An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services
ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 16, Number 23 January 15, 1999 In this issue MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUPS ALA TO OFFER DEMOS OF NEW AACR2-E CD-ROM AROUND ALA OTHER MIDWINTER MEETINGS ************ MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUPS PARS Preservation Administration Discussion Group On Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., the ALCTS/PARS Preservation Administration Discussion Group will discuss four topics: The preservation department's role in our organization's digital library programs--are we drivers, partners, or donors of personnel and resources? (Janet Gertz, Columbia University; Cathy Mook, University of Florida); International preservation initiatives--how can we assist as individuals, institutions, and as PARS? (Sonja Jordan, Notre Dame; Steve Dalton, NEDCC); Medium Rare--providing preservation and security for 19th century materials (Debra McKern, Library of Congress; Patricia Palmer, Virginia Commonwealth University); Shipping guidelines for magnetic media (Robin Dale, RLG). -- Lorraine Olley (olley@indiana.edu) PARS Preservation Course and Workshop Instructors/ Preservation Education and Outreach Discussion Groups There will be a joint meeting of the Preservation Course and Workshop Instructors and the Preservation Education and Outreach Discussion Groups Sunday, January 31, 1999, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The focus of this meeting is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and techniques for those who teach full semester courses in Preservation. To kick off the discussion panelists will introduce different approaches to teaching full semester courses including team teaching, incorporating preservation into the core curriculum, and methods for teaching about digital imaging. Panelists include Winston Atkins, North Carolina State; Michele Cloonan, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies; and Steve Dalton, Northeast Document Conservation Center. We will also provide an update on the Preservation Educators' Exchange Web Site, and a discussion and vote on whether to recommend combining these two discussion groups. -- Christine Wiseman (cwiseman@solinet.net) CCS Technical Services Workstations Interest Group On Sunday, January 31, 1999 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. come help finalize plans for our summer ALA program, "Macro Magic," which will feature several speakers presenting examples of macros they have written for technical services workstations, primarily in the area of cataloging. Volunteering to help out is a great way to meet people who share your interests. We will also begin planning for a moderated discussion at the 2000 Midwinter Meeting. The business meeting will wrap up with a sharing session. Come meet people who are interested in turning workstations into tools for enhancing productivity and efficiency. Contact Louise Ratliff (lratliff@library.ucla.edu), Chair, for information or to be added to the TSWIG-L list. -- Louise Ratliff (lratliff@library.ucla.edu), ************ ALA TO OFFER DEMOS OF NEW AACR2-E CD-ROM The American Library Association will be offering demos of its new AACR2-e CD-ROM at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia. Demos will be held on Saturday and Sunday, January 30 and 31, 1999, at 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. in the Pennsylvania Convention Center (room to be announced). The new AACR2-e CD-ROM, now available from ALA Editions, features the complete authorized cataloguing rules with all rule revisions approved by the Joint Steering Committee for the Revision of AACR. AACR2-e uses the popular Folio VIEWS hypertext software, which also supports the Library of Congress Cataloger's Desktop and Classification Plus. All catalogers and other interested parties are welcome and encouraged to attend these informative free sessions. Sign up sheets will be available beginning Thursday, January 28, 1999, at the ALA Store in the convention center. For more information, please contact Jennifer McLarin, ALA Marketing Manager, at (800) 545-2433, ext. 2427. -- Jennifer McLarin (jmclarin@ala.org) ************ AROUND ALA New ALA Graphics Director Kathryn Leide was appointed to the position of Director, ALA Graphics effective January 11, 1999. Prior to joining ALA, Kathryn was an executive with Artville, a company that provides access to electronic images of art and illustrations. Before that she was co-founder and partner in Bi-Folkal Productions, a company that produced multimedia kits for use in library programming for older adults. Kathryn also has an MLS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. -- Don Chatham (dchatham@ala.org) New ALA Editions Acquisitions Editor Tarshel Beards joined ALA Editions on Monday, January 4, as Acquisitions Editor. Tarshel comes to ALA from the electronic publisher Chadwyck-Healey, where she was Editor/Product Manager for African-American studies. She managed the commercial success of electronic and microfiche products, as well as developing new products for African-American studies and the humanities. Previously, she was a reference librarian at American University in Washington, D.C., and at a D.C. law firm. Tarshel has extensive experience in managing electronic resources in libraries, user instruction, and reference services. She is a Brooklyn native and holds an MLS degree from State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. -- Patrick Hogan (phogan@ala.org) New Program Officer for Member Programs and Services Cheryl Malden has accepted the position of Program Officer, Member Programs and Services, effective January 11, 1999. In that position, she will manage the ALA Awards program; act as staff liaison to the Round Tables Coordinating Committee and to staff providing liaison support to individual round tables; and, organize and support Division Leadership events, including the fall orientation and concurrent board meeting. Formerly, Cheryl was the ASCLA Administrative Assistant. She also served as administrative assistant on Roads to Learning: The Public Libraries' Learning Disabilities Initiative. Cheryl has a BA in marketing from the University of Illinois at Chicago (1992). -- Mary Ghikas (mghikas@ala.org) New LITA Program Officer Rebecca Felkner has joined LITA as Program Officer. In this capacity she will work closely with LITA program and institute planners, facilitating program/workshop implementation and meeting planning. She will be responsible for writing promotional materials for our programs for both print and electronic sources, including web pages. She will assist with other LITA communications and committee work. Rebecca moved to Chicago in June from Columbus, Ohio. She has worked most recently in reference at a law firm library and has experience in both academic and public libraries. She has an MLS from Kent State and a BA in English from Ohio State. The Program Officer position was formerly a deputy director position. -- Jacque Mundell (jmundell@ala.org) ************ OTHER MIDWINTER MEETINGS CIP Advisory Group The CIP Advisory Group (CAG), chaired by John Celli, Chief of the CIP Division, consists of representatives of the following: school libraries, public libraries, special libraries, research libraries, bibliographic utilities, publishers, book sellers, and ALA. The CAG meets twice a year (at each of the ALA meetings) to provide the CIP Division input and guidance on new initiatives. There will be two sessions at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, January 31st 1999 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Adams Room: -Library of Congress CIP Issues: Librarians and Publishers Discuss CIP 3:30-4:30 p.m. -CIP Advisory Group 4:30-5:30 p.m. -- John Celli (jcel@loc.gov) OCLC CORC Project At ALA Midwinter, you have several opportunities to learn how you can participate in an exciting research project beginning this year at OCLC: The Cooperative Online Resource Catalog (CORC) Project. CORC: Project Overview for Cataloging Staff Friday, January 29, 9:00-11:30 a.m. CORC: Project Overview for Library Managers Friday, January 29, 2:00-5:00 p.m. CORC: Resource description tools built with OCLC SiteSearch software Saturday, January 30, 8:00-9:30 a.m. CORC: Resource description tools built with OCLC SiteSearch software Monday, February 1, 8:00-9:30 a.m. If you're interested in attending any of the events at ALA Midwinter, please complete an ONLINE RSVP at http://purl.oclc.org/CORC/ALARSVP. -- Eric Childress (eric_childress@oclc.org) 1999 NISO Annual Meeting And Program Friday January 29, 1999, 4:00-6:00 p.m. The Program will include an update on NISO's standards activities and give you an opportunity to meet and talk with NISO members and colleagues. The featured speaker is Godfrey Rust speaking on "Developments in Identifiers and Metadata Standards for Intellectual Property." Godfrey Rust is the technical coordinator of the INDECS project. His presentation will provide an overview of the spectrum of identifier and metadata activities now at play. His presentation will cover the Dublin Core, DOI, IMS, ISAN and ISWC, IEEE, IFLA's FRBR, CIS. To order a NISO Standard call 1-800-282-NISO National Information Standards Organization (nisohq@niso.org) or http://www.niso.org ************ 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; Sheila Intner, President; Suzanne I. Koceyan, Deputy Executive Director and Editor (skoceyan@ala.org); Editorial Assistance: Shonda Russell, Karen Muller. 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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