ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

The time to lead: ACRL seeks nominees for section offices

Running for an ACRL section office is the per- fect opportunity to become involved with important issues that affect academic and research librarians in the 21st century.

Past candidates for office accepted the offer to run in order to give something back to the sections that provide them with a prominent outlet for resources and involvement in academic librarianship.

“I believe that ACRL sections reflect the wonderful richness and depth of academic librarianship,” said Barbara Jenkins, head of reference and research services at the University of Oregon, a candidate for member-at-large of ULS in the 2003 election.

ACRL section officers

Candidates for vice-chair/chair elect of ACRL sections are selected by the Nominating Committee of each section. If you would like to nominate someone or be nominated yourself, contact the chair of the Nominating Committee for the appropriate section prior to the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando.

Other section officers, including secretary and member-at-large, may also be under consideration for this term of office, which will begin in the summer of 2004.

Section nominating committee chairs African American Studies Librarians:Yue Li, University of Florida, yueli@mail.uflib.ufl.edu

Anthropology and Sociology:Royce Kurtz, University of Mississippi, ulkurtz@olemiss.edu

Arts:Ann Lindell, University of Florida, annlind@mail.uflib.ufc.edu

Asian, African, and Middle Eastern:Lisa Pillow, University of Illinois-Chicago, lpillow@ uic.edu

College Libraries:Michael Ann Zemon, Emerson College, mickey_zemon@emerson.edu

Community College and Junior College Libraries:Marianne Rough, Prince George’s Community College, mrough@pgcc.edu

Distance Learning:Mary Helen Jones, Florida State University, mjones2@mailer.fsu.edu

Education and Behavioral Sciences:To be announced. Contact the current vice-chair, Judith Walker, University of North Carolina-Charlotte, jwalker@email.uncc.edu

Instruction:Beth Woodard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, bswoodar@uiuc.edu

Law and Political Science:Lorena OTìnglish, Washington State University, oenglish@wsunix.wsu.edu

Literatures in English:Timothy Shipe, University of Iowa, timothy-shipe@uiowa.edu

Rare Books and Manuscripts:Daniel Slive, University of California-Los Angeles, djslive@ library.ucla.edu

Science and Technology:Barton Lessin, Wayne State University, lessin@wayne.edu

Slavic and East European:Marta Deyrup, Seton Hall University, deyrupma@shu.edu

University Libraries:Louise Sherby, Hunter College, lsherby@hunter.cuny.edu

Western European Studies:Sam Dunlap, University of California-San Diego, sdunlap@ucsd.edu

Women’s Studies:Ellen Broidy, University of California-Los Angeles, ejbroidy@library.ucla.edu ■

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Library Conflict Management

June 1-18 Online

In this facilitated course, learn how to select and apply conflict management tools to constructively respond to workplace differences and disputes.

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Library Project Management

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For the full 2004 calendar, visit: http://www.arl.org/olms/olms_cal.html

LibQUAL+™ Process Management workshops

June 28 Orlando, FL

These informative workshops will provide an overview of the LibQUAL+™ survey and how participants can use it in their library. Session presenters will explain the development of the LibQUAL+™ project, review the process for running the survey, and discuss recent survey results.

Morning Session 9:00 am-12:00 pm

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Afternoon Session 1:00 pm-4:00 pm

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