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

The Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries met twice during the recent ALA Annual Conference in Los Angeles: on Saturday, June 25, 1983, and Tuesday, June 28, 1983.

AAAS Representative

The board reaffirmed the ACRL Executive Committee’s position that ACRL is the appropriate unit in ALA to continue to recommend the person who will be ALA representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Activity Sections Council

The board approved a recommendation that a task force be established, consisting of two members designated by the ACRL President, two members designated by the Council, and the Executive Director, to examine the relationship between the board and council with specific attention to such matters as representation of membership, participation in formal deliberations, and adequate communication of board decisions.

Books for College Libraries

The board approved the motion of the Books for College Libraries Committee that ACRL should proceed promptly with the preparation and publication of a third edition of Books for College Libraries in separate volumes, with the volumes issued sequentially as ready and with the volume on science and technology published first. Nonprint materials and microforms will also be included. Future editions or supplements will be added as information accumulates.

Budget and Finance Committee

The board approved the 1983-84 budget submitted by the Budget and Finance Committee. (A summary of the ACRL and Choice budgets will appear in a fall issue of C&RL News).

Sherrie Bergman, chair of the Budget and Finance Committee, reported that the submission deadline for budget requests has been changed from January 1 to December 1.

Chapters

The board approved the petition for the establishment of a Colorado Chapter.

The board endorsed a proposal for guidelines on funds to be included in the budget each year for the ACRL President, President-Elect, or Executive Director to visit ACRL chapters on a rotating basis, speak about ACRL concerns and activities, and learn of members’ concerns at the chapter level.

The board also adopted guidelines for ACRL representation at chapter meetings.

Committee Appointments

The board approved a motion to instruct the ACRL Appointments and Nominations Committee to consult with committee chairs during the appointment process so that non-contributing members (those who fail to attend two consecutive meetings or groups of meetings at ALA conferences) are not considered for reappointment. The board also recommended that the Committee publish in its annual report and in C&RL News statistics on the number of open committee slots to be filled, the number of volunteer forms received, the percentage of volunteers appointed, and the percentage of members reappointed.

Discussion Groups

The board approved the establishment of a Discussion Group for Heads of Public/Reader Services in Academic and Research Libraries.

The board also approved a merger of the Personnel Administrators of Academic or Research Libraries Discussion Group with the Staff Development Officers Discussion Group. The new group is called the Personnel Administrators and Staff Development Discussion Group.

Left to right: Joyce Ball, Carla J. Stoffle, Julie Carroll Virgo.

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Electronic Mail

The board approved a budget request for a terminal at ACRL Headquarters to be used for electronic mail.

Membership

The board endorsed a proposal to change ALA memberships from a calendar year to an anniversary year and directed the ACRL Executive Director and the Membership Committee to urge the change within ALA.

Miriam Dudley Award

The board accepted the donation of $1,000 a year for the next five years from Richard Dougherty of Mountainside Press to support the Miriam Dudley Award for Bibliographic Instruction (see p. 288).

National Conference, Seattle

The board approved ACRL co-sponsorship of an RTSD/Library of Congress Regional Institute on LC Subject Headings to be held April 8-10, 1984, as a post-conference to the Third National ACRL Conference in Seattle.

Publications in Librarianship

The board approved a subsidy to ALA Publishing Services to assist in the publication of a book by Neil Radford in the ACRL Publications in Librarianship series.

Section Publications

The board approved the Policy Statement on Separate Publication of Conference Papers of ACRL Sections (see p. 282).

The board also approved the recommendation of the Publications Committee that editors of ACRL-funded section newsletters present written reports to the Committee at ALA Annual Conferences on the nature and scope of their newsletters.

Standards

The board approved the Procedures for Reviewing and Approving ACRL Standards and Guidelines submitted by the ACRL Standards and Accreditation Committee (see p. 282).

Task Forces

The board approved extending the charges of the Task Force on Library Schools and Academic Libraries and the Task Force on the Research Needs of Academic or Research Libraries through Midwinter 1984, and the charges of the Task Force in Support of New Committee Members and Committee Chairs and the Task Force on Library Statistics through Annual Conference 1984. ■ ■