ACQNET v1n019 (January 31, 1991) URL = http://www.infomotions.com/serials/acqnet/acq-v1n019 ACQNET, Vol 1, No. 19, January 31, 1991 ======================================= (1) FROM: Editor SUBJECT: NASIG 6th annual conference program (7 lines) (2) Plenary sessions (50 lines) (3) FULL WORKSHOP PROGRAM (277 LINES) (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM: Editor SUBJECT: NASIG 6th annual conference program DATE: January 31, 1991 This issue is all about the upcoming NASIG conference. There is nothing else, so you are warned: If you're going to get this in some other way or serials aren't your thing, skip it. (2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NASIG 6th Annual Conference Program, June 14-17, 1991 Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas Overall theme: A CHANGING WORLD Plenary sessions: Saturday, June 15th: CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES Timothy B. King, Vice President, Marketing & Sales, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York "Impact of Electronic and Networking Technologies on Delivering Scholarly Information." Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Director for Systems, University of Houston Libraries "Network-based Electronic Serials." Anne B. Pitternick, Professor, School of Library and Archival Studies, Univer- sity of British Columbia "Electronic Serials; Realistic or Unrealistic Solution to the Journals 'Crisis'?" Sunday, June 16th: CHANGING INFORMATION WORLDWIDE Francis Narin, President, CHI Research, Inc., Haddon Heights, NJ "Globalization of Research, Scholarly Information, and Patents -- 10-year Trends." John F. Riddick, Head of Acquisitions Services, Central Michigan University Library "Europe 1992 -- Implications for Scholarly Publishing and Distribu- tion." Edward Kasinec, Head, Slavonic Department, New York Public Library "Emerging Eastern Europe: Radical Information Changes." Margarita Almada de Asencia, Director, Centro de Informacion Cientifica Y Humanistica, Mexico City "Scholarly Information and Serials in Latin America; Shifting Political Sands." Monday, June 17th: STRATEGIES AND RESPONSES Carol Pitts Hawks, Head, Acquisition Department, Ohio State University Librar- ies "Automated Library Systems: What Next?" Gail McMillan, Online Maintenance Team Leader, Virginia Polytechnic Institute Library "Embracing the Electronic Journal: One Library's Plan." Charles B. Lowry, Director of Libraries, University of Texas at Arlington "Professional Responsibilities in a Changing World; Issues and Dilemmas." Wrapup -- Dan Tonkery, President and CEO, Readmore, Inc., New York (3) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NASIG 1991 Annual Conference -- WORKSHOPS June 14-17, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas NASIG Conference participants may attend two workshops each on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. On the registration form, please select four (4) workshops from each set in ranked order. Every effort will be made to accommodate first and second choices. Because of space limitations, it may be necessary to assign some individuals to lower-ranked selections. SET I 1. "Case Study: Starting a New Medical Journal." NOTE: LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS. Gabriela Radulescu, Executive Editor -- Journals, Springer Verlag, New York. Using a case study based on a real medical/biomedical journal, workshop participants will discuss the publisher's decision-making process when consid- ering whether or not to start a new journal. The case will include issues related to editorial development as well as to market and financial developments. Group discussion on problems associated with new journals will be encouraged. 2. "Marketing a New Social Science/Humanities Journal to Libraries, Then and Now." Patricia Scarry, Associate Journals Manager and Marketing Manager, Journals Division, University of Chicago Press. As libraries are less able to acquire new titles, the difficulties of starting a new journal increase. Are the basic techniques used by publishers to attract the attention of librarians to new journals in the social sciences and humani- ties still valid? Are more aggressive marketing efforts effective? What strategies are effective from the publisher's point of view? The marketing efforts and results of two actual journals -- Signs, a journal founded in 1975 and how recognized as the leading international women's studies journal; and the Journal of the History of Sexuality begun in 1990 -- will be compared. 3. "SUPER-OPAC: Records for Articles and Chapters in Your Catalog." Bradley D. Carrington, Head of Cataloging, University of Kentucky Libraries. An overview of possible methods for including records in the catalog for articles in journals and chapters in monographs. Four methods will be dis- cussed: (1)OCLC explorations to create and maintain a file of such records, (2) the UNCOVER file, (3) the Wilson indexes on tape as made available using NOTIS software, and (4) using AACR2 chapter 13 to create such records. 4. "Periodicals Receiving Unit and Public Service Areas: A Productive Combina- tion." Roseann Bazirjian, Head, Acquisitions, Syracuse University Library, and Lin Polson, Head, Serials Division, Simon Fraser University Library. This presentation will focus on the preliminary steps involved in preparing a library to merge a periodicals receiving unit with a public service area, i.e., Current Periodicals Reading Room. Thought processes and considerations involved in working toward the reorganization of this traditional technical service unit will be explored in detail. Presenters will offer the perspec- tives of a library implementing the process and another library as veteran of such a change. 5. "The Continuations Saga: Converting Non-Periodical Serials." Joan Luke, Serials/Microforms Librarian and Assistant Head, Acquisitions Department, Georgia State University Library, and Steve Murden, Assistant Head, Acquisi- tions Services, Virginia Commonwealth University Library. The experience of two university libraries in converting non-periodical serials from manual to automated check-in systems will be explored. The workshop includes brief background about the decision to automate and summaries of the impact of the conversions The primary focus, however is the actual implementa- tion process. Topics include: planning and organizing the projects; develop- ing procedures and forms; staff training; confronting the unexpected; gathering and entering data; and introducing the newly implemented systems to all library staff. This workshop not only illustrates different methods for achieving similar results but also presents participants with practical information adaptable to their own conversions. 6. "Interfacing Automated Environments: Linking the Integrated Library System." Lynne BrancheBrown, Acquisitions/Serials Librarian, Raytheon, and Katherine Hughes, Serials Librarian, Loyola University Medical Center Library. Linking the integrated system with the systems of outside vendors is necessary for many serials functions: ordering, claiming, renewal, and binding. This joint workshop presents pros and cons of establishing linked systems and the steps involved in planning and implementing the process. BrancheBrown will use her experience with BIBLIOTECH and EBSCONET to look at the steps required in preparing to interface two systems. Hughes will discuss her library's NOTIS interface with its binder, HERTZBERG NEW-METHOD. 7."Conversion to Automated Serials Control Systems: From the Drawing Board to the Front Lines." Tricia L. Davis, Head, Continuation Acquisitions Division, Ohio State Universities, and James L. Huesmann, Serials Librarian, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Library. Automated serials control systems are powerful but necessarily complicated tools. Even the most sophisticated presents dilemmas for day-to-day opera- tions. This workshop presents inventive ideas for structuring any serials control system to provide needed information in unique ways. Examples will be taken from several different serials control systems, and applications will be presented in broad terms suitable to most libraries, Participants should discover methods to improve or expand their current system beyond its standard capabilities. 8. "Replacement Issues: Where Do You Find Them and at What Cost?" Beth Holley, Head, Acquisitions Department, University of Alabama Library, and Susan Malawski, Director, Subscription, Fulfillment and Distribution, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, and John T. Zubal, President, USBE. The presenters will identify general sources of back issues and their related costs. They will address common problems and concerns surrounding the quest for back issues. The difficulties encountered in locating both old and current issues as well as maintaining an inventory will be discussed by both the vendor and publisher. The general mechanics of identifying and listing missing issues will be shared from a library's perspective. 9. "How Vendors Assess Service Charges and a Publisher's View of Discounts to Vendors." N. Bernard (Buzzy) Basch, Consultant, and John Breithaupt, Direc- tor-General, Marketing, Association Management and Distribution Services, Allen Press, and Tina Feick, U.S. Serials Specialist, Blackwell's Periodicals Division. This session will focus on the variety of approaches different vendors take to handling and service charges, including calculation, billing, and payment of these charges; publishers' attitudes to service charges and discounts; and the impact of charges on publisher strategies. Participants will consider ways in which libraries can handle and negotiate these charges. SET II 1. "Case Study: Managing the Established Sci/Tech Journal." NOTE: LIMITED TO 25 PARTICIPANTS. John Tagler, Director of Corporate Communications, Elsevier Science Publishers. Participants will investigate the management of a successful sci/tech journal and how such elements as manuscripts flow, turnaround time, peer review, quality control, growth in number of pages, and price increases are balanced in the face of pressures from the scientific community as well as subscriber libraries. 2. "Case Study: Society Journal Published by Commercial Publisher." NOTE: LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS. Jolanda von Hagen, Managing Director, Springer Verlag Heidelberg. When a scholarly society has established that its journal is not bringing in the funds needed to support other society activities, it may negotiate a contract with a commercial publisher with the aim of increasing outside subscribers. What does the society look for? What must the commercial publisher do to meet the society's requirements? These issues will be explored in the workshop. 3. "Multiple Versions Cataloging and Preservation Microfilming for Brittle Issues of Serials." Steve Savage, Head, Periodicals, Newspapers and Microforms Department, University of Kentucky Libraries, and Mitch Turitz, Serials Librarian, San Francisco State University. Turitz will provide background, an update, and a discussion of current thinking about the concept of multiple versions cataloging. Savage will examine existing preservation microfilming guidelines (RLG, ALCTS) and utility capabil- ities (OCLC, RLIN) and discuss the actual filming operation. 4. "The impact of Electronic Journals on Traditional Library Services." Mary Beth Fecko, Special Formats Catalog Librarian, Rutgers University Libraries, and Linda Langschied, Coordinator, Nonbibliographic Database and PC Services, Rutgers University Libraries. The workshop will discuss the impact of electronic journals on traditional library services such as collection development and management, technical services, bibliographic control, user information, and reference services. Fecko and Langschied will explore the effect of electronic journals on library services from the perspectives of both public and technical services. 5. "Journal Contents Online: Patron Use and Implications for Reference Service." Melissa B. Bradley, Acquisitions Librarian, Denver Public Library, and Patricia M. Wallace, Head, Serials Department, University of Colorado Libraries. Use of the CARL Uncover database, which contains tables of contents for over 10,000 periodicals, was monitored at selected terminals in two large public and university libraries. The results of this study will be presented and will interest serials librarians, reference librarians, and systems designers. 6. "An Introduction to the Structure of ANSI X12 and a Tutorial on X12 Mapping for Serials Related Transactions." Christopher Beckett, Product Manager, Blackwell's Periodicals Division, and Sharon Cline McKay, Director of Library Services, EBSCO, and Fritz Schwartz, Manager, EDI Group, The Faxon Company. This workshop will explain the use, logic, and the structure of standard X12 records as they are being implemented in the serials community. It will also include a tutorial on the mapping process by which specifications are being written. General issues in X12 implementation will be covered as time permits. 7. "Job Descriptions vis a vis Job Applications: A Match Often Not Made in Heaven." Carole McIver, Administration Services Librarian, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Library, and Lois N. Upham, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, College of Library and Information Science. This workshop looks at typical guidelines established for"ideal" resumes and letters of interest as presented in places such as library school colloquia and style manuals and discusses how effective they may or may not be. The session analyzes several actual serials-related job advertisements and position announcements/descriptions, assists in "translating" the formal language into colloquial terms, and discusses--based on feedback from actual search commit- tees--what will be sought in the applications that are received in response. Attenders will gain insight into both job-seeking and employee-seeking skills. 8. "Serial Claims: Three Perspectives, Library/Publisher/Vendor." Gary Brown, Midwestern Regional Representative, The Faxon Company, and Julia Gammon, Head, Acquisitions Department, University of Akron Library, and Peter McKay, Sales and Marketing Director, Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, Ltd. Most serials librarians would agree that serial claims are one of the more frustrating areas of serials management; therefore, the purpose of this workshop will be to provide an opportunity for all parties to meet in one room and discuss the issues, problems, and solutions associated with serial claim- ing. 9. "Acquiring and Cataloging the Elusive Latin American Serial." Nelly S. Gonzalez, Director, Latin American Library Services, University of Illinois Library, and Rosa Q. Mesa, Librarian, Latin American Collection, University of Florida Libraries, and Scott Van Jacob, Serials Librarian, Dickinson College. Latin American serial publications play a vital role in communicating the intellectual, social, and political life of the region. Acquiring these serials for academic institutions has never been and will never be an easy task. Economic, educational, technological, and political problems within Latin America have often hindered the publication and circulation of these serials. Three members from SALALM (Seminar for the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials) will share their experiences in successfully selecting, cataloging and pricing Latin American serials. For annual conference information, registration, and program, contact: Daniel H. Jones, Local Arrangements Assistant Library Director for Collection Development University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 7703 Floyd Curl Drive San Antonio TX 78284-7940 Telephone: 512-567-2400 Telefax: 512-567-2490 E-mail: JONES@UTHSCSA.Bitnet For information about NASIG membership, contact: Ann B. Vidor, NASIG Treasurer Head, Catalog Department Emory University Woodruff Library Atlanta GA 30322 Telephone: 404-727-6833 Telefax: 404-727-0053 E-mail: LIBABV@EMUVMI.Bitnet ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE ***** END OF FILE *****