ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


November 1990 /  937

V

ALA and affiliates 
issue agenda

By Patricia A. Wand

Chair, A C R L  Task Force on W H C L IS

As various constituents p rep are for th e  W hite 
H ouse C onference on Library and Inform ation 
Service, th e American Library Association and af­
filiate organizations have released an issues agenda 
to highlight th e com m on concerns o f th e profes­
sion. T he agenda to which they have agreed:

1. National com m itm ents o f financial resources 
for library services are indispensable investm ents 
in th e  nation’s productivity.

2. D em ocracy is at risk w hen our libraries are at 
risk.

3. Diversity o f library collections and staff is 
essential to serve U.S. citizens o f diverse back­
grounds.

4. Culturally diverse people m ust be recru ited  to 
th e library and inform ation services professions 
and m ust be ed u cated  to provide quality library and 
inform ation services.

5. O pen and equitable access to inform ation in 
all formats is a linchpin o f our dem ocratic society.

6. Public access to governm ent inform ation, 
including legal inform ation, is vital to a ju st society.

7. An effective m arketing and public relations 
cam paign m ust be m ounted to prom ote services, 
increase awareness, and provide feedback to shape 
new  library and inform ation services programs.

8. Libraries are educational institutions which 
have a fundam ental role in prom oting literacy.

9. M aterials in all types o f libraries are in danger 
o f destruction o r disintegration. T hat m ust not 
happen. They m ust be preserved.

T he agenda is being widely distributed in th e 
states and territories w here pre-conference activi­
ties are scheduled. T he organizations th at have 
discussed and agreed to it form an im pressive list.

Am erican Association o f Law Libraries
Am erican Indian Library Association
Am erican Library Association
Am erican Society for Inform ation Science
Asian/Pacific A m erican Librarians 

Association
Association for Library and Inform ation 

Science Education

Library A nd Information S ervices 
1991

Association o f Research Libraries 
C anadian Library Association 
Chinese-A m erican Librarians Association 
Council on Library/M edia Technical

Assistants
F riends o f Libraries
Laubach Literacy International,

Laubach Literacy Action
Literacy Volunteers o f America, Inc. 
Medical Library Association 
Oral H istory Association 
REFO R M A
Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de P uerto Rico 
T heatre Library Association 
Ukrainian Library Association o f America 
U rban Libraries Council

Used the Model Statement lately?

A CRL’s Bibliographic Instruction Section is 
creating a directory of librarians who have used 
th e 1989 “M odel Statem ent o f Objectives for 
A cadem ic B ib lio g rap h ic I n s tr u c tio n ” (see 
C & R L News, May 1987, pp. 256-61). The di­
rectory will be published in conjunction with 
th e papers p resen ted  at th e 1990 BIS program  
on th e M odel Statem ent. T he Task F orce on the 
M odel S tatem ent will send a b rie f follow-up 
questionnaire to anyone responding to this 
request.

R espond by D ecem ber 15,1990, to: M onica 
Fusich, Rivera Library, P.O. Box 5900, U niver­
sity o f California, Riverside, CA 92517; fax, 
(714) 787-3285; e-mail, FU SIC H M @ ucr.vm s.

Correction
In th e S eptem ber 1990 issue o f C & R L News 

th e official ACRL election results w ere p u b ­
lished. D onald Clay Johnson was listed as being 
elected secretary o f the Asian and African Sec­
tion. H e was in fact elected m em ber-at-large.

mailto:FUSICHM@ucr.vms


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