The context and environment for library technical services may be best described by the examination of influencing factors, which shape and direct these services. Of these factors, the dominant current forces -economic pressures (i.e., budgetary constraints), user expectations, and technologyaffect how technical services are changing and converging, thus requiring a new definition and renaming. Knowledge access management is presented for consideration.
Describes the characteristics of contemporary students in library schools, their experiences and expectations, and how they shape the goal of cataloging courses. Reviews historical innovations in cataloging instruction. Defines the nature of "cataloging" courses in the curriculum. Presents samples of innovations used in standard classrooms for teaching and learning a core-course and one of the elective "cataloging" courses. Focuses on how and why online mentor catalogers are incorporated in the teaching and learning of one particular course (Metadata for Internet Resources, at
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