ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

Options for the ’80s: ACRL 1981 National Conference 196

Professional Survival:

Planning at Midcareer 197

Continuing Education:

Role of the Local Professional Association in Continuing Education . . . 199

News from the Field 201

People 205

Publications 213

Calendar 214

Classified Advertising 215

Looking for ways to develop or update performance appraisal in your college library? Ever wonder how other college libraries handle this problem? What kinds of written policies exist? How they are implemented? Now you can CLIP it.

Included in CLIP packet #1-80 on Performance Appraisal are an annotated bibliography of recent literature on performance appraisal, plus sample policies, procedures, and forms demonstrating a variety of approaches currently used at ten sample institútions. The materials illustrate many positive features to mix and match, according to the circumstances of your library.

To obtain the materials for this kit, the ACRL College Libraries Section’s Continuing Education Committee polled libraries of academic institutions in AAUP Category II from seven midwest- ern states. From their responses the committee selected uniquely representative information for presentation.

CLIPs, or College Library Information Packets, have been developed by the College Libraries Section’s Continuing Education Committee to disseminate information from college libraries on how they are dealing with topics of general interest. CLIP #1-80 focuses on a particularly pressing problem. Other CLIPs are in the planning stages and will be announced as available. Copies of CLIP #1-80 may be obtained from ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. The price is $7.50 for ACRL members and $10 for nonmembers.—Nancy Coxe, George Washington University Library. ■■

College & Research Libraries Newsis published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, as 11 monthly (combining July-August) issues, at 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Annual subscription: $5; or to members of the division, $2.50, included in dues. Single copies and back issues, $2 each. Second-class postage applied for at Chicago, Illinois, and at additional mailing offices (ISSN 0099-0086).

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A partial list of the services indexing or abstracting the contents of C&RL News includes: Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences; Current Index to Journals in Education; Information Science Abstracts; Library & Information Science Abstracts; Library Literature; and Social Sciences Citation Index.

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Instructional Materials for Serials

The RTSD Serials Section Library School Education Committee is operating an exchange center for the collection and distribution of library school instructional materials relating to serials (e.g., course outlines, printed visual aids, reading lists, etc.). The committee invites instructors to submit materials that they are willing to share with other library school teachers. Committee members will keep the materials on file and will mail copies on request to instructors who wish to use them. For names and addresses of committee members to whom documents may be submitted or from whom they may be ordered, contact William I. Bunnell, RTSD, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780.

Options for the ’80s: ACRL 1981 National Conference

September 30-October 3, 1981 Hyatt-Regency Hotel Minneapolis, Minnesota Call for Papers

The Association of College and Research Libraries will hold its second national conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 30-October 3, 1981.

The central theme of the conference is “Options for the ’80s: Developments in Higher Education and Librarianship during the Coming Decade.” Highlighting this theme will be five major addresses by leaders in higher education, government, and academic librarianship. A variety of program meetings, exhibits, and area-wide receptions will be offered. The conference headquarters hotel will be the new Hyatt-Regency, located at the south end of Minneapolis’ famed Nicollet Mall.

Contributed papers will be the heart of the conference program. These papers may address any topic relevant to the future of academic or research librarianship. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

—information and instructional services

—collection development and bibliographic control

—special collections

—technologies, networking, and cooperation

—governance and funding

—planning, administration, and personnel

—the role of librarians in colleges and universities

All submitted papers will be refereed (with authors’ names removed). Those accepted will be scheduled for presentation at the conference. Interested persons should use the form below to indicate intent to submit a conference paper. Authors must be present to deliver their papers.

Deadlines given below will be strictly observed:

Notice of intent to submit September 1, 1980

Submission of completed manuscript February 1, 1981 Notification of acceptance May 1, 1981