ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 133 JCLS Chairman’s Newsletter MAY 1968 (Rather than mail copies of a mimeo­ graphed Newsletter to the membership this year, it was decided to include the News­ letter in CRL N ew s issues.) I want to take this opportunity to report to you about Section activities, and also to give you some information about w hat is being planned especially for junior college librarians at the Kansas City ALA Confer­ ence. Before reviewing the year’s activities, I would like to discuss some of the details about the various meetings scheduled both in St. Louis and Kansas City. “Library Services to Vocational-Technical Programs in Junior Colleges” is the theme of this year’s Preconference to be held at the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, June 19-22. Sponsored jointly by the Ameri­ can Association of Junior Colleges and the American Library Association, the Precon­ ference will be of interest to all librarians who are concerned with vocational-technical education in the two-year college. The main areas of consideration within the framework of library service will be materials, commu­ nication, and personnel. Richard L. Ducote, director of the Instructional Resource Cen­ ter at the College of D upage and chairman of the Preconference Committee, has worked diligently in planning meaningful Precon­ ference sessions. Mrs. Ruthe S. Erickson, assistant coordinator of instructional re­ sources of the Junior College District of St. Louis, and Local Arrangements chair­ man for the Preconference, has planned carefully to insure our enjoyment of both St. Louis and the meetings. Information about registration for the Preconference will be mailed to you. Do plan to attend. The Section meetings in Kansas City will be held on Tuesday, June 25. At noon that day there will be a luncheon in the Windsor Room of the Hotel Phillips. Tickets for the luncheon will be on sale at $3.25 each at the ALA Central Ticket Desk or you may send your check for $3.25 BEFORE JUNE 15 to George M. Bailey, Executive Secre­ tary, Association of College and Research Libraries, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago 60611. You will have an opportunity to meet other junior college librarians at lunch. In addition to the socializing, there will be a speaker. Dr. Robert H. Deily, associate for library services of the State University of New York (in New York State public junior colleges are under the program of the State University), will talk to us about the report of the National Advisory Committee on Li­ braries. If the Committee does not issue its report prior to the ALA Conference, Dr. Deily will, of course, explore another topic. At 2:00 p.m. the group will convene in the Tower Room at the Aladdin Hotel. The program portion of the meeting will be de­ voted to reports about current Section ac­ tivities. It was felt that the membership would w ant to be brought up to date on various projects and that the report session would be preferable to a program involving a speaker or a panel discussion on a more esoteric topic. A business meeting will con­ clude the session. Although some of the Section activities will be discussed at greater length in Kan­ sas City, I would like to review briefly this year’s progress. One of the most outstanding developments was the establishment of the Junior College Library Information Center at ALA headquarters. Miss Peggy Sullivan, former director of the Knapp School Li­ braries Project accepted appointment as di­ rector of the Center as of March 1. Miss Sullivan will work on a half-time basis for one year and will be involved with th e col­ lection and dissemination of information about junior college libraries. As many of you know, Miss Sullivan is an enthusiastic, dedicated person who will contribute im­ measurably to the success of the Center. A project proposal to establish demon­ stration junior college libraries has been written, revised, and rewritten by Norman Tanis, director of the library at Kansas State College, Pittsburg. It is hoped that the pro­ posal will be approved by the ALA Execu­ tive Board this Spring. If approval is gained, it will then be necessary to seek funds to 134 a doctor without a certificate, would you? then why use a binder who can't display his qualifications ? Far-fetched? Not at all! This is an age of specialization when we all demand professional quality in our services. Book binding has become more than an art, it requires professional skills deep rooted in tradition, aided by the most modern machinery. Your CERTIFIED LIBRARY BINDER has an obligation to bind your books ac­ cording to a prescribed standard of the Library Binding Institute to give you most circulations per dollar and trouble­ free satisfaction. Whether your books are to be prebound or rebound It is the stamp of approval given only to C E R T IF IE D L IB R A R Y B IN D E R S Without this seal you have no assurance that your books have been truly library bound Be well-informed, write today for free literature. There is no obligation. LIBRARY BINDING INSTITUTE 160 State Street Boston, Mass. 02109 You wouldn’t use make the proposal operational by the Spring of 1969. A Subcommittee of the ACRL Standards Committee has been working this year on the revision of the Junior College Library Standards. Under the able leadership of J. O. Wallace, librarian at San Antonio College, the Subcommittee has been doing a thorough, painstaking piece of work in considering desirable changes in the pres­ ent Standards. The Junior College Libraries Section has had representation on two ALA commit­ tees. Mrs. Joleen Bock, from Rio Hondo Junior College, represents the Section on the Interdivisional Committee on Training Programs for Supportive Library Staff, and the ALA Editorial Committee’s subcommit­ tee on Vocation-Technical Education Lists has the following Section representatives: Shirley A. Edsall, Corning Community Col­ lege, Joan L. Foley, Broome Technical Community College, and Harold Young, Washtenaw Community College. The Section Committees have been busy with several projects including: —Updating of the bibliography on the junior college library (Bibliography Com­ mittee ) —Planning a text on library orientation in the junior college (Committee on Instruc­ tion and Use) —Reorganization of the network of re­ gional and state chairmen of the Special Projects Committee —Preparation of a checklist and state­ ment concerning instructional materials centers (A d Hoc Committee on Instruction­ al Materials Centers) —Writing of a position paper on private junior college libraries (A d Hoc Commit­ tee on the Needs of Private Junior College Libraries) —Preparing a revision of the By Laws of the Section (Ad Hoc Committee on By- Laws) I hope that you will be able to come to St. Louis and Kansas City. Please mark your calendar and make the necessary reserva­ tions. I shall look forward to meeting you in June when we will be able to learn more about the Junior College Libraries Section and the exciting developments in its work. Alice B. Griffith, Chairman Junior College Libraries Section, ACRL