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Conference Circuit: Technologists and librarians working together

By Laverna M. Saunders

The 1992 CAUSE Conference

While attending the recent CAUSE con- ference in Dallas called “Grasping the Momentum of the Information Age,” I experi- enced several surprises. The first, an hour-long power outage, happened while I was present- ing a preconference on the virtual library. Since my partner and I had completed the computer- assisted portion of our workshop, we contin- ued “in the dark” with oral presentations by several guest speakers and then moved on to small group discussions under dim emergency lighting. This event brought out with irony the fragility of the virtual library. Across the hall, however, George Brett, Joan Lippincott, and Peggy Seiden hot-wired their computers into the lighting system and continued with their workshop. The creativity and technical skill needed to do this also reflected on where we are in the evolution of electronic information transfer.

The second surprise was a comment made by one of our workshop participants, most of whom were administrators in computing centers at colleges and universities. During a discussion of the roles of technologists and librarians in creating the virtual library, the participant commented that it is hard to talk and work with librarians. We pursued this issue by exploring ways that the computer center and the library can collaborate to provide access to networked information. A few of these strategies included having group meetings, getting to know each other better, defining specific projects to work on together, reading the same literature, and identifying the right questions to ask in joint discussions. The group agreed that we need to redefine the roles on both sides, with computing center staff becoming more user oriented and library staff becoming more technologically informed.

Linking services

At one institution, the structure for working through these concerns was total quality management, though they didn’t call it that. Recognizing that the library and computing services share the same users, the staff of the two organizations cooperated in determining what their users expect and identifying how and who would meet those needs.

At another institution, a reorganization which formally linked the library and computer center forced a dialog. In other places the need to reallocate resources created a demand to look for ways to work together rather than compete.

Another surprise came in the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) reporting session when a technologist asked that CNI develop a thesaurus of library jargon so he could understand what librarians were talking about. He wanted to work with the librarians at his university but felt that he lacked the right language. This concern and related ones were voiced again in the current issues session “Computing and Library Organizations: Impact of Integrating Technologies,” which was conducted by Anne Woodsworth of the Palmer School.

Developing partnerships

The theme of developing partnerships between libraries and computer centers also came out in several other presentations. Carole Barone, a keynote speaker who is associate vice chancellor for information technology at the University of California-Davis, titled her talk “New Interpretations of Old Rules … or If the Ocean Is on the Right You Are Headed North.” Because the rate of technological change is up-

Lavema M. Saunders is assistant university librarian for technical services, University of Nevada, Las Vegassetting the equilibrium of organizations, Barone gave new rules to challenge technologists to change their perspective about management and organization behavior. She said that we need to address basic relationships and reprogram our thought patterns. We don’t know what is best for our clients and need to approach each with a fresh perspective, not just deliver a set slate of services. One of her recommendations to computing administrators was to align with the library on key joint projects and take advantage of the library’s traditionally strong support in the campus community.

Publications Now Available From ACRL

February 1993

Management

Recruiting the Academic Library Director: A Companion to the Search Committee Handbook by Sharon Rogers and Ruth Person

$18.65; ACRL member $15.35 0-8389-7484-8,1991

Measuring Academic Library Performance: A Practical Approachby Nancy Van House, Beth Weil, and Charles McClure

$32.00,140p. 0-8389-0529-3,1990; $75.00 with self-running database, 0-8389-0542-0,1991

Clip Notes

Practical ideas for managing your library's programs and services are contained in ACRL's College Library Information Packets (CLIP Notes). Each CLIP Note provides data and sample documents from college and small university libraries that will assist you in establishing or refining services and operations.

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Interlibrary Loan in College

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CLIP Note #16

Roxann Bustos, comp.

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Database Searching in College

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Audiovisual Policies in College

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College Library Newsletters CLIP Note #13

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Performance Appraisal in Academic Libraries CLIP Note #12

Barbara Williams Jenkins, comp., with the assistance of Mary L. Smalls

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Collection Development Policies For College Libraries CLIP Note #11

Theresa Taborsky, comp.

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Annual Reports for College

Libraries

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Friends of College Libraries CLIP Note #9

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Periodicals in College Libraries CLIP Note #8

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Mission Statements for College

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CLIP Note #5

Jamie Webster Hastreiter, Larry Hardesty, David Henderson, comps.

$21.95; ACRL member $16.50,107p. 0-8389-6944-5,1985

Special Collections

Thesauri for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

These thesauri were developed for use in MARC field 655 and 755. Each thesaurus provides standardized vocabulary for retrieving items by form and genre or by various physical characteristics which are typically of interest to special collections librarians.

Genre Terms (2nd ed.)

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Paper Terms

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Type Evidence

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Binding Terms

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Collection Development

Women's Studies Collection Development Policies

WSS Collection Development and Bibliography Committee

This unique tool identifies issues and provides models of existing policies. Complete policy statements from 16 university libraries illustrate the range of issues and provide a variety of models. The RLG Conspectus; Women's Studies supplemental guideline, included as an appendix, identifies issues unique to Women's Studies and describes materials and sources.

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Books for College Libraries III

This set covers more than 50,000 titles chosen to represent a core collection of books for four-year college and university libraries. BCL3 is also available on machine- readable tape. Contact ACRL for details.

$600. 6v.set.

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0-8389-3353-X, 1988

Directory of Curriculum Materials Center, 1990

Donald Osier, Carol Wright,

Janet Lawrence, Mary Ellen Collins, Beth Anderson, comps.

This directory includes 272 institutions and covers purpose, hours, staffing, budget, service, and holdings.

$39.54; ACRL member $32.94,240p.

0-8389-7439-2,1991

Building Women's Studies Collections: A Resource Guide

Joan Ariel, editor

This is no. 8 in the Bibliographical Essay Series published by Choice. Order from Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457.

$12.00, 48p.

0914492071,1987

English and American Literature: Sources and Strategies for Collection Development Publications in Librarianship: No. 45

William McPheron, editor

$32.00, 272p.

0-8389-0476-9,1987

Richard Garnett:

The Scholar and Librarian Publications in Librarianship: No. 46

Barbara McCrimmin

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State Education Documents: A State-by-State Directory for Their Acquisition and Use EBSS Education-Related Government Publications Subcommittee

This directory provides the means to access the large variety of state education documents available from government agencies.

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Western European Studies: Current Research Trends & Library Resources

Eva Sartori, Ceres Birkhead,

John Cullars, John Dillon,

Thomas Kilton, editors

Eleven research papers offer thoughtful synthesis, personal insight and information useful for anyone dealing with recent scholarship in Western European studies.

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Women's Studies in Western Europe: A Resource Guide

Stephen Lehmann and Eva Sartori, editors

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Bibliographic Instruction

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Read This First: An Owner's Guide to the New Model Statement of Objectives for Academic Bibliographic Instruction

Carolyn Dusenbury, Monica Fusich, Kathleen Kenny, and Beth Woodard, editors

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The Evolving Educational Mission of the Library

Betsy Baker & Mary Ellen Litzinger, editors

This book identifies strategic issues which challenge the development of instructional programs in academic libraries and suggests roles for librarians in the educational processes of their parent institutions. Academic librarians, library school educators, and higher education faculty and administrators will want this book.

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Statistics & Research

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Academic Libraries Achieving Excellence in Higher Education: Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries

Thomas Kirk, editor

This publication includes the complete text of provocative presentations by Julian Bond (leader for social change), W. David Penniman (president of the Council on Library Resources), Paul Saffo (technology consultant and futurist), and Catharine R. Stimpson (women's studies scholar and academic administrator). Practical examinations and solutions to current academic library problems are included in 36 program reports and 52 refereed contributed papers. Inspiring and informative, these proceedings reflect the vitality of the conference and the variety of issues explored.

$49.95; ACRL member $44.95,522p. 0-8389-7622-0,1992

ACRL University Library Statistics, 1990-91

Library Research Center, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, comp.

This edition provides data on over 100 participating libraries. The categories of library data collected include: collections, personnel, expenditures, and interlibrary loan. The institutional data elements reported include degrees offered, enrollment size, and faculty size.

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ACRL/Historically Black Colleges & Universities Library Statistics, 1988-89

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ACRL University Library Statistics, 1988-89

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Library Statistics of Colleges & Universities, 1985; National Summaries, State Summaries, Institutional Tables

Data on 3,000 academic libraries from the 1985 HEGIS study conducted by the Center for Education Statistics

$33.50; ACRL member $26.45,140p. 0-8389-7147-4,1987

Academic Libraries: Research Perspectives

Publications in Librarianship: No. 47

Mary Jo Lynch and Arthur P. Young, editors

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Building on the First Century: Proceedings of the Fifth National Conference of the Association of College and Research LibrariesJan Fennell, editor

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ACRL University Library Statistics, 1987-88

Robert E. Molyneux, comp.

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ACRL Academic Library Statistics, 1978/79-1987/88 (Diskettes)

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Energies for Transition: Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference of the Association of College and Research LibrariesDanuta A. Nitecki, editor

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News & Reviews

Choice

Book review journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Eleven issues per year (July/August combined).

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Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarianship

A journal of theory and practice covering all aspects of special collections librarianship. Two issues/ year. ISSN: 0884-450X. $30.00 U.S.; $35.00 for Canada and Mexico; and all other countries $40.00; single issues $15.00 each.

College and Research Libraries

Official journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Six bimonthly issues per year. Sent to ACRL members as a perquisite of membership. Also available on subscription, $50.00 per year in the U.S.; Canada and Mexico $55.00 per year; and all other countries $60.00; single issues $14.00 each. ISSN: 0010-0870.

College and Research Libraries News

Official news magazine of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Eleven issues per year (July/August combined). Sent to ACRL members as perquisite of membership. Also available on subscription, $25.00 per year in the U.S.; $30.00 per year in Canada and other PUAS countries; $35.00 in other foreign countries; single issues $6.50 each. ISSN: 0099-0086.

College & Research Libraries and College & Research Libraries News, Index for Volumes 41-50 (1980-89)

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The Dartmouth Campus Information System (DCIS) was promoted by Robert Brentrup, who spoke about a campus information culture, and by Apple Computer, which sponsored several hands-on demonstrations. About 20-30 conferees sat at Macintosh stations and accessed DCIS through the Internet. The main features available were the library catalog, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and weather maps. Dartmouth has tried to provide “a port for every pillow” for student use and has begun upgrading to ethernet links for the more than 6,000 Macintosh computers in use. The campus philosophy followed the “library model” in which computing is considered a public utility, centrally funded, provided free, with services reaching everyone.

CAUSE is the professional association for managing and using information technology in higher education. It is associated with administrative computing, whereas EDUCOM focuses on academic computing. Its annual conferences offer an excellent venue for librarians to hear about the applications of information technology on campus. This year’s conference will be December 7-10 in San Diego. If you have ideas for a program proposal, contact the CAUSE office at 4840 Pearl East Circle, Suite 302E, Boulder, CO 80301. Librarians are welcome at CAUSE, and the conference provides a relaxed setting for getting new ideas. ■