ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 218 / C&RL News the approval, budgeting, and planning for confer­ ence and preconference programs. They will be published in the next edition of the A C R L Guide to Policies and Procedures. Sources of revenue The Board endorsed the “Sources of Revenue” proposal to the H .W . Wilson Foundation for a study of academic library funding. ALA’s Office of Research will conduct the study. Standards The Board approved a new version of the ACRL “Standards for University Libraries,” which re­ place the 1979 edition. A draft of the standards was published in the June 1988 issue of C&RL News; the finished standards will appear in the Septem­ ber 1989 issue. The standards are being sent to the Association of Research Libraries for endorsement and to the ALA Awards Committee for approval. The ACRL Standards and Accreditation Com­ mittee was asked to continue its work on the defini­ tion of “standard,” “guideline,” and “related docu­ m ent,” and to recommend which of these should be subject to review by the Committee, the ACRL Board, and the ALA Standards Committee. Strategic planning The Board recommended th at strategic plan­ ning responsibilities be added to information sent to ACRL candidates and officers, and th at a state­ ment of planning responsibility be added to the general charge for committees and sections in the A L A Handbook of Organization. ACRL executive summary Professional development The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section moved along on three fronts. They made plans for their one-day preconference at Annual Conference in Dallas, furthered their work on the RBMS Confer­ ence in Cambridge this September, and began ac­ tivity on the 1990 preconference, which will be in Minneapolis. All the aw ards committees met and selected their awardees, the most prestigious among them the Academic/Research L ib rarian of the Year, which will go to Northwestern University Library Director John McGowan. T he C h ap ters C o u n cil’s S trategic P lan n in g Committee came in w ith a strong report identify­ ing continuing education as their highest priority. W ith our NEH projects all coming to a conclu­ sion, we began the work, authorized by the Execu­ tive Committee in October, of preparing a pro­ posal for a new series, sim ilarly designed and co-sponsored with the Public Library Association. Teleconference on CD-ROM The Board agreed to co-sponsor a second tele­ conference on CD-ROM between the Community and Junior College Libraries Section and the Asso­ ciation for E d u catio n al C om m unications and Technology. ■ ■ ACRL dues increase amendment proposed T he single m ost im p o rta n t decision the ACRL Board m ade at the M idwinter Meeting was to vote (unanimously) to subm it to the membership a Bylaws am endm ent increasing the dues for personal and organizational mem­ bers from $25 to $35 annually. The Board members took this action because they are convinced th at the programs of the As­ sociation, based as they are on the Strategic Plan, are w hat ACRL members w ant. They therefore believe it is im portant not to curtail the present roster of programs, but to continue revising and adding projects in line w ith mem­ bers’ wishes. (The mem bership survey, last completed in 1984-1985, will be carried out this year in its regular five-year cycle.) Some excellent inform ation on ACRL fi­ nances can be found in C&R L News, Decem­ ber 1988, p p .757-73. W atch for a special “Let­ te r from T h re e P re sid e n ts” an d m ore information in the April issue. Enhancing service capability The Academic Library Statistics Committee met w ith Art Podolsky and Larry La Moure from the National Center for Educational Statistics to dis­ cuss NCES activities and plan a strategy for more frequent data collection. Staff at ACRL and ALA worked w ith the College and University Personnel Association to make their salary survey results available to ACRL m em bers, in p a rt through C &R L News and in p art upon request. The ACRL staff answered more than 50 “advi­ sory questions”—long reference questions—on the topics of standards for college libraries; accredita­ tion; collection development; planning a new li­ brary building; marketing fashion videos to aca­ demic libraries; collection development tools for business; faculty status; academic status and sanc­ tions; lists of academic libraries; how to use aca­ demic libraries; curriculum materials centers; au­ tom ation; bibliographic instruction; standards revisions; materials retention; and salaries. March 1989 / 219 Advocacy and liaison A meeting between representatives of ACRL’s Task Force on the Small College Assessment Pro­ gram and the ARL Office of M anagement Services laid th e g roundw ork for co o p eratio n betw een ACRL and ARL in this area. The Professional Association Liaison Committee continued its efforts to establish inform al liaison w ith other associations. Bill Moffett, ACRL Vice- President/President-Elect, identified this area as a prim e target of interest for his presidential year. He w o u ld w elcom e ideas on ways to im p lem en t ACRL’s third goal: to speak for and promote the in­ terests of academ ic and research librarianship. Particularly, he is seeking ideas on how to improve collegial relationships w ith faculty and adm inistra­ tors, how to better the position of librarians on the campus, how to educate administrators and fac­ ulty about issues of librarianship, and how to en­ hance the status of librarians and librarianship. Some steps are already being taken. For instance, task forces on Faculty Advisory Committee O rien­ tation Materials and Faculty Workshops have been created; we have a liaison assigned to the American Council on Education; and we have a regular pro­ gram at the meetings of the American Association for Higher Education. Research and publication It is time to recruit a new editor for College & Research Libraries. The editor-elect will work for one year w ith th e present editor, Charles Martell, as he fulfills the last year of his second three-year term and will take over the editorial reins in 1991. C ontact C. Brigid W elch, University of California, San Diego, if you would like to nominate someone or apply. Strategic m anagem ent directions Several m em bership re c ru itm e n t cam paigns took place last fall and as a result we are seeing a slight increase in ACRL m embership. ACRL Con­ ference registration is discounted for members, so if you know someone w ho would like to come to Cin­ cinnati but isn’t a m em ber, this m ight be a good tim e to recruit them. The Membership Committee has decided to do some prom otion at Cincinnati and Dallas, raffling off t-shirts and mugs, and giv­ ing away free mugs to those w ho join on the spot. A recruitm ent brochure is being designed w ith the help of the C hapters Council and M embership C om m ittee. New advertisem ents have been de­ signed and sent out w ith requests for exchange or free space in various library newsletters. The ongoing saga of the O perating Agreement continues, as the Boards of all ALA divisions con­ sider the implications for their units. The ACRL Board has m aintained an optimistic stance; the Budget and Finance Committee has m ade specific suggestions for negotiating some of the remaining issues. The ALA COPES Com m ittee would like to bring the agreem ent to ALA Council at Annual Conference in Dallas. All those involved, ALA and division member-leaders, division executives, and ALA m anagem ent, are working very hard to col­ lect data, analyze it objectively, and come to a m u­ tually satisfactory agreem ent about how m uch support divisions should receive from ALA in re­ tu rn for the services provided to members through program m ing activities and staff services. The ACRL Planning C om m ittee has recom ­ mended th a t there be one annual docum ent includ­ ing the proposed roster of ACRL programs and the budgets th a t support them . The docum ent, to be called the A nnual O perating Plan and Budget, would be a statem ent of how ACRL would carry forw ard its Strategic Plan and its O perating Plan for the year. The process of orientation for the ACRL Board has m atured over the past five years to the point where the annual leadership session at M idwinter is a highlight of the meeting. W e are now working on turning our Committee/Section Chair orienta­ tion at the Annual Conference into another out­ standing event.—JoAn S. Segal, A C R L Executive Director. ■ ■ Statements on collective bargaining and affirmative action Tw o statem en ts u n d er consideration by th e ACRL Academic Status C om m ittee will be the subject of open hearings at ALA Annual Confer­ ence in Dallas. Any comments th a t you m ight have prior to conference should be addressed to the indi­ viduals identified below. Statement on collective bargaining Approved as policy by the Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, on July 3, 1975. “The policy of the Association of College and Re­ search Libraries is th a t academic librarians be in­ cluded w ith their faculty colleagues in units for col­ lective bargaining and th a t such units should be guided by the Standards fo r Faculty Status fo r Col­ lege and University Librarians and the Joint State­ m en t on Faculty Status o f College and University Librarians.” Comments regarding proposed changes in lan­ guage and reaffirm ation or recision of the state­ m ent should be sent to D avid K. Oyler, H um boldt State University Library, Arcata, CA 95521. 220 / C&RL News Statement on affirmative action “Affirmative action is a means towards [achiev­ ing equality in em ploym ent or] the elimination of unlawful discrimination on the basis of character­ istics not directly related to the perform ance of pro­ fessional duties. Academic libraries should design and im plem ent program s such as aggressive re­ cruiting, job training or job enrichm ent to help achieve the goals of equal employment opportunity [through aggressive recruiting, job training and en­ richment] . No policy, procedure or practice should unfairly [or adversely] affect any individual or group. [The library m ust aggressively undertake activities to assist employees in becoming fu ll par­ ticipating members o f the organization.]” This statem ent, dating from December 1984, was reviewed and recommended for revision as shown above (bracketed items are to be deleted) by the Academic Status C om m ittee on Jan u ary 9, 1989. The proposed revision of text reflects only w ord deletions. Comments should be sent to Susan Perry, Meyer Library, Stanford University, Stan­ ford, C A 94305. ■ ■ Public Library of Cincinnati to host lecture during ACRL Conference The third John T. Nolan Jr. Memorial Lecture will be given by Sally Fitzgerald in the Atrium of the Main Public Library of Cincinnati and Ham il­ ton C o u n ty (800 V ine S treet, d o w n to w n ) on Wednesday, April 5, 1989, at 4:00 p.m . This lec­ ture has been m ade possible by a bequest from the John T. Nolan Jr. Memorial Fund. ACRL’s F ifth N ational Conference, w ith the theme “Building on the First C entury,” will be held in Cincinnati April 5-8,1989. S eeth ejan u ary issue of C & R L N ew s for d etailed info rm atio n about the conference. The late John T. Nolan was a trustee of the Pub­ lic Library from 1951 until his death in 1983; he served as President of the Board for 18 years. An advertising and public relations executive, Nolan m aintained a strong interest in learning. He taught English literature at Xavier University in the late 1950s, specializing in courses on Catholic writers from D ante to Chesterton. G u est Sally F itz g e r a ld c o -e d ite d F la n n e ry O’Connor’s non-fiction prose under the title Mys­ tery and Manners in 1969. In 1979 she published a selection of O ’C onnor’s personal letters in The H abit o f Being, for w hich she was aw ard e d a Lyndhurst Prize. Fitzgerald is currently working on a biography of O ’Connor to be called The M an­ sions o f the South. Since b e g in n in g h e r w o rk on O ’C o n n o r, Fitzgerald has taught seminar courses at Em ory University, Smith College, and Georgia College. She has lectured at various colleges and universi­ ties, including Colum bia, Notre Dame, Miami, Radcliffe, Furm an, and Berea. For the last four years F itzg erald has been a V isiting Research Scholar at Em ory University in Atlanta. Born in Texas, F itzgerald attended Stephens College for W omen and received her bachelor’s de­ gree from the University of Southern California. D uring W orld W ar II she served in the W omen’s Reserve of the U.S. Navy, functioning as an intelli­ gence officer in New York City and on a Russian li­ aison staff in Miami. Flannery O’Connor lived w ith the Fitzgerald family in 1949 until illness forced her to return to G eorgia in 1950. W hile in F itzg erald ’s hom e, O ’Connor finished writing W ise Blood. The topic of the Nolan Lecture is “The Role of Books and Libraries in the Life of Flannery O ’Con­ nor.” The lecture is free and open to the public. ACRL conferees and their colleagues are cordially invited to attend. ■ ■ Another spot to visit in the Cincinnati area: The Cathedral Basilica o f the Assumption in Covington, Kentucky, is a replica o f Notre Dam e Cathedral. March 1989 / 221 Steven Jobs to speak at ACRL National Conference Steven Jobs, co-founder of Apple C om puter and the m an w ho m ade the personal com puter a house­ hold w ord, will give the opening keynote address on April 5, 1989, in C in­ c in n a ti a t th e A C R L Fifth N ational C onfer­ ence. Jobs recently unveiled his la te st offering: th e NeXT com puter, sold at least initially only to col­ leges a n d universities. At the public unveiling, Jobs dem onstrated how th e m achine could ru n fo u r s to p w a tc h e s a t once, sim ulate an oscil­ loscope and give a syn­ Steven Jobs thetic rendition of M ar­ tin L uther King J r .’s “I Have a D ream ” speech. NeXT has been praised for its ability to connect w ith high speed networks and the capability to convert sound into bits and bytes w ith uncanny ac­ curacy. R ather th an rely on standard floppy disks, NeXT comes equipped w ith an erasable m agneto­ laser disk, w hich will be the first of its kind to come to m arket in the U.S. The 5 1/4-in disk slips in and out of the com puter like a floppy, but holds 256 megabytes—m ore d ata th an 300 IBM PC or M ac­ intosh disks. T h e disk comes loaded w ith software program s, operating instructions and four refer­ ence books—a dictionary, thesaurus, a book of q u o ta tio n s, a n d th e co m p lete w orks of Shake­ speare, w ith plenty of space left over. NeXT looks different, w ith most of the hardw are encased in a one-foot cube th a t can sit on the floor, leaving only the keyboard and a stream lined m oni­ to r to rest on a desktop. F or program m ers, the com puter combines tw o software technologies: the Unix operating system favored by scientists and en­ gineers and the user-friendly screen displays popu­ larized by the Mac. Definitive appraisals of NeXT will not be available until th e first m arket-ready models are released next sum m er. The ACRL Fifth National Conference will be held April 5-8, 1989, at the C incinnati Convention C enter. The prelim inary program and registration m aterials are available from th e ACRL office, 50 E. H uron Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611. D ead­ line for advance registration is M arch 6, 1989. The fees are: $95, ACRL personal m em ber; $120, ALA personal m em ber; $155, non-m em ber; and $35, full-tim e library school students. Daily registra­ tions will be available on-site and not in advance. The fees are: $45, ACRL personal m em ber; $55, ALA personal m em ber; $70, non-m em ber; and $15, full-tim e library school student. The them e of the conference, “Building on the First C entury” celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of the College L ibrary Section of the American L ib rary Association. ■ ■ A call for participation “The E ducational Roles of Academic Libraries: State-of-the-Art and an Agenda for the F u tu re ,” an institute sponsored by ACRL’s Bibliographic In ­ struction Section, will be held June 21-23,1989, in Dallas, Texas. T he purpose of the institute is to as­ sess the state-of-the-art of bibliographic instruc­ tion, anticipate the evolution of new service roles th a t will effectively m eet the needs of the academ ic com m unity and library constituencies, and iden­ tify areas for concerted effort for the future. Ten participants will be selected to discuss the future of academ ic user education. The criteria for selection of p artic ip a n ts include: significant re ­ search on issues germ ane to user education in aca­ demic libraries; innovation in education services on a national or regional level; publication or pres­ ervation of theoretical issues contributing to the conceptual developm ent of user education in aca­ dem ic libraries. Send nam e, address, and tele­ phone num ber of nom inee (self-nominations a n welcome) by M arch 31 to: Betsy Baker, Chair, ACRL/BIS 1989 Think T ank Steering Com m ittee N orthw estern University L ibrary, Evanston, IL 60208-2300. Please include a brief statem ent of th‹ individual’s achievements and potential contribu tions to this institute. Lodging and meals for al p artic ip a n ts w ill be funded th ro u g h th e ACRL Special G rants F und. ■ ■