ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries In this issue: ACRL Preconferences ...................... 97 Inside Washington .............................100 Standards for University Libraries ........................................... 101 Joint Statement on Access to Original Research Materials ......I l l News from the Field .........................114 Continuing Education Opportunities .................................. 120 People ....................................................123 Publications ..........................................129 Classified Advertising ....................... 132 ISSN 0099-0086 COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES news NO. 4 • APRIL 1979 ACRL Announces Preconferences Now is the time to register for the ACRL pre­ conferences to be held in June before the ALA Conference in Dallas. The Continuing Education Committee (CEC), the Bibliographic Instruction Section (BIS), and the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of ACRL all plan to hold preconferences. Advance registration is req uired for these meetings, and attendance will be strictly limited; so act now! C o n t i n u i n g E d u c a t i o n The Continuing Education C om m ittee will hold a preconference on June 22, 1979, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dallas. The conference theme will be the “Nuts and Bolts of Workshop P lan ning .” T he co m m ittee is sponsoring the meeting to help people who want to learn more about putting a good workshop program together. T he co nferen ce is designed for individuals charged with planning co n feren ce program s, workshops, or staff development projects. The topics covered will include (1) selecting topics, (2) working with consultants and instructors, (3) de­ veloping support materials, (4) selecting facilities, and (5) handling the details that make a program operate smoothly. T he program will include lectu res, demon­ strations, exercises, and group discussions. There will be six sessions: I, “The Planning Process”; I I ; “The First Planning Meeting”; III , “The Pro­ gram”; IV, “The Production”; V, ‘T h e Day of the Workshop”; and VI, “Was It Worth It?” The program leader will be Peggy O’Donnell, formerly coordinator, C E L S Project, Southwest Library Association, now director, ALA/NEH Courses by Newspaper Project. Registration is $27 for members, $32 for non­ members. Advance registration for the conference is required. Attendance will be limited to 150. For registration information, contact ACRL head­ quarters. B i b l i o g r a p h i c I n s t r u c t i o n S e c t i o n The Bibliographic Instruction Section will hold a three-day preconference June 2 1 -2 3 , 1979, at Southern Methodist University (SM U), Dallas, T exas. “ T ools, T e ch n iq u e s, and T a ctics: Six Workshops” will be the theme of the meeting. Participants will choose one from six workshops to attend. The topics of the workshops will be: (1) teaching librarians to teach, (2) organizing and managing a library instruction program, (3) work­ books, (4) the one-hour stand, (5) course-related and integrated library instruction, and (6) library instruction for faculty and graduates. Registration is $70 ($85 for non-ACRL mem­ bers) and includes conveniently located and air- conditioned dormitory accommodations at SMU and meals from Friday breakfast through Satur­ day lunch. The registration deadline is May 15. For registration information, write: Mimi Dudley, 425 Kelton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024. R a r e B o o k s a n d M a n u s c r i p t s The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section will hold its twentieth annual preconference at San Antonio and Austin, Texas, Ju n e 1 9 -2 3 . The theme of the preconference is “Bibliophilie Mis­ cellany, a Collection of Papers by Divers Hands.” From June 19 to 22 the conference will take place at San Antonio. The program at San An­ tonio will include six addresses on topics ranging from “Collecting Texana” to “Computer Catalogu­ ing,” and five workshops on subjects ranging from “ M echanical, Optical and E lectro n ic Aids for Studying Manuscripts and Books” to “Preparing Guides for Special Collections.” On June 22 the preconference will move to Austin, w here th e re will be a tou r o f the News issue (B) of College & Research Libraries, vol. 40, no. 2 98 Humanities Research C en ter of the University of Texas, a reception and buffet supper, and visits to libraries and bookshops. The registration fee of $110 for ACRL mem­ bers, $125 for nonmembers, includes four meals and the bus ride from San Antonio to Austin. The registration deadline is May 19. For registration information, contact A CRL headquarters. ■■ NATIONAL L E V E L BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD Representatives o f the Library of Congress and o f the Association o f Research Libraries (ARL) met in Washington, D .C ., January 5 - 6 to discuss “National Level Bibliographic Record (N LBR)— Books,” a draft document issued by the Library of Congress in the fall of 1978. This document sets forth specifications for the data elem ents that should be included in machine-readable catalog records. The Library o f Congress drafted these s p e cificatio n s as part o f its effo rt to d ev elop standards for input by contributors to a national data base. The Library of Congress draft document pro­ posed three levels of content for cataloging rec­ ords: (1) full level original cataloging, (2) tran­ scription of Library o f Congress records, and (3) minimal level original cataloging for less impor­ tant materials. At the Washington meeting, ARL and Library o f Congress representatives reached agreem ent that instead of three levels there should be a con­ tinuum o f levels o f input for cataloging records. T h e s e le v e ls w ould ran ge from an a b s o lu te minimum level to a full level record. T h e c o n fe r e n c e p a rticip a n ts ag reed th at it would be helpful to users o f records to have on view in the records codes that would indicate th eir level o f co m p leteness. Accordingly, they decided that all records should be coded to indi­ cate the level o f cataloging completeness in the following six areas: (1) bibliographic description, (2) name and title access points, (3) subject head­ ings, (4) classification, (5) content designation for variab le field le n g th , and (6) codin g o f fixed length and other coded data fields. When questions were raised regarding the use­ fulness of all the fixed field information currently required in the full MARC format, the Library of Congress representatives agreed to review these fields for possible reduction. T he Library of Congress has published a report on the ARL meeting in the February 23 issue of the L ib r a r y o f C o n g r ess In fo rm a tio n B ulletin and has made available copies of the original N LBR docum ent through the Cataloging D istribution Service, Library of Congress, Washington, D .C . Follow ing the receip t of recom mendations and comments, the N LBR document will be revised■■ PR ESID EN TIA L PAPERS The Presidential Records Act, signed into law last November by President C arter, term inates the tradition o f private ownership of presidential and vice-presidential papers and the reliance on volunteerism to determine the fate of their dispo­ sition. Records created by a president or aides in the performance of official duties are declared gov­ ernm ent property and must be transferred im­ m ediately upon the conclusion o f a president s tenure in office to the custody of the archivist of the United States. The archivist is given the re­ sponsibility for placing the records in a presiden­ tial library or oth er federally operated facility. Currently existing presidential libraries would not be affected. The measure will becom e effective with the presidential term beginning in 1981. Strictly personal papers are exempted, and in addition a president can restrict access to sensi­ tive information for up to twelve years after leav­ ing office. Papers that are not sensitive or no longer subject to restriction will be governed by the Freedom of Information Act. After the period o f r e s tr ic tio n s has ru n , th e a r c h iv is t has an affirmative duty to make records available to the public as rapidly and completely as possible. ■■ Staff Development The ACRL Continuing Education Commit­ tee is compiling a mailing list of individuals who are responsible for staff development in their libraries. If you would like to be on such a list in order that your library may receive information about continuing education oppor­ tunities and developments, please send your name and address to ACRL headquarters, at­ tention Hal Espo, program officer. News item s for inclusion in C&RL News should be sent to Jef­ frey T. Schwedes, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 6 06 11 . Display advertising should be sent to Leona Swiech, Advertising Office, ALA. Send classified ads to ACRL. P roduc­ tion and c ircu lation m atters are handled by ALA Central Pro­ d uction U nit at the above address. News editor: Jeffrey T. Schwedes, ACRL, (3 1 2) 9 4 4 -6 7 8 0 , Ext. 286. Editor: Richard D. Johnson, M ilne Library, State U niver­ sity College, Oneonta, NY 13820. P resident, ACRL: Evan I. Farber. Executive Secretary, ACRL: Julie A. Carroll Virgo. College & Research Libraries is published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the Am erican Li­ brary Association, 17 times yearly— 6 bim onthly jou rn a l issues and 11 m onthly (co m b inin g July-August) News issues— at 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 6 06 11 . Subscription, $ 2 5 .0 0 a year, or to m e m b e rs o f the d iv is io n , $ 1 2 .5 0 , in c lu d e d in due s. 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