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May

15- 17—User Instruction: “Reaching Out: New Directions in Library Instruction” is the theme of the 14th Annual Workshop on Instruction in Library Use, London, Ontario, sponsored by the University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College. Registration is limited to 100. Fee: $83 Canadian. Accommodation for two evenings is $52 Canadian. Contact: Martin Ship, Reference Department, D.R. Weldon Library, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A3K7; (519) 679-6195.

16- 17—Conversion: Ribliographic Data Conversion Institute, sponsored by the Rutgers University Department of Library and Information Studies, New Rrunswick, New Jersey. Institute director is Donald King. Fee: $105. Contact: Jana Varleijs, Rutgers LIS/SCILS, 4 Huntingdon St., New Brunswick, NJ 08903; (201) 932-7169.

21-24—Publishing: 7th Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, Hotel Continental, Chicago. Theme: “Scholarly Publishing: Managing Today and Planning for Tomorrow.” Speakers will include: Patricia Sabosik, editor of Choice, and Hendrik Edelman, library director at Rutgers University. Registration fee: $150 for SSP members; $185 for non-members. Contact: SSP, Annual Meeting Registration, 2000 Florida Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20009; (202) 328 3555.

29-30—Networking: “Co–oping in ’85,” the Mid west Academic Library Conference, St. Norber College, De Pere, Wisconsin. Keynote speakei will be Brooke Sheldon, Texas Women’s Univer sity, on “Handling the Urge to Co-op”; othei speakers include Kaye Gapen, Lee Lebbin, anc Kathy Schneider. Fee: $45 after May 10. Con tact: Conference Coordinator, Sensenbrennei Memorial Union, St. Norbert College, De Pere WI 54115; (414) 337-3140.

June

5-7—SUNY Libraries: State University of New York Librarians Association, 17th Annual Conference, SUNY College at Buffalo. Banquet speaker will be Nuala McGann Drescher, president of United University Professions. Contact: Marilyn C. Kihl, SUNYLA, E.H. Butler Library, State University College at Buffalo, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY 14222; (716) 878- 6311.

20-21—Software: Two one–day professional development seminars sponsored by the Department of Library and Information Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville. Seminar 1, June 20, “Evaluation and Selection of Microcomputer Software Packages”; Seminar 2, June 21, “Bibliographic Control of Software.” Fees: $100 for each seminar; $175 for both. Contact: Edwin S. Gleaves, DLIS, Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203; (615) 322- 8050.

July

22-August 2—Federal Libraries: 13th Annual Institute on Federal Library Resources, sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Participants will be addressed by 25 directors of federal information programs and several membership association representatives. Contact: SLIS, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064; (202) 635-5085.

3-5—Archives: Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Fall Meeting, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Pre-conference archival workshops and local area tours available. Contact: Diane Smith Wallace, Division of Archives and Manuscripts, P.O. Box 1026, Harrisburg, PA 17108-1026; (717) 291-4225.

27-30—Medical Libraries: North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries Association, Sheraton- Islander Inn and Conference Center, Newport, Rhode Island. Theme: “NAHSL in Newport: Riding with the Tides of Health Sciences Librar- ianship.” Contact: Chris Chapman, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Health Sciences Information Center, 50 Maude Street, Providence, RI 02908; (401) 274-1100, x1570.