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March

6-7—Preservation:Institute on Preservation Microfilming, sponsored by the ALA/RTSD Reproduction of Library Materials Section, at the Library of Congress. The program is intended for librarians and archivists responsible for planning and implementing preservation microfilming programs or special microfilming projects. Tours of the LC preservation facilities and the Optical Disk Pilot Program will be given on the 7th. Attendance is limited to 100 persons. Fee: $175 for ALA/RTSD or SAA members; $200 for ALA members; $225 for non-members. Registrations must be postmarked by February 15. Contact: Ann Menendez, ALA/RTSD, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780.

19-20—Copyright:“New Perspectives on Copyright,” a conference sponsored by the University of Scranton’s Center for Book Research, will be held at the McGraw-Hill Auditorium, 47th Street and Avenue of the Americas, New York. The keynote address, “The Protection of Intellectual Property,” will be given by Irving Louis Horowitz, professor of sociology and political science at Rutgers University. Other speakers include: Lewis Flacks, policy planning advisor to the LC Register of Copyrights; Kurt Steele, vice president and associate general counsel, McGraw-Hill; Hendrick Edelman, professor of information, communication, and library studies, Rutgers University; and Robert Wedge- worth, dean of the School of Library Service, Columbia University. Contact: Center for Book Research, 309E St. Thomas Hall, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510; (717) 961-7764.

20—Collection management:“Performance Measures: A Collection Management Tool,” sponsored by the University of Iowa School of Library and Information Science, at the Ironmen Inn, Iowa City. The program is designed for administrators or persons responsible for collection management in small or medium-sized libraries. Instructor: F. Wilfred Lancaster, professor of library and information sceince at the University of Illinois. Credit: .6 CEU. Fee: $30. Contact: Ethel Bloesch, SLIS, University of Iowa, 3087 Library, Iowa City, IA 52242; (319) 353-3644.

23-25—Optical disks:Spring Meeting, Association of Information and Dissemination Centers, La Posada de Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Speakers include Morris Goldstein (Information Access Corp.), A1 Langer (Prentice- Hall), William Marovitz (BRS), Fran Spigai (Database Services), and Roger Summit (DIALOG Information Services). Contact: ASIDIC, P.O. Box 8105, Athens, GA 30603; (404) 542- 7020.

April

3- 5—Africana:Archives-Libraries Committee (African Studies Association), Spring Meeting, University of Indiana, Bloomington. Contact: Nancy Schmidt, E660 Main Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405; (812) 335- 1481.

4— International cooperation:“Shrinking World/Exploding Information: Developments in International Librarianship,” an institute sponsored by the Library Association of the City University of New York, at its Graduate Center Auditorium, 33 W. 42d Street. Panelists and speakers will address cooperation between developed and developing countries, transnational flow of data, and international librarian exchange. Fee: non-LACUNY members $25 before March 14, $30 after; students $10 before March 14, $15 after. Contact: Fred Low, La Guardia Community College Library, 31-10 Thomson Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101; (718) 626-5522.

14—Chemistry: Third Tri-Society Symposium, sponsored by the American Chemical Society’s Division of Chemical Information, the American Society for Information Science’s SIG on Biological and Chemical Information Systems, and the Special Libraries Association’s Chemistry Division, will be held in New York. Theme: “New Technologies and Chemical Information: 1986.” Contact: W.V. Metanomski, Chemical Abstracts Service, P.O. Box 3012, Columbus, OH 43210; (614) 421-3631.

20-22—Data processing:23rd Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Levis Faculty Center. Topic: “What Is User Friendly?” Registration is limited to 100 participants and will cost $215. Keynote speaker is Michael Gorman; others include Leigh Estabrook (dean of the GSLIS), Christine Borgman (UCLA), Tamas Doszkocs (NLM), Dale Carri- son (PALS), and Ken Dowlin (Pikes Peak). Contact: Robin Caton, GSLIS, University of Illinois, 410 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801; (217) 333-3280.

May

2-5—Biomedical libraries:28th Annual Meeting, Health Sciences Communications Association, Fairmont Hotel, Denver, Colorado. The conference will focus on responsible implementation of technology in biomedical communications. Keynote speakers include Leland R. Kaiser, health futurist, and Susan Markle, author of books and articles on Computer Assisted Instruction. Contact: Lionelle Elsesser, Executive Director, HeSCA, 6105 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63112.

4-6—Administration:20th annual Library Administrators Development Program, sponsored by the University of Maryland’s College of Library and Information Services, will be held at the University’s Donaldson Brown Center, Port Deposit. The program, directed by John R. Rizzo, professor of management at Western Michigan University, allows participants to examine theories, concepts, and issues central to business organization and management and relate them to library administration. Application deadline: April 1. For program and fee information, contact: Library Administrators Development Program, CLIS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; (301) 454-6080.

14-16—User Instruction:Fifteenth Annual Workshop on Instruction in Library Use, John Abbott College, Montreal, Quebec. Sessions will deal with library instruction connections to teachers, students, and various support services and structures. There will also be sessions on teaching copyright use, on using evaluations to develop or redevelop an instruction program, and on user education for online catalogs. Contact: Judith Stonehewer, Library, Snowdon Campus, Va- nier College, 5160 Decarie Blvd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3X 2H9.

28-29—Midwest Libraries:“A Climate for Communication,” Midwest Academic Library Conference (MALC) at Iowa State University, Ames. Speakers representing a variety of academic libraries will examine communication within the library, between the library and its users, and between the library and the community. Keynote speaker: Lujean Cole, community investment manager for Pioneer Hi-Bred International. Fee: $40. Contact: John McNee, Parks Library, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011; (515) 294-4716. ■■