COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS

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January

20—Marketing: The annual Janus Seminar, cosponsored by the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the American Society for Information Science and the New York Chapter of the Special Libraries Association, will be held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, New York City. Theme: “Targeting Your Audience: Marketing of Information Services.” Fee: $60 (includes lunch). Contact: Carol Tschudi, Engineering Societies Library, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017; (212) 705-7610.

February

4—Reference: “Reference Update: Energy, Census, Life Sciences, Business, Law and Environment,” seminar sponsored by the SLA-Texas Chapter and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas, Austin. Held at the Sheraton Crest Hotel, Austin. Contact: Jean Herold, Local Arrangements Committee Chairman, Box 7048, UT Station, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712; (512) 471-5944.

13-17—Art: Annual conference, Art Libraries Society of North America, Franklin Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia. Pre-registration fee: members $55, non-members $75. Contact: Pamela Jeffcott Parry, Executive Secretary, ARLIS/NA, 3775 Bear Creek Circle, Tucson, AZ 85715; (602) 749-9112.

28-March 1—Music: Annual meeting, Music OCLC Users Group, Hilton Hotel, Philadelphia. Fee: $35 (not including luncheon). Contact: Timothy Robson, MOUG Continuing Education Coordinator, Kulas Music Library, 1118 Bellflower Rd., Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106; (216) 368-2403.

March

2—Music: The Education Committee of the Music Library Association will sponsor a workshop for librarians in small academic music libraries at the Hilton Hotel, University City, Philadelphia, preceding the MLA national meeting. Sessions on library politics, collection development, NASM evaluations, and time management are planned. MLA membership not required. Contact: Janice Jenkins, Stetson University Music Library, DeLand, FL 32720.

4—Library Costs: “Determining the Cost of Libiary Services,” a program designed for library directors and department heads of all types of libraries, sponsored by the University of South Carolina College of Librarianship. Fee: $27. 0.5 CEU. Contact: Helen L. Callison, Coordinator of Continuing Education, College of Librarianship, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208; (803) 777-2544 or 777-3858.

11—Automation: “Shopping for Library Automated Systems,” a workshop sponsored by the Drexel University School of Library and Information Science, Philadelphia. Fee: $95. Contact: Director, Office of Continuing Professional Education, Drexel University, 32d and Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 895-2153.

14-18—New Technology: “International Conference on Miniand Micro-Computer Applications in Information, Documentation, and Libraries,” Tel-Aviv, Israel. Co-sponsors include the International Federation of Documentation (FID), the Gesellschaft fuer Information und Documentation (GID) ‚ and the Israel Society of Special Libraries and Information Centres. Contact: Secretariat, P.O. Box 3054, Tel-Aviv 61030, Israel. Telex: 3-2332 CSTI IL.

25—Library Questionnaires: “The Design and Use of the Questionnaire in Libraries,” a program that examines the user survey to obtain accurate feedback, sponsored by the University of South Carolina College of Librarianship. Fee: $27. 0.5 CEU. Contact: See March 4 entry.

April

4-7—Catholic Libraries: The 62d annual convention of the Catholic Library Association, Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Theme: “Choices and Challenges.” Contact: John T. Corrigan, C.F.X., 461 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041; (215) 649-5251.

12- 14—New Technology: National Online Meeting, Sheraton Centre Hotel, New York, organized by Online Review. Presented papers, an exhibition, product review sessions, and the Forum for Online User Groups. Contact: Thomas H. Hogan, Learned Information, Inc., 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055; (609) 654- 6266.

6-8—User Education: The 7th Earlham College Library workshop on bibliographic instruction. A major thrust of the workshop is faculty involvement, and to encourage this a grant from the Council on Library Resources will help underwrite the expenses of teaching faculty who accompany librarians. Fee: $150. Registration limited to fifty persons. Contact: Evan Farber, Librarian, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374.

30—Library History: Second Annual Library History Colloquium, Barker History Center, University of Texas, Austin. Fee: $20. Contact: Mel Boggins, Continuing Education Coordinator, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Box 7576, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712; (512) 471-3821.

May

1-13—Management: The 17th annual Library Administrators Development Seminar, sponsored by the University of Maryland College of Library and Information Services, will be held at the Donaldson Brown Center, Port Deposit, Maryland. John Rizzo, Western Michigan University, will serve as director. Seminar sessions will concentrate on the principal administrative issues which senior managers encounter. Contact: Effie T. Knight, Administrative Assistant, Library Administrators Development Program, College of Library and Information Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

8-11—Western Europe: Symposium on Western European Studies and North American Research Libraries, sponsored by the University of Minnesota, the Council for European Studies, and the European Communities Information Service, to be held at the Sheraton-Ritz Hotel, Minneapolis. Symposium chairman: Clara M. Lovett, Chief, European Division, Library of Congress. Fee: $65 prior to March 31. Members of ACRL’s WESS will automatically receive registration materials. Contact: Martha Brogan, Symposium Coordinator, Western European Studies, 5 Wilson Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

19-20—Midwest: The Midwest Academic Librarians’ Conference, Terre Haute, hosted by the Indiana State University Libraries. Contact: MALC Planning Committee, Indiana State University Libraries, Terre Haute, IN 47809; (812) 232-6311, ext. 2572.

22-25—New Technology: The 12th Mid-Year Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, sponsored by the ASIS Southern Ohio Chapter and the College of Library and Information Science of the University of Kentucky. Theme: “The Online Age: Assessment/Directions.” Contact: Susan M. Harvey, Technical Program Chairman, Metcut Research Associates, Inc., 3980 Rosslyn Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45209; (513) 271-9510. ■■