ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


568/C&RL News

assisted instruction program, Library Explorer, 
is now available on the World Wide Web at 
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/libexp/. Designed to 
engage UI students in independent, self-directed 
learning, Library Explorer on the Web helps 
people learn how to choose information 
sources, find appropriate tools, find books us­
ing the online catalog, and find periodicals us­
ing indexes. Library Explorer on the Web is 
hypertextual and can be perused like an elec­
tronic book; the program gives direct telnet ac­
cess to the UI Libraries’ online catalog. For more 
information on using Library Explorer, contact 
Marsha Forys at (319) 335-5301 or at marsha­
forys@uiowa.edu.

A C R L ’ s In stru ctio n  S e ctio n  w a n t s  y o u r  
co m m e n ts  o n  stra te g ic  p la n
ACRL’s Instruction Section (IS) is developing a 
new strategic plan that will provide direction 
for the section’s activities over the next several 
years. Like the recently adopted ACRL Strategic 
Plan on which it is modeled, the IS plan will be 
a dynamic document that will meet the chang­
ing needs o f library instruction. At meetings 
held in New York City during the ALA Annual 
Conference last June, the section's executive

committee and advisory council reviewed and 
approved a draft for general circulation among 
ACRL members.

The draft is available at http://www2. 
colgate.edu/instruction/. Please take time to 
review it and let the IS Advisory Council know 
what you think. There is still time to share your 
ideas on what you feel should be included in 
the new IS strategic plan and what direction IS 
should be taking over the next five years.

Send your suggestions (by e-mail if possible) 
to Karen Williams, Social Sciences Team, Uni­
versity of Arizona Library, Tucson, AZ 85721- 
0055; e-mail: kwilliam@bird.library.arizona.edu; 
phone: (520) 621-4865; fax: (520) 621-9733.

O C L C  in tro d u c e s  B ib  N o tific a tio n  
s e r v ic e
OCLC has introduced Bib Notification, a ser­
vice that automatically delivers upgraded, full- 
level OCLC-MARC records to libraries that have 
previously attached their symbol to less-than- 
full bibliographic records. Bib Notification is 
available for all types of libraries.

“The University of Maryland at College Park 
Libraries is excited to be among the first to use 
OCLC’s Bib Notification service,” said John

ACRL seeks editor for book series, ACRL P u b lica tio n s in 
Librari a n s h ip

ACRL is seeking applicants for the editor 
of its book series, Publications in Librarian­
sbip (PIL), which began in 1952 and has pro­
duced a number of noteworthy works rang­
ing from single-authored monographs to 
edited collections. These include Academic 
Libraries: Research Perspectives, edited by Mary 
Jo Lynch and Arthur Young (1990) and The 
Landscape o f Literatures, by Paul W. Metz 
(1983). The current editorial board is recruiting 
projects and the new editor will see some of 
these to publication as well as develop others.

Responsibilities: Together with a four- to 
seven-member editorial board, the editor is 
charged with encouraging research and writ­
ing that is appropriate for the series, identify­
ing topics and authors for new books, refer­
eeing submissions, and editing manuscripts 
for publication.

The new editor will serve on a volunteer 
basis and succeed Stephen E. Wiberley Jr.,

whose term ends in July 1998. The incoming 
editor will first serve as associate editor from 
September 1997 until June 1998.

Requirements: ACRL membership is re­
quired. Candidates should have experience 
in research and writing, the ability to evalu­
ate submissions and edit manuscripts, talent 
in working with authors, and an understand­
ing of publishing.

How to apply: Persons wishing to be con­
sidered for the five-year term as editor should 
communicate their interest, accompanied by 
a statement of qualifications and names of 
three references by December 1 to: Ann C. 
Schaffner, Gerstenzang Science Library, 
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254.

Additional information about the series is 
available from Stephen E. Wiberley Jr., UIC 
Library, Box 8198, m/c 234, Chicago, IL 60680- 
8198; phone: (312) 996-2730; fax: (312) 413- 
0424; e-mail: wiberley@uic.edu.

http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/libexp/
mailto:forys@uiowa.edu
http://www2
mailto:kwilliam@bird.library.arizona.edu
mailto:wiberley@uic.edu