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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:
http://www.sallys-place.com/food/columns/pappas/icecream_social.htm
Great Moments in the History of Technical Services
http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~techsvcs/tssb/tshist.htm
The Laughing Librarian
http://internettrash.com/users/lafnlibn/
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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):
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Cataloging
Acquisition
Processing
Serials Check-in
Binding
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Shelf Maintenance
Interlibrary Loan
Web Page Maintenance
Collection/Stack Maintenance
Or I have done the following (more than once):
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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
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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:
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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:
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P-Slip
BIP
NUC
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Desiderata
Snags
Dummies
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Vertical File
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LMTA
10 Point bonus – I have read one or more of the following (outside of library school)
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Introduction to Technical Services for Library Technicians
Cost-Effective Technical Services
Immroth’s Guide to the Library of Congress Classification
Any book on AACR – (any version)
Coping with Difficult People
The Assertive Librarian
Your Retirement: How to Prepare for it, How to Enjoy it
Please add up your points for your chance at a nifty prize. (Or file this with your other
“limited” documents.)
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