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ACRL Program Meeting: “Scholars and Librarians: Partners in Learning and Research” (June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.) will be the theme of the ACRL Program Meeting in San Francisco. Dr. Laura A. Bornholdt, vice-president for education of the Lilly Endowment, will be the keynote speaker. She will address the role of foundations in supporting higher education and research.

After the address, there will be a panel discussion by three groups of librarian-scholar teams who will review their experiences with special projects. Arleen Somerville, librarian at the University of Rochester, and Andrew S. Kende, Department of Chemistry at the University of Rochester, will discuss a project funded by the National Science Foundation on “Integrated Chemical Information Curriculum.” Larry Hardesty, head of reference at DePauw University library, and John White, Department of Philosophy and Religion, DePauw, will discuss the “ARL/OMS Small Library Development Project” funded by the Lilly Endowment. The third team, Andrea Hinding, director of the Walter Library, University of Minnesota, and a history professor (to be announced) will speak on the National Endowment for the Humanities project, “Women’s History Sources Survey.”

An ACRL Membership Meeting will be held prior to the ACRL Program Meeting to give members a chance to question ACRL officers and to discuss the affairs of the Association.

The ACRL Reception (June 28, 5:30-7:30 p.m.), sponsored by the Baker & Taylor Company, will be held in the Morrison Room of the Main (Doe) Library, at the University of California, Berkeley. Activities at the reception will include the presentation of Baker & Taylor’s Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award and tours of the Main Library. Because the University of California, Berkeley, was one of the few large academic libraries to close its card catalogs in response to adopting AACR2, these tours will highlight the effect the closure has had on the library’s operations and services.

Asian and African Section:A panel discussion on library services to and about Asian ethnic groups in North America will be presented by the Asian and African Section (June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.). Panelists will be Anne Pellowski, director of UNICEF Children’s Center, New York City; Patrick Valentine, director of the North Carolina Foreign Language Center; Warren Tsuneishi, director of area studies at the Library of Congress; and Janie Lorentowitcz, the Toronto Public Library System. Discussion will focus on collecting and processing Asian language materials for the ethnic community; and servicing the information needs of the host community. Panelists will also discuss how research libraries expert in Asian languages can assist the technical and public service needs of non-research libraries directly involved with Asian language speaking people.

Audiovisual Discussion Group:“Standards Relating to Non-Print Media for Academic Libraries” (June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m.) will be the theme of a panel discussion focusing on the need for standards for non-print materials. Included on the panel will be Evelyn Clement, Library Science Department, Memphis State University, and David B. Walch, California Polytechnic State University, as program moderator. The program will be cosponsored by the ACRL Audiovisual Committee.

Bibliographic Instruction Section:“Will Bibliographic Instruction Survive the Online Age??” (June 28, 9:30-12:00 a.m.) will be moderated by Beth J. Shapiro, Michigan State University Libraries. The program speakers will include: j Brian Neilsen, Northwestern University, on “Teacher or Intermediary: Alternative Professional Models in the Information Age; Kristin McDonough, Baruch College, on “Teaching the Fourth R: Research Technique;” and Nancy Fjallbrant, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, on “User Education and the Role of the Academic Library.”

BIS Education for Bibliographic Instruction Committee: A formal hearing will be held on bibliographic instruction in graduate schools of library science (June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m.). The panel discussion will include a library school dean, a library school faculty member teaching a bibliographic instruction course, a practicing bibliographic instruction coordinator from an academic library, and an academic library director. The focus will be on issues regarding graduate level coursework related to bibliographic instruction, the needs of bibliographic instruction librarians for coursework and continuing education in this area, and academic librarians’ financial support of bibliographic instruction programs.

College Libraries Section:“Planning Models for College Libraries” (June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m.) will be a panel discussion which includes an overview of planning in college libraries and specific descriptions of three planning models. P. Grady ļ Morein, university librarian, University of Evansville, Indiana, will present the overview. Arthur Miller, library director, Lake Forest University, Illinois, will discuss the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Collections Use Model. Willis M. Hubbard, library director at Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, will describe the Library Planning and Data Service Program of the Council for the Advancement of Small Colleges. Duane E. Webster, director of the Office of Management Studies at the Association of Research Libraries, will discuss the OMS Planning Program for Small Academic Libraries.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section:CJCLS will sponsor a tour of the learning resource center departments of the City College of San Francisco (June 29, 1:00-3:00 p.m.) conducted by Iole Matteucig, assistant dean of library services at the college. Information on transportation and sign-up sheets will be provided at both the CJCLS preconference and the ALA registration desk.

Copyright Committee:“Copyright: The A-V Dilemma” (June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.) is the title of a joint program to be offered by ACRL’s Copyright Committee, the Copyright Subcommittee of ALA’s Legislation Committee, and the LITA Legislation and Regulation Committee. The purpose of the program is to provide through recognized experts the latest information on fair use guidelines for off-air taping, licensing agreements, and other critical issues. Eileen Cooke, director of the ALA Washington Office, will speak on "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch: The Search for Off-Air Taping Guidelines.” Ivan R. Bender, vice president and general counsel for Films, Inc., will present “There IS Life after Fair Use: The Video Clearinghouse Concept.” Jerome K. Miller, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, will speak on “Balancing the Books: An Overview.” A reactor panel of professional media specialists will comment on the presentation afterwards.

Education and Behavioral Science Section:“Selection of Educational Resources” (June 29, 9:30 a m-12:30 p.m.) will be a discussion moderated by Marda Woodbury, Research Ventures. Panelists will include: Valerie Downes, Curriculum Review; Ann Sarmento, Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development; Susan Long, San Mateo Educational Resources Center; and David Elliott, Educational Products Information Exchange Institute. The program will focus on the criteria for selection of educational resources for libraries from the viewpoint of authors, research centers, and publishers.

Law and Political Science Section:“Use of Local Documents in Reference and Research” (June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.) will be cosponsored by LPSS, ALA’s Government Documents Round Table, and the Reference and Adult Services Division. Areas to be covered are: reference services to local governments; academic research; urban planning; reference services to the general public; and business research.

Librarians of Library Science Collections Discussion Group:The topic for this program will be collection development in library science collections (June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m.). The speakers will be: Pat Tegler, SUNY Buffalo, on “Periodical Selection Sources for Library and Information Science Collections;” Jean Loup, University of Michigan, on a “Faculty Interview Technique to Evaluate the Collection in Library Science at the University of Michigan;” Sally Davis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, on “Blanket Orders and Approval Plans for Library and Information Science Collections;” and June Engle, Emory University, on “Weeding Collections in Library and Information Science.”

Membership Committee:“Getting Your Money’s Worth from ACRL” (June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.) will inform (or remind) both new and longtime members of the wide variety of services and programs to which their divisional dues give them access. A selection of five speakers will address the group on ACRL s publishing program and how to get in print therein; ACRL s services to members facing academic status or academic freedom problems; ways to participate in divisional committees and discussion groups and how to start new ones; starting or invigorating ACRL chapters; and ALA and ACRL conferences—how to get the most from the experience.

RBMS Standards Committee: A program devoted to the discussion of automated cataloging for rare books and manuscripts (June 27, 8:00- 10:00 p.m.) will be cosponsored by the RBMS Standards and Continuing Education Committees. The need for an ongoing RBMS automated cataloging discussion group will be addressed.

Science and Technology Section:“Providing On-line Search Services to Undergraduate Science Majors: Experience of Practitioners” (June 27, 9:30-11:30 a.m.) will be sponsored jointly by the ACRL Science and Technology Section and the RASD Machine-Assisted Reference Service Section. Four papers on existing services will be presented: Monique C. Cleland, Dartmouth College, will present “On-line: Students, Libraries, and Computers at Dartmouth College;” Nancy Fjallbrant, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, will speak on “Educating End-Users in the On-line User of BYGGDOK—A Database for Building and Urban Planning;’’ Charles Gilreath and Julia Rhodes, Texas A&M University, will speak on “Serving the Agricultural Student with On-line Systems;” and Pamela Snelson, Drew University, will address “Chemical Abstracts On-line: A Viable Alternative for Undergraduates. ”

Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group:“Current Problems in Undergraduate Library Management” (June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.) will be the topic of this panel presentation. Panelists will include: Jim Neal, University of Notre Dame, speaking on “The Collection Analysis Project and the Undergraduate;” Mark Gittelsohn, University of California, San Diego, on “Experience with a New Online Catalog;” and Bill Whitson, University of California, Berkeley, on “Weeding in an Undergraduate Library.”

University Libraries Section:“Trends in Higher Education: Implications for Academic Libraries” (June 30, 2:00-5:00 p.m.) will be the subject of a program cosponsored with the ACRL College Libraries Section and the ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section. The speakers and their topics will be: Robert Spencer, professor of history, Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois, on enrollment trends for the 80 s; M.J. Lunine, dean of undergraduate studies, San Francisco State University, on undergraduate education in the 80’s; Hendrick Edelman, university librarian, Rutgers University, on collection development; Judith M. Pryor, coordinator for library instruction, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, on user education; Judith K. Mowery, assistant librarian for research services, University of Akron, Ohio, on reference services to non-traditional students; and Bart Lessin, assistant to the director of libraries, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, on instruction in extension programs.

Western European Specialists Section:“The Library of Congress and the Future of Western European Collections” (June 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m.). The main speaker will be John Finzi, director of collection development at the Library of Congress, who will describe the history and current operations of LC’s European Division and note plans for future, including ways in which LC and WESS might consult on matters of common interest. The talk will be followed by commentary and questions from a panel of representatives from two other area studies organizations and from WESS. Marianna Tax Chaldin, University of Illinois, representing the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, and Ludwig Lauerhass, UCLA, representing the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, will present brief descriptions of their organizations and their consulting experiences with LC. Two representatives from WESS will add their comments: Charles Fineman, University of California, Santa Cruz, will speak from the perspective of local planning; and Paul Mosher, Stanford University, will speak from the perspective of national planning. Charles Osburn, University of Cincinnati, will pose questions and add a summary.

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