ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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ERIC Abstracts to Supplement CRL Reviews
In its January issue College & Research L i­

braries will inaugurate a new service which 
should be of considerable use to its readers. 
In  each issue thereafter its “Book Review” 
columns will be supplemented b y  abstracts of 
recent documents of special interest to academic 
and research libraries.

The abstracts which CRL will print will be 
selected from those prepared for Research in

Education by th e ERIC Clearinghouse for Li­
brary and Information Sciences at the Uni­
versity of Minnesota. Unless otherwise noted, 
documents abstracted in CRL are available by 
purchase in microfiche or hard copy from the 
ERIC Document Reproduction Service (N a­
tional Cash Register Company, 4936 Fairmont 
Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20014). Orders 
must be placed by “E D ” or “L I” number. ■ ■

Librarians’ Association Asks Recognition
The members of the Librarians’ Association 

at the University of California have submitted 
a request to University officials for formal rec­
ognition of their association. In  a letter to Uni­
versity President Charles J. Hitch, the members 
requested:
1. T hat th e Librarians’ Association be recog­

nized by the University of California as the 
official organization w ithin the University 
structure which represents librarians as aca­
demic personnel.

2. That th e University of California grant the 
Librarians’ Association th e power to investi­
gate, discuss, and make recommendations to 
any and all officers and agencies of the Uni­
versity regarding matters of concern to Uni­
versity of California librarians as academic 
personnel.

3. T hat th e Librarians’ Association be granted 
permission to incorporate the name of the 
University of California w ithin its own, so 
that it may become th e Librarians’ Associa­
tion of the University of California.

4. That the University of California provide 
financial support for th e activities of the 
Librarians’ Association, including University 
time for its officers and members to con­
duct Association business, travel expenses, 
office space, secretarial assistance, equip­
ment, supplies, etc.

5. T hat th e Librarians’ Association be the 
means by which librarians are represented in 
an organization including all University of 
California academic personnel, should such 
an organization be created; however, that 
such an organization would not take the 
place of the Librarians’ Association. ■ ■

NACL REPORT
The report of the National Advisory Com­

mission on Libraries entitled “Library Services 
for the Nation’s Needs—tow ard Fulfillment of 
a National Policy” was submitted to the Presi­
dent on October 3 by W ilbur Cohen, Secretary

of th e D epartm ent of Health, Education, and 
Welfare, as Chairman of the President’s Com­
m ittee on Libraries. A formal presentation to 
th e President was made by representatives of 
the Commission at the W hite House on Octo­
ber 15. The Commission’s report appears on 
pages E9355-9368 of th e Congressional Rec­
ord (Extensions of Remarks), October 21, 
1968, vol. 114, no. 173. Copies of the Congres­
sional Record for this date are available from 
th e Superintendent of Documents, GPO, for 
20 cents. The report is also available through 
the ERIC Document Information Service, 
NCR Company, 4936 Fairmont Avenue, Be­
thesda, Md. 20014, a t $3.04 for a hard copy or 
50 cents for microfiche (Ed-020-446). A han­
dling charge of 50 cents is added for orders 
totaling less than $3.00, and paym ent m ust ac­
company any order totaling less than $5.00. 
A 25% service charge is added to orders from 
outside the United States. ■ ■

CLS/JCLS MEETING TOPIC
“Library Instruction Beyond the Orientation 

Level” will be th e topic of the joint College 
Libraries Section/Junior College Libraries Sec­
tion meeting at the Atlantic City conference. 
T he presentation will be by a panel of li­
brarians, each giving the description and ra­
tionale of his program.

The three people planning the joint meeting 
—Ruthe Erickson and Betty Duvall of the St. 
Louis Junior College District, and Evan Farber 
of Earlham College—feel th a t in addition to 
those committed to such instruction, the panel 
might include someone who takes a negative or 
skeptical view about the value of such library 
instruction. They are, however, unable to think 
of a specific individual.

If anyone is interested in fulfilling this role, 
or knows of someone else who might be, would 
he please get in touch with Evan Farber, Li­
brarian, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana 
47374. ■ ■