ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0 / 3 81 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d Mary Ellen Davis Elsevier and Endeavor join forces E n d e a v o r I n fo r m a t io n System s Inc. an d E lsevier Science Inc. surprised the library m arket b y an n o u n cin g that E n d e a v o r w ill b e c o m e a w h o l l y o w n e d s u b s id ia r y o f Elsevier. T h e union o f the tw o com p an ies w ill integrate b ib lio gra p h ic and full-text m a­ terial including library holdings, library jour­ nal collections, referen ce b ook s, and other full-text content. E n d e a v o r’s V o y a g e r library m an agem en t system w ill serve as a platform fo r uniting library collection s w ith scientific content in Elsevier Science’s prim ary and sec­ on d ary publications and databases. W h e n asked w h y a successful c o m p a n y w o u ld ch o ose to be sold to Elsevier, E ndeavor CEO Jane Burke replied, “W h e n I lo o k at w h a t’s h a p p e n in g overall in in form ation and lo o k at w h at en d users are thinking and s e e ­ ing, they have this ex p ecta tio n that they can find anything w ith o n e search. W hat I ’v e b een fe e lin g fo r the past y ea r or so as I ’v e talked to our custom ers is that I ’v e seen them in­ creasingly sp en d in g their effort and m o n e y on licensing content. It seem s as if w e are on the point o f real shift. Electronic content is ch an gin g the nature o f libraries’ co lle c tio n s.” Burke a d d ed that the library’s co llectio n is n o lo n g e r w h at you have in a print p a ck ­ age; it is a com b in ation o f print and licen sed material. She continued, “I think that it w ill g iv e E n d e a v o r the o p p o rtu n ity to b u ild a u n ified d e live ry system faster and m ore e ffi­ cien tly.” Burke w as asked b y C&RL News w h y En­ d e a v o r w o u ld sell itself rather than just align itself w ith Elsevier. She rep lie d that there are tw o answers. “T h e first is that ‘T h e s e transac­ tions b en efit our custom ers and our share­ h o ld ers.’ T h e other an sw er is that w e ’v e all seen ‘partnerships’ and ou r e x p e rie n c e here is that partnerships take a w h ile to get g o in g and w e w a n te d to b e in a situation w h e r e w e cou ld get accurate inform ation v e ry q u ic k ly .” Burke asserted that E n d e a v o r’s n e w sta­ tus as a w h o lly o w n e d subsidiary w o u ld not ch an ge E n d e a v o r’s operations. She said the pricing, the operation , the offices, and the staff w o u ld stay the same. W h e n asked if E n d ea vor’s com m u nication patterns m ight b e in flu en ced b y its n e w parent com p an y, she said, “E n d ea vor has a reputation fo r b e in g v e ry o p e n w ith p e o p le and I d o n ’t see that ch a n gin g.” Burke said that E n d eavor w ill still b e able to partner w ith other content p rovid ers and e x p la in e d that E n d eavor has b e e n partnering w ith C ornell U niversity to build a digital li­ brary architecture that is s u p p osed to search f o u r t y p e s o f m e t a d a ta fo r m a ts s im u l- tanenously. Burke said that C ornell w ill have the produ ct ready b y the en d o f the sum m er and that it w ill b e available fo r purchase by en d o f the year. netLibrary partners w ith EBSCO Publishing A distribution alliance b e tw e e n netLibrary and EBSCO Publishing w ill en a b le the partners to sell e -b o o k s to pu blic libraries, junior c o l­ leges, and com m u n ity c o lle g e libraries. As part o f the a g reem en t, E B S C O ’s database search tool, ELSSCOhost, w ill b e linked to the netLibrary W e b site. This w ill en a b le indi­ viduals to obtain search results from both sites w ith a single search query. “EBSCO Publishing has d e v e lo p e d highly e ffe c tiv e in fo -co m m erce channels; netLibrary o ffe rs a p ro d u c t that can f l o w e ffic ie n tly through those channels,” said netLibrary E x­ ecutive V ice President o f Sales Rich Rosy. “W e are ex cited to b e w o r k in g w ith EBSCO to in­ troduce tailored collection s o f e -b o o k s to a w id e variety o f library custom ers.” New Web site helps find used/rare/ out-of-print books A n e w c o m p a n y fo c u s e d on m e e tin g the n eeds o f a cad em ic librarians fo r used, rare, o u t- o f- p r in t, a n d a n tiq u a ria n b o o k s has o p e n e d at 2 1 n orth m ain .com . T h e site in­ cludes inventories o f m ore than 2,500 used- b o o k dealers n a tio n w id e for a total on lin e in ven tory o f m ore than 10 m illion items. T h e 3 8 2 / C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0 site has b e e n tested at the U niversity o f M in ­ nesota, U niversity o f Illinois, C ornell U n ive r­ sity, Y a le University, Em ory University, Mas­ sachusetts Institute o f T e c h n o lo g y (M IT ), and Dartm outh C ollege. A ccord in g to Karen Schmidt, associate uni­ versity librarian for collection s at the U n iver­ sity o f Illinois at U rbana-C ham paign, “T h e 21 N orth Main's system brings to geth er b o o k ­ stores and librarians in a w a y that hasn't h a p ­ p e n e d in the past. It's like a u s e d -b o o k mar­ ketplace, getting e v e r y b o d y ’s w ares out there in a m uch m ore visib le and efficien t w ay. W e can get ou r ‘w a n t’ list out there and c o n ­ tinue to d e v e lo p relationships w ith b o o k deal­ ers w h o h a ve sp ecialization s.” Comments sought on draft "Objectives for Information Literacy" H earin gs are b e in g h e ld to r e v ie w a n e w docum ent, tentatively entitled “O b jectives fo r In form ation Literacy Instruction b y Librarians in A c a d e m ic Institutions,” d e v e lo p e d to re­ p la ce the 1989 “M o d e l Statement o f O b je c ­ tives fo r A c a d em ic B ib liographic Instruction.” T h e first draft o f the n e w d ocu m en t w ill b e available n o later than M ay 15 at the IS W e b site. G o to http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/ is/ and f o l l o w the “ Instruction O b je c tiv e s ” link. P a p er c o p ie s o f the d ocu m en t are avail­ able b y contacting Carla List (address b e lo w ). T h e hearing w ill b e h eld at the A L A A n ­ nual C o n feren ce in C h icago and is tentatively sch ed u led fo r Sunday, July 9, 8:30-9:30 a.m. T h e ACRL Instruction Section M o d e l State­ m ent o f O b jectives Task F orce that created the d ocu m en t w o r k e d w ith the A C R L ’s “In ­ form ation Literacy C o m p e te n cy Standards for H ig h e r E du cation” ( http://www.ala.org/acrl/ ilcomstan.html). T h e “Standards” p ro v id e per­ form a n ce indicators and ou tcom es; the n e w “O b je c tiv e s ” aim to h elp librarians a ch ieve the ou tcom es. Please r e v ie w the “O b je c tiv e s ” and bring yo u r com m en ts and questions to the hearing in C h ica go or send them to the Task F orce C h a ir , C a r la L is t: e - m a i l c a r l a . l i s t @ plattsburgh.edu or snail-mail Feinberg Library, 2 D raper Ave., Plattsburgh SUNY, Plattsburgh, N Y 12901-2697. Sites sought for immersion programs A C R L’s Institute for Inform ation Literacy (IIL ) is seekin g sites for its im m ersion programs. T w o im m ersion program s are o ffe re d each year; institutions are invited to submit a p ro ­ posal to host one. Criteria for selecting the site and information about preparing your proposal m ay be fou n d on AC R L’s W eb site at http:// w w w . ala. org/ acrl/ nili/siteproposal. htm l. T h e fou r and-a-half-day program s p ro v id e in ten sive in fo rm a tion literacy training and education for instruction librarians. T w o tracks a llo w individuals to c h o o s e b e tw e e n d e v e l­ o p in g their o w n individual instruction skills or d e v e lo p in g an inform ation literacy p r o ­ gram fo r their institution. T h e im m ersion program has b e e n held at the State University o f N e w Y ork and w ill b e held this sum m er at the University o f Wash­ ington and Kent State University. Proposals/applications to hold a program in 2001 should b e submitted b y June 1, 2000. Proposals to h old a program in 2002 should be submitted b y O ctob er 1, 2000. Indiana University leads project to digitize Am erican fiction Indiana U niversity ( I U ) Libraries w ill lead a three-year cooperative project am on g Big T e n universities to d ig itize nearly 3,000 w ork s o f 19th-century Am erica fiction. T h e resulting co llectio n o f electron ic texts w ill b e freely available on the W e b . C o m p ile d b y Lyle W righ t in his 1957 b ib liogra p h y, A m e r ic a n F ic tio n 1 8 5 1 -1 8 7 5 , the w o rk s include novels, rom ances, short stories, tall tales, and allegories, b y authors such as Harriet B eech er Stow e, Mark T w a in , Bret Harte, Nathaniel H aw th orn e, W illiam D ean H o w ells, and H erm an M elville. http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/ http://www.ala.org/acrl/ C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0 / 3 8 3 ACRL " E x c e lle n c e in A ca d e m ic L ib ra rie s " winners hold celebrations T h e N o r th C a r o l i n a S t a t e U n iv e r s it y (N C SU )Libraries sta g e d a festiv e c e le b ra tio n o n M arch 21, 2 0 0 0 , in h o n o r o f its s e le c tio n as th e first re c ip ie n t o f ACRL’s E x c e lle n c e in A c a d e m ic Libraries Aw ard in th e u n iversity ca te g o ry . N early 2 0 0 individuals e n jo y e d a n e le g a n t lu n c h e o n b e fo r e th e o fficial c e re m o n y b e g a n . A m o n g th o s e atten d in g w e re library s ta ff m e m b e rs , cu rren t a n d retired library a d ­ m inistrators, university adm inistrators an d fa c­ ulty, m e m b e rs o f th e F rien d s o f th e Library B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s , s ta te le g is la to r s , an d s p e c i a l g u e s ts . E a c h guest received a gold- plated com m em orative b o o k m ark from the li­ braries and a red bu t­ ton supplied b y ACRL A C R L P resid en t Larry H ard esty and B la ck ­ w ell's Book Services Don Satisky presented th e aw ard to NCSU o fficia ls. North Carolina le g isla to rs and a u th o r Kaye G ib b o ns also attend ed th e even t. that read, “NCSU Librar­ ies: B e st o f the B e st.” Larry L. H ard esty , p resid en t o f ACRL, for­ m ally p r e s e n te d th e h a n d s o m e ciy sta l aw ard to NC State C h a n c e llo r M arye A n n e F o x and P ro v o st K erm it L. Hall. H all e x p r e s s e d h is a d ­ m ira tio n fo r Su san N utter’s o u tstan d in g le a d ­ e rsh ip as library d ire cto r b e fo r e a n n o u n c in g th e lib rary ’s latest ARL ran k in g , a rise to 35 o u t o f 111 a c a d e m ic r e s e a r c h libraries. F o llo w in g th e aw ard p re se n ta tio n , D o n ald Satisky, v ic e p re sid e n t fo r in tern a tio n a l sa le s an d m a rk etin g fo r B la c k w e ll’s B o o k S erv ices, In c ., d e liv e re d a $ 3 ,0 0 0 c h e c k to J in n ie Y. D avis, assistan t d irecto r fo r Sch o larly C o m ­ m u n ica tio n an d E x te rn a l R elation s. D avis w as re p re se n tin g V ice P ro v o st an d D ire cto r o f Li­ b raries Su san K. Nutter, w h o w as u n a b le to atten d th e c e re m o n y b e c a u s e o f surgery. F rie n d s o f th e L ib ra ry ’s A u th o r-in -R e si- d e n c e , in te rn a tio n a lly a c c la im e d w riter K ay e G ib b o n s , lo v in g ly d e s c rib e d h e r m a n y y ears o f a s s o c ia tio n w ith th e NCSU Libraries. S h e w o rk e d th e re du rin g h e r u n d erg rad u ate days at th e university, a n d s h e r e c a lle d vividly h e r first e n c o u n te r w ith n ew ly h ire d library di­ re c to r S u sa n N utter fro m MIT. S h e cla im e d sh e just sa u n tered right in to N utter s orrice o n e d ay a n d said, “I u n d ersta n d y o u ’re fro m ‘u p th e r e ’ a n d y o u ’re g o in g to h a v e this p la c e full o f c o m p u te r s a n d I w a n t it s m e llin g lik e b o o k s .” G ib b o n s ad d ed s h e w a n te d th e library to alw ays sm ell like b o o k s , w h ic h Nutter p ro m ­ ised to d o. F ro m this initial e n c o u n te r, th e A u th or-in -R esid en ce p rogram b lo sso m e d , w ith K ay e G ib b o n s p ro v id in g u n stin tin g su p p ort, talks, an d d o n atio n s to an institution sh e ch e r­ ish es. A lto g eth er, it w a s a n o c c a s io n th at e n ­ c o m p a s s e d th e en tire university and a c c o m ­ p lish ed th e E x c e lle n c e in A ca d em ic Libraries Award p ro g ra m ’s g oal o f a c h ie v in g c a m p u s r e c o g n itio n o f aw ard - w in n in g libraries. P u b ­ licity a b o u t th e aw ard resu lted in a n editorial in th e Raleigh n ew sp a ­ p e r p raisin g th e NCSU Libraries’ a ch ie v e m e n ts w h ile n o tin g th e n e e d to su stain its m o m e n ­ t u m . — T e rre ll A . Croiv, e -m a il: terry _ crow @ ncsu.edu, a n d Jin n ie Y Daivs, NCSU Libraries, e-mail: jinnie_davis@ ncsu.edu College of DuPage and Wellesley College Libraries Ed. note: T h e C o lle g e o f D u P a g e Library , w in ­ n e r in th e c o m m u n ity c o lle g e ca te g o ry , will h o ld a r e c e p tio n o n M ay 10 at 5 :3 0 p .m ., h o s t e d b y th e B o a r d o f T r u s t e e s . A lth e a J e n k i n s , e x e c u t iv e d ir e c t o r o f ACRL, w ill p re se n t th e p la q u e , a n d a re p re se n ta tiv e o f B la c k w e ll’s B o o k S e r v ic e s w ill p r e s e n t th e c h e c k . W e llesley C o lle g e Library, w in n e r in th e c o lle g e c a te g o ry , p la n s a c e r e m o n y o n th e step s o f th e M argaret C lap p Library w ith a n o u td o o r r e c e p tio n to fo llo w o n M on d ay, M ay 15 fro m 4 :0 0 -6 :0 0 p .m . S p e a k e rs at th e c e r ­ e m o n y w ill in clu d e W ellesley C o lle g e P resi­ d en t D ia n a C h a p m a n W alsh, a n d D e a n o f th e C o lle g e L ee C uba. ■ mailto:crow@ncsu.edu mailto:jinnie_davis@ncsu.edu 3 8 4 / C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0 IU staff w ill c o n v e r t 800,000 m icro film p a g e im ages to text files using optical char­ acter recogn ition softw are and create a search­ able database o f the texts. Participating li­ braries w ill edit, e n c o d e , and p ro o fre a d the text files. T h e nine libraries w o r k in g o n this project are m em b ers o f the C om m ittee o n Institu­ tional C o o p e ra tio n (C IC ), an a cad em ic c o n ­ sortium o f the B ig T en universities and the University o f C hicago. Participating libraries are: Indiana, M ich igan State, and O h io State Universities, and the U niversities o f Illinois at C hicago, o f Illinois at U rbana-C ham paign, o f Io w a , o f M ichigan, o f M innesota, and o f W isconsin-M adison. ■ Community College Focus Group: Comment! from the 2000 ALA Midwinter Meeting Dem onstrating dedication to their profes­ sion, 12 m em b ers o f A C R L ’s C om m u n ity and Junior C o lle g e Libraries Section (CJCLS) a g re e d to m ee t v e ry early Saturday, Janu­ ary 15, 2000, (as part o f a focus gro u p s p o n ­ sored b y the AC R L B oard o f D irectors) dur­ ing the A L A M id w in te r M eetin g to discuss their m em b ersh ip in AC RL and w h a t c o n ­ cerns th em m ost as com m u n ity c o lle g e li­ brarians. Past AC R L President W illiam M iller g e n ­ erou sly a g re e d to facilitate the active dis­ cu ssion a n d the participants e lo q u e n t ly s p o k e o f their concerns. W h ile the discus­ sion b e g a n w ith lo o k in g at w h y c o m m u ­ nity c o lle g e librarians join ACRL, certain issues and matters w e r e clearly u p p e rm o s t in the m e m b e rs ’ minds. P rofession al d e ­ v e lo p m e n t an d a d v o c a c y w ith in h ig h e r edu cation a p p e a re d to b e strong con cern s, as w e ll as c o lla b o ra tio n w ith o th e r c o m ­ m unity c o lle g e associations. B e lo w are a fe w o f the c o m m e n ts m a d e du ring the discussion. M em bership “I jo in ed AC R L after attending a National C onference. T h e AC R L N ational C o n feren ce is m o re fo c u s e d and releva n t to m y w o r k .” “ Initially, I jo in e d fo r th e journals. 1 w a n te d m y o w n c o p y . ” “ CJCLS w a s the o n ly g r o u p I c o u ld find sp ecifica lly fo r c o m m u n ity c o lle g e librar­ ians. It’s im portant fo r c o m m u n ity c o lle g e librarians to n e tw o r k w ith e a c h oth er and to k e e p in tou ch w ith librarians at four- y ea r sch oo ls.” “T h e Im m ersio n p ro g ra m [ACRL Insti­ tute fo r In fo rm a tio n Literacy O IL ) Im m er­ sion Program s] attracted m e to ACRL. ” “M any o f m y colleagu es d o n ’t b e lo n g to AC R L because o f lim ited travel funds w ith in com m u n ity c o lle g e s and a lot o f c o m p etitio n w ith other con feren ces, such as Leagu e o f In n ovation .” Programs and activities “ I ’d like to see m ore w o rk s h o p s and not just in conjunction w ith con feren ces. R egio n a l con feren ces w o u ld b e great, es­ p ecia lly o n hot topics like accreditation.” “A speakers bureau w ith p re p la n n e d w o rk sh o p s w o u ld be h elp fu l.” “T h e Im m ersion p rogram is great— run w ith it!” “ACRL needs to continue collab oratin g w ith other organizations and state associa­ tions. T h ese collaborations cou ld d e v e lo p into joint programs for d e v e lo p in g the m an­ agem en t and administrative skills o f c o m ­ munity c o lle g e librarians, as w e ll as m ak­ in g administrators m o re a w a re o f libraries and getting librarians o n accreditation teams and in administrative positions on cam pus.” “ Com m unity c o lle g e s d o n ’t h a ve a hi­ erarchy that allo w s com m u n ity c o lle g e li­ brarians to learn adm inistration until th ey are th row n into it.” “With IPEDS no longer requiring libraries to report their statistics, the ACRL 1998 Aca­ demic Library Trends and Statistics is even more important. And I love being able to set up m y o w n peer group with the CD-ROM.” ACRL w o u ld like to thank all o f the f o ­ cus gro u p participants and W illia m M iller fo r their tim e and ideas. T h e com m en ts and suggestions are greatly appreciated and w ill b e used to im p r o v e A C R L services and a c t i v i t i e s .— M e lis sa C ast, A C R L, e -m a il: m cast@ ala.ojg m mailto:mcast@ala.ojg C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0 / 3 8 5 3 8 6 / C & R L N e w s ■ M a y 2 0 0 0