ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 212 ACRL Chapters • T he F l o r i d a A C R L C h a p t e r sponsored a one-day preconference workshop on May 9 at the annual meeting of the Florida Library Association in Orlando. The topic of the workshop was “On- Line Searching and Its Impact on Your Library.” Anne G. Lipow, University of California, B erke­ ley, was the featured speaker. About 136 librar­ ians participated. Another meeting of the chapter is scheduled for November 2, 1979, in Orlando. The tentative program theme is “AACR 2 and Closing the Card Catalog.” • T h e M a r y l a n d C h a p t e r sp o n sore d a “ C a r e e r D e v e lo p m e n t W o rk sh o p ,” fea tu rin g Deanna Marcus of ARL, on March 22. Eighty persons attended. On June 8 the chapter held a program meeting at the annual conference of the Maryland Library Association. The program topic was “The Gover­ n o r’s C o n fe re n c e and A cad em ic L ib ra rie s in M aryland.” Four discussion groups considered the following questions: (1) How public can pub­ lic access be? (2) How will the network work? (3) Can college students read the material in col­ lege libraries? and (4) How can the state board for higher education relate to academic libraries? • The M i n n e s o t a C h a p t e r of ACRL held its annual conference at St. Olaf and Carleton Col­ leges, Northfield, Minnesota, October 24, 1978. C hairperson Allen L. D o lle rsch e ll, R och ester Community College, presided over the business m eeting at which the chapter voted to invite ACRL to hold its second conference in Minnesota in 1980 and 1981. Julie A. C. Virgo, ACRL executive secretary, discussed ACRL m embership and chapter rela­ tionships. Evan F arber, ACRL president, spoke on periodical selection in the academic library. A reactor panel composed of Marcia Pankake, Uni­ versity of Minnesota; Carol Bodien, Bemidji State University; Ron Frederick, College of St. B ene­ dict; and Sharon W ieners, Rochester Community College, discussed F arber s presentation and pe­ riodical selection policies in their institutions. • T h e N o r t h C a r o l i n a C h a p t e r o f A C R L held a m e e tin g on th e top ic “ P lan n in g for Change, a Conference on Closing the Catalog” at Guilford C ollege, Greensboro, North Carolina, on April 27. One hundred thirty-five librarians at­ tended the conference, about one-third of them from public libraries. The two morning speakers w ere Jam es Thom pson, assistant librarian for technical services at Johns Hopkins, and Jean Cook, head o f the Serials D ep artm en t, D uke University. Discussion leaders for the afternoon sessions were William Gosling, assistant librarian for technical services at Duke, and Arlene Dowell of the North Carolina Central University Library School faculty. The next meeting of the chapter will be held on O ctober 18 at Charlotte, in conjunction with the North Carolina Library Association biennial conference. The principal speakers will be politi­ cal scientist James David Barber of Duke Univer­ sity and Julie A. C. Virgo, executive secretary of ACRL. • T h e S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a C h a p t e r of A CRL held its annual meeting on D ecem ber 9, 1978. The program topic was “Academic Libraries and Collective Bargaining.” Speakers were Roy Kidman, University of Southern California; Anne Lipow, University of California, B erkeley; and C liff W ood, C alifo rn ia S ta te U n iv ersity , S a c ­ ramento. Each spoke about one aspect of collec­ tive bargaining. A tape of the discussion is avail­ able from Philip O ’B rie n , L ib rarian , W h ittie r College, W hittier, CA 90608. • The T e n n e s s e e C h a p t e r held its first m eet­ ing on April 2 6 -2 7 in Cookeville. More than 160 librarians and exhibitors attended. Leland M. Park, director of the Davidson College Library, gave a keynote address entitled “Proposition 13 and Academic Libraries.” Ralph E . Russell, uni­ versity librarian of Georgia State University, At­ lanta, spoke on identifying the library’s clientele. In addition to the two addresses, the program featured eleven interest group meetings. • The T e x a s C h a p t e r ’s annual m eeting was held in San Antonio, April 5, at the Texas Library Association’s annual conference. At the program meeting, Ruth Tighe of N C LIS spoke on the sub­ je c t “ National Information Policies and Librar­ ie s.” At a session entitled “The Status of Status,” the ch ap ter’s Academic Status C o m m ittee r e ­ ported on its survey on the status of academic li­ braries in Texas. A tour and reception at the new Trinity U niversity L ibrary, San Antonio, co n ­ cluded the program. The Texas C hapter will cosponsor, with the T exas R egio n al G rou p o f C a ta lo g e rs and Classifiers, a workshop on AACR 2 at the Univer­ sity of Houston October 11-13. A workshop on academic status is being considered for February 1980. • T h e V i r g i n i a C h a p t e r o f A C R L held its spring meeting April 28 in Richmond. “Is Anyone out There Listening?— Communications and the Academic Library” was the meeting’s theme. Duane E . W eb ster, director, Office of Man­ agement Studies, ARL, spoke on communications and ARL libraries. R obert L. Frank, assistant professor, speech com m unications and theatre arts, University o f Richmond, discussed methods of carrying out nondefensive conversations with 213 faculty about library matters. Henry Stewart, as­ sistant dean, Old Dominion University Libraries, surveyed the role and makeup of faculty library committees in Virginia academic libraries. In November the chapter will meet with the Virginia Library Association at the Homestead. David Kaser, professor o f library science, Indiana University, will speak on the subject “The Two Faces of Librarians in the Twentieth C entury.” • T h e W i s c o n s i n A C R L C h a p t e r held a w inter conference at Mount Telem ark, C able, Wisconsin, on February 15-16. The conference th em e was “ Your Jo b , How to Love I t — Not Leave I t .” Dennis Mannering, president of Op­ tions Unlimited, G reen Bay, gave a keynote ad­ dress entitled “Attitude Assessment and Job Satis­ faction.” Mannering also conducted a “hands on” workshop on the factors that influence employee morale. Don L. Tolliver gave a sneak preview of the now classic University of Wisconsin System Library Study. On Septem ber 2 7 -2 8 the chapter will hold its fall conference at the Quality Inn, Madison. The theme will be “Evaluation of Library Services.” Featured speakers will be Thomas Galvin, Uni­ versity of Pittsburgh; Michael Gorman of AACR 2; Arthur Tannenbaum , New York University; C aro ly n Sn y d e r, In d iana U n iv e r sity ; J e f f Gardiner, ARL office; and others. Contact Linda Olson or John J. Jax, Pierce Library, University of W isconsin-Stout, Menomonie, W I 54751; (715) 232-2128. ■■ Inside Washington J a m e s D. L o c k w o o d A ssistant D ire cto r ALA W ashington O ffice The process of amending the public printing and documents portion of the U nited S tates C o d e (Title 44) will have passed the hearing stage by the time this issue of the N ews reaches the mails. The current review of Title 44 may lead to the single biggest change in federal publishing laws since their inception in 1895. Revision of Title 44 raises a number of funda­ mental questions. What should be the role of the federal government in generating, producing, and d isse m in a tin g in fo rm a tio n ? How c e n tr a liz e d should the federal printing and publishing capa­ bility be (i.e ., should there be a central Govern­ ment Printing Office)? Who should pay for gov­ ernment information (should it be supported by tax monies or user fees)? What should be the bal­ ance betw een government-supported and com­ mercial services relating to federal documents? What should be the future of the Depository L i­ brary System? A key question for libraries is federal support for the depository libraries program. T hirteen hundred libraries serve as depositories for federal documents. The selection and processing of fed­ eral publications on a monthly basis usually en­ tails a sizable commitment of staff time and effort for these libraries. Providing access to the docu­ ments often requires additional expenditures for bibliographical assistance, supplemental indexes and re s e a rc h aids, m icroform p rin te r s , and readers. If the federal government has an obliga­ tion to make the information it generates widely available, should it not go beyond merely provid­ ing “free” publications and help underwrite the expenses of the depository operation? In other w ords, sh o u ld n ’t th e g ov ern m en t provide additional assistance to depository libraries in the form of training, equipment, toll-free access to government agencies, etc.? The government’s role in printing and publish­ ing is another issue Congress must face. Is there a need for a massive government printing and publishing complex? Some argue that government publishing should be contracted out to commer­ cial firms by competitive bidding or the like. This alternative is not necessarily incompatible with the depository program, since the government could furnish libraries with book coupons re ­ deemable for commercially published government materials (along the lines of the food stamp pro­ gram). “ P o litic a l” fa c to rs, as w ell as co m plex philosophical issues, make the jo b of revising Title 44 a tough one. C hief among the political factors is the sheer size of the revision effort re­ quired. T h e more complex the bill, the more difficult it is to get interested parties to agree. Among the interested groups are: libraries, the information and printing industries, federal de­ partments and agencies, the Government Print­ ing O ffice, g o v ern m en t p u b lic is ts , th e J o in t Committee on Printing, and comm ittees in the Senate and House. To arrive at a major legislative package that accommodates the needs of such diverse groups is the challenge. By late Se p tem b e r we should have a much clearer idea of how the political and policy issues were resolved in the final version o f the bill placed before the House and Senate. ■■