Just a brief comment about the informal mentoring process we have begun. If anyone else would like to be added to our list of those interested in participating either as a mentor or mentee, please contact Ellen McGrath (716-645-2254; emcgrath@acsu.buffalo.edu). We could use the names of more people willing to act as mentors. I will emphasize that this is very informal and it is really left up to those on the list who feel they need a mentor to take the initiative and make contact with a mentor. I am simply compiling and distributing the list to hopefully aid in the process.

» The September 15, 1996 deadline on this might be tight, but there was a call for papers issued for the Spring 1997 meeting of the Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL). Possible topic areas include acquisitions, cataloging, database maintenance, preservation, serials, and systems and submissions relating to academic, public, or special libraries are encouraged.

» Haworth Press is planning a 1998 special issue of The Acquisitions Librarian on the broad topic of "Acquiring online management reports." Will Jarvis (Washington State University Libraries) is the guest volume editor and he is soliciting papers for inclusion.

» The OCLC Systems and Services journal is asking for material addressing the wider context of technology and automation in libraries, as well as more specific pieces on OCLC events, products, etc.

» Legal Information Management Reports seeks authors for future issues. Contact Jane Miller at 770-578-6200; libspec@ix.netcom.com.

» Contributors of biographical/bibliographical essays are needed for Significant Contemporary Feminists: A Biocritical Sourcebook.

"This book, under contract with Greenwood Press, will explore the lives and work of a diverse group of women involved with the feminist movement(s) during and since the Second Wave."

» Just a reminder that the Journal of the American Society for Information Science maintains a page listing new books awaiting reviewers:

http://weber.u.washington.edu/~tabrooks/review.html