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f. Royalties. The owning repository shall 
receive from the publisher (1 ) an agreed 
royalty which has been established in ad­
vance by legal contract and (2 ) a suffi­
cient number of copies of the publisher’s 
reproduction for the repository’s internal 
use.

g. Restrictions. The publisher must respect 
any restrictions placed upon reproduc­
tions or copies of original manuscripts or 
archival materials furnished to him.

h. Pricing. The publisher shall agree to mar­
ket his reproductions using a nondiscrim­
inating price structure.

4. a. Both the owning repository and the pub­
lisher must inform purchasers of repro­

ductions that permission to make exten­
sive direct quotations or to print any 
reproduction in full must be obtained 
from the owning repository. Every repro­
duction must bear a clear statement to 
this effect.

b. Manuscripts must not be published with­
out due regard for literary property 
rights ( also known as common law 
rights), personal property rights, libel, 
and unwarranted invasions of privacy. ■ ■

Copies of this statement are available, upon 
request, from the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron 
St., Chicago, IL  60611.

Highlights of the Midwinter Meetings 
of the ACRL Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Association of 
College and Research Libraries met three times 
during the ALA Midwinter Meeting: on Mon­
day, January 31, 1977; on Wednesday, Feb­
ruary 2, 1977; and on Thursday, February 3, 
1977.

Bibliographic Instruction
In response to increasing interest from ACRL 

members, the Board of Directors voted unani­
mously to establish a Bibliographic Instruction 
Section within ACRL. The section, which will 
replace the ACRL Bibliographic Instruction 
Task Force, will sponsor programs at confer­
ences, develop policy statements on biblio­
graphic instruction, explore methods of evaluat­
ing bibliographic instruction programs and 
materials, promote needed research, and coop­
erate with Project LOEX and other groups in 
areas of mutual interest.

The Guidelines for Bibliographic Instruction 
in Academic Libraries, developed by the Biblio­
graphic Instruction Task Force, was approved 
as ACRL policy.*

Legislation
The Board approved a statement, developed 

by the ACRL Committee on Legislation, on 
federal legislative policy in regard to college 
and research libraries:

Support for academic libraries at all levels 
must be an integral part of federal funding 
for higher education. Library resources 
and services must be strengthened to meet

* The Guidelines for Bibliographic Instruc­
tion in Academic Libraries was published in the 
April 1977 issue of C&RL News.

the changing dynamics of teaching as well 
as the needs of students, faculty, and re­
searchers at all levels of higher education.
It is imperative that any federal legislation 
which stimulates new or expanded educa­
tional programs shall provide sufficient 
funds to meet the library resource needs, 
including personnel, required for the suc­
cess of these programs.

Expansion of knowledge, new technolo­
gies for both the bibliographic control and 
the dissemination of knowledge, and in­
creased demand for information services 
make it essential that funding be adequate 
to enable all academic libraries to develop 
appropriate levels of adequacy in collec­
tions, services, and facilities. At the same 
time, substantial specialized financial aid 
is necessary for major research libraries if 
they are to continue to acquire the best 
product of global scholarship and make it 
widely available. A serious effort must also 
be made to provide support for consortia 
and other cooperative efforts which are at­
tempting to profit from the efficiencies of 
technology in order to expand the acces­
sibility and availability of resources.

Funds for library materials and person­
nel, federal scholarships and loans, work- 
study programs, special grants, research 
grants and contracts, and assistance in 
building programs benefit the nation by 
improving the quality of higher education.

The Board recommended that the statement be 
incorporated under the section “College and 
Research Libraries” in the forthcoming new 
edition of the publication Federal Legislative 
Policy of the American Library Association and 
that the wording in the present edition be 
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White House Conference
Upon the recommendation of the Committee

on Legislation, the Board voted to establish a
committee to serve as a liaison between ACRL 
and the agencies involved in the planning of
the White House Conference on Libraries and
the various state conferences preceding it. The
committee will contact appropriate individuals
involved in the planning process in order to see 
that college and research libraries are adequate­
ly represented.

ACRL Chapters
The Board welcomed as new ACRL chapters 

the Academic and Research Libraries Division 
of the Maryland Library Association and a 
group of librarians from Southern California, 
designated the Southern California Chapter. 

College & Research Libraries
The Board unanimously approved the recom­

mendation of the ACRL Publications Commit­
tee that Richard D. Johnson, director of
libraries, State University College, Oneonta, 
New York, be reappointed as editor of College 
ír Research Libraries for a three-year term 
(1977-80).

Choice
ACRL President Connie R. Dunlap reported 

that the editor of Choice, Dr. Richard K. 
Gardner, has resigned effective June 1, 1977, 
and outlined the procedures for the search for 
a new editor. The Board of Directors unani­
mously endorsed a resolution prepared by the 
ACRL Publications Committee in recognition 
of the contributions of Dr, Gardner as editor 
of Choice:

The ACRL Publications Committee is duly 
grateful and wishes to recognize Richard 
K. Gardner for the outstanding contribu­
tion he has made to academic librarianship 
during the eight years he has served as 
editor of Choice. Dr. Gardner has brought 
to this position a scholar’s appreciation of 
literature, a librarian’s concern for book 
evaluation and collection development, 
and an administrator’s skill in prudent 
management. Whereas the future of 
Choice was uncertain when he accepted 
appointment, this publication has achieved 
a high level of professional respectability, 
practical value, and financial stability un­
der his editorial direction. Therefore, the 
Publications Committee requests that the 
ACRL Board of Directors extend thanks 
and appreciation to Dr. Gardner on behalf 
of the Association and the academic li­
brary community.

The Board also endorsed unanimously a resolu­
tion prepared by the Choice Editorial Board:

WHEREAS Dr. Richard Gardner has 
twice served as Editor of Choice, and

 
 

 
 
 
 

 

WHEREAS Dr. Gardner has been an ef­
fective and careful editorial and finan­
cial manager of the publication, and

WHEREAS he has won the respect and 
affection of his staff, his editorial board, 
and the users of the publication, and

WHEREAS Dr. Gardner has respected 
and encouraged the participation of 
ACRL membership in building a suc­
cessful publication, and

WHEREAS during Dr. Gardner’s tenure 
Choice has grown to be one of the 
American Library Association’s proudest 
publications and one respected and imi­
tated internationally for the high quality 
of its reviewing service, and

WHEREAS he has accepted an invitation 
to return to teaching and research in the 
library school at the University of Cali­
fornia, Los Angeles,

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that 
the Choice Editorial Board commends 
Dr. Richard Gardner for his fine service 
to academic libraries and to the entire 
library profession and expresses its sense 
of loss in his leaving and its best wishes 
to him for a happy and successful fu­
ture.

ACRL Nonprint Media Publications
The chairman of the ACRL Publications 

Committee, Mary A. McKenzie, announced the 
initiation of a search for an editor for the newly 
established ACRL Nonprint Media Publications 
series, with the publication of a notice in the 
March 1977 issue of College ir Research L i­
braries News.

Tribute to Louise Giles
The Board of Directors paid tribute to Louise 

Giles, past president of ACRL, who died on 
December 31, 1976, through the reading of a 
statement and by its unanimous endorsement 
of an ALA Council resolution calling for the re­
naming of the ALA Minority Scholarship in 
memory of her.†

Collective Bargaining in Academic Libraries
A proposal to analyze the impact of collec­

tive bargaining on the status and benefits of 
academic librarians was approved in principle 
and specifically endorsed for submission for 
funding from the J. Morris Jones and Bailey K. 
Howard-W orld Book Encyclopedia-ALA Goal 
Awards.

Reproduction of Manuscripts and Archives
The Statement on the Reproduction of Man­

uscripts and Archives for Commercial Purposes, 
developed by the Committee on Manuscripts 
Collections of the ACRL Rare Books and

† The statement and the Council resolution 
were published in the March 1977 issue of 
C&R L  News.



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Manuscripts Section, was approved as ACRL 
policy.*

ACRL Budgets
The chairman of the ACRL Committee on 

Budget and Finance, Richard A. Olsen, pre­
sented the 1977-78 draft budgets for ACRL, 
College & Research Libraries, CirRL News, 
Choice, and the ACRL 1978 national confer­
ence.

Proposed ACRL Bylaws Amendment
Upon the recommendation of the Committee 

on the ACRL Constitution and Bylaws, the 
Board approved a proposed ACRL Bylaws 
amendment on ACRL publications programs.§ 

IFLA Representatives
The Board of Directors endorsed the nomina­

tions of Jane G. Flener and Beverly P. Lynch 
as an alternate as representatives to the Inter­
national Federation of Library Associations sec­
tion on university libraries.

Catalog Code Revision
ACRL’s representative to the ALA Resources 

and Technical Services Division Catalog Code 
Revision Committee, LeRoy D. Ortopan, re­
ported to the Board on the committee’s progress 
in revising the catalog code.

ACRL Executive Secretary
President Connie Dunlap noted the recent 

resignation of Dr. Beverly P. Lynch as execu­
tive secretary of ACRL and reported on the 
search for a new executive secretary. The 
ACRL Publications Committee introduced a 
resolution recognizing the contributions of Dr. 
Lynch:

The ACRL Publications Committee ex­
tends its warmest appreciation to Beverly 
P. Lynch as she leaves her post as ACRL 
Executive Secretary. During her term Dr. 
Lynch has consistently shown thoughtful 
concern for all aspects of the division’s 
publishing program and has served as an 
effective liaison with ALA Publishing Ser­
vices. Her ability to foresee areas calling 
for policy decisions, her perceptive reading 
of the key elements to be considered, and 
her awareness of relevant ALA policy and 
practice have substantially assisted the 
committee in its work. Adding to the plea­
sure of the relationship, Dr. Lynch’s guid­
ance, support, and counsel have obviously

‡ The Statement on the Reproduction of 
Manuscripts and Archives for Commercial Pur­
poses appears on p. 143 of this issue of CirRL 
News.

§ The text of the proposed amendment was 
published in the April 1977 issue of CírRL 
News.

been generated not merely by a sense of 
duty but more importantly by a genuine 
personal commitment to promote the allied 
interests of academic librarianship and the 
profession as a whole through ALA. The 
Publications Committee therefore requests 
that the ACRL Board endorse the recogni­
tion of Dr. Lynch’s contributions and join 
in this expression of thanks to her.

The resolution carried by acclamation. The 
Board unanimously expressed its gratitude and 
appreciation to Dr. Lynch for her service to 
ACRL.

At the Thursday meeting of the Board of 
Directors, the ACRL president introduced the 
newly appointed executive secretary, Dr. Julie 
A. Virgo. The Board enthusiastically welcomed 
Dr. Virgo to her new position. ■ ■

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