TECHNICAL SERVICES

Techincal Services (1st Floor)

The Technical Services Department is responsible for obtaining and processing all books and other resources for the Library. The department has four units: (1) Acquisitions ordering, receiving, claiming, and processing statistical reports) as well as gifts and exchange, (2) Serial and Library Binding, repairing or replacement of worn or damaged materials, (3) Cataloging -bibliographic control, cataloging, and database Management - monitoring and updating database information, (4) Physical End Processing – securing ownership to all library resources purchased.


These units work in a secure area behind the scenes to perform a multitude of essential functions that are essential to the overall operations of the library.

  • Our Services
  • Staff
  • Hours
    • Purchase and receive library resources requested by faculty and library liaisons       
    • Catalogs library materials to the library’s collection
    • Select books, journals, audio-visuals, electronic media and online access arrangements
    • Evaluate materials offered to the library as gifts.         
    • Accept  requests for books, etc. from our users.
    • Order books and other formats for the library
    • Receive shipments of books, etc.
    • Verify book,  purchase order invoices and process them for payment
    • Receive and distribute the library’s mail
    • Add call number labels, library ownership stamps, and security devices to new books
    • Enter new books in the library’s catalog
    • Process theses and dissertations received
    • Maintain the library’s collection
    • Bind, rebind, or repair books, etc. as needed
    • Transfer materials between areas of the library
    • Perform library inventory and identify books that are missing
    • Search for missing books
    • Update  location and holdings information in the library’s online (Inventory)
    • Revise online catalog entries to utilize newly developed improvements in cataloging.             
    • Remove books, etc. from the library when they are no longer needed (Discard)
    • Offer books, etc. discarded from this library to other libraries.
    • Maintain statistical records on expenditures for books, journals, etc.
     
Mildred Brown
Department Head
(225)771-2862
mildred@lib.subr.edu
Kathy Bowersox
(225)771-2863
bowersox@lib.subr.edu
Kaye F. Coleman
(225)771-2863
kaye@lib.subr.edu
Consuella Douzier
(225)771-2863
consuela@lib.subr.edu
Elizabeth J. Singh
(225)771-2863
betty@lib.subr.edu
  
SERVICE HOURS
MONDAY - FRIDAY
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

SATURDAY
CLOSED
SUNDAY
CLOSED
Holiday, Summer, and intercession hours will be posted in the library at the appropriate time.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE HOURS PLEASE CALL (225)771-2862