ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


February 1983 /  45

No. 3 6 — T he Shaping o f  Am erican L ibrary E d u ca­
tion. Charles D. Churchwell. (1975). $8.50.

No. 3 8 —C ollective Bargaining in H igher E duca­
 tion. Millicent D. Abell, ed. (1977). $12,50.
No. 39— Libraries f o r  Teaching‚ Libraries fo r  R e­

search: Essays f o r  a Century. Richard D. Johnson.

  comp. (1977).
N o . 40—B ook Selling an d B ook Buying: Aspects o f 

19th Century British an d North American B ook 
 Trades. Richard Landon. ed. (1979).$ 1 0 .  

No. 41 — W om en View L ibrarianship: Nine Per­
spectives. Kathryn Lundy, ed. (1980)$ 7  

C&RL News G uidelines for 
Submission of Articles or C olum ns

I. Purpose of C &RI. News
C ollege ò  Research Libraries News is the official 

news magazine of ACRL. a division of the Ameri­
can Library Association. Its purpose is to record 
significant activities of ACRL and to report news 
about academic and research libraries. As the offi­
cial ACRL news magazine. C &R L News main­
tains a record of selected actions and policy state­
ments of the association and publishes timely 
reports on the activities of ACRL and its sections, 
committees, discussion groups, councils, and chap­
ters.

As a vehicle for communication among college 
and research librarians, C & RL News reports news 
items pertinent to academic and research librari­
anship. including information on bibliographic in­
struction. continuing education, appointments, 
collection acquisitions, grants to libraries, and 
publications (brief notices).

The editor bears responsibility for the contents of 
each issue of C ò R L  News. Materials selected by 
the editor must be newsworthy, timely, and of 
practical value to people in the field. The editor has 
authority to decide what material is appropriate 
for publication, based on the following guidelines. 
The editor also reserves the right to make appropri­
ate revisions in material selected for publication in 
order to standardize style or improve clarity (ex­
cept official ACRL documents, president’s letters, 
and similar material).

Formal, theoretical, or research-oriented arti­
cles inappropriate for C & R L N ews will be for­
warded to the editor of C ollege & Research L i­
braries for review.

II. Length
Articles and columns should be no more than 

2,000 words and no less than 500 words.

III. Style
C &R L N ews style is informal, but informative 

and accurate.

IV . Content
Materials selected should fall into one of the fol­

lowing categories:
a. Reports on a project, program, or research un­

derway or recently completed dealing with a topic

relevant to academic librarianship. Footnotes 
should be minimal and charts or tables avoided. 
These reports may be preliminary descriptions of 
programs or research to be published formally at a 
later date in library literatu re ( e .g .. “ Online 
Searching and Chemistry Students at Knox,” Feb­
ruary 1982).

b. Reports on a recent conference or workshop of 
interest to academic or research librarians (e.g.. 
“Second International Conference on User Educa­
tion.” November 1981).

c. Reasoned and informed speculation or com­
ment on a relevant topic, especially if solicited by 
the editor or an official ACRL group (e.g.. “Ene­
mies of Books.” October 1981).

d. State-of-the-art reports on a relevant topic 
(e.g.. "Education for Community College Librari­
anship." September 1981).

e. Standards, guidelines, or recommendations of 
an ACRL committee or other official ACRL group 
(e.g., “Guidelines for Two-Year College Learning 
Resources Programs.” January & February 1982).

V. Manuscript
Authors should submit two copies, double­

spaced. following either the University of Chica­
go's Manual o f  Style or Turabian.

VI. Requests for Donations
C &R L News may occasionally print requests for 

the donation of books or materials to libraries, es­
pecially foreign libraries, which have suffered ex­
tensive loss through fire, hurricane, or other natu­
ral disaster. Other libraries soliciting contributions 
for other reasons will be referred to the rates for 
classified advertising in C ò R L  News.

E d ito r’s N ote: T hese guidelines w ere ad o p ted  by 
the C&RL News E ditorial B oard at th e D enver 
M idwinter M eeting on January 25. 1982.  ■■