ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 568 / C&RL News ■ Septem ber 2002 C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s ACRL Board of Dnewsirectors’ actions, June 2002 Highlights of the Board’s Annual Conference meetings D uring the 2002 ALA Annual Conference in Atlanta, the ACRL Board o f Direc­tors met on June 15 and 18 and took the f A w ards and recognition C o n firm ed th e B o a rd ’s a p p ro v a l b y e- mail that a Presidential Recognition Award be given posthumously to Sharon Hogan. P assed a re s o lu tio n b y c o n s e n t to a c ­ knowledge the contributions of Jill Fatzer, a member of the ACRL Government Relations Committee who retired at the end of Annual Conference, for her long and tireless govern­ ment advocacy efforts on behalf of academic libraries. P assed a re s o lu tio n b y c o n s e n t to a c ­ knowledge Christie Vernon, a former member lowing actions. The actions appear here along with the strategic directions that they ad­ dl­ress.o Strategic D irection 1.0: Society recognizes the contributions that academic and research librariesand librarians make in higher education, scholarly communication, and civic development. of the ACRL Government Relations Commit­ tee who passed away on May 19, 2002, for her strong voice on government legislation and for the mentoring of many ACRL government ad­ vocates. Scholarly communication A p p ro v ed by c o n s e n t th e c h a r g e fo r the ACRL Scholarly Communication Committee. A p p ro v ed th e S ch o la rly C o m m u n ica ­ tion Committee’s 2001-02 agenda. A pp roved a m o tio n th at th e S ch olarly Communication Committee establish priorities for ACRL Board 2001-2002 (I to r): (back) Lois H. Cheperon, Patricia A. Kreitz, Paul E. Dumont, Theresa S. Byrd, Robert F. Rose, Pamela Snelson, Barbara Baxter Jenkins, Deborah B. Dancik; (front) Patricia A. Wand, Betsy Wilson, Mary Reichel, Helen H. Spalding, Erika C. Linke, Mary Ellen Davis. C&RL N ew s ■ S e p te m b e r 2002 / 5 6 9 the first year o f the Scholarly Communication agenda for the Board’s comment. E n d o r s e d t h e B u d a p e s t O p e n A c c e s s Initiative, w hich is an international effort to promote free and open access to peer-reviewed journal literature. S tra te g ic D ire ctio n 2.0: Academic librarians advocate for public policy, legisla­ tion, and institutional change that enhance the values and contribution they make to learning, teaching, and research. Governm ent relations and advocacy A p p ro v ed b y c o n s e n t th e d ra ft o f “P ri­ vacy: An Interpretation o f the Library Bill of Rights.” S tr a te g ic D ire c tio n 3.0: ACRL is an in clu sive organization serving academic librarians and other information professionals in related professions. A p p r o v e d fu n d in g o f $ 3 2 , 5 0 0 to th e Spectrum Scholarship program from the FY 2003 budget to support Spectrum Scholars in­ terested in pursuing academic librarianship as a career. A p p ro v ed th e e s ta b lis h m e n t o f a n ACRL Strateg ic D irection 4.0: Academic and research librarians are continually engaged in learning for their professional development and growth. A p p ro v ed b y c o n s e n t th e A n nu al C o n fe re n c e 2 0 0 3 p ro g ra m s . Stra teg ic D irection 5.0: ACRL is a national and international interactive leader in creating, expanding, and transferring the body of knowledge of academic librarianship. A p p ro v ed b y c o n s e n t a re v isio n t o th e charge of the International Relations Committee to include its role in coordinating ACRL section nominations to IFLA section standing commit­ tees and recommending the nominations to the ACRL Board. A p p ro v e d th e I n t e r n a t i o n a l R e la tio n s Committee’s request to have the ACRL guide­ lines and publications translated into Spanish with the stipulation that translation o f standards S tr a te g ic D ire c tio n 6 .0: ACRL is an effective and a dynamic organization that continually enhances its capacity to create its future and assess and improve its performance in carrying out its mission. A p p ro v ed th e ACRL B o a rd m e e tin g m in ­ utes from the 2002 Midwinter meeting. A c c e p te d th e r e p o r t “I n f o r m a ti o n Li- A p p ro ved fu n d in g o f $ 5 ,0 0 0 to ARL fo r work on a white paper on scholarly communication. Standards and guidelines A p p ro v e d t h e re v is e d “G u id e lin e s f o r Academic Status for College and University Li­ brarians.” A p p r o v e d b y c o n s e n t a r e s o l u t i o n o n protecting the interests o f America’s libraries under the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services. Spectrum Scholar Mentor Task Force to de­ sign a process by which ACRL can match an academic or research librarian with each new ALA Spectrum Scholar, and by which these relationships can be encouraged and sup­ ported by ACRL throughout the students’ graduate school experience. and gu id elin es that are currently b ein g re ­ vised will b e delayed until the revisions are complete. A u th o rized th e W e s te rn E u r o p e a n Stud­ ies Section to work with the Goethe Institute in its offer of sponsorship for an educational study program for new librarians. A p p ro v ed b y c o n s e n t th e ACRL B u sin ess Plan for Publications. teracy and ACRL” and approved the following rec­ ommendations from the report: • D issolution o f the Inform ation Literacy 570 / C&RL News ■ Septem ber 2002 ACRL Board 2002-2003 (I to r): (back) W. Bede Mitchell, Lois H. Cheperon, Patricia A. Kreitz, Theresa S. Byrd, Robert F. Rose, Pamela Snelson, Deborah B. Dancik, Rita Jones, (front) Patricia A. Wand, Mary Reichel, Helen H. Spalding, Tyrone H. Cannon, Erika C. Linke, Mary Ellen Davis. Advisory Committee as it is currently constituted, and in its place there should be created a small advi­ sory group that would channel information literacy activities to either the Institute for Information Lit­ eracy or the Instruction Section as appropriate. • The Institute for Information Literacy would be the umbrella under which the Immersion Pro­ gram would be directed along with follow-up ac­ tivities o f the Community Partnerships and Best Practices projects. • The Information Literacy Advisory Commit­ tee, in its new form, would have as members the chair of the Institute for Information Literacy Ex­ ecutive Committee (renamed from Advisory Com­ mittee), the chair of the Instruction Section, the ACRL Executive Director, and an ACRL Board Member. • The new advisory committee will review the current association-wide information lit­ eracy activities other than those under the pur­ view of the institute and distribute the work to IS or the institute. At the same time, activities, as appropriate, will be assigned to ACRL staff. • The charge to the Information Literacy Ad­ visory Committee is as follows: Monitor develop­ ments in the field of information literacy and work with interested parties to develop appropriate ac­ tivities within the Institute for Information Literacy or the ACRL Instruction Section. The committee is advisory to the institute, Instruction Section, and ACRL Board of Directors. • The Information Literacy Advisory Commit­ tee will prepare an annual report to the ACRL Board of Directors independent of the Institute and the Instruction Section. • The Institute for Information Literacy Executive Committee is responsible for: acting as an oversight council for the Immersion Program; the mechanism for reviewing Immersion workshop applications; providing oversight of the Immersion Program; developing a plan for the appropriate dis­ position of all the other activities currently under its responsibility, e.g., community partnerships and Best Practices. • The institute will submit a consolidated bu get for its activities on a regular basis with the ACRL annual budget cycle. Approved th e 2 0 0 2 -0 3 P erfo rm an ce In­ dicators, which include core performance indicators for ACRL. A p p ro v e d a r e v e n u e s h a r in g p o lic y , which allows ACRL to share revenue with ACRL sections if a revenue surplus has been generated by a section activity. A ccepted th e re p o r t an d ap p ro v ed the recommendations contained therein of the Task Force on Funding and Organizational Models for Association-wide Initiatives. A pproved th e FY 2 0 0 3 ACRL budget as amended to keep section funding at the current level for those sections whose membership has dropped. Approved th e establishm ent o f th e ACRL Friends Fund Committee, which is charged to re­ view donations given to Friends of ACRL and rec­ ommend to the ACRL Board the allocation of Friends money to ACRL projects and programs that put into action the intentions of the donors. ■ d­