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The time to lead 
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Standing for ACRL section office is an opportunity to become involved with 
important issues affecting academic and 
research librarians in the 21st century, gain 
leadership experience, and build ties with 
colleagues. It is also an opportunity to be 
of service to your ACRL section community, 
ensuring that it continues to nurture the de­
velopment of new members and forge deep­
er connections to the profession. 

Nomination of ACRL section offi  cers 
Candidates for vice­chair/chair elect, secre­
tary, and members­at­large of ACRL sections 
are selected by the nominating committee of 
each section. If you would like to nominate 
someone or be nominated yourself, contact 
the chair of the appropriate section nomi­
nating committee prior to the ALA Annual 
Conference in Chicago. Contact information 
is given below. Terms of office will begin on 
July 1, 2006. 

2006 Section nominating committee 
chairs 

African American Studies Librarians: 
Myrtis Cochran, University of California­Berke­
ley, mcochran@library.berkeley.edu 

Anthropology and Sociology: Jim Haug, 
Smithsonian Institution, haugj@si.edu 

Arts: Edward Teague, University of Or­
egon, ehteague@darkwing.uoregon.edu 

Asian, African, and Middle Eastern: 
Past Chair R. N. Sharma, West Virginia State 
University, sharmarn@wvsc.edu 

College Libraries: Karen Fischer, Univer­
sity of Puget Sound, kfi scher@ups.edu 

Community College and Junior College 
Libraries: Cynthia Steinhoff, Anne Arundel 
Community College, cksteinhoff@aacc.edu 

Distance Learning: Kathleen Conley, Il­
linois State University, kcconle@ilstu.edu 

Education and Behavioral Sciences: Scott 
Walter, University of Kansas, slwalter@mail. 
ku.edu 

Instruction: Trudi Jacobson, University at 
Albany, tjacobson@uamail.albany.edu 

Law and Political Science: Thomas Mann, 
Northwestern University, tmann@northwestern.edu 

Literatures in English: Michaelyn Bur­
nette, University of California­Berkeley, 
mburrnett@library.berkeley.edu 

Rare Books and Manuscripts: Margaret 
Nichols, Cornell University, mnr1@cornell.edu 

Science and Technology: Jill Newby, 
University of Arizona, newbyj@u.library. 
arizona.edu 

Slavic and East European: Joanna K. 
Dyla, Stanford University, dylaj@stanford.edu 

University Libraries: Gillian Mc­
Combs, Southern Methodist University, 
gmccombs@mail.smu.edu 

Western European Studies: Bruce Swann, 
University of Illinois, bswann@uiuc.edu 

Women’s Studies: Sandy River, Texas Tech 
University Libraries, sandy.river@ttu.edu 

(“ACRL honors...” continued from page 291) 
shows a real interest in getting all members of 
the campus involved. This program demon­
strates how a library can work to raise its profi le 
on campus to more than a place where there 
are books and research is done, but to a vibrant 
campus entity that reaches out to people and 
engages them.” 

A citation and $500, donated by EBSCO In­
formation Services, will be presented to Connell 
and Lo during the CJCLS Awards Breakfast at the 
ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, Saturday, 
June 25, at 8:30 a.m. 

April 2005  301 C&RL News 

mailto:sandy.river@ttu.edu
mailto:bswann@uiuc.edu
mailto:gmccombs@mail.smu.edu
mailto:dylaj@stanford.edu
http:arizona.edu
mailto:newbyj@u.library
mailto:mnr1@cornell.edu
mailto:mburrnett@library.berkeley.edu
mailto:tmann@northwestern.edu
mailto:tjacobson@uamail.albany.edu
mailto:kcconle@ilstu.edu
mailto:cksteinhoff@aacc.edu
mailto:scher@ups.edu
mailto:sharmarn@wvsc.edu
mailto:ehteague@darkwing.uoregon.edu
mailto:haugj@si.edu
mailto:mcochran@library.berkeley.edu