ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 356 / C&RL News W ashington. Trail ways (close to the Convention Center) and Greyhound both serve Baltimore. For detailed auto and sightseeing inform ation about Baltimore and environs consult the ten-page sec­ tion in the AAA Guide. W ithin Baltimore, tourists are well served by the new Metro, public transit buses, and taxis. “B altim ore… shining on the sea” Conference planners and ACRL attendees in Chicago have been treated to a new prom otional film about C harm City w ith the above title. The them e of th a t film is “participate and relax.” For readers who w ant to be well prepared to enjoy Bal­ tim ore, a booklist is in the works to appear in a sub­ sequent issue of College & Research Libraries News. In the m eantim e, you m ight w rite for the Special June 1985 issue of Baltimore Magazine for $1.75 at 26 S. C alv ert Street, B altim ore, MD 21202; (301) 752-7375.— Bill Wilson. ■ ■ C h a p ter visits The A C R L Executive Director and D eputy Executive Director report on Chapter meetings in Florida, New England, and Wisconsin. F lorida. The O rlando H yatt was the setting for the Florida Library Association Annual Confer­ ence on May 30. ACRL’s F lorida C h ap ter con­ vened jointly w ith its parent group, featuring a program on networking, a reception and presenta­ tion from ACRL Headquarters, and business m eet­ ings. The m orning program featured three speakers and an audience of 200! Jo An Segal addressed net­ working at the national level and presented m ate­ rial on the history and development of networks and a variety of trends. Dale Canelas’s paper on the Research Libraries G roup described the history and activities of this networking activity, now be­ ing introduced in Florida. M arlene Heroux, of the SO L IN E T staff, described th e services of th a t netw ork—both those derived from O C LC and those originating at SOLINET. Peter M alanchuk served as moderator. The elegant reception in the afternoon was spon­ sored by Ebsco Subscription Services. C hapter members and guests heard Segal talk about ACRL, its activities, staff, physical accom m odations, plans, and hopes. In addition to the formal interac­ tion, there w ere the hoped-for opportunities to share a m oment during dinner, over a drink, or be­ side the pool. Plans for future activities dom inated the busi­ ness meetings. W ith m any good ideas, lots of en­ ergy, and very good leadership, the Florida ACRL C hapter is in excellent shape!—JoAn Segal. New England. The New England C hapter con­ vened at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachu­ setts, on April 30-M ay 1 to consider “Politics and the W orkplace.” The theme of politics was traced in relation to the nation at large, the higher education com m u­ nity, the campus, and the library. ACRL Execu­ tive D irector JoAn Segal brought greetings to the chapter as the sessions began on Tuesday after­ noon. F eatured speakers on Thursday afternoon were: M artin Nolan, editor of the Boston Globe ed­ itorial page, who highlighted the national political scene; M ortimer Appley, past president of Clark University, who took faculty members to task for their failure to appreciate the adm inistrator’s point of view of academic politics; and Hugh Atkinson, who presented some interesting ideas about the li- brary’s use of politics w ithin the campus. On Friday morning Ed Holley asserted th at the academic librarian needs to have an understanding of higher education and of the politics of her own institution; an appreciation for the life of the mind and an ability to make contributions to the body of scholarly knowledge; an understanding of how knowledge is obtained in various disciplines; and an ability to evaluate research. He emphasized that the broader the training, the more likely the indi­ vidual will have these characteristics. An A.J Anderson case study dom inated the re­ m ainder of the W ednesday morning program . Af­ ter a panel of New England librarians offered solu­ tions to th e p roblem posed by A nderson, th e audience participated actively in the discussion of the case. Leigh Estabrook then presented her paper on politics and the library workplace, emphasizing the stress caused by change. Social activity was also an im portant p art of the meeting. An elegant cham pagne buffet on Tuesday afternoon preceded a fine dinner, which was fol­ lowed by a reception featuring coffee and liqueur, jazz and conversation. As one of ACRL’s oldest and strongest chapters, New England continued its tradition of high qual­ ity p ro g ra m m in g an d a c tiv e m e m b e r p articipation.—JoAn Segal. Wisconsin. “High Tech/High Touch: A L ibrari­ an’s W orld” was the them e of the Wisconsin Associ­ ation of Academic Librarians Annual Conference, April 17-19, 1985, at the Abbey on Lake Geneva. Conference participants m ight find it difficult to name the best session on the program planned by Mary Jane Scherdin (UW–W hitew ater). On the lighter side, some might say th at the “Fashion P a­ rade from the LC Double-Take Salon of Lake Ge­ neva” was certainly the high point of the confer­ ence. E n g in e e re d by C o n sta n c e H o lt (UW–LaCrosse), the fashion parade had 12 brave librarians modeling the latest in academic apparel. A n o th er p o p u la r a c tiv ity , now a tra d itio n at WAAL programs, was the Fun Run/W alk where athletic participants were instructed to “jog, walk, ski, crawl, roll or w rithe” along the exercise trail. O n the m ore serious side, the program was packed w ith sessions th at could all vie for the “best” distinction. M aureen Sullivan (Yale University and ACRL CE in stru c to r) offered a w orkshop on “Managing Conflict Skills for Today’s Academic L ibrarian” to a standing room only crowd. W il­ liam M iller (B ow ling G re en U n iv ersity and A C R L/B IS ch air) su p p lied a follow -up to his American Libraries article w ith “Fixing W h at’s W rong W ith Reference.” The high tech offerings were varied w ith presentations and dem onstra­ tions of serials control systems, online catalog and circulation systems, end-user systems for online database searching and m icrocom puter software programs. John Corbin (University of Houston) fo­ cused his luncheon remarks on the “H um an Side of Technology.” Rounding out the program were ses­ July /August 1985 / 359 sions on legislation, lobbying, library instruction, copyright and a state-w ide update. ACRL Executive D irector JoAn S. Segal and I did a session on “ACRL: W h a t’s in It for Me?” In p a rt of our program , we involved the participants in a priority setting activity as a pilot test for the 1985 President’s Program at the Chicago ALA An­ nual Conference. The WAAL participants helped identify bugs in the program design and provided sample d ata th a t will be com pared to d ata from the Chicago Conference program . An analysis of the WAAL d ata indicated a high level of consensus on the priorities for ACRL: publications, standards, continuing education, library education, liaison w ith higher education groups and fiscal and politi­ cal support for academ ic libraries. There was also a high level of consensus am ong all the participants th a t this Spring WAAL m eeting was a success.— Cathleen Bourdon. ■ ■ ★ ★ ★ News from the f i e ld Acquisitions • Brown University’s John H ay L ibrary, Provi- dence, Rhode Island, acquired the papers and m em orabilia of Rabbi Baruch Korff, founder of the N ational Citizens C om m ittee for Fairness to the Presidency and the U.S. Citizens Congress d u r­ ing the W atergate era. Although richest in m aterial relating to R ichard Nixon, the collection also con­ tains m uch m aterial connected w ith Rabbi Korff’s other political activities, his efforts on behalf of E u ­ ropean Jew ry under Nazi and Soviet persecution, his involvement in the founding of the state of Is­ rael and other M iddle Eastern affairs, and his ra b ­ binical activities. Over 90 linear feet of papers, in­ c lu d in g r e ta in e d re c o rd s of th e E m e rg e n c y C om m ittee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, the Political Action C om m ittee for Palestine, and the tw o W atergate-era com m ittees, have been re­ ceived. • H arvard University L ibrary received a $1 mil- lion unrestricted gift from John W . Blodgett, Jr., class of 1923, and E dith Ferris Blodgett. This was half of a $2 million donation, the other $1 million going to H a rv a rd College. The Blodgetts have helped to support the L ibrary since 1933, notably in the field of history, w here Mr. Blodgett funded the acquisition of Leon Trotsky’s papers and the form ation of The Blodgett Collection o f Spanish Civil W ar Pamphlets. • H a rv a rd University’s H oughton L ibrary ac­ quired the Am ericana portion of the M oldenhauer Archives, a m ajor collection consisting of m an u ­ scripts, scores, letters, and in some cases the entire estates of leading 20th century composers. Notable m usicians re p resen ted are L eo n a rd B ernstein, Aaron C opland, George G ershwin, W alter K auf­ m ann, and m any others. The acquisition is p a rt of a joint program betw een H arvard and the B avar­ ian State L ibrary in M unich, w here a division of the M oldenhauer Archives was established in 1979. Hans M oldenhauer is noted as a concert pianist, teacher, and author, whose collection is in memory of his wife Rosaleen. This acquisition was helped by a generous gift from Francis Goelet, class of 1947. • The Historic New Orleans Collection in New Orleans, Louisiana, recently acquired the papers of Lt. Charles H. B. Caldw ell of the United States Navy. These consist prim arily of orders received by C aldw ell during the Civil W ar, the most im por­ ta n t of w hich are those issued by F lag Officer D avid G. F arrag u t concerning the attack on Fort Jackson and F ort St. Philip, and the orders of F a r­ ragut and C apt. T hornton Jenkins during the seige of Port Hudson. The C aldwell Papers com plem ent several other collections which give an excellent overview of the most im portant Civil W ar battle in Louisiana. • The Museum of C om parative Zoology, Har- vard University, receiveddhe papers of noted ento­ mologist W illiam M orton W heeler (1865-1937). Professor W heeler, who specialized in the study of ants, was also renow ned as a lecturer, w riter, lin­ guist, scientific historian, and social philosopher. This gift was from his grandsons W illiam M. W heeler Jr., and Paul S. W heeler, and consists of 187 volumes of historical interest; 35 boxes of ad ­ m inistrative and scientific papers, including corre­ spondence, m anuscripts, and notes; 8 boxes of re­ prints; and 6 boxes of illustrations. • Purdue University Libraries, W est Lafayette, In d ia n a , have ac q u ired a p riv a te collection of 20,000 volumes on Am erican literature and cul­ ture. This collection represents the largest single addition to th e P u rd u e L ibraries d u rin g its 110 years of service to the University. The titles in the collection provide a comprehensive representation