ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries February 1990 /131 Too Small”; Julian G. Plante, Founding Executive Director, Hill Monastic Library and Research Professor of Classics, St. John’s University, Col­ legeville, Minnesota, “The Hill Monastic Library: Preserving the Past for the Future”; Micheál Ryan, Director of Library Collections and Curator of Special Collections, Stanford University, “Places for the Past in the Future: Developing Special Collections in the 90s.” The seminars will for the most part deal with procedural and technical issues such as revision to Bibliographic Description of Rare Books, writing a formal collection development policy for a special collection, the implications for special collections of preservation reformatting, and new develop­ ments in security products. There will also be sessions on controversial ethical issues facing spe­ cial collections librarians, research uses that trans­ form the nature of collections, and the reorganizing of existing space in response to changing needs. The Preconference will open on Tuesday, June 19, with a reception at the Wilson Library, Univer­ sity of Minnesota. Additional receptions will be held on Wednesday evening at the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts and on Thursday evening at the James J. Hill House. Also on Thursday participants will be taken by bus for a day trip to St. John’s University and Abbey in Collegeville for a tour of the campus, some buildings of which were designed by Marcel Breuer, and the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library. A lunch and program events will also take place on this rural campus. After the trip back and the reception a dinner will be held at the Campus Club. Registration is limited to the first 250 applicants. The registration fee of $125 for ACRL members and $175 for non-members must be included with the registration form. This fee includes entry to the preconference receptions and to all preconference papers and seminars. It also includes lunches at the hotel on Wednesday and Friday, the bus trip and lunch at St. John’s University, and the dinner at the Campus Club on Thursday evening. Name badges and preconference materials may be picked up at the preconference registration at the Radisson University Hotel on Tuesday, June 19, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m. or Wednesday, June 20, from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Written cancellations only will be honored until May 15 (minus a $25 cancellation fee). Late registrations will be accepted on a space- available basis after May 15 at an additional cost of $25 per person. The University Radisson Hotel is a pleasant facility located in the midst of the University of Minnesota and within ten minutes of downtown Minneapolis. The hotel provides free shuttle serv­ ice to ares within a ten-mile radius. Rates are $68 for single occupancy and $72 for double occu­ pancy. A housing form will be sent upon receipt of your registration. The cost of the hotel is not in­ cluded in the preconference registration fee. A brochure describing the preconference will be sent to all RBMS members by mid-March. Others who are interested in attending should contact: Mary Ellen Davis, American Library Association, ACRL, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611; (800) 545-2433. ■ ■ How to participate in ACRL Information fo r new members and potential members. To join Write or call the Association of College and Research Libraries for application forms and infor­ mation: ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611-2795; (800) 545-2433; in Illinois, (800) 545- 2444; in Canada, (800) 545-2455; or (312) 944- 6780. To learn about ACRL’s current programs, officers, and units Check the ALA Handbook o f Organization and read College & Research Libraries News regularly (as a member of ACRL, you will receive both publications). 132 / C&RL News To attend conference programs, ACRL Board m eetings, or com mittee meetings For information on time, places, and general program content, consult C&RL News, American Libraries, and the official conference programs and schedules. For additional information, contact the ACRL office. To attend preconferences For information about time, place, and precon­ ference theme, consult C&RL News and American Libraries. For additional information and registra­ tion materials, write to the ACRL office. To take a continuing education course To receive a course brochure, write to the ACRL office. To register, use information published in C&RL News or in the course brochure. To sponsor a local presentation o f an ACRL continuing education course Write the ACRL office and specify the course(s) and date(s). ACRL continuing education courses are available for local presentation by chapters, library schools, libraries, universities, or other pro­ fessional groups. To establish a local chapter o f ACRL Check the procedures listed in “Guidelines for ACRL Chapters” (available from the ACRL of­ fice). Send a petition with the signatures of at least 25 ACRL members to the ACRL office for ap­ proval by the Board of Directors. To request a speaker in the Chapter Speaker program Write Alia Al-Taqi at the ACRL office and spec­ ify your date and topic. Eight chapters qualify each year for a free visit from ACRL officers or the ACRL Executive Director. To serve as ACRL liaison to another profes­ sional association Contact the ACRL office for information on tyhe ACRL professional liaison program. To serve on ACRL’s committees or to partici­ pate in ACRL’s sections and discussion groups Familiarize yourself with the work of the unit— check the ALA Handbook o f Organization for the unit’s statement of responsibility, read about the work of the unit as reported in C&RL News and American Libraries, attend the meetings of the unit during ALA conferences. Submit a completed ACRL committee volunteer form (published in the October issue of C&RL News and available at ALA conferences). Communicate your interest to the ACRL Appointments and Nominations Commit­ tee, to any of the ACRL officers, to the chair of an ACRL unit whose work interests you, or to the ACRL office. To be a candidate for an ACRL office Write to the ACRL Appointments and Nomina­ tions Committee or to an ACRL section nominat­ ing committee. Submit a petition to have your name added to the list of candidates. To nominate someone for an award or to apply for a grant or fellowship Write or call Mary Ellen Davis at the ACRL office for information or nomination forms for the Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award, Oberly Award, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award, Samuel Lazerow Fellowship, the Miriam Dudley BI Librarian of the Year Award, the RBMS Exhibition Catalogue Award, or the Martinus Nijhoff International West European Specialist Study Grant. To provide suggestions for new projects, serv­ ices, courses, and policies Write to the ACRL office, to any of the ACRL officers, or to the chair of a unit whose work relates to the matter. Respond to requests published in C&RL News for suggestions from the membership. Attend open hearings scheduled at ALA confer­ ences. Be in touch with the ACRL Planning Com­ mittee (Michael D. Kathman, chair). To receive information, assistance, or advice on professional problems Contact the ACRL office, any of the ACRL officers, or the chair of an ACRL unit whose work relates to the matter. To find information on professional library positions open Check the classified advertising listings in Col­ lege & Research Libraries News or American Li­ braries. Subscribe to the monthly Fast Job Listing Service, available from the ACRL office. Call the ACRL telephone JOBLINE, (312) 944-6795 (list­ ings are changed every Friday morning). To obtain ACRL publications or policy state­ ments For information about the availability of materi­ als, check C&RL News, ACRL’s publications bro­ chure, or the ALA Publications Checklist. You may obtain a publications brochure form the ACRL office or at ALA conferences. To order standards and guidelines, write to the ACRL office. To order other publications, contact the ALA Order Depart­ ment. To submit an article for publication Contact the editor of the publication. For Col- February 1990 /133 lege & Research Libraries, send manuscripts to Gloriana St. Clair, William Jasper Kerr Library, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331. Instructions for authors are printed in each issue of the journal. For C&RL News, send articles to George Eberhart at the ACRL office (see the guidelines published in January). For Rare Rooks & Manuscripts Librarianship, send articles to Alice Schreyer, Special Collections, University of Dela­ ware Library, Newark, DE 19717. To submit a proposal for a monographic pub­ lication Discuss your proposal with Mary Ellen Davis, ACRL publications officer, at ACRL headquarters, and submit a “Preliminary Publication Information Form.” Consult this issue of C&RL News, p. 000, for more detailed instructions. For the AC RL Publications in Librarianship series, send propos­ als or manuscripts directly to Jonathan A. Lindsey, Coordinator of Affairs, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798. To submit news items for publication in College & Research Libraries News Send materials to George Eberhart at the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. Consult the guidelines for submission of news items in the January issue. The deadline for receipt of news items is approximately the 26th of each month. To subscribe to ACRL periodicals For a subscription to Choice, write to the Sub­ scriptions Department, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. For a subscription to C&RL, C&RL News, or RBML, write to the Sub­ scriptions Department, American Library Associa­ tion, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. To order works from the ACRL Publications in Librarianship series For a listing of the works in this series, write to the ACRL office. To place a standing order or to order individual titles, write to the ALA Order De­ partment, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611- 2795. To order copies of out-of-print titles, contact University Microfilms International, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106. To advertise in ACRL publications To place product ads in C&RL, C&RL News, or Choice, contact Art Beck, Advertising Sales Manager, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middle- town, CT 06457. To place classified ads in C&RL News or the telephone JOB LINE, contact Karen Christopher at the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; (312) 944-6780. ■ ■ ACRL list of materials available A complete checklist o f ACRL publications in print. S ingle copies of ACRL standards (for uni­ versity libraries, college libraries, and two- year college learning resources programs) a upon request; additional copies may be purchased for $1.00 each. All other publications are priced as listed. To ensure that your order is properly proc­ essed, include ISBN, author, title, list price, and applicable discount for each item ordered. Both institutions and individuals may order on account, plus postage and handling; however, pre­ payment should accompany individuals’ orders of $15.00 or less. No postage or handling charges are r added to prepaid orders (check, money order, credit card). All prices are payable in U.S. funds, en feret e3 0 days. The first price stated is the list price. Discounts ALA personal and organizational members are eligible to receive a ten percent (10%) discount on ACRL materials (except subscription items). To receive the discount, give your membership num­ ber, and deduct the discount when preparing your orders.