ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


72 / C&RL News ■  February 1998

I n  t h e

Academic librarians should find it easy to 
incorporate the “Global reach, local touch” 
theme o f ALA President Barbara Ford into 
their plans for celebrating National Library 
Week (NLW). But to make it easier still, we 
provide you with Barbara’s own review o f 
her theme and a list o f “Ten things you can 
do to go global” that will help you celebrate 
NLW from April 19-25 (page 79).

Although, we, as librarians, know how to 
easily make use o f the library and its re­
sources, our research habits may not differ 
from the faculty as much as we may think, 
as we learn from Amy Brunvand’s revealing 
diary o f writing a paper for presentation 
(page 80). I know I can identify with her 
comments about becoming more “selfish and 
willing to break rules,” as I have moments o f 
panic as a deadline approaches.

N on-tenured librarians will appreciate 
Phyllis Shontz’s and Jeffrey Bullington’s sug­
gestions for surviving the first year in a ten- 
ure-track position— remember, it is a politi­
cal process (page 85).

I am always happy to have tips for per­
sonal finance and investments, and in this 
issue, Janice Lewis and June Chressanthis give 
us a Web o f choices from which to get the 
latest information (page 90).

ACRL has two items o f business for your 
consideration. As you prepare to vote in the 
ALA elections this spring, please review the 
proposed new bylaws presented on page 
108. ACRL’s Board and Constitution and By­
laws Committee com bined the ACRL consti­
tution and bylaws into one document when 
it was learned that neither IRS regulations 
nor the state o f Illinois require nonprofit or­
ganizations to have both. The Board encour­
ages members to support the new bylaws 
with a positive vote.

The News is also pleased to present state­
ments from the candidates for ACRL Presi­
dent—Jill Fatzer and Larry Hardesty (page 
103). Spend som e time with these articles 
and be an informed voter this spring.

Mary Ellen K. Davis 
Editor, medavis@ala.org

mailto:medavis@ala.org