ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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Slavic and Eastern European Section 
(SEES)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: L een a Siegelbaum , 
G erm anic/Slavic B ibliographer, M ichigan State 
U niversity Libraries, E ast Lansing, M I 48824-1048.

Member-at-Large: T atian a G o e rn e r, Slavic 
C ataloger, S tanford U niversity L ibraries, Stanford, 
CA 94305-6004; R u th  W allach, R eference/Slavic 
B ibliographer, U niversity o f S o u th ern  California, 
D o heny R eferen ce C en ter, Los Angeles, C A 90089.

University Libraries Section 
(ULS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: N o re e n  S. A lldredge, 
D e a n  o f L ib raries, M o n tan a  S tate U niversity, 
B ozem an, M T 59717; Jo h n  W. Collins III, L ib rar­
ian, G u tm an  Library, H arv ard  G ra d u a te  School o f 
E ducation, 6 Appian Way, C am bridge, MA 02138.

Member-at-Large: Sarah E. H ow , C o rn ell 
U niversity Library, Ithaca, NY 14853-5301; K ent 
H . H endrickson, D e an  o f  Libraries, U niversity o f 
N ebraska-L incoln, 106 Love L ibrary, L incoln, N E  
68588-0410;

Member-at-Large: H iram  L. Davis, D ire c to r 
o f Libraries, M ichigan State University, E ast L an­
sing, M I 48824-1048; B everlee A. F ren ch , Assistant 
U niversity Librarian— Sciences, U niversity o f Cali­
fornia-D avis, Shields Library, Davis, CA 95616.

W estern European Specialists Section 
(WESS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: R ichard H acken, E u ­
ro p e a n  Stu d ies B ibliographer, B righam  Young 
University, Provo, U T  84602; Jam es H . Spohrer, 
L ibrarian for th e  G erm an ic C ollections, University 
o f C alifornia-B erkeley, 390 D oe Library, Berkeley, 
CA 94720.

Secretary: Thom as M. Izbicki, R esource Ser­
vices L ibrarian for E u ro p ea n  an d  B yzantine H is­
to ry  an d  Philosophy, M ilton S. E isen h o w er Library, 
Johns H opkins University, B altim ore, M D  21218; 
C harles G. S petland, R eferen ce Librarian/Bibliog- 
ra p h e r, U niversity o f M innesota, M inneapolis, M N 
55455.

Member-at-Large: C raig Likness, H um anities 
L ib rarian /H ead  B ibliographer, T rinity University, 
San A ntonio, TX 12033; C ath arin e M. E. Halls, 
Librarian 11, N ew  York Public Library, R oom  315, 
4 2 n d  S tree t an d  F ifth  A venue, N ew  York, NY 
10018.

Women’s Studies Section 
(WSS)

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Betty J. Glass, In stru c­
tional Services L ibrarian, U niversity o f Nevada-

R eno, M ain Library/322, R eno, NV 89557-0044; 
P au lin e D. M anaka, Social Sciences Librarian, 
U niversity o f C alifornia, G en eral Library, Irvine, 
CA 92713.

S e c r e ta r y : N ancy M. Stanley, H ead , A cquisi­
tions Receiving, P e n n  State University Libraries, 
E 5 0 6  P a tte e  Library, U niversity Park, PA 16802; 
K ristine J. A nderson, B ibliographer an d  R eference 
L ib ra ria n , P u rd u e  U n iversity, H S S E  Library, 
S tew art C en ter, W est Lafayette, IN  47906.

M e m b e r - a t - L a r g e : M ila C . Su, Senior Assis­
ta n t L ibrarian— R eference, R o b ert E . E ich e  Li­
brary, P e n n  State Altoona C am pus, Ivyside Park, 
Altoona, PA 16601-3760; R ita M. Pellen, A ssistant 
D ire c to r fo r Public Services, F lo rid a A tlantic U ni­
versity, S.E. W im berly Library, P.O. Box 3092, 
B oca R aton, F L  33431. ■  ■

Letters

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War is not exciting
T o  th e  Editor:

I am  w riting to express m y d isgust a n d  outrage 
o v e r a notice on  page 656 o f  th e  N o v em b er issue o f 
th e  m agazine, regarding “W ar in th e  G ulf.”

“R ecapitulates th e  exciting d ra m a ”???????? My 
god. W h ere  are your m inds?

T h e re  w ere 100,000 Iraq i m en  killed in th a t war. 
A re c e n t U .N . re p o rt states th a t large n u m b ers o f 
Iraq i c h ild ren  are still dying from  m alnutrition an d  
fo u led  drinking w a ter d u e  to  A m erican bom bing, 
a n d  Kuwaiti civilians w e re  killed on  th e  ro a d  to 
B asra by  A m erican bom bs.

I n  th e  p ast I have h a d  an article pub lish ed  in 
C & R L  News. In  February, w hen m y m em b ersh ip  is 
du e, I will n o t b e  renew ing my subscription/m em - 
bership.

I w ould fu rth er castigate th e  ALA for a b andon­
ing its principles on  intellectual freedom . ALA 
d e fen d s band, pornography—it d id n ’t have the 
courage to  speak o u t against go v ern m en t cen so r­
ship b efo re, during, a n d  a fte r th e  G u lf W ar.— Kate 
Bradley, Bellevue C o m m u n ity College, Bellevue, 
W ashington