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Library Resources Technical Services& ISSN 0024-2527 July 2004 Volume 48, No. 3 Editorial 163 Peggy Johnson ARTICLES New Perspectives on the Shared Cataloging Environment 165 and a MARC 21 Shopping List Martha M. Yee The Hybrid Conservator 179 Challenges in a Research Library Environment Whitney Baker Zines and the Library 191 Richard A. Stoddart and Teresa Kiser Chronological Terms and Period Subdivisions in LCSH, 199 RAMEAU, and RSWK Development of an Integrative Model for Time Retrieval across Various Online Catalogs Jutta Frommeyer LEARNING FROM THE PAST About the cover: Roctober, no. 32 (winter Reflection on “The Acquisitions Librarian as Change 213 2002); reprinted with the Agent in the Transition to the Electronic Library” permission of Jake Ross Atkinson Austen, editor. Available at www.roctober.com/ roctober/roc32.html. The Acquisitions Librarian as Change Agent in the 216 Transition to the Electronic Library Association for Library Ross Atkinson Collections and Technical Services Visit LRTS online at www.ala.org/alcts/lrts. FEATURES For current news and reports on ALCTS activi- Book Reviews 228 ties, see the ALCTS Edward Swanson, Editor Newsletter Online at www.ala.org/alcts/ alcts_news. Index to Advertisers 232 162 LRTS 48(3) EDITORIAL BOARD Editor and Chair Peggy Johnson University of Minnesota Members Linda L. Phillips, University of Tennessee Christina Bellinger, University of New Hampshire Stanley J. Wilder, University of Rochester Kathleen R. Brown, North Carolina State University Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC, Inc. Ex-Officio Members Trisha L. Davis, Ohio State University Charles Wilt Executive Director, ALCTS Sue Kellerman, Pennsylvania State University Miriam Palm, Stanford University, emerita Martin M. Kurth, Cornell University Editor, ALCTS Newsletter Online Norman S. 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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. ∞ Publication in Library Resources and Technical Services does not imply official endorsement by the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services nor by ALA, and the assumption of editorial responsibility is not to be construed as endorsement of the opinions expressed by the editor or individual contributors. 48(3) LRTS 163 Editorial Peggy Johnson his issue is the first that appears following my appointment as editor of TLibrary Resources and Technical Services, for a five-year term, following my one year appointment as interim editor. I’m truly honored to be selected to con- tinue in the position that I have found stimulating, challenging, and enjoyable. I’m very pleased to announce that Edward Swanson has accepted an appointment to continue as book review editor, a position he held on an interim basis as well. Papers in this issue speak to many interests. Martha M. Yee surveys the cat- aloging literature to identify problems with the MARC 21 format. She sorts the problems into categories, resulting is one set of problems that she calls “true MARC 21 problems.” Yee then offers recommendations to address these prob- lems. She notes the sophisticated system that we have developed to link and demonstrate relationships, which facilitate resource retrieval. Whitney Baker explores the challenging positions held by those library pro- fessionals whom she calls “hybrid” conservators. A hybrid conservator is respon- sible for both oversight of batched, mass production treatments (usually for circulating collections) and the execution of single-item treatments (usually for special collections). Fulfilling these two performance expectations can stress and stretch a conservator, yet combining the roles is not uncommon. Baker concludes with advice on balancing the demands of both responsibilities. “Zines and the Library,” by Richard A. Stoddart and Teresa Kiser, takes us into the realm of collection development and management, while touching on cataloging, access, and preservation challenges presented by these unique mate- rials. While zines are not within the scope of every library’s collection develop- ment plan, Stoddart and Kiser encourage us not to reject them simply because they represent alternative perspectives and cultures. The authors unspoken mes- sage is that we may be guilty of unintentional censorship when we fail to select a range of materials that fully represents a pluralistic society. Stoddart and Kiser located the cover art for this issue. We are going “global” with a paper by Jutta Frommeyer. I hope all LRTS readers, not just catalogers, will look at her analysis of chronological terms and period subdivisions in three different subject systems used around the world. The ease with which catalogs can be searched internationally and the potential of combining searches across catalogs mean that we need to give serious atten- tion to the lack of consistency that ultimately will baffle users. Finally, I’m very excited to republish an award-winning essay by Ross Atkinson, first published in LRTS in 1992. Atkinson has revisited the themes of his essay on the acquisitions librarian as a change agent and written an introduc- tory essay that considers how the environment and his perspective have changed. I hope you enjoy this issue. I have certainly enjoyed working with the authors to assemble it. from the Includes Cataloging Distribution Service AACR2! 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