ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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News from  the Field
ACQUISITIONS

•  T h e  L ib r a r y  o f  t h e  S T A T E  U N IV E R S IT Y  
C o l l e g e  a t  B u f f a l o  has a c q u ir e d  on m i­
crofilm th e  w ork o f psychologist J. P. G uilford r e ­
lating to his resea rch  on th e  S tru c tu re  o f th e  I n ­
te lle c t (SOI) m odel. T he n early  200 reels contain 
th e  te s ts, an sw e r sheets, and su p p o rtin g  d a ta  for 
his SO I th e o ry . T h e m aterial co rre sp o n d s to th e  
Psychological L ab o rato ry  R e p o rts lo cated  at th e  
U n iv ersity  o f S o u th ern  C alifornia at Los Angeles. 
An index to th e  m icrofilm ed m aterial by te st and 
SOI “c ell” nam e has b e e n  p re p a r e d  by th e  col­
leg e’s D e p a rtm e n t o f C re a tiv e  S tudies.

•  S t . J o h n ’s  U n i v e r s i t y , N ew  York, of­
ficially o p e n e d  its W illiam  M. F isc h e r Lawn T e n ­
nis C o llectio n  on April 18, 1978. T h e  collection 
was sta rte d  by th e  late M r. F is h e r, an accountant 
and te n n is e n th u s ia st a n d  co n tain s m aterial going 
back to th e  1870s. T h e books, periodicals, p a m ­
p h le ts, yearbooks, ro sters, n e w sp a p e r clippings, 
a n d  s o u v e n ir  p ro g ra m s  a m o u n t to  m o re  th a n  
2 ,0 0 0  i t e m s . In  a d d i t i o n  t h e r e  a r e  b o x e s o f  
p h o to g rap h s, th re e  silver m edals, a n d  a silver c u p  
w on by S am uel P ercy H ard y  a n d  C h a rles S u m n er 
H ard y  in th e  Pacific S tates D o u b le s in 1893.

Som e o f th e  m ore valuable m on o g rap h s include 
C. F . P e ile ’s L aw n T en n is as a G am e o f  Skill, 
1884, a n d  L a w n  T ennis by Ja m es D w ight, 1886. 
P e rio d ic a ls in c lu d e  L a w n  T e n n is  a n d  C r o q u e t 
(1 8 9 7 -1 9 0 5 ), L a w n  T e n n is  a n d  B a d m in to n  
(1907-58), and A m erica n  L a w n  T en n is (1907-58). 
All books a n d  periodicals a re  cataloged according 
to th e  L ib rary  o f C ongress Classification system .

T h e  collection is o p e n  to scholars and re se a rc h ­
e rs by p rev io u s a rra n g em en t.

•  C a l i f o r n i a  St a t e  U n i v e r s i t y , L o n g  
BEACH (CSU LB ) has a c q u ire d  th e  rem ain in g  m a­
terials o f th e  D o ro th y  Ray H ealey  C ollection; this 
c o m p le m e n ts th e  original acquisition o f 1974.

T h e collection is H ealey  s p e rso n a l archive of 
ra d ic a l-le ft l i t e r a tu r e  a c q u ir e d  fro m  t h e  1920s 
th ro u g h  th e  1970s. H ealey  is c o n sid e re d  one o f 
t h e  m o s t i n f lu e n ti a l  w o m a n  C o m m u n i s ts  in 
A m erica, a c e le b ra te d  m e m b e r o f th e  C om m unist 
P a rty ’s p o lic y -m a k in g  N a tio n a l C o m m itte e  for 
tw elve years a n d  th e  chairw om an o f its S o u th ern  
C a lifo rn ia d is tr ic t for n e a rly  tw e n ty -fiv e  y ears, 
u ntil h e r  resignation in 1973.

T h e  c o m p le te d  collection consists of n u m ero u s 
p e rso n a l files, le a fle ts, p e rio d ic a ls, p a m p h le ts, 
d o c u m e n ts, and books. T he m aterials are un iq u e, 
in th a t th is sort o f political lite ra tu re  is seldom  r e ­
ta in ed  in an o rg an ized  fashion a n d  often gets lost 
o r is d isc ard ed .

T h e  d iv e rsity  in h e r e n t in th is co lle c tio n  will 
appeal to scholars in te re s te d  in politics, especially 
in th e  are a s o f A m erican labor h isto ry , California

politics, a n d  political rep re ssio n . A partial listing 
o f som e o f th e  item s includes: a w ide collection of 
in tern al discussion p a p e rs o f th e  A m erican C om ­
m unist P arty; early  d o c u m e n ts o f th e  S tu d e n ts for 
a D em o cratic Society (SDS), in c lu d in g  th e  found­
ing d o c u m e n t “P o rt H u ro n  ”; m aterials d o c u m e n t­
ing th e  black stru g g les from th e  1930s th ro u g h  
t h e  1 9 7 0 s; E n g li s h - l a n g u a g e  d o c u m e n t s  on 
C h in e s e  C o m m u n ism  d a tin g  from  th e  1930s; a 
w ide c o lle c tio n  o f S o v iet d o c u m e n ts  a n d  p a m ­
p h le ts; m a te ria ls from  th e  H o u s e  U n A m erican  
A ctivities C o m m itte e ; pub licatio n s o f th e  L aFol­
le tte  C o m m itte e ; m in u te s o f  th e  first C alifornia 
C o n f e r e n c e  o f  t h e  N a tio n a l N e g ro  C o n g re s s ; 
copies o f  Science a n d  S ociety, th e  o ld e st co n tin u ­
ous M arxist p u blication in th e  w orld; a collection 
o f th e  Socialist n e w sp a p e r R ip-Saw ; and a co m ­
p le te  file o f th e  d efen se p a p e rs in th e  S m ith Act 
trial.

T h e  collection is d e p o site d  in th e  Special C ol­
lections a n d  A rchives D e p a rtm e n t o f th e  u n iv e r­
sity library.

•  T h e  U n i v e r s i t y  o f  F l o r i d a  L ibrary has 
acq u ired  th e  Rabbi Le o n a rd  C. M ishkin Judaica 
C ollection, w hich will b e h o u se d  in th e  Isser and 
Rae P rice L ibrary o f Ju d a ica on th e  G ainesville, 
F lorida, cam pus.

Rabbi M ishkin, su p e rin te n d e n t o f th e  Associ­
ated  T a lm u d  T orahs o f C hicago, am assed approx­
im ately 5 5 ,000 volum es d ealin g  w ith th e  political, 
social, eco n o m ic, and in te lle c tu a l h isto ry  o f th e  
Jews in th e  an cien t, m edieval, and m o d e m  p e ri­
ods and in virtually all g eo graphic areas.

C h a r le s  B e rlin , L e e  M. F r i e d m a n  B ib lio g ­
ra p h e r  in Ju d a ic a  a t H a rv a rd  C o lle g e  L ib ra ry , 
evalu ated  th e  collection, w hich co n tain s co m p lete 
runs o f e v e ry  m ajor and m ost m in o r periodicals in 
t h e  a r e a  o f  J e w is h  h i s t o r y , v i r t u a l l y  e v e r y  
scholarly festschrift p u b lish e d  in Jew ish studies, 
and all th e  g en eral universal h isto ries o f th e  Jew s 
by Jew ish scholars such as G ra e tz , Jost, Jaw etz, 
D ubnow , Baron, and M ahler. T h e  b ro ad  general 
surveys o f p a rtic u la r asp ects o f Jew ish h istory are 
in clu d ed , as well as practically e v e ry  general his­
tory by country and a very large n u m b e r o f his­
tories o f sm a ller local co m m u n ities.

In a d d itio n  to books and m onographs, th e re  are 
t h o u s a n d s  o f  e p h e m e r a l  p u b l i c a t i o n s  c o m ­
m em o ra tin g  an an n iv ersary  o f an in stitu tio n  o r of 
a person.

G e n e ra l a n d  specialized re fe re n c e  works in th e 
collection a re  co m p reh en siv e, a n d  th e re  is co n ­
sid e rab le stre n g th  in rab b in ic lite ra tu re . Special 
m en tio n  sh o u ld  b e m a d e  o f th e  m o re th a n  500 
Passover H aggadah rituals, in clu d in g  such item s 
as t h e  A m s te rd a m  1695, S u lz b a c h  1712, a n d  
T riesti 1864 ed itio n s, as w ell as a n u m b e r o f K ib­
b u ts H aggadot.



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W ith th e  acquisition o f Rabbi M ishkin’s collec­
tion, th e  Isser and Rae P rice L ibrary of Judaica 
will b e  a m ajor resea rch  re so u rc e  for th e  field 
w hen it is o p e n e d  to th e  public in early 1979.

•  R i c e  U n i v e r s i t y ’s W o o d s o n  R e se a rc h  
C e n te r has recen tly  acquired th e  p ap ers of W al­
te r Benona S h arp  and E stelle Boughton Sharp. 
W a lte r S h a rp  h e lp e d  u s h e r in th e  oil boom  in 
Texas, d rillin g  at S p in d le to p  som e seven years 
b e fo re  t h e  fam o u s g u sh e r. L a te r  h e p la y e d  a 
p ro m in e n t role in th e  Texas C o m p an y  and was 
co founder o f S h arp -H u g h es Tool C om pany. Sharp 
died an u n tim ely  d e a th  in 1912 after struggling to 
p u t o u t an oil field fire. H is p a p e rs consist o f le t­
ters w ritte n  to his wife and family from 1890 to 
1912 as w ell as business p ap ers. H is wife, E stelle 
Boughton S h arp , m aintained th e  family’s in te re st 
in oil b u t increasingly tu rn e d  to w hat she called 
h e r hobbies: social services, w om en’s clubs, and 
th e in te rn a tio n a l p eace m o v e m e n t. T h ro u g h o u t 
h e r  long life, M rs. S harp was a p ro g ressiv e in 
sp irit if n o t in n am e, an d  in k e e p in g  w ith th e  
goals o f th at m ovem ent she h e lp e d  establish th e 
U n ited  F u n d , or as it was c alled  th e n , U n ited  
C h a ritie s, in H o uston. L a te r sh e was involved 
w ith th e  L eague o f Nations an d  th e  Texas C e n ­
tennial C om m ission of 1936. H e r p ap ers cover a 
variety o f topics, including U n ite d  C harities, the 
peace m o v em en t, Rice U niversity, h e r business 
and financial affairs, and h e r efforts to record th e 
history o f th e  oil industry in th e  Southw est.

T h ro u g h  th e  g en ero sity  o f D u d le y  C. Sharp, 
Sr., son o f E stelle and W alter Sharp, funds have 
b een  p ro v id ed  to process and add to th e  S harp 
C ollection. By S e p te m b e r 1, 1978, a m u ltid im e n ­
sional c o lle c tio n  c o m p o se d  o f o ral in te rv ie w s, 
p h o to g ra p h s, n e w s p a p e r c lip p in g s, le tte r s  a n d  
business d o cu m en ts should b e  read y  for th e  use 
of any in te re ste d  researcher.

D ebugging at Yale
Book bugs at th e  Yale U n iv ersity  L ibrary 

are b ein g  killed by a new  d e e p  freeze te c h ­
n iq u e  d e v e l o p e d  by Yale b io lo g is ts . T h e  
m e th o d  is s u p p o s e d  to b e  s a fe r a n d  m o re 
p r a c tic a l t h a n  fu m ig a tio n , w h ic h  p o s e s  a 
h ealth  th re a t and necessitates vacating o f th e 
building. M ost o f th e  bugs d isc o v ered  w ere 
found n estin g  in old books th a t had b e e n  ac­
q u ired  from E u ro p e.

In applying th e  m ethod, books a re  sealed in 
p o ly eth y len e bags and placed in a blast freeze 
ch am b er at tw en ty  d eg rees below  F a h re n h e it 
for th re e  days. A c h am b er capable o f treatin g  
300 books a t a tim e was b u ilt by Yale tech n i­
cians. M ost o f th e  books g ettin g  th e  tre a tm e n t 
w e re  from  Y ale’s B e in e c k e  R are Book a n d  
M anuscript L ibrary, b u t th e  process is being 
u se d  as a p re c a u tio n  on all r a re  books ac­
quired.

•  R obert B urr, d ire c to r o f th e  C rosby Library 
at G onzaga U niversity, has a n n o u n ced  th e  acq u i­
sition o f first editions of fifteen d ifferen t works by 
C harles D ickens.

T he w orks, which include ra re  first editions of 
D ickens’ A  C hristm as C arol and his w ell-know n 
novel, D a vid  C opperfield, w ere p re se n te d  to th e 
library by M ark F. Moran.

O th e r novels included in th e  se t given to th e 
lib ra ry  a re  B leak House‚ T he P ickw ick P a p ers‚ 
D om hey a n d  Son, L ittle D o rritt, The M ystery o f  
E dw in D rood, and C ricket on the H earth.

AWARDS

•  T h e  C o u n c il o n  L ib r a r y  R e s o u rc e s , Inc. 
(CLR), has ch osen nin e m id c a re e r librarians to 
r e c e iv e  fe llo w sh ip s for t h e  1 9 7 8 -7 9  a c a d e m ic  
year. T h e fellows have d ev elo p ed  resea rch  proj­
e c ts o r  in te r n s h ip s  a im e d  a t im p ro v in g  th e ir  
co m p eten ce in th e  substantive, adm inistrative, or 
te c h n ic a l a s p e c ts  o f  lib r a r ia n s h ip . As in p a st 
years, this year’s fellows have se le c te d  topics that 
ra n g e  w id e ly  in th e  field, from  c o lle c tio n  d e ­
v elo p m en t in academ ic h ealth  sc ien ces lib ra ries 
to th e  organization o f pu b lic libraries.

T h e  C L R  fellow ship p ro g ra m  b e g a n  in 1969 
and has th u s far co n trib u te d  to th e  professional 
d e v e lo p m e n t o f m ore th an  200 librarians. T he fel­
low ship aw ard covers costs (exclusive o f salary) 
incident to th e  pro p o sed  p rogram , for w hich th e 
candidate m u st have a leave o f ab sen ce of at least 
th re e  m onths.

Fellow s w ere se lected  in a tw o-stage c o m p eti­
tive process involving a sc ree n in g  c o m m ittee and 
a s e le c tio n  c o m m itte e . S c r e e n in g  c o m m itte e  
m e m b e r s  w e r e  In a  C . B ro w n rid g e , lib ra ria n , 
State U niversity o f N ew  York a t Bingham ton; F. 
K u rt C y lk e , ch ief, D iv isio n  for t h e  B lind a n d  
P h y sica lly  H a n d ic a p p e d , L ib ra ry  o f  C o n g re s s; 
Joan Gotw als, associate d ire c to r o f libraries, U ni­
v e r s ity  o f  P e n n s y lv a n ia ; a n d  F o s t e r  E. 
M o hrhardt, form er C L R  senior pro g ram  officer.

S election c o m m ittee m e m b e rs w e re  W illiam  S. 
D ix, u n iv e r s ity  lib ra ria n  e m e r i t u s , P rin c e to n  
U niversity; F re d erick  W agm an, d ire c to r o f lib ra r­
ies, U niversity o f Michigan; and R obert Vosper, 
professor o f  library science, U n iv ersity  o f C alifor­
nia a t Los A ngeles. L ouis B. W rig h t, d ire c to r 
e m e r itu s  o f  t h e  F o lg e r  S h a k e s p e a r e  L ib ra ry , 
chaired b o th  co m m ittees.

T h e 1978-79 C L R  fellows a n d  th e ir  p ro jects 
follow.

V irginia M. B o w d en , associate d ire c to r, U ni­
versity o f Texas H e a lth  S cien ce C e n te r  a t San 
Antonio. A stu d y  o f c u rre n t m onograph collection 
d e v e lo p m e n t in academ ic h ealth  science libraries 
to in clu d e th e  identification o f c u r re n t tre n d s and 
in stitutional variables and th e  esta b lish m e n t o f a 
base line for fu tu re com parisons.

J a y  B. C l a r k ,  c h i e f  o f  t e c h n i c a l  s e rv ic e s , 
H o u s to n  P u b lic  L ib ra ry . T h e  id e n tific a tio n  o f



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From  le ft to rig h t, top 
to b o tto m , V irginia M. 
B o w d e n ‚ Florence Kell 
D o k s a n s k y , W a y n e  
G ossage, H u g o  K u n o ff, 
a n d  Jea n  F. T ru m b o re.

t e c h n i c a l  a n d  p o litic a l p r o b l e m s  in  s e l e c t e d  
c o m p u te r-b a se d  netw o rk s o f  p u b lic  lib ra ries sim i­
lar to th a t p la n n e d  for th e  H o u sto n  m etro p o litan
area.

F lo re n c e  K e ll D o k s a n s k y , a s s is ta n t lib ra ria n , 
R o tc h  L ib r a r y , M a s s a c h u s e t t s  I n s t i t u t e  o f  
T e c h n o lo g y . A c o m p a r a tiv e  s tu d y  o f  s ta ff d e ­
v e lo p m e n t p ractices in several m ajo r academ ic li­
b raries.

W a y n e  G ossage, library d ire c to r, Bank S tre e t 
C ollege o f E d u c a tio n , N ew  York C ity. A stu d y  o f 
edu catio n  lib ra ry  services o f tw e n ty -th re e  leading 
re se a rc h  u n iv ersities.

H u g o  K u n o ff, su b je ct lib ra rian  for m o d e m  lan­
guages, In d ia n a  U niversity. A s tu d y  to b e  ca rrie d  
o u t in G e r m a n  a r c h iv e s  a n d  l i b r a r i e s  o f  t h e  
e m e rg e n c e  o f re se a rc h  as a m ajo r resp o n sib ility  o f 
u n iv ersities a n d  its early  im p act o n  academ ic li­
braries.

M a r y  D r a k e  M cF e e ly , h e a d , R e fe r e n c e  D e ­
p a r tm e n t, S m ith  C o lleg e L ib ra ry . T h e  p re p a r a ­
tion o f  a b ib lio g rap h y  on w o m en  a n d  w ork in th e  
U n ite d  S ta te s a n d  E n g la n d  from  1890 th ro u g h  
W o rld  W a r I.

D o ro th y  A . Pearson, serials lib ra ria n , P rin c eto n

U n iv ersity . A stu d y  o f  th e  c u r re n t organizational 
s tru c tu re  o f  a n d  w ith in  technical se rv ices d e p a rt­
m e n ts in larg e resea rch  libraries.

W . B o y d  R a y w a rd , assistant p rofessor, G ra d u ­
a te  L ib r a r y  S c h o o l, U n iv e r s ity  o f  C h ic a g o . A 
stu d y  o f  t h e  o rg a n iz a tio n  a n d  a d m in istra tio n  o f 
large p u b lic  lib ra ries an d  p u b lic lib ra ry  system s.

J e a n  F. T ru m b o r e , associate re fe re n c e  lib ra r­
ian, U n iv ersity  o f D elaw are. A tw o -m o n th  in te rn ­
ship in th e  d o c u m e n ts section o f th e  P a tte e  Li­
b rary, P en n sy lv a n ia S tate U n iv ersity , to  im prove 
h e r  skills in th e  a d m in istra tio n  o f  an acad e m ic 
d o c u m e n ts collection a n d  a o n e -m o n th  in te rn sh ip  
at th e  C o n g ressio n al R esearch Service, L ib rary  o f 
C o n g ress, to gain o n -th e-jo b  e x p e rie n c e  in legis­
lative re fe re n c e  work.

GRANTS

•  T h e  H o u g h to n  L ib ra ry  o f  H ARVARD U N I­
VERSITY is in th e  m id st o f a m icrofilm ing p ro ject 
th a t will e n s u re  fu tu re  g e n e ra tio n s o f scholars ac­
cess to a u n iq u e  a n d  in v alu ab le resea rch  tool— its 
own accessions reco rd s. T h e  p ro je c t is b e in g  c a r­
ried o u t u n d e r th e  d ire c tio n  o f Rodney G. D e n ­
nis, c u ra to r o f m an u sc rip ts in th e  college library, 
w ith fu n d in g  from a $13,803 g ran t from th e  N a­
tional E n d o w m e n t for th e  H u m a n itie s. Its p u r ­
p o se  is tw ofold: firs t, to m a k e  a n e g a tiv e  m i­
cro film  o f  th e  li b r a r y ’s a c c e ss io n s re c o rd s  a n d  
m a n u sc rip t indexes, w h ich  a re  d e te rio ra tin g  and 
irrep lace ab le; a n d  se co n d , to supply e le c tro p rin ts 
o f th e s e  reco rd s to a g en cies in W ashington for in ­
c lu sio n  in tw o  o n g o in g  n a tio n w id e  m a n u s c rip t 
surveys.

E v e ry  book, m a n u s c rip t, a n d  m a n u sc rip t co l­
lection a c q u ire d  by th e  H o u g h to n  L ib rary  since it 
o p e n e d  in 1942 has b e e n  re c o rd e d  on accessions 
sh e ets listing d a te  o f acq u isitio n , source (donor, 
d e a le r, o r sale), fund u se d  for p u rch ase , a n d  exact 
p rice paid. T h e  d e s c rip tio n s o f p rin te d  books and 
m a n u scrip ts th a t a p p e a r in th e se  d o c u m e n ts often 
a re  useful to  catalo g ers la te r, w hile th e  c o m p re ­
h en siv e in v e n to rie s o f  m a n u sc rip t collections r e ­
m ain  th e  fu lle st t r e a t m e n t  th e s e  r e c e iv e , s u b ­
s e q u e n t cataloging se rv in g  in fact to re d u c e , no t 
to am plify, th e  accession d escrip tio n s. At th e  e n d  
o f  each  y e a r th e  sh e e ts a re  b o u n d  in to  se v era l 
th ick  volum es and sh e lv e d  in H o u g h to n ’s R eading 
R oom  to  b e  c o n s u l te d  b y  sc h o la rs . P re s e n tly  
th e re  exist n in e ty -e ig h t su c h  volum es.

S h e lv e d  n e a r b y , in  a d d i t i o n , a r e  a b o u t 
seventy-five b o u n d  in d ex es d escrib in g  m anuscript 
c o lle c tio n s  t h a t  w e r e  a c q u ir e d  b y  t h e  c o lle g e  
p rio r to 1942.

T o g e t h e r  t h e s e  v o lu m e s  p r o v i d e  d e t a i l e d  
d o c u m e n ta tio n  o f  t h e  a c tiv itie s  o f  o n e  o f  th e  
w orld’s g re a t ra re  b ook a n d  m a n u scrip t lib ra ries 
from  th e  day it m a d e  its first acquisition. T h e  list­
ing o f p rin te d  books a n d  analyses o f m anuscripts 
c o n ta in e d  in th e  accessions reco rd s c o n s titu te  im ­
p o rta n t scholarly re so u rc e s, an d  th e  exposition o f



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provenance and price is peculiar to th e  H oughton 
Library.

•  N o r t h w e s t e r n  U n i v e r s i t y  L ib r a r y  
(NUL) and th e  LIBRARY O F CONGRESS have 
announced they have begun a cooperative project 
to make bibliographic data on African m aterials 
m ore readily available to o th e r libraries.

The project is being undertaken with th e sup­
p o r t o f  th e  N a tio n a l E n d o w m e n t for t h e  
H u m an ities, w hich has aw ard ed  N o rth w e ste rn  
U niversity an o u trig h t g ra n t o f $127,445. T his 
was accom panied by a gift and m atching offer of 
$ 7 4 ,4 3 7 , m a k in g  p o s s ib le  a to ta l g r a n t o f 
$276,319.

Project d irecto r is Jam es S. Aagaard, professor 
o f co m p u ter sciences and electrical eng in eerin g  
an d  h ead  o f  N U L ’s In fo rm a tio n  S y stem s D e ­
velopm ent Office.

A c co rd in g  to U n iv e rsity  L ib ra ria n  Jo h n  P. 
McGowan, N U L will create and maintain catalog 
data and location records for its own extensive Af­
ric a n  c o lle c tio n , h o u s e d  in t h e  M e lv ille  J. 
H erskovits L ib rary  o f African S tudies, a n d  for 
o th er libraries specializing in Africana.

To en su re th at th e  data is of high quality and 
c o n s is te n t w ith  L ib ra ry  o f C o n g re ss re c o r d s ,

N U L will search all titles and en tries in th e  Li­
brary of Congress files. If a title is not found, a 
new record will b e created. If  a title is found bu t 
th e cataloging n eeds revision, the record will be 
corrected.

At regular intervals N U L will transfer its rec­
ords to the Library o f C ongress in th e  machine- 
readable cataloging (MARC) com m unications for­
mat. T he records will b e d istrib u te d  to th e  li­
b ra ry  co m m u n ity  via th e  MARC D istrib u tio n  
Service and eventually incorporated into th e Li­
brary of Congress d ata base.

•  N o r t h w e s t e r n  U n i v e r s i t y  Library has 
initiated its new  scholar-librarian program  with 
the appointm ent of Ross W. Atkinson as th e first 
scholar, according to U niversity L ibrarian John P. 
McGowan.

A grant of $79,624, aw arded jointly by th e Na­
tional E n d o w m en t for th e  H um an ities a n d  th e  
Council on Library R esources, will su p p o rt the 
program  for five years.

T h e program  is d e sig n e d  to in te g ra te  th e  li­
brary m ore fully into th e  teaching and learning 
activities of th e university, said Assistant C ollec­
tion Librarian C harles O sb u r n , principal inves­
tigator on th e  project.

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A s s o c ia tio n  t o  in fo r m  lib r a r i a n s  a n d  e d u c a t o r s  o f  
t h e i r  r ig h ts  a n d  r e s p o n s ib ilitie s  u n d e r  t h e  n e w  c o p y ­
r ig h t law , m ay  n o w  b e  a c q u ir e d  in tw o  o n e - h o u r  
¾ - in c h  “ U ”  v id e o c a s s e tte s .

P r o d u c e d  o n  F e b r u a r y  7 b y  th e  M a r y l a n d  C e n t e r  
f o r  P u b lic  B r o a d c a s tin g , th e  s e m i n a r  f e a t u r e d  s u c h  
p a n e lis ts  a s  B a r b a r a  R in g e r, R e g i s te r  o f  C o p y r ig h ts ; 
H a r r y  N . R o s e n fie ld , w h o  s e rv e d  f o r  15 y e a r s  as 
c o u n s e l to  t h e  A d  H o c  C o m m itte e  o n  C o p y r ig h t L a w  
R e v is io n ; a n d  W illia m  D . N o r t h , a tt o r n e y - a t- l a w  
a n d  c o u n s e l f o r  A L A .

T h e  p r o g r a m  is d iv id e d  i n to  f o u r  s e g m e n ts —  
“ P u r p o s e  a n d  M e a n in g  o f  C o p y r ig h t: F a i r  U s e ,” 
“ E l e c t r o n ic  T e c h n o lo g y : O f f - a ir  T a p i n g , ”  L i b r a r y  
C o p y in g : P e n a ltie s  a n d  I n f r in g e m e n ts ,”  a n d  “ P u b lic  
B r o a d c a s tin g  a n d  S u m m a r y  S t a te m e n t s .”  It a ls o  
i n c lu d e s  in te r a c t io n  b y  t e l e p h o n e  b e tw e e n  p e r s o n s  in 
t h e  te le c o n fe r e n c e  a u d ie n c e  a n d  th e  p a n e l o f  e x p e rts .

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a llo w  th e  p r o g r a m  to  b e  s h o w n  a t  lo c a tio n s  in  w h ic h  it 
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l ib r a r i a n s  o r  s e v e r a l g r o u p s  m e e tin g  s im u lta n e o u s ly  in 
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“T h e  sc h o la r-lib ra ria n  p ro g ra m  will h e lp  s tu ­
d e n ts, especially u n d e rg ra d u a te s, to h e b e tte r  in ­
f o rm e d  a b o u t t h e  l i b r a r y  a n d  t h e  u s e  o f  its 
facilities,” said O s b u rn .

T h e  p ro g ram  is th e  only o n e  o f its kind in th e  
U .S ., acco rd in g  to B ib lio g ra p h e r Paul S aen g er, 
a s so c ia te  p rin c ip a l in v e s tig a to r . “ O u r  p ro g ra m  
will se rv e as a  m o d el for o th e r  u n iv ersity  lib ra r­
ie s ,” h e said.

A tkinson is th e  first o f th r e e  scholar-librarians 
th at will b e  a p p o in te d , each for th re e  y ears. Ac­
co rd in g  to O s b u m , each will have a d o c to ra te  d e ­
g re e  in o n e a re a  o f th e  h u m a n itie s, as w ell as a 
g ra d u a te  d e g re e  in lib ra ry  science. A tkinson has a 
P h .D . in G e rm a n  lite ra tu r e  from  H a rv a rd  U n i­
v ersity  and a M a ste r o f  L ib rary  Science d e g re e  
from Sim m ons School o f L ib rary  Science.

As sch o lar-lib rarian , A tkinson will assist in co l­
lection d e v e lo p m e n t in th e  a re a  o f G e rm a n  lite ra ­
tu re , pro v id e b ib lio g ra p h ic  in stru c tio n  for g ra d u ­
ate s and u n d e rg ra d u a te s , a n d  e n g ag e in resea rch  
lead in g  to pu b licatio n .

T h is sp rin g , A tk in so n  will te a c h  a c o u rse  on 
G e rm a n  b ib lio g rap h y  for u p p e r-le v e l u n d e rg ra d u ­
a te  a n d  first-year g ra d u a te  stu d e n ts. T h e co u rse  
will b e offered th ro u g h  th e  G e rm a n  d e p a rtm e n t. 
H e also will d e v e lo p  a n ew  co u rse on th e  h isto ry  
o f p rin tin g  a n d  p u b lish in g  and th e ir effects on lit­
e ra tu re .

MEETING SUMMARIES

•  T h e  a n n u a l m e m b e r s h i p  m e e t i n g  o f  t h e  
T e x a s  I n f o r m a t i o n  E x c h a n g e  (T IE ) w as 
held  in th e  P e rry -C a sta ñ e d a  L ibrary o f th e  U n i­
v ersity  o f Texas at A u stin  G e n e ra l L ib ra rie s on 
May 5, 1978.

T IE  is a n etw o rk  o f  fo rty -eig h t m ajor T exas li­
b ra rie s o rg a n iz e d  for t h e  p u rp o se  o f  im p ro v in g  
th e  sh a rin g  o f lib ra ry  re so u rc e s am ong Texas li­
b ra rie s  th ro u g h  o p e r a tio n  o f  a c o m m u n ic a tio n s 
n e tw o rk  a n d  c o o p e ra tio n  w ith  o th e r  n e tw o rk s. 
T h e  m e m b e r s h i p  in c lu d e s  t h i r t y - s e v e n  T e x a s 
academ ic lib ra ries, th e  te n  p u b lic lib ra ries se rv ­
ing as m ajor re so u rc e  c e n te rs in th e  T exas S tate 
L ib rary  C o m m u n icatio n s N etw ork, a n d  th e  Texas 
S tate L ibrary.

At th e  T IE  b u sin e ss m e e tin g , $1,000 was allo­
cate d  to th e  Texas C o n fe re n c e  on L ibrary and I n ­
form ation S ervices to h e lp  c o v e r ex p en ses o f c o n ­
fere n ce pu b licatio n s a n d  d e le g a te  o rie n ta tio n  p ro ­
gram m ing. R e p o rts on a T IE  su rv ey  on th e  use of 
c o m p u t e r - b a s e d  r e f e r e n c e  s e r v ic e s  a n d  t h e  
O C L C  in te rlib ra ry  loan m o d u le w e re  h e a rd . A 
resolution was passed th a t T IE  a n d  th e  A M IG O S 
B ibliographic N e tw o rk  e x p lo re  th e  ram ifications 
o f c lo s e r c o o p e ra tio n  in su c h  are a s as reg io n al 
in te rlib ra ry  loan policy, th e  Texas N u m eric R egis­
te r , a p h o to d u p lic a tio n  a c c o u n tin g  sy s te m , etc.

N ew s from C om m u nity and Junior C o lleg e L ibraries

•  C e n t r a l  P i e d m o n t  C o m m u n i t y  
C O L L E G E  in C h a rlo tte , N o rth  C a ro lin a, is e s ­
tab lish in g  a lo w -b an d  FM  radio station for th e 
blin d  a n d  physically h a n d ic a p p e d . L ocated in 
th e  L e a rn in g  R e so u rces B u ild in g , th e  radio 
station will b e  co m b in ed  w ith a lib ra ry  o f  r e ­
sources for th e s e  stu d e n ts.

•  T h e L e a rn in g  R e sources C e n te r  at T E C H ­
NICAL I n s t i t u t e  o f  A l e m a n c e  in N orth 
C arolina is offering assistance to s tu d e n ts in ­
te r e s te d  in tra c in g  th e ir  a n c e s try . Joy K e n ­
drick, o rie n ta tio n  lib ra rian , will offer in stru c ­
tion on th e  v a rio u s m e th o d s o f  r e s e a rc h in g  
d a ta  th ro u g h  th e  u se o f p u b lic  a n d  national 
re c o rd s, in d e x e d  re so u rc e s , in te rv ie w in g , as 
well as a n u m b e r  o f o th e r reso u rces.

•  T h e  C o m m u n i t y  a n d  J u n i o r  
C o l l e g e  L i b r a r i e s  S e c t i o n  o f th e  As­
so ciatio n  o f C o lle g e  a n d  R e se a rc h  L ib ra rie s 
a n d  th e  P u b lic  L ib ra ry  A sso ciatio n  c o s p o n ­
so red  a co n feren ce-w ith in -a-co n fe ren c e a t th e  
A m erican L ib ra ry  Association A nnual C o n fe r­
e n c e  a t C h ica g o , Illinois, S u n d a y , J u n e  25. 
T h e  t h e m e  w a s “ C o m m u n ity  C o lle g e  a n d  
Pu b lic L ib raries: T h e  Im p e tu s T ow ards C o o p ­
e r a t i o n .” S p e a k e rs su c h  as E d w a rd  H o lley , 
M ary Jo  L y n c h , a n d  A lice I h rig  fo cu sed  on 
th e  ch allen g es o f  this in te rin stitu tio n a l cooperation.

 An additional fe a tu re  was a to u r o f li­
b ra rie s a t se le c te d  c a m p u se s o f  th e  C hicago 
C ity C ollege.

•  T h e  P e n s a c o l a  J u n i o r  C o l l e g e  
L e a r n i n g  R e s o u r c e  C e n t e r  in F l o r i d a  h as 
reach ed  o u t into its co m m u n ity  b y  e x te n d in g  
b o rro w in g  p riv ileg e s to local c itizen s, by th e  
e s ta b lis h m e n t o f sa te llite  lib ra ries in hospitals, 
c h u rc h e s, a n d  o th e r  n o n p ro fit o rg anizations, 
by c o o p e r a tin g  in p ro g ra m s  w ith  t h e  local 
pu b lic schools, a n d  by th e  sh a rin g  o f library 
p r i v i l e g e s  w ith  t h e  U n i v e r s i t y  o f  W e s t 
F lorida.

•  S a n t a  F e  C o m m u n i t y  C o l l e g e  in
G ainesville, F lorida, th ro u g h  its L e a rn in g  R e­
s o u r c e s  C e n t e r  h a s c o m p l e t e d  t e l e v i s i o n  
facilities w ith  p ro g ra m  d is tr ib u tio n  to e v e ry  
classroom  on cam p u s a n d  also to each h o m e in 
th e  city  via th e  c o o p eratio n  o f th e  U niversity 
C ity C a b le  C om pany.

•  T h e  c o n c e p t o f  c o m m u n ity  c o lleg e a n d  
learn in g  re so u rc e  coo p eratio n  in ed u c a tio n  by 
television has g one sta te w id e  in C o n n e ctic u t. 
In th e  g re a te r H artford area, th e  M A N C H ES­
TER C o m m u n i t y  C o l l e g e  is u sin g  th e  r e ­
sources o f th e  G re a te r H artfo rd  C a b le  System  
to b rin g  c re d it co u rses in to  th e  h o m es in th e  
area.



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T he program  m ee tin g  fea tu re d  a talk by C. L ee 
Jones, h ealth  sciences lib ra rian  at C olum bia U ni­
v e rsity , on t h e  p r o p o s e d  N a tio n a l P e rio d ic a ls  
C e n te r.

MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS

JULY 21: W ORKSHOP I I  is th e  second annual 
w orkshop to b e  h eld  in U rbana, Illinois. T h e p ro ­
gram , sp o nsored by th e  Illinois C lea rin g h o u se on 
A cadem ic L ib ra ry  I n s tru c tio n , is a im e d  at th e  
academ ic librarian in te re ste d  in instructional p ro ­
gram s. T h e  w orkshop will ad d re ss several areas of 
in te re st in lib ra ry  instru ctio n : p u b licity  and in ­
stru ctio n al p ro g ram s, in stru c tio n  for u se  o f o n ­
line system s, instruction for w o m en ’s studies r e ­
s e a rc h , in s tr u c tio n  in th e  u se  o f  g o v e rn m e n t 
d o cu m en ts. Am ong th e  speakers will b e M ichael 
G o rm a n , d i r e c t o r  o f te c h n ic a l s e rv ic e s  a t th e  
U n iv e rsity  o f  Illin o is, w ho w ill give a talk on 
“C atalog Use S tudies and T h e ir Im plications for 
In stru c tio n .”

H erstory
D e a r E ditor:

W e w e re  d elig h te d  by your excellent, com ­
p r e h e n s iv e  a r tic le  “ O rg a n iz in g  a W o m e n ’s 
S tu d ie s  L ib r a r y .” W e re c e iv e d  se v e ra l in ­
q uiries a b o u t th e  projects m en tio n ed . To an ­
swer: (1) O u r serials collection now resid es at 
N o rth w e ste rn  U niversity and H ersto ry is th e  
m ic ro film  w e p u b l i s h e d / d i s t r i b u t e  from  it 
(2325 O a k  S t., B e rk e le y , CA 94708). B ut 
H ersto ry d o es no t in clu d e “clippings, h a n d ­
bills and le a fle ts,” which a re  in o u r subject 
file m icrofilm s H ealth/M ental H ealth and Law. 
(2) T he list from th e  H ersto ry  Indexing Task 
F orce is available from coordinators Jean Bar­
n e tt and Ann Pettingill, 1921 V alleyview D r., 
W e s t L in n , O R  9 7 068, for $1 a n d  a s e lf­
a d d r e s s e d  s ta m p e d  e n v e lo p e . T o b e  c o n ­
tin u e d , th e  p ro ject m ust b e tak en  o v er by an 
in s titu tio n  g iv in g  tim e  s u p p o r t o r  an in d i­
vidual o r lib ra ry  w ith  a g ra n t. T h e  fifty in ­
dexers tu rn e d  in th e ir 1974-76 work, b u t th e 
p ro o fin g /e d itin g  N E H  g ran t was d e n ie d  th e  
coordinators, th e n  at CSU/LA. (3) O u r origi­
nal su b je ct files are at th e  C o n tem p o rary  H is­
tory A rch iv e, U n iv e rsity  o f W yom ing. O u r 
an n o tated  su b je ct headings are available from 
us for $30.

O u r  1968 d re a m s  a re  c a r r ie d  on w ell at 
t h e s e  lib ra rie s . H o p e fu lly  c o n tr ib u tio n s  to 
th e m , a n d  to w a rd  d is t r i b u t i o n  o f  o u r  m i­
crofilm library will increase to in su re p e rm a ­
n e n t access. I t ’s good th at “w o m en ” are not so 
ep h e m e ra l th e se  days!

Sincerely,
L aura X, P re sid en t
W o m en ’s H istory Research C e n te r, Inc.

R egistration is $8 and includes lunch. To regis­
te r, co n tact Susan Brandehoff, U niversity of Illi­
nois L ibrary, 2 3 0  L ibrary, U rbana, IL  61801.

J u l y  3 1 - A u g u s t  3: T h e  U s e r  E n c o u n ­
t e r s  T H E  LIBRARY: AN IN T ER D ISC IPL IN A R Y  
FOCUS ON T H E  USER/SYSTEM  IN TER FA C E IN 
Ac a d e m i c  L i b r a r i e s  is th e  topic o f an in stitu te 
to b e sp o nsored by N o rth east L ouisiana U niver­
sity, S andel L ibrary, u n d e r a g ran t from T itle IIB 
H ig h er E d u catio n  Act 1965 as a m e n d e d . Its p u r­
pose is to p re se n t academ ic lib ra rian s w ith infor­
m ation a n d  concepts to assist th e m  in planning, 
re e v a lu a tin g , a n d  re d e s ig n in g  lib ra ry  e n v ir o n ­
m ents to e n h a n c e  th e  positive effects on usage. 
T h ere is no registration fee, and accom m odations, 
if d e s ire d , are $ 5 5  for th e  e n tire  in stitu te . E n ­
ro llm en t is lim ited to approxim ately fifty adm inis­
trators o r pu b lic service librarians in academ ic li­
b raries a n d  library science faculty.

F o r  f u r t h e r  in fo rm a tio n  c o n ta c t: D r. L a rry  
L a ra s o n , P r o j e c t  D i r e c t o r , S a n d e l L ib r a r y , 
N o r th e a s t L o u is ia n a  U n iv e r s ity , M o n ro e , LA 
71209.

A u g u s t  3 -4 : L i b r a r i e s  a n d  I n f o r m a t i o n : 
F o r e c a s t i n g  a n d  F u n d i n g  f o r  t h e  F u ­
t u r e  w ill b e  a d a y - a n d -a -h a lf w o rk sh o p  c o n ­
d u c te d  by th e  Los Angeles C h a p te r o f th e  A m eri­
can Society for Inform ation S cience (LACASIS). 
It will take place at th e U niversity o f California, 
Irvine cam pus. T he keynote sp e ak er will b e  Allen 
K ent, professor at th e  U niversity o f P ittsburgh. A 
sam pling o f topics included in th e  w orkshop are: 
ap p lic a tio n s o f fu tu re s re s e a rc h  to  inform ation 
science, th e  technological im pact o f new  m edia, 
g ran tsm an sh ip , and facilities d esign. T h e w ork­
sh o p  h as a n o m in a l r e g is tr a tio n  f e e , a n d  o n ­
cam pus m eals and lodging are available. F o r fur­
th e r inform ation contact Katie F ro h m b e rg , R & 
D  Associates, T echnical Inform ation C e n te r, 4 640 
A dm iralty W ay, P.O . Box 9 6 9 5 , M arina d el Rey, 
CA 9 0 2 9 1 ; (213) 8 2 2 -1 7 1 5 , ext. 229.

Se p t e m b e r  8 -1 1 , 1 3 -1 6 : A four-day, intensive 
w o r k s h o p  e n t i t l e d  T H E  N U M B E R S  G A M E : 
Q u a n t i t a t i v e  M e t h o d s  f o r  L i b r a r y  
PR A C TITIO N ER S will b e offered by th e  U niver­
sity o f M ichigan School o f L ibrary Science. T he 
w orkshop is desig n ed  to provide p articip an ts w ith 
in tr o d u c to r y  k n o w le d g e  o f  q u a n t i t a t i v e  t e c h ­
niques th a t will b e useful in m anaging libraries, 
such as co n cep ts o f m easu rem en t, d a ta  organiza­
tion a n d  re p re se n ta tio n  (tabular and graphic re p ­
re s e n ta tio n s ), a n d  u se o f  d e s c rip tiv e  sta tistics. 
P rin c ip a l p r e s e n t e r  w ill b e  G e o r g e  d ’E lia , 
statistician/library consultant; R aym ond D u rran c e 
and R ose M ary M agrill of th e  School o f L ibrary 
Science faculty will se rv e as program  consultants. 
Two sessions of th e  w orkshop will b e held, and 
a tte n d a n c e  at each is lim ited to thirty-five. Regis­
tration closes A ugust 15; fee for th e  w orkshop will 
b e  $ 1 3 5 . F o r  f u rth e r  in fo rm a tio n , c o n ta c t th e  
U n iv ersity  o f M ichigan E x te n sio n  S ervice, 41 2  
M aynard, Ann A rbor, MI 4 8109; (313) 7 6 4 -5 3 0 4 .



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Continuing Education Opportunities
T IT L E : F u n d a m e n ta ls  o f  F in a n c e  & 

A c c o u n tin g  fo r t h e  N o n - 
Financial E xecutive 

DATE: Varies 
LOCATION: Varies 

SPO N SO R: T h e W harton School
COST: $525 and $65 for registration 

CONTACT: T h e W harton School, U n iv e r­
sity  o f  P e n n sy lv a n ia , D ie t- 
r ic h  H a ll, L o c u s t W a lk , 
P hiladelphia, PA 19174

T IT L E : M anagem ent of M anagers 
DATE: V aries—Ju n e  4 to D e c e m b e r 3 

LOCATION: Ann A rbor, M ichigan 
SPONSOR: T h e U niversity o f M ichigan 

COST: $675 p e r person 
CONTACT: M ic h e le  K. S t e v e n s , (313) 

763-1000

T IT L E : Statistical M ethods for Library 
Adm.

DATE: A ugust 25-29, O c to b e r 13-17 
LOCATION: T h e  W is c o n s in  C e n t e r ,  

U W — E xtension, M adison 
SPO N SO R: U n iv e r s ity  o f  W is c o n s in —  

E x te n sio n  C o m m u n ic a tio n  
Program s

COST: $90 p e r session; $250 for series 
CON TACT: J a m e s  A. N e ls o n , U W E X  

C o m m u n ic a tio n  P ro g ram s, 
610 L angdon St., M adison, 
W I 53706

T IT L E : C o m m u n ity  A n a ly sis W o rk ­
shop

D A TE: A ugust 4 -8  
LOCATION: M adison, W I 

SPO N SO R: U n iv e r s ity  o f  W is c o n s in — 
E xtension 

COST: $135 
CON TAC T: Jim  N elson (608) 262- 3566

T IT LE : E x ecu tiv e D e v e lo p m e n t P ro ­
g ram  for L ib ra ry  A d m in is ­
trators 

D A TE: A ugust 6 -1 2  
LOCATION: Oxford, O hio 

SPONSOR: Miami U niversity
COST: $ 2 9 5  ( in c lu d e s  ro o m  a n d  

meals)
CON TACT: H a rry  F . B rooks (513) 5 2 9 -  

4129

T IT L E : E xecutive Self-M anagem ent 
DATE: S e p te m b e r 7 -8  

LO CA TIO N : A tlanta, Ga.
SPONSOR: T h e  W h arto n  School, U n iv er­

sity o f Pennsylvania 
COST: $465 

CON TACT: R egistrar, 14th floor, W harton 
C o n f e r e n c e  C e n t e r ,  360 
L exington Ave., N ew  York, 
NY 10017

T IT L E : C o s t- E f f e c tiv e  P u r c h a s in g  
M anagem ent 

D A TE: O c to b e r 2 -4  
LOCATION: Ann A rbor 

SPONSOR: T h e U niversity o f M ichigan 
COST: $340 

CON TAC T: S h e ila  J. C u r r a n , P ro g ra m  
C o o r d i n a t o r , D iv is io n  o f 
M a n a g e m e n t E d u c a t i o n , 
U n iv e r s ity  o f  M ic h ig a n  
G r a d u a te  S ch o o l o f  B u si­
n e ss A d m in is tra tio n , 1735 
W ash ten aw  Ave., Ann Ar­
bor, MI 48109

T IT L E : F inance for th e  N on-Financial 
M anager

DATE: O c to b e r 4 -6 , D e c e m b e r 11-13 
L OCATION: Ann A rbor 

SPO N SO R: T h e  U niversity o f M ichigan 
COST: $375 

CON TACT: A nn W alto n , P ro g ram  C o o r­
d in a to r , D iv isio n  o f  M a n ­
ag em en t E d u catio n , U niver­
s ity  o f  M ic h ig a n , 1735 
W a s h te n a w  A v e ., A nn Ar­
bor, MI 48109

T IT L E : T he A ssessm ent C e n te r M e th ­
o d s fo r M e a s u r in g  & D e ­
v e lo p in g  M a n a g e m e n t for 
P otential 

DATE: O c to b e r 16-18 
L O C A T IO N : Ann A rbor 

SPO N SO R: T he U niversity o f M ichigan 
COST: $345 

CONTACT: Ju lian a L o rd , Program  Assis­
ta n t, U n iv ersity  o f M ichigan 
D iv is io n  o f M a n a g e m e n t 
E ducation, 1735 W ashtenaw  
Ave., Ann A rbor, M I 48109



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MISCELLANY

•  T he L i b r a r y  o f  C o n g r e s s  has an n ounced 
t h e  fo rm a tio n  o f  t h e  B ib lio g r a p h ic  A d v iso ry  
C o m m ittee as an advisory group on the n atio n ­
w ide data base design p ro ject. T h e  p ro ject, d i­
re c te d  by th e  lib ra ry ’s N e tw o rk  D e v e lo p m e n t 
Office and fu n d ed  by th e  N ational C om m ission 
on L ib raries and In fo rm atio n  Science (NCLIS), 
w ill d e v e lo p  t h e  d e s ig n  c o n c e p ts  a n d  s p e c i­
fications for th e  configuration o f a nationw ide li­
brary' data base.

T he design p ro ject is a continuation of efforts 
beg u n  at th e  L ibrary of C ongress in 1976 to d e ­
te rm in e  th e role o f auth o rity  files in a netw ork 
e n v iro n m e n t. D u rin g  t h e  c o u rs e  o f  th e  in itial 
study of two years ago, w hich was also funded by 
N C LIS and c o n d u cted  by E dw in Buchinski of the 
National L ibrary o f C anada, it b ecam e a p p a re n t 
that designers of th e  netw ork system  had to ad ­
d ress authorities co n cu rren tly  w ith th e  problem s 
related  to bibliographic records and locations.

T he role o f th e  B ibliographic Advisory C o m ­
m ittee will b e to review  th e work co m p leted  by 
c o n su lta n ts w ho w ill b e  e n g a g e d  to c a rry  o u t 
parts o f th e design project and to assist in making 
those bibliographic decisions th at may affect n a­
tional bibliographic policy.

T h e m em b ers o f th e  co m m ittee w ere chosen to 
provide rep re sen tatio n  o f a broad spectrum  o f li­
b ra ry  n eed s. T h e  p e rso n s w ho h av e a g re e d  to 
serve on th e  c o m m ittee a re  Frances H inton, F re e  
L ib ra ry  o f P h ila d e lp h ia ; Jo s e p h  A. R o se n th a l, 
U niversity o f C alifornia at B erkeley; Je an n e M. 
H o lm e s , N a tio n a l A g r ic u ltu ra l L ib ra ry ; P a u l 
Kebabian, U niversity o f V erm ont; Ann Ekstrom , 
O h io  C o lle g e  L ib ra ry  C e n te r ; a n d  Jo se p h  H. 
H ow ard, Library o f Congress.

As th e  a u th o rity  system  o f th e  Library o f C o n ­
gress will be a m ajor co m p o n en t o f these efforts, 
th e  com m ittee will be ch aired  by Joseph H ow ard. 
A liaison has b e e n  estab lish ed  betw een  th e  Bib­
liographic Advisory C o m m ittee and th e  N etw ork 
Technical A rch itectu re G ro u p  (NTAG), which is 
c u rre n tly  involved in th e  design of a system  to 
connect autom ated library bibliographic services. 
H ow ard H a rris , th e  NTAG m e m b e r from  th e  
U niversity of Chicago, will provide the liaison.

T he first m eetin g  o f the Bibliographic Advisory 
C om m ittee was h eld  d u rin g  th e  Annual C o n fer­
ence of the A m erican Library Association in Ju n e.

•  T he L i b r a r y  o f  C o n g r e s s  is replacing its 
N ational U nion Catalog (N U C ) w ith a series o f 
m aste r registers and b rie f e n try  indexes in an ef­
fort to trim  publication costs, lessen th e catalog’s 
unw ieldiness and bulk, and im prove u se r access 
to bibliographic information. T he N U C , recording 
every th in g  th at appears on LC catalog cards and 
issued m onthly, is cum ulated ev ery  th re e  m onths 
and again at y ear’s en d . As a resu lt, each e n try  is 
r e p e a te d  tw o o r th r e e  tim e s. T h e  p ro sp e c tiv e  
m onthly m aster registers w ould rep ro d u c e all th e

same data supplied by th e NU C b u t w ould not 
cum ulate, th u s elim inating duplication o f entries. 
S eparate reg isters would b e issued in such areas 
as books, serials, films, m aps, m anuscripts, and 
m icroforms.

To e n h a n c e  access to th e  data p ro v id ed  in the 
r e g i s t e r s , L C  p la n s  to  p u b l i s h  a s e r ie s  o f 
“cum ulative b rie f en try  catalogs,” w hich will con­
tain “sufficient data u n d e r each e n try  to satisfy 
many, p erh ap s most, reference n e e d s .” T hese in­
d e x e s, k e y e d  to m a c h in e - g e n e r a te d  r e fe re n c e  
nu m b ers assigned to th e  e n trie s in th e  register, 
will in clu d e a “N am e B rief E n try  C a ta lo g ,” “T itle 
B r ie f  E n tr y  C a ta lo g ,’’ “ S u b je c t B r ie f  E n tr y  
C a ta lo g ,” “ M o n o g ra p h ic  S e r ie s  B r ie f  E n tr y  
C a ta lo g ,” “ L C  C la s s  N u m b e r  B r ie f  E n tr y  
C a ta lo g ,” “ D e w e y  C lass N u m b e r  B rie f E n tr y  
C a ta lo g ,” “ R e g is te r  o f  L o c a tio n s /L C  C a rd  
N u m b er In d e x ,” and “ISB N /ISSN  in d ex .” Some 
o f th e s e  re p re se n t e n tirely  new  finding tools, as 
LC c u rre n tly  does not p ro d u ce indexes by title, 
ISB N , L C c a rd  n u m b e r, LC classificatio n , or 
Dewey.

•  A new  u n d e rg ra d u a te  r e a d e rs ’ lib ra ry  th at 
w ill b e  c o n s t r u c t e d  a t t h e  U N IV E R S IT Y  O F 
Vi r g i n i a  has b e e n  nam ed th e  H arry  C lem ons 
L ibrary, h o noring th e  u niversity’s te n th  librarian.

T he u n iv ersity ’s board o f visitors took th e  ac­
tion S aturday, April 1, d u rin g  a reg u lar m eeting 
at C harlottesville.

T he $5 million library, included in th e  sta te ’s 
$125 million bond refe ren d u m  last N ovem ber, is 
sc heduled to be co m p leted  in July 1980. W orking 
draw ings for th e 120,000-volume facility are to be 
ready in May, and bids o p en ed  in August.

D r. C lem ons, who died  in 1968 at th e age of 
88, is c re d ite d  w ith th e construction and expan­
sion of A lderm an Library, which o p e n e d  in 1938. 
H e  w en t to th e  university in 1927, w hen th e  li­
b ra ry  was still in th e  R o tu n d a , a n d  re m a in e d  
th ere u ntil his re tire m e n t in 1950.

D u rin g  his te n u re , th e  A lderm an collection in­
creased  from 150,000 to approxim ately 600,000 
v o lu m es, and th e  n u m b e r of m a n u sc rip ts rose 
from a few thousand to about 3 .5  million. Some 
68,000 m aps and 50,000 photographs, p rin ts, and 
o th er item s also w ere added.

A C o rry , Pennsylvania, n ativ e , D r. C lem ons 
w rote U niversity o f  Virginia L ib ra ry, 1825-1950: 
S to ry o f  a Jeffersonian Foundation. ■■

Indexing Annual R eports o f 
State/T erritory G overnors

I w ould like to correspond w ith anyone ex­
p e rie n c e d  in indexing annual re p o rts  o f th e 
governors of any state or territo ry . Please con­
tact: Alan E dw ard Schorr, Assistant Professor, 
E lm e r E . R asm uson L ibrary, U n iv e rsity  of 
Alaska, F airbanks, AK 99701.