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ACRL Seeks Volunteers for Offices and Committees

Association of College & Research Libraries

Would you like to run for an ACRL office or volunteer for appointment to an ACRL standing committee? Are you interested in seeking office in an ACRL section or being considered for appointment to a section or being considered for appointment to a section committee? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, here is how you proceed.

ACRL President

The ACRL Appointments and Nominations Committee will nominate candidates for the office of ACRL vice-president/president-elect at the January 1983 Midwinter meeting of ALA. The election for this office will be held in the spring of 1983. The winner of the election will serve as vicepresident/president-elect during 1984-85 and as president of ACRL during 1985-86. If you wish to be considered for nomination to this office or if you would like to submit names for consideration, contact the chair of the Appointments and Nominations Committee, Mary Sue Ferrell, 1011 West King St., Carson City, NV 89701.

ACRL Committees

ACRL has fifteen standing committees to which appointments may be made: Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award Committee, Academic Status Committee, Appointments and Nominations Committee, Audiovisual Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Conference Program Planning Committee, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Continuing Education Committee, Legislation Committee, Membership Committee, National Conference Committee, Planning Committee, Publications Committee, Standards and Accreditation Committee, and Supplemental Funds Committee. To learn about the areas of responsibility covered by these committees, see the ALA Handbook of Organization 1982-83.

When scheduled vacancies occur on ACRL standing committees, the Appointments and Nominations Committee recommends to the presidentelect of ACRL the names of members who might fill the vacancies. The president-elect makes the final appointments. If you are interested in being considered for appointment to an ACRL committee, you should complete the ACRL Committee Volunteer Form that is included in this issue of C&RL News and mail it to Mary Sue Ferrell, chair of the Appointments and Nominations Committee, before January 1, 1983.

ACRL Section Offices

ACRL has thirteen sections (their names are listed later in this article). You will find a description of their areas of responsibility in the ALA Handbook of Organization. Each section has an executive committee and a nominating committee. The nominating committee nominates persons to run for the elective offices of the section. The major offices of a section are the chair and vicechair/chair-elect. Some sections also elect secretaries and members-at-large to the section executive committee. If you would like to run for the office of vice-chair/chair-elect of a section or for secretary or member-at-large, contact the chair or a member of the appropriate section nominating committee (see “People to Contact,” below), before January 1, 1983.

ACRL Section Committees

The committees of ACRL sections offer a variety of opportunities for service to the division. The Community and Junior College Section alone has ten committees. For a complete listing of ACRL section committees, see the ALA Handbook of Organization.

The chair-elect of a section appoints the chair and members of all section committees when scheduled vacancies on these committees occur. If you would like to be considered for appointment as chair or member of a section committee, fill out the ACRL Committee Volunteer Form and mail it to the chair-elect of the appropriate section (see “People to Contact,” below), before January 1, 1983.

Editorial Boards

ACRL has five editorial boards: the Choice Editorial Board, the College & Research Libraries Editorial Board, the College & Research Libraries News Editorial Board, the Nonprint Media Publications Editorial Board, and the Publications in Librarianship Editorial Board. When a vacancy occurs on an editorial board, the editor recommends the name of a person to fill the vacancy. The Publications Committee must approve the recommendaton. The ACRL Board must give its approval, and finally the president of ACRL makes the appointment.

If you would like to be considered for appointment to an editorial board, contact the editor of the publication (see “People to Contact,” below).

Remember that at any given time there are only a limited number of vacancies on ACRL’s committees, sections, and boards. If at once you don’t succeed in obtaining an appointment, try again. Make yourself known to committee chairs by sitting in on meetings, volunteering to help with committee projects, etc. If committee chairs see that you are interested in the work of their committees, they may recommend your name to the appropriate appointing body when a vacancy occurs.

People to Contact

Anthropology and Sociology Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Patricia W. Silvernail, 4890 Donald Street, Eugene, OR 97405.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Gregory A. Finnegan, 1022 South Boulevard, Evanston, IL 60202; Janet L. Steins, 294 Sheep Pasture Road, Setauket, NY 11733; Susan Williamson, McCabe Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081.

Art Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Roland Hansen, Reader Services Librarian, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Library, Columbus at Jackson, Chicago, IL 60603.

Asian and African Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Tze-chung Li, Rosary College Graduate School of Library Science, 7900 W. Division, River Forest, IL 60305.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Louis A. Jacob, Head, Southern Asia Section, Asian Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540; Francine H. McNulty, Middle East Department, Widener Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Elizabeth A. Widenman, Africana Bibliographer, Columbia University Library, New York, NY 10027; Julian Wetherelí, 4901 Seminary Road, #321, Alexandria, VA 22311.

Bibliographic Instruction Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Maureen D. Pastine, 5028 Trenary Way, San Jose, CA 95118.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Joann IL Lee, Head, Reader Services, Donnelley Library, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL 60045; Judy Reynolds, BI Instruction Coordinator, Clark Library, Room 115, Washington Square, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192; Mignon Adams, Coordinator of Library Instruction, Penfield Library, SUNY/Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126.

College Libraries Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Patricia G. Oyler, 56 Bigelow Avenue, Watertown, MA 02172.

Nominating Committee: Chair, John P. Diana, Head Librarian, DuBois Campus Library, Pennsylvania State University, College Place, DuBois, PA 15801; Edward J. Jennerich, Library Science Department, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76703; Pamela L. Wonsek, Assistant to the Director, Mercy College Libraries, 555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522.

Community and Junior College Libraries SectionChair: Joseph F. Lindenfeld, 491 North Highland Street, Apt. 12, Memphis, TN 38122.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Susan M. Maltese, 123 Columbia, Elmhurst, IL 60126; Barbara Collinsworth, 33654 Colfax Drive, Sterling Heights, MI 48077.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Virginia Parr, 366 Dixmyth, Cincinnati, OH 45220.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Ann K. Randall, 167 Eighth Street, Providence, RI 02906; Darrell L. Jenkins, Administrative Services Librarian, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901; Linda J. Summataro, 3649 Taliluna Avenue, Unit G-3, Knoxville, TN 37919.

Law and Political Science Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Abner J. Gaines, Special Collection and Rare Books Librarian, University of Rhode Island Library, Kingston, RI 02881. Nominating Committee: To be appointed.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section,

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Stephen Ferguson, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ 08544.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Kenneth E. Carpenter, Harvard University Library, Wadsworth House, Cambridge, MA 02138.

Science and Technology Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Jan Kennedy-Olsen, Main Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.

Nominating Committee: To be appointed.

Slavic and East European Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: G. Koolemans Beynen, 460 East Norwich, Apt. C, Columbus, OH 43201.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Howard W. Robertson, University of Oregon Library, Eugene, OR 97401; David J. Norden, 1453 Wisteria, Ann Arbor, MI 48104; Eleanor R. Payne, Collection Development Librarian, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616.

University Libraries Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Jane Ross Moore, Graduate School and University Center, City University of New York, 33 West 42d Street, New York, NY 10036.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Murray S. Martin, University Librarian, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155; Joan I. Gotwals, Deputy Director of Libraries, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Carolyn A. Kacena, Library, California State University, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92634.

ACRL COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER FORM

If you are interested in serving on an ACRL standing committee, please complete this form and mail it before the ALA Midwinter Meeting to: Mary Sue Ferrell, 1011 West King St., Carson City, NV 89701.

If you would like to serve on an ACRL section committee, send this form to the appropriate section vicechair/chair-elect before the ALA Midwinter Meeting.

Western European Specialists Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Joan F. Higbee, 13 N. Bedford Street, Arlington, VA 22201.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Kenneth O. Jensen, Director for Collection Development, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901.

Editorial Boards

ChoiceEditor: Rebecca S. Dixon, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06475.

College & Research LibrariesEditor: C. James

Schmidt, Research Libraries Group, Jordan Quadrangle, Stanford, CA 94305.

College & Research Libraries NewsEditor: George M. Eberhart, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611.

ACRL Nonprint Media PublicationsEditor: Jean W. Farrington, Assistant Circulation Librarian, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

ACRL Publications in LibrarianshipEditor: Arthur P. Young, Dean of Libraries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881. ■■