ALCTS Network News v3n14 (March 23, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v3n14 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 3, Number 14 March 23, 1992 In this issue REPORT FROM THE ALCTS SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE REQUESTING MATERIALS FROM ALCTSERV LIST FOR SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC JOURNALS ADDITIONS TO THE ALA STAFF ACCOUNT LIST ALCTS SERIALS SECTION COMMITTEE TO STUDY SERIALS CATALOGING COMPUTER FILES DISCUSSION GROUP ************************************************************************** REPORT FROM THE ALCTS SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE The first meeting of the ALCTS Committee on Scholarly Communication was held on January 28, 1992 at the San Antonio Convention Center, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. A discussion of the charge of the Committee was held. A variety of concerns were expressed including [...but not limited to...--Ed.]: Determining how scholars are really doing research, as opposed to how they say they are working. The need for communication with other groups, within ALA and elsewhere, that are considering the same issues. The opinion that these issues have been discussed in library community for past five years and are just now coming to the forefront in scientific and other scholarly societies. The need to include all types of libraries, not just academic libraries. This is not an ACRL committee. Focus should be broader than electronic publishing. SCC has responsibility to deal with scholarly communication in all formats. Focus should be more on scholarly communication as facilitated by librarians--process of acquiring scholarly communication, etc. Practical issues such as cataloging should also be considered. How do changes in scholarly information systems change the way librarians catalog? Unless librarians involve themselves now, they could be cut out of the picture. If scholars encounter roadblocks at library, they may go elsewhere (Department?) and not come back. Communication to users was a topic that generated much discussion, and a variety of tasks/activities were proposed to respond to the concerns expresssed, including: Creation of an information kit to send to libraries to keep faculty informed. Electronic newsletter that libraries could reformat and distribute to faculty and administration. Include news of events, cancellations, pricing issues, access standards, etc. Identifying what communication vehicles already exist. Can SCC appropriate a portion of the already existing communication vehicles? Column in the ALCTS Newsletter initially? Finally, the Committee discussed plans for a program for the 1993 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans for Saturday, June 26. Committee chair Fred Lynden said the tentative title for the program was "Electronic Access and Scholarly Communication." Suggestions for topics to be covered included ways of taking electronic journals and putting them into databases for purposes of organization and retrieval; preservation of electronic information; and what are problems librarians have to deal with, e.g., electronic journals? The focus of program could be roles various ALCTS professionals have played: catalogs, indexing, acquisitions. This would be different approach from ACRL. The committee agreed that the following would be undertaken or explored: plan the program for New Orleans conference; start a column in the ALCTS Newsletter, with Fred Lynden as "column editor" at first, but this task will rotate; and compile a list of newsletters/publications of scientific and other scholarly societies. Committee members [and others] should send items of interest to the Committee to Fred Lynden via e-mail (ap010037@brownvm). The full report for this meeting is available as "SCHOLAR REPORT" from ALCTSERV. It is 215 lines in length. ************************************************************************* 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_no13 or send a note to LISTSERV@UICVM with the text send an2 v3_no13. ************************************************************************* LIST FOR SCHOLARLY ELECTRONIC JOURNALS: VPIEJ-L@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU VPIEJ-L is a discussion list for electronic publishing issues, especially those related to Scholarly Electronic Journals. Topics for discussion include SGML, PostScript, and other e-journal formats; as well as software and hardware considerations for creation of, storage, and access to e-journals. Publishers, editors, technical staff, programmers, librarians, and end-users are welcome to join. One goal of the list is to provide better feedback from users to creators, so we are very interested in receiving and archival issues. This should give those of us involved in publishing an idea as to what distribution methods work and how end-users are accessing and using these publications. Current readers of and contributors to VPIEJ-L have discussed readability and screen display, copyright, and advertising (noncommercial). Archives of VPIEJ-L are available. A listing may be retrieved by sending a command INDEX VPIEJ-L to LISTSERV@VTVM1. To subscribe, send the following command to LISTSERV@VTVM1 via mail or interactive message: SUB VPIEJ-L your_full_name where "your_full_name" is your name. For example: SUB VPIEJ-L Joan Doe Owner: James Powell INTERNET.....JPOWELL@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (OR).....JPOWELL@VTTCF.CC.VT.EDU ************************************************************************* ADDITIONS TO THE ALA STAFF ACCOUNT LIST The list of e-mail accounts for ALA staff appeared in the March 16, 1992 issue of AN2 (Vol. 3, no. 12). Three accounts were missing: U36765@UICVM Prudence Dalrymple, Office of Accreditation U39628@UICVM Julie Geissler, Chapter Relations nu_alawash@cua ALA Washington Office Please add these to your records. ************************************************************************* ALCTS SERIALS SECTION COMMITTEE TO STUDY SERIALS CATALOGING SUMMARY OF 1992 MIDWINTER MEETING The ALCTS SS Committee to Study Serials Cataloging met on Monday, January 27, 1992. Eleanor Cook (Chair) announced that Jim Cole had resigned his committee appointment due to lack of travel funding. Taemin Park replaces Cole as committee member. Cook reported that the proposed addition to the Committee's charge had been approved, but the SS Executive Committee rejected the recommendation to establish an official liaison with MARBI suggesting instead that one or more of the Committee's interns cover the meetings. Mitch Turitz (CC:DA Liaison) reported that the final draft of the guidelines for multiple versions should be completed by April 15th. The CC:DA is appointing a special committee to propose a revised definition of "edition" in AACR2 which will include reproductions. It is uncertain what effect, if any, the absence of a revised definition will have on the multiple versions document. Regina Reynolds (substituting for Dorothy Glasby, LC Liaison) reported that LC is now supplying vernacular data in its CJK serials records and that the implementation of LC's reorganization of the Cataloging Directorate is targeted for May 1st (the Serial Record Division will remain unaffected). Reynolds gave an update on the "whole serial" cataloging project, as well as the results of a recent LC study which examined relative OCLC cataloging times. Also mentioned were several of the proposals and recommendations outlined in the January 1992 document "Cataloging Modifications at the Library of Congress." The Committee looked at a variety of questionable, conflicting, and/or deleted LC rule interpretations submitted by Jim Cole. Reynolds noted that in the case of RI conflicts a specific chapter rule always takes precedence and that LC is removing RIs which are nonessential or only provide background information. Also addressed was the usage of question marks for uncertain dates in the 362 field. Topics to be discussed at the Committee's summer meetings include the effect on serials cataloging should the CC:DA approve a proposal to eliminate rule 21.1B4 and general questions raised concerning series. Cook noted that the Serials Section program next summer on serials standards is slated at the same time as this Committee's Monday meeting. Submitted by: Mechael Gago Committee Intern ************************************************************************* COMPUTER FILES DISCUSSION GROUP SUMMARY OF 1992 MIDWINTER MEETING The Computer Files Discussion Group convened on Sunday, January 26, 1992 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The session was attended by approximately 80 participants. Reports relative to computer files were presented by WLN (Jo Calk), RLIN (Jim Coleman), OCLC (Glenn Patton), and the Library of Congress (Sherry Kelley). Updated information and discussion regarding MARBI Discussion paper 54, multiple versions, and copyright issues and computer files transpired. Processing and cataloging questions based on examples submitted previously (via Listservers and other mechanisms) by the group's membership were described and discussed. Not all examples and questions resulted in agreement, but lively discussion and information exchange was achieved. CFDG correspondence with the ALCTS Task Force on Organizational Structure was reviewed and accepted by membership. It was announced that the traditional day and time block for CFDG in San Francisco will continue. (Sunday -- 9:30 -12:30) Submitted by Bernie Karon B-KARO@VM1.SPCS.UMN.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; 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. 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