Number 532 August 19,1988 V NEW SPEC KITS IN REFERENCE I CDwo new SPEC kits from ARL’s Office of Management Services have been received in the Reference Department. Number 144, "Building Use Policies", . deals with such issues as food-and—drink, smoking, aesthetics and general building use. A subsequent kit, to be issued later this year, will cover building security and personal safety issues, including disruptive behavior · and emergencies. Number 145, "Library Publications Programs", focuses on libraries which I have centralized and formal programs with full of part—time staff or editorial boards or committees coordinating library—wide publishing activities. The kit examines program goals, advantages and disadvantages of such programs, staffing and organization, distribution and marketing, development of a program and other issues and needs. MICROCON PROJECT NEWS CPhe Council on Higher Education has asked John Bryant to assist them in making their present library into an information center. Plans include electronically linking their library with the University of Kentucky; making them an associate library in OCLC; giving them access to LS2000 in both¤ computers; converting their shelf list; participating in the intra-library loan activities, including telefax; mounting their database on the community college MVZO as a separate institution, and providing reference service from the Lexington campus. 1 O O 'E2 Newsletter of the Umversnty f K t k ljbraries