ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


990 /  C& RL News

Conclusion

As a m e m b e r o f th e  referen ce staff, I feel very 
lucky to have h ad  th e  o p p ortunity o f working closely 
w ith th e  Innovacq project. I t may no t b e a viable 
option for m ost law libraries to  allow a referen ce 
librarian to devote so m uch tim e to  technical service 
projects b u t I feel it has greatly im proved n o t only my 
use o f Innovacq b u t m ore im portantly my knowledge 
o f th e  law library p ro ced u res and holdings. I have a 
grasp o f serials and th e ir nuances th a t I w ould never 
have possessed h ad  I no t done this project. T he 
Innovacq p ro ject was, in a sense, a crash course on 
law library publications and in terd ep artm en tal coop­
eration.

T he transition from  a m anual to an autom ated 
system o f serials control, o r in th e  U N M  Law Li­
brary’s case, from kardex to Innovacq, can b e tu m u l­
tuous. Initially, it can ap p ear to d red g e up  m ore 
problem s th a n  it resolves, and d ep en d in g  on how  
m uch planning was done p rio r to installation, con­

version itself can extend over several years or 
m ore. D espite th e upheaval and length o f tim e 
re q u ire d  to fully im p lem en t an autom ated sys­
tem , a new  serials control system provides an 
o p p ortunity to solve th e m any problem s th a t may 
riddle th e  existing system. P rior to  a transition is 
th e p e rfe c t tim e to  exam ine problem s th a t have 
rolled over from  year to year: for example, incon­
sistencies in holding records, b o u n d  runs, biblio­
graphic an d  check-in inform ation, cataloging 
decisions o r recu rrin g  subscription/vendor is­
sues. In  o rd e r to b en efit from  a new  system you 
m ust m ake sure th a t th e  existing records are 
accurate b efo re transferring th e  inform ation to 
an au to m ated  system. C leaning u p  th e p re se n t 
system while m aking th e  transition to Innovacq 
may not have b e e n  in th e  planning initially at 
U N M , b u t it w asn’t long before it becam e p a rt o f 
th e  process. And now  at th e p ro je c t’s com pletion, 
we feel we have n o t only m ade th e  transition b u t 
have a clean system to work w ith as well. ■  ■

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News from the Field

Acquisitions

•  L o u isia n a  S tate U n iv ersity ’s Louisiana and
Low er Mississippi Valley Collections, Baton Rouge, 
have acquired an extensive group o f m anuscripts 
docum enting several generations o f th e  M athews 
and B utler families. C onsisting o f m ore th an  4,500 
item s, spanning th e  years 1811 to 1945, th e  m an u ­
scripts detail th e  accounts and affairs o f sharecrop­
p ers and ten an ts from  at least six different p lan ta­
tions. Subjects d o cu m en ted  vary w idely from  black 
labor and history, ecclesiastical history, engineering 
and agricultural projects, to  natural history and bird 
w atching. T he papers w ere acquired w ith th e su p ­
p o rt o f th e  LSU F riends o f th e Libraries.

•  T h e  U n iv e r sity  o f  R o c h e s te r  S c h o o l o f  
M e d ic in e  & D e n tistr y ’s E dw ard G. M iner Library, 
N ew  York, has received th e  papers o f John Rom ano, 
M .D . R om ano was th e founding chairm an o f th e  D e ­
p a rtm e n t o f Psychiatry at R ochester, and an influen­
tial figure in A m erican psychiatry and in th e  develop­
m e n t o f m edical and psychiatric education. T he 
R om ano papers span th e p erio d  from  1928 to 1989. 
T he collection includes extensive files o f personal 
and professional correspondence; th e  m inutes, r e ­
ports and m em oranda o f th e  University com m ittees

on w hich he served; records o f th e D e p a rtm e n t o f 
Psychiatry (1946-1971); nearly 50 years o f clini­
cal rounds; and a large collection o f personal and 
historical prints and photographs.

Grants
•  T h e  C e n te r  fo r  R e s e a r c h  L ib ra ries,

Chicago, has b e e n  aw arded $95,080 in outright 
funds by th e  N ational E n d o w m en t for th e H u ­
m anities to im prove bibliographic access to its 
m icroform  holdings. T h e grant will enable th e 
C e n te r to dissem inate bibliographic inform ation 
about th e m onographic holdings o f its m aterials 
in th e  C ooperative Africana M icroform  Project 
and titles in com m ercially p ro d u ced  m icroform  
sets. R ecords for m onographic titles will b e added 
to two international bibliographic databases. Ap­
proxim ately 13,000 records will b e converted into 
m achine-readable form, ad d ed  to th e O C L C  d a­
tabase, and eventually tapeloaded into th e R e­
search L ibraries Inform ation N etw ork database.

•  T h e P o n c e  T e c h n o lo g ic a l U n iv e r sity



November 1 9 9 0 1 991

C o lle g e o f th e University o f P uerto Rico has been 
awarded $28,669 by the D ep artm en t o f Education 
under Title II-B, Library C areer Training Pro­
gram. T he College will sponsor a Library M anage­
m ent Institute to improve th e supervisory skills of 
30 librarians o f the University o f P uerto Rico’s 
Regional Colleges Administration. T he Institute 
will consist o f seven ACRL continuing education 
courses: C E  101, C E  112, C E  116, C E  107, C E 
105, and C E  118.

•  T he State U niversity C o lle g e s at B uffalo, 
B rockport, and F red o n ia , and th e State U niver­
sity o f  N ew  York at B u ffalo have received a 
$13,002 grant from th e New York G overnor’s O f­
fice o f Em ployee Relations and th e U nited U niver­
sity Professions Professional D evelopm ent and 
Quality o f W orking Life C om m ittees to fund 
“Libraries in th e ’90s,” a series o f four staff develop­
m ent programs. T he series will increase opportuni­
ties for librarians in W estern New York to explore 
areas o f com m on interest.

•  T he T abor C o lle g e  Library, Hillsboro, Kan- 
sas, has received an Interlibrary Loan D evelop­
m ent Program  (IL D P) grant o f $4,000 from the 
Kansas Library N etw ork Board. T abor’s grant will 
make available to Kansas libraries using th e Inter- 
library Loan Program  approximately 200 addi­
tional volumes dealing with rural poverty. The 
grant was designed particularly with th e College’s 
social work program  in mind. T he Interlibrary 
L oan D e v e lo p m e n t P ro g ra m  is in te n d e d  to 
strengthen statewide interlibrary loan service by 
providing collection developm ent grants to aca­
demic, public, school, and special libraries across 
Kansas.

•  Texas A&M U niversity at G alveston  has
received a $100,000 grant from th e Galveston Bay 
National Estuary Program to continue building 
and updating its Galveston Bay L iterature Survey 
Bibliography and collection and to continue staff­
ing a Galveston Bay Inform ation C enter. A printed 
draft of the bibliography will com plem ent th e on­
line form which will be available for public use by 
the end o f calendar year 1990. A grand opening o f 
th e Inform ation C e n te r is slated for F ebruary 
1991.

•  T he U niversity o f  N ew  M exico’s C entennial 
Science and Engineering Library, A lbuquerque, 
was aw arded $10,000 by the NASA Training Proj­
ect Program. T he grant will be used to add m ateri­
als in th e following areas: supplem entary materials 
for classwork, additional copies o f books in high 
d e m a n d  by u n d e rg ra d u a te s , m a te ria ls a b o u t 
wom en and minorities in science and engineering, 
materials on ethics in science and engineering, 
materials on writing skills, and directories on co-op 
program s, sum m er jobs, and research opportuni­
ties. A representative group o f w om en and minority 
students in th e NASA Training Project will assist in

recom m ending n eed ed  material.
•  W ashington an d  L e e  U niversity, Lexing- 

ton, Virginia, has received an $81,500 grant from 
th e Jessie Ball duP ont Religious, Charitable, and 
E ducational F u n d  for th e organization o f two 
im portant collections o f Alfred I. and Jesse Ball 
duP ont papers. T he papers, totaling 450 linear feet, 
will be processed, organized and readied for ship­
m ent to W ashington and Lee University by History 
Associates, Inc., o f Rockville, Maryland, a profes­
sional organization th at specializes in archival proj­
ects. T he grant will cover moving expenses, archi­
val processing and description, production o f a 
published guide, and new  shelving to house the 
collection.

News notes
•  T he C onsortium  o f  P opular C ulture Col- 

le ctio n s in  th e  M idw est (CPCCM ) has been 
established for special collections libraries at Bowl­
ing G reen State University, Michigan State U niver­
sity, and Ohio State University. Because the found­
ing libraries o f th e consortium  share a collecting 
focus on subject areas related to the popular arts 
and th e mass media, th e ir geographic proximity 
offers practical and cost-effective opportunities for 
collaboration and resource sharing. T he formation 
o f this consortium  grew from informal relation­
ships am ong m em ber libraries dating from the 
1970s. D uring a two-day retreat in 1988, library 
re p re se n ta tiv e s from  each o f th e  universities 
agreed to formalize th eir cooperative efforts. A 
prospectus to outline activities in developm ent, 
access, prom otion, and preservation o f these spe­
cialized research collections was th en  developed by 
a joint working group. Library directors from the 
th ree universities signed th e prospectus in August 
1990.

T he creation o f C PC C M  was p rom pted by sev­
eral factors. First, the universe o f available docu­
m entary materials related to contem porary Am eri­
can culture is extremely broad and diverse. Second, 
th e sheer bulk and diversity o f multidisciplinary 
resources causes serious selection and exclusion 
problem s for th e special collections library. And 
third, non-traditional physical formats place many 
o f th e products o f contem porary culture outside 
usual academic library practice. C PC C M  m em bers 
will work toward the establishm ent o f professional 
cataloging, preserving, and storing items as diverse 
as comic books and video games. F o r m ore infor­
mation, contact Lucy Caswell, CPC C M , c/o P opu­
lar C ulture Library, Bowling G reen State U niver­
sity, Bowling G reen, O H  43403; (614) 292-0538.

•  T he U niversity o f  Guam , Mangilao, broke 
ground on August 24 for th e renovation and expan­
sion o f its R obert F. Kennedy M emorial Library.



992 /  C& RL News

G roundbreaking cerem ony at the University o f  Guam, Mangilao.

Among th e dignitaries p resen t at th e cerem ony 
w ere Congressm an Ben G. Blaz; C hih W ang, dean 
o f Learning Resources; Rosa R. C arter, form er 
president, University o f Guam; G overnor Joseph 

F. Ada; and W ilfred P. Leon G uerrero, p resid en t of 
th e University o f Guam . T he governm ent o f Guam  
has appropriated about $8 million for th e renova- 
tion project. ■  ■

EOM, J P ‹

Profiles

Joseph W. C onstance, Jr., has b een  nam ed 
director o f th e  Geisel Library at Saint Anselm 
College in M anchester, New H am pshire. Prior to 
his appointm ent, Constance served as head o f th e 
Archives and M anuscripts D ep artm en t at Boston 
College and as university archivist and curator o f 
rare books at G eorgia State University in Atlanta.

At Boston College he founded th e Congressional 
Archives program  through w hich th e legislative 
papers o f Boston College graduates w ere both 
acquired and m ade available for research.

C onstance is a m e m b er o f th e ALA and has also 
b e e n  active in th e Society o f Am erican Archivists, 
Society o f G eorgia Archivists, and th e N ew  E n g ­
land Archivists. H e recently served as editor-in- 
ch ief o f th e N ew  E ngland Archivist N ew sletter and