TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
REFERENCE ROUND TABLE
TEXAS REFERENCE SOURCES
Progress Report, July 2003
Total number of sections: 43 [45 assignments because 2 sections were split]
All sections are either in progress, under review, or completed.
Number of sections completed by Section Editors: 40 1/2
Number of sections submitted to Section Reviewers: 32 1/2
Number of sections completed by Section Reviewers: 29 1/2
Number of sections without Section Reviewers: 7 (all in sciences)
Number of sections in progress: 8 ½ [5 (reviewers); 2 1/2 (editors); 1 (to be
compiled)]
Number of sections which have completed editorial compilation: 34 1/2
Number of Section Editors: 30 + General Editor
Number of Section Reviewers: 29 + General Editor
Total number of contributors: 50 + General Editor
The Texas Reference Sources revision process is close to being on schedule
despite delays with a few sections. Four sections currently under referral to section
reviewers have completion deadlines in August and September. One section is due from
a section editor and one from a section reviewer by the end of the week of Annual
Assembly. Due to the dismissal of one section editor and the withdrawal of another, one
section and half of another are just being compiled and will not be ready for review until
September.
Preliminary indexing will begin on completed sections after Annual Assembly.
The general editor will be testing the indexing techniques, time factors, and parameters
before delegating the process to assistants. The present plan is to index each section
independently and then merge the indexes into a single file.
The general editor will be meeting with the TLA Publications Committee during
Annual Assembly to update them on progress and to begin preliminary publication
review. The general editor also will be meeting with TLA staff and with a representative
of Texas A&M University Libraries to discuss web hosting of the electronic version of
Texas Reference Sources.
The general editor is still optimistic that publication can be accomplished on
schedule in 2004.
Submitted by: John C. Hepner, General Editor