ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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ACRL and ALA Representatives 
at Academic Ceremonies and Meetings

The Association of College and Research Li­
braries and the American Library Association 
regularly receive invitations to send representa­
tives to a variety of academic ceremonies and 
meetings. During the past year, members of 
ACRL have represented the association at the 
inaugurations of college and university presi­
dents, at the dedication of a new university li­
brary building, and at the annual meetings of 
other associations.

On September 27, 1975, Ann M. Wilkinson, 
librarian, School of Library Service, Columbia 
University, served as ALA’s and ACRL’s rep­
resentative at the inauguration of Margaret 
Wagonner as president of Wilson College, 
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Louise Giles, 
president of ACRL and dean of learning re­
sources, Macomb County Community College, 
Warren, Michigan, represented the association 
at the October 4 inauguration of James H. 
Brickley as the sixteenth president of Eastern 
Michigan University. On October 12, Kilbourn 
L. Janacek, director of the library, North Da­
kota State University, attended the inaugura­
tion of Paul J. Dovre as president of Concordia 
College, Moorhead, Minnesota. The inaugura­
tion of Robert E. Leestamper as president of 
Southeast Missouri State University, on October 
26, was attended by Andrew J. Eaton, director 
of libraries, Washington University. Richard 
Fitzsimmons, director of the library, Worthing­
ton Scranton Campus, Pennsylvania State Uni­
versity, served as the association’s representa­
tive at the inauguration of William J. Byron as 
president of the University of Scranton, on Oc­
tober 29.

On February 21, 1976, Melville R. Spence, 
director of libraries, Bowling Green State Uni­
versity, served as the representative of ALA 
and ACRL at the inauguration of William A. 
Kinnison as the eleventh president of W itten­
burg University, Springfield, Ohio. The inaugu­
ration of Anthony J. Diekema as the seventh 
president of Calvin College, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan, on March 2, was attended by A. P. 
Marshall, dean of academic services, Eastern 
Michigan University. ALA’s representative at 
the April 2 inauguration of Mabie Parker Mc­
Lean as the ninth president of Barber-Scotia 
College, Concord, North Carolina, was Allegra 
M. Westbrooks, assistant director, Branch Ser­
vices, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklen­
burg County, Charlotte, North Carolina. On 
April 3, Corinne W. Gantt, head librarian, Cir­
culation Department, Southern University in 
New Orleans, represented ALA and ACRL at

the inauguration of Samuel DuBois Cook as 
president of Dillard University, New Orleans. 
Representing the association at the inauguration 
of Robert L. Bliss as the twenty-first president 
of Morris Harvey College, Charleston, West 
Virginia, on April 24, was Kenneth T. Slack, 
director of libraries, Marshall University, Hunt­
ington, West Virginia.

The dedication ceremonies of the new Alex­
ander M. Bracken Library at Ball State Univer­
sity, Muncie, Indiana, on March 26, 1976, were 
attended by Beverly P. Lynch, executive secre­
tary of ACRL.

The fifty-eighth annual meeting of the Amer­
ican Council on Education, held October 8-10, 
1975, in Washington, D.C., was attended by 
Louise Giles, president of ACRL. The associa­
tion’s representatives at the eightieth annual 
meeting of the American Academy of Political 
and Social Science, held April 9-10, 1976, in 
Philadelphia, were Joan I. Gotwals, associate 
director of libraries, University of Pennsylvania, 
and Linda Beaupre, Council on Library Re­
sources management intern, University of Penn­
sylvania Libraries.

Library N ew sletter A vailable
W ith the spring 1976 issue, the Gen­

eral Libraries of the University of Texas 
at Austin has introduced a new format 
and numbering series for its Library 
Newsletter. This official publication of 
the General Libraries will now be issued 
three times a year and is seen by the 
General Libraries as an important vehicle 
for informing the UT Austin faculty and 
administration and the national library 
community about its library services and 
policies. Issue number one of the new 
Library Newsletter details public service 
activities in which the General Libraries 
is currently involved. Articles include dis­
cussions of the new information desk in 
the Main Library, the Undergraduate Li­
brary’s unique program for developing 
undergraduates’ library skills, and OCLC 
benefits for library users. Copies of the 
Library Newsletter are available on re­
quest from Carole King, Editor, The 
General Libraries, Main Building 2200, 
The University of Texas at Austin, Aus­
tin, TX 78712.