ALCTS Network News v10n01 (June 30, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v10n01 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 10, Number 1 June 30, 1995 In this issue ALA HOME PAGE NOW AVAILABLE KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE REACHING THE ALCTS OFFICE ************************************************************************** ALA HOME PAGE NOW AVAILABLE The ALA home page is up and running, so it's time to get the word out! The URL for the ALA home page is: http://www.ala.org ************************************************************************* KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE The following are the key actions taken by the ALCTS Board of Directors at their three meetings at Annual Conference in Chicago this week: APPROVED a change in name and charge for the LITA/ALCTS MARC Holdings Interest Group as follows: The LITA/ALCTS MARC Formats Interest Group "to provide a forum to educate the library community on the MARC formats, their purposes, uses developments and implementations; as well as to encourage the use and implementation of the formats." ADOPTED draft "Guidelines for Computer Communications within ALCTS" for a period of six months, with an evaluation scheduled for the 1996 Midwinter Meeting. AGREED that the ALCTS office will prepare the division roster using data available as of August 1 of each year, with no extensions for late reports of information; that the ALA Handbook of Organization will be used as the authoritative source for committee membership across the division; and that each committee chair will be provided with a printout, from the ALA Membership database, of his/her committee membership. APPOINTED a task force on digital cataloging to lead the way in defining access and bibliographic control mechanisms for information in electronic form and communicating that mechanism to the users of the electronic information. APPOINTED half of a joint RASD/ALCTS committee to plan a national institute on a topic or topics of mutual interest to both divisions to be established by the fall of 1995, the institute to be held no later than spring 1997. DISBANDED the Task Force to Investigate Feasibility of a Joint National RASD/ALCTS Conference, with thanks. APPROVED the publication of the revised edition of "Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements" and "Bibliographic Control of Conference Proceedings." RELEASED "Core Collection in Microform and New Technology," prepared by the Reproduction of Library Materials Section, to its compilers for publication outside ALCTS or ALA, and released the papers on imaging presented at the 1994 program "Film to File and Back Again" to LITA for publication. APPROVED publication of "Training Catalogers in the Electronic Era," prepared by the CCS Committee on Education, Training, and Recruitment of Catalogers, on the ALA Gopher. APPROVED simultaneous publication of "Book and Serial Vendors for Asia and the Pacific" both on the ALA Gopher and in print form, with promotion of its availability in both formats. NAMED a Task Force to 1) Identify current electronic publishing efforts within the division; 2) Evaluate the desirability and economic feasibility of additional electronic publication efforts on the part of the division; 3) Identify strategies and desiderata for archiving and/or preservation of electronic publications; and 4) Make recommendations for a course of divisional action for expanded electronic publishing. ADDED current year ALCTS Endowment Fund earnings to the Endowment principal and matched the donation to the ALCTS Endowment received as a result of Bob Holley's solicitation at a 5 for 1 level. APPROVED new policy that the ALCTS staff will not do on-site photocopying nor will ALCTS reimburse or pay for the cost of on-site photocopying of institute or preconference handouts. DIRECTED staff to add the ALCTS Policy and Procedures Manual to the ALA/ALCTS Gopher and update it routinely as new sections are added, deleted or revised. INSTRUCTED the ALCTS Councilor to vote in accordance with the following sentiments: 1) that the ALA Council receive the "Draft Proposal" of the Organizational Self Study Committee, including the recommendation for a Structure Revision Task Force and 2) that the Task Force not limit its deliberations or reconsiderations to the concepts and recommendations of the Draft Proposal. VOTED to disband the Scholarly Communications Committee and replace it with the ALCTS Scholarly Communications Discussion Group. ACCEPTED the Education Policy Statement of ALCTS, as drafted by the ALCTS Education Committee, with plans to promulgate this policy to ALCTS members and to appropriate organizations. ESTABLISHED a Digital Resources Committee with the charge "to study and address issues regarding digital resources of all kinds, including the full range of digital data (text, graphic, numerical, image) and computer software available in a variety of physical formats and online environments that fall within the activities of the division. Such resources incorporate computer technology for access and use (e.g., CD-ROM discs which utilize optical technology)." The committee will cease to exist following the annual conference in 2000 unless it initiates a formal review and reports its findings to the ALCTS Organization & Bylaws Committee for action. The Committee will have 9 appointed members including one whio will be the chair. ESTABLISHED a Program Committee to oversee the division's program planning, including conference, pre-conference and institute planning; to develop criteria for such programs; to review plans; to recommend approval of the Annual Conference programs to the Board; to provide advice to the committees planning pre-conference and institute programs; and to serve as ALCTS liaison with similar committees of other divisions and units within ALA, and that the Committee have nine members appointed for staggered two year terms with at least one member from each section. APPROVED the request of the Acquisition Section Organization and Management Committee to co-sponsor, in name only, the LAMA/SASS Program on Managing Change in Acquisitions to be presented at the Annual ALA Conference in 1996. AUTHORIZED the CCS Subject Analysis Committee to write two letters to the Library of Congress: 1) to urge the establishment of an "LC Classification Editorial Policy Committee" and 2) to urge that the Airlie House recommendation of a prescribed order for subdivisions in subject headings not be implemented. ************************************************************************* REACHING THE ALCTS OFFICE Just a reminder on how to reach the ALCTS staff. To call the ALCTS office, dial 1-800-545-2433 as usual. You will be connected to the automated attendant who will instruct you to dial the four-digit extension. ALCTS' general extension is 5038. (Direct dial is 312-280- 5038.) All phones in ALCTS are connected to voice mail systems, so you can leave messages for any one of us directly -- any time day or night. Leave a complete message stating exactly what your inquiry is so we can respond quickly and completely. Here are the direct extensions and e-mail accounts for ALCTS: Karen Muller 5031 karen.muller@ala.org Karen L. Whittlesey 5034 karen.l.whittlesey@ala.org Yvonne McLean 5032 yvonne.mclean@ala.org Beatrice Calvin 5036 beatrice.calvin@ala.org Shonda Russell 5037 shonda.russell@ala.org LaTisha Reynolds 5035 latisha.reynolds@ala.org Loretta Reed 5038 loretta.reed@ala.org ALCTS Office 5038 alcts.office@ala.org (fax: 312-280-3257) ************************************************************************* Did you know? College librarians answer 94 million reference questions each year -- more than three times the attendance at college football games. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ALCTS NETWORK NEWS (ISSN 1056-6694) is published irregularly by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. 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