ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL N ew s ■ N ovem b er 1998 / 751 New in the ALA Archives T he ALA Archives, w hich the University o f Illinois Archives maintains u n d er contract for ALA, has m ade the general descriptive holdings W eb-acces­ s ib le at: h tt p : / / w w w . lib r a ry . u iu c .e d u / a h x / ala. The ALA Archives’ hom epage provides a com plete listing o f all holdings. A simple search mecha­ nism perm its keyw ord searching o f all scope an d content notes for the archives. Finding aids, w hile n o t yet available o n the Web, are available u p o n request. Also available electronically will be releases o f “N ew in the A d o nke bookm oALA Archives.” The most recent Institute acquisition featured is the Colum­ bia School o f Library Service Library Verti­ cal Files, 1832-1994 (record series 85/7/6), from w hich the accom panying p h o to origi­ nates. The files com prise over 118 cubic feet of library docum ents from the United States an d aro u n d the world. They include p h o to ­ graphs, staff manuals, publications, b o o k ­ lists, floor plans, annual reports, postcards, correspondence, exhibition catalogs, com ­ y bile in m em orative brochures, signs, forms, and catalo g a n d library card s from p u b lic, s c h o o l, a c a d e m ic , and special libraries. There is also a sub­ stantial collection of lib ra ry e q u ip m e n t a n d v e n d o r s ’ c a ta ­ logs dating from the turn o f the century; su b je c t files o n li- brary-related topics; a series of documents from library, publish­ ing, an d inform ation serves as an ea rly science organizations fo r the Am erican in the United States A nato lia. a n d a b r o a d ; a n d docum ents from ALA annual an d m idw in­ ter m eetings an d divisions of ALA. A 120-page finding aid is available: ALA Archives, University o f Illinois Archives, Room 19, Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Dr., U rbana, IL 61801; (217) 333-0798; illiarch@uiuc.edu.— Elizabeth R. Cardman, assistant university archivist, University o f Illinois a t Urbana-Champaign, ecardman@ uiuc.edu. formative vision to participate in “Think Tank III: Information Literacy and the Technological Transformation of Higher Education.” Scheduled to precede the ALA Annual Con­ ference in New O rleans o n Ju n e 25, 1999, Think Tank III is designed to identify an d bring together leaders in the field o f inform a­ tion literacy w ith leaders in the field o f ed u ­ cational technology to develop an agenda for inform ation literacy that reflects the transfor­ mative im pact o f technology o n the field and establish goals for innovative developm ent to m eet that transform ation. In charting a course for the future o f library instruction, Think Tank III follows a 17-year tradition set by th e first tw o IS think tank events, h eld in 1981 an d 1989- Instruction librarians are defined as pro­ f e s s io n a l lib ra ria n s p o s s e s s in g a n ALA- accredited graduate degree w hose day-to-day librarianship activities involve managing and/or designing instructional programs and teaching in­ formation literacy concepts and skills to college and university populations in a w ide variety of settings. Educational technologists are defined as non-librarian professionals affiliated w ith in­ stitutions o f higher education (or other rel­ evant organizations) w h o possess b o th theo­ retical and practical expertise in applying com­ p u ter technologies to educational endeavors at various levels. Nominations are also sought for a session m oderator an d a session recorder. The m od­ erator will guide an d sh ap e participant dis­ cussions an d en su re th e tim ely operation of the w orking session. The recorder, using a variety o f m edia, will fully d o cu m en t the events o f the w orking session. Self-nominations in all categories are w el­ com e. Nominations for instruction librarians an d educational technologists from the same institution are encouraged. Graduate students in an ALA-accredited library school program w ho http://www.library