ALCTS Network News v19n06 (March 28, 2000) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v19n06.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 19, Number 6 March 28, 2000 In this issue: ALCTS MEMBERS VIE FOR ALA TREASURER, COUNCIL SEATS ALA DIVERSITY FAIR 2000 RLG AND OCLC EXPLORE DIGITAL ARCHIVING CENTURY SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE APRIL 1ST VERSION 29, SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING BIBLIOGRAPHY AVAILABLE ETHICS VALUE SURVEY ************ ALCTS MEMBERS VIE FOR TREASURER, COUNCIL SEATS Two ALCTS members appear on the spring ballot as nominees for the office of ALA Treasurer: Liz Bishoff and Peter R. Young. Information on these candidates is available at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/election00/. The ALCTS members vying for seats on the ALA Council are: Thomas F. R. Clareson, Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Prudence W. Dalrymple, Ling Hwey Jeng, tom Leonhardt, Beverly P. Lynch, Judith K. Meyers, Linda Mielke, Kate F. Nevins, M. A. (Peg) Oettinger, Maureen Pastine, June Pinnell-Stephens, Sarah M. Pritchard, Anthony A. Raymond, David A. Tyckoson, and Beacher Wiggins. ************ ALA DIVERSITY FAIR 2000 The 2000 Diversity Fair at the ALA Annual Conference is scheduled for Saturday, July 8,from 3:00 - 5:00 P.M., in Chicago The fair, sponsored by the Advisory Committee of the Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS), provides opportunities for ALA members from all types of libraries to celebrate examples of diversity in America's libraries, and to demonstrate possibilities for other libraries in search of "diversity in action" ideas. Selected applicants will share their diversity initiatives in face-to-face presentations with conferees, utilizing a poster session/table talk format. The theme for 2000 supports that of ALA President Sarah Long, "Libraries Build Community: Partnerships to Support Diversity." "This year's Diversity Fair theme," says Long, "carries diversity in libraries to another level. It is inclusive of the community's resources, and also includes the involvement the members of the community being served. We know that libraries across the country are collaborating with their community partners to provide quality information services to all its citizens. The 2000 Diversity Fair provides an opportunity for these initiatives to be showcased." All ALA conferees are eligible to exhibit. Participants must be registered for conference at the time of the fair. Past applicants may apply. Applications are limited to one per library. Applicants will be invited to select one of the following categories: * New and non-readers * People geographically isolated * People with disabilities * Rural and urban poor people * Children, youth and families * People discriminated against due to: race; ethnicity or language; sexual orientation; or age * Multiple categories A definitive abstract is required, written in 150 words or less, and that includes a description of the library's "diversity in action" initiative. Abstracts must detail the implementation, the degree to which the initiative has succeeded, and its potential uses by other libraries. The entry process includes an entry form and an information release form, both found at http://www.ala.org/olos and at Fax-0n-Demand, 800/545-2433, extension 4, #311. The 1998 and 1999 Diversity Fair Notebooks are also available at: http://www.ala.org/olos. All entries will be included in a 2000 Diversity Fair Notebook, available at the fair, along with abstracts and contact information. The extended deadline for receipt of entry forms is April 1, 2000. E-mail entries and questions may be sent to: divfair@ala.org, or faxed to: 312/280-3256. Selected applicants will be invited to exhibit at the 2000 Diversity Fair. Applicants will be notified by April 15, 2000 via E-mail or fax from the OLOS office. The Diversity Fair Committee is chaired by Jeff Coghill, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, a member of the OLOS Advisory Committee. Questions may be directed to Tanga Morris at 800/545-2433 #4294 or divfair@ala.org, ALA OLOS, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. ************ RLG AND OCLC EXPLORE DIGITAL ARCHIVING The RLG and OCLC have begun discussing ways the two organizations can cooperate to create infrastructures for digital archiving. As a first step, OCLC and RLG have begun to collaborate on two working documents to establish best practices. _Attributes of a Digital Archive for Research Repositories_ will outline the characteristics of reliable archiving services, and _Preservation Metadata for Long-Term Retention_ will propose approaches for descriptive and management metadata needed in the long-term retention of digital files. RLG and OCLC will bring key players together to review progress to date and identify common practices among those most experienced in the archiving arena. The draft working papers will then be reviewed by key stakeholders around the world. The papers are expected to serve as a basis for further exploration of roles and responsibilities of RLG, OCLC and others. Research repositories globally are working to develop infrastructures for identifying, acquiring, managing and accessing digital materials. Organizational models for successful digital archives being tested in Europe, Australia and North America hold promise for institutional and collaborative approaches to a wide range of operations and facilities. The draft documents will be made available on the RLG and OCLC Web sites, and comments will be invited from interested parties before final publication. More information is available from Nancy Elkington (nee@notes.rlg.org), RLG program officer, or Meg Bellinger (bellingm@oclc.org), president, Preservation Resources ************ CENTURY SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE APRIL 1ST The deadline for ALA ASCLA's Century Scholarship (http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html), Spectrum's sister diversity initiative is Saturday, April 1 The first Century Scholarships will be awarded at the ASCLA President's Program at ALA Annual in Chicago, July 9th, 8:30 am. The purpose of the Century Scholarship is to help ALA meets its goal of having the diversity of the library profession reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, by helping students with disabilities successfully complete their ALA accredited library school studies and become active library and information science professionals. Your assistance in finding applicants for the Century Scholarship will benefit everyone. For people with disabilities is a group all of us join sooner or later, if we have not already (currently more than 20% of the U.S. population and growing). For additional information, contact: Ellen Perlow, ALA ASCLA Century Scholarship Committee Member, Manager of Information Services, School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman's University, PO Box 425438 Denton, TX 76204-5438, E-Mail: eperlow@twu.edu, Tel.: 940/898-2622 Fax: 940/898-2611 ************ VERSION 29, SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING BIBLIOGRAPHY AVAILABLE Version 29 of the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography is now available. This selective bibliography presents over 1,100 articles, books, electronic documents, and other sources that are useful in understanding scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet and other networks. The HTML document is designed for interactive use. Each major section is a separate file. There are live links to sources available on the Internet. It can be searched using Boolean operators. The bibliography is available at: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html. The document also includes Scholarly Electronic Publishing Resources a collection of links to related Web sites. The bibliography is available at: http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepr.htm. For additional information contact: Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Assistant Dean for Systems, University Libraries, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77204-2091, E-mail: cbailey@uh.edu; Voice: 713/743-9804; Fax: 713/743-9811. ************ ETHICS VALUE SURVEY Wanda Dole, Jitka Hurych, and Wallace Koehler have developed a survey of the ethical values held by librarians and other information professionals. Their work seeks to compare these values cross-nationally and across professions, and they have adapted a simple and short survey instrument. The findings of this survey will be presented at the Ethics Conference in Memphis, TN in October, and anticipate publishing of findings. They also hope to continue this survey of ethical values in the profession. Please give the following information about yourself: 1. Type of employment or organization 2. City and country 3. Job title 4. Library degree or training 5. Membership in professional library organizations 6. Years since graduation with last degree 7. I am female _____ male _______ Please select the three most important values to you as a librarian. Put the numeral 1 by the most important value, numeral 2 by the second most important value, and numeral 3 by the third most important value: Preservation of the cultural record ____________ Literacy ____________ Copyright/fair use ____________ Intellectual freedom ____________ Cultural diversity ____________ Information literacy ____________ Diversity of opinion ____________ Professional neutrality ____________ Confidentiality/privacy of records ____________ Service to clientele ____________ Equitable access ____________ Other (write below) ____________ Please return to: Wallace Koehler (wkoehler@ou.edu), School of Library and Information Studies, University of Oklahoma, 401 West Brooks, Room 120, Norman, Oklahoma, 73019 USA, FAX 405 325 7648. ************ 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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