ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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Highlights of the ACRL Board 
of Directors Meetings in San Francisco

The ACRL Board of Directors met twice 
during the Annual Conference in San Francis­
co, Monday, June 30, 1975, and Thursday, 
July 3, 1975.

College Library Standards Approved
The 1975 Standards for College Libraries 

were approved as policy and the 1959 Stan­
dards for College Libraries were rescinded. The 
board commended the revision committee, 
chaired by Johnnie Givens, Austin Peay State 
University, for its careful and thorough work.*

University Library Standards
The Board of Directors received with thanks 

the report of the Joint Committee on Universi­
ty Library Standards (Association of Research 
Libraries/Association of College and Research 
Libraries), chaired by Robert Downs. The com­
mittee was discharged and the executive secre­
tary was instructed to work out the plan with 
ARL to develop a statement of standards for 
university libraries based on the work of the 
Downs committee.

Collective Bargaining
Upon recommendation of the Committee on 

Academic Status, the board approved as policy 
“that academic librarians be included with their 
faculty colleagues in units for collective bar­
gaining. Such units should be guided by the 
Standards for Faculty Status and the Statement 
on Faculty Status of College and University Li­
brarians.”

Membership Survey
A survey of the membership of ACRL found 

71 percent of the members to be satisfied with 
the responses of ACRL to the issues and prob­
lems of librarians and libraries. Le Moyne W. 
Anderson, in his preliminary report to the 
board, said that over 50 percent of the mem­
bers considered standards, programs, welfare 
and status of librarians, and publications to be 
of great or moderate importance, the highest 
accord being given to ACRL publications. Over 
20 percent of the members read College & Re­
search Libraries from cover to cover and nearly

“ Editor’s note: The Standards for College 
Libraries will be published in the October issue 
of College i? Research Libraries News.

40 percent read every article in College & Re­
search Libraries News.

The purpose of the survey was to guide the 
Committee on Goals, Priorities, and Structures 
in developing recommendations for an ACRL 
organizational structure that can respond to the 
welfare of the profession and to the issues of 
library service in the changing environment of 
postsecondary education. The committee will 
make its final report and recommendations for 
action to the board at the 1976 conference, 
July 18-24, in Chicago.

ACRL Chapters
The board welcomed as new ACRL chapters 

the Academic Division of the Michigan Library 
Association; the Wisconsin Association of Aca­
demic Librarians, Wisconsin Library Associa­
tion; a group of academic librarians from east­
ern New York, designated the Eastern New 
York Chapter; a group of academic librarians 
from Oregon, designated the Oregon Chapter; 
and the College and University Libraries Sec­
tion of the Kansas Library Association.

Recognizing the importance of the chapter 
program to ACRL’s continuing development, 
the board had created at the Midwinter Meet­
ing a standing committee on chapters. Norman 
E. Tanis, past president of ACRL, will chair the 
committee.

Budget and Finance
Richard Olsen reported that as of June 20, 

1975, ACRL had 8,889 members: 6,787 person­
al members and 2,102 organizational members, 
and an anticipated revenue for fiscal 1975/76 
of $102,712.

The Board of Directors, upon recommenda­
tion of the Budget and Finance Committee, ap­
proved a budget ceiling of $97,709; staff sal­
aries and benefits: $56,912; College & Research 
Libraries (including the N ews): $26,722; gen­
eral operating expenses (including executive 
secretary travel): $8,250; committee and offi­
cers’ expenses: $5,825.

The board approved the recommendation of 
the committee that royalties received from the 
sale of Books for College Libraries be used for 
future revisions of BCL. The board requested 
that the Choice budget become a part of 
ACRL’s budget, and it voted that in the event 
of the adoption of a new organizational dues 
schedule for ALA, that Choice and College & 
Research Libraries be reimbursed in full for



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any subscriptions included as perquisites of or­
ganizational membership.

Branch Libraries and Access Policies
The Guidelines for Branch Libraries in Col­

leges and Universities were approved as policy.!
The Access Policy Guidelines, designed to 

assist academic libraries in codifying their pol­
icies with respect to access by persons other 
than their primary clientele, were adopted.!

College & Research Libraries and
College & Research Libraries News

The board expressed its thanks to Richard 
Johnson, Mary Frances Collins, and the C&RL 
Editorial Board for their excellent work: “The 
new format is refreshing and the quality of the 
material reflects their excellent judgment.”

The board also expressed its appreciation to 
Allan J. Dyson and Susana Hinojosa for their 
excellent contributions to ACRL through their 
devoted service to College & Research Librar­
ies News.

† Editor’s note: The Guidelines for Branch Li­
braries in Colleges and Universities and the 
Access Policy Guidelines will be published in 
the October issue of College & Research Li­
braries News.

Legislation
The board voted to support the extension of 

the Higher Education Act and to urge the Con­
gress of the U.S. to fund Title II programs to 
the full extent authorized by the law.

Upon recommendation of the ACRL Com­
mittee on Legislation, the board voted to sup­
port HR 2445, a bill sponsored by Representa­
tive James Hanley (D —N.Y.) which creates 
a federal subsidy for the U.S. Postal Service in 
order that public service activities such as re­
duced rate delivery of books and other library 
materials may be supported.

The board also supported HR 7735, a bill 
sponsored by Senator Thomas Eagleton (D — 
Mo.) which seeks to restore second class mail­
ing privileges to college bulletins, college cata­
logs, and loose-leaf publications.

Papers of Public Officials
The board, upon recommendation of the 

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, approved 
in principle the resolution that all records and 
documents produced by or on behalf of all fed­
eral officials in pursuit of the public business 
are and ought to be, by law, public property. 
The board asked that “federal officials” be clari­
fied and that the resolution be clear that it is 
not retroactive. ■ ■