ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 99 such as th e use of m em os and interview s, public relations, public hearings and how to plan and carry out a successful action campaign. Guidelines f o r Meeting with Legislators, Pub. No. 21-1640; G u id e lin e s f o r W r itin g to Y o u r Congressman, Pub. No. 21-1641; Guidelines f o r Presenting T estim ony on Legislation, Pub. No. 21-1642 (1976). National League for N ursing, Ten C o lu m b u s C irc le , N ew York, NY 10019, $.25 each, plus handling. This series of th re e G ov­ e rn m e n t Relations P am p h lets p u b lish e d by th e N ational L eague for N ursing p ro v id e excellent checklists of do’s and d on’ts with some elabora­ tion on each point. The Library Lobbyist (1977). New York Library Association, 15 Park Row, Suite 434, New York, NY 10018, $.75. This booklet is designed to be a practical guide for librarians, tru stees and patrons working with th e New York State Legislature and o th er levels of governm ent. Tell I t to Washington: A Guide f o r Citizen A c ­ tion Including Congressional Directory 1981-82, Pub. No. 349 (March 1981). League of W om en V o te rs o f th e U n ite d S ta te s , 1730 M S tr e e t, N .W ., W ashington, D C 20036. $1.00. Tell I t to Washington includes a congressional directory, a list of congressional com m ittees and th eir m em ­ bers, inform ation on th e legislative and b u d g e t processes and tips on w riting to and visiting legis­ lators. Contact th e League of W om en Voters for th eir list of publications on local and national govern­ m ent. E d ito r ’s Note: This article was originally p u b ­ lished in the November-D ecember 1981 issue o f the M LA News. ■ ■ Academic Libraries Frontier Conference FROM T H E EX ECU TIV E DIRECTO R: share of the economy. H e anticipates that stu d e n t d em an d will govern tren d s in h ig h er education with a shift to vocational education. T h ere will be a red u ctio n in scholarly o u tp u t, an im pulse to centralize educational systems and libraries, and libraries may becom e an entry p o in t for contrac­ tu al services in ed u catio n al in stitu tio n s. O th e r papers by W illiam Schaefer, H ow ard Resnikoff, and John Brademas dealt with th e stu d e n t p o p u ­ lation, inform ation technologies, and th e political environm ent, respectively. The concluding p ap er by Steven M uller, p resi­ d e n t of Johns H opkins U n iv ersity , p ro v id e d a provocative view of th e library’s future, w herein th e university will have at its h e art a com m unica­ tions cen ter. The question posed was w here will th at com m unications c en ter be? Can th e library expand to be th e information cen te r of th e u n i­ v e rs ity ? T h e u n iv e r s ity w ill n e e d to h a v e a com puting service th at does m ore than research and serve th e adm inistration. W h eth e r th e library o r th e c o m p u te r c e n t e r w ill s e rv e as th e com m unications/inform ation c e n te r will d ep en d on which one outperform s in service. T he ideas from th e work groups will b e synthe­ sized and included in th e proceedings of th e con­ ference. E d ited by R obert Hayes, th e publication will app ear this year. As Dick D ougherty said in sum m ing up th e conference, “At this point we don’t know how successful th e conference was— w h eth er we approached th e frontiers or crossed th e m .” C e rta in ly it was a u n iq u e g a th e rin g of lib rary a d m in istra to rs and lib rary e d u c a to rs .— ulie Carroll Virgo. ■ ■ In D ecem ber, forty-nine people with major re ­ sp o n s ib ilitie s in m a n a g e m e n t o f a ca d e m ic r e ­ search libraries, and th e ir counterparts in library education, participated in th e Academic Libraries F ro n tie r C onference f o r 1981. F u n d e d by th e C ouncil on L ib rary R esources and p la n n e d by R ob ert H ayes, dean of th e G rad u ate School of L ibrary and Inform ation Science at UCLA, th e group m et with th e objective of identifying issues of m utual concern. The agenda included: • W hat are th e issues of im portance? • If th ey re p re se n t problem s, are th e re evi­ d en t m eans for solution of them ? • W hat research may be n eed e d to provide the data n e ed e d for fu tu re decisions concerning the issues? • W h a t a re th e r e q u ire m e n ts for e d u c a tio n th at will provide upcom ing generations with the know ledge an d skills n e e d e d to deal w ith th e issues? Six com m issioned papers w ere p rese n te d d u r­ ing th e m orning sessions, as a backdrop for th e small working groups and informal evening ses­ sions. W illiam G erberding, p resid en t of th e U ni­ versity of W ashington, spoke on th e experience of retren ch m en t. H e cautioned th e group: “If you are going to get through th e next period you are going to have to do it alone because p resid ents d on’t have a fu tu re view th at will be h elp fu l.” Jerald Stevens, th e v ice-president for finance at Yale, sp ecu lated on th e econom ic e n v iro n m e n t over th e next tw enty years. H e p red icts th at a J lower rate of growth will make th e U.S. econom y unable to absorb th e social program s of th e past and that education will be unable to m aintain its You can save $ 6 ,0 0 0 this year By converting your subscription to the British House of Commons Parliamentary Papers for 1981/82 from the full size edition (which is costing you over $7,000) to our microfiche edition which costs $1,400. Save time. The microfiche edition is sent monthly by airmail direct from the UK and arrives earlier than the printed edition. Save space. The mcrofiche edition saves expensive shelf space. 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