ALCTS Network News v19n03 (February 22, 2000) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v19n03.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 19, Number 3 February 22, 2000 In this issue: ONLINE COPYRIGHT TUTORIAL COORDINATED PINYIN TIMELINE POSTED ON PINYIN HOME PAGE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION NEW EXPANDED EDITION OF NEDCCS PRESERVATION MANUAL CRAWFORD, GORMAN FEATURED IN NCTPG PROGRAM NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETINGS 2000 SERIES ************ ONLINE COPYRIGHT TUTORIAL The ALCTS Legislation Committee would like to bring to the attention of ALCTS members several timely and valuable pieces of information about copyright. The most timely of these is the free Online Copyright Tutorial sponsored by the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP), with the support of the American Association of Law Librarians (AALL). This latest offering in ALA's Copyright Education Program provides e-mail lessons to subscribers beginning the week of February 14 and running through May 5, 2000. For subscription details please see ALAWON, Vol. 9, no. 2 at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon/alwn9002.html. The Legislation Committee encourages all ALCTS members to take advantage of the various legislative information updates provided by the ALA Washington Office and the Office's Office of Governmental Relations. The following very helpful ISSUE BRIEFS (in PDF format) on copyright issues relevant to ALCTS are available from their web site at http://www.ala.org/washoff/, Copyright Term Extension, Database Protection Legislation, The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Section 1201(a) Rulemaking, Section 108 Photocopying by Libraries and Archives: How the DMCA Affects Library Photocopying and Interlibrary Loan Services. --Lynn Sipe, Chair, ALCTS Legislation Committee lsipe@usc.edu ************ COORDINATED PINYIN TIMELINE POSTED ON PINYIN HOME PAGE An updated pinyin conversion timeline has been posted on the Library's pinyin home page. This timeline was coordinated by the Library of Congress, OCLC and RLG,. The timeline was presented by representatives of those three organizations at the RLG Forum on January 16, 2000, during the ALA Midwinter conference. View the timeline on the pinyin home page at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin/timeline.html The timeline will be updated at least monthly during the year 2000. In addition, LC, OCLC and RLG have reached agreement on pinyin markers for bibliographic and authority records. The pinyin marker for biblioigraphic records may be viewed at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/pinyin.html The marker on name authority records will appear in the 008/07 field. Value 'c' will be used to indicate a heading that has been converted from Wade-Giles to pinyin. That value will also be applied to new NARs that are romanized according to pinyin romanization guidelines. Value 'n' will be applied when a heading has been considered for conversion, but either is not romanized according to Wade-Giles, or does not require conversion. When all headings in the name authority file have been converted to pinyin, use of the NAR marker will cease. ************ NEW EXPANDED EDITION OF NEDCCS PRESERVATION MANUAL The NEDCC has published the third edition of _Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: A Manual_, in hardcover. This revised and expanded edition has been available electronically on the NEDCC Web site, but this is the first time it has appeared in printed form. The purpose of the manual is to provide the basic, practical information needed to enable non-conservator staff of libraries, archives, and museums to plan and implement sound collections care programs. It is intended for those who must make decisions that affect preservation of collections, or who want to upgrade standards of care in order to better preserve materials. To a copy of the _Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual,_, send a check made out to NEDCC for $50.00 to the Northeast Document Conservation Center, attn: Kim OLeary, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810. Additional information is available at http://www.nedcc.org. ************ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION The Library of Congress invites all public libraries to take part of the national celebration of the Library of Congress Bicentennial. On April 24, 2000, the first day of issue, the United States Postal Service will release a commemorative postage stamp at the Library of Congress in Washington. From April 25 through May 31, libraries around the country can hold their own ceremonies as "second-day" issue sites. At present, 150 public libraries and approximately 30 state libraries are planning to hold events - there is no limit to the number of libraries that can take part in this collaborative venture with the Library of Congress. Libraries have great flexibility in planning a second-day issue event. More information about the commemorative stamp second-day issue project, can be found at http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial/items_stamp.html. A Fact Sheet for the Library of Congress Commemorative Postage Stamp Second-Day Issue Sites Project is also available at http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial/factsheet.html or contact Kathy Woodrell in the Library of Congress Bicentennial Program kwoo@loc.gov, by telephone at (202) 707-7206 or toll-free at (800) 707-7145. ************ CRAWFORD, GORMAN FEATURED IN NCTPG PROGRAM The Northern California Technical Processes Group (NCTPG) will be offering its millennium program "Back to the Future: Our Technical Processing Legacy and a Look Forward" on Friday, April 28, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Koret Auditorium at the San Francisco Public Library. An NCTPG Retrospective, compiled and presented by members Maryll Telegdy and Reve Rocke, will examine the organization's roots (it was founded in 1937). Speculation on technical services in the new millennium will be handled by quintessential library futurists Walt Crawford and Michael Gorman. Registration for the program will be $25.00, which includes the annual NCTPG dues. If you are not on the NCTPG roster and would like to receive the registration form for this outstanding program, please contact Aimee Algier by March 15, 2000 (phone: 408/554-5556 or e-mail: aalgier@scu.edu). ************ NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETINGS 2000 SERIES The National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage will offer a series of Copyright Town meetings for the cultural community during the year 2000. Issues to be covered by the meetings include changes in copyright law as it affects working online; fair use and its online future; the status of the public domain; ownership and access of online copyrighted material; distance education; and the development and implementation of institutional and organizational copyright policies and principles. For details on the town Meetings, including information about registration and any admission fees, agendas and speakers as they are announced, as well as for later reports on the meetings, see http://www.ninch.org/copyright/townmeetings/2000.html. ************ 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; Peggy Johnson, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director; Shonda Russell, Editor; Editorial Assistance: Karen Muller. 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