ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries he now questioned whether such work should not be done during the regular conference week. Mr. W eber stated that he was concerned that the Rare Book Preconferences were not held in the conference city. He pointed out that this precluded attendance by many mem­ bers who had a professional interest in Rare Books. Mr. McNiíf informed the Board that the time had expired, and that the question of Rare Book Preconferences would be referred to the Executive Committee. The meeting adjourned at 4:10 p .m . From Inside the DLP By Dr. Katharine M. Stokes College and University Library Specialist, L i­ brary Planning and Development Branch, Di­ v i s i n of Library Programs, Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology, U.S. Office of E d ­ ucation, Washington, D.C. 20202. The initials for our Division did not change on February 10 when we became a part of the BLET instead of the BAVLP, b ut those of you who are familiar with government structure will realize th at this is an important change. The new Bureau of Libraries and Educational Technology to which we now belong has been created as a sister bureau to the one for Educa­ tional Personnel Development (B E P D ), and the two bureaus will be headed by the Deputy Commissioner for Instructional Resources, who has not yet been appointed. The BEPD is headed by Associate Commissioner Don Davies, who will be acting head of the BLET also un­ til an appointment is made. The two other agencies with us in the new Bureau are the E d ­ ucational Broadcasting Facilities Program head­ ed by Raymond Stanley, and the Educational Media Program. The programs administered by the Library and Information Research Branch, now headed by Lawrence Papier are being transferred from the Office of Information Dis­ semination to the BLET. Our Division personnel remains the same, headed by Director Ray Fry and his adminis­ trative staff, with four branch chiefs, as fol­ lows: 1. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hughey (Library Pro­ gram and Facilities) 2. Frank A. Stevens (Library Training and Resources) 3. R. Kathleen Molz (Library Planning and Development) 4. Paul C. Janaske (Library and Informa­ tion Science) The first branch is concerned with Library Ser­ vices and Construction Act grants administered through the State Library agencies. The sec­ ond dispenses Higher Education Act, Title II-A awards for college library resources and Title II-B awards for institutes and fellowships for library education. The third and fourth are planning branches, one devoted to library ed­ ucation and the other to all types of libraries and their activities. This third branch includes specialists on public, school, special, and aca­ demic libraries and one on public library ser­ vices for children and young adults. All this is preamble to my thanks to all of you who answer requests for copies of your an­ nual reports. Planning is a very vague sound­ ing activity, b ut any projection into the future has to be based on very definite information about past experience. Your reports give us some insight into aca­ demic libraries—the changes in your budgets, for better or worse; the changes in your staffing as library technicians become available for non­ professional tasks and automatic data process­ ing necessitates the employment of systems ex­ perts and computer programmers; the develop­ ment of resources for graduate work as your institutions offer new programs; the expansion of your services as you acquire more space in new buildings; the sharing of your resources with your neighbor libraries to offset rising costs as interest on endowment funds shrinks and government grants grow smaller. W e look forward to reading about the prog­ ress you are making, e.g., a t Northern Illinois University where a Special Purpose Type A grant in 1967 under the Higher Education Act, Title II-A has been helping in building re­ sources for an expanding graduate program; at the University of North Carolina where a Small Library Services and Construction Act, Title III, grant has helped to boost the local and re­ gional tradition of cooperation to a new level of statewide usefulness among all types of li­ braries; at Indiana University where Higher Education Facilities Act grants helped to fi­ nance a new building th at not only fosters ex­ cellent services for the academic community, but also provides a fine setting for an accredit­ ed library school. ACRL Membership March 31, 1970 9,892 March 31, 1969 11,776 March 31, 1968 11,464 141 Microfiche users asked for a truly low-cost portable reader. DASA delivered. The U.S. Office of Education of the D epartm ent of Health, E duca­ tion a n d W elfare realized the n e e d for a new microfiche reader. Thirteen com panies bid for the developm ent contract. DASA got it. A nd DASA delivered the PMR/50… a m ajor breakthrough in m icropublishing. A lightweight re a d e r so portable that it can b e held in the lap. So inexpensive that it's well within the rea c h of a n y library, school, hospital or commercial, industrial or governm ental operation. The PMR/50 h a s a n 8½" x 11" view ing screen a n d w eighs just 7½ pounds. It accepts 4" x 6" microfiche with in terch an g e­ a b le grid formats for scanning control, including DOD, NMA a n d COSATI. The re a d e r is simple to o p e ra te a n d requires no special training. Focus is set by a fingertip dial a n d rem ains constant. The screen im ag e is extremely clear. Uniform high or low illumination c a n b e selected. A nd the PMR/50 plugs into a reg u la r electrical outlet. Using the PMR/50 is alm ost like read in g a book. And that's w hat it's all about, isn't it? To find out m ore about w hat the PMR/50 is all about, call or write for ordering information, delivery schedules or other details to DASA Corporation, Information Systems Division, 15 Stevens Street, Andover, Mass. 01810, (617) 475-4940. DASA Corporation: Information Systems Division, Data Products Division. Telephone Products Division, International Operations, Leasing and Field Service Division, EDP Business Forms and Supplies Division. Offices in principal cities in the United States and abroad. NE at V this E am R azin gl AG y low pr A ice. IN On Friday, May 29, 1970, the price of this series will increase from $9,562.50 to $14,343.75 AMERICAN FICTION L OST Cause Press is publishing, both on Microcard and microfiche, selected volumes from Lyle H. W right’s American Fiction 1774-1875. W e hope eventually to make this collection a de­ finitive one but at present are only publishing one edition of each title available for photographing. W e have completed some 1,275 volumes from the period 1774-1875. The titles are listed in our April, 1970 booklet. W e plan to publish some 350 more volumes from this period, and to continue with selected volumes from 1876-1900, and are actively planning our own bibliography of American Fiction 1900-1916, continuing one year forward annually as material falls into the public domain. American Fiction, 1774-1850, (San Marino, California, 1948 rev.) Novels, romances, tales and short stories—includes fictitious, biographi­ cal, travels and sketches, allegories, tract-like tales and others of similar nature. American Fiction, 1851-1875, (San Marino, California, 1957) Authors deal with momentous issues—slavery and the Civil War, west­ ward migration, women’s rights, religious controversy and social reform headed by the temperance movement. Approximately 1,275 volumes,* p o stp a id ...............................................$9,562.50 On orders placed after May 29, 1970, the price will be $14,343.75. A full set of catalog cards for each title, the vast majority printed copies of Library of Congress cards, will be furnished with the some 1,275 volumes we have already published. * Duplicates of items already in library collections may be returned for credit within six months after receipt of shipment. Lost Cause P ress 1142 St arks Building LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40202 CABLE ADDRESS NANCY FARNSLEY LOSTCAUS CHARLES FARNSLEY LOUISVILLE BURREL FARNSLEY 144