ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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News From the Chapters
The Michigan ACRL Chapter held two pro­

gram meetings during the Midwest Federation 
of Library Associations Second Quadrennial 
Conference in Detroit, October 1-4. T he first 
event was a BACCH US (Bevy of Academic 
Concerns Causing Headaches for U S) where 
membership had a choice of topics in which 
they could participate. E ach  group was moder­
ated by a discussion leader and participants 
were encouraged to be involved in as many 
areas as they desired. Some of the concerns 
were library technicians, security, copyright, 
the card catalog, O CLC, and serials.

The speaker at the second program meeting 
was Victoria E . Fox, affirmative action director, 
Eastern Michigan University. She discussed the 
latest developments in affirmative action guide­
lines. Madeline J. Trimby, chairperson, 1974/ 
75, presided at a short business session at which 
new chapter officers for 1975/76 were intro­
duced. The new officers are Eugene Holtman, 
Eastern Michigan University, chairperson; L in­
da K. Hamilton, Michigan Library Consortium, 
chairperson-elect; and Carol Juth Gavasso, 
Hope College, secretary-treasurer.

The fall meeting of the Kansas Chapter was 
held at Salina, Kansas, October 6  and 7, 1975. 
One hundred and five librarians attended.

Arne Richards announced the acceptance of 
Kansas ASA Local Chapter of the Association 
of College and Research Libraries. The state 
librarian, Ernestine Gilliland, explained changes 
in state library functions. Monday evening, Dr. 
John Dahlquist gave a fascinating presentation 
on various interpretations of the American 
Revolution.

Informative workshops on the production of 
book catalogs and systems approach to serials 
management were conducted by Xerox Univer­
sity Microfilms. A library smorgasbord featured 
buzz sessions. Then librarians discussed com­
mon concerns as regents, private, and two-year 
schools. The luncheon speaker was Dr. Sarah 
R. Reed, new director of the School of Library 
Science at Emporia. Her topic was “Library 
Education, 18 7 6 -1 9 7 6 .”

The fall meeting of the Western New York/ 
Ontario Chapter was held at Niagara County 
Community College (Sanborn, New York) on 
October 18, 1975. Seventy librarians met and 
during a morning business meeting selected the 
chapter name and adopted a chapter constitu­
tion and bylaws. Afternoon sessions were devot­
ed to three aspects of library orientation;

1. Student orientation— a forum dealing with 
applied methods and demonstration of

materials. Moderators were Janet Mous­
key and Don Prichard ( Erie County Com­
munity ).

2. Staff orientation— panel dealing with fa­
miliarizing new library staff with the insti­
tution’s procedures. T he panel was head­
ed by Mary Jane Platou (SU N Y Buffalo).

3. Faculty/researcher orientation— a panel 
focusing on making other professionals 
aware of the services the library can of­
fer. Moderated by Roseann Bellanca (C a ­
nisius College).

Elections for chapter officers and committee 
chairpersons are being held in Decem ber, with 
an installation dinner planned for late January.

All inquiries about the chapter, requests for 
copies of the bylaws, or information about 
membership should be directed to Sharon 
Rosengarden, Chairperson, State University 
College at Buffalo, E . H. Butler Library, 1300 
Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY 14222. ■ ■

ACRL Membership

November 30, 1975 ...............................  9,495

November 30, 1974 ...............................  13,637

November 30, 1973 ...............................  13,319

Library Building Survey

Jerrold Orne, former director of the 
University of North Carolina library, has 
embarked on an exhaustive effort to iden­
tify and record every new academic li­
brary built in the period 1967-76, as a 
basis for a national record for the profes­
sion. Orne is contacting each academic 
library listed in his survey, which has 
appeared annually in the December 1 
issue of Library Journal, asking for a 
check on the figures previously reported 
and for comments on the successes and 
failures of library building planning. Any 
four-year college or university which has 
had a building project completed in the 
ten-year period 1967-76, and which has 
not been contacted by Dr. Orne with a 
copy of his survey form is asked to send 
word to him at the School of Library Sci­
ence, University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill, NC 27514.