ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


5 8 0 /C& RL N e w s ■ Jun e 2001

In t h e  News

Who belongs to ACRL? Why do they join? 
What interests and challenges them? What ac­
tivities do they look to ACRL to provide?

In the ACRL membership survey, given in 
the fall 2000, the majority of members said 
they joined ACRL because o f its academic 
focus. Other important reasons for joining 
were ACRL’s advocacy for the profession, to 
have access to ACRL publications, to have 
contact with other librarians, and for ACRL’s 
professional development activities.

To indulge in a bit o f bragging here, 92.7% 
of the respondents indicated they regularly 
read C&RL News and 90.3% regularly read its 
sister publication College & R esearch  L ibrar­
ies. Selected comments included: “C&RL News 
is one of the greatest and most useful ben­
efits of ACRL membership . . . ”

So I hope you will continue reading C&RL 
News and C&RL, and let us know what kind 
of information you need to continue to feel

as this respondent does that, “. . . these two 
journals always have articles I found useful.” 
Check out the rest o f the results o f ACRL’s 
2000 membership survey on page 623.

While you are thinking about ACRL, be sure 
to review the election results (page 630). Con­
gratulations to ACRL’s new Vice-President/ 
President-Elect Helen H. Spalding, to new 
Board members Pamela Snelson and Patricia 
Kreitz, ACRL’s new Councilor Pat Wand, as well 
as to all of the other ACRL section officers!

Also in this issue is the final report on 
ACRL’s Denver conference (page 585), so you 
can find out about sessions you may have 
missed. You can also order an audiotape for 
most sessions (page 588) and/or the proceed­
ings (page 594). Web broadcasts o f selected 
session are also available. Details are on the 
Web at http://www.ala.org/acrl/denver.html.

— Mary Ellen K. Davis 
E ditor-in-chief, medavis@ala.org

http://www.ala.org/acrl/denver.html
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