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January

31—Placement:“Job Getting Strategies for the L/MTA,” Midwinter Meeting of the Council on Library/Media Technical Assistants, Learning Resources Division, University of the District of Columbia. A presentation will be made by David Dowell, assistant university librarian at Duke University. Contact: Ravmond Ronev, Learning Resources, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20008; (202) 282-7536.

February

1—Higher Education:“Higher Education Act Library Programs: An Endangered Species?” Workshop sponsored by the ALA Washington Office and intended to spearhead a drive for more adequate funding of the Higher Education Act library programs. Contact: ALA Washington Office, 110 Maryland Ave., N.E., Box 54, Washington, DC 20002; (202) 547- 4440.

20- 21—OCLC:“OCLC: Introduction for Non-OCLC Users,” workshop, School of Library and Information Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact: See January 20 entry.

21- 22—Science Fiction:“Assessing Science Fiction,” the J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, sponsored by the University of California, Riverside, Library and Department of Literatures and Languages. Keynote speaker will be Leslie Fiedler. Contact: George Slusser, Eaton Conference, University Library, P.O. Box 5900, University of California, Riverside, CA 92517.

21-26—Art Libraries: Ninth Annual Conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco. The conference will be followed by the College Art Association Annual Conference. Contact: Pamela J. Parry, Executive Secretary, ARLIS/NA, 143 Bowling Green Place, Iowa City, IA 52240; (319) 351-2078.

27—Women in Library Management: “Even the Odds: Women in Library Management, a seminar to be held on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, featuring speakers from the library, management, and psychology fields. Sponsored by the Library of California State University, Long Beach. Fee: $25, due by February 1. Contact: “Even the Odds,” CSULB University Library, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840; (213) 498-4029 or 498-4367.

March

11-13—Networking: Third Annual Conference of SALIS (Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists), Berkeley, California. Contact: Andrea Mitchell, Social Research Group, University of California, 1816 Scenic, Berkeley, CA 94709; (415) 642-5208.

25—Children’s Literature: workshop, School of Library and Information Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact: See January 20 entry.

25-28—North Carolina:Fiftieth anniversary celebration, School of Library Science, University of North Carolina, Durham. Seminars: “Research in Librarianship” and “Education for Librarianship.” Speakers will include David Kaser, Lester Asheim, Mary Jo Lynch, Richard Dougherty, and Charles H. Davis. Contact: Fred W. Roper, Assistant Dean, School of Library Science, Manning Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27814.

April

1-3—Learning Resource Centers:“All for One in ’81,” the North Carolina Community College Learning Resources Association annual conference, Bordeaux Motor Inn, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Contact: Ernest Tompkins, Individualized Instuctional Center, Forsyth Technical Institute, 2100 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.

1-4—Latin Americana:Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, annual meeting, Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. Theme: “Latin American Economic Issues: Information Needs and Information Sources. Hosted by the Latin American Library of Tulane University. For program information, contact: Laura Gutiérrez-Witt, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas General Libraries, Austin, TX 78712. For local arrangements, contact: Thomas Niehaus, Latin American Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.

6-10—Educational Technology:National convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Philadelphia Civic Center. The convention theme will be “Designing the Future Together.” This is the chief professional meeting for educators and trainers who are concerned with using media and technology to improve learning at all levels of education and training. Preregistration fee: $50 AECT members, $65 nonmembers. Contact: AECT Convention Office, 1126 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

8- 10—Bibliographic Instruction:“Librarians, Faculty and Bibliographic Instruction,” Earlham College’s fifth workshop on the topic. Deadline for applications is February 15. For more information, contact: Leo Chang, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374; (317) 962- 6561.

9- 11—Hand Printing:First National Conference on the Art of the Printed Book, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Downtown Education Center. Fee: $40. Contact: Mel Bohn, University Library, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha' NE 68182; (402) 554-3213.

13-16—Natural History Bibliography:History in the Service of the Systematics, international conference, sponsored by the Systematics Association and the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History on the occasion of the centenary of the British Museum (Natural History), London, England. Fee: approximately £25 (nonmembers), £20 (members). Topics covered will include history of biological nomenclature, biosytematics, bibliography, collectors and scholars, and collections. Contact: Judith A. Diment, Botany Librarian, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England.

26- 29—Data Processing:“New Information Technologies: New Opportunities,” the 18th Annual University of Illinois Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, Illini Union, Urbana, Illinois. Sponsored by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science. Contact: Mary Bussert, Conferences and Institutes, 116 Illini Hall, 725 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61801; (217) 333-2880.

27- 30—Public Relations:Meadow Brook Hall Institute on Marketing of Library Services, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48063. Contact: Robert G. Gaylor, Kresge Library, (313) 377-2470; or Conference Department, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48063; (313) 337-3272.

May

3-15—Management:Fifteenth annual Library Administrators Development Program, Donaldson Brown Center, Port Deposit, Maryland. 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 Services, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

7-8—Bibliographic Instruction:“Teaching Library Use Competence: Bridging the Gap from High School to College,” the 11th Annual Library Instruction Conference, sponsored by the LOEX Clearinghouse (Library Orientation-Instruction Exchange), Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti. Library use competency testing will be highlighted. Contact: Carolyn Kirkendall, LOEX Exchange, Center of Educational Resources, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; (313) 487-0168, mornings.

14-16—Information Science:“Using Information,” the Tenth Mid-Year Meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. Topics addressed will include user studies, organizational change, management, access, delivery systems, and designing information systems. Contact: American Society for Information Science, 1010 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 659-3644.