ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

And the winners are …

Here are the official 1993 ACRL election results

Thomas G. Kirk

Susan K. Martin

Thomas G. Kirk,college librarian and professor of library science at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, is the 56th president of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Kirk announced that networking will be his theme for his 1993-94 year in office. Under the umbrella of networking Kirk has outlined four elements: 1) strengthening ACRL’s present and future leadership; 2) strengthening ACRL’s relationships with other higher education and professional organizations; 3) conducting a membership survey; and 4) developing continuing education opportunities in the area of networking.

As president, Kirk will preside over the ACRL Board of Directors and the ACRL Executive Committee, chair the ACRL Conference Program Planning Committee for the 1994 Annual Conference in Miami, and plan ACRL’s major program at the conference. Kirk will also represent ACRL on the ALA Miami Conference Program Planning Committee and on the ALA Planning and Budget Assembly. He will also represent ACRL and ALA in their relations with other organizations.

Kirk has been active in both ACRL and ALA serving as ACRL’s division councilor from 1986-90 and as the ALA representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1978-82. Kirk served on ACRL’s Board of Directors from 1979-81 and from 1986-90.

He chaired ACRL’s College Libraries Section (1982-83) and the Science and Technology Section (1980-81). He also chaired ACRL’s Research Committee from 1985-87.

Kirk has also been active in state and regional associations serving on the SOLINET Board of Directors from 1981-84 and 1985-86. He served on OCLC Users Council from 1986-92 and is currently on the Kentucky Library Network Board. Kirk has been honored by the profession being named the Miriam Dudley Bibliographic Instruction Librarian in 1984 and the Kentucky Library Association’s Academic Librarian of the Year in 1991- Kirk has authored numerous articles including titles such as “Periodicals in College Libraries” in Journal of Academic Librarianship (November 1991), “Collection Development Programs in College Libraries: A Contingency Perspective” in Collection Development in College Libraries (1991), and “A Comparison of Two Methods of Library Instruction for Students in Introductory Biology” in College and Research Libraries (1971). Kirk has an A.B. from Earlham College and an M.A. from Indiana University.

Susan K. Martin,university librarian at Georgetown University, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of ACRL. The 1993 election results showed 1,724 votes for Martin and 803 votes for Michael D. Kathman, director of libraries and media at St. John’s University/College of St. Benedict, Collegeville, Minnesota.

When asked about her plans for ACRL, Martin said, “I appreciate the support of the ACRL membership, and look forward to working with them, with other divisions of ALA, and with organizations outside ALA to address some of the most critical issues currently facing us. Among these are: 1) the need for a strategic vision that will recognize a change in the role of the academic library from its traditional role in this century to one that recognizes and works actively with other information providers; 2) a strengthened chapter structure, to encourage increased participation by academic librarians nationwide; and 3) a vital and budgetarily healthy ACRL.” As vice-president/presidentelect of ACRL, Martin will serve on the ACRL Board of Directors and the ACRL Executive Committee. She will chair the ACRL Conference Program Planning Committee for the 1995 Annual Conference in Chicago. She will represent ACRL on the ALA Appointments Committee and the ALA Conference Program Planning Committee for the 1995 Conference. At the end of the 1994 Annual Conference, she will become ACRL’s 57th president.

Martin has been active in ALA serving on the Council from 1988–92, on the Legislation Committee’s Copyright Subcommittee from 1981-87 and chairing it from 1984–85. Martin has also served on a number of committees of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) including serving as LITA president from 1978–79. She has been active in many other professional organizations including: CAPCON where she serves as an Advisory Board member, the Association of Research Libraries, where she was a member of the Statistics Committee (1987–88, 1992), Research Libraries Group where she was a member of the Executive Committee (1985–87), and Universal Serials and Book Exchange (USBE) where she was president (1984). Martin also helped organize a group to look at a strategic vision for librarians. This group developed a vision statement and a values document that has stimulated profession-wide discussions about the education and the future of librarians. Martin was recognized as Simmons College Distinguished Alumni in 1977. She has authored numerous publications including articles on technology, library education, and networks. Martin has a B.A. from Tufts University, a MLS from Simmons College, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.

The rest of the results of the ACRL elections follow. For each position the elected candidate is given first, with the number of votes in parentheses.

ACRL

Director-at-Large (4-year term): Rosemary Henderson (1,110); Paul E. DuMont (1,040).

Director-at-Large (4-year term): Frances J. Maloy (1,201); Elizabeth W. Kaschins (964).

Asian & African Section

Adoption of Proposed Bylaws Change: Yes (97); No (7)..

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: BrendaE. Bickett (56); James N. Gentner (47).

Secretary: Dorothy Ann Washington (65); David N. Nelson (39).

Member-at-Large: Gregory A. Finnegan (65); Doris J. Seely (38).

Afro-American Studies Librarians Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Michael C. Walker (26); Theresa S. Byrd (24).

Secretary: Gladys Smiley Bell (33); Clarence Toomer (16).

Anthropology & Sociology Section

Adoption of Proposed Bylaws Change: Yes (94); No (5).

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Margaret R. Dittemore (67); Fred J. Hay (37).

Secretary: Angela S.W. Lee (51); James W. Williams (51) [determined by lot].

Member-at-Large (2-year term): Jean S. Adelman (62); Janita A. Jobe (42).

ARTS Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Lynn B. Williams (91); Elizabeth A. Ginno (77).

Secretary: Henry J. DuBois (101); Kimberly A. Hale (64).

Bibliographic Instruction Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Katherine A. Branch (463); Randall B. Hensley (433).

Secretary: Trudi E. Jacobson (489); Natalie C. Pelster (358).

Member-at-Large (3-year term): Susan J. Hoffman (450); Shirley R. Black Cody (404).

College Libraries Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Susan McCarthy Campbell (234); Victoria L. Hanawalt (224).

Secretary: Stephanie R. Bangert (227); Walter D. Morrill (204).

Member-at-Large (2-year term): Mark G. R. McManus (233); Norma N. Yueh (197).

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Susan M. Maltese(192); William J. Pfannenstiel (37).

Secretary: Rita W. Jones (131); Karl B. Johnson (96).