oct04b2.indd C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s Get involved with ACRL Volunteer to serve on a division or section committee ACRL division and section committee volunteers are an integral part of the association and drive our success. Commit­ tee members help shape the organization by implementing its strategic plan (available at www.acrl.org, click on “About ACRL,” then “What is ACRL?”), reshaping the association, and influencing the direction of academic and research librarianship. If you have been looking for a way to be­ come more involved with ACRL, consider volun­ teering for a division or section committee. Vice president Camila Alire invites all ACRL members to contact the Appointments Committee about serving on one of ACRL’s 23 committees for next year. Members may also contact one of the section vice chairs regarding service on one of the many section committees. The benefits of volunteering Volunteers not only give to the association, they get back from the association. As an ACRL division or section committee member, you will: • build ties with academic and research librar­ ians around the country, • enhance your leadership abilities through consensus building and persuasion, • share your expertise with colleagues, and • gain additional expertise by learning more about a new area of academic librarianship or picking up new ideas for your current area. The appointment process Appointments are made at both the section and division levels. The ACRL vice president is responsible for the committee appointments at the division level for the year he or she serves as president. Likewise, section vice chairs are responsible for committee appointments in their respective sections the year they serve as chair. Committee slates are usually completed shortly after the Midwinter Meeting during the year in which the individual serves as presi­ dent­elect or chair­elect. The ACRL Appoint­ ments Committee assists the president­elect in this process in an advisory capacity. Factors infl uencing appointment Although the emphasis in the appointment process may vary from year to year according to the prerogatives of the president­elect and section chairs, the same factors are considered. They include: • E v i d e n c e o f p o t e n t i a l c o m m i t t e e member’s interest. Have you attended the meetings and introduced yourself to the chair? Do you have previous experience that relates to the work of the committee? Have you indicated your interest on the volunteer form? • Demog raphics and composition of committee. A balance is sought with respect to type of library (community college, college, or university), geographic representation, ethnic diversity, and gender. Those who have not had the opportunity to serve on an ACRL committee are encouraged to volunteer. • R e c o m m e n d a t i o n o f t h e c u r r e n t committee chair. Current committee chairs are asked to suggest potential members. Although all of these factors are consid­ ered, the final appointments are the pre­ rogative of the ACRL president­elect and the section chair­elects. 524 / C&RL News October 2004 http:www.acrl.org How to apply 1. Select the committees that interest you. A list of ACRL committees and their charges is available on the ACRL Web site (www.ala.org/ acrl, click on “About ACRL” then “Committees, Task Forces, and Discussion Groups”). Attend the committee’s meetings at the Midwinter Meet­ ing and Annual Conference to help you decide if those are the activities that interest you. 2. Submit a volunteer form. Complete the volunteer for m included with this ar ticle. (This form is also available on ACRL’s Web site, go to www.acrl.org and select “Forms” from the Quicklinks drop down menu.) Be sure to cover all of the items asked for in the background information section of the form. If you have attended committee meetings or programs, mention that. Fill out one form for ACRL division committees and a different form for each ACRL section committee you volunteer to serve on. Send the ACRL committee volunteer form to Janet D. Simmons­Welburn at the address on the bottom of the volunteer form; send the section volunteer forms to the appropriate section chair­ elects (see list of addresses below). 3. Introduce yourself. Talk with committee members. Express your interest to the committee chair. Explain how you might contribute to the work of the committee. 4. Volunteer again . . . and again. If you are not successful in being appointed one year, vol­ unteer again the next year . . . and the next. Remember that a multitude of factors—num­ ber of appointments made, number of volun­ teers for each committee, number of volunteers from your type of library or your geographic area—determine the actual appointment, and these factors change from year to year. ACRL divisional committee appointments ACRL has 23 standing committees to which ap­ pointments may be made for 2004–2005. A list appears on the volunteer form at the end of this article. You will also find the committees listed along with their charges on the ACRL Web site (www.ala.org/acrl/, click on “About ACRL,” then “Committees, Task Forces, and Discussion Groups”). Appointments to ACRL standing committees are made in the spring for terms beginning im­ mediately after the ALA Annual Conference. The Appointments Committee recommends to the president­elect of ACRL the names of mem­ bers who might fill the vacancies. The presi­ dent­elect makes the fi nal appointments. If you want to be considered for an ap­ pointment to an ACRL committee, complete the form and return it to Janice D. Simmons­ Welburn at the address given on the form be­ fore December 3, 2004. ACRL section appointments ACRL has 17 sections (listed below). You will find a description of their areas of responsi­ bility in the ALA Handbook of Organization, 2004–05. The chair­elect of each section appoints the chair and members of all section committees. Most of these appointments are made in the spring for terms beginning immediately after the ALA Annual Conference. If you would like to be considered for ap­ pointment as a chair or member of a section committee, fill out the ACRL Section Committee Volunteer Form and mail it to the chair­elect of the appropriate section listed below before December 3, 2004. African American Studies Librarians Sec- tion. Vice­Chair/Chair­Elect: Heather Martin, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Mervyn H. Sterne Library, Sl 135, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294­0014; e­mail: hmartin@uab.edu. A n t h r o p o l og y a n d S o c i o l og y S e c t i o n . Vice­Chair/Chair­Elect: Shawn W. Nicholson, Government Documents, Michigan State Univer­ sity Library, 927 Huntington Road, East Lansing, MI 48823; e­mail: nicho147@mail.lib.msu.edu. Arts Section. Vice­Chair/Chair­Elect: Jane E. Sloan; Rutgers University Libraries, Mabel Smith Douglass Library, 8 Chapel Dr., Douglass Campus, New Brunswick, NJ 08901­8527; e­mail: jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu. C&RL News October 2004 / 525 mailto:jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu mailto:nicho147@mail.lib.msu.edu mailto:hmartin@uab.edu www.ala.org/acrl http:www.acrl.org http:www.ala.org Asian, African and Middle Eastern Section. Vice­Chair/Chair­Elect: Cynthia Tysick, State Uni­ versity of New York, 221D Lockwood Library, Buf­ falo, NY 14260­2200; e­mail: cat2@buffalo.edu. College Libraries Section. Vice­Chair/ Chair­Elect: Robin Wagner, Gettysburg College Library, Box 420, Gettysburg, PA 17325; e­mail: rowagner@gettysburg.edu. Community and Junior College Libraries Section. Vice­Chair/Chair­Elect: Christine C. Godin, Northwest Vista College Library, 3535 N. Ellison Dr., San Antonio, TX 78251; e­mail: cgodin@accd.edu. Distance Lear ning Section. Vice­Chair/ Chair­Elect: Jack Fritts, Benedictine University, Benedictine Library, 5700 College Road, Lisle, IL 60532­2851; e­mail: jfritts@ben.edu. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section. Vice­Chair/Chair­Elect: Douglas L. Cook, Shippens­ burg University, Lehman Library, 220 Hollar Ave., Shippensburg, PA 17257­2299; e­mail: dr_library_guy @yahoo.com. Instr uction Section. Vice­Chair/Chair­ Elect: Lisa J. Hinchliffe, University of Illinois, 1408 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana, IL 61801; e­mail: ljanicke@uiuc.edu. Online committee volunteer form is available at www.ala.org/is. L a w a n d P o l i t i c a l S c i e n c e S e c t i o n . Vice­Chair/Chair­Elect: Connie S. Stoner, Shawnee State University Library, 940 Sec­ ond St., Portsmouth, OH 45662­4347; e­mail: csalyers@shawnee.edu. Literatures in English Section. Vice­Chair/ Chair­Elect: Susanna Van Sant, University of Maryland, McKeldin Library, College Park, MD 20742­7011; e­mail: svansant@umd.edu. R ar e Books and Manuscripts Section. Vice­Chair/Chair­Elect: Katherine Reagan, Cor­ nell University Library, 2B Kroch Library, Rare & Manuscript Collections, Ithaca, NY 14853­5302; e­mail: kr33@cornell.edu. Science and Technolog y Section. Vice­ Chair/Chair­Elect: Julia M. Gelfand, University of California–Irvine, Science Library 228, Irvine, CA 92623­9556; e­mail: jgelfand@uci.edu. Slavic and East European Section. Vice­ Chair/Chair­Elect: Daniel M. Pennell, University of Pittsburgh, G20X Hillman Library, 3960 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15260; e­mail: pennell@pitt.edu. University Libraries Section. Vice­Chair/ Chair­Elect: Sandra G. Yee, Wayne State Uni­ versity Library System, 3100 Undergraduate Library, Detroit, MI 48202; e­mail: sandra. yee@wayne.edu. Western European Studies Section. Vice­ Chair/Chair­Elect: Helene S. Baumann, Duke University, 022 Perkins Library, Durham, NC 27708­0196; e­mail: helene.baumann@duke. edu. Women’s Studies Section. Vice­Chair/ Chair­Elect: Megan M. Adams, Swarthmore College, McCabe Library, 500 College Av­ enue, Swarthmore, PA 19081­1306; e­mail: madams1@swarthmore.edu. Editorial boards ACRL has six editorial boards for its publica­ tions: CHOICE, College & Research Libraries, College & Research Libraries News, New Publi­ cations Advisory Board, Publications in Librar­ ianship, and RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage. Appointments to editorial boards are made at the Midwinter Meeting for terms that begin immediately after the ALA Annual Conference. The editors recommend the name of a person to fill a vacancy. The Publications Committee must approve the recommendation, and the president of ACRL makes the appointment. If you would like to be considered for appointment to an editorial board, contact the editor of the editorial board early in the fall. CHOICE editor: Irving Rockwood, Choice, 100 Riverview Center, Middletown, CT 06457; e­mail: irockwood@ala­choice.org. 526 / C&RL News October 2004 mailto:irockwood@ala-choice.org mailto:madams1@swarthmore.edu mailto:helene.baumann@duke mailto:yee@wayne.edu mailto:pennell@pitt.edu mailto:jgelfand@uci.edu mailto:kr33@cornell.edu mailto:svansant@umd.edu mailto:csalyers@shawnee.edu www.ala.org/is mailto:ljanicke@uiuc.edu http:yahoo.com mailto:jfritts@ben.edu mailto:cgodin@accd.edu mailto:rowagner@gettysburg.edu mailto:cat2@buffalo.edu College & Research Libraries editor: William Gray Potter, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GA 30602­1641; e­mail: wpotter@arches.uga.edu. College & Research Libraries News editor: Stephanie Orphan, C&RL News, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611­2795; e­mail: sorphan@ala.org. New publications editor: Hugh Thompson, ACRL/ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611­ 2795; e­mail: hthompson@ala.org. Publications in Librarianship editor: Charles Schwartz, Florida International, Green Library, University Park, Miami, FL 33199; e­mail: tony.schwartz@fiu.edu. RBM: A Jour nal of Rare Books, Manu­ s c r i p t s , a n d C u l t u r a l H e r i t a g e e d i t o r : Richard Clement, head of special collec­ tions, University of Kansas, Spencer Re­ search Library, Lawrence, KS 66045­2800; rclement@ku.edu.  ACRL offering four workshops at Midwinter ACRL is offering four workshops at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, on Friday, January 14, 2005. Advance registra­ tion is available through December 10. More details about these workshops can be found online at www.acrl.org in the “Events and Conferences” section. Assessment in Higher Education: Applying the New ACRL Standards Discover how to apply the 2004 ACRL “Stan­ dards for libraries in higher education” as a framework for evaluating your academic li­ brary. Learn about the principles of the stan­ dards and discover why the use of outcomes is necessary in the current higher education environment. Learn a range of formats and approaches for incorporating outcomes as­ sessment into academic library assessment. Use a workbook with practical examples, forms, checklists, and tools and techniques to develop your implementation plan. Getting Teacher/Faculty Attention for Information Literacy: New Practical Approaches Sometimes it is hard to know how to ap­ proach faculty and teachers about informa­ tion literacy instruction (ILI). They are experts in their fields. What can you say? What works? This workshop will provide you with practical ideas on how and where to start or expand faculty/teacher outreach, how to conduct syl­ labus reviews, and how your administrators can help. Return to your institution with prac­ tical approaches and ideas for effective fac­ ulty/teacher outreach for ILI. This workshop includes a number of interactive activities; in­ dividual, small, and large group work. Reinventing Libraries for the 21st Century This full­day workshop will introduce you to the discipline of futures studies and visioning as a creative and productive planning tool. Discuss trends affecting libraries and possible alternative futures for the information pro­ fession. Find out how to communicate more effectively about the future of your library through the use of futures research. You will also have time to think, discuss, and draw your vision of an in ideal library. Statistics for Librarians The field of librarianship is becoming increas­ ingly numerical in nature, yet few profession­ als have formal training in statistics. This work­ shop will outline basic statistical concepts, while focusing on applied statistical tools for librarianship, including sampling, surveys, and interpreting electronic journal/database us­ age reports. Discover how you can use data to solve problems that can be quantifi ed, and find out how this will aid in decision­making in your library. This workshop will have a large hands­on component and will illustrate examples from the library literature. C&RL News October 2004 / 527 http:www.acrl.org mailto:rclement@ku.edu mailto:tony.schwartz@fiu.edu mailto:hthompson@ala.org mailto:sorphan@ala.org mailto:wpotter@arches.uga.edu