ALCTS Network News

An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services

ISSN: 1056-6694

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Volume 16 Number 11

1998

ISSN: 1056-6694

ALCTS NETWORK NEWS

An electronic publication of the
Association for Library Collections & Technical Services

Volume 16, Number 11
October 13, 1998

In this issue

ALCTS WEB GROWS
OIF AND FTRF TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY
CC:DA ACTION LIST
AROUND ALA 
CRIMEA '99
IFLA SECRETARY GENERAL RESIGNS

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ALCTS WEB GROWS

The ALCTS Web (http://www.ala.org/alcts/) continues to grow.  There
are three significant additions to it since the Annual Conference.

After discussion on the ALA Council List , it was
suggested that ALCTS expand its informational preservation and disaster
response clearinghouse function by 1) developing an opportunity for
volunteer participation, 2) mounting disaster preparedness information
and links on the ALA website, 3) establishing liaison with pertinent
international agencies, and 4) in concert with the Fund for America's
Libraries, developing a streamlined way to channel offers of financial
assistance to libraries that have experienced damage.  On Friday,
October 9, we added a new page, Disaster Preparedness Clearinghouse,
to the ALCTS web at http://www.ala.org/alcts/publications/disaster.html. 
The site is selective and includes a listing of resources, links to the
disaster preparedness sites of agencies whose primary role is
emergency response or conservation, and information on available
training.  It is anticipated that PARS will continue to develop the site as
appropriate.

"Standardized Handling of Networked Resources: An Annotated
Bibliography" has been published on the ALCTS web site at
http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/nrmc/bib_main.html.  This
bibliography is the work of the Networked Resources and Metadata
Committee's Subcommittee on Standards.  The bibliography is intended to
provide a source of relevant information as it pertains to the issues facing
ALCTS members as they address the collection, cataloging and provision
of access to networked resources.  It contains sections on: Transport;
Markup; Display; Identifiers; Metadata; and Ratings, as well as a Glossary
of acronyms.  The bibliography contains links to a variety of online
resources and will serve as a starting point for exploring standardized
handling of networked resources.  (The Networked Resources and
Metadata Committee was established in June 1995 as the ALCTS Digital
Resources Committee.  The ALCTS Board of Directors adopted the
current name and charge at the Annual Conference, June 1998.)  

Finally, the ALCTS roster is available on the web.  All committees, task
forces, subcommittees, and discussion groups in ALCTS are listed.  Each
page includes the charge to the subunit and its membership or, in the
case of discussion groups, the leadership.  Many pages, such as those
of the Networked Resources and Metadata Committee or the CCS
Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access, include additional
documents on or from the committee.  The roster begins at
http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization.

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OIF AND FTRF TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY

A gala dinner celebrating the 30th anniversary of the American Library
Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) and its sister
organization, the Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF), will be held
Saturday, January 30, 1999 during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in
Philadelphia.  Susan Issacs, author of Lily White, Compromising Positions
and other bestsellers, will be the special guest speaker. 

For information on how to attend, see
http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/events.html#January.

 -- Don Wood, wood@ala.org

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CC:DA ACTION LIST

The Action List from the CCS Committee on Cataloging: Description and
Access from the 1998 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. is:

1. The chair, Daniel Kinney, announced that CC:DA membership increased
with the addition of a representative from the Program for Cooperative
Cataloging.  Joan Schuitema is the PCC representative.

2. Daniel Kinney reported on the joint CCS/CC:DA preconference "What in
the World...Cataloging on an International Scale."

3. Bernhard Eversberg from the University of Braunschweig and Monika
Muennich from the University of Heidelberg gave a presentation on
Project REUSE and Project REUSE+.  Bernhard Eversberg described the
approach to cataloging multipart items that is used in German libraries.

4. Jean Hirons reported on a CONSER proposal that identifies categories
of ongoing bibliographic entities and discussed the possible impact of the
proposal on monographs, serials, and AACR.  CC:DA invited the CONSER
working group to develop a rule change proposal and to present it to
CC:DA at Midwinter.

5. CC:DA heard the report of the ALA Representative to the JSC, Brian
Schottlaender, and approved 4JSC/ALA/25/ALA follow-up/LC response
and 4JSC/Rule Revision/1/Consolidated/1/LC response/CCC rep
response.

6. Martha Yee gave a progress report on the newly formed Task Force
on Rule 0.24.  She described four different approaches to modifying the
cardinal principle in rule 0.24.  The working documents of the task force
are on the CC:DA Web site.

7. Martha Yee presented the final report of the Task Force on Conference
Proceedings II.  The task force recommended two options for changing
rule 21.1B1.  CC:DA approved the second option and voted to send a
letter to LC requesting changes in the LCRI for 21.1B1.

8. Lynne Howarth gave a progress report on the work of the Task Force
on Harmonization of ISBD(ER) and AACR.  This task force has a home
page with a link from the CC:DA Web site.

9. Sherry Kelley presented the final report of the Task Force on Metadata
and the Cataloging Rules.  CC:DA accepted the recommendations of the
task force and voted to refer three suggestions for rule changes to the
Task Force on Harmonization of ISBD(ER) and AACR, to form a new task
force on metadata that would include members of CC:DA and MARBI, and
to form a task force on the VRA core categories.

10.  CC:DA heard reports from Tony Olson, CCS Representative to the
ALCTS Publications Committee; Barbara Tillett, LC Representative; and
Glenn Patton, OCLC Representative.  Don Chatham and Mary Huchting
provided the committee with an update on the electronic version of
AACR2.

11. CC:DA and MARBI held a joint meeting to discuss common concerns. 
The members of both committees agreed that the two committees should
hold joint meetings at future ALA conferences.

Note: This document will be added to the CC:DA web page at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ccs/ccda/986-agen.html

 -- Daniel Kinney, dkinney@notes.cc.sunysb.edu 

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AROUND ALA

J. Andrew Magpantay, the founding director of the ALA Office for
Information Technology Policy, has announced his resignation effective
October 23, 1998.  He will be leaving to pursue other opportunities in the
technology arena.  In implementing this key ALA office and directing its
first three and one-half years, Magpantay established OITP as an
invaluable resource in advancing ALA's policy efforts on behalf of
improved services and widespread public access to electronic
information.  Magpantay's efforts helped set a direction and foundation
for OITP, establishing it as a source for research and analysis of
technology policy issues and helping to raise ALA's visibility with policy
makers and other stakeholders. 

Rick Weingarten, currently a Senior Policy Fellow at the ALA Washington
Office, will serve as interim director of OITP and will help develop a
planning process leading to recruitment of a permanent director who will
continue the evolution of OITP.  Weingarten's background includes senior
information technology policy work at the Computing Research
Association, the congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and
the National Science Foundation.  He also teaches at the University of
Maryland College of Library and Information Science.

Anne A. Heanue, Associate Director of the Washington Office, has
announced her retirement before the end of the year.  With the
Washington Office since 1979, Heanue is a recognized expert in the area
of government information dissemination policy.  Most recently, she
played a major role in support of the Inter-Association Working Group on
Government Information Policy, established by ALA to develop
recommendations from the library community on improvements to the law
underlying how the federal government disseminates its own information,
and including an updating of the Federal Depository Library Program. 
Many of those recommendations are incorporated in legislation now
before Congress.  Heanue was honored with the Federal Librarians
Round Table Achievement Award in 1988.

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CRIMEA '99

The Sixth International Conference "Crimea 99," with the theme "Libraries
and Associations in the Transient World: New Technologies and New
Forms of Cooperation," will be held at Sudak (Feodosia, Koktebel, Stary
Krym), Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, June 5-13, 1999.  It will
be held under the aegis of IFLA.  It has become the dominant forum for
professional interaction, networking, and communication between and
among librarians and information professionals throughout Eastern
Europe.

For a copy of the full Call for Papers for Crimea '99, contact
pourciau@latte.memphis.edu.

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IFLA SECRETARY GENERAL RESIGNS

Christine Deschamps, President of IFLA, has announced the resignation
of IFLA Secretary General, Leo Voogt, effective 1 January 1999.  Voogt
has accepted an invitation to become the Executive Director of the Royal
Association for the Book Trade in the Netherlands.  Voogt has been
Secretary General since 1992 and under his management IFLA has
continued to develop as a worldwide organization representing libraries
and librarianship.  IFLA's Executive Committee has taken the necessary
first steps to search for his successor.  The committee is particularly
concerned that a truly wide-ranging search goes on and would be
grateful for nominations of possible candidates which the Executive
Committee can then pursue. Nominations can be forwarded to the IFLA
Treasurer, Mr. Derek Law (tel: +44 (0) 141 548 4619, fax: +44 (0) 141
552 3304, e-mail: d.law@strath.ac.uk).

The Secretary General of IFLA is a full-time position based in The Hague. 
A description of the essential requirements and principal responsibilities
of the position is available on request and will be posted on IFLANET
(www.ifla.org).

 -- Sophie Felfoldi 

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