ALANEWS (May 24, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/alanews/alanews-940524 Note: conversion from a BITNET transmission format not suitable for mail delivery was locally attempted. This type of conversion may sometimes require "choices" to be made by the conversion program, based on the (lack of) support for various file formats on the target operating system. The "choices" made by LISTSERV may not be the ones you expected, since it does not know anything about the system you are using. However, you would not have been able to use the file at all if it had not been converted. If you have trouble using the file as you received it, please contact the person who sent it and arrange for an alternate delivery method. *------------------------------ Cut here -------------------------------* NEWS RELEASES May 24, 1994 This batch contains: 1. ALA/Meckler Library of the Future Award recipient named 2. ALCTS to offer four programs on acquisitions 3. ALCTS to offer programs on preservation and reformatting 4. ASCLA/National Organization on Disability Award recipient named 5. Melvil Dewey Medal recipient named 6. The H.W. Wilson Library Periodical Award recipient named 7. "Keeping Our of Mischief: Fending Off Censorship Pressures" ALA program topic 8. Library fund raising materials needed 9. New ACRL publication surveys collection development policies 10. Virtual library to get debunking in upcoming ALA publication 11. Correction 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA/Meckler Library of the Future Award recipient named The University of Iowa Libraries in Iowa City, directed by Sheila D. Creth, is the 1994 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA)/Meckler Library of the Future Award. The award, $2,000 and a free standing piece of Tiffany crystal donated by the Meckler Corporation, is given to a library, consortium, group of librarians, or support organization for information technology in a library setting. The University of Iowa Libraries received the award for the planning and implemetation of a new kind of library facility - the "Information Arcade." "Designed to support the use of electronic resources in teaching, learning and research across the curriculum of undergraduate and graduate education, this collaborative effort draws on the talents of librarians, technology professionals, university faculty and students," said John M. Brooks-Barr, chair of the ALA/Meckler Award Jury. "The integration of a wide array of non-bibliographic electronic source material and the creative utilization of technologically-advanced tools epitomizes the 'library of the future'." "As interdisciplinary use and support continue to grow, the 'Information Arcade' has clearly demonstrated the important role of the library in enhancing the quality of university education and the rewards of aggressive efforts to make electronic resources easily accessible," Brooks-Barr said. "This exciting design for the effective use of technology in libraries and education is already serving as a model for libraries and universities across the country. An article about the project, "Information Arcade: Playground for the Mind," by Creth will be published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship this spring. The award will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference, June 23-30, in Miami Beach. - END - 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALCTS to offer four programs on acquisitions Four programs on acquisitions will be offered by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 23-30, in Miami Beach. "Selecting Products in Electronic Formats: A Dialogue on the Critical Information Libraries Require" will be held on Sunday, June 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Librarians from academic, public and school libraries will participate in a dialogue with representatives of two major publishing houses to consider the selection and acquisition of non- print media. Consideration will be given to such factors as reviews, vendor support and hardware/software requirements from the perspective of the librarians and the publishers. Speakers will include Sonja Gustafson, Research Services manager for the Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash.; Sherry Sullivan, Library Relations representative for the H. W. Wilson Co., Flemington, N.J.; Carolyn Markuson, reviewer for Booklist magazine, an ALA publication; Pat Ensor, acting assistant director for Public Services at the University of Houston Libraries; Pam Berger, library media specialist at Byram Hills High School, Armonk, N.Y., and Phyllis Young, Collection Development coordinator for the County of Los Angeles Public Library. The program is sponsored by the Association of American Publishers/ALCTS Joint Committee. It is cosponsored by the ALCTS Acquisition Section Technology for Acquisitions Committee, the ALCTS Collection Management and Development Section's Collection Development and Electronic Media Committee and the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) Collection Development and Evaluation Section Adult Library Materials. "Off to See the Wizard: Demystifying Your Financial Relations" will be held on Sunday, June 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. The program is designed to help acquisitions librarians and managers work successfully with fiscal officers within and outside the library. It is geared to librarians concerned with audits bidding/contracts for library materials, or for those looking ahead to EDI and interfacing their library's accounting system with another accounting system. Acquisitions librarians who will participate in the program are Carol Pitt Hawks, head, Acquisitions Department at The Ohio State University, Columbus, and Joseph Raker, head, Acquisitions Department at the Boston Public Library. Two fiscal officers will also speak. They are Andrew Bonamici, assistant university librarian for Administrative Services at the University of Oregon, Eugene, and Ed Hums, director of special projects for Business Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, Ind. Barbara Winters, association university librarian for Central Services at Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, will moderate. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Acquisitions Section Acquisitions Organization and Management Committee and cosponsored by the ALCTS Serials Section Acquisitions Committee. Nationally-known experts in libraries will speak on issues critical to the success of intelligently acquiring and managing video materials at a program titled "Acquiring Librarians Want to Know: Collection Development and- over - Acquisitions of Video Resources." The program, sponsored by the ALCTS Audiovisual Committee, will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 9 to 11 a.m. Topics will include licensing and copyright issues, how to find reviews, longevity of video formats and creating a collection development policy. Speakers include Howard Besser, information systems analyst at the Centre Canadien D'Architecture, Montreal; Jean Thibodeaux Kreamer, director, Media and Printing Services at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, and Irene Wood, editor, AV Media Reviews for Booklist magazine, an ALA publication. A practical discussion of codes of ethics in acquisitions- related work will take place during "Let the Sunshine In: Evaluating Ethics in Publisher/Vendor/Librarian Relations" on Monday, June 27, from 2 to 5 p.m. The discussion will include a vendor's view of librarians' ethics and moderated sessions working with real case studies. Speakers and their topics are: "What a Code of Ethics Should Do For You" with Dolly Prenzel, chief contracting officer at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville; "The Acquisition Section's New 'Statement of Principles and Standards of Acquisition Practice'" with Barbara Winters, associate university librarian for Central Services at Wright State University Libraries, Dayton, Ohio; "The Collection Development Officer's Perspective" with Tony Angiletta, associate university librarian collection development at Stanford University, Calif.; "Are Serials Ethics Different?" with October Ivins, head, Acquisitions and Serials Services at Louisiana State University Libraries, Baton Rouge, and "A Vendor's Not-So- Rosy View of Librarians' Ethics" with Rick Lugg of Yankee Book Peddler, Contoocook, N.H. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Publisher/Vendor-Library Relations Committee. It is cosponsored by the ALCTS Acquisitions, Serials and Collection Management and Development Sections and the ALA Committee on Ethics. ALCTS and RASD are divisions of the American Library Association. - END - 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALCTS to offer programs on preservation and reformatting Two programs on preservation and reformatting will be offered by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 23-30, in Miami Beach. "Selling Preservation: What to Say to the Customer" will be held on Monday, June 27, from 2 to 5 p.m. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Preservation of Library Materials Section (PLMS) and cosponsored by the ALA Library Instruction Round Table. The program is designed to provide concrete, practical ideas for preservation education programs applicable in all types of libraries, including strategies for promoting preservation education initiatives throughout the library. Programs speakers will be Peggy Sullivan, ALA executive director; Anne L. Reynolds, director of the Wellesley (Mass.) Free Library; Cheryl Holland, preservation librarian at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., and Lorraine Olley, preservation librarian at Indiana University, Bloomington. "Film to File and Back Again," an exploration of concerns raised when converting microfilm to digital files and reformatting digital files to microfilm, will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Issues related to hybrid systems incorporating film and digital technologies, quality control and standards will be examined. Speakers will provide participants with a fuller understanding of the critical requirements that must be met in the next generation of reformatting technologies. Speakers will be Meg Bellinger, president of Preservation Resources, Bethlehem, Pa.; Bill Neale, manager of Development Projects for First Image Management Company, Atlanta, and Don Willis, former vice-president for University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Mich. The program will be moderated by Pamela Mason, computer specialist for the National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Md. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Reproduction of Library Materials (RLMS) Electronic Imaging Technologies Committee and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) Optical Systems Interest Group. ALCTS and LITA are divisions of the American Library Association. - END - 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ASCLA/National Organization on Disability Award recipient named The Broward County Library in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., is the 1994 recipient of the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)/National Organization on Disability Award for Library Service for Persons with Disabilities. The award, $1,000 and a citation donated by the National Organization on Disability and funded by J.C. Penney, is given to institutions or organizations for the development of programs or services that have made the library's total service more accessible through changing physical and/attitudinal barriers. Broward County Library received the award for its Access Services program. The program included the creation of an Access Services Coordinator to coordinate all existing library services for individuals with disabilities and a marketing and development plan for promotion of services for disabled persons. Access Centers and assistive devices and materials available in the libraries were also promoted. The Access Centers, located at main and regional libraries, serve as Resource and Training Centers for staff and patrons on the use of assistive devices. Staff development training modules were designed for providing sensitivity training, assistive device training and employment practices. "The ASCLA/National Organization on Disability Award Jury recognizes and commends the outstanding planning, creativity and commitment exhibited by the Broward County Library," said Judy Bow, jury chair. "The library developed and implemented an innovative program, including the creating of a new administration Access Services Coordinator position, that focuses on the integration of persons with developmental disabilities into the community and significantly expands library services for persons with disabilities." The award will be presented during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 23-30, in Miami Beach. ASCLA is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Melvil Dewey Medal recipient named Frank Phillips Grisham, executive director, Southeastern Library Network, Inc. (SOLINET) in Atlanta, is the 1994 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Melvil Dewey Award. The award, a citation and medal donated by OCLC/Forest Press, Inc., is given to an individual or group for recent creative professional achievement in library management, training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship. "Frank Phillips Grisham is being recognized for his distinguished service, his leadership within the library profession and for being a major contributor to the development of libraries in the southeast and nationally," said Nancy Fisher, chair of the Dewey Award Jury. "His library career, which spans 44 years, has been one filled with infinite patience and unflagging confidence in people. Mr. Grisham has been an influential leader in setting the course of technological change in libraries." Grisham has served as director of the University Library (formerly Joint University Libraries), Divinity School librarian and associate professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. He also taught and was director of Religious Life at Birmingham Southern College. He is a member of the Library of Congress, Network Advisory Committee, Regional OCLC Directors Advisory Committee (RONDAC), the Southeastern Library Association and the Georgia Library Association. Grisham also served as a delegate to the 1979 and 1991 White House Conferences on Library and Information Services (WHCLIST). Grisham, the author of numerous publications and articles, is the recipient of the 1990 Southeastern Library Association Rothrock Award, a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Peabody Library School and a Citation of Special Appreciation in 1983 from the Tennessee Library Association. He has a bachelor's degree in history from Birmingham-Southern College, a master's degree in divinity from Vanderbilt University and a master's degree in library science from George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tenn. The award will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference, June 23-30, in Miami Beach. - END - 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 The H.W. Wilson Library Periodical Award recipient named The Colorado Library Association is the 1994 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) H. W. Wilson Library Periodical Award. The award, $1,000 donated by The H.W. Wilson Company, is given to a library, library group or association for a periodical making a contribution to librarianship. The Colorado Library Association received the award for its publication Colorado Libraries. "Colorado Libraries meets the objectives of communicating with all of its members--providing notices and news releases of events which are of interest to the library community, articles that are for professional development, topics that are of interest to Colorado libraries and columns," said Merilyn Grosshans, chair of the H. W. Wilson Library Periodical Award Jury. "Under the leadership of volunteer co-editors, each theme- based issue provides timely information on important library topics. Providing a consistent format, Colorado Libraries presents clean, crisp articles with attractive, eye-catching covers. The binding, printing and graphics contribute to the quality of an outstanding publication." The award will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference, June 23-30, in Miami Beach. 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 "Keeping Out of Mischief: Fending Off Censorship Pressures" ALA program topic "Keeping Out of Mischief: Fending Off Censorship Pressures" will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 2 to 4 p.m., during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference. The program is sponsored by the ALA Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT) and cosponsored by the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee and all divisional Intellectual Freedom Committees. Program speakers will be Robert Boston, assistant director for communications for the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and Susan Glickman, Florida field coordinator for People for the American Way. They will address right-of-center pressure groups, who they are, where they are, their tactics, their agendas and specific successful strategies for confronting censorship and building community support. Candace Morgan, chair of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, will provide specific pro-active strategies for dealing with difficult issues relating to minors' access to library materials. The presentations will be followed by questions from the audience. "I'm very excited about the program we've put together this year," said Pamela Bonnell, IFRT chair. "This is IFRT's 20th anniversary year and I can think of no better way to celebrate than to provide librarians with practical and proven strategies to confront censorship in order to fulfill their mission to provide access to ideas and information from all points of view." The IFRt will also present the John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award, the Eli M. Oboler Memorial Award and the State and Regional Achievement Awards during the program. - END - 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Library fund raising materials needed Libraries engaged in fund raising and development efforts are asked to share their materials with a new Fund Raising Clearinghouse now in place at the American Library Association (ALA) Headquarters Library. Among the most wanted items are foundation by-laws, information on and examples of endowments, tips on grant writing and copies of successful grant applications, gift policies and donor recognition policies, job descriptions for development officers and information on tax issues and reporting obligations. The ALA Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) Fund Raising and Development Section (FRFDS) Clearinghouse Committee has reorganized its early file of Fund Raising and Development materials to include new categories identified by FRFDS members. Clearinghouse subject headings range from the "ABCs" of fund- raising (including Administration/Management, Annual Giving, Board Development, Bond Issues, Capital Campaigns, Case Statements, Corporate Giving) to fund raising activities such as Book Sales, Phonathons, Premiums and Special Events. "As the need for private and corporate support escalates and as all types of libraries, including small public libraries, more actively seek support, there is an increasing demands for guidelines, 'how-to' tips and examples of fund raising and development efforts," said Sue Fontaine, Clearinghouse Committee chair. "The committee is working with the ALA Development Office to fill current requests from the field. "The success of the Clearinghouse depends on the spirit of sharing, so librarians and development officers are urged to contribute their existing materials as soon as possible." The committee is asking for five copies of each item, wherever possible. Single copies are also welcome. Items should be mailed to: Charles Harmon, Attn: FRFDS Clearinghouse File, ALA Headquarters Library, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Interlibrary loan requests should be sent to the same address. For more information on the Clearinghouse and a list of categories, contact: Sue Fontaine, SF Communications, 2612 Lakeside Ave., Milford, IA 51531. Telephone: 212-533-7226. LAMA is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 New ACRL publication surveys collection development policies "Collection Management in the Electronic Age: A Manual For Creating Community College Collection Development Policy Statements" is the latest publication from the Association of College and Research Libraries. Edited by Jennie S. Boyarski and Kate Hickey, the publication focuses on the establishment of collection development policies in community and junior colleges. It presents the results of a survey of more than 200 institutions' collection development practices with a compilation of 11 complete collection policy statements and seven partial documents. A range of approaches is included from large and small institutions to such issues as purchases, remote access to electronic resources, review procedures, weeding, gift policies, establishing authority for the selection process and handling challenges to controversial materials. An Index of Terms is also included for convenient reference. "Collection Management in the Electronic Age" (ISBN 0-8389- 7737-5) is $42.95 ($35.95 for ACRL members). It is available from: ALA Order Fulfillment, 520 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 7. Fax: 312-836-9958. - END - 10. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Virtual library to get a debunking in upcoming ALA publication A new aspect on the "virtual" library or "library without walls" will be unveiled in "Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality" to be published in early 1995 by the American Library Association (ALA). "'Future Libraries' offers a technologically informed 'correction' of what the authors call 'technolust' and 'technovandalism,' a blindness to the real values of libraries and to the limitations of present technology," said Arthur Plotnik, ALA associate publisher. "In place of futuristic dreams and 'madness,' the authors prescribe a rational, human-oriented approach to technology, complementing the values that print, community library buildings and user-friendly librarians deliver best." Walt Crawford and Michael Gorman, authors of the upcoming book, are described as "two of the leading shapers of modern library automation." Crawford is a senior analyst at the Research Libraries Group, Inc., which administers major electronic databases shared by academic and research libraries among other cooperative activities. The author of 10 books on aspects of library automation and personal computing, Crawford is past president (1992) of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the ALA. Gorman, dean of library services at California State University, Fresno, is widely known for his applications of modern technology and humanistic principles to library catalogs. An author and speaker on technology and related topics, Gorman is the editor of the cataloging rules used in libraries worldwide. For more information, contact Arthur Plotnik at 800-545-2433, ext. 2168, or 312-280-2168. - END - 11. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Correction The May 1994 news release "Esther J. Piercy recipient named" contained incorrect information. The recipient is Nancy E. Elkington. She is chair of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Reproduction of Library Materials Section.