ALCTS Network News v11n12 (May 7, 1996)
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ISSN: 1056-6694

ALCTS NETWORK NEWS

An electronic publication of the
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services

Volume 11, Number 12
May 7, 1996
 
In this issue

ARLENE TAYLOR TO RECEIVE MARGARET MANN CITATION

ALCTS COSPONSORS JOINT ALA DIVISIONAL PROGRAM ON INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM
AND COLLECTION MANAGEMENT

DIGITIZING AMERICA'S HERITAGE, IN-HOUSE TRAINING TOPICS OF CMDS
CONFERENCE PROGRAMS

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALA STRUCTURE?

NISO OPENS
WWW
HOME
PAGE
...

...
AS
DOES
NCLIS

NEW
USMARC
PUBLICATIONS

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ARLENE TAYLOR TO RECEIVE MARGARET MANN CITATION

Arlene G. Taylor, associate professor, University of Pittsburgh
School of Library and Information Science, is the recipient of the
1996 Margaret Mann Citation presented by the ALCTS Cataloging and
Classification Section.

The award, a citation and $2000 donated by OCLC Online Computer
Library Center in Dublin, Ohio, to the library school of the winner's
choice, is awarded for outstanding professional achievement in
cataloging or classification either through publication of
significant professional literature, participation in professional
cataloging associations, or valuable contributions to practice in
individual libraries.

"The Margaret Mann Citation Committee received enthusiastic letters
of endorsement in support of the nomination of Taylor from a wide
range of colleagues and friends, both here and abroad," said Patricia
Thomas, chair of the Margaret Mann Citation Committee. "Her work as a
teacher, mentor, researcher and author has had a wide and lasting
influence on many people, both known and unknown to her. Her
contributions continue with her current activities in teaching,
research and writing, as well as her service in professional
organizations, including various committee assignments in ALCTS."

Taylor is the author of a number of publications including
Introduction to Cataloging and Classification, 8th ed. (Libraries
Unlimited, 1992); Cataloging with Copy: A Decision-Maker's Handbook,
2nd ed.  (Libraries Unlimited, 1988); and, AACR2 Headings: A
Five-Year Projection of Their Impact on Catalogs. (Libraries
Unlimited, 1980).

She has served as a descriptive cataloger at the Library of Congress,
and has been a lecturer, researcher, and professor. Taylor earned a
Ph.D. from the School of Library & Information Science, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill; her MSLS is from the University of
Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.

The award will be presented on Monday, July 8,
at
9:30
A.M.
as
part
of
the
ALCTS
President's
Program.

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ALCTS COSPONSORS JOINT ALA DIVISIONAL PROGRAM ON INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM
AND COLLECTION MANAGEMENT

ALCTS is jointly sponsoring a program titled "Discarded Images: 
Intellectual Freedom Issues and Responses for Collection Development
and Management" with ALA's Reference and Adult Services Division, the
Public Library Association, and the Office for Intellectual Freedom.
The program will be held on Sunday, July 7, 9:00-11:00 a.m. in the
Empire Room of the Waldorf.

Provocative representatives of several constituencies will explore
the intellectual freedom implications of all collection management
and development decisions in a Fred Friendly-type format which will
include opportunity for audience participation. This program will
interest all librarians responsible for developing, managing,
preserving, and providing access
to
materials;
publishers;
library
trustees;
library
patrons;
parents
and
schools.

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DIGITIZING AMERICA'S HERITAGE, IN-HOUSE TRAINING TOPICS OF CMDS
CONFERENCE PROGRAMS

CMDS is presenting "Digitizing America's Heritage:  The National
Digital Library Federation and You" on Sunday, July 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
in the Javits Convention Center 1A, 21 and 22. The program is
cosponsored by PARS.

On May 1, 1995, fourteen of America's largest research libraries,
including the Library of Congress, established the National Digital
Library Federation with a mission of "Bring(ing) together-from across
the nation and beyond-digitized materials what will be made accessible
to students, scholars, and citizens everywhere, and that document the
building and dynamics of America's heritage..."  Find out more about
the NDLF and bring your questions and concerns about building and
preserving the nation's collections in the digital era.

On Monday, July 8, CMDS is holding a program titled "In-house
Training for Collection Development." The program, sponsored by CMDS
Continuing Education Committee, Committee on Education for Collection
Development, Committee on Collection Development Practice in a
Changing World, will be held 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Mercury Ballroom
of the New York Hilton.

Why is in-house training important? What training expectations and
training responsibilities are held by those with collection
development assignments and by administrators? What skills are
trained? Trainable? What are the characteristics of successful
training programs? How can a learning environment for sharing
responsibility for training be created? How is the new ALCTS/RASD
publication
"Collection
Management
and
Development
Training
Guide"
intended
to
be
used?

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WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ALA STRUCTURE?

[Editor's note:  This is an abridged version of the article published
in _American Libraries_, May 1996 and posted to the ALA home page]

by Sarah M. Pritchard
Chair, ALA Structure Revision Task Force 

What really happened to the proposal for a new ALA structure? Amid
many rumors and reports, the truth is that it was never accepted.
Responding to wide objections, the ALA Council did not feel there was
support for implementation, yet there are clearly areas where the
organization can be more effective. The result was the new Structure
Revision Task Force (SRTF), whose charge is only "to further explore
proposals for revised structure" and "to propose a revised structure
if the task force deems one is necessary." Our new group is widely
representative, with membership drawn from divisions, round tables,
Council and staff. 

So far, the new SRTF has looked at reorganization efforts in ALA
since the 1960s, and at what is being done now in divisions, round
tables and staff offices. Rereading earlier consultant reports, we on
the task force believe that the Association has moved rapidly to
address operational issues and programmatic priorities. We will not
bring back the Organizational Self-Study Committee (OSSC) "four
societies" proposal, nor do we intend to propose major organizational
redesign. 

What are the next steps? The SRTF recognizes that governance, overlap
and policy issues do exist, but we would like to hear your input as
members of the Association. What do you think works well now? What
ideas do you have for improving communication, the efficiency of the
organization, and the substantive work of ALA? We'll report what we
find and suggest alternatives based on the needs and activities of
our members. Members will have plenty of notice to debate any major
change: it would likely require a by-law revision, which would have
to go through two rounds of voting in Council then a mail vote by the
Membership. 

Here's how you can have input:

1) Visit our home page for a more complete discussion and reports on
new developments (www.ala.org/srtf.html). 

2) Send electronic mail for the SRTF to: emelton@ala.org. 

3) Write to Structure Revision Task Force, Emily Melton, American
Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. 

Once we have more input, we will distribute an outline of issues to
be discussed at the Membership hearings, which will be held Sunday,
July 7 and Monday, July 8, from 1:00 to 2:00 each day during the
annual conference in New York City. Feedback forms will be available
to fill out at the conference for those who can't come to a hearing. 

Members of the Structure Revision Task Force:  Cathleen Bourdon,
Julie Cummins, Mary Jo Lynch, Susan K. Martin, Regina Minudri, James
Rettig, Sarah Pritchard (Chair), Larry Romans, Ann Snoeyenbos,
Mary
Somerville,
Ann
Symons,
Karen
Whitney,
and
Jennifer
Younger


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NISO OPENS WWW HOME PAGE ... 

The National Information Standards Organization, the leading
developer of technical standards for publishers, information
services, and libraries, has launched a home page on the World Wide
Web. The URL is http://www.niso.org

Through the NISO home page you can gather information on NISO,
contact NISO's officers, learn what new standards are in development,
and view the NISO Press Catalog which lists over one hundred standards
and other publications.

One special feature is the list of NISO's seventy Voting Member
organizations with hot links to each member's home page.  Using the
hot links you can easily reach each member's home page and learn more
about their programs and products.

To make it easier to be involved in NISO, forms are
also
included
for
suggesting
new
standards
projects
and
joining
NISO.

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... AS DOES NCLIS

The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
(NCLIS) opened its home page and site on the World Wide Web on April
14, 1996, the beginning of National Library Week.

The purposes of the new site include the following:  to make the
Commission's products and services known and available to traditional
and new constituents; to link to other sources relating to libraries
and information services; to provide a forum for exchanging
information and views on how to improve libraries and information
services nationally and internationally and for encouraging those
improvements to happen.

The address for the new NCLIS WWW site is: http://www.nclis.gov.  For
more information contact Peter R. Young, NCLIS, 1110 Vermont
Ave.
N.W.,
Suite
820,
Washington,
DC

20005-3522,
phone:
202/606-9200.

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NEW USMARC PUBLICATIONS

Update No. 1 (1995) to the USMARC Format for Classification Data
includes all changes to the USMARC Classification Format since its
approval and publication in 1990. This first update contains new and
changed USMARC data elements resulting from format development work
since December 1990.  The cost is $20 No.Am./$21 elsewhere.

Update No. 1 (1995) to the USMARC Format for Bibliographic Data, the
first update to the 1994 edition completes the Format Integration
(FI) process, incorporating into the regular format specifications
those FI and related changes that were previously documented in
"Future" sections. Changes falling into this category are generally
limited to the Leader and fields 006 to 008. The cost is $21 No.
Am./$22 elsewhere.

Update No. 1 (1995) to the USMARC Format for Authority Data, update
to the 1993 edition, contains new and changed USMARC data elements
resulting from format development work since June 1993. The most
notable addition to the format are several field-level data elements
for genre/form terms and subdivisions. The new fields make it
possible to differentiate within a USMARC authority record between
genre-form terms and other types of terms. Other newly-defined data
elements include fields for government classification/call numbers
and indicators in two classification number fields that allow the
identification of the source of a number.  The cost is $21 No.Am./$22
elsewhere.

For more information or to order contact:  Library of Congress,
CDS/MU, P. O. 75560, Washington, DC 
20013-5560;
phone:
800/255-3666
or
202/707-6100;
TDD:
202/707-0012;
fax:
202/707-0012;
e-mail:
cdsinfo@mail.loc.gov.

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