ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 254 / C & R L N ew s ACRL’s Continuing Education Courses—Dallas CE 103, Establishing the College Bibliographic In ­ struction Program, provides an overall review of managerial considerations essential in establishing the successful BI program. Program components examined will include political aspects, staff needs, budgetary support, and faculty and administration support. Instructor: Dennis Robison, University Librar­ ian, University of Richmond. Date: Friday, June 22, 9:00 a.m .-5:00 p.m . C E U credit: .7 W hat past participants have said about CE 103: “(The course was a) good experience—and very helpful to me in trying to set up a BI program .” CE 107, Managing Student Workers in Academic Libraries, will help participants to develop strate­ gies for better management of student workers. In addition to providing an opportunity for partici­ pant interaction, the course seeks to clarify the na­ ture of the student worker’s role in academic li­ braries and the role of the supervisor of student workers; to identify management theories appro­ priate to student workers; to recognize the impor­ tance of selection, training, and supervision of stu­ dent workers; to identify dilemmas or problems which occur in the management of student work­ ers; and to become familiar with the various ways in which policies and procedures can be communi­ cated to student workers. The course is intended for librarians who have had at least one year of ex­ perience managing student workers or who have had at least one year of experience managing super­ visors of student workers. Instructors: Michael D. Kathman, Director of Libraries & Media Services, St. John’s University, and Jane Kathm an, Assistant Professor of Eco­ nomics & Business Administration, College of St. Benedict. Date: Friday, June 22, 8:30 a.m .-5:00 p.m. CEU credit: .8 W hat past participants have said about CE 107: “This course exceeded my expectations: it was in­ formative, compact, encouraging and even enter­ taining.” CE 202, Teaching Methods for the Bibliographic Instruction Librarian, provides an introduction to basic learning theory and alternate instructional methods used in library instruction. Participants will work on designing and modeling an instruc­ tional session. Instructor: M anila Svinicki, Assistant Director, Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Texas at Austin. Dates: Thursday and Friday, June 21 & 22, 9:00 a.m .-5:00 p.m. CEU credit: 1.4 W hat past participants have said about CE 202: “I have hopes of becoming a good instructor and feel much more prepared for the task as a result of this course.” New Courses! CE 108, Considerations for Establishing and Mar­ keting Fee-Based Services in Academic Libraries, considers key aspects to be anticipated and evalu­ ated prior to or in the initial phases of developing and offering fee-based information services. Spe­ cifically, the course will enable participants to: identify the conditions necessary for establishment of a fee-based service; optimize existing conditions within their individual university settings to influ­ ence the success of such services; develop a plan of action for proposing and establishing appropriate services for the individual library setting; identify critical aspects of the operation of a fee-based ser­ vice center; and review marketing principles, pro­ motional techniques, and public relations as ap­ plied to a fee-based service in academic libraries. Instructor: Elizabeth Lunden, Director, Re­ gional Information & Communication Exchange, Rice University. Date: Friday, June 22, 9:00 a.m .-5:00 p.m. CEU credit: .7 CE 111, Principles of Strategic Planning in the Li­ brary Environment, provides a theoretical back­ ground and practical experience in applying strate­ gic planning processes to library planning. The specific objectives of the course are: to provide background information on strategic planning as a process; to identify problems encountered with past long-range planning efforts; to describe sev­ eral strategic planning models including the “de­ sired futures” model; to provide participants with an opportunity to practice the use of the desired fu­ tures model cooperatively and applied to their own environment; and to receive feedback on that expe­ rience. The material covered in this course is appli­ cable to strategic planning for all types of libraries. Instructor: Julie A.C. Virgo, Executive Direc­ tor, Association of College & Research Libraries. Date: Thursday, June 21, 9:00 a.m .-5:00 p.m. CEU credit: .7 CE 112, Improving Job Performance: Strategies for Supervisors, will help librarian-supervisors: create a climate for motivation, define job compe­ tencies, set performance standards, address perfor­ mance problems and improve work effectiveness of M a y 1984 / 255 their staffs. This course is intended for librarians who are first-line supervisors or m iddle m anagers. Past participants to CE 101 note: the m aterial p re­ sented in this course will build upon the knowledge and skills developed in ACRL CE 101 (Librarians as Supervisors). Instructor: M aureen Sullivan, H ead of Person­ nel, Yale University Library. Date: Friday, June 22, 9:00 a .m .-5:00 p.m . C E U credit: .7 C E 205, Teaching How to Teach Science Refer­ ence M aterials: A W orkshop for L ibrarians W ho Serve the U n d e rg ra d u a te , examines th e search strategies and reference tools (especially such sci­ ence periodical indexes as the H. W . Wilson in­ dexes, Biological Abstracts, Chem ical Abstracts, and Science C itation Index) th a t are particularly useful to u n dergraduate science majors. E qual em ­ phasis is given to m ethods of teaching these search strateg ies an d th e use of these referen ce tools. Methods of learning how to use new science refer­ ence m aterials are also covered. Instructor: T hom as Kirk, College L ib ra ria n , Rerea College. Date: F riday, June 22, 8:30 a .m .-5 :0 0 p.m . C E U credit: .8 About the courses T he courses are designed to provide librarians w ith knowledge and skills in the areas of m anagem ent, bibliographic instruction, library skills, technology u pdate, the environm ent and professional develop­ m ent. T he ACRL C ontinuing E ducation Courses are tau g h t by library practitioners well know n for their expertise in these topical areas. * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Where & When In D allas, Texas, June 21-22, 1984, im m ediately before the ALA A nnual Conference. Upon regis­ tratio n for a course you will receive course m ateri­ als and location inform ation. (See Am erican L i­ braries, J a n u a ry 1984, for co n feren ce housing inform ation.) How much? Course fees are $95/day for ACRL m em bers and $135/day for non-m em bers. T he advance registra­ tion deadline is May 15. A $15 late registration fee will be charged to registrations received after th a t date. W ritten notice of cancellation received by May 31 will be honored subject to a $15 cancel­ lation charge. No refunds for cancellations after May 31. R em em ber, a tax deduction is allowed for educational expenses (including registration fees, travel, meals, lodging) if courses are undertaken to m ain tain and im prove professional skills (see T re a ­ sury Reg. 1.162-5, and Coughlin v. Commissioner, 203 F .2d 307). C E U ’s A certificate of com pletion for each course will be issued. Every successful com pletion of 10 hours of continuing education is equal to one C ontinuing E ducation U nit (CEU). ACRL m aintains a CEU record for each p articip an t. The ACRL CE courses are approved for MLA re-certification credit. Questions? C ontact B arbara Macikas, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. H u ­ ron St., Chicago, IL 60611; or call (312) 944-6780. (’’Washington Hotline,’’ cont’d from p. 242) Commission decisions postpone the access charge of $6 per line per month for multiline business customers, including many libraries, from April 3 to June 13. The new tariff for AT&T's interstate private line service (used by OCLC, RLIN and WLN for library data communications) has been suspended until June 1. Estimates of new rates must await further actions by carriers and the FCC, which has repeatedly cited the effect of private line increases on libraries in its recent opinions and orders. 256 / C & R L N e w s M a y 1984 / 257 ACRL requests proposals for a new edition of Books for College Libraries The Association of College & Research Libraries is planning to undertake a third edition of Books for College Libraries (BCL III). According to the chair of the BCL III Committee, Richard D. Johnson, li­ brary director of the State University College of New York at Oneonta, the new edition will list 50,000 titles which can constitute a core collection in a library serving undergraduate students. The third edition will not include serials but will be expanded to include non-print materials. Titles will be selected by subject specialists, both teaching faculty and librarians. Full bibliographic data will be provided for each title. The work will be pub­ lished in six volumes; the fifth volume, covering psychology, science, technology, and bibliogra­ phy, will be given priority and published first. ACRL plans to contract with an outside organi­ zation for the completion of Books fo r College L i­ braries III. This organization should be prepared to compile and edit BCL III on their own premises. Access to MARC records in machine-readable form will be required. An ACRL advisory board will oversee the work of the contracting organization. The contractor should prepare to begin work in September 1984. Machine-readable records in a form ready for printing of the final pages should be prepared as individual volumes are completed. All pages should be submitted to the publisher by Sep­ tember 1986. Individuals or organizations wishing to submit proposals for all or part of this project should re­ quest an RFP from Sandy Whiteley, ACRL/ALA, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944- 6780. The deadline for subm ission is June 8, 1984. ■ ■ Your Search Strategy Begins Here— with ACRUs Bibliographic Instruction Library Evaluating Bibliographic Instruction: A Handbook 1983, 122p. ISBN 0-8389-6608-X. Chapters on research design, data gathering instruments, statistical analysis, a glossary, and a bibliography. ACRL members, $13; non-members, $17. Bibliographic Instruction Handbook 1979, 68p. ACRL members, $7; non-members, $10. Back to the Books: BI and the Theory of Information Sources 1983, 76p. ISBN 0-8389-6587-3. Papers presented at the 1982 ALA annual conference. ACRL members, $12; non-members, $15. Petals Around a Rose: Abstract Reasoning and Bibliographic Instruction By Cerise O berm an. 1981, 23p. ACRL members, $4; non-members, $5. 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