Will RDA live up to its promise? Are approval plans and subject profiles relics of the past? Is there a need to curate data through its lifecycle? What skills will be needed in the future in technical services jobs?

Written for catalog and metadata librarians and managers of technical services units, this book will inspire and provide practical advice and examples for solving issues many libraries are facing today.

In this sweeping revision of a text that has become an authoritative standard, expert instructor and librarian Peggy Johnson addresses the art of controlling and updating library collections, whether located locally or accessed remotely.

More than 150 quotes from celebrities and wise people to keep new parents smiling through the sleepless nights Whether one's new family addition has arrived or is on its way, this book is guaranteed to raise a chuckle.

This exciting volume explores the role of technical services functions and organizational structure as forces in the library change process.

It provides an introduction to publishers, vendors, preparing items for use, and caring for items in the collections and is both a text for professors who teach in library support staff programs and their students, and an introductory ...