Posted on behalf of ALCTS to a number of lists.  Please pardon the
duplication, but we want to insure a wide distribution to both
catalogers and administrators of catalogers.
          Michael Kaplan

TECHNICAL SERVICES WORKSTATIONS: THE STATE OF
          THE ART OF CATALOGING

Cosponsored by The Association for Library Collections & Technical
Services, A Division of the American Library Association, and
SOLINET, AMIGOS, OCLC PACIFIC, and MINITEX.

To be offered four times during 1995:

March 17 at the Ramada Atlanta Airport (Atlanta), cosponsored by SOLINET.
Registration deadline March 3 (or when filled); housing deadline February
12. Rooms are $49 single, $54 double. Phone 800-476-1120; mention
SOLINET when making room reservations

March 20 at the Bristol Suites (Dallas), cosponsored by AMIGOS.
Registration deadline March 6 (or when filled); housing deadline February
26. Rooms are $89 single, $99 double, and include breakfast.  Phone
214-233-7600; mention AMIGOS when making room reservations.

May 1 at the Kellogg West Conference Center at California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona, cosponsored by OCLC PACIFIC. Registration
deadline April 15 (or when filled); housing available at $65 single, $75
double. Phone 909-869-2222; mention OCLC PACIFIC when making room
rseservations. There is no housing deadline. Free shuttle service from
Ontario International Airport.

September 29 at the Normandy Inn, Minneapolis, cosponsored by MINITEX.
Registration deadline September 15 (or when filled); housing deadline
September 1. Rooms are $75. Phone (612) 370-1400; mention MINITEX when
making room reservations.

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OBJECTIVES:

The Technical Services Workstation is a technology which brings all the
tools for cataloging together online.  The Library of Congress has stressed
development of this technology as a means of increasing cataloging output
and creating more cataloging in less time with fewer dollars.  Grassroots
development work in TSWs is beginning to develop momentum and new infra-
structure developments such as McGill's telnet packages and the upcoming
releases of OCLC and RLIN under Windows make integrating various off-the-
shelf software packages increasingly feasible.

Participants will see demonstrations of programs currently in use and the
revolution in macro-based cataloging which these programs have initiated.
Faculty will also present issues of management in relation to
implementation and how and why workflow is affected.

AUDIENCE:

ALCTS and regional networks are sponsoring this institute for catalogers,
managers and administrators planning to develop TSWs

FACULTY:

- Michael Kaplan, Harvard University
- Matthew Beacom, Yale University
- Diane Vizine-Goetz, Office of Research, OCLC
- Bruce Johnson, Library of Congress,
- Janet McCue, Cornell University
- Arne Almquist, University of North Texas [at Dallas institute only]

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PROGRAM OUTLINE

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Registration

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction to the Institute --
Michael Kaplan, Harvard University

9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Online Training Modules and Online Utilities --
Matthew Beacom, cataloger, Rare Books Team at the Yale University
Library, will demonstrate the Yale program to provide interactive, online
training in cataloging and in the use of computers.

10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Electronic Dewey and Electronic LC -- Diane
Vizine-Goetz, senior research scientist for the Office of Research, OCLC,
Dublin, Ohio, will show OCLC's Electronic Dewey classification and
preview a prototype online LC classification.

12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Cataloger's Desktop and Online LC Classification --
Bruce Johnson, senior library information systems specialist in the
Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, will show the
published version of the Cataloger's Desktop and an early version of the
Cataloging Distribution Service's Online LC Classification.

2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p. m. Break

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. From Worksheet to Workstation:  Harvard's
Experience -- Michael Kaplan, head of the Database Management Team and
coordinator for OCLC/RLIN Operations in the Harvard College Library,
Harvard University, will demonstrate how macro-based cataloging has
revolutionized the Cataloging Services Department at Harvard and
introduce the current DOS-based workstation and the evolving
Windows-based product.

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. TSWs:  Where Have We Been, Where Are we Going?
-- Janet McCue, head of the Technical Services Division, Mann Library,
Cornell University, will discuss the past and future of TSWs.

[Note: In Dallas only, Arne Almquist, assistant director for
Administrative Services and head, Libraries LAN/PV Management Department,
University of North Texas Libraries, will describe the workstation and
network infrastructure in place at the University Libraries which supports
a physically dispersed cataloging operation to an off-campus facility
while continuing to provide integrated access to OCLC, the OPAC, and ILL
acquisitions system, Internet and local e-mail, CD-ROM resources and
other networked applications. All the other speakers will also make
presentations in Dallas, but the afternoon schedule will be adjusted.]
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Registration Form

Association for Library Collections & Technical Services
Technical Services Workstations: The State of the Art of Cataloging

You may register by phone, fax, E-mail, or mail. The deadline is two
weeks before each institute or until capacity is reached.

  Mail: Complete this page and mail it with payment to: ALA/ALCTS,
Technical Services Workshop Institute, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL
60611.

  Fax:  Complete this page and fax with payment information to
312-280-3257.

  Phone:  Call Yvonne McLean at 800-545-2433, ext. 5032.

  E-Mail: Send registration information to Yvonne A. McLean at
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