sept09b2.indd C&RL News September 2009 452 During the 2009 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, the ACRL Board of Directors met ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, July 2009 Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings on July 11 and 14 and took the following actions: Confi rmed its e-mail vote of March 20– 27, 2009, that approved the adoption of the ACRL Legislative Agenda for 2009. Confi rmed its e-mail vote of March 20– 27, 2009, that approved the fi ling of an am- icus brief in concert with ALA and ARL. Confi rmed its e-mail vote of March 20– 27, 2009, that approved becoming part of the Library Copyright Alliance. Approved the appointment of Mary Carr for a three-year term as liaison to the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). Approved the appointment of Ann Dutton Ewbank for a three-year term as li- aison to the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Approved the appointment of Susan Barnes Whyte for a three-year term as liaison to the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). Strategic Area: Higher Education and Research Goal Area: Advocacy—ACRL has greater infl uence on the higher education and research environment. Approved the appointment of Deborah Malone for a three-year term as liaison to the National Center for First Year Experience. Approved of the establishment of an of- fi cial liaison relationship with the American Political Science Association (APSA). Approved the fi nal version of the “ACRL/ SAA Joint Statement on Access to Research Materials in Archives and Special Collections Libraries.” (www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl /standards/jointstatement.cfm) Approved the fi nal version of, “A Guideline for the Screening and Appointment of Academic Librarians.” (www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl /standards/screeningguide.cfm) Directed the Standards and Accredita- tion Committee to work with RBMS to copy edit the fi nal version of the “Guidelines Re- garding Security and Theft in Special Collec- tions” and resubmit for a virtual Board action. Strategic Area: The Profession Goal Area: Leadership—ACRL members achieve recognition as leaders and advocates for academic and research libraries. ACRL recruits and develops the next generation of academic and research library leaders. September 2009 453 C&RL News Approved continuing to devote energy and funding resources toward research tools that help librarians demonstrate the value of academic libraries. In particular, approved developing an RFP for an anal- ysis/state of current research report, and allocated up to $50,000 in funding for re- search to conduct a systematic meta-anal- ysis of the current research and agreed to review with the Assessment and Research Coordinating Committees their roles in this project. In addition, approved issuing a call for project leaders to develop a toolkit with basic content to be available to members by Midwinter 2010. Approved writing a letter of support and making a $5,000 contribution to the Council of Independent Colleges for its new round of workshops integrating information fl u- ency into disciplinary curricula. Confi rmed its e-mail vote of June 11–16, 2009, that approved the resolution in honor of the 50th anniversary of the RBMS precon- ference. ACRL Board 2008–09 (l to r): (back) Mary Ellen K. Davis, John A. Lehner, Michael J. LaCroix, Mary M. Carr, Karen A. Williams, Linda A. Kopecky; (front) Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Erika C. Linke, Debbie L. Malone, Theresa S. Byrd, Lori A. Goetsch . Not shown: Locke J. Morrisey, Janis M. Bandelin, Julie B. Todaro. Confi rmed its e-mail vote of June 18–25, 2009, that approved the tribute resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the ACRL Arts section. Approved the resolution recognizing the 20th anniversary of the National Forum for Information Literacy. Approved the resolution recognizing the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Freedom to Read Foundation. Approved the memorial resolution rec- ognizing the contributions of Judith F. Krug, director of the Offi ce for Intellectual Free- dom since 1967 and founder of the Freedom to Read Foundation in 1969, who died April 11, 2009. Confi rmed its e-mail vote of June 30-July 7, 2009, that approved the Marjorie Wynne memorial tribute resolution fi rst adopted by the RBMS Executive Committee on May 5, 2009, honoring Wynne’s contributions to ACRL’s RBMS section and the profession. C&RL News September 2009 454 Confi rmed the interim one-year ap- pointments of Craig Gibson and Susan Barnes Whyte as the co-coordinators of the Immersion faculty program and asked them to work with the Board and faculty to develop a selection process for faculty and faculty coordinator/ dean by Midwinter 2010 that could be imple- mented in spring 2010. Reviewed the recommendations detailed in the Membership Advisory Committee’s report and requested that the committee incorporate Strategic Area: The Association Goal Area: Membership—ACRL’s membership growth builds on retaining core membership while recruiting from new and diverse communities. Goal Area: Organizational Vitality and Effectiveness ACRL will have the fi scal resources, staff expertise, and organizational structure to advance the association’s strategic plan by deploying data driven decision making to drive entrepre- neurial activities. the recommendations in their annual SMART goals to be reported September 1, 2009. Approved the petition to establish the ACRL Virtual Worlds Interest Group. Approved the petition to establish the ACRL Image Resources Interest Group. Approved the petition to establish the ACRL Academic Library Services to Interna- tional Students Interest Group. Approved the FY2010 budget with • Total ACRL revenues (without Choice) of $2,210,999 • Total ACRL expenses (without Choice) of $2,847,342 • Net ACRL revenues (without Choice) of $636,342 • Total Choice revenues of $3,133,247 • Total Choice expenses of $3,439,749 • Total Choice net revenues of $306,502 ACRL Board 2009–10 (l to r): (back) Mary Ellen K. Davis, John A. Lehner, Lisa Janicke Hinchliff e, Michael J. LaCroix, Mary M. Carr, Ann Campion Riley, Linda A. Kopecky, (front) Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Lori A. Goetsch, Debbie L. Malone, Janice Welburn, Erika C. Linke, Lizabeth Chabot. Not shown: Locke J. Morrisey. September 2009 455 C&RL News Directed staff to defer the planned FY2009 $100,000 transfer of funds to the Long-Term Investment (LTI) to improve ALA’s cash liquidity in these extraordinary fi nancial times and to meet the covenant of the Bank of America’s terms for the CHOICE property. Approved the ACRL 2009 Board of Di- rectors Midwinter Meeting Minutes. (www. ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/board /minutes/mw09-fi nalminutes.pdf) Confi rmed its vote of July 10, 2009, that approved the revised charges for the Re- search Coordinating Committee, Research Planning and Review Committee, Research Program Committee, and Assessment Com- mittee as well as the removal of the Assess- ment Committee from the Research Coordi- nating Committee Structure. Confi rmed its e-mail vote of March 20– 27, 2009, that approved the renaming and recharging of the ACRL Statistics Commit- tee. Confi rmed its e-mail vote of March 20– 27, 2009, that approved the Budget and Fi- nance Committees exemption to appoint a vice-chair. Confi rmed its e-mail vote of March 20– 27, 2009, that approved the dissolution of the Effective Practices Committee. Disbanded the Australian/Canadian/ New Zealand Studies discussion group. http://muse.jhu.edu How Do You Improve Upon The Essentials? By adding more. More to see, more to do, more tools. 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