ALCTS Network News v10n14 (November 9, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v10n14 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 10, Number 14 November 9, 1995 In this issue PUT ALCTS MEMBERSHIP RECEPTION ON YOUR MIDWINTER SCHEDULE ALCTS SEEKS JOURNAL EDITOR AV REQUESTS FOR MIDWINTER MEETINGS DUE DECEMBER 1 AROUND ALA NCPTT ANNOUNCES GOPHER BOSTON LIBRARY CONSORTIUM CELEBRATES 25 YEARS CASALINI RECORDS INAUGURATE DIRECT VENDROR ACCESS FROM RLG ************************************************************************** PUT ALCTS MEMBERSHIP RECEPTION ON YOUR MIDWINTER SCHEDULE This Midwinter Meeting marks the second annual ALCTS Membership Reception! All members are invited to join their ALCTS friends and colleagues at a social gathering in San Antonio on Friday, January 19, 1996, between 5:30 and 7:00. Members who have joined ALCTS since the last Midwinter Meeting are especially encouraged to attend. New members and newly formed division committees will be recognized, as will some of the ALA people who work behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of this large organization. There is no charge for this event, which is sponsored by the ALCTS Leadership Development Committee, Miriam Palm, chair. The location will be announced in AN2 and in your conference program. ************************************************************************* ALCTS SEEKS JOURNAL EDITOR ALCTS is seeking to appoint an editor for _Library Resources & Technical Services, the preeminent journal in the field. The successful candidate will be appointed by the ALCTS Board of Directors at the 1996 Midwinter Meeting and serve as editor designate during a six-month period and serve a five-year term with responsbility for editing all issues in volumes 41 through 45 of the journal. LRTS is an official quarterly publication of ALCTS and contains referred articles in the fields of cataloging and classification, acquisitions, collection management, reproduction of library materials, serials, preservation of library materials, and general technical services. It also contains book reviews. Each application should include a resume and cover letter, a statement indicating reasons for seeking the editorship and the role of LRTS in the profession, the names and phone numbers of three references, and at least two recent writing samples, preferably of items prepared for publication. Send nominations by December 1 and applications by January 1 to Beatrice Calvin, Publications Assistant, ALCTS, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, Il 60611. Candidates will be interviewed by the LRTS Editorial Search Committee during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, January 1996. For more information, contact Robert L. DeCandido, Preservation Division, New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788; e-mail: bronxbob@well.com. ************************************************************************* AV REQUESTS FOR MIDWINTER MEETINGS DUE DECEMBER 1 A reminder that all requests for audiovisual equipment for meetings at the Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio are due to the ALCTS Office no later than December 1. This is a firm deadline set by ALA Conference Services and no exceptions will be made. If your av needs have changed since you submitted the Meeting Space Request Form, let Yvonne McLean know (yvonne. mclean@ala.org or 800-545-2433 x5032). ************************************************************************* AROUND ALA ALA LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTER ESTABLISHED The Library and Research Center (LARC) has been established to support two essential aspects of ALA's position as the authoritative source for information about the field: using current information resources to support action and solve problems and increasing the knowledge base through research and the collection of useful statistcs. It combines the functions of the Office for Research and Statistics and the Headquarters Library Information Center. Mary Jo Lynch has been named the director and Renee Prestegard is the associate director and librarian. The Library will have the goals of providing information needed by ALA staff to carry out the work of the association, providing information to members and others and using all available information technology to the fullest extent possible. The Office for Research and Statistics will continue to provide leadership and expert advice to ALA staff, members and the public on all matters related to research and statistics about libraries, represent the Association to Federal agencies on the issues, and initiate projects needed to expand the knowledge base of the field through resarch and the collection of useful statistics. ROSS NAMED CONFERENCE SERVICES DIRECTOR Deidre Irwin Ross has been named Director, Conference Services, effective November 13. Ross is currently manager of the Convention and Trade Show Division of Smith, Bucklin & Associates, a firm providing convention and other association managment services to associations of all kinds. Ross has a B.S. in Communications from the University of Illinois, Urbana. CALL FOR COMMITTEE ON ACCREDITATION NOMINATIONS ALA President-elect Mary Somerville requests nominations from ALA members to serve on the Committee on Accreditation (COA). COA is responsible for the execution of the ALA accreditation program and for developing and formulating standards of education for library and information studies. COA consists of twelve members appointed from a broad spectrum of library and information studies education and practice. Most members are appointed to four-year terms and may not be appointed for a second term. Individuals may nominate themselves or others. Each nomination should include a brief summary of qualifications. All nominations will be reviewed by the Committee on Accreditation searching for expertise, experience, and interests relevant to the Committee work. Send nomination letters by November 13 to the Office for Accreditation, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611 or fax to 312-280-2433 or email to Mary.Taylor@ala.org. ************************************************************************* NCPTT ANNOUNCES GOPHER The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training has instituted a gopher for burrowing the Internet to find useful preservation information. Electronic access is now available to archives, libraries, museums, preservation organizations, other gophers, and National Park Service resources. Information about NCPTT's newsletter, texts of preservation laws, Preservation Briefs, job announcements, conferences, grants, workshops, NCPTT's grants program and sponsored training sessions are all downloadable. . The gopher address is: gopher.cnptt.nps.gov. To post something to the gopher, send an e-mail message to: ncptt@alpha.nsula.edu. ************************************************************************* BOSTON LIBRARY CONSORTIUM CELEBRATES 25 YEARS The Boston Library Consortium hosted a 25th anniversary celebration with speakers, presentation, and refreshments at Boston College, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on November 6, 1995. The keynote address was given by Arthur Curley, director, Boston Public Library and past-president of ALA. John Laucus, university librarian, Boston University, spoke on the creation of the Consortium. Hannah Stevens, executive director, Boston Library Consortium described the current activities and future goals of the Consortium. Presentations by member institutions' library staff outlined the Consortium's history, roles, activities, and future plans in areas such as information technology, staff development, public services, and cooperative collections development. ************************************************************************* CASALINI RECORDS INAUGURATE DIRECT VENDROR ACCESS FROM RLG Over 18,000 in-process records created by the Italian book dealers Casalini Libri from 1994 through July 1995 have been added to the RLIN Books file. These herald the beginning of a new service from RLG--direct access to and local use of major book vendor records. Libraries can use such records in several ways. They provide valuable citations for new and recent publications. In the case of the Casalini records, bibliographers or acquisitions librarians can export them with RLIN's "pass" or "put" command to create order records in their local system. Libraries that have already received materials described in the records can export them to use for local cataloging--or can do their cataloging directly in RLIN and then export the result to the local online public access catalog (OPAC). ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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]." Back issues of AN2 are available through the listserver. To find out what's available, send the following command to LISTSERV@UICVM: send alcts filelist Send questions about membership in ALCTS to the ALCTS Office, alcts.office@ ala.org All materials in the newsletter subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or education advancement. For other reprinting or redistribution or translations, address requests to the ALA Office of Rights and Permissions, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. *************************************************************************