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RiverShare Staff Resources: Tech Services Committee

Responsibilities

  • Recommend guidelines for bibliographic control and bibliographic records.
  • Monitor the integrity of bibliographic database.
  • Report activities and submit recommendations for action at monthly meetings of the AOW.
  • Facilitate training in area of committee expertise.
  • Maintain a standing committee known as the Database Subcommittee (DSC). The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, and Secretary of the Technical Services Committee will determine members of the DSC based on training, experience, and adherence to cataloging standards, with the permission of the Director of the subcommittee members' home library.
    • DSC will monitor the submitted requests for assistance and perform bibliographic maintenance for member libraries not having permissions to do so. 
    • DSC will update holdings in State of Iowa Libraries Online (SILO) and OCLC for member libraries.
    • DSC will serve as buddy libraries to other RiverShare libraries for questions and training. 
    • DSC will coordinate an annual item and bibliographic record purge with associated reports. 

Officers Elected for July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

Joanna Lochner (co-Chair) - Davenport Public Library

Merideth Willett (co-Chair) - Davenport Public Library

Callen DeWit (Vice Chair/Chair elect) - LeClaire Community Library

Courtney Pritchard (Secretary) - EICC Libraries