ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries In this issue: Publishers’ Backlists and the IRS ................................... 329 Letter ......................................... 330 ACRL Candidates, 1981 Elections ....................... 331 Tentative Schedule of ACRL Midwinter Meetings 335 Continuing Education: Library Administrators and the Need for Continuing Education in Process Skills 338 News from the F ie ld ................. 340 People ......................................... 346 Publications ............................... 354 C alen d ar..................................... 355 Classified A dvertising...............356 College & Research Libraries News is published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, as 11 monthly (combining July- August) issues, at 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Annual subscription: $5; or to members of the division, $2.50, in­ cluded in dues. Single copies and back issues, $2 each. Second-class postage applied for at Chicago, Illinois, and at additional mailing offices (ISSN 0099-0086). Editor: George M. Eberhart, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780, Ext. 288. President, ACRL Millicent D. Abell. 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 Educátion; In­ formation Science Abstracts; Library & Information Science Ab­ stracts; Library Literature; and Social Sciences Citation Index. ©American Library Association 1980. All material in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Asso- ciaton may be photocopied for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement. sent to your representative and senators, to the Chair, Senate Finance Committee, Washington, DC 20510, to the Chair, House Ways and Means Committee, Washington, DC 20515, and to Sen. Daniel Moynihan (D-N.Y.), Washington, DC 20510, who plans to introduce a bill exempting publishers from the ruling. ■■ L e tte r Travel Funds Committees To the Editor: It seems to me that the core of any successful policy of travel fund distribution lies in its being perceived as equitable by the staff (see pp. 195- 96, C&RL News, July-August 1980). This situa­ tion can be addressed most effectively as a func­ tion of library travel committees established to evaluate requests for travel funds and make rec­ ommendations to the library director. As chair of the Travel Funds Advisory Commit­ tee at Arizona State for three years, 1 am quite familiar with the many problems that involve dis­ bursement of travel funds—and I am convinced that the committee format is an excellent solu­ tion. Of the twenty-one travel policies available from ACRL (“Travel Policies of Twenty-One College and University Libraries,” ACRL, 1980, $3) and those of thirty-five other ACRL member institu­ tions we surveyed in 1978, there are thirteen that have travel funds committees. The results have been highly successful. On the one hand, library directors and department heads (who usually make the initial recommenda­ tion in the absence of a committee) are freed from the pressure of individual supplications and pleas for special consideration, from the pitfalls on inconsistent judgment, and from the inevitable charges of favoritism. The library faculty, on the other hand, feels that the committee is respon­ sive to their interests and welcomes the oppor­ tunity to participate in decisions directly affecting th eir continuing education and developm ent plans (not to mention pocketbooks). Their recommendations are generally accepted by the library d irecto r and reversals rarely occur—even in those occasional instances of indi­ vidual protest and dissatisfaction with specific de­ cisions. To promote fairness in disbursement, Ari­ zona State compiles an annual list of amounts given to each recipient. The closing wholehearted recommendation is— try a travel funds committee for your library! — Winberta Yao, reference librarian, Arizona State University, Tempe. ■■ 330