ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


College & Research
L i b r a r i e s  n e w s No. 6, June 1974

ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries, Vol. 35, No. 3

CBS License to National Archives
The National Archives and Records Service 

of the United States has been granted a non­
exclusive, royalty-free license by Columbia 
Broadcasting System, Inc. to record and main­
tain libraries of all news, documentary, public 
alfairs, and special events broadcast on the CBS 
Television Network.

The license allows the National Archives to 
record CBS News television broadcasts and to 
make copies of the recordings for use at the 
National Archives in Washington, D.C., and at 
the sixteen branch archives and presidential li­
braries around the country. Scholars, research­
ers, and others meeting the requirements set by 
the National Archives would have access to the 
libraries.

At the moment CBS is engaged in a federal 
court dispute with Vanderbilt University, which 
operates a Television News Archives, charging 
that the university’s nonprofit service involves 
editing, duplication, and distribution of CBS 
broadcasts in violation of CBS’ copyright privi­
lege.

The license to the National Archives does not 
allow for editing other than the deletion of 
commercials and gives the National Archives 
the right to develop and distribute an index, 
summary, catalog, or other literature. CBS will 
also provide transcripts of broadcasts covered 
by the license. ■■

Library Cooperative Developments
The following appeared in the Acquainter have access has increased even more spectacu­

larly than the membership—from the 2,000 ti­
tles in the bank’s own files to the more than 
50,000 in the periodical collections of six ma­

 jor Chicago libraries (John Crerar, Newberry, 
 University of Chicago, University of Illinois- 
 Chicago Circle, and Central Serials Service of 

the North Suburban Library System). A daily 
 courier from the Newberry headquarters en­

sures the bank’s emphasis on speed of service.
All photocopies . are sent by first class mail. 

Articles available in the bank’s own collection 
are mailed within 24 hours after a request by 
teletype, mail, or telephone (the bank has re­

1, no. 2 (Feb. 1974).

ACM Periodical Bank
Since its inception in 1968 the Periodical

Bank of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest
has increased the number of libraries served
from those of the ten member colleges to a na­
tion-wide user group of 44. The 34 associate
members now include library systems and com­
munity libraries. Several have received ser­
vices on a trial membership basis before mak­
ing a membership commitment.

The number of periodicals to which members

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News editor: Allan Dyson, M offitt Undergraduate Library, University of California, Berkeley, California .94720. 
Associate News editor: Susana Hinojosa, Assistant Librarian, Reference Department, M offitt Undergraduate Library. 
Editor: Richard M. Dougherty, University Library, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720. President,
ACRL: Norman Tanis. Executive Secretary, ACRL: Beverly Lynch, ALA.