ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 90 / C&RL News and was lecturer in bibliography and book selec­ tion at the University of Michigan and Western Michigan University from 1963-1980. Ford au­ thored a book on The Acquisition of Library Mate­ rials (Chicago: A merican L ib rary Association, 1973), a revised edition of which was published in 1978. He also served as assistant editor of Library Resources and Technical Services from 1956-1964. Robert Reed, head of collection development at the University of New Hampshire, D urham , has retired after 28 years of service. D onald Vinc en t, university librarian at the University of New Hampshire, D urham , has re­ tired after 26 years of service. Deaths E dith G. H enderson, form er curator of the Treasure Room in the H arvard University Law School Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, died this fall. A graduate of Swarthmore College, Hen­ derson entered the H arvard L aw School in 1950 w ith the first class to have women members. She received her LL.B. degree in 1953 and her S.J.D. in 1959. Shortly thereafter Henderson began her long association w ith the Law School Library and w ith the T reasure Room, w hich houses the L i­ brary’s collection of rare historical legal materials. In 1963 she was appointed curator of the Treasure Room, a post she held until her retirement in 1987. Henderson served as the Selden Society’s Honorary Secretary-Treasurer for the U nited States from 1965 to 1987, and also as a director of the American Society of Legal History from 1981 to 1983. Milton H odnetteJ r., retired head of the C ata­ loging D epartm ent at Ohio University, Athens, died September 29 after a long illness. Hodnette had served in his position at Ohio from 1969 to 1984. M iriam T urner L arson, associate professor em erita at W ayne State University, D etroit, Michi­ gan, died November 20,1988, at the age of 79. L ar­ son earned her bachelor’s degree in biology in 1930 and master’s in microbiology in 1931 from Middle­ bury College, V erm ont, and received her MLS from Wayne State University in 1967. She joined th e WSU faculty as assistant professor in 1968. D uring her tenure she served on numerous com­ mittees and as coordinator of the medical libraries concentration for the Library Science Program. She was also a noted author in the medical libraries area and a successful grant w riter. ■ ■ CALENDER February 23-24—Automation: The Seventh Texas Confer­ ence on Library Automation, sponsored by the University of Houston Libraries, will be held at the Stouffer Greenway Plaza Hotel in Houston and will feature keynote addresses by Susan K. M artin, Director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, and Rebecca L enzini, President of CARL Systems. O ther speakers will include John C orbin, Jennifer C argill, C arolyn Frost, C arol Hawks, Judy Myers, and Raymond V ondran. Registration fee: $95 before January 13, $120 after. Contact: D ana Rooks, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-2091; (713) 749-4241. 26-28—Information access: “Teaching & Tech­ nology: The Im pact of Unlimited Information Access on Classroom Teaching,” a forum spon­ sored by Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, will explore the issues involved in teaching and learning when there is unlimited access to infor­ mation. The keynote address will be given by M artin Dillon, director of the O CLC Office of Research. Other participants include W ilbert McKeachie (National Center for Research to Im ­ prove Post-Secondary Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan), William Bryan Martin (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), Daniel C. D ennett (Center for Cog­ nitive Studies, Tufts University), and Patricia Swanson (John C rerar L ibrary, University of Chicago). Attendance is by invitation; w ritten inquiries may be directed to Evan Ira Farber, Lilly Library, E arlham College, Richmond, IN 47374. March 1—Audiovisual preservation: T he National Ar­ chives and Records Administration presents its F o u rth A nnual Preservation C onference on January 1989 / 93 “C urrent Trends in the Preservation of Audiovi­ sual C o llectio n s,” a t th e N atio n al Archives Building Theater, W ashington, D .C ., from 9;30 a.m .-5:00 p .m . The conference will feature four sessions on video, sound recording, motion pic­ ture, and still picture holdings. Speakers will in­ clude Alan Lewis, a consultant; Gerry Gibson, of the Library of Congress; Sam Kula, of the Na­ tional Archives of C anada; and Connie Mc­ Cabe, of the National Archives. Registration fee: $40 (includes a reception). Contact: Conference Coordinator, Archival Research and Evaluation Staff, National Archives and Records Adminis­ tratio n , W ashington, DC 20408; (202) 523- 1546. 10-11—Recruiting: The G raduate School of Li­ brary and Information Science at Simmons Col­ lege will host the “Simmons College Symposium on Recruiting, Educating, and Training C ata­ loging L ibrarians: Solving th e Problem s,” at Simmons College, Boston. The keynote speaker will be Robert M. Hayes, dean of the G raduate School of L ibrary and Information Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Session leaders include Jam es M atarazzo, professor, G raduate School of L ibrary and Inform ation Science, Simmons College; Jane Robbins, direc­ tor, School of L ibrary and Information Studies, U n iv ersity of W isconsin, M adison; and H enriette D. Avram, assistant librarian for proc­ essing services, L ibrary of Congress, Washing­ ton, D .C . The registration fee, $45, will cover a book of papers to be presented at the symposium. C ontact: Sheila Intner, Simmons College Sym­ posium Coordinator, GSLIS, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115; (617) 738-2223 or (413) 528- 2698. April 10- 13—Serials: The 12th annual conference of the United Kingdom Serials Group will be held at the University of Birmingham. Topics will in­ clude serial communications; journal prices— statistical sources; standards for journal covers; and staff management. There will be a session of workshops and product reviews, including CD- ROM, journal marketing, and disasters in auto­ m atio n . C o n ta c t: A nne H illier, UK Serials Group Administrator, 4 Ashcroft Close, Oxford, OX2 9SE, England; 0865 863449. 11- 15—Texas: “Libraries, Up, Up, & Away,” the 1989 Texas Library Association’s Annual Con­ ference will be held in Houston. Contact: TLA, 3355 Bee Cave Road, Suite 603, Austin, TX 78746; (512) 328-1518. 94 / C &RL News May 4-7 —Film preservation: “Fast Rewind—The Ar­ chaeology of Moving Images/’ an international conference organized by the Rochester Institute of Technology, will be held at the Rochester Stouffer Plaza, Rochester, New York. Speakers Morgan Wesson, assistanLcurator of the Inter­ national Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, and Marion Ralyszak, former director of the Cayuga Museum of History and Art, will discuss new findings on Theodore Case, an Auburn, N. Y., chemist who is little known for his invention that created sound on film; noted New York film historian Fred S. Spira will dis­ cuss early technical devices; other topics will in­ clude moving image advertising, historical re­ search on broadcast archives, and film preservation. Contact: Karen Miller, Communi­ cations Department, Rochester Institute of Technology, One Lomb Memorial Drive, P.O. Box 9887, Rochester, NY 14623; (716) 475-2879. 15-18—Jerusalem: “The Value of Research Data for Government and Business” is the theme of the joint meeting of the International Associa­ tion of Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST) and the International Federation of Data Organizations (IFDO) to be held at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The conference is open to data archivists, data librar­ ians, academic and government researchers, tra­ ditional archivists, teachers and advanced stu­ dents in the social sciences, data producers from national statistical agencies, and others. Lec­ tures, presentations, and workshops will be on such topics as cross national surveys, quantita­ tive historical research, the impact of new tech­ nologies on the usage of data, statistical map­ ping, textual databanks, and indexing data archive holdings. Contact: Nancy Hafuta, So­ cial Sciences Data Archive, The Hebrew Univer­ sity, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. For information on partial travel grants contact: Tom Brown, 1418 Corcoran St, N.W., Wash­ ington, DC 20009. 23-June 15—Hebraica: A twelve-session intensive course on Hebraica and Judaica cataloging will be given by Bella Hass Weinberg, assistant pro­ fessor of Library and Information Science at St. Johns University, at the Max Weinreich Center for Advanced Jewish Studies, New York City. The course will focus on Hebraica and Judaica cataloging for research and academic libraries with an emphasis on Library of Congress sys­ tems. Topics to be covered include Romaniza- tion, formation of headings for Hebrew and Yid­ dish authors, cataloging of liturgical works, Judaica subject headings and classification schemes, and multi-script authority files. Three graduate credits will be given for the course. Tu­ ition: $300. Contact: Pamela Brumberg, Assis­ tant to the Dean, Max Weinreich Center for Ad­ vanced Jewish Studies, 1048 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028; (212) 535-6700, x26. June 20-21—Classification: The International Confer­ ence on Library Classification and Its Functions will be held on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton. The conference will examine the three functions of classification: the bibliothe- cal, or storage, function; the bibliographic, or classified catalog, function; and the cognitive function. Registration fee: $110 (includes lunches and reception); $30 special fee for stu­ dents. Deadline: June 5. 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