First, the Committee is grateful for and acknowledges the leadership provided by Edith Fisher and S. Curtis for their work as Chair and Acting Chair, respectively of the committee. We also acknowledge the principal support provided by both LAUC and the Office of the President. We thank J. Horn and S. Starr for their leadership in initiating this process and the following campuses for providing meeting space and accommodations: Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Santa Cruz. Members of the LAUC Los Angeles Division made arrangements for the workshop, in particular, N. Corral, S. Sterling and M. Goral. R. Scherrei, Associate University Librarian (UCLA) provided funds for the lunch. Guest speakers, J. Boisse and J. Horn helped set the context for the workshop. The chair would like to thank E. Loh for representing UCLA at the initial committee meeting and acknowledge the institutional support provided by the Chicano Studies Research Center. Finally, we would also like to thank the following LAUC members who helped the committee members facilitate the workshop: J. Ariel, E. Broidy, J. Markham, L. Melendez, R. Meszaros, C. Oka, and S. Shellaby.
The present report grew out of issue papers prepared by several librarians. The paper on collections was prepared by P. Dawson and A. Griego, the paper on bibliographic access by L. Castillo-Speed and R. Chabran; the paper on reference by A. Churukian and J. Ariel; the paper on bibliographic instruction by E. Broidy and C. Yates; and finally the paper on recruitment by V. Sykes and R. Castro. The report final report was collectively written. Editorial support was provided by L. Castillo-Speed, S. Casement, A. Ritch, and R. Castro. Final thanks to E. Meltzer and the LAUC Executive Board who provided leadership in guiding the report through final approval.