ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

CALENDAR

January

5-6—Urban Libraries: “The Urban Electronic Library in the Communications Era,” sponsored by the Urban Libraries Council and the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science, will be held at the Sheraton Washington (D.C.) Hotel. Fee: $150. Contact: A. Ladenson, Executive Director, Urban Libraries Council, 425 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611.

5-7—Library Education: “Educating Information Professionals for the Future: Strategies and Options,” annual conference of the Association for Library and Information Science, Washington (D.C.) Hilton Hotel. Contact: Janet Phillips, Executive Secretary, ALISE, 471 Park Lane, State College, PA 16801; (814) 238-0254.

17-May—Continuing Education: The University of Toronto is offering ten continuing education courses of varying times and costs in its Spring Term 1984 schedule. Subjects include: legal information sources; U.S. Government publications; labor relations in libraries; time management; and disaster planning. For details, write: Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto, 140 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A1.

February

22-25—Music Libraries: Annual Conference of the Music Library Association, Villa Capri Motel, Austin, Texas. Scheduled sessions include: planning music library buildings and facilities, grantsmanship, resources and collection development, and historical bibliography. A Preconference on “Computer Education for the Music Librarian” will be held on February 20-21. Contact: Olga Buth, Fine Arts Library, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712; (512) 471-4777.

28-March 1—Academic Libraries:“Contemporary Issues in Academic and Research Libraries,” the Fifth International Conference, will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Boulder, Colorado. The conference is intended to help identify issues for attention and to promote a continuing review process involving the academic information community. Limited to 200 participants. Fee: $200. See the inside back cover of this issue for more information. Contact: Fifth International Conference, University Library and Learning Resources, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840; (213) 498-4047.

March

26-28—Conservation:Conservation workshop at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, sponsored by the Society of American Archivists. The program includes lectures, discussions, and hands-on practice. The limited enrollment is confined to those currently holding a position in a manuscript or archival repository with little or no previous training in conservation. Fee: $75. Contact: SAA, 600 S. Federal, Suite 504, Chicago, IL 60605.

April

4-7—ACRL: ACRL’s Third National Conference, “Academic Libraries: Myths and Realities,” Seattle Center and the Sheraton Hotel, Seattle. Full conference information and abstracts of papers will appear in the January 1984 issue of C&RL News. Contact: Seattle Conference Registration, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780.

May

3-4—Bibliographic Instruction: 13th National Library Instruction Conference, “Marketing Instructional Services: Applying Private Sector Techniques to Plan and Promote Bibliographic Instruction,” at the Hoyt Conference Center, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti. The conference will include formal presentations, poster sessions, practical working sessions, and expanded exhibit and display programs. Registration: $125 for LOEX members. Contact: Carolyn Kirkendall, Director, LOEX Clearinghouse, Eastern Michigan University Library, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; (313) 487-0168.

6-18—Administration: 18th annual Library Administrators Development Program, sponsored by the University of Maryland’s College of Library and Information Services, will be held at the Donaldson Brown Center, Port Deposit, Maryland. Participants will include senior administrative personnel of large library systems of all types, from North America and abroad. Seminar sessions will concentrate on the principal administrative issues which senior managers encounter. Contact: Effie Knight, Administrative Assistant, Library Administrators Development Program, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

20-23—Microcomputers: 13th ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, “The Micro Revolution: Implications for the Information Age,” Indiana University, Bloomington. Topics to be discussed include: information generation, social aspects, technological developments, and information access. Contact: ASIS, 1010 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 659-3644. ■ ■