ALCTS Network News v16n15 (November 16, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v16n15.txt ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 16, Number 15 November 16, 1998 In this issue MIDWINTER ACTIVITIES LAST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 1999 ALCTS AWARDS LIBRARY TECHNICAL SERVICES IS. . . IFAN: WHAT IS IT? HOW DO YOU JOIN? ************ MIDWINTER ACTIVITIES [Editor's note: From now until mid-January, AN2 will publish notices of Midwinter Meeting plans of ALCTS committees and discussion groups. This includes announcements of hearings, discussion group topics, and the like. These will also be compiled on the ALCTS web page, http://www.ala.org/alcts/events. Send your announcement to alcts@ala.org.] Educational Forum on Form Subdivision Implementation Friday, January 29, 1999, 7:00-9:00 p.m. The SAC Subcommittee on Form Headings/Subdivisions Implementation is sponsoring an educational forum on the use of subfield v, for coding form/genre subdivisions in subject heading fields. Most of the discussion/training session will center on Library of Congress Subject Headings. We plan to have examples and worksheets, time for questions and a session on possible online catalog screen display improvements. If you would like particular questions or issues addressed, please send those requests. Registration is required so that we can be prepared for the appropriate number of attendees. E-Mail Lasater@library.vanderbilt.edu. -- Mary Charles Lasater (Lasater@library.vanderbilt.edu.) PARS Library Binding Discussion Group Sunday, January 31, 1999, 2-4 p.m. Technology has made binding periodical literature easier and faster for both binders and libraries, but what do we do with those volumes that fall outside the normal stream of work either because they are incomplete, have pocketed materials, fold-outs, multi-media parts, etc. This discussion will draw out practical solutions to common, troublesome binding problems from the current practices of both librarians and binders around the country. -- Brian Baird (bbaird@ukans.edu) ************ LAST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 1999 ALCTS AWARDS Nominations are being sought for seven awards to be presented by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. The deadline for award nominations and supporting documentation is December 1. The awards are: Best of LRTS Award, presented to the author or authors of the best paper published during each year in Library Resources and Technical Services (LRTS), the official ALCTS journal. Send nominations to: Carol Fleishauer, 14S-216, MIT Libraries, Cambridge, MA 02139. Phone: 617/253-5962. E-mail: fleish@mit.edu. Blackwell's Scholarship Award, to honor the author or authors of the year's outstanding monograph, article, or original paper in the field of acquisitions, collection development, and related areas of resources development in libraries. Blackwell's will donate a $2,000 scholarship to the U. S. or Canadian library school of the winning author's choice. The scholarship will be given to a student concentrating in the acquisitions or collection development areas. Send nominations to Janet Padway, 1025 W. Dean Road, Milwaukee, WI 53217. Phone: 414/229 6458. E-mail: jgp@gml.lib.uwm.edu. Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award, administered by the Serials Section, consists of a citation and a $1,500 donated by R. R. Bowker, recognizes distinguished contributions to serials librarianship through participation in professional associations and/or library education programs, contributions to the body of serials literature, conduct of research in the area of serials, development of tools or methods to enhance access to or management of serials, other advances leading to a better understanding of the field of serials. Send nominations to: Lisa Macklin, 870 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030. Phone: 404/894-4517. E-mail: lisa.macklin@library.gatech.edu. First Step Award - Wiley Professional Development Grant, a citation and $1,500 donated by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and administered by the Serials Section, to provide librarians new to the serials field with the opportunity to broaden their perspectives and to encourage professional development in ALA conferences and participation in Serials Section activities. All ALA members with five or fewer years' professional experience in the serials field, who have not previously attended an ALA annual conference, are eligible. Send nominations to: Marguerite Horn, P. O. Box 1414, Schenectady, NY 12301. Phone 518/442-3633. Fax: 518/442-3630. E-mail: mehorn@cnsvax.albany.edu. Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award, a citation and $1,500 donated by Harrassowitz, is presented by the Acquisitions Section for significant contributions by and outstanding leadership of an individual in the field of library acquisitions. Recognition is made for individual achievement of a high order in this area. Send nominations to: Dorothy Marcinko, 1927 Lee Road. 65, Auburn, AL, 36849. Phone: 334/844-1720. E-mail: dmarcink@lib.auburn.edu. Margaret Mann Citation, a citation and $2,000 to the library school of the winner's choice, donated by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., is administered by the Cataloging and Classification Section. This award is presented to a cataloger or classifier for outstanding professional achievement in the areas of cataloging or classification through publication, participation in professional cataloging associations, or valuable contributions to practice in individual libraries. Send nominations to: Eric R. Childress, OCLC, 6565 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH 43017-3395. Phone: 614/761-5181. E-mail: eric_childress@oclc.org. Esther J. Piercy Award, $1,500 and a citation donated by Yankee Book Peddler, to recognize the contribution to those areas of librarianship included in library collections and technical services by a librarian with not more than ten years of professional experience who has shown outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership. Send nominations to: Sally C. Tseng, 49 Gillman St., Irvine, CA 96212. Phone: 949/824-6832. E-mail: sctseng@uci.edu For additional information, contact Shonda Russell, ALCTS Awards, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; E-mail: srussell@ala.org; fax: 312/280-5033, phone: 312/280-5037. Or consult http://www.ala.org/alcts/awards/index.html. ************ LIBRARY TECHNICAL SERVICES IS. . . The 1999 Annual conference of the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Service Librarians (OVGTSL), the ALCTS CRG affiliate serving Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, will be hosted by Cedarville College at the Springfield Inn in Springfield, Ohio, May 20-21, 1999. The OVGTSL Program Planning Committee invites proposals for presentations. For the 1999 conference, "Library Technical Services is..." we want to know how has technical services changed. What new responsibilities do technical services librarians and staff have? What new technical services programs or projects have been developed? How are technical services librarians planning for and preparing for continuing change? OVGTSL invites all interested persons to submit proposals and suggested topics/speakers. Please include contact information, a 200-word abstract, format of your presentation, AV needs, and projected length of presentation. Send by December 1, 1998 to Rebecca L. Lubas, Catalog Librarian for Serials and Documents, Ball State University (00rllubas@bsuvc.bsu.edu). -- Rebecca L. Lubas (00rllubas@bsuvc.bsu.edu) ************ IFAN: WHAT IS IT? HOW DO YOU JOIN? The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom has developed the Intellectual Freedom Action Network (IFAN). Those who join--and joining is free!--are asked to act as "eyes" and "ears" for intellectual freedom. IFAN members are expected to do one or more of the following: * Read the newspaper and watch your local TV programs for incidents of censorship, and report them to OIF. (You can report to OIF by e-mail, fax, phone, or U.S. mail.) Send us any information you come across. * Monitor lists and computer bulletin boards looking for incidents of censorship and information on pressure groups that are forming in your area. Report this information to OIF. * Attend library board, school board, and local government meetings. On average, more than two-thirds of the materials challenged were in school libraries or school curricula. Don't wait for a controversy to erupt; make your views known before this happens. * Be willing to lend your support to someone who is facing a challenge and to respond to requests for support from OIF on controversies in your area. * Tell others about the Intellectual Freedom Action Network. If you would like to join the Intellectual Freedom Action Network, send your Name, Address, City/State/Zip, Phone, Fax, and Email to: Intellectual Freedom Action Network American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 IFAN members receive the Intellectual Freedom Action News free. (Issues of this publication are available online at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ifan_pub.html.) 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