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College & Research Libraries News

ACRL honors the 1997 award winners

By Jack Briody

Recognizing professional contributions and scholarly research

Ed. note: James Neal, Sheridan director of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at fohns Hopkins University, was named ACRL’s Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. A full report of his selection appeared in the April 1997 issue ofC&RL News. He will receive the award at a reception in his honor on Monday, June 30, from 5:00–6:30 p.m. at the ALA Annual Conference.

William Gray Potter

Potter wins Atkinson Award

William Gray Potter, university librarian at the University of Georgia, has been named the winner of the 1997 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. The award recognizes outstanding accomplishments of an academic librarian who has worked in the areas of library automation or library management, and has made contributions (including risk-taking) towards the improvement of library services, or to library development or research.

The chair of the award committee, Maureen Sullivan, said, “Potter personifies the leadership, initiative, risk-taking, and professional commitment of Hugh Atkinson. Inspired by Hugh’s leadership while he worked for him at the University of Illinois, [Potter] now inspires others through his commitment to collaboration, service, and the optimal use of available technology.”

Potter’s career has included positions as associate dean of libraries for technical services, automation, and systems and associate university librarian for technical services at Arizona State University; assistant director of general services for automated systems, circulation, and administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and systems librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

The award, $2,000 and a citation, will be presented during the 1997 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco at the LAMA President’s Program, Sunday, June 29, at 2:00 p.m. The Faxon Company also awards a gold giraffe pin designed by Tiffany’s to recognize the “sticking your neck out” aspect of this award.

The award is jointly sponsored by ACRL, the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), and the Association for Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), four divisions of ALA.

Diane Worrell

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship awarded to Diane Worrell

Diane Worrell, doctoral student in library and information studies at Texas Woman’s University, has been awarded the 1997 ACRL/ISI Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for her dissertation “Patricia B. Knapp: Pioneer in Library Use Instruction.”

Johnny L. Johnson, chair of the award jury, said, “Worrell’s study investigates the evolution of user education and its role in academic librarianship as influenced by Patricia Knapp. It is essential that we understand our past so we may comprehend the present and prepare for the future.”

Jack Briody is ACRL’s production and design assistant; e-mail: jbriody@ala.org

Worrell has been an assistant professor and reference librarian and coordinator of electronic reference services at Appalachian State University and a reference librarian at Texas Woman’s University.

The award, $1,500 and a plaque, is donated by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and will be presented at the ACRL Award Ceremony/Membership Meeting, Monday, June 30, at 1:30 p.m., during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco.

Linda M. Golian

Golian receives Lazerow Fellowship

Linda Marie Golian, Serials Department head at Florida Atlantic University, has been awarded the 1997 Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Acquisitions or Technical Services in an Academic or Research Library for her project “Thinking Style Differences among Academic Librarians.”

Donated by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), the award fosters advances in acquisitions or technical services by providing fellowships to librarians for travel or writing in those fields.

Tia Gozzi, chair of the award jury, said, “As the traditional lines between library public and technical services blur, this study may yield a timely perspective on whether and how librarians in these two areas differ in terms of their thinking styles, and as a result, in their communication patterns, their goals, and their approaches. Practical insights gained from the study may also help library managers and leaders.”

In the study, Golian will analyze the thinking style preferences of higher-level administrative librarians by surveying librarians working in ARL institutions. The project’s focus is to determine whether technical and public service librarians think differently.

The award, $1,000 and a citation, will be presented at the ACRL Award Ceremony/Membership Meeting, Monday, June 30, at 1:30 p.m., during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco.

Stephen P. Harter

Harter and Kim win K. G. Saur Award

Stephen P. Harter and Hak Joon Kim from the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University have been selected to receive the 1997 K.G. Saur Award for best article in College & Research Libraries for “Accessing Electronic Journals and Other E-Publications: An Empirical Study” (September 1996).

Caroline Coughlin, chair of the award committee, said, “The authors’ documentation of the fragility of the electronic record, particularly in a medium … where one would expect high levels of accessibility is both methodologically strong and provocative. The policy implications of the research are significant and have implications for scholars, publishers, and the library community.”

Harter has been a professor at Indiana University since 1990 and served as an associate professor before that. He also served as an associate professor and assistant professor in the Graduate Department of Library, Media, and

Information Studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Kim is currently a doctoral candidate in Indiana University’s School of Library and Information Science where he received his MLS in 1993.

Hak Joon Kim

The authors will receive $500 and a plaque, donated by K. G. Saur Publishing Company, at the ACRL Award Ceremony/Membership Meeting during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 30, at 1:30 p.m.

Neill selected for EBSCO Community College Leadership Award

Gretchen H. Neill, dean for learning resources and interim provost at North Campus, DeKalb College, Georgia, has been chosen to receive the 1997 EBSCO Community College Learning Resources Leadership Award.

Susan M. Maltese, chair of the award committee, said, “Neill represents the best of contemporary leadership with her broad-based service at the national, regional, and state levels. Especially noteworthy is that she has served on 18 accreditation teams for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and has always been active in SACS in other capacities.”

Gretchen H. Neill

Neill has served as dean for learning resources at DeKalb College since 1987 and as associate dean of academic affairs, district director of learning resources, director of learning resources, and reference librarian prior to that. She is also active in a number of professional associations including ALA, the Georgia Library Association, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Community College Association for Instructional Technology. In 1993 she was chosen to receive the Georgia Association for Instructional Technology’s Distinguished Service Award.

The award, $500 and a plaque (donated by EBSCO Subscription Services), is sponsored by ACRL’s Community and Junior College Libraries Section and EBSCO, and will be presented at the CJCLS Awards/Business Meeting on Sunday, June 29, from 8:30–9:00 a.m. at the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco.

Nancy O’Brien

EBSS Award goes to Nancy O’Brien

Nancy P. O’Brien, Social Sciences Division coordinator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named winner of the 1997 Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award. This award is sponsored by ACRL and its Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) and honors a distinguished academic librarian who has made an outstanding contribution as an education and/or behavioral sciences librarian through accomplishments and services to the profession.

Leslie Bjorncrantz, chair of the award jury, said, “The committee cited the significant contributions made by O’Brien to the professional literature through her research on historical curriculum collections, test collections, and resources for educators.”

As an active member of ALA O’Brien has served on a number of committees in ACRL and LAMA. In 1991 she received the ALA Whitney-Carnegie Award to compile a bibliographic catalog of historical curriculum materials: called Alice, Jerry, Dick and Jane: Catalog of Historical Curriculum Materials at the University of Illinois library, 1821–1940.

The award (a citation) will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco at the ACRL Award Ceremony/Membership Meeting, Monday, June 30, at 1:30 p.m.

Patricia S. Breivik

Breivik named Dudley Instruction Librarian

Patricia Senn Breivik, dean of university libraries at Wayne State University, is the 1997 winner of the ACRL Instruction Section’s Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award. The award, honoring the woman whose pioneering efforts in the field of library instruction led to the formation of ACRL’s Instruction Section (IS), recognizes an individual librarian who has made an especially significant contribution to the advancement of library instruction in a college or research institution.

Esther Grassian, chair of the award jury, said, “For years [Breivik] has passionately and articulately advocated the concept of information literacy and the important role of librarians in achieving its aims. Through her published works, in speaking engagements, and through personal contacts, she has been primarily responsible for firmly establishing the importance of this concept in the minds and hearts of instruction librarians, as well as other librarians and those outside the profession.”

Previously Breivik has served as associate vice-president for information resources at Towson State University, and director of the Auraria Library and professor at the University of Colorado at Denver, among others. As an active member of ALA and ACRL, she served as the founding chairperson of ALA’s National Forum on Information Literacy, and is currently ACRL’s past-president.

The award, $1,000 and a plaque, is donated by Mountainside Publishing Company on behalf of its journal Research Strategies. It will be presented at the ACRL Award Ceremony/Membership Meeting during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 30, at 1:30 p.m.

Gloria J. Leckie

Leckie wins IS Publication of the Year Award

Gloria J. Leckie, associate professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Western Ontario, has been named the recipient of the ACRL Instruction Section’s 1997 Instruction Publication of the Year Award for her article “Desperately Seeking Citations: Uncovering Faculty Assumptions about the Undergraduate Research Process,” Journal of Academic Librarianship 22(3) (1996): 201–15.

Ree DeDonato, chair of the award committee, said, “[The article] is a clearly written, thought-provoking, and insightful discussion of what might be a major contributor to typical undergraduate anxiety and frustration when it comes to doing research in the library for course assignments: the gap between faculty assumptions about their assignments and the research process and students’ abilities (and limitations) to undertake this research.”

At the University of Western Ontario, Leckie has held positions as lecturer in cataloging and classification, and also served as a teaching assistant in the Department of Geography. In 1996 Leckie and Anne Fullerton received the ALA Caroll Preston Baber Research Grant for their research project Information Literacy in Science and Engineering: Faculty Attitudes and Pedagogical Practices.

The award, a citation, will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco at the IS Dinner/Reception on Friday, June 27, 7:00 p.m.

IS Innovation Award goes to Gilchrist and Fenno-Smith

Debra L. Gilchrist, director of library/media services at Pierce College, and Kyzyl Fenno-Smith, instruction librarian at Pierce College, Tacoma,

Washington, are the winners of the 1997 Instruction Section Innovation in Instruction Award for their program “An Abilities Model of Library Instruction.”

Debra L. Gilchrist

The program addresses instruction with a focus on student ability through the use of model learning objectives. In the Information Competency Curriculum, five abilities—information competency, multiculturalism, critical thinking/problem solving, effective communication, and citizenship/ responsibility—are used by the faculty in an integrated curriculum.

Ree DeDonato, chair of the award committee, said, “These … librarians played a leading role working with faculty to create and implement an Information Competency Curriculum at their campus. The “Abilities Model of Library Instruction” places the learner and the learning process at the center of the instructional program.”

Kyzyl Fenno-Smith

Gilchrist and Fenno-Smith have used the “Abilities Model of Library Instruction” as the focus of presentations for the general session at the

LOEX Library Instruction Conference (May 1996), LOEX of the West (June 1995), and at the ACRL Instruction Section Program during the ALA Annual Conference (June 1995).

The award, a citation, will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco at the IS Dinner/Reception on Friday, June 27, 7:00 p.m.

Taylor receives Marta Lange/CQ Award

Grace W. “Betty” Taylor, Clarence J. TeSelle professor of law and director of the Legal Information Center at the University of Florida (UF) Libraries, has been named the 1997 recipient of the Marta Lange/CQ Award. The award is administered by ACRL’s Law and Political Science Section (LPSS) and sponsored by Congressional Quarterly in honor of former LPSS chair Marta Lange.

PRESIDENT’S PROGRAM

Monday, June 30, 1997, 1:30–5:00 p.m.

ACRL President’s Program

Cosponsored by: Instruction Section, College Libraries Section, Community and Junior College Libraries Section, Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, Extended Campus Library Services Section, Asian, African and Middle Eastern Section

“Imagining the Learning Library”

Members of the Walt Disney Imagineering Team, along with a design architect and a public services librarian, will share their thoughts on how to realize the ideal of the learning library, a library whose purpose or “story” lies in inviting exploration and in presenting openings for learning and research. What would such a library offer, look like, and be? How can we shape services in ways that support the learning and research that lie at the heart of the academic and research library? How can our physical environments convey this mission? How do other buildings speak to our users? Answers to these and other questions will bring the concept of the learning library to life. Following the major speaker presentations, a Showcase of Ideas will highlight some of the innovative ways academic librarians are making this vision of the library a reality.

Moderator:Maureen Sullivan, OMS Organizational Development Consultant, Association of Research Libraries; Betsy Baker, head, Reference Services, Northwestern University Library; Barry Braverman, senior vice-president/executive producer, Walt Disney Imagineering; Peggy Van Pelt, development specialist, Walt Disney Imagineering; Craig Hartman, senior architectural design partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Program chair: Natalie Pelster, Northwestern University Library.

Cover: “Pt. Diablo from Battery Mclndoe” by Tom Killion, from Fortress Marin: An Aesthetic and Historical Description of the Coastal Fortifications of Southern Marin County, (Santa Cruz: Quail Press, 1977).

PROGRAMS

SATURDAY

Saturday, June 28, 1997, 2:00–4.00 p.m.

ACRL University Libraries Section

“The New Generation of Scholars: Do They Really Need Us? Maybe, Maybe Not”

Libraries are facing a new world of scholarly communication in the 21st century. Pointed questions are being asked about the role of libraries and librarians in that future. Will we even have a role in scholarly communication? If so, what role? A scientist, a social scientist and a humanities scholar will share their visions of the future and consider the place of libraries and librarians in that future. Speakers: Roger Caldwell, professor, Soil and Water Science, University of Arizona; Michael F. Goodchild, director, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of California-Santa Barbara; Paul Jones, technical director, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, University of Virginia. Moderator: Shelley Phipps, assistant dean for team facilitation, University of Arizona. Program chairs: Mary H. Munroe, Georgia State University and Janice Koyama, University of California at Los Angeles.

Saturday, June 28, 1997, 8:00–10:00 p.m.

ACRL Arts Section, Theatre Library Association

“From Documentation to Access: Special Projects in the Performing Arts”

Dance performance on Saturday evening followed by a panel discussion on Monday morning, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (Location: To be announced.)

SUNDAY

Sunday, June 29, 1997, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

ACRL Anthropology & Sociology Section

“The Cold War: Social Science Research, Scholarly Communication, and the Development of New Information Resources”

An exploration of the interplays between Cold War politics and culture, social science research, and scholarly communication. Features pre-eminent scholars including UC-Berkeley Professor of Anthropology, Laura Nader, speaking on her recent work, Anthropology and the Cold War: The Phantom Factor, and UC-Berkeley University Librarian Peter Lyman on the interweaving of Cold War technologies into research libraries and its impacts on scholarly communication. (Business meeting follows the program.) Chair: Fred Hay, Belk Library, Appalachian State University. Program chair: Joan Berman, Humboldt State University.

Sunday, June 29, 1997, 9:30 a.m.–noon

ACRL Copyright Committee

“Sex, Lies and Electronic Reserves: Fair Use or Not?”

This panel presentation will explore issues of fair use, copyright, and electronic reserves from the perspectives of the legal community, the publishing arena, and the academic community. A moderator will present an overview of copyright issues in the electronic reserves arena and provide a framework for the discussion.

Moderator:Mary E. Jackson, access and delivery services consultant, Association of Research Libraries. Speakers: Mickie Voges, director, Information Center, co-director, Intellectual Property Program, associate professor of law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Tech; Barbara Meredith, director, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers; Don Bosseau, Dean, Libraries and Information Access, San Diego State. Chair: Erika C. Linke, Carnegie Mellon University. Program chair: Tammy Nickelson Dearie, University of California, San Diego. (Business meeting precedes program from 8:30–9:30 a.m.)

Sunday, June 29, 1997, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

ACRL Intellectual Freedom Committee

“Freedom of Access: Internet and Intellectual Freedom Issues Briefing for Academic Libraries”

Focused specifically on academic librarians, this program includes an Intellectual Freedom Issues Briefing Session followed by general audience discussion on free access to the Internet in academic libraries. How are academic libraries responding to the current challenges of electronic information/full access issues; effects on public service and collection development; and the use of Internet filtering devices? An understanding of library intellectual freedom traditions and policies will be provided. Speaker: James Schmidt, dean of libraries, California State University, San Jose. Chair: Laurence Miller, Florida International University. Program Chair: Susana Hinojosa, University of California, Berkeley.

Sunday, June 29, 1997, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

ACRL

“Effective Leadership: A Training Seminar”

This workshop-style session will build upon the leadership activities of the 1996 President’s Program, “Every Librarian a Leader.” The ACRL Librarian Leadership Workbook has been revised for use by chapters and individual libraries that are engaging in effective leadership programs. A series of activities, based on the workbook, are planned. Speaker: Dadie Perlov, president, Consensus Management Group. This is an invitation only activity and advance registration is required. Deadline for registration is June 2. No fees charged. To register. Send e-mail message to: ACRL@ala.org. Message should read: I will attend Effective Leadership Seminar.

Sunday, June 29, 1997, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

ACRL Law and Political Science Section; LITA Imagineering Interest Group

“Politics of the Information Future”

A presentation of the views of three noted science fiction authors: Poul Anderson, Pat Murphy, and Jerry Pournelle. The panel will discuss the effect the political system of the future will have on the provision of information services. This program is intended to offer librarians dealing with the political structure an opportunity to explore future scenarios and their impact. The ideas discussed may be helpful in dealing with current political realities, such as funding and the Communications Decency Act.

Sunday, June 29, 1997, 2:00–5:30 p.m.

ACRL Arts Section; LITA Technology in the Arts Committee

“Using Cultural Material in an Interactive and Instructional Environment”

This informal discussion will examine the issues of using cultural materials in an interactive and instructional digital environment, in particular discussing academic, public and performing arts projects, and how such projects use cultural materials in the digital environment. Audience participation encouraged. Program chair: Belinda D. Urquiza, Automation Planning/Liaison Office, Library of Congress.

Sunday, June 29, 1997, 2:00–5:30 p.m.

ACRL Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, English and American Literature Section

“Production of the Text and Publishing: The View of Fine Press Publishers in the San Francisco Bay Area”

Three experts on publishing activities in the San Francisco Bay area will speak in a region of the U.S. noted for its production of fine press books. The questions of how texts come to be in both traditional and fine press editions and in alternative publications, such as artist’s books, will be examined in depth. Special attention will be given to publications of the Book Club of California, The Arion Press, and artists’ books. Speakers: William Barlow, board member, Book Club of CA; Andrew Hoyem, Arion Press; Charles Hobson, book artist. Program chairs: Susan M. Allen, UCLA; Perry Willett, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Sunday, June 29, 1997, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

ACRL Slavic and East European Section

“Slavic Area Studies Consortia and Cooperative Ventures”

Building and maintaining area studies collections poses serious challenges for libraries committed to doing so. This is especially true for Slavic and East European collections. Exacerbating familiar library concerns—budget, space, preservation—are the political, economic, and social transformations occurring in any number of countries. We will illustrate how consortia and cooperative ventures can address these issues, how current undertakings came into being, what was required to succeed, what the obstacles are, and how they can be overcome. Speakers: Tatjana Lorkovic, curator, Slavic and East European Collections, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, “East Coast Consortium for Slavic Collections;” Sarah E. Thomas, university librarian, Cornell University, “Cooperative Collection Development—AAU/ARL Initiatives;” Wojciech Zalewski, curator, Slavic Collections, Stanford University Libraries, “Pacific Coast Slavic Library Consortium;” Deborah Jakubs, head, International and Area Studies, Perkins Library, Duke University, director, Global Resources Program, Association of Research Libraries.

MONDAY

Monday, June 30, 1997, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

ACRL Science and Technology Section

“The Scientific Researcher: Hardwired for Retrieval or Wedded to Print”

Are emerging formats and avenues of information retrieval making the traditional scientific journal obsolete? What can libraries do to match the new formats and forms of access to scientists’ evolving research needs? This program will feature a discussion of emerging formats and user behavior. Suggestions will be given on how libraries can better serve scientists’ research needs by matching material formats and library services to scientists’ information seeking behavior. Speakers: Susan Starr, head, Science & Engineering Library, University of California-San Diego; Julie Hurd, science librarian, Science Library, University of Illinois-Chicago; Marilyn Von Seggern, head, Science Reference, Washington State University Chair: Amy Paster, Life Sciences Library, Penn State University Program chair: Amy W. Shannon, University of Nevada, Reno.

Monday, June 30, 1997, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

ACRL Western European Specialists Section

“Special Topics”

Monday, June 30, 1997, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

ACRL Women’s Studies Section; ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table; Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Task Force; Feminist Task Force

“HIV/AIDS Information for Women: From the Archive to the Street”

Four presenters from the San Francisco Bay area will present the range of AIDS/HIV information sources available locally, both academic and interpersonal. These range from the AIDS History Project, the relationship between the Public Health Library at UC-Berkeley and the California Department of Health Services, direct information to clients through the Lyon Martin Women’s Health Services and performance art/sex education by the Safer Sex Sluts. Speakers: Will Walker, former project archivist, AIDS History Project, University of California-San Francisco; Christina Campbell, librarian, Public Health Library, University of California-Berkeley; Irma Torres, HIV counselor, case manager, Lyon Martin Women’s Health Program, San Francisco; The Safer Sex Sluts, performance group, San Francisco. Program chair: Bonnie Jean Cox, University of Kentucky.

Monday, June 30, 1997, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

ACRL Arts Section; Theatre Library Association

“From Documentation to Access: Library Collaboration in the Performing Arts”

San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum 399 Grove St.

Research collections in the Performing Arts must develop partnerships with other libraries and the performing arts community to document, preserve and make accessible the history of performance. The San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum has been involved in partnerships both locally and nationally. This panel discussion presents four projects demonstrating the range of activity needed. Speakers: Margaret Norton, “Improving Video Documentation through Regional Training Programs,” executive director, San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum; Janice Ross, “Documenting Leonid Jacobson’s Vestris, a Collaboration of SF PALM and the San Francisco Ballet,” dance historian, critic; Catherine Johnson, “Access to Dance Research Resources: A Report on a National Cataloging and Processing Initiative Funded in Part by the National Endowment for the Humanities,” director, Dance Heritage Coalition; Kirsten Tanaka, “Getting the Right Stuff: Developing a Records Transfer Program for the San Francisco Opera, Ballet and Symphony,” librarian, San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum. Program chair: Geraldine Duclow, Free Library of Philadelphia.

TOURS & SPECIAL EVENTS

Friday, June 27, 1997, 6:00– 10:00 p.m.

ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section

“City by the Bay: San Francisco’s Cultures and History”

Following dinner at Yank Sing! restaurant, 427 Battery St., you will be treated to a historical tour of San Francisco by local historian and author, Charles A. Fracchia, a librarian at City College of San Francisco, Downtown Campus Library. He is president of the San Francisco Historical Society and has recently published, Fire & Gold: The San Francisco Story. He has also recently completed Golden Dreams—From the Discovery of Gold to Statehood, a history of California during 1848 to 1850. Tickets in advance: $35 ACRL/CJCLS members; $40, non-members. Write program chair: Douglas K. Lehman, M-DCC, Kendall Campus Library, 11011 S.W. 104th St., Miami, FL 33176-3393.

Monday, June 30, 1997, 8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

ACRL Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Tour of City College of San Francisco’s Learning Resources Center

City College has recently opened a new, multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art learning resource center. Buses will transport participants from Moscone Convention Center to the campus and will return in time for the ACRL President’s Program, or you can take BART to the campus. Tickets: $10 in advance includes box lunch. Write: Douglas K. Lehman, M-DCC, Kendall Campus Lib., 11011 S.W. 104th St., Miami, FL 33176-3393.

Monday, June 30, 1997, 9:00– 10:30 a.m.

ACRL Public Relations in Academic Libraries and Exhibits and Displays in College Libraries Discussion Groups

Exhibits Program at the San Francisco Public Library

Meet at the Grove Street entrance to the new main San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) for a special tour of the library’s exhibition space. Exhibitions and Programming Manager Laura Lent will lead the tour and describe the planning and implementation of SFPL’s active and diverse exhibitions program.

Tuesday, July 1, 1997, 10:00 a.m.–noon

ACRL Anthropology & Sociology Section

Tour of California Academy of Sciences Library

Visit the library of the California Academy of Sciences and enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the Anthropology collection. Tickets: $5 in advance. Send checks to program chair payable to: Joan Berman, Humboldt State University Library, Arcata, CA 95521. Chair: Fred Hay, Appalachian State University.

ACRL at the 1997 ALA Annua! Conference / AC-9

PRECONFERENCES

Tuesday through Friday, June 24–27, 1997

38th Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Preconference

Rereading the Past: New Methodologies and Approaches to the History of the Book

The preconference will review how research in the history of the book has developed since the Rare Books and Manuscripts section first looked at the subject at the 1980 RBMS preconference, “Books and Society in History.” No longer the sole purview of the bibliographer and the scholar-librarian, the field has expanded in ways that many rare book librarians may not yet realize. Scholars from many disciplines have entered the field and have given new meaning and purpose to the subject of the history of the book, changing the way we will view the “Book Age.” How does this new scholarship affect rare book and manuscript librarians and curators? And how will it influence collection development, programming, public services, cataloging, teaching, and scholarly research? The program will look at the new history of the book, hear some of its most innovative scholars, examine ways in which librarians can take advantage of this burgeoning field for their own use and development, and discuss ways of servicing and promoting this interest. The preconference will be held at the Claremont Colleges. Advance registration deadline: May 23, 1997. $175 for ACRL members; $210 for nonmembers. Registration forms are available at http://www.library.miami.edu/ staff/njq/rbpc97.html. Or call the ACRL office: 800-545-2433, ext. 2514.

Friday, June 27, 1997, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

ACRL Instruction Section

Learning to Teach: Workshops on Instruction

Based on the ACRL publication Learning to Teach: Workshops on Instruction, the 1997 ACRL/IS preconference will give librarians both theoretical and practical tips for teaching. Participants are encouraged to adapt the workshops to their own environment and train colleagues in these important teaching fundamentals. These workshops are relevant for both librarians new to instruction and for experienced instruction librarians who wish to review key concepts, especially in the context of an ever changing information world. The preconference will be held in Berkeley near the University of California campus, a convenient ride via the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system from downtown San Francisco. Advance registration deadline. May 15, 1997. $85 for ACRL members; $120 for ALA members; $200 for nonmembers. Registration forms are available at http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~mesora/ACRLIS/ precon.html. Or call the ACRL office: 800-545-2433, ext. 2514.

Thursday, June 26, 4:00–7:00 p.m.; Friday, June 27, 1997, 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

ACRL Western European Specialists Section

European Links: Sources of Information in Western European Studies for Academic Libraries

An intensive seminar for librarians with responsibilities in Western European studies will be offered by the Western European Specialists Section of ACRL. The preconference will cover basic survival skills in selecting and acquiring library materials from the Western European countries. Participants will also have the opportunity to interact informally with other librarians and with vendors from Western Europe. Learn how to identify and acquire the most important title now being published in Western Europe—regardless of you own language or subject background; develop valuable contacts by meeting with leading European booksellers and vendors; gain new perspectives as you meet informally with experienced bibliographers and selectors; and take home names and address of bibliographic and reviewing sources, vendor services, and resources on the Internet and the World Wide Web. Registration deadline. May 15, 1997. $95 for ACRL members; $130 for ALA members; $185 for nonmembers. Forms are available at http://www.library.nwu.edu/collmgmt/humanities/ wessreg.htm. Or call the ACRL office: 800-545-2433, ext. 2514.

Friday, June 27, 1997, 8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

ACRL

Telecommunications 101 for Librarians

Academic librarians are discovering that their service areas extend beyond the campus walls, and, for many, across the Atlantic. Their resources and services have expanded to include not only print but other formats, such as multimedia and digital. Possessing the skills and knowledge to be a key player in defining and developing the campus information infrastructure is critically important to librarians. Understanding the telecommunications issues that will lead to decisions in applying technology and selecting appropriate systems for expanding the reach of campus information resources and services is a responsibility that librarians cannot ignore. We will address key telecommunication issues that are of importance to librarians; telecommunications networks that are found on campuses across the United States; how exchange and interexchange carriers function to deliver information; and telecommunications infrastructure. Speaker: Ruth Michalecki, director, Telecommunications Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Registration deadline. May 15, 1997. $85 for ACRL members; $120 for ALA members; $155 for nonmembers. Registration forms are available from http://www.ala.org/acrl/telefrm.html. Or call the ACRL office: 800-545-2433, ext. 2514.

ACRL MEETINGS

Ed. note: This list was current asC&RL News went to press. Be sure to check the program hook for the final schedule and location of meetings.

ACRL Board of Directors

Board Update:Friday, June 27, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

First meeting:Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Second meeting:Tuesday, July 1. 2:00–5:30 p.m.

ACRL General

Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award Reception:Monday, June 30, 5:00–6:30 p.m.

Activities Section Council:Friday, June 27, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Awards Program/Membership Meeting:Monday, June 30, 1:30–2:00 p.m.

Chapters Council:Sunday, June 29, 8:00–10:00 a.m.

Leadership Orientation:Friday, June 27, 12:30–2:00 p.m.

New Member Luncheon:Monday, June 30, 12:30–1:30 p.m.

President’s Program and Showcase of Ideas:

Monday, June 30, 1:30-5:00 p.m. Topic: “Imagining the Learning Library”

ACRL Divisional Committees

Academic Status:Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Budget and Finance:Saturday, June 28, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Chapter Relations Task Force:Monday, June 30, 12:30–2:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—Washington, DC, 1998:Saturday, June 28, 1:00–2:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—New Orleans, 1999:Sunday, June 29, 8:30–9:30 a.m.

Constitution and Bylaws:Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday,June 30, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Copyright:Sunday, June 29, 8:00–9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Topic: “Electronic Reserves and Copyright Issues”

Council of Liaisons:Saturday, June 28, 6:00–7:00 p.m.

Government Relations:Monday, June 30, 8:00–11:00 a.m.

Institutional Priorities and Faculty Rewards:

Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m. and 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Intellectual Freedom:Sunday, June 29, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

International Relations:Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Leadership Center Advisory:Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.–l:30 p.m.

Leadership Council:Friday, June 27, 2:30–4:30 p.m.

Leadership Workshop:Sunday, June 29, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.

Media Resources:Sunday, June 29, 9:30–11:00 a.m. and 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Membership:Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 10:00–11:00 a.m. (Focus Group)

National Conference Executive Committee, Detroit:Monday, June 30, 8:30–11:00 a.m.; and Subcommittees, 11:00 a.m.–l:00 p.m.

Professional Development:Sunday, June 29, 8:00–10:00 a.m.

Professional Enhancement:Monday, June 30, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Publications:Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Racial and Ethnic Diversity:Saturday, June 28, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Research:Saturday, June 28, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

Section Funding Task Force:Sunday, June 29, 4:30–5:00 p.m.

Standards and Accreditation:Monday, June 30, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Statistics:Sunday, June 29, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

ACRL Chapters Council

Sunday, June 29, 8:00–10:00 a.m.

ACRL Editorial Boards

Choice:Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

College & Research Libraries:Sunday, June 29, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

College & Research Libraries News:Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

New Publications Advisory Board:Sunday June

29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Publications in Librarianship:Saturday, June

28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship:Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

ACRL Sections

Activity Sections Council:Friday, June 27, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Afro-American Studies Librarians Section

Tour of the San Francisco Center for African and African-American Art and Culture and the San Francisco African-American Historical and Cultural Society, Saturday, June 28, 2:00–6:00 p.m.

Executive: Saturday, June 28, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Standing Committees (Conference Planning, Constitution, Membership, Policies, Publications, Research): Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

General Membership Meeting, Saturday, June

28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Section

President’s Program: Monday, June 30, 1:30–5:00 p.m. Topic: “Imagining the Learning Library”

Executive: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Anthropology and Sociology Section

Program: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic: “The Cold War: Social Science Research and the Development of Information Resources and Strategies”

Tour of the City College of San Francisco Learning Resource Center: Tuesday, July 1, 10:00 a.m.— 12:00 p.m.

Executive: Saturday, June 28, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Anthropology Librarians Discussion Group: Monday, June 30, 5:00–6:00 p.m.

Bibliography: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1997: Sunday, June 29, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—1998: Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Nominating: Sunday, June 29, 8:00–9:00 a.m. (closed)

Publications: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Review and Planning: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Sociology Librarians Discussion Group: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Arts Section

Program: Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic: “From Documentation to Access: Special Projects in the Performing Arts”

Executive and Membership Meeting: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

All Committees (Conference Planning, Dance Librarians, Government and Private Sector, Membership, Planning, Publications, Technology in the Arts): Saturday, June 28, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Dance Librarians: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Topic. “Dance: Performance, Preservation, and Perception”

Dance Librarians Discussion Group: Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Film and Broadcast Video Discussion Group: Monday, June 30, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Technology in the Arts: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Topic: “Using Cultural Materials in an Interactive Environment”

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

President’s Program: Monday, June 30, 1:30–5:00 p.m. Topic: “Imagining the Learning Library”

Dinner: Friday, June 27, 6:00–10:00 p.m.

Executive: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

All Committees (Bibliographic Instruction, Library/ Media Technician Training, Membership/Communication, Mentoring, Planning and Procedures, Research and Publications, Services to Special Needs Students, Technology): Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Awards: Saturday, June 28, 8:30–11:00 a.m. (closed)

CJCLS/NCLR Joint Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—1998: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Nominations, 1998: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m. (closed)

College Libraries Section

President’s Program: Monday, June 30, 1:30–5:00 p.m. Topic: “Imagining the Learning Library”

Executive: Saturday, June 28, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, July 1, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

CLIP Notes: Saturday, June 28, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

College Libraries Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

College Library Directors Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

College Library Leadership: Monday, June 30, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

College Library Leadership Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Communications: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—1998: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1997: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Continuing Education: Monday, June 30, 9:30–12:30 p.m.

Medium-Sized Academic Libraries Steering Committee: Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Medium-Sized Academic Libraries Discussion Group: Monday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Research for College Librarianship: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Standards: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

President’s Program: Monday, June 30, 1:30–5:00 p.m. Topic: “Imagining the Learning Library”

Executive: Friday, June 27, 8:00–10:00 p.m.

All Committees: Saturday, June 28, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Advisory Council: Sunday, June 29, 8:30 a. m.– 12:30 p.m.

Membership and Orientation: Saturday, June

28, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

New Chair Orientation: Saturday, June 28, 8:00– 9:00 a.m.

Nominating 1998: Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m. (closed)

Publications: Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

English and American Literature Section

Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–5:30 p.m. Topic: “Production of the Text and Publishing: The View of Fine Press Publishers in the San Francisco Bay Area”

Executive: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

All Committees (Conference Program Planning-San Francisco—1997, Membership, Publications, Nominating, Planning): Monday, June

30, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

General Membership: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Extended Campus Library Services Section

President’s Program: Monday, June 30, 1:30– 5:00 p.m. Topic: “Imagining the Learning Library”

Executive: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

All Committees: Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Discussion Group: Monday, June 30, 8:30–10:00 a.m.

General Membership: Monday, June 30, 10:00– 11:00 a.m.

ECLSS Guidelines Hearing: Sunday, June 29, 2:00– 4:00 p.m.

Instruction Section

President’s Program: Monday, June 30, 1:30–5:00 p.m. Topic: “Imagining the Learning Library”

Preconference: Friday, June 27, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Topic. “Learning to Teach: Workshops on Instruction”

Executive: Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m.; Tuesday, July 1. 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Advisory Council: Saturday, June 28, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Communication: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—1997: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Continuing Education: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Dinner: Friday, June 2.7, 6:00 p.m.

Education for Library Instructors: Sunday, June

29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Emerging Technologies in Instruction: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Instruction for Diverse Populations: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Leadership Orientation, 1997–98: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Management of Bibliographic Instruction Services: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Membership: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Nominating 1998: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. (closed)

Planning: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Policy: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Roundtable Committees (Active Learning, Conference Program Planning—1998, Glossary Project, Strategic Plan): Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Teaching Methods: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Law and Political Sciences Section

Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Topic: “Politics of the Information Future”

All Committees/Executive Committee (Membership, Program, Publications, Review and Planning, Library Instruction, Vendor/Publisher Relations): Saturday, June 28, 1:00–4:00 p.m.

Marta Lange/CQ Award Committee: Sunday, June

29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Preconference: June 24–27. Topic. “Rereading the Past: New Methodologies and Approaches to the History of the Book”

Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–5:30 p.m. Topic: “Production of the Text and Publishing: The View of Fine Press Publishers in the San Francisco Bay Area”

Executive: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Bibliographic Standards: Saturday, June 28, 8:30– 11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Budget and Development: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Conference Development: Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—1998: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Curators and Conservators Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Education and Professional Development: Saturday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Exhibition Catalogue Awards: Saturday, June

28, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (closed)

Guidelines for Borrowing Special Collections Materials for Exhibition (ad hoc): Saturday, June 28, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Manuscripts and Other Formats Discussion Group: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

MARC for Special Collections (MASC) Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.

Membership: Saturday, June 28, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Nominating: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. (closed)

Preconference Program Planning—1998: Saturday, June 28, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Preconference Program Planning—1999: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Public Services Discussion Group: Sunday, June

29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Publications/Electronic Information Technologies (ad hoc): Sunday, June 29, 8:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.

RBML Award: Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Security: Saturday, June 28, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Seminars: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Slavic and East European Section

Program: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Topic: “Slavic/Area Studies Consortia and Cooperative Ventures”

Executive: Monday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.–l:00 p.m.

Automated Bibliographic Control: Saturday, June

28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—1998: Sunday, June 29, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

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

Membership: Sunday, June 29, 6:00–6:30 p.m.

Newsletter Editorial Board: Sunday, June 29, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Nominating: Monday, June 30, 8:00–9:00 a.m. (closed)

Preservation: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Science and Technology Section

Program: Monday, June 30, 8:30–11:00 a.m. Topic: “The Scientific Researcher: Hardwired for Retrieval or Wedded to Print?”

College Science Librarians Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic: “Full-Text, to Own or Access?”

Comparison of Science and Technology Libraries: Saturday, June 28, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—1998: Sunday, June 29, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1997: Saturday, June 28. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Continuing Education: Saturday, June 28, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Council: Friday, June 27, 8:00–10:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 8:00–10:00 p.m.

Forum for Science and Technology Library Research: Monday, June 30, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

General Discussion Group/Research Forum: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Topics: “Citation patterns of the physics preprint literature with special emphasis on the preprints available electronically” and “Collection development strategies for spatial and numeric data files”

Heads of Science and Technology Libraries Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 8:00–10:00 p.m. Topic: The Future Is Now: Managing Electronic Resources”

Legislation: Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Membership and Recruitment: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Nominating: Sunday, June 29, 8:30–11:00 a.m. (closed)

Oberly Award: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. (closed)

Organization and Planning: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:15 p.m.

Publications: Saturday, June 28 11:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.

Science and Technology Databases Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 9:30–11:00 a.m. Topic: “Finding Scientific Jewels: The Use of Web Search Engines in Science and Technology”

Subject and Bibliographic Access: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:15 p.m.

University Libraries Section

Program: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m. Topic: “The New Generation of Scholars: Do They Really Need Us? Maybe, Maybe Not”

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

Communications: Saturday,June 28, 11:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1997: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—1998: Saturday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Current Topics Discussion Group: Sunday, June

29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Librarians in Higher Education Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Topic: “Multiplicity: Librarians in New Campus Roles”

Nominating: Saturday, June 28, 8:00–9:00 a.m. (closed)

Organization and Bylaws: Sunday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Policy and Planning: Sunday, June 29, 9:30–12:30 p.m.

Public Services Directors of Large Research Libraries Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Western European Specialists Section

Preconference: June 26–27. Topic: “European Links: Sources of Information in Western European Studies for Academic Libraries”

Program: Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic: Special Topics

Executive: Tuesday, July 1, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Discussion Group: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

College and Medium-Sized Libraries Discussion Group: Monday, June 30, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—Washington, 1998: Saturday, June 28, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

General Discussion: Monday, June 30, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Germanists Discussion Group: Sunday, June 29, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Publications: Tuesday, July 1, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Research and Planning: Sunday, June 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Romance Languages Discussion Group: Monday, June 30, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Scandinavian Discussion Group: Sunday, June

29, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Special Topics Discussion Group: Monday, June

30, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

WESS Plus Discussion Group: Saturday, June

28, 8:00–10:00 p.m.

Women’s Studies Section

Program: Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Topic: “HIV/AIDS Information for Women: From the Archives to the Street”

Executive: Monday, June 30, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

All Committees: Sunday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

General Membership Meeting: Monday, June

30, 8:00–9:00 a.m. ■

Betty Taylor

Ronald Heckart, chair of the award committee, said, “Professor Taylor has a long and distinguished career of blending librarianship, law, and computers. She is a national and international leader in law library automation, a true pioneer in the field.”

Taylor began her career in 1950 as an assistant in the library, then became assistant law librarian, acting law librarian, law librarian, and acting dean at UF.

In 1994 Taylor became the first woman to be named to an endowed professorship at the University of Florida and previously was named first distinguished Alumna of the Florida State University Library School.

The award, $1,000 and a citation, is donated by Congressional Quarterly and will be presented at the LPSS program, Sunday, June 29, at 4:00 p.m., during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco.

Henry F. Raine

Raine and Stalker win award for best article in RBML

Henry F. Raine and Laura Stalker are the winners of the 1997 Rare Books and Manuscripts

Librarianship (RBML)Award for best article for “Rare Book Records in Online Systems” (volume 11:2, 1996).

Raine is head of technical services at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C. His other positions there have included assistant head of cataloging and senior cataloger.

He also served as an ALA Library Fellow at the National Library of New Zealand.

Stalker is associate director for technical services at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Her previous positions include assistant director for bibliographical projects at the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside; and assistant director and catloger at the Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue/North America.

Joe Springer, chair of the award committee, said, “The authors succeed in addressing complicated, technical issues in a clear and comprehensive manner. This enables a broad variety of readers—catalogers, administrators, public service and general library systems personnel—to benefit from the information the authors present.”

The award, $1,000 and a certificate donated by Christie, Manson & Woods, Inc., will be presented at the RBMS program during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, Saturday, June 28 at 8:30 a.m.

Exhibition catalogs recognized by Leab Awards

Two catalogs have been selected as recipients of the Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalogue Awards for 1997. In category one (expensive) the winner is the Pierpont Morgan Library for From Jackson to Lincoln: Democracy and Dissent, written by Robert Parks, Christin

The Ardent Image: Book Illustration for Adults in America, 1920–1942,a 1997 Leab Award winner.

Nelson, Stephanie Wiles, and Lori Gilbert. In selecting the catalog, committee chair Stephen Tabor said, “this catalog was notably rich in its creative selection of items, intellectually engaging content, quality of graphic reproduction, and a design that successfully incorporated nineteenth-century elements.”

In category three (inexpensive) the award went to the Ward M. Canaday Center at the William S. Carlson Library, University of Toledo, for The Ardent Image: Book Illustration for Adults in America, 1920–1942, by

Judith M. Friebert. Tabor said, “The woodcut theme, not uncommonly found in past winners in this category, enabled Jan Vezner at the University publications office to produce a striking design with modest means.”

There was no award in category two (moderate) this year.

Printed citations given by ACRL’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) will be presented to the winners at the RBMS program during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco on Sunday, June 29, 2:00 p.m.

Wallace C. Olsen

Oberly Award goes to Wallace Olsen

Wallace C. Olsen, senior research associate at the Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University, has been awarded the 1997 Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural Sciences for his contribution as series editor of The Literature of the Agricultural Sciences (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1991–96).

JoAnn DeVries, chair of the award committee, said, “The Oberly Committee was impressed by the magnitude of this seven-volume series which comprehensively described the most important agricultural literature published.”

Olsen has held positions as director of the Core Agricultural Literature Project and agricultural information scientist at Cornell University, and previously was chief of the Field and Special Programs Division, deputy director for library operations, chief of the Library Services Division, and liaison officer to landgrant universities at the National Agricultural Library.

The award, given in odd-numbered years, includes a cash prize and citation donated by the Oberly Endowment Fund. It will be presented during the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco at the STS Program, Monday, June 30, 8:30 a.m.

Sem C. Sutter

Sutter wins Nijhoff Award

Sem C. Sutter, bibliographer for modern literatures at the University of Chicago Library, has been awarded the Martinus Nijhoff West European Specialists Study Grant for 1997. The grant of 10,000 Dutch guilders covers air travel to and from Europe, transportation in Europe, and lodging and board in selected sites for a period not to exceed 14 consecutive days.

Sutter will use the grant to travel to Paris, France, and Germany to do research for Books in German-Occupied Europe: The Rosenberg Files.

Michael Olson, chair of the award committee, said, “Sutter’s cultural history concerning confiscated collections during WWII is particularly compelling as it will address several issues of great relevance today.”

Previously Sutter has held positions as bibliographer for Western European languages and literatures, assistant curator for rare books/assistant rare books bibliographer, and manuscripts research specialist/library research specialist at the University of Chicago.

The award will be presented at the Western European Specialists Section General Discussion Group, Monday, June 30, 9:30 a.m., at the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco. ■