6.2 Definition of Technical Services

Technical services are those activities and operations of your Federal depository library that regularly bring you into indirect contact with users of government information resources.

Two major technical service goals are to acquire, organize and maintain government information resources that meet the needs of your primary users and the general public.

Acceptable technical service occurs when any member of the primary user group and the general public can easily locate and retrieve, at no cost, the government information products available at your depository. Acceptable technical service further means government information products are being selected which meet both primary user needs as well as those of the general public, that the resources are being organized (cataloged), and maintained in a manner that promotes efficient retrieval and use.