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Particularly notorthy were the ortunities to meet at the United Natirsis Library in 1966 aid the Hoover Institution in 1967. In detezithiixg ubat projects should be uxdertaken by the Suheection, one of the c*ief difficulties has been that many of our rns are primarily the responsibility of other ALA units, aid action in these areas would reajiire the forireticsi of joint axeaittees aid other forre of liaison with the relevant organizations. A directory of librarians in our field was suggested in 1963 as a useful project ithith we could uixlertake lidepanSently aid poblish within a reasonable period of t1e. As a result of diligent effort by the ccril.r with zixh help frca executive cc*eaittes sieeters aid others, A Biogzmhica1 Directory of Librarians in the Field of Slavic aid East Euzxean Sbies was poblished by the American Library Assoniatior in 1967. This referei tool has been well received, aid it is hcped that reswoes can be fonid soon to p.2blieh a new edition inclixflng many sore entries aid additional inforration of referaixm value. ThUowlng opletion of work on the Dirsotory, a Slavic Holdings Cmnittae was açolntad to sbxy the possibility of uidertajdng a nsc svey of Slavic resources In Aserican libraries. Although soth work has been done in devising the met1o1ogy for suds a arveg, the magnitide of this project sesrs beycid the present capacities of the Subsection. Unless very substantial support frue MA aid outside scmirs is thtained, it say be Iwary to abardon this project or attespt a nzid sore limited survey consisting of general descriptici of the major Slavic aid East Frcpean oullections. In 1966 the American Association for the )dvanoesent of Slavic Stidies invited the Subsection to b.-'-'- an affiliate, aix! fine). a'oval for the affiliation was voted by the ALA Owil at its 1968 Midwinter meeting. Pbr several years news rota, of Subsection activities have appeared in the MASS Newsletter, aid the oative zeitte. of the Subsection has been enzraging plane for a meeting devoted to library aid b1b1iograhical develcpsenta ithid will be held at the national meeting oftha MASS inluntus, thio in 1970. Rapid grcMth in akerahlp has cirred during the øix years since the Subsection was organize!, aid the grwp has justified its existence in a zuer of ways. At this stegB in its developeent the Subsection is faced with the thallengs of urdertaking significant thith will utilize the abilities of is mters aid attract to matiership many aciditicrial specialists, in order that cur grci4, may become a sore effective force in the furthering of Slavic aid Fast Horopean stidies. Grant Possibilites Travel Grant for sginning Slavic Librarians Ssidnar A smuinar for beginning Slavic librarians will be held at the University of flllnois at Uzbana-cbaupaign from July 21 to July 25, 1986, within the Sumner Researth Laboratory on Russia aid Eastern Europe. The onordinator is Eubert A. Farlcwic! (GrAate Sthool of Library aid Information Scieis, Pratt Institute). This seninar is aimed at those tho wish to begin a career in Slavic librarianship or are in their first years in the field. Library &*iool stidenta with a strong interest in the field an! )cncwled?B of Russian or another language of the area are also encouraged to atteid. Nhile this is a non-credit 29
seminar, library edicol stents tho wish to arrange graduate credit aiay dose. The .oint eeittee on Soviet Shrlies, thnmigh its Subccsrittee on Bibliography, Information Patrieval, awl Qmientaticrt (BflW), is leaking available rrcdset trs to help ocver the costs of traveling to Urbana for participants tho would otherwise xxt be able to attenl. (It*islng ts are ocyerad by the Itissian awl East Xlztpean Center for up to bo weeks for acadeic faculty meaLers awl other profeasicoals; up to fcor weeks for graduate sbents.) If yro are interested In attendini the seamer, please ormtact Jerrie Fisher at the aian awl East ntçean Center (217) 333-1244 for the i-'y appliceticn foz. The deadline for receipt of aliceti for travel assistance is 15.l98. Mariai mx aloldln University of Illlnei/t1rtan Ihe itor has IixiuIred with the 5.-n',s1 Science Rcsearcti nci1, Subocmittee on Bthhiogrepy , Information trieval aid saentation regardixq its cbjectivss aid priorities for grant awards. We are pthliehing the relevant portion of the rely by the thair of the Subccseittee, Prof. fliwerd 1enan, dated .lalllary 6, 1986 sInce it may be helpful for the pruepective a1icants to this Sutnittee. "Dear ). zaleJBJd., Blair 1. has passed on ycor letter of Wovesher 26 aencerning onr B.LR.D. Subcrmeittee. s di&Ixman, I think pethaps I sculd arwer yror .ries scsma.bat sore directly than B1.b might: 1. the Sitaittee dose not have any declared "priorities" that ld be plithed at present. Our dijectives are to identify aid deal with needs aid prdilers in the areas of bibliography, librarianship, & dcQmlentation, as a part of the .Ioixit Qmiirdttae. We have only recently into beiog; for the areeent we are e1oring the field & operating ad hoc. I personally cisIder audi freedees of action one of the isportant strengths of axt a voluntary, onueglal, private & iu-metherabip organization & I Interd to zaintain the policy of ad hoc .xplorattcn & the taking of "tazets of cportunity" until irj colleagues, tho ax. all library ofsesiceals, indicat, that a sore concerted arsodi is iniicat*L" Grants ded Patricia Ilansky received a one-sviith grant at the 1(ennan Institute for 1dvae la.issian Stidies Fran Novori,er 5 to Decerber 5, 1984, sh, worked on a first draft of the Intrwltion to her bibliography of Russians in the Pacific. At the present time, abont 70 pexvent of the work is orai,letad. She has also received an additional grant frcea the University of Hawaii at Hence for five uaiths leave to finish the 30
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