ALCTS Network News v8n11 (November 30, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v8n11 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 8, Number 11 November 30, 1994 In this issue MIDWINTER RECEPTION TO HONOR ALCTS MEMBERSHIP INSTITUTE CHANGES VENUE PUBLICITY FOR DG TOPICS DUE CRL RECEIVES MELLON GRANT WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN ON THE GOPHER _COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES_ OUT IN THIRD EDITION NEW SPEC KITS DESCRIBE ELECTRONIC JOURNALS CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES ************************************************************************** MIDWINTER RECEPTION TO HONOR ALCTS MEMBERSHIP ALCTS members will have a chance to celebrate themselves, the sections, and the division at a special reception in Philadelphia which will highlight the achievements of each of the sections as current chairs reminisce and look toward future undertakings. The reception will be on Friday, February 3, in the Aria Room of the Doubletree Hotel, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. All ALCTS members are invited to join their colleagues for this gala occasion. The Midwinter Meeting celebration was approved by the ALCTS Board of Directors in Miami Beach this summer. ************************************************************************* INSTITUTE CHANGES VENUE The site of the Demystifying Subject Cataloging institute, tentatively planned as a preconference to the Texas Library Assocation meeting, has been moved to the Normandy Inn in Minneapolis. The dates, April 2-3, remain the same. For information and registration, contact Yvonne McLean at yvonne.mclean@ala.org. ************************************************************************* PUBLICITY FOR DG TOPICS DUE If you are a discussion group chair and want to be sure your group's Midwinter Meeting topic is included in both our publicity and in _Cognotes_, ALA's on-site conference newspaper, you will need to get your copy to Yvonne McLean by December 30. You can e-mail her at yvonne.mclean@ala.org, send a fax to (312) 280-3257, or send regular mail to 50 E. Huron St., Chicago IL 60611. ************************************************************************* CRL RECEIVES MELLON GRANT The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $225,000 to the Center for Research Libraries on behalf of the Latin American Microform Project (LAMP) to produce a powerful research tool for Latin American scholars, historians and political scientists. The grant will fund a project to digitize Brazilian government documents, store the electronic version of these documents, and provide electronic access through the Internet and CD-ROM formats. The electronic availability of these materials will enable researchers to easily retrieve information and use current technology to examine and analyze documents. During the one-year project period, LAMP will employ a contractor to digitize from microfilm held at CRL a core set of executive branch serial documents issued by Brazil's national and provincial governments from independence to 1990. LAMP and CRL will provide bibliographic access to the electronic versions of the titles, as well as electronic indexing to the contents of the documents. The project will test the technical processes for creating digital image files from preservation microfilm and storing digital files. It will also evaluate the demand for searching and delivery of electronic files of documents and assess user preferences between online resources and materials on CD-ROM. ************************************************************************* WILSON LIBRARY BULLETIN ON THE GOPHER Each month two weeks before the publication of the printed version of _Wilson Library Bulletin_, information will be posted via the gopher hole at gopher.hwwilson.com. The _WLB_ editorial, selected feature articles and monthly columns and the coming issue's table of contents and Title Index to Reviews will be posted. For further information contact GraceAnne DeCandido, editor, at graceann@wlb.hwwilson.com. ************************************************************************* _COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT POLICIES_ OUT IN THIRD EDITION An updated and revised third edition of _Collection Development Policies and Procedures_ is now available from Oryx Press. Formerly titled _Library Acquisition Policies and Procedures_, this book teaches the basics of policy planning, formulation, and writing to library science students. It also creates the awareness of the need for such policies. The author is Elizabeth Futas. Orders may be placed by contacting Oryx Press at (800) 276-6799. ************************************************************************* NEW SPEC KITS DESCRIBE ELECTRONIC JOURNALS Two new SPEC Kits have been published by ARL's Systems and Procedures Exchange Center. Number 201 is _Electronic Journals in ARL Libraries: Policies and Procedures_, and Number 202 is _Electronic Journals in ARL Libraries: Issues and Trends_. The first features information on how ARL libraries are handling acquisitions, cataloging, public access, staffing and training, and preservation of e-journals; the second presents several important task force reports that identify critical issues and strategies for determining how a library should handle e-journals. Both SPEC Kits were compiled by Elizabeth Parang, Head Serials Librarian, and Laverna Saunders, Assistant University Librarian for Technical Services, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, as part of the ARL Office of Management Services Collaborative Research/Writing Program. Each book of $40 pbk. ($25 ARL members). Prepaid orders should be sent to ARL Publications, Dept. #0692, Washington DC 20073-0692. For additional information contact Annette C. Verna at (202) 296-8656. ************************************************************************* CONTINUING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES COURSE OFFERED FOR HEBRAICA CATALOGERS Bella Hass Weinberg will offer a course on Hebraica and Judaica cataloging from May 30 to June 16, 1995, at the Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies of YIVO. There will be a total of 12 two-and-half-hour sessions held on weekday afternoons. For further information call (212) 246-6080 or write to Max Weinrecih Center for Advanced Jewish Studies, YIVO Institute, 555 W. 57 St., Suite 1100, New York, NY 10019. LIBRARY MANAGEMENT SKILLS INSTITUTE IN ANN ARBOR Maureen Sullivan and George Soete will conduct the Library Management Skills Institute II from February 20-24, 1995, on the campus of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The course, offered by the Association of Research Libraries/Office of Management Services, is designed to develop the organizational skills needed by senior managers to have a positive influence on the overall performance of the organization. Through the design of a simulated library organization in the framework of a learning organization, participants are able to observe the effects of various interventions on the system as a whole. There will be a heavy emphasis on participant involvement as well as lectures and presentations. Applications must be received by January 10, 1995, to ensure registration. Contact Maurice Wheeler (mbwfac@um.cc.umich.edu) or Lisa Gray-Lion (graylion@um.cc.umich.edu) for registration and further information. They may also be reached by phone at (313) 764-2546. BRITISH COUNCIL OFFERS SEMINAR ON RESOURCE MANAGEMENT The British Council will sponsor an international seminar on resource management in Brighton September 3-15, 1995. The seminar will be of interest to heads of special information centers and libraries from around the world who wish to become more aware of the value of bibliographic information, the importance and sustainability of its use and the management of resources to ensure continued exploitation. Topics include strategic planning, total quality management, time management, human resource management, computer resource management, information technology impact, network management, proposal writing, marketing, project analysis, preparation and design. For information contact Director of Marketing, International Seminars Dept., The British Council, 10 Spring Gardens, London SW1A 2BN UK. THESAURUS DESIGN WORKSHOP SET _Thesaurus Design for Information Systems_ is the theme of a professional development seminar to be taught by Bella Hass Weinberg on May 12, 1995, in New York City. The seminar will introduce the design of controlled vocabularies, covering concepts of formulation of descriptors, term relationships, thesaurus format and screen display. Contact James A. Benson, Director, Division of Library and Information Science, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY 11439, or call him at (718) 990-6200. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. 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