ALCTS Network News v17n16 (May 11, 1999) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v17n16.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 17, Number 16 May 11, 1999 In this issue: REGISTRATION FOR eMONOGRAPHS PRECONFERENCE CLOSES MAY 21 IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM I. BUNNELL HEARING ON NEW COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT GUIDES SCHEDULED NASIG ANNOUNCES 1999 EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS ************ REGISTRATION FOR eMONOGRAPHS PRECONFERENCE CLOSES MAY 21 "Bringing eMonographs into the Digital Library" sponsored by ALCTS, will be held Friday, June 25, as a preconference to the American Library Association Annual Conference in New Orleans. The registration deadline is May 21. The preconference will explore issues related to the incorporation of eMonographs/eBooks into the digital library. The presenters will define the eMonograph/eBooks; identify the significance of the eMonograph/eBook in the digital library; address key issues related to the selection, acquisition, organization, licensing, copyright, preservation, and perpetual access of the eMonogrpah/eBook from the librarian's perspective; and address key issues of importance to librarians and publishers in relation to the licensing and pricing of the eMonograph/eBook. The preconference is designed for librarians and associate university librarians who are implementing or planning to integrate eMonographs/eBooks in their digital libraries, publishers, university press leaders, system librarians and other librarians interested in the development of policies related to eMonographs/eBooks. The moderator of the preconference is Lynn Silipigni Connaway, netLibrary, Inc. The speakers include: Camila Alire, Colorado State University; Jerry Campbell, University of Southern California; Terry Noreault, OCLC, Inc.; Chris Pooley, President, ModernAge Books; Brian Stern, netLibrary, Inc.; and Kate Wittenberg, Columbia University Press. To register online, visit http://www.internetpros.com/registration.cfm; download and complete the form. Registration fees are $115 for ALCTS members, $165 for ALA members and $215 for nonmembers. Completed registration form with payment (either check or credit card) should be sent to: American Library Association, Dept. #77-6565, Chicago, IL 60678-6565; or fax (credit card only) completed form to 312-944-7841. Whether mailed or faxed, forms should be sent only once to avoid duplication. For more information, contact Yvonne A. McLean at ymclean@ala.org or 312/280-5032. ************ IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM I. BUNNELL William I. Bunnell, Executive Director of the Resources and Technical Services Division (RTSD), the precursor to ALCTS, from August 1, 1978 until April 30, 1987, died on May 3. Prior to coming to ALA, Bill had been head librarian at the County College of Morris, Morris, New Jersey. He was very active in the New Jersey Library Association including serving a term as President of NJLA. After leaving ALA, Bill served as librarian at Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, until his retirement in 1997. Bill graduated from the Mercersburg Academy in 1958 and graduated from the former Trinity College (now Trinity University) in Hartford, Connecticut. He received his MALS from Columbia University in New York. During his tenure with RTSD, Bill, along with Deputy Executive Director Bill Drewett, defined the regional institute program--starting off with the 14 AACR2 "road shows" scheduled during 1980-81. Some other landmarks of Bill's tenure include: the establishment of the Preservation of Library Materials Section (now PARS); publication of the ALA Filing Rules; expansion of the RTSD Newsletter; the investigation of the Gille brothers; publication of the report on Racism and Sexism in Subject Analysis; piloting of the Collection Management and Development Institute; celebration of RTSD's Silver Anniversary (with a Bay Cruise in San Francisco!); early efforts at using electronic mail to share program information (1981!); a video-teleconference from the Los Angeles Annual Conference in 1983; investigation into dual pricing issues; establishment of intern positions on committees, and presentation of the first "Business of Acquisitions" preconference (1985). After his retirement, Bill moved to Keedysville, Maryland and was active in the Keedysville Historical Society as well as in his church, St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Lappans, Maryland. A memorial service was held on May 5, 1999 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Lappans. Contributions in Bill's memory may be made to St. Mark's Episcopal Church or to the William I. Bunnell Library Fund at Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. ************ HEARING ON NEW COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT GUIDES SCHEDULED The ALCTS CMDS Collection Development Issues for the Practitioner Committee has scheduled a pair of hearings on two forthcoming books in the ALCTS Collection Management and Development Guides Series. Both will be held during the committee's meeting Sunday, June 27, 2-4 p.m. >From 2-3 there will be an open panel discussion on "Guide to Administrative Structure for Collection Management." The authors of this guide, John M. Harr, Peggy Johnson, and Mary Munroe will be present to answer questions and hear concerns. From 3-4, there will be the final hearings on the revision of "Guide to Evaluation of Library Collections," whose lead writer is Mary Bushing. This second edition will update the guide by the same name edited by Barbara Lockett and published in 1989. -- Suzanne Freeman, Chair, CMDS Collection Development Issues for the Practitioner Committee (sfreeman@vmfa.state.va.us) ************ NASIG ANNOUNCES 1999 EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) announces the five members elected to its Executive Board. These individuals will assume office at the adjournment of the 14th NASIG Annual Conference, to be held June 10-13, 1999 in Pittsburgh. * Connie Foster (Serials Coordinator, Western Kentucky University) has been elected Vice-President/President-Elect. * Gerry Williams (Systems Librarian, Northern Kentucky University) has been reelected Treasurer. * Don Jaeger (President and CEO, Alfred Jaeger Inc.) and Pat Wallace (Head, Serials Dept., University of Colorado, Boulder) have been elected Members-at-Large. Fran Wilkinson (Acting Associate Dean of Library Sciences, University of New Mexico) has been reelected Member-at-Large. The NASIG Nominations and Elections Committee was chaired this year by Bob Persing, Head of Serials, University of Pennsylvania Libraries. The North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization promoting communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain. Please visit our Website at http://www.nasig.org. For more information contact: Steve Oberg, NASIG President (s-oberg@uchicago.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. Editorial offices: ALCTS, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; Sheila Intner, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director & Editor; Editorial Assistance: Yvonne McLean, Shonda Russell, Beatrice Calvin. 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