ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 163 ademic librarians express their strong support for re-authorization of the Library Services and Con struction Act, including Title III, as essential for the information flow vital for continued productiv ity, education, research and an informed popu lace. ■ ■ Bylaws of the College Libraries Section The latest revision, approved by the ACRL Board at the Midwinter Meeting. Article I. Name The name of this organization is the College Li braries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Li brary Association. Article II. Object The object of the Section shall be to advance col lege librarianship and encourage the development of lib ra ry services in b a c c a la u re a te d eg ree granting institutions. Article III. Membership Any member of the Association of College and Research Libraries may elect membership in this Section. Article IV. Officers Sec. 1. Officers. The officers of the Section shall be a chair, a vice-chair/chair-elect, and a secre tary. Sec. 2. Terms. The chair shall serve as such for one year. The chair-elect shall serve for one year as vice-chair. At the expiration of that term, or upon the occurrence of an earlier vacancy, the vice- chair/chair-elect shall succeed to the office of chair. The secretary serves for one year. All officers and members of the Executive Committee begin their terms with the adjournment of the annual conference. Article V. Executive Committee Sec. 1. Composition. The Executive Committee shall consist of the officers, the immediate past chair, the past secretary, and two members-at- large. The members-at-large shall serve overlap ping two-year terms, with one member elected each year. The Executive Director of the Associa tion of College and Research Libraries shall be an ex-officio member, without vote. Sec. 2. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Execu tive Committee are to be held at times and places of the annual and mid-winter meetings of the Ameri can Library Association. Special meetings may be called at the discretion of the chair. All regular meetings of the Committee shall be open to all members of the Section. Sec. 3. Powers and duties. The main function of the Executive Committee shall be to provide direc tion for the Section. The Committee has authoritv over the affairs of the Section during the period be tween meetings of the Section, subject to review by the members of the section. Sec. 4. Quorum. A majority of members consti tutes a quorum at any meeting of the Executive Committee. Article VI. Committees Sec. 1. Authorization. Committees of the Sec tion shall be established by action of the chair after consultation with the Executive Committee. Sec. 2. Standing Committees. Standing commit tees may be established to consider matters of the 164 Section th at require continuity of attention by the members. W hen such a committee is established, its function, name, and size shall be determined. Unless otherwise approved by the Executive Com mittee, members of standing committees shall be appointed for terms of two years and may be reap pointed for a second but not a third consecutive term; in no case shall a person serve on a committee for more th an four consecutive years. A ppoint ments shall be made in such a manner as to provide continuity in membership. Sec. 3. Special Committee. Special committees (ad hoc) may be established at any time by the chair, with the approval of the Executive Com m it tee, for the performance of a particular assign ment. No such committee may be continued be yond two years without review and reapproval by the Executive Committee. Sec. 4. Appointm ent. The vice-chair/chair-elect of the section shall appoint committee members from the membership of the section to fill the va cancies due to occur during his/her term as chair; he/she may name the chair of each committee or request the committee to elect its own chair. Spe- CJCLS Bylaws revision The Executive Committee of the Com m u nity and Junior College Libraries Section has approved two changes in the Section Bylaws, which have been reviewed by the Constitution and Bylaws Committee. The changes were ap proved by the ACRL Board of Directors at the Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio. In Article VII, Section 1, the change provides for the inclusion of the newsletter editor as an ex-officio member of the Section’s Executive Committee and reads as follows: Article VII. Executive Committee Section 1. The Executive Committee shall consist of the chair, vice-chair/chair-elect, sec retary, immediate past chair, chairs of standing committees and of ad hoc committees, the ar- chivist/historian (ex-officio), and the editor of the Section newsletter (ex-officio). In Article XI, Section 2, the change deals more specifically with the procedure to follow when the office of vice-chair/chair-elect be comes vacant. The new wording reads as fol lows: Article XL Vacancies Section 2. If the office of vice-chair/chair- elect becomes vacant, two candidates shall be elected at the next election. The person having the largest number of votes will take the office of chair immediately and the other will serve as vice-chair/chair-elect. In case of a tie vote, the successful candidate shall be determined by lot. cial appointments to fill vacancies on committees may be made by the chair of the committee. Sec. 5. Discontinuance. A committee may be dissolved by the chair of the Section with the ap proval of the Executive Committee. Article V II. Discussion Groups Sec. 1. Establishment. Any group of ten or more members of the Section interested in discussing common concerns which fall within the objectives of the Section may form a discussion group upon w ritten petition from the group and approval by the Executive Committee. Sec. 2. Members. Membership in a discussion group shall be open to all members of the Section who are interested in the purpose of the group. Sec. 3. Officers. W hen a discussion group is formed, the group chair shall be appointed by the vice-chair/chair-elect of the Section. In succeeding years each group shall elect a chair and other offi cers as appropriate. Sec. 4. Dissolution. A discussion group may be dissolved at its request by the Executive Committee of the Section and shall be so dissolved if it becomes inactive or fails to comply with the provisions of this article. Article V III. Nominations and elections Sec. 1. N o m in a tin g C o m m itte e . T he vice- chair/chair-elect of the Section shall appoint a Nominating Committee of at least three members, designating one of the m em bers as com m ittee chair. The committee shall choose, in accordance with the time schedule set by the Executive Direc tor of the Association of College and Research Li braries, a slate of two nominees for each of the of fices of v ic e -c h a ir/c h a ir-e le c t, secreta ry , and member-at-large. All nominees must be members of the Section and w ritten consent must be ob tained from each nominee. In addition, this com mittee shall be responsible for the quadrennial se lection of nominees for ACRL Director-at-Large. Sec. 2. Statement of objectives. To perm it the membership of the Section to have an informa tional basis for voting, each candidate for the office of chair-elect shall be asked to provide a brief state ment of objectives for the Section in time for the statement to be published prior to balloting. Sec. 3. Additional nominees. Additional nomi nations for inclusion on the ballot may be made by petitions signed by no fewer than twenty members of the Section and filed with the Executive Director of the Association of College and Research L i braries at least three months prior to the annual conference of the American Library Association. No person may be nominated who is not a member of the Section, and the petition must be accompa nied by the w ritten consent of the nominee to stand for election. If the nomination is for the office of vice-chair/chair-elect, a statem ent of objectives should be submitted. 165 Sec. 4. Election. Elections shall be conducted by mail ballot, and the candidate receiving the largest num ber of votes shall be deemed elected. In case of a tie vote, the successful candidate shall be deter mined by lot. Results of the election shall be made public at the annual conference of the American Library Association. Article IX. Vacancies Sec. 1. W hen the office of chair is vacated, it shall be filled by the vice-chair/chair-elect who shall continue in office through the original elected term . Should both the chair and vice-chair/chair- elect vacate their offices in the same year, the Exec utive C om m ittee shall choose a m em ber of the Committee to serve as acting chair until the next regular election for the office is held. At such an election, a chair and vice-chair/chair-elect shall be elected. Sec. 2. W hen the office of secretary is vacated, the Executive Committee shall choose a member of the Committee to serve as acting secretary until the next regular election for the office is held. Sec. 3. Vacated m em ber-at-large positions shall be filled at the next regular election. Article X. Meetings The regular meeting of the Section shall be held at the time and place of the annual conference of the American Library Association. Special meet ings may be called by the chair w ith the approval of the Executive Committee. The Section may with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Asso ciation of College and Research Libraries hold closed meetings, or joint meetings with other sec tions. Members of the Section present at an annual meeting shall constitute a quorum. Article X L Amendments Sec. 1. Proposals. Amendments to these bylaws may be proposed by majority vote of the Executive Committee, by action of any committee of the Sec tion, or by a signed petition from any twenty mem bers of the Section. Proposed amendments must be presented in writing, w ith the appropriate signa tures attached, to the secretary at least two months before said amendments are to be voted upon by the membership. Sec. 2. Voting. The bylaws may be amended ei ther by a mail vote approved by two-thirds of the members voting or by a tw o-thirds vote of the members present and voting at any given meeting of the Section, provided th at notice of the proposed changes has been published not less th a n one m onth before final consideration. Article X II. Parliamentary authority The rules contained in the current edition of R obert’s Rules o f Order shall govern the business of the Section in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent w ith the Constitutions or Bylaws of the Section or its parent associations. ■ ■ ACRL staff profile D aw n Jacobson came to work in ACRL in May- 1986 as part-tim e administrative assistant to pro gram officer Mary Ellen Davis. Her responsibilities include distribution of ACRL non-serial publi cations, review copies, a n d A CRL s ta n d a rd s and guidelines. Jaco b son also oversees the reg u la r u p d a tin g of th e ACRL publications bro chure and coordinates re g is tra tio n for th e RBMS and BIS precon ferences. A full-time student at the University of Illinois Dawn Jacobsonat Chicago, Jacobson is m ajoring in mass com munications w ith a minor in women’s studies and is active in theatrical productions and the Collegiate Marketing Club. From 1981 to 1985 she served in the U.S. Air Force as an administrative assistant in Okinawa, Japan, and later in Kaiserslautern, West Germany. There she was honored as Airman of the Year for 1984. Originally from Rockford, Illinois, Jacobson has lived in Chicago for the past two years and is active in the Presbyterian Church. She is a member of the National Organization for Women. ■ ■ Overseas consultants The W ashington State University Libraries is preparing a second edition of the Directory of Librarians in International Development. The directory lists librarians who have consulted in developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Mid dle East, or Latin America. Copies of the up dated directory will be available from the Li braries. If you are interested in being considered for inclusion in the directory, you may request a copy of the questionnaire from Elaine Brekke, O w en Science an d E n g in e e rin g L ib ra ry , W ashington State University, Pullm an, WA 99164-3200; (509) 335-4181. Please respond by April 15, 1988.