ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 142 ACRL Board of Directors MIDWINTER MEETING WASHINGTON, D.C., 1973 M in u t e s Monday, January 29, 1973—10:00 a.m. Shoreham Hotel Present: President, Russell Shank; Vice-Presi­ dent and President-Elect, Norman E. Tanis; Di- rectors-at-Large, Raymond A. Bohling, Mark M. Gormley, H. Joanne Harrar; Chairmen of Sections, Jeanne J. Henderson, Jacqueline D. Sisson, Theodore F. Welch, John R. Beard, Robert N. Broadus, William J. Hoffman, Judy H. Fair, Howard L. Applegate, Lubomyr R. Wynar, LeMoyne W. Anderson; Vice-Chairmen and Chairmen-Elect of Sections, Richard A. Farley, Lee Ash, Barbara Sevy, Om P. Sharma, Richard C. Quick, Lorraine Mathies, Louise Giles, Nancy Rodgers, Ruth Salisbury, Ray Su- put, J. Richard Blanchard; Executive Secretary, Beverly P. Lynch; Professional Assistant, Lynn C. Kovacic. Absent: Joseph H. Reason, Herbert A. Ca- hoon, Elsie Bergland. Visitors: Robert Adelsperger, Donald C. An­ thony, Mary Louise B. Cobb, Richard K. Gard­ ner, Johnnie Givens, David Kaser, Thomas Kirk, Frank MacDougall, B. J. Mitchell, Rich­ ard A. Ploch, Hal C. Stone, David C. Weber, and others. President Russell Shank presided. The meet­ ing was called to order, and the minutes of the Chicago meetings were approved as published in the October 1972 issue of CRL News. P r e s id e n t ’s R e p o r t Dr. Shank reported on the following mat­ ters: Federal Relationships. In the fall, the ACRL president had been encouraged to arrange a meeting with officials in the United States Of­ fice of Education when it appeared that the U.S.O.E. college and academic library special­ ist would not be replaced at Katharine Stokes’ retirement, that the type of library specialist was being removed from the Bureau of Librar­ ies and Learning Resources, and that funding for college and academic library programs was being eliminated. In October, a meeting was scheduled with Joseph B. Cosand, deputy com­ missioner for higher education, and representa­ tives of ACRL and the Association of Research Libraries. That meeting was cancelled, how­ ever, when Dr. Cosand was unexpectedly called out of town. On January 12, 1973, the meeting was finally held, with Dr. Cosand, John R. Ot- tina, and representatives of ACRL and ARL in attendance. By that time, the administration’s policy regarding funding for library programs was well known. The National Center for Educational Statis­ tics had expressed concerns regarding its high­ er education surveys and possible losses in funding. Dr. Shank reported that Frank Schick, director of the Library Surveys Branch of NCES, would discuss these concerns at the ACRL Board meeting on Thursday, February 1. Earlier, Dr. Shank had appointed an Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Academic Library Statistics, to advise ACRL and its president on the need for statistics and to consider the kinds of statis­ tics needed by college and university libraries. David Kaser, chairman of the group, was to re­ port later during the meeting. Higher Education Planning Commissions in the States (1202 Commissions). Dr. Shank re­ ported that state planning commissions were being established as a result of the 1972 amendments to the Higher Education Act and suggested that the ACRL Committee on Legis­ lation develop procedures that would insure the representation of college and university li­ brary interests on these commissions. In addi­ tion, the committee was asked to develop a col­ lege and university library network that could be used at a moment’s notice to mobilize librar­ ians to talk with legislators at the state and na­ tional levels. Academic Status. Dr. Shank reported that Brendan Connolly, Beverly Lynch, and he had represented ACRL at the San Francisco meet­ ing of the Association of American Colleges on January 15, 1973. An information meeting on the “Joint Statement on Faculty Status of Col­ lege and University Librarians” was held dur­ ing the AAC conference. Dr. Shank stated that he had received letters from several schools at which the tenure and status of librarians were being threatened. On behalf of ACRL, he had called the librarians at these schools to discuss the problem. Dr. Shank then asked for the Board’s advice on pro­ cedures to be followed in similar situations. William Hoffman stated that, as chairman of the Junior College Libraries Section, he had re­ ceived a similar letter from a library director at one of the Los Angeles City colleges and that he had responded by writing a letter in support of tenure and status for the librarians in those colleges. He agreed that guidelines or procedures would have been very helpful in re­ sponding to the letter. As a result of the discussion, the ACRL Com­ mittee on Academic Status was directed to formulate procedures for ACRL’s use upon 143 notification of a potential loss of tenure or stat­ us. T he committee was also directed to develop guidelines for local use in selection, promotion, and retention, and to prom ote the “Joint State­ m ent on F aculty Status of College and Univer­ sity Librarians.” The Board reaffirmed th a t formal requests for investigations into loss of tenure would be referred to the ALA Staff Committee on M edia­ tion, Arbitration, and Inquiry, since all investi­ gations are guided by the ALA Program of Ac­ tion for Mediation, Arbitration, and Inquiry. Annual Conference Program— Las Vegas. Dr. Shank summarized the m any difficulties en­ countered in planning the ACRL divisional pro­ gram for th e Las Vegas conference. ACRL had originally planned an intensive program, but, due to problems stemming from ALA organiza­ tion, procedures required by ALA for confer­ ence program planning, ALA’s financial diffi­ culties, and space problems in Las Vegas, the program had to be abandoned. Advisory Group on Academic L ibrary Statistics (A d H o c ) David Kaser reported for the advisory group ( David Kaser, chairman, D ale Bentz, Helen Brown, Stephen Salmon, and T ed Sam ore): This group was brought together to dis­ cuss the fact th a t the National C enter for E ducational Statistics is now compiling college and university library analytical and institutional statistics biennially rather than annually. The question we asked our­ selves was, “W h at should be ACRL’s re­ sponse to this fact?” I t was our feeling th a t it is unrealistic to expect th a t ACRL or ALA m ight enter the statistics compilation business at this time, even in alternate years. In the days when ACRL did do its own collection of statistics, and subsequently when th e job was subcontracted o ut of LAD for one year, the cost in dollars and manpower was just too great. On the other hand, we could envision th a t volunteer groups m ight be found th a t would collect statistics w ith ­ in certain small interest groups, e.g., re­ gional, urban institutions, universities, etc. W e would urge, however, th a t ACRL hand on two recommendations to LAD for its Committee on Statistics for College and University Libraries. These are: (1 ) th at the Committee attem pt a kind of m arket analysis among academic librar­ ies of the interest, need, and level of con­ cern for annual statistics, and especially of libraries’ willingness to pay for them; (2 ) th at the Committee address itself to the need for two additional kinds of sta­ tistical compilations: first, for correlations of library size characteristics against other institutional data in the HEGIS document, such as faculty and student body size; and second, for more data on productivity and o u tput of libraries th a t can be used com­ paratively for purposes of performance evaluation. In addition, th e group recommends that ACRL redouble its efforts to impress upon NCES the im portance of frequent, accu­ rate, comprehensive library statistics for m any purposes other than to justify and evaluate grant programs and th at it make similar representations to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. Richard Blanchard moved th a t the report be accepted and th a t the recommendations be re­ ferred to the Library Administration Division’s Committee on Statistics for College and Univer­ sity Libraries. T he motion was seconded. In the discussion th a t followed, Mr. Blanchard ob ­ served th a t the field could no longer expect volunteer groups to collect statistics. Dr. Kaser replied th a t certain volunteer groups do collect and report statistics. Among these are the As­ sociation of Research Libraries and a group of Southern university libraries whose statistics are compiled and published by Louisiana State University. Dr. Shank suggested th a t the 1202 Commissions m ight collect library statistics. Dr. Kaser replied th a t these commissions were to focus on planning at the state and regional lev­ els. The advisory group had felt th at statistics at these levels w ould not fill the need, since m any libraries compare themselves “to other li­ braries across the country, not across th e street.” There being no further discussion, th e vote was called and the motion carried. Internship Co m m it t e e ( Ad H oc ) D avid W eber, reporting for the committee (Virginia Lacy Jones, chairman, Phyllis C art­ wright, Richard Dougherty, James McCoy, An­ nette Phinazee, K atharine Stokes, and D avid W e b e r), brought to the ACRL Board for its onsideration and approval in principle a pro­ osal entitled “Academic Library Internship rogram for Administrators of Predominantly Black College and University Libraries.” The roposal calls for a three-year project to fund twenty-five internships. 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Mr. Weber replied that, based upon the com­ mittee’s charge, only blacks would be included. The motion carried unanimously. CHOICE Richard Gardner, editor of Choice, an­ nounced that the Choice Editorial Board had approved an increase in the annual subscrip­ tion price, from $20 to $25 for the journal and from $80 to $95 for the card service. This is the first increase in subscription prices since the journal began in March 1964. There followed a general discussion of ad­ vertising revenue, of subdividing the journal by subject, and of the disposition of review copies. Budget The remainder of the meeting was devoted to Agenda Exhibit I, the ACRL divisional budget for 1973/74. The instructions from the ALA Committee on Program Evaluation and Support (CO PES), to hold the budget to the 1972/73 levels and to recommend 5 per­ cent cuts from that budget, were discussed. Norman Tanis, vice-president and president­ elect, presented some tentative priorities for ACRL. Several section vice-chairmen supported their budget requests. The Board members were asked to help determine the priorities and recommended cuts and to report their sugges­ tions to the ACRL office prior to the Board meeting on Thursday. The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 noon. Minutes Thursday, February 1, 1973-2:00 p.m. Sheraton-Park Hotel Present: President, Russell Shank; Vice- President and President-Elect, Norman E. Tan­ is; Directors-at-Large, Raymond A. Bohling, Mark M. Gormley, H. Joanne Harrar; Chairmen of Sections, Elsie Bergland, Jeanne J. Hender­ son, Jacqueline D. Sisson, Theodore F. Welch, John R. Beard, Robert N. Broadus, William J. Hoffman, Judy H. Fair, Howard L. Applegate, LeMoyne W. Anderson; Vice-Chairmen and Chairmen-Elect of Sections, Richard A. Farley, Lee Ash, Om P. Sharma, Richard C. Quick, Lorraine Mathies, Louise Giles, Nancy Rodgers, Ruth Salisbury, Ray Suput, J. Richard Blanch­ ard; Executive Secretary, Beverly P. Lynch; Professional Assistant, Lynn C. Kovacic. Absent: Joseph H. Reason, Herbert A. Ca- hoon, Barbara Sevy, Lubomyr R. Wynar. Visitors: Millicent Abell, Gerald L. Bray, Mary Louise B. Cobb, Elizabeth E. Ferguson, Stan Humenuk, Ann E. Kerker, David Oyler, Hans E. Panofsky, Robert M. Pierson, Jasper G. Schad, Frank Schick, Eldred R. Smith, Charles Stevens, Hal C. Stone, Rose Vainstein, David C. Weber, and others. The meeting was called to order by the pre­ siding officer, President Russell Shank. ACRL Divisional Budget The Board continued its discussion of the proposed ACRL divisional budget. Norman Tanis moved that the Board approve the budg­ et as presented in Sections B-V and B-VI of Ex­ hibit I, with the understanding that the priori­ ties assigned by the Board members to each budget line would be applied should cuts be necessary. The motion was seconded. Dr. Shank summarized the 1973/74 budget request: in essence, ACRL was asking for $72,316 to continue existing programs and for an additional $7,560 to fund new programs. Eldred Smith, chairman of the Committee on Academic Status, urged a high priority for the academic status program. The additional staff which had been requested in the 1972/73 budget for support of the division’s academic status program had been denied by COPES and the Budget Assembly. In response to Mr. Smith’s question concerning the lack of a sim­ ilar request in the 1973/74 budget, Dr. Shank replied that the division was requesting funds to support a full-time professional assistant in the ACRL office to assist the executive secre­ tary with the general operation of the associa­ tion. Mr. Smith urged that ACRL request an additional full-time or half-time professional as­ sistant to promote and coordinate the academic status program of the division, to make avail­ able to the membership information on the status question, to deal with the increasing numbers of inquiries concerning academic sta­ tus, and to strengthen ACRL’s work with other higher education associations on the matter of academic status. Dr. Shank proposed the following procedure: that the Board vote on the ACRL budget as presented, accepting priorities if necessary; that the Board hear the report of the Committee on Academic Status; and that, if the Board agrees with the committee’s report and if the executive secretary feels that additional staff is required to accomplish the committee’s objectives, the Board then vote on a motion to modify the 147 earlier motion. Mr. Smith agreed to accept the procedure. Dr. Shank then asked Mr. Tanis what de­ fense he and the ACRL Planning Committee would use before COPES in support of the ACRL budget. Mr. Tanis replied that the fol­ lowing priorities have been suggested by the Planning Committee: (1) additional support for the headquarters staff because of the in­ creased work load caused by the executive sec­ retary’s participation on the ALA Staff Com­ mittee on Mediation, Arbitration, and Inquiry; (2) ACRL’s liaison activities with other orga­ nizations, particularly in the area of the status of librarians and librarianship; (3) ACRL’s program of communication and publication; and (4) strengthening of ACRL’s section pro­ grams. Theodore Welch asked for a general review of the priorities established by the Board mem­ bers. Mr. Tanis interpreted the rough tally as follows: items receiving substantial support— staffing and College & Research Libraries; items receiving major support—the AAC/ AAUP/ACRL Joint Committee on College Li­ braries, the Committee on Academic Status, ACRL membership promotion, and ACRL co­ operation with other educational and profes­ sional groups; items receiving some support— the AACJC/AECT/ALA (ACRL) Joint Com­ mittee on Junior College Libraries and the Committee on Standards and Accreditation; items receiving minor support—the Communi­ cations Committee of the Junior College Librar­ ies Section, materials for advisory service, and support for the revision of the 1959 Standards for College Libraries; items receiving little sup­ port—the NUEA/ACRL Joint Committee on University Extension Library Services, the ARL/ACRL Joint Committee on University Li­ brary Standards, the JCLS Bibliography Com­ mittee, and the project to publish state stan­ dards for two-year college learning resources programs; items receiving no support or sup­ port of little significance—general activities of the College Libraries Section and of the Junior College Libraries Section, the JCLS Ad Hoc Committee on Goals, Program & Procedures, and the project to publish a union list of Slavic serials. Mr. Welch observed that, if the entire budg- Serving libraries for over 25 years for Building Programs— Reviews of Plans— Equipment Layouts and Designs LIBRARY MANAGEMENT and BUILDING CONSULTANTS, INC. Box 58, Evanston, Illinois 60204 312/446/8862 Send for free brochures ACRL Publications in Librarianship College & Research You cannot do without these publications. Libraries See them at Booth 629 in the ALA Professional Exhibits Section, 1973 Annual Conference. 148 et were approved, items which the Board had not supported would be approved. He suggest­ ed that the budget and its priorities be re­ viewed again after the presentation to COPES. Following several general comments from other members of the Board, Dr. Shank restated the motion and called for the vote. The motion CARRIED U N ANIM OUSLY. 1974 Annual Conference Program—New York Mr. Tanis reported that the ACRL Confer­ ence Program Planning Committee for 1974 had met and that all of the sections except the College Libraries Section had submitted out­ lines for programs. The committee recommend­ ed the approval of two preconferences, one sponsored by the Asian and North African Sec­ tion and one by the Rare Books and Manu­ scripts Section. Two other sections, the Junior College Libraries Section and the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, had proposed preconference programs but have since decided to incorporate these programs into the regular conference week. Om Sharma, vice-chairman and chairman- elect of the Asian and North African Section, presented the tentative plans for that section’s preconference. The general theme is “Library Support for Non-Western Area Studies.” The program will include presentations on the ac­ quisition and cataloging of materials acquired through national and regional plans such as the Farmington Plan and PL480. Participants, grouped by geographical area of interest (Af­ rica, Near and Middle East, South Asia, South­ east Asia, and East Asia), will consider the im­ pact on individual libraries of the acquisitions programs in these areas. Ruth Salisbury, vice-chairman and chairman- elect of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Sec­ tion, presented the tentative plans for that sec­ tion’s preconference. The section had received an invitation from C. Waller Barrett to cele­ brate the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniver­ sary of the founding of the section by holding the preconference at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, where the founding had taken place. The tentative theme of the pro­ gram is “Preservation of Books and Materials.” Dr. Shank reported that the Resources and Technical Services Division of ALA was plan­ ning a preconference for New York on the same topic. Various members of the Board inquired about the plans for the RTSD preconference. General discussion by the Board followed. Lee Ash stated that, in his opinion, the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section would welcome co­ sponsorship of the preconference by RTSD and that, if cosponsorship were not feasible, the audience drawn to the preconference in New York would complement rather than diminish the RBMS audience in Charlottesville, since dealers and book collectors would be among the participants in the RBMS meeting. Howard Applegate moved that the precon­ ferences planned by ANAS and RBMS be ap­ proved as presented. The motion was seconded and it CARRIED U N ANIM OUSLY. Dr. Shank encouraged the vice-president to make the case for the RBMS preconference as strong as possible, in the event that only one preconference on preservation will be approved by the New York Conference Planning Commit­ tee. Dr. Shank affirmed that the RBMS precon­ ference would be an anniversary celebration, that the RBMS programs have traditionally ap­ pealed to an audience that would not other­ wise attend an ALA conference, and that RBMS has consistently made a profit on its pre­ conferences. Dr. Shank then asked if the budgets for the two preconferences had been prepared. Bever­ ly Lynch replied that the budgets would be prepared prior to the March 5 deadline for budget presentations to COPES. Las Vegas Conference Program Budget— Division and Sections Dr. Shank referred the Board’s attention to Exhibit I, part B-I, the Las Vegas conference budget. ACRL’s sections had requested a total of $2,839 to support their program meetings at the Las Vegas conference. This amount did not include the line item request for the division’s general program. Robert Wedgeworth, execu­ tive director of ALA, allocated $850 to ACRL for all of its programs at Las Vegas. Dr. Shank reported that the divisional program now under preparation would have no budget require­ ments. The program that he had originally planned had been abandoned due to the lack of budget support and the inadequacy of the facilities in Las Vegas. Dr. Shank had hoped to bring program participants to the conference by electronic means, through the use of video display and conference telephone calls, b ut the program was discarded in favor of one that would require little, if any, financing from the conference program budget. Dr. Shank then asked Howard Applegate, chairman of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, to discuss the financial requirements of the proposed RBMS program. Mr. Applegate reported that the section had planned a panel discussion on the letterpress projects and the microfilm projects supported by the National Historical Publications Commission. Last year, the U.S. Grant Foundation, owner of the U.S. Grant papers and a recipient of NHPC funds, had closed its archives to scholars. Since such private letterpress projects are tax supported, the foundation’s action precipitated a debate 149 over the true ownership of the archives. RBMS had therefore planned a program with five scholars: two in support of open letterpress ar­ chives, two in support of closed archives, and a representative of NHPC. All honoraria have been eliminated from the RBMS request; the program costs are high due to the travel costs involved. The section has considered deferring the program until the 1974 conference in New York but has discarded the idea because of the timeliness of the question. The section is currently considering reducing the size of the panel to three members: one supporting each side of the question and the representative of NHPC. If NHPC were to cov­ er the expenses of its representative, the sec­ tion would still need $600 to cover the travel expenses of the remaining two participants. Mr. Applegate pointed out that members of other organizations, such as the American Historical Society and the Society of American Archivists, would be attracted to this program. He con­ cluded by stating that the entire program would have to be discarded if the section did not receive a minimum of $600. Louise Giles, vice-chairman and chairman- elect of the Junior College Libraries Section, spoke in support of the JCLS request and ex­ pressed hope that the Board would find some equitable method for allocating the meager pro­ gram funds. William Hoffman, chairman of the section, reported that the section’s Executive Committee had discussed the problem of lack of funds and had concluded that the section could manage within whatever restraints the Board chose to impose, provided that the sec­ tion received at least $100. Jeanne J. Henderson, chairman of the An­ thropology Section, discussed the request for the ANTS program, the first to be presented by this section. The program, to be cosponsored by ANTS, the Art Section, and the Asian and North African Section, will be a slide presenta­ tion and lecture on African art and will feature a prominent speaker from the East coast. Mrs. Henderson felt that the program could be pre­ sented with somewhat less money than had been requested. Judy Fair, chairman of the Law and Political Science Section, said that the section’s program could survive without any funding. She recom­ mended that the LPSS request be removed from the consideration. The Board discussed the estimated attend­ ance at each of the proposed program meetings since this factor might influence the Board’s consideration of the budget requests. The Board also discussed the possibility of request­ ing more money than the $850 that had been allocated to the division. Mr. Tanis did not feel that there was much chance that ACRL could obtain additional funds for the Las Ve­ gas conference program. Ruth Salisbury ob­ served that, if conference programs are good, then conference attendance and therefore in­ come should increase. If conference programs are poor, the opposite could occur, and mem­ bership loss could be the final result. Dr. Shank presented the Board with two al­ ternatives: to seek from the ALA executive di­ rector an additional amount of money for the program or to accept the $850 sum and to allo­ cate within that amount. William Hoffman, chairman of the Junior College Libraries Section, indicated that the na­ ture of the JCLS program had been changed considerably during a meeting the day before and that there was a good chance that another organization might wish to help sponsor the program. Mr. Hoffman suggested an allocation of $150 to the Anthropology Section, if that would be useful to them, $100 to the Junior College Libraries Section, and $600 to the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, should ACRL be unable to secure additional funds. Jacqueline Sisson, chairman of the Art Sec­ tion, felt that the joint ANTS/ARTS/ANAS program would be difficult to present with $150, but that it could be presented with $300. Dr. Shank suggested that, if the Board allo­ cated $300 to ANTS and $100 to JCLS, only $450 would remain for RBMS. Mr. Applegate Definitive New Reference! Biochemical Society Symposia: Number 36 NEUROTRANSMITTERS AND METABOLIC REGULATION Edited by R. M. S. S m e llie A biochem ical m ap p in g th a t w ill b rin g re se arch ers clo ser to an u n d e rs ta n d in g o f how th e nervous s yste m operates. $12.00 p e r co py E B S C O S U B S C R I P T I O N S E R V I C E S M r. R. Reese P.O. Box 1943 B irm in g h a m , A la ba m a 35201 EBSCO Sub scrip tion Serv ices is sole dis trib u to r in U.S.A.. Canada and Mexico 150 moved that the Board allocate the $300 to ANTS, $100 to JCLS, and $450 to RBMS. Mr. Hoffman seconded the motion. Dr. Shank then asked how the Board might accommodate the notion that the president be given permission to argue for more funds. He said he would welcome a substitute motion. Jo­ anne Harrar moved that the ACRL president be authorized to request an additional $400, bringing the total ACRL Las Vegas conference program budget to $1,250, and, that failing, that the division return to the allocations pre­ sented in Mr. Applegate’s motion. Mark Gorm­ ley seconded the motion. John Beard asked how the $1,250 might be allocated. Dr. Shank volunteered $600 for RBMS, $500 for ANTS, and $150 for JCLS. He said he would negotiate for an amount between $850 and $1,250 and would apply the recom­ mendations of the Board if an additional amount were not forthcoming. Dr. Shank re­ peated the motion and called for the vote. The motion CARRIED. Resolution of the Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries Raymond Bohling moved that ACRL strong­ ly endorse the resolution presented by AHIL: Since the ALA considers the annual con­ ference as the primary informational and educational function of the Association, the AHIL Board strongly recommends that a larger portion of the Association’s finan­ cial resources be directed toward improv­ ing the quality of the programs, work­ shops, and other educational functions planned for the convention. Mr. Applegate seconded the motion. The Board discussed ACRL’s responsibility in con­ sidering the financial impact and cost implica­ tions of the resolution on the general ALA budget. Although ALA’s annual program is sep­ arately funded, it has consistently generated in­ come for the general funds of the association. Dr. Shank read from the “American Library Association Treasurer’s Report for the Fiscal Year September 1, 1971 to August 31, 1972” (p .2 ): Income from the 1972 annual conference $477,374 Expenses for the 1972 annual conference $287,468 Amount transferred to General Funds from the excess revenue $150,000 Norman Tanis reported that, in order to sup­ port its general program, ALA has been dip­ ping into its endowment funds for approximate­ ly $42,000 annually. The membership has not been able to support the costs of the associa­ tion’s programs. Louise Giles expressed her frustration over the need for more members, the high cost of membership, and the lack of money to support programs that might attract new members. Mr. Hoffman felt that ALA ought to spend more for improved conference programs to make attend­ ance at conference more worthwhile for present members. W ith improved conference attend­ ance, more income would be generated. John Beard felt that, as a matter of principle, there might be something wrong with an asso­ ciation that has to depend upon a conference to carry out its ongoing programs. He said that it would be helpful in planning and arranging a program if a section could depend upon a minimum of $500 for program expenses. In response to a question, the executive sec­ retary reported that the Las Vegas conference program expense requests for all ALA units totalled approximately $12,000. There being no further discussion, the vote was called and the motion carried. Public Library Association Standards Committee Rose Vainstein, chairman of the PLA Stan­ dards Committee, appeared before the Board to describe the direction of the committee in its development of working papers on standards for library services at the community level. Miss Vainstein asked that ACRL appoint five mem­ bers to react to the working documents as they are written. PLA was not asking for endorse­ ment, but for help in the examination of the working papers, since the standards may have implications for all types of libraries. John Beard moved that the president be au­ thorized to act upon this request. The motion was seconded. Dr. Shank observed that there were several ACRL committees involved in considering the role of the college and research library in community service. Among these are the Committee on Community Use of Academic Libraries, the ULS Urban University Libraries Committee, and the Standards and Accredita­ tion Committee. Dr. Shank will appoint ACRL members who reflect the interests of these com­ mittees and who can therefore report, at least informally, to the committees. The vote was called and the motion carried. Statement on Appraisal of Gifts Upon the recommendation of the RBMS Ex­ ecutive Committee, Howard Applegate moved that the ACRL Board approve the “Statement on Appraisal of Gifts” as revised (CRL News, March 1973), and that the chairman of RBMS be authorized to negotiate its approval with other professional associations which are pres­ 151 ently preparing their own standards statements, and to report back to the Board regarding the negotiations. Dr. Shank pointed out that the motion required no second, since it had been made by the section chairman. The statement, a revision of the 1960 ACRL policy statement, was prepared by the RBMS Committee on Manuscripts Collections, charged several years earlier with the task of revising the statement. Following general discussion, the question was called and the motion carried. Statement on Legal Title Again, upon the recommendation of the RBMS Executive Committee, Mr. Applegate moved that the ACRL Board approve the “Statement on Legal Title” as revised (CRL News, March 1973), and that the chairman of RBMS be authorized to negotiate its approval with other professional organizations and to re­ port back to the Board regarding the negotia­ tions. The motion required no second. Mr. Applegate reported that, if the statement is approved, the section will design a form to be distributed with the statement. The vote was called and the motion carried. Resolution on the Tax Reform Act of 1969 Mr. Applegate brought to the attention of the Board a resolution which the RBMS Ex­ ecutive Committee had passed unanimously on January 29, 1973: be it resolved that the ACRL Board of Directors take immediate and vigorous steps to seek elimination of those sections of the Tax Reform Act of 1969 which lim­ it the tax advantages of gifts of self-creat­ ed materials to tax-exempt research institu­ tions and to restore to the pre-1969 tax ap­ praisal guidelines all such gifts. Additional steps must be taken to prevent proposed legislation, now pending in Congress, to limit the tax advantages in gifts of any book, manuscript, or art collection to tax- exempt research institutions. Mr. Applegate reported that the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section felt that ALA legal counsel and the ALA Washington Office should take action to alert the membership about the status of various bills which would affect “gifts- in-kind” to non-profit, tax-exempt organizations. Mr. Applegate moved that the ACRL Board approve the resolution as presented. The mo­ tion required no second. Dr. Shank described the action that the ACRL president could take immediately: (1) to make certain that the ALA Washington Newsletter contains information about the pending legislation, including a clear statement of the bill numbers; (2) to talk with the incom­ ing chairman of the ALA Legislation Commit­ tee about the committee’s plans in this matter; and (3) to refer the resolution to the ACRL Committee on Legislation with a request for recommendations for appropriate action. The question was called and the motion carried. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science The Board received an informal report from Charles Stevens, executive director of NCLIS, on the activities of the commission. Dr. Stevens encouraged ACRL to present, to the commis­ sion, position papers identifying specific pro­ grams that the commission might undertake. At 4:00 p.m., following Dr. Stevens’ presen­ tation, the meeting was recessed. The Board re­ convened at 4:30 p.m. National Center for Educational Statistics Frank Schick, director of the Library Surveys Branch of NCES, reported to the Board on the NCES programs. Dr. Schick exhibited samples of the college and university library survey forms and requested comments and suggestions from the Board members. 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Mr. Suput, in response to the suggestion th a t such affiliations be accomplished through IFLA, stat­ ed that the Ukranian Library Association is not a foreign association b u t an ethnic one. Since the benefits provided by the affiliation were unclear, Raymond Bohling moved that the motion be tabled. The motion to table was seconded and it carried. Academic Status Committee Dr. Shank reported on the progress of the adoption of the “Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians’’ (CBL News, Sept. 1972), w ritten by the AAC/ AAUP/ACRL Joint Committee on College Li­ braries. ACRL had approved the joint state­ m ent at its membership meeting in Chicago on June 26, 1972. The AAC Board of Directors voted in December 1972 not to present the statement in its present form to its membership. In order to clarify the implications of the state­ ment, the joint committee presented an infor­ mation m eeting on January 15, 1973, during the AAC annual conference in San Francisco. ACRL was represented at that meeting by Rus­ sell Shank, Brendan Connolly, and Beverly Lynch. AAUP will publish the statement in the winter issue of its bulletin and will ask its mem­ bers to endorse it at the AAUP meeting in April. Eldred Smith, chairman of the Committee on Academic Status, moved that the ACRL Board instruct the representatives on the joint committee to raise the question of the lack of AAC’s approval with the other members of the committee in order to clarify the m atter of functional identity of librarians and to urge th at the joint committee request that AAC re­ consider the m atter as quickly as possible. The motion required no second. The vote was taken and the motion carried. Dr. Shank asked the executive secretary to take the appropriate ac­ tion. Mr. Smith discussed w ith the Board the three potential losses of faculty status th at had come to the attention of the Committee on Academic Status. There followed a general discussion con­ cerning ACRL’s role in such matters. There was agreement th at ACRL would continue to ad­ vise and educate librarians, faculty, and admin­ istrators in the area of academic status, faculty status, and tenure, and th at the association needed to develop models, guidelines, and pro­ cedures in these areas. ACRL would take care to avoid any violation of ALA grievance proce­ dures. Mr. Smith, as chairman of the Committee on Academic Status, requested th at the Board au­ thorize the president to write to the acting pres­ ident of Auburn University to express concern regarding the recent action relating to revoca­ tion of faculty status for Auburn librarians. Since the proposed plan at Auburn is a depar­ ture from the ACRL “Standards for Faculty Status for College and University Librarians” (C R L News, Sept. 1972), a copy of the stan­ dards should be enclosed w ith the letter. Mr. Smith recommended th at the letter include an offer for several ACRL members to visit Au­ burn to discuss the standards with respect to the current review of the status of librarians at Auburn. The Committee on Academic Status considers the visit an informational and educa­ tional mission. The committee recognizes that the ACRL membership is very concerned about faculty status and the role th at their organiza­ tion will take not only in helping librarians to secure faculty status, b u t in helping them to re­ tain it. The committee believes that ACRL has a responsibility to do something about the pol­ icies it has adopted and therefore sees the pro­ posed action as a model of procedure. In response to questions about the role of the ALA Staff Committee on Mediation, Arbitra­ tion, and Inquiry, Mr. Smith replied that the potential problems of tenure and status do not lie in the area of grievance. The cases which have come before the Committee on Academic Status are those in which questions have been raised about the status of academic librarians or those in which some threat has been made to the status of librarians. Mr. Smith moved that ACRL adopt the fol­ lowing procedure as a response to letters re­ garding potential loss of faculty status by aca­ demic librarians: (1 ) the ACRL president should send a letter expressing ACRL’s con­ cern and enclosing a copy of the ACRL stan­ dards to the president or appropriate adminis­ trative officer of the institution, and (2 ) ACRL should offer to visit the institution to discuss the question with the appropriate administrators, faculty members, and librarians. The motion re­ quired no second. 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Westwood, Mass. 02090 Telephone: (800) 225-7894 (Toll Free) motion so that the president or the executive secretary could present the idea to the dean of a library school as a topic suitable for a re­ search project. It was also suggested that the project would be a suitable one for a J. Morris Jones-World Book Encyclopedia-ALA Goals Award. It was reported that the executive sec­ retary was in favor of the motion and had agreed to do the work. ( At the time this motion was discussed, the executive secretary was meeting with the ALA Executive Board on a SCMAI matter.) Mr. Smith agreed to amend the motion to express “due concern for the time and energies of the executive secretary.” The question was called, and the motion, as amend­ ed, CARRIED. Mr. Smith reported that the committee will spend the next few months working on the de­ velopment of guidelines or models for appoint­ ment procedures, promotional criteria, govern­ ance, and constitutions. The Board will receive a report and draft documents of these models at the annual conference in Las Vegas. Standards and Accreditation Committee Jasper Schad, chairman of the Standards and Accreditation Committee, reported that the committee had agreed that developing a good revision of the 1959 “Standards for College Li­ braries” would be impossible without the con­ tributions of librarians, college administrators, and accrediting agencies. Since this effort would be expensive, a subcommittee had been appointed to draft a proposal to revise the stan­ dards to be submitted for a J. Morris Jones- World Book Encyclopedia-ALA Goals Award. Mr. Schad moved that the application, as pre­ sented to the Board by the committee, be adopted by the Board and then submitted to the ALA Committee on Program Evaluation and Support. The motion required no second. The vote was called and the motion carried. Publications Committee Robert Pierson, chairman of the Publications Committee, moved that the Board approve the policy statement that he had just distributed. (See Exhibit I.) The motion required no sec­ ond. Mr. Pierson reported that the policy state­ ment had the positive approval of the editors of College & Research Libraries and of ACRL Publications in Librarianship. No objections were raised by the editor of Choice or of the Core project. The principal effect of the recom­ mendation would be to put the various editorial and advisory boards under the umbrella of the Publications Committee, thus formalizing a re­ lationship that already exists. Dr. Shank asked if the policy suggests that the editors of the ACRL journals report to the Publications Committee. Mr. Pierson replied 157 that, if the editors also served as chairmen of the advisory committees, they would report to the Publications Committee. The executive secretary stated that all refer­ ences to the Core project should be removed from the statement, since the Core project, at this time, is not a continuing publication of ACRL. Norman Tanis observed that the statement was in conflict with the ACRL Constitution and Bylaws, which provide that all ACRL appoint­ ments be made by the ACRL president. He asked Mr. Pierson if the statement was being offered to the Board with a request for a change in the Constitution and Bylaws. Mr. Tanis reasoned that, if the Board were to ap­ prove the policy statement at this meeting, the motion would be returned to the Publications Committee at the next Board meeting for clari­ fication on the Constitutional conflicts. Mr. Tan­ is felt that the committee should either rewrite the statement in accordance with the ACRL Constitution and Bylaws or request that proce­ dures be started for changing the Constitution and Bylaws. Mr. Pierson replied that the Publications Committee wished to implement the policy and that he would therefore request a change in the Constitution and Bylaws. Dr. Shank informed the Board that there was a motion to approve the recommendations of the Publications Com­ mittee. He asked the Board to consider the sub­ stance of the recommendations. If the Board wished to approve the statement in substance, it could then ask the Committee on the ACRL Constitution and Bylaws to make the changes necessary to accommodate the statement. Mr. Hoffman moved to table the motion. Mr. Gorm­ ley seconded. The motion to table carried. Planning Committee Norman Tanis, chairman of the ACRL Plan­ ning Committee, moved that the Board estab­ lish an Ad Hoc Committee or Task Force on Goals, Priorities, and Structures, to estab­ lish goals and priorities for ACRL and to iden­ tify structures suitable for accomplishing the goals, and that the committee or task force be instructed to make a preliminary report at the New York membership meeting. The motion required no second. After a call for the vote, the motion carried. Other Business Richard Dougherty, editor of College & Re­ search Libraries, called the Board’s attention to the journal’s declining advertising revenue: in the past year it has declined by approximate­ ly $16,000. Mr. Dougherty moved that the THE HUM AN ENVIRONM ENT Reports and Documents as submitted in preparation for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment Stockholm, 1972. 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EXHIBIT I Policy Statement Approved by the Publications Committee January 31, 1973 I. The responsibilities of the Publications Committee are to oversee and to coordi­ nate the publications program of ACRL; to consider suggestions for publications and to advise as to means of publishing; to maintain standards; to review the work of the various continuing publications and of their boards; and to stimulate and en­ courage research and writing which might lead to publications under ACRL auspices. II. The chairman of the Publications Com­ mittee shall be an ex-officio member of each board overseeing an existing continu­ ing ACRL publication. In addition, an ad­ ministrative mechanism should be adopted to facilitate his playing the active role in ACRL affairs which the importance of the publications program implies, e.g., he might be a member of the ACRL Planning Committee. III. Three groups concerned with particular ACRL continuing publications shall be ad­ junct committees reporting to the Publica­ tions Committee: (1) the Choice ad­ visory board, consisting of a chairman and various members; (2) the Core Collection advisory board, consisting of a chairman and various members; and (3) the Publi­ cations in Librarianship editorial and ad­ visory board, consisting of the editor and various members, the editor serving as chairman. In the case of College and Re­ search Libraries, the Publications Com­ mittee itself shall serve as the advisory board, and the editor shall select a group of consultants who shall act as an editorial board and who shall serve at the editor’s pleasure. The chairmen of the adjunct committees and the editors of Choice, of College and Research Libraries, and of the Core Collection shall be ex-officio members of the Publications Committee. IV. Appointments of the chairmen and mem­ bers of the Publications Committee shall be in accordance with present ACRL prac­ tice. Appointments of the editors of Choice, of College and Research Librar­ ies, and of the Core Collection and ap­ pointments of chairmen of the adjunct committees should be upon the recom­ mendation of the Publications Committee. Appointments of members of the Choice and Core Collection advisory boards shall be in accordance with present ACRL prac­ tice. Appointments of members of the Publications in Librarianship editorial and advisory board shall be upon the recom­ mendation of its chairman. New Library Users? As many as 100 newspapers in the U.S. and abroad are expected to begin printing a col­ lege course next September. The project, orig­ inated by the University of California, San Diego, and funded by the National Endow­ ment for the Humanities, was announced last June. At that time, Ronald Berman, chair­ man of the endowment, told a news con­ ference in Washington last week, “we could not have anticipated the enormous response from the public, from colleges and uni­ versities and from the nation’s newspapers, as well as those from abroad.… ‘Courses by Newspaper’ obviously is an idea whose time is now.” Berman and extension officials from San Diego said a total of fifty-five newspapers in the U.S. and one in Switzerland have ex­ pressed definite interest in printing the courses. An additional forty-eight newspa­ pers, four of them abroad, have expressed initial interest. Twenty leading American scholars are writing 1,400 word lectures around the theme, “America and the Fu­ ture of Man,” to be printed by Ae daily papers. Persons who wish to explore the subject further or to seek college credit will send for a $10 kit of supplementary ma­ terials. A college or university in each news­ paper’s circulation area will administer the course for credit and charge the usual exten­ sion-course fees. The endowment is providing an outright grant of $96,000 for the program, and a gifts- and-matching offer of an additional $75,000, for the second year, to begin work on a second course.—Higher Education and National A f­ fairs, Oct. 15, 1972. NEW BOOKS PRESENTATION & EXHIBIT- DON’T MISS IT. At New Books Presentation & Exhibit (NBP&E) librarians get a first-hand preview of forthcoming bσoks — directly from the publishers. Here's what some of them say about NBP&E. "Invaluable for book selection … to be able to make up your own mind by seeing the books rather than reading a review is a won­ derful experience.” Carole Silver, Library Media Specialist Long Beach Jr. High School, N.Y. "Gives me an opportunity to get an overview of what is coming out, away from daily ad­ ministrative pressures. Puts me back in touch with books.” Pearl Frankenfield, Exec. Dir. Montgomery County, Norristown, P.L., Pa. "Really worthwhile … checklists made it easy to keep up with those making presenta­ tions … I brought home a great many ideas for book selection meetings." Beatrice Stuckert, Haddonfield P.L., N.J. The 1973 NBP&E w ill be held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, August 20-22, at the Statler Hilton Hotel, New York City. Adult and young adult books are presented on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning; reference/special books on Tuesday after­ noon; and children's books on Wednesday. Publisher's exhibits w ill be open the entire three-day period. Sponsored for the seventh consecutive year by Baker & Taylor, NBP&E continues to gain in attendance and professional recog­ nition. For all the facts, including reserva­ tion forms, drop a line or call: Coordinator, New Books Presentation The Baker & Taylor Co. 6 Kirby Avenue Somerville, N.J. 08876 Tel: 201 526-8000 T h e B a k e r & T a y lo r G o . IN TRAiiiNiiiNGOR FOUR TEXTS FOR THE ON THE JOB MODERN LIBRARIAN COMPUTER-BASED REFERENCE SERVICE M. Lorraine M athies and Peter G. Watson To cope with the new computer-based systems, today’s librarian must learn the language and technique of autom ated data bases. Here is a work which explains in detail the principles of machine indexing and processing of documents as well as the logical and arithmetic concepts which underlie them. With this knowledge, the modern librarian and information specialist can manipulate these new systems for information retrieval with much greater effectiveness. E RIC is presented as a model or prototype computer­ ized data base, from which broader generaliza­ tions, applying to all autom ated systems, are drawn. Lucidly written and employing a minimum am ount of jargon, this book is essential for student and working reference librarians alike. ISBN 0-8389-0156-5 (1973) Summer SERIAL PUBLICATIONS Their Place and Treatment in Libraries Second edition Andrew D. Osborn The standard treatise for both the working librarian and the student on the selection, processing, cataloging, and servicing of serials is here brought up to date. Osborn emphasizes the implications of developments new to the profession: the growth of computer technology, the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules o f 1967, the use of Coden, and the emergence of the book catalog for serials. He sets forth sound principles and relates them to actual practice. ISBN 0-8389-0118-2 (1973) $15.50 THE ACQUISITION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS Stephen Ford Designed as a textbook for library schools and as a conceptual manual for practicing acquisitions librarians, this is th e only systematic and up-to-date exposition of recommended modern practices. I t covers the general principles of searching, ordering, and processing of both print and nonprint materials and analyzes those special problems which are of prime importance in modern acquisitions practice: blanket ordering, new book purchasing, automation and centralized processing. Describes recommended proce­ dures and notes necessary variations by size and type of library. ISBN 0-8389-0145-X (1973) Summer FUNDAMENTAL REFERENCE SOURCES Frances Neal Cheney Ideal for beginning or intermediary courses in reference work, this volume provides an intro­ duction to selected sources of bibliographical, biographical, linguistic, statistical, and geographical information and offers detailed suggestions for their effective use. “An admir­ ably successful exposition of the reference process in terms of basic underpinnings in published information resources. I t should be extremely valuable to professionals and as an instructional too.” — Library Journal ISBN 0-8389-0081-X (1971) $8.50 AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611