The ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group
will meet at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle, Washington on
Sunday, January 21, 2007, from 4:00pm -- 6:00pm, in Room 303 of the
Washington State Convention & Trade Center.  Participants can join
breakout discussions on the topics listed below.  At the end of the
discussion period, each group will give a short summary for the
benefit of all attendees.

The discussion topics are:

1. Using Marc records from U.S. vendors and non-U.S. bibliographic
agencies
2. Using genre terms in MARC records
3. Employing temporary librarians and other staff in technical
services
4. Making the last five years of your career before retirement the
best/most productive
5. Planning work space for technical services
6. Outsourcing journal check-in
7. Ordering on vendor websites/using vendor order records
8. Creating a catalog "front end" that integrates well in the
Amazoogle environment
9. Creating a "virtual periodicals room" for browsing online
journals

This year's chair is Carla Davis Cunningham, Temple University and
the vice-chair/chair-elect is Linda Lomker, University of
Minnesota.

VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR AND RECORDERS SOUGHT:  We are asking for
volunteers to facilitate and record the discussions at each topic
table.  If you would like to facilitate or record, please send your
information to Carla Davis Cunningham at ccunni01@temple.edu
(that's ccunni zero one).  Indicate all the topics you would be
willing to facilitate or record.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF VOLUNTEERS:  FACILITATORS guide the discussion
on the topics at their tables, making sure everyone participates,
and keeps it within the allotted time.  The chair and vice-chair
will provide facilitators with suggestions to serve as a discussion
guide.  RECORDERS take notes during discussions and send a written
report to the vice-chair soon after the conference is over. These
reports form the basis for the report the chair sends to ALCTS and
Technical Services Quarterly.

Please send your volunteer interests to Carla Davis Cunningham
(ccunni01@temple.edu) by January 16.

Thanks in advance!

Carla Davis Cunningham & Linda Lomker

Carla Davis Cunningham
Cataloger/Copy Cataloging Coordinator, Monographs
Paley Library (017-00)
Temple University
1210 W. Berks St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122

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