ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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In the News
“Every Librarian a L eader” w as clearly the 

them e o f ACRL’s m any program s offered at the 
ALA A nnual C onference in N ew  York. Then- 
president Patricia Senn Breivik’s program  tril­
ogy w as given a dynam ic start b y  consultant 
Dadie Perlov, w h o  d e b u n k e d  myths about lead­
ership and encouraged participants to  find their 
leadership styles. Reports o f this an d  other ACRL 
program s begin o n  page 488.

This issue also contains a rep o rt o f the re­
cent actions of th e ACRL B oard o f D irectors 
(page 500) as w ell as a call for nom inations for 
the 1997 ACRL aw ards program  (p ag e 511). Do 
take th e time to nom inate a colleague for rec­
ognition or apply for an ACRL aw ard yourself.

Septem ber m arks tw o im portant events for 
C&RL News: 1) the beginning o f a yearlong cel­
eb ratio n  o f its 30th anniversary, a n d  2) th e 
launch o f a new  W eb site.

C&RL News began life in March 1966 as ACRL 
News, a su p p lem en t to  College & Research Li­
braries. In January 1967, C&RL News w as p u b ­
lished as a separate entity. The C&RL News Edi­

torial B oard an d  I have d ev elo p ed  a yearlong 
celebration o f this 30-year anniversary. Edito­
rial B oard chair Pam Snelson shares th e details 
an d  a bit of C&RL News history o n  p ag e 512. As 
part of the celebration w e will feature a prom i­
n ent librarian each m onth. W e begin w ith a re­
m em brance o f Keyes Metcalf o n  page 531 - 

B eginning this m onth, C&RL NewsNet, the 
abridged version of C&RL News p o sted  o n  the 
Internet, launches its ow n hom epage. N ow  that 
C&RL NewsNet is on th e W eb, w e  can offer you 
the convenience o f hotlinks directly from the 
Internet resources article and “Internet Reviews” 
colum n to the sites review ed. W e h o p e y o u ’ll 
enjoy this new  feature. W e will continue o u r 
practice o f loading the n ew  inform ation o n  the 
W eb a few  w eeks before th e p rinted m agazine 
reaches you.

—Mary Ellen K. Davis
E ditor & P ublisher

medavis@ ala.org