ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


College & Research
L No. 9, October 1973

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Committee Appointed to Revise 
C o l l e g e  Library Standards

Norman E. Tanis, president of the Associa­
tion of College and Research Libraries, has ap­
pointed Miss Johnnie E. Givens, librarian, Aus­
tin Peay State University, chairman of the com­
mittee to revise the 1959 Standards f or C o lleg e 
L ibraries. Project director is David Kaser, pro­
fessor, Graduate Library School, University of 
Indiana. Other members of the committee are 
Barbara G. LaMont, librarian, Vassar College, 
David L. Perkins, head bibliographic librarian, 
California State University, Northridge, James 
W . Pirie, librarian, Lewis and Clark College, 
and Herman L. Totten, associate dean, College 
of Library Science, University of Kentucky. 
The present committee continues the work on 
revision begun by the committee chaired by 
Stanley McElderry in 1970.

ACRL received the 1973/74 J. Morris Jones 
—World Book Encyclopedia—ALA Goals

Award to continue the revision. The aim of the 
project is to prepare new standards for college 
libraries that will take account of the many sig­
nificant changes in higher education that have 
occurred since adoption of the 1959 standards. 
The revised standards will be based upon care­
ful definition of goals, explicit recognition of as­
sumptions, comprehensive identification and 
searching evaluation of the relevance of the 
evidence to the goals, and clear formulation of 
criteria of judgment.

The committee met in Chicago, August 7, 
1973. Future meetings have been scheduled for 
November 6, 1973, and December 18, 1973. 
The committee will meet during the 1974 mid­
winter meeting of the American Library Asso­
ciation in January 1974 and will conduct hear­
ings during the 1974 annual meeting in New 
York, July 7 -1 3 . ■ ■

ACRL Membership Meeting, 1 9 7 3
Russell Shank, the president of the Associa­

tion of College and Research Libraries, presid­
ed at the 1973 membership meeting of the as­
sociation held Monday, June 25, 1973, in the 
Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada. The 
minutes of the 1972 membership meeting were 
approved. Dr. Shank summarized his annual re­
port to the membership ( C R L  N ew s, July/Au­
gust 1973) and introduced the newly elected

officers of the association. Beverly Lynch, ex­
ecutive secretary of A CRL reported on some 
of the activities of the headquarters staff.

Action of the ACRL 
Board of Directors

Dr. Shank reported on three actions taken by 
the ACRL Board of Directors at its meeting 
that morning:

C o lle g e  & R esearch L ib r a r ie s  is p u b lish ed  by th e  A s so cia tion o f C o lle g e  a nd Research L ib ra rie s , a division of 
th e  A m e ric a n  L ib ra ry  A sso ciation, 17 tim e s  y e a rly — 6 b im o n th ly  journa l issues a n d  I I  m onthly, c o m b in in g  J uly- 
A u g u s t N ews issues a t  1201-05 Bluff St., Fulton, M o . 45251. S ubsc rip tio n , $15.00 a y e a r o r, to  m em b ers o f th e  
d ivision, $5.00, in c lu d e d  in dues. C irc u la tio n  a nd a d v e rtis in g  o ffic e : A m e ric a n  L ib ra ry  A sso ciation, 50 E. H u ro n  St., 
C h ic a g o , I I I . 60411. Second-class pos ta ge  p a id  a t Fulton, Missouri 65251.

News e d ito r : A lla n  Dyson, M o f f it t  U n d e rg ra d u a te  L ib ra ry , U niversity o f C a lif o r n ia  Berkeley California 94720.
Associate News e d ito r - Susana H in o io s a, Ass stant L ib ra ria n , R e ference D e p a rtm e n t, M o ff i t t  U n d e rg ra d u a te  L ib ra ry . 
E d i t o r  R ic hard M . D o u g h e rty  U n iv ers ity  L ib ra ry , U niversity o f C a lifo rn ia , Berkeley, C a lifo rn ia  94720. President, 
A C R L : N o rm a n  Tanis. Executive Secretary, A C R L : Beverly Lynch, A L A .