ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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ACRL Chapters
•  The California Chapter of ACRL was 

formed by the merger of ACRL’s Northern and 
Southern California Chapters and the Chapter of 
Academic and Research Librarians of the Califor­
nia Library Association (CLA). The new ACRL 
C alifornia C h a p te r is called th e C alifornia 
Academic and Research Librarians.

M em bership in th e new ch ap te r is free to 
those who already are members of both ACRL 
and CLA. Dues are $2 for persons who are mem­
bers of either ACRL or CLA, for retired librar­
ians, and for library school students. Dues are 
$10 for persons who are not members of ACRL 
or CLA. A pplications may be obtained from 
Kathy McGreevy, Pasadena City College Library, 
1570 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 
91106.

•  The Minnesota Chapter of ACRL drew  
seventy people to a Bibliographic Instruction 
Workshop that the chapter sponsored jointly with 
MINITEX on February 7 and 8 in St. Paul.

Keynote speaker Carla Stoffle, University of 
Wisconsin-Parkside, urged librarians to make the 
teaching library concept a reality by developing 
bibliographic instruction programs while main­
taining traditional library services. Given the 
political realities on most campuses, she sug­

gested that libraries should work for small succes­
ses, cultivate opinion leaders on the faculty, find 
courses that require library use, deomonstrate 
the effectiveness of bibliographic instruction with­
out asking for funds, and show how bibliographic 
instruction affects the whole school.

A panel of librarians representing several types 
of academic libraries discussed the philosophical 
and practical issues raised by bibliographic in­
struction in four diverse academic settings. The 
panelists were John Montag (private colleges), 
Roger Sween (state universities), Dorothy Kett- 
ner (community colleges), and Marcia Pankake 
(universities).

On the second day of the workshop participants 
joined in small group discussions on such topics 
as “Contacting and Working with Faculty,” “Pub­
licity to Students,” and “Classes for C redit.”

•  The Oregon Chapter attracted sixty people 
to its February 22 winter meeting at Lewis and 
Clark College in Portland. Resource sharing was 
the theme of a series of talks by a panel that in­
cluded Marcia Lowell, Oregon State librarian; 
William Dejohn, Pacific Northwest Bibliographic 
Center; and Vicki Kreimeyer, chair of the North­
w est Area P rivate C olleges and U niversities 
librarians. ■■