ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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