ALCTS Network News v14n20 (December 4, 1997) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v14n20 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 14, Number 20 December 4, 1997 In this issue ALCTS INSTITUTE ON TECHNICAL SERVICES AND CHILDREN'S MATERIALS WILLIAM R. GORDON NAMED ALA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NEW CANDIDATE FOR ACQUISITIONS SECTION SECRETARY OUTSOURCING TASK FORCE TO HOLD OPEN HEARING IN NEW ORELANS DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT MIDWINTER III PRESENTERS SOUGHT FOR ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUP NEW EDITION OF CATALOGING INTERNET RESOURCES PUBLISHED BY OCLC ************ ALCTS INSTITUTE ON TECHNICAL SERVICES AND CHILDREN'S MATERIALS Technology is changing the nature of publishing for children. To give you the the knowledge and skills you need to acquire, catalog, and care for both print and non-print media in the children's room in your library, ALCTS is presenting a one-day, highly practical but basic institute this Spring. It will be held on March 11, 1998, at the Westin Crown Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri. The Public Library Association is holding its national conference in Kansas City on March 10-14. The program schedule permits participants to choose one of two subject or format tracks. The cataloging track provides an opportunity for actual practice cataloging in print and non-print formats, and the acquisitions track involves participants in group discussion about specific acquisitions issues. The preservation session for all registrants includes guidelines for setting up a maintenance and repair program for print and non-print media. This is a basic, practical institute for library staff in public, school, and special libraries or collections who need to identify and resolve issues related to the acquisitions, cataloging, or preservation of children's materials. Faculty are Virginia Berringer, Non-print Cataloger, University of Akron Libraries, OH; Doug Duchin, Head of Technical Services, Baruch College Library, NY; Lynne Jacobsen, Head of Technical Services, Warren-Newport Public Library, Gurnee, IL; Stephanie Owens Lurie, Vice President, Associate Publisher, and Editorial Director, Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers; Debbie McLeod, Johnson County Library, Shawnee Mission, KS; and Nancy Schrock, Chief Collections Conservator, Harvard College Library, MA. A brochure and registration form will be mounted on the web at www.ala.org/alcts/events. You may also contact Yvonne McLean at ymclean@ala.org or 800-545-2433, extension 5032. ************ WILLIAM R. GORDON NAMED ALA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR William R. Gordon, director of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System in Hyattsville, Md., will become the new executive director of the American Library Association on March 1, 1998. The announcement was made December 1 by ALA President Barbara J. Ford on behalf of the ALA Executive Board. "We are delighted to announce Bill Gordon's appointment as executive director of ALA," said Ford. "He brings strong credentials, a solid track record and a wealth of library experience to the position. The executive board feels he is extremely well qualified to lead the association into the next century. We look forward to working with him." Gordon, who has been with the Prince George's County system since 1977, has also served as director of the Arrowhead (Minn.) Library System, the Pocatello (Idaho) Public Library, and the Southeastern Idaho Public Library Agency and as assistant director of the Renton (Wash.) Public Library. He holds an M.A. degree in library science from the University of Denver and a B.A. degree in sociology from Baker University in Baldwin, Kan. Gordon will attend ALA's 1998 Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans in January as ALA executive director-designate. ************ NEW CANDIDATE FOR ACQUISITIONS SECTION SECRETARY Sandra A. Beehler, Old Dominion University, is the new candidate running for the office of secretary of the Acquisitions Section. She replaces Celia Wagner, who has withdrawn her name. The other candidate is Linda Albvright, Winthrop University. ************ OUTSOURCING TASK FORCE TO HOLD OPEN HEARING IN NEW ORELANS The newly appointed ALA Outsourcing Task Force (see AN2 v14_no18, Nov. 21, 1997) will hold an open hearing on Sunday, Jan. 11, 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the Royal Sonesta, Evangeline Ballroom. This hearing is in addition to the meeings scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 10, 9:30am-12:30pm, Marriott/St. Charles Suite and Mon., Jan. 12, 2:00-4:00pm, Marriott Room 4022. All meetings are open. The charge to the task force, which is chaired by LaDonna T. Kienitz, Community Services Director and City Librarian, City of Newport Beach (CA), is: To advise the Association on issues related to outsourcing, subcontracting and privatization of library services; to gather data and examine the literature on these issues and to evaluate the impact on library services and operations; to examine past ALA positions and how these issues relate to the ALA Code of Ethics and other Association policies; to provide an opportunity for general membership discussion at Annual Conference, 1998; and, to provide Council with a comprehensive report with recommendations at the 1999 Midwinter Meeting. ************ DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT MIDWINTER III 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. PRESERVATION ISSUES IN SMALL TO MID-SIZED LIBRARIES Sunday, January 11, 2:00-4:00 to 4 p.m. Hilton-Riverside - Gr. Salon 21. Topic: "Planting a preservation seed: How to successfully grow a preservation department at your home institution." Participants will explore and discuss successful and unsuccessful ways in which new preservation programs can be established or existing ones expanded. Please come prepared to discuss how you personally have witnessed preservation grow in your previous and current home institutions. Cathy Mook, cmook@mnilhost.tcs.tulane.edu COOPERATIVE PRESERVATION PROGRAMS Saturday, January 10, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. New Orleans Convention Center, Room 90 Topic: Working Together: The relationship between large cooperatives and smaller cooperatives, groups, and associations found within their area. Several questions will be raised for discussion. 1) What is currently being done to foster cooperation between these groups? 2) How is participation facilitated and/or fostered? 3) Have you encountered any resistance and why? During the first hour updates will be given from attending cooperative preservation programs, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council on Library and Information Resources, Institute of Museum and Library Service, and the Regional Alliance for Preservation (RAP). The second hour will be devoted to the discussion topic: Sharla Richards, sharla_richards@solinet.net CREATIVE IDEAS IN TECHNICAL SERVICES Sunday, January 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m. New Orleans Convention Center -- Rooms 37 & 38 Topics: Choose one of four facilitated roundtable discussions on these timely topics: 1. Changing roles and relationships between paraprofessional and professional staff; 2. Keeping long-term employees charged, motivated, and enthusiastic in a rapidly changing environment; 3. Merging acquisitions and copy-cataloging processes; 4. Relationships between public and technical services. Facilitators and recorders will be needed for each roundtable, and a request for volunteers will be distributed soon. For more information, please contact either of the co-chairs at the addresses listed below. The Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group is participant-driven. The topics selected for the 1998 MidWinter Meeting were the most-requested topics suggested at the 1997 Annual Conference. Participants are encouraged to suggest topics for future discussion group sessions. Pamela Moffett Padley, padley@oxy.edu Cheryl Kugler, cckugler@uci.edu ************ PRESENTERS SOUGHT FOR ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUP The ALCTS Role of the Professional in Academic Technical Services Discussion Group is seeking one or two more people to present approximately a 20-minute session on implementing change in academic technical services departments. The presentation can be on the change process in general, or on the specific change implemented. The discussion group meets Sunday, January 11, 1998 at 2:00-4:00 p.m. We hope to have 3 presenters and time for questions and discussion. Contact Regina McBride, discussion group chair, at rmcbrid@siue.edu. -- Regina McBride ************ NEW EDITION OF CATALOGING INTERNET RESOURCES PUBLISHED BY OCLC Cataloging Internet Resources: A Manual and Practical Guide, 2d edition, edited by Nancy B. Olson, is now available from OCLC in print format. The manual is available at no charge. The manual was originally developed to aid those who participated in the OCLC/U.S. Department of Education-funded project, "Building a Catalog of Internet Resources." It describes in detail the preparation of bibliographic description for electronic resources. To request a complimentary copy, send email to orders@oclc.org. Include the title of the work, your name, and complete mailing address. This document will also be available via the Web. ************ 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. 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