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ACRL Board actions, June 1993

Highlights of the Annual Conference meetings of the ACRL Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of ACRL met twice in New Orleans on June 26, 1993, and June 29, 1993- The following is a summary of the actions agreed on during those meetings.

Extended the term of the Vocational Inter- est Inventories Task Forcethrough ALA An- nual Conference 1994 and voted to give it a new charge: “to conduct further analysis of the data gathered in order to address implications of the results, such as recruitment, career de- velopment, approaches to professional devel- opment and library education and disseminate the results.”

Accepted the Final Report from the Image Task forceand discharged task force mem- bers with thanks for their two years of service.

Established a revenue target for the ACRL Seventh National Conferencein Pittsburgh at 15% over expenses.

Heard a report from the chair of the ACRL Seventh National Conferencein Pitts- burgh (Joanne Euster),

March 29-April 1, 1995, on the conference theme. The conference committee has agreed on the theme: “Conti- nuity and Transforma- tion: The Promise of Confluence.” Presenta- tions on each day of the conference will be re- lated to the following sub-topic tracks: knowledge workers and their organizations; technology and the service centered library; internationalism and multiculturalism; and social, economic, and political context of academic libraries.

Approved Nashville, Tennessee, as the site for the 1997 ACRL National Conference,March 8-11, 1997, and submitted proposal to ALA Executive Board for approval. The ALA Executive Board approved the Nashville site for the 1997 Conference.

Voted to rescind the ACRL election campaigning statementthat was approved by majority vote of the Board at the June 30, 1992, meeting in San Francisco.

Approved the actions of the Executive Committee in response to the recommendations from the Publications Task Forcereport to the Board at the Midwinter meeting. (These actions were reported in C&RL News, June 1993, page 341.)

Approved the action of the Executive Committee on the Membership Committee’s response to the recommendation from the Professional Development Task Forcethat: “ACRL should establish a category of membership for non-MLS library professional staff. …” The Membership Committee concluded that it is unnecessary to establish a category for non- MLS academic library professional staff; the Executive Committee agreed.

ACRL Board 1992—93: Back row: Thomas Peischl, Sandra Ready, Hilda Phillips, Barbara Wittkopf, Shelley Phipps, Evan Farber, Ray E. Mett; front row: Karin Begg Borei, Rochelle Sager, Anne Beaubìen, Thomas Kirk, Jacquelyn McCoy, Althea Jenkins.

ACRL Board 1993-94: Back row: Thomas Peischl, Sandra Ready, Barbara Wittkopf, Shelley Phipps, Evan Farber, Ray E. Metz, Frances Malloy; front row: Karin Begg Borei, RocheUe Sager, Jacquelyn McCoy, Susan Martin, Thomas Kirk, Althea Jenkins.

Established ACRL’s priorities for 1993-94as follows:

• To participate effectively in the electronic environment.

• To seek input from members about their values/interests/priorities.

• To network with other ALA units, higher education, and other information-related organizations.

• To provide learning opportunities for members. (Priorities and supporting strategies are reported on page 459 )

Postponed action on the Professional Development Task Force Report.

Agreed to inform the ACRL membership about opportunities to participate in book donation programsfor support of libraries in developing countries.

Encouraged the ALA Board and COPES, and the Planning Committee members to approve a 1994 capital expenditureto put a high speed network in ALA’S headquarters building as well as upgrade the management hardware and software.

Accepted the Plan- ning Committee’s recommendationthat the Professional Education and Mem- bership Committees be continued. Accepted the review of the Pro- fessional Liaison Com- mittee and delayed ac- tion on its continuation pending further infor- mation.

Endorsed the Ray Boylan Memorial Resolution.Staff will send the resolution to Ray Boylan’s family and to the Center for Research Libraries.

Upon the recommendation of the Legislation Committee, endorsed six resolutionsregarding: H.R.1757 which implements NREN; Classification of Government Information; Reauthorization and reappropriation of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission; Public Law 103-40 Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993; Government information in electronic formats to federal depository libraries; and UNESCO’s recent changes to their depository program.

Approved the revised “Guidelines for the Preparation of Policies on Library Access,”extended the term of the task force through ALA Annual Conference 1995, and charged it “to explore ways in which to help librarians use the ACRL Access Guidelines for the preparation of policies on library access in their libraries. Ed note: These guidelines (C&RL News, December 1992) were also approved by the ALA Standards Committee at the 1993 Annual Conference and are now in force.

Accepted the report from the Colleagues Committeeand referred it to the Executive Committee for consideration of recommendations 1, 2 and 3. Agreed to continue the work of the Colleagues Committee.

Approved the Annual Operating Budget for FY 1994with revenue at $845,877 and expenses at $953,397. The FY1994 net -$107,520 includes expenditures of $84,149 for the 1995 ACRL National Conference and $23,371 to support other member services. The ACRL fund balance at the beginning of FY1994 (which began September 1, 1993) is $629,973.

Approved modified language for chapter fundingto reflect existing allocation patterns. Voted to fund the ACRL Speakers Bureau for FY1995 at $3,500 and to expand the Speakers Bureau to include all board members and the executive director.

Approved Annual Conference program plan for FY1994.

Presented Cathleen Bourdon, former ACRL Deputy Executive Director with a “token of the Board’s appreciation”(an elegant crystal desk/pen set engraved with her name and the inscription “ACRL Deputy Executive Director, 1983-1993”) for ten years of service to ACRL.

Agreed to establish a working group of the Board to examine the ACRL structure.

Established a task force of the Board to follow up on the recommendations from the TaskForce on Underrepresented Minorities 1990 report to the Board. ■