ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 220 Options for the 80s ACRL National Conference O ctober 1-4 Minneapolis Conference Theme “Options for the 80s,” the them e for the Second National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, will address the future. As we enter the 1980s, we recognize that we are in a period of substantial and far-reaching change. Our society is changing. Higher educa­ tion is changing. The disciplines are changing. Academic and research librarianship is changing. ACRL’s Second National Conference has taken as its focus an assessment of the options that lie be­ fore us in this next critical decade. Following on the footsteps of ACRL’s highly successful First National Conference in Boston, a variety of program formats will provide ample opportunity for interaction among participants. In an effort to have participatory forums, some issues will be addressed through contributed pa­ pers prepared in advance and available—courtesy of University Microfilms, Inc.—in microfiche for­ mat to participants at the time of registration. Fif­ ty-six papers on a variety of topics will be pre­ sented in this format. Abstracts of these papers are provided on pp. 229-241. In addition, invited papers on major issues will provide the basis for stim ulating dialogue throughout the conference and in the months to come. Through its theme addresses, the confer­ ence will attempt to identify the major opportuni­ ties and challenges that confront higher education and academic and research libraries during the 1980s. • Thomas Patrick Melady, assistant secretary for postsecondary education, D epartm ent of Education, will lead off the theme addresses by looking ahead to future developments in higher education. Mr. Melady has served most recently as president of Sacred Heart University in Con­ necticut. His long tenure in academic and gov­ ernment service has included service as chair of the Connecticut Conference of Independent Col­ leges, executive vice-president at St. Joseph’s University, U.S. Ambassador to the African na­ tions of Uganda and Burundi during the Nixon administration as well as serving on a panel of education policy advisors to Ronald Reagan dur­ ing the presidential campaign. Mr. Melady will address future higher education policy directions in the federal government during the Reagan Administration. • Robert M. Rosenzweig, vice president for public affairs at Stanford University and chair of an Association of American Universities study on future directions in higher education, will share with us the results of this national AAU study and his perspectives on the future of higher educa­ tion. Dr. Rosenzweig’s thoughts have been shaped by years of service in academia. He taught political science at Amherst College, work­ ed in the U.S. Office of Education as a special 221 assistant to the commissioner, served as associate dean of the Stanford University Graduate Divi­ sion and vice provost of the university before undertaking his present position. • Daniel Sullivan, dean of academic develop­ ment and planning at Carleton College, North- field, Minnesota, will speak about planning in the next decade within the context of higher educa­ tion generally and four-year colleges specifically. With his responsibilities at one of the nation’s most prestigious undergraduate institutions, Dr. Sullivan is well prepared to address what lies be­ fore us in the 80s. Dr. Sullivan is a sociologist by training. Before becoming dean he was an assis­ tant professor of sociology at both Carleton and Cornell University. Dr. Sullivan began his career as a research associate and an instructor in sociol­ ogy at Barnard College. Dr. Sullivan is a prolific author of books and articles whose subjects range from sociology of science, knowledge and art to studies of peer group relations. • PAUL A. Lacey, professor of English at Earl­ ham College, Bichmond, Indiana, will address the options facing Iibrarianship in the coming de­ cade through the eyes of an educator within a li­ brary-oriented discipline and an institution which has become well known for its library use instruc­ tion program. Dr. Lacey has been at Earlham since 1960 where he has served not only as a member of the teaching faculty, but also as chair of the English Department and provost of the college. His thoughts on library service come from his unusual perspective as teacher and long­ standing outspoken proponent of bibliographic in­ struction. • Beverly P. Lynch, university librarian, Uni­ versity of Illinois at Chicago Circle, will consider the future from her perspective as a librarian, li­ brary administrator and leader in the academic li­ brary profession. Dr. Lynch has worked in librar­ ies in this country and in England. She has served on the library staffs of Marquette and Yale Universities and as the ACRL executive secretary from 1972-77. Dr. Lynch has produced an exten­ sive body of research and throughout the years has demonstrated well her ability to comment on the future of Iibrarianship in the coming decade. The theme presentations will conclude on the last day of the conference with a panel discussion in which librarians representing the three ACRL Type-of-Library Sections—Community and Junior College, College, and University—will react to the issues that have been identified by the theme speakers and will attempt to codify the options for libraries, librarians, and library services. The panel will be moderated by David C. Weber, ACRL president and director of libraries at Stan­ ford University. The three panel members will be Sherrie S. Bergman, chair of the College Librar­ ies Section; Marcia J. Myers, chair of the Com­ munity and Junior College Libraries Section; and Joan I. Gotwals, chair of the University Libraries Section. Thomas P. Melady Robert Rosenzweig Daniel Sullivan Paul A . Lacey Beverly P. Lynch Special Events Exhibits Opening and Reception; The exhibits of the ACRL Second National Conference, Op­ tions for the 80s, will officially open Thursday evening, October 1, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The opening of the exhibits will include an all­ conference cash bar reception with the exhibitors in the Hyatt Exhibit Hall. Minneapolis Public Library Reception: A con­ ference-wide wine and cheese reception to wel­ come ACRL to the Minneapolis library commun­ ity will be held Thursday evening, October 1, from 9:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. at the Minneapo­ lis Public Library. Tour the spacious modern li­ brary, visit with and meet colleagues, or dance to the music of The Moldy Figs, a local Dixieland 222 band. The Minneapolis Public Library is located on the world famous Nicollet Mall within easy walking distance of the Hyatt. Shuttle buses will be running to take conferees to and from the Hyatt and the library. Landmark Center Reception—St. Paul: All conferees are invited to attend the wine and hors d’oeuvres reception, Friday, October 2, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., at Landmark Center, the re­ stored Old Federal Court Building in downtown St. Paul. This historic court building, now the new cultural arts center, houses five non-profit agencies and sponsors a varied program of per­ forming and visual arts as well as civic activities. The reception will be held in the Cortile, the huge indoor courtyard which rises six floors to a clear skylight. Music will be provided from the balconies. Conferees are encouraged to tour the old courtrooms as well as to stroll across Rice Park and visit the James Jerome Hill Reference Library and the St. Paul Public Library which share a stately building on the National Historic Register. Landmark Center is also within walking distance of the Science Museum of Minnesota which houses the acclaimed Omni Theater. Shut­ tle buses, leaving approximately every 30 minutes beginning at 6:00 p.m., will take conferees to St. Paul from the Hyatt with return trips beginning at 8:30 p.m. St. Paul’s Landmark Center Virgil Massman The Landmark Centers spacious interior, where ACRL’s Friday reception will be held. ACRL Banquet: The last special event sched­ uled for the ACRL Second National Conference is the gala ACRL banquet. Conferees are invited to an evening of good food and company on Saturday evening, October 3, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the gracious Hyatt Ballroom. The menu will consist of such regional specialties as Minnesota wild rice soup and poached torsk with dill sauce. Highlighting the banquet will be the acclaimed satirical review theatre group, Dudley Riggs’ Brave New Workshop, which has been the resident satire company on national public radio’s “All Things Considered.” The group will perform “You Want Help? I Have a Terminal on My Lap & a Director in My Ear!” The cost for this eve­ ning is $19 per person. Do plan to share in this special event of fine food and listening enjoy­ ment. Additional tickets will be available upon request. Exhibits Program Attendees can visit 173 exhibits of publishers, audio-visual producers, equipment and materials suppliers, networks and consortia, wholesalers and jobbers, computer and micrographics sup­ pliers, computer-based reference services—one of the largest exhibits of its kind in the nation. Ex­ hibitors at the conference (as of May 20, 1981) in­ clude: ABC-Clio Academic Book Center ALA Publishing Services 223 Allen & Unwin, Inc. Ambassador Book Service, Inc. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research AMS Press, Inc. Andrew Wilson Company Amo Press/Microfìlming Corp. of America Aves Audio Visual Co. Baker & Taylor Company Ballen Booksellers Inti, Inc. Bell & Howell Micro Photo Division Biblio-Techniques Bibliographic Retrieval Services, Inc. (BRS) BIOSIS Blackwell Book House, Inc. Carrollton Press & U.S. Historical Documents Institute Casalini Libri Catalog Card Corp. Chadwyck-Healey/Somerset House Charles Scribner’s and Sons Choice Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. Combined Book Exhibit Computer Science Press, Inc./ Computer Science Education Extension Conference Book Service Congressional Information Service, Inc. Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Coutts Library Services, Inc. Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature D&N (USA) Library Services, Inc. DataPhase Systems, Inc. Demco, Inc. Design Group, Inc. Dun & Bradstreet E. B. S. Inc. Book Service EBSCO Subscription Services Elsevier Science Publishers Environment Information Center, Inc. (EIC) F. W. Faxon Company, Inc. G. K. Hall & Co. Gaylord Bros., Inc. Geac Canada Limited Greenwood Press H. W. Wilson Company Harper & Row Heldref Publications Holt, Rinehart and Winston Human Relations Area File Information Access Corp. Information Handling Services Institute for Scientific Information INTER DOCUMENTATION Co. JAI Press, Inc. Kinetronics Kluwer Boston, Inc. Knowledge Industry Publica­ tions Kraus-Thomson Organization Ltd. Libraries Unlimited, Inc. Library Bureau, Inc. Lockheed/DIALOG Informa­ tion Services Longman Inc. Louisiana State University Press M E. Sharpe Mary S. Rosenberg, Inc. McGraw-Hill Book Company McGregor Magazine Agency Methuen Microform Review/Meckler Publishing Midwest Library Services The Minneapolis Public Library, where ACRL’s Thursday reception will be held. 224 Moore-Cottrell Subscription Agencies, Inc. Mountainside Publishing Co. Neal-Schuman Publishers NewsBank, Inc. Nichols Publishing Company Northwest Microfilm Oceana Publications OCLC Online Computer Library Center ORYX Press Otto Harrassowitz Oxford University Press Public Affairs Information Service R. R. Bowker Read-More Publications, Inc. Readex Mircoprint Corp. Research Publications, Inc. RHC-Spacemaster Scarecrow Press, Inc. Scholarly Book Center Scholarly Resources, Inc. Shoe String Press, Inc./Archon Books/Linnet Books/Professional Publications Social Issues Resources Series SpaceSaver Corporation Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. St. Martin’s Press Stern Verlag Janssen & Co. Swets North America, Inc. Turner Subscription Agency/ Publisher’s Exposition Agency UNIFO Publishers, Ltd. United Nations Universal Serials & Book Exchange, Inc. University Microfilms Inti. University Press of America University Products, Inc. UTLAS Vend-A-Copy, Inc. Viking Penguin, Inc. W. H. Freeman Walter de Gruyter, Inc./Aldine Publishing Co./Mouton Publishing Co. West Publishing Company Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Yankee Book Peddler, Inc. Librarians, managers, administrators, computer professionals, and inform ation scientists with wide-ranging responsibilities will not want to miss the exhibits. The exhibitors’ reception is sche­ duled for Thursday, October 1, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This is a conference-wide reception with cash bars available in the exhibit hall. Ex­ hibit hours will be: Thursday, 5:00-7:00 p.m.; Fri­ day, 10:00 a.m .-4:00 p.m. and Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. A no-conflict period for viewing exhibits will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday. A cash bar and lounge will be open in the exhibit hall, and a reasonably priced lunch will be available in an area immediately adjacent to the exhibit hall so the registrants may easily combine lunch with viewing the exhibits. Registration ACRL Conference Registration will take place in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. The area will be open during the following hours: Oct. 1 8:00 a.m .-7:00 p.m. Oct. 2 7:30 a.m .-5:00 p.m. Oct. 3 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Full conference registration entitles the registrant to admission to all of the Conference sessions and the Exhibits, tickets to the two special events (the Minneapolis Public Library Reception and the Landm ark C e n te r Reception-St. Paul), a program, microfiche, and use of the ACRL place­ ment service. Pre-registration. All ACRL members will re­ ceive pre-registration information and forms in July as part of a regular membership mailing. The deadline for pre-registration is August 21, after which time a $15 fee will be assessed. Full conference registration rates and cate­ gories are as follows: ACRL members, $75; ALA members, $90; ALA student members, $25; and non-members, $110. To qualify for ACRL member rates, you must be an ACRL member for the 1981 membership vear. Daily registration is also possible at the follow­ ing rates: ACRL members, $30 each day; ALA members, $35 each day; ALA student members, $10 each day; and non-members, $40 each day. The late fee for daily registration after the August 21 deadline is $5 each day. Non-librarian guests accompanying a paid con­ ference registrant may attend the Conference for Lake of the Isles offers scenic beauty and recreational enjoyment within minutes of downtown Minneapolis.