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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 ,



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U niversity o f Michigan, Ann A rbor, M I 48109. 
Monica R eed, Research Librarian, W en ner-G ren  
Foundation Library, New York, NY 10021 (W ith­
drew).

M em b er-at-L arg e (two-year term ): B arton M. 
C lark , E ducation and Social S c ien ce Librarian, 
U n iv ersity  o f Illin o is , U rb an a, I L  6 1 8 0 1  (57); 
D avid  R. M c D o n a ld , S o c ia l S c ie n c e  B ib lio g ­
rapher, F arrell Library, Kansas State University, 
Manhattan, KS 665 0 6  (54).

A r t  S e c t i o n

V ice-C hair/C hair-Elect: G ary R. Sipe, D irec­
tor, Atlanta College o f Art Library, Atlanta, GA 
3 0 3 0 9  (90); Joan Hugo, Art Librarian, O tis Art 
In stitute, Los Angeles, CA 900 5 7  (52).

A s i a n  a n d  A f r i c a n  S e c t i o n

Vice C h a ir/C h a ir-E le c t: Yen -T sai F e n g , L i­
brarian, W ellesley College, W ellesley, MA 02181 
(78); -Alice N. Loranth, D ep artm ent of Folklore, 
Orientalia and Chess, Cleveland Public Library, 
Cleveland, O H  441 1 4  (46).

M em b er-at-L arg e (th ree-y ear term ): Elizabeth 
W id e n m a n n , C a ta lo g e r  and  A frican B ib lio g ­
ra p h e r, C o lu m b ia  U n iv e r s ity  L ib r a r ie s , New 
York, NY 10027 (74); E . Christian Filstrup, F irst 
A ssistant, O rien tal D ivision, New York P u b lic 
Library, New York, NY 10018 (44).

B i b l i o g r a p h i c  I n s t r u c t i o n  S e c t i o n

C h a ir: Sheila L a id la w , L ib ra ria n , Sigm und  
Sam uel Library, University o f Toronto, Toronto, 
Canada M 5S 1A5 (277); Pam ela J . Cravey, B ib ­
liographic Instruction Coordinator, G eorgia State 
University, Atlanta, GA 30303 (186).

V ice-C hair/C hair-Elect: Sharon Hogan, R efer­
en ce Librarian and Bibliographic Instructor, U ni­
versity o f Michigan, Ann Arbor, M I 481 0 9  (306); 
Brian T. N ielsen, R eference and Instruction L i­
brarian, U nd ergrad uate L ib ra ry , U niv ersity o f 
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 
27514 (155).

S e cre ta ry  (one-year term ): Melissa M. C ain,
Assistant Undergraduate Librarian, University of 
Illinois, Urbana, I L  61801 (237); M ignon Adams, 
C o o r d in a to r  o f  L ib r a r y  I n s tr u c tio n , S U N Y — 
Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126 (217).

M em b er-at-L arg e (one-year term ): Louise P. 
G e r i ty , B ib lio g r a p h ic  I n s t r u c tio n  L ib r a r ia n , 
Lew is and C lark  C o lle g e , P ortland , O R  9 7 2 1 9  
(259); G le n d a  S . N e e ly , R e fe r e n c e  L ib ra ria n , 
U n iv ersity  o f L o u isv ille, L ou isv ille, K Y 4 0 2 0 8  
(188).

M e m b e r - a t -L a r g e  (tw o -y e a r te r m ): C le o  
T re a d w a y , D ir e c to r  o f L ib ra ry  S e rv ic e s, T u s­
cu lu m  C o lle g e , G r e e n v ille , TN  3 7 7 4 3  (2 2 8 ); 
L in d a  L . L e s t e r , P u b lic  S e r v ic e s  L ib r a r ia n , 
Findlay College, Findlay, OH 4 5 8 4 0  (216).

M em b er-at-L arg e (th ree-y ear term ): C arla J. 
S to ff le , A s s is ta n t D i r e c t o r  o f  th e  L ibrary/  
L e a r n in g  C e n t e r , U n iv e r s ity  o f  W is c o n s in —

Parkside, Kenosha, W I 53141 (297); William W. 
P r in c e , H e a d , G e n e r a l R e f e r e n c e  D iv is io n , 
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U niver­
sity, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (169).

C o l l e g e  L i b r a r i e s  S e c t i o n

V ice-C hair/C hair-Elect: C arla J . Stoffle, Assis­
tant D ire c to r o f the Library/Learning C e n te r, 
University o f W isconsin— Parkside, Kenosha, W I 
53141 (450); Norma N. Yueh, D irecto r o f Library 
S e r v i c e s , R am ap o  C o lle g e  o f N ew  J e r s e y , 
Mahwah, N J 0 7 4 3 0  (237).

S e cre ta ry  (one-year term ): John P. H erling, 
C h ie f L ib rarian and C h airp erso n , L ib ra ry  D e ­
partm ent, Brooklyn C o llege, C ity U niversity o f 
New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210 (367); R obert R. 
W a lsh , L ib ra ry  P la n n in g  C o n s u lta n t, Ja ck so n  
H eights, New York, NY 11372 (305).

C o m m u n i t y  a n d  J u n i o r  C o l l e g e  
L i b r a r i e s  S e c t i o n

V ic e -C h a ir/C h a ir-E le c t: Ja m e s  O. W a lla ce ,
D irector of Learning Resources, San Antonio C ol­
le g e  L ib r a r y , Sa n  A n to n io , T X  7 8 2 8 4  ( 1 3 9 ); 
Josep h F . L indenfeld, D irecto r o f Library S e r­
vices, Sh elb y  State Com m unity C ollege, M em ­
phis, TN 38104 (136).

S e c r e t a r y  ( o n e -y e a r  t e r m ): M a r y C r a v e n  
S m ith , A ssistant D ire c to r, D iv ision o f E d u c a ­
tional Resources, D ep artm ent o f Community C ol­
leges, North Carolina State Board o f Education, 
R aleig h , N C  276 1 1  (165); G orm an L. D u ffett, 
C o o rd in a to r Librarian/P rofessor, L e a rn in g  R e ­
sources C en ter, Metropolitan Campus, Cuyahoga 
Comm unity College, Cleveland, OH 4 4 1 1 5  (105).

E d u c a t i o n  a n d  B e h a v i o r 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: T heodore C . H ines,
Chairm an, Library Science/Education Technology 
D iv isio n , S c h o o l o f E d u c a tio n , U n iv e r s ity  o f 
North Carolina, G reen boro, N C 274 1 0  (153); Paul 
A. Perry, Librarian o f the Faculty o f Education, 
Monroe C. Gutman Library, Harvard Graduate 
S c h o o l o f  E d u c a tio n , C a m b r id g e , MA 0 2 1 3 8  
(118).

L a w  a n d  P o l i t i c a l  S c i e n c e  S e c t i o n

V ice-C h air/C hair-Elect: Tillie K rieger, D irec­
tor, Law Classification P ro ject, University o f Illi­
nois, C ham p aign, I L  6 1 8 2 0  (1 0 4 ); M ary C o n ­
stance M cCarthy, Assistant Head, R eference D e­
p a r tm e n t, N o rth w e s te rn  U n iv e r s ity  L ib r a r y , 
Evanston, I L  60201 (74).

M e m b e r-a t-L a rg e  (on e-year te rm ): L o rra in e  
E . L e s te r, Technical Services Librarian and As­
sistant Professor, Law School Library, University 
o f New M exico, A lbu querque, NM 87131 (97); 
Harold B. Shill, C h ie f Circulation Librarian and 
Adjunct Assistant Professor o f Political S cien ce, 
W e s t V ir g in ia  U n iv e r s ity , M o rg a n to w n , W V  
265 0 6  (77).



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R a r e  B o o k s  a n d  

M a n u s c r i p t s  S e c t i o n

V ice-C hair/C hair-Elect: P e te r E . Hanff, Coor­
d in ato r, T e c h n ic a l S e rv ic e s, T h e  B an cro ft L i­
b ra ry , U n iv ersity  o f C alifo rn ia, B e rk e le y , CA 
94 7 2 0  (208); Richard G. Landon, Head, Thomas 
F ish e r Rare Book Library, University o f Toronto, 
Toronto, O ntario, Canada M 5S 1A5 (180).

M em b er-at-L arg e (th ree-year term ): Dean H. 
K eller, C urator o f Special C ollections, K ent State 
U n iv e r s ity  L ib r a r ie s , K e n t, O H  4 4 2 4 2  (2 2 8 ); 
Donald Farren, Providence, R I 0 2 9 0 6  (151).

S l a v i c  a n d  E a s t  
E u r o p e a n  S e c t i o n

V ice-C hair/C hair-Elect: Edw ard Kasinec, R e­
search B ib lio g ra p h er and L ib ra ria n , Ukrainian 
R e se a rch  In s titu te , H arvard U n iv e rsity , C am ­
bridge, MA 021 3 8  (57); G eorge V. Hodowanec,

D irecto r, William Allen W hite Library, Emporia 
State U niversity, Em poria, KS 66801 (31).

S ecretary  (th ree-year term ): Kay L . Shaffer, 
Slavic Bibliographer/Cataloger, University Librar­
ies, State University of New York at Albany, Al­
bany, NY 12222 (57); Harold M. L e ic h , Slavic 
A cquisitions L ibrarian , U niversity of Illin ois at 
Urbana/Champaign, Urbana, I L  61801 (34).

M e m b e r -a t-L a r g e  (o n e -y e a r te rm ): M urlin 
C rou ch er, Slavic Bibliographer, W ilson Library, 
U niversity of North Carolina, C hapel H ill, NC 
27514 (84).

U n i v e r s i t y  L i b r a r i e s  S e c t i o n

V ice -C h a ir/C h a ir-E le ct: Jean  B oyer Hamlin,
L ib ra ria n , D an a L ib ra ry , R u tge rs U n iv ersity , 
Newark, NJ 07102 (735); Rita L. Paddock, Head 
o f P u b lic  S e r v ic e s , H arvard C o lle g e  L ib ra ry , 
Cam bridge, MA 021 3 8  (538).

Continuing Education— V 
Philosophical Square One— and Holding

Librarians have enthusiastically responded to 
the topic o f contin uing education with an ou t­
pouring o f words and an overabundance o f com ­
m ittees. Problem  definition, a prerequ isite to ac­
tion, lags behind. Perhaps it will be useful to 
consider the ways in which four o f the current 
C E  controversies and dilemmas touch profession­
als working in academic libraries.

First, concern has b e e n  expressed that a volun­
tary recognition system for continuing education 
(such as th e  m odel b e in g  refined  by C L E N E ) 
may lead to mandatory continuing education. I f  
th e  m andate o rig in ates at th e  state le v e l, th e  
greatest effect would be on persons employed at 
state co lleg es and u n iv ersities. H ow ever, sp e­
cialized librarians (e .g ., law, m edicine) working 
in th e s e  sam e settin g s m ight seek  recognition 
from a national or regional association related to 
their specialty. A more radical point o f view is 
that many academ ic librarians are already faced 
with m andatory co n tin u in g  e d u cation , as e v i­
denced by the increasing num ber o f college and 
university libraries that expect their professionals 
to have or to obtain a second m aster’s degree.

Second, many people think that C E  should be 
a factor in promotion, although we cannot decide 
which com es first— the em ployer should require 
it for promotion or the em ployee should expect 
that it be considered in promotion. B e that as it 
may, some college and university librarians will 
argue that they live in settings that have well- 
defined criteria for promotion and that continuing

education is not one o f them . Again, a slightly 
different point of view is that the tenure system 
will gradually b e  replaced by a contract system in 
which C E  might well be an important considera­
tion.

T hird, many librarians complain that manage­
ment is not interested  in C E  and staff develop-

T h e W ord from Colorado

The editor o f C &RL recently received this 
n o te from Ralph E . E llsw o rth , d ir e c to r o f 
lib ra r ie s e m e ritu s, U n iv ersity  o f C olorado, 
Boulder:

S e v e r a l c o lle a g u e s  r e tu r n in g  from  th e  
C h ic a g o  ALA C o n f e r e n c e  r e p o r t  th a t a 
“friend” is circulating rumors to the effect that 
I am: seriously ill, com atose, balm y in the 
grumpet, and no longer able to do consulting 
w ork. I h a s te n  to  s ta te  th a t I am  h ap p y , 
healthy, able to play daily snooker, go trout 
fishing and o th e r a ctiv ities com m on to 70- 
year-olds. Also, I am involved in various li­
brary building consu lting activities. Having 
served on most of the ALA reorganization ac­
tiv itie s c o m m itte e s and on th e  in te lle c tu a l 
freedom  organization com m ittee, I find much 
o f the conferen ce discussion redundant. W hen 
th e  dust se ttle s , I ’ll start a tten d in g  again. 
Sorry, “friend .”—R alph E. Ellsw orth.