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ALCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 17, Number 4 March 8, 1999 In this issue ALCTS INSTITUTE ON ELECTRONIC SERIALS GOES WEST! ALCTS TO SPONSOR PRECONFERENCE ON ELECTRONIC MONOGRAPHS GREGORY LEAZER PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD NEW ALA PUBLICATIONS PCC ALA MIDWINTER PARTICIPANTS MEETING SUMMARY REPORT ALA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FORUM LIVE VIA SATELLITE ************ ALCTS INSTITUTE ON ELECTRONIC SERIALS GOES WEST! "Blazing the Trail: Electronic Serials from Acquisition to Access" will be held April 16-17, 1999 at the Portland, Oregon Hilton. Sponsored by the ALCTS Serials Section, the institute begins at midday on Friday, April 16 and continues all day on Saturday, April 17. The registration deadline is April 2, 1999. Librarians from all types and sizes of libraries need practical skills to handle electronic serials as well as a conceptual understanding of the theoretical implications of this rapidly changing format. Following the success of two previous institutes in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO, "Blazing the Trail: Electronic Serials from Acquisition to Access" will offer librarians an opportunity to examine the practical as well as the theoretical aspects of this exciting medium. The Keynote Address "Electronic Serials into the Millennium: Destruction, Change and Opportunities" will be delivered by Evan Reader, Director, Software & Electronic Information Resources, Office of the Chancellor, California State University. Thomas Leonhardt, Director of the Library, Oregon Institute of Technology will close the institute on Saturday afternoon with a presentation entitled "Wrap it to go." In between, Sharon Cline McKay, Director, Academic Sales, Western Region, Faxon and George Machovec, Library Technology and Systems, Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries will reprise (and update) the lively and stimulating presentation on management and technical considerations they made at ESI-2 last spring. A series of three breakout sessions will enable attendees to consider the practical aspects of electronic serials and enter into discussion in small group sessions. Each breakout session will be held three times, making it possible for registrants to attend all three sessions. Faye Chadwell, University of Oregon, will lead a session on negotiating licenses for electronic serials entitled "A License to Kill For;" Steve Shadle, University of Washington will consider the cataloging of electronic serials with a presentation called "A Square Peg in a Round Hole: Practical Cataloging for Electronic Serials." Raye Lynn Thomas, Sonoma State University, will share her thoughts on the technical and training aspects of electronic serials. Registration fees are $195 for ALCTS members, $245 for ALA members and $295 for non-members. To register, or for more details about the institute, please contact Yvonne A. McLean at ymclean@ala.org or call her at 800-545-2433, ext. 5032. Full details are available online at: http://www.ala.org/alcts/events/institutes/esi3.html --Pamela Bluh (pbluh@umaryland.edu) ************ ALCTS TO SPONSOR PRECONFERENCE ON ELECTRONIC MONOGRAPHS "Bringing Monographs into the Digital Library" sponsored by ALCTS, will be held on Friday June 25, as a preconference to the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. Registration fees are $115 for ALCTS members, $165 for ALA members, and $215 for non members. Registration deadline is May 21. This preconference will explore issues related to the incorporation of e-Monographs/e-Books into the digital library. The presenters will define the e-Monograph/e-Books; identify the significance of the e-Monograph/e-book in the digital library; address key issues related to the selection, acquisition, organization, licensing, copyright, preservation, and perpetual access of the e-Monograph/e-Book from the librarian's perspective; and address key issues of importance to librarians and publishers in relation to the licensing and pricing of the e-Monograph/e-Book. The preconference is designed for librarians and associate university librarians who are implementing or planning to integrate e-Monographs/e-Books in their digital libraries; publishers, university press leaders, system librarians, and other librarians interested in and involved in the development of policies related to e-Monographs/e-Books. The moderator of the preconference is Lynn Silipigni Connaway, netLibrary, Inc. The speakers include: Camila Alire, Colorado State University; Jerry Campbell, University of Southern California; Carol Mandel, Columbia University Library; Terry Noreault, OCLC, Inc.; and Brian Stern, netLibrary, Inc. To register-on-line: https://www.internetpros.com/registration.cfm; download and complete the form. Send your completed registration form with payment to: American Library Association, Dept. #77-6565, Chicago, IL 60678-6565; or fax completed form to 312-944-7841. Note: Requires credit card payment. Do not mail form if previously faxed. Do not send fax more than once. For additional information contact: Yvonne A. McLean at ymclean@ala.org,or 312/280-5032. --Shonda Russell (srussell@ala.org) ************ GREGORY LEAZER PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD Gregory Leazer, formerly LRTS Book Review Editor, received the Presidential Early Career Award. The NSF nominated him for his original contributions to understanding human-centered methods for locating information in complex digital library systems. --Jennifer A Younger (Jennifer.A.Younger.1@nd.edu) ************ Virtually Yours: Models for Managing Electronic Resources and Services "Virtually Yours," by Peggy Johnson and Bonnie MacEwan, describes the best practices and current strategies for managing electronic resources from acquisitions to patron use. Key experts from both academic and public libraries in collection development and acquisitions explain what works and what doesn't and why when it comes to selecting, acquiring, and circulating electronic resources and information. Plus, innovative, positive, and practical management models that were put to the test in a variety of libraries are examined. This book is the result of the popular and provocative institute on electronic resources co-sponsored by the ALCTS and the RUSA. $25.00pbk. - ALA Members $22.50 ISBN 0-8389-0753-9, Approx. 176p., 1999 The Principles and Future of AACR: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR, Toronto, Ontario, October 23-27, 1997 This and many other questions were explored when a number of international cataloging experts met in Toronto, Canada in late 1997. The major purpose of this meeting was to discuss the history and principles of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules and their relevancy in the online environment. Cataloging experts included Michael Gorman, Jean Hirons, Ronald Hagler, Martha Yee, and many others from the international cataloging community. Edited by Jean Weihs. $25.00pbk. - ALA Members $22.50 ISBN 0-8389-3493-5, 288p., 1998 Understanding the Business of Library Acquisitions, Second Edition This expanded and greatly enhanced edition of "Understanding the Business of Library Acquisitions" provides all new information on successfully managing acquisitions through optimum staffing, sound acquisitions practices, and effective organization. In addition to a new chapter on acquisitions in the electronic environment, many chapters will be updated to reflect emphasis on technology used in acquisitions. The contributors to this brand new edition represent a wide range of expertise and experience among libraries, publishers, and vendors. Edited by Karen Schmidt. $54.00 pbk. - ALA Members $48.60 ISBN 0-8389-0741-5, Approx. 400p., 1998 ISSN: 1056-6694 ************ PCC ALA MIDWINTER PARTICIPANTS MEETING SUMMARY REPORT The Program for Cooperative Cataloging Participants Meeting Summary Report from ALA Midwinter, January 31, 1999 is now posted to the PCC homepage: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc. For the first time, the report has been enhanced to include clip photos of the presenters and to include hot links to documents cited. In addition to latest information available from the PCC standing committees on Automation, Training, and Standards, BIBCO and CONSER meetings, the report includes summaries of presentations by Glenn Patton (OCLC) speaking on the Cataloging Now! workshops, and Kate Harcourt (Columbia) and John Sluk (Oberlin) speaking on their BIBCO training experiences. Mark your calendars now to attend the PCC Participants Meeting at ALA Annual in New Orleans on Sunday, June 27, 7-9 PM (location TBA). The meeting is open to all members and to anyone who'd like to learn more about the Program for Cooperative Cataloging. --Carolyn Sturtevant (cast@loc.gov) ************ ALA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FORUM LIVE VIA SATELLITE The ALA, in cooperation with the College of DuPage and NILRC, will present a nationwide satellite broadcast forum featuring ALA Presidential candidates Nancy Kranich and C. James Schmidt on C-Band and Ku-Band satellite on Friday, March 12, 1999 from 2:15-3:15 PM ET. This national forum will feature questions gathered from national library leaders and a 30-minute question and answer opportunity for viewers. The forum will look at key library issues from the perspective of the ALA presidential candidates. Questions will address legislative support for library programs, internet access and filtering, privatising library services, ALA and professional and paraprofessional education, and advocacy for libraries and librarians in the new century. No registration is necessary. Ask your local downlink site (many community colleges, colleges or universities, some regional library systems and public or school libraries) to tune into C-Band transponder Telstar 5 TR-7 Ch-7 or Ku Band SBS-6 TR-2 Ch-2 (Time 13:45 - 15:15 ET, Friday, March 12, 1999). For more information, e-mail Bernie Fradkin, Dean of the Library, COD at: fradkin@cdnet.cod.edu or John Berry at: jberry@psinet.com --John W. Berry (jberry@psinet.com) ************ 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; Karen Muller, Executive Director; Suzanne I. Koceyan, 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. 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