ALCTS Network News v5n10 (February 18, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v5n10 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 5, Number 10 February 18, 1993 In this issue KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS IMPLEMENTING USMARC FORMAT INTEGRATION ************************************************************************** KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS These are the key actions of the ALCTS Board of Directors at the 1993 Midwinter meeting in Denver: REAPPOINTED Richard Smiraglia as LRTS Editor for a second three-year term; REQUESTED from Smiraglia 1) a plan of action for increasing the representation from all ALCTS areas of interest and 2) a review of how LRTS will address the practical interests, with both these reports to be submitted to the Board of Directors for approval during the 1993 Annual Conference; DIRECTED the ALCTS Councilor to second the Council resolution designating 1996 as the Year of the Computer. ASKED the Organization & Bylaws Committee to consider the establishment of an ALCTS Leadership Development Committee to work with the ALCTS Board of Directors and Office to plan an annual "Breakfast with ALCTS Leaders" and annual orientation for new Chairs and to recommend additional means of developing ALCTS members for leadership roles. APPOINTED a Planning Committee for a series of regional institutes on Electronic Library Materials, with the first to be held in the Fall of 1993. EMPOWERED the ALCTS Executive Director to make all necessary arrangements to secure vendor support for the Esther J. Piercy Award, in accordance with ALCTS policies, and to make such arrangements in time for awarding at the 1993 Annual Conference; DIRECTED that the 1993 ALCTS program agenda, as compiled by the Program Initiatives Committee, and membership survey be published in the ALCTS Newsletter and AN2 and disseminated to ALCTS Section Chairs and CRG. ENDORSED the idea of ALCTS becoming a clearinghouse for information about non-ARL libraries and referred this concept to the Research and Statistics Committee for development. APPROVED putting a $10 dues increase on the 1993 ballot to be effective in the 1994 membership year. ENDORSED a Resolution to honor the memory of Margaret McKinley for forwarding to ALA Council. APPROVED an increase in pagination (if necessary) of one issue of the ALCTS Newsletter to accommodate the special topics of dues increase, OSTF Report and finance report. ACCEPTED the Technical Services Roundtable of the Utah Library Association as a member of the Council of Regional Groups. ABOLISHED the Program Initiatives Committee effective at the end of the 1993 Annual Conference, with thanks to the Committee for their significant efforts to generate new program ideas for the division. SET the size and terms for the CRG Affiliates Relations Committee and the CRG Speaker's Bureau Committee. AMENDED the ALCTS Policy and Procedures Manual (p.65) under the "Nominations and Election Procedures" to add the following statement under the calendar for October 15: "The Nominating Committee chair shall also notify the ALCTS President, the section chair or CRG chair (as appropriate) of the slate of names." ADOPTED a revision (Document 93.29) of Section V of the "Guidelines for Selection and Appointments of ALCTS Members to Represent ALCTS at International Meetings." APPROVED funding the official IFLA representatives in equal shares not to exceed $5010. APPROVED the establishment of an ALCTS representative to the American Association of Law Libraries, as recommended by PLMS. AUTHORIZED the Acquisitions Section application for funds from the ALA President's Committee on Cultural Diversity in support of the publication, Foreign Book and Serial Dealer Directory. AUTHORIZED the CCS Subject Analysis Committee to 1) forward its document "Definition of Form Data" to the Library of Congress for information; 2) send a letter accompanying the "Definition of Form Data" document suggesting that the Library of Congress change the Airlie House Conference on Subject Subdivisions recommendation on use of subfields for form data; and 3) send a letter to the Library of Congress requesting that the implementation of the instruction on the prescribed order of subject subdivisions be postponed, so that SAC may prepare alternatives. AUTHORIZED the CCS Committee on Cataloging: Asian and African Materials write a letter to Susan Tarr, Chief of the Cataloging Distribution Service at LC, thanking her for her efforts in distributing the Japan/MARC records and urging her to obtain and distribute retrospective Japan/MARC records. ADOPTED the following mission statement: ALCTS will provide its members, other ALA divisions and members, and the library and information community with leadership and a program for action on the access to, and identification, acquisition, description, organization, preservation, dissemination of information resources in a dynamic, collaborative environment. In addition, ALCTS provides forums for discussion, research and development, and opportunities for learning in all of these areas. To achieve this mission, ALCTS has the following organizational goals: To promote the role of the library and information science in an information society. To provide its members with opportunities for information exchange. To promote innovative and effective library education and training, to foster the recruitment of individuals with diverse qualities to library work, and to provide continuing education for librarians and library practitioners. To develop, support, review, and promote standards to meet library and information needs. To provide opportunities for members to participate through research and publications and professional growth. To manage the association effectively and efficiently. [Editor's note: It is important to read this mission statement in conjunction with the charge to ALCTS from the ALA Council, found in the ALA Handbook of Organization, 1993/94, p. 25.] ************************************************************************* IMPLEMENTING USMARC FORMAT INTEGRATION "Implementing USMARC Format Integration" is the subject of a regional institute to be held four times in 1993. The program will be held in the following cities: April 26, 1993 Worcester, MA, cosponsored by NELINET May 5, 1993 Atlanta, GA, cosponsored by SOLINET May 12, 1993 Dallas, TX, cosponsored by AMIGOS Sept. 20, 1993 Chicago, IL The program has been developed by MARBI (Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee), an interdivisional committee of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), the Library Information and Technology Association (LITA) and the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) divisions of the American Library Association. Format integration will be implemented in the beginning of 1994, requiring libraries to change their automated catalogs and their cataloging processes. Catalogers, technical services librarians, library systems staff, USMARC format trainers and other staff involved in planning the implementation of USMARC format integration will want to attend this institute. The program will include tutorials on the new format, enabling participants to identify ways in which the changes will affect library procedures and operations, discover cost implications for implementation and discuss techniques for implementation management. Participants will receive handouts that demonstrate the application of format integration in various media. Nationally recognized faculty members include Priscilla Caplan, Head Systems Development Division, Harvard University Library: Karen Coyle, Technical Specialist, Division of Library Automation, University of California; Anne L. Highsmith, NOTIS Coordinator, Texas A&M University; Laura Kimberly, Training and Support Manager, AMIGOS Bibliographic Council; Glenn Patton, Senior Consulting Product Support Specialist, OCLC, Inc.; Paul J. Weiss, Systems Librarian, National Library of Medicine; and Richard Greene, Senior Consulting Database Specialist, OCLC, Inc. Brochures for these institutes will be mailed shortly to ALCTS, LITA, and RASD members as well as to organizations that are members of AMIGOS, NELINET or SOLINET. For more information and registration forms, please contact Yvonne A. McLean at ALCTS, E-mail: U58294@uicvm.uic.edu. The brochure is also available via the Internet. To get the file containing the brochure text for the "Implementing USMARC Format Integration" Institute, do one of the following: tell listserv@uicvm send USMARC BROCHURE or send a note to LISTSERV@UICVM with the text: SEND USMARC BROCHURE ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. 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