oct07b1.indd Get involved with ACRL Volunteer to serve on a division or section committee ACRL division and section committee vol­unteers are an integral part of the asso­ ciation. Committee members help shape the organization by advancing its strategic plan and influencing the direction of academic and research librarianship. If you have been looking for a way to become more involved, ACRL Vice­Presi­ dent/President­Elect Erika Linke invites you to volunteer for a division or section committee for the 2008–09 term. The rewards of volunteering Volunteers benefi t by: • building ties with academic and research librarians around the country, • enhancing their leadership abilities through consensus building and project management, • sharing their experience with col­ leagues, • gaining additional expertise about a new area of academic librarianship or updating expertise in a current specialization, and • advancing the work of the association and the profession. The appointment process Appointments are made at the division and section level. The ACRL vice­president is responsible for committee appointments at the division level for the year he or she serves as president. The ACRL Appointments Committee assists the vice­president in an advisory capacity. The chairs of coordinating committees make appointments to commit­ tees linked to each coordinating committee. Section vice­chairs are responsible for com­ mittee appointments for the year they will serve as chair. Most committee appointments will be made following the 2008 ALA Mid­ winter Meeting. Factors infl uencing appointment Although the emphasis in the appointment process may vary from year to year according to the priorities of the vice­president/presi­ dent­elect, coordinating committee chairs, and section vice­chairs, several factors are always considered, including: • Evidence of prospective committee member’s interest. Have potential volun­ teers attended the meetings and introduced themselves to the chair? Do they have previ­ ous experience that relates to the work of the committee? Have they indicated their interest on the volunteer form? • D e m og r a p h i c s a n d c o m p o s i t i o n of committee. A balance is sought with respect to type of library (community col­ lege, college, or university), geographic representation, ethnic diversity, and gender. Those who have not had the opportunity to serve on an ACRL committee are encouraged to volunteer. • R e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f t h e c u r r e n t committee chair. Current committee chairs are asked to suggest prospective members. The final appointments are the preroga­ tive of the ACRL president­elect, the coor­ dinating committee chairs, and the section vice­chairs. How to apply 1. Identify the committees that inter- est you. ACRL committees and their charges are listed on the ACRL Web site (www.acrl. org, select “Committees” from the Quicklinks C&RL News October 2007 580 www.acrl drop­down menu). Attend committee meet­ ings at the Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference to help you decide if their activi­ ties interest you. 2. Introduce yourself. Talk with com­ mittee members. Express your interest to the committee chair. Ask about current projects and explain how you might contribute to the work of the committee. 3. Submit a volunteer form. For division­ level committees, visit www.ala.org/ala/acrl /aboutacrl/resourcesforwork/acrlforms /volunteer.cfm for more detailed instructions. Forms should be submitted by December 1, 2007. For section committees, complete the online volunteer form at www.acrl.org /volunteer. You will be asked to login using your ALA member ID and the password you created. The form should be completed by February 15, 2008. 4. Volunteer again. If you are not suc­ cessful in being appointed one year, volun­ teer again the next year. Remember that many factors—number of appointments made, number of volunteers for each committee, number of volunteers from your type of library or your geographic area—determine the actual appointment, and these factors change from year to year. ACRL division-level committee appointments ACRL has more than 30 standing committees for which you may volunteer to serve for 2008–09. The committees are listed along with their charges on the ACRL Web site (www.acrl.org, select “Committees” from the Quicklinks drop­down menu). In 2005, the Board identifi ed structural changes to the association intended to co­ ordinate the work of units throughout the organization, reduce duplicative efforts, and allow the organization to conduct work more quickly and effectively. One such structural change was to link committees that have similar or related missions under the um­ brella of a coordinating committee. Coordinating committees have divi­ sion­wide responsibilities to coordinate a broadly defined range of efforts in each committee’s respective area throughout ACRL and to organize the efforts into a coherent and effectively implemented set of programs and initiatives that are more closely aligned to the strategic plan. Coor­ dinating committee chairs are responsible for appointing the members of the compo­ nent committees. Appointments to ACRL standing commit­ tees are made in the spring for terms be­ ginning immediately after the ALA Annual Conference. The Appointments Committee recommends to the president­elect of ACRL the names of members who might fi ll the vacancies and coordinating committees do the same for their chair. The president­elect and coordinating committee chair make the final appointments for the committees for which they are responsible. Questions about division­level appoint­ ments may be directed to the chair of the Appointments Committee, Daniel R. Lee, University of Arizona; phone: (520) 621­ 6433; e­mail: leed@u.library.arizona.edu. If you have any questions about us­ ing the volunteer form, please contact ACRL Program Officer David Connolly at dconnolly@ala.org or (312) 280­2519. ACRL section appointments ACRL has 17 sections to help members cus­ tomize their ACRL experience through news­ letters, electronic discussion lists, special­ ized programming, preconferences, recog­ nition, and focused activities. A description of their areas of responsibility is available online at www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl /acrlsections/sections.cfm or in the ALA Handbook of Organization, 2007–08. Section vice­chairs appoint the members of all section committees. Most of these appointments are made in the spring for terms beginning immediately after the ALA Annual Conference. If you would like to be considered for appointment as a chair or member of a section committee, fill out the ACRL com­ October 2007 581 C&RL News www.ala.org/ala/acrl/aboutacrl mailto:dconnolly@ala.org mailto:leed@u.library.arizona.edu http:www.acrl.org http:www.acrl.org www.ala.org/ala/acrl mittee volunteer form at www.acrl.org/vol­ unteer by February 15, 2008. If you have questions about the form, please contact ACRL Program Coordinator Adam Burling at aburling@ala.org or (312) 280­2521. Contact information for the vice­chair of each section is given below. African American Studies Librarians Section. Thomas Weissinger, University of Illinois at Urbana­Champaign; phone: (217) 333­3006; e­mail: tweissin@uiuc.edu. Anthropolog y and Sociolog y Section. Randal R. Hertzler, George Washington University; phone: (202) 994­1354; e­mail: hertzler@gwu.edu. Arts Section. Lucie Wall Stylianopoulos, University of Virginia; phone: (434) 924­ 6604; e­mail: lws4n@virginia.edu. A s i a n , A f r i c a n a n d M i d d l e E a s t e r n Section. Rajwant Singh Chilana, University of Illinois at Urbana­Champaign; phone: (217) 333­2492; e­mail: rchilana@uiuc. edu. College Libraries Section. Irene M.H. Herold, Keene State College; phone: (603) 358­2736; e­mail: iherold@keene.edu. C o m m u n i t y a n d Ju n i o r C o l l e g e L i - braries Section. Lora P. Mirza, Georgia Pe­ rimeter College­Dunwoody; phone: (770) 274­5091; e­mail: mmirza@gpc.edu. Distance Lear ning Section. Patrick B. Mahoney, Mitre Corporation Library; e­mail: scimitar12@yahoo.com. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section. Deborah Schaeffer, California State University­Los Angeles; phone: (323) 343­ 03929; e­mail: dschaef@calstatela.edu. I n s t r u c t i o n S e c t i o n . S a r a h E . M c ­ Daniel, University of Wisconsin; e­mail: smcdaniel@library.wisc.edu. Law and Political Science Section. Ann Marshall, University of Rochester; phone: (585) 273­3451; e­mail: amarshall@library. rochester.edu. L i t e r a t u r e s i n E n g l i s h S e c t i o n . Karen Munro, University of California­ Berkeley; phone: (510) 643­1636; e­mail: kmunro@library.berkeley.edu. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Mary A. Lacy, Library of Congress; phone: (202) 707­8799; e­mail: mlac@loc.gov. Nominations sought for ACRL vice-president/president-elect To quote Walter Lippman, American jour- nalist, “The final test of a leader is that one leaves behind in others the conviction and the will to carry on” (in New York Herald Tribune 14 April 1945). An organization needs strong leader- ship to accomplish its goals. ACRL is no exception. The ACRL Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee encourages mem- bers to nominate themselves or others to run for the position of ACRL vice president/ president elect in the 2009 elections. To nominate an individual or to self- nominate, send the nominee’s name and institution to: Thomas Kirk, Library Direc- tor and Coordinator of Information Ser- vices, Earlham College, 801 National Road West, Richmond, IN 47374-4095, e-mail: kirkto@earlham.edu. Once nominated, individuals will need to submit a two-page curriculum vita or résumé (if self-nominating, you may include these materials with your nomination).The Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee will request statements of interest from selected individuals prior to developing a slate of candidates. The deadline for nominations is Novem- ber 16, 2007. C&RL News October 2007 582 mailto:kirkto@earlham.edu mailto:mlac@loc.gov mailto:kmunro@library.berkeley.edu http:rochester.edu mailto:smcdaniel@library.wisc.edu mailto:dschaef@calstatela.edu mailto:scimitar12@yahoo.com mailto:mmirza@gpc.edu mailto:iherold@keene.edu mailto:lws4n@virginia.edu mailto:hertzler@gwu.edu mailto:tweissin@uiuc.edu mailto:aburling@ala.org www.acrl.org/vol S c i e n c e a n d Te c h n o l o g y S e c t i o n . Virginia Ann Baldwin, University of Ne­ braska; phone: (402) 472­3412; e­mail: vbaldwin2@unl.edu. S l av i c a n d E a s t E u r o p e a n S e c t i o n . Terri Tickle Miller, Michigan State Univer­ sity; phone: (517) 432­6123 x241; e­mail: ticklet@msu.edu. University Libraries Section. Barbara Baxter Jenkins, University of Oregon; phone: (541) 346­1925; e­mail: jenkins@uoregon. edu. Wester n Eur opean Studies Section. Laura Dale Bischof, University of Min­ nesota; phone: (612) 626­8026: e­mail: bisch004@umn.edu. Women’s Studies Section. Diana Leigh King, University of California­Davis; phone: (530) 752­2095; e­mail: diking@ucdavis. edu. Editorial boards ACRL has eight editorial/advisory boards for its publications: Blog Advisory Board; Choice Editorial Board; College & Research Libraries Editorial Board; College & Research Librar­ ies News Editorial Board; New Publications Advisory Board; Publications in Librarian­ ship Editorial Board; RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage Editorial Board; and Resources for College Libraries Editorial Board. Appointments to editorial boards are made at the Midwinter Meeting for terms that begin immediately after the ALA Annual Confer­ ence. The editors recommend the names of individuals to fill vacancies. The Publications Committee approves the recommendation and the president of ACRL makes the ap­ pointment. If you would like to be considered for ap­ pointment to an editorial board, contact the editor of the editorial board early in the fall or indicate your interest on the ACRL online volunteer form. ACRLog Blog Advisor y Board chair: Steven J. Bell, Temple University; e­mail: bells@temple.edu. CHOICE editor: Irving Rockwood, Choice; phone: (800) 347­6933 x119; e­mail: irockwood@ala­choice.org. College & Research Libraries editor: William Gray Potter, University of Georgia; phone: (706) 542­0621; e­mail: wpotter@uga. edu. College & Research Libraries News editor: David Free, ACRL; phone: (312) 280­ 2517; e­mail: dfree@ala.org. New Publications Advisory Board staff liaison: Kathryn Deiss, ACRL; phone: (312) 280­2529; e­mail: kdeiss@ala.org. P u b l i c a t i o n s i n L i b r a r i a n s h i p e d i - tor: Charles Schwartz, Florida International University; phone: (305) 348­2982; e­mail: schwartc@fi u.edu. RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manu­ scripts, and Cultural Heritage editor: Richard Clement, University of Kansas; phone: (785) 864­4217; e­mail: rclement@ku. edu. Resources for College Libraries proj- ect editor: Marcus Elmore, Choice; phone: (860) 347­6933 x29; e­mail: melmore@ala­ choice.org. ACRL e-Learning opportunities are just a click away! Registration for Teaching Portfolios for Librarians; Electronic Collection De- velopment for the Academic E-Library; and other e-learning programs is open now! Visit www.acrl.org and click the e-Learning quicklink to learn more about our stimulating online courses and Webcasts. October 2007 583 C&RL News http:choice.org mailto:kdeiss@ala.org mailto:dfree@ala.org mailto:irockwood@ala-choice.org mailto:bells@temple.edu mailto:bisch004@umn.edu mailto:ticklet@msu.edu mailto:vbaldwin2@unl.edu