ALCTS Network News v9n13 (May 16, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ann/ann-v9n13 ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 9, Number 13 May 16, 1995 In this issue ATTENTION DISCUSSION GROUP CHAIRS ... ... AND PROGRAM PLANNING CHAIRS MARGARET MANN CITATION RECIPIENT SELECTED WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES OF INTEREST ************************************************************************** ATTENTION DISCUSSION GROUP CHAIRS ... If you would like your discussion group topic included in our ALCTS flyer available at Annual Conference, in _AN2_, and in _Cognotes_, the on-site ALA daily newspaper published by the New Members Round Table, send your copy to Yvonne McLean no later than May 31. She will accept copy electronically (yvonne.mclean@ala.org), by fax (312-280-3257) or by regular mail (50.E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611). Include your topic, speakers, and date, time, and location of your meeting. _Cognotes_ accepts material on-site, but to have your topic included in the ALCTS flyer and for _AN2_ we need to have the information by May 31. The item you submit should be written as prose (not as flyer copy, for example) and highlight the uniqueness of your planned discussion group topic(s). If you happen to have a photo, _Cognotes_ will accept it if it's suitable for reproduction. The _Cognotes_ staff really do make every effort to include listings of discussion groups because they know these less formal conference activities are where some of the newest information is shared. ************************************************************************* ... AND PROGRAM PLANNING CHAIRS There will be a Program Planning Committee meeting on Friday, June 23, 1995, to discuss programs and preconferences for Annual Conference 1996 in New York. The meeting will be in the Davos Suite of the Swissotel from 8-10 p.m. Your section vice-chair is on this committee. If you have a program or preconference for consideration next year, either come yourself or give to your section vice-chair 10 copies of the planning form filled out as completely as you can. If you have already submitted a form to the ALCTS Office, it is not necessary to make more copies -- staff will distribute them to the 1996 Program Planning Committee. Because this is the first year to use our new program planning form, you may not have already secured your section executive committee's approval for the program or institute you are proposing. In that case, the Program Planning Committee will okay programs subject to that section executive committee approval before the Sunday morning meeting (8-9 a.m., Hilton, Conference Room 4C). For forms and further information contact Yvonne McLean or Karen L. Whittlesey (yvonne.mclean@ala.org or karen.l.whittlesey@ala.org). ************************************************************************* MARGARET MANN CITATION RECIPIENT SELECTED Arnold S. Wajenberg, principal cataloger at the University of Illinois Library- Urbana, is the 1995 recipient of the Margaret Mann Citation presented by the Cataloging and Classification Section of ALCTS. The citation recognizes outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification through publication of significant professional literature, participation in professional cataloging associations, or valuable contributions to practice in individual libraries within the last five years. "Arnold Wajenberg is an outstanding leader whose contributions span all areas of bibliographic access and control, descriptive cataloging, subject analysis and classification," said Susan H. Vita, chair of the Margaret Mann Citation Committee. "His immense knowledge of the theory and practice of cataloging and his apt method of presentation and good humor have made him an inspiration and role model for hundreds of students and colleagues." Wajenberg has served as assistant catalog librarian/principal cataloger, department head and cataloger/section head/assistant department head at the University of Illinois at Urbana Library. He has a master's degree in library science from the University of Chicago. ************************************************************************* WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES OF INTEREST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS The International Relations Round Table (IRRT) program during the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago will address issues of standards. "International Standards: Bridges to Understanding Cooperation and Resource Sharing," Monday, June 26, 2:00-4:00 p.m., will feature: Lawrence Eicher, Secretary General of the International Organization for Standardization, Geneva Switzerland; Patricia Harris, Executive Director of the National Information Standards Organization, Bethesda, MD; Clifford Lynch, Director, Library Automation, University of California, Oakland; Margaret Morrison, Head of Reference, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Health Sciences Library; and Catherine Lupovici, staff member, Jouve, Paris. The significance and importance of international standards as society moves to a global information economy will be addressed. Topics covered will include the status of the International Standards Organization and the significance of its mission; the process of developing international standards for libraries, information service, and documentation, with particular emphasis on the ISO Technical Committee responsible for these standards; the strengths, benefits, challenges, and limitations encountered in international standardization from the U. S. and European perspectives. DIGITAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY The Cornell University Department of Preservation and Conservation is offering a series of intensive one-week training workshops in the use of digital image technology for preservation and access. To be held June 12-16, August 14-18, October 9-13, 1995, and March 18-22, 1996, these workshops are cosponsored by the Commission on Preservation and Access. The training will focus on the reformatting of paper- or film-based library materials, including books, serials, archives, manuscripts, graphic materials, and photographs. Primary emphases will be placed on the conversion process itself, on an examination of factors affecting image quality, and on the use of digital imaging in a preservation context. For additional information, contact Anne R. Kenney or Stephen Chapman, Department of Preservation and Conservation, Cornell University Library, 607/255-9440 or e-mail ark3@cornell.edu or sc55@cornell.edu. ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* 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. 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