ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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P u b lica tio n s
NOTICES

•  Blueprint fo r  Success: A Manual fo r Con­
ventions, Conferences, Seminars and Workshops 
(70 pages, 1981) has been compiled and edited by 
John J. Jax for the Wisconsin Library Association. 
This manual gives in a convenient outline form 
much of the information an association or library 
needs to organize a successful conference. Copies 
are available for $16.45 to WLA members or 
$21.45 to non-members (pre-payment required) 
from the Wisconsin Library Association, 1922 
University Avenue, Madison, WI 53705.

•  A Catalogue o f the Cary Collection o f Play­
ing Cards in the Yale University Library, by 
William B. Keller (4 volumes, 1616 pages, 1981), 
has been published by Yale University. The play­
ing cards, card sheets, wooden blocks, metal 
plates, ephemera, and prints acquired by Melbert 
B. Cary, Jr. (1892-1941) form one of the world’s 
most distinguished collections. 7,500 illustrations, 
8 in color. The set may be purchased for $300, 
plus $10 for handling, from the Beinecke Rare 
Book & Manuscript Library, P.O. Box 1603A 
Yale Station, Yale University, New Haven, CT 
06520. Orders from individuals must be prepaid.

•  The Directory o f Online Information Re­

sources, 8th edition (107 pages, September 1981), 
has been issued by CSG Press. It focuses on over 
300 of the most popular and useful databases that 
are commercially available online in the United 
States. An expanded subject and source index, 
pricing information, and a complete list of names, 
addresses, and phone numbers of all database 
vendors and producers are included. The direc­
tory is available at $18.50 per copy from CSG 
Press, 11301 Rockville Pike, Kensington, MD 
20895. Single orders must be accompanied by 
payment.

•  Institutionally Funded Student Financial 
Aid, by Nathan Dickmeyer, John Wessels, and 
Sharon L. Coldren (112 pages, 1981), published 
by the American Council on Education, is a 
thoughtful overview of the economic issues that 
determine the distribution of funds for financial 
aid programs. The monograph may be ordered by 
writing to the American Council on Education, 
Publication Sales, Section PR9, One Dupont Cir­
cle, Washington, DC 20036, and enclosing a 
payment of $15 per book (plus $2 handling for 
the first book, $1 for each additional book). Pay­
ment must accompany orders from individuals 
and all orders under $20.

•  The Library Education Statistical Report,



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second edition (1981), has been published by the 
Association of American Library Schools. Statisti­
cal information is presented for 81 graduate pro­
grams in librarianship at institutions affiliated 
with AALS. The time period covered for most 
categories of information is the 1980-81 academic 
year. The report is available for $15 per copy 
from the Executive Headquarters of the Associa­
tion of American Library Schools, 471 Park Lane, 
State College, PA 16801.

•  A Portrait o f Librarianship in Developing 
Societies, by Antonio A. Briquet de Lemos (46 
pages, 1981), has been published as Occasional 
Paper no. 28 by the University of Illinois Gradu­
ate School of Library and Information Science. 
Lemos critically reviews and analyzes studies on 
libraries and information services in Third World 
countries. Individual copies may be ordered for 
$3 (prepaid) from GSLIS, Publications Office, 249 
Armory Building, 505 E. Armory St., Cham­
paign, IL 61820.

•  A Professional Planning Calendar for 1982 
has been produced by the Wisconsin Library As­
sociation’s Education Section. This poster-sized 
calendar lists the dates, location, and contact per­
son for 35 national, regional, and state meetings 
of interest to the library/media profession. Copies 
may be ordered for $3 (plus $2 postage and han­
dling) from the Wisconsin Library Association 
Office, 1922 University Avenue, Madison, WI 
53705.

•  A Selective Bibliography on the Conserva­
tion o f Research Library Materials, by Paul N. 
Banks (1981), is now available from the Newberry 
Library. The bibliography contains some 1,200 
entries that provide access to publications in Eng­
lish that are most useful to librarians and ar­
chivists concerned with conservation. It has a 
subject and author index, and can be purchased 
for $10 from the Newberry Library Bookshop, 60 
West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610.

•  The University o f Pittsburgh Periodicals and 
Serials, 6th edition (2 volumes, 1981) contains 
35,382 titles held in 31 libraries and collections 
on the university’s main campus. Paperbound 
copies are available at $125; clothbound copies (a 
limited supply) are $135. Address all orders to 
the Head, Catalog Department, G-49 Hillman 
Library, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 
15260.

•  Vocational-Technical Audiovisual Materials 
fo r Learning Resources Centers (28 pages, 1981) 
has been published as number 6 in the Choice 
Bibliographical Essay Series. The listing was pre­
pared by the ACRL Community and Junior Col­
lege Libraries Section’s Bibliography Committee, 
and is the result of a survey of schools affiliated 
with the American Association of Community and 
Junior Colleges and their preferences in au­
diovisual materials. Copies may be ordered for 
$5.95 from Choice, 100 Riverview C enter, 
Middletown, CT 06475.



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AUDIOVISUAL NOTICES

•  The Harvard Distributable Union Catalog 
on microfiche is now available. This new catalog 
includes author, title, and subject entries for 
computerized cataloging produced by various 
Harvard libraries since July 1, 1977. It also in­
cludes author and title entries for works on order 
but not yet received, and for works received but 
not yet cataloged in the Harvard libraries. The 
first issue of the DUC consists of 360 microfiche. 
The reduction ratio is 48:1. Copies are available 
for $75 from Laura Margolis, University Library, 
Wadsworth House, Harvard University, Cam­
bridge, MA 02138.

•  Target Group Index: How It Works intro­
duces a marketing tool that cross-tabùlates demo­
graphic and psychographic characteristics of over 
30,000 people with patterns of product consump­
tion and exposure to magazines, radio, and televi­
sion. A detailed explanation of how to read and 
interpret data on TGI Tables is followed by dis­
cussion of how analysis of TGI data affects mar­
keting decisions. The slide/cassette program is 
available for rental at $15 or for purchase at $60, 
and may be ordered from E. Wood, Bowling 
Green State University Library, Bowling Green, 
OH 43403. Cardboard mounts, color, 170 slides, 
1 cassette, 40 minutes.

2nd ANNUAL 
COMPUTER 

HARDWARE & 
SOFTWARE 

CONFERENCE
December 11-12, 1981

Westpark Hotel, 
Arlington, Virginia

Sponsored by: Computer Equipment Review & 
Software Review

Registration Fee:
Before November 11: $125.00 
after November 11: $150.00

For additional information contact.
MRI Conferences,

a division of Microform Review Inc. 
520 Riverside Ave.

Westport, CT 06880 
(203) 226-6967

C alendar
D ecem b er
9-11—Archives: Conservation workshop spon­

sored by the Society of American Archivists, 
National Archives, Washington, D.C. It will 
consist of lecture/discussion on various aspects 
of conservation philosophy and administration 
as well as hands-on demonstration and practice 
of basic archival conservation techniques. En­
rollment is limited. Tuition of $50 will cover 
the cost of a conservation supply kit. Attendees 
must currently hold a position in a manuscript