ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


804 /C&RL N ew s ■ September 2001

C o l l e g e  & R e s e a r c h  L i b r a r i e s ne sw

ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, 
July 2001

Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings

During the 2001 ALA Conference in San Francisco, the ACRL Board o f Directors 
met on June 16 and 19 and took the follow­
ing actions.

A C R L  structure
Confirm ed the vote at the Spring E xecu ­
tive Committee Meeting to change the status 
of the Media Resources Committee from an 
ACRL committee to that of an ACRL Media 
Resources Discussion Group.

By consent, accepted the recom m en da­
tion from the Australian Studies Discussion 
Group to approve that the existing Austra- 
lian-Canadian Studies Discussion Group be 
renam ed the A ustralian-Canadian-N ew  
Zealand Studies Discussion Group.

By consent, accepted the recom m en da­
tion from the Criminal Justice/Criminology 
Discussion Group and ANSS to dissolve the 
Criminal Justice/Crim inology Discussion 
Group because the membership will be join­
ing a Criminal Justice/Criminology Discussion 
Group formed by ANSS.

A ccepted th e petition, pending the au­
thentication o f the signatures, which estab­
lishes the Media Resources Discussion Group.

A C R L  go v e rn an ce
By consent, accepted th e recom m en da­
tion from the ACRL Bylaws Committee to ap­
prove the bylaws changes submitted by STS 
and that the revision be placed on the Sec­
tion Spring 2002 ballot.

Established a task  fo rce  to investigate
supplemental funding models for supporting 
the work of ACRL units and chapters. This 
task force should have a preliminary report 
for the Fall Executive Committee meeting and 
a recommendation for Board action at the 
Midwinter Meeting.

Established the Focus o n  the Future Task
Force, which will develop and implement a 
plan for keeping ACRL’s collective eyes on 
the big picture and emerging trends.

Established an  ACRL Special Presidential
Recognition.

Finances
D iscontinued th e Initiative Fund.

Established th e Task F o rce  o n  Funding
and Organizational Models for Association- 
wide Initiatives.

Adopted the ACRL FY 2 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 2  budgets
for ACRL revenues of $ 1,850,582 and expenses 
o f $2,035,311 and CHOICE revenues of 
$2,544,010 and expenses of $2,528,217.

A pproved a form al, regular p rogram  by
which ACRL sections share equally with ACRL 
in the net proceeds from preconferences held 
in conjunction with ALA’s Annual Conference 
and that such shared proceeds are used by 
an individual section in a manner which sup­
ports its goals and activities, supports the ACRL 
strategic plan, and complies with ACRL and 
ALA fiscal policies and procedures.



C&RL News ■ September 2001 / 805

ACRL Board 2000-2001 (I to r): (back) Barbara Baxter Jenkins, Robert F. Rose, 
Theresa S. Byrd, Althea H. Jenkins, William E. Brown, M ary Lee Sweat, Deborah 
Dancik, Paul E. Dumont; (front) Helen H. Spalding, Larry Hardesty, Betsy Wilson, 
M ary L. Reichel, John Popko. Not pictured: Lois Cheperon

G o v e r n m e n t re la tio n s
By consent, endorsed upon recom m en­
dation of the Government Relations Commit­
tee the following resolutions:

• That ACRL n ot take a position on 
S 803 until the bill is fully formed.

• That ACRL m onitor and support the 
First Sale doctrine.

Adopted the ACRL 2001—2002 Legislative
Agenda, which was put forward by the Govern­
ment Relations Committee (see pages 790-91).

Voted to urge the ALA Washington Office
to continue to play a leadership role in de­
feating UCITA.

H o n o rs
By co n sen t, passed a re so lu tio n  c o n ­
gratulating STS on its 40th anniversary.

By co n sen t, passed a re so lu tio n  c o n ­
gratulating WESS on its 20th anniversary

By consent, passed a resolution that co n ­
gratulates ANSS on its 30th anniversary.

By acclamation, voted to express through
adoption of a resolution its deep and heart­
felt gratitude to Althea Jenkins, ACRL execu­
tive director 1991-2001, and wish her con­
tinuing success in her return to the ranks of 
academic librarianship.

In f o r m a t io n  lite ra c y
Confirmed the vote at the Spring Execu­
tive Committee Meeting to approve a request 
from the Immersion faculty for an additional 
$5,000 for their retreat.

Set aside $ 42,520 for the Best Practices in
Information Literacy Project in the event that 
the Information Literacy Consultants are un­
successful in acquiring outside funding.

Voted to receive the Report o f  the Infor­
mation Literacy Competency Standards for 
Higher Education Task Force, to refer the re­
port to the Information Literacy Advisory Com­
mittee, and to ask them to shepherd the process.

Intellectual freed om
Voted to m ake a $5,000 contribution to
the ALA CIPA Litigation Fund and that the 
contribution be made before August 31, 
2 0 0 1 .

M e m b e rs h ip
Voted to provide a free ACRL membership
for one year to each member of each new 
ALA Spectrum Scholars class, beginning in 
FY 2002.

P rofessional d e velopm en t
By consent, approved program s from  18
ACRL units for presentation during the ALA 
Annual Conference in Atlanta.



8 06 / C&RL N ew s ■ Septem ber 2001

A C RL Board 2001-2002 (I to r): (back) Barbara Baxter Jenkins, Robert F. Rose, Theresa
S. Byrd, Deborah Dancik, Paul E. Dum ont; (front) Helen H. Spalding, Betsy Wilson, 
M ary L. Reichel, M ary Ellen K. Davis, Erika Linke. N ot pictured: Pamela Snelson, Patricia 
Kreitz, Patricia W and, Lois Cherepon.

R esearch
B y  c o n s e n t, a c c e p te d  th e  r e c o m m e n d a ­
tion from the ACRL Research Committee 
to provide funding for registration and/or 
travel costs for a Research Committee mem­
b er o r active m entor to attend the Library 
R esearch Seminar II.

S c h o la r s h ip s
A llo ca te d  $ 1 0 ,0 0 0  f o r  2 0 0 2  I m m e rs io n
program scholarships with the expectation 
that the scholarships will increase the num­
b e r o f attendees from diverse populations, 
institutions, and locations.

S t a n d a r d s  a n d  g u id e lin e s
R eaffirm ed  th e  fo llo w in g  sta te m e n ts :
“Joint Statement on Faculty Status o f College 
and University Libraries,” “Statement on Ter­
minal Professional Degree for Academic Librar­
ians,” and “Statement on the Certification and 
Licensing o f Academic Librarians.”

Established the Task Force on the Review and
Revision o f the “Guidelines for the Preparation of 
Policies on Library Access,” which is charged with 
the review and revision o f the document in ac­
cordance with established policies and procedures 
for standards review and approval. ■

Letter to  the editor

It is interesting that, in two columns re­
garding librarians finding employment, 
n eith er w riter m en tion ed  that the jo b  
hunter should do any research.

Janice K. Christopher’s column, “Person­
nel officer to Robin the Boy Wonder” (C&RL 
News, July/August 2001), discusses includ­
ing good references. Maybe research is the 
next step or the next article.

As the instructional services librarian, 
I was on the search team this past year

to hire a second  librarian. O f the dozen 
c a n d id a t e s  w e in t e r v ie w e d  in  tw o  
searches, only a few  ev en  looked at the 
lib rary ’s W eb page o r kn ew  anything 
about the university.

If new and/or job searching librarians do 
not know that they need to prepare for an 
interview by doing research, what are they 
learning? And how well prepared are they 
fo r th e ir fu tu re  em p lo y m e n t?— S u s a n  
G lickm an , in stru ction al services lib ra ria n