ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


5 8 2 1 C&RL News

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C A L E N D A R

June

18-September 1—Summer workshops: The
College o f inform ation Studies, Drexel U niver­
sity, will offer a selection o f week long graduate- 
level workshops which may be taken on a credit 
or audit basis. Students may choose from a wide 
variety o f topics in th e library and inform ation 
field. F o r inform ation contact: Associate D ean 
John Hall, College o f Inform ation Studies, 
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 
(215) 895-2474.

Septem ber

6-Novem berl7—SLIS: The University o f W is­
consin-M adison School o f Library and Infor­
mation Studies’ C ertificate o f Professional D e ­
velopm ent program  provides an organized con­
tinuing education curriculum  for librarians and 
inform ation specialist. Most courses will be 
held on the University o f Wisconsin campus. 
W orkshop may be taken on an individual basis 
or may be applied tow ard th e certificate of 
Professional D evelopm ent. This is a N on-credit 
program  th at provides C ontinuing Education 
Units (CEUs) from the University o f W iscon­
sin. F o r a com plete brochure with course d e ­
scriptions and fees contact: Jane Pearlm utter, 
O utreach Program  M anager, SLIS C ontinuing 
E ducation Services, 600 N. Park Street, M adi­
son, W I 53706; (608) 262-6398.

30— October 2—NELA: T he New England Li­
brary Association will hold its Annual C onfer­
ence at th e Sheraton Sturbridge R esort in 
Sturbridge, Massachusetts. F o r m ore inform a­
tion contact: Mary Ann R upert, N ELA  C onfer­
ence M anager, 49 G overnor W entw orth Road, 
Amherst, N H  03031.

October

31- November 2—African Studies: Archives-

Libraries C om m ittee (African Studies Associa­
tion), fall m eeting, Om ni In n er H arbor H otel, 
Baltimore, Maryland. T he m eeting agenda and 
room  and tim e designations will appear in the 
Africana Libraries Newsletter. F o r information 
Contact: Phyllis Bischof (C hairperson), 340 
M ain  L ib ra ry , U n iv e rs ity  o f  C a lifo rn ia , 
Berkeley, CA 94720; (415) 642-0956. ■  ■

Information literacy articles 
needed

Barbara Ford, ACRL vice-president/presi- 
dent-elect, has declared inform ation literacy to 
be the them e o f h er 1990-1991 presidential 
term . Individuals are invited to subm it articles 
on this topic for a series that will appear in 
C & RL News beginning next fall. Topics that 
might be addressed include inform ation liter­
acy and social issues, lifelong learning, con­
sum er literacy, political literacy, or inform ation 
literacy and the curriculum .

F o r fu rth er inform ation on this series, con­
tact Trish Ridgeway, Van Pelt Library, Univer­
sity o f Pennsylvania, 3420 W alnut St., Philadel­
phia, PA 19104-6206, (215) 898-8118; or 
G em m a Devinney, State University o f New 
York at Buffalo, (716) 636-2818. Articles may 
be su b m itted  directly to G eorge E b erh art, 
Editor, C & R L News, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. H uron 
St., Chicago, IL  60611-2795; (312) 280-2511.