ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

And the winners are…: Here are the official results of the 1998 ACRL elections

Maureen Sullivan

Larry L. Hardesty

Maureen Sullivan,an organizational development consultant who specializes in service to academic libraries, is the 61st president of ACRL. “The coming year will be another exciting and productive one for ACRL. Our 9th National Conference will be held in April in Detroit. This biannual event has proven to be one of the most important professional development experiences for academic libraries.

“The National Information Literacy Institute, an initiative approved by the ACRL Board of Directors under the leadership of ACRL President W. Lee Hisle, will convene next summer. RBMS will hold its preconference in Montreal—a significant opportunity for collaboration with our Canadian members and colleagues.

“The Strategic Plan will be revised through a process which will engage a broad spectrum of our membership and will create a platform for ACRL to play a defining leadership role in higher education. We will continue to strengthen and build alliances with other organizations who share our concerns and interests. Professional development will focus on building leadership skills, helping academic librarians develop the competencies to play a leadership role in managing technology on their campuses, and supporting the work of activity sections to strengthen the range of specialist skills so critical to our contribution to student learning and scholarship.

“I look forward to working with President-elect Larry Hardesty, the ACRL Board, Chapters Council, and all of the member leaders who contribute through chapter, section, and committee work to make significant strides to prepare academic librarians and ACRL for the new millennium.”

As president, Sullivan will preside over the ACRL Board of Directors and ACRL Executive Committee, chair the ACRL Conference Program Planning for the 1999 Annual Conference, and plan ACRL’s major program at the conference. She will represent ACRL on the ALA New Orleans Conference Program Planning Committee and on the ALA Planning and Budget Assembly, and will represent ACRL and ALA in their relations with other organizations.

Her ACRL committee service includes most recently serving on the Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award Jury, 1993-97; the Professional Enhancement Committee, 1991- present; and chairing the Search Committee for the Executive Director, 1990.

Larry Hardesty,college librarian and professor at Austin College has been elected vice-president/president-elect of ACRL. He said, “While feeling somewhat daunted by the responsibility for leading ACRL into a new millennium, I am also very encouraged by the knowledge that I can call upon for assistance so many capable ACRL members. Ultimately the strength of ACRL is in its membership, and I strongly encourage members both to participate in ACRL activities and to keep the ACRL leadership, including myself, informed about their concerns. I look forward to an exciting and productive term in office—with a lot of help from my ACRL friends!”

In addition to sustaining and supporting needed ongoing programs, such as liaisons with other professional associations in higher education and the legislative advocacy effort, Hardesty wants to provide incentives to develop and support promising new initiatives such as the National Information Literacy Institute.

Hardesty previously served as director of Library Services and professor of Eckerd College (1983-1995); head of reference at DePauw University (1975-1983); and reference librarian at Kearney State College (1973-1975).

In ALA he has served on the Special Committee on Alternative Sources of Funding for Academic Libraries (1989-1990). He has been a life member of ACRL since 1978, serving on the Board of Directors (1987-1991), chairing the College Libraries Section (1995-1996), and chairing numerous committees at the section and division level.

In 1996, the Instruction Section named him winner of its Publication of the Year Award for his article “Bibliographic Instruction and Faculty Culture,” published in Library Trends.

Hardesty is also an active member of the Texas Library Association; he was the Florida ACRL Chapter president (1986-1987); on the Florida Library Association Board of Directors (1988-1990); and he was Indiana ACRL Chapter President-elect (1982).

He holds a B.A. in Education (History/ Political Science) and an M.S. in Education (History) from University of Nebraska- Kearney; MLS from University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S. in Education (Instruction Systems Technology); and Ph.D. (Library and Information Science) from Indiana University in Bloomington.

ACRL

Adoption of proposed bylaws: Yes (1,814) ADOPTED; No (55).

Vice-President/President-Elect: Larry L. Hardesty (1,099); Jill B. Fatzer (989).

ACRL Director-at-Large (4-year term) William E. Brown Jr.(988); Cathy Henderson (852).

ACRL Director-at-Large (4-year term) Barbara Baxter Jenkins(1,172); Henry R. Stewart Jr. (670).

ACRL Director-at-Large (3-year-term) Paul E. Dumont(1,188); Charles R. Peguese (597).

ACRL Director-at-Large (3-year term) Mary Lee Sweat(1,093); John Sheridan (738).

ACRL Director-at-Large (4-year term) Dana C. Rooks(1,121); Donald G. Frank (752).

African-American Studies Libraries Section (AFAS)

Adoption of proposed bylaws: Yes (53) ADOPTED; No (2).

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Mary G. Wrighten (23); Carol Ritzen Kem (22); Louveller Luster (11).

Secretary: Bennie P. Robinson (33); Alice Reviere Smith (24).

Member-at-Large: Audrey J. Taylor (34); Harry R. Murphy (22).

Anthropology and Society Section (ANSS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Sally Willson Weimer (93); Write-In Candidate (0).

Member-at-Large: Anna L. Demiller (60); Isabel Del Carmen Quintana (37).

Arts Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Floyd M. Zula (103); Write-In Candidate (1).

Asian, African and Middle Eastern Section (AAMES)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Donald P. Chvatal (53); Write-In Candidate (3).

Member-at-Large (2-year term): Mihoko Miki (54); Write-In Candidate (3).

College Libraries Section (CLS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: John G. Jaffe (203); Peter V. Deekle (200).

Secretary: Catherine M. Rod (202); Lynn Scott Cochrane (201).

Member-at-Large: Mickey (Michael Ann) Zemon (269); Billy Pennington (125).

Community and Junior College Libraries Section (CJCLS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Theresa S. Byrd (136); Kathryn Chilson O’Gorman (68).

Secretary: Cynthia Steinhoff (186); Write- In Candidate (5).

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS)

Adoption of proposed bylaws: Yes (231) ADOPTED: No (8); Yes (228) ADOPTED: No (8); Yes (225) ADOPTED; No (10).

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Ellen D. Gilbert (126); Dane M. Ward (102).

Member-at-Large (2-year term): Ellie E. Marsh (ll6);Lorene R. Sisson (114).

English and American Literature Section (EALS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Steven R. Ellis (58); Catherine A. Larson (53).

Secretary: Linda Lawrence Stein (58); Judith P. Fertig (49).

Member-at-Large: John L. Tofanelli (56); Carol A. McAllister (52).

Extended Campus Library Services Section (ELSS)

Adoption of proposed bylaws: Yes (203) ADOPTED; No (18).

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Harvey R. Gover (191); Write-In Candidate (5).

Secretary: Trish Del Nero (108); Carol M. Greene (100).

Member-at-Large: Alexander (Sandy) L. Slade (114); Kay E. Harvey (102).

Instruction Section (IS)

Adoption of proposed bylaws changes: ADOPTED. (Exact counts for the votes on each of the 8 changes are available from the ACRL office.)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Barbara MacAdam (492); Robert F. Rose (247).

Secretary: Lisa Janieke Hinchliffe (362); Monica G. Fusich (336).

Member-at-Large (3-year term): Abigail Anne Loomis (449); Madeline A. Copp (261).

Law and Political Science Section (LPSS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Marifran Bustion (118); Write-In Candidate (1).

Member-at-Large: Catherine Hansen (72); Suping Lu (49).

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Eric Holzenberg (178); Elaine B. Smyth (l68).

Member-at-Large: Theresa A. Salazar (226); Daniel J. Slive (114).

Science and Technology Section (STS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Patricia A. Kreitz (210); George S. Porter (97).

Secretary/Member-at-Large: Norma Kobzina(164); Edward L. F. Gonzalez 033).

Slavic and East European Section (SEES)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Patricia Kincaid Thurston (33); Richard Fitzsimmons (22).

Secretary: Julie Swann (50); Write-In Candidate (1).

Member-at-Large: Gordon B. Anderson (33); Darla B. Carras (20).

University Libraries Section (ULS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: James A. Estrada (579); Patrick J. Mullin (483).

Member-at-Large (3-year term, two to be elected): Susan E. Searing (699); Danielle Mihram (453); Deborah B. Dancik (384); Dennis K. Lambert (334).

Western European Specialists Section (WESS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: John M. Cullars (97); Richard Hacken (47).

Secretary: Nancy S. Boerner (88); Sam Dunlap (56).

Member-at-Large: Beau Davis Case (64); Julie M. Still (41); Karl E. Fattig (38).

Women’s Studies Section (WSS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Marlene Manoff (110); Dolores Fidishun (43).

Secretary: Sara Brownmiller (99); Melinda F. Brown (63)

Member-at-Large: G. Margaret Porter (107); Anne L. Moore (46).