ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries College & No. 5, May 1970 Research L ib raries N E W S ACRL News Issue (A) of College & Research Libraries, Vol. 31, No. 3 Reactions Needed! The following memorandum was transmitted to Mr. David Clift, Executive Director of the American Library Association, to express the views of the Association of College and Re­ search Libraries regarding the American Li­ brary Association Activities Committee on New Directions. ACRL will draw up its final position paper at Detroit. Your views on the reorganization are needed. Would you please send your reactions to Anne Edmonds, Librarian, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts 01075; Philip McNiff, Director, Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts 02117; David Kaser, Di­ rector of Libraries, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850; or J. Donald Thomas, Execu­ tive Secretary, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, Il­ linois. MEMORANDUM March 19, 1970 To: David Clift From: J. Donald Thomas Re: W ork of the ALA Activities Committee on New Directions I have been requested by the ACRL Execu­ tive Committee to inform you that although the Association of College and Research Li­ braries has not previously reacted to the work of the ALA Activities Committee on New Di­ rections, the division has great concern regard­ ing the findings and recommendations of the committee. The following lists only the major points to be contained in an official statement which will be issued by ACRL during or shortly after the Detroit Meeting. In the meantime, it is hoped that the Activities Committee will, in its de­ liberations, give consideration to these recom­ mendations. 1. ALA should remain a strong centralized organization. 2. The present divisions should be reduced to a federation of four types of library di­ visions representing (a ) academic and re- search libraries, (b ) public libraries, (c) school libraries, and (d ) special libraries. 3. The present programs of the type of ac­ tivity divisions and round tables should be absorbed by the four divisions or become the function of various headquarters of­ fices. For example, technical processing and administration are felt to be activities generally handled best by permanent headquarters personnel, and if commit­ tees should be needed by such offices, the committees would be appointed by the divisions. 4. The officers of the four divisions would form an advisory committee to the ALA Executive Staff. Meetings would be fre­ quent, and task forces ( with terminal dates) would be appointed by such an advisory body to study interdivisional problems. 5. A stronger executive staff for each divi­ sion is needed with adequate staffing and funding. 6. The divisions should have more freedom of action in planning and carrying out their primary responsibility to constituents. The Executive Committee of ACRL hopes that no precipitate action is taken by the Com­ mittee on New Directions until after the De­ troit Meeting. cc: ACRL Executive Committee Planning Committee Board of Directors INSTRUCTION IN USE OF LIBRARIES COMMITTEE TO MEET IN DETROIT The ALA Committee on Instruction in the Use of Libraries will hold a closed meeting during the Detroit Conference at 8:30 p .m . on Monday, June 29. A limited number of guests will be invited to join the Committee in a dis­ cussion centered on the recipient of library in­ struction as he moves from elementary and sec­ ondary school through college and/or to life as an out-of-school adult. Persons who would like to participate are urged to write to the chair­ man, Miss Helen M. Brown, Wellesley College Library, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181, indi­ cating their interest. 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