ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries Association of College & Research Libraries A H tyffion o f t › r AffMvfcafl í rf trjfy A im jl ktlifm 2000-2001 A nnual Report Community& Collaboration @ your library’' ACRL's Mission T h e A sso cia tio n o f C o lle g e a n d R esearch L ib ra rie s (A CRL) en h a n ces th e effectiveness o f a c ad em ic a n d re s e a rc h lib r a r ia n s to advance le a rn in g , teach in g , and re searc h in h ig h e r education. hftp ://w w w .a la .o rg /a c rl/ 1094 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Message from the President Lizabeth Wilson A C R L ’s 62nd P resident When I accepted the nomination to stand for the presidency o f ACRL, I did so with the intent of repaying ACRL. My time as president reconfirmed that I receive much more from ACRL than I can ever give in return. ACRL offers its members a way to stay connected with colleagues and energized with new ideas; ground­ ing on issues in higher education; and opportunities for learning in a continu­ ous way. It has been a year of tremendous accomplishment for ACRL, as well as one o f great professional and personal satisfaction. I had the privilege o f visiting ACRL Chapters and experiencing firsthand innovation across the country. To he part of the richness of regional traditions has been inspiring. It was an honor to open “Crossing the Divide,” ACRL’s 10th National Conference in Denver, March 15-18. Conference Chair W. Lee Hisle, the planning committee, and ACRL staff shaped a high-quality event that set attendance records. Now in its second year, the “Excellence in Academic Libraries Awards,” funded by Blackwell’s Book Services, recognized University of Arizona Libraries, Austin Community College Library, and Earlham College Library as the “best o f the best.” Libraries are moving into a century of change that calls for strengthening our collaborations and community relationships if we are to succeed in the 21st century. As a result, I selected “Community and Collaboration” as my presiden­ tial focus. A fabulous program committee, led by Jill McKinstry, assisted me throughout the year. “The Lone Ranger is Dead” was the inaugural article in a “Community and Collaboration” series that ran in C&RL News. Each month, different writers shared stories of successful collaborations in our interconnected communities. ACRL advanced information literacy through community-wide collaboration. ACRL leaders Cerise Oberman and Julie Todaro led the ALA Information Lit­ eracy Partnerships Initiative to bring together librarians, community members, and organizations to help prepare the public to use information efficiently and effec­ tively. The Institute for Information Literacy and its Immersion Program, the pro­ mulgation of the “Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Educa­ tion,” and the new Information Literacy Consultants enhanced ACRL’s capacity and infrastructure to leverage membership efforts. Celebrating the diversity and creativity of ACRL, the ALA Annual Confer­ ence in San Francisco featured some 18 programs presented by ACRL sections and committees. The ACRL President’s Program entitled “The Creative Genius of Community” explored the library as the intellectual crossroads of the com­ munity— a house of stories preserving our memory and fostering communica­ tion and collaboration. The program featured award-winning author, poet, and screenwriter Sherman Alexie and was the undisputed highlight of the confer­ ence. C&RL News ■ December 2001 1095 Message from the President This was also a year o f milestones and transitions. ACRL celebrated the su­ perlative leadership of Althea Jenkins as its executive director for the past ten years. When Althea announced her resignation to become the director of librar­ ies at Florida State University, the ACRL Board launched a process to find a worthy successor. The ACRL Board was delighted, but not surprised, to iden­ tify an outstanding candidate in Mary Ellen Davis. With Mary Ellen’s extraor­ dinary leadership talents, ACRL will continue its momentum as the premier association of academic librarians into the 21st century. ACRL 2001 Annual Conference Programs—San Francisco ■ ACRL President’s Program—The Creative Genius of Community ■ AAMES— Unicode: Representing the World’s Languages Online: Trends and Applications ■ AFAS— African American Studies and Librarianship: A Natural Relationship ■ ANSS—Social Movements, Marginalized Groups and the Internet: Issues for Librarians and Researchers ■ ARTS/LES— The Beat Generation: Collaboration and Community ■ CJCLS—Assistive Technologies: The Real Issues Behind Access ■ CLS—Virtual Space/Virtuous Place: College Libraries in the 21st Century ■ DLS— Integrate, Separate, or Outsource? Models for Distance Learning Services ■ EBSS—Old Friends, New Partners: Academic Libraries Redefine K-12 Outreach ■ IS— Partners in Progress: Using Campus Partnerships to Promote Informa­ tion Literacy ■ LITA/ACRL— Electronic Poetry Salon ■ LPSS—New Technologies, New Opportunities: Collaborating with Faculty ■ Media Resources— Media Resources 101: A Primer ■ Publications and Research—Getting Published and What it Takes: A Conversation with Editors and Authors ■ RBMS—Collecting the Twentieth Century: The Roles of Scholars and Rare Book and Special Collections Librarians ■ SEES—Slavic Collections in the San Francisco Bay Area and their Impact On the Intellectual, Cultural, and Economic Life of the Local Community ■ SPARC/ACRL Forum—Outward Bound: Effecting Change in Scholarly Communication from Outside the Library ■ STS— Quantum Leaps by Decade: 40 Years of Creating New Communities for Science Librarianship Through Collaboration ■ ULS—Outside/In: Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us ■ WESS— Exploding Canons: Including the Voices of Spain’s Excluded Communities ■ WSS—Women Moving Mountains: Women and Organizations 1096 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Message from the Vice-President Mary Reichel Vice-President/President-Elect I was very pleased to have been elected in May 2000 as vice-president/president-elect of ACRL and to serve the association in that capacity last year. D uring the vice-presidential year, my fo­ cus was on developing the them e for 2 0 0 1 - 2002 and appointments. The idea o f “learning com m unity” emerged as a them e that captures my deep respect for ACRL members and all we do for higher education and for ACRL. Through the years I have learned far more from others in ACRL than I have given, and my universities have benefitted as I tried out new ideas. With ACRL’s strategic plan as the framework, the general them e of “ACRL: The Learning Community for Excellence in Academic Libraries” emerged. The hard work o f putting this theme into action falls to the President’s Program Comm ittee, co-chaired by Don Frank of Portland State U niver­ sity and Susan K roll o f Ohio State University. The com m ittee has devel­ oped an excellent program for the A tlanta 2002 conference, which will be held on June 17. The keynote presentation will be given by B arbara Leigh Smith from Evergreen State U niversity in W ashington, and I know we are all in for a stim ulating afternoon. We also hope to have poster sessions that afternoon tied to the Learning Community theme. A t the M idw inter M eet­ ing, the President’s Program C omm ittee will host a discussion forum on how ACRL as a learning comm unity has prom oted excellence in academic libraries. The forum will be on January 21, 2002, from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. The N om inations C omm ittee, chaired by Frances M aloy o f Emory U ni­ versity, worked through the first h alf o f last year and developed an excel­ lent slate of candidates with Tyrone Cannon o f the U niversity o f San Fran­ cisco and John Popko of Seattle University running for vice-president/presi- dent-elect. Susanna H inojosa o f the U niversity o f C alifornia/B erkeley chaired the A ppointm ents C omm ittee and oversaw more than 85 new appointm ents to com m ittees or task forces and more than 28 reappointm ents. We focused on appointm ents that w ould bring diversity and newly active members into the association, including appointing 18 ACRL National Conference schol­ arship recipients as interns to comm ittees. During the year, I spoke at two regional association m eetings and really enjoyed the opportunity to get to know more of you and to understand how the difficult issues we face are developing in different states. T hank you again for this opportunity to serve, and I look forward to hearing from you about ideas or concerns you may have for ACRL. C&RL News ■ December 2001 1097 A C R L S p o n s o rs h ip s fo r 2001 ACRL Sponsorships for 2001 ACRL thanks the corporate community for financially supporting its activities and programs throughout the year. Working together, the academic library and corpo­ rate communities can achieve goals of mutual interest. Corporate contributions added $219,741 to the ACRL 2000-2001 budget. Because of these contributions, the ACRL membership enjoyed a wider range of programs and activities. Colleagues Summa Cum Laude ($10,000+) Touzot Grant Bell & Howell University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee- Docutek Information Systems Golda Meir Library EBSCO Information Systems YBP Library Services Elsevier Science ISI Honor Roll (<$ 1,000) netLibrary, Inc. Aux Amateurs de Livres ProQuest Casalini Libri, s.p.a. East View Publications, Inc. Magna Cum Laude ($6,000-$9,999) Experimenta Old and Rare Books C & R L N e w s Faxon, RoweCom Academic and CHOICE Biomedical Services Endeavor Information Systems, Inc. Harrassowitz SilverPlatter Information, Inc. Iberbook International S.L. Swets Blackwell, Inc. IDC Publishers, Inc. K.G. Saur VerlagCum Laude ($3,000-$5,999) Pacific Book Auction Galleries Blackwell’s Book Services Penguin Putnam, Inc. Charlotte Convention & Visitors Bureau Priscilla Juvelis, Inc. CIS/Lexis-Nexis Puvill Libros, S.A Epixtech, Inc. Reese Company The Gale Group SIRSI Corporation Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Springer-Verlag New York Tavistock Books Dean’s List ($1,000-$2,999) The Bookstall Belser Wissenschaftlicher Dienst Ltd. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee- Bibliographic Center for Research School of Information Studies Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, L.R University Products, Inc. Norman Ross Publishing Zeller Dietrich, Bibliographische Terry Tierney Verlage 1098 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 L e tte r fro m th e E x e c u tiv e D ire c to r Mary Ellen Davis Executive Director It is affirming to learn from the membership sur­ vey conducted this year that ACRL mem bers are pleased with the variety of publications, programs, products, and services that ACRL provides. This satisfaction is a result of the many collaborative partnerships that exist among ACRL mem bers, elected leaders, friends, corporate colleagues, and staff. Through these partner­ ships ACRL is able to accom plish much. This last year was an extremely busy and productive one, as you will read in this annual report. ACRL held its most successful National Conference to date, expanded its professional development offerings, conducted several surveys, continued ad­ vocating for the interests o f academic librarians to other higher education orga­ nizations and governmental groups, and recognized the best and brightest in the profession through its awards program. Responding to requests to provide more programming at a local level, ACRL launched e-learning Webcasts. These Webcasts are digitally recorded presenta­ tions, first given at ACRL conferences. Each Webcast comes with discussion questions and a resource list providing a “ready-made” professional develop­ ment event that is easy to use locally. They can be watched individually or in a group setting. Try one as a program at a brown bag lunch or morning seminar. N ot only did ACRL expand its use of the Web to offer e-learning, ACRL also greatly increased participation in its m em bership survey, statistics data collec­ tion, and conference evaluations by making the surveys available via the Web As we ended the year, ACRL found itself in a time o f change as we said farewell to Executive Director A lthea Jenkins and D irector of M embership M elissa Cast. Their tireless work on behalf o f ACRL was much appreciated. I’d like to thank the ACRL staff who have given above and beyond in their efforts to carry out the programs o f ACRL during a time in which we have been oper­ ating short 3.6 FTE staff members. However, we are conducting searches to fill these positions and look forward to being fully staffed in the coming year. I would like to thank and recognize ACRL’s corporate colleagues who have so generously supported ACRL’s programs and services this year. Their contin­ ued support allows ACRL to enhance its services, which in turn enhances the ability o f ACRL’s members to provide the highest quality services to their cam ­ pus communities. I w ould also like to thank the ACRL Board of Directors for the confidence they expressed in me when they tapped me to serve as ACRL Executive D irec­ tor. As I write this letter, ju st a few months into my first year, I am excited by the work we are doing and pleased to have the opportunity to work with you in this new role. It is a very exciting and challenging time to be an academic librarian, and I look forward to working with you as we continue to carry out ACRL’s mission. C&RL News ■ December 2001 1099 Year in Review Services and programs ACRL continues to be a dynamic organization dedicated to addressing the needs of academic librarians. To assess the state o f the association, ensure its member­ ship is receiving high-quality services and programs, and to track any new trends or needs, ACRL surveyed its personal members in the fall of 2000. To increase input from mem­ bers, the most re­ “ACRL has been a wealth o f human resources, electronic cent survey was and print resources, too .”— Respondent from the ACRL a d m i n i s t e r e d m embership survey o n lin e. A CR L members responded positively to this method of conducting the survey and responded at the very high rate of 47.3%. ACRL members indicated satisfaction with ACRL pub­ lications, professional development opportunities, and member services. The membership survey also highlighted the strength o f ACRL members. Members continue to stay active in ACRL activities. Twenty-two percent o f respondents are members of a section committee, 21.6% are members of a dis­ cussion group, and 18% are members o f an ACRL committee. These numbers all represent increases from the 1997 survey. Our very active members help to make ACRL a dynamic organization and a robust voice speaking out for aca­ demic librarians on vital issues. A dvisory ACRL staff and leaders are frequently contacted for referrals, information on faculty status and ACRL standards and guidelines, information regarding tech­ nological advances, buildings, library systems in use, and information literacy. A dvocacy and G overnm ent Relations In 2000-2001, ACRL continued to be a strong advocate for academic librarians and the contribution they make to learning, teaching, and research. To support this advocacy effort, ACRL launched a media campaign to underscore to m em­ bers of the higher education community the continued vitality and value of academic libraries. The first advertisement of this campaign, placed in the April 20, 2001, edition o f the Chronicle o f H igher Education, used the theme “excit­ ing thing happen @ your library” to congratulate the 2001 winners of the Ex­ cellence in Academic Libraries Award. To advocate for academic library issues in the public policy arena, ACRL adopted the 2000-2001 Legislative Agenda, which focused on several legisla­ tive and public policy areas that affect academic libraries. One major focus o f the library community throughout this year has been reauthorization of the L i­ brary Services and Technology A ct (LSTA). The current LSTA authorization ends in 2002. A proposal was developed by a broad coalition o f library groups, including ACRL, which would increase the funding level and include a provi­ sion for analysis of LSTA programs. Legislation affecting the use o f digital materials for distance education was also introduced at the federal level. The Senate passed the TEACH bill, S. 487, that would extend the existing copyright 11 00 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in Review exemption for classroom use o f dramatic literary and musical works to non­ profit distance-education courses. A similar bill is expected to pass in the House. ACRL participated in a workshop with other associations where ideas were gathered about how to educate the entire education community on this impor­ tant new legislation. ACRL staff and members used a variety of strategies to respond to these and many other issues. These included the broadcast of Action Alerts over Legnet, ACRL’s Legislative Network electronic list, which includes representatives from each ACRL chapter. The members of the network forward relevant legislative messages and calls for action to their chapter members, who can consult the ACRL Washington Watch Web page where materials about the Legislative Agenda issues are maintained. This Web page also keeps the academic commu­ nity informed of legislative issues that affect their libraries. In April, ACRL continued its strong showing at ALA’s annual Library Legis­ lative Day. To further educate academic librarians on the importance of legisla­ tive advocacy and to inform them of the details o f specific legislative issues affecting academic libraries, ACRL sponsored a luncheon program attended by 60 academic librarians. Charles Beard, Rodney Petersen, and Althea Jenkins updated the attendees on the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), and LSTA reautho­ rization. Another educational opportunity was provided for ACRL members at the ALA Annual Conference, where ACRL sponsored the first ACRL Advo­ cacy Circles session. Several ACRL leaders led discussions on urgent topics of im portance to academ ic librarians. Twenty mem bers participated in the roundtable discussions of current legislative and advocacy topics, including UCITA and regional accrediting agencies. Awards Since 1923, ACRL has been committed to recognizing the best and brightest in academic librarianship. In 2001, 18 outstanding individuals and institutions received ACRL awards recognizing their accomplishments. The prestigious Aca­ demic/Research Librarian of the Year Award was presented to Austin College’s Larry Hardesty for his dynamic leadership in the academic library community. In announcing the award, the committee remarked, “The breadth o f Hardesty’s publications over the years has made an impact on academic librarianship. Many of his publications have become standards in the field.” At the 2001 ALA Conference in San Francisco, the Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, established in 1999 to recognize academic libraries that have demonstrated teamwork in supporting the missions of their institutions, was awarded for the second time. This year’s winners were Austin Community Col­ lege, Earlham College, and the University of Arizona. Each institution was rec­ ognized with an award ceremony on its campus and awarded a $3,000 cash prize. The award, sponsored by Blackwell’s Book Services, recognizes the staff of a community college, a college, and a university library for programs that deliver exemplary services and resources to further the educational missions of their institutions. C&RL News ■ D ecem ber 2001 1101 Year in Review ACRL Award Winners 2001 ■ Academic/Research Librarian of the Year sional Quarterly) C heryl Nyberg, University of (Donor: YBP/Baker & Taylor) Larry Hardesty, Aus­ W ashington School of Law tin College ■ RBMS/Leab Exhibition Catalogue Awards ■ Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award (Donor: Katharine Kyes and Daniel J. Leab En­ (Donor: ACRL, ALCTS, LAMA, L1TA) Larry Frye, dowment) Wabash College Printed Catalogues ■ Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship C a t e g o r y 1 W in n e r ( E x p e n s iv e ) : Ulysses in Hand: (Donor: ISI) Laurie Bonnici, Florida State University The Rosenbach Manuscript, The R osenbach Li­ for “An Examination of Categorical Attributions brary Through the Lens of Reference Group Theory’ C a t e g o r y 1 H o n o r a b l e M e n t io n : The A rt of Pub­ ■ Excellence in Academic Libraries lishers' Bookbindings, 1815-1915, The G rolier (Donor: Blackwell’s Book Services) Club University of Arizona C a t e g o r y 2 W in n e r ( M o d e r a t e l y E x p e n s iv e ) : Word Austin Community College and Image: Samuel Beckett and the Visual Text, Earlham College Em ory University R obert W . W oodruff Library and ■ Samuel Lazerow Fellowship (Donor: ISI) Insistut M em oires de I’edition contem poraine, Adam Chandler, Cornell University for “An Ap­ Paris plication Profile and Prototype Metadata Man­ C a t e g o r y 3 W in n e r ( I n e x p e n s i v e ) : Curious George agement System for Licensed Electronic Re­ Comes to Hattiesburg: The Life and Work o f H.A. sources” and Margaret Rey, University of Southern M is­ ■ K. G. Saur Award for Best Article in C&RL sissippi Libraries, de G rum m ond C hildren’s Lit­ (Donor: K. G. Saur Publishing) Thomas E. Nisonger, erature Collection Indiana University for “Use of Journal Citation Re­ C a t e g o r y 4 W in n e r ( B r o c h u r e s ): So Fairly Bound: ports for Serials Management in Research Fine Twentieth-Century Bookbindings and Illu­ Libraries: An Investigation of the Effect of Self- minated Manuscripts from the Edward R. Leahy Citation on Journal Rankings in Library and Informa­ Collection, U niversity of S cranton, H arry and tion Science and Genetics” (C&RL, May 2000) Jeanette W einberg M em orial Library ■ CJCLS Awards (Donor: EBSCO Subscription Services) Electronic Exhibitions Recognized for Special Learning Resources/Library Program Award: Commendation 1. Bridging the Bay: Bridging the Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, Campus, University of California at Berkeley: Wa­ New York ter Resources Center Archives and Environmental Learning Resources/Leadership Award: Cary Design Archives Sowell, Austin Community College, Austin, Texas 2. Nabokov Under Glass, Humanities and Social ■ EBSS Distinguished Education and Behav­ Sciences Library, The New York Public Library ior Sciences Librarian: Charles B.Thurston, Uni­ ■ STS/Oberly Awards (D o n o r: Eunice R. versity of Texas, San Antonio Oberly Memorial Fund) Biodiversity Studies: A ■ IS Awards Bibliographic Review, by C harles H. Smith Miriam Dudley Award (Donor: Elsevier Science): ■ WESS/Martinus Nijhoff Grant Patricia lannuzzi, University of California at Ber­ (Donor: Martinos Nijhoff International): Collect­ keley ing the nineteenth century: the book, the speci­ Innovation Award (Donor: Lexis Nexis): University men, the photograph as archive, Sue W aterman, of Hawaii at Manoa for its University Library’s LIS Johns H opkins University 100 course, “Libraries, Scholarship and Technol­ ■ WSS Awards ogy” Career Achievement (Donor: Greenwood Publish­ Publication Award: Reference Services Review, Spe­ ing): Sarah Pritchard, University of California at cial Issue: A LOEX 25-Year Retrospective (vol. 27, Santa Barbara no. 3, 1999) Significant Achievement (Donor: Routledge): ■ LPSS/Marta Lange Award (Donor: Congres­ Marilyn Dunn, H artw ick C ollege 1102 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in Review C hapter Affiliates ACRL extends its reach into the local academ ic library comm unity through the activities o f its Chapter A ffiliates. O ffering opportunities for academ ic librarians to meet and share experiences in their regions, ACRL C hapter A ffiliates sponsored more than 36 program s across the U nited States, and ACRL officers visited 7 chapters as guest speakers. A brochure for Chapters Council was developed by a Chapters Council Task Force as an information piece to guide new chapter representatives in serving as chapter leaders in ACRL. The Western Pennsylvania Chapter reorganized and incorporated to become the Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Chapter of ACRL. Sections Seventeen sections provide members with opportunities to develop leadership skills and grow as active participants in their profession and help them indi­ vidualize their ACRL experience. As part of this objective, sections develop and maintain standards and guidelines for directing the development and future directions of the profession. Sections came up with a variety of uses for the $1,500 one-time allocation presented to them by the ACRL Board of Directors. The African American Studies Section funded a portion of its Annual Conference program. The Anthropology and Sociology Section redesigned its Web site. The Instruction Section digi­ tally recorded a keynote session at its Annual Conference preconference, which will be added to the ACRL e-learning Webcasts site for on-demand viewing. The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section created a new section brochure. The Western European Studies Section sent an extra representative to the Frankfurt Book Fair. Other sections are finalizing plans and will carry them out in 2001- 2002. All 17 sections offered or co-sponsored stimulating programs at the Annual Conference in San Francisco and, for the first time, were part of the ALA Con­ ference Program tracking system, where conference programs were slotted in one of seven tracks. The Science and Technology Section celebrated its 40th anniversary with an elegant reception sponsored by ISI at the Annual Confer­ ence. Standards and guidelines ACRL is the source that the higher education community looks to for standards and guidelines on academic libraries. ACRL has promulgated 26 standards, guidelines, and model statements, which are reviewed and updated by the mem­ bership on a regular basis. All of ACRL’s standards and guidelines are posted on its Web site at http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/index.html. In 2000-2001, the “Standards for Faculty Status for College and University Librarians,” which were created to recognize formally the importance of faculty status for academic librarians, were revised and approved by the ACRL Board of Directors. The primary focus of the current revision was to improve the wording of the standards to lessen the distinction between librarians and faculty in other http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/index.html C&RL News ■ December 2001 1103 Year in Review academic units. The “Guidelines on Collective Bargaining,” which were reviewed and revised with a minor editorial change, were also approved by the Board. In addition, the ACRL Board reaffirmed the “Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Libraries,” the “Statement on Terminal Professional De­ gree for Academic Librarians,” and the “Statement on the Certification and Li­ censing of Academic Librarians.” The Distance Learning Section revised the “Guidelines for Distance Learn­ ing Library Services.” This edition of the guidelines reflects a greater emphasis on outcomes assessment and was approved by ACRL and ALA in the fall of 2000. The Instruction Section created the “Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians,” to be used in discus­ sion with administrators and academic departments for suggestions on institu­ tional goals or performance outcomes. The ACRL Board of Directors approved this statement at the 2001 Midwinter Meeting. ACRL Membership Statistics ACRL Personal Organizational/ August 2001 August 2000 %increase/ Sections Special total total decrease ACRL 11,060 983 12,043 11,524 4.50% AAMES 343 58 401 386 3.89% AFAS 258 19 277 252 9.92% ANSS 461 62 523 497 5.23% ARTS 726 78 804 793 1.39% CJCLS 1,004 207 1,211 1,171 3.42% CLS 2,109 270 2,379 2,303 3.30% DLS 1,459 68 1,527 1,317 15.95% EBSS 861 156 1,017 1,044 -2.59% IS 3,743 378 4,121 3,976 3.65% LES 576 12 588 583 0.86% LPSS 547 81 628 621 1.13% RBMS 1,526 158 1,684 1,654 1.81% SEES 191 43 234 234 0.00% STS 1,505 175 1,680 1,661 1.14% ULS 5,086 285 5,371 5,281 1.70% WESS 533 52 585 579 1.04% WSS 49 610 -0.82%556 605 1104 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in Review Partnerships and collaborations ACRL collaborated with the higher education community in a variety of ways to define and illustrate the role of libraries in learning, teaching, and research. ACRL continued to show a strong presence at the meetings of other higher education associations. ACRL staff and members attended meetings and made presentations at the Educause, American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Faculty Roles and Rewards Conference, AAHE National Conference, AAHE As­ sessment Conference, Syllabus Conference, Middle States Commission on Higher Education Conference, and Western Accrediting Association Conference. Betsy Wilson and Mary Ellen Davis represented ACRL at the Coalition for Networked Information Task Force meeting in December. Helen Spalding and Althea Jenkins represented ACRL at the Task Force meeting in April. ACRL’s strongest collaboration with non-library higher education associations continued to be with AAHE and its affiliate the Teaching, Learning, and Technol­ ogy Group (TLT). AAHE solicited program proposals from librarians for each of its three conferences, and ACRL programs were presented at two of them. An article on information literacy by ACRL Past-President Patricia Breivik appeared in the November/December issue of the AAHE Bulletin. ACRL also organized a program session at TLT’s request at the Syllabus conference in Boston, November 2000. ACRL sponsored the fourth AAHE/ACRL Library Issues Forum at the AAHE National Conference in Washington, D.C. On February 2, 2001, ACRL joined forces with associations across America in support o f the second annual ALA Divisions Job Shadow Day, an event that partners junior high, high school, and college students with workplace mentors and introduced them to the profession o f librarianship; more than 20 institu­ tions participated. Inform ation Literacy Recognizing information literacy as a primary initiative, ACRL appointed a team of librarians from California State University-San Marcos to serve as ACRL Information Literacy Consultants and to provide “infrastructure to leverage li­ brarians, faculty, and others in higher education efforts to advance the informa­ tion literacy agenda.” The consultants work with ACRL’s Information Literacy Advisory Commit­ tee and are charged to “provide advice . . . on priorities, programs and strategies for the association that promote the development and utilization o f information literacy as a learning concept throughout higher education.. . . ” ACRL launched its project, “Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in Infor­ mation Literacy Programs: Training Academic Librarians.” Funded by a N a­ tional Leadership Grant from the federal Institute o f Museum and Library Ser­ vices (IMLS), the purpose o f the project is to give librarians the skills to create baseline data that support the merits o f information literacy programs. The grant provides support for academic librarians to team with faculty to design, imple­ ment, and evaluate tools for assessing student learning outcomes resulting from information literacy courses taught by librarians and faculty. This direction is supported through meetings, a Web-based training and reporting forum, and C&RL N ew s ■ D ecem ber 20 01 1105 Year in Review site visits from experts. Tw enty-three institutions w ere selected to participate in this project. To gather m uch needed inform ation about inform ation literacy practices o f academ ic libraries, A CR L team ed w ith the A m erican A ssociation o f H igher E ducation (A A H E) to conduct an online survey o f academ ic library directors. Sum m ary results are available on the A C R L W eb site (http://w w w .ala.org/acrl/ nils.htm l) to help our m em bers com pare their inform ation practices w ith those o f other institutions across the U nited States. T he “Inform ation L iteracy C om petency S tandards fo r H igher E d u catio n ” h av e been w ell received by the h ig h er education com m unity and rem ain in high dem and. A C R L staff continue to fulfill requests fo r copies o f the stan­ dards, w hich have b een translated into S panish and G reek and m ore tran sla­ tio n s are underw ay. A C R L strengthened its efforts to advance inform ation literacy by focusing on com m unity-w ide collaboration. A C R L m em bers led the A LA Inform ation L it­ eracy Partnerships Initiative, w hose purpose is to bring together librarians, com ­ m unity m em bers, and organizations to help prepare the public to use inform a­ tion efficiently and effectively so they can fully participate in the w orkplace, education, com m unity, and fam ily life. Im m e rsio n p ro g ra m s To h e lp lib ra ria n s an d in s titu tio n s d e v e lo p a n d im p le m e n t in fo rm a tio n li t­ era c y p ro g ra m s on th e ir c a m p u s, A C R L ’s In s titu te fo r In fo rm a tio n L ite ra c y o ffe re d tw o Im m e rs io n p ro g ra m s th is year. T h e se fo u r-a n d -a -h a lf d ay p r o ­ g ra m s p ro v id e d tw o tra c k s o f in te n siv e tra in in g an d e d u c a tio n . T rack 1 f o c u s e d o n i n d i ­ v id u a l d e v e lo p m e n t “A ll instruction librarians should attend Im mersion.” fo r new lib ra ria n s o r i n s t r u c t i o n l i b r a r ­ “It was a transform ing experience.” ian s w h o are in te r­ “This program m oves librarianship to a new life.” e ste d in e n h a n c in g , — Comments from Immersion participants r e f r e s h i n g , o r e x ­ te n d i n g th e i r i n d i ­ v id u a l in s tru c tio n sk ills. T ra c k 2 fo c u s e d o n d ev e lo p in g , in te g ra tin g , and m a n a g in g in s titu tio n a l an d p ro g ra m m a tic in fo rm a tio n lite ra c y p ro g ra m s. T h is y e a r th e n a tio n a l p ro g ra m re tu rn e d to P la tts b u rg h S tate U n iv ersity , in P la tts b u rg h , N ew Y ork, and 9 2 in d iv id u a ls w ere se le c te d to p a rtic ip a te in th e p ro g ra m . T h e p ro g ra m w as th e m o s t in te ra c tiv e to d ate a n d th is r e ­ c e iv e d v e ry h ig h m ark s fro m th e p a rtic ip a n ts , w ith 98% ra tin g th e ir e x p e ­ rie n c e as v ery p o sitiv e (th e h ig h e s t ra tin g ). T w e n ty -e ig h t in d iv id u a ls w ere re c ip ie n ts o f A C R L sc h o la rsh ip s a w a rd e d to new a n d /o r m in o rity lib ra r­ ians. F ifty lib ra ria n s fro m W is c o n sin an d th irty -six m o re in v ite d fro m th e n a ­ tio n a l p ro g ra m w a itin g list, p a rtic ip a te d in th e re g io n a l p ro g ra m , h e ld at E d g e w o o d C o lle g e in M a d iso n , W isco n sin . http://www.ala.org/acrl/ 7 7 06 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in Review Professional development As noted in the 2000 ACRL Membership Survey, continuous learning contin­ ues to be important to the ACRL membership. When asked to indicate the value of ACRL services, 64.6% o f respondents rated “professional development” as “very important.” Moreover, “professional development/continuing education” was ranked second after “publications” as the program, activity, or service ACRL should continue above all others. To meet this ongoing need for professional development, ACRL offered a varied slate of preconferences, programs, and institutes during 2000-2001, on topics such as information literacy, assessment, and leadership. National C onference In March, ACRL offered its premier professional development event— the 10th National Conference. The conference, attracting more than 3,300 individuals, was the most successful to date, breaking all previous attendance records by nearly 300. Conference attendees were able to choose from more than 250 programs and preconferences on topics such as distance education, assessm ent, “ACRL conferences provide academic librarians with the scholarly communication, and in­ best atmosphere and forum to learn and network with formation literacy. Attendees also colleagues.”— 10th ACRL National Conference attendee had the opportunity to learn about state-of-the-art products and ser­ vices with more than 180 compa­ nies exhibiting at 263, 10 x 10 booths (another record-breaking number). Evaluations: More than 9 out o f 10 attendees (94.0%) characterized their ex­ perience at the National Conference as either “very” or “somewhat positive.” Their major goals in attending were to update knowledge (92.5%), network and Preconferences ACRLis preconferences, held in conjunction with the ALA Annual Conference, con­ tinue to offer opportunities for academic librarians to explore in-depth topics in aca­ demic librarianship. ACRL offered four preconferences in 2001: ■ 42nd Rare Books and M anuscripts Section Preconference: The Twentieth Century ■ Instruction Section Preconference: How To Keep From G lazing O ver W hen You H ear the W ord Assessm ent: Realistic Strategies for the Instruction Librarian C om m unity ■ Reaching Students and Faculty: Putting the Inform ation Literacy Standards to W ork ■ Understanding the Licensing Landscape C&RL N ew s ■ D ecem ber 2001 1107 Year in Review share ideas inform ally (71.9% ), learn about new products (43.4% ), and visit the exhibits (40.3% ). Selected com m ents from the evaluations include: “A CR L con­ ferences provide academ ic librarians w ith the best atm osphere and forum to learn and netw ork w ith colleagues.” “A C R L has been the m ost im portant con­ ference in my professional life.” “A C R L conferences are excellent and provide cutting-edge inform ation.” To enhance the conference experience, many new activities and services were introduced: • Product Update Sessions. T hese sessions, hosted by exhibitors, offered at­ tendees an in-depth look at particular products/services and attracted standing room only crow ds. • Placement Center. The traditional paper notebook system was brought into the 21st century with a Web-based placem ent center. Job-seekers and employers could post jobs, resumes, and search the database for appropriate listings. This Web-based system broke all ACRL placem ent center records with 68 jo b seekers registered online and 119 employers offering 216 jobs online. The previous record, set at the D etroit conference, had 47 seekers for 105 jobs. • Workshops. To address the im portance o f interactive learning, A CR L o f­ fered its first w orkshop sessions. T hese three-hour sessions w ere lim ited to the first 60 attendees to allow fo r m axim um interaction. • Session finder. ACRL expanded its Web site to include a searchable data­ base o f program s, speakers, and exhibitors. T hose interested in the conference could visit the Web site and free-text search to build a conference schedule tailored to their needs. • Webcasts. Seven program s w ere digitally recorded and are now available as the e-learning W ebcasts site for on-dem and viewing. • Web evaluation. D ropping the onsite paper evaluation, ACRL m oved to a W eb-based form that attendees com pleted after the conference and increased participation in the evaluation process by 60 percent. L e a d e rsh ip institu te s T he third ACRL/H arvard Leadership Institute w as held A ugust 19-24, in C am ­ bridge, M assachusetts. Sixty-three individuals attended the intensive five-day institute, designed to help library leaders increase their capacity to lead and manage. ACRL also offered the one- “The instruction was excellent; it surpassed my expectations.” and-a-half day leadership insti­ tute “Service, M anagem ent, and “I feel I got w hat I w anted in term s o f learning m ore about Leadership: E ssential Tools for leadership— w hat it m eans and how to be a better leader.” 21st Century Librarians” as a sat­— Comments from ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute ellite m eeting to the IFLA C on­ feren ce, A ugust 1 6 -1 7 , 2001. The session focused on inform a­ tion and strategies for library m anagers and leaders in the changing higher edu­ cation environm ent. A ttendance w as by invitation only, and m ore than 40 indi­ viduals from 26 countries registered for the session. 1108 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 E -Learning To in crease th e av ailab ility o f p ro fessio n al dev elo p m en t o p p o rtu n ities fo r th e m em bership, A C R L in au g u rated W ebcasts— stream in g videos o f se ­ lected p resen tatio n s from the A C R L 10th N atio n al C o nference. T h e videos o f v arious speakers, along w ith th e ir P o w erP o in t p resen tatio n s, a b ib lio g ­ raphy, and d iscu ssio n q u estio n s, are available fo r a fee th a t allow s u n lim ­ ited access fo r a lim ited p erio d o f tim e (tw o w eeks fo r in d iv id u als and fo u r w eeks fo r lib raries). T h ese sessions o ffer a co n v en ien t, affo rd ab le m eans to p ro v id e p ro fessio n al d e v elo p m en t in the w orkplace. Publications A C R L v en tu red into elec tro n ic p u b lish in g w ith In Print: Publishing Op­ portunities fo r College Librarians, w hich had been p rev io u sly p u b lish ed in paper. In Print is a d atab ase o f jo u rn a ls th a t pu b lish articles o f in te re st to academ ic lib rarian s. It lists various param eters, such as w h eth er the jo u r ­ n al is re fe re e d , th e acce p ta n c e ra te , su b jects co v ered , p re fe rre d a rticle length, plus co n tac t in fo rm atio n . A ccess is fee-b ased and c o n tro lled by passw ord. A second title, D irectory o f Curriculum M aterials Centers, Fifth Edition (also a search ab le d atab a se), w as p u b lish ed . T he p ro ceed in g s o f A C R L ’s 10th N atio n al C o n feren ce w ere m ade av ailab le o n lin e in p d f for­ mat. In o th e r elec tro n ic a ctiv ities, resp o n d en ts to th e la te st C L IP N o te survey on Computer Use Policies at College Libraries had th e o p tio n o f co m p let­ ing a p a p e r survey o r by co m p letin g and subm itting th e survey form e le c ­ tronically. ACRL Journals ■ Choice—Book review journal of ACRL; 11 issues per year (July/August combined). http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/home.html ■ College & Research Libraries— Official scholarly journal of ACRL; six bimonthly is­ sues per year. http://www.ala.org/acrl/c&rl.html ■ College & Research Libraries News—Official news magazine of ACRL; 11 issues per year (July/August combined). http://www.ala.org/acrl/c&rlnew2.html ■ RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage—A journal of theory and practice covering all aspects of special collections librarianship; two issues per year. http://www.ala.org/acrl/rbmltxt.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/home.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/c&rl.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/c&rlnew2.html http://www.ala.org/acrl/rbmltxt.html C&RL News ■ December 2001 1109 Year in Review CH O IC E D uring 2001, Choice co n tin u ed w ork on its in tern al autom ation and e lec­ tro n ic p u b lish in g program . M ajor develo p m en ts d u rin g the p ast 12 m onths included: • T he F eb ru ary launch o f ChoiceReviews.online V ersion 1.7 featuring im p ro v ed search in g and a n u m b er o f oth er sm all b u t useful im provem ents. • C o n tin u a tio n o f w ork on th e lo n g -a w a ite d site lic e n se v ers io n o f ChoiceReviews.online, now in beta and scheduled fo r release in early 2002. • T h e A p ril lau n ch o f th e new Choice R ev iew er W eb S ite at h ttp :// w w w .ch o icem ag .o rg . U sing th is site, an en h an cem en t to new Publishing System , Choice review ers can now su b m it review s v ia th e W eb and update th e ir Choice pro file 24/7. • T he signing o f a new licen sin g ag reem en t w ith Syndetic S olutions, Inc. o f P ortland, O regon. U nder this agreem ent, lib raries w ith one o f the new ly enhanced Web OPACs being released by the m ajo r ILS vendors now have the o p tio n o f adding Choice rev iew s to th e ir o n lin e card catalog. • C om pletion o f a new survey o f Choice readers and subscribers. The resu lts o f th is survey w ere highly en co u rag in g and w ill play an im p o rtan t role in shaping C hoice’s future publish in g plans. • Im p lem en tatio n o f a th o ro u g h red esig n o f the Choice W eb site at h ttp :/ / w w w .ala.o rg /acrl/ch o ice. T he red esig n ed site is cleaner, sim p ler to use, and m ore co n tem porary in appearance. C&RL News C&RL News co n tin u ed to provide new s, articles offering p ractical solu­ tions to com m on challenges, and review s o f Web resources. E d ito r-in -C h ief M ary E llen D avis en d ed h e r d ecad e at the helm o f C&RL News w hen she accepted the p o sitio n o f A C R L executive director. A n atio n al search fo r a new ed ito r is underw ay. C&RL A new e d ito r w as n a m e d fo r C&RL. W illia m G ray P o tte r w ill se rv e a o n e -y e a r in te rn s h ip b e g in n in g in Ju ly 2 0 0 1 , b e fo re a ss u m in g r e s p o n s i­ b ility fo r th e jo u r n a l w h en th e te rm o f th e c u rr e n t e d ito r, D o n a ld R ig g s, e n d s. C&RL c o n tin u e s to b e th e p re m ie r s c h o la rly jo u r n a l o f a c a d e m ic lib ra ria n s h ip w ith an a c c e p ta n c e ra te fo r its r e f e re e d m a n u s c rip ts o f a p p ro x im a te ly 35 p e rc e n t. RBM Vol. 1, N o .2 and Vol. 2, N o .l o f RBM: A Journal o f Rare Books, M anu­ scripts, and Cultural Heritage w ere p u b lish ed . The latter issue featu red articles and opin io n on co llecto rs and co llectin g . A series o f p rom otional m ailings and in te re st in the new fo rm at and ed ito rial focus have p roduced in creases in subscriptions. http://www.choicemag.org http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice 1 1 1 0 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in Review S ta tis tic s T he 1999 A cadem ic L ibrary S tatistics p ro ject saw an increase in p articip a­ tion o f m ore than 28 percen t from th e previous year w ith the total num ber o f respondents at 1,367. T he trends section rep o rted data on th e ex ten t to w hich academ ic in stitu tio n s provide academ ic or faculty status as defined by the A CRL standard. In addition to p rin t p u b licatio n , the 1999 data w as m ade available in an electronic pub licatio n . A ccess is fee-based and in ­ cludes searching, selectio n o f institutions into a separate file, and display o f data in tab u lar or graphical form to facilitate peer com parisons. D ata from the year 2000, w as com pleted w ith a 22.4 percen t increase over the previous year in in stitu tio n s responding. T he total p ercentage o f in stitu tio n s responding has now risen to 54.2 percent. T he trends section o f the 2000 Statistics gathered d ata on the p rovision o f library services for distance education. T he resu lts w ill again be pub lish ed in both p rin t and electro n ic form . B ecause o f the increase in resp o n se rate, th e p rin t edition w ill appear in th ree volum es, w ith in stitu tio n s in C arnegie C lasses A sso ci­ ate o f A rts, B accalaureate and M a ste r’s, and D octoral-G ranting. D iscu s­ sions have been held to adopt the A sso ciatio n o f R esearch L ib raries (A R L) form fo r the 2001 statistics gathering in o rder to reduce th e effort o f co m ­ pletin g the form fo r A RL libraries. New Monograph Titles for 2000-01 Print titles ■ Proceedings o f the ACRL 10th National Conference, “Crossing the Divide" ■ When Change is Set in Stone: An Analysis o f Seven Academic Libraries, M ichael J. Crosbie and Damon D. Hickey ■ Travel, Sabbatical, and Study Leave Policies in College Libraries, CLIP Note #30, Carolyn Gaskell and Allen S. M orrill, compilers Electronic titles ■ InP rint: Publishing Opportunities fo r College Librarians, A lice Bahr, editor ■ Directory o f Curriculum Materials Centers, Fifth Edition, Fred Olive, editor ■ 1999 Academic Library Trends and Statistics C&RL N ew s ■ D ecem ber 20 01 1111 ACRL Board of Directors. 2000-01 ACRL B o a rd 2 0 0 0 -0 1 (I t o r): (b ack) B a rb a ra B a x te r Jen kin s, R o b e rt F. Rose, T h ere sa S. B yrd, A lth e a H. J e n kin s, W illia m E. B ro w n , M a ry Lee S w eat, D e b o ra h D a n c ik , Paul E. D u m o n t; ( fr o n t ) H elen H. S p a ld in g , L a rry H ardesty, B etsy W ils o n , M a ry L. R eichel, Jo h n P o p k o . N o t p ic tu re d : Lois C h e p e ro n ACRL Board of Directors, 2000-01 President Betsy Wilson, University of Washington Vice-president/President-elect Mary Reichel, Appalachian State University Past-President Larry Hardesty, Austin College Budget & Finance Committee Chair John Popko, Seattle University ACRL Councilor Helen H. Spalding, University of Missouri-Kansas City Directors-at-large William E. Brown, Jr., University of California, Berkeley Theresa S. Byrd, Ohio Wesleyan University Lois H. Cherepon, Saint John’s University Deborah B. Dancik, University of Alberta Paul E. Dumont, Dallas County Community College District Barbara Baxter Jenkins, University of Oregon Robert F. Rose, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Mary Lee Sweat, Loyola University Library Executive Director (Ex-officio) Althea Jenkins, ACRL/ ALA 1112 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 F in a n c ia l R e p o rt John Popko B udget and Finance Committee Chair ACRL experienced another year of strong finan­ cial performance during fiscal 2000-2001, and the association’s financial condition remains excep­ tionally healthy. A t the close of the fiscal year, the ACRL Operating Fund Balance was $2,176,643. The Choice Operating Fund Balance closed at $1,124,936. (These figures and those used elsewhere in this report are drawn from ALA’s unaudited final clos­ ing o f the fiscal year books.) ACRL manages a complex and dynamic set o f budgets. It is sometimes help­ ful to look at ACRL’s financial activities in terms o f three m ajor components: regular operations; N ational Conference activities as a subset of regular opera­ tions; and long-term investm ents and endowments. 2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 operating budget highlights ACRL’s operating revenues of $1,947,131 (excluding Choice and excluding N ational Conference) exceeded budget by almost $205,000. Among the high­ lights that contributed to this strong perform ance are the follow ing budget projects: Revenues from . . . Budgeted Actual M em bership Dues $438,193 $446,936 C&RL $155,098 $179,588 C&RL News $519,966 $666,852 Pre- & Post-Conferences $93,835 $107,621 The strong performance o f C&RL News is due in significant m easure to con­ tinuing volumes of classified advertising revenue. A mong those projects that did not m eet budget: Nonperiodical Publications revenues o f $114,414 fell below the planned total o f $165,000, and Library Statistics realized only $50,355 o f revenues budgeted at $88,433. ACRL continues to be a very efficient organization successfully controlling its costs. Operating expenses o f $1,822,546 (excluding Choice and excluding N ational Conference) were alm ost $173,000 less than budgeted. Choice’s budget performance in 2000-2001 was not as robust nor as variable as the regular ACRL operating budget. Hewing much closer to the bone, Choice revenues were alm ost $21,000 below budget while expenses squeaked by at approximately $2,000 below budget. The resulting operating net was not as strong as planned: C&RL News ■ D ecem ber 20 01 1113 F in a n c ia l R e p o rt Choice Budgeted Actual R evenues $2,440,061 $2,419,189 E xpense $2,417,694 $2,415,624 O perating N et $22,367 $3,565 2001 N atio n al C o n fe re n c e As a com ponent o f the ACRL operating budget, the successful N ational C on­ ference in Denver m ade a m ajor contribution to ACRL’s fiscal w ell being. Note: the N ational C onference budget requires a tw o-year cycle and m ajor expenses are incurred in the first year w ith no recognition o f revenues. T he chart below illustrates the revenues and expenses for the N ational C onference over this two- year cycle. FY2000 F Y2001 FY2001 Total Actual Budget Actual Actual R evenue -$15,979 $1,019,289 $1,269,777 $1,253,798 E xpenses $135,426 $748,701 $814,833 $950,259 N et -$151,405 $270,588 $454,944 $303,539 N et w /out donations $178,789 N ote that the net revenues include donations o f nearly $125,000 from ACRL’s corporate colleagues. A s a result o f these gifts, th e actual conference net o f $178,789 was im proved to $303,539 reinforcing the value o f the donations o f A CRL’s colleagues. A C R L a s s e t m a n a g e m e n t ACRL’s long-term investm ent (LTI) portfolio includes the A CR L general LTI account, the Choice LTI account, and three aw ards endow m ents (Oberly, Leab, and A tkinson). A CR L w as not im m une to the volatile investm ent m arketplace, but the im pact was not as severe as that experienced in other sectors or by other organizations. A t the end o f the 2000-2001 fiscal year, the total portfolio value o f all A CR L endow m ent funds w as $1,305,238, w hich is a slight decline from the closing figure for fiscal 1999-2000 o f $1,308,695. A CR L continued its assertive approach to asset m anagem ent and ensuring the long-term stability o f the association by transferring $50,000 to the Choice LTI account and $ 100,000 to the A CR L LTI. T he form er was possible because o f the strong position o f the Choice operating fund balance and in spite o f the negligible operating net for this year. The latter LTI transfer was based on th e com bination o f a healthy A CR L operating fund balance and strong operating nets for both A CRL gener­ ally and the N ational C onference in particular. 2 0 0 1 -2 0 0 2 A C R L b u d g e t T he A CR L B oard, follow ing a recom m endation from the B udget and Finance C om m ittee, approved at the 2001 A nnual C onference the 2 0 0 1 -2 0 0 2 ACRL 1114 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Financial Report and Choice budgets. FY 2001-2002 lacks the ACRL N ational Conference and the significant addition to revenues and net balance that the conference has consistently produced. As a result, the FY2002 ACRL operating budget is pro­ jected to be in deficit, with expenditures exceeding revenues by $347,560. This deficit is more than offset by the large continuing fund balance; it is the com bi­ nation o f these two fiscal elements which defines a balanced budget for ACRL in its m ulti-year fiscal environment. The 2001-2002 budget projects revenues, expenses, and fund balances as follows: FY 2001-2002 Operating Budget ACRL Choice Beginning fund balance $1,619,692 $1,617,716 Revenues $1,850,582 $2,544,010 Expenses $2,198,142 $2,532,637 Operating N et ($347,560) $11,373 Transfer to Long-Term Investment ($300,000) ($50,000) Ending Fund Balance $972,132 $1,132,744 T hanks I wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the individual members o f the ACRL Budget and Finance C omm ittee for the long hours and hard work, for their insights, and for their diligence in reviewing and shaping the association’s budgets. Allow me also to comm end the ACRL staff for their strong support of the com m ittee’s work and their prodigious efforts in realizing such excellent budget results for the 2000-2001 year. This successful cooperation of dedi­ cated staff and generous mem ber volunteers is essential to our continuing ef­ forts to build ACRL’s financial resources and to carry out the association’s many im portant objectives. M em bers o f the Budget and Finance Committee were: N ancy H. Allen, Rita Cecilia Knight, Erika C. Linke, William F. Louden, Gary Parsons (intern), Diane Perushek, Pamela Snelson, Elizabeth J. Wood, and Sandra Yee (intern), as well as ex-officio members ACRL Vice-President Mary Reichel, and form er ACRL Executive Director Althea H. Jenkins. Every­ one involved with ACRL can feel justifiably proud o f the association’s finan­ cial strength, its superb budget performance, and ACRL’s increased ability to carry out its highest priorities. C&RL News ■ December 2001 1115 Financial R eport Executive Summary 2000-2001 FY2000 FY2001 FY2001 SOURCES OF REVENUE ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUAL BEGINNING RESERVE LEVELS Op.Fund $1,680,502 $1,702,275 $1,703,773 Endowment 878,278 791,253 869,306 Choice Fund 1,085,769 1,171,371 1,171,021 Choice Endowment 430,417 527,668 435,932 Subtotal $4,074,966 $4,192,567 $4,180,032 MEMBERSHIP DUES AND OTHER Dues $423,019 $438,193 $446,936 Other 16,585 0 6,617 Donations 19,430 1,500 51,900 Awards 6,160 10,449 12,450 Sec. Newsletters 1,650 0 500 Special Events 0 11,100 55,761 Subtotal $466,844 $461,242 $574,165 PUBLICATIONS CHOICE $2,217,815 $2,440,061 $2,419,189 C&RL 174,016 155,098 179,588 C&RL News 556,800 519,966 666,852 RBM 35,870 33,733 34,871 Nonperiodical Pubs. 162,628 165,000 114,414 Library Statistics $52,934 88,433 50,355 Subtotal $3,200,063 $3,402,291 $3,465,269 EDUCATION Regional Institutes $210,375 $219,966 $206,765 National (01) (15,979) 1,019,289 1,269,777 Pre-& Postconferences 117,845 93,835 107,621 Web-CE 0 5,000 0 I FLA 0 0 12,500 Subtotal $312,241 $1,338,090 $1,596,663 FUNDED PROJECTS IMLS 0 $67,100 $66,672 SPECIAL PROGRAMS Friends of ACRL $6,335 $24,500 $7,154 TOTAL REVENUE $3,979,148 $5,201,623 $5,636,097 Choice Revenue $2,217,815 $2,440,061 $2,419,189 TOTAL REV. W/O CHOICE $1,761,333 $2,761,562 $3,216,908 Total Rev. W/O National Conference $1,777,312 $1,742,273 $1,947,131 Note: A ctual numbers shown are rounded from two decim al places. Therefore, subtotals m ay not precisely represent column totals due to rounding. 1116 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Financial R eport FY2000 FY2001 FY2001 OBJECT OF EXPENSE ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUAL MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES Membership Svcs. $68,214 $109,947 $61,730 Exec. Comm. & Board 67,650 123,912 121,282 Advisory (23,045) 11,592 10,317 Standards distrib. 10,115 7,971 12,637 Discussion Groups 3,164 3,771 3,476 Awards 19,849 21,662 20,682 Chapters 57,191 68,784 62,626 Committees 50,717 56,377 46,289 Sections 61,982 96,847 68,822 Section Newsletters 28,406 32,232 32,986 Chapter Topics 3,660 6,464 3,439 C&RL Over Rev. 0 10,570 0 Liaisons to Higher Ed. 66,739 75,019 49,195 Special Events 16,061 17,841 60,054 Information Literacy 46,610 158,412 89,156 Scholarship 3,250 60,000 56,423 Subtotal $480,563 $861,401 $699,117 SPECIAL PROJECTS Friends of ACRL $127 $24,642 $4,248 Subtotal $127 $24,642 $4,248 PUBLICATIONS CHOICE $2,016,371 $2,417,694 $2,415,624 C&RL 159,871 155,098 169,369 C&RL News 353,888 406,299 410,777 RBM 31,350 32,840 32,849 Nonperiodical Pubs. 108,489 135,019 129,584 Library Statistics 56,922 99,009 74,021 Subtotal $2,726,891 $3,245,959 $3,232,224 EDUCATION Regional Institutes $188,441 $190,183 $167,248 National (01) 135,426 748,701 814,833 National (03) 0 0 5,161 Pre-& PostConferences 99,483 90,133 98,651 Web-CE 0 25,462 15,586 I FLA 0 0 21,096 Subtotal $423,350 $1,054,479 $1,122,574 FUNDED PROJECTS IMLS 0 $67,100 $66,672 Subtotal 0 $67,100 $66,672 TOTAL EXPENSES $3,630,931 $5,161,839 $5,058,164 CHOICE EXPENSES $2,016,371 $2,417,694 $2,415,624 TOTAL EXP. W/O CHOICE $1,614,560 $2,744,145 $2,642,540 Net W/O CHOICE $146,773 $17,417 $574,368 CHOICE Net $201,444 $22,367 $3,565 CHOICE End Operating Bal $1,171,371 $1,143,738 $1,124,936 End oper. reserve balance $1,702,275 $1,619,692 $2,176,643 TOTAL EXP. W/O NTL CNF $1,479,134 $1,995,444 $1,822,546 C&RL News ■ Decem ber 2 0 0 1 1117 Friends of ACRI The Friends o f ACRL donations support areas key to ACRL’s mission. These include Professional D evelopm ent Scholarship Fund, Innovative New Program Fund, B est Practices in A cadem ic L ibrarianship Fund, and G lobal Connection Fund. Since the establishm ent o f the Friends o f ACRL, 73 ACRL mem bers have becom e Friends and contributed over $20,000 to dem onstrate their support for its initiatives. Thanks to those listed below for joining the Friends of ACRL in 2001. M ILLENNIUM CLUB Patricia A. Wand Clauda J. Morner ($1,000 and over) Betsy Wilson Linda Muroi Patricia Senn Breivik Mary Jane Petrowski In memory of Clyde C. Walton CENTURY CLUB Carol Pfeiffer Larry Hardesty ($100-$249) Shelley E. Phipps William Miller Janis Bandelin Mary Reichel Family of William Moffett Charles E. Beard Dana C. Rooks Sharon J. Rogers John M. Budd Robert F. Rose Helen H. Spalding Deborah Dancik Elizabeth M. Salzer Maureen Sullivan Paul E. Dumont Carolyn A. Sheehy Juana R. Young Ray English Louise S. Sherby Barbara J. Ford Pamela Snelson GOLD CLUB Bernard Fradkin Cary Sowell ($500-$999) Julia Gelfand Keith Stetson Jill Fatzer Joseph Griffin Lee Marie Wisel Erika C. Unke In memory of Mary Ann Griffin Barbara Wittkopf Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle Cathy Henderson Mickey Zemon LTD Lisa Hinchliffe Hannelore B. Rader W. Lee Hisle FRIENDS ($45-$99) Althea H. Jenkins Mignon Adams SILVER CLUB ($250-$499) Barbara Baxter Jenkins Steven Bell William E. Brown Barton Lessin Sherrie S. Bergman Elaine Didier Maija M. Lutz Lynn Scott Cochrane Rena Fowler Frances Maloy Nicholas Gaymon Vicki Gregory Lawrence McCrank Lori Goetsch James Neal Laurence Miller Thomas G. Kirk Marion T. Reid Rush Miller Jan Kemp Donald E. Riggs Orthella Polk Moman Susan Miller Mary Lee Sweat Victoria A. Montavon John Popko Sandra Ready 1 1 1 8 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Meet the A C RL Staff Many of you have had phone and/or e-mail contact with ACRL’s staff, of which there are 13.35 ALA-approved FTE positions at headquarters. Here’s your chance to put a face with that voice or e-mail signature. On these pages, we present current ACRL staff (including two of ACRL's Choice 22.4 FTE staff) with in­ formation about their responsibilities. Three searches are underway to fill the positions of senior associate executive director, Web product development/edi­ tor-in-chief C&RL News, and director of professional development. Take a minute to “meet the staff!” We’re looking forward to hearing from you. New ACRL staff in 2001 include: Megan Gage, administrative assistant, and Stephanie Sherrod, program assistant. SHANNON CARY, program officer. Coordinates ACRL government relations activities and Friends of ACRL activities; manages ACRL’s divisional ap­ pointment activities; answers questions about the ACRL standards and guidelines; coordinates ac­ tivities of ACRL chapters; coordinates ACRL mem­ bership promotion and retention activities. On an interim basis, also coordinates ACRL chapter and membership promotion retention activities. Phone: (312) 280-2510; e-mail: scary@ala.org MARY ELLEN DAVIS, executive director. Di­ rects activities of the ACRL and CHOICE of­ fices; coordinates policy implementation; pre­ pares ACRL’s budgets; ex-officio to the ACRL executive committee and the Board of Direc­ tors; serves as official contact for higher edu­ cation organizations; coordinates ACRL Col­ leagues and Information Literacy programs. Phone: (312) 280-3248; e-mail: mdavis @ala.org MEGAN GAGE, administrative assistant. Assistant to the ACRL Executive Director; processes mem­ ber requests for reimbursements for ACRL Board members, Council of Liaison, and information lit­ eracy initiatives; prepares and maintains financial reports for ACRL; receives contributions from cor­ porate sponsors and maintains records for ACRL; provides support for ACRL’s professional develop­ ment initiatives. Phone: (312) 280-2519; e-mail: mgage@ala.org mailto:scary@ala.org mailto:mgage@ala.org C&RL N e w s ■ D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 1 1119 Meet the ACRL Staff FRANCINE GRAF, managing editor of Choice. M anages all editorial aspects of the magazine, reviews-on-cards, and electronic databases; co­ ordinates the w ork of Choice’s editorial staff; plans the editorial calendar. Phone: (860) 347- 6933; e-mail: fgraf@ala.org LOUISE JESSUP, adm inistrative secretary, M em ­ ber Services. Maintains chapter and section ros­ ters; prepares requests for reimbursements for sec­ tion and chapter leaders; maintains record of A n­ nual C onference programs and prepares speaker letters of agreem ent; facilitates sections’ appoint­ ment process. Phone: (312) 280-2521; e-m ail: ljessup@ ala.org DAWN M UELLER, production/design assis­ tant. Develops and maintains ACR L’ s Web site; lays out and produces C&RL; designs and pro­ duces RBM; w orks with section editors to pro­ duce and distribute section newsletters; designs and produces all ACRL brochures and flyers. Phone: (312) 280-2516; e-mail: dmueller@ala.org ELISE PARKER, classified ads manager/editorial assistant. M anages job ads for C&RL News and C&RL NewsNet , contact for information about sub­ scriptions, job ads, and manuscript submissions for C&RL News. Phone: (312) 280-2513; fax: (312) 280-7663; e-m ail: eparker@ ala.org mailto:fgraf@ala.org mailto:ljessup@ala.org mailto:dmueller@ala.org mailto:eparker@ala.org 1120 /C&RL News ■ December 2001 MM eeeett tthhee AA CC RR LL SSttaaffff IRVING ROCKWOOD, Choice, editor and pub­ lisher. Handles magazine and other product adver­ tising sales; subscription services; marketing; and promotions. Phone: (860) 347-6933; fax: (860) 346- 8586; e-mail: irockwood@ala.org STEPHANIE SHERROD, program assistant. Prepares ACRL's ballots for the ALA annual elections; coordinates ACRL's Awards Program; maintains ACRL's electronic discussion lists; manages divisions appointments and nomina­ tions process; contact for ACRL discussion groups. Phone: (312) 280-2515; e-m ail: ssherrod@ala.org MARGOT SUTTON, program officer. Coordinates ACRL's Job Shadow Day; coordinates ACRL's pro­ fessional development opportunities and answers questions about registrations for ACRL's confer­ ences, institutions, etc.; coordinates ACRL's Effec­ tive Practices project; and on an interim basis over­ sees ACRL's Annual Conference programs and activities, as well as coordinates ACRL section ac­ tiv itie s . Phone: (312) 2 8 0 -2 5 2 2 ; e-m ail: msutton@ala.org mailto:irockwood@ala.org mailto:ssherrod@ala.org mailto:msutton@ala.org C&RL News ■ December 2001 1121 HUGH THOM PSON, dMffeet the ACRL Staire c to r of p u b lic a tio n s . Handles all questions about ACRL’s publications; oversees production of C&RL and RBM; answers questions about ACRLs Web site; m anages ACRL’s Academic Libraries Trends and Statistics and elec­ tronic publishing program; and on an interim basis coordinates ACRL’s e-learning program. Phone: (312) 280-2517; e-mail: hthompson@ala.org ANN-CHRISTE YOUNG, production editor for C&RL News, Copyedits and lays out C&RL News and updates C&RL NewsNet; w rites “ People in the News” and “Grants and Acqui­ sitions” for C&RL News. Phone: (312) 280- 2524; e-m ail: ayoung@ ala.org mailto:hthompson@ala.org mailto:ayoung@ala.org Structure Bookmarks Association of College & Research LibrariesA Htyffion of t›r AffMvfcafl í rf trjfy Aimjl ktlifm Association of College & Research LibrariesA Htyffion of t›r AffMvfcafl í rf trjfy Aimjl ktlifm 2000-2001 Annual Report Community& Collaboration@ your library’' ACRL's MissionThe Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) enhances the effectiveness of academic and research librarians to advance learning, teaching, and research in higher education.hftp://www.ala.org/acrl/ 1094 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Message from the PresidentLizabeth WilsonACRL’s 62nd PresidentWhen I accepted the nomination to stand for the presidency of ACRL, I did so with the intent of repaying ACRL. My time as president reconfirmed that I receive much more from ACRL than I can ever give in return. ACRL offers its members a way to stay connected with colleagues and energized with new ideas; ground­ing on issues in higher education; and opportunities for learning in a continu­ous way.It has been a year of tremendous accomplishment for C&RL News ■ December 2001 1095 Message from the PresidentThis was also a year of milestones and transitions. ACRL celebrated the su­perlative leadership of Althea Jenkins as its executive director for the past ten years. When Althea announced her resignation to become the director of librar­ies at Florida State University, the ACRL Board launched a process to find a worthy successor. The ACRL Board was delighted, but not surprised, to iden­tify an outstanding candidate in Mary Ellen Davis. With Mary Ellen’s extraor­dinary leadership tale 1096 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Message from the Vice-PresidentMary ReichelVice-President/President-ElectI was very pleased to have been elected in May 2000 as vice-president/president-elect of ACRL and to serve the association in that capacity last year. During the vice-presidential year, my fo­cus was on developing the theme for 2001-2002 and appointments.The idea of “learning community” emerged as a theme that captures my deep respect for ACRL members and all we do for higher education and for ACRL. Through the years I have learned far C&RL News ■ December 2001 1097 ACRL Sponsorships for 2001ACRL Sponsorships for 2001ACRL thanks the corporate community for financially supporting its activities and programs throughout the year. Working together, the academic library and corpo­rate communities can achieve goals of mutual interest.Corporate contributions added $219,741 to the ACRL 2000-2001 budget. Because of these contributions, the ACRL membership enjoyed a wider range of programs and activities.ColleaguesSumma Cum Laude ($10,000+)Touzot GrantBell & HowellUniversity of 1098 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Letter from the Executive DirectorMary Ellen DavisExecutive DirectorIt is affirming to learn from the membership sur­vey conducted this year that ACRL members are pleased with the variety of publications, programs, products, and services that ACRL provides. This satisfaction is a result of the many collaborative partnerships that exist among ACRL members, elected leaders, friends, corporate colleagues, and staff. Through these partner­ships ACRL is able to accomplish much. This last year was an extremely bu C&RL News ■ December 2001 1099 Year in ReviewServices and programsACRL continues to be a dynamic organization dedicated to addressing the needs of academic librarians. To assess the state of the association, ensure its member­ship is receiving high-quality services and programs, and to track any new trends or needs, ACRL surveyed its personal members in the fall of 2000. To increase input from mem­bers, the most re­“ACRL has been a wealth of human resources, electronic cent survey was and print resources, too.”—Respondent from the ACRL a 1100 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in Reviewexemption for classroom use of dramatic literary and musical works to non­profit distance-education courses. A similar bill is expected to pass in the House. ACRL participated in a workshop with other associations where ideas were gathered about how to educate the entire education community on this impor­tant new legislation.ACRL staff and members used a variety of strategies to respond to these and many other issues. These included the broadcast of Action Alerts over Legnet, ACRL’s Legislativ C&RL News ■ December 2001 1101 Year in ReviewACRL Award Winners 2001■ Academic/Research Librarian of the Yearsional Quarterly) Cheryl Nyberg, University of (Donor: YBP/Baker & Taylor) Larry Hardesty, Aus­Washington School of Lawtin College■ RBMS/Leab Exhibition Catalogue Awards■ Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award(Donor: Katharine Kyes and Daniel J. Leab En­(Donor: ACRL, ALCTS, LAMA, L1TA) Larry Frye, dowment)Wabash CollegePrinted Catalogues■ Doctoral Dissertation FellowshipCategory 1 Winner (Expensive): Ulysses in Hand: (Donor: ISI) Laurie 1102 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in ReviewChapter AffiliatesACRL extends its reach into the local academic library community through the activities of its Chapter Affiliates. Offering opportunities for academic librarians to meet and share experiences in their regions, ACRL Chapter Affiliates sponsored more than 36 programs across the United States, and ACRL officers visited 7 chapters as guest speakers.A brochure for Chapters Council was developed by a Chapters Council Task Force as an information piece to guide new chapter represent C&RL News ■ December 2001 1103 Year in Reviewacademic units. The “Guidelines on Collective Bargaining,” which were reviewed and revised with a minor editorial change, were also approved by the Board. In addition, the ACRL Board reaffirmed the “Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Libraries,” the “Statement on Terminal Professional De­gree for Academic Librarians,” and the “Statement on the Certification and Li­censing of Academic Librarians.”The Distance Learning Section revised the “Guidelines for Distance Learn­i 1104 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in ReviewPartnerships and collaborationsACRL collaborated with the higher education community in a variety of ways to define and illustrate the role of libraries in learning, teaching, and research.ACRL continued to show a strong presence at the meetings of other higher education associations. ACRL staff and members attended meetings and made presentations at the Educause, American Association for Higher Education (AAHE) Faculty Roles and Rewards Conference, AAHE National Conference, AAHE As­sessment C C&RL News ■ December 2001 1105 Year in Reviewsite visits from experts. Twenty-three institutions were selected to participate in this project.To gather much needed information about information literacy practices of academic libraries, ACRL teamed with the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) to conduct an online survey of academic library directors. Summary results are available on the ACRL Web site (http://www.ala.org/acrl/ nils.html) to help our members compare their information practices with those of other institutions ac 7706 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in ReviewProfessional developmentAs noted in the 2000 ACRL Membership Survey, continuous learning contin­ues to be important to the ACRL membership. When asked to indicate the value of ACRL services, 64.6% of respondents rated “professional development” as “very important.” Moreover, “professional development/continuing education” was ranked second after “publications” as the program, activity, or service ACRL should continue above all others. To meet this ongoing need for professional development, ACR C&RL News ■ December 2001 1107 Year in Reviewshare ideas informally (71.9%), learn about new products (43.4%), and visit the exhibits (40.3%). Selected comments from the evaluations include: “ACRL con­ferences provide academic librarians with the best atmosphere and forum to learn and network with colleagues.” “ACRL has been the most important con­ference in my professional life.” “ACRL conferences are excellent and provide cutting-edge information.”To enhance the conference experience, many new activities and services were introduced:• 1108 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 E-LearningTo increase the availability of professional development opportunities for the membership, ACRL inaugurated Webcasts—streaming videos of se­lected presentations from the ACRL 10th National Conference. The videos of various speakers, along with their PowerPoint presentations, a bibliog­raphy, and discussion questions, are available for a fee that allows unlim­ited access for a limited period of time (two weeks for individuals and four weeks for libraries). These sessions offer a convenient, afforda C&RL News ■ December 2001 1109 Year in ReviewCHOICEDuring 2001, Choice continued work on its internal automation and elec­tronic publishing program. Major developments during the past 12 months included:• The February launch of ChoiceReviews.online Version 1.7 featuring improved searching and a number of other small but useful improvements.• Continuation of work on the long-awaited site license version of ChoiceReviews.online, now in beta and scheduled for release in early 2002.• The April launch of the new Choice Reviewer Web Site at ht 1110 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Year in ReviewStatisticsThe 1999 Academic Library Statistics project saw an increase in participa­tion of more than 28 percent from the previous year with the total number of respondents at 1,367. The trends section reported data on the extent to which academic institutions provide academic or faculty status as defined by the ACRL standard. In addition to print publication, the 1999 data was made available in an electronic publication. Access is fee-based and in­cludes searching, selection of institutions i C&RL News ■ December 2001 1111 ACRL Board of Directors. 2000-01ACRL Board 2000-01 (I to r): (back) Barbara Baxter Jenkins, Robert F. Rose, Theresa S. Byrd, Althea H. Jenkins, William E. Brown, Mary Lee Sweat, Deborah Dancik, Paul E. Dumont; (front) Helen H. Spalding, Larry Hardesty, Betsy Wilson, Mary L. Reichel, John Popko. Not pictured: Lois CheperonACRL Board of Directors, 2000-01PresidentBetsy Wilson, University of WashingtonVice-president/President-electMary Reichel, Appalachian State UniversityPast-PresidentLarry Hardesty, Austin C 1112 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Financial ReportJohn PopkoBudget and Finance Committee ChairACRL experienced another year of strong finan­cial performance during fiscal 2000-2001, and the association’s financial condition remains excep­tionally healthy. At the close of the fiscal year, the ACRL Operating Fund Balance was $2,176,643.The Choice Operating Fund Balance closed at $1,124,936. (These figures and those used elsewhere in this report are drawn from ALA’s unaudited final clos­ing of the fiscal year books.)ACRL manages a complex and C&RL News ■ December 2001 1113 Financial ReportChoiceBudgetedActualRevenues$2,440,061$2,419,189Expense$2,417,694$2,415,624Operating Net$22,367$3,5652001 National ConferenceAs a component of the ACRL operating budget, the successful National Con­ference in Denver made a major contribution to ACRL’s fiscal well being. Note: the National Conference budget requires a two-year cycle and major expenses are incurred in the first year with no recognition of revenues. The chart below illustrates the revenues and expenses for the National Conferen 1114 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Financial Reportand Choice budgets. FY 2001-2002 lacks the ACRL National Conference and the significant addition to revenues and net balance that the conference has consistently produced. As a result, the FY2002 ACRL operating budget is pro­jected to be in deficit, with expenditures exceeding revenues by $347,560. This deficit is more than offset by the large continuing fund balance; it is the combi­nation of these two fiscal elements which defines a balanced budget for ACRL in its multi-year fiscal environ C&RL News ■ December 2001 1115 Financial ReportExecutive Summary 2000-2001FY2000FY2001FY2001SOURCES OF REVENUEACTUALBUDGETACTUALBEGINNING RESERVE LEVELSOp.Fund$1,680,502$1,702,275$1,703,773Endowment878,278791,253869,306Choice Fund1,085,7691,171,3711,171,021Choice Endowment430,417527,668435,932Subtotal$4,074,966$4,192,567$4,180,032MEMBERSHIP DUES AND OTHER Dues$423,019$438,193$446,936Other16,58506,617Donations19,4301,50051,900Awards6,16010,44912,450Sec. Newsletters1,6500500Special Events011,10055,761Subtotal$466,844$461,242$574,165PUBLICA 1116 / C&RL News ■ December 2001 Financial ReportFY2000FY2001FY2001OBJECT OF EXPENSEACTUALBUDGETACTUALMEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIESMembership Svcs.$68,214$109,947$61,730Exec. Comm. & Board67,650123,912121,282Advisory(23,045)11,59210,317Standards distrib.10,1157,97112,637Discussion Groups3,1643,7713,476Awards19,84921,66220,682Chapters57,19168,78462,626Committees50,71756,37746,289Sections61,98296,84768,822Section Newsletters28,40632,23232,986Chapter Topics3,6606,4643,439C&RL Over Rev.010,5700Liaisons to Higher Ed.66,73975,01949,195Special Events16,0 C&RL News ■ December 2001 1117 Friends of ACRIThe Friends of ACRL donations support areas key to ACRL’s mission. These include Professional Development Scholarship Fund, Innovative New Program Fund, Best Practices in Academic Librarianship Fund, and Global Connection Fund.Since the establishment of the Friends of ACRL, 73 ACRL members have become Friends and contributed over $20,000 to demonstrate their support for its initiatives.Thanks to those listed below for joining the Friends of ACRL in 2001.MILLENNIUM CLUBPatricia A. Wand Clauda 1118/ C&RL News ■ December 2001 Meet the ACRL StaffMany of you have had phone and/or e-mail contact with ACRL’s staff, of which there are 13.35 ALA-approved FTE positions at headquarters. Here’s your chance to put a face with that voice or e-mail signature. On these pages, we present current ACRL staff (including two of ACRL's Choice 22.4 FTE staff) with in­formation about their responsibilities. Three searches are underway to fill the positions of senior associate executive director, Web product development/edi­tor-in-chief C&RL News, an C&RL News ■ December 2001 1119 Meet the ACRL StaffFRANCINE GRAF, managing editor of Choice. Manages all editorial aspects of the magazine, reviews-on-cards, and electronic databases; co­ordinates the work of Choice’s editorial staff; plans the editorial calendar. Phone: (860) 347- 6933; e-mail: fgraf@ala.orgLOUISE JESSUP, administrative secretary, Mem­ber Services. Maintains chapter and section ros­ters; prepares requests for reimbursements for sec­tion and chapter leaders; maintains record of An­nual Conference programs and prepares spe 1120 /C&RL News ■ December 2001 MMeeeett tthhee AACCRRLL SSttaaffffIRVING ROCKWOOD, Choice, editor and pub­lisher. Handles magazine and other product adver­tising sales; subscription services; marketing; and promotions. Phone: (860) 347-6933; fax: (860) 346- 8586; e-mail: irockwood@ala.orgSTEPHANIE SHERROD, program assistant. Prepares ACRL's ballots for the ALA annual elections; coordinates ACRL's Awards Program; maintains ACRL's electronic discussion lists; manages divisions appointments and nomina­tions process; contact for ACRL disc C&RL News ■ December 2001 1121 HUGH THOMPSON, dMffeet the ACRL Stairector of publications. Handles all questions about ACRL’s publications; oversees production of C&RL and RBM; answers questions about ACRLs Web site; manages ACRL’s Academic Libraries Trends and Statistics and elec­tronic publishing program; and on an interim basis coordinates ACRL’s e-learning program. Phone: (312) 280-2517; e-mail: hthompson@ala.orgANN-CHRISTE YOUNG, production editor for C&RL News, Copyedits and lays out C&RL News and updates C&RL NewsNet; writes “Peop