ALCTS Network News v19n08 (May 8, 2000) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v19n08.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 19, Number 8 May 8, 2000 In this issue: ALCTS ELECTION RESULTS FOR 2000 EILEEN COOKE, FORMER DIRECTOR OF ALA'S WASHINGTON OFFICE, OBITUARY DIGITAL REALITY II: PRESERVING OUR ELECTRONIC HERITAGE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LIBRARIANS ************ ALCTS ELECTION RESULTS FOR 2000 Division Vice President/President Elect: Bill Robnet 445 ELECTED Barbara C. Dean 351 Director-at-Large: Ross McLachlan 279 Jane Treadwell 510 ELECTED CRG Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Sharon A. Roberts 337 Jimmie Lundgren 398 ELECTED Acquisitions Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Janet Belanger 95 James R. Mouw 145 ELECTED Cataloging and Classification Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Martha Yee 216 ELECTED Michael Kaplan 206 Member-at-Large: Matthew Beacom 211 ELECTED Sara Shatford Layne 192 ELECTED Daniel Kinney 151 Merry Schellinger 176 Collection Management and Development Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Genevieve Owens 103 Louis Pitschmann 163 ELECTED Preservation and Reformatting Section Lydia Suzanne Kellerman 96 ELECTED Robin Dale 56 Member-at-Large: Lars Meyer 82 ELECTED Cathy Mook 63 Serials Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Susan Davis 196 ELECTED Stewart Bodner 34 Member-at-Large: Michael Elmore 119 ELECTED Sandra Gurshman 103 Secretary: Eugene Dickerson 100 Lisa Macklin 126 ELECTED ************ EILEEN COOKE, FORMER DIRECTOR OF ALA'S WASHINGTON OFFICE, OBITUARY The following obituary for Eileen Cooke appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Eileen D. Cooke died April 30, 2000, of complications following surgery. Born in Minneapolis on Dec. 7, 1928, she graduated from the College of St. Catherine and was a Minneapolis librarian until 1963 when she moved to Washington D.C. to work as a lobbyist for the American Library Association. Shortly after, she headed ALA's Washington Office and traveled widely speaking for public libraries and attending meetings. Upon retirement she returned to Minneapolis. Survived by relatives in New York; and by numerous friends, she will be remembered for her kindness, generosity and charm. Memorial Mass 10 AM with visitation 9:30 AM on Monday, May 8 at the Basilica of St. Mary, 88 N. 17th St., Minneapolis. Memorials preferred to St. Catherine's College or St. Stephen's Shelter. ************ DIGITAL REALITY II: PRESERVING OUR ELECTRONIC HERITAGE A conference cosponsored by the NELINET Preservation Advisory Committee, the John F. Kennedy Library, and the Northeast Document Conservation Center, will be held Monday, June 5 at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston. How can libraries, archives, and organizations cope with the ever-increasing amount of digital material? Will future generations be able to read our CD ROMs and computer files? Come hear what the experts pose as the barriers and solutions to our digital problems. Speakers include: Tim Berners-Lee, MIT, the inventor of the World Wide Web; Jeff Rothenberg, Rand Corporation, promoter of emulation as a digital preservation strategy; Fynnette Eaton, Smithsonian Institution, promoter of migration as a digital preservation strategy; Paul Conway, Yale University, author of articles on digital preservation and digital imaging;Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group, an information architect; Jan Merrill-Oldham, Harvard, consultant and author in preservation planning, management, and development. Full program and registration information is posted on the NELINET web site, http://www.nelinet.net/conf/pres/pres00/digital.htm. For more information contact Robert Cunningham at NELINET, rcunningham@nelinet.net or 1/800-NELINET. ************ NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LIBRARIANS The Chinese American Librarians Association and the Asian Pacific American Librarians Association announced their first ever National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians, to be held on June 13-15, 2001 in San Francisco, immediately preceding the 2001 ALA Annual Conference. The theme of the National Conference on Asian Pacific American Librarians, "Shared Visions," celebrates the pride of diverse heritages among librarians of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, the excellence of Asian American scholarship, and the progress in Asian American librarianship. The Conference will feature leadership institution, prominent literary, professional and political keynote speakers, award dinners and receptions, and exhibits. It will also provide diverse cultural entertainment and film presentations. The Conference Planning Committee invites all professional associations, libraries, civil and social organizations, publishers and vendors to join us in the celebration. We are seeking partnership to: Support the general programs, Underwriting a social or meal event, Sponsor an award, Place advertisement in our program book and related publications, Host an exhibit booth, and more... Planning is well underway. Don't miss this grand opportunity to showcase your institution and your vision of partnership with Asian American community. For further information, please contact either of the Conference Planning Committee Co-chairs: Dr. Ling Hwey Jeng, President, Chinese American Librarians Association, 3735 Palomar Centre, Ste 150 PMB 16, Lexington, KY 40513, Phone: 859/257-5679, Fax: 859/257-4205, E-mail: lhjeng00@ukcc.uky.edu or, Dr. Ken Yamashita, Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, 605 N. El Dorado Street, Administration Stockton, CA 95202, Phone: 209/937-8467, Fax; 209/937-8683, E-mail: kyamashita@stockton.lib.ca.us. ************ 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. ALCTS NETWORK NEWS is available free of charge and is available only in electronic form. Opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the division. News items should be sent to the editor at the e-mail address above. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listproc@ala.org with the only line of text being "subscribe an2 [your name]" (without quotation marks). 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