ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


502 / C&RL News ■ September 2003

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This “back to school” issue of C&RL News will 
keep you up-to-date on the projects and initiatives 
that came out of the ALA Annual Conference and 
informed by a number of engaging articles.

Earlier this year, ACRL began gathering infor­
mation from its members and leaders to assist in 
crafting a new strategic plan. The association ex­
pects to have a new plan for the future solidified 
by early 2004. Input from ACRL members is an 
important aspect of the strategic planning pro­
cess. If you’d like to assist ACRL by making your 
voice heard, please participate in our online mem­
ber survey this month on the ACRL Web site, 
www.acrl.org.

At the close of this year’s Annual Conference, 
Tyrone H. Cannon was officially welcomed as the 
2003-04 ACRL president. As president, he will 
play a significant role in shepherding the 
association’s strategic planning process. His article 
“Partnerships and connections: The learning com­
munity as knowledge builders,” which bears the

name of his presidential theme, provides more 
insight into the strategic planning process, in addi­
tion to further exploring his theme and goals for 
the upcoming year.

The Board of Directors’ Actions from their 
meetings at the ALA Annual Conference can be 
found on page 518 and provide an overview of 
the projects, programs, and initiatives that ACRL 
will be working on in the coming year. To learn 
more about key topics covered at the Toronto 
conference, don’t miss the reports on conference 
programs that also appear in this issue (p. 509).

Also included in this issue are two docu­
ments approved by the ACRL Board of Directors 
at Annual Conference, “Characteristics of programs 
of information literacy that illustrate best practices: 
A guideline” (p. 544) and the Scholarly Commu­
nication Committee’s “Principles and strategies for 
the reform of scholarly communication (p. 526).”

— Stephanie Orphan, Editor-in-chief 
sorphan@ala.org

http://www.acrl.org
mailto:soiphan@ala.org