ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 35 News From the Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S • S y b a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y honored E v a vB. Hansl and officially accep ted h e r papers for th e m anuscript division of the library at a noon luncheon F rid ay (N ov. 2 2 ) in Lawrinson P ent­ house. Mrs. Hansl, a form er women’s editor and radio producer, began giving h e r papers to the U niversity in 1 9 4 3 and has continued to add to the collection. I t now fills m ore than 100 archival boxes. Mrs. Hansl has w ritten articles for m any women’s magazines and has lectured to women’s groups and at colleges and universities. H er collection at Syracuse University is divided into 12 series: Hom e and Fam ily, Education and Counseling, Occupations and Counseling, W om anpower, W a r Years and Post-W ar Years, P art-Tim e Em ploym ent, In ter­ national and Foreign W om en, E ngland , Con­ ferences, Roles and A ttitudes, History, and a general series of miscellaneous material. B U I L D I N G S • T h e E ile e n and K enneth T . Norris M ed­ ical L ib rary, th e sixth m ajor bu ilding to b e erected on the campus o f th e U n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a S c h o o l o f M e d i c i n e in E a st L os Angeles, was dedicated in b rief ceremonies on W ednesday (D e c . 4 ) . Named in honor o f a U S C trustee and his w ife, who are th e sole private donors, the $ 1 ,7 2 0 ,0 0 0 building is a three-level 46,000-sq u are-fo ot structure w hich w ill accom m odate 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 vol­ umes, providing expansion needs until 1980. Classical in appearance and reflecting a design concept based on both function and aesthetics, Norris M edical L ib rary seems to “preside” over the raised 15 0 -b y -2 5 0 -fo o t plaza on w hich it is positioned at the cen ter o f the campus. T h e building was designed by A lbert C . M artin and Associates, Los Angeles. Tw o of the three levels of the 9 0 -b y -1 2 0 -fo o t structure m ay be seen from the plaza. A third level is below grade and extends the length of th e plaza, which gives th e building m uch o f its interior space, the area of th e sub-grade floor being equal to th at of the two upper stories. E n ­ trance to the library is a t the m iddle level, or from th e plaza. Facilities inside th e building include a two- story atrium lob by and display cen ter, exten­ sive stack areas, special rooms for U S C ’s rare books, Salerni Collegium History of M edicine, and the Jo h n L . W e b b M em orial Collections. Staff offices, lounges, a lecture hall, and rooms for a microfilm library, duplicating and copy­ ing processes, cataloguing and other library technical processes are also provided. Sp ecial electronic security systems provide protection (C on tin u ed o n p a g e 3 8 ) N E WS AC R L News Issue of College & Research Libraries E ditor, D avid Kaser, Cornell University L i­ braries, Ith aca, N .Y. 14850. Managing E ditor, M ary Falvey, 5 0 E . Huron S t., C hicago 6 0 6 1 1 . News E ditor, D avid D oerrer, Cornell U ni­ versity L ibraries, Ith a ca , N.Y. 14850. E d i t o r i a l B o a r d : J o h n M. D a w s o n , U n i v e r s i t y o f D e l a ­ w a r e ; G u s t a v e A. H a r r e r , U n i v e r s i t y o f F l o r i d a ; S a m u e l R o t h s t e i n , U n i v e r s i t y o f B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a ; J a m e s E . S k i p p e r , U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , B e r k e l e y ; N o r m a n E . T a n i s , K a n s a s S t a t e C o l l e g e o f P i t t s b u r g ; M a u r i c e F . T a u b e r , C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y ; E e l e e n T h o r n t o n , O b e r l i n C o l l e g e . 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The study areas themselves are structured to the particular need of th e m edi­ cal student w ith a scattering of large tables to accommodate some of th e outsized books he m ust use. Distractions are minimized by the separation of study areas, by only small out­ side window areas, and by low-velocity air conditioning. • In June 1968, the U n i v e r s i t y o f H a w library inaugurated a new main library build­ ing. Designed by Jones & Emmons of Los Angeles, California, in association w ith Hogan & Chapman of Honolulu, the building pro­ vides approximately 106,000 square feet of additional space for the library program. It constitutes the first unit of the new University library. Space has been distributed over four floors as follows: 1040 reader spaces, near­ ly all carrel seating, and open-shelf bookstacks for a maximum of 800,000 volumes. The ad­ dition has doubled the total seating capacity and more than doubled the book capacity. Total cost: $3,451,000, $1,088,000 of which was granted under the Higher Education F a­ cilities Act. The Gregg M. Sinclair Library, which was constructed in 1956, contains some 117,000 square feet and has been retained for Expert Service on M A G A ZIN E SUBSCRIPTIONS for ALL LIBRARIES ★ FA XO N LIBRARIAN 'S GUIDE available on request ★ Fast, efficient, centralized service for over 80 years. Library business is our only business! ★ F. W . 5 1 F 5 -5 A 2 5 X H O y d N e P a C rk O A v e ., . INC. B o s to n , M a ss. 02131 ★ C o n tin u o u s Service to Libra rie s Since 1886 a i library purposes. It is slated for major refur­ bishing during the current fiscal year, to out­ fit it for the undergraduate library program. A new emphasis is being placed on independ­ ent learning through the installation of ap­ proximately 138 audio carrels which will have dial access to 60 program sources. Dr. Ira Harris directs the undergraduate library pro­ gram. Phase II of the research library building program will be planned in detail in fiscal 70. The main outlines are clear: a book tower, adjoining the new main library, w ith space for one million volumes and 1,500 reader spaces. Plans are afoot to build a new East-W est Cen­ i ter library which will also adjoin the new main library and share the main entrance. F E L L O W S H I P S , S C H O L A R S H I P S • A new $5,000 scholarship, to be awarded annually, was announced on 10 November by the Council of the C a n a d i a n L i b r a r y As­ s o c i a t i o n . Presented by the World Book- Childcraft of Canada Ltd. this award, called “The Howard V. Phalin-World Book G rad­ uate Scholarship in Library Science,” is given in honour of Mr. Phalin who recently retired as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Field Enterprises Educational Cor­ poration in Chicago. I t will be administered by th e Canadian Library Association. The schol­ arship, which is designed for advanced study in the field of library science, will be awarded to candidates w ith several years experience in library work who have clearly demonstrated outstanding qualities of leadership and initi­ ative. The first of the “Howard V. Phalin- World Book Graduate Scholarships” will be given in 1969 for the academic year 1969-70. • The Biomedical Library, Center for the H ealth Sciences, U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , Los A n g e l e s , is offering four traineeships in medical librarianship for the year beginning September 1, 1969. The program provides for a year of planned work in the various de­ partments of the library combined with enroll­ m ent in a limited number of courses selected from the fields of the biological sciences, his­ tory of science, information science (docu­ m entation) and foreign languages. Opportu­ nities for specialized training in certain aspects of medical librarianship are available for train­ ees with appropriate qualifications. Applicants must be citizens of the United States (o r have applied for citizenship), and hold master’s de­ grees from American Library Association ac­ credited library schools. Preference will be giv­ en to recent library school graduates who have strong backgrounds in the biological sciences. Application forms and additional information should be requested from: Miss Louise Darling, 39 Librarian, Biomedical Library, Center for the Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024. The deadline for submitting applications is April 1, 1969. • The U n i v e r s i t y o f F l o r i d a libraries of­ fers a number of graduate assistantships for the academic year 1969/70, primarily for practic­ ing professional librarians interested in study leading to a master’s or doctoral degree in a subject field other than library science. Sti­ pends of $2,400 are awarded for a nine-month work-study period, and require 15 hours of library duty each week. Holders of assistant­ ships are exempt from out-of-state tuition fees b u t pay resident registration fee. Awards are conditional on admission to the Graduate School of the University, and formal applica­ tions, including Graduate Record Examination scores, must be subm itted by February 15, 1969; necessary forms may be obtained from the Director of Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32601. G R A N T S • Dr. J. Periam Danton, Professor, school of librarianship, U n i v e r s i t y , o f C a l i f o r n i a , B e r k e l e y , has been named director of a study of sixth year specialist programs in library ed­ ucation. The study is a special project of the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association, and was aw arded one of the two 1969-70 J. Morris Jones-World Book Encyclopedia-ALA Goals Awards of $12,000 each. The study will survey existing programs of post-Master’s study in the library schools ac­ credited by the American Library Association, to determine their aims, content and methods. It will also attem pt to evaluate th e success of these programs to date, and to recommend ap­ propriate directions for planning of future programs. Collection of th e data will begin in December 1968, and it is hoped th at the study will be completed by July 1969. The J. Mor­ ris Jones-World Book Encyclopedia-ALA Goals Award is an annual grant of $25,000 to ALA made by the Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, Inc., intended to encourage and advance the development of public a n d /o r school library service and librarianship through recognition and support of programs which im­ plement Goals for Action adopted by the Council of the American Library Association. • T he Council on Library Resources, Inc., has made a grant of $25,000 to the L i b r a r y o f C o n g r e s s to support a 3-month project to de­ termine the feasibility of converting the Li­ brary’s retrospective cataloging records to ma­ chine-readable form for the Library of Con­ gress and for the American library community. As a result of th e Library’s 1966-67 pilot proj­ T H I S S E A L G U A R A N T E E S BOOK PERFORMANCE” You may ask, "H ow does one measure p e r f o r m a n c e ? ” — By q u a lity , o f course! The better the quality, the greater the performance. 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A XEROX COMPANY XEROX 41 ect for MAchine-Readable Cataloging ( MARC) and the library community’s acceptance of the MARC II format th a t followed, the L i­ brary of Congress will initiate a MARC Dis­ tribution Service early this year for magnetic tapes containing MARC records for currently cataloged books in English. Many libraries which have computer facilities available to them and which plan to subscribe to the MARC service are interested in converting their past cataloging records to machine-read­ able form also. Since funds and manpower available to each library vary and bibliograph­ ic needs among libraries differ, individual con­ versions would not necessarily produce stand­ ardized products; moreover, such conversion would mean a duplication of effort. Since the Library of Congress will soon b e converting its current cataloging for English-language monographs to a full MARC II format and is already seeking to determine the feasibility and most expeditious means of converting its retrospective material, the Library sought a grant to include other members of th e library community—who are users of its cataloging data—in its deliberations in order to reach m u­ tually beneficial conclusions. The 3-month project, w ith deputy librarian of Congress John G. Lorenz as officer-in-charge, will cover bibliographic, economic, and technical aspects of conversion. A report to the Council on Li­ brary Resources will contain an account of project activities and an evaluation of the feasibility of continued effort. • T he J o h n C r e r a r L i b r a r y has receive a grant of $69,784 from the National Science Foundation, for partial support of the National Translations Center operated by the library. Translations prepared by government agen­ cies, industries, societies, academic institutions and individuals are contributed to th e Center, which indexes them and makes them available to others on request, at a nominal photocopying and service fee. A semi-monthly bulletin, Translations-Register Index, announces new accessions and provides a quarterly cumulat­ ing index, using computer techniques. An Ad­ visory Board of fifteen members is being formed, representing major scientific and pro­ fessional associations. The Center succeeds the Special Libraries Association Translations Center, established at Crerar by contract in 1953. More than 100,000 translations have been supplied since th a t date to scientists and industrial users in the U.S., Canada and overseas. This cooperative enter­ prise helps prevent duplication of expensive translation efforts, and th e savings thus far are estimated at some $10 million. The collection numbers over 135,000 translations into English, about 40 per cent being from Russian scien­ d tific and technical periodicals. Most European and some Asiatic languages (especially Japa­ nese) are also represented. Records of trans­ lations available from other sources are also maintained. Inquiries on availability and or­ ders for translations on file are welcomed by mail, telephone and teletype. Address: N a­ tional Translations Center, John Crerar Li­ brary, 35 W. 33rd St., Chicago, Illinois 60616. (Telephone 312-225-2526; teletype 312-431- 1758.) Success of the undertaking is dependent upon wide participation by all who prepare and use translated materials. Anonymity of deposits is assured through careful obliteration of all markings which might conceivably trace proprietary origin. If retention copies of trans­ lations cannot be provided, th e C enter will microfilm and prom ptly return items loaned for th e purpose. Translations-Register Index‚ prepared by the Center, continues to be spon­ sored by Special Libraries Association, 235 Park Ave. South, New York, N.Y. 10003. Sub­ scriptions and back files a t $30 per year may be ordered from SLA. • Aided by a $10,000 grant from the American Council of Learned Societies, a P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y historian is laying groundwork for an Historical D ata Center w ith the long-range goal of assembling a vast, computer-readable storehouse of facts about th e people—both well-known and little known —who have helped make history. Now in its formative stages, the C enter will concentrate on collecting computer tapes of m ultiple b i­ ographies of im portant historical groups—con­ gressmen, for example, or scientists, bureau­ crats or maybe even pirates. Dr. Theodore K. Rabb, Associate Professor of History, is direc­ tor of the fledgling Center. T he eventual use­ fulness of the Center will depend on the am ount of biographical data it is able to as­ semble. Already the Center has two large bodies of data on file: British historian T. H. Hollingsworth’s collection of biographical infor­ mation about some 28,000 English aristocrats, stored on punched computer cards; and Dr. Rabb’s own computer tape of 8,683 members of E ngland’s Parliam ent and investors in E ng­ lish maritime activity in the 16th and 17th centuries. Dr. Rabb foresees th a t his Center will be useful to a large num ber of historians five to ten years hence, depending on th e level of financial support it continues to re­ ceive. The American Council of Learned So­ cieties (A C L S), which is underw riting the project, is one of two sponsors. Its Committee- on Information Technology has joined w ith an AHA Committee on the Q uantitative D ata of History in identifying this area of research as; an im portant one for historians today. 42 Dept. 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(1833-73)............................ $615.00 L IB R A R Y O F C O N G R E S S A U T H O R C A T A L O G : C U M U L A T IV E LIST O F W O R K S R EPR ESEN T ED BY L IB R A R Y O F C O N G R E S S PR IN T ED C A R D S 1948-52. Ann Arbor, 1953. 24 vols........................................................... $1 19.00 M E R C U R E DE F R A N C E . Vols. 1-100 (1 8 9 0 -1 9 1 2 )................................................ $399.00 LE M E R C U R E F R A N C O IS ; OU, L A SUITE DE L 'H IS T O IR E . Vols. 1-25 Paris, 1617-48. (35mm microfilm).................................................................... $250.00 N O T E S A N D Q U E R IE S. Series V-XII (1874-1923). (3 x 5)........................................ $450.00 Organization of American States. O F F IC IA L D O C U M E N T S , 1967.............................. $600.00 P O L IT IC A L STATE O F G R E A T BRITAIN . Vols. 1-60. London, 1711-40.......................... $299.00 U. S. Library of Congress. A C A T A L O G O F B O O K S R EPR ESEN T ED BY L IB R A R Y O F C O N G R E S S PR IN T ED C A R D S . SU P P LEM EN T : C A R D S ISSU E D A U G . I, 1942-DEC. 31, 1947. Ann Arbor, 1948. 42 v o l s . ........................... $199.00 U. S. Superintendent of Documents. M O N T H L Y C A T A L O G O F U N IT ED STATES G O V E R N M E N T P U B L IC A T IO N S . 1885-1960............................................ $510.00 The above titles are all on microfiche and micro­ opaque cards that are 105 x 148mm (4 " x 6 "), unless indicated otherwise. M 901 T I WE C NTY R -SIXT O H STREE C T, A N.W. R , W A D SH IN ® G T O E N , D D. C. I 2 T 0037 I , 2 O 02/3 N 33-63 S 93 I N D U S T R I A L P R O D U C T S D I V I S I O N , T H E N A T I O N A L C A S H R E G IS T E R C O M P A N Y 43 M E E T I N G S Feb. 10-11: Institute in Cleveland jointly sponsored by th e Library of Congress Informa­ tion Systems Office, the Division of Library Automation of ALA, and Case W estern Re­ serve University school of library science to ex­ plain the organization and use of L C ’s MARC m agnetic tapes which became available for dis­ tribution beginning Oct. 1. T he program is d i­ rected a t catalogers, acquisitions librarians, heads of these departm ents, d ata processing li­ brarians and heads of technical processes. Reg­ istration is limited to 100. Send nam e and address to: IS A D /L C MARC Institutes, Ameri­ can Library Association, 50 E. H uron St., Chi­ cago, I11. 60611, w ith fee of $43. M ar. 7: The D w ight D. Eisenhower Presi­ dential Library will host a conference on west­ ern history. T he speakers a t th e one day con­ ference are Dr. John Hawgood of the Uni­ versity of Birmingham, England; Dr. Joe B. Frantz, Chairman of th e History D epartm ent, University of Texas; and Dr. William E. Unrau, Professor of History, W ichita State University, W ichita, Kansas. Coinciding with the conference is an art show entitled “The W est in Art.” This exhibit will open a newly decorated exhibit gallery and will be open to the public for two weeks. The paintings ex­ hibited are select works from General Eisen­ hower’s private collections. M ar. 24-25: Institute in Los Angeles jointly sponsored by th e Library of Congress Informa­ tion Systems Office, the Division of Library Automation of ALA, and UCLA libraries to explain the organization and use of L C ’s MARC magnetic tapes which became available for dis­ tribution beginning Oct. 1. T he program is directed a t catalogers, acquisitions librarians, heads of these departm ents, d ata processing librarians and heads of technical processes. Registration is limited to 100. Send name and address to: IS A D /L C MARC Institutes, American Library Association, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, I11. 60611, w ith fee of $47. M ar. 27-29: Fourth Annual Conference on Junior College libraries, University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, Illinois. T he main con­ ference them e will be "T he Multi-Media Cen­ ters in Action.” Main speakers scheduled to date are Louis Shores and Peter Kim. Programs and registration information are available from: Mr. George A. Fox, D ean of Learning Ser­ vices, Prairie State College, 10th Street and Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights, Illinois 60411. A p r il 14-15: Institute in Houston jointly sponsored by th e Library of Congress Infor­ mation Systems Office, the Division of Library Automation of ALA, and th e Rice University FOR REFERENCE CO LLECTIO N S JAMES TH U RBER : A B IB L IO G R A P H Y C o m p ile d by Edw in T. Bow den An e xh a ustive stud y o f th e T h u rb e r can o n th a t does m u ch to suggest th e w o r k in g ha b its, p ro d u c tiv ity , and s ta tu re o f th e n o te d w rite r, h is to ria n , sa tirist, and c r itic o f his tim es. $10.00 A G U ID E T O B O O K REVIEW C IT A T IO N S A B IB L IO G R A P H Y O F S O U R C E S C o m p ile d by Richard A. C ra y A w o r k th a t w ill g re a tly fa c ilita te th e search fo r m ore e xte nsive re­ v ie w references to b o o ks in f o r ­ eign languages, b o oks p u b lis h e d d u rin g o r b e fo re th e n in e te e n th c e n tu ry , and books in h ig h ly spe­ c ia liz e d fie lds. $7.00 T O R U SSIA A N D RETURN C o m p ile d b y Harry W. N erh o o d A n a n n o ta te d b ib lio g ra p h y o f som e 1400 English-language ac­ c o u n t s o f v i s i t s t o M u s c o v y , cza rist Russia, and th e S oviet U n io n , fro m th e n in th c e n tu ry to th e present day. $10.00 TH E LIT ER A R Y M A N U SC R IP T S O F H A R T CR A N E C o m p ile d by Kenneth A. Lo h f “ Calendars o f A m e ric a n Literary M a n u s c rip ts ," No. 1. "S u ch w o rk s as th is w ill save scholars and c ritic s w eeks o f in v e s tig a tio n ." — Library Journal. $6.50 O H IO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2070 Neil Avenue C olum bus 43210 44 is there a way to end periodical pile-up? yes. Now, three unique abstracts jo u r n a ls h e lp end th e p r o b ­ lem of those piles and piles of te c h n ic a l p e rio d ic a ls . SO LID STATE ABSTRACTS JOURNAL, ELE C TR O N IC S A B S TR A C TS JOURNAL, and INFORMATION PROCESSING JOURNAL pro­ v id e c o m p re h e n s iv e c o v e ra g e of w orld-w ide sources in their re s p e c tiv e fie ld s . P e rio d ic a ls , government reports, conference p ro c e e d in g s , bo o ks, d is s e rta ­ tions, and patents are abstracted, indexed, cross-referenced, and published regularly. Librarians and library users alike will appre­ ciate the ease with w hich perti­ nent material can be researched. Write for more inform ation, in­ cluding special low rates and back-issue offer to new sub­ scribers. Make life a little sim pler for everybody, yourself included. Cambridge Com munications Corp., 1612 “ K” St., N.W., Wash­ ington, D.C. 20006, U.S.A. C A M B R I D G E C O M M U N I C A T I O N S C O R P O R A T I O N libraries, to explain the organization and use of L C ’s MARC magnetic tapes which became available for distribution beginning Oct. 1. The program is directed at catalogers, acquisi­ tions librarians, heads of these departments, data processing librarians and heads of tech­ nical processes. Registration is limited to 100. Send name and address to: ISA D /L C MARC Institutes, American Library Association, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, I11. 60611, w ith fee of $47. M ay 2-3: Fourteenth annual Midwest Aca­ demic Librarians Conference a t Miami U ni­ versity, Oxford, Ohio. Ju n e 17-20: Puerto Rico will be the site of the Fourteenth Seminar on the Acquisition of L atin American Library Materials, June 17-20, 1969. T he acquisition of Latin American scientific and technological materials will b e the special topic for discussion. Other ses­ sions will deal w ith progress made in the past year on matters concerning th e booktrade and acquisitions, bibliography, exchange of publica­ tions, official publications, photoduplication of Latin American materials, and archives. Meet­ ings of the Seminar Committees will take place on W ednesday morning, June 18. The first gen­ eral session will be held W ednesday afternoon FOR THE RUSSIAN BOOK SECTION Reference and Source M aterial • Russian Literature: Classics, Contemporary • Linguistics and Literary Criticism • English-Russian and Russian-English Dictionaries • Russian Language Records, Folk Songs and D ram atic Readings • Children’s Literature • Books on A rt • Books on Science • Textbooks on mathematics, geography, natural sciences, history, etc. • Socio-Economic Literature • Russian Atlases and Maps • Soviet Magazines and Newspapers Inquire about our out-of-print books and back issue magazines. W r ite fo r Catalogs & Prices P h o n e 212 CH 2-4500 F O U R C O N T I N E N T B O O K C O R P . D E P T . 7 7 0 1 5 6 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10 0 1 0 45 to initiate committee and progress reports, and the last one on Friday morning, June 20. Meet­ ings of th e Executive Board of th e newly incor­ porated SALALM will be held on the evening of Tuesday, June 17, and at luncheon on W ednes­ day, June 18. Institutional registration in the Fourteenth Seminar is $15.00, w hich includes preprint working papers only available through payment of the institutional registration. These papers, including the Progress R eport on books in th e Americas, will be distributed at th e time of the m eeting to participants and to those registered b u t not attending. T he registration fee for additional participants from th e institu­ tion registering is $7.50, and includes preprint working papers. Additional sets of working p a ­ pers can be subscribed to in advance for $5.00 each. The Final R eport and W orking Papers will be subsequently published by the Pan American Union. Information on the content of th e program and working papers can be procured from Mr. James Andrews, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439. For other information, refer to th e Executive Secretary, Mrs. Marietta Daniels Shepard, Pan American Union, W ash­ ington, D.C. 20006. J u l y 20-Aug. 1: T hird annual Library Ad­ ministrators Development Program a t the U ni­ versity of Maryland’s Donaldson Brown Center, Port Deposit, Maryland. Seminar sessions will concentrate on the principal administrative is­ sues which senior managers encounter. Director of th e program will be John Rizzo, associate professor, School of Government and Business Administration, George W ashington University. Those interested in further information are in ­ vited to address inquiries to the Library Ad­ ministrators Development Program, School of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742. I N T E R N A T I O N A L S C E N E • The U.S. D epartm ent of State has bee informed by the Director-General of Unesco that the instrum ent of accession by M a l t a to the Universal Copyright Convention was de­ posited on August 19, 1968. In accordance w ith Article IX, paragraph 2, of th e Conven­ tion, Malta’s participation in th e U.C.C. will be effective on November 19, 1968, 3 months after the deposit of the instrum ent of acces­ sion. Malta is the 56th country to become a party to the Universal Copyright Convention, which came into force on September 16, 1955, and is an international treaty to which the U nited States is a party. Its practical purpose is to reduce to a minimum the formalities re­ quired for securing for the works of citizens n in each participating country copyright pro­ tection in the other participating countries. • O n Thursday, November 21, 1968, a gathering of more than 1,000 notables cele­ b rated the completion of the new building of th e National D iet Library and the 20th year of its establishment. T he formalities of dedication of th e building were led in an ad­ dress by Yoshikatsu Kono, th e National D iet Librarian, followed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mitsujiro Ishii; the President of th e House of Councillors, Yuzo Shigemune; th e Prime Minister, Eisaku Sato; and th e Chief Justice of th e Supreme Court, Masatoshi Yokota. In the audience were mem­ bers of the Diet, ambassadors and other rep­ resentatives of foreign countries, and repre­ sentatives of universities, libraries, publishing companies and the press, and other cultural agencies and institutions. The building is a monumental concrete structure, immediately adjacent to the National D iet building. It is square in plan, 295 feet on a side, w ith six stories above ground and a seventh below. Total floor area, exclusive of book stacks, is 534,477 square feet. T he central book stack is also square, 148 feet on a side, w ith 17 floors containing 108 miles of shelving, with a capacity for 4.5 million volumes (th e col­ lection currently numbers 2.4 million volumes). There is a main reading room and 17 special rooms w ith a total seating capacity of 1,304. T he cost of the building was 4.9 billion yen ($13.6 m illion). M I S C E L L A N Y • Formal ceremonies marking the presenta­ tion and dedication of a Royal Columbian handpress were held Sunday, Nov. 17, at the University o f California, D avis. Robert H. Power of the N ut Tree, Vacaville, president of th e UCD Library Associates, m ade the presentation of the press on behalf of the organization, and Vice-Chancellor Chester O. McCorkle, Jr., accepted th e gift for the Uni­ versity. The press, obtained through the as­ sistance of Roger Levenson of th e Tamalpais Press in Berkeley and purchased in England by the Library Associates, was reconditioned there. Levenson has reassembled the press, w hich was m anufactured in Edinburgh, Scot­ land, sometime between 1832 and 1850, and p u t it into operation in the departm ent of special collections on th e fourth floor of th e main library. W ith this acquisition the Davis campus has joined a select group of colleges in the nation to have, in working condition, a handpress suitable for teaching about the early printing methods. T he press is believed to be the first Columbian on an American university campus, and brings to six th e num­ 46 FROM McGRAW-HILL GUIDE TO THE USE OF BOOKS AND LIBRARIES, Second Edition B y J ean K ey G ates, U niversity o f S o u th Florida. 2 0 0 pages. A vailable Spring in so ft cover a n d cloth editions. A com prehensive tex tb o o k in lay m an ’s language fo r college fresh m en an d o th er students w ho req u ire instruction in the use o f books a n d libraries. E m phasis is placed on th e m any kinds o f lib rary m aterials, b o th general an d specialized, an d on the skills needed in locating, selecting, describing, an d using and evaluating these m aterials fo r specific p u r­ poses. T h e new edition covers the new lib rary technology b ro u g h t ab o u t by th e applica­ tio n o f com puters to lib ra ry science a n d resulting in specialized, com puter-established centralized libraries fo r law, m edicine, ro ck etry , etc. INTRODUCTION TO REFERENCE WORK: Vol I, Basic Inform a­ tion Sources B y W il l ia m K atz, State U niversity o f N e w Y o rk , A lb a n y . M cG ra w -H ill Series in L i­ brary Science. 352 pages. A vailable Spring. D escribes th e basic referen ce sources em ployed by th e school, public, college, and university lib rarian an d relates th e types of sources to specific reference problem s. T h ro u g h o u t th e tex t em phasis is placed u p o n how to best answ er questions and w here the answ ers a re to be fo u n d — not o n titles p e r se. All o f the basic form s are considered an d the principles applicable to the fo rm s are illustrated w ith specific titles. A short history is given o f each fo rm (d ictio n ary , encyclopedia, etc.) T h e ap pendix lists a basic reference collection fo r th e sm all p ub lic lib rary an d th e school library. INTRODUCTION TO REFERENCE WORK: Vol . II, R eference Services B y W il l ia m K atz (see above). E xplains th e fu n d am en tals o f reference services an d m akes suggestions as to how they m ay be im proved. A brief back g ro u n d h isto ry is follow ed w ith specific instructions on how to c a rry o u t a referen ce interview , how to evaluate referen ce w orks, an d the p ro b ­ lem s one is likely to en co u n te r in a reference situation an d how th ey are solved. T h e ap ­ p ro a c h is p ractical an d p ragm atic an d is directed a t the general reference situation in an y type o f lib rary fro m th e elem entary school to th e university. INTRODUCTION TO LIBRARIANSHIP B y J ean K e y G at es, U niversity o f S o u th Florida. M cG ra w -H ill Series in L ibrary E d u ­ cation. 415 pages, $7.50. A nsw ering a long felt need in lib rary education, this tex t treats th e m ajo r topics w hich generally m ake u p th e in tro d u c to ry course in lib rarian sh ip an d provides ad eq u ate re f­ erences to enable th e stu d en t to pu rsu e any given topic to fu rth e r lengths. I t sets fo rth th e m ost fu n d am en tal elem ents o f lib rarian sh ip in sufficient detail to help th e student acquire a historical back g ro u n d an d a n u n d erstan d in g o f m ajo r lib ra ry objectives, services a n d needs. McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY 3 3 0 West 42n d Street, New York, N. Y. 1 0 0 3 6 47 ber in the state. Four of these Columbians are privately owned and one belongs to an organi­ zation. • A computerized book catalog of the quarter-million volumes in the library of th e U n i v e r s i t y of California, Santa C r u z will replace UCSC’s conventional card catalog w ithin a year, according to UCSC librarian D onald T. Clark. One of several such de­ velopm ental efforts in the nation, th e 5,000- page printout catalog lists UCSC library hold­ ings by subject. T he original set of ten vol­ umes in five copies was ready for use by UCSC students, faculty and the library staff by the second day of classes this fall. Printouts listing the holdings by author and by title will be ready for use for the beginning of W inter Q uarter (January 2 ). The computer catalog will be kept current through supplements is­ sued periodically during th e year. • The school of library service at A t l a n t a U n i v e r s i t y has instituted two programs to im­ prove the administration of libraries in pre­ dominantly Negro colleges: a one-year in- service program for librarians w hich includes a six-week workshop and an internship, and a three-year program which will provide spe­ cial study grants to enable 60 students to earn master’s degrees in library service. A Ford Foundation grant finances the programs. • W ith its $3.5 million addition just com­ pleted, Price Gilbert Memorial Library at G e o r g i a T e c h has established a new section th at will provide library services to off-campus commercial users. T he director of libraries at Tech, Mrs. J. Henley Crosland, has announced th a t the Technical Information Service at the library will be headed by James B. Dodd, former graduate librarian at Tech. T he service will be available to industrial, research and commercial off-campus users of the library facilities. T he service will supplement indus­ tries and businesses w ith existing library fa­ cilities and will serve as the total library for smaller businesses and industries th a t have no facilities. Retrospective literature searches and current awareness literature searching and notification are services th a t will be available for the first tim e to off-campus users. Photo­ copying of journal articles, books, theses, and other materials in the library’s collection will continue to be available. An off-campus user may request th a t photocopies be m ade of m a­ terials th at are not in th e Tech collection. Price Gilbert Memorial Library was chosen by the Library of Congress as one of 16 li­ braries in th e U nited States and Canada to take p art in a pilot program to develop pro­ cedures for using computers to speed informa­ tion retrieval. I t is also one of 12 libraries in the nation utilized to store various government documents, and scientific reports of private domestic corporations and businesses. I t is the only library south of W ashington, D.C., w ith a collection of U.S. patents. • T he N e w b e r r y L i b r a r y and Bell & Howell Company announce plans to make N ewberry Library holdings available by photo­ duplication. Lawrence W. Towner, director and librarian of T he Newberry Library in Chicago, and Perry Bourell, Sales M anager of Micro Photo Division, Bell & Howell Company of Cleveland, have announced the signing of an agreem ent by which the N ewberry’s hold­ ings, at present totaling almost a million vol­ umes, will be made available to other insti­ tutions and to individuals by microfilm, and other methods of photoduplication. Micro Photo will maintain a camera departm ent at th e Library in order to provide efficient and economical service to scholars who wish to avail themselves of th e Newberry’s rich re­ sources in th e history and literature of W estern Europe and the Americas. They will also make available particularly noteworthy sections of Newberry’s collections which form coherent units for study. In some instances m aterial in the library’s collections will not be available for duplication for reasons of copyright, po­ tential damage to the original, conditions im­ posed by a donor, or other valid reasons. The first of th e Newberry-Micro Photo film libraries will be th e collection of French Renaissance political pam phlets of approximately four thousand volumes, described in two catalogues compiled by Doris V. W elsh and published by th e Newberry in 1950 and 1955, which will be issued probably during 1970. L ater projects will include Newberry’s collection of book catalogues, a particularly rich assemblage of materials of interest to bibliographers and library historians. Information on ordering in­ dividual titles can be obtained from Micro Photo Division, Bell & Howell Company, 1700 Shaw Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44112. • The circulation departm ents of th e grad­ uate and undergraduate libraries at the U n i ­ v e r s i t y o f M i c h i g a n have been preparing for the January 2, 1969 im plementation of an autom ated circulation system. IBM 1030 data collection equipm ent will be employed in a m anner similar to th e IBM 357 system now used in th e closed reserve section of the undergraduate library. Initially the circulation files will be updated and printed daily. By 1970 th e printout may be replaced by an on­ line teletype inquiry. • The A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y o f I n d e x e r s , a new organization of professional indexers, was founded at a m eeting held recently at the G raduate Center of the City University of New York. Alan M. Greengrass, of the N ew 48 First printing,1609. 500 copies. 49 Second printing,1968. One copy. We don’t know exacdy how many copies of this book were originally published 359 years ago. But we do know that as fewer and fewer of these copies remained in existence, more and more people have wanted to read them. And those copies that are still intact are diffi­ cult for even a scholar to get his hands on. Be­ cause the most effective way for a library to pro­ tect its rare books from being destroyed is to pro­ tect them from being used by too many people. University Microfilms is in business to make sure that the available supply of any given book is precisely equal to the demand for it. If so much as one copy of a book exists, and that copy is capable of being microfilmed, we can make as many additional copies as anyone wants. As of this moment, we have over 30,000 out-of- print books on microfilm And if we don’t have a book, we’ll find it, film it, and turn out copies like the one above. Books printed in Roman alphabets cost you 4¢ per page. Books in non-Roman alphabets cost 2¢ a page more. And the minimum order we fill is one copy. If you’re interested in seeing which books we already have on film, send $3.25 for our 800-page catalog. (If you’re a librarian, send us a letter on your library’s stationery instead of the money.) In addition to the catalog, we’ll send you our monthly publication listing all the books we’ve added to it. Then, should what you want turn out to be something other than what we have, send us the title, author and publisher’s name. If copies of the book are still around, we’ll see that you get one, also. Uni 300 North ve Z eeb R rsi oad, A ty nn Ar bo M r, M i ich c . 4 r 810 o 3, ( f 31 i 3) l 7 m 61-470 s 0 University M icrofilms Lim ited, High W ycom b, England. A XEROX COMPANYXERO X 50 York Times information service, was elected President pro tem. Other officers elected were Mrs. Jessica L. Harris of Columbia University, Secretary, and Dee Atkinson, Mills College of Education, New York City, Treasurer. Theo­ dore C. Hines of Columbia University, pre­ sided until the election of officers. Robert J. Palmer, well known indexer and honorary rep­ resentative of the (British) Society of Indexers, w ith which the new group will b e affiliated, reported on his consultations in London this Fall with Council members of the older society. Dues for the new group were temporarly set a t $10 per year, which, subject to final arrange­ ments, will include a subscription to the journal The Indexer, which the American Society of Indexers will join in supporting. President Greengrass is appointing a committee to draft a constitution and bylaws which will be pre­ sented to the membership at the next meeting of the Society in April. Membership applica­ tions and a copy of the address list of those expressing interest in joining the Society are available from Mrs. Jessica L. Harris, Secre­ tary, American Society of Indexers, 43 Wilson Place, Freeport, N.Y. 11520. The purpose of the group, which has re­ ceived warm support from free-lance and other professional indexers, publishers, and other interested organizations, is to promote higher standards of indexing, to provide for information exchange in indexing, and to en­ courage education in th e field. A subcommittee under th e chairmanship of George Loewy, formerly Chief of Indexing and Bibliography for Crowell Collier and Macmillan, Inc., is considering the establishment of a registry or panel of qualified indexers as a service to the profession and to organizations and publishers. • The Current Digest o f the Soviet Press, a weekly publication, has accepted an invita­ tion to move to Ohio State University from Columbia University. Dr. Leon I. Twarog, professor and chairman of Ohio State’s de­ partm ent of Slavic languages and literatures, said the move will be made June 1, 1969. • At a special meeting of the Board of Directors on September 21, the American As­ sociation for the Advancement of Slavic Studies voted to transfer th e Slavic Review from Co­ lumbia University to the U n i v e r s i t y o f W a s h i n g t o n , where it will be edited by Don­ ald W . Treadgold. Correspondence concerning editorial matters should henceforth be ad­ dressed to Donald W . Treadgold, Managing Editor, 508 Thompson Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, W ashington 98105. Cor­ respondence concerning subscriptions and mem­ berships should continue to be addressed to Mrs. Agnes W . Wilson at the AAASS office, 1207 W est Oregon Street, University of Illi­ nois, Urbana, Illinois 61801. P U B L I C A T I O N S • Goldhor, Herbert, ed. Research Methods in Librarianship: Measurement and Evaluation (No. 8 ), University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, Urbana, 1968, 131 pages, $5, is the latest monograph published by the University of Illinois graduate school of li­ brary science. The volume contains 11 papers that were presented at a conference sponsored by the school in 1967. Three of the papers concern themselves with the newer mathematical techniques of evalu­ ating and measuring research methods. Au­ thors of these papers were John Moriarty, di­ rector of libraries, Purdue University; Eugene Jackson, director of information retrieval and library services, International Business Ma­ chines Corp., and Robert Pingry, U. of I. professor of secondary and continuing educa­ tion and of mathematics. Four of the papers deal with the measurement and evaluation methods of various fields. These papers are by Robert Ferber, U. of I. professor of eco­ nomics and marketing and director of the university’s Survey Research Laboratory; Charles Allen, associate dean of the U. of I. College of Education; Wilson Thiede, professor of adult education, University of Wisconsin, and Harry Triandis, U. of I. professor of psychology. The other papers deal w ith the definition of a criterion for evaluating and measuring. Kenneth Beasley, head of the de­ partm ent of political science, the University of Texas at El Paso; Charles Armstrong, sta­ tistician, New York State Education D epart­ ment; Jean Lowrie, professor and head of the departm ent of librarianship, W estern Michigan University, and Maurice Tauber, professor of librarianship, Columbia University, contributed their ideas on this topic. • Charles E . Swanson, President of E n c y ­ c l o p a e d i a B r i t a n n i c a , Inc., has announced the company’s plan to develop a series of comprehensive resource and research libraries in the new medium of ultramicrofiche. Li­ braries in the ultramicrofiche medium offer several distinct advantages: (1 ) acquisition cost (including the necessary high-quality readers) is a fraction of th e cost of the same collection in book form, ( 2 ) space require­ ments for UMF materials is far less than for book storage, (3 ) centralized selection and cataloging make possible the achievement of higher standards of library service at much lower costs. The space advantage of a library in ultramicrofiche over one in book form is dramatic. For example, the volumes in the Library of American Civilization would re­ 51 quire approximately 2,000 feet of shelf space; the same volumes reproduced in ultramicrofiche could be contained in six small card trays that would fit easily on an ordinary bridge table. Ultramicrofiche is similar to microfiche, the form of document storage and retrieval now in wide use in government and industry. How­ ever, microfiche generally contains only 60 to 100 images per card; the ultramicrofiche can contain up to 3,000 images in the same space, at reductions of 150X. W ith the use of a UMF reader, the image is projected from inside the reader onto a viewing screen at normal, or slightly larger-than-normal, page size. The user is able to find and read one image at a time by moving the fiche until identifying coordinates are located, or he can browse through the pages, referring to the page numbers displayed on the screen. Maxi­ mum usefulness will be assured by the crea­ tion of special retrieval and research tools. These include catalogs in four forms—mag­ netic tape, book form, ultramicrofiche, and standard catalog cards—based on Library of Congress classifications, as well as specially- constructed topical bibliographies and research guides. UM F has the potential of providing every student and faculty member w ith his own portable reader. In the future, a student may be able to acquire a sizable library of selected titles in a package no larger than a standard dictation machine, complete with reader and ultramicrofiche, weighing less than five pounds. Some 20,000 volumes will be represented in the first library in the series, The Library of American Civilization, Beginnings to 1914, to be published in the fall of 1970. The UMF Library of American Civilization will range over all aspects of America’s culture, treating every field. I t will cover every period of Ameri­ can life and literature up to 1914, and will include all points of view—from those of the framers of th e Constitution to those of the Indians, Negroes, Mexicans, Orientals, and other groups th at have played im portant parts in the shaping of American society. Future UMF Libraries from Britannica will include collections on Medieval Civilization, English History, International Affairs, Science, Tech­ nology and Art. C ontent of the Britannica UM F Libraries will not include material from th e Encyclopaedia Britannica itself. W ith the basic Britannica UM F Library of American Civilization, and w ith each sub­ sequent library in the series, an institution will receive the ultramicrofiches, five sets of book-form catalogs, five sets of book-form bibliographies and research guides, and 20 sets of ultramicrofiche catalogs. Magnetic tape catalogs and standard card catalogs are op­ tional items. Reading and reproduction equip­ ment will be purchased direct from th e manu­ facturer. Britannica will be conducting sem­ inars at various locations across th e country over the next several months to provide college officials with demonstrations of the ultramicro­ fiche technology and to give details of the first library in the Britannica series. • T he publication of the Catalogue of Hebrew Books of th e H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y library was celebrated October 23, 1968, at a reception held in the W idener Memorial Rooms. Professor Harry A. Wolfson, N athan L ittauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Emeritus, and Honorary Curator of Hebraica and Judaica in the H arvard Col­ lege library, was presented a copy of the Catalogue in recognition of his role as founder of the collection some forty years ago. The publication of the six-volume Catalogue, a photographic reproduction in book form of the 75,000 cards in the library’s Hebrew Card Catalogue, is a major event in Hebrew bib­ liography, and th e Catalogue is an invaluable reference tool for students and scholars through­ out the world. • The academic libraries section of the South D akota Library Association has just published its South Dakota Union L ist of Serials. This union list serves as a finding tool for periodical and serial holdings in fifteen public and private colleges and universities. The 521 pages of the document were pre­ pared through the use of the IBM 1130 com­ puter system. Libraries interested in purchas­ ing copies may write to James L. Dertien, Norman B. Mears Library, Sioux Falls Col­ lege, Sioux Falls, S.D. It is available unbound for $12.00. ■ ■ VERNER CLAPP HONORED News comes from Tokyo that Verner W. Clapp, LC’s chief assistant librarian in 1947- 56 and President of the Council on Library Resources in 1956-67, has been awarded an Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Govern­ m ent of Japan. The National D iet Librarian, Yoshikatsu Kono, presented Mr. Clapp with the magnificent gold and silver medal and the handsome scroll th at accompanies the award in ceremonies at the N D L on November 12, while Mr. and Mrs. Clapp were guests of the N D L during their recent visit to Japan to at­ tend the dedication ceremonies of the NDL. The Orders of the Sacred Treasure were insti­ tuted in eight classes in 1888 for men and women who have rendered “excellent services” to Japan. T he honor was aw arded to Mr. Clapp—now Consultant, Council on Library Resources, Inc.—in recognition of his contri­ butions to the planning and development of the National D iet Library in 1947-48. ■ ■