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Technical Services Section Annual Report 2015-2016

Submitted by acarvagno on Mon, 07/11/2016 - 4:45pm

We had two successful programs in the fall.  The first was a book repair demonstration presented by Kim Avagliano.  We held the demonstration at the Somerset County Library.  We had great attendance for this program and many of the attendees expressed interest in seeing another similar program or possible a hands on workshop.  The other event we had was a tour of the Rutgers University Archives and Special Collections.  Tom Frusciano provided the tour, which happened to occur during the 250th Anniversary of Rutgers University.  This was also a well-attended event.  We were also very pleased to be able to co-sponsor 6 programs at the annual conference.  Our main program was Six Years “After RDA:  Projects, Initiatives, Trends and Directions”.  We were also very happy to be able to co-sponsor with the College and Universities Section a Q & A with Terry Reese, the creator of the program MarcEdit.  Overall, we were very successful in our partnerships with other sections for the conference.

Section/Committee/Taskforce: 
Technical Services
Goals for Next Year: 
Next year we hope to offer a workshop on cataloging Audio materials in the RDA format. We have had great success in the past with our RDA workshops and this is a format that we have not been able cover yet. We also hope to look into partnering with the NJ Association of Library Assistants (NJALA) with programs related to book repair. At our book repair demonstration, many of the attendees were library assistants and it seems most repair work is done by library assistants and this would be a great opportunity to partner with the NJALA.
Reporting Year: 
2015/2016
Report Submitted By:: 
Ashley Carvagno Technical Services Section President