Joint Committee Files, 1962-1978
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Brief Description: Files of Executive Secretaries George Bailey, J. Donald Thomas, Beverly Lynch and Julie Virgo relating to the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on National Library - Information Systems (CONLIS) (1966-68) and the Association of American Colleges - ACRL  Joint Committee on College Libraries (1962-78). CONLIS is an independent organization operating on behalf of the American Association of Research Libraries, Council of National Library Associations, Medical Library Association, and Special Library Association, with the purpose of promoting the access and availability of information through national systems of libraries and information centers. The AAC-ACRL Joint Committee records include correspondence, reports, and minutes concerning four-year liberal art colleges and College Library Notes, a publication sponsored by the committee. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) joined the Joint Committee on Library Problems in 1971; the committee disbanded in 1978. The AAC-AAUP-ACRL Joint Committee records concern faculty status and the role and functions of the college library.
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Record Series Number: 22/2/52
Created by: Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Volume: 0.6 Cubic Feet
Acquired: 11/19/79; 9/17/82
Arrangement: Chronological by committee
Biographical Note for Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) :

According to its 1980 statement of Responsibility, "The mission of the ACRL is to represent academic and research librarians and libraries. This includes all types of academic libraries-community and junior colleges, college and university-as well as comprehensive and specialized libraries and their professional staffs. ACRL also has as its mission the enhancement of library service, in the broadest sense, to the academic research communities" (1).

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) fulfills its mission through programs of identification and evaluation of book and nonbook materials, by issuing statements on library standards, and by concerning itself with the role, function, and status of the academic librarian (2).

The Association first met in 1889, under the title of the College and Reference Section of ALA (3). In June of 1938, the membership voted to change the name to the Association of College and Reference Libraries (4). Under this name, ACRL was accepted as a division by the ALA Council in May, 1940 (5). A 1942 revision of ACRL bylaws provided for the establishment of state, regional, and local chapters (6). The name was changed to the Association of College and Research Libraries in 1957 (7).

The organizational structure of ACRL was streamlined in 1979-80 to provide for a 13-member Board of Directors which includes the three officers )President, Past President, and Vice-President/President-Elect) and the Executive Director (8). ACRL publications include the bimonthly College and Research Libraries, the monthly College and Research Libraries News, the monthly book selection journal Choice, and occasional ACRL Publications in Librarianship. ACRL has sponsored national conferences and has presented the Academic/Research Librarian of the Year award annually since 1978 (10).

Subject Index
Academic Status of College and Univerisity Librarians
American Association of Law Libraries
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
American Documentation Institute
Association of American Colleges
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
College Libraries
College Library Notes
Committee on National Library-Information Systems
Council of National Library and Information Associations
Medical Library Association
Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Languages of Materials
English [eng]