Bibliographic Services

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• About
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Mission

To provide the very best service to our academic and professional community, drawing from the very best talent and resources available.

About

Bibliographic Services Department is comprised of several units which function in a blended, team environment. The department is managed by a single department head, while other librarians serve in supervisory roles to facilitate day to day management of the three units: Acquisitions, Cataloging and Serials. The librarians do not hold titles of authority, and they each have separate areas of administrative responsibility in addition to their supervisory roles within a unit. They also provide cross training and support drawing from their respective areas of expertise during the annual routine cycle of ordering, receiving, cataloging, and processing materials for the library collections. In addition to the three supervisory librarians, there are two more catalog librarians who participate in the decision making process, contributing to the development of policies and procedures. Auxiliary responsibilities within the department include database maintenance and repair, authority cataloging and control, government document cataloging and processing, and preservation and binding.

There are eighteen support personnel, one LIS graduate assistant and approximately twelve student employees who contribute to the overall productivity of the department, providing timely ordering, cataloging and processing of library materials. Personnel derive their primary work identity from assignment to a specific unit but are cross trained in all of the fully integrated technical services modules for acquisitions, cataloging and serials. Cross training enables all staff to perform additional work assignments across unit lines as required. This approach in management of the department encourages cooperation, collaboration and a team esprit de corps.

Organizational Chart

Bibliographic Services Department Department Head Acquisitions Unit Acquisitions Associate Materials Ordering Materials Receiving Gifts & Exchanges Ordering/Receiving Specialist     Cataloging Unit Senior Catalog Librarian Catalog Librarian Catalog Librarian Bibliographic Services Associate Cataloging Associate Senior Cataloging Print Cataloging Non-Print Cataloging Documents Cataloging Unit Processing Preservation Serials Unit Serials Librarian   Serials Unit Specialist Serials Maintenance Specialist Journals Maintenance Specialist Binding Specialist

 

Directory

Ann Branton, Professor Head, Bibliographic Services Managing Editor, The Southern Quarterly 601-266-4350 Ann.Branton@usm.edu	Carol Green, Associate Professor Serials Librarian Head, Serials and Electronic Resources Unit 601-266-4476 Carol.Green@usm.edu
Kathleen Wells, Associate Professor Senior Catalog Librarian Head, Special Collections Cataloging and Authority Control Unit 601-266-6399 Kathleen.Wells@usm.edu	Linda Ginn, Assistant Professor Catalog Librarian Head, General Collections Cataloging and Metadata Unit 601-266-6398 Linda.Ginn@usm.edu