ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS ACR L P re sid e n t’s Letter Dear Colleagues: Once again the time has arrived when each of us reviews our par­ ticipation in professional associa­ tions for the current year, evalu­ ates the worth of that participa­ tion, and makes decisions on the commitment of our time, energy and money to professional mem­ berships for the coming year. My purpose in writing to you at this time is to express my convic­ tion that sustained membership in the Association of College and Re­ search Libraries is a particularly Millicent D . Abell appropriate and important com­ mitment for academic librarians, because ACRL serves as an invaluable focal point for our common experiences and efforts. As academic librarians we all know the challenge and ex­ citement of involvement in higher education. We all know, too, the endless complexities of delivering quality library services in support of higher education. ACRL provides a vital forum for the review and resolution of issues common to all of us. Moreover, as the nation’s largest and most im­ portant association of librarians from the whole range of in­ stitutions of higher education, ACRL represents the in­ terests of academic libraries and librarians to a variety of private and public, national and international groups. A review of the past year’s efforts and accomplishments by ACRL provides gratifying evidence of the Association’s responsiveness to the program needs of academic librarians. CONFERENCES: With the Council on Postsecondary Education, ACRL sponsored a June invitational conference on “ Libraries and Accreditation in Institutes of Higher Education. The proceedings will be published in early 1981. In the meantime, planning continues for the Min­ neapolis ACRL conference, “Options for the ’8 0s,” to be held September 30 to October 3, 1981, and approval has been gained for a third national ACRL conference, to be held in Seattle in spring, 1984. DATA COLLECTION: Statistics from ninety-eight non- 2 In this issue: ACRE President’s L e t t e r ............... 1 Women and Minorities in Academic L ib raries................. 3 ACRL Chapter News ................... 6 News from the F ie ld .................... 8 People ..........................................10 Index ............................................14a Publications .................................17 C alen d ar.........................................21 Classified A dvertising.....................23 College & Research Libraries News is published by the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, as 11 monthly (combining July- August) issues, at 50 E. 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A partial list of the services indexing or abstracting the con­ tents of C&RL News includes: Current Contents: Social & Be­ havior Sciences; Current Index to Journals in Education; In­ formation Science Abstracts; Library & Information Science Ab­ stracts; Library Literature; and Social Sciences Citation Index. ©American Library Association 1981. All material in this journal subject to copyright by the American Library Asso- ciaton may be photocopied for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement. ARL university libraries were compiled and pub­ lished. POSITION ANNOUNCEM ENTS: An ACRL JO BLIN E— (312) 944-6795—was established for timely (updated weekly) job announcem ents. A Late Job Listing service was also in itiated in CURL News. AWARDS: For the third year, ACRL has pre­ sented its Academic or Research Librarian of the Year Award, an honor that provides appropriate recognition for outstanding contributions to our profession. CO N TIN U IN G ED UCATION: Coordination and promotion of ACRL s program of continuing education has been supported through the crea­ tion of a staff position. It is planned that con­ tinuing education activities will be available pre­ ceding the ALA and ACRL conferences in 1981, as well as at other times and locations across the country. PUBLICATIONS: Organiz ing and Managing a Library Instruction Program, 30 p.; Slavic Ethnic Libraries, Museums and Archives in the United States: A G uide and D irecto ry, com piled by Lubomyr R. Wynar, 164 p.; Women View Librar- ianship: Nine Perspectives, ed ited by Kathryn Lundy (ACRL Publication No. 41); Performance Appraisal procedures in college libraries (CLIP Note #1-80), 135 p.; Travel Policies o f Twenty- one College and University Libraries, 77 p.; and ACRL University Library Statistics, a compilation of statistics from ninety-eight non-ARL university libraries, 47 p. I hope that, after weighing carefully the op­ tions open to you for involvement in professional associations in 1981, you will choose to support your professional in te re s ts th ro u g h sustained m em bership in the Association of College and Research Libraries. Millicent D. Abell President, AC RL L a te Job L is tin g s Looking for a faster way to advertise your job openings? C &RL News is now accepting orders for late job listings after the regular second-of- the-month deadline for classified ads. Thus, if you miss the regular deadline, you may now call the ACRL office to order a late job ad. L ate job listin g s will be a c c ep ted on a space-available basis after th e ninth of the m onth (by te le p h o n e only). The rates are $7.00 per line for ACRL members, $8.50 per line for nonmembers. To place an order, call ACRL, (312) 944- 6780.