id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crln-22500 Library Association, American ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Section Formed 1977-05-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 297 7 16 ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 125 ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Section Formed In response to increasing interest from mem­ bers of the Association of College and Research Libraries, the ACRL Board of Directors, on January 31, 1977, voted unanimously to estab­ lish a Bibliographic Instruction Section within ACRL. The functions of the newly established sec­ tion are: 1) to develop programs, both at ALA conferences and elsewhere, which meet mem­ bership needs and which explore the scope, nature, and problems of operating bibliographic instruction programs in academic and research libraries; 2) to develop policy statements on bibliographic instruction as part of academic and research library services; 3) to cooperate with and to advise informally Project LOEX, a national clearinghouse on academic biblio­ graphic instruction; 4) to explore methods of evaluating existing bibliographic instruction programs and materials and to suggest and pro­ mote needed research; and 5) to cooperate with the ALA Instruction in the Use of Librar­ ies Committee and other groups in areas of mutual interest. cache/crln-22500.pdf txt/crln-22500.txt