Haas, 'News, Discussion and Announcements', LIBRES v3n06 (October 30, 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/libres/libres-v3n06-haas-news.txt LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal __________________________________________________________________ ISSN 1058-6768 October 30, 1993 Volume 3 Issue 6 Quarterly LIBRE3N6 NEWS News, Discussion and Announcements Welcome to the News and Announcements section of LIBRES. One of the purposes of this section is to provide organizations a place to announce upcoming conferences, calls for papers, grants opportunities, etc... To have your announcement included in this section, send it to EDITORS@KENTVM, Attention Leslie M. Haas. The second purpose of this section is to provide librarians with an opportunity to share news about what is going on in their part of the world. I am looking for correspondents to be regular contributors to this column. If you are interested and meet the following qualifications, please contact me at the address listed in the previous section. Qualifications: Practicing librarian and working knowledge of electronic mail. Once again, english is the preferred language. Finally, if you have comments, questions or concerns on future issues of LIBRES, this column will contain the Letters to the Editor. Please send your letter to the address above and make sure you include your e-mail address. All letters will be acknowledged by the appropriate editor. Those that contain concerns of broad appeal will be included in the next issue of LIBRES. Thank You, Leslie M. Haas Section Editor, LIBRES Table of Contents Call for Articles (Journal of Academic Media Librarianship)... LAPT Award Nominations. ***************************************************************** ******* //||| //||| ///||| ///||| ///||| /// __________________///_|||____///_|||__|||________> __________________///__|||___///__|||__|||________> __________________///___|||__///___|||__|||________> __________________///____|||_///____|||__|||________> __________________///_____|||///_____|||___|||_______> __________________///______||///______|||____|||///___> J O U R N A L> The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship> CALL FOR PAPERS> MC JOURNAL: THE JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC MEDIA LIBRARIANSHIP is a new electronic publication. The primary mission is to provide both scholarly and practical information on issues concerning academic media librarianship. Examples of topics as they relate to audiovisual librarianship include: a/v production, collection development, cataloging, copyright, management, emerging technologies, and storage and preservation of materials. Articles pertaining to the profession of academic media librarianship and library education are also acceptable. Included in the scope as well are conference reports, literature reviews, and and reviews of hardware and software. The journal is peer reviewed using a double blind review process. Copyrights to articles are retained by the authors. The journal is issued irregularly, in electronic format only. DEADLINE FOR SPRING ISSUE IS DECEMBER 1, 1993. To submit an article, send your file in ASCII format, via e-mail to: Lori Widzinski, Editor HSLLJW@ubvm.bitnet OR HSLLJW@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu You may also send your ASCII file on a 3.5" disk via U.S. Mail to the editor at: Media Resources Center Health Sciences Library Abbott Hall University at Buffalo 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY l4214-3002 Submissions should follow the CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE, 13th ed. Please include a brief abstract. Currently, we are not able to publish photographs, diagrams or graphics. Our transmission is in the simplest ASCII format to reach the largest audience possible. Subscriptions to MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship are available by SENDING THE FOLLOWING COMMAND TO LISTSERV@ubvm.bitnet OR LISTSERV@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu sub mcjrnl your-first-name your-last-name To Access Previous Issues: Send an "INDEX MCJRNL" command to LISTSERV@ubvm.bitnet OR LISTSERV@ubvm.cc.buffalo.edu You will receive a list of available archive files. These files can then be retrieved by means of a "GET author filetype" command. For more information send an "INFO DATABASE" command to LISTSERV@ubvm . ======================================================================== > > 1994 RESEARCH AWARD > LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS: PRACTICE & THEORY > > The Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory (LAPT) Research > Award provides an annual prize of $1,000 for research in the broad > areas of acquisitions, serials, publishing, and collection > management. The award will be given for one proposal and > administered in two parts: $500 when the proposal is selected to > fund the research effort and $500 when the completed manuscript is > submitted to Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory. The award > will be granted to the individual, not the institution, and may be > used to cover expenses incurred in conducting the research outlined > in the winning proposal, including travel, postage, staff support, > supplies, and other items. > > The winning proposal will identify a critical issue in > acquisitions, serials, publishing, or collection management and > outline a rigorous approach to testing or solving the issue raised. > Proposals will be judged on their significance, clarity and > originality. The proposal should be a brief, concise description > (no more than 500 words) of the project. A budget proposal and a > one page vita of the author must be attached. Awards will not be > limited to experienced researchers; however, researchers should > present their proposal clearly addressing the following issues: > > 1. What are the aims and objectives of the research > proposal? > 2. Please describe your methodology and data analysis > procedures. > 3. What related research has been undertaken and/or > published? Please include specific citations. > 4. Is the research replication of a previous study? > > The deadline for submitting proposals is February 15, 1994. > Proposals will be reviewed by a panel consisting of the editor-in- > chief, the assistant editors, and three members of the editorial > board. The winning proposal will be announced at the annual > American Library Association Conference in 1994 and in the fourth > issue of LAPT for the year. Research for the winning proposal must > be completed within one year of the date when the award is > announced. Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory reserves the > right of first refusal of the completed manuscript. > Information on past recipients and their research follows: > > 1992 -- Anna H. Perrault -- "A Study of the Effects of the > Diversion of Funds from Monographs to Serials on the Monograph > Collections of Research Libraries" > This study investigates the shrinking non- > serial resources base for United States > academic libraries, shifts in monographic > collecting patterns and trends in the > acquisition of foreign language imprints, and > the decline in monograph acquisitions as > distributed across subject disciplines or > among language groups. > > 1993 -- Samuel Demas, Anne S. Caputo, and William J. Kara -- > "Viability of the Vendor Model of Information Delivery Through > a Library Gateway" > The study aims to determine the viability of > the 'vendor model' of information delivery > through a library gateway. By offering a > campus community unrestricted access to an > unprecedented scope of electronic information, > libraries and vendors will learn for the first > time: which files are used, how much they are > used, by whom they are used (e.g. faculty, > staff, students), and at what times of the day > and night. > > Proposals and questions concerning this year's award should be > addressed to: > Carol Pitts Hawks > Editor-in-Chief > Library Acquisitions: Practice & Theory > 2129 Sandston Road > Columbus, OH 43220 > (614) 292-6314 > FAX: (614) 292-2015 > Internet: hawks.1@osu.edu > > --Boundary (ID rbf9YsGS/NKzK9ZMFVITAg)-- > _____ Articles and Sections of this issue of _LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal_ may be retrieved via anonymous ftp to cc.curtin.edu.au or via e-mail message addressed to LISTSERV@KENTVM or LISTSERV@KENTVM.KENT.EDU (instructions below) Papers may be submitted at anytime by email or send/file to: Diane K. 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