ALCTS Network News v5n37 (June 21, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v5n37 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 5, Number 37 June 21, 1993 In this issue ALCTS ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE TASK FORCE REPORT DISCUSSIONS ALA ORGANIZATIONAL SELF-STUDY OCLC AWARDS THREE RESEARCH GRANTS COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT (CCD) DISCUSSION GROUP CCS SUBJECT ANALYSIS COMMITTEE AGENDA ************************************************************************** ALCTS ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE TASK FORCE REPORT DISCUSSIONS The Organization Structure Task Force Report will be presented to the ALCTS Board of Directors at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans during Board's first meeting on Saturday, June 26, 1993 from 2:00-4:00 pm at the New Orleans Convention Center (NOCC), Room 52. The report will also be presented to the Organization and Bylaws Committee at its meeting on Sunday, June 27, 1993 from 2:00-4:00 pm, (check the final conference program for room assignment). Discussions on the bylaws changes the report may require will be discussed by the ALCTS Organization and Bylaws Committee. Other meetings of Organization and Bylaws Committee will take place on Monday, June 28 from 9:30-11:00 am at the Sheraton in the Calcasieu Room, and Tuesday, June 29 from 8:00- 11:00 am at the New Orleans Convention Center Room 25. the three O&B meetings, and the times are wrong in the other cases. The ALCTS Board of Directors will discuss Organization and Bylaws Committee's recommendations at its meetings on Monday, June 28 from 2:00-5:30 pm at the NOCC, Room 23 and on Tuesday, June 29 from 2:00- 5:30 pm at the NOCC, Room 52. ************************************************************************* ALA ORGANIZATIONAL SELF-STUDY The ALA Organizational Self-Study Committee is holding a hearing at the Annual Conference in New Orleans to focus on the concerns of ALA units and to hear responses to the following: 1) What does ALA do right? 2) What does ALA do wrong? 3) What can ALA do that is not now being done and/or how can ALA do better what it is already doing? 4) What should ALA discontinue? How can ALA position itself to be more effective in the 21st century? The hearing will be held on Monday, June 28, from 4:00-6:00 pm in La Galerie 2 of the Marriott Hotel. ************************************************************************* OCLC AWARDS THREE RESEARCH GRANTS The OCLC office of research has awarded three Library and Information Science Research Grants (LISRG) to university researchers for 1993. "We are pleased to be able to support these projects," said Martin Dillon, former director of the office of research and current director of OCLC's library technical services division. "University-based research adds an important dimension to our research agenda, and these projects promise findings that should be of broad interest to the library and information science community." The grant recipients and their projects are: o Carolyn O. Frost, Ph.D., associate dean, School of Information and Library Studies, University of Michigan: "An Empirical Test of Gopher Searching Using Three Organization Schemes" Gopher is an example of a commonly used protocol for searching networked information. Although the use of networked information is proliferating at an astounding rate and is providing unprecedented access to information, the organization of this information has not kept up with its use. Likewise, there is need for a greater understanding of information searching in order to design better searching tools, organize networked information more effectively, and assist information providers in the mounting of networked sources. There has been little research on how people use Gopher, or its effectiveness as a searching tool. The proposed project will study Gopher users' information searching behavior, identify patterns and problems in the searching behavior or with the information retrieval, and recommend changes for improvement. o Richard P. Smiraglia, Ph.D., associate professor, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University: "Toward the Bibliographic Control of Works: Derivative Bibliographic Relationships in the Online Union Catalog" The purpose of this project is to further the bibliographic control of works by verifying the extent of derivative bibliographic relationships in the OCLC Online Union Catalog and by testing a conceptual model for a database of bibliographic works. The methodology employed will be descriptive survey research of a random sample of bibliographic families from the Online Union Catalog and qualitative examination of the most complex families to assess the efficacy of the conceptual model. o James H. Sweetland, Ph.D., associate professor, and Judith J. Senkevitch, Ph.D., assistant professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin at Madison: "Evaluating Public Library Fiction Collections: Is There a Core List of Classics?" The project will address the following research questions: Is there a core of widely held adult fiction in the OCLC database which can be used as a list of classics? Does this core list relate to standard lists of recommended fiction supposedly relied upon by public libraries in selection and evaluation? Can one or more standard lists be recommended as those most likely to predict librarians' behavior? Is it feasible for OCLC to consider using the core list concept to develop a machine-readable product to assist public librarians in evaluating their fiction collections? The OCLC Library and Information Science Research Grant program awards grants of up to $10,000 to help foster quality research by faculty in schools of library and information science. Projects are generally completed within one year, and findings are published in the OCLC Annual Review of Research and in other scholarly communications. Application materials for 1994 will be available this November. For more information, contact the office of research. ************************************************************************* COOPERATIVE COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT (CCD) DISCUSSION GROUP Attendees to the American Library Association Conference are invited to participate in the first meeting of a new ALCTS-CMDS discussion group, the CMDS Cooperative Collection Development Discussion Group, which meets on Sunday, 9:30-11:00am, June 27, 1993 in the Clarion Hotel, Audubon D. The topic of discussion will be "Serials Cooperation: How Can We Save Our Endangered Species?" Discussion leaders are Judith Paquette, AUL for Collections, University of California, Irvine and Carol Fleishauer, AD for Collection Services, Massachusetts Institute for Technology. Share experiences, concerns, and successes with cooperative serials projects and bring examples of local documents for post-conference distribution! Nominations for election of Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect may be submitted to: Tricia Vierra -- Tricia Vierra, Chair, CCD Discussion Group; EMAIL: TVIERRA@american.edu; voice: (202) 885-3854 ************************************************************************* CCS SUBJECT ANALYSIS COMMITTEE AGENDA Sunday, June 27, 1993; 9:30-12:30 Subject Analysis Committee - Raddison Suites, Bayou Jean Lafitte I 1.1 Introduction of members and guests 1.2 Adoption of 1993 Midwinter Meeting Minutes (SAC 93-ANN/3) 1.3 Adoption of the agenda 1.4 Old business 1.4.1 Discussion of "subdivision--Newspapers" under [place] (U.S. Newspaper Program) (SAC 93-MID/22) 1.4.2 Discussion of LC's proposal for chronological subdivisions under "[place]--Description and travel" (SAC 93-MID/27) 1.5 Update on MARBI from liaison Bonnie Dede 1.5.1 Discussion of relevant MARBI proposals and discussion papers (SAC 93-ANN/18) 1.6 Report of the Chair of SAC by Arlene Taylor (SAC 93-ANN/13) 1.7 Discussion of Proposed ALCTS Organizational Structure 1.8 Report on the Sears List of Subject Headings by Pat Kuhr 1.9 Report of the Library of Congress liaison Lynn El-Hoshy 1.10 Discussion of proposal for "prefer" notes in LC Classification Schedules (SAC 93-ANN/15) 1.11 Discussion of the MAGERT proposal concerning LC subject headings for "satellite imagery" (SAC 93-ANN/16) 1.12 Report on the final plans for the 1993 Thesaurus program 1.13 Dissolution of the Subcommittee to Review the NISO Thesaurus Tuesday, June 28, 1993; 9:30-12:30 Subject Analysis Committee - New Orleans Convention Center, 103 2.1 Introduction of members and guests 2.2 Report of the IFLA liaison Julianne Beall 2.3 Report of the Decimal Classification Division liaison Julianne Beall 2.4 Report of the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee liaison Patricia M. Thomas 2.5 Report of the DDC 21 subcommittees: 2.5.1 Dissolution of the DDC Public Administration Schedules Subcommittee (SAC 93-ANN/12) 2.5.2 DDC Life Sciences by Pat Thomas 2.5.3 DDC Education Schedules by Gail Hueting 2.6 Report of the SAC Subcommittee on Fiction Guidelines by Pat Thomas 2.7 Report of the SAC Subcommittee on SAC-Sponsored Institutes by Brad Young 2.8 Report of the SAC Subcommittee on the Music Thesaurus Project by Brad Young 2.9 Report of the SAC Subcommittee on Form Data by Barbara Berman 2.9.1 Discussion of Proposal to MARBI for new subfield code for form data 2.10 Report of the SAC Subcommittee on Order in LCSH Subject Strings by Suzanne Lorimer 2.11 Discussion of Sarah Thomas' letter and responses concerning form and order (SAC 93-ANN/7, 7a, 7b, 8) 2.12 Open announcement period required by committee 2.13 Farewells --Arlene G. 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