ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


130 /  C&RL News

reviews the recom m endations of th e Lacy C om ­
mission, annotates them  briefly to express th e in ter­
ests of academ ic libraries, and provides suggestions 
for revisions in the text w here appropriate.

Model Statement
T he Board approved th e ACRL “Model State­

m ent of C rite ria and Procedures for A ppointm ent, 
Prom otion in Academic R ank, an d  T enure for Col­
lege an d  University L ib ra ria n s,” as revised by the 
ACRL Standards and A ccreditation C om m ittee, 
and th a t th e previous version be rescinded. The re­
vised Model Statem ent will ap p ear in a fu tu re issue 
of C &R L  N ew s.

National conference
T he Board approved th e selection of Phoenix, 

Arizona, as th e site for th e April 1-4, 1992, ACRL 
N ational Conference.

Output measures
T he Board authorized th e ACRL Executive D i­

rector to co n tract w ith  a specialist at a cost of no 
m ore th a n  $5,000 to w ork w ith  th e Ad Hoc C om ­
m ittee on Perform ance Measures to define clearly 
as m any as tw elve perform ance measures for aca­
dem ic libraries th a t could be developed into a w rit-

Recruitment open for editor of
ACRL P ublications in L ibrarian sh ip

A C R L’s m onographic series, A C R L  Publica­
tions in Librarianship, will require a new  edi­
tor to serve on a volunteer basis w h en  A rthur 
Young com pletes his term  of service. T he in ­
com ing editor will serve as associate editor from  
Septem ber 1987 to June 1988 and w ill assume 
full editorship for a 5-year period in July 1988.

B esides A C R L  m e m b e rs h ip , c a n d id a te s  
should have a background of service in aca­
dem ic or research librarianship; experience in 
research, editing, and bibliographical activi­
ties; a concern w ith  publication as a m eans of 
professional com m unication; an d  an ability to 
a n a ly z e  m a n u s c rip ts  fo r c o n te n t, re s e a rc h  
m ethods, form , structure, or style.

T ogether w ith  th e four- to six-m em ber edito­
rial b o ard , th e editor is charged w ith encourag­
ing research and w ritin g  th a t m ay be a p p ro p ri­
ate for the m onographic series, soliciting topics 
an d  suggesting them  to a p p ro p riate authors, 
an d  editing and refereeing m anuscripts.

Persons w ishing to be considered for the five- 
year term  as editor should com m unicate their 
interest, accom panied by a statem ent of q u ali­
fications and nam es of references, b y  M ay 1, 
1987, to: C harles B. Low ry, D irector of L i­
braries, P .O . Box 19497, University of Texas, 
A rlington, TX 76019.

ten m anual. T he specific measures m ight be used as 
th e  basis for an RFP to p o te n tia l au th o rs. T he 
B oard also requested th a t th e Ad Hoc C om m ittee 
rep o rt to th e B oard at A nnual Conference in San 
Francisco, and th a t the issuing of a co n tract be d e­
p en d en t upon a review  by th e Budget an d  F inance 
C om m ittee an d  th e Board.

Paper reduction
T he Board passed a proposal th a t th e Executive 

D irector look into the feasibility of reducing cer­
tain  m ailings to section chairs and rep o rt to the 
B oard at A nnual Conference in San Francisco.

Professional ethics
T he B oard approved th e “Standards for E thical 

C onduct for R are Book, M anuscript, an d  Special 
Collections L ib raries,” developed by a C om m ittee 
of th e R are Books an d  M anuscripts Section. These 
standards are published in this issue on p p. 134-35.

Professional Association 
Liaison Committee

T he Board accepted the recom m endation of the 
P lan n in g  C o m m ittee th a t th e  follow ing task be 
added to th e Professional Liaison Association C om ­
m ittee charge: to coordinate th e w ork of ACRL 
representatives to other organizations.

Section newsletter policy
T he B oard ap p ro v ed  a revised version of th e 

ACRL Policy on Section Newsletters an d  directed 
ACRL staff to send th e revised policy to the sections 
for com m ent. T he B oard w ill review th e com m ents 
on the policy at A nnual C onference in San F ra n ­
cisco. T he revised policy appears on pp. 138-39 of 
this issue.

Washington State University 
computing services project

T he Board voted to send a letter confirm ing the 
im portance of a study being conducted at WSU on 
th e  o rg an iz atio n  an d  in te g ra tio n  of lib ra ry  and 
com puting services in th e research university.

Women’s Studies Section
T he Board approved th e Bylaws of th e W om en’s 

Studies Section, w hich ap p ear on pp. 137-38 of this 
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