Planning and Implementing Technical Services Workstations
Contents: Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: what is a TSW and where do you find one? The future of TSWs. I. Background and planning: 1. Hardware and network considerations/Michael Kaplan. 2. Software considerations/Michael Kaplan. 3. A developer\'s point of view/Mark Wilson. 4. National Cooperative Programs/Michael Kaplan. II. Online documentation and online tools: 5. Online documentation first steps: cataloger\'s desktop/Bruce Chr. Johnson. 6. Library of Congress Classification: superLCCS and classification plus/Anaclare Frost Evans. 7. Dewey for windows/Diane Vizine-Goetz and Mark Bendig. III. Productivity enhancers : Macros and programmatic approaches: 8. Northwestern University\'s Toolkit/Gary L. Strawn. 9. Custom applications: the Library of Congress experience/David Williamson. IV. Ergonomic and training issues for the desktop environment: 10. Ergonomics and design/Bruce Trumble. 11. Training/Julia C. Blixrud. V. The symbiotic future: technical services workstations, the internet, and the World Wide Web: 12. The TSW and emerging technologies: a researcher\'s perspective/Diane Vizine-Goetz. Bibliography. Index.
"The job of the technical services librarian has grown increasingly complex. For example, catalogers must draw from a vast pool of dynamic information as they handle traditional and new media. Thus the rise of Technical Service Workstations (TSWs), which combine ease of access to networked information with ease of use.
Planning and Implementing Technical Services Workstations provides the practical tools for successfully implementing TSWs for cataloging, authority control, and acquisitions. It is the most comprehensive resource available to help librarians and catalogers ensure that technical services workstations are the boon to productivity they were meant to be.
Implementing these workstations requires more than buying equipment and installing it. Experts in cataloging from various libraries and the Library of Congress guide you through the most current information on equipment and software and on planning and implementation, including hardware, software and network considerations; online documentation and documentation tools; productivity enhancers including macros and other approaches; ergonomic training issues; the future of TSWs.
A leading authority on TSWs, Michael Kaplan is a key presenter of the frequently held "Technical Service Workstation: the State of the Art Cataloging Seminars", sponsored by ALA\'s Association for library collections and technical services." (jacket)
