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ACRL Programs at Detroit Conference

Stephen K. Bailey

StephenK. Bailey,acting president of the American Council on Education and a major spokesman for higher education in the United States, will address the Association of College and Research Libraries at a major program session during the 1977 ALA Annual Conference in Detroit.

An articulate speaker, Dr. Bailey is an expert on the future of higher education and on the effects society has upon education. His address, entitled The Future of College and Research Libraries: A Washington Perspective, will emphasize economic trends and their impact on libraries.

Dr. Bailey’s paper will be presented at ACRL’s principal program and membership meeting, on Saturday, June 18, 2:00-4:00 p.m. The membership meeting, scheduled to precede the program, will include consideration of a proposed amendment to the ACRL Bylaws, the text of which was published in the April issue of CirRL News.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Preconference

The eighteenth annual preconference sponsored by the ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section will examine Book Selling and Book Buying: Aspects of the Nineteenth- Century British and North American Book Trades. The preconference will be held June 14-17 at the Park Plaza Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The scheduled speakers include Terry Belanger, assistant professor, Columbia School of Library Service, and editor of the Bibliography Newsletter; Franklin Gilliam, proprietor of the Brick Row Bookshop in San Francisco; Mihai Handrea, librarian of the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library in New York; Douglas Lochhead, Davidson Professor of Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University, and former president of the Bibliographical Society of Canada; Robert Ni- kirk, librarian of the Grolier Club in New York; Michael Turner, of the Bodleian Library, Oxford; Judith St. John, head, Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections of Children’s Literature, Toronto Public Libraries; Stuart Schimmel, president of the Bibliographical Society of America and well-known collector; and Robert Stacey, Canadian art historian.

Special exhibits will be mounted at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto; at Massey College; at the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections of the Toronto Public Libraries; at the E. J. Pratt Library at Victoria University; and at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

The social highlights of the preconference will include a reception given by the lieutenant- governor of Ontario, the Honourable Pauline McGibbon, and an opening-night reception hosted by Toronto booksellers.

Registration materials have been sent to members of the ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section and are available to others, upon request, from the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Registration is limited to 200 persons.

Agriculture and Biological Sciences Section

The general membership and program meeting of the ACRL Agriculture and Biological Sciences Section will be held on Saturday, June 18, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Peter H. Cousins, curator of Agricultural Technology Collections at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan, will deliver a slide program and talk on The Development of the Agricultural Technology Collection at the Henry Ford Museum. David K. Oyler, chairman of the ABSS Oberly Memorial Award Committee, will present the biennial Eunice Rockwell Ober- ly Memorial Award for the best bibliography in the field of agriculture or a related science since 1975. Doris Bolef, vice-chairman of the section and chairman of the ABSS Goals and Structures Committee, will lead a discussion on the topic “Is There a Place within ALA for Science and Technology Librarians?”

On Monday, June 20, 12:00 noon-5:00 p.m., the section will sponsor a tour to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. At the museum, participants may view the unique agricultural technology collection and the decorative and mechanical arts galleries. At the village, participants may watch craftsmen working at daily tasks as they did a century ago, board a paddle-wheel steamboat, or visit Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory and the homes of McGuffy, Burbank, Carver, the Wright brothers, and others. The tour will be limited to fifty persons. The fee of $7.00 includes the bus trip and admission to either the museum or the village. Advance reservations will be accepted until May 15. Send check or money order, payable to ACRL Agriculture and Biological Sciences Section, to Carrol Jones, Science Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Any remaining tickets will be available at the ALA Ticket Desk at the Conference.

Anthropology Section

On Saturday, June 18, 8:00-11:00 a.m., the ACRL Anthropology Section will meet to consider The Other Field Work: Bihliographic Instruction for Effective Library Research in Anthropology. Anne Beaubien, social sciences reference librarian and bibliographic instructor, University of Michigan, and Vem Carroll, professor of anthropology, University of Michigan, will discuss the importance of instruction in the use of the library in the light of more restricted opportunities for field research; the role of faculty and librarians in providing bibliographic instruction; and the benefits for students, faculty, and librarians of a program of bibliographic instruction. The discussants will draw upon their experiences in the University of Michigan’s ongoing bibliographic instruction program for graduate students in cultural anthropology and archaeology.

Art Section

A Program on Prints will be sponsored by the Art Section of ACRL on Saturday, June 18, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Alan Fern, director of the Department of Research at the Library of Congress, will moderate the discussion, which will review and survey developments in the area of original prints, with emphasis on the role of the library and the librarian as resources for information, research, and referral. The program will be followed by a luncheon at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Tickets for the luncheon are $9.00 and are available by advance reservations until May 14. Send check or money order, payable to ACRL Art Section, and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Shirley B. Slovick, 630 Merrick, Apt. 202, Detroit, MI 48202.

On Sunday, June 19, 9:00 a.m.-l:00 p.m., the Art Section will study Detroit Buildings by Bus: An Architectural Tour. The tour, limited to fifty persons, will set the scene by an overview of historic and representative structures that define the 1977 Conference city. Tickets are $5.00 and are available by advance reservation until May 15. Send check or money order, made payable to ACRL Art Section, with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Shirley B. Solvick, 630 Merrick, Apt. 202, Detroit, MI 48202.

The Art Section will also present a program on This Business of Art: The Librarian and the Art Market, on Tuesday, June 21, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Alan Baer, president of International Art Registry, Ltd., P. Alfred Innarella, director of research at Art Reference Gallery, Inc., and Milton Esterow, editor and publisher of ARTnews and ART newsletter, will present representative examples of the publications, services, and organizations which have proliferated in recent years, paralleling the sharply intensified activity in the art market.

The Art Section’s membership meeting will be held on Monday, June 20, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Asian and African Section

National Bibliography in the Developing Countries of Asia and Africa will be examined by the ACRL Asian and African Section in a program scheduled on Saturday, June 18, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Papers on Malaysia and Singapore, the Middle East, India, and Rhodesia will be presented by Charles R. Bryant, curator, Southeast Asia Collection, Yale University Library; David H. Partington, assistant librarian for Middle East Collections, Harvard University; Henry Scholberg, librarian, Ames Library of South Asia, University of Minnesota; and Alan R. Taylor, associate director of libraries, Johns Hopkins University.

Bibliographic Instruction Section

The newly established ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Section will hold two organizational meetings at the Detroit Conference, on Friday, June 17, and Tuesday, June 21. Interested persons should check the official ALA program for exact times.

College Libraries Section

The ACRL College Libraries Section will offer a program on Coping with Change in the College Library, to provide a background and interpretation of the milieu of the college library in 1977 and to address particular problems of college libraries. The program will begin with a presentation on “The Changing Environment of College Libraries: Social and Economic Challenges and Library Responses” by Beverly P. Lynch, university librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, and a talk on “Coping with Technological Change in the College Library” by Barbara E. Markuson, executive director, Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority. Three concurrent small-group sessions will follow: (1) “Changing Work Patterns and Computer-Assisted Cataloging,” moderated by Karin Trainer, catalog maintenance librarian, Princeton University; (2) “The Role of the Paraprofessional in the College Library,” moderated by Marjorie Sibley, head librarian, Augsburg College; and (3) “Follow-up on the Academic Library Development Program: Its Evaluation and Adaptability to Other Libraries,” moderated by Grady Morien, associate professor, North Carolina Central University, and Jordan Scepanski, assistant director of the library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The meeting will be held on Saturday, June 18, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

The ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section will hold a Champagne Breakfast on Communication and Cooperation on Saturday, June 18, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon. Robert Lucas, dean of learning resources, Thornton Community College, will present a program on “NILRC: A Study in Sharing.” Special guests at the breakfast include Julie A. Virgo, executive secretary of ACRL, and Robert Wedgeworth, executive director of ALA. Tickets are $7.50 and are available by advance reservation. Send check or money order, payable to ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section, to Barbara Collinsworth, Associate Dean of Learning Resources, Macomb County Community College, 16500 Hall Rd., Mt. Clemens, MI 48043.

The CJCLS membership meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

On Saturday, June 18, 8:00-11:00 a.m., the ACRL Education and Behavioral Sciences Section will sponsor a program on Issues and Answers for Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarians, to provide current information about curriculum materials and bibliographic instruction for educators. Laura Gowdy, Teaching Materials Center librarian, Illinois State University, Normal, will present a paper on “The University Curriculum Materials Center: A Few Nuts and Bolts and a Look at the Literature.” Lois Lehman, education librarian, Indiana University, and Marianna Markowetz, coordinator, Media Resource Center, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will participate in a discussion of the paper. John Lubans, Jr., assistant director for public services, University of Colorado, will present a paper on “Bibliographic Instruction for Educators.” James Olivetti, education/psychology librarian, George Mason University, and Patricia Butcher, reader’s advisor in education, Trenton State College Library, will lead a discussion of the paper.

A program on Education Statistics: Government and Nongovernment will be presented on Monday, June 20, 2:00-4:00 p.m., to provide information on the latest developments in the collection and dissemination of statistics in education and behavioral sciences and to provide an opportunity for participants to discuss their needs and the needs of library users regarding government- and nongovernment- generated statistics. Speakers include Mary Allen, librarian, National Center for Higher Education, American Council on Education, and Marie Eldridge, administrator, National Center for Education Statistics. Joseph Mapes, education librarian, University of Colorado, and Paul Perry, librarian of the Faculty of Education, Gutman Library, Harvard University, will react to the speakers’ presentations.

Law and Political Science Section

The ACRL Law and Political Science Section will consider How to Avoid the Practice of Law When Giving Legal Reference Service in Public and University Libraries. The program will be held on Saturday, June 18, 8:00-11:00 a.m.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

The ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, the RBMS Continuing Education Committee, and the RBMS Committee on Manuscripts Collections will cosponsor a program on The Marking of Rare Books and Manuscripts: Safeguard or Defacement? on Sunday, June 19, 2:00-6:00 p.m. The program will examine the rationale behind the marking of rare materials and will consider whether marking an item identifies and secures it or whether it merely disfigures it needlessly. Frazer G. Poole, assistant director for preservation, Library of Congress, will describe the effectiveness of various marking techniques as well as damages which can occur in applying such techniques. A dealer in rare books and manuscripts will consider the advantages and disadvantages of marking from the antiquarian book trade’s point of view. A third panelist will analyze the historical development of marking. The audience will be invited to ask questions and to participate in the discussion. The RBMS business meeting will follow the program.

Slavic and East European Section

On Saturday, June 18, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, the ACRL Slavic and East European Section will meet to discuss The Development of Slavic Collections in North America. Edward J. Blume, chief, Subject Cataloging Division, Library of Congress, will present a talk on “Recent Developments in Subject Analyses of Slavic Materials at the Library of Congress.” The future of Slavic collections in various academic and public libraries in North America will be discussed by a panel consisting of George C. Jerkovich, director, Slavic Department, University of Kansas Library; Tanja Lorkovic, head, Cataloging Department, University of Iowa Libraries; Anna Stuliglowa, Soviet studies specialist, Cornell University Libraries; Stanley Humenuk, head catalog librarian, Western Illinois University; and Wojciech Zalewski, curator, Russian and East European material, Stanford University Library.

From 1:00 to 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, the section will sponsor a tour of Slavic collections and sights in the Detroit area. Participants will visit the Foreign Language Collection of the Detroit Public Library, the Hamtramck Public Library, the Ukrainian- American Center, the Adam Mickiewicz Library, the Orchard Lake Seminary Library and Archives, and St. Albertus and Sweetest Heart of Mary Churches. The tour will conclude with a special Polish dinner. Tickets are $18.00 and include round trip transportation, dinner, and entertainment. Advance reservations, limited to 150 persons, may be made by sending check or money order, payable to Convention Services International, to Convention Services International, 494 Lake Shore Ln., Grosse Pointe, MI 48236.

University Libraries Section

The membership meeting of the ACRL University Libraries Section will be held on Saturday, June 18, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon.

Cinema Librarians Discussion Group

The program presented by the ACRL Cinema Librarians Discussion Group will feature James L. Limbacher, author, critic, instructor, and librarian, who will present a workshop on film reference, entitled How Tall Is Glenn Ford?, on Tuesday, June 21, 8:00-9:30 a.m. The program will include a general introduction to the aims of this newly established discussion group and a display of a basic film studies information collection.

Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group

On Monday, June 20, 2:00-4:00 p.m., the Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group will meet to study Undergraduate Library Services to the Campus Community. Small- group sessions will be formed to discuss reserve collections, core collections, automation, reference and instructional services, and library/ community interaction.

Western European Language Specialists Discussion Group

Methodologies for Determining Patterns of Collection Use by Humanities Scholars is the topic to be considered by the Western European Language Specialists Discussion Group, on Monday, June 20, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. Herbert S. White, professor and director of the Research Center, Indiana University Graduate Library School, will deliver an address on “The National Endowment for the Humanities Study of the Characteristics and Use of Published Materials in the Humanities.” Charles Osburn, assistant university librarian for collection development, Northwestern University, will lead a discussion on the general topic.

On Tuesday, June 21, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Walter Achtert, director of research programs at the Modern Language Association, will meet with the discussion group to consider various topics of mutual interest and concern to ACRL and MLA. ■■