***Cross-posted to multiple lists; please excuse duplication.***
Library Resources
& Technical Services
ALCTS's peer-reviewed quarterly journal takes a critical
approach to questions and challenges facing technical services
professionals. Professional books are reviewed. http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/lrts
Sudden Selector's
Guides
Series that helps library workers
get familiar with new subject areas by covering the tools,
resources, people, and organizations they will need to keep
collections relevant. http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/collect/collmgt/ssg
Acquisitions & Collections Guides
Two
series
that introduce library staff to the procedures, operations,
and potential difficulties staff will encounter on-the-job
with practical information and advice. http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/collect/acq/acq_guides
and http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/collect/collmgt/guides
ALCTS News
Voice that reports
ALCTS activities with summaries as well as brief articles
focusing on problem solving and other topics of interest
arising from members' day-to-day activities on the job. http://www.ala.org/alctsnews
ALCTS Monographs
Offer in-depth
coverage of current topics in library technical services—often
collections of papers by presenters and other experts. http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/papers
z687: Creating the
Future of Technical Services
Online collection of
white papers and think-pieces by library technical services
professionals for their peers. http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/z687
Discuss publication ideas with the chair of the ALCTS Publications Committee, Mary Miller (memiller@umn.edu).
Submit your proposal at the ALCTS website www.ala.org/alcts/resources/info/proposal-guide.
Association for
Library Collections & Technical Services
a division of the American Library Association
www.ala.org/alcts