ALCTS Network News v7n11 (June 2, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v7n11 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 7, Number 11 June 2, 1994 In this issue BREAKFAST WITH ALCTS LEADERS ... ... AND A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST NEXT YEAR'S ALA NOMINEES ANNOUNCED ALA ETHICS STATEMENT DRAFT NOT DUE YET DISCUSSION GROUPS TOPICS AT ANNUAL--PART I CCC SEEKS MUSIC INPUT ************************************************************************** BREAKFAST WITH ALCTS LEADERS ... ALCTS members interested in playing a more active role in the Division are invited to a "Breakfast with ALCTS Leaders" in Miami Beach. This breakfast will bring together sixty ALCTS members and thirty elected and appointed ALCTS leaders for conversation in an informal setting. The leaders will include the ALCTS President and Vice-President, chairs and vice-chairs of the sections and the Council of Regional Groups, and selected committee chairs. Member participation is limited to those who are not currently serving on an ALCTS committee. The continental breakfast will be held on Saturday, June 25, 1994, from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. There will be no charge to participants. The conversations will focus on how to get more members actively involved in ALCTS, the support mechanisms that are provided by ALCTS to active members, what opportunities for involvement exist, and how members can find opportunities in ALCTS to contribute whether or not they can travel to meetings. While the leaders will discuss the avenues for ALCTS advancement, they also want to hear suggestions for improving opportunities and removing impediments for participation. To attend the breakfast, call the ALCTS Office at 800-545-2433, ext. 5035 and leave your name, address, and phone number, or send an electronic message to alcts.office@ala.org. Reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. To help the Office assign you to a table with a leader who is knowledgeable about opportunities in your particular area of interest, indicate which two of the following areas are of interest to you: acquisitions, collection development, cataloging, preservation, reproduction of library materials, serials, or general technical services. ************************************************************************* ... AND A GENERAL MEMBERSHIP BREAKFAST And speaking of breakfast, all ALCTS members are invited to attend a continental breakfast immediately preceding the President's Program on Monday. The event will be held from 8:30 to 9:30 in the Napoleon Ballroom of the Ramada Deauville, with the President's Program (including the ALCTS awards presentation) in the adjoining Richelieu Room. ************************************************************************* NEXT YEAR'S ALA NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Norman Horrocks, chair of the ALA Nominating Committee, has announced that the two candidates for the office of ALA President (spring, 1995, election) are Michael Gorman, Dean of Library Services, California State University, Fresno, and Mary Somerville, Interim Director, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, Florida. ************************************************************************* ALA ETHICS STATEMENT DRAFT NOT DUE YET The cover letter to the draft revision of the ALA Statement on Professional Ethics, which was circulated for comment this spring, asked that comments be returned to the Committee on Professional Ethics by June 1. While the Committee will be discussing the comments it receives, the draft will not be sent to Council in Miami. Committees and governing bodies should continue to discuss the draft in Miami and forward any comments to the Ethics Committee either during or following Annual. The Committee hopes to bring a draft to Council at the 1995 Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. ************************************************************************* DISCUSSION GROUPS TOPICS AT ANNUAL--PART I The following are discussion group topics received in the Office to date. They will continue to be published in _AN2_ until the week of Annual. As with all programs and meetings, check your program book at Conference to confirm meeting times and locations. CREATIVE IDEAS IN TECHNICAL SERVICES The Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group will hold lively round table discussions on one of these three timely topics: 1. The Acquisitions/Cataloging Interface: what works and what doesn't? How do cataloging rules and procedures positively or adversely affect the acquisitions process? How do acquisitions conventions and procedures positively or adversely affect the cataloging process? How can acquisitions/cataloging work be better designed/streamlined? What works best given various technical services environments? 2. Paraprofessional/Professional Relationships: how are roles changing in your library? How have changes in job responsibilities affected job descriptions, staffing, training opportunities, library governance, staff benefits, etc. with respect to various technical services departments: acquisitions, original and copy cataloging, catalog maintenance? 3. Contract cataloging II: vendor supplied cataloging and contract cataloging services. How do outsourcing cataloging costs compare to in-house costs? Piece work or salaried employees: what are the working conditions at the vendors? What is the impact of contract cataloging on workflow and staffing? Is outsourcing cheaper, better and faster? Sunday, June 26, 4:30-5:30 PM in the OMNI International Hotel, Wagner Room. For more information contact Laurel Jizba at 517-353-8715, Michigan State University Libraries, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048 or via the Internet: jizba@pilot.msu.edu. Discussion Group Co-Chairs: Laurel Jizba (Michigan State University Libraries) and Karen Wilson (Stanford University, Jackson Library, Graduate School of Business). ACQUISITIONS LIBRARIANS/VENDORS OF LIBRARY MATERIALS The topic of the Acquisitions Librarians/Vendors Discussion Group is: what is acceptable, basic service from vendors? What other services would librarians want vendors to provide and at what cost? The discussion will be led by two vendors, who will talk about the services their companies provide and the costs of the services. Another point of view will be presented by two librarians who will talk about the services they currently receive from vendors, changes they would like to see in these services, and the costs they are willing to pay. The discussion leaders are: Rosann Bazirjian, Head, Bibliographic Services Department, Syracuse University Library; Carol Hawks, Head, Acquisitions Department, Ohio State University Libraries; Bob Schatz, Sales Manager, Academic Book Center; and, Keith Schmiedle, President, Coutts Library Services. Sunday, June 26, 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Miami Beach Convention Center, Room D240. Discussion Group Co-Chairs: Tom Laney, the Book House, and Roger Presley, Georgia State University. NOTE: The Acquisitions Administrators Discussion Group will follow this meeting, 10:30a.m.-12:30p.m., in the same room. AUTOMATED ACQUISITIONS/IN-PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS The discussion group's topic is "Integrating Vendor Products/Services into the Automated Acquisitions Environment." The three discussion leaders, who will explore improving productivity through the use of vendor value added products, are: Marda Johnson, the Manager of OCLC Product Implementation; Kay Granskog, Head of Monographic Acquisitions at Michigan State University Libraries; and Elizabeth Parang, the Head Serials Librarian at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Elizabeth will discuss vendor services accessed via the Internet. Marda and Kay will describe a pilot project carried out in conjunction with Yankee Book Peddler to deliver cataloging records along with books. Monday, June 27, 9:30-11:00 a.m. in the Fontainebleau Hotel, Champagne Room. The The moderators and discussion group co-chairs are Rosann Bazirjian, Syracuse University Library and Jeri Van Goethem, Perkins Library, Duke University. ************************************************************************* CCC SEEKS MUSIC INPUT CCC's Core Bibliographic Record for Music Task Group is seeking input from all who catalog and/or provide reference services for music materials in defining core records for scores and sound recordings. This effort is particularly concerned with identifying elements that are essential for description and access in a shared biliographic record. Two surveys, one applying to printed music and music manuscripts, and the second to sound recordings of all types, have been posted on the following listservs: MLA-L, COOPCAT, AUTOCAT, PUBLIB-L, PACS-L, and LIBADMIN. The task group is requesting that responses be returned by July 1, 1994. Notify the Chair, Joan Schuitema, at Northwestern University Library, 1935 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208-2300 (internet: j-schuitema@nwu.edu) for copies of these surveys should you need them. They may be returned to the same address. Responses to these surveys will help determine appropriate standards for core bibliographic records for music materials, so we urge everyone to take the time to provide us with their input. The members of the Task Group are: Joan Schuitema, Chair (Northwestern University), Michael Colby (University of California, Davis), Deta Davis (LC), Laura Snyder (Eastman School of Music), Sue Stancu (Indiana University), and Jay Weitz (OCLC). ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ALCTS NETWORK NEWS (ISSN 1056-6694) is published irregularly by the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, a division of the American Library Association. 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