Reminder that the deadline for submitting nominations draws near (May 15
postmark)!  Thank you to all of you have already sent in nominations.
We have several and are looking forward to the stragglers.  --Rosanna
O'Neil, Chair, Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Committee.

        CALL FOR WORST SERIAL TITLE CHANGE OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS

        (This item is being posted to AUTOCAT@UBVM and SERIALST@UVMVM)

The time has come once again to honor the Worst Serial Title Change of the
Year, and other fine contributions to our serials workload from the serial
publishers of the world.  The presentation of these prestigious awards,
(sponsored by the Serials Section of the Association for Library Collections
and Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of ALA), will take place during
the ALCTS President's Program at ALA's annual conference in June,
in New Orleans.  The 1993 award winners will also be noted in a future
ALCTS Newsletter.

AWARD CRITERIA INCLUDE:  a frivolous title change for no apparent reason
and producing no advantage; the unnecessary change of an old, respected
title; repeated changes, the latest being no better than any earlier ones;
and the "Snake in the Grass" or "Et tu, Brute?" category for library
publications.  The title change must have occured since
*January 1, 1992* to be considered.

Please supply complete citations for the change, including title, number
and/or date of last issue with old title; title, number and/or date of
first issue with the new title; and the publisher's name and address.
Photocopies of relevant pages or cataloging printouts are useful as
verification, including historic title changes for titles changing often
over time.

Nominations must be mailed by May 15, 1993 to:  Rosanna M. O'Neil,
Chair, Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Committee, E506 Pattee Library,
Penn State University, University Park, PA  16802.  Feel free to contact me
via e-amil (rmo@psulias.bitnet) or phone (814-865-1755) if you have any
questions.

Thank you to those who have contributed in the past and for making the
work of this committee so entertaining.  We look forward to this year's
nominations.

Please use the following form for each nomination.
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        WORST SERIAL TITLE CHANGE OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINATION

Each year the ALCTS SS Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Committee solicits
nominations for its serial title change awards.  Please use this form
to submit your nominations.  Title changes must have occurred since January 1,
1992, to be considered.

I nominate the following publication for the 1993 awards:

Current title:

Former title:

Other related information:

Suggested award name ("Et tu, Brute," etc., or your own award title):

Please include a photocopy of the title pages and/or other relevant pages,
and a printout of the bibliographic records, if possible.

Name:

Library/Address:

ENTRIES MUST BE MAILED BY May 15, 1993 to:

                                Rosanna M. O'Neil
                                Chair, Worst Serial Title Change of the
                                        Year Committee
                                Penn State UniversityE506 Pattee Library
                                University Park, PA  16802
                                (814) 865-1755
                                rmo@psulias.bitnet