ACRL New England Chapter News Online

ISSN 1527-0106

Spring 2007, Number 111

In This Issue (Home):

President's Letter

Chapter Professional Development Scholarships Available

Board Election Results

Happy Centennial!!

ACRL Legislative Network Report

Student Conference Summary

Board Minutes, June 18th Retreat
Calendar Listings

Six New England Federal Depositories Mark Important Milestone

Louise Buckley, University of New Hampshire
Member, ACRL/NEC Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the New England Chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries enthusiastically voted at its March 14th meeting to recognize the six academic libraries in New England that are celebrating their centennial anniversaries as federal depositories. Here’s the entire motion as approved by the Board:

Motion: Six academic libraries in New England are celebrating their centennial anniversaries as federal depository libraries. As part of land-grant institutions, they were designated federal depositories in 1907:

• Homer Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut
• Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine, Orono
• W.E.B. DuBois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire
• University Library, University of Rhode Island
• Bailey/Howe Library, University of Vermont

The ACRL/NEC Board recognizes and applauds the commitment and work of these libraries over the past one hundred years in providing no-fee access to the wide range of documents, databases, and information published by all branches of the U.S. government. All participants in the Federal Depository Library Program play a vital role in sustaining the informed citizenry that is necessary for a vigorous democracy, economy, and culture. The ACRL/NEC Board wishes these libraries all the best as they move into their second century of service as federal depository libraries.

Chapter President Christine Turner has sent letters to the library directors and documents librarians at these six institutions informing them of the Board’s statement.