ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 21 of essays which grew out of the Twenty-Third Midwest Academic Librarians’ Conference held in May, 1978, at Ball State University. The goal of the conference was “to bring together the most authoritative and the most representative opin­ ions in the faculty developm ent and library in­ struction movements for the purpose of establish­ ing a much-needed dialog between librarians and professors.” • The L ibrary and Inform ation Technology Association sponsored two Closing the Catalog In­ stitutes in November, 1978, and February, 1979. The purpose of the institutes was to examine the nature of the influences causing libraries to con­ sider the closing of their catalogs and the desira­ bility of the alternatives. D. Kaye Gapen and Bonnie Juergens have compiled and edited the proceedings of these institutes. Closing the Cata­ log: Proceedings o f the 1978 and 1979 Library & Information Technology Association Institutes is available from Oryx Press (1980, $18.50). A tte n tio n E m p lo y e rs Would you like to fill job openings with highly qualified staff—at top sp eed ? The ACRL telephone JO BLIN E, instituted Sep­ tem ber 1, announces your available positions to a wide audience of library and information professionals. The prerecorded tape is revised weekly; all job listings received by 1:00 p.m. Thursday will be incorporated into the new Friday tape. Each listing is included on the JOBLINE for two weeks. To list a position, send a completed JOB­ L IN E form (available from ACRL) and a check for $25 (ACRL members) or $30 (non- ACRL members) pavable to ACRL JOBLINE, to: ACRL JO B L IN E , ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. For more in­ formation about this service, call ACRL at (312) 944-6780. Only equal opportunity em ­ ployment listings will be accepted. C a le n d a r J a n u a ry 31—Placement: “Job G etting Strategies for the L/MTA,” Midwinter Meeting of the Council on Library/M edia Technical Assistants, Learning Resources Division, University of the District of Columbia. A presentation will be made by David Dowell, assistant university librarian at Duke U niversity. Contact: Ravmond Ronev, Learning Resources, University of the District of Columbia, 4200 C onnecticut Ave., N .W ., Washington, DC 20008; (202) 282-7536. F e b r u a r y 1— Higher Education: “H igher Education Act Library Programs: An E ndangered Species?” Workshop sponsored by the ALA Washington Office and intended to spearhead a drive for more adequate funding of the Higher Educa­ tion Act lib ra ry p ro g ram s. C o n tact: ALA Washington Office, 110 Maryland Ave., N .E ., Box 54, W ashington, DC 20002; (202) 547- 4440. 20- 21— OCLC: “OCLC: Introduction for Non- OCLC U sers,” workshop, School of Library and Inform ation Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact: See Janu­ ary 20 entry. 21- 22— Science Fiction: “Assessing Science Fic­ tion,” the J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Scien­ ce Fiction and Fantasy Literature, sponsored by the University of California, Riverside, Li­ brary and D epartm ent of Literatures and Lan­ guages. Keynote speaker will be Leslie Fied­ ler. Contact: George Slusser, Eaton Confer­ ence, University Library, P.O. Box 5900, Uni­ versity of California, Riverside, CA 92517. 21-26—Art Libraries: Ninth Annual Conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Sir Francis Drake Hotel, San Francisco. The conference will be followed by the College Art Association Annual Conference. Contact: Pam­ ela J. Parry, Executive Secretary, ARLIS/NA, 143 Bowling Green Place, Iowa City, IA 52240; (319) 351-2078. 27— Women in L ibrary M anagement: “Even the Odds: W om en in L ibrary M anagem ent, a seminar to be held on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, featuring speakers from the library, management, and psychology fields. Sponsored by the Library of California State University, Long Beach. Fee: $25, due by F eb ru ary 1. Contact : “Even the O d d s,” CSULB U niversity Library, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840; (213) 498-4029 or 498-4367. M a rc h 11-13— Networking: Third Annual Conference of SALIS (Substance Abuse Librarians and In­ form ation Specialists), B erkeley, California. C o n tact: A ndrea M itchell, Social R esearch Group, University of California, 1816 Scenic, Berkeley, CA 94709; (415) 642-5208. 25— C hildren’s L iteratu re: workshop, School of 22 Library and Information Science, Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Contact: See January 20 entry. 25-28— North Carolina: F iftieth anniversary celebration, School of Library Science, Uni­ versity of North Carolina, Durham. Seminars: “Research in Librarianship” and “Education for Librarianship.” Speakers will include David Kaser, Lester Asheim, Mary Jo Lynch, Richard Dougherty, and Charles H. Davis. Contact: Fred W. Roper, Assistant Dean, School of Li­ brary Science, Manning Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27814. A p r il 1-3—Learning Resource Centers: “All for One in ’81,” the North Carolina Community College Learning Resources Association annual confer­ ence, Bordeaux Motor Inn, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Contact: E rnest Tompkins, Indi­ vidualized Instuctional Center, Forsyth Tech­ nical Institute, 2100 Silas Creek Parkway, Win­ ston-Salem, NC 27103. 1-4—Latin Americana: Seminar on the Acquisi­ tion of Latin American Library M aterials, annual meeting, Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana. Theme: “Latin American Economic Issues: Information Needs and In­ formation Sources. Hosted by the Latin Amer­ ican Library of Tulane University. For program information, contact: Laura G utiérrez-W itt, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas General Libraries, Austin, TX 78712. For local arrangem ents, contact: Thomas Niehaus, Latin American Library, Tulane Uni­ versity, New Orleans, LA 70118. 6-10—Educational Technology: National conven­ tion of the Association for Educational Com­ munications and Technology (AECT), Phila­ delphia Civic Center. The convention theme will be “Designing the Future Together.” This is the chief professional meeting for educators and trainers who are concerned with using media and technology to improve learning at all levels of education and training. P re ­ registration fee: $50 AECT members, $65 non­ members. Contact: AECT Convention Office, 1126 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. 8 - 10—Bibliographic Instruction: “ Librarians, Faculty and Bibliographic Instruction,” Earl­ ham C ollege’s fifth workshop on the topic. Deadline for applications is February 15. For more information, contact: Leo Chang, Earl­ ham College, Richmond, IN 47374; (317) 962- 6561. 9- 11—Hand Printing: First National Conference on the Art of the Printed Book, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Downtown Education Center. Fee: $40. Contact: Mel Bohn, Uni­ versity Library, U niversity of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha' NE 68182; (402) 554-3213. 13-16—Natural History Bibliography: History in the Service of the Systematics, international conference, sponsored by the Systematics Asso­ ciation and the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History on the occasion of the centenary of the British Museum (Natural History), Lon­ don, England. Fee: approxim ately £25 (nonmembers), £20 (members). Topics covered will include history of biological nomenclature, biosytem atics, bibliography, collectors and scholars, and collections. Contact: Judith A. Diment, Botany Librarian, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England. 26- 29— Data Processing: “ New Inform ation Technologies: New O pportunities,” the 18th Annual University of Illinois Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, Illini Union, Urbana, Illinois. Sponsored by the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science. Contact: Mary Bussert, Conferences and Insti­ tutes, 116 Illini Hall, 725 S. Wright St., Cham­ paign, IL 61801; (217) 333-2880. 27- 30—Public Relations: Meadow Brook Hall In­ stitute on Marketing of Library Services, Oak­ land University, Rochester, Michigan 48063. Contact: Robert G. Gaylor, Kresge Library, (313) 377-2470; or Conference D epartm ent, Oakland U niversity, Rochester, MI 48063; (313) 337-3272. May 3-15— Management: F ifteenth annual Library Administrators Development Program, Donald­ son Brown Center, Port Deposit, Maryland. Seminar sessions will concentrate on the prin­ cipal administrative issues which senior mana­ gers en counter. C ontact: Effie T. Knight, Administrative Assistant, Library Administra­ tors Development Program, College of Library and Information Services, University of Mary­ land, College Park, MD 20742. 7-8—Bibliographic Instruction: “Teaching Li­ brary Use Competence: Bridging the Gap from High School to College,” the 11th Annual Li­ brary Instruction Conference, sponsored by the LOEX C learinghouse (Library O rientation- Instruction Exchange), Eastern Michigan Uni­ versity, Ypsilanti. Library use competency test­ ing will be highlighted. Contact: Carolyn Kirk- endall, LOEX Exchange, C enter of Educa­ tional Resources, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197; (313) 487-0168, mornings. 14-16— Information Science: “ Using Informa­ tio n ,” the T enth Mid-Year M eeting of the American Society for Information Science, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado. Topics addressed will include user studies, organiza­ tional change, management, access, delivery systems, and designing information systems. Contact: American Society for Information Sci­ ence, 1010 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 659-3644.