ALCTS SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR THE WORST SERIAL TITLE CHANGE OF THE YEAR
AWARDS, 2000

Second Posting (May 8,2000):  There is still time to submit nominations for
the Worst Serial Title Change of the Year.   The ACLTS Serials Section
Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Committee is seeking nominations for
the awards for 2000.  You've heard of the Golden Globes, the Oscars, and
the Grammies?  Well, these awards are closer to the Raspberries, or maybe
Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed List.

You can see the past winners (1984-1999) on the ALCTS website at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ss/worst.html

Are there serial title changes that you have had to deal with this past
year that were particularly troubling?  Did you ask yourself, "Why, oh why
did they change this title?"  "What were they thinking?"  or perhaps, you
just asked, "Why me?"  In any case, the SS Worst Serial Title Change
Committee would love to hear from you.  Send us your worst!  (How often do
you get that opportunity?)   Tell us just how bad it was.

In order to be eligible for an award, the title change should have
occurred during calendar year 1999.    It would be really helpful if you send
surrogates of the title change (i.e. the "before" and "after") from the
issues involved in the change, plus a copy of the bibliographic
records.  We would also be interested in a category or name for your
nominee, if you have one (e.g. The Shorter, but not Sweeter Award or the
Everything Old is New Again Award (for the serial that decided to change
back to a previously used title), or the Unwanted Preposition Award.
This is your chance to let those people who make these titles changes know
how you feel about them (or, at least vent your frustration).

We're also interested in nominations for the perennial Snake in the Grass
Award, which goes to library-related publications that have the nerve (or
the gall) to change title, when they should know better.  If you're really
brave, we'd also consider the worst title change of the Decade, or even the
worst title change of the century!!

Send your nominations (by Friday May 19, 2000) to:

Gene Dickerson
Serial Records Section
National Library of Medicine
Bldg. 38, Room B1W10
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
dickerse@mail.nlm.nih.gov
fax (301) 402-0422