ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS ACRL Seeks Volunteers for Offices and Committees Would you like to run for an ACRL office or volunteer for appointment to an ACRL standing committee? Are you interested in seeking office in an ACRL section or being considered for appointment to a section committee? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, here is how you proceed. ACRL President The ACRL Appointments and Nominations Committee will nominate candidates for the office of ACRL vice- president/president-elect at the January 1982 Midwinter meeting of ALA. The election for this office will be held in the spring of 1983. The winner of the election will serve as vice-president/president-elect during 1983-84 and as presi­ dent of ACRL during 1984-85. If you wish to be considered for nomination to this office or if you would lilςe to submit names for consideration, contact the Chair of the Appoint­ ments and Nominations Committee, P. Grady Morein, University Librarian, University of Evansville Clifford Li­ brary, P.O. Box 329, Evansville, IN 47702. ACRL Committees ACRL has eighteen standing and ad hoc committees: Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award Com­ mittee, Academic Status Committee, ACRL Activity Model for 1990 Committee (ad hoc), Appointments and Nomina­ tions Committee, Audiovisual Committee, Budget and Fi­ nance Committee, College Library Standards Committee (ad hoc), Conference Program Planning Committee, Con­ stitution and Bylaws Committee, Continuing Education Committee, Copyright Committee (ad hoc), Legislation Committee, Membership Committee, National Conference Committee, Planning Committee, Publications Committee, Standards and Accreditation Committee, and Supplemental Funds Committee. To learn about the areas of responsibil­ ity covered by these committees, see the ALA Handbook of Organization, 1981-82. 354 In this issue: ACRL Seeks Volunteers............353 Bibliographic Instruction: Second International C onference.............................359 Washington Hotline...................364 News from the F ie ld ...................365 P e o p le ..........................................366 Publications...............................371 C alendar....................................373 Classified Advertising...............375 College & Research Libraries News (ISSN 0099-0086) is published by the Association of College and Research Librar­ ies, a division of the Am erican Library Association, as 11 monthly (combining July-August) issues, at 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Annual subscription: $10. Single copies and back issues, $3.50 each. Second-class postage paid for at Chicago, Illinois, and at additional mailing offices. Editor: George M. Eberhart, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780. President ACRL: David C. Weber. Executive Director, ACRL: Julie Carroll Virgo. Production and circulation office: 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Display advertising should be sent to Leona Swiech, Advertising Traffic Coordinator, ALA, at above address. Send classified ads to ACRL. Change of address and subscription orders should be addressed to College & Research Libraries News, for receipt at the above address at least two months be­ fore the publication date of the effective issue. Inclusion of an article or advertisement in C&RL News does not constitute official endorsement by ACRL or ALA. A partial list of the services indexing or abstracting the con­ tents of C&RL News includes: Current Contents: Social & Be­ havior Sciences: Current Index to Journals in Education: In­ formation Science Abstracts; Library & Inform ation Science Abstracts; Library Literature; and Social Sciences Citation In­ dex. To the postmaster: Please send undeliverable copies to ACRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. © A m erican Library Association 1981. All material in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Associa­ tion may be photocopied for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement. When scheduled vacancies occur on ACRL standing com m ittees, th e A ppointm ents and N om inations C o m m ittee recom m ends to the president-elect of ACRL the names of members who might fill the vacancies. The president-elect makes th e final appointm ents. If you are in­ terested in being considered for appointment to an ACRL committee, you should complete the ACRL C om m ittee V olunteer Form that is in­ cluded in this issue of C&RL News and mail it to P. Grady Morein, chair of the Appointments and Nominations Committee, before January 1, 1982. ACRL Section Offices ACRL has thirteen sections (their names are listed later in this article). You will find a descrip­ tion of their areas of responsibility in the ALA Handbook o f Organization. Each section has an executive committee and a nominating commit­ tee. The nominating committee nominates per­ sons to run for the elective offices of the section. The major offices of a section are the chair and vice-chair/chair-elect. Some sections also elect secretaries and members-at-large to the section executive committee. If you would like to run for the office of vice-chair/chair-elect of a section or for secretary or m em ber-at-large, contact the chair or a mem ber of the appropriate section nominating committee (see “People to Contact,” below), before January 1, 1982. ACRL Section Committees The committees of ACRL sections offer a vari­ ety of opportunities for service to the division. The Community and Junior College Libraries Section alone has ten committees. For a complete listing of ACRL section committees, see the ALA Handbook o f Organization. The chair-elect of a section appoints the chair and members of all section committees when scheduled vacancies on these committees occur. If you would like to be considered for appoint­ ment as chair or member of a section committee, fill out the ACRL Committee Volunteer Form and mail it to the chair-elect of the appropriate section (see “People to Contact,” below), before January 1, 1982. E ditorial Boards ACRL has five editorial boards: the Choice Editorial Board, the College & Research Librar­ ies Editorial Board, the College & Research Li­ braries News E d itorial Board, th e N o n p rin t Media Publications Editorial Board, and the Pub­ lications in Librarianship Editorial Board. When a vacancy occurs on an editorial board, the editor recommends the name of a person to fill the va­ cancy. The Publications Committee must approve the recommendation. The ACRL Board must give its approval, and finally the president of ACRL makes the appointment. 355 If you would like to be considered for ap­ pointm ent to an editorial board, contact the editor of the publication (see “People to Con­ tact,” below). Remember that at any given time there are only a limited number of vacancies on ACRL’s committees, sections, and boards. If at once you don’t succeed in obtaining an appointment, try again. Make yourself known to committee chairs by sitting in on meetings, volunteering to help with committee projects, etc. If committee chairs see that you are interested in the work of their committees, they may recommend your name to the appropriate appointing body when a vacancy occurs. People to Contact Anthropology and Sociology Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Pamela Haas, Photo­ graphic Collection Librarian, American Museum of Natural History Library, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024. N om inating C o m m ittee: C hair, C heryl C. Kugler, Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Barton M. Clark, Assist­ ant Director of Public Services for Social Science Libraries, 100 Main Library, University of Illinois at Urbana, 148 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801; Kathleen Gunning, Head of Reference/ Information Services and Collection Develop­ ment, University of Houston Libraries, 4800 Cal­ houn Boulevard, Houston, TX 77004; Judith Campbell Turner, Museum Librarian, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 N. Wells St., Milwaukee, WI 53233; Patricia White, Reference Librarian, Michigan S tate U niversity L ib raries, East Lansing, MI 48824. A rt Section V ice-Chair/C hair-Elect: Shirley B. Solvick, Chief, Fine Arts Department, Detroit Public Li­ brary, 5201 Woodward Avenue, D etroit, MI 48202. Asian and African Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: M erry Burlingham, South Asia Librarian, General Libraries, Univer­ sity of Texas at Austin, Box P, Austin, TX 78712. Nominating Committee: Chair, Louis A. Ja∞b, Head, Southern Asia Section, Asian Division, Li­ brary of Congress, Washington, DC 20540; Fran­ cine McNulty, Middle East Department, Wide­ ner Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Elizabeth A. Widenman, Africana Bibliog­ rapher, Columbia Universitv Librarv, New York NY 10027. Bibliographic Instruction Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Anne Roberts, Associ­ ate Librarian, SUNY-Albany, Library 104, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. Nominating Committee: Chair, Mary Reichel, Head, Reference Department, Pullen Library, Georgia State University, 100 D ecatur Street S.E., Atlanta, GA 30303; Joann H. Lee, Head, Reader Services, Donnelley Library, Lake Forest C ollege, Lake F o re st, IL 60045; Kathy McGreevy, Santa Rosa Junior College Library, 1501 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95401. College Libraries Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Thomas G. Kirk, Col­ lege Librarian, Hutchins Library, Berea College, Berea, KY 40404. Nominating Committee: Chair, Michael Stuart Freeman, Library Director, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691; Louise Gerity, Head of Ref­ erence, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR 97219; John Sheridan, Library Director, Transyl­ vania University, 300 N. Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508. Community and Junior College Libraries Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Joseph L. Lindenfeld, Director of Library Services, Shelby State Com­ munity College, 717 Beale Street, Memphis, TN 38104. N om inating C o m m ittee: C hair, James F. McCoy, Director, Learning Resources Center, Hudson Valley Community College, 80 Vanden- burgh A venue, Troy, NY 12180; Stanley N. Ruckman, Director of Learning Services, Linn- Benton Community College, 6500 SW Pacific Boulevard, Albany, OR 97321; Colette Wagner, La Guardia Community College, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Hannelore B. Rader, Director of the Library Learning Center, Univer­ sity of Wisconsin-Parkside, Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141. Nominating Committee: Chair, Eva Kiewitt, Associate D irector, CBN University Library, CBN Center, Virginia Beach, VA 23463; Sarah Watstein, Reference Librarian & Coordinator of Instructional Programs, Teachers College Li­ brary, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. Law and Political Science Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Robert Goehlert, Li­ brarian for Economics and Political Science, In­ diana U niversity L ibrary, Bloomington, IN 47405. Nominating Committee: To be appointed. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section V ice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Joan M. Friedman, Curator of Rare Books, Yale Center for British Art, 1080 Chapel Street, P.O. Box 2120 Yale Sta­ tion, New Haven, CT 06520. Nominating Committee: Chair, Carolyn Harris, Head, Preservation Department, Columbia Uni­ 356 versity Libraries, New York, NY 10027; Beverly P. Lynch, University Librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, 801 South Morgan S tre et, P .O . Box 8198, Chicago, IL 60680; Samuel Allen Streit, Assistant University Librar­ ian for Special Collections, Brown University, Box A, Providence, RI 02912. Science and Technology Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Charles L. Gilreath, Assistant Professor of Library Science, Texas A&M University Libraries, College Station, TX 77843. N om inating C om m ittee: C hair, F red erick Getze, University of Delaware Library, Newark, DE 19711. Slavic and East European Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Tanja Lorkovic, Head of Cataloging Department, University of Iowa Li­ braries, Iowa City, IA 52242. Nominating Committee: Chair, Miranda Bea- ven, Slavic Bibliographer, Wilson Library, Uni­ versity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455; Patricia Polansky, Russian Bibliographer, Univer­ sity of Hawaii Hamilton Library, 2550 The Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822; Wojciech Zalewski, Curator for Russian and East European Collections, Stan­ ford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305. University Libraries Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Kenneth G. Peterson, Dean of Library Affairs, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901. Nominating Committee: Chair, Susan Brynte- son, Director of Libraries, University of Dela­ ware, Newark, DE 19111; Pearce S. Grove, Re­ search Division, National Endowment for the Humanities, 806 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20506; Margaret Perry, Head of Readers Services, U niversity of R ochester L ibrary, Rochester, NY 14627. Western European Specialists Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Charles S. Fineman, Humanities Bibliographer, Collection Planning U nit, U niversity L ibrary, U niversity of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. N om inating C om m ittee: Chair, Mina B. LaCroix, University Library, SUNY-Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222; Mary Jane Gibson, Reference Librarian, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540; Charles R. Smith, Humanities Reference Librarian, Texas A&M University Library, College Station, TX 77843. Editorial Boards Choice Editor: Jay Martin Poole, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06475. College & Research Libraries Editor: C. James Schm idt, Research L ibraries G roup, Jordan Quadrangle, Stanford, CA 94305. College & Research Libraries News Editor: George M. Eberhart, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ACRL Nonprint Media Publications Editor: Jean W. Farrington, Assistant Circulation Librar­ ian, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania, 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. ACRL Publications in Librarianship Editor: Joe W. Kraus, Director of Libraries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761. NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM ACRL Any library whose institution is going or will be going through the accreditation process will want to have Libraries and Accreditation in Institutions o f Higher Education. This publication represents the proceedings of an invitational conference co­ sponsored by the Council on Postsecondary Ac­ creditation and ACRL. Representatives from the six regional accrediting associations and partici­ pants on accreditation teams presented papers and discussed existing standards. The contents include: an overview of the ac­ crediting process; the reasons for the develop­ ment of standards to supplement the accrediting associations’ guidelines; a discussion of different types of standards (qualitative, quantitative, and checklists); the rationale underlying the three dif­ ferent sets of ACRL standards; the processes by which they were developed; how they are cur­ rently used; how they relate to the self-study process; th e ir relationship to o th e r library standards; how an accreditation team evaluates a library when there is not a librarian on the team; and how the accreditation process can be im­ proved from the viewpoints of a team member, the accreditation agency, and a librarian who has successfully completed the accreditation process. For all of you who have ever wanted to know about this subject, Libraries and Accreditation in Institutions o f Higher Education is available from the ACRL office for $14.95 to ACRL members and $18.95 for non-members. Orders must be prepaid or a $5 invoice charge will be levied. The Cumulative Index to College and Research Libraries, Volumes 26 to 40 (1965-1979) is now available for $10 to ACRL members and $12 to non-mem bers (orders must be prepaid). This index includes the contents of College and Re­ search Libraries and College and Research Li­ braries News. Eldon Tamblyn, the compiler of this index, is the chief cataloger at Portland State University, Oregon. 357 ACRL COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER FORM If you are interested in serving on an ACRL standing committee, please complete this form and mail it before the ALA Midwinter Meeting to: P. Gradv Morein, Clifford Library, University of Evansville, P.O. Box 329, Evansville, IN 47702. If you would like to serve on an ACRL section committee, send this form to the appropriate section vice-chair/chair-elect before the ALA Midwinter Meeting. 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