ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


MOVE FOR ACTION 
ON HEA

Adjournment fever is developing among the 
nation’s lawmakers and the current specula­
tions reflect a variety of educated guesses as 
to when Congress will decide to end this ses­
sion and go home. This uncertainty is of major 
concern to librarians, particularly to ACRL mem­
bers, because the Higher Education Act of 1965 
—PL 89-329—requires renewed authorizations if 
programs are to be funded beyond June 30, 
1968, when the present legislation expires. Leg­
islation for the extension of HEA was introduced 
early in the 90th Congress—Higher Education 
Amendments of 1967 (H.R. 6232 and S. 1126— 
and hearings were conducted by the House Spe­
cial Education Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. 
Edith Green (D-Ore.). In early June, the Sub­
committee began closed executive sessions and 
it was expected that a bill would be ready for 
a House vote by summer’s end, with Senate 
action coming shortly thereafter.

Due to a series of complications involving 
other legislation, the House Committee has 
not yet reported out this bill and the Senate 
has not begun Committee consideration. But 
there is still every expectation that both bodies 
will take action on the measure early in the 
second session.

What to Do: In the meantime while Mem­
bers are home for the holidays college librari-. 
ans should make every effort to get their presi­
dents to talk to their Senators and Congress­
men. Arm your spokesman with all the perti­
nent facts regarding the institutions’ library 
needs in terms of students’ services. Impress 
him with the urgency for early action on this 
vital measure to aid institutions of higher edu­
cation. Librarians and college administrators 
alike will be unable to do any advance plan­
ning and another eleventh-hour cliff-hanging 
situation will develop if Congress does not 
act immediately when the second session is 
convened in January.

For Senators, 
urge action on S 1126

For Representatives, 
urge action on HR6232

ACRL Membership

October 31, 1967 .................................  12,446

October 31, 1966 ...................................  10,999

C O L L E G E  &

R E S E A R C H NEWS
L IB R A R IE S

A C R L  N ews Issu e  o f C ollege & R esearch  L ib ra rie s

Editor, David Kaser, Joint University Li­
braries, Nashville, Tenn. 37203.

Publications Officer, Mary Falvey, 50 E. 
Huron St., Chicago 60611.

ACRL Executive Secretary, George M. 
Bailey.
A C R L  Officers, 1 9 6 7 / 6 8 :  P resid e n t, Jam es H u m ­
p h ry  I I I ;  C ollege L ib ra rie s Section C h a irm a n , A u d rey  
N o rth ; J u n io r C ollege L ib ra rie s Section, M rs. A lice B. 
Griffith; R are Books Section, L a w re n c e  S. T h o m p so n ; 
S u b je c t Specialists Sectio n , R ic h ard  L . Sn y d er; A g ri­
c u ltu re  a n d  B io logical Sciences Su b sectio n , Mrs. 
P a u lin e  W . J en n in g s; A rt S u b section, Jam es K. D ick ­
son; L a w  a n d  P o litica l Science S u b section, M orris 
C o h en ; Slavic a n d  E a s t E u ro p e a n  S u b section, Jerzy  
(G e o rg e ) J. M aciuszko; U n iv e rsity  L ib ra rie s Section, 
S tu a rt F o rth .

E d ito ria l B o ard : J o h n  M. D a w s o n , U n iv ersity  o f D e la ­
w are; Gu sta v e A. H a r k e r , B oston U niv ersity ; Sa m ­
u e l  R o t h s t e in , U n iv ersity  o f B ritish  C o lu m b ia; 
Ja m e s  E . Sk i p p e r , P rin ce to n  U n iv ersity ; N o r m a n  E. 
T a n is , K ansas S ta te  C ollege o f P ittsb u rg ; M a u r ic e  F . 
T a u b e r , C o lu m b ia  U n iv ersity ; E il e e n  T h o r n t o n , 
O b e rlin  C ollege.

N ew s from  th e  F ie ld , P erso n n el profiles a n d  notes, 
classified a d v ertisin g , official m a tte r o f A C R L , a n d  
o th e r m a te ria l o f a tim e ly  n a tu re  is p u b lis h e d  in  th e  
N ew s issues o f C ollege & R esea rch  Libraries.

In c lu sio n  o f a n  a rtic le  o r a d v e rtise m e n t in  C R L  does 
n o t c o n stitu te  official e n d o rsem e n t b y  A C R L  o r ALA.

P ro d u c tio n  a n d  A d v ertisin g  a n d  C irc u la tio n  office: 50  
E. H u ro n  S t., C h icag o , 111. 6 0 6 1 1 . C h an g e  o f ad dress 
a n d  ord ers for su b scrip tio n s s h o u ld  b e  a d d re ss e d  to 
C ollege &  R esea rch  L ibraries, fo r re c e ip t a t  th e  above 
ad d re ss, a t le a st tw o  m o n th s b e fo re  th e  p u b lic a tio n  d a te  
o f th e  effective issue.

S u b scrip tio n  to  C R L  is in c lu d e d  in  m e m b e rsh ip  d u es to 
A C R L  o f $6 o r m o re; o th e r su b scrip tio n s to  C R L  are 
$ 1 0  p e r year. N e ith e r su b scrip tio n s n o r m em b ersh ip s 
in c lu d e  m iscellan eo u s u n s c h e d u le d  s u p p lem en ts, w h ich  
a re  a v ailab le  b y  p u rc h a se  only. R etro activ e s u b sc rip ­
tions a re  n o t a c c e p te d . Single jo u rn a l copies a re  a v a il­
a b le  a t  $ 1 .5 0  e ac h  a n d  N ew s issues a t $ 1 .0 0  eac h  
from  A LA  P u b lish in g  D e p artm e n t.

In d e x e d  in  L ib ra ry  L itera tu re. A b stra c te d  in  L ib ra ry 
S c ien ce A b stra cts. Book review s in d e x e d  in  B o o k  R e ­
v ie w  In d e x .

C ollege ¿r R esearch Libraries, is th e  official jo u rn a l o f 
th e  A ssociation o f C ollege a n d  R esearch  L ib ra rie s, a 
d iv isio n  o f th e  A m erican  L ib ra ry  A ssociation; a n d  is 
p u b lish e d  sev e n te e n  tim es p e r y e ar—b i-m o n th ly  as a 
te c h n ic a l jo u rn a l w ith  11 m o n th ly  N ew s issues, co m ­
b in in g  J u ly -A u g u st— a t  1 2 0 1 -0 5  Bluff St., F u lto n , Mo. 
6 5 2 5 1 .

Second-class p o stag e  p a id  a t  F u lto n , Mo. a n d  a t  a d ­
d itio n a l m a ilin g  offices.

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