ALA Meeting Announcement: ALCTS CITS DG

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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006
From: Carla Davis Cunningham (Temple Univ.) <ccunni01_at_temple.edu>
Subject: ALA Meeting Announcement: ALCTS CITS DG


The ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group will 
meet at the ALA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA on Sunday, June 25, 
2006, from 4:00pm - 5:30pm, in the Vieux Carre room of the Hotel 
Monteleone.  Participants can join breakout discussions on the eight 
topics listed below.  The chair and vice-chair will provide a list of 
sub-topics at the meeting to serve as a discussion guide.  At the end 
of the discussion period, each group will give a short summary for the 
benefit of all attendees. 

This year, the chair is Kalyani Parthasarathy, Ohio State University 
and the vice-chair/chair-elect is Carla Davis Cunningham, Temple 
University.

VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR AND RECORDERS SOUGHT:  We need volunteers to
facilitate and record the discussions at each topic table.  If you 
would like to facilitate or record, please send your information to 
Carla Davis Cunningham at ccunni01_at_temple.edu (that's ccunni zero one).

Indicate all the topics you would be willing to facilitate or record.  
We would appreciate flexibility on your part as we finalize the 
assignments.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF VOLUNTEERS:  FACILITATORS guide the discussion on 
the topics at their tables, making sure everyone participates, and 
keeping within the allotted time.  RECORDERS take notes during 
discussions and send written reports to the vice-chair soon after the 
conference is over. These reports form the basis for the report the 
chair sends to ALCTS. A written summary report is also sent to the 
Technical Services Quarterly.

The discussion topics are:
1. The Library of Congress' decisions on series titles
2. The impact of RLG/OCLC merger on technical services
3. Policy and procedure manuals for technical services
4. Disaster preparedness in technical services
5. Filling staff positions in technical services
6. Statistics gathering in acquisitions
7. Looking at technical services organization
8. Link resolvers and federated searching for access to electronic 
resources

VICE-CHAIR/CHAIR-ELECT SOUGHT: The ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical
Services Discussion Group is also seeking a volunteer to serve as
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect.  This position is a two year term and a great
opportunity to do some relatively non-threatening service to the 
profession.
 
Please send your volunteer interests to Carla Davis Cunningham
(ccunni01_at_temple.edu) by June 15.

Thanks in advance!

Carla Davis Cunningham
Kalyani Parthasarathy


Carla Davis Cunningham
Cataloger/Copy Cataloging Coordinator, Monographs 
Temple University, 1210 W. Berks St., Philadelphia, PA 19122

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