The 1991 international joint conference of the Association for Computers and the Humanities (ACH) and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC) will be held on March 17-21, 1991, at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

A selection of papers presented at the conference will be published by Oxford University Press m the series Research in Humanities Computing.

The 1991 conference theme reflects an important mission for education in the coming decade--making connections between the "academic" and "working world" and within and between disciplines. The conference speakers will represent a variety of professions and disciplines. They well address and lead interactive forums in the areas of humanities, fine arts, science and technology, government and industry, education, and social science.

In addition, there will be regular program sessions and also poster sessions--where presenters can exhibit, share, and discuss computers and writing project (including software) and research (completed or in progress) on an informal basis.

Proposals for this conference should address how the writing center of the 1980's has prepared writers for success in approaching the 21st Century; how the experiences of writing center tutors and their clients have affected their lives after graduation; how writing center directors can serve the community as consultants to business, industry, and the health professions; or how the focus of the writing center during the 1990's will expand beyond the curricula of the 1970s (remediation pedagogies) and the 1980's (process pedagogies). Papers on related topics will be considered.

This two-week summer workshop is designed for teachers of English who want to integrate computers into their writing-intensive classrooms. It takes place at Michigan Technological University, an institution that has a national reputation for scholarship and teaching in the field of computers and composition. Cynthia Selfe is the workshop coordinator.

The workshop will be held in a fully equipped, networked, state of-the-art computer lab/classroom designed especially for teachers of English as a writers' environment. The workshop will also provide hints about how to transfer teaching strategies to other computer-supported environments (non-networked labs, one-computer classrooms, etc.).

The workshop itself will consist of ten, six-hour work days. In addition to attending regularly scheduled sessions, participants will have 24-hour access to the lab/classroom for additional explorations and practice. Cynthia Selfe, and a team of knowledgeable student consultants will provide one-on-one instruction--on both Macintosh and IBM platforms--in developing and using applications suited for their own classrooms and English programs.

Among the topics to be covered are the following: networks, hypertext, electronic conferencing, purchase of hardware and software, lab/classroom design and operation, staffing, budgets, and managing administrations. All participants will receive three, quarter-hours of graduate credit, for the workshop.

Participants need have no previous computer knowledge; individualized instruction will be provided. At the same time, participants who do have extensive experience with computers will find plenty of challenge and room to explore within the framework of the workshop. Participants from all educational levels are encouraged to attend.

Enrollment is limited. Apply early.