ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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PREC O N FER EN C E 
INSTITUTES

•  “New Dimensions in Acquisitions” will 
the theme of a 2½ day Institute June 19 through 
June 21, 1969, to be held prior to th e Annual 
Conference of the American Library Associa­
tion in Atlantic City. The sponsor of this In ­
stitute is the American Book Publishers Coun­
cil/Resources and Technical Services Division 
Joint Committee of the American Library 
Association.

Innovative approaches to the solutions of li­
brary acquisition problems will be emphasized
through both traditional print material and the
newer non-print materials. Among traditional
problems covered in the Institute sessions will
be the out-of-print market, periodical subscrip­
tions, gifts and exchanges, and th e purchase of
paperbacks. Newly emerging techniques for
purchasing, such as advance copy plans, blan­
ket orders, and centralized acquisitions will
be presented along with modern acquisition
techniques using computer processing, the
standard book number, and other aspects of
scientific management.

The opening address will be by James C.
W orthy of the management consultant firm of
Cresap, McCormick and Paget. Mr. W orthy’s
topic will be “Scientific Management” stress­

FOR THE RUSSIAN 
BOOK SECTION

R e fe re n c e  a n d  
S o u r c e  M a t e r ia l

•  Russian Literature: Classics, 
Contemporary

•  Linguistics and Literary Criticism
•  English-Russian and Russian-English 

Dictionaries
•  Russian Language Records, Folk Songs 

and Dramatic Readings
•  Children’s Literature
•  Books on Art
•  Books on Science
•  Textbooks on mathematics, geography, 

natural sciences, history, etc.
•  Socio-Economic Literature
•  Russian Atlases and Maps
•  Soviet Magazines and Newspapers

Inquire about our out-of-print books 
and back issue magazines.
W rite  f o r  C atalogs & P rices

P h on e 212 CH 2-4500

FOUR CONTINENT BOOK CORP.
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ing the need for efficient and economical pro­
cedures, research experimentation, and testing 
of acquisitions systems. Mrs. Elizabeth Rodell 

 of Rice University, for seven years executive 
secretary of the Resources and Technical Serv­
ices Division, will be the banquet speaker. Her 
topic “Performance Goals for the Acquisitions 
Process.”

To register, send name and address, with or 
without the official application blank, with the 
registration fee of $41.00, to ABPC-RTSD Pre­
conference Institute, American Library Associ­
ation, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 
60611. Please make checks payable to the 
American Library Association. T he Institute is 
limited to 500 attendees.

T he Institute will be held in th e Dennis Ho­
tel, Atlantic City. For hotel reservations, use 
the housing form in the January, 1969 A LA  
Bulletin. Room reservations will be honored 
in th e block space only until May 1. Request 
housing in the Lombardy, Mt. Royal or Tray- 
more hotels w here space is being reserved for 
attendees at this institute. Include the state­
ment that you will be attending the ABPC- 
RTSD Preconference Institute. The registration 
fee covers the costs of luncheons of Thursday 
and Friday and the banquet Friday evening.

•  “New Strategies for Learning: the Impa
of Instructional Technology Upon the Junior 
College” will be the theme of a preconference 
sponsored by the American Association of Jun­
ior Colleges and the Association of College and 
Research Libraries at Atlantic City, New Jer­
sey, from June 19-21, 1969. Planned to stimu­
late dialogue between administrators, faculty, 
librarians and media specialists; the two days 
of sessions will include demonstrations, concur­
rent workshops, and contact with resource per­
sons. Major presentations will be made by Dr. 
Bill J. Priest, Chancellor, Dallas County Junior 
College District, Dallas, Texas; Dr. Gabriel 
Ofiesh, Chairman, D epartm ent of Educational 
Technology, Catholic University, Washington, 
D.C.; Dr. James Zigerell, Dean, TV College, 
Chicago City College, Chicago, Illinois; and 
Dr. Carol Zion, Assistant to the Vice-President, 
Miami D ade Junior College, Miami, Florida.

Maurice B. Mitchell, Chancellor of th e Uni­
versity of Denver and former President and 
Editorial Director of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 
Inc., will speak at the banquet to be held in 
connection with the preconference Friday, 
June 20.

Attendance is limited to 500 persons, and 
the registration fee, including three meals, is 
$50. Reservation forms and information may 
b e requested from the Association of College 
and Research Libraries, American Library As­
sociation, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Il­
linois 60611. ■■

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