ALCTS Network News v12n27 (February 10, 1997) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v12n27.txt ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 12, Number 27 February 10, 1997 In this issue DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS ALCTS NEWSLETTER DEADLINES FOLLOW MIDWINTER RECEPTION, EXHIBIT HOURS, INTERNET ACCESS, AND OTHER MIDWINTER REMINDERS NETSL PLANS CONFERENCE IN APRIL BARSCHALL DEAD AT 81 ************ DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS This is the final issue of AN2 before the Midwinter Meeting. Previously received discussion group topics were published in AN2 v12, n21 (1/22), n22 (1/27), n24 (1/30), and n26 (2/7). COPY CATALOGING Sunday, Feburary 16, 2-4, Renaissance Washington, Auditorium Topic: Acceptable Copy: Quality in Record Selection and Outsourcing A discussion of quality issues in copy cataloging was suggested as the topic for ALA Midwinter in Washington at the ALCTS CCS Copy Cataloging Discussion Group by Kate Seago, Head, Catalog Quality, University of Kentucky Libraries. Speakers: "Outsourcing: There's More To It Than Cataloging" -- Colleen Valente, Coordinator, Mongraphic Cataloging, Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont; "Pre-Order Cataloging: Promises and Compromises" -- Ann Branton, Head of Cataloging, University Libraries, University of Southern Mississippi; "Record Selection Quality from the Perspective of an Outsourcing Vendor" -- Cynthia Whitacre, Manager, Technical Processing Dept., OCLC. Election: Virginia Drake from Johns Hopkins has resigned from her position as Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of the Copy Cataloging Discussion Group. I have one volunteer to date. I am seeking other nominees and/or volunteers for this position. We will hold an election, if necessary in Washington. The person elected should be able to make a commitment to attend ALA Conferences for the next two years. Please contact me at the phone number or email address below if you would like to nominate someone or volunteer. -- Karen Davis, Catalog Librarian,Monographs Unit, Bibliographic Services Department, Syracuse University Library. Phone (315) 443-9777; E-mail kjdavis@library.syr.edu ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL IN ACADEMIC TECHNICAL SERVICES Sunday, Feburary 16, 2-4, Renaissance Washington, Rooms 12-14 Topic: Blurring the Lines: Mingling Technical and Public Service Responsibilities. Presenters: Farzaneh Razzaghi, University of Texas-Pan America; Laura G. Harper, University of Mississippi. Chair: Marilyn Myers, Arizona State University West; Chair-elect: Regina McBride, Saint Louis University. SS RESEARCH LIBRARIES Saturday, February 15, 9:30-11, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Independence B, C Topic: The Web Again. The Web is here to stay. How are you using it for serials work? Come join us for a lively discussion on ways we have incorporated the Internet and the WWW into our daily serials work: acquisitions, cataloging, checkin, and claiming. And don't forget those pesky electronic journals!!! Topics will include: 1 Have you changed/increased staff responsibilities to take advantage of the wealth of journal information now available online? Come tell us how. 2 How are you using vendor/publisher Web pages to track late and missing issues? Who does this? 3 Are you using email to keep in touch with your customer service reps? How and for what issues? 4 Title change? Dead journal? With more and more library catalogs on the Internet, it's a lot easier to see what others have fund out about a journal that hasn't arrived in awhile. Are you using these catalogs for anything else? 5 Listservs: Are they great or what? I know I get a lot of great info by monitoring ACQNET, SERIALST, and others. How are you using these lists? Do support staff subscribe to these (or others) in your library? How is it working out? Chair, Sandy Heft, California Institute of Technology,sandyh@cco.caltech.edu Vice-chair, Anne McKee, Blackwell North America, mckee@bnamf.blackwell.com ************ ALCTS NEWSLETTER DEADLINES FOLLOW MIDWINTER I would like to remind everyone that the submission deadline for the next issue of the ALCTS Newsletter is February 25, following close on the heels of the Midwinter Meeting. I'd like to get as many committee reports from the Meeting by that date as I can, so I would like to encourage committee chairs to submit their reports to the ALCTS Office at the Meeting before they leave, if that is at all possible. I'm also looking for someone who would be willing to report (400 words or so) on the Forums on Outsourcing. Because of conflicts, I'll be unable to attend the forums. If you or someone on your committees would like to tackle this, please let me know. Not far behind the Feb. 25 deadline is the deadline for the preconference issue of the newsletter, March 20. Once again, I'd like to invite committees planning programs to submit a 200-word description and discussion groups to give me 150 words on what they're planning for San Francisco. I'll be sending out additional reminders before that time. --Dale Swensen Editor, ALCTS Newsletter dale_swensen@byu.edu ************ RECEPTION, EXHIBIT HOURS, INTERNET ACCESS, AND OTHER MIDWINTER REMINDERS The third annual ALCTS Membership Reception will be held Friday, February 14, in the Montpelier Room of the Madison Building at the Library of Congress. All old and new members are encouraged to attend. There is no charge for this event, which is sponsored by the ALCTS Leadership Development Committee, Miriam Palm, chair, and the Preservation Directorate, Library of Congress, celebrating its 25th year. The ALA offices are in Hall D of the Washington Convention Center. The ALCTS table is number 52, about halfway between the entrance to the hall and the Reprographics tables at the back. This is where you will be able to file your reports for thew ALCTS Newsletter. Exhibit hours are Saturday and Sunday, February 15 and 16, 9-5; Monday, February 17, 9-4. Note that there are no exhibits on Tuesday. You are reminded that "exhibits only" badges entitle you to visit the exhibits only; conference registration is required for attendance at meetings and other events. The Internet Cafe will be open 24 hours a day in the atrium lobby of the Convention Center. It will have 15 PCs arranged in three groups of five tables. It is meant as a casual, drop-in place, and will be located near the concession stands. The Internet Room will be located in the Exhibit Hall near booths 617 and 618. It will have 17 PCs, 15 stand-up stations and two stations intended for wheelchair access. The Internet Room will be open during Exhibit Hall hours, Saturday 9-5, Sunday 9-5, and Monday 9-4. ************ NETSL PLANS CONFERENCE IN APRIL The New England Technical Services Librarians presents "What COunts: The Value of Technical Services" on Friday, April 4, 1997 at The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. The conference will explore a variety of ways in which Technical Services provides value to patrons, library staff, and the community at large. Janet Swan Hill, Associate Director of Technical Services, University Libraries, University of Colorado at Boulder, will speak in the morning. Breakout sessions follow, given by staff from Bowdoin College, St. Mark's School, and Wentworth Institute of Technology. The afternoon will include a panel composed of Carol Fleishauer, MIT; Gene Wiemers, Bates College; and Leslie Wilson, Concord (MA) Public Library. Registration forms will be mailed to NELA/NETSL members in February. For more information contact D. Page Cotton, NETSL Corresponding Secretary. Email: pcotton@clarku.edu or phone: 508/793-7581. ************ BARSCHALL DEAD AT 81 Dr. Henry Barschall, well known among librarians for his articles in various scholarly journals pertaining to the comparative pricing of physics journals, died on Tuesday, February 4, at the age of 81. ************ 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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