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ACRL Board of Directors’ actions, January 2006: Highlights of the Board's Midwinter Meetings

C&RL News, March 2006
Vol. 67, No. 3

During the 2006 ALA Midwinter Meeting in San Antonio, the ACRL Board of Directors met on January 21 and 24 and took the following actions.

Strategic Area: Higher Education and Research
Goal Area: Learning—ACRL and its members are recognized as collaborative leaders in teaching lifelong learning skills, improving techniques for assessing learning outcomes, and in creating environments for discovery.

Confirmed its e-mail vote of July 25–August 1, 2005, approving the submission, on behalf of ACRL, of a chart of information literacy behaviors to the National Survey of Student Engagement with the understanding that additional edits to the chart might still be made before final submission.
Approved a pledge for the Cultural Communities Fund in the amount of $20,000, payable in the current fiscal year. ACRL will work with the ALA Public Programs Office to identify recognition for ACRL and programs designed for academic librarians and ACRL members.

Goal Area: Scholarship—ACRL and its members are recognized as authorities on knowledge management; and the creation, collection, preservation, access, and exchange of information.

Approved revised eligibility and criteria for the ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award.

Approved a revision of the “Guidelines for Media Resources in Academic Libraries.”

Endorsed ALA Council Document 36, “Resolution in Support of Academic Freedom and Against the So-called ‘Academic Bill of Rights’” and instructed the ACRL councilor to support the guidelines if they are voted upon by ALA Council.

Endorsed the statement, “Urgent Action Needed to Preserve Scholarly Electronic Journals.” The Board further suggested that the statement could make a valuable addition to ACRL’s collection of best practices and encouraged the Scholarly Communications Committee to rework the content so that it takes the form of a guideline or effective practice.

Goal Area: Advocacy —ACRL has greater influence on the higher education and research environment.

Approved a $15,000 funding request to support the ULS proposal “Campus Advocacy: A Grassroots Movement for Influencing Campus Dynamics,” with up to $8,000 supporting the development of materials and presentation of a workshop at the 2007 National Conference and an additional $7,000 in FY 2008, $500 each for up to 14 chapters for program expenses to offer campus advocacy continuing education.

Approved the 2006 Legislative Agenda.

Approved an extension of the Review and Revision of the Access Guidelines Task Force, with a final draft to be submitted for review prior to the 2006 Spring Executive Committee Meeting.

Strategic Area: The Profession Goal Area: Continuous Learning—ACRL provides continuous learning opportunities enabling members to strengthen their effectiveness and achieve recognition as valued contributors to their academic and research communities.

Confirmed its e-mail vote of December 12–19, 2005, approving the 2006 annual conference program sponsored by the AASL/ACRL Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy and the program sponsored by ACRL’s Institute for Information Literacy.

Approved the 2007 RBMS Preconference dates of June 19–22, 2007.

Approved a proposal to hold the 2008 RBMS Preconference in Los Angeles.

Approved a revision of the Arts 2006 Annual Conference program, originally approved at the Board’s 2005 Annual Conference meeting; the program will now focus on “Preserving New Orleans: The Fate of Media Collections in the Wake of Katrina.”

Approved a revision of the LPSS 2006 Annual Conference program, originally approved at the Board’s 2005 Annual Conference meeting; the program’s topic will now be “Behind Katrina: Race, Law and Politics.”

Approved the expenditure of $450 from the Global Connections portion of the Friends of ACRL Fund for the ACRL International Relations Committee in support of its Sister Libraries Seed Grant Program, with the understanding that these funds will be used to defray further the travel, lodging, and meal expenses of the Mexican librarians beyond those funds already authorized by the Board.

Goal Area: Leadership—ACRL members achieve recognition as leaders and advocates for academic and research libraries.

Observed a moment of silence and approved a Special Presidential Recognition Award in honor of Ilene Rockman’s significant contributions to ACRL and academic libraries, particularly in the area of information literacy.

Strategic Area: The Association
Goal Area: Membership—ACRL’s membership growth builds on retaining core membership, while recruiting from new and diverse communities.

Observed a moment of silence and endorsed the Joint Memorial Resolution in Honor of Gerald Hodges to recognize and pay tribute to the contributions of Gerald as an ambassador for ALA, and for libraries everywhere.

Approved a one-year complimentary institutional membership for CONPAB-IES (National Council of Higher Education Libraries of Mexico) in ACRL.

Goal Area: Sustainability—ACRL will have the fiscal resources, staff expertise, and organizational structure to advance the association’s strategic plan.

Approved the minutes of the ACRL Board of Directors 2005 Annual Conference meeting.

Confirmed its e-mail vote of October 3 – 6, 2005, approving the revised FY2006 ACRL budget, with budgeted ACRL total revenues of $1,853,923, total expenses of $2,379,833, and net revenues of ($525,910).

Requested that ACRL/CHOICE explore the concept of purchasing a building using nonendowment net assets to house the CHOICE office and undertake a feasibility study regarding a potential property.

Approved a proposed ULS committee reorganization for placement on the Spring 2006 Section Ballot. Note: Upon further review of the ULS bylaws, it was determined that the ULS Executive Committee already had the authority to make this change and that it would not be necessary to include this proposal on the ballot.

Approved a proposed ANSS bylaws change intended to maintain equitable committee chair representation on the ANSS Executive Committee for placement on the Spring 2006 Section Ballot.

Referred proposed CJCLS bylaws revisions back to the ACRL Bylaws Committee to clarify language on committee membership as it relates to the ALA and ACRL rosters; the proposed revisions will not appear on the spring 2006 ballot.

Authorized the Budget and Finance Committee to approve Friends expenditures recommended by the Friends Fund Subcommittee up to and including $5,000 per project in accordance with the ACRL Strategic Plan.

Endorsed the ALA dues increase proposal.

Approved a policy allowing ACRL Chapters to spend budgeted resources on any items or activities that support the achievement of the ACRL strategic goals with the following two exceptions: 1) the allotted funds may not be used for payment of honoraria or travel to support librarians’ presentations at ALA, ACRL, or ACRL chapter conferences, and 2) the allotted funds may not be used to purchase goods or services prohibited by ALA and ACRL policy.