College and Research Libraries trate its limited resources on a comparatively few projects, it is eager to place on its agenda for consid er ation all the meritorious pro- posals, from whatever source, that come to it. We regard the library profession as a talented and vigorous ally in the pro- motion of reading, and look to you both as a source of suggestions and as invaluable aides in the evaluation of proposals that come before us. Brief of the Mlnutes of the Meetings of the ACRL Board of Directors Me eting, 1 anuary 29, 1952, at Chicago Present were officers and directors, section and committee chairmen , ACRL representa- tives on ALA Council , and several invited guests. President Ellsworth opened the meeting by calling for committee reports. Mr. Swank mentioned briefly the need for information on audio-visual equipment in colleges and urged support of the questionnaire being sent out by the Committee on Audio-Visual Work to some two thousand institutions. Mr. Mul- ler reported recent a rticles in Colleg e andR e- search Libraries covering building plans and the buildings conference to be held in Colum- bus in April. This conference needed the help of several con sultants if it was to carry on successfully the work of the former Cooperative Committee on Library Buildings. Mr. Muller spoke briefly on the practice of recommending building consultants to in- stitutions with building problems. · He felt his list of consultants was getting out of date and was not sure to what extent recommenda- tions led to actual hiring of consultants. Mr. Swank reported as past chairman of the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws that, as things stood , his committee held an undesirable veto power over proposed legisla- tion. The committee therefore recommended the Constitution be amended (as . voted be- low). It was understood that once this action became final the committee would prepare legislation upon instruction of the Board of Directors. The motion was passed unanimously that, the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws be instructed to prepare a written recom- mendation proposing the deletion of the phrase "upon a written recommendation of the Com- mittee on Constitution and By-Laws ap- pointed by the president" from Article IX and Article X of the ACRL Constitution to be submitted to a vote of the members of the association. As chairman of the Committee on Ad- ministrative Procedures Mr. Parker reported the serious budg~t situ~tion facing many college libraries , and requested instruction as to whether his group should attempt to "pressure" institutions whose library stand- ards were hopelessly inadequate. President Ellsworth requested a recommendation from the committee on this point. In the absence of Miss Wixie Parker, Mr. Hamlin reported that she was well started in managing the Duplicates Exchange Union of ACRL. Miss Herrick summarized the activities of the Committee on Financing College and Re- search Libraries, which was now attempting to focus its influence on a few places likely . to produce advertisement~ for the journal. Mr. Hamlin said that eight pages of adver- tising were expected for the April issue and described promotional material prepared m his office. Mr. Reid summarized the final report of the Committee to Study Materials . for In- struction in the Use of the Library, which is now available at the headquarters office. Mr. Reid recommended that a promotional film should be prepared to sell the library to the students, and this was referred to the present chairman, Mr. Wyman Parker. (It is unlikely that ACRL will be able to produce a film. The committee will probably be eliminated, on joint recommendation of past ISO COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES and present chairmen, at the next board meet- ing unless opinion to the contrary 1s ex- pressed.) At this point President Ellsworth recog- nized Charles .W. David, retiring executive secretary of the Association of Research Li- braries, and noted Mr. David's interest in the problem of the overlapping of the two organizations. Mr. Burke spoke on the problem of mem- bership and invited suggestions as to what his committee m.embers should do. He noted that membership had not increased in the past two years and invited ideas from all. He suggested that his committee reach every member by direct mail with a request to en- list one new member for ACRL for 1952. (At the Friday discussion it was decided that the proposed direct mail contact was un- wise at this time.) The report of the N aminating Committee (reproduced elsewhere in this issue with bio- graphical sketches) was accepted. Mr. Orne reported for the Committee on Preparation and Qualifications for Librarian- ship that they expected to assure that ACRL aims were represented in the work of the Board of Education for Librarianship. A main point was the need that education for li- brarianship be on the graduate level, and this was personally distressing to him. Mr. Reichmann reported for the Publica- tions Committee that the first two ACRL MONOGRAPHS were out and invited at- tendance at a subsequent program arranged by his committee. In the absence of G. Flint Purdy, Mr. Hamlin reported that the annual statistics were mailed out in preprint form on January 9 or 10. For the first time salary informa- tion for the current academic year was in- cluded. Treasurer Shaw commented briefly on the financial arrangement for the support of the divisions by ALA and pointed out that the first year under the new plan resulted in a two thousand dollar drop in income. He felt that membership distribution of the journal plus the less favorable financial plan spelled a serious situation for the treasury. Mr. Shaw commented on the troubles involved in a fiscal year ending in August. It was voted that, the Committee on Constitution and By- Laws consider as a committee assignment the APRIL_, 1952 preparation of a written recommendation pro - posing the changing of the end of the ACRL fiscal year from August 31, to some date such as the end of May so that the Treasurer will be in a position to present his annual report at the annual conference. This is suggested in order that the Board of Directors may have a clear picture of finances at the time these are discussed. The Treasurer 's report for the first quarter was accepted by general consent. The Association's loss in the death of Robert W. Christ was a matter of general concern, and it was voted that Mr. Hamlin draft a formal resolution expressing to Mrs. Bessie Christ the sympathy and sense of loss of the ACRL Board of Directors in the death of her son Robert Christ. Andrew Eaton was appointed to fill the post of ACRL representative on ALA Council , left vacant by Mr. Christ's death. It was decided that the 85 gift subscriptions of Colleg e and R esearch Libraries to foreign libraries would be continued indefinitely as a contribution to international good will. The board officially approved the following statement regarding College and Res earch Li- brarie s: " Subscription price: to members of the Association of College and Reference Li- braries paying American Library Association dues of $6.oo or more , $2.00 per year, included in the membership dues assigned by ALA to ACRL; to members paying less than $6.oo and to nonmembers , $4.00 a year. Single copies $1.25; orders of five or more @ $1.00 each." It was voted that, honorary ALA mem- bers who have previously been regular ACRL members be accorded all the rights and privileges of ACRL membership and that this include any publications distributed to the bulk of the membership. Similar action re- garding pre-1940 life members of ALA was postponed until Friday, when the following motion was passed: That, the pte-1940 ALA life members who are ACRL members be con- sidered on the same basis as post-1940 ALA life members who are ACRL members in connection with the membership distribution of College and Res earch Libt·aries. Mr. Hamlin asked for and was given ap- proval of the use of minor amounts from his travel funds for the entertainment at meals of visitors to headquarters. Mr. Hamlin outlined a plan for a highly 151 selective card bibliography of those books 'most useful as contributions to knowledge. This might initially include twenty or thirty thousand titles. Additions and subtractions would be made at · regular intervals by scholars. Each card would include a brief annotation, and the service would be sold on a subscription basis. The cards would be useful as a basic catalog and guide to the most useful books not so much for book selection by the library as by the reqder, al- though both purposes would ~e served. The plan was suggested by Mr. Pargellis of the Newberry Library. It was being considered by the Board of the American Council of Learned Societies, and should be approved by ACRL and ALA so that funds to finance the initial bibliography could be secured. It was felt that subscriptions would finance the con- tinuation. After considerable discussion it was decided to table the proposal until the Friday meeting, at which Mr. Pargellis would be present. The board then considered briefly several matters before Congress. It was unanimously voted that: The ACRL Board of Directors supports H.R. 40S9, the bill to protect the copy- right of works in English by foreign authors. The ACRL executive secretary be in- structed to present to the Senate Com- mittee the view of the Board favoring in- sertion of a provision in S.1940 to provide books for veterans in the new G.I. edu- cational benefit bill. The ACRL Board of Directors goes on . record favoring the passage of the cus- toms simplification bill H.R ssos (the bill to get the limit on informal importa- tion of foreign books through the post office without customs declaration raised from $roo to $2so or even $soo). The board discussed but took no action on the move to use federal income from tide- water oil to support education, under certain conditions. Mr. Ellsworth briefly discussed presidential difficulties in filling committee assignments and suggested the president-elect might want a committee to assist him in this exacting re- sponsibility. · The budget for College and Research Li- braries was approved after discussion. Mr. Orne suggested the desirability of a business manager. Printing contracts and charges by Banta, the present publisher, were examined. There was much criticism of the charge for ALA general office services, which seemed exorbitant. The group reviewed unsuccess- ful efforts in the past to have this charge re- duced. Mr. Hamlin reviewed previous Board action which authorized membership distribu- tion subject to the findings of a special com- mittee that the cost should not run above a $s,ooo.oo initial outlay plus an annual sub- sidy of $r,8oo.oo. Mr. Hamlin described the informal meet- ings, begun recently, of executive secretaries at ALA Headquarters. He stated that the problem of divisional support by ALA had been discussed in detail with officers of the Public Libraries Division and suggested one of these people be invited to sit in when the ACRL Board considered this subject. The Public Libraries Division Board h·ad, in turn, invited ACRL to be represented at its discussion, and the vice president volunteered to attend, arid this exchange of views was ap- proved. Miss Rutzen, vice president and president-elect of the Public Libraries Di- vision, was in turn invited to sit with the ACRL Board. President Ellsworth reviewed ACRL ex- perience with the ALA experimental fiscal plan for the support of divisions. In pre- senting this a year and a half ago ALA felt that as much or more support would come to ACRL as under the old plan. rgso/ sr ex- perience showed a $r,6oo.oo reduction, or a loss of about ro % . At its July meeting the ACRL Board had officially requested a simpler formula whereby every membership dollar of divisional mem- bers would be split (probably about so/ so) and the tortuous complexities of the experi- mental plan would be avoided. No action had been taken for or against the ACRL request. Mr. Ellsworth stated that unless ACRL took extreme action, some compromise was neces- sary to prevent a serious financial situation (loss of revenue for the current year was esti- mated at $2,72s.oo less than under the old dues and former basis of support). Mr. Hamlin was questioned on his pre- . viously expressed hope that the experimental plan, adopted in rgso, would be favorable to 152 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES ACRL. He stated that he had hoped for increase in membership, but a small decline had taken place. Inflation was more of a factor under the new plan than under the old. Finally, he confessed misplaced confi- dence and optimism . He pointed out that ACRL was sadder and wiser from a year's experience with the formula, but should it step out at this point and go back to the old, it might be c~iticized as uncooperative and grasping. Mr. Adams stated that the original pro- posal provided 6o % of all personal dues (ex- cept the $3.00 category) to the division of choice, and that ALA dropped this principle when the dues were raised. He pointed out that only 30 % of a top personal dues payment now came to the division of choice. It was therefore suggested that ALA be petitioned to . restore the previous formula of full 6o % for all personal dues except the $3.00 cate- gory. Some analogous arrangement should be made for institutional dues. Mr. Downs, a member of the ALA Execu- tive Board, stated the matter had come up for discussion before them the previous eve- ning at so late an hour that discussion was limited. The Executive Board felt that the whole dues income picture was at the moment so cloudy that no formula reYision should be undertaken until June or July. If the situa.- tion then indicated considerable dues income above that of the previous year, a fair distri- bution would be made to the divisions. Mr. Coney concurred in this. He stressed the need to accept the principle of negotiation for · funds by the divisions within ALA. "There isn't any right or wrong to it. Each group always needs money. The only thing to do is to negotiate .... with as even a temper as possible." · Mr. Ellsworth stressed the continual urgency for funds one feels while serving on the ALA Executive Board, "You see a dollar and allot it, and it is hardly ever allotted for divisional purposes. I think the ALA Board will follow precedent and do that, and I there- fore think that all divisions should be insistent with the ALA Board that they think of this side of the problem." The board was requested to give Mr. Ells- worth and Mr. Hamlin instructions as to atti- tude in a meeting with the ALA Executive Board the next day, but only expressed confi- APRIL, 1952 dence in their judgment. Me eting, February I , I952 , at Chicago Present were officers and directors, and Messrs. Pargellis, Coney, and Tauber a s. guests. Mr. Severance as president-elect expressed himself in favor of a committee to advise the incoming president on potential candidates for committee work. This group should study the work of committees and prepare panels of candidates. Discussion followed on the ad- vantages of having committees made up of members from one section of the country. It was voted that, there be an ACRL Com- mittee on Committees to study ACRL com- mittees and advise the incoming president of potential candidates for committee work. President Ellsworth spoke briefly on the responsibility of the President to get com- mittee reports in before board meetings so that discussion would center on specific points in the reports. · At the meeting on January 29 a proposal for a system of ACRL state representatives had been discussed briefly. This called for one person in each state to represent ACRL interests in a very broad capacity, to keep in regular contact with ACRL Headquarters, to see that it was informed about local needs, talented workers, etc. , to act for ACRL at state meetings, to speak for the association on all possible occasions, and in other ways to be a local "executive secretary" or arm of the national group. This discussion was con- tinued on 'the basis that, if adopted, the "state representatives'' would take the place of the present "state membership chairmen" and the ACRL Membership Committee would be abolished. State representatives would work on membership as well as other matters. Mr. Hamlin stressed the need of regular contact by the headquarters office with every one of these people. He stated that the plan could be tried for a year on a small scale. A motion to try the plan on an experimental basis was amended to implement the whole proposal for .1952/ 53, and abolish the Mem- bership Committee in July, as follows: That, ACLR adopt a system of state representatives (Appendix VI, tentative agenda for mid- winter) to have broad assignments and authority to promote the establishment of chapters, to arrange when feasible for ACRL 153 programs at state and local conferences, to bring proposals for investigation and research from state groups to the national head- quarters, and in general to see that ACRL is more active locally. This system of state representatives will be put into effect for the years 1952/ 53. The present Membership Committee will be continued until July 1952. The Committee on Interlibrary Loans was praised for its work and mildly reproved for sometimes bringing out a product which was not in finished form. Mr. Ellsworth ex- pressed the need to bring public and special library interests to bear on the problem. The group discussed the machinery to represent the interests of librarians outside the college and reference field , and the original purposes of the Committee on Interlibrary Loans, which were being exceeded. It was agreed that President Ellsworth should instruct the chairman that the work of the committee was to be reviewed by the Research Planning Committee. This group would report on how the study should progress. Mr. Pargellis reviewed the plan for a highly selective card bibliography (see J anu- ary 29 minutes above). He reviewed the average reader's need for help in using huge, modern card catalogs, and the interest of the American Council of Learned Societies in the project. Some standard published bibliogra- phies, such as the Guide To Historical Literature would not be required if this project went through. On discussion it ap- peared that the cards would include some source material but mostly list secondary works. Each card annotation· would tell why that title was included. The project would be useful both to the young undergraduate and to the Ph.D. working outside his specialty. A danger of standardization in book pur- chasing was raised, as well as the desperate need for reader guidance felt in many libraries. The financing of the initial work was to be borne mostly by a grant (to be sought) and the continuance paid for by subscriptions. It was felt the plan would be financially sound if several hundred subscriptions were secured. Differences between the plan and the Shaw List ... as well as the U.S. Quarterly Book List were discussed. It was voted that, ACRL appoint two or three members of the group to work with Mr. Pargellis in develop- ing his proposal for a selective, currently re- vised bibliography of those books most useful to the mature student, and in submitting it to whatever Councils or foundations the group wishes. (Note: Subsequently, Miss Gertrude Gscheidle, Mr. Morrison Haviland, and Mr. Herman Fussier were appointed to work on the project with Mr. Pargellis and Mr. Hamlin.) President Ellsworth next reviewed the problem of ACRL finances. The new fiscal experiment proposed by ALA in 1950, had been tried by ACRL alone. This had resulted in a net loss to ACRL of approximately $1,6oo.oo. This year all divisions were, for the first time, on the new fiscal basis · of sup- port, and it looked as though ACRL's loss would be close to· $3,000.00. ACRL had as yet neither accepted nor rejected the plan for 1951 / 52. President Ellsworth had asked the ALA Executive Board to give the divisions some assurance that if additional income were derived from the increase in dues, a fair share of this increase would go to the divisions as well as to central activities. The ALA Executive Board had approved a recommenda- tion of Mr. Clift to the effect that no im- mediate commitment should be made to change the formula. "At the end of the year if ALA's income from this source is out of pro- portion with that of the divisions, the Execu- rive Board should consider some method which would turn back part of the increased income to the divisions." Mr. Tauber spoke to the good faith of the Executive Board on this score and its need to be cautious. Mr. Ellsworth expressed fear that a desire to offer some additional central service might blind the Board to divisional needs. There is always a real danger that any extra funds will go into projects under the central ALA. The pressure is strong and constant at headquarters toward central services. The past history of ACRL's long struggle for recognition and funds was men- tioned by several as a warning against too much faith and trust that adequa~e financial support would be provided. · It was noted several times that while the Executive Board had invited the divisions to discuss financial problems, its action had been taken before, and not after, discussion with the divisions. The ACRL president and executive secretary were requested to ex- press to the Executive Board their pleasure at 154 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES the opportunity to parttctpate and express their views on divisional support. Mr. Adams stressed the need for ACRL to learn from all this that it, too, can grow so large that the individual is lost, and that its sections and chapters should always be im- portant as they reach the individual. Mr. Lyle stated a need to stress that the 6oj 40 per cent of the original proposal in 1950 should be applied to the new dues scale so that 6o % of all personal payments would go to the division. · (The limit was held at $6.oo under the new dues, which is only 30 % of the top personal dues.) It was recommended that the division go back to the old plan whereby ALA paid its office expenses and 20 % of membership dues, as required by the By-Laws. This seemed the only course since the whole nature of the 6o j 40 plan was negated by setting a $6.oo limit on payment to a division for any one membership. After further discussion it was voted that, the board agrees on the desirability of continuing with the ·6o/ 40 formula pro- viding the formula is applied to all levels of personal dues above $3.00. . The Board prefers that position unless the ALA Execu- tive Board can develop a simpler formula that will assure each division of more favorable financial support for current needs. The board wishes institutional dues to be handled on the same principle it recommends for per- sonal dues. It was requested that the minutes appear- ing in College and Res earc h Libraries should make it perfectly clear that sixty per cent of a dues payment did not go to the division of choice when the dues went above $10.00 or below $6.oo. Sixty per cent was paid only for payments in the $6.oo-$1o.oo range. For ex- ample, in a payment of $20.00, $14.00 goes to ALA and $6.oo to the division of choice. Mr. Hamlin was pressed for opinion on the effect of "old plan" versus ''new plan" on his office. He was against going back and hoped his attitude would not cost ACRL $2,700.00 in support which it would otherwise normally have. Progress was not made at Head- quarters by fighting, and by pursuing a lone course. He felt acceptance of the new plan would make for better working relationships. The university leaders sitting on the Executive Board should be trusted to see that justice was done. It was voted that, in accepting for 1951 / 52 the present experimental fiscal policy plan, this board expresses its confidence in the good faith of the ALA Executive Board to provide more adequately for the divisions later this year. The question of a business manager for College and Research Libraries was raised and left to the editor and executive secretary for investigation. It was voted that, the ACRL drop its mem- bership in the American Council on Education and rely on its parent association, the ALA, to keep it in contact with this organization; also that, the budget allotted to the ACRL Audio-Visual Committee be increased to $roo.oo; also that, the budget allotted to the Junior College Libraries Section of ACRL be increased to $75.00. -Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive S ecretary. Pre--Conference Institutes at Columbia University The School of Library Service at Columbia University is scheduling three pre-conference institutes for June 24-28, 1952. Of interest to chief librarians and administrative officers interested in critical study of library manage- ment is the institute on ll1 anagem ent R esearch and Improvement in Libraries. The develop- ment of library educational programs will be considered in a second institute on Strengthen - ing Educational Service in Public Libraries, co-sponsored by the School and the Division of Public Libraries Committee on Adult Educa- tion and the ALA Adult Education Board. APRIL, 1952 The ALA Division of Cataloging and Classi- fication is co-sponsoring an institute on Subj ec t Analysis of Library Materials. Papers by specialists in these fields and group discussions of problems and methods will be featured. Meetings will be held on the Columbia campus , and the fee for each institute has been set at $27.00. Dormitory accommodations are avail- able at moderate cost. For information ad- dress the Dean, School of Library Service, Columbia University, New York 27, New York. 155 ACRL Study of Circulation Control During the past yea r the Association of College and Reference Libr a rie s appointed a research planning committee w hich has as its function the designation of areas in which it is advisable to do research in order to reduce many of the problems which we are currently facing in college a nd uniYersity librari anship. For its first project the committee chose the problem of circula- tion control in college and rese a rch libra ries. It is now in the process of synthesizing and evaluating the present know ledge of this field in an attempt to identify unsolved problems and indicate w he r e furth er studies are desirable and practical in this area. The committ ee is asking librarians all over the country who may have made innovations on w ell know n circulation cont r ol systems or devised new systems to meet needs of their particular libr a rie s, but have not published information on them to send w rite-ups of these systems to the und ersigned. It is particularly interested in minor variations of standard patterns w hich have been worked out for college and research libraries as a means of simplifying systems that are ge nerally known. The more detailed the write-up , the more value it w ill have to the committee. If any library is unable to supply this information in the near future , but will be gl ad to send it at some later date, the committee w ould be grateful for a letter to that effect. Such inform a tion will be of value to the committee in its initial project. Please send inform a tion to Forrest F. C a rhart, Jr. , assistant director of libraries , University of Denver. 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Holyoke, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Notre Dame, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rensse- laer, Rutgers, Smith , Southern Illinois, Stanford, Union, Vassar, Washington State , Yale, and others, it's truly PORTABLE; fits in briefcase; makes clear copies for only 7¢; needs no darkroom and affords time and money sav- ings. Models as low as $39.00. Write for FREE FOLDER today. F. G. LUDWIG Associates longhand-copying and proof-reading notes. Contoura • copied manuscripts and doc. uments are letter- per- '- feet, need no checking. Contoura • copy full· page graphs, charts, maps, prints or parts of pages, stamps, sig- natures, from books . that can't be taken from library. 3 Pease Rd. Woodbridge, Conn. 156 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Two Studies Proposed by ARL Dr. Frederick H. Wagman, of the Library of Congress, reports on the following proposals for investigation of problems of interest to college and reference librarians: I. Standardization of Subject Headings As has been remarked previously we are becoming increasingly dependent both for intelli- gence information regarding certain areas of the world and for news of recent scientific de- velopments on minor publications and on interim research reports. Very often, authorship or title are of little utility as controls over such works. Frequently, these publications should be available and in use long before they can be cited in secondary sources or in bibliographies and the approach to such literature is primarily by subject. At present there is no list of subject h~adings adequate to the needs of both general and special libraries, nor is there any single agency capable of developing such a list without help. The research libraries continue to catalog monographs (as they must) but many special libraries are concerned almost entirely with publications at the level of journal articles and need far more detailed headings which may never find use in a large research library. The scientific documentation agencies of the Government have gone off on their own in developing subject headings useful · in their work and among special libraries new subject heading lists proliferate. Obviously it would be both wrong and impossible to exact from all libraries conformity to a universal list of headings even if such a list could be devised. The present tendency, how- ever, leads to waste, unnecessary duplication of effort, and the development of bibliographic controls which cannot be integrated. Differences of subject heading treatment usually result less from profound differences of principle than from such · considerations as the cost of revision of older work, or the fact that certain modifiers necessary in diverse catalogs become ridiculous in specialized ones. Only rarely does the need for detailed headings per se raise any problems. If the principles observed in the subject cataloging are the same, the headings used by a library cataloging periodical literature in economics and one cataloging only monographs should be easily integrable. It should be possible to secure agreement on principles to be followed in the establishment of subject headings and to make the work of many institutions which follow those accepted principles useful to all by central publication of new headings established. It is proposed that there be a series of symposia aimed at elucidating the acceptable principles of subject catalog- ing, illuminating the problems in subject analysis of various kinds of publications, and securing as wide agreement as possible on principles. If such agreement can be achieved, the next step will be to determine concretely how the work of each library can be made useful to aH others. It is recommended that the problem of arranging for .such symposia be referred to the Board on Cataloging Policy and Research of the ALA Division o~· Cataloging and Classification. 2. High Costs Involved in Transfer of Collections The establishment of the Midwest Interlibrary Center and of an analogous institution at M t. Holyoke College for college libraries in the vicinity as well as current discussions regard- ing development of a northeastern interlibrary center all raise the possibility that the future will see an increasing number of poolings or transfers of collections. Cooperation by the research libraries in a national program involving division of responsib'ility for developing and maintaining collections of publications from the little-known countries of the world would conce.ivably involve additional transfers. Such transfers are accompanied by relatively high costs incurred in changing existing catalog records, making new ones, relabeling, etc. Indeed, it is frequently, and correctly, alleged that these costs are_ high when books are transferred between libraries which use the same classification or even from one part of a library to another division of the same institution. It would be well, for the future, to inquire into the ramifica- tions of this problem and examine all possibilities of standardiz~tion which might permit research libraries to incorporate transferred books into their collections, or to pool collections with minimum expense. It is recommended that this question also be presented to the Board on Cataloging Policy and Research for study. APRIL, 1952 157 Ne-ws from the Field One of the world's Acquisitions, Gifts, greatest libraries on Collections the polati regions has been placed on deposit in the Baker Library at Dartmouth College. Assembled by the famous explorer Vilhj almur Stefansson over a period of forty years , the collection contains 25,000 volumes, 20,000 pamphlets, and many manuscripts. The col- lection covers the history, science, music, lin- guistics and folklore of the Arctic, Antarctic, and permafrost areas of the world. A valu- able reference library for scholars , the collec- tion has been used extensively by Dr. Stef- ansson in the compilation of his Encyclop edia Antarctica which is now being completed. The collection is available for use by Dartmouth students and faculty and other scholars upon application. The University of Wyoming Library has received a gift of over 700 items of Western Americana from William Robertson Coe of New York City. The gift includes books and pamphlets published from an early date up to the present time. Some of these items were originally from the library of the Right Rev- erend Nathaniel S. Thomas, one time bishop of Wyoming who was a collector of western books. The University of Pittsburgh Library has received seventy-five thousand dollars from the Hartman Estate as directed by the will of Galen C. Hartman, a life-time resident of Pittsburgh and a distinguished member of the Allegheny County Bar. Under the terms of the will , books purchased with the gift are to be in the English language and non-technical in subject matter. The Michael Sadleir collection of Victorian England novels and other British fiction of the nineteenth century has been acquired by the University of California Library in Los Angeles. The twelve thousand volume collec- tion was purchased with special funds made available by the University. The collection represents a life-time of book collecting by Michael Sadleir, a partner in the British pub- lishing house of Constaole. Mr. Sadleir, in addition to being one of England's most learned bibliographers, is also the author of several novels, including Fanny by Gaslight. The collection is described as providing in- valuable assistance in the study of the literary taste and social history of the Victorian period. Mr. Edward .A. Holter of San Francisco recently donated a large manuscript collection on the western and southern lumber industry to Cornell University. The papers are those of Henry W. Sage, nineteenth century lumber figure , and those of the Sage Land and Lum- ber Company which he founded. The col- lection includes business letters, journals, account books, deeds, and other personal papers. Henry W. Sage made many valuable contributions to Cornell during his life and the Sage family's benefaction made it the most ·generous of all donors to Cornell in the nineteenth century. Awards, Prizes, Scholarships The Bollingen Prize in Poetry of the Yale Uni- versity Library was granted to Marianne Moore for 1951. W. H. Auden, Chairman of the Bollingen Committee, said that Miss Moore received the award for her most recent volume , Collect ed Poems. Under the terms of the gift, the one thousand dollar prize may be given to a poet for a book published in the preceding year or in consideration of the poet's entire work. Recipient of the Bollingen award in 1950 was John Crowe Ransom, and Wall~ce Stevens was the winner in 1949. Miss Moore was born in St. Louis and re- ceived her B.A. degree from Bryn Mawr College. She taught at the Carlisle Indian School from 1911 to 1915. She was employed as an assistant at the New York Public Li- brary from 1921 to 1925, and was acting editor of The Dial from 1925 to 1929. Miss ' Moore's excellence as a poet has been noted officially many times in the past. The Folger Library is offering two $1000 book prizes for the purpose of encouraging creative scholarship in the field of English civilization for the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and to encourage the study of the literature, drama and theatre, especially that dealing with Shakespeare. The prizes will be awarded for the two best book-length manu- scripts submitted for publication. One re- quirement is that a substantial portion of the 158 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES research upon the books submitted must have been carried on in the Folger Library. One prize of $rooo will be offered for the best manuscript submitted in the history of Eng- lish civilization in the period between 1500 and I 700. Books dealing with any aspect of the cultural history of this period will be eligible. Manuscripts for the contests should be sent to the Director of the Folger Library not later than October I, I953· The other prize of $rooo will be offered for the best manuscript submitted in the field of English literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, or in the history of the English drama and theatre of the eighteenth century, or in the interpretation of Shakespeare, and the history of his reputation and the perform- ance of his plays in any period. Manuscripts in this contest should be sent to the Director of the Folger Library, Washington 3, D.C., not later than October I, I954· Louis B. Wright, Director of the Folger Library, has stated that another purpose of the awards is to stimulate non-pedantic scholarship. "We hope that scholars working in the Folger Library will produce works of interpretation or contribu- tions to knowledge which haye vitality, rev- dance, and genuine significance, so well writ- ten that these books will be read by others besides specialists in the field." Miscellaneous Alpha Beta Alpha, the na- tional coeducational under- graduate Library Science Fraternity, held its first bi- ennial convention on the campus of North- western State College, Natchitoches, La., on March 15 and I6. Following a recent survey of the Dillard University Library, New Orleans, the Gen- eral Education Board offered $25,000 to help expand the book collection if the University matches this sum. The total fifty thousand dollars once raised, the University secured the services of Mr. William H. Carlson as a special consultant to direct the book purchas- ing program. Mr. Carlson, the Director of Libraries of the Oregon State System of Higher Education, spent three months ( Oc- tober-December) on the Dillard campus. The purpose of this proj ett is not only to enlarge the collection, but to give added depth and richness to the library. A r6mm black and white sound film (390 APRIL, 1952 feet) on the Bollinger Lincoln collection has recently been released by the State University of Iowa Libraries. Nearly four thousand volumes, many of them extremely rare, relating to the life of Abraham Lincoln were · brought together by the late Judge James W. Bollinger of Daven- port, Iowa, during his lifetime, and donated to the State University of Iowa. Late in I95I, many of the nation's fore- most collectors and authors of books relating to Lincoln, gathered on the University campus in Iowa City to participate in the dedication of the Bollinger collection. The group dis- cusses the various features of the collection, and the film shows some of the many foreign language editions of the life of Lincoln, some of the special books in the collection, and the photographs and small mementoes. A few of the other special collections in the University Library, including the Leigh Hunt collection, the Springer library of printing and typography, and the collection of books by Iowa authors are shown. Professor Ralph Ellsworth, Director of University Libraries, reviews the University's attitude toward these special collections, and summarizes their value in the University Li- brary system. Note: This film and the music has been cleared for television. On release it was dis- tributed through Information Service to a number of TV stations in December, I95I, and January, I952. Sale price, $40.00. Rental price, $1.25. The Midwest Inter-Library Center is now in full operation. On December 7 the first books of the Center's rapidly growing collec- tion were moved into the newly completed fourth tier of its bookstacks. The first re- quest for a book was received .on the same day. The University of Minnesot.a, a member in- stitution, requested a Leipzig University dis- sertation published in I932. The desired item had been found and air-mailed to Minnesota within an hour. A few days later, 8soo cata- log cards were mailed to the fifteen partici- pating institutions along with generalized descriptions of the Center's collections of newspapers, dissertations, college catalogs, and text books. These descriptions and catalog cards give the member institutions full in- formation concerning material available in the Midwest Inter-Library Center. 159 Publications The New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University has published Manpor»er, Wages, and Labor Relations in World War II, an annotated bibliography of materials published on American industrial mobilization experience during the war. The ninety-three page bulletin lists and gives brief descriptions of more · than four hundred books, articles, pamphlets, government publications and periodicals that dealt with problems of manpower mobilization and utilization, wage stabilization and labor relations. The Bul- letin may be obtained from the Distribution Center, New Y ark State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Ithaca, New York. Single copies are free to residents of New Y ark State. A charge of twenty-five cents per copy is made for bulk orders and for re- quests from outside the state. The new edition of the Racine Public Li- brary Staff Manual is both informative and well written. The Development of Library Resources at Northwestern University is the title of the February I952 issue in the University of Il- linois Library School's series of Occasional Papers. It was written by William V. Jack- son last year, when he was a student at the Library School. The paper discusses the Libraries on both the Evanston and Chicago campuses of Northwestern, traces their his- tory briefly, and considers the strength of the collection in various subject fields. A .copy may be obtained free of charge. Address all communications to Editor, Occasional Papers, University of Illinois Library School, Urbana, Illinois. Any library may receive a copy of each issue in the series if a request is made to this effect. Marion L. Goodwin, Librarian, Keene Teachers College, Keene, New Hampshire, has prepared in manuscript a study of "Li- braries in Small Teachers' Colleges.'~ The study includes data of I. amount of service, 2. status of the librarian, 3. the extent of librarians' work in training schools of the col- leges, and 4. financial support of the libraries. The study is available for loan from ACRL Headquarters, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago I 1, Illinois. Among recent Library of Congress biblio- graphical publications prepared in the Ref- / erence Department are Serial Publications of the Soviet Union, I9J9-I95I: A Preliminary Checklist prepared by Rudolf Smits (special supplement toM onthly List of Russian A cces- sions, 3 16p. $1.50, order from Superintendent of Documents; A Guide to Dutch Bibliogra- phies prepared by Bertus H. Wabeke, I93P· $1.30; Manchuria compiled by Peter A. Ber- ton, 187p. $1.30; Iran compiled by Hafez F. Farman, · lOOp. 70¢; The Arabian Pen- insula prepared under the direction of the Near East Section, Division of Orientalia, I I Ip . So¢; American History and Civilization 2nd. revised edition compiled by Donald H . Mugridge (I8p. 25¢). The last five items are to be ordered from the Card Division, Library of Congress·. The Hotchkiss Map Collection is a Library of Congress publication with three hundred and forty-one entries prepared by Clara E. LeGear at 6o¢. Librarians interested in book selection will find informative Book Selection Policies and Procedures edited by Marion E. Hawes and Dorothy Sinclair and issued by the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore. Part I con- siders ''Policies,." and Part II "Principles of Selection in Specific Areas.'' Gonzalo V alazquez is the compiler of .Anuario Bibliogra/ico Puerto•rriqueno I949 which is issued by the Biblioteca de la Uni- versidad, Rio Piedras, P. R. ( 195!', 83p.) Alberto Villalon is the editor of a series Bibliografias y Lecturas Bibliotecnicas of which the first number, Serie A, is Organiza- cion y .Administracion de Bibliotecas 49P· I950. Five other parts are planned. Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., has pub- lished the fourth edition of Books for a Col- lege Student's Reading by Professor Harry Todd Costello ( 1951, 92p. $1.00.) The Curriculum Bulletin edited by Hugh B. Wood at the School of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, continues to contain issues of special usefulness to librarians, particularly those of teachers colleges. Among the titles issued are "Bibliography of Bibliographies of Instructional Aids to Learning" prepared by Elizabeth Findly, 50¢ and a "Bibliography of General Courses of Study and Guides," 20¢. Also published are bibliographies of curricu- lum materials in the following fields: "Social Studies," 20¢; "Science," 15¢; "Language Arts and Foreign Languages," 20¢; "Health and 160 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Physical Education," IS¢; "Mathematics," IS¢; "Fine and Industrial Arts and Crafts," 20¢ and "Homemaking," IS¢. Additional titles of interest include: "Teacher Education in Oregon-An Opinion Survey," 25¢; "In Service Education of Teachers, an Evalua- tion," 40¢; "Improving College Teaching," 6o¢. Issued recently in revised form are "Sources of Free and Inexpensive Teaching Materials," 65¢ and "Sources of Free and Inexpensive Materials in Social Studies," 30¢. Similar bulletins have covered "Health and Physical Education," 20¢ and "Science," IS¢. The annual subscription price is $s.oo, about twenty-five per cent less than the list price of the individual bulletins. About twenty to twenty-five bulletins are issued annually. Ad- dress Curriculum Bulletin, University of Ore- gon, Eugene, Oregon. The National Archives has issued a List of File Microcopies of the National Archives, Washington, D.C. (I950, 67p.). This list which supersedes an earlier list published by the National Archives in I947, includes three thousand four hundred and seventy-eight rolls of 3Smm. master negatives, containing repro- ductions of more than two million pages. Positive prints of one or more rolls of a file microcopy are available at a cost of $4.00 for each fifty feet of film to the nearest fifty feet, the cost to be calculated on the total footage of each order. Dr. Judson B. Gilbert is the compiler of A Bibliography of Articles on the Hi'story of American Medicine Compiled From "Writ- ings on American History" 1902-1937 pub- lished by theN ew York Academy of Medicine ( I9SI, 44P· $1.2s.) This work supplements the bibliography of history which is published annually in the Bulletin of the History of Jl! edicine. The Scarecrow Press has published the sec- ond edition, revised and enlarged, of Index to Plays in Collections by John H. Ottemiller (I9SI, 386p. $6.50). This author and title index to plays appearing in collections pub- lished between I900 and I950 is an enlarged version of the first edition which appeared in I943· It now indexes four thousand nine hundred and thirty-three plays by nine hun- dred and eighty-four different authors, involv- ing four hundred and sixty-three collections. As George Freedley comments in the preface: "Its value to the librarian is now a proven APRIL, 1952 actuality and no longer something which he had to speculate about as a reference tool." Another publication of the Scarecrow Press is Acres of Flint: Writers of Rural N ew Eng- land, 1870-1900, by Perry D. Westbrook ( I95 I, I99P· $4-00). Among the writers dis- cussed are John Greenleaf Whittier, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rowland E. Robinson, Sarah Orne Jewett, Helen Hunt Jackson, Alice Brown, Rose Terry Cooke , Mary Wilkins Freeman, Celia Thaxter, and Lucy Larcom. Dr. Seymour s: Weiner, a student in the Columbia School of Library Service, is the author of Francis Carco ,· Th e Car ee-r of a Literary Bohemian, New York, Columbia Uni- versity Press, I952. (xvi, 274P· illustrated $4.00.) This is the first extensive study in any language of the contemporary French poet and novelist. Combining biography with crit- ical appreciation of Carco's literary output , Dr. Weiner ·also examines his personality, literary affiliations, and interests, which il- luminate a modern aspect of the bohe.mian tradition. Numerous caricatures, photo- graphs, portraits, and illustrations for Carco's works are reproduced. Carco, who won the Grand Prix of the French Academy, is a mem- ber of the Goncourt Academy and on the Board of Directors of the National Commit- tee of Writers. The Library Quarterly in its July and October 19S I issues contains articles by Carl W. Hintz on "Notable Materials Added to North American Libraries 1948-49." The October issue also includes "Graduate Theses Accepted by Library Schools in the United States I9SO-SI" by Leon Carnovsky. Sagas of Struggle, A Labor Anthology se- lected by Samuel Colton, New Y ark, Claridge Publishing Corporation, I9SI, 128p. $2.2S , is a collection of short pieces dealing with the problems of labor. An Annotated R eading List for Prospectiv e Lawyers I95I, 7Ip., has been issued by the New Y ark University School of Law, Wash- ington Square, New York. The Library Association, Chaucer House, Malet Place, London, W.C. I, has issued the following three items in its "Pamphlet" series: No. 6, A Mental Hospital Library by Kath- · leen M. Allsop, I9S1, 44P; No. 7, Prison Li- braries by R. F. Watson 19SI , 4SP· and No. 8, Children's Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century by Sheila A. Egoff I9SI , 5SP· Each 161 is priced at 5s. ( Js. 6d. to members). The Association has also released The Year's Work in Librarianship, vol. XIV, 1947 ( I95I, 337p.) edited by W. A. Munford. As with previous volumes in this series, an effort is made to cover a variety of aspects of librarian- ship as revealed in both English and other professional journals. Since the material covers the year I947 (the volume having been interrupted by World War II), the material may not be as fresh to readers as the editor and writers would like. However, it serves a useful purpose in bringing together observa- tions on the accomplishments and literature of the year in question. ( 30s.-22s. 6d. to mem- bers). The first number of News Sheet has been issued by the newly organized Pure and Ap- plied Sciences Section of ACRL. This publi- cation will contain information of interest to all members of this new section. Uranium and Its Compounds,· a Bibliogra- phy of Unclassified Literature compiled by Fred E. Croxton, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Carbide and Carbon Chemical Company I95I, Report No. K-295, part 2, includes three thousand nine hundred and seventy references to the unclassified literature on uranium published between I789 and I950. Author, subject and report or patent number indexes to the chron- ological record are included, and brief anno- tations or abstracts given for most of the items. The Special Libraries Association has issued a new Directory of Members (as of March IO, I95 I), including almost five thousand names, 296p. $4.00. The Special Libraries Council of Philadel- phia and Vicinity has published a Directory of Libraries and lnfo'rmation Sources in the Philadelphia Area, edited by Mrs. Rebecca B. Monego ( I95I, I28p., $2.25, order from Mrs. Monego, 5 I E. Garfield St., Philadelphia 44, Pa.) Author Headings for the Official Publica- tions of the State of Wyoming (American Library Association, I95I, 6op., $1.50) is another in the list of such compilations of state author entries. It is a useful tool for catalogers. The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions, a translation with commentary, glossary, and bibliography, by Clyde Pharr, in collaboration with Theresa Sherrer Davidson and Mary Brown Pharr (Princeton University Press, I952, 643p., $2o.oo) is volume I of The Corpus of Roman Law (Corpus Juris Romani). This work is intended to be a translation, with commentary, of all the source material of Roman law. The Theodosian Code contains laws which are similar to those involving modern problems of society-price fixing, black markets, socialized medicine, state controls, etc. It should serve as a useful reference source for workers in the social sciences generally. A Political Scientist in the Reference Library (Continued from page 143) York Times and I had found descriptions of them in various other places, · but I wanted the constitutions themselves. She said, "Have you looked in the United N a- tions Yearbook on Human Rights for 1947f" I had not looked there. When I did, I found sections of the various consti- tutions that dealt with human rights. Much more important, however, there were footnotes acknowledging information on constitutions from legations and embassies of satellite countries-the sort of informa- tion that made it possible for me to write for copies of the vanous constitutions. Since that time, this material has been con- veniently presented in Amos ]. Peaslee's Copstitutions of the Nations. Judging from my own experiences, I feel that the political scientist of some experience does not expect from the reference librarian help on the body of the material, but on the all important and often incredibly elusive peripheral details. He hopes for informa- tion about the newer bibliographies that he has not yet met, and for leads in outside fields-leads that will take him to the amazingly concealed facts which his own research would not uncover. 162 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Personnel APPOINTMENT of John E. Pomfret as di-. ~ rector of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery is welcome news to scholars everywhere, especially to those whose fields of inves- tigation are within the range of this great collection. The trustees, in announc- ing the choice of Mr. Pomfret, emphasize once more their pri- mary concern to be with scholarship. In John E. Pomfret support of their de- sire to advance stud- ies in Anglo-American civilization and in the cultures of the American continents, they have had help from many individual donors and from foundations. Purchases and gifts add steadily to the stock of rare books and docu- ments gathered by the founder. Awards of fellowships are in keeping with the opportuni- ties for research. These are available for a limited number of advanced scholars. Work- ers at the Library have come mainly from Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, to carry to completion or to explore certain phases of definitive studies in the history of the Renaissance and in those sectors of Am- erican history and culture which are repre- sented by its holdings. Mr. Pomfret centered his teaching and re- search on early American history from the beginning of his work at Princeton University in 1925. Following his twelve years on the Princeton faculty, he carried the duties of graduate dean at Vanderbilt University as well as his specific research and teaching in history. He was released for a time by both Princeton and Vanderbilt to serve the Social Science Research Council as fellowship sec- retary. In 1942 he became president of the College of William and Mary. Through his efforts the Institute of Early American His- tory was created under the joint sponsorship of the College and Colonial Williamsburg. The William and Mary Quarterly, a publica- tion of the Institute, was placed on its present high level of service to scholars and general APRIL, 1952 readers by virtue of its unusual articles and reviews on American historical subjects. Through these activities and as a member of the Senate of Phi Bet~ Kappa, Mr. Pomfret has a wide range of acquaintance among the personnel of his own and related fields. His most recent publications are on the early history of New Jersey; in his new post he will carry on his own research with his adminis- trative duties. Since the retirement of Max Farrand as director of research in 1941, guidance of re- search and administration of the institution has been by committees working under the direction of its board of five trustees headed. by Dr. Robert A. Millikan. The short incum- bency of Mr. ]. E. Wallace Sterling as di- rector in I949, ended by his election to the presidency of Stanford University, was the only variation from such operation by a small group of scholars. Their work developed a sound program of research and publication. Among scholars here and abroad, the contri- butions of these men are known to have cre- ated the current Huntington tradition; name- ly, Edwin F. Gay, Louis B. Wright, Dixon Wecter, C. H. Collins Baker, Robert G. Cleland, and Godfrey Davies. The two last named are in charge of work in American history, with emphasis on the Southwest, and of studies in British history of the later Ren- aissance. Since the departure of Mr. Wright to become the director of the Folger Library, Mr. Davies has served also as editor of the Quarterly. Throughout the period since its opening, the staffs of the several departments under the Librarian, Leslie E. Bliss, have kept the Library functioning efficiently and well provided with reference works essential to scholarly research. The organization which Mr. Pomfret is to direct also includes personnel to maintain the extensive gardens, to prepare public exhibi- tions of rare books and manuscripts, and to make the Art Gallery an attraction to in- creasing numbers of visitors. He began · his duties on November I.-David H. Stevens. W ILLIAM G. HARKINS assumed duties as Librarian of the College of William and Mary on December I7, I95I. 163 Mr. Harkins has had wide experience in li- brary administration; since I940 he has been librarian of the University of Miami. A native of Macon, Mississippi, Mr. Hark- • ins was graduated with a B.A. degree from the University of Alabama in I932. The next year he was awarded a professional library science degree, B.S. in Library Science, by the University of Illinois; he holds also a grad- uate degree, M.A. in Library Science, from the University of Michigan. He has com- pleted several quarters of study leading to the Ph.D. degree at the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago. Before going to the University of Miami, Mr. Harkins held variously the positions of medical librarian, cataloger, head cataloger and assistant librarian at one or the other of the Universities of Mississippi and Alabama. He was granted military leave by the Uni- versity of Miami to serve in the Air Force during World War II. E DWARD C. HEINTZ, formerly assistant li- brarian at Bowdoin College Library,· Brunswick, Maine, is the new head librarian at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. Mr. Heintz, who gradu- ated cum laude 1rom Brown University, received his library training at the Uni- versity of Michigan. Except for the war years, during which he was employed in group leader train- Edward C. Heintz ing at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, Conn., Mr. Heintz has been engaged in library work since I938. He has gathered experience in such libraries as the Public Library, Springfield, Mass.; State Uni- versity of Iowa, Iowa City; Brown Univer- sity, and since 1946 Bowdoin College. He pas also published several articles in library jour- nals. Mr. Heintz started his duties- at Kenyon College on February I, 1952. .L\RCHIE L. McNEAL, as the newly ap- ~ pointed Director of Libraries at the University of Miami, will be · in an excellent position to put into practice his many and carefully thought through ideas on uni- versity library ad- ministration. In his three and a half years at the University of Tennessee he demon- strated an unusual ability to work sue- Archie L. MeN eal cess fully with the University faculty in his capacity as Chief of Readers' Services Division, a member of many University committees, a full professor, an elected member of the Senate, and as President of the University Faculty Club. From the U-T librarians' point of view, one of his most important contributions was made as a member of a committee which initiated a successful effort to obtain faculty rank for members of the professional library staff. His fundamental belief in the value and dignity of the library profession probably foretells cer- tain areas of activity which can be expected at not only the University of Miami and in the Southeastern region but also in the profession at large. This type of interest and activity is characteristic of Dr. MeN eal, for in almost every professional problem he attempts to solve he holds constantly in mind the relation- ship of the immediate problem to that of the total profession and of the total field of library economy. This universality of approach has been one of the most healthful influences upon the rest of us at U-T, and faculty and li- brarians at the University of Miami, as well as other librarians in Florida, will probably find this quality to be of considerable value to them in their future contacts with him. Dr. MeN eal began his library experience at Cossitt Library in Memphis as a page, from I 93 I to I 932, then served as Reference As- sistant from I932 to I934· From 1934 to I936 he was librarian of a Shelby County high school, during which period he completed his B.S. in L.S. degree at Peabody. Appointment as libratian of East Tennessee State College followed, and his work there continued from 1936 to 1948, with an interruption of three years for war service, 1943-46, as a com- munications officer with the Far East Air Forces. He joined the University of Ten- 164 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES nessee Library staff September I948 and resigned February I, I952, the date of his ap- pointment as Director of the University of Miami Libraries. While at the University of Tennessee he completed, during summer quar- ters, his residence on his Ph.D. in library sci- ence at the University of Chicago, receiving his degree in August I95I. The subject of his dissertation is "Rural Reading Interests: Needs Related to Availability." He partici- pated in the conference on rural reading con- vened in Washington September I 95 I under the auspices of the United States Department of Agriculture. Other professional activities have included service as president of the Tennessee Library Association, 1940-42, member of the Com- mittee on Constitution and By-Laws for ACRL, I949-52, member ALA Council, 1941. He has also been active in the Southeastern Library Association since 1936.-William H. Jesse. Appointments Lemoyne W. Anderson and Mrs. Thelma C. Bird have been appointed library advisors in the University of Illinois Chicago Under- graduate Division Library's newly-established Department of Library Instruction and Ad- visement. Helen L. Andrews is head cataloger, Uni- versity of Arkansas Library. Mary Lee Bundy was appointed head of the Circulation Department, Rensselaer Poly- technic Institute Library, November I st. Norman Bursler, assistant professor and research associate of the University of Chi- cago School of Law since 1946 is now law librarian at the University of Chicago. Additions to the staff of the Columbia U ni- versity Libraries include Nathalie Chlan, Mary Cunningham, Mrs. Esther H. Easter, Florence Gitelson, Clare Marie Hegele, Mrs. Elizabeth C. · Hillegas, Mrs. Bette Bartlett Klemt, Erich Meyerhoff, Paul R. Palmer, Mrs. Nyhla B. Strong, and J. Donald Thomas. Laura Cummings has been appointed as- sistant catalog librarian in charge of the Serials Division, Columbia University Li- braries. Dartmouth College Library has announced the appointment of Harold G. Rugg as as- sociate librarian, Virginia L. Close as refer- ence librarian, William R. Lansberg as as- sistant to the librarian, Mrs. Theodore R. Clark, Barbara A. Monroe and Rae Welch as assistants in the Circulation Department, Mrs. Donald W. Clark as assistant in the Reserve Book Department, and Mrs. Robert L. Sanborn as assistant in the Catalog De- partment. Ben C. Driver, formerly Chemistry-Physics APRIL, 1952 Librarian at Columbia University, is now Bio-Medical Librarian at the University of Chicago. Dr. Leslie W. Dunlap is now associate di- rector of libraries, public services, at the University of Illinois. Robert W. Greenwood is now head of the Circulation Department at Tulane U niver- sity's Howard-Tilton Memorial Library. Earl E. Hoveri is agricultural reference li- brarian, Texas A. and M. College Library. Mrs. Irma Y. Johnson is economics li- brarian, Dewey Library, Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology. Olive Johnson has been appointed assistant reference librarian, Columbia University Li- braries. Samuel E. Keetbn is assistant librarian, Willamette University. James Kingsley, former Biological-Medi- cal Librarian at Minnesota, has been ap- pointed head of the Acquisitions Department at that university. Dr. Robert D. Leigh, Visiting Professor of Library Service at Columbia University and Director of the Communications Study of the Russell Sage Foundation, has been appointed to conduct a special survey of the possible need for establishing a school of li- brarianship at UCLA. Irving Lieberman has been appointed re- search associate in charge of the Audio-Visual Project of the School of Librarianship, U ni- versity of California. Clara M. McFrancis is head of the cata- log department at Texas A. and M. College Library. Vera Makivirta has been appointed librar- ian of the Biological~Medical Library, Uni- 165 versity of Minnesota. Patricia McWhorter is head cataloger, Fisk University Library. Eleanor Matthews has been appointed as- sistant librarian, Madison College, Harrison- burg, Va. Mrs. Elizabeth K. Olmstead is circulation librarian, readers' division, Wellesley College Library. Katherine Parkins is reference librarian, California State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo. Fernando Pefialosa has been appointed to the staff at the Fresno State College Library, California. Ransom L. Richardson is the new editor of the ALA Bulletin, succeeding M. Alice Dun- lap, who resigned. Mrs. Alta B. Rieck is assistant order li- brarian, Willamette University' · Tauno I. Salo is technical reference li- brarian, Montana State College. Mildred Straka is now head of the catalog department, Smith College Library. Syble .E. Tatom is librarian, Graduate Center-Pharmacy Library, University of Arkansas. Gene E. V alk is now chief cataloger, Rens- selaer Polytechnic Institute Library. Robert Wadsworth has been appointed head of the Acquisitions Department, University of Chicago Library. Mrs. Marian Reed Watts is now circula- tion librarian, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, V a. Bertha B. Hallam, University of Oregon Medical School Librarian since 1919, was presented with a silver tea service and ele- vated to Honorary Membership in the Port- land Academy of Medicine at their annual meeting and banquet, December 13th. Miss Hallam is one of four honorary members of the Portland Academy of Medicirte and is the only woman ever to achieve such a distinction. Retirement of Edward A. Henry Because of reaching the age limit Mr. Edward A. Henry was retired as librarian by the University of Cincinnati August 31, I 951. On September 16 he moved to Nash- ville, Tennessee, on a dual appointment. He Edward A. Henry joined the staff of the Joint__ University Li- braries as a senior cataloger and he will also be a part-time teacher in the Library School of George Peabody College. At its first meeting in the Fall of 1951 the McKickin College of Liberal Arts of the University of Cincinnati adopted the follow- ing resolution, prepared by Dr·. M. J. Hubert, Chairman of the Faculty Advisory Committee of the Library: Mr. Edward A. Henry joined the faculty at the University of Cincinnati in 1928, com- ing to us from the University of Chicago after a distinguished career as a scholar in the fields of theology and of the history, culture, and languages of the Near East. He had turned to library work as a career, but it should be mentioned here that his inter- est in the history and culture of the Orient remained vigorous and active at all times. His immediate task at Cincinnati was to give shape to our Library Building, and to guide the growth of its many collections. In 1928 this library, which many of us now take for granted, existed only as a project. It was Mr. Henry who gave form and life to that project; he not only shaped its general design, he planned the larger portion of its detail, having always in mind the idea that it must serve the 166 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES needs of the University for many decades. Its decoration, planned with loving care, must have given keen delight to one who cherishes books as he does. Those who have gone there to work and study will h