ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries M a y 1984 / 243 BI lia iso n p ro ject u p d a te By Carolyn Kirkendall Project LOEX Eastern M ichigan University The latest news on papers presented, and a request for exhibit help in Dallas. .^L cadem ic librarians continue to p articipate on the program s of other professional associations in higher education and thereby assist in prom oting the academ ic lib rary ’s role in higher education. Last m onth, Janice C. Fennell, director of libraries at Georgia College, spoke at the m eeting of the Georgia Association of Historians on “Clio and the L ib rarian s.” James H art, instruction lib rarian at the University of C incinnati, presented the paper, “The L ib rary ’s Role in Fostering C om puter L iter­ a c y ,” at th e Boulder, C olorado, F ifth In te rn a ­ tional Conference on C ontem porary Issues in Aca­ demic and Research Libraries. At the 82d Annual M eeting of the Society of Pro­ fessors in E ducation, a panel of speakers addressed the issue, “Professors of E ducation and E ducation Librarians: Prospects for C ollaboration.” Charles T hurston, of the University of Texas at San Antonio L ibrary, m oderated the panel. The m eeting was held in San Antonio early this year. L ibrarians are rem inded th a t the University Sys­ tem of Georgia sponsors an annual Conference on the Im provem ent of Freshm an-Level Instruction at Valdosta State College. Inform ation about p re­ senting a paper at the 1985 m eeting can be ob­ tained by w riting to Projects and Sponsored Pro­ gram s, V ald o sta S tate C ollege, V ald o sta, GA 31698. Almost a year ago an article appeared in The Chronicle o f Higher Education (June 15, 1983) on “Views of Chief Academic Officers on Changes in the L earning'E n v iro n m en t.” As Steve M arquardt, director of libraries at the University of Wisconsin- E au C laire, has rem inded our Project, the catego­ ries listed in the “L earning E nvironm ent” do not include library services, yet they cover health ser­ vices and psychological counseling. In a letter to the Chronicle (July 20, 1983), M arq u ard t attests th a t the learning environm ent is indeed “shaped a n d in flu e n c e d m u c h m o re seriously a n d f r e ­ quently by the quality of library services.” Aca­ dem ic librarians m ust agree, and therefore need to m a k e them selves h e a rd if sim ila r surveys are planned and conducted by the academ ic officers on their ow n campuses. Problems of logistics and staffing have prevented our Project from using the ACRL BI Liaison ex­ hibits as comprehensively as we had hoped. Re­ cently, however, the exhibit has been displayed at the M ichigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters at a faculty colloquium on library services at Lans­ ing C om m unity College, in San Juan at an ACE- sponsored workshop on the future of libraries in Puerto Rico, at a presentation of the AAHE M arch m eeting in Chicago, and at the Georgia Associa­ tion of H istorians’ conference. Your help is needed. O ur newly-designed ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Liaison Project Exhibit will be on display at ALA Annual Conference in Dallas. C an you spare an hour betw een your con­ ference meetings to help staff the booth to distrib­ ute inform ation about the Project and about the in­ s tru c tio n a l services of a c a d e m ic lib ra rie s , to support the Liaison Project, and to let other librari- 244 / C & R L N e w s ans know about our purpose? If you are willing to help, send the following in­ form ation to me at the LOEX Clearinghouse, E ast­ ern M ichigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197: your nam e, institution, and address, and which portion of these tim e slots th a t you might be able to w ork—Saturday, June 23, 9:00 a .m .-5:00 p .m .; Sunday, June 24, 9:00 a .m .-5:00 p .m .; Monday, June 25, 9:00 a .m .-5:00 p.m .; and Tuesday, June 26, 9:00 a .m .-3:00 p.m . I will contact you before Conference w ith the schedule. ■ ■ ACRL program s in D a lla s This year’s conference programs feature the role of libraries in higher education, applications of new technology, and what to do with rare books. Milton Goldberg Julie Carrol Virgo ACRL President’s Program “Academic Libraries and the Learning Society” (Monday, June 25, 2:00-5:30 p.m .) will be the them e of the ACRL Program to be held in the Re­ gency Ballroom of the Fairm ont Hotel in Dallas. Keynote speakers will be Milton Goldberg, execu­ tive director of the National Commission on Excel­ lence in Education, and Julie Carroll Virgo, ACRL executive director. Dr. Goldberg will speak on the Commission’s April 1983 report, “A Nation at Risk: The Im perative for Educational R eform ,” the re­ sponse to the report from the educational com m u­ nity, and progress m ade since its p u b licatio n — through regional seminars, position papers, and the L ibraries and the L earning Society (LALS) project. Dr. Virgo, who is on the Advisory Board for the LALS project, will speak on the im plica­ tions of the report for academic libraries and her own perspective of the most positive future direc­ tions. Afterwards Richard M. Dougherty, author of the LALS position paper for academic libraries and director of libraries at the University of Michi­ gan, will describe his preparation of the position paper. The ACRL Reception, sponsored by the Baker and Taylor Com pany, will follow the President’s Program from 5:30-6:30 p.m . in the International Ballroom of the Fairm ont Hotel. Activities will in­ clude the presentation of Baker & Taylor’s Aca- demic/Research L ibrarian of the Year Award. Anthropology and Sociology Section “Collection M anagement: Focus on the Social Sciences” (Sunday, June 24, 9:30-11:00 a.m .) will begin w ith two presentations: 1) “Collection M an­ agement Issues Facing Academic L ibraries,” by Jeffrey G ardner, Office of M anagem ent Studies, ARL; and 2) “The Social Science Bibliographer as D etective,” by Beth Shapiro, assistant director of reader services, Michigan State University. The presentations will be followed by questions from the audience and a brief membership meeting.