ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


652 / C&RL News ■ October 1998

I n t h e es wn

The much awaited final version of the re­
vised ACRL “Guidelines for distance learn­
ing library services” appears in this issue 
(page 689). The area of distance learning is 
growing at an exponential rate and we hope 
that these new guidelines will assist you and 
those on your campus in setting up the ap­
propriate library services to serve this grow­
ing segment of the student population.

To keep up with the latest trends in dis­
tance education, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe pro­
vides us with a report on the 14th Annual 
Conference on Distance Teaching and Learn­
ing (page 683). One of the speakers, Elliott 
Masie, cautioned attendees to use the new 
technological tools not to merely replicate ex­
isting practices, but to invent new methods. 
He said that these new processes will be the 
legacy of this generation of distance educa­
tors and trainers.

This issue includes a number of updates 
on ACRL activities:

President Maureen Sullivan shares with us 
more of her plans in “Leadership through the 
lens of learning” (page 673).

Cerise Oberman, chair of ACRL’s Insti­
tute for Information Literacy (IIL), describes 
on page 703 the four-and-a-half day infor­
m a tio n  lite r a c y  im m e r sio n  p ro g ram  
planned for July 1999 and the other events 
under development by the IIL.

And Bill Kane wants to be sure we don’t 
miss the hot spots in Detroit when we arrive 
en masse for ACRL’s National Conference next 
April (page 669). Surf the Web and see De­
troit!

ACRL depends on its member volunteers 
to set its agenda and accomplish much of its 
work. Take a few moments to review your 
skills and consider volunteering for an ACRL 
committee appointment (page 695). We’d love 
to hear from you!

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

mailto:medavis@ala.org