ALCTS Network News v5n24 (May 6, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v5n24 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 5, Number 24 May 6, 1993 In this issue WHITTLESEY NAMED ALCTS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IFLA PRECONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OCLC ACQUIRES INFORMATION DIMENSIONS, INC. ARL PUBLISHES PRESERVATION RESOURCE GUIDES ************************************************************************** WHITTLESEY NAMED ALCTS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Karen L. Whittlesey, Head of Copy Cataloging and Database Management at the Harvard Law School Library, has been named Deputy Executive Director for the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), effective June 21, 1993. Whittlesey will be responsible for coordinating ALCTS programs and projects. She will report to Karen Muller, executive director of ALCTS and the Library Administration and Management Association. "Without doubt," says Whittlesey, "the major force of change in libraries now is rapidly evolving technology, which is dramatically affecting everything from acquisition of electronic journals to document storage, shared library resources to patron-initiated document delivery. The very notion of scholarship itself is up for discussion as telecommunications, microcomputer workstations at the library and in faculty and student homes and offices, and a growing number of scholarly and research databases define and re-define the nature of knowledge. Continuing education programs and conferences are vital to our development as technical services professionals. I hope to take an active role in bringing such programs to fruition in the context of ALCTS, while supporting the other projects and activities of ALA." During her tenure at Harvard University, Whittlesey also served as Supervisor of Monograph Processing at the Cabot Science Library. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Simmons College, a master's degree in systematic and pastoral theology from the Episcopal Divinity School, and a master's in library science from Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Whittlesey has been active in both the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT), serving as co-chair of the SRRT Gay and Lesbian Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table in 1992-93, production editor of the newsletter of the ACRL New England Chapter since May 1992, and editor of the ACRL Law and Political Science Section newsletter since May 1991. ************************************************************************* IFLA PRECONFERENCE ON TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE "Technology and Our Cultural Heritage: Technology's Role in Preserving and Accessing The Memory of the World" will be held as a pre-conference to the IFLA Conference in Barcelona, Spain, on 18-20 August 1993. This is a technical symposium organized by the Technical Coordinating Committee for the International Audio, Film and Television Archive Federations in conjunction with the IFLA 58th General Conference. The Symposium, which will cover the technical problems facing those responsible for collections of sounds, moving images and still images stored on film, magnetic tape, records and CDs is to be held at the historic Conservatori Superior Municipal de Musica building in Barcelona. In addition to sessions presenting the latest research into the chemistry of the breakdown of polymers, methods of restoration of sound and image signals and carriers and the ethical considerations of preservation, a session to discuss specific problems raised by delegates to the Symposium is also to be held. A program of workshops has been arranged to demonstrate some of the ideas discussed in the sessions and professional visits to local institutions also form part of the Symposium activities. Programme 17 August Registration and Pre-Symposium Reception 18 August Welcome and Formal Opening of the Symposium Session 1 The Philosophy of Archiving: Ethical Questions Relating to Preservation and the Uses of New Technologies in Audio-Visual Archiving Session 2 The Key Issues and Problems Facing Audio-Visual Archives Today Session 3 Specific Environmental and Climatic Problems Facing Audio-Visual Archives in Different Parts of the World 19 August Session 4 The Breakdown of the Components of Signal Carriers with Age 20 August Session 5 Signal Carrier Restoration Session 6 New Technologies, including Multi-Media The working language of the Symposium will be English. Translations into Catalan, Spanish, French and German will be provided. Registration fee for delegates is 30,000 ptas. Further details can be obtained from: Catherine Pinion, Chair of the IFLA Round Table on AV Media, 32 Alexandra Road, St Albans AL1 3AZ, United Kingdom; Telephone/Fax: +44 (727) 833 556. ************************************************************************* OCLC ACQUIRES INFORMATION DIMENSIONS, INC. OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) has acquired Information Dimensions, Inc. (IDI) from Battelle Memorial Institute. IDI, located in Dublin, Ohio, will operate as a for-profit subsidiary of OCLC, a non-profit organization which is also located in Dublin. Immediately following the acquisition, the IDI board of directors elected K. Wayne Smith as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IDI. Jim Hackbarth was named president and chief operating officer of IDI. Dr. Smith stated: "IDI has the people, skills, and products to remain the leader in its existing markets. It also provides an exciting strategic fit with OCLC in full-text electronic publishing, electronic archiving, and information management--areas of growing important for both organizations." IDI markets computer software products for managing electronic documents and text on leading mainframe computers, microcomputers, workstations, and personal computers. Its two major software products--BASISplus and ZyINDEX--are widely recognized as industry leaders in database and documents management. IDI's clients include more than half of the Fortune 100 companies as well as numerous government agencies, publishers, and financial organizations. Sales in 1992 were $33 million, more than half of which were international. IDI has 280 employees worldwide, 130 of whom are located in its headquarters at 5080 Tuttle Crossing Blvd. It maintains major sales offices in London, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Stockholm, and Frankfurt as well as eight such offices in North America. IDI has a subsidiary in Australia and distributors in Spain, Scandinavia, Korea, Singapore, Argentina and other industrialized countries. IDI was founded in 1986 as a for-profit subsidiary of the not-for-profit Battelle Memorial Institute, the world-renowned research and development center headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. OCLC, a nonprofit computer library service and research organization based in Dublin, Ohio, operates an international computer network used by more than 16,000 libraries in 47 countries for cataloging, resource sharing, and reference services. OCLC has annual revenues of some $100 million and over 850 employees worldwide. OCLC is a recognized leader in electronic publishing. Last year, OCLC and its partner, the American Association for Advancement of Science, introduced _The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials_, the world's first peer-reviewed electronic science journal. OCLC is also developing an online database of full-text articles from chemical journals in conjunction with Cornell University, the American Chemical Society, and Bellcore. In collaboration with the Association of American Publishers, OCLC also operates the Electronic Publishing Special Interest Group, which promotes the use of and development of the Electronic Manuscript Standard for authors, publishers, typesetters, libraries, and information consumers. ************************************************************************* ARL PUBLISHES PRESERVATION RESOURCE GUIDES The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published a series of seven Preservation Planning Program (PPP) resource guides. Supported by an NEH grant, these resource guides offer libraries comprehensive, easy-to-use information relating to the major components of a preservation program. Titles included in this series are: "Options for Replacing and Reformatting Deteriorated Materials"; "Collections Conservation; Commercial Library Binding"; "Collections Maintenance and Improvement Programs"; "Disaster Preparedness"; "Staff Training and User Awareness in Preservation Management"; and "Organizing Preservation Activities." Edited by Jutta Reed-Scott, ARL Senior Program Officer for Preservation and Collection Services (and chair of the ALCTS Reproduction of Library Materials Section), and prepared by an experienced group of preservation administrators, the resource guides are designed to provide normative information against which a library can measure its preservation efforts and enhance existing preservation activities or develop new ones. Taken together, the guides serve as points of departure for a library's assessment of current practices. Each guide builds on the body of preservation literature that has been published over the last decade. Every effort has been made to reflect the state of knowledge as of early 1993. Designed to be useful to all those involved in preservation work in academic and research libraries, the resource guides were prepared primarily for use with the "Preservation Planning Program Manual"; a revised edition of the manual will be available in early May. The guides may be used individually or as a set. The Preservation Planning Program (PPP) Resource Guides are available, prepaid, for $15 each ($70 per set of 7). Orders and payment should be sent to The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Publication Department, Dept. #0692, Washington, DC 20073-0692. For additional information contact Gloria Haws, (202) 296-8656. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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: Alex Bloss, Nelly Mendez. 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. 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