ALA Chicgo: program highlights
Jane Gottlieb
FROM: Jane Gottlieb, MLA Representative to ALA
RE: Chicago program
The upcoming ALA annual conference will be held in Chicago,
Illinois from July 6 - 12, 2000. The full conference
program is available at www.ala.org. The conference theme
is “Libraries Build Community.” A “Chicago Blues Bash” on
Saturday evening, July 8th will raise funds for ALA
scholarships.
Matt Wise, Chair of MLA’s Bibliographic Control Committee
will provide additional information on the activities of our
BCC representatives at ALA.
Selected sessions of potential interest to MLA members are
listed below.
Reminder: The “MLA at ALA” party will be held on Saturday
evening, July 8th in the Scarecrow Press suite in the Hyatt
Hotel. Once again, we are enormously grateful to Scarecrow
for extending this invitation.
ALA Annual Conference 2000
Chicago, IL
Selected Highlights for MLA members
Friday, July 7th:
2-3 p.m.
ALCTS Media Resources Committee
"Tour of the Museum of Broadcast
Communications"
The Museum of Broadcast Communications,
located in the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington
Street at Michigan Avenue, houses a catalogued collection of
over 9,000 commercials, 50,000 early radio shows, 11 years
of daily network newscasts and over 7,000 assorted TV
programs. Participants will enjoy a brief history of the
Cultural Center, built from 1893-1897 containing mosaic art,
stained-glass domes, and Italian Carrara and green Vermont
marble. A history of the Museum will also be given along
with a tour of the radio exhibits, background information on
the three live shows which originate from the Museum, a
historical look at TV pioneering, and an
introduction to the archives of radio and television
programs.
Saturday, July 8th:
2-4 p.m.
ACRL ARTS Section
"Is Seeing Understanding? Approaches to
Visual/Media Literacy in an Information Age"
As new media packages and technologically
rich cultural experiences are designed and created, it will
be important for a variety of institutions to instruct their
users in how to extract worthwhile information from these
sources.
Unless these users can effectively interpret this imagery, a
significant portion of
the information literacy fabric will be seriously weakened.
The task before us
demands the collaborative expertise of many knowledge
specialists, including
those in dance, film, theater and the visual arts.
Speakers: Mary Keelan, dir., Development,
Advocacy, and Media, Mid Hudson Lib. System, Poughkeepsie,
NY; Sally Mason-Robinson, dir., Lib.
Projects, Natl. Video Resources, Chicago; Paula C. Murphy,
libn., Research Svcs., Chicago Historical Society; Peter M.
Neal, dir., Educ., Corp. for Pub. Broadcasting,
Washington, DC.
2-4 pm
ACRL Media Resources Committee; ALA Video Round Table
"Byting into Video: DVD and Networked
Delivery"
Video collections in libraries are in a
state of transition. Do you know where your video
collection is, should, and could be going? Our panel will
update academic and public librarians, administrators, and
other interested parties about the current status of video
formats in libraries and the trends with regard to digital
video and networked delivery.
Moderator: Mary S. Konkel, head,
Cataloging, Univ. of Akron (OH). Speakers: Walt Crawford,
sr. analyst, Research Libs. Grp.; Karen C. Lund, digital
conversion spec., Natl. Digital Lib. Prog., Lib. of
Congress; Judy
Napier, dir., AV Svcs., Schaumburg (IL) Township District
Lib.; Claire
Dougherty, dir., Northwestern Univ. New Media Ctr.
2-4 p.m.
ALCTS Preservation and Reformatting
Section, Book and Paper Committee; +American Institute for
the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)
"Know Your Plastics: Safe Enclosures for
Book and Nonbook
Materials"
Plastics are everywhere in our libraries.
We must understand plastics in order to preserve those in
our collections (CD-ROMs, films, audio tapes, etc.) and use
plastics to preserve our collections (video tape boxes, CD
jewel cases, etc.). Do we know what we are buying when a
library binder places ethafoam in our bindings for special
housings? Does it matter what quality of plastic
boxes we buy for our videos or CDs? Scott R. Williams, a
Conservation
Scientist (Chemist) at the Canadian
Conservation Institute who specializes in modern polymers
such as the plastics we use in our libraries, will discuss
the chemical make up of some of the plastics we encounter
in our libraries such as ethafoams and polypropylene. Scott
will also give a brief overview of possible degradation
processes of some of these plastics and how this degradation
could effect our collections. Tom Edmondson, a photographic
conservator in private practice, will discuss some
practical issues about plastics and photographic
collections. Photographic collections were one of the first
places in libraries and archives to learn about plastics
both in the film collections, and in their plastic housings
for their collections. Tom will review how to determine what
types of plastics are in photographic collections and also
the basic principles of choosing the correct housings. This
program is aimed at a
non-chemist audience, and all who purchase
housings, or have any interest in the plastics in their
collections, are encouraged to attend.
Sunday, July 9th:
8:30-11 a.m.
PLA Audiovisual Committee, Library
Services Cluster
"Sense and Sensibilities: AV Readers'
Advisor"
What was the name of that 1970s movie with
Joan Rivers and Billy Crystal?
Do you have a recording of the song Puppy
Love? Is there an unabridged audio of Harry Potter? Learn
where to find the answers to these tough AV reference
questions and more. Hear how to conduct a media advisor
interview. AV experts will show you how to
give your AV patrons what they want. Speakers: Judy Napier,
Schaumburg (IL) Township Dist. Lib.; Randy Pitman, editor,
Video Librarian Magazine; Christopher Popa, Harold
Washington Pub. Lib.; Robin Whitten,
editor, Audiofile Magazine.
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
ACRL Copyright Committee, Government
Relations Committee
"The Digital Millennium Copyright Act:
Responding to the
Requirements of the Act"
A panel of copyright specialists and
experts will review how the requirements of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act has been implemented at
institutions and from a national perspective. The program
will provide the audience with examples of how the DMCA may
be implemented at their institution. Topics covered will
include distance education, electronic reserves, and
education programs at academic and research libraries.
Speakers: Carrie Russell, Copyright
Specialist, ALA Office for Information Technology Policy;
Elizabeth E. Kirk, libn., Electronic and Distance Educ.,
Johns Hopkins Univ.; Lorre Smith, libn., Digital Lib.
Initiatives, Univ. at
Albany Libs.
9:30-11 a.m.
ALA/SAA Joint Committee on
Library/Archives Relationships
"Recharging the Relationship: A View From
the Top"
The Executive Directors of the American
Library Association and the Society of American Archivists
and the President of the Society of American
Archivists will speak on the current state
of these related professions, and the challenges and
opportunities for cooperation facing us. A question and
answer period will follow.
Speakers: William Gordon, exec. dir., ALA;
Susan E. Fox, exec. dir., Society of American Archivists; H.
Thomas Hickerson, pres., Society of American Archivists.
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
ALA Library Instruction Round Table
"Teaching as Performance"
As teaching librarians, we are always "on
stage." Like actors and other performers, our ability to
communicate depends not only on content, but on how we
present ourselves. What can we learn from the theatrical
professions
to enhance our teaching? What techniques
can help us connect with our audience? This practical
program will focus on ways to improve library
instruction through better presentation skills. Our speakers
will include a
teaching librarian, and a professional
actor.
9:00-11:30 a.m.
RUSA Management and Operation of User
Services Section, Catalog Use Committee; ALCTS/LITA
Machine-Readable Bibliographic Information Committee
"Is MARC Dead?"
MARC is the library standard for managing
bibliographic data. Some believe it is the basis for the
advance of information access in libraries. Others suggest
that MARC is a 30-year mistake, that it is too cumbersome
for the
bibliographic control of electronic
information. A panel will address the question "Is MARC
Dead?" and if so "What Is or Should Be Alive?"
Speakers: Jerry D. Campbell, chief info.
officer, dean, Univ. Libs., Univ. of Southern CA; Karen
Coyle, CA Digital Lib.; Martin Dillon, exec. dir., OCLC
Institute; Joe Matthews, vp, Business Development, EOS Intl.
2-4 p.m.
ALCTS Preservation and Reformatting
Section, Preservation Education Committee
"Managing Preservation Technologies for
the New Century"
In 2020 will you read a book inscribed by
an ion beam on an iridium pin (HD-ROM)? Digital imaging
currently offers the best preservation and access
technology. But what will the 21st century bring? What will
be the role of traditional library materials in the future,
and how will this affect preservation programs?
Decisions we make today lay the groundwork for tomorrow's
challenges. Three experts discuss past,
present, and future realities and implications of various
new and old preservation technologies. Specific
applications and projects will provide librarians,
managers, and anyone
interested in digitization and its effects on collections
with valuable guidelines
for making decisions that will benefit their institutions.
Moderator: Kenneth Lavender, curator,
Univ. of North TX. Speakers: Paul Conway, head,
Preservation, Yale Univ., "Technology and Its
Implications: Past, Present and Future"; Steve Dalton,
dir., Field Svcs., NEDCC, "Out There in the Field: Practical
Considerations"; John Dean, head, Preservation, Cornell
Univ., "Lessons on the Cutting Edge: The Cornell
Experience."
7:00 -10:30 pm.
ALA Video Round Table
Video Round Table Gala
Join us for a night of food, film and fun
at the annual VRT Gala to be held at Facets Multimedia, 1517
W. Fullerton Ave. Celebrity speaker TBA. Special screenings
of VRT Notable Videos for Adults award winners.
Monday, July 10th
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
ACRL Western European Specialists Section
"Italian Studies and Italian Cultural Presence in North
America: A Tribute to the Life and contributions of Mario
Casalini"
A focus on various aspects of Italian cultural history,
publishing, and bibliography and their representations and
interests on the North American academic and library scenes.
Dedicated to the memory of the Italian vendor Mario Casalini
(1926-1998), who was of seminal importance over the past 40
years in the building of Italian-oriented academic library
collections in North America. Books published by Italian
presses with which Mr. Casalini was
associated will be on display.
Keynote speaker: Dante Della Terza, Irving Babbitt prof. of
comparative literature, Emeritus, Harvard Univ. and prof.
Emeritus, Italian Literature, Università Federico II,
Naples. Speakers: John Tedeschi, distinguished academic
libn., Emeritus, Univ. of WI, Madison, "Transatlantic
Correspondence: Roland H. Bainton and Delio Cantimori,
1932-1966";
Ingrid Rowland, assoc. prof., Dept. of Art History and the
College, Univ. of Chicago, an expert in Italian Renaissance
art; Paul Gehl, custodian, John M. Wing Foundation on the
History of Printing, Newberry Lib., Chicago.
9:30-11 a.m.
*Theatre Library Association
"Their Championship Seasons: Joseph Papp, Lucille Lortel,
and the Acquisition,
Processing, and Use of Performing Arts Archives"
Two giants of the New York theatre world will be highlighted
in this session, which will illustrate how performing arts
archives are acquired, arranged, and described, and how they
are used by
researchers. Two archivists will describe the processing of
the archives of director and producer Joseph Papp, and those
of the actress, producer, and benefactor Lucille Lortel; a
curator will give insights into why and how researchers use
performing arts collections and will provide strategies for
assisting them in making their research more
successful; and a theatre director will describe how she
mounted a new production of Hair based on her work with the
Joseph Papp/New York Shakespeare Festival Archives.
Speakers: Mary Ellen Rogan, sr. archivist, Billy Rose
Theatre Collection, NY Pub. Lib. for Performing Arts;
Camille Croce Dee, project archivist, Lucille Lortel Papers;
Nena Couch, curator, assoc. prof., Lawrence and Lee Theatre
Research Institute, Ohio State Univ.; Martha S. LoMonaco,
assoc. prof., Visual and Performing Arts, Fairfield Univ.
--
Jane Gottlieb
Associate Vice President for Library and Information
Resources
The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY 10023-6588
Tel: 212/799-5000 ext. 265; Fax: 212/769-6421
e-mail: gott...@juilliard.edu
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