ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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Meeting of New England 
College and Research Librarians

The New England College and Research Li­
brarians, a chapter of ACRL, convened its first 
meeting on November 28, 1973, at the Massa­

chusetts Institute of 
Technology, in Cam­
bridge.

The program, on 
“Faculty Status for 
Librarians,” was pre­
pared by the NECRL 
Steering Committee: 
Thomas H. Cahalan, 
chairman; Richard A. 
Olsen, and Roger J. 
Poulin. The guidelines 
prepared by H ar­
vard’s Study Commit­
tee on Professional Li­

C. James Schmidt brary Personnel (H ar­
vard Library Bulletin, v.21, no.3, July 1973) 
were presented by Edwin E. Williams, associ­

ate university librarian at Harvard, and Philip 
E. Leinbach, associate university librarian for 
personnel at Harvard. C. James Schmidt, chair­
man of the ACRL Committee on Academic 
Status and director of libraries at the State Uni­
versity of New York at Albany, analyzed the 
Harvard guidelines in terms of ACRL’s policies 
on faculty status for academic librarians ( “Stan­
dards for Faculty Status for College and Uni­
versity Librarians” and “Joint Statement on 
Faculty Status of College and University Li­
brarians,” C R LN , September 1972). The pro­
gram attracted nearly 175 librarians from six 
New England states.

ACRL’s contribution to the program is part 
of an increased effort of the Association of Col­
lege and Research Libraries to develop its 
chapters through participation of ACRL officers 
and committee chairmen in programs on issues 
of concern to academic librarians at the state 
and regional levels.