ALCTS Network News v8n16 (January 25, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v8n16 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 8, Number 16 January 25, 1995 In this issue ALCTS CATALOGING INSTITUTES STILL OPEN AS CANDIDATE CORRECTION AROUND ALA SERIALS REPORT NOW AVAILABLE FROM ALCTS FILESERVER CREATIVE IDEAS DG SEEKS GUIDANCE ON TOPICS ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS -- PART I ************************************************************************** ALCTS CATALOGING INSTITUTES STILL OPEN ALCTS is accepting registrations for its two regional institutes of particular interest to catalogers, each to be offered two times in 1995. SERIALS CATALOGING IN THE AGE OF FORMAT INTEGRATION Serials Cataloging in the Age of Format Integration will be held April 7-8 at the Atlanta Hilton and October 6-7 at the Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf (San Francisco). The institute will clarify the creation, interpretation, content, format, and uses of serials cataloging records, using both lecture and hands-on formats, for technical services librarians, systems librarians, public services librarians, and library educators. Faculty includes Crystal Graham (Univ. of California-San Diego), Jean Hirons (Library of Congress), Maureen Landry (LC), Rhonda Lawrence (UCLA Law Library), Kristin Lindland (Univ. of Washington Libraries), and Regina Reynolds (LC). The day and a half long program will include separate components for beginning and advanced serials catalogers, as well as four concurrent sessions which will be offered twice each, thus enabling the participant to attend two. These concurrent sessions will look at cataloging electronic serials, cataloging legal serials, interpreting the serials record for local system use, and cataloging computer files. DEMYSTIFYING SUBJECT CATALOGING This is another offering of the successful institute held in November as a preconference to the California Library Association Annual Conference. It will be held April 2-3 at the Hotel Normandy in Minneapolis and again October 24-25 as a preconference to the New York Library Association Annual Conference in Rochester, N.Y. The institute site will be announced. This institute will review and update fundamental subject cataloging principles from analyzing a document's subject content to exploring the structure and application of LC subject headings and their subdivisions. With a strong hands-on component, the day and a half long institute will include a workshop in the process of subject analysis, intensive training in the structure and use of LCSH, a practicum on the tools and techniques, key issues in the future of subject catalgoing, and a presentation of Airlie House recommendations. Faculty include Arlene Taylor (Univ. of Pittsburgh), Mark Ziomek (LC), Lynn El-Hoshy (LC), and J. Bradford Young (Univ. of Pennsylvania). Institute registration closes two weeks before the institute (or when filled), but housing deadlines are earlier. Contact Yvonne McLean for information and electronic registration forms at yvonne.mclean@ala.org or call 800-545-2433, ext. 5032. The institute brochures and registration form are also available on the ALA Gopher under Menu item III, submenu for division conferences and institutes and under Menu item XIII, ALCTS, institute submenu. ************************************************************************* ***** AS CANDIDATE CORRECTION ***** There has been a change in the slate of candidates for Acquisitions Section Member-at-Large as reported in the most recent issue of the _ALCTS Newsletter_. Doina Farkas (Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX) has replaced Meta Nissley. The change was made after the newsletter had been printed. The slate as reported in _AN2_ v8_no15 is correct. ************************************************************************* AROUND ALA GHIKAS NAMED TO ALA MEMBER AND PROGRAM POST Mary V. Ghikas has been named new Associate Executive Director, Member Program and Services for the American Library Association. In announcing her appointment, ALA Executive Director Elizabeth Martinez noted Ghikas's active ALA participation as a member of COPES, the ALA Self-Study Committee, and LITA, ASCLA, and ALCTS. Ghikas, who will attend the Midwinter Meeting, expects to begin her duties at ALA in early March. Her areas of responsibility include Conference Services, Membership Development, the eleven divisions, Chapter Relations, the Round Tables, and the Awards Programs. SELF-STUDY REPORT ON ALA GOPHER The Self-Study Committee's revised and completed report, dated January 5, 1995, is now posted on the ALA gopher. You can find it under item V, About ALA's Council and Executive Board. Under the Council submenu, choose the option for Self-Study Committee documents. There is a separate document for the cover letter to Council, the introduction, each of the seven chapters, and both of the appendices. ************************************************************************* SERIALS REPORT NOW AVAILABLE FROM ALCTS FILESERVER The report of the Serials Section Committee to Study Serials Cataloging is now available from the ALCTS fileserver under the name "serial report." This report includes the minutes and summary of the committee's activities at Annual Conference, Los Angeles. ************************************************************************* CREATIVE IDEAS DG SEEKS GUIDANCE ON TOPIC The Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group will hold a meeting at the Midwinter ALA conference in Philadelphia on Sunday, February 5, at 4:30 in room 201C in the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The Top Five topics for the Midwinter meeting chosen by last summer's attendees at the ALA conference in Miami Beach are: 1. Shifting/changing roles and functions within technical services; 2. Future of original catalogers; 3. Pros and cons of using vendor-supplied cataloging and cataloging services; 4. Self-managed teams; 5. Acquisitions/cataloging interface. Before making the final selection of the 3 topics to be discussed at Midwinter, I wanted to canvas several lists for additional ideas. If anyone has other ideas or supports any of the 5 listed, please let me know ASAP. Also, if you are interested in being a facilitator for any of these topics, contact me. The selected topics will be announced in the next couple of weeks. -- Susan Mueller Director of Technical Services, Mansfield Library, Univ. of Montana 406-243-4558 voice, 406-243-2060 fax ************************************************************************* ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS -- PART I Following are some of the discussion group topics received in the ALCTS Office to date. They will continue to be published this week. As with all meetings, check your program book at the Midwinter Meeting to confirm meeting times and locations. Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Friday, February 3, 8:30 am-12:30 pm; MAR-Grand Ballroom Salon C/D PARS Cooperative Preservation Friday, February 3, 2-4 pm; PCC-Room 102A PARS Preservation Administration Friday, February 3, 2-5:30 pm; PCC-Room 108B Topics: Staffing of Preservation Programs; "Statement on the Significance of Original Materials," (Ad Hoc Committee on the Future of the Print Record, Modern Language Association, G. Thomas Tanselle, chair); Preservation Statistics: Adding digital imaging production figures to statistics-gathering routines; and the new PARS structure. CMDS Chief Coll. Development Officers of Large Research Libraries Saturday, February 4, 8:30 am-12:30 pm; MAR-Grand Ballroom Salon G Discussion items will include ethical issues in collection development (Tony Ferguson). Our colleagues in the Acquisitions Section have developed a statement of ethical behavior for acquisitions librarians. Should collection development librarians produce such a statement? Should we adopt, or adapt, theirs, or should ours look entirely different? Views from the top (Michael Keller of Stanford and Karin Wittenborg of Virginia). Several of our number have gone on in recent years to greater glory and fatter paychecks as ARL directors. Welcome two of them back (Wittenborg, Keller) for a brief discussion of the different perspectives their new jobs have given them on collection development issues. The AAU/ARL initiatives on foreign language/area studies acquisitions, managing scientific and technical information, and intellectual property rights in an electronic environment. What going on now, and what in store? What are CDOs doing in their home libraries and institutions with these reports? How should we be promoting these initiatives with our faculties? NOTE: The Chief Collection Development Officers of Large Research Libraries and Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Joint Meeting will follow this meeting, 11:30 am-12:30 pm in the same room. Topic: North American Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Project with Mary Jackson and Shirley Baker. Plus discussion of reports from the Center for Research Libraries, Library of Congress, and Association of Research Libraries. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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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