ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


158/C&RL News

EQUILIBRN
The ACRL Racial and Ethnic 
Diversity Committee is very 
pleased to announce the cre­
a tio n  o f  a n e w  listserv,
E Q U IL IB R N . In th e fe w  
months this listserv has ex­
isted and been tested, it has 
more than adequately func­
tioned as an electronic mail 
discussion group for librar­
ians interested in ethnic and 
racial issues in the profes­
sion. EQUILIBRN is intended 
to be a forum that supports 
the sharing o f information and provides for dis­
cussion o f ethnic issues, especially in academic 
libraries. T o  date, some topics that have ap­
peared on EQUILIBRN include: calls for mis­
sion statements on diversity; information on ALA 
Midwinter Meeting events; news on programs 
and bibliographies developed by libraries across 
the U.S.; and job announcements that concern 
ethnic library service positions.

T o  subscribe: send a mail m essage to 
LISTSERV@FULLERTON.EDU. Leave the sub­
ject o f the message blank. The first line o f text 
should state: Subscribe EQUILIBRN your first 
name last name.

Thanks to Ron Rodriquez o f California State 
University at Fullerton for helping the commit­
tee create EQUILIBRN.

Chicano/LatinoNet
Chicano/LatinoNet (CLNET) is a gopher-based 
system, not a listserv like EQUILIBRN. CLNET 
brings together Chicano/Latino research, and 
linguistic minority and education research that 
is being carried out at the University o f Califor­
nia (U C ) and elsewhere. CLNET is a joint project 
o f the Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) 
at UCLA and the Linguistic Minority Research 
Institute at UC-Santa Barbara to provide access 
to netw orked information o f  interest to the 
Latino community. T o  access CLNET you must 
have a gopher client at your end. Gopher is 
available on most campuses. F o llo w  these 
steps: 1) log on to your network account; 2) at 
mail com m and type: g o p h e r latino.sscnet.

Susana Hinojosa, University o f California, Berkeley, 
chairs ACRL 's Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee; 
e-mail: shinojos@lihrary.herkeley.edu

ucla.edu. This should con­
nect you with CLNET.

For assistance with using 
CLNET contact the CSRC at 
(310) 206-6052. Suggestions 
and/or questions can be 
sent by e-mail to Richard 
Chabran at: chabran@latino. 
sscnet.ucla.edu.

Info Lib
Th e U C -B erkeley (U C B ) 
Library gopher, InfoLib, may 
be used by anyone with ac­
cess to a gopher client. A c­

cess to restricted databases in InfoLib will, how ­
ever, be blocked to external users. Readers o f 
this column should be interested in reviewing 
the material and information currently listed in 
the InfoLib ethnic studies section.

T o  reach InfoLib via gopher, use the follow ­
ing address: infolib.lib.berkeley.edu, port 70. 
O nce you are in InfoLib select: 6. Research 
Databases and Resources by Subject. From this 
listing select: 16. Ethnic Studies.

The Ethnic Studies section includes infor­
mation about CLNET and EQUILIBRN. In addi­
tion, the section now  includes an annotated 
listing o f videos on ethnic studies from the UCB 
Library Media Resources Center. The current 
four video lists (som e also include spoken word 
materials on cassette) are: “African-American 
Studies”; “Asian, Pacific, & South Asian Ameri­
can Studies”; “Chicano Studies”; and “Indigenous 
Peoples o f North & Central America.” The lists 
can be easily printed or mailed to your e-mail 
accounts for your acquisition purposes. Note: 
The videos are not available through ILL.

For further information about the videos, 
c o n ta c t G a ry  H a n d m a n  at gh a n d m a n @  
library.berkeley.edu.

This Ethnic Studies section is actively being 
developed. Plans include the addition o f the 
tw o latest UCB Library acquisitions in ethnic 
studies/American cultures. This list includes 
materials for the UCB Library system plus the 
three on-campus Ethnic Studies Libraries. In ad­
dition, the section w ill soon include the text o f 
the library’s seven Quick Bibliographies (path­
finders) that focus on ethnic groups. For infor­
mation about the acquisitions list and Quick 
Bibliographies, contact Susana Hinojosa at 
shinojos@library.berkeley.edu. ■

R a c i a l  &  

E t h n i c  

Diversity
Information exchange 

Susana Hinojosa

mailto:LISTSERV@FULLERTON.EDU
mailto:shinojos@lihrary.herkeley.edu
mailto:shinojos@library.berkeley.edu