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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 063 964 LI 003 720 TITLE American Ltbrary Associa!-ion Proceedings 1971, of the Midwinter Meeting (Los Angeles, January 18-22, 1971) and the Annual Conference (Dallas, June 20-26, 1971). INSTITUTION American Library Association, Chicago, PUB MATE 71 NOTF 173p.;(0 References) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS *Library Associations; Meetings IDENTIFIERS *American Library Association ABSTRACT Besides the proceedings of the American Library Association's (10A) Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conferencethis publication contains; The executive director's report, thepublishing board report, the division presidents' reports, the ALAcommittees reports, ind the treasurer's report. (Author/NH) AMERICAN LIBRARY E ASSOCIATION 72PROCEEDINGS 1971 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO. DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEDFROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATIONORIG- INATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OROPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OFEDU- 'TO CATION POSITION OR POLICY of the MIDWINTER MEETING Los Angeles January 18-221 1971 and the ANNUAL CONFERENCE Dallas June 20-2611971 cv CYZ AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION 50 Fast Huron StreetChicago, Illinois 60611 ty4 CONTENTS Midwinter Meeting 5 Annual Conference 49 High lightsAnnual Conference 101 Executive Director's Report 129 Publishing Board 131 Division Presidents' Reports 133 Adult Services Division 133 American Association of School Librarians 134 American Library Trustee Association 136 Association of Hospital and Institution Libraries 139 Children's Services Division 141 Information Science and Automation Div.sion 145 Library Administration Division 147 Library Education Division 150 Public Library Association 156 Reference Services Division 159 Resources and Technical Services Division 160 Young Adult Services Division 162 ALA Committees 165 Accreditation 165 Executive Director Search 167 Treasurer's Report 170 4 Acronyms Used in the Report AASLArnerican Association of IROInternational Relations Office School Librarians IRRTInternational Relations ACONDAActiyitics Committee on Round Table New Directions for ALA ISADInformation S Aence and ACRLAssociation of College and Automation Division P.esearch Libraries JMRTJunior Members Round AHILAssociation of Hospital and Table Institution Libraries LADLibrary Administration Divi- ALTAAmerican Library Trth.tee As- sion sociation LEDLibrary Education Division ANACONDAAd Hoc Council Com. LTPLibrary Technology Program mittee on ACONDA NBCNational Book Committee ASDAdult Services Division NEANational Education Associa- ASLAAssociation of State Library tion Agencies NLWNational Library Week COACommittee on Accreditation OFROffice for Recruitment COOCommmittee on Organization OIFOffice for Intellectual Freedom COPESCommittee on Program OLEOffice for Library Education Evaluation and Support PLAPublic Library Association CSDChildren's Services Division RSDReference Services Division ERTExhibits Round Table RTSDResources Technical Ser- FTRFFreedom to Read Foundation vices Division IFCIntellectual Freedom Commit- SRRTSocial Responsibilities tee Round Table IFLAInternational Federationof YASDYoung Adult Services Divi- Library Associations sion LIGInternational Relations Com- mittee MIDWINTER MEETING Los Angeles January 18-22, 1971 ow support, low funds, and ris- "When we set up the Freedom to Ling problems occupied the entire Read Foundation," Mr. North con- day of meetings for the Freedom to tinued, "the call was heard for in- Read Foundation on Friday, January stant responseresponse in areas 15, 1971. Foundation President Alex whichwouldrequireno'needs Allain reported that, as of January teFt!' " He explained that in cases 13,1971,the membership inthe involving the tax-exempt Foundation, Foundation totaled four hundred, there must be a careful investigation with cash on hand of $6,063.32. The to determine the legitimacy of Foun- special LeRoy Merritt Humanitarian dation involvement. Fund (itis not tax exempt as are Now, the trust agreement is estab- Foundation dues and contributions) lished (LeRoy Merritt Humanitarian contained only $1,560. Current op- Fund) to provide this instant response. erating procedure for the Foundation No exemption will be sought for this restricts its cash awards to $500 be- fund. Contributions to it will not be cause of the limitation in funds. tax-deductible.Itisintended tore- Ellis Hodgin's proposed appeal to spond to those people that say they the U.S. Supreme Court came in for need support, now. We don't want a a lengthy discassion and money was "needs test!" We don't want the long voted to assist him in filing the nec- preliminary investigation. The objec- essary papers. Indications are that tive is to minimize the extent to which we will have to be concerned with the his appeal will be asking for a "land- implications of the new tax laws. mark" decision on whether civil em- ployees are entitled to "due process" William Dix, member of the board, in termination of employment. commented favorably on the Merritt The mosi significant discussion of Fund and asked if there were any the day centered around the LeRoy possible problems in having the trust MerrittHumanitarian Fundthe administered by the same trustees as reason for its creation and its posi- the Freedom to Read Foundation. tion in the Freedom to Read Founda- "No, the fact that it has parallel trus- tion.WilliamNorth, ALA's legal tees doesn't carry over," North com- counsel, provided the basic explana- mented. He then startled everyone: tion. He spoke of the birth of the I call your attention to probably the Foundation as a device to avoid plac- most critical or perhaps most signifi- ing the entire ALA program in jeop- cant statement on this fund. I have to ardy should the IRS rule that ac- admit I thought long and hard before tivities in the field of intellectual this went in, but, nevertheless, it is in freedom support were outside the line wit -1the membership comments ALA purpose. on the Freedom to Read Foundation . .The decisions of the trustees in respect to any such distribution shall 6 ALA PROCEEDINGS / 1971 be final and conclusiveand subject to question by no one. uation and Support(COPES). Itwas revealed by membersof the AFL- CIO/MA JointCommittee on Li- brary Servicesto Labor Groups that After a few exclamations ofsur- the AFL-CIO hadbeen contributing $300 toward thepublication, and that prise from the board, Mr. Northcon- at the time it ceased tinued: puNication the committeeconsidered changing In other words, whatwe are in- the newsletterinto a subscription volved in here isthat there is no periodical witha broader target in second guessing on thii fund. It isfree view, with the hopeof making it self- from the ordinary scrutiny and rules supporting. which are generally applicable.The The InternationalRelations Office courts are really not in a position under appeared before COPES these terms to run in and with a pre- accuse the sentation whichwas little more than trustees of abuse of discretion because a reiteration of its current they cudn't check andsee if there was program. an actual need. I woutd have tosay They reported thatthree internpro- that this is the most liberal andbroadly grams were in progresswith the based trust agreement I haveever seen. library associationsof Korea, Ger- many, and Great Britain.Informa- He went on to explainthat he felt tion on employment that this fund couldprovide the and financial stop-gap for the librarian assistance had beenprovided to for- "caught eign librarians andemployment op- in the middle" untilthe Freedom portunity in foreign to Read Foundation andthe Intellec- countries was tual supplied to forty-oneAmerican li- FreedomCommitteecould brarians. Graduate swing into action under library study in- their rules formationwas provided to nine for- of operation. eign librarians. Discussion took off from Appointmentswere here on arranged for fourvisiting foreign the possibility of havingan individ- librarians and for ual contribute solelyto the LeRoy four American li- brarians planningoverseasvisits. Merritt Fund andyet not be a mem- Itineraries were ber of the Freedomto Read Founda- arranged for visitors tion. After some from Morocco andTunisia. misunderstandings Everett Moore, and much talk itwls agreed and appearing on be- half of the PublishingBoard, repeat- understood thatan individual or an ed what had by institution contributinga minimum now reached Cas- of $10 to the LeRoy sandra-like droningson the loss of Merritt Humani- publishing funds tarian Fund wasto be considered a support to general activities budgetingand the serious member of theFreedom to Read implications for the Foundation. future of ALA's many divisional periodicalsand se- rials. He said thatat this point it was necessary forevery ALA unit to study its publishingneeds to deter- The Library Serviceto Labor News- mine which letter was discussed programs are mostnec- at various levels essary. He spoke of theefforts of at Los Angeles andnot the least was Amerkan Librariesto expand its in the series of shorthearings held coverage but admitted by the Committee that space on Program Eval- and news-gatheringlimitations have 5 Midwinter Meeting 7 plaguedthisexperiment. And he One of the best discussions wiaich voiced a hope that a cooperative so- SRRT sponsored in Los Angeles was lution to these problems can be de- the evening session Task Force on veloped in the coming months. the Status of Women ia Librarian- ship. While the evening began in a very unstructured way,
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