ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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ACRL Goals Study
The Association of College and Research Li­

braries announces the appointment of a com­
mittee to assess the goals, priorities, and struc­
tures of ACRL. The committee, chaired by Dr. 
Le Moyne W. Anderson, director of libraries 
at Colorado State University, includes James 
Humphry III, vice-president of H. W. Wilson 
Company and a former president of ACRL; 
Mary Louise B. Cobb, head of the Cataloging 
Department at the College of William and 
Mary; Shirley A. Edsall, assistant professor in 
the School of Library Science at the University 
of Michigan; Janice Gallinger, librarian at 
Plymouth ( N .H .) State College; Gustave A. 
Harrer, director of libraries at the University 
of Florida; Ellsworth G. Mason, director of li­
braries at the University of Colorado; and H ar­
ry Robinson, Jr., director of Learning Resources 
Services at Alabama State University.

The charge of the committee is to describe

the changing environment of research and post­
secondary education, the issues and problems 
relating to information and library service in 
this environment, and ACRL’s role in respond­
ing to these issues and problems. The commit­
tee is to recommend to ACRL an organizational 
structure for the association that would best as­
sure this response.

The committee will meet during the ALA 
Annual Conference in New York City, July 7 - 
13, 1974, to discuss progress reports, to review 
the history of ACRL, to evaluate the survey de­
sign and research instruments which it will use 
in collecting pertinent data, and to interview 
past and present leaders of the association.

Further information may be obtained from 
the chairman, Dr. Le Moyne W. Anderson, Di­
rector of Libraries, Colorado State University, 
Fort Collins, CO 80521. ■■

News From the Field
F E L L O W S H IP S

•  Applications will be accepted this spring 
for more than 550 university lecturing and ad­
vanced research awards during 1975-76 in over 
seventy-five countries under the Senior Ful­
bright-Hays Program of the Council for In ­
ternational Exchange of Scholars (formerly the 
Committee on International Exchange of Per­
sons). Specialists in library science who are 
U.S. citizens and have a doctorate or college 
teaching experience are invited to indicate their
interest in an award by completing a simple 
registration form, available on request from the 
Senior Fulbright-Hays Program, 2101 Constitu­
tion Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418. 
Registrants will receive a detailed announce­
ment of the 1975-76 program in April. July 1, 
1974 is the deadline for applying for research 
awards and it is also the suggested date for fil­
ing for lectureships.

Each year Fulbright-Hays agencies abroad 
forward to the council applications of senior 
foreign scholars who are interested in remuner­
ative appointments for lecturing and postdoc­
toral research at American colleges or universi­
ties for temporary periods. The scholars are 
eligible for Fulbright-Hays travel grants if ar­
rangements are confirmed for remunerative ap­
pointments. An announcement regarding these 
scholars is issued in March.

The council would also be pleased to receive

 

at any time information regarding appointments 
available at American educational institutions 
for foreign scholars for temporary periods of 
three months to one year. A directory of senior 
Fulbright-Hays foreign scholars who are in the 
United States this academic year is also avail­
able on request to the council. A number of 
these scholars would welcome invitations to 
give lectures or to participate in special con­
ferences under the sponsorship of academic in­
stitutions and educational organizations.

G R A N T S
•  The Akwesasne Library Cultural Cen­

ter has announced that it has received a 
$5,000 grant from the Alcoa Foundation. The 
money will be used in the library and museum 
to build display cases and purchase materials 
on Mohawk culture. The Akwesasne Library 
Cultural Center is one of the three demonstra­
tion Indian library projects which comprise the 
National Indian Education Association Library 
Project, sponsored by the Office of Education, 
Division of Library Programs.

M E E T IN G S
April 28-M ay 1: Clinic on Library 

Applications of D ata Processing. Conducted 
by the Graduate School of Library Science, 
University of Illinois, the theme of this eleventh