ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 193 Malcolm Shaw, et al., Leeds Polytechnic School of Librarianship (England), is available from Oryx Press for $18.50. The a u th o rs’ algorithm ic approach “provides a quickly comprehended in­ troduction to the task of author cataloging in general and to the application of Part II of the Second Edition of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules in particular.” • The 1981 edition of Index to Standard In­ terest Profiles in Science and Technology is now available from the Chemical Information Center, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. The price is $15. • Volume 10 in the Foundations in Library and Information Science series has been pub­ lished by JAI Press. Collection Development in Libraries: A Treatise, Part A and B ($30 per volume) is ed ited by Robert D. Stueart and George B. Miller. Part A covers collection man­ agement and the collection development process. Part B addresses citation and use studies, collec­ tion development by format, and new directions in collection development. • Another volume on the same topic is Build­ ing Library Collections: Policies and Practices In Academic Libraries (Lexington Books, 1981) by Hugh F. Cline and Loraine T. Sinnott. Building Library Collections employs a social science meth­ odologies to analyze collection development poli­ cies and practices in seven academic libraries. • Public, School, and Academic Media Cen­ ters: A Guide to Information Sources (Gale Re­ search, 1981, $34), edited by Esther R. Dyer and Pam Berger, is an annotated bibliography of about 400 items published subsequent to 1970. • The 7th edition of the Directory o f Online Information Resources (CSG Press, 1981, $18.50) covers over 280 bibliographic and non- bibliographic online data bases available in the U.S. The Directory is updated semi-annually (each March and September). • Bibliometrics: A Bibliography and Index, Volume 1: 1874-1959 (ALLM Books, 1981, $12) by Alan Pritchard and Glenn R. Writtig is the first of three volumes on this topic. Volume 2 will cover the period 1960-69, and Volume 3 will cov­ er 1970-79. (Available from: ALLM Books, 4 Knutsford Avenue, Watford, Herts WD2 4EL, England.) • In The Politics o f Federal Grants George E. Hale and Marian Lief Palley examine the inter­ governmental grants system by tracing it through the policymaking process. Politics o f Federal Grants is published by Congressional Quarterly (1981, $7.50). • U.S. Copyright Documents: An Annotated Collection fo r Use by Educators and Librarians by Jerome K. Miller (1981) is available from Li­ braries Unlimited. The price is $25 U.S.; $30 elsewhere. C alendar June 21-26—Law Libraries: “Computer Management for Law Library Needs,” a workshop sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries and ALA’s Library and Information Technology Association, to be held at the University of Vir­ ginia Law School, Charlottesville. For further information, contact: Jill Mubarak, University of S outhern California Law Library, Los Angeles, CA 90007; (213) 743-6487. August 29-30—Archives: Conservation workshop spon­ sored by the Society of American Archivists will be held immediately prior to their annual meeting in Berkeley, California. It will consist of lecture/discussions on various aspects of con­ servation philosophy and administration as well as hands-on demonstration and practice of basic archival conservation techniques. Enrollment is limited. Tuition of $50 will cover the cost of a conservation supply kit. Attendees must cur­ rently hold a position in a m anuscript or 194 archival repository and have little or no pre­ vious training in conservation. Contact: Basic Archival Training Program, Society of Amer­ ican Archivists, 330 S. Wells, Chicago, IL 60606; (312) 922-0140. October 7-9—Carolina: “Carolina Libraries: Interface ’81,” joint conference of the North Carolina and South Carolina Library Associations, Radis­ Chinese Study Tour The Association of Chinese Libraries, the National Library of Beijing, and Shanghai Li­ brary are welcoming to China a study tour sponsored by the Foundation for Books to China. Participants with high professional qualifications will have opportunities for tech­ nical discussions of their specialties with Chinese library staff members, and some par­ ticipants will be invited to give brief lectures on their library specialties. The group will be led by Dr. Andrew Jameson of the University of California, Berkeley, and will travel from August 29-September 18, 1981. If interested, contact Claire Martin, 2150 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704; (415) 848-0300. son Hotel/Civic Center, Charlotte, North Caro­ lina. Contact: Mertys Bell, NCLA, Box 309, Jamestown, NC 27282, or Gerda Belknap, 1400 Sumter St., Columbia, SC 29201. 25-30—Information Science: “The Information Community: An Alliance for Progress” will be the theme of the 44th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, in Washington, D.C. The technical program will include invited presentations, contributed pa­ pers, idea exchanges, special interest group sessions, exhibits, demonstrations, and tours of government and industrial information facilities in the Washington area. Contact: Carol Was­ serman, American Society for Information Sci­ ence, 1010 16th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 659-3644. 30-November 1—Humanities: “The Responsibili­ ties of the Humanities,” the second annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of the Humanities, Capital Hil­ ton Hotel, Washington, D.C. Among the ses­ sions tentatively scheduled are: The State of Scholarship in the Humanities; Specialization and Graduate Education in the Humanities; and Recent Developments in Libraries: In­ formation Retrieval and Book Preservation. For further information, contact: AAAH Annual Meeting, 918 16th St., N.W ., Suite 601, Washington, DC 20006; (202) 293-5800.