ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 152 / C&RL News How to p articip ate in ACRL Inform ationfor new members and potential members. T o join W rite or call the Association of College and Re­ search Libraries for application forms and infor­ mation: ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611-2795; (800) 545-2433; in Illinois, (800) 545- 2444; in C anada, (800) 545-2455; or (312) 944- 6780. To learn about ACRL’s current programs, officers, and units Check the A L A Handbook o f Organization and read College & Research Libraries News regularly (as a member of ACRL, you will receive both pub­ lications) . To a tte n d conference program s, ACRL Board meetings, or committee meetings For information on time, places, and general program content, consult C&RL News, American Libraries, and the official conference program s and schedules. For additional information, contact the ACRL office. To attend preconferences For information about time, place, and precon­ ference theme, consult C&RL News and American Libraries. For additional information and registra­ tion materials, w rite to the ACRL office. To take a continuing education course To receive a course brochure, w rite to the ACRL office. To register, use information published in C&RL News or in the course brochure. To sponsor a local presentation of an ACRL contin­ uing education course W rite the ACRL office and specify the course(s) and date(s). ACRL continuing education courses are available for local presentation by chapters, li­ brary schools, libraries, universities, or other pro­ fessional groups. To establish a local chapter of ACRL Check the procedures listed in “Guidelines for ACRL Chapters” (available from the ACRL of­ fice) . Send a petition w ith the signatures of at least 25 ACRL members to the ACRL office for ap­ proval by the Board of Directors. To request a speaker in the C hapter Speaker pro­ gram W rite Alia Al-Taqi at the ACRL office and spec­ ify your date and topic. Eight chapters qualify each year for a free visit from ACRL officers or the ACRL Executive Director. To serve on ACRL’s committee or to participate in ACRL’s sections and discussion groups Familiarize yourself w ith the work of the unit— check the A L A Handbook o f Organization for the unit’s statem ent of responsibility, read about the work of the unit as reported in C&RL News and A m erican Libraries, attend the meetings of the unit during ALA conferences. Submit a completed ACRL committee volunteer form (published in the October issue of C &RL News and available at ALA conferences). Communicate your interest to the ACRL Appointments and Nominations C omm it­ tee, to any of the ACRL officers, to the chair of an ACRL unit whose work interests you, or to the ACRL office. To be a candidate for an ACRL office W rite to the ACRL Appointments and Nomina­ tions Committee or to an ACRL section nom inat­ ing comm ittee. Submit a petition to have your name added to the list of candidates. To nominate someone for an aw ard or to apply for a grant or fellowship W rite or call Mary Ellen Davis at the ACRL of­ fice for information or nomination forms for the February 1989 / 153 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award, Oberly Award, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, H ugh Atkinson M em orial A w ard, Samuel La- zerow Fellowship, the Miriam Dudley BI L ibrar­ ian of the Year Award, the RBMS Exhibition C ata­ logue A w a rd , or th e M a rtin u s N ijh o ff In te rn a tio n a l W est E urop ean Specialist Study G rant. To provide suggestions for new projects, services, courses, and policies W rite to the ACRL office, to any of the ACRL officers, or to the chair of a unit whose work relates to the m atter. Respond to requests published in C&RL News for suggestions from the membership. Attend open hearings scheduled at ALA confer­ ences. Be in touch w ith the ACRL Planning Com­ mittee (Carolyn Dusenbury, chair). To receive information, assistance, or advice on professional problems Contact the ACRL office, any of the ACRL offi­ cers, or the chair of an ACRL unit whose work re­ lates to the matter. To find information on professional library posi­ tions open Check the classified advertising listings in Col­ lege & Research Libraries News or American L i­ braries. Subscribe to the monthly Fast Job Listing Service, available from the ACRL office. Call the ACRL telephone JOBLINE, (312) 944-6795 (list­ ings are changed every Thursday afternoon). To obtain ACRL publications or policy statements For information about the availability of m ate­ rials, check C& RL News, ACRL’s publications brochure, or the ALA Publications Checklist. You m ay o b tain a publications b rochure from the ACRL office or at ALA conferences. To order stan­ dards and guidelines, w rite to the ACRL office. To order other publications, contact the ALA Order D epartm ent. To submit an article for publication C ontact the editor of the publication. For Col­ lege & Research Libraries, send m anuscripts to Charles R. Martell, California State University Li­ brary, 2000 Jed Smith Drive, Sacram ento, CA 95819. Instructions for authors are printed in each issue of the journal. For C&RL News, send articles to George E berhart at the ACRL office (see the guidelines published in January). For Rare Books ò- Manuscripts Librarianship, send articles to Alice Schreyer, Special Collections, University of D ela­ w are Library, Newark, DE 19717. To submit a proposal for a monographic publica­ tion Discuss your proposal w ith Mary Ellen Davis, ACRL publications officer, at ACRL headquar­ ters, and submit a “Preliminary Publication Infor­ mation F orm .” Consult this issue of Cò-RL News, p. 159, for more detailed instructions. For the A C R L Publications in Librarianship series, send proposals or manuscripts directly to Jonathan A. Lindsey, Coordinator of Affairs, Baylor Univer­ sity, Waco, TX 76798. To submit news items for publication in College ò Research Libraries News Send materials to George E berhart at the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. Consult the guidelines for submission of news items in the January issue. The deadline for receipt of news items is approxim ately the 26th of each month. To subscribe to ACRL periodicals For a subscription to Choice, w rite to the Sub­ scriptions D epartm ent, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. For a subscrip­ tion to C &R L or C&R L News, w rite to the Sub­ scriptions D epartm ent, American Library Associa­ tion, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. To order works from the ACRL Publications in Li­ brarianship series For a listing of the works in this series, w rite to the ACRL office. For a list of in-print titles, check the “List of ACRL materials available,” featured in this issue. To place a standing order or to order individual titles, w rite to the ALA O rder D epart­ ment, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. To order copies of out-of-print titles, contact Uni­ versity Microfilms International, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106. To advertise in ACRL publications To place product ads in C &R L , C ò R L News, or Choice, contact Art Beck, Advertising Sales M an­ ager, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457. To place classified ads in C &R L News, or job listings in the Fast Job Listing Service or the telephone JO BLINE, contact Cheryl Robinson- Smith at the ACRL Office, 50 E. Huron St., Chi­ cago, IL 60611-2795; (312) 944-6780, ext. 286. ■ ■