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College & Research Libraries News

CALENDAR

March

31—Academic Libraries: “Partners in Education: New Roles for the Academic Librarian,” the 1983 Spring Institute of the Library Association of the City University of New York, to be held at Bronx Community College. The program includes presentations on bibliographic instruction and library-classroom faculty cooperation in the establishment of a local history archive. Contact: Julie Skurdenis, University Avenue and West 181st St., Bronx, NY 10453; (212) 220- 6076.

April

7—Maps: “Maps and Atlases in Libraries: An Introduction,” a workshop sponsored by the New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency at the Wilkie Memorial Building, New York City. Contact: METRO, 209 West 23d St., New York, NY 10011.

11- 12—Federal Grants: The 27th Institute on Federal Funding sponsored by the National Graduate University, Washington, D.C. A special session is scheduled for discussion of the new Federal Acquisition Regulation. Contact: Donna Smith, National Graduate University, 1101 North Highland Street, Arlington, VA 22201; (703) 527-4800.

12— Networks: “Networking—Where from Here?”, a symposium to be held at the Ramada Inn Convention Center, Champaign, Illinois. Speakers include Jim Edgar, Illinois secretary of state; Frank Grisham, executive director of SOLINET; Barbara Markuson, executive director of INCOLSA; Laima Mockus, executive director of NELINET; Richard McCoy, president of RLG; Rowland Brown, president of OCLC; and Toni Carbo Bearman, executive director of NCLIS. Fees: $25 for Illinois residents; $40 for non-Illinois residents; $20 for library and information science students. Make checks payable to Ramada Inn Convention Center, for “Networking Symposium,” and send to Symposium, Office of the Dean of Library Services, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920; (217) 581-6061.

21-22—Maps: A map cataloging workshop will be held in conjunction with the Spring 1983 meeting of the Western Association of Map Libraries, San Jose State University, San Jose, California. Fee: $20. For information on what materials to bring, contact Donna Koepp, Government Publications Department, Denver Public Library, 1357 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203; (303) 571- 2130.

24-27—New Jersey: “Libraries: Where the Action Is,” the 1983 Annual Spring Conference of the New Jersey Library Association. Cosponsored by the New Jersey Library Trustee Association and the Educational Media Association, the meeting will be held at Resorts International, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Contact: Abigail Studdiford, NJLA, 116 West State St., Trenton, NJ 08608; (609) 394-8032.

29-30—Children’s Literature: “Sharing the Joy of Literature with Children and Youth,” the 3d Annual Children’s Literature Institute sponsored by Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. Fee: $53; for those wanting academic credit (one semester-hour), $87. Contact: Christine S. Oots, College of Continuing Education, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115; (815) 753- 1457.

May

13-15—Publishing: “The Publishing and Research Library Communities: Providing a Foundation for Dialogue,” the 42d Annual Conference of the University of Chicago Graduate Library School. Speakers include Lester Asheim, Jay Lucker, Charles Osburn, and representatives from publishing houses. The conference will be held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel, 720 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Contact: Mary Biggs, University of Chicago Graduate Library School, 1100 East 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637.

15-20—Communications: “Scholarly Communication around the World,” to be held at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, sponsored by the Council of Biology Editors, the Conference of Scientific Editors’ Associations, and the Society for Scholarly Publishing. Fee: $125 before March 31, or $50 per day. Contact: Elizabeth M. Zipf, BioSciences Information Service, 2100 Arch St., Phüadelphia, PA 19103; (215) 587-4815.

19— Technical Services: “Coming out of the Back Room: Management Issues for Technical Services in the 80s,” the Spring 1983 meeting and 60th anniversary celebration of the New England Technical Services Librarians, will be held at Gamble Auditorium and the Willits-Hallowell Center, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts. Featured speaker is Herbert White, Indiana University. For more information, contact Joe Busch, Johnson Library, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002; (413) 549-4600, x753.

20— Management: Institute on the Relations between Librarians and College Administrators, to be held at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center. Contact: Thomas V. Atkins, Baruch College, 17 Lexington Ave., Box 317, New York, NY 10010; (212) 725-7648.

June

2-3—User Instruction: “Library Instruction and the New Technology,” the 4th Southeastern Conference on Bibliographic Instruction. Keynote speaker will be Sharon A. Hogan. Contact: Edward H. Teague, Reference Unit, J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223; (704) 597- 2221.

9-27—China Tour: Study Tour of China, sponsored by the Rosary College Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Included are visits to Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Sian, Beijing, and Hong Kong. Fee from Chicago: $2,995. Contact: GSLIS, Rosary College, 7900 West Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305; (312) 366-2490, x302.

24-26—Library Assistants: “Promoting the Library/Media Technical Assistants Image,” the 1983 annual conference of the Council on Li-

Attention CJCLS Members

The Community and Junior College Libraries Section is attempting to highlight the activities of the learning resource centers represented by its membership. A CJCLS News Clearinghouse has been established under the auspices of the CJCLS Communications Committee. The Committee is compiling a collection of program announcements which detail the activities and interests of LRCs across the country.

Brief abstracts (approximately 100 words in length) of special services, projects, communications networks, etc., may be sent to Colette A. Wagner, La Guardia Community College Library, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. Be sure to include the name of the contact person for the project. Items submitted by April 1, 1983, will be included in a special Los Angeles conference news bulletin. Appropriate reports or news items will be forwarded by the Committee to the editor of C&fìL News or other publications for consideration.

brary/Media Technical Assistants, Los Angeles. Contact: Raymond Roney, Learning Resources, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20008; (202) 282-7536.

July

1-24—China Tour: The China Library Conference Program to the People’s Republic of China, sponsored by the Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of ACRL. Fee: $1,894, plus 15 % tax and service and $40 conference fee (subject to local variations). Tour includes visits to libraries, publishing houses, printing plants, and educational facilities. Contact: China Library Conference, Human Relations Inter-Group Conference Reservations Center, 12 West 32d St., New York, NY 10001; (800Ì 221-1255, or in New York, (212) 563-4370, 697-1191.

10-24—Russia Tour: “Libraries of the USSR,” sponsored by the American Library Association and coordinated by the Citizen Exchange Council, features visits to libraries in Moscow, Riga, and Leningrad. Fee: $1,779 from New York; $1,999 from Los Angeles. Contact: Citizen Exchange Council, 18 East 41st St., New York, NY 10017, (212) 889-7960; or Frederick Ryan, Assistant Library Director, California State University, Chico, CA 95929, (916) 895-6209.

19-22—User Instruction: Third International Conference on User Education, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, sponsored by the British Library Information Officer for User Education Project. Contact: Third International Conference, 13 Caernarvon Close, Shepshed, Leicestershire LEI2 9QB, England. ■ ■