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ACRL Chapters
•  A g ro u p  o f ap p ro x im ately  fifty p e rso n s as­

s e m b le d  o n  F r id a y , A p ril 2 8 , 1978, a t O ld  
D om inion U niversity, Norfolk, V irginia, for th e  
first official m ee tin g  o f th e  V IR G IN IA  CH APTER  
O F ACRL. T he c h a p te r was ex trem ely  fortunate 
to have h ad  for its first program  an ad d ress by 
R ichard D. Jo hnson, e d ito r o f C ollege a n d  R e­
search L ib ra ries‚ who spoke on “T h e  S print into 
Print: H igh an d  Low H u rd les in L ibrary Publish­
in g .”

Prior to th e  program , a b rie f business m eetin g  
was h eld. After an ex ten d ed  discussion, th e  group 
w en t on reco rd  as w ishing to investigate th e  pos­
sibility o f affiliation w ith th e  C ollege and U niver­
sity Section o f th e  Virginia L ib rary  Association. 
Ruby Y. W e in b re c h t, acting chairm an, nam ed a 
co m m ittee com posed o f M arjorie D en n in , N o rth ­
e rn  V irginia C om m unity C ollege; John V eenstra, 
G e o rg e  M ason U niversity; a n d  S heila M cG arr, 
M ary W ashington C ollege, to aid h e r in p re p a r­
ing a proposal to p re se n t to th e  C ollege and U ni­
v e r s ity  S e c tio n  a t t h e  a n n u a l m e e t i n g  in 
W illiam sburg next N ovem ber. T h e organizational 
stru c tu re  o f th e  c h a p te r will b e  d elay ed  until the 
q u e s tio n  o f  affiliation has b e e n  w o rk ed  o u t.—  
R u b y  Y. W e i n b r e c h t , C h a i r p e r s o n , V ir g in ia  
Chapter.

•  T h e T e x a s  C h a p t e r  o f  ACRL is th e  C ol­
lege a n d  U n iv e rs ity  L ib ra rie s D iv isio n  o f  th e  
Texas L ibrary Association, ch aired  in 1977-78 by 
Ire n e  B. H oadley, Texas A&M U niversity.

T he range o f activities u n d e rta k e n  by th e  c h ap ­
te r  was q u ite  broad. Many accom plishm ents w ere 
achieved by com m ittees. F o u r sta n d in g  com m it­
te e s (C o o p eratio n , E d u c a tio n , In fo rm atio n  D is­
sem ination, Research) and two a d  hoc com m ittees 
( M e m b e r s h ip , P u b lic  R e la tio n s  P o licy ) w e re  
form ed.

A w o rk s h o p  on “ E ffe c ts o f  A u to m a tio n  on 
T echnical S e rv ic e s,” h eld  May 20, 1977, u n d e r 
th e jo in t sponsorship of TLA ’s A cquisitions Round 
T a b le  a n d  R e g io n a l G ro u p  o f  C a ta lo g e rs  a n d  
Classifiers a ttra c te d  nin ety -n in e p erso n s. A w ork­
shop on “ In te g ra tin g  O nline R e feren ce Services 
in L ib ra rie s,” cosponsored by th e  TLA R eference 
R ound T a b le , was h e ld  M ay 19, 1978, a t th e  
U n iv ersity  o f Texas a t A ustin. T h e  c h a p te r will 
cosponsor a w orkshop on A A C R  in 1979.

D u rin g  1977-78 th e  c h a p te r m ad e one research

H elp W anted
A. L. K e m p e , h e a d  lib ra ria n , Je ru s a le m  

C o lle g e  o f  T e c h n o lo g y , P .O .B . 16031, 
Jerusalem , Israel, would like h e lp  in locating 
audiovisual m ate ria l re la tin g  to a u th o r/title / 
U D C  (or D ewey) cataloging system s.

g rant o f $750 to R ichard Day o f th e  U niversity of 
Texas H ealth  Sciences C e n te r in San Antonio Li­
brary for a p ro ject e n title d  “ M easuring D uplica­
tio n  o f  M o n o g ra p h  A c q u is itio n  in F o u r  T exas 
Medical School L ib ra rie s.” A draft “ Model E d u ­
cational In fo rm atio n  Policy for Texas A cadem ic 
L ib ra rie s/L e a rn in g  R e so u rce C e n te rs ” was p r e ­
p a re d  by th e  Ad H oc C o m m ittee on Public Rela­
tio n s P o licy  a n d  w ill b e  m a d e  final follow ing 
m em b e rsh ip  input.

T h e 1978 m e m b e rs h ip  m e e tin g , on A pril 6, 
1978, in F o rt W orth, featu red  Julie Virgo, ACRL 
executive secretary, speaking on “T h e  Relevancy 
o f  P ro fe ssio n a l A ssociations in L ib r a r ia n s h ip .” 
Form s to survey m em b ers on legislative concerns 
of Texas academ ic librarians w e re  d istrib u te d  at 
th e  m e e t i n g  b y  t h e  E d u c a tio n  C o m m itte e . 
Officers e le c te d  for 1978-79 are G ary L. M enges, 
G en eral L ib raries, th e  U niversity o f Texas at Aus­
tin , ch a irp e rso n ; G e n e  G ibson, A ustin C ollege, 
v ic e - c h a ir p e rs o n ; a n d  R o b e rta  C a s e lla , T exas 
T ech  U n iv e rsity , s e c re ta ry - tre a s u r e r.—G a ry L. 
Menges.

•  A b o u t fo rty -fiv e Iow a a c a d e m ic  lib ra ria n s 
g a th e re d  at C oe C ollege on April 28 to consider 
th e  v irtu e s o f m anagem ent by o b jectiv es (MBO). 
T he M BO w orkshop, sponsored by th e  C O LLE G E 
a n d  U n i v e r s i t y  L i b r a r i a n s  S e c t i o n  
(A C R L  C H A PTE R ) of th e  Iowa L ib rary  Associa­
tion, fea tu re d  Bob Foley, executive d ire c to r for 
staff and learn in g  resources d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e 
C e d a r Rapids C om m unity Schools. T h e planning 
c o m m itte e  co n sisted  o f L au ra B rau lt (Coe C o l­
lege), D a v e  M artin (U n iv ersity  o f Iowa), Steve 
Pandolfo (G rinnell C ollege), C o rin n e  P o tte r (St. 
A m brose C ollege), and Phil Van D e  Voorde (Iowa 
State U niversity).

•  Je rro ld  O rn e, form er d ire c to r o f th e  library 
and p ro fesso r e m e ritu s o f library science, U niver­
sity of N o rth  C arolina, C hapel H ill, was th e  fea­
tu re d  sp e ak er at th e  annual sp rin g  co nference of 
th e M i s s o u r i  As s o c i a t i o n  o f  C o l l e g e  a n d  
R e s e a r c h  L i b r a r i e s  h e ld  a t S te p h e n s  C o l­
lege, C olum bia, M issouri, on April 22.

T h e  t h e m e  o f  t h e  o n e - d a y  c o n f e r e n c e  w as 
“Z e ro  G ro w th  in A c a d e m ic  L ib r a r i e s ,” w h ich  
g e n e ra te d  m uch discussion am ong th e  m em bers. 
A p an el o f M issouri academ ic librarians spoke on 
th e  issu e as it p e rta in e d  to th e ir  libraries. T he 
p a n e l i s ts  w e r e : M o n ro e  H o p k in s , d i r e c t o r , 
D ulaney M em orial L ibrary, W illiam  W oods C ol­
lege, F u lto n ; R obert M iller, d ire c to r, T hom as Jef­
ferson L ibrary, U niversity o f M issouri— St. Louis; 
S y lv ia  O l i v e r , d i r e c t o r ,  S t a m p e r  L ib r a r y , 
M o b e rly  A re a  J u n i o r  C o lle g e ; a n d  H e le n  
W igersm a, d irecto r, H e a m e s L e a rn in g  Resources 
C e n te r , M is so u ri W e s te r n  S ta te  C o lle g e , St. 
Joseph. ■■