ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 798 / C&RL News given, but a subject index arranges entries in a logi­ cal manner for the non-specialist. The book may be obtained for $6.50 from the Office of Information, Community Service Society, 105 E. 22d St., New York, NY 10010. ISBN 0-88156-075-8. • The Salary Survey of New England College Li­ braries, 1987/88, has recently been published by the New England Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries. The publication is based on the statistics format used by the Associa­ tion of Research Libraries and provides com para­ ble data for non-ARL New England college li­ braries. Copies are available for $5.00 (checks payable to ACRE New England Chapter) from Su­ san Baughman, Director, Coddard Library, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610. • Serials Control and Deselection Projects, SPEC Kit #147 (117 pages, September 1988), reprints documents from 12 ARL member libraries and the Research Libraries Croup. The documents reflect the various efforts of library directors and collec­ tion development librarians to describe, explain, justify, and resolve the problems of controlling se­ rial subscription costs. Included are examples of memoranda informing and instructing faculty and librarians; tables, graphs, and spreadsheets to pro­ vide a statistical perspective; reports to administra­ tors explaining the situation within a local and na­ tio n a l context; in te rn a l o p e ra tin g policies, procedures, timetables, and forms; progress re­ ports, newsletters, and press releases. SPEC Kits are available for $20.00 from the ARL Office of Management Services, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N .W ., Washington, DC 20036. • Too Sad to Sing: A Memoir with Postcards, by Kenneth S. Brecher (118 pages, June 1988), is a se­ ries of short, personal essays on how postcards can affect one’s life and memories. W ritten by the di­ rector of the Boston Children’s Museum, the book explores the author’s geographic and literary ad­ ventures and illustrates them abundantly w ith postcards from the author’s collection. A copy may 36 o b tain ed for $22.95 from H a rc o u rt Brace Jovanovich, 111 Eifth Ave., New York, NY 10003. ISBN 0-15-190493-6. • “We Gather Together”: Food and Festival in American Life, edited by Theodore C. Humphrey and Lin T. Humphrey (289 pages, 1988), examines the rituals by which Americans prepare and share food to create a sense of group identity and commu­ nity. Special contemporary occasions for feasting are examined from a sociological and folkloric viewpoint: Passover, Halloween, family clam ­ bakes, h o m ecom ing c e le b ra tio n s, M innesota booya festivals, Festa Italiana, and others. Copies are available for $39.95 from UMI Research Press, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106. ISBN 0­ 8357-1890-5. • Youth Indicators 1988: Trends in the Well- Being of American Youth (135 pages, August 1988) tracks the characteristics and attitudes of 14- to 24- year-olds as far back as 1950. Find out if today’s college students are indeed richer or dumber than we were in our heyday. Tables and graphs illus­ trate trends in demographics, family income, edu­ cation, employment, health, behavior, and atti­ tudes. A free copy may be obtained from the U.S. D epartm ent of Education, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improve­ ment, Washington, DC 20208. PIP 88-834. ■ ■ CALENDAR January 3 -6 —Research; “Research for Competitive Ad­ vantage,” annual conference of the Association for Library and Information Science Education, will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, W ash­ ington, D.C. Three general sessions on library and inform ation science research: Mary Ann Swain (University of Michigan); Deb Johnson (University of Illinois) and Tom Childers (Drexel University); and Charles Meadow (University of Toronto). Other sessions will be held on gender issues, online education, retirees, teaching m eth­ ods, and continuing education. Contact: Use Moon, 5623 Palm Aire D rive, Sarasota, EL 34243; (813) 355-1795. March 15-18—Music libraries: 58th annual conference of the Music L ibrary Association, Stouffer Inn, Cleveland, Ohio. Sessions will include musical iconography at the Cleveland Museum of Art, preservation planning, regional lib rary n e t­ works, m anaging adm inistrators, and music publishing in the 1990s. Contact: Martin A. Sil­ ver, Music L ibrary, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106; (805) 961-3609. December 1988 / 799 April 11-14— Alabama: Annual conference of the Ala­ bama Library Association, Wynfrey Hotel at the Galleria, Hoover, Alabama. Contact: William N. Nelson, P.O . Box 2210, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229; (205) 870-2846. May 4 - 5 — Literacy: The National L O E X Clearing­ house for Library Instruction will sponsor the 17th National L O E X Library Instruction Con­ ference, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Titled “Coping with Information Illiteracy: BI for the Inform a­ tion Age,” the conference will include formal pa­ pers, practical working sessions, short instruc­ tion al p resentations, and tra d itio n a l poster sessions. Keynote speaker: Patricia Senn Breivik of the Auraria Libraries in Denver, Colorado. Registration fee: $115 by mail only. Contact: Teresa Mensehing, L O E X Clearinghouse, East­ ern Michigan University Library, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; (313) 487-0168. 7 -1 9 — Library administration: 23rd annual L i­ brary Administrators Development Program, University of Maryland, Donaldson Brown Cen­ ter, Port Deposit, M aryland. Two-week resident program will have seminar sessions on strategic planning and management by objectives, lead­ ership, employee motivation, individual and group decision making, performance appraisal, conflict management, financial planning and analysis, and managing change. Lectures, case analyses, group discussions, seminars. Contact: Marcia Hayleck, Administrative Assistant, Uni­ versity of Maryland, Library Administrators D e­ velopment Program, College of Library and In ­ fo rm a tio n S erv ices, C olleg e P a rk , MD 20742-4345; (301) 454-6080. 1 5 - 1 7 — Archives: Symposium on “ Converging Disciplines in the Management of Current Rec­ ords,” intended for a multidisciplinary audience of managers, librarians, archivists, computer specialists, and publishers, sponsored by the Na­ tional Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Discussion will focus on the convergence of hith­ erto separate disciplines and the policy and man­ agement challenges caused by this changing en­ v iro n m en t. C o n ta c t: W in sto n A. G om es, Symposium Coordinator, Government Records Branch, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N3; (819) 953-5711; Telex: 053- 3367. 1 9 -2 5 — Medical libraries: 89th annual meeting of the Medical Library Association, Boston M ar­ riott Hotel Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts. Speakers will include Mathilde Krim , distin­ guished geneticist who is co-founder and chair­ person of the American Foundation for AIDS Research; James Burke, known for his PBS series “ C o n n ectio n s” and “ T h e D ay the Universe Changed”; and Richard Alan Selzer, author of many books including Taking the W orld in fo r Repairs and Confessions of a K n ife. The meeting will also feature programs prepared by M L A m em bers, num erous co n tin u in g ed u catio n courses, and an exhibit of state-of-the-art prod­ ucts and services. Contact: MLA Headquarters, 6 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60602; (312) 419-9094. 27-June 1— SALALM: 34th annual seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materi­ als, hosted by the University of Virginia, will be held at the Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, V ir­ ginia. The theme will be “Artistic Representa­ tion of Latin American Diversity: Sources and Collections.” Contact: Barbara Robinson, Presi­ dent, SALALM, Roeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Doheny Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182; (213) 743-7163. July 7-August 10— England: “Library Services in B rit­ ain ,” a five-week course, includes tuition, air­ fare, lodging, local transportation, most meals, and Britrail pass for $2,375. May be taken for undergraduate or graduate cred it. W eekly schedule will allow ample time for independent study and personal travel. Contact: Laura A. Sullivan, Northern Kentucky University, Steely L ib ra ry , R eferen ce D ep a rtm en t, H ighland Heights, KY 41076; (606) 572-5724. Attention, authors College & Research Libraries News can now accept manuscripts submitted on diskette or via ALANET. The C &RL News ALANET number is ALA0306. If you can upload it, I can down­ load it, because ALANET translates text into pure ASCII files. If you don’t have ALANET or you prefer to send a diskette, make sure it is a 5 1/4-inch floppy for IBM or compatible machines; either 360K or 1.2M will do. We use Xywrite III for word processing, but we can attem j pt other soft­ ware programs. The best thing to do is convert your text into an ASCII file before sending it, if possible. Always send a paper copy of your manuscript along with the diskette, just in case it is un­ readable. 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