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ACRL president-elect Patricia Senn Breivik announces theme 4. 1995 ALSC/Bechtel Fellowship Award recipient named 5. ALSC establishes new listserv 6. ALTA Literacy Award recipient named 7. Itinerary set for Japanese American exhibition 8. New College & Research Libraries editor named 9. Reference Service Press Award recipient named 10. Viburnum/ALA Rural Family Literacy Project expands ATTENTION: EDITORS Watch for ALA News Releases to arrive in a new format. As you know, there have been significant increases in paper and postage costs. We hope this format will be useful to you and help save ALA money. Your comments and suggestions will be appreciated. Linda Wallace, Director, ALA Public Information Office Pamela Goodes, Press Officer 1. 1. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1, 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 M E D I A A L E R T U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove to open 114th ALA Annual Conference in Chicago WHO: The Chicago-based American Library Association (ALA), the oldest and largest organization in support of libraries in the world with some 55,000 members. WHAT: Some 18,000 librarians, educators, writers, publishers, friends of libraries, trustees and special guests will attend more than 2,000 meetings and programs and tour more than 1,300 exhibits. WHEN: June 22-29. Exhibit Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, June 24, Sunday, June 25, and Monday, June 26, and 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., Tuesday, June 27. Exhibit only passes are available to the public free of charge. WHERE: Press Room: McCormick Place Convention Center Hall E1 - West Telephone: 312-791-7109 Hours: 1 - 6 p.m., Thursday, June 22; 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Friday, June 23 - Tuesday, June 27, and 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 28. Exhibits: McCormick Place Convention Center, Hall D1 TOPICS: The role of libraries in the evolving information superhighway, the changing scene in Washington and its impact on libraries, censorship and other intellectual freedom battles fought by librarians and presentation of the Newbery and Caldecott Medals - the "Oscars" of children's literature and many other issues and and events offering news, feature and photo opportunities. SPECIAL Poet Laureate of the United States Rita Dove, PBS commentator GUESTS: Charlayne Hunter-Gault, chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities Sheldon Hackney, former Democratic National Committee chair David Wilhelm, world-renowned jazz great Ramsey Lewis, authors Clyde Edgerton, Studs Terkel, Marcie Hershman, Gail Sheehy, Maxine Clair, Sara Lawrence Lightfoot and Jane Hamilton; and Katherine Paterson; and poets Luis J. Rodriquez, Stephanie Strickland, Michael Warr, Kay Cassell, Li-Young Lee, Sterling Plumpp, Michael Warr and Angela Jackson. Many other well-known authors and library experts will speak and be available for interviews. #### 2. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ACRL approves new training initiative The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) has approved the creation of the Community Information Organizations (CIO) Initiative to train librarians to work with community groups to develop community information resources. In cooperation with the University of Illinois at Chicago, the program is designed to train academic, public and state librarians to teach representatives of community groups to identify and develop community information resources and to collaborate to enable local residents to tap into online information banks. ACRL will enlist the assistance of the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA) on the project. "The ACRL Board of Directors believes this initiative will lead to the creation of these viable community organizations during the next 5 to 10 years," said Althea Jenkins, ACRL executive director. The goal of the initiative is to establish community information organizations, formal or informal groups of information professionals who actively promote and work to facilitate the use of communication technologies for the civic, economic and social welfare of citizens at the neighborhood and community level. A series of online workshops will be held to teach librarians how to bring a variety of local information sources together. An advisory committee will be developed to identify specific goals, to plan the training workshop sessions and to develop evaluation tools. A train-the-trainer electronic conference for librarians will also be held. The conference will focus on leadership/organizing skills, the effective use of technology and operation of a community information network and how to train citizens at the neighborhood and community levels. For more information, contact ACRL at 800-545-2433, ext 2510, or 312-280-2510. ACRL, PLA and ASCLA are divisions of the American Library Association. 3. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ACRL president-elect Patricia Senn Breivik announces theme Patricia Senn Breivik, recently appointed dean of the University Libraries at Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., will become president of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) effective July 1. Her theme will be "Every librarian a Leader." "If the Information Age is to bring about improvement in the quality of people's lives and to allow America to be internationally competitive, greater leadership is needed from librarians," Breivik explained. "For this reason, our profession needs to focus its efforts more externally. Librarians have the potential to make a difference in people's lives by providing them with the information they need to change their lives. Breivik said her goal is to help librarians develop leadership skills so they can influence public policy both within their colleges and universities in their communities. For the past five years, Breivik has served as associate vice-president for information resources at Towson (Md.) State University. She was director of the Auraria Library at the University of Colorado- Denver for more than 10 years and also served as dean of library services at Sangamon State University in Springfield, Ill., and assistant dean of the Pratt Institute Graduate School of Library and Information Science in Brooklyn, N.Y. Breivik is the American Library Association's (ALA) representative to the National Forum on Information Literacy and has served as chair of the ALA Awards and Planning committees. She has also served on a number of ACRL committees including the Profession Liaison and Continuing Education committees. She is chair of the American Association for Higher Education's Literacy Action Committee. Breivik has served as chair of the American Council on Education Council on Fellows and received the Fellows Program Service Award. She also chaired the National Forum on Information Literacy. She is the recipient of the Columbia University School of Library Service Distinguished Service Award (1989), the G.K. Hall Library Literature Award (1990) and the American Association of School Librarians Crystal Apple Award (1992). Breivik is the author of several publications including "Information Literacy: Revolution in the Library" with Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee (1989). Breivik has a bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College, a master's degree from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., and a doctorate in library science from Columbia University in New York City. ACRL is the largest division of the American Library Association with nearly 11,000 members representing academic librarians, libraries, associations and vendors. ACRL serves as a resource for academic, research and special libraries and represents those interests to the higher education community. 4. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 1995 ALSC/Bechtel Fellowship Award recipient named Marsha L. Cutler, storytelling librarian at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Public Library, is the 1995 recipient of the Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship Award administered by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). The award, a $3,750 stipend to cover travel and living expenses, allows the recipient to spend a month of individual study using the Baldwin Collection at the University of Florida, Gainesville. It is supported by the George A. Smathers Libraries and the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Cutler will focus her work on in-depth reading of folk and fairy tales and a cross-cultural study of common themes in folklore. She will study storytelling and conduct research for development of the Las Vegas Library's collection. "Marsha Cutler's interests are extremely well-suited for study at the Baldwin Collection," said Phyllis K. Kennemer, chair of the ALSC/Bechtel Fellowship Award Committee. "We were delighted to offer her the opportunity to spend a full month expanding her knowledge of folk and fairy tales and adding to her storytelling repertoire." Members of the selection committee were: Kennemer, Green Mountain Elementary School, Lakewood, Colo.; Sheila Carson, Free Library of Philadelphia; Marlene K. Lee, Broward County Library, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Sue McCleaf Nespeca, NOLA Regional Library System, Warren, Ohio, and Martha V. Parravano, The Horn Book Magazine, Boston, Mass. To receive an application for the 1996 Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship, send a postcard after July 1, 1995, to: ALSC/Bechtel Fellowship, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. The deadline for applications is December 1, 1995. ALSC is a division of the American Library Association. 5. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALSC establishes new listserv The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has established the ALSC-L listserv. Subscribers will have an opportunity to interact with each other on ALSC and American Library Association (ALA) issues, exchange ALSC committee information, post midwinter and annual conference announcements, list job and volunteer opportunities and discuss topics related to children's services and professional development of children's librarians. To subscribe, send a message to listserv@uicvm.uic.edu and leave the subject blank. The message should read - subscribe ALSC-L firstname lastname. For more information, contact April L. Judge at 800-545-2433, ext. 1398, or Eileen Fitzsimons, at ext. 2165. ALSC is a division of the American Library Association. 6. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 ALTA Literacy Award recipient named Ronald Wesley Goodenough, a City of Austin (Texas) employee, is the 1995 recipient of the American Library Trustee Association (ALTA) Literacy Award. The award, a citation, is given to a library trustee or an individual who, in a volunteer capacity, as made a significant contribution to addressing the illiteracy problem in the United States. "Volunteers such as Mr. Goodenough who give generously of their time and energy are part of our national treasure," said Paulette Holahan, chair of the ALTA Literacy Award Committee. Goodenough tutors city employees enrolled in the City of Austin Employee Learning Program, housed at the Austin Public Library, longing in more than 100 hours during lunch hours. The Employee Learning Program started in 1987 by the city's General Services Department. It was expanded in 1989 to all city employees and departments. The award will be presented on Sunday, June 25 at 11:30 a.m., at the ALTA SOS Luncheon during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. ALTA is a division of the American Library Association. 7. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes December 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Library sites sought for Japanese American exhibition The American Library Association (ALA) has received a $340,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create a traveling version of the Smithsonian Institution's exhibition "A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution." The Smithsonian exhibition was developed by the National Museum of American History where it has attracted large crowds since its opening in 1987. The traveling exhibition will tour between November 1995 and December 1998, with a six-week stop at each selected site. Twenty U.S. public and academic libraries will be selected to host the exhibition. The traveling panel exhibition explores the circumstances surrounding U.S. Executive Order 9066 (EO 9066) that led to the detention of 120,000 Japanese Americans in centers throughout the United States during World War II. In powerful photographs and oral histories, quotations, recordings, letters and other documents, the exhibition looks at the history of Japanese immigration to the U.S., the years leading up to EO 9066, the experiences of detainees during the war, the subsequent national debate about citizens' rights and the power of government and the outcome of legal actions taken by detainees. An interactive videodisc program featuring first hand accounts from five Japanese Americans who were affected by EO 9066 will travel with the exhibit. Libraries selected for the tour will receive additional interpretive and educational materials such as brochures, posters and banners. Applications are now being accepted from public and academic libraries interested in hosting the exhibit. Applicants must agree to appoint an exhibition coordinator, develop public programs related to the exhibition, seek community support for the exhibition and provide reports to the ALA project staff. Coordinators from the selected libraries will attend a seminar in Washington, D.C., in September 1995, to view both the traveling and the Smithsonian exhibit and discuss local programming with the curator and other project staff. Applications are available from: ALA Public Programs, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Telephone: 800-545-2433, ext. 5056, or 312-280-5056. Applications must be postmarked by February 28, 1995. 8. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 New College & Research Libraries editor named Donald E. Riggs, dean of the university library and professor of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, is the new editor of College & Research Libraries, the bimonthly refereed journal published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Riggs will serve a three- year term beginning in June 1996, after a one-year apprenticeship under current editor Gloriana St. Clair. "In a time of enormous transformation and change in the profession, Dr. Riggs has the skills, experience and vision to ensure that College & Research Libraries continues to be an essential resource for academic librarians," said Richard Werking, chair of the ACRL Publications Committee and chair of the search committee for the new editor. Riggs is completing his 25th year as a library school dean/director of academic libraries. Before joining the University of Michigan, he served as dean of University Libraries at Arizona State University, director of libraries at the Auraria Higher Education Center in Denver and director of the Central Colorado Multi-type Library System. He has taught library science at the undergraduate and graduate levels for more than 20 years. He designed a new course, Advanced Library Management, at the University of Michigan. The author/editor of eight books, Riggs is also the author of more than 30 book chapters and more than 50 journal articles/technical reports. He is the editor of Library Hi Tech and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Library Administration and College and Research Libraries. Riggs is the founding editor of Library Administration & Management. Riggs was a senior fellow at UCLA in 1989. He is the 1991 Hugh Atkinson Memorial Award recipient given by various divisions of the American Library Association (ALA). A former member of the ALA Council, the association's governing body, Riggs has also served as a member of the Users Council of the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) and the Board of Governors of the Research Libraries Group. ACRL is a division of the American Library Association. 9. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Reference Service Press Award recipient named Laura K. Dickson and Carole A. Larson are the 1995 recipients of the Reference Service Press Award presented by the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD). The award, $1,000 and a plaque donated by Reference Service Press, Inc., is given to the author(s) of the most outstanding article published in RQ, the official journal of RASD, during the preceding two volume years. Dickson, supervisor of C-line staff, Reference Department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and Larson, online coordinator, University Library at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, received the award for an article titled "Developing Behavioral Reference Desk Performance Standards" (RQ, volume 33, number 3, Spring, 1994, pages 349-57). "Carole Larson and Laura Dickson have developed a model set of behavioral-based library reference standards based on objective, observable criteria," said Glenda Neely, chair of the RASD Reference Service Press Award Committee. "Desk service was strengthened and enhanced in a test using these standards. They should be posted at every library reference desk." Dickson has worked as supervisor of interlibrary loan and chair of the Reference/Interlibrary Loan Department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, and a master's degree in library science from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Larson served as social sciences reference librarian and associate professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; campus librarian at the Instructional Resource Center, Elkhorn Valley Campus of the Metropolitan Technical Community College in Omaha, and instructional services librarian - Reference at Kearney (Neb.) State College. She has a bachelor's degree in sociology from Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., a master's degree in elementary education from Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., a master's degree in Asian studies from the University of Oregon, Eugene, and a master's degree in librarianship from the University of Denver. The award will be presented on Monday, June 26, at 4 p.m., at the RASD Awards Reception, during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago. RASD is a division of the American Library Association. 10. For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes May 1995 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Viburnum/ALA Rural Family Literacy Project expands The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS) has received a $75,000 grant from the Viburnum Foundation to expand the Viburnum/ALA Rural Family Literacy Project. The grant expands the project, initiated in Louisiana, to include rural libraries in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Rural libraries or libraries that host outreach programs to rural areas are eligible for a $3,000 grant. A total of 12 grants (three in each state) will be awarded. "This is the first step toward establishing library-based rural family literacy projects nationwide," said Carolyn R. DeBonnett, project director for the Viburnum/ALA Rural Family Literacy Project. "During the first two project years, the Viburnum grants in Louisiana resulted in the creation of multi-media adult literacy rooms, enhanced summer reading programs including parents, assisted librarians in attracting nonusers to the library, increased library card users to more than 1,000 and increased library usage and circulation." The Viburnum/ALA Rural Family Literacy Partnership was established in 1992 with a $35,000 grant and continued in 1993 with a $50,000 grant. More than $160,000 has been received from the Viburnum Foundation. The project brings together the best that libraries have to offer in a partnership that supports parenting and family stability, and improves family reading skills. It is designed to create a network of libraries providing family literacy programs and to encourage the development of similar community-based programs nationwide. The Viburnum Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation, based in Rochester, N.Y. It has been making grants, primarily for the benefit of libraries, since its formation in 1989. In the last three years, the Foundation has been working with the New York Library Association to increase public awareness of both the services and the needs of libraries in New York State. Established in 1876, the ALA is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Its 55,000 members represent all types of libraries--public, school, academic, state and special libraries.