ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 546 / CírRL News September 2 7 - P r in t i n g history: 11th Annual C o n feren ce, American Printing History Association, Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall, Columbia University, New York. Conference theme is “The Printing Surface,” and will include papers on the history and properties of woodblocks, copper plates, lithographic stones, and more modern printing surfaces. Fee: $25 for APHA members, $30 for non-members. Contact: APHA, P .O . Box 4922, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163. 2 8 -O c to b er 3 — Management: Advanced Manage ment Skills Institute, sponsored by A R L ’s Office of Management Studies, to be held in Airlie, V ir ginia. The sessions focus on organizational diag nosis, problem solving and change, goal setting and planning, building management teams, ex ecutive role, and leadership. Fee: $490. Contact: ARL/OMS, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N .W ., Washington, D C 20036; (202) 232-8656. 3 0 — Bibliography: Sixth Hanes Lecture, Manning Hall, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. S peaker will be Paul N eed h am , c u r a to r of printed books àt the Pierpont Morgan Library, on “The Bradshaw Method: Henry Bradshaw’s Contribution to Bibliography.” Contact: Libby Chenault, Rare Book Collection, Wilson L i b ra ry 0 2 4 A , U niversity of N orth C a r o l i n a , Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 962-1143. October 3 -O h io Chapter: “Strategic Planning: Today’s Ac ademic Library Tom orrow ,” the 1986 confer ence of the Academic L ibrary Association of Ohio, Holiday Inn on the Lane, Columbus. F e a tured speakers are JoAn Segal, executive director of A C R L , and Charles M. Galloway, Ohio State University Department of Education. Contact: Peri I. Sw itzer, W rig h t S tate University L i braries, Dayton, OH 45435; (513) 873-3020. 6 - 7 — Grants: 31st Institute on Federal Funding, sponsored by the National Graduate University, Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, D .C . On the agenda are speakers from the National Science Foundation, the Departments of E d u ca tion, C o m m erce , E n erg y , In te rio r, Ju stice, Army, Navy, Treasury, Agriculture, and D e fense, NASA, the American Medical Associa tion, the American Association for the Advance ment of Science, and the National Association of College and University Business Officers. The program will focus on current research and de velopment, information resource management, training, and other knowledge-intensive pro grams currently given top priority for grants and contracts. Fee: $295 (after September 29, $325). Contact: National Graduate University, 1101 N. Highland St., Arlington, VA 22201; (703) 5 27 4800. 7 - 8 — Instructional skills: “Fundamentals of I n structional Delivery,” a seminar sponsored by the National Federation of Abstracting and In d ex in g S e r v ic e s , P h i la d e lp h ia . I n s t r u c t o r : Edw ard E . Jones, president of Management T r a in in g Consultants. F ee: $400 for N FA IS m em bers, $500 for non-m em bers. C o n ta ct: N FA IS, 112 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102; (215) 563-2406. 8 - 9 — Automation: Fifth Texas Conference on L i brary Automation, sponsored by the University of Houston-University Park Libraries, will be held at the Stou ffer G reen w ay Plaza H otel, Houston. Speakers will include Raymond Nim m e r, R ic h a r d L u c e , Jo h n C o r b in , J e n n if e r Cargill, Mary Ellen Clapper, and Kate Nevins. Fee: $90. Contact: Carol Hawks, University of H o u s to n -U n iv e r s ity P a r k L i b r a r i e s , 4 8 0 0 Calhoun Blvd., Houston, T X 77004; (713) 749 7135. 8 - 1 0 — M ic h ig a n C h a p te r : “ Successful F u n d raising for Academic Libraries,” will be one of three programs sponsored by A C R L ’s Michigan Chapter as part of the Michigan Library Associ ation’s Annual Conference in Flint. Featured speakers will be E ric Lewandowski, manager of sponsored programs for O C L C , and Dwight Burlingame, vice president of university rela tions, Bowling Green State University. A second program, “Library Surveying Techniques,” will be presented by Eileen Hitchingham, Oakland University. A third program, “The Structure of Education for Academic Librarianship,” will be co-sponsored with the MLA Library Education Caucus. Contact: Marianne Gessner, Michigan Library Association, 415 W . Kalamazoo, Lans ing, MI 48933; (513) 487-6868. 1 4 - 1 7 — M anagem ent: Basic M anagement Skills Institute, sponsored by A R L ’s Office of Manage ment Studies, held in Lincoln, Nebraska. The sessions address problem-solving, staff motiva- CALENDAR How a modem library solved a traditional problem with easy-access microforms. In the m idst o f dow ntow n Miami's skyscrapers is a com plex o f low rise stucco structures collectively known as the M etro-Dade Cul tural Center. The occu pan t o f the largest o f these stru ctu res, the M iami-Dade Public Library/M ain B ra n ch ,ju st celeb rated its first anniversary at the site. W hen the new library w as being planned, provisions w ere m ad e to update everything from the card catalo g — now online — to the heating and cooling sys tem . One system , however, w as carried over from the old Main Branch: storing periodicals in a rem ote location. “Remote storage doesn’t provide the best access, but it worked well enough in the old library so we thought we'd try it here,'” says Head Librarian Edw ard Kilrov. “W ithin m on th s, we discovered a p rob lem ." Kilroy explains: “Our dow ntow n p a tro n age grew d ram atically when we moved here. More patrons put m ore pressure on our s ta ff and on our periodical retrieval equip m ent — a conveyor-type book lift. During som e busy lunch hours, the book lift broke down entirely, leaving us unable to sup ply people with the inform ation they needed. T hat's when we began to think seriously about converting m ost o f our periodical collection to m icro fo rm s." Business and Science L ib rar ian E dw ard Oswald led the conversion drive bv con tactin g University M icrofilms Inter national. “UMI w as already supplying us with 2 0 0 sub scriptions to periodicals in m icro Edxvard Oswald and Edward Kilrov, form . We felt confident they Miami-Dade Public Library. could help us select and m an ag e tional system. W e can help you even m o re ." A thoughtful solve your institution’s access purchasing p ro g ra m , using pop problem s, too; why not call or ular indexes as buying guides, re w rite us to find out how? sulted in 1 6 0 0 new subscriptions; these w ere then installed with the library's existing m icroform s and frequently-used bound periodicals in an inviting, new lobbv-level reading area. Today’s M iami-Dade patron U Universi M ty Microfilm I s International enjoys improved access to a w ider A Bell & Howell Information Company 300 North Zeeb Road range o f periodicals because Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 the library s ta ff — with UMI's 1-800-521-3044 help — rethought their trad i (In Canada, call 1-800-343-5299) September 1986 / 549 tion, decision making, effective use of groups supervisory leadership, performance appraisal and co m m u n icatio n . F ee: $ 32 5 . C o n ta c t: ARL/OMS, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N .W . Washington, DC 20036; (202) 232-8656. 13-25— Higher education: “American Dreams: The National Debate about the Future of Edu cation,” a symposium hosted by the Indiana Uni versity of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Penna. Th program will combine presentation and debate Speakers and debaters include Phyllis Schlafl (Eagle Forum), Eleanor Smeal (NOW), Cheste Finn (Department of Education), Mary H at wood Futrell (NEA), and Stanley Aronowit (CUNY). Contact: American Dreams, Depart ment of Sociology-Anthropology, IUP, Indiana PA 15705; (412) 357-2730, 357-2227. 14—Reference service: “Are We Getting Wher We Are Going? Evaluating Reference Services, a workshop conducted by Charles A. Bunge o the University of Wisconsin Library School, wil be held at the University of Texas, Thompso Conference Center, Austin. Fee: $35. Contact Mel Boggins, Director of Placement and Contin uing Education, Graduate School of Librar and Information Sciences, University of Texas Austin, TX 78712-1276; (512) 471-3821. ìO-November 1— South Carolina: South Carolin Library Association Annual Convention, Radis son Hotel, Columbia. Contact: Susan Hollifield University of South Carolina Library, 171 Uni versity Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801; (803) 229 8367. 10-November 2 — A frican a: F a ll M eeting Archives-Libraries Committee of the Africa Studies Association, Madison, Wisconsin. meeting of the Cooperative Africana Micro forms Project is also planned. Contact: D.M Hull, Chair, Moorland Springarn Research Cen te r, How ard U niversity, W ash in g to n , D 20059; (202) 636-7260. November 1-7— Technical services: “ Form ats: Old an New,” the Online Audiovisual Catalogers Con ference ’86, hosted by O C LC , Dublin, Ohio Sh irley Lew is (In fo rm a tio n Services) an Donald Bidd (National Film Board of Canada will be keynote speakers. Fee: $25 for OLA members and O C LC user group school librari ans, $35 for non-members. Contact: Barbar R itchie, Project M anager-LS/2000, O C L C In c ., 6565 Frantz Road, Dublin, OH 43017 0702. ì-9 — Ontario: “Excellence and Leadership: Th Challenge,” 84th Annual Conference, Ontari L ibrary Association, Royal York Hotel, T o ronto. C o n ta ct: O LA , 73 Richm ond Stree West, Suite 402, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1Z4. 2 — Gillard Lecture: 17th Annual William A. Gil lard Lecture, St. John’s University Council Hall Jam aica, New York. Lecturer will be John N , , , e . y r z , e ” f l n : y , a - , , n A . C d . d ) C a , e o t - , . Berry III, editor-in-chief of the Library Journal. Contact: Mildred Lowe, Division of Library and Information Science, St. John’s University, J a maica, NY 11439; (718) 990-6200. 1 8 -2 1 — Management: Basic Management Skills Institute, sponsored by ARL’s Office of Manage ment Studies, held in Scottsdale, Arizona. See October 14-17 entry. December 1 -4 —Management: Library Analytical Skills In stitute, sponsored by ARL’s Office of Manage ment Studies, to be held in Baton Rouge, Louisi ana. Topics covered include the problem-solving process, data gathering and analysis, creativity and analytical thought, strategy formulation, presentation, and implementation. Fee: $450. C on tact: ARL/OMS, 1527 New Ham pshire Ave., N.W ., Washington, DC 20036; (202) 232 8656. January 8 - 9 — Archives: Advanced Records Management, a course offered by the Continuing Engineering Education Program of George Washington Uni versity. 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