ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


College & Research 
libraries news No. 8, September 1971

ACRL News Issue (A) of College & Research Libraries, Vol. 32, No. 5

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Standards for Faculty Status Approved
In significant action a t the annual meeting 

of the Association of College and Research Li­
braries, the membership overwhelmingly voted 
to accept as a working document the “Stan­
dards for Faculty Status for College and Uni­
versity Librarians.” Upon the recommendation 
of the Committee on Academic Status, how­
ever, item four of the proposal (see the June 
1971 issue of CRL News), the section on edu­
cation, was deleted. A number of attempts to 
otherwise alter the document were voted down 
and the standards will now become the basis 
for discussions to be held with the American 
Association of University Professors, the Asso­
ciation of American Colleges, and other profes­
sional and educational organizations.

Having voted to accept “Standards for Fac­
ulty Status,” the members then turned to meth­
ods of implementing them. In  a resolution 
which pointed out the necessity of a separate 
office for academic status at ACRL and which 
noted that the proposed ALA Program of Ac­
tion for Mediation, Arbitration and Investiga­
tion was inadequate, it was resolved that the 
ACRL Board should secure funding for the es­
tablishment of such an office. It was further re­
solved that failing to achieve funding from 
ALA, ACRL should impose a fee of five dollars 
upon each of its individual members and ten 
dollars on each of its institutional members. 
Passed by membership, the resolution was re­
ferred by the Board of Directors to an ad hoc

NOTICE
Please send all news notes to Michael Herbi- 
son, Editor, CRL News, Library, University 
of Colorado, Colorado Springs Center, Colo­
rado Springs, Colorado 80903. This is a 
change of address and all publicity offices 
should be notified.

committee to be appointed by President Rea­
son. It was indicated that such a fee would 
require a mail vote of all ACRL members.

In other action the membership:
Approved for the first time a motion which 
will liberalize procedures for amending the 
constitution. Final approval of this amend­
ment will be sought at the Annual Con­
ference in Chicago next year.
Adopted a resolution strongly objecting to 

the ALA Committee on Program Evalua­
tion and Support reduction of Funds for 
CHOICE and the proposed reduction of 
CRL News to a bimonthly publication. 
(At the ALA Executive Board meeting on 
June 26, it was agreed that the News 
should continue to be published monthly.)
Received a report on the work of the 
ACRL Task Force on Goals, Structure and 
Finance. ■■

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News e dito r: Michael Herbison, Library, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Center, Colorado Springs, 
Colorado 80903. Editor: Richard M. Dougherty, School of Library Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. 
13210. President, ACRL: Joseph H. Reason. Executive Secretary, ACRL: J. Donald Thomas, ALA.