ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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Committee on Manuscript Collections Stan­
dards Subcommittee (ad hoc)

*Monday, January 18, 10:00 a.m.­
12:00 noon

Committee on Manuscript Collections 
W ork Manual Subcommittee (ad hoc)

*Monday, January 18, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 
noon

Subject Specialist Section 
Executive Committee

*Monday, January 18, 4:30–6:00 p.m.
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Subsection

Executive Committee
*Wednesday, January 20, 8:00-9:30 
a.m.

Art Subsection
Executive Committee

*Wednesday, January 20, 10:00 a.m.­
12:00 noon

E ducation and Behavioral Science Sub­
section

Executive Committee
*Friday, January 22, 8:00-9:30 a.m.

Slavic and E ast E uropean Subsection 
Executive Committee

*Friday, January 22, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
University Libraries Section

Steering Committee (Executive Commit­
tee)

*Wednesday, January 20, 4:30-6:00 
p.m.

Committee on Extension Library 
Thursday, January 21, 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Urban Universities Library Committee 
*Thursday, January 21, 10:00 a .m ­
12:00 noon ■ ■

ACRL NEEDS YOU!
The ACRL Appointments and Nominations 

Committee is requesting the assistance of all 
ACRL members in providing names of ACRL 
members who might wish to serve on commit­
tees. Persons serving on committees must be 
willing to provide the time necessary to assume 
responsibilities resulting from such assignments, 
attend both the Midwinter and Annual Con­
ferences, and answer correspondence prompt­
ly. Suggestions should include full name, com­
plete address, committees to which a person 
might be appointed, and applicable background 
for such appointment. The Committee mem­
bers are especially interested in securing names 
of individuals who have not previously been 
appointed to ACRL committees. Suggestions 
should be forwarded to George M. Bailey 
(C hairm an), Chief Librarian, York College, 
158-11 Jewel Ave., Flushing, N.Y. 11365. ■ ■

ALA AWARDS 1971
American Library Association awards, cita­

tions, and scholarships are presented for dis­
tinguished service to the profession, publica­
tion, study, and research. Most of the 1971 
awards will be made during the Dallas Con­
ference. ALA members are urged to recom­
mend candidates for the following awards. The 
chairman of the 1970-71 Awards Committee is 
Spencer G. Shaw, School of Librarianship, Uni­
versity of Washington, Seattle. Following is a 
list of awards of direct concern to members of 
ACRL with names of persons to whom nomina­
tions should be sent:

ALA Scholarship Program. ALA Scholar­
ship Program, approved by the ALA Council, 
January, 1969, provides scholarships, in the 
amount of $2500, to be given annually to 
worthy students to begin an d /o r further their 
library education at the graduate level without 
regard to race, creed, color, or national origin. 
The recipients must enter a formal program of 
graduate study leading to a degree or ad­
vanced certificate at an ALA accredited school. 
As many scholarships as possible will be award­
ed, depending upon the total amount of con­
tributed funds. The award may be withheld in 
any year when there are no worthy recipients. 
Administered by ALA Awards Committee and 
the Library Education Division. Application 
and recommendation forms are available from 
the jury chairman. Applications must be sub­
mitted by January 10, 1971. Chairman J. Phil­
lip Immroth, Graduate School of Library and 
Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213. Staff Liaison, Delores 
Vaughan.

F rancis Joseph Campbell Citation. An 
annual award, consisting of a citation and 
medal, presented to a person who has made 
an outstanding contribution to the advance­
ment of library service for the blind. This con­
tribution may take the form of an imaginative 
and constructive program in a particular li­
brary; a recognized contribution to the national 
library program for blind persons; creative par­
ticipation in library associations or blind orga­
nizations which advance reading for the blind; 
a significant publication or writing in the field; 
imaginative contribution to library administra­
tion, reference, circulation, selections, acquisi­
tions, or technical services, or any activity of 
recognized importance. Donated and adminis­
tered by Round Table on Library Service to the 
Blind. Deadline for nominations, January 15, 
1971. Send nominations to jury chairman (to 
be appointed). Staff Liaison, Ira Phillips, ALA 
Headquarters.