Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 07:49:51 -0500
From: John Radencich <radencic@fiu.edu>
Subject: ALCTS 2003 Preconference Toronto

Dear Colleagues:

ALCTS again is bringing you a quality Preconference.

You are cordially invited to attend the 2003 ALCTS Preconference
on Knowledge Without Boundaries: Libraries in Collaboration, to
be held from Thursday to Friday, June 19-20, 2003 in Toronto.
Please visit ALCTS Web Site at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/education/preconference.htm

Libraries have expanded their role as knowledge managers beyond
the boundaries of the library. They have entered into
collaborative projects with other information- bearing
institutions to create new forms of access to a variety of
materials. Librarians need to be aware of metadata standards that
are being integrated into library portals, which will precipitate
cataloging rule revisions. This program will present
collaborative projects and programs that impact library methods
of providing access to information and will also present changes
and trends in cataloging.

Main Objectives of Program:
  1.  Participants will become more informed about the choices of
metadata standards and their integration with traditional library
cataloging.
2.  Participants will have a better understanding of the current
changes and trends in
  cataloging.
3.  Participants will become more knowledgeable about specialized
projects being conducted at home and internationally in the Web
environment.

Keynote Speakers:  Dr. Clifford Lynch, Executive Director,
Coalition for Networked Information; Beacher J.E. Wiggins, Acting
Associate Librarian for Library Services and Director for
Cataloging, Library of Congress.

Internationally acclaimed speakers include: Dr. Thomas Baker,
Chair of the Dublin Core Usage Board; Dr. Howard Besser,
Professor and Director, Moving Image Archive and Preservation
Program, New York University; John D. Byrum, Jr. Chief, Regional
& Cooperative Cataloging Division, Chair, Bibliographic
Enrichments Advisory Team, Library of Congress; Robin L.
Chandler, Manager, Online Archive of California, the California
Digital Library, University of California; Michael A. Chopey,
Catalog Librarian, University of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries; Dr.
Makx Dekkers, Managing Director, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
and Head of Scheme; Dr. Thomas J. Delsey, Consultant; Dr. Carl
Lagoze, Digital Library Scientist, Director of Technology, NSF
National Science Digital Library Program, Cornell University; Wei
Liu, Director, Network and System; Yuan-liang Ma, Director, Art
Institute, Shanghai Library; Eric Miller, W3C World Wide Web
Consortium; Steven Jack Miller, Head, Monographs Department,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries; Dr. Barbara B.
Tillett, Chief, Cataloging Policy and Support Office, Library of
Congress.

For further information on Preconference speakers and topics,
please visit the ALCTS Web Site at:
http://www.ala.org/alcts/education/preconference.htm

For Preconference registration and fees, please visit the ALA Web
Site
at:  https://cs.ala.org/annual/2003

Please note that you DO NOT have to register for the ALA/CLA
Joint Conference to attend this Preconference.  The code for the
Preconference is:  ALCTS AS2

We look forward to sharing a very productive Preconference with
you in Toronto.

Planning Committee

Don Butcher, Executive Director, Canadian Library Association,
dbutcher@cla.ca
Kate Harcourt, ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Section, CC:DA
Representative, Columbia University Library,
harcourt@columbia.edu
Mary Lynette Larsgaard, Task Force on the Review of ISBD(CR)
Representative, University of California, Santa Barbara,
mary@library.ucsb.edu
  John Radencich, ALCTS Serials Section, Committee to Study
Serials Cataloging Representative, Florida International
University radencic@fiu.edu
Sally C. Tseng, Chair
ALCTS 2003 Preconference on Knowledge Without Boundaries
CALA Executive Director, sctseng888@yahoo.com
Dr. Mary S. Woodley, Co-Chair
ALCTS 2003 Preconference on Knowledge Without Boundaries
ALCTS Networked Resources Metadata Committee Representative,
California State University, Northridge,  mary.woodley@csun.edu

ALCTS

Charles Wilt, ALCTS Executive Director, cwilt@ala.org
Julie Reese, ALA/ALCTS Meetings and Continuing Education
50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795
Phone: (800) 545-2433, ext. 5034, Fax:  (800) 280-5033,
jreese@ala.org
Andrea N. Tobias
Phone: 1-800-545-2433 ext. 5038, Fax: 312-280-5033,
atobias@ala.org