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MINUTES OF ANNUAL MEETING, ACRL EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES SUBSECTION ATLANTIC CITY, JUNE 24, 1969

NEWS

No. 10, November 1969

ACRL News Issue (A) of College & Research Libraries, Vol. 30, No. 6

The retiring chairman, Mrs. Barbara Marks, Education library, New York University library, opened the meeting by welcoming the large and enthusiastic group of librarians. She presided over a brief business meeting during which she reviewed the recent founding and development of the subsection. Her feeling was that the subsection is now well established. In addition, she reported the results of the recent balloting for officers for 1969-70. Officers include chairman, Donald Leatherman, University of Michigan; vice-chairman, Sidney Forman, Teachers College, Columbia University; and secretary, Rex Hopson, University of New Mexico.

Sign-up sheets were circulated among those present at the meeting. The lists indicated that the meeting attracted librarians from a wide range of fields: reference, social sciences, and psychology, as well as education.

The program section of the meeting consisted of two speeches and was chaired by Howard Dillon, Harvard University. Oscar Buros of the Institute of Testing, Rutgers University, spoke first, describing the publishing of the six editions of the Mental Measurements Yearbook. Making abundant use of anecdotes, he described his thirty years of work spent editing the MMY. This standard reference book is put out solely by Buros, his wife, and a small clerical staff. He would like to see the Library of Congress assist in the testing field by cataloging tests and issuing LC cards for these tests.

Mrs. Priscilla Linsley, librarian of the Educational Testing Service Library, then spoke. She described the work of this library, which has been in existence since 1948. Mrs. Linsley described her specialized reference work in the field of tests. Howard Dillon then fielded questions from an interested audience which Buros and Mrs. Linsley alternated in answering.— Donald Leatherman, Chairman.

Following is the Constitution for the Education and Behavioral Sciences Subsection of the ACRL Subject Specialists Section. It is to be acted upon at the Detroit Conference.

ACRL Subject Specialists Section Education and Behavioral Sciences Subsection PROPOSED BYLAWS

ArticleI. Name.

The name of this organization is the Education and Behavioral Sciences Subsection of the ACRL Subject Specialists Section.

ArticleII. Object.

The subsection represents, in the American Library Association, specialists in the field of education and behavioral sciences and librarians working in these subject areas. It acts for the ACRL Subject Specialists Section, in cooperation with other professional groups, in regard to those aspects of library service that require special knowledge of education and behavioral sciences.

ArticleIII. Membership.

Any member of the ACRL may elect membership in this subsection on payment of dues to ALA and any additional dues required for membership in ACRL and its sections. Every member has the right to vote. Any personal member is eligible to hold office.

ArticleIV. Meetings.

Sec. 1. The annual meeting of the subsection shall be held at the time and place of the annual convention of ALA, as a part of the annual meeting of ACRL.

Sec. 2. Ten members shall constitute a quorum at a meeting.

ArticleV. Officers.

Sec. I. The officers of this subsection are a chairman, a chairman-elect, and a secretary.

Sec. 2. Terms of office.

(a) The chairman serves for one year.

(b) The chairman-elect serves as vicechairman for one year. At its expiration, or earlier in case of a vacancy in the office of chairman, he succeeds to the office of chairman and serves until the expiration of the term for which he was elected chairman.

(c) The secretary is elected for a term of two years.

ArticleVI. Committees.

Sec. 1. a. The Executive Committee consists of the chairman, the chairman-elect, the immediate past-chairman, the secretary, and one member-at-large appointed for one year by the chairman. The members of the Executive Committee shall be selected so as to assure representation for both education and the behavioral sciences.

b. The Executive Committee shall serve as the Program Committee with one or two additional members appointed by the chairman.

c. The Executive Committee has the authority to conduct the business of the subsection, not in conflict with any action of the Subject Specialists Section or other subsections, between meetings.

Sec. 2. The chairman may appoint special committees for specific projects or other functions which have been approved by the membership. The committees shall report to the membership through their chairman at the annual meeting.

Sec. 3. Informal discussion groups, to meet at the time of an annual conference, may be formed by the chairman or any five members. The chairman of this subsection may appoint a discussion group chairman to serve until a discussion group elects its own chairman. Article VII. Nominations and Elections.

Sec. 1. The chairman of the subsection shall appoint a Nominating Committee to present candidates for the office of chairman-elect, and every second year, of secretary. Each candidate presented must have consented to his candidacy in writing and must be a member in good standing at the time of nomination.

Sec. 2. Elections shall be conducted by mail ballot in accordance with the procedures and deadlines established for ACRL. Candidates elected shall be reported at the annual meeting.

ArticleVIII. General Provisions.

Wherever these Bylaws make no specific provisions, the organization of, and procedure in, the Subsection shall correspond to that set forth in the Bylaws of the ACRL Subject Specialists Section.

ArticleIX. Amendments.

Sec. 1. Amendments to these Bylaws may be proposed in writing by the Executive Committee, or a committee appointed for the purpose, or by any five members. Proposals originating with the membership shall be filed with the secretary at least three months before the annual meeting.

Sec. 2. A copy of any proposed amendment shall be mailed by the secretary to each member at least thirty days before the annual meeting, or shall be announced in College & Research Libraries.

Sec. 3. A plurality vote of the members present and voting at an annual meeting shall carry a proposed amendment.

ArticleX. Temporary Provisions.

These Bylaws shall take effect upon the adjournment of the meeting at which they were adopted.

Respectfully submitted, Bylaws Committee:

Wayne Gossage,

Chairman

Bank Street College of Education

Toyo Kawakami

Ohio State University

Margaret Mattern

University of Rochester

Jackie Peldzus Brooklyn College

June 25, 1968

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