ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 286 News from ACRL H eadquarters A ctions ta k e n b y th e A C R L B o a rd a t its m o st r e c e n t b o a rd m e e tin g w e re re p o rte d in t h e last iss u e o f C & R L N e w s. A m o n g t h e a c tio n s r e ­ p o r te d w as o n e w h ich s ta te d th a t " th e E x e c u tiv e S e c re ta ry b e g iv e n a co lu m n in C & R L N e w s for d ir e c t co m m u n ic a tio n to t h e m e m b e rs h ip a n d to r e p o r t a c tiv itie s to t h e re g io n a l c h a p te r s .” T his co lu m n is t h e first of w h a t w e p la n to b e a c o n ­ tin u in g fe a tu re e ach m o n th in t h e N ew s. T w o a c tiv itie s in w h ic h A C R L h as b e e n in ­ v o lv ed th is p a s t m o n th h av e d e a lt w ith th e im ­ p le m e n ta tio n o f AACR 2 a n d t h e clo sin g o f th e c a rd catalog, a n d p la n n in g for a n e w lib ra ry m a n ­ a g e m e n t p r o g r a m t h a t w ill a ffe c t c o lle g e a n d tw o -y ear c o lleg e libraries. T h e ALA e x e c u tiv e d ire c to r c alled a m e e tin g of o rg an izatio n s c o n c e rn e d w ith th e im p le m e n ta tio n o f t h e s e c o n d e d i t i o n o f A n g lo - A m e r i c a n C a ta lo g u in g R u les. In a d d itio n to th e n atio n a l li­ b ra ry asso ciatio n s, r e p re s e n ta tiv e s from O C L C , B A L L O TS, t h e W a sh in g to n L ib ra ry N e tw o rk , th e N atio n al L ib ra ry o f M e d ic in e , a n d th e L ib ra ry o f C o n g re ss a tte n d e d . T h e r e s u lt o f th e m e e tin g was a u n a n im o u sly a p p ro v e d re so lu tio n to t h e L ib ra ry o f C o n g r e s s t o d e l a y t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f A A C R 2 a n d t h e clo sin g o f its catalog u n til J a n u ary 1, 1981. T h is w ill p ro v id e m o re tim e for li­ b ra rie s to d e te r m in e w h a t th e im p a c t o f A A C R 2 w ill b e o n th e ir o p e ra tio n s. A C R L P re s id e n t E v a n F ar b e r a n d E x e c u tiv e S e c r e ta r y J u lie V irg o s p e n t tw o d a y s w ith th e O ffic e o f U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y M a n a g e m e n t S tu d ies/A sso ciatio n o f R e se a rc h L ib ra rie s sta ff to b e g in t h e p la n n in g p ro c e s s fo r im p le m e n tin g a $ 8 2 6 ,5 0 0 p r o j e c t to h e l p a l a r g e n u m b e r o f a c a d e m ic l ib r a r ie s i m p ro v e t h e i r e f fe c tiv e n e s s t h r o u g h s e l f - s t u d y p r o g r a m s . N a m e d t h e A cad e m ic L ib rary P ro g ra m (ALP), th e ac tiv ity is b e in g fu n d e d b y g ra n ts from th e C o u n c il o n L i­ b ra ry R e so u rces, T h e A n d re w W . M e llo n F o u n ­ d a tio n , a n d th e A ssociation o f R e se a rc h L ib ra rie s. T h e p ro g ra m w ill b u ild on w ork p re v io u sly c a r­ r ie d o u t b y O M S for p rim a rily larg e re se a rc h li­ b ra rie s , a n d will e x te n d th a t w ork so th a t tools a n d m e t h o d s w ill b e a p p r o p r i a t e fo r s m a ll e r a c a d e m ic lib ra rie s. O v e r a five-year p e rio d a b o u t o n e h u n d r e d o u t s t a n d i n g l i b r a r i a n s w ill b e tr a in e d to se rv e as c o n su lta n ts ; th e y w ill b e p r o ­ v id e d w ith sp e c ia liz e d g u id e s a n d m a n u a ls a n d will b e given b a c k u p a s sista n ce w h e n a p p ro p ria te . M o re d e ta ils o n th e p ro g ra m w ill b e g iv e n in fu tu re co lu m n s from th e A C R L h e a d q u a r te r s . ■■ Getting Involved in ALA and ACRL B e g in n in g p ro fessio n al lib ra ria n s so m e tim e s ask h o w to g e t in v o lv e d in n a tio n a l lib ra ry affairs. B e in g in v o lv e d c a rrie s w ith it a n u m b e r o f r e ­ w ards: a c q u a in ta n c e w ith n a tio n a l le a d e rs, an in ­ sid e k n o w le d g e o f pro fessio n al m a tte rs, a n d th e feelin g th a t an in d iv id u a l can h e lp to sh a p e n a ­ tio n al policies. T h e a n s w e r is a lm o s t a b s u r d l y s im p le . G o w h e re th e actio n is, a n d b e re a d y to offer h e lp w h e n an o p p o rtu n ity o ccu rs. B egin b y a tte n d in g t h e A n n u al C o n fe re n c e o f t h e A m erican L ib ra ry A ssociation. R e ad th e p ro g ra m carefully. 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