Automating reserve activities at Northwestern University

Abstract

members more aware of political developments affecting our environment and to mobilize the academic community for a more effective re sponse. On another front, our Professional Association Liaison Committee is attempting to promote col laborative efforts with other groups in higher edu cation: the Modern Language Association, the American Chemical Society, the American Coun cil on Education, the American Association for High er Education, the Association of American Colleges, and others. We are becoming more active in EDUCOM. We have encouraged our executive director to extend her efforts to identify opportuni ties for interacting with a variety of non-library agencies with whom we have mutual interests. In short, a number of efforts are already under way. The ACRL President's Program in Chicago this summer will be devoted to extending these initiatives. I invite all members to forward their suggestions to me or the program chair, Patricia Breivik (associate vice president for information resources, Towson State University). As long as we're in the process of transition, we have excellent opportunities-now-to transform the Association from a group that spends too much time talking to itself into one that is both visible and heard by other members of the academic community.