College and Research Libraries B y A R T H U R T . H A M L I N The A C R L Annual Report, 1953-54 Introduction THE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS of the association is published as the " B r i e f of M i n u t e s " of d i r e c t o r s ' m e e t i n g s in the A p r i l and O c t o b e r issues of C&RL. T h e Newsletters of several of the sections g i v e f u r t h e r d a t a . T h e Summary Reports of the M i d w i n t e r and A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e s record p r o g r a m s and business h a n d l e d by sections and by committees. V i t a l statistics of the division, names of all officers and c o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s and other i n f o r m a t i o n are g i v e n in the o r g a n i z a t i o n issue ( D e c e m b e r ) of the ALA Bulletin. R e f e r e n c e is also m a d e to " N o t e s f r o m the A C R L O f f i c e " w h i c h I w r i t e f o r most issues of the official j o u r n a l . M u c h of this r e p o r t w a s , of course, prepared by section and c o m m i t t e e c h a i r m e n , w h o s e initials are used to indicate their a u t h o r s h i p . T h e y e a r u n d e r r e v i e w seems, in retrospect, to have been l a r g e l y a y e a r of n o r m a l and s a t i s f a c t o r y r o u t i n e operation and consolidation of p r e v i o u s c o m m i t m e n t s . T h e r e w e r e no g r e a t n e w v e n t u r e s or s p e c t a c u l a r accomplishments. Membership a n d Finances D u r i n g the fiscal year, 5128 members joined A C R L . T h i s is 349 more than any previous year. T h i s increase of 7 % indicates a healthy interest in this division. It is no more than a healthy growth, and is not cause f o r self-complacency. A s noted on the accompanying treasurer's report, A C R L ended the year's w o r k with a deficit of $3,451.55. T h i s is the first real deficit in a good many years and does not reflect an unhealthy condition. A C R L is not operated for profit and its reserve fund has been greater than required by prudence or planned f u t u r e program. Salaries of the t w o new positions at headquarters are, of course, the principal cause of the deficit. Publications COLLEGE A N D R E S E A R C H LIBRARIES c o n t i n u e s its useful service under the editorship of M a u r i c e F. T a u b e r . It has g r o w n in size to the point w h e r e nearly every issue is 128 pp. Approximately 5000 members of A C R L re- ceive copies as w e l l as 700 non-member sub- scribers. Sales of single copies bring in a small revenue. F o r some years the ALA Bulletin, for a fee, handled the production of COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES ( p r o d u c t i o n i n c l u d e s styling the manuscript, seeing it through the press, placing the ads, etc.). By friendly agreement, this arrangement w a s terminated last year. T h e O c t o b e r issue w a s brought out by M i s s Sabusawa of the ALA Bulletin staff and the January issue by M r . Hamlin. Production is now handled by the new publi- cations officer, M r s . Cynthia Spigelman. I n c o m e f r o m COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LI- BRARIES subscriptions, advertising, and back copy sales totalled $8,815.37 and all expenses came to $12,275.05. C o s t f o r the year's opera- tion was, therefore, approximately $3,460.00. T h e new position of A C R L publications officer means, among other things, that more time can be devoted to solicitation of advertise- ments and assistance to the editor. T h i s help frees the executive secretary f r o m many duties connected w i t h the distribution of COLLEGE A N D R E S E A R C H LIBRARIES a n d m a i n t e n a n c e o f membership records, as w e l l as the advertising w o r k and o t h e r COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LI- BRARIES r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s . T h e year's progress with the ACRL MONO- GRAPHS is reported by the Publications C o m - mittee chairman ( b e l o w ) . T h e MONOGRAPHS continue to pay their w a y in satisfactory fash- ion. T h e publications officer devoted con- siderable attention to the promotion of the 78 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES MONOGRAPHS. Review copies of the t w o new numbers w e r e distributed widely and received much favorable notice. M o r e than 5000 copies of a circular describing the ACRL MONO- GRAPHS w e r e sent out by mail. Travel A good deal of an executive secretary's time must go to travel and public speaking. I spoke at meetings of librarians (usually the state association) in Florida, Missouri, K e n - tucky, W e s t Virginia, M i c h i g a n and N e w Y o r k . O t h e r meetings and association busi- ness took me to libraries in eighteen states. Less time w a s spent in travel during the first part of the year because responsibility f o r the p r o d u c t i o n o f COLLEGE A N D R E S E A R C H L I - BRARIES took a great deal of time. I w a s particularly glad to be able to attend three A C R L chapter meetings. Such invitations have priority. Student Reading H a b i t s A C R L can perform a great service to edu- cation by making contributions to raise the college student's level of reading. O n e of the most serious defects of higher education today is its frequent failure to create in students the desire to know, the habit of personal investi- gation, and a real familiarity with books and enjoyment of them. W e are approaching a long period of rapidly spiralling enrollments in our colleges. Instruction today is all too im- personal and will undoubtedly become more and more so. T h e personal influence of teacher on student w i l l progressively dimin- ish. In this situation the library must take increasing responsibility for the development of habits of good reading. A C R L can and should call attention to the importance of the need, foster discussion, and seek such solutions as it can through its own committees and sections and in cooperation with publishing and other education associations. A good deal of personal attention w a s de- voted to this problem, which was discussed at length in the July, 1954, issue of COLLEGE AND R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S . A s your secretary, I called a small, informal conference of librarians and publishers at the M i d w i n t e r meeting. T h i s group examined the use of inexpensive books on college campuses. In the spring, a group of librarians pre- pared w o r k i n g papers on aspects of this sub- ject and an all-day conference w a s held in N e w Y o r k C i t y . Arrangements for the meet- ing w e r e made by the Committee on Reading Development of the American Book Pub- lishers Council. M o r e than a score of librar- ians from that area w e r e invited and attended, as w e l l as a similar number of publishers oper- ating in the low-price field. F r o m this dis- cussion came agreement on a number of steps to be taken by publishers and librarians to make these books more useful and, w e hope, to build better habits of book use. Furthermore, A C R L should give more at- tention to the responsibility of the college li- brary to the reading community beyond the campus gates. Just prior to w r i t i n g this report, I attended the meeting of the Pacific N o r t h w e s t L i b r a r y Association in T a c o m a and heard five librarians report on general library developments in their respective states and provinces. Each of these reports stressed the over-all development of library service (by all types of libraries) to the citizens, and three of these reports were given by state library leaders w h o headed college libraries. O n l y a f e w years before, I had visited the librarian of a city library in the Pacific N o r t h - west and had been told, in a friendly way, that college librarians too often consider themselves a cut above other librarians, that it w a s time they joined cause with their colleagues and w o r k e d for the advancement of libraries in general. T h e r e at T a c o m a w a s the answer. T h o s e w h o attended the A C R L meetings at Minneapolis are a w a r e of the important pioneering w o r k in adult education being done by the University of U t a h L i b r a r y . A n - other example is O k l a h o m a A & M ; a third is T e x a s Technological College in Lubbock. I do not know the proper sphere f o r A C R L action in this area, but believe the trend is healthy and that the Association should watch developments by college libraries in the adult education field and be ready to assist with cooperative action whenever practicable. T o o frequently in the past our college li- brarians have not taken part in movements to extend or improve public library services or to promote federal legislation which w i l l ease the labors of other librarians. W e all have responsibilities to speak out on policies which concern any type of library, and especially in JANUARY, 1.955 79 regard to any library legislation, whether urban, state or national. W e w i l l all be touched by the success or failure of school libraries, of bookmobile service and service to children. O u r students are only a f e w months and a f e w miles removed from the school li- brary and the home town librarian. T h e i r use of books and libraries in college (or lack of it) depends to a considerable extent on their use of books and libraries (or lack of it) a f e w months before and a f e w miles away. Staff F o r four years t w o people made up the staff at A C R L headquarters. Part-time help w a s later added to help get out COLLEGE AND RE- S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S a n d t h e A C R L M O N O G R A P H S . A s the publications program g r e w so did the need for more staff. In January, 1954, M r s . Cynthia Spigelman took over the new post of publications officer and M i s s Janice L e v e n f e l d joined us as clerk- Committees Buildings Committee ( C h a r l e s M . Adams, C h a i r m a n ) Activity among those planning new library buildings or making additions continues. M a n y letters concerning building problems w e r e answered directly; other inquiries w e r e referred to A L A H e a d q u a r t e r s or to con- sultants in the field. A successful conference on new library building plans and building problems w a s held in the new library at the University of Wisconsin preceding M i d w i n t e r . T h e proceedings w e r e published as ACRL MONOGRAPH NO. I I . Included in this mono- graph w a s a supplement to Edna H a n l e y Byers' bibliography on college and university library buildings for the periods 1939-1945 and f o r 1 9 5 3 - 1 9 5 4 n o t c o v e r e d in t h e ACRL MONO- G R A P H N o . 1 0 . T h e A C R L Buildings Committee cooper- ated with the A L A Buildings Committee in an A L A pre-conference institute at St. P a u l in June. T h i s institute w a s an example of successful cooperation which can result from the close integration of A C R L ' s committee w o r k with that of the other divisions and with A L A as a whole. T h e continued cooperation of architects in presenting new building plans and papers at our meetings is to be com- typist. M i s s Elaine M i t c h e l l continues as the efficient secretary. M r s . Spigelman came to A C R L f r o m the M c G r a w - H i l l Publishing Company. She is a graduate of Columbia L i b r a r y School and w a s previously on the staff of the L i b r a r y of Congress. I am indebted to the A L A staff for w a r m - hearted cooperation at every turn during the past year at headquarters. T h e A C R L pro- gram has had considerable contact wTith the A L A Office of A d u l t Education and M r s . Stevenson has made material contributions at various points. T h e divisional secretaries have informal weekly meetings over lunch with M r . C l i f t and M r s . Stevenson, and share news, gossip and problems as a matter of course. So f a r as A C R L is concerned, the working relationships at headquarters have been excellent this past year, and much credit f o r this should go to M r s . Stevenson and M r . C l i f t . and Sections mended. T h e r e is every indication that inter- est in building problems w i l l be lively for a number of years and that the Buildings C o m - mittee has contributions to make for its mem- bers and for the profession. ( C M A ) Committee o n Committees ( A n d r e w J. Eaton, C h a i r m a n ) A t the 1954 M i d w i n t e r meeting the Board of D i r e c t o r s voted that the name of the C o m - mittee on Committee Appointments be changed to Committee on Committees with the f o l l o w - ing statement of purpose: " T o study A C R L committees and to recommend the establish- ment or discontinuance of committees as the needs of the association require; to define the duties of committees subject to approval of the Board of D i r e c t o r s ; to solicit recommend- ations f o r appointments to committees, and to transmit these recommendations with its own advice to the president and the president- elect." By the end of A p r i l the committee had agreed on a list of 110 members f o r next year's committees, and had submitted the list to the president-elect. In preparing the list the committee attempted to give representation 80 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES to the various types of libraries in the associa- tion, and to provide for as much rotation of assignment as possible without sacrifice of continuity. Advice w a s solicited and received from members of the Board of Directors, committee and section chairmen, state repre- sentatives, the president, the executive secre- tary, and selected individuals in various parts of the country. In addition, the new chairmen were invited to suggest changes or additions in the membership of their committees. T h e committee is g r a t e f u l to all those w h o re- sponded to its request for suggestions. T h e committee studied proposals f o r the creation of several new committees, and pre- sented its recommendations to the Board of D i r e c t o r s at the June meeting. A t the same time it recommended the discontinuance of t w o committees for which there appeared to be no further need. A t the request of the Board of Directors the committee studied the statements of pur- pose of all A C R L committees, and recom- mended their tentative approval with the understanding that the incoming chairmen be encouraged to review the purposes of their committees and to suggest further changes during the coming year if they see fit. ( A J E ) Committee on Conference Programs (Ralph H . Hopp, C h a i r m a n ) T h e w o r k of this committee is, for the most part, of a liaison nature. T h e activities for the past year consisted primarily of making local arrangements f o r A C R L meetings at the Minneapolis Conference. F o r this purpose the committee consisted of Roy W a t k i n s , H u b e r t Sauter and Joseph Richardson, in ad- dition to the chairman. W i l l i a m Budington assisted with the arrangements for the A C R L booth at the Conference. ( R H H ) Duplicates Exchange U n i o n ( M r s . D o r s e y L . M a c D o n a l d ) T h e committee prepared a revised set of rules of procedure for the Duplicates E x - change Union. Revisions w e r e based on criti- cisms and suggestions made by members in response to a questionnaire sent out in 1952 (see M r . G e o r g e F. Jones' report in Serial Slants, January, 1953, pp. 2 1 - 2 7 ) . T h e sug- gested revisions w e r e submitted to all mem- bers for voting. T h e new rules, incorporating JANUARY, 1955 changes approved by the majority of the mem- bers of the Union, w e r e mailed to members in January, 1954. Printed leaflets describing the activities of the United States Book Exchange w e r e mailed to all members. A brief report on the committee's w o r k w a s published in Serial Slants, January, 1954. T h e Union had 112 members at the end of the year. ( D L M ) Publications Committee ( L a w r e n c e S. Thompson, C h a i r m a n ) D u r i n g the y e a r the ACRL MONOGRAPHS continued to g r o w in numbers of issues and in subscribers. T w o new titles w e r e published, representing the Proceedings of the 1953 and the 1954 L i b r a r y Building Plans Institute. S t a n d i n g o r d e r s f o r the ACRL MONOGRAPHS totaled 515 at the end of the year. T h i s is an increase of some 60 standing orders over the previous year. Included among these are 44 foreign subscribers. O r d e r s are received daily, as well, for single copies of back num- bers. L a r g e l y due to the energy and whole- hearted interest of D a v i d K . M a x f i e l d , man- aging editor, the series has attracted manu- scripts of broad interest to the entire college and reference library field, and there has been much favorable comment in the library press both in the United States and abroad. T h e A C R L MICROCARD SERIES h a s n o w reached over thirty numbers, and there are over fifty standing orders for it. A b s t r a c t s are published regularly in COLLEGE AND RE- SEARCH LIBRARIES as w e l l as in other leading periodicals devoted to librarianship and to subject fields as w e l l . ( L S T ) Committee on Standards ( W i l l i a m H . Jesse, C h a i r m a n ) A t the 1954 M i d w i n t e r meeting, the A C R L Committee on Standards, then designated as the Committee on Administrative Procedures, redefined its function as being responsible for ( 1 ) the maintenance of library standards and support, ( 2 ) direction of development of standards for college libraries, and ( 3 ) w o r k with accrediting associations on their instruc- tions for the examination of libraries. Board approval for this description of purpose and for the change of name w a s secured. T h e committee decided to direct its im- 81 1 mediate efforts t o w a r d college rather than re- search libraries, since college libraries stand in greatest need of assistance in maintaining standards and in developing further standards. A l t h o u g h there w a s no meeting of the com- mittee at Minneapolis, w o r k has proceeded along the lines suggested by the chairman and the members. A very helpful annotated list of the literature on standards f o r college li- braries w a s compiled by D a v i d W e b e r of H a r v a r d . T h e chairman expects, through his chairmanship of the Committee on the L i b r a r y of the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, to establish some degree of communication with that association, and through it, possibly, w i t h others. ( W H J ) A C R L State Representatives ( A r c h i e L . M c N e a l , C h a i r m a n ) P r i m a r y emphasis of the state representa- tives has continued to be placed on membership. M o d e s t funds w e r e provided f o r state repre- sentatives to make visits in their states for A C R L . M a n y state representatives responded to the invitation to submit the names of local people for committee assignments and nomi- nation f o r elective office. A f e w representa- tives have been furnishing professional news t o COLLEGE A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S . T h e chairman kept in touch with represent- atives through a series of mimeographed newsletters. M e e t i n g s w e r e held at M i d - winter and the A n n u a l Conference. ( A L M c N and A T H ) Committee on Statistics ( G . Flint P u r d y , C h a i r m a n ) A s usual the J a n u a r y , 1955 issue of COL- LEGE A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S c o n t a i n s t a n g i - ble evidence of the w o r k of the Statistics C o m - mittee during the last year. T h e committee met both at M i d w i n t e r and A n n u a l Conference to discuss policies and procedures. I t distributed a questionnaire to the mailing list regarding the reporting form to be used. O n the basis of the returns, the form w a s revised and procedures altered. (See D a l e B e n t z ' article, " A n Evaluation of the A C R L Statistics R e p o r t " in this issue.) T h e inclusion of statistics f o r junior college libraries w a s discussed. I t is hoped that these can be included with other library statistics in the f u t u r e . ( G F P ) College Libraries Section ( H e l m e r L . W e b b , C h a i r m a n ) T h e principal activity of the section was in connection w i t h the M i d w i n t e r and A n n u a l Conference programs. N o committees w e r e active or projects undertaken. In a desire to get more general participation of the member- ship into the program, the Minneapolis C o n - ference program consisted of five discussion groups. T h e section also had an informal luncheon on the University of Minnesota campus. ( A T H ) Junior College Libraries Section ( L o t t i e M . Skidmore, C h a i r m a n ) T h e program f o r the year w a s concentrated on statistics and standards for junior college libraries. Committees w e r e established to carry on the w o r k in each field. U n d e r the chairmanship of M r s . T h e l m a V o g t T a y l o r , extensive statistical data w e r e collected f o r the first time on the operation of junior college libraries during 1952-53 and published in the Newsletter. F i f t y institutions w e r e covered. Plans w e r e made to continue this w o r k and publish the figures in COLLEGE AND RE- SEARCH LIBRARIES to reach a wider public. Considerable progress w a s made in the diffi- cult field of standards for junior college li- braries. A f t e r intensive w o r k , a " T e n t a t i v e L i s t of National Standards" w a s prepared under the chairmanship of Ruth Bradley. T h i s w a s discussed at the Minneapolis C o n - ference. A f t e r further study and revision, it w i l l be issued in final form. T h e M i d w i n t e r program subject w a s the use and selection of periodicals f o r junior col- lege libraries; lists of periodical ratings pre- pared for this program w e r e widely sought and all available mimeographed copies had been requested only a f e w weeks a f t e r the meeting. T h e topic f o r the annual conference w a s the junior college student. T h r e e Newsletters w e r e issued to carry out the business of the section and to report to the members the proceedings of the section. ( L M S ) Pure and A p p l i e d Science Section ( D o n a l d E. Thompson, C h a i r m a n ) D u r i n g 1952-1953, A Recommended List of Basic Periodicals in Engineering Sciences w a s 82 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES completed. T h i s w a s published in July, 1953, a s A C R L M O N O G R A P H N o . 9 . A t the M i d w i n t e r meeting in Chicago in February, 1954, a group of projects w a s dis- cussed. T h e one which evoked the most in- terest w a s a basic list of periodicals in agricul- ture and the agricultural sciences. M r s . M a r - garet B r y a n t of the U S D A L i b r a r y w a s asked to prepare a proposed project to be presented at the Minneapolis meeting. T h e proposal w a s approved on June 22, 1954 by the mem- bership present at the Minneapolis meeting. T h e new chairman w i l l appoint a committee to begin w o r k on the project. A t the M i d w i n t e r meeting, M r . James G . Hodgson of C o l o r a d o A & M College pre- sented a proposal to microfilm the catalog cards of certain portions of the card catalog at the U . S. W a t e r w a y s Experiment Station L i b r a r y in Vicksburg, Mississippi. T h e chair- man requested M r . Hodgson to investigate f u r t h e r and make a report at a later P A S S meeting. A dinner meeting was held in Chicago on F e b r u a r y 4, 1954 with approximately 70 people present. T h e program consisted mostly of business and projects. W i l l i a m Hyde and C a r s o n Bennett discussed the engineering periodicals list. L a w r e n c e Thompson gave a short talk on foreign exchanges. T h e meeting in Minneapolis w a s held at the University of Minnesota on June 22, 1954 with approximately 100 people attending. T h e program w a s based on the natural re- sources of the Minnesota area. D r . G e o r g e A . T h i e l spoke on mineral industries, D r . F r a n k H . K a u f e r t spoke on the forest indus- try, and M r . G o r d o n Michaelson spoke on the oil industry. ( D E T ) Libraries of Teacher Training Institutions Section (James E. G r e e n , C h a i r m a n ) A very considerable part of the section's energies during the past year w e r e concen- trated on w o r k i n g toward the revision of Standard V I I ( T h e L i b r a r y ) of the A m e r i - can Association of Colleges f o r T e a c h e r E d u - cation visitation program. U n d e r the chair- manship of D o n a l d W o o d s , the committee w o r k i n g on this project sent out a question- naire to several hundred teachers' college librarians to get their reactions to the visita- tion program as it affected their library. It w a s felt generally that the standard marks a very substantial advance in evaluative criteria for college libraries and w a s very much w o r t h additional w o r k . T h e section chairman, M r . W o o d s , and M r . Hamlin met with the A A C T E Standards Committee to discuss f u r t h e r revision in the standard and a f u l l report w a s made to the section at the M i d w i n t e r meeting in Chicago. ( J E G ) Reference Librarians Section ( E v e r e t t T . M o o r e , C h a i r m a n ) A meeting of the section w a s held on Febru - ary 3 in the M o r r i s o n H o t e l during the A L A M i d w i n t e r Conference. M i s s Florence G i f - ford presided. M r . N . O w i n Rush addressed the group on " A Fulbright Family in England, with References to Research in English Libraries." D u r i n g a discussion of the idea of a r e f e r - ence librarians division in A L A , a motion w a s made and passed that the section chairman appoint a committee of members of the sec- tion to study the question and to make a report w i t h recommendations at the M i n n e a - polis meeting. It w a s suggested there might be a need for meetings of reference librarians of the large university and research libraries to discuss problems peculiar to that group. F o r some years members of our section have given considerable thought to the ques- tion of whether the present organization of reference librarians within the A C R L pro- vides the best possible structure for a grouping of members along functional lines. T h e chair- man appointed a committee to study the ques- tion of establishing a reference division in the A L A . T h e chairman w a s M i s s W i n i f r e d V e r N o o y , University of Chicago, and her committee members w e r e M i s s M a r y N . Barton, Enoch P r a t t Free L i b r a r y , and M r . M i l t o n C . Russell, Virginia State L i b r a r y . T h e committee reported in June that there appeared to be considerable divergence of opinion as to the best form of organization of the reference librarians of the country. A s it w a s considered that much study and in- vestigation must go into any decision as to reorganization, the committee summarized arguments for and against combination of the two existing reference librarians sections JANUARY, 1955 83 ( A C R L and P L D ) and recommended f u r t h e r study. T h e Committee on W i l s o n Indexes, ap- pointed by this section and by the Reference Section of the Public Libraries Division of A L A , met at least once a month from Septem- ber 1953 to A p r i l 1954. T h e A C R L section's chairman w a s M r . Jerome K . W i l c o x . T h e committees w e r e primarily concerned this year with the International Index, and at the close of the year reported that strong support had been shown f o r elimination of all foreign language titles, titles indexed adequately else- where, and titles in the field of the natural sciences. T h e Joint A R L - A C R L Committee on the Reproduction of Bibliographical and R e f e r - ence W o r k s reported in June that it had abandoned its w o r k to a new group, the Joint Committee on Reprinting, which expected to establish a Reprint Expediting Office in N e w Y o r k in the fall of 1954, to be supported by small grants f r o m A L A divisions, library associations, publishers, and individual li- braries. T h e Committee on N e w Reference T o o l s reported two projects of principal importance, the new Cyclopedia of Education, and C h a r l e s Hamilton's revision of the Street Directory of the Principal Cities of the U.S. T h e f o r m e r is still in the planning stage, and the latter is hoped for in about six months. Six other titles which w e r e listed on last year's questionnaire as "most important" have been studied by the committee and specifications drawn up for the guidance of possible publishers. T h e A L A A n n u a l Conference meeting of the section w a s held on June 24, 1954 at the Radisson H o t e l in Minneapolis. T h e pro- gram consisted of a panel discussion of " C u r r e n t Issues in Periodical Indexing." T h e chief business of the meeting w a s a discussion of the proposal for divisional re- organization. It w a s moved and voted that the Committee to Study the Question of the Desirability of Establishing a N e w R e f e r - ence Division should be continued and should report at the Annual Conference in 1955. A s stated in the Newsletter issued in April, special thanks should be expressed to M i s s Frances Stalker, chairman, 1952-53, for turn- ing over the business of the section in good shape at the end of her t e r m ; to M i s s E l i z a - beth Bond, vice-chairman, for assistance in putting on the meeting at the M i d w i n t e r C o n f e r e n c e ; to M i s s K n o x , secretary, for very efficiently and helpfully carrying out her duties this y e a r ; and to M i s s G i f f o r d , w h o has been a most indefatigable and useful director and committee chairman, and has provided continuing guidance to members and officers since 1952. P a r t i c u l a r thanks also to M r . A r t h u r Hamlin, executive secretary of A C R L , for his friendly and able assistance on many problems. ( E T M ) University Libraries Section ( L a w r e n c e C . P o w e l l , C h a i r m a n ) T h e chairman reports, in letter f o r m : " U n d e r my chairmanship, the University Libraries Section did absolutely nothing more than participate in two meetings, the one in L o s Angeles a year ago and the M i d w i n t e r meeting in Chicago. T h e first w a s on branch libraries and the second dealt with the problem of whether the chief librarian should be a bookman and/or administrator. Papers of the latter meeting have appeared in COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES. U p o n t a k i n g office, I found no committees active and took no steps to activate any." ( L C P ) A C R L chapters are of very recent origin. T h i s is really the first year in which our five chapters have had opportunity to get down to constructive w o r k . It appears to me that the chapters have been considerably more useful than w a s an- ticipated by many. T h e national tie has ap- parently been a spur to local organization. I attended meetings of the M i s s o u r i , Illinois and T r i - S t a t e ( P i t t s b u r g h area) chapters. T h e first w a s devoted to organization and, therefore, w a s without special accomplishment. T h e T r i - S t a t e Chapter meeting w a s extremely useful and successful. U n d e r the able organi- zation of President H u g h Behymer, it pro- vided an excellent blend of the instructional, social and recreational, and drew an excellent attendance f r o m all over western Pennsyl- vania, eastern O h i o and W e s t Virginia. T h e Illinois Chapter meeting w a s at the same time 84 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES a meeting of the Illinois L i b r a r y Association's College and Reference Libraries Section. I t w a s at this meeting that plans w e r e f o r m u - lated to have a special meeting of midwestern college, university and research librarians at the time of the A L A M i d w i n t e r meeting. T h e Philadephia A r e a Chapter has had meet- ings of great interest, and N e w Jersey has had similar accomplishment. I have heard quite a bit of favorable comment about the several chapters and very little that w a s un- favorable. College librarians who feel a need f o r more local organization and professional discussion in their area should investigate the A C R L chapter device (details cheerfully sup- plied on request). T h e chapter may be more important than the state representative plan, making the association more meaningful to the average member and in drawing on the talents of those who are not known nationally. ( A T H ) Philadelphia Area Chapter (Alphonse F . T r e z z a , C h a i r m a n ) T h e winter meeting of the Philadelphia chapter w a s held on February 8, 1954. In a brief business meeting, reports w e r e given of the A C R L meetings at the M i d w i n t e r con- ference at Chicago the previous week. A panel discussion on the subject of " O r i - enting the Student in the U s e of the L i b r a r y " w a s the topic of the evening meeting. Repre- sentatives from five colleges and universities provided a very lively discussion in which the audience participated. O n Saturday, M a y 15, 1954, a joint meet- ing of the Philadelphia chapter of A C R L and the College and Reference Section of P L A w a s held at the new library of the Pennsyl- vania M i l i t a r y College. T h e subject f o r the all-day conference was "Serials and P e r i - odicals in the L i b r a r y . " T h e guest speaker at the opening session w a s M r . W y l l i s E. W r i g h t . T h e opening meeting w a s followed by workshops held in the late morning for their first session and a f t e r luncheon for their second session. T h e conference w a s closed by a general meeting to sum up the day's activities. M r s . B a r b a r a K . W r i g h t , head, C a t a l o g Division, T e m p l e University, w a s elected secretary-treasurer and M r . W i l l i a m D . L e w i s , librarian, University of D e l a w a r e , w a s elected director. A s of M a y 31, 1954, the Philadelphia chapter has eighty-three dues-paying mem- bers. T h e treasury balance is $100.27 w f t h t w o small bills still outstanding. ( A F T ) N e w Jersey State Chapter ( T h e o d o r e Epstein, President) T h e N e w Jersey State Chapter is the C o l - lege and University Section of the N e w Jersey L i b r a r y Association. M e e t i n g s w e r e held under President A d a J. English on November 7 at Princeton University L i b r a r y and on A p r i l 23 at A t l a n t i c City. N o t e w o r t h y accomplishment during the year w a s the inauguration of exchange between colleges and universities of annual reports and other library publications on a large scale. A C R L membership w a s promoted through the newsletter and at state meetings. T h e o - dore Epstein w a s elected president of the section and the chapter f o r the coming year. D r . W i l l i a m S. D i x is president-elect, and M i s s D o r i s P e r r y is secretary-treasurer. ( T E ) Illinois State Chapter ( M a r t h a Biggs, C h a i r m a n ) O n N o v e m b e r 6, 1954, the College and Reference Libraries Section of the Illinois L i b r a r y Association held its annual meeting, M r . Benjamin B. Richards, chairman, pre- siding. T h e membership felt that an effort should be made to have more meaningful meetings on the level of practical librarianship, and that there w a s a possibility that regional meetings of some kind could be arranged. A n explora- tory committee consisting of D r . Robert B. D o w n s , M r . D a v i d Jolly, M r . Benjamin B. Richards, and D r . Robert H . M u l l e r , chair- man, w a s appointed to investigate the feasi- bility of planning annual meetings of mid- western college, university and research li- brarians. D u r i n g the M i d w i n t e r A L A conference, a closed meeting of midwestern librarians w a s held to discuss this idea. T h e response w a s favorable and it w a s decided that arrange- ments should be made for a session to be held in F e b r u a r y , 1955 at the University of Chi- cago campus. Emphasis w i l l be placed on small discussion groups encompassing all pro- fessional college and research librarians, the JANUARY, 1955 85 subject matter to be suggested by the partici- pants. A panel discussion, " B o o k s for an Ideal C o l - lege L i b r a r y , " based on the new Catalogue of the Lamont Library w a s led by D r . Leon C a r n o v s k y . T h i s featured M r . Philip J. M c N i f f of H a r v a r d , editor of the catalog. D r . Robert H . M u l l e r spoke on its implica- tions for other libraries. ( M L B ) Missouri State Chapter (Kenneth J. L a B u d d e , C h a i r m a n ) T h e initial meeting of the M i s s o u r i chapter of A C R L w a s held on October 3, 1953, at the University of K a n s a s City, with members of the College and University Division of M L A and the Kansas C i t y and St. L o u i s chapters of S L A attending. Kenneth J. L a B u d d e , a f t e r reviewing the steps taken to make a M i s s o u r i chapter possible, introduced A r t h u r H a m l i n w h o spoke on the potentialities of local chapters. T h e M i s s o u r i chapter is not interested in an elaborate organization but prefers to function within the present organization of the College and University Division expanded to include members of reference libraries, both special and public, interested in A C R L activi- ties. It w a s voted to ask permission of the executive board of M L A to change the name of the division so as to recognize the expanded membership. Plans w e r e made f o r mutual assistance on the college project of a checklist of special collections in M i s s o u r i libraries and the S L A chapters' projects of a revision of the K a n s a s C i t y area union list of serials and of the directories of the t w o chapters. ( K J L ) Tri-State Chapter ( E . H u g h Behymer, President) T h e organization meeting of the T r i - S t a t e Chapter of A C R L w a s held in the faculty club at Duquesne University on N o v e m b e r 7, 1953. M i s s Esther F a w c e t t , fine arts librarian, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, presided. She spoke first of all of the reasons f o r the establishment of this chapter, announced that the chapter had been approved by the American L i b r a r y Asso- ciation, and called for a report of the N o m i - nating Committee. T h i s committee pre- sented the f o l l o w i n g names: E. H u g h Behy- mer, librarian, Bethany College, Bethany, W e s t Virginia, president; M r . John Nichol- son, Jr., librarian, K e n t State University, Kent, Ohio, vice-president; M i s s M a b e l Kocher, librarian, W e s t m i n s t e r College, N e w Wilmington, Pennsylvania, secretary-treas- u r e r ; M i s s Rose Demorest, librarian of the Pennsylvania Room, Carnegie L i b r a r y of Pittsburgh, and M i s s Geraldine Anderson, librarian, Consolidated C o a l Company L i - brary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, executive board members. T h e r e w e r e no other nomina- tions and the nominees w e r e elected by unanimous vote. T h e second meeting of the T r i - S t a t e Chap- ter w a s held on F e b r u a r y 13, 1954, at the F a i r f a x H o t e l in Pittsburgh. T h e meeting w a s called by President Behymer to discuss and approve a constitution and bylaws for the new chapter. T h e r e w e r e approximately fifty interested librarians present. Each article and section of the proposed constitu- tion w a s discussed and approved separately. A t the end of the afternoon, the new constitu- tion and bylaws were presented to the group and they w e r e unanimously approved. T h e western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, and W e s t V i r g i n i a chapter of A C R L met on M a y 1, 1954, at Bethany College, Bethany, W e s t Virginia. T h e meeting w a s called to order at 11:00 a.m. by the president. P r e - vious minutes w e r e read by the secretary. T h e Bethany College M a l e C h o r u s presented several musical numbers. O l d and new busi- ness of the association w a s discussed. T h e meeting adjourned in time for visitors to see the college. A t the luncheon meeting, greet- ings f r o m the college w e r e presented by D e a n B. R. W e i m e r , chairman of the Faculty L i b r a r y Committee. President Behymer pre- sented M r s . Emilie Jacobson w h o spoke on " H u m o r — W e a p o n of F r e e People." F o l l o w - ing the luncheon, the meeting w a s called to order by the president and he presented the president's address: " T h e Philosophy of L i - brarianship." H e then introduced M r . A r t h u r Hamlin, executive secretary of the A C R L w h o talked to the group on " W h a t the A C R L can do for you." H i s talk w a s fol- lowed by a question period. A f t e r the meet- ing adjourned, tea w a s served in the main reading room of the library by the wives of the Faculty L i b r a r y Committee. ( E H B ) 86 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES