ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ October 1998 / 695 ACRL wants you! Here’s your chance to volunteer Now is a good time to increase your in­volvement in ACRL by volunteering to serve on a division or section committee. Vice- president Larry Hardesty invites all ACRL mem­ bers to contact the Appointments Committee about serving on one of ACRL’s 20 commit­ tees for next year. Members may also contact one of the section vice-chairs regarding ser­ vice on one of the many section committees. Committee members assist the associa­ tion in implementing its strategic plan (avail­ able at http://www.ala.org/acrl/stratpla.html), reshaping the association, and influencing the direction of academic and research librarian- ship. Y ou benefit b y volunteering Volunteers not only give to the associa­ tion, they get back from the association: • Build ties with academic and research librarians around the country. • E nhan ce your leadership abilities through consensus building and persuasion. • Share your expertise with colleagues. • Gain additional expertise— learn more about a new area of academic librarianship or pick up new ideas for your current area. Appointm ents: The process Appointments are made at both the section and division levels. The ACRL president is responsible for the committee appointments at the division level for the year he or she serves as president. Likewise, section chairs are responsible for committee appointments in their respective sections the year they serve as chair. Committee slates are usually com­ pleted shortly after the Midwinter Meeting during the year in which the individual serves as president-elect or chair-elect. The ACRL Appointments Committee assists the presi- dent-elect in this process in an advisory ca­ pacity. Factors influencing appointment Although the emphasis in the appointment may vary from year to year according to the prerogatives of the president-elect and sec­ tion chairs, the same factors are considered. They include: • E v id en ce o f p o te n tia l c o m m itte e m em ber’s in terest: Have you attended the meetings and introduced yourself to the chair? Do you have previous experience that relates to the work of the committee? Have you indi­ cated your interest on the volunteer form? • D em ographics and com p osition o f com m ittee: A balance is sought with respect to type of library (community college, col­ lege, or university), geographic representa­ tion, ethnic diversity, and gender. • The recom m en d atio n o f the cu rren t com m ittee ch air: Current committee chairs are asked to suggest potential members. Al­ though all of these factors are considered, the final appointments are the prerogative of the ACRL president-elect and the section chair- elects. H ow to a p p ly 1) Select the com m ittees th at interest you. The ALA Handbook o f Organization lists all of ACRL’s committees and their charges. (Ed. note: The H andbook is published as a special issue o f American Libraries and will automatically be mailed to all ALA members in mid-November.) Attend the committee’s meetings at the Midwinter Meeting and An­ nual Conference to help you decide if those are the activities that interest you. 2) Introdu ce yourself. Talk with com­ mittee members. Express your interest to the committee chair. Explain how you might con­ tribute to the work of the committee. 3 ) Submit a vo lun teer form . Complete the volunteer form included with this article. (Ed. note: This form is also available on ACRL’s homepage at http://www.ala.org/acrl.html.) http://www.ala.org/acrl/stratpla.html http://www.ala.org/acrl.html 69 8 / C&RL News ■ October 1998 Be sure to cover all o f the items asked for in background information section o f the form. If you have attended committee meetings or programs, mention that. Fill out on e form for ACRL division committees and a different form for each ACRL section you volunteer to serve on a committee for. Send the ACRL commit­ tee volunteer form to Lynn Chmelir at the address on the bottom o f the volunteer form; send the section volunteer forms to the ap­ propriate section chair-elects (see list o f ad­ dresses below ). 4 ) Volunteer again. . . and again. If y are not successful in being appointed one year, volunteer again the next year . . . and the next. Remember that a multitude o f fac­ tors— number o f appointments made, num­ ber o f volunteers for each committee, num­ ber o f volunteers from your type o f library or your geographic area— determine the actual appointment, and these factors change from year to year. ACRL section appointments ACRL has 17 sections (listed below ). Y ou will find a description o f their areas o f responsi­ bility in the ALA Handbook o f Organization, 1998-99. The chair-elect o f a section appoints the chair and members o f all section co m ­ mittees. Most o f these appointments are made in the spring for terms beginning immedi­ ately after the ALA Annual Conference. If you w ould like to be considered for appointment as a chair or member o f a section committee, fill out the ACRL Committee Volunteer Form and mail it to the chair-elect o f the appropriate section listed below before December 4,1998. African-American Studies Librarians Section. Vice-Chair/Chair-elect: Mary G. Wrighten, Multicultural Services Librarian, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State Univer­ sity, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403. Preferred address-. 1846 Brownstone Blvd, Apt DIO, T o l e d o O H 4 3 6 1 4 -1 3 3 7 ; e -m a il: mwright@bgnet.bgsu. edu . Anthropology and Sociology Section. Vice-Chair/Chair-elect: Sally Willson Weimer, Sociology & Global Peace & Security Librar­ ian, Donald C. Davidson Library, University o f California, Santa Barbara. Preferred address: 10264 Jamestown St., Ventura, CA 93004-2414; e-mail: weimer@library.ucsb.edu. ou Arts Section. Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Floyd M. Zula, Coordinator, Acquisitions, California State University, P. O. B ox 4150, Fullerton, CA 92834-4150. Preferred address■. 2008 N. D e e r p a r k Dr. # 3 5 8 ; e -m a il:fz u la @ fullerton.edu. Asian, African and Middle Eastern Sec­ tion. Vice-Chair/Chair-elect: Donald P. Chvatal VTLS, Inc., 5833 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Port­ land, OR 97201; e-mail: chvatald@vtls.com. College Libraries Section. Vice-Chair/ Chair-elect: John G. Jaffe, Director o f Librar­ ies & Integrated Learning Resources, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA 24595; e-mail: jgjaffe@sbc.edu. Community and Junior College Librar­ ies Section. Chair: Cary Sowell, Head Librar­ ian, Northridge Learning Resource Center, Austin Community College; Preferred Ad­ dress: 1018 Hermitage Drive, Austin, TX 78753-5864; e-mail: cary@austin.cc.tx.us D istance Learning S ection . V ic e - Chair/Chair-elect: Harvey R. Gover, Assis­ tant Campus Librarian, Washington State Univ. Tri-Cities, 2710 U niversity Drive, R ic h la n d , WA 9 9 3 5 2 - 1 6 7 1 ; e -m a il: hgover@ tricity.w su.edu. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section. Vice-Chair/Chair-elect: Ellen D. Gil­ bert, Rutgers University Alexander Library, 169 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Pre­ ferred address: 227 Stuart R o a d East; P r in c e to n , NJ 0 8 5 4 0 -1 9 4 7 ; e -m a il: egilbert@rci.rutgers.edu. English and American Literature Sec­ tion. Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Catherine A. Larson, University o f Arizona Library, 510 E. University A401 Main Library, Tucson, AZ 85721. Preferred address: 2545 N. Grannen Rd., Tucson, AZ 85745-9616; phone: (520) 621- 6 4 3 7 ; fa x : (5 2 0 ) 6 2 1 -9 4 3 3 ; e -m a il: cal@bird.library.arizona.edu. Instruction Section. Vice-Chair/Chair- Elect: Barbara MacAdam, Head, Educational and Information Services, University o f Michi­ gan Library, 1102 Shapiro Library, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1185; e-mail: bmacadam@umich.edu. mailto:weimer@library.ucsb.edu mailto:chvatald@vtls.com mailto:jgjaffe@sbc.edu mailto:cary@austin.cc.tx.us mailto:hgover@tricity.wsu.edu mailto:egilbert@rci.rutgers.edu mailto:cal@bird.library.arizona.edu mailto:bmacadam@umich.edu C&RL News ■ O ctober 1998 / 699 Law and Political Science Section. Vice- Chair/Chair-Elect: Marifran Bustion, Acquisitions Department, Gelman Library, George Washing­ ton University, 2130 H St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20052; e-mail: marifran@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Eric Holzenberg, The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022; e-mail: grolier@panix.com . Science and Technology Section. Vice- Chair/Chair-Elect: Patricia A Kreitz, Library Di­ rector, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Li­ brary & Information Services, MS82, P.O. Box 4349, Stanford, CA 94309; fax: (415) 926-4905. Slavic and East European Section. Vice- Chair/Chair-Elect: Patricia K. Thurston, Slavic & East European Library, University o f Illi­ nois, Urbana-Champaign, 1408 W. Gregory, Urbana, IL 61801-3607. Preferred address: 707 S. Race St., Urbana, IL 61801-4132; e-mail: pthurstn@uxl .cso.uiuc.edu. University Libraries Section. Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: James Estrada, Fairfield Univer­ sity, Nyselius Library, Fairfield, CT 06430-5195. Preferred address: 460 E. Tall Tim bers, G la s to n b u r y , CT 0 6 0 3 3 -1 8 0 1 ; e -m a il: jestrada@fairl .fairfield.edu. Western European Specialists Section. Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: John M. Cullars, Col­ lections Developm ent B ox 8198, University Library University o f Illinois, C hicago, IL 60680. Preferred address-. 500 West R oscoe Street, Apt. 1-S, Chicago IL 60657-3523; e-mail: jcullars@uic.edu. Women’s Studies Section. Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Marlene Manoff, Collection Man­ ager, Mass Institute o f Tech (MIT), Humani­ ties Library, 14S-222, Cambridge, MA 02139- Preferred address-. 103 Cedar Road, Medford MA 02155-3146; e-mail: mm anoff@mit.edu. ACRL divisional committee appointments ACRL has 20 standing committees to which appointments may be made for 1998-99- A list appears on the volunteer form at the end o f this article. Y ou will find the committees listed with a description o f their charges in the ALA Handbook o f Organization. Appoint­ ments to ACRL standing committees are made in the spring for terms beginning immedi­ ately after the ALA Annual Conference. The Appointments Committee recommends to the president-elect o f ACRL the names o f m em­ bers w h o might fill the vacancies. The presi­ dent-elect makes the final appointments. If you want to be considered for an appoint­ ment to an ACRL committee, complete the fonrn and return to Lynn Chmelir at the address given o n the form before Decem ber 4,1998. Editorial boards ACRL has editorial boards for these six publi­ cations: Choice, College & Research Libraries; College & Research Libraries News-, New Pub­ lications; Publications in Librarianship, and Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship. Appointments to editorial boards are made at the Midwinter Meeting for terms that begin immediately after the ALA Annual Conference. The editors recom m end the name o f a per­ son to fill the vacancy. The Publications Com ­ mittee must approve the recommendation, and the president o f ACRL makes the appoint­ ment. If you w ou ld like to b e considered for ap­ pointment to an editorial board, contact the editor o f the editorial board early in the fall. Choice editor: Irving R ock w ood , Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457; e-mail: irockw ood@ ala-ch oice.org. College & Research Libraries editor: Donald E. Riggs, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314-7796; e-mail: driggs® nsu. acast. n ova. ed u . College & Research Libraries News editor: Mary Ellen Davis, C&RL News, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, II. 60611-2795; e-mail: medavis@ala.org. New publications editor: Hugh Thompson, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 6 0 6 ll- 2795; e-mail: hthompson@ala.org. Publications in Librarianship editor: John Budd, 304 West Blvd. N, Columbia, MO 65203; e-mail: libsjm b@showme.m issouri.edu. Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship editors: Lisa M. Browar, Director, Indiana Uni­ versity, Lilly Library, Bloomington, IN 47405; lbrowar@indiana.edu; Marvin J. Taylor, Spe­ cial Collections, New York University, Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012; taylorm@is2.nyu.edu. mailto:marifran@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu mailto:grolier@panix.com mailto:jcullars@uic.edu mailto:mmanoff@mit.edu mailto:irockwood@ala-choice.org mailto:medavis@ala.org mailto:hthompson@ala.org mailto:libsjmb@showme.missouri.edu mailto:lbrowar@indiana.edu mailto:taylorm@is2.nyu.edu 700 / C&RL News ■ October 1998 C&RL News ■ October 1998 / 701 702 / C&RL News ■ October 1998