ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries ACRL Goals Study The Association of College and Research Li­ braries announces the appointment of a com­ mittee to assess the goals, priorities, and struc­ tures of ACRL. The committee, chaired by Dr. Le Moyne W. Anderson, director of libraries at Colorado State University, includes James Humphry III, vice-president of H. W. Wilson Company and a former president of ACRL; Mary Louise B. Cobb, head of the Cataloging Department at the College of William and Mary; Shirley A. Edsall, assistant professor in the School of Library Science at the University of Michigan; Janice Gallinger, librarian at Plymouth ( N .H .) State College; Gustave A. Harrer, director of libraries at the University of Florida; Ellsworth G. Mason, director of li­ braries at the University of Colorado; and H ar­ ry Robinson, Jr., director of Learning Resources Services at Alabama State University. The charge of the committee is to describe the changing environment of research and post­ secondary education, the issues and problems relating to information and library service in this environment, and ACRL’s role in respond­ ing to these issues and problems. The commit­ tee is to recommend to ACRL an organizational structure for the association that would best as­ sure this response. The committee will meet during the ALA Annual Conference in New York City, July 7 - 13, 1974, to discuss progress reports, to review the history of ACRL, to evaluate the survey de­ sign and research instruments which it will use in collecting pertinent data, and to interview past and present leaders of the association. Further information may be obtained from the chairman, Dr. Le Moyne W. Anderson, Di­ rector of Libraries, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521. ■■ News From the Field F E L L O W S H IP S • Applications will be accepted this spring for more than 550 university lecturing and ad­ vanced research awards during 1975-76 in over seventy-five countries under the Senior Ful­ bright-Hays Program of the Council for In ­ ternational Exchange of Scholars (formerly the Committee on International Exchange of Per­ sons). Specialists in library science who are U.S. citizens and have a doctorate or college teaching experience are invited to indicate their interest in an award by completing a simple registration form, available on request from the Senior Fulbright-Hays Program, 2101 Constitu­ tion Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20418. Registrants will receive a detailed announce­ ment of the 1975-76 program in April. July 1, 1974 is the deadline for applying for research awards and it is also the suggested date for fil­ ing for lectureships. Each year Fulbright-Hays agencies abroad forward to the council applications of senior foreign scholars who are interested in remuner­ ative appointments for lecturing and postdoc­ toral research at American colleges or universi­ ties for temporary periods. The scholars are eligible for Fulbright-Hays travel grants if ar­ rangements are confirmed for remunerative ap­ pointments. An announcement regarding these scholars is issued in March. The council would also be pleased to receive at any time information regarding appointments available at American educational institutions for foreign scholars for temporary periods of three months to one year. A directory of senior Fulbright-Hays foreign scholars who are in the United States this academic year is also avail­ able on request to the council. A number of these scholars would welcome invitations to give lectures or to participate in special con­ ferences under the sponsorship of academic in­ stitutions and educational organizations. G R A N T S • The Akwesasne Library Cultural Cen­ ter has announced that it has received a $5,000 grant from the Alcoa Foundation. The money will be used in the library and museum to build display cases and purchase materials on Mohawk culture. The Akwesasne Library Cultural Center is one of the three demonstra­ tion Indian library projects which comprise the National Indian Education Association Library Project, sponsored by the Office of Education, Division of Library Programs. M E E T IN G S April 28-M ay 1: Clinic on Library Applications of D ata Processing. Conducted by the Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois, the theme of this eleventh 79 annual clinic will be “The Application of Mini­ computers to Library and Related Problems.” The clinic will include a tutorial on minicom­ puters, demonstrations, and papers describing specific applications. Mr. F. W. Lancaster, pro­ fessor of library science, is chairman of the clinic. Further information may be obtained from: Mr. Leonard E. Sigler, Clinic Supervisor OS-97, Conferences and Institutes, 116 Illini Hall, Champaign, IL 61820. May 2-3: Managing D ata Effectively will be the theme of the tenth annual National Information Retrieval Colloquium, to be held at the Holiday Inn, 18th and Market Streets, Philadelphia. The National Information Retrieval Collo­ quium (NIRC) is an annual two-day confer­ ence sponsored by fourteen regional societies and organizations with interests in the informa­ tion storage and retrieval sciences. The collo­ quium brings practitioners and academicians to­ gether to discuss and interpret new trends and technologies, current applications, and theo­ retical approaches to old problems. Content of this year’s colloquium will be structured into three broad areas—the man­ agement or handling of data, the technical re­ quirements of data management, and the appli­ cation of data management. Each of the three areas will be divided into sessions on the state of the art or a survey of the field, its impact, and applications or examples. For additional information contact: Collo­ quium on Information Retrieval, Inc., P.O. Box 15847, Philadelphia, PA 19103. May 3-4: Change. The New England Tech­ nical Services Librarians and New England College Librarians will sponsor a meeting at the University of Massachusetts library, Amherst, Massachusetts, on changing aspects of the li­ brary profession. For further information, con­ tact Mrs. Pat Graves, University of Massachu­ setts, Amherst, MA 01002. May 9-11: Library Orientation. The Fourth Annual Conference on Library Orienta­ tion, to be held at Eastern Michigan University, will include speakers, panels, and small group discussions. Librarians, administrators, faculty, and stu­ dents are invited. Registration will be limited to 100 persons. For further information, please write to: Hannelore Rader, Orientation Librari­ an, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. May 13-15: Labour Relations and The Librarian. Held by the Institute of Profession­ al Librarians of Ontario, the seminar will take place at the Wilfrid Laurier University, Water­ loo, Ontario. Topics: bargaining and the pro­ fessional librarian; the nature of the collective agreement; defining a bargaining unit; working conditions in a library; negotiating an agree­ ment; and administration of the collective agreement. Total cost is $150 (to include food and accommodation). For registration forms or further information please write to: Labour Re­ lations Seminar, I.P.L.O. Office, 17 Inkerman Street, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 1M5. May 16-18: Management. The fifth annual seminar on “Management Concepts for Librari­ ans,” sponsored by the graduate school of Busi­ ness Administration and Washington University Libraries, will be held at Bromwoods, located sixty miles southwest of the St. Louis metropol­ itan area. The purpose of this seminar is to provide professional librarians managerial instruction applicable for use in their organizations, an op­ portunity to improve their backgrounds for work in supervisory or managerial positions, and to discuss mutual problems with col­ leagues. To accomplish this purpose, a basic overview of management concepts will be pre­ sented, with particular emphasis upon how those concepts are applicable to the unique problem of library organizations. In addition to the development of a general understanding of the basic functions and activities of manage­ ment, the special problems of directing and mo­ tivating library personnel will be stressed. Both theoretical concepts of management and the practical applications of these concepts will be discussed. “Management Concepts for Librari­ ans” is in general directed toward librarians at the supervisory level and to those in the middle management area, but with relevance for top library management as well. Registration is limited to thirty-five on a first- come, first-serve basis. The $185 fee covers all instructional costs, Dr. Hilgert’s textbook, ma­ terials, meals, and lodging while at Bromwoods. For further information please contact William H. Kurth, University Librarian, Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, MO 63130 (314-863-0100, extension 4523), or Mrs. Mari­ lyn Pryor, The School of Continuing Education, Washington University (extension 4261). May 17-18: Library Technicians. The Council on Library Technical-Assistants (COLT) will hold its Third Eastern Regional Workshop at the Marriott Motor Hotel, Atlan­ ta, Georgia. COLT is an organization con­ cerned with the training and employment of supportative staff in libraries. The workshop, cosponsored by the School of Library Service, Atlanta University, and the Division of Librarianship, Emory University, will focus attention on “The LTA: Catalyst for Change.” Library education, personnel struc­ 80 ture, upward mobility, and continuing educa­ tion will be among topics considered. For registration and further information, write immediately to: Howard Blanton, Chair­ man, Eastern Region, COLT, Holding Techni­ cal Institute, Route 10, Box 200, Raleigh, NC 27603. May 24-25: Midwest Academic Librarians Conference, to be held on the campus of The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. De­ tails: William C. Roselle, Director, UWM Library, Milwaukee, W l 53201. June 16-22: Administrators. An executive development program for library administrators will be offered this summer at Miami Univer­ sity, Oxford, Ohio, by Miami’s School of Busi­ ness Administration. The program is designed to assist library administrators in improving their managerial effectiveness. To accompüsh this purpose the program is presented by a team of internationally known management ex­ perts—business consultants and executives and management academicians. All of these man­ agement authorities have participated in past library conferences at Miami, are familiar with library situations, and are able to relate sound management principles to the library environ­ ment. Case analysis, group discussion, problem­ solving techniques, role-playing, a wide variety of audiovisual presentations—all are used to present management concepts as effectively as possible. Because of its emphasis on general management principles and techniques, the program is of value to all kinds of library ad­ ministrators—public, university, special, techni­ cal, corporation, etc. Any librarians who make or influence management decisions would find the program beneficial, including library con­ sultants and professors of library science. The fee of $235 includes all program ex­ penses: tuition, instructional fees, cost of all reading materials and other handouts, person­ alized notebooks, plus room and board (in­ cluding three banquets). Anyone interested in attending should write the program director, Dr. Robert H. Myers, School of Business Ad­ ministration, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, requesting a brochure and application form. July 4-6: Juvenilia as a Scholarly Re­ source. A preconference sponsored by the Na­ tional Planning of Special Collections Commit­ tee, Children’s Services Division, American Li­ brary Association, will be held prior to the 1974 ALA Annual Conference in New York. This symposium, to be held at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey, will consider such themes as: forms of ju­ venilia being utilized in research now; forms neglected by research collections; prototypes of collecting programs on state, regional, na­ tional and international levels in public, aca­ demic, special, and national libraries. Speakers will include researchers, curators, teachers, li­ brarians, from institutions abroad as well as from this country. Registration will be limited to 200, and will close May 15, 1974. Application blanks will be available from the Children’s Services Division, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611, after February 15, 1974. Registration fees, including room and meals, are $75 for ALA members; $85 for nonmembers. Special registration fees, without room and meals, are $45 for ALA members; $50 for non­ members. Accommodations will be in Dorm Vil­ lage with meals at the Student Center. July 5-6: Serials Workshop. The Serials Section of RTSD and the Library of Congress are sponsoring two workshops on serials proce­ dures at the Library of Congress in Washing­ ton, D.C. The workshops are intended primari­ ly for serials librarians involved in daily serials processing and are designed to acquaint the se­ rials librarian with the processing activities, with an emphasis on cataloging, of the Serial Record Division of the Library of Congress. The first workshop on Friday-Saturday, 5-6 July 1974, is intended for librarians who reside outside of the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area and is scheduled immediately preceding the Annual Conference of the American Library Association in New York City. The second workshop on Tuesday-Wednesday, 1-2 October 1974, will be a repeat of the first workshop and is intended for those librarians in the Washing­ ton, D.C. area. Because of space limitations, preference will be given to those applications bearing the ear­ liest postmark. Preregistration (by 1 June for the July workshop and by 1 September for the October workshop) and confirmation are re­ quired. Application forms may be obtained from Herbert Linville, Chairperson, Serials Section, RTSD, University of California Li­ brary, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (telephone 805-961-2854), or Joseph Howard, Chief, Se­ rial Record Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540 (telephone 202-426- 5302). July 7-8: Census Data. The Education and Behavioral Science Section will spon­ sor the Clearinghouse and Laboratory for Cen­ sus Data (operated by Data Use and Access Laboratories of Rosslyn, Virginia) in a day and a half seminar/workshop on access and use of 1970 Census of Population and Housing data during the 1974 ALA Annual Conference in New York. For further information see the January News. 81 July 7-13: L ibrary Automation. A worksho on the latest techniques in library automation, sponsored by Richard Abel & Company, wil precede the 1974 American Library Association conference in New York City. Persons interested in further information oi in participating in the workshop should contact the Abel Workshop Director at this address: Abel Workshop Director, Richard Abel & Com pany, Inc., P.O. Box 4245, Portland, O 97208. See the March News for more informa tion. July 28-Aug. 9: Administrators. The Col lege of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, is planning the eighth annual Library Administrators Developmen Program. Dr. John Rizzo, professor of manage ment at Western Michigan University, wil serve as the director. Participants will include senior administrative personnel of large library systems—public, research, academic, special, governmental, and school—from the United States and Canada. Those interested in further information are invited to address inquiries to Mrs. Effie T. Knight, Administrative Assistant, Library Administrators Development Program, College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. See the January N ew s for further infor­ mation. August 5-6: Media. “Differentiating the Me­ dia: A Focus on Library Selection and Use of Communication Content” will be the topic of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Conference of the ATTENTION, LPSS MEMBERS W hat do you, as a member of the Law and Political Science Section of ACRL, see as the goals, objectives and functions of LPSS? Social? Meeting librarians with similar concerns? Distributing informa­ tion concerning government documents, bibliographic services, education, and the like? Can you help achieve these goals? Will you work on committees? Prepare bib­ liographies? Participate in programs? Serve as an officer? The officers of LPSS need your input! Please send your thoughts about these (and any other) questions to: Ms. Joan L. Chambers, Government Publications Librarian, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89507. (See you at the membership meeting in New York—July 9 from 4:30 to 6:00 p .m .) p l ­ R ­ ­ t ­ l University of Chicago Graduate Library School. The aim of the conference is to go beyond the current pro and con arguments about the “new media” and to stress, instead, the characteris­ tics of each medium which influence its effec­ tiveness as a carrier of different kinds of com­ munication to serve different kinds of needs for different kinds of audiences. Through this kind of analysis, the conference will attem pt to iden­ tify the principles on which to base the evalua­ tion of each medium for its most effective con­ tribution to better library service. Among the speakers from the media fields will be Ron Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning tele­ vision and radio columnist, th e Chicago Sun- Times; Professor Donald R. Gordon, faculty of arts at the University of Waterloo and author of The N ew Literacy; and Virginia W right Wexman, associate producer in the Radio and Television Office, University of Chicago, and extension lecturer on Film and Literature. Li­ brarian speakers will include Wesley Doak, audio-visual consultant, California State Li­ brary; and Frances Henne, professor, Columbia University School of Library Service. The conference will be held at the Center for Continuing Education on the University of Chi­ cago campus. For further details about registra­ tion, housing, etc., write to either of the con­ ference directors, Lester Asheim or Sara I. Fen­ wick, Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. M IS C E L L A N Y • The American Association of Commu­ nity and Junior Colleges maintains a Career Staffing Center for its member institutions and those individuals who would like to be consid­ ered for staff positions at more than 900 mem­ ber colleges. W rite for details to AACJC Ca­ reer Staffing Center, P.O. Box 298, Alexandria, VA 22314. • McKissick Memorial Library, University of South Carolina, has pu t into operation the first light scanning device in th e nation to check out a book with the flick of the wrist. The scanners are connected to a minicomputer and record the shaded code number of a book in the computer. Each student has a library code on the back of his indentification card which is recorded in the computer after the book code. Thus with two sweeps of the light scanner a book th at is being checked ou t and its borrower are recorded in the USC computer which further takes care of such de­ tails as overdue statements and statistics as to how many books are checked out at one time and w hat category of people have what checked out. 82 The system was developed at USC by the li­ brary staff in cooperation with the university’s Department of Mathematics and Computer Sci­ ence and the USC Computer Center. • The Women’s History Library’s Sum­ mer Volunteer Intern Program is open to all individuals interested in developing women’s resource collections. The deadline for summer program (June-September) applications is May 1. Unfortunately, no stipends are available. For information write: Linda Schuck, Women’s His­ tory Library, 2325 Oak, Berkeley, CA 94708. • A 16-months’ multinational Course on Na­ tional Library and Documentation Systems for Development will be offered by the Organiza­ tion of American States at the Graduate School of Librarianship of the University of Denver, Colorado, beginning June 17, 1974. The objective of the course is to train national and regional teams of experts in the techniques and technology of information management, so that they may be capable of developing the various aspects of library and documentation systems which form the library infrastructure necessary for the organization and transmission of information to meet the demands and needs of national users and the expressed interests of the countries. Through the training of the specialists in teams, the OAS plans to promote the accept­ ance and application of universal library stan­ dards so as to make compatible the different in­ formation systems being developed in Latin America, especially in regard to automated bib­ liography and compatibility with the MARC format of the Library of Congress. Further­ more, the specialists will be trained to make use of electronic technology as applied to doc­ umentation, as well as of the bibliographic data banks developed in other parts of the world, in order to solve the problems of infor­ mation services in the countries of Latin Ameri­ ca. It is expected that they will be capable of drafting programs and developing projects to create similar capacities in the region, not only in the fields of science and technology, but in the social sciences, economics, and the humani­ ties as well, through national and regional sys­ tems and subsystems. Further information on the course may be obtained from Mrs. Marietta Daniels Shepard, Chief of the Library and Archives Development Program, Organization of American States, Washington, DC 20006. For information on ac­ ceptance of candidates by the University of Denver Graduate School of Librarianship, please refer to Mrs. Margaret Knox Goggin, Dean, University Park, Denver, CO 80210. • Three graduate programs of library edu­ 83 cation have been officially accredited by the American Library Association under Standards for Accreditation, 1972, according to an an­ nouncement issued by the Committee on Ac­ creditation at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Chicago. The programs, which are the first to be accredited under the new standards adopted by the ALA Council in 1972, are of­ fered by the Graduate Library School, Univer­ sity of Arizona (Donald C. Dickinson, Direc­ tor); the Graduate School of Library Science, Louisiana State University (Donald D. Foos, D ean); and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Tennes­ see (Knoxville) (Gary R. Purcell, Director). P U B L IC A T IO N S • The Library Associates is publishing a se­ ries of Reference Book Guides. Each guide, on a separate piece of five-by-eight-inch stock in a standard format, is a short, graphic key to a particular reference book. Subscribers to the service can insert the RBG anywhere in the book, tape is on or inside the front cover, or even tack it on the desk or wall area adjacent to the reference bookshelf. Some typical titles for which RBGs are pub­ lished are: Readers’ Guide to Periodical Litera­ ture, Statistical Abstracts of the V.S., P.A.I.S., Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Writer’s Market, and the M L A Bibliography. Reference Book Guides are available by two subscription plans: $48 per year for 120 different guides; $25 for any 40 per year. The guides may also be purchased individually, and bulk-rate dis­ counts are generous. To place an order or for more information and a sample, write: Reference Book Guides, The Library Associates, P.O. Box 3411, Boul­ der, CO 80303. • A new series of the Women’s History Li­ brary’s Herstory Microfilms are now available. The forty reel double set of 35mm microfilms includes journals, newspapers, and newsletters from women’s organizations. One set, the Herstory 1 Update, covers the period October 1, 1971 to June 30, 1973. The second set, Herstory 2, covers the same period and includes titles which began after October 1, 1971. Herstory 1, available from Bell and Howell, is now used in over 100 libraries around the country. The Herstory Collection o f microfilms is an invaluable addition to any library or women’s resource collection. Herstory 1 Update and Herstory 2 can be ordered for $880 directly from the Women’s History Research Center, 2325 Oak Street, Berkeley, CA 94708. • A 23-page authors and titles index to the Combined Indexes Library of Cong Classification Sch First Edition 1974 t re ec For Years.. , library authorities have recognized and encouraged the growing of Congress Classification system in various types and sizes of libraries. Also for Years .. . they have expressed the need for combined indexes linking classification schedules— indexes which would bring together all the terms that relate to PERSON, PLACE or SUBJECT in the system. HERE THEY ARE! u; i ORDER YOUR SETS TODAY AT THESE PRE-PUBLICATION PRICES OR SEND FOR FRE U.S. Historical Documents Institute, Incorporated 1647 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20007 ress edules g use of the Library ing all 31 separate to every FREE BROCHURE s to the Now for the first time catalogers, reference librarians and researchers need look in only one place for LC class numbers and still be confident that they cov­ ered all aspects of every subject cited in the sched­ ules. In Reference Work The acquisition of these new Combined Indexes will enhance the accessibility— and hence the overall reference value— of all types of library collections in which the LC Classification system is being used or contemplated. The single-alphabet arrangement of the personal name indexes brings together in one place all numbers assigned to persons prominent in several fields, as well as to authors who have written in more than one language. Entries show class numbers with the proper form of each name as well as cross references and pseudonyms. In the case of geographical names, the bringing together of class numbers for all the various terms in the system which might apply to any given country or area, marks a major refer­ ence achievement in itself. Meanwhile, the specificity of the hundreds of thousands of key­ words sorted alphabetically in the geněral Subject Keyword Index offers researchers a means of identifying subject-oriented classes with in-depth accuracy not previously possible. The “ classified” indexes to authors and other persons will also prove to be major reference tools, as they will bring together the numbers of individuals in various categories and time-periods for use in various types of comparative studies. In Cataloging The personal name indexes will be invaluable as the first sources to consult when cataloging a literary work or biography. In the larger libraries they will replace many lengthy searches in the National Union Catalog. In smaller libraries without access to the NUC, the combined indexes will enable catalogers to find and use correct classifications immediately, rather than having to contact other libraries or reçort to creating their own class numbers. The massive single-alphabet Keyword Subject Index will also prove to be a major cataloging tool for both large and small libraries. In the larger systems where catalogers are specialists and hence familiar with their assigned portions of the schedules, the major advantages of the combined index set lie in its con­ venient one-step format and the added dimension of its in-depth keyboard subject indexing. For new catalogers or lone cate- logers in small libraries, for whom identifying correct schedules is a time-consuming problem in itself, the combined indexes offer an immediate additional advantage. For about 10% of the an­ nual salary of one good cat­ COST aloged a library can save EFFECTIVE? up to 25% of the search time of its entire catalog­ ing operation — and repeat that savings year after year. n k e THE Series Catalog. Yours for the asking. Richard Abel & Company’s Series Catalog is a unique new reference tool, designed to help librarians verify and order publications in series. It’s been called “ The most comprehensive listing of series for which any book dealer routinely accepts standing orders.” And immediate, fully-automated Standing Order service /s avail­ able for every series listed in the Catalog (and many more). Your 890-page Series Catalog features: 34,000 A u th o r/T itle Entries—28,000 series titles, plus 6,000 essential cross-references. Classed S ubject Index—44,000 entries, under 145 different subject headings. Price, Frequency and Volume Count— provided to help you budget. Com prehensive Coverage—of series, sets, editions, non-subscription serials, journal supplements, fascicles, etc. B ib lio g ra p h ic In teg rity—determined and verified by professional librarians and b ib li­ ographers. Your Series Catalog is the key to the surest, most efficient Standing Order service available today. You can verify the existence of a series and its correct entry, and initiate your standing order in almost no time at all. Then you can count on fast Abel service. You can order back volumes with the aid of our history file, and count on receiving future volumes as soon as they’re published. THE Series Catalog sells for $17.50. Send us your order today, or find out how you will get your copy free by calling this toll-free number: 800-547-3551. Richard Abel & Company, Inc. RO. Box 4245/Portland, Oregon 97208 (503) 645-3511/Telex 36-0458 O F F IC E S IN : M ill Valley, C a . • Los A n g e le s • D e n v e r • D a lla s K ansas C ity, M o . • Z io n , III. • M a rio n , O h . • N a s h v ille , Tn. A tla n ta , G a . « W a s h in g to n , D .C . • B la c k w o o d , N .J . • N e w to n C e n tre , M a . • T o ro n to • L o n d o n • A m s te rd a m • M e lb o u r n e S a o P aulo. volumes published through 1973 of Flügge Handbuch der Physik has been compiled in the library at M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory. Anyone needing this may have a copy by sending a simple request, together with 30ø in postage stamps and a self-addressed mailing sticker, to Loyd Rathbun, M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02173. • Compiled in the last months of 1973, So­ cial Work Reference Aids is the latest in a se­ ries of bibliographic guides published by the John P. Robarts Research Library. The bibliog­ raphy aims to simplify study, practice, and re­ search in the field by providing an introduction to the most authoritative up-to-date sources of information in social work and related subjects. Approximately 250 annotated entries cover such topics as aging, alcohol and drug abuse, the family, poverty, and urban and community development. An author and title index is in­ cluded. Copies can be ordered from the Refer­ ence Department, John P. Robarts Research Li­ brary, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A5, for $5. • Library Applications of Data Processing, proceedings of an Allerton Park Institute April 29-May 2, 1973, has been published by the Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The tenth annual clinic on this topic, it was devoted to the subject of cooperation between libraries in data processing activities. Speakers at the clinic discussed the feasibility and eco­ nomics of such cooperation. Major emphasis was placed on data processing within library networks and in cooperative processing centers. Single copies are available from the Illini Union Bookstore, Urbana, IL 61801. The price is $6 a copy. • Alaska Place Names, an update to Orth’s Dictionary of Alaska Place Names (USGS, 1968; rev. 1971), has been published by the University of Alaska. It is 34 pages, and costs $2. Inquiries should be directed to Betty Ar­ nold, Adm. Sec., Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99701. • The Stanford University Libraries has published a second, revised edition of A Survey of Library Materials Expenditures at Stanford University Libraries, prepared by Fred Lyndon of the Acquisitions Department. This new edi­ tion contains more up-to-date information which will be useful to libraries faced with both increasing costs of obtaining scholarly publica­ tions and the rapidly increasing number of pub­ lications needed for scholarly research. Because of the continued importance and need for this type of study, the Stanford University Libraries is making it available to other libraries for $6. It can be ordered from the Financial Office, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305. • The Special Cataloging Project at the Li­ brary of the School of Theology at Claremont, California, has analyzed Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium through volume 333. It can provide copies of the main entries of these analytics at 200 each. These give all trac­ ings, including series entries which include vol­ ume numbers for the series and the subseries. These volume numbers are often not given on early Library of Congress copy. These main entries also update the Library of Congress open entries. Many of the STC entries reflect the fact that they have been cataloged from “réimpression anastatique” copies published by L. Durbeck in Louvain. Please address orders to; Elizabeth H. Weeks, Head, Special Cataloging Project, The Library, School of Theology at Claremont, 1325 N. College, Claremont, CA 91711. Please prepay, making checks payable to: The Library, School of Theology at Claremont. • Under the sponsorship of the Bibliograph­ ical Society of the University of Virginia, the index to printers, publishers, and booksellers in the second edition of Donald Wing’s Short- Title Catalogue is being prepared by Clinton Sisson, research librarian, Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901. Inquiries and other correspondence about the project, which is now in progress, may be sent to Mr. Sisson at the library. ■ ■ SIBERIAN FOLKLORE Dr. Cyril Jauksch-Orlovski, associate professor at the Department de langues et linguistique, Faculte des lettres, Uni- versite Laval, Quebec 10, Canada, is pre­ paring an analytical and chronological bibliography of Russian folklore in Si­ beria (1581 to the present) which will contain about two thousand Russian titles translated into English and French. The Academy of Sciences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics has appointed Professor L. E. Eliasov and M. J. Mele as consultants for this work. Persons in­ terested in this field are invited to con­ tact Dr. C. Jauksch-Orlovski at the above address. 87 1974 LIBRARY JOURNAL called the previous edition “ a labor of love that reference librarians, bibliographers, D IR E C T O R Y documentalists and others will find helpful." • COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES said: “ An important contribution.” • CHOICE said: "Recommended for purchase." O F S P E C IA L L IB R A R IE S A N D I N F O R M A T I O N C E N T E R S Edited by MARGARET LABASH YOUNG, HAROLD C. YOUNG, and ANTHO NY T. KRUZAS Salient features of the new, 3rd edition include • Over 25,000 changes in addresses, phone numbers, spon­ sors, staff, collection statistics, holdings, services, pub­ lications, etc. • Phone numbers now include area codes . . . and extensions, when available • All previous entries completely revised • 4,000 brand-new entries • 14,000 entries altogether • Entries cover 17 helpful points including: Name, Address, and Phone Number . . . Sponsoring Organization . . . Informational Spe­ cialty . . . 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