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ACRL Board of Directors
Brief of Minutes
January 11,1967—2:00 p.m.

P resent: President Ralph E. McCoy; Vice 
President and President-Elect James Hum­
phry, III; Past President Helen M. Brown; 
Director-at-Large Ruth M. Erlandson; Di­
rectors on ALA Council Elliott Hardaway, 
W. Carl Jackson, Rev. Jovian Lang, Kathryn 
R. Renfro, Edward B. Stanford; Chairmen 
of Sections John M. Dawson, Mary E. 
Schell, Lee Sutton; Vice Chairmen and 
Chairmen-Elect of Sections Stuart Forth, 
Mrs. Alice B. Griffith, Audrey North, Rich­
ard L. Snyder; Executive Secretary George 
M. Bailey, and Senior Secretary Rosemary 
Chamberlin.

Guests included: Mrs. Ruth M. Christen­
sen, chairman of Audio-Visual Committee; 
Frances Kennedy, chairman of the Mem­
bership Committee; Theodore Samore, rep­
resentative on ALA Ad Hoc Joint Commit­
tee on Cooperative Activities; James E. 
Skipper, executive secretary of ARL, and 
Robert L. Talmadge, chairman of LAD Sta­
tistics Committee for College and Univer­
sity Libraries.

Ralph E. McCoy presided.
(Note: Individual reports of ACRL activ­

ities were mailed to members of the Board 
and are available to ACRL members upon 
request. Wherever necessary, information 
from the reports will be added to the 
minutes.)

Members of the Board of Directors and 
guests introduced themselves.

The minutes of the Board of Directors’ 
meeting as reported in ACRL News, Sep­
tember 1966, were approved.

Mr. Bailey made various announcements 
of action to be taken at Midwinter, includ­
ing scheduling of meetings for the San 
Francisco Conference and approval of 
schedules for program meetings for the 
Kansas City Conference. He asked that one 
report of the Midwinter meetings be left at 
the A C R L desk in New Orleans, to be 
used by the executive secretary for both 
Highlights and Proceedings.

Plans should be initiated for 1967/68. 
Committee appointments should be com­
pleted before the annual conference. Vice 
chairmen of sections and subsections should 
have their plans completed in the next six 
months.

Mr. Humphry reported the discussion 
and action of the Planning and Action Com­
mittee at its first meeting:

1. The Subject Specialists Section is con­
tinuing its correspondence with the chair­
man of the ALA Committee on Organiza­
tion to secure division status. The earlier 
petition has not received favorable action, 
partly because of the cost of establishing a 
new division. The chairman of COO has 
suggested round table status as an alterna­
tive, but this was unacceptable to the of­
ficers of the section. The possibility of pro­
viding section status for the subsections 
does not provide as satisfactory a solution 
as would division status. Mr. Humphry pre­
pared the following statement for discussion 
by the ACRL Board and transmission to 
COO:
The ACRL Board reaffirms its position with re­
spect to supporting the Subject Specialists Sec­
tion’s petition for division status, in accordance 
with its action taken at the July 1966 Confer­
ence. The alternative to division status sug­
gested by the Committee on Organization, that 
of a Round Table, is considered inappropriate 
because of lack of ALA staff liaison and be­
cause it does not adequately provide for the 
four Subsections. The Board feels that division 
status is the most appropriate solution and rec­
ommends retention of the Subject Specialists 
Section in its present status within ACRL only 
until approval of the petition is granted.

This statement was unanmiously approved 
by members of the ACRL Board of Direc­
tors present.

2. The Committee approved a resolution 
of the Agriculture and Biological Sciences 
Subsection, supporting the work of the Na­
tional Agricultural Library in developing a 
coordinate network of biological and agri­
cultural libraries.

3. Marion Milczewski, chairman of the 
ALA International Relations Committee, 
met with the Planning and Action Commit­
tee to discuss the desirability of establish­
ing a formal liaison between ACRL and 
IRC. Academic librarians are represented in 
international activities. The ACRL office is 
used in these activities, and ARL is very 
much involved. An ACRL committee might 
explore what is being done and advise on 
future activities. Mr. McCoy and Mr. Milc­
zewski were asked to prepare a statement 
recommending the establishment of such a



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committee, including a reference to funds 
for attendance of an A C R L  representative 
at the IFLA meetings.

4. In regard to the proposal for an ALA 
Library Research Round Table, Mr, Harlow 
was asked to prepare a statement to re­
flect the thinking of the Planning and Ac­
tion Committee for presentation to the 
Board.

5. E. J. Josey, chairman of the College 
Libraries Section’s Committee on Commu­
nity Use of Academic Libraries, reviewed 
the work of his committee, which has ex­
tended beyond the college library. Mr, Jo­
sey will ask his committee to consider its 
role for presentation to the A C R L  Board 
of Directors.

6. The Planning and Action Committee 
will hold a two-day meeting on March 14- 
15 at Rutgers University for the purpose of 
appraising the work of ACRL and planning 
for future activities.

James Skipper reviewed some ARL activ­
ities for the benefit of the members of the 
ACRL Board. Rutherford Rogers was elect­
ed chairman of ARL. Mr. Skipper will leave 
his position in ARL and accept a position

at Princeton University on April 1. Dues 
are being increased substantially to support 
ARL activities, which are being carried out 
by fifteen committees under the direction of 
a board. Some of the concerns are with a 
machine-readable inventory of world seri­
als, foreign procurement of material from 
developing countries, non-GPO publications 
of the federal government, and library par­
ticipation in indirect costs under federal 
grants. At the Midwinter meetings, the title 
of the ARL executive secretary was changed 
to executive director, and that of ARL 
chairman to president.

After President McCoy noted the ex­
tensive activities and achievements of E d­
mon Low in securing federal legislation for 
academic libraries, the Board unanimously 
approved the following resolution:
Resolved, that the Board of Directors of the 
Association of College and Research Libraries 
express deep appreciation to Edmon Low for 
his many years of distinguished service to the 
Association and for his significant contributions 
in promoting library development through his 
work on federal legislation.

Greater support of our Association is

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needed to assure continued funding of the 
Higher Education Act because of the loss 
of a number of our Congressional friends 
the last election, the death of Congressman 
John Fogarty of Rhode Island, and the high 
cost of the war. The Board members were 
asked to secure additional support in ev­
ery way possible, and especially by mak­
ing recommendations for (1) a person to 
fill the position of academic library special­
ist in the U.S. Office of Education, and 
(2) a person to fill the new position in 
the ALA Washington office for the im­
plementation of federal library legislation. 
Both positions are crucial in the academic 
library world.

The guidelines for Title II A of the High­
er Education Act should be available soon 
and will be sent directly to the presidents 
of academic institutions with an informa­
tion copy to libraries. We hope to publish 
additional information in the February is­
sue of AC RL News.

Andrew Eaton has resigned as a candi­
date for the office of vice president and 
president-elect of ACRL for 1967/68 be­
cause of his election as president-elect of 
ARL. The ACRL Appointments and Nomi­
nations Committee secured the acceptance 
of Arthur McAnally, University of Oklaho­
ma library, to replace Mr. Eaton. (Note; 
After the Midwinter meetings, Mr. Eaton 
agreed to replace Mr. McAnally as a candi­
date for election to the ALA Council.)

Robert Talmadge reported that the 
1965/66 academic library statistics would 
be published in February. The LAD ques­
tionnaires were completed by 83 per cent 
of the institutions for the eighteen hun­
dred forms mailed out. A grant of $9,600 
was received from USOE to support 
this program. The printout, being com­
piled at the University of Wisconsin-Mil­
waukee, should be ready by early February. 
Cost of the publication, in format similar 
to previous USOE publications, is expect­
ed to be approximately $3. Approximately 
one thousand advance orders have been re­
ceived. ACRL and ARL were requested to 
emphasize the importance of returning the 
completed forms immediately.

The 1964/65 statistics, collected by 
USOE, should be ready for publication by 
the end of January 1967, but there is some 
question whether they will be published 
because they are now considered out-of- 
date. For the 1965/66 statistics, being col­
lected by USOE, only thirteen hun­

dred General Information Forms (G IF) 
have been returned, out of twenty-four 
hundred. A follow-up will be made and a 
note to this effect will be published in 
CRL News.

The ALA is working closely with USOE 
toward the implementation of plans for col­
lecting statistics for all types of libraries.

The ACRL Board of Directors unani­
mously approved a resolution expressing 
appreciation to ALA, and especially to Al 
Trezza, Frank Schick, and Robert Tal­
madge, for their work in the collection of 
academic library statistics.

Mr. Samore distributed a preliminary 
draft of a “Statement on Interlibrary Co­
operation,” being developed by the inter- 
divisional committee on this activity. Mem­
bers of the Board will be asked for com­
ments before a final statement is developed.

Mrs. Christensen reported on the meet­
ings of the Audio-Visual Committee during 
Midwinter, introducing a resolution and 
support of federal funds for audio-visual 
uses. This was to be duplicated and dis­
tributed to members of the Board for ac­
tion at its second meeting. The committee 
had accepted $500 from the ALA Audio- 
Visual Committee to help prepare a draft 
of guidelines for audio-visual services, 
which should be available for distribution 
at the San Francisco Conference.

The ACRL Membership Committee will 
be dissolved as of July 1967, according to 
Frances Kennedy, who has been serving as 
chairman. Appreciation was expressed to 
Miss Kennedy for her work with the com­
mittee. ACRL will continue to have a rep­
resentative on the ALA Membership Com­
mittee. As of November 30, 1966, ACRL 
membership was 11,200.

The meeting adjourned at 4:20 p .m .

Brief of Minutes
January 13, 1967— 10:00 a.m.
Present: President Ralph E. McCoy; Vice 
President and President-Elect, James Hum­
phry, III; Past President Helen M. Brown; 
Director-at-Large Ruth M. Erlandson; Di­
rectors on ALA Council Rev. Jovian Lang, 
Kathryn R. Renfro, Edward B. Stanford; 
Chairmen of Sections John M. Dawson, 
William H. Runge, Mary E. Schell, Lee 
Sutton; Vice Chairmen and Chairmen- 
Elect of Sections Stuart Forth, Mrs. Alice B. 
Griffith, Audrey North, Richard L. Snyder; 
Executive Secretary George M. Bailey, and 
Senior Secretary Rosemary Chamberlin.



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Guests included: Chairmen of Commit­
tees D. K, Berninghausen (reporting for 
Mrs. Patricia B. Knapp), Juliet B. Clark, 
Mark M. Gormley, Bernard Kreissman, John 
P. McDonald, Norman E. Tanis, R. Kent 
Wood; Chairman of Joint Committee Carl H. 
Sachtlehen; Editors Peter M. Doiron, Felix 
Reichmann (reporting for Mrs. Margaret 
K. T oth); Chairman of CHOICE Editorial 
Board Sister Helen, and Chairmen of Sub­
sections Roy L. Kidman and Jane Wilson.

Ralph E. McCoy presided.
Members of the Board and guests intro­

duced themselves. At their second meeting, 
the members of the Planning and Action 
Committee discussed the following matters 
and made various recommendations to the 
Board:

1. Recommendations were made for 
strengthening the ALA Goals Award pro­
posal, presented by the Junior College Li­
braries Section, for the establishment of a 
Junior College Library Information Center 
at ALA Headquarters, and staffed by a 
director, charged with the responsibility of 
collecting and disseminating information on 
all aspects of junior college library develop­
ment, initiating and developing projects, 
and coordinating activities. The Junior Col­
lege Libraries Section’s representatives were 
asked to incorporate these suggestions be­
fore presenting the proposal to the Board 
of Directors. After some discussion, indicat­
ing the importance of providing strong 
ALA support for the needs of junior col­
lege libraries, the ACRL Board approved 
the revised proposal.

2. A suggestion was made by Norman 
Tanis, director of libraries, Kansas State 
College, Pittsburg, that each ACRL com­
mittee have one member of the Junior 
Members Round Table attached to it for a 
one year appointment. The following rec­
ommendation was made and approved by 
the Board:
It is recommended to the ACRL Board that a 
program of Intern Committee Membership be 
established on an experimental basis by author­
izing the president-elect to appoint one extra 
junior member of the ACRL to standing com­
mittees for a one-year term, the candidates to 
be chosen if desired from a panel of nominees 
established by the president of the Junior 
Members Round Table. The Executive Secre­
tary of ACRL is likewise authorized to ne­
gotiate the necessary arrangements with JMRT.

3. The Publications Committee proposed 
that subscription for College and Research

Libraries, to include A C RL N ews, be in­
creased to $10.00 per year for seventeen 
issues: six of the journal and eleven News 
issues. The increase is necessary to cover 
the rising costs of printing and postage. 
The Board approved the committee’s rec­
ommendation that the increase be made.

4. In regard to the proposal for the 
establishment of an ALA Library Research 
Round Table, the committee proposed the 
following statement:

The ACRL Board of Directors recommends to 
the Committee on Organization that an ALA 
Library Research Round Table be established 
to provide an organizational base for an impor­
tant professional function which is now being 
performed by a joint committee of the ALA 
Library Education Division and the Associa­
tion of American Library Schools.

If an ALA Research Committee is in fact 
established with a relationship to the ALA Office 
of Research analogous to that of the Inter­
national Relations Committee to the ALA In­
ternational Relations Office, the Library Re­
search Round Table would provide oppor­
tunities for public program paralleling those 
for which the International Relations Round 
Table is responsible.

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This was approved.
5. The following statement was present­

ed and approved by the Board:
The Planning and Action Committee recom­
mends the creation of an International Rela­
tions Committee to be advisory to ACRL on 
ways in which the Association may be useful­
ly involved in international library affairs, such 
committee to serve as a subcommittee of the 
ALA International Relations Committee.

6. The College Libraries Section, as a 
result of discussion and approval by the 
members of the Planning and Action Com­
mittee, developed the following resolution, 
which was approved by the Board:

W hereas it is recognized that the concerns 
of the College Libraries Section’s Committee on 
Community Use of Academic Libraries Com­
mittee is shared by all other sections of the 
Association.

Be it resolved that this Committee be insti­
tuted as a committee of ACRL.

Copies of the revision of the ALA Goals 
for Action statement had been distributed 
to members of the Board of Directors prior 
to Midwinter. John Dawson, a member of 
the ALA Executive Board, who served as

chairman for the final revision, presented 
the statement for discussion, noting the ac­
tivities in the development of the revision. 
The statement has been strengthened.

David Berninghausen, representing the 
Library Services Committee, recommended 
that the Goals should include a statement 
to read: “There should be programs to de­
velop facility in the use of libraries on the 
part of students and faculty.” Some discus­
sion was held on the statement about the 
Library of Congress as the national library. 
W ith these comments and suggestions, the 
Board approved the adoption of the Goals 
for Action as revised.

Helen Brown reported on the meetings 
of the Program Evaluation and Budget 
Committee. The discussions were con­
cerned with the role of various ALA units 
in international library activities.

Foster Mohrhart, President-Elect of ALA, 
met with PEBCO members to present ten­
tative plans for his Kansas City Conference 
program, which he hopes will be a broad, 
flexible program, to make maximum use of 
the report of the President’s National Com­
mission on Libraries, due in November 
1967. Douglas M. Knight, chairman of the 
Commission, might be invited to the mid­

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winter 1968 meeting to discuss the report.
Ralph Blasingame, treasurer of ALA, pre­

sented an optimistic financial picture of 
ALA to the PEBCO members, emphasizing 
the increase in personal membership as an 
important factor. He recommended an ad­
ditional long-range planning mechanism 
over and above the present capacities of 
PEBCO.

Units of A C R L  were reminded to sub­
mit budget requests for 1967/68 as soon as 
possible. The Appointments and Nomina­
tions Committee for 1967/68, under the 
chairmanship of Ben Bowman, had com­
pleted its recommendations to Mr. Hum­
phry for appointments for next year and 
will complete its decisions regarding ACRL 
nominees for the 1968 elections in the near 
future.

John McDonald reported that the Advi­
sory Committee on Cooperation with E d­
ucational and Professional Organizations 
plans to invite representatives of a dozen 
professional associations to meet with mem­
bers of this committee at a luncheon in San 
Francisco. He reviewed the recent contacts 
with the representatives of the National As­
sociation of Student Personnel Administra­
tors, noting their desire for advice about 
provision of library services to students out­
side of libraries on the campuses and for 
acquaintance with the problems of libraries. 
The Board approved the recommendation 
that preliminary planning meetings be held 
with representatives of NASPA, with the 
possible establishment of a joint commit­
tee of the two organizations. The executive 
secretary was asked to report ACRL’s posi­
tive response to the members of NASPA.

The Committee on Library Services has 
agreed not to sponsor a preconference in 
Kansas City as originally announced, but 
to develop, instead, a conference program 
around the theme of special services to 
faculty and graduate students, with the pos­
sibility of securing cosponsorship from BSD 
and the Subject Specialists Section. They 
also hope to consider how special libraries 
can augment the services of academic li­
braries. A future preconference might be 
concerned with the relations of campus 
groups to the library and the role of the li­
brary in improving the instructional process.

The Committee on Local Arrangements, 
with Juliet Clark as chairman, had met to 
plan schedules for the ACRL booth in San 
Francisco and would be pleased to be of 
service to other ACRL units in making an 
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The National Library Week Committee 
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March 1, and hopes to receive a donation 
of $2,000 in support of its development. 
Thirty thousand copies will be distributed 
to administrators of institutions which 
might be in the planning stage, but, more 
important, to the many groups which use 
the graduates of junior colleges.

The A d Hoc Committee on Relations 
with ARL met with the Standards Commit­
tee to consider the need for standards for 
university libraries, noting the importance 
of the subject to both ACRL and ARL, and 
the hope for continued joint concern. The 
committee also concerned itself with pos­
sibilities of scheduling meetings of the two 
associations closer together during confer­
ences. ARL meetings are always scheduled 
on the weekend prior to the ALA meetings. 
When ACRL meetings are scheduled late 
in the conference week, it is difficult for 
ARL members to remain for both sets of 
meetings.

The ALA A d Hoc Committee on Re­
search has dissolved itself. It had been 
formed to serve as a liaison with federal 
groups concerned with libraries and infor­
mation centers, and the work was conclud­
ed with the establishment of the A d  Hoc 
Joint Committee on National Library and 
Information Systems. Appreciation was ex­
pressed to Maurice Tauber and his com­
mittee for their work.

Norman Tanis, chairman of the Standards 
Committee, reported that the “Guidelines 
for Library Service to Extension Students” 
had been published in the January 1967 
A L A  Bulletin. He hopes for formal endorse­
ment by other associations. The A L A  Stand­
ards for College Libraries are now out­
dated and need to be considered for pos­
sible revision. The Committee met with 
representatives of ARL to consider the pos­
sibility of standards for university libraries 
and hopes to hold another joint meeting on 
the subject. The subcommittee to revise the 
A L A  Standards for Junior College Libraries 
decided that new guidelines would be help­
ful and hopes to have a working document 
by July 1967. A meeting on the subject is 
being planned for the AAJC conference in 
San Francisco early in March.

The ACRL representatives of the AAC- 
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dents. Carl Sachtleben, chairman, stated 
that several papers would be written on the 
subjects of cooperative programs, micro­
texts, and, possibly automation, for the in­
formation of administrators. A meeting of 
the joint committee is being planned for 
April 1967. Members of the Board were 
asked for suggestions of topics for discus­
sion by the committee.

CHOICE will include the editorial title 
on its front cover in the future. Peter 
Doiron, Editor, has been asked by the Ed­
itorial Board to investigate the possibility of 
publishing CHOICE reviews on cards; to 
publish the “Opening Day Collection,” 
which appeared in the September-Decem­
ber 1965 issues, as a separate reprint as 
soon as possible; and finally to investigate 
the publication of supplements on a two- 
or three-year basis. Sister Helen, chairman 
of the Editorial Board, expressed apprecia­
tion to Mr. Doiron and his staff for their 
fine job with CHOICE.

Helen Brown presented the following re­
solution, which was approved by the Board 
to be included in a letter from President 
McCoy to Verner Clapp:

Whereas the Council on Library Resources 
has provided a second subsidy of $108,855 to

provide for the continuing publication of 
CHOICE, be it resolved that the Board of Di­
rectors of the Association of College and Re­
search Libraries expresses its deep gratitude 
to the Council on Library Resources for the 
generous and timely support.

Felix Reichmann, reporting for the ACRL 
Microcard Series, recommended that 
changes in technology and in the field of 
librarianship necessitated consideration of 
changes in the Series:

1. Technology—a change from micro­
cards to microfiche.

2. Content—because of the lack of mas­
ters theses, the Series should consider an­
nual reports of libraries, acquisitions policy 
statements, surveys, library department 
manuals, and reports of ALA divisions.

The College Libraries Section’s Commit­
tee on Non-Western Resources is making 
plans for a preconference in Kansas City.

Mrs. Alice Griffith, vice chairman of the 
Junior College Libraries Section, reported 
the receipt of a grant of $5,000 from the 
ACRL Committee on Grants to develop a 
proposal for demonstration libraries in jun­
ior colleges, and the plans for a preconfer­
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c o u rse .”—T h e  C h r istia n  C e n tu r y

The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible is an  
illu s tr a te d  e n c y c lo p e d ia  t h a t  defin es a n d  
e x p la in s  e v e ry  p e rs o n  n a m e d  in  t h e  B ib le  
o r A p o c ry p h a ; e v e ry  to w n  a n d  reg io n , 
h ill a n d  s tre a m ; e v e ry  p la n t, a n im a l, a n d  
m in e ra l; e v e ry  o b je c t u s e d  i n  d a ily  life ; 
a n d  m a jo r  b ib lic a l d o c trin e s  a n d  th e o ­
lo g ical co n cep ts. M o re t h a n  1,000 b la c k - 
a n d - w h ite  illu s tra tio n s  a n d  56 p a g e s of 
fu ll- c o lo r  p h o to g ra p h s  a n d  m ap s. T h e  4- 
v o lu m e  se t, $45.

“… as a  n e w s e v e n t in  A m e ric a n  B ib le 
p u b lis h in g  in  re c e n t y e a rs, r a n k s  second 
o n ly  to  th e  p ro d u c tio n  of t h e  RSV itse lf 
…  o u r  firs t w o rd  in  th is  in s ta n c e  m u s t 
b e  o n e  o f g r a titu d e  to A b in g d o n  fo r  
q u ie tly  a n d  p a tie n tly  s e rv in g  as s te w a rd  
of t h e  g ro w in g  bod y  o f sc h o la rly  m a te ria l 
in  re c e n t y e a rs, a n d  p u b lis h in g  it firs t in  
T h e  I n te r p r e t e r s  B ib le  a n d  n o w  in  t h e  
D ic tio n a ry .”— T h e  C h ristia n  C e n tu r y

ABINGDON PRESS
Nashville • New York

preconference on the subject, “Techniques 
of Special Collections,” to be held at Stan­
ford, June 22-23. No joint meeting is being 
planned with the Bibliographical Society of 
America this year.

The following resolution, introduced by 
the Audio-Visual Committee at the first 
Board meeting was approved:
The ACRL Audio-Visual Committee, noting 
the great opportunity afforded colleges and 
universities to build desirable and useful A-V 
centers with funds granted through the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, and particularly under 
Title II and Title VI;

And recognizing the great need for A-V 
materials and equipment as an integral part of 
the services of a large number of colleges and 
university libraries;

The Committee recommends that the officials 
of A C R L  go on record as endorsing the re­
quest and expenditure of funds for these pur­
poses;

And that the A C R L  endorse the principle 
of Federal Funds for Higher Education to pro­
vide continued upgrading and encouragement 
by Congress of libraries through continued at­
tention to these needs.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:20 p .m .
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FEDERAL LEGISLATION
1968 Budget

President Johnson’s 1968 Federal Budget in­
cludes the following requests for academic li­
brary purposes. (Refer to the Washington 
Newsletter for additional information regard­
ing budget requests.)
Higher Education Act of 1965

Title
I $ 16,500,000

II A 25,000,000
II B 8,250,000 (training)

3,550,000 (research)
II C 4,000,000

III 30,000,000
IV C 139,000,000 (work study)
V  C 35,000,000 (teacher fellow-

ships)
VI 17,000,000 (A-V equipment

and faculty
training)

Higher Education Facilities Act
I 390,000,000 ( graduate con­

struction)
II 50,000,000 (undergraduate 

construction)
Library Services and Construction Act

III 2,375,000 (cooperation) ■ ■