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ACRL Needs Volunteers!

The Association of College and Research Libraries is anxious to give all interested members the opportunity of serving on its committees. If you are interested in volunteering for a committee assignment, either in the division or in a section, please complete the form on page 247 and send it to the ACRL office. ACRL’s divisional and section committees are listed in the ALA Handbook of Organization.

In addition, the ACRL Committee on Appointments and Nominations and the ACRL section nominating committees (members of which are listed below) are seeking candidates for nomination for election to divisional and section offices. Persons interested in making recommendations or in being considered for nomination should contact a member of the appropriate committee before the 1975 Midwinter Meeting.

ACRL Committee on Appointments and Nominations

Chairman,James O. Wallace, Director of Learning Resources, San Antonio College, 1001 Howard St., San Antonio, TX 78212; members: chairmen of section nominating committees.

Agriculture and Biological Sciences Section Nominating Committee To be appointed.

Anthropology Section Nominating Committee To be appointed.

Art Section Nominating Committee

Chairman,Dr. Stanley T. Lewis, Associate Professor, Department of Library Science, Queens College, Flushing, NY 11367; Florence Connolly, Curator, Fine Arts, Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston, MA 02117; Martha S. Maier, Librarian, Munson-Williams- Proctor Institute, 310 Genesee St., Utica, NY 13501.

Asian and African Section Nominating Committee To be appointed.

College Libraries Section Nominating Committee

Chairman,Arthur Monke, Librarian, Bow- doin College, Brunswick, ME 04011; Robert B. Ford, Acting Chief Librarian, Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY 11225; Betty Jane High- field, Head Librarian, North Park College, 5125 N. Spaulding Ave., Chicago, IL 60625.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section Nominating Committee

Chairman,Leah K. Nekritz, Director of Learning Resources, Prince George’s Community College, 301 Largo Rd., Largo, MD 20870; Margaret A. Wainer, Director of the Library, Carl Sandburg Junior College, Box 1407, Galesburg, IL 61401; Mary H. Williams, Director of the Library, Laramie County Community College, 1400 E. College Dr., Cheyenne, WY 82001.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Nominating Committee

Chairman,Dr. Lorraine Mathies, Head, Education and Psychology Library, 390 Powell Library, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Leslie B. Bjorncrantz, Curriculum Librarian, Northwestern University, 1935 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60201; Dr. Theodore C. Hines, Associate Professor, School of Library Service, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.

Law and Political Science Section Nominating Committee To be appointed.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Nominating Committee

Chairman,Maud D. Cole, Keeper of Rare Books, New York Public Library, Fifth Ave. & 42nd St., New York, NY 10018.

Slavic and East European Section Nominating Committee

Chairman,Andrew L. Makuch, Bibliographer for Collection Development, University of Arizona Library, Tucson, AZ 85721; Dr. Milutin Devrnja, Assistant Head, Cataloging Department, Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214; George E. Perry, Curator, Slavic Room, Slavic & Central European Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540.

University Libraries Section Nominating Committee

Chairman,Anita R. Schiller, Reference Bibliographer, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037; Dr. John F. Harvey, Dean of Libraries, Hofstra University, 1000 Fulton St., Hempstead, NY 11550; B. J. Mitchell, Associate Director of Libraries, California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91324.

ACRL Membership
September 30, 1974	13,637
September 30, 1973	12,869
September 30, 1972	12,151

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