ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ October 2001 / 927 C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s news ACRL leadership opportunities Get involved I ncrease your involvement in ACRL by vol­ unteering to serve on a division or section committee. Vice-president Helen H. Spalding invites all ACRL m embers to contact the Appoint­ ments Committee about serving on one of ACRL’s 24 committees for next year. Mem­ bers may also contact one of the section vice­ chairs regarding service on one of the many section committees. Committee m em bers help shape the orga­ nization by implementing its strategic plan ( a v a ila b le a t h t t p : / / w w w .a l a .o r g / a c r l / stratpla.html), reshaping the association, and influencing the direction of academ ic and research librarianship. You benefit by volunteering Volunteers not only give to the association, they get back from the association. You will: • Build ties with academic and research librarians around the country. • E n h a n c e y o u r le a d e r s h ip a b ilitie s through consensus building and persuasion. • Share your expertise with colleagues. • Gain additional expertise by learning m o re a b o u t a n e w a r e a o f a c a d e m ic librarianship or picking up new ideas for your current area. Appointments: The process Appointments are made at both the section and division levels. The ACRL vice president is responsible for the committee appointments at the division level for the year he or she serves as president. Likewise, section vice chairs are responsible for committee appoint­ ments in their respective sections the year they serve as chair. Committee slates are usually com pleted shortly after the Midwinter Meet­ ing during the year in which the individual serves as president-elect or chair-elect. The ACRL Appointm ents Committee assists the president-elect in this process in an advisory capacity. Factors influencing appointment Although the emphasis in the appointm ent process may vary from year to year accord­ ing to the prerogatives of the president-elect and section chairs, the same factors are con­ sidered. They include: • E v id e n c e o f p o t e n t i a l c o m m it t e e m e m b e r ’s in te r e s t. Have you attended the meetings and introduced yourself to the chair? Do you have previous experience that relates to the w ork of the committee? Have you indi­ cated your interest on the volunteer form? • D e m o g r a p h ic s a n d c o m p o s it io n o f c o m m itte e . A balance is sought with respect to type of library (community college, col­ lege, or university), geographic representa­ tion, ethnic diversity, and gender. • T h e r e c o m m e n d a t io n o f t h e c u r r e n t c o m m itte e ch air. Current committee chairs are asked to suggest potential members. Al­ though all of these factors are considered, the final appointm ents are the prerogative of the ACRL president-elect and the section chair- elects. How to apply 1) S elect th e c o m m itte e s th a t in te r e s t y o u . The ALA H andbook o f O rganization lists all of ACRL’s committees and their charges. {Ed. note: The handbook is published as a special issue of A m erican Libraries and will auto­ matically be mailed to all ALA m embers in http://www.ala.org/acrl/ 928 / C&RL News ■ October 2001 mid-November.) Attend the committee’s meet­ ings at the Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference to help you decide if those are the activities that interest you. 2 ) I n tr o d u c e y o u r s e lf. Talk with com ­ mittee members. Express your interest to the committee chair. Explain how you might con­ tribute to the w ork of the committee. 3 ) S u b m it a v o lu n t e e r fo r m . Complete the volunteer form included w ith this article. (Ed. note: This form is also available on ACRL’s hom epage at http://w w w .ala.org/acrl/policy/ apxafrms.html.) Be sure to cover all of the items asked for in the background information section of the form. If you have attended committee m eet­ ings or programs, m ention that. Fill out one form for ACRL division comm ittees and a dif­ ferent form for each ACRL section you vol­ unteer to serve on. Send the ACRL committee volunteer form to D ebra L. Gilchrist at the address on the bottom of the volunteer form; send the section volunteer forms to the ap­ propriate section chair-elects (see list of ad­ dresses below). 4 ) V o lu n te e r a g a i n . . . a n d a g a in . If you are not successful in being appointed one year, volunteer again the next year . . . and the next. Rem ember that a m ultitude of fac­ tors— num ber of appointm ents m ade, num ­ ber of volunteers for each committee, num ­ ber of volunteers from your type of library or your geographic area— determ ine the actual appointm ent, and these factors change from year to year. A C R L se c tio n a p p o in tm e n ts ACRL has 17 sections (listed below ). You will find a description of their areas of responsi­ bility in the ALA H andbook o f O rganization, 2001-02. The chair-elect of a section appoints the chair and m em bers of all section commit­ tees. Most of these appointm ents are m ade in the spring for terms beginning immedi­ ately after the ALA Annual Conference. If you w ould like to be considered for appointm ent as a chair or m em ber of a sec­ tion committee, fill out the ACRL Section Com­ mittee Volunteer Form and mail it to the chair- elect of the appropriate section listed below before D ecem ber 4, 2001. A fr ic a n A m e r ic a n S tu d ie s L ib rarian s S e c t io n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Raquel V. Cogell, Emory University Libraries, Robert W. W oodruff Library, Atlanta, GA 30308; e-mail: rcogell@emory.edu. A n t h r o p o lo g y a n d S o c io lo g y S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Royce D. Kurtz, Uni­ versity of Mississippi, Jo h n Davis Williams Li­ brary, University, MS 38677-0000; e-mail: ulkurtz@mcsr.olemiss.edu. ARTS S ectio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Ann M. Lindell, Assistant Librarian, University of F lo rid a , G e o rg e A. S m a th e rs L ib raries, G a in e s v ille , FL 3 2 6 1 1 -7 0 0 7 ; e -m a il: Annlind@Mail .uflib.ufl.edu. A sia n , A fr ica n a n d M id d le E a ster n S e c ­ t io n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Jung-Ran Park, 815 Elm Street, Apt 2, Terre Haute, IN 47807; e-mail: libpark@ isugw.indstate.edu. C o lle g e L ib raries S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Mark E. Cain, College o f Mount Saint Joseph, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, OH 45233-1672; e-mail: mark_cain@mail. m sj.edu. C o m m u n ity a n d J u n io r C o lle g e Librar­ ie s S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Cynthia K. Steinhoff, Anne Arundel Community Col­ lege, A ndrew G. Truxal Library, 101 College Parkway, Severna Park, MD 21146-1707; e- mail: cksteinhoff@mail.aacc.cc.md.us. D is ta n c e L e a r n in g S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Maryhelen W. Jones, Library Ad­ ministration, University o f Houston, 114 Uni­ versity Libraries, Houston, TX 77204-8979; e- mail: mhjones@ uh.edu E d u c a t io n a n d B e h a v io r a l S c i e n c e s S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Katherine Ann Corby, Michigan State University Librar­ ies, 100 Library, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048; e-mail: corby@ pilot.m su.edu. I n s t r u c t io n S e c t io n . Vice-Chair/Chair- Elect: Trudi E. Jacobson, University of New York at Albany Libraries, 1400 W ashington A ve., A lb a n y , NY 12222-0001; e -m a il: Tj662@csc.albany.edu. Law a n d P o litic a l S c ie n c e S e c tio n . Vice- Chair/Chair-Elect: Barbara P. Norelli, Skidmore http://www.ala.org/acrl/policy/ mailto:rcogell@emory.edu mailto:ulkurtz@mcsr.olemiss.edu uflib.ufl.edu mailto:libpark@isugw.indstate.edu msj.edu mailto:cksteinhoff@mail.aacc.cc.md.us mailto:mhjones@uh.edu mailto:corby@pilot.msu.edu mailto:Tj662@csc.albany.edu C&RL News ■ October 2001 / 929 College, Lucy Scribner Library, 815 N. Broad­ way, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-1632; e-mail: bnorelli@skidmore. e d u . L ite r a tu r e s i n E n g lis h S e c t io n . Vice- Chair/Chair-Elect: Michaelyn Burnette, Uni­ versity California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720- 6000; e-mail: mburnett@library.berkeley.edu. R are B o o k s a n d M a n u sc r ip ts S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Daniel J. Slive, Uni­ versity of California, Young Research Library, Box 951575, Room A1713 VRL, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575; e-m ail: djslive@ library. ucla.edu. S c ie n c e a n d T e c h n o lo g y S e c tio n . Vice- Chair/Chair-Elect: Barton M. Lessin, Assistant D ean of University Libraries, Wayne State University, Science and Engineering Library, Detroit, MI 48202; e-mail: lessin@ wayne.edu. S lavic a n d E ast E u r o p e a n S e c tio n . Vice- Chair/Chair-Elect: Jared S. Ingersoll, Colum­ bia University, 306 International Affairs Build­ ing, 420 W. 118th Street, New York, NY 10027- 3235; e-mail: ingersoll@ columbia.edu. U n iv e r sity L ibraries S ectio n . Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Louise S. Sherby, H unter College Libraiy, 695 Park Ave., New York, NY 10021- 5024; e-mail: Lsherby@hejira.hunter.cuny.edu. W e s t e r n E u r o p e a n S tu d ie s S e c t io n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: G ordon B. Anderson, Reference Librarian and Bibliographer, Uni­ v e rsity o f K ansas, 350 W atso n Library, L a w r e n c e , KS 6 6 0 4 5 -2 8 0 0 ; e -m a il: ganderson@ ukans. e d u . W o m e n ’s S tu d ie s S e c t io n . Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: D olores Fidishun, P enn State Great Valley Libraiy, 30 East Swedesford Road, M alvern, PA 19355-1488; e-m ail: dxfl9@ p su .e d u . A C R L d iv is io n a l c o m m itte e a p p o in tm e n ts ACRL has 24 standing comm ittees to which appointm ents may be m ade for 2001-2002. A list appears on the volunteer form at the end of this article. You will find the committees listed with a description of their charges in the ALA H andbook o f Organization. Appoint­ ments to ACRL standing committees are made in the spring for terms beginning immedi­ ately after the ALA Annual Conference. The Appointments Committee recom mends to the president-elect of ACRL the nam es of m em ­ bers w ho might fill the vacancies. The presi­ dent-elect m akes the final appointm ents. If you w ant to be considered for an appoint­ m ent to an ACRL committee, com plete the form and return it to Debra L. Gilchrist at the address given on the form before Decem ber 4, 2000. E d ito ria l b o a rd s ACRL has editorial boards for these six publi­ cations: CHOICE, College & Research Librar­ ies, College & Research Libraries News, New Publications, Publications in Librarianship, and Rare Books & M anuscripts. Appointments to editorial boards are made at the Midwinter Meeting for terms that begin immediately after the ALA Annual Conference. The editors recom m end the nam e of a person to fill a vacancy. The Publications Committee must approve the recommendation, and the president of ACRL makes the appointment. If you w ould like to be considered for appoint­ m ent to an editorial board, contact the editor of the editorial board early in the fall. CHOICE editor: Irving Rockwood, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457; e-mail: irockwood@ ala-choice. org. College & Research Libraries editor: Donald E. Riggs, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-7796; e-mail: driggs@ nsu.acast.nova.edu. College & Research Libraries News: C&RL News, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-mail: medavis@ala.org. New publications editor: H ugh Thom p­ son, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-mail: hthompson@ ala.org. Publications in Librarianship editor: John Budd, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Information Science and Learning Tech­ nologies, 217 Tow nsend Hall, Columbia, MO 65211; e-mail: libsjmb@showme.missouri.edu. Rare Books & M anuscripts editors: Lisa M. Browar, Director, Indiana University, Lilly Li­ brary, B loom ington, IN 47405; lbrow ar® indiana.edu; Marvin J. Taylor, Special Collec­ tions, New York University, Bobst Library, 70 W ashington Square South, New York, NY 10012; taylorm@is2.nyu.edu. mailto:mburnett@library.berkeley.edu ucla.edu mailto:lessin@wayne.edu mailto:ingersoll@columbia.edu mailto:Lsherby@hejira.hunter.cuny.edu psu.edu nsu.acast.nova.edu mailto:medavis@ala.org mailto:hthompson@ala.org mailto:libsjmb@showme.missouri.edu indiana.edu mailto:taylorm@is2.nyu.edu 930 / C&RL News ■ October 2001 C&RL N e w s ■ O c t o b e r 2 0 0 1 / 931