ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 2 9 8 / C&RL News ■ M ay 2003 I n t h e news A lth o u g h s p r in g o fficially a r riv e d w e ll o v e r a m o n th a g o , in m u c h o f th e c o u n try w e a re just n o w b e g in n in g to fe el its effects. T h is m o n th ’s In tern e t R esources c o lu m n o n horticulture, w ith inform ation o n n u m e ro u s g a rd e n in g a n d b o ta n y site s , w ill h e l p y o u ta k e fu ll a d v a n t a g e o f t h e se a so n a n d get y o u r g a rd e n growing. S om e g ro w in g th in g s a re less attractive th a n o th ers, h o w e v e r, a n d w h e n it c o m e s to m o ld in th e lib ra ry , a n u n p l e a s a n t c risis is a t h a n d . In “M o ld in th e s ta c k s ” (p . 304), D o ris B ro w n d e ­ scribes h o w D eP aul U niversity d e alt w ith a m o ld p ro b le m in th e library o f a co lle g e w ith w h ic h it m e rg e d . D e P a u l ’s p l a n o f a c tio n a ll o w e d th e s c h o o l to r e s c u e a g o o d p a r t o f t h e c o lle c tio n a n d c a n se rv e as a g u id elin e fo r others. T h e N e w R ealities, N e w R e la tio n s h ip s c o l­ u m n in th is is s u e (p . 3 08) fo c u s e s o n d iv e rs ity initiatives w ith in libraries a n d a c ro ss c am p u se s. T h re e librarians c o m p a re th e diversity p ro g ram s at th re e u n iv ersities a n d w e ig h in o n th e m erits a n d d ra w b a c k s o f d ifferent a p p ro a c h e s . In T h e W ay I S e e It, S a n d ra M a rc u s c o m e s o u t in s u p p o r t o f “M u ltilin g u alism a t th e re fe r­ e n c e d e s k ” (p . 322), c iting th a t it h e lp s in te rn a ­ tional s tu d e n ts feel c o n n e c te d w h ile facilitating librarians’ ability to m e e t their inform atio n needs. A lso in th is issu e is a d ra ft o f “S ta n d a rd s fo r lib raries in h ig h e r e d u c a ti o n ” fro m ACRL’s C o lle g e & R e se a rc h L ibraries S ta n d a rd s T ask F orce. T h e s e s ta n d a rd s m a rk a d e p a r tu r e from th e tra d itio n o f c re a tin g s e p a ra te s ta n d a rd s fo r c o m m u n ity a n d ju n io r c o lle g e , c o lle g e, a n d u n iv e rsity lib ra ries a n d r e p re s e n t a c o m m o n sta n d a rd f o r all a c a d e m ic library types. A h e a r­ in g o n th e s ta n d a rd s w ill b e h e ld at th e ALA A n n u a l C o n fe re n c e , J u n e 21, 2-A p.m . For a com plete listing o f ACRL preconferences, program s, m eetings, a n d special events at Annual Conference, see the preliminary program (p. AC-1 to AC-16). D o n ’t forget to tak e this pull-out g uide to con fere n ce for easy reference. — S te p h a n ie O rp h a n , E d ito r-in -ch ief so rp h a n @ a la .o rg mailto:sorphan@ala.org