DATE: Friday, March 8, 1996
LOCATION: E.S. Bird Library at Syracuse University


THEORY INTO PRACTICE:  Educational Pathways for Librarians

   The Eastern New York Chapter of the Association of College
   and Research Libraries (ENY/ACRL) will sponsor this
   conference at Syracuse University. Co-sponsors will be the
   Upstate New York Chapter of Special Libraries Association
   (SLA) and Central New York Library Resources Council (CLRC).

   See the Conference schedule, Travel directions, Parking and
   accommodations information, and Registration form through
   your web browser at:  http://web.syr.edu/~njherrin/enyacrl/


CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
   9:00 -  9:30   Registration - Ernest Stevenson Bird Library

   9:30 -  9:45   Welcoming Remarks - Eileen Allen, President
                  ENY/ACRL and David H. Stam, University
                  Librarian

   9:45 - 10:45   Keynote Address by Raymond F. von Dran, Dean
                  of the School of Information Studies at
                  Syracuse University
                  Competencies for Librarians in the
                  Information Age

  10:45 - 11:00   Break

  11:00 - 12:00   Guideposts to the Hiring Process:  Selecting
                  and Interviewing the Successful Candidate

                  Gerlinde Barley,  Collection Development
                  Librarian
                    Sojourner Truth Library, SUNY New Paltz
                  R. Mike Heines, Director
                    Rome Laboratory Technical Library, Rome, NY
                  Lisa E. Moeckel, Head, Information Services
                  Department
                    E.S. Bird Library, Syracuse University


  12:15 -  2:00   Lunch and ENY/ACRL business meeting
                  Schine Student Center

   2:00 -  3:00   Choice of three breakout sessions:

                  SABBATICALS - The Process and the Profits:
                  Making the Most of the Experience

                  Frank Doble, Librarian, Onondaga Community
                  College
                  Nancy C. Eldblom, Librarian, SUNY Potsdam
                  Jean Sheviak, Systems Librarian, Union
                  College

                  INTERNSHIPS - Practice Makes Perfect:
                  Enriching Library Education and Library
                  Services

                  Pat Adams, Acquisitions/Periodicals
                  Librarian, Union College
                  Don Juedes, Humanities Bibliographer, SUNY
                  Albany
                  Andre Grgas, MLS Student Intern, NYS Small
                  Business Development Center

                  ENTREPRENEURSHIP - Entrepreneurship &
                  Librarianship:  A Case Study

                  Elizabeth D. Liddy, PhD, Associate Professor,
                  IST, Syracuse University, and President/CEO,
                  TextWise, Inc.

  3:15            Tours
                  Bird Library - General Tour
                  OR
                  Special Collections, including the Safire
                  Room (a newly constructed room which houses
                  a collection of books donated by William
                  Safire).

There will be a pre-registration dinner at the Sheraton
University Inn on Thursday evening, March 7, at 7 p.m. Prices
for dinner are between $10.95 and $17.95. If you plan to
attend, please so indicate on the registration form.

If there are any questions, please contact Nancy Herrington at
   Syracuse University.
   Email: njherrin@syr.edu Phone (315) 443-2160; Fax 443-5549.

REGISTRATION FORM

    PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS, REGISTRATION IS
    LIMITED TO THE FIRST 120 REGISTRANTS.

Name (as you wish it on badge)  _______________________________
Title:            ________________________________________
Affiliation:      ________________________________________
Address:          ________________________________________
                  ________________________________________
                  ________________________________________
Zip:              ______________
Phone:            ____________________
Email:            ______________________________

REGISTRATION FEES  (we are sorry, but there are no refunds)

_____      $35.00 ENY/ACRL* and/or SLA or CLRC member
_____      $25.00 Student or Retiree
_____      $45.00 Non-member (includes a 1 year ENY/ACRL
                       membership for first-time members)

Do you need a receipt?  _____    Yes  _____    No

Checks should be made to ENY/ACRL and mailed before February
27, 1996 to:
     ENY/ACRL Spring Conference, attn: Nancy Herrington
     Science and Technology Library
     Syracuse University
     Syracuse NY 13244

Registration includes coffee breaks and lunch. Lunch Choice:
     _____  Open Face Steak Sandwich
     _____  Grilled Chicken w/Pineapple Salsa
     _____  Vegetable Lasagne
     Includes tossed salad, vegetable, roll, butter, coffee,
     tea, and dessert.

Please indicate your choice of afternoon session
(Rank 1, 2, 3):
     _____  Sabbaticals
     _____  Internships
     _____  Entrepreneurship
Please indicate your choice of tours:
     _____  Bird Library - general tour
     _____  Special Collections, including the Safire Room
     _____  Cannot attend tours

____ There will be a pre-conference dinner at 7:00 pm at the
     Sheraton. If you will attend, please check here.