ALCTS Network News v18n08 (November 23, 1999)
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ALCTS NETWORK NEWS

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

Volume 18, Number 8
November 23, 1999

In this issue:

INTERNATIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE
PRINCIPLES FOR NISO CIRCULATION INTERCHANGE PROTOCOL -- REVIEW
REQUESTED
KUDOS TO CC:DA: A PUBLIC THANK YOU
LAST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2000 ALCTS AWARDS

INTERNATIONAL FUNDING AVAILABLE

The ALCTS International Relations Committee (IRC) again has a budget
of $5,000 to support the travel of ALCTS members to appropriate
international meetings for the purpose of representing the interests
and concerns of the ALCTS membership.  Traditionally, this funding has
gone to support travel to IFLA Conferences.  However, again this year,
the IRC has recommended to the ALCTS Board of Directors that $1,000 of
the $5,000 be set aside for international travel other than to IFLA
Conferences and the Board has approved.

Therefore, I would like to announce the availability of these funds
for international travel other than to IFLA Conferences.  The
procedure of requesting funds, however, will be identical to that of
requesting funds for IFLA Conferences.

1)The requester must be a member in good standing of ALCTS and the
ALCTS Section s/he will be representing at the international meeting
or activity. 2) The requester is to fill out the appropriate form that
is to be used when requesting funding for international travel.  The
form can be found at
http://www.ala.org/alcts/you/manual/forms/ircfunding.html.
 3) The requester then submits this form, along with a short
description of the meeting, to the Chair (or his or her designate) of
the appropriate ALCTS Section.  4) The Section Chair (or his or her
designate) has the responsibility of polling the Section's Executive
Committee for its support of the candidate.  5) Once support has been
approved, the Section Chair signs the form, and forwards it to the
Chair of the IRC.  6) The IRC reviews the request, and pending
approval, submits it to the ALCTS Board of Directors with a
recommended dollar amount.  7) When the Board approves the request,
the individual is notified of ALCTS' support and the amount allocated.
 8) In accepting ALCTS funding, the candidate is required to submit a
report of the meeting or activity to the appropriate ALCTS Section,
the IRC, and the ALCTS Board.  Requests that are received that need
quick action will be handled electronically.

Funding requests for the 2000 IFLA Conference in Jerusalem should
also be made at this time.  For additional information contact: D.
Whitney Coe, Chair, ALCTS International Relations Committee
coesu@phoenix.princeton.edu
or phone 609/258-3257.

PRINCIPLES FOR NISO CIRCULATION INTERCHANGE PROTOCOL -- REVIEW
REQUESTED

In late 1998, NISO (National Information Standards Organization)
appointed a standards committee (Committee AT) to define the various
transactions needed to support circulation activities among
independent library systems.  Such activities might support direct
borrowing among members of a consortium, or the automation of the
interface between a library's interlibrary loan and local circulation
system.  The Committee has worked actively over the last ten months.

As a first step, the Committee developed a set of principles and
guidelines that it will use in drafting the full standard.  This
document is available on the NISO Web site
http://www.niso.org/drafts/Z3982v1.html.
 A form for submitting comments is available and referenced at the end
of the document http://ladenton.com/niso/comment.html.

The Committee invites comments from all interested parties between
now and November 30, 1999.  Members of the Committee will review
comments as they are received, and all comments will be discussed at
the Committee's December 12-14, 1999 meeting in San Diego, CA.

The document includes a timeline for work and a schedule of meetings.
 Further background information on the Committee and meeting minutes
are available on the NISO web site http://www.niso.org/commitat.html.

--Robert Allen Daugherty, rad@uic.edu or phone: 312/996-2734.

KUDOS TO CC:DA: A PUBLIC THANK YOU

Congratulations and thanks are in order to the members of CC:DA and
four CC:DA task forces for their hard work and for all that the
committee achieved since meeting in New Orleans.  The committee worked
hard to complete several key projects before the Joint Steering
Committee for Revision of AACR (JSC) meeting just held in Brisbane,
Australia.   Special thanks go to Martha Yee (TF on Rule 0.24), Lynne
Howarth (ISBD(ER)), Joan Schuitema and Phil Schreur (Delsey report)
and Wayne Jones (Hirons report) for their excellent leadership as task
force chairs. John Attig helped with the editing of the final versions
of the task force reports and with making the reports available on the
Web so quickly.  John did an incredible amount of work for CC:DA, and 
we could never have accomplished all that we did without John's help. 
ALCTS is very fortunate to have such a dedicated group of people
working to improve our cataloging rules.  ALA made a significant
contribution to the JSC meeting in Brisbane.

-- Daniel Kinney (dkinney@notes.cc.sunysb.edu)

LAST CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2000 ALCTS AWARDS

Nominations are being sought for seven awards to be presented by the
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services.  The
deadline for award nominations and supporting documentation is
December 1.

Best of _LRTS_ Award, presented to the author or authors of the best
paper published during each year in _Library Resources and Technical
Services_, the official ALCTS journal. Send nominations to Carol Pitts
Diedrichs, Ohio State University Libraries, 1858 Neil Avenue Mall,
Columbus, OH 43210; telephone: 614/292-4738; email:
diedrichs.1@osu.edu. 

Blackwell's Scholarship Award, to honor the author or authors of the
year's outstanding monograph, article, or original paper in the field
of acquisitions, collection development, and related areas of
resources development in libraries. Blackwell's will donate a $2,000
scholarship to the U.S. or Canadian library school of the winning
author's choice. The scholarship will be given to a student
concentrating in the acquisitions or collection development areas.
Send nominations to Sally W. Somers, Tulane University, Howard-Tilton
Memorial Library, 7001 Freret St., New Orleans, LA 70118; telephone:
504/865-5603; email: somers@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu.

Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award, administered by the
Serials Section, consists of a citation and a $1,500 donated by R.R.
Bowker, recognizing distinguished contributions to serials
librarianship through participation in professional associations
and/or library education programs, contributions to the body of
serials literature, conduct of research in the area of serials,
development of tools or methods to enhance access to or management of
serials, other advances leading to a better understanding of the field
of serials. Send nominations to Carol MacAdam, JSTOR, 120 5th Avenue,
New York, NY 10011; telephone: 212/592-7345; email: clm@jstor.org. 

First Step Award/Wiley Professional Development Grant, a citation and
$1,500 donated by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and administered by the
Serials Section, to provide librarians new to the serials field with
the opportunity to broaden their perspectives and to encourage
professional development in ALA conferences and participation in
Serials Section activities. All ALA members with five or fewer years'
professional experience in the serials field, who have not previously
attended an ALA annual conference, are eligible. Send nominations to
Elna L. Saxton, University of Cincinnati, Langsam Library, PO Box
210033, Cincinnati, OH 45221; telephone: 513/556-1413; email:
elna.saxton@uc.edu. 

Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award, a citation and $1,500
donated by Harrassowitz, is presented by the Acquisitions Section for
significant contributions by and outstanding leadership of an
individual in the field of library acquisitions. Recognition is made
for individual achievement of a high order in this area. Send
nominations to Nancy M. Stanley, Pennsylvania State University, E506
Pattee Library, University Park, PA 16802; telephone: 814/865-1854;
email: nms@psulias.psu.edu. 

Margaret Mann Citation, a citation and $2,000 to the library school
of the winner's choice, donated by OCLC Online Computer Library
Center, Inc., is administered by the Cataloging and Classification
Section. This award is presented to a cataloger or classifier for
outstanding professional achievement in the areas of cataloging or
classification through publication, participation in professional
cataloging associations, or valuable contributions to practice in
individual libraries. Send nominations to Bruce Chr. Johnson, 6148
Llanfair Drive, Columbia, MD 21044; telephone: 202/707-1652; email:
bjoh@loc.gov. 

Esther J. Piercy Award, $1,500 and a citation donated by Yankee Book
Peddler, to recognize the contribution to those areas of librarianship
included in library collections and technical services by a librarian
with not more than ten years of professional experience who has shown
outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership. Send
nominations to Joan Grant, New York University, Bobst Library, 70
Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012; telephone: 212/998-2566;
email: joan.grant@nyu.edu.

For additional information, contact Shonda Russell, ALCTS Awards, 50
E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; e-mail: srussell@ala.org; fax:
312/280-5033; phone: 312/280-5037. 

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