ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 226 / C&RL News ACRL continuing education courses at ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans The Association of College and Research L i­ braries w ill sponsor six continuing education courses at the ALA Annual Conference in New Or­ leans this summer. The courses are designed to pro­ vide academic librarians an opportunity to en­ hance their professional development, acquire new knowledge and skills, and update existing compe­ tencies. ACRL continuing education courses are taught by library practitioners well known for their expertise in specific areas. The courses will be given in the New Orleans Convention Center on Friday, July 8, immediately before ALA Annual Conference. Refreshments will be provided at breaks, but participants will be responsible for their own lunches. ACRL members receive a 30 % discount on fees. Written notice of cancellation received by June 10, 1988, will be honored subject to a $15 cancel­ lation charge. No refunds for cancellations will be given after June 10. ACRL is not responsible for any airfare penalties incurred as a result of a course being canceled. A certificate of completion for each course will be issued. Every successful completion of 10 hours of continuing education is equal to one Continuing Education Unit (CEU). ACRL maintains a CEU record for each participant. There are two ways to register: 1) to register by phone, call (800) 545-2433— in Illinois, (800) 545- 2444— or (312) 944-6780; 2) to register by mail, complete the registration form and return it to ACRL. Confirmations will be sent with information about the location. M ultiple Registration Discount for staff from the same institution and registering at the same time. The first course (higher-priced course) will be the regular price, with additional registrations 20% off. Please photocopy the form for multiple regis­ trations. Please share this with a colleague! If you have any questions contact ACRL/ALA, 50 East Huron St. ‚ Chicago, IL 60611-2795; or call (800) 545-2433. CE 111— P r i n c i p l e s o f St r a t e g i c P l a n n i n g i n t h e L i b r a r y E n v i r o n m e n t Would you like to have a clear picture of where your library will be next year or in five years? Stra­ tegic planning can give you that edge. Get practi­ cal experience as well as the theoretical back­ ground for applying the strategic planning process to your library planning. This course examines background information on strategic planning as a process, identifies problems encountered with past long-range planning efforts, describes several stra­ tegic planning models including the “desired fu­ tures” model. You will have an opportunity to practice the use of the desired futures model coop­ eratively and apply it to your own environment and receive valuable feedback on that experience. This course is applicable to strategic planning for all types of libraries. Instructor: Julie Virgo, The Carroll Group. D ate: Friday, July 8, 1988, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0 p.m. F ee: ACRL members, $95; non-members, $135. CEU Credit: .7. L im ited to first 30 registrants. C E 206— C r e a t i v e A p p r o a c h e s t o V id e o f o r B i b l i o g r a p h i c I n s t r u c t i o n Over 600 libraries are currently producing vid­ eotaped bibliographic instruction, and many are of inferior quality. Become a discriminating producer of videos, explore their effective uses, become fa­ miliar with critical production issues, and make fi­ nancial comparisons of various media products. Many examples of library video products will be examined. In addition, creative problem-solving techniques will be applied to the process of devel­ oping a videotape project. Instructor: Thomas McNally, Ohio State Uni­ versity. D ate: Friday, July 8, 1988, 9:00 a.m .-5 :0 0 p.m. F ee: ACRL members, $95; non-members, $135. CEU C redit: .7. L im ited to first 30 registrants. C E 209— A d v a n c e d B u s i n e s s L i t e r a t u r e Understand the “bulls” and “bears” in this diffi­ cult market. Can you answer your clients’ ques­ tions pertaining to market data, marketing/adver­ tising, finance, and career options? At the end of this course you will be able to identify specialized business reference tools, select appropriate biblio­ graphic instruction techniques for business stu­ dents, and provide online search strategies that are critical to effective use of business databases. Instructor: Charlotte Cubbage, consultant. D ate: Friday, July 8, 1988, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0 p.m. F ee: ACRL members, $95; non-members, $135. CEU C redit: .7. L im ited to first 30 registrants. CE 302— P r e p a r i n g C o n t r a c t s a n d N e g o t i a t i n g w i t h L i b r a r y A u t o m a t i o n V e n d o r s Everything that you always wanted to know about contracts but were afraid to ask. Directors, middle managers, supervisors, and automation li­ brarians will learn: the roles of each member in the April 1988 / 227 contract negotiation process; how to describe pro­ curement procedures that produce controlled ne­ gotiation environment; how to identify “classic” ploys and techniques used by vendors; how to pre­ pare negotiation procedures to gain maximum ad­ vantage; how to build a checklist of content and performance issues to include in the instrument. This course is co-sponsored by the ALA Library Administration and Management Association. Instructor: Robert Walton, Texas State Library. D ate: Friday, July 8, 1988, 9:00 a.m .-4 :0 0 p.m. F e e : A C R L or LAMA m em bers, $75; non­ members, $110. CEU Credit: .55. L im ited to the first 50 registrants. CE 401— L i b r a r i e s a n d C o m p u t e r C e n t e r s : C o o p e r a t i o n o r Se p a r a t i o n ? Know how your peers are handling the changing relationship of academic libraries and computer centers! This is an opportunity for library directors and associate directors to examine the changes tak­ ing place through speaker presentations, panel dis­ cussion, and group interaction. Analyze organiza­ tional, functional and technological similarities and differences between these two units, including a historical perspective, while considering implica­ tions for the future of your institution. Learn what the political and organizational implications are of merging (or not merging) libraries with computer centers, and prepare yourself to address such change. Discuss with the leaders in this field, the financial impact, staffing, missions of the library and computing center, and the impact of a rapidly developing information technology base. Instructor: Diane Cimbala, The Faxon Com­ pany. D ate: Friday, July 8, 1988, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0 p.m. F ee: ACRL members, $75; non-members, $110. CEU Credit: .7. L im ited to the first 50 registrants. CE 507— B a s i c s o f St a t i s t i c s Do you think that statistics would be easier to understand if it used fewer numbers and more words? Actually, mastering the terminology of a Registration Form 228 / C&RL News discipline is often more difficult than understand­ ing the essential concepts. This course is intended for librarians with little or no mathematical or sta­ tistical training. It will help you to understand ter­ minology, statistical concepts, and basic statistical measures. Don’t let such words as sample and stan­ dard deviation prevent you from understanding the essentials of statistics. Instructor: Tim othy F . Richards, Vanderbilt University. Date: Friday, July 8, 1988, 9:00 a .m .-5 :0 0 p.m. F ee: A CRL members, $95; non-members, $135. C E U Credit: .7. Limited to the first 30 registrants. ACRL honors 1988 award winners The Association of College and Research L i­ braries will honor the recipients of all its 1988 awards at the ALA Annual Conference in New O r­ leans. All the winners were selected by separate award juries. Four of the awards— the Baker & Taylor Academic or Research L ibrarian of the Year, the two Institute for Scientific Information Fellowships, and the K .G . Saur College & R e­ search Libraries awards— will be presented at the close (approximately 5:00 p.m .) of the ACRL Pres­ ident’s Program on Monday, July 11. You are wel­ come to join us there in honoring these outstanding individuals. The deadline for the 1989 awards is December 1, 1988. Information about nominations and applica­ tions for the 1989 awards may be obtained from M ary E lle n D a v is, A C R L P rogram O ffic e r , ACRL/ALA, 50 E . Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795; (312) 944-6780, χ287. Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award Edward Gailon Holley, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been chosen to receive the $3,000 Ac­ ademic or Research Librarian of the Year Award. Holley will receive the award on July 11 at the A C R L President’s Pro­ gram in New Orleans. A CRL President Joanne Euster will present the cash aw ard and c i t a ­ tion, which are donated by the Baker and Taylor Company. In naming Holley to receiv e th e aw a rd , D o n n a M. G o eh n er, chair of the award jury, E d Holleysaid, “Dr. Holley was se­ lected not only for the significant and numerous contributions he has made to the published literature and library educa­ tion programs but also for his leadership role and consulting activities. “ His has been an ex em p lary c a r e e r , and throughout he has served as a role model and men­ tor for academic librarians. Dr. Holley has without question distinguished himself in virtually every major area of our library profession.” Holley, who received his doctorate from the University of Illinois, served as professor and dean at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from 1972 to 1985. For nine years prior to that he was director of libraries at the University of Houston. A past president of ALA, Holley has also received the prestigious Melvil Dewey Medal and the Joseph W. Lippincott award for notable achievement in li­ brarianship. The citation commends Holley for his outstand­ ing achievements and describes him as a “Renais­ sance librarian— a man of many talents ranging from excellent administrator and inspiring teacher to conscientious researcher and effective speaker and w riter.” The A CRL Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award is presented annually to recognize a member of the library profession who has made an outstanding national or international contribu­ tion to academic or research librarianship and li­ brary development. Recipients of the award since its inception in 1978 have been Keyes D. M etcalf and Robert D. Downs (1978); Henriette D. Avram and Frederick G. Kilgour (1979); Evan I. F arber (1980); Beverly P. Lynch (1981); William Budington (1982); Rich­ ard M. Dougherty (1983); Richard Johnson (1984); Jessie Carney Smith (1985); Margaret Beckman (1986); and Duane Webster (1987).