ALCTS Network News v12n04 (August 5, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n04 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 4 August 5, 1996 In this issue SUMMARY OF WEBBED ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN PROGRAM ALCTS CHECKLIST OF PUBLICATIONS ANNUAL CONFERENCE STATISTICS IN ************ SUMMARY OF WEBBED ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN PROGRAM [As space permits, we are glad to provide summaries of Annual Conference programs. Send yours electronically only to kwhittlesey@ala.org.] This summary of the Webbed Acquisitions Librarian was prepared by Stephen Clark and is reprinted with permission from ACQNET Vol. 6, No. 21, August 2, 1996. The Webbed Acquisitions Librarian was cosponsored by the ALCTS AS Technology for Acquisitions Committee and the ALCTS Serials Section, and held on Saturday, July 6, 2:00-4:00 pm. The program took a look at some of the basic considerations to be made for building a home page and at the development of AcqWeb, the "mother" of all acquisitions home pages. Robin Dixon, Internet Specialist and Reference Librarian at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Library, talked about the process of developing, implementing, evaluating, and revising the home page at the NASA/Goddard Library (http://www-library.gsfc.nasa.gov). She mentioned some basic rules which should be applied for designing a home page and discussed the in-house home page which is a mock up of the library home page and used for all staff to have input on before making changes to the library home page which the public uses. Mike Grabenstein, UNIX Administrator at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Library, covered the technical aspects of loading and maintaining home pages. He talked about different hardware and software configurations and some of the implications of each type to give the audience a sense of what is involved on the technical end of having a home page. Anna Belle Leiserson, Collection Development Librarian and Web Master of the Vanderbilt University Law Library, provided the final section of the program, discussing her philosophy of the Web, as well as the history and philosophy behind her development of AcqWeb. (http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/acqs.html).She offered during her presentation and in her handout a number of Internet sources for using the Web, both as a general resource, for acquisitions resources, and for some basic Web tools. Her handout, for those who did not get a copy or could not attend the session, is available at http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/ala.html. -- Stephen D. Clark Acquisitions Librarian Earl Gregg Swem Library College of William and Mary sdclar@mail.swem.wm.edu ************ ALCTS CHECKLIST OF PUBLICATIONS Following is a listing of ALCTS publications currently in print. Some are free by request to the ALCTS Office (bcalvin@ala.org), some are available electronically through the ALCTS Gopher (www.ala.org/alcts.html), and those for sale are available from ALA Editions (800-545-2433, press 7). After the Electronic Revolution, Will You Be the First to Go? ed. by Arnold Hirshon. 1993. 7650-6 $18.00* ALA Filing Rules, 1980. 3255-X $13.00 ALA Target Packet for Use in Preservation Microfilming, by Debra McKern and Sherry Byrne. 1991. 7492-9 $35.00 Bibliography of Technical Standards for Paper and Paper-Based Library Materials, by Connie Brooks. 1988. 7283-7 $5.00* Book and Serial Vendors for Asia and the Pacific, ed. by Thelma Diercks. 1995. 7811-8 Available electronically and in paper copy. $10.00* Cataloging Correctly for Kids: An Introduction to the Tools, rev. ed. by Sharon Zuiderveld. 1991. 3395-5 $16.00 A Core Collection in Preservation, rev. ed. by Lisa L. Fox, compiled by Don Thompson and Joan ten Hoor. 1992. 7633-6 $5.00* Guide to the Library Binding Institute: Standard for Library Binding, by Jan Merrill-Oldham and Paul Parisi. 1990. 3391-2 $25.00 Guidelines for Bibliographic Description of Interactive Multimedia, ed. by Laurel Jizba. 1994. 3445-5 $12.00 Guidelines for Bibliographic Description of Reproductions, ed. by Bruce Johnson. 1995. 3450-1 $15.00 Guidelines for Union Lists of Serials, by Marjorie E. Bloss, et al. 1982. 6720-5 $13.00* Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, Etc. 1990. 3386-6 $13.00 Headings For Tomorrow: Public Access Display of Subject Headings, ed. by Martha M. Yee. 1992. 3414-5. $20.00 Knowing the Score: Preserving Collections of Music, ed. by Mark Roosa and Jane Gottlieb. 1994. 0-914954-48-2 $22.00 Microforms in Libraries: A Manual for Evaluation and Management, ed. by Francis Spreitzer. 1985. 3310-6 $13.00 National Shelflist Count, 1985. 1987. (microfiche) NATSHL $30.00* National Shelflist Count, 1989. 1990. 7421-X. $125.00* Outsourcing Cataloging, Authority Works and Physical Processing, ed. Marie A. Kascus and Dawn Hale. 1995. 3449-8. $15.00 Outsourcing Library Technical Service Operations, by Marylou Culver and Karen Wilson. Forthcoming 1996. Policy and Practice in Bibliographic Control of Nonbook Media, ed. by Sheila Intner and Richard Smiraglia. 1987. 0468-8 $30.00 Preparation of Archival Copies of Theses and Dissertations, by Jane Boyd and Don Etherington. 1986. 0449-1 $7.00 Preservation Education Directory, 7th ed., by Christopher D.G. Coleman. 1994. 7750-2 $8.50* Also available on the ALA Gopher. Selection of Library Materials for Area Studies, Pt. I, ed. by Cecily Johns. 1994. 5328-5 $65.00 Selection of Library Materials for Area Studies, Pt. II Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, ed. by Cecily Johns. 1994. 0631-1 $25.00 Selection of Library Materials in Applied and Inter-disciplinary Fields, ed. by Beth J. Shapiro and John Whaley. 1987. 0466-1 $60.00 Selection of Library Materials in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences, ed. by Patricia A. McClung. 1985. 3305-X $65.00 Serials Acquisitions Glossary, prepared by the ALCTS Serials Section Acquisitions Committee. 1993. 7692-1 $5.00 ALCTS Publications in Series... Acquisition Guidelines Series Guide to Performance Evaluation of Library Materials Vendors, 1988. (#5) 3369-6 $8.00 Guide to Preservation in Acquisition Processing, by Marsha J. Hamilton. 1993. (#8) 0611-7 $8.00 Guide to Selecting and Acquiring CD-Roms, Software, and Other Electronic Publications, by Stephen Bosch, Patricia Promis, and Chris Sugnet. 1994. (#9) 0629-X $10.00* Guidelines for Handling Library Orders for Serials and Periodicals, Rev. Ed. 1992. (#7) 3416-1 $8.00 Statistics for Managing Library Acquisitions, by Eileen D. Hardy. 1989. (#6) 3374-2 $8.00 ALCTS Papers on Library Technical Services and Collections, Edward Swanson, series editor. Collection Management for the 1990s, ed. by Joseph J. Branin. 1993. Proceedings of the Midwest Collection Management and Development Institute. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1989. 608-7 (#3) $27.00 Collection Management and Development: Issues in an Electronic Age, ed. by Peggy Johnson and Bonnie MacEwan. 1994. 3347-1 (#5) $24.00 Format Integration and Its Effect on Cataloging, Training and Systems, ed. by Karen Coyle. 1993. 3432-3 (#4) $20.00 Origins, Content, and Future of AACR2 ?Revised, ed. by Richard Smiraglia. 1992. 3405-6 (#2) $22.00 Subject Authorities in the On-line Environment, ed. by Karen Markey Drabenstott. 1991. 0558-7 Papers from a Conference Program held in San Francisco, 1987. (#1) $23.00 Collection Management and Development Series Guide for Training Collection Management and Development Librarians. Forthcoming 1996 (#8) Guide for Writing a Bibliographer?s Manual, ed. by Carolyn Bucknall. 1987. (#1) 3343-2 $5.00 Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements, 2d ed., ed. by Joanne S. Anderson. 1996. (#7) 3455-2 $10.00 Guide to Budget Allocation for Information Resources, ed. by Edward Shreeves. 1991. (#4) 3397-1 $10.00 Guide to Cooperative Collection Development, ed. by Bart Harloe. 1994. (#6) 3444-7 $10.00 Guide to the Evaluation of Library Collections, ed. by Barbara Lockett. 1989. (#2) 3370-X $10.00 Guide to Review of Library Collections: Preservation, Storage, and Withdrawal, ed. by Lenore Clark. 1991 (#5) 3396-3 $8.00 *These items published by ALCTS. All orders of $30.00 or less must be prepaid. Amounts are payable in U.S. funds. ALCTS personal/organizational are eligible to receive a 10% discount on ALCTS-published items. For more information or to order contact, ALA Order Dept., 155 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606; phone 800/545-2433, then press 7 for books; or fax to 312/836-9958. ************ ANNUAL CONFERENCE STATISTICS IN Statistics from the ALA Annual Conference in New York show that while the number of paid registrants was down 2,200 from last year's Conference in Chicago, the overall number of attendees was down only 900. There were a large number of staff and exhibitor free passes, as well as more free guest and press badges, all of which contributed to keeping attendance figures up. The number of meetings scheduled in New York was considerably lower than that for last year-- fewer, in fact. New York Chicago Paid on-site 1,906 1,956 Advance 8,906 11,334 TOTAL REGULAR REG 10,812 13,290 Exhibits Only Passes 5,720 5,507 TOTAL PAID 16,532 18,797 Exhibitors (Staff and Exhibitor Free Passes) 6,500 5,248 Guest and Press 539 412 Staff 176 196 GRAND TOTAL 23,747 24,653 Michelle Visel, ALA Conference Programs Manager, was very pleased with the streamlining efforts of all ALA divisions, including ALCTS. She scheduled 2100 meetings this year. Last year that figure was 2400. Because meeting space in New York was tight, what could have been an "impossible task," according to Visel, became a more manageable one. She cautions that we may face similar shortages in other cities and that continued efforts at completing committee work in shorter or fewer meetings will be important. ************ ALCTS NETWORK NEWS (ISSN 1056-6694) is published irregularly by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. 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