ACRL College & Research Libraries News

Association of College & Research Libraries

How to Participate in ACRL

Information for New Members and Potential Members

To Join

Write or call the Association of College and Research Libraries for application forms and information: ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780.

To Learn about ACRL’s Current Programs, Officers, and Units

Check the ALA Handbook of Organization and read College & Research Libraries News regularly (as a member of ACRL, you will receive both publications).

To Attend Conference Programs, ACRL Board Meetings, or Committee Meetings

For information on time, places and general program content, consult C&RL News, American Libraries, and the official conference programs and schedules. For additional information, contact the ACRL office.

To Attend Preconference Institutes

For information about time, place, and preconference theme, check C&RL News and American Libraries. For additional information and registration materials, write to the ACRL office.

To Establish a Local Chapter of ACRL

Check the procedures listed in “Guidelines for ACRL Chapters” (available from the ACRL office). Send a petition with the signatures of at least twenty-five ACRL members to the ACRL office for approval by the Board of Directors.

To Serve on ACRL’s Committees or to Participate in ACRL’s Sections and Discussion Groups

Familiarize yourself with the work of the unit— check the ALA Handbook of Organization for the unit’s statement of responsibility, read about the work of the unit as reported in C&RL News and American Libraries, attend the meetings of the unit during ALA conferences. Submit a completed ACRL committee volunteer form (published in the November issue of C&RL News and available at ALA conferences). Communicate your interest to the ACRL Appointments and Nominations Committee, to any of the ACRL officers, to the chair of an ACRL unit whose work interests you, or to the ACRL office.

To Be a Candidate for an ACRL Office

Write to the ACRL Appointments and Nominations Committee or to an ACRL section nominating committee. Submit a petition to have your name added to the list of candidates.

To Provide Suggestions for New Projects, Services, ⁽ or Policies

Write to the ACRL office, to any of the ACRL officers, or to the chair of a unit whose work relates to the matter. Respond to requests published in C&RL News for suggestions from the membership. Attend open hearings scheduled at ALA conferences.

To Receive Information, Assistance, or Advice on Professional Problems

Contact the ACRL office, any of the ACRL officers, or the chair of an ACRL unit whose work relates to the matter.

To Obtain ACRL Publications, Policy Statements, or Reprints of Articles

For information about the availability of materials, check C&RL News, ACRL’s “List of Materials Available,” and the ALA Publications Catalog. (The second is available free of charge from the ACRL office and at ALA conferences.) To order materials, write to the ACRL office.

To Submit a Manuscript for Publication

Contact the editor of the publication. For College & Research Libraries, send manuscripts to C. James Schmidt, c/o Research Libraries Group, Jordan Quadrangle, Stanford, CA 94305. Instructions for authors are printed in each issue of the journal. For the ACRL Publications in Librarianship series, send manuscripts to Arthur P. Young, Dean of Libraries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881.

To Submit a Nonprint Item for Publication

Contact the editor of the ACRL Nonprint Media Publication series, Jean W. Farrington, Assistant Circulation Librarian, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

To Submit News Items for Publication in College & Research Libraries News

Send materials to the editor of C&RL News, George M. Eberhart, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Consult the guidelines for submission of news items in the January issue of C&RL News.

To Subscribe to ACRL Periodicals

For a subscription to Choice, write to Subscriptions Department, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. For a subscription to C&RL and C&RL News, write to Subscription Department, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.

To Order Works from the ACRL Publications in Librarianship Series

For a listing of the works in this series, write to the ACRL office. For a list of in-print titles, check the “List of Materials Available,” featured in this issue. To place a standing order or to order individual titles, write to Order Department, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. To order copies of out-of-print titles, contact University Microfilms, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106.

To Advertise in ACRL Publications

To place display ads in C&RL, C&RL News, or Choice, contact Art Beck, Marketing Director, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. To place classified ads in C&RL News, or job listings in the Fast Job Listing Service or the telephone JOBLINE, contact ACRL headquarters, (312) 944-6780, ext. 286.