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C&RL News guidelines for submission 
of articles or news items

A statement of purpose and content for College & 
Research Libraries News.

P urpose of C&RL News
College & Research Libraries News is the official 

news m agazine of the Association of College & Re­
search Libraries, a division of the American L i­
brary Association. Its purpose is to record signifi­
cant activities of ACRL and to report news about 
academ ic and research libraries. As th e official 
ACRL news m agazine, C & RL News m aintains a 
record of selected actions and policy statem ents of 
the association and publishes timely reports on the 
activities of ACRL and its sections, committees, 
discussion groups, councils, task forces, and chap­
ters.

As a vehicle for com m unication am ong college 
and research libraries, C& RL N ew s reports news 
items p ertin en t to academic and research librari- 
anship, including inform ation on bibliographic in ­
stru ctio n , continuing education, appointm ents, 
acq u isitio n  of special collections, g ran ts to li­
braries, new technology, and publications (brief 
notices).

The editor bears responsibility for the contents of 
each issue of C & R L News. M aterials selected by 
the editor m ust be new sw orthy, tim ely, and of 
practical value to people in the field. The editor has 
authority to decide w h at m aterial is appropriate 
for publication, based on the following guidelines. 
The editor also reserves the right to make ap p ro p ri­
ate revisions in m aterial selected for publication in 
order to standardize style or im prove clarity (ex­
cept official ACRL docum ents, president’s letters, 
and sim ilar m aterial).

Statistical, theoretical, or research-oriented a rti­
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w arded to the editor of College ‹b- Research L i­

braries for review.

I. Length
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3,000 words and no less th a n  500 words.

II. Style
C C R L  N ew s style is inform al, but inform ative 

and precise.

III. Content
M aterials selected should fall into one of the fol­

lowing categories:
a. Reports on a project, program , or research u n ­

derw ay or recently com pleted dealing w ith a topic 
re le v a n t to academ ic lib ra ria n sh ip . Footnotes 
should be m inim al and charts or tables avoided. 
These reports m ay be prelim inary descriptions of 
program s or research to be published form ally at a 
later date in library literature (e.g., “L ibrary In ­
s tru c tio n  w ith in  th e  C u r r ic u lu m ,” D e c e m b e r
1984) .

b. Reports on a recent conference or workshop of 
interest to academ ic or research librarians (e.g ., 
“The C hanging Role of Libraries in Higher E d u ca­
tion: A Symposium at N orthern Illinois,” Novem­
ber 1984).

c. Reasoned and inform ed speculation or com ­
m ent on a relevant topic, especially if solicited by 
the editor or an official ACRL group (e.g., “D e­
acidification D ialogue,” January 1985).

d. State-of-the-art reports on a relevant topic 
(e.g., “A Closer Eye on A ppraisals,” F eb ru ary
1985) .

e. Standards, guidelines, or recom m endations of 
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(e.g., “A Proposed Planning Process for ACRL,” 
September 1984).

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spaced, following either the Chicago Manual of 
Style or Turabian.

The preferred typewriter elements are: Courier 
10, Prestige Elite 12, or Letter Gothic 12.

The deadline for receipt of editorial copy is ap­
proximately the 26th of each month, for inclusion 
in the issue of the second month following.

V. Requests for Donations
C &R L  News may occasionally print requests for 

the donation of books or materials to libraries, es­
pecially foreign libraries, which have suffered ex­
tensive loss through fire, hurricane, or other natu­
ral disaster. Other libraries soliciting contributions 
for other reasons will be referred to the rates for 
classified advertising in C&RL News.

Editor’s Note: These guidelines were adopted by 
the C&RL News Editorial Board at the Denver 
M idwinter Meeting on January 25, 1982. ■ ■

Chapter visits

The ACRL Executive Director visits the Minnesota and 
Illinois chapters.

M in n e s o t a , November 1. A brisk fall day, clear 
ute a unique viewpoint to their solution. She also 

and bright, greeted me in Minnesota. Driving to emphasized th at they need to keep abreast of the 
Northfield for the Minnesota C hapter meeting whole field of higher education—the external envi­
with Peg Johnson gave me the chance to meet our ronment of the institution—and to increase their 
new Audiovisual Committee chair and see some attention to such matters as information policy, ac­
suburban countryside. The Concert Hall on Carle­ cess to inform ation, the cost of inform ation re­
ton College’s campus was the setting for the meet­ trieval, new skills needed by library staff and users, 
ing, which was attended by over 60 academic and and the principles of learning.
research librarians. Lynch reviewed some of her earlier work on the 

The day-long program began with my talk, enti­ relationship of the library to other organizations, 
tled  “ E ig h t Possible Things Before th e M ain characterizing them as input/output relations, and 
Speaker,” in which I described ACRL, its physical stressed the political realities which often carry 
setting, its relation to ALA, a who’s who of the staff more weight than “rational” management tech­
and a description of key staff activities, and how to niques in practical dealings among organizations. 
participate in the Association at a variety of levels. A lively question period ensued.

Beverly Lynch, president-elect of ALA, gave the During the lunch break, visitors were treated to 
keynote speech and addressed the role of the librar­ tours of the remodeled library building, which fea­
ian as related to the academic environment. Em ­ tures beautiful vistas, practical facilities, plenty of 
phasizing the Naisbett theme of decentralization, cozy spaces for study, and room for expansion.
Lynch suggested that ALA will be increasing its The afternoon’s program  featured a panel of 
outreach activities to involve members. She urged Minnesota librarians: Michael K athm an, Allen 
librarians in academ ic institutions to become Dollerschell, Valera Rohrer, and Darrel Meinke, 
aware of the environment within their institutions, who presented some thought-provoking ideas for 
to consider the problems facing the administration everyone to take back, including:
as the key problems for them also, and to contrib­ •th e  need for libraries to rise above competition