COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS

Highlights of the Midwinter Meetings of the ACRL Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries met twice during the ALA Midwinter Meeting: on Sunday, January 24, 1982, and Tuesday, January 26, 1982.

Activity Model for 1990

David Kaser, chair of the Activity Model for 1990 Committee, reported to the board on the development of a statement outlining ACRL’s mission, goals and objectives, and on a model describing the activities of ACRL in the 1990s. He noted that the purpose of the model was to provide a framework for the activities of ACRL as a whole, rather than limit the activities of individual ACRL units. The final draft of the activity model will appear in the May issue of C&RL News and will be presented to the board in Philadelphia for action.

Bibliographic Instruction

Carla Stoffle presented to the board a proposal for cosponsorship of a National Bibliographic Instruction Leadership Conference with the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The board voted to lend advisory support to the conference and referred the proposal to the ACRL Executive Committee for final action, pending review of cosponsorship guidelines.

Chapters

The board approved the petition for the establishment of an Arizona Chapter.

ChoiceEditorship

The board delegated the approval of a new Choice editor to the ACRL Executive Committee, in view of the short time frame in which a selection must be made.

Discussion Groups

The board voted to approve the creation of three new ACRL discussion groups: an English and American Literature Discussion Group, an Extended Campus Library Services Discussion Group, and a Public Relations in Academic and Research Libraries Discussion Group.

FBI Commendation

The board endorsed the resolution by Patricia Ann Sacks commending the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its handling of the Shinn case (American Libraries, February, p. 110).

Guidelines for Extended Campus Library Services

The board voted to adopt these guidelines, which were formulated by the Standards and Accreditation Committee. The full text appears in this issue on pp. 86-88.

Legislation Committee

The board endorsed the “ACRL Legislative Policy and General Guide to Legislative Action” drafted by the committee. The full text of this document appears on pages 94-96 of this issue.

The board also approved the final draft of the ALA Legislation Committee’s document, Federal Legislative Policies Supported by the American Library Association.

Operating Agreement

The board endorsed the December 1981 version of “An Operating Agreement between the American Library Association and Its Membership Divisions,” and commended the ALA Committee on Program Evaluation and Support (COPES) on “its effectiveness in capturing the spirit, principles, and substance of previous discussions in this document which should serve as a productive basis for further relationships and negotiations.”

Publications in Librarianship

The board approved the recommendation of the Publications Committee that Arthur Price Young be appointed the next editor of this series.

The board also approved the committee’s proposal that the Executive Director of ACRL be charged to negotiate with ALA Publishing and other publishers for improved contract terms for PIL and other in-house publications; and that any royalties accruing from the series be divided equally between the author and ACRL.

Lawrence J. Wilt, chair of the Publications Committee, informed the board that the committee would be reviewing the viability of the Publications in Librarianship series in 1985, following the completion of evaluative criteria.

Satellite Teleconference

The board approved the recommendation of the Budget and Finance Committee that ACRL forward $1,000 to ALA’s Library and Information Technology Association in support of a satellite teleconference of the ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia. ■ ■