ALCTS Network News v14n24 (December 30, 1997)
URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v14n24

ISSN: 1056-6694

ALCTS NETWORK NEWS

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

Volume 14, Number 24
December 30, 1997

In this issue

VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR ALCTS COMMITTEE VACANCIES
ALCTS AND PCC SPONSOR CATALOGING NOW! WORKSHOPS
DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT MIDWINTER VII
ALA NAMES DIVERSITY OFFICER

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VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR ALCTS COMMITTEE VACANCIES

Several ALCTS Committees have vacancies on them. If you are
interested in serving on any of the committees listed below, please
fill out a volunteer form and return it to ALCTS headquarters, or get
in touch with ALCTS President Janet Swan Hill at hilljs@colorado.edu
or (303) 492-3797. The committee volunteer form is on the at
www.ala.org/alcts/you/vol.html; there will also be forms available at
the ALCTS office in New Orleans.


DUPLICATES EXCHANGE UNION.  This committee exists to facilitate the
exchange of duplicate library materials among institutions
participating in the program. The Duplicates Exchange Union Committee
has one remaining vacancy. If you are employed in an institution that
participates in the program, please include this information on your
volunteer form, or in your e-mail message.

FUNDRAISING.  Seeking outside funding to defray part of the cost of
programs, pre-conferences, institutes, and the like, has become
increasingly important to ALCTS' ability to stage high-quality
offerings, but the committees that plan them are usually appointed
for their expertise in the subject, not their skills in fundraising.
This year the ALCTS Board has approved formation of a new committee
to provide guidance, to coordinate, and to assist in necessary
fundraising efforts.

LEGISLATION.  The purpose of this committee is to make
recommendations to the ALCTS Board about legislation (needed,
proposed, or enacted) relevant to the Division's areas of
responsibility, to inform ALCTS members about legislative issues, and
to cooperate with other ALA legislation groups as appropriate. There
is one vacancy remaining on the Legislation Committee.

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ALCTS AND PCC SPONSOR CATALOGING NOW! WORKSHOPS

The Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) has developed a new
"core standard." The PCC is introducing the core standard as a means
of increasing the pool of mutually acceptable records for copy
cataloging, allowing catalog librarians to use their time and
expertise for original cataloging.

To promote the standard ALCTS and the PCC Standing Committee on
Training are sponsoring workshops that will introduce catalog
librarians, catalog department and technical services administrators,
and public service librarians to the values of the PCC and the
rationale behind the core record. In separate breakout sessions
catalog librarians will learn about creating core records,
administrators will be introduced to the management and training of
catalogers in this new environment, and public services librarians
will consider the implications of core records available in OPACs.

The first workshop is tentatively planned for the South or Southwest
this spring. The second of these workshops has been scheduled for
July 10, 1998, in Anaheim, California, as a preconference to the
annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries. Other
sites and dates are to be determined. Visit the ALCTS web site at
www.ala.org/alcts/events/index.html for information and registration
as they become available.

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DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT MIDWINTER VII

There will be one more issue of AN2 before the Midwinter Meeting in
New Orleans. Send announcements of your discussion group meeting,
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 on site in Cognotes.

ALCTS Midwinter Discussion Group Meeting information is available on
the ALCTS web site at www.ala.org/alcts.


PRESERVATION ADMINISTRATION
Saturday, January 10, 9:00-12:00, RAD-Grand Ballroom A

Topics: Five topics will be presented: the relevance of conservation
to modern libraries; the Digital Library Federation; IFLA
Preservation sessions; microfilming brittle books identified through
use; and an update on developments at the NEH's Division of
Preservation and Access. 

-- John F. Dean, jfd5@cornell.edu and Winston Atkins,
winston_atkins@ncsu.edu


JOURNAL COSTS IN LIBRARIES
Saturday, January 10, 2:00-4:00, NOCC-59

Topic: Prix Fixe or a la Carte: the Package Deal

Many of today's information providers--publishers, aggregators,
vendors--offer library consumers electronic access to a plethora of
publications. In some cases, library consumers are allowed to select,
on a title-by-title basis, which items are appropriate for their
constituents. In other cases, they are offered a choice of
prepackaged titles. In still others, both options, package and
title-by-title selection, are offered.

What are the advantages to package deals and do they outweigh the
library's ability to pick and choose? Under which circumstances is
one approach preferable to the other?

Join the Journal Costs in Libraries Discussion Group as we set the
stage for a lively debate. A panel of three librarians, a publisher
and a vendor/aggregator will each take about 10 minutes to prepare
for audience participation by presenting varying viewpoints on the
benefits and pitfalls of the package deal. The ensuing discussion
offers you the opportunity to voice your take on these packages and
to provide immediate feedback to your service providers and/or to
your clients.

Speakers:
 Bruce Heterick, Manager, Blackwell's Electronic Services
 George Lupone, Interim Director, Cleveland State Univ. Lib.
 Denise Novak, Head of Acquisitions, Carnegie Mellon Lib.
 Ann Schaffner, Associate Director for Public Services, Brandeis
Univ. Lib.
 Chrysanne Lowe, Marketing Director, Academic Press, Inc. 

-- Scott Wicks, sbw2@cornell.edu and Alison Roth, roth@blackper.com

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ALA NAMES DIVERSITY OFFICER

Sandra Rios Balderrama has been selected ALA's diversity officer. She
will begin her duties on Jan. 8.

As diversity officer, Balderrama will be a part of the association's
Member Programs and Services team and work in close partnership with
the director and staff of ALA's Office for Library Personnel
Resources.

Currently, she is supervising librarian for recruitment, staff
training and retention at the Oakland (Calif.) Public Library, a
position she has held since September 1995. From 1991-94, she was
supervising librarian for the Branch Division of Oakland Public
Library. Balderrama also was supervising librarian at the Berkeley
Public Library from 1989 to 1991 and children's librarian from
1986-89.

She is president of REFORMA - National Association to Promote Library
Services to the Spanish Speaking. She is on ALA's Spectrum Initiative
Steering Committee.

Balderrama holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's
degree in library and information studies, both from the University
of California in Berkeley. Her broad continuing education has
included courses in human resources management.

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Want more information about ALCTS, its bylaws, policies and
procedures, committees, awards, programs and institutes?  Check the
ALCTS home page on the ALA web site: www.ala.org/alcts.

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