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Helen H. Spaulding,associate director of libraries, University of Missouri, Kansas City. Norman E. Tanis, director of university libraries, California State University, Northridge. Herman L. Totten, professor, School of Library and Information Sciences, North Texas State University, Denton.
The speakers will include: Lucien Goldschmidt, proprietor of Lucien Goldschmidt, Inc.; James Gilreath, American history specialist, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress; Richard Martin, executive director, Shirley Goodman Resource Center, Fashion Institute of Technology; Ruth Mortimer, curator of rare books, Smith College; Jeanne T. Newlin, curator, Harvard Theatre Collection; Genevieve Oswald, curator, Dance Collection, New York Public Library; and Harold E. Samuel, music librarian, Yale University Music Library.
Registration for the Preconference is limited to the first 250 applicants. The registration fee of $90 for ACRL members, $130 for non-members, includes entry to the preconference receptions and to all preconference papers and seminars. The deadline for registration is May 26, 1986. Late registrations will be accepted on a space-available basis after May 26 at an additional cost of $15 per person. Copies of the registration form can be obtained by writing to RBMS Preconference, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795.
The preconference hotel is the Waldorf-Astoria, on Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets. Rates are: single, $110; double occupancy, also $110; third person, additional $25. (The hotel will honor these rates for those preconference registrants who wish to stay through the ALA Conference.) Alternative housing will be available at Columbia University Residence Halls for approximately $30 a night. (These rates also will be honored through the ALA Conference.) Information on alternative housing will be sent to those who check the appropriate box on the registration form.
The program will include an introduction by ACRL President Sharon A. Hogan; an overview of the case study method; an address on technological implications; general and functional analyses of the case in small group discussions with library leaders; reports of discussions; and closing reflections.
The program will be held at New York University in Greenwich Village (easily accessible by public transportation from Midtown Manhattan) from 2:00-5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 30. Further details about the program will be given in the May issue of C&RL News.
Pre-registration by June 1,1986, is necessary and attendance is limited to the first 350 people who register. No fees will be charged. Registrants will receive a packet of materials, including the case study, in advance of the program.
This year has seen changes which make this possible. ACRL now offers the pre-conference continuing education courses locally under the sponsorship of ACRL chapters, library schools, libraries, university extension divisions, and other interested professional groups. Most local offerings are presented by the original course designer and preconference instructor.
Another change that has occurred this year has been initiated in an effort to enable the continuing education program to break even financially. Two new workshops, CE 113-Public Service Under Pressure: Improving the Response, and CE 301-Preparing for Technological Change, have been designed with a format that allows a maximum of 75-100 participants. The fees for these workshops are lower than other continuing education courses. This new program design may enable ACRL to recover program costs while lowering fees to participants.
In an effort to keep ACRL members abreast of the latest changes and development in librarianship, ACRL will present a new state-of-the-art series which will look at changes or trends in the field. The first offering will be presented before the annual conference in New York.
In the past the courses have been organized into five tracks: management, library skills, technology update, the environment, and professional development. The courses have been given numbers in the hundreds to correspond to the track it belongs in, The new state-of-the-art series will be organized along the same five tracks, but will be numbered in the thousands. CE 3000-Trends in Technology: Impact on Planning for Library Services looks beyond the immediate problems of coping with library technology to examine the trends and issues that will affect library services and operations over the next five years. Gary S. Lawrence and Catherine Shepard-Haier, of the University of California, Library Studies and Research Division, will design and present this state-of-the-art offering. Look for further details on page 273 of this issue.
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) will be sponsoring seven continuing education courses at the ALA Annual Conference in New York this summer. The courses are designed to provide librarians with knowledge and skills in areas of management, technology update, and professional development. The courses are taught by library practitioners well-known for their expertise in these topical areas.
A certificate of completion will be awarded participants in each course. Successful completion of 10 contact hours of continuing education is equal to one Continuing Education Unit (CEU). ACRL maintains a CEU record for each participant. The courses are also approved for MLA re-certification credit.
For the public service librarian, facing the public is a source of both delight and aggravation. CE 113 is designed to lessen the aggravation that arises from the encounter between a staff member and a patron in which both leave disappointed and frustrated. Participants will examine ways of analyzing their automatic responses and developing new responses that produce more satisfying results. We will also discuss and practice techniques for constructively handling pressure situations by using examples from our day-to-day experiences (so bring your favorites). Each participant will receive a handbook of specific and effective responses to deal with such situations. Ry lessening our aggravation, perhaps we can increase our delight. Note:
A good security program increases the safety of patrons, staff, and materials without hindering the efficiency of day-to-day operations. CE 114 will introduce the factors involved in designing such a program for one or several academic library buildings. Participants will be asked to bring certain information with them concerning their own libraries. The discussions and activities of this course will aid participants in planning a security program for their own particular library environment, from developing essential policies to implementing the plan.
One of the ways experienced academic librarians continue to develop their professional skills, and at the same time increase the rewards of their careers, is by becoming a consultant to academic libraries. As consultants they may act as a trainer, researcher, diagnostician, mediator, or systems designer. CE 505 will introduce established librarians to the skills and methods they will need, the roles they will play, the rlationships they will establish, the problems they will encounter, and the results they hope to achieve. We will discuss the process of consulting from designing the contract and gaining needed information, to presenting the results and evaluating the experience.
The Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science will offer a certificate in library automation during the 1986-87 academic year. This is a new program designed for the experienced professional librarian who wishes to gain competence in planning, implementing and managing automated systems in research libraries and information centers.
The certificate is one element of a program for the development of a new curriculum in systems science/library and information science funded by a $52,000 grant from the Council on Library Resources. Further information may be obtained from: Danny P. Wallace, Coordinator, Certificate in Library Automation Program, School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, 267 Coates Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803; (504) 388-3158.
Knowledge and managing knowledge has become the most important strategic tools of today's business world. Information technology, an effective tool in producing and managing these powers, is for developing effectuality and efficiency of operating assets and it enhances the adaptation capacity of corporation to innovate as well as its carrying power upwards the level of existing institutional prosperity. In this study, between 2008-2012 in Turkey, the relationship between traits, emotional intelligence and use of management information systems of top-level and mid-level managers in Kayseri companies within İstanbul Sanayi Odası (ISO) top 500 was examined. The result of correlation analysis indicated that there was 0.475** positive, two-tailed and significant relationship between the level of management information systems usage and traits, and 0.381** positive, two-tailed and significant relationship between emotional intelligence and management information systems usage. Regression analysis result indicated that traits and emotional intelligence have an effect (R2=,248) on management information systems usage.
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