ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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ACRL Bibliographic Instruction 
Section Formed

In response to increasing interest from mem­
bers of the Association of College and Research 
Libraries, the ACRL Board of Directors, on 
January 31, 1977, voted unanimously to estab­
lish a Bibliographic Instruction Section within 
ACRL.

The functions of the newly established sec­
tion are: 1) to develop programs, both at ALA 
conferences and elsewhere, which meet mem­
bership needs and which explore the scope, 
nature, and problems of operating bibliographic 
instruction programs in academic and research 
libraries; 2) to develop policy statements on 
bibliographic instruction as part of academic 
and research library services; 3) to cooperate 
with and to advise informally Project LOEX, 
a national clearinghouse on academic biblio­
graphic instruction; 4) to explore methods of 
evaluating existing bibliographic instruction 
programs and materials and to suggest and pro­
mote needed research; and 5) to cooperate 
with the ALA Instruction in the Use of Librar­

ies Committee and other groups in areas of 
mutual interest.

The section will operate with an interim 
steering committee, appointed by ACRL Presi­
dent Connie R. Dunlap, until section member­
ship can be established formally and elections 
can be held in 1978. Mimi S. Dudley, reference 
librarian, University of California, Los An­
geles, will serve as chairperson of the committee. 
Members include Patricia Breivik, dean of li­
brary services, Sangamon State University, 
Springfield, Illinois; Sharon Hogan, reference 
librarian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 
Thomas Kirk, science librarian, Earlham Col­
lege, Richmond, Indiana; and Stefania Koren, 
associate professor and bibliographer, Manhat- 
tanville College, Purchase, New York. The 
steering committee will set up the organization­
al framework of the section, will arrange for the 
election of officers in 1978, and will plan the 
interim activities of the section. ■■