ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 718 / C&RL News ■ October 1999 news In t h e In this issue w e re p o rt o n a n u m b e r o f re c e n t ACRL initiatives: • ACRL has co m p leted th e first y ear o f its am b itio u s A cadem ic Libraries T rends a n d Statistics project, w hich aim s to co m ­ prehensively gather statistics from academ ic libraries at all levels in th e U nited States an d C anada an d issue a re p o rt in a tim ely m anner. The first re p o rt is n o w available, an d th e n e w survey will b e o u t in N ovem ­ b e r (p a g e 760). •ACRL has la u n c h e d a n ew E xcellence in A cadem ic Libraries A ward to recognize th e w o rk o f librarians an d staff as th ey fur­ th e r th e e d u catio n al m ission o f th e ir insti­ tu tio n s. T h ree a n n u a l aw ard s o f $3,000 e a c h are available. C heck o u t p ag e 728 for details. • T he final, a p p ro v e d “G u id elin es for th e security o f rare b o o k , m anuscript, an d o th e r special co llectio n s,” as d e v e lo p e d by th e ACRL/RBMS Security C om m ittee, a p ­ p e a rs o n p ag e 741. • ACRL’s Institute for In form ation Lit­ eracy h e ld its first Im m ersion pro g ram for n e w librarians, librarians n ew to teaching, an d e x p e rie n c e d in stru ctio n librarians at th e en d o f July (p a g e 723). • ACRL’s In s tru c tio n S ectio n h e ld a “T hink Tank III,” w h ich ex p lo re d in form a­ tio n literacy an d th e tech n o lo g ical tran s­ fo rm atio n o f hig h e r ed u catio n . A re p o rt o f th e ir d iscussions is fo u n d o n p ag e 751. • ACRL la u n c h e d a “Friends o f ACRL” g ro u p du rin g th e last year. See h o w you can b e c o m e a friend o n p ag e 729. ACRL w o u ld n o t b e able to accom plish th e se m any n e w initiatives w ith o u t th e ef­ forts o f its m em bers. ACRL’s call for v o lu n ­ teers is o n p ag e 755. T hink a b o u t w h at y o u can co n trib u te (a n d th e skills yo u can d e v e lo p ) w o rk in g w ith ACRL a n d se n d in y o u r co m p leted v o lu n te e r form today! —Mary Ellen K. Davis Editor-in-Chief medavis@ala.org mailto:medavis@ala.org