ALCTS Network News v19n12 (June 27, 2000) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v19n12.txt ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 19, Number 12 June 27, 2000 In this issue: _GUIDELINES ON SUBJECT ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL WORKS OF FICTION, DRAMA, ETC._ SECOND EDITION NOW AVAILABLE YOU ARE INVITED! URGENT - REPORTERS STILL NEEDED ALA ANNOUNCES DIRECTOR, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE NEW TOPICS AVAILABLE IN "ALCTS RESEARCH TOPICS IN CATALOGING AND CLASSIFICATION: A SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE, 1995-" EMERGENCY RESPONSE APPLICATIONS INVITED ************ _GUIDELINES ON SUBJECT ACCESS TO INDIVIDUAL WORKS OF FICTION, DRAMA, ETC._ SECOND EDITION NOW AVAILABLE Prepared by the CCS Subject Analysis Committee subcommittee on the Revision of the Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, (Hiroko Aikawa, Jan DeSirey, Linda Gabel, Susan Hayes, Kathy Nystrom, Mary Dabney Wilson, Pat Thomas, Chair), this new and revised _Guidelines on Subject Access to Individual Works of Fiction, Drama, Etc._ will help catalogers and others in the library to: *Apply the suggested headings to individual works of fiction. *Enrich catalog entries quickly and consistently by following guidelines. *Satisfy library patrons and readers by pointing them to targeted works, characters, settings, and topics. Updated Library of Congress subject headings and revisions based on current practice make this the one-stop source for subject headings to classify all types of fiction! Price: $19.00, ALA members $17.10, 67 pages, 6" X 9", Softcover, ISBN 0-8389-3503-6. Copies will be for sale at the ALA Store. ************ YOU ARE INVITED! Please join President Peggy Johnson and other ALCTS members for breakfast on Monday, July 10. The breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m. just before the ALCTS President's Program and will be served until the program begins. Then enjoy a terrific program, "Scholarly Communication for the Next Millenium: >From Codependence to Community", preceded by the ALCTS Awards Presentation and Membership Meeting. The ALCTS President's Program breakfast is made possible through a generous contribution by Springer-Verlag. ************ URGENT - REPORTERS STILL NEEDED The ALCTS Newsletter still needs willing members to report on the following programs at the ALA Conference: "Matchmaker, Matchmaker*Streamlined Acquisitions Using Vendor Services and Systems." (Sunday, July 9, 9-11 a.m., Convention Center, Rm.E352) "Year of the Dragon, Mandate to Change: Challenges of the Pinyin Conversion in the Online Environment." (Sunday, July 9, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Convention Center Rm. E270) "Managing Preservation Technologies for the New Century." (Sunday, July 9, 2-4 p.m., Marriott Downtown, Chicago Ballroom E) "Building Beyond the Mainstream: Identifying and Selecting Non-traditional Library Resources." (Sunday, July 9, 2-5 p.m., Marriott Downtown, Chicago Ballroom D) As a reporter, all you need to do is attend the program, write up a brief report (approximately 300 words), and send it by e-mail to the new editor, Miriam Palm, at Miriam.Palm@stanford.edu by August 1. If you are willing to do this, please contact newsletter editor Dale Swensen at dale_swensen@byu.edu before you leave for the conference. --Dale Swensen ************ ALA ANNOUNCES DIRECTOR, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE Mark Gould has accepted appointment to the position of director, Public Information Office. He will join the staff on July 3rd, just in time to see ALA in action at Annual Conference. Mark is an experienced communications professional whose prior experience has included public relations director positions for Paterno Imports, Little City Foundation, American Lung Association (ALA!), and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. --Peggy Barber ************ NEW TOPICS AVAILABLE IN "ALCTS RESEARCH TOPICS IN CATALOGING AND CLASSIFICATION: A SUMMARY OF THE LITERATURE, 1995-" Members of the PRC (ALCTS CCS Policy and Research Committee) have added three new essays to their research topics list. The revised compilation is now available at http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ccs/pol.html. The added essays cover new technology, subjects, and metadata systems. PRC members have compiled the group of essays by reviewing the published literature and describing research accomplished since 1995. Intended as an informal, practical tool for those in search of a useful research topic or a quick review of recent research, these essays include suggestions of research topics, and all include citations to the most important articles. Besides the new topics, other topics covered are authority control; cataloging personnel, education, and training; use and contents of catalogs and other databases; and outsourcing. PRC members would appreciate any comments or suggestions regarding their work. Please send them to Karen Calhoun, PRC chair, at ksc10@cornell.edu. ************ EMERGENCY RESPONSE APPLICATIONS INVITED Due to a generous grant from National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (FAIC) will be offering, in October of 2000, a four-day intensive workshop designed to train instructors in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary emergency response program. Ten individuals will be selected from across the country to receive the training. The "Train the Trainers" workshop will be held at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Participants will work with Jane Hutchins and Barbara Roberts both of who have extensive experience in disaster response and were instrumental in the development and testing of the curriculum. Each of the five pairs of trainers, mentored by one of the course instructors, will subsequently teach in one of a series of three-day regional workshops in 2001, creating five regional groups each with fifteen selected participants Ten individuals from related disciplines, such as conservators, registrars, collections care managers, archivists, archaeologists, state historic preservation officers or staff, curators, librarians, Civil Affairs officers, historic preservation architects and professional emergency responders will be chosen from a pool of applicants who have demonstrated excellence and experience in previous training or teaching activities, and have a background or interest in emergency response. Participants will be trained in both the theory and practice of disaster response. With hands on exercises in the recovery of a wide range of museum and library materials, and will be selected for their commitment to continue providing training in disaster response in their region of the country. Initial regional workshops will be held at NEDCC in North, Andover, Massachusetts, the JFK Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, the Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri, AMIGOS Preservation Services, Dallas Texas, and the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington. During the Training, participants will receive a stipend of $350 per day. Plus expenses including travel and accommodations. As instructors in the regional workshops, participants will receive an honorarium of $450 per day plus expenses. Applications must be postmarked by August 1, 2000 and must include the signed FAIC application form; a resume including education and training experience; a one page letter of commitment to teaching the program in regional workshops in 2001 and highlighting any relevant teaching or disaster response experience; and two references. Letters of recommendation from these references should be sent directly to FAIC. Guidelines and applications will be available June 14 from FAIC, 1717 K Street, NW #200, Washington, DC 20006, 202-452-9545, Fax 202-452-9328, email: info@aic-faic.org. The deadline for applications is August 1, 2000 and notification of trainers will be by September 5, 2000. Applications must not be faxed. Applications will be available in late August for regional workshops in 2001. ************ ALCTS NETWORK NEWS (ISSN 1056-6694) is published irregularly by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. 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