ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 1 7 8 /C&RL News Hahn and M iller sh are plans for ACRL B y B e s s ie K. H a h n a n d W illia m M iller Be sure to vote in the election this spring E d. note: C&RL News offered ACRL candi­d a te s fo r v ic e -p re sid e n t/p re sid e n t-e le c t, B essie K. H ah n a n d William Miller, this o p p o r­ tunity to share th eir view s w ith th e ACRL m em ­ b ership. A lthough m any o f th e issues a n d c o n ­ c ern s facing ACRL are discussed inform ally at m eetings, this d o e s n o t pro v id e a n ational fo­ rum available to all m em bers. W e h o p e that providing this forum will assist yo u in m aking a n in fo rm ed ch o ice w h e n y o u receiv e y o u r ballot n ex t m onth. BESSIE K. HAHN T h e ACRL B oard a n d Planning C om m ittee are d ev elo p in g a n e w strategic p la n for th e asso ­ ciation w ith a p ro jected date o f co m p letio n by m id -1995. T he n e w p lan will g en erate a set o f goals a n d objectives w h ich I, if elected, will strongly su p p o rt. In th e m eantim e, taking a d ­ v an tag e o f m an y initiatives already b e g u n b y re c e n t presidents, I have in m ind several key issues th at I h o p e to have th e ch an ce to a d ­ dress. Service to m em bers T h e first a n d forem ost task o f ACRL is to h elp its m em b ersh ip g ro w a n d flourish as academ ic librarians. T he 1993 ACRL m em b er survey in­ d icated th at the to p tw o reaso n s for m e m b e r­ sh ip in ACRL are to u p d a te k n o w le d g e o f li­ b r a r y p r a c t i c e s a n d to b e p r o f e s s i o n a lly involved. A cadem ic librarians are c o n c e rn e d a b o u t k e e p in g cu rren t w ith technological a d ­ v an ces a n d having access to electronic com - B essie K. H a h n W illia m M iller m unication. T hey w a n t to assist faculty a n d stu­ d en ts in using inform ation reso u rces m ost ef­ fectively. ACRL has b e e n successful in fulfilling th e n e e d s o f its m em b ers in th e past. H ow ever, as th e p a c e o f ch a n g e accelerates in o u r librar­ ies, as d e m a n d s fo r services overtax o u r h u ­ m an resources, a n d as library b u d g e ts co n tin u e to tighten, w e m u st lo o k for n e w w ays fo r o u r m em b ers to share th eir technological, collec­ tio n d ev elo p m en t, teaching, a n d o th e r e x p e r­ tise. A n other im portant staff d e v e lo p m e n t area is th e w ay w e interact w ith ea c h o th e r in a n o rganizational setting. T he traditional o rg an i­ zational structures o f academ ic libraries are h i­ erarchical a n d divisional by specific functions. In a tu rb u len t, exciting en v iro n m en t, th e h ier­ archical structure o ften h in d ers creativity an d tim ely re sp o n se to challenges. T ech n o lo g y has also im p o sed co m m o n electronic th read s u p o n all library functions. T h e lines sep aratin g divi­ sions— for exam ple, collection m anagem ent and reference— are m u ch less defined. In o u r search for m o re efficient a n d p ro d u ctiv e m o d els o f organizational structure, th e term s m ost often m en tio n ed are: “team -m an ag em en t,” “self-m an- Bessie K. H ahn is university librarian a t B randeis University, e-mail: in% “BHAHN@LIBRARY.BRANDEIS. EDU”; William Miller is director o f libraries a t Florida A tlantic University; e-mail: Miller®ACC.FAU.EDU P R I N G 199 s 5 A V A I L A B L E P u b l i c a t i o n s A C R L Association of College & R esearch Libraries 2 - ACRL Publications MANAGEMENT Preparing for Accreditation: A Handbook for Academic Librarians Patricia A nn Sacks and Sara Lou Whildin This valuable, step-by-step w o rk b o o k h el librarians co m p lete their self-study an d evaluation processes. $18.00, 80p. 0-8389-0621-4, 1993 M easuring Academ ic Library Perform ance: A Practical Approach Nancy Van House, Beth Weil, and Charles McClure This easy-to-use set o f o u tp u t m easu res i d e sig n e d to assist in m easuring th e im pac efficiency, a n d effectiveness o f academ ic library activities. $34.00, 140p„ 0-8389-0529-3, 1990; $75.00 with self-running database, 0-8389-0542-0, 1991 CL I p s s t, Recruiting the Academ ic Library Director: A Companion to the Search Committee Handbook Sharon Rogers a nd Ruth Person $18.95; ACRL member $15.95 0-8389-7484-8, 1991 otesP N Practical ideas for m anaging yo u r library’s p rogram s a n d services are co n ta in e d in ACRL’s C ollege Library Inform ation P ackets (CLIP N otes). Each CLIP N ote p ro v id es d ata and sam ple d o cu m en ts from college a n d sm all university libraries th at will assist you in estab lish in g o r refining services an d o p erations. NEW! Lib rary Services for Non- Affiliated Patrons, CLIP Note #21 Eugene S. Mitchell, comp. Sam ple policies an d p ro c e d u re s for dealing w ith service to th e non- affiliated library user. C ollected from aca­ d em ic institutions nationally. Includes e x am p les o f inform ation sheets, a p p licatio n an d registration forms, ID cards, re c o u rse letters, an d reciprocal agreem ents. $32.95; ACRL member $27.95, 151 p. 0-8389-7781-2, 1995 M anaging Student W o rk ers in College Libraries, CLIP Note #20 Michael Kathman, Jane McGum Kathman, comps. C om p reh en siv e g u id an ce for m anaging stu d e n t em ployees. Includes ex am p les o f policies an d p ro c e d u re s for em ploym ent, dism issal, orientation, training, supervision, a n d perfo rm an ce review . “H ighly reco m ­ m e n d e d for sm all a n d m edium -sized libraries em p lo y in g stu d en t w o rk e rs.”— L ibrary J o u r n a l $29.95; ACRL member $25.95, 140p. 0-8389-7752-9, 1994 Form al Planning in College Lib raries, CLIP Note #19 Sarah Watstein, Pamela Wonsek, Paula Matthews, comps. A survey o f form al p lan n in g p ro c e d u re s at academ ic libraries. In clu d es ex am p les of w o rk sh eets a n d checklists, vision state­ m ents, a n d form al p lan n in g d ocum ents. $27.95; ACRL member $24.95, 1 20p. 0-8389-7743-X ACRL Publications - 3 Staff Development and Continu­ ing Education, CLIP Note #18 E liz ab eth Sudduth, Lynn Livingston, com ps. Survey an d exam ples o f policies for developm ent an d continuing e d u catio n o f both professionals an d paraprofessionals. Sample docum ents are from d evelopm ent plans specifically for library perso n n el and from collegew ide faculty dev elo p m en t plans. $22.95; ACRL member $19.95, 1 34p. 0-8389-7715-4, 1994 Em ergency Planning and M an­ agem ent in College Libraries, CLIP Note #17 S u san C. G eorge, com p . Policies an d pro ced u res for em ergency planning an d m an ag em en t in college libraries. Includes exam ples o f plans covering everything from earth q u ak es to salvage procedures. $28.95; ACRL member $25.95, 146p. 0-8389-7710-3, 1994 Interlibrary Loan in College Libraries, CLIP Note #16 R o x a n n Bustos, com p . Sample policies an d p ro ced u re statem ents, forms, public relations d ocum ents, an d instructional h an d o u ts for libraries offering online searching, CD-ROM, an d o ther co m p u ter-b ased services. $34.50; ACRL member $28.75, 148p. 0-8389-7652-2, 1993 D atabase Searching in College Libraries, CLIP Note #15 S a r a h P ed erson , w riter a n d com p . Samples o f policies an d p rocedures statem ents, forms, prom otional docum ents, a n d instructional handouts. $29.95; ACRL member $24.95, 123p. 0-8389-7651-4, 1993 Audiovisual Policies in College Libraries, CLIP Note #14 K ristine B r a n c o lin i, com p . “T he d o cu m en tatio n included in th e kit is clear an d o f g o o d quality an d covers all aspects o f establishing a n d m anaging an audiovisual collection.”—LRTS $21.95; ACRL member $18.95, 152p. 0-8389-7495-3, 1991 College Library N ewsletters, CLIP Note #13 P a tr ic ia Sm ith B u tc h e r a n d S usan M cC arthy C am pbell, com ps. Sample new sletters as w ell as nam eplates, graphics, an d style m anuals/guidelines for g uest editors are included. $18.95; ACRL member $15.95, 154p. 0-8389-7445-7, 1990 4 - ACRL Publications Perform ance A p p raisal in Academ ic Libraries, CLIP Note #12 B a r b a r a W illiam s J e n k in s , co m p ., with th e a s s is ta n c e o f M ary L. Sm alls ..“ . a w id e variety o f p h ilo so p h ies an d a p p ro ach es, ranging from series o f rela­ tively o p e n -e n d e d q u estio n s to grids for grading em p lo y ees o n specific qualities an d achievem ents. ”—JAL $18.95; ACRL member $15.95, 128p. 0-8389-7444-9, 1990 Collection Developm ent Policies for College Libraries, CLIP Note #11 T h eresa Taborsky, com p . . .“ . this volum e is w ell w o rth th e p rice.” —Library Jou rn a l $26.95; ACRL member $21.95, 175p. 0-8389-7295-0, 1989 A nnual Reports for College Libraries, CLIP Note #10 K e n n eth O berem bt, co m p . $21.95; ACRL member $18.75, 135p. 0-8389-7219-5, 1988 PERSONN NEW! Discovering Librarians: Profiles of a Profession M ary J a n e S ch erd in , e d it o r Results o f national studies o f vocational interests o f library a n d inform ation p rofes­ sionals. T h e librarian profile is p resen ted from th e ACT, th e Strong Interest In v en to ­ ries, th e Myers-Briggs T ype Indicator, an d th e SIGI PLUS co m p u ter-aid ed career g u id an ce tool, along w ith analysis o f d em o g rap h ic data. $35.95; ACRL member $31.95, 220p. 0-8389-7753-7, 1994 Friends of College Libraries, CLIP Note #9 R o n e lle T hom pson , co m p . “T his is a m u st for tw o g ro u p s o f libraries: th o se w h o have Friends g ro u p s a n d those w h o d o n o t.”— Library Jou rn a l $18.75; ACRL member $15.50, 134p. 0-8389-7171-7, 1987 Periodicals in College Libraries, CLIP Note #8 J a m i e W ebster H astreiter, L arry H ardesty, D a v id H en d erso n , com p s. “R eco m m en d ed for all college a n d u n iv er­ sity libraries.”— Library Jou rn a l $18.75; ACRL member $15.45, 116p. 0-8389-7143-1, 1987 M ission Statem ents for College Libraries, CLIP Note #5 J a m i e W ebster H astreiter, L arry H ardesty, D a v id H en d erso n , com p s. . .“ . a c o m m en d ab le p ro d u c tio n .”— RQ $21.95; ACRL member $16.50, 107p. 0-8389-6944-5, 1985 EL ISSUES Academ ic Status: Statements and Resources, Second Edition S u sa n Kroll, e d it o r A com piliation o f th e ACRL stan d ard s an d g uidelines th at a p p ly to faculty status for academ ic librarians, as w ell as a selective bibliography. $10.95; ACRL member $8.95, 62p. 0-8389-7739-1 ACRL Publications - 5 COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Collection M anagm ent in the Electronic Age: A Manual for Creating Community College Collec­ tion Development Policy Statements J e n n i e S. B oy a rsk i, K a te H ickey, ed itors A survey o f com m unity and junior colleges’ collection d ev elo p ­ m ent policies w ith exam ples o f eleven co m p lete a n d seven partial policy statem ents. $42.95; ACRL member $35.95, 197p. 0-8389-7737-5, 1994 Richard Garnett: The Scholar and Librarian Publications in Librarianship No. 46 B a r b a r a M cC rim m in This is a “straightforw ard a n d w ell- research ed . . . en jo b ab le b iography— b o th interesting a n d re a d a b le .”— Wilson Library Bulletin $30.00, 211 p. 0-8389-0508-0, 1989 Curriculum M aterials Center Collection Developm ent Policy, Second Edition B eth G. A n d erson , V irgin ia N ordstrom , K a r in D u ran , A llison G. K a p la n , com p s. A m odel policy is p ro v id ed along w ith e x am p le policies from libraries that illustrate m odifications to th e m odel to fit specific local needs. $ l 6 .95; ACRL member $14.95, 46p. 0-8389-7707-3, 1993 Books for College Libraries III This set covers m ore th a n 50,000 titles c h o se n to rep resen t a co re collection of b o o k s for four-year college a n d university libraries. BCL3 is also available o n m a­ ch in e-read ab le tape. Contact ACRL. “H ighly reco m m en d ed . ”— Library Journal. $600/6 vol. set, $125 individual volume 0-8389-3353-X, 1988 Directory of Curriculum M aterials Center, 1990 D o n a ld Osier, C a r o l Wright, J a n e t L aw ren ce, M ary E llen Collins, B eth A n d erson , com ps. This directory includes 272 institutions an d covers p u rp o se, hours, staffing, budget, service, a n d holdings. $39.50; ACRL member $32.95, 240p. 0-8389-7439-2, 1991 W om en’s Studies Collection Developm ent Policies The WSS C ollection D ev e lop m e n t a n d B ib lio g r a p h y C om m ittee This u n iq u e tool identifies issues an d provides m odels o f existing policies. C om plete policy statem ents from 16 university libraries illustrate the range of issues a n d pro v id e a variety o f m odels. The RLG C onspectus; W o m en ’s Studies su p p le ­ m ental guideline, in clu d ed as an ap p en d ix , identifies issues u n iq u e to w o m e n ’s studies a n d describes m aterials a n d sources. $35.95; ACRL member $29.95, 122p. 0-8389-7596-8, 1992 6 - ACRL Publications State Education Documents: A State-by-State Directory for Their Acquisition and Use EBSS E d u c a tio n -R e la te d G ov er n m en t P u b lic a tio n s S u b c o m m itte e This directory provides th e m ean s to access th e large variety o f state ed u catio n d o c u ­ m en ts available from go v ern m en t agencies. $21.95; ACRL member $18.95, 54p. 0-8389-7327-2, 1989 W estern European Studies: Current Research Trends & Library Resources E v a S a rto ri, C eres B ir k h e a d , J o h n Cullars, J o h n D illon, T h om as Kilton, e d ito r s Eleven research p a p e rs offer thoughtful synthesis, p erso n al insight, an d inform ation useful fo r an y o n e dealing w ith recen t scholarship in W estern E u ro p ean studies. $32.95; ACRL member $29.95, 120p. 0-8389-7461-9, 1990 Ethnic S tu d ie s R e v ie w s Publications in this series from CHOICE are co m p iled b y th e editors from review s p rev i­ ously p u b lish ed in the m agazine (volum es 27 th ro u g h 29, A sian A m ericans th ro u g h volum e 30). Each collection provides the full text o f th e CHOICE review an d a u th o r a n d title indexes. T he editors co n sid er th ese collections representative o f th e significant b o o k s that CHOICE review ed in th ese ethnic areas. O rd er from CHOICE, 100 Riverview C enter, M iddletow n, CT 06457. A sian and A sian Am erican Studies $20.00, 605 titles, 113p. 0-8389-7691-3, 1993 Latino Studies $20.00, 525 titles, 112p. 0-8389-7631-X, 1992 African and African Am erican Studies $22.00, approximately 750 titles, 152p. 0-8389-7691-1, 1992 N ative Am erican Studies $15.00, 278 titles, 60p. 0-8389-7632-8, 1992 LLECTIONSSPECIAL CO Exam p les to Accom pany Descriptive Cataloging o f R are B oo ks P r e p a r e d by th e B ib lio g r a p h ic S ta n ­ d a r d s C o m m ittee o f th e R a r e B o o k s a n d M an u scrip ts S ection “T he in tro d u ctio n is clear, the bibliography useful, the in d ex es exhaustive a n d the records th em selves painstakingly accurate. In short, it is a m o d el o f its kind, an d sh o u ld b e c o n su lted n o t only by those cataloguers currently using th e c o d e b u t also all m an ag in g librarians considering its a d o p tio n .”— Rare Books Newsletter $29.95; ACRL members $23.95, 148p. 0-8389-7672-7, 1993 ACRL Publications - 7 T h e s a u ri fo r U se in R a re B o o k a n d S p e c ia l C o lle ctio n s C a ta lo g in g T hese thesauri w ere d e v elo p e d for u se in MARC field 655 an d 755. Each th esau ru s provides standardized vocabulary for retrieving items by form an d gen re o r by various physical characteristics w hich are typically o f interest to special collections librarians. Genre Terms (2nd ed.) $21.95; ACRL member $18.95, 90p. 0-8389-7516-X, 1991 Paper Terms $8.95; ACRL member $7.50, 52p. 0-8389-7427-9, 1990 Type Evidence $8.95; ACRL member $7.50, 19p. 0-8389-7428-7, 1990 Binding Terms $11.50; ACRL member $9.50, 37p. 0-8389-7210-1, 1988 Printing & Publishing Evidence $8.95; ACRL member $7.50, 28p. 0-8389-7108-3, 1986 Provenance Evidence $10.50; ACRL member $8.50, 24p. 0-8389-7239-X, 1988 BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION Sourcebook for Bibliographic Instruction The E d ito ria l B o a r d o f th e B ib lio ­ g r a p h ic In stru ction S ection A w orking, desk -to p tool for n ew and ex p erien ced bibliographic instruction librarians, the Sourcebook is practical an d easy-to-use. Five essential topics are covered: learning theory, instructional design, teaching m ethods, evaluation, and adm inistration. “Highly reco m m en d ed for all institutions engaging in BI.”—Library Jou rn a l $18.95; ACRL member $16.95, 96p. 0-8389-7673-5, 1993 Learning to Teach: W orkshops on Instruction Nine w o rk sh o p s cover th e basics including clear, concise discussions o f classroom techniqu es, n ew technologies, an d instruc­ tion in a m ulticultural environm ent. This collection o f w o rk sh o p s is d esigned to dev elo p fundam ental skills a n d addresses critical issues in bibliographic instruction. “R ecom m ended for practitioners as w ell as academ ic, library school, an d school library collections.”— Library Jou rn al $27.95; ACRL member $24.95, 86p. 0-8389-7627-1, 1993 8 - ACRL Publications The Evolving Educational M ission of the Library B etsy B a k e r , M ary E llen L itzinger, ed ito r s Strategic issues w hich challenge th e d ev elo p m en t o f instructional p rogram s in academ ic libraries a n d roles for librarians in th e ed u catio n al p ro cesses o f their parent institutions. A cadem ic librarians, library sch o o l educators, a n d h ig h er ed u catio n faculty an d adm inistrators will w an t this b o o k . “T hose excited a b o u t th e inform a­ tion literacy m o v em en t will likely find this b o o k inspiring.”— RQ $29.95; ACRL member $19.95, 202p. 0-8389-7584-4, 1992 Read This First: An Owner's Guide to the New Model Statement of Objectives for Academic Bibliographic Instruction C aroly n D u sen bu ry , M o n ic a F u sich , K a th lee n K enn y, a n d B eth W ood ard , ed ito r s “...the MSO [m odel statem en t objectives] m ay serve as a checklist in evaluating existing BI program s, d e v elo p in g e d u c a ­ tional goals w h e n d eterm in in g n ew program s, an d d eterm ining w h e th e r such goals are b e in g a c h ie v e d .”— Library Jou rn a l $19.95; ACRL member $16.45, 72p. 0-8389-7548-8,1991 INFORMATION ACCESS NEW! Internet Resources: A Subject G uide H u g h A. T hom pson, com p . N ew ly u p d a te d articles originally ap p earin g in C&RL News that list inform ation sources o n th e Internet, including g o p h ers, WWW, listservs, bulletin boards, discussion groups, o n lin e bibliographies, new sletters, and m ore. Sixteen diverse subject areas ranging from architecture to w o m e n s’ studies. Price forthcoming. 95p. 0-8389-7785-5, 1995 NEW! Vocational and Technical Resources for Community College Libraries M a ry A n n L au n , e d it o r A n n o tated bibliographies p resen tin g a collection o f resources, b o th prin t an d no n p rin t, th a t are n e e d e d to su p p o rt a vocational and technical curriculum for a com m unity college, o r a vocational o r technical institution. Useful to u n d e rg ra d u ­ ate students, v ocational a n d technical stu d en ts, librarians, faculty, and th e general public lo o k in g for inform ation o n these p ro g ra m s’ resources. $95.00, ACRL member $85.00, 622p. 0-8389-7775-8, 1995 NEW! Science and Engineering Conference Proceedings: A Guide to Sources for Identification and Verification O verview o f th e co verage an d indexing o f conferen ce p ro ceed in g s an d p a p e rs in su b ject-o rien ted abstracting a n d indexing services. A valuable w o rk in g tool for the practicing librarian involved w ith public services for th e scientific an d eng in eerin g com m unity. Price forthcoming, 84p. 0-8389-7790-1, 1995 G uide to Searching the Bibliographic Utilities for Conference Proceedings N ir m a la S. B a n g a lo r e , J u d it h A. Carter, ed ito r s A co n v en ie n t g u id e detailing search strategies for finding conferen ce p ro c e e d ­ ings in eith er RLIN, OCLC/PRISM, o r WLN utilities. $7.95; ACRL member $6.95, 15p. 0-8389-7734-0, 1994 ACRL Publications - 9 Abstracting, Information R etrieval, and the Hum anities: Providing Access to Historical Literature Publications in Librarianship: No. 48 An examination o f the qualities and functions o f abstracts and the challenges involved in text condensation. Helen R. Tibbo $35.00, 276p. 0-8389-3430-7, 1993 Scholarly Communication in an Electronic Environment: Issues for Research Libraries Robert Sydney M artin, editor Any academic librarian in a position to subscribe to, manipulate, or face the administrative issues o f electronic media will find a timely base o f information in this book. “Relevant to all persons interested in the developm ent and management o f research libraries.”—JAL $28.95; ACRL member $24.95, 136p. 0-8389-7686-7, 1993 10 - ACRL Publications STATISTICS & RESEARCH NEW! Continuity and Transform ation: The Prom ise of Confluence Proceedings of the Seventh National Conference o f the Association of College and Research Libraries R ichard AmRhein, editor Describes h o w librarians across the countr are incorporating new and established technologies to enhance the teaching, learning, and research processes. Includes 54 refereed contributed papers and abstracts o f 31 panel sessions. Price forthcoming, 500p. 0-8389-7786-3 A cadem ic Libraries Achieving Excellence in Higher Education: Proceedings o f the Sixth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries Thomas Kirk, editor Practical examinations and solutions to current academic library problems are included in 4 keynote addresses, 36 program reports, and 52 refereed contrib­ uted papers, “ ...an excellent professional developm ent resource for librarians trying to keep current and for n ew librarians concerned about the profession.”—JAL $49.95; ACRL member $44.95, 522p. 0-8389-7622-0, 1992 y ACRL University Library Statistics, 1992-93 Library Research Center, Gradua School o f Library & Inform ation Science, University o f Illinois at te Urbana-Champaign, comp. Data from over 109 participating libraries. Library categories include collections, personnel, expenditures, and interlibrary loan. Institutional categories include degrees offered, enrollment size, and faculty size. $69.95; ACRL member $39.95, 80p. 0-8389-7738-3 ACRL University Lib rary Statistics, 1990-91 Library Research Center, Graduate School o f Library & Inform ation Science, University o f Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, comp. $69.95; ACRL member $39.95, 80p. 0-8389-7587-9, 1992 A CRL/Historically Black Colleges & Universities Lib rary Statistics, 1 9 8 8 -8 9 Robert E. Molyneux, comp. $35.95; ACRL member $25.95, 101 p. 0-8389-7547-X, 1991 ACRL University Library Statistics, 1 9 8 8 -8 9 Denise Bedford, comp. $49.95; ACRL member $29.95, 79p. 0-8389-7446-5, 1990 ACRL U niversity Library Statistics, 1 9 8 7 -8 8 Robert E. Molyneux, comp. $49.95; ACRL member $29.95, 79p. 0-8389-7288-8, 1989 ACRL Academ ic Library Statistics, 1 9 7 8 / 7 9 -1 9 8 7 / 8 8 (Diskettes) $59.95; ACRL member $49.95 0 -8389-7310-8, 1989 ACRL P u b lication s - 1 1 1 2 - ACRL P u b licatio n s ACRL P u b licatio n s - 1 3 OFFICIAL ACRL DOCUMENTS Indicate quantity of each item to be shipped. 1 4 - ACRL Pu b licatio n s Recent standards have been made available on the ALA/ACRL gopher. G opher to “gopher.uic.edu, port 7 0 ”. Items on pages 13 and 14 may be photocopied for noncom mercial purposes. ACRL Publications - 15 NEWS & REVIEW S Choice Book review journal o f the Association o f College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Eleven issues per year (July/August com bined). Available by subscription only, $16 5 /yea r domestic rate; $18 7 /y e a r foreign rate; single issues $20.00 ISSN: 0009-4978. Also available as: Choice-Reviews-on-Cards Reviews from each monthly issue o f Choi printed on 3x5 cards. Available to Choice subscribers only for $ 2 4 5 / year domestic rate; $ 2 6 5 /ye a r foreign rate; sample box $25.00. O rder either Choice produ from: Circulation Department, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457 (203) 347-6933. Rare Books & M anuscripts Librarianship A journal o f theory and practice covering all aspects o f special collections librarian­ ship. T w o issues/year. $30.00 U.S.; $35.00 for Canada and Mexico; and all other countries $40.00; single issues $15.00 each. ISSN: 0884-450X. c c College & Research Libraries Official journal o f the Association o f College and Research Libraries. Six bimonthly issues per year. Sent to ACRL members as a perquisite o f membership. Also available on subscription. $50.00 per year in the U.S.; Canada and Mexico $55.00 per year; and all other countries $60.00; single issues $14.00 each. ISSN: 0010-0870. College & Research Libraries e N ew s Official news magazine o f the Association o f College and Research Libraries. Eleven issues per year (July/August com bined). t Sent to ACRL m em bers as perquisite o f membership. Also available on subscrip tion. $35.00 per year in the U.S.; $40.00 per year in Canada and other PUAS countries; $45.00 in other foreign countries; single issues $6.50 each. ISSN: 0099-0086. College & Research Libraries and College & Research Libraries N e w s, Index for Volumes 4 1 –50 (1980– 89) $29.95; ACRL member $25.95, 180p. 0-8389-7487-2, 1991 ACRL A PP R O V A L PLANS ACRL publications provide practical ideas, tools, and methods for: management, bibliographic instruction, special collections, collection developm ent, statistics, and research. The convenient and cost-cutting ACRL approval order plan provides automatic priority shipping o f ACRL’s new books at a 20% discount to ACRL members (10% to nonmembers). There are tw o approval plan categories from which to choose: • Plan P guarantees that you w ill automatically be sent all n ew ACRL publications including CLIP Notes. ACRL publishes approximately 5 to 6 new titles each year. • Plan PC is exclusively for titles in the CLIP Notes (C ollege Library Information Packets) series. CLIP Notes collect data and sample documents from academic libraries to assist librarians in establishing or refining services and operations. It’s easy to enroll. Make your selection on the order form in this catalog. O r call or write the ACRL Publications O fficer indicating the category you have chosen. ACRL/ALA, Approval Plan, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 6 0 6 ll; (800) 545-2433, ext. 2517 March 1995/179 agement,” “interdivisional collaboration,” and “dealing w ith con flict.” I strongly advocate ACRL’s involvem ent in advancing members’ or­ ganizational skills as w ell as library expertise. M eeting the needs o f in creasin gly diverse user populations “By 2010, the com bined multicultural popula­ tions in Arizona, California, C olorado, N ew Mexico, and Texas w ill becom e the numeric majority,” stated Rebecca R. Mar­ tin in a recent article.1 There is no For ac doubt that the faculty and student bodies academic librarians serve succes come from many different cultures centur and backgrounds. ACRL, along one o f with individual libraries and librar­ ians, has been highly sensitive to ship ro this issue. One o f ACRL’s goals this com m year is to strengthen the its com ­ mitment to diversity. From articles such as Martin’s, it is clear that some libraries have suc­ cessfully coped with and fostered diversity in their institutions. H ow ever, in order to ensure that w e provide responsive services to all o f our users, there has to be a more concerted effort in our profession to address the many challenges o f diversity, from sensitivity train­ ing to serving diverse user populations to re­ cruitment o f ethnic minorities into our ranks. ACRL can continue to play a major role in shar­ ing successful strategies among its membership; coordinating efforts with other ALA-affiliated minority organizations, such as the Black Cau­ cus o f ALA and the Chinese-American Librar­ ians Association; and collaborating with other higher education organizations interested in multiculturalism and diversity. Leadership: W ithin the h igher education com m unity Recent developm ents in electronic resources and n ew ways o f seeking information have thrusted academic librarians onto the center stage o f instruction on campus, whether w e have faculty status or not. M ore than ever, aca­ demic librarians are on the front line teaching students and discipline-based faculty members how to navigate efficiently through the increas­ ing array o f information resources. Advances in information techn ology are changing the nature o f the learning environment and prompt­ ing many educators to reevaluate the traditional methods o f teaching and research. This pre­ sents a golden opportunity for academic librar­ ians, w h o are w ell versed in issues and trends o f scholarly communication and information technology, to contribute to the discussion and becom e key players in shaping the future o f higher education. To achieve such an important leadership role in the “business” o f higher education, ACRL must actively continue to seek out links with other higher education organizations and schol­ arly associations, to create opportunities for dia­ adem ic lib ra ria n s to be sful professionals in the 21 st y, ACRL, an d each an d e v e ry us, must assum e a le a d e r­ le in the fu tu re of scholarly unication. logue, and to assist its members in developin g similar leadership roles on individual campuses. In recent years, the Professional Liaison Com­ mittee has accumulated an impressive record o f linking with other organizations; but the field o f higher education is vast, so there is much more linking and collaborating to do. Leadership: In the form ulation o f national in form ation policies In 1994 the National Information Infrastructure (N II), the Clinton administration’s plan to en­ hance American leadership in the information age, prompted many debates on telecommuni­ cations standards, security, and privacy on the “information superhighway” ; intellectual prop­ erty rights in the electronic environment; and the digitization o f vast amounts o f information for transportation over the superhighway. Each o f these topics has policy implications that w ill greatly affect libraries and h o w w e serve our faculty and students. ACRL must again play a leadership role in these discussions and shape the resulting national information policies to enhance the ability o f academic libraries to serve their users. Becom e all w e can b e !2 Shoshana Zuboff, in her book titled In the Age o f the Smart Machine, stated: “The questions that w e face today are fi­ nally about leadership. W ill there be lead­ ers w h o are able to recognize the historical m oment and the choices it presents? W ill 180/ C&RL News March 1995/181 they find ways to create organizational con­ ditions in which new visions, n ew concepts, and a new language o f w orkplace relations can emerge? W ill they be able to create or­ ganizational innovations that can exploit the unique capabilities o f the n ew technology and thus m obilize their organization’s pro­ ductive potential to meet the heightened rig­ ors o f global competition?”3 For academic librarians to be successful pro­ fessionals in the 21st century, ACRL, and each and every one o f us, must assume a leadership role in the future o f scholarly communication. Notes 1. Rebecca R. Martin, “Changing the Uni­ versity Climate: Three Libraries Respond to Multicultural Students,” Journal o j Academic Librarianship 20 (March 1994): 2– 9. 2. A phrase b o rro w ed from Richard M. Dougherty’s final editorial for the Journal of Academic Librarianship (January 1994): 355. 3. Shoshana Zuboff, In the Age o f the Smart Machine: The Future o f Work and Power (N e w York: Basic Books, 1988), p. 12. WILLIAM MILLER Academic and research librarians expect a lot from ACRL, and it is remarkable the degree to which ACRL (to which most academic librar­ ians d o not even belon g) is nevertheless able to meet the needs o f all o f us, from promulgat­ ing standards to providing publications to help­ ing our institutions fill positions. It is truly re­ m a rk a b le h o w m u ch th e s ta ff an d th e membership together are able to accomplish. Strong and competent leadership has positioned the association well, both financially and orga­ nizationally within ALA. Still, there w ill be in­ evitable challenges to face in the years ahead, especially as nationwide resources become ever more constrained. The effects o f tech n ology W e are all interested in technology, and also worried about it. At best it can revitalize and revolutionize our profession; at worst it can marginalize us or even eliminate not only li brarianship but also much o f academia as w e currently know it. Our leaders have done w ell in setting up electronic means o f communica­ tion and maintaining ACRL’s membership in the Coalition for Networked Information, but w e probably need a more concerted effort to an­ ticipate the effects o f changing technology on the profession o f academic and research librari­ anship. I w ould set up a task force on possible information futures to advise the Board and help inform structural change in the association. The information age is still being invented. Just as w e need to keep aware o f it in our individual institutions, ACRL must plan to help represent a rapidly changing profession. Reinventing the organ ization Meanwhile, w e need to consider a streamlin­ ing o f ACRL, and a better articulation o f our relationship with the rest o f ALA. W e do a fairly g o o d job o f eliminating committees that have outlived their usefulness, and w e certainly want to give people with special interests a chance to fulfill their needs. H ow ever, it is far too easy to be so wrapped up in committee meetings (I counted about 350 such ACRL meetings in Phila­ delphia) that one has no time to attend pro­ grams, even ACRL programs. There is little time, in practical terms, for anyone seriously com ­ mitted to ACRL business to function within the rest o f ALA in any significant way. W e need to make significant time for ACRL members to attend non-ACRL events; partici­ pate in programs o f other divisions; learn from and support our vendors at the exhibits; and simply enjoy the particular city w e are visiting. W e can never fully resolve this problem, but I w ou ld m ove to limit committee “sprawl”; limit units’ programs substantially, perhaps offering them on a rotating basis; and explore the com ­ bining o f ACRL units with similar groups in other divisions, creating “w in d o w ” committees and programs which are appointed by and serve the needs o f more than one division. The ALA PLAN listserv, devoted to joint programming, is a g o o d idea. Anything w e can do to reduce duplicative programming must be pursued. Effect o f national conferences As part o f its n ew planning process, the Board needs to consider fully the effect that our new every-other-year National Conference schedule w ill have on ACRL. W e have not integrated the National Conference at all into our ongoing ac­ tivities, and w e may not be able to, but the increased frequency o f this conference, com ­ bined with possible changes in ALA’s program­ m ing (including possible elimination o f the annual conference every other year, as sug­ gested in the ALA self-study) make it impera­ 182/C&RL News tive that w e consider ACRL’s programming as a totality, and stop thinking o f the National Con­ ference as an unrelated add-on. Continuing education The rather sudden elimination o f ACRL’s for­ mal continuing education (CE) program sev­ eral years ago weakened the association, in my view. The program as formerly constituted may have been costly and ineffective, but ACRL should offer some kind o f formal CE program. It might be possible to substitute CE for some o f our usual ALA programming (three speak­ ers— one good, one bad, one horribly bad) and institute a tracked and progressive CE program which p eop le could choose either to attend for free or register and pay for on a formal basis. T he National Conference w o u ld be a g o o d venue for formal CE, and the “Institutes” m odel follo w ed by other divisions might also bear con­ sideration. B u d getary needs ACRL is in a relatively strong financial position, but finances are still somewhat uncertain from year to year. Nevertheless, a large fund bal­ ance is required by ALA as a condition fo r m ou n tin g na­ If elected, I w il tional conferences. keep the organi Th e increased fre­ represent y o u r quen cy o f the na­ tional conferences, this crucial tran c o m b in e d w ith ALA’s accounting rules which recognize no rev­ enue until earned, w ill mean that most o f the cost o f mounting a national conference w ill now have to be borne during a two-year rather than a three-year cycle. Meanwhile, the cost o f ba­ sic membership services is barely covered by member dues, n o w the lowest o f any division. For these reasons, even if new services are not added, it is inevitable that a dues increase must be considered. Paradoxically, however, I w ou ld urge that a significant portion o f any new revenue be added to ACRL’s Endowment Fund to hold dow n the need for future dues increases and provide an increased, steady, and secure portion o f the association’s budget in future years. Racial and ethnic d iversity T o have a profound effect on recruitment o f minorities into our libraries, w e w ou ld have to have a great impact on factors over which li­ brarians generally have no direct control— so w e may be working at the margins here. N ev­ ertheless, w e must increase internships and mentor programs to help us affect the career choices o f high school, college, and library school students. Cooperation with overall ALA efforts focusing on the image o f the profes­ sion, and ACRL’s ow n task force on certifica­ tion may have long-term impacts on our ability to recruit. More importantly, the cliches o f the “information highway,” and the reality o f our job duties if w e can communicate them effec­ tively, may ultimately w ork to our advantage in helping to make academic and research li­ brarianship a more attractive career alternative for all racial and ethnic groups. One live dem­ onstration o f public telecomputing at a high school might be w orth many thousands o f words in communicating the excitement w e naturally feel about our profession. Contact w ith o th er professionals Visibility in other professional associations may also help us with minority recruitment. For this and many other reasons, w e need to form coa­ litions with professional groups outside o f li­ brarianship. Talking l try m y best to am ongst ourselves can take us only so zation vital and far. Thanks to cur­ needs during rent strong leader­ sitio n al a g e . ship w e have a re­ju v e n a t e d e ffo r t through the National Coalition on Information Literacy to reach out nationwide in this area. W e must reach out to professional associations in a variety o f areas that interest them, from technology and the bibliographic control o f their literatures to the lifelong learning needs o f their members. Aca­ demic and research librarians cannot stand as an island apart from the w orld in which w e work. The formal liaisons w h om w e choose w ill be a part o f this effort, but the contact must reach dow n further into our association, and theirs. Leadership w ithin ACRL ACRL is a large and com plex organization, and it exists in an even more complicated environ­ ment, both within ALA and outside o f it. Addi­ tional training for effective leadership within ACRL is essential. Leaders must act as spokes­ persons for the organization and for the over­ all profession, as w e ll as managers and re­ March 1995/183 shapers o f the association itself. Recent initia­ tives to improve leadership include establish­ ment o f a listserv for elected leaders, and for­ mal training and planning sessions on Friday afternoons for elected leaders during ALA. These worthwhile efforts merit expansion, perhaps through a continuing education effort for a larger share o f the membership. W e must pre­ pare ourselves to be leaders. When it comes to running for vice-presi dent/president-elect o f ACRL, however, how does one prepare? My experience as chair o f the Bibliographic Instruction Section and o f the Choice Editorial Board, as president o f the Michi­ gan ACRL Chapter, and as a member o f ACRL’s Planning and Budget committees have exposed me to a significant percentage o f ACRL’s many facets, especially because they have inevitably meant ex officio involvement in many other areas such as conference programming, publi­ cations, and Chapters Council. My work at small colleges and large universities has exposed me to most o f the w ork environments in which our members move. I f I merit this office, it is only because I have experienced ACRL under various conditions for the past twenty years, and understand something about h o w ACRL relates to the needs and experiences o f the average member. W e are entering a new era in which com pe­ tition for reduced resources in higher educa­ tion w ill be intense and the basic nature o f the profession w ill be altered. If elected, I w ill try my best to keep the organization vital and rep­ resent your needs during this crucial transitional age. (Scratch paper cont. from page 160) ated and further reduced them to a less cu bersome quarter-page size. They intentional look like simple forms, and yet they are st designed to teach unobtrusively the step-b step process. W e print them on the blank side used paper and place the PAN form alongside the scratch paper that is used for writing down call numbers of books, around the OPAC termi­ nals, and at all public service desks. The index form is placed near in­ dexes in place o f scratch paper. One possible drawback to the forms is that, because o f their sim­ plicity, the patron is not prompted to write dow n all o f the informa­ tion required for interlibrary loan. We have decided to g o with sim­ plicity o v e r thoroughness fo r a number o f reasons: it serves our purpose o f teaching the process; a simpler form is more likely to be used; its small size makes it easy to distribute; and it is fairly easy for patrons to retrace their steps and get a d d itio n a l in fo rm a tio n if needed. W e maintain the flexible attitude that these form s can easily be changed when new or better ideas are developed. With their adoption, we’ve seen few er incomplete cita­ tions. Patrons have accepted them Form 2 m­ ly ill y- o f as useful tools and are begin ning to ask us for them. W e b e liev e that the forms are in­ structional as w e ll as convenient, and that they encourage users to be independent with­ out pedantry on our part. . 184/C&RL News March 1995/185 Structure Bookmarks 178/C&RL News By Bessie K. Hahn and William MillerBe sure to vote in the election this springEd. note: C&RL News offered ACRL candi­dates for vice-president/president-elect, Bessie K. Hahn and William Miller, this oppor­tunity to share their views with the ACRL mem­bership. Although many of the issues and con­cerns facing ACRL are discussed informally at meetings, this does not provide a national fo­rum available to all members. We hope that providing this forum will assist you in making an informed choice when you recei Bessie K. HahnWilliam Millermunication. They want to assist faculty and stu­dents in using information resources most ef­fectively. ACRL has been successful in fulfilling the needs of its members in the past. However, as the pace of change accelerates in our librar­ies, as demands for services overtax our hu­man resources, and as library budgets continue to tighten, we must look for new ways for our members to share their technological, collec­tion development, teaching, and other exper­tise.Another importa for more efficient and productive models of organizational structure, the terms most often mentioned are: “team-management,” “self-man- Bessie K. Hahn is university librarian at Brandeis University, e-mail: in%“BHAHN@LIBRARY.BRANDEIS. 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Each CLIP Note provides data and sample documents from college and small university libraries that will assist you in establishing or refining services and operations. NEW!Library Services for Non- Affiliated Patrons, CLIP Note #21Eugene S. Mitchell, comp.Sample policies and procedures for dealing with service to the non- affiliated library user. Collected from aca­demic institutions nationally. Includes examples of information sheets, application and registration forms, ID cards,recourse letters, and reciprocal agreements. $32.95; ACRL member $27.95, 151 p. 0-8389-7781-2, 1995 Managing Student Workers in College Libraries, CLIP Note #20Michael Kathman, Jane McGum Kathman, comps.Comprehensive guidance for managing student employees. Includes examples of policies and procedures for employment, dismissal, orientation, training, supervision, and performance review. “Highly recom­mended for small and medium-sized libraries employing student workers.”— Library Journal$29.95; ACRL member $25.95, 140p. 0-8389-7752-9, 1994Formal Planning in College Libraries, CLIP Note #19Sarah Watstein, ACRL Publications - 3 Staff Development and Continu­ing Education, CLIP Note #18Elizabeth Sudduth, Lynn Livingston, comps.Survey and examples of policies for development and continuing education of both professionals and paraprofessionals. Sample documents are from development plans specifically for library personnel and from collegewide faculty development plans.$22.95; ACRL member $19.95, 1 34p.0-8389-7715-4, 1994Emergency Planning and Man­agement in College Libraries, CLIP Note #17Susan C. George, comp.Policies and procedures for emergency planning and management in college libraries. Includes examples of plans covering everything from earthquakes to salvage procedures.$28.95; ACRL member $25.95, 146p.0-8389-7710-3, 1994Interlibrary Loan i Database Searching in College Libraries, CLIP Note #15Sarah Pederson, writer and comp. Samples of policies and procedures statements, forms, promotional documents, and instructional handouts.$29.95; ACRL member $24.95, 123p.0-8389-7651-4, 1993Audiovisual Policies in College Libraries, CLIP Note #14Kristine Brancolini, comp.“The documentation included in the kit is clear and of good quality and covers all aspects of establishing and managing an audiovisual collection.”—LRTS $21.95; ACRL member $18.95, 152p.0 4 - ACRL Publications Performance Appraisal in Academic Libraries, CLIP Note #12Barbara Williams Jenkins, comp., with the assistance of Mary L. 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Boyarski, Kate Hickey, editors A survey of community and junior colleges’ collection develop­ment policies with examples of eleven complete and seven partial policy statements.$42.95; ACRL member $35.95, 197p.0-8389-7737-5, 1994Richard Garnett: The Scholar and Librarian Publications in Librarianship No. 46Barbara McCrimminThis is a “straightforward and well- researched . . . Books for College Libraries III This set covers more than 50,000 titles chosen to represent a core collection of books for four-year college and university libraries. BCL3 is also available on ma­chine-readable tape. Contact ACRL. “Highly recommended. ”—Library Journal.$600/6 vol. set, $125 individual volume 0-8389-3353-X, 1988Directory of Curriculum Materials Center, 1990Donald Osier, Carol Wright, Janet Lawrence, Mary Ellen Collins, Beth Anderson, comps.This directory includes 272 institutions and covers 6 - ACRL Publications State Education Documents:A State-by-State Directory for Their Acquisition and UseEBSS Education-Related Government Publications Subcommittee This directory provides the means to accessthe large variety of state education docu­ments available from government agencies. $21.95; ACRL member $18.95, 54p.0-8389-7327-2, 1989 Western European Studies:Current Research Trends & Library ResourcesEva Sartori, Ceres Birkhead, John Cullars, John Dillon, Thomas Kilton, editorsEleven research papers offer thoughtful synthesis, personal insight, and information useful for anyone dealing with recent scholarship in Western European studies. $32.95; ACRL member $29.95, 120p.0-8389-7461-9, 1990 Ethnic Studies ReviewsPublications in this series from CHOICE are compiled by the editors from reviews previ­ously published in the magazine (volumes 27 through 29, Asian Americans through volume 30). Each collection provides the full text of the CHOICE review and author and title indexes. The editors consider these collections representative of the significant books that CHOICE reviewed in these ethnic areas. Order from CHOICE, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. Asian and Asian American Studies$20.00, 605 titles, 113p.0-8389-7691-3, 1993Latino Studies$20.00, 525 titles, 112p.0-8389-7631-X, 1992 African and African American Studies$22.00, approximately 750 titles, 152p.0-8389-7691-1, 1992Native American Studies$15.00, 278 titles, 60p.0-8389-7632-8, 1992LLECTIONSSPECIAL CO Examples to Accompany Descriptive Cataloging of Rare BooksPrepared by the Bibliographic S tan­dards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section“The introduction is clear, the bibliography useful, the indexes exhaustive and the records themselves painstakingly accurate. In short, it is a model of its kind, and should be consulted not only by those cataloguers currently using the code but also all managing librarians considering its adoption.”—Rare Books Newsletter$29.95; ACRL members $23.95, 148p.0-8389-7672-7, 1993 ACRL Publications - 7 Thesauri for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections CatalogingThese thesauri were developed for use in MARC field 655 and 755. Each thesaurus provides standardized vocabulary for retrieving items by form and genre or by various physical characteristics which are typically of interest to special collections librarians. Genre Terms (2nd ed.)$21.95; ACRL member $18.95, 90p.0-8389-7516-X, 1991Paper Terms$8.95; ACRL member $7.50, 52p.0-8389-7427-9, 1990Type Evidence$8.95; ACRL member $7.50, 19p.0-8389-7428-7, 1990 Binding Terms$11.50; ACRL member $9.50, 37p.0-8389-7210-1, 1988Printing & Publishing Evidence$8.95; ACRL member $7.50, 28p.0-8389-7108-3, 1986Provenance Evidence$10.50; ACRL member $8.50, 24p.0-8389-7239-X, 1988 BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTIONSourcebook for Bibliographic InstructionThe Editorial Board of the Biblio­graphic Instruction SectionA working, desk-top tool for new and experienced bibliographic instruction librarians, the Sourcebook is practical and easy-to-use. Five essential topics are covered: learning theory, instructional design, teaching methods, evaluation, and administration. “Highly recommended for all institutions engaging in BI.”—Library Journal$18.95; ACRL member $16.95, 96p.0-8389-7673-5, 1993Learni 8 - ACRL Publications The Evolving Educational Mission of the LibraryBetsy Baker, Mary Ellen Litzinger, editorsStrategic issues which challenge the development of instructional programs in academic libraries and roles for librarians in the educational processes of their parent institutions. Academic librarians, library school educators, and higher education faculty and administrators will want this book. “Those excited about the informa­tion literacy movement will likely find this book inspiring.”—RQ$29.95; ACRL member $19.95, 2 Read This First: An Owner's Guide to the New Model Statement of Objectives for Academic Bibliographic InstructionCarolyn Dusenbury, Monica Fusich, Kathleen Kenny, and Beth Woodard, editors“...the MSO [model statement objectives] may serve as a checklist in evaluating existing BI programs, developing educa­tional goals when determining new programs, and determining whether such goals are being achieved.”—Library Journal$19.95; ACRL member $16.45, 72p.0-8389-7548-8,1991 INFORMATION ACCESS NEW!Internet Resources: A Subject GuideHugh A. Thompson, comp.Newly updated articles originally appearingin C&RL News that list information sources on the Internet, including gophers, WWW, listservs, bulletin boards, discussion groups,online bibliographies, newsletters, and more. Sixteen diverse subject areas ranging from architecture to womens’ studies.Price forthcoming. 95p.0-8389-7785-5, 1995NEW!Vocational and Technical Resources for Community College LibrariesMary Ann Laun, editor Annotated bibliographi NEW!Science and Engineering Conference Proceedings:A Guide to Sources for Identification and VerificationOverview of the coverage and indexing of conference proceedings and papers in subject-oriented abstracting and indexing services. A valuable working tool for the practicing librarian involved with public services for the scientific and engineering community.Price forthcoming, 84p.0-8389-7790-1, 1995Guide to Searching the Bibliographic Utilities for Conference ProceedingsNirmala S. Bangalore, Judith A. Ca ACRL Publications - 9 Abstracting, Information Retrieval, and the Humanities:Providing Access to Historical Literature Publications in Librarianship: No. 48An examination of the qualities and functions of abstracts and the challenges involved in text condensation.Helen R. Tibbo $35.00, 276p.0-8389-3430-7, 1993Scholarly Communication in an Electronic Environment: Issues for Research LibrariesRobert Sydney Martin, editorAny academic librarian in a position to subscribe to, manipulate, or face the administrative issues of electroni 10 - ACRL Publications STATISTICS & RESEARCH NEW!Continuity and Transformation: The Promise of ConfluenceProceedings of the Seventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research LibrariesRichard AmRhein, editorDescribes how librarians across the countrare incorporating new and established technologies to enhance the teaching, learning, and research processes. Includes 54 refereed contributed papers and abstracts of 31 panel sessions.Price forthcoming, 500p.0-8389-7786-3Academic Libraries Achieving Excellence in Higher Education:Procee ACRL University Library Statistics, 1992-93Library Research Center, GraduaSchool of Library & Information Science, University of Illinois at te Urbana-Champaign, comp.Data from over 109 participating libraries. Library categories include collections, personnel, expenditures, and interlibrary loan. 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Eleven issues per year (July/August combined).Available by subscription only, $165/year domestic rate; $187/year foreign rate; single issues $20.00 ISSN: 0009-4978.Also available as:Choice-Reviews-on-CardsReviews from each monthly issue of Choiprinted on 3x5 cards.Available to Choice subscribers only for $245/ year domestic rate; $265/year foreign rate; sample box $25.00. Order either Choice produfrom: Circulation Departm College & Research LibrariesOfficial journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Six bimonthly issues per year. Sent to ACRL members as a perquisite of membership. Also available on subscription.$50.00 per year in the U.S.; Canada and Mexico $55.00 per year; and all other countries $60.00; single issues $14.00 each.ISSN: 0010-0870.College & Research Libraries e NewsOfficial news magazine of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Eleven issues per year (July/August combined). t ACRL APPROVAL PLANSACRL publications provide practical ideas, tools, and methods for: management, bibliographic instruction, special collections, collection development, statistics, and research. The convenient and cost-cutting ACRL approval order plan provides automatic priority shipping of ACRL’s new books at a 20% discount to ACRL members (10% to nonmembers).There are two approval plan categories from which to choose:• Plan P guarantees that you will automatically be sent all new ACRL publications includ March 1995/179 agement,” “interdivisional collaboration,” and “dealing with conflict.” I strongly advocate ACRL’s involvement in advancing members’ or­ganizational skills as well as library expertise.Meeting the needs of increasingly diverse user populations“By 2010, the combined multicultural popula­tions in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas will become the numeric majority,” stated Rebecca R. Mar­tin in a recent article.1 There is no For acdoubt that the faculty and student bodies academic librarians ians, who are well versed in issues and trends of scholarly communication and information technology, to contribute to the discussion and become key players in shaping the future of higher education.To achieve such an important leadership role in the “business” of higher education, ACRL must actively continue to seek out links with other higher education organizations and schol­arly associations, to create opportunities for dia­ademic librarians to be sful professionals in the 21st y, ACRL, and each and eve 180/ C&RL News March 1995/181 they find ways to create organizational con­ditions in which new visions, new concepts, and a new language of workplace relations can emerge? Will they be able to create or­ganizational innovations that can exploit the unique capabilities of the new technology and thus mobilize their organization’s pro­ductive potential to meet the heightened rig­ors of global competition?”3For academic librarians to be successful pro­fessionals in the 21st century, ACRL, and each and every one of us, must assume a leadersh probably need a more concerted effort to an­ticipate the effects of changing technology on the profession of academic and research librari­anship. I would set up a task force on possible information futures to advise the Board and help inform structural change in the association. The information age is still being invented. Just as we need to keep aware of it in our individual institutions, ACRL must plan to help represent a rapidly changing profession.Reinventing the organizationMeanwhile, we need to consi 182/C&RL News tive that we consider ACRL’s programming as a totality, and stop thinking of the National Con­ference as an unrelated add-on.Continuing educationThe rather sudden elimination of ACRL’s for­mal continuing education (CE) program sev­eral years ago weakened the association, in my view. The program as formerly constituted may have been costly and ineffective, but ACRL should offer some kind of formal CE program. It might be possible to substitute CE for some of our usual ALA programming (three speak­ers—one goo brarians generally have no direct control—so we may be working at the margins here. Nev­ertheless, we must increase internships and mentor programs to help us affect the career choices of high school, college, and library school students. Cooperation with overall ALA efforts focusing on the image of the profes­sion, and ACRL’s own task force on certifica­tion may have long-term impacts on our ability to recruit. More importantly, the cliches of the “information highway,” and the reality of our job duties if March 1995/183 shapers of the association itself. Recent initia­tives to improve leadership include establish­ment of a listserv for elected leaders, and for­mal training and planning sessions on Friday afternoons for elected leaders during ALA. These worthwhile efforts merit expansion, perhaps through a continuing education effort for a larger share of the membership. We must pre­pare ourselves to be leaders.When it comes to running for vice-president/president-elect of ACRL, however, how does one prepare? My experience meant ex officio involvement in many other areas such as conference programming, publi­cations, and Chapters Council. My work at small colleges and large universities has exposed me to most of the work environments in which our members move. If I merit this office, it is only because I have experienced ACRL under various conditions for the past twenty years, and understand something about how ACRL relates to the needs and experiences of the average member.We are entering a new era in which compe­tition for (Scratch paper cont. from page 160) ated and further reduced them to a less cubersome quarter-page size. They intentionallook like simple forms, and yet they are stdesigned to teach unobtrusively the step-bstep process. We print them on the blank side used paper and place the PAN form alongside the scratch paper that is used for writing down call numbers of books, around the OPAC termi­nals, and at all public service desks.The index form is placed near in­dexes in place of scratch paper.One possible drawbac as useful tools and are beginning to ask us for them. We believe that the forms are in­structional as well as convenient, and that they encourage users to be independent with­out pedantry on our part.. 184/C&RL News March 1995/185