ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 844 / C&RL News standards (college libraries, university libraries, and two-year program s) and th e M odel Biblio­ graphic Instruction Statem ent. Strategic management directions Leadership enhancement. All ALA division vice- p resid e n ts/p re sid e n ts-e le c t p a rticip a te d in th e fourth annual Division Leadership E n h an cem en t Program in C hicago S e p tem b e r 15-16. G roup m em bers had th e oppo rtu n ity to get to know each o th e r and to lay th e groundw ork for cooperative endeavors. They heard a great deal about ALA and how it operates, and took th e opportunity to set up working relations with their division staff m em bers. B arbara Ford, speaking before th e group, e m p h a­ sized ALA-wide cooperation and offered h e r infor­ mation literacy them e as apossible comm on thread of interest. M em bership survey. R esearch USA has m ailed out an A CRL m em bership survey to a select sample o f o ur m em bers. The Planning C om m ittee will use the results in revising the Strategic Plan and it will help in reviewing our publications and educa­ tion program s. The budget. T he final b udget su bm itted to ALA P lanning and B udgeting includes revenues of $865,470, plus $ 1,453,960 for Choice. Expenses of $923,150, plus $1,469,793 for Choice are b u d g ­ e te d . T he deficit for ACRL is $57,680 in th e 1990 fiscal year. The Choice deficit will be $15,833. The y ea r-e n d fund balance will be approxim ately $494,300, or about 6% above th e m a n d a ted 50% level. Personnel. Randy M eyer took up th e position of adm inistrative secretary to Mary E llen Davis on S e p te m b e r 15. Randy, a library school stu d e n t at Rosary College, had a previous assignm ent in ALA’s Office for Library O utreach Services. Dawn Jacobson, who had w orked half-tim e for Mary E llen th ro u g h o u t h e r college c a re e r, g rad u a ted from th e U niversity o f Illinois at Chicago and has taken a full-tim e position in th e business world. Cynthia Taylor, who has been working half-time for Alia Al-Taqi on m em bership and chapter activi­ ties, m oved to full-tim e status and took on adm in­ istrative secretary duties for JoAn Segal. C heryl R obinson-Sm ith has re tu rn e d from m a­ tern ity leave to h e r duties as assistant e d ito r of C & R L N ew s. Pam Spiegel, who had tem porarily taken over th a t position, has left as editorial assis­ tan t to go on m aternity leave. K aren C hristopher is now serving as editorial assistant.—JoA n S. Segal, A C R L Executive Director. News from the Field Acquisitions • Boston C ollege has acq u ired th e p ap ers of th e n o ted penologist, H ow ard B elding Gill, best known for his work at the Norfolk Prison Colony, a u n iq u e institution th a t housed inm ates in dorm s instead o f cells, and had its own workshops, stores, and chapel. T he Gill collection consists of over 110 linear feet of m anuscripts, photographs, and audio discs, as well as a large num ber o f charts and graphs p e rta in in g to th e N orfolk Colony. T h e collection was donated by Benjamin Gill, H ow ard’s oldest son and executor o f th e Gill estate. • McMaster University, H am ilton, Ontario, has acq u ired th e p ap ers o f C larke Irw in, Inc. (1930-1983), one o f C anada’s m ajor publishers. T h e firm p u b lish ed such m ajor authors as R obertson Davies, E m ily C arr, and Tyrone G uthrie, and published standard texts such as L iv ­ ing L atin and Pirates and Pathfinders. T he archive consists of approxim ately 90 linear fee t and in ­ cludes author correspondence, adm inistrative and business records, editorial files, inform ation on m arketing and prom otion, and photographs. The m ost extensive and valuable section is th e editorial files, with records of correspondence with authors, rep o rts on m anuscripts, royalty and publications statem ents, and perm issions for individual titles. T he University has also acquired th e archives of P e te r M artin Associates, a small publishing firm fo u n d ed in 1965 and run for 16 years. T he collec­ tion of correspondence, business files, prom otion and subsidiary files extends to 14 lin ear fee t and concerns authors such as Ja n et L unn, F re d elle M aynard, and David Louis Stein. • Northern Illinois University’s F o u n d e rs M em orial Library, D eK alb, has acq u ired Alice L o h re r’s p ersonal collection o f over 325 books, pam phlets, and magazines for children. T he collec­ tion, which spans two centuries o f children’s litera- 846 / C& RL News tu re , includes a w ide selection o f historic fiction and non-fiction titles as well as E arly A m erican picture books, foreign-language titles from Burma, T hailand, Japan, and Iran , a n d m any ra re item s a c q u ired by L o h re r d u rin g h e r no tab le c a re e r as professor and advisor abroad. Among th e item s are an 1896 ed itio n o f Joan o f A rc illu strate d by th e F ren ch artist M. B o u te td e Monuil, an early edition o f New M o th er H ub b a rd and M o th er Goose M elo­ dies p rin te d on linen, an 1843 m iniature edition o f th e very p o p u la r N ew E n g la n d Prim er, and ra re han d -p ain ted pictu re books from Japan. Several of th e item s will becom e p a rt o f th e U niversity’s rare and special collections. • Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, has a c q u ired th e personal library o f physical th e ra p ist M ild red L. W ood. T h e co llection co ntains m ore th a n 275 books and 700 m agazines, in clu d in g a co m p le te b o u n d set o f th e official jo u rn a l o f th e A m erican Physical T h e rap y A ssociation d a tin g to 1932, works signed by th e h u sb a n d a n d wife team o f K endall and K endall, a lim ite d e d itio n w ork by G. B. D u c h e n n e tra n s la te d by E. B. K aplan, and m any w orks on anatom y, physiology, neurology, and re la te d m uscle activity. T he collection will be p a rt o f th e newly fo rm ed School o f Physical T h e r ­ apy at th e University. • Southwestern Baptist Theological Semi- nary, F o rt W o rth , Texas, has a c q u ired th e library o f G eorge K ilpatrick, a re n o w n e d B ritish N ew T e sta m en t scholar w ho d ied e a rlie r this y e a r. T he collection o f 94 boxes in cludes m any classics in N e w T e sta m e n t scholarship, nu m ero u s Latin and G reek -lan g u ag e m aterials, N e w T e sta m e n t c riti­ cism, textual studies, background resources, in te r­ p re ta tio n , an d b o th g e n e ra l a n d special in tro d u c ­ tory m aterials. • The State University o f New York at Al- bany has a c q u ire d th e p a p e rs o f M arcia Brown (1 9 1 8 - ), th e w ell-know n c h ild re n ’s book w rite r a n d illu strato r w ho has w on th e C a ld e co tt M edal th re e tim e s. T h e p a p e rs include illu strated m a n u ­ scripts, rough sketches, dum m ies, and revisions for 32 p u b lish e d a n d u n p u b lis h e d c h ild re n ’s books w ritten and/or illustrated by Brown including Stone Soup a n d Dick W h ittin g to n a n d His C a t; editorial and business correspondence; speeches and notes for speeches; a n d copies o f all B row n’s books and p re s e n ta tio n copies o f books by o th e r c h ild re n ’s w riters. Also in clu d e d are p a p e rs o f H e le n A. M asten, h e a d o f th e C h ild re n ’s Room at th e N ew York Public Library, w here Brown once w orked as a librarian. • T h e University o f Alberta, E d m o n to n , has a c q u ire d a rare p a in tin g by P ie te r B ru eg h el th e Y ounger for its B ruce P e e l Special C ollections Library. T he painting, Peasant W ed d in g D ance in an In te rio r, was th e gift o f L ucie Javitch o f M on­ treal, w ho p assed away in S e p te m b e r 1988. She b esto w ed it u p o n th e P e e l L ibrary in h o n o r o f h e r late h u sb a n d G regory, w hose collection o f N orth and South A m erican In d ian m aterials is one o f th e Peel Library’s m ost im p o rta n t collections. B rueg­ hel th e Younger m ade his career producing n u m er­ ous versions o f his fa th e r’s g en re paintings. As with m any o th e r p aintings by B ru eg h el th e E ld e r, th e original version o f this w ork is lost. • T h e University o f W ashington L ib ra rie s’ Special C ollections a n d P reserv atio n Division, S eattle, has a c q u ire d th e W illiam L. M eed collec­ tio n o f p h o to g rap h s d e p ic tin g life in th e Klondike region o f th e Yukon T e rrito ry and Alaska b etw een 1898 and 1907. O ver 100 o f th e m ore th a n 300 photographs in th e collection w ere taken by M eed, an a m a te u r p h o to g ra p h e r and th e o p e ra to r o f sev­ eral Yukon River steam boats. O th e r p h o to g rap h s are by p ro m in e n t Klondike photographers already re p re s e n te d in th e U niversity L ibraries. T h e col­ lection also includes extensive annotations on each ph o to g rap h and several rem iniscences by M eed. • Virginia Tech’s Archives of A m erican Aero- space E xploration, Blacksburg, have acq u ired th e papers o f Apollo XI astronaut M ichael Collins. The papers contain 25 cubic feet o f m anuscript m aterial dating from C ollins’s early tra in in g in th e 1950s to th e p re s e n t inclu d in g tra in in g notebooks for C ollins’s G em ini X a n d Apollo XI flights; c o rre ­ sp o n d en ce; sp eech es; audio tapes; and notes and drafts for books h e has w ritte n including C arrying the Fire: A n A s tro n a u t’s Journeys (1974) and L ift­ off: The Story o f A m e ric a ’s A d v e n tu re in to Space (1988). T h e Archives have also a c q u ire d tw o o th e r col­ lections re la te d to th e history o f th e Apollo p ro ­ gram . T h e p a p e rs o f Jo h n D. C lark (1907-1988) d ocum ent th e c a re e r o f th e chem ist who led a team o f scientists in developing a new family o f storable high-energy liquid propellants th a t w ere later used in th e Apollo p rogram . T h e collection contains 4 cubic fe e t and deals w ith C lark ’s science fiction stories as w ell as his rocket fuel research. T h e papers o f E vert B. C lark (1925-1988) cover his c a re e r as an aerospace journalist, first as editor for A viation W eek M agazine and later as a re p o rte r covering th e space program for N ew sw eek and th e N e w Y ork Times. T h e collection includes 14 cubic fe e t o f c o rre sp o n d e n c e , m em o ran d a , rese a rc h notes, and d rafts o f p u b lish e d a n d u n p u b lish e d articles. T h e collection also includes C lark ’s re ­ search files on th e W a te rg a te scandal, w hich he covered for N ew sw eek. • Wayne State University, D e tro it, has ac- q uired th e folklore collection o f Beverly Borovitz, a local boo k sto re ow ner. T h e B orovitz C ollection co n tain s approxim ately 400 volum es, som e o f w hich d a te back to th e m id-1800s. N otew orthy titles include The Story o f the Jubilee Singer (1880), The Com ic Songster (1870), and volumes I through October 1989 / 847 V III o íE n g lish & Scottish Ballads (1857-1858). T h e U niversity has also a c q u ire d th e p e rso n a l electrochem istry collection o f G eorge D ubpernell, a p io n e e r re s e a rc h e r in ch ro m iu m p la tin g and w o rld -re n o w n e d e x p ert in th e histo ry o f e le c tro ­ plating, for its Science a n d E n g in e e rin g Library. T h e D u b p e rn e ll lib rary o f som e 5,000 volum es dates from 1923 a n d includes his early rese a rc h in chrom ium plating, as well as subscriptions to jo u r ­ nals in th e original fields o f m etallurgy and e le c tro ­ chemistry. Grants • T h e Harvard University L ibrary has re- ceived a $1.8 m illion N E H g ra n t to fu n d th re e p rese rv atio n p ro je c ts. To b e film ed from B aker Library are 9,550 volum es on business thought and p ra c tic e from 1870 to 1920. To b e film ed from W id e n e r L ib rary are som e 8,000 volum es on th e Ita lia n R isorgim ento, a p a rticu la rly stro n g collec­ tion on a historically significant p e rio d . To be film ed from th e Law School L ibrary is a 10,000- volum e co llection o f pre-S o v iet R ussian law, p e r ­ haps th e m ost im pressive a n d u n iq u e co llection o u tsid e o f th e Soviet U nion. In all, th e th re e -y e a r p ro je c t will p re se rv e m o re th a n 27,500 volum es re p re s e n tin g m ore th an 16,000 titles. • Paine C ollege, A ugusta, G eorgia, has re- ceived a $150,000 g ra n t from th e C allaw ay F o u n ­ dation, In c., to fu n d a new lib ra ry /le a rn in g r e ­ sources cen ter. T h e aw ard from th e G eorgia-based charitable foundation will allow construction in th e fall of th e $2.3 m illion project. D esigned to accom ­ m o d ate a stu d e n t body o f 1,000, th e tw o-story, 31,000 square foot stru ctu re will include individual a n d g ro u p stu d y room s, a c u rric u lu m laboratory, th r e e c o m p u te r room s, p ro d u c tio n an d language laboratories, a c o m p u te r literacy office, a n d space for a collection o f 111,000 volum es. • T h e Research Libraries Group has b e e n a w a rd ed a $2,029,845 N E H g ra n t to s u p p o rt th e seco n d p h ase o f th e G re a t C ollections M icrofilm ­ ing P roject. T h e p ro je c t focuses on 13 outstan d in g collections im p o rta n t to h u m an itie s re se a rc h at nine o f R L G ’s m em b e r lib ra ries. T h e resu lt will be th e re fo rm a ttin g o f over 34,000 volum es o v er th e next th re e years. M aterials from th e following col­ lections will b e film ed: B row n U niversity— 3,000 volum es from th e H arris C ollectio n o f A m erican P o etry and Plays and 3,000 volum es on th e history o f m ath em atics; C o lu m b ia T e a c h e rs C o lleg e — 3,080 volumes o f A m erican public school curricula m ate ria l from th e E arly T w e n tie th -C e n tu ry C u r ­ riculum Collection; D a rtm o u th C ollege— 917 vol­ um es o f N ew E n gland local history, 1,402 volum es from th e Stefansson C ollection on P o lar E xplora­ tion, 451 volumes o f 19th-century dim e novels, and 391 volum es o f N ew H a m p sh ire im prints; E m o ry U niversity— 4,000 volum es from th e H ym nody a n d P salm ody C o llection; N ew York H istorical Society-—315 volum es o f A nglo-A m erican black history; N ew York U niversity— 7,350 volum es from th e F ales C ollectio n o f B ritish L ite ra tu re ; N o rth w e s te rn U niversity— 5,000 volum es from th e A fricana C o llection; U niversity o f F lo rid a — 4,500 volum es from th e C a rib b e a n Basin C o llec ­ tion; University o f Iowa— 1,000 volum es o f A m eri­ can literature. • T h e R ochester Institute o f Technology’s Im age P e rm a n e n c e I n s titu te has rec e iv e d a $385,403 N E H g ra n t to stu d y th e effects o f air p o llu tio n on archival m icrofilm . In fo rm a tio n sto re d on m icroform s is su b je c t to d e te rio ra tio n from p o llu tio n if th e m icroform s are n o t sto re d properly. T h e gran t will make it possible for R IT to study th e suscep tib ility o f such m aterials to envi­ ro n m e n tal factors including ozone, sulfur dioxide, and peroxides. T h e In stitu te will th e n try to d e te r ­ m ine w hich factors are m ost im p o rta n t to co ntrol a n d how contam in an ts rea c t w ith o th e r fac to rs. • T h e University o f Alberta Library, E dm on- ton, has receiv ed gran ts to talin g $50,000 from th e Social Sciences and H um anities R esearch C ouncil o f C anada. Two aw ards o f $20,000 ea ch will s u p ­ p o rt th e fu rth e r d ev e lo p m en t o f th e L ibrary’s col­ lections o f m o d ern c h ild re n ’s lite ra tu re and m o d ­ e rn m eth o d s o f m usic analysis. Two aw ards o f $5,000 each are d e d ic a te d to th e p u rch a se o f C h i­ nese governm ent docum ents and o f English p o p u ­ lar litera tu re , 1750-1830. • T he University o f California at Riverside’s E ig h te e n th -C e n tu ry S hort T itle C atalogue for N orth A m erica has received a $ 156,936 U. S. Office o f E d u c a tio n T itle II-C g ra n t to s u p p o rt th e first y e a r o f a th re e -y e a r p ro je c t to p rovide m achine- readable cataloging for U nits 1-48 o f Early English Books, 1 4 7 5 -1 6 4 0 , a m icrofilm set p u b lish e d by U niversity M icrofilm s In te rn a tio n a l. T h e se u n its contain approxim ately22,500 item s sele c te d from A S h o rt-T itle C atalogue o f Books P rin te d in E n g ­ land, Scotland, & Ire la n d a n d o f E nglish Books P rinted Abroad, 1475-1640. • T he University o f Kansas Libraries’ D epart- m e n t o f Special C ollections, L aw rence, has b e e n a w a rd ed a $178,398 D e p a r tm e n t o f E d u c a tio n T itle II-C g ra n t to catalog th e books, serials, and e p h e m e ra l m aterials in th e P. S. O ’H e g a rty Irish L ibrary, one o f th e four largest Irish collections in th e W estern hem isphere, and to continue p erform ­ ing essen tial conserv atio n o f fragile m aterials. A cq u ired in th e 1950s, th e co llection contains m ajor holdings o f Irish im p rin ts, w orks on Irish topics, a n d w orks by Irish au th o rs dating from th e 17th to th e early 20th century. In all, 14,000 titles of books a n d p a m p h le ts a n d 430 serial title s will be October 1989 / 849 cataloged a n d m ade in te rn atio n a lly accessible th ro u g h th e O C L C database. • The University o f Texas at Austin’s G eneral L ibraries has receiv ed a $142,947 N E H g ran t to p reserv e on m icrofilm several th o u sa n d valuable books and p a m p h le ts on M exican h istory th a t are on th e verge o f disintegration. T he m aterials are at UT A ustin’s N e ttie L ee B enson L atin A m erican C ollection, one o f th e m ost e m in e n t o f its kind. In addition to th e m icrofilm ing effort, th e N E H grant will allow th e L ibraries to encase 4,000 M exican history p a m p h le ts and small m onographs in new chemically neutral binders that are m uch saferthan o ld er chip b o ard b in d ers th a t are highly acidic. T h e U niversity also receiv ed a $ 1 m illion gran t from H o u sto n E n d o w m e n t, Inc., to establish th e H o u sto n E n d o w m e n t L ibrary F u n d , th e incom e from w hich will h e lp s u p p o rt th e T a rlto n Law L ibrary at U T Austin. T h e new fu n d will b e u se d prim arily to assist th e Library in increasing its book b udget and in upgrading professional staff salaries. A nd U T A ustin has b e e n aw ard ed a $156,591 D e p a rtm e n t o f E d u c a tio n g ran t to catalog th e R o b e rt L ee W olff C ollection ofV ictorian Fiction, one o f th e w o rld ’s e m in e n t collections o f its kind th a t is now p a rt o f th e U niversity’s H a rry Ransom H u m a n itie s R esearch C e n te r. T h e collection o f about 8,000 titles (16,739 volumes) was assem bled over a p e rio d o f years, and encom passes th e e n tire range o f Victorian fiction, rep re sen tin g about one- th ird o f fiction p u b lish e d b etw een 1837 and 1901. W hen c o m p le te d in 1990, th e c o m p u te riz ed c a ta ­ log will be widely accessible th ro u g h o u t th e w orld via th e O C L C database. • Wheaton C ollege, N orton, M assachusetts, has rec e iv e d a $71,000 gran t from th e C harles A. D an a F o u n d a tio n , Inc., to en co u rag e th e in te g ra ­ tion o f library skills in its liberal arts cu rriculum . T h e g ran t will su p p o rt a new F acu lty -L ib rarian P a rtn e rsh ip Program desig n ed to stre n g th e n th e role o f th e library in W h e a to n ’s u n d e rg ra d u a te cu rricu lu m and to p ro m o te inform ational literacy in stu d en ts. W orkshops will brin g te a c h e rs and librarians to g e th e r to in co rp o rate library in stru c ­ tio n in to existing courses in o rd e r to d e e p e n stu- Correction Applications fo rth e A C RLProfessional Liai­ son Awards (see C & RL New s, S eptem ber 1989, p. 706) should be sen t to th e Professional Liai­ son C o m m itte e c h air at th e following address: Louise Sherby, A ssistant D ire c to r for Public Services, U niversity o f M issouri-K ansas C ity L ibraries, 107 M ilíer N ichols L ibrary, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, M O 6 4 11 C 2499; (816) 276-1530 o r 1531. d en ts’ understanding o f w hat a library is and how to use it. E m phasis will b e p lac e d on new library technologies such as th e latest com puterized infor­ m ation systems. T he program will com plem ent the college’s new gen eral e d u c atio n curriculum , a d o p te d in 1986, w hich includes th e in tro d u c tio n o f th e use o f th e library as a p rim ary tool for learning. News notes • California State University, Northridge’s O viatt L ibrary e n te r e d its second phase o f c o n ­ stru c tio n in S e p tem b e r. T h e $16 m illion p ro je c t includes th e add itio n o f an E a st and W est wing to th e existing library, and a controversial and innova­ tive A uto m ated Storage/R etrieval System n a m e d th e Leviathan II. This system, which has a capacity o f 950,000 volumes, will provide an econom ical so­ lution to space needs and will serve as a pilot project for th e e n tire CSU system o f 19 cam puses. Books will b e sto re d in bins along six aisles. W hen a stu d e n t requests a book from a term inal, a forklift- type m achine will retrie v e th e bin and d eliver it to a w orkstation, w h e re th e r e q u e s te d book will be p u lle d by a library w orker a n d signed out at th e Circulation Desk. Approximately 50 p e rc e n t o f th e library’s collection will initially go into th e Levia­ th an II. L ibrary p erso n n el and consultants at CSU are now w orking w ith G E A C sta ff to develop an in te rfa c e w ith th e G E A C online catalog th a t will enable a p a tro n to use a term inal to o rd er and check o u t a book from th e L eviathan II. • The City o f New York’s Mayor Edw ard Koch and C om m issioner o f th e D e p a rtm e n t o f Records and Inform ation Services (D O R IS), E ugene Bock- m an, a nnounced th a t th e M unicipal Archives Ref­ e re n c e and R esearch F u n d will aw ard $130,000 to th re e New York City agencies to arrange, p reserv e, and resto re historical reco rd s c re a te d by city gov­ e rn m e n t and m ake th e m available to th e public. T he agencies benefiting from th e fund this year are: th e NYC D e p a rtm en t o f Taxes Photograph Collec­ tio n P reserv atio n P roject; th e O ld Tow n R ecords C ollection Processing P roject; th e La G uardia C o m m u n ity C ollege F io rello H. La G u ard ia P a ­ pers Preservation Project, C ontinuation; th e Colo­ nial R ecords P reserv atio n P ro ject, Phase II; and th e A rt C om m ission C o rresp o n d e n c e Files o f th e A rt C om m ission, Phase III. T h e fu n d was c re a te d in 1985 to enable D O R IS to receive proceeds from th e sale o f non-archival collectible item s. T h e ini­ tial in v estm e n t co n sisted o f pro ce e d s from th e 1985 sale o f Jo h n Jam es A u d u b o n ’s The B irds o f A m erica, which n e tte d $1.4 million. • The Library o f Congress and Bowdoin Col- leg e, Brunswick, M aine, have a n n o u n c ed a coop­ 8 5 0 / C& RL News erative a g re e m e n t to p rese rv e a rare a n d h isto ri­ cally significant film co llection d e p ic tin g early 20th-century exploration o f th e e astern arctic. T he films, w hich w ere shot on th e arctic voyages o f th e renow ned C anadian explorer R obert B artlett from 1926 to 1946, a re p a rt o f an extensive collection of artifacts, films, and d o c u m e n ts h o u se d at th e Peary-M acM illan Arctic M useum and Arctic S tud­ ies C e n te r at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, M aine. T h e y fe a tu re trav elin g by dog sled a n d h u n tin g from skin kayaks, villagers m aking a n d rep a irin g im p lem e n ts, a n d c o m m u n ities g a th e rin g for fes­ tivities. Som e o f th e w orld’s forem ost arctic explor­ ers a p p e a r in th e footage, along w ith scenes of n o rth e rn wildlife and w ooden ships sailing through icy w aters. U n d e r th e term s o f th e a g re e m e n t, th e B artlett films will be tra n sfe rre d from deteriorating 3 5 -m illim eter n itra te stock to stable safety film by th e L C ’s M otion P icture Preservation Laboratory. And, as p a rt o f th e jo in t a g re e m e n t, Susan Kaplan and G erald Bigelow of th e Arctic M useum will help catalog th e L C ’s co llection o f films m ade by D o n a ld B. M acM illan, a lea d in g A m erican arctic explorer a n d one o f B a rtle tt’s contem poraries. Also at LC, Jam es B illington has a n n o u n c ed th e selection o f 14 libraries as sites for a pilot p ro je c t to te s t dial-up access to th e lib rary ’s c o m p u te r d a ta ­ bases. T h e six-m onth e x p e rim e n t will p u t th e li­ brary online to th e nation by offering d ire c t access to its a u to m a te d bibliographic, C ongressional bill status, copyright, and re fe rra l inform ation. T he p ro je c t is an o u tg ro w th o f B illington’s m eetings with librarians across th e country last year, in which he receiv ed n u m ero u s req u e sts for g en eral access to th e lib rary ’s online c o m p u te r system s. T h e sites ch o sen are: th e B oston P ublic L ibrary; th e D .C . P u b lic L ibrary; th e U.S. In fo rm a tio n Agency; th e Los Alamos National Laboratory; th e state libraries o f C alifornia, O regon, and N ew York; Lehigh U n i­ versity; th e U niversity o f S o u th e rn C alifornia; th e U niversity o f K e ntucky/K entucky S tate Library; th e U niversity o f M aryland; th e U niversity o f M ichigan; D u k e U niversity; and F lo rid a S tate U niversity School o f L ib ra ry and In fo rm a tio n Studies. • Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania, re- cently dedicated its extensive collection o f books on Japanese c u ltu re and history in h o n o r o f H a ro ld E. H elm rich, one-tim e d ire c to r o f SRU’s library serv­ ices, a n d th e m an resp o n sib le fo r th e collection plan developed m ore th an 25 years ago. T h e collec­ tio n o f m ore th a n 3,000 E nglish-language books is h o u se d in th e Special C ollections Room o f Bailey Library. • T he University at Albany, State University o f New York, is lau n ch in g th e C ap ital D istrict L a b o r H isto ry P ro je c t w ith a $37,500 g ra n t to survey, d escrib e, and h e lp p rese rv e th e rec o rd s of la b o r organizations in th e A lbany-S chenectady- T roy area. A p ro je c t archivist from th e U niversity L ib raries at A lbany will w ork w ith lab o r o rganiza­ tions a n d lea d e rs a ro u n d th e C apital D istric t to d o cu m en t th e long and distinguished history o f o r­ ganized lab o r in th a t area. In c lu d e d in th e survey will b e historically im p o rta n t p riv a te- a n d p u blic- sector unions to be sele c te d from am ong 200 labor o rganizations w ith g u id an c e from an advisory b o a rd o f lab o r lea d e rs, h istorians, and archivists. T h e p ro je c t is a c o m p o n e n t o f th e ongoing H a rry Van A rsdale Jr. L a b o r D o c u m e n ta tio n P ro ject, w hich is b e in g fu n d e d by th e NYS leg islatu re in o rd e r to identify a n d p reserv e reco rd s o f historical significance from am ong som e 3,000 lab o r organi­ zations in N ew York State. • T h e University o f R ochester’s E a stm a n School o f M usic a n n o u n c ed th e open in g o f its new Sibley M usic L ib rary on May 15, 1989. T h e new library is h o u sed one block away from th e school in E a stm a n Place, an $18 m illion m ixed-use facility IASSIST annual conference T h e In te rn atio n a l Association for Social Sci­ en c e In fo rm a tio n Service a n d T echnology (IAS SIST) will hold its 16th annual con feren ce M ay 3 0 -J u n e 3, 1990, in P o u g h k eep sie, N ew York, at th e R adisson H otel. T h e c o n fe re n c e has as its c e n tra l th e m e “N um bers, Pictures, W ords and Sounds: Priori­ ties for th e 1990s.” T his title reflec ts th e ever- e xpanding u n iv erse o f d a ta types, as well as re la te d h a rd w a re and softw are d ev e lo p m en t. T h e P rogram C o m m itte e is now soliciting c o n ­ trib u tio n s in th e form o f p a p e rs, proposals for p anel discussions, roundtables, p o ste r sessions, and w orkshops to b e p r e s e n te d at th e c o n fe r­ ence. All p a p e rs o r p roposals c o n c e rn e d w ith th e g eneration, transfer, retrieval, storage, and use o f m achine-readable social science data will b e c o n sid ered . P a p e rs th a t discuss issues and tech n o lo g ies r e la te d to n o n -n u m e ric d a ta are particularly encouraged. IASSIST is an in te rn atio n a l association c o n ­ c e rn e d w ith th e acquisition, processing, m ain­ ten an ce, and d istrib u tio n o f m achine-readable text a n d /o r n u m e ric social science data. F o u n d e d in 1974, IA SSIST includes am ongits m e m b e rsh ip social scientists, d a ta archivists, librarians, inform ation specialists, researchers, p ro g ra m m e rs, p la n n e rs, and g o v e rn m e n t agency adm inistrators. F o r m o re in fo rm a tio n , co n tact: Sarah E. C ox-Byrne, D a ta Archives, Vassar C ollege L i­ brary, Box 20 V assar C ollege, P o u g h k eep sie, NY 12601; COXBYRNE@VASSAR.BITNET. October 1989 / 851 which houses, in addition to th e Sibley Library on its th re e top floors, com m ercial stores, restaurants, and office space. T h e com plex also includes an indoor atrium and an outdoor public plaza that will accom m odate com m unity arts p erfo rm an ces and exhibitions. W ith a collection o f over h a lf a million item s, th e new library now takes up approxim ately 50,000 square feet. ■ ■ PE O P L E Profiles D ouglas G. B irdsall has b e e n na m e d associ­ ate directo r o f libraries for inform ation access and systems at Texas T ech U niversity L ibraries. Birdsall has b e e n at th e N o rth D akota State U ni­ versity L ibraries in F argo since 1984, serving as head of public services and, m ost recently, as assis­ tant d irector for collection m anagem ent and refe r­ ence services. Before that he was hum anities librar­ ian at th e Idaho State U niversity Library. Birdsall g raduated from th e U niversity o f M ichigan w ith a B.A., then received an M.A. from C entral Michigan University, a n d an MLS from th e U niversity of Michigan. H e is a m em ber of ALA and was chair of the A cadem ic Section o f th e M ountain-P lains L i­ brary Association in 1988-1989. In 1985 Birdsall received a g ran t for “D atabase Searching: A Proposal for C reating Awareness and Developing Skills” from th e Facuity D evelopm ent Institute at ND SU . In 1982 he received a grant for “Library Use Im provem ent: S ubject-O riented Li­ brary G uides for U pper-D ivision S tu d e n ts” from the C e n te r for Instructional Im provem ent, Idaho State University. In bo th 1988 and 1989 he e d ite d the Proceedings o f the M ountain-P lains L ib ra ry Association A cadem ic Section Research Forum . O th e r publications include “L ibrary Skills and F resh m an English: A L ib ra ria n ’s P e rsp e c tiv e ” in College C om position and C om m unication, and D issertationsand Theses A bout Idaho, 1900-1978, p u b lish ed in 1980. Birdsall receiv ed ALA’s H.W . W ilson Periodical Award for th e editorship of The Idaho L ibrarian in 1983. R hoda K. Channing, assistant university librar­ ian o f Boston C ollege, has b e e n a p p o in te d library d ire c to r at W ake F o re st U niversity, W inston-S a­ lem , N o rth Carolina. D u rin g h e r 25-year career, Channing has w orked in th e libraries of the Univer­ sity o f N orth C arolinaat Chapel Hill, th e University of Kentucky, and Boston College. She is a fre q u e n t speaker at professional m eetings, has served on the ALA C o m m itte e on A ccreditation, and was an officer o f th e N ew E n gland C h a p te r o f ACRL D oris J. H ulbert has b e e n n a m e d d ire c to r of th e W alter C linton Jackson L ibrary at th e U niver­ sity o f N o rth C arolina at G reensboro. H u lb e rt is cu rren tly acting d ire c to r o f th e library, and served as associate directorsince 1984. She joined the staff at Jackson L ibrary in 1980 as h e a d circulation librarian. Before th a t H u lb e rt was h e a d o f circula­ tion at th e U niversity o f D elaw are and head re fe r­ ence librarian at Indiana University. She is agradu- ate o f M ontclair State College (B.A. and M.A.) and received h e r MLS from In diana University. She is a m em b er o f ALA, ACRL, and th e N orth C arolina L ibrary Association, am ong o th e r organizations. F o r th e past five years she has served as a m em b e r of th e University o f N orth Carolina System Library Autom ation and N etw orkingC om m ittee. She also serves at U N C G as a m e m b e r o f th e A cadem ic C abinet, the C om m ittee on University Budget, and th e C e n te n n ia l Planning Board. In h e r new posi­ tion H u lb e rt will head a library w ith total holdings o f 1,900,000 item s and a staff o f 72. W illiam C. R oselle, d ire c to r o f th e G olda M eir Library at th e U niversity o f W isconsin-M il­ waukee since 1971, has been appointed directo r of th e University L ibrary System at th e U niversity o f Pittsburgh. Roselle grad u ated from T hiel College and received an MLS from th e University o f P itts­ burgh. H e has served professionally at th e Univer­ sity o f Iowa, th e Pennsylvania State University, C arnegie-M ellon U niversity, th e State Library of Pennsylvania, th e M ilton H ershey School, and th e U n ited States Army’s C ounterin tellig en ce Corps. D uring his 18 years in Wisconsin, Roselle increased th e M eir L ibrary holdings from 900,000 to m ore th an 3,500,000 cataloged item s, d ire c te d th e d e ­ sign and co n stru ctio n o f nearly $20 m illion in li­ brary facilities, and was responsible for th e 1978