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Ghikas named new ALA associate executive director, Member Programs and Services ACRL seeks current data on information literacy programs Baltimore County long range plan publication available from PLA "National Bookmobile Guidelines" available from PLA New Outstanding Books for the College Bound available Registration deadline February 15 for 1995 PLA workshops Serials and subject cataloging topics of spring ALCTS institutes Two new editors join ALA Editions Young adult speakers and consultants available TOP 100 BOOKS FOR TEENS BROCHURE AVAILABLE 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes February 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA Washington Office News 104TH CONGRESS BRINGS SEA CHANGE TO WASHINGTON ********************************************************************* 104TH CONGRESS BRINGS SEA CHANGE TO WASHINGTON BIDDING WAR ON CUTS EMERGING The new Republican majority in Congress, the congressional Democratic leadership, and the Clinton Administration are all putting forth proposals involving middle class tax cuts, with substantial cuts in federal programs as a way to pay for the tax cut and downsize government. Details are not fully spelled out yet in some of these proposals. However, what seems to be emerging is a bidding war on which proposals can cut or eliminate the most programs, or who will get credit for the results. WHERE ARE THE PROPOSALS COMING FROM? CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS: While many members of the 104th Congress may need a map to find their way around Capitol Hill, there will be no need for a legislative road map. New Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich (R-GA), has supplied directions with a modified version of the pre-election "Contract with America." Legislation to implement the Contract has been prepared and will be introduced in the first few days of the new year. Many procedural steps set the tone on the first day the representatives were sworn in. To pay for a balanced budget, tax cuts, and increased defense spending, many programs would be cut. Entire cabinet agencies, including the Department of Education, could be eliminated. Speaker Gingrich has spoken favorably of libraries and recently applauded the Library of Congress and stated his support for increasing the Library of Congress budget. His interest in and commitment to using new technologies may also be supportive of some library efforts but the overall environment is one of devolution or downsizing rather maintain or expanding federal programs. SENATE REPUBLICANS: On the Senate side, Republicans, led by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), are also expected to cut and consolidate programs. An early rescission (cutting FY95 funds already appropriated if funds are not yet spent) and budget reconciliation package (identifying cuts to make in FY96) are expected in the first few weeks of 1995. HOUSE DEMOCRATS: New House minority leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO) has also proposed a middle class tax cut, paid for with unspecified cuts and savings. CLINTON ADMINISTRATION: President Clinton has revived his own middle-class tax cut proposal, to be paid for with major agency cuts, continued budget caps on discretionary spending, consolidations, and privatization. Although the Department of Education is not a major target, a significant portion of "other" cuts will be proposed. Some of these cuts are yet to be determined, but will show up in the Administration's FY96 budget request in January. While Democratic proposals are not likely to receive a detailed review in a Republican Congress, they indicate that an intention to reduce the number and size of federal programs is coming from many points on the political spectrum. WHAT'S IN DANGER? All library programs and many related programs from which libraries benefit are known to be on the cut lists from which these proposals draw. The following programs are at risk because they are listed on background documents to the House Republican Contract with America, or because they are on the cut list developed earlier in 1994 by a Balanced Budget Task Force chaired by Rep. Gerald Solomon (R-NY). The Solomon list is considered to be one of the sources for a Republican budget rescission and reconciliation package. o Library Services and Construction Act, and o Higher Education Act title II library programs (FY 96 funding in danger; FY 95 rescissions could be proposed for LSCA VI and HEA II-B programs) o School Library Media Resources program, ESEA III, part F (in danger because the overall agenda will make funding new programs very difficult) o Arts and Humanities Endowments (must be reauthorized, either separately or as part of appropriations process, in order to be funded; thus NEA and NEH will be early targets for budget cutting and for those politicians who are opposed to any government role in support of the arts and humanities) o High Performance Computing and Communications initiative (identified with Clinton/Gore Administration, and considered to be industrial policy) o Improving America's Schools Act, ESEA reauthorization (Title III ed tech programs, school block grant, aid to disadvantaged schoolchildren, many other new and renewed programs are at risk) o National libraries and related programs (Budget cuts are likely to affect Library of Congress, National Agricultural Library, National Library of Medicine, National Archives, Depository Library Program and GPO Access Act, National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) In short, the entire federal role in support of libraries and information services could be severely damaged or wiped out in a rush to cut and eliminate government programs and services to downsize government. In a new "devolution" movement, some federal roles could be shifted to the states. However, governors have already expressed concern that they do not have the resources, nor are they likely to receive the resources from the federal level, to take on all these roles. WHAT CAN YOU DO? New and returning members need to be educated about the value of federal investment in library programs. Library programs are certainly at the top of the list when it comes to reaching the largest population for the least expenditure of federal dollars. Library Service and Construction Act (LSCA) programs have tremendous potential to leverage funds. Giving some local examples of innovative programs funded by LSCA or HEA dollars will make your case specific. Invitations extended to your Representatives and Senators to visit your library will also help in the education process. 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes February 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Mary W. Ghikas named new ALA associate executive director, Member Programs and Services Mary W. Ghikas, executive director of the Western New York Library Resources Council in Buffalo, has been named the new American Library Association (ALA) associate executive director for Member Programs and Services. She will begin her new position in early March. "I am pleased that someone with so much experience in the association will be joining us," said ALA Executive Director Elizabeth Martinez. Ghikas will head one of two new departments developed by Martinez as part of a staff reorganization. She will coordinate the work of all divisions, conference services, membership development, chapter relations, round tables and the awards program. In her current position, Ghikas heads an independent, nonprofit consortium of libraries and library systems in Western New York. The consortium includes three public library systems, six school library systems, 27 academic libraries and 64 special libraries. Almost 700 libraries are served, directly and indirectly. Ghikas has worked as director of Network Development for Gaylord Bros., Syracuse, N.Y.; as executive director of Universal Series & Book Exchange (USBE), Inc., Washington, D.C.; assistant commissioner, Research & Reference Services, and director of Technical Services for The Chicago Public Library; special assistant to the county librarian for the Los Angeles County Public Library System, and coordinator of Automated Library Technical Services for the Los Angeles City Public Library System. She is a member of the ALA Council, the association's governing body, and a member of the ALA Organizational Self-Study and Policy Monitoring committees. Ghikas has served on a number of other ALA and ALA division committees. She was a member of the ALA Planning Committee (1985-89), chair of the ALA Committee on Program Evaluation & Support (1991-93), Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) representative to the ALA Professional Ethics Committee (1989-90); chair of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) MultiLINCS Section (1993-94), chair of the LITA Information Science & Automation Section (1985). She also served as managing editor of Information Technology & Libraries (1983-84). She is chair of the New York State Library/NYSERNet Joint Planning Team, a member of the New York Library Association Legislative Committee, a member of the Buffalo Free-Net Steering Committee and a member of the School Librarians Association of Western New York. Ghikas has an associate's degree in English from Bakersfield College, and a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in library science from the University of California, Los Angeles. 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes February 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ACRL seeks current data on information literacy programs The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and several other national organizations are seeking current data on information literacy programs in higher education curriculums nationwide. "It is important for the library profession to involve key organizations and individuals outside the profession in a discussion about the value of an information literate society," said Patricia Senn Breivik, ACRL vice- president. Survey forms were mailed to college and university campuses in the United States seeking updates on information literacy programs. More than 400 responses have been received. The survey results will be used in a series of journal articles and in "best-practice" regional workshops. Negotiations on a monograph publication of the results are also underway with the American Council on Education. The project was developed with the cooperation of Howard Simmons, executive director of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools; Ralph Wolff, associate executive director of the Western Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities, and four other regional accrediting agencies. It is endorsed by the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) which is committed to disseminating the results to its membership. "AAHE has a strong commitment to information literacy as is evidenced by our membership in the National Forum on Information Literacy, our Information Literacy Action Community and our newest initiative, the Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable," said AAHE President Louis Albert. For more information, contact: Althea Jenkins, ACRL Executive Director, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 3248, or 312-280-3248. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes February 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Baltimore County long range plan publication available from PLA "Repositioning for the Future", the Baltimore (Md.) County Public Library's fourth edition of its long range plan, is now available from the Public Library Association (PLA). The publication, written by Eleanor Jo Rodger, can be used by other libraries to prepare their own long-range plans. It includes information on demographics, financial support and technology. "Repositioning for the Future" (ISBN 0-8389-7773-1) is $24. Discounts are available for PLA and American Library Association (ALA) members. To order (prepayment should accompany orders of $30 or less), contact: ALA Order Department, 155 N. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606-1719. Telephone: 800- 545-2433, press 7. PLA is a division of the American Library Association. 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes January 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 "National Bookmobile Guidelines" available from PLA "National Bookmobile Guidelines - 1992," the State Library of Ohio's comprehensive manual for effective bookmobile management, is now available from the Public Library Association (PLA). Compiled by a team of bookmobile specialists, procedures are given for everything from funding, staffing, planning stops and evaluating service to marketing/public relations. It includes information on general safety standards for bookmobile construction and interior furnishings. "National Bookmobile Guidelines - 1992" (ISBN 0-8389-7779-0) is $28. Discounts are available for PLA and American Library Association (ALA) members. To order (prepayment should accompany orders of $30 or less), contact: ALA Order Department, 155 N. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606-1719. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 7. Fax: 312-836-9958. PLA is a division of the American Library Association. 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes January 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 New Outstanding Books for the College Bound available The new Outstanding Books for the College Bound, from titles selected by a committee of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), is now available. Compiled into one brochure for the first time, the list includes five sections -- fiction, biography, nonfiction, theatre and fine arts, and poetry. Selected titles were evaluated for their ability to strengthen knowledge of literature, past and present, in a variety of subjects and to help prepare students for college entrance examinations and college courses. The 16-page brochure is $24 for 50. Camera-ready art of the list is available for $10. To order (prepayment should accompany orders of $30 or less), contact: ALA Graphics, 155 N. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606-1719. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 7. Fax: 312-836-9958. For a free sample copy, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: YALSA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. YALSA is a division of the American Library Association. 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes January 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Registration deadline February 15 for 1995 PLA workshops The registration deadline for the Public Library Association (PLA) Chicago Cluster Workshops is February 15. The workshops will be held March 23-25, at the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. Discounts are available for PLA and American Library Association (ALA) members and for two or more registering from the same library or system. Topics for this year's cluster are: "An Appetite for Romance: How to Understand, Buy, Display and Promote Romance Fiction"; "Kids, Libraries and Technology: Making the Connection"; "It Could Never Happen Here: Preventing Violence in Your Library"; "Special Delivery: Shaping and Sharing Your Library's Message", and "Library Lighting and Wiring Technology for the Future." PLA members automatically received registration forms; others may call the PLA Office at 800-545-2433, ext. 5PLA to receive forms. PLA is a division of the American Library Association. 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes February 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Serials and subject cataloging topics of spring ALCTS institutes Two institutes for catalogers and other librarians will be held in April and October sponsored by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS). "Serials Cataloging in the Age of Format Integration," sponsored by the ALCTS Serials Section, will be held April 7 and 8 in Atlanta at the Atlanta Hilton, and will be repeated October 6 and 7 in San Francisco at the Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf. The institute is designed for anyone responsible for providing access to a serial including the reference librarian and the cataloger. It will help participants understand the creation, interpretation, content, format and uses of serials cataloging rules and principles, explore the interrelationships of the serials cataloging record with other library functions such as acquisitions and check-in, and consider the various uses of the serials cataloging record for patron access and for union listing, interlibrary loan, collection management and development. Institute leaders will include Crystal Graham, University of California, San Diego; Jean Hirons, Library of Congress; Maureen Landry, Library of Congress; Rhonda Lawrence, University of California, Los Angeles, Law Library; Kristin Lindlan, University of Washington Libraries, and Regina Reynolds, Library of Congress. Hirons and Landry will teach beginning and advanced serials cataloging, respectively. Registrants will have an opportunity to choose two of four concurrent sessions to be taught by Lawrence (cataloging of legal series), Graham (interpreting the serials record for local system use), Reynolds (cataloging electronic serials) and Lindlan (cataloging of computer files). Registration fees are $185 for ALCTS members, $230 for American Library Association (ALA) members and $275 for nonmembers. Institute registration closes two weeks before the institute or when filled. Housing at the Atlanta Hilton is $105 per night, single, $125, double. The deadline for housing reservations in Atlanta is March 6. Housing at the Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf is $125 per night, single or double. The deadline is September 21. The ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section (CSS) will sponsor "Demystifying Subject Cataloging" on April 2 and 3 at the Hotel Normandy in Minneapolis, and on October 24 and 25, in Rochester, N.Y., as a preconference to the New York Library Association's annual conference. The location of the Rochester institute will be announced later. The institute is geared to original catalogers, librarians and administrators involved in the creation, use, or management of subject retrieval data. It will offer hands-on practicum sessions in the tools, techniques and process of subject analysis as well as intensive training in the structure and use of the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), lectures on key issues in the future of cataloging and a presentation of Airlie House recommendations. Institute leaders will include: Arlene G. Taylor, University of Pittsburgh; Mark Ziomek, Library of Congress; Lynn El-Hoshy, Library of Congress, and J. Bradford Young, University of Pennsylvania. Taylor will speak on the process of subject analysis. Zionek will discuss using the online or printed LCSH. El-Hoshy will talk about LCSH subdivisions and geographic headings and Young will speak on the Airlie House recommendations. Registration fees are $145 for ALCTS and NYLA members, $190 for ALA members and $235 for nonmembers. Institute registration closes two weeks before the institute or when filled. Housing at the Hotel Normandy is $75 per night for single or double. The deadline is March 11. For more information about the institutes, selection of concurrent sessions for the serials cataloging institute and housing in Rochester, call Yvonne McLean at 800-545-2433, ext. 5032. E-mail: yvonne.mclean@ala.org. ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association. 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes February 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Two new editors join ALA Editions Two new editors, Marlene R. Chamberlain and Patrick J. Hogan, have joined the staff of ALA Editions, the American Library Association's general publishing operation. Chamberlain has been named senior editor, acquisitions and development. Hogan will serve as editor, acquisitions and development. Both will report to Arthur Plotnik, who became editorial director of the unit (formerly ALA Books) in September 1993. "With these skilled and forward-looking editors filling our vacancies, and with first-rate production and support staff, our year-long transition from ALA Books to a more flexible and proactive ALA Editions is complete," said Plotnik. "We're wide open for projects, in whatever format, that go 'beyond information' per se to deliver real values to libraries and their users." Chamberlain's editorial experience includes project development at trade and association publishers including Van Nostrand Reinhold, Dorsey Press, American Hospital Publishing and Probus Publishing. She has a bachelor's degree from Barat College in Lake Forest, Ill., and continued her studies at the University of Illinois and Columbia College in Chicago. Hogan managed the publication of more than 50 professional and consumer books as acquisitions editor for Dearborn Financial Publishing. He has also worked with Addison-Wesley, Encyclopaedia Britannica and Rand McNally. Hogan has a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and additional instruction in multimedia design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Chamberlain and Hogan began their new posts last month. 10. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes February 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Young adult speakers and consultants available The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has announced the availability of a resource directory of more than 50 speakers and consultants in the field of young adult services. The directory is designed for those looking for a speaker or consultant to provide continuing education opportunities for school library media specialists, public library generalists or youth workers. The individuals included in the database are from across the country and have expertise in a wide variety of areas such as at-risk adolescents, youth participation and policy development. All participants have submitted a data form detailing the times of the year they are available, experience and publications, references, preferred audiences and fees. A database search based on your needs is available free from: YALSA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4390. Individuals who wish to be added to the resource directory should contact: Linda Waddle, Executive Director, YALSA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 4391. YALSA is a division of the American Library Association. 11. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes February 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Top 100 books for teens brochure available The Top 100 Countdown of Books, a compilation of the best books for teens, is now available from American Library Association (ALA) Graphics. The list includes 100 titles that were selected by young adult librarians during the 1994 ALA Annual Conference in Miami Beach. It includes titles from the past 25 years of Best Books for Young Adults, an annual list of fiction and nonfiction for young adults, ages 12-18, compiled by a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) committee. Best Books are selected for their long-term appeal to teenagers and cover a variety of subjects and a broad range of reading levels. The brochure, designed in a CD-style format, is $24 for 100. Camera- ready art of the list is available for $10. To order (prepayment should accompany orders of $30 or less), contact: ALA Graphics, 155 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 7. Fax: 312-836-9958. For a free sample copy of the list, send a #10 stamped, self-addressed envelope to: YALSA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. YALSA is a division of the American Library Association.