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Forwarded on behalf of Marcus Elmore. ARLIS-L Moderator >Dear colleague, > ><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> > >I write to request your assistance in identifying suitable candidates to >serve as subject editor for the arts (including architecture, dance, >photography, and film) for Resources for College Libraries, a new core >list of recommended titles for college libraries to be published by CHOICE >and ALA Editions. You will find, below, a brief description of the >Resources for College Libraries project and the responsibilities of >subject editors. We seek the names of scholars and bibliographers >knowledgeable in their general subject areas, and with a wide range of >personal and professional contacts among those working in that >area. Preference will be given to those with experience in teaching, >bibliography, or collection development. > > > >Subject editors will assist in the revision and expansion of the subject >classification taxonomy according to which the contents of RCL will be >arranged. (Previous versions of this project, printed under the title >Books for College Libraries, organized their content according to Library >of Congress subject headings; in RCL, we anticipate expanding the >classification scheme to acknowledge the growth and importance of new, and >especially interdisciplinary, fields of academic inquiry and >teaching.) In addition, the subject editors will take the lead in >recruiting contributors for the RCL project, and will work with me to >refine their suggestions into a comprehensive list of essential print and >electronic resources for a college library. > > > >Ill be happy to discuss this project with you at greater length, or answer >questions you might have the responsibilities of subject editors. Please >direct any inquiries, as well as your suggestions for potential subject >editors, to me at > > > >CHOICE > >100 Riverview Center > >Middletown, CT 06457 >(860) 347-6933 x140 > ><blocked::mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > > > >Many thanks in advance for your assistance. > > > >Best wishes, > >Marcus Elmore > >Project Editor, Resources for College Libraries > > > >******************************************************************************************************* > > >Project description: Resources for College Libraries > > > >Resources for College Libraries (RCL) is the long-awaited successor to >Books for College Libraries, 3rd Edition (BCL3), a core list of 50,000 >recommended book titles for academic libraries published by the American >Library Association (ALA) in 1988. RCL will be co-published by CHOICE, >the publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries >(ACRL), and ALA Editions, the book-publishing arm of the ALA. CHOICE will >be responsible for content and editorial development, while ALA Editions >will produce, market, and distribute the finished product. RCL will >provide a basic, retrospective list of books and electronic resources to >complement the current reviews offered by CHOICE. > > > >Like BCL3 (and its predecessors), RCL will have a variety of uses for >collection assessment: it will be consulted by accrediting agencies, by >colleges adapting to new curricula, and by librarians weeding collections >but wanting to insure retention of essential works. > > > >RCL will improve on BCL3 in a number of significant ways. Unlike BCL3, >RCL will cover electronic resources as well as books. While BCL3 was >published in six volumes, RCL will exist primarily as a Web-based product >(although provisions will be made for print-on-demand paper editions). In >order to avoid the problems of obsolescence inherent in a print reference >source, RCL will be continuously revised and updated after its first >appearance. Finally, the RCL subject taxonomy will include appropriate >interdisciplinary subject headings to reflect changes in higher education >curricula since 1988. > > > >RCL will be the product of the collaborative efforts of members of the >CHOICE editorial staff and subject/disciplinary editors and contributors >recruited from the teaching faculty and libraries of colleges and >universities. The target date for publication of RCL is currently >2006. We are seeking a large number of volunteer contributors in a broad >range of subject areas. We are particularly interested in hearing from >individuals and groups who are currently compiling or interested in >assisting with the compilation of a core list in a specific subject >area. If you are interested, or know of a qualified individual or group, >please contact: > > > >Marcus Elmore > >Project Editor, Resources for College Libraries > >CHOICE > >100 Riverview Center > >Middletown, CT 06457 > >(860) 347-6933 x 140 > ><blocked::mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] > > > >Additional information about RCL can be found on the Web at ><blocked::http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/choice/ed-feb04.htm>http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/choice/ed-feb04.htm >and at ><blocked::http://www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/march2004a/ALAEditionsACRLCHOI.htm>http://www.ala.org/ala/pr2004/march2004a/ALAEditionsACRLCHOI.htm. > > > > > >Description of subject editor responsibilities: > > > >Each subject/disciplinary editor will assist the project editor in >identifying areas where the subject taxonomy of BCL3 (which was based on >the Library of Congress Subject Headings) needs to be expanded, or have >terms added, to adequately reflect the rise of new areas of scholarship >and teaching. In addition, the subject editor will recruit and oversee >the work of a number of contributors, both librarians and scholars, who >will contribute suggestions to a unified core list of essential titles >(print and electronic) for a college library. The subject editor will >review these contributions and make suggestions as to additions or >deletions to achieve adequate coverage of the subject area. Subject >editors will each receive a honorarium and be prominently acknowledged in >RCL for their contributions. > >[end message] > >______________ >Marcus Elmore >Project Editor, Resources for College Libraries >CHOICE >100 Riverview Center >Middletown, CT 06457 >(860) 347-6933 x140 ><[log in to unmask]> > __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]