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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Posted on behalf of the NOTSL Board; please pardon any duplication.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Join us October 3, 2025 for the NOTSL Fall General Meeting: Tectonic Shifts: Technical Services of Today via Zoom.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Keynote speaker Steve Kelley,
<i>Head of Continuing Resources & Database Management </i>at <i>Wake Forest University</i>, and CORE President Elect, will present “Tectonic Shifts: The Changing Landscape of Technical Services”. His presentation will discuss the state of technical services
in libraries today. Topics will include the growth of electronic collections/the shrinkage of physical collections, the increase in subscription models of acquisitions, AI in technical services work, the changing staffing needs of technical services departments,
and more.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Lacie Griffin,
<i>Collection Development Manager, Johnson County Library</i>, and Past Chair of CORE’s Metadata and Collections Section, will present “Technical Services in Public Libraries”. Public libraries are navigation a shifting landscape in technical services, where
decisions around outsourcing versus in-house processing, digital access, and metadata ownership are more critical than ever. This program explores the evolving role of technical services in supporting access and discovery in both physical digital collections.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Cynthia M. Whitacre,
<i>Sr Metadata Operations Manager at OCLC (recently retired)</i>, will present “Musings on Past, Present, & Future of Technical Services.” Cynthia will discuss the major changes she has seen during her career in cataloging and will emphasize the shifts that
she sees occurring now with use of artificial intelligence and the ongoing move to linked data.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Daniel N. Joudrey,
<i>Professor and Director of the Libraries and Librarianship Concentration, Simmons University</i>, will present “Technical Services: The Next Generation.” This session offers an inside look at how new librarians view cataloging and metadata work. Drawing on
real conversations, Joudrey shares their hopes and concerns in a candid discussion about the evolving future of technical services.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration is now open. All are welcome; membership is conferred on all attendees.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Visit
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.notsl.org/programs/tectonic-shifts-technical-services-of-today"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">NOTSL’s website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
(</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.notsl.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">www.NOTSL.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)
for full program information and to register.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#C00000">Leslie Kimble<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">Technical Services Manager<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">Warren-Trumbull County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">444 Mahoning Avenue NW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">Warren, Ohio 44483-4692<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black">330-395-6568<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><a href="mailto:kimblel@wtcpl.org"><span style="color:#2E74B5">kimblel@wtcpl.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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