1. Technical Services “Living with the new Normal” Gloria Kelley Dean of Library Services Central Piedmont Community College

2. Session Outline Acquisitions Cataloging Finance/Budgeting

3. Library Myths Libraries/Librarians are no longer needed Technical Services is Dead Libraries have a new Normal

4. What are Libraries Experiencing? Changing, adapting, changing, adapting…… – To remain relevant, change is necessary Library Makeover – Are libraries self serving? New models of operation – Budget strains force radical change

5. Changes in TS Shift from Print to Digital Information Delivery instead of ownership Reduction in subscriptions Collective Purchasing – Consortium agreements Outsourcing of services Reassigning personnel Library-Publisher Collaboration Systems – upgrades, new generations

6. Creative Financing State Budget Institutional budget – Accreditation (SACS, program) Grants – Collaboration with academic departments Foundation – Collaboration with campus Foundation Offices to establish endowments

7. Creative Financing Internal Collaboration – Departmental /Division/Library- cost is covered by subject areas or cost is shared Fees – (Library versus Lab fees) Etc.

8. Which One are You?