Access Services

Community of Interest

Community Charge

The BLC Access Services Community of Interest is a learning community for all issues related to Access Services and serves as a mechanism for members to network, share information and learn from each other about issues related to Access Services. It is a place for sharing ideas and best practices on topics such as circulation policies, course reserves, copyright and fair use, management of physical library collections, managing student employees, future trends in collections access, customer service, and automation in access services.

We recognize that Access Services is defined differently at different institutions and that other BLC COIs provide options for more specific networking and learning in areas that are related to access services (e.g. Resource Sharing, Alma, etc.)

Conveners

Heather Castle
Co-chair
Library Manager
UNH E&PS Branch Libraries
Heather.Castle@unh.edu

Ann Marie Shafer
Co-chair
Head of Library Access Services
UMass Boston Healey Library
AnnMarie.Shafer@umb.edu 

Membership

Membership is open to anyone working in a unit traditionally associated with Access Services at a BLC member library.

Meetings

At their June 2020 meeting, the group decided to hold virtual meetings, with an annual in person meeting during Networking Day.

Member-Only Resources

Join Access Services COI

Complete the form below to join BLC's Access Services COI. You'll automatically be added to our Community email group and shared Google Drive.