ERIC ED368376: Council on Library Resources, Inc. Thirty-Seventh Annual Report/1993.

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Council on Library Resources, Inc. Thirty-Seventh
TITLE
Annual Report/1993.
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington,
INSTITUTION
D.C.
REPORT NO
ISSN-0070-1181
PUB DATE
93
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IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
The Council on Library Resources was created to
address the problems of libraries and is now committed to the most
significant library problem of all, ensuring that library resources
are embraced as part of the solution for people who seek to solve
their own problems and those of their communities and institutions.
In this annual report, the Council assesses the environment in which
it and the libraries it serves must operate as characterized by:
(1)
(2) an increased emphasis on
a switch to a service-based society,
(3) the changing demographic makeup of the United
accountability,
(4) increasing globalization of institutions, and (5)
States,
a
troubled economy in the United States and worldwide. The annual
report describes both completed and initiated programs in the
Council's program areas (human resources, economics, infrastructure,
access/processing) as it gives a picture of current activities. A
special insert, "Shaping a Foundation for the Future," by Robert
Gurwitt, examines these unsettling times for libraries. The
organization's financial report includes breakdowns for various
projects. (SLD)
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THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
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COUNCIL ON LIBRARY RESOURCES, INC.
THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 1993
1400 161h Street, N.W., Suite 510
Washington, D.C. 20036
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he scholar at his book-wheel is a reproduction of
an engraving in Agostino Ramelli's Le diverse er
first ap-
arrificiose machine... Paris, 1588.
It
peared in the Council's third annual report, with
"the picture symbolizes the
the following explanation:
interest of the Council on Library Resources in both the
content of books and the mechanics of library service." The
engraving has appeared in each annual report since that
time.
this 37th Annual Report has been designed and set in Rotis
Serif by Balmar Printing and Graphics and printed by
fodd Allan Printing.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum
requirements of American National Standard for Informa-
tion SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library
Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Library of Congress catalog number 58-915//r85
ISSN 0070 -1181
Key Tide: Annual reponCouncil on Library Resources, Inc.
The Council on Library Reources moved in May 1993 to:
1400 16th Street. N.W.. Suite 510
Washington. D.C. 20036-2217
Telephone [phone]
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CONTENTS
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Members of the Council and of the Board of DirectoN
8
Board Committees and Officers
8
Staff and Consultants
9
Acknowledgements
10
Chairman's Message
President's Message
A11ffl'!'
Program Review
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13
Overview
14
Human Resources
17
Economics
19
Infrastructure
25
Access/ Processing
29
Committees
30
Publications and Reimrts Resulting l'rom UP Programs. 1992/1093
33
Program Guidelines and Grant Application Procedures
Center Section
Special Insert: Shaping a Foundation for the Future
Active Projects and Financial Statements, 1992/1993
36
Grants ft Contracts Active in Fiscal 1993
41
Report of Independent Accountants and Financial Statements
48
Index
MEMBERS OF THE COUXCIL AND
MEMBERS OF TRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Charles D. Churchwell. Vice Chairman
William O. Baker
Dean. School of Library and Informa-
Chairman (retiredl
tion Studies. and Director.
ATaT Bell Laboratories
Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Clark Atlanta University
Patricia Battin
President
James S. Coles
Commission on Preservation
Former President
and Access
Researcn Corporation
Christine L. Borgman
Professor. Graduate School of Library
and Information Science. University of
Samuel DuBois Cook
California. l.os Angeles
President
Dillard University
Ilarvey Brooks
Benjamin Peirce Professor of
Martin M. Cummings
Technology rt Public Policy Emeritus.
Director Emeritus
I larvard University
National Library of Medicine
"=02
"illy L. l'ie
"ice President for Academic AlThirs
and Pros Ust
Fmor.s. I niversitv
I )(vied at the May 14),E) Threemrs meetwa
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Peter Likins
Caryl P. llaskins
President
Former President
Lehigh University
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Marilyn Gell Mason'
William N. Hubbard. Jr.
Director
Former President
Cleveland Public Library
Upjohn Company
W. David Penniman
Chairman
Maximilian W. Kempner,
President
Dean
Council on Library Resources
Vermont Law School
Basil Stuart-Stubbs
Elizabeth T. Kennan
Former Director. School of Library.
President
Archival and Information Studies.
Ark_
Mount Holyoke College
University of British Columbia
Herman Liebaers
Sidney Verba
Former Director
Director
Royal Library. Belgium
Harvard University Library
Eketed at the Alm. I 9V Directors mevitha.
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Staff and Consultants
Directors Emeriti of the Council
Susan D. Adams. Controller
Page Ackerman
Julia C. Blixrud. Program Officer
Robert Vosper
Martin M. Cummings. Program Consultant
Frederick H. Wagman
Vanessa K. Lee. Systems Administratot
Ilerman B Wells
Suzette M. Lemrow. Secretary
David M. Liston. Jr.. Program Consultant
W. David Penniman. President
Executive Committee
Henry W. Riecken. Program Consultant
Maximilian
. Kempner
Mary Agnes Thompson. Assistant to the President:
Charles D. Churchwell
Secretary and Treasurer
W. David Penniman
Ellen B. Timmer. Publications Consultant
William 0. Baker
Ilarvey Brooks'
James S. Coles'
mher 1992 Direuors. meeling.
Elected at the
Nm
2.
Samuel DuBois Cook
Noremher 1992.
3.
Caryl P. Haskins
Audit Committee
Charles D. Churchwell. Chairman
Samuel DuBois Cook
Basil Stuart-Stubbs
Development Committee
Charles D. Churchwell
Maximilian W. Kempner
Peter Likins
Nlanlyn Cid Mason
W. David Penniman
Sidney Verba
Officers
Maximilian W. Kempner, Chairman
Charles D. Churchwell. Vice Chairman
W. David Penniman. President
Mary Agnes Thompson. Secretary and Treasurer
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Fhe following loundations were among the supporters
of Council activities during :992/1993. All deserve
the thanks of the library community.
The J. Paul Getty Frust
Fhe William and Flora lie% dett Foundation
'he W. K. Kellogg Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
CHAIRMAN'S MESSAGE
his past year has been a challenging one for
The increasing demand for services
libraries.
creates overloaded staff. The increasing costs for
materials strain decreasing budgets. An increas-
ing numberof technological methods of managing informa-
tion calls into question the role of the library as the primary
information provider within the community it serves. The
increasing array of formats in which information can appear
complicates the means by which libraries gather information
and make it available.
At the national level, there is attention to the development
an "information highway" and to "digital" libraries, while
at local levels, libraries are reducing hours. cutting staff and
services, and, in some cases. closing doors. While knowledge
workers arc heralded as necessary to the future in this
increasingly information-intensive age, our library schools
continue to be dismantled.
The Council's broad mandate, "to address the problems of
libraries," presents us with ample challenges. In this current.
complex environment, we must find a way to make a
difference: we arc limited only by our financial resources.
The Board of Directors has worked closely with our president
during the past year to sharpen our focus and to evaluate
strategies to assure the continued contribution of the Council
to libraries and to the broader society they serve.
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