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November

15-Automation:“Technological Change: Online Catalogs and Library Users,” CUNY Graduate School, New York, sponsored by ACRL’s Greater New York Area Metropolitan Chapter and LACUNY. Contact: Ann Randall, Chief Librarian, City College of CUNY, 5/333 N. Academic Center, Convent Avenue at 138th St., New York, NY 10031; (212) 690-4271.

December

9- 10—Telecommunications:“Telecommunications, State of the Art: A Sampler,” sponsored by ALA’s Library and Information Technology Association, at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. The seminar includes exhibits as well as the following speakers: James Hensinger, BCR; Joseph Ford, Bibliotechniques; Don Muccino, OCLC; Wayne Davison, RLG; Ed Brownrigg and Cliff Lynch, California Division of Library Automation; and Robert Emmett, Hughes Aircraft Electro-Optical and Data Systems Group. Contact: LITA/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780, x302; ALANET: ALA0080.

27- 28—Bibliography:In conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, the Association for the Bibliography of History will hold the sessions: Historical Bibliographies in Progress; Historians’ and Librarians’ Approaches to Research—Do They Differ?; A Subject Thesaurus for History?; and an Afternoon at the New York Public Library. Contact: Charles D’Aniello, Social Sciences Bibliographer, Lockwood Memorial Library, SUNY-Buffalo, Amherst, NY 14260.

January

20-22—Australia:First Australian Online Information Conference and Exhibition, Hilton International, Sydney, organized by the Information Science Section of the Library Association of Australia. U.S. keynote speaker will be Roger Summit, president of DIALOG Information Services. Contact: Information Online 86, ACMS, G.P.O. Box 3695, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia.

February

11-15: Music Libraries:Annual Conference, Music Library Association, February 12-15, “Linking the Future: Challenge for Music Libraries,” Hyatt Regency, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A preconference on the organization of ethnic music materials will take place on February 11-12. Contact: Richard E. Jones, 4333 N. Marlborough Drive, Shorewood, WI 53211; (414) 963- 6457.

28- March 1—Subject Access:Workshop at Florida State University, Tallahassee, will cover a preview of the Subject Headings Manual and presentations on subject access in the online catalog and user needs for subject access. Workshop leaders are Mary K. Pietris, Library of Congress; Gary S. Lawrence, University of California, Berkeley; and Karen Markey, OCLC. Fee: $60. Contact: Doris H. Clack, School of Library and Information Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2048; (904) 644-5775.

April

20-22—User Friendliness:“What Is User Friendly?” is the theme of the 23d Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, University of Illinois, Urbana, sponsored by the UI Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Contact: Robin Caton, University of Illinois GSLIS, 410 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801; (217) 333- 3280.

20-25—Latin Americana:31st Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, sponsored by the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin. The theme is “Intellectual Migrations: The Transcultural Contributions of European and Latin American Emigres.” For program content, contact Iliana L. Sonntag, San Diego State University Library, San Diego, CA 92182-0511.

May

3— User Instruction:Earlham College BI Workshop, Richmond, Indiana. Emphasis will be on faculty involvement along with the role of online searching and end-user instruction. Fee: $160 for librarians; $130 for teaching faculty. Meals are included. Contact: Evan Färber, Librarian, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374.

4- 16—Administration:20th annual Library Administrators Development Program, sponsored by the College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, to be held at the Donaldson Brown Center, Port Deposit, Maryland. Participants will include senior administrative personnel of large library systems from North America and abroad. The faculty is made up of well-known scholars, educators, management consultants, and lecturers drawn from universities, government offices, and consulting fields. John Rizzo, professor of management at Western Michigan University, serves as director. Contact: Marcia Hayleck, Administrative Assistant, Library Administrators Development Program, CLIS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; (301) 454-6080.

10- 11—New England:“A Return to the Basics: The Book,” the Spring Conference of ACRL’s New England Chapter, University of Southern Maine, Portland. Contact: Susan Sheridan, Head of Technical Services, Frost Library, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002; (413) 542-2215.

Cenko Prize in Ukrainian Bibliography

The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is accepting submissions for the sixth award of the Cenko Prize in Ukrainian Bibliography. The $1,000 annual prize, established by Mykola and Volodymyra Cenko of Philadelphia will be given for the best bibliographical work on a topic of Ukrainian studies. Entries in English or Ukrainian must be submitted in four copies by March 1,1986. Manuscripts must be in their final pre-publication form, with the names and addresses of authors. Published works and late submissions will not be considered.

The Cenko Prize Committee will judge the entries according to the following criteria: 1) the importance and originality of the topic; 2) the work’s methodology and completeness; 3) the work’s contribution to existing bibliographical scholarship. The winner or winners will be announced at Harvard University no later than June 1986.

The fifth Cenko Prize was awarded this year to Vadym Stelmashenko, of New York, for his work entitled, Volodymyr Vynnychenko: An Annotated Bibliography. Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880- 1951) was a prominent Ukrainian novelist, playwright, statesman, and political leader.

Entries for the sixth Cenko Prize should be sent by registered mail to: Cenko Prize in Ukrainian Bibliography, Harvard University, Ukrainian Research Institute, 1581-1583 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138.