ALANEWS (September 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/alanews/alanews-9409 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 September 1994 This batch contains: August 31, 1994 1. ACRL-Forum listserv available 2. ALA Chapter Relations Office coordinates library flooding assistance 3. ALA offers research grant of up to $7,500 4. ALCTS presents "Demystifying Subject Cataloging" 5. Applicants sought for Loleta D. Fyan Grant 6. Cartoonist sought for C&RL News 7. Gerald Garbacz joins ALA Endowment Trustees 8. David F. Kohl new RASD president 9. Judith F. Krug, ALA OIF director, elected to Phi Beta Kappa Senate 10. Nominations sought for John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award For Immediate ReleaseFrom: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ACRL-Forum listserv available ACRL-Forum, an unmoderated listserv, is now available for discussion of issues pertinent to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), academic librarianship and higher education. Ray Metz, director of library information technology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has accepted a two-year appointment as the listserv "owner." To subscribe send the message "Sub ACRL-FRM your name to "listserv@uicvm" for bitnet users and "listserv@uicvm.uic.edu" for Internet users. For more information, contact Metz via e-mail, metz@po.cwru.edu, or Mary Ellen K. Davis, listserv co-owner, at mary.ellen.davis@ala.org. ACRL also contributes to ALA's gopher on the Internet. ACRL will use a modified version of its Guide to Policies and Procedures as the tree for the gopher. Documents already available on the gopher include the appointment acceptance form, the biographical information form, the ACRL initiative fund request form, the meeting highlights form and the ACRL membership form and application. Also included are the submission guidelines for C&RL News, the call for papers for ACRL's 7th National Conference and the latest ACRL publications catalog. Other documents such as ACRL board actions, standards and guidelines, and ACRL's calendar will be prepared for the gopher. To access the ALA gopher, users can point their favorite gopher client to gopher.uic.edu (port 70). Once users access the gopher at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the ALA gopher can be reached by selecting the "library" option on the main menu and then "American Library Association" on the submenu. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA Chapter Relations Office coordinators library flooding assistance The American Library Association (ALA) Chapter Relations Office is coordinating requests for assistance to libraries damaged by recent flooding in Georgia and Florida and is working with The Foundation Center to seek funding for the damaged libraries. The Foundation Center has provided ALA with an extensive 42-page list of grants awarded by funders. The list includes funders who have either given in the area of floods, emergencies or disaster relief, or have indicated an interest in funding recipients who need assistance in the southeast. The Foundation Center is a national service organization that disseminates current information on foundation and corporate giving through their library collections, field offices and nearly 200 cooperating libraries. Libraries that serve the public may request a free copy of the list by contacting: Pattie Johnson, Director, Foundation Center Atlanta, Suite 150, Hurt Building, 50 Hurt Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303-2914. Telephone: 404-880- 0095. The list is also available at all 18 Foundation Center Cooperating Collections in Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Reports of damage to libraries include: GEORGIA Georgia has experienced the most extensive damage. While many estimates are still being developed, a number of public library systems have reported damage from flood waters. In some cases, high winds and driving rain have caused extensive damage and roof leaks. Brooks County Public Library, in Quitman, has water leakage damage. Middle Georgia Regional Library, in Rocky Creek, has lost approximately $250,000 in books, files, puppets and storyhour props, and $30,000 in furniture. The Glennville (Ga.) Public Library has damage estimated at $4,000. Dougherty County Public Library Southside Branch, in Albany, was severely damaged with four feet of water in the building. The Lake Blackshear Library System, in Americus had a mud slide behind the library into the parking lot. There is no dollar estimate of damage at this time. The Flint River Regional Library System experienced water intrusion in Peachtree City and Tyrone. The video collection in Tyrone was damaged. Southwest Georgia Regional Library in Bainbridge has some damage. Several school libraries in Albany have experienced damage. They include the Martin Luther King Elementary Schook, the Martin Luther King Middle School, Coachman Park Elementary School and Flintside Elementary School. Two academic libraries in Albany were also damaged. The first level of the James Pendergrast Memorial Library at Albany State College was flooded. Darton College Library was not damaged but damage to many employees' and patrons' homes occurred causing loss of materials checked out. FLORIDA Hugh Creek Public Library in Blounstown has been flooded but the extent of damage has not yet been determined. Reports indicate that roughly 3,000 to 5,000 volumes have been damaged. Flood waters may have also damaged the floor structure frame. Holmes County Public Library and the Washington County Public Library have no physical damage but both libraries have suffered extensive community damage affecting library operations and library staff. Holmes is providing library materials to a local shelter assisting people who have been forced to leave their homes. Additional information on library water damage is still being reported from state libraries and library associations. Individuals interested in more information about specific libraries and contact persons for sending assistance, should contact Kay Tavill at the ALA Chapter Relations Office, 800-545-2433, ext. 4283. E-mail: Kay.Tavill @ala. org. The list of affected libraries is also available on the ALA Gopher under the Chapter Relations Office. - END - 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA offers research grant of up to $7,500 Application materials are available for the 1995 American Library Association (ALA) Carroll Preston Baber Grant. The deadline is January 2, 1995. The grant, which will be an amount of up to $7,500, is awarded to the winning proposal for innovative research that could lead to an improvement in library service to a particular group of people. It is funded annually from an endowment established at ALA by Eric Baber of Newton, Kan., in memory of his father. Carroll Preston Baber was library director at Kansas State Teacher's College (now Emporia State University) for 27 years and an active ALA member. During the first nine years, Baber grants have been awarded to researchers in public, school and academic libraries, the Department of Instruction Technology in a university and two schools of library and information science. Projects have focused on such topics as information literacy programs in academic libraries, children's use of the online catalog, public library information service to small businesses, high school students use of databases and the use of Geographical Information System (GIS) software to study public library service patterns. Applications will be judged during the ALA Midwinter Meeting, February 3-9, in Philadelphia, Pa. The grant recipient will be announced before the 1995 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The Baber jury is chaired by Renee Feinberg of the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library. For application materials, contact: ALA Headquarters Library and Information Center, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545- 2433, ext. 2153. Information regarding the award is also available on the ALA Gopher under Awards and Scholarships. - END - 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALCTS presents "Demystifying Subject Cataloging" An institute, "Demystifying Subject Cataloging," will be held November 10-11, 1994, in Anaheim, Calif., and October 23-24, 1995, in Rochester, N.Y., sponsored by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS). The Anaheim presentation will be held as a preconference to the California Library Association (CLA) conference. The deadline for registration is October 14, 1994. The Rochester institute will be held as a preconference to the 1995 New York Library Association (NYLA) conference. The deadline for registration is September 22, 1995. Participants will receive a review and update of the fundamental subject cataloging principles, information on the effective use of current tools and procedures for subject cataloging in LC MARC records and other bibliographic products as well as changes and developments in MARC subject authority records and subdivision usage. The institute will be of particular interest to original catalogers, librarians and administrators involved in the creation, use or management of subject retrieval data. Program speakers will include Arlene G. Taylor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science, Lynne el Hoshy from the Library of Congress, and J. Bradford Young from the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. They will discuss such topics as the process of subject analysis, the structure and use of LCSH, the Airlie House recommendations and key issues in the future of subject cataloging. Hands-on instruction will also be given on subject cataloging tools and techniques. The registration fee for each institute is $145 for ALCTS, CLA and NYLA personal members, $190 for American Library Association (ALA) personal members and $235 for nonmembers. For more information, contact Yvonne McLean, ALCTS program assistant, at 800-545-2433, ext. 5032. E-mail: yvonne.mclean@ala.org. ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Applicants sought for Loleta D. Fyan Grant Application materials are now available for the American Library Association (ALA) Loleta D. Fyan Grant. The deadline is January 2, 1995. The $10,000 grant, now in its third year, is for a project that will develop and/or improve public library services that are innovative and responsive to the future. The project should have the potential for broader impact and application beyond a specific local need and should be capable of completion within one year. Applicants can include, but are not limited to: local, regional or state libraries; associations or organizations, including ALA units; library schools, or individuals. Fyan, former ALA president (1951-52), bequeathed funds to ALA with the intent that "these funds be used for the development and improvement of public libraries and the services they provide." The state librarian of Michigan for 20 years, Fyan believed that every individual, regarding of residence, is equally entitled to high quality library service and that librarians must be adept in using the political process to acquire this "right of citizenship." She was a pioneer in extending library service to rural areas and small communities and was a driving force behind Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) funding. The 1993 Fyan grant recipient was the Franklin Lakes (N.J.) Free Public Library for a project titled "Preschool Library Catalog." The 1994 winner was the Middle County Public Library in Centereach, N.Y., for a proposal titled "The Development and Field Testing of a Public Library Quality Review Initiative." Applications will be judged during the 1995 ALA Midwinter Meeting, February 3-9, in Philadelphia, Pa. The grant recipient will be announced before the 1995 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Linda Mielke, library administrator at the Carrol County (Md.) Public Library, is Fyan Jury chair. For application materials, contact: ALA Headquarters Library and Information Center, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545- 2433, ext. 2153. Information regarding the award is also available on the ALA Gopher under Awards and Scholarships. -END - 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Cartoonist sought for C&RL News College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News), a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), is seeking cartoonists/illustrators to prepare original material for its monthly publication. C&RL News, with 12,000 subscribers, publishes articles written by leading practitioners in academic librarianship addressing philosophy and techniques of day-to-day management of academic library services and collections. It provides current information relating to issues, activities and personalities of the higher education and research library field. Topics covered in the publication include user education, technology, the Internet, continuing education, acquisitions of special collections, grants to libraries, reports on meetings, products and issues involving ACRL. Interested individuals should send a cover letter indicating their experience and three to five samples to: Mary Ellen K. Davis, Editor, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Gerald Garbacz joins ALA Endowment Trustees Gerald Garbacz, former chairman and chief executive officer of Baker & Taylor, Inc., and former president of Baker & Taylor Books, has been elected to a three-year term as an American Library Association (ALA) Endowment Trustee. The ALA Endowment Trustees are the guardians of all receipts from life memberships and all gifts for endowment purposes. The three trustees are elected by the ALA Executive Board for three-year terms. The trustees have the authority to hold, invest, reinvest and disburse endowment funds as directed by the Executive Board. Prior to the formation of Baker & Taylor, Garbacz spent 18 years with W.R. Grace & Co., in various positions, finally as executive vice president, revolving company director and group executive of Grace Special Businesses, a diversified global unit that included Baker & Taylor. From 1980 to 1983, he served as president of Baker & Taylor when it was a division of Grace. Before joining Grace, Garbacz was vice president of finance and treasurer for Philips Industries, Inc., and from 1970 to 1972, director of corporate planning for Boise Cascade Corporation. During 1968-69, he was named a White House Fellow and served as special assistant to the Secretary of Defense. He has taught business courses at the University of Indiana and the University of California, Los Angeles. Garbacz served as an overseer of Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, and on the Board of Directors of Handy & Harman, a New York Stock Exchange corporation. He has served as president of the White House Fellows Alumni Association and as director of the White House Fellows Foundation. A native of Summit, N.J., Garbacz graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor's degree in engineering and received his master's degree in business administration, with highest distinction, from the Amos Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. Garbacz replaces Eric Moon, whose term was completed. Other trustees are Bernard A. Margolis of the Pikes Peak (Colo.) Library District and Patricia Glass Schuman, Neal-Schuman Publishers in New York. - END - 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 David F. Kohl new RASD president David F. Kohl, dean and university librarian at the University of Cincinnati, is the new president of the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Kohl will focus on positioning RASD to work for local librarians and libraries. His president's program, to be held during the 1995 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, will focus on the theme "Reference Success Stories." "RASD serves as a forum for reference and adult service librarians to share ideas and solutions concerning common problems," he said. "RASD is an informative and supportive network of colleagues and I hope to work to expand that network." Kohl has served as head of the Norlin Library and assistant director for public services at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has also held positions at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Washington State University and the University of Chicago. He is a member of the RASD Collection Development &n Evaluation Section's Executive Committee. A former RASD Board member, Kohl has served as chair of numerous RASD Committees including the Materials Reviewing Committee, the Collection Development & Evaluation Section's By-laws Committee, the Conference Program Committee, the Committee on Development, Organization, Planning and Programming, the Organization Committee and the Catalog Use Committee. Kohl has served as the editor of the Reference Book Review Column for RQ, RASD's quarterly publication, since 1988, He is the author of "Handbooks for Library Management" and "12 Years Till 2000: Preparing for Reference in the 21st Century." He has a bachelor's degree in history form Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., and a master's degree in library science, a master's degree in theology and a doctorate in ministry from the University of Chicago. RASD, one of ALA's 11 divisions, provides leadership and promotes library service and librarianship in the areas of reference and adult services. - END - 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Judith F. Krug, ALA OIF director, elected to Phi Beta Kappa Senate Judith F. Krug, director of the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation, has been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Senate. The election was held during the Phi Beta Kappa 37th Triennial Council Meeting, August 11-14, in San Francisco. Krug was one of nine Senators-at-large elected to the prestigious academic honor society. The Senate is the general administrative body of Phi Beta Kappa. "My election is a singular honor," Krug said. "And, I am sure that being a librarian and a devotee of intellectual freedom were substantial factors in my favor. This is yet one more example that libraries and academic freedom figure heavily in the life of all scholars." Krug has been director of OIF since 1967, and executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation since 1970. She previously worked as a research analyst for ALA. Krug has also been a reference librarian at the John Crerar Library in Chicago, and a cataloger at Northwestern University Dental School Library in Chicago. She is immediate past president of the Chicago area Phi Beta Kappa. Krug has served on the Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union, Illinois Division, and as a member of the American Bar Association's Commission on Public Understanding About the Law. Others elected Senators-at-large include: Allison Blakely, professor of European history and comparative history, Howard University, in Washington, D.C.; Charles Blitzer, director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Frederick J. Crosson, Cavanaugh Distinguished professor of humanities, University of Notre Dame, Ind.; Rita Dove, U.S. Poet Laureate and Commonwealth professor of English at the University of Virginia; Werner L. Gundersheimer, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, in Washington, D.C.; Vera Kistiakowsky, professor of physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Eugen Weber, John Pavelsky professor of modern European history, University of California, Los Angeles; and Burton M. Wheeler, professor of English and religious studies, Washington University. - END - 10. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes September 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Nominations sought for John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award Nominations are being accepted for the 1995 John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT). The deadline is December 1, 1994. The award, $500 and a citation, honors intellectual freedom fighters in and outside the library profession who have demonstrated remarkable personal courage in resisting censorship. Individuals, a group of individuals, or an organization can receive the award. Past recipients include I.F. Stone (1976), Nat Hentoff (1983), William Moffett (1993) and John Swan (1994). Nominations and supporting evidence should be sent to: Wayne Rawley, Director, Instructional & Research Services, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA 53342. Telephone: 319-335-5867. E-mail: wayne- rawley@uiowa.edu.