ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 313 W A S H I N G T O N _____H O T L I N E by Carol C. Henderson Deputy Director ALA Washington Office Would a royalty added to the purchase price of every video and audio recorder and blank tape and cassette affect your institution? If the Univer­ sity of Wisconsin-Madison experience is typical, it would indeed. As Nancy Marshall, ALA's Ad Hoc Copyright Subcommittee Chair, explained in testimony to a House Judiciary Subcommittee on August 11, her campus spends over $132,000 per year to purchase almost 8,000 blank tapes. From collecting data from weather satellites to assisting student teacher training and foreign language instruction, from taping patient interviews for diagnostic purposes to placing taped faculty lectures on reserve in the library, use of the tapes benefits diverse fields of research, study, scholarship, and training. None of these university uses has anything to do with taping copyrighted broadcast programs off the air, but compensating proprietors for off-air taping is the rationale for the royalty tax proposed for recording equipment and tapes in HR 5705, a bill that Marshall's testimony opposed. Marshall argued that the doctrine of fair use applied to home taping, that the use made of a tape determined whether it was a fair use or an infringement of copyright, and that a compulsory royalty payment on all tapes and equipment would be highly unfair. Other bills (HR 5250 and similar bills) under consideration by the subcommittee would provide an exemption from infringement for home taping. Congressional interest in the off-air taping issue is a reaction to the October 19, 1981, decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Fran­ cisco which overturned a lower court decision in the controversial Betamax case and ruled that taping a television show in the home violates a producer's copyright, and that manufacturers of recording equipment are liable for such infringement. The Sony Corporation, makers and distributors of recording equipment, have taken the suit, brought by Universal City Studios and Walt Disney Productions‚ to the Supreme Court which has agreed to hear it during its current term. In August ALA filed an amicus curiae brief urging the Supreme Court to reverse the Ninth Circuit Court's decision. The ALA brief contends that the circuit court's finding that only "productive" uses of copyrighted materials could be fair uses has enormous consequences for librarians and library users, threatens to deprive librarians of their fair use rights‚ undermines their ability to serve their patrons adequately, and restricts the public's access to information. Nancy Marshall's testimony recommended that Congress let the Supreme Court act first, but if Congress felt it must act, to amend whichever bill is adopted to clearly state that it would not be an infringement for schools and libraries to tape off the air for educational purposes, provided that they adhere to the "Guidelines for Off-Air Recording of Broadcast Programs for Educational Purposes," endorsed by the House Judiciary Committee. Developed by educational users (including ALA) and copyright proprietors, the guidelines have been published in ALA's Copyright Kit 1982‚ available for $15 from the Order Department, ALA, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. The ALA Washington Office (110 Maryland Ave. N.E., Box 54, Washington, DC 20002) would be pleased to hear from college librarians who have a particular interest in this issue, or who need further information, or who can provide additional examples of the use of recordings in their library or campus. 314 PIERCY AWARD The Esther J. Piercy Awards Com m ittee o f ALA’s Resources and Technical Services Division is accepting nominations for the 1983 citation. The candidates for the award can be nominated by anyone who is well acquainted with the candi­ date’s contribution to librarianship in the field o f technical services. The citation will be given to a librarian with not more than 10 years of profes­ sional experience who has shown outstanding promise for continuing contributions and leader­ ship in any o f the fields comprising technical ser­ vices by such means as: 1) leadership in profes­ sional associations at local, state, regional, or na­ tional levels; 2) contribution to the development, application, or utilization o f new or im proved methods, techniques, and routines; 3) a signific­ ant contribution to professional literature; or 4) conduct o f studies or research in technical ser­ vices. The jury selection of the award winner will be based on the documentation submitted by the person nominating the candidate. Each nomina­ tion shall consist o f a statement o f qualifications and accomplishments o f the nominee, and should be submitted as soon as possible, but not later than D ecem ber 1, 1982. Nomination forms may be obtained from: Mar­ cia Tuttle, Chair, Esther J. Piercy Award, Serials Department, Wilson Library 024-A, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. ■ ■ ACADEMIC/RESEARCH LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD The Association o f College and Research Librar­ ies invites nominations for the Academic or Re­ search Librarian of the Year Award, presented joint­ ly by ACRL and the Baker & Taylor Company. Anyone wishing to submit nominations should send the form at the bottom o f the next page to the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Recipients o f the award since its inception in 1978 have been: Keyes D. Metcalf and Robert B. Downs (1978); Henriette D. Avram and Freder­ ick G. Kilgour (1979); Evan I. F arber (1980); Beverly P. Lynch (1981); and William Budington (1982). The Awards Committee selects persons to re­ ceive the award in accordance with the following guidelines: P u r p o s e : To recognize an individual member of the library profession who has made an outstand­ ing national or international con trib u tion to academic or research librarianship and library de­ velopment. C r i t e r i a : Individuals nominated should have demonstrated achievements in such areas as: 1. Service to the organized profession through ACRL and related organizations. 2. Significant and influential research on academic or research library service. 315 3. Publication o f a body o f scholarly and/or theoretical writing contributing to academic or research library development. 4. Planning and implementing a library pro­ gram of such exemplary quality that it has served as a model for others. 5. Nominee does not have to meet all o f the above criteria. RULES: The award shall be made each year at a time and place to be determined by the ACRL Board of Directors. Announcement o f the award shall be made by the ACRL president at a time and place to be determined by the ACRL Board o f D irectors. If, in the opinion o f the Award Committee, no worthy candidate is nominated in a given year, the award will not be presented that year. N o m i n a t i o n s : Nominations for the award must b e retu rn ed to the chair o f the A ca d e m ic/ Research Librarian o f the Year Award Committee and must be postmarked no later than D ecem ber 1, 1982. Nominations must be submitted in quin­ tuplicate. Please do not solicit supporting letters seconding your nomination. Such letters will not be considered in the Award Committee s deci­ sion. N a t u r e o f t h e A w a r d : T he A ca d e m ic/ Research Librarian o f the Year Award shall con­ sist of $2,000 and an appropriate citation. The Awards Committee for 1982 consists o f the following persons: Patricia G. Oyler (chair), Asso­ ciate Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Roston, MA 02115; Thomas G. Kirk, C ollege Librarian, B erea C ollege, Berea, KY 40404; Joseph F. Lindenfield, Director of Library Services, Shelby State Community College, P.O. Rox 40568, M em ph is, TN 38104; John G. L oren z, C onsultant, 5629 N ew in gton Road, Bethesda, M D 20816; Kenneth G. Peterson, Dean of Library Affairs, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901; and Jane Robbins-Carter, Director, Library School, H elen W h ite Hall, U niversity o f W iscon sin, Madison, W I 53706. ■ ■ CENKO PRIZE The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute is accepting submissions for the third award o f the C enko Prize in Ukrainian R ibliography. The $1,000 annual prize established by Mykola and Volodymyra Cenko o f Philadelphia will be given for the best bibliographical work on a topic of Ukrainian studies. Entries in English or Ukrainian must be sub­ mitted in four copies by March 1, 1983. Manu­ scripts must be in their final form with names and addresses o f authors. Published works and late submissions will not be considered. Examples o f solicited entries are: descriptive bibliographical essays or annotated bibliographies of a subject or author; index o f a Ukrainian peri­ odical; or more general works which discuss the impact o f the printed book on Ukrainian culture. Two Cenko prizes were awarded in 1982: Paul R. Magocsi, Associate Professor, University o f Toronto, for Galicia: A Bibliographical Guide; and Yar Slavutych, Professor, University o f Al­ berta, for An Annotated Bibliography o f Ukrai­ nian Literature in Canada. The 1983 winner or winners will be announced at Harvard University no later than June, 1983. ■ ■ 317 ACRL AWARDS The Association o f College and Research Li­ braries announces two awards made possible by the Institute for S cien tific In form ation in Philadelphia. The first, the Samuel Lazerow Fel­ lowship for Outstanding Contributions to Acquisi­ tions or Technical Services in an Academic or Re­ search Library, honors a man who made out­ standing contributions to these fields. The fellow­ ship o f $1,000 is to foster advances in acquisitions or technical services by providing a practicing li­ brarian with funds for research, travel, or writing. The second award, the ACRL Doctoral Disser­ tation Fellowship, provides an award o f $1,000 to a doctoral student working on a dissertation in the area o f academic librarianship. Applications for both awards should be made to Sandy Whiteley, Program Officer, ACRL/ALA, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611, and are due by Decem ber 1, 1982. The winners of the awards will be announced at the ALA Annual Conference in Los Angeles in June, 1983. To be eligible for the Lazerow Award, a librar­ ian must be working in acquisitions or technical services in an academic or research library. Ap­ plication proposals should be brief (five pages or less) and include the following: 1) Description of research, travel, or writing project; 2) Schedule for the project; 3) An estimate of expenses. An up-to-date curriculum vitae should accom­ pany the proposal. Proposals for the Lazerow Award will be judged on the following: 1) Potential significance o f the project to acqui­ sitions or technical services work; 2) Originality and creativity; 3) Clarity and completeness of the proposal; 4) Evidence o f an interest in scholarship, such as a previous publication record. In order to be eligible for the ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Award, the applicant must meet the following qualifications: 1) Be an active doctora l student in the academic librarianship area in a degree-granting institution; 2) Have all course work completed; 3) Have had a dissertation proposal accepted by the institution. The application proposal should be brief (less than ten pages) and include the following: 1) Description o f the research, including sig­ nificance and methodology; 2) A schedule for completion; 3) Budget and budget justification for items for which support is sought (these must be items for which no other support is available); 4) The name o f the dissertation advisor and committee members; 5) A cover letter from the dissertation advisor endorsing the proposal. An up-to-date curriculum vitae should accom­ pany the proposal. Proposals will be judged on the following criteria: 1) Potential significance o f the research to the field o f academic librarianship; 2) Validity o f the methodology and proposed method o f analysis; 3) Originality and creativity; 4) Clarity and completeness o f the proposal; 5) Presentation o f a convincing plan for com ple­ tion in a reasonable amount o f time; 6) E v id e n ce o f a con tin u in g in terest in scholarship, such as a previous publication rec­ ord. For further information on either o f these two awards, contact Sandy Whiteley, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 606Íl; (312) 944-6780. Bibliographic Instruction User Education at UCLA The 1980s may be an inauspicious time to em­ bark on a new and comprehensive user education program, but that’s just what the UCLA libraries are doing. Starting in the 1982 Fall Quarter, li­ brarians from the undergraduate College Library, with voluntary assistance from librarians and staff from other UCLA libraries, will help teach 50 sections o f English 3 each quarter. The “ library com ponent” of the class takes one class session and is com posed o f a ten-m inute talk on the UCLA library system, a twelve-minute slide/tape on a search strategy, and in the remaining 25 minutes, a hands-on replication o f the strategy in the reference area o f the library. This program is modelled on one in use successfully at the Uni­ versity of California, San Diego. The major dif­ ference will be in the larger audience to be reached. English 3 (C om position, R hetoric and Lan­ guage) is required o f all UCLA undergraduates. For the first time it is required in the student’s first year as an undergraduate. This means that all 4,000 entering Freshmen will take English 3 in their first year and will get a basic dose o f library