sept14_b.indd C&RL News September 2014 460 During the 2014 ALA Annual Conference Meet- ing in Las Vegas, the ACRL Board of Directors met on June 28 and 30. The Board met with the leaders of its three goal area committees— Value of Academic Libraries, Student Learning and Information Literacy, and Research and Scholarly Environment—to assess progress on the Plan for Excellence. With feedback from the Board, these committees will final- ize their reports and develop their Work Plan for 2014–15. The Board was also updated on work to date by representatives of two ACRL Task Enabling programs and services Goal Area: Advocacy—Strategic goal areas will be supported by financial and operational planning, and will guide the development and implementation of programs and services that target education, advocacy, and member engagement. ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, June 2014 Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings Forces: the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force and the Intersections of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication Task Force. The Board also had the opportunity to engage with the director of ALA’s new Center for the Future of Libraries. Board members whose service ended at the close of the 2014 ALA Annual Conference, Steven J. Bell, Mark Emmons, and Mary Ann Sheble were recog- nized and thanked for their service. The ACRL Board of Directors also took the following actions: Enabling programs and services Goal Area: Member Engagement—Strategic goal areas will be supported by financial and operational planning, and will guide the development and implementation of programs and services that target education, advocacy, and member engagement. • Confirmed the virtual vote appointing a new RBM Editor, Jennifer K. Sheehan. • Established a Digital Badge Division- Level Interest Group to provide a forum for discussion and the exchange of ideas related to digital badges. • Dissolved the ACRL Marketing Discus- sion Group after the establishment of the Library Marketing and Outreach Interest Group during the Spring Executive Commit- tee Meeting on April 2, 2014. • Approved the addition of LPSS to the Social Science Librarians IFLA committee candidate nominations process. • Confirmed the virtual vote approving the 2014 Legislative Agenda. The document was issued prior to National Library Legisla- tion Day on May 5-6, 2014. (www.ala.org /acrl/issues/washingtonwatch/legagenda) September 2014 461 C&RL News ACRL Board 2013–14 (l to r): (back) Mark Emmons, Susan Barnes Whyte, Julie Ann Garrison, Julia M. Gelfand, Marilyn Nabua Ochoa, Irene M. H. Herold, Mary Ann Sheble, Loretta R. Parham; (front) Cynthia K. Steinhoff, Karen Williams, Trevor A. Dawes, Steven J. Bell, Douglas K. Lehman, Mary Ellen K. Davis. • Approved the selection of Seattle, Washington, for the site for the ACRL Enabling programs and services Goal Area: Education—Strategic goal areas will be supported by financial and operational planning, and will guide the development and implementation of programs and services that target education, advocacy, and member engagement. Conference, Spring 2021. ACRL Board 2014–15 (l to r): (back) Julie Ann Garrison, Loretta R. Parham, Mary Ellen K. Davis, Susan Barnes Whyte, Irene M. H. Herold, Kim Leeder, John P. Culshaw, Julia M. Gelfand, (front) Cynthia K. Steinhoff, Karen Williams, Ann Campion Riley, Trevor A. Dawes, Douglas K. Lehman. C&RL News September 2014 462 a bold vision, unity of purpose, and flexibil- ity, Public Services staff continues to work collaboratively to provide the best possible service to the NUL community. Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the members of the ISTF for their excellent work, which resulted in the final report which is summarized in this article. The authors also wish to thank Marianne Ryan, associate university librarian for public services, for her comments on this article; Mary Bradley and Sue Oldenburg for their photos; and the members of the Northwestern University Library Public Services Division for their support of the work of ISTF. Notes 1. Task Force members were Steven Ad- ams, Life Sciences librarian; Scott Garton, head of the Branch and Off-Campus Services Department; Qiana Johnson, distance learning librarian; Jason Kruse, undergraduate services librarian; William McHugh, principal bibliogra- pher, coordinator for General/Interdisciplinary Studies, and reference collection management librarian; Geoffrey Swindells, head of the User Experience Department; Greta Zimmer, evening/weekend circulation supervisor. Harriet Lightman, head of the Research and Information Services Department, chaired the Task Force. 2. Kay Vyhnanek and Christy Zlatos, SPEC Kit 327: Reconfiguring Service Delivery (Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 2011). 3. A working group, known as the ISTF Working Group, was formed after the original group’s work was complete. The Working Group’s purpose is to develop implementa- tion plans for the original task force’s recom- mendations. 4. Northwestern’s Schaffner Library, located on the Chicago campus, is a nonsubject spe- cific branch library. 5. Service points not in the Public Services Division included those which came under the purview of the Special Libraries Division, as well as the Entry/Exit and Security desks. (“Reimaging or revisioning,” cont. from page 448) Enabling programs and services Goal Area: Operations—Strategic goal areas will be supported by financial and operational planning, and will guide the development and implementation of programs and services that target education, advocacy, and member engagement. • Approved the minutes of the ACRL Board of Directors Meetings I and II held at the 2014 Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. • Approved the FY15 budget as presented: o Total ACRL revenues of $4,454,395 o Total ACRL expenses of $4,576,550 Net ACRL revenues of ($122,155) o Total CHOICE revenues of $3,000,891 o Total CHOICE expenses of $3,233,565 Net CHOICE revenues of ($232,674) • Approved the recommendation to in- crease dues by $2 for regular members and $1 for student and retired members accord- ing to the 2.9% increase in the HEPI index as allowed by ACRL bylaws. The FY15 rates will be: o Personal members: $60 o Student members: $39 o Retired members: $39