Cataloging Tuesday, July 20, 2:15-4:45 p.m. Coordinator: William Benemann H-6 & I-6 "Cataloging A La Carte" Welcome to the Real World: For the last two years (at least!) catalogers attending the AALL Annual Meeting have expressed their dissatisfaction with the standard meeting format. It is a challenge for both speakers and listeners to have a productive exchange of information about cataloging minutiae when the presenters are on a raised dais at the end of a chilly, cavernous room, and the attendees are really interested in only one part of a three-speaker panel. In Washington D.C. this summer, catalogers will have a chance to try out an alternative — actually, they will be able to try out two of four alternatives — in a program called Cataloging a la Carte. We will be presenting four small seminars, running concurrently: Linking Globally, Coping Locally: an 856 Field Guide (Karen Selden, University of Colorado, and Mary Stouse, Howard University) You see 856 fields in cataloging copy. You read about them in the literature. They are discussed at conferences and on electronic mailing lists. But how do you get them to work in your catalog and serve your users? Gear up for some practical advice on how to edit MARC 856 fields to create usable and useful displays of Internet access information for your local catalog. Through discussion and practical exercises, learn about the most commonly used indicators and subfields, hear the latest on recent and proposed changes, and explore the display constraints (and the associated editing implications) imposed by automation vendors. In addition, information about broader policy considerations, link maintenance strategies, and PURLs will be provided." Aggregator Aggravation: Cataloging Issues and Challenges of Electronic Serial Aggregators (Jeanne Baker, University of Maryland, Jean Hirons, Library of Congress, and Jean Pajerek, Cornell) Your library has just purchased access to a large database of full text journals. The titles are added and dropped and information changes monthly. Now what? What are your options? How can you best provide access to the titles? When What They Want Is What It Is: Genre Terms and Subfield V (William Benemann, University of California, Berkeley) Can your patrons search for an official gazette when they don't know its name? Can they separate popular self-help law books from weighty academic treatises? Can they distinguish between a legal bibliography and book about legal bibliography? This seminar will explore the use of 6xx subfield v and genre terms as two ways of providing a new dimension of access to your collection. Content vs Carrier: What Are We Trying to Catalog? (Joan Swanekamp, Yale) Is it a CD-ROM? Or is it a serial? Or is it both? And what do you do now? Almost 20 years after the introduction of AACR2 we are still dealing with the conflict between content and physical carrier, and the introduction of electronic formats has only added to the complexity. The seminar will explore the various solutions being considered to make the cataloging code respond to the wide range of materials now entering library collections. Each seminar will be presented twice on Tuesday, July 20th: first from 2:15 to 3:30, and then again from 3:45 to 4:45. Catalogers will be able to select two items from the menu and join in a small group, intensive exploration of a very specific topic -- light on theory, heavy of practical solutions. Bring examples of your worst cataloging nightmares and get the benefit of a hands-on session with the experts.
Tech Services and the Web Wednesday, July 21, 10:15-11:45 a.m. Coordinator/Moderator : Janet McKinney K-7: "The Internet in Technical Services: Crossroads of Opportunity?" By now, we've all developed our lists of favorite Web sites. When I wrote the proposal for this program, I envisioned it being much more than just a demonstration of those favorite sites. While we each might be missing a treasure by being unaware of a particular site, I thought it more important to move beyond that list of favorites to a discussion of how using the Internet has changed what we do in technical services. I wondered if the program attendees and I might learn even better methods of incorporating Internet resources into our daily work. And, I wondered if incorporating the Internet as much as possible into our daily work is really advantageous, or whether we're just overly enamored with the technology. Pam Deemer, Mary Jane Kelsey, and Marla Schwartz will discuss the Internet in technical services from the cataloging, department head, and acquisitions/serials/collection development points-of view, respectively.	Loose-Leafs Monday, July 19, 2:00-3:15 p.m. Coordinator: Ann Sitkin E-7: "Loose-Leafs at the Crossroads : Redefining Seriality" The traditional ways we've treated serials and monographs are being redefined. Electronic publications are making rethink our traditional bibliographic treatments. The 1997 International Conference on the Principles and Future Development of AACR recommended examining proposals to redefine serials as "ongoing publications." Come get an update on what all this means for traditional and electronic publications. A roundtable discussion will follow -from 3:30 to 4:30. This will be a great opportunity for discussion. Come with questions.
Smaller Law Libraries Wednesday, July 21, 1999, 10:15-11:45 a.m. Coordinator: John P. Bissett K-3 "The Smaller Law Library at the Information Crossroads: Is It Time for an Integrated System?" You want an online library system, but your budget is small and you're all alone. Is online the best solution? What questions should you ask, and of whom? The library systems market includes a large field of competitors, with widely varying features, capabilities, and prices. Focusing on the right questions is the first hurdle, getting clear reliable answers, the second. A consultant/librarian, Joni Cassidy of Cassidy Cataloging Services, will identify some key questions, suggest directions, and point out pitfalls, and a law firm librarian who has directed automation projects in two libraries, Les Peat, Director at Sullivan and Wooster, will share his perspective on the process and his hindsights. This program is aimed at librarians in small, possibly one-person libraries, who need some direction toward the questions to address and the resources to explore in planning the move to an ILS, as well as some first-hand guidance from an experienced hand. A roundtable discussion will follow.	The Web Sunday, July 18, 1999, 4:00-5:00 p.m. Coordinator: Anna Belle Leiserson C-2 "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web" Learn more about the underlying structure of Web sites and tools to improve your site's organization and navigability. And find out why and how librarianship offers valuable insights into the architecture of Web sites and Intranets. Discussion of the foundations of information architecture — organization, labeling, navigation, searching, and indexing systems — will be interwoven with examples and case studies, providing a balance between theory and practice. Speaker Louis Rosenfeld's book on Web architecture was Amazon.com's number one Web design book for 1998.
Preservation Committee News Pat Turpening I have several announcements for those interested in preservation. The Preservation Committee will meet on Sunday July 18 at 7:30 am. We will discuss progress made this year on several projects and make plans for the coming year. Any TS or OBS members, or any other members of AALL for that matter, are welcome to come to the meeting to listen, participate, learn. Don't stay away because you don't know very much about preservation or because you don't have responsibility for it in your library. All you need is an interest in preserving library materials for future users. I welcome any and all! There is also a Preservation Roundtable scheduled for Monday afternoon, from 5:45-6:45. There is no agenda or planned topic. I would like to invite anyone with specific or general questions about preservation treatments, binding, continuing education in preservation, the best environmental conditions, etc. to come to this roundtable discussion. This is meant to be a forum for exchanging information. The Preservation Committee has made arrangements for a Tour of the Binding Section of the Library of Congress on Tuesday, 20 July from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. They are able to accommodate 15-20 people. Two years ago, several members toured the Conservation Lab at LC and found it fascinating. There is no charge for the tour. Please email me pat.turpening@law.uc.edu if you are interested in going on this tour and I will contact you via email or the message board at the convention site with details on where we will meet. I urge you all to come to the program sponsored by the Preservation Committee on Tuesday from 10:15-11:30: Preservation at the Crossroads: A Debate Between the Traditional World of Print and the Brave New World of Digital. Even though "At the Crossroads" is the theme for the entire convention, this phrase is particularly apt for the field of preservation right now. Undoubtedly, you all are aware of initiatives to digitize library collections (maybe your own). Digitizing is a wonderful tool for providing increased access to materials, but can we assume it is also a great tool for preserving the intellectual content? Digitizing may seem like a panacea - greater access and no more need to use those brittle volumes with all that red rot staining our fingers. But, we need to think carefully about decisions to digitize titles and withdraw the originals. The material digitized will need to be constantly migrated to new systems as old ones become obsolete. Will libraries accept that responsibility? In addition, some of the information is lost with each migration. If digitizing is not perfect, though, what other alternatives are there? No one wants to use microfilm and the books are falling apart. These questions and more will be raised and debated during this program. Two very able speakers, Melody Lembke, Technical Services Librarian at the Los Angeles County Law Library, columnist in this newsletter, and well known to many of us, will debate LeeEllen Friedland, a Senior Digital Conversion Specialist in the Preservation Reformatting Division in the Library of Congress. Ed Edmonds, Director of the Loyola University School of Law Library will moderate the debate.
Metadata Sunday, July 18, 2:30-3:45 p.m. Coordinators: Kevin Butterfield & Terri Saye B-6 "Crosswalks to Information Management: Metadata — What is it? Who is Using it? How is it Being Used?" Anyone who has searched the Internet knows the frustration of retrieving large sets of data and the painstaking task of sifting through extraneous information. One of the answers is metadata — structured data about data. This program will answer such questions as: What is metadata? What different metadata schemes are available? How can it make storage and retrieval of information accurate? What does metadata mean for information management in libraries and beyond? Our two speakers are: Erik Jul, Associate Director, OCLC Institute. Prior to his current position, Jul was Manager, Market Analysis and Special Projects, Collections & Technical Services Division. He also managed the U.S. Department of Education-funded project, "Building a Catalog of Internet Resources." A member of the OCLC Office of Research from 1991-93, Mr. Jul managed the Internet Resources project, which was also funded by the U.S. Department of Education. He serves on the editorial boards for LIBRES, Information Technology and Libraries, and the Journal of Internet Cataloging. Eliot Christian, Manager of Data and Information Systems, US Geological Survey A driving force behind GILS, the Government Information Locator Service, Christian has given a new meaning for interoperability also in a global scale. He helped establish this approach in law, policy, standards, and technology at the United States Federal level, building consensus among government agencies and developing key support among libraries and information service organizations and corporations. He is now focused on carrying these ideas to other levels of government and internationally as part of the emergent Global Information Infrastructure. A roundtable discussion will follow the program.	Collection Development Program Wednesday, July 21, 1:30-2:45 Coordinator: Carmen Brigandi L-5: "Collection Development Policies for Electronic Format Materials" Those of us responsible for selecting library materials, know that format selection is getting increasingly difficult. We have never been able to buy everything, so naturally in the electronic age we can't buy everything in every format. What are our best choices? Come join Diane Klaiber from the award-winning New England Law Library Consortium, Douglas Lind of Georgetown and Bobbie Studwell from Thomas Cooley as they share examples and strategies. Find out how to establish and apply guidelines to select electronic formatted materials and how to write and revise your own collection development policy. Roundtable You Are Invited to Attend: Law Library Collections For the New Millennium: A Collection Development Round Table Discussion at the 1999 American Association of Law Libraries' Annual Meeting Monday, July 19, 4:45-6:00 p.m. Coordinator: Rob Richards Come and hear presentations by two collections specialists from private and academic law libraries, and then join in an engaging discussion with colleagues about such issues as: Integrating electronic resources into collections, selection practices, and collection development policies; Employing new resources from vendors which have changed the way selection or collection development occurs; Choosing the right format for a resource depending on factors such as cost, users, physical layouts, etc. The presenters are: Frank Lee, Information Services Manager, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco. Rachel Pergament, Collection Development/ Acquisitions Librarian, University of Southern California Law Library We look forward to seeing you there!
III Users The Innovative Law Users Group (ILUG) will hold its Annual Meeting/Program on July 17, 1999 in Washington D.C. in the Grand Hyatt (Bulfinch/Renwick Rooms). The meeting will include two member programs, a short presentation by Innovative, and breakout birds-of-a-feather sessions, in addition to a business meeting. Lunch will be served family style at a nearby Oriental restaurant. All law librarians using Innovative as their local system, or librarians interested in Innovative are invited to attend. A registration form is available on the ILUG web page (http://ftplaw.wuacc.edu/ilug/ilug.html).
Classification Wed., July 21, 8:30-10:00 a.m. Coordinator: Brian Striman J-6."Classifying International Legal Materials by Using Library of Congress Classification" Please look on page 23 of your AALL DC preliminary program. Read over the program summary and learning outcomes. One special feature of this program will be that you will take home your thick handouts with the notes you took during the program. The handout samples contain actual published examples of international legal materials! Everyone will get a handout and pens will be provided at the door. Please come. This program provides the forum to give law catalogers the real "live" examples they need to help them with their understanding of applying LCC as they catalog.

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