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 22 May 19, 1998 In this issue WHERE ALCTS IS GOING AND HOW YOU CAN LEAD US THERE HEFT APPOINTED TO FILL SERIALS SECTION VACANCY DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT ANNUAL ANNUAL STANDARDS DAY PAPER CONTEST OPEN ************ WHERE ALCTS IS GOING AND HOW YOU CAN LEAD US THERE In a large organization, there are not always opportunities for the sections and the division as a whole to know what themes and projects are on the horizon for the coming year throughout the association. On Sunday morning, June 28, at the ALA Annual Conference the ALCTS Leadership Development Committee is offering all section and division leaders an opportunity to present their plans for 1998-99...and beyond...at ALCTS Leaders Look to the Future. A similar presentation at the 1997 Midwinter Meeting in Washington was enthusiastically endorsed by those who attended, with a suggestion that there be regular meetings of this kind. This sharing, and a 15-minute course on how to run an effective meeting, will be a prelude to the orientation to ALCTS committees and the division which the office provides annually. All ALCTS members are invited to attend as much of the presentation as they would like, but new committee members and chairs are especially encouraged to stay for the orientation. 8:30-9:15 Each section chair and division president will have 5 or 6 minutes to lay out their plans for the immediate future. 9:15-9:30 There will be a brief presentation by Bob Holley, former ALCTS president, on how to run a good meeting -- a necessity as we try to streamline the number and increase the effectiveness of ALCTS meetings. 9:30-11:00 The ALCTS staff will present an orientation to ALCTS for new division and section committee chairs and committee members (including discussion groups). 11:00-12:30 The ALCTS staff will provide an orientation specifically for program and institute/preconference planners. All events will take place in the State Room of the Doubletree Hotel. By Board policy, we are unable to provide refreshments for meetings, but you are welcome to purchase coffee in the hotel and bring it with you to the meeting. ************ HEFT APPOINTED TO FILL SERIALS SECTION VACANCY The Serials Section Executive Committee, pursuant to the ALCTS Bylaws, has chosen a member-at-large to fill the first year of a three-year term made vacant when Ann L. O'Neill resigned her at-large election to accept a position as director of the Office for Accreditation at ALA. Sandra Heft, the other candidate in the election, will serve as member-at-large of the Serials Section through 1999. Nominations will be sought for the 1999-2001 term. ************ DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS AT ANNUAL Until about a week before the Annual Conference in Washington, AN2 will publish summaries of discussion group topics and presenters. These topics will also be mounted on the ALCTS website at http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/annualdg.html Send announcements electronically only to kwhittlesey@ala.org. We will publish them in groups, so you may not see yours right away. We will edit for length and consistency if necessary. AS GIFTS & EXCHANGE Saturday, June 27 9:30-11:00 a.m. Topic: Using Gifts to Rebuild - The Colorado Experience PARS PRESERVATION ADMINISTRATION Saturday, June 27 9:00-Noon Topics: NEH and RLG updates; Recent research at the Library of Congress; ASTM Paper Studies report; HD-Rosetta. Long-term archival storage Presenters: George Farr, Chandru Shahani, Margaret Byrnes, John Bishop, Robin Dale. PARS BINDING AUTOMATION Saturday, June 27 4:00-5:00 p.m. Interested individuals are invited to discuss the LARS automated binding system and what changes and improvements we as users (both libraries and binders) feel need to be made. AS ACQUISITIONS ADMINISTRATORS Sunday, June 28 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Note that this group meets immediately after the Acq.Lib/Vendors of Lib. Materials Discussion Group, which starts at 8:30 a.m. in the same room, so come for both! ALCTS OUT OF PRINT Sunday, June 28 2:00-4:00 p.m. Topic: They Searched, They Located, They Acquired--Librarians Conquer the Out of Print Book Market! Increasingly, acquisitions librarians are faced with having to turn to the out of print book and periodical marketplace to help fill requests for needed materials. Our panel of librarian experts will outline the strategies that have enabled them to save: time, money, and energy, while acquiring the books and journals they need. Learn how to turn your out of print searches into out of print acquisitions. Panelists: Elsie Pritchard, Asst. Director for Technical Services/Automation, Morehead State University; Susi Seiler, Head of Acquisitions, Richter Library, University of Miami; Margaret Sylvia, Assistant Professor, St. Mary's University Academic Library; and Kathy Wachel, Monographic Acquisitions, University of Iowa, University Libraries. For further information contact: Narda Tafuri, Chair, TAFURIN1@uofs.edu PARS LIBRARY BINDING Sunday, June 28 2:00-4:00 p.m. Topics: Adhesive bindings; new NISO/LBI binding standards Presenters: Peter Jermann will lead a discussion on observations he has made over the years about adhesive bindings. Sally Grauer and other members of the standard committee will discuss the new NISO/LBI binding standards. CMDS COLLECTION MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES Monday, June 29 9:30-11:00 a.m. The first order of business will be to say "Hello!" to the new co-chair Deborah Duke from Enoch Pratt Free Library. At our meeting in New Orleans this past January, we ran out of time talking about Weeding Periodicals. At that time, members indicated that in the future, they would like to discuss: collection evaluation, vendor statistics and more on weeding! ************ ANNUAL STANDARDS DAY PAPER CONTEST OPEN The topic of this year's annual Standards Day Paper contest is sure to strike a nerve with standards writers, users, critics: Standards For Fee or Free: What ARE the Consequences? Here is your chance to vent constructively and if you are the winner go home with $2500 in your pocket. (That's right, $2500!) Entries must must be received by August 1, 1998. Visit the SES (Standards Engineering Society) homepage for details: www.ses-standards.org SES contact points are email: hgziggy@worldnet.att.net; phone: 305-971-4798 -- Carlen Ruschoff, ALA NISO Representative ************ 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. 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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