ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


884 / C&RL News ■ Novem ber 2000

I n  t h e

Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines. There are 
days I have more deadlines than I want to think 
about—and I am sure that you do, too. But there 
are notices of so many deadlines in this issue that 
I want to make sure you don’t miss them.

• December 1. Applications/nominations 
due for ACRL awards (page 886).

• D ecem ber 1. Proposals for leading 
roundtable discussions at the ACRL 10th Na­
tional Conference due (page 887).

• December 6. Applications/nominations 
due for the position of editor of C ollege & R e­
sea rch  L ib raries (page 936).

• December 15. Applications due for ACRL 
10th National Conference scholarships (page 886).

• December 15. Applications due for ACRL’s 
Institute for Information Literacy Immersion 
program (page 910).

So please be sure to check out this diverse 
array of opportunities and don’t let these dead­
lines slip by!

Ever wonder how those “millionth” com­
memorative volumes get selected and pur­
chased? Anthony Bliss shares the inside ac­
count o f how the University of California, Ber­
keley, selected its 9-millionth book and pur­
chased it at an auction (page 890).

While commemorative purchases often look 
to the past, it is important for us to keep focus­
ing on the future. Carla Stoffle (with colleagues 
Barbara Allen and Janet Fore) and Emily Mobley 
look at the future of academic librarianship 
and the trends that will affect them (page 894).

As we look to the future, we must con­
sider our own responsibility for preparing 
for it. Take a moment to review the new ACRL 
Statement on Professional Development that 
exhorts us to strive for professional excel­
lence through rigorous programs of lifelong 
learning and professional growth (page 933).

— Mary Ellen K. Davis, ed ito r-in -ch ief 
medavis@ala.org

mailto:medavis@ala.org