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ACRL continuing education courses at ALA Annual 
Conference in Chicago

The Association of College and Research Li­
braries (ACRL) will be sponsoring nine continuing 
education courses at the ALA Annual Conference 
in Chicago this summer. The courses will range in 
length from one to two days and will deal with the 
following areas: 1) management skills; 2) library 
skills; and 3) professional development. All courses 
will be given at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chi­
cago.

A Certificate of Completion will be awarded 
participants in each course. Successful completion 
of 10 contact hours of continuing education is equal 
to one Continuing Education Unit (CEU). ACRL 
maintains a CEU record for each participant.

Advance registration by June 7 is required and 
registration is limited. A late registration fee of $15 
will be charged.

To register, send in a completed registration 
form to Sandy Whiteley, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. H u­
ron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. Details of the 
courses follow:

L ibrarians as Supervisors

CE 101 provides participants with skills neces­
sary to become effective supervisors in library orga­
nizations. Helps participants develop awareness 
and understanding of current managerial concepts 
and practices. Specific objectives include: to in­
crease self-awareness of behavior 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 effective supervision; and to 
examine individual approaches to supervision in 
response to the needs and demands of particular sit­
uations.

Instructor: Maureen Sullivan, Head of Person­
nel, Yale University Library.

Date: Friday, July 5, 9:00 a.m .-5:00 p.m.
Fee: ACRL members $95; non-members $135.

M anaging Student W orkers 
in Academic L ibraries

CE 107 will help participants develop strategies 
for better management of student workers. In ad­
dition to providing an opportunity for participant 
interaction, the course seeks to clarify the nature of 
the student workers’s role in academic libraries and 
the role of the supervisor of student workers; to 
identify management theories appropriate to stu­
dent workers; to recognize the importance of selec­
tion, training, and supervision of student workers; 
to identify dilemmas or problems which occur in 
the management of student workers; and to be­
come familiar with various ways in which policies 
and procedures can be communicated to student

workers. The course is intended for librarians who 
have had at least one year of experience managing 
student workers or who have had at least one year 
of experience m anaging supervisors of student 
workers.

Instructors: Michael D. Kathman, director of li­
braries & media services, St. John’s University; and 
Jane Kathman, assistant professor of economics & 
business administration, College of St. Benedict.

Date: Friday, July 5, 8:30 a.m .-5:00 p.m.
Fee: ACRL members $95; non-members $135.

Job T raining: D eveloping T raining 
P lans for Your Staff

CE 110a explains why initial orientation and 
training is critical to effective operation of library 
departments. The course covers: areas requiring 
training for the new employee, for performance 
improvement, in operational problems or changes 
and for development of the employee: and the re­
sponsibility of the supervisor in planning, conduct­
ing, and evaluating training. The course reviews 
learning principles. Participants will work on de­
veloping a training plan and/or materials for their 
own employees.

Instructor: Anne Lipow, director of library edu­
cation, University of California, Berkeley.

Date: Friday, July 5, 9:00 a.m .-5:00 p.m.
Fee: ACRL members $95; nonmembers $135.

Principles of Strategic P lanning in 
the L ibrary E nvironment

CE 111 provides a theoretical background and 
practical experience in applying strategic planning 
processes to library planning. The specific objec­
tives of the course are: to provide background in­
formation on strategic planning as a process; to 
identify problems encountered with past long- 
range planning efforts; to describe several strategic 
planning models including the “desired futures” 
model; to provide participants with an opportu­
nity to practice the use of the desired futures model 
cooperatively and applied to their own environ­
ment; and to receive feedback on that experience. 
The material covered in this course is applicable to 
strategic planning for all types of libraries.

Instructor: Julie A.C. Virgo, vice-president, The 
Carroll Group.

Date: Thursday, July 4, 9:00 a.m .-5:00 p.m.
Fee: ACRL members $95; non-members $135.

An I ntroduction to Maps 
in L ibraries: Maps as I nformation T ools

CE 201 explores for the nonspecialist the infor­
mation potential of maps in the academic library 
environment, as well as acquisitions, collection de-

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REGISTRATION FORM
CO NTINUING  ED U C A TIO N  COURSES

C ourse A C R L  M em b er N o n -m e m b e r

C E  101 L ib ra ria n s  as Supervisors $ 95 $135

C E  107 M an a g in g  S tu d en t W orkers $ 95 $135

C E  110a Job T ra in in g $ 95 $135

C E  111 S trateg ic P la n n in g $ 95 $135

C E  201 M aps in L ib raries $ 95 $135

C E  202 T e a c h in g  M ethods for th e  RI L ib ra ria n $190 $270

C E  205 H o w  to T each  Science R eference M aterials $140 $200

C E  206 U sing V ideo for R ib lio g rap h ic In stru c tio n $ 95 $135

C E  501 W ritin g  th e  J o u rn a l A rticle an d  G e ttin g  I t  P ublished $ 95 $135

*L ate re g istra tio n  fee $15 $15

E N T E R  T O T A L  A M O U N T  E N C L O S E D

*Fee for re g istra tio n  a fte r Ju n e  7.

C O N F IR M A T IO N : W ritte n  co n firm atio n s w ill be m ad e.
C A N C E L L A T IO N S : W ritte n  notice of cancellations received by J u n e  7 w ill be h o n o re d  subject to a 

$15 ca n cellatio n  charge. No refu n d s for cancellations a fte r Ju n e  7.

You m a y  m ak e checks p a y a b le  to A C R L  a n d  re tu r n  th em  w ith  this form  to:

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ce lo p m en t, reference an d  in stru ctio n al use, an d  
space an d  e q u ip m e n t req u irem en ts.

Instructor: D av id  A. C o b b , assistant d ire c to r for 
special collections, U niversity of Illinois L ib raries.

D ate: F rid a y , July 5, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0  p .m .
Fee: A C R L  m em bers $95; n o n -m em b ers $135.

T eaching M ethods for th e 
Bibliographic I nstruction L ibrarian

C E  202 provides an  in tro d u c tio n  to basic le a rn ­
in g  th e o ry  a n d  a lte r n a te  in s tru c tio n a l m e th o d s 
used in lib ra ry  in stru ctio n . P a rtic ip a n ts w ill w ork 
on designing an d  m odeling an  in stru ctio n al ses­
sion.

Instructor: C erise O b e rm a n , h e a d , W a lte r R ef­
erence L ib ra ry , U niversity of M innesota.

D ate: T h u rsd a y , July 4 a n d  F rid a y , July 5, 9:00 
a .m .-5 :0 0  p .m .

Fee: A C R L  m em bers $190; n o n -m em b ers $270.

H o w  to T each Science Reference
M aterials: A W orkshop for L ibrarians W ho 

Serve th e U ndergraduate

C E  205 exam ines th e  search strategies a n d  re fer­
ence tools (especially such science p erio d ical in ­
dexes as th e  H .W . W ilson indexes, Biological A b ­
stracts, C h em ica l A bstracts, an d  Science C ita tio n  
In d ex) th a t a re  p a rtic u la rly  useful to u n d e rg ra d u ­
a te  science m ajo rs. E q u a l em p h asis is given to 
m ethods of te a c h in g  these search strategies an d  th e  
use of these reference tools. M ethods of le arn in g  
how  to use n ew  science reference m aterials are also 
covered.

Instructor: T h o m as K irk, college lib ra ria n , Be­
re a C ollege.

D ate: T h u rsd a y , July 4, 1 :3 0 -5 :0 0  p .m .; F r i­
d ay , July 5, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0  p .m .

Fee: A C R L  m em bers $140; n o n -m em b ers $200.

N ew  course!
U sing V ideo for 

Bibliographic I nstruction

C E  206 course d escrip tio n  w ill be av a ilab le afte r 
A pril 1 from  th e  A C R L  O ffice.

Instructor: T h o m as M cN ally, h e a d , C irc u la tio n  
D e p a rtm e n t, O hio S tate U niversity.

D ate: F rid a y , July 5, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0  p .m .
Fee: A C R L  m em bers $95; n o n -m em b ers $135.

W riting th e J ournal Article and 
G etting It P ublished

C E  501 provides p a rtic ip a n ts  w ith  an  overview  
of th e  p u b lish in g  process a n d  helps th em  devise an 
effective strateg y  for p u b lish in g  th e ir w ork. Topics 
w ill in c lu d e  selectio n  of a p u b lis h in g  m e d iu m , 
p re p a ra tio n  of th e  m a n u sc rip t, subm ission of th e 
m a n u sc rip t, a n d  pre- a n d  p o st-p u b lic a tio n  m a t­
ters.

Instructor: R ich ard  D . Johnson, d ire c to r of li­
b raries, S tate U niversity C ollege, O n e o n ta , N ew  
York (form erly ed ito r of C ollege ‹b- Research L i ­
braries, co-editor of N e w  H orizons fo r  A c a d e m ic  
L ibrarians a n d  a c tin g  ed ito r of C hoice).

D ate: T h u rsd a y , July 4, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0  p .m .
Fee: A C R L  m em b ers $95; n o n -m em b ers $135. 

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News From the Field
Acquisitions don books an d  m aterials from  M arv in  A. a n d  Sue 

R au ch , of F a r R ockaw ay, N ew  York. T h e gift co n ­
•  Brown University’s John H ay  L ib ra ry , Provi- tain s first editions of L o n d o n ’s books, m a n y  first 

d ence, R hode Islan d , has ac q u ire d  a n  a d d itio n a l 80 a p p e aran c es of his books an d  sh o rt stories in m a g a ­
lin e a r feet of th e  archives of th e  U nicorn Press of zines, critical a n d  b io g rap h ica l books, a n d  several 
G reen sb o ro , N .C . T o g eth er w ith  th e  67 lin e a r feet signed letters an d  inscribed books. E specially n o te ­
an d  arch iv al copies of p u b licatio n s previously ac­ w o rth y  is a pencil p o rtra it of L o n d o n  inscribed, 
q u ire d , this collection now  com prises th e  p ro d u c ­ “Yours for th e  R evolution, Jack L o n d o n .”
tio n  files of A lan B rillian t an d  th e  ed ito rial files of •  T ulane University L ib ra ry , N ew  O rlean s, has
Teo Savory for th e  p erio d  1966-1984. T h e collec­ received th e  p ap ers of Jo h n  K ennedy Toole, a u th o r 
tio n  is n o ta b le  for h av in g  correspondence a n d  lite r­ of A  C onfederacy o f D unces. T h e gift w as p re ­
ary  m an u scrip ts, no t only of such A m erican a u ­ sented by T oole’s m o th e r, T h e lm a  D u co in g  Toole, 
th o r s  as T h o m a s  M e r to n , P h ilip  L e v in e , a n d  w h o  w as in stru m e n ta l in g ettin g  his novel p u b ­
D a n ie l B e rrig a n , b u t also th e  fo re ig n  a u th o rs  lished p o sth u m o u sly . T h e  p a p e rs  in c lu d e  ty p e ­
E rn e s to  C a r d e n a l, J a c q u e s  P r é v e r t, G u ille v ic , scripts, p rin te r’s copy a n d  p ag e proofs of th e  novel, 
H orst B ienek, an d  V o -D in h , am o n g  others. as w ell as th irte e n  foreign lan g u ag e editions. O f 

•  Dartm outh College L ib ra ry , H an o v e r, N ew  special in terest are th e  letters th a t T oole w ro te  to 
H a m p sh ire , has received a collection of Jack L o n ­ his p a re n ts w h ile he w as in th e  arm y  a n d  statio n ed