OVGTSL 2025:

Technical service departments are responsible for managing and organizing processes that ensure library collections are cataloged, classified, and accessible to users. Unlike other aspects of librarianship, technical service work is often invisible despite being paramount to the success of library users. At the OVGSTL 2025 Conference, we wish to shed light on unseen work and discuss the impact of technical services by examining best practices, resource management, emerging technology, and more.  

Topics of interest included, but not limited to:

• DEI- Diversity and inclusion
• Keeping up with changes
• Staff recruiting and retention
• Department management
• Collaboration within and outside of the library
• Emerging library platforms
• Increasing costs and shrinking budgets
• Managing government documents
• Discovery and access
• Electronic resource management
• Metadata creation, reuse, and interoperability
• Workflow management, best practices, and documentation

The Conference Program Committee invites forward thinking submissions in all areas related to technical services librarianship including acquisitions, cataloging, serials, metadata, open access initiatives, electronic resources, and preservation in academic, public, and special libraries. Participants are encouraged to think about the importance of technical services work and its impact throughout libraries and communities alike.  

Proposals due: January 15, 2025

Notification of acceptance for decline: February 2025 

The sessions will be on May 15 and 16, 2025. Time slots for all sessions are 50 minutes, including time for questions from the audience. Submissions for presentations, panel discussions, lightning rounds, workshops, and other formats are welcome. 

Coming soon

Vice Chair/Chair Elect- Host 
Amanda Phillips    
Indiana State University    
Amanda.Phillips@indstate.edu 
812-237-2535
      
Treasurer    
Brylynn Ellis
Indiana State University
Brylynn.Ellis@indstate.edu