ALCTS Network News v10n10 (October 5, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v10n10 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 10, Number 10 October 5, 1995 In this issue TSW INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON POSTPONED TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS DIGITAL CATALOGING WANTED: TECHNOLOGY SUCCESS STORIES PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS PUBLICATION NEWS ************************************************************************** TSW INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON POSTPONED The ALCTS institute on technical services workstations scheduled for November 15 at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries in Washington, D.C., has been postponed. Cosponsors of the institute are the CAPCON Library Network and FLICC/FEDLINK. Congress has passed temporary legislation which authorizes government spending until November 13. Even if continued funding is approved beyond November 13, it is not certain that the budget ceiling will be increased enough to permit federal programming to continue. There is a chance that the federal government may try to curb expenses by curtailing activities or shutting down completely on November 15. Since many of the institute participants are likely to be federal librarians and the program site is a federally-linked facility, ALCTS and the cosponsors determined it would be prudent to postpone the Washington institute. When arrangements are finalized for a new date, ALCTS and the cosponsors will provide the new information. The same institute, cosponsored by OCLC/SUNY, will be presented on November 17 in New York City. Anyone who had planned on attending the Washington program is encouraged to contact the ALCTS office to re-register for the New York institute. Technical services workstation 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. At the "Technical Services Workstations: The State of the Art of Cataloging" institute participants will see demonstrations of programs currently in use and the revolution in macro-based cataloging which these programs have initiated. Faculty will also present issues of management in relation to implementation and how and why workflow is affected. To register or for more information on the institute contact Yvonne McLean at 800-545-2433 ext. 5032 or yvonne.mclean@ala.org. See also _AN2_ v.9, no16 for more information ************************************************************************* TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS DIGITAL CATALOGING The ALCTS Board of Directors has appointed a task force on digital cataloging. The action was taken during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. The Task Force to Define Bibliographic Access in the Electronic Environment has been established under the leadership of Jennifer Younger, assistant director, Technical Services, The Ohio State University Libraries, and former ALCTS president (1993-94). The task force was formed in response to the growing need to apply expert organization to rapidly increasing number of information resources available electronically and to the major role played by the library catalog in directing and informing users of information resources. In appointing the task force, ALCTS President David Farrell said, "American libraries are known worldwide for their expertise in cataloging and classification of intellectual property in print and non-print formats. I expect the results of this task force will extend our reputation into cyberspace." The task force will lead the way in defining access and bibliographic control mechanisms for information in electronic form and will work closely with the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy in communicating those mechanisms to those involved in determining needs, organizing and creating access to electronic information, which includes many in the library and information communities. The task force will meet for the first time during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, although the task force will convene electronically before then. The task force is expected to make a preliminary report at the ALA Annual Conference in New York City and to complete its work by the ALA Midwinter Meeting, 1997. ************************************************************************* WANTED: TECHNOLOGY SUCCESS STORIES How are people using new technology at the library to change their lives? The Public Information Office of ALA is seeking "case histories" of those who have used the internet to find new jobs, research health issues, do market research to use in next year's media campaign advocating that every library be connected to the information superhighway. Professional quality color and black-and-white photographs of library users of all ages illustrating how library users are plugging into new technology at the library will also be appreciated. Send a brief summary to the ALA Public Information Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611, Fax: 312-944-8520. E-mail: linda.wallace@ala.org. ************************************************************************* PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS ASIS CELEBRATES FID 100TH ANNIVERSARY The American Society for Information Science (ASIS) is presenting its 1995 Annual Meeting in cooperation with the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID), in celebration of FID's first centennial in 1995. The meeting will be held in Chicago, October 9-12, 1995. The main theme of the meeting is Converging Technologies: Forging New Partnerships in Information. Speakers during the plenary session include: Robert Lucky, vice president, Applied Research, Bellcore; Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center; Michael Katz, Federal Communications Commission; Len Kawell, IRIS Associates; designer Lotus Notes. Sessions organized in conjunction between ASIS and FID include Global Networks & Transborder Information Exchange, Global Information Infrastructures - Chaos or Coordination?, and Documentation and Information Science: the influence of the International Institute of Bibliography (IIB), and FID. For additional conference and registration information, contact ASIS via e-mail at asis@cni.org. SMITHSONIAN CONFERENCE ON CULTURAL PROPERTY PROTECTION The Smithsonian Institution will hold the 1996 National Conference on Cultural Property Protection, February 26-29, in Washington, D.C. The conference will focus on "Preparing for the Future, Learning from the Past," celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution and 20 years of protection conferencing. The national network of protection professionals meet at this conference to exchange skills and techniques, upgrade personal abilities and knowledge, and improve protection, even during times of shrinking budgets. The conference has more recently also become an event for security professionals from libraries, gardens, and parks. For more information, e-mail to ops1.listond@ic.si.edu. ************************************************************************* PUBLICATION NEWS DIGITAL IMAGE ACCESS PROCEEDINGS The Research Libraries Group has just published the proceedings from a symposium on digital imaging held in Palo Alto on March 31-April 1. _RLG Digital Image Access Project_, edited by Patricia McClung, contains papers by seven speakers, each followed by a discussion summary. The Digital Image Access Project resulted in the conversion of 9,000 photos in RLG-member collections on the theme of "Urban Landscapes." Software to combine a descriptive record with a thumbnail image was developed for the project by Stokes Imaging in Austin, Texas. The proceedings reflect the importance of intellectual control and retrieval issues -- just as important as technical ones in digitizing images for the purposes of both preservation and access. The publication is being distributed to RLG members. Copies are also available for $20 each, plus shipping and handling. In the U.S., this is $8 for the first copy, and $2 for each additional copy in a shipment. For international requests, shipping and handling is $25 for the first copy and $5 for additional copies. Orders can be sent to Distribution Services Center, The Research Libraries Group, Inc., 1200 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041-1100, or via e-mail to bl.dsc@rlg.stanford.edu, or by fax to 415-964-0943. For information send e-mail to: bl.jlh@rlg.stanford.edu. ALA STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES The 1995 list of the ALA Standards and Guidelines is available on the gopher, but will not appear in the 1995-96 _ALA Handbook of Organization._ The list includes documents titled "standards" and "guidelines" as well as other documents of a similar nature entitled "statements," "rules," and "criteria." Only those documents titled "standards" and "guidelines" have been reviewed by the ALA Standards Committee for consistency with ALA policy. The intent of the list is to include, also, additional documents prepared and endorsed by ALA units for the purpose of helping others improve library service. To access to document follow the path: gopher.uic.edu, port 70/The Library/American Library Association/ALA and Division Standards & Guidelines/List of ALA standards and guidelines. SISAC X12 IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES The SISAC X12 Implementation Guidelines, published for the Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC) and International Committee on Electronic Data Interchange For Serials (ICEDIS), are now available. These guidelines contain the ANSI X12 EDI Transaction Subsets developed for and by the serials industry for many business transactions and include an introduction to EDI, legal considerations and a basic glossary. It provides examples of protocols as well as all segment definitions necessary to transmit or receive: claims and claims response; invoices; dispatch information and functional acknowledgments. The cost is $175 for SISAC, BISG and ICEDIS members; $200 for non-members. For more information contact Book Industry Study Group, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. 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