ALCTS Network News v3n15 (March 26, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v3n15 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 3, Number 15 March 26, 1992 In this issue THEODOR NELSON TO KEYNOTE ALCTS PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM LRTS ALERTS NEH HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES HEA II-B LIBRARY CAREER TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES ************************************************************************** THEODOR NELSON TO KEYNOTE ALCTS PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM Theodor Nelson, developer of Xanadu Worldwide Publishing Repository Network, will be the keynote speaker at the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) President's Program on Monday, June 29, 1992 at the American Library Association's annual conference in San Francisco. The program, presented by ALCTS President Arnold Hirshon, Director of Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, is titled "After the Electronic Revolution, Will You Be the First to Go? Your Right to Know." It will focus on how new technologies, especially electronic publishing and networked information, will affect technical services and collections activities in the library of tomorrow. The program will explore the changing sources of information, user expectations of electronic publishing, and how public service and technical service librarians can work together to ensure a successful transition to the new environment. Nelson, author of "Literary Machines," coined the term "hypertext." He will discuss the paradigm shifts that libraries are expected to face and what role libraries may play as intermediaries between information users and information sources. Xanadu is a world-wide public-access hypertext publishing network which is currently under development. Other speakers will include Joe Hewitt, Assistant University Librarian for Technical Services, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Susan K. Martin, University Librarian, Georgetown University; Tom Duncan, Professor of Biology at the University of California, Berkeley; and Liz Bishoff, ALCTS Vice-President. This program is the first of two ALCTS president's programs on the topic; the second will be presented at THE 1993 ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN NEW ORLEANS. ************************************************************************* LRTS ALERTS With the April 1992 issue, AN2 will begin publishing titles and authors of articles in the next forthcoming issue of Library Resources & Technical Services. LRTS is a refereed journal of research in library technical services and collections development. It is free to members of ALCTS; for subscription information, send an inquiry to U34261@UICVM. LRTS Vol. 36, no. 2, (April, 1992) Gillian M. McCombs Technical Services in the 1990s: A Process of Convergent Evolution Josefa Abrera and Debora Shaw Frequency of Use of Cataloging Rules in a Practice Collection Barbara B. Tillett Bibliographic Relationships: An Empirical Study of the LC Machine- Readable Records Gregory H. Leazer An Examination of Data Elements for Bibliographic Description: Toward a Conceptual Schema for the USMARC Formats Edgar A. Jones Consistency in Choice and Form of Main Entry: A Comparison of Library of Congress and British Library Monograph Cataloging Arlene G. Taylor Variations in Personal Name Access Points in OCLC Bibliographic Records ************************************************************************* NEH HUMANITIES PROJECTS IN LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Public Programs has issued Guidelines and Application instructions for grants for the "Humanities Projects in Libraries and Archives" program. Through this program, the Endowment supports programs designed to increase public understanding of the humanities through the discovery and interpretation of books and the other resources held in library and archival collections. All projects for providing out-of-school learning opportunities in the humanities must involve the active collaboration of scholars from the appropriate disciplines of the humanities and the professional staff of libraries or archives during both the planning and implementation stages. Projects may take place at locations other than libraries or archives, but the resources of library and archival collections must be central. The deadlines for applications for planning grants are May 1, August 7, and November 6, 1992 for projects beginning about 6 months later; the deadlines for applications for implementation grants are September 11, 1992 and March 12 and September 10, 1993 for projects beginning about 7 months later. For more information contact the NEH Division of Public Programs, Room 420, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20506; 202-786-0271. ************************************************************************* HEA II-B LIBRARY CAREER TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS This year, the U.S. Department of Education has awarded $5 million to 38 institutions of higher education to provide fellowships in library and information science. Under the Library Career Training Program, Higher Education Act, Title II-B (HEA II-B) the 73 grants awarded will support 300 master's, 12 post-master's, and 104 doctoral fellowships. The grants for fellowships at the master's level fall into four areas of study: children's and young adult services, science reference, school library media, and cataloging. The grants will be made by the Department of Education to the graduate programs, which will in turn make the awards. For more information contact the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 202-219-1315, or your nearest library school. ************************************************************************* WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES Library Paraprofessional Development Conference The Library Paraprofessional Development Group at the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida is sponsoring a Library Paraprofessional Development Conference, February 20-21, 1993. The program includes a Keynote Address on "Paraprofessionals and Technology," sessions on Multimedia News and Technology, Importance of Private Libraries in the Community, Preservation/Conservation, and Participative Management, and Roundtables on the major task areas, including maps, serials, and documents. The fee is estimated to be $60. For more information, contact: Tinker Massey via e-mail TINMAS@NERVM.BITNET or TINMAS@NERDC.UFL.EDU; FAX (904) 392-7251. RLG Preservation Microfilming Workshop The Research Libraries Group (RLG) will sponsor a three-day preservation microfilming workshop for library staff May 13-15, 1992. Entitled "Quality Assurance in Preservation Microfilming: Implementing the RLG Guidelines," the workshop will be co-hosted by the University of Michigan's Bentley Historical Library and UMI (University Microfilms International). The event will take place at the Bentley Library and at UMI's Preservation Division Facilities, both in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The workshop will offer the preservation specialist practical, hands-on instruction in technical aspects of preservation microfilming. Instructors Nancy Elkington, RLG Preservation Program Officer, and Bob Mottice, UMI Director of Quality Control, will cover guidelines for preparation, target creation, microfilming, and inspection of three generations of preservation microfilm. The newly published RLG PRESERVATION MICROFILMING HANDBOOK will be the text for the workshop. Participants will learn how to calibrate and use microfilm inspection equipment, assess quality attributes of preservation microfilm, and troubleshoot and negotiate quality problems. In addition, the instructors will suggest ways to organize quality assurance activities in-house to achieve the best results. Workshop tuition is $750 and includes a copy of the new RLG handbook and instructional materials developed solely for this course. Attendance will be limited to the first 25 registrants. For more information about attending the workshop, please contact Nancy Elkington at the Research Libraries Group, phone (415) 691-2375, email BL.NEE@RLG.BITNET or BL.NEE@RLG.STANFORD.EDU. American Association of Law Libraries Conference to be in San Francisco "Pass the Word" is the theme of The American Association of Law Libraries'(AALL) 85th Annual Meeting to be held in San Francisco, California from July 18-23, 1992. Seventy educational programs on topics of interest to members of the library and legal communities will be presented during the meeting. Topics include: Disaster Planning For The Law Library: Why and How; Protection of Cultural Property with Special Emphasis on Native American Art and Artifacts; Unauthorized Practice of Law: Can You Stop Worrying and Help the Patron?; and Politically Correct Speech: Is It Safe to Pass the Word? Robert Wedgeworth, President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and Dean of the Columbia University School of Library Service, will present the keynote speech on Monday morning, July 20. Five workshops will be held in conjunction with the meeting: Change: Managing the Process and Coping With the Stress; Copyright Issues in Law Libraries; Improving Writing Skills for the Law Librarian; Public International Law: The "Nut and Bolts" of Research; and Basic Acquisitions. The annual AALL awards and scholarships will be presented at the President's Luncheon on Monday, July 20 at the San Francisco Hilton. In addition to awarding scholarships for students seeking degrees in law and library science, the Association honors members for outstanding service to the profession and for exemplary publishing efforts. NEH Funds Preservation Training Conference at Berkeley The National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access has funded a week-long conference, to be held at UC Berkeley, for collections conservators and preservation administrators to design basic curricula and implementation plans for regional training opportunities for conservation technicians of general library collections. The conference, called Training the Trainers, will take place from April 28 through May 2, 1992 on the Berkeley campus and will be conducted by staff of the Berkeley Library Conservation Department. Twenty libraries from around the country, representing as many geographical regions as possible, have been invited. The libraries invited include academic and research libraries with general collections preservation programs, staffed by both a preservation administrator and a collection conservator. Forty participants (twenty collection conservators and twenty preservation administrators) will attend the conference. The goals of Training the Trainers are three: 1) To build consensus on a model curriculum and educational materials for basic conservation training. 2) To develop plans to organize and fund regional training projects using the model curriculum developed during the conference. 3) To train collection conservators in a broad selection of instructional methods suitable for teaching collections conservation-- i.e., to train the trainers. All participating institutions have committed, in principle, to offer conservation training opportunities to libraries in their regions based on plans developed at the conference. A task force of the American Library Association has expressed interest in coordinating implementation of the regional training plans after the conference. The Association of Research Libraries plans to publish and distribute the training documentation. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. 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