ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries February 1 9 9 3 / 5 9 Fees n o t fines A lfred U n iv ersity ’s H errick Library b e g a n th e n e w year b y elim inating fines for m ost o v erdue library m aterials and instituting a yearly u se r fee for p atro n s n o t form ally af­ filiated w ith th e university. H errick Library director Lana M eissner n o te d th at fines had “little effect o n inducing p a ­ trons to return m aterials o n tim e.” U nder the n e w system, “If an y o n e w ith o v erd u e li­ b ra ry m aterials atte m p ts to ch eck o u t a b o o k , th ey w o n ’t b e allo w ed to d o so until all o v erd u e m aterials are re tu rn e d o r re n e w e d ,” M eissner continued. Late fines re ­ m ain in effect fo r CDs, videos, m aterials o n reserve, an d bestsellers. A $20 a n n u a l fee w a s also in stitu te d for m em bers o f th e com m unity. H igh sch o o l stu­ d en ts w h o visit th e library as p art o f a p re a r­ ra n g e d to u r m ay receive a free library card. O th er high school students m ay u se a fam ily card or, w ith parental perm ission, p urchase their o w n card for $10. M eissner indicated th at th e increasing cost o f m aterials an d provision of services m ad e the fee necessary b u t felt that the fee h a d b e e n k ep t “as low as p o ssib le to insure that it isn’t a b u rd e n .” M o m s a n d d a d s h e lp lib ra rie s P arents clubs are n o w giving m o n ey to librar­ ies to p u rch ase m aterials an d eq u ip m en t. At In d ian a U niversity a $10,000 d o n atio n from th e P a re n t’s F und en ab le d th e libraries to pu rch ase a m u ltim ed ia c e n te r w h ic h co m b in es large- screen v id eo w ith s o u n d an d co m p u ter text. “M ultim edia is a synthesis o f the b est o f video, visual art, m usic, an d print. Many pro g ram s include co lo r video, docum entaries o r historic n ew s clips, w ith m usic, voice overs, a n d text th at enlarge u p o n th e video. Users control th e rate a n d o rd er o f p resen tatio n .” The cen te r cur­ rently has 14 interactive videodisc p rogram s covering topics su ch as com m unism , C hina, art, g eography, language, an d reference tools. T he D ad ’s A ssociation at th e U niversity of Illinois at U rbana-C ham paign d o n a te d $2,325 to th e library for its Library B ook A ward, p re ­ se n te d annually since 1986 to h o n o r the top tw o o r th ree students from each college w h o News f r o m the f i e l d h a v e c o m p l e t e d t h e i r so p h o m o re y ear w ith a 5.0 g r a d e - p o in t a v e ra g e . T o h o n o r e a c h s t u d e n t s e ­ lected, th e D a d ’s A ssocia­ tio n d o n a te s a b o o k in th e stu d e n t’s nam e; e a c h b o o k has a b o o k p la te in th e front w ith th e stu d en t’s nam e an d a c h i e v e m e n t . A p p r o x i ­ m a te ly 80 s tu d e n ts w e re h o n o re d this year. B ooks p u rch ased include E ncyclo­ p e d ia o f E arth Science, E n ­ cyclopedia o f Food Science a n d Technology, a n d S urvey o f Social Science, E co n o m ic Series. T h e P a r e n ts ’ F u n d a t th e U n iv e rs ity o f M anitoba p re s e n te d a ch eck fo r $I 2,945 to the libraries in O cto b er bringing th e total in the fu n d to $45,549. T he P arents’ F und w as recently estab lish ed to accep t co ntributions b y parents o f stu d en ts a n d form er stu d en ts to b e u se d by th e libraries for m o n o g rap h ic acquisitions. N Y U a n d C o lu m b ia a n n o u n c e re ciprocal access N ew Y ork U niversity (NYU) a n d C olum bia U niversity re a c h e d an a g reem en t to share their reso u rces th ro u g h a pro g ram o f reciprocal li­ brary access for each institution’s stu d en ts an d faculty. B oth libraries will stren g th en efforts al­ read y u n d e rw a y to c o o rd in ate collections, sim ­ plify co n n ectio n s to o n e a n o th e r’s online cata­ log, a n d e x p a n d ILL a n d d o c u m e n t delivery. A joint statem en t issu ed b y Carlton Rochell, dean o f libraries at NYU, an d Elaine Sloan, vice-presi­ d e n t for inform ation services an d university li­ b rarian at C olum bia, said, “Such initiatives are particularly w elcom e now , in th e face o f tight b u d g e ts a n d escalatin g costs fo r b o o k s an d periodicals. This pro g ram offers us a creative so lu tio n to eco n o m ic challenges b y allow ing u s to stretch o u r lim ited resources a n d share services. W e believe th at b o th institutions will b en efit from the n e w ag re e m e n t.” CLA cancels C o lo ra d o Springs conferences T h e B oard o f th e C olorado Library Association (CLA) v o ted to b o y co tt C olorado counties that s u p p o rte d A m endm ent 2, th e initiative p rev en t­ ing p ro te c te d status for hom osexuals. In doing 6 0 /C&RL News Environmentalist and author Rachel Carson and African American leader Malcolm X are the subjects o f the new Great Minds posters researched by ACRL’s New Publications Committee and produced by ALA’S Graphics Department. Each poster is available for $5 from ALA Graphics. Send order and prepayment to ALA Graphics or call (800) 545-2433, press 8, w ith your credit-card order. Save 10% w h en you purchase all six o f the Great Minds posters. that, the association will cancel contracts w ith tw o C olorado Springs hotels that w ere to be the sites for the 1994 a n d 1995 an n u al confer­ ences. Future conferences will b e located in sites that v o ted to d efeat A m endm ent 2. J o h n Sheridan, CLA spo k esp erso n for this action said, “th e p assage o f A m endm ent 2 is a disturbing action that is contrary to w h at libraries stand for. The CLA B oard felt that it deserved a strong reaction. It is incum bent u p o n us to p ro tect the status o f m inority populations as it relates to w h at w e carry in o u r libraries a n d th e services w e provide to hom osexuals o r any constituent g ro u p .” In o th er actions the b o ard vo ted to urge ALA to “. . . w ithdraw from C olorado any further p lan n ed Association divisional m eetings or co n ­ ferences an d to m ake plans for n o o th ers.” ALA held its January M idwinter M eeting in D enver after leaders decid ed it w as b etter to h o ld the m eeting an d focus public scrutiny o n th e n e w am en d m en t th an it w as to cancel the m eetin g entirely, w hich w o u ld have b e e n n e c ­ essary given th e sh o rt time fram e b e tw e e n the tw o events. T he ALA Executive B oard will re­ consider D enver as th e site for th e 1998 Mid­ w in ter Meeting. Any ALA o r ACRL actions re­ garding A m endm ent 2 tak en at th e M idwinter M eeting will b e rep o rted in the March issue of C&RL News. C N I w a n ts b ig id eas Project Big Ideas, a n e w initiative o f the Coali­ tio n fo r N etw o rk e d In fo rm atio n (CNI), w as d ev elo p ed as a response to the election o f Presi­ d e n t Clinton, as CNI leaders feel certain that high-level an d sustained attention will b e paid to netw orks an d n e tw o rk ed inform ation in the n e w adm inistration. CNI is seeking p ro p o s e d initiatives th a t c o u ld b e ca rrie d o u t b y th e C linton/G ore adm inistration in th e area of net­ w o rk e d inform ation. CNI d irecto r Paul Evan Peters suggested th at pro p o sals b e ex p ressed in three categories: ideas n o t requiring m o n ey that could b e carried o u t b y th e adm inistration or Congress; ideas th at w o u ld cost a ro u n d $10 F ebruary 1993 / 61 m illion; a n d id eas costing m o re th a n $10 mil­ lion. Id e a s e x p re s s e d in term s o f th e elem en ts o f th e C lin to n /G o re tech n o lo g y strategy a n d in term s o f CNI’s m ission, goals, a n d objectives are especially so u g h t. An elec tro n ic d iscu ssio n forum (cn i-b ig id eas) h as b e e n esta b lish e d to facilitate c o m m u n ic a tio n a m o n g in d iv id u a ls w ish in g to h av e a role in sh a p in g th e Big Id eas c o n c e p t. F o r d e ta ils o n th is a n d o th e r CNI l i s t s e r v s s e n d a n e - m a i l m e s s a g e to LISTSERV@CNI.ORG w ith LISTS as th e m essage a n d th e n HELP SUBSCRIBE as th e s e c o n d line o f t h e m e s s a g e . F o r d e t a i l s c o n t a c t : INFO@CNI.ORG o r call (202) 232-2466. P re s e rv in g U .S . te le p h o n e d ire c to rie s T h e Library o f C ongress (LC), w ith assistance from th e N ew Y ork P ublic Library (NYPL), a n ­ n o u n c e d a m ajor cooperative retrospective p re s­ erv a tio n m icrofilm ing p ro je c t to p re se rv e U.S. te le p h o n e directories. T h e p rim ary o bjective is to p re s e rv e a c o m p le te set o f U.S. te le p h o n e d irecto ries a n d to m a k e th e m w id e ly available to u sers. D irectories from th e collections o f LC a n d NYPL are b e in g film ed b y state a n d a lp h a ­ betically b y city w ith in e a c h state u p to th e y e a r fo r w h ic h th e d irecto ries are av ailable in th e co m m ercial collection “P h o n e fic h e ” th a t is p r o d u c e d b y U n iv ersity M icrofilm s I n te rn a ­ tional. LC w ill film all d irecto ries from large m e tro p o lita n a n d o th e r areas ra th e r th a n se ­ lecting a rep re se n ta tiv e directo ry fro m th a t area fo r e a c h year. A descrip tiv e p ro ject p la n a n d list o f LC/NYPL h o ld in g s is available u p o n re ­ q u e st fro m T am ara Sw ora, P reserv atio n M icro­ film ing O fficer, L ibrary o f C o n g ress, COLL/ PMO, LM G-05, W ashington, DC, 20540; p h o n e: (202) 707-5918; fax: (202) 707-3434. ■ 1 5 overseas opportunities a v a ila b le A pplications are b e in g a c c e p te d th ro u g h b e reim b u rsed ; h e a lth in s u ra n c e a n d a sm all h o u sin g su b sid y a re p ro v id ed . Eligibility re q u ire m e n ts are: U.S. citizen ­ ship; la n g u a g e skills o f th e h o s t c o u n try (d e ­ sired a n d so m etim es req u ired ); e d u c a tio n an d ex p e rie n c e in library o r in fo rm a tio n sci­ e n c e o r o th e r fields d ir e c tly r e l a te d to t h e i n t e r e s t s a n d n e e d s o f s p e c i f ic p ro je c ts w ith d e m ­ o n s t r a t e d c o m p e ­ te n c y as required. For a detailed d e ­ scrip tio n o f th e p o ­ sitions a n d to a p p ly M arch 15 fo r th e 1993-94 Library F ellow s P ro ­ gram . T h e joint p ro g ra m o f ALA a n d th e USIA (U n ited States In form ation A gency) w ill p lace ap p ro x im a te ly 15 U.S. library a n d in fo rm a­ tio n scien ce p ro fe s­ sionals o v erseas b e ­ g i n n i n g in S e p ­ te m b e r 1993. O p p o rtu n itie s in ­ c lu d e p la c e m e n ts in Africa, E ast Asia o r th e Pacific, a n d Eu­ ro p e w ith a ran g e o f a ss ig n m e n ts in c lu d ­ ing, b u t n o t lim ited t o , d e v e l o p i n g l i ­ b r a r y s c i e n c e c u r ­ r i c u lu m , in s ta l li n g OPACs, d e v e lo p in g a u t o m a t i o n p la n s , train in g staff in p u b ­ lic a n d tech n ical se r­ v ices a n d o n lin e d a ­ t a b a s e s , a n d c o l l e c t i o n a c q u i s i t i o n a n d ev aluation. P ositions are av ailable in 23 loca­ tio n s alth o u g h fu n d in g p erm its o n ly 15 p la c e ­ m en ts. S tipends for library fellow s are $32,000 p e r y ear. T ravel e x p e n s e s fo r th e fellow a n d o n e d e p e n d e n t to a n d from th e h o st c o u n try will ACRL m em bers participating in the 1992-93 Library Fellows program include: Back row: Carol Hansen, Henrik Edelman, David Hirsch; front row: Mara Saule, Luella Davis, Henry N eil M endelsohn, Mary Margaret Farrell Parhamovich, and Suzanne Gyeszly c o n ta c t: R o b e rt P. D oyle, D irector, Li­ b ra ry F ello w s P ro ­ gram , ALA, 50 E. H u­ ro n St., C hicago, IL 6 0 6 l l ; p h o n e : (800) 545-2433 ext. 3200. A p p lic a tio n s s h o u l d in c lu d e re s u m e w ith c o v er letter briefly stating d e s ire d position, fo reig n -lan g u ag e skills, subject ex p ertise , a n d m ax im u m p la c e m e n t serv ice le n g th (n o a p ­ p licatio n form s a re available). See th e F eb ru ­ ary 1993 in sert in A m e r ic a n Libraries fo r a d ­ d itio n al in fo rm atio n o n th e pro g ram . ■ mailto:LISTSERV@CNI.ORG mailto:INFO@CNI.ORG