ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


2 7 8 /C & R L News

D ire c to rs  o f  th e  lib r a r ie s  fo rm in g  th e  n ew  C h e sa p e a k e  I n fo r ­
m a tio n  a n d  R e s e a r c h  L ib ra ry  A llia n ce a re  (1 to  r ) : Su san  M artin, 
Mod M ekkaw i, A nn  M acLeod, B a rb a r a  Sm ith , Su san  B ry te s o n , 
a n d  Ja m e s  Neal.

Mason’s innovation in undergraduate educa­
tion), and our evolving role as part o f the team 
of mentors students rely on as they work their 
way through college,”

Take a virtual visit of the center at http:// 
ulcweb.gmu.edu/communities/library/about.html.

Alliance formed in Chesapeake Bay
Six research institutions in the Chesapeake Bay 
region have formed the Chesapeake Informa­
tion and Research Library Alliance (CIRLA). The 
founding members of CIRLA are the University 
of Delaware, Georgetown University, Howard

University, Johns Hopkins Uni­
versity, the University of Mary­
land at College Park, and the 
Smithsonian Institution, all mem­
bers o f the Association o f Re­
search Libraries. The following 
individuals were elected as of­
fic e r s : Ja m e s  N eal (Jo h n s  
Hopkins), president; Susan K. 
Martin (Georgetown), vice-presi- 
dent/president-elect; and Bar­
bara Smith (Smithsonian), secre­
tary-treasurer.

The overall goal o f CIRLA is 
to enhance education and re­
search at member institutions 
through collaborative develop­
ment o f library collection and 
service programs and expanded 
use of information technology.

Compilers needed for new CLIP Notes
ACRL’s College Libraries Section’s CLIP Notes 
Committee is seeking volunteers to compile 
CLIP Notes. The CLIP Notes (College Library 
Information Packets) series, in its 16th year, 
provide data and sample documents from col­
lege and small university libraries on topics of 
interest to academic librarians.

The CLIP Notes committee wants your ideas 
for topics to cover. Recently and soon-to-be- 
published CLIP Notes have investigated alloca­
tion formulas, patron surveys, reference train-

Lib rα ry  facu lty w o rk lo a d : Im plem entation of 
a  teaching facu lty m odel

The issue of developing an appropriate 
model for library faculty workload has often 
been difficult and contentious at many uni­
versities. Western Illinois University (WIU) 
Libraries has addressed this concern in an ap­
proach that differs from the traditional struc­
tured clerical workweek. All campus faculty 
are issued workload guidelines that include 
both the traditional classroom as well as per­
formance and activity classes (e.g., physical 
education, art and music studio instruction) 
that vary in size and preparation demands.

For both performance and activity classes, 
the usual model has been taken from the Na­
tional Association of Schools of Music which

emphasizes a 2:3 ratio for private lessons, i.e., 
two hours of classroom instruction is equated 
with three hours of private instruction. At WIU 
this equals up to 18 assigned hours plus four 
office hours. This same model is also applied 
to the library faculty. As with teaching faculty, 
research and service requirements are con­
ducted outside any teaching or primary du­
ties assignment.

A more detailed explanation of this model 
is provided in ERIC (ED 385291). Other ques­
tions can be answered by writing to Frank 
Wm. Goudy at Western Illinois University, 
Macomb, IL 61455; (309) 298-2749.— F ra n k  
Wm. Goudy, Western Illinois University