ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


530 /C&RL News

In th e  N ew s
After three years of intensive w ork by its 

members, ACRL has a new  strategic plan. Re­
placing a 1987 version, the n ew  plan was ap­
proved b y  the ACRL Board o f Directors during 
its meetings at the ALA Annual Conference in 
Chicago.

The plan recognizes current priorities and 
concerns o f ACRL m embers w ith a mission and 
vision statement that em phasizes opportunities 
for professional developm ent and the perfor­
m ance o f academic librarians’ mission of ser­
vice to patrons. I encourage you to take a few 
moments to review the p lan and think about 
how  you can help the association achieve its 
goals (see page 571).

A report of the oth er actions taken by the 
ACRL Board may b e found o n  page 560. ACRL 
councillor Lee Hisle provides a brief report of 
the ALA Council’s actions during the Annual 
Conference on page 533.

Among ACRL’s oth er activities during the 
conference w as the presentation of numerous 
successful program s by its units. Summaries of 
many o f these program s may be found on page

550. My thanks to the special correspondents 
who provided the reports.

In this issue w e continue ACRL president 
Patricia Breivik’s series “Every Librarian a 
Leader” with a report from Susan Anderson and 
Joyce Burkhart (page 541). Their report d e­
scribes the organizational changes m ade at St. 
Petersburg Junior College, and the new  leader­
ship roles the librarians assumed.

Also in this issue is a report from Robert 
Renaud on the Digital Libraries conference (page 
547). I find the quote from Nancy Van House 
about the information trolling practices of re­
searchers on target and ho p e that you enjoy 
Renaud’s report.

The Internet resources series continues with 
a list for Internet trainers prepared by Nancy 
Weissinger and John Edwards (page 535).

Be sure to review the list of award opportu­
nities an d  ho n o rs ACRL offers (p ag e 563). 
Thousands of dollars of prizes are available!

—Mary Ellen K. Davis
Editor & Publisher

mary.ellen.davis@ala.org

mailto:mary.ellen.davis@ala.org