ALCTS Network News v8n07 (October 25, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v8n07 :READ AN2 V8_NO7 A1 U34261 10/25/94 13:13:49 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 8, Number 7 October 25, 1994 In this issue ATKINSON AWARD NOMINATIONS SOUGHT DEADLINE TODAY FOR NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS OPEN HEARING ON ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION NEW PARS DG TO MEET FOR FIRST TIME IFLA HAS LIST ON INTERNET PUBLICATIONS ************************************************************************** ATKINSON AWARD NOMINATIONS SOUGHT The Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award honors the life and accomplishments of one of the major innovators in modern librarianship, and recognizes outstanding achievement (including risk-taking) by academic librarians who have contributed significantly to improvements in the area of library automation, library management, and/or library development or research. The award, jointly sponsored by ALCTS, ACRL, LAMA, and LITA, consists of an unrestricted $2,000 cash prize and a plaque. The nominee must be a librarian employed in a university, college, or community college library in the year before application for the award and must have a minimum of five years of professional experience in an academic library. Individuals may nominate themselves or be nominated by others. The nominee must have demonstrated achievement (including risk- taking) that has contributed significantly to improvements in the areas of library automation, library management, and/or library development or research. Those wishing to nominate someone (including themselves) for the award should write a letter to ACRL outlining how the candidate meets the avove criteria. Nominations may also be sent directly to the Committee Chair, Thomas W. Leonhardt. Letters should be accompanied by a current copy of the candidate's curriculum vitae. The deadline for submission is January 6, 1995. The addresses are: Association of College & Research Libraries, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795 (880) 545-2433 x2522, and Thomas W. Leonhardt, The University of Oklahoma, Bizzell Memorial Library, 401 W. Brooks, Norman, OK 73019-0528, (405) 325-2611. ************************************************************************* DEADLINE TODAY FOR NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS Today is the deadline for submissions for v. 6, no. 1 of the ALCTS Newsletter (to be out in January, the last one before Midwinter). Dale Swnsen asks that if you send them by e-mail (preferred method) it's helpful to mention "ALCTS" or "Newsletter" somewhere in the subject line. Dale's e-mail address is dale_swensen@byu.edu. ************************************************************************* OPEN HEARING ON ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION On Monday, February 6, 1995, from 2:00 to 4:00, during the 1995 Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, the Intellectual Freedom Committee will conduct an open hearing on access to electronic information. The IFC has been discussing issues and concerns brought to its attention by librarians relating to minors' access, privacy, and how libraries can integrate new services, such as access to the Internet, into traditional selection criteria, reconsideration procedures, and intellectual freedom policies. The Committee is interested in hearing from a broad cross-section of librarians from different library settings. It needs to garner a better understanding of current concerns on this subject and also to gather information to use as the basis for a new interpretation of the _Library Bill of Rights_ on access to electronic information. Anyone interested in testifying in person may do so by securing a time slot from Judith Krug at the Office for Intellectual Freedom (800-545-2433 ext. 4223). Written testimony is also accepted. ************************************************************************* NEW PARS DG TO MEET FOR FIRST TIME The new PARS (Preservation and Reformatting Section) Discussion Group will hold its first meeting on Sunday, February 5, 1995, from 4:30 to 5:30 at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. The topic for discussion will be mass deacidification. Richard Frieder from Northwestern University and chair of the CIC Mass Deacidification test project; Lisa Biblo, Preservation Information Librarian from Harvard; and a representative from Preservation Technologies, Inc., Glenshaw, Penn., will be on hand to address the issues involved with MD projects and to answer questions. The meeting is open to everyone interested in mass deacidification. Location of the meeting will be posted in the Midwinter Meeting schedule. For further information, contact Jeanne Drewes, preservation consultant, drewes@origami.psc.lsa.umich.edu or by phone (313) 741-4840, or Sue Kellerman, preservation librarian at The Pennsylvania State Library, lsk@psulias.psu.edu or phone (814) 865-1858. ************************************************************************* IFLA HAS LIST ON INTERNET The International Federal of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) now has a list on the Internet which will enable its members to communicate and exchange information without "barriers of time and place," according to IFLA President Robert Wedgworth. IFLA-L was announced at the IFLA Conference in Havana. SilverPlatter (Norwood, Mass.) is supporting IFLA in establishing this listserv by providing technical support and computer space in its U.S. office. SilverPlatter is also making conference papers and newsletters available on its World Wide Web and on its FTP server. To subscribe to IFLA's electronic conference, Internet users should send the following e-mail message: To: listserv@silverplatter.com Subject: leave this line blank Send the following text as a message: Subscribe IFLA-L your firstname and lastname For further information contact Paula Tallim, List Coordinator, IFLA UDT Core Programme via Internet to ifla@silverplatter.com or phone (819) 994-6963. ************************************************************************* PUBLICATIONS ALA Nancy R. John and Edward Valauskas have written _The Internet Troubleshooter: Help for the Logged-On and Lost_. Not for absolute beginners, this 100-page guide is for use while actually working in the Internet. It includes troubleshooting for e-mail, Mosaic, FTPs, listservs, news readers, telnet, files, and WAIS, among other topics. To order contact ALA's order department at 800-545-2433. The cost is $20.00; ISBN is 0-8389-0633-8. Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) NEDCC has published the second edition of _Preservation of Library and Archival Materials: A Manual_. Edited by Sherelyn Ogden, NEDCC's director of book conservation, this edition includes new technical leaflets not included in the original, and newly reviewed and updated leaflets where needed. Among the new material are leaflets on "Importance of Collections Policies," "Light Protection for Library and Archival Materials," "Storage Solutions for Oversize Paper Artifacts," and "The Implications of Digital Imaging for Preservation." These and the earlier leaflets are "how-to's" on collections care and prevention of deterioration of whole collections. The manual is approximately 250 pages and consists of a series of 46 technical leaflets, 11 of which are new. To order send a check for $40.00 (includes shipping and handling within the United States) to the Northeast Document Conservation Center, 100 Brickstone Square, Andover, MA 01810. For questions regarding the manual contact Sherelyn Ogden at NEDCC at (508) 470-1010. ARL Publications The ARL Office of Management Services Systems and Procedures Exchange Center has published SPEC Kits #201 and #202, _Electronic Journals in ARL Libraries: Policies and Procedures_, and _Electronic Journals in ARL Libraries: Issues and Trends_. Early in 1994 a SPEC survey was sent to ARL members to determine their policies and practices for selecting, acquiring, and providing access to electronic journals. _Policies and Procedures_ features information on how ARL libraries are handling acquisitions, cataloging, public access, staffing and training, and preservation. _Issues and Trends_ presents several important task force reports that identify critical issues and strategies for determining how a library should handle electronic journals. Each SPEC kit is available for $40 (prepaid) from ARL Publications, Department #0692, Washington, D.C. 20073-0692. For information contact Annette C. Verna, publications program assistant, at (202) 296-8656. The Subject Index to SPEC Kits in print 1973-1993 is also available for $10 (prepaid). The index lists kits by title, beginning with the most recent under each subject. Updated annually, this most recent index includes new subject areas (including benefits, bookbinding, information systems, insurance, computer printing technology, and resource sharing). Expanded or updated subject areas include automation, collection development, interlibrary loan, performance appraisal, and public services. _Collection Conservation Treatment: A Resource Manual for Program Development and Conservation Technician Training_, is now in its second printing. This resource manual is a collection of documents on conservation treatments and conservation program management compiled from a group of 42 collections conservators and preservation administrators who attended "Training the Trainers: A Conference on Training in Collection Conservation," held in 1992 at the University of California-Berkeley. The manual includes instructions for more than 100 conservation treatments, many of them illustrated. Compiled by Maralyn Jones, assistant head, Conservation Department, University of California-Berkeley, the book is $45. NISO Press NISO Press has published the proceedings of the "Workshop on the Effects of Aging on Printing and Writing Papers" sponsored by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) on July 6-8, 1994. The workshop provided a forum for scientists from the U.S., Canada, and Europe to provide input into a proposed research project that would investigate lignin's role in paper deterioration and the development of accelerated aging tests that could predict the useful life of a given type of paper. The _Proceedings of the ASTM Institute for Standards Research Workshop on the Effects of Aging on Printing and Writing Papers_ is available for $95 (plus shipping and handling) from NISO Press, Contact them at 800-282-NISO. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. Holley, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. 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