ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 128 Dear Sir: Congratulations to Norman D. Stevens and his colleagues at the Wilbur Cross Library, University of Connecticut, for their excellent approach to a sensible professional work week. Their example should be followed by all col­ lege and university librarians. I assume that Dr. Stevens and his colleagues are expected to devote a considerable amount of additional time beyond thirty-five hours to activities that provide professional growth and development. They should consider it a part of their respon­ sibility as members of an academic community. Sincerely, J. Carlyle Parker Head of Public Services and Assistant Librarian Stanislaus State College Turlock, California Annual Conference Meetings Annual Conference Dallas, Texas June 20-26, 1971 The following schedules are tentative. A final schedule, with locations, will be mailed by Mary Cilluffo, Assistant for Conference Ar­ rangements, to officers and chairmen of all ALA groups. Each chairman should notify his committee. ACRL Preconferences Rare Books Section June 17-19, 1971, University of Texas, Austin “The Interdependence of Rare Books and Manuscripts.” University Libraries Section June 18-19, 1971, Dallas, Texas “Librarians Confront the New Undergradu­ ate Environment." Conference Programs LED/ACRL Program Wednesday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Chairman: Sister M. Laurette McCusker, Rosary College, River Forest, I11. “Implications of Government Legislation for Libraries.” Committee on Cooperation with Educational and Professional Organizations Tuesday, June 22, 12:30 p.m.—Luncheon Chairman: James F. Govan, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Penn. College Library Section Tuesday, June 22, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Panel discussion on Proposed Guidelines for College Libraries. Moderator: Norman E. Tanis, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, Calif. Panelists: Stanley McElderry, Graduate School of Library Science, University of Texas, Austin. (Additional panelists to be announced.) Junior College Library Section June 22, 2:00-4:00 p.m. “Accountability for Learning Resource Cen­ ters.” Speakers: Dr. Tom Hatfield, Texas College and University System, Austin; Dr. Richard Banister, San Diego Community Colleges, San Diego, Calif. Rare Books Section, ACRL Monday, June 21, 9:00-10:30 a.m., Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. “The Present Status of Training Special Collections Librarians in Library Schools and Recommendations for the Future.” Moderator: Leslie W. Dunlap, University of Iowa Library School, Iowa City. Speakers: Richard Ploch, University of Ari­ zona, Tucson; and John Swingle, Alta Cali­ fornia Bookshop, Albany. 11:00-12:00 noon, tour of DeGolyer Collec­ tion, Southern Methodist University campus Subject Specialists Section and Agricul­ tural and Biological Sciences Subsection Wednesday, June 23, 4:30-6:00 p.m. “Subject Specialists in Academic Libraries.” “The Impact of the Subject Specialist on Aca­ demic Library Organization.” Speaker: Eldred Smith, University of Cali­ fornia, Berkeley. “Academic Library Services and the Subject Specialist.” Speaker: Alan Taylor, Indiana University, Bloomington. “The Role of Subject Specialists in Under­ graduate Colleges.” Speaker: Thomas Kirk, Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. Panel discussion: Joseph C. Shipman, mod­ erator. SSS/Agricultural and Biological Sciences Subsection. (See Subject Specialists Section) SSS/Art Subsection Monday, June 21, 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Tour: “Art Library Collection Building for Community Education.” (F or details and res­ 129 ervation information see CRL News, April, p.102.) Tuesday, June 22, 4:15-6:00 p.m. Visit to Fine Arts Center, Southern Methodist University. Informal reception, 4:15-5:00 p.m. Speaker: 5:00-6:00 p.m.: Prof. Roy E. Graham, University of Texas, Austin. “Preservation of our Cultural Heritage” (with emphasis on the role of the art library in documentation of that heritage). SSS/Asian and North African Subsection Friday, June 25, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Program theme: the area collection, its rai­ son d ’etre and unique values; its effective or­ ganization and administration, internally and υis-à-vis the main library. Speakers: Charles R. Bryant, Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.; Henry Scholberg, Ames Library of South Asia, University of Min­ nesota, Minneapolis; Weiying Wan, Asian Li­ brary, University of Michigan. SSS/Education and Behavioral Science Subsection Thursday, June 24, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Panel to discuss Implication of National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher E d­ ucation. Law and Political Science Subsection of the ACRL Wednesday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Speakers: James R. Craig, Southern Meth­ odist University, “Tax Exempt Status of Non- Profit Organizations (Library Associations)”; Dr. Frank G. Burk, National Archives and Records Service, “The Impact of Subject Spe­ cialists in Presidential Libraries.” ACRL University Libraries Section Monday, June 21, 4:30-6:00 p.m. “Criteria for Excellence: Progress Report of the ARL-ACRL Joint Committee on University Library Standards.” Speaker: Robert B. Downs, University of Il­ linois, Urbana. Business Meetings ACRL Membership Thursday, 2:00-4:00 p.m. ACRL Board of Directors Monday, June 21, 8:30-10:30 p.m. Thursday, June 24, 8:30-10:30 p.m. ACRL Committees Audio-Visual Committee Sunday, June 20, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, 12:00-2:00 p.m. Committee on Academic Status Monday, June 21, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 23, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Committee on Cooperation with Educational and Professional Organizations Tuesday, June 22, 12:30-luncheon Committee to Revise the ACRL Constitution and Bylaws Tuesday, June 22, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Committee on Standards and Accreditation Monday, June 21, 10:00-12:00 noon Wednesday, June 23, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Committee for the Revision of the ALA Stan­ dards for College Libraries Monday, June 21, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Subcommittee on the Revision of the Junior College Library Standards Monday, June 21, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Community Use of Academic Libraries Tuesday, June 22, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Chicago Conference Planning Committee Wednesday, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Planning Committee Sunday, 10:00-6:00 p.m. Wednesday, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Publications Committee Tuesday, June 22, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Task Force for Recruitment of Minority Groups Monday, June 21, 10:00-12:00 noon ACRL Joint Committees AAJC-ALA Joint Committee on Junior College Libraries Wednesday, June 23, 12:00-6:00 p.m. NUEA-ACRL/ULS Joint Committee on Uni­ versity Extension Library Services Wednesday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Publications Committees CHOICE, ACRL Monday, June 21, 10:00 a.m. College and Research Libraries. To be sched­ uled. Monographs Series. To be scheduled. Sections and Subsections College L ibraries Section Steering Committee Tuesday, June 22, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Committee on Non-Western Resources Thursday, June 24, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Junior College Libraries Section Executive Committee Thursday, June 24, 4:30-6:00 p.m Bibliography Committee Tuesday, June 22, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Communications Committee Tuesday, June 22, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Instruction and Use Committee Wednesday, June 23, 2:00-6:00 p.m. Rare Books Section Executive Committee Tuesday, June 22, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Ad Hoc Committee on Manuscript Collections Monday, June 21, 2:00-4:00 p.m. 130 IM P O R T A N T T IT L E S O N M IC R O F IC H E AINSW O R TH 'S M AG AZINE. Vols. 1-26 (1842-54) $ 90.00 AM ER IC A N HISTORICAL REVIEW. Vols 1-73 (1895/96-1967/68) $ 450.00 Arnold, Matthew. WORKS. London, 1903-04. 15 Vols. [BCL, p. 663] . . $ 50.00 BOOKS FOR COLLEGE LIBRARIES (BCL-6). Selected titles from the "Edu­ cation" chapter. Send for a list of t i t l e s ............................................................ $ 200.00 FILM QUARTERLY. Vols. 1-22 (1945-68/69) $ 72.00 Guizot, Francois Pierre Guillaume, ed. COLLECTION DES MEMOIRES RELATIFS A L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE, DEPVIS LA FO U N DATIO N DE LA M O N A R C H IE FRANÇAISE JU SQ U 'AU 13e SIÈCLE. PARIS, 1823-25. 3 I Vols. [BCL, p. 125] $ 100.00 Hakluyt, Richard. THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS, VOYAGES, TRAF­ FIQUES A N D DISCOVERIES OF THE ENGLISH N A TIO N . Glasgow, Mac­ LeHose, 1903-05. 12 Vols. [BCL, p. 263] $ 50.00 ILLUSTRATED LO N D O N NEWS. Vols. 1-145 (1842-1914) (35mm microfilm) $2100.00 MOTOR TREND M AG AZINE. Vols. 12-21 (1960-69) $ 70.00 N A T IO N A L U N IO N C A TA LO G . A cumulative author list representing Li­ brary of Congress printed cards and titles reported by other American Libraries, 1963-67. Ann Arbor, 1969. 72 Vols. $ 393.00 NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS. Vols. 1-15 (1963-71) [available on both microfiche and microfilm] $ 101.00 Ruskin, John. WORKS. N.Y., Longmans, Green, 1903-12. 39 Vols. [BCL, p. 678] $ 150.00 131 D . K M. S Subject Specialists Section Executive Committee Thursday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Art Subsection Executive Committee Thursday, June 24, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Business Membership Wednesday, June 23, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Asian and North African Executive Committee Thursday, June 24, 2:00-4:00 p.m. Education and Behavioral Science Subsec­ tion Executive Committee. To be scheduled. Law and Political Science Subsection Executive Committee Thursday, June 24, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Slavic and E ast E uropean Subsection Executive Committee. To be scheduled. University Libraries Section Steering Committee Monday, June 21, 8:00 a.m. Urban University Library Committee/PLA, Metropolitan Area Library Service Committee Wednesday, June 23, 4:30-6:00 p.m. ■ ■ From Inside the DLP r atherine tokes College and University Library Specialist, Training and Resources Branch, Division of Library Programs, Bureau of Libraries and E d ­ ucational Technology, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202. Since the authorization for Title II-A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 will end June 30, 1971, you may want to keep yourself in­ formed by asking your Congressman for copies of bills introduced to extend it. On January 22 Congressman Perkins of Kentucky introduced a bill to be cited as the Comprehensive Higher Education Act of 1971, H. R. 32. Senator Pell introduced a similar bill, S. 659, on February 8; Congressman Quie of Minnesota introduced on March 1 the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 1971, H. R. 5191. You may be inter­ ested in reading his remarks for March 1 in the Congressional Record beginning on page 1,041. This is a good time to consider what has been accomplished in the past five years with the Title II-A appropriations totalling $94,816,­ 000. Statistically, we know that the number of libraries benefitted by the grants has risen from 1,830 in 1966 to 2,201 in 1970. We know too that the enrollment in the institutions re­ ceiving grants totalled 5,169,638 in 1967 and had risen to a total of 7,023,118 in 1970, al­ though there was a $25 million appropriation for grants in 1967 and only $9,816,000 in 1970. The percentages of funds awarded to junior colleges in 1967 was 20.1, and by 1970, it was 30.597. Four-year colleges received 44.5 per­ cent of the funds in 1967, but in 1970, their percentage had slipped to 39.422. Universities also received a smaller percentage of the funds in 1970, the 1967 amount being 35.4 percent and the 1970 figure 29.882. The remaining .99 percent in 1970 went to one-year institutions, usually technical institutes. The narrative reports accompanying the sta­ tistical ones in the three years when special purpose grants were awarded, 1967 through 1969, are occasionally accounts of very unusual or significant acquisitions, but in general, they fit an almost universal description of the sit­ uation of higher education institution libraries in the late 60s in the U.S. Growing enrollments, rising book prices, and expanding programs at every level from undergraduate courses to the Ph.D. are characteristic reasons given for basic and background purchases made with federal grant money in most accounts of the use of basic, supplemental, or Special Purpose Type A funds. The type of purchase most frequently mentioned was backruns of scholarly journals in microform. The Special Purpose Type B grants were awarded in many cases to university libraries which had been participating in the Farming- ton Plan. Accounts of their use largely con­ cerned acquisitions of foreign publications to be shared by researchers on and off campus. The Special Purpose Type C grants to con­ sortiums of libraries showed more variation. They also paved the way for what is likely to be the direction in which academic libraries will be forced to aim their future activities be­ cause of their inability to obtain funds from private or public sources to continue to ex­ pand their individual collections indefinitely. The best summation of the long-range bene­ fits of Type C grants is the following from a West Coast library’s report: “The availability of those funds has made it possible to strengthen our resources for graduate study and research without depleting our regu­