CONTENTS ALA: Web MLS Programs ALA Meeting Reports: National library organizations: ALA

ALA American Library Association http://www.ala.org/ ALA Blogs http://blogs.ala.org/ ALA Chapter Council Wiki http://cro.ala.org/chapters/index.php?title=Main_Page ALA Chapters Wiki http://wikis.ala.org/council/index.php/Chapter_Councilors ALA Council Wiki http://wikis.ala.org/council ALA listservs http://lists.ala.org/wws ALA-APA http://www.ala-apa.org ALA Policy Manual http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/governingdocs/policymanual/policymanual.htm The ALA Policy Manual includes brief statements of policies adopted by the ALA Council. The ALA Policy Manual is divided into two sections: Organization and Operational Policies, and Positions and Public Policy Statements. ALCTS http://www.ala.org/alcts Association for Library Collections & Technical Services. It is responsible for: acquisitions, identification, cataloging, classification, and preservation of library materials, as well as selection and development of collections. Handbook Digiblog ALCTS Catalog Form and Function Committee http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/cff/index.html Charge: to study issues and to develop guidelines regarding the form and function of the catalog in its several formats... ALCTS Committee documentation http://www.pitt.edu/~agtaylor/ala/alac.htm ALCTS Council of Regional Groups, Speakers' Bureau Directory http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/crg/speakers.html Formed for the purpose of providing a source of information on speakers for regional groups who are planning meetings, programs, or workshops relating to technical services. ALCTS Creative Ideas in Technical Services Discussion Group http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/cits.html ALCTS SS Committee to Study Serials Cataloging http://www.ala.org/ala/alctscontent/serialssection/serialscomm/contresourcecata/contresourcescat.htm Charge: to identify, discuss, and propose solutions to problems related to serials cataloging. ALCTS Subject Analysis Committee (SAC) http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ccs/sac/subjecta.html Charge: to study problems and recommend improvements in patterns, methods, and tools for the subject analysis and organization of library materials ... ALCTS CCS Subject Analysis Committee. Subcommittee on Metadata http://www.govst.edu/users/gddcasey/sac/metadata.htm CC:DA homepage http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ccs/ccda/ccda.html Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access is the body within the American Library Association responsible for developing official ALA positions on additions to and revisions of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2d ed., 1998 revision. John Attig's page: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/tas/jca/ccda/index.html Directory of Accredited LIS Masters Programs / American Library Association http://www.ala.org/alaorg/lisdir.html JSC Public Web Site http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/jsc/index.html LITA http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litahome.cfm Top Tech TrendsTop Technology Trends for Libraries: Y2K / January 2000, ALA Midwinter LITA National Forum. 2000 Programs LITA Blog LITA WIKI LITA/ALCTS CCS Authority Control in the Online Environment Discussion Group http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/ccs/litaalctsccs.html MARBI http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/marbi/marbi.html ALCTS/LITA/RUSA Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee (MARBI) is the body within the American Library Association responsible for developing official ALA positions on standards for the representation in machine-readable form of bibliographic information. Also: MARC Advisory Committee   http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/marcadvz.html Also: MARC Standards - Proposals and Discussion papers   http://www.loc.gov/marc/development.html OLAC http://www.olacinc.org/ Guidelines, conference reports, training materials for catalogers of audiovisual materials UCITA 101 http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/ucita101.html UCITA / ARL http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/ucitapg.html Go back to Contents ___________________________________  |  TechServ Web MLS Programs Directory of Accredited LIS Master's Programs http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oa/lisdir.html Distance Learning Opportunities http://www.kdla.net/libserv/distance.htm Drexel in Philadelphia University of South Carolina, College of Library and Information Science Florida State University, School of Information Studies Minnesota Associate Program : Information Literacy & Research Skills University of North Texas, School of Library and Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences Emporia State University, School of Library and Information Management School of Information and Library Studies, University at Buffalo University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Library and Information Science. FastTrack MLIS program Southern Connecticut State University. Library Science & Instructional Technology 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT 06525 Phone: (203)392-5781 White House Proposed Initiative to Recruit and Educate Librarians http://www.imls.gov/grants/library/lib_bdre.htm Go back to Contents ___________________________________  |  TechServ Meeting reports: Big Heads reports can be found at: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~ulcjh/ ALA Midwinter - Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 28-Feb. 2, 1999 Notes ALA - New Orleans, June 25-29, 1999 Notes ALA Midwinter - San Antonio, Jan. 14-18, 2000 Notes ALA - Chicago, July 5-12, 2000 Notes WW/PUG minutes - ALA - Chicago, 2000 ALA - Washington, D.C., Jan. 12-16, 2001 WWPUG minutes - ALA - Washington, DC, Jan. 2001 ALA - San Francisco, June 14-19, 2001 ALA - New Orleans, Jan. 18-21, 2002 ALA - Atlanta, June 13-18, 2002 ALA - Philadelphia, Jan. 24-27, 2003 ALA - Toronto, June 19-24, 2003 ALA - San Diego, Jan. 9-13, 2004 ALA - Orlando, June 24-29, 2004 ALA - Chicago, June 23-28, 2005 ALA - San Antonio, Jan. 20-23, 2006 ALA - New Orleans, June 22-27,2006 ALA - Seattle, Jan. 19-24, 2007 ALA - Washington, D.C., June 21-27, 2007 ALA - Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 11-16, 2008 ALA - Anaheim, Calif. June 27-July 2, 2008 Go back to Contents ___________________________________  |  TechServ National library organizations: ARL http://www.arl.org/ American Association of Research Libraries is a not-for-profit membership organization comprising the leading research libraries in North America. Its mission is to shape and influence the forces affecting the future of research libraries in the process of scholarly communication. SPARC Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resource Coalition. A worldwide coalition of research institutions, libraries, and organizations that encourages competition in the scholarly publication market. CREATE CREATE is a resource for faculty and librarian action to reclaim scholarly communication Center for Research Libraries http://wwwcrl.uchicago.edu/ CRL is an international not-for-profit consortium of colleges, universities, and libraries that makes available scholarly research and resources to users everywhere. International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/ The Coalition serves primarily higher education institutions by facilitating discussion among consortia on issues of common interest Key documents: Guidelines for statistical measures of usage of web-based indexed, abstracted, and full text resources. (Nov. 1998) Guidelines for technical issues in request for proposal (RFP) requirements and contract negotiations. (Jan. 1999) Go back to Contents

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