ALCTS Network News v7n18 (June 19, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v7n18 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 7, Number 18 June 19, 1994 In this issue CALLING ALL NEW CHAIRS AND SECTION OFFICERS! MERGER IS SOLE TOPIC OF PLMS/RLMS JOINT REPORTING SESSION NTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA GUIDELINES HOT OFF THE PRESS DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT ANNUAL -- PART V PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS ************************************************************************** CALLING ALL NEW CHAIRS AND SECTION OFFICERS! If you are newly appointed or elected and fall into one of the following categories, please plan on attending the Orientation for New Chairs, to be held Sunday morning from 8:00 to 9:00: Section officers Section executive committee members Section committee chairs Division committee chairs Discussion group chairs This is your opportunity to find out what you need to do and when so that your year is as good as it can be. Karen Whittlesey from the ALCTS Office and incoming ALCTS President Bob Holley will present this orientation, answer questions, provide handouts, and generally be as supportive as possible to help you on your way. Again, that's at 8:00 a.m. in the Miami Beach Convention Center-C225. No RSVP is necessary. ************************************************************************* MERGER IS SOLE TOPIC OF PLMS/RLMS JOINT REPORTING SESSION The Preservation of Library Materials Section/Reproduction of Library Materials Section (PLMS/RLMS) Joint Reporting Session will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Room B118. (Please make note of this location as it is the correct location.) In the past this session has consisted of many brief reports from a variety of sources (NEH, RLF, CPA, etc.) and updates on innovative programs that couldn't find a home in other meetings. At the Annual Meeting in Miami there will be only one topic, the merger of PLMS and RLMS. Janet Gertz, Nancy Elkington and others will talk about what happens now that the merger has passed. There should be ample time for questions and answers. --Marcia Watt, chair PLMS/RLMS Joint Reporting Session ************************************************************************* INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA GUIDELINES HOT OFF THE PRESS The _Guidelines for Bibliographic Description of Interactive Multimedia_ is just off the press in time for Annual Conference. This 43-page book, prepared by the Interactive Multimedia Guidelines Review Task Force (chaired by Laurel Jizba), should be of particular use to catalogers seeking "separate, practical instructions on the cataloging of interactive multimedia resources, as these resources are becoming an important part of library collections" (p.iii). The book, published by ALA, is available in the ALA Store at the Miami Beach Convention Center. ************************************************************************* DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT ANNUAL -- PART V TECHNICAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATORS OF MEDIUM SIZED RESEARCH LIBRARIES The discussion topic is "Design of Technical Services Workspaces." Three discussion leaders will share their experiences in planning, creating, and using new or renovated technical services areas. Rhonda Marker, Head, Original Monographic Cataloging, Rutgers University, will describe their technical services facility, located in a separate and specially designed building. Julie Su, Serials Cataloger at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, will discuss the experience of planning a new technical services area in a new state-of-the-art library. Andrew Bonamici, Assistant University Librarian for Administrative Services and Planning, University of Oregon, will talk about renovating an existing technical services area. Join us to learn about these exciting projects. Even if a building project is not in your immediate future, you may bring home some good ideas. And you can always dream. Saturday, June 25, 9:30-12:30 at the Omni International, Orange Bowl Room For more information: Alice Allen, University of Oregon, aallen@oregon.uoregon.edu, phone (503) 346-1896 CATALOGING AND CLASSIFICATION RESEARCH This discussion group will focus on "Toward the Bibliographic Control of Works: Derivative Bibliographic Relationships in the OCLC Online Union Catalog --progress report on OCLC grant research by Richard Smiraglia and Greg Leazer, Long Island University Keyword Searching of Series in an Online Catalog --preliminary report by David Gleim, University of North Carolina Discussion of other research Election of vice-chair/chair-elect for 1994-95 Chair: Marilyn McClaskey, University of Minnesota m-mccl@vm1.spcs.umn.edu Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Elizabeth Cramer, University of Colorado cramer_e@cubldr.colorado.edu Saturday, June 25, 11:30-12:30 in the Dupont PLaza Hotel, Encore Room CHIEF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS OF LARGE RESEARCH LIBRARIES Discussion topics include uses of information resources budgets (in terms of electronic resources and percentages devoted to various fields); the organization of collection development activities; a report on the ARL North American ILL & Document Delivery Project; discussion of the ARL/AAU Task Force reports on foreign and area studies acquisitions and on scientific and technical information; at 11:30, jointly with the Chief CDO's of Academic Libraries, there will be opportunity for questions and discussion based on reports from the Library of Congress, Center for Research Libraries, and Association of Research Libraries. Saturday, June 25, from 8:30-12:30 in the Central Hall of the Hyatt. LIBRARY BINDING Vendors are sought to take part in discussing commercial conservation binding services that libraries and museums can contract for. The purpose of the panel discussion is to describe various services provided to clients and to discuss what is unique about the services and underlying philosophy. Each vendor will have 5-10 minutes. Then the floor will be open to comments about needs and perceived services that preservation departments would like to contract for. Samples of work or specific techniques can be displayed. The meeting will take place during the time set aside for the Library Binding Discussion Group. Saturday June 25, 1994 from 2-4 pm in the Miami Beach Convention Center- -C227. For additional information, contact Miriam Kahn (MBK Consulting) at 614- 447-8032 or e-mail: 71011.2573@compuserve.com LITA/ALCTS INTEREST GROUP FOR AUTHORITY CONTROL IN THE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT (ACIG) and the LITA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE/EXPERT SYSTEMS INTEREST GROUP The topic is "Artificial Intelligence and Authority Control: Together Speakers are Barbara Tillet (Library of Congress), Ed O'Neill (OCLC Office of Research), Susan Siegfried (Getty Art History Information Program), and Ray Larson (University of California, Berkeley). The purpose is to discuss potential new approaches for authority control; to discuss theory and applications; to explore how AI software could improve library catalogs and reduce the cost of maintaining them Speakers will discuss not only the use of sophisticated software to control or correct headings in existing databases, but also experiments using intelligent software to manipulate user queries in order to improve recall and relevance. An ACIG business meeting will follow in the same room from 4:30 to 5:30. The LITA Artificial Intelligence/Expert Systems Interest Group will hold a business meeting following the program in Room A101 of the convention center. Sunday, June 26, 2-4:30, in the Miami Beach Convention Center-A204+A205. For further information, contact the ACIG chair (Karen Calhoun, ksc@oclc.org) or vice-chair (Daniel Pitti, dpitti@library.berkeley.edu). ************************************************************************* PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS The Special Libraries Association is issuing a call for papers for its 86th annual conference to be held in Montreal, June 10-15, 1995. The Biological Sciences Division is planning a contributed papers session: "Managing Information in the Biological Sciences." How are changes in the library's electronic environment affecting: collection development; document delivery; out-sourcing; digital libraries; budgeting; user and/or staff training; pricing; reference services? Here is your opportunity to tell your colleagues how the electronic environment has transformed your library, how you are measuring the information needs of your clientele and how you are meeting these needs, or even what philosophical (and controversial) thoughts you may have as to the role of access in lieu of ownership in your collections. A 250-500 word abstract should accurately convey the subject of the paper, its scope, conclusions and relevance to the program theme. The complete text of the paper is due to the program conveners by March 31, 1995. The paper presentation should take no longer than 20 minutes. Papers will be accepted only if the abstract has been submitted for evaluation by the deadline, September 15, 1994. Open to members and non-members of the Special Libraries Association. Submit abstracts to Larry L. Wright, Library and Technical Information Services, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, PO Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Phone: 919-541-3426; fax: 919-541-0669; e-mail: wrightl@rfd6.niehs.nih.gov ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. Editor: Karen Whittlesey (u34261@uicvm); Editorial Advisory Board: Liz Bishoff, Jennifer Younger, Robert P. 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