Rod Library - University of Northern Iowa

Technical Services

Maintain UNISTAR
Process books and non-print materials
Order and pay for library materials
Process received materials
Prepare periodicals for binding

The Aquisition Section of this department is responsible for purchasing library materials and supplies. Personnel receive and process books, periodicals, government publications, and mail. This section is also responsible for preparing shipments of materials that are to be bound.

The Cataloging Section of this department is responsible for maintaining the UNISTAR database. When a book, map or other item is received by the Library, the people in this section amend, create or input a record in UNISTAR to reflect that the item is part of the Library's collection. Without the work of the Cataloging Section, we would not be able to easily find out what is in the Library. This section also processes materials and prepares them for the shelves by affixing call-number labels and marking them with property stamps.