ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 259 June 24, 1968-2:00-4:00 P.M. Present: James Humphry III, president; David Kaser, vice president and president­ elect; Ralph E. McCoy, past president and ACRL representative to PEBCO; directors-at- large Thomas R. Buckman, Ruth M. Erland- son, James H. Richards, Jr., Ruth Ellen Scar­ borough; directors on ALA Council Andrew J. Eaton, Sarah D. Jones, Rev. Jovian Lang, Kathryn R. Renfro, James O. Wallace; chair­ man of Sections, Stuart Forth, Mrs. Alice B. Griffith, Audrey North, Richard L. Snyder; vice-chairmen and chairmen-elect of Sections, J. M. Edelstein, Shirley Edsall, Thomas D. Gillies and G. F. Shepherd, Jr.; Executive Sec­ retary, George M. Bailey; Secretary, Santa Di- miceli. Guests included: chairmen of Subsections, James K. Dickson, Mrs. Pauline W. Jennings, Jerzy (George) J. Maciuszko; chairmen-elect of Subsections, Louise Darling, Herbert Scher­ er, Dmytro Shtohryn; John H. Moriarty, chair­ man, Committee on Legislation; Anne C. Ed­ monds, chairman, Committee on Liaison with Accrediting Agencies; David C. Weber, Com­ mittee on Liaison with Accrediting Agencies; Philip J. McNiff, vice president and president­ elect (1968–69). James Humphry III, president, presided. Note: Individual reports of ACRL activities were mailed to members of the ACRL Board of Directors and are available to ACRL mem­ bers upon request. Wherever necessary, infor­ mation from the reports will be added to the minutes. Exhibits noted below were distributed with the docket or at the Board meetings. Members of the Board of Directors and guests introduced themselves. The minutes of the 1968 Midwinter meet­ ings of the ACRL Board of Directors, pub­ lished in CRL News, March 1968, pages 57- 65, were approved. Mr. Bailey requested that chairmen of ACRL units submit reports of annual confer­ ence meetings before leaving the conference. He reviewed the Midwinter 1969 schedule of ALA and ACRL meetings, requesting that chairmen of ACRL units complete the forms distributed to them and return the forms to him before leaving the conference, noting the schedule of their Midwinter meetings. Also, he distributed a “schedule of activities” for July 1968-January 1969. The results of ACRL elec­ tions, for the spring of 1968, were included with the Board docket as Exhibit II. The rep­ resentative from the ACRL membership, elect­ ed to the ALA Council, was Andrew Horn. Mr. Humphry announced the results of the two mail votes. Sixteen members of the Board voted in favor of the proposal for CHOICE “Supplements” to Books for College Libraries, and fifteen members voted in favor of the pro­ posal for the “establishment of demonstration libraries in community colleges.” There were no negative votes. Mr. McCoy reported on the actions of the •ALA Program Evaluation and Budget Com­ mittee, noting that budget requests totaled one- half million dollars in excess of projected in­ come for 1968/69. Reasons for this include the increasing cost of operation at a rate greater than the increase in funds from membership dues, the increasing assumption of financial re­ sponsibilities previously covered by special grants, and the large increase in requests for support from ALA divisions and other units. Although no general increase in membership dues is projected at the present time, PEBCO recommended that the minimum dues for ALA members be increased from $6 to $10, that conference registration fees be increased, and that an overhead charge be added to precon­ ference budgets. As a result of PEBCO action, approval was given for the centralized production of five divisional journals, including College and Re­ search Libraries. It is hoped that Mrs. Mary Falvey would be able to work with the cen­ tralized production activities. If this is ap­ proved, ACRL will lose the thirty per cent of her time devoted to divisional activities other than publication of its journal. It was expected that her time could be replaced by a half-time professional position, but the funding of this position was rejected at this time because of lack of funds. Other budget requests deleted included the ACRL fund for internal com­ munications, materials for distribution, ACRL monographs, Audio-Visual Committee, National Library Week Committee, and the request of the Slavic and East European Subsection for support of collecting materials to develop a di­ rectory of Slavic holdings in the United States and Canada. The following budget requests were reduced: Subject Specialists Section, from $375 to $250; Committee on Standards, from $2,150 to $1,750; Junior College Libraries Sec­ tion, from $400 to $300; Advisory Committee on Cooperation with Educational and Profes­ sional Organizations, from $300 to $200; Com­ mittee on Liaison with Accrediting Agencies, ACRL Board of Directors KANSAS CITY 260 from $750 to $250; International Relations Committee, from $1,150 to $150. In accord­ ance with the PEBCO recommendation, a twenty per cent overhead charge is being added to the preconference budgets of the Junior College Libraries Section and the Rare Books Section. When Mr. Maciuszko, chairman of the Slavic and East European Subsection, objected to the action of PEBCO on his Subsection’s budget, Mr. Humphry explained that the elimination of all new projects as directed by PEBCO, was necessary in order to economize at this time. Mr. McCoy explained that the lower level membership dues were being recommended for increase because approximately six to seven thousand members are paying dues based on an income of less than $3,000, or as lay or retired members and that the present $6 was insufficient to cover cost of publications and mailings that these members received. ACRL budget requests could be re-evaluated and some funds transferred from one budget to an­ other in order to meet pressing needs. Possibly some support might be given to the Slavic and East European Subsection in this way. An­ other means of securing funds would be to make a special budget request for presenta­ tion at the fall meeting of the ALA Executive Board. David Kaser, chairman of the Planning and Action Committee, reported that he, James Humphry, Arthur McAnally, and George Bailey met with Lester Asheim to discuss the need for ACRL to assume a more formal and recognizable role in the continuing education and professional growth of academic librarians. It was the consensus of this meeting that ACRL appoint an ad hoc committee on profes­ sional growth to explore ways in which the Association could maximize its leadership in contributing to the continuing education of its members. This matter was also discussed at the Nashville meeting of the Planning and Ac­ tion Committee on May 16–17. ( Exhibit IV ) Mr. Kaser read from the draft of the report of the ad hoc Committee on Manpower Prob­ lems, dated March 15 (Exhibit XXXIV), which recommended that all type-of-library divisions take a hard look at their organizational struc­ ture and their current effectiveness in light of the demands of the library manpower crisis, and that a self-analysis should expedite the initiation, experimentation, development, and implementation of a broad and long-range pro­ gram for upgrading the profession. The recom­ mendation of the Planning and Action Com­ mittee is in accordance with this recommenda­ tion from the ALA ad hoc Committee on Man­ power Problems. There is no other activity in ALA or ACRL which can sufficiently concern itself with this matter. After some discussion, the ACRL Board of Directors authorized the assignment, to an appropriate body, of re­ sponsibility for concern in this area, as rec­ ommended by the Planning and Action Com­ mittee. Secondly, the ACRL Board of Directors ap­ proved the Planning and Action Committee recommendation, with the approval of the ACRL Publications Committee, that the ACRL Microcard Series, at present limited to the pub­ lication of master’s theses, be reoriented, under an editor to be appointed by the ACRL Board, to ( 1 ) explore with all possible speed, the ap­ plication to its format of new and developing methods of technology, and (2 ) expand its con­ tent coverage beyond the theses concept tc include annual reports, policy statements, sur­ veys, manuals, reports, and such other topics as its editorial board sees fit. The title of the series might be changed after the exploration is made by the new editorial board. Mr. Kaser reported on several other actions of the Planning and Action Committee, includ­ ing the approval of statements of function for CHOICE, the ACRL Committee on Legisla­ tion, and the ACRL Publications Committee. These and other statements of function of ACRL activities will be submitted to the Board for adoption at a future time. The ACRL Board accepted the Planning and Action Committee’s recommendation ac­ cepting the communication ( Exhibit XXXII) that the Interdivisional Committee on Coop­ erative Activities be discharged. After the ACRL Statement of Responsibility, as revised, had been approved by the ACRL Board of Directors at its Midwinter 1968 meet­ ings, several changes were recommended by the ALA staff and the ALA Committee on Organization in item number six of the state­ ment. The ACRL Statement of Responsibility, as approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, the ALA Committee on Organization, and the ALA Council, at the Kansas City meetings, reads as follows. “The Association of College and Research Li­ braries represents research and special libraries and the libraries of higher education (of those institutions supporting formal education above the secondary school level), including those of junior college, college, and university. Within the interests of these libraries, the ACRL has specific responsibility for 1. The identification and evaluation of appro­ priate book and non-book materials; the identification of principles and the estab­ lishment of criteria involved in their selec­ tion and use; the stimulation of the produc­ tion of such materials; and activities re­ lated to the bibliography, compilation, pub­ lication, study, and review of professional literature. 2. Planning programs of study and service. 261 3. Establishment, evaluation, and promotion of standards. 4. Coordination of the activities of all units within the ALA as they relate to academic and research libraries. 5. Representation of ACRL interests in con­ tacts outside the profession (through appro­ priate publications, cooperative action, and other activities). 6. Development of libraries and librarianship, including status and qualifications of librar­ ians, and stimulation of participation of its members in appropriate type-of-activity di­ visions. 7. Conduct of activities and projects to im­ prove and extend library services ( when such activities and projects are outside the scope of type-of-activity divisions).” Germaine Krettek, director, and Clem Hall, assistant director, ALA Washington Office, met with the ACRL Board of Directors, for the pur­ pose of introducing Miss Hall to the mem­ bership of the Board and to report on recent activities in regard to legislation and support of libraries in the area of higher education and research, Miss Hall has recently joined the staff of the Washington office to carry out the work of implementation of legislation. Miss Krettek explained the factors causing a delay in passage of amendments to higher education legislation, and reviewed activities in support of funding for 1969, for Title II of the Higher Education Act. She distributed the “Legislative Report of the ALA Washington Office” for the period January-June, 1968. John Moriarty, chairman of the ACRL Com­ mittee on Legislation, indicated satisfaction with the support received from members of the ACRL legislative network, and requested that thank-you letters be written to Congress­ men for their support of higher education leg­ islation. The ACRL Committee on Legislation and the ALA Washington Office were ap­ plauded for their efforts in connection with legislation in support of libraries of higher ed­ ucation institutions. J. M. Edelstein, chairman-elect of the Rare Books Section, reported that his Section will continue its name as the Rare Books Section, but has approved the petition for the establish­ ment of a Manuscripts Collection Subsection. This petition was approved by the ACRL Board of Directors, subject to the verification of the ALA membership of persons signing the petition. Although Stephen McCarthy, executive di­ rector, Association of Research Libraries, could not attend the Board meeting, Mr. Eaton, president of ARL, announced that the Associa­ tion will have a new assistant, Louis Martin, formerly associate director, University of Roch­ ester libraries. Mr. McCarthy had stated his Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., announces... ANNUAL REVIEW OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY—VOL. 3 Here is the most complete and dependable anal­ ysis of recent accomplishments and trends in the information sciences. It reviews and evaluates the most significant development of the past year. It reflects the major shifts in emphasis in areas of application. And this new edition, Volume 3, features enlarged or special sections on: • Automation in Libraries and Informa­ tion Centers • Automation of technical processes • D o cum entation retrieval and dissem ination • Information networks • Systems application in Education and Medicine • Plus others. 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Richards, Jr., Ruth Ellen Scarborough; directors on ALA Council Andrew J. Eaton, Sarah D. Jones, Rev. Jovian Lang, Kathryn R. Renfro; chairmen of Sections, Stuart Forth, Mrs. Alice B. Griffith, Richard L. Snyder; vice chairmen and chair- men-elect of Sections, Shirley Edsall, Evan Ira Farber, Thomas D. Gillies, G. F. Shepherd, Jr.; Executive Secretary, George M. Bailey; Secre­ tary, Santa Dimiceli. Guests included: chairmen-elect of Subsec­ tions, Dmytro Shtohryn; A. P. Marshall, Audio- Visual Committee; E. J. Josey, chairman, Com­ mittee on Community Use of Academic Li­ braries; Edward C. Heintz, John B. Smith, Committee on Community Use of Academic Libraries; Mrs. Barbara L. Marks, Education and Behavioral Science Subsection; H. Vail Deale, chairman, Committee on Grants; Anne C. Edmonds, chairman, Committee on Liaison with Accrediting Agencies; David C. Weber, Committee on Liaison with Accrediting Agen­ cies; Mina Hoyer, chairman, National Library Week Committee; Gustave A. Harrer, chair­ man, Ad Hoc Committee on Relations with ARL; Katharine M. Stokes, chairman, Com­ mittee on Library Services; Norman E. Tanis, chairman, Committee on Standards; Edwin E. Williams, Committee on Library Surveys; Peter M. Doiron, Editor, Choice; Sister Helen Shee­ han, chairman, Choice Editorial Board; David W. Heron, Monograph Series Editor; Philip J. McNiff, vice president and president-elect (1968/69). James Humphry III, president, presided. Members of the Board of Directors and guests introduced themselves. The annual report of the College Libraries Section, which had not been distributed with the Board docket, mentioned the programs to be held at the annual conference. The Subject Specialists Section submitted a petition for establishment of a Subsection for Asian Librarians, approved by the Executive Committee of the Subject Specialists Section. The petition with signatures had been pre­ viously submitted to the ACRL office for verifi­ cation. In the discussion regarding the petition it was noted that members of this Subsection would be concerned with areas from Australia to Japan through the Middle East, that there is as much validity for this Subsection as the 263 Slavic and East European Subsection. Some Board members expressed concern about the development of a long list of petitions in favor of such groups, wondering whether an area studies subsection might not cover all of these interests, with committees to be concerned with the specific interests. The activities of the Col­ lege Libraries Section Committee on Non- Western Studies were noted. It was stated that the ALA Committee on Organization was be­ coming quite concerned with the proliferation of such units within ALA and that COO will undoubtedly discourage the establishment of these units because of the expenses involved. The ACRL Board of Directors approved the authorization for the establishment of the Asian Subsection of the Subject Specialists Section, as soon as funds become available. The Board found no objections to the RSD Interlibrary Loan Code, as revised, submitted for the information of the members of the Board. David Kaser reported on other actions of the Planning and Action Committee. First, the Board approved the Planning and Action Com­ mittee’s recommendation for acceptance of the report of the ALA Interdivisional Committee on Standards (Exhibit XXXIII). Second, the Planning and Action Committee reviewed and discussed a proposal drafted by the Committee on Community Use of Academic Libraries for a regional in-depth survey of community use of academic libraries, recommending that ACRL Board endorse this proposal and authorize its submission through the Office of Research and Development to the ALA Executive Board. J. B. Smith, author of the proposal, stated that this activity is essential in order to provide guidelines for cooperation among the libraries concerned. Although the ALA Goals Award was suggested as one source of funds, E. J. Josey, chairman of the Committee, stated that other sources would be suggested for considera­ tion first. The ACRL Board accepted the rec­ ommendation of the Planning and Action Com­ mittee in this matter. Mr. Kaser also noted that the Planning and Action Committee had discussed a document prepared by the ALA staff showing the ad­ vantages and disadvantages of having regional affiliates, and indicating how other ALA divi­ sions had worked with regional affiliates. The ACRL Planning and Action Committee had voted to defer action in regard to this activity until such time as more manpower is available in the ACRL office and greater funding is available for the accomplishment of an im­ proved program. Finally, the Planning and Action Committee, at its Nashville meeting of May 16-17, had discussed the library implications of the chang­ ing structure of higher education and had voted to establish an ad hoc committee, to be imple­ mented as soon as possible, to explore changes in higher education as they affect the nature of academic librarianship, with a view to draft­ ing a model code. The committee should iden­ tify issues, note other ACRL activities which might consider some of the questions, and de­ termine how ACRL can more effectively con­ cern itself with meeting the challenges. The ACRL Board approved this action, indicating that it should be considered as an emergency measure. Mr. Maciuszko distributed a memorandum requesting additional funds in support of the activities of the Slavic and East European Sub­ section, including a proposal for an ALA Goals Award to support a revision of the directory of Slavic and East European librarians and the development of a list of Slavic holdings in the United States and Canada. The Board ap­ proved this proposal in principle, subject to additional documentation. Additional activities of other ACRL units were reported. The Audio-Visual Committee, in attempting to define the role of audio-visual services in libraries, received a brief report of a study made by the Council on Library Re­ sources for the development of techniques for handling of slides. The Committee will act as an advisor in this matter. The Committee also is attempting to clarify its relationship with the Division of Audio-Visual Instruction, National Education Association, and has been working through a representative of ACRL, Joanne Harrar. The Art Subsection’s list of book titles sug­ gested by member libraries for reprinting or microfilming was distributed to the members of the Board. The proposed provisional bylaws of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Sub­ section were distributed. The Subsection will begin functioning officially next spring after memberships are available on the ALA mem­ bership form. Barbara Marks will serve as chairman of the Subsection. The ACRL Board of Directors approved the revised “Guide to Methods of Library Evalua­ tion” (Exhibit XXXI-A), submitted by the Committee on Liaison with Accrediting Agen­ cies. Anne Edmonds, chairman of the Com­ mittee, stated that this document can be pub­ lished in a library and/or non-library publica­ tion as an ACRL document. She stated that the budget allocated to the Committee would be sufficient to begin the work of updating ACRL Monograph No. 20, College and Uni­ versity Library Accreditation Standards, 1957. The revision should be discussed with the Monograph Series Editorial Board before pro­ ceeding with it. The ACRL Committee on Library Surveys is continuing its activities, as previously reported, 264 ________________________________________________ SCHOOL ADDRESS ________________________________________________ CITY ________________________________________________ STATE ZI P ________________________________________________ YES, THERE IS A FAST, EASY W A Y FOR FACULTY A N D STU­ DENTS TO RESEARCH ADVER­ TISING, BROADCASTING A N D MARKETING ASSIGNMENTS IN THE PERIODICAL PRESS! 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Hoyer, chairman of the National Library Week Committee, report­ ed on the brochure being developed by this Committee and the budget problems resulting from the action of PEBCO. Members hope to secure funds from other sources. The ACRL Committee on Standards is collecting state­ ments of Standards from various states in the United States to assist the work of its ad hoc subcommittees on junior college and college li­ brary standards. Norman Tanis, a member of the AAJC/ALA Committee on Junior College Libraries, stated that this joint committee had reaffirmed the position of the American Asso­ ciation of Junior Colleges in opposition to ac­ creditation of institutional programs, other than by the regional accrediting associations. Carl Sachtleben reported that the AAC/ ACRL Committee on College Libraries had dis­ tributed five circulars to college presidents dur­ ing the past year, and referred to the press release announcing the plans for the publica­ tion of College Library Notes, to be edited by Basil Mitchell, executive director, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, and to be published and distributed by the Associa­ tion of American Colleges to all college presi­ dents. In connection with this activity, Evan Farber, chairman-elect of the College Library Section, stated the concern of his Section with the lack of communication between the AAC/ ACRL Committee on College Libraries and the officers of the College Library Section. It was hoped that more effective communication could be established. Sister Helen, chairman of the Editorial Board of CHOICE, reported on the successful de­ velopment of this publication not only in its editorial activities, but also financially, with an increase of one hundred per cent in advertis­ ing income and, at the same time, an increase of only sixty-six per cent in printing and pro­ duction costs during the last three years. She noted the problems in connection with the plans for publication of the “Supplements” to Books for College Libraries and hoped that the problems in connection with this activity could be resolved in the near future. David Kaser, editor of College and Research Libraries, reported the large backlog of papers for the ACRL journal. Although he is accept­ ing only about twenty per cent of all papers submitted, there is approximately a one year lag in publication. Theodore Samore, chairman of the LAD Committee on College and University Library Statistics, reported that no action could be taken by his committee at the annual confer­ ence because of the absence of most members of the committee. Katharine Stokes, U.S. Office 265 of Education, stated that new staff had been added to the National Center for Educational Statistics, that the 1967/68 statistics should be­ come available in January 1969, that analytical data for 1963/64 are now available, that 1964/ 65 data should become available soon. No analytical data will be published for 1965/66 or 1966/67, but analytical data for 1967/68 should be published in April 1969. Miss Stokes emphasized that the National Center for Edu­ cational Statistics is seriously concerned with institutional data and that the questionnaires will be sent to librarians, rather than to presi­ dents, in the future. Mr. Samore reported that funds had been secured in support of the LAD project to develop a national plan for li­ brary statistics. Librarians may write to the U.S. Office of Education to obtain camera copy ( Xerox) of statistics which are now available. Miss Stokes also reported on the activities of the U.S. Office of Education, indicating that funds from Title II of the Higher Education Act had now been distributed. She reported on statistics of requests and grants for the various kinds of funds under Title II. Of the requests in the amount of $88 million, only $25 million were available for distribution. Last year there were $60 million in requests. Members of the Board were urged to write letters to their Congressmen expressing appreciation and A f i A w l m c w b t c c A a M strongly urging them to provide additional as­ sistance. David Kaser reported on the plans for the tlantic City Conference, indicating that the ive type-of-library divisions were cooperating n plans for a program on Thursday, entitled, “Mobilizing Library Resources.” Prior to the tlantic City Conference, twelve discussion groups on various aspects of cooperation, and involving small groups of ten to fifteen persons, ould be held around the country. The Col­ ege Libraries Section and the Junior College Libraries Section hope to have a joint program eeting on the use of media in library instruc­ tion. The Junior College Libraries Section Pre­ onference, in Atlantic City, will be concerned ith the use of media in junior college li­ raries, and the Rare Books Section Precon­ ference to be held in Philadelphia, in coopera­ ion with the Bibliographical Society of Ameri­ a, will be concerned with early Americana. Some concern was expressed about the pre­ onferences as discouraging attendance at LA conferences. 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