ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

CALENDAR

January

17—Preservation: “Storage of Library and Archival Material,” a workshop sponsored by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia. Designed for professionals with conservation concerns, the workshop will include ample hands-on training in specific skills. Fee: $25 for staff members of member institutions; $50 for non-members. Contact: CCAHA, 264 S. 23d St., Philadelphia, PA 19103; (215) 545-0613.

February

11-14—Music:56th Annual Conference, Music Library Association, Eugene Hilton Hotel, Eugene, Oregon. Sessions and concerts will feature music of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest. Contact: Richard E. Jones, 4333 N. Marlborough Dr., Shorewood, WI 53211; (414) 963-6457.

13-19—Art:15th Annual Conference, Art Libraries Society of North America, Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Sessions include radical uses of the MARC format for visual documents and images, analysis of grant proposals by NEH and NEA, and women as interpreters of the visual arts. Contact: Pamela Jeffcott Parry, Executive Director, ARLIS/NA, 3900 Timrod St., Tucson, AZ 85711; (602) 881-8479.

17—Disaster:“Thinking the Unthinkable: Planning for Disaster,” a workshop to help librarians plan for and cope with various disasters, cosponsored by the Inland Empire Chapter of the California Library Association and the University of California, Riverside. Speakers include Hilda Bohem and Lynn Jones. Fee: $25 for IEC members, $30 for non-members. Contact: Sheryl Davis, Library Administration Office, P.O. Box 5900, Riverside, CA 92517; (714) 787-3221.

April

20–21 — Connecticut:96th Annual Conference, Connecticut Library Association, Treadway Hotel, Cromwell. Theme: “Expanding Our Options: Change in the Workplace.” Contact: Sue Marsh, 62 Foley St., West Hartford, CT 06110, or Marcia Trotta, 28 Goffe St., Meriden, CT 06450.

20–23—Catholic Libraries:66th Annual Convention, Catholic Library Association, Clarion Hotel, New Orleans. General session programs will include librarian/administrator relationships, long-range planning development programs for libraries, and volunteers and religious resource centers. Contact: John T. Corrigan, CFX, 1987 Convention Coordinator, Catholic Library Association, 461 W. Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA 19041; (215) 649-5251.

30–May 1 — User Instruction:BI workshop, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. The emphasis will be on faculty involvement and the roles of online searching and end-user instruction. Fee: $160 for librarians, $130 for teaching faculty; meals included. Contact: Evan Farber, Librarian, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374.

May

3–15—Administration:21st annual Library Administrators Development Program, Donaldson Brown Center, Port Deposit, Maryland. Sponsored by the University of Maryland’s College of Library and Information Services, sessions will concentrate on the principal administrative issues that senior managers may encounter. John Rizzo, professor of management at Western Michigan University, will serve as director. Contact: Marcia Hayleck, Administrative Assistant, Library Administrators Development Program, CLIS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; (301)454-6080.

6- 8—User Instruction:15th Annual LOEX meeting, Ohio State University, Columbus. Theme: “Defining and Applying Effective Teaching Strategies for Library Instruction.” Contact: Mary-Beth Bunge, Chair, 1987 LOEX Program Committee, Ohio State University Libraries, 1858 Neil Ave. Mall, Columbus, OH 43210.

7- 8—Utilities:“Choosing a Bibliographic Utility: A User’s Evaluation of Current Choices,” a conference sponsored by the Library and the Office of Continuing Studies of Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York. A series of experienced users will describe and evaluate Autographies, BiblioFile, BNA, Bro-Dart, CLASS (RLIN), Marcive, Mini-Marc, OCLC, UTLAS, WLN, and others. Fee: $150. Contact: Daniel F. O’Leary, Dean of Continuing Studies, Niagara University, NY 14109.

10–15—Latin Americana:The 32d Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) and the 17th meeting of the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries, James L. Knight International Center, Miami. Theme: “Caribbean Collections: Recession Management Strategies for Libraries.” Contact: Mina Jane Grothey, General Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, for program content; SALALM Secretariat, Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, for registration information.

13–15 —Research:Symposium on Problem-Solving in Research Libraries, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies, will be held at the Wisconsin Center. Keynote address will be by Richard Dougherty on “Research on and in Research Libraries.” Contact: UW Communication Programs, 220 Lowell Hall, 610 Langdon St., Madison, WI 53703.

17–20—New Technology:“Laser Optical Disk and Video-Based Information Systems,” the 16th Mid-Year Meeting, American Society for Information Science, Kings Island Inn and Conference Center, Cincinnati. Contact: George L. Abbott, Program Co-Chairman, 311 Stonecrest Dr., Syracuse, NY 13214; (315) 423-2438. ■ ■

************** LATE-BREAKING NEWS **************

After a careful review of the Graduate Library School, the University of Chicago has reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining high-quality research and professional programs addressed to problems of libraries and information management. Further announcements will be made during the next several months as new plans and new directions for the School are identified. Scholarships, fellowships, and other forms of financial aid also will be announced soon. In the meantime, the Graduate Library School invites applications for admission to its Ph.D., M.A., and advanced study programs.