ALCTS Network News v15n13 (April 6, 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 13
April 6, 1998

In this issue

CATALOGING, PRESERVATION TOPICS OF ALCTS PRECONFERENCES
ALCTS ANNOUNCES PIERCY AWARD RECIPIENT
NEW FAX NUMBER FOR ALCTS
SPRING PROGRAM SPONSORED BY VLA
ARL LAUNCHES DIVERSITY PUBLICATION

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CATALOGING, PRESERVATION TOPICS OF ALCTS PRECONFERENCES

Cataloging and preservation are the topics of three ALCTS
preconferences at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., on
June 26. Fees for each preconference are $135 for ALCTS personal
members, $185 for ALA personal members, and $235 for non-members. A
brochure and complete registration information are on the ALCTS
webpage at www.ala.org/alcts/events/preconference98 or contact Yvonne
McLean at ymclean@ala.org or call her at 800-545-2433 ext. 5032.


WHAT IN THE WORLD ... CATALOGING ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE
Presented by CCS Cataloging Committee: Description and Access

The preconference will provide an overview of cataloging and systems
standards development in the international context, and an update on
recent activities. The program will demonstrate how the various
international efforts contribute to the ideal of universal
bibliographic control and shared cataloging on the international
level.

Catalogers, administrators, library and information science educators
and students, vendors, and OPAC system designers should find this
presentation of particular interest.

Faculty for the preconference include: Joan Aliprand, Research
Libraries Group; John Byrum, Library of Congress; Daniel Kinney,
State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook; Olivia Madison, Iowa State
Univ.; Ralph W. Manning, National Library of Canada; Sally McCallum,
Library of Congress; Monika Muennich, Univ. of Heidelberg; Barbara
Tillett, Library of Congress; Ingrid Parent, National Library of
Canada; and Glenn Patton, OCLC.

This preconference is cosponsored by the ALA International Relations
Round Table, ACRL Western European Specialists Section/Germanists
Discussion Group, CCS Committee on Cataloging Asian and African
Materials, ALCTS/LITA/RUSA MARBI, and LITA/ALCTS CCS Authority
Control in the Online Environment Interest Group.


JUMP START: THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR CATALOGING ELECTRONIC SERIALS
Presented by the Serials Section

The preconference will enable attendees to learn both the
philosophical and practical issues involved in providing access to
electronic serials through library catalogs. After presentations on
philosophy, policy, and issues germane to the cataloging of
electronic serials, participants will divide into groups for hands-on
training and practice in cataloging e-serials.

The audience is technical services librarians, including
already-experienced catalogers and serials/acquisitions librarians
with basic serials cataloging knowledge who want to reach an improved
understanding of the challenges of cataloging e-serials. Note that
familiarity with rules and conventions for cataloging print serials
will be assumed.

Faculty for the preconference include: Pamela Simpson (Pennsylvania
State Univ.), speaking on issues in cataloging philosophy and policy
for electronic journals; Regina Reynolds (NSDP, Library of Congress)
discussing levels of cataloging for electronic serials, metadata,
existing standards such as the ISSN, and emerging standards such as
the URN, URC and DOI; Jean Hirons (CONSER, Library of Congress),
addressing the issues relating to seriality, as covered in the paper
she co-authored for the International Conference on the Principles
and Future Development of AACR.

Corporate support for this preconference has been graciously provided
by Academic Press, Elsevier Science, Inc., Haworth Press, Information
Access Company, Springer Verlag, and Swets Subscription Service.


THE TRANSFORMATION OF RECORDED SOUND PRESERVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Presented by the PARS Photographic and Recording Media Committee

Librarians or archivists involved with audio collections who are
concerned about the shifting trend towards digital technologies will
find this program especially pertinent to their work. Participants
should expect to leave the preconference with a better understanding
of the scope of the transformation occurring in sound recording and
communications technologies, and of the many factors to be considered
as library and archival programs contemplate the shift towards
increasing use of digital technologies. 

Speakers will review current practices for acquiring, preserving and
enhancing access to sound collections, and assessing the advantages
and disadvantages offered by the analog and digital technologies.
Strategies will be discussed for coping with the increasing
replacement of analog by digital products and practices. The
presentations will focus on the changing nature of recording and
communications technologies and how these changes will likely impact
the key activities of acquisition, preservation, and access.
Presenters will speak about the advantages and disadvantages of
analog vs. digital technologies, strategies for coping with the
change from analog to digital, evolving acquisition, access and
preservation policies, and the latest technologies and standards.

Faculty for the preconference include: Gerry Gibson, Audio and Moving
Image Preservation Specialist, Preservation, Research and Testing
Div., Library of Congress; Charles Hardy, Oral historian and
Associate Professor of History, West Chester Univ.; Alan Lewis,
Audio-Visual Expert, NARA, Special Media Archives Division; William
Storm, Dave Wickstrom, and Jim Wheeler, consultants; Moderator:
Richard Peek, Head, Preservation Dept., Univ. of Rochester Libraries.

The preconference is cosponsored by the Society of American
Archivists (SAA) and the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA), with additional support from the Research Libraries Group
(RLG).

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ALCTS ANNOUNCES PIERCY AWARD RECIPIENT

Judith R. Ahronheim, unit head, Original Cataloging, Graduate Library
at the University of Michigan is the 1998 recipient of the Esther J.
Piercy Award presented by ALCTS.

The award, a citation and $1,500 donated by Yankee Book Peddler,
Inc., is given to a librarian with fewer than 10 years experience for
contributions and leadership in the field of library collections and
technical services.

"Ahronheim is being recognized for her leadership in the development
of digital library initiatives as demonstrated through her work on
Metadata Access and related activities both at the University of
Michigan and the library profession," said Christian Boissonnas,
Chair, Esther J. Piercy Award Jury. "Ahronheim has a particularly
strong record of achievements in the profession especially when one
looks at her contribution to the work of Metadata Access and the
Humanities Text Initiative."

She holds an AMLS from the University of Michigan School of Library
Science and BA from the University of Michigan and is a member of
ALA, ALCTS, and Library and Information Technology Association
(LITA).

The award will be presented on June 29, at 9:30 a.m. at the ALCTS
Membership Meeting and President's Program during the American
Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, June 25-July 2, in
Washington, D. C.

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NEW FAX NUMBER FOR ALCTS

Effectively immediately, ALCTS has a new fax number: 312-280-5033. We
will change listings, registration forms, etc., as possible. The
former number is still valid.

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SPRING PROGRAM SPONSORED BY VLA

Tracking a Moving Target: Internet Resources in the Online Catalog is
the topic of the Spring 1998 program presented by the Virginia Library
Association's Technical Services and Automation Roundtable. The
program, which features Erik Jul, Associate Director of the OCLC
Institute and a panel of colleagues, will cover problems and issues
related to maintaining bibliographic records for electronic
resources, including URL and content management. OCLC's PURL software
will be discussed, as well as other options.

The event will be held May 15 from 1:00 to 4:00 at the Library of
Virginia in Richmond. For additional information, contact Elizabeth
Sudduth, (804) 752-7258, esudduth@rmc.edu. Registration must be
received by May 1.

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ARL LAUNCHES DIVERSITY PUBLICATION

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has announced the
launching of Leading Ideas in concert with the ARL Leadership and
Career Development (LCD) Program. The LCD Program is a Higher
Education Act grant-funded opportunity that provides racial and
ethnic minority librarians with a vehicle for professional
development by enhancing their competitiveness for leadership
positions in academic and research libraries. Leading Ideas provides
a national forum for sharing the research and writing of the LCD
Program participants. Each issue of Leading Ideas focuses on a
particular issue affecting libraries and higher education. Featured
articles are authored by library professionals, highlighting the
talent in the field as well as keeping the pulse of workplace trends.

The premier issue of Leading Ideas is also available at
http://www.arl.org/diversity/leading, and each issue will be added to
the website as it is produced. The title of the article featured in
this issue is Promotion and Tenure: The Minority Academic Librarian.
The article is written by Mark Winston, ARL Visiting Program Officer
for Diversity and LCD Program participant, and is based on Winston's
presentation at the 1997 American Library Association Annual
Conference.

Six issues will be completed in 1998 in print and electronic form.
Subscriptions to the series are available through the ARL
Publications Office at pubs@arl.org for $35 per year.

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