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ALCTS to offer programs on cataloging and classification 3. ALCTS to offer four programs on collection management and development 4. ALCTS to offer four programs on preservation and reformatting 5. ALCTS to offer program on serials 6. Enola Gay exhibit to be displayed at ALA Annual Conference 7. LAMA to offer two programs on fund raising 8. Poets, librarians to advise on drawing audiences to library poetry programs 9. PLA to host library tours and author Jane Hamilton at ALA Annual Conference 10. Print collections in the digital age topic of ALCTS President's Program 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 1. PAMELA GOODES, Press Officer 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Acclaimed film screening and discussion to be part of ALA Annual Conference "Goin' to Chicago," a critically-acclaimed film about the migration of four-million African- Americans from the rural south to the cities of the north from 1915 to 1965, will be presented on Sunday, June 25, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Chicago Hilton and Towers, Room PDR 1. Valerie Smith, English professor at UCLA, will lead a discussion about the film on Monday, June 26, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., at the Palmer House Hilton, Parlor F. The discussion will focus on how the great migration of African-Americans from South to North was based upon values traditionally associated with "the American dream" and shared by many Americans. The film and discussion will be part of a program, "A National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity," that will be held during the 1995 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. The film and discussion are cosponsored by ALA Public Programs and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). "A National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity" is an initiative of the NEH that encourages Americans to examine and discuss what unites us as a country and what we share as common American values in a nation comprised of so many different groups and beliefs. It asks Americans from all backgrounds to speak face-to-face about the differences in race, ethnicity, economic class and culture that characterize America, rather than to allow divisive rhetoric to further polarize us. After the film discussion on Monday, ALA's proposed "National Conversation" project for libraries will be unveiled. A free package of National Conversation materials produced by the NEH will be available to participants. For more information, contact ALA Public Programs at 800-545-2433, ext. 5054. 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALCTS to offer programs on cataloging and classification Two programs on cataloging and classification will be offered by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago. "Crisis in Subject Cataloging and Retrieval" will be held on Sunday, June 25, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section's Subject Analysis Committee and cosponsored by the Reference & Adult Services Division (RASD) Management & Operation of Pubic Services Section's Catalogue Use Committee. The program will include an historical perspective on subject cataloging as a cost-effective endeavor, administrative issues, public service aspects, education for the profession, cultural barriers and implications for the future. Speakers include: Arlene G. Taylor, associate professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh; Francis Miksa, professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas-Austin; Sheila Intner, professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston; Thomas Mann, reference librarian, Library of Congress, and Michael Gorman, dean of libraries, California State University at Fresno. "Rare Book Cataloging for the General Cataloger" will be held on Monday, June 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section and cosponsored by the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. The program will introduce generalist catalogers to the basic concepts and tools needed to catalog rare materials, particularly pre-1801 printed books. The discussion will focus on the theoretical rather than the practical aspects of rare book cataloging. Topics will include the rare book as text and artifact, principles of description and access, tools for the novice or infrequent cataloger of rare materials and administrative issues in rare book cataloging. Speakers will include Eric Holzenberg, cataloger at the Grolier Club of New York, and Elizabeth Johnson, head of technical services at Indiana University Lilly Library, Bloomington. ALCTS, RASD and ACRL are divisions of the American Library Association. 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALCTS to offer four programs on collection management and development Four programs on collection management and development will be offered by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago. "New Ways of Knowing, New Ways of Doing: Rethinking Collection Management in the Electronic Age" will be held on Saturday, June 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Collection Development and Management Section's Collection Development and Electronic Resources Committee. Speakers will present three separate examples -- collection development as part of a new electronically-influenced library structure, electronic collection development in a statewide university consortium and collection development for a statewide consortium of academic and public libraries. They will include Carla Stoffle, university librarian, University of Arizona; Michele Dalehite, assistant director, Library Services, Florida Center for Library Automation, Gainesville, and Denise Davis, library consultant, Sailor Project. "When Specialists Collide: The Challenge of Interdisciplinary Scholarship for Collection Development" will be held on Sunday, June 25, from 9 to 11 a.m. Cross-disciplinary collection development specialists will discuss how they meet the challenges of selecting, budgeting, managing collections and organizing collection development in the new environment. Panelists will include Joan Ariel, women studies librarian and academic coordinator, University of California-Irvine; Craig Likness, associate director, Public Services & Collection, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, and Bill Robnett, director, Central-Science Library, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. "Cooperation Works! Successful Models of Cooperative Collection Development" will be held on Sunday, June 25, from 2 to 4 p.m. The program will bring together speakers from public, multitype and academic library environments to present three models for cooperative action. Speakers and their topics are: "Review of cooperative collection development efforts during the last decade--reflections on the revision of The Guide for Cooperative Collection Development" with Bart Harloe, library director, Owen D. Young Library., St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y.; "Planning and implementing collaborative collection building in targeted subject areas among rural public libraries" with Brenda Foote, library director, Sparta (Ill.) Public Library; "Cooperative collection development in a multitype environment-- revisits predictions in 1985 article, with Keith Fiels, Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and "State-funded electronic library among over 30 academic libraries in Virginia" with Carol Pfeiffer, associate university librarian, Alderman Library, University of Virginia-Charlottesville. "Educating Collection Developers: In the Classroom or on the Job?" will be held on Monday, June 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Collection Management & Development Section, the ALCTS Education for Collection Development Committee and cosponsored by the ALCTS Education Committee, the ALCTS Acquisitions Section Education Committee, the ALCTS Serials Section Education Committee, the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) Collection Development & Evaluation Section and the Association for Library & Information Science Education. Practitioners and educators will examine collection development as a library school course versus on-the-job training. Patricia L. Bril, acting associate university librarian at California State University-Fullerton will serve as moderater. Speakers will include Peggy Johnson, assistant director, St. Paul Campus Libraries at the University of Minnesota, and John M. Budd, associate professor, School of Library and Information Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Program panelists will include: Merle Jacob, adult materials section specialist, Chicago Public Library; Michael P. Olson, librarian, Germanic Collections, Widener Library, Harvard University; Sheila S. Intner, professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, Boston, and Carol Pitts Hawks, head of the Acquisitions Department, Ohio State University. ALCTS and RASD are divisions of the American Library Association. 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALCTS to offer four programs on preservation and reformatting The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) will offer four programs on preservation and reformatting during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago. "Why me? Integrating Preservation into Your Library's Operations" will be held on Saturday, June 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Preservation & Reformatting Section's Education Committee. Participants will learn techniques for integrating preservation awareness and activities library- wide. Speakers from technical processing/cataloging, selection/acquisitions and circulation/access services will present general and specific ideas that have proven successful in their institutions. Issues for discussion in breakout sessions will include bibliographic control, gifts and out-of-print selection and processing, student training, stacks maintenance and identification for repair or reformatting. Speakers will include Marsha Hamilton, head of the Acquisitions Department at Ohio State University, and Lora Lennertz, head of Circulation/Access Services at the University of Arkansas- Fayettevile. Thomas F. R. Clareson, manager of AMIGOS Preservation Services, Dallas, will moderate. Discussion leaders will include Suzanne H. Freeman, head of the Collection Management Service, Virginia Commonwealth University; Steve Marine, acting director, Medical Center Libraries, University of Cincinnati; Sue Kellerman, preservation librarian, Pennsylvania State University; Mary Ann Itoga, head of the Original Cataloging Section, Pennsylvania State University; Andrea Rolich, preservation librarian, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Margit Smith, head of Cataloging, University of San Diego; Julie A. Page, preservation librarian, University of California-San Diego, and Agnes Quigg, preservation officer, University of Hawaii. "Expanding the Role of Book Repair in Collection-wide Preservation" will be held on Saturday, June 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Preservation and Reformatting Section and cosponsored by the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works. Conservators will present an illustrated slide-lecture that investigates the philosophies and techniques that redefine existing parameters of book repair. Speakers will include Paul Banks, senior lecturer, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas-Austin; Nicholas Pickwood, chief conservator, Harvard University Library; Eleanore Stewart, head of Conservation Treatment, Stanford University; Nancy Carlson Schrock, conservator/consultant, Winchester, Mass., and Randy Silverman, preservation librarian, University of Utah. The ALCTS Preservation & Reformatting Section's Education Committee will sponsor "Two Thumbs Up: Preservation Film Festival," on Sunday, June 25, from 7 to 10 p.m. Participants will screen films that describe preservation concerns, demonstrate potential solutions and raise awareness about the importance of preserving collections. The films have been selected to appeal to a general audience and can be used in training staff or volunteers and in sensitizing library boards. "Enhancing Preservation and Access: Selection for Digital Conversion" will be held on Monday, June 26, from 2 to 4 p.m. The program is sponsored by the ALCTS Preservation and Reformatting Section's Management Committee, Collection Management and Development Section. The forum will focus on issues influencing the selection of materials for digital conversion such as the characteristics of materials which lend themselves to scanning and anticipated uses of materials enhanced by scanning as a reformatting option. Speakers will include Paul Conway, head of preservation, Yale University; Richard Entlich, preservation librarian, Mann Library, Cornell University, and Janet Gertz, director of preservation, Columbia University. ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association. 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALCTS to offer program on serials "Looking Beyond Service Charge: Performance Evaluation of Serials Vendors" will be held on Sunday, June 25, from 9 to 11 a.m., sponsored by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. The program is cosponsored by the ALCTS Serials Section Acquisition Committee and cosponsored by the ALCTS Publisher/Vendor Library Relations Committee,and the ALCTS Acquisitions Section. A serials librarian and a subscription agent's representative will discuss their perspectives on evaluation in the context of the upcoming "Guide to Performance Evaluation of Serials Vendors." Speakers will include October Ivins, head of Acquisitions & Serials Services, Louisiana State University, and Gary J. Brown, director of Library Services, Latin America, Blackwells. ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association. 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Enola Gay exhibit to be displayed at ALA Annual Conference An exhibit depicting the controversy surrounding the cancellation of the Enola Gay exhibit at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum will be on display during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago. The exhibit is sponsored by the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC), the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) and the Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT). The exhibit on the Enola Gay, the use of the atomic bomb and the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II was canceled in response to protests from veterans groups. They said the exhibit was unpatriotic and portrayed the role U.S. military personnel played in an unfavorable light. The IFC/SRRT/IFRT exhibit will juxtapose some of the controversial passages of the original and revised scripts and will include excerpts from newspaper reports and graphics. Commentary on the library and intellectual freedom issues raised by the cancellation will also be included. Copies of the original and revised scripts in their entirety will be displayed. A bibliography of history scholarship on the development and political and military use of the atomic bomb will be available . For more information, contact the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. 800-545-2433, ext 4223, or 312-280-4223. 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 LAMA to offer two programs on fund raising The Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA) Fund Raising and Financial Development Section will present two programs on fundraising during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 22-29, in Chicago. The "Fund Fare Exchange" will be held on Monday, June 26, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. It is cosponsored by the LAMA Public Relations Section, the American Library Trustee Association (ALTA), Friends of Libraries USA (FOLUSA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Public Library Relations Council. A variety of fund raising topics will be presented for school, academic and public libraries. Experts will share their expertise and advice for librarians, trustees and board members from beginner to advanced levels. A bibliography and general handouts will be available. The program will feature two concurrent sessions including a mini-presentation, "I Want Money- What Do I Do Next." Richard White, director of development, Libraries and Information Technology at Emory University, Atlanta, will discuss identification of funding sources from an academic perspective. Kathy Gosliner, director of development for the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation, will discuss the public library perspective. Concurrent talk tables, repeated every 30 minutes, will cover such topics as donor prospecting, the role of trustees in advocacy, the development plan, project funding, endowments, special events, library retail outlets, donor recognition, annual campaigns, programs for friends, fund raising basics, the effective use of consultants, capital campaigns, the role of board members and Foundation Center resources. For more information, contact: Bonnie Strohl, Assistant Director of Public Services and Collection Development, Weinberg Memorial Library, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510. Telephone: 717- 941-4006. "Why Foundations and Corporations Say 'Yes' to Libraries" will be held on Monday, June 26, from 2 to 5:30 p.m. The program is designed for librarians seeking alternative funding for library programs. Panelists will present basic information on their foundation or corporation, discuss what they look for in a grant proposal and discuss a particular aspect of why they give to libraries. Handouts will be distributed. Dwight Burlingame of the Indiana University Center for Philanthropy will serve as moderator. Panelists will include: Kenneth Gladish, Indianapolis Foundation; Antonio Gomez, W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Cindy Pritzker, Pritzker Foundation; Rebecca Riley, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Sarah Solotaroff, Chicago Community Trust. For more information, contact: ALA/LAMA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 5032, or 312-280-5032. Fax: 312-280-3257. LAMA, ALTA and ACRL are divisions of the American Library Association. 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Poets, librarians to advise on drawing audiences to library poetry programs "The Poetry Audience of the Future" will be held on Saturday, June 24, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., in the Crystal Room of the Palmer House Hilton in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. The program will feature a panel of librarians and poets who will discuss the growing popularity and meaningfulness of poetry to Americans. The role libraries can play in developing new poetry audiences in their communities will also be discussed. The program is based on a panel discussion originally presented by Poets House, a 30,000 volume literary resource agency in New York City. Panelists will include: Kay Cassell, associate director for Programs and Services of The Branch Libraries, New York Public Library; Luis J. Rodriguez, a poet, editor and author of the acclaimed memoir "Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.;" Stephanie Strickland, a poet and automated systems librarian who recently won the Brittingham Prize for "The Red Virgin: A Poem of Simone Weil," and Michael Warr, author of "We Are All the Black Boy" and executive director of The Guild Complex, a cross-cultural literary arts center in Chicago. The program is cosponsored by Poets House, New York, The Guild Complex, Chicago, the Public Library Association (PLA), Booklist, the review journal of ALA, and ALA Public Programs. For more information, contact ALA Public Programs, 800-545-2433, ext 5054. 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 PLA to host library tours and author Jane Hamilton at ALA Annual conference The Public Library Association (PLA) will host a preconference and several other programs in conjunction with the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. "Magnificent Styles: A Chicago Area Library Tour and Workshop" will be held on Thursday, June 22, and Friday, June 23. It will feature workshops on planning for library construction and tours of new and remodeled libraries. The registration fees are $125 for PLA members, $150 for ALA members and $175 for nonmembers. Bestselling author Jane Hamilton ("A Map of the World" and "The Book of Ruth") will be the keynote speaker at the All Star Breakfast on Monday, June 26, from 7 to 9 a.m. Winners of the 1994 PLA Awards will be honored at this event. Tickets are $25 per person or $245 for a table of 10. The PLA Multilingual Materials and Library Service Committee will offer a tour of Chicago branch libraries serving multilingual populations on Monday, June 26. The tour will explore these innovative branch libraries and the ethnically diverse neighborhoods they serve. The cost is $10 per person. Preregistration is required for these events. The deadline is June 9. For registration forms or additional information, contact the PLA Office, 800-545-2433, ext. 5PLA. PLA is a division of the American Library Association. 10. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Print collections in the digital age topic of ALCTS President's Program "There's Gold in Them Thar Stacks: The Importance of Print Collections in the Digital Age" is the topic of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) President's Program to be held on Monday, June 26, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., The program will be held during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. The program, hosted by ALCTS President Robert P. Holly, will examine how to "mine" available resources through enhancements to bibliographic records, and improved searching capabilities, including remote access and indexes. It will also probe how to assess the value of this "gold" in terms of usage needs, preservation and digitization, and the continuing publication of books. Speakers will include: Peter Graham, associate university librarian, Rutgers University; Diane Kovacs, humanities reference librarian, Kent State University Libraries, and James W. Marchand, professor, Department of Germanic Languages & Literature, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. There will also be an open panel discussion with a representative of each of the five ALCTS sections. ALCTS is a division of the American Library Association.