ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, June 2018

Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings

During the 2018 ALA Annual Conference Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, the ACRL Board of Directors met on June 23 and June 25. The Board met with the leaders of its four goal-area committees: Value of Academic Libraries, Student Learning and Information Literacy, Research and Scholarly Environment, and New Roles and Changing Landscapes to assess progress on the Plan for Excellence.

With feedback from the Board, these committees will finalize their reports and develop their work plans for 2018–19. The Board also discussed work it is undertaking on a signature initiative on equity, diversity, and inclusion and will continue discussions during their fall strategic planning session.

The Board also received updates from the ACRL representative to the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, the ACRL liaison to the ALA Board, representatives from the ACRL Instruction Section, representative from the Guidelines for Media Resources for Academic Libraries in Higher Education Task Force, representatives from the Project Outcome for Academic Libraries Task Force, representative from the ACRL Libraries Transform Task Force, and the ACRL Councilor.

Board members whose service ended at the close of the 2018 ALA Annual Conference—Irene M. H. Herold, John A. Lehner, John P. Culshaw, and Kim Reed—were recognized and thanked for their service.

The ACRL Board of Directors took the following actions to support ACRL’s enabling programs and services, which support ACRL’s strategic goals through financial and operational planning, and guide the development and implementation of programs and services that target education, advocacy, and member engagement.

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Enabling Programs and Services: Advocacy

• Confirmed the virtual vote to approve the 2018 ACRL Legislative Agenda.

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Enabling Programs and Services: Education

• Approved a new process for the creation of new ACRL RoadShow workshops.

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Enabling Programs and Services: Publications

• Approved revised ACRL Guidelines for Media Resources in Academic Libraries.
• Approved moving the DataQ website under the ACRL Digital Scholarship Section with use of ACRL/DSS logos and financial support of $300/year from DSS basic services to pay for web hosting costs.

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Enabling Programs and Services: Member engagement

• Approved the creation of two new groups: ACRL Status of Academic Librarians Standards and Guidelines Review Task Force and the Global Library Services Discussion Group.
• Renewed the following groups: Academic Library Services to International Students Interest Group, Image Resource Interest Group, Librarianship in For-Profit Educational Institutions Interest Group, Universal Accessibility Interest Group, and the Residency Interest Group (with a renewed charge).
• Confirmed virtual votes that:
  • Approved the ACRL Board of Directors proceedings from the 2018 Spring Board Virtual Meeting and the 2018 ALA Midwinter Meeting.
  • Supported an ALA Council resolution to Honor African Americans Who Fought Library Segregation.

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Enabling Programs and Services: Operations

• Approved an ACRL infographic showing how ACRL uses its finances to support its programs and services.
• Approved the FY19 budget as presented:
• Total ACRL Revenues $5,063,591
• Total ACRL Expenses $5,595,339
  • ACRL NET ($531,748)
• Total Choice Revenues $2,898,722
• Total Choice Expenses $2,741,268
  • Choice NET $157,454
• Approved the recommendation to increase dues by $2 for regular members and retired members to keep up with inflation as indicated by the 3.7% increase in the HEPI index. The FY19 rates will be:
  • Personal members: $66
  • Retired members: $43