ACRL College & Research Libraries News

Association of College & Research Libraries

ACRL/CNI to hold preconference in New York

By Joan K. Lippincott

Librarian Leaders in New Learning Communities

ACRL will offer a full-day preconference on “Librarian Leaders in New Learning Communities” on July 5, 1996, in New York City. The program will focus on preparing li- brarians to take leadership roles on campus by participating in collaborative teams creating New Learning Communities (NLCs), employ- ing the technology and resources of the Inter- net. Building on the experience of two very successful NLC conferences, the program spon- sors have designed this preconference to broaden the base of librarians able to partici- pate in such initiatives on their campuses.

The new learning communities concept builds on the collaborative model of teaching and learning, in which students work together to make discipline concepts more meaningful and become partners with the instructor in the teaching and learning process. Collaborative learning results in greater understanding by students in most cases. In the conception of the Coalition for Networked Information’s NLC program, the collaborative model of teaching and learning is expanded to include collaborative development of curricular content by teams of faculty and professionals from a variety of units on campus, e.g., the library, computing center, instructional technology center, etc. The collaborative process of developing curricular content results in a rich mix of perspectives and expertise. Using the Internet as a vehicle for collaborative learning and using networked information resources as part of the curricular content are also features of the Coalition’s program. By participating in such initiatives on campus, librarians can become integral members of teaching/learning teams, bringing skills and perspectives on the use of networked information into the curriculum.

The preconference will focus on the process of forming successful NLCs through partnerships of faculty, librarians, information technologists, and others. Presentations by team members and educational leaders will help participants gain an understanding of the concepts involved in successful collaborations, to be exposed to examples of NLCs in which student involvement and the teaching/learning process are emphasized, and to see projects from model programs. In addition, participants will work in small groups to exchange ideas with colleagues and develop plans to implement NLCs in their home institution.

Tom Kirk (college librarian, Earlham College) will serve as the preconference facilitator and will be joined by speakers from a variety of institutions.

The program will include:

• presentations by members of institutional teams highlighting the process the teams are using on their campuses to develop their programs, and the collaborative nature of these efforts;

• presentations by librarians from project teams focusing on their role in the project;

• presentations on the principles and vision underlying the concept of NLCs and the characteristics of such communities;

• small group sessions, organized by type of library and facilitated by team members or past conference facilitators, where attendees will engage in information sharing related to new learning communities;

• an opportunity for each participant or institutional team to develop a strategic plan for forming an NLC at his/her home institution.

Joan K. Lippincott is assistant executive director of the Coalition for Networked Information; e-mail: joan@cni.org

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SPRING 1996

2 - ACRL Publications

MANAGEMENT

Preporing for Accreditation: A Handbook for Academic Librarians

Patricia Ann Sacks and Sara Lon Whildin

This valuable, step-by-step workbook helps librarians complete their self-study and evaluation processes.

$18.00, 80p.

0-8389-0621-4, 1993

Recruiting the Academic Library Director: A Companion to the Search Committee Handbook

Sharon Rogers and Ruth Person

$1 8.95; ACRL member $15.95 0-8389-7484-8, 1991

Measuring Academic Library Performance: A Practical Approach

Nancy Van House, Beth Weil, and Charles McClure

This easy-to-use set of output measures is designed to assist in measuring the impact, efficiency, and effectiveness of academic library activities.

$34.00, 140p., 0-8389-0529-3, 1990; $75.00 with self-running database, 0-8389-0542-0, 1991

CLIP Notes

Practical ideas for managing your library’s programs and services are contained in ACRL’s College Library Information Packets (CLIP) Notes. Each CLIP Note provides data and sample documents from college and small university libraries that will assist you in establishing or services and operations.

NEW!

User Surveys in College Libraries, CLIP Note #23

Mignon S. Adams, Jeffrey A. Beck, comps.

Presents examples of a wide variety of survey instruments used by college libraries, including user satisfaction surveys, scripts for focus groups and interviews, surveys on specific areas of the library, surveys of online services, and facilities surveys. Examples are also included of the various tools that will affect response rate, such as cover letters, directions, and rewards or motiva- tors for completion.

$23.95; ACRL member $19.95, 90p. 0-8389-7825-8, 1995

NEW!

Allocation Formulas in Academic Libraries, CLIP Note #22

Jane H. Tuten, Beverly Jones, comps.Identifies elements used in allocation formulas and provides guidelines for college and small university libraries for implementing formulas in the budget allocation process. Includes a variety of documents representing different allocation methods, such as weighted, unweighted, and percentage-based formulas; narrative descriptions; and sample worksheets. $23.95; ACRL member $19.95, 90p. 0-8389-7812-6, 1995

Library Services for Non- Affiliated Patrons, CLIP Note #21

Eugene S. Mitchell, comp.

Sample policies and procedures for dealing with service to the non-affiliated library user. Collected from academic institutions nationally. Includes examples of information sheets, application and registration forms, ID cards, recourse letters, and reciprocal agreements.

$32.95; ACRL member $27.95, 151 p. 0-8389-7781-2, 1995

Managing Student Employees in College Libraries,CLIP Note #20

Michael Kathman, Jane McGurn Kathman, comps.

Comprehensive guidance for managing stu- dent employ- ees. Includes examples of policies and procedures for employment, dismissal, ori- entation, train- ing, supervi- sion, and per- formance re- view. “Highly recommended for small and medium-sized libraries em- ploying student workers.”—Library Journal

$29.95; ACRL member $25.95, 140p. 0-8389-7752-9, 1994

Formal Planning in College libraries,CLIP Note #19

Sarah Watstein, Pamela Wonsek, Paula Matthews, comps.

A survey of formal planning procedures at academic libraries. Includes examples of worksheets and checklists, vision statements, and formal planning documents.

$27.95; ACRL member $24.95, 120p. 0-8389-7743-X, 1994

Emergency Planning and Management in College Libraries,CLIP Note #17

Susan C. George, comp.

Policies and procedures for emergency planning and management in college libraries. Includes examples of plans covering everything from earthquakes to salvage procedures.

$28.95; ACRL member $25.95, 146p. 0-8389-7710-3, 1994

Interlibrary Loan in College Libraries,CUP Note #1 6

Roxann Bustos, comp.

Sample policies and procedure statements, forms, public relations documents, and instructional handouts for libraries offering online searching, CD-ROM, and other computer-based services.

$34.50; ACRL member $28.75, 148p. 0-8389-7652-2, 1993

Database Searching in College Libraries,CLIP Note #15

Sarah Pederson, writer and comp.

Samples of policies and procedures statements, forms, promotional documents, and instructional handouts.

$29.95; ACRL member $24.95, 123p. 0-8389-7651-4, 1993

Audiovisual Policies in College Libraries,CLIP Note #14

Kristine Brancolini, comp.

“The documentation included in the kit is clear and of good quality and covers all aspects of establishing and managing an audiovisual collection.”—LRTS

$21.95; ACRL member $1 8.95, 152p. 0-8389-7495-3, 1991

College Library Newsletters,CLIP Note #13

Patricia Smith Butcher and Susan McCarthy Campbell, comps.

Sample newsletters as well as nameplates, graphics, and style manuals/guidelines for guest editors are included.

$1 8.95; ACRL member $15.95, 154p. 0-8389-7445-7, 1990

Performance Appraisal in Academic Libraries,CLIP Note #12

Barbara Williams Jenkins, comp., with the assistance of Mary L. Smalls

“. . . a wide variety of philosophies and ap- proaches, ranging from series of relatively open-ended questions to grids for grading employees on specific qualities and achieve- ments.”—JAL $18.95; ACRL member $15.95, 128p. 0-8389-7444-9, 1990

Collection Development Policies for College Libraries,CLIP Note #11

Theresa Taborsky, comp.

. . this volume is well worth the price.” —Library Journal

$26.95; ACRL member $21.95, 175p. 0-8389-7295-0, 1989

Annual Reports for College Libraries,CLIP Note #10

Kenneth Oberembt, comp.

$21.95; ACRL member $18.75, 135p. 0-8389-7219-5, 1988

Friends of College Libraries,CLIP Note #9

Ronelle Thompson, comp.

“This is a must for two groups of libraries: those who have Friends groups and those who do not.”—Library Journal

$1 8.75; ACRL member $15.50, 134p. 0-8389-7171-7, 1987

Periodicals in College Libraries,CLIP Note #8

Jamie Webster Hastreiter, Larry Hardesty, David Henderson, comps.

“Recommended for all college and university libraries.”—Library Journal

$18.75; ACRL member $15.45, 116p. 0-8389-7143-1, 1987

PERSONNEL ISSUES

Discovering Librarians: Profiles of a Profession

Mary Jane Scherdin, editorResults of national studies of vocational interests of library and information professionals. The librarian profile is presented from the ACT, the Strong Interest Inventories, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the SIGI PLUS computer-aided career guidance tool, along with analysis of demographic data. Readers “will be rewarded with a better understanding of their own career choices and the need to insure that guidance counselors and guidance tools accurately reflect the current needs of our profession”—Library Journal

$35.95; ACRL member $31.95, 220p. 0-8389-7753-7, 1994

Academic Status: Statements and Resources,Second Edition

Susan Kroll, editor

A compilation of the ACRL standards and guidelines that apply to faculty status for academic librarians, as well as a selective bibliography.

$10.95; ACRL member $8.95, 62p. 0-8389-7739-1, 1994

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

Collection Managment in the Electronic Age: AManual for Creating Community College Collection Development Policy Statements

Jennie S. Boyarski, Kate Hickey, editors

A survey of community and junior colleges’ collection develop- ment poli- cies with examples of eleven com- plete and seven partial policy state- ments.

“. . . valuable to academic and school libraries of all sizes and should be read by librarians engaged in collection development …”

—Library Journal

$42.95; ACRL member $35.95, 197p. 0-8389-7737-5, 1994

Vocational and Technical Resources for Community College Libraries

Mary Ann Laun, editorAnnotated bibliographies presenting a collection of resources, both print and nonprint, that are needed to support a vocational and technical curriculum for a community college, or a vocational or technical institution. Useful to undergraduate students, vocational and technical students, librarians, faculty, and the general public looking for information on these programs’ resources. “This will become a standard selection tool for libraries in community college, technical institutes, and vocational- technical high schools. . . . four-year-col- lege libraries and medium-size and large public libraries . . . should consider it for their reference collections.”—Booklist

$95.00, ACRL member $85.00, 622p. 0-8389-7775-8, 1995

Books for College Libraries III

This set covers more than 50,000 titles chosen to represent a core collection of books for four-year college and university libraries. BCL3 is also available on machine- readable tape. Contact ACRL. “Highly recommended.”—Library Journal.

$600/6 vol. set, $125 individual volume 0-8389-3353-X, 1988

Directory ofurriculum Materials Center, 1990

Donald Osier, Carol Wright, Janet Lawrence, Mary Ellen Collins, Beth Anderson, comps.

This directory includes 272 institutions and covers purpose, hours, staffing, budget, service, and holdings.

$39.50; ACRL member $32.95, 240p. 0-8389-7439-2, 1991

Western European Studies:Current Research Trends & Library Resources

Eva Sartori, Ceres Birkhead, John Cullars, John Dillon, Thomas Kilton, editors

Eleven research papers offer thoughtful synthesis, personal insight, and information useful for anyone dealing with recent scholarship in Western European studies.

$32.95; ACRL member $29.95, 120p. 0-8389-7461-9, 1990

Curriculum Materials Center Collection Development Policy,Second Edition

Beth G. Anderson, Virginia Nordstrom, Karin Duran, Allison G. Kaplan, comps.

A model policy is provided along with example policies from libraries that illustrate modifications to the model to fit specific local needs.

$ 16.95; ACRL member $ 14.95, 46p. 0-8389-7707-3, 1993

Women’s Studies Collection Development Policies

The WSS Collection Development and Bibliography Committee

This unique tool identifies issues and provides models of existing policies. Complete policy statements from 16 university libraries illustrate the range of issues and provide a variety of models. The “RLG Conspectus: Women’s Studies” supplemental guideline, included as an appendix, identifies issues unique to women’s studies and describes materials and sources.

$35.95; ACRL member $29.95, 122p. 0-8389-7596-8, 1992

State Education Documents: AState-bγ-State Directory for Their Acquisition and Use

EBSS Education-Related Government Publications Subcommittee

This directory provides the means to access the large variety of state education documents available from government agencies. $21.95; ACRL member $18.95, 54p. 0-8389-7327-2, 1989

CHOICEReviews

Publications in this series from CHOICE are compiled by the editors from reviews previously published in the magazine (volumes 27 through 29, Asian Americans through volume 30, Environmental Studies through volume 32). Each collection provides the full text of the CHOICE review and author and title indexes. The editors consider these collections representative of the significant books that CHOICE reviewed in the subject areas.

NEW!

Environmental Studies

$38.00, 893 titles, 164p. 0-8389-7808-8, 1995

*African and African American Studies

$22.00, approximately 750 titles, 152p. 0-8389-7691-1, 1992

*Native American Studies

$15.00, 278 titles, 60p. 0-8389-7632-8, 1992

*Asian and Asian American Studies

$20.00, 605 titles, 113p. 0-8389-7691-3, 1993

*Latino Studies

$20.00, 525 titles, 112p. 0-8389-7631-X, 1992

*Order these titles from CHOICE Magazine, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. Order Environmental Studies from ACRL.

ACRL Publications - 7

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Examples to Accompany Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Books

Prepared by the Bibliographic Stan- dards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

“The introduction is clear, the bibliography useful, the indexes exhaustive and the records themselves painstakingly accurate. In short, it is a model of its kind, and should be consulted not only by those cataloguers currently using the code but also all managing librarians considering its adoption.”—Rare Books Newsletter

$29.95; ACRL members $23.95, 148p. 0-8389-7672-7, 1993

Thesauri for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloging

These thesauri were developed for use in MARC field 655 and 755. Each thesaurus provides standardized vocabulary for retrieving items by form and genre or by various physical characteristics which are typically of interest to special collections librarians.

Genre Terms(2nd ed.)

$21.95; ACRL member $1 8.95, 90p. 0-83 89-7516-X, 1991

Paper Terms

$8.95; ACRL member $7.50, 52p. 0-8389-7427-9, 1990

Type Evidence

$8.95; ACRL member $7.50, 19p. 0-8389-7428-7, 1990

Binding Terms

$11.50; ACRL member $9.50, 37p. 0-8389-7210-1, 1988

Printing & Publishing Evidence

$8.95; ACRL member $7.50, 28p. 0-8389-7108-3, 1986

Provenance Evidence

$10.50; ACRL member $8.50, 24p. 0-8389-7239-X, 1988

INFORMATION ACCESS

Science and Engineering Conference Proceedings:

A Guide to Sources for Identification and Verification

Barbara DeFelice, editorOverview of the coverage and indexing of conference proceedings and papers in subject-oriented abstracting and indexing services. A valuable working tool for the practicing librarian involved with public services for the scientific and engineering community.

$ 16.50; ACRL member $ 14.00, 84p. 0-8389-7790-1, 1995

Guide to Searching the Bibliographic Utilities for Conference Proceedings

Nirmala S. Bangalore, Judith A. Carter, editors

A convenient guide detailing search strategies for finding conference proceedings in either RLIN, OCLC/PRISM, or WLN utilities.

$7.95; ACRL member $6.95, 15p. 0-8389-7734-0, 1994

Abstracting, Information Retrieval, and the Humanities:

Providing Access to Historical Literature Publications in Librarianship: No. 48

Helen R. Tibbo

An examination of the qualities and functions of abstracts and the challenges involved in text condensation.

$35.00, 276p. 0-8389-3430-7, 1993

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION

NEW!

Teaching Information Retrieval and Evaluation Skills to Education Students and Practitioners:

A Casebook of Applications

Patricia O’Brien Libutti, Bonnie Gratch, editors

Scenarios depicting actual instructional sessions at the undergraduate, graduate, practitioner, and high-school level using goals and objectives statements. Several cases include the teaching of ERIC and Internet resources. Most useful are the reflective analyses of the sessions by librarian-instructors that reveal lessons learned about teaching technology.

$26.50; ACRL member $22.50, 152p. 0-8389-7813-4, 1995

Read This First: An Owner’s Guide to the New Model Statement of Objectives for Academic Bibliographic Instruction

Carolyn Dusenbury, Monica Fusich, Kathleen Kenny, and Beth Woodard, editors

. . the MSO [model statement objectives] may serve as a checklist in evaluating existing BI programs, developing educational goals when determining new programs, and determining whether such goals are being achieved.”—Library Journal

$ 19.95; ACRL member $ 1 6.45, 72p. 0-8389-7548-8, 1991

Learning to Teach: Workshops on Instruction

Nine workshops cover the basics including clear, concise discussions of classroom techniques, new technologies, and instruction in a multicultural environment. This collection of workshops is designed to develop fundamental skills and addresses critical issues in bibliographic instruction. “Recommended for practitioners as well as academic, library school, and school library collections.”—Library Journal

$24.95; ACRL member $21.95, 86p. 0-8389-7627-1, 1993

Sourcebook for Bibliographic Instruction

The Editorial Board of the Bibliographic Instruction Section

A working, desk-top tool for new and experienced bibliographic instruction librarians, the Sourcebook is practical and easy-to-use. Five essential topics are covered: learning theory, instructional design, teaching methods, evaluation, and administration. “Highly recommended for all institutions engaging in BI.”—Library Journal

$ 18.95; ACRL member $16.95, 96p. 0-8389-7673-5, 1993

STATISTICS & RESEARCH

NEW!

Continuity and Transformation: The Promise of Confluence

Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference of the Asso- ciation of College and Research Libraries

Richard AmRhein, editorDescribes how librarians across the country are incorporat- ing new and established technologies to enhance the teaching, learning, and research processes. Includes 54 refereed contributed papers and abstracts of 31 panel sessions.

$49.95; ACRL member $44.95, 500p. 0-8389-7786-3, 1995

Academic Libraries Achieving Excellence in Higher Education:

Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries

Thomas Kirk, editorPractical examinations and solutions to current academic library problems are included in 4 keynote addresses, 36 program reports, and 52 refereed contributed papers.“ . . . an excellent professional development resource for librarians trying to keep current and for new librarians concerned about the profession.”—JAL

$49.95; ACRL member $44.95, 522p. 0-8389-7622-0, 1992

NEW!(Available after 5/1/96)

ACRL University Library Statistics, 1994-95

Library Research Center, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, comp.

Data from over 100 participating libraries. Library categories include collections, personnel, expenditures, and interlibrary loan. Institutional categories include degrees offered, enrollment size, and faculty size.

Price T.B.D.

0-8389-7831-2

ACRL University Library Statistics, 1992-93

Library Research Center, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, comp.

$69.95; ACRL member $39.95, 80p. 0-8389-7738-3, 1994

ACRL University Library Statistics, 1990–91

Library Research Center, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, comp.

$69.95; ACRL member $39.95, 80p. 0-8389-7587-9, 1992

ACRL/Historically Black Colleges & Universities Library Statistics, 1988–89

Robert E. Molyneux, comp.

$35.95; ACRL member $25.95, 101 p. 0-8389-7547-X, 1991

ACRL University Library Statistics, 1988–89

Denise Bedford, comp.

$49.95; ACRL member $29.95, 79p. 0-8389-7446-5, 1990

ACRL University Library Statistics, 1987–88

Robert E. Molyneux, comp.

$49.95; ACRL member $29.95, 79p. 0-8389-7288-8, 1989

NEWS & REVIEWS

Choice

Book review journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Eleven issues per year (July/August combined).

Available by subscription only, $165/year domestic rate; $187/year foreign rate; single issues $20.00 ISSN: 0009-4978.

Also available as:

Choice-Reviews-on-Cards

Reviews from each monthly issue of Choice printed on 3x5 cards.

Available to Choice subscribers only for $245/ year domestic rate; $265/year foreign rate; sample box $25.00. Order either Choice product from: Circulation Department, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457 (203) 347-6933.

Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship

A journal of theory and practice covering all aspects of special collections librarianship. Two issues/year.

$30.00 U.S.; $35.00 for Canada and Mexico; and all other countries $40.00; single issues $15.00 each. ISSN: 0884-450X.

College & Research Libraries

Official journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Six bimonthly issues per year. Sent to ACRL members as a perquisite of membership. Also available on subscription.

$50.00 per year in the U.S.; Canada and Mexico $55.00 per year; and all other countries $60.00; single issues $14.00 each.

ISSN: 0010-0870.

College & Research Libraries News

Official news magazine of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Eleven issues per year (July/August combined). Sent to ACRL members as perquisite of membership. Also available on subscription.

$35.00 per year in the U.S.; $40.00 per year in Canada and other PUAS countries; $45.00 in other foreign countries; single issues $6.50 each. ISSN: 0099-0086.

College & Research Libraries and College & Research Libraries News,Index for Volumes 41–50 (1980–89)

$29.95; ACRL member $25.95, 180p. 0-8389-7487-2, 1991

ACRL APPROVAL PLANS

ACRL publications provide practical ideas, tools, and methods for: management, bibliographic instruction, special collections, collection development, statistics, and research. The convenient and cost-cutting ACRL approval order plan provides automatic priority shipping of ACRL’s new books at a 20% discount to ACRL members (10% to nonmembers).

There are two approval plan categories from which to choose:

• Plan P guarantees that you will automatically be sent all new ACRL publications including CLIP Notes. ACRL publishes approximately 5 to 6 new titles each year.

• Plan PC is exclusively for titles in the CLIP Notes (College Library Information Packets) series. CLIP Notes collect data and sample documents from academic libraries to assist librarians in establishing or refining services and operations.

It’s easy to enroll. Make your selection on the order form in this catalog. Or call or write the ACRL Publications Officer indicating the category you have chosen. ACRL/ALA, Approval Plan, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 606ll; (800) 545-2433, ext. 2517

This program should be of interest to instruction librarians, departmental librarians, subject specialists, program coordinators, and program administrators. It will focus on NLCs in the context of higher education.

The program is sponsored by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). In addition, the American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), ACRL, and Educom are sponsors of the Coalition’s New Learning Communities Program. The Coalition has received financial support for this program from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title IIB Program.

The Program Committee for the preconference includes Joan Lippincott (Coalition for Networked Information), Philip Tompkins (Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis), Susan Perry (Mt. Holyoke College), Tom Kirk (Earlham College), Barbara MacAdam (University of Michigan), and Deborah Masters (San Francisco State University). The ACRL program liaison is Noreen Hale.

For information on the preconference, contact: Noreen Hale at (800) 545-2433, ext. 2510, or noreen.hale@ala.org.

ACRL/CNI preconference registration form

Registration is limited to the first 115 participants. The registration fee includes lunch. As part of the registration fee, you will receive a video and handbook from the 1994 New Learning Communities Conference.

Registrations must be received by May 28. Late registration will be accepted until June 14 and carry a $35 late fee. Written cancellations will be accepted up to June 14 and are subject to a $50 cancellation fee; refunds will be processed after the preconference. No refunds will be made for cancellations after June 14.