ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries O ctober 1985 / 489 ACRL seeks volunteers for offices and committees The Association needs your help to achieve its goals and objectives. W o u l d you like to run for an A CRL office or vol­ unteer for appointment to an A C RL standing com­ mittee? Are you interested in seeking office in an A CRL section or being considered for appointment to a section committee? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, here is what you need to do. ACRL President T he A C R L Appointments and Nominations Committee will nominate candidates for the office of A CRL vice-president/president-elect at the Ja n ­ uary 1986 Midwinter Meeting of ALA. The elec­ tion for this office will be held in the spring of 1987. T h e w inner of the election w ill serve as vice­ president/president-elect during 1987-88 and as president of A CRL during 1988-89. If you wish to be considered for nomination to this office or if you would like to submit names for consideration, con­ tact the chair of the Appointments and Nomina­ tions Committee, Kathleen Gunning, Assistant D i­ re c to r for P u b lic Services and C o lle c tio n Development, M .D . Anderson Memorial Library, 4 8 0 0 C alhou n B lv d ., U niversity of Houston- University Park, Houston, T X 77004. ACRL committees A CRL has 20 standing committees to which ap­ pointments may be made: • Academic Library Statistics Committee; • Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award Committee; • Academic Status Committee; • Appointments and Nominations Committee; • Audiovisual Committee; • Budget and Finance Committee; • Conference Program Planning Committee; • Constitution and Bylaws Committee; • Copyright Committee; • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Committee; • Legislation Committee; • Membership Committee; • National Conference Committee; • Planning Committee; • Professional Association Liaison Committee; • Professional Education Committee; • Publications Committee; • Research Committee; • Samuel Lazerow Fellowship Committee; • Standards and Accreditation Committee. To learn about the areas of responsibility cov­ ered by these committees, see the A L A H a n d b o o k o f O rganization 1985-86. W hen selected vacancies occur on A CRL stand­ ing committees, the Appointments and Nomina­ tions Com m ittee recommends to the president­ elect of A CRL the names of members who might fill the vacancies. The president-elect makes the fi­ nal appointments. If you are interested in being considered for appointment to an A CRL commit­ tee, you should complete the A CRL Committee Volunteer Form that is included in this issue of C & R L N ew s and mail it to Kathleen Gunning, chair of the Appointments and Nominations Com­ mittee, before D ecember 15, 1985. ACRL section officers ACRL has 13 sections (their names are listed 490 / C &R L News A C R L C O M M IT T E E V O L U N T E E R FO RM I f you are interested in serving on an A C RL standing committee, please complete this form and mail it before December 15, 1985, to: Kathleen Gunning, Assistant Director for Public Services and Collection Development, M .D . Anderson Memorial Library, 4800 Calhoun Blvd., University of Houston, Houston, T X 77004. I f you would like to serve on an A C RL section committee, send this form to the appropriate section vice­ chair/chair-elect before the ALA Midwinter Meeting. NAME, T IT L E , IN STITU TIO N A L ADDRE_______________________________________________________________ _________SS P R E F E R R E D M AILIN G ADDRESS____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ D A TE O F A PP L IC A T IO N ____________________________________ N UM BER O F YEARS AS M EM B ER O F A L A _________A C R L ____________________________________ ACADEM IC BACKGROUND (List institution___________________________________________________________________________________________________s, dates of degrees, and relevant subject areas)____________________________________________________________________________________________________ PRO FESSIO N A L A C T IV IT IE S ALA or A CRL Committee Assignments State and Regional Committee Assignments ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ___________________________________________ALA or A C R L Offices Held State and Regional Offices Held _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________Publications ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Other____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ACRL C O M M IT T E E P R E F E R E N C E S____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ R E L E V A N T BACKGROUND OR E X P E R IE N C E FO R C O M M IT T E E ASSIGNMENT____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Can you regularly attend the ALA Midwinter and Annual conferences? Y E S _____N O _______ (Members of A CRL committees are expected to attend all meetings. Failure to attend two in a row may constitute grounds for removal.) Please express your major concerns for strengthening the Association of College and Research Libraries on a seperate sheet of paper. □ If I can’t be appointed a full committee member, I would be willing to serve as an intern. O ctober 1985 / 491 later in this article). You will find a description of their areas of responsibility in the A L A H a n d b o o k o f O rganization . T he chair-elect of a section appoints the chair and m em bers of all section com m ittees when scheduled vacancies on these committees occur. If you would like to be considered for appointment as chair or member of a section com mittee, fill out the A C RL Committee Volunteer Form and mail it to the chair-elect of the appropriate section (see “Peo­ ple to contact” below) before Decem ber 15, 1985. Editorial boards A C RL has five editorial boards: • the C h o ic e Editorial Board; • the C o lle g e