ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 282 ACRL Chapters Thirty regional and state ACRL chapters now cover thirty-four states and one Canadian prov­ ince, and provide opportunities for local partic­ ipation for nearly 7,000 ACRL members who live within those areas. An Oklahoma Chapter was approved by the ACRL Board of Directors at the annual conference. CHAPTER ACTIVITIES • The Delaware Valley Chapter had “Cop­ ing with Common Concerns” as the theme for its spring meeting held in Media, Pennsylvania, on May 15 at th e D elaw are C ounty Campus of Pennsylvania State University. Three concurrent workshops gave chapter members an opportunity to share problems and experiences on the follow­ ing topics: “Cross References in the Public Cata­ log: Coping with AACR II,” coordinated by Pene­ lope Schwind, head of technical services at Bryn Mawr College Library; “Coping with Copyright: Written Policies, Reserves, Inter-Library Loan,” coordinated by Gertrude Reed, head of public services, Bryn Mawr College Library; and “Cop­ ing with Library Security and Discipline Prob­ lems,” coordinated by James Richards, director of Gettysburg College Library. • The Georgia Chapter will hold a fall pre­ conference workshop, “Teaching Librarians to Teach,” in conjunction with the Georgia Library Association biennial conference. The program, planned for October 29, is designed for academic librarians involved in bibliographic instruction. It will emphasize methods for selecting and ap­ plying teaching techniques and strategies as well as learning and behavioral concepts which sup­ port bibliographic instruction planning. Contact Susan Varca, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA 30602, (404) 542-2716, for more in­ formation. Three sessions of contributed papers presented by Georgia academic librarians are also planned. For more information on contributed papers, con­ tact David Ince, Valdosta State College Library, Valdosta, GA 31601, (912) 247-3228. • The Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter will host a symposium on “The Paperless Library: Advanced Technology in the 80’s” on November 17 at the CUNY Graduate Center Auditorium, 33 West 42d Street, New York, NY 10036. The fee for ACRL members is $20, non-members $25. Checks should be mailed to Prof. Vida Jurkus, Queens College Library, Flushing, NY 11367. For further information, contact Mary Riley, Fordham University Library, Bronx, NY 10458; (212) 933-2233, ext. 259. • The Illinois Chapter plans a continuing education workshop on reference service on S eptem ber 18. Charles Bunge will be the keynote speaker at the program at Governors State University, Park Forest. Contact Susan Maltese, Oakton Community College, Morton Grove, IL, 60053, (312) 967-5120, ext. 331, for further information. As part of the Illinois Library Association National Conference, the chapter will hold a program entitled “Toward Cooperative Collection Development through Automation” on October 23 from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Bob Wallhaus, of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, will open the afternoon session with comments on the board’s perspective on cooperative collection develop­ ment. His remarks will be followed by three pa­ pers with the central theme of the effects of auto­ mation on cooperative collection development. The chapter will also co-sponsor with ILA’s Re­ sources and Technical Sciences Section a pre­ sentation by Harold Welsch, DePaul University, entitled “Training for Management” on October 22. • The Indiana Chapter met on May 8 at Indi­ ana University in Bloomington. Many members were present to hear several excellent speakers discuss “ Resource Sharing among Indiana Academic Libraries.” The chapter will meet again on November 5 at French Lick where the topic will be “Identifica­ tion, Care and Preservation of Special Collec­ tions.” • The Kansas Chapter met in conjunction with a conference held on March 26 by the Kan­ sas Library Association. Joel Barker, a futurist and president of Infinity, Limited, in St. Paul, M innesota, spoke on “ L ibraries, E ducation, Technology: The Interesting Eighties.” • The MICHIGAN Chapter has planned a series of seminars on management topics in conjunction with the University of Michigan School of Library Science and the university’s Extension Service. A survey was sent out in March to determine mem­ bers’ interests. The first workshop in the series was held June 2 and was titled “Organizational Synchrony: Management Strategies for Academic Librarians.” The tentative future plans for the series include a session on time management in late November, a session on performance apprais­ al in March of 1982, and a session on finance for the non-finance manager in August of 1982. The next chapter program is scheduled in con­ junction with the Michigan Library Association Fall Conference at Sugar Loaf ski resort in north­ ern Michigan. The program, slated for October 16, is tentatively entitled “ Access to Academic Li­ brary Resources” and will cover implications of storage, weeding, document delivery, fee-for- service database searching, interlibrary loan poli­ 283 cies, OCLC availability, and CRL policies. For further information, contact Bill Miller, Assistant Head of Reference, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; (517) 353-8700. • The Nebraska Chapter held its spring meet­ ing, “Goals for the E ig h ties,” on April 23 at Wayne State College. Theme speaker was Jay Martin Poole, editor of Choice magazine since 1979. The meeting also featured eight contrib­ uted papers and four skill sessions. • The New E ngland Chapter featu red a different topic for each day of its two-day spring program , held at M ount Holyoke College on March 20-27. “Education for Academic Librarian- ship” was the concern of the first day’s program. In the keynote address, Robert D. Stueart, dean of the Graduate School of Library and Informa­ tion Science at Simmons College, reviewed a range of ideas for changing library education, not­ ing the strengths and weaknesses of the propos­ als. The topic for th e second day was “The Changing World of Higher Education.” Norma Creaghe, of St. Anselm’s College, pinpointed four areas of concern for educational administrators, including the expansion of programs that serve adult students holding full-time jobs; C. James Schmidt, editor of College & Research Libraries, reviewed the financial setting of higher education; Carol Francis, chief economist at the American Council on Education, previewed the economics of higher education in the coming decade; and John Hoy, president of the New England Board of Higher Education, spoke about the regional needs of New England institutions. • The Tennessee Chapter’s spring meeting was held in conjunction with the Tennessee Li­ brary Association’s Annual Meeting, April 22-25, in Memphis. The chapter sponsored a preconfer­ ence workshop centered around “Worklife Issues Facing Librarians in the 80s.” Peggy Sullivan, ALA president, was the keynote speaker. A joint meeting was also held with the Mid-South Chap­ ter of the Special Libraries Association and three sections of the Tennessee Library Association. Roderick G. Swartz, Washington State Librarian and executive officer of the Washington Library Network, spoke on “Networking; Current Status, Future Implications.” • The Washington State Chapter held its spring meeting on May 9 at the University of Washington and adopted its first set of chapter bylaws. The program speaker was Pamela W. Darling, ARL preservation specialist, whose pa­ per was entitled, “Creativity vs. Despair: Pre­ servation Administration and Cooperation.” The chapter’s Program Committee reviewed the re­ sults of a questionnaire sent to academic librar­ ians in the state, who had responded by express­ ing a strong preference for semi-annual meetings in the Seattle area. The Oregon and Washington State Chapters are planning a joint fall meeting on online cata­ logs to be held at the Seabeck Conference Center on the Hood Canal, October 29-30. ACRL CHAPTERS California Chapter Chair: Jo Bell Whitlatch, San Jose State Uni­ versity Library, San Jose, CA 95192. Delaware Valley Chapter President: Emery Wimbish, Head Librarian, Langston H ughes M em orial Library, Lincoln University, Lincoln University, PA 19352. Florida Chapter Chair: Ju lita Awkard, Box 78-A, Colem an Learning Resources, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307. Georgia Chapter Chair: Sandra H. Neville, Assistant Director for Interpretive Services, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA 30602. Illinois Chapter President: Jean A. Major, Director of Librar­ ies, N orthern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115. Indiana Chapter Chair: Florabelle Wilson, Indiana Central Uni­ versity Library, 1400 E. Hanna Avenue, Indian­ apolis, IN 46227. Iowa Chapter President: Corrine Potter, Library Director, St. Ambrose College Library, D avenport, IA 52803. Kansas Chapter Chair: Wilma Rife, Mabee Library, Washburn University, Topeka, KS 66621. Maryland Chapter Chair: Bonnie Preston, Catonsville Community College, Learning Resources Division, 800 S. Rolling Road, Baltimore, MD 21228. Michigan Chapter President: William Miller, Reference Depart­ ment, Michigan State University Libraries, East Lansing, MI 48824. Minnesota Chapter Chair: R obert D. S uderm an, L earning Re­ sources Center, Bethel College, 3900 Bethel, St. Paul, MN 55112. Mississippi Chapter Chair: Myra Jo Wilson, W. B. Roberts Library, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38733. Missouri Chapter Chair: Joyce Ann Jaillite, Pickier Library, Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, MO 63501. 284 Nebraska Chapter Chair: Carroll Varner, University Library, Uni­ versity of Nebraska, Omaha, NE 68182. New England Chapter President: John Hannon, Director of Library Services, Bryant College, Smithfield, RI 02917. New Jersey Chapter Chair: John Cohn, Director of Library Ser­ vices, County of Morris, Randolph, NJ 07801. New York Chapter, Eastern President: Lynn Case, St. Lawrence Universi­ ty, Canton, NY 13617. New York Chapter, Greater Metropolitan Area Chair: Helga Feder, Librarian, City University of New York, G raduate C en ter, 33 W. 42d Street, New York, NY 10036. New York (Western)/Ontario Chapter Chair: Meredith Butler, Assistant Director for Planning and Operational Services, The Universi­ ty Library, State University of New York at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. North Carolina Chapter Chair: Eugene Huguelet, Director, Library Services, Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403. Ohio Chapter Chair: Marian Winner, Science Library, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. Oklahoma Chapter Chair: To be announced. Oregon Chapter President: Larry Richardson, Oregon College of Education Library, 345 Monmouth Avenue, Monmouth, OR 97361. South Dakota Chapter Chair: Martin B. Steffenson, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brook­ ings, SD 57007. Tennessee Chapter Chair: Evelyn P. Fancher, Brown-Daniel Li­ brary, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37203. Texas Chapter Chair: Vandolyn Savage, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX 77004. Tri-State Chapter President: Ann M. De Klerk, University Li­ brarian, Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837. Virginia Chapter Chair.: Cynthia B. Duncan, University Library, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23508. Washington State Chapter Chair: Eleanor L. Chase, University of Washington Libraries, FM-25, Seattle, WA 98195. Wisconsin Chapter Chair: Susan Heath, Nicolet College and Tech­ nical Institute, Learning Resources Center, Lake Julia Campus, Rhinelander, WI 54501. BAMBAM TO GO O FF THIS FALL Bookline Alert: Missing Books and Manuscripts (BAMBAM), a computer-assisted alerting service for missing and stolen books and manuscripts, goes into operation this month. Nearly 10,000 en­ tries will be listed initially in the database, which has been mounted on a non-profit basis on the computer facilities of American Book Prices Cur­ rent (ABPC), the New York-based annual record of the prices books and manuscripts fetch at auction. BAMBAM will consist of two parts: an online database, accessible in machine-readable form to anyone with access to TYMSHARE or TYMNET; and a hard-copy version, also available this month, with supplements issued as necessary. Listings will be accepted from libraries and antiquarian bookdealers for missing items with a value of $50 or more. Prints will be listed if they are in bound volumes. The seemingly low value limit was designed to allow inclusion of auto­ graphed letters and other rare ephemera. Any information received will be available online immediately. The ABPC office recom­ mends a detailed description of lost items, if one is available. Records in the database can be anonymous. The Antiquarian Booksellers Associa­ tion’s New York office will serve as a switching point for booksellers wishing to get in touch with anonymously-listed owners of missing property, and a parallel arrangement will be set up for libraries. There is a $1.00 per record fee for listing mate­ rials on the database. The access fee for BAM­ BAM is a one-time charge of $10; ABPC will pro­ vide new users with an access number, a pass­ word, and a user’s manual. The retail price of the hard-copy printout will be under $10. For further information, contact Katharine Leab, American Book Prices Current, 121 E. 78th Street, New York, NY 10021.