ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


168 /C&RL News •  March 2000

I n  t h e  news

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Whenever ACRL surveys its members 
they consistently rank publications and 
promulgation of standards as among the 
most valuable activities the association can 
undertake.

ACRL members have been very busy in 
these areas and I am pleased to publish in 
this issue two new standards.

“Standards for College Libraries” (page 
175) is the first standard developed by ACRL 
under the new requirement that standards 
include input and output measures as well 
as outcomes assessments. The new standards 
provide both a qualitative and quantitative 
approach to assessing the effectiveness of a 
library and its staff in the context of the 
institution’s mission statement.

Recognizing the role of critical thinking 
in the learning process, ACRL appointed a 
task force consisting of both librarians and 
higher education administrators to develop

“Information Literacy Competency Standards 
for Higher Education” (page 207).

We encourage you to use these standards 
and share them with your colleagues. Cop
ies are also on the ACRL Web site (http:// 
www.ala.org/acrl/guides/index.html) for your 
convenience.

This issue also includes the first announce
ments for the winners of some of ACRL’s 
awards. Congratulations to Sharon Hogan, 
ACRL’s Academic/Research Librarian of the 
Year; to Ken Frazier, the Hugh C. Atkinson 
Memorial Award winner; and to the library 
staffs of North Carolina State, Wellesley Col
lege, and the College of DuPage for receiv
ing the first Excellence in Academic Libraries 
award (page 188). Be sure to send in your 
suggestion for “Living Legends of the 20th 
Century” (page 191).

—Mary Ellen K. Davis 
Editor-in-chief, medavis@ala.org

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