College and Research Libraries Notes from the A C R L Office The Philadelphia Conference A great many people have taken the trouble to tell me how much they liked the A C R L " C i r c l e s of I n f o r m a t i o n " program at the Philadelphia Conference. W i t h t w o ex- ceptions the only criticisms have come from the leaders of the various discussion groups. It is, therefore, quite apparent that this type of program should be repeated. N a t u r a l l y this first experiment w a s by no means perfect and the second try should go better. W e have definite plans to locate the "circles" under cabanas on the beach at M i a m i . A s proof of the pudding some people stayed with their circles at Philadelphia a f u l l three hours although they w e r e scheduled for only two hours, the temperature hovered around i o o ° , and people w e r e urged to leave the circles at any time. A C R L ' s day at Philadelphia w a s the hot- test in a very hot week. T h e huge M u s e u m hall, scene of the banquet that night, is nor- mally cool but its heavy stone had been ab- sorbing heat f o r so long that it turned into a veritable oven. It w a s in truth, as Presi- dent L y l e remarked, that " w e stewed among the mummies." F o r the first time A C R L went to consider- able expense f o r the Conference program. F o r example, the g r e a t exhibition " P h i l a - delphia's Riches" involved insurance for $750,000, and a printing bill of about $200. T o meet the many costs w e had budgeted only $150. W i t h M r . L y l e ' s personal per- mission, M r . T r e z z a and I attempted to plan so that these expenses w o u l d be covered by Conference income. T i c k e t s f o r the boat trip T h u r s d a y night w e r e set below the company's normal charge, but the turnout w a s so good w e came out nearly seven hundred dollars above the cost of charter, handling tickets, tax, orchestra, etc. I had hoped to have the final figures in time to report here. T h e moonlight sail down the D e l a w a r e w a s a great success in every respect. T h e square dancing w a s gay, the breeze w a s cool and, wonder of wonders, a w a n moon at great effort did finally make its appearance. T h e crowd w a s happy and orderly, a tribute to the company-required Committee on L a w and O r d e r , composed of a formidable group of ex-presidents and executive secretaries of A C R L and A L A . A t the Philadelphia meeting of the R e f e r - ence Librarians Section it w a s voted to ap- point a joint committee of six ( w i t h the Public L i b r a r i e s Division's Reference Section) to represent reference librarians in the f o r m a - tion of the Council of L i b r a r y Services, recommended by the A L A M a n a g e m e n t Sur- vey. T h e needs and interests of non-academic reference librarians have undoubtedly been slighted f r o m time to time by A C R L despite the best intentions of all concerned. W e have had f e w senior officers from reference depart- ments of public libraries. A C R L program emphasis has certainly been on college and university libraries. T h e s e problems of recog- nition and unity of interest have been squarely faced by the Board of D i r e c t o r s during at least the last t w o years, but the best-hearted co- operation produced no results that w e r e com- pletely satisfactory to all. N o w the M a n a g e m e n t Survey has resur- rected the F i f t h Activities Committee recom- mendation f o r divisions by type of w o r k — i n this case a Council on L i b r a r y Reference Services. T h e r e is much to f a v o r this. Should the R drop out of A C R L the part- ing w i l l not be without a tear or t w o at the dock and a h e a r t - f e l t bon voyage. O u r good friends and co-workers in public library reference departments must know that any f u t u r e A C L or Association of College and Research Libraries w i l l a l w a y s feel especially close to any f u t u r e C R L S . I hope most of them w i l l wish to continue affiliation w i t h this division as w e l l as P L D . T h e A L A M a n a g e m e n t Survey w i l l bring important change to all A L A offices includ- ing A C R L headquarters. A l l agree that the present organization has important w e a k - nesses. W e have in this M a n a g e m e n t Survey a remedial plan. I t is the only plan in exist- ence except for that prepared by the C o m - mittee on Divisional Relations, and has been unanimously endorsed by A L A Council and the divisions. W h e t h e r or not the plan turns out to be 396 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES good depends on the execution of its p r o v i - sions. I t is my earnest hope that all involved in the l o n g process of implementation w i l l do so in a cooperative, unselfish spirit w h i c h looks only to the advancement of the profession, and that every e f f o r t w i l l be made to hold o r g a n i z a t i o n a l s t r u c t u r e to that minimum w h i c h is necessary to support active, u n f e t t e r e d services to librarianship. Library Surveys A t the Philadelphia meeting of the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s the s u b j e c t of l i b r a r y s u r v e y s w a s discussed and y o u r secretary w a s requested to bring this important s u b j e c t to the atten- tion of A C R L members. T h e A L A has j u s t completed a survey of the N o r t h Shore C o n g r e g a t i o n I s r a e l L i b r a r y in G l e n c o e , Illinois, and has under c o n t r a c t a survey of the U . S. N a v a l A c a d e m y L i b r a r y . L e a d e r s h i p and supervision in both cases came f r o m the A C R L office. T h e synagogue l i b r a r y s u r v e y involved a modest fee and corresponding small a m o u n t of time and ( a f t e r some vicis- situdes in the search of a s u r v e y o r ) w a s done by the A C R L E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y on l e a v e time. T h e N a v a l A c a d e m y survey w i l l be done by J a c k D a l t o n of the U n i v e r s i t y of V i r g i n i a and W i l l i a m D i x of Princeton. ( A f e w copies of the survey of the N o r t h Shore C o n - g r e g a t i o n I s r a e l l i b r a r y are available f o r l o a n . ) A c c o r d i n g to policy established s e v e r a l y e a r s ago an official A L A survey is c a r r i e d on under the supervision of the division concerned. T h e c o n t r a c t is made w i t h A L A and the fee paid to it. T h e s u r v e y o r s are appointed by the A L A president. T h e s u r v e y comes out under the name of the association. H o w e v e r , the a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r the survey are made l a r g e l y or w h o l l y by the divisional secretary. H e prepares the original outline and budget, recommends s u r v e y o r s to M r . C l i f t , c a r r i e s on the correspondence as the w o r k gets under w a y , usually visits the l i b r a r y in person, corresponds w i t h the surveyors, and sees the final p r o d u c t through the press or " m i m e o . " O c c a s i o n a l l y the divisional secretary takes an i m p o r t a n t p a r t in the preparation of the final report. A L A a l w a y s charges a modest fee f o r its supervisory w o r k . O n e - t h i r d of this goes to A L A and t w o - t h i r d s to the division. In my experience this fee has a l w a y s been less than adequate compensation f o r the time involved. W h i l e the A C R L t r e a s u r y is occasionally augmented by survey fees, A C R L by no means makes money on them. B o t h M r . C l i f t and I believe that A L A p e r f o r m s a v a l u a b l e service by m a k i n g these s u r v e y s available. T h i s belief is not shared by all senior A L A staff, and A C R L is the only division w h i c h has u n d e r t a k e n s u r v e y s under A L A in the last f e w y e a r s . W h e n e v e r a survey inquiry is received f r o m a college or r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r y , I a t t e m p t to e v a l u a t e the need and suggest either a f o r m a l , f u l l - s c a l e A L A survey or something more modest by a s u r v e y o r or s u r v e y o r s engaged directly by the institution. I a l w a y s o f f e r to advise the institution at no charge if it w i s h e s to a r r a n g e f o r its o w n survey. A full-scale, published s u r v e y of a uni- versity l i b r a r y w i l l cost about f o u r thousand dollars. C o s t s range all the w a y f r o m there d o w n to the $350 w h i c h w a s charged the N o r t h Shore C o n g r e g a t i o n I s r a e l L i b r a r y . O n e disgusted librarian, in the throes of the sixth s u r v e y of his institution in ten y e a r s , recently opined that the country w a s oppressed by " s u r v e y i t i s . " S u r v e y s are by no means rec- ommended f o r all libraries at r e g u l a r inter- vals. H o w e v e r , the A L A s u r v e y s of recent y e a r s have given important help to the libraries concerned. I believe that there are many col- lege libraries today w h i c h w o u l d benefit g r e a t l y f r o m A L A surveys or brief studies by one or t w o librarians of w i d e experience under c o n t r a c t directly to the institutions. . . . and Books F o r nearly t w o y e a r s I have held in my file a clipping f r o m the Los Angeles Times ( O c t o b e r II, 1953) r e g a r d i n g the reading of college students. T h i s w a s w r i t t e n by L e o n H o w a r d , p r o f e s s o r of English at U C L A . Space permits only p a r t of this interesting article w h i c h glorifies the avid r e a d e r of trash. E a c h y e a r in the m i d d l e of S e p t e m b e r I r e a r r a n g e my bookshelves by p u t t i n g a w a y t h e v o l u m e s I h a v e a c q u i r e d f o r c a s u a l r e a d - i n g all s u m m e r and s t r a i g h t e n i n g out those t h a t a p r o f e s s o r of E n g l i s h will need d u r i n g the school t e r m . T h e activity is a l w a y s a t h o u g h t - p r o v o k - i n g one b e c a u s e I k n o w t h a t a good deal of my p r o f e s s i n g will be b e f o r e s t u d e n t s w h o h a v e g i v e n little if a n y t h o u g h t to books d u r i n g the s u m m e r a n d will h a v e difficulty OCTOBER, 1955 397 f o r c i n g t h e m s e l v e s to the p h y s i c a l act of r e a d - i n g . S t u d e n t s will not come out f o r t r a c k unless they like to r u n , n o r f o r t h e glee club unless they like to sing, but t h e y w i l l r e g i s t e r f o r lit- e r a t u r e c o u r s e s by t h e h u n d r e d s w h e n they h a v e so little l i k i n g f o r books t h a t they h a v e n e v e r a c q u i r e d t h e h a b i t of r e a d i n g . I w o u l d n e v e r d i s c o u r a g e t h e m b e c a u s e I k n o w t h a t they a r e seeking, s o m e w h a t b l i n d l y p e r h a p s , f o r s o m e t h i n g they g e n u i n e l y n e e d . B u t I o f t e n w o n d e r h o w they r e a c h t h e level of a d v a n c e d u n i v e r s i t y classes w i t h o u t h a v i n g a c q u i r e d so simple a n d so u s e f u l a h a b i t . L i b r a r i a n s a n d t e a c h e r s a n d m a n y p a r - ents, I k n o w , w o n d e r a b o u t t h e s a m e t h i n g , a n d t h e y seem g e n e r a l l y inclined to b l a m e such m e c h a n i c a l substitutes f o r r e a d i n g as motion pictures, the r a d i o a n d , m o r e recently, t e l e v i s i o n . T h e use of such g a d g e t s u n - d o u b t e d l y t a k e s u p time t h a t m i g h t o t h e r w i s e be spent w i t h books, but I h a v e n e v e r been w h o l l y convinced t h a t they a c t i v e l y i n t e r - f e r e d w i t h t h e c u l t i v a t i o n of r e a d i n g as a h a b i t . I a m c o n v i n c e d , h o w e v e r , t h a t a c t i v e i n t e r f e r e n c e o f t e n comes f r o m w e l l - i n t e n t i o n e d l i b r a r i a n s a n d t e a c h e r s a n d p a r e n t s . . . . T h e y i n t e r f e r e b e c a u s e they f a i l to r e a l i z e t h a t a y o u n g s t e r m u s t l e a r n to r e a d as n a - t u r a l l y as he w a l k s b e f o r e he c a n b e g i n to profit f r o m t h e w r i t t e n w o r d . T h e y o f t e n r e s e n t t h e aimless steps he t a k e s as he slowly a c h i e v e s f a m i l i a r i t y w i t h the p r i n t e d p a g e a n d t r e a t him as a b s u r d l y as they w o u l d be t r e a t i n g a b a b y if t h e y r e f u s e d to let h i m use his legs unless he w a s g o i n g s o m e w h e r e . T h e y w a n t to d i r e c t his r e a d i n g into ' w o r t h - w h i l e c h a n n e l s ' as t h o u g h r e a d i n g itself is a suspicious a c t i v i t y t h a t h a s to be justified in o r d e r to be t o l e r a t e d . T h e y a r e , in short, f i r m l y opposed to ' t r a s h . ' N o t h i n g , I h a v e f o u n d , can u p s e t t h e s e good p e o p l e m o r e t h a n f o r me, as a p r o f e s s o r of l i t e r a t u r e , to d e c l a r e t h a t I am all in f a v o r of r e a d i n g t r a s h a n d h a v e no f e a r of the effects of r a d i o a n d television upon t h e l i t e r a c y of t h e c o u n t r y so long as t h e d r u g s t o r e s a r e filled w i t h comic books a n d g a u d y p a p e r - backed n o v e l s . T h e r e h a v e been times w h e n I h a v e suspected t h e m o s t s o f t - s p o k e n of li- b r a r i a n s o r the meekest of t e a c h e r s of w a n t - i n g to tie me up, c o v e r me w i t h comic books a n d t h e collected w o r k s of M i c k e y Spillane, a n d strike a m a t c h to the w h o l e w o r t h l e s s pile. T h e i r o p i n i o n s of b o o k - b u r n i n g seem to c h a n g e w h e n they c a n i m a g i n e a h e r e t i c at t h e stake. Y e t I h a v e f o u n d t h a t a s t u d e n t w h o s e m i n d is w e l l stored w i t h t r a s h is likely to be a good s t u d e n t of t h e best l i t e r a t u r e . F o r one t h i n g , he h a s l e a r n e d t h a t books c a n be t a k e n in q u a n t i t i e s w i t h o u t p a i n a n d c a n r e a d as r a p i d l y or as c a r e f u l l y as c i r c u m - stances d e m a n d . F o r a n o t h e r , he h a s g e n e r - ally a c q u i r e d a good v o c a b u l a r y , a n d f o r still a n o t h e r , he is f a m i l i a r to the point of b o r e d o m w i t h t h e c h e a p e r v a l u e s of r e a d i n g a n d is r e a d y to a p p r e c i a t e the u n i q u e v a l u e s of the g r e a t e s t books. I n one sense he is t h e i d e a l s t u d e n t because he h a s m a s t e r e d the s u p e r f i c i a l i t i e s of t h e p r i n t e d p a g e a n d is s o p h i s t i c a t e d e n o u g h to be t a u g h t w h a t lies b e n e a t h . F o r t h e r e is a g r e a t d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n the r e a d i n g a n d the study of books—especi- ally of those books w h i c h a r e d e s c r i b e d as ' l i t e r a t u r e . ' T h e g r e a t w o r k s of l i t e r a t u r e all h a v e a s u p e r f i c i a l i n t e r e s t w h i c h h a s kept t h e m r e a d a b l e t h r o u g h o u t the ages, but they also h a v e a w e a l t h a n d d e p t h of i m p l i c a t i o n w h i c h h a s m a d e them r e r e a d a b l e by people w h o s e w i d e k n o w l e d g e a n d m a t u r e e x p e r i e n c e m a k e t h e m s e v e r e j u d g e s of w h a t is c o m m o n - place a n d w h a t is e x t r a o r d i n a r y a n d w o r t h m e d i t a t i n g . W h e t h e r it is h e r e s y or not, my i n c l i n a - tion at the b e g i n n i n g of each school y e a r is to say, 'Let them r e a d t r a s h , but teach them s o m e t h i n g w i t h l i f e in it.' T h e y will out- g r o w the t r a s h quicker by p l o w i n g t h r o u g h it t h a n t h e y will by a v o i d i n g it, a n d in the m e a n t i m e t h e y will a c q u i r e a h a b i t which is one of t h e least h a r m f u l a n d most u s e f u l t h e y could c u l t i v a t e . F r o m another source comes an interesting comment less on the reading of students than of college presidents, l i b r a r i a n s and even teachers themselves. T h i s e x c e r p t f r o m the Educational Record f o r J u l y , 1955 (p. 258) is a r e v i e w article by W . R . O d e l l of a recent pamphlet, " T h e D e v e l o p m e n t of L i f e t i m e R e a d i n g H a b i t s . " . . . F i r s t , the r e p o r t m a k e s t h e point t h a t r e a d i n g e n t h u s i a s m is c o n t a g i o u s a n d t h a t i n the b e g i n n i n g , at least, y o u n g people m u s t catch it f r o m those w h o t h e m s e l v e s e n j o y r e a d i n g . If this be t r u e , t h e concept poses some i n t e r e s t i n g questions f o r each i n s t i t u - t i o n a l h e a d to a n s w e r a b o u t his school a n d p r o g r a m . If r e a d i n g , like a disease, is most easily c a u g h t f r o m o t h e r s , h o w m a n y T y p h o i d M a r y s a r e t h e r e in his i n s t i t u t i o n ? D o e s he h i m s e l f — t h e p r e s i d e n t — t y p i c a l l y c a r r y a book u n d e r his a r m as he m o v e s a m o n g t h e s t u d e n t s ? D o e s he talk about i d e a s f r o m books he m e n t i o n s by n a m e ? A r e any of t h e e x c i t e m e n t s t h a t explode d u r i n g the y e a r at t h e school d e l i b e r a t e l y set off by t h e a d - m i n i s t r a t i o n to e m p h a s i z e i m p o r t a n t i d e a s 398 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES t h a t r e q u i r e r e a d i n g to u n d e r s t a n d a n d e v a l u - ate ? A r e his t e a c h e r s g i v e n recognition a n d p r o m o t i o n s because they succeed in i n v o l v i n g s t u d e n t s s a t i s f y i n g l y in r e a d i n g activities a n d in d e a l i n g w i t h i d e a s f o u n d in books? Is the daily, weekly, or t e r m schedule a r r a n g e d so t h a t r e a d i n g time f o r s t u d e n t s is recog- n i z e d to h a v e e q u a l s t a t u s w i t h class, social, a n d r e c r e a t i o n a l activities at the i n s t i t u t i o n ? I n short, does r e a d i n g possess h i g h a n d ob- v i o u s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a p p r o v a l f o r all to see a n d e m u l a t e ? T h e r e p o r t m a k e s a second point t h a t r e a d i n g h a b i t s a r e most easily d e v e l o p e d if all r e l a t e d physical elements of t h e e n v i r o n - m e n t f a v o r a n d f a c i l i t a t e the i n c l i n a t i o n to r e a d . T h i s r a i s e s a n o t h e r series of questions about each school f o r the a d m i n i s t r a t o r a n d staff to c o n s i d e r . If p l e a s a n t physical s u r - r o u n d i n g s e n c o u r a g e good h a b i t d e v e l o p m e n t , a r e i m p r o v e m e n t s c o n s t a n t l y o c c u r r i n g t h a t m a k e r e a d i n g easy a n d r e w a r d i n g ? A r e books easily a v a i l a b l e w i t h o u t d e l a y a n d c o m p l i c a t e d red t a p e ? A r e t h e r e e n o u g h b o o k s ; m o r e all the t i m e ? I s the l i g h t i n g good, a n d a r e the c h a i r s c o m f o r t a b l e ? Does o p p o r t u n i t y exist both to r e a d u n d i s t u r b e d , a n d in discussion g r o u p settings w h e n a p - p r o p r i a t e ? A r e t h e r e h e l p f u l books in e v e r y classroom, a n d in d e p a r t m e n t a l l i b r a r i e s so they a r e easily a v a i l a b l e w h e n a n d w h e r e n e e d e d , as well as in the c e n t r a l l i b r a r y ? Does the l i b r a r i a n feel t h a t his p r i m a r y f u n c - tion is to get books used, a n d only second- a r i l y to h a v e t h e m c a t a l o g e d a n d stacked efficiently? In o r d e r to clear my desk at once of all old newspaper clippings here is another w h i c h has an important if indirect relationship to the s u b j e c t of reading interest. In deplor- ing the q u a l i t y of l o c a l T V o f f e r i n g s the Deseret News-Telegram of S a l t L a k e C i t y ( F e b r u a r y 26, 1954) s a i d : F o r t u n a t e l y , the p i c t u r e is not e n t i r e l y d a r k . A f e w p r o g r a m s a r e excellent. W e a r e h a p p y to r e p o r t t h a t a m o n g t h e m is a n e w l o c a l l y - p r o d u c e d s h o w t h a t all U t a h n s o u g h t to m a k e it a point to see. T h i s is ' P e r s p e c - tives,' a series of 13 M o n d a y n i g h t s h o w s p r e - p a r e d by t h e U n i v e r s i t y of U t a h l i b r a r y h i g h - l i g h t i n g i m p o r t a n t d a t e s of U t a h history. T h e series w a s m a d e possible by a $3,900 F o r d F o u n d a t i o n g r a n t a n d the first s h o w l a s t M o n d a y n i g h t i n d i c a t e d t h e money is b e i n g used to good effect f o r costuming, a c t i n g t a l e n t a n d s t a g e settings. All too f e w a r e e x a m p l e s of T V l i v i n g u p to its t r e m e n d o u s p o t e n t i a l f o r e d u c a t i o n a n d u p l i f t i n g e n t e r t a i n m e n t . C o n g r a t u l a - tions to l i b r a r i a n L. H . K i r k p a t r i c k a n d those w h o h a v e w o r k e d w i t h him f o r s u p p l y - i n g s o m e t h i n g w o r t h t u r n i n g a set on to see. * * * M a n y l i b r a r i a n s have w r i t t e n to the A C R L office requesting f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n on the U . S. Steel F o u n d a t i o n g r a n t of $30,000. U n t i l the committee to handle this money has met to determine policy and procedure no exact i n f o r m a t i o n can be supplied. A s noted by M r . V o s p e r e l s e w h e r e in this issue, pro- posals f o r research p r o j e c t s should go directly to J e r r o l d O r n e at M a x w e l l A i r F o r c e Base, M o n t g o m e r y , A l a b a m a . O t h e r requests f o r g r a n t s should be sent to the A C R L office w h i c h w i l l see that these are considered by the committee. F u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n w i l l be supplied all correspondents w h e n it becomes available. * * * A recent c i r c u l a r f r o m U . S. C i v i l Service C o m m i s s i o n invites applications f o r f e d e r a l l i b r a r y positions in the $8,36O-$IO,8OO salary range ( G S 1 3 - 1 5 ) . " N o w r i t t e n test is re- q u i r e d . " Eligibility is determined by experi- ence w h i c h " m u s t have been of a progressively responsible n a t u r e and must have earned f o r ( t h e applicants) outstanding recognition as leaders in the l i b r a r y field." I believe this c i r c u l a r w a s issued in o r d e r to build up a l a r g e r roster of candidates f o r senior f e d e r a l l i b r a r y positions and t h a t the Commission had in mind no special vacancies. Interested librarians should contact the C i v i l Service Commission in W a s h i n g t o n . * * * F o r a f e w days f o l l o w i n g the Philadelphia C o n f e r e n c e I w a s f o r t u n a t e to be located in a cottage near Ipswich, M a s s a c h u s e t t s , high on a hill w i t h the A t l a n t i c almost w i t h i n stone's t h r o w on three sides. M y vacation reading w a s principally C i v i l W a r history, but I did have in my b a g a copy of our ACRL MONOGRAPH # 1 4 ( R o t h s t e i n — T h e Develop- ment of Reference Services) and once begun I could not put it d o w n again. I t is not my desire to anticipate the r e v i e w which w i l l undoubtedly appear in a l a t e r issue of C&RL, but only to express publicly my pride that A C R L w a s the means of bringing this fine piece of constructive scholarship to the profession at large, and to urge all college librarians to consider their o w n r e f e r e n c e services in the light of this discerning s t u d y . — Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 Brief of Minutes A C R L General Session; A C R L Board of Directors T h e A C R L G e n e r a l Session w a s held in I r v i n e A u d i t o r i u m , U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l - vania, on T u e s d a y , J u l y 4, at 9:30 a.m. P r e s i - dent G u y R . L y l e w a s the presiding officer. T h e p r o g r a m meeting w a s j o i n t l y sponsored by the three A C R L sections f o r college, j u n i o r college and university libraries. E d w a r d B . S t a n f o r d w a s in charge of the p r o g r a m , the theme of w h i c h w a s " L i b r a r y Service to U n d e r g r a d u a t e s . " T h e three papers by F r a n k A . L u n d y , W i l l i a m S. D i x and F r e d e r i c k H . W a g m a n w i l l be published in COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES. In the absence of Joseph C . Shipman, A C R L t r e a s u r e r , a brief financial report w a s given by L e o M . W e i n s , A L A c o m p t r o l - ler. T h i s w a s f o l l o w e d by a description of a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r the conference by A l p h o n s e F . T r e z z a , c h a i r m a n of the A C R L C o m m i t t e e on C o n f e r e n c e P r o g r a m s . P r e s i d e n t L y l e announced the results of the election of officers as f o l l o w s : V i c e - P r e s i d e n t and P r e s i d e n t - E l e c t : R o b e r t W . O r r , director, I o w a S t a t e C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , A m e s ; T r e a s u r e r : R a l p h H . P a r k e r , l i b r a r - ian, U n i v e r s i t y of M i s s o u r i , C o l u m b i a ; D i - r e c t o r - a t - L a r g e : W i l l i a m S. D i x , librarian, P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y , P r i n c e t o n , N . J . ; D i - rectors representing sections: S a r a h D . Jones, librarian, G o u c h e r C o l l e g e , B a l t i m o r e , M d . ( C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s Section) ; M a r y N . B a r - ton, head, G e n e r a l R e f e r e n c e D e p t . , Enoch P r a t t F r e e L i b r a r y , B a l t i m o r e , M d . ( R e f e r - ence L i b r a r i a n s Section) ; M i l d r e d H e r r i c k , librarian, W e s t e r n W a s h i n g t o n C o l l e g e of E d u c a t i o n , B e l l i n g h a m ( L i b r a r i e s of T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g Institutions Section) ; L e o n a r d H . K i r k p a t r i c k , librarian, U n i v e r s i t y of U t a h , S a l t L a k e C i t y ( U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s Sec- tion) ; A C R L R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s on A L A C o u n - ACRL Board of Directors Meeting in Philadelphia—July 4, 1 9 5 5 c i l : C o n s t a n c e M . W i n c h e l l , r e f e r e n c e li- b r a r i a n , C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s , N e w Y o r k , N . Y . ; D o n a l d M . P o w e l l , head, R e f - erence D e p a r t m e n t , U n i v e r s i t y of A r i z o n a L i b r a r y , T u c s o n ; W a l t e r W . W r i g h t , assist- ant librarian, U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a , P h i l a d e l p h i a ; J a c k s o n E . T o w n e , librarian, M i c h i g a n State U n i v e r s i t y , E a s t L a n s i n g . R o b e r t V o s p e r , director of libraries, U n i - versity of K a n s a s , L a w r e n c e , succeeds M r . L y l e as president f o r the coming y e a r , 1 9 5 5 / 56. F o r the results of section elections, see the list of section officers in the f r o n t of this issue. A recommended change in the A C R L By- l a w s w a s read by M r s . M a r g a r e t K . Spang- ler, assistant l i b r a r i a n , P e n n s y l v a n i a State U n i v e r s i t y , S t a t e C o l l e g e , in the absence of the chairman of the C o m m i t t e e on C o n s t i t u - tion and B y l a w s , Joseph W . K r a u s , librarian, M a d i s o n C o l l e g e , H a r r i s o n b u r g , V i r g i n i a . T h e membership approved the recommended revision as p r e s e n t e d : ( R e v i s i o n of A r t i c l e I I I , Section I ) . B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s . A m a j o r i t y of the v o t i n g m e m b e r s of the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s shall constitute a Q u o r u m , ( a ) M a i l votes. In the absence of a quorum the President may authorize a mail vote. An affirmative vote of three-fourths of the voting directors of the Board shall be required to pass a motion. On each mail vote, each voting director of the Board shall have the option of voting for the motion, against the motion, or to hold for discussion. T h e executive s e c r e t a r y reported briefly on the U . S. Steel F o u n d a t i o n g r a n t of $30,000 to A C R L . ( S e e Notes from the ACRL Office f o r details of this g r a n t ) . P r e s e n t w e r e officers, d i r e c t o r s and in- H a m l i n reported on the c u r r e n t financial con- vited guests. A s c u s t o m a r y , an agenda w i t h dition. T h e A C R L f u n d s and books had background and explanation of each topic been t r a n s f e r r e d to A L A s e v e r a l months had been distributed about ten days b e f o r e b e f o r e and consolidation of these accounts the meeting. P r e s i d e n t L y l e presided. w a s j u s t t a k i n g place. M r . L e o W e i n s , A L A In the absence of T r e a s u r e r Shipman, M r . c o m p t r o l l e r , w a s present and stated the 400 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES A L A treasurer's report through June would appear in several weeks with figures f o r A C R L expenditures up to that time. M r . H a m l i n called attention to the budget for the next year (distributed with the agenda) which gave c a r e f u l estimates of 1954/55 in- come and expenditures and served as an in- f o r m a l treasurer's report. T h e budget for the next year w a s pre- sented by M r . Hamlin. It was explained that this budget attempted to present reasonable estimates of income and necessary expense, and did not, as in previous years, assume that a sizeable sum would go unspent. T h e pre- liminary budget had been drawn up by the A L A comptroller and the A C R L secretary. M r . H a m l i n had taken it to Kansas C i t y w h e r e it w a s studied and altered by T r e a s - urer Shipman, V i c e President Vosper and H a m l i n in consultation. Expectations of income and expenditure w e r e briefly reviewed. M r . Hamlin em- phasized that the apparent saving of $5,000 on staff salaries w a s not an actual saving. F o r the first time portions of the two salaries w e r e being charged to the separate budgets f o r COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES a n d t h e MONOGRAPHS. H i s own salary would shortly be raised along with those of other divisional secretaries by recent A L A Executive Board action and he thanked the Board f o r this in- crease. M r . W e i n s noted that the budget w a s in three p a r t s : an ACRL MONOGRAPHS budget, COLLEGE A N D RESEARCH LIBRARIES b u d g e t , a n d the principal budget for A C R L office, com- mittee, section and other expenses. T h e sal- aries of the publications officer and clerk- typist w e r e charged in proportion to all three budgets. M r . W e i n s felt that the estimates w e r e conservative. D u r i n g the current year A C R L w a s using about $4,000 of its reserve and would use another $1,500 during 1955/ 56. A C R L should have about $8,000 at the end of 1955/56. M r . V o s p e r emphasized that it w a s current policy not to maintain a large bank balance but to put money to effective use f o r the benefit of members and libraries. A reserve of about $7,000 w a s desirable. W i t h i n a f e w years A C R L w o u l d be down to that figure and should then proceed on a steady basis by balancing expenditure with expected income. O n question of M r . Ralph P a r k e r it w a s stated that the bi-monthly COLLEGE AND RE- SEARCH LIBRARIES did not involve extra cost and the large increase was caused by charg- ing A C R L office salary costs to it for the first time. M r . L a w r e n c e Thompson questioned whether the new budget allowed the executive secretary to travel as much as he felt desira- ble in the interests of the membership and chapters. M r . Hamlin replied that he had never felt pinched f o r travel funds. H e did economize by planning very c a r e f u l l y the longer trips so that a good deal of visitation and business could be done each time. M r . L y l e noted that the section chairmen had not had much opportunity to indicate their needs for the current year. H e felt that section expense should be flexible. M r . Vos- per reported that the next year's budget for sections had simply been projected on the basis of this year's experience. It w a s the sense of the meeting that the president should make minor revisions to allow for program needs. M r . Alphonse T r e z z a , chairman of the Conference P r o g r a m Committee, raised ser- ious question about the $100 allotted to con- ference expense. W h o e v e r estimated that the current A C R L conference cost w a s only $50 w a s certainly all wet. If A C R L really wanted to improve the conference program it should budget more money for this, as good programs cost money. T h e Philadelphia pro- gram w a s costing a great deal and he w a s in for trouble if the board didn't like it. M r . H a m l i n confessed that the figure for next year w a s taken out of the hat. H e knew that conference expense would balance out nicely this year because of M r . T r e z z a ' s efficiency. M r . T r e z z a outlined difficulties in arrange- ments with caterers and ticket sales over the holiday weekend. B u t he w a s more con- cerned about f u t u r e conferences than about the current one. A C R L wanted different pro- grams and different approaches. It wanted originality and experimentation and yet it gave the chairman only $100. If he had felt limited to any such sum he never would have undertaken so much for Philadelphia. H e had just gone ahead and planned and didn't w o r r y about the money. President L y l e stated that $100 budget w a s considered a kind of subsidy toward w h a t is anticipated from ticket sales. O n question M r . Hamlin admitted that the figure f o r OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 conference could be placed w i t h reason any- where between $100 and $2,000. Income- producing factors could and should be planned along w i t h cost factors. T h e current con- ference called for many large expenditures but the imagination of M r . T r e z z a had pro- duced balancing income events. If similar imagination w a s brought to bear on the M i a m i Conference it would be self-supporting. (See the Notes from the ACRL Office for further comment on the financing of conferences). M r s . C r o s l a n d noted that the Buildings Committee had $500 which it did not need this year and seemed to have nothing f o r the next year when it needed funds. M r . H a m - lin explained that the total figure for 1955/56 committee expenses w a s the estimated total committee expenditures for 1954/55. C o m - mittee chairmen should request funds as these w e r e needed. M r . T h o m p s o n noted that the A L A W a s h - ington Office had been allocated $300 last year but none this time. M i s s Bennett's w o r k "is w o r t h more like $3,000 to A C R L . " M r . H a m l i n explained the special nature of the previous grant. M r . W e i n s confirmed that none of the divisions w a s giving regular support to the A L A W a s h i n g t o n Office. A question w a s raised about flexibility of the budget. If needs ran somewhat over for any one activity, could a small amount be shifted to meet that need? M r . W e i n s felt that the B o a r d should authorize the total ex- penditure of $32,705. T h e officers might then permit over-expenditure f o r some activi- ties provided there w a s equalizing under- expenditure elsewhere. M r . Severance testi- fied that this had been the practice in the past. M r . L y l e felt that the budget had sufficient flexibility. I t w a s voted that, the ACRL budget for 1955/56 be approved. Discussion then turned to the budgets for COLLEGE A N D RESEARCH LIBRARIES a n d f o r t h e ACRL M O N O G R A P H S . M r . H a m l i n e x - plained that c a r e f u l record had been kept of the time given to C&RL by the publications officer and clerk-typist and the proportional salary costs included. T h e MONOGRAPH budget w a s based on enlightened guesses since no one could predict how many good manu- scripts w o u l d come in, their manufacturing costs, or sales. I t w a s suggested that the subscription cost of C&RL be raised f r o m $4.00 to $5.00 with the change to bi-monthly publication. T h i s had been discussed at M i d w i n t e r . M o s t sub- scribers w e r e non-members. W h i l e the bi- monthly should not be more expensive, it w a s felt that these 750 subscriptions should pay more of the total cost. M r . T h o m p s o n rec- ommended that several score free subscript tions to selected foreign libraries might be can- celled since these libraries w e r e probably now in a better position to pay for c&RL than they had been shortly a f t e r the w a r . M r . H a m - lin said that the original 1947 or 1948 list of nearly 100 had been reviewed about t w o years previously and one-third had been can- celled. I t w a s agreed that the present list should be reviewed and shortened by the office in consultation with M r . T a u b e r and M r . Thompson. T h e m a j o r i t y of subscriptions are institutional and the price increase should not l o w e r the number materially. W i t h one dissent, it w a s voted that, the subscription rate of COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES be increased from $4.00 to $5.00, effective January I, 1956. M r . L y l e praised the t w o separate budgets for A C R L publications for the clarity with which they show principal expenses. M r . P a r k e r questioned the line for c&RL, "Assigned funding from dues." I t w a s agreed that increased subscription income would reduce this purely balancing figure. M r s . Crosland asked f o r clarification of plans to publish buildings institute proceed- ings. W a s there some objection to printing them? M r . M a x f i e l d said that yesterday's institute w a s to be published in one cover with the M i d w i n t e r institute. O n question M r . H a m l i n explained that $800 provided f o r "Assistance to the editor of C&RL" w a s actually sent to the Columbia School of L i b r a r y Service which kept this as a separate account to pay f o r the typing, post- age, telephone and other minor expenses of M r . T a u b e r . So f a r as w a s known this sum was adequate. M r . V o s p e r expressed thanks to the P u b - lications Committee for recommending this budgetary procedure and M r . H a m l i n con- curred and noted that he had originally ap- proached it w i t h reluctance. T h e r e w a s a general exchange of compliments by and f o r all individuals involved in the publications budget preparation. O n this happy tone the Board voted that, the budgets for COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LI- 402 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES B R A R I E S and the A C R L M O N O G R A P H S he ap- proved. ( N o t e : copies of these t w o publication budgets have been circulated to A L A and A C R L officers and directors as w e l l as to A C R L representatives on A L A Council and various other individuals. T h e y are not re- produced in C&RL but copies w i l l be loaned to any interested members.) M r . Bousfield w a s requested to describe his part in interesting the U . S. Steel Founda- tion in college library needs. M r . L y l e thanked him for his very successful efforts in presenting the case f o r direct aid f o r col- lege libraries. I t w a s announced that D r . W . H o m e r T u r n e r , director of the U . S. Steel Founda- tion, w o u l d speak on the grant the next eve- ning. M r . L y l e then read a letter from M r . R. C . T y s o n , vice chairman, Financial P o l - icy Committee, U . S. Steel Foundation, Inc. T h i s stated that "the trustees w i l l consider f u t u r e grants, but no forecast can be made now, either expressly or impliedly, of the result of such f u r t h e r consideration, pending review of results of this f r a n k l y experimental initial action. . . . T h e trustees . . . wish that all administration of it (the grant) be com- pletely at the discretion of the Association of College and Reference Libraries. . . . T h e trustees directed their attention to the gen- eral needs of all colleges and universities, chiefly private liberal arts colleges for de- veloping their book collections, improving the quality of library service to higher education, and otherwise aiding in the best use of the most modern teaching tools. T h e y contem- plated that you would make a national dis- tribution of the bulk of the grant, possibly as much as 4/5 of it, and directly to insti- tutions chosen by you objectively on the basis of need and potential usefulness. T h e re- mainder, at your discretion, would be availa- ble for basic, applied research on the college and university library problems." I t w a s emphasized by M r . Vosper that A C R L must give genuinely imaginative attention to the use of this grant. T h e Association should seek some better under- standing of college library needs which can be supported through centrally administered foundation grants. T h e committee or com- mittees should be established to make effec- tive use of the $30,000 grant and look t o w a r d possible f u t u r e grants. M r . V o s p e r welcomed suggestions for foundation-supported projects f r o m the B o a r d and the membership. A com- mittee w a s necessary to set up the pattern and f o l l o w through with distribution. A C R L should be able to report on w h a t it had done and expected to do with the grant by the end of the year. V i g o r o u s w o r k w a s necessary. I t is assumed that any research project could not be finished in a short time and that the Foundation would be satisfied with a report on w h e r e such money had been channeled. M r . Bousfield felt that t w o committees w e r e necessary, one to distribute the sub- grants and "the other to select research p r o j - ects. T h i s grant might be repeated if suc- cessfully handled; therefore, the committees should do long-range planning. M r . Thompson brought up the M c G r e g o r and Carnegie grants f o r college libraries of some years ago. T h e librarians who had worked on these projects should be consulted for their experience. It w a s moved that the grant be accepted. Question w a s raised about "acceptance." T h e A L A Executive Board had already formally accepted the grant since this w a s to A C R L "through its parent organization, the A m e r i - can L i b r a r y Association." W o u l d not "ap- preciation" be more fitting? I t w a s voted that, the ACRL Board of Directors accepts with ap- preciation the U. S. Steel Foundation grant of $30,000. It w a s then voted that, the incoming president be granted authority to establish a committee or committees neces- sary to administer the U. S. Steel Foundation grant. O n question M r . Vosper stated that he felt it unwise to use any significant portion of the grant for its administrative costs. Shipman, Vosper and Hamlin, therefore, rec- ommended to the Board that $1,000 of the cash reserve be used f o r the administration and operation of the grant. M r . H a m l i n ex- plained that they had not forgotten that ad- ministrative costs are a normal charge against any grant. H e had discussed this w i t h M r . C l i f t long before negotiations w e r e com- pleted and it w a s agreed the grant should be accepted whether or not it included adminis- trative cost allowance. D r . T u r n e r had in- dicated that A C R L w a s free to use some grant money f o r this purpose but had given important reasons for making the best possible OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 showing in the use of the grant and advised that A C R L use some of any other available money to meet administrative costs. I t w a s voted that, ACRL allocate up to $1,000 for administration of the U. S. Steel Foundation grant. M r . H a m l i n f e l t that the Foundation hoped the relatively small sub-grants to li- braries would be the seed corn to bring about developments of much g r e a t e r cost than the grant. I t might also be expected that this grant to A C R L w o u l d help the Association get similar grants f r o m other foundations. M r . H a m l i n stressed the obligation on head- quarters and the officers to seek out such support during the next year. It w a s agreed that such effort w a s important. O n e of the committees just authorized would consider this problem. M r . W a t s o n , chairman of the Recruiting Committee, requested permission to use $100 of the funds assigned his committee to sub- sidize a leaflet on recruiting f o r college librarianship to be issued by A l p h a Beta A l p h a , the national undergraduate library fraternity. Permission w a s granted. M r . H a m l i n w a s asked to present " T h e College Reading P r o g r a m ; a Proposal for an Experimental P r o g r a m at Selected Institu- tions to Develop Better H a b i t s of Reading and Book Ownership in College Students," which had been discussed at the M i d w i n t e r meeting. H e stated that the revised d r a f t incorpo- rated suggestions made at M i d w i n t e r w i t h the exception of inclusion of A - V material. A n alternate proposal had also been drafted should the B o a r d prefer a much simplified plan of operation with no measurement of progress. M r . H a m l i n summarized the problem and proposal. T h e reading habits of the A m e r i - can people w e r e universally recognized as very poor and improvement at all levels of education w a s highly desirable. Colleges w e r e not doing as much as they could to turn out graduates habituated to a life w i t h books. Reading habits could be established prin- cipally in the classroom, the library and the bookstore. I t w a s proposed to run six experi- mental programs f o r three years on six cam- puses which w o u l d be aimed directly at im- provement of reading habits by cooperation in t w o or all three of these areas. Institu- tions would be invited to submit programs and the best ones would win the necessary funds. T h e programs w o u l d be studied, guided, and their success tested at intervals. Presumably each program would be led by a member of the institution's faculty on leave of absence, w h o might be a classroom teacher, a librarian, or a bookstore manager. T h e most successful programs should have a wide influence in developing similar ones elsewhere. Questioned on procedure M r . H a m l i n stated that if the B o a r d approved the plan, the A L A Executive B o a r d must approve it also before foundations could be approached f o r the necessary $248,000. T h e o d o r e W a l l e r , vice president of the G r o l i e r Society, w a s present as advisor be- cause of his long term as chairman of the Committee on Reading Development of the A m e r i c a n Book Publishers Council. H e spoke of the concern and w o r k in this gen- eral area by the Council, the N a t i o n a l Book Committee, the N E A , and other important groups. T h e field is fertile and any attack on the problem could command wide coopera- tion. Foundations are a w a r e of the need and w i l l give c a r e f u l consideration to good pro- posals. Questioned as to his opinion of the H a m l i n proposal, M r . W a l l e r f e l t it would be a diffi- cult and delicate thing to set up. M u c h de- pended on the selection of the right people to run the experiments. H e endorsed the use of a behavioral scientist to measure prog- ress. I t w a s a question whether results could be measured and communicated to other in- stitutions and professions. H e himself thought it could be done. T h e great interest of other associations in this subject w a s discussed. M r . W a l l e r felt that the leadership of A C R L in reading de- velopment w o u l d be very much appreciated at this particular time and that delay would be very bad. T h e r e should be no f e a r of competition and every expectation of important cooperation. M r . Logsdon spoke to the in- terest of the regional accrediting associations and praised the proposal. H e recommended a committee to w o r k f u r t h e r on the plan. M r . V o s p e r praised this proposal as the sort of activity the Association should always be investigating. A C R L should have such pro- posals ready f o r any possible foundation help. A f t e r A L A Executive Board approval, a committee w o u l d be useful to advise on refinement of the plan and to guide the so- 404 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES licitation of funds. O n question M r . W a l - ler w a s of the opinion that this proposal might win the endorsement of the N a t i o n a l Book Committee. Its members sit on founda- tion boards and would help in finding the money. M r . O r n e suggested that a committee sharpen up the proposal. M r . Hamlin em- phasized the importance of immediate action. H e knew that M r s . Stevenson and M r . C l i f t favored the project. M r . W a l l e r suggested that any committee include a college ad- ministrator and a social scientist and perhaps someone from the N a t i o n a l Book Committee. Discussion ranged at length on procedure and the w o r d i n g of the motion. It w a s voted, to approve the "College Reading" project; that it be presented for approval to the Execu- tive Board of ALA; and that upon approval by the ALA Executive Board a committee be established to carry on the project and to ivork iuith the ALA Executive Secretary and the ACRL Executive Secretary in any neces- sary revision and seeking of funds. A n informal meeting of A C R L officers, directors, and representatives on A L A C o u n - cil w a s announced for that afternoon f o l l o w - ing A L A Council in order to discuss the A L A M a n a g e m e n t Survey. (Since this afternoon meeting w a s strictly informal and without a quorum, no report is included here. T h e sole subject discussed w a s the M a n a g e m e n t Sur- vey and there w a s general approval of its principal proposals for A L A reorganization.) Meeting—July 7, 1 9 5 5 Present w e r e officers, directors, A C R L rep- resentatives on A L A Council, committee chair- men and invited guests. President L y l e pre- sided. M r s . Crosland reported for the Buildings Committee on the very successful buildings institute on July 3. Eighty-seven people regis- tered. N o institute w a s planned for M i d - winter, but either an institute or workshop w a s to be held at G e o r g i a T e c h before the M i a m i Conference. T h e committee might run a workshop in connection with the south- eastern regional meeting of the American Institute of Architects. Information w a s requested on the funds turned over to A C R L by the defunct C o - operative Committee on L i b r a r y Building Plans. M r . Jesse had given up the proposed evaluation of principal libraries planned with the help of the committee because each build- ing evaluation required exhaustive study. So f a r as M r . Hamlin knew any obligation to the committee w a s satisfied by the w o r k done by M r . Jesse. Since the committee had been out of existence f o r several years he did not know w h e r e the money could be returned. ( C o r r e c t i o n on this point is invited.) F o r the Committee on Committees M r . Vosper expressed praise f o r the w o r k of O r w i n Rush's committee. N e a r l y all appoint- ments had been made for the new year. H e told about planning for the M i a m i C o n f e r - ence with G e o r g e Rosner (chairman) and M r . Hamlin. " C i r c l e s of I n f o r m a t i o n " w e r e to become " C a b a n a s of I n f o r m a t i o n " located on the beach. A n outdoor barbecue might take the place of a banquet. T h e main gen- eral session might feature C a r r i b e a n or L a t i n American topics and speakers. T h e impor- tance of L a t i n American recognition w a s stressed by M r . Thompson, w h o urged special invitations to these librarians. M r . Hamlin noted that any success in the current conference program stemmed from the marching orders given by the president. In the absence of W h i t o n P o w e l l (chair- man, Duplicates Exchange U n i o n ) it w a s re- ported that 120 libraries w e r e members of the Union. M r . K r a u s (chairman, Committee on C o n - stitution and B y l a w s ) reported by letter that the committee had prepared the Organization M a n u a l and that this w a s now in the hands of the Publications Committee. M r . H e i n t z reported for the Committee on Financing C&RL the current state of advertis- ing in the journal. T h e r e has been an ad- vertising increase of nine pages over the pre- vious year. M r . Berninghausen reported f o r the C o m - mittee on Publications. T h e O r g a n i z a t i o n M a n u a l had been studied and w a s being re- turned to M r . K r a u s with suggestions f o r revision. A query had been received f r o m an- other division regarding publication in the MONOGRAPH series of certain w o r k of its committees. I t w a s believed that any manu- script coming to A C R L should receive "the same rigorous scrutiny and be exposed to the same standards as one . . . initiated within A C R L . It is understood that the editor is in each case responsible for maintaining these standards and operating within established p o l i c y . " T h e c o n t i n u a n c e o f t h e ACRL MICRO- OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 CARD SERIES w a s assured. T h e current budget proposals had been briefly reviewed and the method commended. A revised statement of functions f o r the Publications Committee w a s reported: i ) T o serve as the policy-formulating body for A C R L publications, and as such to serve in this field as liaison between A C R L and other organizations; 2) T o stimulate and to pro- mote research activities useful to the f u r t h e r development of college, university and r e f e r - ence libraries; 3) T o encourage the produc- tion and distribution of w o r t h y publications derived f r o m these and other productive ac- tivities. M r . V o s p e r urged that the U . S. Steel money available f o r research projects be handled by this existing committee. M r . Thompson recalled previous recommendations f o r an A C R L research fund and hoped that the successful use of this money would j u s t i f y f u t u r e support of research by A C R L . M r . M c A n a l l y commented on the interest of the Foundation in the liberal arts college and felt the committee did not have sufficient representation from such institutions. D i s - cussion turned to the research to be financed by the U . S. Steel grant. C o u l d this be used f o r any library research or should it be on a subject of principal importance to liberal arts colleges ? Policy statements for the MONOGRAPHS and C&RL had been approved by the committee. ( T h e s e w i l l be published when that of the MICROCARD SERIES is in f i n a l f o r m . ) President L y l e felt that the statement of functions of the Publications Committee should not be voted on at this time. T h i s must be done probably by mail vote before the O r g a n i z a t i o n M a n u a l is issued. M r . M c N e a l reviewed the w o r k of the State Representatives during the t w o years of his chairmanship. In the absence of M r . Jesse he summarized the w o r k of the Stand- ards Committee. M r . Eli O b o l e r is com- piling standards w i t h a v i e w t o w a r d publica- tion. M r . W e b e r has done a bibliography of standards f o r college libraries. M r . M c D o n a l d (chairman, Committee on R a r e B o o k s ) mentioned the manual on rare books being prepared by C o l t o n Storm f o r MONOGRAPH publication. M r . T h o m p s o n em- phasized the need for a simple manual. T h e committee w a s concerned about charging of service fees by college business offices f o r handling g i f t funds. I t w a s voted, to approve the policy statement regarding assessment of service charges for handling book funds as follows: It has come to the attention of the ACRL Committee on Rare Books, Manuscripts and Special Collections that it has frequently been the policy of university business offices to assess a service charge for handling library gift funds. The service charge is taken from the principal of the gift fund, presumably to cover business office expenses involved in handling the moneys in the fund. The ACRL Committee on Rare Books, Manuscripts and Special Collections is unan- imous in condemning this practice. It is our opinion that such a practice is (l) not included in the terms under which most library gift funds are donated, and (2) cer- tainly detrimental to any attempts librarians may make towards encouraging individuals and organizations to make monetary gifts to libraries. It is further the feeling of the committee that the university business office should be considered as a service agency, and the ex- penses incurred in handling library gift funds should be maintained at the expense of the university as a whole. M r . V o s p e r praised this committee highly as very important to A C R L . Its conference program had been excellent and the committee w a s making friends for libraries in areas w h e r e contacts have been poor. M r . D i x (chairman, Committee on R e l a - tions w i t h Learned Societies) reported his discussions w i t h various leaders in this area. A l l w e r e interested in closer w o r k i n g rela- tionship w i t h A C R L . Question w a s raised as to whether A C R L or A L A should be doing this contact w o r k and discussion favored A C R L . M r . D i x noted A L A committees that w o r k with learned societies on specific projects. Bibliography and resources are im- portant subjects of mutual interest. A C R L should get more bibliographical information into the publications of subject specialists. T h e present lack of cultural communication resulted in an occasional ill-conceived enter- prise (examples were g i v e n ) . M r . D i x hoped to have definite recommendations f o r the next B o a r d meeting. T h e importance of this committee w a s stressed by L y l e , Branscomb and others. T h e president and executive secretary spoke of their contacts w i t h learned societies and pro- 406 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES fessional associations. M r . D i x noted t h a t his contacts had been mostly w i t h executive secretaries and he f e l t that office to be the key c o n t a c t spot in any association. Possi- bilities of w o r k i n g w i t h the A m e r i c a n C o l - lege P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s A s s o c i a t i o n w e r e dis- cussed. M r s . Spigelman described the m a n u a l on librarianship f o r guidance counsellors, w h i c h the R e c r u i t i n g C o m m i t t e e plans to publish and sell. In the absence of members of the S t a n d a r d s C o m m i t t e e , M r . H a m l i n described a recent complaint about library support at a promi- nent university. T h e i n f o r m a n t ( f r o m an-, other institution) f e l t that A C R L should take action to f o r c e improvement of deplorable conditions. M r . H a m l i n contacted an official of a regional accrediting association and asked if it recognized and investigated com- plaints. H e w a s i n f o r m e d that it did little w i t h complaints f r o m individuals but w o u l d w e l c o m e c a r e f u l l y considered complaints f r o m interested associations. T h e w o r k of l i b r a r - ians on accrediting association teams w a s dis- cussed. S e v e r a l present f e l t that A C R L should not g e t involved in any activity of this sort. M r . B e n t z ( c h a i r m a n , Statistics C o m m i t - tee) r e v i e w e d c u r r e n t plans. O n a recent questionnaire 300 A C R L members objected to the r e m o v a l of the statistics f r o m c&RL and 1101 approved separate publication. T h e committee w o u l d v e r y much appreciate the privilege of publishing statistics of all insti- tutions w h i c h submit r e t u r n s . T h e committee w a s a l w a y s under criticism f r o m institutions w h i c h w e r e l e f t out and wished the B o a r d to take responsibility f o r the necessary ex- clusions. P r e s i d e n t L y l e f e l t the committee should p r e p a r e the policy statement on this score. T h e old problem of separate publica- tion by photographic process, w i t h separate sale or f r e e distribution, w a s discussed. M r . H a m l i n noted that these problems had been a r g u e d at length, in and out of B o a r d meet- ings, f o r the past s e v e r a l years. T h e B o a r d agreed to his suggestion that the problem be l e f t w i t h B e n t z , V o s p e r and H a m l i n to w o r k out w i t h the editors of C&RL and perhaps the MONOGRAPHS, w i t h the u n d e r s t a n d i n g that statistics should be available to the g e n e r a l membership. T h e C o u n c i l of N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y A s s o c i a - tions had recently voted, " T h a t the committee to study incorporation proceed to d r a w up plans f o r i n c o r p o r a t i o n ; that the E x e c u t i v e B o a r d s of member associations be requested to approve these p l a n s ; and t h a t the plans be submitted to the C o u n c i l at its N o v e m b e r m e e t i n g . " It w a s voted, to give formal approval to the CNLA proposal for incorporation. B u r t o n W . A d k i n s o n , A C R L member of the J o i n t C o m m i t t e e f o r the P r o t e c t i o n of C u l t u r a l and Scientific Resources, reported by l e t t e r that the committee had been inactive. Jesse H . Shera reported by l e t t e r on the C N L A J o i n t C o m m i t t e e on L i b r a r y E d u c a - tion. H e made a strong plea f o r more re- c r u i t i n g activity by college l i b r a r i a n s . M r . L y l e raised a question as to w h e t h e r personnel problems should be handled by A C R L . M i s s J u l i a B e n n e t t could not be present at the B o a r d meeting and had, t h e r e f o r e , w r i t t e n a l e t t e r . T h i s thanked the B o a r d f o r the $300 appropriated f o r the A L A W a s h i n g t o n Office the previous y e a r and s u m m a r i z e d the status of the P o s t a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n B i l l ( S - 1 2 9 2 ) . M r s . Spigelman called attention to the r e p o r t on the ACRL MONOGRAPHS w h i c h had been distributed, and displayed a copy of N o . 14 ( R o t h s t e i n , Reference Services) w h i c h w a s j u s t off the press. T h i s issue w a s highly praised by P r e s i d e n t L y l e and others. A t the request of the president, M r . H a m - lin had prepared a short statement on l i b r a r y surveys. I t w a s f e l t that this s u b j e c t w a s of such g e n e r a l interest that it should be covered in c&RL. ( S e e Notes from the ACRL Office). T h e A L A E x e c u t i v e Secretaries C o n f e r e n c e had d r a w n up a proposal to a l l o w A L A life members to take out m o r e than one divisional l i f e membership on payment of $50 f o r each e x t r a divisional membership. T h e division selected w a s to receive $2 annually f r o m A L A . I t w a s voted, to approve the recommendation by the ALA Executive Secretaries Conference regarding additional life memberships in divisions. M i s s G i f f o r d noted that this w a s her last meeting w i t h the B o a r d and she took the occasion to express thanks f o r the B o a r d ' s consideration of r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n problems. She appreciated the w o r k of M r . H a m l i n on this score d u r i n g the past y e a r . — A r t h u r T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 A C R L Budget for I955-561 A s A D O P T E D BY T H E BOARD OF D I R E C T O R S I N P H I L A D E L P H I A , J U L Y 4 , 1 9 5 5 I N C O M E $ 2 5 , 3 7 0 . 0 0 A L A allotments to A C R L f r o m dues 24,000.00 D u e s f o r additional section membership 200.00 Interest on investments 270.00 Miscellaneous 900.00 A d d : C a s h balance f r o m reserves2 1,594.00 T o t a l funds budgeted $26,964.00 E X P E N D I T U R E S $ 2 6 , 9 6 4 . 0 0 Executive Office and Administration 18,857.00 Salaries 3 15,142.00 Social Security, Insurance, etc 400.00 Annuities f o r Executive Secretary 420.00 T r a v e l 1,400.00 Conference 100.00 Postage 400.00 Stationery and supplies 400.00 Telephone and telegraph 125.00 Equipment 150.00 Elections 250.00 A C R L Membership in other organizations 70.00 Officers' Expense 775-00 President—miscellaneous 25.00 — t r a v e l 700.00 T r e a s u r e r — m i s c e l l a n e o u s 50.00 Committee Allocations 600.00 Section Allocations 800.00 College 75-00 Junior C o l l e g e 150.00 P u r e and Applied Science 100.00 Reference 300.00 T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g 100.00 University 75-00 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S 4 5 , 9 3 2 . 0 0 1 Separate budgets were approved for COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES and for the A C R L MONOGRAPHS. Mimeographed copies of these will be loaned on request. By special action the Board appropriated $1,000 from cash reserves for administration of the U . S. Steel Founda- tion grant. 2 A C R L had a cash balance on September I, 1954 of $13,348.00 and is expected to have a balance of $9,695.00 on September 1, 1955. 3 Part of the salaries of the publications officer and the clerk-typist are charged to the budgets for C & R L and the MONOGRAPHS. Gross salaries of the A C R L staff are $20,808.00. 4 This figure is nearly double last year's allocation because for the first time the salary cost of A C R L head- quarters personnel is charged to the C & R L budget. 408 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES A - V Clearing House Edited by the A C R L A U D I O - V I S U A L C O M M I T T E E No. 2 Louis Shores, Chairman; Fleming Bennett; Budd Gam- bee; Ira Peskind; Margaret Rufsvold; Walter Stone; Raynard C. Swank. Editorial The TV Perspective—"What use should a college or university library make of broadcast time offered by an educational or commercial television station?" A first and not at all surprising answer of some librarians has been to stress the promo- tion of books and related services to a given college or university community. Fortunately, most libraries now go beyond this limited T V objective to w o r k for the building of public taste and appreciations using direct educational approaches. T h e reasoning is clear. T e l e v i s i o n is not used w e l l when it merely substitutes for a booklist or flyer. A n d it isn't enough simply to use television to en- courage the use of books and libraries. T o attract a sizable audience with T V program content w o r t h y of the institutions served, as w e l l as to make f u l l use of the presentational capacities of the medium, college and uni- versity library-sponsored television programs must directly extend as w e l l as extoll the values of library collections and services. W h i l e some television programs w i l l focus attention primarily upon book news and in- formation about books and other library materials, the bulk of television material pro- duced by libraries should try to present the book itself in a f o r m directly adapted to the medium. F o r example, there are numerous possibilities immediately at hand f o r coopera- tion with academic departments in the pres- entation of reading and dramatization of lit- erature, or for demonstrations of scientific and technical methods, as these relate to library collections and interests. A s to participation by librarians in television programs, the appropriate role is the most natural one. L i b r a r y staff members who appear as talent on television programs are seen to best advantage in roles which are at once congenial to their personalities and which represent logical extensions of normal pro- fessional responsibility. If dramatic material is required, trained actors should be used (and perhaps a f e w librarians qualify as such). B u t for the majority, the fear of being "amateurish," which plagues many librarians facing the prospect of television, w i l l be re- duced to a minimum if librarians on-the-air are asked only to talk about matters or demon- strate skills in which they are already expert. A n y slight awkwardness in presentation is readily forgiven and forgotten (or ignored altogether) by an audience, if the librarian does not pretend to be something other than a librarian. T h e series of 13 television programs called "Perspectives," aired by the University of U t a h L i b r a r y in cooperation with the Speech Department appears to have been well-con- ceived with respect to points made above.1 Financed in the main by grants received f r o m the American L i b r a r y Association out of funds contributed originally by the Fund for A d u l t Education, "Perspectives" featured dramatized episodes (based on well-known printed sources) relating to the history of U t a h , the United States and the world, which occurred during the nineteenth century. "Perspectives" employed trained actors, re- ceived extensive local publicity, and (according to telephone and postcard surveys) eventu- ally reached weekly audiences exceeding 100,000. T h e librarian of the University of U t a h served as program consultant, host and narrator. In addition to stimulating public interest and learning, important by-products 1 L. H. Kirkpatrick, A Library Tries TV . . . (Salt Lake City: University of Utah Library, 1954). I37P- OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 of "Perspectives" appear to have been ( i ) a measurable increment of public good-will to- w a r d the university, ( 2 ) greater prestige for the University L i b r a r y and U t a h libraries gen- erally, and ( 3 ) an increased public awareness of the library's value to a university program of instruction and r e s e a r c h . — C . Walter Stone, University of Illinois. Institute " U s e of A u d i o - V i s u a l M a t e r i a l s in A c a - demic T e a c h i n g and Research." ( T h i s meeting f o r C o l l e g e and University L i b r a r i a n s held at the W a r w i c k H o t e l , Philadelphia, July 3, I 9 5 5 , at 10 a.m. w a s sponsored by the A C R L A - V Committee as the A C R L part of the A L A P r e - C o n f e r e n c e Institute. T h i s sum- mary w a s prepared by T . W . Roberts, director of the V i s u a l - A u d i t o r y Center, W a y n e U n i - versity, w h o served as the Committee's chair- man and coordinator f o r the meeting.) D r . C . W a l t e r Stone of the University of Illinois in his talk, " A u d i o - V i s u a l M a t e r i a l s and L i b r a r i e s , " pointed out the necessity for the integration and fusion of the librarian and the audio-visual specialist into an indi- vidual with versatility in all aspects of the communication process. H e discussed the need f o r more integrated training including both library science and audio-visual, and pointed to Florida State University as a prime ex- ample of this required integrated training. Basically, he made a plea f o r librarians and audio-visual specialists to continue w o r k i n g together and for people concerned with li- brary training to set their sights for the integrated kind of training. D r . L o u i s Shores, dean of the L i b r a r y School, Florida State University, supported the remarks of D r . Stone and described the integrated curriculum which has evolved at F l o r i d a State and introduced his colleague, D r . O t i s M c B r i d e , w h o serves as director of the A u d i o - V i s u a l C e n t e r in the F S U L i - brary School. D r . O t i s M c B r i d e outlined the many facets involved in the operation of a university audio-visual center. U s i n g Florida State U n i - versity as an example, he discussed the kinds of services offered by the center: the booking and distribution of materials, the w e e k l y preview sessions, participation in university curriculum committees, the production of ma- terials, the levying of service charges to cer- tain groups, the preparation and distribution of a catalog of materials, and the general philos- ophy required of the personnel involved in such an operation. D r . Kenneth M c l n t y r e ' s presentation offered illustrations and examples of the pre- sent status of the use of audio-visual ma- terials in university academic teaching. E m - ploying in part his experiences as the director of the B u r e a u of A u d i o - V i s u a l Education at the University of N o r t h Carolina, D r . M c - Intyre laid the foundation f o r the reasons f o r the use of such materials in the university in- structional program. H e also discussed how all audio-visual materials have been used more and more for instructional purposes with the passing of each year. F u r t h e r , D r . M c l n t y r e offered specific examples of recent develop- ments in such areas as foreign language la- boratories, closed circuit telecasts and the whole movement in educational television, remedial w o r k with the magnetic recorder, and the ever-increasing numbers of quality motion pictures and filmstrips which are avail- able f o r instruction on the university level. D r . W i l l i a m Quinley of Chicago T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e gave an excellent demonstration of one of the newer visual devices f o r aiding the teaching process—the overhead transparency projector. U s i n g materials which w e r e created for use at his institution, D r . Quinley showed how this projection device could be used in a variety of w a y s : in the ordinary chalkboard situation w i t h the added advantage of facing the students; how inexpensive transparencies in color could be produced through the ozalid- type process on homemade equipment; how overlays and l i f t - o f f s are employed to stimu- late interest in a presentation; and some of the areas of instruction in which this device might be employed most advantageously. T h e final participant w a s D r . Phil L e w i s , chairman, D e p a r t m e n t of Education, Chicago T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e . D r . L e w i s brought to the group his wide and varied experience in the area of educational television. T h r o u g h the use of 2 x 2 slides, D r . L e w i s showed typical school closed-circuit T V installations and programs. H e illustrated how commercial telecasts could be received and distributed to classrooms throughout the building. U s i n g the same kind of distribution network, school- produced closed-circuit telecasts may also be distributed throughout the building. H e showed one installation which permitted the transmission to 9 different rooms of the build- 410 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES ing at the same time—including both com- mercial telecasts and closed-circuit programs. D r . L e w i s also reported upon research which revealed the T V screen size which is required f o r varying sizes of student groups. O n e of the most interesting phases of the talk by D r . L e w i s w a s his illustration of the class- room of the f u t u r e — w h i c h could actually be built today. T h i s classroom included a w a f e r - thin T V screen which w a s mounted on the w a l l and which permitted the reception of a host of audio-visual materials emanating from the central distribution or transmission area. A l l of the participants answered specific questions f r o m the audience at the close of the m e e t i n g . — T . W. Roberts, Wayne Uni- versity (Coordinator for the Committee). Circle of Information T h e A - V circle w a s held at the University of Pennsylvania, July 5, 1955, at 2:30. W i l - liam Quinley, Chicago T e a c h e r s College, and L o u i s Shores, Florida State University, served as consultants. Equipment furnished by the A u d i o - V i s u a l Department of the University of Pennsylvania included motion picture, opaque, filmstrip and overhead projectors and tape recorder. T h e meeting w a s w e l l attended and a favorite question w a s " H o w do you start a T V p r o g r a m ? " Directory "Some Librarians Responsible for A u d i o - V i s u a l Services in College and University L i - braries" (preliminary edition), compiled by I r a J. Peskind for the A C R L A u d i o - V i s u a l Committee, Chicago, A C R L , 1955 is avail- able free of charge to A C R L members upon request to M r s . Cynthia Spigelman, A C R L Publications Officer, A L A , C h i c a g o 11, 111. On the Level N e w films on the higher education level announced by educational film producers: From. Encylopaedia Britannica Films, Inc., Wilmette, Illinois, E. F. Hoy a reporting: F R A N C E A N D I T S P E O P L E — C l y d e F. Kohn, Northwestern University. 14 min.; color, $125.00; b & w, $62.50. The surroundings, traditions, attitudes, and ways of earning a living in a single French family reveal the many facets of life in France today. The blending of an old heritage and modern ways is shown in the grandeur of historic buildings in Paris and the quiet of a Normandy farm, fishing boats and ocean liners, a small shop and a large factory, war memorials, and a schoolboy's plans for his future. W I L L I A M S H A K E S P E A R E , A C T O R A N D P L A Y W R I G H T — L e v i Fox, director of Shake- speare's Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, England. 25 min.; color, $250.00; b & w, $125.00. Filmed entirely in England, traces the course of William Shakespeare's l i f e from his boyhood in the Warwickshire town of Stratford through his career in the London theater; shows him as an actor and dramatist of the leading company of actors of his day. Contains excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, Hamlet and Macbeth as they would have been performed on the stage of Shakespeare's own theater, The Globe. L A F A Y E T T E — L e o Gershoy, New York Univer- sity. 16 min.; b & w, $100.00. Highlights of the life and career of this distinguished French friend of American freedom, emphasizing particu- larly his service to the U . S . and his friendship with Washington. T H E L O U I S I A N A P U R C H A S E — R a y A. Billing- ton, Northwestern University. i6l/i min.; b & w, $62.50. W h e n Spain closed the port of New Orleans to American flatboatmen, President Jef- ferson was determined to buy the city. Monroe's mission to Paris to buy New Orleans and Napo- leon's attitude toward the New World led to the purchase of the whole Louisiana territory, an area extending from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada and from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains. M O L L U S K S — O l i n Rulon, Northwestern Univer- sity. 14 min.; color, $125.00; b & w, $62.50. The forms, functions, and habitats of the several classes of mollusks are shown in color and closeup. Many mollusks have economic value as food and as sources of pearls and shell, and their com- mercial uses are attractively illustrated. M A H A T M A G A N D H I — T h e American Academy of Asian Studies, b & w, $100.00. Out of docu- mentary material, photographed during the first fifty years of this century, a film was shaped that recreates the life and work of the great philosopher and statesman, Mahatma Gandhi. For history and social science classes in high schools. B I O G R A P H Y O F T H E U N B O R N — M . Edward Davis, M.D. b & w, $75.00. From conception to birth, this film follows the development of a human being. By animation and photomicrophagy it studies the growth of the most vital organs of the body. Designed for high school biology, home economics, nurse courses, adult education. * * * From Coronet Instructional Films, Coronet Bldg., Chicago 1, Illinois, Ellsworth Dent reporting: C H I N A : T H E L A N D A N D T H E P E O P L E — George B. Cressey, Syracuse University. 11 min.; color, $100.00; b & w, $55-oo. Stresses the essential characteristics and differences between North and South China, this film presents an overview of the country whose population is greater than that of any other area in the world. Showing the close relationship which has existed, for centuries, between the people of this vast land and the land itself, the film accents the importance of agriculture to the Chinese and anticipates the future of China—a shift towards industrialization. B E L G I U M A N D T H E N E T H E R L A N D S — Z o e A . Thralls, University of Pittsburgh. 11 min.; color, $100.00; b & w, $55.00. In presenting an over- view of the Netherlands and Belgium, their rela- tionship to one another and their neighbors, and the major ways in which their economy is related to environment, the film shows how easy access to the North Sea and many waterways help to make Belgium and the Netherlands "the trading work- shops of Europe." Other significant characteristics of these countries—low lands, small size, dense population—are shown in relation to the activities of the people. T H E R E F O R M A T I O N — G e o r g e L. Mosse, State University of Iowa. 13V2 min.; color $125.00; b & w, $68.75. This overview of many of the events of the period known as the "Reformation" is set among the actual sites of their occurrence. Such factors as the role of the church in Euro- pean life, the cultural rebirth brought about by the Renaissance, the emergence of national states, and new interpretations of the Scriptures are dis- cussed. While such figures as Calvin, Zwingli, and Knox are recognized, the film devotes particu- lar attention to Luther and the Protestant Refor- mation in Germany. OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 N e w s from the Field D u r i n g the calendar Acquisitions, Gifts, y e a r 1954, more than Collections twelve thousand titles w e r e added to the F o l - ger L i b r a r y ' s collections dealing w i t h the his- tory of British civilization in the T u d o r and Stuart periods. D u r i n g the year, the F o l g e r found and bought more than three hundred rare English imprints dating f r o m the period before 1640, nearly thirty-five hundred E n g - lish titles printed before 1700; nearly eighteen hundred scarce books published between 1700 and 1800; and nearly five thousand rare books published in various European languages that throw light on T u d o r and S t u a r t history and culture. T h e European w o r k s included an important collection of D u t c h pamphlets deal- ing w i t h the political and economic relations between England and H o l l a n d in the seven- teenth century and another similar collection of rare French pamphlets. Some of the six- teenth- and seventeenth-century titles are so rare that no other copies are known to exist; some are represented by only one other copy; and many are known to exist in only t w o or three copies anywhere. " T h e rare-book hunter has all the excite- ment of the hunter of big g a m e , " D r . L o u i s B . W r i g h t , director of the F o l g e r L i b r a r y , has declared, "and he has the additional re- w a r d of knowing that instead of destroying something, he is preserving valuable materials f o r posterity. T h e gathering of the vanishing records of a past civilization, particularly the civilization that determined the quality of our life today, is such an important task at this point in w o r l d history that the F o l g e r L i - brary is giving top priority to the undertak- ing." A collection of 35,000 volumes f r o m the patent searching library of the late Roy Eilers, prominent St. L o u i s patent attorney, has been presented to the W a s h i n g t o n University L i - brary by his w i d o w , M r s . Florence Eilers of L a k e M o n t o w e s e , M o . T h e collection con- stitutes perhaps the largest technical library ever assembled by a private individual. O n e of the largest and most important patent searching libraries in the country, the Eilers library w a s assembled at a cost of half a mil- lion dollars and w a s housed in a special ad- dition to the Eilers home. I t occupied 6,000 linear feet of shelving and contained a com- plete clipping file, technical and engineering journals published in English, French, G e r - man and Italian, and a collection of books that w e r e pioneers in the fields of technology and science. T h e late M r . Eilers started assembling his library in the 1920's to aid him in his patent searching w o r k for many of the city's elec- trical firms. A graduate of the W a s h i n g t o n University C o l l e g e of L i b e r a l A r t s in 1900, and the School of L a w in 1902, M r . Eilers died in M a r c h , 1949. I t w a s his wish that the library should be presented to W a s h i n g - ton University. T h e collection, which w a s moved to the university campus in 2300 packed boxes, w i l l be incorporated into the W a s h i n g t o n University general library and the School of Engineering library. T h e official correspondence and other papers of the late D r . W e r r e t t W a l l a c e C h a r - ters, internationally known educationist, have been deposited in the O h i o State U n i - versity Libraries. T h e collection, amounting to about fifty letter file drawers, w a s given to the libraries by M r s . W . W . C h a r t e r s and by D r . W . W . C h a r t e r s , J r . T h e papers have been sorted and arranged by subject con- tent, in order to make them of maximum use- fulness to scholars engaged in research on the history of education. O n e of the areas of educational w o r k in which D r . C h a r t e r s w a s best known w a s cur- ricular study at all levels. H i s w o r k w i t h the Payne Fund study of the effect of movies on juvenile audiences is also known widely. O t h e r fields of interest which occupied much of his time w e r e character education, religious education, vocational education, and education of women. T h e collection includes extensive material in each of these areas, as w e l l as his long w o r k at the O h i o State University B u r - eau of Educational Research. T h e library has provided a card file, listing the headings and summary contents of each folder, to f a - cilitate use of the collection. F o r more de- tailed information of the contents of the collection, the reader is invited to w r i t e to the O h i o State University Libraries. T h e library of Fresno State C o l l e g e re- 412 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES ceived as a g i f t the library of C a l i f o r n i a n a of the late Ben R . W a l k e r , of Fresno. M r . W a l k e r w a s editor of the Fresno Republican and a w r i t e r on local history. T h e library comprised 1,899 volumes. A t the 1954 session, the Buildings Louisiana Legislature voted $3)500,000 for a new li- brary building at Louisiana State University. It is expected that the building w i l l be oc- cupied by the fall of 1956. T h e library school w i l l also be housed in the new quarters. W a s h i n g t o n University in St. L o u i s w i l l proceed immediately w i t h plans to build a $3,500,000, air-conditioned library as a result of pledges and g i f t s already made to the school's Second C e n t u r y Development Fund. T h e new library, to supplement present facili- ties, probably w i l l be built just west of Eads H a l l , which is a western continuation of the present library. Preliminary studies indicate that a building with 165,000 square feet of space is required and that reading facilities should be provided f o r 1200 students and 75 faculty members. Books w i l l be placed in open stacks with reading places nearby, in line with recent trends in college libraries. T h e present Ridgley L i b r a r y has been over- crowded almost from the time it w a s built in 1903. I t w a s intended to house 70,000 vol- umes and serve 250 students. T o d a y , it con- tains about 300,000 bound volumes and some 200,000 unbound publications, and there are 4000 full-time students at the university. Students at the University of Pittsburgh Schools of Engineering and M i n e s now have their own modern library thanks to the gen- erosity of a T e x a s oil man and P i t t engineer- ing alumnus. G e o r g e M . Bevier, class of I9I3> gave the University $35,000 f o r the con- struction of a library as the seventh floor of the new Engineering and M i n e s Building. T h e new facility w i l l be known as the G e o r g e M . Bevier M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y . F r a n k C . Burnap of Kansas C i t y , M o . , made a second g i f t of $50,000 to C l a r k s o n College of Technology, Potsdam, N e w Y o r k , in June, to be used in completing the con- version of the Clarkson Gymnasium to the H a r r i e t C a l l Burnap M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y in memory of his w i f e . T h e library should be ready for occupancy in the spring of 1956. I t w i l l contain facilities for 89,000 volumes. T w o $iooo-prizes offered Miscellaneous by the F o l g e r L i b r a r y f o r the best manuscripts sub- mitted f o r publication in the fields of history and literature w e r e awarded to D r . Conyers Read, professor emeritus of the University of Pennsylvania, for his book entitled Mr. Sec- retary Cecil and Queen Elizabeth, and to Colonel and M r s . W i l l i a m F . Friedman of Washington, D . C . , for a book tentatively en- titled The Cryptologist Looks at Shakespeare. D r . Read, winner of the history prize, is a distinguished historian w h o is engaged in mak- ing a definite study of the first Queen E l i z a - beth's great secretary, W i l l i a m Cecil, later L o r d Burghley, an ancestor of the present M a r q u e s s of Salisbury. T h e prize book is the first volume in the study of Cecil. A n - other volume is now being completed by D r . Read. Colonel Friedman is one of the leading cryptologists of the country. H e has served with distinction in the D e p a r t m e n t of D e - fense, is the author of various technical trea- tises on cryptology and cryptanalysis, and is the recipient of the M e d a l of M e r i t , the U . S . Government's highest a w a r d for civilian service. M r s . Friedman is also a noted cryp- tologist and has assisted her husband in vari- ous professional duties. She received an hon- orary degree of doctor of l a w s from her alma mater, Hillsdale College, in 1938, in recogni- tion of her own services to the governments of the United States and Canada. T h e i r prize book, The Cryptologist Looks at Shake- speare, is an objective analysis of theories pro- posed over a long period of years by people w h o have thought they could find cryptogra- phic evidence of authorship in the w o r k s of W i l l i a m Shakespeare. T h e y do not engage in the controversy but merely analyze f r o m the professional's point of view the use to which such evidence has been put. D r . E l m e r D . Johnson, li- Publications brarian at Southwestern Louisiana Institute, L a f a y - ette, has compiled a bibliography of the f o r - eign editions of T h o m a s W o l f e . It appeared in the W i n t e r , 1955, issue of the Bulletin of of the Louisiana Library Association, under the title, " T h o m a s W o l f e A b r o a d . " T h e University of Pennsylvania L i b r a r y has published the A . S . W . Rosenbach Lectures in OCTOBER, 1955 413 Bibliography for 1954, On Editing Shake- speare and the Elizabethan Dramatists, by Fredson B o w e r s . Previous volumes in the series had been published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. Price of the B o w e r s volume is $3.50. A copy of Benjamin Franklin—Winston Churchill, an exhibition catalog issued by the University of Pennsylvania L i b r a r y , Phila- delphia 4, at the time of its bicentennial cele- bration in 1951, w i l l be sent to anyone w h o requests it. T h i s is a fully annotated cata- log done by E d w i n W o l f , 2nd, of 55 pages. To Hans Nachod on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, May 31, 1955, is an at- tractive brochure containing greetings and tributes from D r . Nachod's friends and col- leagues. Scholar and bookman, D r . Nachod has been bibliographical consultant at H . P . K r a u s booksellers in N e w Y o r k , since 1943. W i l l i a m A . Jackson, G e o r g e B. F o w l e r , P a u l O . Kristeller, C u r t F . Biihler, Philip H o f e r , Samuel A . Ives, H a n s B a r o n and T h e o d o r e E. M o m m s e n have prepared statements. T h e Catholic University of A m e r i c a Press has issued The Production and Use of Tech- nical Reports, edited by Bernard M . F r y and Rev. James J . Kortendick ( W a s h i n g t o n : I955> I75P-> $ 1 - 7 5 ) - Included are 15 papers presented at the workshop on technical re- ports f r o m A p r i l 13-18, 1953. A background group of three papers, dealing with the f u t u r e of report literature, the role of documenta- tion centers in servicing report libraries, and implications of technical reports for library education, is followed by f o u r series of papers on editing and publication of reports, acquisi- tion and dissemination, report utilization and identification, storage and security control. C o n t r i b u t o r s include A . T . W a t e r m a n , E. E . M i l l e r , M . F . T a u b e r , D . E. G r a y , R. E. M i x - son, D . C . Holmes, M . H . Smith, B. J. C o l e , M . E. Jannson, M . T a u b e , J. Hilsenrath, K . Heumann, F . E . C r o x t o n , J. O r n e , and H . F . Linaugh. A list of 256 members attending the workshop is appended. BOOKS and PERIODICALS on and from EASTERN EUROPE and ASIA MOUTON & CO. Modern and Antiquarian Booksellers THE HAGUE—HOLLAND Two series of CATALOGUES: Two series of BULLETINS Books on Eastern Europe (green) New Books on Eastern Europe Books on Asia (yellow) New Books on Asia • Free on application 0 Post free delivery • Special terms for LIBRARIES 414 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Personnel C H A R L E S W . D A V I D , r e t i r i n g d i r e c t o r of libraries at the University of Pennsylvania, w a s awarded the honorary degree of D o c t o r of L e t t e r s at the University's commence- ment in June. D r . D a v i d has entered the service of the L o n g w o o d Foundation of E. I. duPont de N e m o u r s and Company, to plan and develop a new research library to be devoted to the Industrial Revolution and to the history of industry, particularly the history of industry in this country. T h e plan at first w i l l be somewhat experimental, but clarity and stability should f o l l o w in due course. T h e intent is to add a new library to the D e l a w a r e V a l l e y area, not to compete with already existing resources. E . H E Y S E D U M M E R , d i r e c t o r o f t h e Bradley University L i b r a r y , Peoria, 111., since 1949, has ac- cepted the position of director of libraries and professor of li- brary science at M i n - nesota State T e a c h - ers College, St. C l o u d . D r . D u m - mer holds a doctor- ate in Germanic lan- guages from N o r t h - western University and a master's degree in library science f r o m the University of Chicago, and he had a wide teaching experience before going to B r a d - ley. In Peoria he supervised the move to the new building and organized the present opera- tion of the library. D u r i n g his tenure at B r a d - ley the library acquired the H o u s e r Lincoln Collection and the Peoria M e d i c a l Collection, and it began the microfilm and microcard col- lections. D u m m e r also introduced the Associ- ated Press w i r e service, which brings current news by teletype to library patrons and visi- tors, and he inaugurated the first Bradley Book F a i r . H e is the author of several schol- arly monographs, has contributed numerous articles and reviews to learned and profes- sional journals, and is managing editor of the ACRL MICROCARD SERIES. ROBERT M . LIGHTFOOT, J R . , l i b r a r i a n , A i r W a r College, M a x w e l l A i r Force Base, be- came director of the Bradley University L i b r a r y on July 15. Born in Fayette- ville, N o r t h C a r o l i n a , he attended W a k e Forest College and received the degrees of B.S. at N o r t h C a r o l i n a State C o l - lege in 1931, M . S . at the University of V i r - ginia in 1932, and B.S. in L . S . at Syra- cuse University in 1940. A f t e r teaching three years in South C a r o - lina, he served as librarian at Keystone Junior College, 1936-1941; circulation li- brarian at N o r t h C a r o l i n a State, 1941-42; and assistant librarian, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, 1946-48. Appointed librarian, M i s s o u r i V a l l e y College, he filled that posi- tion with distinction until 1952 when he w a s called to the A i r W a r College, where he has been eminently successful in the organization of the collection f o r more and better service. D u r i n g 1951-52, L i g h t f o o t w a s editor of the Missouri Library Association Quarterly; and since 1953, he has edited the Alabama Librarian, which has been indexed in Library Literature under his guidance. H e is a fre- quent contributor to professional journals. A veteran of W o r l d W a r I I , he also served as Red C r o s s Field D i r e c t o r in the Southwest Pacific and Japan. M a r r i e d to the former Evelyn L . Lyons, also a librarian, he has t w o sons: Bob, 15, and Jimmy, 11. Both by training and experience M r . L i g h t - foot is qualified to administer effectively the Bradley University L i b r a r y . H i s keen in- sight into administrative matters and his skill in personnel relations should assure his success in his new position.—Clyde H. Can- trell. THEODORE N . M C M U L L A N , l o n g - t i m e m e m - ber of the Louisiana State University library E. Heysc Dummer Robert Lightfoot, Jr. OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 staff, has been named associate director of libraries. A member of the L S U staff since 1934, M r . M c M u l l a n has had an active part in the li- brary's g r o w t h f r o m 129,000 volumes to the present holding of a half million volumes. W h i l e serving as acting director of libraries from A u g u s t , 1954, to July 1, 1955, he played a m a j o r role in planning L S U ' s new library building. M r . M c M u l l a n is past president of the Baton Rouge L i b r a r y C l u b and is vice presi- dent-elect of the Louisiana L i b r a r y Associa- tion. H e is a member of A L A and A C R L . H e participated in the program of the South- western L i b r a r y Association convention held in N e w M e x i c o last year and in the Buildings Institute of A C R L in Philadelphia last July. M r . M c M u l l a n holds the B.S., M . S . and B . L . S . degrees. W A Y N E S H I R L E Y h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d l i - brarian at Finch College, N e w Y o r k City, beginning w i t h the academic year, 1955- 5 6 . H e s u c c e e d s M i s s D o r o t h y Staples, w h o retired as librarian in M a y a f t e r 15 years at Finch. She w i l l con- tinue in the library as cataloger. M r . Shirley will join the staff of Finch a f t e r having served 17 years at P r a t t In- stitute as librarian and dean of the Library School. P r i o r to that he w a s assistant in the economics division of the N e w Y o r k Public L i b r a r y and librarian of the Uni- versity of N e w Hampshire. H e has been chairman of the A L A History Round T a b l e since 1946 and is a past president of the A s - sociation of American L i b r a r y Schools. For t w o years, 1948-50, he w a s a director of the A L A L i b r a r y Education Division. M r . Shirley received his education at D a r t m o u t h College, and is a graduate of the P r a t t Institute L i b r a r y School. H e has been active in the N e w Y o r k L i b r a r y A s - sociation and other library groups. M A R G A R E T L . Z E N K h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d director of technical services for the U n i - versity of Pittsburgh L i b r a r y . M i s s Z e n k comes to the Pitt L i b r a r y from the Public L i - brary of Y o u n g s t o w n and M a h o n i n g C o u n - ty w h e r e she has been a staff member since J933 serving as li- b r a r y a s s i s t a n t , branch librarian, cir- culation head, cata- log head and most recently as director of order and catalog de- partment. A native of Y o u n g s t o w n , Ohio, M i s s Z e n k attended C a p i t a l University, Columbus, Ohio, and is a graduate of Carnegie Institute of T e c h n o l o g y L i b r a r y School. tVayne Shirley Margaret L. Zenk Appointments Seven appointments have been announced by the United States G o v e r n m e n t A i r F o r c e Academy L i b r a r y at L o w r y Field, D e n v e r , C o l o r a d o : TALMA A . BAYLESS, chief, orders branch, f o r m e r l y librarian of the Ent A i r F o r c e Base at C o l o r a d o Springs; FOREST F . CARHART, JR., chief, readers service division, formerly librarian of L a c k l a n d A i r Base, San A n t o n i o , T e x a s ; A N N A R U B Y FOSTER, c a t a - loger, formerly in the science and engineering partment of the D e n v e r Public L i b r a r y ; P A U L N . F R A M E , c a t a l o g e r , f o r m e r l y a t t h e D e n v e r Public L i b r a r y ; RICHARD L . GOBBLE, cataloger, formerly at C o l o r a d o State C o l - lege of Education L i b r a r y ; WALLACE B . HOFFMAN, cataloger, f o r m e r l y at the L o s A l a m o s , N e w M e x i c o , Public L i b r a r y ; and SANFORD S . N E A L , J R . , c a t a l o g e r , f o r m e r l y librarian of the H u m a n Resources Research Institute. 416 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES M R S . M A U D M E R R I T T B E N T R U P h a s b e e n appointed librarian at N o r t h e a s t Louisiana State C o l l e g e , M o n r o e . M R S . L U C I E M A E B I S H O P h a s b e e n a p - pointed circulation librarian of Southeastern L o u s i a n a C o l l e g e in H a m m o n d . M A R Y E L I Z A B E T H B I T T I N G h a s b e e n a p - pointed chemistry librarian of the University of N o r t h C a r o l i n a at C h a p e l H i l l , N . C . Previously she has been on the staff of the D u k e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . P A T T Y E JOE BOSSON, is n o w p e r i o d i c a l s l i - brarian, Fondren L i b r a r y , Southern M e t h - odist University, D a l l a s , T e x a s . T h e f o l l o w i n g personnel changes have taken place in the library, University of C a l i f o r n i a at L o s A n g e l e s : N e w appointments: PATRICIA DELKS, geol- ogy l i b r a r i a n ; JAMES COX, assistant, g i f t s and exchanges section; CLIFFORD WURFEL, assist- ant, catalog section, biomedical l i b r a r y ; HELEN PALMER, assistant, reserve book r o o m ; SCOTT KENNEDY, physics l i b r a r i a n ; ARNULFO TREJO, reference assistant; ANTONINA BABB, acquisitions assistant; JAMES WYLIE, assistant in government publications and general r e f e r - ence; SHIRLEY HOOD, theater arts librarian. T r a n s f e r s and P r o m o t i o n s : LOUISE DAR- LING, biomedical librarian, has been re-classi- fied f r o m Librarian-3 to L i b r a r i a n - 4 ; BETTY ROSENBERG is now chief bibliographer and assistant head, acquisitions department; ROBERT FESSENDEN, transferred from general reference to government publications, replac- ing P a u l M i l e s w h o succeeded Robert T h o m a - son as librarian, Institute of Industrial R e - l a t i o n s ; L . KENNETH WILSON, f o r m e r l y geology librarian, became assistant head, cir- culation department; LORRAINE MATHIES t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m the g r a d u a t e reading room to become an assistant in the education library. L A W R E N C E C L A R K P O W E L L , UCLA l i b r a r i a n , has been given the additional title of lecturer in English. ROBERT A . C A N N Y has been appointed peri- odicals librarian of the L o s A n g e l e s State C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . A . W . COOTE has been appointed assistant state librarian of Connecticut. ROBERT CRYDER has been appointed assistant l a w librarian of the University of Illinois. MILDRED R. CROWE, medical librarian of the University of A l a b a m a M e d i c a l School ( B i r m i n g h a m ) since 1945, has been appointed medical librarian of the University of M i a m i , C o r a l G a b l e s , F l o r i d a . M I L D R E D W . D A V I S , f o r m e r l y o f t h e U n i - versity of Mississippi L i b r a r y , is now circula- tion librarian of M c N e e s e State College, L a k e C h a r l e s , Louisiana. RANDALL A . DETRO has been appointed as- sistant librarian of N o r t h e a s t Louisiana State College, M o n r o e . GILBERT DONAHUE has been appointed li- brarian of the University of Illinois Institute of L a b o r and Industrial Relations. R E V . J O S E P H P . D O N N E L L Y , S . J . is n o w a member of the faculty of C r e i g h t o n U n i v e r - sity, O m a h a , N e b r a s k a . H e w a s f o r m e r l y director of libraries, St. L o u i s U n i v e r s i t y . A L I C E M . D U G A S h a s r e t u r n e d t o h e r f o r m e r position of romance languages librar- ian of Louisiana State University, w h e r e she served f r o m 1935 to 1945. In the meanwhile she has w o r k e d in W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . , Buenos A i r e s , and M e x i c o C i t y . JAMES TAYLOR D U N N has been appointed librarian of the M i n n e s o t a H i s t o r i c a l Society in St. P a u l . O . LOUISE EVANS, librarian of the B u r e a u of Public Roads, has received the United States D e p a r t m e n t of C o m m e r c e a w a r d f o r meritorious service to the B u r e a u . M i s s E v a n s recently received the A m e r i c a n A s - sociation of State H i g h w a y Officials t w e n t y - five year a w a r d f o r meritorious public service. She is the first w o m a n employee of the B u r e a u of Public Roads to receive this a w a r d . ETHEL M . FAIR, f o r m e r l y director of the library school of N e w Jersey C o l l e g e for W o m e n , has been appointed acting librarian of S w e e t ' B r i a r C o l l e g e in V i r g i n i a . T h e librarian of S w e e t B r i a r , M i s s T y l e r G e m - mell, w i l l be on sabbatical leave. F . BERNICE FIELD, assistant head of the C a t a l o g D e p a r t m e n t of the Y a l e L i b r a r y , has been appointed head of that D e p a r t m e n t . M i s s Field succeeds M r s . D o r o t h y F . L i v i n g - ston, head of the C a t a l o g D e p a r t m e n t since 1946, w h o retired last June. M i s s Field's appointment became effective July 1. CEDRIC R. FLAGG has been appointed super- visor of the new research information service of the A r m o u r Research Foundation of the Illinois Institute of T e c h n o l o g y in Chicago. OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 H e has had extensive experience as a special librarian. T h e f o l l o w i n g personnel changes have been made recently at the University of F l o r i d a : JOLYNN BURGE has been appointed as assist- ant in the C a t a l o g D e p a r t m e n t ; MARTHA COVEY has been appointed as assistant in Reference and Bibliography; EDWARD M C - INTOCH has been appointed as assistant in A u d i o - V i s u a l Services; JULIA WOLD has been appointed assistant librarian in charge of the Science Reading R o o m ; JOAN SWARTWOOD, of the staff of the Cleveland Public L i b r a r y , has been awarded a graduate assistantship by the University of F l o r i d a L i b r a r i e s f o r the academic year 1955-56. M A R Y E . G A M M O N , f o r m e r l y l i b r a r i a n o f Sullins College, Bristol, V a . , has joined the staff of the V i r g i n i a Polytechnic Institute L i - brary as reference librarian. ROBERT G R A Z I E R h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d a s - sociate librarian of W a y n e University. J O H N H A W K I N S G R I B B I N , f o r m e r l y o f Rice Institute, has been appointed librarian of the N a t i o n a l A c a d e m y of S c i e n c e s — N a t i o n a l Research Council, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . E L M E R GRIEDER, a s s o c i a t e d i r e c t o r o f l i - braries at Stanford University, has been ap- pointed head of the library school of the U n i - versity of A n k a r a , T u r k e y , to serve f r o m 1955 to 1957. M Y R T L E H A U G H N h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d l i - brarian of B a k e r University, Baldwin, Kansas. M R S . E R N E S T I N E H O W E h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d general cataloger of the F o r e s t C o l l e g e L i - brary, W a k e Forest, N o r t h C a r o l i n a . M Y R O N J A C O B S T E I N h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d assistant l a w librarian at C o l u m b i a U n i - versity. E L M E R D . J O H N S O N h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d d i - rector of the Stephens M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y , Southwestern Louisiana Institute, L a f a y e t t e , L a . JAMES V . JONES has been appointed direc- tor of libraries at St. L o u i s University. MARY E. JONES has joined the staff of B e l l Telephone Laboratories, Inc., as a cataloger for the T e c h n i c a l Information L i b r a r y . ROBERT C . JONES has been appointed librar- ian at C o l o r a d o State C o l l e g e of Education, G r e e l e y . A N D R E W L A N D A Y , f o r m e r l y o f t h e L a w L i b r a r y at U C at Berkeley, has been appointed cataloging librarian, L o n g Beach State College. DR. JOHN E . LAW has been appointed li- brarian of the G o u l d M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y , U n i - versity H e i g h t s campus of N e w Y o r k U n i - versity. H e joined N Y U at W a s h i n g t o n Square in 1950. L U D W I G L E W I S O H N , n o t e d n o v e l i s t a n d critic, has been appointed librarian of Brandeis University, W a l t h a m , Massachusetts. H e has been on the faculty of the University since 1948 and w i l l continue to give his course in Shakespeare. G R A C E E . M I D D L E T O N , f o r m e r l y o f t h e University of A r k a n s a s L i b r a r y , has been appointed chief circulation librarian at B a y l o r University L i b r a r y , W a c o , T e x a s . M R S . K A T H R Y N B . N O R T O N h a s b e e n a p - pointed head of the M o r r i s o n L i b r a r y , U n i - versity of C a l i f o r n i a at Berkeley. R A Y M O N D P I L L E R h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d l i - brarian at Southeastern State College, D u r a n t , O k l a h o m a . S A M U E L R O T H S T E I N w a s a p p o i n t e d a s s i s t - ant librarian at the University of British C o - lumbia in A p r i l , 1954. G E R A L D M . S T E V E N S O N , J R . , f o r m e r l y reference librarian at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., has been appointed librarian of the Dickinson School of L a w . E D W I N C . STROHECKER h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d assistant professor in the D e p a r t m e n t of L i - brary Science, K e n t University, Kent, Ohio. ELIZABETH TARVER, f o r m e r l y chief of tech- nical processes at the University of W e s t V i r - ginia L i b r a r y , has been appointed head cata- loger at the Louisiana State University L i b r a r y . E A R L E T H O M P S O N , f o r m e r l y a t E m o r y University, has been appointed head of the acquisition department of the Louisiana State University L i b r a r y . H A R O L D T H O M P S O N , J R . , h a s b e e n a p - pointed librarian of L a f a y e t t e College, Easton, Pennsylvania. JAMES TYDEMAN has been appointed head of the serials division at Southern Illinois University. P A U L V O N K H R U M h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d a s assistant director of the libraries of N e w Y o r k University. L U C I E N W E N D E L L W H I T E is n o w l i b r a r i a n of A u g u s t a n a College, Rock Island, Illinois. 418 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Retirements Librarians throughout the country w i l l regret the retirement A u g u s t 31 of DR. KEYES D . M E T C A L F f r o m the post of director of libraries at H a r - v a r d U n i v e r s i t y , which he has filled so brilliantly f o r the past 18 years. F e w librarians have influ- enced so greatly the institutions they w e r e serving as D r . M e t - calf the three librar- ies with which he has been associated dur- ing his long library c a r e e r ; Oberlin, the N e w Y o r k Public L i b r a r y and H a r v a r d U n i - versity. Oberlin w a s a family college f o r the M e t - calfs. Keyes started as a page in the Oberlin L i b r a r y in 1905 and continued as a student assistant during his college course. In 1912 he w a s executive assistant. W h e n A z a r i a h Root w a s asked to assume the directorship of the N e w Y o r k Public L i b r a r y School for the year 1916-17, he agreed to come only if M e t c a l f could be released f r o m his position as chief of stacks in the N e w Y o r k Public L i b r a r y to become acting librarian at Oberlin. M e t c a l f w a s in the first class of the L i - brary School of the N e w Y o r k Public L i - brary, w o r k i n g in the main reading room while a student and a f t e r graduation starting his long service in the reference department. H e served as chief of three divisions, stacks, acquisition and preparation, as executive as- sistant and finally f r o m 1928 to 1937 as chief of the reference department. D u r i n g his years as executive assistant and chief of the reference department, he w o r k e d very closely w i t h the director, H a r r y M . Lydenberg. M e t c a l f complemented and supplemented H a r r y M . L y d e n b e r g in so many w a y s that the t w o made a team that has perhaps never been equalled in any of our great libraries. M u c h of the reorganization of the reference department in the 20's and 30's w a s a direct consequence of M e t c a l f ' s leadership. He continued the policy of E d w i n H . Anderson in attracting so many young trained librarians that an impressive number of the important libraries of the country have been directed by reference department alumni. In 1937 President C o n a n t persuaded him to come to H a r v a r d as director of the H a r v a r d University Libraries, librarian of H a r v a r d College and professor of bibliography. H e w a s the first trained librarian to hold these positions. H i s predecessor, P r o f e s s o r Blake, had reported to President C o n a n t that the W i d e n e r L i b r a r y w a s already over-crowded. Some years' later President C o n a n t expressed publicly his great satisfaction over the mas- terly w a y in which M e t c a l f had faced the problem, since to build a new library building so f e w years a f t e r W i d e n e r had been built would have been impracticable. T h e central research collection w a s retained at W i d e n e r , but the necessary room for g r o w t h w a s secured by a series of annexes. T h e N e w England Deposit L i b r a r y across the C h a r l e s R i v e r shelved less-used books, the Houghton L i b r a r y magnificently housed the rare books, the L a m o n t L i b r a r y served undergraduates and underground tunnels connecting W i d e n e r , Houghton and L a m o n t gave additional room for thousands of books. O n e of his staff in w r i t i n g of M e t c a l f ' s achievements said: A l o n g with the overall planning I would rank the skill and knowledge that went into the planning of the L a m o n t L i b r a r y , a building which has already had a marked influence on library architecture, not only in this country but abroad. Keyes supplied many of the foundation ideas that went into the planning of L a m o n t and of course he made all final decisions. H o w e v e r , I think great accomplishment lay in getting a first- rate team to w o r k with h i m — a team com- prised of the architect and about a dozen of the men on the library staff. M o s t li- braries are planned by one man or one man together with an architect. L a m o n t is truly an instance of team planning. Every aspect of it w a s c a r e f u l l y studied by a com- mittee and the w o r k of the committee w a s reviewed extensively by the whole t e a m ; hence there w a s strength at all points and hence the building has been an unqualified success f r o m the very beginning. T h e great H a r v a r d L i b r a r y had for years been somewhat aloof from the problems con- Keyes D. Metcalf OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 fronting other and for the most part smaller libraries. U n d e r M e t c a l f , the library staff took its rightful position of leadership. M e t - calf had already served on many A L A com- mittees and boards while still in N e w Y o r k . Co-operative Cataloging, the B o a r d of E d u - cation f o r Librarianship and the B o a r d on International Relations are among the A L A activities in which he w a s especially influential. In 1942-43, he w a s President of A L A . H e has been equally active in the Associa- tion of Research L i b r a r i e s since it w a s started. F o r five years he w a s its secretary. H e more than anyone else w a s responsible for the inau- guration and successful carrying on of the Farmington Plan. O f late years he has devoted much time to library surveys and given much advice in the construction of new library buildings. H e more than any other librarian has been called on f o r advice in connection with the L i b r a r y of Congress and other governmental libraries at W a s h i n g t o n . H e w a s a member of the committee to aid the N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y of P e r u , 1943-1950. Keyes w a s a football player and a track man in his college days. I t has been fortunate f o r the whole library profession that his physi- cal energy has continued since college days and has made it possible for him to take a place of leadership in so many varied fields of library w o r k . F r o m his appearance and con- stant activity it is hard to realize that he has reached the age of retirement. H i s library friends and admirers are happy that, although retired, he intends to continue library w o r k . H e will be available for surveys of libraries and for advice on new library buildings. D e a n M a r t i n is to be congratulated on his success in securing him as a part-time member of the faculty of the G r a d u a t e School of L i b r a r y Science of R u t g e r s U n i v e r s i t y . — P a u l North Rice. G L A D Y S R . B O U G H T O N h a s r e s i g n e d f r o m the directorship of the University of W a s h - ington School of Librarianship to devote her f u l l time to research. M R S . C L A R A D O U G L A S h a d c o m p l e t e d 1 7 years as head of the M o r r i s o n L i b r a r y , U n i - versity of C a l i f o r n i a , Berkeley, upon her re- tirement on June 30. M r s . D o u g l a s has been associated with the M o r r i s o n L i b r a r y for all but ten years since its founding. C A L L I E H U L L r e t i r e d o n J u n e 30, 1 9 5 5 , a f t e r 35 years as librarian of the N a t i o n a l Academy of S c i e n c e s — N a t i o n a l Research Council. M i s s H u l l came to the N a t i o n a l Research Council in 1920 as reference librarian for its Research Information Service. In 1936 when the Research Information Service w a s dis- continued she became librarian of the N a - tional Research Council and a f t e r 1948 w a s librarian of the combined libraries of the N a - tional A c a d e m y of S c i e n c e s — N a t i o n a l Re- search Council. D u r i n g her service at the A c a d e m y — R e s e a r c h Council, M i s s H u l l compiled a number of reference works, in- cluding a series on Doctorates Conferred in the Sciences by American Universities, pub- lished annually f r o m 1920 to 1934 a f t e r which the compilation in expanded form w a s handled by the H . W . W i l s o n Company under the auspices of the Association of Research L i - braries. A n o t h e r of M i s s H u l l ' s compilations that w a s widely used w a s Fellowships and Schol- arships for Advanced Work in Science and Technology which appeared in three editions prior to W o r l d W a r I I . M i s s H u l l is prob- ably best known to librarians throughout the w o r l d , however, as compiler of several edi- tions of t w o of the most important reference books published by the A c a d e m y — R e s e a r c h Council, Industrial Research Laboratories of the United States and the Handbook of Sci- entific and Technical Societies of the United States and Canada. T h e sixth edition of the Handbook w a s published just prior to her retirement. M i s s H u l l plans to remain in the W a s h i n g t o n area a f e w months, a f t e r which she w i l l return to A t l a n t a , G e o r g i a . SARA S. KING has retired f r o m the staff of the N e w Jersey C o l l e g e for W o m e n L i b r a r y , , w h e r e she has served as senior library assist- ant since 1937. O n June 30, 1955 the Y a l e staff lost MRS. D O R O T H Y L I V I N G S T O N . H e r r e t i r e m e n t a t t h e end of the academic year rounded out a decade of administration of the C a t a l o g D e p a r t m e n t and a total of three decades and three years of dedicated service to the Y a l e L i b r a r y . M r s . Livingston has a B . A . f r o m the U n i - versity of Wisconsin and is a graduate of the Wisconsin L i b r a r y School. She also took a 420 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES special course in children's library w o r k at the T r a i n i n g School for Children's Librarians at Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. B e f o r e her marriage she spent t w o years as a chil- dren's librarian in the N e w Y o r k Public L i - brary system. A r r i v i n g on the Y a l e scene in M a y , 1922, M r s . Livingston started her cataloging career at a time when the staff w a s small but ver- satile and when the library w a s on the thresh- old of becoming one of the great research centers of the w o r l d . H e r own versatility w a s soon apparent, and her special contribu- tion to the library's ascendancy is at once ob- vious and beyond calculation. M r s . Livingston has held the positions of cataloger, senior cataloger (1925-28) and re- viser in the social sciences (1928-45). She has demonstrated her abilities in many w a y s ; organizing a method of recording our L e a g u e of Nations documents; contributing to the cataloging and classification of the Speck C o l - lection of G o e t h e a n a ; supervising the catalog- ing of the Falconer M a d a n Collection of O x f o r d B o o k s ; compiling, with M i s s M o l l i e Patton, a bibliography of the w o r k s of Sir Francis Bacon f o r the volume honoring the late A n d r e w K e o g h ; organizing the Descrip- tive C a t a l o g i n g Division in 1948-49 and the first orientation course for new staff mem- bers in 1946. M r s . Livingston w a s president of the N e w Y o r k Regional C a t a l o g G r o u p , and chairman of the A L A - D C C Committee on Descriptive Cataloging, and she now holds membership in A C R L . T h e staff loses, amid all else, an ace de- tective f o r finding books; an irreplaceable en- cyclopedia of library history; and a poet l a u r - eate—and more recently, p h o t o g r a p h e r — f o r special occasions. T h e library retains the monumental w o r k of an intelligent and gifted individual and a staff dedicated to dynamic and purposeful service through cataloging. T o me, M r s . Livingston's finest contribu- tion has been her down to earth approach to our cataloging problems and her efforts to simplify and put the w o r k on a realistic basis and not proceed with eyes closed to realities. W e wish her happiness in her retirement. I feel certain she w i l l remain active in some w o r k f o r the benefit of her f e l l o w human beings. Possibly she w i l l find this through the L e a g u e of W o m e n V o t e r s in which she has been so constructively active in the past. —James T. Babb. ALFRED B . L I N D S A Y , c u r a t o r o f t h e O r d e r and Accessions Department of W a s h i n g t o n Square L i b r a r y , N e w Y o r k University, has retired. Active in governmental libraries, he joined N e w Y o r k University in 1929 as as- sistant librarian, then associate librarian and curator. N E L S O N W . M C C O M B S , a s s i s t a n t d i r e c t o r of the libraries and librarian of the U n i v e r - sity Heights L i b r a r y , N e w Y o r k University, retired in June. B L A N C H E PRITCHARD M C C R U M r e t i r e d a s specialist in documentation f r o m the G e n e r a l Reference and Bibliography Department of the L i b r a r y of Congress on A p r i l 22, 1955. C A R L V I T Z h a s r e t i r e d a s d i r e c t o r o f t h e Cincinnati and Hamilton County L i b r a r y . H e has served in Cincinnati since 1946 in this post. Foreign Libraries HEINRICH BORN, f o r many years associated with the Preussische Staatsbibliothek, died at Usingen near F r a n k f u r t am M a i n on A u g u s t 9, 1954, at the age of eighty-seven. D R . J O Z E F G R Y C Z , a s s o c i a t e d i r e c t o r o f the Polish National L i b r a r y in W a r s a w , died on October 24, 1954- D R . A B R A H A M H U L S H O F F , f o r m e r l y l i - brarian of the University of Utrecht, died on January 13, 1955- OCTOBER, 1955 40 7 Necrology JOSEPH PENN BREEDLOVE, librarian emeri- tus of D u k e University, died on M a y 24, 1955 at the age of 80. M r . Breedlove w a s li- brarian of T r i n i t y College and D u k e U n i v e r - sity f r o m 1898 to 1939, and acting librarian 1943-1946. H e received the A . B . and M . A . degrees from T r i n i t y College, and in 1900 at- tended the summer classes in librarianship di- rected by M r . W . I. Fletcher at A m h e r s t College. M r . Breedlove w a s one of the found- ers of the N o r t h C a r o l i n a L i b r a r y Associa- tion, and served as its president f r o m 1 9 1 1 - 1 9 1 3 . H i s monograph on the develop- ment of the library f r o m 1840 to 1940 w a s published earlier this year by the Friends of D u k e University L i b r a r y . CONSTANCE KERSCHNER, w h o retired f r o m the L i b r a r y of Congress in 1943, died at G e t t y s b u r g , Pennsylvania, on F e b r u a r y 5. C O L O N E L L A W R E N C E M A R T I N , f o r m e r l y chief of the M a p Division of the L i b r a r y of Congress, died in F e b r u a r y , 1955. WINIFRED E . SKINNER, librarian at P a s - adena H i g h School and Junior College, P a s a - dena, C a l i f o r n i a , f o r 36 years until her re- tirement in 1947, died June 13, 1955. HELEN TITSWORTH, head cataloger of the University of K a n s a s since 1926, died on A p r i l 21, 1955. MARY WESCOTT, w h o served on the staff of D u k e University L i b r a r y f r o m 1920 to 1954, died on July 6. Books Received Aeronautical Sciences and Aviation in the Soviet Union: A Bibliography. C'omp. by B e r t h a K u c h e r o v . W a s h i n g t o n : L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s , 1955. x x , 274p. $ 2 . 0 0 . Bibliography of French Seventeenth Century Studies, 1954• No. 2. Published f o r the F r e n c h I I I Committee of the M o d e r n L a n g u a g e A s s o c i a t i o n of A m e r i c a . Copies available f r o m P r o f . D . L . D e l a k a s , Dept. of R o m a n c e L a n g u a g e s , N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r - sity, Illinois. 22p. $ 1 . 0 0 . Les Bibliothdques Ptolemeennes d'Alexandre. P a r H . J . de V l e e s c h a u w e r . P r e t o r i a : 1955. ( M o u s a i o n , N r . 1 ) 39P. Children's Books in England & America in the Seven- teenth Century. B y W i l l i a m Sloane. 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S . by Columbia U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s , Columbia U n i v e r s i t y , N e w Y o r k 27, N . Y . ) Federal Population Censuses, 1840-80; a Price List of Microfilm Copies of the Original Schedules. N a t i o n a l A r c h i v e s Publication No. 55-7. W a s h i n g t o n : Na- tional A r c h i v e s , 1955. 73P. Fund og Forskning, II, 1955. C o p e n h a g e n : R o y a l L i - b r a r y , 1955. 155P. Garrettiana; Bibliografia, Iconografia, Recordacoes. Porto, P o r t u g a l : Biblioteca P u b l i c a M u n i c i p a l , 1954. 8SP- Georgia, 1800-1900; A Series of Selections from the Georgiana Library of a Private Collector. S e r i e s 8, " T h r e e G e o r g i a P o e t s . " A t l a n t a : A t l a n t a P u b l i c L i b r a r y , 1955. Gmelins Handbuch der anorganischen Chemie. 8th ed S y s t e m No. 9, A 3, S u l f u r ( S c h w e f e l ) ; No. 10, A 3 Selenium ( S e l e n ) ; N o . 13, suppl.. Bodon ( B o d ) ; No. 62, pts. 2, 3, Gold. 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W a s h - i n g t o n : G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t i n g Office, 1954. i o 6 p . 50^. philosophy and Analysis; A Selection of Articles Pub- lished in Analysis between 1933-40 and 1947-53. E d i t e d by M a r g a r e t Macdonald. N e w Y o r k : Philo- sophical L i b r a r y , 1954- 296P. $ 7 . 5 0 . Pictorial Americana: A Select List of Photographic Negatives in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. Comp. by Milton K a p l a n . 2d ed. W a s h i n g t o n : L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s , 1955. 68p. $ . 2 5 . Polish Abbreviations: A Selective List. Comp. by Janina V o j c i c k a . W a s h i n g t o n : L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s , 1955. 122p. $ . 9 0 . Preliminary Inventories, the National Archives of the United States. No. 8 2 , " R e c o r d s of the B u r e a u of the Second Postmaster General, 1 8 1 4 - 1 9 4 6 . " W a s h - i n g t o n : National A r c h i v e s , 1955. 4op. The Raleigh Register, 1799-1603. by Robert N e a l Elliott, Jr. (James S p r u n t S t u d i e s in H i s t o r y and Political S c i e n c e , vol. 3 6 ) Chapel H i l l : U n i v e r s i t y of North Carolina, 1955. 133P. $ 1 . 2 5 . The Red field Lectures. B y Robert Redfield. P a s a d e n a , C a l i f . ; F u n d f o r A d u l t E d u c a t i o n , 1955- 6 i p . Reference Books in English Literature; an Annotated List of Basic Books for Undergraduates. I s s u e d only b y the U n i v e r s i t y of B r i t i s h Columbia L i b r a r y and the U n i v e r s i t y Department of E n g l i s h . Pre- pared by I n g l i s F . B e l l . V a n c o u v e r , C a n a d a : 1954- i3P- Staff Relations in School Administration. T h i r t y - t h i r d Yearbook. W a s h i n g t o n : A m e r i c a n Association of School A d m i n i s t r a t o r s , 1955. 4 7 o p . $ 5 . 0 0 . Selective Checklist of Prints and Photographs Recently Cataloged and Made Available for Reference. L o t s 4 1 2 1 - 4 8 0 1 . W a s h i n g t o n : L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s , 1954. 87p. $ . 7 0 . Subject Specialisation and Co-operative Book Purchase in the Libraries of Great Britain. B y K . G. H u n t . ( L i b r a r y Association Pamphlet No. 1 2 ) L o n d o n : L i - brary A s s o c i a t i o n , 1955. 3zp. University of Tennessee Library Lectures, Nos. 4-6, 1952-54• E d . by K a t h e r i n e L . M o n t a g u e . K n o x - v i l l e : T h e D i v i s i o n of U n i v e r s i t y E x t e n s i o n , U n i - v e r s i t y of T e n n e s s e e , 1954. 46p. 422 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES