ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries News From the Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S • Musical scores for practically all the major symphonic works of the twentieth century are included in a collection acquired by the Uni­ versity of New Mexico’s Zimmerman Library. The complete musical library of the late world- famed conductor Alexander Smallens will be housed in the UNM Fine Arts Library. This very rich collection includes 3,700 musical scores of opera, chamber music, and symphonies from Europe and the United States. Included are conductor’s scores, study, and miniature scores. Smallens, who died last year at age eighty- three, had a long and successful career in this country and abroad as a conductor of sym­ phony, opera, and ballet music. He was with the Philadelphia Orchestra for more than eighteen years, and also was a guest conductor with virtually every major symphony orchestra in this country and with leading opera compa­ nies in Europe. The “modern” American opera music in the collection reflects Smallens’ close association late in his career with the music of George Gershwin and particularly “Porgy and Bess,” which he called his “favorite Ameri­ can folk opera.” The Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico, also recently took possession of a col­ lection of the records of the U.S. Marshal’s Office, Santa Fe. Fifty boxes of office records were given to the library by Doroteo R. Baca, New Mexico’s U.S. Marshal. These records date from New Mexico’s territorial dates to 1948 and cover many exciting exploits of the Mar­ shals of the period. They will be stored, or­ ganized, and indexed in Zimmerman Library’s Special Collection Department. FELLOWSHIPS • The need to investigate new methods of library operations, including library procedures; library management; and library automation is today more important than ever. Richard Abel & Company, international library suppliers, now will support original investigations in this field by establishing a fellowship program in library analysis and library automated systems. Five Abel Library Fellowships of $2,500 each will be offered for projects in (1) Library analysis and cost analysis, (2) Library auto­ mation, (3) Library systems analysis and de­ sign, or (4) Library management. Projects should reflect between two and three months of full-time effort. The first awards will be made in June 1974. Applicants should have a minimum of five years of professional experience as a librarian or information scientist. Interested persons should send, before March 15, 1974, an in­ formative abstract of their proposed project, along with a resume and samples of their published or unpublished writing to this ad­ dress: Abel Library Fellowships, Richard Abel & Company, Inc., P.O. Box 4245, Portland, OR 97208, Attn: F. Spigai. G R A N T S • The New York Public Library has become the recipient of a $500,000 grant from the Wil­ liam R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust. The grant will be placed in a special account to be expended over a five-year period at an approximate rate of $100,000 per year. The usage will be for badly needed work in con­ servation and preservation of materials in the collections of the Research Libraries. Deteriora­ tion of a substantial portion of the collections has been aggravated by the atmosphere and by the lack of air conditioning. William Rand Kenan, Jr. combined a dis­ tinguished scientific and business career with a deep devotion to civic improvement and the advancement of education. The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust was established by Mr. Kenan’s will in order to provide for the continuation of his efforts to support education IT’S NICE TO KNOW YOU’RE PAYING ATTENTION … Drury College library has sent the following letter to the editors of the News: “The response to the library’s offer of its pocket guide, which ran in the No­ vember issue of CRL News (p.270) has been spectacular! I am really pleased that so many individuals were interested. Sorry to have to say that now no more copies are available for distribution. I hope you’ll run this in the next issue. Please convey my thanks to the many people who wrote in; sorry to disappoint those to whom I’m unable to send a copy. “Thank you.” Paul M. Duckworth Reference Librarian 29 Make your life a little easier: Put your orders in FOCAS NO BOOKSELLER can fill every single order immediately from stock. Back orders are a fact of life in the book trade. So, to make your life a little easier, we’ve created FOCAS—our way o saying Firm Order Control and Selection. FOCAS records your orders, then pulls from stock and issues publishers orders. The system orders, claims, and reorders from the publisher until you either receive the book you ordered or we can tell you with certainty that it’s not available. If for any reason your order can’t be filled at once from stock, FOCAS soon tells you why. Every month you receive a computer-produced list of all your outstanding orders. You’ll alway know the status of each order. At the same time, we’ll return for your review any orders which can’t be filled through ordinary channels, such as for books which are out of print. As always, we’ll report also when we act to clarify details of your order, trace obscure publishers, or perform any of the many other services which are free to our firm order customers. Knowing the status of all your orders you won't have to claim, saving you even more time and paperwork. For fast order fulfillment and regular reports on the status of all your orders, put your orders in FOCAS—another automated system for f bibliographic control from Richard Abel & Company. s , the benefit of mankind in general. • The Seeley G. Mudd Fund of Los Angeles has given Lawrence University $1,265,000 to­ ward a new library. The gift is the largest to date in the university’s $10 million Lawrence Leadership Fund campaign. It raises to $5.5 million the amount given and pledged, one year after the three-year campaign was launched. The new building will be named the Seeley G. Mudd Library. The new library will have space for 500,000 to 600,000 volumes and seating for about 750, both about double the capacity of the present building. The library also will house a rare book room, four seminar rooms, the university’s archives, an art exhibit center, and six study spaces which will be available to faculty members on sabbatical, scholars of the university, and others working on individual projects. A media center will have facilities for production and distribution of audiovisual materials. M E E T IN G S F eb. 28-M arch 1: Bibliographic Net­ works. “Alternatives in bibliographic network­ ing, or how to use automation without doing it yourself’’ is the theme of an ISAD Institute in New Orleans sponsored by the Information Science and Automation Division of the Ameri­ can Library Association. The purpose of the institute is to review the options available in cooperative cataloging and library networks, to provide a framework for identifying problems and selecting alternative cataloging systems on a functional basis, and to suggest evaluation strategies and decision models to aid in making choices from alterna­ tive bibliographic networking systems. For ho­ tel reservation information and a registration blank write to: Donald P. Hammer, ISAD, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Further information is in the January News. March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30: Multi-Media W orkshop. The workshop is designed to be an introduction to audiovisual work in libraries and media centers: the location, critical evalua­ tion, and selection of a variety of audiovisual materials and equipment. Attention is given to types of audiovisual services provided by li­ braries and to procedures for the acquisition, cataloging, classification, circulation, and stor­ age of materials. A part of each session will be a laboratory period for the purpose of familiar­ izing participants with audiovisual equipment. The workshop will be presented on the above as a means of individual betterment and for Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York. The fee is $80.00. For further information and/or ap plication, write or call: Dr. Mohammed M. Aman, Chairman, Department of Library Sci ence, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY 11439 telephone (212) 969-8000, ext. 209. Applica tion deadline: February 25, 1974. The numbe of participants is limited. March 14: I ntegrated Media in Communit College L ibraries … A State of the Art A “Drive-in Conference” will be held a Cosumnes River College library, 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., organized by the college’s Library/M edia Services Staff and sponsored by the Californi Junior College Association’s Committee on In struction. Five workshops will be held o “Let a Computer catalog your slides,” “Non print media and technical services,” “Medi packages for library orientations,” “Public ser vices and mediated reference,” and “TV an related equipment for librarians.” For furthe information about the conference, write Mr Terry Kastanis, Director of Educational Re sources, Cosumnes River College, 8401 Cente Parkway, Sacramento, CA 95823. March 14-16: Junior College Libraries The Ninth Annual Conference, Junior Colleg Libraries will be held at Waubonsee Commu nity College, Sugar Grove, IL. Send direc inquiries to publicity chairman, Duane Paulsen Sauk Valley College, Dixon, IL 61021. April 18: F ederal D ocuments Regiona W orkshop will be held in Boston at the Shera ton-Boston. The program, a series of seminar on various aspects of government publication with emphasis on practical problem-solving an exchange of ideas and methods, is designed t serve public, school, college and university and special librarians in the New Englan states. There will be a registration fee, an enrollment will be limited to 200. For furthe information contact Mrs. Virginia Vocelli Planning Committee Chairman, Nelinet Tas Force on Government Documents, Connecticu State Library, 231 Capitol Ave., Hartford CT 06115. April 22-M ay 3: I ntroduction to Moder Archives Administration. The thirtieth in stitute will be held at the National Archive Building. While emphasizing public record and archives, the institute features a facult experienced in all phases of work with archive and manuscripts, and is offered by the Na tional Archives and Records Service as a pro fessional service. It is directed by Dr. Fran B. Evans, assistant to the archivist. The insti tute is offered for three semester credits by th Department of History of the American Uni ­ ­ , ­ r y . t a ­ n ­ a ­ d r . ­ r . e ­ t , l ­ s s d o , d d r , k t , n ­ s s y s ­ ­ k ­ e ­ 31 versity, and is cosponsored by the Library of Congress and the Maryland Hall of Records. Inquiries should be addressed to: Depart­ ment of History, Thirtieth Archives Institute, The American University, Washington, DC 20016, or telephone (202) 686-2401. April 23-26: L atin American Materials. The University of Texas at Austin will be the site of the Nineteenth Seminar on the Acquisi­ tion of Latin American Library Materials. The Acquisition of Central American Materials will be the special topic for discussion. In addition there will be reports of progress made in the past year on matters concerning Latin American acquisitions and bibliography in general and a series of workshops which will include: “In­ struction in the Use of Latin American Library Materials including Formal Courses in Latin American Bibliography,” “Publications of Inter- American and International Organizations,” “Book Dealers and Their Problems,” and the “Commercial Reprinting and Reproducing of Latin American Materials.” For further infor­ mation see the January News. April 26-27: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference will hold its spring meeting in Charlottesville, Virginia. For further information contact Michael Plunkett, Manu­ scripts Department, University of Virginia Li­ brary, Charlottesville, VA 22901. 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 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 Mini Hall, Champaign, IL 61820. May 2-3: Managing D ata E ffectively C orrection Mr. David Pownall, director of library services at Hofstra University, has in­ formed us of an important omission in the information we were given for his October profile. The appointment is for 1973/74 only. A committee is actively engaged in a nationwide search for a permanent di­ rector and is still interested in receiving the names of possible candidates. 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 (N IRC) 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 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 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 I 53201. July 4-6: J uvenilia 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 32 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 7-8: Census D ata. 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. July 7-13: Library Automation. A workshop on the latest techniques in library automation, sponsored by Richard Abel & Company, will precede the 1974 American Library Association conference in New York City. Further informa­ tion on the exact time and place of the work­ shop will be available at the 1974 ALA Mid­ winter Meeting in Chicago. The workshop will include forums, lectures, and open discussions. They will be presented by recognized leaders in the fields of library automation. There will be no charge to attend the work­ shop, but attendance will be limited, to provide a good discussion atmosphere. The workshop is intended for librarians working in library automation. Maintaining the theme of state-of-the-art reporting, the basic content of the workshop will consist of what is happening in library automation today. And looking to the future, there will also be discussions and forecasts of what is to come. Persons interested in further information or 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, OR 97208. July 28-Aug. 9: Administrators. The Col­ lege of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, is planning the eighth annual Library Administrators Development Program. Dr. John Rizzo, professor of manage­ ment at Western Michigan University, will 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 News for further infor­ mation. M IS C E L L A N Y • The libraries of Memphis State Univer­ sity will begin to offer formal instruction to students in the use of its libraries in the spring semester of 1974. The need for such instruction has long been noted by various members of the library staff. The course title is “The Use of Library Materials, Resources, and Bibliog­ raphy,” and will carry two semester-hours credit. Its description is “an introduction to the organization of academic library material with emphasis on bibliographic access to in­ formation. Course content will consist of lec­ tures and assigned research problems designed to acquaint the student with general and spe­ cialized methods of access to library material.” It will be taught by various library faculty assisted by others who will appear as “guest lecturers” on various topics. Credit for the course will be elective, applicable toward the baccalaureate, and will be granted through the MSU libraries. 33 • Some modern language and literature subject librarians have for some time now felt a need for an organization which would provide the opportunity to come in contact with other subject specialists working in the area of modern languages and literatures in col­ lege and university libraries. We are looking forward to the establishment of a section, possibly within the division of the Association of College and Research Libraries of ALA (though other possible organizations could be explored). Such a group would repre­ sent subject specialists and librarians working in the subject areas of American and English literatures, Germanic literatures, Romance liter­ atures, and other literatures now covered through area sections. The section or group would provide an organization in which said librarians could stimulate and develop their professional interests through discussion of problems, exchange of information, and the planning of programs contributing to their own growth and that of the profession. If you find the idea of interest to you, please contact Marianne Goldstein, SUNY at Buffalo, Reference Department, Lockwood Memorial Li­ brary, Buffalo, NY 14214. • Each year the National Council of Teachers of E nglish’s Committee on Class­ room Practices in Teaching English holds an open meeting at the Annual NCTE Convention. Teachers come and express their concerns and interests about teaching English. Out of this open meeting comes the theme for the annual issue of Classroom Practices in Teaching Eng­ lish. An invitation is extended to teachers and other educators at elementary, secondary, and college-university levels to share ideas on change in classroom practices which resulted from “Re-Vision” or reflection or from external pressures. Each article should describe a change in classroom procedures relating to the teach­ ing of reading, writing, speaking, listening, lan­ guage arts, or to student evaluation, communi­ cation skills, film and media, emotional demands on students or teachers, or any other concern. Each article, which can range up to 2,000 words, should describe the new practice, wheth­ er or not it was successful, and what stimulated the change. Two copies should be mailed be­ fore April 15 to Allen Berger, Co-Editor, Class­ room Practices in Teaching English, The Uni­ versity of Alberta Education Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. • Beginning in January, The Catholic Uni­ versity is offering a post-masters degree pro­ gram in library science, the only such program in Washington, D.C., as part of C.U.’s Contin­ uing Professional Development Programs. Designed to meet the specific needs of prac­ ticing librarians, the program offers twenty- four credits beyond the M.L.S. degree in addi­ tion to noncredit workshops, special courses, and institutes. The students enrolled in the pro­ gram will be eligible for an advanced certificate in library science. Registration for the post-masters program in library science will be handled by C.U.’s Of­ fice of Continuing Education, McMahon Hall. For more information, contact John Gilheany, director, (202 ) 635-5256. • The University of New Mexico General Li­ brary, Albuquerque, announces the provision of computer tape data bases for its faculty mem­ bers. Each search produces a printed bibliog­ raphy on a narrow subject. Through a coopera­ tive service project developed by the General Library in close cooperation with the Technol­ ogy Application Center, twenty-eight tape data bases are searched. These bases cover the phys­ ical, biological, and social sciences. Search strat­ egies are developed by Reference Department librarians. The cost of these searches is paid from the book budget, two copies of search re­ sults, including abstracts as well as indexing en­ tries, being sent to the library to be checked into the serial record. In addition, one search copy is sent to the professor. This reference service project has been in operation for five months, and more than fifty searches have been completed. Half of the lit­ erature searches have concentrated on the social sciences and humanities, and half on the biolog­ ical and physical sciences. • State University of New York students will soon benefit from more direct access to the 7.5 million books and 6.2 million slides, films, recordings, and other research materials con­ tained in libraries on the university’s thirty-four state campuses. The proposed system, which has the endorse­ ment of the Faculty Senate of the university, will greatly improve upon the university’s cur­ rent interlibrary loan program under which books at cooperating libraries can be borrowed through the mails. Working in cooperation with State University librarians, Chancellor Boyer has announced the formation of a committee of librarians and ad­ ministrators to develop a timetable and proce­ dures to implement the program. In addition to developing a program timetable and procedures, Serving libraries for over 25 years for B uilding Programs— Reviews o f Plans— Equipm ent Layouts and D esigns LIBRARY MANAGEMENT and BUILDING CONSULTANTS, INC. B ox 5 8 , Evanston, Illin ois 6 0 2 0 4 312/446/8862 Send for free brochures 35 38 the committee will also explore the future pos­ sibility of extending access privileges to the faculty and students at the thirty-eight locally- sponsored community colleges. The expanded library access policy is seen as an essential step in the university’s efforts to use its library resources more effectively, particular­ ly since the cost of acquiring books and period­ icals has grown at an extraordinary rate in re­ cent years. Some publications costs have in­ creased at the rate of 15 percent per year. State University of New York is the first ma­ jor multicampus system to introduce such a reciprocal program on so wide as scale, al­ though the library system of the State Univer­ sity of Illinois was a similar policy, limited to faculty and graduate students. The growing use of modern computer and data processing tech­ niques is another cost control program the uni­ versity has implemented in administration of its libraries. Shared cataloging techniques and the compilation of lists of university-wide loca­ tions will be developed to enable library users expeditiously to locate books and reference tools. The policy will be particularly beneficial to students of the university’s Empire State Col­ lege, since they are not campus-based and must rely heavily on library collections near their homes or places of employment. The policy will also make it much more convenient for students and faculty to conduct research and complete reference assignments in other parts of the state during vacation and intersession periods. • The Afro-American Music Opportunities Association announces the initiation of a series, to be known as AAMOA resource papers, de­ signed to assist researchers, educators, and per­ formers in various information areas related to black music. The series, offered as one of the services of AAMOA, will be under the editor­ ship of Dr. Dominique-Rene de Lerma. MEMO TO STATE AND REGIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS The ACRL office is compiling a list of the current chairmen of the college or academic library sections of state and regional library associations. Please send the correct name of the section, the title of its officer, and the officer’s name and address to Beverly P. Lynch, Executive Secretary, ACRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chi­ cago, IL 60611. If the association has a committee on academic status, please include similar information concerning the name and current officer of that committee. The first release to be issued on the AAMOA label is by the great jazz composer David Baker, a man of considerable reputation nationally. This recording is of his Piano Sonata with String Quintet performed by the Brazilian pian­ ist Elena Fiere. Title of the album is “Sonata.” This and future recordings will be available to AAMOA patrons only. Subsequent releases will include the broad concept of black music from jazz to the classics. Releases will be issued ir­ regularly and announced to all patrons. There is a vast vacuum of materials on black music and musicians that AAMOA hopes to fill in the years to come. As a part of this plan AAMOA will be releasing records, monographs, and other published material on a regular basis. The only way to receive any of this material which is free, is to donate to AAMOA. The level of donation determines what you receive. A pledge or donation of $25 or more annual­ ly entitles you to record releases, two publica­ tions, and other services as well as the bi­ monthly newsletter. A pledge or donation of $15 entitles you to a record or a monograph and the bi-monthly newsletter. ( High school and college students can receive the newsletter free of charge). For further information contact AAMOA, Box #662, Minneapolis, MN 55440. P U B L I C A T I O N S • The American Library Association has pub­ lished The Rise of the Public Library in Cali­ fornia by Ray E. Held, a study of the American public library within the confines of one state during one historical era. The formation of California public libraries is related by Professor Held to the ideas and conditions appearing in a specific locale. The legal background, economic conditions, histor­ ical precedents, and philanthropic activities which influenced the founding of California’s municipal, county, and state libraries are analyzed. In addition, the initial organization of library services receives focus, together with the vision and efforts of pioneer California li­ brarians. The beginning of reference work, ser­ vice to children, and branch libraries are spe­ cifically described, and the activities of the state association and the contribution of pioneer­ ing figures like James Gillis are detailed. Because The Rise of the Public Library in California relates the public library develop­ ment to the economic and cultural conditions of an area, it is of interest to students of library history, social history, and the history of Cali­ fornia. The book is available for $12.50. For further information contact: Robert G. Hershman, Or­ der Department, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. 39 • Some 50,000 theses accepted for higher degrees in the universities of Great Britain and Ireland will now be indexed in a new biblio­ graphical guide published by the European Bibliographical Center—Clio Press. The British Theses Retrospective Index will document theses accepted for higher degrees between the early eighteenth century and 1950. Coverage will be divided into two volumes. The first vol­ ume will include theses titles within the social sciences, arts, and humanities and be published late next year. The second volume indexing material in science and technology is planned for publication at a later date. The index fills an information gap in the field by covering in one source the 200 year period prior to the introduction of ASLIB’s Index to Theses which began publication in 1950. The bibliography will provide a central means of reference to a large body of scholarship that has hitherto received limited exposure. For further information, contact Dr. Roger R. Bilboul, British Theses Retrospective Index, European Bibliographical Center—Clio Press, 30 Cornmarket St., Oxford OXI 3EY, Telephone: Oxford 41533. • The Baker Library of the Harvard Busi­ ness School has published new editions of its Current Periodical Publications in Baker Li­ brary (by main entry, subject, and geographic region) and Core Collection: An Author and Subject Guide. The former lists 7,000 period­ icals and serials, the latter 4,000 monographs in the library’s open shelf collection. They are available at $10 and $6, respectively, from the Business Manager, Baker Library, Harvard Busi­ ness School, Boston, MA 02163. • Currently available: Roth, Dana L., Serials and Journals in the C.I.T. Libraries. Pasadena: California Institute of Technology, 1973, which lists approximately 5,000 periodicals and serials held by the institute’s libraries, with titles entered under both the Library of Congress (N ST) entry and the scientific (Chemical Ab­ stracts) entry. It also offers an excellent ex­ ample of COM (Computer-output-microfilm)/ offset printing. Copies may be obtained by remitting $5.00 ($5.25 for California residents) to the Califor­ nia Institute of Technology and sending your order to Millikan Library, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91109. • The Tarlton Law Library of the University of Texas announces the release of three new publications. The first is entitled Organized Crime: A Selected Bibliography compiled by Isabella Hopkins, John K. Maxwell, and Charyl Mattson, all of the Criminal Justice Reference Library. Five major categories are covered, in­ cluding (1 ) general works; (2 ) criminal or­ ganizations; (3 ) organized crime involvement; (4 ) organized crime control and prevention; (5 ) reference materials. These are further sub­ divided into more specific subject areas, where the entries are grouped under books and mono­ graphs, journal articles, and government docu­ ments. The cost is $15.00. The second publication is the seventh in the Tarlton Law Library Legal Bibliography Series and is entitled Law and the Environment; an Annotated Bibliographic Guide to Materials in the Tarlton Law Library, compiled by Lance E. Dickson. (1973. 40p. $10.00) Materials on en­ vironmental law are numerous, diverse, and scattered throughout the legal literature. The purpose of this reference guide, while restricted to the extensive materials held by the Tarlton Law Library, is to create an awareness of the variety of available resources, and of the means by which they may be located. Emphasis is placed on the identification of other reference and bibliographic sources. The third publication is the Eighth Annual Report of the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin (1973. 48p. $5.00) It con­ veys data for the 1972-73 fiscal and academic year. Besides detailing financial restrictions, it also announces a long-awaited significant in­ crease in the book budget. W ith the addition of just over twenty thousand volumes, the col­ lection now stands at just under three hundred thousand volumes. If you are interested in acquiring any of these publications, please write to: Adrienne deVergie, Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas School of Law, 2500 Red River, Austin, TX 78705. You may make your check payable to: University of Texas Law School Foundation. • The Tarlton Law Library of the University of Texas and the Brigham Young University Law Library announce the publication of For­ eign Law Classification Schedule, Class K. (1973. $3.00) This work is the product of the joint efforts of Heinz Peter Mueller, head cataloger at the BYU Law Library and Adrienne de­ Vergie, Technical Services Specialist at the Tarlton Law Library. This publication shows how BYU has solved its problem of classifying materials for which the Library of Congress has not yet fully de­ veloped its classification schedules. The authors hope that it can serve as a guide for other li­ braries that wish to fit their foreign legal materials into the context of LC without facing the specter of massive reclassification sometimes in the shadowy future. If you would like to order a copy of this publication, please write to: Heinz Peter Muel­ ler, Brigham Young University Law Library, Provo, UT 84601. • Available from the Clearinghouse and Lab- WHAT SHOULD A BOOK JOBBER DO FOR YOU? H e should — • fin d a n d d e liv e r a n y book in p rin t as q u ic k ly as possible, • p ro v id e you w ith accurate reports on u n a v a ila b le titles, • use special procedures a n d reports to com plete rush orders, • meet y o u r lib r a r y a n d business o ffic e in v o ic in g re q u ire m e n ts, • respond p ro m p tly to in q u irie s , • accept re a so n a b le “ re tu rn s ” w ith o u t p rio r perm ission, • p ro v id e c o m p e titiv e discounts. A n d this is w h a t the Book House does fo r yo u ! You, as lib ra ria n s , c a re fu lly choose the rig h t books fo r y o u r lib r a r y a n d w e m ake the e a rlie st possible d e liv e ry . w e are not "b o o k sellers" w o rk in g fo r the p u b lish e rs — w e are w o rk in g fo r yo u ! We w o rk to d e liv e r the books you select. T his is the w a y w e see o u r job a n d this is the w a y w e do it. W h y not g iv e the Book House a tr ia l o rd e r a n d see w h a t o u r “ Concerned Service” can do fo r you! A N Y QUESTIONS? CALL 517 -849-9361 oratory for Census Data is the Librarian s Guide to Accessing the 1970 Census of Population and Housing, a free series published on an oc­ casional basis, providing information about ref­ erence sources related to different aspects of census data access and use. (Issue No. 1 of the series was originally distributed in November 1972.) Issue No. 3 of the Librarians Guide, provid­ ing information about public use sample refer­ ence sources, will be available in the next few months. Topics being considered for future is­ sues of the guide include the 1970 Census Sub­ ject Reports and special tabulations, plus topics organized around areas of use, such as educa­ tion, health, and income. For further informa­ tion contact: Clearinghouse and Laboratory for Census Data, Suite 900, 1601 N. Kent St., Rosslyn, VA 22209. • Available from Chapin Library, Williams College is a handlist of their current exhibition: Potpourri of Treasures, 1923-73; which was published to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary. Copies of this are available gratis to any in­ terested collectors and librarians who may want them. Send requests to: H. Richard Archer, Chapin Library, Williams College, Williams­ town, MA 01267. • The General Library, University of New Mexico has a new publication, entitled Catalog of Indexes and Abstracts in the General Li­ brary. It lists the indexing and abstracting ser­ vices to which the General Library subscribes. This catalog of 152 pages includes government publications as well. More than 1,000 indexing and abstracting services in all subject fields are covered. The catalog is arranged alphabetically by sub­ ject fields, and entries are alphabetically ar­ ranged. Under each entry the reader will find a library classification number, title holdings, and occasional notes. Essential bibliographic infor­ mation is given for each title. Two indexes to degree programs are included. Under the mas­ ters degree listing, the indexing and abstracting services for forty departments are given. Under doctoral programs, twenty subject areas are cov­ ered. In addition, the list contains sections con­ cerned with general indexes and abstracts and with general education, humanities, science, social science, and government publications. Copies of this publication may be purchased from the UNM Bookstore, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, for $1 per copy postpaid. • Information about more than 1,000 grants of $500 or more is now available in Financial Assistance for Library Education: Academic Tear 1974-1975, prepared by a committee of the Library Education Division of the American Library Association. The publication is made possible by a grant from the H. W. Wilson Foundation, Inc. Information about scholar­ ships, fellowships, and other grants was received from national, state, regional, and provincial li­ brary associations, library agencies, educational institutions, foundations, and other donors. The fifty-four-page booklet, covering the United States and Canada, lists the granting body and/ or name of the award, type of assistance, number available, amount of the award, academic and other requirements, deadline for application, and address to which application should be sent. Compilation of the booklet is one of many committee activities of the Library Education Division undertaken as a service to librarian- ship and education. Intended primarily for po­ tential recruits to librarianship and for librarians and others who accept the responsibility of as­ sisting them in their search for financial assist­ ance, the publication is free on request from the Library Education Division, American Li­ brary Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. • The Association of Research Libraries an­ nounces publication of Organization and Staff­ ing of the Libraries of Columbia University. Sponsored by the ARL in cooperation with the American Council on Education under a grant from the Council on Library Resources, this is a report of a management study which aimed at developing innovative organizational approaches to the operation of research libraries. While the report will not provide a model for other aca­ demic and research libraries, it is expected that specific elements of the report will stimulate further interest and action in improving library management practices. Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. acted as principal investigators for the projects. The report is available from Redgrave Infor­ mation Resources Corporation, 53 Wilton Rd., Westport, CT 06880. The cost of this publica­ tion is $12. • The first comprehensive guide to the re­ sources of The New York Public Library is now available with the November publication of “Beyond the Lions: A Guide to the Libraries of The New York Public Library.” “Beyond the Lions” has been developed to meet the needs of the general reader, research­ ers, faculty members, businessmen, and students and provides A to Z access to information on the New York Public Library ranging from a listing of its branches to the most specialized aspects of its research collections. Included is a detailed map giving the locations of all the libraries within the New York Public Library System. The new guide is available by mail from the Development Office, Room 210, The New York Public Library, 5th Ave. and 42nd St., New York 10018. “Beyond the Lions” retails at $1 and the 41 proceeds will be applied to the costs of future editions. • For the first time, seven major accountancy institutes in the British Isles have cataloged their recent acquisitions in one union listing. The merged catalog constitutes a newly-pub­ lished selective guide to recent books, pamph­ lets, and periodicals on accounting and allied subjects. This volume, Current Accounting Literature 1972, records material acquired between 1971 and the end of 1972, providing an up-to-date guide to the extensive literature serving the ac­ counting professions. The user can find, for example, literature on accountancy, both general and related to specific industries; computers, from p r o g r a m m in g through management applications; taxation (there are thirty-one guides to VAT alone); business aids at all levels, from small retailing to international trade. This is the first of planned annual supple­ ments to the 1971 catalog of the Members’ Li­ brary of the Institute of Chartered Account­ ants in England and Wales. Entries, arranged by author and by subject, appear in full in each section, providing author, title, date and place of publication, publisher, pages, and price. There is a separate periodicals list, and ap­ pendix on statute and case law holdings, and a guide to statistical services. Current Accounting Literature 1972 is avail­ able at £.7.50 (U.S. $19.00), clothbound edi­ tion only, from the publishers: Mansell, 3 Bloomsbury Place, London WC1A 2QA, Eng­ land. • Iowa State University library offers as the fourth publication in its Series in Bibliography a bibliography covering residence halls, Resi­ dence Halls in U.S. Higher Education: A Bib­ liography compiled by Larry H. Ebbers, Ken­ neth E. Marks, Kenneth L. Stoner. The cita­ tions have been organized into ten sections: Historical development of residence halls; Resi­ dence hall financing; Residence hall planning, construction, and facilities; Organization and administration of residence halls; Programming in residence halls; Residence hall personnel; Counseling activities in residence halls; Food service in residence halls; Legal issues and resi­ dence halls; Miscellaneous. A significant pro­ portion of the writings of the last seventy-five years have been included in this bibliography. This bibliography brings coverage of the lit­ erature on residence halls up-to-date as well as expanding it retrospectively. It also draws to­ gether the materials cited in publications during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The result is a compilation that should be of value not only to residence hall personnel, university administra­ tors, faculty, and students, but to all interested observers of the higher education scene. Price: $7.50. Checks or money orders should be made pay­ able to: Iowa State University, The Library, Attn: Photoduplication Center, Ames, Iowa 50010. • Now available to practitioners—Subject In­ dex and Geographic Index to State and Urban Technical Publications. The State and Urban Publications Collection contains materials from states, regions, metropolitan agencies, counties, cities, and townships. The collection now num­ bers more than 6,000 documents all of which are cataloged and cross-referenced in both geo­ graphic and subject catalogs. The development of the retrieval system was sponsored by the Mankato State College Memorial Library and the Urban Studies Institute. The catalogs are available from the Urban Studies Institute, Box 7, Mankato State College, Mankato, MN 56001 at a cost of $8.00 each, or $14.50 for the set of both. Publications will be checked out to subscrib­ ers for three weeks. Subscribers are encouraged to make use of the collection in person, al­ though a reasonable number of publications may be requested by mail or phone. MSC will mail publications postage-paid; return postage will be paid by the user. Photocopying service is available at $10 per page, plus handling. The catalog will be revised at regular in­ tervals depending upon the interest of the users and the growth of the collection. • EN V IRO /IN FO has published Energy /E n ­ vironment/Economy; an annotated bibliography of selected United States government publica­ tions concerning U.S. energy policy, $2.00 each; Stockholm ’72; bibliography of selected post­ conference articles and documents on the United Nations Conference on the Human En­ vironment, Stockholm, June 1972, $1.00 each; Science Policy, Technology Assessment, and the Environment; an annotated bibliography of se­ lected U.S. government publications concern­ ing the relationships of scientific/technological advancement and environmental quality, $2.50 each; and Energy/Environm ent/Economy; an annotated bibliography of selected U.S. govern­ ment publications concerning U.S. energy poli­ cy. Supplement. (Updates and augments the first item listed above), for $3.00. EN V IRO /IN FO is an independent venture attempting to (1 ) identify selected environ­ mental information sources which represent a variety of issues and points-of-view; (2 ) com­ pile, print, and disseminate the results as a current awareness service; and (3 ) provide this service at reasonable cost. Users’ comments and suggestions are invited. Order from: EN VIRO/ INFO P.O. Box 115, Green Bay, W I 54305. 42