ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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News From the Chapters
The fall meeting of the Minnesota Chapter 

was held on November 14 in Bloomington, 
Minnesota. During the business meeting, the 
members discussed the publication of a direc­
tory, a spring program, legislation, networks, 
and cooperative plans.

The Oregon Chapter of ACBL held its orga­
nizational meeting on October 4, 1975, at Mt. 
Angel Abbey Library. The needs and purposes 
of the organization and its possible affiliation 
with other organizations were the topics of dis­
cussion. Richard Heinzkill of the Humanities 
Division of the University of Oregon was elect­
ed chairman; Deirdre Malarkey of the Docu­
ments Section of the University of Oregon was 
elected secretary.

The first business meeting of the ACRL/New 
England Chapter, held Friday, November 14,
1975, at the New England Center for Con­
tinuing Education, Durham, New Hampshire, 
was chaired by Diane Lutz, president-elect for
1976. Ms. Lutz gave an account of the chapter’s 
activities during the past year and outlined 
plans for the coming year. Ms. Lutz noted that 
because of the New England climate, most of 
the chapter’s business for the winter months 
will be conducted by mail.

The first mailing to all current chapter mem­
bers will contain the chapter’s constitution and 
bylaws. Members will be asked to read the 
documents thoroughly and vote for or against 
their adoption. The constitution and bylaws 
have been written in accordance with those of 
the national organization. Among the provisions 
will be an increase in chapter dues (for non- 
ACRL members) from $2.00 to $5.00 per year 
and the establishment of a board of directors, 
to be composed of the four officers plus two 
members at large, as the governing body.

The election of a new president-elect and 
treasurer for 1976 will also be conducted by 
mail. A nominating committee has been ap­
pointed by George R. Parks, chapter president. 
Its members are: Charity Chang, University of 
Connecticut, Cross Library, Storrs; Arthur 
Monk, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; 
and Roger Poulin, Vermont Technical College, 
Randolph Center. Those persons interested in 
serving as chapter officers should contact the 
committee. All New England librarians who are 
members of ALA/ACRL are eligible.

A two-pronged membership drive for the 
coming year is planned. The first thrust will 
be to encourage membership in ALA and in 
ACRL. After this initial push, chapter members 
will be recruited from those who have not

joined ALA/ACRL. To assist in the recruiting, 
the chapter will be compiling a directory of 
academic librarians in New England. Letters 
will be mailed to all academic library directors 
in the region asking for a list of the names and 
official titles of all members of their professional 
staff. The chapter hopes to contact each li­
brarian personally to explain the purpose of 
the chapter and to keep them informed of 
meetings as they are being planned.

A chapter newsletter is also being planned. 
Tentative publication date is February 1976. 
It will include news of the spring conference, 
people involved in the chapter, announcement 
of new officers, and news from the membership.

Plans for the spring conference were an­
nounced. It has been tentatively scheduled for 
the second week in April at the Sheraton- 
Islander, Newport, Rhode Island. John Hannon 
of Bryant College will be program chairman; 
the working topic is management in academic 
libraries. The chapter hopes to have outside 
(nonlibrary) management experts as speakers.

After the chapter business was completed, 
the floor was opened for questions and com­
ments. These dealt primarily with the relation­
ship of the chapter to ACRL, the kind of 
support chapters receive from the national 
organization and its relationship to other 
regional library groups. The meeting closed 
with a plea from Chapter President George 
Parks for more feedback from the membership. 
The effectiveness and value of the chapter de­
pends on the membership’s ability to communi­
cate its problems and concerns. ■■

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