ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 358 / C& RL News bachelor’s degree in education from B ridgew ate State College, a m aster’s in L atin Am erican His tory from New York University, and an MLS fro C olum bia University. He was an active m em ber o th e Sem inar on the Acquisition of L atin A m erica L ib rary M aterials (SALALM), and edited A Bibli ography o f L a tin A m erican Bibliographies: Socia Sciences and H um anities. FredB. Oxtoby, form er descriptive cataloger a the L ib rary of Congress, died Jan u ary 1 in W ash ington. Oxtoby retired from his position at the L i b rary of Congress in 1981 after 14 years of service Prior to his service at L C , he was chief of the C a ta r ­ m f n ­ l t ­ ­ . ­ log D ep artm en t at th e John C rerar L ib rary , C h i­ cago. O xtoby’s previous professional posts included w ork as head cataloger at the Illinois Institute of Technology and as a cataloger at the University of Illinois. He earned a bachelor’s and m aster’s in li­ b rary science from the University of Illinois. Mary L. Woodworth, assistant director of the U niversity of W isconsin-M adison School of L i­ b ra ry a n d In fo rm a tio n S tudies, d ied su d d en ly M arch 2 in Madison. W oodw orth h ad been a fac­ ulty m em ber at UW since 1964 and h ad received a bachelor’s and a m aster’s degree there. ■ ■ CLS directions By Jean P elletiere Chair, A C B L College Libraries Section Real income, comparable worth, and other activities of the College Libraries Section. H o w m uch w ould you be w illing to pay for a professional w ith a m aster’s degree, who was fa ­ m ilia r w ith a v a rie ty of in fo rm a tio n re trie v a l sy ste m s — in c lu d in g c o m p u te r - b a s e d d a t a b a n k s...who could supervise a large staff, develop and im plem ent a budget, and actively m arket the service—and handle building m aintenance p ro b ­ lems? Sound like a high five-figure job? How about $15,000?” The Christian Science M onitor asked this question last year in an article about lib rarian s’ new skills. The $15,000 figure hurts. It is typical for college librarians. Even if each entering lib rarian w ere in ­ dependently w ealthy it still w ould h u rt. The com ­ p arab ly low pay still w ould devalue our work in re­ lation to others. An instructor w ith me at Berkeley, Lois H arz- feld, pointed out the L ibrary Journal interviews in w hich most lib rarian s w ould not have m inded leaving the field, and the N ew Republic article on real incom e for different occupations (librarians w ere second from the bottom , just above w elfare recipients). “W hy doesn’t any lib rary organization address th a t problem ?” she asked. My first chance to address th a t problem is now. The question of real income is close to com parable w o rth , in th a t some occupations generate more real income for doing less work. 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