ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 550 / C&RL News ■ 5eptember 2002 news In t h e It’s h a r d to b e lie v e th a t s u m m e r is o v e r a n d a n e w academ ic y e ar is already in sw ing. If su m ­ m e r is a tim e for c o n tem plation, fall is ultim ately a tim e fo r ta k in g a ction. T h e 2003 ALA A n n u a l C o n fe re n c e s e e m s a w o r ld a w a y rig h t n o w , b u t m e m b e rs a n d staff a lik e a r e b u s y w o r k i n g o n n e w p ro je c ts a n d im p le m e n tin g n e w initiatives th a t c a m e o u t o f o u r m e e tin g s in A tlanta. For those o f y o u w h o w e re n ’t able to attend th e conference this year, o r w h o w e re th ere b u t m issed som e programs you w ere interested in, you can learn a b o u t k ey topics c overed b y reading m e m b e r reports o n a n u m b e r o f program s (page 556 ). As always, a selection o f program s are avail­ able for sale on audiocassette as well (see page 558). F o r a n o v e rv ie w o f w h e r e w e ’re h e a d e d th is fiscal y ear, th e a c tio n s t a k e n b y th e ACRE B o a rd o f D ire c to rs at th e J u n e m e e tin g a re a ls o in th is i s s u e ( p a g e 568). A t t h e e n d o f t h e A tla n ta c o n f e r e n c e , w e o ffic ia lly w e l c o m e d H e l e n S p a l d in g as t h e n e w ACRL p r e s i d e n t . S h e h a s s e l e c t e d “N e w R e a litie s , N e w R e l a t i o n s h i p s ” a s t h e 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 3 p r e s i d e n t i a l t h e m e . I n t h e first i n s t a l l m e n t o f t h e “N e w R e a l i ti e s , N e w R e l a t i o n s h i p s ” c o lu m n ( p a g e 5 8 0 ), H e l e n s h a r e s h e r p l a n s f o r t h e p r e s i d e n t i a l y e a r a n d i ll u s t r a te s h o w n e w r e a l it i e s a n d n e w r e l a t i o n s h i p s r e a l ly d o s h a p e u s a n d th e w o rk w e do. As y o u start th in k in g o f th e y e a r a h e a d a n d th e ACRL p ro g ra m s a n d p ro je c ts th a t s p e a k to you, r e m e m b e r to c o n sid er recognizing a library o r librarian th a t y o u a d m ire b y n o m in a tin g c a n ­ d i d a t e s f o r t h e v a r ie ty o f ACRL a w a r d s d e ­ sc rib e d o n p a g e 588. — Stephanie Orphan, Editor-in-chief sorphan@ala.org mailto:sotphan@ala.org