ALCTS Network News v3n22 (May 26, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v3n22 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 3, Number 22 May 26, 1992 In this issue KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FORMAT INTEGRATION PRECONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS SECTION BALLOTS ALCTS REORGANIZATION PLANS TO BE DISCUSSED AT BREAKFAST WITH ALCTS LEADERS CATALOG OF ANSI STANDARDS DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE ************************************************************************** KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The ALCTS Executive Committee met April 24-25, 1992, and took the following actions: * In order to increase membership, referred to Membership Committee the issue of staffing a membership promotion table at non-ALA Conferences (ACRL, LITA, etc.) by soliciting members to volunteer to staff the booth and help with setup. * Reviewed the work of the Organizational Structure Task Force to date, endorsed the current plan in concept, but requested expansion of the vision statement to address ALCTS' role "to organize, provide access to, and preserve information in all forms"; considered how proposed new organization would respond to the systematic problems in ALA that create bureaucracy (e.g., too many liaisons); and sought clarity in the presentation of the organization chart. * Reviewed roster production options and decided on a two-tiered print run that would address both general and specific information needs. * Reviewed plans for the Breakfast with ALCTS Leaders and decided to review the OSTF report as the major basis for discussion at the breakfast. * Reviewed a draft ALCTS Policy on Surveys and referred to Committee on Research and Statistics. * Reviewed draft site selection policy, but deferred action pending a detailed staff and Budget and Finance Committee review of existing planning guidelines. * Confirmed need for an editorial statement for the ALCTS Newsletter. * Reviewed status of current year budget and likely changes to next year's budget, including a substantial increase in journal and newsletter production costs; directed staff to explore other options for production in order to reduce or contain costs. * Reviewed budget projections for reducing the number of issues of the ALCTS Newsletter and removing color and requested revised projections as part of the recommendation to the Budget and Finance Committee to budget for 6 issues with half color. * Evaluated need for dues increase and concluded that it can be deferred by one year by decreasing costs of ALCTS Newsletter; requested staff to prepare three budget scenarios with ALCTS Newsletter frequency, staffing level and dues increase as the variables. * Analyzed the Administrative Review documents prepared by staff, and authorized one day per week of part-time help between now and conference; recommended that the Budget and Finance Committee set a dollar limit for FY92-93 to hire extra staff; requested staff to make the effects of not filling a currently-vacant position well known by grouping activities that may not be able to be performed, particularly at the Annual Conference; and requested that staff create a "cut and save" listing of staff whom members should call for which service, including people outside ALCTS, e.g., membership services). * Reviewed process of seeking candidates for international appointments and concluded that the process in the manual need only be augmented by an ALCTS Newsletter announcement at the approprite time. * Reviewed specific suggestions from the Education Committee on the Shank report. * Explored options for holding an Invitational Conference on Information Access for the 21st Century, now that the sought after funds will not be available. ************************************************************************* FORMAT INTEGRATION PRECONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED ALCTS is no longer taking registrations for the San Francisco preconference "Implementing USMARC Format Integration." We have reached our maximum registration limit of 130 participants and have also taken a short list of standby names. People who have been accepted for this preconference will receive confirmation letters shortly. ALCTS is planning to offer this preconference in a slightly modified format as a series of institutes around the country. Further information will be made known as it comes available. There are still some openings for the other preconferences ALCTS is offering: "Electronic Data Interchange and the Library," "Starting Asian Language Collections in Public and Academic Libraries," and "Library Buildings and Preservation." If you are interested in any of these preconferences, please call the ALCTS Office at 800-545-2433, ext. 5035. We will be happy to take reservation information over the phone. ************************************************************************* ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS SECTION BALLOTS There is an error on the ALA ballot to select ALMS officers. By mistake, ALMS members were instructed to select TWO candidates instead of ONE candidate for the position of Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. To be fair to both candidates and to ensure a complete count, we have mailed a revised ballot to ALMS members for this position only. If you have already returned your ALA ballots, please complete the replacement ballot when you receive it and return it to ALA by June 5, 1992. If you have not mailed your ballots yet, please complete the original ballot except for the position of ALMS Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. Vote on the replacement ballot for that position only and return both ballots in one envelope. We regret this inconvenience. We will make every attempt to avoid problems like this in future ballots. ************************************************************************* ALCTS REORGANIZATION PLANS TO BE DISCUSSED AT BREAKFAST WITH ALCTS LEADERS There are still some vacancies left for the Breakfast with ALCTS Leaders which was mentioned in ALCTS Newsletter, vol. 3, no. 3. ALCTS members who are interested in playing a more active role in the division and who would like to learn about proposals to restructure ALCTS are invited to have breakfast in San Francisco with elected and appointed ALCTS leaders. These leaders will include the ALCTS President and Vice-President, chairs and vice-chairs of the sections and CRG, and selected committee chairs. At the breakfast a video on changing paradigms will be shown, followed by a presentation of proposed changes to the organizational structure of ALCTS. Conversation will also focus on how to get members more actively involved in ALCTS, what kind of support mechanisms are available, and how ALCTS members can work through the ALCTS structure. The continental breakfast is planned for Saturday, June 27, 1992 at 7:30-8:45 a.m. There will be no charge to participants, but you must pre-register. ALCTS members who are not presently serving on an ALCTS committee are invited to call the ALCTS Office at 800-545-2433, ext. 5034 to register. To help the Office assign you to a table with a leader with knowledge about your particular area of interest, please be prepared to tell us which two of the areas are of interest to you: acquisitions, collection development, cataloging, preservation, reproduction of library materials, preservation of library materials, serials, and general technical services. ************************************************************************* CATALOG OF ANSI STANDARDS The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has published the 1992 catalog of all approved American National Standards. This catalog indexes some 9,400 American National Standards that help industry and government increase productivity, reduce operating and purchasing costs, and contribute to the qulity and safety of products. The catalog is available to ANSI members and libraries that serve the general public for free. For more information, contact ANSI Customer Service at 212-642-4900. ************************************************************************* DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Editor's note: All short announcements of ALCTS discussion group topics will be published in AN2 as they become available. Please send the announcement of your group's topic, with date and time of meeting, to u34261@uicvm.) Serials Automation Interest Group (LITA/ALCTS) The LITA/ALCTS Serials Automation Interest Group will meet to discuss "Article Document Delivery and its Implications for Serials Librarians" on Sun., June 28 from 9:30-11 at the Marriott. Pamela Bluh (University of Maryland's Law School), Tracy Casorso (North Carolina State University), and Martha Whittaker (CARL Systems) will lead the discussion. Libraries are considering the issues of having access to serials and/vs. owning them. This discussion will review the possible effects of document delivery on collection development and other responsibilities of serials librarians. It will include reports on CARL's UnCover2 and NCSU Digitized Document Transmission Project. The Interest Group will hold elections for new officers. Marcia Anderson (Arizona State University) chairs this joint LITA/ALCTS group; Margaret Mering (University of Nebraska) is Vice Chair/Chair-Elect. ALCTS Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Discussion Group Saturday, June 27, 1992 2:00 - 4:00 Ross Atkinson (Cornell Univ) will lead a discussion on cooperative collection development in a networked environment. Issues to be discussed include the economic, political, and technological problems of sharing resources via Internet. Mary E. Jackson (Univ. Penn.) will lead a second discussion "Acquisitions vs. Access: the View from ILL. The impact on ILL of the shift from acquiring printed materials to providing electronic access will be discussed. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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, 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. *************************************************************************