ALCTS Network News v4n08 (October 29, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v4n08 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 4, Number 8 October 29, 1992 In this issue ALCTS SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR DIVISION AWARDS RLG DEVELOPS Z39.50 SERVER FOR INTERNET USE ************************************************************************** ALCTS SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR DIVISION AWARDS Blackwell North America Scholarship Award Purpose: To honor the author or authors of the outstanding 1992 monograph, article or original paper in the field of acquisitions, collection development, and related areas of resources development in libraries. Scholarship: Blackwell North America will donate a $2,000 scholarship to the U.S. or Canadian library school of the winning author's choice. The Scholarship will be given to a student concentrating in the acquisitions or collection development areas. Criteria: Publications from both 1991 and 1992 are eligible. No reprints of earlier publications are accepted. Evaluation criteria include: intellectual content (original, thought provoking), practical value, theoretical value, scholarship, presentation and style. Procedure: Please send nomination to: Edward A. Warro, Loyola University of Chicago, Cudahy Library, 6525 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60626 (e-mail: $L$LB12@LUCCPUA), by December 1, 1992. Please include a statement giving the full bibliographic citation of the article, book, or paper you are nominating, plus your reasons for the nomination. Esther J. Piercy Award Purpose: To recognize the contribution to those areas of librarianship included in library collections and technical services by a librarian with not more than ten years of professional experience who has shown outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership. Criteria: Evidence of this promise is determined by the person's accomplishments in such activities as: leadership in professional associations at local, state, regional or national level; contributions to the development, application or utilization of new or improved methods, techniques and routines; significant contribution to professional literature; Conduct of studies or research in the technical services. Procedure: Please send nomination to: Frank A. D'Andraia, 204-27th Avenue, South, Grand Forks, ND 58201 (e-mail: AUFAD@UNDJES2), by December 1, 1992. Please include a statement giving the reason for nomination and the date your nominee entered his or her first professional position, together with a resume or narrative career outline upon which the award jury can base its deliberations. Best of LRTS Award Purpose: The "Best of LRTS" Award is given to the author(s) of the best paper published each year in the official journal of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, Library Resources & Technical Services. Criteria: Each of the papers published in volume 36 (1992) is eligible for consideration with the exception of official reports and documents, obituaries, letters to the editor and biographies of award winners. Each paper shall be judged on the following points: The content is a significant contribution about one or more issues addressed by ALCTS and its sections. The statements in the paper are adequately supported by accurate data and/or documentation. The writing style is clear and readable. Procedure: Please send nomination to: William Z. Schenck, 7909 Sycamore Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042 (e-mail: LCD@RLG), by December 1, 1992. Please include a statement with the title of the paper you are nominating and the reasons you are nominating it. Margaret Mann Citation Purpose: The Margaret Mann Citation is awarded by the ALA ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section for outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification either through publication of significant professional literature, participation in professional cataloging associations, or valuable contributions to practice in individual libraries. Criteria: The Margaret Mann Citation Committee bases its selection on nominations made by members of the profession or friends of the profession--anyone with a worthy candidate is urged to nominate that person. Achievements to be considered include: Notable publications, such as an article, pamphlet, or book; or outstanding contribution to the activities of professional cataloging associations; or outstanding contribution to the technical improvement of cataloging and classification and/or the introduction of a new technique of recognized importance; or outstanding contribution in the area of teaching cataloging and classification. Except in unusual circumstances, the achievement shall have culminated within the last five years. Nationality and professional association membership are not among the criteria. The nomination shall include the formal statement of nomination with some rationale and a resume or narrative summary of the nominee's career and achievements. Nominations of those nominated in a given year but who are not selected for the citation that year will be forwarded to the next committee for automatic reconsideration. Further consideration beyond this requires renomination. Endorsements or "seconds" are welcomed inasmuch as they provide substantive information on the achievements of the candidate, but the number of additional letters is not the sole determining factor in the selection. Please send nomination to: Verna P. Urbanski, University of North Florida, P.O. Box 17605, Jacksonville, FL 32245-7605 (e-mail: vurbansk@unflvm), by December 1, 1992. Please include a statement describing the career achievements of your nominee. Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award An annual award consisting of a citation and a $1500 cash award for distinguished contributions to serials librarianship, including but not limited to those made within the previous three years, demonstrated by such activities as leadership in serials-related activities through participation in professional associations and/or library education programs, contributions to the body of serials literature, conduct of research in the area of serials, development of tools or methods to enhance access to or management of serials, other advances leading to a better understanding of the field of serials. Procedure: Please send nomination to: Rex Bross, Head, Monographs Department, University of Toledo Libraries, 2801 W. Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606 (e-mail: FAC3265@UOFT01), by December 1, 1992. Please include all supporting documentation. The award may be divided among two or more individuals who have participated in the achievement for which it is granted. First Step Award Purpose: The grant is to provide librarians new to the serials field with the opportunity to broaden their perspectives and to encourage professional development in ALA conferences and participation in Serials Section activities. All ALA members with five or fewer years professional experience in the serials field, who have not previously attended an ALA annual conference, are eligible. A $1500 grant donated by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is applicable toward round trip transportation, lodging, registration fees, etc. Eligible applicants may apply more than once. Criteria: Winners will be chosen on the basis of the following: commitment to professional development in the serials field as evidenced by participation in continuing education activities, workshops, previous participation in professional activities, etc. Candidate's written justification for the grant in terms of commitment to/interest in serials related work, personal professional development, and financial need. Two letters of reference and vita. Please send nomination to: Elaine K. Rast, 304 Forsythe Lane, DeKalb, IL 60115 (e-mail: C60EKRI@NIU), by December 1, 1992. Please include all supporting documentation. ************************************************************************* RLG DEVELOPS Z39.50 SERVER FOR INTERNET USE The Research Libraries Group (RLG) has developed a Z39.50 server for searching its RLIN and CitaDel databases, and 14 institutions nationwide have now successfully tested the server over the Internet. The Z39.50 server, when fully implemented, will make it easier for users of other online catalogs to search RLG's databases. Z39.50 is a national standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.50) for computer-to- computer information retrieval that enables users to search other online library catalogs and information sources using the same commands they use to search their local online catalog. As more and more information providers implement this standard, the goal of global information resource sharing will come closer to attainment. The Z39.50 protocol translates commands back and forth between the requesting system (called a "client") and the system with the database being searched (called a "server"), even if the two systems run on different hardware or use different commands and screen displays. As long as both systems support Z39.50, users of one system can search on the other as if it were their local system. Institutions that have tested RLG's server include AT&T Bell Laboratories, Data Research Associates, Innovative Interfaces, Library of Congress, NOTIS, Pennsylvania State University, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, and University of California Division of Library Automation--all are members of a Z39.50 implementation group established by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and provide feedback to each other on testing. Others who have tested the RLG server are Brown University, Dartmouth College, Gaylord Brothers, OCLC, and University of Tennessee at Knoxville. All testers have their own Z39.50 clients. For more information about RLG's Z39.50 server, please contact: Lennie Stovel, Research Libraries Group, 1200 Villa Street, Mountain View, CA 94041-1100; phone 415/691-2259; FAX 415/964-0943; e-mail BL.MDS@RLG.BITNET or BL.MDS@RLG.STANFORD.EDU (Internet). ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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; Liz Bishoff, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. Editor: Karen Muller (u34261@uicvm); Editorial Advisory Board: Liz Bishoff, Jennifer Younger, Arnold Hirshon; Editorial Assistance: Marie Rochelle. 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