ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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MISSOURI ASSOCIATION OF 
COLLEGE AND RESEARCH

LIBRARIES
Minutes of the pring eeting
April 21, 1967

The spring meeting of the Missouri Association 
of College and Research Libraries was held at 
the University of Missouri in Columbia on 
Friday, April 21. Approximately one hundred 
and twenty were registered representing thirty- 
three colleges and universities.

Following registration and a coffee hour the 
meeting was called to order in the auditorium 
of the Student Union by president William A. 
Martin. The other officers of the association were 
introduced as was the editor of the MACRL 
Newsletter. These are: George Hartje, vice 
president; Robert Harvey, secretary-treasurer; 
William Cohn, editor.

Mr. Martin then introduced Ralph Parker, 
librarian of the University of Missouri and dean 
of its graduate school of library and informa­
tion science. Dr. Parker spoke on automation in 
the university library giving something of its 
history, its present status, and the plans and 
hopes for the future. Describing fully-automated 
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phisticated of all computer problems, Dr. Parker 
described the three subsystems of the library’s 
automation plan. These are the acquisitions and 
fiscal subsystem, the bibliographical subsystem 
and the inventory control subsystem. About one 
half of the entire system is now completed and 
in operation.

Following Dr. Parker’s informative talk a 
short business meeting was held. The minutes 
of the fall 1966 meeting held in Kansas City 
were read and approved.

A nominating committee consisting of Harry 
Voigt, chairman, Alma Bennett and Barbara 
Palling, was appointed by Mr. Martin for the 
purpose of nominating a secretary for 1968. 
The nominating committee will present their 
report at the fall meeting of MACRL in St. 
Louis.

State librarian Charles O’Halloran was in­
troduced. Mr. O’Halloran explained that money 
was available under Title III of the Library 
Services and Construction Act for the purpose 
of undertaking cooperative projects between all 
types of libraries, including academic. A meet­
ing was held in Jefferson City on May 12 to 
discuss possibilities for cooperative projects.

Mr. O’Halloran also announced the under­
taking of a public information program to better 
present libraries and their services to all the 
people of the state. He also mentioned the 
possibility of the state library providing ex­
panding service to the state government with 
perhaps a legislative and governmental refer­
ence branch of the library being provided in 
Jefferson City.

A. P. Marshall talked briefly on the coopera­
tive projects aspects of Title II of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 stating that funds there­
from would be available to implement the 
Downs survey.

The meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m . for a 
delightful buffet luncheon in the Student Union. 
John W. Schwada, chancellor of the univer­
sity, welcomed the members of the association. 

rincipal speaker at the luncheon was Ralph 
Lowenstein, editor of The Freedom of Informa­
tion Digest. Mr. Lowenstein reported on a re­
search project which he directed to determine 
the relationship between the degree of press 
reedom in a country and the amount of 
emocratization of the country.

Following luncheon tours were conducted of 
he automated systems in the University of 
Missouri library.

Also at this time Ralph Parker met with 
ome of the librarians and their staff members 
ho are involved in teaching library science 

ourses. The purpose of the meeting was to 
iscuss the coordination of content and course 
rganization between the undergraduate schools 
nd the school of library and information 
cience at the university.—Robert D. Harvey, 
ecretary. ■ ■

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