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ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 16, Number 25 January 22, 1999 In this issue GOT A PROGRAM IDEA? ALA CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROPOSES CHANGES MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUPS TOPICS MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JUDY WEBSTER ************ GOT A PROGRAM IDEA? The ALCTS Program Committee is eager to hear your ideas for pre-conferences, institutes or conference programs. Two meetings are planned for the Midwinter Meeting next week in Philadelphia. If your committee has a proposal for an Institute or a Pre-conference for 2000, you should bring your proposal to the Program Committee's Saturday morning meeting in Room 307 of the Philadelphia Marriott. If you have a proposal for a Conference Program for 2000 in Chicago, you may reserve a time at the Tuesday morning meeting in the Philadelphia Marriott, Salon K. Please schedule a time slot in advance by contacting the Program Committee Chairperson, Marilyn McSweeney, (mgm@mit.edu) or by signing up at the ALCTS Office in the Convention Center. -- Marilyn McSweeney (mgm@mit.edu) ************ ALA CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROPOSES CHANGES The ALA Conference Committee has presented a series of recommendations for ways to improve the scheduling of ALA conferences in its study document "Options for the Future" and invites all ALA members to provide feedback and suggestions. The study document (1998-99 CD#38) represents the work of the committee over the last two years. It has been distributed to the division Board of Directors and chair of the Program Committee in paper copy and is also posted at the ALA web site at http://www.ala.org/alaorg/council/conference/. Prior to Midwinter, send your comments to Mary Ghikas at mghikas@ala.org or in written form to 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; or to the chair of the ALA Conference Committee, Mary Ann Rupert, at marupert@aol.com or 49 Gov. Wentworth Road, Amherst, NH 03031. The ALA Conference Committee will hold two information sessions during the Midwinter Meeting. The first, to be held on Sunday, January 31, from 8:00-9:00 a.m. in the ALA Council room in the Philadelphia Convention Center, is primarily for Councilors to gather opinions and suggestions. All Midwinter attendees are welcome to observe. The second information session, also on Sunday, January 31, from 12:00-2:00 p.m. in the ALA Council room in the Philadelphia Convention Center, will be an informal question and answer and feedback session. Special invitations will be sent to program planners in each division and round table, but all interested members are encouraged to participate. Please bring a brown bag lunch. Soft drinks and cookies will be provided. In order to help planners get an accurate estimate of refreshments needed, members who know they will be attending are asked to notify Mary Ghikas at mghikas@ala.org. -- Mary Ghikas (mghikas@ala.org) ************ MIDWINTER DISCUSSION GROUPS TOPICS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group Topics include: Workload changes and job reclassification as a result of automation, cross-training and cross-staffing, outsourcing and creative responses to it electronic journals, collection, cataloging and union listing, and creative responses to automation systems limitations. Volunteers are wanted to act as facilitators and recorders for the Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group, on Sunday, January 31, 1999, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Richard Baumgarten (baumgarten@jcl.lib.ks.us) or Janet Lee-Smeltzer (leesmelj@uh.edu). Provide your name, e-mail address, two favorite topics, and indicate whether you prefer to be a facilitator or recorder. -- Richard Baumgarten (baumgarten@jcl.lib.ks.us) Newspaper Users Discussion Group On Saturday, January 30, 1999, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., Sue Kellerman, Preservation Department Head, Pennsylvania State University Libraries, will start the discussion by describing her experience with the Pennsylvania Newspaper Project and the reality of life after the grant-funded work comes to an end. -- Robert C. Dowd (dowd@aldus.northnet.org) Role of the Professional in Academic Technical Services Discussion Group On Sunday January 31, 1999, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. there will be a discussion on "Library Schools and Education of the Technical Service Professional." Are library schools keeping pace with the technical service needs of the workplace? Are the curricula incorporating sufficient technical services courses and are the courses meeting the needs of today's graduate? What do employers look for in technical service job applicants at both the entry level and at the higher level? How can libraries work with library school educators to help develop the curricula necessary to assure excellence in technical services in the future? How do practicing librarians keep administrators informed and cognizant of the continued need for strong technical services backgrounds in the librarians responsible for those areas? Discussion leaders: Dea Borneman, Acquisitions Librarian; Karen Letarte and Michelle Turvey, Cataloging Librarians Southwest Missouri State University; Rebecca L. Lubas, Catalog Librarian for Serials & Documents, Ball State University; Catherine Nelson, Head, Serials Dept., University of California at Santa Barbara. -- Nancy Slight-Gibney (nsg@oregon.uoregon.edu) CCS/MAGERT Map Cataloging Discussion Group On Sunday, January 31, 1999, from 8:00-9:00 a.m., there will be a discussion on Map Serials. Please bring your questions, comments, and examples to discuss. You are encouraged to bring guidelines, procedures, "cheat sheets," etc., on how you handle map serials in your institution. And, if possible, bring extra copies to share. The Map Cataloging Discussion Group provides a forum for both beginning and expert map catalogers to discuss the basic issues relating to the bibliographic control of maps and related materials. -- Jo Davidson (jfdavids@libris.libs.uga.edu) PARS Binding Automation Discussion Group Please join the Binding Automation Discussion Group on Sunday, January 31, 1999, from 9:00- 11:00 a.m., as we talk with Cindy Miller, Product Strategy Advisor and member of the Senior Management team of Endeavor Information Systems, about a potential Binding Module for their Voyager Library Management System. Ms. Miller will join us as we discuss our needs and wants for their future integrated binding module. Please come prepared with ideas of features/functions that your institution would like to see in an integrated binding module, such as serial records collapse, on demand charging, and directly produced binding slips. -- Cathleen L. Mook (Cathy@mail.uflib.ufl.edu) PARS Cooperative Preservation Programs Discussion Group On Sunday, January 31, 1999, from 9:00-11:00 a.m., there will be a discussion continuing from the 1998 annual meeting on how we see technology affecting our programs and the way we deliver information. Prior to the discussion, everyone will have an opportunity to give an update on his or her programs and make announcements. Nominations will be taken for the next chair and vice-chair. -- Sharla Richards (srichard@amigos.org) PARS Library Binding Discussion Group On Sunday, January 31, 1999, from 2:00-4:00 p.m., there will be a discussion on how technology has made binding periodical literature easier and faster for both binders and libraries. What do we do with those volumes that fall outside the normal stream of work either because they are incomplete, have pocketed materials, fold-outs, multi-media parts, etc? This discussion will draw out practical solutions to common, troublesome binding problems from the current practices of both librarians and binders around the country. -- Brian J. Baird (bbaird@ukans.edu) PARS Photographic and Recording Media Discussion Group The PARS Photographic and Recording Media Discussion Group will have a joint session with the RBMS Mss and Other Formats Discussion Group on Saturday, January 30, 1999, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. The proposed topic is the management, care, and handling of photographs and photographic collections. Nominations for a new chair and vice-chair will be taken. -- Sharla Richards (srichard@amigos.org) ************ MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JUDY WEBSTER Judy Webster, Head of Acquisitions and Processing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, passed away on December 15, 1998, from cancer, at her home, surrounded by her family and friends and pets. She was 54. Judy was active in ALA/ALCTS as well as the Charleston Conferences on Book and Serials Acquisitions. There will be a memorial service for our beloved friend and colleague on Saturday, January 30, 1999, at 5:00 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church, 201 S. 21 St., (21st and Walnut) in downtown Philadelphia. All are encouraged to attend. -- Katina Strauch (strauchk@cofc.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. 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