ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 132 lar book budget and thus avoiding the limita­ tion of the support of undergraduate programs and the support of beginning master’s pro­ grams. Transcending the highly significant im­ mediate benefits has been the effect exerted by the successful administration of the grant on the member institutions. . . . Participation in this successful cooperative venture has sparked a series of interinstitutional projects and has united the librarians into a well functioning organization having established lines of com­ munications and a scheduled program of meet­ ings and workshops. . . . Last but by no means least among the benefits is the spark of en­ thusiasm which the successful accomplishment of this cooperative endeavor infused into the association at a time when financial problems seem to become overwhelming and are creat­ ing an atmosphere of pessimism in the private institutions.” ■ ■ BUILDING PLANS NEEDED If you are building a new library or making substantial physical changes in your library, the Library Administration Division of the Ameri­ can Library Association will appreciate receiv­ ing pictures, slides, floor plans, sketches, ex­ planatory materials, and a copy of your written building program. These materials are needed in the buildings collection used by librarians, architects, and other building planners. For details about this collection write Mrs. Ruth R. Frame, Executive Secretary, LAD, ALA, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. ■■ News From the Field ACQUISITIONS • The library at Eastern New Mexico Un i­ versity has recently acquired several valuable collections of science fiction materials. The first of these to be processed are the papers of Edmond Hamilton and his wife, Leigh Brack­ ett Hamilton. Both of the Hamiltons are suc­ cessful and prolific free-lance writers, largely in the field of science fiction. Their papers, which they donated to ENMU as a gift, span a period of forty-four years and include ap­ proximately 3,000 items. Augmenting these materials will be the Jack Williamson Collection, which has been given to the university but not yet processed, and duplicates of Piers Anthony Jacob manuscripts. In addition, the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) recently designated ENMU as a regional depository for the Southwest. As such, the university will receive, on a regular basis through SFWA, copies of publisher do­ nated science fiction novels and anthologies. These, plus the archival materials, will be available to students and scholars in the field of science fiction. • Georgetown University has acquired a complete collection of materials dealing with former Senator Eugene J. McCarthy’s 1968 bid for the Presidency. It is the largest archive dealing with a presidential primary ever as­ sembled, according to Robert Metzdorf, an ap­ praiser of books and manuscripts and the eval­ uator of the collection. The materials have been deposited in the Gunlocke Special Col­ lections Department of the university’s Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library. Georgetown received the collection from the McCarthy Historical Project, a group of friends and supporters of the former Minnesota sen­ ator who raised the funds required to assemble the materials. A staff of about ten persons spent more than a year collecting and arranging the collection before it was given to George­ town. The assemblage occupies more than 200 file drawers, not counting 40,000 newspaper clippings, and more than 200 reels of video­ tape and motion picture film. It also has a file of posters and original artwork related to the campaign. The materials detail McCarthy’s campaign from its inception in 1967 when his candidacy was not taken too seriously, through the New Hampshire primary, President Johnson’s with­ drawal in March 1968, the murders of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and the stormy Democratic national conven­ tion in Chicago. The collection is broken down into four pri­ mary categories: national files, state files, oral history tapes and transcripts, and files of manu­ scripts and taped materials relating directly to McCarthy. • An unusually fine collection of rare and first editions of the writings of August Strind­ berg has been given to the New York Univer­ sity Fales Library by Arvid Paulson, Swedish- born actor-writer-translator. The Paulson col­ lection is noteworthy, not only because of its 133 PICK A SUBJECT . . . ANY SCIENTIFIC SUBJECT . . . PSI will tell you more about what’s b een published on it than any other subject index Permuterm® Subject Index is the one guide to the world’s current scientific and technical literature that is issued quarterly and annually and covers all disciplines, comprehensively, in easy-to-use natural language. 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Because PSI is arranged in easy-to-use format, with title words “permuted" or arranged in every possible two-word combination to form hun­ dreds of access points to most topics. • Be sure your library and its patrons enjoy the unique advantages of the Permuterm Subject Index, not only at a central location, but at branch and departmental libraries as well. For more on the PSI and what it can mean to you, send for the free PSI brochure. Today. 134 Close the dra w ers on in e fficie n t in te rlib ra ry le n d in g . Here’s how one library organization did. First, the state library’s entire card catalog was put on 3M microfilm cartridges. Participating area libraries were supplied with duplicates and equipped with 3M Brand “ 400C” Microfilm Reader-Printers. Results: No more waiting for titles to be hunted down in the drawers of the card catalog. State library resources can be instantly surveyed at area library locations. Requests are verified in minutes and filled in hours. A concise index in the area library provides quick access to the appropriate microfilm cartridge. By inserting the cartridge in the “ 400C" and turning a dial, the operator visually scans contents on the unit’s screen. If the card for a desired book is in the catalog, a hard copy print of the card is obtained in just 6 seconds at the push of a button. Copies are used as loan request forms, eliminating the need to hand type these forms. The same microfilm retrieval system is used in the state library to fulfill requests. Another important advantage of this system: An archival copy of the state library catalog was put on microfilm for safe keeping in case of fire or other disaster. Like to modernize your interlibrary loan system? Contact any 3M Business Products Center for more facts today. Or write 3M Company, Dept. FFD-51, St. Paul, MN 55101. 135 rare volumes, bu t also because of the wide range of its subject matter. Although Strind­ berg is known in this country primarily as a dramatist, he in fact wrote in many different literary forms, revealing an amazing erudition in diverse fields. The books show him as an essayist, historian, poet, novelist, scientist, dramatist, and author of social treatises which resulted in important legislative reforms in Sweden. One of the books in the collection, a first edition of studies by Strindberg, China and Japan ( Stockholm, 1911), reveals the author as an accomplished amateur Sinologist as well. A surprising facet of Strindberg—for Americans particularly—is disclosed in a volume of his translations of American humorists Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Artemas Ward, and Thomas Bailey Aldrich. • The aeronautical collection of the late Colonel Richard Gimbel (USAF, Ret.) has been accepted for the Air F orce Academy by Secretary of the Air Force, Robert C. Seamans. Containing an estimated 20,000 items, the col­ lection will be displayed and maintained by the Air Force Academy library. It has been called one of the most significant private col­ lections on aeronautical history. When added to the present academy collection, it will make the school’s library one of the most important research centers for the history of aeronautics. The entire collection was willed to the academy by Col. Gimbel, who died in May 1970 while traveling in Germany. • The university library at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has recently re­ ceived an “exceptionally large and valuable col­ lection of periodicals and books on anthropol­ ogy,” the gift of Mrs. Elizabeth McCown, Berkeley, California. The collection, which in­ cludes 570 volumes of periodicals, 254 tech­ nical reports, and 25 monographs, is from the library of Mrs. McCown’s late husband, Theo­ dore D. McCown, who was a professor of anthropology, director of the Archaeological Research Facility, and associate dean of the College of Letters and Science at the Univer­ sity of California, Berkeley. “A collection such as this, from a scholar’s own library, is an invaluable asset to any cam­ pus,” said Rexford S. Beckham, the university library’s anthropology bibliographer. “It is a particular honor for a fledgling university li­ brary, such as ours, to receive it. Its usefulness to faculty and students alike is immeasurable. The mark made by Professor McCown in his field and his truly remarkable reputation as a scholar will remain a viable force at UCSC.” A well-known physical anthropologist noted for his work on human evolution, Professor McCown received his A.B. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1929. The following year (1930) he joined the Joint Ex­ pedition of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem and the American School of Pre­ historic Research. Three years later (1933) he discovered the fossil human remains of w hat is now known as “Mount Carmel Man,” a group of cave dwellers who lived in Palestine from about 7,000 B.C. to 5,000 B.C. and bridged the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras. Their culture is the earliest discovered evidence of the domes­ tication of plants. • The Special Collections Department of the University of Pittsburgh Hillman Library has received on indefinite loan the largest pri­ vate collection of The Compleat Angler writ­ ten by Isaak Walton originally in 1653. The late Bernard S. Home, grandson of the found­ er of the Pittsburgh Department Store, col­ lected the 231 separate editions and issues over a lifetime and just completed a definitive bibliography, The Compleat Angler 1653-1967, before his death on January 4, 1970. Dr. George Lawrence, former director of the Hunt Botanical Library, Carnegie-Mellon University, was instrumental in having Mrs. Horne place the collection in Hillman Library as a memorial to her husband. W ritten by the author in his sixtieth year and revised in four more editions between 1653 and 1676, The Compleat An­ gler, an English pastoral, was published ten times in the eighteenth century, 164 times in the nineteenth century, and is still alive in our times as a solace for the care of too practical lives. The library has also established the Ber­ nard S. Horne Memorial Fund to supplement the collection. MEETINGS May 6-7: The 8th Annual National Informa­ tion Retrieval Colloquium (ANIRC) will be held in Philadelphia, May 6-7. For details see March CRL News. The 8th annual meeting will be held a t the new Holiday Inn, 18th and Market Streets, Philadelphia. Additional information may be obtained from program chairman Don King, Graduate School of Library Service a t Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903. Inquiries and registration materi­ al requests should be addressed to Miss A. Ber­ ten, MDS-COP, 19 South 22d Street, Philadel­ phia, Pennsylvania 19103. May 7: Exploring a number of practical so­ lutions to the problems of how to motivate stu­ dents to use the library, how to teach the prop­ er methods of research, and how to assist teach­ ing faculty in the maximum usage of library re­ sources for curriculum planning will be the cen­ tral theme for the First Annual Conference on Library Orientation for Academic Libraries to The United States Histor by special arrangement wi and the Acting Superintendent CHECKL U .S. PUBLIC 1789-1970 " A n im pressive . . . d u a l m e d ia col­ lection . . . [a ] m o n u m e n ta l w o r k ." Joe M o re h e a d , RQ, Spring 1971 UPDATES THE 1909 CHECKLIST AND OTHER BASIC REFERENCE TOOLS USED BY DOCUMENTS LIBRARIANS Here’s how the two standard reference books on U.S. Government documents evaluate the Public Docu­ ments Library, its collection, the SuDocs Classifica­ tion scheme, and the need for updating the predeces­ sors of Checklist ’70. G overnment Publications and Their U se, L. F. Schmeckebier and R. B. Eastin, 2nd Revised Edi­ tion, Brookings Institute, 1969. “There is probably no complete collection of govern­ ment publications in existence, but the one in the Public Documents Library is probably the most nearly complete . . . it has all issues listed in the Monthly Catalog and the biennial Documents Catalog. It also has some material not so listed, as back issues are often sent to the library after the catalogs are printed.” U nited States G overnment P ublications, A. M. Boyd and R. E. Rips, 3rd Revised Edition, Wilson, 1953. “The Library of the Office of Superintendent of Docu­ ments is of interest to librarians . . . because of the classification scheme by which its collection is ar­ ranged. It has been adopted by many other libraries throughout the country as a most convenient and satis­ factory method of organizing and arranging collec­ tions of government publications. “There have been three checklists of government pub­ lications. . . . The third, which was much more inclu­ sive and a monumental work of incalculable value covering the entire period of United States publica­ tions to 1909 . . . was published in 1911. “A fourth edition, bringing the third edition to date, is the aid to government publications most needed by librarians.” CUMULATIVE SUPPLEMENTS WILL UPDATE THE COLLECTION Thanks to GPO’s full cooperation, we are also able to offer subscriptions to a service which will update the shelf lists semiannually in dual-media cumulative supplements. The mi­ crofilm portion will include all new entries added to the shelf lists after the 1970 cut-off date. They will be filmed in SuDocs Classifi­ cation order, and the accumulated files issued semiannually until such a time as the entire shelf lists will be re-filmed in one sequence. The four indexes will be issued in paperback supplements and accumulated along with the card files. ON MICROFILM 1,200,000 shelf list cards on 16mm microfilm (roll or cartridge); arranged in SuDocs classification order by some 3000 government authors; and current as of October 1970. The active file contains approximately 550,000 cards describing publications of existing govern­ ment authors and continuous series. The inactive file contains 650,000 cards describing publications in discontinued series and items published by government authors that are no longer active. Also, both files contain about 50,000 guide cards which indicate changes of titles and identify predecessor and successor organizations. SEPARATE SUBSETS OFFERED FOR MAJOR GOVERNMENT AUTHORS Department level author breakouts are available separately upon request. For example, you may order individual microfilm reels covering the shelf lists of publications of the Department of Agricul­ ture, Interior Department, Health, Education and Welfare. Please write for price information. ical Documents Institute th the U. S . Public Printer of D ocuments announces the I ST OF D O C U M EN TS … a dual media collection of the Active and Inactive shelf lists of the Superintendent of Documents’, Public Docu­ ments Library, Washington, D. C. IN BOUND VOLUMES Four full-size, hard cover computer-based indexes compiled by Daniel and Marilyn Lester. Mr. and Mrs. Lester are the Associate D irector for Systems and Automation, and Technician, Government Publications Division, at the Library of M ankato State College in Minnesota. Index One — arranged by author in SuDocs class order showing microfilm reel numbers (in es­ sence, a detailed Table of Contents for the M i­ crofilm Segments). Index T wo — arranged in a single alphabet form at by some 3000 individual government authors (both active and inactive). This index brings together all SDC numbers for any government Author, regardless of its reorganization history. Index T hree — an alphabetical listing of cabi­ net level departments and major agencies sub­ divided by their individual publishing offices listed alphabetically. Index F our — an alphabetical listing of some 18,000 U. S. Government series titles giving SDC Class numbers and microfilm reel numbers. This list will be enlarged with full descriptive data for each series in the Lesters’ forthcoming Bibliography o f U.S. Government Serial Publi­ cations, 1789-1970. Note: All index entries show SDC and microfilm reel numbers. “The most comprehensive single source of published information on U.S. Government Docu­ ments.” Carper W. Buckley U.S. Superintendent of Documents 1953-1970 BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA ON MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Now available to librarians for the first time in any form at. As stated by C arper W. Buckley, who until his retirement in 1970 had served as U.S. Superin­ tendent of Documents since 1953. “Checklist ’70 provides librarians with the most com­ prehensive single source of published information about United States Government documents. It lists all titles which appear in the shelf lists of the Public Documents Library of the U.S. Government Printing Office, covering the period 1861 through October 1970. Also included are the publications listed in the Checklist o f U.S. Public Documents, 1789-1909, the M onthly Catalog and M ary Elizabeth Poole’s Docu­ ments Office Classification to 1966.” In addition to containing bibliographic citations and SuDocs Classification numbers for the publications mentioned above, Checklist ’70 also contains refer­ ences to thousands of publications which held security classifications when originally published and therefore did not appear in any lists or bibliographies. Most of these which were later declassified and added to the Public Documents Library’s shelf lists were never picked up retrospectively in the standard bibliographic reference tools. Each citation is at least as complete as the entries in the M onthly Catalog and often provides more infor­ mation. For instance, bibliographic data on each issue of certain periodicals are included, as well as com­ plete cross-references for changes in classification numbers, titles, or issuing agencies. Cutterized sepa­ rates are listed for some series publications. N o w A v a ila b le in 16 a n d 3 5 m m . 138 be held on May 7, 1971, at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Librarians, administrators, faculty, and stu­ dents who are concerned with this vital and challenging problem are invited to participate. Registration will close on April 15 and regis­ trants will be limited to 75 persons. For further information please contact Sul H. Lee, Associ­ ate Librarian, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197. May 7-8: Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians will hold its annual meeting at Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, May 7-8. The topic will be “The Challenge of Reprints.” May 13-15: A workshop in Library Auto­ mation: Administration and Management spon­ sored by ISAD will be held May 13-15 at M.I.T. Endicott House, Dedham, Massachu­ setts. A fee of $135 per person will include housing, meals, registration fee, and materials. Information and application forms may be ob­ tained from Don S. Culbertson, Information Science and Automation Division, American Li­ brary Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chi­ cago, Illinois 60611. May 20-22: A three-day institute entitled "Library Management: Man-Material-Service” will be held a t Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Ind. May 20-22. For additional infor­ mation, interested persons may write Depart­ ment of Library Science, Indiana State Uni­ versity, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809. May 21-22: Sixteenth annual Midwest Aca­ demic Librarians Conference at Indiana Uni­ versity, Bloomington. For information contact Dr. Jane G. Flener, Assistant Director, Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington, Indiana 47401. May 30-June 3: The 70th Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association will be held in New York City, May 30-June 3. June 7-18: The American University D epart­ ment of History presents its twenty-fifth in­ stitute: Introduction to Modern Archives Ad­ ministration in cooperation with the National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, The Library of Congress and The Maryland Hall of Records. To enroll or to request further information, write Department of History—Summer Archives Institute, The American University, Washington, D.C. 20016. June 14-17: The University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico, will be the site of the Six­ teenth Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, June 14-17. Infor­ mation on the content of the program and working papers can be procured from Dr. Net­ tie Lee Benson, Latin American Collections, The University of Texas Library, Austin, Texas 78704. For details on the program and arrange­ ments see the March CRL News. For other in­ formation refer to the Executive Secretary, Mrs. Marietta Daniels Shepard, Organization of American States, Washington, D.C. 20006. June 17-19: The Library Organization and Management Section of ALA’s Library Ad­ ministration Division is sponsoring a precon­ ference institute Junè 17—19 at the Holiday Inn in downtown Dallas. Called “Dollar De­ cisions,” the institute will cover several types of program and performance budgeting systems and will feature Dr. Selma Mushkin, Director of the State and Local Finances Division, Georgetown University, and leading authority in the budgeting field. The registration fee is $35.00, and the group is limited to 150 persons. For further information write Dollar Decisions, Library Administration Division, American Li­ brary Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chi­ cago 60611. See also April CRL News. July 11-13: The School of Library and In­ formation Services, University of Maryland, is planning the fifth annual Library Administra­ tors Development Program to be held July 11- 23. Those interested in further information are invited to address inquiries to Mrs. Effie T. Knight, Administrative Assistant, Library Ad­ ministrators Development Program, School of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742. The January News contains complete details. July 11-Aug. 13: The University of Den­ ver, Department of History and the Graduate School of Librarianship, in cooperation with the State Archives of Colorado, will conduct its Tenth Annual Institute for Archival Studies and Related Fields, July 11-August 13, under the direction of Dolores C. Renze, State Ar­ chivist of Colorado and adjunct professor, De­ partment of History, University of Denver. The institute is designed for those employed in archival, library, or related professions, and also advanced students of history or related sub­ jects. It will present theory, principles, and methodology of archives administration, re­ sources, and related manuscript source materi­ als, with lectures and discussions by specialists in the profession. Field trips to archival agen­ cies, departments, institutions, and historical places in the area are planned. For those espe­ cially interested in manuscript administration, arrangement, and methodology, specific assign­ ments will be made. Credit of up to five quar­ ter hours plus a University Institute Certificate will be awarded upon completion. It is also possible to coordinate a combined certificate with the M.A. program for American Studies 139 in the Department of History or cognate with the M.A. or M.S. program in the Graduate School for Librarianship in accordance with conditions established by these departmental graduate programs. If graduate credit for institute work trans­ ferable to another university is desired, it will require approval of the dean of admissions. Those who do not desire credit transfer but only a certificate, will be recognized as “con­ tinuing education” by the institute. July 20-23: The third Cranfield International Conference on Mechanised Information Storage and Retrieval Systems will be held July 20- July 23 in Bedford, England. See the December News, Meetings section, for complete details on the topics to be covered and general theme outline. Enquiries or offers to present papers should be sent to the Conference Director, Cyril Cleverdon, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield, Bedford, England. Aug. 2-27: The Georgia Department of Ar­ chives and History will host its Fifth Annual Archives Institute August 2-27. The institute, which is cosponsored by Emory University Di­ vision of Librarianship, will be held at the Ar­ chives and Records Building in Atlanta. The institute is designed to aid those presently employed or preparing for employment as ar­ chivists, manuscript curators, records managers, or special librarians; also those advanced stu­ dents in history or related disciplines. Emphasis in the course will be placed on the basic principles of archival administration and records management. In addition to lec­ tures and seminars, the course includes field trips and a laboratory project to give the stu­ dents practical training as well as theory. Field trips will be made to the Federal Records Cen­ ter, a county courthouse, a company archives, and the Georgia Historical Society Headquarters in Savannah. The archives staff as well as prominent archi­ visits and records managers from Georgia and other states will speak to the class. Chief of the Florida Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Ed Johnson, will be the special guest speaker who will assist Miss Carroll Hart, institute director, in introducing the course to the students. Other guest speakers are Herman Friis, director of the Center for Polar Archives, National Archives; W ilbur Kurtz, Jr., archivist, Coca-Cola Company; and Miss Mattie Russell, curator of Manuscripts, Duke University library. Enrollment is limited to ten, since students move progressively as a group through the twelve departments, learning through applica­ tion. Participants may register as noncredit students or for six quarter hours of credit of­ fered through Emory University. Fees for the course are $100 noncredit and $360 credit. Dormitory housing will be available in Emory University Graduate Dormitory. Prerequisite for the course is a bachelor’s degree from an ac­ credited college or university. To apply, write Miss Carroll Hart, Director, Georgia D epart­ ment of Archives and History, 330 Capitol Ave. S.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30334. Aug. 29-Se p t . 3: The International Confer­ ence on Information Science in Tel Aviv orig­ inally announced for August 23-28, has been changed to the week following the IF IP Con­ ference in Yugoslavia, from August 29 to Sep­ tember 3. Group flights a t reduced rates will be available from various points including Yu­ goslavia. Titles and abstracts are due no later than January 1971. Registration fee ($50) in­ cludes a ladies’ program and a tour of Jerusa­ lem. For further information contact: The Or­ ganizing Committee, P.O. Box 16271, Tel Aviv, Israel. See also September News, page 249. Sep t. 30-O ct. 2: The Indiana Library Asso­ ciation will m eet at Stouffer’s Inn, Indianapo­ lis, Indiana. F urther information can be ob­ tained from Jane G. Flener, President, Indiana Library Association, Indiana University Li­ brary, Bloomington, Indiana 47401. Oct. 7-9: The South Carolina Library As­ sociation will hold its 1971 convention in Co­ lumbia, October 7-9, at the Sheraton-Columbia Inn. Oct. 22-23: The North Dakota Library Asso­ ciation will hold its 1971 convention in Fargo on Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23. Headquarters will be the Town House Motel. Oct. 28-30: The Georgia Library Associa­ tion will meet at The Aquarama, Jekyll Is­ land, Georgia. Further information can be ob­ tained from David E. Estes, President, Georgia Library Association, Robert W. Woodruff Li­ brary, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322. MISCELLANY • After fifty-six annual meetings, the Con­ ference of E astern College Librarians is suspending activities, at least temporarily. Tra­ ditionally, these convocations have been held at Columbia University each Thanksgiving weekend. Attendance has been falling over the past several years and costs of sponsoring the conference have risen. W ith tightened budgets and, perhaps also, the feeling on the part of many th at the purposes of this ad hoc organi­ zation were being met in other ways, the end result of the last meeting was insufficient in­ come to cover expenses. There has been no formal or permanent organization of the con­ ference, and its dissolution stems simply from a decision of the last program committee. 140 • The Vincentian F athers, priests of the Congregation of the Mission who sponsor St. John’s University, have bestowed upon Wil­ liam A. Gillard, St. John’s director of libraries, their highest honor by constituting him an af­ filiate member of their order. Mr. Gillard re­ ceived the honor on February 12 at a concele­ brated Eucharistic Liturgy which was held in St. Vincent Hall, the Vincentian Fathers’ resi­ dence a t the University’s Jamaica campus. Mr. Gillard, a resident of Bellaire, New York, began his long career at St. John’s Uni­ versity in 1929 when he joined the faculty as an instructor of French. In 1930 he became as­ sistant librarian, and in 1942 he was named acting director of libraries. He became director of libraries in 1945, the position which he pres­ ently holds. • A recent issue of the American Associa­ tion for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Newsletter mentioned that Slavic de­ partments of colleges and universities which lack the publication Noυy Mir for the years 1925-1934 can obtain a set of Xerox facsimiles as a gift from the Xerox Corporation, The original price was $750. Departments should make a formal request to Bruce L. Crisman, Manager, Xerox Fund, Xerox Corporation, Stam­ ford, Conn. 06904. • The graduate program of library education offered by the Palmer Graduate Library School of L ong Island University, Brookville, New York (John T. Gillespie, dean), has been offi­ cially accredited by the American Library As­ sociation. This brings the number of library schools offering programs accredited by the ALA to fifty-three. • Small institutions and organizations now have a chance to get federal help for short­ term educational research projects through a new program called Regional Project Re­ search. Public and nonprofit agencies may ap­ ply for grants (profit-making groups may re­ ceive contracts) provided the project is to be completed within eighteen months, and will not cost the U.S. Office of Education more than $10,000. The research must be of general (not purely local) applicability and show reasonable promise of obtaining results for improving edu­ cation which can be disseminated to the educa­ tion profession. Basic research in the learning process and certain types of curriculum devel­ opment are two eligible areas for funding. (The money may not be used principally for producing textbooks, films, e tc.) For further in­ formation and application forms contact the Re­ gional Research Program at the appropriate re­ gional office of the U.S. Office of Education. • The reference staff of the St. Louis Uni­ versity Pius XII Memorial Library, in cooper­ ation with the Texas Southern University li­ braries, is surveying colleges and universities in the U.S. to collect information on all publi­ cations on the black experience in America. The survey is gathering information of a biblio­ graphic nature on all published and unpub­ lished materials produced by colleges and uni­ versity libraries or other agencies within the in­ stitutions. Much of this data has not appeared in established reporting services and because of this there has been much duplication of ef­ fort on the part of the individual institutions. The data are being compiled and organized by the reference staff of Pius XII Memorial Li­ brary and will eventually be forwarded for de­ posit to Texas Southern University and made available to all interested organizations and in­ dividuals. • John W. Weatherford, director of libraries at Central Michigan University, has been named to a six-man negotiating team represent­ ing the administration in collective bargaining with the faculty. Central Michigan was the first autonomous university in the country at which p l l i t d t l a l t s a t m i p WE FIND THE UNFINDABLE Scholarly Services Ltd. is in an unrivalled osition to locate the books, manuscripts and etters you require to complete special col­ ections. Your letter or want-list will receive an mmediate confirmation, with periodic bulle­ ins as to items located and prices. Scholarly Services Ltd. is unique in that we o not utilize common methods for the loca­ ion of these materials, consequently the item ocated is uncommon as well, and not from dealer’s catalogue. The range and scope of our methods of ocation are beyond the means or ken of even he most worldly antiquarian bookseller. We eek out and retrive only the rarest titles, nd only unpublished, hitherto unknown let­ ers and mss. historic or literary. We are also responsive to any quotes you ay care to make, as regards the sale of tems, but rarity and the inedited is our rimary criteria. All enquiries held in strict confidence. Jeanne Monos, Director Scholarly Services Ltd. 1847 Barrywood Drive San Pedro, Ca. 90731 141 a faculty association was recognized as the sole bargaining agent for the faculty. The librarians, as faculty members, are an integral p art of the faculty association. PUBLICATIONS • A first in library communications has been created by the staff of American Libraries, the monthly bulletin of the American Library As­ sociation. A special ninety-minute tape cas­ sette, “Sound of American Libraries: Midwin­ ter Meeting, 1971,” has been edited from nearly ten hours of material recorded at the special meeting of the ALA membership at the Los Angeles Midwinter Meeting, January 18- 23. The tape, narrated by Gerald R. Shields, covers the actions and reactions to the Activ­ ities Committee on New Directions for ALA (ACONDA) recommendations for change in the structure and governance of the Associa­ tion. The cassette features additional resolu­ tions introduced on the floor of the member­ ship meeting concerning such issues as “open” meetings, nondestruction of libraries, equal op­ portunity for women, and residency require­ ments for employment. Copies of the tape cassette are available at $5.95 each from the Order Department, Amer­ ican Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, 111. 60611. • An Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Amer­ ican Cataloging Rules, compiled by John L. Sayre and Roberta Hamburger of the Phillips University Graduate Seminary Library, is now available. Although it was prepared for use in a theological library, it should prove useful in other libraries as well. The rules are arranged in the same order as found in the Anglo-Amer­ ican Cataloging Rules and are stated briefly at the right side of the page. To the left are placed one or more Library of Congress cards which illustrate that rule. A total of 573 indi­ vidual rules or parts of rules are illustrated with 648 examples. A complete index to the rules is also provided. This guide should be especially helpful to catalogers of books in the field of religion, and could be a valuable asset in training new staff members in the applica­ tions of the AACR rules. The price is $6.30, postage and handling included, and it can be ordered from the Graduate Seminary Library, Box 2218, Univer­ sity Station, Enid, Oklahoma 73701. • The U.S. National Section of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History has issued the third bibliography in a series of special publications on Latin American geogra­ phy and history. The publication, A Bibliogra­ phy o f the Tourist Industry in Latin America, was compiled by Robert C. Mings of the Uni­ versity of Miami. The bibliography should serve as a valuable guide for both faculty and gradu­ ate students concerned with investigations and analyses of this industry in Latin America. The publication consists of a preface and a thirty- five-page bibliography available at $1.50. The 515 bibliographic entries are arranged on an in­ dividual country basis. Those interested in re­ ceiving this publication should make their checks or money orders payable to Dr. Arthur L. Burt, Chairman, U.S. National Section, PAIGH, Department of State (Room 8847), Washington, D.C. 20520. • In response to the growing interest in the American Revolution stimulated by the ap­ proaching bicentennial, the Library of Congress, has published a ninety-three page bibliography entitled Periodical Literature on the American Revolution: Historical Research and Changing Interpretations, 1895-1970, a Selective Bibliog­ raphy. The bibliography was compiled by Ron­ ald M. Gephart, a member of the staff of the American Revolution Bicentennial program, who is at present assigned to the General Ref­ erence and Bibliography Division. Copies are for sale at $1.00 a copy by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Of­ fice, Washington, D.C. 20402. For historians, the periodical provides a much needed medium in which to test new hy­ potheses or to announce in brief form the fruits of extended research. As a result, historical journals have served a unique function in the twentieth century as the chief marketplace for the exchange of information, ideas, interpreta­ tions, and criticism. This selective bibliography, with 1,122 entries arranged b y subject and pe­ riod, is designed to give students, teachers, scholars, and librarians a convenient and rep­ resentative guide to essays and periodical lit­ erature on the Revolutionary era that have ap­ peared during the past seventy-five years in his­ torical journals, festschriften, and collections of lectures or essays. Annotations are provided only where clarification seemed necessary or where additional information, such as reprint numbers, increases the usefulness of the cita­ tions. A section entitled “Anthologies and Col­ lections” is included to acquaint the reader with currently available paperbacks that reprint some of the more important articles and essays. There is a separate list of titles and Library of Congress call numbers of all periodicals rep­ resented in the bibliography, as well as an au­ thor and a brief subject index. • The new edition of the University of Col­ orado Libraries: Programmed Textbook is now available for purchase. The thirty-nine-page booklet is designed for library personnel and 142 for students who wish to instruct themselves in use of the library. Although it was written spe­ cifically for the University of Colorado libraries and covers some material th at is applicable only to that university, it also contains much infor­ mation that is general enough to be useful for any library user. Topics discussed in the book include the public catalog, subject headings, the catalog card, periodical literature, reference books, and government documents. The chap­ ters are divided into separate frames, each con­ taining information on some aspect of library usage; the frames are followed by a reinforce­ ment in which at least one active response is required of the reader, and the correct answer is then given in the right-hand margin of the page. Mary Louise Lyda, Joseph M. Mapes, Nancy Mildred Nilon, and Ruth Carol Cush­ man wrote the text, and the dramatic new cov­ er is the work of William H. Webb. The book costs $1.00 and may be ordered from The Uni­ versity Book Center “On the Campus,” Univer­ sity of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302. Ei­ ther check or cash is acceptable. Checks should be made out to the University of Colorado Book Center. • Duke University libraries announce the publication of a two-volume set, Periodicals and Other Serials in the Libraries of D uke Univer­ sity. This computer-based list contains over 50,000 entries for titles held in the Duke Uni­ versity libraries (excluding the Medical Center library) as of January 31, 1971. Entry includes almost full bibliographic information in addi­ tion to holdings. Periodicals and Other Serials will be available in April from the Assistant Li­ brarian for Technical Services, William R. Per­ kins Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27706, at $35.00 for the two-volume, paperbound set. Libraries interested in acquir­ ing a microfiche set (a t 42 X reduction ratio) with comprehensive index should inquire at the above address. • The Louisiana Library Association has an­ nounced the publication of the 1968-70 Sup­ plement to the Louisiana Union Catalog. This third Supplement to the main catalog published in 1959 brings the list of holdings of Louisiana material up to date. Like its predecessors, the volume is similar in format to the National Union Catalog. Each entry is a complete cata­ log card with location symbols. The complete list of publications is as fol­ lows; Louisiana Union Catalog (1959) 912p. $50; 1959-62 Supplement (1963) 175p. $15; 1963-67 Supplement (1968) 443p. $15; pre- 1968 Index to the Catalog and to the first and second Supplements (1968) 497p. $20; 1968- 70 Supplement and Index (1971) approx. 600p. $30. All five volumes are hardback, uniform in height, and form an attractive set. Used to­ gether, they provide a comprehensive and up- to-date guide to Louisiana material owned by the libraries in the state and certain out-of- state libraries. The set is indexed by subject, title, and added entry. Orders for all or in­ dividual volumes may be placed through Nor­ ma Durand, Dupre Library, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louisiana 70501. NOTE: A publication notice regarding J. Peri- am Danton’s monograph, Between M.L.S. and Ph.D.: A Study of Sixth-Year Specialist Pro­ grams in Accredited Library Schools, was pub­ lished in the February issue of CRL News. The publication can be obtained through ALA for $3.75. It is not available through Professor Danton’s office. ■ ■ BAKER STREET IRREGULARS The Sub-Librarian Scion of The Baker Street Irregulars in the American Library As­ sociation will have their fifth annual meeting in Dallas at the Lancers Club, 12:00 noon, on Monday, June 21. Luncheon will be $9.00. Reservations should be sent direct to Mr. John Bennett Shaw, B.S.I., 1917 Fort Union Drive, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501. Dead­ line for reservations is June 11, 1971.