ALCTS Network News v16n11 (October 13, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v16n11.txt ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 16, Number 11 October 13, 1998 In this issue ALCTS WEB GROWS OIF AND FTRF TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY CC:DA ACTION LIST AROUND ALA CRIMEA '99 IFLA SECRETARY GENERAL RESIGNS ************ ALCTS WEB GROWS The ALCTS Web (http://www.ala.org/alcts/) continues to grow. There are three significant additions to it since the Annual Conference. After discussion on the ALA Council List , it was suggested that ALCTS expand its informational preservation and disaster response clearinghouse function by 1) developing an opportunity for volunteer participation, 2) mounting disaster preparedness information and links on the ALA website, 3) establishing liaison with pertinent international agencies, and 4) in concert with the Fund for America's Libraries, developing a streamlined way to channel offers of financial assistance to libraries that have experienced damage. On Friday, October 9, we added a new page, Disaster Preparedness Clearinghouse, to the ALCTS web at http://www.ala.org/alcts/publications/disaster.html. The site is selective and includes a listing of resources, links to the disaster preparedness sites of agencies whose primary role is emergency response or conservation, and information on available training. It is anticipated that PARS will continue to develop the site as appropriate. "Standardized Handling of Networked Resources: An Annotated Bibliography" has been published on the ALCTS web site at http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/nrmc/bib_main.html. This bibliography is the work of the Networked Resources and Metadata Committee's Subcommittee on Standards. The bibliography is intended to provide a source of relevant information as it pertains to the issues facing ALCTS members as they address the collection, cataloging and provision of access to networked resources. It contains sections on: Transport; Markup; Display; Identifiers; Metadata; and Ratings, as well as a Glossary of acronyms. The bibliography contains links to a variety of online resources and will serve as a starting point for exploring standardized handling of networked resources. (The Networked Resources and Metadata Committee was established in June 1995 as the ALCTS Digital Resources Committee. The ALCTS Board of Directors adopted the current name and charge at the Annual Conference, June 1998.) Finally, the ALCTS roster is available on the web. All committees, task forces, subcommittees, and discussion groups in ALCTS are listed. Each page includes the charge to the subunit and its membership or, in the case of discussion groups, the leadership. Many pages, such as those of the Networked Resources and Metadata Committee or the CCS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access, include additional documents on or from the committee. The roster begins at http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization. ************ OIF AND FTRF TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY A gala dinner celebrating the 30th anniversary of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and its sister organization, the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), will be held Saturday, January 30, 1999 during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. Susan Issacs, author of Lily White, Compromising Positions and other bestsellers, will be the special guest speaker. For information on how to attend, see http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/events.html#January. -- Don Wood, wood@ala.org ************ CC:DA ACTION LIST The Action List from the CCS Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access from the 1998 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. is: 1. The chair, Daniel Kinney, announced that CC:DA membership increased with the addition of a representative from the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. Joan Schuitema is the PCC representative. 2. Daniel Kinney reported on the joint CCS/CC:DA preconference "What in the World...Cataloging on an International Scale." 3. Bernhard Eversberg from the University of Braunschweig and Monika Muennich from the University of Heidelberg gave a presentation on Project REUSE and Project REUSE+. Bernhard Eversberg described the approach to cataloging multipart items that is used in German libraries. 4. Jean Hirons reported on a CONSER proposal that identifies categories of ongoing bibliographic entities and discussed the possible impact of the proposal on monographs, serials, and AACR. CC:DA invited the CONSER working group to develop a rule change proposal and to present it to CC:DA at Midwinter. 5. CC:DA heard the report of the ALA Representative to the JSC, Brian Schottlaender, and approved 4JSC/ALA/25/ALA follow-up/LC response and 4JSC/Rule Revision/1/Consolidated/1/LC response/CCC rep response. 6. Martha Yee gave a progress report on the newly formed Task Force on Rule 0.24. She described four different approaches to modifying the cardinal principle in rule 0.24. The working documents of the task force are on the CC:DA Web site. 7. Martha Yee presented the final report of the Task Force on Conference Proceedings II. The task force recommended two options for changing rule 21.1B1. CC:DA approved the second option and voted to send a letter to LC requesting changes in the LCRI for 21.1B1. 8. Lynne Howarth gave a progress report on the work of the Task Force on Harmonization of ISBD(ER) and AACR. This task force has a home page with a link from the CC:DA Web site. 9. Sherry Kelley presented the final report of the Task Force on Metadata and the Cataloging Rules. CC:DA accepted the recommendations of the task force and voted to refer three suggestions for rule changes to the Task Force on Harmonization of ISBD(ER) and AACR, to form a new task force on metadata that would include members of CC:DA and MARBI, and to form a task force on the VRA core categories. 10. CC:DA heard reports from Tony Olson, CCS Representative to the ALCTS Publications Committee; Barbara Tillett, LC Representative; and Glenn Patton, OCLC Representative. Don Chatham and Mary Huchting provided the committee with an update on the electronic version of AACR2. 11. CC:DA and MARBI held a joint meeting to discuss common concerns. The members of both committees agreed that the two committees should hold joint meetings at future ALA conferences. Note: This document will be added to the CC:DA web page at: http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ccs/ccda/986-agen.html -- Daniel Kinney, dkinney@notes.cc.sunysb.edu ************ AROUND ALA J. Andrew Magpantay, the founding director of the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy, has announced his resignation effective October 23, 1998. He will be leaving to pursue other opportunities in the technology arena. In implementing this key ALA office and directing its first three and one-half years, Magpantay established OITP as an invaluable resource in advancing ALA's policy efforts on behalf of improved services and widespread public access to electronic information. Magpantay's efforts helped set a direction and foundation for OITP, establishing it as a source for research and analysis of technology policy issues and helping to raise ALA's visibility with policy makers and other stakeholders. Rick Weingarten, currently a Senior Policy Fellow at the ALA Washington Office, will serve as interim director of OITP and will help develop a planning process leading to recruitment of a permanent director who will continue the evolution of OITP. Weingarten's background includes senior information technology policy work at the Computing Research Association, the congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and the National Science Foundation. He also teaches at the University of Maryland College of Library and Information Science. Anne A. Heanue, Associate Director of the Washington Office, has announced her retirement before the end of the year. With the Washington Office since 1979, Heanue is a recognized expert in the area of government information dissemination policy. Most recently, she played a major role in support of the Inter-Association Working Group on Government Information Policy, established by ALA to develop recommendations from the library community on improvements to the law underlying how the federal government disseminates its own information, and including an updating of the Federal Depository Library Program. Many of those recommendations are incorporated in legislation now before Congress. Heanue was honored with the Federal Librarians Round Table Achievement Award in 1988. ************ CRIMEA '99 The Sixth International Conference "Crimea 99," with the theme "Libraries and Associations in the Transient World: New Technologies and New Forms of Cooperation," will be held at Sudak (Feodosia, Koktebel, Stary Krym), Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, June 5-13, 1999. It will be held under the aegis of IFLA. It has become the dominant forum for professional interaction, networking, and communication between and among librarians and information professionals throughout Eastern Europe. For a copy of the full Call for Papers for Crimea '99, contact pourciau@latte.memphis.edu. ************ IFLA SECRETARY GENERAL RESIGNS Christine Deschamps, President of IFLA, has announced the resignation of IFLA Secretary General, Leo Voogt, effective 1 January 1999. Voogt has accepted an invitation to become the Executive Director of the Royal Association for the Book Trade in the Netherlands. Voogt has been Secretary General since 1992 and under his management IFLA has continued to develop as a worldwide organization representing libraries and librarianship. IFLA's Executive Committee has taken the necessary first steps to search for his successor. The committee is particularly concerned that a truly wide-ranging search goes on and would be grateful for nominations of possible candidates which the Executive Committee can then pursue. Nominations can be forwarded to the IFLA Treasurer, Mr. Derek Law (tel: +44 (0) 141 548 4619, fax: +44 (0) 141 552 3304, e-mail: d.law@strath.ac.uk). The Secretary General of IFLA is a full-time position based in The Hague. A description of the essential requirements and principal responsibilities of the position is available on request and will be posted on IFLANET (www.ifla.org). -- Sophie Felfoldi ************ 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; Sheila Intner, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director and Editor (kmuller@ala.org); Editorial Assistance: Shonda Russell, Beatrice Calvin. 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