ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS COLLEGE & E d u cation fo r Com m unity College L ibrarianship: An U pd ate Ruth J . Person Assistant Professor School o f Library & Information Science Catholic University o f America In the past decade, there have been many changes in li brary education. Emphasis on new specializations, additions of new field experience alternatives, in some cases move ment toward a more integrated curriculum, and emphasis on a functional rather than type-of-library approach suggest but a few of these changes. At the same time, much has happened in the field of community and junior college librarianship. The 1970s brought continuous growth in the number and size of community colleges and their learning resources centers. New ALA guidelines and quantitative standards for learning resources programs were developed. Innovative programs and services in learning resources cen ters have continued to grow, suggesting to some that the community college and its learning resources center provide a model of the future academic institution and its library in the use of instructional technology.1 In informal discussions a number of community college li brarians have raised questions about the current status of education for community college librarianship in light of the above-mentioned changes. How has education for librarian- ship reflected the changes taking place in the community college library? What is the status of community college li brarianship within library education programs? How visible is community college librarianship as a potential area of spe cialization to prospective and current students in library education programs? To answer these questions, a representative of the Com munity and Junior College Libraries Section’s Communica tions Committee polled the sixty-one ALA-accredited li brary schools in the United States through a brief question naire mailed to deans and directors at the end of the first academic term of 1980. In order to provide some compara tive information, questions in the letter were designed to elicit similar information to that reported in Fritz Veit’s sur- 270 In this issue: Education for Community College Librarianship............269 San Francisco Conference Highlights ...........271 Highlights of ACRL Board Meetings ......................275 View from H Q .............................277 ACRL O fficers............................279 ACRL C h ap ters..........................282 Continuing Education: CE and the Information Environment .........................285 Copyright Controversy.............286 News from the F ie ld ..................290 People ........................................294 Publications ...............................304 C alen d ar......................................306 Classified A dvertising................308 vey of 1968.2 Veit reported on information eli cited from forty-two schools; fifty schools re sponded to the current questions. In 1968, Veit reported that there were no li brary schools offering a course designed specif ically for students preparing for community col lege librarianship, and that only two schools were planning seminars on this topic. In 1980 (keeping in mind that some schools have moved away from type-of-library approaches), six schools reported the availability of such a course. Thirty-six addi tional schools offer a course in academic li brarianship which covers the community college library. At least half of these schools also offer courses in specialized areas identified by both Edsall3 and Matthews4 as being important for study by future community college librarians. Such courses would include: “Non-book Mate rials,” “Design and Production of Instructional Materials,” “Design and Production of Media,” “Instructional Technology,” “Instructional Tech nology Administration,” “Media and Services for Adults,” “Multimedia Practicum,” “Media Cen ters: Theoretical Foundations,” “The District- Regional Media Center,” and “The Library in the C om m unity,” as reported by the responding schools. Three schools encourage students to en roll in general education courses in “The Com munity College”; several have a special practicum for community college experience as well. Three schools also report special credit-free programs related to community college librarianship at the master’s or post-master’s level, whereas Veit re College & Research Libraries News (ISSN 0099-0086) is published by the Association of College and Research Librar ies, a division of the American Library Association, as 11 monthly (combining July-August) issues, at 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Annual subscription: $10, or to members of the division, $2.50, included in dues. Single copies and back issues, $3.50 each. Second-class postage paid for at Chicago, Illinois, and at additional mailing offices. Editor: George M. Eberhart, ACRL/ ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780. President ACRL David C. Weber. Executive Director, ACRL Julie Carroll Virgo. Production and circulation office: 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Display advertising should be sent to Leona Swiech, Advertising Traffic C∞rdinator, ALA, at above address. Send classified ads to ACRL. Change of address and subscription orders should be addressed to College & Research Libraries News, for receipt at the above address at least two months be fore the publication date of the effective issue. Inclusion of an article or advertisement in C&RL News does not constitute official endorsement by ACRL or ALA. A partial list of the services indexing or abstracting the con tents of C&RL News includes: Current Contents.- Social & Be havior Sciences; Current Index to Journals in Education; In formation Science Abstracts; Library & Information Science Abstracts; Library Literature; and Social Sciences Citation In dex. To the postmaster: Please send undeliverable copies to ACRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ©Am erican Library Association 1981. All material in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Associa tion may be photocopied for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement. Video Involvement for Libraries Susan Spaeth Cherry, editor A compilation and update of the series of articles on video that appeared in American Libraries between April 1979 and October 1980, a series designed to explore the edu cational and informational possibilities of the medium and to show how to use it effectively. Emphasis is placed upon recorders, cable TV, videodisc players, and computer-linked information, describing what has been done successfully with them in school media cen ters and in public and academic libraries. It reports the latest developments in home information systems, such as Videotext and teletext, gives techniques of camera work, and lists the software and services that are available for program planners. 84p. ISBN 0-8389-0323-1 (1981) $6.00 Order Department American Library Association 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611 271 ported only two in 1968. While it must be noted that, as in Veit’s study, the contributions by other educational agencies and library schools not on the ALA list were not examined, nevertheless the developments in 1980 indicate some progress in increasing both the visibility and the educational opportunities in community college librarianship. Even with the combination of only modest growth5 and normal staff attrition, new community college librarians with specialized training, as suggested by Mat thews and Edsall, will still be needed. At the same time we cannot expect all students to come 1Damon D. Hickey, “The Impact of Instruc tional Technology on the Future of Academic Li brarianship,” in Academic Libraries by the Year 2000, ed. by Herbert Poole (New York: Bowker, 1977), pp. 34-39. 2Fritz Veit, “Training the Junior College Li brarian,” Journal o f Education fo r Librarianship 9 (Fall 1968): 108-115. 3Charles Hale & Shirley Edsall, “The Educa tion of Community College Librarians,” Journal o f Education fo r Librarianship 16 (Fall 1975): 75- to library science programs with a comprehensive knowledge of different types of library employ ment possibilities. If we wish to continue and/or increase the visibility of com m unity college librarianship as an option for new entrants to li brarianship, then we must turn to a new set of questions—“What role should community college librarians, either individually or through their associations, take in the promotion of their spe cialty to future entrants into librarianship?” and “How can new partnerships with library educa tors be formed so that this visibility and educa tional opportunity is insured?” 85. 4Elizabeth W. Matthews, “Update in Educa tion for Community College Library Administra to rs,” Journal o f Education fo r Librarianship 19 (Spring 1979): 304-311. 5See information about enrollment projections in community colleges in Nancy B. Dearman & Valena W hite Plisko, ed s., The Condition o f Education: Statistical Report 1980 (Washington: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Educational Statistics, 1980), p. 24. San F ra n cisco C on feren ce H ighlights San Francisco lived up to its reputation as the “Air-Conditioned City” by greeting conference- goers with beautiful, cool weather. Despite the distance from the hotels to the Civic Auditorium, librarians kept a busy schedule of meetings, pro grams, tours, and informal discussions. Among the conference events were tours of the City College of San Francisco and the Mission College LRC, excursions to local wineries, and nearly twenty program meetings. The excitement of annual conference was enhanced by hundreds of excellent San Francisco resta u ran ts, art museums, the magic of Chinatown and Fisher man’s Wharf, an incredible Gay Freedom Day Parade, the clear Pacific air, and the distant mountains. ACRL’s Program Meeting On June 28 many members attended the mem bership meeting and program at the Sheraton- Palace Hotel. Penny Abell, 1980-81 ACRL Presi dent, launched the program theme of “Scholars and Librarians: Partners in Learning and Re search” with some introductory observations, ex plaining: “During my tenure as ACRL president, I have attem pted to concentrate my efforts on fostering closer relationships between academic librarians, individually and collectively, and their counterparts in higher education and research. Such interaction is crucial to the provision of adequate library and institutional support.” The theme speaker, Laura A. Bornholdt, vice- president for education of the Lilly Endowment, spoke on “Shaking the Foundations” and pro vided some insight into what it is like to work for a foundation. She also suggested some ways in which librarians might expand their circle of foundation friends in the next ten years. Afterwards, th ree pairs of librarian/scholar panelists reviewed their experiences with funded projects. John White, professor of philosophy and religion at DePauw University, described the ARL/OMS Small Library Development Project and remarked that “a good self-study team de mands a good deal of trust and willing contribu tions on the part of both teaching faculty and li brarians.” A bibliographic instruction program for chemistry majors at the University of Rochester D u e s In c re a s e R e fe r e n d u m Passed ACRL members voted in favor of increasing ACRL divisional dues an additional $10 in the July ballot. The final count as of July 30, 1981, was 1,320 votes for the increase, and 1,103 against, re p re se n tin g a 55%-45% approval. The new rates will go into effect with the 1982 membership year.