ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


December 1994/707

News
fro m  the

Field
ary Ellen Davis

Register n ow  fo r ACRL 
in Pittsburgh …
If you are an ACRL member 
you already should have re­
ceived your preliminary pro­
gram with registration mate­
rials for ACRL’s 7th National 
Conference in Pittsburgh,
March 29-April 1,1995. Over 
200 programs, panels, poster 
sessions, and roundtable dis­
cussions as well as exhibits 

M
by over 230 vendors will be 
presented to enhance your 
knowledge o f the profession 
and on-the-job skills. Cultural and library
and receptions are planned for your enjoy
Plenty o f opportunities will be provided to
new friends and network with librarians
around the country. To register by phone
request a registration packet call Cynthia
lor at (800) 545-2433 ext. 2521. Note: re
tion discounts are given to ACRL members
ACRL now and save money!

…  and w in a free trip an yw h ere
the U.S.
Book your airline ticket to Pittsburgh th
Travel Technology Group (TTG ) before th
Midwinter Meeting in February and be en
in a drawing to win a free airline ticket t
where in the continental United States. 
ACRL’s official travel management compa
offering discounts on airfare to Pittsbur
American Airlines (15% o ff coach; 5% o ff
est applicable fare) and US Air (10% o ff c
5% o ff lowest applicable fare). To make
airline reservations, call TTG at (800) 
355-8091, Monday through Friday, 8:30 
a.m.-5:30 p.m. (CST).

TTG can also book rail reservations 
on Amtrack for 10% o ff their lowest 
fare; call (800) USA-RAIL and mention 
file:#x0l6F930.

Silent auction needs your help!
For the first time ACRL is holding a 
silent auction at its 7th National Con­
ference. Items to be auctioned include 
vacations, dinners, tickets to sporting 
events, software, training opportunities, 
keynote speakers, crafts, and system 
access.

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ACRL needs your bids 
and donations. To make our 
first auction a success w e 
w ould like to hear from 
you. Donate items such as 
tickets to your sch o o l’s 
sporting events, crafts na­
tive to your region, or a 
service you are skilled in. 
To donate items to the auc­
tion contact Cheryl Bernero 
at (800) 545-2433 ext. 2510. 
Donations should be valued 
at a minimum o f $50. 

Proceeds from the auc­
tion will establish an endowment to fund a lead­
ership development program for junior-level 
librarians.

W right Brothers Collection cataloged 
on OCLC
Wright State University’s (Dayton, Ohio) col­
lection o f Wright Brothers material has been 
c a ta lo g e d  and m ade a va ila b le  through 
OhioLINK (the statewide Ohio Library and In­
formation Network) and OCLC. The entire col­
lection is listed as one record in a standard 
AMC (Archives and Manuscript Catalog) for­
mat. The Wright State University collection 
supplements the main body o f the Wright Broth­
ers’ papers located in the Library o f Congress. 
It consists o f family letters and papers, finan­
cial records, school mementoes, genealogical 
material, church papers and diaries o f the 
Wrights’ father, notebooks, citations, awards, 
and the Wrights’ technical library covering many 
aspects o f early aeronautics. The collection also

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C& R L ed ito r sought
Applications and nominations are invited 

for die position of editor o f College & R esearch 
L ibraries‚ the bimonthly, scholarly research 
journal o f the Association o f College and Re­
search Libraries (ACRL). The editor is ap­
pointed for a three-year term which may be 
renewed for an additional three years. Ap­
plicants must be members o f ALA and ACRL. 
Qualifications include professional experi­
ence in academic libraries, a record o f schol­
arly publication, editing experience, an un­
derstanding o f the scholarly communication 
process, and a broad knowledge of the is­
sues confronting academic libraries.

Some funding for editorial assistance is 
available, and there is a small honorarium 
for the editor.

Appointment will be made by the ACRL 
ard o f Directors at the 1995 Annual Con­

rence, upon the recommendation of the 
arch committee and o f the ACRL Publica­
ns Committee. The incoming editor will 
sume full responsibility for C&RL in July 
96, after a year of working with the out­
ing editor.
Nominations, or resumes and letters of 

plication including the names o f three ref­
ences, should be sent to: C&RL Search 
mmittee, c/o Hugh Thompson, Program 

fficer, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, 
 60611. The deadline for receipt o f appli­
tions is December 15, 1994. Finalists will 
 interviewed at the Midwinter Meeting in 
bruary 1995. ■

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includes nearly 4,000 photographs, many of 
which are original prints taken by the Wrights 
to document their early flying experiments.

Catholic U niversity gets n e w  la w  
lib rary
The law library at Catholic University of America 
benefited from the Columbus School of Law’s 
new building. The Judge Kathryn J. DuFour 
Law Library is a 55,000-square-foot, three-story

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T h e  m a in  s t a ir c a s e  at C a th o lic  U n iv e rs ity ’s 
new  Ju d g e  K a th ry n  J .  D u F o u r Law L ib ra ry .

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library housed within the law school’s new 
170,000-sq u are -fo o t building. It can hold 
220,000 volumes increasing the former library’s 
space by 75%; it can seat 500 patrons at car­
rels, tables, lounge areas, two computer labs, 
and six group-study rooms. The main reading 
room features cherry bookcases, wainscot, 
tables, chairs, and 228 study carrels individu­
ally handcrafted by Thomas Moser Cabinetmak­
ers of Auburn, Maine.

Washington architects Florance, Eichbaum, 
Esocoff and King designed the building to fit 
the university’s mix of old and new styles. Land­
scape architect Michael Vergason o f Virginia 
designed the quadrangle that visually links the 
law school and the rest o f the campus.

G o ph er to Southern M ountaineers 
Film ography
Appalachian State University’s (ASU) W. L. Eury 
Appalachian Collection has made available on 
its g o p h e r th e  S o u th e rn  M o u n ta in e e rs  
Filmography, an annotated listing o f every  fic­
tional and nonfiction movie that portrays south­
ern mountaineers (from either Appalachia or 
the Ozarks) in chronological order from 1904 
to the present. A title index is available in a 
separate file. Both the filmography and the in­
dex are WAIS searchable. The filmography was 
compiled by ASU professor and A p p a la ch ia n  
J o u r n a l editor Jerry Wayne Williamson. To ac­
cess the filmography, choose the University Library



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 option form the first screen o f the ASU 
gopher (appstate.edu), followed by the Appa­
lachian Collection option on the secret screen. 
Questions may be addressed to the W. L. Eury 
Appalachian Collection Library, Fred J. Hay at 
hayfj@appstate.edu.

ACRL units start n e w  listservs
ACRL’s Community and Junior College Librar­
ies (CJCLS), Science and Technology (STS), 
and Asian, African, & Middle Eastern (AAMES) 
sections have each started new electronic com­
munications.

CJC-L will serve as a communication chan­
nel for CJCLS and for all community college 
library personnel. Eva Lautemann and Douglas 
Jones (Dekalb College) are responsible for de­
veloping the listserv. To subscribe send the mes­
sage “subscribe CJC-L your name” to: listserv 
@dekalb.dc.peachnet.edu. To post a message 
to the listserv send e-mail to cjcl@ dekalb. 
dc.peachnet.edu. Direct questions to Lautemann 
at elautema@dekalb.dc.peachnet.edu.

STS-L, a moderated list open to all, pro­
vides: a forum for the discussion o f issues pri­
marily o f interest to all science and technology 
librarians, a quick communication link between 
STS section leadership and the members, and 
serves as a distribution point for STS publica­
tions. As o f press time over 800 persons have 
subscribed.

T o su b scrib e  to STS-L, sen d  e-m ail to 
listserv@ utkvm l.utk.edu with the message: 
“Subscribe STS-L Your Name”. Contact the list 
m oderators if you have q u estio n s: Marty 
Courtois, University o f Tennessee, (615) 974- 
6797, e-mail: courtois@al.utcc.utk.edu, or Terry 
Wittig, Carnegie Mellon University, (412) 268- 
7212, e-mail: TWlL@andrew.cmu.edu.

ACRL-AAMES is an electronic mailer to pro­
mote better communication between the mem­
bers and the Executive Committee, and to dis­
tribute news and other messages. To subscribe 
send the message “subscribe ACRL-AAMES first 
nam e last n am e” to listp ro c @ m cfe e le y .cc. 
utexas.edu. ■

Constitutions of the w o rld
Kingwood College is one of four campuses 

of the North Harris Montgomery Community 
College. Approximately 3,000 students are en­
rolled in credit classes at this campus and most 
of them will, at one time or another, take the 
required course GOVT 2301. For their research 
paper in this course, students may compare 
the Constitution of the United States with that 
of another country.

Our library has sources containing abstracts 
o f foreign constitutions, but we were unable 
to provide original, complete constitutions. 
No satisfactory published sources could be 
identified. We referred students to the appro­
priate embassies, but received little feedback 
and wondered if that was working. When the 
professor gave the same assignment the next 
term and assured us that it would continue 
indefinitely, we decided to contact the em­
bassies ourselves and build up a constitution 
collection. Letters were sent to embassies, 
United Nations representatives, and State De­
partment Desk Officers for 174 countries ask­
ing for a copy of their constitution, in En­
glish, if possible; 74 countries responded.

Not a bad response rate, but what hap­
pened to the others? Were some of the letters

lost? Was July a bad time to write? A follow- 
p mailing in the fall yielded an additional 16 
eplies. O f the 90 responding countries, 65 
ent copies of their constitutions in English, 
even sent the constitution in their native lan­
uage, and two asked for a fee. The remain­
er sent other information. Although this was 
riginally viewed as a “free” source of infor­
ation, the costs were not insignificant. Let­

erhead, envelopes, postage, photocopies of 
ach constitution (in case the original disap­
eared), and storage files cost $209.

Much of the value of this project has been 
he search itself. The staff has learned far more 
bout constitutions than if one set o f books 
ad been purchased and placed on the shelf. 
ew other countries have constitutions as brief 
s ours; many include all the laws o f the coun­
ry. Because such constitutions are frequently 
evised, the librarians will routinely contact 
ountries for updates. This unique collection 
as been heavily used by government stu­
ents and is also available through our union 
atalog to patrons at public libraries and other 
ampuses o f the North Harris Montgomery 
ommunity C o lleg e D istrict.— S u s a n  W. 
oodw in, K in g w ood  College ■

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