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College & Research Libraries News

Bringing ACRL Home: The Chapters

ACRL chapters (there are twenty-one of them) cover twenty-seven states and one Canadian province. The chapters provide a framework, close to home, for librarians to share ideas, study common problems, and meet for social and professional purposes.

ACRL chapters hold program meetings, sponsor workshops, publish newsletters, undertake studies, and promote legislative programs at the grass-roots level.

So far during 1979, chapters have sponsored program meetings on such topics as: “Economic Reality: Strategies for the Academic Library,” “Is Anyone out There Listening? Communications and the Academic Library,” and “Interpreting On-Line Reference Services in Libraries.”

The ACRL national organization has begun a new program to encourage chapter activities. Each chapter is now eligible to receive $1.50 from ACRL for each national personal member living within the geographic area served by the chapter.

To join an ACRL chapter, find the chapter that serves your area on the list provided. Write the chapter president for information on membership and chapter activities.

To form an ACRL chapter where none exists or to affiliate an existing organization of college and research librarians with ACRL, you may petition the ACRL board for chapter status. For more information on establishing a chapter, see “Guidelines for ACRL Chapters,” in the November 1978 issue of C&RL News, or contact the executive secretary, ACRL.

ACRL Chapters

Delaware Valley Chapter

President: Mary Nehlig, Francis Harvey Green Library, West Chester State College, High St. & Rosedale Ave., West Chester, PA 19380

Eastern New York Chapter

President: Catherine Chmura, Siena College Library, Loudonville, NY 12211

Florida Chapter

Chair: Dr. John Goudeau, Professor, School of Library Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306

Illinois Chapter

President: Frances M. Pollard, Chair, Department of Library Science, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL 61920

Iowa Chapter

Chair: Charles Le Master, Morningside College, Sioux City, IA 51106

Kansas Chapter

Chair: Virginia Quiring, Assistant Director,

Farrell Library, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 60506

Maryland Chapter

Chair: Mary Eidleman, Coordinator of Library Services, Dundalk Community College, 7200 Sollers Point Rd., Baltimore, MD 21222

Michigan Chapter

President: Mary George, Bibliographic Instructor and Reference Librarian, Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Minnesota Chapter

Chair: Forrest Brown, Rolvaag Memorial Library, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057

Missouri Chapter

President: Joanna Todd, Stephens College Library, Columbia, MO 65201

New England Chapter

President: Patricia G. Oyler, Assistant Professor, Simmons College, School of Library Science, 300 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115

North Carolina Chapter

Chair: Elvin E. Strowd, William R. Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706

Northern California Chapter

Acting Chair: George M. Bailey, The Honnold Library, Claremont, CA 91711

Oregon Chapter

Chair: Jenko Lukac, The Library, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR 97116

Southern California Chapter

Chair: Judith M. Corin, University of California, Los Angeles, Library, 405 Hilgard Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024

Tennessee Chapter

Chair: Joe Rader, Undergraduate Library, Reserve, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916

Texas Chapter

Chair: Imogene Gibson, Librarian, Austin College, Hopkins Library, Sherman, TX 75090

Tri-State Chapter

President: Mary Alice Hupp, Fairmont State College Library, Locust Ave., Fairmont, West Virginia 26554

Virginia ChapterChair: Dennis E. Robison, Chairman, University of Richmond Library, Richmond, VA 23173 Wisconsin Chapter

Chair: John J. Jax, Pierce Library, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI 54751

Western New York/Ontario Chapter

President: Sheila Laidlaw, Director, Sigmund Samuel Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5, Canada ■■