The Program for Cooperative Cataloging's Standing Committee on Automation is seeking 2 new members for 3-year terms, commencing in October, 1998. Candidates normally come from libraries that are active in any of the constituent programs of the PCC (BIBCO, CONSER, NACO, SACO), though the Governance Document does allow representatives from non-Program participants to join. The Committee consists of 11 members, representing both Program member libraries and specific organizations that are members of, or cooperate with, the PCC. They are: Ruth Bogan (Cooperative Computer Services, Arlington Heights, Ill.) Eric Celeste, CONSER representative (MIT) John Espley, AVIAC liaison (VTLS) Ed Glazier, RLG liaison (Research Libraries Group) Michael Kaplan, Chair (Indiana University) John Levy, LC CONSER liaison (Library of Congress) Louise Ratliff (University of California, Los Angeles) Gary Strawn (Northwestern University) Vitus Tang (Stanford University Libraries) David Whitehair, OCLC liaison (OCLC) David Williamson, LC automation liaison (Library of Congress) Michael Kaplan and Vitus Tang will be leaving the Standing Committee on Automation at the end of their terms (September 1998). The SC serves as the automation arm of the PCC and takes its direction from the PCC Governance Document. That and other information about the PCC can be found on the PCC home page (http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/pcc). The Chair of the Committee is a non-voting member of the PCC Policy Committee and attends both Policy and Operations meetings at the Library of Congress. Currently the Program funds the travel portion (only) of attendance. Members of the Committee are expected to attend both ALA Annual and Midwinter meetings (no subventions are supplied) and to participate in both Standing Committee and SC Task Group meetings (as assigned) while at ALA. Between ALA meetings most work is conducted via E-mail. The SC invites librarians who are interested in these and other automation issues affecting the mission of the PCC to send a brief statement to Michael Kaplan, Chair of the SC (E-mail address below), explaining why they are interested, what they feel they can contribute to the work of the SC, and a brief CV, including information on your local system and your automation/technical services experience. (Please be certain that institutional support (both financial for ALA meetings and time to work on PCC SC and TG work) will be available.) Please send your statements of interest no later than Friday, April 24, 1998. The SC will make its decisions from among the names received and will notify all applicants by mid-May of the results of the selection process. The 2 new members will be invited to attend the Committee's meeting at ALA this summer (Saturday afternoon, June 27) as observers. IIIIII II Michael Kaplan, Ph. D. UU II UU Director of Technical Services UU II UU Indiana University Libraries UU II UU Main Library C245 UU II UU Bloomington, IN 47405-1801 UUUUUU E-mail: [log in to unmask] II Voice: (812) 855-3403 IIIIII Fax: (812) 855-2576