ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries June 1989 / 509 The Robert Vosper IFLA Fellowships The International F ederation of Library Associ­ ations and Institutions has established the IFLA Fellowships to be aw arded on a com petitive basis to outstanding librarians w ith an interest in and com m itm ent to the international aspects of library service. F unding for these fellowships for a three- year period has been provided by th e Council on Library Resources, w hich has requested th a t the Fellowships be nam ed for R obert Vosper in recog­ nition of his long and effective com m itm ent to the cause of international librarianship. Robert Vosper has h ad an exceptional profes­ sional career th a t has included the adm inistration of im p o r ta n t acad em ic a n d research lib raries (Kansas, UCLA, and th e C lark L ibrary); a profes­ sorship at th e UCLA G rad u ate School of L ibrary and Inform ation Science; and leadership and ser­ vice to the profession a t large through th e most im ­ p o rta n t U.S. professional associations. B ut it is Vosper’s contributions to international librarian- ship th a t support this designation of th e IFLA Fel­ lowships. T he arena for libraries and librarians is, in the final analysis, not defined by geography. Recognizing this fact, R obert Vosper m ade the cause of effective international collaboration by li­ braries a targ et for his attention d u rin g m uch of his professional career. Introduced to IF L A in 1960, Vosper soon found ways to encourage the Association of Research L i­ braries and the Am erican L ibrary Association to take an active and constructive p a rt in IF L A activi­ ties. And, as a m em ber of the Board of D irectors of the Council on L ibrary Resources, Robert Vosper joined w ith other internationally m inded m embers of th e Board to encourage C LR support for IFLA , the most recent example being these fellowships (although w ith o u t knowledge of the C LR intent to m ake this use of his n am e). Robert Vosper has served IF L A in m any ways over th e years, and his interest continues still. His first IFLA m eeting (1960, Sweden) established a pow erful respect for th e professional and hum ane aspirations th a t are IF L A ’s foundation, and he was from th a t tim e on an enthusiastic p articip an t. He served th e o rganization as vice-president from 1971-1976; chaired the Steering C om m ittee for Universal Bibliographic Control; edited th e p ro ­ gram p a p ers of th e 1974 IF L A C o n feren ce in W ashington, D .C .; and was program chairm an for th e Fiftieth Anniversary C elebration in Brussels (1977). M ost of all, h e has been an a rtic u la te spokesman for th e cause of international librarian- ship. In a recent biographical study of Vosper’s profes­ sional career, a 1980 letter from M argreet W ijn- stro o m , th e n IF L A ’s S e c re ta ry G e n e ra l, w as quoted: “R obert Vosper’s im pact on international lib rary affairs has been very considerable, m ainly through th e strength of his personality. He was ex­ trem ely perceptive and a splendid m ediator and politician.” C LR hopes th a t the IFLA Fellows will one day serve their profession and the international w orld of librarianship w ith the skill, wisdom , and grace of R obert Vosper. For m ore inform ation on th e IF L A Fellowships, contact: IFLA H eadquarters, PO D 95312, 2509 C H T he H ague, N etherlands (Telex 34402). ■ ■ News from the Field Acquisitions • Amherst College’s R obert Frost L ibrary, Mas- sachusetts, has acquired, w ith the assistance of the Julia A. W hitney Foundation, the personal papers and library of th e late poet, critic, and professor of Russian literature, Yuri Pavlovich Ivask. The a r­ chive consists of approxim ately 5,000 letters, m an ­ uscripts, unpublished works, translations, p h oto­ graphs, fam ily m e m o ra b ilia , a n d o th e r item s. There are also 250 books of Russian em igre poetry published in sm all editions in W estern E u ro p e, C anada, the U nited States, and L atin America. • The A rt Institute of Chicago’s Ryerson and B urnham Libraries have acquired a m ajor collec­ tion of docum entary m aterials on th e Barcelona a r­ chitect Antoni G audí i C ornet (1852-1926) and his circle. T he gift is a personal collection compiled by George R. Collins, professor of a rt history a t Co­ lum bia University from 1946 to 1986, th e leading G audí scholar in America. G audí, a contem porary of Chicago’s Louis Sullivan, is best know n for the C hurch of th e Sagrada F am ilia in Barcelona, be­ gun in 1883 and still in progress. The Collins Ar­ chive contains published books, periodicals, photo­ graphs, clippings and eph em era, an d specially 510 / C&RL News com m issioned m e asu red d raw in g s of G a u d í’s works. The contents of the collection to 1973 were published as A Bibliography o f Antonio G audí and the Catalan M ovem ent 1870-1930. The libraries a t the Institute have also acquired a m ajor collection of platinum photographs of the W orld’s Colum bian Exposition taken by Charles D udley Arnold (1844-1927), the official exposition photographer. The 703 photographs docum ent in great detail the construction and final appearance of Chicago’s “W hite C ity” of 1893. More th an half of the photographs provide a chronological record of th e construction of th e fair’s buildings from clearing the site to opening day, while others focus on the creation of sculptures and architectural or­ nam ents, views of the finished buildings, and views of the fair after it opened on May 1,1893. The pho­ tographs are in m int condition. • Boston U niversity, M assachusetts, has ac- quired the papers of noted educator, author, and civic leader M arianna W. Davis. The papers relate to Davis’ book, Contributions o f Black W om en to A m erica, a 10-volume series focusing on black wom en in America from 1776 to 1976. Also in­ cluded are some papers relating to Davis’ com m u­ nity and education activities. • The H a rv a rd College L ib rary recently re- ceived a large collection of Israeli m emorial publi­ cations from Arie Ben-Gurion of the Arkhiyon Ha- gim Ben-Kibutsi (Interkibbutz Festivals Archive) in Kibbutz Bet Ha-Shitah, Israel. The collection of some 900 items consists chiefly of booklets p u b ­ lished in kibbutzim throughout Israel in m emory of ACRL spring update ACBL’s Executive Com m ittee m et on April 21. They synthesized an ACBL position on the O perating A greem ent w ith ALA, especially w ith regard to Choice-, revised the ACRL policy on co-sponsorship of events and publications to include research projects; agreed to cooperate w ith the Association of Research Libraries in studying the m atter of serials pricing; created an O rientation Com m ittee to design and hold future orientation activities for incoming divi­ sional leaders; and they recom m ended a p ­ proval of the ACRL Financial Plan. W ork w ith ALA and other divisions on the O perating Agreement continued. The division m em ber representatives for this effort m et in Chicago on April 22-23 and participated in a negotiation session w ith the ALA Com m ittee on Program Evaluation and Support. At their spring meeting, the ALA Executive Board approved the submission of the ACRL/ PLA proposal to the National E ndow m ent for the H um anities for a series of eight Humanities Program m ing Workshops over the next three years.—JoAn S. Segal. deceased members. The publications are extremely scarce, since few of them are available through reg­ ular trad e channels. • The State University of New York a t Albany has acquired the records of the New York State Conservative P arty, including extensive subject files, w ith correspondence and other organiza­ tional records kept for the chairm en. The records docum ent the creation, ideological interests, orga­ nization, and political campaigns of the party, in­ cluding those of U.S. Senator James Buckley and his brother W illiam F. Buckley. The collection was donated by the Party itself. • The University of Texas a t Austin has acquired a massive archive covering the 50-year w riting ca­ reer of L. Sprague de C am p, one of th e m ajor American authors of m odern science fiction and fantasy, and of his wife and frequent collaborator, C atherine Crook de Cam p. The collection of archi­ val, m anuscript, and printed items covering more th an 100 linear feet, contains notes, drafts, various states of originals and carbons w ith numerous cor­ rections, correspondence, family records, photo­ graphs, research and business files, and copies of published works from 1929 to 1980. Among the manuscripts included are those for dozens of stories and numerous books, including The Incom plete E n ch a n ter, L ovecraft: A B iography, an d L est Darkness Fall. The correspondence files include hundreds of letters from authors and editors like Asimov, C am pbell, H einlein, Blish, B radbury, and Clarke. • The University of Toledo’s W ard M. C anaday C enter for Special Collections has acquired some 200 feet of archival records from th e Libbey- Owens-Ford C orporation of Toledo, Ohio. LO F, now owned by the Pilkington G roup of England, was am ong the largest glass m anufacturers in the w orld and has been instrum ental in the develop­ m ent of various glass products for the automobile and construction industries. The archive contains corporate m inute books dating back to the 1890s, advertising, scrapbooks, glass m em orabilia, and several thousand photographs docum enting glass m anufacturing processes and architecture using L O F ’s products. • The University of Tulsa, O klahom a, has ac- quired a m ajor collection of books by and about American author W illa C ather, including over a hundred first and early editions of C ather’s books as well as a smaller num ber of first appearances in anthologies. The collection contains a num ber of issues of the tw o books for which C ather is perhaps best known: M y A ntonia (1918) and D eath Comes fo r the Archbishop (1927). Also present is a copy in a v ery ra re d u st ja ck e t of A le x a n d e r ’s B ridge (1912). The collection is the gift of Mary H erron of Idabel, Oklahoma. 512 / C & R L N ew s Grants • A lb io n C o lleg e, M ic h ig a n , has re ceiv ed a $250,000 g ra n t from th e K n ig h t F o u n d a tio n to co m puterize all facets of its lib rary operations. Al­ bion an d seven o th er p riv a te lib eral arts colleges are th e first recipients of nearly $2 m illion in grants in a new Excellence in U n d e rg rad u ate E d u catio n p ro g ra m established by th e fo u n d a tio n . T h e li­ b ra ry plans to com puterize its c ard catalog, circu­ latio n , serials, and book p u rch asin g operations. • A u b u rn U niversity, M ontgom ery, A labam a, has received a $112,577 U.S. O ffice of E d u catio n T itle II-C g ra n t to su p p o rt cataloging of 6,188 titles p u b lish ed in th e C o n fe d erac y d u rin g th e Civil W a r, an d 7,000 works published in F ran c e d u rin g th e F ren ch R evolution, m aking these docum ents m ore accessible to researchers statew ide. T h e C on­ fed erate Im p rin ts include books, religious tracts, p u blished serm ons, p a trio tic sheet m usic, and C o n ­ fe d e rate state legislative records. T he F ren ch Rev­ o lu tio n ary Pam p h lets, w h ich AU has been subcon­ tr a c te d to c a ta lo g , in c lu d e p o litic a l, relig io u s, cu ltu ra l, a n d fin an cial publications. • Boston College, C h estn u t H ill, M assachusetts, has been aw ard e d a $700,000 N E H challenge g ran t to su p p o rt th e college’s en d o w m en t for lib rary ac­ q u isitions to s tre n g th e n its collections a n d p r o ­ gram s in th e hum anities. T h e g ran t challenges BC to g e n e r a te fo u r d o lla rs fo r each N E H d o lla r, w h ich w ill result in $2.8 m illion in m atch in g funds, an d $3.5 m illion to tal for th e BC lib rary system. A p o rtio n of th e m oney will be used to create a H u ­ m a n itie s Scholar-in-R esidence p ro g ram for th e Burns L ib rary of R are Books an d Special Collec­ tions. T h e p ro g ram will fe a tu re public lectures and m eetings on a reg u lar basis, a n d w ill be adm inis­ te re d in cooperation w ith B C ’s Irish Studies P ro ­ g ram . • T h e C arn eg ie-M ello n U niversity L ib raries, P ittsb u rg h , P en n sy lv an ia, h av e received a $1.2 m illion g ra n t from th e Pew C h a rita b le T rusts of P h ilad elp h ia for a th ree-y ear project to develop a s ta te -o f-th e -a rt a u to m a te d lib r a ry system . T h e c u rre n t L ib rary In fo rm atio n System used by CM U provides a u to m a ted access to th e lib rary catalog, th e A cadem ic A m erican E ncyclopedia, th e A m eri­ c an H eritag e D ictio n ary , bibliographic databases p ro d u ced by th e In fo rm atio n Access C om pany, a n d several local databases. T he g ran t will support th e developm ent of LIS II, w h ich will offer several im provem ents in cluding an expansion of resources an d reference m aterials, th e cap acity to store and display th e full text of a d o cu m en t, a user interface to in co rp o rate th e pow er of personal com puters a n d th e cam pus “A n d rew ” c o m p u ter netw ork, b e t­ te r in teg ratio n w ith w o rd processors, an d th e use of cost-saving server com puters instead of a cen tral m ain fram e. • C o lu m b ia U niversity’s C onservation E duca- tio n P rogram s of th e School of L ib rary Service have received a $350,000 g ra n t from th e A ndrew W . M ellon F o u n d atio n . T he a w a rd provides m atch in g funds for a 1987 N E H g ran t w hich aids p ro g ram operations an d stu d en t support. It also funds a new faculty position in preservation ad m in istratio n . • T he H e alth Sciences L ib raries C onsortium , P h ila d e lp h ia , has received a $5.5 m illion g ra n t from th e Pew C h arita b le T rusts to link the a u to ­ m ated systems of sixteen h e alth sciences libraries lo c ated th ro u g h o u t P en n sy lv an ia. T h e p ro ject, now in th e th ird year of its five-year p lan , re p re ­ sents th e largest-scale cooperative v en tu re of this kind ever u n d e rta k en an d will b rin g state-of-the- a rt in fo rm atio n technology to th e desktops of p ra c ­ ticing physicians an d h ealth research professionals th ro u g h o u t th e region. T he info rm atio n resources of th e p a rtic ip a tin g libraries w ill, for th e first tim e, be co n n ected via c o m p u te r, p ro v id in g a single com prehensive source of info rm atio n for m edical researchers an d h e alth p ractitio n ers in th e areas of re sea rc h , e d u c a tio n , a n d clinical p ra c tice . T h e shared systems w ill su p p o rt m any ad d itio n al fu n c­ tions in c lu d in g co o p erativ e collection dev elo p ­ m en t, jo in t storage of m aterials, electronic delivery of full-text in fo rm atio n , com puter-assisted in stru c­ tion, and datab ase retrieval. • T h e H ispanic Society of A m erica, N ew York, N ew York, D e p a rtm e n t of M anuscripts an d R are Books has been aw ard e d a $24,982 g ran t from th e 1989-90 N ew York D iscretionary G ra n t Program for C onservation and Preservation of L ib rary Re­ search M aterials. T h e funds will be used for con­ struction of drop-boxes for fifteen m an u scrip t a t­ lases c o n tain in g 81 p o rto lan ch arts on vellum , and for cleaning an d re p a ir of 12 w all ch arts, including th e 1526 “M ap of the W o rld ” by Ju an Vespucci. T h e w all c h arts w ill th e n be p laced in custom - designed cases th a t can be used for b o th storage and display. • T he L ouisiana S tate U niversity L ibraries, Ba- to n Rouge, have received a $66,140 g ra n t from th e N a tio n a l H is to ric a l P u b lic a tio n s a n d R eco rd s Com m ission to u n d e rw rite p a rt of th e cost of th e U niversity Records Survey project. T he funds will p ay salary for tw o years for a university archivist w ho w ill survey th e existing records of th e u n iv er­ sity an d prep are a record group and series stru ctu re for th em . T h e archivist w ill also devise retention a n d disposition schedules for university records and p re p a re a records m a n a g e m e n t m a n u a l for th e cam pus. • T h e N o r th w e s t R e g io n a l C o n s o r tiu m fo r Southeast Asian Studies has received a $325,000 g ra n t from th e H enry L uce F o u n d a tio n for lib rary su p p o rt a t th e U niversity of O regon an d th e U ni­ versity of W ashington. T he g ra n t w ill finance a fou r-y ear p ro g ram to develop special lib rary re­ sources for S outheast Asian studies at the tw o insti­ tu tio n s . U O w ill use its p o r tio n of th e g r a n t, $45,000, to p urchase lib rary m aterials an d to sup­ p o rt faculty a n d g rad u ate stu d en t research. UW will use its sh are, $280,000, to p u rc h a se lib ra ry m aterials a n d e q u ip m e n t, to h ire m o re lib r a ry staff, and to su p p o rt facu lty a n d g ra d u a te stu d en t research. T h e C on so rtiu m is a co o p erativ e v e n tu re launched tw o years ago by U O , U W , an d th e U ni­ versity of B ritish C o lu m b ia. Resources p ro v id ed through th e g ra n t w ill be sh ared by o th e r N o rth ­ west colleges a n d , th ro u g h listings of lib ra ry m a te ­ rials in n a tio n a l c o m p u terized lib ra ry reference networks, th e m aterials also w ill be m a d e av ailab le to universities across th e n atio n . • Syracuse U n iv ersity , N ew York, a n d th e M u- seum C o m p u te r N e tw o rk , a n in d e p e n d e n t p r o ­ fessional m e m b e rsh ip o rg a n iz a tio n h oused in th e university, h av e jo in tly receiv ed a $20,000 g ra n t from th e C o u n cil on L ib r a r y R esources to ex am ­ ine th e fe a sib ility of using th e M A RC fo r m a t for the c ata lo g in g o f a r t objects in m useum s a n d co l­ lections. • T h e U niversity of Id ah L ib ra ry , M oscow, has received a $100,000 g ra n t L m W est O ne B ank to help in th e c reatio n of a u to i. Ted in fo rm atio n ser­ vices. T h e a u to m a te d system w ill allow facu lty and students, on a n d off cam p u s, access to lib ra ry re ­ sources th ro u g h th e ir c o m p u te r, m ak in g it possible to search a n d retriev e in fo rm atio n before going to the lib rary . E v e n tu ally , w ith g re a ter c o m p u te r ac­ cessibility, b ra n c h cam puses w ill be able to use th e system. • T he U niversity of M ich ig an L ib ra ry , A nn Ar- bor, has received a to ta l of $420,000 in tw o sep a­ rate g ran ts from th e H e n ry L uce F o u n d a tio n to e n ­ hance its collection of S outheast Asian m aterials. The first g ra n t, to ta lin g $100,000 an d focusing on V ietnam ese holdings, w ill p e rm it UM to develop a database in c o rp o ra tin g th e holdings of an eight- m em ber consortium . T h e d a ta b a se w ill be used by public an d p riv a te lib raries across th e c o u n try an d will ev en tu ally , it is h o p ed , n etw o rk w ith libraries in A u stra lia, V ie tn a m , S in g a p o re , a n d F ra n c e . The second g ra n t of $320,000 has been a w a rd e d to support U M ’s extensive S outheast A sian collection, and will cover staff re c ru itm e n t, p reserv atio n of Thai a n d P h ilip p in e m a te ria ls, acq u isitio n of m a ­ te ria ls p e r t a i n i n g to o v e rs e a s C h in e s e a n d T h erav ad a B uddhism , a n d th e acquisition of busi­ ness, econom ic, a n d m icrofilm collections rela tin g to m a in la n d S outheast Asia as w ell as a v ariety of audiovisual collections. • T h e U niversity of S o u th ern C alifo rn ia , Los Angeles, School of D en tistry has received a d o n a ­ tion of $4.4 m illion, to be d ivided b etw een th e school’s lib ra ry le a rn in g c en te r a n d its u n restricted funds, from Jo h n B. W ilson, a re tire d San M arino orthodontist, an d his w ife, H elen L . W ilson. In recognition of th e ir gift, th e lib ra ry le a rn in g cen ter will be n a m ed in th e ir h onor. T h e W ilson’s gift is the largest single c o n trib u tio n ever m ad e to th e School of D en tistry . It w ill co u n t to w a rd th e C a m ­ paign for USC, th e U niversity’s p ro g ram to raise $557 m illion by 1990. News notes • T h e C lem son U niversity L ib raries, South C ar- o lin a , a n n o u n ce th a t th e p ap ers of Strom T h u r ­ m o n d , c u rre n t U.S. sen ato r from South C aro lin a a n d fo rm er governor of th e state, are now open for research . T h e p ap ers, p resently com prising over 2,000 cubic feet of m a te ria l, d o cu m en t th e p o liti­ c ia n ’s life a n d are an excellent resource for histo­ rians. Seven series a re c u rre n tly av ailab le for re ­ s e a r c h , a lo n g w ith s c r a p b o o k s , p h o to g r a p h s , c arto o n s, a n d certificates. M ore series are in th e process of b eing opened. • T h e LIBRAS m em b ersh ip , a g ro u p of 16 lib- e ra l arts college lib raries in th e g re a ter C hicago a re a , has en tered in to an a g reem en t w ith th e S u b ­ u rb a n A udio V isual Service of L a G ra n g e P a rk , Illi­ nois, w h e reb y th e LIBRAS lib raries’ collectively o w n e d v id eo tap e a n d o th e r audio-visual m aterials w ill be deposited w ith SAVS for d istrib u tio n to o th e r lib raries in Illinois. T h e first m aterials p u r ­ ch ased for deposit a t SAVS are th e 37 titles in th e B B C -produced S hakespeare p lay series. SAVS will e n te r e ach title in to its o n lin e d a ta b a s e . In ex­ c h an g e for th e privilege of housing an d d istrib u tin g th e LIBRAS m aterials, SAVS has allo w ed LIBRAS colleges d irect access to its collections. • T h e U niversity of N o rth e rn C o lo rad o (U N C), G reeley, en tered in to an ag re em e n t in 1988 w ith th e U niversity of N o rth C a ro lin a , C h ap e l H ill, to b rin g a q u alified eth n ic m in o rity facu lty m e m b e r to U N C th ro u g h a sch o la rsh ip . T h e gu id elin es d ra w n u p w ere th a t th e a p p lic a n t m u st be an e th ­ nic m in o rity in th e second y ear of a tw o -y ear li­ b ra ry science m a ster’s degree p ro g ra m , to be co m ­ p le te d before b eg in n in g w o rk a t U N C , a n d m u st be w illin g to relo cate a n d w ork in th e U N C lib rary system for o ne year. In re tu rn , U N C w o u ld g ra n t a scholarship to th e stu d e n t in an a m o u n t based on costs of th e second y ear of th e tw o -y ear degree p ro ­ g ram . T h e stu d en t chosen for th e first scholarship, J a n Squire of C o lu m b ia , South C a ro lin a , w e n t to w o rk a t U N C in July of 1988 as an assistant profes­ sor a n d has been d elig h ted w ith her experience. W o rk in g h alf-tim e in b o th reference a n d serials, she is le arn in g m u ch a b o u t each , in clu d in g th e C o l­ o ra d o A lliance for R esearch L ib raries o n lin e sys­ te m . L ib ra ry personnel a t U NC a re also d elig h ted w ith th e p la n ’s success a n d ho p e to re p e a t th e schol­ a rsh ip in th e fu tu re. • T h e U niversity of T ennessee, Knoxville, an d M a r tin M a r ie tta E n e rg y System s, In c. signed a R esolution of C o o p eratio n in A pril th a t com m its th e tw o in stitu tio n s to sh arin g th e in fo rm atio n re ­ sources of th e ir lib raries. By th e term s of th e ag ree­ m e n t, facu lty a n d researchers a t UTK an d MMES w ill h av e access to th e collections of each in stitu ­ tio n th r o u g h re c ip ro c a l b o r r o w in g p riv ileg e s. O th e r co o p erativ e projects o u tlin ed by th e resolu­ tio n in clu d e investigation of delivery systems, ex- June 1989 / 513 June 1989 / 515 change of staff expertise, staff d ev elo p m en t p ro ­ grams, and collection d evelopm ent p lan n in g . • The U niversity of W isconsin-M ilw aukee has honored E g y p t’s first lady, Susan M u b arak , w ith the University A w ard for h er o u tsta n d in g le ad e r­ ship in th e p ro m o tio n of lib raries an d lib ra ry ser­ vices for ch ild ren in E gypt. T h e a w a rd w as p re ­ sented in April in N ew York C ity. M u b arak is the founder of th e In te g ra te d C are Society for P rim a ry School C h ild ren , begun in 1977, w h ich is involved in several aspects of e d u catio n , h e alth , a n d social services in m ore th a n 17 p rim a ry schools. In the a re a of e d u ca tio n , th e Society p rom otes th e e stab ­ lish m e n t of school lib ra rie s. A n o th e r im p o r ta n t p ro ject u n d e r M u b a ra k ’s leadership is th e b u ild in g of th e new B ibliotheca A lexandria, to be com pleted in 1995. T h e aim of th e p ro ject is to establish a seat of le arn in g in A lexandria w ith a p u b lic research li­ b ra ry as its core. ■ ■ p E C L P L I ? Profiles Beverly P . L ynch, university lib r a ria n a t th e U niversity o f Illin o is, C h ic a g o , since 1977, has been a p p o in te d d e a n o f th e U niversity o f C alifo r­ nia, Los Angeles, G ra d ­ u a te School o f L ib ra r y a n d I n f o r m a t i o n S c i­ ence, effective S eptem ­ ber 1. She w ill becom e th e first w o m a n ever to serve in this position. L y n c h e a r n e d h e r b achelor’s degree in sci­ ence from N o rth D a k o ta State U niversity in 1957, her M LS fro m th e U ni­ v e r s ity o f I l l i n o i s a t U rb a n a - C h a m p a ig n in B everly P. L y n c h 1 9 5 9 , a n d h e r P h .D . from th e U n iv ersity of W isconsin a t M adison in 1972. She has served as as­ s is ta n t in t h e S e ria ls D e p a r t m e n t a t U . o f I. (1958-1959), assistant catalo g er a t M a rq u e tte U n i­ versity (1959-1963), assistant referen ce lib r a ria n a t t h e P l y m o u t h ( E n g la n d ) P u b l i c L i b r a r y (1959-1963), assistant h e a d a n d h e a d of th e Serials Division a t Yale U niversity’s S terling M em orial L i­ b r a r y (1 9 6 3 -1 9 6 8 ), a n d e x ec u tiv e s e c re ta ry of A C RL (1972-1976). She has ta u g h t in th e lib ra ry schools of th e U niversity o f W isconsin, th e U n iv er­ sity of Texas, a n d th e U niversity of C hicago. L y n ch w as n a m ed A C R L ’s 1981 A cadem ic/R e- search L ib ra r ia n of th e Y ear, a n d in 1985-1986 served as p re sid en t o f th e A m erican L ib ra ry Associ­ ation. In 1987 th e a lu m n i association o f th e U n iv er­ sity of Illinois G ra d u a te School of L ib ra ry a n d In fo rm atio n Science p resen ted L y n ch w ith its firs D istinguished A lum nus A w ard . L y n ch has w ritte i extensively o n th e subject of lib ra ry m a n ag e m e n t a n d h e r articles h av e a p p e a re d in such p u b lic a tio n as College & Research L ibraries, L ib ra ry Trends a n d A d m in istra tiv e Science Q uarterly. She is th‹ e d ito r of fo u r books, in clu d in g h e r m ost re c en t, A c adernic L ibraries in T ransition (Neal S chum an 1989). C hristopher A. Bean, rea d ers’ services lib r a r­ ia n a t S w eet B ria r College since 1978, has b een a p ­ p o in te d d ire c to r of H o w e L ib ra ry a t S h en an d o ah C ollege a n d C o n se rv a ­ to ry , W in c h e ste r, V ir­ ginia, effective ne 15. B ean received his b a ch e ­ l o r ’s d e g r e e f r o m t h e U n iv e r s ity o f N e w H a m p s h ir e (1973), his M LS fro m th e U n iv e r­ s ity o f R h o d e I s l a n d (1976), a m a ster’s in his­ to ry from V irg in ia P oly­ t e c h n i c I n s t i t u t e a n d S tate U niversity (1979), a n d is c u rre n tly p u rsu ­ C hristo p h er A . Beanin g a P h .D . in h is to ry fro m th e U n iv ersity of V irg in ia . P rio r to jo in in g S w eet B ria r C ollege, B ean h eld positions a t th e U niversity o f R hode Is­ la n d (1975-1976) a n d V irg in ia T ech (1977). H e has b een active in local a n d state lib ra ry associations, a n d has c o n trib u te d articles a n d book review s to several lib ra ry periodicals in clu d in g O nline a n d L ib ra ry S o ftw a re R e v iew .