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Given that dependence on digital information has led to a decline in scholarly reliance on locally-provided library resources, and also direct consultation with librarians, what do these changes mean for technical services? It seems an increase of vendor-supplied metadata for all types of resources, remote server access to digital resources and exciting new digitization initiatives create opportunities for managing very interesting projects and processes. According to the survey, certain faculty feel the library has an important role in teaching support. Trained subject specialists in technical services work directly with the data in this increasingly complex, increasingly mainstream digitized research environment where print also continues to play a role. We can improve access to all resources for all scholars, by improving information infrastructure (behind the scenes) and via bibliographic instruction classes.