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Title: Mellon - ACRL Internship Project Files, 1973-1978

ID: 22/2/77

Primary Creator: Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

Extent: 1.0 Cubic Feet

Arrangement: Chronological

Subjects: Academic Libraries, Administration, Atlanta University, Black Librarians, Jordan, Casper L., Mellon-ACRL Internship Project

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Mellon - ACRL Internship files of project director Casper L. Jordan, who directed a project designed to accelerate the development of management abilities of librarians in Black colleges and universities by providing them with experience in the administration of academic libraries through 3 to 9 month internships. The series includes correspondence, applications, and reports concerning the Advisory Committee, the principal investigator Beverly P. Lynch, the interns, the host institutions, annual evaluation and orientation workshops held at Atlanta University (Sept. 1974-76, Nov. 1977) and the four-year evaluation meeting held at Chicago on June 25, 1978. Interns submitted regular reports on activities and evaluation of their work experience.

Biographical Note

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 Terms

Academic Libraries
Administration
Atlanta University
Black Librarians
Jordan, Casper L.
Mellon-ACRL Internship Project

Administrative Information

Repository: The American Library Association Archives

Accruals: 11/19/79

Other Note: 1 Pages

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