ALCTS Network News v1n07 (June 21, 1991) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v1n07 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 1, Number 7 June 21, 1991 In this issue FROM THE EDITOR LATE NOTICES FOR THE ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN FOR THE FLORIDA CMDI NEW ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER FOR DIVISION JOURNALS FROM THE ALA WASHINGTON OFFICE OPPORTUNITIES ************************************************************************** FROM THE EDITOR This will be the last issue of ALCTS NETWORK NEWS distributed before the ALA Annual Conference. The next issue, which we hope will be issued on July 8, will have reports of actions taken by the ALCTS Board of Directors and reports from other ALCTS meetings and programs. The ALCTS "Committee and Section Report Form" and the ALCTS "Discussion Group Report Form" have been added to the files available on ALCTSERV. Chairs of ALCTS committees and discussion groups may use these electronic forms to file reports--provided that reports are filed by July 5, 1991. Of course, reports may still be filed, on paper, at the conference. The ALCTS office is at Tables 24 to 26 in Hall F of the Georgia World Congress Center. Please send electronic reports to the ALCTS Office (u34261@uicvm) and to the Editor of the _ALCTS Newsletter_, Ann Swartzell (ASWARTZE@LIBRARY.BERKELEY.EDU). ALCTSERV is a fileserver of ALCTS forms, such as the ALCTS Membership Application Form and the PVLR Complaint Form, and back issues of both AN2 and the NEWSLETTER ON SERIALS PRICING ISSUES, Nos. 1-37. To find out what's available among these files, send the following command to LISTSERV@UICVM: send alcts filelist. The ALCTS FILELIST contains the list of fil es with the EXACT filename and filetype. To get a particular file, issue this command to the LISTSERV@UICVM: send filename filetype. For example, to retrieve the ALCTS committee report form, do one of the following: tell LISTSERV@UICVM SEND REPORT FORM_C or send a note to LISTSERV@UICVM with the text SEND REPORT FORM_C [For our readers who are active in other divisions: you may be able to use these report forms, with modifications, to file the required reports in those divisions. LAMA members may forward completed reports to the LAMA Office also at u19466@uicvm and to Diane Graves, Associate Editor of _Library Administration & Management_, at u47665@uicvm.bitnet.] ************************************************************************* LATE NOTICES FOR THE ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE *** Board of Directors Room Change *** The ALCTS Board of Directors meeting on Monday, July 1, from 2-4 p.m. will be held in the Elizafield Room of the Omni, not the Georgia World Congress Center as originally stated. This is just one of a number of late location changes. Be sure to check the Conference Program Supplement and COGNOTES for others. *** Authority Control Program *** LITA/ALCTS CCS Interest Group on Authority Control in the Online Environment (ACIG) will hold its program on Sunday, June 30, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in Grand Salon D of the Atlanta Hilton. The topic is "Authority Control in the Augmented Catalog." Dorothy McPherson, Division of Library Automation, University of California System, will discuss the UC System's MELVYL. MELVYL is one of the largest online union catalogs, and the Division of Library Automation has recently loaded GPO and CRL records into MELVYL. Chris Meyer, Head, Database Management Division, University of Minnesota, will describe her experiences with loading records from GPO, CRL, and the Dept. of Transportation into their OPAC in the University of Minnesota's online catalog. Jo Chanaud, Head, Reference Department, Georgia Institute of Technology, will present a public services perspective on the need for and the uses of authority authority control in the augmented catalog. The moderator of the panel is Dan Pitti, Assistant Authorities Editor, Catalog Department, University of California, Berkeley. A question and answer session will follow the panel discussion. ACIG elections and a business meeting will follow the presentations from 4:15-5:30 p.m. For more information contact, Deborah Ryszka, University of Delaware Library, deborah.ryszka@mvs.udel.edu. *** ALCTS Computer Files Discussion Group *** The ALCTS Computer Files Discussion Group will meet on Sunday, June 30, 1991, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Park Room of the Westin Peachtree. The topic is "Remote Access Databases: Issues for collection Development and Technical Services." Items to be discussed are: 1) Updates from WLN, RLIN, OCLC, and the Library of Congress; 2) Electronic Library: issues for collection development and technical services, with Samuel Demas and Janet McCue (Mann Library, Cornell University) presenting; 3) The Cornell Xerox Digitization Project, with Betsy Gamble and Judy Brugger (Olin Library, Cornell University) presenting; 4) Cataloging Legal Remote Access Databases Available Through LEXIS, with Ellen McGrath (Law Library, SUNY Buffalo) presenting. For further information, please contact either Bernie Karon at (612) 625-5050 or Bitnet: B-KARO@UMINN1 or Internet:B-KARO@VM1.SPSC.UMN.EDU; call Mary Lukanuski at (818) 544-4193. ************************************************************************* REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN FOR THE FLORIDA CMDI The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) still has some openings for its regional institute on Collection Management and Development. It will be held at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida from August 3-6, 1991. The institute is sponsored by the ALCTS Collection Management and Development Section. It is directed toward practicing librarians in all sizes and types of libraries who deal with collection management issues on a daily basis. Its objectives are to provide an overview of issues in the planning, development and management of library collections and to provide up-to-date and practical training in specific aspects of collection management. Special emphasis will be given to information in electronic formats, collection evaluation, budgeting, preservation, and resource sharing. The registration fee is $205 for ALCTS members, $240 for ALA personal members, and $275 for non-ALA members. For further information and registration forms, contact Yvonne McLean at 800-545-2433, ext. 5032 or Alex Bloss at Bitnet id U47209@UICVM. Registration forms will also be available at the ALCTS Membership booth (#1926) at the annual conference in Atlanta. ************************************************************************* NEW ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER FOR DIVISION JOURNALS Stuart Foster has joined the staff of ALA as advertising sales manager for division journals. Foster is responsible for selling advertising space for the group of journals published by ALCTS and seven other ALA divisions. The journals offer direct advertising opportunities for targeted groups of librarians responsible for purchasing a wide range of library materials. The list of journals include: "College and Research Libraries News," "College & Research Libraries" (Journal), "Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship" and "CHOICE" (nonprint, databases and serials) all published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL); "Library Resources & Technical Services," Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS); "Journal of Youth Services in Libraries" published jointly by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA); "Library Administration & Management," Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA); "Public Libraries," Public Library Association (PLA); "RQ," Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) and "School Library Media Quarterly," American Association of School Librarians (AASL). Foster was formerly district sales manager for Jensen Industries, a dental industry firm. He has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Vermont. Foster assumed his new position March 27. He joins Art Beck, senior advertising sales manager for "CHOICE", "Booklist" and "Booklinks," and Connie Barone, advertising business manager of the ALA Advertising Department. Division journal advertising is part of the ALA Advertising Department which is managed by "CHOICE." All materials and requests for rate cards and media kits should be sent to ALA Advertising, c/o CHOICE, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. ************************************************************************* FROM THE ALA WASHINGTON OFFICE The following items were taken from the June 7, 1991, issue of the ALA Washington Newsline (Vol. 8, No. 4). Please credit the ALA Washington Office if quoting. ** National Research and Education Network ** The High-Performance Computing Act of 1991, which would create a National Research and Education Network, continues to advance. The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee issued on May 16 its report (S. Rept. 102-57) on S. 272, which the committee had approved on March 19. On May 9, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee ordered reported (S. Rept. 102-64) a revised version of its NREN bill, S. 343. How these two bills will be melded is still a question. In the House, HR 656 was ordered reported in revised form by the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on May 8, and the committee report (H. Rept. 102-66, Part I) was issued on May 15. Revisions at the full committee level were generally the result of negotiations with the Administration, which was concerned about coordinating the high-performance computing program and maintaining flexibility in agency roles. The House bill removed most specific agency roles and put the director of the science and technology policy office in charge of coordination, but kept the National Science Foundation as the lead agency to manage the NREN. Whether these changes are enough to satisfy the Administration is unclear as yet. Among the provisions dropped were specific references to the Department of Education, the Library of Congress, and the National Agricultural Library. However, the bill still includes references to libraries and education broadly defined. HR 656 was referred to the Education and Labor Committee, which restored a role for the Department of Education, adding some amendments on May 16 at the request of Rep. William Goodling (R-PA). The committee issued its report (H. Rept. 102-66, Part II) on May 22. Both S. 272 and HR 656 include in their committee reports very helpful language relating to education and libraries. ** Copyright, Unpublished Materials ** Revised legislation relating to the fair use of unpublished materials was introduced on May 9 by Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL), and on May 16 by Reps. William Hughes (D-NJ) and Carlos Moorhead (R-CA). The bills, S. 1035 and HR 2372, represent a compromise between authors organizations and the computer industry. Recent decisions of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which has jurisdiction over many of the major publishing houses, made it legally difficult to quote even limited amounts of unpublished materials without obtaining authorization. Authors and publishers pushed for legislation in the last Congress to clarify that the fair-use doctrine embodied in the Copyright Act applied to unpublished as well as published works. However, computer industry representatives were concerned that such a clarification could lead to piracy of computer software, since source codes could be technically unpublished but copyrighted material. Action on last year's bills was postponed. The bills are not intended to broaden the fair use of unpublished computer software, but are intended to make clear that the unpublished nature of a work should not create a virtual per se bar to its use. ** National Commission on Libraries and Information Science ** On May 24, the Senate confirmed Kay W. Riddle of Northglenn, Colorado, as a member of the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, for a term ending in July 1995. Riddle is executive director of GOPAC, a political action committee, and is a member of the Republican National Committee. She has held positions in the audiovisual, circulation, and reference departments of the Adams County Public Library System, and also served on the library's board. ************************************************************************* OPPORTUNITIES *** Archival Appraisal Theory *** The School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, is sponsoring a week-long institute on archival appraisal theory, principles, and methods from August 5-9,1991. Speakers include Richard Cox, Helen W. Samuels, Tim Ericson, David Bearman, and Jim O'Toole. Topics range from basic principles and theories to techniques such as collection policies, institutional collection analysis, re-appraisal and documentation strategies. Cost for non-credit students is $250. This institute is part of the School's efforts to develop both a graduate archival education program and a continuing education component. For more information about this, contact Richard J. Cox, FAX 412 624-5231 or e-mail (Internet) rjc@idis.lis.pitt.edu for a brochure and application form. *** Librarians as Designers *** The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois is planning its 1992 Data Processing Clinic. The Clinic, now in its 29th year, is an annual 2-3 day continuing education conference which enables participants to benefit from both formal presentations and informal interaction with other attendees. A workshop and poster sessions are also being considered as adjuncts to the formal conference. The theme currently under consideration looks at librarians as participants in the design and implementation of various local level electronic systems. Possible topics include design and implementation of local databases using microcomputers and commercially available software and freeware; design of screen displays for gateways and other front ends; electronic publishing, from desktop publishing to dissemination of text and data; design of instructional materials for both tutorial and classroom. The planners welcome your feedback as to the potential usefulness of such a conference, suggestions for additional topics, comments about potential redundancies or irrelevancies. The conference would be aimed at librarians who possess moderate, but not necessarily substantial, computer expertise from all types and sizes of libraries. Please address your comments to: Prudence Dalrymple or Linda Smith, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801; (217)333-3280; OR dalrympl@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu or smith@uiuc.edu ** TEI North American Workshop ** The Text Encoding Initiative will hold its first open North American Workshop, in Providence, Rhode Island, on 22 and 23 July 1991. The TEI Workshop is an opportunity to learn more about the TEI's draft Guidelines for the Encoding and Interchange of Machine-Readable Texts, and to see the principles they describe being used in practical situations. The Workshop will combine detailed presentations, small group discussion, and hands-on experience for participants. The Workshop will be hosted by the Brown University Women Writers Project, a TEI Affiliated Project, and Brown University Computing and Information Services. The Workshop will begin at 8:30 am on Monday 22 July and finish around 5:00 pm on Tuesday 23 July. There will be a fixed charge of $100 per head for workshop participants, $75 for members of ACH, ALLC or ACL. This includes attendance fees and a manual and other illustrative material, together with refreshments. Participants will be responsible for their own travel, accommodation, and meals. Dorm room accommodations can be reserved on the application form; information on hotels in the Providence area is available on request. For more information contact: wwp@brownvm.brown.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. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; Ruth Carter, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. Editor: Karen Muller (u34261@uicvm); Editorial staff for this issue: Alex Bloss, Deborah Ryszka, Bernie Karon, ALA Washington Office, Pat Sabosik, and Ann Swartzell. 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 and requests for back issues should be sent to the editor at Bitnet address u34261@uicvm. To subscribe, issue the network command "tell listserv@uicvm sub alcts [your account] [your name]." ALCTS NETWORK NEWS is also available on ALANET through the PUBS menu or the command ALANET4. Send questions about membership in ALCTS to the ALCTS Office, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. All materials in the newsletter subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or education advancement granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976. For other reprinting or redistribution or translations, address requests to the ALA Office of Rights and Permissions. *************************************************************************