Rebecca Belford, Head of Technical Services, Conservatory Library (rbelford@oberlin.edu)
Typical job duties:
- Lead Con Library technical services team
- Create, organize, and maintain documentation for Con Library Technical Services
- Gather and share new titles lists and internal statistics for volumes and titles added/withdrawn
- Catalog scores and Con Library special collections material
- In consultation with Preparations Coordinator, identify and recommend special processing/binding needs for cataloged materials;track bindery budget and adjust procedures as necessary
- Database maintenance, remediation, and modernization
- Collection management support (deaccessioning, moves, reclasses, etc.)
- NACO and local authority work; gather and submit "OOC" NACO and BIBCO statistics for the PCC
- Troubleshoot OBIS or cataloging issues identified by Con Public Services Librarian; monitor Reference Log for OBIS-related questions
- Communicate regularly with OCL-tech services leadership (Collections and Resource Services, East Asian Studies librarian) and OCL catalogers/metadata practitioners regarding tools, procedures, policies, and professional development
- Participate in Con Library, OCL, and OhioLINK committees, task forces, etc.
Professional activities: active in MLA, MOUG; current focus on MLA leadership, past research on intersection of cataloging and discovery tools
Subject/language skills: Spanish (advanced); undergrad degree in philosophy; lapsed cellist; loves Excel; learning about OpenRefine and MarcEdit; previous positions include reference/instruction, collection development, and teaching graduate LIS courses in music librarianship and music cataloging
Kimberlie Fixx, Preparations Assistant (kimberlie.fixx@oberlin.edu)
Typical job duties
- Hiring, training, and supervision of student staff, who perform basic core preparations tasks
- Create and proofread bindery tickets for hardbound materials
- Prepare all scores and media for the library stacks (marking, labeling, checking barcodes and call numbers for accuracy)
- Prepare all periodicals for the shelves
Preparations and mending expertise:
- Primary Con Library point of contact with external bindery vendor
- Ensure complete and usable performance material, including configuring or taping loose leaves and turn sheets in scores and parts
- Tip-ins for print material; addition of media pockets
- Assess damaged material: perform repairs and mending (tears, warping, damaged spines, loose pages) and determine when to send for rebind or conservation
- Assess gift scores for condition
- Produce archival copies of material for lending (Annapolis Brass Quintet)
- Prepare 4-flaps and enclosures for materials on the shelves
Faith Hoffman, Music Cataloger (faith.hoffman@oberlin.edu)
Typical responsibilities include:
- Cataloging scores and sound recordings
- Local authority work
- Database maintenance, remediation, and modernization
- Collection management support
Area of specialized subject knowledge or expertise:
- Musical theater, opera
- Previous library experience in acquisitions and stacks management
- Liturgical knowledge of Latin