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CALENDAR

March

7—Library profession: Annual Spring Conference, Librarians Association of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Theme: ‘What Is a Librarian: Exploring Roles and Relationships.” Speakers include Evan Farber, Susan K. Martin, Robert Berring, and Kathleen Heim. Fee: $35 for non-members ($15 for students) before February 16. Contact: Dana Sally, Brauer Library, Math Department, Phillips Hall, UNC at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599; (919) 962-2323.

16- 18—Health Sciences: Florida Health Sciences Library Association and the Georgia Health Sciences Library Association joint meeting, Jacksonville, Florida. Contact: Bettye Stilley, Medical Library, Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, FL

32214; (904) 777-7583.

28-31—Serials: 11th Anniversary Conference of the U.K. Serials Group, Bodington Hall, University of Leeds, Great Britain. Fee: £110. Contact: Anne Hillier, U.K. Serials Group Administrator, 4 Ashcroft Close, Oxford, England OX2 9SE.

April

5-6—Public image: 97th Annual Conference, Connecticut Library Association, Treadway Hartford Hotel, Cromwell. Theme: “As Others See Us: Building a Positive Image.” Contact: Arlene Bielefield, East Hampton Public Library, 105 Main St., East Hampton, CT 06424.

28-30—Archives: Spring Meeting, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, “Documenting Culture in a Technological Age,” Allentown

Hilton, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Contact: Diane Shaw, Skillman Library, LaFayette College, Easton, PA 18042; (215) 250-5148.

May

1-13—Management: 22d annual Library Administrators Development Program, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, Donaldson Brown Center, Port Deposit. Participation is limited to managerial personnel who occupy or are about to assume important administrative posts in libraries of large size and complexity. Deadline for applications is April 1. Fee: $1,995, covering tuition, room, board, and materials. Contact: University of Maryland CLIS, Hornbake Library, College Park, MD 20742-4345; (301) 454-6080.

6-7—Education: “Librarians As Educational Leaders: An Institute on Career Change,” cosponsored by the St. John’s University Division of Library and Information Science and the Bank Street College, Graduate School of Education, will be held at the latter institution, New York City. The program is intended for librarians considering a career change to school media li- brarianship. Fee: $100. Contact: Eleanor R. Kulleseid, Bank Street College of Education, 610 W. 112th St., New York, NY 10025; (212) 663- 7200,x584.

17- 20—Management: Basic Library Management Skills Institute, sponsored by the ARL Office of Management Studies, Boston, Massachusetts. Fee: $375. Contact: ARL/OMS, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

31-June 3—Management: Library Analytical Skills Institute, sponsored by the ARL Office of Management Studies, Detroit, Michigan. Fee: $450. Contact: ARL/OMS, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

June

13-24—Archives: Archives Institute, sponsored by the Emory University Division of Library and Information Management and the Atlanta University School of Library & Information Studies, in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Archives and History and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, Georgia. The institute will offer general instruction in basic concepts and practices of archival administration and management of traditional and modern documentary materials. The program is coordinated by Martin Elzy, assistant director of the Carter Presidential Library. Fee: $350. Deadline for receipt of applications and resume is March 28. Contact: Emory University DLIM, 407 Candler Library Building, Atlanta, GA 30322; (404) 727-6840.

18- 28—History of the book: American Antiquarian Society Summer Seminar, sponsored through the AAS Program in the History of the Book in

American Culture, Worcester, Massachusetts. The theme will be “The Politics of Reading, Writing, and Publishing in Nineteenth-Century America.” Housing will be available on the campus of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Field trips are planned in conjunction with the seminar. Deadline for applications is March 18. Contact: John B. Hench, AAS, 185 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609; (617) 752-5813 or 755- 5221.

August

14-26—Collection Management: Third Institute on Research Libraries for Library and Information Science Faculty, sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries, to be held at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School. Participation is limited to library school faculty members who are involved in teaching or carrying out research on research libraries. Interested faculty should send a resume, a letter of support from their dean, and a brief statement indicating their interest, expectations concerning the field visit, and current teaching involvement. Deadline for applications is January 31, 1988. Contact: ARL/OMS, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 232- 8656. ■■