The FUTURES of Technical Services
Abstract
The 53rd annual RBMS Preconference in San Diego explored the variety of futures in store for the rare books, manuscripts, and special collections community. Technical Services, with its crucial roles in acquisitions, description, access, and preservation, will not be excepted from the changes headed our way. Even the very term technical services faces an uncertain future. At the University of California, “technical services” as a concept is being phased out in favor of the more encompassing “collection services,” which covers the entire life cycle of library materials up until the moment they are shelved or made otherwise available to the . . .
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