Dear colleagues,

  Summer is almost over and you are finally caught up with your cataloging
backlog--except for a few nagging title changes you are unwilling to
grapple with bacause of their stupidity, triviality, and
other unjustifiable reasons. Right? Well, your ALCTS-SS WSTCY Award
Committee has come to rescue. Vent your frustration creatively and send
your favorite (or otherwise) title changes to us, using the attached
nomination form. You can send to me via e-mail or snail mail following
instructions below. The nomination form will also appear in print in next
issue of ALCTS newsletter, Cataloging & classification quarterly, Library
resources & technical services, NASIG newsletter, and Serials librarian.
Let's get the ball rolling and have fun!

This "ad" is cross-posted to AUTOCAT, SERIALST and ACQNET. Please
forgive any duplications.

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        Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Award Nomination

  Each year the ALCTS Serials Section Worst Serial Title Change of the Year
Award Committee solicits your nominations for its prestigious awards.  The
award winners will be selected at the Annual ALA Conference and featured in
ALCTS Newsletter and other serials publications. They will also be posted
to AN2, ACQNET, AUTOCAT, and SERIALST. Please use this form to submit your
nominations.

  AWARD CRITERIA include:

1. A frivolous title change for NO APPARENT REASON, and producing no
advantage;

2. The unnecessary change of an old, respected title;

3. Repeated changes, the latest being no better than any earlier ones;

4. "Snake in the Grass," or "Et tu, Brute?" category of LIBRARY publications;

5. The title change must have occurred during 1997 to be considered.

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

Please use the following form for each nomination.

        WORST SERIAL TITLE CHANGE OF THE YEAR NOMINATION

  I nominate the following publication for the 1997/98 awards:

  Current title:

  Former title:

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

  Other related information

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

Your name:

Library Address:

Deadline for Nominations: May 15, 1998.
Please send your nominations (one form for each title) to:

Selina Lin, chair, Worst Serial Title Change of the Year Award Committee
Serials Dept., University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52240
FAX: 319-335-5900
E-mail: selina-lin@uiowa.ed