ALCTS Network News v8n09 (November 21, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v8n09 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 8, Number 9 November 21, 1994 In this issue DEADLINES FOR ALCTS AWARDS NOMINATIONS NEAR TECHNICAL SERVICES WORKSTATIONS INSTITUTES PLANNED THIRD ALCTS DEMYSTIFYING SUBJECT CATALOGING INSTITUTE SET FOR MINNEAPOLIS APRIL 2-3 ALA SETS "GOAL 2000" LIBRARIES AND THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5-6 ************************************************************************* DEADLINES FOR ALCTS AWARDS NOMINATIONS NEAR Nominations are still being accepted for the six ALCTS awards and for the Hugh Atkinson Award, jointly sponsored by ALCTS, ACRL, LAMA, and LITA. The deadline for most ALCTS awards is December 1; for the Wiley-First Step Award it is January 15; and for the Atkinson Award it is January 6. Contact either the ALCTS Office or the committee chairs for information on the following: _Best of LRTS_ Award (Tschera H. Connell, tconnell@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Blackwell North America Scholarship Award (Fred Lynden, APO10037@brownvm.bitnet) Bowker/Ulrich's Serials Librarianship Award (Andrew Shroyer, shroyer@elmer1.bobst.nyu.edu) First Step Award (Eleanor Cook, cookei@appstate.bitnet) Margaret Mann Citation (Susan Vita, svit@seq1.loc.gov) Esther J. Piercy Award (Wanda Dole, wdole@sbccmail.bitnet) Hugh Atkinson Award (Thomas Leonhardt, leonhardt@aardvark.ucs. uoknor.edu ************************************************************************** TECHNICAL SERVICES WORKSTATIONS INSTITUTES PLANNED ALCTS is sponsoring four regional institutes on Technical Services Workstations, a technology which brings all the tools for cataloging together online. The institute will be cosponsored by SOLINET in Atlanta on March 17 and will be offered a second time with AMIGOS in Dallas on March 20. On May 1 it will be offered in Pomona with OCLC/PACNET, and September 29 in Minneapolis with OCLC/MINITEX. This topic is particularly timely as the Library of Congress has stressed development of TSW technology as a means of increasing cataloging output and creating more cataloging in less time and with fewer dollars. LC's Cataloging Distribution Service has released the Cataloger's Desktop, an online product which includes the LC Rule Interpretations, MARC formats, MARC code lists and more. This winter CDS will begin the rollout of online LC classification. In addition, grassroots development work in TSWs is beginning to develop momentum, and new infrastructure developments (such as McGill's telnet packages and the upcoming releases of OCLC and RLIN under Windows) make integrating various off-the-shelf software packages increasingly feasible. The institute should be of special interest to catalogers, managers, and administrators planning to develop technical services workstations. Faculty and their presentations include: Matthew Beacom, cataloger, Rare Books Team, Yale University Library, who will demonstrate Yale's program to provide interactive, online training in cataloging and in the use of computers; Diane Vizine-Goetz, senior research scientist, Office of Research, OCLC (Dublin, Ohio), who will show OCLC's Electronic Dewey classification and preview a prototype online LC classification; Bruce Johnson, senior library information systems specialist in the Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, who will show the published version of the Cataloger's Desktop and show an early version of the Cataloging Distribution Service's Online LC Classification; Michael Kaplan, head, Database Management Team & Coordinator for OCLC/RLIN Operations in the Harvard College Library, Harvard University, who will demonstrate how macro-based cataloging has revolutionized the Cataloging Services Department at Harvard and what the current DOS-based workstation and the evolving Windows-Based product look like; and Janet McCue, Head of the Technical Services Division, Mann Library, Cornell University, who will discuss the past and future of the Technical Services Workstation. Registration for ALCTS and members of the four networks is $125; ALA members $170; non-members $210. Contact Yvonne McLean at 800-545-2433 ext. 5032 or via e-mail to yvonne.mclean@ala.org for further information and registration. Registration will close two weeks before each institute or when the registration has reached capacity. ************************************************************************* THIRD ALCTS DEMYSTIFYING SUBJECT CATALOGING INSTITUTE SET FOR MINNEAPOLIS APRIL 2-3 The third offering of Demystifying Subject Cataloging, tentatively planned for Dallas, has been scheduled for Minneapolis. This institute reviews and updates fundamental subject cataloging principles, from analyzing a document's subject content to exploring the structure and application of LC subject headings and their subdivisions. There is a strong hands-on component. Faculty for the institute are Arlene G. Taylor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Library and Information Science; Mary Kay Pietris, LIbrary of Congress; Lynn el-Hoshy, Library of Congress; and J. Bradford Young, University of Pennsylvania. See _AN2_ v8,no3 for further information or e-mail to Yvonne McLean at yvonne.mclean@ala.org or Karen Whittlesey at karen.l.whittlesey@ala.org. ************************************************************************* ALA SETS "GOAL 2000" The Executive Board of the American Library Association enthusiastically approved "ALA Goal 2000: a Five Year Plan to Position the Association for the Information Age" submitted by new executive director Elizabeth Martinez at its fall meeting on October 26. The goal, said Martinez, is to have the association as closely identified with the public's right to a free and open information society --intellectual participation--as it is with intellectual freedom. Key recommendations call for expansion of the ALA Washington Office to increase its ability to follow and influence national issues and legislation; establishment of an Office of Information Technology to complement the Washington Office's efforts and support the library field's needs for information, and the creation of an independent charitable foundation called the Fund for America's Libraries. The ALA Goal 2000 plan also calls for a five-year thematic cycle for major ALA initiatives and activities that would provide a framework for activities of the association's divisions and units and maximize use of ALA resources. Martinez proposed a dues increase and establishment of the Fund for America's Libraries to support implementation of ALA Goal 2000. The dues increase, the first in ten years, would be devoted to expansion to the Washington Office and establishment of an Office for Information Technology. According to Martinez, the foundation would work in tandem with ALA to raise money for its priority areas of concern. She said establishment of an independent foundation would appeal to those sources who are unwilling to fund associations because of their perceived professional self-interest. The plan cites the following key indicators of success by the year 2000: 1. ALA will be accepted by the public as a voice and the source of support for participation of people of all ages and circumstances in a free and open information society. 2. ALA will be an active formal participant in various national arenas discussing and deciding aspects of the information society affecting libraries and their publics. 3. ALA will be identified and will already be in collaboration with other organizations and groups working for broader public participation in the development of information society issues. 4. ALA will have a vision statement defining its position and role within the emerging information environment. 5. ALA will have an expanded Washington Office with increased ability to shape important national information issues. 6. ALA will have completed a five-year thematic cycle that has framed the advancement of these issues and coordinated the support of all areas of the association in preparation for the 21st century. 7. ALA will have provided training and support to library professionals and members of the public in order to create an awareness of the variety of social and technical issues related to the information society. 8. ALA will have reviewed and adjusted its internal operations as a means to assisting all divisions and units in carrying out the new focus. 9. ALA will have redefined library information education and provided five years of training for professionals to update their skills for the new information age. Martinez said her approach in putting together the plan was to build on work that had already been done. "We have a lot of experience and expertise, reports and studies to draw on," Martinez explained. "These are not new ideas or my ideas. I've brought them together in one document." ************************************************************************* LIBRARIES AND THE NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 5-6 December 5 and 6, 1994, will be the dates for a one-and-a-half day conference on "Libraries and the National Information Infrastructure" to be sponsored in Washington, DC by the CAPCON Library Network. The Conference will begin on the morning of December 5 with a session focusing on broad perspectives on the NII. The afternoon session will focus on the role of legislation and government on the evolution of NII. The following day the program will emphasize the role of libraries of all types -- academic, public, special, school, state, and national -- in the emerging NII. The "Libraries and the NII" Conference will be held at the Quality Hotel in Silver Spring, Maryland, just across the DC border. Registration fees for the entire Conference are $105 for CAPCON members and $125 for non-members. Partial conference registration rates are also available for those wishing to attend only part of the Conference. CAPCON cannot accept registrations for the conference over the Internet. To request a brochure with the full program and registration details, call CAPCON at 202-331-5771 or send an e-mail message to niiconf@capcon.net. Requests sent via e-mail should include the requestor's surface mail address. You may also obtain course and registration information by sending a written request to the following address: CAPCON Library Network 1320 19th Street NW, Suite 400 Washington DC 20036-1679 FAX: 202-797-7719 ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. Editor: Karen Whittlesey (u34261@uicvm); Editorial Advisory Board: Jennifer Younger, Robert P. Holley, David Farrell; Editorial Assistance: Karen Muller ALCTS NETWORK NEWS is available free of charge and is available only in electronic form. Opinions expressed in the articles are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the division. 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