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- Advise SOPAG on technical services standards and issues as necessary.
- Continue to support CDL with the new Melvyl, advising on standards and data quality issues.
- Be responsible for guidance and communication in regard to the Shared Cataloging Project.
- Continue to further the education and training of technical services staff through planning workshops etc.
- Continue to coordinate our acquisitions through confidential information exchange on vendor issues such as which vendors we select and the terms negotiated.
- Set policy and guidelines for technical services in support of resource sharing e.g. the shared print archive.
- Monitor metadata standards and uses including potential usage outside of traditional catalogs e.g. Online Archive of California.
- Share information about and assess preservation issues related to technical services such as the potential benefits of including preservation information in catalog records.
- Monitor electronic resource management software standards and issues (such as new NISO standards). Keep informed of tools, standards, issues and current practices.