ALCTS Network News v4n11 (November 10, 1992) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v4n11 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 4, Number 11 November 10, 1992 In this issue MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUP ANNOUNCMENTS TEXAS DATABASE NETWORK LAUNCHED BY TINS WLN CONSPECTUS SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT RLG CONSPECTUS RECENT PUBLICATIONS ************************************************************************* MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUP ANNOUNCMENTS CMDS Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Discussion Group On Saturday, January 23, 1993, from 2-4:00 p.m. the CMDS Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Discussion Group will discuss "E-journals: Post-modern Dream or Nightmare?" The discussion leaders will be Marlene Manoff (Collection Manager, Humanities Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chair, MIT Libraries Electronic Journals Task Force) and Neil McElroy (Director, Skillman Library, Lafayette College). -- Cheryl Kern-Simirenko (phone 503-346-2681); CKS@OREGON. LITA/ALCTS Authority Control in the Online Environment Interest Group The LITA/ALCTS Authority Control Interest Group will hold its general discussion meeting on Sunday, Jan. 24 from 2-4 p.m. at the 1993 ALA Midwinter Conference in Denver, Colorado. A business meeting will follow from 4:30-5:30 p.m. and is open to anyone interested in providing input to planning future interest group meetings. The officers of the group and the chairs of the ad hoc committees (Linking Bibliographic and Authority Records, Online Maintenance, Patron Interaction/Online Displays, Series, Subjects, and Uniform Titles) will lead this information sharing forum on current issues in authority control. Those with questions or concerns about general or special areas of authority control and those doing research in the area of authority control are especially encouraged to attend and let us know what problems and new issues you've identified and how you are handling them. --Joan Schuitema, Chair (Music Technical Services Librarian, Northwestern University Library, 1935 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208-2300; BITNET: schuitem@nuacvm; INTERNET: schuitem@nuacvm.acns.nwu.edu. ************************************************************************* TEXAS DATABASE NETWORK LAUNCHED BY TINS The Texas Innovation Network System (TINS) has opened its state-funded technology information service to worldwide access, following several years of research and development. TINS' online network is designed to promote technology transfer, research collaboration, business growth, and employment opportunities. The Network services include: -- High-Tech Texas - Profiles of more than 3,000 Texas technology firms and services. -- Texas Research Centers - Detailed information on the activities and locations of approximately 300 academic research centers in Texas. -- Worldwide Electronic Mail - Links users with thousands of high technology businesses and researchers in Texas and around the world via Internet. -- Online Library Card Catalogues - Access to major university library catalogue listing from 31 states and 6 foreign countries, including books and periodicals. -- Technology Bulletin Board System - Special online bulletin board listing topical information for businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors in a spectrum of technical fields. The basic rate for TINS online service is 35 cents per minute. There is no sign up or annual subscription fee, and users are not charged for downloading data. TINS can be reached toll-free at 800-645-TECH. ************************************************************************* WLN CONSPECTUS SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT RLG CONSPECTUS WLN and the Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG) have agreed to develop the WLN Conspectus Software to support the RLG Conspectus. The WLN Conspectus Software is a PC-based collection management tool that allows a library or group of libraries to record collection assessment information according to the 24 divisions, 500 categories, and 4000 subject descriptors in the WLN Conspectus. The software prints text and bar graph reports which demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses of the collections of a single library or comparison reports for groups of libraries. The WLN Conspectus, formerly the PNCD Conspectus, was adapted from the RLG Conspectus under the Pacific Northwest Collection Development Program. RLG members and other participants in the Association of Research Libraries' National Collections Inventory Project (NCIP) that license the WLN/RLG Conspectus Software will be able to load their data from the RLG Conspectus Online into their local assessment files. The software will also output assessment data for uploading into the RLG Conspectus Online, thus giving these users the ability to input and update their assessment data locally, yet maintain their cooperative effort to build a central database of collection assessment data. ************************************************************************* RECENT PUBLICATIONS Who Ya Gonna Call? Who Ya Gonna Call?: a Preservation Services Sourcebook Libraries and Archives, is the latest in a series of preservation publications prepared by the METRO 3R's (New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency). Like the earlier sourcebooks, Hell and High Water and Hold Everything!, the new publication was funded by a grant from the New York State Conservation/ Preservation Program. Who Ya Gonna Call? was compiled by Robert DeCandido and Cheryl Shackelton for the use of librarians and archivists in the New York metropolitan area who seek sources of preservation consultation and treatment. It is primarily a directory of these services, listing vendors and consultants. Out-of-state institutions may order copies of the publication for $5.00, subject to the availability. In-state institution may order copies--in addition to their one free copy--at the same price. Checks are to be made payable to The University of the State of New York. For more information, contact: Tiffany H. Allen, The New York State Library, 10-C-47 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, 518-474-6971. Library of Congress publishes Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification Catalogers can now more easily assign Library of Congress classification numbers to library materials following LC policy and standards. Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification. First Edition, has just been published by LC's Cataloging Distribution Service. Originally designed for everyday use by LC subject cataloging staff, the manual is an accumulation of guidelines dealing with commonly recurring questions that arise when using the LC classification system. It is meant to be a practical, time-saving, how-to manual that can help catalogers classify the way LC catalogers do; it is not a comprehensive treatise on classification or an exhaustive explanation of the LC classification system. The guidelines help users formulate only the classification portion of the LC call number. This new Manual should be used in conjunction with the Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting (published in 1987, also available from CDS), which provides guidelines for formulating the unique Cutter portion of the call number. Subject Cataloging Manual: Shelflisting consists primarily of instruction sheets, which typically contain a background statement with a historical perspective or theoretical considerations, followed by procedures to carry out when dealing with a particular situation or topic. To help catalogers better understand the procedures, there are examples throughout of actual titles selected from the LC MARC bibliographic database or invented to illustrate specific points. The looseleaf Subject Cataloging Manual: Classification, First Edition costs $27 (North America) or $29 (international). To order, contact: Library of Congress, Cataloging Distribution Service, Customer Services Section, Washington, DC 20541-5017; telephone: 1-(800)-255-3666 (toll-free in U.S.) or (202) 707-6100; fax: (202) 707-1334. AAT Authority Reference Tool The Getty Art History Information Program (AHIP) has announced the publication of the Art & Architecture Thesaurus: Authority Reference Tool Edition. The ART is the first in a series of creative software products AHIP has developed to facilitate scholarship in the history of art. The Art & Architecture Thesaurus: Authority Reference Tool Edition is offered by Oxford University Press at a list price of $125.00. The three-volume print edition is available at a list price of $250.00, and the new supplement to the three volumes lists at $50.00 For purchasing inquiries please contact Oxford University Press at 212/679-7300. The AAT is also available online through the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), and through museum collections management systems offered by several vendors. Survey of Micropublishers Survey of Micropublishers, by Erich Kesse, University of Florida, October 1992, 12 pages, $5.00. Also available Supplementary Material (including survey results and Appendix), October 1992, 78 pages, $10.00. The final results of the Survey of Micropublishers are now available from the Commission on Preservation and Access. Managed by the Research Libraries Group, Inc. under contract to the Commission on Preservation and Access, the survey investigated the practices and use of standards by the producers of first generation microfilm. The purpose of the survey was to learn how precisely microfilm producers of all types produce and store microfilm. With this data, the preservation community can assess and evaluate the quality of reformatting efforts in both the academic and commercial worlds and can then design preservation strategies for the future. Copies of the Survey of Micropublishers are available while supplies last. Prepayment in U.S. funds is required, with checks made payable to "Commission on Preservation and Access," and sent to: Rebecca Kelly, Communications Assistant, Commission on Preservation and Access, 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 740, Washington, DC 20036-2217. Also from the Commission: --Joint Study in Digital Preservation, Report: Phase I (January 1990 - December 1991) Digital Capture, Paper Facsimiles, and Network Access, a report of Cornell University to the Commission on Preservation and Access, by Anne R. Kennedy and Lynne K. Parsons, 47 pages, $10.00. --The Organizational Phase of Project Open Book, On the status of an effort to convert microfilm to digital imagery, a report of the Yale University Library to the Commission on Preservation and Access, by Donald J. Waters and Shari Weaver, July 1992, 11 pages, $5.00. --From Microfilm to Digital Imagery, a report of the Yale University Library to the Commission on Preservation and Access, June 1991, 41 pages, $5.00. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. 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