ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


ISSN 0099-0086

COLLEGE 
& R ES EAR CH  

LIBRARIES

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NO. 10 • D EC E M B E R  1978

In this issue:
Academic/Research Librarian

of the Year Award ......................... 325
Continuing Education— VIII ............326
CLR and ARL Announce New

Academic Library Program .........328
Education and Behavioral

Sciences Section ............................. 329
ACRL Chapters ................................... 331
Photocopying and the

Copyright Law ................................ 331
News from the Field .........................332
People .................................................... 335
Publications .......................................... 339
Classified Advertising ....................... 342

Academic/Research Librarian 
of the Y ear Award

The Association o f College and Research Li­
braries invites nominations for the Academic/ 
Research Librarian of the Year Award, presented 
jointly by ACRL and the Baker and Taylor Com­
pany. An outline of the specifics of the award is 
listed below. Any individuals who wish to submit 
nominations can receive the necessary forms from 
the ACRL office or by writing: Edward Holley, 
Dean, School of Library Science, 100 Manning 
Hall 026-A, University of North Carolina, Chapel 
Hill, NC 27514.

Two o f America s most distinguished librarians 
have been named to share the first Academic/ 
Research Librarian of the Year Award. Keyes D. 
Metcalf and Robert B. Downs were formally pre­
sented with this honor at the first ACRL National 
Conference, held in Boston.

Keyes Metcalf, who served as director of the 
Harvard University Library from 1937 until his 
retirem ent in 1955, has been an indefatigable 
leader on the national and international library 
scenes. He long has been active in ACRL, and 
his se le ctio n  honors one o f acad em ic lib ra r­
ianship s finest minds and greatest contributors.

M etca lf shares the award with form er ALA 
President Robert B. Downs. Downs directed the 
U niversity o f Illin ois Library from 1943 until 
1971, and, like Metcalf, he continues to exert a 
strong professional influence through consulting, 
writing, and teaching. His latest book, R esou rces 
o f  A ustralian L ib r a r ie s , will appear next year.

P u r p o s e : To recognize an individual member 
of the library profession who has made an out­
standing national or international contribution to 
academic and research librarianship and library 
development.

C r i t e r i a : Individuals nominated should have 
demonstrated achievements in such areas as:

1. Service to the organized profession through 
ACRL and related organizations.

2. Sig n ificant and in flu e n tia l re s e a rch  on 
academic or research library service.

3. Publication o f a body of scholarly and/or 
theoretical writing contributing to academic 
or research library development.

4. Planning and implementing a library pro­
gram of such exemplary quality that it has 
served as a model for others.

5. Nominee does not have to m eet all four 
criteria stated above.

R U L E S : The award shall be made each year, at 
a time and place to be determined by the ACRL 
Board of Directors. Announcement of the award 
shall be made by the ACRL president at a time 
and place to be determined by the ACRL Board 
o f D irecto rs. If, in the opinion o f the Award 
Committee, no worthy candidate is nominated in 
a given year, the award will not be made that 
year.

N o m i n a t i o n s .- Nominations for the award must 
be returned to the chairperson of the Academic/ 
Research Librarian of the Year Award Committee 
and must be postmarked no later than April 1, 
1979. Nominations must be submitted in quin­
tuplicate. Nominations must be complete on the 
application form. T he presence of attachments 
will disqualify the nomination. Secondary letters 
will not be considered in the Award Committee s 
deliberations.

N a t u r e  o f  t h e  A w a r d : The ACRL Librarian of 
the Year Award shall consist of $2,000 and an ap­
propriate citation. ■■

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