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ACRL meetings in Dallas

A tentative schedule for ALA’s Dallas Conference, June 23-28,1984.

ACRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

First meeting: Saturday, June 23, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Second meeting: Tuesday, June 26, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Executive Committee and Sections luncheon: Sunday, June 24, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

ALA Division Presidents and Presidents-Elect breakfast: Sunday, June 24, 8:00-9:30 a.m.

ACRL GENERAL

Program/Membership: Monday, June 25, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Reception: Monday, June 25, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

ACRL DIVISIONAL COMMITTEES

Academic and Research Library Personnel Study Group: Saturday, June23, 8:00-9:00p.m.; Sunday, June 24, 2:00-5:00 p.m. (Discussion Group on Personnel Issues): Sunday, June 24, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.*

Academic Status: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 24, 8:00-10:00 p.m.; Monday, June 25, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Appointments and Nominations: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.*

Audiovisual: Saturday, June 23, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 8:00-11:00 a.m.

Books for College Libraries: Sunday, June 24,11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Rudget and Finance: Sunday, June 24, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2:00-5:30 p.m.; Monday, June 25, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Constitution and Rylaws: Saturday, June 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

* Meetings with an asterisk are closed meetings.

Continuing Education: Sunday, June 24, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 25, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Copyright: Saturday, June 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 25, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Legislation: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 25, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Membership: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Planning: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.;

Monday, June 25, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Publications: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Samuel Laze row Fellowship: Monday, June 25, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.*

Standards and Accreditation: Friday, June 22, 2:00-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Standards and Accreditation—College Library Standards: Friday, June 22, 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 23, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 25, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

ACRL EDITORIAL BOARDS

Choice: Sunday, June 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

College & Research Libraries: Saturday, June 23, 8:00-11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

College & Research Libraries News: Monday, June 25, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Nonprint Media Publications: Monday, June 25, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Publications in Librarianship: Monday, June 25, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ACRL TASK FORCES

Academic Library Statistics: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Downtown Dallas, site of the 1984 ALA Annual Conference.

Activity Sections/Board Relationship: Saturday, June 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Research Needs of Academic/Research Libraries: Saturday, June 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Support of New Committee Members and Committee Chairs: Sunday, June 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

ACRL DISCUSSION GROUPS

Black Studies Librarians: Saturday, June 23, 8:00-10:00 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Cinema Librarians: Monday, June 25, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

English and American Literature: Sunday, June 24, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Extended Campus Library Services: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 25, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Fee-Based Information Service Centers in Academic Libraries: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 24, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Heads of Public/Readers Services: Sunday, June 24, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Librarians of Library Science Collections: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Personnel Administrators and Staff Development Officers: Saturday, June 23, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 24, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 25, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Public Relations: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Public Relations—Steering Committee: Monday, June 25, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Undergraduate Librarians: Monday, June 25, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Women’s Studies: Saturday, June 23, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 24, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

ACRL CHAPTERS COUNCIL

General: Sunday, June 24, 8:00-11:30 a.m.

Orientation: Saturday, June 23, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

ACRL SECTIONS Activity Sections Council

Meeting: Sunday, June 24, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Anthropology and Sociology Section

Program: Sunday, June 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Tour: Tuesday, June 26, 1:45-4:45 p.m. Executive: Saturday, June 23, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 25, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Bibliography: Saturday, June 23, 9:00-11:00 a.m., 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 1985: Monday, June 25, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—Dallas, 1984: Sunday, June 24, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Nominating: Sunday, June 24, 4:30-5:30 p.m.* Review and Planning: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Art Section

Tour: Tuesday, June 26, 1:45-4:45 p.m. Executive: Tuesday, June 26, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Asian and African Section

Program: Tuesday, June 26, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Program with IRRT: Monday, June 25, 9:00-11:30 a.m.

Executive: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 25, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Bibliographic Instruction Section

Program: Tuesday, June 26, 2:00-5:30 p.m. Dinner: Friday, June 22, 6:00-10:00 p.m.

Executive: Wednesday, June 27, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Advisory Council: Saturday, June 23, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Clearinghouse: Sunday, June 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Computer Concerns: Saturday, June 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 1985: Sunday, June 24, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 25,11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, June 27, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—Dallas, 1984: Saturday, June 23, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Continuing Education: Monday, June 25, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Cooperation: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Education for Bibliographic Instruction: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 25, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Miriam Dudley Award: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 24, 8:00-10:00 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 8:00-10:00 p.m.*

Newsletter: Wednesday, June 27, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Nominating: Saturday, June 23, 8:00-10:00 p.m. *

Policy and Planning: Monday, June 25, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Postconference Planning—Chicago, 1985: Tuesday, June 26, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Wednesday, June27,11:30 a.m.-12:30p.m., 2:00-4:00p.m.

Research: Sunday, June 24, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Monday, June 25, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Think Tank Publication: Saturday, June 23, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

College Libraries Section

Program: Monday, June 25, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Executive: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

CLIP Notes: Monday, June 25, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Continuing Education: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Libraries in Closing Colleges: Sunday, June 24, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Program: Sunday, June 24, 12:30-6:00 p.m.

Tour: Monday, June 25, 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Executive: Saturday, June 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Luncheon: Sunday, June 24, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

Bibliography: Sunday, June 24, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 1985: Tuesday, June 26, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Instruction and Use: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Membership/Communications: Monday, June 25, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Nominating: Saturday, June 23, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Sunday, June24, 9:30-11:00 a.m.*

Planning and Procedures: Sunday, June 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Services to Disadvantaged Students: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

Program: Monday, June 25, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Executive: Tuesday, June 26, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Bibliographic Instruction for Educators: Sunday, June 24, 8:00-11:00 a.m.

Curriculum Materials and Problems of Access and Control: Sunday, June 24, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Psychology/Psychiatry: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Standards for Education Library Services: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Law and Political Science Section

Program: Tuesday, June 26, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Executive: Monday, June 25, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 1985: Sunday, June 24, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Program: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Executive: Sunday, June 24, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Continuing Education: Tuesday, June 26, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Granting Awards for Exhibition Catalogs: Saturday, June 23, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Guidelines for Professional Ethics: Saturday, June 23, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Guidelines on the Selection of General Collection Materials for Transfer to Special Collections: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Information Exchange: Saturday, June 23, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

MARC Cataloging for Special Collections Information Exchange: Saturday, June 23, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Preconference Program Planning—Chicago, 1985: Tuesday, June 26, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Publications: Saturday, June 23, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Security: Sunday, June 24, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Standards: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 25, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Surveying the Interests of Manuscripts Curators: Monday, June 25, 9:00-11:00 m.

Science and Technology Section

Program: Saturday, June 23, 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Executive: Sunday, June 24, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 1985: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Oberly Award: Saturday, June 23, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.*

Slavic and East European Section

Program: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Executive: Sunday, June 24, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Continuing Education on Slavic and East European Librarianship: Sunday, June 24, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Cyrillic Romanization and Automation: Sunday, June 24, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Study of Ethnic Slavic and East European Publications: Monday, June 25, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

University Libraries Section

Program: Monday, June 25, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Steering: Saturday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Western European Specialists Section

Program: Saturday, June 23, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Executive: Sunday, June 24, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, June 26, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—Chicago, 1985: Sunday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Discussion Group: Sunday, June 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Nominating: Sunday, June 24, 4:30-5:30 p.m.*

Publications: Monday, June 25, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Renaissance bibliography: Tuesday, June 26, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Research and Planning: Sunday, June 24, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

AAHE meets in Chicago

The American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) met March 14, 1984, in Chicago. While visiting the exhibits, I spoke with John Minter of the Chronicle Data Service in Boulder, Colorado. Minter hopes to have the data from the NCES survey of college and university libraries for 1981-82 available soon on floppy disks to be used on personal computers. Depending on the software used, the cost will be from $95 to $125 to nonprofit institutions for data on up to 300 colleges and universities. Data blocks are available by state, by accrediting region, or by type of institution (2-year, university, public, private, etc.). Custom blocks can be developed for an extra $50. The Chronicle Data Service is located at 1790 30th St., Suite 150, Boulder, CO 80301. Remember that ACRL is also making the data available in hard copy: Library Statistics of Colleges and Universities, 1981-82. Data on all 3,000 institutions in the survey is available prepaid for $12 for ACRL members and $16 for non-members.

Also exhibiting at AAHE was the Computer Literacy Project of EDUCOM. EDUCOM is a consortium of colleges and universities founded in 1964 to facilitate the introduction, use, and management of information technology. The Computer Literacy Project was created in 1983 to assist academic institutions in promoting computer literacy for non-specialists on their campuses. The Project maintains a database on computer literacy projects at different institutions, publishes a newsletter, runs seminars, and is developing guidelines for computer literacy programs. Over 600 academic institutions are participating in this project. For further information, write to Steven W. Gilbert, Director, Computer Literacy Project, EDUCOM, Box 364, Princeton, NJ 08540.

At every conference, AAHE reserves time for “Position Roundtables” where individuals can get together for an informal meeting with colleagues in the same position at other institutions. ACRL member Joanne Euster, library director at San Francisco State University, arranged a meeting of deans and directors of libraries. The librarians attending the meeting agreed that it is important for library administrators to participate in higher education associations like AAHE in order to give increased visibility to academic libraries.—

Sandy Whiteley, ACRL program officer.