ALCTS Network News v12n18 (December 18, 1997) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n18.txt ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 18 December 18, 1997 In this issue PUT ALCTS MEMBERSHIP RECEPTION ON YOUR MIDWINTER SCHEDULE IS YOUR ALA/ALCTS MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION UP TO DATE? PCC ANNOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS ALA NAMES 1996-97 LIBRARY FELLOWS ************ PUT ALCTS MEMBERSHIP RECEPTION ON YOUR MIDWINTER SCHEDULE This Midwinter Meeting marks the third annual ALCTS Membership Reception=21= All members are invited to join their ALCTS colleagues and friends at a = social gathering in Washington on Friday, February 14, in the Montpelier = Room of the Madison Building at the Library of Congress. New members will = be recognized; members who have joined since the last Midwinter Meeting = are especially encouraged to attend. There is no charge for this event, = which is sponsored by the ALCTS Leadership Development Committee, Miriam = Palm, chair. ************ IS YOUR ALA/ALCTS MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION UP TO DATE? ALA provides you with two opportunities a year to update the information = in the membership files: when you renew your membership and when you vote. = If you=27re due to renew in December (and about half the ALCTS memberships = expire this month), take the opportunity to check carefully for any = changes in your name, job title, address, e-mail, fax, or phone. The = database can be maintained accurately only if you keep your information = current. Of course you should send in new information *whenever* you have = it, so even if you don=27t have a December renewal, this is a good time to = think about whether you=27ve sent in any needed changes. Contact Robert = Smoot in ALA Membership Services at rsmoot=40ala.org or 800-545-2433 ext. = 4284. You can also send changes to Shonda Russell in the ALCTS office and = she=27ll pass them along to Membership Services. Shonda=27s at srussell=40a= la.org or 800-545-2433 ext. 5037. ************ PCC ANNOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) is pleased to announce the = election of Carol Fleishauer (MIT) and Catherine Tierney (Stanford = University) to serve as members of the PCC Executive Council. Fleishauer = and Tierney will succeed Christian Boissonnas (Cornell University) and = Harriet Selkowitz (University of Washington), whose 3-year terms will = expire in February 1997. The PCC is an international cooperative effort aimed at expanding access = to library collections by providing useful, timely, and cost-effective = cataloging that meets mutually agreed upon cataloging standards of = libraries around the world. The Program is directed by the Executive = Council, which is currently chaired by Brian Schottlaender (UCLA), and = consists of representatives from a broad spectrum of PCC program participan= ts. These includes representatives of academic, special, public, national = and international libraries, as well as representatives from the bibliograp= hic utilities and ALA. Members include: Brian Schottlaender, Interim Chair, Beacher Wiggins (LC), = Liz Bishoff (OCLC), Karen Smith-Yoshimura (RLG), Pat Thomas (Stockton-San = Joaquin County Public Library), Karen Muller (ALCTS), Ingrid Parent (NLC), = Jennifer Bowen (Eastman School of Music), Barry Baker (University of = Georgia), Duane Arenales (NLM), Colleen Hyslop (Michigan State University),= Alan Danskin (BL) and two operational advisors: Marty Joachim (Indiana = University) and Margaret Shen (Cleveland Public Library).=20 ************ ALA NAMES 1996-97 LIBRARY FELLOWS ALA has selected participants for the 1996*97 Library Fellows Program. = Celebrating its 10*year anniversary, the ALA Library Fellow Program will = provide fellowships for 10 American librarians to undertake projects in = Brazil, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Israel, Jordan, = Kazakstan, and Ukraine. The program will support five international librarians from Argentina, = Bolivia, Mexico, Portugal, and Thailand to gain exposure to American = library practices during the upcoming academic year. A new component of the program, the Regional Institute, will be initiated = in Cairo, Egypt, in March 1997. It will focus on issues of public = librarianship and will bring 30 public librarians from various countries = in the Middle East to meet with American colleagues for four days. Issues = to be discussed include intellectual freedom, the role of the Internet in = public libraries, the economic contribution of public libraries to local = communities, literacy, and service to diverse populations. Funded by the U.S. Information Agency and administered by ALA, the program = has sent 140 information ambassadors to more than 80 countries since 1987. The 1996*97 ALA Library Fellows: Ibtesam Dessouky, librarian and instructor at the Founders Memorial = Library of Northern Illinois University, was awarded an eight*month = fellowship at the Parliamentary Library in Cairo, Egypt. Dessouky will = assist the Egyptian Parliamentary Library in the design and placement of a = modern system of collection management and development. Carol Elliott, the head of reference and coordinator of faculty services = of the University of Arizona at Tucson*s College of Law Library, will = spend 10 months at the Judicial Service in Accra, Ghana. Elliott will = provide training and consultation to the staff of the Ghana Supreme Court = Library to broaden the staff=27s knowledge of U.S. legal research, = librarianship, and law librarianship. Mounir Khalil, librarian and assistant professor at the Library of the = City College of New York, will undertake his four*month fellowship at the = Al*Bayt University=27s Al*Hashimyam Library in Al*Mafraq, Jordan. Khalil = will help the Al*Hashimyan Library convert from the CDS/ISIS to the = MINISIS system and to establish a communication network inside the campus. Joseph Luke, a legal resources specialist of the American Legal Consortium,= will spend 12 months in Almaty, Kazakstan, at the Kazakstan Institute of = Management, Economics and Strategic Resources. Luke will help to implement = an automation project and train staff in the use of automation and online = resources. He will also assist in establishing a collection development = plan for the library. Joseph Pagano, systems librarian at the National Library of Medicine, was = awarded a four*month fellowship at the State Scientific Library in Usti = Nad Labem, Czech Republic. Pagano will work with staff to implement an = automation project for the library, as well as establish access to = databases, CD*ROMs, and the Internet. Marie Paiva, general reference librarian at the University of Utah=27s = Marriott Library, will spend six months at the National Library in Addis = Ababa, Ethiopia. Paiva will provide training to staff in the areas of = general cataloging and classification, acquisition of print and non*print = materials, management, and reader services. John Sheridan, head librarian of Colorado College*s Tutt Library, will = undertake a six*month fellowship at the Library of the University of = Kyiv*Mohyla Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine. Sheridan will help to establish an = Aleph*base automation system, provide information on various automation = systems and library software and teach seminars on various aspects of = library management. Vera Skop, head of information services at the Greenwich (Conn.) Library, = was awarded a four*month fellowship at the National Parliamentary Library = in Kyiv, Ukraine. Skop will work with the heads of the information and = automation sections to develop an overall plan for improving the library=27= s electronic functioning and services and provide training to professional = staff. Monica Wong, collection development & acquisitions librarian at El Paso = (Texas) Community College, will spend six months at the Israel Center for = Libraries in Jerusalem. Wong will help establish an OCLC*like system that = will be accessible to all Israeli public libraries, including the = development, conceptualization, implementation, and maintenance of a = centralized database and policies for its use and access. Victoria York, acting associate professor at the Montana State University = Libraries, will undertake a four*month fellowship at the Faculty of = Applied Social Studies and the Department of Information Science & = Documentation of the University of Brasilia in Brazil. York will train = students, faculty, and government librarians in the use of the Internet = and CD*ROMs by teaching a regular course and special seminars. ALA International Library Fellows: Yupin Chancharoensin, head of International Information Center for = Academic Resources of Chulalonghorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, will = spend four months at the University of Oregon*Eugene. Chancharoensin plans = to acquire skills in the area of electronic resources management. She will = be mentored by Faye Chadwell, head of Collection Development of the = University of Oregon=27s Library System. Fernando Gonzalez, library director of the Universidad de las Americas in = Mexico City, Mexico, will undertake his five*month fellowship at the = Robert Woodruff Library of Emory University. Former ALA Library Fellow = Martin Halbert will serve as mentor to Gonzalez, who plans to acquire = training in the area of technology in virtual libraries and public = services. Nora Estela Luaces, coordinator of the Mario Moreno Public Library and = Cultural Center in Quilmes, Argentina, was awarded a four*month fellowship = to be undertaken jointly at the Pioneer Library System and the University = of Oklahoma*Norman. Luaces will focus on the design and development of = public library programs. Debra Engel of the Pioneer Library System and = June Lester, director of the School of Library and Information Science at = the University of Oklahoma, will serve as her mentors. Nisa Luangthongkum, librarian of the Parliamentary Library Division of the = House of Representatives in Bangkok, Thailand, will spend five months at = the Hatcher Graduate Library of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor to = learn more about American library procedures and automation. Yvonne Wulff, = program director for international initiatives, and Fe Susan Go, head of = the Southeast Asia Division will serve as her mentors. Eloisa Vargas, manager of the Automation and Technical Department at the = Bolivian Congressional Library in La Paz, Bolivia, will spend six months = at the Harold B. Lee Library of Brigham Young University under the = mentorship of John Wright, the Spanish language cataloger. Her goal is to = acquire skills in the area of library automation and network development. ************ 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. 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