Subject: CANCELLED: ALCTS Automated Acquisitions Discussion Group
From: "Michael Zeoli" <mzeoli_at_ybp.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:36:39 -0400
With regret, the ALCTS Automated Acquisitions In-Process/Control Systems
Interest Group session at ALA has been cancelled.
The group had planned a presentation of R2 Consulting's recent research
associated with the Library of Congress Project on the Creation and
Distribution of MARC Records in North America.
In response to the report prepared last year by the LC Working Group on
the Future of Bibliographic Control
(http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/news/lcwg-ontherecord-jan08-fin
al.pdf), the Library of Congress commissioned R2 Consulting, LLC to
research and describe the North American marketplace for cataloging
records, including existing incentives and barriers to both contribution
and availability. The scope of this project is broad, including data
gathered from all types of US and Canadian producers, distributors, and
consumers of MARC records. A description of the project can be found at:
http://www.r2consulting.org/pdfs/LC%20Press%20Release.pdf
R2 has also established a website as a resource for the project:
http://bibrecords.ning.com/
The meeting was scheduled for Sunday July 12th at 10:30. We will no
doubt hear more regarding this project in the coming months, and will
look forward to holding this session at ALA Midwinter if appropriate.
Ruth Fischer
Partner, R2 Consulting, LLC
www.r2consulting.org
Sharon Marshall
ALCTS Automated Acquisitions/In-Process Control IG Co-Chair Coordinator,
Bibliographic Services (Acting) University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2J8
Telephone: (780) 492-8251
Michael Zeoli
ALCTS Automated Acquisitions/In-Process Control IG Co-Chair Director of
Sales, Canada YBP Library Services
999 Maple Street
Contoocook, New Hampshire 03229
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