ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ March 1999/181 Attend an ACRL preconference Attend a full-day precon­ ference on Thursday, April 8, at ACRL’s 9th National Conference in Detroit, and develop your skills on a spe­ cific topic such as leader­ ship, instruction, telecom ­ munications, p aten ts/copyright, an d networks. Details ab o u t each preconference are below . A registration form may be found on the Web at http://w w w . ala. org/ acrl/prendex. h tm l. ACRL Leadership Institute: Build Your Leadership Toolkit (in partnership with EBSCO Information Services) G et th e practical skills y o u n e e d for th e n ex t m illennium . At this institute you will d ev elo p a personal leadership toolkit o f techniques, tac­ tics, a n d strategies. Y ou m ay a tte n d 3 o f the follow ing sessions: (a) “H ow to G et W hat Y ou W ant: R efining Y our P e rsu a sio n /N e g o tia tio n Skills”— S usan K. M artin, u niversity librarian, G e o rg e to w n U niversity (b) “Im p lem en tin g C hange: Skills to Survive an d T h riv e,”— Sheila C reth, university librar­ ian, U niversity o f Iow a (c) “M otivating an d M anaging a T e a m ,”— C harles A pple, chair, C om m unication D epart­ m ent, U niversity o f M ichigan-Flint (d) “S p read in g th e W ord: T ips for Effective P r e s e n ta tio n s ,”— L inda W allace, d ire c to r, ALA’s P ublic In fo rm atio n O ffice (e) “M eetings: H ow to G et T hings D o n e ,”— Elaine Didier, interim director, A cadem ic O ut­ reach, U niversity o f M ichigan Robert W edgew orth, university librarian, Uni­ versity o f Illinois, a n d Steve Gilbert, TLTR/ American Association o f H igher Education, will give keynote addresses. W e d g ew o rth will a d ­ dress th e m an y areas in w h ic h librarians will n e e d to lead, n o w a n d in th e future. G ilbert will ad d ress th e leadership role librarians will take both on and off cam pus as technology con­ tinues to evolve. $15 0 ACRL; $ 195 ALA; $25 0 nonmember; $75 student Learning to Teach B ased o n th e ACRL p u b lic a tio n L e a rn in g to Teach, this w o rk sh o p gives yo u b o th p racti­ cal a n d th e o r e tic a l tip s to im p ro v e y o u r teaching. You m ay a tte n d 4 o f these sessions: ( 0 T h e o n e -s h o t le c tu re ”— E steban Valdez, U niversity o f California, San D iego (g) “S electing a te a c h in g te c h n iq u e ”— Lisa Ja n ic k e H inchliffe, Illinois State U niversity (h ) “P re se n ta tio n sk ills/classro o m m a n a g e ­ m en t,”— Mary Pagliero P o p p , Indiana U niver­ sity (i) “E v alu atio n ,”— Lynn W e stb ro o k , T exas W o m e n ’s U niversity (j) “D e v e lo p in g e ffe c tiv e lib ra ry a s s ig n ­ m e n ts,”— C hristina W oo, U niversity o f Cali­ fornia-Irvine (k) “In stru ctio n in a m u lticu ltu ral/m u ltira- cial e n v iro n m e n t”— D e b o rah Hollis, Univ. of C olorado $13 0 ACRL; $ 1 8 0 ALA; $20 5 nonmember; $70 student Leadership and Learning in the 21st- Century Academic Library This w o rk sh o p will ex p lo re k ey strategies for thriving in a w o rld o f accelerating change, in­ clu d in g a co m m itm en t to learning as an in te ­ grated discipline practiced in day-to-day w ork p erfo rm a n c e ; d isc o v e rin g y o u r le a d e rsh ip pow er; d ev elo p in g n e w w ays o f thinking an d behaving; a n d tapping your creative potential. Presenters: M au reen Sullivan, o rg an izatio n al consultant, and Shelley Phipps, assistant dean, U niversity o f A rizona $10 5 ACRL; $15 5 ALA; $195 nonmember; $70 student CONFERENCE CIRCUIT Build your skills http://www.ala.org/acrl/prendex.html 1 8 2 / C & R L N e w s ■ M a r c h 1 9 9 9 E n h a n c e Y o u r P e r f o r m a n c e : U s in g M y e r s - B r ig g s a t W o rk F i n d o u t y o u r M y e r s - B r i g g s T y p e I n d i c a t o r a n d l e a r n h o w y o u c a n u s e y o u r p e r s o n a l i t y tr a its t o e n h a n c e y o u r p e r f o r m a n c e . L e a r n h o w t o e x p l o i t t h e s t r e n g t h s o f y o u r p r e f e r r e d t y p e a n d d i s c o v e r y o u r p a r t i c u l a r c h a l l e n g e s . D e ­ v e l o p y o u r s k i l l s i n m a n a g i n g y o u r s e l f a n d o t h ­ e r s . P r e s e n t e r : M a r y D e v l i n , M a r y D e v l i n A s ­ s o c i a t e s $ 1 0 5 ACRL; $ 1 5 5 ALA; $ 1 9 5 nonmember; $ 7 0 student A s s e s s in g t h e A c a d e m ic N e t w o r k e d E n v ir o n m e n t B a s e d o n t h e C o a l i t i o n f o r N e t w o r k e d I n f o r ­ m a t i o n ( C N I ) p r o g r a m , t h i s w o r k s h o p p r o ­ v i d e s b o t h a n o v e r v i e w o f a s s e s s m e n t t e c h ­ n i q u e s a s w e l l a s h a n d s - o n e x p e r i e n c e in d e v e l ­ o p i n g a s s e s s m e n t m e a s u r e s . C o v e r s l e s s o n s l e a r n e d f r o m t h e i n s t i t u t i o n s p a r t i c i p a t i n g in C N I ’s a s s e s s m e n t p r o j e c t , s e l e c t i n g m e a s u r e ­ m e n t t e c h n i q u e s , d a t a c o l l e c t i o n a n d i n t e r p r e ­ t a t i o n , a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a n d p a r t n e r i n g i s s u e s , a n d u s i n g t h e r e s u l t s f o r p l a n n i n g , a n d i n t e r ­ p r e t i n g d a t a . P r e s e n t e r s : C h a r l e s M c C l u r e , d i s ­ t i n g u i s h e d p r o f e s s o r , S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y ; J o a n L i p p i n c o t t , a s s o c i a t e e x e c u t i v e d i r e c t o r , C N I ; B e t s y W i l s o n , a s s o c i a t e d i r e c t o r o f l i b r a r i e s , S t e v e H i l l e r , h e a d , S c i e n c e L i b r a r i e s , a n d N a n a L o w e l l , a s s o c i a t e d i r e c t o r o f t h e O f f i c e o f E d u ­ c a t i o n a l A s s e s s m e n t , U n i v e r s i t y o f W a s h i n g ­ t o n $ 1 5 0 ACRL; $ 2 1 0 ALA; $ 2 7 5 nonmember; $ 7 5 student P a t e n t s , C o p y r ig h t s , a n d T r a d e S e c r e t s T r a d e m a r k s , d o m a i n n a m e s , c o p y r i g h t s . W h i c h r e f e r e n c e q u e s t i o n s c a n y o u a n s w e r w i t h o u t c r o s s i n g t h e l i n e a n d g i v i n g l e g a l a d ­ v i c e ? L e a r n a b o u t t h e s e i n t e l l e c t u a l p r o p e r t y i s s u e s , r e l e v a n t W e b s i t e s , a n d t h e r e s o u r c e s o f t h e G r e a t L a k e s P a t e n t a n d T r a d e m a r k C e n ­ t e r , o n e o f o n l y t h r e e l i b r a r i e s t o h a v e a p a r t ­ n e r s h i p a g r e e m e n t w i t h t h e U .S . P a t e n t a n d T r a d e m a r k O f f i c e . P r e s e n t e r s : C e l e s t e B . C h o a t e , G r e a t L a k e s P a t e n t s & T r a d e m a r k C e n t e r ; M a t t h e w J . R u s s o , M i c h a e l S t e w a r t , a n d R i c h a r d D . G r a u e r , R a d e r , F i s h m a n & G r a u e r , P .L .L .C . $ 7 5 ACRL; $ 1 0 5 ALA; $ 1 5 0 nonm em ber; $ 5 0 student T e l e c o m m u n ic a t i o n s 101 f o r L ib r a r ia n s L e a r n a b o u t t h e k e y t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s i s ­ s u e s t h a t a f f e c t y o u o n c a m p u s a n d h o w t o c r e ­ a t e a n d m a n a g e c a m p u s w i d e i n f o r m a t i o n s y s ­ t e m s : t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s n e t w o r k s , e x c h a n g e a n d i n t e r e x c h a n g e c a r r i e r s , a n d t h e t e l e c o m ­ m u n i c a t i o n s i n f r a s t r u c t u r e . P r e s e n t e r : R u t h A . M i c h a l e c k i , d i r e c t o r o f t e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s , U n i v e r s i t y o f N e b r a s k a - L i n c o l n $ 1 0 5 ACRL; $ 1 5 0 ALA; $ 1 9 5 nonmember; $ 7 0 student T u r b o - C h a r g e Y o u r C o a c h in g S k ills (o ffe re d b y R e fe re n c e a n d U se r S e rv ic e s A s so c ia t io n o f A LA ) C o a c h i n g w i l l b e o n e o f t h e m o s t n e c e s s a r y c o m p e t e n c i e s a s w o r k is d o n e i n m o r e c o l l a b o ­ r a t i v e w a y s . L e a r n a n d p r a c t i c e c o a c h i n g s k i l l s f o r u s e w i t h p e e r s , i n w o r k g r o u p s o r t e a m s , w i t h d i r e c t - r e p o r t s , a n d w h e n i n a m e n t o r i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p . E x p l o r e s e v e r a l c o a c h i n g m e t h ­ o d s t h a t w i l l h e l p y o u i n p e r f o r m a n c e r e v i e w , a c c o u n t a b i l i t y , a n d c o n f l i c t r e s o l u t i o n . P r e s e n t ­ e r s : K a t h r y n D e i s s , p r o g r a m m a n a g e r , A s s o ­ c i a t i o n o f R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s a n d K a r e n L is t o n , h e a d o f R e s o u r c e A c c e s s , U n i v e r s i t y o f W a s h ­ i n g t o n $ 1 3 5 RUSA/ACRL; $ 1 8 0 ALA; $ 2 3 0 nonm em ber; $ 7 0 stu dent D e s ig n in g a n d B u ild in g L e a d in g E d g e L ib r a r ie s G a i n p r a c t i c a l a d v i c e f o r d e v e l o p i n g o r r e n o ­ v a t i n g a l i b r a r y t h a t w i l l e a s i l y i n t e g r a t e t h e n e w t e c h n o l o g i e s a n d p r o v i d e s p a c e f o r m a i n ­ t a i n i n g c o r e s e r v i c e s . L e a r n a b o u t d e s i g n a n d s t o r a g e c o n s i d e r a t i o n s , t h e p l a n n i n g p r o c e s s , n e t w o r k d e s i g n , a n d d e s i g n i n g a n d b u i l d i n g t h e f a c i l i t y . T o u r t h e b r a n d n e w l i b r a r y a t E a s t ­ e r n M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y a s p a r t o f t h i s p r e c o n f e r e n c e . P r e s e n t e r s : M o r e l l D . B o o n e , D e a n o f l e a r n i n g r e s o u r c e s a n d t e c h n o l o g i e s , a n d S a n d r a Y e e , d e p a r t m e n t h e a d , U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , E a s t e r n M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y $ 1 0 5 ACRL; $ 1 5 0 ALA; $ 1 9 5 nonmember; $ 7 0 student Advance registration R e g i s t e r f o r A C R L ’s 9 t h N a t i o n a l C o n ­ f e r e n c e , “R a c i n g T o w a r d T o m o r r o w , ” b y M a r c h 1 2 , 1 9 9 9 , a n d s a v e n e a r l y 1 5 % o f f o n s i t e r a t e s . T h e c o n f e r e n c e , A p r i l 8 - 1 1 , 1 9 9 9 , in D e t r o i t , w ill a l l o w y o u t o k e e p p a c e a n d p r o v i d e l e a d e r s h i p f o r t h e f u t u r e d i r e c ­ t i o n o f a c a d e m i c l i b r a r i e s . M o r e t h a n 2 0 0 p r o g r a m s w i l l e x p l o r e i s s u e s s u c h a s s c h o l ­ a r l y c o m m u n i c a t i o n , i n f o r m a t i o n l i t e r a c y , d i s t a n c e l e a r n i n g , e l e c t r o n i c p u b l i s h i n g , a l ­ t e r n a t e f u n d i n g s o u r c e s , e t c . R e g i s t r a t i o n m a t e r i a l s a r e o n t h e W e b a t h t t p :/ / w w w .a l a .o r g / a c r l / p r e n d e x . h t m l . O r c a l l ( 8 0 0 ) 5 4 5 - 2 4 3 3 x 2 5 1 4 t o r e q u e s t r e g ­ i s t r a t i o n m a t e r i a l s . http://www.ala.org/acrl/prendex.html