ALCTS Network News v17n03 (March 2, 1999) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v17n03.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 17, Number 3 March 2, 1999 In this issue CMDI INSTITUTE SOLD OUT ALCTS PUBLISHES BOOK AND SERIAL VENDORS DIRECTORY PRESERVATION REPORT AVAILABLE ON NETSL WEB SITE DIANE FRANKEL TO STEP DOWN JO ANN CARR LCATS RESEARCH AWARD WINNER IFL TEEN PRECONFERENCE ************ CMDI SOLD OUT ALCTS Collection Management & Development Institute, to be held in Pomona, CA, on March 25-27, 1999, is sold out and no longer accepting registrations. If you are looking for a educational opportunity don't forget the other ALCTS Spring Institutes: Cataloging Now! An ALCTS Institute on the PCC Core Record April 16, at the Queens Borough Public Library, Flushing, NY Blazing the Trail: Electronic Serials from Acquisition to Access pril 16-17, at the Hilton Hotel in Portland, OR For more information or to register contact Yvonne A. McLean: (ymclean@ala.org) or 800-545-2433 ext. 5032. Full details are available at our website: http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes --Suzanne I. Koceyan (skoceyan@ala.org) ************ ALCTS PUBLISHES BOOK AND SERIAL VENDORS DIRECTORY Book and Serial Vendors for Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union is the third title in the Foreign Book and Serial Vendors Directories series, published by ALCTS Foreign Book Dealers Directories Series Subcommittee, a committee of the ALCTS Acquisitions Section Publications committee. Edited by Barbara Hall, the directory includes information gathered from Association of Research Libraries member libraries. Respondents included large research libraries with active overseas acquisitions programs. The publication is designed for acquisitions librarians who are contemplating placing orders with vendors from Eastern Europe or the Former Soviet Union. The publication can be found on the ALCTS Web site at: http://www.ala.org/alcts/publications/easteur/toc.html. A paper copy of the Book and Serial Vendors for Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (ISBN: 0-8389-7994-7) costs $15 and is available from ALA Order Fulfillment, 155 N. Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60606. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 7. Fax: 312-836-9958. The other two titles in the series, Volume 1, Book and Serial Vendors for Asia and the Pacific (ISBN: 0-8389-7811-8; Web location: http://www.ala.org/alcts/publications/asia/index.html), and Volume 2, Book and Serial Vendors for Africa and the Middle East (ISBN: 0-8389-7903-3; Web location: http://www.ala.org/alcts/publications/africa/index.html) are also available in both formats. --Beatrice Calvin (bcalvin@ala.org) ************ PRESERVATION REPORT AVAILABLE ON NETSL WEB SITE A report on Jane Hedberg's talk, "First Steps: Basic Preservation Techniques and Strategies," is now available on the New England Technical Services Librarians web site. Ms. Hedberg (Wellesley College Library, Wellesley, Mass.) gave this presentation as part of the New England Library Association's Annual Conference, October 1998. The URL for the report is: http://www.nelib.org/netsl/oct98.html NETSL's 1999 Spring Conference, "Technical Services in the New Millennium: Exploring the Electronic Frontier," to be held on April 19, 1999, at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Mass. Keynote speakers will be Clifford Lynch (Coalition for Networked Information) and Eric Lease Morgan (North Carolina State University). See: http://www.nelib.org/news/netsl99.html. --David Miller (dmiller@curry.edu) ************ DIANE FRANKEL TO STEP DOWN Diane Frankel announced that she would be stepping down as Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services at the end of March 1999. Originally appointed by President Bill Clinton to be the Director of the Institute of Museum Services, Frankel led the agency through its transition to include federal library as well as museum programs. During her five and one half years of federal service, Frankel established a record of achievement that has helped bring museum and library service to millions of Americans nationwide. Frankel will join the James Irvine Foundation. She has been appointed Program Director in Children, Youth and Families. In addition to managing that portfolio, Frankel will be responsible for the development of a multi-year initiative to create and support networks of organizations, institutions and coalitions committed to advancing the educational development of school-aged children in California communities. Frankel will provide leadership to a team of program directors, associates, project managers and consultants in the development of this new initiative. She will be responsible for developing the program's conceptual framework, its goals and objectives and the grant-making strategies that will support capacity building of community organization, community mobilization, parent involvement, media engagement and project evaluation. --Giuliana Bullard (Gbullard@imls.fed.us) ************ JO ANN CARR LCATS RESEARCH AWARD WINNER Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services (LCATS) has announced that Jo Ann Carr is the recipient of the 1999 Research Award. Carr is Director of the Instructional Materials Center, School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her proposal, "Full Text Journal Databases and Frequently Cited Titles: A Content Analysis," has been funded as the 1999 Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services Research Award. Her study will assess the ability of four full-text journal databases to provide access to core journals as reflected by the Institute of Scientific Information's Journal Citation Reports. The four full text databases to be studied are Academic Search Full Text from Ebscohost; Expanded Academic ASAP from IAC; Periodical Abstracts Research II Full Text from ProQuest; and Wilson Web Full Text. The coverage of these databases will be compared against the most frequently cited titles as reflected in the 1998/99 edition of Journal Citation Reports. This study will build upon previous work by the author in assessing the coverage of core titles in the fields of education and biology. Carr's proposal was the overwhelming choice of the five-member LCATS review committee. To quote one of the reviewers, "Every library is struggling with the myriad of full-text databases available. A study, such as this one, that proposes to examine both quality and quantity will be a significant contribution bringing a measure of scientific analysis to evaluating resources would be extremely useful." -- Carol Pitts Diedrichs (diedrichs.1@osu.edu) ************ IFL TEEN PRECONFERENCE The deadline to register for the "Teens in the 21st Century: Access for the Future" preconference scheduled for Thursday, June 24, to Friday, June, 25, 1999, in New Orleans, has been extended through March 9. "Teens in the 21st Century: Access for the Future" is designed for librarians who work with young adults and are interested in intellectual freedom. Attendees will develop advocacy skills that will allow them to speak out on a wide range of topics related to intellectual freedom. They will learn how to deal effectively with challenges to both print and electronic formats, and gain the tools they need to address intellectual freedom issues and challenges into the new millennium. Speakers include Chris Crutcher, author of Ironman, Running Loose, Stotan! and other YA and adult novels; Andrew Case, Steven Case and Stevana Case, plaintiffs in Case et al. v. Unified School District 233; Nancy Garden, author of Annie on My Mind; Joe Janes, founder of the Internet Public Library; Bennett Haselton, founder of Peacefire; Steven Herb, chair, ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee; Judith F. Krug, director, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom; and twelve teenagers from Louisiana and around the country. The institute is scheduled from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 24. Dinner will be served from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., followed by a dessert reception hosted by ALA President Ann K. Symons. The institute continues on Friday, June 25, at 8:30 a.m. Lunch will be served from noon to 1:30 p.m., followed by the remainder of the institute, which will end by 5:00 p.m. The preconference institute fee is only $45 (includes 1-1/2 day institute and two meals). Those interested in applying for this preconference must complete an application form. The application form is found at http://www.ala.org/edwards/ Mail or fax it to 312-944-3897 by March 9. Do not send payment with the form. Applications will be reviewed and participants selected in March. Applicants will be notified in early April. One hundred applicants will be accepted from around the country. --Don Wood (dwood@ala.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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