ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 139 T entative Schedule of ACRL Conference Meetings ALA Annual Conference San Francisco June 26-July 2, 1981 ACRL Board of Directors Board of Directors: Saturday, June 27, 2:09-5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Board of D irecto rs and Budget O rientation: Saturday, June 27, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ACRL General Program/M embership: Sunday, June 28, 2:00- 4:00 p.m. Reception: Sunday, June 28, 5:30-8:00 p.m. Chapters O rientation: Sunday, June 28, 9:30- 11:00 a.m. ACRL Divisional Committees Academic Status: Sunday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Activity Model for 1990: Saturday, June 27, 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Audiovisual: Monday, June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Budget and Finance: Saturday, June 27, 8:00- 10:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 28, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. C h a p te rs/C h a p te r Council: Sunday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 29, 9:00 a.m .- 12:30 p.m. C onference Executive C om m ittee—ACRL National Conference, Minneapolis, 1981: Mon­ day, June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning—Philadelphia, 1982: Saturday, June 27, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Constitution and Bylaws: Monday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Continuing Education: Sunday, June 28, 9:00- 11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Copyright (Ad Hoc): Saturday, June 27, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Copyright—Program : Monday, June 29, 2:00- 4:00 p.m. Legislation: Sunday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 30, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Membership: Monday, June 29, 8:00-10:00 p.m.; Wednesday, July 1, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Membership—Program: Monday, June 29, 9:30- 11:00 a.m. Planning: Monday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Publications: Saturday, June 27, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Monday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. *Meetings with an asterisk are closed meetings. Standards and Accreditation: Sunday, June 28, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 29, 4:30- 5:30 p.m. ACRL Editorial Boards Choice: Monday, June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m.; Tues­ day, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m. College & Research Libraries: Monday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. College & R esearch L ibraries News: Monday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Nonprint Media Publications: Sunday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Publications in Librarianship: Monday, June 29, 8:30-11:00 a.m. ACRL Discussion Groups Audiovisual: Tuesday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Cinema Librarians: Monday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Librarians of Library Science Collections: Mon­ day, June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m. Library Services to Extension Students: Sunday, June 28, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Non-Bibliographic Data Bases in Academic Li­ braries: Monday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Personnel Officers of Large Research Libraries: Friday, June 26, 4:30-5:30 p.m .; Saturday, June 27, 8:00-9:00 a.m .; Sunday, June 28, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Staff Development in Academic Research Li­ braries: Saturday, June 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m .; Sunday, June 28, 4:30-5:30 p.m .; Monday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m. U ndergraduate L ibrarians: Tuesday, June 30, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ACRL Sections Type-of-Activity Sections Council: Monday, June 29, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Anthropology and Sociology Section Program: Monday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Art Section: Business: Monday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Asian and African Section Program: Monday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Executive: Monday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Bibliographic Instruction Section Program: Sunday, June 28, 9:30-12:00 a.m. Executive: Monday, June 29, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Executive Council: Saturday, June 27, 8:00- 9:00 a.m.; Monday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1981: Sunday, June 28, 8:00-9:00 a.m. 140 Conference Program Planning—Philadelphia, 1982: Saturday, June 27, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Conference Program Planning—Los Angeles, 1983: Monday, June 29, 11:30 a.m .-12:30 p.m. Continuing Education: Saturday, June 27, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cooperation: Saturday, June 27, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Saturday, June 27, 11:30 a.m .-12:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 27, 9:00-11 a.m. Cooperation—Clearinghouses (Subcommittee): Saturday, June 27, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Education for Bibliographic Instruction: Sun­ day, June 28, 8:00-11:00 a.m. Nominating: hearings Monday, June 29, 9:00- 11:00 a.m.* Policy and Planning: Monday, June 29, 2:00- 4:00 p.m. Pre-conference Program Planning—San Fran­ cisco: Sunday, June 28, 11:30 a.m .-12:30 p.m. Research: Saturday, June 28, 8:00-10:00 a.m. Research—Evaluation: Sunday, June 28, 8:00- 9:00 a.m. College Libraries Section Program: Monday, June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 30, 2:00-5:30 p.m. Executive: Sunday, June 28, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 30, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Conference Program Planning—Philadelphia, 1982: Monday, June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m. Continuing Education: Sunday, June 28, 2:00- 4:00 p .m .; Tuesday, June 30, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Standards and Guidelines for the College Li­ brary (Ad Hoc): Saturday, June 27, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Monday, June 29, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Community and Junior College Libraries Section Program: Tuesday, June 30, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Tour: Monday, June 29, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Executive: Saturday, June 27, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 30, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Bibliography: Sunday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Communications: Saturday, June 27, 9:30- 11:30 a.m. Instruction and Use: Sunday, June 28, 4:30- 5:30 p.m. Instructional Development (Ad Hoc): Sunday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Membership: Saturday, June 27, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Membership/Business: Monday, June 29, 8:00- 10:00 p.m. Nominating, 1981: Saturday, June 27, 2:00- 4:00 p.m.* Planning & Procedures: Saturday, June 27, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Services to Disadvantaged Students: Sunday, June 28, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Program: Monday, June 29, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Executive: Saturday, June 27, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Bibliographic Instruction For Educators: Mon­ day, June 29, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Conference Program Planning—Philadelphia, 1982: Tuesday, June 30, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Curriculum Materials: Saturday, June 27, 2:00- 4:00 p.m. Nominating, 1982: Monday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m.* Problems of Access and Control of Education Materials: Monday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Psychology/Psychiatry (Ad Hoc): Monday, June 29, 2:θÓ-4:Óθ p.m.; Tuesday, June 30, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Standards for Education Library Services: Monday, June 29, 2:00-5:30 p.m. Law and Political Science Section Membership: Sunday, June 28, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Program: Tuesday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Program: Saturday, June 27, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Executive: Saturday, June 27, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Sunday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m. C ontinuing Education: Saturday, June 27, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 27, 8:00-10:00 p.m. D eveloping G uidelines for Marking Rare Books for Security Purposes (Ad Hoc): Sun­ day, June 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Preconference Planning (Ad Hoc): Saturday, June 27, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Saturday, June 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Standards: Saturday, June 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, June 27, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Science and Technology Section Program/Business: Saturday, June 27, 9:30- 11:30 a.m. Executive: Monday, June 29, 8:00-11:00 a.m. Goals Implementation (Ad Hoc): Sunday, June 28, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Nominating, 1981: Monday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m.* Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agri­ cultural Sciences: Monday, June 29, 2:00- 4:00 p.m.* Slavic and East European Section Membership: Monday, June 29, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Program: Monday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Executive: Monday, June 29, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Book Dealers/Social: Monday, June 29, 7:30 p.m. Conference Program Planning—Philadelphia, 1982: Sunday, June 28: 8:00-9:00 a.m. Continuing Education: Monday, June 29, 9:30- 11:00 a.m. Cyrllic Romanization and Automation (Ad Hoc): Sunday, June 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Ethnic Slavic & East European Publications in the U.S. Study (Ad Hoc): Sunday, June 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Problems of Access and Control of Slavic & 141 East European Materials (Ad Hoc): Monday, June 29, 8:00-9:00 a.m. University Libraries Section Program: Tuesday, June 30, 2:00-5:00 p.m. Steering: Saturday, June 27, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; Monday, June 29, 8:00-9:00 a.m. Western European Specialists Section Program: Sunday, June 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Membership: Tuesday, June 30, 11:30 a.m .- 12:30 p.m. Executive: Monday, June 29, 8:00-9:00 a.m.; Tuesday, June 30, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Conference Program Planning—Philadelphia, 1982: Tuesday, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Language and Literature Discussion Group: Monday, June 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Planning: Monday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Research and Publications: Saturday, June 27, 2:00-4:00 p.m.; Monday, June 29, 9:30-11:00 a.m. Social Science Discussion Group: Sunday, June 28, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Membership Survey: Tues­ day, June 30, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Population Characteristics of Academic Librarians Bob Carmack Dean o f Library Services University o f South Dakota and John N . Olsgaard Documents Librarian and Archivist I D. Weeks Library University o f South Dakota From time to time questions of the “population characteristics” of academic librarians arise which find no ready answer in the literature. With faculty, including librarians, of state-supported in­ stitutions of higher education in South Dakota now concluding their second year of a collective bargaining agreement, questions and discussions of our own experiences in South Dakota invari­ ably turned to queries about collective bargaining in academic libraries in general. Not satisfied with information in the literature, the authors be­ gan to compile data for an article on collective bargaining in academic libraries. In so doing, some interesting population characteristics of academic librarians emerged. These “social in­ dicators” may provide some interesting inferences about the composition of academic librarianship as a whole. Building on the assumption that the mem­ bership of the Association of College and Re­ search Libraries is representative of academic li­ brarianship in general, a statistically valid strat­ ified random sample survey of ACRL members was conducted in February-M arch, 1981. The survey conducted was to provide data on the cur­ rent status of collective bargaining in academic li­ braries. Using Jean Kennelly’s May, 1975, survey questionnaire on collective bargaining in academic libraries1 as a base, augmented with questions of our own, a survey instrument was prepared and administered to 700 members of ACRL. 60.4% were returned which, in and of it­ self, may be somewhat indicative of the interest of academic librarians in collective bargaining. Data was compiled on a general population basis but was also broken down into regional subsets. The distribution of states in each region was iden­ tical to that used in previous research.2 States in­ cluded in the regions were as follows: Northeast: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Southeast: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Ken­ tucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten­ nessee, Virginia, West Virginia Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wiscon­ sin Southwest: Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mis­ sissippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas 1Jean R. Kennelly, “The C urrent Status of Academic Librarians Involvement in Collective Bargaining: A Survey,” Collective Bargaining in Higher Education, ed. Millicent D. Abell. (Chi­ cago, American Library Association, 1976), pp. 89-90. 2See Russell E. Bidlack, “Faculty Salaries of 62 Library Schools, 1977-78,” Journal o f Education f o r L ib ra ria n sh ip 18:263 (Spring, 1978) and Olsgaard and Olsgaard, “Authorship in Five Li­ brary Periodicals,” College and Research Librar­ ies 41:49-53 (January, 1980).