ALCTS Network News v12n13 (November 21, 1996) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n13.txt ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 13 November 21, 1996 In this issue ALCTS VICE-PRESIDENT SEEKS COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS REGISTER ELECTRONICALLY FOR MIDWINTER MEETING PROGRAM FOR COOPERATIVE CATALOGING AND CONSER ANNOUNCE CONSOLIDATION PRE-ORDER/PRE-CATALOG SEARCH DISCUSSION GROUP SETS TOPIC ALA HANDBOOK MAILED AS SUPPLEMENT TO AMERICAN LIBRARIES NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED FOR ATKINSON AWARD SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR ALA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ************ ALCTS VICE-PRESIDENT SEEKS COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS One of the benefits of membership in ALCTS is the opportunity to serve on = one of its committees. The scope of the work these committees does = includes developing national and international standards in all the = technical services fields, planning programs and regional institutes to = bring continuing education events to colleagues, maintaining an active = publishing program, preparing a list of member speakers in the technical = services fields, and selecting recipients for the prestigious ALCTS = awards. Last year, of 75 people who submitted committee volunteer forms, = 61 received appointments=AFthat=27s an 81% appointment rate=21 ALCTS Vice President/President-Elect Janet Swan Hill would like to hear = from ALCTS members interested in serving on one of the division=27s 24 = committees. The term of office is 1997-99 or 1997-98; appointees would = begin serving on committees immediately after the 1997 Annual Conference = in San Francisco (exceptions are the Nominating Committee and the division = awards committees, which begin work *at* the Annual Conference). Interested volunteers can find the ALCTS Committee Volunteer Form on the = ALCTS home page: http://www.ala.org/alcts.html or request it from Shonda = Russell at srussell=40ala.org. ************ REGISTER ELECTRONICALLY FOR MIDWINTER MEETING It is now possible to register electronically for the Midwinter Meeting in = Washington, D.C., through the ALA web site. Go to Conferences under ALA = Events on the home page, http://www.ala.org. You will find a registration = form and general information about the conference. ************ PROGRAM FOR COOPERATIVE CATALOGING AND CONSER ANNOUNCE CONSOLIDATION The Executive Council of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) and = the Policy Committee of the Cooperative Online Serials Program (CONSER), = following separate and joint meetings at the Library of Congress, November = 13-15, 1996, have agreed to join forces. Attendees described a number of = advantages to combining the best of both programs, including the increased = efficiency and effectiveness of a single, strong voice in the cataloging = community to articulate the benefits of cooperative cataloging. In = addition, rapid changes in technology and shrinking financial and = personnel resources were noted as powerful incentives for consolidation. The Program for Cooperative Cataloging was begun in February 1995 upon the = recommendation of the Cooperative Cataloging Council, now dissolved. The = newly-consolidated PCC will comprise four technical programs: BIBCO, = CONSER, NACO, and SACO. CONSER and NACO (Name Authority Cooperative = Program) are both long-standing programs begun during the 1970=27s. BIBCO = (Bibliographic Record Cooperative Program) and SACO (Subject Authority = Cooperative Program) are still very young. BIBCO was begun in March 1996 = as the successor to the National Coordinated Cataloging Program (NCCP). Among other things, meeting participants identified a number of principles = that will shape the combined program. Some of those agreed upon include: = openness to all institutions that meet stated membership criteria; keeping = decision-making at the lowest-possible levels; and, commitment to sharing = costs as widely as possible. The group went on to outline a new governance structure, under which the = PCC will be administered by a single, representational Policy Committee = and a small Steering Committee that is a subset thereof. Two Operations = Committees, one each for the BIBCO and CONSER programs, will provide = forums for active participation at the working level. Standing Committees = for automation, standards, and training will assist the PCC in carrying = its work forward. Brian Schottlaender, associate university librarian for Collections & = Technical Services at UCLA, is the current Chair of the CONSER Policy = Committee and the newly-elected Interim Chair of the PCC Executive = Council. In these capacities, he will direct both programs and coordinate = their restructuring. He will lead a small group in working out the details = of the consolidation for review by the membership in early 1997, with an = eye toward effecting the change by October 1, 1997. Schottlaender describes the consolidation as =22a natural development in = the evolution of cooperative cataloging.=22 =22It is only fitting,=22 he = notes, =22that two programs that have such very similar missions -- the = creation and maintenance of quality cataloging in a timely fashion and = according to mutually agreed-upon standards -- should combine their = efforts. The result will be a whole very much stronger than the sum of its = parts.=22 The Library of Congress serves as secretariat for the two programs through = the CONSER Coordinator in the Serial Record Division and staff in the = Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division and will continue in this = role once the programs are combined. -- John D. Byrum, Jr. Chief, Regional & Cooperative Cataloging Division Library of Congress jbyr=40loc.gov ************ PRE-ORDER/PRE-CATALOG SEARCH DISCUSSION GROUP SETS TOPIC The Pre-Order/Pre-Catalog Search Discussion Group will meet on Monday, = Feb. 17, 9:30-11:00 to discuss =22Identity Crisis: Changing Roles in = Technical Services.=22 Discussion will be led by Phelix Hanible, Head, = Bibliographic Control and Access Dept., University of Southern California; = Lise Brackbill, Metadata Specialist, Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell = University; and Robin Crumrin, Interface Team Leader, IUPUI Univ. Library. = Barbara Albee, Field Service Manager, Faxon Co., will moderate. ************ ALA HANDBOOK MAILED AS SUPPLEMENT TO AMERICAN LIBRARIES The 1996-97 ALA Handbook of Organization was mailed this week to all = members of the Association. This is a =22first=22 in three ways: It is the = first time in many, many years that the handbook has gone to the entire = membership; it is the first time it has been presented as a supplement to = members=27 subscription to American Libraries; and it is the first time = the handbook has included advertising. The Handbook is the official roster of all ALA and division committees, = including ALCTS. The ALCTS portion of the Handbook is correct as of August = 1. Any material submitted to the office since that date may not appear in = the Handbook. Division and section committee chairs have received an = office copy of their committee rosters for updating and correcting. Any = changes should be reported right away to Loretta Reed, lreed=40ala.org. It is hoped that this =22annual guide to member participation=22 will = result in greater interest in the wide array of activities the Association = sponsors. Much of the credit for this new approach to the handbook goes to the = Editor Emily Melton, Associate Publisher Stuart Whitwell, Project Manager = David Epstein, and Copy Editor Alex Jokay. ************ NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED FOR ATKINSON AWARD The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of = ALA, is accepting nominations and applications for the Hugh C. Atkinson = Memorial Award until December 31, 1996. The Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award, =242,000 and a citation, recognizes = outstanding accomplishments (including risk-taking) by academic librarians = who have contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library = automation, library management and/or library development or research. It = is jointly sponsored by four ALA divisions: ACRL, the Association for = Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), the Library Administrat= ion and Management Association (LAMA) and the Library Information and = Technology Association (LITA). Individuals may nominate themselves or = others. Additional information is available at http://www.ala.org/acrl/awar= d2.html or from the ACRL office. ************ SEARCH UNDERWAY FOR ALA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The ALA Executive Director Search Committee has selected Camila Alire to = chair the search for a new executive director to replace Elizabeth = Martinez, who will leave ALA in August, 1997. Alire was chosen by the group as chairperson during its November 2-3 = initial meeting in Chicago. She is dean of Auraria Library, University of = Colorado at Denver. The committee also reviewed recruitment firms and will select a firm to = aid in filling the post. A position description is being developed and = will be available for distribution by the end of November. The committee will identify semi-finalists by early March and hold = interviews late that month. Finalists will be interviewed in early May and = the new executive director will be named in June. In addition to Alire, other committee members are ALA Executive Board = members Charles Beard, Charles Brown, Bruce Daniels, Barbara Ford, Martin = Gomez, Nancy Kranich, James Neal, Robert Newlen, Pat Smith, Mary Somerville= , Betty Turock, and Evie Wilson-Lingbloom; divisional representatives = Wayne Coco, Steven Herb, Charles Kratz, and William Miller; chapter = representative Florence Brown and ALA staff representatives Pamela Goodes = and Cheryl Malden. Alire was selected to represent the ethnic caucuses on = the committee. A representative from the ALA round tables is still to be = selected. ************ 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=40ala.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=40ala.org with the only line of text being = =22subscribe an2 =5Byour name=5D=22 (without quotation marks). Back issues = of AN2 are available through the listserver. 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