Overview

Welcome to the Technical Services Department of the University Libraries. The Technical Services Department is one of two academic departments in the University Library college; the other is Public Services.

Faculty members in Technical Services are responsible for...[insert text here].

Technical Services faculty: [adapt to Tech Serv?]

• Head the University Libraries’ two branches: the College of Continuing Education Library in Providence and the Pell Marine Science Library in Narragansett.
• Provide reference services and library instruction.
• Coordinate access services (circulation, reserves, interlibrary loan, and media & microform access.)
• Administer the Special Collections and Government Publications Units in Kingston.
• Publish Faculty Publications, an annual bibliography of publications by University of Rhode Island faculty.
• Oversee the development of the University Libraries’ Web site.
• Offer credit courses in information literacy at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Design and implement the University Libraries’ nationally and internationally recognized information literacy program.
• Here's also where we can include Vocino as CMO -- because he is a Tech Serv Faculty who manages the collection, even if the CMO reports to the dean. See what PubServ did under third bullet above.
• Also, supervise systems? To let us provide link to systems office site?

Along with faculty in the Public Services Department, Technical Services faculty:

• Select materials for the Libraries’ collections, including online databases and other online resources.
• Serve as liaisons to other departments, schools, and colleges at URI.