ALCTS Network News v14n19 (November 24, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v14n19 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 14, Number 19 November 24, 1998 In this issue FUNDAMENTALS OF ACQUISITIONS TOPIC OF ALCTS TELECONFERENCE INSTITUTE ALA MIDWINTER OFFICE DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT MIDWINTER II ALA HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATION IN THE MAIL CONSER ANNUAL REPORT ON WEB SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS OF INTEREST ************ FUNDAMENTALS OF ACQUISITIONS TOPIC OF ALCTS TELECONFERENCE INSTITUTE ALCTS and the College of Library & Information Science, University of South Carolina are cosponsoring the 1998 Fundamentals of Acquisitions (FOA) Institute as a six-hour teleconference broadcast on Friday, March 13, 1998. The institute focuses on what you need to know about the basics of acquiring monographs: goals and methods; financial management of materials budgets; relationships between acquisitions librarians and library booksellers. Through speaker presentations, case studies, and role play, participants will receive a broad overview of the operations involved in acquiring materials after the selection decision is made. These include methods and strategies for acquiring different types of library materials, financial management and fiscal procedures related to library materials acquisitions, strategies for selecting, evaluating, and monitoring vendors, and trends which affect the way acquisitions is done in the library. Faculty are Trisha L. Davis, Head, Continuation Acquisition Division, Ohio State University; Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Head, Acquisition Department, Ohio State University; and Ann L. O'Neill, Assistant Professor, College of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina. Each registered participant will be added to an electronic discussion list and given a password to access the FOA Website for additional resources to facilitate discussion and learning prior to and following the institute. Registration for ALCTS members is $75.00, for ALA members $90.00, and for non-members $115.00. If five or more participants from an organization or library school pay together on one check, the special group rate is $50.00 each. One of the five must be an ALCTS or ALA member. The deadline for registration is March 1, 1998. A full brochure and registration form are available on the FOA homepages at www.ala.org/alcts/now/foa.html or www.libsci.sc.edu/ann/foaweb/foa5.htm. . Visit the sites for updated information as well, including the hours of broadcast. You may also send email to Karen Whittlesey at kwhittlesey@ala.org or phone 800/545-2433, ext. 5034. For information on being a downlink site, contact Ellan Sykes at emsykes@vm.sc.edu. ************ ALA MIDWINTER OFFICE As usual, there will be IBM computers with 3.5" disk drives, WordPerfect 5.1 and Microsoft Word software, and printers available for staff and member use in the temporary office area. Macintosh computers loaded with Microsoft Word 5.1, Microsoft Works 3.0, and WordPerfect 3.1 will also be available. Conference Services will provide ALA letterhead and plain paper. But you must bring your own diskettes -- no diskettes will be provided by Conference Services. There will also be typewriters available in the office area, although there will be fewer than in past Midwinter Meetings. The office will be located in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, on the 2nd level, Ballroom 2, A-B. The office will share this ballroom with Council and Placement and space will be limited. ************ DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT MIDWINTER II Until about a week before the Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans, AN2 will publish summaries of your discussion group topics and presenters. Send announcements, using the format below, to kwhittlesey@ala.org. We will edit for length and consistency if necessary. As always, check location of the discussion group meeting in your program book and Cognotes. LIBRARY BINDING Sunday, January 11, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Sheraton - St. Charles B Topics: The new bookbinding cloths being developed--particularly a new polyester C-Grade buckram that Library Binding Services has developed. We will also be discussing whether library binders should partner with deacidification firms to offer deacidification services to their customers. Brian Baird, Chair ************ ALA HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATION IN THE MAIL The 1997-98 ALA Handbook of Organization was mailed this week to all members of the Association. The Handbook is the official roster of all ALA and division committees, including ALCTS. The ALCTS portion of the Handbook is correct as of August 1. Any material submitted to the office since that date may not appear in the Handbook. Division and section committee chairs have received an office copy of their committee rosters for updating and correcting. Any changes should be reported right away to Loretta Reed, lreed@ala.org. ************ CONSER ANNUAL REPORT ON WEB The 1996/1997 Annual Report of the CONSER Program is now available on the Library of Congress Web site . This is the last annual report of the independent CONSER Program, as its consolidation with the Program for Cooperative Cataloging is now complete. Contents include the following: * Consolidation of CONSER and the PCC * CONSER Task Force on the Cataloging of Conference Publications * CONSER Documentation * CONSER on the World Wide Web * Batch-loading and "Cut-and-Paste" Record Input * Task Force on AACR Review * Task Force on A&I/ISSN Issues * Core Cataloging for Serials * Electronic Serials * Reports from Member Institutions ************ SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS OF INTEREST FRITZ SCHWARTZ SERIALS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP A $2,500.00 scholarship is awarded annually by the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) and the Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC) to a student who shows excellence in scholarship and potential for accomplishment in a serials career. The Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship recipient will receive a Student Grant award to attend the NASIG conference for the year the scholarship is granted and a one-year NASIG membership. For applications or further information contact: Debbie Sibley, Deputy Director, The Lamar Soutter Library University of Massachusetts Medical Center by email to dsibley@library.ummed.edu. There is a February 15, 1998, deadline for receipt of application materials. NASIG HORIZON AWARD The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is sponsoring the 1998 NASIG Horizon Award to welcome aspiring new serialists to the serials profession by introducing the recipient to NASIG, to further enhance the recipient's knowledge of and interest in serials, and to provide an opportunity for interaction with other members of the serials chain. The award provide the recipients opportunity for professional development by attendance at NASIG's thirteenth annual conference to be held June 18-21st, 1998, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A maximum of three recipients will be chosen. NASIG will assume all conference fees and travel costs. The recipients will receive a free year's membership to NASIG, and will be invited to serve on a NASIG committee the year following the award. Applications are available from Pat Frade, Co-Chair, NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee, Pat_Frade@byu.edu. The application deadline is February 15, 1998. ************ 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; Janet Swan Hill, 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. 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