College and Research Libraries Asa Don Dickinson WITH THE RETIREMENT o n A u g u s t 31 of A s a D o n Dickinson, librarian of B r o o k l y n C o l l e g e , the profession loses f r o m active service one of its most genial and cultivated numbers. T o the circle of friends w h o are privileged to k n o w him, his act of l a y i n g d o w n the burdens of ad- ministering one of our busiest college li- braries means not a sigh of relief but a step t o w a r d more gracious living, more time f o r friends, and, w e hope, more time to employ his c h a r m i n g and w i t t y pen. I t w a s typical of him to describe his w o r k at B r o o k l y n C o l l e g e , w h e r e he built up a circulation of some six hundred thirty thousand a year on a collection of ninety thousand books, as " s i t t i n g on the l i d . " B u t f e w men can hold d o w n a boil- ing cauldron w i t h such aplomb, and f e w men can b r i n g about in a decade the changes that marked the transformation of the B r o o k l y n C o l l e g e L i b r a r y f r o m a h a n d f u l of books scattered in d o w n t o w n l o f t buildings to the highly useful book collection and b u i l d i n g on the n e w college campus. H e w a s born in D e t r o i t in 1 8 7 6 and educated in the B r o o k l y n L a t i n School, C o l u m b i a L a w School, and the N e w Y o r k State L i b r a r y School at A l b a n y . H i s first professional service began in 1903 in the famous old M o n t a g u e B r a n c h of the B r o o k l y n P u b l i c L i b r a r y , w h i t h e r he came fresh f r o m A l b a n y , o v e r f l o w i n g w i t h the enthusiasm of his o w n buoyant nature and the contagious missionary zeal of M e l v i l D e w e y and M r s . M a r y Salome F a i r c h i l d but above all w i t h a saving sense of humor. T h i s last is documented by his first con- tribution to a professional j o u r n a l : " M i s - Photograph by Dr. T. W. Kilmer M R . D I C K I N S O N takes of the B u r e a u of I n f o r m a t i o n . B y A s i a . " 1 A f t e r three years in B r o o k l y n he served a year as librarian of U n i o n C o l l e g e , three at the L e a v e n w o r t h , K a n . , P u b l i c L i - brary, and t w o at W a s h i n g t o n State C o l - lege. F r o m 1 9 1 2 to 1 9 1 8 he f o l l o w e d his bent f o r w r i t i n g as a member of the edi- torial staff of D o u b l e d a y P a g e and C o . F o r that period he has nearly a dozen substantial titles to his credit, i n c l u d i n g several collections of children's stories and 1 Library Journal 30: 341, June 1905. SEPTEMBER., 1944 357 The Kaiser; a Book about the Most In- teresting Man in Europe. T h i s w o r k w a s i n t e r r u p t e d in 1 9 1 5 - 1 6 , w h e n he w e n t to I n d i a to o r g a n i z e the P u n j a b l i b r a r y system and to w r i t e the Punjab Library Primer. A.L.A. War Service I n 1 9 1 8 he e n t e r e d the A . L . A . W a r S e r v i c e , first as dispatch a g e n t in H o b o k e n and l a t e r in P a r i s . T h e r e are m a n y t a l l tales a b o u t the p r o d i g i o u s j o b he did at H o b o k e n in s o r t i n g a n d s h i p p i n g o u t tons of books b u t none b e t t e r t h a n his o w n v e r s i o n to be f o u n d in the Library Journal of A u g u s t 1 9 1 8 . I n 1 9 1 8 he became the first t r a i n e d l i b r a r i a n to be p u t in c h a r g e of the U n i - v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a L i b r a r y . W h a t t h a t r e q u i r e d in a d m i n i s t r a t i v e o r g a n i z a - tion and increase of u s e f u l n e s s needs n o e l a b o r a t i o n . H i s y e a r s of service w e r e y e a r s of u p b u i l d i n g , b r o a d e n i n g , a n d e x - p a n d i n g , so f a r as a v a i l a b l e f u n d s m a d e possible. H i s e f f o r t s to s t i m u l a t e interest in books are still r e m e m b e r e d w i t h g r a t i - t u d e by m a n y w h o w e r e then s t u d e n t s . H i s c o n t i n u e d l i t e r a r y interests w e r e m a r k e d by c o n t r i b u t i o n s on a w i d e r a n g e of s u b j e c t s , r a n g i n g f r o m Wild Flowers to Booth Tarkington, Doubleday's Ency- clopedia, a n d Best Books of Our Time. H e r e t u r n e d to B r o o k l y n in 1 9 3 1 to assume the task of o r g a n i z i n g the B r o o k - l y n C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . T h e c o l l e g e h a d been f o u n d e d a y e a r b e f o r e , f r o m a m a r - r i a g e of the B r o o k l y n extensions of C i t y C o l l e g e a n d H u n t e r C o l l e g e . I t s l i b r a r y c o m p r i s e d a f e w h u n d r e d v o l u m e s g a t h - ered f r o m these t w o agencies, w h i c h w e r e s c a t t e r e d in s e v e r a l office b u i l d i n g s in d o w n t o w n B r o o k l y n . U n d e r his a d m i n - istration the g r o w t h of the l i b r a r y in books and their use w a s i m m e d i a t e a n d r a p i d , c o n s t r a i n e d o n l y by the b o u n d s of rented floor space. I n J 9 3 7 the c o l l e g e l i b r a r y assumed its place at the head of the m a i n q u a d r a n g l e on the n e w c a m p u s in a b u i l d i n g w h i c h he d e s i g n e d . I n his o w n w o r d s : T h e new library building has been planned to house this small collection of very busy b o o k s — t h e annual circulation is nearly half a million v o l u m e s — s e r v i n g a large number of especially h a r d - w o r k i n g , earnest young men and women, none of w h o m live upon the cam- pus. T h e bookstack, accordingly, is s m a l l ; the public rooms l a r g e . T h e capacity of the f o r m e r is 88,000 v o l u m e s ; that of the l a t t e r , 1100 readers. H i s d e m o c r a t i c a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of this busy l i b r a r y has m a d e h i m b e l o v e d of s t a f f , students, a n d f a c u l t y a l i k e . H i s h a b i t of a p p l y i n g " p e t " names to his closest f r i e n d s and associates is n o t a m e a n s of m a k i n g barbed gibes b u t an expression of recog- nition, u n d e r s t a n d i n g , and a c c e p t a n c e i n t o his o w n i n n e r c i r c l e . A l o n g his d a i l y p a t h he is e v e r s t r e w i n g countless acts of f r i e n d l y kindness. H e is n e v e r too busy t o i n t e r v i e w a s t u d e n t a n d to p u t his s i g n a t u r e on a c a r d of i n t r o d u c t i o n f o r those w h o w a n t to g o b e y o n d l o c a l re- sources to the N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y . H e r e g a r d e d o p e n i n g p a c k a g e s of n e w books as a s u p r e m e p l e a s u r e and as the l i b r a r i a n ' s special p r e r o g a t i v e ; the acquisi- tions r o u t i n e a t B r o o k l y n w a s p l a n n e d a c c o r d i n g l y , so t h a t a l l i n c o m i n g m a i l w a s r o u t e d to his office. A w e l l - t h u m b e d copy of the D e c i m a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n w a s a l w a y s on his desk, a n d each n e w book passed on to t h e c a t a l o g i n g d e p a r t m e n t w i t h its c l a s s m a r k w r i t t e n in his o w n h a n d . H e s e l d o m j o i n e d the p i t c h e d b a t t l e s t h a t m a r k f a c u l t y l i f e in a l a r g e and r a p i d l y e x p a n d i n g i n s t i t u t i o n . B u t once he w a s c e r t a i n t h a t the f a t e of his l i b r a r y (Continued on page 367) v 358 COLL EGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES eight years of administrative w o r k in the R e f e r e n c e D e p a r t m e n t of the N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y . U p o n completing his li- brary school course at C o l u m b i a he entered the N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y ' s Economics D i v i s i o n , l o n g k n o w n to have one of the o u t s t a n d i n g economics and documents col- lections in the c o u n t r y . A d v a n c i n g rap- idly, he took over w i t h i n f o u r years the pivotal job of general assistant in charge of the director's office. I t w a s a position w h i c h required particular attention to per- sonnel and general administrative prob- lems, as w e l l as the correspondence and official records of the l i b r a r y . H e man- aged this difficult job w i t h great tact and intelligence, and in 1941 w a s assigned to the duty of u n i f y i n g the local history and genealogy and A m e r i c a n history divisions, of w h i c h he became chief. T h e combined research collections under his direction there numbered about 170,000 books and pamphlets. H i s main objectives in this position w e r e to coordinate the personnel and administration of the former divisions, to strengthen the collections, and to im- prove the service to readers. W h i l e still engaged in this w o r k an emergency in the acquisition division made it necessary f o r him to take over the division's administra- tive duties. D u r i n g the succeeding t w o and a half years he directed the expendi- ture of more than three hundred thousand dollars f o r books and f o r the thirty-seven thousand serials c u r r e n t l y received by the reference department. H e reorganized the acquisition division and placed it on a business basis. In addition to his regular administrative duties he w a s active on committees f o r m u l a t i n g acquisition poli- cies and c l a s s i f y i n g the staff of the refer- ence department. Asa Don Dickinson (Continued from page 358) w a s at stake, he w a s ready. H e held his devastating fire to the last and a l w a y s emerged the v i c t o r . H e does not care for mechanical devices and w i l l never ride w h e n his destination is w i t h i n w a l k i n g distance. H i s f a m i l y and home, w i t h garden, good books, and a dog, are the real center of his l i f e . H e is m o v i n g back to his old home in S w a r t h - more to e n j o y them all to the f u l l e s t . President H a r r y D . Gideonse, of B r o o k l y n C o l l e g e , speaking at a tea in honor of Professor Dickinson given by his colleagues, s a i d : Professor Dickinson was not only a good builder in the original development of our library in our new buildings here in Flatbush. but he brought to the campus an urbane and broad viewpoint and he became one of the human pillars on which a young college and a young faculty could rely for strength and for perspective. Every inch a gentleman and a scholar in the best traditional sense of the term, he was an influence in the building of the type of tradition that should be the unique contribution of a large liberal arts college. C H A R L E S F . G O S N E L L SEPTEMBER., 1944 67 Mary E. Baker MARY E . BAKER retired f r o m active l i b r a r y service on A u g . I, 1943, a f t e r t w e n t y years as librarian of the U n i v e r s i t y of T e n n e s s e e . A s one w h o has been her student, staff member, and friend, I am proud to have an opportunity to pay tribute to her contributions as a librarian and to her influence on her associates. M y o u t s t a n d i n g impression of M i s s B a k e r is of her deep concern and w a r m sympathy f o r both the professional and personal problems of her staff and friends. M y first year out of library school I joined her staff. I t w a s M i s s B a k e r herself w h o instructed me in my duties. N o matter h o w occupied she w a s w i t h more important matters, she w a s never too busy to listen to my minor troubles nor impatient w i t h my greenness. I hope my o w n a t t i t u d e t o w a r d beginners has reflected some of the g r a t i t u d e I feel f o r her understanding treatment at that stage of my career. E v e r anxious f o r the professional advance- ment of her staff, she gave m e — a s she g a v e o t h e r s — e v e r y opportunity to test my ability by sampling a v a r i e t y of library duties. A f t e r I l e f t the U n i v e r s i t y of T e n - nessee L i b r a r y I w a s still conscious of her interest in m y accomplishments. I am sure all w h o have w o r k e d f o r her have been a w a r e of this concern f o r their w e l - f a r e . L i k e so m a n y of the older leaders in our profession, it w a s by accident rather than intent that M i s s B a k e r became a librarian. F o l l o w i n g her g r a d u a t i o n f r o m L i n c o l n U n i v e r s i t y ( n o w L i n c o l n C o l l e g e ) in Illinois in 1900, she w e n t as instructor in L a t i n and G r e e k to M i s s o u r i V a l l e y C o l - lege at M a r s h a l l . W h e n she f o u n d that M i s s BAKER the school had an unorganized collection of books, she offered to c a t a l o g them. Soon her duties as librarian took up so much of her time that she had to give up the teaching of classical langauges. B y 1906 she w a s convinced that library w o r k rather than teaching w a s to be her career and that for that w o r k she needed f u r t h e r training. She w e n t first to the library school at the U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois and then to N e w Y o r k State L i b r a r y School, f r o m w h i c h she received the B . L . S . degree in 1908. H e r k n o w l e d g e of languages w a s put to SEPTEMBER., 1944 359 good use w h e n she served as head cataloger at B r y n M a w r C o l l e g e f r o m 1908 to 1 9 1 2 , at the U n i v e r s i t y of M i s s o u r i f r o m 1 9 1 2 to 1 9 1 9 , and at the C a r n e g i e L i - brary, P i t t s b u r g h , f r o m 1 9 1 9 to 1923. W h i l e in this last position, she also t a u g h t c a t a l o g i n g in the C a r n e g i e L i b r a r y School. I t w a s M a y 3, 1923, that M i s s B a k e r came to the U n i v e r s i t y of T e n n e s s e e as head of a library of less than f i f t y thousand volumes housed in a small b u i l d i n g and serviced by a staff of six. She b r o u g h t to her job a deep conviction of the importance of the college l i b r a r y as a tool f o r research and she concentrated first on building up the book and periodical collections. I n t w e n t y years the book stock w a s increased to approximately 195,000 volumes. M o r e books required more space. I n 1 9 3 0 a handsome n e w b u i l d i n g w a s erected, e m b o d y i n g m a n y of M i s s B a k e r ' s ideas of efficient and logical a r r a n g e m e n t . B e f o r e she l e f t that b u i l d i n g too w a s taxed to capacity and the additions provided f o r in the original plans are badly needed. M e a n w h i l e , the convenience of f a c u l t y and students, as w e l l as the need f o r space, had been met by the establishment of departmental libraries in the colleges of l a w , engineering, a g r i c u l t u r e , and edu- cation. In all the details of library administra- tion, M i s s B a k e r has shown herself to be a meticulous and constructive housekeeper. W i t h o u t t a k i n g f r o m her staff (increased to t w e n t y - t w o by the time she l e f t ) any of the responsibility and authority w h i c h w a s due their positions, she kept a close contact w i t h the details of the l i b r a r y ' s operation. H e r aim w a s a l w a y s to build a good foundation f o r the g r o w t h w h i c h she hoped f o r , f o r her institution. W i t h the adoption by the Southern Association of C o l l e g e s and Secondary Schools of standards f o r high school li- braries, M i s s B a k e r s a w an opportunity f o r the U n i v e r s i t y of T e n n e s s e e to serve the state by t r a i n i n g school librarians. I n 1928 a department of library science w a s established, w i t h her as its head. Professional Activities O u t s i d e her o w n l i b r a r y M i s s B a k e r w a s an active participant in every move- ment f o r the advancement of libraries on a local, state, and national scale. H e r qualities as a leader and o r g a n i z e r w e r e demonstrated as president of the T e n - nessee L i b r a r y Association, chairman of the C o l l e g e Section of the Southeastern L i b r a r y Association, and chairman of the A g r i c u l t u r a l L i b r a r i e s Section of the A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Association. She w o r k e d w i t h the state department of edu- cation in every e f f o r t to improve library conditions in T e n n e s s e e . She w a s chair- man of the committee w h i c h tried to get a certification l a w f o r librarians, and she w a s influential in securing the appoint- ment of a state school library supervisor. In 1 9 3 7 she published a List of Ten- nessee Serials, Together with the Holdings of Tennessee Libraries. T h o u g h born in M a c o n C o u n t y , 111., M i s s B a k e r w a s at home in T e n n e s s e e . H e r ancestors once lived here and her t w o C o n f e d e r a t e g r a n d f a t h e r s are buried near S m y r n a . H e r hobby of investigating f a m i l y history enriched her leisure hours and added to the university library many choice items on early T e n n e s s e e history. She w a s an active member of the E a s t T e n n e s s e e H i s t o r i c a l Society. Since her retirement, M i s s B a k e r has returned to her native state and makes her home in D e c a t u r w i t h her sister, w h o is also a librarian. M A R T H A L . E L L I S O N v 360 COLL EGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Appointments to College and University Library Positions WI T H T H I S ISSUE College and Re-search Libraries continues to report in f u l l , changes in some of the more re- sponsible positions. T h e editors are grati- fied at the interest shown by readers in this n e w feature, w h i c h seems to be all the more w e l c o m e in v i e w of the f a c t that r e g u l a r meetings are temporarily sus- pended. T h e y also wish to a c k n o w l e d g e the assistance given by numerous col- leagues w i t h a passion f o r anonymity, w h o have contributed information, sometimes even the language, w h i c h appears below. Reorganization at Columbia A n e w division in the library o r g a n i z a - tion at C o l u m b i a w a s created J u l y I, embracing various departments, libraries, and reading rooms o f f e r i n g service directly to those w h o use the libraries. T h o m a s P . F l e m i n g , w h o heads up the n e w division w i t h the title, assistant director, readers' services, has received diversified prepara- tion f o r these newly-assumed responsibili- ties. H i s first experience w i t h o r g a n i z i n g , coordinating, and supervising library serv- ices came at W e s t e r n Reserve, w h e r e in 1 9 3 0 - 3 2 he w a s in charge of departmental libraries. Since 1 9 3 7 he has been medical librarian at the C o l l e g e of Physicians and Surgeons, C o l u m b i a , w h e r e he has met library needs of a l a r g e and active body of scholars and their students w i t h under- standing and imagination. In so doing he has tied in the services of the medical library w i t h the services of the library system of the university as a w h o l e and has met other problems of daily library administration w i t h a brand of energy and vision w h i c h are a m o n g the marks of li- brary statesmanship. H e has devoted considerable t h o u g h t to the development of library resources to support instruction and research. H i s experience as head of the order and bind- ing department at the U n i v e r s i t y of M i n - nesota L i b r a r y , 1932-37, supplemented by later experience at the C o l l e g e of Physicians and Surgeons and as chairman of A . L . A . committees concerned w i t h li- brary resources, made his selection in 1941 as chairman of the J o i n t C o m m i t t e e on Importations as logical as it has proved wise. H e is c u r r e n t l y assisting w i t h the republication program of the A l i e n P r o p - erty C u s t o d i a n . O t h e r professional activi- ties have included teaching, in the area of bibliography and reference, at M i n n e s o t a and C o l u m b i a ; w r i t i n g s on professional s u b j e c t s ; and membership on the survey staff of the A r m y M e d i c a l L i b r a r y , w h i c h completed its w o r k early in 1944. T h i s spring he w a s elected to membership on the A . L . A . E x e c u t i v e B o a r d . M a u r i c e F . T a u b e r w a s appointed to the position of assistant director, technical services, C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y Libraries, as of Sept. 1, 1944. H e comes f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o Libraries, w h e r e he advanced f r o m head of the c a t a l o g division in 1941 to chief of a n e w l y - o r g a n i z e d preparations department in 1942. A t C h i c a g o he contributed to the reorgani- z a t i o n of c a t a l o g i n g procedures, sim- plification of c a t a l o g i n g practices, and coordination of routines a m o n g the various SEPTEMBER., 1944 361 M A U R I C E F . TV Assistant Dit Technical Se Columbia Ut Libraries ID WARD G . F R E E H A F E R Assistant Librarian Brown University J O H N H . M O R I A R T Y Director of Libraries Purdue University W I L L I A M H . J E S S E Librarian and Professor of Bibliography University of Tennessee H O M A S P . F L E M I N G Assistant Director: Readers' Services Columbia University Libraries W . S T A N L E Y HOC Director of Lit University of / E S T H E R G R E E N E Librarian Barnard College Columbia University H . G . BOI)SBTELD Librarian Brooklyn College technical units. A t the same time he w a s instructor in the g r a d u a t e l i b r a r y school, being promoted to assistant professor in 1944. W h i l e in charge of g r a d u a t e re- search in the area of technical operations, he sponsored a series of studies relating to subject headings in various types of li- braries and to the field of centralized and cooperative cataloging. H i s earlier ex- perience w a s as research assistant in the g r a d u a t e library school, 1 9 3 9 - 4 1 , d u r i n g w h i c h time he w o r k e d on a manuscript, " T h e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , " in collaboration w i t h L o u i s R . W i l s o n , dean emeritus. T h e manuscript has been accepted f o r publication by the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o Press. In order to get data f o r the v o l - ume, he visited f o r t y - f o u r university li- braries in the U n i t e d States. B e f o r e g o i n g to C h i c a g o , D r . T a u b e r held various positions f r o m 1927-38 in T e m p l e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , o r g a n i z i n g and serving as head of the c a t a l o g depart- ment and superintendent of binding f r o m 1935 until 1938, w h e n he w a s a w a r d e d an A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Association f e l l o w - ship to the g r a d u a t e library school. H i s contributions have been primarily in the area of c a t a l o g i n g and classification, but he has been interested in all aspects of college and university library service, w i t h special emphasis on administration and organization, bibliography, bookbinding, cooperative cataloging, personnel* prob- lems, union catalogs, and uses of micro- photography. H e has been active in local, regional, and national library o r g a n i z a - tions. Purdue J o h n H . M o r i a r t y goes to P u r d u e as director of university libraries w i t h a rich background of teaching experience, seven years of experience in business, public re- lations, and supervisory positions, and li- brary experience reaching back through the E n g i n e e r i n g Societies L i b r a r y in N e w Y o r k and the T e c h n o l o g y D i v i s i o n of the Q u e e n s B o r o u g h P u b l i c L i b r a r y to gram- m a r school days. A s librarian at C o o p e r U n i o n ( 1 9 3 5 - 3 9 ) , he built up a profes- sionally trained staff and unified the li- brary's services, at the same time teaching in the social philosophy department there and also in the School of L i b r a r y Service, C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , w h e r e he carried courses in government publications and in reference and bibliographical method. A s assistant to the director of libraries at C o l u m b i a ( 1 9 3 9 - 4 1 ) , he w a s concerned p a r t i c u l a r l y w i t h a d j u s t i n g acquisition processes to central responsibility, w i t h im- proved accounting methods, and w i t h achieving consistency and codification of c a t a l o g i n g practices. A t the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s ( 1 9 4 1 - 4 4 ) , first as chief of the Accessions D i v i s i o n and, f o l l o w i n g the reorganization, as assistant director of the Acquisitions D e p a r t m e n t , he w a s respon- sible f o r i m p r o v i n g and expediting the normal acquisition and recording pro- cedures, c e n t r a l i z i n g the receipt of all materials, and establishing a n e w serial record division. I n addition, he shared in the unusual and e x a c t i n g task of secur- ing foreign, i n c l u d i n g enemy, publications at their source and assuring their safe and speedy a r r i v a l in this country. B y modi- f y i n g conventional procedures and in- geniously devising n e w measures, a committee of w h i c h he w a s a member has been able to maintain a continued flow, f r o m all parts of the w o r l d and in sur- prising v o l u m e , of material w h i c h is of inestimable v a l u e to government agencies in w a r t i m e . T o his new post M r . M o r i a r t y w i l l take an interest and advanced preparation in SEPTEMBER., 1944 363 history and social studies, experience w i t h scientific and technical m a t e r i a l , k n o w l - edge of o r g a n i z a t i o n and of l i b r a r y tech- niques, v e r s a t i l i t y in m e e t i n g n e w situa- tions, and success in the acquisition and e f f e c t i v e use of books and personnel. Tennessee U p o n l e a v i n g C o l u m b i a ' s School of L i - b r a r y S e r v i c e W i l l i a m H . Jesse w e n t to B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y to assist H e n r y B . V a n H o e s e n , l i b r a r i a n , and P r e s i d e n t W r i s t o n in a c o n c e n t r a t e d e f f o r t to m a k e the B r o w n l i b r a r y a m o r e i n t e g r a l part of the s t u d e n t p r o g r a m . T h e f o r m of service u t i l i z e d w a s the divisional plan, also b e i n g i n a u g u - rated at the U n i v e r s i t y of C o l o r a d o at the same time. H e l e f t B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y to accept the position of assistant director of libraries at the U n i v e r s i t y of N e b r a s k a d u r i n g the period of b u i l d i n g c o n s t r u c t i o n and service p l a n n i n g f o r the n e w l i b r a r y . I n J a n u a r y 1 9 4 3 he accepted a w a r service a p p o i n t m e n t at the U . S . D e p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e L i b r a r y t o o r g a n i z e the r e f e r - ence services a l o n g lines adequate to meet the g r e a t increase in r e f e r e n c e and b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l d e m a n d s m a d e upon t h a t l i b r a r y due to the d e p a r t m e n t ' s w a r pro- g r a m . H i s most a b s o r b i n g interest has been in divisional o r g a n i z a t i o n of u n i v e r - sity l i b r a r y services. I n a d d i t i o n to h a v i n g assisted in o r g a n i z i n g divisional p l a n n i n g in the l i b r a r i e s a l r e a d y m e n t i o n e d , he has f o r several y e a r s been c h a i r m a n of an A . C . R . L . subcommittee appointed to s t u d y the e d u c a t i o n a l aspects of this t y p e of service. A labama W . S t a n l e y H o o l e , born and reared in S o u t h C a r o l i n a , pursued his e d u c a t i o n at f o u r institutions. F r o m W a f f o r d C o l l e g e he received his A . B . and A . M . degrees, as w e l l as h o n o r a r y P h i B e t a K a p p a distinc- tion. F r o m N o r t h T e x a s S t a t e T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e he received his l i b r a r y degree and f r o m D u k e U n i v e r s i t y his P h . D . in A m e r i c a n l i t e r a t u r e in 1 9 3 4 . T o this p r e p a r a t i o n he has added a y e a r ' s s t u d y in the G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y S c h o o l of the U n i - v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o as a G e n e r a l E d u c a t i o n B o a r d f e l l o w . A s l i b r a r i a n he has held three p o s i t i o n s : B i r m i n g h a m - S o u t h e r n C o l l e g e , 1 9 3 5 - 3 7 ; B a y l o r U n i v e r s i t y , 1 9 3 7 - 3 9 ; and N o r t h T e x a s S t a t e T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , 1 9 3 9 - 4 4 . D r . H o o l e has published n u m e r o u s ar- ticles in l i b r a r y and e d u c a t i o n j o u r n a l s . T o these should be added the m o n o g r a p h on Charleston Periodicals ( D u k e U n i v e r - sity Press, 1 9 3 6 ) and the e d i t i n g of North Texas Regional Union List of Serials, 1 9 4 4 . A t present he is p r e p a r i n g a v o l - u m e on The Ante-Bellum Charleston Theatre. T h i s is a p r o j e c t u n d e r t a k e n on a R o c k e f e l l e r F o u n d a t i o n g r a n t . A t N o r t h T e x a s S t a t e T e a c h e r s C o l - lege D r . H o o l e distinguished himself d u r - i n g the past five y e a r s : in b u i l d i n g up its l i b r a r y resources f r o m 88,OCX) to 1 4 5 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s ; in seeing the l i b r a r y b u d g e t in- crease f r o m $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 to close to $ 2 8 , 0 0 0 ; in r e o r g a n i z i n g the i n t e r n a l a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of the l i b r a r y ; in i n s t a l l i n g an e f f e c t i v e book bindery, m i c r o p h o t o g r a p h i c depart- m e n t , and separate music l i b r a r y ; and in a i d i n g .in the s u r v e y of the n o r t h T e x a s r e g i o n a l libraries. T h e n e w l y appointed l i b r a r i a n of the U n i v e r s i t y of A l a b a m a is, in brief, a m a n w i t h sound academic and technical train- ing, w h o is alert, progressive, an efficient a d m i n i s t r a t o r , and an able w r i t e r . Mt. Holyoke L y d i a M . G o o d i n g became a c t i n g li- b r a r i a n of M o u n t H o l y o k e C o l l e g e on v 364 COLL EGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES A u g u s t i . H e r broad professional ex- perience has included positions in several college and university libraries and in three library schools. She has served as cataloger and chief classifier at P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y , librarian of D i c k i n s o n C o l - lege, and librarian of the medical school of Syracuse U n i v e r s i t y . A s a teacher she has been associated w i t h the library schools of E m o r y U n i v e r s i t y , w h e r e she w a s act- ing dean in 1935-36, Syracuse U n i v e r s i t y , and C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y . D u r i n g the t w o years before she assumed her present position she served as assistant to the dean of the School of L i b r a r y Service, C o l u m - bia U n i v e r s i t y , in charge of the school's placement p r o g r a m . She also t a u g h t courses in college and university library service and in bibliography and reference. M i s s G o o d i n g ' s versatility and adapta- bility are evidenced by the w i d e variety of positions she has held. O n e of her out- standing qualities as director of placement and as a teacher has been her sympathetic u n d e r s t a n d i n g of the personal and profes- sional interests of her students. A s a college librarian she has been p a r t i c u l a r l y alert to the library's opportunities and re- sponsibilities f o r the stimulation and pro- motion of the general reading of college students. W i t h her firsthand acquain- tance w i t h the role of the library in in- struction, w i t h the thorough study she has made of college libraries and w i t h an ample f u n d of actual administrative ex- perience to d r a w upon, M o u n t H o l y o k e can expect the same high quality of li- brary service it has come to accept as standard through the energetic leadership of F l o r a B . L u d i n g t o n , w h o is on leave. Barnard College E s t h e r G r e e n e has been appointed li- brarian of B a r n a r d C o l l e g e , C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y . She is a graduate of G r i n n e l l C o l l e g e , I o w a , and of Simmons C o l l e g e , Boston, and a member of P h i B e t a K a p p a . She has also studied at the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o , W e s t e r n Reserve, and C o l u m b i a . She has specialized professionally in w o r k w i t h children and y o u n g people. She has been notably successful in developing, w i t h the cooperation of teachers and parents, the educational functions and possibilities of librarianship. She has been children's librarian in the public library system of C l e v e l a n d and organized the library of the P a r k School, C l e v e l a n d H e i g h t s , a progressive school f o r children f r o m pre- school through ninth grade. U n t i l re- cently she w a s head of the C h i l d r e n ' s D e p a r t m e n t of the N e w Rochelle, N . Y . , P u b l i c L i b r a r y . O n t w o occasions she has served as a member of the N e w b e r y A w a r d C o m m i t t e e f o r the best children's book of the year. In 1 9 4 1 - 4 2 she acted as secretary of the P u b l i c L i b r a r y Section f o r W o r k w i t h C h i l d r e n and Y o u n g People of the A . L . A . D i v i s i o n of L i b r a r i e s f o r C h i l d r e n and Y o u n g People. Since 1943 she has been assistant director, field service, of the N a t i o n a l Federation of Business and Professional W o m e n ' s C l u b s , o r g a n i z i n g membership campaigns and reading and lecture programs f o r w o m e n ' s groups t h r o u g h o u t the U n i t e d States. Brooklyn College A f t e r h o l d i n g responsible positions in a large urban university and a l a r g e state university library, H u m p h r e y G . Bous- field becomes chief librarian on Sept. 1, 1944, of B r o o k l y n C o l l e g e , N e w Y o r k C i t y . Professionally M r . Bousfield g r e w up in the N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y system, s t a r t i n g as a student assistant in 1923 and by successive steps becoming assistant librarian of the W a s h i n g t o n SEPTEMBER., 1944 365 Square L i b r a r y , largest of the six libraries in the o r g a n i z a t i o n . W o r k i n g under ad- verse b u i l d i n g conditions, he set up an efficient l e n d i n g and reference service f o r one of the largest university student bodies in the country, w i t h an annual circulation of three quarters of a million volumes. In his f o u r t e e n years in this position M r . Bousfield dealt ably w i t h perhaps the most diverse g r o u p of students and f a c u l t y members to be f o u n d in any A m e r i c a n university and w a s noted f o r his excellent personal relations w i t h the l i b r a r y ' s clientele. T h i s b a c k g r o u n d of experience w a s ideal preparation f o r M r . Bousfield's next position w h e n he became associate librarian at the U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois in 1943- T h e r e , again, his p r i m a r y responsibility has been to direct public s e r v i c e s — g e n e r a l circulation and reference and about t w o dozen departmental libraries. A m o n g his outstanding accomplishments f o r the past year has been a revision of the system of f a c u l t y loans, diplomatically s o l v i n g a problem t r o u b l i n g m a n y college and uni- versity libraries by s u b m i t t i n g a plan f o r definite instead of indefinite loan periods to f a c u l t y members. O t h e r achievements w e r e guidance of the establishment of departmental libraries f o r maps and music, b e g i n n i n g a campus delivery system of books f o r f a c u l t y members, preparation of a handbook of the l i b r a r y ' s public service divisions, and a general coordination of the departmental library o r g a n i z a t i o n . W i t h C h a r l e s H . B r o w n , M r . Bous- field is coauthor of Circulation Work in College and University Libraries, the standard book in this field and a w o r k w h i c h expresses the philosophy of w i d e r e a d i n g held by both w r i t e r s . U.C.L.A. L a w r e n c e C l a r k P o w e l l became li- brarian of the U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y at the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a in L o s A n g e l e s on J u l y i . H e w i l l continue as director of the W i l l i a m A n d r e w s C l a r k L i b r a r y , to w h i c h he w a s appointed J a n . I, 1944- D r . P o w e l l brings to his n e w post a varied b a c k g r o u n d of t r a i n i n g and experi- ence. A f t e r w o r k i n g as a professional musician w h i l e securing his A . B . at O c c i - dental C o l l e g e , he w o r k e d at V r o m a n ' s Bookstore in Pasadena, then crossed the A t l a n t i c to take his doctorate in the field of A n g l o - A m e r i c a n literature at the U n i - versity of D i j o n . R e t u r n i n g to this c o u n t r y , he spent t w o years as cataloger f o r Jake Z e i t l i n ' s Bookstore, also doing editorial and promotional w o r k f o r w e s t e r n publishers, and studied f o r the l i b r a r y certificate at the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a before entering the library pro- fession as an assistant in accessions and branches at the L o s A n g e l e s P u b l i c L i - b r a r y . In 1938 he w e n t to the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a as assistant in accessions and in charge of exhibitions, a position w h i c h involved considerable responsibility f o r public relations. H i s point of v i e w is that a university l i b r a r y is properly " t h e dynamic heart of a great democratic insti- t u t i o n , " but that nevertheless the responsi- bility of the university library is not bounded by the f o u r w a l l s of the local campus. H e possesses an active pen, as his w r i t i n g s in the fields of literature, history, and bibliography bear witness. H i s f o r m a l l i b r a r y t r a i n i n g is thus supple- mented by personal experiences w h i c h sup- ply useful insight into the library problems of the scholar and the w r i t e r . Brown E d w a r d G e i e r F r e e h a f e r returns to his a l m a mater, B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y , as as- sistant librarian a f t e r t w e l v e years of varied and distinguished service, i n c l u d i n g v 366 COLL EGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES eight years of administrative w o r k in the R e f e r e n c e D e p a r t m e n t of the N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y . U p o n completing his li- brary school course at C o l u m b i a he entered the N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y ' s Economics D i v i s i o n , l o n g k n o w n to have one of the o u t s t a n d i n g economics and documents col- lections in the c o u n t r y . A d v a n c i n g rap- idly, he took over w i t h i n f o u r years the pivotal job of general assistant in charge of the director's office. I t w a s a position w h i c h required particular attention to per- sonnel and general administrative prob- lems, as w e l l as the correspondence and official records of the l i b r a r y . H e man- aged this difficult job w i t h great tact and intelligence, and in 1941 w a s assigned to the duty of u n i f y i n g the local history and genealogy and A m e r i c a n history divisions, of w h i c h he became chief. T h e combined research collections under his direction there numbered about 170,000 books and pamphlets. H i s main objectives in this position w e r e to coordinate the personnel and administration of the former divisions, to strengthen the collections, and to im- prove the service to readers. W h i l e still engaged in this w o r k an emergency in the acquisition division made it necessary f o r him to take over the division's administra- tive duties. D u r i n g the succeeding t w o and a half years he directed the expendi- ture of more than three hundred thousand dollars f o r books and f o r the thirty-seven thousand serials c u r r e n t l y received by the reference department. H e reorganized the acquisition division and placed it on a business basis. In addition to his regular administrative duties he w a s active on committees f o r m u l a t i n g acquisition poli- cies and c l a s s i f y i n g the staff of the refer- ence department. Asa Don Dickinson (Continued from page 358) w a s at stake, he w a s ready. H e held his devastating fire to the last and a l w a y s emerged the v i c t o r . H e does not care for mechanical devices and w i l l never ride w h e n his destination is w i t h i n w a l k i n g distance. H i s f a m i l y and home, w i t h garden, good books, and a dog, are the real center of his l i f e . H e is m o v i n g back to his old home in S w a r t h - more to e n j o y them all to the f u l l e s t . President H a r r y D . Gideonse, of B r o o k l y n C o l l e g e , speaking at a tea in honor of Professor Dickinson given by his colleagues, s a i d : Professor Dickinson was not only a good builder in the original development of our library in our new buildings here in Flatbush. but he brought to the campus an urbane and broad viewpoint and he became one of the human pillars on which a young college and a young faculty could rely for strength and for perspective. Every inch a gentleman and a scholar in the best traditional sense of the term, he was an influence in the building of the type of tradition that should be the unique contribution of a large liberal arts college. C H A R L E S F . G O S N E L L SEPTEMBER., 1944 67