ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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ACRL Interns Selected
The Association of College and Research Li­

braries, a division of the American Library 
Association, has announced the selection of six 
interns to participate in the fourth year of its 
program for administrators of predominantly 
black college and university libraries. The pro­
gram, funded by a grant from the Andrew W. 
Mellon Foundation, is intended to accelerate 
the development of the management ability of 
librarians in black colleges and universities by 
providing them with experience in the adminis­
tration of strong and progressive academic li­
braries.

The six fourth-year interns are: Virgia Brocks- 
Shedd, reference-serials librarian, Tougaloo 
College, Tougaloo, Miss.; Alma Dawson, head 
periodicals librarian, Prairie View A & M Uni­
versity, Prairie View, Tex.; Doris M. Gosier, 
head, public services, Fort Valley State Col­
lege, Fort Valley, Ga.; George M. Martin, li­
brarian, Social Science Reading Room, Howard 
University, Washington, D.C.; Millie M. 
Parker, head librarian, Paine College, Augusta, 
Ga.; and Jean Frances Williams, acquisitions 
librarian, Virginia State College, Petersburg, 
Va.

During the period of the six-month intern­
ship, each intern will work closely with the 
director of a major academic library. The host 
institutions for the fourth year of the program 
are: Mount Holyoke College, Oberlin College, 
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and 
Virginia Commonwealth University. The Mel­
lon Foundation grant provides salaries, bene­
fits, and approved expenses for each intern. The 
host library provides the training experience. 
Several workshops for the participants also are 
planned.

Applications from librarians and prospective 
host institutions were reviewed by the project’s 
advisory committee, chaired by Virginia Lacy 
Jones, dean, School of Library Service, Atlanta 
University. Other members of the committee 
are: Phyllis B. Cartwright, Florida International 
University, Miami; Richard M. Dougherty, Uni­
versity of California, Berkeley; Beverly P. 
Lynch, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; 
James F. McCoy, Hudson Valley Community 
College, Troy, N.Y.; Annette L. Phinazee, 
School of Library Science, North Carolina 
Central University, Durham; Katherine M. 
Stokes, Alexandria, Va.; and David C. Weber, 
Stanford University. Casper L. Jordan, univer­
sity librarian, Atlanta University, serves as pro­
ject director. Julie A. Carroll Virgo, executive 
secretary, Association of College and Research 
Libraries, is principal investigator. ■ ■

Virgia Brochs-Shedd

Alma Dawson

Doris M. Gosier

Millie M. Parker

Jean  Frances Williams