ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 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. 484 / C&RL News ACRL COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER FORM If you are interested in serving on an ACRL standing committee, please complete this form and mail it before December 15, 1984, to: Linda Piele, Head, Public Services Division, L ibrary/Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Box 2000, Kenosha, W I 53141. If you would like to serve on an ACRL section committee, send this form to the appropriate section vice- chair/chair-elect before the ALA Midwinter Meeting. NAME, TIT LE , INSTITUTIONAL ADDRESS PREFERRED MAILING ADDRESS DATE OF A PPLICA TION __________________ NUMBER OF YEARS AS MEMBER OF A LA _______ A C R L ___________________________________ ACADEMIC BACKGROUND (List institutions, dates of degrees, and relevant subject areas) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ALA or ACRL Committee Assignments State and Regional Committee Assignments ALA or ACRL Offices Field State and Regional Offices Held Publications O ther ACRL COM MITTEE PREFERENCES RELEVANT BACKGROUND OR EXPERIENCE FOR COM MITTEE ASSIGNMENT Can you regularly attend the ALA Midwinter and Annual conferences? Y ES__ N O ___ (Members of ACRL committees are expected to attend all meetings. Failure to attend two in a row may constitute grounds for removal.) PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR MAJOR CONCERNS FOR STRENGTHENING THE ASSOCIATION OF C O LLEG E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES: October 1984 / 485 ACRL committees ACRL has 20 standing committees to which ap­ pointments may be made: •Academic or Research L ibrarian of the Year Award Committee; •Academic Status Committee; •A ppointm ents and Nominations Committee; •Audiovisual Committee; •b u d g e t and Finance Committee; •Conference Program Planning Committee; •C onstitution and Rylaws Committee; •C ontinuing Education Committee; • C o n tin u in g E d u c a tio n C ourses Advisory Committee; •C opyright Committee; •D octoral Dissertation Fellowship Committee; •Legislation Committee; •M em bership Committee; •N ational Conference Committee; •P lanning Committee; •Professional Association Liaison Committee; •Publications Committee; •Sam uel Lazerow Fellowship Committee; •S tandards and Accreditation Committee; •Supplem ental Funds Committee. To learn about the areas of responsibility cov­ ered by these committees, see the A L A Handbook of Organization 1984-85. W hen selected vacancies occur on ACRL stand­ ing committees, the Appointments and Nomina­ tions Com m ittee recommends to the president­ elect of ACRL the names of members who might fill the vacancies. The president-elect makes the fi­ nal appointments. If you are interested in being considered for appointm ent to an ACRL commit­ tee, you should complete the ACRL Committee Volunteer Form that is included in this issue of C&RL News and mail it to Linda Piele, chair of the Appointments and Nominations Committee, be­ fore December 15, 1984. ACRL section officers ACRL has 13 sections (their names are listed later in this article). You will find a description of their areas of responsibility in the A L A Handbook o f Organization. The chair-elect of a section appoints the chair and m em bers of all section com m ittees w hen scheduled vacancies on these committees occur. If you would like to be considered for appointment as chair or member of a section committee, fill out the ACRL Committee Volunteer Form and mail it to the chair-elect of the appropriate section (see “Peo­ ple to contact” below) before December 15, 1984. Editorial boards ACRL has four editorial boards: • th e Choice Editorial Board; • th e College & Research Libraries E ditorial Board; •th e College & Research Libraries News Edito­ rial Board; • th e Publications in Librarianship E ditorial Board. W hen a vacancy occurs on an editorial board, the editor recommends the name of a person to fill the vacancy. The Publications Committee must approve the recommendation. The ACRL Board must give its approval, and finally the president of ACRL makes the appointment. If you would like to be considered for appoint­ ment to an editorial board, contact the editor of the publication (see “People to contact” below). Remember th at at any given time there are only a limited number of vacancies on ACRL’s commit­ tees, sections, and editorial boards. If at first you don’t succeed in obtaining an appointment, try again. Make yourself known to committee chairs by sitting in on meetings, volunteering to help w ith committee projects, etc. If committee chairs see that you are interested in the work of their commit­ tees, they may recommend your name to the ap­ propriate appointing body when a vacancy occurs. People to contact Anthropology and Sociology Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Jean Shaw Adelman, Associate Professor, Library, John Jay College of C rim inal Justice, 445 West 59th S t., New York, NY 10019. A rt Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: D arryl Dean Barrett, Art and Music Division, Minneapolis Public Li­ brary, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401. Asian and African Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Thomas H. Lee, Team C aptain, East Asian Languages Cataloging Team, University of Wisconsin Memorial Library, 728 State S t., Madison, W I 53706. N om inating Comm ittee: C hair, M argaret K. W ang, 2508 Cinder R d., Wilmington, DE 19810. Ribliographic Instruction Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Mary Reichel, Head, Reference D epartm ent, Pullen Library, Georgia State University, 100 D ecatur St., SE, Atlanta, GA 30303. Nominating Committee: Chair, Donald J. Ken­ ney, Head, General Reference D epartm ent, Uni­ versity Libraries, V irginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060; Mary Ellen Larson, Senior Assistant L ibrarian, General Reference Section, E l 10 Pattee Library, Pennsyl­ vania State University, University Park, PA 16802; Ellen J. Meitzer, 722 Santa Barbara R d ., Berkeley, CA 94707. College Libraries Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Jean Clarridge Pelle­ tiere, Rockefeller College, SUNY-Albany, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. N o m in a tin g C o m m ittee: C h a ir, D o ro th y Cieslicki, L ibrarian, Skillman Library, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042; Dennis Ribbens, D i­ rector, Lawrence University Library, Appleton, W I 54911; Keith E. W ashburn, Library Director, Schmidt Library, York College, York, PA 17405. C om m unity and Junior College Libraries Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: James F. McCoy, Di­ rector of L earning Resources, H udson Valley Community College, 80 V andenburgh Ave., Troy, NY 12180. Nominating Committee: C hair, Barbara Col­ lins w orth, Associate Dean of Learning Resources, Macomb Community College, 14500 Twelve Mile Rd., W arren, MI 48093; Billy C. Beal, Acquisi­ tions L ibrarian, L .O . Todd L ibrary, Meridian Junior College, 5500 Highway 19 North, Merid­ ian, MS 39305; G lenR. D allm an, Director, Learn­ ing Resources, M.M. Bennett Library, St. Peters­ burg Junior College, 2465 Drew St., Clearwater, FL 33575. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Adele S. Dendy, Head, Education Library, Education Building, Indiana Midwest Library Service University, Bloomington, IN 47405. Nominating Committee: Chair, Virginia Parr, 461 McAlpin, Cincinnati, OH 45220; H arriet O. Nelson, H ead, G eneral Reference, M ullen L i­ b ra ry , C ath o lic U niversity, W ash in g to n , DC 20064; Charles Thurston, Education Reference Li­ brarian, John Peace Library, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78285. Law and Political Science Section V ice-C hair/C hair-E lect: Kathleen Gunning, Assistant Director for Public Services and Collec­ tion Development, University of Houston, Hous­ ton, TX 77004. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Anna Lou S. Ashby, Associate C urator of Printed Books, Pierpont Mor­ gan Library, 29 E. 36th St., New York, NY 10016. Science and Technology Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Eleanor R. Mathews, Reference L ibrarian, Iow a State University L i­ brary, Ames, IA 50011. Slavic and East European Section V ice-C hair/C hair-E lect: Wojciech Zalewski, C urator for Russian and East European Collec­ tions, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305. You w on’t find more personal attention . . . anywhere College and university librarians: We have what you’re looking for. While Midwest utilizes state-of-the-art computer systems, we realize machines can’t do it all. So when you want to place an order, ask a question, or discuss a problem, you can call direct on Midwest’s toll-free WATS line and conduct business on a name- to-name basis with your personal customer service representative. It’s the kind of attention that Midwest has provided to college and university libraries for 24 years. Midwest Library Service 11443 St. Charles Rock Road Bridgeton, MO 63044 Call toll-free (800) 325-8833 Missouri librarians call toll-free (800) 392-5024 Canadian librarians call collect (314) 739-3100 486 / C &R L News October 1984 / 487 University Libraries Section V ice-C hair/C hair-E lect: Shelley E. Phipps, H ead L ibrarian, Science-Engineering L ibrary, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. N om inating Comm ittee: C hair, Joan C ham ­ bers, University L ibrarian, 4045 Canyon Crest Drive, P.O. Box 5900, University of California, Riverside, CA 92507; Jordan Scepanski, Director, University Library and Learning Resources, 1250 Bellflower Rd., California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840; Jane Ross Moore, G raduate School and University Center, City University of New York, 33 West 42d St., New York, NY 10036. Western European Specialists Section Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: James M. Campbell, North Europe Bibliographer, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901. N o m in a tin g C o m m itte e : C h a ir, M a ria n n Tiblin, 3332 18th Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55407; John B. D illon, 3 River St., B ingham ton, NY 13901; Eva Sartori, Assistant Professor, Humani- ties/Social Sciences, Love Library 201S, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0410. Editorial Boards Choice E ditor: Patricia Sabosik, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06475. College ćr Research Libraries Editor: Charles Martell, Associate University Librarian for Public Services, California State University, Sacramento, 2000 Jed Smith Drive, Sacramento, CA 95819. College & Research Libraries N ew s E ditor: George M. Eberhart, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. A C R L Publications in Librarianship Editor: Ar­ thur P. Young, Dean of Libraries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881. ■ ■ New York provides more aid for academic libraries New York’s Governor Cuomo signed a major bill increasing aid to all types of libraries in the state on July 10, 1984. Under the bill, state aid for libraries will increase from $42.1 million to $57.2 million in fiscal year 1985. Among the im portant new initiatives authorized in this legislation are $1.3 million in annual grants to assist in regional autom ation projects, and $1.1 million in annual grants for preservation and con­ servation of research materials. Also included in the aid package is increased support for coordi­ nated collection developm ent program s in aca­ demic libraries, raising per capita allocation levels from 46¢ to 60¢ per student. Eleven research libraries in the state are eligible for $45,000 this fall and another $90,000 in the spring for preservation activities that will be out­ lined in a 5-year plan to be submitted by each eligi­ ble institution to the state next winter. Recently en­ acted guidelines allow the annual grants to be used for a wide variety of activities for the protection, care and treatm ent of library materials to prevent the loss of their informational or intellectual con­ tent and/or of the objects themselves. Such activities may include but not be limited to: •collection condition evaluation and preserva­ tion planning; •environm ental control; •disaster prevention, preparedness and recov­ ery; •preparation of library research materials for storage or exhibition, including binding, matting, boxing, and other protective w rapping; •collection m aintenance, including cleaning and refurbishing; •screening to identify items needing preserva­ tion attention, including searching to establish the availability of replacement; •rebinding, minor repair and mending; •reform atting, including photocopying, micro­ filming, and copying disks to tape; •m ajo r conservation treatm ent, such as surface cleaning, deacidification, leather repair, and con­ servation rebinding; •creating or modifying bibliographic records to reflect preservation decisions, including reporting microform masters to the library community; •q u ality control and testing of materials, proc­ esses and equipm ent used in any conservation and/ or preservation activity; and •S ta f f train in g and p atro n aw areness p ro ­ grams. Regional autom ation projects are expected to fo­ cus on retrospective conversion activities. Grants of up to $200,000 per multi-type regional library re­ source sharing agency will support conversion, m aintenance, u p d atin g and linking of biblio­ graphic records to increase availability of materials for resource sharing. The program requires each region to establish a five-year plan for their auto­ m ation programs. No other state supports its libraries in general or its academic libraries in particular at a level com­ parable to New York. The passage of this legisla­ tion is indeed testimony of the state’s commitment to education and the New York Library Associa­ tion’s lobbying efforts. The bill was drafted by As­ semblyman Ed Sullivan of M anhattan and Senator Hugh Farley of Schenectady. Sponsors included many other legislators and all members of both houses v o ted for th e fin a l co m p ro m ise la n ­ guage. ■ ■ Trinity University Library boasts the world’s largest collage Trinity University’s Maddux Library, San Anto­ nio, was the subject of a w rite-up in the August 1984 Southern Living magazine. The circular wall around the lib rary ’s central staircase features a panoram ic 15' x 80' mural composed by Denver- born artist James Sicner, who has proclaimed it the largest collage in the world. More than 800 differ­ ent historical and fictional drawings and illustra­ tions cover the wall, including the Aztec calendar stone, the Magna C arta, Indian ceramics, the Ro­ setta stone, the Declaration of Independence, the G utenberg Bible, an im print of the first lunar foot­ steps, and characters from ancient alphabets. All the images are enlarged photographs of illustra­ tions clipped from books, magazines, newspapers, and other printed material. A ppropriately (yet perhaps unfortunately for feminists and non-print specialists) titled “M an’s Evolving Images—Printing and W riting,” the m u­ ral required two years of research and 4 years of cutting, pasting, painting, and varnishing. Sicner was commissioned in 1977 by the Ewing Halsell Foundation of San Antonio and finally completed the mural in the fall of 1983 in time for the library’s dedication ceremony as the Elizabeth Coates Mad­ dux Library. Sicner used the following 12 steps in producing the mural: 1) selecting a print; 2) determining its final size; 3) enlarging and printing it on special ar­ chival paper; 4) cutting it out; 5) taping it to the wall for prelim inary positioning; 6) trim m ing it; 7) wet-mounting; 8) drying; 9) varnishing; 10) shad­ ing; 11) glazing; and 12) revarnishing. The last two steps gave the mural a fantastic sensation of depth, space, and projection. The artist later painted in highlights, shadows, and shafts of light to blend the components together. The actual cutting and pasting took place each evening after the library closed, to reduce distrac­ tions by inquisitive students and faculty. Sicner preferred doing his work to the accompaniment of tape recorded Gregorian chant or symphonic m u­ sic. ■ ■ 488 / C&RL News