TEAMS, TEAMS, TEAMS

By An Anonymous Faculty Member

Do you spend your evenings on the couch with a bag of Doritos and diet coke, wondering how many teams the library has…and what the teams do? Well, we have answers for you!

The Library Services Team Structure: Primary Assignments list ten teams.

(Seems like a lot more). These would be considered the basic teams of the library. The multitude of temporary teams will be addressed in a future news article (ah—something to look forward to).

The Administrative Team consists of the Dean, Associate Dean and Technology Coordinator, administrative assistants, programmers and analysts and technical resources.

The Catalog Team covers cataloging (original, copy and serials), mending and processing.

The Electronic Resources and Current Periodicals Team also includes the areas of binding and serials circulation.

Governments Documents Team deals with local, state and federal documents.

Information/Reference Team works the information desk—in person and via electronic questions. They field interesting questions such as, “Can I feed my pet squirrel spaghetti?”

The Instruction and Orientation Team creates and instructs the classes on how to use library materials.

The Mobile Computing Team setup the wireless network, mobile web pages, wireless notebooks and wireless cards for students and staff. Working on new mobile web sites and applications.

Rare Books and Special Collections Team house the rare books and special collections (Cordell dictionaries, etc).

Lending Services Team deals with the stacks, circulation desk, inter-library loan and reserves.

Resources Development and Management Team is also known collection development team.

Teaching Materials, Microforms and Media Team house the children’s books, videos, textbooks, microprints and other great materials.

Other Teams:

Copier-Printer Team

Furniture Team

Library Advisory Committee (LAC) – University

Library American Disabilities Act Compliance Team (LADACT)

Library Steering Group (LSG)

Newsletter Editorial Board Team

Personal Computers and Clients Team (PC&C)

Portal Action Team (PAT) – University

Public Interface Team (PI)

Public Relations Team (PR)

Server & Database Administration Team

Staff Development Team

Strategic Thinking Team (STT)

Streaming Media Team

Voyager Management Team (VMT)