ALCTS Network News v11n20 (June 21, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v11n20 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 11, Number 20 June 21, 1996 In this issue ALCTS 1996 ELECTION RESULTS ALA RESULTS OF 1995 ELECTION ALA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED FOR 1997 DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE III PCC PARTICIPANTS TO MEET AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE NASIG CALL FOR PAPERS ********* ALCTS 1996 ELECTION RESULTS ADOPTION OF PROPOSED BYLAWS Yes 966 Adopted No 40 [NOTE: The successful candidate is indicated by ** before her/his name.] DIVISION Vice-President/President-Elect ** Janet Swan Hill Edward Swanson Director-at-Large ** Alice J. Allen COUNCIL OF REGIONAL GROUPS Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect ** Dorothy H. Hope Elizabeth Parang ACQUISITIONS SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect ** Sally W. Somers Marsha S. Clark Member-at-Large ** Karen A. Schmidt Floyd M. Zula CATALOGING AND CLASSIFICATION SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect ** Dorothy McGarry William A. Garrison Member-at-Large ** Cynthia M. Whitacre (two to be elected) ** Laurel Jizba Mark A. Watson Margaret A. Rohdy COLLECTION MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect ** Patricia L. Bril Bill Robnett Member-at-Large ** Judith Paquette Craig A. Wilson Kathy E. Tezla Secretary ** Joan Grant Bonnie Strohl PRESERVATION AND REFORMATTING SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect ** Mark S. Roosa Regina A. Sinclair Member-at-Large ** James W. Mason Robin L. Dale SERIALS SECTIONS Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect ** Cynthia K. Hepfer Donna A. Alsbury Member-at-Large ** Eugene H. Dickerson Joyce G. McDonough ********* ALA RESULTS OF 1995 ELECTION PRESIDENT-ELECT Barbara J. Ford *** 4,719 Charles E. Beard 4,059 Ching-chih Chen 3,665 Councilors elected: Mary Jane Anderson, Rita Auerbach, Kathleen E. Bethel, Francis J. Buckley, Jr., Carolyn L. Cain, Naomi Caldwell-Wood, James B. Casey, Robert Franklin, Jennifer J. Gallant, Jody Gehrig, Luis Herrera, Mary Alice Hunt, M. Ellen Jay, E.J. Josey, Barbara L. Loomis, Beverly P. Lynch, Rebecca R. Martin, Judith K. Meyers, Virginia B. Moore, Jacqueline G. Morris, Linda A. Perkins, Mark Rosenzweig, Loriene Roy, Ramiro S. Salazar, Ruth Toor, Patricia M. Wong. ********* ALA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED FOR 1997 The ALA Nominating Committee, chaired by Andrew Venable, has announced that the two presidential candidates for the 1997 spring election slate are Ken Dowlin, director of the San Francisco P.L., and Ann Symons, librarian, Juneau-Douglas H.S. Library, Juneau, Alaska. Full press releases on the candidates will be available soon. ********* DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE III [NOte: As with any event at Annual Conference, confirm the time and location of discussion group meetings in your program book and _Cognotes_.] The following are discussion group topics to be presented in New York. If you previously sent your topic to AN2 and have not seen it listed in this or the previous two issues, please re-send it to kwhittlesey@ala.org by Wednesday, June 26. We have also extended the deadline for new submissions to June 26. There will be one more preconference issue of AN2. CREATIVE IDEAS IN TECHNICAL SERVICES DISCUSSION GROUP Sunday, July 7, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. in Javits Convention Center 1E 7 Topics: Acquisitions/Cataloging Interface Shifting/Changing Roles and Functions within Technical Services Pros and Cons of Vendor-Supplied Cataloging Services Integrating the Acquisitions and Cataloging of Electronic Resources into the Process for Traditional Print Resources Co-chairs for 1995-1996: Cynthia M. Coulter (cynthia.coulter@uni.edu) and Marilyn Mercado (marilyn.mercado@uni.edu) COMPUTER FILES DISCUSSION GROUP Sunday, July 7, 9:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. in Ballroom B, Sheraton New York, Topics: The Politics of Indexing and Cataloging: Indexing and Cataloging in an Age of Digital Libraries, Deficits and Democracy. Speaker: Richard Greenfield, Consultant with over 25 years' experience as a librarian, lawyer and information manager, including recent projects on digital library technologies. OCLC's Research Issues in Authority Control Conference: Report from the Field. Speaker: Edward O'Neill, Conference Chair, Consulting Research Scientist, OCLC Office of Research. Reporting session from the bibliographic utilities, LC, MARBI, etc. Election of new officers. Co-Chairs: Laurel Jizba, Michigan State University Libraries; Mary Beth Fecko, Rutgers University Library. COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT LIBRARIANS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES DISCUSSION GROUP Saturday, July 6, 2:00 in the Vaudeville Room of the Doubletree Guest Suites Topics: Discussion on organizational restructuring and the future of collection development Topics include whether collecting and managing electronic information has redefined the role of collection development librarians sufficiently to warrant restructuring; how this redefinition influences the choice between full-time bibliographers and part-time selectors; and reconsidering the place of collection development within the library organization. Presenters: Bonita Bryant, Assistant Director for Collection Development, University at Albany, State University of New York; and Stephen Bosch, Information Access Librarian, University of Arizona Library. An open discussion will follow their presentations. Chair: John M. Haar (haar@library.vanderbilt.edu) PRESERVATION EDUCATION AND OUTREACH DISCUSSION GROUZP Sunday, July 7, 11:00-1:00 in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Louis XVI Room - East Topic: Design, Construction, Maintenance and Usefulness of Preservation Department Homepages This meeting will be a continuation of the discussion begun in February 1996 in San Antonio about the establishment of homepages by preservation departments. We will try to cover all components in the title, and look forward to a challenging and spirited discussion. Presenters: Participants from three organizations will demonstrate and discuss their homepages, some of which are still evolving: Christine Wiseman and Sharla Richards, Field Service Officers, from SOLINET; Barbara Sagraves, Preservation Services Librarian, from Dartmouth College Libraries; and John Boral, Representative from Gaylord, Syracuse, NY If you consider establishing a website, if you use various preservation related homepages, or if you are simply curious about the subject, we hope to see you at this meeting. Chair: Margit J. Smith, (619)260-2365 OUT-OF-PRINT DISCUSSION GROUP Sunday, July 7, 2:00 - 4:00, in the Plaza Hotel Topic: Out-of-Print, the Publisher's Perspective. Representatives from a few New York publishing houses discuss their out-of-print and remaindering processes. CATALOG MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION GROUP Saturday, July 6, 2-4 p.m. in the Hilton Hotel Clinton Suite. Topics for discussion will include: Technical services reorganization and its impact on Catalog Management. More and more libraries are merging acquisitions and cataloging departments and increasingly relying on vendor-supplied bibliographic records. How do the responsiblities of Catalog Management sections fit into these changes? Are some duties centralized, while some are distributed system-wide? How does outsourced authority control differ from local authority control? Keeping up with the Web. Does your library have a home page on the Web? Does it have links to other resources? Who maintains the page? How do you manage the links? How do you keep abreast with the continual changes? Other discussion topics are welcome. Please contact Jodi Williamschen, chair of the discussion group, at jodiw@iii.com. Also, the group needs to elect a Vice-chair/Chair elect for 1997. Please contact Jodi Williamschen (jodiw@iii.com) if you would like to volunteer or nominate a colleague. Chair, Jodi Williamschen (jodiw@iii.com) PRESERVATION ISSUES IN SMALL TO MID-SIZED LIBRARIES DISCUSSION GROUP Sunday, July 7, 2-4 in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Conrad Salon Topic: Selecting Materials for Preservation Attention: The Who, What, Where and Why of Deciding What to Save ALCTS/LITA SERIALS AUTOMATION INTEREST GROUP DATE CHANGE This group will meet on Sunday, July 7, 9:30-11 in the Sheraton New York, Liberty Suite 4 to discuss "Beyond Traditional Serials: Electronic Delivery -- Reality and Myth." ********* PCC PARTICIPANTS TO MEET AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE The Library of Congress PCC Participants Discussion Group (formerly LC Cooperative Cataloging Discussion Group) will meet on Sunday, July 7, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the Hilton Room at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. This year's presentation will be on "New Alternatives to the Traditional: NACO and BIBCO enter a New Age of Contributions." Presenters are Michael Kaplan, Head Database Management and Coordinator for OCLC/RLIN Operations at the Widener Library, Harvard University; Glenn Patton, Manager, Project Implementation Section, OCLC, Inc. and David Williamson, Senior Cooperative Cataloger, Library of Congress. They will review traditional methods of record contribution, followed by a showcase of some new alternatives such as LC Clipsearch, OCLC OML, along with a glimpse of future possibilities such as OCLC Phase 2 batch-loading and real-time copy/paste. The program will also include an overview of the responsibilities of fully independent members of the PCC, a brief discussion of the new PCC/CONSER proposal to join forces where appropriate, the expanded operations role in the PCC, and an awards ceremony (Sarah Thomas, Acting Director of Public Service Collections, LC); the LC Coop Team report by Ann Della Porta (LC), and the CONSER report from the CONSER liaison, Sue Phillips (Univ. of Texas). An agenda for the PCC Participants Discussion Group will be posted prior to ALA. For more information on the Program for Cooperative Cataloging, and NACO, SACO, and BIBCO, please contact Ann Della Porta, Cooperative Cataloging Team Leader, Library of Congress (email dellapor@mail.loc.gov). ********* NASIG CALL FOR PAPERS The program planning committee of the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) invites proposals for plenary papers and preconferences that deal with "big picture" aspects of the 1997 annual conference theme, "Experimentation and Collaboration: Creating Serials for a New Millennium". Of special interest are presentations which examine the experiments and collaborations which will shape serials and communication in the next millennium. The committee also invites workshop and preconference proposals that will provide practical ideas and assistance in preparing for and adjusting to change as the new millennium approaches. Proposals should be submitted, via e-mail if possible, no later than August 1, 1996 to Connie Foster, NASIG Secretary, to receive consideration. To submit proposals or inquire about requirements e-mail rfosterc@wkyuvm.wkuy.edu. ********* 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 (kwhittlesey@ala.org); 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. 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