ALCTS Network News v14n02 (July 18, 1997)
URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v14n02

ISSN: 1056-6694

ALCTS NETWORK NEWS

An electronic publication of the
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services

Volume 14, Number 2
July 18, 1997

In this issue

KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ALA RE-OPENS SEARCH FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH REVISED AD
ALCTS NEWSLETTER DEADLINE NEXT WEEK

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KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE

These are the key actions taken by the ALCTS Board of Directors at
their meetings in San Frnacisco on June 28, June 30, and July 1,
1997.

Endorsed the strategic directions of the report of the Task Force on
the Use of Electronic Communications, thus committing to:

  embrace electronic communication as a valuable tool in support of
its services to the membership, 
  recognize and encourage the use of electronic communication via the
Internet as an approved method for conducting committee work,
membership activities, and general publicity, and 
  accelerate its program for electronic publishing to disseminate the
work of its members and to improve access to the literature of library
collections and technical services.

Approved the Guidelines for Standardized Cataloging of Children's
Materials, as revised 1997.

Directed the Catalog Form and Function Committee (CFF) to develop Web
tutorials on specific topics (such as the Dublin Core and resource
locators) and to monitor the environment for activities on metadata
and meta access. 

Disbanded the Task Force on Meta Access (originally known as the Task
Force to Define Bibliographic Access in the Electronic Environment)
and the Task Force on the Use of Electronic Communications with
thanks.

Requested the CCS Subject Analysis Committee to move assertively in
organizing subcommittees to investigate issues of Metadata Subject
Analysis and Classification of Digital Resources, and to develop a
plan for promoting the use of existing classificatory frameworks
(such as DDC, LC, NLM) to indexing and cataloging agencies, and the
CCS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) to
evaluate the Dublin Core and other Metadata encoding schema and
recommend courses of action or implementation.

Adopted Memorial Resolutions honoring C. Summer Spaulding and
Charlotta Hensley, directing the ALCTS Councilor to submit them to
the ALA Council.

Endorsed the "Principles for Licensing Electronic Resources,"
prepared by a working group of representatives from the American
Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the
Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, the Association of
Research Libraries, the Medical Library Association, and the Special
Libraries Association.

Forwarded the Resolution on the NEH, prepared by the Preservation and
Reformatting Section, to the ALA Legislation Committee.

Thanked Edward Swanson, first editor of the ALCTS Papers Series for
his development of the first eight numbers in the series and his
service for two terms as editor of the series; and thanked Richard
Smiraglia for his service as editor of Library Resources & Technical
Services, for two terms, 1990-1996.

Approved electronic publication of A Selected Bibliography for
Library Acquisitions, 4th ed., by Barbara Hall (URL:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/publications/acqbib.html).

Added the entire balance in the spending portion of the ALCTS
Endowment to the Endowment principal, as recommended by the Budget
and Finance Committee, and approved the FY 97/98 budget.

Directed the Program Committee to provide the Budget and Finance
Committee, beginning at the 1998 Midwinter Meeting, with a summary of
all ALCTS programs planned for the following Annual Conference and
their associated costs.

Accepted the slate of programs for the 1998 Annual Conference as
recommended by the ALCTS Program Committee, including co-sponsorship
as indicated.

Changed the name of the ALCTS/Blackwell North America Scholarship
Award to ALCTS/Blackwell's Scholarship Award.

Returned the consideration of the charges for the Electronics
Communication Committee and the Metadata Committee to the
Organization and Bylaws Committee.

Directed the Publications Committee to develop a plan for
discontinuing the ALCTS Newsletter in print form as soon as possible,
and to report back to the Board at Midwinter, with a draft of the
plan.

Voted to pursue with LAMA leadership a joint committee at the section
level to combine the LAMA SASS Technical Services Committee and the
ALCTS AS Technology for Acquisitions Committee.

Established the Fundraising Committee with the following charge:
  To advise the ALCTS Board of Directors on fundraising goals and
priorities that support the division's strategic plan and five-year
financial plan, and obtain fiscal, and other support for them.
  To develop relationships between ALCTS and the commercial and
private sectors, and to obtain fiscal and other support from them,
for ALCTS programs and activities.
  To develop a divisional fundraising plan that encompasses the
activities and goals of the Budget and Finance, Membership, and
Program Committees.
  To develop a recognition program for vendors and individuals who
contribute to ALCTS cash, in-kind, and other gifts.
  To develop procedures for working with the ALCTS office for
coordination of these activities.

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ALA RE-OPENS SEARCH FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH REVISED AD

As previously announced, ALA has re-opened the search for an
executive director. The following is the revised advertisement for
that position.


The American Library Association, the oldest and largest national
library association in the world, seeks applications, nominations,
and expressions of interest for the position of Executive Director.
The Association is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Please send nominations, applications, and expressions of interest in
confidence to Hope Johnson, Boyden Executive Search Firm, 2445 M St.,
N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20037-1435; telephone: 202-342-7200;
fax: 202-342-7221. Review of applications will begin October 1, 1997.

Masters in Library Science required.

Competitive salary and compensation package. Minimum of $150,000. The
American Library Association is an affirmative action, equal
opportunity employer. Applications are invited from women,
minorities, and disabled individuals.

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ALCTS NEWSLETTER DEADLINE NEXT WEEK

The deadline for the next issue of the ALCTS Newsletter is next
Thursday, July 24. This issue will contain reports on ALCTS
conference programs, citations and photographs of ALCTS awards
recipients, and key actions of the ALCTS Board at the conference.

Send additional items for consideration to the editor, Dale Swensen,
at dale_swensen@byu.edu.

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