ALCTS Network News v12n07 (September 12, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n07 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 7 September 12, 1996 In this issue ALCTS IS HAVING A 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND YOU'RE INVITED CALL FOR ALCTS MEMBERSHIP BOOTH VOLUNTEERS AT LITA/LAMA CONFERENCE MARTINEZ TO CONTINUE AS ALA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THROUGH AUGUST 15 REPORT OF CMDS IN-HOUSE TRAINING ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM LITA NAMES NEW DIRECTOR CALL FOR PAPERS FROM OHIO VALLEY GROUP OF TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIANS ALA URGES SUPPORT FOR NETDAY96 JOURNAL SEEKS ACQUISITIONS ARTICLES ************ ALCTS IS HAVING A 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AND YOU'RE INVITED ALCTS President Carol Chamberlain invites you to participate in a year-long "ruby" celebration of 40 years of ALCTS. She has established a task force, chaired by Robert McDonald, to develop ideas for this project. One of the plans encourages your participation in sharing memories of events, stories, and other accounts of these past 40 years (or 20 or 10 or 1). Contact him if you are interested in contributing. If you have other ideas for the celebration, contact McDonald at mcdonr01@library.med.nyu.edu, Chamberlain at cchamber@neu.edu, or the ALCTS Office at alcts@ala.org. A whiz-bang celebration depends on your participation. Watch AN2 for developments. ************ CALL FOR ALCTS MEMBERSHIP BOOTH VOLUNTEERS AT LITA/LAMA CONFERENCE ALCTS will have a tabletop membership display at the joint LITA/LAMA national conference in Pittsburgh, October 12-16. The exhibits will be open Sunday, October 13 from 4-7 p.m., Monday, October 14 from 10-5, and Tuesday, October 15 from 10-3:30. Volunteers are sought to staff the booth in two-hour slots. The membership booth is an important contact point for both socializing with current members and introducing potential members to the benefits of joining ALCTS. There are take-home copies of ALCTS institute brochures (there are four institutes coming up in November, so this is especially timely), samples of publications, information on the seven ALCTS awards, and maybe even some pictures of your friends! ALCTS is holding an institute on Networked, Internetted Workstations as a preconference to this national conference (see AN2 v11_no21 or v12_no6), so ALCTS is sure to be a presence in Pittsburgh. If you can volunteer, contact Shonda Russell in the ALCTS Office, srussell@ala.org. For information or to register for the institute or the conference, contact LaTisha Reynolds at lreynolds@ala.org or check out the ALCTS gopher at http://www.ala/alcts.html. ************ MARTINEZ TO CONTINUE AS ALA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THROUGH AUGUST 15 ALA's Executive Board has announced that Elizabeth Martinez has agreed to continue in her position as ALA executive director for the remainder of her contract, until August 15, 1997. "In my mind we have the best of all possible worlds," said ALA President Mary R. Somerville. "We have continuity for the coming year, during which the executive director will focus on the Fund for America's Libraries and Goal 2000, and the board will have sufficient time to conduct an in-depth search for the new executive director." On July 11, Martinez had announced her intention to resign effective January 15, 1997. Following discussions with the board, Martinez announced her decision to stay through August 15, saying, "The tremendous number of supportive letters and e-mail messages I received from members convinced me to finish out the year. I look forward to working with staff and members for a successful Year 3 of ALA Goal 2000." ************ REPORT OF CMDS IN-HOUSE TRAINING ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM Following is a report on the In-House Training for Collection Development program presented by CMDS at the Annual Conference in New York. We are glad to publish program reports. Just send them, electronically only please, to Karen Whittlesey, editor, at kwhittlesey@ala.org. We reserve the right to edit for length. Adult learners learn best when they assist in developing their own personal program; the learning provides meaningful experiences directly related to their work needs; they understand why they need to know certain information; they can see the whole picture; and they are given appropriate and immediate feedback on their training experience. This sentence from the _Guide for Training Collection Development Librarians_, just published by ALA, provides an excellent statement of a major point made in each of four talks on in-house training given at the July 8 program sponsored by three ALCTS CMDS committees: Continuing Education, Education for Collection Development, and Collection Development Practice in a Changing Environment. Teresa Landers described the Phoenix Public Library's program of individual professional development plans, distributing an example of the concrete actions a librarian might adopt for a given year. Ruth Fisher described training programs at Yankee Book Peddler, with an example of the variety of individual, group, and voluntary sessions offered. Judith Paquette from the University of California, Irvine, described the needs of a collection development staff which had had little turnover and sought continued stimulus from training. Susan Fales from Brigham Young University described the purpose of the _Guide for Training Collection Development Librarians_, which she edited. All agreed that the format of this guide, each section containing a list of Suggested Competencies and Sample Activities divided into Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Levels, is a highly valuable tool, appropriate to the in-house training practices which they found valuable. --Marion Taylor (University of California, Santa Cruz) ************ LITA NAMES NEW DIRECTOR Jacqueline Mundell is the new LITA executive director. She will officially start in October, but will be in attendance at the September division leadership meetings. Currently, Jacqueline is executive director of the Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library System (CAMLS) located in Cleveland. CAMLS is a consortium of 79 multi-type libraries serving three million patrons in ten counties. Before going to CAMLS, Jacqueline was director of the NEBASE OCLC Network based in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her educational credentials include a BA from the University of Colorado-Boulder, an MPA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and an MLS from Emporia State University, where she was a member of Beta Phi Mu, an honorary society. She is holds membership in Phi Beta Kappa. ************ CALL FOR PAPERS FROM OHIO VALLEY GROUP OF TECHNICAL SERVICES LIBRARIANS The Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL), serving Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, will hold its 1997 annual meeting at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, on April 17-18. The meeting's theme is Tradition and Innovation: Technical Services in the 21st Century. The OVGTSL Program Planning Committee invites proposals for individual or group presentations that explore technical services issues from historical, theoretical, or practical perspectives. Poster sessions are also welcomed. Possible topic areas include acquisitions, cataloging, database maintenance, preservation, serials, and systems. Submissions relating to academic, public, or special libraries are encouraged. For information and guidelines for submitting a proposal (deadline September 15), contact Sylvia Frost at sfrost@vma.cc.nd.edu. ************ ALA URGES SUPPORT FOR NETDAY96 ALA is urging all librarians and library advocates to participate in and support the national NetDay 96. National NetDay is patterned after the first NetDay held in California last year with volunteers installing wiring in many schools and libraries across the state. Forty-two states will launch NetDay activities in October, with many states conducting follow-up activities, such as Internet training and expanding connectivity, throughout 1997. "This is an excellent opportunity for librarians to share their expertise and play a leadership role in their communities," said ALA President Mary R. Somerville. "Wiring alone is not the whole answer but it's an important first step in getting every library online." The NetDay initiative has been endorsed by the President and Vice-President and many other organizations. A NetDay kit can be purchased by businesses and others who wish to make a donation. Each kit contains enough cable to wire six rooms and costs less than $500. Contact Ann Murphy at Netday@netday96.com or visit the Web site at http://www.netday96.com. ************ JOURNAL SEEKS ACQUISITIONS ARTICLES The _Acquisitions Librarian_, a professional journal published by the Haworth Press and addressing the concerns of acquisitions work, is planning a special issue devoted to Gifts and Exchanges. All are invited to submit articles on various aspects of G&E work, such as: donor relations; policies (especially refusals); legal questions (deeds, literary rights, etc.); moving and storage problems; disposal; effects of organizational change; processing (pre-cataloging etc.); uses of automation; Friends groups; special concerns regarding periodicals and subscriptions; monetary gifts and stewardship; financial and political considerations affecting exchange programs; staffing questions (such as language skill requirements) and any other relevant subjects. For further information or suggestions, contact Catherine Denning, Catherine_Denning@brown.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; Carol Chamberlain, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. 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