ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries February 1986 / 123 i f C&RL News g u id elin es fo r su b m ission o f articles or co lu m n s A statement of purpose and content for College & Research Libraries News. P urpose of CirRL News College ô- Research Libraries News is the official news m agazine of the Association of College & Re­ search Libraries, a division of the American L i­ brary Association. Its purpose is to record signifi­ cant activities of ACRL and to report news about academ ic and research libraries. As the official ACRL news m agazine, C & RL News m aintains a record of selected actions and policy statem ents of the Association and publishes timely reports on the activities of ACRL and its sections, committees, discussion groups, councils, task forces, and chap­ ters. As a vehicle for com m unication am ong college and research libraries, C & RL N ew s reports news items pertinent to academ ic and research librari- anship, including inform ation on bibliographic in­ struction, continuing education, appointm ents, acq u isitio n of special collections, g ran ts to li­ braries, new technology, and publications (brief notices). The editor bears responsibility for the contents of each issue of C& RL News. M aterials selected by the editor m ust be new sw orthy, tim ely, and of practical value to people in the field. The editor has authority to decide w hat m aterial is appropriate for publication, based on the following guidelines. The editor also reserves the right to make ap p ro p ri­ ate revisions in m aterial selected for publication in order to standardize style or im prove clarity (ex­ cept official ACRL docum ents, president’s letters, and similar m aterial). Form al, theoretical, or research-oriented a rti­ cles in a p p ro p ria te for C & R L N ew s will be fo r­ w arded to the editor of College & Research L i­ braries for review. I. Length Articles and columns should be no more than 3,000 words and no less th an 500 words. IL Style C & RL News style is inform al, but inform ative and accurate. III. C ontent M aterials selected should fall into one of the fol­ lowing categories: a. Reports on a project, program , or research un ­ derw ay or recently com pleted dealing w ith a topic rele v an t to academ ic lib ra ria n sh ip . Footnotes should be m inim al and charts or tables avoided. These reports may be prelim inary descriptions of program s or research to be published form ally at a later date in library literature (e.g., “Involving Classroom F acu lty in the Reference F u n c tio n ,” F ebruary 1986). b. Reports on a recent conference or workshop of interest to academ ic or research librarians (e.g., “Tow ards a D igital W o rld ,” O ctober 1985). c. Reasoned and inform ed speculation or com ­ m ent on a relevant topic, especially if solicited by the editor or an official ACRL group (e.g ., “Biblio­ graphic Instruction for Study Abroad Program s,” ovember 1985). d. State-of-the-art reports on a relevant topic (e.g., “T he Scholar’s W o rk statio n ,” Novem ber 1985). e. Standards, guidelines, or recom m endations of n ACRL com m ittee or other official ACRL group e.g., “D raft Guidelines for Publishers of C onfer­ nce Proceedings,” February 1986). N a ( e February 1986 / 125 IV. M anuscript A uthors sho u ld su b m it tw o copies, d o u b le ­ spaced, following either the Chicago M anual of Style or T urabian. The preferred typew riter elements are: Courier 10, Prestige Elite 12, or L etter Gothic 12. H yphenated w ord breaks should be avoided. V. Requests for Donations CC-RL N ews may occasionally p rin t requests for the donation of books or m aterials to libraries, es­ pecially foreign libraries, which have suffered ex­ tensive loss through fire, hurricane, or other n a tu ­ ral disaster. O ther libraries soliciting contributions for other reasons will be referred to the rates for classified advertising in C & RL News. Editor's Note: These guidelines were adopted by the C&RL News Editorial Board at the Denver M idw inter M eeting on January 25, 1982. M ■ In volving cla ssro o m fa cu lty in the r e fe r e n c e fu n ctio n B y B o n n ie G ratch Head/Coordinator o f Reference Service Bowling Green State University English instructors answer questions at a special Research aper Assistance Desk.P S i m i l a r to m any m edium or large academ ic li- braries, at Bowling Green State University in Ohio we have a course-integrated, research paper skills instructional com ponent in the required English 112 class. Since over 3,000 freshmen enroll in this course during Spring semesters, we have developed a packet of w ritten m aterials w ith a self-guided tour, corrected by library support staff, and re­ search strategy exercises, corrected by classroom instructors, to completely replace library faculty class presentations. However, observations at the reference desk and a desire to prom ote increased librarian-student interaction were responsible for a plan to involve ENG 112 instructors and library faculty in a more direct way. A lthough the lib rary research p ap er strategy m aterials were a help to students, m any students still required assistance at the reference desk in re­ searching their paper topics. The volume of ques­ tions generated by these students was straining the limits of the reference staff, even w ith our norm al double staffing at peak times. In order to give the freshmen im proved service and lighten the load at the reference desk, a separate service location was created. A small table and chair were placed in the m ain entrance area across from the reference desk. A sign identified the table location as “ENG 112 Re­ search Paper Assistance” and it listed the hours of staffing. In addition to two library faculty, we re­ cruited tw o ENG 112 instructors to provide refer­ ence assistance six hours a day, five days a week over a five-week period. Reference desk statistics from p rio r semesters assisted us in selecting the