ACRL College & Researc Libraries News

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June

21-26—Law Libraries: “Computer Management for Law Library Needs,” a workshop sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries and ALA’s Library and Information Technology Association, to be held at the University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville. For further information, contact: Jill Mubarak, University of Southern California Law Library, Los Angeles, CA 90007; (213) 743-6487.

August

29-30—Archives: Conservation workshop sponsored by the Society of American Archivists will be held immediately prior to their annual meeting in Berkeley, California. It will consist of lecture/discussions on various aspects of conservation philosophy and administration as well as hands-on demonstration and practice of basic archival conservation techniques. Enrollment is limited. Tuition of $50 will cover the cost of a conservation supply kit. Attendees must currently hold a position in a manuscript or archival repository and have little or no previous training in conservation. Contact: Basic Archival Training Program, Society of American Archivists, 330 S. Wells, Chicago, IL 60606; (312) 922-0140.

October

7-9—Carolina: “Carolina Libraries: Interface ’81,” joint conference of the North Carolina and South Carolina Library Associations, Radisson Hotel/Civic Center, Charlotte, North Carolina. Contact: Mertys Bell, NCLA, Box 309, Jamestown, NC 27282, or Gerda Belknap, 1400 Sumter St., Columbia, SC 29201.

25-30—Information Science: “The Information Community: An Alliance for Progress” will be the theme of the 44th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, in Washington, D.C. The technical program will include invited presentations, contributed papers, idea exchanges, special interest group sessions, exhibits, demonstrations, and tours of government and industrial information facilities in the Washington area. Contact: Carol Wasserman, American Society for Information Science, 1010 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 659-3644.

30-November 1—Humanities: “The Responsibilities of the Humanities,” the second annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of the Humanities, Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Among the sessions tentatively scheduled are: The State of Scholarship in the Humanities; Specialization and Graduate Education in the Humanities; and Recent Developments in Libraries: Information Retrieval and Book Preservation. For further information, contact: AAAH Annual Meeting, 918 16th St., N.W., Suite 601, Washington, DC 20006; (202) 293-5800.

Chinese Study Tour

The Association of Chinese Libraries, the National Library of Beijing, and Shanghai Library are welcoming to China a study tour sponsored by the Foundation for Books to China. Participants with high professional qualifications will have opportunities for technical discussions of their specialties with Chinese library staff members, and some participants will be invited to give brief lectures on their library specialties. The group will be led by Dr. Andrew Jameson of the University of California, Berkeley, and will travel from August 29-September 18, 1981. If interested, contact Claire Martin, 2150 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704; (415) 848-0300.