Is Technical Services Being Deprofessionalized? A Report of the ALCTS Role of the Professional in Academic Technical Services Discussion Group Meeting, American Library Association, Washington, D.C., June 1998
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Date
1999
Authors
Grenci, Mary C.
Gillham, Virginia
Lewis, Marilyn
Hamilton, Marsha J.
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Publisher
Haworth Press
Abstract
This meeting was focused on answering the question "Is technical services being deprofessionalized?" The speakers also presented their views on the effects that recent trends are having on libraries and the library profession. Speakers included Virginia Gillham, University Librarian at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario; Marilyn Lewis, Director of Library Technical Services for Bryan Wildenthal Library at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas; and Marsha Hamilton, Head of Monograph Acquisitions at the Ohio State University Libraries.
Description
Report of the June 1998 meeting of the ALA/ALCTS Role of the Professional in Academic Technical Services Discussion Group.
Keywords
Deprofessionalization, Academic libraries, Technical services (Libraries)
Citation
Technical Services Quarterly. v. 17, no. 2 (1999) p. 51-57.