ALCTS Network News v3n07 (February 13, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v3n07 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 3, Number 7 February 13, 1992 In this issue NCLIS HOLDING OPEN FORUM TO FOLLOW UP ON WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE LC EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR CIP SURVEY CMDS CHAIR ASSUMED BY FARRELL INSTITUTES AND WORKSHOPS ************************************************************************** NCLIS HOLDING OPEN FORUM TO FOLLOW UP ON WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE During its January 9-10, 1992 meeting, the U.S. National Commission on Libraries s and Information Science (NCLIS) selected March 10 for an open forum as part of its follow up on the recommendation from the July 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Service (WHCLIS). The forum will give national organizations and allied groups--including those of elected and appointed officials from government and education-- an opportunity to review the WHCLIS recommendations of special concern and interest to them and their plans in support of the recommendations. NCLIS Chairman Charles E. Reid commented, "The forum should help the Commission and all participants become familiar with the range of concerns and possibilities pursuant to the White House Conference." Invitations to participate in the open forum are being sent to national organizations. Regional and local groups are welcome to attend as well, but opportunity to address the forum will be designated first for national representatives. The open forum will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 1992 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Henry Barnard Auditorium, Room 1134, of the U.S. Department of Education Building at 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. NCLIS Commissioner J. Michael Farrell, who served as moderator for the Open Forum at the White House Conference on Library and Information Services in July 1991, will also moderate the March 10 forum. Other forum panelists include Charles E. Reid, NCLIS Chair and NCLIS Members Daniel W. Casey and Kay W. Riddle. In addition to the oral presentations, which the Commission will accept and schedule for March 10, NCLIS encourages written comments on the WHCLIS recommendations. Written comments should be received in the NCLIS office by March 31, 1992. All data gathered as a result of the forum will be considered in formulating NCLIS initiatives to address the implementation of the WHCLIS recommendations. To sign up to address the forum or to get additional information contact Peter Young, NCLIS Executive Director, or Jane Williams, Research Associate, at (202) 254-3100. ************************************************************************* LC EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR CIP SURVEY The Library of Congress has extended the deadline for the Cataloging in Publication library survey until February 19, 1992. A major study of the cataloging in publication program at the Library of Congress was launched in the fall of 1990 with questionnaires sent to all recipients of the Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) tapes which contain CIP data and all of the current CIP publishing participants. In early 1991, another questionnaire was sent to a representative sample of the 112,000 libraries in the United States. The second questionnaire incorporated information obtained from the responses of the first group. John Celli, chief of the Cataloging in Publication Division, urges all of the libraries included in the second sample who received a copy of the survey to respond. "Libraries that do use CIP data, regardless of its source, should complete the survey as the information provided will help chart the future direction of the CIP program." ************************************************************************* CMDS CHAIR ASSUMED BY FARRELL Carolyn Bucknall, the first elected chair of the ALCTS Collection Management and Development Section, has resigned from the office in conjunction with her recent retirement from the University of Texas. CMDS Vice-Chair David Farrell will assume the office and serve as Chair of the Section for the remainder of the 1991/92 term, as well as for the 1992/93 term to which he was elected. A new Vice-Chair will be elected this spring and begin serving at the end of the 1992 San Francisco Conference. The ALCTS Board congratulated Carolyn on her retirement, thanked her for her years of fine service, and wished her well. ************************************************************************* INSTITUTES AND WORKSHOPS Spring Institute at Pratt The Pratt Institute School of Professional Studies and the Center Book Arts are offering a cooperative program which will provide students with the opportunity to take classes at the Center for Book Arts while earning undergraduate or graduate credit at Pratt. Students may choose from a wide array of courses in bookmaking--such as book restoration, color laser printing, hand bookbinding, hand papermaking, letterpress printing, offset printing, paper marbling, pop-up paper structures, and waterbased woodblock printing. For more information, call Pratt's School of Professional Studies at 718/636-3453 or the Center for Book Arts at 212/460-9768. LITA 3rd National Conference The preliminary announcement of the LITA 3rd National Conference has been mailed. The conference will be held September 13-16, 1992 in Denver, Colorado. To be added to the mailing for the preliminary program, call the LITA office at 1-800-545-2433 x 4270. (Note: this second mailing will be sent to LITA members automatically.) Feather River Institute The Third Annual Feather River Institute, sponsored by the University of the Pacific Libraries, will be held May 28-31, 1992, with the general theme: Library Acquisitions: History and Principles. It will be held at the Feather River Inn in Blairsden, California. The Preliminary list of speakers includes Tom Leonhardt, Dean, University of the Pacific Libraries; Karen Schmidt, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana; Joe Barker, University of California, Berkeley; Joyce Ogburn, Yale University; Anne O'Neil, UNC-Chapel Hill; Dora Biblarz, Arizona State University; and Mary Devlin, The Faxon Company. For more information contact: Library Administration, University of the Pacific Libraries, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211; (209) 946-2434, or the Publicity Coordinator, Adrian Alexander at ALEXANDER@FAXON.COM. 29th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing The 29th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing sponsored by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, UIUC with support from the Council on Library Resources for preconference workshops will be held April 5-7, 1992, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This year's theme is "Designing Information: New Roles for Librarians" and will feature a keynote address on "Envisioning Information" by Edward Tufte from Yale University. Those registered for the Clinic will have an opportunity to attend a preconference workshop on Database Design (Carol Tenopir and Gerald Lundeen, instructors); Desktop Publishing (Kathleen Chmelewski and Nan Goggin, instructors); or Expert Systems (Judy Myers, Lloyd Davidson, and Craig Robertson, instructors). Presenters at the conference include Carolyn Gray, Brandeis University Libraries; Richard Lucier, UC - San Francisco; William H. Mischo, Timothy W. Cole, Leslie Troutman, Dennis Norlin, and Winnie Chan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Virginia Tiefel, Ohio State University; Richard Greenfield, Information Consultant, Washington, DC; Jean Armour Polly, Liverpool Public Library; David Loertscher, Libraries Unlimited; Ruth V. Curtis, Syracuse University; Joe C. Rader, University of Tennessee Libraries; Ronnie Peters, Dynamic Diagrams; Peter Scott, University of Saskatchewan Libraries; Katharina Klemperer, Dartmouth College Library; Arlene Moore Sievers, Case Western Reserve University Library; and M.E.L. Jacob, M.E.L. Jacob Associates. The registration fee is $265 ($295 after March 2, 1992). To receive a copy of the conference brochure with registration information, contact: Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois, 410 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801; 217/333-3280 (Willa Reed or Kathy Painter). E-mail requests for additional information can be sent to Linda C. Smith at lcsmith@uiuc.edu Second Transborder Library Forum/Foro Binacional de Bibliotecas The Second Transborder Library Forum will be held on Friday and Saturday, March 20-21, 1992 in Hermosillo, Mexico. All interested librarians and others are encouraged to attend. The objective of this meeting is to create an atmosphere for networking and information-sharing among library professionals and staff from the U.S. and Mexico, and to make recommendations for improving joint international activities, projects and exchanges. An additional emphasis will be the impact of the Free Trade Agreement. The conference will have four keynote speakers addressing several themes of interest to librarians: the role of professional associations in international exchange relations, the process of enrichment of our multicultural sensibilities, international exchange possibilities between Mexico and the U.S., and the U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement and its impact on the Mexican publishing industry. The speakers include: Dr. Jesus Lau Noriega (Instituto Tecnologico de Durango), Sheila Milam (University of Nevada, Reno), Margarita Almada de Asencio (CICH-UNAM), Robert Seal (University of Texas at El Paso), Surya Peniche de Sanchez McGregor (President of AMBAC), and Alfredo Verdugo (President of CNB). Discussion table themes include: international librarianship and exchanges, resource sharing, marketing of libraries, preservation and conservation, shared cataloging, library education, new information technology, collection development for linguistic minorities, rural librarianship and strategic planning. This Forum is co-sponsored by five professional organizations: the Asociacion Sonorense de Bibliotecarios, A.C./Sonoran Librarians Association with the Arizona State Library Association, the American Library Association, U.S. Mexico Committee, the Asociacion Mexicana de Bibliotecarios/Mexican Librarians Association, and the Colegio Nacional de Bibliotecarios/National Librarians College. For further information about this conference (including program and pre-registration forms) please contact: Rhonda L. Neugebauer, Latin American Area Specalist, Hayden Library, Reference Services, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85283; bitnet: idrln@asuacad; internet: idrln@asuvm.inre.asu.edu. (Submitted by Dora Biblarz, Associate Dean--Collection Development, ASU Libraries, Tempe, AZ 85287.) ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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 Advisory Board: Arnold Hirshon, Ruth Carter, Liz Bishoff; 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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