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Department Of Technical Services Annual Report, 1995-1996, William T. O'Malley

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual report of the Technical Services Department, University Library, University of Rhode Island for 1995-1996. Includes statistics.

Acquisitions Unit Annual Report 1995-1996, Martha H. Kellogg

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Annual report of the Acquisitions Unit, University Library, University of Rhode Island for fiscal year 1995-1996. Covers staffing, technology, acquisitions of monographs and serials, binding and processing.

For monographs, includes four years of monthly statistics (1992/93-1995/96) on requests searched, duplicates returned, titles ordered, titles claimed, volumes added by acquisition type, approvals returned, microforms added, media added, and invoices processed.

For serials and processing, includes four years of monthly statistics (1992/93-1995/96) on volumes withdrawn, titles added, volumes added, volumes bound, volumes processed, volumes mended, and microforms added.

Task Force On Bibliographic Access And Control, Order And Materials Processing. Final Report., William T. O'Malley

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

The Task Force reviewed the specific areas of OCLC usage and costs; the full integration of systems into the HELIN/III environment; the question of duplication of effort and the advisability of centralizing technical services routines and responsibilities; the possibilities for streamlining processes between acquisitions and cataloging, and among technical services and the branches and Goverment Publications Office; the possibilities of expanding our efforts within the area of outsourcing; and, the priorities which should guide us as we develop programs to improve and expand the HELIN bibliographic database and provided specific recommendations.