ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


January 1992 /1 3

Notices for the Midwinter Meeting, January 23-30, 1992

Meet the ACRL presidential candidates
T h e  A C R L P residential C andidates F o ru m  a n d

R eception will b e  h o sted  by th e  A C RL C h ap ters 
Council on  Saturday, J a n u a ry 25,1992, a t 8:00 p.m . 
d u ring th e  ALA M idw inter M eeting in San A ntonio. 
A C R L presid en tial can didates B arbara W ittkopf, 
re fe re n c e  librarian, Louisiana State U niversity, an d  
Thom as Kirk, college librarian, B erea C ollege, will 
m ake p resen tatio n s an d  answ er questions. T h e 
recep tio n  im m ediately following th e  forum  is sp o n ­
so red  b y E bsco Subscription Services.

Visit ACRL booth at Midwinter
Stop by  th e  A C R L  b o o th  (#609) d u rin g  M idw in­

t e r  an d  pick u p  th e  latest inform ation on th e  A C R L 
Sixth N ational C o n feren ce in  Salt Lake City. A 
m e m b e r o f  th e  U tah C onvention a n d  Visitors B u­
re a u  will b e  on  h a n d  to  answ er your travel, vacation, 
a n d  skiing questions. (April is still ski season in 
U tah.)

In form ation on  A C R L pro d u cts a n d  m e m b e r­
ship services will also b e  available at th e  b o o th . Y our 
A C RL colleagues from  Texas will b e  staffing th e  
bo o th  an d  will b e  glad to answ er yo u r questions 
ab o u t San Antonio an d  ACRL.

Questions for ACRL staff?
T h e A C R L staff does its b e st to  g et to  th e  m any 

m eetings o f A C R L ’s u nits b u t scheduling conflicts 
m ay occur. I f  you have a q u estion o r w ould like to 
c h at w ith an A C R L  staff m e m b e r d u ring th e  M id­
w in te r M eetin g y o u  can find th e  program  staff a t th e  
A C RL office a re a  a t th e se  times:

Cathleen Bourdon, d e p u ty  executive director: S un­
day, January 26, 12:30-2:00 p.m .

M ary Ellen Davis, e d ito r & p ublisher, C & R L  N e w s : 
Sunday, Jan u ary  26, 9:30-11:00 a.m.; T u e s ­
day, January 28, 9:30-11:00 a.m.

C arolyn D e B o nnett, m em bership & c h a p te r rela­
tions officer: Saturday, Jan u ary 2 5 ,9 :3 0 -1 1 :00 
a.m.; Tuesday, January 28, 11:30 a .m .-1 2 :3 0  
p.m .

A lth ea  Jenkins, executive director: Saturday, Jan u ­
ary 2 5 ,1 2 :3 0 -2 :0 0  p.m .; M onday, Jan u ary  27, 
12:30-2:00 p.m .

Patricia Sabosik, e d ito r & publisher, Choice: S a tu r­
day, January 25, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

M ary Taylor, publications officer: Saturday, Jan u ­
ary 25, 11:30 a.m .-1 2 :3 0 p .m .; M onday, J an u ­
ary 27, 11:30 a.m .-1 2 :3 0  p.m .

You are w elcom e to  stop by  th e  office a t any tim e 
a n d  leave a  m essage for th e  staff. Beverley W ashing­
ton, adm inistrative assistant, will b e  staffing the 
office th ro u g h o u t th e  m eeting.

ACRL publications on sale at ALA Store
N e e d  p ractical a pproaches in addressing issues, 

policies, a n d  p ro c e d u re s?  W an t statistics to  use in 
yo u r re sea rc h ?  Visit th e  ALA S tore a n d  review  th e  
A C RL publications available th e re . T h e  new est 
A C RL titles are: V) A u d io visu a l Policies in College 
Libraries. C L IP  N o te #14. 2) Recruiting th e  Aca­
d em ic L ib ra ry  D irector (ACRL) a n d  The Search 
C o m m ittee H andbook (AAHE). 3) R ea d  This First: 
A n  O w n er’s G u id e to  th e N e w  M odel S ta tem en t o f  
O bjectives f o r  Academ ic B ibliographic Instruction. 
4) G enre Terms: A  Thesaurus f o r  Use in  Rare Book 
a n d  Special Collections C ataloguing (2nd e d.). 5) 
A C R L/H istorically Black College & Universities 
L ib ra ry Statistics, 1988-89. 6) College ‹Lr Research 
Libraries a n d  College 6- Research L ibraries News, 
In d ex f o r  Volum es 4 1 -5 0  (1980-1989).

What is ethical conduct?
Be su re to  save tim e  to  a tte n d  th e  hearings on  th e  

d raft “Standards for ethical c o n d u ct for rare book, 
m anuscript, an d  special collections libraries an d  
librarians.” T h e  hearings will b e  on Saturday, Jan u ­
ary 25, 1992, from  8:00-10:00 p.m . d u rin g  ALA’s 
M idw inter M eetin g  in San A ntonio. This draft 
second edition was p re p a re d  by A C R L ’s R are Books 
an d  M anuscripts Section’s E th ical Standards R e­
view C om m ittee, ch aire d  by  Beverly P. Lynch, 
U CLA . A copy o f th e  p ro p o se d  standards ap p ea re d  
in  th e  D e c e m b e r 1991 C & R L  News.

Academic Status Committee to hold 
open forum

T h e  A C R L  A cadem ic Status C o m m ittee T hink 
T an k  “F aculty Status: 2001” will b e  sponsoring an 
o p en  forum  for discussion a t 8:00 p.m ., Friday, 
January 24, at th e  M arrio tt R iver C e n te r, co n fer­
e n ce  room  529. All in te re s te d  A C R L  m em b ers are 
in vited to  a tte n d  o r p articipate. M au reen  Sullivan 
will m o d erate th e  session. Q uestions should be 
d ire c te d  to: Ire n e  B. H oadley, C hair, T hink Tank 
Task Fo rce, Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas A&M 
University, C ollege Station, TX  77843; (409) 845- 
8111; e-m ail: K221IH@ TAM VM1.