ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


April 1983 / 111

A CRL Continuing Education 

Offerings at Los Angeles
The Association of College and Research L i­

braries will sponsor seven continuing education 
courses at the ALA Annual Conference in Los An­
geles this summer. The courses will range in length 
from one to two days and will deal with the follow­
ing areas: 1) management; 2) library skills; and 3) 
professional development. Continuing education 
units (CEU ’s) will be awarded to course partici­
pants (10 contact hours = 1 CEU).

Advance registration by May 31 will be re­
quired. A late registration fee of $10 will be 
charged. Details of the courses follow:

L i b r a r i a n s  a s  S u p e r v i s o r s

CE 101 seeks to provide participants the oppor­
tunity to identify the skills necessary to become ef­
fective supervisors in library organizations and to 
develop an awareness and understanding of cur­
rent managerial concepts and practices. Specific 
objectives include: to increase self-awareness of be­
havior and managerial philosophy; to develop a 
greater appreciation of the supervisor’s role and 
contribution to improving library performance; to 
gain an understanding of the skills required for ef­
fective supervision; to examine individual ap­
proaches to supervision in response to the needs and 
demands of particular situations.

Instructor: II. Lea Wells, Library Consultant.
D ate: Friday, June 24, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0  p.m.
F ee : ACRL members $75. non-members $100.
C EU : 6.5 contact hours = .6 CEU.

E s t a b l i s h i n g  t h e  C o l l e g e  B i b l i o g r a p h i c  
I n s t r u c t i o n  P r o g r a m

CE 103 will provide an overall review of mana­
gerial considerations essential in establishing the 
successful bibliographic instruction program. Pro­
gram components examined will include political 
aspects, staff needs, budgetary support, and fac­
ulty and administration support. The course will 
assist the college library administrator in recogniz­
ing the major areas in which the library director 
will intervene when establishing a bibliographic 
instruction program.

Instru ctor: Thomas Kirk, College Librarian, 
Berea College.

D ate: Friday, June 24, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0  p.m.
F ee : ACRL members $75, non-members $100.
C EU : 6 .5  contact hours = .6 CEU.

C o n d u c t i n g  E f f e c t i v e  M e e t i n g s  a n d  
O t h e r  T i m e  M a n a g e m e n t  T e c h n i q u e s

C E 105 will enable participants to: identify the 
most frequent and frustrating problems related to 
committee meetings; determine when a meeting

will be the best approach for communicating and 
problem solving; identify techniques for creating 
more effective meetings and how these meetings 
can be used successfully in different situations; 
identify the most frequent time problems for them­
selves and those they work with; establish goals and 
priorities in relation to their work; and identify 
techniques for managing their time on a daily basis 
and develop techniques to help others manage 
time.

Instructor: Sheila Creth. Head of Personnel Ser­
vices, University of Michigan Libraries.

D ate: Friday, June 24, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0  p.m.
F ee : ACRL members $75, non-members $100.
C EU : 6 .5  contact hours = .6 CEU.

P e r f o r m a n c e  E v a l u a t i o n :
A  R e s u l t s - O r i e n t e d  A p p r o a c h

C E 106 will introduce participants to the con­
cept of performance evaluation based on perform­
ance goals and result-oriented evaluation. This in­
cludes explanation of different approaches and 
purposes for evaluation; review of how a goals- 
based performance system works; practice writing 
performance goals; discussion of how to improve a 
poor evaluation system; meeting conflict in evalua­
tion interviews; and how to make evaluation a de­
velopmental experience for the supervisor and the 
employee.

Instructor: Sheila Creth, Head of Personnel Ser­
vices, University of Michigan Libraries.

D ate: Thursday, June 23, 9:00 a.m .-5 :0 0  p.m.
F ee : ACRL members $75. non-members $100.
C EU : 6.5 contact hours = .6 CEU.

T e a c h i n g  M e t h o d s  f o r  t h e  
B i b l i o g r a p h i c  I n s t r u c t i o n  L i b r a r i a n

C E 202 provides participants with basic review 
and practice in learning theory and instructional 
methods particularly effective in the bibliographic 
instruction situation, with emphasis on planning 
and execution.

Instructor: Cerise Oberman. Head. W alter Ref­
erence Service, University of Minnesota.

D ate: Thursday, June 23, 9:00 a.m .-5 :0 0  p.m .; 
Friday, June 24, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0  p.m.

F ee : ACRL members $150. non-members $200.
C E U: 13 contact hours = 1 . 3  CEU.

W r i t i n g  t h e  J o u r n a l  A r t i c l e  a n d  
G e t t i n g  I t  P u b l i s h e d

CE 501 will supply participants with an over­
view of the publishing process and help them devise 
an effective strategy for publishing their work. 
Topics will include selection of a publishing me­



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dium, preparation of the manuscript, submission 
of the manuscript, and pre- and post-publication 
matters.

Instructor: Richard D. Johnson, Director of Li­
braries, State University College, Oneonta, New 
York (formerly editor of C ollege & Research L i­
braries and co-editor of New Horizons f o r  A ca­
d e m ic  L ib ra ria n s  and former acting editor of 
C hoice).

D ate: Friday, June 24, 9:00 a.m .-5 :0 0  p.m.
F ee : ACRL members $75, non-members $100.
CEU : 6.5 contact hours = .6 CEU.

S u r v e y  R e s e a r c h  M e t h o d s

CE 503 seeks to acquaint participants with the 
methodology involved in conducting survey re­

R BM S POST CONFERENCE

The Twenty-Fourth ACRL Rare Books and 
Manuscripts Postconference, “The Enemies of 
Books Revisited: Rare-Book Librarians and Their 
Public,” will be held June 29-July 2, 1983, at the 
University of California, Los Angeles.

The conference will deal with the relation of 
modern rare book librarians and their various 
publics— research scholars, bookdealers, book col­
lectors, architects, administrators, publishers, and 
politicians. The seminar/workshops will consider 
practical aspects of matters discussed on a more 
theoretical level in the plenary sessions.

An outdoor reception hosted by the Southern 
California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers 
Association of America will be held on June 29 at 
UCLA’s Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, fol­
lowed by a barbeque and a bookfair.

Plenary sessions will be conducted on a number 
of topics including conservation, lib rarian - 
bookdealer relations, librarian-book collector rela­
tions, the publisher as enemy of books, librarians as 
enemies of books, librarian-architect relations, and 
librarian-scholar relations.

A variety of seminars are also planned as part of 
the postconference program. Seminar topics in­
clude: library publications as public relations; le­
gal aspects of librarian-book collector relations; 
librarian-support group relations; transfer of ma­
terial from general to special collections; thieves 
and vandals; and exhibitions as enemies of books.

Postconference registration is limited to the first 
225 applicants and should be sent in by May 15. 
The registration fee of $95 for ACRL members and 
$140 for non-members covers entry to all the ple­
nary sessions, the seminars, the UCLA reception, 
and tours of the Huntingdon and Clark libraries. 
Late registrations will be accepted on a space- 
available basis with an additional fee of $20.

search, including: sampling techniques, question­
naire design, data reduction and analysis, points to 
be included in proposals and written reports, and 
the critical evaluation of surveys found in the li­
brary literature.

Instructor: Gary A. Golden, Documents Librar­
ian, University Library, University of Illinois- 
Urbana.

D ate: Thursday, June 23, 9:00 a.m .-5 :0 0  p.m.; 
Fri., June 24, 9:00 a.m .-5 :0 0  p.m.

F ee: ACRL members $150, non-members $200.
CEU: 13 contact hours = 1.3 CEU.
For further information regarding fees, times, 

and registration forms, please contact Barbara Ma- 
cikas, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 
60611; (312) 944-6780. ■ ■

All conference activities will take place on the 
UCLA campus in an effort to hold the expenses to a 
reasonable level. Accommodations will be pro­
vided for 225 registrants in residential suites. The 
fee is $55 a night for double occupancy and $36 a 
night for quadruple occupancy, breakfast and 
lunch included.

Additional information and registration forms 
for the postconference may be obtained from: 
RBMS Postconference, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron 
St., Chicago, IL 60611. ■  ■

BIS Postconference

The BIS Postconference, “Bibliographic In­
struction for the Non-traditional Student,” will 
consist of a three-day workshop, June 29-July 
1, 1983, on the UCLA campus. Topics include 
library instruction for handicapped, non­
native English-speaking, and continuing edu­
cation students. Low-cost optional housing and 
meals will be available in the UCLA dormito­
ries.

For details contact: Patricia L. Bril, Chair, 
Readers’ Services Department, Library, Cali­
fornia State University, Fullerton, P.O. Box 
4150, Fullerton, CA 92631; (714) 773-3852.

Registration is $105 for ACRL members and 
$130 for non-members and should be sent in by 
May 15. Forms are available from the ACRL 
Office.



April 1983 / 113

R A RE BOOKS SCHOOL: 1983
Columbia University 

School of Library Service 
New York, NY 10027

In July and August, 1983, the Columbia University School of Library Service will offer eight five- 
day non-credit courses on topics concerning rare books and special collections. Each of these inten­
sive courses, which will be limited in size to about 16 students, will have two instructors. Each course 
will consist of about 24 classroom hours, and students are expected to commit their full time to each 
course they attend, during its Monday-Friday duration. Thus it will not be possible to attend more 
than one course per week, though applications for two or more different courses running through 
two or more successive weeks are encouraged.

Applications received by April 15, 1983, will be given preferential treatment. Successful appli­
cants will be notified of their acceptance beginning on May 1, 1983.

Educational and professional prerequisites for these courses vary. Some are primarily directed 
toward working rare book and special collections librarians and archivists; others are intended to 
attract persons working in the antiquarian book trade, students of the history of books and printing, 
and those generally interested in rare books and manuscripts.

Tuition per course will be $325. Low-cost air-conditioned housing will be offered on campus for 
about $20/night. Courses will run from Monday morning through Friday noon during the weeks of 
July 11th, July 18th, July 25th, and August 1st.

The Rare Books School is coordinated by Terry Belanger, Assistant Dean of the School of Library 
Service. The following courses will be offered:

la. Interpreting Rare Book and Manuscript Libraries to their Community, taught by John 
Parker (Curator, James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota/Twin Cities), and Daniel Traister 
(Assistant Curator of Special Collections, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania). (July 11-15)

lb. T he 19th-Century Book, taught by Michael L. Turner (Head, Conservation, Bodleian 
Library, Oxford University) and Michael Winship (Editor, B ibliog rap h y  o f  A m erican  Literature, 
Houghton Library, Harvard University). (July 11-15)

2a. The Study of Incunabula, taught by Felix de Marez Oyens (Lathrop C. Harper, Inc.) and 
Paul Needham (Keeper of Printed Books, The Pierpont Morgan Library). J uly 18-22)

2b. Comparative Historical Bookbindings and their Preservation, taught by Sue Allen (the 
well-known historian of 19th-century trade bindings), Christopher Clarkson (Conservator, Bodleian 
Library, Oxford University), and Gary Frost (Assistant Professor, Columbia University School of 
Library Service). (July 18-22)

3a. The 16th-Century Book, taught by Nicolas Barker (Head, Conservation, British Library Refer­
ence Division) and Ruth Mortimer (Curator of Rare Books, Smith College Library). (July 25-29)

3b. Rare Book Cataloging, taught by John Lancaster (Special Collections Librarian, Amherst Col­
lege), and Earl Taylor (Head, Cataloging, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University). (July 25-29)

4a. Preservation for Rare Book Librarians and Archivists, taught by Pamela W. Darling (Con­
sultant, National Preservation Program, Library of Congress) and Carolyn Harris (Head, Preserva­
tion Department, Columbia University Libraries). (August 1-5)

4b. Book Illustration to 1860: Techniques in Context, taught by Terry Belanger (Assistant 
Dean, School of Library Service), and Joan M. Friedman (Curator of Rare Books, Yale Center for 
British Art). (August 1-5)

For further information and application forms write or call:

Rare Book School 
School of Library Service 

Columbia University 
516 Butler Library 

New York, NY 10027 
(212) 280-2292