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ACRL Seeks Volunteers for Offices and Committees

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 committee? If the answer is yes to either of these questions, here’s how to proceed.

ACRL President

The ACRL Appointments and Nominations Committee will nominate candidates for the office of ACRL vice-president/president-elect at the February 1981 Midwinter meeting of ALA. The election for this office will be held in the spring of 1982. The winner of the election will serve as vice-president/president-elect during 1982-83 and as president of ACRL during 1983-84. 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, Keith M. Cottam, 1211 General MacArthur Dr., Brentwood, TN 37027.

ACRL Committees

ACRL has eighteen standing and ad hoc committees: Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award Committee, Academic Status Committee, Appointments and Nominations Committee, Audiovisual Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, ChaptersCommittee, Conference Program Planning Committee, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Continuing Education Committee, Copyright Committee (ad hoc), Legisla- tion Committee, Membership Committee, National Conference Committee, Planning Committee, Publications Committee, Standards and Accreditation Committee, Standards and Accred- itation .Committee—Standards far College Libraries Revision Subcommitiee(ad hoc), and Supplemental Funds Committee. To learn about the areas of responsibility covered by these committees, see the ALA Handbook of Organization, 1980-81.

When scheduled vacancies occur on ACRL standing committees, the Appointments and Nominations Committee recommends to the president-elect 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 Keith M. Cottam, chair of the Appointments and

Nominations Committee, before January 1, 1981.

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 vice-chair/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, 1981.

ACRL Section Committees

The committees of ACRL sections offer a variety of opportunities for service to the division. The Community and Junior College Libraries 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, 1981.

Editorial Boards

ACRL has five editorial boards: the Choice Editorial Board, the College & Research Libraries Editorial Board, the College 6- 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 recommendation. 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: David R. McDonald, Systems Office, Green Library, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Bonnie Nelson, Assistant Professor and Reference Librarian, John Jay College, 3 Washington Square Village, New York, NY 10012; Sandra S. Kerbel, Reference- Bibliographer, John D. Williams Library, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677; Suzy M. Slavin, Assistant Head, Reference Department, McLennan Library, McGill University, 3459 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1Y1.

Art Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: John C. Larsen, Associate Professor, School of Library Science, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115.

Nominating Committee: To be appointed.

Asian and African Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Donald F. Jay, Associate Director for Public Services, New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Theodore Welch, Director, Library Development, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL 60201; Edmond Applebaum, Associate Librarian of Congress for Management, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540; Ann L. Wood, Social Science ICPSR Bibliographer, SUNY-Albany; 43A Doorstone Ct., Latham, NY 12110.

Bibliographic Instruction Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Shelley E. Phipps, Orientation Librarian, University of Arizona; 4001 S. Jamie Drive, Tucson, AZ 85706.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Miriam Dudley, University of California, Los Angeles, Powell Library Building, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024; Joan Ormondroyd, Head, Reference Department, Uris Undergraduate Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853; Karen S. Seibert, Reference Department, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 801 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60680.

College Libraries Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Sherrie S. Bergman, College Librarian, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 02766.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Louise S. Sher- by, Head Reference Librarian, Adams Library, Rhode Island College; 125 Burnside St., No. Providence, RI 02911; Elaine N. Miller, Associate Reference Librarian, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063; Betty-Carol Sellen, Associate Librarian for Reference Services and Collection Development, Brooklyn College Library, Brooklyn, NY 11210.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Marcia J. Myers, Chair, Library Program Department, North Campus Library, Miami-Dade Community College, 11380 N.W. 27th Avenue, Miami, FL 33167.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Ruth J. Person, Assistant Professor, Department of Library Science, Catholic University; 10515 DeNeane Road, Silver Spring, MD 20903; Larry A. Miller, Assistant Librarian, Moraine Valley Community College, Learning Resources Center, 10900 South 88th Avenue, Palos Hills, IL 60465; Norma B. Wall, Head Librarian, Hinds Junior College, Raymond, MS 39154.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Ann Knight Randall, Assistant University Librarian, Brown University; 167 Eighth Street, Providence, RI 02906.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Vira C. Hinds, Associate Professor, Education and Psychology Library, City College of New York; 106-A Heritage Hills, Somers, NY 10589; Mildred Lowe, Acting Director, Division of Library and Information Science, St. John’s University; 120 Glengariff Road, Massapequa Park, NY 11762; Virginia R. Workman, Head, Education Library, University of Missouri-St. Louis; 3 Clayton Terrace, St. Louis, MO 63131.

Lau: and Political Science Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Donald J. Dunn, Law Librarian, Western New England College, School of Law Library, 1215 Wilbraham Road, Spring- field, MA 01119.

Nominating Committee: To be appointed.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Alexandra Mason, Spencer Librarian, Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Richard Landon, Fischer Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A5; Anna Lou Ashby, Arents Collections, New York Public Library; 300 W. 106th, #61, New York, NY 10025; Lynda Corey Claassen, Museum Research Specialist, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution; 505 G Street, SE, Washington, DC 20560.

Science and Technology Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Charles R. Long, Library, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Frank Polach, Library of Science and Medicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854; Herbert Biblo, James S. Kemper Library, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616; Nancy Davenport, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540; Charles Gil- reath, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843; Barbara B. Gordon, Forest Resources Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; Linda Phillips, James D. Hoskins Library, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916. Slavic and East European Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Lubomyr R. Wynar, Professor, School of Library Science, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Edward Kasinec, Research Bibliographer and Librarian,

Ukranian Research Institute, Harvard University, 1581-83 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138; Bob Ivanochko, Saskatchewan Provincial Library, 1352 Winnipeg Street, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada; Ivan L. Kaldor, Dean, School of Library and Information Science, SUNY- Geneseo; 14 Melody Lane, Geneseo, NY 14454. University Libraries Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Joan I. Gotwals, Associate Director of Libraries, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Frederick Arnold, Reference Librarian, Princeton University Library, Princeton, NJ 08540.

Western European Specialists Section

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Mary Jane Parrine, Curator, Romance Languages, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305.

Nominating Committee: Chair, Ross Atkinson, Collection Management Division, Northwestern University Library, Evanston, IL 60202; Eric J. Carpenter, Associate Librarian, Lockwood Library, SUNY-Buífalo; 239 Wardman Road, Kenmore, NY 14217; John B. Dillon, Humanities Bibliographer, Glenn G. Bartle Library, SUNY- Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 13901.

Editorial Boards

ChoiceEditor: Jay Martin Poole, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457.

College & Research LibrariesEditor: C. James Schmidt, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912.

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

ACRL Nonprint Media PublicationsEditor: Dwight F. Burlingame, Director, Bowling Green State University Library; 1209 Lyn Road, Bowling Green, OH 43402.

ACRL Publications in LibrarianshipEditor: Joe W. Kraus, Director of Libraries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761. ■■

LIPPINCOTT AWARD

Nominations are now being accepted for the Joseph W. Lippincott award, an annual award of $1,000 and a citation of achievement made to a librarian for distinguished service to the profession. Established in 1937, the award is donated by Joseph W. Lippincott, Jr., in memory of his father, and is administered by the ALA Awards Committee.

ACRL members are encouraged to nominate worthy colleagues for this award who have distinguished themselves through outstanding participation in the activities of professional library associations, notable published professional writing, and other significant activity on behalf of the profession and its aims.

The 1980-81 chair of the Lippincott Award is Wyman Jones, Los Angeles Public Library, 361 S. Anderson, Los Angeles, CA 90033. The deadline for nomination is January 15, 1981. For more information and nomination forms, contact Ann Cunniff, Awards Committee Staff Liaison, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ■■