Handouts from TSS Sessions at MLA 2008

We've gathered the handouts from the Technical Services Section sponsored sessions and have posted them below.

Introduction to RDA/FRBR
presented by Naun Chew, U of M Libraries
Nov. 19, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
View Naun's presentation

New Directions of OCLC and MINITEX
presented by Sara Ring, MINITEX
Nov. 19, 4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
View Sara's presentation

Rethinking Tech Services: A Workflow Analysis
Nov. 20, 8:00 - 9:15 p.m.
Angi Faiks, Macalester College
Leslie McPhail Peterson and Bobby Bothmann, Mn State University, Mankato
Virginia Dudley, speaking on behalf of Dakota County Library System

View Virginia Dudley's presentation (speaking on behalf of Dakota County Library System)

View Bobby Bothmann's handout

View Angi Faiks's presentation

What Did You Think of MLA 2008?

Did you attend any of the TSS sponsored sessions at MLA 2008? Please let us know what you thought by visiting the following brief survey.

Click here to take the survey

Your feedback will help the TSS Executive Committee plan for next year's conference. Thank you!

TSS Vice-Chair/Chair Elect Candidates Needed!

We are in urgent need of a candidate for Vice-Chair/Chair Elect. (Our sole volunteer to date has had to unfortunately withdraw his name from consideration.)

Would you please consider serving your section in this way? While it is a three-year term, the amount of work is not overwhelming. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have about the position.

Many thanks!
Mary Huismann
TSS Chair

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Mary Huismann
Music/Media Cataloging Coordinator
University of Minnesota Libraries
160/170 Wilson Library
309 – 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

mailto:huism002@umn.edu
voice: 612-625-5616
fax: 612-625-3428

TSS Annual Business Meeting

Greetings!

The Technical Services Section will be holding its annual business meeting at the upcoming Minnesota Library Association conference at the Bloomington Sheraton Hotel (Thursday November 20, 11:15-12:15). Here is the agenda:

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes
3. Updates: MINITEX, MOTSE
4. Conference Program Report/Planning for Next Year
5. Election for Chair-Elect/Vice-Chair
6. Communication Issues (TSS blog, MLA website, etc.)
7. Announcements
8. Adjournment

I will be sending out a separate message about the election. Please stay tuned!

Hope to see many of you next Thursday.

Mary Huismann
TSS Chair

For those who are planning to attend MLA--

Hello everyone!

Time is running short and we still need quite a few more volunteers. If you have an hour – or even several hours – available that you could help out, we’d really appreciate it! Just let Janet know jurban65@gmail.com ! Thanks so much!

Wendy Wendt

President, Minnesota Library Association
Director, Marshall-Lyon County Library
301 W Lyon Street
Marshall MN 56258
(507) 537-7003
(507) 537-6745 (fax)
(507) 829-1710 (cell)

Check out the 2008 MLA TSS Sponsored Sessions

Below are a few technical service specific sessions at the 2008 MLA Annual Conference. View the conference program for the full descriptions here.

WEDNESDAY
Preconference: Cataloging Cartographic Resources
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 8:00 -11:30 a.m.

Introduction to RDA/FRBR
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.

New Directions for OCLC and MINITEX
Wednesday, Nov. 19, 4:00 - 5:15 p.m.

THURSDAY
Rethinking Tech Services
Thursday, Nov. 20, 8:00 - 9:15 a.m.

Technical Services Section (TSS) Business Meeting
Thursday, Nov. 20, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Another announcement with details about the TSS Business Meeting will be sent out very soon!