ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries September 1 9 9 5 /5 3 1 N ews from the Field M a ry Ellen Davis ACRL gift spurs don a­ tions to ALA's Fund The Fund for A m erica’s Li­ b r a r ie s is p le a s e d to a n ­ n o u n c e th e r e c e i p t o f $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 fro m th e W .K . Kellogg Foundation to sup­ port the Office o f Information T e c h n o l o g y a n d P o l i c y (O ITP ) at ALA’s W ashington Office. T he Fund would like to acknow ledge the impor­ tant role ACRL played w hen committing $100,000 to sup­ port the OITP and ALA’s leg­ islative agenda during the 1995 Midwinter Meet ing. Member com m itm ent was essential for the success o f early fundraising. ACRL’s contribu tion first helped leverage a grant for $30,000 from the Jo h n D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, w hich in turn attracted support from W.K. Kellogg. T he Kellogg m oneys will go for operating expen ses and the W inter T ech ­ nology Summit. ACRL conference proceedings a v a ila b le D iscover how academ ic librarians from around the country are coping with the challenges o f building a new information infrastructure. The proceedings o f the ACRL 7th National Confer­ en c e held March 29-April 1, 1995, in Pittsburgh, are now available. Included in Continuity and Transformation: The Promise o f Confluence‚ edited by Richard AmRhein, are 54 refereed contributed papers and 31 abstracts o f panel sessions organized by the four con feren ce them es— tech nology and the service-centered library; know ledge w o r k e r s an d t h e ir o r g a n iz a tio n s ; m u lti culturalism and internationalism; and society, econ om ics, and politics. T he papers describe h o w lib r a ria n s a re u s in g n e w an d e s ta b ­ lished te ch n o lo g ie s to e n h a n c e th e teach in g , le a rn in g , a n d re s e a r c h p r o c e s s e s in th eir institutions. T he 500-page proceedings (ISBN: 0-8389- 7786-3) sells for $49.95; the ACRL m em ber price is $44.95. T o order Continuity and Transfor mation call toll free (800) 545-2433, press 7, or fax your order to (31 2 ) 836-9958, or send it to Hugh Thom pson, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Knight Ridder to acquire CARL Corp. Knight-Ridder Information, I n c ., in te n d s to a c q u ir e 100% interest in the CARL Corporation and total inter­ est in the U nCover Com ­ pany, a joint partnership o f CARL and B lackw ell Lim­ ited. Ward Shaw, chairman an d CEO o f CARL, p ro ­ fessed his delight with the acquisition. Baruch w ins a w ard s The new Baruch College Campus Library and Tech nology Center was awarded the Munici­ pal Art Society o f New Y ork’s Certificate o f Merit and an AIA/ALA Library Building Award in Ju n e. Using the 1894 Metropolitan Street Rail­ way Company o f New Y ork building, the ar­ chitectural firm o f Davis, Brody & Associates gracefully integrated classic design with new technology. The interior o f the new Campus Library and Technology Center at Baruch College in New Y ork City. Ph ot o cr ed it : Pe te r A ar on /E st o P h o to g ra p h ie s 532 /C&RL News Faculty status co n su ltan ts: A d a ta b a se of e x p e rts ACRL's Academic Status Committee is in­ volved in a variety of issues associated with academic and faculty status for librarians at colleges and universities. The com m ittee’s charge includes: “To recom m end appropri­ ate policy a n d /o r action on matters in aca­ demic libraries insofar as such matters affect the status of academic librarians; to be in­ formed on all aspects of the status of aca­ demic librarians; and to develop standards, guidelines, procedures, and programs for the attainment and protection of appropriate sta­ tus.”1 The com mittee’s role as advisor or coun­ selor on issues of academic/faculty status has been relatively important over the years. As the committee meets twice at each ALA con­ ference, librarians w ho are concerned with issues of status at their institutions frequently come to express the details of these concerns. Members of the committee listen to these com­ ments and attem pt to provide informal con­ structive feedback. To provide additional perspective on is­ sues o f status for librarians, A cadem ic Status: Statements a n d Resources has b een compiled by the committee and published by ACRL.2 Commonly know n as the “blue book,” and currently in its second edition, it’s a useful compilation of m odel statements, guidelines, and standards that have appeared over time in C&RL News. In addition, a bibliographic essay on faculty status and a selective bibli­ ography are included. It’s an important col­ lection of relevant docum ents for academic librarians w ho are concerned with academic or faculty status. In an effort to provide additional expertise n issues of status for academic librarians, the ommittee has generated a list or database of consultants” w ho are familiar with the reali­ ies and practices of academic and faculty sta­ us. These consultants w ere solicited in the ages of C&RL News. Candidates w ere asked o com plete a “Faculty Status Consultant” ap­ o lication. In addition to the standard profes ional data, candidates w ere asked to provide synopsis of expertise or experience in is ues such as faculty status, bylaws develop ent, liaison work, prom otion and tenure, rbitration, and collective bargaining. Personal hilosophies of faculty status w ere requested f candidates. A list of references w ho are amiliar with the candidate’s expertise or ex erience with faculty status was also requested. inally, the candidate was asked to submit a urrent vita with the application. To date, 30 individuals have requested cop es o f the application; 12 have com pleted and eturned it with a current vita. The committee ill solicit additional consultants regularly. hose interested in being a consultant or in etting a copy of the “Directory of Faculty tatus Consultants” should contact Bede Mitch ll, chair of the Academic Status Committee, t Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC 28608.— on Frank, Georgia Institute o f Technology otes 1. ALA H andbook o f O rganization 1994 5 (Chicago: ALA, 1994), 41. 2. Susan Kroll, ed., Academ ic Status: State ments a n d Resources, 2d ed. (Chicago: ACRL, 994). c “ t t p t p ­ s a ­ s ­ m a p o f ­ p F c ­ i r w T g S ­ e a D N / 9 ­ 1 The spacious interior of cherry paneling and colorful carpeting is b ath ed in natural light flooding in from the 70 x 90-foot skylight which overlooks the entire nine-story structure. The seventh floor atrium, w hich is lined with trees, provides an indoor campus for a college that has n o outdoor space of its own. Fiber-optic c a b le c o n n e c t s th e lib r a ry , m e d ia a n d conferencing centers, and com puter lab to other CUNY Colleges and to the Internet. Designed to allow total interaction between students, faculty, an d technology, th e n ew 330,000-square-foot library holds 1,700 com ­ p u te r w orkstations, 270,000 volum es, 2,100 periodical subscriptions, 1.6 million microforms, and 2,000 audiovisual materials. Instruction Section revising guidelines A working draft of ACRL’s Instruction Section’s (formerly Bibliographic Instruction Section) September 19 9 5 /5 3 3 A LA re o rg a n iza tio n d estin ed for fu rth er study: Actions at ALA Council, Chicago, 1 9 9 5 At the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago in June, the ALA Council voted not to reorga­ nize the association at the present time but to continue to study the possibility. A plan to reorganize ALA was proposed by the Organi­ zational Self Study Committee (OSSC) during the spring. A slightly revised version was re­ leased at conference. The subject of impas­ sioned discussion in the exhibits, at cocktail parties, and during caucuses all over ALA Chicago, the proposed restructuring was met with criticism it never overcame. Problems resulting from the current structure were never identified, so it was impossible to tell if the proposed structure w ould improve ALA. Additional concerns included the lack of time for m em bership input (the plan was never published in Am erican Libraries, for e x a m p le ), th e ra d ic a l r e s tr u c tu r in g o f roundtables and type-of-activity sections, the lack of Council restructuring as a corollary to the ALA proposal, and the lack of a budget impact statement. Members of the OSSC took this criticism well, offering the explanation that this proposal was intended to “get dis­ cussion started.” It certainly did that. Council created a Structural Revision Task Force to review the proposal, to offer addi­ tional options for reorganization, to oversee public hearings at AIA in New York next sum­ mer, and to present new recommendations for restructuring ALA to Council in San Fran­ cisco in 1997. The Task Force will no doubt benefit from the hard work done by the OSSC and learn from the failed attempt at ratifica­ tion this summer. In another important Council action, the Intellectual Freedom Committee’s “Access to Electronic Information, Services, and Net­ works: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights” was sent back to committee in order to gain input and consensus on the provi sions and wording. Urging that the proposed draft was too hastily composed and included provisions which were unreasonable and un­ workable in many libraries, ACRL was joined by representatives of the Library and Infor­ mation Technology Association and many other members o f Council involving this ac­ tion. A new draft of the statement should be ready by Midwinter for reconsideration.— W. Lee Hisle, ACRL Councillor “Guidelines for Instruction Programs” is avail­ ily and friends at her wedding and chose the u/ ALA Annual Conference as the perfect place. e Following the conference, the couple honey- M arried at th e ALA A nnual C on feren ce w ere ACRL m em b er Mary Lou G oodyear (righ t) and Adrian A le x a n d e r ( c e n t e r ) . RASD e x e c u t iv e d ir e c to r C athleen B ourdon is at left. able for your review at http://uxl.cso.uiuc.ed ~bswoodar/guidelin.html. A print copy of th final draft will be published in the De­ cember 1995 issue o f C&RL News. This is the first revision to the “Guidelines for Bib­ liographic Instruction” since its approval in 1977. Wedding doesn't stop conference attendance Mary Lou Goodyear, ACRL member and the 1995–96 ALA Reference and Adult Ser­ vices Division (RASD) president, was mar­ ried during the 1995 ALA Annual Confer­ ence in Chicago. Goodyear married Adrian Alexander, director of western region sales for the Faxon Company, on June 22 at the Doral Plaza Hotel. Goodyear, senior asso­ ciate director at the Texas A&M University Library, said she wanted to have both fam­ http://uxl.cso.uiuc.edu/ 534 / C&RL News m ooned on the West Coast and the Columbia River Gorge o f Oregon. Visit the ALA homepage Visit the ALA hom epage at http://w w w .ala.org. The illustrated directory includes an orienta­ tion to the association and its units, lists o f ALA officers and staff, intellectual freedom and other policies, fact sheets, ALA Goal 2000, news re­ leases, and other materials. Visitors to the ALA hom epage are also automatically linked to the ALA gopher w here ACRL has posted informa tion. Editorial cartoonists needed C&RL News is pleased to welcome editorial car toonist Kappa Waugh to its pages (see above). Waugh, coordinator of bibliographic instruction and reference librarian at Vassar College, is donating her tal­ ents to C&RL News, which is devel­ oping a pool of artistically talented individuals with a knowledge o f aca­ demic library issues willing to d o ­ nate their time and talent. If you have a flair for drawing and the ability to capture the humorous side o f library issues in a single cartoon, C&RL News w ould like to hear from you. Send a cover letter expressing your interest and experience along with three to five samples of your work to: Mary Ellen K. Davis, Editor, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, The n e w IL 60611. th e U n iv Michigan library gets facelift An $11 million trans­ formation of the Uni­ versity o f M ichigan (UM) Undergraduate Library has brought with it a new name a n d lo o k , a n d e x ­ p anded resources, fa­ cilities, and services. T h e lib rary , w h ich o p en ed in 1958, was recently nam ed the Harold T. and Vivian B. Shapiro Library in honor o f the former UM president and his wife. The renovation in c lu d e d a n a d d i­ tional 30,000 square feet, new workstations pro­ viding World Wide Web access to the Internet, and a multimedia collection of information re­ sources for undergraduate study, including the Core Journal Project which gives undergradu­ ates access to a full-text digital library of key journal literature. The new library also includes an Academic Resource Center for instruction and consultation with campus academic sup­ port groups, a reading room of required course- related texts, 13 small g ro u p study room s equipped with ethem et connectivity, individual study seating for 750, with classroom and mi­ crocomputer facilities providing 100 additional spaces. The library also houses the newly uni­ fied science library collections which include more than 300,000 volumes. ■ ren ovated Shapiro Undergraduate Library at sity o f M ichigan, A nn Arbor. ly er http://www.ala.org