ALCTS Network News v10n06 (August 31, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v10n06 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 10, Number 6 August 31, 1995 In this issue **ATTENTION ALCTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS** AS ETHICS STATEMENT ON GOPHER THREE SEEK ELECTION AS ALA PRESIDENT ALA MINORITY FELLOW NAMED NII ADVOCACY PROJECT CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION ARL SAYS EXPANSION OF PRESERVATION PROGRAMS SLOWING PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT ************************************************************************** **ATTENTION ALCTS COMMITTEE CHAIRS** ALA Conference Services has sent out the first Midwinter Meeting packet to those committee chairs who are coded to receive the mailings. If you are a committee chair and do not receive your packet by September 8, contact ALA Membership Services at membership@ala.org. That office initiates the coding which will insure you receive all Conference Services mailings. This first mailing includes meeting space request forms which should be returned to Conference Services by September 29, as well as a chart of dates and deadlines. Difficult as it is to believe, it's almost time for the first Annual Conference mailing, so be sure to contact ALA by September 8 so you won't miss any. ************************************************************************* AS ETHICS STATEMENT ON GOPHER At the ALA Annual Conference in Miami, June 1994, ALCTS conducted the program "Let the Sunshine In: Evaluating Ethics in Publisher/Vendor-Library Relations." One of the handouts for the program was a "Statement on Principles and Standards of Acquisitions Practice." The statement is now posted on the ALA Gopher. To access the statement follow the path: Gopher.uic.edu, port 70/The Library/American Library Association/ALA's Divisions/Association for Library Collections & Technical Services/ALCTS Ethics Statements/Principles and Standards of Acquisitions Practice (1994). ************************************************************************* THREE SEEK ELECTION AS ALA PRESIDENT Three candidates will seek election as president of the American Library Association for the 1998-99 term. In addition to Ching-chih Cheng and Barbara J. Ford, both nominated by the ALA Nominating Committee (see _AN2_ v.9, no.16), Charles Beard is a petition candidate. Beard is director of libraries for West Georgia College in Carrollton. ALA members will vote on the spring 1996 ballot. The candidate elected will serve as ALA president-elect for 1997-98 and as president the following year. A press release on all three candidates is available on the ALA Gopher. To access the Gopher, point your gopher client to gopher.uic.edu port 70. Follow the path The Library/ALA/About ALA/ALA Press Releases/95/08/08. ************************************************************************* ALA MINORITY FELLOW NAMED Martha Holguin, head librarian at El Paso (Texas) Community College, Valle Verde Campus, has been named the 1995-96 ALA Minority Fellow. She will work in the ALA Executive Office and will conduct an independent project that will explore the future of library management as it relates to technology. Holguin has worked as a children's librarian at the Phoenix Public Library and branch manager at the El Paso Public Library, where she developed the library literacy center. She also created and maintained a small community library for the Tigua Indian community in Ysleta, Texas. She was named the 1994 Librarian of the Year by the El Paso Chapter of REFORMA and served as chapter president from 1990-92. She has a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in public administration from Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas, and a master's degree in library science from Texas Woman's University, Denton. Lillian Lewis, the 1994-94 ALA Minority Fellow, will continue working at ALA as the deputy executive director of ASCLA. Lewis is the first Minority Fellow to work at ALA. ************************************************************************* NII ADVOCACY PROJECT CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION The National Information Infrastructure is seeking librarians with knowledge and experience with information technology to serve as advocates for the role of libraries in the NII through its Advocacy Network of 80-100 librarians nation-wide. Advocates will speak and write on libraries and the NII, making the case for public access to the NII through libraries and encouraging and facilitating broad education of the library profession. Network members will attend a special training session in Washington, DC on December 7 and 8,1995, to be informed on the issues surrounding NII development and to have a forum for discussion of ongoing Network activities. After the initial training session, the Network will meet at ALA midwinter and annual meetings and will communicate electronically throughout the year. Applicants should have some knowledge and experience with information technology, interest in serving as an advocate for the role of libraries in the NII, and be willing and able to assume a leadership role as a Network member. All Network members must have a valid internet email address, attend ALA's advocacy training (usually offered at ALA Midwinter), be willing to actively participate in the Network for at least two years, be able to attend the training session in Washington on December 7 and 8, and be able to represent all types of libraries as potential NII participants. This project is partially funded by the Council on Library Resources and EBSCO Information Services but does not cover participant's travel costs (airfare and per diem) for the initial training session. Funding of travel costs by other library organizations is being sought. An application may be obtained from Nancy Roderer at roderer@yale.edu. The deadline for returning the completed application is October 2, 1995. Further information is available from Roderer, Andrew Magpantay, Director, Office of Information Technology Policy, ALA Washington Office (jam@alawash.org), or Linda Knutson, LITA Executive Director (linda.knutson@ala.org). ************************************************************************* ARL SAYS EXPANSION OF PRESERVATION PROGRAMS SLOWING According to recently released annual preservation statistics, the steady expansion in preservation expenditures and staffing across the membership of the ARL slowed significantly in 1993-94. Data from 115 ARL members show that while the number of programs managed by preservation administrators grew steadily from 76 in 1987-88 to 92 in 1993-94, expenditures and staffing increased only slightly in the most recent year. Preservation microfilming production, however, continued to grow, supported to a large extent by special grants and the National Endowment for the Humanities brittle books program. Preservation expenditures in 1993-94 for the 115 reporting members were $77,674,363. The report, _The ARL Preservation Statistics_, is available for $65 (non-members) plus $5 shipping and handling from the Association of Research Libraries, 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. ************************************************************************* PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT The College Libraries Committee of the Commission on Preservation and Access has identified scanning for preservation and access as a primary interest of college librarians and is offering a scanning institute for college library directors. Tentatively scheduled as a two-day event in mid-Spring 1996 in Charleston, SC, the program will focus on helping college libraries benefit from and contribute to preservation and access goals within the new digital technology environment. For information, contact the Commission for Preservation and Access at 202-939-3400 or fax to 202-939-3407. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ALCTS NETWORK NEWS (ISSN 1056-6694) is published irregularly by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. Editorial offices: ALCTS, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; David Farrell, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. Editor: Karen Whittlesey (u34261@uicvm); Editorial Assistance: Karen Muller, Shonda Russell. ALCTS NETWORK NEWS is available free of charge and is available only in electronic form. Opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the division. News items should be sent to the editor at the e-mail address above. To subscribe, issue the network command "tell listserv@uicvm sub alcts [your name]." 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