ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


Ford Grants $6 Million 
to Continue CLR Programs

The Council on Library Resources in Wash­
ington, D.C. has received a three-year $6 mil­
lion grant from the Ford Foundation, which 
will enable the council to continue its programs 
while broadening its base of financial support.

In announcing the grant, which brings to 
$29 million foundation assistance to the coun­
cil since 1956, McGeorge Bundy, president of 
the foundation, said:

“Despite the indispensable services that li­
braries provide, especially to scholars, there is 
little understanding of the public policy ques­
ions involved in the problems libraries face in 
handling the influx of new materials, preserv­

Task Force on Women 
Job Roster

The American Library Association/So­
cial Responsibilities Round Table/Task 
Force on the Status of Women roster and 
résumé screening service has been dis­
continued as of June 15, 1974 in favor 
of a new format. Beginning July 1, TFW  
Bulletin Board, a listing of library ad­
ministrative management and specialist 
positions, is available by subscription to 
individual women only for $3.00 for six 
months ( twelve issues) through the Task 
Force coordinator. Checks may be made 
payable to the Task Force on Women 
Job Roster. The new format is designed 
to get listings of above-beginning-level, 
affirmative-action-oriented positions di­
rectly to interested women.

Employers are encouraged to submit 
position openings for listing at no charge. 
As an affirmative action listing, it should 
include the following information: insti­
tution name and address; job title and/ 
or classification; qualifications; responsi­
bilities; salary range (please try to be 
specific); filing deadline and opening 
date; name, address, and phone number 
of contact person.

For further information, subscriptions, 
and listings, contact the current roster co­
ordinator: Liz Dickinson, Technical Ser­
vices Division, Hennepin County Li­
brary, 7001 York Ave. South, Edina, MN 
55435.

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ing existing collections, and ensuring informa­
tion services to the public. The Council on Li­
brary Resources has played a central leadership 
role in developing and testing solutions to these 
problems and in improving relations between 
American and foreign libraries and archives. Up 
to now the council has depended on the Foun­
dation for the bulk of its support. This grant 
marks a new chapter in our eighteen-year rela­
tionship. Hereafter the council will increase its 
efforts to seek financial assistance in support of 
its programs from a variety of sources, in­
cluding other foundations. At the same time 
it will augment its attempts to heighten aware­
ness among institutions and individuals of the 
need for a more supportive public policy to­
ward libraries in general and research libraries 
in particular. As these new efforts get under 
way it is essential that the council’s programs 
on behalf of libraries be carried on. The Foun­
dation’s grant is intended to ensure that they 
are.”

Among the council’s accomplishments has 
been the initiation and support of machine- 
readable cataloging (MARC), which has set 
the stage for regional and national automated 
services to libraries of all kinds. MARC has 
helped libraries more toward greater standard­
ization of bibliographic data, an essential ele­
ment in creating national library services and 
in the transfer of cataloging information among 
nations. It also makes possible cooperative ef­
forts to build national and international data 
bases at reasonable cost.

The council is presently supporting a con­
solidated serials (CONSER) program designed 
to produce a machine-readable file of records 
of all journals and periodicals held by libraries 
in the United States and Canada. A related goal 
is Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), a 
worldwide system for the exchange of stan­
dardized bibliographic information on all publi­
cations issued in all countries. The council’s fi­
nancial support of the International Federation 
of Library Associations has helped create the 
climate for UBC, and a recent grant is support­
ing the long-range planning and action pro­
grams that such an integrated communications 
system requires.

Other council programs include mid-career 
fellowships and internships for librarians, ef­
forts to broaden the role of undergraduate li­
braries, and the conservation and preservation 
of collections.

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