ALCTS Network News v5n35 (June 11, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v5n35 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 5, Number 35 June 11, 1993 In this issue ALA ELECTION RESULTS NOW ONLINE COMPUTERS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS, continued GETTY TRUST AND KODAK ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO DEVELOP DIGITAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE ARTS ************************************************************************** ALA ELECTION RESULTS NOW ONLINE The 1993 Report of Returns of 1993 ALA Elections have been uploaded to the ALA FILELIST under the headings COUNCIL ELECTION and DIV_RT ELECTION. To obtain a copy of these fileses, do one of the following: 1) send a network command, e.g.: tell listserv at uicvm.uic.edu send COUNCIL ELECTION tell listserv at uicvm.bitnet send DIV_RT ELECTION or 2) send a note to either LISTSERV@UICVM.BITNET or LISTSERV@UICVM.UIC.EDU with the text: SEND DIV_RT ELECTION ] SEND COUNCIL ELECTION ] ************************************************************************* COMPUTERS AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE The ALA Offices will be in the Exhibit Hall Meeting Room D-1 of the New Orleans Convention Center, beginning on Friday, June 25. IBM computers with 5.25" and 3.5" disk drives, Wordperfect 5.1 software and letter quality printers will be available for staff and member use in the temporary office area. Macintosh Computers loaded with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Works and Wordperfect will also be available in the office. ALA Conference Services will provide continuous ALA letterhead and plain paper. Please bring your own diskettes; NO diskettes will be provided by ALA Conference Services. There will also be IBM Selectric typewriters available in the office area. ************************************************************************* DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS, continued ALCTS Role of the Professional in Academic Research Technical Services Departments Discussion Group The ALCTS Role of the Professional in Academic Research Technical Services Departments Discussion Group will hold its meeting on June 27, 1993 2-4 pm at the Hyatt Regency, Ballroom G. During the past few years MAJOR changes have occurred in the technical service departments of most academic libraries: -Fewer books and more non-print materials means staff have to purchase, receive and catalog more and varied non-traditional materials. -Libraries are asked to capture, index and provide bibliographic access to electronic journals, ftp's., etc. -A multitude of accompanying materials in the form of CD's, disks, fiche, and tapes now come with books and journal issues. -Overworked interlibrary Loan departments ask acquisitions departments to purchase titles from document delivery companies and catalog departments are asked to assign this material into OPAC screens. -Copy cataloging is moving into acquisitions; serials and monographic cataloging are combining and/or splitting, and some professionals are moving to reference departments to be part of a team approach. -Cost of all technical service operations are carefully monitored and TQM is always an option. All of these topics and their related concerns to staff, supervisors, work-related tasks, downsizing, goals, evaluations, tenure, general insecurity, etc. will be discussed. Gail Defendorf, Acquisitions Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, and Marilyn Norsted, Head, Cataloging Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, promise to be dynamic discussion starters. Please bring your opinions and experiences and join us for an informal yet highly informative discussion. -- Nancy Gibbs, Chair E-mail: nancy_gibbs@ncsu.edu ************************************************************************* GETTY TRUST AND KODAK ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO DEVELOP DIGITAL COLLECTIONS FOR THE ARTS The J. Paul Getty Trust and Eastman Kodak Company have announced a new imaging venture. LUNA Imaging Inc will offer digital imaging services and electronic publications to the academic community worldwide. The Getty Trust and Kodak cited the growing importance of imaging technology for scholars, researchers, and institutions in the visual arts. Michael Ester, director of the Getty Art History Information Program, will move from his position to become president of LUNA Imaging on September 1, 1993. Concentrating on practical imaging solutions, LUNA will provide services for the visual collections of museums and archives; technology to preserve, manage, and access digital images; and new forms of electronic publications to make such resources available for scholarship and education. The collaboration to establish LUNA leverages Kodak's expertise in photography and digital image technology with the Getty's experience in making arts and humanities scholarship more accessible throughout the world. "The Art History Information Program has become a respected leader in arts-related scholarship and technology, but is cannot meet all the visual needs of the academic community," explains Getty Trust President Harold M. Williams. "This joint venture makes possible the creation of a range of digital imaging services that neither organization could develop independently, and will make those services available to institutions and scholars," he continued. "It's a good fit," said David Biehn, Kodak vice president and general manager, Professional Imaging. "LUNA focuses our expertise all through the imaging chain--in film capture, scanning, processing, and both electronic and print output. Its involvement in working with high-quality source materials provides an on-going challenge as we continue to develop our capabilities." As its first project, LUNA will produce a digital archive of several thousand drawings from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation collection at Taliesin West that will be available for use and research at the Foundation in the coming year. Images derived from the digital archive- comparable to high-quality print reproductions --and accompanied by text will be released as an electronic publication. "Our goal is to ensure that the visual record of our historical and artistic heritage will have lasting value in electronic form," said Ester. "The archival images and systems we develop will meet the demands of high- quality reproduction and support the way professionals use visual materials in their work. The Frank Lloyd Wright Archives is a collection of extraordinary beauty and importance that has had only limited publication to date. The quality of the photographic and text documentation of the Archives make it an ideal place for LUNA to begin production. We look forward to projects with other institutions as well." At the same time, the Getty Art History Information Program is establishing an information and standards organization for digital imaging in the visual arts as a separate, parallel effort. As interest in and enthusiasm for electronic imaging expands and many different projects develop, this organization will serve as an international forum for scholarly and technical groups to explore key issues, establish standards, and use publications and training to reach wider audience. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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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