ALCTS News

Spotlight on Serials: Current & Future Trends in Open Access in Latin America

August 5, 2019 Charlene Morrison ALA Annual Conference, Conference News

The ALCTS Continuing Resource Section (CRS) Forum took place at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference on Sunday, June 24. The session, titled “Spotlight on Serials: Current and Future Trends in Open Access in Latin America,” featured Ivonne Lujano, ambassador of Open Access Journals in Latin America, and Solange Santos, publishing coordinator at Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Lujano spoke about the history of open access in Latin America, best practices and standards in publishing, and how the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) improves scholarly research on a global scale. Santos spoke about the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and why Latin America is advanced in its use of an open access publishing model.

New Research in Collection Management

August 2, 2019 Jennifer Martin ALA Annual Conference, Conference News

The ALCTS Collection Management Section (CMS) sponsored the program “New Research in Collection Management and Development” at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. Librarians from the University of Denver Libraries reported on their efforts to diversify their collection with regards to Native American history and culture, and Shirleanne Ackerman Gahan of the University of Portland Clark Library reported on her research examining the types of books their users accessed.

MarcEdit: Past, Present, & Future

July 31, 2019 Emily Sanford ALA Annual Conference, Conference News

The ALCTS Cataloging & Metadata Management Section (CaMMS) and the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC) co-sponsored the forum “MarcEdit: Past, Present, and Future” at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference. The forum celebrated the twentieth anniversary of MarcEdit, a tool used by library workers to edit, create, and manipulate library metadata. Terry Reese, the creator of the MarcEdit, spoke to a packed room on the tool’s creation, development, and future directions. He was joined by Mike Monaco from the University of Akron Libraries and Bryan Baldus from OCLC, who presented on their individual use of the tool at their institutions.

Leading Transformational Change in Technical Services

July 29, 2019 Lisa Romano ALA Annual Conference, Conference News

Janetta Waterhouse presented the program “Leading Transformational Change in Technical Services” at the 2019 ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. The presentation focused on four themes: overview of change management, overview of leadership, closer look at competencies, and leading change.

I’m Gonna Live Forever! Assessing the Preservation of Digital Collections

July 26, 2019 Logan Tapscott ALA Annual Conference, Conference News

At the 2019 ALA Annual Conference, the program “I’m Gonna Live Forever! Assessing the Preservation of Digital Collections” explored a new digital preservation assessment training program available for any sized institution. Why is assessing your digital collections important? So you can detail your digital preservation success, report areas that need further growth, and identify challenges that could prevent that growth. Through the assessment process, institutions can prioritize next steps for improved long-term access to their digital collections with a digital preservation plan.