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Association of College and Research Libraries Fall Executive Committee Meeting Friday, October 26, 2012  Saturday, October 27, 2012 ACRL H.Q., 7th Floor Meeting Room – Holiday Inn Meeting Space-Bulls Room 40 East Huron Street; Chicago, IL 60611 - 350 West Mart Center Drive; Chicago, IL 60654 8:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Agenda Friday, October 26 Time 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Item (Document number follows topic and presenter) Breakfast available LaSalle Room 15th Floor

7:55-8:30 a.m.

Make way to ACRL meeting room ACRL H.Q., 40 East Huron Street, 7th Floor Meeting Room

8:30-8:31 a.m.

1.0 Call to order (Bell)

8:31-8:34 a.m.

2.0 Opening remarks/review of ground rules (Bell)

8:34-8:35 a.m.

3.0 Adoption of the agenda (Bell)

Action

8:35-9:05 a.m. Information

4.0 Reports 4.1 President’s report (Bell) #1.1 4.2 Vice-President’s report (Dawes) #1.2 4.3 Past President’s report (Ogburn) #1.3 4.4 Councilor’s update (Farrell) 4.5 Executive Director’s Plan for Excellence Activities Report (Davis) #1.4

9:05-9:06 a.m.

5.0 Consent agenda

Action

[In order to allocate more Board time to the matters of highest priority, it is recommended that we develop a consent agenda for more routine matters on which there is little perceived need for debate or on which more meaningful debate will take place in other forums and need not be repeated in the Board’s discussions. We will act on these items as a group. Any item may be removed from the consent agenda if any member of the Board of Directors requests separate consideration of the item. Any separate agenda item can be suggested for inclusion in the consent agenda.]

The following items are placed on the consent agenda. 5.1 Confirmation of virtual vote approving Spring 2012 Executive Committee Minutes (Bell) #2.0 5.2 Approval of Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians (Frank Cervone, Jeanne Davidson, Connie Strittmatter /David Free) #2.1, #2.1a, #2.1b

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5.3 Approval of formation of LIS Educators Interest Group (Scott Walter /Casey Kinson) #2.2, #2.2a 5.4 Approval of formation of Sponsored Research Administrators and Grant Managers Discussion Group (Brian W. Keith / Casey Kinson) #2.3, #2.3a 5.5 Approval of formation of First Year Experience Discussion Group (Carissa Tomlinson / Casey Kinson) #2.4, #2.4a 5.6 Approval of proposal from the Scholarship Committee to the Friends Disbursement Subcommittee for scholarship funds for the Indianapolis conference. (Cindy Steinhoff) #2.5

9:06-9:20 a.m. Discussion

9:20-10:05 a.m. Discussion

6.0 Task Force on the Structure for Core Organizational Values Update (Welburn/Farrell/Malenfant) #7.0, #7.1, #7.2, #7.3, FYI-1 The Executive Committee will discuss the Task Force on the Structure for Core Organizational Values’ progress to recommend several options to the ACRL Board on how to engage members in the issues of intellectual freedom and ethics as well as the other core organizational values articulated in ACRL’s Plan for Excellence and consider how to ensure ACRL contributes to conversations about these values in academic libraries. 7.0 ACRL Plan for Excellence (Bell) #10.0rev, #10.0arev, #10.0brev, #12.0 The Executive Committee will:  clarify and affirm the changes to the multi-year planning/strategic goal area KPI process decided at SPOS in order to identify any additional next steps  prepare for the 2013 Midwinter Meeting discussion with strategic goal area committees in order to identify desired outcomes and any preparations needed.  discuss draft enabling programs and services KPIs prepared by staff in order to ensure the Board will find them useful measurements

10:05-10:20 a.m.

Break

10:20-10:50 a.m.

8.0 Plan for Excellence Progress Report: Template for Goal Area Committees (Bell) #13.0 The Executive Committee will discuss the draft year-end report template to be completed by strategic goal area committee chairs in order to finalize the report template and the expected process/timeline.

Discussion

10:50-11:00 a.m. Discussion

9.0 ACRL Representative report review (Ogburn) #5.0 The Executive Committee will review the reports submitted by ACRL Representatives and discuss implications for ACRL including how to engage the representatives who did not submit reports to make sure ACRL’s voice is well represented in the broader community and that there is good communication with the Board. Note: This is a new standing agenda item for the Executive Committee as Representative Reports are due 30 days after their meetings take place.

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11:00-11:45 a.m.

10.0 American Chemical Society (ACS)

The executive committee will discuss whether the ACRL should take any actions related to the library communities concerns about ACS publishing practices. 11:45 a.m.

Adjourn and Travel to Holiday Inn Merchandise Mart

12:00-5:30 p.m.

Lunch & general session with ALA Executive Board and Division Executive Committees Sauganash Grand Ballroom West

6:15 p.m.

Meet in lobby to walk to dinner @ Mercadito Reservation for 6:45 p.m. under Mary Ellen Davis Meet at lobby of Holiday Inn at 6:30 p.m. Address: 108 East Kinzie Street

Saturday, October 27 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Breakfast available LaSalle Room – 15th Floor

7:55-8:30 a.m.

Make way to ACRL meeting room Bulls Room

8:30-8:35 a.m.

11.0 Opening remarks & review of ground rules (Bell)

8:35-9:35 a.m.

12.0 Review of SPOS Branding Promise and Principles (Bell) #9.0, #9.0a The Executive Committee will review the draft brand promise statement and guiding principles developing by the Board working group in order to determine specific next steps. Next steps may include a report of information received at Annual Conference 2012 to member leaders at the 2013 Midwinter Leadership Council.

Discussion

9:35-9:45 a.m. Action

9:45-10:00 a.m. Discussion

13.0 Support/Endorsement of ALA’s Money Smart Week (Dawes) # 17.0, 17.1 The Executive Committee will consider the request to endorse ALA’s Money Smart Week. 14.0 Communities of Practice Implementation Task Force Update (Bell/Chabot/Petrowski) #6.0, FYI-1 The Executive Committee will discuss the Communities of Practice Implementation Task Force’s progress recommending policies and models for

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specific operational details for communities of practice specifically those related to communications, appointments, elections, funding and review for sections.

10:00-10:15 a.m. \ 10:15-11:15 a.m.

Joint Break Sauganash Grand Ballroom Foyer 15.0 Budget & Finance

10:15-10:20 a.m. Information

15.1 ACRL fourth quarter FY12 report, unaudited (Steinhoff/Davis) #3.0, #3.1 The Executive Committee will have the opportunity to raise any questions concerning the FY12 fourth quarter report.

10:20-10:50 a.m. Action

15.2 FY14 budget assumptions (Steinhoff/Davis) #4.0 The Executive Committee will discuss and act on the draft FY14 budget assumptions previously approved by the Budget & Finance Committee. The approved budget assumptions inform the creation of the FY14 preliminary budget to be discussed Midwinter 2013.

10:50-11:15 a.m. Discussion

15.3 Topics for joint Board and B&F discussion at Midwinter 2013 (Steinhoff/Bell) The Executive Committee will discuss possible topics for the joint Board and Budget & Finance Committee meeting at the 2013 Midwinter Meeting. Topics to consider discussing include:  ACRL fundraising initiative  ACRL brand  ACRL Communities of Practice funding  ACRL journals  ACRL data collection  Topics from FY14 budget assumption discussion

11:15 a.m.

Adjourn to Executive Session

11:15-11:45 a.m.

16.0 IFLA Nominations (Bell) #8.0 The Executive Committee will review the ACRL International Relations Committee’s recommendations for representatives to IFLA and determine the final ACRL recommendations to submit to the ALA Executive Committee. Note: The Leadership Recruitment and Nominations Committee will manage this process in the future.

Action

11:45-12:00 p.m.

17.0 Report from Executive Session (Bell)

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Lunch LaSalle Room – 15th Floor

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1:00-2:15 p.m. Discussion

2:15-2:45 p.m. Discussion

2:45-3:00 p.m.

18.0 Plan for Excellence Fundraising Update (Davis/Petrowski) #15.0, #15.1, #15.2 The Executive Committee will be updated on staff progress developing the foundation for a strategic “Plan for Excellence” fundraising initiative and discuss next steps.

19.0 Leadership Council at Midwinter 2013 (Bell) #14.0, #14.1, #14.2 The Executive Committee will develop outcomes for the 2013 Midwinter Leadership Council session that will both inform member leaders as well as engage them in organizational initiatives. In addition, the agenda design, meeting facilitation, and member participation models will be discussed. Possible topics include:  Communities of Practice Implementation TF Update: Announce Board actions taken at Annual Conference 2012 and clarify what is left to decide  Core Organizational Values TF Update  Section Basic Services Pilot Funding Model Review Update  Announcements: Future of C&RL in Digital World, VAL Forum, ACRL 2013 Conference  Update on the branding and perceptions work done at Annual Conference 2012  Membership survey results  Assessing progress on the Plan for Excellence: Changes in KPI process Joint Break

Sauganash Grand Ballroom Foyer

Discussion

20.0 Membership survey next steps (Petrowski/Bell) #16.0 The Executive Committee will review the membership survey results and have an opportunity to ask questions in order to determine next steps.

3:20-3:50 p.m.

21.0 New business/Parking lot (Bell)

3:50-4:00 p.m.

22.0 Meeting effectiveness assessment: Plus/Delta (Bell) The ACRL Board evaluates each meeting briefly by identifying what went particularly well and what can be changed to improve future meeting effectiveness.  What worked well at this meeting?  What would we change when we meet next?  Was the discussion of the SPOS followup effective in identifying clear next steps, etc.?

3:00-3:20 p.m.

Discussion

4:00 p.m.

23.0 Adjournment (Bell)

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ACRL Board Meeting Ground Rules 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Accept responsibility for quality of meeting and assess effectiveness. Be present, attentive, engaged and prepared. Avoid side conversations. Encourage candor and be forthright in communication. Speak up if you have a question or to test assumptions. Differ respectfully. Every issue should have a discussion period. Signal conclusion, identify next steps, and make clear assignments. Encourage/Give everyone an opportunity to talk. Make knowledge-based decisions using these four questions:

4 Questions for Knowledge Based Decision Making 1. 2. 3. 4.

What do you know about our members/prospective members/customers—needs, wants, and preferences, that is relevant to this decision? * What do we know about the current realities and evolving dynamics of our members’ marketplace/industry/profession that is relevant to this decision?* What do we know about the capacity and strategic position of our organization that is relevant to this decision?* What are the ethical implications of this decision? * What do you wish that you knew, but don’t?

Dates to Save 

2013 January 25-29 April 10-13 May 6 June 27 – July 2 September? October 25-26 2014 January 24-28 April/May? June 26-July 1 September? October 24-25

ALA Midwinter Meeting ACRL 2013 Conference ACRL Spring Executive Committee Meeting ALA Annual Conference ACRL Board Strategic Planning and Orientation Session? ACRL Fall Executive Committee Meeting

Seattle, WA Indianapolis, IN Washington D.C.

ALA Midwinter Meeting ACRL Spring Executive Committee Meeting ALA Annual Conference ACRL Board Strategic Planning and Orientation Session? Fall Executive Committee Meeting

Philadelphia, PA Chicago, IL or Washington, D.C. Las Vegas, NV To be determined

Chicago, IL To be determined Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

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Document Inventory Fall Executive Committee Meeting 2012 Documents listed in italics are not available as of October 24, 2012 Documents added since October 8 upload are listed in blue. Documents added since Oct. 19th upload are listed in green. Documents added since Oct. 23 upload are listed in purple. Document added on Nov. 29 is listed in orange. Action items are listed in red. Documents Doc 1.1 President’s Report Doc 1.2 Vice-President’s Report Doc 1.3 Past-President’s Report Doc 1.4 Executive Director’s Plan for Excellence Activities Report rev Nov 29 Doc 1.4a Enabling Programs and Services : Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)   Doc. 2.0 Confirmation of virtual votes Doc 2.1 Joint Statement Faculty Status Board Action Form Doc 2.1a Joint Statement on Faculty Status Doc 2.1b Transmittal Joint Statement on Faculty Status Doc 2.2 LIS Educators Interest Group Formation Request Board Action Form Doc 2.2a LIS Educators Interest Group Formation Petition Signatures Doc 2.3 Sponsored Research Administrators and Grant Managers Discussion Group Formation Board Action Form Doc 2.3a Sponsored Research Administrators and Grant Managers Discussion Group Formation Petition Signatures Doc 2.4 First Year Experience Discussion Group Formation Board Action Form Doc 2.4a First Year Experience Discussion Group Formation Petition Signatures Doc 2.5 Proposal from the Scholarship Committee to the Friends Disbursement Subcommittee for scholarship funds for the Indianapolis conference. Doc 3.0 FY12 4th Quarter Budget Report Memo Doc 3.1 FY12 4th Quarter Budget Report Spreadsheet Doc 4.0 FY14 Budget Assumptions Doc 5.0 ACRL Representative Report Compilation Doc 6.0 Communities of Practice Implementation Task Force Update Doc. 7.0 Core Organizational Values Task Force Interim Report to the Board Doc 7.1 ACRL Core Organ Value Survey Analysis Doc 7.2 ACRL Core Organ Value Survey Results in Tables Doc 7.3 ACRL Core Organ Value Survey Doc 8.0 IFLA Recommendations –Note: This is a CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT NOT IN PACKET – Distributed via private post in ALA Connect in the Board documents folder http://connect.ala.org/file-manager/group/64091/Board%20Documents/ Doc 9.0 Draft Brand Promise Statement and Guiding Principles Doc 9.0a Strategic Planning and Orientation Session Goals and Next Steps Doc 10.0 rev ACRL Planning Cycle at-a-glance Doc. 10.0a rev ACRL Planning Cycle Process and Deadlines Doc. 10.0b rev 2012-2013 Multi-year Planning Grid Doc 11.0 No Document 1   

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Doc 12.0 Draft FY13 Enabling Programs and Services KPIs Doc 13.0 Plan for Excellence Progress Report: Template for Goal Area Committees Doc 14.0 Draft Midwinter 2013 Leadership Council Agenda Doc 14.1 Annual Conference 2012 Leadership Council Evaluation Results Doc 14.2 Annual Conference 2012 Leadership Council Agenda Doc 15.0 Update on ACRL fundraising initiative Doc 15.1 ACRL “Plan for Excellence” Fundraising Plan Doc 15.2 Excerpts from minutes of previous Board discussions on Fundraising Doc 15.3 ALA 15x15 campaign Doc 16.0 ACRL Draft Membership survey results for member leaders – distributed via e-mail Doc 17.0 Support/Endorsement of ALA’s Money Smart Week Doc. 17.1 ALA’s Money Smart Week Website

FYI Documents FYI-1 Task Force status chart FYI-2 Board working group status chart FYI-3 AC12 Divisional Committee meeting minutes compilation – Annual 2012 FYI-4 Liaisons Assembly report compilation FYI-5 ALA Executive Board Draft Agenda FYI-6 Board liaison assignments 2012-2013 sorted by Board liaison FYI-7 Board liaison assignments 2012-2013 sorted by unit FYI-8 Joint Board Meeting Plan Fall 2012 FYI-9 Friends of ACRL FY12 Report FYI-10 Chapter Conference Dates 2012-2013 FYI-11 ACRL Candidates for 2013 Election FYI-12 ALA-APA Board Fall Meeting Agenda FYI-13 Year-End 2011-2012 Membership Statistics Report and Overlap Report FYI-14 ACRL Board member self reflection tool FYI-15 rev. ALA Dues Adjustment Strategies FYI-16 ALA Washington Office Update

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ACRL Officer Report Position:

President

Name:

Steven Bell

Report period:

June (Post ALA) - September 2012

Date submitted:

September 28, 2012

Strategic priority activities  Continuing work with President’s Program 2013 Planning Committee. The Committee has secured a speaker, and will now focus on a plan for pre-program activities and promoting the event.  Started the presidents’ calls on July 10, 2012.  With Mary Ellen Davis and Mary Jane Petrowski, hosted two call-in office hours for committee chairs and vice-chairs to discuss work plans and the planning process on July 12, 2012.  With Mary Jane Petrowski, hosted a Board call-in office hour to discuss the work plan process and interactions with committees. Six board members attended.  Completed the SPOS agenda at end of July.  Attended American Library Association Conference in Anaheim, CA June 21-26, 2012. Participated in a Board review session and two board meetings.  Attended the Chapters Council meeting and delivered a report and well as engaging in conversation about relations between ACRL and Chapters  Crafted a response to the organizers of the ACRL Research Forum (Jane Williams and Tanner Wray) who wrote to complain that their program was not well promoted by ACRL (June 28, 2009)  Quickly appointed a new chair and vice-chair to the Ethics Committee after the current chair resigned the position, and followed up with adding an additional member to the committee to bring them to full strength  Appointed a member to the ALA Conference Program Coordinating Team for 2013  Appointed five members to the YALSA Outstanding Books for Prospective College Students Committee. I made a special effort to offer this to members who were on disbanded committees who had not yet found another appointment. Completed on Aug. 22.  Completed appointment of chair of ACRL 2015  Completed appoint of chair to ACRL 75th Anniversary Task Force.

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Prepared Board Action Form to request formation of the CUPA-HR Task Force, and received a commitment from the chair of the Task Force. Worked with ACRL staff to identify an activity for the Thursday night of SPOS. We will be doing the Chicago Dine Around. Will attend a meeting of the ACRL Division Presidents on October 26, 2012, and will participate in a planning meeting for that activity. Participated in phone conference with Executive Director and Board members serving on the three goal committees on Aug. 29, in preparation for SPOS. Lead the annual SPOS on August 19-21. Agreed to draft a memo to all members of strategic goal committees about KPIs no longer being needed.

Ambassador activities  None to report Association service  Interviewed by a Yale University Daily News reporter on June 30 about library technology and the transition to digital environments (not sure if the article was published)  Interviewed by a staff writer from the American Physical Society on scholarly communications and open access issues on July 13, 2012 (do not know if this was published)  Wrote three new ACRL Insider blog posts. I posted one on work plans on July 25, one on “starting somewhere” in ACRL on August 15, and one on “three words about ACRL” on September 14.  Published a column in September issue of C&RL News that is the first in a series for this year titled “New Thinking for Leadership”. The series will feature columns from Maureen Sullivan and other ACRL leaders.  Participated in weekly calls with ACRL President, Past-President, and Executive Director Upcoming scheduled activities  Keynote Speaker, Arkansas Chapter, October 15, 2012.  Keynote Speaker, Kentucky Chapter, March 20, 2013  Keynote Speaker, Delaware Valley Chapter, April 19, 2013 (non-ACRL)  Phone interview for the radio program “Education News” scheduled for October 4, 2012.

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ACRL Officer Report   

Position:    Vice­President/President­Elect    Name:     Trevor A. Dawes    Report period:  June (Post ALA) ­ September 2012    Date submitted:   September 28, 2012    Strategic priority activities   Selected “Financial Literacy” as theme for the 2014 President’s Program in  Las Vegas.  Some Program Committee members have been identified and  others will be appointed shortly.  The group will meet at MW 13 in Seattle.    Participated in ACRL SPOS, September 2012.     Co‐led the “ice‐breaker” activity at ACRL SPOS 2012 with Marilyn Ochoa,  another new Board member.   Participated in conference call with Board members to discuss progress  towards committees getting work‐plans completed on time, August 2012.   Attended the orientation for new Board members, September 2012   Participated in Presidents’ transition telephone conference call, September  2012.    Association service   Member of ALA Committee on Appointments.  Working with the group to  identify candidates for several committees, including the ALA Nominating  Committee.    Completed appointments to the ACRL Leadership Recruitment and  Nominating Committee (Mary Carr, chair‐elect and Steven Adams)   Completed appointments to the ACRL Appointments Committee; Kenley  Neufeld will chair.     Upcoming Activities   Will attend ALA Leadership Orientation (10/25) and ACRL Executive  Committee Meeting (10/26‐27)   Will attend ASAE CEO Symposium with M.E. Davis in November 2012.    Will present at the Internet Librarian International Conference in London,  October 2012 (non‐ACRL)   Will present at the Michigan Chapter conference in May 2013. 

 

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Position: Past President

ACRL Officer Report

Name: Joyce Ogburn Report period: Late June – September 2012 Date submitted: September 28, 2012 Strategic priority activities • Worked with the board to assess the performance of executive director and competed the review, July 2012 • Assumed new board liaison committee responsibilities and provided assistance with and approval of annual work plans, July 2012 • Participated in discussions about the framing and review of the gap analysis of the annual and multiyear workplans • Participated in formation of two new task forces for ACRL: o CUPA-HR Position Descriptions for Academic Librarians o Information Literacy Standards Revision Task Force • Attended in the Strategic Planning and Orientation Session, Chicago, September 2012; participated in providing orientation for new board members • Prepared for ACRL Executive Committee meeting and reports from ACRL representatives to other organizations Association service • Worked with ACRL staff to finalize ACRL president’s annual report to ALA, June 2012 • Chaired or participated in ALA and ACRL Annual meetings in Anaheim, June 2012: o ACRL Board orientation and meetings o ACRL Leadership Council o ACRL Membership meeting and ACRL 101 o ACRL Board and Budget and Finance Committee joint meeting o ALA budget meetings and presidents’ meetings o Joint ALCTS President’s Program featuring Duane Bray from IDEO • Assisted with orienting the president and vice president to their new roles, September, 2012 • Completed the foreword, “Closing the Gap between Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication” for the ACRL publication Extend and Unify: Outreach and Education for Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy Programs, edited by Stephanie Davis-Kahl and Merinda Hensley, in press, 2013 • Answered the survey regarding ACRL’s core organizational values

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Participated in regular calls with ACRL Vice President, President, and Executive Director

Ambassador activities Press coverage Upcoming scheduled activities • Give invited presentation at Marquette University on the principles and politics of open access, October 2012 • Attend ACRL Executive Committee Meeting, Chicago, October 2012 • Represent ACRL at invitational copyright meeting, Washington, DC, November 2012 • Represent ACRL at the 2012 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award, December 2012

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  Plan for Excellence Quarterly Activity Report (PEAR)  Report Period: May 30‐September 30, 2012    This is a cumulative report. Data format:    New entries are in regular Arial font.  Previously reported entries are in italic Times New Roman font.  

Strategic goal areas    Value of Academic Libraries  Goal:  Academic libraries demonstrate alignment with and impact on institutional outcomes.  Objectives  Activities of Note  1. Leverage existing research to   VAL committee began planning a series of conversations with authors (Recorded podcast followed by live online chat) to highlight notable recent articulate and promote the value of  studies and spark dialogue in the community. academic and research libraries.   2. Undertake and support new   research that builds on the  research agenda in The Value of  Academic Libraries:  A  Comprehensive Review and Report.    

3. Influence national conversations  and activities focused on the value  of higher education.  

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VAL committee led a half-day invitational working session in June 2012, to help scope and develop a specific, multi-year research agenda that the library research community could organize around and that could serve as the basis for pursuing grant funding for value research. Participants in the invitational working session included leading researchers in the area of library value, particularly academic library value, as well as individuals who have pursued conversations with ACRL about the research agenda component of the report. Through a series of structured discussions and prioritization activities, participants contributed to a focused research agenda, which is being vetted with the academic library community in fall 2012 at the Library Assessment Conference. On April 23, 2012, ACRL responded to the request from the White House for feedback on the "College Scorecard," a new tool for College Affordability and Transparency Center. Libraries and librarians are actively engaged in the educational process at universities and community colleges throughout the country. We are concerned about the value of a college degree and wish to prepare our students not just for their first jobs out of college, but for lifelong learning and active participation in civic life. In this response, ACRL expressed our position regarding the information we believe is critical for students and families in selecting a college. See report of podcasts on the value of academic libraries with higher education administrators on page 7 under Social Media) ACRL was invited by the New Leadership Alliance for Student Learning and Accountability to author an article for their December 2011 e-newsletter. The article “Exploring the Contributions of the Academic Library to Student Learning” – written by Joyce L. Ogburn, president of ACRL, dean, J. Willard

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Marriott Library and university librarian, University of Utah and Kara J. Malenfant, ACRL’s scholarly communications and government relations specialist – highlights ACRL’s initiatives in this area. 4. Develop and deliver responsive  professional development  programs that build the skills and  capacity for leadership and local  data‐informed and evidence‐based  advocacy.  

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Additional goal area activities  

ACRL offered the preconference “Planning, Assessing, and Communicating Library Impact: Putting the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education into Action” at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. The content of this workshop will help build capacity for data-informed advocacy. The preconference was sold out with 80 registrants. On September 20, ACRL was awarded an IMLS national leadership demonstration grant of $249,330 to design, implement and evaluate a professional development program to strengthen the competencies of librarians in campus leadership and data-informed advocacy. The project goals and anticipated outcomes consider the experiences of students in academic libraries and the impact of the library on student learning and success. Three hundred institutions will participate in the three-year project. Each participating institution will identify a team, consisting of a librarian and at least two additional team members as determined by the campus (e.g., faculty member, student affairs representative, institutional researchers, academic administrator). The librarians will participate as cohorts in a one-year professional development program that includes team-based activities carried out on their campuses. Supported by a blended learning environment and a peer-to-peer network, the librarians will lead their campus team in the development and implementation of an action-learning project examining the impact of the library on student success and contributing to assessment activities on their campus.

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ACRL partnered with the Association for Institutional Research, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the Council of Independent Colleges, to convene two national summits as part of the project “Building Capacity for Demonstrating the Value of Academic Libraries.” With grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the summits gathered college and university academic administrators, institutional researchers, and academic librarians. In the first summit, participants discussed the data campus administrators would like libraries to provide and what collaborative assistance is available through institutional research offices. In the second, librarian participants addressed strategies to prepare the library community to document and communicate the library’s value in advancing the missions and goals of their colleges and universities.

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VAL committee leaders led an open forum on ACRL's Value of Academic Libraries Initiative during the ALA Annual Conference with about 75 people in attendance. Terri Fishel & Kara Malenfant presented in April 2012 to the MN chapter on” How you can demonstrate and promote the impact your library has at your institution.” Kara Malenfant was invited to speak to the Michigan Academic Library Council on April 15, 2013, about ACRL’s VAL initiative. Joyce L. Ogburn, Mary Ellen K. Davis, and Kara J. Malenfant presented a project briefing on ACRL's IMLS funded summits at the fall meeting of the Coalition for Networked Information. Lisa Hinchliffe, Megan Oakleaf, and Karen Brown will present an update on ACRL's IMLS funded summits at the ALA Midwinter meeting. ~ P. 2

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  Student Learning   Goal:  Librarians transform student learning, pedagogy, and instructional practices through creative and innovative  collaborations.  Objectives  Activities of Note  1. Build librarian capacity to   create new learning  environments (physical and  virtual) and instructional  practices.     2. Articulate and advocate for the   Confirmed dates to offer the full three part e-Learning webcast series on applying the new Standards for Libraries in Higher Education. The role of librarians in setting,  webcasts will be offered October-November 2012. achieving, and measuring  institutional learning outcomes.    Hinchliffe and Gilchrist offered the e-Learning webcast “Applying the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education - Designing Assessments.” The   webcast focused on using the principles and performance indicators outlined in the Standards to design and implement an assessment program.  Hinchliffe’s and Gilchrist’s work on the curriculum to support use of the Standards progresses. They pilot tested a portion of the curriculum by offering a workshop on the standards at the Tennessee Library Association.  Contracted with Lisa Hinchliffe and Deb Gilchrist to design, develop, and deliver a versatile and modular curriculum to support the use of the new ACRL “Standards for Libraries in Higher Education,” which include an outcomes-based focus.  Offered Assessment Immersion in November 2011 which includes a learning outcome of examining the leadership role of the library in a collaborative IL assessment effort to build support and trust among the stakeholder groups at your institution 3. Increase collaborative   programs that leverage  partnerships with other  organizations in order to  support and encourage local  and national team approaches.     

Offered13 webcasts and 10 lightning talks for the ACRL Spring Virtual Institute, “Extending Reach, Proving Value: Collaborations Strengthen Communities.” John Palfrey, Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources, Harvard Law School, kicked off the institute (April 18-19, 2012) with a keynote address that discussed the Digital Public Library of America, an innovative and broad example of collaboration among many stakeholders and libraries. Executive Director Davis gave greetings to the attendees of the Information Fluency in Ancient Studies workshop offered by the Council of Independent Colleges and supported by ACRL in March. Susan Barnes Whyte, ACRL’s CIC liaison, and Tom Kirk, a past ACRL liaison to CIC, both gave presentations at the latest offering in this popular series.

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Research and Scholarly Environment  Goal:  Librarians accelerate the transition to a more open system of scholarship.    Objectives  Activities of Note  1. Model new dissemination   EBSCO is now hosting all ACRL non-serial titles. practices.   ACRL’s Research and Scholarly Environment Committee is planning to use an open model, with open peer review to issue a forthcoming   white paper on the intersections of information literacy and scholarly communication.  The C&RL editorial board is hosting an open forum at ALA MW to solicit feedback on ways the journal can continue to model best practices for scholarly communication in the digital age and enhance its online presence.  ACRL has signed a contract with EBSCO to distribute ACRL e-book titles through EBSCOHost. Planning for launch will be conducted in Spring 2012.  ACRL publications published since July 2011 are available as e-book downloads in the ALA Online Store. An e-hosting solution for institutional purchasing is being negotiated. 2. Enhance members’ ability to  address issues related to digital  scholarship and data  management.    

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The Board approved a Digital Humanities Discussion Group in order to provide a venue for ACRL members to meet and share ideas related to Digital Humanities and the role of librarians in this emerging discipline. The ACRL Digital Curation Interest Group continued to offer their webcast series "Conversations with…” free to the first 100 people. Two programs at ALA Annual Conference Address this objective. First: “Data Curation as a Form of Collaborative Research” sponsored by ACRL Research Program Committee and Co-Sponsored by the ACRL Science and Technology Section on Sunday, June 24, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Second: “The Role of Metadata Standards in Scientific Data Publishing: Part Two” cosponsored by two ACRL/STS groups: Subject and Bibliographic Access to Scientific Materials Committee (SBASM) and the Publisher/Vendor Discussion Group Saturday, June 23rd, 1:30-3:30pm ACRL has partnered with Carol Tenopir to survey a panel of academic library directors to better understand their current and planned activities in the area of research data services, which address the full data lifecycle, including data management, digital curation (selection, preservation, maintenance, and archiving), and metadata creation and conversion. We anticipate issuing a white paper in fall 2012 reporting on the results. Several ACRL Board members and leaders attended ALA National Legislative Day April 23-24, 2012, during which they meet with staff of the Senate Commerce Committee to discuss FRPAA. On May 21, ACRL encouraged members to sign the White House Petition on open access to research. On January 12, ACRL sent comments to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy supporting increased public access to digital data resulting from federally funded scientific research. ACRL recommended approaches for ensuring long-term stewardship and encouraging broad public access to unclassified digital data that results from federally funded scientific research. On January 24, 20120, ACRL joined ALA and eight other library, publishing, and advocacy organizations in a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to express our strong ~ P. 4

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opposition to H.R. 3699, The Research Works Act. On February 14, 2012, ACRL joined eight other national and regional library, publishing, research and advocacy organizations in a letter to thank members of Congress who introduced “The Federal Research Public Access Act” as H.R. 4004 in the U.S. House of Representatives and S. 2096 in the U.S. Senate. On March 28, 2012, ACRL joined other library organizations in sending a letter to the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology’s Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight in advance of their March 29 hearing on Examining Public Access and Scholarly Publication Interests. The letter supported the testimony of Stuart Shieber, Director of the Office of Scholarly Communications at Harvard University, who spoke in support of FRPAA. Executive Director Davis presented a Webinar on Practical Planning for Open Access Journals for the North American Chapter of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) on Dec. 8th. On December 21 ALA and ACRL jointly submitted comments in response to the request for information issued November 3, 2011, by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. We recommended approaches for ensuring long-term stewardship and broad public access to the peer-reviewed scholarly publications that result from federally funded scientific research. We encouraged ALA and ACRL members to submit their own detailed comments to OSTP, either as individuals or on behalf of their libraries, community colleges, colleges, or universities. Two programs at ALA Annual Conference Address this objective. First: “Data Curation as a Form of Collaborative Research” sponsored by ACRL Research Program Committee and Co-Sponsored by the ACRL Science and Technology Section on Sunday, June 24, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Second: “The Role of Metadata Standards in Scientific Data Publishing: Part Two” cosponsored by two ACRL/STS groups: Subject and Bibliographic Access to Scientific Materials Committee (SBASM) and the Publisher/Vendor Discussion Group Saturday, June 23rd, 1:30-3:30pm A volunteer working group of member leaders continues to explore the intersections of scholarly communications and information literacy, with the intention of issuing a white paper prior to ALA MW 2013. Group members meet to refine their drafts at ALA Annual Conference. This activity has staff support and an editor has been contracted to weave together sections by several authors so that it has a unified voice. The Institute on Scholarly Communication (ISC), a coordinated effort by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), is hosting a workshop, “Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Scholarly Communication Program: Strategic Skills for Success,” April 9–10, 2013, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Under the auspices of the ACRL Scholarly Communications Committee, presenters delivered the day long “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement” to five sites. The road show has now visited 17 different states, the District of Columbia, 1 U.S. territory and 1 Canadian province. The 20 workshops offered over these four years have reached 1,272 participants from 344 different colleges and universities. New this year, hosts shared part of the costs and the curriculum was revised. ~ P. 5

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Visiting Program Officer Joy Kirchner and Kara Malenfant co-authored a chapter “ACRL’s scholarly communications road show, bellwether for a changing profession” for the forthcoming ACRL book “Extend and Unify: Outreach and Education for Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy Programs” See page 10, Preconferences, for a report on the Scholarly Communications workshop offered at MW2012 in Dallas. The ACRL scholarly communications committee prepared to lead an invitational meeting at MW about the intersections of scholarly communications and information literacy; an activity listed in their work plan. Visiting Program Officer Joy Kirchner led presenters of the Scholarly Communications Road Show in updating the curriculum and determining a reasonable cost-share model with hosts in order to offer 5 more road shows in summer 2012.

 

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Enabling programs and services activities  The regularly recurring operations relevant to the ability of ACRL to lead academic and research librarians and libraries in  advancing learning and scholarship are reported below.    Member Engagement   Membership   The ACRL Board, senior staff, and chairs and vice-chairs of ACRL’s three goal area committees participated in a Strategic Planning and Orientation Session in September in units/  Chicago. Tecker International’s Paul Meyer led a discussion on branding and facilitated the Governance  conversation about how to best measure progress on ACRL’s Plan for Excellence.  The Budget and Finance Committee held two virtual meetings in October: the first an orientation session for new members and the second a review of the draft budget assumptions for the FY2014 budget.  In July ACRL hosted a group of visiting Danish librarians and arranged conference calls with ACRL members who could address their experiences in entrepreneurial librarianship, an area of interest for the visitors.  ACRL Board Working Group on Multi-year planning developed a multi-year planning process for the Executive Committee’s review at its Spring Meeting. Based on feedback from the Executive Committee the documents were updated and shared with ACRL leaders during Leader Orientation. The documents were further updated based on the feedback at the Board Strategic Planning and Orientation Session.  Two virtual leader orientation sessions were offered in May for members stepping into new leadership roles within ACRL. The virtual format continues to be popular with members. Additional virtual meetings were suggested to cover the annual work plan process and two “office hour” sessions have been scheduled for July 12.  ACRL Executive Director Davis visited Drexel University Libraries while in Philadelphia for the ACLS meeting and held an informal discussion with library staff members.  ACRL Executive Director Davis visited with staff at Johns Hopkins University while in town for another meeting and solicited information about day-to-day challenges librarians are facing and where ACRL might have a role in addressing these challenges.  ACRL Staff engaged Avenue M and developed the next membership survey which will launch in April. This survey replicates ASAE’s “Decision to Learn” survey and includes a few questions about ACRL’s brand.  ACRL Vice-President Steven Bell and Executive Director Davis attended the ASAE CEO Symposium in November 2011. Awards   ACRL President Joyce Ogburn traveled to campuses of the three Excellence Award winners to present their 2012 awards: Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) Library; Champlain College Library, Burlington, Vt. and the Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Libraries, Allendale, Mich.  At its October 21 & 22, 2011, meeting in Chicago, the ACRL Executive Committee approved the new award title, ‘WESS--De Gruyter European Librarianship Study Grant’ and De Gruyter as the new award sponsor.  Applications/nominations were received for 20 ACRL awards. Award announcements were made after the ALA Midwinter Meeting, and plans for the various ceremonies are underway. Special  events at  ALA  Conferences  Consulting  services 

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At least 6 ACRL units are planning a special event at the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting 12 ACRL units held special events at the 2012 ALA Annual Conference. Six ACRL units will sponsor special events at the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting.

Consulting Services  Consulting visits were made to Hampshire College, University of California San Diego – Kara Malenfant and Kathryn Deiss  Consulting proposal accepted by Vice-President of Kean University (NJ) – Kathryn Deiss and Lance Query will visit Oct.17-18, 2012.  Consulting proposals requested by Chadron State College (NE), Northwestern University ~ P. 7

Library Technology Division, and Wayne State Reuther Urban Studies Library  In preliminary discussions with Fairleigh Dickinson University  Consulting request from Hampshire College for Strategic Planning – Kara Malenfant and Kathryn Deiss worked with them in June 2012.  Consulting request for a library program review from Kean University – proposal submitted May 2012.  Consulting request from Ohio Northern University for program review – in discussion and preproposal state. Project would be for the fall.  Kathryn Deiss facilitated strategic planning retreats for MIT Libraries and New Mexico State University Libraries in February and March 2012.  ACRL was invited to submit a proposal for change management training for San Diego State University; Kara Malenfant and Kathryn Deiss submitted a proposal. Standards for Libraries in Higher Education Training:  Presented one-day workshop for the Kansas Association of Academic Librarians (Lisa Hinchliffe, Kara Malenfant, and Kathryn Deiss)  Agreement to present SLHE workshop for Chicago Community Colleges (Lisa Hinchliffe and Kara Malenfant) – to be delivered Nov. 16, 2012.  Requests for possible SLHE workshops from two groups in Canada – in discussion for 2013 Content Strategist Kathryn Deiss presented:  NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program (continuing faculty)  Strategic Planning Retreat, Board, SWAN cooperative system (IL)  NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program     Publications  Published since June 2012: Non‐ periodical   The Busy Librarian’s Guide to Information Literacy in Science and Engineering (Katherine O’Clair and Jeanne R. Davidson) publicatio  A free and open thought experiment in blog format entitled Beyond Literacy by Michael Ridley ns  (University of Guelph) in collaboration with Ontario Library Association Published since April 2012:  Interdisciplinarity and Academic Libraries (Daniel C. Mack and Craig Gibson, editors) (PIL #66)  The Changing Academic Library, 2nd Edition Revised (John Budd) (PIL#65  Past or Portal? Enhancing Undergraduate Learning through Special Collections and Archives (Eleanor Mitchell, Peggy Seiden, and Suzy Taraba, editors) Published since January 2012  Environments for Student Growth and Development: Libraries and Student Affairs in Collaboration (Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe and Melissa Autumn Wong, editors)  Transforming Information Literacy Programs: Intersecting Frontiers of Self, Library Culture, and Campus Community (Carroll Wetzel Wilkinson and Courtney Bruch, editors)  Curriculum Materials Collections and Centers: Legacies of the Past, Visions of the Future (Rita Kohrman, editor) Published since September 2011:  “International Students and Academic Libraries” (Pamela A. Jackson and Patrick Sullivan, Editors)  “Guide to Security Considerations and Practices for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Libraries” (Everett C. Wilkie, Editor) Library  Statistics 

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Published a new research report, “Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Scenarios for the Future of the Book,” to help librarians reexamine their assumptions, which may be grounded in the current ebook zeitgeist. Authored by David J. Staley, director of the Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching in the History Department of Ohio State University, the report is a companion to the 2010 report Staley co-authored for ACRL, “Futures Thinking for Academic Librarians: Higher Education in 2025.” “The Future of the Book in the Age of the e-Book” (by David Staley) will be available as a complimentary report in January 2012; this has been rescheduled for a June release. “Research Data Services (RDS) in Academic Libraries: Building an Understanding of Library Data Management Practices” (Carol Tenopir) survey will close on January 6, 2012.

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Social Media Metrics Facebook “Likes”* Twitter Followers* LinkedIn Group Members* Podcasts Produced ACRL Insider** ACRLog**

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4,328 (12/29/11) 4,324 (12/29/11) 3,941 (12/29/11)

4,556 (4/2/12) 4,922 (4/2/12) 5,292 (4/2/12)

4,696 (5/31/12) 5,265 (5/31/12) 5,915 (5/31/12)

4,923 (9/30/12) 5,900 (9/30/12) 6,817 (9/30/12)

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2 7 - 14,463 - 18,363 10 - 13,053 - 16,144

6 71 - 15,846 - 20,436 12 - 13,080 - 16,515

1 36-10,184-12,565 11-8,466-10,934

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Issues published following regular schedule. Table of contents emails sent to all members beginning with July 2012 issue. The online version of C&RL was accessed 286,201 times between January and April 2012 (the last month of current stats). NOTE: actual quarterly access stats now available in table above. Back digitization now complete courtesy of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Complete ingest of files into the IDEALS institutional repository underway. Project statistics from Illinois are below: Project start date: October 24, 2011 Project end date: May 30, 2012 Project length in days: 220 Total number of volumes digitized: 57 Total number of issues digitized: 310 Total number of articles digitized (includes front matter, back matter, misc. additional ACRL content): 6,383 Total master TIFFs created: 36,987 Total high-resolution master PDFs created: 6,693 Total web optimized PDFs created: 6,693 Total text files created from OCR: 6,693 Total XML files created: 6,383 Grand total number of all files created: 63,449 Grand total file size: 377 gigabytes (includes both master and web-accessible files)

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The ACRL Board of Directors approved the recommendation of the Publications Coordinating Committee to appoint Scott Walter as editor-designate, 2012-2013, and editor, 2013-2016, of College & Research Libraries. Walter has accepted the appointed and already begun brainstorming about possible new content for the journal. Online Access Stats:

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139,548

156,534

168,571

618,921

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RBM 

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15,362

14,069

17,632

16,216

63,279

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Issues published following regular schedule. The online version of RBM was accessed 23,830 times between January and April 2012 (the last month of current stats). NOTE: actual quarterly access stats now available in table above. Choice’s Outstanding Academic Titles 2007-2011: Reviews of Titles Every Library Should Own, edited by Rebecca Ann Bartlett, was released in June 2012. Co-published with ACRL, this is the third such compilation published by Choice and ACRL. The volume is available in print and PDF formats via the ALA Store and will also be included in the new ACRL e-book collection to be made available through EBSCO. In another ACRL-Choice partnership that began in August, a Choice “Editors’ Picks” review is featured in every issue of ACRL Update.

The new Choice E-Collection bookstore (www.choicenewbooks.com) developed and hosted by Publishers Row, launched in beta late August. This collection features titles reviewed in Choice, with three options for purchase: traditional purchase, PDA rent to own, and PDA rental only. Initial planning for the needed replacement of Choice’s decade old Publishing System took place during the summer and early fall. Vendor proposals to an RFP were reviewed, and interviews were conducted with selected vendors. Final vendor selection is close to completion. Choice completed v. 49 with the August ’12 issue, publishing 7,235 new reviews, marking the third consecutive year in which more than 7,200 reviews were published. Resources for College Libraries: During this time period, the 61 RCL subject areas were revised and updated. The 22 History and Interdisciplinary and Area Studies sections underwent peer review with more than 40 external referees evaluating the RCL content. RCL: Career Resources editors reviewed and updated 68 new edition titles. Bowker and ProQuest initiated a new marketing and advertising campaign for RCL focused on using the bibliography as a weeding tool. In product development news, an upgrade to the Bowker Book Analysis System was released to the public at ALA Annual. A new RCL mobile app, called Bowker Stacks, was also released. The May issue of CHOICE contains a feature article titled "Forum 2012: Looking Backward and Forward," which contains contributions from several university press directors highlighting major trends and issues affecting university presses. Humanities Editor Rebecca Bartlett collaborated with the American Association of University Presses (AAUP) to produce this feature. Irv Rockwood, CHOICE Editor & Publisher, attended the spring meeting of the Chicago Collaborative in Bethesda, MD, May 3-4 as co-convener and representative of the North American chapter of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP). The Collaborative, a working group of librarians and publishers, seeks to foster collaborative solutions to critical issues in scholarly communication. Its membership includes representatives from a number of publishing and editing organizations and representatives from the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL), which provides administrative support. CHOICE hosted a meeting on May 17 with local academic librarians to discuss collection development issues of mutual concern. Executive Director Mary Ellen Davis was in attendance for this informative and lively meeting with librarians from Connecticut College, Fairfield University, Quinnipiac University, Trinity College, University of Connecticut Greater Hartford Campus, and Wesleyan University. E-books, PDA programs, and de-selection were major topics of discussion. ~ P. 11

The January 2012 issue of Choice featured the “Outstanding Academic Titles, 2011” list, which highlighted 629 exceptional print and online publications in 54 subject areas. Under the direction of humanities editor Rebecca Bartlett, Choice is compiling another cumulative volume of “Outstanding Academic Titles” reviews for the years 2007-2011, which is scheduled to be publication by ACRL in the summer of 2012. Choice exhibited at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Dallas, January 20-23. The Choice Reviews Online (CRO) customer service representative, Rita Balasco, held a CRO clinic during the conference to give subscribers an opportunity to meet in person to discuss any issues related to their account and to learn more about effectively using CRO. Irv Rockwood, Fran Graf, and Lisa Gross attended the spring HighWire Publishers Meeting on the campus of Stanford University in March 2012. While at this meeting, they also met with HighWire staff to discuss ongoing development of the new CRO database. The two-day Publishers Meeting was highly informative, providing updates on HighWire’s online publishing platform and new services and features in the offing, as well as presentations on major trends relevant to scholarly and digital publishing, e.g., issues and opportunities related to “big data” and the “open movement.” In March Choice entered into a pilot project with the Modern Language Association to provide MLA members with complimentary access to Choice reviews. Choice now has two such pilot programs underway, the other with the American Historical Association. It is hoped that these partnerships will eventually provide opportunities to generate new sources of revenue and expand Choice’s audience. Resources for College Libraries: Since late December, 2011, 973 new titles were added to RCL and 177 new titles were added to RCL: Career Resources, as editors updated new editions and added new core selections to the database. Two editors joined the RCL editorial roster to oversee European History and Sociology. At the ALA Midwinter conference, the Bowker Book Analysis System, a comparative collection analysis tool used with the RCL core list, was released in beta version to customers, and a pre-beta version of an RCL mobile app, called Bowker Stacks—was launched. A redesigned RCL advanced search page and additional database upgrades were also released. New Initiatives CHOICE entered into a 12-month pilot project with the American Historical Association to provide AHA members with complimentary access to CHOICE reviews. During the pilot project, which began in October, all AHA members receive complimentary access to Choice Reviews Online as a free member benefit. Access is provided via a link from the members-only portion of the AHA website http://www.historians.org. This partnership with AHA will open up new opportunities for CHOICE to generate revenue through ad sales, branded review sites of participating associations, and licensing of content. The longer-term goal is to diversify and expand the audience for CHOICE while generating new sources of revenue. In September CHOICE expanded its social media presence with a Twitter account http://twitter.com/#!/Choice_Reviews to complement its Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/choice.reviews. CHOICE’s “Today’s Top Review” is now distributed via Facebook, Twitter, and as an iPhone app. The CHOICE CRO Task Force continues to work with HighWire Press on a new version of Choice Reviews Online. Many of the data issues that have slowed the project have been resolved, making it possible to progress with site development. When launched, the new version will deploy with many enhanced features and functionality. Editorial Content The September ’11 issue contained two special features. To commemorate the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, the CHOICE editors produced a special listing of important resources titled "Living the New Reality: ~ P. 12

Reviews of Resources on the Post 9/11 World." Also in the September issue was a special feature highlighting the new publications of scholarly and professional organizations. Titled “New & Forthcoming Association and Organization Publications,” this feature recognizes the valuable works of this important group of publishers. A new monthly Web exclusive, "Faculty Picks," was introduced in September on Choice Reviews Online http://www.cro2.org/ and Facebook. The "Faculty Picks" lists consist of a CHOICE faculty reviewer's 5 favorite titles on a particular topic--"books every undergraduate should read!" To offer a preview of the 2011 "Outstanding Academic Titles" list, which is published in the January '12 issue, the CHOICE editors collaborated in choosing from among the 2011 list of 629 resources their favorites--the “Top 25 Books” and the “Top 10 Web Sites.” These "top" lists http://www.cro2.org/default.aspx?page=reviewdisplay&pids=3696259 were widely promoted in the library, publishing, and media communities. Meeting Attendance Irv Rockwood, CHOICE Editor & Publisher, was an invited speaker at the September 2011 Conference of the Association of Professional and Learned Society Publishers (ALPSP) in Oxfordshire, UK. His topic was the Chicago Collaborative, a working group of publishers and librarians founded in 2008 to bring together individuals from different sectors of the scholarly publishing continuum to share ideas, concerns, and potential solutions to common issues and problems. Irv is a founding member of the Collaborative and during 2012 will be Co-Convenor with Jean Shipman, Director, Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library, University of Utah, In September, Irv also attended the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Mid-Continental Chapter of the Medical Library Association in St. Louis as an invited speaker, where he participated in a panel discussion on scholarly publishing. In September, Francine Graf, CHOICE editorial director, and Rita Balasco, Choice Reviews Online customer service rep, attended the HighWire Publishers Meeting in D.C., which was held on the Georgetown University campus. HighWire hosts the ACRL journals and is developing the new version of Choice Reviews Online. This valuable two-day meeting highlighted new features and services in the offing by HighWire as well as an opportunity to network with HighWire staff and other publishers. Many of the new features discussed related to enhanced social media and multimedia applications in online journals. In November, Irv Rockwood, Mark Tullos of Bowker, and Chisato Uyeki of Mt. San Antonio College, were co-presenters of a panel on Publishing Partnerships at the 2011 Charleston Conference. Organized by Irv, the panel focused on the impact of the CHOICE-Bowker partnership on the development of Resources for College Libraries from three perspectives, that of CHOICE, Bowker and a typical user.

Resources for College Libraries In the fall, Bowker and CHOICE relaunched the Resources for College Libraries online database, RCLweb http://rclweb2.net/RCL/Default.aspx, with enhanced features and functionality. The RCL: Career Resources database, was also released for the first time as a standalone subscription option. During this time period, editorial revision work for 2011 was completed, adding a net gain of 2,776 titles across RCL and RCL: Career Resources. Four new editors joined the editorial roster for 2012. Testing, development, and upgrades continued on RCLweb 2.0, with RCLweb 1.0 scheduled to retire on December 31, 2011, at which point all subscribers will use the new, continuously updated database. The RCL subject editors contribute a regular column entitled “Collecting to the Core” to Against the Grain http://www.against-the-grain.com/. The “Collecting to the Core” column highlights core monographic works that are essential to academic collections within a particular discipline. Featured topics since September include the visual arts, ancient history, and economics. ~ P. 13

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ACRL continued to partner with the Harvard Graduate School of Education to offer the Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians. 90 individuals participated in this year’s program, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 5-10, 2012. The program is designed for academic librarians with significant administrative responsibility, such as library directors, their associates, and direct reports. Application materials are now available for the 2013 program. Kathryn Deiss on planning team for the Women’s Leadership Institute co-sponsored by other higher education associations and to be held in two locations in November-December 2012: Dana Point, CA and Amelia Island, FL

ACRL once again partnered with several higher education associations to offer the Women’s Leadership Institute. Institutes were held in November 2011, Dana Point, California, and December 2011 in Amelia Island, Florida. The institute brought together mid-level administrators from across campus functions to hone leadership skills for working in a rapidly changing environment and to develop a better understanding of the campus as a workplace and culture. 90 individuals attended the Teacher and Program tracks offered at Champlain College, July 22-28, 2012. The program was highly by participants, with comments including: o “This was definitely a career-transforming experience.” o “Immersion has been an energizing experience - so full of new ideas, new perspectives, new minds and colleagues.” o “This is one of the best professional development experiences I've ever had, inside and outside the library world.” Announced the invitation to apply for the 2013 Immersion Program (Teacher and Program tracks) which will be held at Seattle University, July 28 – August 2, 2013.

Offered the licensed Immersion Program at Cornell University, May 21-24. The curriculum was customized for this institution-specific program and included parts of Teacher, Program, and Assessment track curriculum. Confirmed dates for a licensed Immersion Program in Hong Kong, June 3-7, 2013. The first planning call will happen in mid-June 2012. 64 individuals participated in the 3.5 day Immersion Program (Assessment and Intentional Teaching tracks) November 16-20, 2011. 97% of respondents indicated that the overall quality of the institute was “very positive” or “somewhat positive” – the two highest ratings. The majority of respondents, 85%, strongly agreed that time at the program was well spent. The rest of respondents, 15%, agreed that time at the program was well spent. The majority of respondents, 72%, strongly agreed that the program covered material that was expected. The rest of respondents, 28%, agreed that the program covered the material expected. The Immersion Program committee reviewed and accepted 90 individuals to participate in the Classic Immersion Program (Teacher and Program tracks) to be held at Champlain College in July 2012. The invitation to apply to the Immersion Program Assessment and Intentional Teaching tracks was announced; the application deadline is May 7, 2012. Staff finalized arrangements to license the Immersion Program to Cornell University. The Cornell Assessment Immersion Program, with emphasis on Teacher and Assessment tracks, will be offered to 45 Cornell librarians in May 2012. Registration opened in May 2012 to allow individuals with fiscal years ending in June 2012 to pay fees out of this fiscal year. To date (Oct. 23), 261 people have registered for the conference. February 22, 2013, is the early-bird deadline. Housing and scholarship applications are available now. Preconference registration is now available. ACRL 2013 donations from vendor and library colleagues as of October 23, 2012 are $160,250. This represents 67% of the donations budget ($228,000). As of October 23, 2012, 347 booths representing 184 companies have been sold. This is an increase of 7.8% booths and 14.2% exhibiting companies from this time for the ACRL 2011 conference. Exhibit revenue of $767,250 represents 89.1% of our exhibit sales budget.

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600 proposals were submitted compared to 501 for Philadelphia, a 20% increase across all session format types. Contributed Papers

Panel Sessions

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ACRL 2013 SUBMISSIONS

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ACRL 2011 total submissions ACRL 2011 number accepted for presentation

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Registration opened in May 2012 to allow individuals with fiscal years ending in June 2012 to pay fees out of this fiscal year. To date, 37 people have registered for the conference. February 22, 2013 is the earlybird deadline. Housing and scholarship applications are available now. Preconference registration will be announced and available in Sept. 2012. ACRL 2013 donations from vendor and library colleagues as of June 8, 2012 are $123,000. This represents 54% of the donations budget ($228,000). As of May 2012, 300 booths representing 142 companies have been sold. Exhibit revenue of $648,387 represents 80% of our exhibit sales budget. Three keynote speakers have been confirmed for ACRL 2013: Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone; Maria Hinojosa, host of NPR's Latino USA and Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One; and Henry Rollins, singer, actor, writer, poet, activist. Three invited paper speakers have been confirmed: Dave Green, Associate University Librarian for Collections and Information Services, Northeastern Illinois University, and Project Coordinator of the Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries Project (ERIAL); Alison J. Head, Co-Director and Co-Principal Investigator for Project Information Literacy, Univ. of Washington iSchool; and Jamie Merisotis, President/CEO, Lumina Foundation for Education.

In order to accommodate individuals with budgets ending in June and professional development dollars to spend, ACRL 2013 registration and housing will open in mid-May 2012. Preconference registration will be available in September 2012. The ACRL 2013 conference website (both full site and mobile-optimized) launched in November. The URL is www.acrl.org/acrlconference. The Call for Participation was mailed in the November issue of C&RL News and is also on the website. Registration will open in May 2012 which will allow individuals with fiscal years ending in June 2012 to pay fees out of this fiscal year. Housing will also be available at this time. Preconference registration will be announced and available in September 2012. ACRL offered two preconferences prior to the 2012 ALA Annual Conference: “Digital Humanities in Theory and Practice: Tools and Methods for Librarians” and “Planning, Assessing, and Communicating Library Impact: Putting the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education into Action.” 60 individuals registered for the Digital Humanities preconference making this a sold out event. The Standards preconference also sold out with 80 registrants. 91% of attendees rated the Standards preconference as “excellent” or “above average” – the two highest ratings; and 75% of attendees rated the Digital Humanities preconference as “excellent” or “above average.”

40 individuals participated in the full-day institute “Scholarly Communication: From Understanding to Engagement” offered at the 2012 ALA Midwinter Meeting. The institute was an expansion of the Scholarly Communication 101 road show program. 81% of respondents indicated that the overall quality of the ~ P. 15

institute was “excellent” or “above average” – the two highest ratings. 78% of respondents indicated at least a 20% higher confidence level in their knowledge of the topic upon conclusion of the institute. When asked what parts of the workshop were most useful, participants noted “copyright and author rights” (58.8%), “economics” (41.2%), and “open access and openness as a principle” (41.2%). When asked to identify the one best aspect of the institute, comments included: o Knowledgeable presenters o I liked how simple the presenters made a very complex subject appear...I hope that I can do the same in the future. o It expanded and reinforced my understanding of scholarly communication issues. o It helped me connect issues in a coherent way -- the relationship between open movement, copyright, economics etc. -- good to have a conceptual framework

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Creating a “Social Life”  for Information Literacy  Instruction in Libraries 

Online  course 

7/9/2012

7/27/2012

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Applying the Standards  for Libraries in Higher  Education ‐ Strategic  Planning and  Benchmarking  Instructional Design for  Online Teaching and  Learning  Lightning in a Bottle:  Managing Ideas to Spur  Innovation 

Webcast 

7/19/2012

7/19/2012

8  individuals,  4 groups 

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100%

Online  course 

7/16/2012

8/10/2012

24

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Webcast 

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7/17/2012

4  individuals,  1 group  

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100%

Statistics for the Non‐ Mathematical Mind 

Online  course 

7/23/2012

8/10/2012

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Georgia State, Copyright,  and Your Library 

Webcast 

7/25/2012

7/25/2012

51  individuals,  10 groups 

17

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Pinterest and Academia 

Webcast 

9/18/2012

9/18/2012

7  individuals,  3groups 

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ACRL offered the following e-Learning events in spring 2012: Quality assessment: percentage of respondents rating the quality of "excellent" or "above average" -the two highest ratings

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End Date

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Humanities on the Map: Discovering Spatial Humanities

Online course

3/12/2012

3/30/2012

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100%

The Library's Role in Ensuring the Success of International Efforts on Campus Shifting Sands: How Small Changes in Policy, Culture and Technology are Determining the Future of Libraries Winning Library Grants

Webcast

3/13/2012

3/13/2012

11 individuals, 2 groups

9

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100%

Webcast

3/27/2012

3/27/2012

8 individuals, 4 groups

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100%

50%

Online course

4/2/2012

4/20/2011

11

3

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100%

From Idea to Publication Series: Submitting for Publication A New Model for Student Learning: Using Team-based Learning in Information Literacy Courses Successful Budgeting in Academic Libraries Mobile Apps: What You Need to Know

Webcast

4/3/2012

4/3/2012

22 individuals, 12 groups

18

72%

73%

Webcast

4/12/2012

4/12/2012

19 individuals, 8 groups

17

82%

100%

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4/16/2012

5/4/2012

13 individuals

3

66%

66%

Online course

4/23/2012

5/11/2012

23

16

88%

80%

Pinterest and Academia

Webcast

4/24/2012

4/24/2012

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11

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Embedded Librarians: Integrating Information Literacy Instruction at the Point of Need UX + VR FTW

Webcast

5/1/2012

5/1/2012

43 individuals, 8 groups

16

94%

88%

Webcast

5/22/2012

5/22/2012

12 individuals

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100%

Applying the Standards for Libraries in Higher Education: Designing Assessments

Webcast

5/31/2012

5/31/2012

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ACRL offered the following e-Learning events in winter/spring 2012: Title

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# of attendees

Quality assessment: percentage of respondents rating the quality of "excellent" or "above average" -- the two highest ratings

Developing a Comprehensive Critical Thinking Curriculum: From Goal-Setting to Assessment

Online course

2/6/2012

3/2/2012

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Learning outcomes: percentage of respondents who indicated at least a 20% higher confidence level in their knowledge of the topic No response

Deciding with Data

Online course

2/13/2012

3/9/2012

25

86%

85%

Fundamentals of Management

Online course

3/5/2012

3/23/2012

18

67%

100%

Humanities on the Map: Discovering Spatial Humanities

Online course

3/12/2012

3/30/2012

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82%

100%

Say What You Mean: Professional Communication Skills for Librarians

Webcast

1/31/2012

1/31/2012

21 individuals, 5 groups

87%

55%

From Idea to Publication Series: Understanding the Research Question

Webcast

2/7/2012

2/7/2012

22 individuals, 12 groups

78%

82%

The Library's Role in Ensuring the Success of International Efforts on Campus

Webcast

3/13/2012

3/13/2012

11 individuals, 2 groups

80%

91%

From Idea to Publication Series: Analysis and Writing

Webcast

3/7/2012

3/7/2012

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The ACRL Spring Virtual Institute was held April 18-19, 2012. 13 webcasts and 10 lightning talks were offered as part of the institute ACRL Spring Virtual Institute, “Extending Reach, Proving Value: Collaborations Strengthen Communities.” John Palfrey, Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources, Harvard Law School, kicked off institute with a keynote address that discussed Digital Public Library of America, an innovative and broad example of collaboration among many stakeholders and libraries. Between individuals and groups, more than 140 people participated in the institute. When asked to rate the overall quality of the institute, 85.7% of evaluation respondents rated it “excellent” or “above average” (the ~ P. 18

two highest ratings). 95.5% would recommend the institute to a friend/colleague. 63% of respondents indicated at least a 20% higher confidence level in their knowledge of how libraries are capitalizing on collaborations. Select respondent comments include:  I enjoyed the focus of the sessions on collaborations; nice theme, and to not have to travel is a big plus.  Interesting variety of speakers- really highlights the way that librarians are innovating with outreach.  The conference was well organized, and all the webcasts I attended were useful. Presenters were very knowledgeable, and I'm hoping to use some of what I learned here at my institution. Thanks!  It didn't conclude in any tangible way - what about a closing plenary, as well as an opening one? The ACRL Spring Virtual Institute, “Extending Reach, Proving Value: Collaborations Strengthen Communities,” will be held April 18-19, 2012. December 15 was the deadline for proposal submissions. 20 webcast and 13 lightning talk submissions were received. The Virtual Institutes component committee is reviewing proposals, with notifications to be issued in February 2012. 30 individuals applied for an e-Learning scholarship. Applications are currently being reviewed/rated and notifications will be issued in January 2012.

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Title Statistics for the Non-Mathematical Mind

Service learning and information literacy: Models for engagement

Embedded Librarians: Integrating Information Literacy Instruction at the Point of Need Creating a “Social Life” for Information Literacy Instruction in Libraries Next Tech How tomorrow's technology is affecting today's library

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Implementing Online Teaching and Learning: Using Moodle and Other Web 2.0     Advocacy  Strengthening  partnerships  with other  organizations 

Online course

11/7/2011

12/2/2011

85% of evaluation respondents rated the quality as "excellent" or "above average" (the two highest ratings). 75% of evaluation respondents indicated at least a 20% higher confidence level in their knowledge of the topic.

Liaison activities of Executive Director, Officers, and Liaisons Assembly:  The ACRL Executive Director attended the annual conference of the Society of College & University Planners (SCUP) as it was in Chicago and a comp registration is provided to all CHEMA Executive Directors. ACRL’s liaison to SCUP was also in attendance.  The ACRL Executive Director attended the International Federation of Library Associations in August 2012.  The ACRL Executive Director attended the membership meeting of the Association of Research Libraries in October 2012.  In October, while in D.C., the ACRL Executive Director met with the vice-president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.  The Executive Director met with the Executive Director of the Voluntary System of Accountability while in D.C. for the ARL meeting.  ACRL Executive Director Davis attended the annual meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies, held May 10-12 in Philadelphia.  ACRL Executive Director Davis attended the spring meeting of the Council of Higher Education Management Associations held May 23-25 in Boston.  ACRL President Joyce Ogburn and Executive Director Davis attended the Spring Membership Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) (May 2-4, Chicago).  ACRL’s new IMLS Leadership Grant project will be undertaken in partnership with the Association of Institutional Research and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. See page 1 for details.  ACRL President Joyce Ogburn and Executive Director Davis attended the Spring Meeting of CNI (April 2-3, Baltimore).  ACRL Executive Director Davis represented ACRL at a meeting of the San Jose State University SLIS Catalyst Grant Advisory Board for its planning grant on resident programs for librarians.  Executive Director Davis attended the fall meeting of the CAOs of the American Council of Learned Societies.  ACRL partnered with the Association of Institutional Research, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, and Council of Independent Colleges to host the summits for the IMLS grant described in the Values goal area.  ACRL members represented ACRL through their activities with other organizations and coordinated by the ACRL Liaisons Coordinating Committee.  Executive Director Davis attended a few sessions at the American Historical Association Annual Conference as a guest when it was held in Chicago in early January 2012.  Executive Director Davis and President Joyce Ogburn attended the Association of Research Libraries Fall Membership Meeting.

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partnership agreement to express appreciation for the fair use language proposed by USTR. On August 1, 2012, LCA members joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation to file a friend of the court brief in Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., a lawsuit in which authors allege that Google violated copyright by scanning books to create Google Book Search, a search tool similar to its Internet search engine. On July 25, 2012, LCA submitted comments to WIPO regarding copyright exceptions and limitations relating to libraries and archives, specifically their opposition to the proposed text for Article D of SCCR/23/7 regarding the provision of aggregated data to rights holders. LCA argues, in part, that the proposed text would "invite publishers to second-guess the procedures of libraries as authorized entities, to challenge the quality and quantity of the records kept or the appropriateness of transactions, and to threaten litigation when they see an increase." On July 19, 2012, Lori Driscoll, international copyright advocate and librarian, represented the LCA at WIPO's 24th Copyright and Related Rights Standing Committee session (SCCR) and gave a statement regarding copyright limitations and exceptions for educational institutions. On July 9, 2012, LCA submitted comments to WIPO regarding copyright exceptions and limitations relating to libraries and archives, and outlining ten specific areas of exception including preservation, library lending, orphan works, and others. On July 6, 2012, LCA members joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation to file a friend of the court brief in Authors Guild v. HathiTrust to reassert its position in defending the fair use rights of libraries and urge the court to find that the fair use doctrine permitted the creation of a valuable digital library. On July 3, 2012, LCA members filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in support of petitioner Supap Kirtsaeng in the case Kirtsaeng v. Wiley & Sons, believing an adverse decision in this case could affect libraries’ right to lend books and other materials manufactured abroad.

Past LCA actions:  April 20, 2012, filed an amici curiae brief in Authors Guild vs. HathiTrust in order to defend the fair use rights of libraries.  Wrote letter to members of the US House Judiciary Committee, outlining its concerns with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The letter focused on section 201, specifically the definition of willfulness in section 201(c) and the expansion of criminal penalties to public performances in section 201(a), which together could threaten important library and educational activities regarding SOPA (Nov. 8, 2011)  Filed comments with Library of Congress in response to their Notice of Inquiry regarding 1201 of the Copyright Act. LCA asked that the previous exemptions for the prohibition of circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies be renewed. (Nov. 29, 2011)  Sent a letter to members of the US House Judiciary Committee, outlining its ongoing concerns with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The letter focused on the Manager's Amendment, specifically that it did not address the problems with treatment of streaming video that LCA identified in its November 8, 2011, letter. (Dec. 14, 2011).  Wrote a letter in Support of OPEN Act draft, thanking members of congress for taking a measured approach to stopping copyright infringement on foreign websites and thanking them for their open inclusive process of making a draft available for discussion. (Dec. 12, 2011)  Sent a support letter to members of the US House Judiciary Committee thanking them for their vigorous advocacy of First Amendment rights and the value of an open and secure Internet during last week’s markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). (Dec. 21, 2011)  Agreed to sponsor, in name only, upcoming April 2012 Orphan Works Symposium Orphan Works & Mass Digitization: Obstacles and Opportunities organized and hosted by the UC Berkeley School of Law. (Nov, 28, 2011) ~ P. 21

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On November 7, ACRL President Joyce Ogburn sent a letter to William Boarman, Public Printer of the United States, and Mary Alice Baish, Superintendent of Documents in regard to recent US Government Printing Office rulings on multi-state depository libraries. As in the past, ACRL urged GPO to look to the future and work with libraries to develop collaborative models for managing federal documents. On December 7, ACRL promoted the ALA Connect Community for created for discussion of the issues surrounding the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). This is a way toward aiding the ALA in reaching consensus on the future of the FDLP or at the very least, having a better understanding of the various perspectives held by members on these topics. See above under scholarly communication for details on comments to White House, OSTP 460+ individuals and institutions participated in the introductory Webinar to the new “Standards for Libraries in Higher Education”

    Operations  Operational activities relevant to the quality of ACRL’s strategic and enabling programs and services are reported below.    Staff    ACRL Program Officer Katie Coombes submitted her resignation at the end of her FMLA. Temporary help is being used while a search is underway to hire a new program officer.  Casey Kinson, a recent graduate of Dominican University’s MLS program was hired as a program coordinator to work with ACRL award committees, discussion groups, interest groups, and Chapters Council and she will also provide support for various professional development programs.  Thomas Huttner, a student at Northeastern Illinois University is interning with ACRL this fall.  C&RL News Editor David Free has added C&RL to his portfolio of responsibilities. Senior Production Editor Dawn Mueller will report to David. This brings the ACRL journals (except CHOICE) into one team and frees up Kathryn Deiss to spend more time on consulting, book publishing, and e-learning.  Kara Malenfant, Senior Strategist for Special Initiatives, was the invited closing speaker for the Amigos Member Conference Plotting Futures in May 2012.  Administrative Assistant Erin Shackelford resigned in April to attend law school. Staffing needs were reviewed and two program coordinator positions were described. A search is underway for a Program Coordinator to support Member Services.  Program Officer Katie Coombes is on FMLA beginning May 29, 2012 through mid-September. In her absence Intern Elizabeth McKenna is providing support for the ACRL Board work and Classified Ads Coordinator David Connolly is providing support for the financial work. A temporary staffer has been added twice a week to help with some of the administrative work.  ACRL Executive Director Davis attended DigitalNow in April in Florida, a conference on critical issues facing association leaders in the digital age  Mary Jane Petrowski, ACRL Associate Director, attended a day-long major-gifts seminar in April and attended “Are We Academically Adrift Workshop,” Oct. 18, 2011, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.  ACRL staff participated in an online webinar, “Taming the E-mail Beast,” which provided a number of tips for managing email, tasks, appointments, etc.  A detailed staffing plan to cover work during Katie Coombes’ FMLA was developed.  Kathryn Deiss presented on change at the New England Library Association Conference, October 3, 2011.  Kathryn Deiss represented ACRL and presented at the two CHEMA-sponsored Women’s Leadership Institutes in California (Nov. 29-Dec.2) and Florida (Dec. 4-7) ACRL Staff  &   Kathryn Deiss was asked to work with ALA President Maureen Sullivan on an ALA-wide leadership development program to be premiered in August 2013. ALA   Kathryn Deiss was asked to continue to present leadership content to the Emerging ~ P. 22

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Leaders Program at Midwinter 2013 and Annual 2013 while Maureen Sullivan is in her presidential year. In June ACRL Executive Director Davis participated in the interviews for a new audit firm for ALA. ACRL staff contributed to meetings about changes to address member needs for the ALA Annual Conference. ACRL Staff participated in several meetings about membership promotion/retention with ALA’s new Director of Membership Development Ron Jankowski. ACRL staff received training and is now participating in the ALA Online Bill Payment System (SharePoint). ACRL staff met with Alan Inouye, Director, ALA OITP, to discuss e-content task force initiatives. ACRL Staff worked with ALA contractor to create an online petition form that can be used by members wanting to collect signatures to start new groups, e.g., new discussion group or interest group. ACRL Executive Director Davis participated in ALA Senior Management’s two-day Budget Review meeting, April 4-5. Executive Director Davis is serving a one-year term on ALA’s Senior Management Group. Conference Supervisor Tory Ondrla is serving on the ALA staff Conference Coordinating Committee. Marketing & Communications Specialist David Free continues to serve on the ALA Web Editorial Board and Web Editorial Board and the Social Media Working Group. Program Officer Katie Coombes serves on a Financial Systems Task Force. Mary Jane Petrowski, ACRL Associate Director, served on ALA search committee for new director of the ALA Office of Research and Statistics. Kathryn Deiss was asked to lead the ALA Emerging Leaders Program session at ALA Midwinter Meeting 2012 and ALA Annual Conference 2012. Kathryn Deiss has helped ALA President Molly Raphael, her President’s Program committee, and ALA Senior Associate Executive Director Mary Ghikas, plan the “Empowering Voices, Transforming Communities” conversations to be held on Saturday January 21 and Sunday January 22, 2012 at the ALA Midwinter meeting. ACRL author, R. David Lankes will be the speaker. Most of ALA, including ACRL, has migrated to Drupal, our new Content Management System. Staff members were trained or are going to be trained soon. Member editors are also being trained. Migration to Drupal broke links to ACRL committee rosters. Hired outside contractors to help get committee rosters back up and running. That process is now complete. Search function continues to return broken links. This is because the old Google Search Appliance has a bad sector. The new one’s been installed, awaiting the consultants to get it configured.

     

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ACRL FE12 Doc 1.4a Association of College & Research Libraries 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611 800-545-2433, ext. 2523 [email protected]; http://www.acrl.org

Enabling Programs and Services Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Plan for Excellence Quarterly Report Report Period: June 1 – August 31, 2012 Enabling programs and services key performance indicators (KPI) ACRL is committed to assessing progress in advancing the Plan for Excellence, but acknowledges that the entire plan does not need to be measured at one time. The following goals have been identified as the measurement focus for FY12 and the progress toward each to date is reported below. Member Engagement Goal: Overall membership does not decline more than 4.7% (which is higher than the average membership decline of 1.3% in a non-ACRL Conference year based on the last 10 non-conference years) and that 60% of new members who joined ACRL between May 2010 – April 2011 will renew membership in FY12. KPIs Benchmark analysis of ACRL total membership number

Data ACRL overall membership has declined by 5.14% (643 members) since August 2011 and now stands at 11,857. Our FY12 membership goal is to retain 11,912 members, so we are 0.46% short of our goal.

Total membership Change year over year

Continue to benchmark and analyze impact of new member outreach program

4th Quarter FY12

4h Quarter FY11

4th Quarter FY10

4th Quarter FY09

11,857 -5.14 5.14%

12,500 +3.08%

12,126 -2.78%

12,473 -0.51%

First year member renewal rate: Year FY12 FY11 FY10 FY09 FY08 FY07 FY06 FY05

1st Quarter 57% 63% 57% 59% 60% 65%

2nd Quarter 58% 60% 63% 62% 64% 63%

3rd Quarter 53% 54% 58% 59% 59% 63%

4th Quarter 49% 51% 60% 59% 57% 60%

Year to Date 54.1% 56.4% 59.6% 59.5% 59.8% 62.6% 62% 66%

Note: FY05 and FY06 are pre-recession control groups. No reminders were sent. Conference years are shaded for comparison. Revised 4/9/2012

ACRL FE12 Doc 1.4a *An analysis of 795 first-year members who did not renew during FY12 shows that 46% (366) were students, 40% (318) were regular members, 9% (70) were non-salaried, 2% (15) were international, 2% (19), 1% (10) were associates, and 1% (9) were retired members. 77% of first-year members dropped their ALA/ACRL membership (and 51% of those who dropped ALA /ACRL were students). 15% kept their ALA membership but dropped ACRL in favor of other division/roundtable affiliations (and 34% of those were students); 9% dropped all division and roundtable membership but retained their ALA membership (and 49% of those were regular members). Benchmark by continuous years of membership

ACRL personal membership (11, (11,090)) distribution for FY12 to date is shown below. The average ACRL membership tenure is 8 years (and the median length of ACRL membership is 15 years). FY12 Q2