ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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C om m ittee, th e  board approved th e  expenditure 
of $2,000 to su p p o rt travel expenses for ACRL 
officers to particip ate in m eetings sponsored by 
ACRL chapters.

ACRL Discussion G roups

The board w elcom ed as new  discussion groups 
of ACRL the Librarians o f Library Science Col­
lectio n s D isc u ssio n  G ro u p  a n d  th e  P e rso n n e l 
Officers of Research L ibraries Discussion Group.

Goals, P rio rities, a n d  S tru c tu res

The final re p o rt o f the ACRL S ubcom m ittee on 
Goals, Priorities, and Structures was accepted by 
the board and refe rred  to th e  Planning C om m it­
tee for a stu d y  o f th e  im plications o f th e  sub­
com m ittee’s recom m endations. In dism issing the 
subcom m ittee, th e  board unanim ously noted its 
great ap p reciatio n  for th e  su b c o m m ittee’s work 
during th e past four years.

Award Proposals

The board approved in principle two proposals, 
one from th e  C om m ittee on Academic Status and 
one from th e  Bibliographic In stru c tio n  Section 
C ontinuing Education C om m ittee, to be subm it­
ted  for fu n d in g  from th e  J. M o rris Jo n e s and 
Bailey K. H o w a rd -W o rld  Book E n c y c lo p e d ia - 
ALA G oal A w ards. T h e  b o a rd  a u th o riz e d  th e  
executive secretary to d eterm in e th e suitability of 
subm itting th e  final proposals.

Research on C h a racteristics of 
Academic L ib rarian s

The board of directors encouraged R obert D. 
Swisher, on th e  faculty of the U niversity o f Iowa,

to u n d e rta k e  a follow -up stu d y  to his 1975 In ­
diana U n iv ersity  doctoral d isse rta tio n , “ P rofes­
sional C om m unication Behavior o f Academic Li­
brarians H old in g  M e m b ersh ip  in th e  American 
L ibrary A ssociation,” in o rd e r to p ro v id e com ­
p a r a tiv e  in fo rm a tio n  a b o u t p a s t a n d  p r e s e n t 
characteristics of academ ic librarians.

Choice

T he new  e d ito r o f C hoice, Louis A. Sasso, was 
in tro d u c e d  b y  P re s id e n t E ld re d  R. Sm ith and 
was e n th u s ia s tic a lly  w e lc o m e d  by th e  A C R L 
board. T he board unanim ously acknowledged its 
g ra te fu l a p p r e c ia tio n  to th e  m e m b e rs  o f th e  
Choice staff  for exem plary p erform ance d u rin g  
the period th e office was w ithout an e d ito r and 
accorded special com m endation to th e  associate 
editor, Louise F. Lockwood.

ACRL B udget

T he board approved th e  recom m endations of 
th e  C o m m itte e  on B u d g e t a n d  F in a n c e  th a t 
ACRL spend up to $10,000 o f its c u rre n t funds 
o v e r th e  nex t tw o y e a rs to p ro v id e  for w ord- 
processing e q u ip m e n t for th e  ACRL office and 
th at ACR L sp e n d  u p  to $2,000 o f its c u rre n t 
funds for a p h o to co p y  m ach in e for th e  ACRL 
office.

ACRL Staff

President E ld red  R. Sm ith announced th e  res­
ignation, effective February 28, 1978, of Lynn C. 
D e n n iso n , ACR L p ro g ra m  officer. T h e b o ard  
unanim ously expressed its g ratitude and apprecia­
tion for h e r service to ACRL du rin g  th e past five 
years. ■■

A C RL 1978 National Conference 
New Horizons for Academic Libraries

A re c e p tio n  at th e  B oston M useum  o f F in e 
A rts, on F rid a y  e v e n in g , N o v e m b e r  10, is 
planned as th e social ev en t on th e  last evening of 
the ACRL 1978 C onference in Boston, N ovem ber 
8 -1 1 , 1978. A re c e p tio n , sp o n s o re d  by G. K. 
Hall, Inc., will com e almost at th e  end o f a very 
full and fruitful m eeting, w hich is shaping up to 
be a major event of th e  1970s. U nencum bered by 
com m ittee m eetings, th e  conference will include 
both invited and c o n trib u te d  papers on all m ajor 
issues facing academ ic and research librarians in 
th e com ing decades. T h e re  will also b e am ple 
tim e for discussion, seeing th e  exhibits, and visit­
ing th e area libraries.

C onference and hotel registration inform ation 
will be mailed in early sum m er, b u t please re ­
serve these d ates now!

F or fu rth er information, please contact Julie A. 
Carroll Virgo, execu tiv e se c re ta ry  of ACRL, at

ALA h ead q u arters o r G eorge Parks, conference 
chair, at th e  U niversity of R hode Island. ■■

M useum o f  Fine A rts, Boston.