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Online directories are certainly convenient 
to users needing quick and accurate results. 
However, a lack of print directories poses 
a loss to researchers across the spectrum, 
from historians to business and other pro­
fessionals. In the article, “Subscribe to an 
online directory today, frustrate a researcher 
tomorrow” (p. 222), the authors make an ar­
gument for maintaining a basic print direc­
tory collection and provide some guidelines 
for acquisition and retention. 

This month’s installment of the Charting 
our Futures series highlights ACRL President 
Camila Alire’s strategic focus of “Advocacy 
to advance academic libraries.” ACRL mem­
bers are encouraged to attend the 2006 ALA 
Annual Conference program, “The Power of 
Personal Persuasion: Advocating for the Aca­
demic Library Agenda from the Frontlines,” 
cosponsored by ACRL’s Grassroots Library 
Advocacy Presidential Task Force and Uni­
versity Libraries Section. The program will be 

held on Saturday, June 24, from 8:00 a.m. to 
noon, and includes a presentation by Robert 
Cialdini to be followed by a workshop dur­
ing which librarians can apply the training to 
their own situations. 

The revised “Guidelines for media re­
sources in academic libraries,” which was 
approved by the ACRL Board at the 2006 
ALA Midwinter Meeting, is printed here on 
page 246. This document supersedes the 1999 
version of the guidelines. 

If you’re interested in becoming more in­
volved with ACRL, running for a section offi ce 
might be just what you’re looking for. Infor­
mation on how to get involved can be found 
on page 245. Don’t miss the fi nal installment 
of ACRL 2006 award winners. The article on 
page 234 recognizes the achievements of 
members from across ACRL. Congratulations 
to all of the award winners! 

—Stephanie Orphan, Editor­in­chief 
sorphan@ala.org 

April 2006  215 C&RL News 

mailto:sorphan@ala.org