ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries In this issue: ACRL Candidates, 1978 Elections 323 1978 LRRT Research Competition 325 News from the Field . . . . 328 P e o p l e 334 I n d e x 334a Publications 340 Classified Advertising . . . . 342 ISSN 0099-0086 COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIB R A R IES n e w s NO. 11 • DECEMBER 1977 ACRL Candidates, 1978 Elections VICE-PRESIDENT/PRESIDENT-ELECT LeMoyne W. Anderson, Director of Librar­ ies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 Hendrik Edelman, Assistant Director for De­ velopment of Collections, Cornell University Li­ braries, Ithaca, NY 14853 AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect T. H. Milby, Science Librarian, Associate Professor of Bibliography, University of Okla­ homa Library, Norman, OK 73019 Leila Moran, Chief, Reference Division, Na­ tional Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705 Secretary (one-year term) Vladimir Micuda, Chief, Science and Tech­ nology Department, Pennsylvania State Univer­ sity Libraries, University Park, PA 16802 Dolores B. Owen, Documents Librarian, Uni­ versity of Southwestern Louisiana Libraries, Lafayette, LA 70504 ANTHROPOLOGY SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Anne K. Beaubien, Social Sciences Reference Librarian and Bibliographic Instructor, Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Monica Reed, Research Librarian Wenner- Gren Foundation Library, New York, NY 10021 Member-at-Large (two-year term) Barton M. Clark, Education and Social Sci­ ence Librarian, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 David R. McDonald, Social Science Bibli­ ographer, Farrell Library, Kansas State Univer­ sity, Manhattan, KS 66506 ART SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Joan Hugo, Art Librarian, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA 90057 Gary R. Sipe, Director, Atlanta College of Art Library, Atlanta, GA 30309 ASIAN AND AFRICAN SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect To be nominated Member-at-Large (three-year term) To be nominated BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION SECTION Chair To be nominated Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect To be nominated Secretary (one-year term) To be nominated Member-at-Large (one-year term) To be nominated Member-at-Large (two-year term) To be nominated Member-at-Large (three-year term) To be nominated N ew s issue ( B ) of C ollege & Research Libraries, vol. 38, no. 6 ACRL Meetings at Midwinter At the 1978 Midwinter Meeting of the American Library Association, scheduled for January 22-27 at the Palmer House in Chicago, the board of directors of the Association of College and Research Li­ braries will m eet on Monday, January 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m., and on Thursday, Jan­ uary 26, 8:00 a.m .-12:00 noon. The times and places of other ACRL m eet­ ings will appear in the official program, which will be available at the meeting. Persons needing schedule information in advance may contact the chair of the appropriate ACRL unit or the ACRL of­ fice, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312 ) 944-6780, ext. 260. Members and potential members are invited to attend all open meetings of ACRL committees, boards, sections, and discussion groups. COLLEGE LIBRARIES SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Carla J. Stoffle, Assistant Director and Co­ ordinator of Public Services, Library/L earning Center, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, W I 53141 Norma N. Yueh, Director of Library Ser­ vices, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ 07430 Secretary (one-year term) John P. Herling, Chief Librarian and Chair­ person, Library Department, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210 Robert R. Walsh, Library Planning Con­ sultant, Jackson Heights, New York, NY 11372 COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE LIBRARIES SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Joseph F. Lindenfeld, Director of Library Services, Shelby State Community College, Memphis, TN 38104 James O. Wallace, Director of Learning Re­ sources, San Antonio College Library, San An­ tonio, TX 78284 Secretary (one-year term) Gorman L. Duffett, Coordinator L ibrarian/ Professor, Learning Resources Center, Metro­ politan Campus, Cuyahoga Community Col­ lege, Cleveland, OH 44115 MaryCraven F. Smith, Assistant Director of Educational Resources, D epartm ent of Commu­ nity Colleges, North Carolina State Board of Education, Raleigh, NC 27611 EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Theodore C. Hines, Chairman, Library Sci­ ence/Education Technology Division, School of Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27412 Paul A. Perry, Librarian of the Faculty of Education, Monroe C. Gutman Library, H ar­ vard Graduate School of Education, Cam­ bridge, MA 02138 LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Tillie Krieger, Director, Law Classification Project, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820 Mary Constance McCarthy, Assistant Head, Reference Department, Northwestern Universi­ ty Library, Evanston, IL 60201 Member-at-Large (one-year term) Lorraine E. Lester, Technical Services L i­ brarian and Assistant Professor, Law School Li­ brary, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 Harold B. Shill, Chief Circulation Librarian and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Sci­ ence, W est Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 News item s for inclusion in C & R L N ew s should be sent to John V. Crow ley, Assistant D ire c to r of Libraries, M iln e L ibrary , State University C o lle g e , O n e o n ta , N Y 13820. 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Landon, H ead, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, To­ ronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A5 M em ber-at-Large (three-year term) D onald Farren, Providence, RI 02906 D ean H. Keller, C urator of Special Collec­ tions, Kent State University Libraries, Kent, OH 44242 SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN SECTION Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect George V. Hodowanec, Director, William Al­ len W hite Library, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801 E dw ard Kasinec, Research Bibliographer and Librarian, Ukrainian Research Institute, H ar­ vard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 Secretary (three-year term) H ow ard M. Leich, Slavic Acquisitions L i­ brarian, University of Illinois at U rbana/C ham ­ paign, Urbana, IL 61801 Kay L. Shaffer, Slavic B ibliographer/C ata­ loger, University Libraries, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY 12222 Member-at-Large (one-year term) Murlin Croucher, Slavic Bibliographer, Wil­ son Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES SECTION Vice-Chair/ Chair-E led Jean Boyer Hamlin, Librarian, D ana Library, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102 Rita L. Paddock, Head of Public Services, H arvard College Library, Cambridge, MA 02138 ■ ■ 1978 LRRT Research Competition The Library Research Round Table of the American Library Association has announced its 1978 Research Competition for two $500 awards and invites entries from all researchers. The deadline for subm itting entries is April 1, 1978. The LRRT Research Development Com­ m ittee is conducting and judging the Research Competition, and the decision of the committee will be announced by Jane Robbins, LRRT chairperson, prior to the 1978 Annual Confer­ ence of the ALA. G u i d e l i n e s f o r t h e R e s e a r c h C o m p e t i t i o n 1. All research papers subm itted m ust repre­ sent completed research not previously published. 2. All research papers must be related in at least a general way to library and informa­ tion science. Any research mode is accept­ able. 3. Research papers subm itted in the competi­ tion m ust not exceed seventy-five pages. 4. Research papers completed in the pursuit of master’s and doctoral studies ( e.g., theses, seminar papers, dissertations, etc.) are not eligible for entry. Research utilizing data gathered by a master’s or doctoral stu­ dent is eligible unless the research report is taken directly from the paper subm itted for degree requirements. Papers th a t are spin-offs of such research are eligible for entry in the competition. 5. Papers generated as a result of a research grant or some other source of funding are eligible for entry in the competition. 6. Research papers prepared by joint investi­ gators are eligible for entry. 7. Only one research paper per entrant will be considered in the 1978 competition; m ultiple entries from one entrant will not b e accepted. 8. Research papers will be judged on the fol­ lowing points: a. Definition of th e research problem; b. Application of research methods; c. Clarity of the reporting of the research; d. Significance of the conclusions, as judged by the committee. 9. The committee reserves the right to select no w inning papers if in its judgm ent none of the papers is considered satisfactory. 10. E ach w inner of the competition will receive a $500 award. 11. W inners of th e competition will be expect­ ed to present their research papers at one of the LRRT Research Forum programs at the 1978 Annual Conference. In the event that the recipient of the aw ard is unable to attend the conference, an alternate may be designated to make the presentation or the presentation may be delayed, w ith the approval of the committee, until a later conference. 12. T he w inning papers will be published by the LRRT in its research series. To enter the 1978 LRRT Research Competi­ tion, send three (3 ) copies of your research re­ port, postmarked no later than April 1, 1978, to: Robert Burr, Librarian, Crosby Library, Gonzaga University, Spokane, W A 99202. ■ ■