ALCTS Network News v12n11 (October 29, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n11.txt ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 11 October 29, 1996 In this issue URGENT NOTICE TO PROGRAM CHAIRS HEADS OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION GROUP SETS TOPIC ATTENTION DISCUSSION GROUP CHAIRS RECOMMENDATIONS SOUGHT FOR ALCTS ACQUISITIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY IFLA SERIALS PUBLICATIONS REPORT ON GOPHER NEW MEMBERS ROUND TABLE HAS MIDWINTER MEETING WEB SITE BCALA ANNOUNCES THIRD NATIONAL CONFERENCE REVIEW EDITOR NAMED AT LAPT ************ URGENT NOTICE TO PROGRAM CHAIRS A reminder that this year there will be no preliminary program book for the Annual Conference. All Conference-related schedules, notices, and announcements will be published in the April issue of American Libraries. The deadline for that issue is February 26. That's only one week after the Midwinter Meeting...and it's not flexible. All preliminary program copy (your best source of publicity) needs to be in our hands right after the conference. Since you'll be finalizing your programs at Midwinter, consider using some of your planning committee time to complete the forms and leave them in the ALCTS office folders. ************ HEADS OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSION GROUP SETS TOPIC As electronic resources become a larger part of our collections, the question of how we assess our collections in the age of the virtual library becomes increasingly important. We wonder not only what our collection really is, but how traditional assessment measures can be applied to it. The Heads of Collection Development of Academic Libraries Discussion Group will have a panel of three librarians address aspects of this topic as an preface to an audience discussion. Ross Atkinson, Associate University Librarian, Cornell University Library, will take a look at the conceptual framework of the virtual library. Tony Ferguson, Associate University Librarian, Columbia University Library, will discuss how the conspectus definitions are being expanded to include electronic resources. Tim Jewell, Head, Electronic Information Program, University of Washington Library, and an ARL Visiting Program Officer this year, will talk about ARL's efforts to study and measure its member libraries' investments in electronic resources. The discussion group will meet from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 15. Check your conference program or the COLLDEV-L listserv for location. --Bonnie Jean Cox, bjcox@pop.uky.edu ************ ATTENTION DISCUSSION GROUP CHAIRS We will be glad to include your Midwinter Meeting discussion group topics in an upcoming issue of AN2 if you will submit them to the editor electronically. At the same time, send a copy to Yvonne McLean so she can prepare a flyer. We will be sure that the editor of Cognotes, the on-site conference newspaper, also knows what you've got planned so it can be included there, too. For AN2, send it to kwhittlesey@ala.org; for Yvonne, send it to ymclean@ala.org. We reserve the right to edit your copy for length. ************ RECOMMENDATIONS SOUGHT FOR ALCTS ACQUISITIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY Barbara Hall is in the process of revising "A Selected Bibliography of Library Acquisitions" for the ALCTS Acquisitions Section Publications Committee. (Note: The Third Edition by Barbara C.Dean, Fairfax County Public Library, Fairfax, Virginia; and James T. Deffenbaugh,Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, was published in the ALCTS Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 2, 1995). She is soliciting recommendations for inclusion, particularly new titles in 1995 and 1996. The guidelines for inclusion of particular titles in this list are: -clarity of explanation and description -broadly applicable books and articles rather than those dealing with highly technical or specific issues -sources with comprehensive bibliographies preferred -recent publications preferred over less recent, unless the publication is a "classic" in its field. Acquisitions sub-topics can include journals, guidelines, approval plans, automation, serials, foreign materials, gifts and exchange, vendor evaluation, financial management, etc. Contact Barbara Hall, Head, Acquisitions Department, Doheny Library, University of Southern California at bhall@calvin.usc.edu. ************ IFLA SERIALS SECTION REPORT ON GOPHER Ruth Carter's report on the activities of IFLA's Serials Publications has been added to the other reports on the ALCTS gopher. (gopher.ala.org or http://www.ala.org under IFLA Reports). Carter is secretary of the Serials Publications Section. ************ NEW MEMBERS ROUND TABLE HAS MIDWINTER MEETING WEB SITE Are you a library science student or a new member of the American Library Association? Will you be attending the 1997 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Washington, D.C.? Is this your first trip to our nation's capital? Would you like information to reacquaint yourself with the District? If you've answered "yes" to any of these questions then visit the New Members Round Table web site at http://128.118.90.101/ala-nmrt/washdc.htm The New Members Round Table offers new members or individuals with fewer than ten years' experience within ALA the opportunity to become involved within the profession by serving on committees and acquiring leadership skills. NMRT offers three awards each year: the EBSCO/NMRT Scholarship, the Shirley Olofson Memorial Award, and the 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant. The EBSCO/NMRT Scholarship is awarded to an applicant who must be planning to enroll (either for the first time or as a continuing student) in graduate studies in the summer or fall of 1997 in a formal program of library education leading to a master's degree. The Shirley Olofson Memorial Award is presented annually in honor of Shirley Olofson, a former NMRT President, who died during her term in office. The award, which is intended to help defray the costs to attend the ALA Annual Conference, will be presented in the form of a check for $500.00 at the NMRT President's Program during the 1997 Annual Conference in San Francisco. The 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant will help finance attendance at the ALA Annual Conference. This award covers round trip airfare, lodging, conference registration fees and some incidental expenses. Over the next several months, the NMRT web site will provide information on NMRT activities, including the Social, and information on where to stay, eat and visit while in the District. NMRT will also have a booth at the Annual Conference. --Joan Arlene Reyes Access Services Librarian The Pennsylvania State University Libraries JXR@psulias.psu.edu ************ BCALA ANNOUNCES THIRD NATIONAL CONFERENCE "Culture Keepers III: Making Global Connections" is the theme for the third national conference of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA). The conference will be held July 31-August 3, 1997, in Winston-Salem, NC. The conference will focus on the roles of library and information professionals throughout the world, emphasizing diverse communities. Discussion topics will include identifying, organizing and assuring equitable access to information. Nationally and internationally acclaimed speakers and authors will be featured, along with award presentations, artistic performances and exhibits. The National Black Theatre Festival will follow the conference on August 4-9. The Radisson Marquee Hotel will honor conference rates for BCALA registrants who wish to stay for the festival. The only performance festival of its kind in the nation, the National Black Theatre Festival features programs, free workshops, celebrity youth projects, receptions, a cultural market/exhibits and some 70 performances. Past celebrity guests include Debbie Allen, Harry Belafonte, Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett and Avery Brooks. For more information, contact the conference chair, Gertiana Chess Williams, assistant city librarian, New Orleans Public Library at twillia@www.gnofn.org. ************ REVIEW EDITOR NAMED AT LAPT G.E. Gorman has been named Review Section Editor for Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory. Gorman has served as assistant editor for the journal years for many years and will now take on additional responsibility for the Review Section. Gorman is a Fellow of the Library Association and currently serves as Associate Director of the Centre for Information Studies at Charles Sturt University-Riverina in Australia. He has been an academic for the past 10 years but previously worked as Librarian at the University of Sussex. His areas of expertise and research interest include collection development/management, publishing, and research methods. He has written and edited a number of books in the area of collection management, the latest being Collection Management for the 21st Century. He is a book series editor for Greenwood Press, Mansell Publishing and CIS Press. He has extensive experience as a review editor having begun in this capacity with the African Book Publishing Record in the late 1970s and continuing with them still and also with Australian Library Review since 1986. The Review Section has grown in size and coverage during the past three years under the direction of Thomas Nisonger, Indiana University. Gorman will maintain the high standard set by Tom Nisonger and also plans to extend the reviews to include overseas contributions. Nisonger will continue as a member of the editorial board. --Carol Pitts Diedrichs Editor, Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory diedrichs.1@osu.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. 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. 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