TY - GEN N2 - This workshop gave a detailed account of the steps taken by the Technical Services Departments of two university libraries that were able to change their professional and paraprofessional staffs from a single task to a multiple task orientation using cross-training, development of consistent documentation, shared knowledge, core competencies and by increasing skills. These changes, although complex and sometimes difficult to implement, increased productivity and produced positive results at Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville AB - This workshop gave a detailed account of the steps taken by the Technical Services Departments of two university libraries that were able to change their professional and paraprofessional staffs from a single task to a multiple task orientation using cross-training, development of consistent documentation, shared knowledge, core competencies and by increasing skills. These changes, although complex and sometimes difficult to implement, increased productivity and produced positive results at Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville AD - Radford, University AD - Kansas State University AD - University of Southern Indiana T1 - From Specialists to Generalists Issues and Perspectives on Cross-Training Catalogers DA - 2008-10-12 AU - Johnson, Kay G. AU - Somers, Michael A. AU - Whiting, Peter C. L1 - https://library.usi.edu/record/1492419/files/From%20Specialists%20to%20Generalists.pdf JF - Serials Librarian PB - Taylor & Francis LA - eng PY - 2008-10-12 ID - 1492419 L4 - https://library.usi.edu/record/1492419/files/From%20Specialists%20to%20Generalists.pdf TI - From Specialists to Generalists Issues and Perspectives on Cross-Training Catalogers Y1 - 2008-10-12 L2 - https://library.usi.edu/record/1492419/files/From%20Specialists%20to%20Generalists.pdf LK - https://library.usi.edu/record/1492419/files/From%20Specialists%20to%20Generalists.pdf UR - https://library.usi.edu/record/1492419/files/From%20Specialists%20to%20Generalists.pdf ER -