Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Doing more with less: exploring batch processing and outsourcing in academic libraries
Department
University Libraries
College
University Libraries
Date Range
2013-2014
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities
Abstract
Doing more with less is a challenge facing all libraries. Staff sizes are trending down while technical services work load remains the same or is increasing, at the same time there are new and emerging areas of focus for libraries. Grand Valley State University Libraries have made a commitment to exploring any opportunity to outsource or streamline work flows. Presenters will discuss specific examples that utilize outsourcing opportunities as well as batch processing to keep up with the work demand and benefit the library. Positives and negatives of these experiences will be explored. Factors to be discussed will include: cost, staff time, quality of work, vendor, platform and access issues. The audience can expect to learn what factors to consider in exploring outsourcing opportunities and how to identify the appropriate ways to streamline work flows through batch processing. The experience of the presenters will hopefully help others as they weigh these considerations.
Conference Name
Charleston Conference: Too Much is Not Enough
Conference Location
Charleston, S.C.
ScholarWorks Citation
Daniels, Jeffrey D. and Roth, Patrick, "Doing more with less: exploring batch processing and outsourcing in academic libraries" (2013). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 937.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/937
