ALCTS Network News v13n02 (March 10, 1997) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v13n02.txt ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 13, Number 2 March 10, 1997 In this issue KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD AT THE MIDWINTER MEETING 1997 ACTIONS OF THE ALA EXECUTIVE BOARD AT MIDWINTER 1997 NISO ESTABLISHES GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP ************ KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD AT THE MIDWINTER MEETING 1997 =5BNote: Housekeeping votes, such as approval of the agenda, votes to = extend, etc., are not recorded here.=5D At their meetings of February 15, Feburary 17, and February 18, in the = Washington Convention Center, the ALCTS Board of Directors took the = following actions: AUTHORIZED =24450 travel funds to each ALCTS-nominated IFLA representative:= Biblarz, Bloss, Carter, Dole, Madison, Swanson, Tillett, Byrum, Chan, = Darling, and Jordan. APPOINTED a task force to review the principles underlying support of = international activities in order to evaluate the adequacy of the = Division*s financial support for such activities in light of new initiative= s put forward by the ALA International Relations Office and the theme = proposed by President-Elect Barbara J. Ford for 1997-98, and asked that = the task force report back to the Board at Annual Conference, 1997. DIRECTED the ALCTS Councilor to support an action by Council to restore = funding of the former USIA Fellows Program. APPROVED publication of the Directory of Book and Serial Vendors for = Africa and the Middle East,v. 2 of Foreign Book Dealers Directories = Series, Cataloging Correctly for Kids, 3rd ed., and Guide to Managing = Approval Plans (Acquisitions Guides Series). RELEASED the manuscripts from the 1995 SAC Conference Program, The Crisis = in Subject Cataloging, for publication elsewhere, provided that ALCTS = CCS/SAC is credited as the origin of the papers. AUTHORIZED ALCTS to seek to have representation at the Lawrence Livermore = workshop on Metadata registers in July, 1997. APPROVED a change in the the charge to the ALCTS Education Committee to = include paraprofessionals within its scope and to use language consistent = with the division*s name, *Association for Library Collections & Technical = Services.* DIRECTED the ALCTS Vice-President to appoint a divisional representative = from CRG to the ALA Chapter Relations Committee. APPOINTED the ALCTS Councilor to the ALCTS Executive Committee, pending = successful outcome of a bylaws vote. AUTHORIZED the CCS Chair to suggest to the Chair of CC:DA to consider = including representatives from MARBI on their Task Force on TEI and = Metadata in order to further the involvement of ALA in metadata issues. AUTHORIZED PARS to cosponsor, in name only, the Society of American = Archivists 1997 Preconference Session, *Dealing with the Transformation: = Analog and Digital Technologies in Recorded Sound Collections.* SAA would = also be invited to cosponsor, in name only, the PARS 1998 Preconference, = *Transforming Recorded Sound Preservation in the Digital Age.* Given the overlap in the interests of both ALCTS Serials Section and NASIG = and the members held in common, AUTHORIZED the Serials Section to appoint = members to a joint Serials Section/NASIG task force to explore possible = areas of cooperation (e.g. programs, publications, etc.) between the two = groups. A report will be due at Midwinter 1998. ENDORSED the CCS resolution honoring Dorothy Niekamp, long active in the = development of cataloging standards for Africana, with an instruction to = the ALCTS President to convey its content to her family. AUTHORIZED the CCS Task Force on a Forum on Natural History Cataloging = Issues to send a letter to selected curators of museums encouraging them = to submit proposals for National Science Foundation funding for a national = cross-disciplinary workshop on natural history cataloging. AUTHORIZED CCS to send a letter regarding the production of AACR-e to = Elizabeth Martinez. AUTHORIZED CMDS to cosponsor the RUSA/CODES program for Annual Conference = 1997 titled *To Net or Not to Net* on the selection and reviewing of = internet resources. APPROVED the preliminary budget for FY 97/98 as presented in the 18 = February 1997 report of the Budget and Finance Committee. DIRECTED the ALCTS Board to initiate the development of a set of principles= to guide decision-makers in determining whether to reimburse non-ALA = members for expenses associated with their speaking at ALCTS programs, = with this responsibility referred to the ALCTS Program Committee. ************ ACTIONS OF THE ALA EXECUTIVE BOARD AT MIDWINTER 1997 During the 1997 ALA Executive Board Midwinter Meetings, the Executive = Board took the following actions: =5BNote: Housekeeping votes, such as approval of the agenda, votes to = extend, etc., are not recorded here.=5D VOTED, To approve the Executive Board Minutes from the 1997 Fall Meeting. CONFIRMED, The Board vote taken electronically to approve that ALA join in = a lawsuit being initiated by the ACLU, the New York Civil Liberties Union, = and Michael Bamberger to challenge a state =22online decency=22 statute = attempting to regulate the Internet. CONFIRMED, The Board vote taken electronically to approve that ALA join in = the appeal of =22Armstrong v. Executive Office of the President=22 to the = Supreme Court. CONFIRMED, The Board vote taken electronically to approve that ALA join in = a new lawsuit challenging the Records Schedule which will be filed as = =22Public Citizen Inc. v. John Carlin (in his capacity as Archivist of the = United States), Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration= , and Office of the United States Trade Representative.=22 CONFIRMED, The Board vote taken electronically to nominate the following = individuals for IFLA Standing Committee Sections: John Byrum for the = Section on Bibliography; and C. David Warren for the Section on Library = Buildings and Equipment. CONFIRMED, The Board vote taken electronically to designate Gary Strong as = ALA representative to the IFLA 2001 Organizing Committee to replace Robert = Wedgeworth. CONFIRMED, The Board vote taken electronically to endorse the proposed = policy change for international attendee registration fees at ALA = Conferences, with registration fees paid by international guests equivalent= to the registration fees charged to ALA members and non-members, and with = implementation in time for the 1997 Annual Conference. CONFIRMED, The Board vote taken electronically to appoint Zena Sutherland = as ALA representative to the United States Board on Books for Young People = (USBBY) for the term beginning January, 1997, and ending January, 1999. CONFIRMED, The Spring 1997 Executive Board meetings schedule and Executive = Director Search Committee meetings schedule as follows: Executive Director = Search Committee interviews of final candidates and meetings, April 29 - = May 2, 1997; Executive Board meetings May 3-4. NOTE: The Budget Analysis = and Review Committee will meet May 5-6, 1997. VOTED, To approve a change in policy for the Defined Contribution = Retirement Plan (TIAA/CREF) as follows: Article II. Eligibility for = Participation. Section 2.1. An eligible employee may begin participation = in this plan on the Plan Entry Date following the completion of a 24-month = period which constitutes two years of service at the institution without a = break in service. Prior to completing the 24-month period, an employee = may begin participation on a voluntary basis without the employer match = which is described in Article III, Section 3.1. VOTED, To approve the fall 1997 Executive Board meetings and retreat = schedule as follows: Executive Board retreat, Friday and Saturday, October = 24-25, 1997; Executive Board meetings, Sunday through Tuesday, October = 26-28, 1997. VOTED, That ALA issue an invitation to the appropriate parties in the = Communications Decency Act case to meet in Washington, DC as soon as = possible to discuss strategy and resolve conflicts between the two lead = counsels in the consolidated case. VOTED, To endorse the resolution to Council to establish an ALA Standing = Committee on Orientation/Training/Leadership Development. VOTED, To accept the 1995-96 Audit Report and extend deep appreciation for = the outstanding performance of ALA=27s financial management staff. VOTED, To direct legal counsel to provide an opinion regarding ALA = involvement in the evaluation of professional library credentials obtained = in foreign countries; and to direct staff to provide that information to = all applicable units within the Association concerned with this issue; and = to direct staff to seek the service of a third party who can provide this = service on an interim basis on behalf of ALA members; and further, to = direct staff to explore all alternative means of assessing the credentials = that are derived in foreign countries. VOTED, To approve, in concept, the Spectrum Initiative proposal and ask = that it be distributed to: ALA divisions, round tables, units, chapters = and affiliates to seek comment before the 1997 ALA Annual Conference; to = ALA Councilors with the intent of seeking comment at the 1997 Annual = Conference; and to management for analysis of the policy and fiscal impact = on the ALA Future Fund as well as legal implications of the proposal by = the spring 1997 Executive Board meetings. The intent is to implement a = final program by the 1998-99 academic year. VOTED, Upon recommendation of the Budget Analysis and Review Committee and = the Finance & Audit Subcommittee, To allocate =24100,000 in the FY1998 = budget for President-Elect Barbara Ford=27s presidential programmatic = initiatives and further, to recommend seeking outside funding to defray = costs and exploring the utilization of existing resources within the ALA = budget. VOTED, To contribute to the litigation of the Communications Decency Act = all funds raised to date by the joint fundraising effort of the Freedom To = Read Foundation and the American Library Association in connection with = the Communications Decency Act lawsuit. VOTED, To accept the offer of the Freedom To Read Foundation to share in = the funding for the costs of ALA=27s fundraising effort in the same = proportion as funds donated to the CDA effort. VOTED, To request quarterly reports from the Citizens Internet Empowerment = Coalition on fiscal donations to its CDA fund. VOTED, To instruct legal counsel to contact the Department of Justice to = obtain information for members concerning the willingness of the Department= of Justice to include other libraries in the Department of Justice/Baker = & Taylor lawsuit. VOTED, To adopt the following Executive Board Policy on acceptance of = honoraria: When speaking for or representing the American Library = Association, Executive Board members will donate any payment in excess of = expenses to the Association, the Fund for America=27s Libraries, or the = ALA Future Fund. **The Executive Board also took the following actions in Executive = Session: VOTED, To endorse Nancy John as ALA=27s official candidate to the IFLA = Executive Board. VOTED, To nominate individuals for IFLA Standing Committees as follows: = Glenn Patton, Section on Cataloging; Lois Mai Chen, Section on Classificati= on & Indexing; Sophia Jordan, Section on Conservation; John M. Day, = Section on Information Technology; Shirley Fitzgibbons, Section on = Reading.=20 VOTED, Upon recommendation of the Government Documents Round Table, To = forward five names to the Public Printer as nominees for the Depository = Library Council: George Barnum; Diane Garner; Gregory Lawrence; Cynthia = Wolff; and Grace York. ************ NISO ESTABLISHES GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP NISO has established a Research Assistantship at the University of North = Texas School of Library and Informations Sciences (UNT/SLIS). The = assistantship offers financial support to UNT/SLIS graduate students while = they learn about and work with technical standards used in library and = information services. Morgan S. Tucker, a first semester UNT/SLIS master=27s student, has been = selected as the first NISO Research Assistant for Fall 1996. Together with = William Moen (UNT/SLIS faculty member), Tucker will work to update and = expand the NISO document, A Guide to the ANSI/NISO Z39.50 Protocol. One or more NISO UNT/SLIS Research Assistantships will be available for = Spring 1997. For more information contact Patricia Harris at 301/654-2512 = or email nisohq=40cni.org. ************ 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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