ALCTS Network News v12n10 (October 9, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n10.txt ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 10 October 9, 1996 In this issue ALCTS AWARD NOMINATION DEADLINE DECEMBER 1 IFLA REPORTS ON GOPHER CALL FOR ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUP PRESENTERS RAFFLE WINNER NAMED TO RECEIVE ALCTS MEMBERSHIP FUTAS AWARD APPLICANTS SOUGHT SISAC ANNOUNCES NEW INTERNET LIST AGAINST THE GRAIN HAS NEW HOMEPAGE ADDRESS ARMA SEEKS SPEAKERS FOR 1997 CONFERENCE ************ The cost of scholarly periodicals needed by university libraries more than doubled in the last six years. And, if the cost of gas had risen as fast as academic library materials in the last 15 years, it would now cost $2.66 a gallon to put fuel in your car. (Source: ALA Office for Research & Statistics, ALA Washington Office, Library Research Service, Colorado State Library). ************ ALCTS AWARD NOMINATION DEADLINE DECEMBER 1 ALCTS is fortunate in being able to offer seven awards to its outstanding members. Three of the awards are division-wide (Best of LRTS, Blackwell North America Scholarship Award, and the Piercy Award), and the rest are based in specific areas of expertise. The Acquisitions Section has the Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award, the Cataloging and Classification Section has the Margaret Mann Citation, the Serials Section has the Bowker/Ulrichs' Serials Librarianship Award and the First Step Award. In addition to receiving the prestige of an ALCTS award and a citation, recipients of all but Best of LRTS also receive a check from an underwriting sponsor for themselves or, in two cases, for a library school or program of their choice. Nominations for all awards are due December 1. Since requirements and documentation differ for each, contact Shonda Russell in the ALCTS office for more information, or the chair of the award committee for which you'd like to submit a nomination. Shonda can be reached at srussell@ala.org. The award chairs are: Best of LRTS Paula DeStefano destefan@is2.nyu.edu Blackwell North America Karen Schmidt karens@uiuc.edu Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Norma Fair elnfair@mizzou1.missouri.edu First Step Lisa Macklin lisa.macklin@library.gatech.edu Leadership in Library Acq Ron Ray rray@uop.edu Margaret Mann Adeline Wilkes f_wilkes@twu.edu Esther J. Piercy Deana Astle dlast@clemson.edu ************ IFLA REPORTS ON GOPHER ALCTS has posted reports from the IFLA meetings in Beijing, August 23 - September 1, 1996 to the gopher. Reports by Wanda V. Dole (State University of New York at Stony Brook), ALA representative to the Statistics Section and Barbara Tillett (Library of Congress), ALA representative to the Section on Cataloguing may be found at gopher.ala.org or http://www.ala.org under IFLA Reports. ************ CALL FOR ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUP PRESENTERS The ALCTS Pre-Order/Pre-Catalog Search Discussion Group is looking for presenters for both Midwinter and Annual ALA Conferences. The Midwinter topic is: Shifting/Changing Roles and Functions Within Technical Services. The Annual topic is: Pros and Cons of Using Vendor Supplied Cataloging and Cataloging Services. If you are interested in being a presenter or if you know someone who might be, respond right away to either Barbara Albee, Chair, albee@faxon.com or 317-388-9251, or, Robin Crumrin, Vice Chair/Chair Elect, rcrumrin@library.iupui.edu or 317-278-2327. All responses will be given the same consideration. ************ RAFFLE WINNER NAMED TO RECEIVE ALCTS MEMBERSHIP During the Annual Conference in New York, the ALCTS Membership Committee raffled off a one-year membership at the ALCTS booth. The winner was Beverlee French, Associate University Librarian, University of California at Davis. She is also a member of ACRL, LAMA and LITA. ************ FUTAS AWARD APPLICANTS SOUGHT ALA is accepting nominations and applications for the first Futas Catalyst for Change award. This new award recognizes and honors a librarian who invests time and talent to make positive changes in the profession of librarianship. The deadline for applications is December 1, 1996. The award is named in memory of Elizabeth Dorothy Futas, an active member of ALA who died in 1995. Futas had served on ALA Council and as chair of the Public Awareness Committee and had been a mentor to many new members of the profession. She was director of the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. Criteria for the award include taking risks to further the profession, helping new librarians grow and achieve, working for changes within the American Library Association or other library organizations, and/or inspiring colleagues to excel or to make the impossible possible. The Futas jury, chaired by Patricia Glass Schuman, president of Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., will review applications during the ALA Midwinter Meeting, February 14-19, in Washington, D.C. The award recipient will be announced before the 1997 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco. For application materials, contact the American Library Association, Member Programs and Services, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 3247. Fax: 312-280-3257. E-mail: awards@ala.org. ************ LC OFFERS TWO NEW PUBLICATIONS Update No.2 (1996) to the USMARC Format for Bibliographic Data is now available from LC. This update contains changes to the USMARC data elements for personal names, definition of a new field for an uncontrolled name, a new field for patent information, new linking entry field for constituent unit entries, revisions to field 270 for address information, and typographical changes and corrections to other portions of text. The book is $21 in North America, $22 outside North America. The USMARC Code List for Organizations has been published. This is the latest update of the list, previously published as Symbols of American Libraries, 14th edition (1992). More than 2700 new codes have been added since the last edition, and the list includes nearly 5000 references from invalid codes. The book is $35 in North America, $36 outside North America. To order these books, contact LC's Cataloging Distribution Service at cdsinfo@mail.loc.gov. ************ SISAC ANNOUNCES NEW INTERNET LIST SISAC, the Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee, has established a new Internet list, SISAC-L. The purpose of SISAC-L is to conduct SISAC business, to distribute SISAC announcements and publicity, and to discuss initiatives underway by SISAC and its subcommittees. All SISAC members and interested parties are invited and encouraged to subscribe and participate. The list will be unmoderated, but only subscribers to SISAC-L may post messages to the list. To subscribe to SISAC-L, send a message with no subject line to listserv@sun.readmore.com that reads "subscribe sisac-l firstname lastname" (without quotes). The archives of SISAC-L will be available at Readmore's web site (http://www.readmore.com/info/sisac-l.html) and weekly on the SISAC/BISG homepage (http://www.bisg.org). Weekly digests of messages are also available. SISAC-L is being hosted by Readmore, Inc. List administrators are Amira Aaron (aaron@readmore.com; phone: 617-860-7224) and Marilyn Geller (mgeller@readmore.com; phone: 617-484-7379). For general information about SISAC, contact the SISAC office at 4164812@mcimail.com. ************ AGAINST THE GRAIN HAS NEW HOMEPAGE ADDRESS _Against the Grain_ has a new homepage address -- http://www.against-the-grain.com. Just posted on the homepage is the table of contents of the September, 1996 issue. This issue and homepage also include the program and registration to the 1996 Charleston Conference. ************ ARMA SEEKS SPEAKERS FOR 1997 CONFERENCE ARMA International, the Association of Records Managers and Administrators, is looking for speakers for its 1997 conference which will be held in Chicago, October 14-17, 1997. This Chicago conference for records and information management professionals has as its theme "Get Connected," and will include case studies, interactive discussions, debates, and panels as well as individual lectures. Among the recommended session topics are: Internet/Intranet, Electronic Commerce, Authenticity of Electronic Records, Home Based Office, Benchmarking of Information Systems, Distance Learning, Virtual Reality, and Grant Writing. Persons interested in being a speaker must apply by October 31, 1996 to the program committee chair; they will be notified by March 15, 1997. To get a complete listing of session topics and procedures for applying, call ARMA at 913-341-3808 or 800-422-2762 and ask for Chicago Call for Presentations or write to ARMA International, 4200 Somerset Drive, Suite 215, Prairie Village, KS 66208. ************ 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. 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