ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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FBI Commendation
The board endorsed the resolution by Patricia 

Ann Sacks com m ending th e F ed eral B ureau of 
Investigation for its handling of the Shinn case 
(American Libraries, February, p. 110).

G u id elin es for E x ten d ed  Cam pus L ibrary 
Services

The b o a rd  v o ted  to a d o p t th e se  g u id elin es, 
which were form ulated by th e Standards and Ac­
creditation Com m ittee. The full text appears in 
this issue on pp. 86-88.

Legislation Committee
The bo ard  e n d o rse d  th e  “ACRL Legislative 

Policy and G eneral G uide to Legislative Action” 
drafted by th e com m ittee. The full text of this 
docum ent appears on pages 94-96 of this issue.

The board also approved the final draft of the 
ALA Legislation C om m ittee’s docum ent, Federal 
Legislative Policies Sup p o rted  by the American 
Library Association.

Operating Agreement
The board endorsed the D ecem ber 1981 ver­

sion of “An O perating A greem ent b etw een the 
A m erican  L ib ra ry  A sso ciation  an d  Its M em ­
b e rsh ip  D iv isio n s,” and c o m m en d ed  th e  ALA 
C om m ittee on Program Evaluation and Support 
(COPES) on “its effectiveness in capturing the

spirit, principles, and substance of previous dis­
cussions in this docum ent which should serve as a 
p ro d u c tiv e  basis for f u r th e r  re la tio n sh ip s and 
negotiations.”

Publications in Librarianship
T he bo ard  ap p ro ved  th e  reco m m en d atio n  of 

th e  Publications C o m m itte e  th a t A rth u r Price 
Young be appointed the next editor of this series.

The board also approved the com m ittee’s pro­
posal th at th e Executive D irecto r of ACRL be 
charged to negotiate with ALA Publishing and 
other publishers for im proved contract term s for 
PIL and other in-house publications; and that any 
ro y alties accru in g  from  th e  se ries be d iv id e d  
equally betw een the author and ACRL.

L aw ren ce J. W ilt, chair of th e  Publications 
Com m ittee, informed th e board that the com m it­
tee would be reviewing the viability of the Publi­
cations in Librarianship series in 1985, following 
the completion of evaluative criteria.

Satellite Teleconference
The board a p p ro v ed  th e reco m m en d atio n  of 

the Budget and Finance C om m ittee that ACRL 
forward $1,000 to ALA’s Library and Information 
Technology Association in support of a satellite 
teleconference of the ALA Annual Conference in 
Philadelphia. ■ ■

C&RL News Guidelines for 
Submission of Articles or Columns

I. Purpose of C&RL News
College & Research Libraries News is the of­

ficial news magazine of ACRL, a division of the 
American Library Association. Its purpose is to 
record significant activities of ACRL and to report 
news about academic and research libraries. As 
official ACRL news m a g a z in e /C &KL News main­
tain s a re c o rd  of s e le c te d /a c tio n s  and policy 
statem ents of the association and publishes timely 
reports on the activities of/ACRL and its sections, 
c o m m itte e s , d iscu ssio n  g ro u p s, co u n cils, and 
chapters.

As a vehicle for communication among college 
and research librarians, C&RL News reports news 
items p e rtin e n t to academic and research librar­
ianship, including inform ation on bibliographic 
instruction, continuing education, appointm ents, 
collection acquisitions, grants to lib raries, and 
publications (brief notices).

The editor bears responsibility for th e contents 
of each issue of C&RL News. Materials selected 
by the editor m ust be newsworthy, timely, and of 
practical value to people in the field. The editor 
has authority to decide what m aterial is appropriate

 for p u b licatio n , b ased  on th e  following 
guidelines. The editor also reserves the right to 
make appropriate revisions in m aterial selected 
for publication in o rd er to standardize style or 
improve clarity (except official ACRL docum ents, 
p resid en t’s letters, and similar material).

Formal, theoretical, or research-oriented arti­
cles in ap pro p riate for C& RL News will be for­
warded to the editor of College & Research Li­
braries for review.

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Articles and columns should be no more than 

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and accurate.

IV. Content
M aterials selected should fall into one of the 

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underw ay or recently com pleted dealing with a 
topic rele v an t to academ ic lib rarian sh ip . F o o tnotes



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 sh o u ld  b e m in im al an d  c h a rts o r tab le s 
avoided. T hese rep o rts may b e p relim in ary  d e ­
sc rip tio n s o f p ro g ra m s or re s e a rc h  to b e  p u b ­
lished formally at a later d ate in library literature 
(e.g., “O n lin e  Searching and C hem istry S tudents 
at Knox,” F eb ru ary  1982).

b. Reports on a rec e n t conference or workshop 
of in te r e s t to a ca d e m ic  or r e s e a rc h  lib ra ria n s  
(e.g., “Second International C onference on U ser 
E d u catio n ,” N ovem ber 1981).

c. Reasoned and inform ed speculation or com­
m en t on a relevant topic, especially if solicited by 
th e  e d it o r  o r an official A C R L  g ro u p  ( e .g ., 
“E nem ies of Books,” O ctober 1981).

d. State-of-the-art reports on a relevant topic 
(e.g., “E ducation for C om m unity College L ib rar­
ian sh ip,” S ep tem b er 1981).

e. Standards, guidelines, or recom m endations 
of an ACRL c o m m ittee o r o th e r official ACRL 
g ro u p  (e.g., “ G u id e lin e s for Two-Year C ollege 
Learning Resources P rogram s,” January & F e b ­
ruary 1982).

V. Manuscript
A u th o rs sh o u ld  s u b m it tw o c o p ie s, d o u b le ­

s p a c e d , fo llo w in g  e i t h e r  th e  U n iv e r s ity  o f 
Chicago’s Manual o f  Style or Turabian.

VI. Requests for Donations
C &R L  News may occasionally p rin t req u ests for 

th e donation of books or m aterials to libraries, 
especially foreign libraries, w hich have suffered 
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n a tu ra l d isa ster. O th e r lib raries soliciting con­
tributions for o th er reasons will be refe rred  to th e 
rates for classified advertising in C & RL News.

E ditor’s Note: These guidelines were adopted by 
the C& RL N ew s E d ito ria l B o a rd  at th e  M id ­
w inter meeting on January 25, 1982. The board 
c o n s is ts  o f  J a y  K. L u c k e r  ( c h a i r ) , L i n d a  
B e a u p r é , C a t h e r i n e  R e ic h e r t, P a tricia  Glass 
S c h u m a n ,  J e a n  M. W h a l e n ,  a n d  H i r a m  L. 
Davis. ■ ■

G uidelines for E x ten d ed  
Cam pus L ib rary Services

F o r e w o r d

In January 1980, th e ACRL Standards and Ac­
creditation C o m m ittee u n d erto o k  th e review  o
th e 13-year-old “G uidelines for L ibrary  Services
to Extension S tu d en ts” to d e te rm in e  if a revision
of these guidelines was appropriate. M em bership
of th e  C o m m itte e  at th e  tim e this p ro je c t was
first discussed included M arjorie C. D ennin, di
recto r of learning resources, Annandale Cam pus
N o rth ern  Virginia C om m unity College; James T
Dodson, (chair), director, U niversity of Texas a
Dallas Library; Jane G. F len er, associate d irec
tor, U niversity of M ichigan Libraries; P e te r C
Haskell, director, Franklin and M arshall College
Library; G eorge V. H odow anec, d irecto r of th e
library, E m poria State University; Jay K. Lucker
d ire c to r o f lib raries, M assachusetts In s titu te  o
T echnology; E liz a b e th  M. Salzer, lib rarian , J
H en ry  M eyer M emorial L ibrary of Stanford U ni
v ersity  L ibraries; and B arbara J. W illiam s J e n
kins, director, South Carolina State College Li
b ra ry . S in ce J u n e  1980, th e  fo llo w in g  m e m
b e rs h ip  c h a n g e s h a v e  o c c u rre d : P a tric ia  A nn
Sacks, d ir e c to r  of lib r a r ie s , M u h le n b e rg  an d
C edar C rest Colleges, rep laced  Jam es T. Dodson
as chair of th e com m ittee, and Ire n e  B. Hoadley
director of libraries, Texas A & M U niversity, re
placed Jane F lener.

Following a survey of th e ACRL m em bership
a draft of proposed revised guidelines for library

services to extension stu d en ts was p re p a re d  and 
fu rth er responses w ere solicited. H earings w ere 

f h e ld  d u rin g  th e  1981 ALA M id w in te r C o n fe r­
 en ce. T h e p u b lis h e d  d raft was re v ise d  by th e  
 C o m m ittee to reflect testim ony and w ritten  r e ­
 sponses, and ap p ro ved  by th e  ACRL Board on 
 January 26.

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, I n t r o d u c t i o n

. Changing p attern s w ithin h igher education d u r­
t ing th e last few decades have placed b ro ad er d e ­
­ m ands on library reso u rces and services. F o u r 
. factors have n e c e ssita te d  th e  rev ie w  of lib rary  
 services to extension students: th e  grow ing im ­
 portance of continuing education and off-campus 

, program s; th e  op en  adm issions policy at m any 
f colleges and un iv ersities and th e  corresponding 
. c h a n g e  in th e  s t u d e n t  b o d y ; p r o lif e r a tio n  of 
­ a c a d e m ic  p r o g ra m s  a n d  an  in c r e a s e  in th e  
­ n u m b e r of locations at w hich th ey  are offered; 
­ and, new technological advancem ents and the in ­
­ crease in th e complexity and quantity of inform a­
 tional reso u rces. T h ese exogenous factors have 
 called for a review  of library services on th e main 
 cam puses and have n ecessitated  th e  revision of 

, th e  g u idelin es of lib rary  service for co n tin u in g  
­ education and off cam pus services.

“G uidelines for E x tended Cam pus Library S er­
, vices” supersede th e 1957 “G uidelines for Library 

Services to Extension S tu d e n ts.” The change in