ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries A p ril 1984 / 199 Rosalee W right, reference an d tech n ical re ­ ports lib ra ria n a t th e U niversity of C alifo rn ia , Los Angeles, re tire d in S ep tem b er a fte r 23 years of ser­ vice a t th e U C L A E n g in eerin g an d M ath e m a tic a l Sciences L ib ra ry . Deaths D aphne Clark, m a n a g e r of th e Aslib P ro fes­ sional D ev elo p m en t G ro u p , L o n d o n , d ied in Sep­ te m b e r. She w as w ell k n o w n to A m erican BI li­ b ra ria n s because of h er w o rk w ith th e T ra v ellin g W orkshops E x p erim en t. L ura Currier, d ir e c to r o f th e U n iv e rs ity of W a s h in g to n ’s P a c ific N o rth w e s t B ib lio g ra p h ic ­ r C e n te r, S eattle, from 1971 to 1977, died on N o v em b er 19. In 1959-1971 she h a d served as d ire c to of th e Mississippi S tate L ib ra ry C om m ission. Kathleen Eads, reference lib ra ria n in th e H u m an ities L ib ra ry a t S o u th ern Illinois U niversity, C a rb o n d a le , for 23 years, died early this year. E leanor J ohnson, re fe re n c e lib r a r ia n a t th e U n iv e rsity o f A riz o n a H e a lth S ciences C e n te r , T ucson, d ied su ddenly in J a n u a ry . She h a d been at th e C e n te r since 1971. Mary Eugenia Morris, fo rm e r acquisitions li b r a r i a n a t W e s te rn C a r o lin a U n iv e rs ity , C u l low hee, for 21 years, died on J a n u a ry 25. Marjorie A. Zumstein, psychological science li b ra ria n a t P u rd u e U niversity, W est L a fa y e tte , I n d ia n a , d ied on F e b ru a ry 7. ■ ■ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ N E W T E C H N O L O G Y • C a rl S a n d b u rg C ollege, G alesb u rg , Illinois, has established an electronic in fo rm a tio n n etw o rk th a t links seven resource centers in w estern Illinois th ro u g h a high-speed facsim ile transm ission ser­ vice. T h e FAX service is su p p o rte d by an LCSA g ra n t of $58,925 a n d is n o w a v a ila b le , fre e of ch a rg e, to m o re th a n a q u a r te r m illion people in an 11-co u n ty a rea. T h e resource centers com prising th e n etw o rk are: C a rl S a n d b u rg College; G ales­ b u rg P u b lic L ib ra ry ; M o n m o u th C ollege’s H ew es L ib ra ry ; W estern Illinois L ib ra ry System , M on­ m o u th ; W estern Illinois U niversity, M acom b; an d St. M ary ’s a n d C o tta g e hospitals, G alesburg. • G E L Systems has developed a C -L a b Class- room L a n g u a g e L a b o ra to ry th a t provides in d iv id ­ ual in te rc o m m u n ic a tio n m o n ito rin g , full Level II o p era tio n a n d All C all functions in a c o m p a c t, self- c o n ta in e d system . T h e system com es w ith in te r­ co n n ectin g cables, cable d u c t, an d a m a in te n a n c e m a n u a l, a n d can be ex p an d ed in in crem en ts of 10 stu d e n t positions. C o n ta c t G E L Systems, 68 V ine S t., E v e re tt, MA 01249; (617) 389-3900. • In fo rm a tio n Access C o m p a n y an d D IA L O G In fo rm a tio n Services h av e d eveloped tw o full-text, o n lin e d a ta b a s e s o ffe rin g c o n tro lle d -v o c a b u la ry access to 130 m ajo r m agazines. M a g a zin e A S A P an d T rade & In d u stry A S A P ad d new issues shortly a fte r p u b lic a tio n an d re ta in all retro sp ectiv e m a te ­ rial (back to J a n u a ry 1983) for reference. Users can search for specific topics or nam es a n d view full text of articles a t th e te rm in a l o r req u est re p rin ts by m a il. F o r m o re in f o r m a tio n , c o n ta c t B lo d w e n T a rte r, In fo rm a tio n Access C o ., 11 D avis D rive, Puerto R ico netw ork in the works A co m p u terize d n etw o rk of P u erto R ican L i­ braries (P R IL IN E T ) m a y be a re ality in th e n e a r fu tu re . W ith th e help of LSCA fu n d in g , th e P u e rto Rico D e p a rtm e n t of E d u c a tio n P u b ­ lic L ib ra ry Services is c o n d u c tin g a one-year stu d y to d e te rm in e th e feasibility of establishing a c o m p u terize d m u ltity p e lib ra ry consortium on th e island. T h e consortium w o u ld be open to p u b lic, acad em ic, school, a n d special lib raries, a n d w o u ld be linked to o th e r a p p ro p ria te li­ b ra ry netw orks, d atab ases, an d co m p u terize d lib ra ry services elsew here. K ing R esearch Associates, R ockville, M ary ­ la n d , is advising a co m m itte e of P u erto Rico li­ b ra ria n s, h e a d e d by D r. L uisa V ig o -C ep ad a, d ire c to r of th e U niversity of P u erto Rico M ay­ agüez C am p u s L ib ra ry , w ith th e study. T h e m a jo r objectives of th e consortium a re to sh are lib ra ry resources a n d im prove lib ra ry ser­ vices across th e island th ro u g h a u to m a tio n .— S .B .P .R . In fo rm a . 200 / C & R L N ew s B elm ont, CA 94002; (800) 227-8431. • T h e W ei T ’o Associates mass deacidification process has been in th e news of la te , w ith “A W ell- D o cu m en ted Solution” in D u p o n t M agazine for N ovem ber-D ecem ber 1983, an d “C rea tiv e Book­ keeping” in A m erica n W a y for M arch 1984. T he W ei T ’o h an d -sp ray ed liquid-gas solution has re ­ c e n tly b een tested by P rin c e to n U niversity, th e L ondon Binderies of th e B ritish L ib ra ry , an d th e P ublic Archives an d N atio n al L ib ra ry of C a n a d a . PUBLICATIONS Books are first v a c u u m -d ried for 36 hours a n d th e n p laced in a processing tan k . T h e deacid ificatio n so­ lu tio n p erm eates th e books u n d e r pressure, after w h ich they are again v a c u u m -d ried an d left over­ n ig h t to regain th e ir n o rm al m oisture. T h e process does n o t alter th e a p p e a ra n c e of a book in any w ay. 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S te v e n s o n S m ith (470 pages, 1983), w ill help those w ho have en tered a m a n a g e m e n t position for th e first tim e an d som e­ how have to b alan ce th e b u d g et. W ritte n as a text­ book w ith p ra ctic e exercises, th e book is n o n eth e­ less fa irly easy re a d in g a n d p ro v id es n u m ero u s relev an t exam ples. Copies are $50 from ALA P u b ­ lishing, 50 E. H u ro n S t., C h icag o ,T L 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0385-1. 9 Ballistic Missile Defense, edited by A shton B. C a rte r a n d D avid N. S ch w artz (455 pages, Ja n u a ry 1984), exam ines th e strateg ic, technological, an d political issues raised by n u clea r defensive w e a p ­ ons. This study, jointly sponsored by th e Brookings I n s titu tio n a n d th e M assac h u setts I n s titu te of T echnology, includes ch ap ters on th e relationship of missile defense to n u clear strategy; th e p o ten tial applications of c u rre n t and fu tu re technologies; a n d th e views on missile defense in th e Soviet U nion an d am ong th e sm aller n u clea r pow ers. A cloth copy m ay be o rd ered for $32.95 (plus $2 postage) from th e Brookings In stitu tio n , 1775 M assachusetts A v en u e , N .W ., W a s h in g to n , D C 20036-2188. ISBN 0-8157-1312-6. • A Bibliography o f the Laws and Resolves o f the Massachusetts Bay, 1 6 4 2 -1 7 8 0 , com piled by John D . C ushing (400 + pages, 1983), lists th e en tire leg­ islative o u tp u t of th e several M assachusetts Bay governm ents, as w ell as th e re le v an t acts of th e B ritis h P a r l i a m e n t a n d th e C o n t in e n ta l C o n ­ gresses. T he volum e also includes a larg e n u m b e r of legislative bills, orders, p ro clam atio n s, abstracts, an d p u ta tiv e printings; all k now n issues of th ree M assachusetts P rovincial Congresses an d those of th e S tate of M assachusetts Bay; m an y u n reco rd ed v a ria n t or sep a rate printings; an d num erous b ib li­ og rap h ical oddities long u n noticed. Copies m ay be o rd ered for $49.50 from M ichael G lazier, In c ., 1723 D e la w a re Ave., W ilm in g to n , D E 19806. 9 The Directory o f Financial Aids f o r Minorities, 1 9 8 4 -1 9 8 5 , by G ail A nn S chlachter (305 pages, Curriculum m aterials directory update T h e D irectory o f C u rricu lu m M aterials C en­ ters w hich resulted from a survey u n d erta k en by th e A C R L E d u c a tio n an d B ehavioral Sci­ ences Section’s C u rric u lu m M aterials C o m m it­ tee in 1979-1980 is now u n d e r revision. 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