ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 2 3 9 State University of New York at Buffalo, Hayes C, Buffalo, NY 14214. • Northwestern University library’s Under­ graduate Services Department has launched the Undergraduate Forum , a newsletter for North­ western undergraduates. Basic goals of the newsletter, which will be issued several times during the academic year, are to announce and describe library services, collections, and poli­ cies that directly affect the undergraduate. E ach issue will open with an article discuss­ ing in some depth a library department or col­ lection of special interest to undergraduates. Four regular features will follow the lead article: “Focus on Books” (a short article related to the book world in g en eral); “Questions or Comments?” (answers to suggestions); “The Forum Announces” (library notices and an­ nouncem ents); and “New and Notable” (new records and books). • The 1 9 7 3 /7 4 Directory of Two-Year Col­ lege Administrative Librarians, prepared by the Community and Junior College Library Section of A CRL is now available. Price is $ 5 .0 0 per copy. Send orders, prepaid, to the Association of College and Research Libraries, Attention: Dr. Beverly Lynch, 50 E . Huron St., Chicago, I L 60611. ■ ■ News From the Sections Robert O m e Dougan, librarian emeritus of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, re­ ceived the second Citation o f Honor presented by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section during the preconference institute on Pacific Coast Research Collections, June 2 1 -2 3 , 1973, in Los Angeles. Mr. Dougan, who was chair­ man of the program planning committee for the institute, was cited: “In recognition of his spe­ cial contributions to the Henry E . Huntington Library and Art Gallery in particular and to the field of Special Collections Librarianship in general. This citation is a tribute to his profes­ sional leadership and an acknowledgment of his outstanding service to the section.” Olga Lendway, National Agricultural L i­ brary, received the 1973 E unice Rockwell Olga Lendway Robert Orne Dougan Oberly award for her B ib lio g ra p h y o f C orn and B ib lio g ra p h y o f W h ea t. The award was pre­ sented during the program meeting of the Agri­ culture and Biological Sciences Section of A CRL, Jun e 27, 1973, in Las Vegas. Both b ib ­ liographies, compiled under the auspices of the International Maize and W heat Improvement Center, were published in 1971 by the Scare­ row Press. T he award, given to the compiler of the best bibliography in the field of agricul­ ure or the natural sciences, honors Eunice Rockwell Oberly who was librarian of the B u ­ eau of Plant Industry of the U.S. Department f Agriculture at the time of her death in 1921. ■ ■ c t r o Proceedings of the U.S. Congress 1789-1970 " T h e R ecord is vital material for all courses relating to the national government… A back- file, extending even through its predecessors, is most important for the study of almost any aspect of this country's past.” F arber, Evan I. Classified List of Periodi­ cals for the College Library, p. 360. Fifth Edition F. W. Faxon Co. 1972. "These reports are among the most important h i s t o r i c a l d o c u m e n t s of the govern­ ment. … the Congressional R e c o rd In d e x is not only an indispensible index to the con­ tents of the R ecord, but also a most im por­ tant aid in tracing legislation." Boyd, A . M. and Rips, R. E . 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