ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

Special Events

Poster sessions

Forty poster sessions will be presented in the exhibit hall on Thursday and Friday. Poster sessions provide an opportunity for the informal exchange of information. Presenters place materials (graphs, diagrams, pictures, data and narrative text) on bulletin boards and discuss their presentations with conference attendees. The presentations will cover a broad range of subjects and present research findings, innovative programs and solutions for problems.

Take me out to the ACRL Game!

Come out to the ball game on April 5, 7:35 p.m., to see the Cincinnati Reds play the World Series Champs, the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’s “ACRL Night at the Reds” and if we get a good crowd for the game a lucky ACRL member could throw out the ceremonial first pitch and sing the National Anthem! Wear your favorite library sweat shirt and join your ACRL friends at the Riverfront Stadium, just minutes from downtown hotels. The tickets for the lower level box seats (off third base) are $8.50 plus $1.00 postage and handling. Deadline for ticket orders is February 28, 1989. Use the order form in the preliminary program to reserve your tickets.

Treasures from the ALA Archives

The ALA Archives at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is a treasure that few librarians have found. The University Archivist, Maynard Brichford, will bring some of the treasures to you in Cincinnati. See some of the photos, documents and artifacts from our first century at the display in the West Exhibit Hall.

Luncheon in honor of academic leaders

Edward G. Holley will speak on “Building a Firm Foundation: ACRL Leadership, 1939-1989” at a luncheon in honor of past ACRL presidents and executive directors. You can have lunch with these outstanding leaders on Thursday, April 6, 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. The cost of the luncheon is $15. Tickets may be reserved on the order form in the preliminary program.

All-Conference Reception

Enjoy an evening with your ACRL colleagues at the gala All-Conference Reception, Friday, April 7,9:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. The reception will beheld at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, one of the top public research libraries in the country. Join your friends at the reception and enjoy jazz, desserts and after dinner liqueurs. The reception is generously funded by Baker & Taylor.

Celebrate the century with CJCLS

Community and junior college librarians are invited to attend an informal, cash bar rendezvous for CJCLS members and friends at the Sun Garden Lounge of the Hyatt Hotel, on Thursday, April 6, 5:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Center for Research Libraries

In honor of its fortieth anniversary, the Center will host a conference-wide reception on Thursday, April 6, 5:15 p.m.-7:00 p.m. The reception will be held in the third floor reception area of the Albert B. Sabin Cincinnati Convention Center.

Library tours

If you enjoy a busman’s holiday, stop by the Hospitality Desk in the convention center to pick up a guide to the libraries within the Greater Cincinnati area. It explains how to get to the library of your choice with ease. The guide was prepared by the Local Arrangements Committee.

Cincinnati tours

Two tour possibilities have been arranged to suit your recreational interests. They are being pro-

Historic Fountain Square blends the old and the new in downtown Cincinnati.vided by Premier Events, 11695 Chesterdale Road, Cincinnati, OH 45246. You may use the form provided in your registration packet to reserve space for these tours. The mail deadline is March 27, 1989.

BB Riverboat Cruise. For an evening to remember, board a BB riverboat in Covington, Kentucky, just across the river from downtown Cincinnati. This leisurely cruise on the famous Ohio River includes a delicious buffet dinner, music and the lovely old world scenery of both the Kentucky and the Ohio shores. Plan to attend with a group of your favorite ACRL friends. Thursday, April 6, 6:30 p.m.~9:30 p.m., $21, includes dinner.

Bus Tour of the City. Gaze at the highlights of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky the easy way— via a chartered bus! Boarding downtown near the conference hotels, you will see and hear about Fountain Square and many other downtown buildings and landmarks, including Music Hall and the Union Terminal. In picturesque nearby

Mt. Adams, see Rookwood Pottery, lovely Eden Park and a beautiful Ohio River overlook. Across the historic Suspension Bridge into Covington, Kentucky, you will view the restored Main Strasse area and several churches of historic renown. Finally, at the new Oldenberg Brewery, you will enjoy a show and lunch. Following a tour of this “Old World” brewery, you will return to the hotel area by 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $20, includes lunch.

Chapter meetings

Three ACRL affiliated chapters will hold their spring meetings in conjunction with the ACRL National Conference. The College and University Division of the Indiana Library Association, the Academic Library Association oi Ohio and the Academic Section of the Kentucky Library Association will each hold their business meeting on Thursday, April 6, 5:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.

Preconference on regional history collections

“Local History, Global Village: Regional Collecting, Regional Collections” is the theme of the ACRL Rare Rooks and Manuscripts Section’s preconference, set for June 22-23, 1989, on the campus of Southern methodist University in Dallas.

Donald J. Pisani, associate professor of history at Texas A&M University and author of From the Family Farm to Agribusiness: The Irrigation Crusade in California and the West, 1850-1931, will give the keynote address. Pisani will explore the difficulties of collecting an ever-increasing mass of documents pertaining to the region’s history at public, academic, and state agency libraries and institutional archives. Other presentations will examine regional cooperation and the need to coordinate collection development, documentation strategies, and the experiences of a variety of institutions and libraries with extensive regional collections.

Preconference activities include receptions on

Thursday and Friday evenings and a dinner on Friday. Housing will be available in the SMU dormitories for $16 a night or in any of the ALA conference hotels in downtown Dallas. All program sessions will take place on the SMU campus, so there will be no official RBMS hotel for the Dallas preconference.

Registration for the preconference is limited to the first 200 applicants. The fee is $85 for ACRL members and $ 110 for non-members. The deadline is May 15,1989. Late registration will be accepted on a space available basis after May at an additional cost of $25 per person.

A registration brochure will be mailed to all RBMS members. Additional brochures and information may be requested by contacting Mary Ellen Davis, RBMS Preconference, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; (800) 545- 2433; in Illinois, (800) 545-2444; in Canada, (800) 545-2455. ■■