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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED342403 AUTHOR: Bixby, Pamela, Ed.
TITLE: Is the Library a Place? Minutes of the Meeting of
the Association of Research Libraries (118th, Montreal,
Quebec,
May 15-17, 1991).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1991
NOTE: 154 p.; For the proceedings of the 117th meeting, see
ED 338 247.
AVAILABILITY: Association of Research Libraries, 1527 New
Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036 (members
$40.00/year, all others, $60.00/year).
ABSTRACT: This membership meeting of the Association of
Research Libraries (ARL) opened with an overview of library
facility design in light of changing institutional and
technological environments. The General Program Session
included two panel presentations. The first featured
architects who have designed library buildings and who
offered their personal perspectives about a variety of
problems and prospects. The second panel featured a
librarian/building consultant and a library director, who
provided an overview of the trends in academic library
buildings and highlighted aspects of planning and building
from a librarian's point of view. Town meeting discussions
were then held, which focused on a number of issues,
including: (1) the national library organizations in Canada
(i.e., the Canadian Library Association, the National
Library of Canada, the Association for the Advancement of
Sciences and Documentation Techniques (ASTED), and the
Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL); (2)
cultural diversity initiatives in research libraries, which
featured a report from the ARL's Office of Management
Services, a presentation from Clark Atlanta University, and
a report of the task force on minority recruitment; and (3)
budget crises in ARL libraries. Following each
presentation, a panel of ARL directors posed questions
leading to general discussions of the ideas and concerns
raised. A summary of the reports to the ARL Business
Meeting is also included in this volume. A report on
association activities, the 1990 ARL audited financial
statements, attendance and index of persons, the officers,
board of directors, committees, and task forces, and the
membership of the association are appended. (MAB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Libraries; Budgets-; Facility
Guidelines; Higher-Education; Librarian-Attitudes; Library
Associations
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Cultural-Pluralism; *Design-Requirements;
*Library-Facilities; *Research-Libraries
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