ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 234 / C&RL News ACRL p rogram s in C hicago This year’s conference programs feature crisis management, Chicago film and video art, and changing roles fo r sci/tech librarians. Anthropology and Sociology Section “Machine Readable D ata Files for Social Sci­ ence: The L ib ra ria n ’s Role” (Sunday, July 7, 9:00-11:00 a.m .) will be a panel discussion with the following panelists: James P. Curry, Bureau of the Census; Carolyn Geda, ICPSR; Stephen Mac­ Leod, Stanford University; Bliss B. Siman, Baruch College; and Barbara W ittkopf, University of Flor­ ida. They will each discuss four questions: the value of numeric databases for social science study in general and anthropology and sociology in p a r­ ticular; the types of patrons who use (or might use) such databases; w hether such databases, specialist staff, and access tools should be housed in libraries; and the implications of changing com puter tech­ nology (e.g., publication on floppy disk) for nu­ meric database access by end-users. The discussion will be followed by questions from the floor and a brief membership meeting. ANSS will also sponsor a tour of the Field Mu­ seum of N a tu r a l H isto ry (T u e sd ay , Ju ly 9, 1:45-5:00 p . m . The tour will include the Museum’s anthropology library, the main library and its new Runnells Rare Book Room, and the anthropology laboratories and storage areas. A reception with The ACRL President’s Program This year’s ACRL program meeting will allow ACRL members to participate actively in deter­ mining the future of ACRL and the profession of academic librarianship. “Priorities for Academic Librarianship” (Monday, July 8, 2:00-5:30 p.m .) is the culm ination of a year-long effort to set priori­ ties for ACRL activities and fit them w ithin the fram ew ork of ACRL’s “Activity Model for the 1990’s.” The meeting will open at 2:00 in the G reat Hall of the Americana Congress Hotel w ith a presenta­ tion by Mignon Adams, coordinator of information services at SUNY-Oswego, who will summarize the findings of a survey sent to 600 ACRL members last autum n. This will be followed at 2:30 by small group discussions led by 70 discussion leaders; each group will rank ACRL activities that were listed as high priority programs by the ACRL membership and brainstorm on those th at were also viewed as “low feasibility” activities. Each discussion leader will collect demographic data from the persons in their group. D uring the membership meeting at 4:00, when the ACRL/ISI Lazerow and Dissertation Fellow­ ship awards will be presented and the ACRL Presi­ dent and Executive Director will give their reports, the results from each small group discussion will be tab u lated on m icrocom puters by analysts from O CLC. At 4:30 Mignon Adams will present the fi­ nal summary of the afternoon’s deliberations. The ACRL Reception, sponsored by the Baker and Taylor Company, will follow at 5:00 in the Gold Room at the same hotel. Activities will in­ clude the presentation of the ACRL Academic/Re- search Librarian of the Year Award, also sponsored by Baker and Taylor, to Jessie Carney Smith. ■ ■ May 1985 / 235 Cr: Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau Chicago skyline, w ith Shedd Aquarium in foreground. light refreshments will conclude the tour. Tour tickets will allow access earlier in the day to the M useum ’s exhibits, including the new and o u t­ standing Northwest Coast hall. The tour is limited to 100 people and costs $3. Send your registration fee by June 14, payable to Gregory Finnegan, Ref­ erence L ibrarian, Roosevelt University Library, 430 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605-1394. Art Section “ Chicago Film and Video Art: A Screening” (Tuesday, July 9, 2:00-5:30 p .m .) will include films and video art tapes of Chicago artists. Speak­ ers include a film maker and a video artist who will talk about and show their work. At the section m embership meeting th a t follows, a discussion will take place on the Art Section and the Cinem a Li­ brarians Discussion G roup m erging to form an ALA Round Table. Asian and African Section “Asia and Africa in W ashington: Materials Col­ lected and Used by the United States Governm ent” (Monday, July 8, 9:30 a .m .–12:30 p .m .), a pro­ gram co-sponsored by the ALA Governm ent D ocu­ ments Round Table and the ALA International Re­ la tio n s R o u n d T a b le , w ill f e a tu r e p a p e rs by Richard Cronin, Congressional Research Service; Sylvia Q uick, B ureau of th e Census; B arb a ra Perry, International M onetary F und/W orld Bank; Andrea Nicolls, National Museum of African Art; and Zdenek D avid, W oodrow W ilson In te rn a ­ tional C enter for Scholars. Audiovisual Committee “In teg rated L ib rary Systems and M edia Ser­ vices” (Monday, July 8, 9:30 a .m .– 12:30 p .m .), cosponsored by the RTSD Audio-Visual C om m it­ tee, will identify and respond to some of the special needs of m edia in the design and operation of inte­ grated library systems. E dw ard D. G arten, T en­ nessee Tech University, will review problems and possibilities w ith online m edia catalogs, and G re­ gory M. Diskin, Carnegie-Mellon University, will discuss design components of the LS2000 system. Bibliographic Instruction Section “E ducating Users of Online Catalogs: Adminis­ tra tiv e Issues, P rac tica l A pplications, and Re­ search C oncerns” (Tuesday, July 9, 2:00-5:30 p .m .) w ill exam ine the developm ent of hom e­ grown versus turn-key com puter catalogs; review the steps involved in initiating a user education program ; explain the uses of transaction logging and design issues in relation to BI; examine the po­ tential to broaden online catalog education to the level of concept learning. Speakers are: W illiam J. Studer, Ohio State University; C. Brigid Welch, University of Houston; Brian Neilson and Betsy B aker, N o rth w estern U niversity; and W illiam Miller, Bowling Green State University. Black Studies Librarianship Discussion Group “Popular and Scholarly Trends in Black Publish­ ing since the 1960s” (Sunday, July 7, 2:00-4:00 May 1985 / 237 p.m .) will provide information on black publishing for both types of audience. College Libraries Section CLS will host an open forum (Saturday, July 6, 9:00-11:00 a.m .) on the question of the section es­ tablishing a national council composed of selected college library delegates from each ACRL chapter. Community and Junior College Libraries Section “ F u n d ra is in g for C o m m u n ity C ollege Libraries/LR C ’s—Coalition with the Private Sec­ to r” (Sunday, July 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m .) will explore how community college libraries can be effective fundraisers in the private sector. Marilyn House­ m an and C harity Kirkpatrick (Rio Hondo Com ­ m unity College District) will explain how they suc­ cessfully raised m oney to help au to m ate th eir library, and G. Jerem iah Ryan (formerly grants of­ ficer at Brookdale Com munity College) will speak on his successful fundraising efforts. CJCLS will also host a tour of the LRC at the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois (Monday, July8, 8:30 a .m .– 1:30 p.m .). All facets of LRCser- vices will be included in the tour including TV, ra ­ dio, AV services, as well as library services. Buses will leave the Monroe Street entrance to the Palmer House prom ptly at 8:30 a.m . Tickets are $6 by ad­ vance reservation no later than June 24. Send check or m oney order, payable to R obert V eihm an, L earning Resource C enter, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section “Building Teamwork during Times of Declining Resources” (M onday, July 8, 9:00 a .m .– 12:30 p.m .) will explore team work development when staff reductions occur, competition between indi­ viduals for professional promotion and tenure deci­ sions, and job demands and the need for learning new skills. The speaker will be Robert Migneault, associate dean for technical services at the Univer­ sity of New Mexico. English and American Literature Discussion Group “Building Collections of Contem porary Fiction” (Monday, July 8, 9:30 a .m .– 12:30 p.m .) will fea­ ture a panel consisting of Robert Sewell, University of Illinois at Urbana; Charles Brownson, Arizona State University; and John O’Brien, editor of the Review of Contemporary Fiction. Fee-Based Information Service Centers Discussion Group “Who Cleans up and Who Mops up?” (Tuesday, July 9, 9:30 a .m .-12:30 p .m .), a panel discussion cosponsored by the RASD Interlibrary Loan Com­ mittee, will explore the increasingly ambiguous re­ lationship between traditional ILL practices and the new fee-based services th at many librarians feel are skimming the reference m arket and underm in­ ing support for trad itio n al, capital-intensive li­ brary service. Law and Political Science Section “Municipal Reference Sources, Libraries, and Publishers: Inform ation Access and Utilization for Public Policy Issues” (Sunday, July 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m .) will be cosponsored by the GODORT State and Local Documents Task Force. Representatives from four organizations involved in municipal ref­ erence work, publishing and/or in the m arketing of their bibliographic and urban data services will discuss the nature, scope, and content of their re­ spective publications and libraries. Presentations will also address their organization’s collection de­ velopment param eters, service policies to libraries and researchers, and future directions, products, and services regarding inform ation dissemination and resource sharing. Program participants will be: Mary Schellinger, International City M anage­ m ent Association; Linda Berigno, Chicago Munic­ ipal Reference Library; Maxine Dotseth, Control D a ta C o rp o ra tio n ; and P a tric ia C o a tsw o rth , Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administra­ tion. A joint LPSS/SLDTF reception, sponsored by Brodart, will follow the program. Public Relations in Academic Libraries Discussion Group “How to Make the Bad News Better: Crisis M an­ a g e m e n t” (M onday, July 8, 9:30 a .m .-1 2 :3 0 p .m .), cosponsored w ith the LAMA Public Rela­ tions Services to Libraries Committee, will provide public and academic library examples of crisis situ­ ations which are applicable in all library situa­ tions. An introductory keynote will be given by David Ferguson, president of the Public Relations Society of America. ACRL member Peter Hanff, coordinator of tehcnical services at the Bancroft Li­ brary, is one of the speakers and will describe rare book thefts. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section “Special Collections in Public Libraries” (Sun­ day, July 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m .) will address the needs and concerns of librarians working in or responsi­ ble for special collections and archives in public li­ braries. It will also highlight some of their goals and achievements. Topics will include gaining wider public and political support for special col­ lections in public libraries, caring for and develop­ ing the collections, and problems of funding for special collections w ithin the public support struc­ ture. A discussion panel, m oderated by Jennifer Lee, Brown University, will consist of: Romaine Ahlstrom, Los Angeles Public Library; Paul Cyr, 238 / C&RL News New Bedford Free Public Library; L aura Lenard, Chicago Public Library; and William Loos, Buf­ falo and Erie County Public Library. RBMS is also cosponsoring two other programs: “Tax Deductions for Self-Generated Papers” (Sun­ day, July 7, 8:00-10:00 p.m .), a panel presentation w ith the ALA/SAA Joint Committee on Library- Archives Relationships, th at will provide current inform ation on the status of the National Heritage Resource Act; and “ H istorical M apping of the U n ited S tates” (S atu rd ay , July 6, 9 :3 0 -1 1 :0 0 a.m .), cosponsored by the ALA Map and Geogra­ phy Round Table, th at will feature Michael E d­ monds on “Increase A. Lapham and the M apping of Wisconsin”; Michael Conzen on “County At­ lases”; and David Buisseret on “Early M apping of the Gulf Coast.” Science and Technology Section “ T re a d in g W a te r, C a tc h in g th e W av e, or Crashing the Party: New Roles for Sci/Tech Li­ braries” (Tuesday, July 9, 9:30 a .m .– 12:30 p.m .) will have Nina Matheson, director of the Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins University, as keynote speaker. Matheson will discuss recommen­ dations of the Matheson Report and the potential im pact on changing roles for sci/tech librarians, and will assess ideas and concerns generated from the national discussion of the report to date. In ad­ dition there will be a reactor panel composed of K atherine C hiang, Cornell University; Charles M artell, California State University at Sacramento and editor of College & Research Libraries; and Maxine Reneker, Columbia University. These p an­ elists will discuss the possible im pact of the report on the individual librarian, the implications the re­ port has on the institution as a whole, and transfer- ability of the report from a health sciences orienta­ tion to its use by academic libraries in general and science and technology libraries in particular. Slavic and East European Section “ P re-W o rld W a r II D ev elo p m en t of L arg e Slavic and East European Collections in the United States” (Sunday, July 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m .) will re­ view the Slavic collections at the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, H arvard, and Yale University. Wojciech Zalewski, Stanford Uni­ versity, will serve as commentator. Undergraduate Librarians Discussion Group “Online Database Searching in Undergraduate L ib ra rie s: Pros and C ons” (M onday, July 8, 9:30-11:00 a.m .) will be a panel discussion on ex­ periments, studies, and reports on online searching both for and by users. Panel members will include Jim Self, University of Virginia; Sandy W ard, Stanford University; Nancy Baker, University of W ashington; L ucretia M cCulley, University of Tennessee. University Libraries Section “Defining the Academic L ibrarian” (Sunday, July 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m .), cosponsored by the ACRL College Libraries Section, will feature E dw ard Holley, dean of the School of Library Science at the University of North Carolina, as the main speaker. A reactor panel will consist of Sheila D. Creth, U niversity of M ichigan; Irene H oadley, Texas A&M University; and H erbert S. W hite, Indiana University School of Library and Inform ation Sci­ ence. Western European Specialists Section “West E uropean W om en’s Studies” (Sunday, July 7, 9:30 a .m .– 12:30 p.m .) will be cosponsored by the ACRL W om en’s Studies Discussion Group. Speakers will be Beth Stafford, University of Illi­ nois, on “W om en’s Studies Programs and Collec­ tions in West Europe: An O verview ” ; Virginia Clark, assistant editor at Choice, on “W om en’s Studies, the W om en’s Movement, and Feminism: The Publishing Scene”; Rita Pankhurst, City of London Polytechnic, on “W om en’s Studies Collec­ tions in the United Kingdom”; and Margery Res­ nick, M IT, on “Scholarly Research Patterns in W om en’s Studies in Spain and Italy w ith North American References.” ■ ■ Getting into circulation T he C irc u la tio n Services C o m m ittee of LAMA’s Systems and Services Section will de­ vote two of its Annual Conference meetings to open discussions on topics of interest to circula­ tion librarians. The first m eeting is on patron relations (Sun­ day, July 7, 9:30-11:00 a.m .) and will focus on problems at the circulation desk related to ex­ plaining and interpreting policies for patrons, handling patrons w ith special status, and deal­ ing w ith complaints. Ruth McBride (University of Illinois at U rbana), Rebecca M artin (Univer­ sity of California, Berkeley), and Irene Stoller (Paramus, N .J., Public Library) will lead the discussion which will include perspectives of both public and academic libraries. The second meeting is on circulation statis­ tics (Monday, July 8, 9:30-11:00 a.m .) and will focus on the uses and potential uses of circula­ tion statistics in analyzing library use. Karen Blank (South D ak o ta S tate University) and Robert D augherty (University of Illinois at C hi­ cago) will lead the discussion. Guests are in­ vited to attend and are encouraged to partici­ pate in the discussions. 240 / C&RL News W A S H I N G T O N ______ H O T L I N E by Carol C. Henderson Deputy Director ALA Washington Office Closing the Book, on “a Nation of Readers”? This was the theme of a press conference sponsored by ALA and Rep. Major Owens (D-NY) on April 15 in Washington, D.C. at the beginning of National Library Week. Rep. Owens, ALA President E. J. Josey, ALA Washington Office Director Eileen Cooke and other ALA officials called attention both to the Administration’s budget which would eliminate all federal funds for libraries and all postal sub­ sidy funding, and to the Administration’s attempts to restrict access to government information. Government Information Restrictions. On March 15, the Office of Management and Budget published a draft policy circular on management of federal information resources. See the March 15 Federal Register, pp. 10734-47 (and corrections in the March 21 FR, p. 11471), or the reprint attached to the April 3 ALA Washington Newsletter. If implemented, the circular would sharply reduce the federal government’s efforts to collect and disseminate information to the public, and would accelerate the current trend toward the commercialization and privatization of government infor­ mation. ALA will be submitting comments, due by May 14, on the draft. At the press conference, Rep. Owens challenged the sweeping powers being assumed by 0MB: “No set of accountants and budget cutters should dare to assume the awesome responsibility of deciding what information should be provided to the people of this great democracy." Josey said the trend toward reduced access has gained momentum during the current Administration. He noted the ALA Washington Office publication, "Less Access to Less Information By and About the U.S. Government," which gives a four-year chronology of specific cutbacks and restrictions. Copies are available for $1.00 each with a self-addressed mailing label from the ALA Washington Office, 110 Maryland Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Coalition on Government Information. Francis Buckley, recently appointed by Josey to chair an ALA ad hoc committee on forming a coalition on government information as called for in a Midwinter Council resolution, also spoke at the press conference. He said both ALA and the 0MB circular recognized that government information is crucial, but differed on access. Buckley said the circular’s reliance on the private sector and on fees does not assure public access and would set up barriers to many. Students, the poor, small businesses, researchers, all would be affected by fees and by delays in access. Buckley can be contacted at the Detroit Public Library or through the ALA Washington Office. He would welcome suggestions of other groups with an interest in public access to government information for coalition pur­ poses, and examples of restrictions on access or needed publications no longer available.