ALCTS Network News v12n03 (July 18, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n03 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 3 July 18, 1996 In this issue ALERT TO CHAIRS AND MEMBERS ALCTS HONORS 1996 AWARD WINNERS, PREPARES FOR 1997 NOMINATIONS INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CATALOGING INSTITUTE SET FOR NOVEMBER PCC ADOPTS REVISED CORE BIBLIOGRAPHIC STANDARDS ************ ALERT TO CHAIRS AND MEMBERS There are several "housekeeping" tasks which follow on the heels of Annual Conference. If you fall into any of the following categories, please read on! 1995-96 DISCUSSION GROUP CHAIRS If you chaired a discussion group last year and are *not* chairing the same one this year, please inform Loretta in the ALCTS Office at lreed@ala.org. ALA Conference Services bases its conference mailing on coding from the membership database and if you are still coded as Chair, you will receive the mailings. 1996-97 DISCUSSION GROUP CHAIRS If you are a new chair this year, you will not receive ALA Conference Services mailings unless you are coded appropriately. Please inform Loretta Reed in the ALCTS Office at lreed@ala.org. COMMITTEE CHAIRS Committee report forms are due in the ALCTS Office immediately after Annual Conference. If you have not submitted yours yet, please do so now. These reports are used for several things, including coverage in the _ALCTS Newsletter_, Office follow-up, and names of new chairs. MEMBERS Volunteer forms are being accepted in the ALCTS office for consideration for a 1997-98 committee appointment. Contact Shonda Russell at srussell@ala.org to request a form. CHANGE OF ADDRESS All members need to keep the ALCTS Office and ALA Membership Services Office informed of any changes in job, mailing address, telephone, e-mail, or other pertinent data. Mailings and other communications are based on the information contained in your record in the Membership Services database. Corrections can be made year-round. ************ ALCTS HONORS 1996 AWARD WINNERS, PREPARES FOR 1997 NOMINATIONS At the ALCTS President's Program and Membership Meeting held Monday, July 8, at the ALA Annual Conference in New York, this year's ALCTS award recipients received their citations. This year's recipients are: MARGARET MANN CITATION Arlene G. Taylor received the CCS award for outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification. Arlene designated the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, to receive the $2,000 scholarship donated by OCLC. LEADERSHIP IN LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS AWARD Joseph W. Barker received the AS award and a $1,500 grant donated by Harrassowitz. The award recognizes significant contributions by and outstanding leadership of an individual in the field of library acquisitions. BLACKWELL NORTH AMERICA SCHOLARSHIP Samuel G. Demas, Peter McDonald, Gregory W. Lawrence were honored for their article "Internet and Collection Development: Mainstreaming Selection of Internet Resources," in _Library Resources & Technical Services_ 39 (July 1995). They designated the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science for the $2,000 scholarship. FIRST STEP AWARD - WILEY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT Corinne C. Jacox received the citation and $1,500 donated by John Wiley & Sons to support attendance at Annual Conference for a librarian new to serials librarianship. BOWKER/ULRICH'S SERIALS LIBRARIANSHIP AWARD Jean Hirons received the citation and $1,500 donated by the R. R. Bowker Company for distinguished contributions to serials librarianship. BEST OF _LRTS_ Samuel G. Demas, Peter McDonald, Gregory W. Lawrence received the award for their article "Internet and Collection Development: Mainstreaming Selection of Internet Resources," in _Library Resources & Technical Services_ 39 (July 1995). Nominations are now open for the 1997 awards. For more information on these awards, the names of award jury chairs, and the nomination procedure, contact Shonda Russell in the ALCTS office at srussell@ala.org or 800/545-2433, ext. 5037. ************ INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CATALOGING INSTITUTE SET FOR NOVEMBER On Friday, November 1, 1996, ALCTS CCS is holding an institute on cataloging interactive multimedia at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass. The institute is cosponsored by NELINET. This institute will provide guidance and training in applying the 1994 ALA Guidelines for Bibliographic Description of Interactive Multimedia through both a general review of the Guidelines and hands-on instruction in their use. In addition, some of the latest examples of commercially available interactive multimedia titles will be demonstrated by creators and producers from the industry. Instruction will focus on skill-building in identifying, describing, classifying, and supplying subject and keyword access for interactive multimedia titles. Participants will work from surrogate packets providing chief-source information to create actual catalog records. These examples will reflect the current state of interactive multimedia publishing and will update some of the examples in the Guidelines. Small group sessions will provide opportunities for individualized assistance and discussion. Specific issues pertaining to specialized areas (music, law, etc.) will be reviewed. The institute will enable catalogers to understand the overlapping concepts as well as the differences found in the Guidelines instructions compared to current AACR2r rules for computer files, videos, etc. The instructors will address future issues regarding the Guidelines and will actively encourage comments on them from the institute participants. The institute is especially pertinent for catalog librarians, copy catalogers, cataloging instructors (including trainers in library catalog departments, faculty from graduate schools of library and information science, and trainers from network/consortium offices, etc.) as well as for cataloging administrators involved in the creation of interactive multimedia. Representatives from academic, public, school, and specialized libraries (medicine, law, music, etc.) will also find this institute relevant. Participants are urged to bring a copy of the _Guidelines_ to derive the most benefit from the institute. (An order form will be included in the registration confirmation.) Faculty for the presentation include Ann Sandberg-Fox, Cataloging Consultant and Trainer; Laurel Jizba, Principal Cataloger and Trainer, Michigan State University Libraries; and Bonnie Dede, Head, Special Formats Cataloging, University of Michigan. The multimedia presenter will be Elaine Anderson, Apple Computer. Johanne LaGrange, Serials Librarian, Columbia University, will moderate. For registration information or a brochure, contact LaTisha Reynolds at lreynolds@ala.org. The brochure and registration form are also available on the ALA web page: http://www.ala.org (follow the path Organization/ALA Divisions/ALCTS/ALCTS Gopher/ALCTS Institutes). Institute registration deadline is October 15, 1996. ************ PCC ADOPTS REVISED CORE BIBLIOGRAPHIC STANDARDS Core bibliographic standards have been defined and adopted as a cataloging option by the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) in its BIBCO program. The standards have recently been revised slightly. The current versions of the following core bibliographic standards can be found on the homepage of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging: Core Bibliographic Standard for Books: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/corebook.html Core Bibliographic Standard for Sound recordings: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/coremusic.html Core Bibliographic Standard for Scores: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/coremusmss.html These standards reflect changes made as a result of format integration and in response to a survey circulated early this year. The survey polled respondents about whether or not a 502 field should be mandated in the core standards and if series treatment should adhere to the tracing practice recorded in existing national level series records. Responses to the survey overwhelmingly endorsed the change in series treatment. The responses for and against requiring the 502 were very close; a slight majority preferred that it be included. Many of those advocating inclusion of the 502 did so, however, only for unpublished theses, and it was this recommendation that the committee decided to endorse after considering all of comments we received. ************ 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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