ALCTS Network News v17n01 (February 22, 1999) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v17n01.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 17, Number 1 February 22, 1999 In this issue KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT MIDWINTER 1999 DEADLINE NEARING FOR INSTITUTE ON LIBRARY BINDING SECOND ANNUAL ALA DIVERSITY FAIR MEMORIAL HELD FOR ELAINE RAST NETSL CONFERENCE CALL FOR 1999 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVIST PRESERVATION AWARD NOMINATIONS ************ KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT MIDWINTER 1999 Following are the key actions, in summary form, taken by the ALCTS Board of Directors during the 1999 Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. Routine actions, such as adopting agendas and approving minutes, are not included. CONFIRMED the vote taken via e-mail during August, 1998 authorizing web publication of "Standardized Handling of Digital Resources" (see http://www.ala.org/alcts/publications/netresources/bib_main.html) BY CONSENT, filed reports of the Nominating Committees and slates of candidates for the division and all sections, with thanks to the Nominating Committees, 1999 Elections. ENDORSED the statement, Libraries * An American Value (http://www.ala.org/symons/statement.html). BY CONSENT, confirmed the vote taken via e-mail during January 1999 accepting the recommendation of the International Relations Committee to support travel by Karen Darling, and in separate action, ACCEPTED the recommendations of the ALCTS International Relations Committee regarding funding requests from eleven individuals, with two approved pending receipt of their completed paperwork. INSTRUCTED the ALCTS Councilor to move that any resolution presented to Council regarding Library of Congress subject headings relating to class and poverty be referred to ALCTS for consideration and prompt action, and report back to Council at the Summer 1999 Conference, and also REFERRED Council Document 37 "Resolution on Subject Heading Revisions related to the Poor Peoples Policy" to the Cataloging and Classification Section, with a report to the ALCTS Board of Directors by June 1. DIRECTED the Organization and Bylaws Committee to assemble all ALCTS Policies governing programs, meetings, forums, panels, etc., and their appropriateness at annual conference and midwinter meetings into a single document patterned after the Conflict of Interest document, and that this document be sent to all Committee Chairs, Discussion Group Chairs and officers at the time of their appointment or election and as appropriate thereafter. AUTHORIZED the ALCTS Executive Director confirm the hold on a Rhine Cruise Ship and to proceed with more detailed planning; and appointed a planning task force to advise on the shipboard continuing education program for the cruise, which will culminate at the 2000 Frankfurt Book Fair. DIRECTED staff to consult with ALA's legal counsel regarding whether the addition of URLs for web pages of vendors listed in surveys exposes ALA/ALCTS to charges of endorsement and/or liability. REQUESTED the ALCTS President to approach Ann Symons regarding her filtering "conversations" and express ALCTS' interest in participating in it. ENDORSED the Resolution in memory of Judith Webster. ENDORSED a resolution to honor Peter Paulson upon his retirement from Forest Press. ENDORSED the ALA Legislation Committee resolution in support of the Inter-Association Working Group on Government Information Policy. AUTHORIZED placing an amendment regarding length of the Councilor's term on the spring 1999 ballot. -- Karen Muller (kmuller@ala.org) ************ DEADLINE NEARING FOR INSTITUTE ON LIBRARY BINDING PARS will sponsor a regional institute titled "New Directions in Library Binding" to be held in Los Angeles, March 11-12, 1999. The registration deadline is February 24, 1999. This institute will assess binding methods available under the Library Binding Institute Standard for Library Binding (8th ed.); provide information on the new draft ANSI/NISO/LBI Standard for Library Binding; offer hands-on instruction in choosing binding methods; outline criteria for establishing library specifications for particular binding tasks; describe simple repair techniques that can buttress your library binding program, and outline options for volumes that cannot or should not be bound; and offer recommendations for reorienting and enhancing your library binding program. Designed to train library staff in the administrative and operational functions of a library binding program. Supervisors of serials, technical services, binding, and preservation units will find the curriculum most useful. Registration fees for the institute are $195 for ALCTS members, $245 for ALA members, and $280 for non-members. The fee for the optional bindery tour is $35, which must be paid at the time of registration. For registration information contact Yvonne McLean at 800/545-2433, ext. 5032 or e-mail ymclean@ala.org. An electronic brochure with registration form is available on the ALCTS web site: http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes/lbi.html. ************ SECOND ANNUAL ALA DIVERSITY FAIR The American Library Association again invites its members from all types of libraries to participate in the Second Diversity Fair at the 1999 ALA Annual Conference, celebrating the extraordinary examples of diversity in America's libraries, and to demonstrate possibilities for other libraries in search of "diversity in action" ideas. Selected exhibitors will share their diversity initiatives in face-to-face presentations with conferees, utilizing a poster session/table talk format. This year's theme is Celebrating the Freedom to Read! Learn! Connect! An abstract is required, written in 150 words or less, that includes a description of the library's "diversity in action" initiative, details of its implementation, the degree to which the initiative has succeeded, and the potential uses by other libraries. An entry form and an information release form must accompany each entry. Only one entry per library. The deadline for receipt of entry forms has been extended to MARCH 1, 1999. E-mail entries to divfair@ala.org or fax to 312-280-3256. Questions may be directed to the OLOS office at 800-545-2433, ext. 4294 or divfair@ala.org. For more information, go to www.ala.org/diversity/. The following documents are available in PDF format: Diversity Fair Flyer http://www.ala.org/olos/1999_diversity_flyer.pdf Diversity Fair Entry Form http://www.ala.org/olos/1999form.pdf Diversity Fair Information Release Form http://www.ala.org/olos/1999release.pdf -- Satia Orange (sorange@ala.org) ************ MEMORIAL HELD FOR ELAINE RAST Elaine Kirkpatrick Rast, 65, longtime resident of DeKalb, IL, died February 12 in Chicago. A 1956 graduate of Concordia Teachers' College, River Forest, IL, she earned the MLS from Rosary College, River Forest in 1963. In the 1960's her vision of libraries in the future led her to participate in OCLC at Ohio State University. Later, she was adjunct professor at Dominican University River Forest, IL and full professor at Founders Library, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. She was an active participant in ALA and ALCTS, serving as Serials Section Chair, 1990-91, as well as a member or chair of several Serials Section committees, the including Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award and the First Step Award committees. She was also a member of NASIG from its inception where she served as a member of the executive board from 1988-1993. She was awarded Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year for 1993. She most recently served as archivist for Rainbow Push Coalition, and as a rare books cataloger at Adler Planetarium. A memorial service was held Saturday, February 20, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Elaine K. Rast Reading Room, Concordia Theological Seminary, 6600 N. Clinton St., Ft. Wayne, IN 46825. -- Sylvia Martin martin@library.vanderbilt.edu ************ NETSL CONFERENCE New England Technical Services Librarians is sponsoring an conference, Technical Services in the New Millennium: Exploring the Electronic Frontier, on Friday, April 16, 1999 at The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. All areas of technical services are affected by new forms of electronic information: How do we acquire it? Catalog it? Store it? What are the implications for technical services practitioners (both professional and paraprofessional) who are challenged by these new formats of scholarly communication? This conference will explore these and other issues confronting technical services librarians. Clifford Lynch, Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), will speak on "Changes in Scholarly Communication." Eric Lease Morgan, Systems Librarian, Digital Initiative Department, North Carolina State University, will address various innovations in web-based information storage. Registration is $40 for NELA/NETSL members, $50 for non-members, and $20 for full-time library students. For more information, contact Penny Schroeder, NETSL Treasurer: phone (207-725-3134) or e-mail (pschroed@bowdoin.edu) -- Kathryn Geoffrion (kgeoffrion@merrimack.edu) ************ CALL FOR 1999 SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVIST PRESERVATION AWARD NOMINATIONS The Society of American Archivist Preservation Publication Award Committee would like to encourage nominations for the 1999 Preservation Publication Award. Established in 1993, this award recognizes and acknowledges the author (s), editor (s), or organization for an outstanding preservation-related work of relevance to the archives community published in North America during the previous year. Eligible publications include articles, reports, chapters, and monographs in print, audiovisual, or electronic formats published in 1998. A full list of criteria is available on the SAA Web site (www.archivists.org/awards.html) The 1999 nomination form is available on-line and was also published in the November/December 1998 Archival Outlook. All nominations and supporting materials must be postmarked by February 28, 1999. -- Sharla D. Richards (srichards@amigo.org) ************ 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; Suzanne I. Koceyan, Editor (skoceyan@ala.org); Editorial Assistance: Shonda Russell, Karen Muller. ALCTS NETWORK NEWS is available free of charge and is available only in electronic form. 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