ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries O ctober 1 9 9 2 / 5 6 5 N e w s f r o m th e f i e l d Columbia's stolen m aterials recovered A cache of rare Russian ma­ te r ia ls s to le n fro m th e Lehman Social Sciences Li­ brary at Columbia University has been recovered and the alleged th ief has b ee n ar­ rested. The materials, valued in excess of $1 million, were r e c o v e r e d a f te r E u g e n e B e sh e n k o v s k y , C olum bia University Libraries’ bibliog­ rap h er for Slavic an d East Central Europe, provided detectives with timely information. The theft, reported to police on June 26, included rare newspapers reporting the Russian Civil War, Russian-emigre periodi­ cals, an d Russian-language journals of dis- placed-persons camps. Many of the materials w ere kept in a locked, gated enclosure within the library. The Columbia materials are now in police custody; some are known to have been damaged in the theft. Arrested and charged with the theft was Vyacheslav Nekrasov, 60, w ho had been doing research in the library for a b ook about the literary treatment o f author Aleksander Pushkin by Russian emigres. KSU needs mentors Kent State University’s (KSU) School of Library and Information Science needs academic librar­ ians to serve as mentors for its students. Men­ tors must be willing to help library science stu­ dents become more familiar with the profession. Librarians may choose the amount of time they w ould be available to volunteer—from answer­ ing questions over the phone to serving as a practicum supervisor. Students will select their mentors from a database of volunteers. To be­ come a mentor contact: Martha Nagy, Mentor Program coordinator, at (216) 579-0300, ext. 6301. W anted: Active learning strategies The Teaching Methods Committee of ACRL’s Bibliographic Instruction Section wants to help BI practitioners expand their teaching reper­ toire to include a variety of active learning ap­ proaches and interactive instructional tech ­ niques. The committee plans to compile and disseminate a list o f alternative BI strategies and wants to include your ideas. Active learning involves students in discussion, writing, con­ ducting experiments, solv­ ing problems, and a range of other activities which help them assume responsibility for their ow n learning. To submit an idea please send a description of the active learning strategies that in­ clude: 1) the instructional goal of the activity; 2) the time allotted to the activity; and 3) a com plete descrip­ tion of the activity includ­ ing an y h a n d o u ts . Send these by January 4, 1993, to: Alphonse Vin, Yale University Library, P.O. Box 1603A Yale S ta tio n , N ew H a v e n , CT 06520; e-m ail: vinh@yalevm.bitnet. OCLC issues linking strategy for Internet and NREN OCLC issued a three-page document, “OCLC’s Linking Strategy: Internet and NREN,” describ­ ing OCLC’s plans with respect to linking with the Internet and the NREN. In a letter to direc­ tors of OCLC libraries that accom panied the report, OCLC’s president and CEO K. Wayne Smith stated: “OCLC is committed to linking with both the Internet and the NREN. Indeed, OCLC is already linked to the Internet for Reference Services— EPIC and First Search, and soon the new Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials. In 1993, w e will test Cataloging on the Internet. We have been strong supporters of the NREN from the beginning and are closely watching its development. … ” To obtain a copy o f the report write: Internet White Paper, OCLC, MC 204, 6565 Frantz Rd., Dublin, OH 43017-3395. N e w discussion list for collection developm ent COLLDV-L is a m oderated discussion list di­ rected to librarians involved with collection development. Representative topics appropri­ ate for the list include access/ownership issues, approval plans, collection assessment, budget­ ing, cooperation, organization, planning, pric­ ing, publisher/vendor relations, resource shar­ ing, selection, storage, etc. To subscribe, send the following com mand to LISTSERV@USCVM via mail o r interactive message: SUBSCRIBE COLLDV-L your_full_name. For example: SUB­ SCRIBE COLLDV-L Joe Shmoe. 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For RP: Recently Published A Division o f C ambridge Information Group m ore inform ation o r to obtain a HE: Newly Expanded 7200 Wisconsin Avenue sample tape, please fax o r w rite Bethesda, M aiyland 20814-4823 USA on your official letterhead. O ctober 1 9 9 2 / 5 6 7 N am e your favorite "listserv" C&RL News is preparing some articles on the use of the Internet. If you have a favorite listserv that would be of interest to other academic li­ brarians, send the name of the listserv, how to subscribe, and a one-sentence description to C&RL News ListServ, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 6 0 6 ll. C&RL News will compile a print list of the favorites for a future issue. Libraries change lives “Libraries change lives” is the theme for Na­ tio n a l Library W eek (NLW) April 18-24,1993, and April 17-23, 1994 (see logo at left). Cop­ ies of the NLW tip sheet are available from ALA’s Public Information Of­ fice. The complete NLW Campaign Book will be available in the fall ALA Graphics Catalog. Papers needed The S ix th Off-Campus Library S ervices C on­ fe r e n c e is seeking presentation proposals for its meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, October 6-8, 1993. Proposals for papers, panel discus­ sions, w orkshops, forums, an d audiovisual demonstrations are sought for topics such as program planning, services, information access and delivery, library user education, uses of technology, copyright, etc. A titled proposal with a 500-word abstract and its delivery format, and a 50-word biographical statement for the pre­ senter should be sent by December 1, 1992, to: Anne Casey, OCLS Conference Coordinator, Park Library 315, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859; phone (517) 774-6080. The A m erica n A n tiq u arian S o ciety seeks proposals for papers to be given at a confer­ ence on education and the commerce of art in 19th-century America. The conference will ex­ amine such areas as the company climate in graphic arts firms and will be held in Worces­ ter, Massachusetts, April 30-May 1,1993. Propos­ als for presentations should be accompanied by a current vitae and sent by January 15, 1993, to: Georgia Barnhill, American Antiquarian So­ ciety, 185 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA 01609. Africana Librarians Council to meet The Africana Librarians Council (formerly Ar­ chives Libraries Committee) o f the African Studies Association will hold its fall meeting at the Westin Hotel in Seattle on Friday, No­ vem ber 20. For details contact: Onuma Ezera, chair, Africana Librarians Council, at (517) 355- 2366. AACR2 to be m ade into machine- readable form The publishers and copyright holders of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2 n d edition, revised (AACR2R), have agreed to prepare a machine-readable and searchable version of the book. ALA, one of the three publishers of AACR2R, expects to release the electronic edi­ tion in early 1993. Two consultants will work with the authors and publishers of AACR2R to develop the docum ent type definition and text-tagging scheme required to create a Stan­ dard Generalized Mark-up Language (SGML) version. 5 3 libraries adopt code of ethics Fifty-three academic libraries have adopted ALA’s Code of Ethics into their “policies and proce­ dures” documentation. ALA’s Committee on Pro­ fessional Ethics has asked that all college and research libraries adopt the code before the end of 1992. To add your library to the list of those adopting the code (which is printed on the back of the ALA membership card) contact: Judith F. Krug, Office for Intellectual Freedom, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4223. Spellcheckers m ust b e checked Although many of us could not live without our spellcheckers, it pays to remember that they do not totally replace proofreading. The following ditty was printed in the University of Arizona Library’s Newsletter, it was attrib­ uted to Penney Harper, a student at Purdue University w ho wrote it on a chalkboard in a classroom: S p ellb ou n d I have a spelling checker It came with my PC; It plainly marks four my revue Mistakes I cannot sea. I’ve run this poem threw it I’m sure your pleased too no. It’s letter perfect in it’s weigh. My checker tolled me sew.