW and Emerging Technologies: A Researcher's Perspective
Diane Vizine-Goetz
Scorpion
The Challenge
Bibliography
Index
Contributors



Micheal Kaplan is head of database management and coordinator for OCLC/RLIN operations in the Harvard college Library, Harvard University, where he has been a member of the professional staff since 1977. From 1981 through 1991 he was head of the cataloging support service, an internal processing center for many of Havard's departmental libraries. From 1986 through 1992 he was a member of OCLC's cataloging and Databases Services Advisory Committee. Since 1992 he has been active in developing the technical services workstation in use in the cataloging services department in Harvard's Widener Library. he was a participant in the seminar on copy cataloging at the Library of Congress in 1992, and he was involved in LC's Cooperative Cataloging Council as chair of both its task group on automation. At present he is chair of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging's standing committee committee on automation. He is a frequent speaker on topics related to technical service workstations and technical services in an online world.

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