ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


In this issue:

ACRL C onference .......................... 189

Continuing Education IV ............. 190

ACRL Chapters ...............................192

News from the Field ......................193

People ................................................ 201

Publications ..................................... 210

Classified Advertising ....................212

ISSN 0099-0086

COLLEGE 
& RESEARCH 

LIBRARIES

n e w s

NO. 7 • JULY/AUGUST 1978

Kurt Vonnegut to Speak at ACRL Conference

A special featu re of th e forthcom ing ACRL con­
ference will be th e d in n e r in th e  G ran d  Ballroom 
o f th e  Sheraton-B oston H otel on T hursday ev e ­
ning, N o v e m b e r 9, w hen th e  A m erican author, 
Kurt V onnegut, will address th e  group.

K urt V onnegut n eeds no intro d u c tio n  to librar­
ians b ecau se o f th e  im portance a n d  popularity of 
his w ritings in libraries th ro u g h o u t th e  world. H e 
is th e  a u th o r o f eig h t novels: Player Piano; The 
Sirens o f  T ita n ; M o th e r N ight; G o d  Bless You, 
M r. R osew ater; C a t's C radle; S la u g h terh o u se- 
Five; B reakfast o f  C h am pions; and Slapstick. H e 
h a s also  w r i t te n  tw o  p la y s, H a p p y  B ir th d a y , 
W anda J u n e  a n d  B etw een Tim e a n d  T im b u ktu ; 
a nd tw o co lle c tio n s o f his s h o r t e r  w orks h ave 
b een  p u b lish ed , W elcom e to the M onkey House 
and W am peters, Foma & G ranfalloons.

T he ACR L 1978 National C o n feren ce, N ovem ­
b e r 8-11 at th e  Sheraton-B oston H o tel, has as its 
th em e, “ N ew  H orizons for A cadem ic L ib raries.” 
A series of th e m e  addresses and c o n trib u te d  pa­
pers sessions will address a v ariety o f subjects of 
c u rre n t an d  co n tinuing in te re st to academ ic and 
research librarians.

O th e r  special fe a tu re s o f  th e  c o n fe re n c e  in ­
clude an op en in g  night recep tio n  on N ovem ber 
8, b eg in n in g  at 9:30 p .m ., in th e  Boston Public 
L ibrary, join tly  sponsored by th e  Boston Public 
L ibrary T ru stees and th e Boston L ibrary C onsor­
tium . T h e re  will also b e a re c e p tio n  on F riday 
evening, N o v em b er 10, b eg in n in g  at 7:00 p .m ., 
in th e  Boston M useum  of F in e A rts, sponsored 
by G. K. Hall & Co. C onference participants a t­
ten d in g  this reception will have th e  o p p ortunity 
to view th e exhibit, T reasures o f E arly Irish Art, 
1500 B .C .-1 5 0 0  A.D.

T h e  B oston I n te r n a tio n a l A n tiq u a ria n  Book 
F a ir  w ill b e  h e ld  a t t h e  n e a r b y  C o p ly  Plaza 
H otel, N o v em b er 10-12, and ACRL conference 
p articipants will be able to atte n d  th e  fair free of 
charge.

ACRL m em b ers have receiv ed  a b ro ch u re on 
th e  c o n fe re n c e , o ffering special p r e reg istratio n  
rates (through O cto b er 8) and in cluding a hotel 
reservation form. T hose m em b ers w ho may not 
h av e re c e iv e d  this in fo rm atio n  a n d  o th e r s  in ­
t e r e s t e d  in  t h e  c o n f e r e n c e  m ay  r e q u e s t  t h e  
b r o c h u re  from  th e  A CR L office (A m erican L i­
brary Association, 50 E. H uro n  S t., C hicago IL 
60611). ■■

Copyrighted by Jill Krementz

N ew s issue (A) and (B) o f C ollege & Research Libraries, vol. 39, no. 4