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Academic status resource publication available 4. Elaine Albright testifies on telecommunications legislation 5. Formal planning procedures described in new ACRL publication 6. Louis Shores-Oryx Press Award recipient named 7. Correction 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Betty J. Turock elected American Library Association president Betty J. Turock, chair of the Department of Library and Information Studies and director of the master's in library science program at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., has been elected president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 1995-96 term. "I look forward to leading the American Library Association in directions that will benefit libraries and librarians into the 21st century," Turock said. "Together, we can make certain that libraries are out of the shadows and on center stage as our nation moves through a telecommunications revolution and establishes a national information infrastructure. "We can ensure that funding decision makers at the local, state and national levels are aware of the contributions libraries make in helping to solve the problems plaguing our nation," she said. "ALA must let them know of the many ways libraries expand the horizons of youth, minorities, immigrants and other people; of the dynamic role libraries can play in revitalizing the economy and increasing this country's productivity, if they are given a fair share of the fiscal pie." The president of ALA is the elected leader of the world's largest professional organization for library and information science professionals, with a membership of 57,000. Turock will serve as vice-president for 1994-95, and assume the presidency in June 1995 at the end of ALA's Annual Conference in Chicago. Turock, an active member of ALA for more than 20 years, currently serves on the ALA Executive Board. She has also served as an ALA Councilor-at-large, as a member of the Committee on Program Evaluation and Support (COPES) and as a member of the Committee on Professional Ethics. Turock has participated in ALA Chapters in Illinois, Arizona, North Carolina, New York and New Jersey. She is currently a member of four ALA divisions and two roundtables -- the Public Library Association (PLA), the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD), the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) and the ALA Library Research Round Table (LRRT). Turock has also served as the coordinator of the ALA Feminist Task Force and as a member of the LAMA Executive Board. Turock has held management posts across the United States in public, school and academic libraries. She served as assistant director and director of the Montclair (N.J.) Public Library, assistant director of the Rochester and Monroe County (N.Y.) Library System, head of extension services at the Forsyth County (N.C.) Library System and school media specialist for the Alhambra School System in Phoenix, Ariz. Turock also served as senior advisor in the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement Library Programs. A frequent lecturer and consultant to libraries, Turock is the author of more than 60 publications and the founding editor of The Bottom Line: A Financial Magazine for Libraries. Her book, "Evaluating Federally Funded Public Library Programs," was released by the U.S. Department of Education. She is also the author of "Creating A Financial Plan," with Andrea Pedlosky. Since 1977, Turock has been listed in "Who's Who of American Women" and in "Who's Who in America" since 1991. She received the ALA Jesse Shera Award for Outstanding Research in 1989. Turock is the 1993 recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Award from Rutgers University and the 1994 New Jersey Library Leadership Award. A Charles Weston scholar, Turock has a bachelor's degree (magna cum laude) from Syracuse University and a master's degree and doctorate in library and information science from Rutgers University. Twenty-five members of the ALA Council were elected. All terms are for 1994-1998. They are: - Jim Bennett, Shoreham (N.Y.)-Wading River High School; - Mary Biblo, University of Chicago Lab School Library; - Elizabeth (Beth) Bingham, East Baton Rouge (La.) Parish Library; - Liz Bishoff, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Dublin, Ohio; - Pamela G. Bonnell, Waco (Texas)-McLennan County Library; - Kay Ann Cassell, The New York Public Library; - Julie Cummins, The New York Public Library; - Carolyn Dusenbury, California State University Library, Chico; - Susan Goldberg, Minneapolis Public Library & Information Center; - Sharon A. Hogan, University of Illinois at Chicago Library; - Margaret L. Kirkpatrick, Unified School District 259, Wichita, Kan. - Malikah D. Lumumba, Franko Middle School Library, Mount Vernon, N.Y.; - Anthony W. Miele, Arizona State Library Department of Library, Archives & Public Records, Phoenix; - Linda Mielke, Annapolis (Md.) & Anne Arundel County Public Library; - James G. Neal, Indiana University, Bloomington; - Toni Negro, Quince Orchard High School, Gaithersburg, Md.; - Elizabeth M. O'Donnell, Manchester (N.H.) City Library; - Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information, Washington, D.C.; - Sarah M. Pritchard, Smith College Library, Northhampton, Mass.; - James R. Rettig, College of William & Mary Library, Williamsburg, Va.; - Charles W. Robinson, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, Md.; - Velma S. Salabiye, University of California, Los Angeles American Indian Studies Library; - Sue Stroyan, Illinois Wesleyan University Library, Bloomington; - Helen J. Tallman, MAST Academy, Miami, Fla.; - Kenneth A. Yamashita, Stockton (Calif.)-San Joaquin County Public Library. - END - 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 AASL/SIRS Intellectual Freedom Award winner named Ruth E. Dishnow, a doctoral student in library and information studies at Texas Woman's University in Denton, is the 1994 recipient of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)/Social Issues Resources Series, Inc. (SIRS) Intellectual Freedom Award. The award recognizes an AASL personal member who has upheld the principles of intellectual freedom as set forth by AASL and the American Library Association (ALA). The recipient receives $2,000 and a plaque, donated by SIRS. A school library media center designated by the recipient receives $1,000 and a framed certificate, donated by SIRS. Dishnow has designated her high school library media center at the Dollar Bay (Mich.) High School to receive the $1,000 award. Dishnow, former district library media director at the Rib Lake (Wis.) School District, charged school administrators with violating procedures for dealing with challenged library materials sparked by the confiscation of the book "Forever" by Judy Blume from a female student by the school principal. The book is about an 18-year-old high school senior's decision to have sex with her boyfriend, the emotional problems they face and the eventual end of their relationship. A school book review committee recommended that the school board find the book "educationally unsuitable" for the high school library. The Rib Lake Board of Education voted unanimously to place "Forever" on the restricted shelf that requires parental permission to read. In the midst of the controversy, Dishnow requested a leave to complete her doctoral studies. Her request was denied and she resigned. "Ms. Dishnow has shown enormous courage and emotional stamina in combating inappropriate procedures, outright censorship and personal abuse," said Mildred N. Larson, 1993 Wisconsin Library Association president. "Throughout the process, she continued to maintain professional standards, despite the censorship tactics of the school administration and board." Dishnow, a children's literature instructor at Texas Woman's University, has worked as a library media specialist at Big Lake (Alaska) Elementary School, an assistant librarian at Wasilla (Alaska) High School and as teacher/director of the Head Start Program in Galena, Alaska. She is a member of the Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Best Books for Young Adults Committee, the Association for Library and Information Science Education and the International Association of School Librarians. Dishnow is past president (1992) of the Wisconsin Association of School Librarians and served as a member of the Wisconsin Library Association Board of Directors (1991-92). Dishnow received the 1994 Outstanding Doctoral Student Award from the Texas Woman's University National Alumnae Association, The William Gorham Rice Civil Libertarian of the Year Award (1994) from the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation and was nominated Alaska Librarian of the Year in 1989. The award will be presented on Monday, June 27, at 12:30 p.m., at the AASL Awards Luncheon with author Laurence Yep during the ALA Annual Conference in Miami Beach. AASL, ALSC and YALSA are divisions of the American Library Association. Members of the selection committee were: Carrie Gardner, chair, of Pittsburgh, Pa.; Augie E. Beasley of Charlotte, N.C.; Dianne M. Hopkins of Madison, Wis.; Ginny Moore Kruse of Madison, Wis., and Judith Mahoney of Kansas City, Mo. - END - 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Academic status resource publication available "Academic Status: Statements and Resources, Second Edition" is now available from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Developed by the ACRL Academic Status Committee and edited by Susan Kroll of Ohio State University, the publication brings together the latest versions of all ACRL standards, guidelines and model statements approved by the ACRL Board of Directors in support of and defending the concept of faculty status. Seven key documents are included as well as a bibliographic essay and a selective bibliography. The volume supports the actions taken by the ALA Council, the association's governing body, that "reaffirms faculty status as the desired and appropriate condition of academic librarians nationally." "Academic Status: Statements and Resources, Second Edition: (ISBN 0- 8389-7739-1) is $10.95 ($8.95 for ACRL members). It is available from: ALA Order Fulfillment, 520 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610. Telephone: 800- 545-2433, press 7. - END - 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Elaine Albright testifies on telecommunications legislation Elaine Albright, chair of the American Library Association (ALA) Committee on Legislation's Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Telecommunications, testified May 25, on behalf of ALA at the final hearing on S. 1822, the Communications Act of 1994. The hearing focused on provisions in the bill that would provide incentives for deployment of the information infrastructure to libraries and educational institutions. It was lead by Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and sponsor of S. 1822. Albright, dean of Cultural Affairs and Libraries at the University of Maine, Orono, said that ALA supports the provisions of S. 1822, which call for preferential rates for educational institutions, libraries and hospitals. "If Congress provides incentives to the marketplace as an engine of investment and economic growth, it should balance this by extracting support of public interest goals," Albright said. "The new National Information Infrastructure (NII) requires 'public spaces' and societal values, and should assist educational and research institutions, libraries, nonprofits and governmental organizations to carry out their public and societal responsibilities." Albright made specific recommendations to ensure that preferential rates are available for postsecondary education as well as grades K-12, that the full range of library service to the public is eligible and that "classroom" is interpreted to include school library media centers. She suggested options for implementation of preferential rates and recommended a regular review of the impact of the legislation on libraries, educational institutions and other public and nonprofit entities. Albright urged exploration of a transitional strategy of reserving capacity for public networking purposes through a public right-of-way concept and for creating a fund to support use of reserved or preferential rate capacity by eligible public and nonprofit entities. In her testimony, Albright gave examples of the leading role of libraries in the NII and how the combination of libraries and technology changes lives. She also outlined the significant investment the NII requires of libraries and listed library association principles for the development of the NII. The lead witness, Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, presented a strong statement that student access and the use of the NII must not be a secondary consideration to commercial purposes. He reaffirmed the Administration's commitment to the goal of connecting every classroom, library and hospital through the NII and added his belief that free connections may not be enough. Riley said schools need free, or as inexpensive as possible, use of telecommunications lines. If all education institutions cannot be connected at once, he recommended that schools, libraries and literacy centers be at the top of the list. Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) also testified. He said, "Universal service for schools and public libraries should include, at a minimum, the ability to obtain access to multi-media educational materials, research information, statistics and information on government services. It must also include reports developed by federal, state and local governments and informational services that can be carried over the Internet and similar networks." Several technology demonstrations and testimony from the National Education Association and the U.S. Distance Learning Association completed the hearing. - END - 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Formal planning procedures described in new ACRL publication "Formal Planning in College Libraries, CLIP Note 19" is the latest in the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) College Library Information Packet (CLIP) Note series. The publication was compiled by Sarah Watstein of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Pamela Wonsek of Hunter College, New York, and Paula Matthews of Bates College, Lewistown, Maine, under the auspices of the ACRL College Libraries Section CLIP Notes Committee. It provides a survey of current library practices and procedures in the formal planning process. The latest CLIP note illustrates various planning approaches to help libraries move into the future in an era of potential service cutbacks, diminishing resources and fiscal restraints. Guidance is offered in planning initiation, plan design, process elements, practical problems, side effects and outcomes. Results from more than 100 respondents to a survey on planning practices are included. Six complete formal planning documents are presented along with five examples of worksheets and checklists and two vision statements. "Formal Planning in College Libraries, CLIP Note 19" (ISBN 0-8389-7743- X) is $27.95 ($24.95 for ACRL members). It is available from: ALA Order Fulfillment, 520 Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610. Telephone: 800-545-2433, press 7. Fax: 312-836-9958. 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Louis Shores-Oryx Press Award recipient named Harold Robert Malinowsky, principal bibliographer for the University of Illinois at Chicago Library, is the 1994 recipient of the Louis Shores-Oryx Press Award presented by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). The award, $1,000 and a citation donated by Oryx Press, is given to an individual, team or organization to recognize excellence in the reviewing of books and other materials for libraries. "Mr. Malinowsky was chosen for a lifetime of reviews and monographs that consistently demonstrate first class writing ability combined with an understanding and awareness of the needs, literatures and methodologies of science and technology," said Richard Bleiler, chair of the Shores-Oryx Press Award Committee. Malinowsky, an editorial consultant for science and engineering for Oryx Press based in Phoenix, Ariz., was a professor and bibliographer for Science and Engineering for the University of Illinois at Chicago Library before assuming his current position. He has also worked as general manager for Libraries Unlimited in Littleton, Colo.; science librarian, assistant director of libraries, associate dean of libraries and assistant science and engineering librarian at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, and science librarian and instructor in the Graduate school of Librarianship at the University of Denver. He is a member of the Gerber Hart Gay and Lesbian Library and Archives Board of Directors and a member of the Medical Reference/Investigation Advisory Board in HIV/AIDS for Haworth Press publications. Malinowsky is also a member and past president (1985-86) of the Special Libraries Association. He served as president (1970) of the Geoscience Information Society, president (1972) of the American Society of Information Sciences Frontier Chapter and president (1977-78) of the Mountain Plains Library Association. Malinowsky is editor of the electronic journal, the AIDS Book Review Journal (University of Illinois at Chicago), and a book reviewer for Library Journal. His other publications include "AIDS Information Sourcebook," 3rd ed. (Phoenix, AZ, Oryx Press 1991. 276 p.), written jointly with Gerald J. Perry, and "Best Science and Technology Reference Books for Young People" (Phoenix, AZ, Oryx Press 1991. 216 p.). Malinowksy also served as editor of the "Science and Technology Annual Reference Review, 1991" (Oryx Press, 1991. 359 p.). He has a bachelor's degree in geological engineering from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, and a master's degree in librarianship from the University of Denver. The award will be presented during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Miami Beach. RASD is a division of the American Library Association. - END - 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Correction The May 1994 news release, "ALA president testifies at Senate hearing on libraries and the NII," contained incorrect information regarding the status of the Monessen (Pa.) Public Library Workplace program. The program, begun by a private grant from the Kellogg Foundation, is not in jeopardy due to funding problems as previously reported.