ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 458 / C & R L News sta te leagues of cities and tow ns, th e in te r- organizational awareness of medical, business and legal librarians, specialization within bibliogra­ pher and reference assignments, and the promo­ tion of professional association liaison activities by ACRL. Librarians wishing to promote professional liai­ son must be enthusiastic and persistent. Adding ac­ tive participation in another professional associa­ tion to participation in local, regional, state or national library associations will require addi­ tional funding and leave time. Both personal dedi­ cation and institutional support must be present. Promoting a library committee within an associ­ ation could prove self-defeating if only librarians are on the committee. Librarians talking to fellow librarians is a fine idea for collegial networking and very useful, but it does not promote the visibility of librarians in the organization or encourage other professional contacts. Far more effective, it seems to me, would be to infiltrate existing committees nd integrate one’s ideas into their functions. D e­ eloping a supporting network within the organi­ ation is imperative if activities are to be produc­ ive. Utilizing well-known members at sessions ponsored by librarians, or serving on panels set up y association members will prove effective. All uch activities will open channels for marketing li­ rary functions. The librarian who accepts the challenge of pro­ essional liaison may often feel like the circus per­ ormer astride two horses. Keeping aboard both ay not always be easy; the temptation exists to ail off both or step back astride one. The deter­ ined performer will master both. The librarian ho participates in both library and other profes­ ional associations has the opportunity to develop erspective, objectivity and an understanding of he library profession in its relationship to other ields. a v z t s b s b f f m b m w s p t f C h ap ter visits The A C R L President-Elect reports on two recent chapter meetings. Missouri, April 25. A C R L’s Missouri Chapter asked me to give the keynote address at their Spring Conference at Maryville. The conference theme was “ L ib ra ry A utom ation: R ealities and R e­ wards.” It was appropriately held at Northwest Missouri State University, which has a beautiful new electronic library utilizing a number of the lat­ est library technologies, including the LS 2000 sys­ tem. The conference included sessions on indexing for the online catalog, on system planning, on elec­ tronic mail, on barcoding, user training, and pa­ tron access and identification. The 70 participants were provided with very p ractical and much- needed information on planning and implement­ ing a library automation system, including positive and negative aspects. It was indeed a privilege to visit a new libr cility built for technology and to experience v ary fa­ arious autom ated library services, including a video teaching system. Nancy Hanks, the director of the B .D . Owens Library, can be proud of her and her staff’s accomplishment. I also appreciated the fine Missouri hospitality, especially the dinner with Madonna and Tom Kennedy at the Apple Tree. Montana, May 1–3. I arrived at Kalispell on an absolutely beautiful, clear and sunny afternoon and received a warm welcome from members of the Montana Library Association who were meet­ ing jointly with A C R L’s Montana Chapter. My first view of the G lacier Park mountains was July /August 1986 / 459 breathtaking and I could not get enough of it. This was the first program meeting for the Mon­ tana Chapter, which also includes the Special L i­ braries Division members. The meeting, which in­ cluded an A CRL Continuing Education course tau g h t by M aureen S u lliv a n , was en title d “Librarians— An Endangered Species? Challenges for Librarians in the 1990s.” Gail Schlachter, presi­ dent of Reference Services Press, and I shared the platform in addressing this intriguing theme. After our presentation the audience (approximately 50 participants) broke into small groups to discuss the “ negative and positive forces” that librarians would have to deal with in the 1990s. A summary of the discussions concluded the program. In the morning I also addressed the joint meeting of the Montana Academic and Special Libraries Divisions and spoke about the im p ortan ce of ACRL and its chapters. In the evening I talked riefly about the importance of being an ALA and C R L member at a dinner for M ontana ALA embers. All in all my visit to the Montana ACRL chapter as a most enjoyable and educational one. Mon­ na librarians are few in number and spread over n enormously large territory, but they are eager to compass new technologies and new ideas and ey certainly exhibit much cooperation and the armest hospitality. While there I could not help ut feel that I was experiencing the spirit of pioneer nd frontier hospitality, aptly demonstrated by the ever-ending supply of homemade cookies at the hibits’ hospitality table, as well as the warmth d assistance provided by my hostesses, Barbara eFelice and Janice Brandon.—H annelore B. R a­ b A m w ta a en th w b a n ex an D der. News from the Field Acquisitions • Brow n University L ib r a r y , P rov id en ce, Rhode Island, has established a collection of more than 1,200 items relating to Judaism, to be known as the Ernest S. Frerichs Library of Biblical and Ju ­ daic Studies, after a former Dean of the Graduate School. The foundation of the collection is a gift of Judaic Studies materials from Professor Jacob S. Neusner, emphasizing analyses and criticism of the Mishna, Talmud, Bible, Midrash and general reli­ gious thought; ancient history; archaeology and art; and general Jewish studies and thought. ♦ The Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, has acquired some important and rare historical items, including Zadock Cramer’s The Ohio and Missis­ sippi N avigator, Third Corrected Edition. The book was a very popular guide to western rivers and went through twelve editions. Other new Soci­ ety acquisitions include: Col. James Sm ith’s A Treatise on the M ode and M anner o f Indian W ar­ fa r e , printed by Joel R. Lyle in Paris, Kentucky, in 1812, an early guide to Indian fighting; and the second known copy of an unrecorded broadside of Thomas Jefferson’s inaugural speech, printed on silk by Nathaniel Willis in Chillicothe in 1801. All items are available for researchers investigating the early history of the Northwest Territory. •Rutgers University’s Archibald Alexander L i­ brary, New Brunswick, New Jersey, has recently acquired the only known surviving copy of a French book of 1534. The little volume (3” x 4 ”) is c o lle c tio n of the poetry of C lem en t M arot 1496-1544) to which he gave the title L ’A doles­ e n c e C lem en tin e. The edition was previously hought to have appeared in Paris, but is now nown to have been printed in Lyons, and is the arliest known illustrated edition. The book was irst published in Paris in 1532 and was followed by he Suite d e L A d olescen ce C lem entine in 1533. Al­ hough best sellers in their time, copies are now ex­ remely rare. The Suite, also present in the newly cquired volume, was constantly added to as arot wrote new poems, and so the successive new ditions put out by enterprising publishers enable he chronology of this group of Marot’s poems to be ore firmly established as his books come to light. pirated edition, the book also gives information n the activities of a printer who evaded the equiv­ lent of today’s copyright laws. rants • Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, earborn, Michigan, has received an NEH grant f more than $82,000 to establish a direct visual ac­ ess system for the photograph collection in the useum’s Archival and Library Collections. The roject will make more than 30,000 images from he Ford Motor Company Photograph Collection, urrently staff-serviced and largely unresearched, irectly accessible to researchers. The photos illus- a ( c t k e f t t t a M e t m A o a G D o c M p t c d