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ACRL Board Moves …

Due to pressures at the Detroit meeting of the ACRL Board of Directors, several items did not reach the Board docket for action. As action was needed on these items prior to the Midwinter meetings, the ACRL Executive Committee requested that the ACRL Executive Secretary submit to the Board by mail the items below for mail vote. (Ballots were due in the ACRL office by October 1, 1970. All six motions were approved by the Board.)

I. A motion submitted by Marcia Miller, past chairman of the Subject Specialist Section, that Otto Gara be approved as chairman of the Law and Political Science Subsection 1970/71 to replace Iris Wildman who has resigned. This action has been approved by the Executive Committee of the Law and Political Science Subsection.

“Iris Wildman, the duly elected vicechairman and chairman-elect of the Law and Political Sciences Subsection, Subject Specialists Section, having resigned, the Executive Committee of the Subsection at its Midwinter meeting appointed Otto Gara to serve in Miss Wildman’s place. On behalf of the Executive Committees of the Subsection and the Subject Specialists Section, I move that the Board approve this appointment.”

II. A motion by Robert T. Grazier, Chairman, ACRL Publications Committee, that the Board adopt official guidelines defining editorial and production functions vis-à- vis ACRL publications and ALA Publishing Department.

“At its June 29, 1970 meeting the Publications Committee recommended that the Board of Directors of ACRL adopt the following guidelines to define the editorial and production functions vis-à-vis ACRL publications and ALA publishing department. The proposal reads as follows:

“All aspects of a publication that can be observed by a reader or that can conceivably affect its intellectual and aesthetic content are the legitimate concern of its editor. These aspects include choice printer, acceptance of advertising, etc., in addition to the content and style of articles, reviews, and the like. Therefore, no proposed change which may effect the editorial content (as defined, by implication, above) of an ACRL publication should be implemented unless it is approved of by its editor and by the Executive Secretary of ACRL.”

III. A motion by Robert T. Grazier, Chairman, ACRL Publications Committee, that the Board adopt a proposal redefining the scope of the ACRL Monograph Series: “At its June 29, 1970, meeting the Publications Committee recommended that the Board of Directors of ACRL adopt the following proposal concerning the ACRL Monograph Series. This proposal was submitted by Edward Holley, editor, and was approved by Mr. Holley’s editorial board. The proposal, as amended, is as follows:

“ACRL Monographs shall drop the title ‘Monographs’ and broaden its base somewhat along the lines of the best university press series, e.g., Columbia University Studies in Library Service, Illinois Contributions to Librarianship, University of California Publications in Librarianship. Thus it might become the ACRL Publications (original statement reads “Studies”) in Librarianship. Except for California, the above-mentioned series have been hard cover books, though they have covered a wide variety of subject matter. This up-grading of the monograph series would envision books along the lines of Charles H. Brown’s Scientific Serials, No. 16, though I think Irene Braden’s recent monograph would certainly fit into this category. Format might or might not be important under these circumstances.”

IV. A motion from Anne Edmonds, Chairman of the ACRL Executive Committee, that the AASL/ACRL Committee on Instruction and Use be dissolved. Such action has been approved by the AASL. “On the recommendation of James Govan, chairman of the AASL/ACRL Committee on Instruction in Use of Libraries, I move that the AASL/ACRL Committee on Instruction in Use of Libraries be discontinued. The AASL approved the discontinuance of this committee in Detroit, July 1970.”

V. A motion by Edmon Low to change the structure of the AAJC/ACRL Joint Committee on Junior College Libraries.

“At a meeting of the ALA/AAJC (ACRL) Committee on Junior College Libraries held in Detroit, June 26, 1970, the Joint Committee voted unanimously to reorganize the committee as proposed in the attached draft statement. I therefore move that the ACRL Board of Directors approve this proposed plan for reorganization.

“The ALA/AAJC Joint Committee was established to facilitate communication status to the librarians of the State Colleges of New Jersey, including all privileges and perquisites of all other faculty in accordance with the standards developed and approved by the ACRL Committee on Academic Status for librarians as cited in the October 1970 issue of College & Research Libraries News.

II. Resolution in Support of the Library Department of Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York:

Whereas, the president of Brooklyn College in his unilateral action demanding the dismissal of certain librarians and his corresponding action of instituting a change in working conditions of other librarians, has apparently been in violation of the Legislative Conference agreement of the City University of New York, and Whereas, this is a violation of academic due process as provided for by the Legislative Conference,

Therefore, be it resolved that the Association of College and Research Libraries urges the president of Brooklyn College to resolve differences with the Library Department as with other academic departments.

III. Resolution for Restoration of Funds for Doctoral Study under Title II, Part B, Higher Education Act of 1965:

Whereas, the Office of Education of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare has seen fit to phase out doctoral fellowships in Librarianship under Title II, Part B, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and

Whereas, the demand for the doctoral degree in the profession of librarianship is demonstrably increasing for library school faculty and in other areas of higher education, and

Whereas, the Title II-B is the only nationally funded program for support for doctoral study in librarianship,

Be it resolved that the Association of College and Research Libraries of the American Library Association urges the Office of Education to restore funds for the financial support of doctoral candidates in librarianship under Title II, Part B, of Higher Education Act of 1965. ■ ■