An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services
ISSN: 1056-6694 ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 15, Number 2 February 4, 1998 In this issue ALCTS AND LITA TO HOLD INSTITUTE ON METADATA TIME OF ALCTS ACQUISITIONS TELECONFERENCE ANNOUNCED ALA NEEDS RESPONSE ON NOTES IN THE CATALOG RECORD CORE BIB RECORD FOR AV MATERIALS APPROVED UCLA TO HONOR LUBETZKY'S 100TH BIRTHDAY WITH SYMPOSIUM ************ ALCTS AND LITA TO HOLD INSTITUTE ON METADATA "Managing Metadata for The Digital Library: Crosswalks or Chaos," an institute cosponsored by ALCTS and LITA, will be held on May 4-5, 1998, in Washington, D.C., at the Georgetown University Conference Center. The registration deadline is April 17, 1998. Part of the challenge of building digital libraries is developing the metadata infrastructure needed to manage, maintain, and deliver digital materials. Metadata for the digital library encompasses not only traditional cataloging information, but also all of the information necessary to construct, preserve, and control the access to and presentation of digital content. This institute brings together experts in the metadata and digital library fields to present the latest developments, standards, and tools, and to explore the impact of digital library development on our existing catalogs and processes. Through presentations and discussions, library managers and staff who are or will be involved in planning the control of digital library materials. will address the classes of metadata in the digital library, their functions, and relationships between them. They will become familiar with prominent metadata standards, their development and applications, to gain a context for local decisions about digital library development. Confirmed faculty includes William Y. Arms, Corporation for National Research Initiatives; Priscilla Caplan, Assistant Director for Systems in the University of Chicago Library and Co-chair NISO Standards Development Committee; Rebecca Guenther, MARC Standards Specialist, Network Development & MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress; Ben Kessler, Director, Slide and Photograph Collections, Princeton University; Carl Lagoze, Project Leader, Digital Library Research Group, Computer Science Department, Cornell University; Clifford Lynch, Director, Coalition for Networked Information; Carol Mandel, Deputy University Librarian, Columbia University; Douglas Nebert, National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Coordinator, Federal Geographic Data Committee; Daniel Pitti, Project Director, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia; David Seaman, Director of Electronic Texts, University of Virginia; Donald J. Waters, Director, Digital Library Federation, Council on Library and Information Resources; Stuart Weibel, Senior Research Scientist, Office of Research and Special Projects, OCLC. Registration fees are $220 for ALCTS/LITA personal members, $275 for ALA personal members, and $320 for non-members. To register, contact Valerie Edmonds at vedmonds@ala.org or call 800-545-2433 ext 4269. For additional information,visit the Web site at www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes, or contact Karen Whittlesey (ALCTS) at kwhittlesey@ala.org (312-280-5034), or Elizabeth Cooper (LITA), at ecooper@ala.org (312-280-4268). ************ TIME OF ALCTS ACQUISITIONS TELECONFERENCE ANNOUNCED Satellite time has been confirmed for the ALCTS Fundamentals of Acquisitions teleconference institute to be broadcast on March 13. The time of the broadcast is 11am-5pm EST. This institute is cosponsored by the University of South Carolina College of Library and Information Science, which will be the site of the broadcast. ALCTS is the first division of ALA to provide a distance education institute by satellite. Registration continues for the institute until March 1. An informational brochure and registration form are available on the web at www.ala.org/alcts/now/foa.html. Viewing locations continue to be added to the list of downlink sites, and these, too, are listed on the web page. Keep checking the web for updates to viewing sites and other information. If you are interested in being a host site, refer to the web for requirements and contact information. We will continue to add sites until March 1. The Fundamentals of Acquisitions institute focuses on what you need to know about the basics of acquiring monographs: goals and methods; financial management of materials budgets; relationships between acquisitions librarians and library booksellers. Faculty are Trisha L. Davis, Head, Continuation Acquisition Division, Ohio State University; Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Head, Acquisition Department, Ohio State University; and Ann L. O'Neill, Assistant Professor, College of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina. Each registered participant will be added to an electronic discussion list and given a password to access the FOA Website for additional resources to facilitate discussion and learning prior to and following the institute. Registration for ALCTS members is $75.00, for ALA members $90.00, and for non-members $115.00. If five or more participants from an organization or library school pay together on one check, the special group rate is $50.00 each. One of the five must be an ALCTS or ALA member. ************ ALA NEEDS RESPONSE ON NOTES IN THE CATALOG RECORD Marlene Chamberlain, Senior Acquisitions Editor in ALA Editions, is looking for information on whether or not to update Notes in the Catalog Record: Based on AACR2 and LC Rule Interpretations. This book, written by Jerry D. Saye and Sherry L. Vellucci, was published by ALA in 1989, and illustrates examples of catalog notes along with cross references to the related AACR2 rule. To make a decision whether to revise and update the book in its current print format, link the material in the book with the electronic version of AACR2 (soon to be offered by ALA), or allow the book to go out of print, she needs answers to the following questions: If you've used the book in the past, what did you find particularly useful about it? Have you used it recently, and if so, what was the reason? Do you think it is important that this book be updated and kept in print format? Please explain why or why not. Would there be any benefits to allowing the book to go out of print, but linking the material to the new electronic AACR2? What would these benefits be? Generally, your comments about the future of Notes in the Catalog Record. Please include your contact information, job title (or student), and type of insitution (academic, public). Comments should be sent to mchamber@ala.org. Do not send comments to the ALCTS Office. ************ CORE BIB RECORD FOR AV MATERIALS APPROVED The PCC Policy Committee has approved the final report of the Task Group on the Core Bibliographic Record for Audiovisual Materials. The final report delineates the standard data elements to be included in the core bibliographic record for audiovisual materials in terms of the required USMARC fields. The Core Record Standards for Moving Image Materials and the Core Record Standards for Graphic Materials have been posted on the PCC hompage alongside the Core Record Standards for the other formats. The PCC homepage can be accessed at: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/pcc.html ************ UCLA TO HONOR LUBETZKY'S 100TH BIRTHDAY WITH SYMPOSIUM The Department of Library & Information Science at UCLA will devote its annual alumni event to a day-long program on the work of Seymour Lubetzky, the foremost cataloging theorist of the twentieth century. The program, to be held on the UCLA campus on Saturday, April 18th, will include a morning session on research, a luncheon with keynote speaker Michael Gorman, and an afternoon panel discussion. The event will bring together speakers and panelists who studied, worked with, or were influenced by Lubetzky: Marcia Bates, Gregory Leazer, Sara Shatford Layne, Martha Yee, Allyson Carlyle, Elaine Svenonius, Michael Malinconico, Maurice Freedman, Margaret Maxwell, Michael Carpenter, John Byrum, Barbara Tillett, and Michael Gorman. Professor Lubetzky will be on hand to contribute to the proceedings. For information call 310-825-8799, or contact bailey@gseis.ucla.edu or lynn@ucla.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; Janet Swan Hill, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director. Editor: Karen Whittlesey (kwhittlesey@ala.org); Editorial Assistance: Karen Muller, Shonda Russell. ALCTS NETWORK NEWS is available free of charge and is available only in electronic form. 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