Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 14:29:52 -0700 From: Sally Tseng <sctseng@LIB.UCI.EDU> Subject: Update on ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Institute Dear Colleagues: Many thanks for your interest in the ALCTS Institute on AACR2 and Metadata to be held from August 16-17, 2001 in Boston, Mass., USA at the Crowne Plaza Boston-Natick hotel. The Hotel is located 15 miles outside of Boston. The address is: 1360 Worcester Street, Route 9, Natick, MA 01760. I am pleased to let you know that ALCTS has reserved a block of rooms at a group rate of $159 single/double. This discounted rate is good through July 25. To reserve a room, call the hotel's reservation desk at 508/653-8800. (Check-in time is 3:00 p.m. and check-out time is 12 noon.) Please do not hesitate to let me know if there is any further information I can provide. Please see the program information below: ******************************************************************* Dear Colleagues: AACR2 AND METADATA - An ALCTS Institute, Thursday-Friday, August 16-17, 2001 in Boston, Massachusetts The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (a division of the American Library Association) invites you to participate in the "AACR2 and Metadata" Institute, Thursday-Friday, August 16-17, 2001 in Boston -- a great way to kick off the 2001 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Council and General Conference. This is one of the most important Institutes for your professional development in the 21st Century! Please sign up immediately! The two-day event will offer a wealth of opportunities to hone practical cataloging know how and investigate solutions to integrating resources, seriality and other tangled issues in the online and printed environments -- of especial interest to those who face cataloging, collecting, Web interface design, or otherwise in the constantly evolving electronic environment. Find out the most effective and most efficient options for providing your users with access to print and Web resources. The first day will be devoted to a thorough examination of traditional cataloging practices and upcoming changes for monographs and serials, the second day to exploration of a variety of issues related to metadata. Here are a few of the areas to be covered: * AACR2, Dublin Core, ISSN, MARC 21, RDF, W3C, XML, and approaches to handling metadata * Review of existing cataloging standards (e.g., AACR2, CONSER Guidelines, Hallam's Loose-leaf Cataloging, latest proposals and decisions from JSCAACR, CC:DA and MARBI, etc.) * Discussion on the future of cataloging in the electronic age and the development of new rules, guidelines, and standards for electronic and integrating resources (e.g., databases, loose-leaf, Web sites, etc.) FACULTY MEMBERS AND TOPICS: ALCTS had assembled a faculty of distinguished international scholars to speak at the Boston Institute including: The keynote address "Cataloging in an Electronic Age" will be delivered by Michael Gorman, Editor of AACR2 and Dean of Library Services, California State University, Fresno. Matthew Beacom, Catalog Librarian for Networked Information Resources, Yale University, "Something Old, Something New: Using AACR2 and MARC to Catalog Web Resources"; Jean Hirons, CONSER Coordinator, Library of Congress, "Seriality: What Have We Accomplished, What's Next?"; Ann Huthwaite, Chair, Joint Steering Committee for Revision of AACR (JSCAACR) and Library Resource Services Manager, Queensland University of Technology, ""AACR and other metadata standards: the way forward"; Sheila S. Intner, Professor, GSLIS, Simmons College, "Struggling Toward Retrieval: Can Alternatives to Standard Operating Procedures Help?"; Erik Jul, Executive Director, OCLC Institute "MARC and Mark-up: Different Metadata Containers for Different Purposes"; Professor Yuan-liang Ma, Director, Shanghai Library, China, "Digital Resources and Metadata Application in Shanghai Library"; and Regina R. Reynolds, Head, National Serials Data Program, Library of Congress, "ISSN: Dumb Number, Smart Solution". The Boston Institute registration fee is $325 for ALCTS and New England Library Association members; $375 for ALA and IFLA members; $425 for non-members. AACR and Metadata continue to be vitally important topics, and combined with an outstanding faculty and excellent subject matter the regional Institute is a MUST attend for today's librarians. These Institutes are co-sponsored by the ALCTS SS, Committee to Study Serials Cataloging (CSSC), ALCTS CCS Cataloging Committee: Description and Access (CC:DA) and the ALCTS Networked Resources and Metadata Committee (NRMC). A second Institute is scheduled for November 2001 in Dallas, Texas and a third in the spring of 2002 in San Diego, California. To learn more about the Institutes or to register, see the ALCTS Web site at: http://www.ala.org/alcts. Or contact: Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611, USA, Tel: 1-800-545-2433 ext. 5034, Fax: 312-280-5033, Email: jreese@ala.org Or, Sally C. Tseng, Chair, ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Regional Institutes, and Head, Serials Cataloging, Science Library, University of California, Irvine, P.O. Box 19557, Irvine, CA 92623-9557, USA, Tel.: 949-824-6832, Fax: 949-824-2059, FAX (H): 949-857-1988, Email: sctseng@uci.edu Mary Lynette Larsgaard, Co-Chair, ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Institutes Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory, Davidson Library University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA 93106 Tel.: 805/893-4049 Fax: 805/893-8799 Email: mary@library.ucsb.edu Thank you! We look forward to sharing a very productive Institute with you. Sally ***************************************************************** Sally Tseng, Chair ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Institutes Head, Serials Cataloging Telephone: 949-824-6832 Science Library #331 Fax: 949-824-2059 University of California, Irvine FAX (H): 949-857-1988 P.O. Box 19557 email: sctseng@uci.edu Irvine, CA 92623 *****************************************************************
