ALCTS Network News v10n20 (January 8, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v10n20 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 10, Number 20 January 8, 1996 In this issue ALCTS TO HOLD FUNDAMENTALS OF ACQUISITIONS INSTITUTE IN APRIL BRIGADOON, OR, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ALCTS OFFICE IN SAN ANTONIO ALCTS MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION OPPORTUNITY PCC HOLDS ELECTIONS AROUND ALA ************************************************************************** ALCTS TO HOLD FUNDAMENTALS OF ACQUISITIONS INSTITUTE IN APRIL ALCTS Acquisitions Section is holding an institute on the fundamentals of acquisitions on April 23 as a preconference to the Texas Library Association Annual Meeting. It is cosponsored by TLA's Acquisitions Roundtable. The deadline for registration is April 9. The institute will focus on the basics of acquiring monographs and serials: goals and methods; financial management of materials budgets; trends in acquisitions management; and relationships among acquisitions librarians, library booksellers, subscription agents, and publishers. Participants will receive a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made. Sessions are tailored to librarians and paraprofessionals new to the acquisitions field. Speakers will include Carol Pitts Diedrichs and Trisha L. Davis, both of The Ohio State University Libraries. Diedrichs is head of OSU's Acquisition Department, as well as editor-in-chief of Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory, and Davis is head of OSU's Continuation Acquisition Department. Diedrichs and Davis will discuss methods and strategies for acquiring domestic and foreign library materials, introduce financial management and fiscal procedures related to library materials acquisitions and offer an overview of publishing operations that have an impact on library acquisitions. The registration fee is $85 for ALCTS and TLA personal members, $130 for ALA personal members, and $185 for nonmembers. For more information, contact LaTisha Reynolds at 800/545-2433 ext 5035 or via e-mail to to alcts@ala.org. ************************************************************************* BRIGADOON, OR, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Ask yourself these questions: * when you return home after ALA, what's the first thing you do (other than wanting to set fire to your desk)? * how do you schedule your follow-up to promises and commitments made during conference and committee meetings? * at what point does does guilt and/or panic take over and pressure you into preparing for the next conference? To guide and motivate all of us who face these daunting questions, the ALCTS Leadership Development Committee invites you to attend a session on "The Brigadoon Syndrome: keeping up momentum after Conference." Jennifer Younger, past president of ALCTS, will lead what promises to be a lively and thought-provoking discussion of the traps many of us fall into, and techniques to avoid and/or recover from them. Please join us Sunday, January 20, 12:30-2:00 pm, at the Sheraton, Yellow Rose Room (the same location where the Division membership reception will be held Friday evening). All ALCTS members are welcome to attend and beverages will be provided. -- Miriam Palm Chair, ALCTS Leadership Development Committee ************************************************************************* ALCTS OFFICE IN SAN ANTONIO The ALA office will be located in the Gallery of the San Antonio Convention Center. It will be set up and officially open for use by 3:00 p.m., Friday, January 19, and will close on Wednesday, January 24 at noon. ALCTS is assigned table #60 at the far end of the hall, close to ALA Reprographics. As ALCTS leaders, you should stop by the ALCTS office frequently in the course of the week. We have blank copies of the forms you may need to complete; we have mail folders for all the Board members--and this includes all Section chairs; and for Board members, we will have the latest Board documents. We will also have advance information regarding preconferences and other activities planned for the upcoming Annual Conference. Typewriters and personal computers for member use will be set up in the ALA office adjacent to the reprographics area. If you plan to use this equipment, keep in mind that long lines do develop during peak times. The Internet room, located in the northwest corner of the exhibit hall, will be open continuously (24 hours a day) from 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning through Monday afternoon, when the exhibits close. Volunteers will staff the room during regular exhibit hours. Users are asked to limit their sessions to 30 minutes during peak periods -- and to bring their own diskettes. ************************************************************************* ALCTS MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION OPPORTUNITY All committee and discussion group chairs are urged to take a few moments at their meetings to welcome non-ALCTS attendees and to invite them to join the division. The ALCTS office is happy to supply multiple copies of membership and publications brochures for distribution (you can pick these up on-site). And, if you pass around an attendance list at your meeting and attach it to your meeting report, we'll invite each prospective ALCTS member to join us. ************************************************************************* PCC HOLDS ELECTIONS The Program for Cooperative Cataloging membership has elected the following representatives to its Executive Council: Barry Baker, Assistant Director for Technical Services, University of Georgia Libraries; Jennifer Bowen, Associate Head of Technical Services, Eastman School of Music; and Pat Thomas, Head Cataloger, Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library (2nd term). Also serving on this body are Duane Arenales, National Library of Medicine; Liz Bishoff, OCLC, Inc.; Christian Boissonnas, Cornell University Library; Colleen Hyslop, Michigan State University; Carol Mandel, Columbia University (term expires 2/96); Karen Muller, Executive Director, ALCTS; Alan Danskin, British Library; Ingrid Parent, National Library of Canada; Sue Phillips, University of Texas (term expires 2/96; will continue as CONSERV advisor); Brian Schottlaender, UCLA; Harriet Selkowitz, University of Washington; Karen Smith-Yoshimura, RLG; Sarah Thomas, Library of Congress, chair; Marty Joachim, Indiana University, Operational Advisor; and Margaret Shen, Cleveland Public Library, Operational Advisor. The Program for Cooperative Cataloging is a coalition of nearly 200 libraries working together to increase the pool of unique bibliographic records created under mutually acceptable standards; to facilitate the creation and use of these records; and to provide leadership in the information community. As the PCC's governing body, the Executive Council provides leadership and direction to the Program. It consists of eight permanent representatives and seven rotating representatives drawn from the Program participants together with two operational advisors. ************************************************************************* AROUND ALA Pamela Goodes, ALA Press Officer since 1990, has been appointed Program Coordinator, ALA Public Programs, effective January 5. In her new position Pam will help to increase visibility for public programs and projects (such as "Writers Live at the Library," traveling exhibitions, and "The National That Works: Conversations on American Pluralism and Identity."), organize workshops and seminars, and write training and program materials. Clifford B. Ruffin has been appointed Exhibits Manager in Conference Services, effective January 2. Ruffin was formerly with Corcoran and Associates/Trade Show Marketing Group, Chicago, where he sold exhibit space, coordinated show set up, and served as exhibits floor manager. Gerald Hodges is the Director of Chapter Relations/Membership Marketing. This unit will be responsible for the coordination of communications between ALA (including all units of the Association) and ALA Chapters; membership development activities - including those done in cooperation with ALA Chapters and/or ALA Divisions or other membership units; liaison with two standing committees - Chapter Relations and Membership; and administrative duties necessary to carry out those responsibilities. Eugenia Porter is the director of Membership Services. This unit is responsible for membership renewal processes; maintenance of accurate and up-to-date membership records in a format and manner useful to all units of the Association; ongoing membership/customer service; and, other special responsibilities closely related to maintenance of member records, currently including aspects of conference registration and ALA Handbook preparation. Four ALA offices -- OA, OIF, OLPR and OLOS -- have been moved from the Department of Public Policy, Programs and Communications to the Department of Member Programs and Services. This change has been made in response to the demands on the Fund for America's Libraries. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. 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