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ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, June 2003: Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings

During the 2003 ALA Annual Conference in Toronto, the ACRL Board of Directors met on June 21 and 24 and took the following actions. The actions appear here along with the strategic directions that they address.

Strategic Direction 1.0:Society recognizes the contributions that academic and research libraries and librarians make in higher education, scholarly communication, and civic development.

Approved Rinding of $5,000 for library workshops for Council of Independent College institutions.

Awards and recognition

Approved a resolution thanking Kate Corbyand EBSS for their leadership and dedicated efforts to preserve the value of ERIC as a resource for the educational community.

Approved a resolution congratulating andthanking LES and DLS for their work in developing a mission and strategic plan that meets die needs of their respective members and that moves forward the work of the sections and the association.

Reviewed the applications for the position ofALA/ACRL representative to NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) Board of Examiners and forwarded their recommendations to the ALA Board. The AIA Board selected Judith Walker as the representative ALA will recommend to NCATE.

Approved a resolution commending 3M library Systems, and in particular Judy Nelson and Don Leslie, for their invaluable support without which ACRL would not have been able to develop such a productive and comprehensive @ your library Academic and Research Library Marketing Initiative.

ACRL Board 2002-2003 (I to r): (back) W. Bede Mitchell, Patricia A. Kreitz, Deborah B. Dancik, Theresa S. Byrd, Robert F. Rose, Pamela Snelson; (front) Patricia A. Wand, Mary Ellen Davis, Flelen H. Spalding, Tyrone H. Cannon, Erika C. Linke, Rita Jones. Not shown: Lois H. Cheperon and Mary Reichel.

Scholarly communication

Approved the “Scholarly Communication101” preconference for Annual Conference 2004.

Approved the “Principles and Strategies forthe Reform of Scholarly Communication.”

Approved the Scholarly CommunicationAgenda, 2003–2004.

Strategic Direction 2.0:Academic librarians advocate for public policy, legislation, and institutional change that enhance the values and contribution they make to learning, teaching, and research.

Approved a motion that the AASL/ACRLInformation Literacy Task Force become a standing committee to be called the AASI/ACRL Joint Committee on Information Literacy. The committee will focus on how to prepare K-20 students to be information literate and will provide a channel of communication to the respective divisions. This joint committee will be a forum for sharing ideas on information literacy in K-20 environments and a source of professional development opportunities in this area.

Approved establishment of the Task Force onthe First-Year Experience, which is charged with gathering information about librarians’ involvement in freshman-experience programs, studying the work of the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and then promoting to the center and others involved in the first-year experience the work that librarians have done, and serving as a resource group for the editor/author of a monograph related to the first-year experience and library programs.

Approved establishment of the Marketing Research and Academic Libraries Committee, which is charged with addressing the marketing and promotion of academic and research libraries.

Accepted an invitation to become a foundingmember of COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources), with an initial contribution of $1,500.

Government relations and advocacy Endorsed the ALA Council Resolution“School Libraries and Librarians are Critical to Education Success.”

Endorsed the AIA Council resolution regardingERIC.

Standards and guidelines

Approved the “Guidelines for InstructionalPrograms in Academic Libraries” and the “Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy That Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline.”

Strategic Direction 3.0:ACRL is an inclusive organization serving academic librarians and other information professionals in related professions.

Approved establishment of the ACRLSpectrum Scholar Mentor Committee, which is charged to administer a program whereby academic and research librarians would be recruited to serve as mentors to Spectrum Scholars, link mentors with specific scholars, prepare guidelines and an information program to assist mentors in working with scholars, sponsor and cosponsor programs on mentoring, and collect feedback on the programs.

Approved travel funds equivalent to theamount provided to other library school scholarships, plus an advance registration fee, for five Spectrum Scholars who are currently in library school and who have expressed an interest in academic libraries, to attend the National Conferences.

Strategic Direction 4.0:Academic and research librarians are continually engaged in learning for their professional development and growth.

Approved the Annual Conference 2004 programs.

Approved the “information Commons 101: Nutsand Bolts Planning” workshop for Midwinter 2004.

ACRL Board 2003-2004 (I to r): (back) W. Bede Mitchell, Pamela Snelson, Patricia A. Kreitz, Rita Jones, Deborah B. Dancik; (front) Patricia A. Wand, Helen H. Spalding, Tyrone H. Cannon, Mary Ellen Davis. Not shown: Susan Allen, Nancy Allen, Dorothy Washington, Frances Maloy, Lois Cherepon.

Approved the “Information Literacy Acrossthe Curriculum” workshop for Midwinter 2004.

Approvedthe“Inforxnation Literacy: Time fora Comprehensive Plan” preconference for Annual Conference 2004.

Approved the “Creating a Marketing Plan forYour Academic and Research Libraiy” workshop for Midwinter 2004.

Approved a motion stating that the ACRLBoard’s fust choice for the ACRL National Conference location in 2007 be Baltimore and the second choice is Denver. The Board’s first choice for the ACRL National Conference location in 2009 is Seattle and the second choice is Pittsburgh, with the intent to stagger meetings east and west, if feasible.

Endorsed CJCLS’s request to create an officialliaison from the Libraiy Technical Assistant Committee to the ALA Committee on Education.

Strategic Direction 5.0:ACRL is a national and international interactive leader in creating, expanding, and transferring the body of knowledge of academic librarianship.

Approved a motion that allows ACRL unitsplanning 2004 programs a partial exemption from ACRL’s practice that does not allow funding of any librarians as program speakers. This exemption will allow for funds allocated by ACRL in support of 2004 conference programs to be used to fund travel expenses of international librarians who are speaking at ACRL programs during the ALA 2004 Annual Conference in Orlando.

Supported development and production of Resources for College Libraries asa response to the need for a new edition of Books for College Libraries.

Strategic Direction 6.0:ACRL is an effective and a dynamic organization that continually enhances its capacity to create its future and assess and improve its performance in carrying out its mission.

Approved the ACRL Board meeting minutesfrom the 2003 Midwinter Meeting.

Confirmed an electronic vote that approved aletter of support, which was prepared by the Instmction Section, for the University of Arizona’s application for an NSF Grant.

Approved thecreation of the Academic libraryOutreach Discussion Group.

RepealedanACRL policy regarding nominations

of ACRL members to IFLA committees because it was superseded by a new policy that the Board approved at Midwinter 2003.

Approved the 2003-2004ACRL PerformanceIndicators.

Approved specific categories of content on theACRL Web site, which were recommended by ACRL staff, to be made members only, e.g., govemance-related materials.

Endorsed an ALA Council resolution regardingthe ALA Web site.

Approved revisions to the SIS Bylaws that weresubmitted by the Bylaws Committee for placement on the 2004 ballot.

Approved the Membership Committee’s proposal to broaden its membership by appointing the following ex-officio members: chaiis of section membership committees or the section’s designated liaison and a representative from Chapters Council.

Approved the FY 2004 budget

Approved the early bird registration fee of$325 for the 2005 ACRL National Conference.

Approved the recommendation from the Budget and Finance Committee that $100,000 be moved to the long-term investment fund before the end of FY 2003.

Approved a motion that the ACRL Board ensure the next ACRL Strategic Plan will implement/ include the Focus on the Future Task Force recommendation that there be a formal, ongoing mechanism to identify, publicize, and address top issues facing academic and research libraries. The ongoing and regular mechanism to identify top issues should follow on the new strategic plan.

Defeated a motion that ACRL pledge resources up to $50,000 over three years to the ALA Cultural Communities Fund.

Approved establishment of the Task Force onAnnual Conference Program Funding, which is charged to examine current practice in the use of annual conference program funding; to clarify existing practice and address ambiguities in order to reduce misunderstandings; to consider whether there are other sources of funding that units may draw on to support conference programming (such as targeted fundraising to support speakers); to examine travel support of library school faculty or non-ALA librarians who are participating in unit programs; to examine specifically the stipulations regarding who may receive honoraria and consider the maximum amount paid as an honorarium; to consider alternatively small gifts or tokens of appreciation to speakers; and to make a report and submit recommendations as needed to the ACRL Board. ■