Call for Library Policies

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Press Release                         For Further Information Contact:
For immediate release         Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein
                                                      Phone/Fax: 516-598-4619
                                                      E-mail: prattnet@ix.netcom.com

Library Policies Wanted

Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., and Pratt Institute's Graduate School of
Information and Library Science announce that they are soliciting library
policies to be considered for inclusion in a new CD-ROM, _The Complete
Library Policy Toolkit_, the first electronic compilation of policies from
all types of libraries.  Libraries whose  policies are selected for inclusion
will be acknowledged in the Toolkit.  All libraries which submit their
policies for consideration will receive a coupon good for a discount off the
purchase of the CD-ROM (price is not yet set).

Libraries of all types are asked to send their copies of their policies for
consideration by the product's Editorial Board.  The Editors are especially
interested in receiving policies from libraries with recently developed or
revised manuals.  Policies from public, academic, school, and special
libraries are needed for developing the project.

_The Complete Library Policy Toolkit_ will consist of a CD-ROM and a 50-75
page paperback book.  The CD-ROM will contain the complete text of library
policies from public, academic, school, and special libraries; the book will
contain practical information and advice on writing and implementing policies
and on the difference between policies and procedures.  The CD-ROM will be
searchable; users will be able to copy text from the CD-ROM into their
word-processing programs or other application.  The book will also include
some survey type information based on the collected policies (e.g.: how many
charge for ILL, etc.).  The Complete Library Policy Toolkit will be published
by Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc. in late 1997.

Members of the Editorial Board are: Arlene Bielefield, Esq., Assistant
Professor,  School of Library Science/Instructional Technology, Southern
Connecticut State University; Alice Calabrese, Executive Director, Chicago
Library System; Kay Ann Cassell, Associate Director for Programs & Services,
The Branch Libraries, The New York Public Library;  Julie Cummins,
Coordinator of Children's Services, The New York Public Library; Janet Swan
Hill, Associate Director for Technical Services, University of
Colorado-Boulder Libraries; Jane Light, Director, Redwood City (CA) Public
Library; Sally Mason-Robinson, Library and Motion Media Consultant; Kathleen
De La Pena Heim McCook, Dean, School of Library and Information Studies,
University of South Florida; Tamara Miller, Director of Library Systems,
University of Tennessee-Knoxville; JoAnn G. Mondowney, Executive Assistant to
the Director; Enoch Pratt Free Library; Candace Morgan, Associate Director,
Fort Vancouver (WA) Regional Library; James Rettig, Assistant Dean of
Libraries, College of William and Mary; Harriet Selverstone, Department
Chair, Norwalk (CT) High School Library Media Center; and Peggy Teich,
Vice-President, Citicorp Research Library.

Dr. Seoud Matta, Dean of the Graduate School of Information and Library
Science, Pratt Institute, is the Editor-in-Chief for the publication.  He
will be assisted by Dr. Charles Rubenstein, Associate Professor (also from
the GSILS at Pratt), who will serve as Managing Editor, and Charles Harmon,
Director of Acquisitions and Development for Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.,
who will act as Consulting Editor for the project.

Policies should be submitted with a letter containing the contact information
for the person submitting the policies as well as  permission to reproduce
the policies in the Toolkit to: Dr. S.M. Matta, Dean, School of Information
and Library Science, Pratt Institute, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
11205-3897 no later than October 31, 1996.