ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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In the News

M y t h a n k s  to  P e t e r  H a n f f  a n d  th e  Bancroft Library for providing the w o n ­
derful painting o f San Francisco for o u

this m onth. As you plan y o u r trip to  San Fran­
cisco for the ALA A nnual C onference in June, 
I h o p e  you will find time to attend som e o f
ACRL’s program s. ACRL m em bers have w o rk ed  
hard to provide you w ith interesting educational 
opportunities. A list o f the program s ap p ears 
o n  pages 328-29 in this issue.

We have also included in this issue a list o f
all of the m eetings sch ed u led  b y  ACRL units 
(p ag es 330-35). I w o u ld  like to  k n o w  if you 
find this a useful feature. Call m e toll free at 1-
(800) 545-2433, ext. 2511 an d  leave a m essage 
o n  m y voice mail to  let m e k n o w  if y o u ’d  like 
to  c o n tin u e having this sc h e d u le  p rin ted  in 
C&RL News.

Speaking o f new s, this issue m oves our News
fr o m  the Field colum n to the front of th e m aga­
zine so that you can find the new s m ore readily.

Nick Burckel gives us som e m ore new s w ith 
his rep o rt o f th e executive sem inar sp o n so red  

r cobvye rEBSCO  at th e last M idwinter M eeting d e ­
scribing th e  p la n s th a t CARL, Elsevier, a n d  
EBSCO h av e for electronic publish in g  a n d  

 d o cu m en t delivery.
This issue also includes an  interesting syn­

thesis o f th e n atio n ’s preservation program  p re ­
p a r e d  b y  S h e rry  B y rn e  a n d  B a rb a ra  V an 
D eventer.

 Anne B eaubien, ACRL’s 53rd president, dis­
cusses the im portance o f recruitm ent in this 
m o n th ’s “The Way I See It.”

 Be su re to  review  th e recently a p p ro v e d  
S ta n d a rd s f o r  F aculty Status f o r  College a n d  
University Librarians also included in this is­
sue.

 — Mary Ellen K. Davis 
E ditor & P ublisher

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