ALCTS Network News v17n22 (June 9, 1999) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v17n22.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 17, Number 22 June 9, 1999 In this issue: LC MOUNTS PINYIN WEB PAGE ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUPS ANNOUNCE TOPICS: MONDAY NCLIS TO CONDUCT HEARING ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ************ LC MOUNTS PINYIN WEB PAGE The Library of Congress wishes to announce the creation of a Pinyin Conversion Project home page, located on its Cataloging Directorate home page at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin. This site will provide information and documents related to the Pinyin Conversion Project. Because plans for several important aspects of the project are still being formulated, status reports will be updated periodically. Links to related Web sites will be provided. Documents important to the project will be posted in a timely manner. Initial contents include: * Project Definition Announcement: Library of Congress Pinyin Conversion Project Pinyin Conversion Project Outline Wade-Giles to Pinyin Conversion Will Affect Everyone (RLG Focus article) * Timeline * Status reports on tasks in progress New Chinese Romanization Guidelines -- Advance copy Classification schedules: Chinese literary authors (1949-1999) Draft Classification schedules: Chinese literary authors (2000- ) Draft Chinese conventional place names: a status report Chinese Geographic Names: Related Resources Please send comments and suggestions to Philip Melzer, Team Leader, Korean-Chinese Cataloging Team, Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division, Library of Congress; email: pmel@loc.gov. -- John Byrum ************ ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUPS ANNOUNCE TOPICS: MONDAY ALCTS Automated Acquisitions/In Process Control Discussion Group Monday, June 28, 1999, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Topic: Library System Selection Process from the Technical Services Perspective: Making Certain You Get What YOU Need in an Integrated Library System Library system selection usually involves all areas of the library including technical services, however technical service needs often take a back seat to public access wants and needs. Discussion will include the process of vendor selection including ways to determine whether or not a system will do what you need and how to express your system needs so decision-makers will value them appropriately. Panelists include: Lynne Altstatt, Head, Technical Resources, The New York Academy of Medicine Library; Roger Presley, Associate University Librarian for Resource Management, Pullen Library, Georgia State University; Virginia Scheschy, Director of Technical Services, The University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno. The panel discussion will follow a very brief business meeting scheduled for the nomination and election of a vice-chair/chair elect. -- Pat Adams (patricia.adams@blackwell.com) ALCTS Scholarly Communication Discussion Group Monday, June 28, 1999, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Topic: Talking About Scholarly Communication Issues on Campus Librarians need to be talking to faculty about scholarly communication issues such as serial prices, intellectual property, and electronic publication. Chestalene Pintozzi has been part of the dialogue at the University of Arizona, and she will share her experience with us. Please bring your questions and ideas. What have you been doing on your campus to raise awareness of scholarly communication issues? How can we help each other get the word out? For more information on the University of Arizona's efforts, see Chestalene Pintozzi, "Rethinking Scholarly Communication," College and Research Libraries News 57:2 (1996). -- Diane Harvey (dh164@umail.umd.edu) CCS/RUSA CODES Collection Management and Development in Public Libraries Discussion Group Monday, June 28, 1999, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Discussion topics this session will include: Foreign Language Collections: * How do you identify the target groups? * How do you determine collection needs? * How are the collections used? * How do you publicize them and get the target audience to use them? * Where do you buy them (vendors? publishers? other sources?) * How to you get them through Technical Services (in-house processing? outsourcing?) Vendors' Web Sites: * How do you use them for collection development? * How do you use them for ordering? * Likes and dislikes Marketing and Promoting Special Collections -- Deborah Duke (dduke@mail.pratt.lib.md.us) LITA/ALCTS Technical Services Workstations Discussion Group Monday, June 28, 1999, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Topic: Macro Magic: Designing and Implementing Effective Macros Using VisualBasic and OCLC OML Want to make your workstation work for YOU?! Come explore a variety of macros developed by creative library staff for use with cataloging and ILL applications. Five brief presentations will demonstrate applications using OCLC Macro Language and Visual Basic for use with OCLC and with local systems. A break-out session follows for audience members to meet with the presenters. -- Louise Ratliff (lratliff@library.ucla.edu) Poster Session #VI-23 Monday, June 28, 1999, 1:00-2:30 p.m. Mining the Open Stacks: The Golden Age of Publishers Bindings Recent research into nineteenth century bindings has revealed that many have been lost through commercial binding and other preservation treatment options. Developing awareness of the value of nineteenth century bindings among preservation professionals has led to judicious and limited treatments. The size and scope of these collections potentially affected by commercial treatments and by "benign neglect" have been studied with a focus toward developing effective and efficient methods for in-house treatments. In 1997, the presenter studied the condition of and preservation treatments for monographs published between 1830-1915 and currently held in the open stacks at Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries. >From a population of 5189 books, 300 were randomly selected and studied. Quantitative objectives of the study were to describe the characteristics and condition of the sample materials: type of bindings, decorations, papers, illustrations, leaf attachments, previous treatments, and circulation history. Qualitative objectives were twofold: 1) to test the differences between established treatments used for other circulating books against this group, and 2) to identify the variables that help establish new treatments or techniques for these types of books to remain in circulating condition. Results of the study will be presented. -- Patricia Palmer (pepalmer@vcu.edu) ALCTS Pre-Search/Pre-Catalog Discussion Group Monday, June 28, 1999, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Topic: Web Tools for Collection Development and Acquisitions Managers -- Phelix Hanible (hanible@usc.edu) CCS Heads of Cataloging Departments Discussion Group Monday, June 28, 1999, 9:30 a.m.-12:00 Noon Beth Picknally Camden will begin our discussion by sharing her recent experiences at the University of Virginia, where they have changed their performance standards from quantity to timeliness. Her presentation is entitled: Beyond the Backlog Mentality: Setting Staff Performance Standards for Timeliness. Within this general topic, a number of issues will be open for discussion-- factors in backlog reduction, from collection development to workflow; cataloging standards and how they can be implemented; staff concerns; tracking and evaluation. -- Kathy Winzer (kwinzer@stanford.edu) ************ NCLIS TO CONDUCT HEARING ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) will conduct a hearing on Library and Information Services for Individuals with Disabilities. The Commission recognizes that recent advances in information technology have improved conditions for some people with disabilities while presenting new challenges to others. Commission members wish to explore the gamut of issues raised in order to develop policy recommendations to appropriate government agencies and other organizations. The hearing will take place on Thursday, July 8, 1999 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., in the Kellogg Conference Center, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington, DC. Members of the public are welcome to attend. While the Commission has chosen as the site of the hearing one of the nation's foremost educational facilities for the deaf, the focus of this event goes far beyond individuals with hearing disabilities. Commission members wish to hear from individuals with disabilities of all types, as well as from legislators, educators, parents, library and information service professionals, representatives from national associations and organizations, volunteers, physicians, and researchers. "The Commission recognizes that information technology provides help for many disabled individuals," said Commission Chairperson Jeanne Hurley Simon. "Electronic text can be manipulated in ways that print cannot to assist persons with disabilities. Information technology can also help to eliminate distance and physical barriers." Libraries and librarians perform an indispensable role in connecting disabled individuals to the information resources they need to lead productive, independent lives. According to Commissioner C.E. (Abe) Abramson, "Libraries have a responsibility to meet the special needs of users with physical, learning and other disabilities. The Commission wants to hear, first hand, of the various kinds of assistance being provided by libraries to persons with permanent or temporary disabilities, including assistance in ordering materials in alternative formats, searching and retrieving materials (both online and print), accessing library buildings and parking facilities, providing adequate space for study and testing, and furnishing special equipment." Persons interested in presenting oral statements should notify Barbara Whiteleather by e-mail (bwhiteleather@nclis.gov), telephone 202-606-9200; or fax 202-606-9203. Written comments will be accepted before, during, or up to 30 days after the hearing. All comments must be received at NCLIS no later than the close of business on August 9, 1999 to become part of the hearing record. -- Cherylene Rollerson ************ 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: Shonda Russell, Yvonne McLean. ALCTS NETWORK NEWS is available free of charge and is available only in electronic form. Opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the division. News items should be sent to the editor at the e-mail address above. 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