Technical Services
The Technical Services Team consists of six highly skilled full
time staff members. Duties performed are divided into two areas:
Technology Support and Maintenance and Traditional Library Technical
Support.
Library Technical Support duties include:
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Acquisitions – Includes ordering, receiving and invoicing of items.
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Cataloging – The process by which descriptive information
about each item is entered into the online catalog. This includes
author, title and publisher information, as well as call number
and subject headings.
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Physical
Processing – Prepares materials for shelving and circulation
for our library patrons by adding property stamps/labels, barcodes,
book covers, due date pockets, spine labels, genre stickers (mystery,
fantasy, western, etc.)
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Interlibrary Loan Services – Expands the reach of the
library by allowing the lending and borrowing of materials
which may not be available at SJCPLS through a worldwide network
of over 6,700 libraries!
Technology Support and Maintenance
The staff works closely with
Infomation Systems Department and Library vendors to maintain and support
library technologies, hardware and software:
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HIP Online Catalog: www.sjcpls.org
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Horizon: Library Management Software
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Computers: Support over 200 staff
and public computers
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Software programs: MS Office, kids’s games, more!
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Subscription research
databases
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Authoring and maintenance of St. John’s County Library website
Branch Information
Jae Bass
Technical Services Administrator
Location
6670 US 1 South
St. Augustine, FL 32086
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 - 5:00 pm
Closed Saturday & Sunday
Contact
Telephone: (904) 827-6920
Fax: (904) 827-6905