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ALA Nominating Committee announces 1996 presidential, treasurer candidates 3. ALTA/GALE Outstanding Trustee Conference Grant recipient named 4. ALA Trustee Citation recipients named 5. ALTA Major Benefactors Award recipients named 6. American Libraries a winner in Excel Award competition 7. Cataloging subject of four fall ALCTS institutes 8. Gale Research Company Financial Development Award recipient named 9. Joseph W. Lippincott Award recipient named ATTENTION: EDITORS Watch for ALA News Releases to arrive in a new format. As you know, there have been significant increases in paper and postage costs. We hope this format will be useful to you and help save ALA money. Your comments and suggestions will be appreciated. Linda Wallace, Director, ALA Public Information Office Pamela Goodes, Press Officer 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 16, 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 House threatens library cuts, ALA fights back Proposals pending in House of Representatives committees could either drastically reduce or eliminate all federal funding for libraries. One proposal would cut library funding in half or more by including it in a larger adult education and literacy block grant. Another assumes elimination of the Department of Education and all library funding with it. If either is adopted, it will mark the first time since the 1950s that there has been no federal role in library support. The American Library Association (ALA) is urging all library staff, trustees, friends and advocates to call, write or e-mail their Congressional representatives in support of a separate block grant for library programs modeled after the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) proposed by ALA and other library groups to replace the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) that expires next year. Patricia Glass Schuman, chair of ALA's Legislation Committee and the Library Advocacy Now! campaign, said the call to action is part of a larger battle to protect public access to information via libraries. "It's ironic that our federal government would abandon its leadership role at the same time our national leaders talk about building a national information infrastructure," Schuman noted. "Libraries are our national information infrastructure. Federal money helps all types of libraries to connect to each other. This kind of resource-sharing actually saves money." Charles Beard, campaign co-chair and a constituent of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, reported today that the Speaker is sympathetic to a separate block grant for libraries and has pledged his support. Federal funding for libraries currently totals about $142 million or about 57 cents per person. The total comes to less than 1/100th of 1 percent of the federal budget. ALA has been waging a campaign to get Congress to increase that amount to a dollar per person to help ensure that every American has access to the information superhighway at their library. "This money is not going to make or break the federal deficit and the government's failure to exercise leadership will ultimately cause more harm than good," Schuman predicted. She encourages library advocates to:  Call, e-mail, send "Pass a Buck" postcards or letters to their Senators and Congressional representatives with messages endorsing a special block grant for libraries.  Urge all library trustees, Friends and users to send messages of support for libraries to their Senators and Congressional representatives.  Write letters-to-the-editors and op-ed pieces urging others to contact their Congressional representatives in support of libraries.  Seek editorials of support and news articles in local media about how cuts in federal funding will affect their libraries. Schuman noted that while some libraries in more affluent areas are able to offer their users a wide range of electronic information services, including access to the Internet, many others cannot. She estimated that about 20 percent of the nation's public libraries are connected to the Internet. "Connecting every library to the Internet is an affordable and doable way to ensure public access to this new technology," Schuman explained. "Without it, the gap between the information rich and poor will grow even wider." She noted that federal money often acts as "seed" money to spur investments at the state and local levels. In the last 30 years, it has helped thousands of libraries to build branches, to become accessible to the handicapped, operate bookmobiles, provide special services for the elderly and others with special needs, and most recently to acquire the computers and wiring needed to connect to the information superhighway. In August, the State of Maryland will become the first in the nation to have all libraries connected to the Internet thanks to LSCA money. About 200 persons now log on each day primarily to research job information. For more information, contact the American Library Association, Public Information Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 312-280-5043/5042. FAX: 312-944-8520. 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA Nominating Committee announces 1996 presidential, treasurer candidates The American Library Association (ALA) Nominating Committee has announced officer candidates for the spring 1996 ballot. Two candidates will seek the office of president-elect. They are Ching-Chih Chen, professor and associate dean, Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College, Boston, Mass., and Barbara J. Ford, director, University Library Services at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond. Candidates for treasurer are Wanda Brown Cason, head of cataloging at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C., and Bruce Daniels, director of the Onondaga County Public Library, Syracuse, N.Y. Camila Alire, dean, Auraria Library at the University of Colorado at Denver, is chair of the ALA Nominating Committee. 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALTA/GALE Outstanding Trustee Conference Grant recipient named Arvon Staats, a trustee for the Metropolitan Library Commission in Oklahoma City, Okla., is the 1995 recipient of the American Library Trustee Association (ALTA)/GALE Outstanding Trustee Conference Grant. The $750 grant is given to a public library trustee, who has demonstrated outstanding support for libraries to attend the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference for the first time. It is donated by Gale Research, Inc. "It is always an honor to be part of the process of selection of the Gale Grant recipient because it means that good local library trustees will be given an opportunity to bring their energy to the national arena," said Paulette Holahan, chair of the ALTA Gale Outstanding Trustee Conference Grant Committee. Staats, a member of the library commission since 1992, is chair of the commission's Long-Range Planning Committee. He is a past president (1985-87) and past executive director (1984-85) of the Friends of the Library. During the two years Staats served as Friends president, the group raised nearly $100,000 through book sales and other fund-raising projects. Staats is a member of ALTA, the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Oklahoma Library Association. "My philosophy is to strive to keep library resources free, open and available to members of the community," Staats said in his grant application. "I hope to remain active on the Metropolitan Library Commission, assist with the building of a new downtown library and support the changes required by new technology as we move into the next century." The award will be presented on Saturday, June 24, at 8 a.m., at the Opening Session for Trustees during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. ALTA and PLA are divisions of the American Library Association. 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALA Trustee Citation recipients named James R. Dawe of San Diego, Calif., and Ira B. Harkavy of Brooklyn, N.Y., are the 1995 recipients of American Library Association (ALA) Trustee Citations administered by the American Library Trustee Association (ALTA). The award citations recognize public library trustees for distinguished serve to library development on the local, state, regional, or national levels. Dawe is chair of the San Diego Board of Library Commissioners and chair of the Urban Libraries Council. He is a member of the Public Library Association's (PLA) Common Concerns Committee, the ALTA Legislation Committee and the California Library Services Board. He also served as a California delegate to the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. As chair of the Urban Libraries Council executive board, Dawe spearheaded an increase in the fund-raising budget increase from $40,000 to $690,000. He recently lead a series of community meetings to assist the San Diego Public Library in planning for the site of a new central library. Harkavy is a past president of the Brooklyn Public Library Board of Trustees and served as chair of the Nominating Committee and as a member of the Finance and Law committees. Harkavy is a member of the ALTA Board of Directors and the ALTA Intellectual Freedom and Conference Program and Evaluation committees. A member of the New York State Association of Library Boards, Harkavy the 1991 recipient of the Velma K. Moore Award for exemplary contribution to the development of library services in New York State. Harkavy was the driving force and author of documents to form the Brooklyn Public Library Foundation, the principal fund-raising vehicle for the library. Harkavy was also involved in the "Fair Share For Brooklyn" campaign that addressed local library funding shortages. The group's work resulted in the opening of all library branches six days a week. The award will be presented on Saturday, June 25, at the Opening General Session of the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. ALTA and PLA are divisions of the American Library Association 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALTA Major Benefactors Honor Award recipients named R. Dale Hughes, R. Clinton Hughes, Jr., and Henry and Natalie Ziegler are the 1995 recipients of the American Library Trustee Association (ALTA) Major Benefactors Honor Awards. The award, a citation, is given to an individual or individuals, families or corporate bodies who have been major supporters of public libraries. "It is always a pleasure to recognize major benefactors such as the Hughes and Zieglers who have recognized the importance of libraries," said Paulette Holahan, chair of the ALTA Major Benefactors Honor Award Committee. The Hughes and Zieglers are being recognized for being instrumental in the drive to establish a new Eastern Monroe Public Library in Stroudsburg, Pa. R. Dale Hughes, and his brother Clinton, donated more than $250,000 to the library for long- range planning and for the library's building fund. They have also provided support to the library at annual fundraisers and through the Friends of the Library. The Hughes brothers donated $260,000 for a down payment and closing costs for a department store building that will be renovated for the new library. They were also instrumental in assisting with the assembly of a consortium of seven local financial institutions who provided financing for the library. The Hughes family pledged an additional $750,000 toward the purchase and renovation of the new library facility. When the building is renovated, it will be called the Hughes Building of the Eastern Monroe Public Library. The Zieglers supported the library through the Friends and other fundraising activities during a time of fiscal difficulties. They pledged a $100,000 cash gift and established an irrevocable trust of $1 million as a library endowment in Natalie's name. The trust will establish the Natalie Ziegler Heritage Fund to supplement materials and services offered at the library. The award will be presented in June during a special ceremony at the Eastern Monroe Public Library. ALTA is a division of the American Library Association. 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 American Libraries a winner in Excel Award competition American Libraries, the journal of the American Library Association (ALA), received its first award in the 1995 Excel Award competition from the Society of National Association Publications (SNAP). The magazine received a Bronze Award in the Magazine -- Editorial category for the editorial, "Naivete in High Places," written by former editor Tom Gaughan and published in the April 1994 issue. The editorial discussed the disagreement with the Library of Congress and the National Park Service over custody and display of two handwritten drafts of the Gettysburg Address. Gaughan resigned in March to join Endeavor Information Systems of Rosemont, Ill. He had been editor of American Libraries for more than five years and had served as managing editor for a year after joining the staff in 1988. SNAP received more than 700 entries in this year's competition representing a 22 percent increase over the previous year. The award was presented on May 23, during SNAP's Publications Management Conference in Washington, D.C. SNAP is a 500-member nonprofit professional society that serves the needs of association and society publications and their staffs. 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Cataloging subject of four fall ALCTS institutes The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) will sponsor four regional institutes for catalogers this fall. Two institutes will cover the technical services workstation. The others will examine serials and subject cataloging. "Technical Services Workstations: The State of the Art of Cataloging" will be September 29, in Minneapolis, Minn., at the Normandy Inn (cosponsored by MINITEX), and on November 17, in New York City at the CUNY Graduate Center (cosponsored by SUNY/OCLC). Participants will receive information on how TSW technology, which brings the tools for cataloging together online, is being used for increasing cataloging output and creating more cataloging in less time with fewer dollars. The institute will feature current program demonstrations and the revolution in macro-based cataloging these programs have initiated. Presenters will discuss management relation issues in relation to implementation and the effect on workflow. Presenters will include Michael Kaplan, head of the Database Management Team and coordinator of OCLC/RLIN Operations in the Harvard College Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. He will demonstrate how macro-based cataloging has revolutionized the Cataloging Services Department at Harvard and will introduce the current DOS-based workstation and the evolving Windows-based product. Diane Vizine-Goetz, senior research scientist for the Office of Research, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio, will demonstrate OCLC's Electronic Dewey Classification and will preview a prototype online LC classification. Bruce Chr. Johnson, senior library information systems specialist, Cataloging Distribution Service at the Library of Congress, will show the published version of the Cataloger's Desktop and an early version of the CDS Online LC Classification. Matthew Beacom, cataloger for the Rare Books Team at the Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., will demonstrate the Yale program to provide interactive, online training in cataloging and in the use of computers. Janet McCue, head of the Technical Services Division, Mann Library at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., will discuss the past and future of technical services workstations. "Serials Cataloging in the Age of Format Integration" will be held on October 6 and 7 in San Francisco at the Cathedral Hill Hotel. The institute is designed to assist beginning and advanced serials catalogers to understand the creation, interpretation, content, format and uses of serials cataloging records. It will feature lectures and practica designed for all levels. Presenters will offer four concurrent sessions (to be offered twice) for participants with particular interests. Regina Reynolds, head of the National Serials Data Program at the Library of Congress, will discuss "Paper and Beyond: Cataloging for the Evolving Serial." She will also lead a concurrent session on cataloging electronic serials. Maureen Landry, head of the Cataloging Section I, Serial Record Division at the Library of Congress, will offer a lecture and practicum for advanced catalogers. Jean Hirons, of the Serial Record Division at the Library of Congress, will conduct the program for beginning serials catalogers. Rhonda Lawrence, head of cataloging at the UCLA Law Library, Los Angeles, will present the concurrent session on cataloging legal serials. Crystal Graham, serials librarian at the University of California-San Diego, will conduct a concurrent session on interpreting the serials record for local system use. Kristan Lindlan, head of the Serials Cataloging Section at the University of Washington, Seattle, will lead a concurrent session on the cataloging of computer files. There will also be a panel discussion on using serials cataloging records from a public services perspective with Margaret Ellingson and David Vidor, of the Emory University General Libraries in Atlanta, and John Campbell of the University of Georgia Libraries in Athens, Ga. "Demystifying Subject Cataloging" will be held on October 24 and 25 in Rochester, N.Y., at the Holiday Inn Genesee Plaza, as a preconference to the New York State Library Association Annual Meeting. The institute will feature lectures, workshops and hands-on instruction. It will review and update fundamental subject cataloging principles and examine procedures for subject cataloging in LC MARC records and other bibliographic products. Changes and developments in MARC subject authority records and use of subdivisions will be introduced. Arlene G. Taylor, associate professor, School of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, will address the process of subject analysis. Mark Ziomek, of the Cataloging Policy and Support Office at the Library of Congress, will discuss subject headings. Lynn El-Hoshy, senior cataloging policy specialist at the Library of Congress, will probe subdivisions in LCSH. J. Bradford Young, of the Van Pelt Library a the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, will examine the Airlie House recommendations. The registration deadline is two weeks before each institute or when filled. For more information and registration fees, contact Yvonne McLean at 800-55-2433, ext. 5032 or E-mail to: yvonne.mclean@ala.org. ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association. 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Gale Research Company Financial Development Award recipient named The Friends of the Lumberton (Texas) Public Library, Inc., are the 1995 recipients of the Gale Research Company Financial Development Award presented by the American Library Association (ALA). The award, $2,500 and a certificate donated by Gale Research Company, is given to a library organization for financial development to secure new funding resources for a public or academic library. "The award jury was impressed with the Friends of the Lumberton Public Library's ambition and sense of community in organizing and conducting their campaign," said Steve Brown, chair of the Gale Financial Development Award Committee. "ALA honors their dedication in winning support from city officials, in raising local dollars, in applying for matching funds and in leveraging all these local resources to win a Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) grant. The Friends have done an outstanding job in bringing library services to their small community." The Friends began a project to establish a public library for their small town of approximately 7,000 in the Big Thicket region of Southeastern Texas. They organized a nonprofit organization and applied for a $50,000 foundation grant that required them to raise a $50,000 local match. The group- over - raised more than $63,000 by involving individuals, community groups, schools, service clubs, local foundations and the business community. They used the proceeds to match a $100,000 LSCA grant from the Texas State Library and Lumberton city officials agreed to supply land and the remaining $100,000 needed to build the 5,000 square foot library. Construction of the new library is expected to be completed by the spring of 1996. The Lumberton Public Library is now open 20 hours a week in a temporary location. The award will be presented during the ALA Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago. 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Joseph W. Lippincott Award recipient named Norman Horrocks, vice-president, editorial for Scarecrow Press, is the 1995 recipient of Joseph W. Lippincott Award presented by the American Library Association (ALA). The award, $1,000 and a citation donated by Joseph W. Lippincott, Jr., is given to a librarian for distinguished service to the profession. "Dr. Horrocks was selected for this prestigious award for his caring, committed dedication to librarianship and for his unfailing wit and humor," said Samuel F. Morrison, chair of the Lippincott Award Committee. Horrocks, who joined Scarecrow Press in 1986, is also an adjunct professor at the Rutgers University School of Communication, Information and Library Studies. He serves on the advisory boards of Rutgers University and the Pratt Institute library schools. He has held positions at the Manchester Public Libraries in England, the British Council in Cyprus, the State Library of Western Australia and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he served as director of the School of Library Service and dean of the faculty of Management Studies. He has been a visiting lecturer at the Graduate Library School at the University of Hawaii and is a former external examiner for the library school at the University of West Indies. Horrocks is a member of the ALA Council, the association's governing body, and has chaired a number of Council committees. He is also a member of the American Society for Information Science, the American Institute of Parliamentarians, the Archons of Colophon, Beta Phi Mu, Atlantic Provinces Library Association, the Association for Library and Information Science Education, the Canadian Library Association, the Bibliosmiles, the Intelligence Corps Association (of the United Kingdom), the Library Association (of the United Kingdom), the Australian Library and Information Association and the New Jersey Library Association. Horrocks is a past president of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, past second vice-president of the Canadian Library Association and the immediate past president of Beta Phi Mu. A regular contributor to the library press, Horrocks has edited the last 10 volumes of "The Great Bibliographers Series" for Scarecrow Press. He is a contributing editor for Library Journal and serves on the editorial boards for "Collection Building" (MCB University Press), "Current Studies in Librarianship" (Clarion University) and "Science Citation Index" (Institute for Scientific Information). A former chair of the advisory board on Scientific and Technical Information for the National Research Council of Canada, Horrocks also served on the National Library of Canada's Committee on Bibliographical and Information Services in the Social Sciences and Humanities and on various Canada Council panels. He served on the National Advisory Board for the Canadian Council on Development through Education (CODE) and chaired its Nova Scotia Committee. Horrocks has received numerous awards and honors including the Distinguished Graduate Award from the University of Pittsburgh, the Atlantic Provinces Library Association Merit Award, the Association for Library and Information Science Education Service Award, the Graduate Alumni of Rutgers University School of Communication, Information and Library Studies Honorary Alumni Award, the New Jersey Library Association College and University Section Distinguished Service Award and the Canadian Library Association Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award. He is a life member of the Nova Scotia Library Association, the Dalhousie University School of Library and Information Studies Associated Alumni, the Omicron Chapter of Beta Phi Mu and the Friends of the Writers Federation of Nova Scotia. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Western Australia, a master's degree in library science and a doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. Horrocks is a fellow of the Library Association (of the United Kingdom) and an associate of the Austrian Library and Information Association. The award will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago.