ALCTS Network News v19n05 (March 13, 2000) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v19n05.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 19, Number 5 March 13, 2000 In this issue: "LIBRARIES BUILD SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: EQUIPPING STATE TRAINERS" PRECONFERENCE TO ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE FULBRIGHT OFFERS LECTURING/RESEARCH GRANTS IN 130 COUNTRIES NETSL SPRING 2000 CONFERENCE, APRIL 14 36th ANNUAL GSLIS CLINIC SIBLEY MUSIC PRESERVATION COURSE ************ "LIBRARIES BUILD SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: EQUIPPING STATE TRAINERS" PRECONFERENCE TO ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE A one day Train-the-Trainer preconference entitled "Libraries Build Sustainable Communities: Equipping State Trainers" will be held on Friday, July 7, 2000 in conjunction with the ALA Annual Conference. One hundred individuals, representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, will be selected to participate in this preconference. Applicants need no prior knowledge of sustainability to participate. There is no registration fee, just a desire to learn and benefit from the session, and a willingness to train others in what you have learned. The application deadline is April 17, 2000. Participants must agree to present at least one state-based workshop between July 2000 and July 2001. Participants will learn how libraries, and librarians at all levels, can use library resources to work toward long-term sustainability and positive community development. They will also receive an informational "Tool Kit" containing material to be used for additional training sessions in their respective states. "Sustainability" can be defined as a set of principles for the use and stewardship of resources today which preserves them for tomorrow, while a sustainable community is healthy, prosperous, and fair over the long term. If you are a strong advocate for libraries and their role in the community; interested in expanding your library's role in improving the vitality of your community; interested in learning more about "hot topics" affecting every community; enjoy learning new concepts and imparting them to others; are looking for a preconference workshop that will equip you with the skills to enhance the role of the library in community building, while providing you with the tools to train others to do the same, then this is the one for you! This Train-the-Trainer preconference is part of a grant awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to ALA and Global Learning, Inc. of New Jersey for a program entitled "Libraries Build Sustainable Communities." The two-year program is designed to educate the membership of the ALA and the library going public about the linkages between sustainability issues for local communities and sustainability issues for the global community, and is an integral component of ALA President Sarah Ann Long's presidential theme of "Libraries Build Community." For more information and an application, contact David Guyer, "Libraries Build Sustainable Communities" project coordinator (dguyer@ala.org), or (800) 545-2433, ext. 2424. Applications are also be available on the ALA Web site at: www.ala.org/execoff/appform.html. ********* FULBRIGHT OFFERS LECTURING/RESEARCH GRANTS IN 130 COUNTRIES The Fulbright Scholar Program's annual competition opened March 1 for lecturing and research grants in 130 countries. The Fulbright Scholar Program offers opportunities in all disciplines and professional fields for faculty and administrators from four year colleges and graduate institutions, two-year community colleges and minority serving institutions. Each year's grantees include professionals from the business community and government, as well as artists, journalists, lawyers, independent scholars and many others. Fulbright awards vary in length of time from two months and longer. While foreign language skills are needed in some countries, most lecturing assignments are in English. Approximately eighty percent of the awards are for lecturing. Application deadlines for 2001-2002 grants are: May 1, 2000, for Fulbright distinguished chairs awards in Europe, Canada and Russia; August 1, 2000, for Fulbright lecturing and research grants worldwide; and November 1, 2000, for spring/summer seminars in Germany, Korea and Japan for international education and academic administrators as well as for the summer German studies seminar For information, contact the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) at 3007 Tilden Street, NW, Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008-3009. Telephone: 202/686-877; E-mail: apprequest@cies.iie.org. Applications will also be available on the Web at: www.cies.org. ************ NETSL SPRING 2000 CONFERENCE, APRIL 14 The NETSL Spring 2000 Conference, "User-Oriented Technical Services: All Things to All People," will be held at the Hogan Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA on April 14. Technical Services has always been essentially a user-oriented service, because it acquires, organizes, and distributes the library's collections. However, Technical Services has not always been user-friendly. As we have come to rely on integrated, automated systems for Technical Services functions, and as libraries are assuming the role of electronic resource mediators, instantaneous access to records and to electronic resources is transforming the library catalog from a finding tool for materials in one library to a gateway to a universe of materials. In order to satisfy users' growing expectations, Technical Services has to provide user-friendly services without diminishing its traditional functions. How is Technical Services responding to service demands that require speed, convenience, and personalized assistance? What should we be doing to support today's users and those of future generations? Speakers Walt Crawford and Thomas Mann will look at how changes in technology are changing our own attitudes and ways of bringing Technical and Public Services even closer together. Four breakout sessions will focus on practical ways to enhance access to our print and nonprint collections. Breakout sessions include: IRIS, an effort to standardize visual resources cataloging by Norine Duncan, Brown University; Access to Forms and Genres: It's What They Want! by David Miller, Curry College; The Public Face of Authority Control, by Martha Beshers, Providence College; and Metadata for cataloging and linking to World Wide Web sites, by Bill Ghezzi Dartmouth College and Matthew Beacom, Yale University Registration fees are $40.00 for NETSL members, $50.00 for nonmembers, and $20.00 for library school students. Space is limited to 275. Please send inquiries to: Christina Bellinger at: christina.bellinger@unh.edu. For directions to Holy Cross, please see their Web page: http://www.holycross.edu/about/about.htm. ************ 36th ANNUAL GSLIS CLINIC The 36th Annual GSLIS Clinic on Electronic Commerce in the Information Industries, Technical Frontiers and Institutional Issues for Information Management Professionals, will be held April 2-4, at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign As the worldwide digital economy grows, information goods including books, journals, software, videos, music, and more are increasingly bought, sold, and delivered in completely electronic form. In addition, new forms of information goods and knowledge are being created and brought to market in new ways. How are the traditional channels, markets, and technologies for distributing information and knowledge changing and adapting? What new opportunities, channels, and institutional factors are emerging? How are long-standing venues for information creation, collection, distribution and management dealing with these changes? The GSLIS-2000 Clinic will examine the emerging technologies, market arrangements, and institutional concerns for electronic commerce in information. Representative topics will include: Electronic Publishing and Information Logistics; Information Collections and Repositories; Organizational, Market, and Business Models; Social and Institutional Transformations and Impacts. For additional information see: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/clinic. ************ SIBLEY MUSIC PRESERVATION COURSE Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, is offering its annual Music Binding and Preservation workshop July 10-14. The workshop comprises a hands-on introduction to the binding and conservation practices needed for circulation of music, a tour of Sibley's brittle music presevation (replacement/reformat) program, and on or more special sessions covering particular student interests. The workshop is for music librarians who have, or are about to have, conservation responsibilities, but also includes library conservation staff interested in the specific needs of music, and others with special interest in music score preservation. Enrollment is limited to 8 students and the curriculum is tailored each year to address the particular backgrounds and needs of the class. Topics covered may include: pamphlet binding of new sheet music; paper conservation; hard-cover binding repair and adhesive binding; phase boxes and portfolio binders; what to look/ask for from commercial binders for scores; conservation supplies and suppliers; in-house photocopy preparation; overview of microfilm and digital access; overview of conservation of recordings. The course can be taken for credit (1 credit, $730 CRN 13253) or non-credit ($365 CRN 13241). Tuition does not include room and board. Registration materials can be requested from the Community Education Division, Phone: 716/274-1400 or 800/246-4706; Fax: 716/274-1005; E-mail: esm-ced@mail.rorchester.edu. ************ 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. 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