ALCTS Network News v6n20 (January 18, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v6n20 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 6, Number 20 January 18, 1994 In this issue THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE ALA MIDWINTER MEETING NEW TF ON CONTINUING EDUCATION NEEDS OF PARAPROFESSIONALS TO MEET PROPOSED MERGER OF PLMS AND RLMS NEW ALCTS NEWSLETTER EDITOR SOUGHT MARBI REVISED COVER SHEETS ISSUED ALA PROGRAM PLANNING FAIR ************************************************************************* THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE ALA MIDWINTER MEETING The ALA Midwinter Meeting is going ahead as scheduled from February 4 to 10, 1994, despite the Los Angeles earthquake. According to Paul Graller, Director of Conference Services, the hotels in the downtown are not reporting any damage from the earthquake that hit the Los Angeles area on Monday. As has been reported on the news, there is expressway damage which will require alternate expressway routes from the airport. As has also been reported, there is still difficulty placing phone calls to the LA area. More information will be posted when available. ************************************************************************** NEW TF ON CONTINUING EDUCATION NEEDS OF PARAPROFESSIONALS TO MEET Jennifer A. Younger, ALCTS president, has established a Task Force on the Continuing Education Needs of Paraprofessionals. Her Presidential theme for the year is to focus on strengthening the education opportunities for paraprofessional staff working in the areas of collection development, preservation, and technical services. According to Younger, "Libraries depend on skilled and knowledgeable support staff, which makes training a high priority. ALCTS has a strong program of continuing education directed to the needs of librarians and it is time for us as an association to extend our mission to all library workers." The task force will be chaired by Barry Baker, Assistant Director for Technical Services, University of Georgia Libraries. Its charge is to identify the continuing education and training needs of paraprofessionals working in the areas of library collections and technical services and what ALCTS can do to meet those needs. The first meeting will be on February 5, 1993, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Los Angeles. ************************************************************************* PROPOSED MERGER OF PLMS AND RLMS The Preservation and Reproduction Sections of ALCTS are proposing to merge into a single section based on a significant degree of overlap in their memberships and interests. Merger has been discussed for several years, and the two Executive Committees have held a joint meeting for the past year. At the Annual Conference in New Orleans a plan for a merger was presented and adopted by the combined Executive Committees. The plan merges duplicate bodies (e.g. the two Policy and Planning Committees) and realigns others with similar charges. It does not eliminate any body with a unique charge. The plan was presented to ALCTS Board of Directors at the Annual Conference, but was rejected in light of the pending vote on ALCTS reorganization. Since the reorganization was voted down, the merger plan will again be presented to ALCTS Board at the Midwinter Meeting in Los Angeles. A task force consisting of the two Vice Chairs and Chairs of each section's Policy and Planning Committee has been formed to draw up a set of bylaws for the proposed section. It will also be necessary to map how membership of merged or altered committees would be handled during the transition year, and create an implementation plan and timetable. Details will be posted in AN2 before the Midwinter Meeting, and distributed in paper form at the meeting. AN OPEN SESSION WILL BE HELD FOR ALL INTERESTED RLMS AND PLMS MEMBERS, ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, FROM 2-4 PM. THE ROOM WILL BE LISTED IN THE PROGRAM UNDER "PLMS DISCUSSION GROUP". Based on that meeting, the two Executive Committees will meet jointly Sunday evening and take a final vote whether to move the merger proposal at ALCTS Board on Monday. If approved there, the merger would then go to the full RLMS and PLMS memberships for vote as part of the spring election ballot. If approved, it would take effect immediately after the Annual Conference in Miami. Because the vote on the reorganization would be simultaneous with voting for new officers, PLMS and RLMS will each be presenting full separate slates for new officers in the spring elections. If the merger is voted down, the new electees would take office as usual and RLMS and PLMS would continue to function as separate sections. If the merger is approved by the membership, the implementation plan mentioned above will specify how to move from two sets of officers to one set for the new unified section. Please keep an eye out for further information in AN2, and please pass this and other messages on to any PLMS and RLMS members who may not have online access. If you will be at the Midwinter Meeting, please try to attend the open meeting on Sunday. -- Janet Gerts, PLMS Chair, and Nancy Elkington, RLMS Chair. ************************************************************************* NEW ALCTS NEWSLETTER EDITOR SOUGHT ALCTS is seeking an editor for the _ALCTS Newsletter_. The deadline for applications is March 14, 1994. The new editor will serve as editor-designate beginning in July, 1994, and serve a three-year term as editor beginning with the preparation of the first number of Volume 6 in November 1994 and continuing through June 1998. The editor is normally eligible for reappointment to one additional three-year term. There is a stipend to offset some conference travel and editorial expenses. The ALCTS Newsletter, a bi-monthly 16-page publication, contains news and reports from committees and sections of the division, conference information and news of technical services developments. The editor is responsible for writing or editing all copy that is to appear in the Newsletter and for correcting galley and page proofs. Applicants should demonstrate experience in writing, editing and publications management as well as familiarity with the needs of and issues facing technical services librarians, collection developers and information specialists. Applicants must be able to deliver work within a deadline, and comfort with electronic transmission of text files is highly desirable. Previous experience with ALCTS and its committees is desirable but not required. At the time of appointment, the individual must be an ALCTS member. Applicants should send a resume, cover letter, and a statement outlining reasons for seeking the editorship to: Elizabeth Nichols Chair, ALCTS Newsletter Search Committee Division Manager/Technical Services Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library 605 N. El Dorado St. Stockton, CA 9520. Candidates will be interviewed by the ALCTS Newsletter Search Committee during the 1994 ALA Annual Conference in Miami, June 23-30. The Search Committee expects to make its final recommendation to the ALCTS Board of Directors during the 1994 ALA Annual Conference. ************************************************************************* MARBI REVISED COVER SHEETS ISSUED Revised cover sheets have been issued for MARBI discussion papers 67 and 69. They report the "official" outcome of the discussion in New Orleans. Each of the papers was discussed as part of other discussions during the CC:DA meetings in New Orleans. DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 67 (Multiple versions in the USMARC formats) "Participants expressed concern about the current mechanisms for recording multiple version information in the USMARC record ... the CC:DA Task Force has completed most of its work ... [and] MARBI is encouraged to go ahead with any decisions on accommodating multiple versions ... consensus seems to prefer that any dependent reproduction information be in the bibliographic record. Discussion centered on the use of dependent records in the communications environment ... It was agreed that much of the issue was a display problem, and that software solutions need to be pursued." DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 69 (Accommodating online systems and services in USMARC) Results of discussion: Yes, USMARC should accommodate such systems and services. The bib format should be used. There needs to be a value in the record (probably in 008) to identify such systems and services. The proposed mapping of data into bib fields was considered mostly appropriate. The full text of the papers and the cover sheets is available on the USMARC list. Send a message get usmarc dp67 cov get usmarc dp67 doc get usmarc dp69 cov get usmarc dp69 doc to listserv@sun7.loc.gov -- Sherman Clarke (MARBI liaison to CC:DA) bm.acl@rlg.stanford.edu ************************************************************************* ALA PROGRAM PLANNING FAIR An ALA-wide program planning fair is scheduled to help committe chairs and program planners learn more about what it takes to put on a successful ALA program. This is an opportunity to meet each other and to explore mutual interests and program co-sponsorship opportunities. It is sponsored by LITA, ASCLA and CLENE. The fair is Saturday, Feb.5 from 2-4:30 in the Los Angeles Convention Center-506. The schedule is 2:00-3:15: CLENE will present a workshop on effective program planning 3:15-4:00: Committee chairs and program planners from all seven ALA Divisions will exchange ideas about programming and program plans, in an effort to establish new contacts for joint, cross-divisional programs If you want to attend, notify Barbra Higginbotham. Barbra Buckner Higginbotham, Chief Librarian Brooklyn College Library 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210 718/951-5342 (Voice) 718/951-4799 (Fax) bxhbc@cunyvm.cuny.edu ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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; Jennifer Younger, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. 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