ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries COLLEGE & _ RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS Vol. 41. No. 5 May 1980 New York The place is New York. The time is June 28-July 4, 1980.The event is the ALA Annual Conference. N.Y. Convention & Visitors Bureau 130 In this issue: New York ....................................129 Tentative Schedule of ACRL Conference Meetings ...........134 ACRL Members Run for ALA Council as Petition C and id ates............... 136 College Library Section ........... 137 Professional Survival: The Job In terv iew ..................139 Continuing Education: Career Goals— Achieved through Continuing E d ucation ........... 140 News from the F ie ld ................. 142 People .......................................... 143 Publications ................................ 151 C a len d a r...................................... 153 Classified A dvertisin g............... 155 College & Research Libraries News is published by the As­ sociation of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, as 11 monthly (combining July-August) issues, at 50 E. Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611. Annual subscription: $5; or to members of the division, $2.50, included in dues. 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A partial list of the services indexing or abstracting the con­ tents of C&RL News includes: Current Contents: Social & Be­ havioral Sciences; Current Index to Journals in Education; In­ formation Science Abstracts; Library & Information Science Abstracts; Library Literature; and Social Sciences Citation In­ dex. ©American Library Association 1980. All material in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Associa­ tion may be photocopied for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement. ACRL in New York ACRL’s New York program schedule is packed with activities. Special events include a reception at the Columbia University Library, a behind- the-scenes visit to th e American Museum of Natural History, and a tour of Long Island com­ munity colleges. ACRL will offer programs on topics ranging from scholarly communication to international government documents. Scan the ACRL schedule for the programs, meetings, and activities that interest you, and make plans to meet us in New York. ACRL Program Meetinc, “ Scholarly Com­ m unication: The R eport of the National E n­ quiry—A Critique” (July 1, 3:00-5:30 p.m.) will be the theme of the ACRL Program Meeting in New York. Participating in the program will be Hendrik Edelman, university librarian, Rutgers University; George Winchester Stone, president, International Federation for Modern Languages and Literatures; Beverly P. Lynch, university librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; J. Edwards Evans, professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles; and Herbert S. Bailey, Jr., director, Princeton University Press. An ACRL Membership Meeting (July 1, 2:00- 3:00) will be held just prior to the ACRL Pro­ gram Meeting to give members a chance to ques­ tion ACRL officers and to discuss the affairs of the Association. The ACRL Reception (July l, 6:00-8:00), spon­ sored by the Baker & Taylor Company, will take place at the Columbia University Libraries im­ mediately after the ACRL program meeting. At the reception the Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award will be presented by ACRL and the Baker & Taylor Company. Academic Status Committee: “The Role of the Academic Librarian” (July 1, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.) is the topic of the program that will be offered by the Academic Status Committee. The program will consist of presentations by a college teacher, a researcher, and an administrator on the role of the academic librarian in teaching and research. A reactor panel of three librarians will respond to the remarks of the principal speakers. After the presentations and responses, the meet­ ing will be throw n open for questions and answers. The speakers will be Mario DiCesare, professor of English and Comparative L iterature at the State University of New York at Binghamton; Donald McNemar, associate professor of govern­ ment and associate dean of the faculty for social sciences at D artm outh College; and Norman Mintz, acting provost of Columbia University. The three librarians on the reactor panel will be Irma Johnson, science librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Margaret Groesbeck, in­ 131 structional services/reference librarian, Amherst College; and another librarian to be announced. Audiovisual Committee and College Li­ braries SECTION: “The Marriage/Divorce of Print/ Nonprint: Some Thoughts on Merging Library and Media Services” (July 1, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) will be the subject of a panel program offered by the College Libraries Section and the Audiovisual Committee. Four speakers will ex­ plore the issues and practical problems raised by the merger of print and nonprint collections and services in academic libraries. Jay Poole, editor of Choice, will discuss collection developm ent issues; Dwight Burlingame, dean of Libraries, Bowling Green University, will approach the topic from an administrative point of view; Mel Smegerinski, director of the Educational Com­ munications Center, State University College at Brockport, New York, will speak as a nonlibrarian who does not recommend such mergers; and a practicing media librarian will discuss practical service problems likely to be encountered by those carrying out such a merger. Continuing Education Committee: “The Academic Library Management Intern Program of the Council on Library Resources: Views from Inside” (July 2, 2:00-4:00 p.m.) will be the sub­ ject of a panel discussion presented jointly by the Continuing Education Committee and the LAMA Personnel Administration Section. The panel will consist of the director of a host library, Rutherford D. Rogers of Yale University, and two participants, Barbara J. Brown, assistant librarian for General Reader Services at Prince­ ton, and Sara C. Heitshu, head of the Serials Di­ vision at the University of Michigan. The discus­ sion will give the profession direct information for the first time about what happens during the year-long internship experience and about the program’s impact on participants and host institu­ tions. A question-and-answer period will follow the panel discussion. All former and present in­ terns and host directors have been invited to attend. Copyright Committee: “ C opyright: The Rights of Creators and the Interests of Users” (July 1, 9:30-11:00 a.m.) is the title of a joint program to be offered by the ACRL Committee on Copyright (Ad Hoc) and the ALA Legislation Committee Copyright Subcommittee (Ad Hoc). The purpose of the program is to provide a forum for the presentation of various viewpoints on copyright issues. Barbara Ringer, a former Regis­ ter of Copyrights, will speak on “Copyright and the Public Interest: Promoting the Progress of Science and the Useful Arts." Ivan R. Bender, vice-president and general counsel, FILMS, Inc., and Elwood K. Gannett, director of Publishing Services, Institute of Electrical & Electronic En­ gineers, will speak on “Copyright and the Private Interest: The Impact of Technology on Copy­ rights.” Librarians of Library Science Collections Discussion Group: A “Tour of the H. W. Wilson Company” (July 1, 9:30-11:00 a.m.) will be spon­ sored by the Librarians of Library Science Col­ lections Discussion Group. The tour of the head­ quarters of this major library publishing company will focus especially on the production of Library Literature and other major indexes and books. Transportation will not be provided, but direc­ tions will be available at the Tour Information Desk. Those interested should notify Dr. Eva L. Kiewitt, Graduate Library School, Indiana Uni­ versity, Bloomington, IN 47405, by June 1. Anthropology and Sociology Section: “For Studying the Human Condition: The HRAF In­ formation System” (July 1, 9:30-11:00 a.m.) is the topic of a presentation on the Human Relations Area Files that Robert O. Lagacé will give at the program meeting of the Anthropology and Sociol­ ogy Section. Lagacé is vice-president and execu­ tive director of the Human Relations Area Files, New Haven, Connecticut. The presentation will focus on selection criteria for source documents, the organization of the collection, and its strengths and weaknesses. “American Museum of Natural History Tour: Behind-the-scenes Highlights” (July 2, 2:30-5:30 p.m.) will feature a preview of the Hall of Asian Peoples (scheduled to open in October), visits to storage facilities of the Anthropology D epart­ ment, and a tour of the Museum Library. The tour will give participants an opportunity to meet museum staff and to learn about new techniques of collection management and exhibition now in use at the museum. Attendance will be limited to the first ninety applicants. The registration deadline is June 13. To apply send a tax-deductible contribution of $5 (made out to American Museum of Natural His­ tory) to Patricia W. Silvernail, Columbia Uni­ versity Libraries, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027. Art Section: “Exploring the Art Market: Some Information Sources” (June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m.) is the title of the program to be offered by the Art Section. Entering the art marketplace can be a bewildering experience for the buyer, seller, exhibitor, or scholar. The best way to make wise purchases in the field of art is to know what you are buying. The Art Section program will explore the resources that contain information pertaining to the value of art objects. Topics will include art law, determining authenticity, auction records, investments, sales catalogs, and price guides. Asian and African Section: “China Report” (June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m.), a joint program of the 132 Asian and African Section and the International Relations Roundtable, will feature a presentation by three librarians who participated in the Amer­ ican Library Delegation Study Trip to the Peo­ ple’s Republic of China in Septem ber 1979. Peg­ gy Sullivan, Russell Shank, and Alice Ihrig will join forces to show slides and talk about their ex­ periences in the People’s Republic. Bibliographic Instruction Section: “Learn­ ing T heory in Action: A pplications in Biblio­ graphic In s tru c tio n ” (July 1, 9:30 a .m .-12:30 p.m .) is th e th em e of a program that will be sponsored jointly by the Bibliographical Instruc­ tion Section and the Community and Junior Col­ lege Library Section’s Instruction and Use Com­ m ittee. The two speakers featured will discuss the relevance of learning theory to bibliographic instruction and describe the instruction programs at their own institutions. Sharon J. Rogers, coor­ dinator, Library Programs, University of Toledo Libraries, will give a talk entitled “Theoretical Designs: Issues, Questions, Procedures.” Cerise Oberman-Soroka, head of the Reference D epart­ ment, College of Charleston, North Carolina, will speak on “Petals around a Rose: Abstract Reason­ ing and Bibliographic Instruction.” After the for­ mal presentations, there will be a workshop for those interested in gaining hands-on experience in applying learning theory to library instruction planning. BIS Committee on Cooperation: “Approaches to Encouraging Library Use Instruction in Profes­ sional Associations for Subject Disciplines” (June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m.) will be the topic of a discus­ sion session sponsored by th e C om m ittee on Cooperation of the Bibliographic Instruction Sec­ tion. The session will provide a forum for sharing ideas about ways of promoting library use instruc­ tion am ong associations lik e th e A m erican Chemical Association or the American Historical Association. BIS Continuing Education Committee: “Pre­ sent and Future Needs in Bibliographic Instruc­ tion” (June 30, 2:00-5:30 p.m.) will be the sub­ ject of an informal discussion sponsored by the BIS Continuing Education Committee. The dis­ cussion will help to guide the future work of the committee. Suggestions of topics to be explored at the meeting are welcomed. Send questions or ideas to Joan Ormondroyd, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, or Kay Rottsolk, St. Olaf Col­ lege Library, Northfield, MN 55057. College Library Section: See Audiovisual Committee. Community and Junior College Libraries Section: “Services to the Disadvantaged in Com­ munity Colleges” (June 29, 9:30 a.m .—4:00 p.m.) is the title of CJCLS’s New York Program. Kay M. Stansbery, coordinator of Technical Proces­ sing Services, Tarrant County Junior College Dis­ trict, will introduce the morning program with a presentation on “Meeting the Needs of the Physi­ cally H andicapped S tu d e n t.” Next a panel of librarians will discuss what comm unity college libraries have actually done to m eet the needs of physically handicapped students. The panel will consist of Susan Miller Maltese (moderator), Oak­ ton Community College, Morton Grove, Illinois; Jam es F. McCoy, H udson Valley Com m unity College, Troy, New York; and other panelists to be named. At the program luncheon, Byron N. McClen- ney will speak on “Meeting Learning Resources Needs as Viewed by a Community College Presi­ d e n t.” M cClenney is p resident of Parkersburg Community College, Parkersburg, West Virginia. In the afternoon the section will have its busi­ ness meeting and then break up into groups to discuss various aspects of com m unity college librarianship. One of the discussion groups will focus on the issue of participation by community college librarians in ALA. The section will also sponsor a tour of Long Island Community Colleges (June 30, 9:00 a .m .- 4:00 p.m.). EBSS Psycholocy/Psychiatry Committee ‹ad hoc): "Psych Abstracts: Inside and O ut” (June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m .) will be the title of a program sponsored by th e EBSS Psychology/Psychiatry Committee. The aim of the program will be to review the purposes and structure of Psychologi­ cal Abstracts and to assess how well it is serving the needs of its users. Greg Payne, director of U ser S ervices, P sy ch ln fo , In c ., W ashington D .C ., will deliver a talk on Psychological A b ­ stracts: a panel discussion will follow. The panel­ ists will be Thelma Freides, State University of New York College at Purchase; Charlotte Doyle, Sarah L aw rence C ollege; and T erence H ines, Cornell University Medical College. “Academic Psychology/Education Test Collec­ tions: A W orking Session” (June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m.) will seek to define the problems of psycho­ logical and educational test collections and to de­ te rm in e w h e th e r th e r e is a need to develop guidelines for such collections. The meeting will begin as a structured discussion and then will break up into informal discussion groups. R epre­ sentatives of the Educational Testing Service and the ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation will participate in the discussion. Law and Political Science Section: “State Publications: Acquisition, Control, and Service” (June 29, 8:00-10:00 p.m.) is the subject of a joint program of the Law and Political Science Section and the ALA G overnm ent D ocum ents Round­ table. T he speakers and th e ir topics will be: Agnes Ferruso, Library of Congress—“How the Checklist o f State Publications Comes into Being at th e L ibrary o f C o ngress” ; M argaret Lane, 133 Baton Rouge, Louisiana—“Sources of Information Regarding State Publications and Legislative Documents”; Nancy Johnson, University of Illi­ nois Law Library—“Providing Service with State Publications”; and Ron Haselhuhn, School of Li­ brary Science, Emporia State University, Kansas— “Results of a Survey on Use of State Publica­ tions.” Rare Books and Manuscripts Section: “Machine-Assisted Processing of Special Collec­ tions” (June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m.) will be the sub­ ject of a Rare Books and Manuscripts Section panel discussion. One of the panelists will speak on the background and current status of rare book cataloging standards for the MARC format developed by the Independent Research Librar­ ies Association Rare Book Committee and now under review by the ACRL RBMS Standards Committee. The panel will also include a librar­ ian responsible for processing with OCLC; a librarian responsible for processing with RLIN; and OCLC and RLIN representatives who will discuss current and future network capabilities with respect to processing special collections. Science and Technolocy Section: “Problems of Librarians Serving Users in Science and Tech­ nology Areas” (June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) is the theme of the Science and Technology Section Program meeting. The program will begin with a keynote address by Allen S. Lefohn, chair of the W estern Information Network on Energy, Helena, Montana. Lefohn will speak on “Creativ­ ity—Should We Use It?” After the address (and a question and answer period), the meeting will di­ vide into four panels meeting simultaneously. The panels will tackle the following topics: (1) Outreach—Getting Information to the User; (2) Systems Available for Delivery of Information; (3) Machine-readable Bibliographies; and (4) Collec­ tion Development. The panel leaders will report the results of the group discussions at the conclu­ sion of the program. Slavic and East European Section: Slavic studies and Slavic bibliography will be the fea­ tured topics at the Slavic and Eastern European Section program meetings. At the program lun­ cheon (June 29) Dean Thomas E. Bird of the City University of New York, a noted scholar and lec­ turer, will speak on the history of Slavic studies in the United States. Another portion of the program will present a roundtable discussion on “Teaching Slavic Bibliography in the United States.” And as an added feature, it will be possi­ ble to visit on an open-house basis more than a half-dozen bookstores and specialized libraries in New York. The section is also preparing an in­ formation booklet on Slavic New York. University Libraries Section: “The Rising Cost of Serials: Practical Methods of Coping” (June 30, 2:00-5:00 p.m.) will be the subject of a program sponsored jointly by the ACRL Uni­ versity Libraries Section, the RTSD Reproduc­ tion of Library Materials Section, the RTSD Re­ sources Section, and the RTSD Serials Section. The program will be moderated by Richard Boss of Information Systems Consultants, Inc. Speak­ ers will be Hendrik Edelman of Rutgers Uni­ versity Libraries, Lee Jones of the Council on Library Resources, and V incent Guiliano of Arthur D. Little, Inc. There will be time for questions from the audience at the end of the program. A handout on library materials, price indexes, and a bibliography on serials will be available. Western European Specialists Section: “The Government Documents of Western Europe” (June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.) will be the subject of a program offered by the Western European Spe­ cialists Section in cosponsorship w ith the GODORT International Documents Task Force. Three speakers will provide an overview of what is published, what the means of bibliographic ac­ cess are, what libraries should be collecting, and the whys and wherefores. The speakers and their topics are: Eve Johansson, Official Publications Library, The British Library, “The Organization of Government Publishing in Western Europe”; Gloria Westfall, Indiana University Libraries, “Access to French Official Publishing”; David Rozkuszka, Stanford U niversity Libraries, “Foreign Official Publications: Domesticating the Unknown.” The program will conclude with a panel discussion on acquisitions, collection policy statements, retrospective collection development, automation, resource sharing, and micropub­ lishing as they relate to the official publications of Western Europe and to the archive and docu­ ment collections of the panelists’ own libraries. The four panelists are: Anthony Angiletta, Yale University Library; James Campbell, University of Virginia Library; Joan Higbee, Library of Con­ gress; David Rozkuszka, Stanford University Libraries. ■■ Volunteers Needed Librarians are needed to help staff the Ex­ hibits Round Table at the ALA New York Conference this summer. An exhibitor will be working with each volunteer. Exhibit hours will be: Saturday, June 28, 9:00 a.m .-5:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 29, 9:00 a.m —1:00 p.m.; Monday, June 30, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.: and Tuesday, July 1, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Send your name and the hours you can assist (pre­ ferably a two-hour block) by June 20 to Mar­ garet Stewart, Christopher Newport College Library, 50 Shoe Lane, Newport News, VA 23606.