ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


February 1984 /  105

to funding sources and to aid in better grantmaking 
decisions by showing what other grantmakers are 
doing. Expansion arts emphasize the work of small 
arts organizations serving many types of communi­
ties, such as those in Appalachia, inner cities, and 
rural or tribal communities. The book is available 
for $15 (prepaid) from the Foundation Center, 888 
Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10106.

•Complimentary copies of World Communica­
tions: New Horizons, New H ope, New Power, 
edited by Gaston Lionel Franco (368 pages, tab­
loid, 1983), has been distributed to college, univer­

sity, and other institutional members of ALA by six 
telecommunications companies that served as U.S. 
sponsors of World Communications Year 1983: 
A T& T International, Control Data Corporation, 
G T E , IT T , 3M, and Western Union. Chapters in­
clude “The Origins and Scientific Foundations of 
Modern Communications” and “The Human D i­
mension in International Goals.” For more infor­
mation, contact Burton R. Wolder, AT& T Inter­
n atio n al, P .O . Box 7 0 0 0 , Basking Ridge, NJ 
07920. ■ ■

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5 - 6 — Serials: “W ho’s Afraid of Serials?”, the an­
nual Librarians’ Association Conference, Uni­
versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. This is a 
preview of an ALA Preconference planned for 
Dallas in the summer. Fee: $20 for members, 
$25 for non-members, $10 for library students 
and retired librarians. Contact: Marcia Tuttle, 
Serials Department, W alter R. Davis Library 
080-A , UN C-Chapel H ill, Chapel H ill, NC 
27514; (919) 962-1067.

1 6 -1 7 — Instruction: “Bibliographic Instruction on 
the Earlham Model,” a workshop to be held at 
W hittier College, California. Featured speaker 
will be Evan Färber, Earlham College. Contact: 
Philip O ’Brien, Librarian, W hittier College, 
W hittier, CA 90608; (213) 693-0771.

17— User Surveys: Conducting library use or user 
surveys is the topic of a conference sponsored by 
the University of Iowa School of Library Science 
at the Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City. George 
D ’Elia is the featured speaker. Fee: $25. Con­
tact: Ethel Bloesch, School of Library Science, 
University of Iowa, 3087 Library, Iowa City, IA 
52242; (319) 353-3644.

21— Microcomputers: “Micro Update, 1984,” an 
ASIS Spring Information Seminar sponsored by 
the M etropolitan New York C hapter of the 
American Society for Information Science, at 
the Roosevelt Hotel, New York. Contact: Carol 
Tschudi, New York Power Authority, New York 
City; (914) 681-6363.

April
1 0 -1 2 — New Technology: Fifth National Online

tion, 
In c., at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, New York. 
Presented papers, product review sessions, and 
exhibits are the three main events. Contact: Na­
tional Online Meeting, Learned Information, 
In c., 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055; 
(609) 654-6266.

13— Leigh Hunt: The University of Iowa, Iowa 
City, will celebrate the bicentennial of the birth 
of Leigh Hunt (1 7 8 4-1859), English man-of- 
letters, with a symposium on his life and times. 
The meeting will include talks by Richard D. Al- 
tick, Carl Woodring, David H. Stam, and oth­
ers. Contact: Robert A. McCown, University of 
Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA 52242; (319) 353­
4854.

1 5 -1 7 — New Technology: “Telecommunications:

?Se Habla Espanol?

The University of Arizona’s Graduate L i­
brary School is now updating its 1981 publica­
tion, Quién es Quién: A W h o’s W ho ofSpanish- 
Heritage Librarians in the United States. The 
volume will identify Spanish-speaking librari­
ans in the United States and will provide data 
on education, work experience, publications, 
awards, and Spanish language skills for all 
those listed.

The editor, Arnulfo D. T rejo, encourages 
anyone who qualifies or knows of a librarian 
who qualifies to write him at the University of 
Arizona, Graduate Library School, 1515 E . 
First St., Tucson, AZ 85721; (602) 626-3565.



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struction in Library Use, co-sponsored by Saint Making Sense Out of the New Technology and 
New Legislation,” the 21st annual Clinic on L i­
brary Applications of D ata Processing, Jum er’s 
Castle Lodge, Urbana, Illinois. Sponsored by 
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 
Contact: Elizabeth Bussert, Conferences and In ­
stitutes, 116 Illini Hall, 725 S. Wright Street, 
Champaign, IL  61820; (217) 333-2882.

May
1 - 3 — Population: “World Population Y ear,” the 

17th annual conference of the Association for 
Population/Family Planning Libraries and In ­
formation Centers (A PLIC)-International, Min­
neapolis, Minnesota. The conference will pro­
vide an overview of the progress of population 
and information services over the last decade. 
C o n ta c t: G lo ria  R o b erts, Head L ib r a r ia n , 
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 810 
Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019; (212) 
541-7800.

1 6 - 1 8 — Personnel: “Coping with Crisis: Strategies 
for Survival,” the 13th annual Workshop on In ­

Lawrence College and Queen’s University, will 
be held at Queen’s University, Kingston, On­
tario. Topics covered will include burnout, staff 
and budgetary cutbacks, job sharing, time m an­
agement, and computer-assisted instruction. 
Contact: Barbara Love, St. Lawrence College 
Library, King & Portsmouth Aves., Kingston, 
Ontario, Canada K 7L 5A6.

June
4 - 2 9 — Bookm aking: T h ree workshops w ill be 

sponsored by the Institute for the Book Arts at 
the Graduate School of Library Service, Univer­
sity of A labam a, Tuscaloosa. The topics are: 
Japanese papermaking, printing on Japanese pa­
pers, and Oriental and non-adhesive bindings. 
Enrollm ent in each course is limited to 14. T u i­
tion is $150 for the first and third workshops, 
$275 for the second, and $500 for all three. Con­
tact: R ichard-G abriel Rummonds, P .O . Box 
6242, University, AL 35486; (205) 348-4610. ■  ■

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early. Details are in the January C&RL News.

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