ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, June 2010: Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings
During the 2010 ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C., the ACRL Board of Directors met on June 26 and 28 and took the following actions:
Goal Area: Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity—ACRL and its members are recognized internationally as authorities on the integration of content, tools, and services into the evolving workflows of scholars and creators at all stages from initial discovery, to individuals organizing their own resources, to the creation, sharing, publication, aggregation, and preservation processes, including associated intellectual property issues.
Approved the revised Guideline for Appointment, Promotion in Academic Rank, and Tenure of College and University Librarians.
Approved the Psychology Information Literacy Standards.
ACRL Standards and Guidelines are available on the ACRL Web site at www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/index.cfm.
Goal Area: Advocacy—ACRL has greater influence on the higher education and research environment. Established an official ACRL organizational liaison relationship with the National Women’s Studies Organizations for a period of two years.
Dissolved the current Council of Liaisons Committee upon completion of appointment recommendations in process, created the Liaisons Coordinating Committee, Liaisons Grants Committee, Liaisons Training and Development Committee and Liaisons Assembly, and approved a transition plan to implement the new committee structure. Committee charges and details on the transition plan are available in the 2010 Annual Conference Board Document Compilation at connect.ala.org/node/104599.
Goal Area: Information Technology—Academic and research librarians are leaders in using information, academic and instructional technologies to create and manage information resources and to deliver library and information services.
Confirmed its virtual vote of February 2–9, 2010, which approved the creation of the Information Technology Task Force. The charge and roaster can be reviewed on ACRL’s Web site at www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/resources/leadership/taskforces/acr-tfintech.cfm.
Goal Area: Membership—ACRL’s membership growth builds on retaining core membership, while recruiting from new and diverse communities.
Increased section basic services funding to include a base amount of $1,000 with an incentive of $.75/member (over 200) for retaining and recruiting members. The new funding model was approved for a period of three years beginning in FY11. At the end of year two (FY13), the Board will begin to assess the success and impact of the program and review Sections’ needs and use of allocated funds.
Goal Area: Organizational Vitality and Effectiveness—ACRL will have the fiscal resources, staff expertise, and organizational structure to advance the association’s strategic plan by deploying data-driven decision making to drive entrepreneurial activities.
Approved the following charge for the Immersion Program Committee: This committee acts as an oversight council for the Immersion Program and works closely with Immersion Program faculty and ACRL staff to market and promote the various Immersion Program tracks, develop conference programming related to the Immersion Program, sustain the community of Immersion Program alumni and cultivate their engagement, support assessment efforts, and review applications for the Immersion Program tracks.
Approved the Budget and Finance Committee’s recommendation for the ACRL FY2011 budget with:
- Total ACRL revenues (without Choice) are $4,211,666.
- Total ACRL expenses (without Choice) are $4,287,878
- Net ACRL revenues (without Choice) are $76,212.
- Total CHOICE revenues are $3,192,432.
- Total CHOICE expenses are $3,295,525.
- Net CHOICE revenues are $103,093.
Dissolved the ACRL (Samuel) Lazerow Fellowship and the ACRL (Samuel) Lazerow Fellowship for Research in Acquisitions and Technical Services Committee.
Dissolved the Library Development Discussion Group.
Confirmed its virtual vote of March 3–11, 2010, which approved the 2010 Midwinter Board Meeting minutes.
Approved the May 5, 2010, Virtual Board Meeting Minutes.
ACRL Board meeting minutes are available on ACRL’s Web site at www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/board/index.cfm.
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