ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries In this issue: Dallas Conference Report .............. 235 Highlights of ACRL Board Meetings ........................................... 236 ACRL Officers .................................... 237 ACRL Chapters .................................. 240 Inside Washington .............................241 Continuing Education— XVI ........... 243 News from the Field ........................ 244 Continuing Education Opportunities .................................. 247 People ....................................................250 Publications ..........................................257 Classified Advertising ....................... 258 ISSN 0099-0086 COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRA n R e I w ES s NO. 8 • SE P T E M B E R 1979 ACRL at Dallas Clockw ise‚ fr o m u p p er left: M aurice F reed m an a n d Pat Schum an at th e ALA C o n feren ce reception, D allas City Hall Plaza; Jo h n Thom as an d Pat B arkalow at the ALA C o n feren ce reception ; Ju lie Blume at th e Continuing E ducation Com m ittee’s program ; Hugh Cline, w ho sp o k e at the ACRL pro g ram m eeting, with ACRL P resident Evan I. Fa rber. News issue (A) of College & Research Libraries, vol. 40, no. 5 234 B ER K E LEY LIBRARY GAINS FROM CHINA TIE W hen C h ancellor A lbert H. Bowker of the University of California, B erkeley, visited the Peop le s R ep u b lic o f C h in a, he n e go tiated agreements with three Chinese universities for the exchange of scholars and academic materials and for mutual assistance among libraries. The agreements brought an immediate reward for the Berkeley Library. The Tsinghua University prepared especially for Berkeley a catalog of its collection of 3,510 early, rare C hinese imprints, with the under­ standing that the library may request photocopies of any title that it does not already own. In addi­ tion, both Tsinghua and Peking universities pre­ sented Bowker with gift volumes for Berkeley s East Asian collection. ■■ COPING WITH FED ER A L COOLING CONTROLS Regulations to implement President Carter’s energy plan by limiting cooling and heating in buildings went into effect July 16 (the regulations were published in the F ed e ra l R egister on July 5, p .3 9 3 5 4 -6 9 ). The rules require nonresidential bu ild ings to set th erm o stats no hig h er than sixty-five degrees for heating and no lower than seventy-eight degrees for cooling (except to lower room dew point tem peratures to sixty-five de­ grees). Libraries are not expressly exempt from the rules, but may claim exemptions individually. A provision of the regulations provides exemptions w here sp e cial en v iro n m en tal cond ition s are req u ired to p ro te c t “ m a te ria ls” (S e ctio n 490.13(a)(4)). Library collections would fall in this category. Claiming an exemption is essentially a do-it- yourself process. The user of a building space de­ cides that he or she should claim an exemption based on provisions of the reg u lation s. T he exemption is effective when taken. If an exemption is claimed for a building, the building owner or operator must complete an Exemption Information Form and keep on hand a written statement describing and justifying the exemptions claimed. A compliance certificate in­ dicating w hether any exem ptions have been claimed must also be posted in the building. The Washington Office of ALA advises that li­ brarians should provide the owners or operators of their buildings with information on (1) the na­ ture of the exemption and the section of the regu­ lations claimed as the basis for exemption; (2) the portion of the building for which the exemption is claimed; and (3) the required temperature levels in the exempt portions of the building. What cooling levels should librarians ask for? The Library of Congress has requested that it be allowed to cool to seventy-five degrees. Libraries located in more humid areas may need lower thermostat settings. ACRL is conducting a survey to determ ine what exemptions college and re ­ search libraries are claiming and how they justify and document their claims. The results of the survey will be reported in C & RL News. The Department of Energy has issued a man­ ual, H ow to C om ply with the E m ergen cy Building T e m p e r a t u r e R estric tio n s . Copies may be r e ­ quested from: Emergency Building Temperature Restrictions, Room GE-004A (CS-39), Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of Energy, Washing­ ton, DC 20585. Or call toll free 800-424-9122. ■■ Academic Status T h e A C R L Academic Status C om m ittee seeks your help and advice in selecting future areas o f inv estig atio n and a ctiv ity . W hat academic status issues do you think need at­ te n tio n ? Do we need to d ev elop more guidelines such as the “Guidelines and Proce­ dures for the Screening and Appointment of Academic L ib rarian s,” published in C & R L N ew s in Septem ber 1977? Are there topics that require further research or that should be the su b je ct of a co n feren ce or workshop? Please forward your suggestions to Lynn F. Marko, Assistant for Personnel and Staff De­ velopment, University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. College & Research Libraries News is published by the As­ sociation of College and Research Libraries, a division of the A m e rica n L ibrary A ssociatio n, as 11 m o n th ly (c o m b in in g July-August) issues, at 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Annual subscription: $5; or to members of the division, $2.50, included in dues. Single copies and back issues, $2 each. Second-class postage applied for at Chicago, Illinois, and at additional mailing offices. Editor: Jeffrey T. Schwedes, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago. 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