ALCTS Network News v15n01 (February 3, 1998)
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ISSN: 1056-6694

ALCTS NETWORK NEWS

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

Volume 15, Number 1
February 3, 1998

In this issue

KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE MIDWINTER MEETING
HAVE YOU HEARD ANY GOOD SPEAKERS LATELY?
ACCREDITATION ARTICLES SOUGHT

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KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE MIDWINTER MEETING

Following are the key actions, in summary form, taken by the ALCTS
Board of Directors during the 1998 Midwinter Meeting in New Orleans.
Routine actions, such as adopting agendas and approving minutes, are
not included.


DISMISSED the ALCTS/RUSA Joint Institute Planning Committee
co-chaired by Barbara Allen and Cindy Kaag, with thanks for a job
well done. "Virtually Yours," held October 23-25, 1997, attracted
registrants from all types of libraries in Canada, New Zealand, Hong
Kong, and all parts of the U.S.

ACCEPTED the Memorial Resolution honoring Lois Wetherill Hacker and
directed the Councilor to refer it to Council.

APPOINTED Brad Eden editor of the ALCTS Paper Series with a term to
expire in 5 years.

ACCEPTED the report of the International Relations Committee (IRC)
and agreed to fund eight persons at a level of $500 each for
attendance at the 1998 IFLA Conference in Amsterdam.

ENDORSED the recommendation of the ALCTS IRC regarding the
recommendations for nomination by ALA to IFLA Standing Committees.

APPROVED three resolutions--"Responsible Management, Responsible
Outsourcing," "Application of Outsourcing to Materials Selection,"
and a tribute to Hawaii's Librarians--for presentation to Council,
but later directed the ALCTS President to convey them to the ALA
President's Task Force on Outsourcing instead.

SUPPORTED the effort to pass the Digital Copyright Clarification and
Technology Act (S. 1146) and Digital Era Copyright Enhancement Act
(H.R. 3048), and alert ALCTS members to contact their individual
Representatives and Senators to become co-sponsors of the above
bills.

REAFFIRMED the policy of ALCTS' having the right of first refusal to
publish any information emanating from any group in ALCTS. The
resolution states: Whereas ALCTS publications are publications of
quality and the ALCTS designation conveys to readers this quality,
and whereas the quality of these publications is a result of vigorous
quality control in an editorial review, be it resolved that the same
vigorous review be applied to all publication formats issued under
the aegis of ALCTS.

DIRECTED staff to post the Power Point presentation which was written
by Sandra Hurd, Tina Feick, and Bob Boissy and presented at the ALCTS
AS Advanced Business of Acquisitions Preconference in June of 1997,
on the ALCTS Web page, appropriately identified.

PROPOSED to the membership an amendment to the ALCTS Bylaws, Article
XI, (Regional Groups), Section 6 (Officers), Duties of the
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, as follows: The Vice-Chair leads CRG meetings
in the absence of the chair.... This amendment would remove the
vice-chair of CRG as an ex officio member of the ALCTS Board, thus
bringing the article in conformance with the article on composition
of the Board of Directors.

CHANGED the composition of the ALCTS Organization and Bylaws
Committee as follows:  that the ALCTS Past-President serve as
co-chair, rather than chair, and that a second co-chair be appointed
by the Vice-President, from among the continuing committee members.

DIRECTED the ALCTS President to send a letter to the Chair of the ALA
Committee on Organization stating that ALCTS has an adequate internal
review policy, obviating the ALA Internal Review Policy.

APPROVED the change of name and charge of the Audiovisual Committee.
The new name will be Media Resources Committee, with the charge:  To
consider the media resource issues that fall within the division's
mandate; to study and make recommendations in the areas of collection
development, acquisition, bibliographic control, intellectual access,
physical preparation, storage, archiving, and conservation and
preservation of media resources; to coordinate continuing education
and training opportunities in these areas; to work in conjunction
with other divisions and section committees having functional and
media responsibilities in order to coordinate and integrate
initiatives on matters within the committee's scope; to serve as the
division's liaison with concerned units within ALA and relevant
outside agencies. *Media resources* includes, but is not limited to,
electronic media that is primarily non-text, including moving image
recordings, CD-ROMs, computer files, multimedia, as well as
non-electronic media, including but not limited to kits and graphics.

ESTABLISHED the Electronic Communications Committee as a Special
Committee with the following charge:  To support the use of
electronic communications, including, but not limited to, Web-based
documents, publications, programs, and tutorials, in support of the
needs of the Division's committees, sections, and membership at
large.  The committee will:  1) implement the recommendations of the
Task Force on Electronic Communication; 2) in consultation with the
Publications Committee, the Newsletter, LRTS, and AN2 editors clarify
the editorial policies, procedures, and guidelines for publishing and
disseminating electronic documents; and 3) assist headquarters staff
in designing the division's Website, in selecting and obtaining
appropriate content and in managing the transition of documents to
the Web site.  The Committee charge and function will be reviewed at
the 1999 Annual Conference to determine whether the committee should
be continued. The committee will have nine members: three
members-at-large, one member from each section and CRG, and in
addition in an ex-officio capacity, the ALCTS staff member serving as
the Coordinator of the Internet Communications/ALCTS Website.

DIRECTED the Digital Resources Committee to review and modify its
name and charge in consultation with the Organization and Bylaws
Committee to reflect an involvement with broad issues of metadata
development and implementation as described in the Metadata Task
Force Report, accepted by the Board at the Annual Conference in 1997.
The Digital Resources Committee will develop a name and charge for
presentation to the Organization and Bylaws Committee at Annual
Conference 1998.

AUTHORIZED CMDS to cosponsor four programs in name only.

DETERMINED that the ALCTS Newsletter become an electronic journal
starting with volume 10, number 1, and be posted on the ALCTS
Website, and directed the Publications Committee to fast-track the
plan for taking the ALCTS Newsletter electronic, with no more than
one additional print issue in this fiscal year.

ACCEPTED the FY1998-99 preliminary budget.

AUTHORIZED the ALCTS office to work with CCS, SS, and the PCC to
conduct a needs analysis for serials cataloging education, and, if
appropriate, develop an institute plan.

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HAVE YOU HEARD ANY GOOD SPEAKERS LATELY?

The Speakers' Bureau Committee of the ALCTS Council of Regional
Groups is looking for a few good speakers. The committee maintains a
list of qualified individuals who are willing to speak on issues
relating to technical services. Speakers agree not to charge
honorariums and to be reimbursed for expenses only. One of the major
goals of this list is to assist state and local organization leaders
in locating speakers for programming.

Nominations and self-nominations are welcome. Nominations should
include the speaker's name and telephone number or e-mail address,
and a brief statement of recommendation. A committee member will
contact the nominee to determine her or his interest.
Self-nominations should include a brief curriculum vita, speaking
topics of interest, and 2-3 references. For more information or to
make a nomination contact Deborah Lucas Fetch at
fetchd@apsu01.apsu.edu or call her at 931-648-7617.

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ACCREDITATION ARTICLES SOUGHT

Articles are now being solicited for Volume 3 of Advances in
Collection Development and Resource Management (JAI Press, Inc.),
edited by Thomas W. Leonhardt. The theme of this volume is
Accreditation, Assessment, and Allocation. Articles addressing all
library aspects of accreditation from the institutional level down to
the professional school level are appropriate. Submissions are invited
from librarians and from others on campuses (especially chief academic
officers) and professional associations (for example, officers of
WASC, NCATE, ABET, etc.) who are responsible for assessing the
adequacy of library collections including electronic resources.
Submissions that address the relationship between academic computing
and library services and the issue of access in addition to ownership
are especially welcomed, although traditional aspects are also of
interest.

Abstracts of 300 words must be submitted by March 1, 1998. Queries
and manuscripts should be sent to Thomas W. Leonhardt at
leonhart@oit.edu or call him for information at 541-885-1770.

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