ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries February 1992 /1 2 5 ★ ★ ★ News from the Field Revitalize library exhibits I f th e exhibits area in yo u r library needs revital­ izing co n sider adapting som e o f th e ideas developed by th e U niversity R esearch Library (U R L) at th e U niversity o f C alifornia Los Angeles: g re a te r e m ­ phasis on cam pus/com m unity events; m ore p u b lic­ ity o f exhibits in b o th U C LA a n d o th e r publications; m ore em phasis on service-related issues (e.g., in­ tro d u ce new C D -R O M s, n ew O R IO N capabilities, etc.); an d g re a te r focus on tim ely topics (e.g., events in th e Soviet U nion an d E a ste rn E u ro p e) as a way to highlight collections. A fu rth e r goal o f th e U R L staff Exhibits C om m ittee is to b ro a d e n staff p artici­ pation in exhibit p reparation. (A dapted w ith p e r­ mission from th e UCLA L ib ra ry Newsletter.) Think before you Post-it™ Stop! D o n ’t p u t th a t handy little “yellow sticky,” a.k.a. Post-it™ note, on lib raiy m aterials o r you could cause staining a n d p e rm a n e n t dam age. Post- its™ w ere d esigned for sh o rt-term use on n o n ­ p e rm a n e n t m aterials. A fter a m o n th o r tw o the adhesive h a rd en s an d leaves a film th a t becom es acidic. Julia Page, p reservation librarian a t th e University o f California, San D iego, recom m ends against e v er using th e m in m aterials th a t will be ad d ed to th e collection an d is t rying to m ake libraiy users aw are o f th e dam age Post-its™ can cause. Signage rem inds p atrons n o t to use th e Post-Its in library m aterials an d p a tro n s re tu rn in g library m aterials com plete w ith Post-its™ are sen t the following letter: “R ecently you re tu rn e d m aterials to th e library w ith ‘Post-it™ N o tes’ inside them . P erhaps you are n o t aw are o f th e negative effects o f th ese seem ingly harm less ‘m arkers.’ As staff re ­ m oved th e se notes, th e re was som e dam age to th e pages. In th e long term , th e glue on Post-it™ notes, can have a harm ful effect o n p a p er. Please h elp us in trying to p reserv e library m aterials b y not using Post-it™ notes. Your cooperation is ap p reciated .” Page also d iscovered th a t th e b in d ery th ey w ere sending m aterials to was using Post-its™ in its in tern al processing an d asked th e m to stop th e practice. T h e p re ssu re applied d u rin g th e b in d ery process can im p reg n ate th e notes into th e p aper. Post-its™ a re also unfriendly to new sprint (check th e reverse side o f th e n o te an d you will see th a t th e type has b e e n lifted o ff th e new sprint) an d b rittle p aper. Rem oval o f Post-its™ left for m o re th an a m o n th o r tw o on b rittle p a p e r causes th e p a p er to tear. W arns Page, “D o n ’t fall into th e scotch tap e syndrom e.” Save yo u r P o st-Its for yo u r own papers a n d rep o rts a n d b e careful o f leaving th e m in place fo r m o re th a n a m o n th o r two. Help available for locating copyright holders ALA’s G raphics D e p a rtm e n t has p u b lish ed “Lo­ cating C opyright H o ld ers,” a n inform ative tool develo p ed by A C RL’s R are Books an d M anuscripts Section’s Literary Rights C om m ittee, chaired by C athy H en d erso n . T h e d o cu m en t explains why it is im p o rta n t to lo cate cop y rig h t ho ld ers, provides d e fin itio n s a n d b r ie f explanations o f th e p ro v i­ sions o f th e U.S. c op y rig h t law, answ ers fr e q u e n t­ ly ask ed q u e stio n s, pro v id es a b r ie f bibliography, a n d offers 11 step s th a t can h e lp lib rary p a tro n s tra c k dow n c — Tight ho ld ers o f b o th m an u s­ c rip t a n d n o n m a n u sc rip t m aterials, su ch as audio- ta p e s, p h o to g ra p h s, w orks o f art, a n d m otion p ic tu re s. C am era-re ad y artw o rk o f th e tw o-page 8 1/2" x 14" flyer (item n u m b e r 12891) is available fo r $10 from th e ALA G rap h ics D e p a rtm e n t,-50 E . H u ro n St., C hicago, I L 60611; (800) 545-2433, p re ss 8. 126 /C & R L News Information literacy topic at AAHE spring meeting “Integrating Inform ationTechnologyintoTeach- ing and Research: Incentives an d Aspirations” will be p re sen te d by th e Inform ation Literacy Action C om m unity o f d ie Am erican Association o f H igher Education (AAHE) during A A H E’s national m eet­ ing, April 5 -8 , 1992, at the Chicago H ilton and Towers. A panel o f speakers including Patricia Senn Breivik o f the N ational Forum on Inform ation Literacy, will highlight technologies o f value to instruction and research and offer practical and cost-effective approaches for building a cam pus environm ent th at encourages faculty to use te c h ­ nologies in th eir instruction and research. C ontact AAHE at (202) 293-6440 for m ore information. Acquisitions (Listings o f acquisitions, grants, an d gifts are taken from press releases, library new sletters, and notes to the editor. To en sure th at news about your library is considered for inclusion, sen d th e infor­ m ation to C & RL News, 50 E. H u ro n St., Chicago, IL 60611; bitnet: U38398@ UICVM.bitnet.) • T he Atlanta Historical Society, Inc., ac­ q uired th e papers o f Sam Massell w ho served as mayor for one te rm beginning in 1970. T h e collec­ tion includes inform ation pertaining to his real estate business as well as his mayoral years. The Society also added to its collection o f Charles W eltn er papers. Judge W eltn er served as a U.S. C ongressm an and continues to work as a Suprem e C ourt Justice for the state o f Georgia. T he papers include correspondence an d docum ents relating to his c aree r as a judge. • Boston University acquired the papers o f Clare Hayes Tim berlake, th e first U.S. Ambassa­ dor to th e Congo (now known as Zaire). T im ­ berlake’s c areer as a for­ e ig n s e r v ic e o ff ic e r spanned 40 years, includ­ ing posts in Canada, Ar­ gentina, Uruguay, Swit­ zerland, India, Peru, and Germany. H e also served as a special assistant in th e S tate D e p a rtm e n t and with th e Arms C on­ Clare H. Timberlake tro l an d D isarm am en t Agency. T h e collection contains diplom atic and personal co rresp o n d en ce, speech m anuscripts, scrapbooks, photographs, awards, and information related to th e Congo a n d South America. • The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at th e University o f Texas at Austin ac­ q uired a large literary archive o f th e English novelist ohn Fowles, w hose w ork is known by th e general ublic as well as th e literary critic and scholar. Included in th e papers are w orking notes, and early, nterm ediate, and final drafts o f m uch o f his p u b ­ lished work, as well as corrected an d revised proofs. P resent are various draft versions o f five o f his ublished novels and his book o f short stories: The French Lieu ten a n t’s W oman, The Magus, A Mag­ ot, Daniel M artin, Mantissa, and The Ebony Tower. T h ere are also revised early drafts for The ristos, a volume o f informal philosophy that Fowles subtitled “a self-portrait in ideas.” Manuscripts, typescripts o f plays, poetry, interviews, essays, ar­ ticles, reviews, an d translations and adaptations by Fowles o f works by o th e r w riters are also included. In an interview about th e novel form in 1979 Fowles said, “T he novel is also a very im portant nature reserve’ for language, an d th e pleasure uses o f language—b ein g able to image off p rin ted symbols. hat terrifies m e is an increasing lack o f ability in children to do this . . . words losing th e ir colours, th e ir histories, th e ir echoes, th e ir emotive values, all th e rest. T h e m etaphor is th e miracle o f higher civilization.” • T h e University o f Nebraska-Lincoln re ­ ceived a copy o f Mr. W illiam Shakespeare’s C om ­ dies, Histories, & Tragedies (T he F irst Folio, 1623), th e first p rin te d collection o f Shakespeare’s plays, w hich contains 36 o f th e 37 plays a ttrib u te d to Shakespeare. W hile som e o f th e plays had b e en p rin te d previously, n e v er b efo re h a d a book o f such size b e e n dev o ted to plays, a g en re th e n co n sid ered in ferio r by many. T h e N ebraska F irst Folio, now th e only copy b e tw ee n C hicago an d C a lifo rn ia , w as d o n a te d by S id n ey J o h n se n W ayland as th e tw o m illionth book to b e received by th e U niversity o f N ebraska-L incoln L ibraries (U N L). O th e r re c e n t gifts to th e U N L Libraries include tw o dozen first editions o f w orks by an d about Im m an u el K ant d o n a te d by p rofessor Thom as Iwand. This collection c ontains som e v ery scarce early works p u b lish e d by Kant b efo re th e 1780s including his first book (G edanken vo n d e r w ahren Schätzung d erlebendigen Kräfte [Thoughts on th e True E stim a tio n o f L iv in g Forces, 1746]). U N L also a cq u ired som e lim ited ed itio n publications o f Penny-royal Press, am ong th e m M ark Tw ain’s The A d ven tu res o f H uckleberry Finn w ith w ood engravings by B arry M oser (1985) an d B enedictus de Spinoza’s O pera Posthum a (1677), th e gift o f C liff H illegass, an d th e th ree-v o lu m e Q uadru­ p ed s o f N o rth Am erica by John Jam es A udubon J p i p g A W e February 1992 /1 2 7 and th e R e v e re n d Jo h n B ach m an n (1854), given by H arold A nderson. • T h e H istory o f M edicine an d H isto ry o f Nutrition C ollections at Vanderbilt University Medical C e n te r’s L ib rary have acq u ire d Fasting Girls; T h eir Physiology a n d Pathology (1879), a scarce w o rk on anorexia an d th e physiology o f starvation w ritte n by W illiam A. H am m o n d , M .D ., surgeon-general o f th e U nion Army, 1862-1864. A rare B ritish cookbook by Jo h n A rm strong en titled , The Y o ung W o m a n ’s G u id e to V irtue, E co n o m y a n d Happiness (1806) was also acq u ired . T h e 680-page household encyclopedia contains 200 pages o f reci­ pes, “rules fo r secu rin g h e alth ,” “rules o f n u rsing and e d u catin g c h ild ren ,” “a h istory o f th e w ork,” “direction fo r w riting le tte rs,” “m em oirs o f illustri­ ous fem ales,” a n d a “history o f w o m en in d ifferen t ages a n d c o u n trie s.” Grants & gifts • T h e N ational E ndow m ent for the H u­ m a n itie s (N E H ) aw ard ed nearly $13.1 million in C hallenge G ran ts to 26 edu catio n al a n d cultural Media tips: How to get spea I th in k th a t talking to n o n -librarians ab o u t w hat we do is im p o rtan t an d re c en tly I le a rn e d m ore about how to do th at. T h e p re sid en ts an d vice- p residents o f th e ALA divisions receiv ed m edia training as p a rt o f th e ALA W o rld Book Award 1991-92. I t was terrific! In th e next several issues o f C‹bEL N ew s I ’d like to sh are som e o f th e very practical “how to ” suggestions th a t w e re co v ered in th e training, su ch as “G e ttin g y o u r m essage across” and “W h at to do w h en th e m ed ia calls.” I h o p e you will fin d th e m usefu l as you g e t m essages ab out librarians o u t in yo u r com m unity.— A n n e Beaubien, A C R L President 1. B e proactive. D o n ’t w ait for a n invitation. 2. Identify potential au d iences. W h ere d o you n e ed to sp eak to b e su re th a t y o u r m essage reaches th e largest possible a u d ie n ce ? W ho n e ed s to h e ar ab out librarians an d lib rary issues in o rd e r to take advantage o f yo u r services an d , m ost im portantly, su p p o rt y o u r cam paign? R each o u t to diverse au diences— faculty an d stu d en ts, b u siness an d professional associations, legislators, p a re n ts, sen io r citizens, m inorities, th e econom ically disadvantaged, a n d physically ch al­ le n g ed t o n am e only a few. R e m e m b e r to include in stitutions lo cated in 15 states a n d th e D istrict o f Colum bia. R ecipients o f N E H challenge grants m ust gen erate th re e o r som etim es fo u r dollars for each dollar p rovided by th e endow m ent. In all, nearly $40.6 million in non-federal m atching funds will be g e n erated by th e awards, bringing th e total a m ount o f su p p o rt p rovided to $53.7 million. A cademic institutions receiving th e challenge grants include: • Amherst C ollege receiv ed $500,000 to su p p o rt th e renovation an d expansion o f th e college’s R o b ert F ro st L ib rary by providing space to accom ­ m o d ate a grow ing collection o f books an d m an u ­ scripts in th e hum an ities, in cluding a C e n te r for R ussian C u ltu re . Plans p ro p o se d fo r th e library p ro je c t also in clu d e a n e w m ed ia c e n te r a n d an array o f expan d ed re fe re n c e technologies. • Bard C ollege, A n n andale-on-H udson, N ew York, receiv ed $500,000 to su p p o rt th e c o n ­ stru ctio n a n d fu rn ish in g o f a library addition a n d th e creatio n o f a n e n d o w m en t for library acquisitions in th e hum anities. • D eP aul University, C hicago, received $500,000 to c o n trib u te to th e co n stru ctio n o f a new $25 m illion library on its L incoln Park C am pus an d to c re ate a n e n d o w m en t fu n d to su p p o rt acquisi­ tions in th e h um an ities. T h e challenge g ra n t is th e (C ont. on page 130) ing opportunities g atherings o f p u b lic policy officials, a city council o r state legislative p an el, n ew sp a p e r e d ito rial boards, local p re ss clubs. 3. Make a list. P u t to g e th e r a m ailing list w ith th e n am es, ad d resses a n d te le p h o n e n u m b e rs o f p ro ­ g ram officers for g roups you w ish to address. Your lib rary m ay already have su ch a directo ry — i f not, s tart one. 4. Send a letter. Briefly explain w h at it is you wish to discuss, w hy th e to p ic will be o f in te re s t to th e ir m em b ers a n d if th e re is any u rg en cy involved. “Physicians a re d e p e n d e n t on th e la te st in form a­ tio n to solve m edical m ysteries. L ibrarians w ork daily to e n su re th a t inform ation is available an d affordable, b u t th e re are challenges to o u r ability to c o n tin u e to e n su re th a t access. I w ould a p p reciate an o p p o rtu n ity to explain to y o u r m e m b e rs w h at is a t risk a n d how w e m ig h t w o rk to g e th e r to solve this loom ing p ro b le m .” 5. M ake follow -up calls. P ersonal co n ta ct can m ake th e differen ce. Ask w h e th e r y o u r le tte r was received, i f th e re are questions. Is th e re a n o th e r to p ic th a t w ould b e o f m o re in te re s t to th e ir m e m ­ b e rs? 6. D o a great jo b an d th e y ’ll ask you again, an d re c o m m e n d y o u to o th ers. ■ ■ k 130 / C&RL News first ever received by DePaul, and the largest NEH grant ever given to the university. • Em ory University, Atlanta, received $750,000 to support the creation of an endowment fund for library acquisitions in the humanities. • The John Carter Brown Library (Rhode Island) will endow two staff positions and the activi­ ties of a Center for New World Comparative Stud­ ies with its $383,180 challenge grant from NEH. • Saint Bonaventure University {New York) will support the endowment of library acqui­ sitions in the humanities with its $250,000 chal­ lenge grant. • The Folger Shakespeare Library, Wash­ ington, D.C., received a $100,000 matching grant from the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Founda­ tion. The general operating grant was made in recognition of the library’s Diamond Jubilee anni­ versary year, which is being celebrated through­ out 1992 with a series of special events and new programs for the general public. New programs introduced this year include Saturday activities for families with young children, an evening lecture series, a series of gallery talks by exhibition cur­ ators, and a scheduled tour program. These pro­ grams will be followed in subsequent years by other initiatives aimed at increasing the accessibil­ ity of the Folger Library and its educational and cultural resources for diverse segments of its com­ munity. • The University o f Indiana Libraries (IUL), Bloomington, have been awarded two grants from the Department of Education to facilitate retro­ spective conversion. The Music Library received $178,000 to provide a centralized Name Authority Cooperative center for all of the participating li­ braries of the Associated Music Libraries Group, and to retrospectively convert some sound re­ cording titles. The second grant totals $74,000 and is for conversion of the Latin American Materials Project. IU L will convert 22,600 titles in the subject areas of Caribbean, Central, and South American history and literature. The university will also con­ vert brief records for 1,000 titles from the pamphlet collection. • The North C arolina State University (NCSU) Libraries, Raleigh, received a U.S. De~ Advertiser index A M IG O S ........................................................9'J B la ck w e ll........................................ cover 2 , 84 Book H o u s e ................................................ 11(0 Institute for Scientific Info.............. 90, cover 4 H.W. W ils o n ......................................... cover 3 W L N ............................................................. 113 partment of Education Title II-D research and demonstration grant of $71,690 to continue the NCSU Digitized Document Transmission Project. The project investigates the transmission of digi­ tized documents via campus telecommunication networks and the national NSFnet/Intemet net­ work. During the first year of the project worksta­ tions were installed, network linkages were tested, and documents were transmitted between institu­ tions. The NCSU Libraries and Computing Center are developing a model for distributing the digitized research materials across campus networks directly to the scholar. The project began in 1988with initial funding by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and additional equipment donated by Apple Com­ puter, Inc. • The University o f Arkansas at Little Rock received a $1 million grant from the Ottenheimer Brothers Foundation to strengthen library collec­ tions and upgrade library technology. The library also received a $25,000 grant from the Jonsson Foundation to purchase technology and science materials. • The University o f California, Santa Bar­ bara, has been awarded $127,800 by the National Endowment for the Humanities for the writings of Henry David Thoreau for 1991-93. The project, located in the library, will produce new editions of all of Thoreau’s works including his journal and correspondence. Ten volumes have been published of an anticipated 30. • The University o f Illinois at Urbana- Cham paign received an $18.7 million private gift to honor William Wallace Grainger, a pioneer in the distribution of electrical equipment and compo­ nents, to construct the Grainger Engineering Li­ brary Information Center. The planned 12,000 square foot facility will be a part of the University Library system, university librarian David Bishop said, ‘This generous gift in memory of William Grainger enables us to be in the forefront of library service and technology, which are so important to the engineering comm unity. The new... center will provide the opportunity . . . to develop one of the most sophisticated and effective information dis­ semination capabilities in existence while still satis­ fying traditional library needs. ” Grainger gradu ated from the University of Illinois College of Engineer­ ing in 1919 and went on to found W. W. Grainger, Inc., a leading distributor of equipment, compo­ nents, and supplies to the commercial, industrial, contractor, and institutional markets. • W hitm an College’s Penrose Memorial Li­ brary, Walla Walla, Washington, received a $26,463 LSCA Title III PULSe grant from the Washington State Library Commission to enter detailed serials holdings records intothe WLN database, andthecoflege’s Innovative Interfaces INNOPAC online catalog and circulation system. ■ ■