ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries F ebru a ry 1983 / 37 receive your permission and copies of handouts to include in our folders. Your suggestions on perti­ nent articles from professional journals are also welcome. For a SASE, 1 will supply samples of reading lists already completed. T he results of contacting the directors of A RL li­ braries for suggestions on staff members who have advanced subject degrees and B I expertise have been gratifying. O ur project needs to identify those of you who are w illing to w rite proposals and/or participate as a panelist, reactor, m oderator, or speaker. W e w ill m atch the appropriate volunteers with the disciplines and attempt to promote our potential to these associations for their conference agendas. Our project is based on the conviction that this country's libraries have among their staff members many who would be excellent participants in this p roject, which furthers our goal of publicizing the instructional role that libraries fill in the mission of our in stitu tio n s o f hig h er le a rn in g . — C a r o l yn K ir k e n d a ll. D ire c to r, L O E X C lea rin g h o u se, a n d A C R L B I L ia iso n P ro ject O ffic er. E astern M ich i­ gan U niversity, Ypsilanti, M ichigan . ■ ■ L etter Extended Campus Guidelines T o the Editor: In the M arch 1982 issue of C & R L N ew s, the A C R L Standards and Accreditation Comm ittee published the "Guidelines for Extended Campus Lib rary Services.” After having worked with these guidelines for the past eight months and having had the opportunity to compare their effectiveness to the “Guidelines for L ibrary Services to Exten­ sion/Noncampus Students: D raft of Proposed Revi­ sions (C ù-R L N ew s. O ctober 1980). I can confirm my disappointment. T h e present guidelines lack the im pact that the draft guidelines had: the evalu­ ative checklist in the draft provided my library with concrete items that were readily presentable to the college administration. Their quantitative measurement of the quality of extended campus li­ brary service spoke directly to the administrators on the crucial topics of finances, personnel, facili­ ties, resources, and services. At a tim e when state and regional accrediting agencies are scrutinizing more closely extended campus programs, librarians must possess a strong evaluation tool that allow's accurate measurements of a program ’s quality, yet is easily understandable to non-librarians. Although the draft guidelines w ere by no means p erfect, they w ere certainly pointed in the right direction. T he revised guide­ lines lack the cogency needed by the library profes­ sion and program evaluators to judge extended campus library services.— M an u el S a n u d o . E x ten ­ sion S erv ices L ib r a r ia n . C o lle g e o f N ew R o c h elle . N ew York. ■ ■ O C L C C O P Y R IG H T E D T he O C L C Board of Trustees authorized O C L C m a n a g em en t on D e c e m b e r 15 to reg ister the O C L C database under federal copyright law . The step was ta k e n , acco rd in g to O C L C president Rowland C . W . Brown, as part of a "broad , educa­ tional program being undertaken by O C L C and the members to ensure the integrity of the database as well as its appropriate and responsible use in keeping with the mutual rights and obligations of its m embers.” B eginning the w eek o f D ecem b er 2 7 . 1982, copyright notices have appeared on the online sys­ tem ’s log-on message and on various O C L C prod­ ucts derived from the database including O C L C - M ARC Su b scrip tio n Se rv ice T ap es, Accession Lists, and Union Lists of Serials. Under the federal copyright law databases are equally entitled to copyright protection w hether they are in printed hard copy form or fixed in an electrom agnetic me­ dium. The O C L C Users Council Task Force on Re­ sponsible Use of the O C L C System has identified a number of practices by some members and third parties that are detrimental to the continuing value of the database. T he Task Force recommended the development of tightened contractual provisions and new pricing mechanisms as a partial remedy. All contracts now in effect between O C L C and the networks, members, and users will be deemed to include licenses under the copyright as necessary to permit the exercise of all rights granted under such contracts. O ther practices not currently au­ thorized either by contract or the fair use doctrine w ill be considered for licensing by O C L C on terms to be negotiated from case to case including the grant of royalty-free rights when appropriate. ■ ■ Index Alert Having trouble locating that C o lle g e & R e­ se a rch L ib r a r ie s article on public-academ ic li­ brary cooperation that you read ten years ago? Looking for a biography of a friend who was profiled in C & R L N ew s? Monitoring the work of an A C R L comm ittee for the past few years? 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