ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


In this issue:

Call for Papers
for ACRL National Conference 263

Folger Library Acquires
Reformation Editions 265

News from the Field . . 266

P e o p l e .............................................. 273

P u b licatio ns........................................279

Classified Advertising . . .  285

ISSN 0099-0086

COLLEGE 
& RESEARCH 

LIBRARIES

news
NO. 9 • OCTOBER 1977

Call for Papers for ACRL National Conference: 
New Horizons for Academic Libraries

November 8-11‚ 1978 
Sheraton-Boston Hotel 
Boston, Massachusetts

The Association of College and Research Li­
braries, a division of the American Library 
Association, will present its first national con­
ference in Boston, Massachusetts, November 
8-11, 1978.

The conference will focus on the future pros­
pects for academic and research librarianship 
in the United States. There will be a variety of 
program meetings, exhibits by publishers and 
library equipment suppliers, special functions 
at other area institutions, and organized tours 
to visit various libraries in the greater Boston 
area. The conference will be held in the Shera­
ton-Boston Hotel, centrally located in Boston’s 
Prudential Center.

A major feature of the conference will be the 
sessions for contributed papers. These papers

Notice of Intent to Submit 
Submission of Completed Manuscript 
Notification of Acceptance

should relate broadly to the major theme of 
the conference—the future of academic and 
research librarianship. Possible topics include, 
hut are not limited to, the following:

— Administration and Management of Li­
braries

— Economic Support for Libraries 
—Technology and Libraries 
— Cooperation and Networking 
—The Role of the Library in the College 

and the University 
—The Role of the Academic Librarian 
— Resources and Services 
All submitted papers will be refereed (with 

authors’ names removed), and those accepted 
will be scheduled for presentation at the con­
ference. Authors must be present to deliver 
their papers. Authors who plan to submit pa­
pers may use the form on page 265 (or a copy 
of it), and they will receive instructions for 
preparing their manuscripts. The conference 
will observe the deadlines given below.

November 30, 1977 
February 28, 1978 

May 31, 1978

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