ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 398 / C &RL News C A L E N D E R November 2 9 -3 0 —Afro-Americana: “Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: A National Symposium,” at the Ar mour J. Blackburn Center, Howard University, Washington, D .C . Sponsored by the Moorland- Springarn Research Center and partially funded by NEH, the symposium will bring together cu rators, historians, librarians, conservators, and collectors. Advance registration is required for this free event. Contact: Black Bibliophiles and Collectors, Moorland-Springarn Research Cen te r, Howard U niversity, W ash in gton , DC 20059. December 6 - 8 — New Technology: The 7th annual Interna tional Online Information Meeting, Cunard In ternational Hotel, London, England. The con ference will feature papers on downloading, full-text databases, microcomputers, in-house information systems, chemical substructures, electronic publishing, and the database indus try. This year there are expanded national ses sions in French, German, Dutch, and English distilling the major points of the conference within a national European context. Contact: Joh n O zim ek, Sales Prom otion E xecu tiv e, L earn ed In fo rm a tio n , Besselsleigh R oad, Abingdon, Oxford, U.K. 0 X 1 3 6LG. 2 8 -2 9 — MLA: The Modern Language Association Conference, to be held at the New York Hilton Hotel, will feature three programs organized by librarians: “Literary Bibliographies: Defining Standards for Their Creation and Evaluation,” by Elaine Franco, with panelists John Dillon, William McPheron, and Joseph Natoli; “Today’s Academic Libraries and University Presses: Their Role in Modern Language Studies,” by Danielle Mihram, with panelists Paul Korshin, Abbot M. Friedland, William P. Germano, and Richard Koffler; and “Literature Collections in Academic Libraries: A Crisis Situ ation ,” by Connie Thorson, with panelists William Wort- man, Jeanne Sohn, and William Miller. January 5 - 6 — Urban Libraries: Seminar on “The Urban E lectro n ic L ib rary in the Com m unications E ra ,” cosponsored by the Urban Libraries Coun cil and the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Library and Information Science, in Washing ton, D .C . Speakers will include Richard Boss, Rowland C .W . Brown, Keith Doms, Kenneth Dowlin, Thomas Galvin, and Brooke Sheldon. Contact: Alex Ladenson, Executive Director, Urban Libraries Council, 425 North Michigan Avenue, Room 1102, Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 661-1493. 5 - 7 — Library Education: Annual Conference of the Association for Library and Information Sci ence E d u cation , W ashington Hilton Hotel. Theme: “Educating Information Professionals for the Future: Strategies and Options.” Keynote speaker will be Anthony Oettinger, Harvard University. Contact: A LISE, 471 Park Lane, State College, PA 16803; (814) 238-0254. February 19 -22 — Art Libraries: The 12th Annual Confer ence of the Art Libraries Society of North Amer ica will be held at Stouffer’s Inn on the Square, Cleveland. The Cleveland Museum of Art will host the convocation and reception. Tours are scheduled to the Toledo Museum of Art, Oberlin College, and Akron-Youngstown. Contact: Pa m ela Je ffc o tt P arry , E xecu tive D ire c to r, ARLIS/NA, 3775 Bear Creek Circle, Tucson, AZ 85749; (602) 749-9112. 2 0 -2 4 — Video: The 6th annual Video Expo San Francisco non-broadcast television trade show, sponsored by Knowledge Industry Publications, will be held in the Civic Auditorium, San Fran cisco. The Expo combines a vast display of video equipment, services, and programming with an expanded seminar program. Contact: Knowl edge Industry, 701 Westchester Avenue, White Plains, NY 10604; (914) 328-9157. March 4 - 7 — Abstracts: The 26th Annual Conference of the National Federation of Abstracting and In formation Services will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, Virginia. Successful Exchange Elaine N. Miller, associate reference librar ian at Smith College, Northampton, Massachu setts, and Jean Robertson, head of general ref erence at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, have exchanged positions for the academic year 1983-84. 400 / C&RL News The theme is “A National Information Policy: Economic Implications for Information Pro viders.” For registration information, contact NFAIS, 112 South 16th Street, 12th Floor, Phila delphia, PA 19102; (215) 563-2406. A p ril 16-18— Videotex: Videotex '84, sponsored by Lon don Online Inc., will be held at the Hyatt Re gency, Chicago. The conference will focus on marketing, information products and services, and technology. Contact: Videotex '84, London Online In c., Suite 3314, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036; (212) 398-1177. 23-26-C atholic Libraries: 63d Annual Conven tion, Catholic Library Association, Boston Park Plaza Hotel. The convention theme is “Freedom Our Heritage, Peace Our Challenge.” Contact: John T. Corrigan, CLA Headquarters, 461 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041; (215) 649-5251. ■ ■ Statement of Ownership and Management C o lleg e & R esearch L ib raries N ews is published 11 times a year (monthly, combining July/August), by the American Library Association, 50 E . Huron St., Chicago, Illinois 60611. American Library Associa tion, owner; George M. Eberhart, editor. Second- class postage paid at Chicago, Illinois. Printed in U.S.A. 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Dartmouth College Library is seeking qualified candidates for the newly created position of collection de elopment librarian for the Dana Biomedical Library which serves he Dartmouth College Medical School, the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and the Dartmouth College Department of Biomedi cal Sciences. Under the direction of the biomedical librarian, is re sponsible for collection development and maintenance of the collec ions in the life sciences and the medical sciences, and coordinates echnical services activities in Dana Biomedical Library with the cen ralized technical services of the Dartmouth College Library System. upervises the work of the serials assistant, participates in the provi ion of reference service. Qualifications: ALA/MLS, 2 years experi ence in a health sciences library, academic background in the bio logical sciences, familiarity with the medical sciences literature, knowledge of computer-based systems (OCLC, RLIN, NLM). 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