ALCTS Network News v3n30 (June 22, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v3n30 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 3, Number 30 June 22, 1992 In this issue DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE SEGAL ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND NATIONAL PRESERVATION CONFERENCE NEW PUBLICATIONS ************************************************************************** DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE (Editor's note: This is the final listing of ALCTS discussion group topics. Thanks to all who have sent them!) ALCTS Commercial Technical Services Commttee Discussion Session The ALTCTS Commercial Technical Services Committee will hold a discussion session on Sunday, June 28, 1992 2:00-4:00 PM. Location is the Moscone Center Rm. 270,272. Topic will be "Ancillary Databases in Catalogs." A representative from Arizona State University will open the discussion but this is intended to be open discussion not a program. Please bring your concerns, experiences, and questions to share. LC-NACO Participants' Group Discussion Sunday, June 28, 1992, 7:00-8:00 p.m., MOSC - Room 120 Sarah Thomas, the new Director for Cataloging, will address the Group and then introduce Brian Schottlaender, Assistant University Librarian for Technical Services, UCLA, and Jennifer Younger, Assistant Director for Technical Services, Ohio State University Libraries. They will make brief presentations on future directions for cooperative authority files with open discussion to follow. All those interested in this subject are invited to participate. Handouts for LC-NACO and other cooperative projects will be distributed and LC staff will be available to answer any questions on these projects. TECHNICAL SERVICES DIRECTORS OF LARGE RESEARCH LIBRARIES DISCUSSION GROUP AGENDA JUNE 26,1992 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. San Francisco Convention Center -- Room 133 Introductions, welcome to new members and the audience. Nomination and election of vice-chair/chair-elect ALCTS Research and Statistics Committee project to develop definitions and guidelines for the collection of processing statistics in technical services - Karen Schmidt (for Joe Hewitt, chair) Acquisition strategies in dealing with serials prices explosion - Jerry Lowell Treatment of electronic materials as a central acquisition/storage/preservation/delivery issue. What do we need to do to provide effective access to such information? Licensing of access to electronic materials? Tia Gozzi, Jerry Lowell, Mike Bruer Document Delivery - Is there a role for TS? What is it and how do we get it? Tia Gozzi Access to Internet resources via Online Catalogs - Carol Mandel The Top Node directories cataloging project at Indiana - Sally Rausch Technical Processing in Large Research Libraries: Seeking a New Paradigm: Report issued by RLG - Linda West, Jerry Lowell, Tia Gozzi, Carol Mandel Organizational changes in TS as responses to budget reductions, to changes in prices of cataloging services and to improve productivity - (functional realignments, work flow alterations, standards adjustments, etc.). What has worked? What hasn't? Jerry Lowell and Tia Gozzi Productivity: what factors affect productivity? - John Lubans LUNCH NOON (OR 12:30) TO 2 P.M. NATIONAL LIBRARY REPORTING SESSION, Moderator Ruth Carter Library of Congress - Winston Tabb National Agricultural Library - Caroline Early National Library of Medicine - Duane Arenales BREAK 3:30 - 3:45 ARL Committee on Access to Research Information Resources - Nancy Eaton Cataloging issues: NACO, BSSC, cooperative cataloging - Carol Mandel, Jennifer Younger, Winston Tabb Format Integration - Bill Gosling Retrospective Conversion: "Monk-MARC" - Jerry Lowell ADJOURN 5:30 P.M. LITA/ALCTS CCS Interest Group on Authority Control in the Online Environment (ACIG) Sunday, June 28, 1992, 2:00-4:00 pm. Moscone Center, Esplanade 302 Topic: "The Costs and Value of Automated Authority Control" Joan Schuitema (Northwestern University) will discuss what is involved in the authority control process and what generates its costs; Chandra Prabha (OCLC, Office of Research) and Nimmu Bangladore (University of Illinois-Chicago) will describe their case study on authority control time, workflow, and costs; Karen Roughton (Iowa State University) will present data collected by Dilys Morris on authority control work and costs as well as comment on the value of automated authority control; and Arnold Wajenberg (Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) will address the topic of the value of authority control and will detail specifically interactive authority/bibliographic files at the University of Illinois. Moderator: Karen Calhoun, OCLC. A question and answer session will follow the focused discussion. ACIG elections and a business meeting will follow the presentations from 4:00-5:30 pm. -- Deborah Ryszka, deborah.ryszka@mvs.udel.edu ************************************************************************* SEGAL ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION JoAn Segal, Associate Executive Director, Programs, has announced that she intends to leave ALA in December 1992 and return to her family in Colorado. Until then, JoAn wlll remain on staff in her present position and will continue to serve the Programs Department and to work with other Department Heads in providing leadership to ALA and support for Executive Director Peggy Sullivan. JoAn's announcement now ensures an orderly transition during the coming months. During the next few months, JoAn has said that she will "seek to accomplish a number of specific goals which I hope will strengthen my staff members' ability to facilitate the provision of high quality programs and services to ALA members." On behalf of the ALA Executive Board, President Pat Schuman expressed her appreciation for JoAn's dedication to the Association, and for her enthusiastic and energetic support of member programs. JoAn came to ALA in 1984 as Executive Director of ACRL and was promoted to her present position in 1990. She had previously been Executive Director of the Bibliographical Center for Research, a library cooperative and OCLC network in Denver. During her tenure at ALA JoAn has made many contributions to the profession, ACRL and ALA. Recently, she has provided strong support to ALA's Diversity In the Workplace effort; she provided considerable leadership in developing the Library Personnel Resources Plan; and she has always contributed knowledgeably and honestly to the Department Heads' discussions. ************************************************************************* FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO ATTEND NATIONAL PRESERVATION CONFERENCE The National Trust for Historic Preservation is offering limited financial assistance to students, community leaders and others from culturally diverse backgrounds to attend the 46th National Preservation Conference, which will take place in Miami, Florida, October 7-11, 1992. The conference's theme of cultural diversity will be explored by prominent national speakers relecting America's multitude of ethnic backgrounds in a wide range of educational sessions. Attendees will participate in mobile workshops, share experiences and take back new skills and understanding to their communities. The deadline to apply for financial assistance to attend the conference is August 15. Interested applicants should contact: Preservation Conferences, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, or call 1-800-YES-NTHP. ************************************************************************* NEW PUBLICATIONS Library of Congress Subject Headings, 15th edition Library of Congress Subject Headings, 15th edition (LCSH 15), has been published by the Cataloging Distribution Service of the Library of Congress. The 1992 edition of this annual publication contains approximately 192,000 subject headings--including 6,000 more entries than last year's edition. An alphabetical list of all headings changed since the 14th edition is included. The 15th edition features more than twice as many changed headings as the 14th edition. The list of changes is especially valuable to librarians using LCSH for local authority control. Four volumes this year, LCSH 15 costs $170 (North America) or $200 (internationally). To order LCSH 15th edition in print, microfiche, or CD-ROM, contact: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, Customer Services Section, Washington, DC 20541-5017; toll-free telephone in U.S.: 1-800-255-3666; telephone: (202) 707-6100; FAX: (202) 707-1334. Archival Information Processing for Sound Recordings The Music Library Association is pleased to announce the publication of Archival Information Processing for Sound Recordings by David H. Thomas (MLA Technical Report, No. 21). ISBN 0-91495445-8 ($33.00) The report is available for $33.00 ($27.00 to MLA members) from the Music Library Association, P. O. Box 487, Canton, MA 02021. For a review copy, contact MLA at the above address or Richard E. Jones, MLA Publicity Officer, 1904 Sandalwood Drive, Greencastle, IN 46135. A complete list of MLA publications in music bibliography and music librarianship is also available. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. 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