ALCTS Network News v16n26 (January 25, 1999)
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ALCTS NETWORK NEWS

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

Volume 16, Number 26
January 25, 1999

In this issue:

MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT
PCC SEEKS EVALUATION OF CORE RECORDS
PROJECT BECITES ANNOUNCED
SOLINET WINTER 1999 PRESERVATION WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

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MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUP ANNOUNCEMENT

PARS Preservation Course and Workshop Instructors/Preservation
Education and Outreach Discussion Group

There will be a joint meeting of the Preservation Course and Workshop
Instructors and the Preservation Education and Outreach Discussion
Groups on Sunday, Jan 31, 1999, from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.  The focus
of this meeting is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and
techniques for those who teach full semester courses in preservation. 
To kick off the discussion panelists will introduce different
approaches to teaching full semester courses including team teaching,
incorporating preservation into the core curriculum, and methods for
teaching about digital imaging.  We will also provide an update on the
Preservation Educators' Exchange Web Site, and a discussion and vote
on whether to recommend combining these two discussion groups.

Panelists: Winston Atkins, North Carolina State; Michele Cloonan,
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies; Steve
Dalton, Northeast Document Conservation Center.

 -- Christine Wiseman (cwiseman@solinet.net)

[Editor's note: This is the last issue of AN2 before the 1999
Midwinter Meeting.  This and other announcements of discussion group
topics have been added to the ALCTS web at
http://www.ala.org/alcts/now/mwdg.html.  Check us out!]

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PCC SEEKS EVALUATION OF CORE RECORDS

In the course of its efforts to provide access to information
resources, the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) seeks to
increase the timely availability of authoritative records created and
maintained under accepted standards, using "core records."  Many
libraries that produce core level cataloging may wish to evaluate the
core record standard in order to determine if it offers a
cost-effective alternative to full-level or minimal-level cataloging
or to evaluate its impact on copy cataloging operations.  Others may
wish to try to gauge its usefulness in providing acceptable access to
collections.  The PCC's Standing Committee for Standards (SCS) has
developed data gathering models which are designed as aids in
reporting such evaluative efforts to the PCC so that the results of
the trials may be more easily generalized and compared.  They are
intended to provide a framework for reporting core record evaluations,
indicating necessary information to include.  They may also be used as
guidelines to aid in the design of trials of core record efficacy. 
These models are available on the PCC web page
(http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/standards.html).  There is an
introduction (http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/modelsab.html) and two
models, A and B.  Model A is information to be reported when
communicating the efficacy of core level cataloging in original
cataloging operations, and Model B is Information to be reported when
communicating the impact of core level cataloging on copy cataloging
operation.

 -- Ana Cristan, (acri@loc.gov)

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PROJECT BECITES ANNOUNCED

The Library of Congress's Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team
(BEAT) announces that in 1999 it will implement a project to add or
link additional information to important subject bibliographies
prepared by LC's Reading Room staffs.  This project to be called
BECites (pronounced: bee-sites) holds the promise of both expanding
and further demonstrating the value of LC's bibliographic enrichment
initiatives.  

This initiative will focus first on "A Guide to Finding Business
Information at the Library of Congress" (Richard F. Sharp, compiler),
making a portion of the Guide available on the Internet in hypertext
for the first time as an enhanced electronic bibliography.  This
"webliography" will ultimately include electronic links to additional
content information from the titles it contains. The individual
catalog records for works included in the Guide will themselves be
modified so that they will link to the enhanced content information
and/or the electronic version of the bibliography, thus creating a
two-way route for users and reference librarians to expand the scope
of a search by following these new links.  From the user's
perspective, this means that a search in the Library's catalog may
lead to the discovery of the Guide  -- which heretofore would have to
be found through additional and perhaps serendipitous searching of
various types; while the webliography, referenced through these links,
will lead users to related titles on the subject, whose content may be
searched in turn.  As the catalog records for individual items as well
as the Guide itself will be available online over the Internet,
BeCites has the potential to expand LC business information service to
the global Internet community.

Using a business-oriented guide in this project reflects one of
BEAT's its primary areas of focus: providing information to those
interested in business and entrepreneurship.  To make this sort of
electronic publication even more useful, BEAT will introduce to
BECites not only one of its currently existing programmatic
enrichments *- adding a link to the table of contents for the
monographic works cited in the bibliography *- but will introduce
new enrichment programs to increase access points and provide
additional content data heretofore unavailable without direct
reference to the actual publication.  

These enhancements will include where feasible provision of links to
the back-of-the-book index for the works cited, links to and from
references to related publications contained within the titles
identified in the bibliography, and links to relevant Internet sites,
thus supplementing data identified in a reference with links to
subject-related online resources of research value identified by the
reference staff.  For journal titles included in the "webliography," a
link may also be provided to abstracting/indexing service(s) covering
that title.  For some end users these links may serve only to identify
a fee-based service, but for many users searching in libraries that
subscribe to the abstracting/indexing service--including LC--direct
access to these resources should be available.  

BECites is earmarked by cooperation between the reference and
cataloging arms of the Library.  While the plan is to start with just
selected portions of the Guide, the project ultimately hopes to
provide the data described for the works cited either in additional
chapters of the Guide or in other related guides produced by the
business reference staff and to develop mechanisms which could expand
this type of electronic enrichment to other subject areas.

Carolyn S. Larson of the Business Team, Science, Technology and
Business Reference Division, is project manager.  Robert August,
Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division, is serving as chief
technical advisor.  For further information please contact John D.
Byrum Jr. (jbyr@loc.gov), Chief, Regional and Cooperative Cataloging
Division, Library of Congress.

	 -- John D. Byrum (jbyr@loc.gov)

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SOLINET WINTER 1999 PRESERVATION WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Preserving Collections in a Hostile Environment: Environmental
Control and Monitoring

The most cost-effective strategy to preserve our documentary
resources is by controlling temperature, relative humidity, a and
pollutants.  This workshop will help library staff identify the source
of problems, monitor the environment, and develop strategies for
affecting change in their institution.  It will include an extensive
packet of resource materials, plus exhibits of state-of-the art
monitoring equipment.  Instructor is Dr. Michael Trinkley, Director of
Chicora Foundation.

This workshop is scheduled for Thursday, March 11, 1999 at North
Carolina State University- McKimmon Conference Center, Raleigh, NC.

Cost is $95 SOLINET members ($85 early bird, $120 late registration),
$135 Non-SOLINET & FEDLINK ($125 early bird, $160 late registration)


Attack of the Giant Mold Spore: Simple, Safe Techniques to Recover
from a Mold Outbreak

Mold is a constant threat to collections, particularly in climates
with high heat humidity.  This half-day workshop provides a general
introduction to identifying mold, the types of damage it causes to
collection materials, and techniques for safe mold removal and
cleaning.  Dr. Michael Trinkley, Director of Chicora Foundation is the
instructor for this session.

The workshop is scheduled for Friday, March 12, 1999 at North
Carolina State University - McKimmon Conference Center, Raleigh, NC,
from 9am -12 noon.

Cost is $70 SOLINET members ($60 early bird, $95 late); $100 
Non-SOLINET & FEDLINK ($90 early bird, $125 late).  Any institution
in North Carolina qualifies for the member rate.

NOTE: Register for both Environmental Control & Monitoring and Attack
of the Giant Mold Spore and receive a $20 discount.  Total cost for
both session is as follows: $145 SOLINET members ($135 early bird,
$170 late registration) $235 or Non-SOLINET & FEDLINK ($210 early
bird, $225 late registration).


Did Our Insurance Policy Say That? Risk Management & Insurance Issues
For Library & Cultural Collections

This full-day workshop discusses risk management techniques for
libraries and cultural collections.  Through lecture, discussion and
break-out sessions the following topics will be highlighted: valuation
of collections; types of property insurance coverage; insuring
specific materials; choosing an insurance agent; appraisal.

The instructor for this workshop is Jeanne Drewes, Assistant Director
for Access and Preservation, Michigan State University Libraries. 
Guest Presenters from allied fields will participate in break-out
sessions.

The workshop is scheduled for Friday, March 19, 1999 from 9am - 4pm
at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

Cost is $95 SOLINET members ($85 early bird, $120 late registration);
$135 Non-SOLINET & FEDLINK ($125 early bird, $160 late registration).

For more information or to register, contact Andrew Jones at
800-999-8558 or andrew_jones@solinet.net 

 -- Alicia Riley-Walden (ariley@solinet.net)

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