ALCTS Network News v16n25 (January 22, 1999)
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ALCTS NETWORK NEWS

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

Volume 16, Number 25
January 22, 1999

In this issue

GOT A PROGRAM IDEA?
ALA CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROPOSES CHANGES
MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUPS TOPICS
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JUDY WEBSTER 

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GOT A PROGRAM IDEA?

The ALCTS Program Committee is eager to hear your ideas for
pre-conferences, institutes or conference programs.  Two meetings are
planned for the Midwinter Meeting next week in Philadelphia.

If your committee has a proposal for an Institute or a Pre-conference
for 2000, you should bring your proposal to the Program Committee's
Saturday morning meeting in Room 307 of the Philadelphia Marriott.

If you have a proposal for a Conference Program for 2000 in Chicago,
you may reserve a time at the Tuesday morning meeting in the
Philadelphia Marriott, Salon K.  Please schedule a time slot in
advance by contacting the Program Committee Chairperson, Marilyn
McSweeney, (mgm@mit.edu) or by signing up at the ALCTS Office in the
Convention Center.

 -- Marilyn McSweeney (mgm@mit.edu)

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ALA CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROPOSES CHANGES

The ALA Conference Committee has presented a series of
recommendations for ways to improve the scheduling of ALA conferences
in its study document "Options for the Future" and invites all ALA
members to provide feedback and suggestions.  The study document
(1998-99 CD#38) represents the work of the committee over the last two
years.  It has been distributed to the division Board of Directors and
chair of the Program Committee in paper copy and is also posted at the
ALA web site at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/council/conference/.

Prior to Midwinter, send your comments to Mary Ghikas at
mghikas@ala.org or in written form to 50 East Huron Street, Chicago,
IL 60611; or to the chair of the ALA Conference Committee, Mary Ann
Rupert, at marupert@aol.com or 49 Gov. Wentworth Road, Amherst, NH
03031.

The ALA Conference Committee will hold two information sessions
during the Midwinter Meeting.  The first, to be held on Sunday,
January 31, from 8:00-9:00 a.m. in the ALA Council room in the
Philadelphia Convention Center, is primarily for Councilors to gather
opinions and suggestions.  All Midwinter attendees are welcome to
observe.

The second information session, also on Sunday, January 31, from
12:00-2:00 p.m. in the ALA Council room in the Philadelphia Convention
Center, will be an informal question and answer and feedback session. 
Special invitations will be sent to program planners in each division
and round table, but all interested members are encouraged to
participate.  Please bring a brown bag lunch.  Soft drinks and cookies
will be provided.  In order to help planners get an accurate estimate
of refreshments needed, members who know they will be attending are
asked to notify Mary Ghikas at mghikas@ala.org.

-- Mary Ghikas (mghikas@ala.org)

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MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUPS TOPICS

Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group

Topics include: Workload changes and job reclassification as a result
of automation, cross-training and cross-staffing, outsourcing and
creative responses to it electronic journals, collection, cataloging
and union listing, and creative responses to automation systems
limitations.

Volunteers are wanted to act as facilitators and recorders for the
Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group, on Sunday,
January 31, 1999, from 4:30-5:30 p.m.  If you are interested in
volunteering please contact Richard Baumgarten
(baumgarten@jcl.lib.ks.us) or Janet Lee-Smeltzer (leesmelj@uh.edu). 
Provide your name, e-mail address, two favorite topics, and indicate
whether you prefer to be a facilitator or recorder.

 -- Richard Baumgarten (baumgarten@jcl.lib.ks.us)


Newspaper Users Discussion Group

On Saturday, January 30, 1999, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., Sue Kellerman,
Preservation Department Head, Pennsylvania State University Libraries,
will start the discussion by describing her experience with the
Pennsylvania Newspaper Project and the reality of life after the
grant-funded work comes to an end.

 -- Robert C. Dowd (dowd@aldus.northnet.org)


Role of the Professional in Academic Technical Services Discussion
Group 

On Sunday January 31, 1999, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. there will be a
discussion on "Library Schools and Education of the Technical Service
Professional." Are library schools keeping pace with the technical
service needs of the workplace?  Are the curricula incorporating
sufficient technical services courses and are the courses meeting the
needs of today's graduate?  What do employers look for in technical
service job applicants at both the entry level and at the higher
level?  How can libraries work with library school educators to help
develop the curricula necessary to assure excellence in technical
services in the future?  How do practicing librarians keep
administrators informed and cognizant of the continued need for strong
technical services backgrounds in the librarians responsible for those
areas?

Discussion leaders: Dea Borneman, Acquisitions Librarian; Karen
Letarte and Michelle Turvey, Cataloging Librarians Southwest Missouri
State University; Rebecca L. Lubas, Catalog Librarian for Serials &
Documents, Ball State University; Catherine Nelson, Head, Serials
Dept., University of California at Santa Barbara.

 -- Nancy Slight-Gibney (nsg@oregon.uoregon.edu)


CCS/MAGERT Map Cataloging Discussion Group

On Sunday, January 31, 1999, from 8:00-9:00 a.m., there will be a
discussion on Map Serials.  Please bring your questions, comments, and
examples to discuss.  You are encouraged to bring guidelines,
procedures, "cheat sheets," etc., on how you handle map serials in
your institution.  And, if possible, bring extra copies to share.

The Map Cataloging Discussion Group provides a forum for both
beginning and expert map catalogers to discuss the basic issues
relating to the bibliographic control of maps and related materials.

 -- Jo Davidson (jfdavids@libris.libs.uga.edu)


PARS Binding Automation Discussion Group 

Please join the Binding Automation Discussion Group on Sunday,
January 31, 1999, from 9:00- 11:00 a.m., as we talk with Cindy Miller,
Product Strategy Advisor and member of the Senior Management team of
Endeavor Information Systems, about a potential Binding Module for
their Voyager Library Management System.  Ms. Miller will join us as
we discuss our needs and wants for their future integrated binding
module.  Please come prepared with ideas of features/functions that
your institution would like to see in an integrated binding module,
such as serial records collapse, on demand charging, and directly
produced binding slips.

 -- Cathleen L. Mook (Cathy@mail.uflib.ufl.edu)


PARS Cooperative Preservation Programs Discussion Group

On Sunday, January 31, 1999, from 9:00-11:00 a.m., there will be a
discussion continuing from the 1998 annual meeting on how we see
technology affecting our programs and the way we deliver information. 
Prior to the discussion, everyone will have an opportunity to give an
update on his or her programs and make announcements.  Nominations
will be taken for the next chair and vice-chair.

 -- Sharla Richards (srichard@amigos.org)


PARS Library Binding Discussion Group

On Sunday, January 31, 1999, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., there will be a
discussion on how technology has made binding periodical literature
easier and faster for both binders and libraries.  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 J. Baird (bbaird@ukans.edu)


PARS Photographic and Recording Media Discussion Group

The PARS Photographic and Recording Media Discussion Group will have
a joint session with the RBMS Mss and Other Formats Discussion Group
on Saturday, January 30, 1999, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.  The proposed
topic is the management, care, and handling of photographs and
photographic collections.  Nominations for a new chair and vice-chair
will be taken.

 -- Sharla Richards (srichard@amigos.org)

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MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JUDY WEBSTER 

Judy Webster, Head of Acquisitions and Processing, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, passed away on December 15, 1998, from cancer,
at her home, surrounded by her family and friends and pets.  She was
54. Judy was active in ALA/ALCTS as well as the Charleston Conferences
on Book and Serials Acquisitions.

There will be a memorial service for our beloved friend and colleague
on Saturday, January 30, 1999, at 5:00 p.m., at the First Presbyterian
Church, 201 S. 21 St., (21st and Walnut) in downtown Philadelphia. 
All are encouraged to attend.

 -- Katina Strauch (strauchk@cofc.edu)

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