ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries J u n e 1 9 9 2 / 3 7 3 C rism ond resigns ALA post As C&RL News w e n t to press w e l e a r n e d t h a t L in d a C rism o n d h a d re s ig n e d as e x e c u tiv e d ir e c to r o f th e American Library Association effective May 12, 1992. Rea sons for th e resignation w ere n o t k n o w n at deadline. ALA P r e s id e n t P a tric ia G lass S ch u m an a n d P resi dent-elect Marilyn Miller flew to C hicago to a d d re s s th e ALA staff o n May 14 an d an n o u n c e d th at an interim executive director will b e a p p o in te d as s o o n as p o ssib le, p re fe ra b ly b e fo re A nnual C o n f e r e n c e in J u n e . S c h u m a n said th e in terim executive director will serve a m axim um o f 18 -2 4 m o n th s a n d th at the B oard w ill for m u late a n d c o n d u c t a search for an executive director at th at time. In resp o n se to staff questions a b o u t th e in Linda Crism ond terim director, S chum an an d Miller indicated that the B oard is looking for a senior librarian w h o is a respected, credible m em ber o f the p ro fes sion, close to retirem ent, a n d w h o w o u ld n o t b e in terested in th e p erm an en t position. N ei th e r m em bers o f the ALA staff no r th e ALA Ex ecutive B oard are b ein g co n sid ered for th e in terim position. Crism ond, th e first w o m a n to serve as ALA executive director, w as a p p o in te d o n S eptem b e r 5, 1989. Schum an said th e B oard is grateful for C rism ond’s service an d w ishes h e r success in future endeavors. LC o pen s high-tech la b T he Library o f C ongress o p e n e d a n e w multi- m illion-dollar d em onstration center for multi- m edia inform ation an d educational tech n o lo gies. T he N ational D em onstration C enter for Interactive Inform ation T echnologies (NDL) is e x p e c te d to m ake LC’s collections m ore w idely available an d accessible. T he NDL, w h ich is s u p p o rte d b y private funding, will e n ab le th e p u b lic to ex p e rie n c e a n d evaluate th e latest N ew s fr o m the F ie ld educational an d information system s w h ich com bine the attractions o f v id eo im ages w ith th e p o w e r o f co m p u t ers. T he cen te r includes a “v i r t u a l r e a l i t y ” s t a t i o n w h ic h tran sp o rts th e u se r into a n interactive video e n vironm ent, a talking au d io v isu al m a n n e q u in , a n d a voice-activated “v id e o p a tien t” w h ich teac h es diag nostic tech n iq u es to m edi cal students. Electronic im a g in g la b opens a t LSU Louisiana State U niversity’s (LSU) Hill M em o rial Library o p e n e d an electronic im aging lab o ratory o n May 1. T he lab includes com puters th at optically scan p rin ted m aterials, m aps, an d p h o to g ra p h s into databases w ith in d ex es and key w o rd searching capabilities. T he databases will b e transferred to CD-ROMs for u se b y li brary p atro n s a n d will b e sh ared w ith o ther libraries in Louisiana. A pilot project will p ro d u ce a n electronic co p y o f H istorical Collections o f L ouisiana, E m bracing T ranslation o f M a n y R are a n d Valu able D o cu m en ts R elating to the N atural, Civil a n d P olitical H istory o f th a t State. T he CD-ROM edition (w h ich will b e e d ited an d include p h o tographs) will b e searchable b y k ey w o rd pro- A large-screen m o n ito r a llow s th e u ser to v iew a page o f o r igin al te x t w ith th e scan n ed , ed ited cop y, sid e b y side. S h ow n h e r e is a page from th e jou rn al o f Louisiana e x p lo r e r H en ri Joutel from H is to r ic a l C ollection s o f L ou isian a. 3 7 4 / C&RL N e w s viding broader access to the un in d ex ed five- volum e set. A facsimile o f each page will also be included for researchers w h o w ish to com pare the original to the new ly edited text. The conversion o f texts to CD-ROM should reduce the w ear and tear o n rare books and m anu scripts. Proposals for using the lab are invited. Contact Faye Phillips, Louisiana and Lower Mis sissippi Valley Collections, LSU, (504) 388-6551. Successful fu n draising b y p aren ts … The Parents F und P honothon at Rutgers raised $151,411 to su p p o rt the libraries. The m oney, th e l a r g e s t a m o u n t e v e r r a i s e d b y th e Phonothon, will be u sed to su p p o rt the b ook acquisitions fund. . . . a n d staff The staff at Pasadena (California) City College (PCC) donated $310,000 tow ard the n ew cam pus library currently u n d er construction. “Two separate staff campaigns have been conducted,” said Dr. G rover G oyne, dean o f Institutional A dvancem ent at PCC. “In the first cam paign 42 staff m em bers pledged $5,000 each.” The sec o n d cam paign included a challenge grant from the Berger Foundation in w hich they w ould m atch funds if $100,000 w ere raised; 100 staff m em bers p ledged $1,000 each. B etw een staff contributions an d foundation a n d corporate gifts, over $1.5 million has b een raised for the new library. 7 5 ,0 0 0 callers s a y YES “T here’s no greater thing than libraries. I couldn’t live w ithout them . I go there all the time and I am never disappointed,” w as a sentim ent given by one o f the over 75,000 callers w ho regis tered their support for libraries in the “Call for A merica’s Libraries” cam paign sp o n so red by ALA and the Friends of Libraries USA. Names an d addresses of supporters w ere collected an d will be p resen ted to Congress an d m ade available to local libraries to use as a Librarians meet in Budapest The fourth international conference on New Inform ation T echnology (NIT) w as h eld in Budapest, Hungary, D ecem ber 2-4, 1991. The purpose o f the conferences is to equalize in formation sharing opportunities aim ed at in formation professionals from both developing and developed countries, to establish a global information network on NIT subjects, and to un derstand the worldwide infotmation advances. O ver 230 registered participants, represent ing the United States an d 16 developing and developed countries from Eastern an d West ern E uropean regions, participated in the two- and-a-half-day conference that w as hosted and c o -sp o n so red in B udapest by th e N ational Szechenyi Library o f H ungary. It w as su p p o rted by m any U nited States governm ental agencies as w ell as by several library organi zations and organized by Dr. Ching-chih Chen, professor an d associate d ean o f th e G raduate School of Library a n d Information Science at Simmons College, Boston. The conference concentrated o n the fol lowing topics: n ew technologies, perspectives, and disciplines; new technologies and hum ani ties; CD-ROM publishing; library autom ation: the Eastern European cases; digital visual in form ation age; neural netw orks: experience and potentials; new information technology in academ ic libraries; n ew inform ation tech nology and users’ perspective; technology and biom edical inform ation access; com m unicat ing, sharing, an d training; databases— inter national perspectives; classification, indexing, an d union catalog; CD-ROM product reviews an d CD-ROM use. The official conference lan guage w as English; how ever, sim ultaneous translations into H ungarian w ere available for all sessions. T he conference sh o w ed the latest NIT de velopm ents internationally an d established an excellent inform ation netw ork am ong partici pants from th e developing an d d ev elo p e d countries. Librarians are looking forw ard to the next NIT conference to b e held in Hong Kong at the en d o f August 1992. Copies o f Proceedings o f N IT ’91 and N IT CD-ROM can b e ord ered from MicroUse In formation, 1400 C om m onw ealth Ave., N ew to n , MA 02165; fax: (6 1 7 ) 527-0421 — S u z a n n e D. Gyeszly, collection developm ent coordinator f o r social sciences a n d preserva tion, Sterling C. E vans Library, Texas A&M University ■ J u n e 1 9 9 2 / 3 7 5 s h o w o f p u b lic su p p o rt for library funding. “Many callers ex p ressed their outrage at library funding cuts as w ell as their heartfelt su p p o rt— an d th ey w an t to d o m o re,” said ALA P resident Patricia Glass Schum an. F unding for the toll- free n u m b e r ran o u t o n April 11 b u t Schum an an n o u n c e d a petition drive to k e e p th e m o m entum going. M illio n th -v o lu m e celebrations Both th e University o f D elaw are (UD) a n d the University o f W ashington Libraries (UW) are celebrating collection m ilestones. UW joined w ith th e UW Press to celebrate th e acquisition o f th e Libraries’ 5-m illionth volum e. Professor W. T. E d m o n d so n ’s The Uses o f Ecology, Lake W ashington a n d B eyond, a UW Press publica tion, w as ch o sen as th e 5 m illionth volum e in recognition o f its critical im portance an d b e cause it represents th e quality o f th e w orking collection o f th e UW Libraries. UD celebrated its tw o-m illionth volum e w ith the acquisition o f a S hakespeare S econd Folio. UD's 1,999,999th volum e w as a scholarly analy sis o f S hakespeare p u b lish ed b y th e UD Press an d its 2,000,001st volum e w as the u se r’s guide to th e CD-ROM edition o f the O xford English D ictionary. T he th ree item s w ere selected to sh o w th e in terd ep en d en ce o f traditional an d electronic formats and the relationship b etw een creativity, original sources, scholarship, tech nology, an d access to inform ation. W is e o n e com es to U o f A riz o n a T he University o f A rizona officially n am ed its n e w online C am pus Inform ation System “Sabio” from the S panish w o rd for w ise o n e o r sage. T he entry, selected from over 400 contest e n tries, w as chosen to reflect the function o f th e C am pus Inform ation System in transm itting in form ation an d kn o w led g e as w ell as to reflect th e S outhw estern com m unity an d environm ent. NEH refe re n ce a w a r d s a v a ila b le T he N ational E ndow m ent fo r the H um anities (NEH) Reference Materials Program is offering su p p o rt to projects p rep arin g reference w orks that will im prove access to inform ation a n d re sources. S upport is available for th e creation o f d ictio n aries, atlases, en c y c lo p e d ia s, c o n c o r dan ces, referen ce gram m ars, datab a ses, text bases, an d scholarly guides such as bibliogra phies, indexes, catalogs, u n io n lists, a n d o th er guides to m aterials in th e hum anities. T he a p plication d e a d lin e is S ep tem b er 1, 1992, for projects b eg in n in g after July 1, 1993. Contact: R eference Materials, R oom 318, NEH, W ash ington, DC 20506. N e w w o m e n 's studies boo k published ACRL has just p u b lish ed W o m e n ’s Studies Col lection D evelopm ent Policies. This u n iq u e tool identifies issues an d provides m odels of exist ing policies. C om plete policy statem ents from 16 university libraries illustrate the range o f is sues a n d provide a variety o f m odels. The RLG C onspectus: W o m e n ’s S tu d ies s u p p le m e n ta l guideline, included as an appendix, identifies is sues unique to w om en’s studies and describes ma terials and sources. This publication w as prepared by the Collection Development and Bibliography Committee, W omen’s Studies Section, ACRL. W o m e n ’s S tu d ies C ollection D evelo p m en t Policies is available for $29-95 for ACRL m em b e rs a n d $35-95 fo r n o n m em b ers. To o rd e r please contact: O rd er D epartm ent, ALA P ub lishing Services, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611; 1-(800) 545-2433; fax: (312) 944-2641. For additional inform ation contact Mary C. Tay lor, (312) 280-2515. W in a " k n o w le d g e a b le " m o u sepad fo r y o u r co m p uter S top b y ACRL’s m e m b e rs h ip b o o th in San F ra n c is c o a n d e n te r a d r a w in g to w in a m o u sep ad — featuring a q u o tatio n from Samuel J o h n s o n a n d a tree-o f-k n o w led g e g rap h ic— fo r y o u r c o m p u te r. Royal b lu e w ith w h ite print, th e p a d s sell for $10. T o o rd e r call ALA G raphics at l-(8 0 0 ) 535-2433, p ress 8, o r ext. 5046, 5048, 5049; o r call: (312) 944-6780; or fax: (312) 440-9374. ■ The n e w ACRL m ou sep ad available from ALA.