ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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Publications
NOTICES

•  Cumulated ARL University Library Statis­
tics, 1962163 through 1978179, compiled by Ken- 
don L. Stubbs and David Buxton of the Universi­
ty of Virginia (1981), marks the end of a three- 
year effort on the part of the Association of Re­
search Libraries to increase the availability of sta­
tistical information on its member libraries. The 
statistics are available in two formats—book or 
magnetic tape—and it is anticipated that annual 
updates on punch cards will be available. In­
cluded are many data on salaries, enrollments, 
expenditures, num ber of degrees, amounts of 
federal support to universities, and much more. 
The book-format volume is available for $10 to 
ARL members, $15 to non-members, prepayment 
required, from the Association of Research Li­
braries, 1527 New H am pshire Ave., N.W ., 
Washington, DC 20036. On magnetic tape (1600 
bpi, 9-track, suitable for use with SPSS, BM, 
DP, SAS, and other statistical software) it is avail­
able from Kendon L. Stubbs, Alderman Library, 
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901, 
for $40 prepaid.

•  Fees fo r  Services, SPEC Kit # 74 (May 
1981), examines ARL libraries fee structures for

online searching, current awareness, interlibrary 
loan, photoduplication, microform duplication, 
and external user borrowing. The kit contains 
three general fees for services policies, one eval­
uation of the effect of fees on borrowing, four 
photocopy services documents, four interlibrary 
loan policy documents, twelve online search ser­
vice documents, and six examples of services poli­
cy publicity. It is available to ARL members and 
SPEC subscribers for $7.50 and to others for $15 
(plus $2 per order handling charge), prepayment 
required, from the Systems and Procedures Ex­
change Center, OMS/ARL, 1527 New Hampshire 
Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

•  Japanese National Government Publications 
in the Library o f Congress: A Bibliography, com­
piled by Thaddeus Y. Ohta of LC’s Asian Divi­
sion (412 pages, 1981), contains 3,376 title en­
tries, including 350 bilingual or English docu­
ments. The entries are arranged under four major 
divisions: legislative branch, executive branch, 
judicial branch, and public corporations and re­
search institutes. The bibliography may be 
ordered for $13 from th e S uperintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
W ashington, DC 20402 (Stock No. 030-001- 
00097-4).

7th ANNUAL 
MICROFORM 

CONFERENCE
November 16-17, 1981

Westpark Hotel, 
Arlington, Virginia

Sponsored by: Microform fîewewand 
the Micropublishing Committee of RTSD, 

American Library Association
Registration Fee:

Before October 16: $125.00; 
after October 16: $150.00

For additional information contact:
MRI Conferences,

a division of Microform Review Inc. 
520 Riverside Ave.

Westport, CT 06880 
(203) 226-6967

2nd ANNUAL 
COMPUTER 

HARDWARE & 
SOFTWARE 

CONFERENCE
December 11-12, 1981

Westpark Hotel, 
Arlington, Virginia

Sponsored by: C om puter Equipment Review & 
Software Review

Registration Fee:
Before November 11: $125.00 
after November 11: $150.00

For additional information contact:
MRI Conferences,

a division of Microform Review Inc.
520 Riverside Ave.

Westport, CT 06880
(203) 226-6967



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•  LA Public Library since 1872: A Bicentennial 
Exhibition Honoring John D. Bruckman, 1928- 
1979 (44 pages, 1981), is a catalog of 80 items 
from the rare books and special collections of the 
Los Angeles Public Library, selected for an ex­
hibition traveling in the Los Angeles area. It may 
be ordered from Romaine Ahlstrom, Collection 
Development Manager, Dept. JDB, Los Angeles 
Public Library, 630 W. Fifth Street, Los Angeles, 
CA 90071, for $6, postage included (California 
residents add $.36), with checks payable to the 
John D. Bruckman Trust Account.

•  The Library o f Congress Main Reading 
Room Reference Collection Subject Catalog, 
second edition, compiled by Ann Gardner (1981), 
provides subject access to the library’s largest ref­
erence collection and is a valuable guide to refer­
ence librarians who wish to improve their collec­
tions or identify reference books on a given sub­
ject. This edition lists holdings as of August 15, 
1980, and includes 13,385 monographs and 3,930 
serials arranged alphabetically by LC subject 
heading and then by main entry. The catalog is 
available for $28 from the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, DC 20402 (Stock No. 030-001- 
00095-8).

•  Moving On: A Cuide to Finding Information 
on American Cities, by Martha Hamilton (20 
pages, 1981), is designed to help those who are 
moving to a new locale find information such as 
cost of living, climate, job opportunities, etc.,

about their prospective living place. It may be 
ordered for $3 (prepayment required) from The 
Publications Committee, 015 Olin Library, Cor­
nell University Libraries, Ithaca, NY 14853.

•  Salary Compensation Systems fo r Librar­
ians, by William G. Jones, assistant university li­
brarian for collection development and informa­
tion services at the University of Illinois, Chicago 
Circle (24 pages, May 1981), has been issued as 
OMS Occasional Paper number 5. The paper re­
ports on a study of compensation systems in ten 
large academic libraries and was prepared under 
the OMS Collaborative Research/Writing Pro­
gram. Copies may be obtained for $8, plus a $2 
per order handling charge (prepayment required) 
from: SPEC Center, ARL Office of Management 
Studies, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W ., 
Washington, DC 20036.

•  Serials Holdings in the Linda Hall Library, 
1981 includes all 36,000 entries in the library s 
serials records as of March 1981, covering current 
and retrospective titles and cross references. The 
1981 edition supersedes the 1979 edition and has 
1,600 additional entries. The price of $35 in­
cludes mailing. Send a purchase order to Linda 
Hall Library, Serials Records Division, 5109 
Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64110.

•  Staff Development, SPEC Kit #75 (99 pages, 
June 1981), focuses on programs and activities de­
signed to provide general skills training directly 
related to the work performed in a library. The 
kit contains nine descriptions of policies, plans,

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and needs assessments, two program descrip­
tions, eight examples of specific activities and 
evaluation tools, and four examples of program 
schedules and calendars. It is available to ARL 
members and SPEC subscribers for $7.50 and to 
others for $15 (plus $2 p er o rd er handling 
charge), prepayment required, from the Systems 
and Procedures Exchange Center, OMS/ARL, 
1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, 
DC 20036.

Calendar
O c to b e r

8—Scholarly Communication: “Research Librar­
ies and Scholarly Communication,” a sympo­
sium held as part of the University of Alabama 
Library’s sesquicentennial observance. Fee: 
$30. Contact: Charles E. Adams, Director of 
Conference Activities, Box 2967, University, 
AL 35486; (205) 348-6371.

12-14, 22-24—G rant Writing: A seminar series 
designed especially for higher education profes­
sionals, sponsored by the American Council on 
Education and the State University of New 
York, College of Technology at Utica/Rome, 
held in Washington, D.C., October 12-14, and 
in New Orleans, October 22-24. For further 
inform ation, contact the SUNY College of 
Technology, Division of Graduate Studies and 
Continuing Education, Utica, NY 13502; (315) 
792-3334.

15-16— L ibrary Design: “Space Planning and 
Practical Design for Librarians,” a workshop 
conducted by Elaine and Aaron Cohen and 
sponsored by the University of Wisconsin- 
Extension, to be held at the Madison Inn, 
Madison, Wisconsin. Deadline for registration 
is October 1. Fee: $225. Contact: Darlene E. 
W eingand, Com m unication Programs, 610 
Langdon St., Madison, WI 53706; (608) 262- 
3566.

17-21—Colorado: Annual convention of the Colo­
rado Library Association at the Antlers Hotel, 
Colorado Springs. The theme will be “Colorado 
Libraries and Their Users.” Contact: Michael 
Herbison, Program Chairman, c/o University of 
Colorado at Colorado Springs Library, Austin 
Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80907; 
(303) 593-3115.

21-24—Africana: African Studies Association 
annual meeting, Bloomington, Indiana. The 
Archives-Libraries Committee will have a busi­
ness meeting, a meeting of the Cooperative 
Africana Microform Project (CAMP), and two 
panels sponsored by the committee. Contact: 
Daniel A. Britz, Bibliographer in Africana,

2nd ANNUAL 
PRESERVATION & 
CONSERVATION 

OF LIBRARY 
MATERIALS 

CONFERENCE
February 22-23, 1982

Westpark Hotel, 
Arlington, Virginia

Chairperson: Nina Root,
American Museum of Natural History

Registration Fee:
Before January 21,: $125.00 
after January 21: $150.00

For additional information contact:
MRI Conferences,

a division of Microform Review Inc.
520 Riverside Ave.

Westport, CT 06880 
(203) 226-6967

2nd ANNUAL 
GOVERNMENT 
DOCUMENTS & 
INFORMATION 
CONFERENCE
March 26-27, 1982

Westpark Hotel, 
Arlington, Virginia

C hairperson: Peter Hernon, 
im m ons G raduate School of Library Science

Registration Fee:
Before February 26: $125.00; 

after February 26: $150.00

For additional information contact:
MRI Conferences,

a division of Microform Review Inc.
520 Riverside Ave.

Westport, CT 06880
(203) 226-6967

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