ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


A C RL
Annual Report 
2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 3

new realities, new relationships

m is s io n

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) enhances the effectiveness of 
academic and research librarians to advance learning, teaching, and research in higher education.



726 / C&RL News ■ December 2003

Message from  the President

Helen H. Spalding
A C R L ’s 64th P resident

W hat a special privilege to serve as ACRL Presi­
dent during such a dynamic and productive year 
for ACRL. I want to thank the members, the Board, 
and the staff, whose collaboration and hard work 
resulted in such remarkable accom plishments! The 
theme for the 2002-03 presidential year, “New Re­
alities, N ew  R e la tio n sh ip s,” acknow ledged the 
changing nature o f the environm ent in w hich we 
work, and the new relationships and partnerships that these changes inspire 
us to create. Facets o f the theme were addressed through many ACRL initia­
tives and achievements, including the following:

• monthly C&RL News columns contributed by members;
• section program m ing, particularly at the ALA Annual Conference in 

T oronto;
• providing more visibility for the value o f academic and research libraries 

and librarians through increased media coverage; presenting at events, such 
as the A merican Association for Higher Education; and the Academic and 
Research Library Campaign (toolkits and manuals are now available through 
the ACRL Web site for use by members in designing strategic marketing 
plans for their own libraries);

• breaking attendance records, setting the record for m ost first-tim e at­
tendees and m ost scholarship awardees, and providing unusually rich pro­
grams at this year’s National Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina;

• funding six ALA Spectrum Scholarships and establishing the ACRL/E. J. 
Josey Spectrum Scholar M entor Program;

• responding to member requests for a greater range o f professional de­
velopment opportunities by partnering with the TLT Group to offer a three- 
part online seminar series on information literacy and launching ACRL’s first 
online seminar, “All Users Are Local: Bringing the Library Next Door to the 
Campus W orldwide;”

• creating a video to be used as a recruitment tool that showcases diverse 
librarians speaking passionately about the exciting and challenging work 
that academic and research librarians do;

• strengthening cross-border relationships with the Canadian A ssocia­
tion o f College and U niversity Librarians and with the M exican Consejo 
N acional p ara A suntos B ibliotecarios de las In stituciones de E ducación 
Superior;

• addressing scholarly com munication cost and fair use issues with the 
media and higher education leaders; and

• establishing new electronic lists, one for those interested in scholarly 
communication issues, and one for those interested in marketing and advo­
cacy for academic and research libraries.



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Message from  the President

Through the dedication and commitment of ACRL members and staff, the 
association has been able to achieve success and empower us to more effec­
tively facilitate learning, teaching, and research in our campus communities.

ACRL Sponsorships for 2003
ACRL expresses its sincere appreciation to the following sponsors for their 
generous donations to the various programs and events we have offered throughout 
the year. With your corporate support, we were able to provide dynamic, high- 
quality programs for ACRL’s members.

Colleagues

Summa Cum Laude
Blackwell’s Book Services
Chemical Abstracts Service 
Docutek Information Systems Inc. 
EBSCO Information Services 
Elsevier Science Inc.
Gale Group (Thomson)
ProQuest

Magna Cum Laude
Endeavor Information Systems 
Swets Blackwell 
YBP Library Services

Cum Laude
3M
Antiquarian Booksellers Association 

of America
Aux Amateurs de Livres 

International S.A.R.L.
Charlotte Convention & Visitors Bureau
CHOICE
H. W. Wilson Foundation
IDC Publishers
Innovative Interfaces
Jean Touzot Libraire-Editeur
SI RSI Corporation
Thomson/ISI

D ean’s List
Adam Matthew Publications Ltd. 
Bibliographical Society of America 
Brepols Publishers
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts 
Casalini Libri, S.P.A.
College & Research Libraries News
Copyright Clearance Center
Erasmus Boekhandel bv
Goethe Institut
Haworth Press Inc.
Iberbook International
Jones e-global Library
K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH
Lindsay & Howes Booksellers
Otto Harrassowitz

M ortar Board
Antiquarian Booksellers of Canada 
Belser Wissenschaftlicher Dienst Ltd. 
Ben Kinmont, Bookseller 
Bruce McKittrick Rare Books 
Greater Minneapolis Convention

and Visitors Bureau 
 Nedbook International B.V. 

Philadelphia Rare Books and
Manuscripts 

Reese Company 
SOLINET
Springer Verlag New York Inc.
Swann Galleries 
University Products Inc.



728 / C&RL News ■ December 2003

Message from the Vice-President

Tyrone H. Cannon
Vice-President/President-Elect

It was an honor to be elected ACRL’s vice-presi- 
dent/president-elect in May 2002. I enjoyed meet­
ing many of you during the year as I traveled to 
Atlanta, Philadelphia, Charlotte, and Toronto. The 
vice-presidential year is an exciting, challenging, 
and busy one, but the rewards of serving the asso­
ciation in this capacity are countless. My primary 
focus this past year was on developing the theme 
for 2002-03 and recruiting volunteers to serve on ACRL committees and 
task forces.

I chose “Partnerships and Connections: The Learning Community as 
Knowledge Builders” as the theme for my presidential year because I be­
lieve strongly in the academic and research library’s teaching role. I wanted 
a theme that would underscore the teaching that academic and research 
librarians engage in to ensure that graduates are able to find and critically 
evaluate information and become excited about lifelong learning. I wanted a 
theme that would underscore the necessary partnerships that we need on 
our campuses to accomplish this important goal, explore ways to establish 
them, and salute those already in place.

Cochairs o f the President’s Program Planning Committee, Herman L. Tot­
ten (University o f North Texas) and Julie Alexander (University of Texas- 
Arlington), are working with the committee on an excellent program for the 
2004 ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, Monday, June 28, 2004, and ACRL 
sections are planning a diverse array of timely programs that will capture 
your interest. At the upcoming ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Diego, the 
President’s Program Committee will host a discussion forum, “Partnerships 
and Connections Come Alive!,” January 12,2004, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Patricia 
Senn Breivik will talk about the new joint academic/public library at San Jose 
State University, Ilene Rockman will discuss the new partnership with Edu­
cational Testing Service and major universities to assess the skills 21st- 
century students need to function in an inform ation society, and David 
Lewis of Indiana University at Purdue will highlight the library’s role in the 
university’s first-year experience program.

The Nominations Committee, chaired by Albie Johnson (Wheelock Col­
lege), presented a strong slate of candidates for ACRL vice-president/presi- 
dent-elect on the 2004 ballot: Camila Alire (University of New Mexico) and 
Charles Kratz (University of Scranton).

Kathleen Carney (Boston College) chaired the Appointments Committee 
and coordinated 118 appointments to ACRL committees, which included 30 
reappointments, 15 new members, 19 interns moving to member slots, and 53 
interns.

I had the pleasure of speaking at the Wisconsin Association of Academic 
Librarians Conference.



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ACRL launched a com prehensive strategic planning initiative this year 
with data collection as the initial focus. ACRL conducted focus groups at 
the ACRL National Conference in Charlotte, held leadership and open ses­
sions at the Annual Conference in Toronto, and conducted telephone inter­
views with members, nonmembers, ALA-only members, inactive members of 
ACRL, and new members o f ACRL.

ACRL 2003 Annual Conference Programs—Toronto

■ ACRL/CACUL Joint Presidents’ Program— New Realities, New Relationships 
Across Borders

■ AAMES— International Cooperation in Building Visual and Print Collections: 
Creating Metadata and Broadening of Information Services

■ ANSS— Oral Tradition, Copyright, and the Internet: Aboriginal Canada in the 21st 
Century

■ ARTS—Canadian Cinema: Hollywood of the North
■ @ your library—Survival in Academe: Marketing @ your library Workshop
■ CLS— Casting Our Nets or Ice Fishing? Recruiting Future College Librarians
■ CJCLS— How Are We Doing? Assessing Library Services
■ DLS— Crossing Our Own Borders: Partnering with Faculty and Instructional 

Designers in the Online Environment
■ EBSS—What’s Trump? Making Decisions About Professionalism and Ethics in 

a New Century
■ IS— Information Literacy in Higher Education: International Perspectives
■ LES—Canadian English Literature: A User’s Guide
■ LPSS— Crossing New Borders: The Impact of Globalization on Information 

Sources
■ Racial and Ethnic Diversity— Diversity Strategic Plans for Libraries
■ RBMS—True North: A Canadian Approach to National Book History: The 

History of the Book in Canada
■ STS— Partners in Science: An Exploration of a Scientist-Librarian Relationship
■ Status of Academic Librarianship— Status of Academic Librarians in the 21st 

Century
■ ULS—The Great Debate: The Library as Place
■ WESS—Across the Pond: New Research Library Networks in Europe and Across 

the Atlantic



730 /  C&RL News ■ December 2003

Letter from  the Executive Director

Mary Ellen K. Davis
Executive D irector

Despite a climate o f budget cuts and uncertainty 
in the higher education environment, ACRL mem­
bers significantly enriched the ACRL community 
by developing new  tools to assist in advocacy 
efforts, publishing research in ACRL journals and 
books, developing new guidelines, responding to 
proposed governmental changes affecting infor­
mation resources, sharing ideas with colleagues 
at ACRL’s numerous events, and participating in focus groups and surveys 
to share their vision for ACRL.

In 2003 ACRL members set a new attendance record at ACRL’s National 
Conference in Charlotte, April 10-13, an indication o f the high value they 
place on continual learning. ACRL’s flagship event offered a variety of ses­
sions from the visionary to the nitty-gritty to help academic and research 
librarians make more effective contributions to the research and educational 
mission of their institutions.

ACRL expanded its professional development opportunities in 2003 by 
offering its inaugural online courses. Our first course on developing a plan 
to support distance learning was offered in the fall, and ACRL partnered with 
TLT Group to offer additional online courses in information literacy. New 
Webcasts from the National Conference were also developed so that learn­
ing can be brought to the desktop for those short on time and travel funding. 
ACRL offered more workshops and preconferences at the ALA conferences 
in order to provide time for learning as well as business.

ACRL successfully launched the Academic and Research Library @ your 
library campaign in April 2003. This campaign provides tools and key mes­
sages, developed through consumer research, to help librarians become better 
advocates for libraries and librarians. Toolkits and sample materials are avail­
able on the ACRL Web site.

I encourage you to customize these materials for use on your campuses, in 
your communities, with your funders, with your trustees, and in presenta­
tions at non-library conferences. Together we can raise the awareness o f the 
value o f librarians and libraries.

Please take a moment to review the “M eet the Staff" section on pages 
752-755. By the end o f 2003, ACRL had filled its remaining four vacancies. 
Please join me in welcoming David Connolly, Benjamin Hawk, Tory Edwards, 
and Megan Bielefeld. Our excellent staff is here for you, and we look forward 
to working with you.

A special thanks to ACRL’s many corporate colleagues who have so 
gen ero u sly  su pported A CR L’s p ro g ram s and services th is year. T heir 
continued support allows ACRL to enhance its services, which, in turn, 
enhances the ability o f ACRL’s mem bers to provide the highest-quality 
s e rv ic e s  to  th e ir ca m p u s c o m m u n itie s . T h a n k s, also , to  th e m any



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F rien d s o f ACRL. T h eir d o n atio n s this y ear p ro v id ed  ad d itio n al sch o l­
arsh ip s to  th e N atio n al C onference.

Working together, ACRL members can forge new partnerships, com muni­
cate the value o f librarians and libraries to our constituencies, share ideas 
and enhance our learning, and m ake A CRL the association o f choice for 
academic and research librarians.

Services and Program s
ACRL continued to address the needs o f academic and research librar­

ians, providing its varied menu o f high-quality services and programs and 
introducing several new ones.

New collaborations have been developed w ithin ALA, with other higher 
education groups, and across borders with Canadian and Mexican colleagues. 
G reater visibility for the value o f w hat we do has been achieved through 
increased m edia coverage and the developm ent o f the A cadem ic and R e­
search Library Campaign materials.

ACRL worked closely with ALA’s Public Inform ation Office and 3M to 
develop and implement the Academic and Research Library @ your library 
campaign, to better communicate the value o f academic and research librar­
ians and libraries to higher education and society.

A CRL staff and leaders are frequently contacted for referrals, information 
on faculty status and ACRL standards and guidelines, inform ation regard­
ing technological advances, buildings, library systems in use, and inform a­
tion literacy.

Academic and Research Library @ your library campaign
As part o f @ your library, the Campaign for A m erica's Libraries, ACRL and 
ALA partnered to create a national m arketing effort. T he A cadem ic and 
Research Library Campaign was developed to heighten awareness and sup­
port o f academic 
and research li­ Key messages
b r a r ie s  an d  to • College and research libraries are an essential part o f 
a ttr a c t m o re the learning community.
q u a lity  c a n d i­ • College and research libraries connect you w ith a 
dates to the pro­ world o f knowledge.
fe s s io n . T h e • College and research libraries are investing in the 
c a m p a ig n  w as future, w hile preserving the past.
la u n c h e d  d u r ­
ing ACRL’s 11th National Conference in Charlotte in April, which coincided 
with National Library Week. M embers o f ACRL’s @ your library task force, 
along with 40 academic and research librarians w ho participated in a strate­
gic planning and marketing session hosted by 3M Library Systems (a found­
ing partner o f the Campaigns for A m erica’s Libraries), were integral to the 
planning and implementation o f the campaign. As part o f the campaign, the 
@ your library Toolkit for Academic and Research Libraries was developed



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and made available online and in print. The toolkit includes creative strategies, 
practical ideas, case studies and profiles, customizable press materials, and more. 
Downloadable graphics from the @ your library campaign have also been made 
available for use in developing your library’s marketing campaign. The success 
of these initiatives led the ACRL Board to establish a standing Committee on 
Marketing Academic and Research Libraries.

Advocacy and government relations
To address growing concerns about recruitm ent to the profession, ACRL 
created a joint task force in 2002 with the Association o f Research Libraries 
to look at recruitment issues. The goal o f this task force is to develop fresh 
strategies for recruiting and advancing a new generation o f talent for the 
profession o f academic librarianship to succeed in the 21st century. This 
year the task force worked on creating a recruitment video, which will be 
available at the end o f 2003.

To advocate for academic library issues in the public policy arena, ACRL 
adopted the 2002 2003 Legislative Agenda, which focused on several legis­
lative and public policy areas that affect academic libraries. One major focus 
of the library community throughout this year has been reauthorization of 
and appropriations for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). On 
September 25, President Bush signed into law HR 13, the Museum and Li­
brary Services Act of 2003. This law funds library programs, including LSTA. 
The library community continues to advocate for funding of LSTA at the 
newly authorized level of $232 million.

In response to a series of letters sent to college presidents last year from 
representatives of the recording industry, the leaders of six major higher- 
education organizations, and the Electronic Privacy Information Council, 
respectively, on the subject of file-sharing over computer networks, ACRL 
sent a letter to all academic library directors encouraging them to advise cam­
pus administrators on copyright to ensure that policies related to file-sharing 
allow for usage that is not in violation of copyright law and uphold fair use.

ACRL used a variety of strategies to respond to these and many other 
issues, including the broadcast of Action Alerts over Legnet, ACRL’s Legis­
lative Network electronic list, which includes representatives from each ACRL 
chapter. The members of the network forward relevant legislative messages 
and calls for action to their chapter members, who can consult the ACRL 
Washington Watch Web page where materials about the Legislative Agenda 
issues are maintained. This Web page also keeps the academic community 
informed o f legislative issues that affect their libraries. Another advocacy 
service that ACRL offers to its members is the ACRL Legislative Update. 
Designed to keep members up-to-date about the status o f legislation and 
other public policy issues that affect academic libraries, updates are avail­
able to ACRL members as a free subscription e-mail newsletter.



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ACRL Award Winners 2003

■  A c a d e m ic /R e s e a rc h  L ib rarian  o f th e  Year
(D onor: Y B P  L ib ra ry  S e rv ic e s ) R o s s  A tk in s o n , 
C o rn e ll U n iv e rs ity
■  H u g h  C . A tk in s o n  M e m o ria l A w a rd
(D o n o r: A C R L , A L C T S , L A M A , L IT A ) W e n d y  
P rad t L o ugee , U n iv e rs ity  o f M in n e s o ta
■  D o c to r a l D is s e rta tio n  F e llo w s h ip  
(D o n o r: T h o m s o n  ISI) Y ung rang L a u ra  C h e n g , 
Ind iana U niversity, B lo o m in g to n , fo r “T h o u g h ts , 
Feelings, an d A ctions: Q ua ntitative C om p ariso ns 
of Inte ra c tio n s  an d R ela tio n s h ip s  am o n g  T h re e  
Factors in C o lleg e S tu d e n ts ’ Inform a tion S e e k in g ”
■  E x c e lle n c e  in A c a d e m ic  L ib ra rie s  
(D on or: B la c k w e ll’s  B o o k  S e rv ic e s )
C ity  C o lle g e  of S a n  F ra n c is c o
B a ru c h  C olleg e, C ity  U n iv e rs ity  of N ew  York 
Lo yola U niversity, N ew  O rle a n s
■  S a m u e l L a z e r o w  F e l l o w s h i p  ( D o n o r: 
T h o m so n  IS I) K a th a rin e  T. F a rre ll, P rin c e to n  
U n iv e rs ity , a n d  M a rc  T ru itt, U n iv e rs ity  o f N o tre  
D a m e  fo r  “ P ro p o s a l to  D e v e lo p  S ta n d a rd s  fo r 
A c q u is itio n s  D a ta  in In te g ra te d  L ib ra ry  S y s ­
te m s "
■  K. G . S a u r A w ard fo r B est A rtic le  in C & R L
(Donor: R. R. Bowker/K. G. S a u r Publishing) Lila 
F a u lk n e r a n d  K a rla  H a h n , U n iv e rs ity  o f M a ry ­
land , fo r “ E v a lu a tiv e  U s a g e -B a s e d  M e tric s  fo r 
th e  S e le c tio n  of E -J o u rn a ls ”
■  C J C L S  A w a r d s  (D o n o r: E B S C O  In fo rm a ­
tio n  S e rv ic e s ) L e a r n in g  R e s o u r c e s /L ib r a r y  
P ro g ram  A w ard : B aton R oug e C o m m u n ity  C o l­
lege
L e a r n in g  R e s o u r c e s / L e a d e r s h i p  A w a r d : 
M a ry  C arr, S p o k a n e  C o m m u n ity  C o lle g e
■  E B S S  D is tin g u is h e d  E d u c a tio n  a n d  B e ­
havior S ciences Librarian: llene F. Rockman, Cali­
fornia State University Office of the C hancellor
■  IS  A w a r d s
M iriam  D u d le y  A w a rd  (Donor: E ls e v ie r Science): 
Loanne Snavely, Pennsylvania State University 
Innovation A w a rd  (Donor: Lexis-N exis): Instructor 
College Task Force (Laurie Alexander, Joy Cichewicz, 
K aren D ow ning, Lauri S utch, an d P atricia Yocum), 
U niversity of M ich ig a n -A n n  A rb o r

P u b lic a tio n  A w a rd : J a m e s  K. E lm b o rg , U n iv e r­
s ity  o f Iow a , fo r “T e a c h in g  a t th e  D e s k : T o ­
w a rd  a  R e fe re n c e  P edagogy,” p o rta l: L ib ra r­
ie s  a n d  the A c a d e m y  (2 002)
■  L P S S /M a rta  L a n g e  A w a rd  (D o n o r: C o n ­
g r e s s io n a l Q u a rte rly ) R o s e m a ry  A lle n  L ittle  
(p o s th u m o u s ), P rin c e to n  U n iv e rs ity
■  R B M S /L e a b  E x h i b i t i o n  C a t a l o g u e  
A w a rd s  (D onor: K a th a rin e  K y e s  a n d  D a n ie l J. 
Le a b  E n d o w m e n t)
D ivisio n 1 ( E xpensive): D e v ic e s  o f W ond er: F rom  
th e  W o rld  in a B o x  to Im a g e s  o n  a S c re e n , 
G e tty  R e s e a rc h  In stitu te
D ivisio n 1 H ono rable M e n tio n: J o h a n n e s  L e b e k : 
The A rtis t a s  a W itn e s s  o f  H is  Time, S tanford 
U n iv e rs ity
D ivision 2 (M oderately E xpensive): S a c re d  S paces: 
B u ild in g  a n d  R e m e m b e rin g  S ite s  o f  W orsh ip 
in the N in e te e n th  C entury, C o lle g e  o f th e  H o ly  
C ro s s
D iv is io n  3 ( In e x p e n s iv e): V ic to ria n s , M o d e rn s , 
B e a ts : N e w  in the B e rg  C ollectio n, 1994-2001, 
N ew  Y ork P u b lic  L ib ra ry
D ivisio n 4  ( B r o ch ures): V irg in ia  R o o ts  M u s ic : 
C re a tin g  a n d  C o n s e rv in g  Tradition, L ib ra ry  of 
V irg in ia
D ivisio n 4  H ono rable M e n tio n: A  L o v e  A ffa ir w ith 
L in e  D ra w in g s  b y  A I H irs c h fe ld , P ie rp o n t M o r­
ga n Library.
■  O b e rly  A w a r d  fo r  B ib lio g r a p h y  in th e  
A g r ic u ltu r a l o r  N a tu ra l S c ie n c e s  (D o n o r: 
E u n ic e  R o c k w o o d  O b e r ly  M e m o r ia l F u n d ) 
D avid G. Frodin, R oyal B o ta n ic G arden s, U nited 
K in g d o m  fo r “S ta n d a rd  F lo ras o f th e  W o rld ”
■  W E S S /C o u tts  N ijh o ff G ran t
(D on or: C o u tts  N ijh o ff In te rn a tio n a l): M ic h a e l 
P. O ls o n , H a rv a rd  U n iv e rs ity
■  W S S  A w a r d s
C areer A ch ievem en t (Donor: G re enw ood P ub­
lishing Group): R uth H. D ickste in , U n iv e rs ity  of 
A riz o n a
S ig n ific a n t A c h ie v e m e n t (D onor: R outle dge ): 
S h e rri B a rn e s , U n iv e rs ity  o f C a lifo rn ia -S a n ta  
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ACRL continued its strong showing at the A LA  Legislative Day. To fur­
ther educate academic librarians on the im portancè o f legislative advocacy 
and to in fo rm  them  o f the details o f specific le g isla tiv e issues affecting 
academ ic libraries, A CR L sponsored a luncheon pro g ram  attended by 45 
academ ic librarians. A t the luncheon, attorney T hom as Susm an discussed 
the effects o f Septem ber 11 on the current legislative and judicial environ­
ment. Claudette Tennant, from  the ALA W ashington Office, spoke about the 
effect o f the USA  PATRIOT A ct on academic libraries.

A Focus on the Future Task Force collected data in a variety o f settings to 
identify key issues in academ ic librarianship th at the profession needs to 
address. In Novem ber 2002, the task force published the article “Top Issues 
Facing Academic Libraries: A Report o f the Focus on the Future Task Force” 
in C&RL News. A program  on these issues was held at the ACRL N ational 
Conference in Charlotte.

As part o f ACRL’s advocacy awareness, ACRL continued placing ads in 
the Chronicle o f  H ig h er Education, focusing on the contributions libraries 
make to the campus learning community.

Awards
S ince 1923, the A CRL Awards P rogram  has reco g n ized  and hon o red  the 
p rofessional contributions and achievem ents o f academ ic libraries and li­
brarians. This special recognition by ACRL enhances the sense o f personal 

growth and accom plishm ent o f our mem bers, provides our m em ­
bership with role models, and strengthens the image o f our m em ­
bership in the eyes o f em ployers, leadership, and the academ ic
com munity as a whole.

In  2003, 24 o u tstan d in g  in d iv id u als and in stitu tio n s receiv ed  
A CR L aw ards rec o g n izin g  th e ir acco m p lish m en ts. A C R L ’s top 
honor, the A cadem ic/R esearch L ib rarian  o f the Year Award was 
presented to Ross A tkinson, associate university librarian for col­
lections at Cornell University, for his dedication as an outstanding 
mem ber o f the library profession w ho has made a significant con­
tribution to academic librarianship and library development.

ACRL’s Excellence in Academic Libraries Award recognizes the 
staff o f a com munity college, a college, and a university library for 
ex e m p la ry  p ro g ra m s th a t d e liv e r o u tsta n d in g  se rv ic es and r e ­

sources to further the educational m ission o f their institutions. This y ear’s 
recipients were the City College o f San Francisco; Baruch College, the City 
U niversity o f New York; and Loyola U niversity-N ew  Orleans. The award, 
sponsored by ACRL and B lackw ell’s B ook Services, includes a presentation 
ceremony on the campus o f each award-winning library.

Chapters
A CR L extends its reach into the local academic library com m unity through 
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to m eet and share experiences in their regions, ACRL chapters sponsored 
more than 40 programs across the United States, and ACRL officers visited 
chapters in Eastern New York, Missouri, Utah, Illinois, and Wisconsin as guest 
speakers.

Sections
S eventeen sections p rovide m em bers w ith opportunities to advance the 
know ledge base o f the profession, develop leadership skills, m entor col­
leagues, and share their expertise and ideas. Sections also develop and 
maintain standards and guidelines for directing the development and future 
directions o f the profession.

Sections offered 14 stim ulating program s and 2 preconferences at the 
ALA A nnual Conference in Toronto in the areas o f copyright, metadata, 
recruitment, assessment, collection management, ethics, information literacy, 
partnerships, staff, and facilities. At O ctober’s Frankfurt Book Fair, five ACRL 
representatives from  W estern European Studies Section hosted an exhibit 
promoting ACRL’s products and services, as well as American college and 
university libraries, at the world’s largest trade fair devoted to the book.

ACRL Membership Statistics
A C R L  P e r s o n a l O r g a n iz a t io n a l A u g u s t 2 0 0 3  A u g u s t 2 0 0 2  % in c r e a s e  or
S e c t io n s  to ta l to ta l d e c r e a s e

A C R L  11,259 8 8 2  1 2 ,1 7 4  11,717 + 3.9 %

A A M E S  3 3 0  4 9  381 3 9 2  - 2.8 1 %

A FA S  2 3 5  18 2 5 4  25 2 + 0 .7 9 %

A N S S  4 2 9  5 6  4 8 5  50 3 - 3 .5 8%

A R T S  7 1 5  7 3  7 8 9  7 5 0  + 5 .2 0 %

C J C L S  1,040 191 1,235 1,205 + 2 .4 9 %

C LS  2 ,1 8 0  24 2 2 ,4 2 7  2 ,2 6 9  + 6 .9 6 %

D LS 1,438 7 0  1,509 1,463 + 3 .1 4 %

E B S S  7 8 9  141 93 0 93 6 - 0 .6 4 %

IS 3 ,5 8 0  3 3 8  3 ,9 1 9  3 ,8 6 6  + 1.37%

LE S  5 4 8  10 55 8 5 4 0  + 3 .3 3 %

L P S S  5 1 3  6 8  5 8 4  56 5 + 3 .3 6 %

R B M S  1,4 74 142 1,6 17 1,596 + 1 .3 2 %

S E E S  178 3 9  2 1 9  2 1 3  + 2 .8 2 %

S TS  1,406 162 1,569 1,561 + 0 .5 1 %

U LS 4 ,8 8 5  2 5 0  5,141 5 ,0 5 2  + 1 .7 6 %

W E S S  5 1 8  4 3  5 6 5  5 4 8  + 3.1 0%

W S S  47 3 4 7  5 2 0  5 1 6  + 0 .7 8 %



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Section representatives welcomed first-time ACRL national conference 
attendees at a special orientation in Charlotte, North Carolina. ARTS, Dis­
tance Learning Section, and Education and Behavioral Sciences Section 
(EBSS) redesigned their brochures. The College Libraries Section held vir­
tual meetings in lieu of holding sessions at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting. EBSS 
took a leadership role in responding to the proposed elimination of the ERIC 
Clearinghouse by the Department of Education. The EBSS “Guidelines for 
Curriculum Materials Centers” was approved by the Board. Section member­
ship committees staffed the ACRL booth at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in 
Philadelphia and the ACRL National Conference in Charlotte.

Standards and guidelines
ACRL is the source that the higher education community looks to for stan­
dards and guidelines on academic libraries. ACRL promulgates standards 
and guidelines to help libraries, academic institutions, and accrediting agen­
cies understand the elements of a high-quality library. ACRL has created a 
total of 29 standards, guidelines, and model statements that are reviewed 
and updated by the membership on a regular basis. All of ACRL’ s standards 
and guidelines are posted on the ACRL Web site (www.ala.org/acrl, click on 
“Standards and Guidelines.”)

Newly approved or revised standards for 2003 include “Characteristics of 
Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline”; 
“Guidelines for Curriculum Materials Centers” ; “Guidelines for Instruction 
Programs in Academic Libraries”; and “Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Li­
braries.” A draft was also created of “Standards for Libraries in Higher Edu­
cation” which, when approved, will replace the standards for college, uni­
versity, and community, junior, and technical learning resources programs. A 
Code of Ethics for Special Collections Librarians was approved by the ACRL 
Board to replace the “Standards for Ethical Conduct for Rare Book, Manu­
script, and Special Collections Librarians.”

Partnerships and collaborations
ACRL collaborated with the higher education community in a variety of 
ways to define and illustrate the role o f libraries in learning, teaching, and 
research.

ACRL continued to show a strong presence at the meeting o f other higher 
education associations and at library-focused events. Along with several 
other academic and research librarians, ACRL President Helen Spalding spoke 
at the Rally for America’s Libraries on the impact of budget cuts on our 
services and users. Spalding also spoke at the Missouri Library Association 
Annual Conference, Utah Library Association Annual Conference, the East­
ern Illinois University Booth Library rededication, and the Appalachian State 
University library groundbreaking (along with ACRL Executive Director Mary 
Ellen Davis).

Davis and Spalding spoke at the American Association for Higher Educa-

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tion Provosts Dinner in March on “Changing Realities for Higher Education.” 
The presentation reviewed scholarly communication issues, less access to in­
formation, and public policy issues, including PATRIOT Act, PATRIOT Act II, 
copyright, and fair use.

ACRL President Helen Spalding signed a cross-border agreement, on be­
half o f ACRL, along with a representative of the Canadian Association of 
College and University Libraries (CACUL) to reaffirm a mutual commitment 
between ACRL and CACUL to promote international activities among aca­
demic and research librarians and educators. A similar agreement is expected 
to be signed with the N ational Council o f H igher Education Libraries in 
Mexico.

Scholarly communication
FY 2003 was the first year of the ACRL Scholarly Communication program. A 
part-time visiting program officer for scholarly communication was hired and 
began to work with the Scholarly Communication Committee to implement 
the work plan as recommended. The effort to develop principles of scholarly 
communication for ACRL resulted in a document approved by the Board in 
June 2003 and forms the basis for all ACRL activity in this area.

Significant progress took place in the areas of coalition-building and ad­
vocacy. ACRL collaborated with other library associations in the Informa­
tion Access Alliance to develop a white paper encouraging greater scrutiny 
o f mergers of serial publication publishers in relation to antitrust enforce­
ment; the paper was submitted to the U.S. Department o f Justice. Also in 
collaboration with other library organizations, ACRL commented on the pro­
posed demise o f PubScience. In addition, ACRL staff worked closely with its 
Educational and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) and the ALA Washington 
Office regarding the ERIC contract.

Programmatically, the ACRL Scholarly Communication Discussion Group 
has become active and is now supported by an e-mail discussion list that 
has several hundred participants. The Scholarly Communication Committee 
continues to work with SPARC to sponsor a forum at each ALA conference 
and at appropriate venues, such as the ACRL N ational Conference. The 
program officer has been invited to speak at several state or regional library 
associations.

Critical to the program is the development of the scholarly communication 
toolkit. Work on the toolkit began in the spring, and its structure was vetted 
by the Scholarly Communication Committee in June.

Information literacy
Recognizing the important educational role libraries play, ACRL continued 
its work in information literacy. A number o f information literacy resources 
and initiatives were developed this year.

The AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy was 
created to continue the work o f the AASL/ACRL Information Literacy Task 
Force. The committee will focus on how to prepare K -2 0  students to be infor-



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m ation literate and w ill p ro v id e ch an n els o f com m u n icatio n  to the re sp e c ­
tive divisions.

T he A CR L B oard approved “C h aracteristics o f P rogram s o f In fo rm atio n  
L iteracy th a t Illu stra te B est P ractices: A G u id elin e” and “G u id elin es for 
In stru ctio n  P rogram s in A cadem ic L ib raries” in June 2003.

A CR L p artn ered  w ith TLT G roup to o ffer a th ree-p art o n lin e sem inar 
series on th e topic o f in form ation literacy  and developed its own online 
sem inar, “A ssessin g  S tudent L earn in g  O utcom es.”

T h e criteria developed d u rin g  2 0 0 2 ’s B est P ractices in In fo rm atio n  L it­
eracy Invitational C onference w ere incorporated into a preconference, “Best 
P ractices in In fo rm atio n  L iteracy: A ssessin g  Your P rogram ,” offered at the 
A CR L N atio n al C o n feren ce in C harlotte.

R equests fo r the “Inform ation L iteracy Com petency S tandards for H igher 
E d u catio n ” co n tin u e to com e in, w ith a to tal o f 3,487 standards shipping 
ou t in FY 03; the standards w ere also accessed an average o f 2,500 tim es 
each m onth on the A CR L Web site. A CRL co n tin u es to resp o n d  to req u ests 
fo r p erm issio n  to tran slate these standards in to  languages o th e r than E n ­
glish. C urrently, the “In fo rm a tio n  L iteracy  C o m p eten cy  S tan d a rd s” are 
available in G reek and Spanish; tran slatio n s in to  G erm an and C h in ese are 
underw ay.

P ro fessio nal d e velo p m en t
C o n tin u o u s learn in g  is very im p o rtan t to the A C R L  m em bership. To m eet 
this o n going need, A CR L o ffered a diverse slate o f p ro fessio n al d ev elo p ­
m ent activities. D uring 2 0 0 2 -0 3 , o ver 3,000 in d iv id u als p articip a ted  in 
events, in clu d in g  the N atio n al C onference, p reco n feren ces, w orkshops, in ­
stitu tes, and e-learning.

Preconferences

ACRL preconferences, held in conjunction with the ALA Annual Conference, con­
tinue to provide academic and research librarians with tips, tools, and new ways of 
thinking. Three preconferences were held in Toronto, with 317 individuals partici­
pating:

■ 44th Annual Rare Books and Manuscripts Preconference— True/False: 
Facsimiles, Fakes, Forgeries, and Issues of Authenticity in Special Collections

■ Planning Collaborative Spaces in Libraries: An ACRL/CNI Preconference
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National Conference
In April, ACRL offered its premier professional development event— its 11th 

National Conference, “Learning to M ake a D ifference.” The conference, 
chaired by Larry Hardesty (Austin College), attracted more than 3,400 indi­
viduals, breaking previous attendance records. A m ong the records set 
were those for the m ost first-tim e conference attendees (900+) and the 
m o st sc h o la rsh ip  

 awardees (8 students • “This conference opened my eyes to many 
and 64 lib ra ria n s). issues facing the profession, and gave me lots of 
C o nference a tte n d information to take back to my library.”
ees w ere able to • “I think ACRL is one of the best conferences 

choose from more than offered academic librarians. The presentations are 
250 p ro g ram s and always o f the highest quality, and I always come 
p rec o n fe re n ce s. A t­ away from there with great enthusiasm and lots 
tendees also had the o f good ideas.”
o p p o rtu n ity  to learn • “The ACRL National Conference provides 
ab o u t new  v en d o r excellent opportunities for intellectual stim ula­
products and services tion, professional development, and networking 
from the 169 com pa­ with colleagues. The focus on academic and re­
nies that exhibited at search libraries yields very relevant sessions and 
246 10x10 booths and sp eak ers.”— 1 1th A C R L  N a tio n a l Conference 
18 tabletop exhibits. a tten d ees
More than 9 out of 10 
attendees (93.8%) characterized their experience at the 2003 ACRL National 
Conference as positive. Their m ajor goals in attending were a desire for 
professional development (83.2%), program content (66.2%), and network­
ing and sharing ideas with colleagues (58.1%). Nearly all respondents (97.9%) 
would be likely to recommend the ACRL National Conference to a colleague.

ACRL aims to retain the best activities and services from previous con­
ferences and introduce some new activities to better meet member needs. In 
Charlotte ACRL offered these enhancements:

• @ your library campaign: The academic and research library portion of 
the cam paign was “launched” in Charlotte. A preconference on strategic 
marketing was offered (all 62 slots sold out), and every National Conference

Workshops @ Midwinter Meeting

Due to their popularity, ACRL offered workshops prior to the ALA Midwinter Meet­
ing for the second time. These workshops continue to be well-received, with a total 
of 115 individuals attending in Philadelphia:

■ Behaviors that Burden the Workplace
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attendee received the brand new @ your library Toolkit fo r  Academic and 
Research Libraries.

• first-tim e attendee orientation session: This session provided an over­
view of the conference and tips on making the most of both the conference 
and ACRL membership. Nearly 200 individuals attended the orientation.

• product update and poster sessions: An increased number of both the 
product update sessions and poster sessions were held in Charlotte.

• slide show: M embers of the local arrangements committee prepared a 
photographic slide show of conference events that was shown in the ball­
room prior to the closing keynote session.

ACRL’s 12th National Conference, “Currents and Convergence: Navigat­
ing the Rivers o f Change,” will be held in Minneapolis, April 7-10, 2005. 
Camila Alire (University of New Mexico) will chair the conference. Bookmark 
www.acrl.org/minneapolis!

Immersion programs
To help librarians and institutions develop and implement information lit­
eracy programs on their campuses, ACRL’s Institute for Information Literacy 
offered both a regional and national Immersion Program. These four-and-a- 
half day programs provided two tracks o f intensive training and education. 
Track 1 focused on individual development for librarians interested in en­

hancing or extending their indi­
• “Immersion was a great learning experience that vidual in stru ctio n  skills w hile 

will allow me to improve my institution, not to mention Track 2 focused on developing, 
a significant personal challenge!” integrating, or managing institu­

• “Immersion was definitely the best library-related tional and programmatic informa­
learning experience I ever had!” tion literacy programs.

• “For IL librarians, this is the best professional de­ T h e re g io n a l Im m e rsio n  
velopment opportunity available, period. Focused, in­ Program  was held at Coe Col­
ten se, p ro d u ctiv e, ongoing …  you c a n ’t ask for lege, July 11-16, 2003. This year, 
m ore.”— Imm ersion participants ACRL licensed the Im m ersion 

Program to Associated Colleges 
of the Midwest (ACM). Forty-seven individuals participated in the program 
and, for the first time, teaching faculty attended with their librarians. Eighty- 
two percent of the regional Immersion ’03 respondents rated their experience 
as positive. The national Immersion Program took place at the University of 
Rhode Island, August 1-6, 2003, with 88 individuals, selected from a com­
petitive applicant pool o f 149, participating in the program. Ninety-one per­
cent of the respondents rated their experience at the National Immersion ’03 
program as positive. The 2004 national Immersion Program will be held at the 
University of Washington, July 30-August 4, 2004.

Leadership institutes
Another very successful ACRL/Harvard Leadership Institute was held Au­
gust 3-8, 2003, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ninety-seven individuals at­
tended with another eight still on the waiting list. These eight will be offered

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early-bird registration for the 2004 program, which has already been sched­
uled for A ugust 8-1 3 , 2004. W hen asked to provide a quick characterization 
o f their experience at the institute, 86 percent said it was “very positive,” and 
14 percent said it was “somewhat positive.”

e-learning
ACRL launched its first online seminar, “All Users Are Local: Bringing the 
Library N ext D oor to the Campus Worldwide,” in November 2002, offering it 
a total o f three times in FY 2003. The sem inar provides librarians w ith the 
tools they need to develop a program  to support distance education at their 
institutions. A second online sem inar, “A ssessing Student L earning O u t­
comes,” was developed by ACRL over the summ er o f 2003 to be offered in 
the fall. Online seminars feature real-tim e chat discussions, threaded discus­
sion lists, and 24/7 access to course materials.

In the spring o f 2003, ACRL partnered with TLT Group to offer a three-part 
online sem inar series on inform ation literacy. The series includes seminars 
on best practices, collaboration, and assessm ent.

ACRL added six new e-learning Webcasts to its catalog in 2003 on topics 
such as u sability testing, scholarly com m unication, and assessm ent. The 
new Webcasts are o f programs from  ACRL’s 2003 N ational Conference and 
feature stream ing audio synchronized with speakers’ Pow erPoint presenta­
tions and supplem ental materials. These sessions offer convenient, afford­
able professional developm ent opportunities.

Publications
In 2003, ACRL published seven new titles, plus the three volumes o f the 2001 
academ ic library statistics. C h o ice s’s O utstanding A ca d em ic Titles 1 9 9 8 - 
2002 was published as a continuation o f the previous best-selling com pila­
tion from  1992-1997 and the Proceedings o f  the A C R L  Eleventh N ational 
Conference was published in both print and electronic versions.

ACRL Journals

■ Choice— Book review journal of ACRL; 11 issues per year (July/August combined). 
www.ala.org/acrl/choice/

■ College & Research Libraries—Official scholarly journal of ACRL; six bimonthly 
issues per year, www.ala.org/acrl/, click on “Publications”

■ College & Research Libraries News—Official news magazine of ACRL; 11 issues 
per year (July/August combined), www.acrl.org/c&rlnews

■ RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage—A journal of theory 
and practice covering all aspects of special collections librarianship; two issues per 
year, www.ala.org/acrl/, click on “Publications”

http://www.ala.org/acrl/choice/
http://www.ala.org/acrl/
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Choice
During 2003, Choice launched or began work on several new initiatives while 
still coping with a continuing economic slowdown that included at least one 
unanticipated challenge, the R ow eC om /divine bankruptcy. This unhappy 
development reduced Choice revenues by an estimated $35,000 to $45,000 
as Choice, along w ith m any other scholarly publishers, agreed to grace 
those libraries which, as form er Row eCom /divine custom ers, had ordered 
but were unable to pay for Choice materials as a result o f RoweCom’s bank­
ruptcy. Fortunately, this did not prevent Choice from  closing 2003 with a 
m odest surplus.

M eanw hile the editorial program  continued apace as Choice published 
6,828 new reviews in 2003, its highest output in recent years. Choice also 
published ten new bibliographic essays and several new special features. 
Other significant Choice initiatives in 2003 included:

• The addition o f a usage statistics module to the Site License Edition of 
ChoiceReview s.online.

• The continued development o f the “Forthcoming Reference” feature on 
ChoiceReviews.online. In November, the 2 0 0 3 -0 4  edition o f this popular 
feature became the first to be released simultaneously in print and on CRO.

• The July pub licatio n  o f O utstanding A ca d em ic Titles, 1 9 98-2002, a 
five-year compilation o f Choice OAT reviews edited by Rebecca A. Bartlett, 
Choice humanities editor. This clothbound title is now available from ACRL.

• The August 2003 publication o f Web VII. This year’s Web issue contains 
review s o f some 602 selected Internet resources, including 37 new sites.

New Monograph Titles for 2002-03

■ Standards an d  A ssessm en t f o r  A cadem ic L ibraries: A Workbook, W illiam  N eal 
N elson and Robert Fernekes
■ Recruitment, Retention, an d  R estructuring: H um an R esources in A cadem ic 
Libraries, Ad Hoc Task Force on Recruitm ent and Retention Issues, ACRL Personnel 
Administrators and S taff Development Officers Discussion Group
■ First Year Student Library Instruction Programs, CLIP Note #33, D ebbie Malone 
and Carol Videon, compilers
■ Learning to M ake a Difference, Proceedings o f the ACRL 11th National 
Conference A pril 10-13, 2003, Charlotte, North Carolina
■ D escriptive C ataloging o f  A ncient, M edieval, R enaissance, a n d  E arly M odern 
M anuscripts, G regory Pass
■ C H O IC E ’S O utstanding A cadem ic Titles, 1998-2002: Reviews o f  Scholarly Titles 
that Every Library Should Own, Rebecca A. Bartlett, editor
■ The D ig ita l R eference Research A genda, P ublications in L ibrarianship no. 55, 
R. David Lankes, Scott Nicholson, Abby Goodrum, editors
■ A C R L 2001 Academ ic Library Trends and Statistics (3 volumes), Center for 
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This highly popular reference tool is available for sale at the Choice Web 
site, w w w.ala.org/acrl/choice.

• The appearance in the September issue o f two special features, “Looking 
Beyond 9/11: A Selection o f Choice Reviews” and “The Post-9/11 World: 
Recent and Forthcoming Titles, 2003-2004.”

In addition, during 2003 Choice began formal planning for two ambitious 
new projects, a w holly new  edition o f C hoiceR eview s.online (known in­
house as CRO2) and Resources fo r  College Libraries (RCL), an electronic 
product designed as the long-aw aited successor to B ooks f o r  College L i­
braries. CRO2 is expected to launch in 2005, RCL in 2006 or 2007.

C&RL News
College & Research Libraries News 
continued to provide new s, articles 
offering practical solutions to com ­
mon challenges, and reviews o f Web 
resources. A new bimonthly column, “Job o f a Lifetime,” was launched in 
Novem ber 2002 to highlight innovative and unusual positions in academic 
and research librarianship.

C&RL
W illiam  Gray Potter successfully com pleted one year as editor o f C&RL. 
Thirty-one articles were published in the journal, which continues to be the 
p re m ie r jo u rn a l o f s c h o larly  c o m m u n ic atio n  in  th e fie ld  o f acad em ic 
librarianship, with an acceptance rate o f approximately 35 percent.

R B M
Vol. 3, No. 2 and Vol. 4, No. 1 o f RBM: A Journal o f  Rare Books, Manuscripts, 
and Cultural Heritage were published. The two issues featured articles and 
opinion on special collections and the cultural and theoretical influences 
that affect how collections are put together. The coeditors, M arvin Taylor 
and Lisa Browar, resigned in midterm due to career commitments. Following 
a search and interview s at the 2003 M idw inter M eeting, Richard Clement 
was named as new editor. He worked with the outgoing editors in the pro­
duction o f Vol. 4, No. 1 and began a full three-year term beginning at the 2003 
ALA Annual Conference. His first issue was Vol. 4, No. 2 in fall 2003. Full text 
o f articles from back issues were placed on the ACRL Web site going back to 
Vol. 13, No. 1 o f RBML. There is a one-year embargo on electronic publica­
tion o f RBM  articles.

ACRL Web site
In tandem with the ALA-wide move to a Web content management system, 
ACRL launched a redesigned Web site in April. In addition to providing an

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updated look for ACRL, the site features a new navigation structure and intui­
tive interface to simplify access to the array o f association information avail­
able online. The reorganization o f the site was based on usability testing with 
ACRL members. A number o f items to be made available for ACRL or ALA 
members only were identified at the ALA Annual Conference for a fall 2003 
roll-out.

Statistics
The 2002 Academic Library Statistics project had a total number of respon­
dents of 1,603 or 52.2 percent. The 2001 survey used the ARL survey without 
modification, in part to allow ARL libraries to complete the trends section 
only and allow ACRL to im port their data directly into its database. The 
trends section reported data on the use of space in academic libraries. As in 
previous years, the print publication is available in three volumes according 
to Carnegie classification as well as online as an electronic publication. 
Access is fee-based and includes searching, selection of institutions into a 
separate file, and display of data in tabular or graphical form to facilitate peer 
com parisons.



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ACRL Board of D irectors, 2 0 0 2 - 0 3

ACRL B o a rd  2 0 0 2 -0 3  (I t o  r): (b a c k ) W . B e d e  M it c h e ll,  P a tric ia  A . K re itz , 
D e b o r a h  B. D a n c ik , T h e re s a  S. B y rd , R o b e r t F. Rose, P a m e la  S n e ls o n ; 
( f r o n t )  P a tric ia  A . W a n d , M a ry  E lle n  K. D avis, H e le n  H. S p a ld in g , T y ro n e  
H. C a n n o n , E rik a  C. L in k e , R ita  Jones. N o t s h o w n : Lois H. C h e p e ro n  a n d  
M a r y  R e ic h e l.

ACRL Board of Directors, 2002-03

P r e s i d e n t
H e le n  H. S p a ld in g , U n iv e rs ity  o f M is s o u ri-K a n s a s  C ity

V i c e - p r e s i d e n t / P r e s i d e n t - e l e c t
T yrone H. C a n n o n

P a s t - P r e s i d e n t
M a ry  R e ic h e l, A p p a la c h ia n  S ta te  U n iv e rs ity

B u d g e t &  F in a n c e  C o m m itte e  C h a ir
E rik a  Lin ke , C a rn e g ie  M e llo n  U n iv e rs ity

A C R L  C o u n c ilo r
P a tric ia  A. W a n d , A m e ric a n  U n iv e rs ity

D ire c to rs -a t-la rg e
T h e re s a  S. B yrd, O h io  W e s le y a n  U n iv e rs ity
Lo is H. C h e re p o n , S a in t J o h n ’s  U n iv e rs ity
D e b o ra h  B. D a n c ik , U n iv e rs ity  o f A lb e rta
R ita  J o n e s , C ity  C o lle g e  o f S a n  F ra n c is c o
P a tric ia  K re itz, S ta n fo rd  L in e a r A c c e le ra to r C e n te r
W. B e d e  M itc h e ll, G e o rg ia  S o u th e rn  U n iv e rs ity
R o b e rt F. R ose, U n iv e rs ity  o f W is c o n s in -E a u  C la ire
P a m e la  S n e ls o n , F ra n k lin  a n d  M a rs h a ll C o lle g e

E x e c u tiv e  D ir e c to r  (E x -o ffic io )
M a ry  E lle n K. D avis, A C R L /A L A



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Financial Report

Erika Linke
Budget an d  F inance Comm ittee C hair

ACRL’s budget performance exceeded the budget 
projections for the fiscal year 2002-03. At the end 
o f the fiscal year, the ACRL Operating Fund Bal­
ance totaled $2,213,971. The Choice Operating 
Fund Balance closed the year with $1,173,291. 
These budget figures, and those throughout this 
report, are based on the unaudited fourth quarter 
budget reports and unaudited final closing.

ACRL manages dynamic and fluid budgets. In this report, the operating 
budget will be highlighted. The impact o f a weaker economy has been felt in 
this current budget year. Decreased revenues in several areas were offset 
partially by reduced spending and open staff positions and bolstered by a 
successful ACRL National Conference. It was anticipated that two factors 
during the fiscal year—reduced travel funds in libraries and concern about 
SARS— might negatively affect National Conference attendance. In reality, 
those factors did not appear to influence participation and attendance at the 
conference.

2002-2003 operatinq budqet hiqhliqhts
ACRL’s operating revenues o f $2,910,148 (excluding Choice) exceeded the 
projected budgeted revenue by $106,512. W ithout a strong perform ance 
from the National Conference, operating revenue would have been down 
substantially. Another source o f operating revenue is membership dues. As 
membership costs rise, the association has drawn on conference net rev­
enue and reserves to offset the costs associated with membership activities 
such as support o f sections, com mittees, and chapters and perquisites of 
membership, such as journal publications. Revenue from publications did 
not meet budget projections. No publication product group met budgeted 
revenues. Weakened advertising and lower than projected sales also took a 
toll on revenue. The only bright spot for revenue was the National Conference.

Revenues f r o m …  B u d g eted  A c tu a l
M embership Dues $447,674 $459,010
C& RL $163,259 $145,093
C&RL News $504,026 $436,101
Pre & Post Conferences $142,105 $94,091
R B M  $36,941 $30,830
Nonperiodical Pubs $165,400 $101,394
Library Statistics $90,637 $60,617



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Financial Report

O perating expenses o f $2,468,508 (excluding Choice) w ere $458,639 less 
than budget. C ontaining expenses and open staff positions offset the re ­
duced revenue. Reduced expenses and cost containm ent, com bined w ith a 
sound National Conference, resulted in a net o f $441,640 instead o f a bud­
geted over expense o f $ 123,511.

Choice’s actual revenue o f $2,283,116 in 2002-03 was down from  the bud­
geted revenue by $241,214. Expenses for Choice totaled $2,275,320, reflect­
ing reduced expenses by $251,884. As a result, the budget showed a small 
net o f $7,796 instead o f a projected negative net o f $2,874. Choice revenues 
declined as major advertisers scaled back marketing and advertising. Licens­
ing revenues were flat. Choice Reviews.online gained new subscribers, and 
p rin t subscriptions continued to decline. A nother im pact on revenue was 
the RoweCom/divine bankruptcy. ACRL and Choice joined other scholarly pub­
lishers in providing com plimentary subscriptions to those libraries who had 
paid RoweCom prior to the bankruptcy.

C h o ice B u d g e te d  A c tu a l
R e v en u e s $2,524,330 $2,283,116
Expense $2,527,204 $2,275,320
Operating N et $(2,874) $7,796

ACRL asset management
ACRL’s long-term  investment portfolio includes the ACRL general endow­
ment, the Choice endowment, and three award endowments (Oberly, Leab, 
and A tkinson). At the end o f the 2002-03 fiscal year, the total value o f all 
A C R L  endow m ent funds w as $1,670,860. T he continuing d ecline o f the 
economy and the w eak investment m arket has had an impact on the current 
value o f ACRL’s long-term  investments. The Board has appointed a Long- 
Term Investm ent Fund Task Force to review  investm ent perform ance and 
recommend a plan for drawing on net interest.

2003-2004 ACRL budget
The 2 003-04 ACRL and Choice budgets, recom m ended by the Budget and 
Finance C om m ittee, were approved at the 2003 A LA  A nnual Conference. 
The ACRL budget (without Choice) is projected to have a deficit. Drawing 
on our fund balance, the association w ill support new  initiatives such as 
scholarly communication and the @your library campaign for academic and 
research libraries. Support w ill continue for scholarships and for information 
literacy. In addition, FY 2003-04 is not a N ational Conference year, although 
during this year some expenses for the 2005 conference will be paid drawing 
on the fund balance. The 20 0 3 -0 4  budget projects, revenues, expenses, and 
fund balances are as follows:



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Financial Report

FY 2003-2004 Operating Budget ACRL CHOICE
Beginning fund balance $2,213,971 $1,173,290
R evenues $1,815,998 $2,369,093
Expenses $2,234,306 $2,446,129
Operating Net $(418,308) $(77,036)
T ran sfe r to L ong-T erm  Investm ent* $(100,000) $ -
Ending Fund Balance $1,695,663 $1,096,254

* Transfers to long-term investment may or may not be made. For 
budgeting purposes, ALA requires prior notification o f possible 
transfers to long-term investment.

Thanks
I wish to thank the members o f the Budget and Finance Committee for their 
diligence, budgetary insights, and thoughtful consideration o f budget as­
sessment and evaluation. I have been privileged to work with such a hard 
working and insightful group of people. ACRL staff efforts to support the 
work of the budget and finance committee deserve recognition. Their careful 
efforts in executing the budget in the course o f their work merit our thanks.

Members of the Budget and Finance Committee are: Susan M. Allen, Nicho­
las C. Burckel, Lynn K.Chmelir, Rita Cecilia Knight, Susan M. Kroll, William F. 
Louden, Daniel R. Lee, Diane E. Perushek, and Sandra Yee; ex-officio mem­
bers are ACRL Vice-President/President-Elect Tyrone Cannon and ACRL 
Executive Director Mary Ellen Davis.

ACRL continues to have a reserve fund from which to support new initiatives 
and to offset occasional reductions in revenue. Extensive budgetary assessment, 
review, and recommendations provide the association with the financial capac­
ity to act on its priorities and to weather economic challenges.



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Financial Report

Executive S um m ary20 02-2003

FY2002 FY2003 FY2003
SOURCES OF REVENUE ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUAL

Op. Fund $2,158,495 $1,872,331 $1,872,331
Long-Term Investment $784,032 $987,691 $987,691
Choice Fund $1,124,939 $1,195,496 $1,195,494
Choice Long-Term Investment $435,933 $461,457 $461,457

Subtotal $4,503,399 $4,516,975 $4,516,974

MEMBERSHIPDUESANDOTHER
Dues $444,818 $447,674 $459,010
Other (e.g., standards) $4,739 $3,000 $3,348
Donations $16,450 $3,000 $10,500
A w a rd s $12,745 $9,400 $19,200
Sec. Newsletters $1,200 $1,500 $1,600
Special Events $17,739 $26,300 $16,026
@ Your Library $0 $0 $5,000
Subtotal $497,691 $490,874 $514,684

PUBLICATIONS
Choice $2,357,870 $2,524,330 $2,283,116
C&RL $171,724 $163,259 $145,093
C&RL News $568,978 $504,026 $436,101
RBM $35,573 $36,941 $30,830
Nonperiodical Pubs. $123,623 $165,400 $101,394
Library Statistics $88,052 $90,637 $60,617
Subtotal $3,345,819 $3,484,593 $3,057,151

EDUCATION
Regional Institutes $239,154 $256,167 $178,170
National (0 1 ,0 3 ) ($7,994) $946,519 $1,314,370
Pre-& Postconferences $113,319 $109,813 $94,091
Web-CE $1,789 $40,000 $27,974
Subtotal $346,267 $1,352,499 $1,614,605
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Friends of ACRL (operating) ($13,900) $0 $6,825
Friends of ACRL (restricted) $4,550 $0 $1,245

TOTAL REVENUE $4,175,877 $5,327,966 $5,193,265
Choice Revenue $2,357,870 $2,524,330 $2,283,116
TOTAL REV. W/O CHOICE $1,818,007 $2,803,636 $2,910,148
National Conference Revenue ($7,994) $946,519 $1,314,370
Total Rev. W/O National Conference $1,826,001 $1,857,117 $1.595,778

Note: A ctu a l num bers show n are rounded fr o m  two d ecim a l p laces. Therefore, subtotals 
'm ay n o t p recisely represent colum n totals due to rounding.



7 5 0 1 C&RL News ■  December 2003

Financial Report
FY2002 FY2003 FY2003

OBJECT OF EXPENSE ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUAL

MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITES
M em bership Svcs. $37,134 $80,571 $31,616
Exec. C om m . & Board $127,806 $144,455 $108,104
A d v is o ry  $9,988 $13,066 $52,631
S ta n d a rd s  distrib. $11,520 $11,605 $7,199
D iscussion G ro ups $3,326 $4,323 $3,652
A w a rd s  $22,158 $22,111 $37,555
C hapters $49,972 $80,743 $36,248
Committees $33,034 $54,016 $44,838
S ection s $78,499 $86,627 $95,133
S e c tio n  N e w s le tte rs  $31,588 $33,960 $30,908
C h a p te rT o p ic s  $3,326 $0 $0
C & R L  O v e r R ev. $2,670 $0 $27,376
C & R L  N e w s  O v e r R ev. $0 $0 $0
Liaiso ns to H ig h e r Ed. $31,672 $45,932 $35,319
S pecial E vents $18,964 $25,025 $16,014
Inform ation Lite racy $116,181 $75,180 $11,757
S c holarships $12,625 $68,750 $77,755
S cholarly C om m unication $113 $92,850 $57,310
F o c u s  on th e  F u tu re  $0 $10,000 $0
@ Y o u r L ib ra ry  $0 $0 $3,876
Subtotal $590,574 $849,214 $677,291
SPECIAL PROJECTS
F r ie n d s  o f  A C R L -n o n -re s tric te d  $3,790 $13,963 $3,915
F r ie n d s  of A C R L - R e s tric te d  $0 $0 $6,825
Subtotal $3,790 $13,963 $3,915
PUBLICATIONS
C hoice $2,237,314 $2,527,204 $2,275,320
C&RL $171,724 $188,311 $145,093
C & R L N e w s  $382,237 $457,827 $344,127
R B M  $35,157 $37,674 $32,755
N onperiodical Pubs. $126,347 $146,855 $70,202
L ib ra ry  S ta tis tic s  $79,408 $79,709 $76,228
Subtotal $3,032,187 $3,437,580 $2,943,725
EDUCATION
Regional Institutes $180,205 $217,779 $152,283
N ation al (9 5 ,9 7 ,9 9 ,0 1 ,0 3 ) $117,587 $751,902 $840,016
Pre-& P ostC on fere nces $104,704 $137,693 $86,644
W eb-CE $12,437 $46,220 $24,128
W E S S - P aris C o n fe re n c e  $0 $0 $15,827
S u b to ta l $ 4 1 4 ,9 3 3  $ 1 ,1 5 3 ,5 9 4  $ 1 ,1 1 8 ,8 9 9
T O T A L  E X P E N S E S  $ 4 ,0 4 1 ,4 8 5  $5 ,454 ,351 $ 4 ,7 4 3 ,8 2 9
C H O IC E  E X P E N S E S  $ 2 ,2 3 7 ,3 1 4  $ 2 ,5 2 7 ,2 0 4  $ 2 ,2 7 5 ,3 2 0
T O T A L  E X P . W /O  C H O IC E  $1 ,80 4 ,1 7 1  $ 2 ,9 2 7 ,1 4 7  $ 2 ,4 6 8 ,5 0 8
N e t W /O  C H O IC E  $ 1 3 ,8 3 6  ($ 1 2 3 ,5 1 1 ) $ 4 4 1 ,6 4 0
C H O IC E  N e t $ 1 2 0 ,5 5 5  ($ 2 ,8 7 4 ) $ 7 ,7 9 6
A d d e d  to  C H O IC E  LTI ($ 5 0 ,0 0 0 ) $ 0  ($ 3 0 ,0 0 0 )
C H O IC E  E nd O p e ra tin q  Bal $ 1 ,1 9 5 ,4 9 5  $ 1 ,192 ,621 $1 ,173 ,291
A d d e d  to A C R L  LTI ($ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 ) $ 0  ($ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 )
End op er. re s e rv e  b a la n c e  $ 1 ,872 ,331 $ 1 ,7 4 8 ,8 2 0  $2 ,213 ,971
M a n d a te d  O p e ra tin g  R e s e rv e  $ 4 7 6 ,1 8 4  $ 5 0 2 ,9 1 2  $ 5 0 2 ,9 1 2
T O T A L  E XP. W /O  N T L C N F  $ 1 ,6 8 6 ,5 8 3  $ 2 ,1 7 5 ,2 4 5  $ 1 ,6 2 8 ,4 9 3



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Friends of ACRL

The Friends o f ACRL donations support areas key to ACRL’s mission. These 
include the P rofessional D evelopm ent Scholarship Fund, Innovative New 
Program  Fund, Best Practices in A cadem ic Librarianship Fund, and Global 
C onnection Fund.

Since the establishm ent o f the Friends o f ACRL, 99 donors have become 
Friends and contributed more than $32,000 to dem onstrate their support for 
its initiatives. This year $6,825 o f the Professional D evelopm ent Scholarship 
Fund w ent to fund scholarships to the ACRL N ational Conference. Thanks 
to those listed below for contributing to the Friends o f ACRL in 2002-2003.

MILLENNIUM CLUB W. Bede Mitchell
Deborah H. Moffett Wycoff Margaret F. Nichols

Oswald Ratteray
GOLDCLUB Sharon Rogers
Erika C. Linke Helen H. Spalding
Pamela Moffett Padley Susan E. Stroyan
Juana R. Young Mary Lee Sweat

Pat Wand
SILVER CLUB
Charles E. Kratz, Jr.
Hannelore B. Rader FRIENDS
Mary Reichel Mignon Adams
Marion Reid Steven J. Bell

Lynn Scott Cochrane
CENTURY CLUB Donald G. Frank
Charles Beard Mary Ghikas
John M. Budd Rita W. Jones
Theresa S. Byrd Frances Maloy
Tyrone Cannon William N. Nelson 
Deborah B. Dancik Leland Park
Mary Ellen K. Davis Derrie Perez
JuliaGelfand Robert F. Rose
Tom Kirk Carolyn A. Sheehy
Patricia A. Kreitz Cynthia R. Steinhoff
Michael J. LaCroix Sister Anita Talar
Sue Martin Barbara W ittkopf



75 2 1 C&RL News ■ December 2003

Meet the ACRL Staff

Many o f you have had phone and/or e-mail contact with ACRL’s staff, of which 
there are 13.35 ALA-approved FTE positions at headquarters. Here’s your chance 
to put a face with that voice or e-mail signature. On these pages, we present 
current ACRL staff (including two o f ACRL’s Choice 22.4 FTE staff) with in­
formation about their responsibilities. Take a minute to “meet the staff!” We’re 
looking forward to hearing from you.

MEGAN BIELEFELD, program coordinator. Co­
ordinates ACRL awards program, elections, 
chapters, and ACRL promotion activity. Contact 
for ACRL discussion groups. Phone: (312) 280- 
2514; e-mail: mbielefeld@ala.org

SHANNON CARY, program officer. Coordinates 
ACRL government relations activities and 
Friends of ACRL activities. Manages ACRL’s 
divisional appointment activities. Phone: (312) 
280-2510; e-mail: scary@ala.org

MARGOT SUTTON CONAHAN, manager of pro­
fessional development. Conceptualizes and de­
velops ACRLs educational offerings, including 
the ACRL National Conference, preconferences, 
and institutes. Coordinates ACRLs involvement 
in the ALA Divisions Job Shadow Day. Phone: 
(312) 280-2522; e-mail: msutton@ala.org

DAVID CONNELLY, administrative assistant to the 
executive director. Assists in budget preparation 
and review; arranges Board travel; maintains 
colleagues records; coordinates file system. 
Phone: (312) 280-2519; e-mail: dconnolly@ala.org

mailto:mbielefeld@ala.org
mailto:scary@ala.org
mailto:msutton@ala.org
mailto:dconnolly@ala.org


C&RL News ■ December 2003 753

Meet the ACRL Staff

MARY ELLEN K. DAVIS, executive director. Di­
rects activities of the ACRL and CHOICE offices. 
Coordinates policy implementation and pre­
pares ACRL’s budgets. Ex-officio to the ACRL 
E xecutive C om m ittee and the Board of 
Directors. Serves as official contact for higher 
education organizations and coordinates ACRL 
Colleagues, Information Literacy, and Scholarly 
Communication programs. Phone: (312) 280- 
3248; e-mail: mdavis @ala.org

TORY EDWARDS, meeting and special events 
planner. Manages logistics for ACRL professional 
development events, including preconferences, 
workshops, institutes, and the ACRL National 
Conference. Phone: (312) 280-2515; e-mail: 
tedwards@ala.org

ANN-CHRISTE GALLOWAY, production editor. 
Copyedits and lays out C&RL News in print and 
online. Writes “People in the News” and “Grants 
and Acquisitions” for C&RL News. Phone: (312) 
280-2524; e-mail: agalloway@ala.org

FRANCINE GRAF, managing editor of Choice. 
Manages all aspects of the magazine, reviews- 
on-cards, and electronic databases; coordi­
nates the work of CHOICE’S editorial staff; plans 
the editorial calendar; handles CHOICE’S busi­
ness and economics sections. Phone: (860) 
347-6933; e-mail: fgraf@ala-choice.org

ala.org
mailto:tedwards@ala.org
mailto:agalloway@ala.org
mailto:fgraf@ala-choice.org


75 4 1 C&RL News ■ December 2003

Meet the ACRL Staff

BEN HAWK, administrative assistant to the as­
sociate director. Assists in section committee 
appointment process; coordinates conference 
program logistics for ACRL at ALA conferences; 
assists with membership retention and recruit­
ment. Phone: (312) 280-2521; e-mail: 
bhawk@ala.org

SUSAN K. MARTIN, visiting program officer for 
scholarly communication. Responsible for ad­
vocacy, education, research, and coalition build­
ing. Phone: (508) 420-0224; e-mail: martin@ 
skmassociates.net

DAWN MUELLER, production editor. Maintains 
ACRLs Web site; lays out and produces C&RL; 
designs and produces RBM‘. works with section 
editors to produce and distribute section news­
letters; designs and produces ACRL brochures 
and flye rs. Phone: (312) 280-2516; e-mail: 
dmueller@ala.org

STEPHANIE ORPHAN, editor-in-chief, C&RL 
News/\Neb developer. Responsible for content 
and production of C&RL News in print and 
online. Conceptualizes, develops and imple­
ments new products and services to be deliv­
ered over the Web; oversees development of 
the ACRL Web site. Phone: (312) 280-2511; e- 
mail: sorphan@ala.org

mailto:bhawk@ala.org
skmassociates.net
mailto:dmueller@ala.org
mailto:sorphan@ala.org


C&RL News ■ December 2003 755

Meet the ACRL Staff

ELISE PARKER, classified ads manager/edito- 
rial assistant. Manages job ads for C&RL News 
in print and online; contact for information about 
subscriptions, job ads, and manuscript submis­
sions for C&RL News; design and production of 
ACRL brochures and flyers. Phone: (312) 280- 
2513; fax: (312) 280-7663; e-mail: eparker‹ã 
ala.org

MARY JANE PETROWSKI, associate director. 
Serves as chief operating officer for ACRL; coor­
dinates ACRL membership promotion and re­
tention activities; oversees ACRLs Annual Con­
ference programs and activities; coordinates ac­
tivities of sections and chapters; manages sec­
tion appointments and nominations processes. 
Phone: (312) 280-2523; e-mail: mpetrowski@ 
ala.org

IRVING ROCKWOOD, editor and publisher of 
Choice. Handles magazine and other product 
advertising sales; subscription services; mar­
keting and promotions for Choice and ACRL 
jou rn a ls. Phone: (860) 347-6933; e-mail: 
irockwood@ala-choice.org

HUGH THOMPSON, manager of publications. 
Handles all questions about ACRL’s publica­
tions; oversees production of C&RL and RBM; 
answers questions about ACRL’s Web site; 
manages ACRL’s Academic Libraries Trends 
and Statistics program. Phone: (312) 280-2517; 
e-mail: hthompson@ala.org

ala.org
ala.org
mailto:irockwood@ala-choice.org
mailto:hthompson@ala.org

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	C&RL News ■ December 2003 720
	Message from the Vice-PresidentACRL launched a comprehensive strategic planning initiative this year with data collection as the initial focus. ACRL conducted focus groups at the ACRL National Conference in Charlotte, held leadership and open ses­sions at the Annual Conference in Toronto, and conducted telephone inter­views with members, nonmembers, ALA-only members, inactive members of ACRL, and new members of ACRL.ACRL 2003 Annual Conference Programs—Toronto■ ACRL/CACUL Joint Presidents’ Program—New Reali
	730 / C&RL News ■ December 2003
	Letter from the Executive DirectorMary Ellen K. DavisExecutive DirectorDespite a climate of budget cuts and uncertainty in the higher education environment, ACRL mem­bers significantly enriched the ACRL community by developing new tools to assist in advocacy efforts, publishing research in ACRL journals and books, developing new guidelines, responding to proposed governmental changes affecting infor­mation resources, sharing ideas with colleagues at ACRL’s numerous events, and participating in focus groups 
	C&RL News ■ December 2003 731
	Year in ReviewFriends of ACRL. Their donations this year provided additional schol­arships to the National Conference.Working together, ACRL members can forge new partnerships, communi­cate the value of librarians and libraries to our constituencies, share ideas and enhance our learning, and make ACRL the association of choice for academic and research librarians.Services and ProgramsACRL continued to address the needs of academic and research librar­ians, providing its varied menu of high-quality services 
	732 / C&RL News ■ December 2003
	Year in Reviewand made available online and in print. The toolkit includes creative strategies, practical ideas, case studies and profiles, customizable press materials, and more. Downloadable graphics from the @ your library campaign have also been made available for use in developing your library’s marketing campaign. The success of these initiatives led the ACRL Board to establish a standing Committee on Marketing Academic and Research Libraries.Advocacy and government relationsTo address growing concern
	C&RL News ■ December 2003 733
	Year in Review
	ACRL Award Winners 2003
	■ Academic/Research Librarian of the Year(Donor: YBP Library Services) Ross Atkinson, Cornell University■ Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award(Donor: ACRL, ALCTS, LAMA, LITA) Wendy Pradt Lougee, University of Minnesota■ Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (Donor: Thomson ISI) Yungrang Laura Cheng, Indiana University, Bloomington, for “Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions: Quantitative Comparisons of Interactions and Relationships among Three Factors in College Students’ Information Seeking”■ Excellence in Academic Libra
	Publication Award: James K. Elmborg, Univer­sity of Iowa, for “Teaching at the Desk: To­ward a Reference Pedagogy,” portal: Librar­ies and the Academy (2002)■ LPSS/Marta Lange Award (Donor: Con­gressional Quarterly) Rosemary Allen Little (posthumous), Princeton University■ RBMS/Leab Exhibition Catalogue Awards (Donor: Katharine Kyes and Daniel J. Leab Endowment)Division 1 (Expensive): Devices of Wonder: From the World in a Box to Images on a Screen, Getty Research InstituteDivision 1 Honorable Mention: Joha
	734 / C&RL News ■ December 2003
	Year in ReviewACRL continued its strong showing at the ALA Legislative Day. To fur­ther educate academic librarians on the importancè of legislative advocacy and to inform them of the details of specific legislative issues affecting academic libraries, ACRL sponsored a luncheon program attended by 45 academic librarians. At the luncheon, attorney Thomas Susman discussed the effects of September 11 on the current legislative and judicial environ­ment. Claudette Tennant, from the ALA Washington Office, spoke 
	C&RL News ■ December 2003 735
	Year in Reviewto meet and share experiences in their regions, ACRL chapters sponsored more than 40 programs across the United States, and ACRL officers visited chapters in Eastern New York, Missouri, Utah, Illinois, and Wisconsin as guest speakers.SectionsSeventeen sections provide members with opportunities to advance the knowledge base of the profession, develop leadership skills, mentor col­leagues, and share their expertise and ideas. Sections also develop and maintain standards and guidelines for direc
	ACRL Membership StatisticsACRL Personal Organizational August 2003 August 2002 %increase orSections total total decreaseACRL 11,259 882 12,174 11,717 + 3.9%AAMES 330 49 381 392 - 2.81%AFAS 235 18 254 252 +0.79%ANSS 429 56 485 503 - 3.58%ARTS 715 73 789 750 +5.20%CJCLS 1,040 191 1,235 1,205 +2.49%CLS 2,180 242 2,427 2,269 +6.96%DLS 1,438 70 1,509 1,463 +3.14%EBSS 789 141 930 936 -0.64%IS 3,580 338 3,919 3,866 + 1.37%LES 548 10 558 540 +3.33%LPSS 513 68 584 565 +3.36%RBMS 1,474 142 1,617 1,596 +1.32%SEES 178 
	736 / C&RL News ■ December 2003
	Year in ReviewSection representatives welcomed first-time ACRL national conference attendees at a special orientation in Charlotte, North Carolina. ARTS, Dis­tance Learning Section, and Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) redesigned their brochures. The College Libraries Section held vir­tual meetings in lieu of holding sessions at ALA’s Midwinter Meeting. EBSS took a leadership role in responding to the proposed elimination of the ERIC Clearinghouse by the Department of Education. The EBSS “Gu
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	Year in Reviewtion Provosts Dinner in March on “Changing Realities for Higher Education.” The presentation reviewed scholarly communication issues, less access to in­formation, and public policy issues, including PATRIOT Act, PATRIOT Act II, copyright, and fair use.ACRL President Helen Spalding signed a cross-border agreement, on be­half of ACRL, along with a representative of the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL) to reaffirm a mutual commitment between ACRL and CACUL to promo
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	Year in Reviewmation literate and will provide channels of communication to the respec­tive divisions.The ACRL Board approved “Characteristics of Programs of Information Literacy that Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline” and “Guidelines for Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries” in June 2003.ACRL partnered with TLT Group to offer a three-part online seminar series on the topic of information literacy and developed its own online seminar, “Assessing Student Learning Outcomes.”The criteria developed d
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	Year in ReviewNational ConferenceIn April, ACRL offered its premier professional development event—its 11th National Conference, “Learning to Make a Difference.” The conference, chaired by Larry Hardesty (Austin College), attracted more than 3,400 indi­viduals, breaking previous attendance records. Among the records set were those for the most first-time conference attendees (900+) and the most scholarship  awardees (8 students • “This conference opened my eyes to many and 64 librarians). issues facing the 
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	Year in Reviewattendee received the brand new @ your library Toolkit for Academic and Research Libraries.• first-time attendee orientation session: This session provided an over­view of the conference and tips on making the most of both the conference and ACRL membership. Nearly 200 individuals attended the orientation.• product update and poster sessions: An increased number of both the product update sessions and poster sessions were held in Charlotte.• slide show: Members of the local arrangements commit
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	Year in Reviewearly-bird registration for the 2004 program, which has already been sched­uled for August 8-13, 2004. When asked to provide a quick characterization of their experience at the institute, 86 percent said it was “very positive,” and 14 percent said it was “somewhat positive.”e-learningACRL launched its first online seminar, “All Users Are Local: Bringing the Library Next Door to the Campus Worldwide,” in November 2002, offering it a total of three times in FY 2003. The seminar provides libraria
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	Year in ReviewChoiceDuring 2003, Choice launched or began work on several new initiatives while still coping with a continuing economic slowdown that included at least one unanticipated challenge, the RoweCom/divine bankruptcy. This unhappy development reduced Choice revenues by an estimated $35,000 to $45,000 as Choice, along with many other scholarly publishers, agreed to grace those libraries which, as former RoweCom/divine customers, had ordered but were unable to pay for Choice materials as a result of
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	Year in ReviewThis highly popular reference tool is available for sale at the Choice Web site, www.ala.org/acrl/choice.• The appearance in the September issue of two special features, “Looking Beyond 9/11: A Selection of Choice Reviews” and “The Post-9/11 World: Recent and Forthcoming Titles, 2003-2004.”In addition, during 2003 Choice began formal planning for two ambitious new projects, a wholly new edition of ChoiceReviews.online (known in­house as CRO2) and Resources for College Libraries (RCL), an elect
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	Year in Reviewupdated look for ACRL, the site features a new navigation structure and intui­tive interface to simplify access to the array of association information avail­able online. The reorganization of the site was based on usability testing with ACRL members. A number of items to be made available for ACRL or ALA members only were identified at the ALA Annual Conference for a fall 2003 roll-out.StatisticsThe 2002 Academic Library Statistics project had a total number of respon­dents of 1,603 or 52.2 p
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	ACRL Board of Directors, 2002-03ACRL Board 2002-03 (I to r): (back) W. Bede Mitchell, Patricia A. Kreitz, Deborah B. Dancik, Theresa S. Byrd, Robert F. Rose, Pamela Snelson; (front) Patricia A. Wand, Mary Ellen K. Davis, Helen H. Spalding, Tyrone H. Cannon, Erika C. Linke, Rita Jones. Not shown: Lois H. Cheperon and Mary Reichel.ACRL Board of Directors, 2002-03PresidentHelen H. Spalding, University of Missouri-Kansas CityVice-president/President-electTyrone H. CannonPast-PresidentMary Reichel, Appalachian S
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	Financial ReportErika LinkeBudget and Finance Committee ChairACRL’s budget performance exceeded the budget projections for the fiscal year 2002-03. At the end of the fiscal year, the ACRL Operating Fund Bal­ance totaled $2,213,971. The Choice Operating Fund Balance closed the year with $1,173,291. These budget figures, and those throughout this report, are based on the unaudited fourth quarter budget reports and unaudited final closing.ACRL manages dynamic and fluid budgets. In this report, the operating bu
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	Financial ReportOperating expenses of $2,468,508 (excluding Choice) were $458,639 less than budget. Containing expenses and open staff positions offset the re­duced revenue. Reduced expenses and cost containment, combined with a sound National Conference, resulted in a net of $441,640 instead of a bud­geted over expense of $ 123,511.Choice’s actual revenue of $2,283,116 in 2002-03 was down from the bud­geted revenue by $241,214. Expenses for Choice totaled $2,275,320, reflect­ing reduced expenses by $251,88
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	Financial ReportFY 2003-2004 Operating Budget ACRL CHOICEBeginning fund balance $2,213,971 $1,173,290Revenues $1,815,998 $2,369,093Expenses $2,234,306 $2,446,129Operating Net $(418,308) $(77,036)Transfer to Long-Term Investment* $(100,000) $ -Ending Fund Balance $1,695,663 $1,096,254* Transfers to long-term investment may or may not be made. For budgeting purposes, ALA requires prior notification of possible transfers to long-term investment.ThanksI wish to thank the members of the Budget and Finance Commit
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	Financial ReportExecutive Summary2002-2003FY2002 FY2003 FY2003SOURCES OF REVENUE ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUALOp. Fund $2,158,495 $1,872,331 $1,872,331Long-Term Investment $784,032 $987,691 $987,691Choice Fund $1,124,939 $1,195,496 $1,195,494Choice Long-Term Investment $435,933 $461,457 $461,457Subtotal $4,503,399 $4,516,975 $4,516,974MEMBERSHIPDUESANDOTHERDues $444,818 $447,674 $459,010Other (e.g., standards) $4,739 $3,000 $3,348Donations $16,450 $3,000 $10,500Awards $12,745 $9,400 $19,200Sec. Newsletters $1,200 $1
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	Financial ReportFY2002 FY2003 FY2003OBJECT OF EXPENSE ACTUAL BUDGET ACTUALMEMBERSHIP ACTIVITESMembership Svcs. $37,134 $80,571 $31,616Exec. Comm. & Board $127,806 $144,455 $108,104Advisory $9,988 $13,066 $52,631Standards distrib. $11,520 $11,605 $7,199Discussion Groups $3,326 $4,323 $3,652Awards $22,158 $22,111 $37,555Chapters $49,972 $80,743 $36,248Committees $33,034 $54,016 $44,838Sections $78,499 $86,627 $95,133Section Newsletters $31,588 $33,960 $30,908ChapterTopics $3,326 $0 $0C&RL Over Rev. $2,670 $0 
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	Friends of ACRLThe Friends of ACRL donations support areas key to ACRL’s mission. These include the Professional Development Scholarship Fund, Innovative New Program Fund, Best Practices in Academic Librarianship Fund, and Global Connection Fund.Since the establishment of the Friends of ACRL, 99 donors have become Friends and contributed more than $32,000 to demonstrate their support for its initiatives. This year $6,825 of the Professional Development Scholarship Fund went to fund scholarships to the ACRL 
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	Meet the ACRL StaffMany of you have had phone and/or e-mail contact with ACRL’s staff, of which there are 13.35 ALA-approved FTE positions at headquarters. Here’s your chance to put a face with that voice or e-mail signature. On these pages, we present current ACRL staff (including two of ACRL’s Choice 22.4 FTE staff) with in­formation about their responsibilities. Take a minute to “meet the staff!” We’re looking forward to hearing from you.MEGAN BIELEFELD, program coordinator. Co­ordinates ACRL awards prog
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	Meet the ACRL StaffMARY ELLEN K. DAVIS, executive director. Di­rects activities of the ACRL and CHOICE offices. Coordinates policy implementation and pre­pares ACRL’s budgets. Ex-officio to the ACRL Executive Committee and the Board of Directors. Serves as official contact for higher education organizations and coordinates ACRL Colleagues, Information Literacy, and Scholarly Communication programs. Phone: (312) 280- 3248; e-mail: mdavis @ala.orgTORY EDWARDS, meeting and special events planner. Manages logis
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	Meet the ACRL StaffBEN HAWK, administrative assistant to the as­sociate director. Assists in section committee appointment process; coordinates conference program logistics for ACRL at ALA conferences; assists with membership retention and recruit­ment. Phone: (312) 280-2521; e-mail: bhawk@ala.orgSUSAN K. MARTIN, visiting program officer for scholarly communication. Responsible for ad­vocacy, education, research, and coalition build­ing. Phone: (508) 420-0224; e-mail: martin@ skmassociates.netDAWN MUELLER, 
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	Meet the ACRL StaffELISE PARKER, classified ads manager/edito- rial assistant. Manages job ads for C&RL News in print and online; contact for information about subscriptions, job ads, and manuscript submis­sions for C&RL News; design and production of ACRL brochures and flyers. Phone: (312) 280- 2513; fax: (312) 280-7663; e-mail: eparker‹ã ala.orgMARY JANE PETROWSKI, associate director. Serves as chief operating officer for ACRL; coor­dinates ACRL membership promotion and re­tention activities; oversees ACR