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Procedures & policies for the Technical Services department of Newton Gresham Library, located on the main campus of Sam Houston State University.

Collection Development

  1. Statistics 
    1. Gathering
    2. Processing
    3. Use
    4. Print
    5. E-Serial
    6. Database
    7. Music
    8. Price of STL
  2. VHS Replacement Project

Acquisitions

  1. Chart time of Resource Renewal
    1. possible Google calendar?
  2. Receiving
  3. Ordering/Payment Separation 
  4. Banned Publisher List
  5. Review Profiles in PDA & AP
  6. Print Serials Review

Cataloging Projects

  1. Multiple copies project - Halted for new weeding project
  2. Theses and dissertations - Completed
    • Old (before 199x??) input into OCLC
    • Maintain ProQuest URLs in Dissertations
    • Create workflow using Vireo metadata
  3. Analytics
    • Batch change item types to Article and Chapter
  4. Multi-part Databases
    • Input access points for all parts of database into bib record 
  5. Unlinked headings
    • Start this after AUP 
  6. Thomason room
    • Complete map cataloging
    • Inventory
    • Create new item categories to use as sub-locations
  7. Cataloging language clean up (040 |b)
    • replace records that have 040 |b in languages other than eng (blank and eng are acceptable)
  8. Flex-key clean up https://shsulibraryguides.org/c.php?g=2812&p=1412299
  9. Genre Headings for Fiction (Michelle M)
  10. Burke Collection - Completed
    • Biology books housed in Natural History Museum? 
  11. Ward Collection - Completed
    • donated CJ books, some main, some Thomason - book plates
  12. Streamline deletes in EDS - Completed
  13. Serial LibGuide - parse out document to fit into pages/boxes

Electronic Resources: projects & ideas

  • Usage Stats project
    • MH, ZV, KLM working to get going
      • MH = journals and journal pkgs
      • KLM = RAS databases
      • ZV = ebooks and multimedia (streaming video)
        Goal after Nov 13th meeting:  top 25 of each type get usage stats by December break.
    • updates on Usage Stats LibGuide page: Usage Stats LibGuide: project information

 

  • Access-Link Checking Project status?  updates here:  ER LibGuide>Access/Link Checking Project
    • have we decided HOW to determine the next pkg to check? (i.e. prioritizing system)
    • who's taking on handing out assignments to Jermie/Carolyn?  
    • Glenda''s access/title checking calendar needs fixing! (Carolyn?) 
      • columns need to be by year, not month
    • Where to keep Publication Finder info/projects?
      • Serials Cataloging  LibGuide (to be mirrored in ER & Serials LibGuides)? (MT reorganized)
    • Revise Access-Link Checking project before meeting with Carolyn & Jermie.   KLM, TO, ZAV (once Access DB complete)
    • ZAV to work on designing Access Database to use for Access-Link Checking Project
       
  • Gutenburg ebooks/EDS issue
  • Google Scholar link-source issue
  • Marquis Bibliographies - Ref wants all content hosted on Credo (or GVRL) platform. Marquis native database = not good
    • ZAV working on - 2015 July 31
    • Ref also put on list for Cancellation Review - Nov2015 ?


  • reporting system for ER Team to troubleshoot access problems
    • chose new LibAnswers reporting system for troubleshooting access problems
    • also considered: FreshDesk
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Talk with Erin about adding "Kanopy" A-Z Database listing with detailed information listing individual titles hosted there... (ZAV + KLM). - completed!

Special Collections

  1. Serials & ILL & MARC holdings.
  2. Mobil Circulation.
  3. Shelf Read
  4. "D" # Project

 

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