ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 244 RBS MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTIONS SUBSECTION At the annual conference of ALA, in Kansas City, the ACRL Board of Directors ap­ proved the petition to establish a Manuscripts Collections Subsection of the Rare Books Sec­ tion. However, because of the moratorium, re­ quested by the Program Evaluation and Budg­ et Committee of ALA, on new units of ALA, an ad hoc committee will continue to function during the year 1968/69. The Statement of Purpose of the Manu­ scripts Collections Subsection, Rare Books Sec­ tion, as approved by the latter, is as follows: The Manuscript Collection Subsection 1. Will explore the applicability of both ar­ chival method and theory on the one hand, and those of librarianship on the other, with the objective of developing a body of theory and practices for the management of manu­ script collections. 2. Will develop a set of ethical principles and practices to guide librarians, book and manu­ script dealers, and historical societies, aimed at: a. encouragement of cooperative collecting programs in appropriate subject areas; b. creation of standards affecting accessibil­ ity of manuscript materials; c. creation of standards affecting the photo­ copying of manuscript materials; d. recognition of social responsibilities that come with collecting; e. encouraging dealers to respect prove­ nance and integrity of manuscript groups at their disposal; f. collaboration with the Society of Ameri­ can Archivists in matters of common in­ terest, e.g., possible creation of regional storage centers for selected business rec­ ords; g. collaboration with The National Archives and Records Service in evaluation of those records of NARS that are subject to destruction/disposal but which might have archival value in the view of other manuscript repositories; 3. Will develop, on the basis of 1 above, a body of criteria affecting the distribution within the library or historical society of the full range of nonmanuscript material that usually is accompanying manuscript acqui­ sitions; e.g., ephemera, photographs, maps, tape recordings, scrapbooks, drawings, movie films, annotated publications, etc. 4. Will encourage the spread of archival man­ agement/manuscript collection management courses in library schools, and consider sup­ port of short term internships in this field, in which the internee or group of internees will process manuscript groups that need processing at those institutions without funds or expertise to do so; for the purpose of making those manuscript groups accessible, and information about them a matter of rec­ ord (National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections). ■ ■ RESEARCH ROUND TABLE A business meeting will be scheduled for the newly established Research Round Table at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Washington next January and a general membership meet­ ing and probably a joint program meeting of the round table will be scheduled for the ALA annual conference in Atlantic City next June. The organizational meeting of the Research Round Table was held during the 1968 annual conference in Kansas City. About 120 persons attended. The statement of purpose for the Research Round Table, approved by the ALA Council last January 11, is as follows— To contribute toward the extension and im­ provement of library research; To provide public program opportunities for describing and criticizing library research proj­ ects and for disseminating their findings; To orient and educate ALA members con­ cerning research techniques and their useful­ ness in obtaining information with which to reach administrative decisions and solve prob­ lems. At the organizational meeting in Kansas City, five provisional officers were elected and given the responsibility of appointing committee chairmen for bylaws, program, and nomina­ tions. This entire group of eight is then to op­ erate as a provisional executive committee until permanent officers are elected during 1968-69. The provisional officers are James Krikelas, as­ sistant professor, University of Wisconsin li­ brary school, chairman; Mrs. Barbara Slanker, research association, Library Research Center, University of Illinois, secretary-treasurer; and the three members-at-large: Herbert Goldhor, director, graduate school of library science, University of Illinois; Ben-Ami Lipetz, research department, Yale University library; and Mrs. Elizabeth L. Tate, chief librarian, National Bu­ reau of Standards. ■ ■ LIBRARY SCHOOLS Two graduate library schools have been offi­ cially accredited by the ALA. The two schools are the School of Library Science, College of Geneseo, State University of New York (Boh dan S. Wynar, dean) and the School of Librar ianship, University of Oregon (LeRoy C. Mer­ ritt, dean). 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