Central Technical Services (CTS) is a major unit in the University
Libraries. CTS staff are responsible for managing an acquisitions budget
in excess of four million dollars; for acquiring material for all areas of
the University Libraries except Health Sciences and Law and for managing
the related financial records; for cataloging all or some material for all
locations except the Law Library; for checking-in periodicals and other
material on subscription or standing order;
and for the binding of periodicals and other library
materials. CTS also receives and catalogs publications received through
U.S., New York State, Canadian, and European Communities depositories.
The responsibility for
maintenance, including authority control, of the UB Libraries Catalog
rests with CTS. To accomplish these functions CTS is divided into two
departments: Acquisitions and Cataloging.
The Libraries' Preservation program and mail and delivery operations are
also part of CTS.
Gathered here are documents about CTS, staff, policies and procedures,
manuals, cataloging and acquisitions tools, links to other
technical services, information about the Libraries' Preservation
program and Mail and delivery operation, and links to sites related to
preservation, mail, and shipping.
