ALCTS Network News v2n17 (November 22, 1991) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v2n17 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 2, Number 17 November 22, 1991 In this issue ERRATUM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JUNIOR FELLOWS PROGRAM RLG INTRODUCES DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR THE INTERNET CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS AUTHOR JONATHAN KOZOL TO SPEAK AT ALA MIDWINTER MEETING ************************************************************************** ERRATUM The last issue of AN2 was correctly dated as November 14, 1991, but incorrectly numbered. It should have been numbered Volume 2, Number 16. The file name (AN2 V2_NO16) is correct and is the number by which the issue may be retrieved from the listserver. ************************************************************************* THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS JUNIOR FELLOWS PROGRAM The Library of Congress has announced the Junior Fellows Program. The purposes of this program are to increase knowledge of the Library's collections throughout the nation; to help the Library inventory, chronicle and make available hitherto unexplored materials; to give participants an opportunity to explore the Library's unique collections; to increase use of the Library's research collections now and in the future; and to expose bright young Americans to the challenging career opportunities available at the Library of Congress and other research libraries. The program is open to students enrolled in an ongoing academic program at an accredited college or university at the junior or senior undergraduate level or graduate level. Academic credit for the fellowship work is at the discretion of the educational institution. Fellowships are available throughout the year and generally last 2-3 months, according to the needs and schedules of the Library and the student. There is a stipend of $1,200 per month. To apply, students should send an Application for Federal Employment (SF171 ) or resume (including social security number), a transcript, and a cover letter indicating their language capabilities and the subject areas in which they are interested to Marjorie Burgess, PSCM I, Library of Congress LM-642, Washington, DC 20540. Applications will be forwarded to appropriate LC divisions, which will arrange telephonic or face-to-face interviews with students who submit the most effective applications. In addtion, applicants' institutions should submit two letters: (1) to identify the official status of the student and to give approval for the fellowship; and (2) to provide a personal recommendation by an appropriate professor attesting to the student's proficiency, reliability and the feasibility of his/her carrying out the project. Applications for Spring 1992 fellowships should be received by November 15, 1991. Applications for Summer 1992 fellowships should be received by February 1. Applications for Fall 1992 fellowships should be received by June 1. Applicants will be notified of the Library's decision approximately one month after the application deadline and should expect to begin the fellowship approximately two months after the notification date. For more information, contact Denise Banks, Human Resources Directorate (202/707-1962), or Marjorie Burgess, Public Service and Collection Management I (202/707-5330), or the Library division(s) in which fellowships are sought. ************************************************************************* RLG INTRODUCES DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR THE INTERNET Available now from the Research Libraries Group (RLG) is Ariel, a new software package that enables fast, reliable, high quality transmission of documents and images over the Internet. Using standard PC hardware, Ariel produces images of much greater resolution than FAX machines. Ariel software operates on a standalone PC-to-PC system. With an 80386 (or 80286) microcomputer, a scanner, and a laser printer, Ariel software users can scan, store, transmit, and print any material, including photos, drawings, charts, formulae, and tables. Ariel compresses data while scanning, thus speeding transmission and reducing PC storage requirements. A typical page of text takes 10 seconds to scan, less than a minute to transmit, and 20 seconds to print. Over 600 scanned pages can be stored for transmittal. With an appropriate PC FAX card, Ariel can also be adapted to use a FAX machine as a printer, producing images of much greater resolution than usual FAX copies (but of lesser quality than laser-printed copies). When the system hardware is not actively being used for Ariel functions, it can be used for other independent applications--like desktop publishing, word processing, scanning, printing. For more information about Ariel and its hardware requirements, please contact the Information Center, e-mail BL.RIC@RLG.BITNET or BL.RIC@RLG.STANFORD.EDU. (Ariel is not related to and works independently of RLIN, the Research Libraries Information Network. Ariel users do not have to be RLIN users in order to use the Ariel software.) ************************************************************************* CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS Disaster Prevention, Response, & Recovery Widely-publicized, dramatic events during recent years--the Florence and Venice floods, the Oakland and Leningrad fires, the Mexico City and San Francisco earthquakes, Hurricanes Bob and Hugo, the Mt. St. Helena eruption, and the nameless October 1991 storm that devastated parts of New England, to name just a few--have heightened general awareness of the dangers posed by natural forces to property. For those responsible for the preservation and protection of our artistic and cultural patrimony and our historic built environment, these weather and geological hazards and their comparable human-induced ones are of special concern, since when disasters such as floods or fires occur, historic and artistic objects and/or structures may be so severely damaged that the possibility of restoration is slight, or even worse, they may be completely destroyed. And this class of property cannot be recreated. To address the critical needs for protecting our artistic and architectural heritage from floods, fires, earthquakes, and other natural and human-induced emergencies and hazards, an international conference entitled "Disaster Prevention, Response, & Recovery: Principles and Procedures for Protecting and Preserving Historic/Cultural Properties & Collections," will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 24-25, 1992. For further information, contact: Susan E. Schur, Seminar Co-Organizer, Technology & Conservation, One Emerson Place, Boston, MA 02114, Tel: 617-227-8581, or Robert Hauser, Seminar Co-Organizer, The New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740, Tel: 508-997-0046. European Convention of Library Suppliers and Information ProviderS '92 ECLIPSE '92 (the European Convention of Library Suppliers and Information ProviderS '92), the new formula meeting place of suppliers and users of information products and services, will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, at the RAI Congress Centre, 23-25 February 1992. ECLIPS '92 will offer exhibits and will include the Dutch Online and Optical Information Exhibition; a welcome reception in the exhibition area on Sunday night (23 February); lectures by highly authoritative speakers; product presentations; directory of information products and services; and a selection of satellite events. The theme is "Strategies Towards The Next Information Millenium." For more information, contact: ECLIPS Secretariat, P.O. Box 688, NL-3800 AR Amersfoort, Netherlands; Tel. +3130944057; Fax +3133650945 ASIDIC 1992 Spring Meeting The Association of Information and Dissemination Centers (ASIDIC) will hold its Spring 1992 meeting at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, from March 15-17, 1992. Under the theme of "Universities: Customers or Competitors in a Changing Market," speakers will address the issue of universities/public institutions entering the more traditional information dissemination market. Tape leasing, the internet, electronic journals, networking, document delivery/interlibrary loan, pricing, strategic alliances and a host of related issues will also be discussed. For more information, contact Jeanette Webb, ASIDIC Secretariat, PO Box 8105, Athens, GA 30603, phone 404/542-6820. Association of Christian Librarians Enhancing Professionalism will be the theme of the 36th annual conference of the Association of Christian Librarians. The conference will run from June 9-12, 1992. The location of the conference will be the Stonecroft Conference Center in Hollister, Missouri. The conference will be chaired by Bea Flinner, Librarian at Southern Nazarene University, Bethany, OK. For complete program and registration information or membership information, contact Wava Bueschlen, Executive Director, Association of Christian Librarians, Box 4, Cedarville, OH 45314. United Kingdom Serials Group The United Kingdom Serials Group will be holding its 1992 Conference at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, from 30 March to 2 April. Over 300 delegates, including librarians, subscription agents, publishers and system suppliers, regularly attend the UKSG Conference, which is accompanied by a large exhibition. The Conference's keynote address will be given by John Maddox, editor of _Nature_. Altogether there will be 14 conference papers, spanning a wide range of serials-related topics such as: networking databases, alternative access to serials information, and newspapers on CD-ROM. The programme will also include a selection of workshops, each led by an expert in the field. Visits will be arranged to a number of organisations such as: The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh; The Scotsman; Riley Dunn & Wilson. For further information about the USKG 1992 Conference please contact Jill Tolson, UK Serials Groups Administrator, 114 Woodstock Road, Witney OX8 6DY UK; Tel: 0993 703466; Fax: 0993 77879. ************************************************************************* AUTHOR JONATHAN KOZOL TO SPEAK AT ALA MIDWINTER MEETING Author, radical educator and activist Jonathan Kozol will give the keynote address at ALA's 1992 Midwinter Meeting President's Program, Sunday, January 26, in the San Antonio Marriott River Center Grand Ballroom from 3-5 p.m. Kozol joins ALA President Patricia Glass Schuman for a far reaching discussion on the continuing inequities of America's educational system. In the recently published _Savage Inequalities_ (Crown, 1991), Kozol relates the apalling condition of schools and education across America and continues to advocate for education reform especially in poor inner-city and less affluent suburban areas. He believes that the United States is moving backward at an alarming rate when it comes to educating our children, who attend segregated and unequal schools. Some schools are more segregated and less equal than in the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. ************************************************************************* 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; Arnold Hirshon, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. Editor: Karen Muller (u34261@uicvm); Editorial Assistance: Alex Bloss, Andrea Wiley. 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 Bitnet address u34261@uicvm. 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