ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 1 22/C&RL News In the News E-mail. FTP. TCP/IP. Kermit. The new li­ brary jargon in academe seems to be the lan­ guage of the Internet. Librarians are at a vari­ ety of stages in their use of the Net. Some are exploring and downloading information from databases in other countries, some are replac­ ing their “snail-mail” (U.S. Post Office deliv­ ered letter) with e-mail, while others have yet to get connected. Electronic communication was a big topic of discussion at the recent Midwinter Meeting. Who has it? What association business should be conducted by e-mail? How can we assist ACRL members in gaining access to the Internet? In this issue we offer some information about the Internet for both the novice and the expe­ rienced user. Mary Page provides us with an introductory look at the Internet including a glossary of terminology and a resource list. For th o s e w h o u s e e-m a il e v e ry d a y , M arty Kesselman offers a guide to telnetting to the United Kingdom. Even if you have yet to be connected to the Internet, chances are that the faculty in your institution are accessing it. What is the library’s role in access to information about the Internet’ Julie Still and Jan Alexander de­ scribe how Widener University positioned the Reference D epartm ent as the pro v id er of Internet information. A num ber of ACRL business items are con­ tained in this issue. Be an informed, active member; take a few minutes to review the actions o f the ACRL Board of Directors at their Midwinter Meeting. They passed several new policies, guidelines, and standards, and ap­ proved a National Conference to be held in 1997. Read the statements of the two candi­ d a te s fo r ACRL p r e s id e n t— M ich ael D. Kathman and Susan K. Martin—so that you can be an informed voter w hen your ballot arrives next month. Congratulations to William A. Moffett, ACRL’s newest Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. Mary Ellen K. Davis Editor & Publisher