ALCTS Network News v18n01 (July 14, 1999)
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ALCTS NETWORK NEWS

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

Volume 18, Number 1
July 14, 1999

In this issue:

KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ELECTRONIC VERSION OF ISBD(ER) NOW AVAILABLE
GRANT FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS RESEARCH AND TEACHING BY 
     CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION EXPERTS


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KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

At their meetings during the 1999 Annual Conference in New Orleans,
the ALCTS Board of Directors took the following actions.  Housekeeping
and routine actions have been excluded.

Approved document 99.46a, ALCTS Report to Council on CD#37,
Resolution on Subject Heading Revisions Related to the "Poor People's"
Policy, and instructed the Councilor to present it to Council.

Changed frequency of the ALCTS Newsletter to four times per year,
beginning in 2000. (For the most current issue, see
http://www.ala.org/alcts/alcts_news/.

Endorsed the resolution honoring Carol C. Henderson on her retirement
from the ALA Washington Office.

Changed the name of the Computer Files Discussion Group to the
Electronic Resources Discussion Group, immediately following the 1999
Annual Conference, and disbanded the PARS/CMDS Discussion Group.

Set the composition of divisional committees which deal only with the
topical areas for which ALCTS is responsible as stated in its "Mission
Statement" and other programmatic committees, e.g., awards, as solely
of members-at-large, to be effective immediately following the 1999
Annual Conference.

Charged the Organization & Bylaws Committee with revising the Policy
Manual to incorporate language expressing the need to achieve the
broadest possible range of expertise on divisional, joint and
inter-divisional committees composed of members-at-large, including
the respective roles of the vice-president/president elect and section
vice-chairs, and the appointment calendar.

Instructed the Organization & Bylaws Committee to advise the Board on
the matter of appointing only Members-at-Large as chairs of committees
with full sectional representation, identifying pros and cons of
removing these restrictions, and recommending how such a change might
be implemented.

Adopted the definition of Liaison as:  An ALCTS member who is
appointed by a unit or committee within ALCTS to another ALA division
or outside organization for communication purposes but not to play an
active role in the governance or affairs of the other group's
activities.  Liaison appointments are listed in the Handbook of
Organization and require approval of the Board or Section,
respectively.

Adopted the definition of Observer as:  An informal liaison-like role
to perform networking, coordination and/or communication functions
with units or committees within the division.  Observers are not
listed in the Handbook of Organization and do not require approval of
the Board or Section.

Determined that the definitions of Liaison and Observer become
effective immediately following the 1999 Annual Conference and charged
the Organization & Bylaws committee with revising the Policy Manual to
incorporate the definitions of Liaison and Observer in all appropriate
areas.

Approve the recommendation of the ALCTS Publications Committee that
the manuscript of Guide To Library User Needs Assessment For
Integrated Information Resource Management And Collection Development
be forwarded to ALA Editions.

Voted to apply the current interest from the ALCTS Endowment to the
ALCTS Endowment principal.

Approved the Summary FY2000 Budget (June 26, 1999) with encouragement
of additional CE programming efforts that would further augment
divisional revenues.

Charge the ALCTS Fund Raising Committee to develop mechanisms to
raise external funds in support of ALCTS' ongoing diversity
initiatives and goals.

Exempted MARBI and CC:DA from Organization & Bylaws Committee
policies passed 6/28/99 concerning representation and official
liaisons until such time that O&B can resolve these issues.

Approved 23 hours programming and confirmed programs as outlined in
document 99.65.

Directed the Electronic Communications Committee to study themselves
with O&B, review its charge and recommend they:  1) be dissolved, 2)
be made a standing committee, or 3) continue for a specified number of
years.

Charged the Electronic Communications Committee to propose a policy
on web page links by the 2000 Annual Conference.

Accepted the memorial resolution for William I. Bunnell and forwarded
it to Council.


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ELECTRONIC VERSION OF ISBD(ER) NOW AVAILABLE

The ISBD Review Group, which operates under the direction of the IFLA
Section on Cataloguing's Standing Committee, is pleased to announce
the availability of the __ ISBD(ER): International Standard
Bibliographic Description for Electronic Resources__ on IFLANET at
http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/pubs/isbd.htm.  This document was approved
in 1997 and originally published by K. G. Saur, from which the print
version is still available.  The provisions of _ISBD(ER)_ continue to
be relevant to the needs for bibliographic description of hand-held
and remote access electronic materials and are serving as the basis
for revision of national cataloguing rules pertaining to such
resources.  The Review Group hopes therefore that providers of
bibliographic descriptions will find this electronic version with its
hyper-text links to be useful for reference purposes.

If you have comments regarding _ISBD(ER)_ and its provisions, please
direct them to John D. Byrum, Chair, ISBD Review Group at
jbyr@loc.gov.

It is a pleasure to acknowledge the contributions of Ann
Sandberg-Fox, who served as principal editor for the production of
_ISBD(ER)_ and of Louise Lantaigne, National Library of Canada, who
prepared and mounted the electronic version of this standard.

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

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GRANT FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS RESEARCH AND TEACHING BY CONSERVATION AND
PRESERVATION EXPERTS

Through the Fulbright Scholar Program, funded by the United States
Information Agency, grants are available for faculty and professionals
in the field of conservation and preservation of art and artifacts to
lecture and/or conduct research overseas. The Council for
International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), an affiliate of the
Institute of International Education, administers the competition for
grant awards and should be contacted for further information. The
deadline for application is August 1, 1999.  Names of CIES staff to
contact are given after the description of each award.

Argentina          Short-term grants for 2-3 months' work on cultural
preservation projects in affiliation with local museums and other
cultural institutions in Buenos Aires are available. Grantees will
also teach courses and supervise trainees. Fluency in Spanish is
required. Contact Janice R. Byrd, jbyrd@cies.iie.org or 202-686-6234,
for further information.

Cyprus             Grants are available to lecture or conduct
research on preservation in affiliation with institutions of higher
education, governmental agencies, and research institutes in Cyprus.
Contact Micaela S. Iovine, miovine@cies.iie.org or 202-686-6253, for
further information.

Kenya              Grants are available for teaching courses in
conservation and field archaeology at both the undergraduate and
graduate levels and conducting research at the University of Nairobi.
Contact Debra Egan, degan@cies.iie.org or 202-686-6230, for further
information.

Panama             One grant is available for a specialist in the
cataloguing and conservation of historic documents to teach two
undergraduate survey courses and one graduate course at the University
of Panama. Grantees will also advise on curriculum development.
Fluency in Spanish is required. Contact Janice R. Byrd,
jbyrd@cies.iie.org or 202-686-6234, for further information.

South Africa       Grants are available for teaching courses in rock
art (paleolithic art) at both the undergraduate and graduate levels
and conducting research at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Contact Debra Egan, degan@cies.iie.org or 202-686-6230, for further
information.

Each year, the Fulbright Scholar Program provides 800 U.S. scholars
and professionals the opportunity to teach or research overseas. In
some countries, individuals from specific targeted fields are sought,
such as in some of the awards described above. However, many countries
also advertise "any field" awards, which are open to scholars and
professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including conservation
and archaeology.

Examples of such opportunities include the "any field" award in South
Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand, which has a Rock Art
Research Unit, or the "any field" award in Mali at the Ecole Normale
Superieure, for those who can lecture in French.

To learn more about the full spectrum of grant opportunities
available to U.S. citizens through the Fulbright Scholar Program,
please visit the CIES website at www.cies.org or call 202-686-7877 to
request an application package, which includes a catalog of awards.

(kkopta@iie.org)

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