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Continuing E d u catio n  Opportunities

T he following continuing education activities 
have been listed with ACRL’s Continuing Educa­
tion Clearinghouse. I f  your organization is spon­
soring an activity that you think may be of inter­
est to ACRL members, please send the pertinent 
details to the A C R L Office, 50 E . Huron S t., 
Chicago, IL  60611.

April
1 6 -Ju n e 7— D atabase: Nonbibliographic Online 

Database Services, seminars, Cuadra Associ­
ates, In c.; schedule: April 16— Boston; April 
17— New York; April 19— Philadelphia; May 
3 — W ash in g to n , D .C .; May 4 — P ittsb u rg h ; 
May 14— Se attle; May 2 1 — Calgary, Alberta; 
May 23— Toronto, Ontario; June 7— Honolulu. 
F ee: $135; $115 if paid in advance.
Contact: Dr. Carlos A. Cuadra, 1523 Sixth S t., 
Suite 12, Santa Monica, CA 90401; (213) 4 5 1 - 
0644.

2 5 -2 8 — Arts: “The University Library and the 
A rts,” symposium, University of Wisconsin— 
Milwaukee Library. F ee: $55.
Contact: Richard E. Jones, Music Librarian, 
University of Wisconsin— Milwaukee Library, 
P .O . Box 6 0 4 , M ilwaukee, W I 5 3 201; (414) 
963-5529.

May
2 9 -Ju n e  15— Pacific Islands: “Pacific Islands R e­

source Materials,” workshop, Graduate School 
of Library Studies, University of Hawaii, Hono­
lulu.
Contact: Miles M. Jackson, Graduate School of 
L ib ra ry  S tu d ie s , U n iv ersity  o f Haw aii at 
Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.

June
4 -1 5 — Political Process: Institute on the library 

and the p o litic a l p ro c e s s — fe d e r a l, sta te , 
county, and local level. Catholic University of 
America, Washington, D .C . F ee: $260.
Contact: D irec to r of Continuing Education, 
T h e  C a th o lic  U n iv ersity  o f A m e rica, 6 2 0  
Michigan Ave., N E, Washington, DC 20064; 
(202) 635-5256.

7 -9 — Information Flow: “The International Flow 
of Information: A Trans-Pacific P ersp ectiv e,” 
Institute, C enter for the Book, Library of Con­
g ress; U .S . In te r n a tio n a l C o m m u n ication  
Agency; Graduate School of Library Studies, 
University of Hawaii; Makaha Inn, Honolulu. 
Contact: Sarah K. Vann, Graduate School of 
L ib ra ry  S tu d ie s , U n iv e rsity  o f Hawaii at 
Manoa, Honolulu 96822.

11-15— Videodisc: National videodisc/microcom­
puter seminar and workshop, D epartm ent of

In structional M edia, Utah State U niversity, 
Logan.
C o n ta ct: R. K e n t W ood, D e p a rtm e n t o f 
In structional Media, Utah State U niversity, 
Logan, UT 84322.

12-15— Management: Library Management Skills 
I n s titu te , O ffice o f M an ag em en t S tu d ie s 
(O M S ), A ssociation o f R e se a rch  L ib r a r ie s  
(ARL), Chicago, Illinois. Fee: $200.
Contact: O M S, A RL, 1527 New Ham pshire 
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 2 3 2 - 
8656.

1 8 -2 1 — D ata B ase: Lockheed/D IA LO G : F iles: 
PR E D IC A ST S, IN SP E C , ART, O n-Line B ib­
liographic System s, U niversity of Pittsburgh 
Graduate School o f Library and Information 
Sciences, Pennsylvania. Fee: $150.
Contact: Professor Allen Kent, Room 801, L i­
brary and Information Sciences Building, Uni­
versity o f Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) 6 2 4 -  
5218.

July
2 -6 — AACR 2: International workshop on AACR 

2, Liverpool Polytechnic, Liverpool, England. 
F e e : $317 (approx., includes five nights’ ac­
commodation).
Contact: Joan M. Bibby, D ep t, o f L ib . and 
In fo rm . S tu d ie s , L iv e rp o o l P o ly te c h n ic , 
Tithebarn St., Liverpool L2 2 E R , UK.

2 -1 4 — Personnel M anagement: LRC: Personnel 
Management, summer school workshop, Ap­
palach ian  S ta te  U n iv e r sity , B o o n e , North 
Carolina.
Contact: Dr. D. Joleen Bock, D epartm ent of 
Educational Media, Appalachian State Univer­
sity, Boone, NC 28608.

9 -1 3 — Audiovisual: Audiovisual cataloging using 
AACR 2, Mankato State University, Mankato, 
M innesota. F e e : $60 non resid en ts o f M in ­
nesota; $32 residents.
Contact: Nancy B. Olson, Memorial Library, 
M ankato S ta te  U n iv e r sity , M an kato, MN 
56001; (507) 389-6201.

9 -2 0 — Networking: Institute on Library Network­
ing in the Nationwide & International Context, 
Catholic University o f America, Washington, 
D .C . F ee: $235.
C ontact: D irecto r o f C ontinuing Education, 
The Catholic University of America, Washing­
ton, DC 20064.

9-August 3— Conservation: The conservation of 
research library materials, University of Illi­
nois, Newberry Library, Chicago. F ee: $104. 
Contact: Richard F. Casper, University of Illi­
nois, Office of Continuing Education, 300 W. 
Golf Rd., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056; (312) 2 5 5 - 
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1 6 -1 7 — Audiovisual: Audiovisual cataloging using 
O C L C , M ankato State U niv ersity , M ankato, 
M in n e s o ta . F e e : $ 3 0  n o n r e sid e n ts o f  M in ­
nesota; $16 residents.
C ontact: Nancy B. Olson, M em orial Library, 
M an k ato  S ta te  U n iv e r s ity , M a n k a to , MN 
5 6001; (507) 3 8 9 -6 2 0 1 .

2 0 -2 2 — Sherlock Holmes: W orkshop on Sherlock 
H o lm es, p re se n te d  by Jo h n  B e n n e tt Shaw ; 
B radley  U niversity, P eoria, Illin o is, and the 
H an so m s o f Jo h n  C la y to n , th e  S h e r lo c k  
Holmes Society of Peoria.
Contact: Barb Hoover, C ollege of Continuing 
E d u c a tio n , B r a d le y  U n iv e r s ity , P e o ria , I L  
61625.

23-A ugust 17— Archives: T hirteen th Annual Ar­
ch iv e s In s titu te , D iv isio n  o f L ib ra ria n sh ip , 
Emory University; Georgia Departm ent o f Ar­
ch ives and H isto ry; A tlanta, G eorgia. F e e s : 
$225 noncredit; $624 six quarter credit hours. 
C o ntact: In stitu te  C o ord inator, G eorgia D e ­
partment o f Archives and History, 330 Capitol 
Ave., S E , Atlanta, GA 30334. ■■

BOOKS F R E E Z E -D R IE D

A flood damaged 4 0 ,0 0 0  books in the basem ent 
o f the M eyer Library at Stanford U niversity in 
Novem ber 1978. Now, to restore the books, Stan­
ford and the Lockheed Corporation are employ­
ing a process similar to the one used in making 
freeze-dried food.

After the flood, Stanford librarians rushed the 
damaged books to the Modern Ic e  and Storage 
Co. in San Jose to be frozen before mold could 
form. In F e b ru a ry  th e  library began to truck 
batches of 4 ,0 0 0 - 5 ,0 0 0  books two tim es a week to 
the L ock heed  M issiles and Sp ace Com pany in 
Sunnyvale.

At Lockheed the books w ere placed in specially 
built racks inside a giant vacuum cham ber once 
used to te s t th e  m oon ro v e r m a c h in e . T h e  
cham ber was pumped down until the vacuum in­
side was equivalent to that found at an altitude of 
2 0 0 ,0 0 0  feet. T he books were then heated, and as 
they gradually thawed, the moisture was pulled 
from them because of the vacuum.

After two-and-one-half days of vacuum freeze- 
drying at Lockheed, the books w ere trucked back 
to Palo Alto w here they w ere rehumidified for 
three or four weeks.

After the books had regained some m oisture 
from the normal atmosphere, Stanford staff w ere 
able to begin handling them safely, one by one, 
and to start the process o f deciding w hether to 
clean, repair, bind, reorder, or discard individual 
volumes.

Library D irector David W eb er hopes it will be 
possible to have most of the books back on the 
shelves before late Septem ber. ■■

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIAN 
UNIVERSITY OF 

CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
The University of California, Irvine, is one 
of nine campuses of the University of 
California. The campus opened in 1965 
and now has an enrollm ent of about 
10,000, and a facu lty of over 600, inclu­
ding the College of Medicine. The campus 
library system consists of a main library, 
five branches, a staff of 47 librarians, and 
100 support personnel. The UCI Library, 
a component of the UC system containing 
more than 14 m illion volumes, is com m it­
ted to a resource sharing plan and the 
application of new means of meeting the 
needs of the university community.

The University Librarian plans, organizes, 
directs, reviews, and evaluates all campus 
library functions; integrates library ser­
vices with the instructional and research 
programs of the campus; and advises 
adm inistrators in m atters pertaining to 
library policy w ithin the UC system. 
As a member of the Council of Deans, 
the University Librarian participates in 
discussions affecting the future of the 
campus. W ithin the library, a Council of 
Department Heads serves as the principal 
advisory body to the University Librarian.

Requirements of the position include: 
Broadly based competence in an acade­
mic/research library, demonstrated admi­
nistrative experience at a m ultidivisional 
level, evidence of skill in providing leader­
ship for a large professional and support 
staff, demonstrated understanding of the 
responsibilities of a library that meets 
the needs of those engaged in research 
and scholarly activities in a university, 
professional knowledge of national issues 
in librarianship and university education, 
and evidence of scholarly achievement. 
The minimum degree requirement is the 
MLS. Minimum salary: $30,900.

A pplications from interested candidates 
must be received by May 18, 1979. Sub­
mit resume to:

Margot Parr, Employment M anager 
152 Administration Building 

University of California, Irvine 
Irvine, California 92717

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