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Association of College & Research Libraries

Notices for the Midwinter Meeting, January 23-30, 1992

Meet the ACRL presidential candidates

The ACRL Presidential Candidates Forum and Reception will be hosted by the ACRL Chapters Council on Saturday, January25,1992, at 8:00 p.m. during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio. ACRL presidential candidates Barbara Wittkopf, reference librarian, Louisiana State University, and Thomas Kirk, college librarian, Berea College, will make presentations and answer questions. The reception immediately following the forum is sponsored by Ebsco Subscription Services.

Visit ACRL booth at Midwinter

Stop by the ACRL booth (#609) during Midwinter and pick up the latest information on the ACRL Sixth National Conference in Salt Lake City. A member of the Utah Convention and Visitors Bureau will be on hand to answer your travel, vacation, and skiing questions. (April is still ski season in Utah.)

Information on ACRL products and membership services will also be available at the booth. Your ACRL colleagues from Texas will be staffing the booth and will be glad to answer your questions about San Antonio and ACRL.

Questions for ACRL staff?

The ACRL staff does its best to get to the many meetings of ACRL’s units but scheduling conflicts may occur. If you have a question or would like to chat with an ACRL staff member during the Midwinter Meetingyou can find the program staff at the ACRL office area at these times:

Cathleen Bourdon, deputy executive director: Sunday, January 26, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

Mary Ellen Davis, editor & publisher, C&RL News: Sunday, January 26, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, January 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

Carolyn De Bonnett, membership & chapter relations officer: Saturday, January25,9:30-11:00 a.m.; Tuesday, January 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Althea Jenkins, executive director: Saturday, January 25,12:30-2:00 p.m.; Monday, January 27, 12:30-2:00 p.m.

Patricia Sabosik, editor & publisher, Choice: Saturday, January 25, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Mary Taylor, publications officer: Saturday, January 25, 11:30 a.m.-12:30p.m.; Monday, January 27, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

You are welcome to stop by the office at any time and leave a message for the staff. Beverley Washington, administrative assistant, will be staffing the office throughout the meeting.

ACRL publications on sale at ALA Store

Need practical approaches in addressing issues, policies, and procedures? Want statistics to use in your research? Visit the ALA Store and review the ACRL publications available there. The newest ACRL titles are: V) Audiovisual Policies in College Libraries. CLIP Note #14. 2) Recruiting the Academic Library Director (ACRL) and The Search Committee Handbook (AAHE). 3) Read This First: An Owner’s Guide to the New Model Statement of Objectives for Academic Bibliographic Instruction. 4) Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing (2nd ed.). 5) ACRL/Historically Black College & Universities Library Statistics, 1988-89. 6) College ‹Lr Research Libraries and College 6- Research Libraries News, Index for Volumes 41-50 (1980-1989).

What is ethical conduct?

Be sure to save time to attend the hearings on the draft “Standards for ethical conduct for rare book, manuscript, and special collections libraries and librarians.” The hearings will be on Saturday, January 25, 1992, from 8:00-10:00 p.m. during ALA’s Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio. This draft second edition was prepared by ACRL’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Section’s Ethical Standards Review Committee, chaired by Beverly P. Lynch, UCLA. A copy of the proposed standards appeared in the December 1991 C&RL News.

Academic Status Committee to hold open forum

The ACRL Academic Status Committee Think Tank “Faculty Status: 2001” will be sponsoring an open forum for discussion at 8:00 p.m., Friday, January 24, at the Marriott River Center, conference room 529. All interested ACRL members are invited to attend or participate. Maureen Sullivan will moderate the session. Questions should be directed to: Irene B. Hoadley, Chair, Think Tank Task Force, Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843; (409) 845- 8111; e-mail: K221IH@TAMVM1.