Dear Colleagues:

Thank you for your interest in the ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Regional
Institutes.  The last Institute will be held in beautiful San Diego in
Southern California from Friday to Saturday, March 8-9, 2002.  Attached to
this message is a copy in MS Word document for your convenience.  ALCTS
gratefully acknowledges the support of Brodart in presenting this
Institute.

Please visit ALCTS Web site for more information on the Institute.  The
URL is: http://www.ala.org/alcts/now/metadata2002.html

The Deadline for registration is February 25, 2002.

We are very proud to present to you NINE internationally sought after
speakers as our FACULTY MEMBERS at this Institute.  Their NAMES are listed
below in alphabetical order with their TOPICS for your preview:

Grace Agnew, Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Services,
Rutgers University Libraries "Developing a Metadata Strategy".

Dr. Murtha Baca, Head, Standards Program, Getty Research Institute,
"Metadata Schemas and Controlled Vocabularies for Art and Architecture".

Matthew Beacom, ALA Representative to the Joint Steering Committee on the
Revision of AACR2, Catalog Librarian for Networked Information Resources,
Yale University Library, "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? "

Dr. Sheila S. Intner, Professor and Director, Simmons College GSLIS at Mt.
Holyoke College, "Struggling Toward Retrieval:  Can Alternatives to
Standard Operating Procedures Help?"

Erik Jul, Executive Director, OCLC Institute, OCLC Online Computer Library
Center, Inc., "MARC and Mark-up: Different Metadata Containers for
Different Purposes".

Regina R. Reynolds, Head, National Serials Data Program, Library of
Congress "ISSN: Dumb Number, Smart Solution".

Brian E. C. Schottlaender, University Librarian, University of California,
San Diego, "Why Metadata?  Why Now?  Why Me?"

Dr. Barbara B. Tillett, Chief, Cataloging Policy and Support Office,
Library of Congress, "AACR and Metadata : Library Opportunities in the
Global Semantic Web - LC, IFLA, Dublin Core, Virtual International
Authority Files, and More".

Institute Location and Directions:

Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza
400 West Broadway
San Diego, California 92101-3504
Phone:  619/239-4500
Fax: 619/239-4527
ALCTS Group Room Rate: $165 single/double

By Air:

The Wyndham San Diego Hotel offers a complimentary shuttle service to/from
San Diego International Airport at Lindbergh Field.  The service runs from
6am-10pm daily.

By Train:

The hotel is about a block away from the train station, so that's within
walking distance.

By Car - Driving Directions:

Exit Freeway Five (Five going South).
Exit Front Street
Right on Ash Street ( Down 2 blocks)
Left in Columbia Street (Go down 2-3 blocks)
On the corner of Columbia and Broadway on the left hand side is the
Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza at 400 W Broadway Street

Please share this information with your friends.  We look forward to
seeing you in San Diego.

For Details Please Contact:

Sally, C. Tseng, Chair
ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Regional Institutes
Head, Serials Cataloging
Science Library
University of California, Irvine
P.O. Box 19557
Irvine, CA 92623
U.S.A.
Phone:       949-824-6832
Fax (H):    949-857-1988
email:        sctseng@uci.edu

Mary Lynette Larsgaard, Co-chair
ALCTS AACR2 and Metadata Regional Institutes
Assistant Head, Map and Imagery Laboratory
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA 93106
Phone: 805/893-4049
Fax: 805/893-8799
email: mary@library.ucsb.edu

Charles Wilt
Executive Director
ALA/ALCTS
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (800) 545-2433, ext. 5033
email:  cwilt@ala.org

Julie Reese
ALA/ALCTS Events Manager
50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: (800) 545-2433, ext. 5034
email:  jreese@ala.org