ALCTS Network News v1n04 (June 10, 1991) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v1n04 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 1, Number 4 June 10, 1991 In this issue ALCTS PRECONFERENCE UPDATE ALCTS AWARDS PRESENTATIONS COMPUTER SOFTWARE LENDING ACRL BOARD REAFFIRMS SALT LAKE CITY CONFERENCE SITE ************************************************************************** ALCTS PRECONFERENCE UPDATE ALCTS has cancelled one of its three preconferences planned for the ALA Annual Conference in Atlanta. "Preservation Filming: Getting it Started and Keeping it Going" was cancelled due to low registration. Two other scheduled preconferences are still being held: "The Dual-Role Collection Development Librarian" and "AACR2 Revised: A Practical Update." Registrations are still being accepted for these. If you would like to register, please call ALCTS at 800-545-2433, ext. 5035. ************************************************************************* ALCTS AWARDS PRESENTATIONS ALCTS will hold its annual membership meeting and awards presentation from 7:30-9:00 a.m. on Monday, July 1, in Room 160W of the Georgia World Congress Center. Five division awards, plus the interdivisional Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award will be presented. Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award Donald E. Riggs, dean of the University Library at the University of Michigan, is the recipient of the 1991 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. The award is for outstanding accomplishments of an academic librarian who has worked in the areas of library automation or library management, and has made contributions (including risk taking) towards the improvement of library services, or to library development or research. It is jointly sponsored ACRL, LITA, LAMA, and ALCTS. Don Riggs has provided exemplary leadership in all areas recognized by the Atkinson Award," said Judith N. Kharbas, chair of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award Committee. "He has, in all his positions, taken risks which had led to major improvements in library organization, collections, and services. Don Riggs is dedicated to promoting the value of excellent library service. He is one of the profession's outstanding leaders and achievers. Blackwell North America Scholarship Award Gary Daniell Byrd, assistant director for finance, planning and research at the Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the 1991 recipient of the ALCTS Blackwell North America Scholarship Award. The award, $1,000 to a library school of the winner's choice, is donated by Blackwell North America. It is given in the name of an author or authors of an outstanding monograph, published article or original paper on acquisitions, collection development or areas of resources development in libraries. BYRD WILL BE CITED FOR HIS ARTICLE, "AN ECONOMIC 'COMMONS' TRAGEDY FOR Research Libraries: Scholarly Journal Publishing and Price Trends," which appeared in the May 1990 issue of "College and Research Libraries." The scholarship will be awarded to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gary Daniell Byrd's talent as a writer and scholar come through in his admirable analysis of a crisis about which many have written, but few have explained in such a clear and instructive manner," said Frank D'Andraia, chair of the Blackwell North America Scholarship Award Committee. "His article provides a major step in the critical exploration of scholarly-journal publishing and pricing trends. Mr. Byrd's publication was the unanimous choice of the Search Committee. Best of "LRTS" Award Beth M. Paskoff and Anna H. Perrault, both of Baton Rouge, La., are the recipients of the Best of LRTS Award. The award is for the author or authors of the best paper published each year in the division's official journal. The winning publication is "A Tool for Comparative Collection Analysis: Conducting a Shelflist Sample to Construct a Collection Profile." "Library Resources & Technical Services" 34 (April 1990): 199-215. "The article by Paskoff and Perrault was selected from a pool of fine nominees as the Best of 'LRTS,' 1990," said Roxanne Sellberg, chair of the Best of "LRTS" Committee. "This report of a local collection analysis project is presented in a way which makes it useful and interesting to a wide range of "LRTS" readers. Of special significance is the authors' discussion of quantitative collection profiles and shelflist sampling methodology. Paskoff is assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Perrault is head of interlibrary services and reference collection development at Louisiana State University. Margaret Mann Citation Margaret F. Maxwell, a professor in the graduate library school at the University of Arizona, is the recipient of the Margaret Mann Citation. The award, sponsored by the ALCTS Cataloging & Classification Section, is for achievement by a cataloger or classifier through publication, participation in professional cataloging associations, introduction of new techniques or teaching. Maxwell's winning publications are "Handbook for AACR2" and "Handbook for AACR2, 1988 Revision. Dr. Maxwell's publications have contributed and continue to contribute to the accurate and effective implementation of AACR2, both for students and practicing catalogers," said Sheila S. Intner, chair of the Margaret Mann Citation Award Committee. "A master teacher, she has guided many students into careers in cataloging and classification." Esther J. Piercy Award Carol Pitts Hawks, head of the acquisitions department at The Ohio State University Libraries in Columbus is the recipient of the Esther J. Piercy Award. She is also visiting assistant professor of library science at Kent State University, Columbus Program in Columbus, Ohio. The award is given to a librarian with fewer than ten years experience for contributions and leadership in the field of library collections and technical services. Carol Pitts Hawks' command of technical issues, combined with outstanding leadership abilities, has won the respect of her colleagues across the nation," said John Corbin, chair of the ALCTS Esther J. Piercy Award Committee. "This, combined with her warmth and charm, matches well the spirit of the Esther J. Piercy Award. Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award Deana L. Astle and Charles A. Hamaker are the recipients of the Serials Section Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award. The award is for contributions to serials librarianship in areas of professional association, participation, library education, serials literature, research or development of tools leading to better understanding. Astle, head of technical services at Clemson (S.C.) University, and Hamaker, assistant director for collection development, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, will receive $1,500 and a citation donated by the R.R. Bowker Company. Deana Astle and Charles Hamaker, working both together and separately, have gone far beyond the daily commitment to serials librarianship by raising the awareness of the entire library community of European serial publishers pricing practices," said Sue Anne Harrington, chair of the ALCTS Serials Section Bowker/Ulrich's Serials committee. Their efforts have led to international attention on the pricing policies of journals and publishers practices. In addition, they continue to encourage other efforts to research pricing and scholarly communication studies and let publishers know that the issue of unfair pricing will not disappear. Authors of three joint papers, Astle and Hamaker have written articles for numerous publications, and have made several presentations. Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Award Always a secret until their presentation, these awards remind us of the ever-present challenges in bibliographic control. Who will be the "snake in the grass" this year? ************************************************************************* COMPUTER SOFTWARE LENDING The ALA Washington Office has kindly allowed us to reprint the text of a recent factsheet on copyright distributed on March 19, 1991 Computer Software Lending by Libraries Copyright Warning Issued The Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990 (title VIII, section 802, of PL 101-650) generally grants owners of copyright in computer programs an exclusive right to control public distribution of the program in the nature of rental, lease, or lending. An exception to the law allows lending by nonprofit libraries for nonprofit purposes without the permission of the copyright owner, but requires libraries to affix a warning of copyright to the package containing the computer program. The text of the warning was published in the February 26, 1991 Federal Register (56 FR 7811-12) as a final regulation effective March 28, 1991. The full text of the warning is as follows: "Notice: Warning of Copyright Restrictions The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the reproduction, distribution, adaptation, public performance, and public display of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in law, nonprofit libraries are authorized to lend, lease, or rent copies of computer programs to patrons on a nonprofit basis and for nonprofit purposes. Any person who makes an unauthorized copy or adaptation of the computer program, or redistributes the loan copy, or publicly performs or displays the computer program, except as permitted by Title 17 of the United States Code, may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to fulfill a loan request if, in its judgement, fulfillment of the request would lead to violation of the copyright law." The regulation states that a verbatim reproduction of the notice "shall be affixed to the packaging that contains the copy of the computer program, which is the subject of a library loan to patrons, by means of a label cemented, gummed, or otherwise durably attached to the copies or to a box, reel, cartridge, cassette, or other container used as a permanent receptacle for the copy of the computer program. The notice shall be printed in such manner as to be clearly legible, comprehensible, and readily apparent to a casual user of the computer program." Section 802 of the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act also provides for an exemption for the "transfer of possession of a lawfully made copy of a computer program by a nonprofit educational institution to another nonprofit educational institution or to faculty, staff, and students." However, such educational transfers do not require a specific copyright warning. Section 802, encompassing both the education and library exemptions, applies only to copies of software acquired after the date of enactment, that is, after December 1, 1990, and is effective only for five years, through October 1, 1997. Within three years of enactment, the Register of Copyrights, after consulting with representatives of copyright owners and librarians, is to report to Congress on whether the library exemption "has achieved its intended purpose of maintaining the integrity of the copyright system while providing nonprofit libraries the capability to fulfill their function." For further information contact: American Library Association Washington Office 110 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002-5675 Tel. 202-547-4440; Fax 202-547-7363 ************************************************************************* ACRL BOARD REAFFIRMS SALT LAKE CITY CONFERENCE SITE The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) board of directors has reaffirmed the location of the sixth national conference April 12-14, 1992, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Board adopted a statement, after a conference call meeting May 6, 1991, on the importance of national conferences, reasons for the move from Phoenix and the selection of Salt Lake City. The conference was originally planned for April 1-4, 1992, in Phoenix, Ariz. The ACRL board of directors voted January 13, 1991, to move the conference out of Phoenix because of the failure of the Arizona referendum to establish a paid state holiday in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ACRL had considered meeting in St. Louis, Mo., on March 25-29, 1992, but learned that a St. Louis conference would conflict with state association meetings in Illinois and Kansas. Salt Lake City was able to move a local meeting out of its center to allow space for ACRL. "We know the choice of Salt Lake City is a matter of concern to some of our members who point to the state's exceptionally restrictive abortion laws and the National Organization for Women's call for boycott of Utah's tourism and convention industries to protest those laws," the ACRL board of directors said. "The American Library Association (ALA) and ACRL do not have any stance at all relative to the deeply personal issue of abortion." "The associations are clearly supportive of equal rights for women, as evidenced by the ALA Status of Women in Librarianship Committee, the ALA Pay Equity Committee and ACRL's Women's Studies Section. While we are sensitive to concerns about holding the conference in Utah, we have a commitment to our members to hold a national conference in 1992." Copies of the statement are available from the ACRL office. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 2516. Members are invited to discuss the question, "How should ACRL respond to social issues?," Saturday, June 29, 1991, from 2-2:30 p.m. during the ACRL board of directors meeting during the ALA Annual Conference in Atlanta. The board will consider whether the ACRL policy on national conference site selection should be revised at the meeting. Individual board members will be available on Monday, July 1, 1991, 4-4:30 p.m., during the poster sessions after the ACRL President's Program. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ALCTS NETWORK NEWS 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; Ruth Carter, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. Editor: Karen Muller (u34261@uicvm); Editorial staff for this issue: Alex Bloss, ALCTS Awards Committees Chairs, ALA Washington Office. ISSN: 1056-6694. 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. 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