ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 144 / C & R L N ew s ACRL in Los Angeles A C R L Pr o g r a m M e e ting: “T h e Educational Role of the A cadem ic L ib ra ry ” (June 27 , 2 :0 0 -4 :0 0 p .m .) will be the them e of the A C R L Program M eeting in Los Angeles. R obert O ’N eil, president o f the University o f W isconsin System, w ill deliver the keynote address. Follow ing him will be a panel consisting o f W a rren J . H aas, president o f the C ouncil on L ib ra ry Resources; R ichard j . W ood, vice-president for academ ic affairs, W h ittier C o l­ lege; and Joseph A. Boissé, director o f libraries at T em p le University. T h e panelists will react to the address from th eir p a rticu la r points o f view . A business m eeting, C a rla Stoffle presiding, will be held prior to the program . Ju lie C arroll Virgo will give the A C R L Executive D irecto r’s report. T h e A C R L Reception, sponsored by the Baker & T ay lo r Com pany, will follow the Program M eet­ ing from 6 :0 0 - 8 :0 0 p .m . in the Sierra Room o f the Los Angeles H ilton. T h e reception will provide food and a cash b a r. Activities w ill include the p re­ sen tation of Bak er & T a y lo r’s A cadem ic or R e­ search L ib ra ria n o f the Year Award. A n t h r o p o l o g y a n d So cio l o g y Section: “Ac­ cess Tools for Inform ation in Anthropology and So­ ciology: T h e Publishers Speak” (June 28 , 2 :0 0 -4 :0 0 p .m .) w ill attem pt to establish b etter com m unica­ tion w ith publishers o f bibliographic tools in sociol­ ogy and anthropology and to begin a dialogue con­ cerning the depth and quality o f access currently offered by their publications and th eir goals for the future. Scheduled speakers are: Leo P. C h all, edi­ to r, S ociological Abstracts; Eileen P eroneau, docu­ m entation editor, Sage Publications; Kenyon C. Rosenberg, associate director for bibliographic and docum ent services, N T IS ; Norm an Cohen, presi­ d ent, Bayw ood Publishing C om p an y; Jo n a th a n B en th all, director, Royal Anthropological Insti­ tu te o f G reat Britain and Irelan d; and Francis X . G rollig, anthropologist, Loyola University. A reac­ to r panel w ill consist o f Chris Ferguson, University o f C a lifo r n ia , I r v in e ; G re g o ry A. F in n e g a n , Roosevelt University, and Sandra S. K erbel, U ni­ versity o f Pittsburgh. T h e program will be m oder­ ated by Lynne M. Schm elz-Keil, Rutgers Univer­ sity. T h e Section will also sponsor a tour o f the La Brea T a r Pits and the George Page Museum o f A r­ chaeology (June 2 9 , 9 :3 0 a .m .- 1 2 :0 0 p .m .). Regis­ tra tio n is lim ited to 3 0 and the museum cost is $ 1 .5 0 . C on tact: David L . Perkins, Head Bibliogra­ p h y L i b r a r i a n , C a l i f o r n i a S t a t e U n iv e r s ity , N orthridge, CA 91330. Art Section: “New Trends in Art Publishing: T h e Los Angeles A rea” (June 28 , 2 :0 0 - 4 :0 0 p .m .) w ill feature representatives from art book and peri­ odical publishing houses in the Los Angeles area who w ill discuss examples o f th eir work. M odera­ tor o f the program will be Ju dith H offberg, editor o f U m b r e lla ; a m o n g th e sp e a k e rs a re L in d a B u rnham , editor of H igh P erform an ce; and a rep­ resentative from the W o m en ’s G ra p h ic C en ter, Los Angeles. Asian and African Section: “Intellectu al F ree­ dom in Asia and A frica” (June 27 , 9 :3 0 a . m . - 12:30 p .m .), co-sponsored by AAS, the Intern ation al R e­ lations Round T a b le , and the S R R T International Human Rights Task F o rce , will feature R ichard B au m , U C L A D ep a rtm en t o f P o litica l Scien ce; Hassan Shahbaz, editor of the Iran ian periodical R a h a v a rd ; and Kyalo M ativo, ed itor-in-chief of U jaham u, the jou rnal o f the A frican Activist Asso­ ciation. A u d i o -Visual C o m m i t t e e : “ C a b le C om m unications— In ter-A C T IO N : Inform ation D elivery in the 1980s” (June 2 6 , 2 :0 0 - 5 :3 0 p .m .), a program co-sponsored by the L IT A Video and C a ­ b le C om m unications Section, will offer inform a­ tion on the rapidly developing technology o f cable com m unications in the lib rary setting. T opics will include library applications o f cab le com m u nica­ tions, data transmission via cable, and interactive video. Scheduled speakers include G eorge Beers, D e Anza College; Kenneth D ow lin, Pikes Peak Re­ gional L ib rary D istrict; R ichard W . Boss, In fo r­ m ation Systems Consultants; and R ichard Adler, Institute for the Future. B ibliographic Instruction Section: “T h e R e­ search Process: Im plications for Bibliograp hic In ­ struction” (June 26 , 2 :0 0 -5 :3 0 p .m .) is also spon­ sored by A C R L ’s Science and Technology Section. T h e program will address the questions: How do scholars do research in subject disciplines? How are the literatures o f disciplines generated, found, and used by researchers at all levels? W h a t do librarians need to know about this process in order to aid re­ search and teach others? Speakers w ill include David King, Houston A cadem y of M edicine; and Keith Russell, Council on L ib ra ry Resources. T h e B IS Postconference, “Bibliograp hic Instruc­ tio n fo r th e N o n -T ra d itio n a l S tu d e n t” (Ju n e 2 9 -Ju ly 1) will be held on the U C L A campus. B e­ gin nin g W ed nesd ay ev en in g w ith a w in e and cheese reception, the conference will provide an opportunity for viewing the aw ard-w inning film , “G ravity Is My E n em y .” Peter Pom erantz, coordi­ n ator o f library services for disabled users, Univer­ sity of C alifo rn ia, Berkeley, will focus discussion on the sp ecifics o f lib ra ry service to the h and i­ capped. A panel discussion on Thursday afternoon will address the topic o f bibliographic instruction fo r non-native English speakers and the culturally disadvantaged. Attendees w ill m ark the close o f the first day with a barbecue dinner at U C L A ’s Sunset May 1983 / 145 A C R L ’s C in e m a L ib r a r ia n s D iscussion G ro u p w ill h o st a tou r o f th r e e a r e a fi l m lib ra r ies a t t h e A LA A n n u al C o n fe r e n c e in L o s A n geles. C a n y o n R e c r e a tio n A re a . D is cu ssio n o n F r id a y w ill c e n te r on u n iq u e aspects o f s erv ice to th e c o n ­ tin u in g e d u ca tio n c o m m u n ity . Sh a ro n R o gers, as­ so c ia te d ean fo r lib ra rie s and le a rn in g , B o w lin g G reen S ta te U n iv ersity, w ill th en su m m a riz e th e p o stco n feren ce . T h e reg istra tio n fee o f $ 1 0 5 fo r A C R L m em b ers an d $ 1 3 0 for n o n -m em b ers in ­ c lu d e s a ll p o s tc o n fe r e n c e m a te r ia ls , d o rm ito ry h o u s in g J u n e 2 9 a n d J u n e 3 0 , a n d m e a ls fro m T h u r s d a y b r e a k fa s t th ro u g h F r id a y b r e a k fa s t . R eg istra tio n fo r th ose n o t sta y in g in th e d o rm ito ry is $ 7 0 f o r A C R L m e m b e r s a n d $ 9 5 fo r n o n ­ m em b ers. D e a d lin e fo r reg istra tio n is M ay 15 and is lim ited to 1 8 0 . C o n ta c t: M a ry B e th B e ll, C o m ­ m u n ity C o l l e g e o f th e F i n g e r L a k e s L i b r a r y , C a n a n d a ig u a , N Y 1 4 4 2 4 . BIS C o m p u t e r C o n c e r n s C o m m i t t e e : An open m e e tin g (Ju n e 2 5 , 9 : 3 0 - 1 1 :0 0 a .m .) , co-sponsored b y th e R A S D M achin e-A ssisted R e fe re n c e S e ctio n ’s D ir e c t P a tro n A ccess to C o m p u ter-B a se d R e fe r­ en c e System s C o m m itte e , w ill p resen t a discussion o f issues re la tin g to th e p a tro n an d th e co m p u ter fro m a p u b lic service vie w p o in t. T o p ics w ill in ­ clu d e o n lin e en d user s ea rch in g o f o n lin e c a ta lo g s, c irc u la tio n system s, and b ib lio g ra p h ic datab ases; co m p u ter-assisted in s tru ctio n ; an d th e im p a ct o f th ese processes o n b ib lio g ra p h ic in s tru ctio n . C i n e m a L ibrarians D iscussion G r o u p : “ F ilm / T V R esou rces in L o s A ngeles” (Ju n e 2 8 , 9 : 3 0 a . m . - 1 2 : 3 0 p .m ., 2 : 0 0 - 4 : 0 0 p .m .) w ill consist o f a m o rn in g p a n el discussion by seven th e a te r a n d film lib ra ria n s on lo ca l c o lle ctio n s, an d a ftern o o n tours o f th e lib ra rie s o f th e A cad em y o f M o tio n P ic tu re Arts an d S cien ce s, th e V a rie ty A rts C e n te r, an d th e A m erica n F ilm In s titu te . A recep tio n a t th e A F I w ill b e h eld a fte rw a rd . T o u rs a re lim ited to 4 3 p eo ­ p le a n d r e q u ir e a n a d v a n c e r e s e r v a tio n . C o s t: $ 1 0 .5 0 . C o n ta c t: M o n ica B u rd ex , R e fe re n c e D e ­ p a r tm e n t, C a lifo r n ia S t a te U n iv ersity L ib r a r y , 18 1 1 1 N o rd h o ff S t ., N o rth rid g e , C A 9 1 3 2 4 . College Libraries Section: “P erio d ica l S e le c ­ tio n in C o lleg e L ib r a rie s : R ep o rts o f P ra c titio n e rs ” (Ju n e 2 6 , 9 : 3 0 - 1 1 :0 0 a .m .) w ill b e m o d era ted by P a m e la Sn elson , D re w U n iversity. T h e speakers a r e as fo llo w s: P h y llis K a id e n , U n io n C o lle g e , “ F ro m P erio d ica ls B u d g et C u ts to M a n a g em en t I n ­ fo rm a tio n Sy stem s,” w ill p ro v id e suggestions on using m a n a g e m e n t in fo rm a tio n rep o rts as c o lle c ­ tio n d ev elo p m en t tools; R o sa lee M cR ey n o ld s, L o y ­ o la U n iv ersity, N ew O rle a n s , “ L im itin g P erio d i­ ca ls C o llectio n s in a n U n d erg ra d u a te L i b r a r y ,” em p hasizes d eselectio n in u n d e rg ra d u a te lib ra rie s ; and K a th e rin e K on o p asek , S t. X a v ie r C o lleg e , “ A Su rvey o f Jo u rn a l U se W ith in th e U n d erg ra d u a te L ib r a r y a t th e U n iversity o f Illin o is a t U rb a n a - C h a m p a ig n ,” d e scrib es th e l ib r a r y ’s m eth o d o f ev a lu a tin g p erio d ica l use. C o m m u n i t y a n d Ju n i o r C o l l e g e L ibraries Se c t i o n : T h e CJCLS p ro g ra m , “ C o m m u n ity C o l­ lege L ib r a r y C o n n e ctio n s” (Ju n e 2 6 , 1 2 : 3 0 - 6 :0 0 p .m .) , w ill focus o n co m m u n ity co lleg e lib ra ry in ­ te rre la tio n sh ip s w ith in s tru ctio n , c o p y rig h t, o th er 146 / Cò-RL News libraries, and comm unity agencies. Speakers in­ clude Ivan Bender, Film s Incorporated; Jo Ellen Flagg, Charleston (W .V a .) Public Lib rary; Ruth Person, C atholic University of Am erica; Hal Stone, Los Angeles C ity College; and Norman T anis, C a l­ ifornia State University at Northridge. A business m eeting and cocktail party follow the program. Tickets, including luncheon, are $16 by advance registration no later than June 10. Send check or money order payable to Joseph Lindenfeld to: Jo ­ seph Lindenfeld, 491 N. Highland S t., Apt. 12, Memphis, TN 38122. C JC L S will host a bus tour to two community college libraries: the Los Angeles Trade-T echnical College and Santa M onica College. Tickets are $7 by advance reservation no later than Ju n e 10. Send c h e ck p a y a b le to Jo sep h L in d e n feld (address above). E ducation a n d B ehavioral Sciences Section: “T h e Micros Are Com ing: Models for Public Ac­ cess” (Jun e 27 , 9 :3 0 a .m .-1 2 :3 0 p .m .) features D onald Piele, associate professor o f m athem atics at U n iv ersity of W isc o n sin -P a rk sid e, as keynote speaker. A panel consisting of Betty C leaver, Ohio State University; Susan Lytle, Texas A&M ; and L in d a Piele, University o f W isconsin-Parkside, w ill discuss public use o f m icrocom puters in li­ braries. E nglish a n d A merican L iterature D iscussion G r o u p : “Bibliographic Instruction for English D e­ partm ent Courses” (June 2 8 , 2 :0 0 -4 :0 0 p .m .) will be addressed by Bill M cPheron, SUNY-Buffalo, and M ary George, Princeton, with Maureen Pas- tine, San Jose State University, acting as m odera­ tor. A business m eeting will follow the discussion. L a w a n d Political Science Section: “Online D atabase Searching in L aw and P olitical Science” (Jun e 2 7 , 9 :0 0 - 1 1 :0 0 a .m .) w ill focus on te ch ­ n iq u es fo r s ea rch in g P A IS I n te rn a tio n a l and USPSD. George Plosker, regional m anager for the Los Angeles Region of D IA L O G , will give the pre­ sentation. L egislation C o m m i t t e e: “Buttonholing Your State Legislator: T h e Academic L ibrary Connec­ tion” (June 2 5 , 2 :0 0 -4 :0 0 p .m .) will examine ways in w hich acad em ic lib ra ria n s c a n be a ctiv e in bringing the concerns o f higher education to state governm ents. Speakers include: P eter Goldsch­ m idt, University of C alifornia System; Alfred D. Sumberg, associate general secretary, American Association of University Professors; and Ann Mo­ reau, executive director, Indiana L ibrary Associa­ tion. A reacto r panel discussion will follow the speakers. R are Books a n d M anuscripts Section: “M anu­ scripts and Archives/Rare Books and O ther Printed M aterial: Integration or Sep aration ” (Jun e 28 , 2 :0 0 -4 :0 0 p .m .) examines the adm inistration o f fa ­ cilities containing both manuscripts and archives, and rare books and other printed m aterials. Clifton H. Jones, director of the DeGolyer L ib rary, South­ ern Methodist University, will describe and evalu­ ate the separate traditions, conventions, and pat­ terns of training and experience, and peer group identification of archivists, manuscripts librarians, and librarians dealing with rare books and other printed m aterials. W illiam Joyce, chief of the Rare Book and Manuscript Division, New York Public Lib rary, w ill describe and evaluate the adm inistra­ tion o f manuscripts and archives integrated with rare m aterials. Richard C . Berner, head o f the Ar­ chives and M anuscripts D ivision, University of W ashington, will describe and evaluate the admin­ istration of manuscripts and archives separate from rare m aterials. T h e R BM S Postconference, “T h e Enem ies of Books Revisited: Rare Book Librarians and Their P ublic” (June 2 9 - July 2 ), will be held on the U CLA campus. See C &-RL News, April 1983, p. 112, for d etails. R egistratio n form s a re a v a ila b le from ACRL/ALA, 50 E . Huron S t., Chicago, I L 60611, and should be returned by M ay 15. Science a n d T e c h n o l o g y Section: “Perspec­ tives on Proceedings” (June 25, 9 :0 0 -1 1 :0 0 a .m .) will examine the current state o f conference pro­ ceedings publication and its bibliographic control in libraries. A panel discussion will feature a repre­ sentative from a society which regularly produces proceedings of its meetings, a representative of a com m ercial publisher o f proceedings, an indexing service representative, and a librarian. Slavic a n d E ast E uropean Section: “Archives and Libraries in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Un­ ion” (June 26 , 2 :0 0 -4 :0 0 p .m .), will inform lib rari­ ans and specialists in the field o f Slavic studies about m ajor libraries and their activities in Eastern Europe. Staff D e v e l o p m e n t in A c a d e m i c L ibraries D iscussion G r o u p : T hree one-hour meetings (June 2 6 , 4 :3 0 - 5 :3 0 p .m ., 8 :0 0 - 1 0 :0 0 p .m .; Ju n e 27 , 11:3 0 a .m .-1 2 :3 0 p .m .) will take the form o f an in ­ formation and idea exchange on staff development programs and issues in academ ic and research li­ braries. T here will be inform al presentations by members on new activities within their libraries. Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group: Anne Mathews, associate professor o f li- brarianship at the University of Denver, will lead a workshop (June 2 8 , 2 :0 0 -4 :0 0 p .m .) on comm uni­ cation approaches for use within an undergraduate library, including m arketing techniques. U niversity L ibraries Section: “Publishers and Academ ic L ib raries: E co n o m ic Survival in the Eighties” (June 27 , 9 :0 0 -1 1 :0 0 a .m .) will help aca ­ demic librarians understand the problems faced by publishers and help publishers appreciate the prob­ lems and constraints on library acquisitions caused by budget decreases and inflation. T h e program is At Midwest Library Service, We Take The Team Approach To Assist Your Library T o best serve you r need s, we h ave fo rm e d fiv e p ro b lem -so lv in g service team s to help ta k e th e hassle o u t o f b o o k -b u y in g . E a c h te a m is c o m p o sed o f a Sales R ep resen tative in the field and a C u sto m er Service R ep resen tative in o u r hom e o ff ic e . O n c e alerted by y o u r p h o n e call m a d e o n o u r T o ll-F r e e W A T S L in e, 1 -8 0 0 -3 2 5 -8 8 3 3 , (M isso u ri cu sto m e rs, please call C O L L E C T 0 -3 1 4 -7 3 9 -3 1 0 0 ) y o u r p ro b lem -so lv ing te a m , geo grap h ically assigned to you r lib ra ry , goes into a c t i o n i m m e d i a t e l y It is a n o th er fa c e t o f M idw est L ib ra ry S e rv ice’s M id w est L ib ra ry Service tra d itio n o f ex cellen ce. 11443 S t. C h a r le s R o c k R o a d M a y we have the privilege B rid ge lo n , M o . 63044 o f serving y o u r library? “ 23 Years of Service To College an d University Lib ra rie s " 148 / C& RL News co-sponsored by the ALA Resources and Technical Services Division/Association of A m erican Pub­ lishers Jo in t Com m ittee. Speakers include Richard M. Dougherty, director o f libraries, the University of M ichigan; Robert J .R . Follett, chairm an, Fol- lett Corporation, Chicago; and Ja ck Miles, editor, University of California Press. W estern E u r o p e a n Specialists Se c t i o n : “F ra n ce and Francophone C an ada: Publishing Trends, Selection Tools, and Library Collections Today” (June 27 , 9 :3 0 a .m .-1 2 :3 0 p .m .) will bring OTHER PROGRAMS OF INTEREST •The Audiovisual Com m ittee of the Resources and Technical Services Division will present “T he Movies: Organization of Film Libraries and L i­ braries About F ilm ” (June 25, 9 :3 0 -1 1 :0 0 a .m .), a program cosponsored by A C R L ’s Audiovisual Com m ittee. T he lecturers will provide inform a­ tion on the organization and scope o f the libraries of the U CLA Film Archives, the California Insti­ tute o f the Arts, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and MGM . •The Com parative Library Organization Com ­ m ittee o f the Library Administration and M anage­ m en t A sso cia tio n ’s L ib r a r y O rg a n iz a tio n and Management Section will offer a program (June 28, 9 :0 0 -1 1 :0 0 a .m .) on “Hierarchy, Matrix, T h e­ ory Z and Beyond: How Should a Library Be O rga­ nized in the 1980s?” th at is cosponsored by A C R L ’s University Libraries Section. Four speakers will consider the organization o f libraries during the next two decades with emphasis on the im pact of technology, networking, and decreased resources. •The L ibrary History Round T a b le (June 27, 2 :0 0 -4 :0 0 p .m .) will present a program entitled, “So Good and W orthy a D esigne,” that focuses on library public services in late 17th and 18th century London and Philadelphia. Peter Hoare, university librarian at the University of Nottingham, will dis­ cuss Archbishop Tennison’s Library and public li­ brary provision in England, 1 6 6 0-1715. Marie Ko- rey, head of the R are Book D epartm ent at the Free Library of Philadelphia, will examine readers and libraries in 18th century Philadelphia. •The Library Service to the D eaf Section o f the Association of Specialized and Cooperative L i­ brary Agencies will present “Serving D ea f Students in Academic Libraries” (June 25, 9 :3 0 a .m .-1 2 :3 0 p .m .). T h e program, co-sponsored by the A C RL Community and Junior College Libraries Section, will include a presentation by Herb Larson of C ali­ fornia State University, Northridge, on deaf stu­ dents on campus; the showing of two videotapes, by Austin Community College and Gallaudet C ol­ lege, on comm unicating with deaf students; and a five-member panel discussion by academ ic librari- together librarians involved in and knowledgeable about selecting French language materials and a representative of the French Publishers’ Associa­ tion. T he speakers include: Charles Finem an, Uni­ versity of C alifo rn ia, Santa Cruz, on collecting Fren ch m aterials; Jean -P ierre Bardos, Syndicat National de l‘Edition, on publishing in France in the 1980s; Assunta Pisani, H arvard, on selection of French m aterials; Richard G ardner, U C LA L i­ brary School, on French language publishing in C anada; and Joan Higbee, on the evaluation of French language collections. ■ ■ ans who provide library orientation and biblio­ graphic instruction to deaf students. •The Map and Geography Round T a b le and the A C R L R are Books and Manuscripts Section will of­ fer P a rt I I of “ M apping th e Trans-M ississippi W est” (June 26, 2 :0 0 -4 :0 0 p .m .), a theme first de­ veloped at ALA Annual Conference in San F ra n ­ cisco. Speakers include Jam es Coombs (Southwest Missouri State University), Norman J. W . Thrower (U C LA ), and John B. G arver, Jr . (National G eo­ graphic Society). •The Planning and Evaluation o f L ibrary Ser­ vices C om m ittee of th e L ib ra ry Administration and Management Association’s Library Organiza­ tion and Management Section will offer “Skills for L ibrary Planning: A Practical Sequel” (June 28, 2 :0 0 -5 :3 0 p .m .) as a sequel to its program at ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia. Directed to­ ward all levels o f library m anagerial staff and ap­ propriate for all type-of-library settings, the pro­ gram will afford a practical demonstration o f the relation between specific skills and planning activi­ ties. Session leaders are D oroth y J . Anderson, U C L A ; Jo sep h R o sen th a l, U C -B erk eley ; and Douglas Zweitzig, University o f Wisconsin. P artic­ ipation is limited to 300 people preregistered in two out of three group sessions. Contact: Meredith B u t­ ler, University Library, Room 109, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, b efo r e Jun e 1. •The Resources and T ech n ical Services D iv i­ sion’s Cataloging and Classification Section will host a bibliographic institute, “Blood, T oil, Tears, and Sw eat: Rules and Fo rm ats” (June 2 8 , 8 :0 0 a . m . - 1 : 0 0 p .m .) , as p a rt o f th e A L A /R T SD - sponsored video teleconference that will be trans­ mitted via the services o f the Public Service Satel­ lite Consortium to 114 receiv e sites across the continent. Topics and speakers include: “AACR 2 and ISB D s,” Peter Lewis (British Library) and L u ­ cia J . R ather (Library of Congress); “MARC F o r­ m ats,” Henriette D . Avram (Library of Congress) and Allen V eaner (University of C alifornia, Santa Barbara); “Filing Rules,” Nancy R. John (Univer­ sity of Illinois at Chicago) and Joseph Rosenthal (University of California, Berkeley). D . Kaye Ga- pen (University of Alabama) will summarize the proceedings. ■ ■