ALCTS Network News v19n01 (February 17, 2000) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v19n01.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 19, Number 1 February 17, 2000 In this issue: KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALCTS TO OFFER THREE PRECONFERENCES PRIOR TO ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE ALCTS SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR THE WORST SERIAL TITLE CHANGE OF THE YEAR AWARDS ************ KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS During its meetings at the 2000 ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, the ALCTS Board of Directors took the following actions. Routine or housekeeping actions are not included. Readopted the Conflict of Interest statement as stated in Document 2000.02. Confirmed approval to publish "Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, etc." Accepted the Report of the SAC Task Force on Library of Congress Subject Headings Revisions Relating to the Poor People's Policy and transmitted it to Council. Expressed gratitude to the SAC Task Force on LCSH Revisions Relating to the Poor People's Policy for comprehensive and complete document, which exemplifies the clear and compelling scholarship needed to address the serious issues and concerns involved. Approved funding for the following ten persons for the 2000 IFLA Conference in Jerusalem: Dora Biblarz, Wanda Dole, Sophia Jordan, Nancy Gwinn, Karen Darling, Doina Farkas, John Byrum, Barbara Tillett, Lois Mai Chan, and Edward Swanson. Authorized support of attendance by Peggy Johnson at the 10th World Congress of the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists in Dakar, Senegal. Recommended publication of Guide To The Management Of The Information Resources Budget to ALA Editions. Appointed Miriam Palm as Newsletter Editor for a period of five years, beginning in July 2000. Commended Dale Swensen for his service as ALCTS Newsletter Editor. Revised the charge of the ALCTS Organization and Bylaws Committee. Approved the pilot mentoring program development for the CCS Committee on Education, Training, and Recruitment for Catalogues. Authorized the CMDS Executive Committee to express its interest to the Center for Research Libraries in being a participant in CRL's new initiatives in cooperative collection development and management resulting from the CRL/ARL two-day symposium held in November 1999. Endorsed the Strategic Planning Process proposed by the Planning Committee and authorized allocation of funds to subvent the cost of the proposed Strategic Planning Retreat, including one night's lodging and per diem for retreat attendees if necessary. Endorsed the Draft Strategic Plan (Version 5) produced by the Planning Committee in preparation for the electronic brainstorming exercise to be conducted in Spring 2000. ************ ALCTS TO OFFER THREE PRECONFERENCES PRIOR TO ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE ALCTS will offer three preconferences prior to the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Ill. The registration deadline is June 7. "Treasures in the Stacks: Preserving Publishers Bindings, 1830-1910" presented by the ALCTS Preservation and Reformatting Section, Program, Planning, and Publications Committee, will be held on Friday, July 7, 2000 from 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Have you ever thought of a book as "medium rare"? This term describes nineteenth century books currently in circulation. Modern libraries abound with books published between 1830 and 1910, many of them in original covers and very fragile. Increased resource sharing, stimulated by new technologies, has altered circulation patterns so they are no longer left to benign neglect on shelves. Often one circulation is all it takes for the book to require a decision for treatment, reformatting or deselection. Traditional approaches do not apply to the preservation of the "medium rare" so new methods must be explored. This preconference will help define the issues historians, scholars, librarians, conservators and curators have in preserving these books. Speakers will address what makes the "medium rare" book unique and why it should be preserved, along with selection criteria, current research on bindings and treatment options. Participants will understand the issues concerning 19th ! century books, including how to identify common elements in original materials, potential solutions for caring for these materials, managerial decision making, and the relevance of these books to the collection overall. The preconference is designed for librarians working in preservation, collection management, and special collections, especially those who have responsibility for nineteenth century books. Registration fees for the preconference are $135 for ALCTS members, $185 for ALA members, and $235 for nonmembers. (ALCTS #1 on the ALA registration form) "Small Scale Research Methods for On the Job Problem Solving" presented by the ALCTS Research and Statistics Committee, will be held on Friday, July 7, 2000 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Have you ever considered a small research project in your library but didn't know where to begin? Participants will learn how to formulate productive research questions, define the audience, select the right methodology, correctly gather data and apply correct measurement instruments and, analyze the results for the best conclusions. Share your experiences with your colleagues in the group sessions in the afternoon and listen as experienced researchers share their knowledge and secrets on how to conduct research successfully and painlessly. This preconference is designed for reference and technical service librarians, library managers, and anyone interested in publishing or doing systematic study. Registration fees for the preconference are $135 for ALCTS members, $185 for ALA members, and $235 for nonmembers. (ALCTS #2 on the ALA registration form) "Metadata: Libraries and the Web--Retooling AACR and MARC21 for Cataloging in the Twenty-first Century" is presented by the ALCTS Serials Section Committee to Study Serials Cataloging and the CCS Task Force on Metadata Preconference, Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access. This two-day preconference will be held on Thursday, July 6 from 7:45 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., and Friday, July 7 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Participants will learn the most effective and efficient options for providing users with access to Web resources. Topics range from library leaders' viewpoints on Web resources access to the how-to's of creating records. The emphasis of this preconference is on presenting the pros and cons, standards, and the practicalities of dealing with metadata for Web resources and a vision for the future, including DDI, Dublin Core, EAD, ISSN, MARC 21, RDF, TEI, XML, W3C and the new thoughts, rules, guidelines on seriality and AACR2. The preconference is designed for librarians in public, academic, and special libraries, who are responsible for providing users with access to electronic resources available over the Web and through on-going publications, whether by cataloging, by collecting, by designing subject-specific Web pages or by other means. Registration fees for the preconference are $235 for ALCTS members, $285 for ALA members, and $335 for nonmembers. (ALCTS #3 on the ALA registration form) To register by mail: Send completed registration form with payment to: ALA Advance Registration, Dept. #77-6565, Chicago, Ill., 60678-6565; Fax: 312/944-7841; On-Line: Complete the on-line registration form located at http://www.ala.org/events/ac2000/online_reg.html For additional information is available on the ALCTS Web site: http://www.ala.org/alctsevents/preconf2000.html or contact Charles Wilt, Deputy Executive Director, ALCTS, cwilt@ala.org, phone: 312/280-5030. ************ ALCTS SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR THE WORST SERIAL TITLE CHANGE OF THE YEAR AWARDS It's that time again! The ACLTS Serials Section Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Committee is seeking nominations for the awards for 2000. You've heard of the Golden Globes, the Oscars, and the Grammies? Well, these awards are closer to the Raspberries, or maybe Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed List. You can see the past winners (1984-1999) on the ALCTS website at: http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ss/worst.html Are there serial title changes that you have had to deal with this past year that were particularly troubling? Did you ask yourself, "Why, oh why did they change this title?" "What were they thinking?" or perhaps, you just asked, "Why me?" In any case, the SS Worst Serial Title Change Committee would love to hear from you. Send us your worst! (How often do you get that opportunity?) Tell us just how bad it was. In order to be eligible for an award, the title change should have occurred during calendar year 1999. It would be really helpful if you send surrogates of the title change (i.e. the "before" and "after") from the issues involved in the change, plus a copy of the bibliographic records. We would also be interested in a category or name for your nominee, if you have one (e.g. The Shorter, but not Sweeter Award or the Everything Old is New Again Award (for the serial that decided to change back to a previously used title), or the Unwanted Preposition Award. This is your chance to let those people who make these titles changes know how you feel about them (or, at least vent your frustration). We're also interested in nominations for the perennial Snake in the Grass Award, which goes to library-related publications that have the nerve (or the gall) to change title, when they should know better. If you're really brave, we'd also consider the worst title change of the Decade, or even the worst title change of the century!! Send your nominations (by Friday May 5, 2000) to: Gene Dickerson, Serial Records Section, National Library of Medicine, Bldg. 38, Room B1W10, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894. 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