Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures (CORE)
Textile designer Franklin Habit to serve as Preservation Week® Honorary Chair
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CHICAGO – Textile designer, teacher, author and illustrator Franklin Habit will join the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), a division of the 91´«Ã½, to pass on his knowledge of textile preservation...
ALCTS endorses cataloging and metadata core competencies
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CHICAGO — At the 2017 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, the Board of Directors of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) endorsed the “ Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional...
Reveal your metadata with an ALCTS preconference
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CHICAGO — On Friday, June 23, at the 2017 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Chicago, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) brings you “Cataloging and Metadata for the Web: Meeting the User Where They Are.” This all-day...
ALCTS preconference builds digital collections at small institutions
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CHICAGO — On Friday, June 23, at the 2017 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference in Chicago, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) brings you “Building Successful Digital Programs at Small Institutions.” This all-day preconference (8 a.m....
Ross Atkinson award given to Jeanne Drewes
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CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is pleased to name Jeanne Drewes, chief of the Binding & Collections Care Division and the Deacidification Program at the Library of Congress, as the 2017 recipient of the Ross...
Robert Bremer recipient of Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award
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CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) congratulates the recipient of the 2017 Ulrich’s Serials Librarianship Award, Robert Bremer. Presented by the Continuing Resources Section (CRS) of ALCTS, this award consists of...
Swanson Best of LRTS Award to Kelly J. Thompson
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CHICAGO—Kelly J. Thompson, metadata analyst librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries, has been awarded the 2017 Edward Swanson Memorial Best of LRTS Award for the article, “ More Than a Name: A Content Analysis of Name Authority Records for...
John Dewees awarded Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant
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CHICAGO—The 2017 Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant has been awarded to John Dewees, library associate at The Ohio State University Libraries, in Columbus, Ohio. The Jan Merrill-Oldham Professional Development Grant is provided annually by...
CRKN-Érudit Partnership receives ALCTS Collaboration Award
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CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has chosen the CRKN-Érudit Partnership as the recipient of the ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation for 2017. The Outstanding Collaboration Citation recognizes and encourages...
ALCTS Exchange Call for Virtual Poster Proposals Deadline Extended to March 17
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CHICAGO — The ALCTS Exchange has extended the call for virtual poster proposals to March 17. The virtual poster session offers the opportunity to share and promote work, research, and ideas across the ALCTS Exchange’s topical themes: new roles and...
Hope Olson selected for Margaret Mann Citation
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CHICAGO — The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) announces that Hope A. Olson is the recipient of the 2017 Margaret Mann Citation presented by its Cataloging and Metadata Management Section (CaMMS). The Mann Citation will be...
2017 Cunha-Swartzburg Award to MetaArchive
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CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) Jury for the George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg Preservation Award has selected the MetaArchive Cooperative as the 2017 recipient. The...
Karen Kiorpes receives Banks Harris Preservation Award
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CHICAGO—Karen Kiorpes is the recipient of the 2017 Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Preservation Award. This award is given annually by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)...
Hale monograph wins ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
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CHICAGO—The recipient of the 2017 Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Outstanding Publication Award is Dawn Hale for her edited volume, “ Shared Collections: Collaborative Stewardship“ (91´«Ã½ Editions, 2016). The Outstanding...
First Step Award to Jamie Carlstone
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CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) congratulates Jamie Carlstone, e-serials bibliographic control specialist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as the recipient of the 2017 First Step Award—A Wiley...
LLAMA Webinar will explore how to sustain change after the excitement wears off
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CHICAGO — Change management is more than just a buzzword in libraries these days. For many library leaders it has become a way of life requiring not only the ability to create change, but the ability to sustain a culture of innovation and change long-term...
ALCTS and LLAMA speaker presents the business of social impact
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CHICAGO—Dorri McWhorter, CEO of the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, is the featured speaker at the President’s Program of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) and the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA). The...
HARRASSOWITZ award to Kristen Wilson
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CHICAGO — The Acquisitions Section of the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) has selected Kristen Wilson, associate head, Acquisitions and Discovery at North Carolina State University, to receive the 2017 HARRASSOWITZ...
Corey Halaychik receives ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation
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CHICAGO—The Association of Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) Collection Management Section (CMS) is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2017 ProQuest Coutts Award for Innovation. Corey Halaychik, assistant professor and head of...
ALCTS seeks ALCTS News Editor
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CHICAGO—The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) invites applications and nominations for the position of Editor of ALCTS News, the association’s official news source. ALCTS News is a digital news website. The editor will be...