ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

ACRL meetings in New York

A tentative schedule for ALA’s New York Conference, June 28-July 3,1986.

ACRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

First meeting:Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Second meeting: Tuesday, July 1, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Executive Committee and Section Officers luncheon:Saturday, June 28, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

ACRL GENERAL

President’s Program/Membership:Monday, June 30, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

ACRL DIVISIONAL COMMITTEES

Academic Library Statistics:Saturday, June 28, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Academic Status:Sunday, June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

* Meetings with an asterisk are closed meetings.

Academic Status—“Model Statement” Hearing: Sunday, June 29, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Appointments and Nominations:Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 9:00-11:00 a.m.*

Audiovisual:Saturday, June 28, 8:00-10:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Audiovisual—Hearing on Standards:Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Books for College Libraries Advisory: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Budget and Finance:Friday, June 27, 2:00-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 28, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 29, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2:00-5:30 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Conference Planning:Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Continuing Education Courses Advisory: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Continuing Education Courses Advisory— Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Copyright:Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Legislation:Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Membership:Monday, June 30, 8:00-11:00 a.m. Performance Measures for Academic Libraries:

Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Planning:Sunday, June 29, 8:00-11:00 a.m. Professional Association Liaison: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Professional Association Liaison—Program:Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Professional Education:Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Publications:Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 2:00-4:00 a.m.

Publications—ACRL Editors’ Breakfast:Monday, June 30, 7:30-9:00 a.m. *

Research:Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Research Development:Monday, June 30, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Samuel Lazerow Fellowship:Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.*

Standards and Accreditation:Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Standards and Accreditation—Program:Monday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Strategic Planning Task Force:Sunday, June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

ACRL CHAPTERS COUNCIL

Business:Sunday, June 29, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Orientation: Saturday, June 28, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

ACRL DISCUSSION GROUPS

Black Studies Librarianship:Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Black Studies Librarianship—Program:Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

English and American Literature:Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Extended Campus Library Services:Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Heads of Public/Reader’s Services:Sunday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Librarians of Library Science Collections:Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Microcomputer Services in Academic Libraries:Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, July 1,9:00-11:00 a.m.

Personnel Administrators and Staff Development Officers:Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Public Relations in Academic Libraries:Monday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Undergraduate Librarians:Monday, June 30, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

ACRL EDITORIAL BOARDS

Choice: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. College & Research Libraries: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

College & Research Libraries News: Sunday, June 29, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Publications in Librarianship: Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

ACRL SECTIONS Activity Sections Council

Meeting: Sunday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Anthropology and Sociology Section

Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Art Section

Program: Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Membership Meeting: Sunday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Executive: Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Membership Committee: Sunday, June 29, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Mission and goals: Sunday, June 29, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Publications: Sunday, June 29, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Asian and African Section

Program: Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Executive: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Bibliographic Instruction Section

Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Orientation: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Executive: Friday, June27, 4:30-5:30p.m.; Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 2:00-5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, July 2, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Advisory Council: Saturday, June 28, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Clearinghouse: Monday, June30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Communication: Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Computer Concerns: Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—New York, 1986: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Continuing Education: Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Education for Bibliographic Instruction: Saturday, June28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Miriam Dudley Award: Sunday, June 29, 8:00-10:00 p.m.*

Model Statement of Objectives: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Nominating: Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 9:30-11:00 a.m.*

Policy and Planning: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Policy and Planning—Long-Range Planning: Tuesday, July 1, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Research: Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Think Tank Publications Editorial Board: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

College Libraries Section

Program: Saturday, June 28, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Membership: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Executive: Monday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

CLIP Notes: Monday, June 30, 8:00-9:00 a.m. National Advisory Council, Steering Committee:

Sunday, June29, 2:00-4:00p.m.; Monday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Real Income: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Research: Sunday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Tour: Monday, June 30, 8:00-1:00 p.m. Executive: Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.;

Tuesday, July 1, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

ACRL-AECT Joint Committee on Standards: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bibliography: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Computers in Community Colleges: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Tuesday, July 1, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Instruction and Use: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Instructional Development: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Membership/Communication: Tuesday, July 1, 9:00-11:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nominating: Saturday, June 28, 8:00-9:00 a.m.* Planning and Procedures: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Service to Disadvantaged Students: Tuesday, July 1, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

Program: Monday, June 30, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Executive: Tuesday, July 1, 8:00-11:00 a.m. Bibliographic Instruction for Educators: Sunday,

June 29, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Curriculum Materials Committee/Problems of Access and Control: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m.

Education Services and General Reference: Saturday, June 28, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Psychology/Psychiatry: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Standards for Education Library Services: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Law and Political Science Section

Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Executive: Saturday, June 28, 9:00-11:00 a.m.;

Tuesday, July 1, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—New York, 1986:

Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Publications: Saturday, June 28, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Section Review and Planning: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Executive: Sunday, June29, 4:30-5:30p.m.; Monday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

ALA/SAA Joint Committee on Archives-Library

Relationships: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Conservators’ Collations: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Continuing Education: Monday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Curatorial Issues Raised by Conservation: Saturday, June 28, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Exhibition Catalogues Award: Saturday, June 28, 9:00-11:00 a.m.*

Guidelines for Loaning Special Collection Materials for Exhibition: Sunday, June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Guidelines for Professional Ethics: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Guidelines on the Selection of General Collection Materials for Transfer to Special Collections: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Information Exchange: Saturday, June 28, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Legislative Information: Saturday, June 28, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Literary Rights: Saturday, June 28, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Manuscripts Discussion Group: Monday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

MARC Cataloging for Special Collections: Sunday, June 29, 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Preconference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, June 29, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Publications: Sunday, June 29, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Security: Sunday, June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Standards: Saturday, June 28, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Science and Technology Section

Program: Tuesday, July 1, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Membership Meeting/Task Force on Proceedings:

Saturday, June 28, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Executive: Monday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Comparison of Science/Engineering Libraries: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—New York, 1986: Monday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Newsletter: Monday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Oberly Award: Saturday, June 28, 4:30-5:30 p.m. *

Publisher Relations: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Subject Access to Science Materials: Monday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m.

Slavic and East European Section

Program: Monday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Membership: Monday, June 30, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Executive: Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Conference Program Planning—New York, 1986:

Sunday, June 29, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Continuing Education on Slavic and East European Librarianship in North America: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Cyrillic Romanization and Automation: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Newsletter: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Nominating: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m.* Study of Ethnic Slavic and East European Publications in the U.S.: Sunday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

University Libraries Section

Steering: Saturday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—New York, 1986: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m., 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Current Topic Discussion Groups: Sunday, June 29, 8:30-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 8:00-9:00 a.m.

Nominations: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 8:00-9:00 a.m. *

Performance Measures: Sunday, June 29, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Section Review: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. University Library Standards Review: Friday,

June 27, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

University Library Statistics: Tuesday, July 1, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Western European Specialists Section

Program: Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Executive: Sunday, June29, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Feasibility of a European Conference: Saturday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

General Discussion Group: Monday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Publications: Sunday, June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Renaissance Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.

Research and Planning: Tuesday, July 1, 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Women’s Studies Section

Membership: Sunday, June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m. ■■

Beckman named Academic Librarian of the Year

Margaret Beckman

Margaret Beckman, executive director for infor- mation technology at the University of Guelph, Ontario, has been named the Academic or Research Librarian of the

Year for 1986 by the As- sociation of College and Research Libraries. The Association and the Baker & Taylor Com- pany will present the award to Beckman on June 30 at the ACRL membership meeting at New York University during the ALA Annual Conference in New York.

The award cites Beck- man for her influence in a very broad range of academic ìibrarianship and recognizes her authority in the areas of library management, automation and building design.

“Beckman’s contributions to the field of library automation are widely known,” the citation reads. “CODOC, an automated system for organizing government documents, now adopted by many libraries, was her design and originated at the University of Guelph. The GEAC library system was developed there under her leadership and has since become a prototype for many institutions.”

Beckman was also honored for her development of a consultative management model that she developed at the University of Guelph, as well as her involvement with library building planning. She has taught regularly on this subject since 1970 and has delivered seminars and consulted around the world in such countries as China, Iceland, and Saudi Arabia. Canada has recognized her distinction in this field by appointing her official representative to the last three UNESCO Library Buildings conferences.

The ACRL Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award was established by ACRL and the Baker & Taylor Company to recognize members of the library profession who have made outstanding national or international contributions to academic or research Ìibrarianship and library development. The Committee that selected Beckman for the award consisted of the following persons: Charles B. Osburn (chair), University Librarian, University of Cincinnati; Dale B. Canelas, Director, University of Florida Libraries; James F. McCoy, Director of Learning Resources, Hudson Valley Community College; Jean Pelletiere, College of Public Affairs and Policy, SUNY-Albany; Shelley E. Phipps, Science-Engineering Library, University of Arizona; and Ann E. Prentice, Director, University of Tennessee Library. ■ ■

Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award for 1987

The Association of College and Research Libraries invites nominations for the Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award, presented jointly by ACRL and the Baker & Taylor Company. Anyone wishing to submit nominations should contact the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.

Recipients of the award since its inception in 1978 have been Keyes D. Metcalf and Robert B. Downs (1978); Henriette D. Avram and Frederick G. Kilgour (1979); Evan I. Farber (1980); Beverly P. Lynch (1981); William Budington (1982); Richard M. Dougherty (1983); Richard D. Johnson (1984); Jessie Carney Smith (1985); and Margaret Beckman (1986).

The Awards Committee selects persons to receive the award in accordance with the following guidelines:

Purpose: To recognize an individual member of the library profession who has made an outstanding national or international contribution to academic or research Ìibrarianship and library development.

Criteria:Individuals nominated should have demonstrated achievements in such areas as:

1. Service to the organized profession through ACRL and related organizations.

2. Significant and influential research on academic or research library service.

3. Publication of a body of scholarly and/or theoretical writing contributing to academic or research library development.

4. Planning and implementing a library program of such exemplary quality that it has served as a model for others.

5. Nominee does not have to meet all of the above criteria.

Rules:The award shall be made each year at a time and place to be determined by the ACRL Board of Directors. Announcement of the award shall be made by the ACRL president at a time and place to be determined by the Board of Directors. If, in the opinion of the Award Committee, no worthy candidate is nominated in a given year, the award will not be presented that year.

Nominations:Nominations for the award must be returned to the chair of the Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award Committee and must be postmarked no later than December 1, 1986. Nominations must be submitted in quintuplicate and should be accompanied by a statement of supporting reasons and a copy of the nominee’s resume. Please do not solicit supporting letters seconding your nomination. Such letters will not be considered in the Award Committee’s decision.

Nature of the award: The Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award shall consist of $3,000 and an appropriate citation.

For more information please contact Mary Ellen Davis, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780. ■■

Virginia Tiefel named BI Librarian of the Year

Virginia Tiefel

Virginia Tiefel, director of library user educa- tion, Ohio State University Libraries, has been named the Miriam Dudley Bibliographic instruction Librarian of the

Year for 1986. The award will be presented at the program meeting of the ACRL Biblio- graphic Instruction Sec- tion on Sunday, June 29, at 2:00 p.m. during ALA's Annual Confer- ence in New York.

The award recognizes Tiefel’s efforts to ad- vance bibliographic in- struction at local, state- wide, and national levels.

Tiefel was the catalyst in the development of a comprehensive library user education program at Ohio State University. Evan Farber, a noted leader in bibliographic instruction, said of Tiefel, “…she has done a marvelous job at OSU and has established a reputation for doing so… There’s not much question that OSU is coming to be regarded as a stellar example of what can be done in a large university to instruct students in use of the library.”

Tiefel has been active professionally on both the state and national level and has published numerous works on library instruction. In 1984 Tiefel was named Outstanding Academic Librarian of 1984 by the Academic Library Association of Ohio.

The award, consisting of $900 and a plaque, was established in 1984 to honor Miriam Dudley, an early leader in the academic library instruction movement who retired recently from UCLA. It has been funded by Mountainside Publishing Company, Ann Arbor, on behalf of their publication Research Strategies, a journal of library concepts and instruction. Thomas Kirk received the first award and Carolyn Kirkendall was the next recipient in 1985.

Nominations for the 1987 award should be made by December 1, 1986. For further information contact Mary Reichel, Head, Reference Department, Pullen Library, Georgia State University, 100 Decatur Street, S.E., Atlanta, GA30303; (404) 658-2185.

Exhibition Catalogue Awards to be presented

The first annual Awards for Exhibition Catalogues have been announced by ACRL’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Section.

Winners in the three divisions—expensive, moderate, and inexpensive—were as follows: “Renaissance Painting in Manuscripts: Treasures from the British Library,” submitted by the J. Paul Getty Museum (first division); “The Survivors: An Exhibition of Rare Russian Books,” entered by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (second division); “The Mikado: A Centenary Celebration,” from the Pierpont Morgan Library, and “He Has Long Outlived His Century: The 200th Anniversary of Johnson’s Death,” submitted by the Houghton Library, Harvard University, tying for the award in the third division.

Additional catalogues were singled out for honorable mention. In the first division, these were “Bookbinding in America, 1680-1910,” submitted by Bryn Mawr College Library, and “Nature Disclosed: Books from the Collections of the John Crerar Library Illustrating the History of Science,” entered by the University of Chicago Library.

Catalogues awarded honorable mention in the second division were “The Dark Side of the Enlightenment,” from the Houghton Library, Harvard University, and “Theories of the Earth, 1644-1830: The History of a Genre,” sponsored by the Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, Missouri. “James Joyce at 101,” from the McFarlin Library, the University of Tulsa, received honorable mention in the third division.

The awards will be presented by Beverly Lynch at the RBMS program meeting at ALA Annual Conference in New York (see schedule this issue for time), and the winning catalogues will be on display both at the RBMS Preconference and the program meeting.

Divisions were based upon unit costs for producing the exhibition catalogues. Catalogues published between January 1, 1983, and August 31, 1985, were eligible for this year’s competition. Criteria for granting the awards include excellence in the areas of accuracy and consistency of presentation, clarity, quality of design and usefulness of catalogues to the intended audience. The committee served as jury with some consultation with outside experts. Seventy eligible entries were received.

Entries for September 1, 1985, through August 31, 1986, must be submitted by September 30, 1986. For further information, contact Sally Leach, Chair, RBMS Committee for Awards for Exhibition Catalogues, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, P.O. Drawer 7219, Austin, TX 78713-7219; (512) 471- 9115. ■■