ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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ACRL Chapters
•  The Western New York/Ontario Chap­

ter of ACRL has selected new officers. The re­
sults of the elections are:

Vice-President—Betty Miller, supervisor of 
the Calspan Corporation Technical Library, 
Buffalo, New York

Secretary—Stephen Kees, senior librarian, 
Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technol­
ogy, Welland, Ontario

Treasurer—Jo Ann Kaufman, assistant li­
brarian in education, State University of New 
York, College at Fredonia

Membership Chairperson—Maryruth Glo- 
gowski, assistant librarian, E. H. Butler Li­
brary, State University of New York, College at 
Buffalo

Nominations Chairperson—Paul Zadner, as­
sociate librarian, E. H. Butler Library, State 
University of New York, College at Buffalo

Program Chairperson—David Legel, psy­

chology bibliographer, Rush Rhees Library, 
University of Rochester, New York

Public Relations Chairperson—John Kilbury, 
information and orientation librarian, Univer­
sity of Guelph, Ontario

Councilor—Barbara Mann, assistant librari­
an, Science and Engineering Library, State 
University of New York at Buffalo

Councilor—Sheila Laidlaw, librarian, Sig­
mund Samuel Library, University of Toronto, 
Ontario

•  The Oregon Chapter of ACRL held a 
training session and workshop on January 25 
at which Ted Ryerson of National Technical 
Information Service ( NTIS) talked about their 
services and publications. He also provid­
ed information on developing search strategies 
for computer access. It was jointly sponsored 
by the University of Oregon. Ninety-five people 
attended. ■ ■

Proposed Amendment to the ACRL 
Constitution and Bylaws

Upon the recommendation of the ACRL 
Publications Committee and the ACRL Board 
of Directors, the following text was proposed 
by the Committee on the ACRL Constitution 
and Bylaws as an addition to the ACRL Consti­
tution and Bylaws (published in the April 
1973 issue of College & Research Libraries 
News). If approved, the proposed text would 
become Article VII of the ACRL Bylaws, and 
the current Bylaws Articles VII, VIII, IX, and 
X would be renumbered.

The ACRL Bylaws may be amended by a 
majority vote of the members of the Associa­
tion attending a general meeting at an annual 
conference or casting ballots in a vote by mail, 
provided that notice of the proposed changes 
has been published not less than one month be­
fore the final consideration. The proposed By­
law will be considered for approval at the 
ACRL Membership Meeting at the Detroit 
Conference on Saturday, June 18, 1977, at 2:00 
p.m.

BYLAWS
Article VII. Publications Programs

Sec. 1. Authorization. The publications pro­
grams of the Association shall be authorized by

action of the Association or the Board of Di­
rectors, except as otherwise provided in the 
Constitution and Bylaws, and subject to the 
policies and procedures of the American Li­
brary Association. The Board of Directors shall 
approve the policy and manner of distribution 
of publications, exercise financial control, and 
establish criteria and recruitment policies for 
selection and appointment of editors and edi­
torial boards, as appropriate. ■■

Recent LA’s (Library Acronyms) 
Encountered

BLAISE (British Library Automated In­
formation Service)

NASIC (Northeast Academic Science In­
formation Center)

PRECIS (Preserved Context Indexing 
System)

SCATT (Scientific Communication and 
Technology Transfer)

SPIN (Searchable Physics Information 
Notices)

TINA (Technology Innovation Alert)