ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


February 1983 / 39

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ACRL List of Materials Available
Unless otherwise noted, single copies of ACRL 

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S t a n d a r d s  a n d  G u i d e l i n e s

Standards f o r  University Libraries. (C &R L News.
April 1979). ACRL/ARL.

Standards f o r  C o lleg e L ibraries. (C &R L  News, 
October 1975).

C o lleg e L ibrary  Standards: Questions an d An­
swers. (C &R L News, November 1974).

The Use an d Effectiveness o f  the 1975 Standards 
f o r  C ollege L ibraries (1981). Larry Hardesty. 
Chair. Ad Hoc Committee on Standards and 
Guidelines. College Libraries Section, ACRL.

An Evaluative Checklist fo r  Reviewing a College 
Library Program ‚ Based on the 1975 Standards 
f o r  C ollege Libraries. (C &RL News, November 
1979).

G uidelines f o r  Tw o-Y ear C o lleg e L earning R e­
sources Programs. (C &R L News. January and 
February 1982). ACRL/AECT.

Statem ent on Q uantitative Standards f o r  Two- 
Y ear L ea rn in g  R eso u rces P rog ram s (1979). 
(Draft available in C ò R L  News. March 1979). 

Guidelines f o r  Bibliographic Instruction in A ca­
d em ic Libraries. (C &R L News. April 1977). 

Access Policy Guidelines. (C &RL News. Novem­
ber 1975).

Guide to M ethods o f  L ibrary Evaluation. (C &RL 
News. October 1968).

Guidelines f o r  Branch L ibraries in Colleges and 
Universities. (C &R L News. October 1975). 

Guidelines f o r  Extended Campus Library Services.
( C ò R L  News, March 1982).

The Mission o f  an Undergraduate L ibrary (M odel 
Statement). (C &R L  News. November 1979). 

Guidelines fo r  Audio-Visual Services in A cadem ic

L ibraries (1968). $1.50. Order from ACRL of­
fice. Payment must accompany order.

B i b l i o g r a p h i c  I n s t r u c t i o n

B ibliographic C om peten cies f o r  Education Stu­
dents (1981). Prepared by the Education and Be­
havioral Sciences Section Bibliographic Instruc­
tion for Educators C om m ittee. Provides 
examples of a wide range of educational biblio­
graphic sources, and presents a basic rationale 
for the use of the given examples.

Bibliographic Instruction H andbook (1979). Pre­
pared by the ACRL Bibliographic Instruction 
Task Force (1971-77) and the Policy and Plan­
ning Committee of the ACRL Bibliographic In­
struction Section (1977-79). $5 for ACRL mem­
bers, $6 for non-members. Order from ACRL 
office. Payment must accompany order.

Library Instruction Clearinghouses 1981: A D irec­
tory (1981). This directory revises and updates 
Library Instruction Clearinghouses: D eposito­
ries and Publications: 1980. compiled by Mary 
Huston-Miyamoto. This revision is by Barbara J. 
W ittkopf, University of Florida Libraries. $3.50 
for ACRL members. $4.50 for non-members. 
Order from ACRL office. Payment must accom­
pany order.

Organizing and Managing a Library Instruction 
Program : Checklists (1979). Prepared by the 
ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Section’s Con­
tinuing Education Committee. $3 for ACRL 
members. $4 for non-members. Order from 
ACRL office. Payment must accompany order.

Petals Around a Rose: Abstract Reasoning and Bib­
liographic Instruction (1981). Paper presented 
by Cerise Oberman-Soroka in the Program 
“Learning Theory in Action: Applications in 
Bibliographic Instruction.” Sponsored by the 
Bibliographic Instruction Section and the Com­
munity and Junior College Libraries Section’s 
Instruction and Use Committee, ACRL. $4 for 
ACRL members. $5 for non-members. Order 
from ACRL office. Payment must accompany 
order.

roblem s with E valuatin g L ib ra ry  Instruction 
(1976). Panel discussion from the 6th Annual 
Conference on Library Orientation for Aca­
demic Libraries. May 13-14. 1976. Eastern

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