ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 5 9 2 / C&RL News ACRL wants you! ACRL seeks v o lu n te e rs f o r sections, c o m m itte e s, a n d e d ito ria l b o a rd s A re you interested in contributing to ACRL? There are opportunities for your involve­ ment in ACRL sections, standing commit and editorial boards. ACRL needs your sup­ port to act best on the interests of its members. ACRL depends on members to volunteer for and serve on committees to accomplish its goals and objectives. With over 43 standing commit­ tees and 165 section committees there are lots of opportunities for serving ACRL. This article gives you a brief description of how the ACRL appointment process works. Appointments: The process Appointments are made at both the section and division levels. The ACRL president is respon­ sible for the committee appointments at the division level for the year he or she serves as president. Likewise, section chairs are respon­ sible for committee appointments in their re­ spective sections the year they serve as chair. Committee slates are usually completed shortly after the Midwinter Meeting during the year in which the individual serves as president-elect or chair-elect. The ACRL Appointments & Nomi­ nations Committee assists the president-elect in this process in an advisory capacity. Factors influencing appointm ent Although the emphasis in the appointment may vary from year to year according to the pre­ rogatives of the president and section chairs, the same factors are considered. They include: • e v i d e n c e o f p o t e n t i a l c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r ’s in terest. Have you attended the meetings and introduced yourself to the chair? Do you have previous experience that relates to the work of the committee? Have you indi­ cated your interest on the application? • d e m o g r a p h ic s a n d c o m p o s it i o n o f c o m m itte e . When making appointments an effort is made to keep the membership o f a committee balanced with respect to type of li­ brary (community college, college, or univer­ sity), geographic representation, ethnic diver­ sity, and gender. In addition, some committees have special requirements. For example, one member of the Professional Education Com­ temesit, tee must be a library educator; the Member­ ship and Legislative Committees have strict re­ gional representation requirements. • 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 com m ittee chair. Current committee chairs are asked to suggest potential members. Although all of these factors are considered, the final appoint­ ment is the prerogative of the ACRL president-elect and the section chair-elects. H o w to a p p ly 1. S elect th e c o m m itte e s th at in terest you . The ALA H andbook o f Organization lists all o f ACRL’s committees and their charges. (ALA members may obtain a free copy of the hand­ book by calling 1 (800) 545-2433, ext. 4287.) Attend the committee’s meetings at the Mid­ winter Meeting and Annual Conference to help you decide if those are the activities that inter­ est you. 2. In trod u ce y o u r se lf. Talk with committee members. Express your interest to the commit­ tee chair. Explain how you might contribute to the work of the committee. 3. S u b m it a v o lu n t e e r form . Complete the volunteer form that is printed each year in a fall issue of C&RL News. Be sure to cover all of the items asked for in background informa­ tion. If you have attended committee m eet­ ings or programs, m ention that. Fill out one form for ACRL division committees and a dif­ ferent form for each ACRL section you w ant to volunteer for. Send the division volunteer form to Pam Snelson at the address on the bottom of the volunteer form; send the section vol­ unteer forms to the appropriate section chair- elects at the addresses given elsew here in this article. 4. V olu n teer a g a in . . . a n d again. If you are Ed. note: The ideas in this article a re based o n th e w o rk o f th e 1 9 9 1 - 9 2 A p p o in tm e n ts & N o m in a tio n s C om m ittee c h a ir e d by M a rio n R e id a n d o n th e article by P a t Rom, C&RL N ew s, O ctober 1990, p p . 8 8 5 -8 6 . O ctober 1 9 9 2 / 5 9 3 not successful in being appointed one year, volunteer again the next year … and the next. Remember that a multitude of factors—the num­ ber o f ap p o in tm en ts m ade, the n u m b er of volunteers for each committee, the n um ber of volunteers from your type o f library or your g eographic area— d eterm ine th e actual a p ­ pointm ent, and these factors change from year to year. C om m only asked questions 1. W h a t is t h e r o le o f a n in t e r n o n a c o m m it t e e a n d s h o u l d I s a y th a t I a m w i l l ­ in g t o b e o n e ? Internships w ere created to ex p an d the opportunities for participation in ACRL. The only difference betw een an intern and a regular appointm ent is the term o f ser­ vice. Interns may only serve for o n e year. 2. I f I a m a p p o in t e d as a n in t e r n w ill I a u to m a tic a lly b e a p p o in t e d to t h e c o m m it­ tee? Not necessarily. The p u rp o se o f the in­ ternship is to expose m em bers to the w ork of ACRL. Serving as an intern can be a positive learning ex perience that can be applied to o th er w ork o f the organization. Appointments are still the prerogative of the president-elect or section chair-elects and reappointm ent is not automatic. 3. W h at a re m y c h a n c e s o f b e in g r e a p ­ p o in te d o n c e I a m se r v in g o n a com m ittee? It varies. Committees n eed both continuity and new ideas and energy. Some president-elects opt for very few reappointm ents because of a desire for w ider participation and greater di­ versity. Sometimes there is a n eed for specific projects to be finished and continuity is impor­ tant. 4 . S h o u ld I g iv e u p i f I a m n o t a p p o in t e d th e fir st tim e I su b m it a v o lu n t e e r form ? Ab­ solutely not. Remember there are often more people willing to serve than there are places. Keep submitting your forms. A high percent­ age of m em bers w ho subm it forms are ap ­ pointed to a committee. ACRL section appointm ents ACRL has 16 sections (their nam es are listed below). You will find a description of their ar­ eas of responsibility in the ALA H andbook o f Organization, 1992-93- The chair-elect of a section appoints the chair and members o f all section committees. Most of these appointm ents are m ade in the spring for terms beginning immediately after the ALA Annual Conference. If you w ould like to be considered for appointm ent as chair or mem­ b er o f a section committee, fill out the ACRL Committee Volunteer Form and mail it to the chair-elect o f the appropriate section listed b e­ low before December 15, 1992. A fr o -A m e r ic a n S tu d ies L ib rarian S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: William C. Welburn, Di- versity/Special Services Librarian, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, LA 52242. A n th 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: Kathryn L. Creely, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093- 0175. Arts S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Madeleine Nichols, Curator, Dance Collection, The New York Public Library, 455 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016. A sia n a n d A frica n S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair- Elect: Katharine K. Elsässer, Regional & Coop­ erative Cataloging Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540. B ib liograp h ic In stru ctio n S ection . Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Lori L. Arp, University of Colorado, Norlin Library, Campus Box 184, Boulder, CO 80309-0184. C o lle g e L ib raries S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair- Elect: Barbara J. Brown, 110 Rebel Ridge Road, Lexington, VA 24450. C o m m u n ity a n d J u n io r C ollege Libraries Sec­ tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Margaret Holleman, Director of Library Services, Pima Community College, West Campus LRC, 2202 W. Anklam Rd., Tucson, AZ 85709. E d u ca tio n a n d B e h a v io r a l S c ie n c e s S e c tio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Judith Segal, Director, Hollins College, Fishburn Library, Roanoke, VA 24020. E x te n d e d C am p u s Library S erv ice s S ectio n . Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Lynn B. LaBrake, As­ sociate Director, University of Central Florida Library, P.O. Box 25000, Orlando, FL 32816- 0666. Law a n d P o litica l S cien ce S ectio n . Vice-Chair/ C h a ir-E le c t: C h a rle s D. S p o rn ic k , 862 Brandlwood Way, Lilburn, GA 30247-4865. 5 9 4 / C&RL News Rare B o o k s a n d M an u scrip ts S ection . Vice- Chair/Chair-Elect: Jackie Dooley, Head of Col­ lections Cataloging, Getty Center for the His­ tory of Art, Humanities Library, 401 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90401-1455. S cien ce an d T e c h n o lo g y S ection . Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Janet Fore, Science Reference Li­ brarian, University o f Arizona Library, Tuc­ son, AZ 85721. Slavic a n d East E uropean Section . Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Leena Siegelbaum, Librarian, Michi­ gan State University Libraries, East Lansing, MI 48824-1048. U n iversity Libraries Section. Vice-Chair/Chair- Elect: Noreen Alldredge, Dean, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-0332. W estern E u rop ean S p ecialist S ection . Vice- Chair/Chair-Elect: James Henry Spohrer, Librar­ ian for Germanic Collections, University of Cali­ fornia, University Library, Berkeley, CA 94720. W o m e n ’s S tu d ies S ectio n . Vice-Chair/Chair- Elect: Betty J. Glass, Instructional Services Li­ brarian, University of Nevada, Noble H. Getchell Library, Reno, NV 89557. ACRL committee appointments ACRL has about 30 standing committees to which appointments may be made. These in­ clude: Academic Library Statistics, Academic Sta­ tus, ACRL Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award, Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award, Audiovisual, Budget and Finance, Con­ stitution and Bylaws, Copyright, Doctoral Dis­ sertation Fellowship, Government Relations, In­ te r n a tio n a l R e la tio n s, S am uel L azero w Fellowship for Research in Acquisitions or Tech­ nical Services, Membership, MLA Bibliography Scope and Overlap, Orientation, Planning, Pro­ fessional Education, Professional Liaison, Pub­ lications, Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Research, K. G. Saur Award for Best College a n d Research Libraries Article, and Standards and Accredita­ tion. You will find the committees listed with a description of their charges in the ALA H and­ book o f Organization. Appointments to ACRL standing commit­ tees are made in the spring for terms begin­ ning immediately after the ALA Annual Con­ ference. The Appointments and Nominations Committee recommends to the president-elect of ACRL the nam es of members w ho might fill the vacancies. The president-elect makes the final appointments. If you are interested in being considered for an appointm ent to an ACRL committee, you should complete the ACRL Committee Volunteer Form included in this issue of C&RL News and mail it to Pam Snelson, Assistant Director, Drew University Library, Madison, NJ 07940; (201) 408-3635; fax: (201) 408-3770; internet:Psnelson@Drew .d rew .ed u . Editorial boards ACRL has six editorial boards: • the Choice Editorial Board; • the College & Research Libraries Editorial Board; • the College & Research Libraries News Edi­ torial Board; • the New Publications Editorial Board; • the Publications in Librarianship Editorial Board; • the Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarian- ship Editorial Board. Appointments to editorial boards are made during the spring for terms that begin imme­ diately after the ALA Annual Conference. The editors recom m end the nam e of a person to fill the vacancy. The Publications Committee must approve the recommendation, and the president of ACRL makes the appointment. If you would like to be considered for ap­ pointment to an editorial board, contact the editor of the editorial board. Choice Editor: Patricia Sabosik, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. College & Research LibrariesEditor. Gloriana St. Clair, Assistant Dean and Head of Informa­ tion Access Services, E5O6 Pattee Library, Penn­ sylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. College & Research Libraries News Editor: Mary Ellen Davis, C&RL News, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Hu­ ron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795. New Publications Editor: Mary Taylor, ACRL/ ALA, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 6O6ll- 2795. P u b lic a tio n s in L ib r a r ia n s h ip E ditor: Jonathan A. Lindsey, Director of Corporate and Foundation Development, Baylor University, B.U. Box 7026, Waco, TX 76798-7026. Rare Books & Manuscripts LibrarianshipEdi- tor: Alice D. Schreyer, Curator of Special Col­ lections, The University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637. ■ drew.edu O ctober 1 9 9 2 / 5 9 5 ACRL VOLUNTEER FORM ACRL w ould like you to participate in its activities. To volunteer, please complete the form and return it to the appropriate individual. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: On a separate single sheet o f paper briefly summarize your background and activities in the following areas: • ALA professional activities; • ACRL professional activities; • state and regional offices held and committee appointments; • educational background an d /o r other professional experience that will assist the committee in the appointm ent process; • publications; • express your professional concerns and the contribution that you can make toward strengthening ACRL; • list any other professional organizations to w hich you belong. Please indicate those organizations (if any) for w hich you w ould be willing to serve as the ACRL liaison. Note: M e m b e r s h ip in ALA a n d ACRL i s r e q u i r e d . A tte n d a n c e a t M i d w i n t e r M e e tin g a n d A n n u a l C o n fe r e n c e i s r e q u i r e d . RETURN THIS FORM TO: (Use duplicate forms if you are interested in both a standing committee and a section appointm ent.) ACRL S e c tio n C o m m itte e s: If you w ould like to serve on a section committee, send this form to the appropriate vice-chair/chair-elect b e f o r e D e c e m b e r 15, 1992. You must be a m em ber of the section to be considered for appointment. S ta n d in g C o m m itte e s: If you are interested in serving o n one of the standing committees, com plete this form and return it to: Pam Snelson, Assistant Director, Drew University Library, Madison, NJ 07940; (201) 408-3635; fax: (201) 408-3770; internet: Psnelson@ D rew .drew .edu. Forms m ust be returned by D e c e m b e r 15, 1 9 9 2 , for you to be consid­ ered for appointment. 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