ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 70 / C&RL News Proceedings The Conference Proceedings will be available in June 1989 and will be sent to all full conference reg­ istrants. Support for printing the Proceedings for registrants is generously provided by the Faxon Company. The proceedings will be sold after the conference at a cost of $22 to ACRL members and $30 to non­ members. Exhibits specifically tailored to the interests and needs of academic and research librarians will be open April 5-7. You will be able to visit over 150 exhibits by publishers, audiovisual producers, equipm ent and materials suppliers, jobbers, auto­ mation and information technology vendors, and network and consortia representatives. The exhibits will be located in the West Hall of the Albert B. Sabin Convention Center. Plenty of opportunities will be provided for you to visit the exhibits. The exhibit hours are: Wednesday, April 5 , 5:00 p.m .-7:00 p .m ., opening reception; Thurs­ day and Friday, April é-7 , 9:30 a.m .-3:00 p.m . Plan your exhibits strategy by attending the “Ex­ hibits Sneak Previews.” Selected vendors will make five-minute slide presentations on a product or ser­ vice they will be displaying in the exhibit hall. Re­ lax w ith a box of popcorn as you get the inside story on the latest products and services. Two concur­ rent sessions will be held on April 5th at 2:45 p.m . and 3:45 p.m . Save some time to stop by the ALA Store and pick up the latest titles from ALA and ACRL, as well as posters, mugs and promotional materials. Non-registrants m ay attend the exhibits at no charge but must first register for an exhibits visitor badge at the Registration desk. Exhibits reception This conference-wide reception on Wednesday, April 5, 5:00 p .m .-7:00 p .m ., officially opens the exhibits. Conference registrants will have an op­ portunity to mingle casually w ith exhibitors and other conference attendees. Exhibits Exhibitors at the conference (as of December 1988) include: Aaron Cohen Associates ABC-CLIO Academic Book Center Academic Press, Inc. Ambassador Book Service, Inc. American Library Association Publishing Services American L ibrary Association—USIA Library- /Book Fellows Program American Publishing Co. AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, Inc. Association of College and Research Libraries Ayer Company Publishers, Inc. Baker & Taylor Ballen Booksellers International, Inc. Barnes & Noble Bookstores, Inc. Belser, Inc. (formerly Belvedere Press) BenOak Publishing Co. Blackwells/Boley Book House Book Services International Books Nippan Bowker Electronic Publishing BRS Inform ation Technologies Buckstaff Company Bureau of the Census CAB International C ambridge Scientific Abstracts Cam bridge University Press C areer G uidance Foundation Carlyle Systems, Inc. Casalini Libri Checkpoint Systems, Inc. Choice CineBooks, Inc. CLSI, Inc. Colum bia University Colum bia University Press Conference Book Service, Inc. Congressional Information Service, Inc. Congressional Q uarterly, Inc. Coronet/M TI Film & Video Coutts Library Services, Inc. D ata Research Associates, Inc. Disclosure Incorporated D ow Jones-Irwin Dynix, Inc. E.B.S. Inc Book Service EBSCO Subscription Services Elsevier Science Publishing Co. Em ery-Pratt Company Encyclopaedia Britannica E R IC —The Oryx Press Faxon Company Follett Software Co. Franklin Book C o., Inc. Friends of Libraries U.S.A. Fuji Photo Film USA, Inc. G.K. Hall/Twayne Publishers Gale Research Inc. G arland Publishing, Inc. Exhibits January 1989 / 73 Gaylord Bros. Geac Computers, Inc. General Meters Corp. Gossage Regan Associates, Inc. Governing Magazine Grove’s Dictionaries of Music/Stockton Press Heckman Bindery, Inc. Heldref Publications Highsmith Company H. W. Wilson Company IDC Microform Publishers Information Access Company Information Conservation, Inc. INLEX, Inc. Innovative Interfaces, Inc. INSPEC/IEE Institute for Scientific Information International Monetary Fund Jerry Alper, Inc., and JA Micropublishing Inc. K.G. Saur LBS/Archival Products L ibrary Bureau, Inc. L ibrary Corporation McGregor Subscription Service, Inc. M.E. Sharpe, Inc. Marcel Dekker, Inc. MARCIVE, Inc. Martinus Nijhoff International McGraw-Hill Publications Midwest Library Service Mohawk Midland M anufacturing Mountainside Publishing MultLIS Corporation National Archives National Forum of Applied Educational Research Journal N ational Forum o f Educational Administration and Supervision Journal Nedbook International New Zealand Export Books NewsBank/Readex, Inc. Norman Ross Publishing, Inc. North Point Press NOTIS Systems, Inc. O CLC , Inc. Opinion Research Service Orbis Books Original Music Oryx Press O tto Harrassowitz PAIS— Public Affairs Information Service, Inc. Pergamon Press, Inc. Pierian Press Publishers Book Exhibit, Inc. Puvill Libros and Puvill Mexico Division R.R. Bowker Company Crowds explore the shopping opportunities at C incinnati’s Union Terminal, w hich was the most elaborate and expensive train depot in the world. 74 / C&RL News Readmore Publications Research Publications Routledge, Chapm an and Hall Roy Young Bookseller, Inc. Russ Rassett Rutgers University—SCLIS Salem Press, Inc. Scarecrow Press Scholarly Rook Center SilverPlatter Information, Inc. Sobeco Group, Inc. Sociological Abstracts, Inc. SpaceSaver Corporation Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. Taylor & Francis, Inc. UMI United Nations-Publications University Publications of America Van Nostrand Reinhold Company V CH Publishers, Inc. W .H . Freem an and Company Wiley W omen’s History Research Center W right Investors’ Service—WORLDSCOPE Yankee Book Peddler, Inc. Special Events Poster sessions Forty poster sessions will be presented in the ex­ hibit hall on Thursday and Friday. Poster sessions provide an opportunity for the informal exchange of information. Presenters place materials (graphs, diagram s, pictures, d ata and narrative text) on bulletin boards and discuss their presentations w ith conference attendees. The presentations will cover a broad range of subjects and present research find­ ings, innovative programs and solutions for prob­ lems. Take me out to the ACRL Game! Come out to the ball game on April 5, 7:35 p .m ., to see the Cincinnati Reds play the World Series C ham ps, the Los Angeles Dodgers. I t’s “ACRL Night at the Reds” and if we get a good crowd for the game a lucky ACRL mem ber could throw out the ceremonial first pitch and sing the National An­ them! W ear your favorite library sweat shirt and join your ACRL friends at the Riverfront Stadium, just minutes from downtown hotels. The tickets for the lower level box seats (off third base) are $8.50 plus $1.00 postage and handling. Deadline for ticket orders is February 28, 1989. Use the order form in the prelim inary program to reserve your tickets. Treasures from the ALA Archives The ALA Archives at the University of Illinois, U rbana-Cham paign, is a treasure th at few librari­ ans have found. The University Archivist, May­ nard Brichford, will bring some of the treasures to you in Cincinnati. See some of the photos, docu­ ments and artifacts from our first century at the display in the West Exhibit Hall. Luncheon in honor of academic leaders E dw ard G. Holley will speak on “Building a Firm Foundation: ACRL Leadership, 1939-1989” at a luncheon in honor of past ACRL presidents and executive directors. You can have lunch w ith these outstanding leaders on Thursday, April 6, 12:30 p .m .-2:00 p.m . The cost of the luncheon is $15. Tickets may be reserved on the order form in the prelim inary program. All-Conference Reception Enjoy an evening w ith your ACRL colleagues at the gala All-Conference Reception, Friday, April 7 ,9:30 p .m .-1 1 :30 p.m . The reception will beheld a t the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, one of the top public research libraries in the country. Join your friends at the reception and enjoy jazz, desserts and after dinner liqueurs. The reception is generously funded by Baker & Taylor. Celebrate the century with CJCLS Comm unity and junior college librarians are in­ vited to attend an informal, cash bar rendezvous for CJCLS members and friends at the Sun G arden Lounge of the H yatt Hotel, on Thursday, April 6, 5:15 p .m .-7:00 p.m . Center for Research Libraries In honor of its fortieth anniversary, the Center will host a conference-wide reception on Thurs­ day, April 6, 5:15 p .m .-7:00 p.m . The reception will be held in the third floor reception area of the Albert B. Sabin Cincinnati Convention Center. Library tours If you enjoy a busm an’s holiday, stop by the Hos­ pitality Desk in the convention center to pick up a guide to the libraries w ithin the Greater Cincinnati area. It explains how to get to the library of your choice w ith ease. The guide was prepared by the Local Arrangements Committee. Cincinnati tours Two tour possibilities have been arranged to suit your recreational interests. They are being pro-