ALCTS (Association for Library Collections and Technical Services) Division
The mission of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is to shape and respond nimbly to all matters related to the selection, identification, acquisition, organization, management, retrieval, and preservation of recorded knowledge through education, publication, and collaboration.
Post[alcts-eforum] What’s on Your Mind? How Can ALCTS Serve New Members? an ALCTS E-forum
by Keisha Manning on Sun, 11/22/2009 - 8:39am“What’s on Your Mind? How Can ALCTS Serve New Members? an ALCTS E-forum"
Please join us for an ALCTS E-Forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
“What’s on Your Mind: How can ALCTS serve New Members”
December 1-December 2, 2009,
9:00 AM Eastern, 8:00 AM Central, 7:00 AM Mountain, and 6:00 AM Pacific
EventALCTS Webinar: Cataloging icky things, or, If you can catalog a book, you can catalog anything!
by Diane Baden on Wed, 11/18/2009 - 1:54pmPresenter: Pamela Newberg, Assistant Professor and Manager of Resource Processing and Description, James A. Michener Library, University of Northern Colorado
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific time
Additional information and registration information will be available soon.
EventALCTS e-forum: Opening Doors to Hidden Collections
by Kristin Martin on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 10:07amPlease join us for an ALCTS e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
“Opening Doors to Hidden Collections”
Dec. 8-9, 2009
E-forum runs 9-5 Eastern time each day (8-4 Central, 7-3 Mountain, 6-2 Pacific)
Moderated by JoAnne Deeken and Millie Jackson.
As discovery tools are overtaking the traditional catalog as the primary face of libraries, much emphasis is being placed on unique materials and hidden collections.
EventALCTS Midwinter Symposium: Living Digital: the Role of the Library and the Future of Information
by Pamela Bluh on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 12:01pmThe Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) announces a symposium which will be held prior to ALA Midwinter 2010: “Living Digital: The Future of Information and the Role of the Library.” The event will be held on Thursday, January 14 in Boston, Massachusetts.
EventALCTS E-forum: The Art of Conversation: Improving Communication between Technical Services and Public Services
by Kristin Martin on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 12:25pmPlease join us for an e-forum discussion. It’s free and open to everyone!
Registration information is at the end of the message.
"The Art of Conversation: Improving Communication between Technical Services and Public Services”
November 18 – November 20, 2009, 8:00 AM Central, 7:00 AM Mountain, and 8:00 AM Pacific
Moderated by Sarah Simpson and Keri Cascio
EventAn ALCTS Webinar: You want me to select for WHAT?: Getting started in a new area, presented by Virginia Kay Williams, Acquisitions Librarian at Wichita State University
by Pamela Bluh on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 9:16amLibrarians are often assigned collection development responsibilities in unfamiliar subject areas, then struggle to learn about new subjects, assess local needs, and identify major publishers. Even experienced selectors can find a new subject daunting. This presentation will suggest strategies and resources for learning about unfamiliar subjects when assigned selection responsibilities, using examples from the presenter’s experience as a selector and working with new selectors.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific time.
Event An ALCTS webinar on Institutional Repositories: Selecting the Platform, presented by Bob Gerrity,Director of Library Systems, Boston College
by Pamela Bluh on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 5:38am
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific time
Watch this space for information about registration information, or see http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/index.cfm
EventALCTS webinar on Institutional Repositories: The Potential of Partnerships: Dissolving Silos for a Successful IR Implementation, Marilyn Billings, Scholarly Communication & Special Initiatives Librarian, University of Massachusetts
by Pamela Bluh on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 5:33amThis webinar will use the University of Massachusetts’ institutional repository as a case study to explore how the new digital repository service has affected the way librarians envision our place in the future of the academy, how the academy is changing its view of the library’s role, new tools and skills that we are developing to fulfill this service, and new partnerships that we have created and fostered to exploit this new vision.
Event ALCTS Webinar on Institutional Repositories: Bringing Research Data into the Library: Expanding the Horizons of Institutional Repositories, MacKenzie Smith, Associate Director for Technology, MIT Libraries
by Pamela Bluh on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 5:24amThe focus of Library-managed Institutional Repositories has so far been on document-like items (published articles, preprints, theses, reports, working papers, etc.) but there is growing demand to expand their use into new genres such as scientific research datasets (sensor readings, genomics data, neuroimages, etc.). The presentation will explain how IRs are including this type of collection, what librarians need to know in order to manage such collections, and a few case studies from the MIT Libraries.
PostBanks/Harris Preservation Award
by Paula DeStefano on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 2:30pmThe Banks/Harris Preservation award was established to honor the memory of Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris, early leaders in library preservation. The award, $1,500 and a citation, sponsored by Preservation Technologies, L.P., is given to a professional preservation specialist who has been active in the field of preservation and/or conservation for library and/or archival materials. Winners will be chosen based on: leadership in professional associations at local, state, regional or national levels; contributions to the development, application or utilization
