2002-2003 Appointment Cycle Report

Overview

This report and the accompanying tables provide information on appointments made during my year as Vice-Chair.

Number of Volunteer Requests Received	Number of Volunteers Solicited by Vice-Chair	Number of Appointment Offers Declined	Number of Continuing Members	Total Committee Membership (Excluding Executive Committee and ex officio Members)
92	9	-8	53	146

Total committee membership numbers for the upcoming appointment year remain virtually unchanged, 146 compared to 145 the previous year. The number of appointments made this year also remained largely unchanged from the previous year (108 compared to 105), but this is still down from earlier years. Continuing budget problems in higher education seem to be impacting academic librarians decisions to volunteer. All but 3 individuals who submitted a volunteer form through May 2003 were offered a committee appointment, although not everyone accepted an appointment when offered. Eight individuals declined an offer, most citing either financial or health concerns that would limit conference travel. Making use of a new option on the ACRL Appointment Form, I appointed three individuals as virtual committee members, one on Nominating 2004 and two on Planning.

New Volunteers		Continuing Members		Returning Members (Break in Service)		Total by Gender		GRAND TOTAL
Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	.
11	36	7	46	2	6	20	88	108
10.2%	33.3%	6.5%	42.6%	1.8%	5.6%	18.5%	81.5%	100%

Consistent with two years ago, the percentage of new volunteers (44%%) is a little below the number of continuing members (49%), a reversal from last year. The gender imbalance this year has remained virtually unchanged from the past several years, with 81.5% of appointees being female and 18.5% being male. As in previous years, nearly all volunteer forms were submitted via the Instruction Section web site. Three individuals used the form from C & RL Newsinstead of the web site.

Appointees by Geographical Distribution

The previous two cycles saw a relatively even distribution of appointees from the four regions of the country as defined on the map below. This year a much higher percentage of appointees (36%) reside in the West , compared to 21.2% the previous year. Percentages in the South and Midwest remained largely unchanged from last year, but the percentage of appointees from the North dropped dramatically (from 20.2% to 13%).

Region of Country	North	South	Midwest	West
Counts	14	28	27	39
Percentages	13%	26%	25%	36%

The table below shows that appointees hail from 31 states (including the District of Columbia), compared to 30 states the previous year. California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Florida all saw notable gains from the previous year (most especially California, which saw an increase of more than 8 percentage points from the previous year). New York and Virginia saw notable losses from the previous year, 3.97 and 3.0 percentage points respectively. After having provided no appointees in the previous year, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Rhode Island this year provided one each. Having provided at least one appointee each in the previous year, Kansas, New Jersey, Mississippi, South Carolina, and West Virginia provided no appointees this year.

Volunteers by States/Territories

California	16
Illinois	12
Colorado Pennsylvania	6
Florida New York Oregon Virginia Washington	5
New Mexico Ohio Texas	4
Iowa Maryland Minnesota North Carolina	3
Arizona District of Columbia Georgia Indiana	2
Alabama Connecticut Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Nebraska Nevada Rhode Island Tennessee Wisconsin	1
Alaska Arkansas Delaware Hawaii Idaho Kansas Maine Mississippi Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey North Dakota Oklahoma Puerto Rico South Carolina South Dakota Utah Vermont West Virginia Wyoming	0

Appointees by Type and Name of Institution

This section shows the names of institutions from which appointees originate, grouped within higher education institutional categories defined by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2000. (The number of institutions varies from the total number of appointees because some institutions are represented by more than one individual). For the first time in several years, the percentage of appointees coming from Research Extensive institutions fell below 50%. This percent drop is accompanied by notable increases in the number of appointees from Research Intensive and Master's I and II institutions.

Carnegie Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Other	TOTAL
Counts	42	13	21	2	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	85
Percentages	49%	15%	25%	2.4%	5%	1.2%	-	1.2%	-	-	1.2%	100%

1. Doctoral/Research Universities--Extensive: These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. During the period studied, they awarded 50 or more doctoral degrees per year across at least 15 disciplines.

2. Doctoral/Research Universities--Intensive: These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the doctorate. During the period studied, they awarded at least ten doctoral degrees per year across three or more disciplines, or at least 20 doctoral degrees per year overall.

3. Master's Colleges and Universities I: These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the master's degree. During the period studied, they awarded 40 or more master's degrees per year across three or more disciplines.

4. Master's Colleges and Universities II: These institutions typically offer a wide range of baccalaureate programs, and they are committed to graduate education through the master's degree. During the period studied, they awarded 20 or more master's degrees per year.

Pennsylvania State University Erie
Saint Leo University

5. Baccalaureate Colleges--Liberal Arts: These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. During the period studied, they awarded at least half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields.

College of Wooster
Hamilton College
Lake Forest College
Williams College

6. Baccalaureate Colleges--General: These institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges with major emphasis on baccalaureate programs. During the period studied, they awarded less than half of their baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts fields.

Linfield College

7. Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: These institutions are undergraduate colleges where the majority of conferrals are below the baccalaureate level (associate's degrees and certificates). During the period studied, bachelor's degrees accounted for at least ten percent of undergraduate awards.

None

8. Associate's Colleges: These institutions offer associate's degree and certificate programs but, with few exceptions, award no baccalaureate degrees. This group includes institutions where, during the period studied, bachelor's degrees represented less than 10 percent of all undergraduate awards.

Moraine Valley Community College

9. Specialized Institutions: These institutions offer degrees ranging from the bachelor's to the doctorate, and typically award a majority of degrees in a single field. The list includes only institutions that are listed as separate campuses in the 2000 Higher Education Directory.

None

10. Tribal Colleges and Universities: These colleges are, with few exceptions, tribally controlled and located on reservations. They are all members of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.

None

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