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From: Michael Babinec [mailto:m-babinec@NORTHWESTERN.EDU]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:45 PM
To: serialst-request@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: ALA meeting: ALCTS Creative Ideas In Technical Services DG

The ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group will meet at
ALA in Orlando.

WHEN:   Sunday afternoon, June 27th, 4:30-5:30 p.m.
WHERE:  Ritz Carlton Grande Lakes Resort, Sienna I/II

This meeting consists of round table discussions with eight to ten people
participating at each table.  We will need volunteers to serve as
facilitators and/or recorders at each discussion table.

Facilitators introduce the topic, ask persons to introduce themselves, keep
track of the meeting time, and most importantly, keep the discussion moving
and ensure that everyone has a chance to participate.  Each table will have
some suggested talking points or questions that facilitators can use to get
the discussion started, and anyone may add their own questions as well.
Recorders participate in the discussion and take notes which will be
forwarded to the co-chairs.  These notes will be used to prepare a report
which will be posted on the ALCTS web site.  Facilitators and recorders will
receive acknowledgement in the report.

TOPICS:

Encoding standards for acquisitions data
Merging catalog and acquisitions departments
Division of responsibilities between professional and paraprofessional
catalogers
Methods of quality control in cataloging
Continuing education for technical services staff
Electronic resources cataloging in the age of integrating resources
Changes in roles and responsibilities within technical services
Non-roman scripts in the catalog: current conditions and UNICODE
implementation.
Post-ILS migration issues
Experiences with e-journal management systems

If you would like to serve as a facilitator or recorder for one of these
topics, please let us know.  Do not reply to the listservs; reply to Susan
Pinckard at shpinck@emory.edu or Michael Babinec at
m-babinec@northwestern.edu.

Come join us in Orlando.

Michael Babinec
Senior Monographic Cataloger
Northwestern University Library
Evanston, Illinois 60208
847-491-7583
m-babinec@northwestern.edu