ALCTS Network News v12n08 (September 19, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n08 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 8 September 19, 1996 In this issue ALA PRESIDENT-ELECT FORD SEEKS COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS COMPUTER FILES DG REPORT FROM ANNUAL CONFERENCE ALCTS NEWSLETTER DEADLINES ANNOUNCED POTOMAC TECHNICAL PROCESSING LIBRARIANS TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING PCC ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICES AWARDS ALA WEB SITE ADDS SEARCH SOFTWARE, WINS EYE ON THE WEB RANKING ************ ALA PRESIDENT-ELECT FORD SEEKS COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS ALA President-Elect Barbara Ford has requested that the following message be posted as widely as possible. Dear Colleagues: I would like to ask for your help with what I consider one of the most important responsibilities I will undertake as ALA president-elect, that of making appointments to the ALA and Council committees. To ensure diversity on all ALA and Council committees, I am seeking ALA members who represent all racial and ethnic groups as well as a variety of types and sizes of libraries, areas of the country, work experience, and levels of participation in ALA. One of my goals this year is to encourage the involvement of newer members, members not previously active, and active members who have never been formally appointed to serve on committees. I would especially appreciate your forwarding to me the names of those who are new to ALA and to the profession so that I can consider them for appointment as committee members or interns. I am looking for committed, hardworking, enthusiastic volunteers to serve on the following committees: Accreditation Minority Concerns and Cultural Diversity ALA/Amer. Assoc. of Publishers Jt Nominating ALA/Children?s Book Council Jt OLOS Advisory ALA/Society of Amer. Archivists Jt OLPR Advisory American Libraries Advisory Organization Awards Orientation Budget Analysis and Review Pay Equity Chapter Relations Policy Monitoring Conference Professional Ethics Conference Program Public Awareness Constitution and Bylaws Publishing Education Research & Statistics Intellectual Freedom Resolutions International Relations Standards Legislation Status of Women in Librarianship Membership User Instruction I plan to appoint interns to as many committees as possible. This year I also hope to appoint some electronic committee participants, which would represent a new type of opportunity for members to become involved. I know that as a leader of our Association, you have a broad knowledge of the kinds of people I am looking for. Therefore, I would very much appreciate your help in identifying persons who would be good choices for appointment to the committees listed above. If you wish to suggest committee nominees, please send me the following information: Nominee?s name Institution Mailing address Telephone, fax, e-mail Name of the committee(s) for which you are nominating this person A brief paragraph describing why you think the person listed above should be appointed to the committee(s) Your name (optional) Please send this information to me no later than October 9 at the following address: Barbara J. Ford, University Library Services, Virginia Commonwealth University, 901 Park Avenue, P. O. Box 842033, Richmond, VA 23284-2033; telephone: 804-828-1107; fax: 804-828-0151; e-mail: bjford@gems.vcu.edu. Thank you! Sincerely, Barbara J. Ford ALA President-Elect ************ COMPUTER FILES DG REPORT FROM ANNUAL CONFERENCE Approximately 80 people attended the New York meeting of the ALCTS Computer Files Discussion Group on Sunday, July 6 from 9:30-12:30 AM. New co-chairs were elected: Bob Warwick (Rutgers) and Beth Allerton (University of Florida). Reports were heard from Glenn Patton (OCLC), Norma Hendrickson (LC - Computer Files), Regina Reynolds (CONSER, Digital Resources Committee), Cathy Gerhart (MARBI), and Greta DeGroat (WLN). The keynote speaker was Richard Greenfield (LC Congressional Research Service), who spoke on "The Politics of Naming: indexing and cataloging in an age of digital libraries, deficits and democracy." He discussed the growth of print materials since the time of Gutenberg, current growth in OCLC and LC holdings, in LC preservation statistics, and the projected growth of the internet. He compared the use of various numbering (i.e., naming) schemes to control information on the internet with the use of naming through controlled vocabularies in traditional library cataloging and indexing schemes. Primary observations were that a) professions that control the naming schemes have power, b) cataloging enforces uniformity, while c) electronic metadata, by contrast, celebrates diversity. Identifying the most useful schemes and information is key for librarians: "objects should, and will, be represented by metadata in the quantity and of the quality proportional to their value as assigned by individuals and communities." The second speaker was Ed O'Neill, (OCLC Office of Research). He reported on the OCLC Conference on Authority Control in the 20th Century held April, 1996 at OCLC. This was an invitational conference, an outgrowth of the OCLC-sponsored program on authority control held at the 1995 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. He briefly listed and reviewed each presentation given last April, and supplied the OCLC Web site URL for the proceedings and further information on the program: http://www.oclc.org/oclc/man/authconf/welcome.htm, or www.oclc.org with a subsequent term search. --Laurel Jizba, co-chair with Mary Beth Fecko, co-chair ************ ALCTS NEWSLETTER DEADLINES ANNOUNCED Dale Swensen, editor of the ALCTS Newsletter, has announced the following deadlines for the coming year: Volume 8, no. 1 October 24, 1996 (mail date January 11, 1997) Volume 8, no. 2 February 25, 1997 (mail date April 24, 1997) Volume 8, no. 3 March 20, 1997 (mail date May 29, 1997) Volume 8, no. 4 May 8, 1997 (mail date July 17, 1997) Volume 8, no. 5 July 24 (mail date September 28, 1997) Volume 9, no. 6 September 18, 1997 (mail date November 20, 1997) Send material to him at 6380 Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-6890; fax to 801-378-3221; e-mail to dale_swensen@byu.edu. ************ POTOMAC TECHNICAL PROCESSING LIBRARIANS TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING "The Information Wave: Sink, Swim, or Surf" is the theme of the Potomac Technical Processing Librarians' 72nd annual meeting, which will be held at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland on October 25, 1996. Liz Bishoff, Vice President of OCLC Member Services, will give the keynote speech, "The Future of Technical Services in the Information Age". Other speakers will include Barbara Stewart of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on "Using Home Pages for Library Technical Services: A How-to-do-it Manual," Virginia D. Sorkin of the National Digital Library Visitor Center at the Library of Congress on "Electronic Journals: A Problem or a Solution?," and Catherine Hays and Ellen Yu Borkowski of the University of Maryland on "Museum Education Site Licensing (MESL) Project: Networked Delivery of High Quality Images and Accompanying Text." The cost of the program, including PTPL dues and lunch, is $35; student rate, without membership, is $15. For more information, contact Elizabeth Sudduth at Randolph Macon College, email: esudduth@RMC.edu. ************ PCC ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICES AWARDS The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) Executive Council announces the first recipients of its distinguished service awards. The first five recipients received their awards at the ALA Annual Conference in New York at the Waldorf Astoria. The PCC Distinguished Service Award Recipients for 1996 are: Willy Cromwell-Kessler (Stanford University), Chair, Standing Committee on Standards For superior service as chair of the PCC Task Group on Standards in providing leadership in the initiative to develop core record standards for books, sound recordings, and scores. Michael Kaplan (Harvard University), Chair, Standing Committee on Automation For superior service as chair of the PCC Task Group on Automation in providing leadership in the initiative to spearhead studies on the Technical Services Workstation and to monitor and beta-test new releases related to library automation. Carol Mandel (Columbia University), Founding member of the PCC For outstanding contributions as a founding member of the PCC to promote new approaches to enable cost-effective cooperation among libraries in the area of bibliographic control. control. Joan Swanekamp (Columbia University), Chair, Standing Committee on Training For superior service as Chair of the PCC Task Group on Training in leading the initiative to identify develop training programs, workshops, and institutes in support of Program goals. Linda West (RLG), Founding member of the PCC For outstanding contributions as a founding member of the PCC to promote new approaches to enable cost-effective cooperation among libraries in the area of bibliographic control. ************ ALA WEB SITE ADDS SEARCH SOFTWARE, WINS EYE ON THE WEB RANKING The American Library Association web site (http://www.ala.org) has added the ability to search by subject all of the nearly 1,000 documents posted. The web site has grown dramatically since its start in 1995. Recent additions of materials include job ads from American Libraries magazine, product information from ALA Editions and ALA Graphics, and selections from Booklist magazine. ALA chose the Excite for Web Servers system, which provides both keyword and concept searching. The ALA web site was recently cited as an "Eye Site" by Eye on the Web (http://www.eyeontheweb.com), an independent group that reviews and rates web sites on their utility, design and content. Earlier this year, the ALA site was chosen as a "Top 5%" site by Point Communications. More information about the ALA web site may be obtained by visiting the site or by e-mail to Rob Carlson, ALA Internet coordinator, rcarlson@ala.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. 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