ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


Hearings Held on Standards Revision

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ACRL members discussed the revision of the 
1959 Standards for College Libraries during the 
Midwinter Meeting of ALA in Chicago, Jan­
uary 20-25.

During its first six months the revision com­
mittee, chaired by Johnnie Givens, Austin Peay 
State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, has 
studied typologies currently being used to clas­
sify colleges and universities in the United 
States. Typologies developed by the Office of 
Education (the Federal Interagency Committee 
on Education), the American Council on E du­
cation, the Carnegie Commission on Higher E d­
ucation, the Academy for Educational Develop­
ment, and James Cass and Max Bernbaum 
(Selectivity Index of Colleges and Universi­
ties) have been compared by the committee. 
The committee intends to select the most useful 
typology available in order to define the college 
as an institution separate and distinct from the 
two-year college, the community college, and 
the university. The committee expects to select 
its typology on the basis of a classification of 
homogeneous groupings which have characteris­
tics that are easily identified and defensible.

A background paper on typologies, prepared 
by James Pirie and David Perkins, a paper on 
elements presently found in existing standards,

prepared by Herman Totten, and a review of 
library standards used in other countries, by 
David Kaser, also were discussed with the 
membership. Sets of these papers can be ob­
tained by writing Beverly P. Lynch, Executive 
Secretary, ACRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 
60611. Hearings on later working papers will 
be held July 10 and 11 during the annual meet­
ing of the American Library Association in New 
York. ■ ■

DOUGHERTY RESIGNS 
AS CRL EDITOR

Richard M. Dougherty, editor since 1969 of 
College ir Research Libraries, a publication of 
the Association of College and Research Li­
braries, has asked to be relieved of the editor­
ship effective July 1974. The Board of Direc­
tors of ACRL has accepted Dr. Dougherty’s 
resignation with deep regret.

The search for a new editor is being conduct­
ed by the ACRL Publications Committee. Ap­
plications and recommendations should be sent 
to Dr. Fred Blum, CRL Editor Search Coordi­
nator, Room 205, Mullen Library, The Catholic 
University of America, Washington, DC 20017.

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ACRL Board Action at Midwinter
The Board of Directors of the Association of

College and Research Libraries took the follow­
ing actions during its two Midwinter Meetings, 
held in Chicago on January 21 and 24, 1974.

Unanimously voted to support the dues sched­
ule presented by the American Association 
of School Librarians, which would have low­
ered the dues for membership in ALA and 
ACRL to $35. (The proposal subsequently 
was not approved by the ALA Council. See 
story elsewhere in this issue.)

Unanimously approved a resolution giving di­
vision presidents a seat on the ALA Council. 
(The resolution was subsequently defeated 
by Council.)

Agreed to support for election to ALA Council 
the following ACRL Board and committee 
members: Norman E. Tanis, H. William Ax- 
ford, Russell Shank, George S. Bobinski, 
C. James Schmidt, and Jasper G. Schad.

Accepted with deep regret the resignation ef­

fective July 1974 of the editor of College ‹br 
Research Libraries, Richard M. Dougherty.

Approved a plan presented by Choice and 
CRL under which the advertising for CRL 
will be handled by the Choice office begin­
ning with the 1974/75 fiscal year.

Approved a plan to move the Choice subscrip­
tion files from ALA headquarters in Chicago 
to the Choice office in Middletown, Connect­
icut.

Accepted with pleasure and on behalf of the 
ACRL membership an invitation from E u­
gene P. Kennedy, director of libraries at New 
York University, to all ACRL members to at­
tend a reception at the Bobst Library at New 
York University on Wednesday, July 10, 
1974, during the ALA Annual Conference.

Voted to endorse the statement on “Security 
of Employment in Libraries” (American Li­
braries, December 1973, p.678-79) as
amended and to endorse the statement on 
“ALA Equal Employment Opportunity Pol-