ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 1 Celebrating Our Successes, Confronting Our Challenges: ACRL Enters the 21st Century 999-2000 Association of College & Research Libraries A n n u a l R eport @your library ACRL's Mission The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) enhances the effectiveness of academic and research librarians to advance learning, teaching, and research in higher education. 42 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Message from the President Larry Hardesty A C RL’s 61st President I want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the A C R L membership for the privi­ lege o f serving as the 61 st President o f the ACRL. Although I have served the Association for more than 20 years at many levels, my experience as president further strengthened my appreciation for the hard work and ac­ complishments o f the A C R L members, leadership, and staff. We have much about which to be proud o f our profession and our professional association, and serving as the President o f A C R L has been both a pleasure and a privi­ lege. The membership and leadership o f A C RL accomplished many signifi­ cant things this past year, and they are listed in more detail elsewhere in this report. I do want to take the opportunity to thank a few individuals (and apologize that I do not have space to thank everyone by nam e), and to express my appreciation for being part o f a very productive year for ACRL. My thanks to Gloriana St.Clair for chairing the task force to establish the “E xcellence in Academic Libraries” Award, and my congratulations to North Carolina State University, Wellesley College, and the College o f DuPage— the winners in the respective divisions this first year. I also thank Blackwell B ook Services, who has generously endowed this program into perpetuity. Therefore, many more opportunities will occur to recognize the outstanding accomplishments o f our colleagues and for members o f their communities to express their thanks. The A C R L President’s Program Committee, headed by Scottie Cochrane, planned an exciting and well-attended program for the ALA Annual Confer­ ence this past summer, and I appreciate their hard work and the excellent talks given by Evan F arber (“the 2000-y ear old librarian”), Carla Stoffle, Emily Mobley, and R ick Eckman. I could not help but notice that many o f the programs sponsored by sections and other A C R L units at A L A Annual Conference this past summer were “L J " ”conference picks. This reflects a lot o f hard work on the part o f many program planners. This past year I spoke at A C R L Chapter meetings o f the Georgia, Iowa, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Minnesota, Washington, and Oregon chapters. At­ tending the chapter meetings has been a great experience, and I thank the leadership o f the individual chapters for inviting me to participate. I also had the opportunity to visit the Choice offices this past spring. I am very impressed by Irv Rockwood and his staff. Not only did they serve as most gracious hosts, but also they have a great operation that supports this important A C R L service— and they have fun doing it! The year passed all too quickly, but that is what happens when one is having fun— and make no mistake, I had a great time! I worked with an outstanding board who worked hard to fu lfill its responsibilities. Althea Jenkins and the A C R L sta ff demonstrated their usual dedication and hard work as they patiently guided me through the year. I had the delightful C&RL News ■ January 2001 43 Messag e from the President privilege o f follow ing M aureen Sullivan and preceding B etsy W ilson as ACRL president. Both are highly dedicated professionals with whom it has been a jo y to work. I also enjoyed m y opportunities to work and m eet with ACRL members and leaders at all levels. ACRL exists for the membership, and I thank the membership for a rewarding and fon year as the President o f ACRL. ACRL 2000 Annual Conference Programs— Chicago ■ AC RL P re s id e n t’s P ro g ra m — C e le b ra tin g O u r S ucce sses, C o n fro n tin g O ur Challenges: ACRL Enters the 21st Century ■ AFAS— Future Challenges for Ethnic and Cultural Academic Collections ■ ANSS— Sociological and Anthropological Research in Transition: Trans-disciplinary Collaboration, Qualitative/Q uantitative Rapprochement ■ ARTS— Visual literacy in the Arts: What Is Its Relationship with Information Literacy and How Do O ur Institutions Cope with It? ■ ARTS/LITA— Visual Literacy: W hat It Is: Teaching Strategies & Innovative Technology ■ CJCLS/DLS— New Trends in Accreditation/Distance Learning Programs ■ CLS— Applying the New Standards for College Libraries ■ Copyright— Digital Millennium Copyright Act ■ EALS— Collecting Contem porary Fiction for the New Millennium ■ EBSS— Collaborative Cool: Partnerships that Produce ■ Intellectual Freedom— Intellectual Freedom Principles in Academ ic Libraries: An Illustrated Tour ■ IS— Instruction for First-Year Students ■ LPSS— Legal Web Sites A ren’t Just for Lawyers: Finding and Using Law-Related Web Sites ■ Media Resources— Byting Into Video: DVD And Networked Delivery ■ Racial & Ethnic Diversity— Sharing Strategies for Achieving Diversity: Identifying and Increasing the Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Librarians ■ RBMS— Artifacts in Libraries: The Intersection of Library and Museum Practice in Rare Books and Manuscript Repositories ■ SEES— East European Research: Building New Library Communities ■ STS— New C o m m u n ica tio n and Inform a tion M od els fo r the New M illen nium : Scientists and Librarian Face the Future ■ ULS— 20/20 Vision for the Future ■ WESS— Italian Studies and Italian Cultural Presence in North America: A Tribute to the Life and Contributions of Mario Casalini ■ WSS— Taking the Temperature of Women's Studies in the Year 2000 44 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Message from the Vice-President Lizabeth Wilson Vice-President/President-Elect Libraries are moving into a century o f change we can’t even begin to imagine. ACRL is well positioned to thrive in this millennium o f change. However, we must strengthen our collaborations and community relationships i f we are to suc­ ceed in the 21st century. As a result, the theme o f my presidency is “Commu­ nity and Collaboration.” A “Community and Collaboration” series will run in C&RL News through­ out my presidential year. Each month, different writers share stories o f suc­ cessful collaborations that strengthen our communities. These articles will inspire us to move outward from our campuses into the interconnected worlds o f higher education, K -1 2 , extended communities, global partners, and those who employ our graduates. A particular focus o f my year will be to advance information literacy through community-wide collaboration. The widest range o f librarians, educators, and policymakers must collaborate to build information literate communities. To this end, ACRL members Cerise Oberman and Julie Todaro are leading the ALA Information Literacy Partnerships Initiative, whose purpose is to bring together librarians, community members, and organizations to help prepare the public to use information efficiently and effectively so they can fully participate in the workplace, education, community, and family life. The transformative work o f the Institute for Information Literacy, the pro­ mulgation o f the “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education,” and the new Information Literacy Consultants are enhancing ACRL’s capacity and infrastructure to leverage membership efforts. Ameri­ can A ssociation o f Schoo l L ibrarians (A A S L ) P resid en t-elect Harriet Selverstone and I will be championing the recommendations from the AASL/ ACRL Task Force on the Educational Role o f Librarians to strengthen coop­ eration between school and academic librarians. Celebrating the diversity and creativity o f ACRL, the ALA Annual Confer­ ence in San Francisco will feature some 18 programs presented by ACRL sections and committees. The ACRL President’s Program will focus on “The Creative Genius o f Community” and explore the library as the intellectual crossroads o f the community— a house o f stories preserving our memory and fostering communication and collaboration. Librarians can lead collabo­ rations that will keep that community alive and vibrant. A C RL is frequently looked to for descriptions o f effective practices in academic libraries. I have appointed a new committee chaired by Randy Hensley that will help identify effective practices in academic librarianship and make them widely available through the ACRL Web site. This year marks the launching o f the new ACRL Strategic Plan 2005. Com­ mittees, sections, chapters, discussion groups, and the membership are C&RL News ■ January 2001 45 M e ssag e from th e V ic e -P rssidg n t working creatively to realize the vision o f ACRL as the leading professional organization o f choice for academic librarians. It is an honor to follow in the footsteps o f strong and innovative ACRL Presidents and to work with a talented membership and highly committed staff. This past year has been busy with chapter visits, listening to members, and planning for the coming year. Given the high level o f membership in­ volvement, I am enthusiastic about the coming year o f “Community and Collaboration.” ACRL Membership Statistics ACRL Sections Personal Organizational/ Special August 2000 total August 1999 total %increase/ decrease ACRL 10,548 976 11,524 11,297 1.97% AAMES 324 62 386 425 -10.10% AFAS 230 22 252 272 -7.94% ANSS 430 67 497 533 -7.24% ARTS 713 80 793 849 -7.06% CJCLS 962 209 1,171 1,153 1.53% CLS 2,027 276 2,303 2,292 0.48% DLS 1,249 68 1,317 1,171 11.08% EBSS 880 164 1,044 1,145 -9.67% IS 3,592 384 3,976 4,152 -4.43% LES 570 13 583 604 -3.60% LPSS 538 83 621 697 -12.23% RBMS 1,492 162 1,654 1,739 -5.14% SEES 187 47 234 260 -11.11% STS 1,479 182 1,661 1,787 -7.59% ULS 4,984 297 5,281 5,762 -9.11% WESS 525 54 579 653 -12.78% WSS 557 53 610 731 -19.84% 46 /C&RL News ■ January 2001 Letter from the Executive Director Althea H. Jenkins Executive Director The worth o f any national association can be gauged by how well it serves the interests and meets the needs o f its members. Since its cre­ ation in 1938, ACRL has continued to expand its programs and reinvent itself in ways that have permitted it to be responsive to the ever-changing needs o f the academic library community. As higher education continues to be reshaped, so will the focus, activi­ ties, and programs o f ACRL be shaped. ACRL’s mission is to ensure that academic libraries are effective in advancing learning, teaching, and research in higher education. We are able to accomplish this through maintaining programs and activities that serve the profession well while incorporating new ones that enhance academic librarians’ ability to respond in a changing environment. This year, as in the past, ACRL’s accomplishments were many. As you will see from the financial report, we are in a very solid financial position. ACRL’s membership continued to grow from 11,297 in the previous year to 11,524. And ACRL’s programs and activities seemed to take on a new life as they expanded in response to a changing environment for academic librarians. During the year, ACRL also addressed a broader agenda through its imple­ mentation o f three key initiatives: information literacy, Excellence in Aca­ demic Libraries Award, and collaborations and partnerships. While ACRL has been collaborating and building partnerships for a number o f years, in 2000 ACRL widened its emphasis beyond the usual higher education organi­ zations to include other activities such as Job Shadow Day, the Effective Practices Web site, A Stu d en t’s Guide to Evaluating Libraries in Colleges and Universities, “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education,” and white papers on the “Educational Role o f Librarians” and “Do We Need Academic Libraries?” Realizing that the missions o f the colleges and universities that our librar­ ies serve are changing to respond to economic, societal, and cultural de­ mands, ACRL reached within and outside the profession to collaborate and develop partnerships. The development o f the “Information Literacy Com­ petency Standards” was the result o f collaboration among four higher edu­ cation associations. ACRL partnered with AA SL to study the educational role o f librarians, and with the TLT Group to consider the role o f libraries in Teaching, Learning, and Technology Centers on campuses. ACRL also pro­ vided leadership for the ALA Divisions’ Job Shadow Day activities, which attracted more than 125 student mentees nationwide. There is a lot to report about ACRL’s year o f activities, as you will see in the pages that follow. This report is evidence o f the successful work carried out by ACRL members and staff. It illustrates the important work that ACRL contributes to learning, teaching, and research and defines its role. C&RL News ■ January 2001 47 Letter from the Executive Director ACRL is grateful to the corporate community that has been so supportive. I thank our 2000 ACRL Colleagues and corporate contributors for their com­ mitment to ACRL and for their continuous financial support. Their sponsor­ ship o f ACRL awards, programs, and activities enables ACRL to provide its members a wide variety o f programmatic choices. I especially thank ACRL President Larry Hardesty for his support o f the association and its staff, and for the guidance he gave toward completing revisions to the strategic planning process. I have enjoyed working with him and sincerely appreciate his leadership and friendship. I also thank the Board o f Directors, section and committee chairs, chapter leaders, editorial board and award jury chairs for their good work and support o f ACRL. Finally, I would like to thank the ACRL staff and express my appreciation to them for the good work they do. It is because o f that work that we are all able to celebrate the many successes and good fortunes that ACRL has experienced in the past year. My hat is off to an excellent staff. I hope you will take the time to review this report o f ACRL’s work in 2000 and that you will reflect on where we should focus our energies as we move into a new century. ACRL Sponsorships for 2000 ACRL thanks the corporate com m unity for financially supporting its activities and programs throughout the year. Working together, the academic library and corporate comm unities can achieve goals of mutual interest. Librarians benefit from the expert analysis and problem -solving corporate leaders can bring to issues and topics being addressed. Corporate contributions added $49,195 to the ACRL 1999-2000 budget. It was because of these contributions that the ACRL membership enjoyed a wider range of programs and activities. ACRL could not be the major player in the library and higher education arena that it is without the cooperation received from sponsorships. Colleagues Summa Cum Laude (over $6,000) Cum Laude ($1,000-$2,9S9) EBSCO Information Services Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Elsevier Aux Am ateurs Epixtech Belser W issenschaftlicher Dienst Sherwin Beach Press C am bridge S cientific Abstracts Harrassowitz Library Services Magna Cum Laude ($3,000-$5,999) IDC Publishers 21 North Main Penguin Putnam Inc. Alibris SIRSI Corporation Antiquarian Booksellers Y BP Library Services Association Bell & Howell Norman Ross Printing 48 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Year in Review Services and programs ACRL continues as the largest division o f ALA, and our m em bership is holding steady with a slight increase o f 2%. With its strong membership, the association continues to be a vib ran t and robust voice speaking out for academic librarians on important issues. The strength o f ACRL’s voice can be heard in other ways, as well. The large number o f members who serve on committees, sections, and discussion groups, and write articles for its pub­ lications or make presentations at conferences and meetings is what makes ACRL the dynamic organization it is. Involving our newest members in ACRL activities was a focus this year. The N ew Member Mentoring Program was instituted and designed to help new m em bers develop th eir careers and enhance their involvem ent with ACRL. Additionally, a focus group was held at Midwinter with new members to learn more about their interests and concerns. A dvisory With accrediting agencies revising their guidelines and such occurrences as library statistics no longer a required element o f IPEDS, ACRL staff and leaders are frequently contacted for consultant referrals, information on fac­ ulty status, information regarding technological advances, buildings, library systems in use, and recommendations for search committees. For example, as distance learning becomes a new standard, it is important that the higher education community recognize the information implications. To this end, ACRL’s “Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services” were distrib­ uted to library school deans, accrediting agencies, and state librarians around the country. Many advisory questions this year were in regards to the newly revised “Standards for College Libraries,” w hich focuses on outcomes assessment to determine the effectiveness o f the academic library program, services, and collections. To assist members in applying the standards, the College Librar­ ies Section held a program at the ALA A nnual Conference on using the standards as a tool for assessment. A w ards Since 1923, ACRL has been committed to recognizing the best and brightest in academic librarianship. In 2000, 12 individuals and 10 institutions received ACRL awards recognizing their accomplishments. The prestigious Academic/ Research Librarian o f the Year Award was presented to Sharon A. Hogan for her dynamic leadership in the academic library community. In announcing the award, the committee noted that, “her generous and broadly inclusive vision o f the library’s role in higher education serves as an inspiration for all o f us.” Two ACRL awards were presented for the first time at the 2000 ALA Con­ ference in Chicago. The Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, sponsored by Blackwell’s Book Services and established in 1999 to recognize academic libraries that have dem onstrated team w ork in supporting the m issions of their institutions, received an enthusiastic response from libraries. In re­ C&RL News ■ January 2001 49 Year in Review__ sponse to ACRL’s first call for nominations and applications, 42 librarians responded and 36 completed applications were evaluated. The first winners o f the award were North Carolina State University, Wellesley College, and the College o f DuPage. Each institution was recognized with an award cer­ emony on its campus, and awarded a $3,000 cash prize. The other new ACRL award from the Women’s Studies Section was presented for achievement in w om en’s studies librarianship. The award was sponsored by Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. and Routledge. Chapter a ffilia te s Chapter affiliates make ACRL come alive at the local level through local programming, professional development, advocacy, and networking. Offer­ ing opportunities for academic librarians to meet and share social and pro­ fessional development experiences in their regions, ACRL Chapter affiliates sponsored more than 38 programs across the United States, and ACRL offic­ ers visited 9 chapters as guest speakers. Through Initiative Fund Grants, three chapters sponsored programs in their regions. The ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter hosted the “Academic Librarianship Lecture Series,” directed to library school students. In Illinois, the chapter sponsored “Study Hall or Partner in Teaching and Learning?: The Role o f the Academic Library Today,” featuring speaker Deborah Grimes. The Ohio Chapter o f ACRL sponsored the “Ohio Legislative Day for Academic Librar­ ians,” where 25 Ohio librarians meet with state legislators after receiving advo­ cacy training from Lynne Bradley o f the ALA Washington Office. Sections ACRL sections take responsibility for providing activities that help mem­ bers individualize their ACRL experience. ACRL sections also promulgate and maintain standards and guidelines for directing the development and future nature o f the profession. The “Standards for College Libraries” was updated and revised this past year, as was the “Guidelines for the Security o f Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Other Special Collections.” The Instruction Section is currently revising the “Model Statement o f Objectives for Aca­ demic Bibliographic Instruction.” Two sections received Initiative Fund Grants to host an ACRL presence at book fairs. Western European Studies Section sent representatives to the International Booksellers and Librarians Forum, Frankfurt Book Fair, Octo­ ber 13-18, 2000, and presented papers there (C&RL News, December 2000). Rare Books and Manuscripts Section hosted exhibit tables at the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association o f American (ABAA) National Level Book Fairs in Los Angeles (February 2000) and in New York (April 2000) (C&RL News, April 2000). Other section activities include the Science and Technology Section’s collaboration with the ALA Washington Office to protest the planned clos­ ing o f NTIS, testing an electronic version o f the Community and Junior 5 0 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 ____ Year in Review ACRL Award W inners 2000 ■ Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award (Donor: YBP Library Services) Sharon A. Hogan, University of Illinois at Chicago ■ Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award (Donor: ACRL, ALCTS, LAMA, LITA) Kenneth Frazier, University of Wisconsin-Madison ■ Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (Donor: Blackwell’s Book Services) North Carolina State University Wellesley College College of DuPage ■ Samuel Lazerow Fellowship (Donor: Institute for Scientific Information) Kyle Banerjee, Oregon State University ■ K. G. Saur Award for Best Article in C&RL (Donor: K. G. Saur Publishing) Richard W, Meyer, Trinity University ■ CJCLS/EBSCO Community College Learning Resources/Library Achievement Awards (Donor: EBSCO Subscription Services) Leadership: Juanita Karr, Great Basin College Program: Patricia Profeta and Indian River Community College ■ EBSS Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Leslie Bjorncrantz, Northwestern University ■ Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian of the Year Award (Donor: Elsevier) Carol Collier Kuhlthau, Rutgers University ■ IS Innovation in Instruction Award Texas Information Literacy Tutorial, University of Texas at Austin ■ IS Publication of the Year Award Bonnie Gratch Lindauer, City College of San Francisco ■ LPSS Marta Lange/CQ Award (Donor: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.) Grace Ann York, University of Michigan ■ RBMS Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalog Award (Donor: Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab): Division I Winners: “Formatting the Word of God: The Charles Caldwell Ryrie Collection,” Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University Division I Honorable Mentions: “Stamped with a National Charac­ ter: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books,” The Grolier Club; “Salts of Silver, Toned with Gold: The Harrison D. Horblit Collection of Early Photography,” Houghton Library, Harvard Univer­ sity Division II Winners: “MarkTwain at Large: His Travels Here and Abroad,” Bancroft Library, Univer­ sity of California Award of Special Merit: “Library and Archives Exhibition, No. 1-3,” National Gallery of Canada ■ West European Specialist Study Grant (Donor: Martinus Nijhoff International) Jeffry Larson, Yale University ■ WSS Award for Significant Achieve­ ment in Women’s Studies Librarianship (Donor: Routledge) Lynn Westbrook, Texas Woman’s University ■ WSS Award for Career Achievement in Women’s Studies Librarianship (Donor: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.) Susan E. Searing, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign C&RL News ■ January 2001 51 Year in Review_______ College Library Section’s newsletter, the W om en’s Studies Section’s devel­ opment o f core lists o f books and serials in W omen’s Studies, and the L itera­ tures in E nglish Section’s (form erly the E nglish and A m erican L iterature Section) creation o f tw o new discussion groups: 19th-C entury M aterials D iscussion G roup and the L iteraiy R eference D iscussion Group. Government relations During 1999-2000, ACRL’s Legislative A genda focused on several legisla­ tive and public policy areas concerning copyright and fair use that affect academ ic libraries. The U niform C om puter Inform ation Transactions A ct (UCITA), a proposed state contract law developed to regulate transactions in com puter software, online databases, and other inform ation products in digital form, was introduced in several states. A CRL opposes this law be­ cause it w ould restrict library use otherw ise allow ed under copyright law. Legislation affecting the fair use o f digital m aterials was also introduced at the federal level. A database protection bill (H.R. 354) that w as introduced in Congress is opposed by ACRL because it w ould not allow fair use o f data­ bases comparable to that under copyright law. ACRL staff and members used a variety o f strategies to respond to these and many other issues. These included the broadcast o f A ction Alerts over Legnet, ACRL’s Legislative N etw ork electronic list. The Legislative N etw ork includes representatives from each A CRL C hapter affiliate. The members o f the netw ork forw ard relevant legislative m essages and calls for action to their chapter mem bers who can consult the ACRL W ashington Watch Web page, w here m aterials are kept on the Legislative Agenda issues. C ontinuing to build upon program s from previous years, A C R L spon­ sored its second advocacy preconference for academ ic librarians during the ALA Annual C onference in Chicago. The preconference focus w as “C om ­ m unicating w ith C ongress” and “A dvocating for L ibrary Issues.” A CR L’s N ational L ibraiy Legislative Day luncheon for academic librarians in Wash­ ington, D.C. had 45 librarians in attendance. Standards and guidelines The higher education comm unity continued to look to ACRL for developing and m aintaining standards and guidelines for services and resources within the library’s wall and beyond. The College Library Section revised its Stan­ dards fo r College Libraries and included outcom es and perform ance m ea­ sures. This is the first ACRL Standard to focus on output measures. R ecog­ nizing the rapid grow th o f distance learning program s and their increasing needs and requirem ents, the Distance Learning Section updated the Guide­ lines f o r D istance Learning Library Services to also show how o utput perform ance measures could be used to im prove services. Both Standards are av a ila b le on th e A C R L Web site at h ttp ://w w w .a la .o rg /a c rl/g u id e s/ index.html. http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/ 52 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 ___Year in Review Intellectual Freedom Principles In 1999 the ACRL board approved the “Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries.” The purpose o f the intellectual freedom principles is to provide an interpretation o f general intellectual freedom principles for an academic library setting. A CRL has continued to prom ote and distribute the principles throughout the year. At M idwinter 2000, the principles were endorsed by ALA ’s Intellec­ tual Freedom Committee and published in the “Intellectual Freedom M anual.” In the spring, copies o f the principles were mailed to every academic library dean and director and library school dean in N orth America. During the 2000 ALA Annual Conference, the principles w ere adopted by the ALA Council. The “Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries” can be found on ACRL’s Web site at http://www.ala.org/acrl/principles.html. Partnerships and collaborations Academic libraries, like the colleges and universities they serve, m ust reach beyond their walls to engage others in accom plishing their missions. ACRL collaborated w ith the higher education com m unity in a variety o f w ays to define and illustrate the role o f libraries in learning, teaching, and research. The A CR L Effective Practices Web site w as established in partnership w ith the Council o f H igher Education M anagem ent A ssociation (CHEMA). The site w ill make readily available to university officials and others best practices in various hig h er education program s. T he first effective p rac­ tices to be recognized on the site are the Excellence in Academic Libraries 2000 Award w inners— College o f DuPage, N orth Carolina State University, and Wellesley College. ACRL is developing the best practices component for academic libraries. A n advisory com mittee began w ork on determining the criteria for proposal submissions and w ill begin soliciting proposals in 2001. O n February 2, 2000, ACRL joined forces with the divisions o f ALA and associations across A m erica in support o f Job Shadow Day, an event that partners junior high, high school, and college students with workplace men­ tors. This is the first tim e the A LA divisions participated in this initiative. M ore than 125 stu d en t shadow s sp en t th e ir day seein g first-h a n d what academ ic librarians do. R esponse from Job Shadow D ay participants has b een overw helm ingly positive, w ith com m ents such as, “The day was a smashing success at the James A. Rogers Library and was enjoyed by all. We look forward to doing it again next year!” A CR L continued to em phasize to the hig h er education com m unity the leadership roles librarians can play in accom plishing the m issions o f their institutions. D uring the past year, A CR L engaged in significant activities w ith several organizations while m aintaining connections with several oth­ ers through informal contacts and exchange o f information. The ACRL B oard created an ad hoc committee to work closely with the TLT Group in clarifying the role o f Virtual Teaching, Learning, and Technol­ http://www.ala.org/acrl/principles.html C&RL News ■ January 2001 53 Year in Review__ __ ogy Centers in the learning process, and identifying criteria for evaluating Web content for inclusion in academic portals. ACRL members presented a program on “ Using the ACRL Guidelines fo r Distance Learning Library Services” at the “Q uality Assurance in D is­ tance Education: Electronic Library Solutions” conference in Washington, D.C. ACRL members and Middle States Commission for Higher Education staff were presenters at the ACRL New Jersey Chapter meeting in April 2000 where the program focused on the topic, “Do We Need Academic Libraries in Higher Education?” ACRL sponsored its third Library and Information Issues Forum at the 2000 AAHE conference in Anaheim. ACRL also presented a program and poster session. ACRL joined with the ARL/SPARC “Create Change” campaign which is designed to educate librarians and faculty about the issues surrounding the rising cost o f journals. Information about the “Create Change” campaign can be fo u n d on th e A C R L Web site at h ttp ://w w w .a la .o rg /a c rl/ scholarlycomm.html. As a member o f the Council for Higher Education Management Associa­ tions (CHEMA), ACRL participated in the CHEMA Corporate Partnership Conference in Baltimore in June, 2000, and presented a program session. Several sections have developed and maintain liaisons with other higher education associations. Law and Political Science Section continues to work with the American Association o f Law Librarians on intellectual property issues and promoting law courses in library schools. The American Anthro­ pological Association (AAA) requested that Anthropology and Sociology Section appoint an ANSS member who holds membership in AAA to a newly established AAA Web site Editorial Board. An EBSS member participated in the American Psychological Association Division 2 presentation in Boston in 1999 entitled “Information Retrieval and Evaluation: Basic Competencies for Students.” Information Literacy ACRL’s flagship new initiative, information literacy, has five programs that reach out to the higher education community: the Information Literacy Com­ petency Standards fo r Higher Education, Immersion Programs, Best Prac­ tices, community partnerships, and an Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant. To provide an infrastructure for ACRL’s information literacy initiatives and to enhance librarians, faculty, and others capacity to leverage their efforts, information literacy consultants were con­ tracted as staff. The Board created an advisory committee to work closely with the consultants, helping shape priorities, identifying needs, and serv­ ing as a link with the membership. The Information Literacy Competency Standards fo r Higher Education have been very well received in the higher education community within the U nited States and abroad. The standards were announced by the ACRL http://www.ala.org/acrl/ 54 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Year in Review Board o f Directors after its meeting in January 2000. They were endorsed by the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Board o f Directors at its meeting in May 2000. The standards have been translated into four languages, and more than 25,000 copies have been requested and distrib­ uted. The ACRL Board o f Directors agreed to partner with the ALA 2001 Presi­ dential initiative and share its w ork and expertise on inform ation literacy community partnerships. The Board also provided funds to launch its Best Practices in Information Literacy initiative, w hich w ill identify criteria for establishing quality programs. ACRL received its first grant from the Institute o f M useum and Library Services (IM LS). The grant proposal, “A ssessing Student Learning O ut­ comes in Information Literacy Programs: Training Academic Librarians” will train approximately 30 librarians and their campus teams in structuring and implem enting inform ation literacy program s and assessing their effective­ n es s. R esponding to the need o f students p lan n in g th e ir college careers to understand the role o f the library, a small group o f members was invited to meet in Chicago to draft “A Student’s Guide to Evaluating Libraries in Col­ leges and Universities.” The target audience for the guidelines is non-librar­ ians, including parents, high school juniors and seniors, high school guid­ ance and career counselors, college and university admissions officers and presidents, and the media that provide college and university rankings. The guidelines are posted on the A CR L Web page at http://w w w.ala.org/acrl/ evalguide.htm l. A colorful brochure w as produced and m ailed w ith press releases and letters to the audiences identified above. Professional development “Professional developm ent is an im portant m anifestation o f the academic librarian’s commitment to personal excellence. It is a necessary response to a rapidly changing en v iro n m en t… The members and staff o f ACRL declare our collective intent to strive for professional excellence through rigorous programs o f lifelong learning and personal growth.” These w ords from the new “Statem ent on Professional D evelopm ent,” which was approved by the ACRL Board o f Directors during the 2000 ALA Annual Conference, are a clarion call for ACRL to continue to expand its programs, conferences, workshops, and institutes for academic librarians. D uring 1999-2000, 3,564 individuals participated in the 9 preconferences, programs, institutes, and 20 Annual Conference programs offered by ACRL, which covered a variety o f topics such as inform ation literacy, Web-based instruction, and leadership. To broaden the participation o f selected cat­ egories o f librarians, ACRL provided nearly $14,000 in scholar funds to 20 participants in the ACRL Institute for Information Literacy Immersion Pro­ g ra m an d 10 p a r tic ip a n ts in th e A C R L R a re B o o k s & M anuscripts P reconference. http://www.ala.org/acrl/ C&RL News ■ January 2001 55 Year in Review Leadership institutes The second ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute was held July 30-August 4, in Cambridge, M assachusetts. Eighty-six individuals attended this inten­ sive five-day institute, designed to help library leaders increase their ca­ pacity to lead and manage. In evaluating the institute, attendees commented that: “The ACRL Leadership Institute helped me focus in a strategic way on my own leadership style so that I can be a more self-aware and effective leader.” “For me, the most significant aspect o f the whole experience was the opportunity to observe m aster teachers in action.” Planning is cur­ rently underway for a 2001 ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute. For library leaders lacking the time to invest in a five-day program, ACRL also offered “Leading on Your Campus” as a one-day preconference to the Texas Library Association conference. Seventy-nine percent o f the partici­ pants gave the institute the highest rating, drawing comments such as: “A lot o f extra information was value-added and can’t be gotten except in this context.” “An excellent opportunity for professional growth.” “I was im­ pressed with the caliber o f presenters. This program was very beneficial.” Immersion program s To help librarians and institutions develop and implement information lit­ eracy programs on their campus; ACRL’s Institute for Information Literacy offered two Immersion programs this year. These four-and-a-half day pro­ grams provided two tracks o f intensive training and education. Track 1 fo­ cused on individual development for new librarians or instruction librarians who are interested in enhancing, refreshing, or extending their individual instruction skills. Track.2 focused on developing, integrating, and managing campuswide information literacy programs. Preconferences ACRL’s preconferences, held in conjunction with the ALA Annual Conferences, continue to provide opportunities for academ ic librarians to explore in-depth topics and add to their skill-set. ACRL offered six preconferences in 2000: ■ 41st Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Preconference: Beyond Words: Visual Information in Special Collections ■ Information Literacy Com petency Standards Training Session ■ Instruction Section Preconference: Library Instruction on the Web ■ Legislative Advocacy: Key Roles for Today’s Academ ic Librarians ■ Understanding the Licensing Landscape ■ TLT/Flashlight Institute 5 6 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Year in Review This year the national program was held at the University o f Washington in Seattle. Ninety participants representing four foreign countries and thirty-five states attended. The attendees were enthusiastic about the program, with 88% o f them selecting the highest rating when evaluating the program. Twenty in­ dividuals were recipients o f ACRL scholarships awarded to new librarians, minority librarians, and graduate students. Sixty-six librarians from Ohio and eleven more invited from the national waiting list, participated in the regional program, held at Kent State Univer­ sity, and sponsored by OhioLINK, Kent State University, and ALAOhio. National C onference In 1999-2000, ACRL members worked with staff to finalize plans for the 10th National Conference, which will be held in Denver, March 15-18, 2001. The major planning activities, selecting speakers, calling for presenters, select­ ing program proposals, and launching the call for exhibitors, were success­ fully carried out. ACRL updated its conference Web site features to include the ACRL Session Finder, which allows individuals to search by keyword and custom­ ize their conference schedules. Seven in-depth preconferences have been developed on topics such as assessment, information literacy, survey re­ search, and usability. Special events and additional networking opportuni­ ties to keep attendees learning and interacting during their time in Denver were also identified. W eb CE Staff participated in the ALA committees investigating Web CE. ALA con­ tracted with Southern Illinois University to prepare a Web course on copy­ right. Development o f this course is hoped to give staff experience in the multitude o f issues surrounding Web CE. ACRL staff continue to explore both technological and content areas for potential Web CE courses. Publications ACRL continues to recognize the importance o f a strong and viable publica­ tions program to promote dissemination o f ideas and scholarly communication throughout the profession. Revenue from ACRL publications also helps to support member programs and services. Six new monographic titles (see sidebar) were published this year to join a backlist o f more than 50 titles in a variety o f key areas such as management, instruction, information access, and special collections. CHOICE Choice began 2000 on an auspicious note surviving the great Y2K crisis unscathed, thanks to a substantial investment in new hardware and soft­ C&RL News ■ January 2001 5 7 Year in Review ware and the determined efforts o f our Computer Science Manager, Steven Conforti. The remainder o f the year saw progress on a variety o f fronts. During the past 12 months, Choice: • bid a fond farewell to Helen MacLam, our Social Science editor, who retired this past June after 17 years o f steadfast and exceptional service to Choice and the library community; • welcomed four new staff members: John Adams (distribution assistant), Megan Fitzgerald (copy editor), Lisa Mitten (Social Science editor), and Rita Balasco (administrative assistant, ChoiceReviews.online); • resumed development work on ChoiceReviews.online— after success­ fully completing a search for a new developer in mid-April; • celebrated the sign-up o f the 10,000th ChoiceReviews.online user in mid- A ugust; • made plans for the launch o f a site license edition o f ChoiceReviews.online in early 2001, and the simultaneous release o f Version 1.7 o f the original (library) edition; • entered into new licensing agreements with OCLC/WLN and Baker & Taylor. As a result, Choice’s Outstanding Academic Title records are now available to users o f the OCLC/WLN Conspectus collection matching ser­ vice. In addition, Choice reviews from 1998 to the present now appear in Baker & Taylor’s Title Source 2; and • began a live production test o f the new Publishing System in late Octo­ ber. If successful, both the February 2001 issues o f Choice magazine and Reviews on Cards will be produced using output from the new system, which has been under development for the past two years. As Choice enters the new year, we look forward to new challenges and milestones. Among the anticipated highlights o f 2001 are the launch o f the long-awaited site license edition o f ChoiceReview.online, ACRL’s National Conference in Denver, the roll-out o f the new publishing system, and, above all, the opportunity to continue doing what Choice does best—publish more quality reviews o f more new titles for academic and research libraries. C&RL News College & Research Libraries News continued its tradition o f providing news about people, events, and trends and sharing practical solutions to common challenges to those in academic librarianship and higher education. “Fast Facts,” a new column dedicated to helping academic librarians keep abreast o f pertinent facts and figures was established as the final page of each issue. RBM Volume 14, No. 1 o f RBM was published under the editorship o f its new co­ editors. That issue was the first o f a revamped editorial focus and, with the following issue, the name was changed to RBM: A Journal o f Rare Books, 5 8 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Year in Review Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage. A totally new graphic design was pro­ duced, including a change to an 8 by 10 inch format, and the numbering was restarted with Volume 1, No. 1. S tatistics ACRL’s first annual statistical survey, the 1998 Academic Library Trends and Statistics, was published in two volumes: one covering the Carnegie Classification Associate o f Arts institutions and one covering the combined classifications o f doctoral-granting, master’s, and baccalaureate institutions. The 1998 data was also published on CD-ROM and was available from a vendor. The second annual survey to gather 1999 statistics for academic libraries was launched. As was done previously, a letter inviting participation was sent to all libraries at institutions o f higher learning in the United States and Canada. A URL and password were included the letter, which allow completion o f the form and submission o f data entirely online. An additional feature o f the 1999 survey was a trends section, which collected data on prevalence o f academic or faculty status for academic librarians. W e b site and e le ctro n ic a ctivities The Web site has seen continual activity and updates throughout the year. Among the additions are: • a new design. The look was revised to allow easier access and to better organize the growing quantity o f information; • a new page, New @ ACRL, to keep members up-to-date on the latest developments at ACRL; • a National Conference Web site, complete with session finder to make planning attendance at the ACRL National Conference easier than ever! New Monograph Titles for 1999-00 ■ A ccessible Libraries on Campus: A Practical Guide for the Creation o f Disability-Friendly Libraries‚ edited by Tom McNulty ■ Literature in English: A Guide for Librarians in the Digital Age: Publications in Librarianship no. 54, edited by Betty H. Day and W illiam A. Wortman ■ The Collaborative Imperative: Librarians and Faculty Working Together in the Information Universe, edited by Dick Raspa and Dane Ward ■ Library Web Site Polices, CLIP Note #29, com piled by Jeri Traw ■ Getting Ready for the Nineteenth Century: Strategies and Solutions for Rare Book and Special Collections Librarians, edited by W illiam E. Brown Jr., and Laura Stalker ■ Community College Library Job Descriptions and Organizational Charts, CJCLS Guide #4, edited by Judy Born, Sue Clayton, and Aggie Balash C&RL News ■ January 2001 59 Year in Review____ • full text o f the “Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Librarians”; • full text o f the “Students Guide to Evaluating Libraries in Colleges and U niversities,” a brochure to assist high school students in evaluating aca­ demic libraries during the process o f selecting an institution o f higher learn­ ing to attend; • Effective Practices, a page to recognize those libraries with exemplary management practices and to encourage other libraries to innovate; • job listings in C&RL News are now made available on the Web as soon as the ads come in, rather than waiting until the print issue is sent to press; • AFAS established its Web site on the ACRL server, making a total o f five sections that are being hosted at ACRL; and • a new president’s page has just been added to reflect the goals and expe­ riences o f the new ACRL president. In other Web activities, a survey form created by a committee o f EBSS was mounted on the ALA server and was used to collect data for a directory o f curriculum materials centers. This is the fifth edition o f this directory, how­ ever it will not be published in paper but in an electronic version only with capability for searching and display o f the results o f the database according to parameters determined by the user. With the spring 2000 edition o f the section newsletters, a pilot project was undertaken with the CJCLS section to distribute its newsletter electronically. A PDF version (which can be read by the freely available Acrobat Reader software) was sent as an attachment on e-mail to all section members. The editor is collecting feedback and comments to determine the feasibility o f continuing this distribution method. ACRL Journals * Choice— Book review journal of ACRL; 11 issues per year (July/August combined). http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/home.html ■ College & Research Libraries—Official scholarly journal of ACRL; six bimonthly issues per year. http://www.ala.org/acrl/c&rl.html ■ College & Research Libraries News— Official news magazine of ACRL; 11 issues per year (July/August combined), http://www.ala.org/acrl/c&rlnew2.html ■ RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage—A journal of theory and practice covering all aspects of special collections librarianship; two issues per year, http://www.ala.org/acrl/rbmltxt.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/home.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/c&rl.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/c&rlnew2.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/rbmltxt.html 6 0 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 A C R L Board of Directors. 1 9 9 9 -0 0 ACRL B oard 1999-2000 (I t o r): (back) Larry Hardesty, Paul E. D u m o n t, M ary Lee Sw eat, Lois C h e re p o n , R o b e rt F. Rose, W illia m E. B ro w n , Jo h n Popko, M a u re e n S ullivan; ( fro n t) H elen H. S pa ld in g , Betsy W ilso n , Barbara B axter Jenkins, Theresa S. Byrd, Dana C. Rooks. N o t p ic tu re d : A lth e a H. Jenkins. ACRL Board of Directors, 1999-2000 President Larry Hardesty, Austin College Vice-president/President-elect Betsy Wilson, University of Washington Past President Maureen Sullivan, Organizational Development Consultant Budget & Finance Committee Chair John Popko, Seattle University ACRL Councilor Helen H. Spalding, University of Missouri-Kansas City Directors-at-large William E. Brown Jr., University of California-Berkeley Theresa S. Byrd, Ohio Wesleyan University Lois H. Cherepon, Saint John’s University Paul E. Dumont, Dallas County Community College District Barbara Baxter Jenkins, University of Oregon Dana C. Rooks, University of Houston Robert F. Rose, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Mary Lee Sweat, Loyola University Executive Director (Ex-officio) Althea Jenkins, ACRL/ ALA C&RL News ■ January 2001 61 F in a n c ia l R e p o rt John Popko Budget and Finance Committee Chair ACRL had an exceptionally strong budget perfor­ mance during the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the asso ciatio n ’s financial condition rem ains very healthy. At the close o f the fiscal year, the ACRL Operating Fund Balance w as $1,726,893. The Choice closing Operating Fund Balance was $1,171,371. 1999-2000 budget highlights ACRL’s FY 2000 revenues (not including Choice) were $177,140 more than budgeted for the year. Classified and product advertising and book sales rev­ enues accounted for virtually all o f ACRL’s revenue growth. Total classified ad sales revenues reached a record-breaking $350,275 in FY 2000, $ 108,275 over budget. Revenues from preconferences and institutes registration fees were $28,377 more than budget, and donations for ACRL special events accounted for more than $24,000 in additional revenues. ACRL personal membership dues revenues were $12,291 more than budget. Revenues from subscription sales and organizational membership dues were slightly below budget. Because o f a term inated contract with the M anagement Dynamics Company to produce the ACRL Academic Statistics in an electronic format, the royalty revenues bud­ geted, $67,500, were not realized. As has been the case in recent years, ACRL realized cost containment in several areas. These were fairly even across all budget categories. ACRL’s total expenses (again not including Choice) were $321,049 less than budget, result­ ing in net revenues o f $146,433, w hich was $498,189 better than budget. This is an especially significant accom plishment because it occurred in a year in which A CRL did not hold a national conference and so did not realize the strong revenues that typically flow from that event. (In fact, past non-conference years resulted in a slight operating deficit, w hich is then offset by the division’s strong fund balance and the subsequent conference y e a r’s surplus. Choice’s budget perform ance in 1999-2000 was also strong. Total Choice revenues exceeded budget by $54,917 and expenses were $257,365 less than budget. This resulted in net revenues o f $201,444, w hich was $312,282 better than budget. Choice’s revenue exceeded budget in all categories, except for subscription sales, which were $75,119 less than budget. Two categories, royal­ ties and product ad sales, accounted for Choice revenue growth. Expense sav­ ings for Choice were fairly evenly distributed across the accounts. Total royalty income for Choice reached a record-breaking $264,908 in FY 2000, some $85,000 over budget, and ad sales were $40,000 over budget in FY 2 0 0 0 . 62 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 __ Financial Report ACRL asset management ACRL’s long-term investm ent portfolio includes the A CRL general endow ­ ment, the Choice endowment, and three awards endowments (Oberly, Leab, and Atkinson). A t the end o f the 1999-2000 fiscal year, the total portfolio value o f all ACRL endowment funds was $1,308,695, an increase o f $295,552 or 29% above the total value at the end o f 1998-1999. Values for each o f the endow m ents as o f A ugust 31, 2000, w ere as follows: A CR L endow m ent, $706,585; O berly award, $21,731; Leab aw ard, $27,857; A tkinson award, $122,105; Choice endowment, $430,417. 2000-2001 ACRL budget The ACRL Board, following a recom mendation from the Budget and Finance Committee, has approved a 2000-2001 ACRL budget, w ith net revenues o f $27,269 and a Choice budget w ith n et revenues o f $22,367. The D enver N ational Conference will be held during this year, adding to the net gain. The 2000-2001 budget shows projected revenues, expenses, and fund balances as follows: ACRL FY 2001 Budget CHOICE FY 2001 B udget beginning fu nd balance $ 1,726,893 beginning fund balance $1,171,371 total revenues $2,761,562 total revenues $2,440,061 total expenses $2,725,932 total expenses $2,417,694 net $35,630 net $22,367 endow ment transfers $100,000 endow ment transfers $50,000 ending fund balance $1,637,905 ending fund balance $1,143,738 Thanks I w ish to express thanks to the ACRL B udget and Finance Comm ittee and particularly the ACRL staff for all their work in realizing such excellent bud­ get results for the 1999-2000 year and for their continuing efforts to build A C R L ’s fin a n c ia l re s o u rc e s, w h ic h are e s s e n tia l fo r c a rry in g o u t the association’s objectives. M em bers o f the B udget and F inance C om m ittee were: N ancy H. Allen, R. Cecilia Knight, Katherine Anne Branch and Gloriana St. Clair (who both served a partial year), Erika C. Linke, William F. Louden, D. E. Pem shek, Pam ela Snelson, and Elizabeth J. Wood, as w ell as ex-officio m em bers ACRL Vice-President Betsy Wilson and ACRL Executive Director A lthea Jenkins. I close this y e a r’s financial report by restating what several Budget and Finance chairs before m e have said: Everyone involved w ith A CRL can feel ju stifiab ly proud o f our association’s financial strength, its superb budget performance, and A CRL’s increased ability to carry out its highest priorities. In this climate, the Budget and Finance Comm ittee w ill continue its important w ork throughout 2000-2001. C&RL News ■ January 2001 63 Financial Report______ Executive Summary 1999-00 FY2000 FY2000 LAST YEAR SOURCES OF REVENUE BUDGET ACTUAL ACTUAL Ending Reserve Operating Fund (ACRL) $1,680,460 $1,726,893 $1,680,460 Endowments (ACRL) 667,706 878,278 667,706 Operating Fund (CHOICE) 1,019,927 1,171,371 1,019,927 Endowment (CHOICE) 345,436 430,417 345,436 Subtotal $3,713,529 $4,206,959 $3,713,529 Membership dues and other Dues $410,728 $423,019 $400,118 Other 500 3,790 2,917 Donations 1,500 11,630 19,060 Awards 4,700 6,160 2,250 Sec. Newsletters 0 1,650 2,250 Special Events $11,100 20,595 $0 Subtotal $428,528 $466,844 $426,595 Publications CHOICE $2,162,898 $2,217,815 $2,068,394 C&RL 155,050 174,016 173,298 C&RL News 420,492 556,800 477,986 RBM 33,733 35,870 16,236 Nonperiodical Pubs. 138,000 162,628 229,603 Library Statistics 84,330 52,934 $10 Subtotal $2,994,503 $3,200,063 $2,965,527 Education Leadership Institute $30,450 $10,000 $21,070 National (99,01) 0 (15,979) 1,046,112 Pre-& Postconferences 76,570 117,845 59,542 Immersion Institutes 192,540 200,375 111,898 Subtotal $299,560 $312,241 $1,238,622 Special Projects Friends of ACRL $24,500 $6,335 $7,565 Subtotal $24,500 $6,335 $7,565 Total Revenue $3,747,091 $3,979,148 $4,638,309 CHOICE Revenue $2,162,898 $2,217,815 $2,068,394 Total Rev, W/O Choice $1,584,193 $1,761,333 $2,569,915 64 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 __Financial Report FY2000 FY000 LAST YEAR OBJECT OF EXPENSE BUDGET ACTUAL ACTUAL Membership Activities Membership Recruit. $89,306 $68,214 $38,000 Exec. Comm. & Board 118,953 67,650 114,905 Advisory 14,082 (23,045) (22,440) Standards distrib. 7,331 10,115 5,775 Discussion Groups 3,451 3,164 2,941 Awards 16,852 19,849 13,182 Chapters 75,850 57,191 50,804 Committees 54,783 50,717 38,154 Sections 69,921 61,982 68,817 Section Newsletters 30,927 28,406 29,670 Chapter Topics 6,145 3,660 4,173 C&RL 9,291 0 0 Council of Liaisons 63,510 66,739 39,700 Scholarships 0 3,250 0 Info Lit 111,901 46,610 11,548 Section Special Events 11,100 16,061 0 Subtotal 5683,403 $480,563 $395,229 Special Projects Friends of ACRL $24,500 $127 $12,843 Subtotal $24,500 $127 $12,843 Publications CHOICE $2,273,736 $2,016,371 $1,991,372 C&RL 155,050 159,871 159,993 C&RL News 361,242 353,888 331,186 RBM 32,145 31,750 19,638 Nonperiodical Pubs. 121,109 108,490 147,072 Library Statistics 80,341 56,922 49,083 Subtotal S3.023.623 $2,727,292 S2.698.344 Education Pre & Postconferences $76,214 $99,483 $52,574 National (99,01) 179,950 135,365 693,932 Leadership Institute 29,645 3,833 12,602 Immersion Institutes 192,350 184,608 110,999 Subtotal $478,159 $423,289 3870,107 TOTALEXPENSES $4,209,685 $3,631,271 $3,976,523 CHOICE EXPENSES $2,273,736 $2,016,371 $1,991,372 CHOICE Net ($110,838) $201,444 $77,022 TOTAL EXP. W/O CHOICE $1,935,949 $1,614,900 $1,985,151 Net w/o CHOICE ($351,756) $146,433 $584,764 C&RL News ■ January 2001 65 Friends of ACRL___ In January 1999, ACRL announced to its membership that it had undertaken an initiative that would not only strengthen our association, but also provide academic librarians with a means to make a further commitment to the future growth of our profession. The Friends of ACRL donations support areas key to ACRL’s mission: Professional D evelopm ent Scholarship Fund, Innovative New Program Fund, B e st P ra c tic e s in A c a d e m ic L ib ra ria n s h ip Fund, and G lobal Connection Fund. Since the establishm ent of the Friends of ACRL, 64 ACRL members have become Friends and contributed more than $13,000. A Friends of ACRL Advisory Committee oversees the use of the funds on hand for their designated purposes. Thanks to those listed below for joining the Friends of ACRL. MILLENNIUM CLUB ($1,000 and over) Victoria A. Montavon Patricia Senn Breivik Claudia J. Morner in memory o f Clyde C. Walton Linda Muroi W illiam M iller Jam es Neal Sharon J. Rogers Carol Pfeiffer Maureen Sullivan Shelley E. Phipps Helen H. Spalding Marion T. Reid Dana C. Rooks GOLD CLUB ($500-$999) Robert F. Rose Jill Fatzer Elizabeth M. Salzer Larry Hardesty Pamela Snelson Meyer, Scherer, & Rockcastle, LTD Cary Sowell Hannelore B. Rader Mary Lee Sweat Juana R. Young Patricia A. Wand Betsy Wilson SILVER CLUB ($250-$499) Lee Marie Wisel Eric C. Linke Donald E. Riggs FRIENDS ($45-$99) Mignon Adams CENTURY CLUB ($100-$249) Charles E. Beard William E. Brown Sherrie S. Bergman John M. Budd Lynn Scott Cochrane Elaine Didier Paul E. Dumont Ray English Bernard Fradkin Barbara J. Ford Nicholas Gaymon Rena Fowler Lori Goetsch Vicki Gregory Jan Kemp Joseph Griffin Frances Maloy in memory o f Mary Ann Griffin Lawrence McCrank W. Lee Hisle Susan Miller Cathy Henderson John Popko Althea H. Jenkins Mary Reichel Barbara Baxter Jenkins Carolyn A. Sheehy Barton Lessin Louise S. Sherby Maija M. Lutz Keith Stetson Laurence Miller Barbara W ittkopf Rush M iller Mickey Zemon 66 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Meet the ACRL Staff Many o f you have had phone and/or e-mail contact with ACRL’s staff, o f which there are 12.95 ALA-approved FTE positions at headquarters. Here’s your chance to put a face with that voice or e-mail signature. On these pages, we present current ACRL staff (including two o f ACRL’s Choice 22.4 FTE staff) with in­ formation about their responsibilities. Take a minute to “meet the staff!” We’re looking forward to hearing from you. New ACRL staff in 2000 include: Shannon Cary, program officer; Louise Jessup, member services secretaiy; Meredith Parets, program assistant; and Elise Parker, classified ads manager. SHANNON CARY, program officer. Coordinates ACRL government relations activities and Friends of ACRL activities; manages ACRL’s divisional ap­ pointment activities; answers questions about the ACRL standards and guidelines; conducts envi­ ronm ental scan, surveys, and needs assess­ ments; coordinates activities of Board of Directors. Phone: (312) 280-2510; e-mail: scary@ala.org MELISSA CAST, director, membership services. Coordinates ACRL membership promotion and retention activities; oversees ACRL’s Annual Conference programs and activities; coordinates activities of sections, discussion lists, and chap­ ters; manages section appointments and nomi­ nations process; answers questions about Ini­ tiative Fund proposals. Phone: (312) 280-2523; e-mail: mcast@ala.org MARY ELLEN DAVIS, senior associate executive editor, serves as chief operating officer for ACRL. Editor of C&RL News; manages national confer­ ences; coordinates ACRL’s preconferences, insti­ tutes, and seminars. Phone: (312) 280-2511; e-mail: medavis@ala.org mailto:scary@ala.org mailto:mcast@ala.org mailto:medavis@ala.org C&RL News ■ January 2001 67 Meet the ACRL Staff___ FRANCINE GRAF, managing editor of Choice. Manages all editorial aspects of the maga­ zine, reviews-on-cards, and electronic data­ bases; coordinates the work of Choice’s edi­ torial staff; plans the editorial calendar. Phone: (860) 347-6933; e-mail: fgraf@ala.org ALTHEA JENKINS, executive director. Directs ac­ tivities of the ACRL and CHOICE offices; coordi­ nates policy implementation; prepares ACRL’s budgets; ex-officio to the ACRL executive com­ mittee and the Board of Directors; serves as official contact for higher education organiza­ tions; coordinates ACRL Colleagues and Infor­ mation Literacy programs. Phone: (312) 280- 3248; e-mail: ajenkins@ala.org LO U IS E JESSU P, a d m in is tra tiv e a s sista n t, secretary in the m em ber services departm ent and ACRL office support. Assists the m em ber services dire cto r w ith preparation of co n fe r­ ences, m em ber rosters, appointm ent accep­ tances, reimbursem ents, special projects and surveys. P rovides oversight to other general office day-to-day operations. Phone: (312) 280- 2521; e-m ail: ljessup@ ala.org DAWN MUELLER, production/design assistant. Develops and maintains ACRL’s Web site; lays out and produces C&RL; designs and produces RBM; works with section editors to produce and distribute section newsletters; designs and pro­ duces all ACRL brochures and flyers. Phone: (312) 280-2516; e-mail: dmueller@ala.org mailto:fgraf@ala.org mailto:ajenkins@ala.org mailto:ljessup@ala.org mailto:dmueller@ala.org 68 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 __ Meet the ACRL Staff MEREDITH PARETS, program assistant. Coordi­ nates promotion for ACRL; prepares ACRL’s bal­ lots for the ALA annual elections; coordinates ACRL’s Awards Program; maintains ACRL’s elec­ tronic discussion lists. Phone: (312) 280-2515; e-mail: mparets@ala.org ELISE PARKER, classified ads manager. Man­ ages jo b ads fo r C&RL News and C&RL NewsNet. Phone: (312)280-2513; fax: (312) 280- 7663; e-mail: eparker@ala.org IRVING ROCKWOOD, Choice, editor and pub­ lisher. Handles magazine and other product adver­ tising sales; subscription services; marketing; and promotions. Phone: (860) 347-6933; fax: (860) 346-8586; e-mail: irockwood@ala.org MARGOT SUTTON, program officer. Coordinates ACRL’s Job Shadow Day; oversees the activi­ ties of the Effective Practices Project; answers questions about registration for ACRL’s con­ ferences, institutes, etc. Phone: (312) 280-2522; e-mail: msutton@ala.org mailto:mparets@ala.org mailto:eparker@ala.org mailto:irockwood@ala.org mailto:msutton@ala.org C&RL News ■ January 2001 69 Meet the ACRL Staff___ HUGH THOMPSON, director of publications. Handles all questions about ACRL’s publications; oversees production of C&RL and RBM; answers questions about ACRL’s Web site; manages ACRL’s Academic Libraries Trends and Statistics and elec­ tronic publishing program. Phone: (312) 280-2517; e-mail: hthompson@ala.org NICOLE WHEATLEY, editorial assistant, publi­ cations and National Conference. Contact for information about subscriptions, job ads, and manuscript submissions for C&RL News. Phone: (312) 280-2514; e-mail: nwheatley® ala.org ANN-CHRISTE YOUNG, production editor for C&RL News. Copy edits and lays out C&RL News and C&RL Newsnet; writes “People in the News” and “Grants and Acquisitions” for C&RL News. Phone: (312) 280-2524; e-mail: ayoung@ala.org mailto:hthompson@ala.org mailto:ayoung@ala.org 70 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 N o w online at w w w.pop.greenw ood.com Discover h o w pornography pushes the boundries and freedom of expression throughout American History From obscene lyrics in music to celebrity nudity in advertising, Pornography and Sexual Representation: A Reference Guide examinies the vast history of sexual expression in America. Joseph Slade of Ohio University uses the study of pornog­ raphy to illuminate the considerable social, cultural, and legal aspects of privacy and free speech in the United States. 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Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007 Telephone (203) 226-3571 • Office FAX (203) 226-6009 http://www.pop.greenwood.com http://www.DOD.areenwood.com Structure Bookmarks Art 1 Celebrating Our Successes, Confronting Our Challenges: ACRL Enters the 21st Century 999-2000 Association of College & Research Libraries Annual Report @your libraryACRL's MissionThe Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) enhances the effectiveness of academic and research librarians to advance learning, teaching, and research in higher education. 42 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Message from the PresidentLarry HardestyACRL’s 61st PresidentI want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the ACRL membership for the privi­lege of serving as the 61 st President of the ACRL.Although I have served the Association for more than 20 years at many levels, my experience as president further strengthened my appreciation for the hard work and ac­complishments of the ACRL members, leadership, and staff. We have much about which to be proud of our profession and our professional associ C&RL News ■ January 2001 43 Message from the Presidentprivilege of following Maureen Sullivan and preceding Betsy Wilson as ACRL president. Both are highly dedicated professionals with whom it has been a joy to work. I also enjoyed my opportunities to work and meet with ACRL members and leaders at all levels. ACRL exists for the membership, and I thank the membership for a rewarding and fon year as the President of ACRL.ACRL 2000 Annual Conference Programs—Chicago■ ACRL President’s Program—Celebrating Our Successes, Confronting Our Ch 44 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Message from the Vice-PresidentLizabeth WilsonVice-President/President-ElectLibraries are moving into a century of change we can’t even begin to imagine. ACRL is well positioned to thrive in this millennium of change.However, we must strengthen our collaborations and community relationships if we are to suc­ceed in the 21st century. As a result, the theme of my presidency is “Commu­nity and Collaboration.”A “Community and Collaboration” series will run in C&RL News through­out my presidential year. Each mon C&RL News ■ January 2001 45 Message from the Vice-Prssidgntworking creatively to realize the vision of ACRL as the leading professional organization of choice for academic librarians.It is an honor to follow in the footsteps of strong and innovative ACRL Presidents and to work with a talented membership and highly committed staff. This past year has been busy with chapter visits, listening to members, and planning for the coming year. Given the high level of membership in­volvement, I am enthusiastic about the coming year of “Communit 46 /C&RL News ■ January 2001 Letter from the Executive DirectorAlthea H. JenkinsExecutive DirectorThe worth of any national association can be gauged by how well it serves the interests and meets the needs of its members. Since its cre­ation in 1938, ACRL has continued to expand its programs and reinvent itself in ways that have permitted it to be responsive to the ever-changing needs of the academic library community.As higher education continues to be reshaped, so will the focus, activi­ties, and programs of ACRL be shaped. ACRL’s mi C&RL News ■ January 2001 47 Letter from the Executive DirectorACRL is grateful to the corporate community that has been so supportive. I thank our 2000 ACRL Colleagues and corporate contributors for their com­mitment to ACRL and for their continuous financial support. Their sponsor­ship of ACRL awards, programs, and activities enables ACRL to provide its members a wide variety of programmatic choices.I especially thank ACRL President Larry Hardesty for his support of the association and its staff, and for the guidance he gave toward c 48 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Year in ReviewServices and programsACRL continues as the largest division of ALA, and our membership is holding steady with a slight increase of 2%. With its strong membership, the association continues to be a vibrant and robust voice speaking out for academic librarians on important issues. The strength of ACRL’s voice can be heard in other ways, as well. The large number of members who serve on committees, sections, and discussion groups, and write articles for its pub­lications or make presentations at C&RL News ■ January 2001 49 Year in Review__sponse to ACRL’s first call for nominations and applications, 42 librarians responded and 36 completed applications were evaluated. The first winners of the award were North Carolina State University, Wellesley College, and the College of DuPage. Each institution was recognized with an award cer­emony on its campus, and awarded a $3,000 cash prize. The other new ACRL award from the Women’s Studies Section was presented for achievement in women’s studies librarianship. The award was sponsored 50 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 ____Year in ReviewACRL Award Winners 2000 ■ Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award (Donor: YBP Library Services) Sharon A. Hogan,University of Illinois at Chicago■ Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award(Donor: ACRL, ALCTS, LAMA, LITA) Kenneth Frazier, University of Wisconsin-Madison■ Excellence in Academic Libraries Award (Donor: Blackwell’s Book Services)North Carolina State University Wellesley College College of DuPage■ Samuel Lazerow Fellowship (Donor: Institute for Scientific Information)Kyle Banerjee, Oregon State University■ K. G. Saur Award ■ LPSS Marta Lange/CQ Award(Donor: Congressional Quarterly, Inc.) Grace Ann York, University of Michigan■ RBMS Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Catalog Award (Donor: Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab):Division I Winners: “Formatting the Word of God: The Charles Caldwell Ryrie Collection,” Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University Division I Honorable Mentions: “Stamped with a National Charac­ter: Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books,” The Gro C&RL News ■ January 2001 51 Year in Review_______College Library Section’s newsletter, the Women’s Studies Section’s devel­opment of core lists of books and serials in Women’s Studies, and the Litera­tures in English Section’s (formerly the English and American Literature Section) creation of two new discussion groups: 19th-Century Materials Discussion Group and the Literaiy Reference Discussion Group.Government relationsDuring 1999-2000, ACRL’s Legislative Agenda focused on several legisla­tive and public policy areas concerning copy 52 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 ___Year in ReviewIntellectual Freedom PrinciplesIn 1999 the ACRL board approved the “Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Libraries.” The purpose of the intellectual freedom principles is to provide an interpretation of general intellectual freedom principles for an academic library setting.ACRL has continued to promote and distribute the principles throughout the year. At Midwinter 2000, the principles were endorsed by ALA ’s Intellec­tual Freedom Committee and published in the “Intellectual Freedo C&RL News ■ January 2001 53 Year in Review____ogy Centers in the learning process, and identifying criteria for evaluating Web content for inclusion in academic portals.ACRL members presented a program on “Using the ACRL Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services” at the “Quality Assurance in Dis­tance Education: Electronic Library Solutions” conference in Washington,D.C.ACRL members and Middle States Commission for Higher Education staff were presenters at the ACRL New Jersey Chapter meeting in April 2000 where the program foc 54 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Year in ReviewBoard of Directors after its meeting in January 2000. They were endorsed by the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Board of Directors at its meeting in May 2000. The standards have been translated into four languages, and more than 25,000 copies have been requested and distrib­uted.The ACRL Board of Directors agreed to partner with the ALA 2001 Presi­dential initiative and share its work and expertise on information literacy community partnerships. The Board also provided funds t C&RL News ■ January 2001 55 Year in ReviewLeadership institutesThe second ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute was held July 30-August 4, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Eighty-six individuals attended this inten­sive five-day institute, designed to help library leaders increase their ca­pacity to lead and manage. In evaluating the institute, attendees commented that: “The ACRL Leadership Institute helped me focus in a strategic way on my own leadership style so that I can be a more self-aware and effective leader.” “For me, the most signif 56 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Year in ReviewThis year the national program was held at the University of Washington in Seattle. Ninety participants representing four foreign countries and thirty-five states attended. The attendees were enthusiastic about the program, with 88% of them selecting the highest rating when evaluating the program. Twenty in­dividuals were recipients of ACRL scholarships awarded to new librarians, minority librarians, and graduate students.Sixty-six librarians from Ohio and eleven more invited from the national C&RL News ■ January 2001 57 Year in Reviewware and the determined efforts of our Computer Science Manager, Steven Conforti. The remainder of the year saw progress on a variety of fronts. During the past 12 months, Choice:• bid a fond farewell to Helen MacLam, our Social Science editor, who retired this past June after 17 years of steadfast and exceptional service to Choice and the library community;• welcomed four new staff members: John Adams (distribution assistant), Megan Fitzgerald (copy editor), Lisa Mitten (Social Science editor 58 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Year in ReviewManuscripts, and Cultural Heritage. A totally new graphic design was pro­duced, including a change to an 8 by 10 inch format, and the numbering was restarted with Volume 1, No. 1.StatisticsACRL’s first annual statistical survey, the 1998 Academic Library Trends and Statistics, was published in two volumes: one covering the Carnegie Classification Associate of Arts institutions and one covering the combined classifications of doctoral-granting, master’s, and baccalaureate institutions. The 1998 C&RL News ■ January 2001 59 Year in Review____• full text of the “Intellectual Freedom Principles for Academic Librarians”;• full text of the “Students Guide to Evaluating Libraries in Colleges and Universities,” a brochure to assist high school students in evaluating aca­demic libraries during the process of selecting an institution of higher learn­ing to attend;• Effective Practices, a page to recognize those libraries with exemplary management practices and to encourage other libraries to innovate;• job listings in C&RL News are no 60 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 ACRL Board of Directors. 1999-00ACRL Board 1999-2000 (I to r): (back) Larry Hardesty, Paul E. Dumont, Mary Lee Sweat, Lois Cherepon, Robert F. Rose, William E. Brown, John Popko, Maureen Sullivan; (front) Helen H. Spalding, Betsy Wilson, Barbara Baxter Jenkins, Theresa S. Byrd, Dana C. Rooks. Not pictured: Althea H. Jenkins.ACRL Board of Directors, 1999-2000PresidentLarry Hardesty, Austin CollegeVice-president/President-electBetsy Wilson, University of WashingtonPast PresidentMaureen Sullivan, Organizationa C&RL News ■ January 2001 61 Financial ReportJohn PopkoBudget and Finance Committee ChairACRL had an exceptionally strong budget perfor­mance during the 1999-2000 fiscal year and the association’s financial condition remains very healthy. At the close of the fiscal year, the ACRLOperating Fund Balance was $1,726,893. The Choice closing Operating Fund Balance was $1,171,371.1999-2000 budget highlightsACRL’s FY 2000 revenues (not including Choice) were $177,140 more than budgeted for the year. Classified and product advertising and book 62 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 __Financial ReportACRL asset managementACRL’s long-term investment portfolio includes the ACRL general endow­ment, the Choice endowment, and three awards endowments (Oberly, Leab, and Atkinson). At the end of the 1999-2000 fiscal year, the total portfolio value of all ACRL endowment funds was $1,308,695, an increase of $295,552 or 29% above the total value at the end of 1998-1999. Values for each of the endowments as of August 31, 2000, were as follows: ACRL endowment, $706,585; Oberly award, $21,731; Leab C&RL News ■ January 2001 63 Financial Report______Executive Summary 1999-00FY2000FY2000LAST YEARSOURCES OF REVENUEBUDGETACTUALACTUALEnding ReserveOperating Fund (ACRL)$1,680,460$1,726,893$1,680,460Endowments (ACRL)667,706878,278667,706Operating Fund (CHOICE)1,019,9271,171,3711,019,927Endowment (CHOICE)345,436430,417345,436Subtotal$3,713,529$4,206,959$3,713,529Membership dues and otherDues$410,728$423,019$400,118Other5003,7902,917Donations1,50011,63019,060Awards4,7006,1602,250Sec. Newsletters01,6502,250Special Events$11,10020,595$0Subt 64 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 __Financial ReportFY2000FY000LAST YEAROBJECT OF EXPENSEBUDGETACTUALACTUALMembership ActivitiesMembership Recruit.$89,306$68,214$38,000Exec. Comm. & Board118,95367,650114,905Advisory14,082(23,045)(22,440)Standards distrib.7,33110,1155,775Discussion Groups3,4513,1642,941Awards16,85219,84913,182Chapters75,85057,19150,804Committees54,78350,71738,154Sections69,92161,98268,817Section Newsletters30,92728,40629,670Chapter Topics6,1453,6604,173C&RL9,29100Council of Liaisons63,51066,73939,700Scholarships03,2500Info L C&RL News ■ January 2001 65 Friends of ACRL___In January 1999, ACRL announced to its membership that it had undertaken an initiative that would not only strengthen our association, but also provide academic librarians with a means to make a further commitment to the future growth of our profession.The Friends of ACRL donations support areas key to ACRL’s mission: Professional Development Scholarship Fund, Innovative New Program Fund, Best Practices in Academic Librarianship Fund, and Global Connection Fund.Since the establishment of t 66 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Meet the ACRL StaffMany of you have had phone and/or e-mail contact with ACRL’s staff, of which there are 12.95 ALA-approved FTE positions at headquarters. Here’s your chance to put a face with that voice or e-mail signature. On these pages, we present current ACRL staff (including two of ACRL’s Choice 22.4 FTE staff) with in­formation about their responsibilities. Take a minute to “meet the staff!” We’re looking forward to hearing from you.New ACRL staff in 2000 include: Shannon Cary, program officer; Loui C&RL News ■ January 2001 67 Meet the ACRL Staff___FRANCINE GRAF, managing editor of Choice. Manages all editorial aspects of the maga­zine, reviews-on-cards, and electronic data­bases; coordinates the work of Choice’s edi­torial staff; plans the editorial calendar. Phone: (860) 347-6933; e-mail: fgraf@ala.orgALTHEA JENKINS, executive director. Directs ac­tivities of the ACRL and CHOICE offices; coordi­nates policy implementation; prepares ACRL’s budgets; ex-officio to the ACRL executive com­mittee and the Board of Directors; serves as 68 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 __Meet the ACRL StaffMEREDITH PARETS, program assistant. Coordi­nates promotion for ACRL; prepares ACRL’s bal­lots for the ALA annual elections; coordinates ACRL’s Awards Program; maintains ACRL’s elec­tronic discussion lists. Phone: (312) 280-2515; e-mail: mparets@ala.orgELISE PARKER, classified ads manager. Man­ages job ads for C&RL News and C&RL NewsNet. Phone: (312)280-2513; fax: (312) 280- 7663; e-mail: eparker@ala.orgIRVING ROCKWOOD, Choice, editor and pub­lisher. Handles magazine and other product ad C&RL News ■ January 2001 69 Meet the ACRL Staff___HUGH THOMPSON, director of publications. Handles all questions about ACRL’s publications; oversees production of C&RL and RBM; answers questions about ACRL’s Web site; manages ACRL’s Academic Libraries Trends and Statistics and elec­tronic publishing program. Phone: (312) 280-2517; e-mail: hthompson@ala.orgNICOLE WHEATLEY, editorial assistant, publi­cations and National Conference. Contact for information about subscriptions, job ads, and manuscript submissions for C&RL News. Phone: (3 70 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 Now online at www.pop.greenwood.comDiscover how pornography pushes the boundries and freedom of expression throughout American HistoryFrom obscene lyrics in music to celebrity nudity in advertising, Pornography and Sexual Representation: A Reference Guide examinies the vast history of sexual expression in America. Joseph Slade of Ohio University uses the study of pornog­raphy to illuminate the considerable social, cultural, and legal aspects of privacy and free speech in the United States.This dynamic, full