FROM THE EDITOR
Jain Fletcher
This issue had the potential for being extremely short--no meetings or conferences to report and too early for ALA’s "event planner" (which is advertised to be available for use in December) to help me pull together the "Meetings of Interest to AV Catalogers". Still, while not long, this issue has satisfactory heft, with contributions from many of the "regulars" and a few longer-than-usual columns. Nancy Olson’s column addresses a goodly number of topics and Vicki Toy-Smith has sent along two book reviews. Barbara Vaughan’s column has a range of information, including some that I suspect may come back to the Newsletter later, as book reviews or conference reports. Following the OCLC Members Council Meeting, Kevin Furniss worked quickly in order to provide information about it in time for this issue. I continue to be impressed by the professionalism and commitment of OLAC members. Our Newsletter is richer for it.
At the conclusion of the fourth number of my second full volume for the Newsletter, I still find myself making various adjustments. For instance, notice that the inside front cover of the last Newsletter marked a change in the way we want to receive submissions. You will see that there is no more mention of "typed, double-spaced"--which actually reflects the reality of the way most of them are already sent. But I had noticed that a few people were taking the time to double-space their Newsletter submissions. In re-reading the fine print, I realized why this was happening. So, that was just the most recent incident supporting my belief that I needed to start work on a "style sheet". My idea is that this should be put together as an informal document. If I manage to construct it usefully, I plan to ask Sue Neumeister to mount on the Web. Making our stylistic guidelines available should help potential contributors to be consistent with the Newsletter style, thus reducing "editor intervention" after submission. Of course, I will be the primary beneficiary of the guidelines, because they will help remind me of the conventions that have been used in the past and of any I might have modified somewhat since then. I will let you know when it becomes available.
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