Technical Services
The New Mexico State Library's Technical Services Bureau (TSB) is responsible for the provision of library technical services to other bureaus and departments of the state library. Assistance with technical services issues is available to all New Mexico libraries. The TSB is staffed by 3 professional librarians and three technical support staff.
The staff works together to provide the following services:
- Acquisitions (working with public services staff and selectors)
- Authority Control (working with MARCIVE, Inc.)
- Cataloging (NMSL circulating collection, reference collection, southwest collection, state and federal documents programs)
- Catalog Database Maintenance
- Regular loading MARC records for Federal Documents
- Serials Control
The TSB works closely with Information Technology (IT) staff. IT staff provides support services for the HORIZON Integrated Library System (ILS), creating custom reports that TSB staff use in database maintenance cleanup projects, troubleshooting problems with the ILS, and other activities related to the overall functionality of the ILS.
The TSB has been given responsibility for investigating options for a statewide resource sharing system for New Mexico's public libraries. This is a complex project that will take significant time and effort to implement. Please look in this area of the state library's web site for more information as the project moves forward.
NMRSI Update: May 4, 2009
The project is moving forward as the team continues to work with Koha as the ILS solution for the Rural Services Programs administered through the State Library. The Books By Mail program is the first in Rural Services to be automated using Koha. A demonstration of the new system was presented at this year's NMLA Annual Conference in Albuquerque. Books By Mail is expected to be in production in late Summer, early Fall. Work on Koha for the Rural Services Bookmobiles is at the early stages, and full attention will be given to this program when Koha is up and running for Books By Mail.
NMRSI Update: May 7, 2010
A contractor (Equinox Software, Inc.) has been selected to host and help complete implementation of the Rural Services Automation project using Koha. Equinox has worked on the PINES project in Georgia using the open source ILS software called Evergreen. The Books-By-Mail Koha ILS should be up and running in a few weeks. The three Rural Bookmobiles will follow this summer. It is hoped that this project will help to demonstrate to New Mexico libraries what an open source ILS can do.
