ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


inauguration of Robert McLaughlin as presi­
dent of Herkimer County Community College.

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IMPROVEMENTS FOR 
ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS

The College, University and Research Library 
Section ( CURLS) of the California Library 
Association adopted a position paper at its 
Fresno meeting on October 24, calling for 
“full faculty status [for librarians] with ranks 
appropriate to their backgrounds and assign­
ments.” The paper also called for equivalent 
salaries; sufficient clerical support for profes­
sional assignments; a workload to include time 
for independent research; sabbatical and other 
leaves; eligibility for tenure prefaced by con­
tractual employment; promotion on the basis 
of standards and criteria used for professorial 
classes independent of administrative duties; 
access to grants, fellowships and research 
funds; a grievance procedure similar to that 
of other faculty members; and membership in 
the Academic Senate or equivalent body. “No 
librarian, currently employed, shall be demoted 
or suffer loss of annual income through appli­
cation of the new standards,” reads the “grand­
father clause” accompanying the change.

A very effective joint presentation of the 
above position was made by Marc Gittelsohn 
of UC Berkeley and Fay Blake of UCLA. The 
motion was approved without opposition when 
Loren Owings (UC Davis) called the ques­
tion. It now goes to the CLA Board of Direc­
tors for its approval. University Librarian J. 
Richard Blanchard (UC Davis) moved that 
the adopted motion be called to the attention 
of the Coordinating Council for Higher Edu­
cation, the chief officers of academic institu­
tions in California, and other state committees 
as appropriate. This, too, was approved without 
opposition.

Obviously, it will take a sustained effort to 
implement the position. This effort is aided by 
the similar position adopted by the Academic 
Senates of the California State Colleges at 
their October 20 meeting. There is also a 
similar movement in other parts of the nation 
supporting this move, as witnessed by City 
University of New York’s Harold D. Jones in 
his report of “How the East Was Won.”— 
Charles Shain. ■ ■

CAN YOU HELP WITH 
DONATIONS OF BOOKS FOR

ASIAN INSTITUTIONS?
Can you help The Asia Foundation provide spe­
cial useful collections such as basic science

books for the new Ahmedabad Science Center 
in India, management books for the Manage­
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in excellent condition, in all college and adult 
level disciplines, can be used. Titles in the 
physical sciences should carry publication date 
of 1955 or later, in the social sciences and 
humanities, 1950 or later. Literary classics and 
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INTERLIBRARY
COOPERATION

A leaflet prepared by the Ad Hoc Joint Com­
mittee on Cooperative Activities, entitled “In- 
terlibrary Cooperation” is available from the 
Public Library Association of ALA. Single 
copies are free; bulk orders will be filled at 
the following rates: 25 copies—$1.; 100 copies 
—$3.; 1000 copies—$20. ■ ■

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