ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


College &  Research 
No. 2, February 1974libraries news

ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries, Vol. 35, No. 2

$350,000 Grant Awarded to ACRL 
for Black Administrators Program

The Association of College and Research Li­
braries, a division of the American Library 
Association, has been awarded $350,000 by the 
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund over a 
three-year period an Academic Library Intern­
ship Program for Administrators of Predomi­
nantly Black College and University Libraries.

The project is intended to accelerate the 
development of the management ability of li­
brarians in black colleges and universities by 
providing them with experience in the admin­
istration of strong and progressive academic 
libraries. The interns will study library admin­
istrative methods, will exchange ideas and dis­
cuss their problems with staff members in the 
host institution, and will participate in the 
day-to-day management of the host library. 
The program is designed for librarians in black 
colleges who have potential as administrators, 
based upon experience and/or performance as 
a student in library school. Interns will be 
placed in selected academic libraries for three 
to nine months.

Since academic librarians perform a teach­
ing and research role inasmuch as they instruct 
students formally and informally and advise 
and assist faculty in their scholarly pursuits, the 
project will provide support to the instructional 
programs of the institutions from which the 
interns are chosen and which serve over 60 
percent of the black students enrolled in col­
leges in the United States.

Casper L. Jordan, associate professor in the 
School of Library Service at Atlanta University, 
is the project director. The members of the 
project’s advisory committee are: Virginia Lacy 
Jones, School of Library Service, Atlanta Uni­
versity, chairman; Phyllis B. Cartwright, Florida 
International University libraries; Richard M. 
Dougherty, University of California libraries; 
James F. McCoy, Mercer County Community 
College library; Annette L. Phinazee, School 
of Library Science, North Carolina Central 
University; and David C. Weber, Stanford Uni­
versity libraries. Beverly P. Lynch, executive 
secretary of the Association of College and 
Research Libraries, is principal investigator.

ADDITIONAL ACRL 
NOMINATING COMMITTEES

RARE BOOKS 
AND MANUSCRIPTS SECTION

Robert J. Adelsperger, Special Collections 
Librarian, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle 
Campus, P. O. Box 8198, Chicago, IL 60680, 
Chairman

Robert A. Harris, Chief Special Collections 
Librarian, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL 
60602

Arthur H. Miller, Head Librarian, Donnelley 
Library, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 
60045

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News editor: Allan Dyson, M o ffitt Undergraduate Library, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720. 
Associate News editor: Susana Hinojosa, Assistant Librarian, Reference Department, M o ffitt Undergraduate Library. 
Editor: Richard M. Dougherty, University Library, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720. President, 
ACRL: Norman Tanis. Executive Secretary, ACRL: Beverly Lynch, ALA.