ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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I n  th e  N e w s

“W h e n  two m en m ee t th e re  are really six p re se n t 
— each as he sees th e  o th e r m an, each as he sees 
h im self and each as h e is truly.”

This old saying, recalled in C onnie D ow ell’s 
d e s c r i p t i o n  o f  t h e  C a li f o r n i a  E t h n i c  a n d  
M ulticultural Archives (CEM A) project, has appli­
cation in every facet o f our professional (and p e r ­
sonal) lives. As th e  article states, “o u r long history o f 
m isunderstanding e thnic groups com es from  a lack 
o f know ledge.” C E M A  and projects like it will 
provide access to inform ation th at m ay help us 
b e tte r appreciate d ifferent viewpoints.

Bob Doyle and O pritsa D. P o p a’s article on 
th e  colloquium  p re p a re d  for Rom anian librarians 
also illustrates this re m in d e r a bout perspectives: 
“…  participants forgot about th e  speaker and 
argued loudly and intensely a bout th e  feasibility 
and benefits o f various services. T he A m erican 
delegation could only look on, am azed at th e  pas­
sions unleashed by m ere descriptions o f library 
services.”

As som eone w ho w ore w rist splints for eight 
weeks d ue to w rist pain apparently b rought on by an

ill-fitting c o m p u te r w orkstation, I encourage you to 
review  T hom as Ricks and R ichard E issinger’s d e ­
scriptions o f repetitive-m otion injuries and prev en ­
tive steps th at can b e ta k e n  to  avoid them . T hey note 
th a t cooperation (appreciating various viewpoints) 
is a key to successfully p reventing th ese  injuries.

This issue also contains highlights o f th e  ALA 
M idwinter M eeting (congratulations to C arla Stoffle, 
A C R L ’s new est A cadem ic o r R esearch Librarian of 
th e  Year) as well as statem ents by AC R L ’s p re sid en ­
tial candidates Thom as Kirk and B arbara W ittkopf. 
Ann d e Klerk provides us w ith a re p o rt on th e  
E lectronic Publishing and N etw orking m eeting and 
this issue contains the second in a series o f m edia 
tips.

T h ere  is still tim e to reg ister for A C R L ’s 6th 
National C onference in Salt Lake City, April 12-14. 
Blaine Hall highlights th e  m any w onderful eateries 
a nd clubs in th e  last o f his series on Salt Lake City. 
I h ope you will jo in  us.

— M ary E llen K. Davis 
E d ito r & Publisher

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