ALCTS Network News v16n19 (December 11, 1998) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v16n19.txt ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 16, Number 19 December 11, 1998 In this issue ALCTS LAUNCHES NEW WEB NEWSLETTER NASIG FRITZ SCHWARTZ SERIALS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP 1999 NASIG STUDENT GRANT 1999 NASIG HORIZON AWARD LCCN SUFFIX/ALPHABETIC IDENTIFIER AND REVISION DATE CESSATION NEW MEMBERS ROUND TABLE SHIRLEY OLOFSON MEMORIAL AWARD NEW MEMBERS ROUND TABLE 3M/NMRT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT ALISE HOLDS OPEN HEARING ON ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE CONGRESS ON PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ************ ALCTS LAUNCHES NEW WEB NEWSLETTER ALCTS has launched its new Web newsletter. The ALCTS newsletter, formerly a print publication, is now accessible via the ALCTS home page (http://www.ala.org/alcts). The ALCTS Newsletter Online now accommodates comprehensive reports, late-breaking news, photographs, enhanced graphics, and other features that were never possible under the limitations imposed by paper publication. The online newsletter will continue to be published six times a year. For more information, contact Dale Swenson, Editor (dale_swenson@byu.edu) or Fax: 801/378-3221 ************ NASIG FRITZ SCHWARTZ SERIALS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) and the Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC) team up each year to award the Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship of $2500 to a library science graduate student who demonstrates excellence in scholarship and the potential for accomplishment in a serials career. The purpose of the scholarship is to advance the Serials profession by providing an aspiring library student, who has prior serials experience, with enhanced educational opportunities. In addition to the scholarship, the recipient will also receive a Student Grant Award to attend the NASIG conference for the year in which the scholarship is granted and will receive a one-year NASIG membership. The 1999 NASIG conference will be held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA June 10-13, 1999. For more information and application forms go to the NASIG Web Page at http://nasig.ils.unc.edu/, or contact Markel Tumlin, Co-Chair, Awards and Recognition Committee (mtumlin@mail.sdsu.edu). --Patricia (Pat) Frade (Pat_Frade@byu.edu) ************ 1999 NASIG STUDENT GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) http://nasig.ils.unc.edu/ is currently seeking students who are interested in pursuing some aspect of serials work upon completion of their professional degrees for grants to attend the Fourteenth Annual Conference to be held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA June 10-13, 1999. For more information and application forms go to the NASIG Web Page (http://nasig.ils.unc.edu/), or contact Markel Tumlin, Co-Chair, Awards and Recognition Committee (mtumlin@mail.sdsu.edu). --Patricia (Pat) Frade (Pat_Frade@byu.edu) ************ 1999 NASIG HORIZON AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is currently seeking candidates for the NASIG Horizon Award to attend the Fourteenth Annual Conference to be held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA June 10-13, 1999. The purpose of is to advance the serials profession by providing promising new serialists with the opportunity to accelerate their knowledge and understanding of serials by networking and interacting with a wide range of dedicated professionals working in all segments of the serials information chain. NASIG will pay for all conference registration, housing, and travel costs. In addition, the recipient(s) will receive a year's free membership in NASIG and will be invited to serve on a NASIG committee the year following the award. For applications or further information go to the NASIG Web Page (http://nasig.ils.unc.edu/) or contact Pat Frade, Co-Chair, NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee (Pat_Frade@byu.edu). --Judy Johnston (JJOHNSTO@library.unt.edu) ************ LCCN SUFFIX/ALPHABETIC IDENTIFIER AND REVISION DATE CESSATION In preparation for the restructuring of the Library of Congress Control Number to accommodate the century change (see May 1997 Technical Notice), the Library of Congress has decided to discontinue use of the LCCN Suffix/Alphabetic Identifier and Revision Date as of January 1, 1999. (This data occurs at the end of the 001 and 010 fields in records issued by the Library). All new cataloging records created from January 1, 1999 forward, will not contain any suffix or revision date in 001 or 010 fields. Updates to previously existing records may continue to contain suffix or revision date or both. No concerted effort to remove this data from updates will occur until the Library of Congress moves to its new Integrated Library System (some time during 1999). The LCCN Suffix/Alphabetic Identifier was originally designed to provide information related to the distribution of card copy by LC. A complete list of the Suffix/Alphabetic Identifiers can be found in the field 010 description in USMARC Format for Bibliographic Data. Records that are candidates for the "Annotated Card" or juvenile works program will no longer contain the 'AC' LCCN suffix, but will instead contain the code, 'lcac', in field 042. The LCCN Revision Date was used to specify the latest date and number of times a cataloging record underwent a significant change. It was historically used, among other things, to distinguish one version of a card from another. In LC cataloging records, field 005 contains the date and time of the latest version of the record. Currently all updates to LC records are redistributed via the MARC Distribution Services. Any questions or comments on the above can be sent to: cpso@loc.gov ************ NEW MEMBERS ROUND TABLE SHIRLEY OLOFSON MEMORIAL AWARD The Shirley Olofson Memorial Award is presented annually in honor of Shirley Olofson, a well-respected former NMRT President, who died during her term in office. The award, which is intended to help defray costs to attend the ALA Annual Conference, will be presented in the form of a check for $500 at the NMRT President's Program during the 1999 Annual Conference in New Orleans. Applicants must be members of ALA and NMRT; active within the library profession; show promise or activity in the area of professional development; have valid financial need; and have attended no more than five ALA annual conferences. The recipient of the Shirley Olofson Memorial Award is required to attend at least one NMRT Executive Board meeting during ALA's Annual Conference, as well as the President's Program at which this award is presented. The application deadline is December 15, 1998. Further details and applications are available on the NMRT Home Page (http://www.ala.org/nmrt/) or contact Dora Ho, Shirley Olofson Award Committee Chair (ap520@lafn.org). --Gene Kinnaly (gkin@loc.gov) ************ NEW MEMBERS ROUND TABLE 3M/NMRT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT The purpose of the 3M/NMRT Professional Development Grant is to encourage professional development and participation by new ALA members in national ALA and NMRT activities. All ALA/NMRT members within their first ten years of membership are eligible for the grant. The 1999 grant will help finance attendance at the ALA Annual Conference, which will be held in New Orleans, LA. It covers round trip airfare, lodging, conference registration fees and some incidental expenses. The application deadline is December 15, 1998. Further details and applications are available on the NMRT Home Page (http://www.ala.org/nmrt/) or contact Marilyn Grush (mgrush@hshsl.umaryland.edu). --Gene Kinnaly (gkin@loc.gov) ************ ALISE HOLDS OPEN HEARING ON ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE CONGRESS ON PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION On Friday, January 26, 1999, at the ALISE 1999 Annual Conference, there will be an Open Hearing on issues to be addressed at the Congress on Professional Education from the ALISE (http://www.alise.edu) viewpoint. All practitioners of any of the education sections are invited to come and listen or give "input" in this hearing. --Shirley Fitzgibbons (fitzgibb@indiana.edu) ************ ALCTS NETWORK NEWS (ISSN 1056-6694) is published irregularly by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. 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