ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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ALA/ACRL Representatives 
At Academic Ceremonies and Meetings

Throughout the year, the American Library 
Association and the Association of College and 
Research Libraries receive invitations to a vari­
ety of academic ceremonies and meetings. Dur­
ing the past year, members of ACRL have rep­
resented the association at inaugurations of col­
lege presidents, dedications of new libraries, an­
niversary celebrations, and annual meetings.

On September 22, 1972, John B. Thomas, di­
rector of the Learning Resources Center at 
Davidson County Community College, in Lex­
ington, North Carolina, attended the inaugura­
tion of John Edgar Weems as the sixth presi­
dent of Meredith College, in Raleigh. Mary 
Lou Harkness, director of libraries at the Uni­
versity of South Florida, in Tampa, represented 
ACRL on October 6, at the inauguration of 
Dr. B. D. Owens as the sixth president of the 
University of Tampa. Raymond V. Dunmire, 
director of the Library and Learning Resources 
Center at Augustana College, in Sioux Falls, 
South Dakota, attended the December 1st in­

auguration of Dr. Francis Gordon Foster as the 
twelfth president of Dakota State College, in 
Madison.

On December 16, Donald C. Anthony, asso­
ciate director of libraries at Columbia Univer­
sity, attended the dedication ceremony of the 
Elmer Bobst Library and Study Center at New 
York University.

On January 25, 1973, Wilson D. Snodgrass, 
assistant director of libraries for Processing 
Services at Southern Methodist University, in 
Dallas, attended the Centennial Convocation 
commemorating the founding of Texas Chris­
tian University, in Fort Worth. Arthur T. Ham­
lin, director of libraries at Temple University, 
and Brother Thomas Warner, director of li­
brary services at La Salle College, both in Phil­
adelphia, represented ACRL at the 77th An­
nual Meeting of the American Academy of Po­
litical and Social Science, held in Philadelphia 
on April 13 and 14.

Preliminary Draft of Guidelines 
for NCATE by AASL

The American Association of School L i­
brarians has prepared a preliminary draft of 
guidelines for use of the National Council for 
Accreditation of Teacher Education. The draft 
deals with curricula, faculty, students, evalua­
tions, and “Resources and Facilities for Basic 
Programs.” The latter topic is of special inter­
est to A C R L ’s Education and Behavioral Sci­
ences Section. Comments and suggestions from 
our members are welcomed, and may be ad­
dressed to Robert N. Broadus, Department of 
Library Science, Northern Illinois University, 
DeKalb, IL  6Ö115 for consolidation and for­
warding.

The text of part 4 of the draft is reprinted 
here by permission of AASL:

4. Resources and Facilities for Basic Programs
In a unified media program, the system of re­

sources and facilities supports every phase of 
activity within the institution. Coordinated ser­
vices, accessibility, and the absence of restric­
tive regulations typify good programs, and 
achievements should be measured in services 
to faculty and students.

The media program is subject to change as 
technological advances occur and information

storage and retrieval becomes more automated. 
The operational efficiency of the media pro­
gram and the quality of the collection must 
parallel the overall growth of the institution so 
as to fulfill the individual needs and aspirations 
of the student body.
4.1 Library

The library is the information storehouse of 
the institution and its services center around ef­
ficient storage and ready retrieval. In the past, 
it housed mostly print materials with stress on 
the permanent forms.

Today the library should meet Association 
of College and Research Libraries standards. 
It should encompass all media and be an active 
facility in carrying out the media program. It 
should be as attentive to contemporary and 
temporary sources as those in more permanent 
form. The library must also provide multi ser­
vices such as individual study areas, electronic 
equipment, rooms for seminars and discussions, 
and inexpensive copying facilities.

Guideline: The print and nonprint collection, 
supporting all disciplines and providing strong 
coverage in pedagogical practice, is sufficiently 
large and contemporary, and the staff sufficient-



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ly large and varied in skills to offer a full range 
of services.

4.1.1 Regardless of designation, is the library 
in arrangement and operation a library 
media center?

4.1.2 Is there an integrated information 
source covering all resources on the 
campus and including all formats of 
media?

4.1.3 Does the budget allow for an ade­
quate, well balanced, up-to-date collec­
tion?

4.1.4 Are there adequate funds for multiple 
copies?

4.1.5 Is access to current or transient infor­
mation (periodicals, newspapers, bul­
letins) sufficient when contrasted with 
more permanent forms, and does the 
library subscribe to services that pro­
vide up-to-date information on new ed­
ucational materials?

4.1.6 Are facilities for both individual and 
small group uses of material inviting, 
comfortable, and sufficient in relation 
to the number of students?

4.1.7 Are the hours and regulations relative 
to the borrowing of materials condu­
cive to extended use by students?

4.1.8 Does the workload of the staff of the li-

Reprints Available
“Joint Statement on Faculty Status of 

College and University Librarians” and 
“Standards for Faculty Status for College 
and University Librarians,” CRL News, 
September 1972. Multiple copies, 20¢ 
each.

“Guidelines for Two-Year College 
Learning Resources Programs,” CRL 
News, December 1972. Multiple copies, 
20¢ each.

“Statement on Appraisal of Gifts” and 
“Statement on Legal Title,” CRL News, 
March 1973. Multiple copies, 20¢ each.

Arthur M. McAnally and Robert B. 
Downs, “The Changing Role of Directors 
of University Libraries,” College ‹Lr Re­
search Libraries, March 1973. Multiple 
copies, $1.00 each.

Reprints of the above articles are avail­
able from the ACRL office, 50 E. Hu­
ron St., Chicago, IL 60611. For single 
copies, send a self-addressed mailing la­
bel and 16¢/article for postage. Prices for 
multiple copies are listed after each ar­
ticle.

brary allow for professional individual 
and group contact with students?

4.1.9 Are there enough facilities for seminars 
and discussions, and are these areas 
equipped to accommodate audiovisual 
presentations?

4.2 Materials and Instructional Materials 
Center

The teacher training institution needs a re­
source center as a part of or in addition to the 
library where students can utilize curriculum 
sources and other aids in creating their own 
materials and in developing units of study and 
instructional techniques to support them.
Guideline: Both faculty and students have ade­
quate work areas supported by up-to-date ref­
erence materials, sample curricula, syllabi, re­
ports of educational research, and an adequate 
current collection of materials for children and 
youth.

4.2.1 Are there accessible production areas 
where students can prepare devices 
and materials to use in reporting, in 
student teaching and in information 
storage?

4.2.2 Is there a centralized facility for cur­
riculum materials, and is it in a stra­
tegic location for student use?

4.2.3 Is there a planned program for acquir­
ing updated curriculum bulletins and 
other reference sources and discarding 
outmoded ones?

4.2.4 Do students have access to and become 
familiar with trade books and other 
materials used by the age group with 
which they will be working?

4.2.5 Are students graduating with a ready 
supply of teaching aids, a knowledge 
of material sources, and techniques in 
constructing such items as transparen­
cies, models, slides, posters, etc?

4.3 Physical Facilities and Other Resources 
If learning through total media is a way of 

life, the physical accommodations of the insti­
tution should accommodate and encourage such 
experiences. Experiences in the classroom 
should extend beyond the oral lecture and 
question and answer periods, and assignments 
should require more than reading with oral or 
written reports.

Guideline: The learning area is geared to ac­
commodate the use of any media, and these fa­
cilities encourage students’ involvement in a 
wide spectrum of print and nonprint materials.

4.3.1 Can audiovisual presentations occur in 
the designated locations for course 
without having to move to a specially 
equipped room or department?

4.3.2 Do instructional rooms provide for stu-



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dent participation in using media other 
than in audience situations?

4.3.3 Are bulletin boards, displays, and ex­
hibits encouraged and adequately pro­
vided for and changed frequently?

4.3.4 Are lectures or outstanding presenta­
tions usually recorded and placed in 
the college library media center for re­
play by students?

4.3.5 Are videotaping and similar devices 
used for orientation and evaluation?

4.3.6 Are there sufficient learning labora­
tories and utilization of such devices 
as computer assisted instruction?

4.3.7 Is there an ongoing program with 
Teacher Education courses to intro­
duce instructional media to students 
as it becomes available, and are there 
sufficient means to encourage the pre­
view and evaluation of print and non­
print media?

Personnel
P R O F IL E S four years as associate director of libraries at 

Southern Methodist. Prior to this he worked at 
D r. H. William Axford becomes Univer­ Cornell and the Universities of Maryland and 

sity of Oregon librarian July 1, 1973. Dr. Ax­ Pittsburgh. In each position he was heavily in­
ford is a graduate of Reed College in Portland, volved in planning for the construction of major 

where he received his library facilities, including the Olin Library at 
Bachelor of Arts de­ Cornell and Hillman Library at Pittsburgh.
gree in 1950. He has Mr. Schell has been very active professional­
pursued studies in ly, including several ALA assignments, and has 
history and political two articles in the Encyclopedia of Library and 
science at the Univer­ Information Science. He is currently working 
sity of Washington on a reader on library buildings, to be pub­
and received his Mas­ lished this year. He has recently received a 
ter of Arts degree in Council on Library Resources Fellowship for 
librarianship from the 1973-74 to analyze the facilities planning proc­
University of Denver, ess for academic libraries. Mr. Schell is married 
which in 1969 also to Joan Schell, also a librarian.
awarded him the 

Dr. H. William Doctor of Philosophy A P P O IN T M E N T S
Axford degree in history. J. Robert Adams—associate university li­His professional li­

brary career includes the posts of head librari­ brarian for administration—University of Ari­
an at the Denver Post, assistant director and di­ zona, Tucson.
rector of libraries at the University of Denver, John W. Aubry—coordinator of library sys­
director of libraries at Florida Atlantic Univer­ tems—Five Associated University Libraries.
sity, and Arizona State University librarian. He Barbara M. Batchelder—assistant catalog- 
has been active, serving as an officer and on er and instructor—Oklahoma State Univer­
committees, in the American Library Associa­ sity, Stillwater.
tion, the Special Libraries Association, the Col­ Warren N. Boes—director of libraries— 
orado Library Association, and the Mountain University of Georgia, Athens.
Plains Library Association. In 1971, he served Judith A. Bourgeois—librarian—Brookings 
as president of the Library Automation, Re­ Institution, Washington, D.C.

Merle Boylan—director of general libraries search and Consulting Association. He current­
—U   T , Austin.ly is chairman of the executive board of that as­ niversity of exas

J  E. B —assistant professor, School sociation. Dr. Axford was elected vice-president ulia uggeof Library Science—S  C , Bos­of ACRL this past June. immons ollegeton.
Dr. Axford is the author of Gilpin County M elvin C a r l so n —cataloger—University 

Gold published in the summer of 1972, and of of Massachusetts, Amherst.
numerous articles for professional journals. Katharine Cipolla—media services librar­

ian, Barker Engineering Library—Massachu­
Hal B. Schell took over as dean of library setts Institute of Technology.

administration and director of libraries at the Kathryn Crawford—serials cataloger— 
University of Cincinnati on January 15 of Syracuse University, New York.
this year. Mr. Schell comes to Cincinnati after David H. D oerrer—assistant professor and