INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CATALOGING INSTITUTE
Friday, Nov. 1, 1996
Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass.

Presented by the Cataloging and Classification Section of ALCTS and
cosponsored by NELINET

Goals and Objectives
This institute will provide guidance and training in applying the
1994 ALA _Guidelines_ for Bibliographic Description of Interactive
Multimedia through both a general review of the __Guidelines__ and
hands-on instruction in their use. In addition, some of the latest
examples of commercially available interactive multimedia titles will
be demonstrated by creators and producers from the industry.

The institute will enable catalogers to understand the overlapping
concepts as well as the differences found in the __Guidelines__
instructions compared to current AACR2R rules for computer files,
videos, etc. The instructors will address future issues regarding the
__Guidelines__ and will actively encourage comments on them from the
institute participants.

Audience
Catalog librarians, copy catalogers, cataloging instructors
(including trainers in library catalog departments, faculty from
graduate schools of library and information science, and trainers
from network/consortium offices, etc.) as well as cataloging
administrators involved in the creation of interactive multimedia.
Representatives from academic, public, school, and specialized
libraries (medicine, law, music, etc.) will also find this institute
relevant. Bring your copy of the __Guidelines__ to derive the most
benefit from the institute. An order form will be included in your
registration confirmation.

Faculty
Ann Sandberg-Fox, Cataloging Consultant and Trainer; Laurel Jizba,
Principal Cataloger and Trainer, Michigan State University Libraries;
Bonnie Dede, Head, Special Formats Cataloging, University of Michigan.

Multimedia Presenter: Elaine Anderson, Apple Computer.

Moderator: Johanne LaGrange, Serials Librarian, Columbia University.

Conference Site and Housing
The institute will be held at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass.,
about 50 miles west of Boston. Several airlines fly direct to
Worcester and there is bus service from Logan Airport in Boston.
Directions to the college will be included with your registration
confirmation. Local hotels, with approximate nightly single rates and
phone numbers, include: Worcester Crowne Plaza ($120/508-791-1600 or
800-628-4240); Days Inn ($55/508-832-8300); Hampton Inn
($90/508-757-0400); and Clarion Suites Hotel ($75/508-753-3512)

Fees and Registration
Registration fees are $165 for ALCTS members, $215 for ALA members,
and $265 for non-members. You may register by phone, fax, e-mail, or mail. The
registration form is available on the ALA web page:

gopher://ala1.ala.org:70/00/alagophxiii/alagophxiiialcts/alagophxiiialctsinst
/interact.inst

Or, go to the ALA Home Page on the web at  http://www.ala.org
and follow the path:  The Organization/ALA
Divisions/ALCTS/ALCTS Gopher/ALCTS Institutes).

Mail:   Print and complete the page and mail it with payment to: Interactive
Multimedia Cataloging, ALCTS/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.
Fax:    Complete the page and fax with payment information to
312-280-3257.
Phone:  Call LaTisha Reynolds at 800-545-2433, extension 5035.
E-Mail: Send registration information to LaTisha Reynolds at
lreynolds@ala.org (credit card or purchase order only).

Patricia R. Thompson
Technical Services Librarian-
Head of Cataloging
duPont Library
University of the South
Sewanee, TN 37383
pthompso@sewanee.edu
615-598-1657 (voice)
615-598-1702 (fax)