Resource Services Department
| The Cataloging and Metadata Department supports the academic programs of the University by organizing, describing, and providing physical processing for the books, journals, electronic resources, sound and video recordings, microforms, maps, and other material purchased or received by the library system. Ten librarians and eighteen support staff catalog approximately 60,000 titles per year in compliance with national standards of bibliographic control and in keeping with established Cataloging Priorities. In addition, the department oversees the loading of e-resource and microform packages resulting in the addition of thousands of records to the library catalog each year. Original record contributions to OCLC, an international bibliographic database, number 5,000 annually. The department participates in international cooperative cataloging programs including CONSER, BIBCO, NACO, SACO, and AGRICOLA. Four units - Copy Cataloging, Science and Social Science Cataloging, Humanities and Special Collections Cataloging, and Authorities and Metadata Quality - and the Principal Serials Cataloger collaborate to create efficient workflows and apply the latest technologies in order to meet user needs. The Technical Coordinator provides support for both the Acquisitions and Licensing Department and the Cataloging and Metadata Department by serving as the OCLC/SOLINET and RLG liaison and investigating and implementing Aleph functions and other tools designed to improve processes. |
| The Acquisitions and Licensing Department is responsible for ordering, receiving and paying for print and digital resource materials that support the academic and professional programs of the University of Florida. Over the next few years, the Department will be engaged in planning and implementing initiatives such as executing EDI file transfer of payment and other acquisitions functions in Aleph and PeopleSoft; managing licensing agreements, information access fees, and usage statistics for electronic resources; monitoring virtual approval plan and evaluating returns for profile adjustments. The five units (Gifts and Exchange, Monographs, Paying, Serials, Database Maintenance) in the Department will actively participate in these and other initiatives to advance the transition from print to digital resources in the collection; |
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