ALCTS Network News v9n08 (April 24, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v9n08 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 9, Number 8 April 24, 1995 In this issue WORST SERIAL TITLE CHANGE OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS SOUGHT NEW CATALOGER TRAINING OUTLINE AVAILABLE EBSCO PROJECTS 1996 SERIALS PRICES TO INCREASE 10-11% RECENT TECHNICAL SERVICES PROGRAMS ************************************************************************** WORST SERIAL TITLE CHANGE OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS SOUGHT Once again it is time to nominate candidates for the Worst Serial Title Change of the Year and its associated awards. The presentation of these prestigious awards sponsored by the Serials Section of ALCTS will take place during the ALCTS President's Program at ALA's annual summer conference in June, to be held in Chicago. The 1995 award winners will also be noted in a future issue of the _ALCTS Newsletter_. Award criteria include: a frivolous title change for no apparent reason and producing no advantage; the unnecessary change of an old, respected title; repeated changes, the latest being no better than any earlier ones; and the "Snake in the Grass" or "Et tu, Brute?" category for library publications. The title change must have occurred since January 1, 1994 to be considered. There is no limit to number of titles nominated. Everyone is allowed to nominate, even serials catalogers who regard title changes as job security. Supply complete citations for the change, including title, number and/or date of last issue with old title; title, number and/or date of first issue with the new title; and the publisher's name and address. Photocopies of relevant pages or cataloging printouts are useful as verification (including such verification, if possible, of previous citations for those titles nominated for repeated title changes). Nominations must be mailed by May 15, 1995 to: John Radencich, Chair, Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Committee, Library Cataloging Dept., Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199. His e-mail is radencic@servax.fiu.edu and phone is 305-348-3785. Says Radencic, "Thank you to those who have contributed in the past and for making the work of this committee so entertaining. The committee looks forward to this year's nominations." ************************************************************************* NEW CATALOGER TRAINING OUTLINE AVAILABLE A new ALCTS publication, _Training Catalogers in the Electronic Era: Essential Elements of a Training Program for Entry-Level Professional Catalogers_, is now available on the ALA Gopher. Developed by the ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section's Committee on Education, Training and Recruitment, this outline was designed to assist in the training of beginning professional catalogers. As its subtitle suggests, managers will find it a valuable resource in providing the essential elements of a basic training program for entry-level catalogers. To retrieve a copy of the publication, either download from the ALA Gopher, located under the menu item "ALA's Divisions," or send an e-mail message to Rob.Carlson@ala.org requesting the information via e-mail. To locate the ALA Gopher, point your gopher client to gopher.uic.edu port 70, select the menu option "The Library" in the first screen of the UIC gopher and then choose "American Library Association" under the "The Library" menu. For more information contact the chair of the committee, Rick Block, at rblock@library.tufts.edu, or ALCTS Executive Director Karen Muller via e-mail at karen.muller@ala.org. ************************************************************************* EBSCO PROJECTS 1996 SERIALS PRICES TO INCREASE 10-11% EBSCO has released updated projections for 1996 serials prices and included projections for libraries in several countries. Projecting increases is still difficult at this time of year as many yet-undetermined factors will affect journal prices, including page increases, volume expansion, subscription cancellations, basic inflation, and currency exchange rates in effect at the time prices are set or publishers are paid for 1996 subscriptions. At this time EBSCO is projecting a base increase of 10-11 percent for 1996 journal subscription prices. Projected increases for libraries and organizations invoiced in various currencies are listed below. For U.S. journals, projections are based on estimated subscription price increases and the relative value of the customer billing currency compared to the U.S. dollar. For European journals, projections are based on estimated subscription price increases and the relative value of the customer billing currency compared to that of a European currency composite. Ranges shown are for European journals published outside the corresponding country for each billing currency (e.g., the projected increase for customers invoiced in pounds does not apply to U.K. journals). Two factors which will have a key effect on some journal prices this year include significant increases in the cost of white, non-recycled paper and U.S. postage rates. These factors are in addition to page number and volume expansion, cancellations, basic inflation, etc. Ultimate price increases will also depend on the value of the currency in which subscribers are invoiced as compared to the currency in which journals are priced when publishers are paid for 1996 subscriptions. Journal cost history by library type (e.g., academic, academic medical, corporate, special, law school, law firm, public and hospital) for the years 1991-1995, along with updated price projections, will be available in the upcoming publication _Serial Price Projections: 1996_, published by EBSCO. Projected Price Increases by Customer Billing Currency: Customer Projected Projected Billing Increase for Increase for Currency U.S. Journals European Journals ______________________________________________________________ Australian dollar 13.5 - 15.5% 17.5 - 19.5% British pound 8.5 - 10.5% 13.5 - 15.5% Canadian dollar 11.5 - 13.5% 15.5 - 17.5% Dutch guilder 0 - 2.5% 7.0 - 8.0% French franc 2.5 - 4.5% 9.0 - 11.0% German mark 0 - 2.5% 7.0 - 8.0% Italian lira 15.5 - 17.5% 21.5 - 25.5% Japanese yen .5 - <1.5<% 5.5 - 7.5% New Zealand dollar 5.5 - 8.5% 11.0 - 13.0% South African rand 11.5 - 12.5% 16.5 - 18.5% Spanish peseta 8.5 - 10.5% 14.5 - 16.5% Turkish lira 14.5 - 16.5% 16.5 - 18.5% U.S. dollar 10 - 11% 13.0 - 15.0%* ************************************************************************* RECENT TECHNICAL SERVICES PROGRAMS The Council of Regional Groups represents technical services librarians from all areas of the United States who are members of one of the 47 affiliates. CRG serves as a conduit between ALCTS/ALA and the regional groups, holds programs in conjunction with state or regional library associations, and maintains a speakers' bureau of technical services librarians. The following are recent programs sponsored by CRG affiliates. For more information on CRG, contact the ALCTS office (alcts.office@ala.org) or Ann Denton, Chair (dentonba@msuvx1.memst.edu). COLORADO The Colorado Library Association/Technical Services and Automation Division (CLA/TSAD) held its spring workshop April 14 at the Aurora Public Library in Aurora. The title of the program was "Remote Possibilities: Expanding the Online Catalog." Liz Bishoff, Vice-President, Member Services, OCLC, offered the keynote address on "Capturing Internet Resources: The Issues for Libraries." Other speakers included Dave Clark (Pikes Peak Library District) on "Internet Tools," Donnice Cochenour and Nora Copeland (Colorado State University) on "URL--Are you there?," Brenda Bailey, UnCover, on "From Documents to Data: Anticipating the Next Wave," Louise Treff and Marit MacArthur (University of Colorado at Denver) on "GPO Access: Gateway to Congress," and Phyllis Holzenberg (University of Colorado at Boulder) "Format Integration: Impact on the Catalog." UTAH On March 16-18, the Utah Library Association held its annual conference in Salt Lake City. The Technical Services Round Table of ULA sponsored two programs. The first, titled "Cataloging without Catalogers? Ordering without Acquisitions?: Outsourcing Your Technical Services," consisted of a panel of local librarians who related their experiences with outsourced projects -- choosing vendors, resolving problems, helping staff adjust to the change in procedure. Both public and academic libraries were represented on the panel. A vendor representative was also invited to share his perspective on the pros and cons of outsourcing. The second program was titled "Come and Join the Team!: Teambuilding, the Library Way." Featured speaker Dr. Kate Kirkham of the Department of Organizational Behavior at Brigham Young University discussed ways in which work teams could help increase productivity and job satisfaction. Dr. Kirkham advised attendees on ways to identify the kinds of tasks or operations that can be successfully handled by a team organization and how to set one up. She also covered problems that frequently occur in getting teams going. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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: Shonda Russell, 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. News items should be sent to the editor at the e-mail address above. 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