ALCTS Network News v3n08 (February 19, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v3n08 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 3, Number 8 February 19, 1992 In this issue SUMMARY OF MAJOR ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISCUSSION GROUP REPORTS ALCTS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE ALA COUNCIL CATALOGING MODIFICATIONS AT LC REQUESTING MATERIALS FROM ALCTSERV COOPERATIVE PARTNERS ACHIEVE CATALOGING MILESTONES SCOPE STATEMENT FOR ALCTS NETWORK NEWS ************************************************************************** SUMMARY OF MAJOR ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Adopted recommendations of the ALCTS Education Committee regarding ALA's Proposed Standards for Accreditation and authorized their presentation as testimony at the hearing. Approved a statement conerning the content of AN2 (see separate item). Endorsed the January 1992 version of the Office for Library Personnel Resources (OLPR) position statement, "The Master's Degree in Library and Information Studies: The requisite education for library & information professionals." Accepted the South Carolina Library Association's Technical Services Section as an affiliate of the ALCTS Council of Regional Groups. Voted to postpone indefinitely a motion that ALCTS, when regarding social and political issues, focus its attention and action on those issues that are relevant to library concerns or that may involve library expertise. Reappointed Ann Swartzell as editor of the ALCTS Newsletter for a second three-year term. Approved the revised 1991-92 budget and the preliminary 1992-93 budget. Directed the ALCTS Executive Director and Executive Committee to conduct an administrative review of all components of the ALCTS budget by the Spring 1992 Executive Committee meeting and to report the results to the full Board at the Annual Conference. Approved the following changes to the ALCTS Bylaws for placement on the spring 1992 ballot: revised provisions for the length of term of CRG officers; a revised PLMS function statement; and in the Acquisition of Library Materials Section, a name change to Acquisitions Secton, a revised object statement, and a revised executive committee structure. Accepted a revised charge and name change from the Technical Services Costs Committee to the Technical Services Measurements Committee; a proposed scope and name for the joint LITA/ALCTS Microcomputer Support of Technical Services Interest Group; a change to the charge of the Publications Committee; and a revised composition of the ALCTS Education Committee. Established the ALCTS Electronic Publishing Discussion Group (see report later in this issue). Voted to forward the draft standard for information on Packaging and Labeling of Video Cassettes to the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) for processing as an American National Standard. Voted to encourage ALA Graphics to use permanent durable paper for bookmark production and to indicate the use of such paper on the items so produced. Approved in principle a survey of micrographic equipment used by libraries. ************************************************************************* DISCUSSION GROUP REPORTS Three discussion group reports have been received electronically; two of these have been posted in their entirety on ALCTSERV. About 125 people attended the inaugural meeting of the Electronic Publications Discussion Group on January 29, 1992. Chaired by Barbara Winters (Wright State University), the main result of this meeting was a petition to the ALCTS Board of Directors to recognize the group formally (petition accepted). Dicussion focused on how local sites are handling acquisition of and access to electronic publications. The report of this meeting is available as "ELECTRO DG" from ALCTSERV. The report for the Friday, January 24 meeting of the Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Discussion Group has been prepared by Judith Hopkins (University at Buffalo) and is available as "BIG HEADS" from ALCTSERV. The topics discussed follow the agenda published in AN2 vol. 3, no. 3, January 15, 1992. The Cataloging and Classification Research Discussion Group met on January 27, 1992 with Judith Hudson presiding in the absence of the Chair, Elaine Svenonius. About 65 participants discussed topics which ranged from suggestions for the preconference on research which is planned for the 1993 Annual Conference to the use of the electronic discussion group, Autocat, for research in cataloging and classification. Some individuals described research projects that they are currently pursuing while others outlined ideas for prospective research and research design and strategy for the ideas were discussed. In addition, topics which merit further research were suggested. ************************************************************************* ALCTS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE ALA COUNCIL The ALCTS Councilor, Jean Farrington (University of Pennsylvania) introduced three resolution to the ALA Council. These included a resolution opposing the taxation of periodical subscriptions, a memorial resolution on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of S.R. Ranganathan, and a tribute to Ellen McCrady recognizing her extensive work in the preservation area. All three passed unanimously. Each of these resolutions has been added to ALCTSERV, the filserver of ALCTS reports and other documents, in a single file, 1992MW RESOLVES. ************************************************************************* CATALOGING MODIFICATIONS AT LC On January 2, 1992, Henriette D. Avram, in one of her last official acts as Associate Librarian for Collections Services at the Library of Congress, distributed a document entitled "Cataloging Modifications at the Library of Congress." This document provides some background information and proposals on ten major cataloging modifications and other issues. It was distributed several key ALCTS groups prior to the Midwinter Meetings and received wide discussion. Because of the high interest in the content of this report, ALCTS has made the document available on ALCTSERV as "LC CATMODS." The original deadline for comments and suggestions on this document was set for February 14, but Glen A. Zimmerman, Director for Technical Processes Research, has extended the deadline to February 28 following this secondary distribution. Please send comments to Zimmerman at Collections Services, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540; fax 202-707-6269. ************************************************************************* *{ REQUESTING MATERIALS FROM ALCTSERV Back issues of AN2 and The ALCTS Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues (NSPI) v.1-37, reports from discussion groups and committees, volunteer forms, reports forms, and other important ALCTS documents such as the PVLR complaint form, are available through our listserver, ALCTSERV. To find out what's available, send the following command to LISTSERV@UICVM: send alcts filelist The ALCTS FILELIST contains the list of files 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 last issue of AN2, do one of the following: tell listserv@uicvm send an2 v3_no7 or send a note to LISTSERV@UICVM with the text send an2 v3_no7. ************************************************************************* COOPERATIVE PARTNERS ACHIEVE CATALOGING MILESTONES Two milestones in cooperative were achieved at the Library of Congress during 1991. Princeton University contributed the 500,000th name authority record on October 17, and the U.S. Government Printing Office Library (GPO) contributed the 100,000th bibliographic record on May 15, to the Library of Congress cataloging databases through the National Coordinated Cataloging Operations (NACO) in the Descriptive Cataloging Division and Cooperative Subject Cataloging Projects (CSCP) in the Subject Cataloging Division. GPO contributed the first name authority record in 1977, and since then 78 libraries have contributed name, series, and subject authority records and bibliographic records which are used by the Library of Congress and libraries throughout the country. The Library recognized the contributions of all its cooperative cataloging partners and presented certificates of appreciation to Princeton and GPO at the NACO/LC on Sunday, January 26, during the 1992 ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio. ************************************************************************* SCOPE STATEMENT FOR ALCTS NETWORK NEWS At its meetings at the 1992 ALA Midwinter Meeting, the ALCTS Board of Directors adopted the following scope statement for ALCTS Network News (AN2). AN2 will feature the following: 1. Items of such currency that they will not appear or will not appear in the same form in the ALCTS Newsletter, such as conference schedules with room locations. 2. Press releases, ALCTS candidates for office and election results, legislative news, and news from the information community. 3. When timely publication is critical, advance copy of articles and features that will appear later in the print publication. Although AN2 will duplicate some of the content of the ALCTS Newsletter, some materials will appear only in the latter. Because AN2 is not universally available, care must be taken that, with the exception of category 1, it not be the only source of information of interest to ALCTS members. As a matter of practice, AN2 is edited by the ALCTS staff from submissions from readers, press releases, and copy prepared for publication in the electronic newsletter. The ALCTS Executive Committee serves as the editorial advisory board. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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, Marie Rochelle. 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. To subscribe, issue the network command "tell listserv@uicvm sub alcts [your account] [your name]." Back issues of AN2 are available through the listserver. To find out what's available, send the following command to LISTSERV@UICVM: send alcts filelist The ALCTS FILELIST contains the list of files with the EXACT filename and filetype. To get a particular file, issue this command to the LISTSERV@UICVM: send filename filetype. Send questions about membership in ALCTS to the ALCTS Office, u34261@uicvm. 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, 50 E. Street, Chicago, IL 60611. *************************************************************************