D:\Zeenat\12.07.2018\crln pdf\APRIL\PDF\43.pdf 202 / C&RL News WASHINGTON HOTLINE Carol C. Henderson (202) 547-4440; ALA0070 Deputy Director, ALA Washington Office The 100th Congress has begun with an unusually heavy hearing schedule on issues with library implications. In a two-week period, ALA provided testi­ mony on six different subjects. A brief summary will indicate some of the issues congressional committees are exploring this session. LC & GPO. In town and ready to testify February 23 until a heavy snowfall postponed the House Legislative Appropriations Subcommittee hearing were ALA Immediate Past President Beverly Lynch of the University of Illinois at Chi­ cago on the Library of Congress budget, and ACRL Legislation Committee member Katherine Mawdsley of the University of California at Davis on the Government Printing Office budget. Both made useful congressional contacts and filed statements. Others who either testified at the rescheduled hearing on Feb­ ruary 25 or filed statements on LC or GPO or both included Kaye Gapen and Mal­ colm Getz for the Association of Research Libraries; Page Miller, National Co­ ordinating Committee for the Promotion of History; Sandy Morton, Special Li­ braries Association; and Robert Oakley, American Association of Law Libraries. Government Documents Round Table Chair Philip Van de Voorde of Iowa State University testified on GPO March 5 before the Senate Legislative Appropria­ tions Subcommittee on behalf of both ALA and ARL. GPO has amended its FY ’88 budget to request an additional $2 million from the GPO Revolving Fund — $1.2 million for additional costs of hard-copy publications, and $800,000 at the request of the Joint Committee on Printing to fund pilot projects testing electronic distribution to depository libraries. Sensitive information. On February 25, the House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security held a hearing on HR 145, the Computer Security Act of 1987, which would reestablish civilian agency responsibility for computer standards programs. Testifying against recent Administration policies to restrict access to “sensitive but unclassified" information were ALA Legislation Committee Chair Christie Vernon of the Tide­ water (Va.) Area Program for St. Leo College, and Miriam Drake of Georgia Institute of Technology for ARL. NTIS. On March 4 Ellen Detlefsen of the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science for ALA and the Medical Library Associa­ tion, and James Wyatt of the University of Rochester for ARL testified in opposition to the Administration’s plan to privatize the National Technical Information Service before a sympathetic House Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology. Brittle books. On March 3 former ACRL President David Weber of Stanford University testified for both ALA and ARL on the problem of "brittle books" in our nation’s libraries at an oversight hearing of the House Postsecondary (cont’d on p. 213) April 1987 / 203 Exhibition Catalogue Awards, 1987 The second annual Awards for Exhibition Cata­ logues have been announced by the ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Winners in the three divisions—expensive, mod­ erate and inexpensive—and the institutions sub­ m itting the catalogues were as follows: “Liberty of Conscience and the Growth of Religious Diversity In Early America, 1636-1786,” submitted by The John Carter Brown Library (first division); “Marks in Books,” entered by Houghton Library, Harvard U niversity (second division); “ P a trio ts and Orangists: Revolutionary Pamphlets and Carica­ tures in the Netherlands, 1780-1800,” submitted by the University of Michigan Library (third divi­ sion) . Additional catalogues were singled out for hon­ orable mention. In the first division, these were “Artists of the Book in Boston, 1890-1910,” sub­ mitted by the Houghton Library, Harvard Univer­ sity, and “European Graphic Arts: The Art of the Book from G utenberg to Picasso,” entered by Princeton University Library. Catalogues awarded honorable mention in the second division were “Alamo Images: Changing Perceptions of a Texas Experience,” from DeGol- yer Library, Southern Methodist University, and “Broadsides and Posters from the National Ar­ chives,” entered by the National Archives and Rec­ ords Administration. Third division entries receiving honorable men­ tion were “Charles Clinch Bubb and the Clerk’s Press of Cleveland,” from the University of Toledo and Kent State University, and “Embellished with Numerous Engravings: The Works of American Il­ lustrators and Wood Engravers, 1670-1830,” sub­ mitted by the University of Virginia Library. The printed citation awards will be presented to the winners at the RBMS program on June 28, 2:00-5:30 p.m. at ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco. Divisions were based upon unit costs for produc­ ing the exhibition catalogues. Catalogues pub­ lished between September 1, 1985, and August 31, 1986, were eligible for this year’s competition. Cri­ teria for granting the awards include excellence in the areas of accuracy and consistency of presenta­ tion, clarity, quality of design and usefulness of catalogues to the intended audience. Entries for September 1, 1986, through August 31, 1987, must be submitted by September 30, 1987. For further information, please contact Sally Leach, Chair, RBMS Committee for Awards for Exhibition Catalogues, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, P.O. Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219; (512) 471-9115. ■ ■ Samuel Lazerow Fellowship awarded Margaret Ann Johnson, head of technical ser­ vices at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, has been granted a Samuel Lazerow Fellowship by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and the Insti­ tute for Scientific Infor­ mation (ISI). Johnson proposes to study th e d iffe re n t methods of implement­ ing technological changes in libraries and the relative success of each a p p ro ach . H er model for this study is based on banking litera­ Margaret Ann Johnsont u re . A survey of 100 technical service units in academic libraries will be conducted to gather data. The chair of the award committee, Pam Cenzer, University of Florida, stated th at Johnson’s re­ search “should have relevance for many manage­ ment decisions in technical services.” Johnson is chair of the ACRL Audiovisual Com­ mittee. The award consists of a citation and $1,000 con­ tributed by ISI, and will be presented to her at the ACRL Program Meeting, 2:00-5:30 p.m ., Mon­ day, June 29, at ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco. The Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Acquisitions or Technical Services in an Academic or Research Library honors a senior vice-president of ISI who made outstanding contributions to these fields. The fellowship fosters advances in acquisi­ tions or technical services by providing funds for re­ search, travel or writing. Applications for next year’s fellowship may be made to: Mary Ellen K. Davis, Program Officer, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Seven copies of the application should be submit­ ted. Applications must be received by December 1, 1987, to be eligible. ■ ■ 204 / C&RL News Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship awarded Ling Hwey Jeng, a P h . D . candidate at the Grad­ uate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin, has been granted a D octoral D issertation F ellow ship by ACRL and the Institute for Sci­ e n tific In fo rm a tio n (ISI). Her dissertation is e n title d : “ T he T itle Page as the Source of In- fo rm a tio n for B iblio­ graphic Description: An Analysis of Its Syntactic and Sem antic C h arac­ teristics.” The w inning project will identify and a n a­ Ling Hwey Jenglyze informal rules used by catalo g ers in a c a ­ demic libraries to interpret title pages. Donald F. Joyce, chair of the award committee, stated that “this dissertation proposal forecasts a highly origi­ nal and creative study in academic librarianship.” The award consists of a citation and $1,000 con­ tributed by ISI, and will be presented to her at the ACRL Program Meeting at the University of San Francisco, 2:00-5:30 p.m ., Monday, June 29, Uni­ versity of San Francisco, at ALA Annual Confer­ ence. The purpose of the fellowship is to foster re­ search in academic librarianship by encouraging and assisting doctoral students in the field with their dissertation research. Recipients of the fel­ lowship must be active doctoral students in aca­ demic librarianship at a degree–granting institu­ tion and must have completed all their coursework and had their proposal accepted by the institution. The criteria for judging include the potential sig­ nificance of the research, methodological validity, originality, clarity, and a convincing timetable. Applications for next year’s fellowship may be made to: Mary Ellen K. Davis, Program Officer, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Seven copies of the application should be submit­ ted. Applications must be received by December 1, 1987, to be eligible. ■ ■ University libraries in Brazil to share cataloging Brazilian university libraries passed a milestone of cooperation at the recently held Fifth National Seminar of University Libraries (5° Seminário Na­ tional de Bibliotecas Universitárias) in Porto Ale­ gre, Rio Grande do Sul Province, Brazil, January 12-16, 1987. In an attem pt to link major libraries in Brazil, the university libraries adopted an automated cat­ aloging system, BIBLIODATA, and a standard format for m achine-readable bibliographic rec­ ords, CALCO. Librarians at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) implemented BIBLIODATA/ CALCO in 1976 in Rio de Janeiro. A committee of representatives from several Bra­ zilian universities made the following recommen­ dations to the Brazilian Bureau of Higher Educa­ tion in order to promote the implementation phase of the National Plan for University Libraries (see C&R L News, November 1986, pp. 658-59). The Committee on Intercampus Networking for Auto­ mating Bibliographic D ata and Documents, rec­ ommended that: 1) BIBLIODATA be the National Central Unit for the cooperative cataloging network; 2) existing systems of automated cataloging be adapted to interface with BIBLIODATA; 3) locally developed systems eventually evolve to serve as regional nuclei for cooperative cataloging. The Committee also suggested that funding be requested from national and international agencies to assist in establishing an automation network for university libraries. T he B IB L IO D A TA system at th e G etulio Vargas Foundation utilizes the Brazilian MARC format, CALCO (Catalogaçao Legível por Com- putador). CALCO was first developed in 1972 and is based on the LC MARCH format. Currently 27 libraries of all types utilize BIB­ LIODATA for machine-readable cataloging, re­ ceiving catalog cards, spine labels, etc., as well as a COM catalog of the BIBLIODATA database of more than 170,000 member input records. FGV li­ brarians plan to add music and map formats soon, as well as online access to the database. Libraries currently create original cataloging records on mi­ crocomputers and send disks to FGV for batch processing. The adoption of BIBLIODATA as the shared cataloging system for Brazil will go a long way tow ard promoting cooperation and enabling FGV to enlarge and enhance the system, offering better service over time to the member libraries. — Janet Frederick, Head, Bibliographic Database M anagem ent D epartm ent, University o f New Mexico. ■ ■ Faxon’s Foreign Service. T he com pany you know and trust for dom estic serials management is also your best choice for foreign titles. 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E laine Boychuk has been appointed associate u niversity lib r a ria n for tech n ical services at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Sandra E. Boyd has been appointed assistant ar­ chivist at the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg. Vickie J. Bozarth has joined the staff of the Documents Departm ent at the University of Kan­ sas, Lawrence. H eather J. E. Braithwaite is now reference/ database librarian in the Law Library at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Lisa Brehm has been appointed coordinator of access services at the University of Houston, Texas. Carol Brueggemeier has been appointed assis­ tant reference librarian at the Albin O. Kuhn Li­ brary & Gallery of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Karyle S. Butcher has been appointed assistant director of libraries for research and reference ser­ vices at Oregon State University, Corvallis. Paul Carnahan has been appointed reference li­ brarian at Brandeis University, W altham, Massa­ chusetts. Jeri W. Charleston is now student services li­ brarian at Newberry College, South Carolina. Ian A. Colford is now reference librarian in In­ formation Services at Dalhousie University, Hali­ fax, Nova Scotia. Priscilla Conoway–Thompson has joined the staff of Prince G eorge’s Com m unity College, Largo, Maryland. Stephen Corrsin is now deputy associate librar­ ian for technical services at Brooklyn College, New York. Luanne Corsetti is the new government publi­ cations librarian at the University of California, Ir­ vine. Bill Covey is now head of the Systems Office at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Harry D avis has been appointed map/assistant science librarian at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Diane DiMartino is now reference librarian at Baruch College, New York City. F rank D iTrolio has been appointed hum ani­ ties bibliographer at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Carol Drum is now head of the Central Science Library at the University of Florida, Gainesville. John J. Elliott has been appointed catalog li­ brarian at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. Robert Evensen is the new collection develop­ ment officer and creative arts librarian at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. Elizabeth E. F uller has been appointed m an­ uscript cataloger at the Rosenbach Museum & Li­ brary, Philadelphia. D oris Geoghegan has been appointed catalog librarian in the Library Processing Center at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. Steven R. Goldberg has been appointed tech­ nical services librarian at Williams College, Wil­ liamstown, Massachusetts. William D. Gooch has been named Texas State (Washington Hotline, cont’d) Education Subcommittee. Other witnesses at the hearing included National Endowment for the Humanities Chair Lynne Cheney, Librarian of Congress Daniel Boorstin, New York Public Library President Vartan Gregorian, New York Deputy Commissioner for Cultural Education Carole Huxley, and Council on Library Resources President Warren J. Haas. Florence Agreement. In addition, ALA filed a statement in support of implementation of the Nairobi Protocol to the Florence Agreement on the Im­ portation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials. The Protocol extends duty–free treatment to audio, visual and microform materials. COGI Newsletter. The first issue of the COALITION ON GOVERNMENT INFOR­ MATION NEWSLETTER was published in January. Planned as a quarterly, the newsletter will include articles and news items contributed by members and compiled by the ALA Washington Office. Individual subscriptions to the newsletter are $10 prepaid to the ALA Washington Office, 110 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. The coalition developed as a result of an ALA Council resolution; it serves as a clearinghouse for 30 member-organizations united in their concern about citizens’ rights to be well informed about the activities of their federal government. Nancy Kranich of New York University Libraries chairs the coalition steering committee.