ALCTS Network News v13n12 (May 13, 1997) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v13n12 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 13, Number 12 May 13, 1997 In this issue **BUSINESS OF ACQUISITIONS PRECONFERENCE REGISTRATION CLOSED** ALCTS ANNUAL CONFERENCE PRECONFERENCES AND PROGRAMS DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS, PART I PRESERVATION GRAPHICS STILL AVAILABLE CAROL CUBBERLEY RECEIVES 1997 LAPT RESEARCH AWARD ************ **BUSINESS OF ACQUISITIONS PRECONFERENCE REGISTRATION CLOSED** Registration is now closed for the Business of Acquisitions: Rethinking and Transforming Acquisitions preconference to be held in San Francisco June 26-27. If your registration is received after the maximum number of attendees was reached, your check will be returned to you immediately. If you paid by credit card, you will be notified and the purchase will not be processed. Registrations are still being accepted for the other three ALCTS preconferences: Making Statistics Work for Your Library--Without Pain (June 26), Scanning for Beginners (June 27), and Demystifying Subject Cataloging of Electronic Resources (June 26-27). Contact LaToya Cummings in the ALCTS office (lcumming@ala.org or 800-54502433 ext. 5035) or visit the ALCTS homepage at www.ala.org/alcts.html. ************ ALCTS ANNUAL CONFERENCE PRECONFERENCES AND PROGRAMS Following is the schedule of ALCTS programs and preconferences at the ALA Annual Conference. (Be sure to check your Conference Program for any last-minute changes.) ALCTS is justly renowned for the quality of its programs. Mark your schedules now and plan to take advantage of these outstanding continuing education opportunities! You may register for the preconferences and 40th anniversary celebration on the ALCTS homepage at www.ala.org/alcts.html or email to alcts@ala.org. HOTEL ABBREVIATIONS: MCC-Moscone Convention Center ANA-ANA GHYT-Grand Hyatt HIL-San Francisco Hilton MAR-San Francisco Marriott NIK-Hotel Nikko PAN-Pan Pacific SHER-Sheraton Palace WST-Westin St. Francis THURSDAY, JUNE 26 "Making Statistics Work for Your Library -- Without Pain" (preconference)/8:15-4/PAN-Olympic Ballroom A "Business of Acquisitions -- Rethinking and Brainstorming Acquisitions" (preconference)/8-5/MCC-133 "Demystifying Subject Cataloging of Electronic Resources" (preconference)/ 12-5:30/PAN-Olympic Ballroom B-C FRIDAY, JUNE 27 "Business of Acquisitions -- Rethinking and Brainstorming Acquisitions" (preconference, cont.)/8-11:30/MCC-133 "Demystifying Subject Cataloging of Electronic Resources" (preconference, cont.)/8-5/PAN-Olympic Ballroom B-C "Scanning for Beginners" (preconference)/8-4/NIK Ballroom II ALCTS 40th Anniversary Celebration/6-8/Ansel Adams Center for Photography SATURDAY, JUNE 28 9:30 a.m. Union Listing and the Interlibrary Loan Connection (SS)/9:30-11:/NIK-Grey Pearl II Prepare-Negotiate-Evaluate-Succeed: The Many Sides of the Negotiation Table (AS)/9:30-12:30/WST-Colonial We are not Alone: International Preservation Microfilming Initiatives in the 90's (PARS)/9:30-12:30/MCC-132 Embracing the Technological Future: Technical Services Professionals and the Emerging Environment--Friend or Foe, Opportunity or Threat? (CCS)/9:30- 12:30/MAR-Yerba Buena 8 2 p.m. Everything You Wanted to Know about Form/Genre Access But were Afraid to Ask (CCS)/2-4/NIK-Nikko Ballroom II SUNDAY, JUNE 29 8:30 a.m. Dewey Discovered: The New Abridged Edition (CCS)/8:30-11/ANA-Metro III 9:00 a.m. At Issue: Dimensions of Seriality in an Electronic World (SS)/9-11/ HIL-Imperial Ballroom B 9:30 a.m. >From Catalog to Gateway: URI's, Metadata, and the Dublin Core (CFFC)/9:30- 12:30/SHER-Gold Ballroom 2:00 p.m. Consortial Licensing of Digital Resources: Implications for Cooperative Collection Development (CMDS)/HIL-Continental Ballroom 1 Intelligent Agents and the Digital Future (DRC)/2-4/GHYT-Plaza Ballroom W MONDAY, JUNE 30 9:30 a.m. ALCTS Awards Presentation and Membership Meeting/9L30-10/SHER-Gold Ballroom 10:00 a.m. ALCTS President's Program: Ellen Goodman on Librarians in Society: Can We Change Our Ways but Keep Our Ideals?/10-12:30/SHER-Gold Ballroom 2:00 p.m. Practical Preservation in the Leans 90's: Planning, Preparedness, and Book Repair Issues (PARS)/2-4/NIK-Grey Pearl III ************ DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS, PART I A reminder that we are glad to include notice of discussion group topics which we receive electronically by June 16 at kwhittlesey@ala.org. We will also forward them to Pier London for inclusion in Cognotes, the on-site conference daily newspaper, if you send them by June 5. Pre-Order/Pre-Catalog Search Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 Topic: Vendor-Supplied Cataloging: The Pros and Cons. Our panel will explore the pros and cons of using vendor-supplied cataloging and cataloging services. Speakers: Cynthia M. Whitacre, manager, Technical Processing Dept., OCLC; Dawn Bastian, head, Bibliographic Record Services Dept., Northwestern University Library; Doina G. Farkas, head, Technical Services, Univ. of North Texas Libraries; Cecily Johns, Associate Univ. Librarian, Davidson Library, University of California. Cataloging Norms Saturday, June 28, 9:30am-11:00 Topic: Telecataloging : maintaining quality from remote sites Panelists include J. McRee (Mac) Elrod, who is known to many on the AUTOCAT list. Kathryn Bading, Co-Chair, kbading@trinity.edu Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Saturday, June 28, 2-4 pm Topic: The increasing interest in cooperative collection development and consortia spurred by the need to make better use of our resources in an era of shrinking funds and increasing demands. Speakers: Three librarians will present various cooperative collection development models for discussion. Christian Filstrup, Associate Director for Collection Development, Organization, and Preservation at North Carolina State University will talk about the long-term cooperative arrangements that exist among the Research Triangle libraries. Barbara Galik, Assistant University Librarian for Information and Research Services at Miami University, will discuss the OhioLink project and demonstrate its catalog. Ann Okerson, Associate Librarian at Yale University, will then describe the newly developing NorthEast Research Libraries consortium. Information on location will be available on the COLLDEV-L listserv before annual or in the conference program. Bonnie Jean Cox, Chair LITA/ALCTS CCS Authority Control in an Online Environment Interest Group (ACIG) Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:30 Topic: How Do You Spell Brasil? The Globalization of Authority Control Speakers: Barbara Tillett, Chief, Catalog Policy & Support Office, Library of Congress; Hope Olson, Assistant Professor, School of Library & Information Studies, University of Alberta; Wilma Minty, Head, Catalogue Support Services, Bodleian Library; Jo Calk, Systems Development Supervisor, Blackwell North America. S. Kelley, skelley@sil.si.edu ************ PRESERVATION GRAPHICS STILL AVAILABLE Several years ago, the ALA Graphics Department worked with ALCTS to develop a tip kit and associated graphics to promote preservation awareness. Although these items are no longer in the catalog, the bookmarks, posters and pamphlet are still available from ALA Graphics. The "Going, Going, Gone" pamphlet, which describes the problem of disintegrating paper and books and suggests ways individuals can help solve the problem, is available in groups of 100/$24.00. Order number: 0X00000558 The bookmarks are available in bundles of 200/$7.00. Order number: 0X00000557 The posters, or banners measuring 11" x 34", are available in three styles, each featuring a different book title. All banners $4.00 each. Handful of Dust order number: 0X00000554 Gone with the Wind order number: 0X00000555 Invisible Man order number: 0X0000056 (To see a photo of the array of products, consult the ad on page 529 of the October 1992 issue of LRTS.) These can be ordered directly from ALA Customer Service at 800-545-2433 and press 7 or call Janet Darata at 800-545-2433 x1537 (particularly for bulk orders). There is a minimum order of $30. ************ CAROL CUBBERLEY RECEIVES 1997 LAPT RESEARCH AWARD Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory (LAPT) announces the recipient of the 1997 Research Award, Carol Cubberley. Cubberley is Director of Technical Services at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her proposal, "Books Demonstrating Diversity in Mississippi School Libraries," has been funded as the 1997 Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory Research Award. The study "will attempt to determine if collections in the elementary and middle school libraries of Mississippi reflect diversity, with emphasis on representation of African-American authors, illustrators, and characters. The study will build upon an earlier survey by Cubberley and Stella Wheat which showed the incidence of Caldecott and Newbery award books in Mississippi school libraries. To quote one of LAPT's reviewers, "the questions around diversity in the schools is of great interest and concern in the profession and nationally. Although the focus is narrow in terms of geography and type of library, the results have potential for broader applications in collection 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@ala.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@ala.org with the only line of text being "subscribe an2 [your name]" (without quotation marks). Back issues of AN2 are available through the listserver. To find out what's available, send the following command to listproc@ala.org: "index an2" (without quotation marks). Send questions about membership in ALCTS to the ALCTS Office, alcts@ala.org. All materials in the newsletter subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or education advancement. For other reprinting or redistribution or translations, address requests to the ALA Office of Rights and Permissions, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. ************ an2 v13_no12