ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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NO. 10 • NOVEMBER 1975

In this issue:
ACRL Remains Largest Division . 317
ACRL Nominating Committees

1976/77 Elections . 317
ACRL Announces Faculty Status

P u b l i c a t i o n .................................. 319
Videocassettes Available 319
Inside Washington 320
L e t t e r s ..............................................321
Access Policy Guidelines 322
News From the Field 324
P e o p l e ..............................................338
Classified Advertising 341

ACRL Remains Largest Division
The Association of College and Research Li­

braries has maintained its position as the largest 
division of the American Library Association. 
According to final membership statistics re­
leased September 30, 1975, ACRL has 9,390 
members, 7,131 of these being personal mem­
bers and 2,259 being organizational members.

The American Association of School Librari­
ans is the second largest division with 7,384 
members. The Resources and Technical Ser­
vices Division, 6,534 members, and the Refer­

ence and Adult Services Division, 6,268 mem­
bers, ranked third and fourth among the thir­
teen divisions. During 1975 ACRL launched 
a membership promotion campaign which re­
sulted in 1,326 new members joining ACRL.

Membership in ACRL costs $15.00 in addi­
tion to the $35.00 membership fee for the ALA. 
Materials describing ACRL, its program, and 
perquisites of membership are available from 
the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 
60611. ■ ■

ACRL Nominating Committees 
1976/77 Elections

The ACRL Committee on Appointments and 
Nominations and the ACRL section nominating 
committees are seeking candidates for nomina­
tion for election to office and for recommenda­
tion for appointment to committees. Persons in­
terested in being considered for nomination or 
appointment or interested in making recom­
mendations should contact a member of the ap­
propriate committee before the Midwinter 
Meeting which will be held in Chicago January 
18–24, 1976.

ACRL Committee on Appointments and 
Nominations

Chairman, H. Joanne Harrar, Director of Li­
braries, McKeldin Library, University of Mary­
land, College Park, MD 20742; members: 
chairmen of section nominating committees.

Agriculture and Biological Sciences Section 
Nominating Committee

To be appointed.

Anthropology Section Nominating Committee
Chairman, David L. Perkins, Head Bibliogra­

pher, California State University Northridge, 
18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91324; 
members: Polly S. Grimshaw, Librarian for 
Anthropology, Sociology, and Folklore, Indiana 
University, Bloomington, IN 47401; Dorothy 
A. Koenig, Anthropology Librarian, University 
of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

Art Section Nominating Committee

Chairman, James R. Burch, Assistant Head, 
Environmental Design Library, University of

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