ACRL Chapter Council
June 2007

Campus Advocacy ToolKit
The University section of ACRL has launched an initiative to help chapters develop their own regional campus advocacy programs. See the Advocacy Toolkit Website for more details.

2008 Division Awards
Iowa has many outstanding academic libraries. Why not start now to develop an application for one of ACRL's three awards:

• Excellence in Academic Libraries. Recognize the accomplishments of librarians and other library staff as they come together as members of a team to support the mission of their institution. Blackwell's gift of $12,000 provides a $3,000 gift to each of the three winning libraries and $3,000 to support travel by an ACRL officer to the three award ceremonies.

• Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. Recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of an academic librarian who has worked in the areas of library automation or library management and has made contributions (including risk taking) toward the improvement of library services or to library development or research

• Academic/Research Librarian of the Year Award recognizes an outstanding member of the library profession who has made a significant national or international contribution to academic or research librarianship and library development.

Nominations are due by December 7
See details at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlawards/acrlawardsprogram.htm

Legislative Issues. Of particular interest to ACRL right now is legislation calling for a mandate to require public access through PubMed to federally funded research twelve months after completion. The bill has passed the Senate and is on its way to the House.

Submitted by Jean Donham