ALCTS Network News v8n01 (July 11, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v8n01 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 8, Number 1 July 11, 1994 In this issue KEY ACTIONS OF THE ALCTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ALCTS HONORS 1994 AWARD WINNERS, PREPARES FOR 1995 NOMINATIONS ************************************************************************** KEY ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DURING THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE The following are the key actions taken by the ALCTS Board of Directors at their three meetings at Annual Conference in Miami Beach: CONFIRMED the electronic vote to forward seven names to the ALA International Relations Committee as candidates to serve as ALA representatives on IFLA Standing Committees, and allocated $1,000 to each of four individuals for attendance at the 1994 IFLA Conference. APPOINTED Edward Swanson as editor of the _ALCTS Papers on Library Technical Services and Collection Series_ for 1994-1997, and APPOINTED Dale Swensen as _ALCTS Newsletter_ editor for a period of 5 years starting with Volume 5, Number 6. ACCEPTED the recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee to leave the $3,000 inadvertently transferred to the ALCTS endowment fund by ALA Accounting in the endowment fund, but directed the ALCTS Executive Director and President to write a letter expressing concern on this occurrence to the ALA Executive Director and ALA President. RECOMMENDED that the fy 1993-94 interest income from the ALCTS Endowment Fund revert to the principal. APPROVED the FY 1995 Budget as submitted. DIRECTED the ALCTS Councilor to support Council action of referring Boy Scouts of America and related issues to a Council committee for further review and to support Council motions to clarify the underlying conflicts in ALA policy on relationships with the Boy Scouts of America. ADOOPTED the "Draft Resolution Regarding the Use of Permanent Paper by State and Local Governments" and requested its adoption by ALA. APPROVED transmission by PARS of the "Resolution Regarding the Use of Permanent Paper by State and Local Governments" to the Society of American Archivists in order to encourage SAA to adopt a similar resolution to send to the National Archives and Records Administration. ENDORSED in principle the resolution on the reauthorization of LSCA. ENDORSED the Research and Statistics Policy Statement and instructed the ALCTS Councilor to vote for its approval. APPROVED cosponsorship of the PLMS (PARS) 1995 Annual Conference program, "The Expanding Role of Book Repair in Collection-wide Conservation" by the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC). ESTABLISHED a Leadership Development Committee to develop ALCTS member leadership by developing orientation and leadership training programs, including the annual orientation program for newly elected officers and newly appointed officers and an annual leadership event. ELIMINATED the association unit level review process, replacing it with appropriate section executive committee and division monitoring of committee and discussion group activities. DISBANDED the Preservation Microfilming Committee based on a recommendation from that committee. AMENDED the survey policy to include mention that informal opinion polls not intended to yield publishable research results do not require formal approval. APPROVED the establishment of the AS Leadership award and authorized AS to seek funding for the award in conjunction with ALCTS office staff and authorized CCS to seek funding for a monetary award to attach to the Margaret Mann Citation. APPROVED appointment by PARS of two representatives to the ACRL Joint Committee on Rare and Endangered Government Publications and one representative to the Library History Round Table. SUPPORTED the addition of an ARL Consultant to the CMDS Quantitative Measures for Collection Management Committee. ENDORSED the CCS/CC:DA proposal for a Natural History Cataloging Forum. APPROVED two program proposals for the 1996 Public Library Association National Conference: one from CCS on the topic of subject access to fiction and the other from PARS. AUTHORIZED sending three letters on subject cataloging issues to the Library of Congress. ENDORSED the CCS/CC:DA publication _Guidelines for Bibliographic Description for Reproductions_, pending written report of approval of the ALCTS Publications Committee. VOTED to sponsor a membership reception at Midwinter Meeting 1995 on Friday night in order to celebrate the membership and the formation of the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) and appointed a planning task force to the organize the celebration, at a cost of no more than $1,500. ************************************************************************* ALCTS HONORS 1994 AWARD WINNERS, PREPARES FOR 1995 NOMINATIONS ALCTS At the ALCTS President's Program and Membership Meeting held Monday, June 25, this year's ALCTS award recipients received their citations. With the conclusion of Annual nominees are now being accepted for the 1995 awards. But first this year's recipients: Best of _LRTS_ Angela Giral and Arlene G. Taylor for their article, "Indexing Overlap and Consistency Between the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals and the Architectural Periodicals Index" (37:1, January 1993). Blackwell North America Scholarship Anna L. DeMiller, Elizabeth A.Fuseler, Joel S. Rutstein for their article, "Ownership versus Access: Shifting Perspectives for Libraries" In _Advances in Librarianship_, v.17 (1993) 33-60. The three designated the University of Arizona's Cooperative Program in Library Science at Colorado State University for the $2,000 scholarship. Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award Tina Feick received the citation and $1,500 donated by the R.R. Bowker Co. for distinguished contributions to serials librarianship. Serials Section First Step Award-Wiley Professional Development Grant H. Charlene Chou received the citation and $1,500 donated by John Wiley & Sons to support attendance at Annual Conference for a librarian new to serials librarianship. Margaret Mann Citation Carol Mandel, in Tibet at the time of the presentation, received the CCS award for outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification. Esther J. Piercy Award Nancy Elkington received the citation and $1,500 donated by Yankee Book Peddler, Inc., to a librarian with less than 10 years' experience who shows outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership. Nominations are now open for the 1995 awards. For information on these awards, the names of award jury chairs, and the nomination procedure, contact the ALCTS office at alcts.office@ala.org. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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; Robert P. 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