ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


568 / C&RL News ■ Septem ber 2002

C o l l e g e  & R e s e a r c h  L i b r a r i e s

ACRL Board of Dnewsirectors’ actions, 
June 2002

Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings

D uring the 2002 ALA Annual Conference in Atlanta, the ACRL Board o f Direc­tors met on June 15 and 18 and took the f

A w ards and recognition
C o n firm ed  th e B o a rd ’s a p p ro v a l b y e-
mail that a Presidential Recognition Award be 
given posthumously to Sharon Hogan.

P assed  a re s o lu tio n  b y c o n s e n t to  a c ­
knowledge the contributions of Jill Fatzer, a 
member of the ACRL Government Relations 
Committee who retired at the end of Annual 
Conference, for her long and tireless govern­
ment advocacy efforts on behalf of academic 
libraries.

P assed  a re s o lu tio n  b y  c o n s e n t to  a c ­
knowledge Christie Vernon, a former member

lowing actions. The actions appear here along 
with the strategic directions that they ad­
dl­ress.o

Strategic D irection 1.0: Society recognizes the contributions that academic and 
research librariesand librarians make in higher education, scholarly communication, and 
civic development.

of the ACRL Government Relations Commit­
tee who passed away on May 19, 2002, for her 
strong voice on government legislation and for 
the mentoring of many ACRL government ad­
vocates.

Scholarly communication
A p p ro v ed  by c o n s e n t th e  c h a r g e  fo r
the ACRL Scholarly Communication Committee.

A p p ro v ed  th e  S ch o la rly  C o m m u n ica ­
tion Committee’s 2001-02 agenda.

A pp roved  a m o tio n  th at th e S ch olarly
Communication Committee establish priorities for

ACRL Board 2001-2002 (I to r): (back) Lois H. Cheperon, Patricia A. Kreitz, Paul E. 
Dumont, Theresa S. Byrd, Robert F. Rose, Pamela Snelson, Barbara Baxter Jenkins, 
Deborah B. Dancik; (front) Patricia A. Wand, Betsy Wilson, Mary Reichel, Helen H. 
Spalding, Erika C. Linke, Mary Ellen Davis.



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the first year o f the Scholarly Communication 
agenda for the Board’s comment.

E n d o r s e d  t h e  B u d a p e s t O p e n  A c c e s s
Initiative, w hich is an international effort to 
promote free and open access to peer-reviewed 
journal literature.

S tra te g ic  D ire ctio n  2.0: Academic librarians advocate for public policy, legisla­
tion, and institutional change that enhance the values and contribution they make to 
learning, teaching, and research.

Governm ent relations and advocacy
A p p ro v ed  b y  c o n s e n t th e  d ra ft o f  “P ri­
vacy: An Interpretation o f the Library Bill of 
Rights.”

S tr a te g ic  D ire c tio n  3.0: ACRL is an in clu sive organization serving academic 
librarians and other information professionals in related professions.

A p p r o v e d  fu n d in g  o f  $ 3 2 , 5 0 0  to  th e
Spectrum  Scholarship program from the FY 
2003 budget to support Spectrum Scholars in­
terested in pursuing academic librarianship as 
a career.

A p p ro v ed  th e  e s ta b lis h m e n t o f  a n  ACRL

Strateg ic D irection 4.0: Academic and research librarians are continually engaged 
in learning for their professional development and growth.

A p p ro v ed  b y  c o n s e n t th e  A n nu al C o n fe re n c e  2 0 0 3  p ro g ra m s .

Stra teg ic D irection 5.0: ACRL is a national and international interactive leader 
in creating, expanding, and transferring the body of knowledge of academic librarianship.

A p p ro v ed  b y  c o n s e n t a  re v isio n  t o  th e
charge of the International Relations Committee 
to include its role in coordinating ACRL section 
nominations to IFLA section standing commit­
tees and recommending the nominations to the 
ACRL Board.

A p p ro v e d  th e  I n t e r n a t i o n a l  R e la tio n s
Committee’s request to have the ACRL guide­
lines and publications translated into Spanish 
with the stipulation that translation o f standards

S tr a te g ic  D ire c tio n  6 .0: ACRL is an effective and a dynamic organization that 
continually enhances its capacity to create its future and assess and improve its 
performance in carrying out its mission.

A p p ro v ed  th e  ACRL B o a rd  m e e tin g  m in ­
utes from the 2002 Midwinter meeting.

A c c e p te d  th e  r e p o r t  “I n f o r m a ti o n  Li-

A p p ro ved  fu n d in g o f  $ 5 ,0 0 0  to  ARL fo r
work on a white paper on scholarly communication.

Standards and guidelines
A p p ro v e d  t h e  re v is e d  “G u id e lin e s  f o r
Academic Status for College and University Li­
brarians.”

A p p r o v e d  b y  c o n s e n t  a  r e s o l u t i o n  o n
protecting the interests o f America’s libraries 
under the WTO General Agreement on Trade 
in Services.

Spectrum Scholar Mentor Task Force to de­
sign a process by which ACRL can match an 
academic or research librarian with each new 
ALA Spectrum Scholar, and by which these 
relationships can be encouraged and sup­
ported by ACRL throughout the students’ 
graduate school experience.

and gu id elin es that are currently b ein g  re ­
vised will b e delayed until the revisions are 
complete.

A u th o rized  th e  W e s te rn  E u r o p e a n  Stud­
ies Section to work with the Goethe Institute in 
its offer of sponsorship for an educational study 
program for new librarians.

A p p ro v ed  b y  c o n s e n t th e  ACRL B u sin ess
Plan for Publications.

teracy and ACRL” and approved the following rec­
ommendations from the report:

• D issolution o f the Inform ation Literacy



570 / C&RL News ■ Septem ber 2002

ACRL Board 2002-2003 (I to r): (back) W. Bede Mitchell, Lois H. Cheperon, Patricia 
A. Kreitz, Theresa S. Byrd, Robert F. Rose, Pamela Snelson, Deborah B. Dancik, Rita 
Jones, (front) Patricia A. Wand, Mary Reichel, Helen H. Spalding, Tyrone H. Cannon, 
Erika C. Linke, Mary Ellen Davis.

Advisory Committee as it is currently constituted, 
and in its place there should be created a small advi­
sory group that would channel information literacy 
activities to either the Institute for Information Lit­
eracy or the Instruction Section as appropriate.

• The Institute for Information Literacy would 
be the umbrella under which the Immersion Pro­
gram would be directed along with follow-up ac­
tivities o f the Community Partnerships and Best 
Practices projects.

• The Information Literacy Advisory Commit­
tee, in its new form, would have as members the 
chair of the Institute for Information Literacy Ex­
ecutive Committee (renamed from Advisory Com­
mittee), the chair of the Instruction Section, the 
ACRL Executive Director, and an ACRL Board 
Member.

• The new advisory committee will review 
the current association-wide information lit­
eracy activities other than those under the pur­
view of the institute and distribute the work to 
IS or the institute. At the same time, activities, 
as appropriate, will be assigned to ACRL staff.

• The charge to the Information Literacy Ad­
visory Committee is as follows: Monitor develop­
ments in the field of information literacy and work 
with interested parties to develop appropriate ac­
tivities within the Institute for Information Literacy 
or the ACRL Instruction Section. The committee 
is advisory to the institute, Instruction Section, and 
ACRL Board of Directors.

• The Information Literacy Advisory Commit­
tee will prepare an annual report to the ACRL 
Board of Directors independent of the Institute 
and the Instruction Section.

• The Institute for Information Literacy

Executive Committee is responsible for: acting as 
an oversight council for the Immersion Program; 
the mechanism for reviewing Immersion workshop 
applications; providing oversight of the Immersion 
Program; developing a plan for the appropriate dis­
position of all the other activities currently under 
its responsibility, e.g., community partnerships and 
Best Practices.

• The institute will submit a consolidated bu
get for its activities on a regular basis with the 
ACRL annual budget cycle.

Approved th e 2 0 0 2 -0 3  P erfo rm an ce In­
dicators, which include core performance indicators 
for ACRL.

A p p ro v e d  a  r e v e n u e  s h a r in g  p o lic y ,
which allows ACRL to share revenue with ACRL 
sections if a revenue surplus has been generated 
by a section activity.

A ccepted  th e re p o r t an d  ap p ro v ed  the
recommendations contained therein of the Task 
Force on Funding and Organizational Models for 
Association-wide Initiatives.

A pproved th e FY  2 0 0 3  ACRL budget as
amended to keep section funding at the current level 
for those sections whose membership has dropped.

Approved th e establishm ent o f th e ACRL
Friends Fund Committee, which is charged to re­
view donations given to Friends of ACRL and rec­
ommend to the ACRL Board the allocation of 
Friends money to ACRL projects and programs that 
put into action the intentions of the donors. ■

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