ALCTS Network News v5n25 (May 10, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v5n25 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 5, Number 25 May 10, 1993 In this issue NCLIS MOVES OFFICES TO NEW LOCATION NEW FROM ALA BOOKS WINNER OF THE HUGH M. ATKINSON MEMORIAL AWARD ANNOUNCED SEMINARS ON CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY AND COLLECTIONS CARE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM RLG AND ARL ANNOUNCE ENHANCED SERVICE TO CONSPECTUS USERS ************************************************************************** NCLIS MOVES OFFICES TO NEW LOCATION The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) moved its offices to a new Washington location in mid-April 1993. The new address for the National Commission after 15 April 1993 is: U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, 1110 Vermont Avenue, Suite 820, Washington, D.C. 20005. New telephone and fax numbers after 12 April 1993 are: Telephone: (202) 606-9200, Fax: (202) 606-9203. The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science is a permanent, independent agency of the Federal government charged with advising both Congress and the President on matters relating to national library and information services, policies, and plans. ************************************************************************* NEW FROM ALA BOOKS AACR2R Revisions "Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, Second Edition, 1988 Revision Amendments 1993" from the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules are due out in May. The set of amendments to the AACR2 Revised covers almost five years of updates. The 160-page packet contains rule revisions authorized by the Joint Steering Committee for Revision of Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules since 1988, changes to parts of the index affected by rule revisions and corrections, and necessary typographical corrections. The three-hole drilled, loose-leaf pages are sized slightly smaller than pages in the paper, cloth, and ring-bound volumes of the 1988 Revision for convenient interleaving. To place an order for your Amendment Packet, contact the ALA Order Department at 1-800-545-2433. Ordering information: $12.00pbk, ALA Member Price $10.80; Approx. 160p; ISBN 0-8389-3431-5; ALA Order Code 3431-5-0010. Format Integration and Its Effect on Cataloging, Training and Systems "Format Integration and Its Effect on Cataloging, Training and Systems" will be published by ALA Books in June 1993 as number 4 in the ALCTS Papers on Library Technical Services and Collections. "Format Integration" is edited by Karen Coyle, one of the presenters at the 1992 ALCTS Preconference on the same subject; Edward Swanson is the Series Editor. "Format Integration" provides an overview of format integration and its history, discusses its effect on cataloging and systems, and explores issues in training and documentation. Each section speaks in a general way about what one can expect of format integration; each library will need to apply these concepts to its own operations. Contributors include Anne Highsmith, Paul J. Weiss, and Jo Calk present their thoughts on monographic materials, serials, documentation, the utilities, online public access catalogs, and much more. Other titles in this ALCTS Series include: Subject Authorities in the Online Environment, #1; Origins, Content and Future of AACR2, #2; Collection Management for 90's, #3. Ordering information: $20.00pbk. ALA Member Price $18.00, ISBN 0-8389-3432-3, Approx. 100p. 1993, Approval Plan Categories: ACI, ALA Order Code 3432-3-0010. ************************************************************************* WINNER OF THE HUGH M. ATKINSON MEMORIAL AWARD ANNOUNCED The Hugh M. Atkinson Memorial Award for 1993 will be presented to Richard De Gennaro, Roy E. Larsen Librarian of Harvard College, at the ALA annual conference in New Orleans, during the LAMA President's Program, at 2:00 pm on Sunday, June 27th. The award, $2,000 and a citation, honors outstanding achievement (including risk taking) by an academic librarian in the areas of library automation, library management, or library development and research. The Atkinson award is jointly sponsored by four ALA divisions: ALCTS, ACRL, LAMA, and LITA, whose members are cordially invited to attend the presentation. ************************************************************************* SEMINARS ON CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY AND COLLECTIONS CARE The summer program at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University will present seminars in Conservation Technology and Collections Care for Art History, Museum and other professionals. There are five seminars, each held from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, "Care and Conservation of Clocks and Watches" June 21-25, 1993, "Art In Transit Workshop: Paintings" June 28-29, 1993, "The Biodeterioration of Cultural Property: Insect Damage" July 6-7, 1993, "History of Photographic Processes" July 26-30, 1993, and "The Chemical Microscopy of Art and Artifacts" August 30-September 3, 1993. For more information, write to: Summer Program, IFA/NYU, 1 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10021. ************************************************************************* PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM "Guide for Written Collection Policy Statements" (Chicago: ALA, 1989; Collection Management and Development Guides, no. 3) refers the reader to the Pacific Northwest Collection Development Program for more information on conspectus documents (p. 20). If you are interested in tracking down information on the Pacific Northwest Conspectus, you should know that the conspectus and the the Pacific Northwest Collection Development (PNCD) program were transferred in 1990 from the Oregon State Library Foundation to the Washington Library Network. The conspectus, now known as the WLN conspectus, and management software are maintained and developed by WLN. For more information contact WLN at P.O. Box 3888, Lacey, WA 98503-0888; tel: 1-800-DIALWLN or (206) 923-4055; FAX: (206) 923-4009. Sally Loken, Collection Assessment Services Coordinator, can also be reached via the internet: "loken@wln.com". -- Eileen Hardy, Wellesley College Library ************************************************************************* RLG AND ARL ANNOUNCE ENHANCED SERVICE TO CONSPECTUS USERS The Research Libraries Group (RLG) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are pleased to announce a new level of support for institutions interested in using the Conspectus originated by RLG and adopted by ARL. The RLG Conspectus is an approach to inventorying research libraries' collection strengths and current collecting patterns that has produced a national database of comparative results. It is based on the Library of Congress classification system and arranged hierarchically by subject divisions (major disciplines), categories (major subfields), and subject descriptors (detailed topics). Librarians complete the Conspectus by assigning values ranging from 0 to 5 to indicate collection strength and alphabetic codes to indicate language coverage or (for music) principal recording origins. WLN, the library network and services provider based in the Pacific Northwest, has developed to RLG's specifications, with funding from RLG and ARL, a PC-based Conspectus system that gives 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. RLG members and other participants in ARL's North American Collections Inventory Project that subscribe to the WLN/RLG Conspectus Software will be able to load data from the RLG Conspectus Online into their local assessment files, as well as to produce assessment data for uploading into the national database, where it is accessible to all RLIN users. For more information about the software, please contact Sally Loken at 1-800-342-5956, or WLN, P.O Box 3888, Lacey, WA 98503-0888; or send electronic mail to Internet address loken@wln.com). RLG will maintain responsibility for the Conspectus "union database" on RLIN (the Research Libraries Information Network), adding data from institutions who choose regularly to send in diskettes generated from their local WLN/RLG Conspectus Software. RLG will also be the source for all products derived from the national database (such as printed reports of online data, blank Conspectus worksheets, supplemental guidelines for preparing individual data on these worksheets, and information on which to base verification studies that confirm reported collection levels). ARL began using the Conspectus in mid-1983 for its North American Collections Inventory Project (NCIP), a cooperative effort intended eventually to involve research libraries throughout the U.S. and Canada. ARL will now assume responsibility for the maintenance and development of Conspectus divisions, guidelines, verification studies, and any other assessment tools to be used in conjunction with the national database. Among these, RLG and ARL are pleased to announce the release of the revised History Division of the Conspectus. This revision contains contributions by many RLG/ARL subject specialists, as well as additions by the LIBER Conspectus Committee, the primary European body promoting the Conspectus as a tool for cooperative collection development. In coming months RLG will release the updated divisions for Physical Geography and Earth Sciences and for Technology, prepared under its supervision. ARL will assume this role in preparing a revised Economics and Sociology Division and developing comprehensive supplemental guidelines for its use. For more information, please contact Jennifer Hartzell (RLG), bl.jlh@rlg.stanford.edu, or Jutta Reed-Scott (ARL), 202-296-2296. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. 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