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and curriculum reform,” said Martha Brogan, chair 
o f the Nijhoff International West European Spe­
cialist Study Grant committee, “ Moreover, it 
makes more widely known the contributions to 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as a book selector 
for Harvard College Library. Committee members 
found the proposal to be imaginative and compel­
ling, and believe that it illustrates the link between 
librarianship and the wider scholarly community.” 

The project will trace the book-buying journey 
o f Longfellow to Stockholm, Copenhagen, Am­
sterdam, and Rotterdam from April to December 
1835 attempting to establish the date and place of

his purchase, the names o f the book dealers, and 
the list of titles acquired. While in the Netherlands, 
Reinhardt will try to reconstruct the content o f a 
shipment o f Dutch books lost at sea.

Reinhardt received her Ph.D. in comparative 
and dramatic literature from Cornell University 
and her MLS from Simmons College. She has held 
several positions at Harvard University, and one at 
the University o f Califomia-Santa Barbara.

The grant is awarded to an ALA member to 
study some aspect o f West European studies, li­
brarianship, or the book trade.

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ACRL national conference moves to 
Salt Lake City

Julian Bond and Paul Saffo to speak at ACRL’s 6th National 
Conference, April 12-14, 1992

A new site and dates for the ACRL Sixth National Conference was approved on March 11,1991, by the American Library
tion Executive Board. The conference will be held 
April 12-14, 1992, in Salt Lake City Utah.

The conference was originally planned for April 
1-4,1992 in Phoenix, Arizona. The ACRL Board of 
Directors voted January 13, 1991, to move the 
conference out o f Phoenix because o f the failure of 
the Arizona referendum to establish a paid state 
holiday in honor o f the late Dr. Martin Luther 
King, Jr.

Richard M. Dougherty, president o f the Ameri­
can Library Association commended the ACRL 
Board for acting on their convictions and said he 
particularly appreciated the quick action and 
commitment o f the chapter representatives, ALA’s 
chapter relations staff, and ACRL officers and 
staff. “It was not an easy task to work out a mutually 
satisfactory solution to this very complex and sen­
sitive issue,” Dougherty said. “All involved are to 
be congratulated.”

ACRL had considered meeting in St. Louis, 
Missouri, March 25-28, 1992, but learned that a 
St. Louis conference would conflict with state asso­
ciation meetings in Illinois and Kansas. Salt Lake 
City was able to move a local meeting out of its

 

center to allow space for ACRL.
The request to hold the conference in Utah was 

Asaccosociam­ panied by letters o f welcome from the Utah 
Library Association and all contiguous state library 
associations.

“The Utah Library Association is happy to wel­
come the ACRL conference to Salt Lake,” said 
Eileen Longsworth, president o f the Utah Library 
Association and director o f the Salt Lake County 
Public Library System. “We look forward to the 
opportunity o f showing off our beautiful state and 
meeting with our colleagues from around the coun- 
tiy.”

Joseph A. Boissé, ACRL national conference 
chair and director o f the University o f California, 
Santa Barbara Library, stated he was pleased that 
the new site is set and the Conference Committee 
can continue planning. Boissé said the committee 
has selected former Georgia state representative 
and civil rights activist Julian Bond and futurist Paul 
Saffo to speak at the conference. The conference 
theme is “Academic Libraries Achieving Excel­
lence in Higher Education.”

Preconference workshops will be held on Satur­
day, April 11, 1992, and the all-conference recep­
tion that evening. Conference programs will begin 
at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 12 and end at 4:00



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p.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 1992. A post-confer- 
ence is being planned for Wednesday, April 15, 
1992.

Information on submitting a paper, a program 
proposal or poster session proposal immediately

follows this article or call the ACRL office, 800- 
545-2433, ext. 2516 for details. The deadline is May 
1, 1991, for contributed papers, July 31, 1991, for 
program proposals and November 1, 1991, for 
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Althea H. Jenkins named ACRL executive director

Althea H. Jenkins, library director at the Sara­
sota/New College Campus o f the University of 
South Florida, has been appointed executive direc­
tor o f ACRL effective July 8, 1991. In her new post, 
Jenkins will serve as head of the 11,000-member 
division, the largest of ALA’s 11 divisions. Jenkins 
succeeds JoAn S. Segal, who was appointed ALA 
associate executive director for programs in May, 
1990.

“I am delighted with Althea’s appointment,” said 
Barbara J. Ford, ACRL president. “She is emi­
nently qualified for the position with her many 
years o f academic library experience and her asso­
ciation leadership as past president o f both the 
Florida ACRL chapter and the Florida Library 
Association. Her activities on ACRL committees 
and broad record of publications and professional 
presentations make her an excellent choice.”

ALA Executive Director Linda F. Crismond 
said, “Althea’s experience and leadership abilities 
will be an asset to the ALA management team. She 
has a strong record of active commitment to the 
profession, to ACRL, to the education community 
and to her local community.”

Jenkins, commenting that she never imagined 
her career outside the walls o f an academic institu­
tion, quickly adds, "This is a great challenge that I 
am looking forward to. The opportunity to improve 
the visibility o f academic librarians and libraries 
within higher education is but one aspect o f the job 
that makes it so appealing. I am excited about 
working with the ACRL staff, board, chapters, 
sections and committees, with other ALA division 
directors and department heads, and continuing 
the outreach to other information and higher edu­
cation organizations and associations.”

Jenkins is also a guest lecturer and associate 
instructor in the School o f Library and Information 
Science at the University o f South Florida. She 
previously served as library director and professor 
at Miami-Dade Community College and supervi­
sor and teacher in the Adult Basic Education Pro­
gram at Indian River Community College, Fort 
Pierce, Fla.

Active in the profession, Jenkins currently serves 
as chair o f the ACRL Access Policy Guidelines 
Task Force. She is a member o f the ACRL Univer­
sity Libraries Section Conference Program Plan­
ning Committee; the Library Administration and

Management Association (LAMA) Governmental 
Affairs Committee; the Social Responsibilities 
Round Table; and the Black Caucus o f the ALA.

Jenkins is chair o f the 
Sarasota County His­
torical Commission and 
member o f Eckerd Col­
lege, St. Petersburg,
Fla., board o f trustees.
She is a member o f the 
Sarasota Chamber o f 
Commerce Education 
Com m ittee and the 
Committee on Higher 
Education Presbyterian 
Church USA. Jenkins is 
grant evaluator and pan­ Althea H. Jenkins
elist for Title III and 
Talent Search, Upward 
Bound, Economic Opportunity (TRIO) Programs, 
USDOE, Office Postsecondary Education. She 
also serves on site visit teams for the Southern 
Association o f Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Her community involvement includes serving as 
a board o f directors member for the Community 
Foundation o f Sarasota, United Way o f Sarasota 
and Girls Incorporated of Sarasota. Jenkins re­
ceived her bachelor’s degree in library science from 
Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, Fla.; her 
master’s degree in library and information science 
from Florida State University and her doctoral 
degree in educational administration from Nova 
University, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Both Ford and Crismond commended ACRL 
deputy director and acting executive director Cath- 
leen Bourdon for the "excellent support and leader­
ship” she has provided to ACRL and ALA. “She 
guided the division through a challenging decision 
to move the 1992 national conference from Arizona 
and filled two jobs for the last ten months,” Cris­
mond said.

ACRL members serving on the ACRL Executive 
Director Search Committee, chaired by consultant 
Maureen Sullivan, were: Hiram L. Davis, Michigan 
State University; Barbara J. Ford, Trinity Univer­
sity; W. Lee Hisle, Austin Community College; 
William A. Moffett, Huntington Library; Elizabeth 
Salzer, Santa Clara University; and Patricia Wand, 
American University. ■  ■