ALCTS Network News v12n06 (August 15, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n06 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 6 August 15, 1996 In this issue JENNIFER YOUNGER NAMED LRTS EDITOR ALCTS TASK FORCE ON META ACCESS PROVIDES WEB LINKS INSTITUTE ON TECHNICAL SERVICES WORKSTATIONS ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS ALCTS CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER NEW PRESERVATION PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED ************ JENNIFER YOUNGER NAMED LRTS EDITOR Jennifer A. Younger, Assistant Director for Technical Services and Liaison for the Regional Campus Libraries, Ohio State University, has been appointed editor of _Library Resources & Technical Services_ (LRTS), the ALCTS professional journal. She will serve as editor for the term 1996-2001. Younger has served as Assistant Director for Technical Services, Head, MARC Department and Principal Cataloger/Catalog Editor, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also the author of numerous articles. Younger is former president of ALCTS and current chair, ALCTS Task Force on Meta Access; a member of the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL); the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA); the American Society for Information Science; Academic Librarians Association of Ohio; and the Freedom to Read Foundation. She has a master's degree in Library Science and a doctorate in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Manuscripts for LRTS should be sent to Jennifer A. Younger, Assistant Director for Technical Services, The Ohio State University, University Libraries, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1286. ************ ALCTS TASK FORCE ON META ACCESS PROVIDES WEB LINKS As was announced in January, the ALCTS Task Force on Meta Access (formerly the Task Force to Define Bibliographic Access in the Electronic Environment) is on the World Wide Web. Created to provide Task Force members with a reference source of significant projects, articles, and research reports, the web site also serves broader constituencies, including ALCTS, LITA, and others interested in bibliographic access to digital resources. The Task Force site includes links to current digital cataloging and access initiatives at Library of Congress (LC), OCLC, and the Research Libraries Group (RLG). It also offers links to information on digital images, electronic texts, Z39.50, and developing web-based catalogs in addition to general information about the Task Force charge, membership, minutes of its meetings and an archive of its e-mail list. Since the site was established, more than 1,000 "hits" have been recorded. To join your colleagues in taking advantage of this resource, you can go directly to the Task Force's home page, available at http://www.lib.virginia.edu/alcts/ or access the Task Force's home page via a link from the ALCTS web site at http://www.ala.org/alcts.html. For further information on Task Force activities, contact the chair, Jennifer A. Younger at younger.6@osu.edu. ************ INSTITUTE ON TECHNICAL SERVICES WORKSTATIONS ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS As noted in _AN2_ v.11, no. 21 (June 24, 1996), ALCTS is presenting "Networked, Internetted Workstations: Productivity and Knowledge Enhancers in the Center Ring" as a preconference to the LITA/LAMA National Conference in Pittsburgh on October 12. This is an updated version of the successful ALCTS Technical Services Workstations regional institutes. Registrations will be accepted until September 26 or capacity is reached. A brochure and registration form are available through the Gopher menu on the ALCTS home page: http://www.ala.org/alcts.html. For information on the LITA/LAMA National Conference, "Transforming Libraries," contact Shonda Russell at srussell@ala.org or consult the LITA/LAMA conference home page: http://pitcairn.lib.uci.edu/lit-lama/ ************ ALCTS CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER September 1--ALA fiscal year begins. September 17--copy due to Dale Swensen for the ALCTS Newsletter to be mailed in November. September 26-29--Division executive committees meet concurrently in Chicago. First week of September--ALA Conference Services mails Midwinter Meeting packets. Deadline for chairs to submit requests for meeting rooms at the Midwinter Meeting is October 1. If you are a chair and do not receive one, contact Yvonne McLean in the ALCTS office (ymclean@ala.org). ALCTS office sends completed committee volunteer forms and committee rosters to the vice-president and section vice-chairs. ALCTS office sends instructions on budgets, meeting rooms, and publicity to chairs of approved conference programs and preconferences. Officers, committee chairs, and discussion group chairs consider specific plans for the Midwinter Meeting. Nominating committees continue to complete slates of candidates for division and section elected offices. Awards committees continue to solicit nominations for 1997 ALCTS awards. ************ NEW PRESERVATION PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED DIGITAL IMAGING FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES The Department of Preservation and Conservation, Cornell University Library, has published _Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives_ by Anne R. Kenney and Stephen Chapman. This 200-page guide represents a greatly expanded version of the training manual used in Cornell's series of digital imaging workshops. Included are a theoretical overview of the key concepts, vocabulary, and challenges associated with digital conversion of paper- and film-based materials, and an overview of the hardware/software, communications, and managerial considerations associated with implementing a technical infrastructure to support a full imaging program. There are also chapters on the creation of databases and indexes, the implications of outsourcing imaging services, converting photographs and film intermediates, issues associated with providing long-term access to digital information, and suggestions for continuing education. The guide is issued in loose-leaf format to facilitate updates and includes two formula cards designed to assist librarians and archivists with determining conversion, storage, and access requirements. The price of the guide is $75.00 plus shipping, prepaid. For ordering information, contact Mary Arsenault, mla4@cornell.edu. DIGITIZATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRESERVATION The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has issued SPEC Kit 214, _Digitization Technologies for Preservation_. This kit provides information on 46 digitization projects in 29 libraries gleaned from a November 1995 survey. It includes synopses of all the projects and detailed profiles of 8; National Agricultural Library selection criteria and guidelines for digitization; job descriptions; sample bibliographic records; publicity materials; and a bibliography. The cost is $40 ($25 for ARL members) plus shipping, prepaid. Contact ARL Publications, pubs@cni.org. ARL PRESERVATION STATISTICS 1994-95 ARL has released statistics for personnel, expenditures, conservation, preservation treatment, and microfilming in its _ARL Preservation Statistics 1994-95_. These figures show a general leveling off of preservation expenditures in the past two years, after a period of strong programs in the 1980s, except for microfilming. The cost of the publication is $65 ($35 for ARL members) plus shipping, prepaid. Contact ARL Publications, pubs@cni.org. ************ 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; Carol Chamberlain, 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. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listproc@ala.org with the only line of text being "subscribe an2 [your name]" (without quotation marks). Back issues of AN2 are available through the listserver. 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