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LCTS NETWORK NEWS An electronic publication of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Volume 17, Number 20 June 7, 1999 In this issue: VOLUNTEER FOR THE ALCTS BOOTH IN NEW ORLEANS ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUPS ANNOUNCE TOPICS: FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ************ VOLUNTEER FOR THE ALCTS BOOTH IN NEW ORLEANS The ALCTS Membership Committee invites ALCTS members to spend an hour or two at the ALCTS booth in the New Orleans Convention Center greeting visitors and answering questions about ALCTS. The committee would like to have two people staffing the booth during all hours of operation. It's a good opportunity to meet new people and spread the word about the benefits of ALCTS membership. It's fun too! There are openings in the booth schedule on Saturday, June 26, from 9-10 am and from 2-5 p.m.; on Sunday, June 27, from 11 am-1 p.m.; and on Tuesday, June 29, from 10 am-3 p.m. Volunteer now and get the time slots that work best for you! To volunteer, send your name, address, and the dates and times you'll be available to Marty Kurth, mk168@cornell.edu, or Cathy Mook, cathy@mail.uflib.ufl.edu. -- Marty Kurth (mk168@cornell.edu) ************ ALCTS DISCUSSION GROUPS ANNOUNCE TOPICS: FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALCTS Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Discussion Group Friday, June 25, 1999, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. DRAFT AGENDA * Pinyin Conversion - short update from LC, RLG, and perhaps OCLC. Include target dates. See http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pinyin3.html and http://www.rlg.org/r-focus/i35.pinyin.html * LC ILS Implementation * What will its impact be? http://lcweb.loc.gov/ils/ (From this site, there is a link to Impacts on MARC Distribution Service Subscribers, April 19, 1999 that you might want to scan.) * Aggregator Databases - CONSER Interim Report of the PCC Standing Committee on Automation (SCA) Task Group on Journals in Aggregator Database speaks for itself. http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc/aggupdrpt.html -- Catherine Tierney (ctierney@stanford.edu) ALCTS Technical Services in Public Libraries Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 1999, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Topic: Making Technical Services Work: cost analysis, performance standards, outsourcing, and recruiting The discussion will focus on the various types of methodologies for cost analysis and job performance from the public library and vendors' perspective; outsourcing - to be or not to be; and professional recruiting - library vs. vendor competition. Panelists include: Ross McLachlan, Technical Services Administrator, Phoenix Public Library; Jeff McDaniel, Director Sales and Marketing, Customized Library Services, a unit of Baker & Taylor, Inc.; Susan B. Epstein, Library Technology Consultant. -- Ross McLachlan (rmclachl@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us) PARS Cooperative Preservation Programs Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 1999, 9-11 a.m. Topic: International Cooperative Programs and Activities The Cooperative Preservation Programs Discussion Group started a brief discussion on international activities and the upcoming IFLA meeting in the U.S. at the Midwinter Meeting. The group decided to continue this discussion focusing on what other cooperative groups are doing internationally and how cooperative programs in the U.S. can participate with international groups. Representatives from all types of cooperative groups are encouraged to attend. If you are not able to attend, the group would like national and international cooperative groups to provide brief descriptions and announcements of current and future international preservation projects. In addition, any comments or suggestions on how cooperative preservation programs in the U.S. can participate with international groups would be welcome. Please submit announcements and your comments to the discussion group Chair, Sharla Richards, AMIGOS Preservation Field Service Officer at srichard@amigos.org or 1-800-843-8482. All information collected prior to the meeting will be compiled and submitted to the group. In addition, the discussion group chair position is open for nomination. Interested parties please contact the Chair. -- Sharla Richards (srichard@amigos.org) PARS Physical Quality and Treatment Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 1999, 9-11 a.m. Topic: Paper and Page Mending: The Realities of Context What factors influence and guide our selection of materials for page and paper repairs of general circulating library materials? Does an institution exist that can afford the time and money necessary to use Japanese paper and paste on all their materials? Does anyone want to? Can we afford not to? And what about those glossy journals? Is anyone happy with the heat-set tissues currently available? Are they any better than or equivalent to "archival" tape? What would be ideal? And what keeps us from that ideal? What alternative(s) do we have? At PQ&TDG, we will explore the topic of mending paper-based materials in general circulating collections. The session will include brief overviews of the composition and history of pressure sensitive tapes and heat-set tissue, and we will seek, in small discussion groups, to grapple with the questions raised above by sharing our experiences and evaluating our repair strategies. -- Ethel Hellman (eh104@umail.umd.edu) CCS Cataloging Norms Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Participants will be treated to presentations on the following timely topics: A status report on LC's pinyin conversion project (Philip Melzer, LC Pinyin Task Group Chair) A summary of the Friday night ALCTS CCS SAC forum on form headings/subdivisions (Mary Charles Lasater, SAC Subcommittee Chair) Local procedures for cataloging and accessing electronic journals and websites (Manuel Urrizola, University of California, Irvine) Time will be allowed for discussion. Future Cataloging Norms DG topics and nominees for office are both welcome and encouraged. -- Martha D. Mason (martha@gwm.sc.edu) CCS Research Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 1999, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Topic: LC and Dewey Classification - Via The Web - A Glimpse of The Future During the past year both the Dewey Classification researchers at OCLC and the CDS product developers at LC have been testing various ways of mounting their respective classifications on the web for cataloging use. This is a major breakthrough for catalogers * updates via the publishers giving us the latest numbers at our fingertips!!! Come to our meeting and get the background scoop on these major events. Volunteer to be a BETA-TESTER!!! Speakers: Diane Vizine-Goetz, Research Scientist, Office of Research, OCLC Online Computer Library Center. Cheryl C. Cook, Library Services Specialist, CDS, Library of Congress Colleen Stumbaugh, Digital Conversion Coordinator, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress -- Pat Luthin (patricil@wsulaw.edu) ALCTS Computer File Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 1999, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. The Computer File Discussion Group will meet to discuss issues regarding the acquisition, cataloging and maintenance of electronic resources. Topics may include GPO PURLS, gateways, holdings; topics from the floor are also welcome. This is always a lively and free-wheeling discussion, so feel free to bring examples and problems to share. Nominations are sought for co-chair; self-nominations are welcome. If you are interested, please contact Greta de Groat at gdegroat@sulmail.stanford.edu. Term is for two years, election to be held at the business meeting following the discussion. -- Greta de Groat (gdegroat@sulmail.stanford.edu) ALCTS Newspaper Users Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 1999, 2:00-4:00 p.m. The United States Newspaper Program is a cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve US newspapers on microfilm. Preservation microfilming of newspapers from someone else's collection involves much more that selecting, borrow, and microfilming * delicate negotiation looms behind nearly every title. Robert Dowd, New York State Newspaper Project Coordinator, will present a perspective entitled "Why you cannot microfilm my newspapers; Let me enumerate the reasons" to jump-start dialogue at the discussion group. Additional agenda items can be suggested ahead of time (contact Bob Dowd directly) or brought up for consideration at the meeting. --Bob Dowd (rcdowd@unix2.nysed.gov) CCS Catalog Management Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 1999, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Topic: Vended Authority Control: Issues and Options Like many library operations, authority control can be accomplished in-house or it can be contracted to one of several vendors specializing in such work. The authority control services currently on the market range from those that provide routine batch processing of a library's bibliographic records against the Library of Congress authority files, to those that offer a variety of customized options for record processing and delivery. Join us for a facilitated, wide-ranging discussion of some of the key considerations in a decision to contract with a vendor for authority control services, including (1) determining which bibliographic records, and which headings on those bibliographic records, can and will be processed by the vendor, (2) accommodating local practices, such as series tracing decisions, in a vended authority control process, and (3) creating detailed specifications, re-designing cataloging and other workflows, and determining necessary changes in local staffing requirements. Discussion group participants can expect to gain a better understanding of many of the critical decisions that need to be made when contracting with a vendor for authority control services. An election for CMDG Vice-chair/Chair-elect will take place at the end of the meeting. -- Stephen Skuce (skuce@mit.edu) CMDS Collection Development Librarians of Academic Libraries Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 1999, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Topic: Books on a screen: variety and prospects of electronic books. In the last year, electronic books have burst upon the publishing scene. Are they appropriate for academic libraries? Are academic libraries ready? Discussion Leaders: Brian Stern, General Manager, netLibrary.com; Robert Nardini, Vice President, YBP; Dennis Dillon, Head of Collections and Information Resources, University of Texas at Austin. -- Chris Filstrup (chris_filstrup@ncsu.edu) SS Research Libraries Discussion Group joint meeting with SS Journal Pricing Discussion Group Saturday, June 26, 1999, 2:00-4:00 p.m. The discussion groups are holding a joint meeting to discuss the complex choices that exist in the information marketplace as we transition from print to electronic and as the cost of serials continue to rise. Richard Fyffe, Head of Collection Management at the University of Connecticut will speak on the relationship of librarians and faculty and the relationship of faculty and publishers in the information marketplace. Rick Johnson, SPARC Enterprise Director, will speak about the role that SPARC is playing in the information marketplace for libraries and publishers. -- Lisa Macklin (lisa.macklin@library.gatech.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. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; Sheila Intner, President; Karen Muller, Executive Director & Editor; Editorial Assistance: Shonda Russell, Yvonne McLean. 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. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to listproc@ala.org with the only line of text being "subscribe an2 [your name]" (without quotation marks). 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