902 / C&RL News accept appointment in a library where one aspires only to “acceptability.” Conclusion Career and staff development are complemen­ tary programs , sharing the means to different ends. Managers and administrators need to accept the development of their staffs’ knowledge and skills as a major responsibility so that staff members will be able to perform at a high level of excellence. Through this process, an individual’s career devel­ opment needs will be addressed, even if not di­ rectly. Individual staff members have a major re­ sponsibility as well— a strong commitment to their own development and a willingness to leam and to change. ■ ■ Promoting professional development: A local approach By Ilene F. Rockman Coordinator o f Reference Services California Polytechnic State University Continuing your education without leaving your campus. T he professional development o f librarians is increasing in importance as librarians once hired for their bibliographic competencies are now expected to engage in scholarly pursuits to gain reappointment, tenure, and/or promotion. Libraries have interpreted professional develop­ ment activities broadly to include active involve- mentin professional association work; presentation of papers; publication of books, articles, reviews, abstracts, and bibliographies; grant writing; con­ sulting; research and study leaves; staff exchanges; and other contributions which enable one to p er­ form at a higher level of proficiency.1 1Professional Development in A RL Libraries, Spec Kit #86 (Washington, D.C.: Office o f Man­ agement Services, Association of Research Librar­ ies, 1982). As library budgets face increased competition for funds to support these activities, and evaluation criteria do not diminish their importance, library faculty members may wish to take greater respon­ sibility for mounting local programs which foster a collegial approach to professional development. This is especially critical in the small or medium­ sized academic library2. The programs developed by Cal Poly’s Kennedy Library over the past three years may serve to inspire other libraries in their attempts to encour­ age, promote, and support the continuing educa­ tion needs o f their library faculties. 2Susan A. Stussy, “A Need for the Professional Development of Academic Libraries,” Catholic Li­ brary World 59 (September/October 1987): 82-84. November 1989 / 903 In 1985 th e 2 1 -m em b er library faculty created a Professional D ev elo p m en t C o m m ittee (PD C ) w ithin th e stru ctu re o f th e L ibrarians’ Council. T he Council a d o p ted this action b ased upon th e p h i­ losophy th a t professional growth an d developm ent activities: • stren g th en a librarians’ know ledge and abili­ ties; • co n trib u te to th e effectiveness o f an individ­ u al’s p erfo rm an ce an d to th e achievem ent o f p e r ­ sonal and professional goals; • are vital to th e continuation o f a quality aca­ dem ic en vironm ent w hich d ep en d s u pon intellec­ tually active librarians; • are essential to th e provision o f quality library service; • are supportive o f th e library’s role on cam pus; • are a sh ared responsibility b etw een an in d i­ vidual engaging in ap p ro p riate activities, an d th e university providing ap p ro p riate tim e and r e ­ sources; • stim ulate librarians to challenge them selves. A lthough th e library already h ad previously es­ tablished a staff dev elo p m en t com m ittee, its activi­ ties w ere broadly b ased (for example, stress re d u c ­ tion program s, C P R training) and outside th e scope o f professional concerns. T h erefo re, a th re e -p e r­ son Professional D ev elo p m en t C o m m ittee (PD C ) was cre ate d u n d e r th e auspices o f th e L ibrarians’ C ouncil to address th e p articu lar needs o f librari­ ans. Successful programs D u rin g its initial y ear in 1986, th e P D C focused on tw o objectives: 1) to create an d distribute a n ew sletter o f upcom ing m eetings an d calls for p apers, an d 2) to organize a w orkshop on w riting articles for publication. T h e n ew sletter was p ro d u ce d using N utshell database m an ag em en t softw are, w ith custom ized p rin to u ts m ade available u p o n req u est. C o n ten t was chronologically arran g ed w ith salient inform a­ tion (date, title, location, co n tact person) culled from n u m ero u s b rochures an d flyers se n t to com ­ m ittee m em bers. I t was 12 pages in length, d istrib­ u te d to all librarians, and an im m ediate hit. T h e publication w orkshop th a t y ear featu red four librarians w ho v o lu n teered to share th e ir r e ­ c e n t experiences. E ach spoke for 10 m inutes on personal approaches to w riting (motivation, over- com ing psychological barriers, moving from m anu­ script to finished p ro d u ct), and answ ered questions from th e audience. T h eir collective experiences in clu d ed w riting a bibliographic essay, collaborat­ ing to w rite a survey-based research article, w riting ad escrip tiv e article, an d w riting a su b ject-o rien ted article. E ach p re s e n te r also co n trib u ted to th e c o n te n t o f an an n o tated bibliography dis trib u te d at th e w orkshop th a t in clu d ed articles and books on th e m echanics o f writing, conducting research, and subm itting articles for publication. A fter this successful workshop, th e com m ittee d ecid ed to enlist th e sup p o rt o f cam pus audiovisual p erso n n el for a 1987 w orkshop th e following year. “U tilizing Audiovisual P roduction S u p p o rt” fea­ tu re d th e university’s senior ph o to g rap h er, graphic designer, and video p ro d u cer. E ach described services available to co nference p resen ters to e n ­ hance th e delivery o f p apers by em ploying high- resolution slides o r overheads, o r incorporating a video p rese n tatio n w ith co m p u ter anim ation and special effects. As desktop publishing was ju st beginning to em erge on th e cam pus th a t year, the w orkshop proved to b e tim ely an d inform ative. T h e 1987-1988 academ ic year o p en ed w ith th e w orkshop, “P rep aratio n for Sabbatical and D iffer- ence-in-Pay Leaves” p re se n te d by two re c e n t re ­ cipients, two p e e r review co m m ittee m em bers, and a rep resen tativ e from th e cam pus p erso n n el office. This nuts-and-bolts w orkshop was v id eo tap ed for fu tu re referen ce, an d proved to b e helpful to a librarian w ho applied for, and was aw arded, a sabbatical th e following year. T h e rem a in d er o f 1988 was devoted to a series o f lu n ch tim e “R esearch At H igh N oon” forum s held in th e library staff room. T h ese sessions served as a vehicle for librarians to share inform ally eith er rec en t research projects o r co n feren ce p rese n ta­ tions. Six volunteers (including th e d ean o f library services) discussed such diverse topics as relation­ ships b etw e en academ ic libraries and co m p u ter centers, teleconferencing, depository agreem ents Wittenbom art publishing awards T he G eorge W itte n b o m Award is p rese n ted annually by th e A rt Libraries Society o f N o rth A m erica to those publications w hich rep rese n t th e b est o f art publishing, b o th in c o n ten t and in presentation. T h e aw ard honors th e m em ory o f G eorge W itte n b o m w hose bookshop on M adi- son A venue in N ew York City was an in d isp en ­ sable source o f art literatu re an d w hose pu b lish ­ ing efforts in clu d ed a ground-breaking series o f docu m en ts on 2 0 th -cen tu iy art. T h e 1989 G eorge W itte n b o m Awards C om ­ m ittee invites nom inations o f 1989 im prints. N om inations, w hich will b e accep ted until m id- D e c e m b e r 1989, and req u ests for m ore infor­ m ation should b e sen t to th e chair o f th e co m ­ m ittee: E u g en ie C andau, A ckerm an F in e Arts Library, San F rancisco M useum o f M odern Art, 401 Van N ess A venue, San Francisco, CA 94102. 904 / C&RL News in th e archival setting, literatu re searching at 2400 baud, browsing p attern s o f library use, fiction ap ­ proval plans, an d English literatu re selection. C u rre n t P D C w orkshops are being developed on th e topics o f library planning and m anagem ent in anticipation o f an off-cam pus library faculty retre a t next year. T h ere is no d o u b t th a t b u d g et constraints may continue to restrict th e am o u n t o f library support w hich can b e provided for continuing education and professional developm ent opportunities for librarians. N onetheless, one library has shown that by librarians taking responsibility, pooling local talents, m otivating each other, and investing in a collaborative approach to professional develop­ m en t, successful an d innovative program s can re ­ sult. ■ ■ Using a spreadsheet program to shift a journal collection By Dennis C. Tucker H ead o f Serials M ishaivaka-Penn Public Library, Indiana Letting the computer perform the more complex calculations involved in stack-shifting. N o one enjoys moving library materials. No m a tte r how it’s done, it’s a tim e-co n su m ­ ing, m entally and physically exhausting task. T h e task can b e m ade easier and less tim e-consum ing how ever by applying th e m o d ern technology th a t is available. T he secret to a successful move o f a periodicals collection is p ro p er planning, req u irin g a grasp o f several elem ents: th e size o f th e cu rre n t collection in linear inches, th e am o u n t th e collection grows in o n e year (also in linear inches), th e length o f a sh elf in inches, and th e n u m b e r o f shelves available to © 1989 D ennis C. Tucker. D ennis C. T u ck er is th e au th o r o f From Here to There: M oving a L i­ brary (Bristol, Ind.: W yndham Hall, 1987). hold th e collection in th e new location. Basically, th en , p lanning a move is an arith m eti­ cal operation. T he co m p u ter technology w hich is b est designed to handle arithm etic is th e spread­ sheet. D u rin g a rec en t shift o f o u r periodicals collection th e use o f a sp read sh eet saved us hours o f staff tim e an d red u c ed o u r m argin o f arith m eti­ cal error. T h e first step was to gather th e data. W e used a 3 x 5 card like th e one shown in F igure 1 for each journal th a t was to be moved. O n th e card we supplied th e following data: th e title o f th e journal, and th e h eig h t and thickness o f a volum e. Because th e h eig h t an d thickness o f a volum e can vary as issues change in size from y ear to year, som e librar­ ies m ight wish to n o te runs o f th e sam e title on separate cards, each according to its size.