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ACRL’s Continuing Education Courses—Dallas

CE 103, Establishing the College Bibliographic Instruction Program, provides an overall review of managerial considerations essential in establishing the successful BI program. Program components examined will include political aspects, staff needs, budgetary support, and faculty and administration support.

Instructor:Dennis Robison, University Librarian, University of Richmond.

Date:Friday, June 22, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

CEUcredit:.7

What past participants have said about CE 103:“(The course was a) good experience—and very helpful to me in trying to set up a BI program.”

CE 107, Managing Student Workers in Academic Libraries, will help participants to develop strategies for better management of student workers. In addition to providing an opportunity for participant interaction, the course seeks to clarify the nature of the student worker’s role in academic libraries and the role of the supervisor of student workers; to identify management theories appropriate to student workers; to recognize the importance of selection, training, and supervision of student workers; to identify dilemmas or problems which occur in the management of student workers; and to become familiar with the various ways in which policies and procedures can be communicated to student workers. The course is intended for librarians who have had at least one year of experience managing student workers or who have had at least one year of experience managing supervisors of student workers.

Instructors:Michael D. Kathman, Director of Libraries & Media Services, St. John’s University, and Jane Kathman, Assistant Professor of Economics & Business Administration, College of St. Benedict.

Date:Friday, June 22, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

CEU credit:.8

What past participants have said about CE 107:“This course exceeded my expectations: it was informative, compact, encouraging and even entertaining.”

CE 202, Teaching Methods for the Bibliographic Instruction Librarian, provides an introduction to basic learning theory and alternate instructional methods used in library instruction. Participants will work on designing and modeling an instructional session.

Instructor:Marilla Svinicki, Assistant Director, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Texas at Austin.

Dates:Thursday and Friday, June 21 & 22, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

CEU credit:1.4

What past participants have said about CE 202:“I have hopes of becoming a good instructor and feel much more prepared for the task as a result of this course.”

New Courses!

CE 108, Considerations for Establishing and Marketing Fee-Based Services in Academic Libraries, considers key aspects to be anticipated and evaluated prior to or in the initial phases of developing and offering fee-based information services. Specifically, the course will enable participants to: identify the conditions necessary for establishment of a fee-based service; optimize existing conditions within their individual university settings to influence the success of such services; develop a plan of action for proposing and establishing appropriate services for the individual library setting; identify critical aspects of the operation of a fee-based service center; and review marketing principles, promotional techniques, and public relations as applied to a fee-based service in academic libraries.

Instructor:Elizabeth Lunden, Director, Regional Information & Communication Exchange, Rice University.

Date:Friday, June 22, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

CEU credit:.7

CE 111, Principles of Strategic Planning in the Library Environment, provides a theoretical background and practical experience in applying strategic planning processes to library planning. The specific objectives of the course are: to provide background information on strategic planning as a process; to identify problems encountered with past long-range planning efforts; to describe several strategic planning models including the “desired futures” model; to provide participants with an opportunity to practice the use of the desired futures model cooperatively and applied to their own environment; and to receive feedback on that experience. The material covered in this course is applicable to strategic planning for all types of libraries.

Instructor:Julie A.C. Virgo, Executive Director, Association of College & Research Libraries.

Date:Thursday, June 21, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

CEU credit:.7

CE 112, Improving Job Performance: Strategies for Supervisors, will help librarian-supervisors: create a climate for motivation, define job competencies, set performance standards, address performance problems and improve work effectiveness of their staffs. This course is intended for librarians who are first-line supervisors or middle managers. Past participants to CE 101 note: the material presented in this course will build upon the knowledge and skills developed in ACRL CE 101 (Librarians as Supervisors).

Instructor:Maureen Sullivan, Head of Personnel, Yale University Library.

Date:Friday, June 22, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. CEU credit: .7

CE 205, Teaching How to Teach Science Reference Materials: A Workshop for Librarians Who Serve the Undergraduate, examines the search strategies and reference tools (especially such science periodical indexes as the H. W. Wilson indexes, Biological Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, and Science Citation Index) that are particularly useful to undergraduate science majors. Equal emphasis is given to methods of teaching these search strategies and the use of these reference tools. Methods of learning how to use new science reference materials are also covered.

Instructor:Thomas Kirk, College Librarian, Rerea College.

Date:Friday, June 22, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

CEU credit:.8

About the courses

The courses are designed to provide librarians with knowledge and skills in the areas of management, bibliographic instruction, library skills, technology update, the environment and professional development. The ACRL Continuing Education Courses are taught by library practitioners well known for their expertise in these topical areas.

Where & When

In Dallas, Texas, June 21-22, 1984, immediately before the ALA Annual Conference. Upon registration for a course you will receive course materials and location information. (See American Libraries, January 1984, for conference housing information.)

How much?

Course fees are $95/day for ACRL members and $135/day for non-members. The advance registration deadline is May 15. A $15 late registration fee will be charged to registrations received after that date. Written notice of cancellation received by May 31 will be honored subject to a $15 cancellation charge. No refunds for cancellations after May 31. Remember, a tax deduction is allowed for educational expenses (including registration fees, travel, meals, lodging) if courses are undertaken to maintain and improve professional skills (see Treasury Reg. 1.162-5, and Coughlin v. Commissioner, 203 F.2d 307).

CEU’s

A certificate of completion for each course will be issued. Every successful completion of 10 hours of continuing education is equal to one Continuing Education Unit (CEU). ACRL maintains a CEU record for each participant. The ACRL CE courses are approved for ML A re-certification credit.

Questions?

Contact Rarbara Macikas, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; or call (312) 944-6780.

ACRL requests proposals for a new edition of Books for College Libraries

The Association of College & Research Libraries is planning to undertake a third edition of Books for College Libraries (BCL III). According to the chair of the BCL III Committee, Richard D. Johnson, library director of the State University College of New York at Oneonta, the new edition will list 50,000 titles which can constitute a core collection in a library serving undergraduate students.

The third edition will not include serials but will be expanded to include non-print materials. Titles will be selected by subject specialists, both teaching faculty and librarians. Full bibliographic data will be provided for each title. The work will be published in six volumes; the fifth volume, covering psychology, science, technology, and bibliography, will be given priority and published first.

ACRL plans to contract with an outside organization for the completion of Books for College Libraries III. This organization should be prepared to compile and edit BCL III on their own premises. Access to MARC records in machine-readable form will be required. An ACRL advisory board will oversee the work of the contracting organization. The contractor should prepare to begin work in September 1984. Machine-readable records in a form ready for printing of the final pages should be prepared as individual volumes are completed. All pages should be submitted to the publisher by September 1986.

Individuals or organizations wishing to submit proposals for all or part of this project should request an RFP from Sandy Whiteley, ACRL/ALA, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944- 6780. The deadline for submission is June 8, 1984.

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