ALCTS Network News v6n26 (January 31, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v6n26 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 6, Number 26 January 31, 1994 In this issue ALL MIDWINTER MEETING NEWS: LC AND NATIONAL LIBRARIES REPORTING SESSION PRECONFERENCE PLANNERS SEEK ADDITIONAL MEMBERS PLMS/RLMS JOINT REPORTING SESSION PVLR SUBCOMMITTEE SPONSORS OPEN FORUM ON LICENSING OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS MIDWINTER FEATURES NEWLY FORMATTED CANDIDATES FORUM EQUIPMENT FOR ALA TEMPORARY OFFICE AT MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT MIDWINTER, PART III ************************************************************************** LC AND NATIONAL LIBRARIES REPORTING SESSION For several years, ALCTS has sponsored a Library of Congress and national libraries reporting session at which the technical services directors of the two national libraries, the National Agricultural Library and the National Library of Medicine, and the Library of Congress report on their activities. Although there have been several inquiries as to whether a separate reporting session is necessary, it will be held as in the past on Friday, February 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Room 502A of the Los Angeles Convention Center. This session has served as a convenient single forum for all these reports, though there are also additional reports to varied constituencies in many discussion groups and forums. That is, representatives from LC attend collection development, preservation administrators, and several cataloging dsicussion groups. The text of the reports from the National Library of Medicine and the Library of Congress have been posted to the ALCTS fileserver as NLM REPORT and LC REPORT. To obtain a copy of these reports, do one of the following: 1) send a network command: tell listserv at uicvm.bitnet send LC REPORT or 2) send a note to either LISTSERV@UICVM.BITNET or LISTSERV@UICVM.UIC.EDU with the text: SEND NLM REPORT ************************************************************************* PRECONFERENCE PLANNERS SEEK ADDITIONAL MEMBERS The ALCTS SS Subcommittee on Preconference Planning is seeking two or three additional members for the subcommittee. We are working on plans for two regional serials cataloging institutes - one to be held in Atlanta in Spring 1995 and the other is tentatively scheduled for San Francisco in Fall 1995. I am particularly interested in adding a committee member who is either from the San Francisco area or California. Please contact Ann Vidor directly (libabv@emuvm1.bitnet) or telephone 404-727-6833 if you are interested. It is desirable, but not essential, that the new subcommittee members be planning to attend Midwinter. -- Ann B. Vidor, Head, Catalog Dept., General Libraries, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 PHONE: 404-727-6833 BITNET: LIBABV@EMUVM1 FAX: 404-727-0053 ************************************************************************* PLMS/RLMS JOINT REPORTING SESSION The Preservation of Library Materials Section/Reproduction of Library Materials Section (PLMS/RLMS) Joint Reporting Session provides an opportunity for organizations with preservation concerns and individuals working on preservation projects to update others on their progress and share information with those concerned about preservation issues. The reporting session is scheduled for Saturday, February 5, 11:30-12:30, in the Hollywood Room of the Radisson Hotel. Speakers at this conference's session and the topics they will discuss include: Carolyn Morrow, Akzo's withdrawal from providing deacidification of library materials Barclay Ogden, Collection Conservation Training Projects Jennifer Banks, ASTM Library Adhesives Committee Jutta Reed-Scott, Association of Research Libraries Nancy Elkington, Research Libraries Group Julie Arnott, Solinet Ann Russell, Northeast Document Conservation Center Tom Clareson, Amigos There will also be a handout describing the current preservation activities at the Library of Congress. For more information contact Marcia Watt, PLMS/RLMS Joint Reporting Session co-chair at 404-727-0306 or libmaw@emuvm1.cc.emory.edu. ************************************************************************* PVLR SUBCOMMITTEE SPONSORS OPEN FORUM ON LICENSING OF ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS DATE: Sunday, February 6, 1994 TIME: 2-5:30 pm PLACE: Century Plaza Hotel, Plaza Room PRESENTERS: Becky Clarke, NOTIS John Cox, Blackwell's Trisha Davis, Ohio State University Libraries Richard Jasper, Emory University Libraries Susan Kesner, SilverPlatter Bob Nelson, EBSCO Industries Meta Nissley, California State University, Chico Glen Secor, Yankee Book Peddler Jay Trolley, Institute for Scientific Information Please join us at any time during this program for a lively discussion. The presenters will outline issues and problems this subcommittee is currently addressing and invite input from the audience. We welcome all questions and comments from librarians, publishers, vendors and distributors involved with electronic products in any format. For more information contact: Trisha Davis, Subcommittee Chair Ohio State University Libraries Phone: (614) 292-6314 Email: davis.115@osu.edu ************************************************************************* MIDWINTER FEATURES NEWLY FORMATTED CANDIDATES FORUM The three 1994 candidates for ALA president will be present at Midwinter for a newly formatted Candidates Forum, to which all ALA members are invited. The audience will be invited to microphones on the floor designated with various topics such as youth services, the ALA self-study, division concerns, library education, social issues and others. A moderator will call members to the microphone and each candiate will have an allotted time to answer questions posed. Each candidate will also be given time for an introductory statement. The candidates are Marilyn Gell Mason, director of the Cleveland (Ohio) Public Library; Betty J, Turock, chair of the Department of Library and Information Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.; and Charles A. Bunge, professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The forum is Monday, February 7, 4:30-5:30, in the Concourse Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center. ************************************************************************* EQUIPMENT FOR ALA TEMPORARY OFFICE AT MIDWINTER The following equipment will be available for staff and member use in the office area of the Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 515: IBM computers with 5.25? and 3.5? disk drives, Wordperfect 5.1 software and printers Apple computers loaded with Microsoft Word, version 5.1, and Microsoft Works, version 3.0 Continuous-feed ALA letterhead and plain paper Selectric typewriters Conference Services will NOT provide diskettes. BRING YOUR OWN DISKETTES. ************************************************************************* DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT MIDWINTER, PART III CMDS CHIEF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS OF LARGE RESEARCH LIBRARIES DG Saturday, February 5, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., BIL-Heinsbergen. Topic: Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery; Electronic Databases: Budgeting, loading vs. gateway; and Reorganization of Collection Development Personnel and Budgeting. CCS HEADS OF CATALOGING DG Saturday, February 5, 9:30-11 a.m., OTA Golden BR I. Topic: The future of cataloging (and catalogers); outsourcing of cataloging; and cooperative cataloging. CCS CATALOGING NORMS DG Saturday, February 5, 9:30-11 a.m., SHER Grande. Topic: Where are series going? Sandra Herzinger, Chair, Cataloging Department, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will lead a discussion on how LC's proposed policy change in series treatment would affect us and what would happen to local production. PLMS LIBRARY VENDORS RELATIONS DG Saturday, February 5, 11:30-12:30, LACC Room 404A. Topic: An "Information Fair," designed to encourage "Entrepreneurship and Small Business in Preservation and Conservation." Exhibito rs consultants in preservation conservation; companies with preservation services; small businesses with archival products; research organizations and facilities that develop information for preservation and conservation. Visit our "Information Fair", supplement your resources with ours! RLMS PUBLIC SERVICE MANAGERS OF MICROFORM FACILITIES DG Saturday, February 5, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., HYAT Manhattan C. Topic: "In-House Microform Guides." Continuing the discussion from the last meeting, will talk about both paper and electronic versions of these guides and their usefulness to our patrons. CMDS COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT LIBARIANS OF ACADEMIC LIBRARIES DG Saturday, February 5, 2-4 p.m., HIL Garden West Room. Topic: Paraprofessionals in Collection Development. Questions to be discussed: Is there a growing trend toward use of paraprofessionals in collection development, perhaps a parallel to the hotly debated "brandeis model" for use of paraprofessionals in reference work? Which libraries involve paraprofessionals in collection development and why? What responsibilities do paraprofessionals undertake? How are relations with teaching/research facility affected? What is the impact on faculty status and unions? Speakers will include Jasper Schad and Jim Spohrer. AS ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIANS/VENDORS OF LIBRARY MATERIALS DG Sunday, February 6, 8:30-10:30 a.m., LACC Room 507. Topic: "What is a Flat Discount Anyway?" Discussions will be led by two vendors who will illustrate the discount structures offered by their companies, and by two librarians who will talk about their use and philosophy of discounts. AS ACQUISITIONS ADMINISTRATORS DG Sunday, February 6, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LACC Room 507. Topic: "Cracks in the Acquisitions System." Examining loopholes in the selection/acquisitions process that may leave the library open to exploitation in the form of marketing schemes and misrepresented materials, often by pseudo-scholarly publishers. Introducing the discussion are Marion Reid (CSU, San Marcos), with an overview of the Gille affair, and Bob Nardini (Yankee Book Peddlar), with a review of approval vendor efforts to screen out publications and/or publishers of dubious repute before they reach the acquisitions department. The discussion group meets immediately following the Acquisitions Librarians/Vendors of Library Materials Discussion Group. LITA/ALCTS AUTHORITY CONTROL IN THE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT INTEREST GROUP Sunday, February 6, 2-5:30 p.m., SHER Theater 1. Topic: The meeting will begin with updates about automated authority control, including reports from Dave Reser (LC) and Barbara Tillett (chair of the CCC Task Group on authorities). CREATIVE IDEAS IN TECHNICAL SERVICES DG Sunday, February 6, 4:30-5:30 p.m., LACC-502A. Topics: Reorganization of technical services staff in the 90's; Redesigning technical services work areas for the 21st Century; Vendor-supplied cataloging and contract cataloging services. RLMS DG Sunday, February 6, 4:30-5:30 p.m., HIL Verdugo Room. Topic: Discussion will focus around a series of brief presentations of interesting preservation scanning projects being conducted at various institutions. Winston Atkins from Yale University will discuss Yale's Project Open Book (producing a scanned image from microfilm); John Dean from Cornell University will discuss scanning books and producing film from the scanned image; Sue Kellerman from Penn State will present PSU's experiences with their scanning project and the problems and issues surrounding access to those images; Meg Bellinger, the new president of Preservation Resources (formerly MAPS), will present the perspective of a vendor working on her organization's first scanning pilot project (scanning images from newspapers already on microfilm). AUTOMATED ACQUISITIONS/IN PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS DG Monday, February 7, 9:30-11 a.m., SHER Grande 1. Topic: "The Audit Trail and Automated Acquisitions: Searching for Road Signs." This is a discussion of the effectiveness of automated acquisitions systems for maintaining the appropriate audit trails, and how libraries cope with system inadequacies while meeting local expectations. Views of how newer technologies, such as EDI, will assist in proper accounting practices will also be covered. TECHNICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATORS OF MEDIUM-SIZED RESEACRH LIBRARIES DG Monday, February 7, 9:30-11 a.m., WSTN Santa Barbara B. Topic: "Brave New World or Future Shock?" Expanding options for delivery of services that were on ce considered the exclusive domain of local technical services departments, combined with shrinking library budgets, have created a climate of change and unpredictability for technical services. As a follow up to the OCLC sponsored symposium "The Future Is Now: the Changing Face of Technical Services" taking place on Friday, discussion leaders will help us review, analyze, and expand on its major themes. PLMS PRESERVATION EDUCATION AND OUTREACH DG Monday, February 7, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., LACC Room 503. Topic: The meeting will focus on Guidelines for ALA and library vendor graphics to show "preservation-sensitive" messages; Preservation and conservation outreach through Girl/Boy Scout badges and activities; Preservation "promotional kits" development for libraries and production of age-appropriate preservation videos for children. PRE-ORDER/PRE-CATALOG SEARCH DG Monday, February 7, 2-4 p.m., HYAT Manhattan A. Topic: "Team Management in Technical Services" with Peg Earheart, Nancy Boggess-Korekach, and Mary Konkel. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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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