1. Changing rules, changing roles Being a cataloguer in 2012

2. These views are all my own and only my own

3. Change is the new normal

4. Changing rules and formats • Changing materials • Changing roles

6. New tasks? New challenges? New opportunities! Well, maybe…

7. New opportunities • Acquisitions

8. New opportunities • Acquisitions • Management information

9. New opportunities • Acquisitions • Management information • System management

10. New opportunities • Acquisitions • Management information • System management

11. We often have to send back items to be re-done due to errors, duplicating the amount of time and work we spend on it. With less stock to be catalogued, central ordering for the lending libraries and catalogue records available to be bought in - why is there a need for [so many staff in BSS]? The jobs we have to ask them to do could easily be done by the ALs and the turnaround time would be instantaneous. There is potential for further reductions from BSS.

12. I’m not exactly new but BSS is a mystery to me and I have no experience of what they do from their end.

13. New opportunities • Acquisitions • Management information • System management • Advocacy

15. New opportunities • Acquisitions • Management information • System management • Advocacy • Income generation

16. New opportunities • Acquisitions • Management information • System management • Advocacy • Income generation

17. Some of the good stuff Learning new skills Showing that our skills are relevant Playing a more crucial role Being more visible

18. Good enough isn’t good enough!

19. Questions?

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