ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries January 1989 / 43 Conference Programs Thirty-nine programs have been selected for presentation. They will be offered during one or two-hour time slots throughout the conference. Brief descriptions of the programs are listed here for your convenience and information. Bibliographic Instruction “Making Connections—In the L iterature and With Your Users” will discuss anticipated trends in and instructional implications for online retrieval services in libraries. Two research-based concep­ tual teaching models which offer frameworks for teaching novice searchers to successfully make in­ tellectual connections through online literature searching. Both th e com m unication netw orks model and the database model build on users’ exist­ ing conceptual fram ew o rk s. S peakers: B etsy Baker, Northwestern University; Mary M. Huston, Brainerd C om m unity C ollege; Jon L in d g re n , Wilkes College; and Cerise O berm an, State Uni­ versity of New York at Plattsburgh. Moderator: Beth Sandore, University of Illinois at U rbana- Champaign. Presented by: Invisible College on End-User E d u c a tio n . F rid a y , A pril 7, 2:50 p.m.-3:50 p.m ., Room 253. “Mirror, M irror...T he Value of Videotaping in Improving Presentation Skills” will demonstrate that “the medium is the message!” Videotaped playback can improve BI presentations. This tech­ nique will be discussed by a panel of reference li­ brarians who have used it in three different situa­ tions: a credit-bearing graduate course in library science, a staff-developm ent w orkshop, and a training program for new reference librarians. Brief video clips will illustrate the presentation. Questions and discussion will follow. Speakers: Be­ tty Ronayne, Johns Hopkins University; Phyllis Lansing, University of Maryland; and Lizabeth A. Wilson, U n iv ersity of Illin o is a t U rb a n a - Champaign. Moderator: Maureen L am bert, Johns Hopkins U niversity. S atu rd ay , A pril 8, 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m ., Room 253. “One Size Fits All: Course-Related BI in the Large University and the Small College” will ex­ amine the similarities and differences between the course-related BI programs of Earlham College (1,050 students) and Ohio State University (52,000 students). Faculty members from both institutions who use BI in their courses will discuss their experi­ ences. Speakers: Evan Ira F arber, Earlham Col­ lege; Virginia Tiefel, Ohio State University; and faculty members to be selected. Friday, April 7, 1:30 p .m .-4:00 p .m ., Ballroom C. “Running Backwards from the Finish Line: A New Concept for Bibliographic Instruction” will outline a p ractical team -teaching ap proach to helping students develop research strategies and in­ terpretive skills in writing-across-the-curriculum courses. A model article from a discipline is broken down into three analytical levels: 1) organizational structure; 2) appropriated evidence; and 3) infor­ mation sources or research strategy. Basic concepts in bibliographic instruction still apply in this ap­ proach, but the perspective for teaching changes, w here, in effect, students are asked to look back­ w ard from the actual evidence located, rather than forw ard to imagined sources. Speakers: Raymond G. McInnis, Western Washington University and reactor Cerise Oberm an, State University of New York a t P la tts b u rg h . F rid a y , A pril 7, 8:30 a .m .-10:00 a.m ., Room 253. Collections and Services “Building a Black Studies Collection: W hy and How?” will answer th a t question and discuss w hat to expect in building and m aintaining a Black Stud­ ies collection. Speakers: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Professor of English, Africana Studies and Com­ parative L iterature, Cornell University; Kriza Jen­ nings, N ational Afro-American Museum; Jessie C a rn e y S m ith, Fisk U niversity; Alice S m ith, Cleveland State University; and D r. Sinett, Ho­ w ard University. Moderator: Clarence Chisholm, Ohio University, Athens. Presented by the ACRL Black Studies L ibrarianship Discussion Group. Friday, April 7, 2:30 p .m .-3:50 p .m ., Room 252. “T he Center for Research Libraries: Building on the First Forty Years. ” The Center for Research Li­ braries was founded on March 4, 1949, and is the nation’s oldest, continuously operating organiza­ tion providing a means for cooperative collection development among libraries. The program will examine the Center’s role in meeting the needs of its members in the past, present and future. Follow­ ing the program , the C enter w ill host a conference- w ide celebration. Speakers: D onald B. Simpson, C enter for Research Libraries; Luke Swindler, University of N orth C arolina, Chapel Hill; John Rutledge, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Richard M. Dougherty, University of Michi­ gan. Moderator: James F. Govan, University of N orth C aro lin a, C hapel Hill an d ch air, CRL Board of Directors. Presented by the Center for Re­ se a rc h L ib ra rie s . T h u rsd a y , A p ril 6, 4:10 p .m .-5 :1 0 p .m ., Room 302. Reception, Thursday, April 6, 5:15 p .m .-7:00 p .m ., 3rd floor reception area. “Inside the L ibrary Research Process: Users’ Thoughts and Feelings as They Seek Information” will focus on the cognitive and affective aspects of th e lib ra ry research process. Presentation w ill cover psychological theory, a model of the search process, and research to date th a t tests and extends th a t model. Speakers: Carol K uhlthau, Rutgers University; and Mary George, Princeton Univer­ sity. S aturday, A pril 8, 8:30 a .m .-9 :3 0 a .m ., 44 / C&RL News Room 251. “Leading the Way: In-House Collection Devel­ opm ent Training for New Selectors.” The increas­ ing numbers of dual assignments th a t include selec­ tion responsibilities has created a need for in-house training programs. This presentation will include an analysis of collection development elements, and a discussion of th e options and factors pertain­ ing to designing and im plem enting an in-house program. Speaker: Judith Paquette, University of C alifornia, S anta C ruz. F rid ay , April 7, 8:30 a.m .-9:30 a.m ., Room 300. “Political and Ethical Issues of Reviewing” will bring some im portant aspects of scholarly review­ ing to the attention of librarians through first-hand comments of Choice reviewers and staff editors who will participate in a panel discussion. They will comment on the sensitive issues they face when w riting and editing reviews, e.g., book selection, political ideology. Presented by the Choice Edito­ rial Roard and Choice staff subject editors. Satur­ day, April 8, 9:45 a .m .-10:45 a.m ., Room 242. “Popular Culture in Academic Libraries: Re­ sources for Research in the 21st C entury.” Popular culture collections provide an increasingly im por­ ta n t resource for scholars doing research in many disciplines. This program will describe four major academic library collections and examine the na­ ture of popular culture materials and collections. Topics to be covered include research trends, col­ lection areas, access to m ulti-format resources and preservation. Speakers: Brenda McCallum, Bowl­ ing Green State University; Peter Berg, Michigan State University; Lucy Shelton Caswell, Ohio State University; E d Dowling, Eastern New Mexico; and B arbara B. Moran, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Friday, April 7 , 2:50 p.m .-3:50 p.m ., Room 242. “Providing Responsible D ata Services” will ad­ dress the challenge of effectively integrating access to numeric machine-readable data files into pre­ dom inantly print-oriented collections. Panelists will discuss practical and policy issues involved w ith providing responsible public and technical services for these computer files. Speakers: Diane Geraci, State University of New York at Bingham­ ton; Janie Harris, Cornell University; and Jim Ja­ cobs, University of California, San Diego. Thurs­ day, April 6, 11:25 a .m .-12:25 p .m ., Room 251. “Serving the Inform ation Needs of Off-Campus Students: Old Questions, New Answers” will dis­ cuss the kinds of reference and document delivery services provided by librarians representing several models of service to off-campus programs. The panel will explain the rationale for each program. To broaden the discussion, audience members will be encouraged to share contrasting programs and p h ilo so p h ies. Speakers: Y u en -C h in g Sin F u , M ount Royal C ollege, C alg ary ; Sr. M arg aret R uddy, C a rd in a l S tritch C ollege; an d Susan Swords Steffen, Northwestern University. Moder­ ators: Virginia Witucke and Monica Collier, Cen­ tra l Michigan University. F riday, April 7, 2:50 p .m .-3:50 p .m ., Room 251. “The Tightening Noose: Decreasing Access to U.S. Government Information” will examine ac­ cess problems. In recent years, public access to fed­ eral government information has been limited by changing formats, increasing the use of security classification, discontinuing publication, remov­ ing items from the depository system, increasing prices, and privatizing publications. The presenta­ tion will investigate each of these restrictions and its im p licatio n s for lib ra rie s. Speakers: M ary Prophet, Denison University; Margaret S. Powell, College of Wooster; Saragail Lynch, Ohio State University; and Carol A. Singer, Kenyon College. Friday, April 7, 8:30 a.m .-9:30 a.m ., Room 302. “W omen’s Studies in Academic Libraries: C ur­ rent Research and Implications for Service” will present three papers and an open forum. The pa­ pers are: “The Information-Seeking Behavior of W omen’s Studies Researchers: Report on a CLR Cooperative Research Project”; “Bibliographic In­ struction in W omen’s Studies: New Twists on the O ld Models”; and “L ibrary Services for Nontradi- tional Students.” The open forum will be on issues in collection development, faculty liaison, refer­ ence service, bibliographic instruction, subject cat­ aloging and classification. Speakers: Susan Sear­ ing, University of Wisconsin System; Ellen Broidy, University of California, Irvine; and Deb Biggs, University of Michigan. Moderator: Joan Ariel, University of California, Irvine. Presented by the ACRL W omen’s Studies Section. Friday, April 7, 8:30 a.m .-11:15 a.m ., Room 251. College Libraries “Choosing a Bibliographic Utility for Small and Medium Sized Academic Libraries” will discuss the general and specific principles th a t librarians should examine w hen choosing a bibliographic utility. All speakers have extensive hands-on expe­ rience w ith the system they will describe. Topics covered include: size, quality, and subject author­ ity control; IL L , acquisition, and serial control; OPAC; start-up and continuing costs. Speakers: Sherrie Schmidt, Texas A&M University; Paul C rum lish, H obart and W illiam Smith Colleges (will discuss OCLC); Serafino Porcari, State Uni­ versity of New York at Buffalo (will discuss RLIN, CLASS; June T haden, N orthw estern Michigan College (will discuss Marcive). Moderator: Leslie R. Morris, N iagara University. Presented by An­ gels on the Head of a Pin Productions, Inc. Friday, April 7, 8:30 a .m .-9:30 a.m ., Room 301. “Leadership for College Libraries in the Next C entury.” Library directors will discuss their ca­ reer paths and w hat led them to their present posi­ tions, and w hat m ight be included in a formal training program for leaders in the field of college librarianship. Speakers: Mignon Adams, Philadel­ phia College of Pharmacy; L arry Hardesty, Eck- January 1989 / 47 erd College. Moderator: Jacquelyn M. Morris, Oc­ cidental C ollege. F rid a y , A pril 7, 10:15 a.m .-11:15 a .m ., Ballroom C. “Library Support for Sciences in Leading L ib­ eral Arts Colleges” will present the results of a sur­ vey of library support for science faculty and stu­ dents at 140 p riv ate liberal arts colleges. T he October 1988 survey results, including data on col­ lection development, departm ental libraries, sci­ ence library personnel and public services for sci­ ence p a tro n s w ill be p re s e n te d fo llo w ed by reactions from a p a n e l an d group discussion. Speakers: Alison S. Ricker, Oberlin College; Jef­ frey A. W itmer, Assistant Professor of M athemat­ ics, Oberlin College; Sara Penhale, Earlham Col­ lege; and Kimberly Douglas, California Institute of Technology. Moderator: Thomas G. Kirk, Be­ rea College. Saturday, April 8, 8:30 a .m .-9:30 a.m ., Room 242. “One H undred Years (plus!) of College L ibrari­ anship: A View from Some Prototype Institutions.” Directors of a variety of types of academic libraries will review their institution’s history in light of changes in the mission, goals and objectives of the college and the library over the last 100 + years. A historian will offer an analysis of these trends. Speakers: Artemis Kirk, Simmons College; Sherrie Bergman, W heaton College; W illis B ridegam , Amherst College; Caroline Coughlin, D rew Uni­ versity; L. Dee G arrison, Professor of History, Rutgers-State University of New York; B arbara W. Jenkins, South Carolina State College; Germaine Linkins, State University of New York at Potsdam; William A. Moffett, Oberlin College. Sponsored by ACRL College Libraries Section. Saturday, April 8, 8:30 a .m .-10:45 a .m ., Ballroom C. Community Colleges “The Changing N ature of Comm unity Colleges: Impact on Learning Resource Services Programs.” As detailed in Building Communities: A Vision fo r a New Century (AACJC, 1988), community col­ leges are changing to better meet future social, po­ litical and educational needs. A panel presentation will offer insight and discussion on how changes taking place are having an im pact on learning re­ source services programs. Speakers: David Ponitz, President, Sinclair C om m unity College; G loria Terwilliger, N orth Virginia Comm unity College; W. Lee Hisle, Austin Community College; Mari­ lyn McDonald, Foothill College. Presented by the ACRL Comm unity and Junior College Libraries Section. F rid ay , April 7, 10 a .m .-11:30 a .m ., Room 250. Education for Academic Librarianship “ B ridging th e G ap Between E d u catio n and Practice” will discuss formal in-house programs in academic libraries th a t are designed to supplement the education of new library school graduates. The panel will discuss an assessment of current interest in the field; an evaluation of the University of Illi­ nois at Chicago program , in place since 1980; and will propose a policy for ACRL to consider. Speak­ ers: Linda Kopecky, Eric Suess, Elizabeth Town­ send and Peggy W arren, resident librarians, Uni­ versity of Illinois at Chicago. Moderator: Beverly P. Lynch, University of Illinois at Chicago. Thurs­ day, April 6, 8:30 a .m .- ll:1 5 a.m ., Room 301. Fund-Raising and Support Groups “Friends of Libraries for ACRL Libraries” will discuss the value of Friends and how they operate and will welcome audience participation. Speak­ ers: Joan Hood, University of Illinois at Urbana- C ham paign; LoisNisbot, Library Associates, Stan­ ford University; and Robert Runyon, University of N ebraska, O m aha. Moderator: Sandy Dolnick, Friends of Libraries U.S. A. Presented by Friends of L ib ra rie s U .S .A . S a tu rd a y , A pril 8, 8:30 a .m .-9:30 a .m ., Room 302. “Preserving the Past: Planning for Funds, Fund­ ing for Plans” will feature tw o presentations on planning special projects, applying for funding and dealing w ith a granting agency such as the Na­ tional Endowm ent for the Humanities. Speakers: T ia Gozzi, Stanford University and Peter Gottlieb, Pennsylvania State University. Moderator: Jane A. Rosenberg, N ational Endowm ent for the H umani­ ties. Saturday, April 8, 9:45 a .m .-10:45 a .m ., Room 302. International Librarianship “T he Changing Academic Environm ent for In ­ ternationalism and Area Studies: T he Library Re­ sponse” will address international topics and their relationship to the library including: revision of u n d e r g r a d u a te c u rric u lu m to in c lu d e T h ird W orld/international studies; hiring faculty w ith in tern atio n al backgrounds; transform ation of graduate programs; increasing emphasis on inter­ national topics in the Social Sciences; and the in­ creasing interest of professional schools in interna­ tional subject m atter. Speaker: Dona S. Straley, Ohio State University. Thursday, April 6, 11:25 a .m .-12:25 p .m ., Room 242. “ L ife in a Chinese A cademic L ibrary: Past, Present, Future” w ill compare and contrast the state of librarianship in C hina to th a t of the U.S. a n d describes problem s, strengths, and fu tu re plans. In this year of reflecting on 100 years of aca­ demic librarianship, it seems appropriate to also look at some international activities. Since C hina has reopened her borders, m any delegations of U.S. librarians have visited. T he panel will discuss th e ir experiences. Speakers: H u Feng-Sheng, S h an g h ai Jiao T ong U niversity and cu rre n tly studying at the University of Pittsburgh; Sharmon H . Kenyon, H um boldt State University; M area Rankin, University of Tennessee, C hattanooga; an d Sister Anita T alar, Seton H all University. Thursday, April 6, 10:15 a.m .-11:15 a.m ., Room 48 / C &R L News 242. “ P ro m o tin g I n te r n a tio n a l U n d e rsta n d in g Among Academic Librarians in the Second Cen­ tury” will feature tw o presentations on autom ation in Turkey and West Germany. A panel of several other foreign librarians in the U.S. on exchanges or research work as well as U.S. librarians who have recently been abroad will round out the program by addressing “International Library Cooperation through Technology.” Speakers: Yasar Tonta, Ha- cettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; and Elm ar M ittler, University of Heidelberg Library, Heidel­ berg, Germany. Moderator: Hannelore B. Rader, Cleveland State University. Friday, April 7, 8:30 a .m .-11:15 a.m ., Room 242. “T w entieth C entury Libraries Travel to the T hird W orld” will use a slide-tape and panel pre­ sentation to demonstrate the adaptability of tw en­ tieth century library skills and technology in third world countries. Panelists have worked in Costa Rica, Kenya, China and Belize. A presentation of librarians’ opportunities for professional travel and exchange will encourage enthusiastic audience participation. Speakers: John Griffith, Audra Al­ exander and Celia Walls, M urray State University; S a ra P e n h a le , E a rlh a m C ollege; a n d Peggy W right, Western Kentucky University. Thursday, April 6, 4:10 p.m .-5:10 p.m ., Room 242. Management Issues “Applying the MBTI in the Academic Library: Positive Applications of ‘Type’ ” will describe how the MBTI provides a useful measure of personality by looking at personality preferences th at people use at different times. Talking about w hat TYPE you are and w hat TYPE I am and the differences between the two often proves to be an unthreaten­ ing way for people to raise and resolve problems. Speakers: James F. Comes and Christine Hannon, Ball S tate U niversity. S aturday, April 8, 8:30 a .m .-10:45 a.m ., Room 250. “Cooperative Library Storage: The California Experience” will explore policy, governance, and operational issues faced by the University of C ali­ fornia in implementing the policy of shared remote storage. Among the issues to be discussed are own­ ership, duplication of titles, access, lending poli­ cies, organizational structure, funding, selection and use by non-University of California institu­ tions. Speakers: C laire Bellanti, University of Cali­ fornia Southern Regional Library Facility; Alan Dyson, University of California, Santa Cruz; Glo­ ria Stockton, University of California Northern Re­ gional Library Facility; John Tanno, University of C alifornia, Riverside; and E lizabeth Kislitzen, University of C alifornia, Berkeley. M oderator: George Soete, University of California, San Diego. Thursday, April 6, 11:25 a .m .-12:25 p .m ., Room 250. “Educational Reform: Im pact on Academic Li­ braries” will review the reports on educational re­ form w ith p a rtic u la r em phasis on th e Holmes G ro u p an d C a rn e g ie T ask F o rce re p o rts on Teacher Education, and discuss their impact on services provided by academic education libraries and curriculum materials libraries. A model for li­ brary action and examples of program changes and innovations will be presented. Speakers: L aura Gavrelis Blomquist, Betty P. Cleaver, and Andrea R. G aal, Ohio State University. Thursday, April 6, 4:10 p .m .-5:10 p .m ., Room 250. “Learning From the Past to Plan for the Future: A Review of Planning Models” will review the planning models th at contributed to strategic plan­ ning and survey which models are currently being used in participants’ libraries. Two library direc­ tors will react to the theoretical models by sharing how library planning functions take place in a lib­ eral arts college and in a multi-institutional setting. Speakers: L averna Saunders, University of Ne­ vada, Las Vegas; A rthur Miller, Lake Forest Col­ lege; and Patricia Senn Breivik, A uraria Library. Friday, April 7, 2:50 p .m .-3:50 p .m ., Room 250. “L ibraries in Support of Economic Develop­ m ent” will explore how library resources and sys­ tems can and in some places do, play significant roles in supporting local and state economic devel­ opm ent efforts. How the higher education/libra- ry/economic development linkage can be forged and w hat the m utual advantages are will be the topic of this panel made up of presidents and librar­ ians. Speakers: E. Gordon Gee, President, Univer­ sity of Colorado; Patricia Senn Breivik, Auraria Li­ brary; Joseph N. Hankin, President, Westchester Comm unity College; and Roseanne Kalick, West­ chester Community College. Wednesday, April 5, 2:45 p .m .-4:55 p .m ., Room 250. “Pay Equity: Its Implications for Academic Li­ b rarians and L ibrary Workers” will present an overview of the issue and identify methods used in pay equity studies. Speakers: Helen Josephine, Ar­ izona State Universiyt; and Helen Lewis, Univer­ sity of Connecticut. Moderator: Tom W. Sloan, University of Delaware. Thursday, April 6, 8:30 a .m .-9:30 a.m ., Room 300. “Professional Status W ithin the Institution” will examine personnel programs under which librari­ ans are employed and identify how they affect per­ formance. The panel will discuss faculty status, collegiality standing and participation w ithin the university and how the programs affect salaries. Speakers: Linda Meiselles, Brooklyn College; Jan Blodgett, Dickinson College; Ryoko Toyama, Co­ lum bia University; D iane J. C im bala, New Jersey Academic Library Network. Moderator: Jennifer Cargill, Rice University. Thursday, April 6, 4:10 p .m .-5:10 p.m . “The Use of Management Retreats at the De­ p artm en tal Level: Overview and Case Studies” will demonstrate, through several case studies, that retreats can be successful at th e departm ental level and can include both librarians and support staff. Panelists will discuss how a m anagem ent retreat can be a valuable tool for fostering planning, lead­ January 1989 / 49 ership, and cohesiveness in an academic library. Speakers: Pam Cravey, Georgia State University; Joan Giesecke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Deborah Masters, George W ashington University; and Virginia Moreland, Georgia State University. Friday, April 7, 8:30 a.m .-9:30 a.m ., Room 250. Special Collections “Automated Finding Aids for Special Collec­ tions: Item Level Access to the Treasures of the Li­ brary” will informally discuss the expansion and improvement of paper finding aids through the de­ velopment of autom ated indexes. The rationale for automation, task definition, and hard- and soft­ ware choices will be considered. Speakers: Lucy Shelton Caswell, Library for Communication and Graphic Arts; Nena Couch, Library of the Theatre Research Institute; Thomas Heck, Music Library; Geoffrey Smith, C harvat Collection of American Fiction; and H annah Thomas, Manuscripts C ata­ loged all from Ohio State University. Presented by the Ohio State University Libraries Special Collec­ tions Database Discussion Group. Saturday, April 8, 9:45 a.m .-10:45 a.m ., Room 243. Technical Services “Approval Plans, Budgets, and the 1990’s: F u­ ture Trends and Alternatives” will focus on the cri­ sis in library materials budgets w ith special atten­ tion to its effect on approval plans. The initial presentation will report the results of a recent sur­ vey of southeastern research libraries, followed by perspectives of an approval plan librarian, an ad­ ministrator involved w ith cooperative acquisitions and a vendor representative. Speakers: N ancy Gibbs, Auburn University; Susan N utter, North Carolina State University; and D oug D uchin, Blackwell North America, Inc. Moderator: Bar­ bara Nelson, Auburn University. Friday, April 7, 8:30 a.m .-9:30 a.m ., Room 243. “The Art of the Cataloger: Editions and P rint­ ings” will present a lively slide show w ith ample use of colorful illustrations and humor. The speaker will illustrate the intellectual challenge, enjoy­ ment, importance, and just plain fun of cataloging by examining th e decision-m aking process in ­ volved in determining the DATE using AACR 2 rules. Speaker: B arbara K. G aeddert, University of Kansas. Thursday, April 6, 11:25 a .m .-12 p .m ., Room 243. “The Technical Services Librarian and Biblio­ graphic Instruction.” Today many technical ser­ vices librarians are being called upon to participate in bibliographic instruction. This discussion will focus on the positive qualities th at a technical ser­ vices librarian can bring to BI. This issue will be approached from the perspective of technical ser­ vices librarians who perform various types of BI at various types of institutions. Speakers: Sandy L. Folsom, Central Michigan University, and others to be an n o u n c e d . T h u rsd a y , A pril 6, 8:30 a .m .-9:30 a.m ., Room 243. “ Users V iew MARC: T he O nline E n v iro n ­ m en t.” In an effort to better understand users’ searching behavior in MARC-based online sys­ tems, librarians at three institutions present find­ ings and analysis of online catalog transaction data, which trace a user’s search patterns. Speak­ ers: Betsy Baker, Northwestern University; David DeLorenzo, H arvard University; Beth Sandore, University of Illinois; James Shedlock, Northwest­ ern University Medical Library. Moderator: Mi­ ch ael G o rm a n , C a lifo rn ia S ta te U n iv ersity , Fresno. Friday, April 7, 10:15 a.m .-11:15 a.m ., Room 243.