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Conference presentation
Turning Notes Into Narratives: A Journey From Side Project to Vital Library Role
University of West Florida Libraries
New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Annual Spring Conference: If It’s Broke, Let’s Fix It: Open Dialogue Between Problem & Opportunity (04/05/2024–04/05/2024)
04/05/2024
Abstract
The University of West Florida library received a large donation of music (CDs, record albums, music scores) from several private donors and our university radio station years ago. It has been a low-priority project to catalog, digitize, and make the music available for streaming for our students and faculty. With limited staff and time, we have not been able to do much work on this project. Due to a recent additional large influx of materials from the UWF Music department, we have restructured our TS department to include a new position that leads the cataloging and digitization of these collections. During this talk I will discuss what the person in this new position does, the types of items they work with; why we digitize and stream the music, and finally, how big the collection will it be when completed. The main takeaway is how a short-staffed Technical Services department took a problem (large project, not enough time/staff) and managed to turn it into a new position with higher pay to draw in quality staff to focus on the work.
Details
- Title
- Turning Notes Into Narratives
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Conference
- New England Technical Services Librarians (NETSL) Annual Spring Conference: If It’s Broke, Let’s Fix It: Open Dialogue Between Problem & Opportunity (04/05/2024–04/05/2024)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 9
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380523295606600
- Academic Unit
- John C. Pace Library; University of West Florida Libraries
- Language
- English