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ACRL meetings in Chicago

A tentative schedule for ALA’s Midwinter Meeting, January 17–22, 1987.

ACRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

First meeting:Sunday, January 18, 2:00–5:30 p.m.

Second meeting:Tuesday, January 20, 2:00–5:30 p.m.

Orientation and luncheon:Sunday, January 18, 12:30–2:00 p.m.

Presidential Candidates Forum:Sunday, January 18, 8:00–10:00 p.m.

ACRL DIVISIONAL COMMITTEES

Academic Library Statistics:Saturday, January 17, 9:00–11:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award:Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.*

* Meetings with an asterisk are closed meetings.

Academic Status:Sunday, January 18, 9:00–11:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Appointments and Nominations:Saturday, January 17, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.*

Audiovisual:Sunday, January 18, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Books for College Libraries, 3d ed., Advisory:Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Budget and Finance:Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m., 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Sunday, January 18, 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Chapter Guidelines Task Force:Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—New Orleans,1988: Monday, January 19, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Constitution and Bylaws:Saturday, January 17, 8:00–11:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 8:00–11:00 a.m.; Wednesdav, January 21, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Continuing Education Courses Advisory:Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Copyright:Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship:Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m. *

Fundraising Task Force:Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Legislation:Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Libraries and Computer Centers Task Force:Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Library Access Task Force:Saturday, January 17, 9:00–11:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Membership:Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Performance Measures:Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Planning:Sunday, January 18, 8:00–9:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 2:00–5:30 p.m.

Professional Association Liaison:Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Professional Education:Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Publications:Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Research:Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Samuel Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Acquisition or Technical Services:Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.*

Standards and Accreditation:Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

ACRL CHAPTERS COUNCIL

Business:Sunday, January 18, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Orientation:Saturday, January 17, 8:00–10:00 p.m.

ACRL DISCUSSION GROUPS

Black Studies Librarianship:Monday, January 19, 2:00–5:30 p.m.

Extended Campus Library Services:Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Fee-Based Information Service Centers in Academic Libraries:Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Heads of Public/Readers’ Services:Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Librarians of Library Science Collections:Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Microcomputer Services in Academic Libraries:Sunday, January 18, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Personnel Administrators and Staff Development Officers:Friday, January 16, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Public Relations in Academic Libraries:Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Research:Monday, January 19, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Undergraduate Librarians:Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Women’s Studies:Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

ACRL EDITORIAL BOARDS

Choice: Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

College & Research Libraries: Sunday, January 18, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

College & Research Libraries News: Sunday. January 18, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Publications in Librarianship: Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Rare Books & Manuscripts Librarianship: Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

ACRL SECTIONS

Activity Sections Council

Meeting: Monday, January 19, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Section Officers/Executive Committee Luncheon: Tuesday, January 20, 12:30–2:00 p.m.

Art Section

Executive: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

General Membership/Ad Hoc Committees: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.

Nominating: Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Anthropology and Sociology Section

Executive: Saturday, January 17, 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Bibliography: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Sunday, January 18, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—New Orleans, 1988: Sunday, January 18, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Friday, January 16, 4:30–5:30 p.m.; Sunday, January 18, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Nominating: Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m. *

Review and Planning: Sunday, January 18, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Asian and African Section

Executive: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Nominating: Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m.*

Bibliographic Instruction Section

Executive: Friday, January 16, 4:30–5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 1 í:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Wednesday, January 21, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Advisory Council/Executive Committee: Saturday, January 17, 8:00–11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Clearinghouse: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Communication: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Computer Concerns: Sunday, January 18, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—New Orleans, 1988: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Continuing Education: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Education for Bibliographic Instruction: Saturdav, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Future of Bibliographic Instruction: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Miriam Dudley BI Librarian of the Year Award: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.*

Model Statement of Objectives: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Nominating, 1987: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.*

Nominating, 1988: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.; Sunday, January 18, 8:00–10:00 p.m.*

Policy and Planning: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 18, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Policy and Planning—Long-Range Planning: Sunday, January 18, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Research: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:00–11:00 a.m.

Think Tank Editorial Board: Monday, January 19, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

College Libraries Section

Executive: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Advisory Council Steering: Sunday, January 18, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Bylaws: Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

CLIP Notes: Monday, January 19, 8:00–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—New Orleans, 1988: Monday, January 19, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, January 18, 4:30–5:30 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Historical Commission: Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m.; Sunday, January 18, 8:00–9:00 p.m.

Newsletter: Sunday, January 18, 9:30 p.m.–12:30 p.m.

Real Income: Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:30 a.m.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Executive: Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, January 20, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Bibliography: Saturday, January 17, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Computers in Community Colleges—Applications, Implementation, and Management: Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—New Orleans, 1988: Monday, January 19, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Monday, January 19, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Instruction and Use: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Membership/Communications: Saturday, January 17, 8:00–10:00 p.m.; Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Nominating: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.*

Planning and Procedures: Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Services to Disadvantaged Students: Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

Executive: Tuesday, January 20, 8:00–11:00 a.m.

Bibliographic Instruction for Educators: Sunday, January 18, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—New Orleans, 1988: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Curriculum Materials/Problems of Access and Control of Education Materials: Sunday, January 18, 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Education Services and General Reference: Saturday, January 17, 9:00–11:30 a.m.

Psychology/Psychiatry: Monday, January 19, 2:00–5:30 p.m.

Law and Political Science Section

Executive: Sunday, January 18, 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Business: Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Publications: Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Executive: Sunday, January 18, 4:30–5:30 p.m.;

Monday, January 19, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Conservators’ Collations: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Continuing Education: Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Curators and Conservators Discussion Group: Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Exhibition Catalogues Awards: Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.*

GODORT/RBMS Joint Discussion: Saturday, January 17, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Guidelines for Borrowing for Exhibitions: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Information Exchange: Saturday, January 17, 8:00–10:00 p.m.

Legislative Information: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Literary Rights: Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Manuscripts and Other Formats Discussion Group: Sunday, January 18, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Nominating: Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Preconference Planning—New Orleans, 1988: Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Preconference Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

New current topics group to meet

The ACRL University Libraries Section’s Current Topics Discussion Group has recently been formed in response to the need for a small group setting where university librarians can discuss topics of mutual interest. The Chicago Midwinter Meeting has been set for Saturday, January 17, 1987, at 2:00 p.m., with the location to be announced in the conference program. This first discussion session will explore the various organizational structures used in university libraries and what innovative structural changes are occurring as a result of the introduction of online systems and other new technology, new relationships with academic computing centers, or other trends faced by academic libraries today. How are staff adapting? How successful are the changes?

Three speakers have agreed to make brief presentations. Joanne Euster, who is now university librarian at Rutgers as well as ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect, is doing preparation for a book on library organizational structures and will share some of her early findings. Jordan Scepanski, director of the library and learning resources at California State University, Long Beach, will be the second speaker. Library units there are broad subject areas or departments with a de-emphasis on function-based units. The organization is a matrix structure which follows a faculty model. Charling Fagan, assistant director of social sciences at Columbia University Libraries, will speak about the impact on job responsibilities and library structures as a result of the Computing Center reporting to the Library.

The three presentations are intended to serve as a kick-off to discussion and a chance for attendees to share experiences. If you plan to attend and would like to share your organizational chart with the group, please send a copy to Janice Koyama, Head Librarian, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, by January 10, 1987, so that copies can be made. If you prefer, you can bring 20–30 copies to the meeting.

The ULS Current Topics Discussion group is a concept which will be tested during 1987 at Midwinter and at the Annual Conference in order to evaluate the need for this type of forum. The key is to identify current concerns of librarians working in all areas and at all levels in university libraries and provide an opportunity to discuss these concerns in a group of 40 or fewer people. In this way, librarians can make contact with colleagues with mutual interests and can share ideas to help solve problems at their own institutions. The organizing committee welcomes suggestions for future topics. Please send ideas to Janice Koyama, Chair, at the address listed above, or bring suggestions to the Midwinter session on January 17.

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Publications: Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Security: Sunday, January 18, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Security—Hearing on Guidelines: Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Standards: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Sunday, January 18, 2:00–4:00 p.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Slavic and East European Section

Executive: Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, January 18. 8:00–9:00 a.m.

Continuing Education on Slavic and East European Librarianship in North America: Sunday, January 18, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Cyrillic Romanization and Automation: Sunday, January 18, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Newsletter: Sunday, January 18, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Study of Ethnic Slavic and East European Publications in the U.S.: Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Science and Technology Section

Executive: Tuesday, January 20, 8:30–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—New Orleans, 1988: Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco, 1987: Sunday, January 18, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Discussion Group: Monday, January 19, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Newsletter: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Nominating: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.*

Oberly Award: Saturday, January 17, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.*

Publisher Relations: Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

Task Force on Comparison of Science/Engineering Libraries: Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Task Force on Proceedings: Saturday, January 17, 2:00–5:30 p.m.

Task Force on Subject Access to Science Materials: Monday, January 19, 2:00–4:00 p.m.

University Libraries Section

Executive: Saturday, January 17, 9:30–11:00 a.m.; Monday, January 19, 9:30–11:00 a.m.

Conference Program Planning—New Orleans, 1988: Sunday, January 18, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Conference Program Planning—San Francisco.

Proposed revision to ACRL’s “Statement on the Terminal Professional Degree for Academic Librarians”

The ACRL Academic Status Committee is proposing a minor revision for clarification in the “Statement on the Terminal Professional Degree for Academic Librarians.’’ Approved as policy by the Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries on January 23, 1975, the original statement reads as follows:

“The master’s degree in library science from a library school accredited by the American Library Association is the appropriate terminal professional degree for academic librarians.”

Since many programs no longer include “library science” as the designated title for the professional degree, and since ALA accredits programs rather than schools, the Academic Status Committee unanimously endorses the following change:

“The master’s degree from an academic program accredited by the American Library Association is the appropriate terminal professional degree for academic librarians.”

Please notethat this is not a change in ACRL policy. It is merely a clarification in the wording of the statement which brings it into harmony with ALA Policy 54.4. The policy continues to recognize the master’s degree from an ALA-accredited program. Further, the policy regarding the “terminal professional degree” does not compromise requirements imposed by some institutions for another advanced academic degree.

During committee discussions on the proposed change, other substantive issues have also been discussed. Among them have been the acceptance of the master’s degree as the “terminal” degree for academic librarians and the assumption that ALA is the only organization which accredits library school programs. The committee recognizes that many universities now require additional graduate degrees for librarians employed as faculty members; furthermore, library school programs offered in other countries and accredited by different organizations are excluded from this statement. These and other concerns related to this statement will receive further deliberation by the committee. For the time being, the only change recommended is that cited above.

Please send your comments about this proposed revision to the committee chair, Keith Cottam, 1167 Inca Drive, Laramie, WY 82070, or call him at The University of Wyoming at (307) 766-3279. The Committee would also appreciate hearing about your concerns relating to other possible revisions. Comments must be received by January 5, 1987.

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