ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 5 1 8 /C&RL News m Septem ber2003 C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s I ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, June 2003 Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings D uring the 2003 ALA Annual Conference in Toronto, the ACRL Board o f D irec­tors met on Ju n e 21 and 24 and took the actions. The actions appear here along w ith the strategic d irection s that they ad ­ fodresllowing s. S tra te g ic D irection 1.0: Society recognizes the contributions that academic and research libraries and librarians make in higher education, scholarly communication, and civic development. Approved Rinding of $5,000 for library workshops A w ard s and re co gn itio n A pproved a resolution thanking K ate Corby and EBSS for their leadership and dedicated ef­ forts to preserve the value o f ERIC as a resource for the educational community. A pproved a reso lu tio n co n g ratu latin g and thanking LES and DLS for their work in develop­ ing a mission and strategic plan that meets die needs of their respective members and that moves for­ ward the work of the sections and the association. for Council of Independent College institutions. Reviewed the applications fo r th e position o f ALA/ACRL representative to NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) Board of Examiners and forwarded their recom­ mendations to the ALA Board. The AIA Board selected Judith Walker as the representative ALA will recommend to NCATE. A pproved a resolu tion com m end in g 3M l i ­ brary Systems, and in particular Judy Nelson and Don Leslie, for their invaluable support with­ ACRL Board 2002-2003 (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 Davis, Flelen H. Spalding, Tyrone H. Cannon, Erika C. Linke, Rita Jones. Not shown: Lois H. Cheperon and Mary Reichel. C&RL News ■ September 2003 / 579 out which ACRL would not have been able to de­ velop such a productive and comprehensive @ your library Academic and Research Library Mar­ keting Initiative. Sch o la rly com m u nicatio n A pp roved th e “S ch o larly C om m u n ication 101” preconference for Annual Conference 2004. A pproved th e “Prin cip les an d Strategies fo r the Reform of Scholarly Communication.” A p p roved th e S ch o larly C om m u n icatio n Agenda, 2003–2004. S tra te g ic D irection 2.0: Academic librarians advocate for public policy, legislation, and institutional change that enhance the values and contribution they make to learn­ ing, teaching, and research. A pp roved a m o tio n th a t th e AASL/ACRL Information Literacy Task Force become a stand­ ing committee to be called the AASI/ACRL Joint Committee on Information Literacy. The commit­ tee will focus on how to prepare K-20 students to be information literate and will provide a channel of communication to the respective divisions. This joint committee will be a forum for sharing ideas on information literacy in K-20 environments and a source of professional development opportuni­ ties in this area. Approved establishm ent o f the Task Force on the First-Year Experience, which is charged with gathering information about librarians’ involve­ ment in freshman-experience programs, studying the work of the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and then promoting to the center and others in­ volved in the first-year experience the work that librarians have done, and serving as a resource group for the editor/author of a monograph related to the first-year experience and library programs. Approved establishm ent o f th e Marketing Re­ search and Academic Libraries Committee, which is charged with addressing the marketing and pro­ motion of academic and research libraries. A ccepted an invitation to becom e a founding member of COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources), with an ini­ tial contribution of $1,500. G overn m e nt re la tio n s and advocacy E n d o rse d th e ALA C o u n cil R e so lu tio n “School Libraries and Librarians are Critical to Education Success.” Endorsed the AIA Council resolution regarding ERIC. S tan d ard s and g u id e lin e s A pproved th e “Guidelines fo r In stru ction al Programs in Academic Libraries” and the “Char­ acteristics of Programs o f Information Literacy That Illustrate Best Practices: A Guideline.” S tra te g ic D ire ctio n 3.0: A C R L is an inclusive organization serving academic librarians and other information professionals in related professions. A p p ro v e d e s ta b lis h m e n t o f th e ACRL Spectrum Scholar Mentor Committee, which is charged to administer a program whereby academic and research librarians would be recruited to serve as mentors to Spectrum Scholars, link mentors with specific scholars, prepare guidelines and an infor­ mation program to assist mentors in working with scholars, sponsor and cosponsor programs on mentoring, and collect feedback on the programs. A p p roved tra v e l funds eq u iv alen t to th e amount provided to other library school scholar­ ships, plus an advance registration fee, for five Spectrum Scholars who are currently in library school and who have expressed an interest in aca­ demic libraries, to attend the National Conferences. S tra te g ic D irection 4.0: Academic and research librarians are continually engaged in learning for their professional development and growth. A pproved th e A nnual C onference 200 4 p ro ­ grams. Approved the “information Commons 101: Nuts and Bolts Planning” workshop for Midwinter 2004. 520 / C&RL News ■ Septem ber 2003 ACRL Board 2003-2004 (I to r): (back) W. Bede Mitchell, Pamela Snelson, Patricia A. Kreitz, Rita Jones, Deborah B. Dancik; (front) Patricia A. Wand, Helen H. Spalding, Tyrone H. Cannon, Mary Ellen Davis. Not shown: Susan Allen, Nancy Allen, Dorothy Washington, Frances Maloy, Lois Cherepon. A pproved th e “In fo rm atio n L iteracy A cross th e C u rricu lu m ” w o rk sh o p fo r M idw inter 2004. A pp roved the“Inforxnati o n Literacy: Tim e fo r a Comprehensive Plan” preconference for Annual Conference 2004. A pproved th e “C reating a M arketing Plan fo r Your Academic and Research Libraiy” workshop for Midwinter 2004. A pproved a m o tion statin g th a t th e ACRL Board’s fust choice for the ACRL National Confer­ ence location in 2007 be Baltimore and the second choice is Denver. The Board’s first choice for the ACRL National Conference location in 2009 is Se­ attle and the second choice is Pittsburgh, with the intent to stagger meetings east and west, if feasible. End orsed CJCLS’s request to create an official liaison from the Libraiy Technical Assistant Com­ mittee to the ALA Committee on Education. S tra te g ic D ire ctio n 5.0: A C R L is a national and in tern atio nal interactive leader in creating, expanding, and transferring the body of knowledge of academic librarianship. A pp roved a m o tio n th a t allow s ACRL u n its planning 2004 programs a partial exemption from ACRL’s practice that does not allow funding o f any librarians as program speakers. Th is exemp­ tion will allow for funds allocated by ACRL in sup­ port of 2004 conference programs to be used to fund travel expenses of international librarians who are speaking at ACRL programs during the ALA 2004 Annual Conference in Orlando. S upported d evelop m en t an d p ro d u ctio n o f R esou rces f o r C olleg e L ib ra ries a s a response to the need for a new edition o f B o o k sf o r C olleg e L ib ra ries. S tr a te g ic D ire ctio n 6.0: ACR L is an effective and a dynamic organization that co ntinually enhances its capacity to create its future and assess and improve its performance in carrying out its mission. A pproved th e ACRL B oard m eetin g m inutes from the 2003 Midwinter Meeting. Confirm ed an electron ic vote th at approved a letter o f support, which was prepared by the In stmction Section, for the University of Arizona’s application for an NSF Grant. Approved th ecreation o ft h e Academic lib rary Outreach Discussion Group. RepealedanACRL policy regarding nominations o f ACRL members to IFLA committees because it was superseded by a new policy that the Board approved at Midwinter 2003. C&RL News ■ Septem ber 2003 / 521 A pproved th e 2 0 0 3 -2 0 0 4 ACRL P erfo rm an ce Indicators. A pproved specific categories o f con ten t o n th e ACRL W eb site, which were recommended by ACRL staff, to be made members only, e.g., gov emance-related materials. Endorsed an ALA Council resolution regarding the ALA W eb site. Approved revisions to th e SIS Bylaws th at w ere submitted by the Bylaws Committee for placement on the 2004 ballot. A pproved th e M em bership C om m ittee’s p ro ­ posal to broaden its membership by appointing the following ex-officio members: chaiis of section mem­ bership committees or the section’s designated liai­ son and a representative from Chapters Council. A pproved th e F Y 2 0 0 4 b udget A p p ro ved th e e a rly b ird re g istra tio n fee o f $325 for the 2005 ACRL National Conference. A pproved th e recom m en dation fro m th e Bud­ get and Finance Committee that $100,000 be moved to the long-term investment fund before the end of FY 2003. ( “ACRL in T oron to, ’’ c o n tin u ed fr o m p a g e 5 1 6 ) future where inform ation will be dynamic, distrib­ uted, and digital with innovative services and new information systems, and questioned how we will justify the cost o f warehouses for low use, or of­ ten no use, collections. In her first negative argu­ ment, McCombs responded by reminding the au­ dience o f past digital failures in preservation and questioning the basic assumptions o f the resolu­ tion. In clever debate fashion, she quoted Neal’s own Columbia Library users survey that showed that 24 percent o f students used the stacks, 28 percent used study space, 28 percent used com­ puters, and 20 percent used the library for other activities. After he succeeded in getting both McCombs and Lefebvre to swoon following talk of how Image his library is, Ernie Ingles reminded us that librar­ ians must understand this generation of students for whom the library has always had computers and not a card catalog. These students want elec­ tronic, barrier-free, remote access to library collec­ tions. They demand clicks not bricks. Ingles went A pp roved a m o tio n th a t th e ACRL B oard e n ­ sure the next ACRL Strategic Plan will implement/ include the Focus on the Future Task Force rec­ omm endation that there be a formal, ongoing mechanism to identify, publicize, and address top issues facing academic and research libraries. The ongoing and regular mechanism to identify top is­ sues should follow on the new strategic plan. D efeated a m o tio n th a t ACRL p led g e r e ­ sources up to $50,000 over three years to the ALA Cultural Communities Fund. A pproved establishm ent o f th e Task F o rce o n Annual Conference Program Funding, which is charged to examine current practice in the use of annual conference program funding; to clarify exist­ ing practice and address ambiguities in order to re­ duce misunderstandings; to consider whether there are other sources of funding that units may draw on to support conference programming (such as tar­ geted fundraising to support speakers); to examine travel support of library school faculty or non-ALA librarians who are participating in unit programs; to examine specifically the stipulations regarding who may receive honoraria and consider the maximum amount paid as an honorarium; to consider alterna­ tively small gifts or tokens of appreciation to speak­ ers; and to make a report and submit recommen­ dations as needed to the ACRL Board. ■ on to challenge librarians to be the leaders because if w e don’t lead, others will. Madeleine Lefebvre completed the negative side by reinforcing the im­ portance of the library as a physical space, a space that holds tactile, sensitive objects, such as books, and serves a vital archiving role that enables stu­ dents to work physically with primary sources. But it was her return to the “library as place” argu­ ment that captured the day and the imagination of a large number of audience members. By the end of the debate, it was clear that both sides were closer than they were apart, with a rec­ ognition that for libraries to survive as physical spaces, they must change, and the role o f the li­ brarian must be expanded even more than the four walls o f the library. Following a spirited audience participation ses­ sion, a vote was taken that overwhelmingly supported the negative argument. (What a surprise!) Indeed, by a huge percentage, Canadian and U.S. librarians are in agreement that by 2020 we will still need libraries as physical spaces.— P a m ela W onsek, H u n ter College, pw on sek@ hu n ter.cu n y.edu ■ mailto:pwonsek@hunter.cuny.edu 522 / C&RL News ■ September 2003