ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 102 of Phillips University. Honorees include such men as Albright, Barth, Bultmann, Cullmann, Hook, Knox, Muilenburg, Pittenger, Rowley, Tillich, and Whitehead. There are 1,531 indi­ vidual entries, all indexed by author and Li­ brary of Congress subject headings. Full biblio­ graphic information is given for each festschrift. Each entry notes the author, tide, the catch­ word which serves to identify the festschrift, and the inclusive page numbers. The index is available from the Graduate Seminary Library, Phillips University, Box 2218, University Sta­ tion, Enid, Oklahoma 73701. Price, $5.30, in­ cluding postage and handling. • An eighty-seven page list describing “Newspapers in Microform” in the Pennsylva­ nia State University libraries has been com­ piled by June R. Morroni, head of die Micro­ forms Section. The list includes current and retrospective holdings in 35mm reel microfilm, microfiche, and microprint. Each newspaper is listed under the latest or best-known form of its title, and cross-references have been used to clarify variant titles. In addition to the full title and the issues available in Pattee Library, in­ formation regarding frequency of publication, date first published, place of publication, and history of each newspaper is given where avail­ able. Following the alphabetical arrangement there is a geographical index and a chrono­ logical index. Copies of the list are available without charge by writing Miss Morroni, Micro­ forms Section, Pennsylvania State University Libraries, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802. ■ ■ News From the Sections ART S U B S E C T IO N The Art Subsection will sponsor an all-day program/tour during the Dallas convention, on Monday, June 21. Departing Dallas at 9:30 a.m. by chartered bus, the group will stop at the Inn of the Six Flags at Arlington, Texas, for a discussion meeting on art materials acquisi­ tion problems, followed by lunch. The tour will then proceed to Fort Worth to the Anron Car­ ter Museum of Western Art, which will serve as a base for informal visits to adjoining mu­ seums, including the Kimbell Art Foundation building under construction, and will return to ROBERT T. M OTTER SCHOLARSHIP The Department of Library Education at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, an­ nounces the second Robert T. Motter Library Science Scholarship in the amount of $1,000. The scholarship was created by the Motter Bookbinding Company in memory of its found­ er, Mr. Robert T. Motter, a longtime friend and aid to libraries and librarians in the state and region. The scholarship committee—comprised of Mrs. Nancy Amis, Mrs. Ann Hoyt, Mrs. Marie D. Chaney, and Dr. Roscoe R o u s e - stated that the purpose of the award is “to en­ courage a promising young person to enter the school library profession.” Candidacy for the scholarship is open to men and women who have at least junior standing; graduate students are encouraged to apply. The award will be made for study in the library education pro­ gram at Oklahoma State University and the re­ cipient will be chosen on the basis of “proven Dallas in the late afternoon. The chartered bus tour is limited to thirty- eight members of the Art Subsection. An addi­ tional twelve persons are welcome to accompa­ ny the group in their own cars (Arlington is eighteen miles from Dallas; Fort Worth is an­ other fifteen miles). Reservations, to be made in advance before June 1, 1971, are $9.00 for the entire program (bus, lunch, and gratuities) or $6.00 for lunch and gratuities only (partici­ pant’s own transportation). Check or money or­ der should be made out to Nancy R. McAdams, P.O. Box 8294, University Station, Austin, Tex­ as 78712. ■■ scholastic ability plus aptitude and potential for growth in the profession of librarianship.” The deadline for applications is May 1, 1971. Ap­ plication forms will be sent to those who re­ quest them although a personal interview in Stillwater is required. Inquiries may be ad­ dressed to Dr. Roscoe Rouse, Head, Depart­ ment of Library Education, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074. ■ ■ ALA HEADQUARTERS LIBRARY SEEKS MANUALS ALA Headquarters Library is updating its collection of college and university library handbooks and manuals on instruction in li­ brary use and will appreciate receiving copies of recent handbooks; please direct them to Headquarters Library, American Library Asso­ ciation, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. ■ ■ 103 L The United States Histor by special arrangement with and the Acting Superintendent CHECK U .S. PUBLIC 1789-1970 “ The aid to government publications most needed by librarians.“ Boyd and Rips, United States Government Publications, 3rd Ed. 1953 UPDATES THE 1909 CHECKLIST AND OTHER BASIC REFERENCE TOOLS USED BY DOCUMENTS LIBRARIANS Here’s how the two standard reference books on U.S. Government documents evaluate the Public Docu­ ments Library, its collection, the SuDocs Classifica­ tion scheme, and the need for updating the predeces­ sors of Checklist ’70. G overnment P ublications and Their U se, L. F. Schmeckebier and R. B. Eastin, 2nd Revised Edi­ tion, Brookings Institute, 1969. “There is probably no complete collection of govern­ ment publications in existence, but the one in the Public Documents Library is probably the most nearly complete … it has all issues listed in the Monthly Catalog and the biennial Documents Catalog. It also has some material not so listed, as back issues are often sent to the library after the catalogs are printed.” U nited States G overnment Publications, A. M. Boyd and R. E. Rips, 3rd Revised Edition, Wilson, 1953. “The Library of the Office of Superintendent of Docu­ ments is of interest to librarians… because of the classification scheme by which its collection is ar­ ranged. It has been adopted by many other libraries throughout the country as a most convenient and satis­ factory method of organizing and arranging collec­ tions of government publications. “There have been three checklists of government pub­ lications.… The third, which was much more inclu­ sive and a monumental work of incalculable value covering the entire period of United States publica­ tions to 1909… was published in 1911. “A fourth edition, bringing the third edition to date, is the aid to government publications most needed by librarians.” CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENTS WILL UPDATE THE COLLECTION Thanks to GPO’s full cooperation, we are also able to offer subscriptions to a service which will update the shelf lists semiannually in dual-media cumulative supplements. The mi­ crofilm portion will include all new entries added to the shelf lists after the 1970 cut-off date. They will be filmed in SuDocs Classifi­ cation order, and the accumulated files issued semiannually until such a time as the entire shelf lists will be re-filmed in one sequence. The four indexes will be issued in paperback supplements and accumulated along with the card files. ON MICROFILM 1,200,000 shelf list cards on 16mm microfilm (roll or cartridge); arranged in SuDocs classification order by some 3000 government authors; and current as of October 1970. The active file contains approximately 550,000 cards describing publications of existing govern­ ment authors and continuous series. The inactive file contains 650,000 cards describing publications in discontinued series and items published by government authors that are no longer active. Also, both files contain about 50,000 guide cards which indicate changes of titles and identify predecessor and successor organizations. SEPARATE SUBSETS OFFERED FOR MAJOR GOVERNMENT AUTHORS Department level author breakouts are available separately upon request. For example, you may order individual microfilm reels covering the shelf lists of publications of the Department of Agricul­ ture, Interior Department, Health, Education and Welfare. Please write for price information. ical Documents Institute the U. S. Public Printer o f Documents announces the I ST OF DOCUM ENTS … a dual media collection of the Active and Inactive shelf lists of the Superintendent of Documents’, Public Documents Library, Washington, D. C. “ The most comprehensive single source of published information on U.S. Government Docu­ ments.” C arper W. Buckley U.S. Superintendent of Documents 1953-1970 BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA ON MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Now available to librarians for the first time in any format. As stated by Carper W. Buckley, who until his retirement in 1970 had served as U.S. Superin­ tendent of Documents since 1953. “Checklist ’70 provides librarians with the most com­ prehensive single source of published information about United States Government documents. It lists all titles which appear in the shelf lists of the Public Documents Library of the U.S. Government Printing Office, covering the period 1861 through October 1970. Also included are the publications listed in the Checklist o f U.S. Public Documents, 1789-1909, the Monthly Catalog and Mary Elizabeth Poole’s Docu­ ments Office Classification to 1966.” In addition to containing bibliographic citations and SuDocs Classification numbers for the publications mentioned above, Checklist ’70 also contains refer­ ences to thousands of publications which held security classifications when originally published and therefore did not appear in any lists or bibliographies. Most of these which were later declassified and added to the Public Documents Library’s shelf lists were never picked up retrospectively in the standard bibliographic reference tools. Each citation is at least as complete as the entries in the Monthly Catalog and often provides more infor­ mation. For instance, bibliographic data on each issue of certain periodicals are included, as well as com­ plete cross-references for changes in classification numbers, titles, or issuing agencies. Cutterized sepa­ rates are listed for some series publications. Monographic publications can be found by Cuttered keyword under the “General Publications” heading for most major departments and agencies. IN BOUND VOLUMES Four full-size, hard cover computer-based indexes compiled by Daniel and Marilyn Lester. Mr. and Mrs. Lester are the Associate Director for Systems and Automation, and Technician, Government Publications Division, at the Library of Mankato State College in Minnesota. Index One — arranged by author in SuDocs class order showing microfilm reel numbers (in es­ sence, a detailed Table of Contents for the Mi­ crofilm Segments). Index Two — arranged in a single alphabet format by some 3000 individual government authors (both active and inactive). This index brings together all SDC numbers for any government Author, regardless of its reorganization history. Index Three — an alphabetical listing of cabi­ net level departments and major agencies sub­ divided by their individual publishing offices listed alphabetically. Index Four — an alphabetical listing of some 18,000 U. S. Government series titles giving SDC Class numbers and microfilm reel numbers. This list will be enlarged with full descriptive data for each series in the Lesters’ forthcoming Bibliography of U.S. Government Serial Publi­ cations, 1789-1970. Note: All index entries show SDC and microfilm reel numbers. 106