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Highlights of the Annual Conference 
Meetings of the A CRL B oard  of Directors

T h e Board o f D irecto rs o f the Association of 
C ollege and R esearch Libraries m et twice during 
the 1978 ALA Annual C o nference in Chicago: on 
Monday, Ju n e 26, and on W ednesday, Ju n e 28.

Division Representation on Council
A fter co n sid e ra tio n  o f th e  m ann er in w hich 

A C R L  sh ould h a n d le th e  e le c tio n  o f division 
C o uncil rep resen tativ es, th e board moved that 
the Nominating C om m ittee submit the names of 
two or m ore p eo p le who are cu rren tly  or who 
have b e e n  president o f the association in the last 
four years. I f  the past presidents are eith er cu r­
rently on Council or otherwise unable to accept 
nom ination, th e  N om inating C o m m ittee would 
then select candidates who are currently or who 
have b e e n  at-larg e board m em b ers in th e  last 
four years.

C h o ice
T h e  board approved th e  recom m en dation o f 

th e  Audiovisual C o m m itte e  th at th e  E d ito ria l 
Board o f C h o ice consider the inclusion o f reviews 
o f nonp rint m edia in that publication, and that 
the editor subm it to th e C h o ice Editorial Board a 
feasibility rep ort at the next Midwinter M eeting.

Advertising Salary Ranges
D esp ite the board’s request that Council re je ct 

the resolution o f the C om m ittee on the Status of 
W om en in L ibrarianship , C ou ncil did approve 
the recom m endation requiring that salary ranges 
b e  listed in all ALA placem ent advertising. After 
discussion o f possible alternative means o f provid­
ing placem ent information to m em bers, the board 
voted  to  r e q u e s t th e  re c o n s id e ra tio n  by  ALA 
Council o f its action on advertising salaries and 
that, prior to Council review at 1979 ALA M id­
w inter, A C R L  C oun cil m em bers and o th e r in ­
terested  persons b e  invited to attend an A C R L  
board m eeting to discuss this m atter more fully.

Chapters
T h e  board approved the p etition for ch ap ter 

status by both the Florida Association o f College 
and R esearch Libraries and the North Carolina 
chapter.

Requirem ents for the Establishment 
of A C R L  Discussion Croups

T h e  board adopted th e recom m endation sub­
mitted by the Planning C om m ittee and referred 
to the A C R L  Constitution and Bylaws C om m ittee 
that th e req u irem ents b e  incorporated into the 
A C R L  Bylaws and Constitution.

Planning Committee
T h e board approved th e  recom m endations of 

the Planning C om m ittee to: launch a campaign 
designed by specialists to increase m em bership; 
i n c r e a s e  d ir e c t  c o m m u n ic a tio n s  fro m  A C R L  
headquarters on a periodic basis to m em bers and 
occasionally to all college and research librarians 
to make the association tangible and real to them ; 
p rom ote regional m eetin gs o f A C R L  m em bers; 
give the executive secretary a column in C &RL 
N ew s fo r  d ir e c t co m m u n ic a tio n  to  th e  m em ­
bership and the regional chapters.

T h e  board re fe rr e d  th e  c o m m itte e ’s re c o m ­
mendation that “the Board will prom ote the de­
v e lo p m e n t o f  s t a t e  and re g io n a l c h a p te r s  o f 
A C R L, m em bers o f which must be m em bers o f 
A C R L ” to the Chapters C om m ittee for a progress 
rep ort at M id w in ter and a final rep ort by the 
next Annual C onference.

T h e  board voted that, as standard op erating 
procedure for any future search for and appoint­
m ent o f an executive secretary, there would be a 
search com m ittee composed o f A C R L  m em bers, 
w hich would in te rv ie w  and m ake re c o m m e n ­
dations to the ALA executive director.

T h e  board voted that action on the co m m ittee’s 
recom m endation on Priority 6  (pertaining to the 
future size and makeup o f the A C R L  board) of 
the Anderson R ep ort b e  postponed until M id­
w inter M eeting of the board; and that the re c ­
om m endation b e  published for the m em bership; 
and that th ere b e debate in A C R L  publication(s).

T h e board moved that the p resent system  o f 
standing co m m ittees, which are review ed p eri­
odically by the Planning C om m ittee to determ ine 
usefulness and need, b e continued and that all ad 
hoc com m ittees b e  established with a term ination 
date, which could b e  extended w here the need 
for continuation exists.

T h e  board approved th e  co m m itte e ’s recom ­
m end ation that P rio rity  8 (e sta b lish in g  p ro c e ­
d ures for a ccred itation  o f lib ra ries and library 
school courses and programs related to research 
and postsecondary education libraries) o f the An­
derson Report be re je cte d  on the grounds that 
ALA is the professional association recognized as 
the accreditation agency.

University L ib rary Standards
M illicent A bell, reporting on the hearings de­

v o ted  to th e  “ D ra ft U n iv e rsity  L ib ra ry  S ta n ­
dards," said that three issues w ere raised in the 
m eetings. Two concerns had to do with w hether 
or not wording would b e  included to cover par­
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staff developm ent and continuing education. T he 
c o m m ittee felt that both issu es could b e  dealt 
with through m odest additions to the wording. 
T h e o th er issue discussed pertained to the lack o f 
qu antification w ithin the draft. In p articu lar a 
need  was expressed for further work in this area 
rela tin g  to p erform an ce standards and the d e­
velopm ent o f a mechanism for gathering data for 
libraries that are covered by the standards but 
not included in the A RL data collection process.

T he board approved and endorsed negotiation 
with A RL to include non-A RL-m em ber university 
libraries in the annual collection o f library statis­
tics from A RL m em bers.

Vote on C hange o f Location 
for ALA M idw inter M eeting

T he board endorsed the motion, which was to 
b e  p ro p osed  by G e o r g e  B a ile y  to ALA m em ­
bership, to direct Council to reconsider its d eci­
sion to move M idwinter out o f Chicago. T h e mo­
tion failed on the floor o f the m em bership m eet­
ing the following day.

O ffice for M anagem ent Services/
L ib ra ry  D ev elopm ent Program

T h e  b o a rd  m oved  th a t A C R L  c o o p e r a te  
and actively participate with the Office o f U niver­
sity Library M anagement Studies in developing 
the “A cadem ic L ibrary P rogram ,” and that the 
E xecu tive C om m ittee b e  em powered to make all 
appropriate arrangem ents.

A cadem ic Status C om m ittee
T h e board voted to postpone until th e  M id­

w inter M eeting the req u est that A C R L  under­
w rite a pared-down version o f the co m m itte e ’s 
proposed study o f factors leading to the granting, 
r e te n tio n , w ith d raw al, or d e n ia l o f a c a d e m ic  
status for librarians in A m erican four-year co l­
leges and universities.

T h e board moved that the com m ittee discuss 
with the A C R L Continuing Education C om m ittee 
the implem entation o f a proposed education pro­
gram on the nature o f academ ic status for librar­
ians and report back to the board not later than 
1979 Annual C onference.

Budget
T h e  board approved the A C R L  bu dget with 

the understanding that some minor modifications 
w ill co n tin u e  to  b e  m ade by th e B u d g et and 
F inance C om m ittee.

Publications Com m ittee—
A C R L  C o n feren ce Papers

T h e board voted to  approve th e  co m m ittee’s 
rec o m m e n d a tio n  th at p la n n e rs o f c o n fe re n c e s  
may propose publication o f papers to the editor 
o f  an a p p r o p ria te  A C R L  p u b lic a tio n . I f  th is 
course is pursued, the proposal should be sub­
m itted  well in advance o f the co n fe re n ce ; the 
ALA Publishing Serv ices’ guidelines for proceedings

 editors should b e  followed; and the editorial 
policies and review  procedures o f the respective 
A C R L  publication’s editorial board should be ac­
cepted and fulfilled. I f  the planners o f the con­
ference prefer, they may issue co nferen ce papers 
in the name o f the conference of the sponsoring 
unit. Papers should b e  rep rod u ced  from typed 
copy subm itted by the author at the opening of 
the conference and should be distributed to all 
conferen ce participants within one month follow­
ing th e close o f th e conference. Costs o f repro­
ducing papers shall b e  covered by the budget for 
the conference. Copies o f papers so reproduced 
shall also b e  a v ailab le for p u rch a se  from  th e  
A C R L  executive secretary’s office.

Copyright
T he board moved that A C R L  endorse the text 

o f a news re le a se  on co p yrigh t, which will be 
forthcom ing in C& RL News.

A BSS O b erly  M em orial Award
T h e board accepted the recom m endation o f the 

Agriculture and Biological Scien ces Section that 
th e  nam e o f th e  O b erly  Award b e  changed to 
“T he O berly Award for Bibliography in the Ag­
ricu ltu ra l S c ie n c e s .” T h e  board  ap p roved  th e 
A BSS recom m endation requesting that the ALA 
Endow m ent trustees provide estim ates of O berly 
Award endowment incom e alternatives.

Anthropology Section
T he board voted to accept ANTS' recom m en­

dation that the presiden t of the association b e  di­
rected  to write to the Harvard College Librarian 
to express A C R L  s concern at the possible dem ise 
o f the Peabody Museum Catalog published by G. 
K. Hall.

R a r e  Books and M anuscripts Section
T h e board accepted R B M S ’s recommendation 

to put the rem ainder o f the 1978 preconference 
profits into a special fund for use in extraordinary 
speaker expenses anticipated for the 1980 inter­
nation al p re c o n fe r e n c e , on the un d erstand ing  
that this was not to b e  considered a precedent.

T h e  b o ard  a cce p te d  the sec tio n  re q u e s t for 
speedy (before M idwinter Meeting) publication in 
C &RL News of the revised “ Statem ent on Joint 
Access” prior to final presentation at Midwinter 
for adoption.

R em arks
E ld r e d  S m ith  e x p r e s s e d  h is th a n k s to th e  

board and his pleasure in working with it over 
th e past year as president. A word o f appreciation 
was expressed to C onnie Dunlap for h e r many 
co n trib u tio n s to A C R L  ov er th e  cou rse o f h e r 
years o f service as a board m em ber.

P resid ent F a r b e r  Installed
E ld red  Sm ith handed over the gavel to Evan 

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presiden t’s role to provide energy, imagination, 
and leadership to an organization, yet the respon­
sibilities one has to on e’s own institution impose 
a finitude upon us all. T h e organization its e lf has 
to com pensate for this, and President F arb er ex­
p re ssed  th e  n e e d  for co op eration and support 
from th e  co m m ittees and section s. H e en cou r­
aged the com m ittee and section chairs to do as

much as p o ssible, b e ca u se  it is through th ese 
groups that th e association can design and im­
plem ent meaningful programs. T h e thrust that is 
provided by the com m ittees and sections is car­
ried out by the executiv e secretary, and P resi­
d ent F ar b e r  no ted  his having b e e n  im p ressed  
with the work o f the executive secretary over the 
course o f the past year. ■■

ACRL Officers for 1978/79
Evan I r a  F a rb e r, head librarian at Earlham  

C ollege (Lilly Library, Richm ond, IN  47374), is 
the fortieth president o f the Association o f C ol­
le g e  and R e se a rch  L i­
b r a r ie s , a d iv is io n  o f 
t h e  A m e rican  L ib ra ry  
Association. D uring his 
term  o f o ffic e, F ar b e r 
w ill p r e s id e  o v e r th e  
A C R L  Board o f D ire c ­
to r s  and th e  A C R L  
E x e c u tiv e  C o m m itte e .
H e w ill d e v e lo p  th e  
plans for A C R L ’s major 
program m eeting at the 
1979 ALA Annual C on­
f e r e n c e  in D a lla s and 
w ill c h a ir  t h e  A C R L  E van Ira  F a r b e r
C o n f e r e n c e  P rog ram  
P lan n in g  C o m m itte e  for that c o n fe re n c e . T h e 
president serves as a m em b er o f all A C R L edito­
rial boards and as an ex-officio m e m b e r o f  all 
oth er units o f the association.

As president of the division, F arber will rep re­
sent A C R L  on oth er ALA com m ittees, including 
th e ALA Dallas C onference Program C om m ittee 
and the ALA Divisional In terests Special Com ­
m ittee. F arb er also rep resen ts A C R L  and ALA to 
other organizations, such as the American Coun­
cil on Education.

In the past, F arb er has served A C R L as chair 
o f its C ollege L ib raries Section. H e has served 
ALA as a m em b er o f the Library Administration 
Division’s Buildings and E quipm ent C om m ittee 
and the N on-W estern R esources C om m ittee. H e 
was a C ouncilor for ALA from 1969 to 1971.

L e  Moyne W . Anderson, director o f libraries 
at Colorado State University (William E . Morgan 
Library, F ort Collins, C O  80523), is the newly 
elected  vice-president/president-elect o f the As­
sociation o f C o llege and R esearch L ib raries. In 
the re c e n t ele ctio n s , Anderson receiv ed  1 ,3 4 9  
votes, while Hendrik Edelm an, newly appointed 
u n iv ersity  lib rarian  at R u tg e rs U n iv ersity , r e ­
ceived 1,044.

Anderson’s prior service to A C R L  has included 
a term  on the Board o f D irecto rs, chair o f the 
U niversity Libraries Sectio n, and m em bership on 
both the Goals, Priorities, and Structures and In ­
ternational Relations com m ittees. In addition, he 
has served on the ALA Staff Organizations Round 
T able Steerin g  C om m ittee and the Library R e­
search Round T able Nominations Com m ittee.

As v ic e -p re s id e n t/ p re s id e n t-e le c t o f A C R L , 
Anderson will serve on th e  A C R L  Board o f D i­
re c to rs, th e  A C R L  E x e cu tiv e  C o m m itte e , and 
th e  A C R L  Planning C o m m ittee. H e will chair 
the A C R L  C o nferen ce Program Planning C om ­
m ittee for the 1980 ALA Annual C onference in 
New York, and he will rep resent A C R L  on the 
A LA  C o m m itte e  on A p p o in tm e n ts , t h e  ALA 
B udget Planning Assembly, and the ALA Confer­
e n c e  Program  C o m m ittee for the 1980 co nfer­
en ce. At th e  close o f th e  1979 Annual C onfer­
e n c e , he will b e co m e A C R L ’s forty-first p resi­
dent.

T h e results o f the A C R L  section elections fol­
low. F o r  each position, the elected  candidate is 
listed first. T he nu m ber o f  votes earned by each 
candidate is listed in parentheses.

A g r i c u l t u r e  a n d  B i o l o g i c a l  
S c i e n c e s  S e c t i o n

V ice -C h a ir/C h a ir-E le ct: L eila M oran, C hief, 
R e fe r e n c e  D iv isio n , N ation al A g ricu ltu ral L i­
brary, Beltsville, M D  20705 (81); T. H. Milby, 
S c ie n ce  L ib rarian , Associate Professor o f B ib li­
ography, U niversity o f Oklahoma L ibrary, Nor­
man, OK 73019 (55).

S ecretary  (one-year term ): Dolores B. Owen, 
D ocum ents Librarian, U niversity o f Southw est­
e rn  L o u isian a L ib ra rie s , L a fa y e tte , LA  7 0 5 0 4  
(7 3 ); V la d im ir M ic u d a , C h ie f, S c ie n c e  and 
T e c h n o lo g y  D e p a r tm e n t, P e n n s y lv a n ia  S ta te  
U niversity Libraries, University Park, PA 16802 
(61).

A n t h r o p o l o g y  S e c t i o n

V ic e -C h a ir/C h a ir-E le c t: Anne K . B eau b ien ,
Social Scien ces R eferen ce L ibrarian and B ib lio ­
graphic In stru c to r, H atch er G rad uate L ib rary ,