ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


July/August 1 9 9 2 / 4 6 5

And th e winners a re  . . .

Here are the official 1 9 9 2  ACRL 
election results

Jacquelyn McCoy Thomas G. Kirk

Jacq u elyn  McCoy, the college librarian at Oc
cidental College in Los Angeles, is the 55t
president o f the Association for College an
Research Libraries. McCoy a n n o u n c e d  h e
theme for her 1992-93 year in office as “Aca
demic Libraries at the Crossroad.”

McCoy said, “Although the phrase informa
tion age has becom e som ething of a cliché
academic and research libraries lie at the hea
of efforts to prepare a diverse citizenry for em
ployment and for personal enrichment durin
a period o f rapid technological, economic, p o
litical, and social change. Higher education 
changing, the clientele w e serve is changing
the ways w e deliver information products ar
changing, the library profession itself is chang
ing. As w e welcom e diversity in our facult
and student populations, w e are attempting t
increase diversity w ithin our ow n ranks. Sim
larly, changes in curriculum, changes in teach
ing m ethods and, above all, the electronicall
wired campus are challenging us to rethink how
w e go about our business of librarianship
McCoy’s emphasis will be on educating tomorrow
information professional to help lead the highe
education academy into the next century.

McCoy plans a four-point program that in
cludes diversity, education, leadership, an
technology. To assist with the implementatio

o f h er theme, McCoy has appointed an ACRL 
President’s Program committee for 1993 chaired 
by Jordon Scepanski, California State Univer­
sity, Long Beach. Members include Barbara Moran, 
Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joanne Euster, 
Univ. of California, Irvine; and Charles Martell, Cali­
fornia State Univ., Sacramento.

As president, McCoy will preside over the 
ACRL Board o f Directors and the ACRL Execu­
tive Committee, chair the ACRL Conference Pro­
gram Planning Committee for the 1993 Annual 
Conference in New Orleans, and plan ACRL's 
major program at the conference.

McCoy will also represent ACRL on the ALA 
N ew  O rleans Conference Planning Program 
Committee and on the ALA Planning and Bud­
get Assembly. She will also represent ACRL and 
ALA in their relations w ith other organizations.

McCoy has served on the ACRL Planning 
­ Committee and the Academic or Research Li­
h brarian of the Year Award Committee. She was 
d elected chair of the ACRL College Libraries Sec­
r tion (1989-90), chaired the committee that de­
­ veloped ACRL’s Standards fo r  College Libraries 

in 1986, and w as a mem ber of the committee 
­ that developed output measures for academic 
, libraries resulting in the publication of ACRL’s 

rt Measuring Academic Library Performance: A Prac­
­ tical Guide. She has held several appointments in 

g ACRL’s Bibliographic Instruction Section.
­ She has authored many books and articles on 

is bibliographic instruction and college library stan­
, dards including Teaching Library! Skills fo r A cademic 
e Credit (with Mignon Adams; Oryx, 1986).
­ McCoy has an A.B. in history from the Max­
y well School o f Syracuse University and an MSLS 
o from Syracuse University.
i­
­ T hom as G. Kirk, college librarian and profes­
y sor of library science at Berea College, Berea, 

 Kentucky, has b ee n  elected  v ice-p resid en t/ 
.” president-elect o f ACRL. The 1992 election re­
’s sults show ed 1,464 votes for Kirk and 1,246 
r votes for Barbara J. Wittkopf, reference librar­

ian at Louisiana State University.
­ Kirk believes ACRL needs to address three 

d challenges: “More sustained and intensive net­
n working with higher education and professional



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associations, more intentional coordination of 
our w ork with ALA an d  the other divisions, 
and strengthening our planning an d  com m u­
nication efforts w ithin ACRL.” [Ed. note: Kirk 
ivelcomes suggestions in these three areas fr o m  
ACRL members. Write h im  a t H utchins Library, 
Berea College, Berea, K Y  40404; phone: (606) 
986-9341, ext. 5266; fa x : (606) 986-9494; or 
e-mail: BERTGK@ukpr.uky.edu]

As vice-president/president-elect o f ACRL, 
Kirk will serve on the ACRL Board of Directors 
and the ACRL Executive Committee. He will 
chair the ACRL Conference Program Planning 
Committee for the 1994 Annual Conference in 
Miami. He will rep resen t ACRL on the ALA 
A ppointm ents Committee and the ALA Con­
ference Planning Committee for the 1994 Con­
ference. At the en d  o f the 1993 Annual Confer­
ence he will becom e ACRL’s 56th president.

Kirk has b ee n  active in ALA an d  ACRL serv­
ing as ACRL’s Councilor to the ALA Council 
(1986-90) an d  m em ber o f th e ACRL B oard of 
Directors. He also served as a m em ber o f the 
ACRL B oard from  1979-81. Kirk has served 
as chair of ACRL’s College Libraries Section 
(1982) and Science an d  T echnology Section 
(1980) as well as the ACRL Research Com­
m ittee (1985-87).

Kirk’s activities include serving on the Board 
o f Directors of SOLINET and as a m em ber of 
the OCLC Users Council. In 1991 he was nam ed 
the Academic Librarian o f the Year o f the Ken­
tucky Library Association, in 1984 he received 
the Miriam Dudley Bibliographic Instruction Li­
brarian o f the Year Award from ACRL’s Biblio­
graphic Instruction Section, an d  he is a mem­
b er o f the H onor Society o f Phi Kappa Phi. 
Kirk has authored num erous publications and 
given many presentations on the topics o f li­
brary instruction, serials, and college libraries.

The results o f the ACRL elections follow. 
For each position the elected candidate is given 
first, with the num ber of votes in parentheses.

C on stitu tio n  c h a n g e
A doption of p ro p o sed  constitution change: 

Yes: 2,324; No: 134.

A fro-A m erican Studies Libraries Section
Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: W illiam  C. W elb u m  

(49); Robert Miller (17).
Secretary: Joyce E. Jelks (46); Diana L. Brice (18). 
Member-at-Large (tw o-year term; tw o to be 

elected): M ichael C. W alker (39); R och ­
e lle  R. Ballard (37); Carol A. Rudisell (30).

A n th r o p o lo g y  a n d  S o cio lo g y Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: K athryn L. C reeley 

(114); write-in (3).
Member-at-Large (two-year term): J. C hristina 

S m ith  (79); Mary M. Koenig-Loring (46).

A rts Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: M adeleine M. N ich o ls 

(98); Sandra T. M ooney (74).

A s ia n  a n d  A fric a n  Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: K atharine K. E lsässer 

(90); write-in (3).
Member-at-Large (two-year term): D o n a ld  Clay 

J o h n s o n  (61); Brenda E. Bickett (44).

B ib lio g ra p h ic  In structio n  Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Lori L. Arp (497); Bar­

bara A. MacAdam (463).
Secretary: B eth  S. W oodard (649); Craig A. 

Mulder (283).
Member-at-Large (three-year term): Margaret 

R. W ells (470); Mary J. Petrowski (442).

C o lle g e  L ib raries Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Barbara J. B row n (301); 

Rebecca A. Wilson (213).
Secretary: M ichael J. LaCroix (296); LeRoy S. 

Strohl III (184).
M ember-at-Large (tw o-year term): P a m ela  

S n e lso n  (244)*; Allison L. G ould (244).

C o m m u n ity  a n d  J u n io r C o lle g e  
L ib raries Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Margaret “P eggy” A. 

H o llem a n  (160); Lenora C. Lockett (64);
Secretary: Susan Anderson (109); Cary Sowell (107).

E d u c a tio n a l a n d  B e h a v io ra l Sciences 
Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: J u d ith  S egal (212); 

Charles B. T hurston (141).

E x te n d e d  C a m p u s  L ib ra ry  Services 
Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Lynn B. LaBrake (62); 

Thomas E. Abbott (53).
Member-at-Large (two-year term): C arol M. 

M ou ld en  (71); Virginia S. Randolph (43).

L a w  a n d  P olitical Sciences Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: C harles D. S p o m ic k  

(151); write-in (2).
Member-at-Large (tw o-year term): C atherine 

D o y le  (153); write-in (1).

mailto:BERTGK@ukpr.uky.edu


July/A ugust 1 9 9 2 / 4 6 7

R are B ooks a n d  M a n u s c rip ts  Section
Viœ-Chair/Chair-Elect:JackieM . D o o le y  (220); 

Jennifer B. Lee (216).
Member-at-Large (three-year term): C harles B. 

McNamara (371); write-in (9).

Science a n d  T e c h n o lo g y  Section
Adoption of P roposed Bylaws Change: Yes: 

352; No: 13.
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Jan et S. Fore (259); 

Helen E. Gbala (128).
Secretary: J a n et C hism an  (249); Barbara J. 

DeFelice (146).

Slavic a n d  East E uro p e a n  Section
Vice-Chair/ Chair-Elect: Leena Siegelbaum  (55); 

write-in (1).
Member-at-Large: Tatiana G o e m e r  Barr (51); 

Ruth Wallach (11).

U n iv e rs ity  L ib raries Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: N o reen  S. A lldredge

(988); Jo h n  W. Collins III (552). 
Member-at-Large (three-year term): K ent H.

H en d rick so n  (830); Sarah E. How  (678). 
Member-at-Large (three-year term): Beverlee

A. F ren ch  (864); Hiram L. Davis (684).

W e s te rn  E uro p e a n  Specialist Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: J am es H enry Spohrer 

(146); Richard Hacken (49).
Secretary: T hom as M. Izbicki (105); Charles 

G. Spetland (82).
Member-at-Large: Craig S. L ik n ess (102); 

Catharine M. E. Halls (88).

W o m e n 's  Studies Section
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Betty Glass (216); write- 

in (4).
Secretary: K ristine J. A n d erso n  (148); Nancy 

M. Stanley (78).
Member-at-Large: RitaM. P ellen  (145); Mila C. 

Su (82).
*D eterm ined by lot. ■

G et some better lo o kin g lib ra ria n s (and other 
suggestions from students)

In the February 1992 issue o f C&R1 News 
we ran a story about library suggestion books 
and the cute, witty, angry, constructive, and 
sometimes w eird things students have to say 
in writing. We also asked readers to send in 
examples from their ow n libraries’ suggestion 
books and got several responses. What follows 
is a sampling of the suggestions w e found m ost 
entertaining.

Andrew Golub, director of library and in­
formation services at the University o f New 
England, subm itted this gem:

“Why do esn ’t the library stay o p en  more? It 
is too loud to stud [sic] in the dorm s.” Reply: 
“Not if you are doing it right.”

Barbara Love o f Saint Lawrence College sub­
mitted these:

“It might be worthwhile to install a noise 
detector that sounds a loud buzzer for 3 sec­
onds if the noise level goes above a certain 
preset point. It could be used just to remind 
people that it is a library—no t a social centre.” 
Reply: “Now that w ould be non-intrusive.”

“Dear Folks, My latest estimate indicates that 
this library contains no more than 6 w orks of 
science fiction. Obviously a) I am missing some

w ell-secreted trove of these works, o r b) you 
are clinging to outdated imperialist bourgeois 
dogma by ignoring significant intelligentsia, … and 
engaging in cultural repression against works 
that will ceteris paribus encourage the devel­
opm ent of higher faculties of consciousness. 
Which is it? Signed, Cultural Ambassador of the 
Klingon Empire” Reply: “Dear Mr. Ambassador, 
 … you should try your local public library, the 
source o f all true and non-specific knowledge. 
Our budget does not really perm it us to en ­
courage the developm ent of higher faculties of 
consciousness.”

“Get some better looking librarians. From Zeb.” 
Follow-up suggestion: “Don’t put up ‘suggestions’ 
from jerks like Zeb. Sexism is one ‘suggestion’ we 
get enough of. Emma Goldman.”

“Could y o u  p le ase p ro v id e the sem inar 
rooms w ith curtains for the w indow s and locks 
on the insides of the doors? This I feel will aid 
me in becom ing more intimate with my stud­
ies.” Reply: “It sounds to us like yo u ’re more 
interested in becom ing intimate with the stu­
dents than w ith the studies.”

And: “Ju st re m e m b e r sex  an d  v io le n ce 
count.” Reply: “W e’ll try.”