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and/or special library setting.”
•  Events in the revolutionary world of 

videotext/viewdata/teletext are covered in View­
data and Videotext, 1980-81: A Worldwide Re­
port available from Knowledge Industry Pubs, for 
$75. The nearly 50 authoritative papers were pre­
sented at “Viewdata ’80, First World Conference 
on Viewdata, Videotext and Teletext” held in 
London, March 26-28, 1980.

•  The problem of effective decision-making in 
the management of academic libraries is the topic 
of Information for Academic Library Decision 
Making: The Case for Organizational Information 
Management by Charles McClure (Greenwood, 
1980, $23.95).

•  Developing Career Information Centers: A 
Guide to Collection Building and Counseling, 
edited by Dr. Sara Fine (Neal-Schuman, 1980, 
$17.95), is an outgrowth of the 1978 USOE insti­
tute held at the University of Pittsburgh on this 
topic. The eleven chapters cover career- 
development theories, counseling techniques, 
materials selection and program evaluation.

•  The Modern Library Practice Series, 3d ed., 
by J. McRee Elrod (Scarecrow, 1980, $29.50) is 
comprised of five programmed instruction units 
“designed to present the basic operations of de­
scriptive cataloging, choice and assignment of 
main entry, added entry, subject headings, clas­
sification and filing both in alphabetical catalogs 
and shelf-lists. The new edition is current as of 
1980.”

•  Help for the librarian who must be ready to 
apply AACR'2 is offered by Christa F.B. Hoff­
mann in Getting Ready for AACR2: The Catalog­
ed s Guide (Knowledge Industry, 1980, $24.50). 
Getting Ready is not a critique, but a practical 
guide containing more than 100 pages of catalog­
ing examples.

•  The evolution of American academic librar- 
ianship over a period of 45 years is recalled in 
Ellsworth on Ellsworth: An Unchronological, 
Mostly True Account of Some Moments of Con­
tact Between “Library Science” and Me, Since 
Our Confluence in 1931, With Appropriate Side­
lights by Ralph E. Ellsworth (Scarecrow, 1980, 
$9.50).

•  John R. Rizzo, professor of management at 
Western Michigan University and editor of the 
Journal o f Library Administration, has written a 
guide, Management for Librarians (Greenwood, 
1980, $35), which covers such topics as organiza­
tional effectiveness and efficiency, accountability, 
planning and control, motivation, group behavior, 
decision-making, and performance appraisal.

•  A “study of the strategic decisions that shape
the provision of public library services in the 
United States” has been conducted by Malcolm 
Getz, associate professor of economics at Vander­
bilt University. Public Libraries: An Economic 
View is available from The John Hopkins Uni­
versity Press (1980, $12.50). ■■

C alendar

December
27-30—Modern Language Association: The 1980 

convention of the Modern Language Associa­
tion, Hyatt Hotel, Houston, Texas, will have 
many programs of interest to academic librar­
ians. Among them are: “The Hemingway Col­
lection of the John F. Kennedy Library, an 
Illustrated Lecture,” “The Future of the Schol­
arly Journal,” “ Recent Developments in 
Teaching Research Methods and Research Pa­
pers from Theory to Practice,” “Current Re­
search in Technical Writing,” “The Significance 
of Information Retrieval to the Humanist,” and 
“Library Collections Important for the Study of 
Science Fiction.” Pre-registration fee for the 
entire convention: members $40, non-members 
$50. Contact: MLA Convention Office, 62 Fifth 
Ave,. New York, NY 10011; (212) 741-5588.

January
8—Medical Reference: “ Medical Reference 

Questions in Libraries: Ethics, Bibliography, 
Sources,” Rutgers Graduate School of Library 
and Information Science. Contact: Jana Varlejs, 
Rutgers GSLIS, 4 Huntington St., New Bruns­
wick, NJ 08903; (201) 932-7169.

27—Special Libraries: “Consulting Roles and 
Processes for the Special Librarian and In­
formation Specialist,” Benson Hotel, Portland, 
Oregon, to be held prior to the winter business 
meeting of the Special Libraries Association. 
Fee: SLA members $75, non-members $100. 
Contact: Mary Frances Hoban, Special Librar­
ies Association, 235 Park Ave. South, New 
York, NY 10003; (212) 477-9250.

February
10-14—Music Libraries: The Music Library 

Association celebrates its 50th anniversary at its 
annual conference, Sheraton Park Plaza, New 
Haven, Connecticut. The theme will be the 
history of MLA. Fee: $20. Contact: Sarah Shif- 
fert, Music Library Association, 2017 Walnut 
St., Philadelphia, PA 19103; (215) 569-3948.

12- 13—Automation: “ Library Automation and 
Facility Planning,” a workshop to be held in 
Miami. Fee: $225. Contact: Aaron Cohen & 
Associates, Teatown Rd., Croton-on-Hudson, 
NY 10520; (914) 271-8170.

13— Art and Antiques: “Library Services to Art
and Antique Collectors,” Toronto. Fee: $75. 
Instructor: Mary Williamson, fine arts bibliog­
rapher, York University. Contact: School of 
Continuing Studies, University of Toronto, 158 
St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2V8; 
(416) 978-2400. ■■