ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries October 1984 / 481 BI liaison project update By Carolyn Kirkendall Project L O E X Eastern Michigan University Recent liaison activities and the current status of the project. ­ ­ T his article reports the last of my activity as Pro- gram Officer for the Bibliographic Instruction Li­ aison Project while under contract w ith ACRL. At the ACRL Board of Directors meeting in Dallas during Annual Conference in June, the Board “in­ structed the ACRL staff to explore ways to provide office support for the activities outlined in the BILP Advisory Committee Report.” Sandy White- ley will serve in th at capacity on the ACRL staff. This report included a num ber of recom menda­ tions on continuing some of the BI Liaison Project activities developed during the past few years. These include continuing the professional associa­ tion liaison contacts, m aintaining files of librarians and speakers, continuing the promotional activity for contact w ith other associations in higher educa­ tion, investigating the possibility of creating a quality exhibit, and reviewing the professional lit­ erature to identify opportunities for ACRL and other associations to work together. Since the re­ sponse to continuing requests in this column for as­ sistance and information has been most gratifying, and since the potential for additional liaison inter­ est exists, it’s good news to hear that the experimen­ tal efforts and initial attempts at establishing con­ tacts w ith other associations will continue. Recent publications Articles of interest to academic librarians con tinue to be published in the professional literature of higher education and are good sources to em pha size when contacting teaching faculty in the appro­ priate disciplines. Some of these include: Bruce E. Fleury, “Lectures, Textbooks and the College L ibrarian,” Im proving College & Univer­ sity Teaching 32 (Spring 1984)-.103-106. Thomas W. Conkling, “On-line Inform ation Resources in Heat Transfer Engineering,” Heat Transfer Engineering 4 (April-June 1983):54-58. Kathleen A. Hansen and Jean W ard, “Journal­ ism and Library Research: Combining Methodolo­ gies in a New Search Model,” Research Strategies 1 (Fall 1983): 167-75. Joyce C. Leopprich and Julie L. Smith, “Can C om puters Solve N ursing In fo rm atio n ’s O ver­ load?” Im print 30 (January 1984):48-58. See these articles on “Historians and Using To­ m orrow ’s Research Library: Research Teaching and Training,” in The History Teacher 17 (May 1984):385-44: Melvin J. Tucker, “Introduction.” Jane A. Rosenberg, “New Ways to Find Books: Searching, Locating and Information Delivery.” Robert P. Swierenga, “Bibliographic Instruction in Historical Methods Courses: Kent State Univer­ sity.” Charles D ’Aniello, “An Historical Bibliography and Methods Course: The SUNY at Buffalo Experi­ ence.” Charles D ’Aniello, “A Basic Bibliography of Readings and Course Materials for Bibliographic Instruction in Undergraduate and G raduate His­ tory Programs.” 482 / C&RL News See also the annual series of soft-cover mono­ graphs of the collected best papers on selected issues from A AHE. T he 1983-84 C u rre n t Issues in H igher Education series includes Colleges Enter the Information Society, w ith articles by Russell Edgerton, Louis Robinson, George Gerner, Ithiel de Sola Pool, Patricia Battin, and Steven Muller. ACRL exhibit Displays from our RI Liaison Project were used at the Western Division meeting of te American As­ sociation for the Advancement of Science, at the National W omen’s Studies Association conference, and for a faculty colloquium at the University of W isconsin-Eau C laire. In addition, our display and sample packets were exhibited in Dallas at the annual ALA conference. Thanks to all of you who volunteered and staffed the exhibit! Liaison contacts and presentations Connie Miller of the University of Illinois at Chi­ cago is the new chair of the Librarians’ Task Force of the National W omen’s Studies Association. At this summer’s NWS A conference, Ruth Dickstein of the University of Arizona participated on a panel w ith three teaching faculty on the role of the librar­ ian in the curriculum integration project on main- streaming women’s studies. Mary Reichel at Georgia State University pre­ sented a paper, “The Im pact of Online Biblio­ graphic Databases on Research in International Studies,” at the Spring 1984 convention of the In ­ ternational Studies Association in Atlanta. Arizona State University Library conducted a Conference on Library Instruction for Faculty and G raduate Students on their campus, sponsored by the Arizona C hapter of ACRL and the ALS A Col­ lege and University Division. The librarians who attended learned techniques for developing pro­ grams of cooperation w ith teaching faculty. The annual T hird W orld Studies Conference held in O maha, Nebraska, offers an excellent op­ portunity for librarian participation, according to Carole Larson at the University of Nebraska at O m aha, who has chaired a panel on research and teaching in the past. Details for participation are available from ACRL. The Nursing Inform ation Consortium of Orange County, California (NICOC), is an association of libraries and voluntary agencies whose goals are to acquire and promote access to nursing-related li­ brary materials and to provide library education programs for the nurses of Orange County. A NI­ COC brochure is on file at ACRL. The 25th Annual Association for Institutional Research Forum will be held in Portland, Oregon, April 28-M ay 1, 1985. The theme is “Promoting Excellence through Information and Technology.” Information on calls for contributed papers, p an­ els, demonstrations, and workshops for the Forum are also on file at ACRL for those interested. In June a group of overseas counselors, sup­ ported by the National Association for Foreign Stu­ dent Affairs and the National Liaison Committee on Foreign Students Admissions (NAFSA), visited the University of California at Davis, and the Li­ brary was asked to participate in the one-day orien­ tation. Irene Hoffman reports th at a comprehen­ sive orientation program for international students at Davis has been implemented. The program is designed to promote an understanding of the prob­ lems of the international student, to share this un­ derstanding w ith library staff and public service personnel, to teach the international student how to make better use of the library and to teach li­ brary personnel how better to assist the interna­ tional student. Liaison w ith associations dealing w ith interna­ tional students has been an area in which several librarians have reported involvement. These con­ tacts would also like to hear from others who are interested in instruction for library users from for­ eign countries. They are Melba Jesudason, Univer­ sity of Wisconsin-Madison; Stephanie Perrin, Ap­ palachian State University; and Molly Mahony, University of Michigan. T he C hem ical In fo rm a tio n D ivision of the American Chemical Society established an Educa­ tion Committee last year to help chemistry depart­ ments and academic librarians improve their infor- m a tio n p ro g ra m s, aid in d u s tria l ch em ical information specialists in their efforts to conduct instruction programs, and promote continuing ed­ ucation activities. At the August ACS conference in Philadelphia the Division of Chemical Inform a­ tio n ’s Sym posium on “ In d iv id u a l C o m p u te r Searching by Academic Chemists” included partic­ ipation by Arleen N. Somerville at the University of Rochester, G aryD . Wiggins at Indiana University, Joan Lippincott of Cornell University, and two faculty members, Jerry A. Jenkins from O tterbein College, and Robert H armon from Eastern Michi­ gan University. Kathleen Hansen from the University of Minne­ sota recently presented a program on “Scenarios On Line: Computer Games for Teaching Inform a­ tion Strategies” at the Florida conference of the As­ sociation for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. And finally, Susan Swords Steffen from St. Xavier College Library in Chicago is interested in hearing from any librarians who are involved with the College Theology Society. Press kits The supply of press kits designed and published by our project has been exhausted. Plans to reprint the packets are in the works and details will be an­ nounced. Originally designed to distribute to asso­ ciation offices, these kits have proven popular w ith librarians who use the packets on their own cam ­ puses. Over 400 press kits have been sold to date. October 1984 / 483 A word of thanks Serving as the ACRL BI Liaison Project program officer has been a rew arding yet frustrating experi­ ence. There seems to be much potential in continu­ ing professional liaisons on an ongoing and inten­ sive basis to form c o o p e ra tiv e frien d sh ip s. Communicating activities of the project through this column has proved to be the best way for li­ brarians to learn about potentials for involvement, and your response to requests for information and volunteers is much appreciated. There has not been time to communicate personally w ith all the indi­ vidual contact names th a t our project has col­ lected, but as the liaison emphasis grows a follow­ up can be made. It seems that the most direct route for librarians to participate on the programs of other professional associations in higher education is the logical one of starting at the local, state, and regional levels. Li­ brarians who have taken membership in these asso­ ciations, who have volunteered to serve on com­ mittees relating to teaching and research, w ho suggest ideas for joint panels and presentations and who work on their local campuses w ith teach­ ing faculty to promote the academic library’s rcle in assisting the teaching/learning process, are pro­ viding the kinds of liaisons necessary for success w ith this kind of project. It has been much more difficult to try to place librarians as speakers on t th national level at other organizations’ conference Probably the most visible means tow ard havh teaching faculty develop an awareness of the brary’s potential is for them to read about our pr grams in the professional literature of higher ed c a tio n . T h e re fo re , o u r p ro je c t c o n tin u es encourage librarians to prepare articles for pub cation outside the library field. Many opportunities exist for those libraria who realize th at talking to each other about vit library services is not enough. Thanks to the cont butions and support from so many of you involve in our BI Liaison Project, promotion of our missi‹ has been firmly established. ■ ACRL seeks volunteers for offices and committees The Association needs your help to achieve its goals and objectives. Would you like to run for an ACRL office or vol- unteer for appointm ent to an ACRL standing com­ mittee? Are you interested in seeking office in an ACRL section or being considered for appointment to a section committee? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, here is w hat you need to do. ACRL President The ACRL A ppointm ents and N om inations Committee will nominate candidates for the office of ACRL vice-president/president-elect at the Jan­ uary 1985 Midwinter Meeting of ALA. The elec­ tion for this office will be held in the spring of 1986. T he w inner of the election w ill serve as vice- president/president-elect during 1986-87 and as president of ACRL during 1987-88. If you wish to be considered for nomination to this office or if you would like to submit names for consideration, con­ tact the chair of the Appointments and Nomina­ tions Committee, Linda Piele, Head, Public Ser­ vices D iv isio n , L ib ra r y /L e a rn in g C e n te r, U niversity of W isconsin-P arkside, Box 2000, Kenosha, W I 53141.