ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 


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 T he com m ittee divided into sub­
committees to pursue the charges. Additional in­
formation will be gathered on clearinghouses to 
be used as a basis for future projects, such as the 
networking of clearinghouses, the continuation of 
P ro je c t L O E X , id e n tify in g  areas n e e d in g  
additional clearinghouse services, standards, pro­
cedures, and funding of clearinghouse services. 
The second subcommittee will identify nonlibrary 
organizations that currently require bibliography 
courses for accredidation and develop a plan of 
action to promote bibliographic instruction in 
those that do not.

T he Continuing Education Com m ittee is in­
terested in developing a model program that can 
be taken into the “ fie ld .” T h ey  will develop 
guidelines and strategies for all aspects of instruc­
tion programs in the form of a “kit” that could be 
used on any level, along with a nationwide direc­
tory o f resource people who would be called 
upon in conjunction with the program. By giving 
both the essential elements and the steps to fol­
low in establishing or improving an instruction 
program, many institutions will be better equip­
ped to implement instruction in their college or 
university communities. Presently, the committee 
plans to present the program as a preconference

at the Annual Convention in Dallas in 1979.
The Policy and Planning Committee is continu­

ing the work of the Bibliographic Instruction Task 
force and plans to p re p a re a co m p reh en siv e 
document on bibliographic instruction that will 
include a glossary, the guidelines that have been 
approved by ACRL, organizational considerations 
such as facilities and staffing, statements of goals 
and ob jectives, tim etables for implem entation, 
teaching methods and techniques, and a bib li­
ography. Other planned projects include a direc­
tory of available consultants and a document ar­
ticulating the responsibilities of various types of 
libraries in developing library use skills in their 
users and the relationship between the efforts of 
all libraries.

T his agenda ind icates the in te re s t and e n ­
thusiasm for instruction in the profession, and the 
section extends thanks to all those who have 
helped get the Bibliographic Instruction Section 
off to such a good start.

The membership m eeting for the section will 
be held before the program begins on June 27; 
the new officers will b e  intro du ced  and the 
bylaws will be approved.— C a ro ly n  D u sen bu ry  
(Univ. o f  Utah), A cting S ecreta r y , A C R L  B ib lio ­
g ra p h ic Instruction S ection. ■■

ACRL Southern California 
Chapter Meets

Approximately 100 librarians attended the sec­
ond dinner m eeting of the Southern California 
Chapter o f the Association o f College and R e­
search Libraries, held at the Golden Dragon Res­
taurant in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, 
March 7, with Joseph Becker, president, Becker 
and H ayes, I n c ., speaking on “ L ib ra ry  N e t­
works.” Becker, who has long been involved in 
the planning o f network activities nationally and a 
member o f the National Commission on Libraries 
and Inform ation S cien ce, talked about library 
networks today and tomorrow, noting the mar­
riage between the computer and communications; 
the need for standardization such as provided by

Omission C o rre c te d

The Alabama Library Association, College, 
Universities and Special Library Division, at 
its annual meeting on April 4, 1974, endorsed 
the “Joint Statem ent on Faculty Statu s.” It 
was omitted from the recent listing.

MARC; and various kinds of networks: geograph­
ical (such as state, multi-state, and regional) and 
subject ones (such as M E D L A RS). T he W hite 
House C o nferen ce will help to encourage the 
federal government to take a more active role in 
the development of networking activities.

The program was planned by Douglas Davis, 
Cal S ta te , N o rth rid g e; Ed H e ss, U S C ; and 
George Gibbs, UCLA. Bylaws o f the organization 
were developed by Judy Corin, UCLA; Norman 
T anis, C al S ta te , N o rth rid g e; and L o rra in e  
M atheis, U C LA . Nominees w ere selected  by 
Judy H arv ey , T h e  C la rem o n t C o lle g e s ; B ill 
Grainger, Pasadena City College; and Mimi Dud­
ley, UCLA.

New officers for the c h a p te r are: Douglas 
Davis, president; Judy Corin, vice-president; and 
Philip O’Brien, secretary/treasurer, W hittier Col­
lege. All current members of ACRL are automat­
ically considered members of the chapter. Others 
who wish to become members o f the chapter may 
jo in  upon paym ent o f $5 to A C R L , Southern 
California Chapter, mailed to Philip M. O’Brien, 
Librarian, W hittier College, 7031 Founders Hill 
Rd., W hittier, CA 90608. ■■