College and Research Libraries Nominees for A C R L P R E S I D E N T Lewis C. Branscomb, Director of Libraries, O h i o State University, C o l u m b u s . VICE-PRESIDENT AND P R E S I D E N T - E L E C T ( o n e to b e e l e c t e d ) W y m a n W . Parker, Wesleyan University Library, M i d d l e t o w n , Connecticut. J o s e p h H . Reason, H o w a r d University L i b r a r y , W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE ( t w o to b e e l e c t e d ) ( 1 9 5 8 - 6 0 ) Elmer M. Grieder, S t a n f o r d University Libraries, S t a n f o r d , C a l i f o r n i a . Forrest C. Palmer, Mississippi State College Libraries, State College. ( 1 9 5 8 - 6 1 ) Page A c k e r m a n , University of C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y , Los Angeles. Patricia Paylore, University of Arizona L i b r a r y , T u c s o n . D I R E C T O R S ON ALA COUNCIL ( o n e t o b e e l e c t e d ) N e w t o n McKeon, A m h e r s t College L i b r a r y , Amherst, Massachusetts. M a r i o n A. Milczewski, University of C a l i f o r n i a Library, Berkeley. COLLEGE L I B R A R I E S SECTION C H A I R M A N : E d w a r d C . H e i n t z , Kenyon College Library, G a m b i e r , O h i o . V I C E - C H A I R M A N AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : M o r r i s o n C. H a v i l a n d , University of V e r m o n t Library, B u r l i n g t o n . Rev. J o v i a n Peter Lang, L i b r a r i a n of College Libraries, St. Louis-Chicago Prov- ince, O.F.M., St. Louis, Missouri. S E C R E T A R Y : M a r g a r e t E. Knox, University of F l o r i d a Libraries, Gainesville. A l l a n R . L a u r s e n , College of the Pacific a n d Stockton College Libraries, Stock- ton, C a l i f o r n i a . D I R E C T O R ( 1 9 5 8 - 6 1 ) : Frances Kennedy, O k l a h o m a City U n i v e r s i t y Library. L a u r e n c e E. T o m l i n s o n , Lewis a n d Clark College Library, P o r t l a n d , O r e g o n . JUNIOR COLLEGE L I B R A R I E S SECTION C H A I R M A N : O r l i n C . Spicer, M o r t o n H i g h School a n d J u n i o r College Libraries, Cicero, Illinois. V I C E - C H A I R M A N AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : H e l e n Mitchell, Clark College Library, Vancouver, W a s h i n g t o n . J a m e s O. Wallace, San A n t o n i o College Library, San A n t o n i o , T e x a s . 232 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Offices, 1958-59 S E C R E T A R Y : O m a Carter, C e n t r a l C h r i s t i a n College Library, Bartlesville, O k l a h o m a . L o r e t t a J . Frazier, J o p l i n J u n i o r College Library, J o p l i n , Missouri. S U B J E C T SPECIALISTS SECTION C H A I R M A N : Carson W . Bennett, Rose Polytechnic Institute, T e r r e H a u t e , I n d i a n a . V I C E - C H A I R M A N AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : R u t h M. Heiss, Cleveland P u b l i c Library, Cleveland, O h i o . R u t h E. Schoneman, Ryerson a n d B u r n h a m Libraries, A r t Institute, Chicago, 111. S E C R E T A R Y ( 1 9 5 8 - 6 0 ) : D w i g h t L. C h a p m a n , Museums L i b r a r y , University of Michigan, A n n A r b o r . F r a n k N . Jones, Peabody I n s t i t u t e L i b r a r y , Baltimore, M a r y l a n d . TEACHER EDUCATION LIBRARIES SECTION C H A I R M A N : G e r t r u d e W . R o u n d s , N e w York State T e a c h e r s College, O n e o n t a . S E C R E T A R Y AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : T h e l m a C. Bird, T e a c h i n g Materials Library, I n d i a n a State T e a c h e r s College, T e r r e H a u t e . D o n a l d O. R o d , Iowa State T e a c h e r s College Library, C e d a r Falls. D I R E C T O R ( 1 9 5 8 - 6 1 ) : W a l f r e d Erickson, Eastern Michigan College Library, Ypsilanti. K a t h e r i n e W a l k e r , N o r t h e r n Illinois University Library, DeKalb. U N I V E R S I T Y LIBRARIES SECTION C H A I R M A N : Carl W . H i n t z , University of O r e g o n Library, Eugene. V I C E - C H A I R M A N AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : R i c h a r d E. C h a p i n , Michigan State University Library, East Lansing. James V. Jones, St. Louis University Libraries, St. Louis, Missouri. S E C R E T A R Y : Lois C. Bailey, F o n d r e n Library, S o u t h e r n M e t h o d i s t University, Dallas, T e x a s . E d i t h Scott, University of O k l a h o m a Library, N o r m a n . D I R E C T O R ( 1 9 5 8 - 6 1 ) : R a l p h H . H o p p , University of M i n n e s o t a Libraries, Minneapolis. J a m e s Ranz, University of W y o m i n g Libraries, L a r a m i e . R A R E B O O K S SECTION N o m i n a t i o n s f o r officers of the new R a r e Books Section will be p u b l i s h e d in the July CRL. A n election will be h e l d in t h e o p e n m e e t i n g of the Section T u e s d a y , J u l y 15. MAY 1958 233 Notice of Proposed Amendments to the Pending A C R L Constitution T h e S t e e r i n g C o m m i t t e e of t h e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s Section of A C R L has i n s t r u c t e d t h e C h a i r m a n of t h e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s Section to r e f e r to t h e A C R L B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s t h e f o l l o w i n g p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n t s t o t h e p e n d - i n g A C R L C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d Bylaws: Constitution, A r t i c l e V. S u b s t i t u t e t h e f o l l o w i n g : Section 2 (a) Voting. T h e B o a r d shall consist of t h e p r e s i d e n t , vice- p r e s i d e n t , r e t i r i n g p r e s i d e n t , f o u r directors-at-large, a n d t h e c h a i r - m a n , v i c e - c h a i r m a n a n d r e t i r i n g c h a i r m a n of each section. Section 2 (b) Non-Voting. T h e e x e c u t i v e secretary a n d t h e A m e r i - c a n L i b r a r y Association C o u n c i l o r s elected o n n o m i n a t i o n f r o m t h e Association a r e ex-officio m e m b e r s w i t h o u t vote. Section 3 Terms. T h e directors-at-large shall be elected f r o m t h e m e m b e r s of t h e Association f o r f o u r - y e a r t e r m s , w h i c h t e r m s shall over-lap so as to i n s u r e c o n t i n u i t y of policy. Bylaws, A r t i c l e IV. O m i t Section 2. I t is e x p e c t e d t h a t these a m e n d m e n t s will b e p r o p o s e d f o r a d o p t i o n at t h e A C R L m e m b e r s h i p m e e t i n g d u r i n g t h e A L A San F r a n c i s c o C o n f e r - e n c e in J u l y , 1958. ( T h e f u l l t e x t of t h e p e n d i n g C o n s t i t u t i o n was p u b l i s h e d i n t h e S e p t e m b e r , 1957 issue of CRL, pages 405-409.) T h e S t e e r i n g C o m m i t t e e consists of t h e f o l l o w i n g m e m b e r s : W i l l i a m H . C a r l s o n , C a r l W . H i n t z , D a v i d O . Kelley, A. F r e d e r i c k K u h l m a n , F r a n k A. L u n d y , R a l p h W . M c C o m b , R o b e r t H . M u l l e r ( C h a i r m a n ) , G . F l i n t P u r d y , R a y n a r d C. S w a n k . T h e p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n t s w e r e f o r m u l a t e d i n a m e e t i n g of t h e C o m m i t t e e o n J a n u a r y 29, 1958 a n d w e r e a p p r o v e d by all m e m b e r s . — R o b e r t H. Muller, Chairman, University Libraries Section. 234 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES A Statement by the A C R L Committee On Constitution and Bylaws T h e C o m m i t t e e does n o t e n d o r s e t h e a m e n d m e n t s to t h e A C R L C o n s t i t u - t i o n p r o p o s e d by t h e S t e e r i n g C o m m i t t e e of t h e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s Section a n d r e f e r r e d to t h e A C R L B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s by R o b e r t H . M u l l e r , C h a i r m a n of t h e Section, f o r t w o p r i n c i p a l reasons. First, t h e C o m m i t t e e h o l d s t h a t t h e c o m p o s i t i o n of t h e B o a r d in t h e p r o p o s e d C o n s t i t u t i o n was a r r i v e d at a f t e r ex- t e n t i v e c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h q u a l i f i e d advisers. T h e v o t i n g m e m b e r s h i p of t h e B o a r d is such t h a t t h e b r o a d interests of A C R L as a w h o l e a r e a m p l y r e p r e s e n t - ed. T h e p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n t c o n c e n t r a t e s t h e v o t i n g m e m b e r s h i p i n t h e g r o u p associated w i t h office h o l d i n g — p r e s e n t a n d past. F o r c o m p a r i s o n , n o t e t h e d i f f e r e n c e i n t h e s t r u c t u r e of t h e B o a r d w h i c h t h e C o m m i t t e e r e c o m m e n d s a n d t h e o n e M r . M u l l e r proposes: T h e C o m m i t t e e ' s p l a n specifies a v o t i n g m e m b e r s h i p of t w e n t y , c o m p o s e d of t h e P r e s i d e n t , V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , R e t i r i n g P r e s i d e n t , f o u r directors-at-large, five section r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , a n d e i g h t A L A C o u n c i l o r s elected by A C R L . T h e n o n - v o t i n g m e m b e r s a r e t h e five section c h a i r m e n a n d t h e E x e c u t i v e Secretary. T h e s e m a k e a total m e m b e r s h i p of twenty-six. M r . M u l l e r ' s p r o p o s a l specifies a v o t i n g m e m b e r s h i p of twenty-two, c o m p o s e d of t h e P r e s i d e n t , V i c e - P r e s i d e n t , R e t i r i n g P r e s i d e n t , f o u r directors- at-large, t h e five section c h a i r m e n , t h e five v i c e - c h a i r m e n , a n d five r e t i r i n g c h a i r m e n . N o n - v o t i n g m e m b e r s a r e t h e e i g h t A L A C o u n c i l o r s elected by A C R L a n d t h e E x e c u t i v e Secretary. T h e s e w o u l d m a k e a t o t a l of t h i r t y - o n e . T h e second, a n d m o r e i m p o r t a n t r e a s o n f o r t h e C o m m i t t e e ' s decision n o t t o e n d o r s e t h e p r o p o s e d a m e n d m e n t s is t h a t t h e A L A C o m m i t t e e o n C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d Bylaws is p r e p a r i n g a s t a t e m e n t of m i n i m u m r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r d i v i s i o n by- laws. T h i s will m e a n t h a t every d i v i s i o n will h a v e t o give its basic d o c u m e n t s a n o t h e r g o i n g over. T h e A C R L C o m m i t t e e o n C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d Bylaws r e c o m m e n d s a c c e p t a n c e of t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n at its second r e a d i n g in San Francisco. T h e first r e a d i n g was f o l l o w e d by a c c e p t a n c e w i t h o u t a single d i s s e n t i n g vote at Kansas City. W i t h a c c e p t a n c e of t h e C o n s t i t u t i o n at San Francisco, A C R L can settle d o w n to n o r m a l business. F u r t h e r c h a n g e s i n A C R L ' s C o n s t i t u t i o n can t h e n b e m a d e i n t h e l i g h t of t h e m i n i m u m r e q u i r e m e n t s t o b e specified by A L A ' s C o m m i t t e e o n C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d Bylaws or in t h e l i g h t of its o w n n e e d s as d e t e r m i n e d by e x p e r i e n c e . — G . F. Shepherd, Jr., Chairman, ACRL Committee on Constitu- tion and Bylaws. MAY 1958 235 News from the Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S , G I F T S , C O L L E C T I O N S T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F A L A B A M A M E D I C A L C E N T E R has r e c e i v e d the L a w r e n c e R e y n o l d s Library, m o r e t h a n five t h o u s a n d b o o k s a n d m a n u s c r i p t s v a l u e d at $500,000. Dr. R e y n - olds w h o h a d a s s e m b l e d the c o l l e c t i o n over the past forty years m a d e the p r e s e n t a t i o n . It c o n s t i t u t e s t h e first u n i t of a m i l l i o n - d o l l a r library that will serve the m e d i c a l center. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y OF A R K A N S A S L I B R A R Y has acquired the c o l l e c t i o n s of J o h n G o u l d Fletcher, 1939 w i n n e r of the Pulitzer prize for poetry, a n d Charles H i l l m a n B r o u g h , former Arkansas governor. T h e Fletcher li- brary was p r e s e n t e d by his w i d o w , k n o w n as an a u t h o r of children's b o o k s u n d e r the n a m e Charlie M a y S i m o n . It c o n t a i n s 1,183 v o l u m e s of poetry, folklore, a n d first edi- tions as well as m a n u s c r i p t s a n d letters of the p o e t . T h e B r o u g h library, also the g i f t of his w i d o w , n u m b e r s a p p r o x i m a t e l y three t h o u s a n d v o l u m e s , primarily o n history a n d literature. B R A N D E I S U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y has b e e n g i v e n an e x t e n s i v e m a n u s c r i p t c o l l e c t i o n of the works a n d c o r r e s p o n d e n c e of the late R e g i n a l d D e K o v e n , c o m p o s e r of l i g h t o p e r a a n d p o p u l a r music. T h e c o m p l e t e m a n u - script scores of t w e n t y o p e r a a n d partial scores of s i x t e e n others are p r o m i n e n t a m o n g t h e 4 0 0 items in the c o l l e c t i o n . T h e d o n o r was K. B. W e i s s m a n of N e w Ro- chelle, N . Y. T H E C A R N E G I E C O R P O R A T I O N O F N E W YORK has g i v e n sets of color slides d e p i c t i n g the arts of t h e U n i t e d States to fifteen edu- cational i n s t i t u t i o n s . T h e slides are the p r o d u c t of a two-year survey of visual arts i n this c o u n t r y c o v e r i n g e i g h t e e n categories f r o m architecture to p a i n t i n g , f u r n i t u r e to silver. F r o m the 4,000 slides, sets of 2,500 a n d 1,500 were selected for e x p e r i m e n t s in use of such materials for t e a c h i n g n o t o n l y art b u t also A m e r i c a n social a n d cultural history. Each set of slides is a c c o m p a n i e d by a catalog c o n t a i n i n g data o n each i t e m a n d essays c o v e r i n g each of the categories. T h e Carnegie F o u n d a t i o n is p r e p a r e d to under- write half of the cost of a set ( a p p r o x i m a t e - ly $3,000 for the 2,500 slides; $1,800 for the 1,500 slides) purchased by o t h e r e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s that m e e t certain criteria. In- quiries s h o u l d be addressed to the C a r n e g i e C o r p o r a t i o n , 589 F i f t h A v e n u e , N e w York 17, N . Y. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y OF C H I C A G O L I B R A R Y i s the possessor of 2,000 v o l u m e s r e p r e s e n t i n g three g e n e r a t i o n s of b o o k c o l l e c t i n g by a d i s t i n g u i s h e d Irish family, the Leslies of C o u n t y M o n a g h a n . T h e c o l l e c t i o n is a g i f t of L o u i s H . Silver of Chicago. T h e prin- cipal subjects covered are belles-lettres a n d Irish history. I n c l u d e d are family letters that g i v e an i n t i m a t e v i e w of E n g l i s h court l i f e d u r i n g the early part of the t w e n t i e t h century. 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 h a s a c - q u i r e d t h e "Mayor's Court Papers," a collec- t i o n of nearly two t h o u s a n d court records d a t e d b e t w e e n 1681 a n d 1819. D e s c r i b e d as "of p r i m e i m p o r t a n c e to s t u d e n t s of A m e r i c a n legal a n d social history," the pa- pers were the g i f t of the estate of the late Dr. B e n j a m i n Salzar, N e w York n e u r o l o g i s t . C O R N E L L U N I V E R S I T Y has b e e n g i v e n $250,- 000 by W a l t e r S. Carpenter, Jr., of W i l m i n g - t o n t o e n d o w the n e w e n g i n e e r i n g library. I n c o m e f r o m the e n d o w m e n t w i l l supple- m e n t e x i s t i n g f u n d s for the purchase of books a n d o t h e r materials. Mr. C a r p e n t e r is c h a i r m a n of E. I. d u P o n t de N e m o u r s a n d C o m p a n y . D A V I D S O N C O L L E G E L I B R A R Y w a s t h e r e c i p - i e n t of a c o l l e c t i o n of first e d i t i o n s of t h e works of R o b e r t B u r n s a n d Sir W a l t e r Scott as w e l l as various items a b o u t Burns. T h e books were the g i f t of the R e v e r e n d S a m u e l M. L i n d s a y of P a l m Beach, Fla. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F D E L A W A R E L I B R A R Y has a c q u i r e d t w o J a m e s F e n i m o r e C o o p e r a u t o g r a p h items, a l o n g w i t h s o m e first edi- tions of the author's work. T h e d o n o r was John Stuart Groves, a n a l u m n u s of t h e school. T H E E M O R Y U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y has b e e n 236 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES g i v e n 300 o l d rare books, v a l u e d at $14,000, f r o m the library of Charles H o w a r d Cand- ler. O u t s t a n d i n g a m o n g the items g i v e n by Mrs. C a n d l e r are an early f o u r t e e n t h - c e n - tury Irish B i b l e , f o u r i n c u n a b u l a , a s e c o n d e d i t i o n of W y n k i n de W o r d e ' s The Ordi- nary of Christian Men, a n d a s e c o n d e d i t i o n of J o h n Gower's Confessio Amantis. K E N T S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s a d d - ed a Koberger B i b l e to its c o l l e c t i o n , thanks t o the generosity of the university's j u n i o r class. T h i s is o n e of f o u r t e e n k n o w n copies of the B i b l e p r i n t e d i n 1475 by A n t h o n y Koberger of N u r e m b e r g . T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F K E N T U C K Y L I B R A R I E S h a v e b e e n g i v e n t w o g r o u p s of m a n u s c r i p t s by Paul N a s h a n d his b r o t h e r J o h n N o r t h - cote N a s h . C o n s i s t i n g largely of letters w r i t t e n i n the 1920's, the papers reveal the w o r k i n g m e t h o d s a n d personalities of the artists. T h e manuscripts w e r e the g i f t of the Associates of the Library. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y OF M I A M I L I B R A R Y h a s e n r i c h e d its h o l d i n g s w i t h a sizable g r o u p of d u p l i c a t e s f r o m the Library of Congress Slavic c o l l e c t i o n . Strongest in R u s s i a n scien- tific serials d a t i n g f r o m the mid-1940's, these materials comprise almost forty thou- sand periodicals a n d s i x t e e n t h o u s a n d m o n - ographs. M I C H I G A N S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s purchased the D o u g l a s C. M c M u r t r i e m a n u - scripts, consisting of some 100,000 pieces. Of particular interest is material c o v e r i n g the history of early p r i n t i n g i n a d o z e n states c o l l e c t e d for the A m e r i c a n I m p r i n t s Inven- tory a n d s c h e d u l e d for later v o l u m e s of the u n f i n i s h e d History of Printing in the United States. T h e M S U Library o w n s f u l l publica- tion rights. T H E M I D W E S T I N T E R - L I B R A R Y C E N T E R h a s r e c e i v e d aj $22,970 grant f r o m the N a t i o n a l Science F o u n d a t i o n to i n i t a t e an acquisi- t i o n s program for j o u r n a l s i n the b i o l o g i c a l sciences. T h e aim is to m a k e available 5,500 j o u r n a l s listed in Periodical Science Publi- cations: A World List, p u b l i s h e d by Bio- logical Abstracts. T h i s n e w program com- p l e m e n t s the similar Chemical Abstracts coverage already u n d e r w r i t t e n by the Na- t i o n a l Science F o u n d a t i o n . T o g e t h e r , the two projects will m a k e 8,200 b i o l o g i c a l a n d chemical j o u r n a l s available i n the M i d w e s t . T H E N E W Y O R K P U B L I C L I B R A R Y i s t h e beneficiary of a $970,000 legacy l e f t by J o h n R. Slattery, lawyer a n d o n e - t i m e director of the U n i t e d States F i d e l i t y a n d G u a r a n t y C o m p a n y , w h o d i e d i n 1926. T h e f u n d s were transferred to the library a f t e r t h e d e a t h of his w i d o w last year. T h e i r i n c o m e will be used to o p e r a t e the privately sup- p o r t e d r e f e r e n c e d e p a r t m e n t . M o r e than thirty t h o u s a n d letters, speech- es, articles, n o t e s a n d reports w r i t t e n a n d re- ceived by L i l l i a n D. W a l d d u r i n g h e r career as nurse a n d social worker i n M a n h a t t a n ' s l o w e r east side h a v e b e e n g i v e n to the N e w York P u b l i c Library. T h e papers were a g i f t of the V i s i t i n g N u r s e Service of N e w York. N O R T H W E S T E R N U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s r e c e i v e d two n o t a b l e gifts: f r o m Congress- m a n J a m e s R o o s e v e l t , an e x t e n s i v e collec- t i o n of material by a n d a b o u t W o o d r o w W i l s o n ; f r o m D e W i t t O'Kieffe of Kenil- worth, 111., m o r e t h a n 500 v o l u m e s , mostly of a scholarly character, p u b l i s h e d d u r i n g the last 200 years. O r i g i n a l l y assembled by Merle J o h n s o n , the n o t e d bibliographer, the c o l l e c t i o n of W i l s o n i a n a i n c l u d e s first a n d special edi- tions of books by W i l s o n , books c o n t a i n i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s or i n t r o d u c t i o n s by h i m , gov- e r n m e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s , b i o g r a p h i c a l a n d crit- ical works, b o u n d v o l u m e s of periodicals a n d extracts from journals to w h i c h h e con- tributed, collected speeches a n d messages, a n d a variety of m e m o r a b i l i a a n d association items. T a k e n as a w h o l e , the 800 pieces present d o c u m e n t a r y material c o n c e r n i n g W i l s o n as a P r i n c e t o n i a n , G o v e r n o r of N e w Jersey, a n d President of the U n i t e d States. N o t a b l e for their fine-to-mint c o n d i t i o n , the O'Kieffe books c o n c e n t r a t e m a i n l y o n the h u m a n i t i e s a n d w o r l d history but in- clude v o l u m e s o n science a n d t e c h n o l o g y as well. A l t h o u g h m a n y of the titles are n o t n e w to the N o r t h w e s t e r n Library collec- tion, it is b e l i e v e d that they will m a k e a c o n t r i b u t i o n to a separate u n d e r g r a d u a t e library e n v i s a g e d for the f u t u r e . T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F P I T T S B U R G H L I B R A R Y has b e e n p r e s e n t e d w i t h a c o l l e c t i o n of o l d t e x t b o o k s v a l u e d at $20,000. Dr. J o h n Nietz, professor of e d u c a t i o n at the university, was MAY 1958 237 the d o n o r . T h e c o l l e c t i o n is said to be o n e of the largest of its k i n d i n the country. S T . B O N A V E N T U R E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s b e e n g i v e n a 600-year-old m a n u s c r i p t B i b l e c o n s i s t i n g of 880 v e l l u m pages. T h e d o n o r s w e r e S a m u e l J. Lasser of J a m e s t o w n , N . Y., a n d H u g h Grant of Bradford, Pa. T h e li- brary has r e c e i v e d also a c o p y of the origi- nal e d i t i o n of D i c k e n s ' Our Mutual Friend. T h e 20 paper-covered parts were t h e g i f t of A l b e r t J. W h i t e h i l l of Seattle. T U L A N E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s r e c e i v e d a c o l l e c t i o n of m o r e t h a n three h u n d r e d d o c u m e n t s , p a m p h l e t s , broadsides a n d news- papers p u b l i s h e d in the S o u t h d u r i n g the m i d d l e of the n i n e t e e n t h century. Assem- b l e d by F e l i x H . Kuntz of N e w Orleans, w h o m a d e the g i f t , t h e c o l l e c t i o n covers m a n y aspects of c o n d i t i o n s b e f o r e , d u r i n g , a n d after the Civil W a r . T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F W I S C O N S I N L I B R A R Y has a c q u i r e d three c o l l e c t i o n s of outstand- i n g i m p o r t a n c e to its research program. T h e y are: the H u g h Sinclair c o l l e c t i o n of the writings of R o b e r t B o y l e a n d J o s e p h Priestley; the Edgar G o l d s c h m i d c o l l e c t i o n of illustrated b o o k s o n p a t h o l o g y a n d anat- omy; a n d a g r o u p of 1,200 v o l u m e s o n poli- tical a n d e c o n o m i c affairs p u b l i s h e d i n France b e t w e n 1560 a n d 1650. Y A L E U N I V E R S I T Y M E D I C A L L I B R A R Y h a s established the J o h n H . B u m s t e a d M e m o - rial F u n d to h o n o r the late N e w H a v e n physician w h o was an associate clinical pro- fessor i n the Yale School of M e d i c i n e . In- c o m e f r o m c o n t r i b u t i o n s to the f u n d will be used to b u i l d the library's collections. A S S O C I A T I O N A C T I V I T I E S T H E A M E R I C A N A S S O C I A T I O N O F L A W L I - BRARIES has r e c e i v e d a $12,000 grant f r o m the F o r d F o u n d a t i o n "for a study of t h e practicability of p r e p a r i n g an i n d e x of for- e i g n legal periodicals." W i l l i a m B. Stern of t h e Los A n g e l e s C o u n t y L a w Library has b e e n a p p o i n t e d director of t h e project. A l e a d i n g specialist o n f o r e i g n law, h e has l o n g b e e n a p r o p o n e n t of f o r e i g n l a w in- d e x i n g . A t e n t a t i v e r e p o r t o n the project will be m a d e at the fifty-first a n n u a l m e e t i n g of A A L L i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C., J u n e 30- J u l y 3, 1958. T H E A L A C O U N C I L has e n d o r s e d "Librar- ies T o d a y , " a s t a t e m e n t a b o u t the impor- tance of library services i n a free society. Of c o l l e g e a n d research libraries the state- m e n t says: "At the c o l l e g e level w e m u s t p r o v i d e library services to m e e t the n e e d s n o t o n l y of a n e n o r m o u s l y increased enroll- m e n t but also of t h e r e v o l u t i o n a r y n e w de- m a n d s for study a n d research in science, languages, a n d o t h e r r a p i d l y w i d e n i n g fields. T h e great research libraries m u s t b e s t r e n g t h e n e d i n their h o l d i n g s , their biblio- graphical services, a n d their ability to m a k e instantly a v a i l a b l e to A m e r i c a n scientists the results of f o r e i g n , as w e l l as domestic, research. It is i n these libraries that m u c h research begins." T H E P H I L A D E L P H I A C H A P T E R of A C R L h e l d its w i n t e r m e e t i n g o n February 20 i n the a u d i t o r i u m of the Free Library of Phil- a d e l p h i a . Dr. F e l i x Hirsch, librarian of T r e n t o n State C o l l e g e , s p o k e o n the back- g r o u n d of c o l l e g e library standards. R o b e r t S. T a y l o r , associate librarian of L e h i g h U n i - versity, gave his impressions of his year as a F u l b r i g h t lecturer at the T e c h n i s c h e H o g e - school in D e l f t , H o l l a n d . T h e chapter's spring m e e t i n g was h e l d at H a v e r f o r d C o l l e g e o n May 10. T h e con- ference's m a i n o b j e c t i v e was a n investiga- t i o n of interlibrary c o o p e r a t i o n i n the Phil- a d e l p h i a area. R a l p h Esterquest, f o r m e r di- rector of the M i d w e s t Inter-Library Center; L o r e n a Garloch, librarian of P i t t s b u r g h U n i v e r s i t y ; a n d R i c h a r d H a r w e l l , A C R L e x e c u t i v e secretary, addressed the m e e t i n g . T H E A S S O C I A T I O N O F R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S h e l d its fiftieth m e e t i n g at the N e w b e r r y Li- brary in C h i c a g o o n J a n u a r y 27. T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t business was discussion of a n advisory c o m m i t t e e report e n t i t l e d " T h e A R L a n d the P r o b l e m s of R e s e a r c h Librar- ies." It o u t l i n e s a p r o g r a m a n d specifies topics for f u t u r e study a n d possible action. T h e report was a d o p t e d i n p r i n c i p l e , w i t h instructions to the c o m m i t t e e to i m p l e m e n t it (if necessary) w i t h f u r t h e r studies, spe- cial programs a n d m e e t i n g s o n particular topics. A n e w c o m m i t t e e was f o r m e d to im- p r o v e the flow a n d q u a l i t y of i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t e c h n o l o g i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n s to library work a n d to f u r t h e r c o m m u n i c a t i o n s be- t w e e n librarians a n d d o c u m e n t a l i s t s . 238 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES C a t a l o g i n g received e x t e n d e d considera- t i o n as a result of two reports. T h e first o n the progress of the C o m m i t t e e o n Coopera- tive a n d Centralized C a t a l o g i n g l e d to agree- m e n t that a survey s h o u l d be m a d e (if f u n d s can b e f o u n d ) of cataloging practices in research libraries w i t h a v i e w to improv- i n g central sources of relevant i n f o r m a t i o n . T h e second was a report by A n d r e w D . Os- born o n the progress of his study at the Li- brary of Congress o n "cataloging at source"; that is, in the p u b l i s h i n g house. T h e under- lying p r i n c i p l e was endorsed by v o t e of the association. D i s s e m i n a t i o n of Russian technical a n d scientific i n f o r m a t i o n was discussed i n de- tail a n d the association v o t e d affirmatively o n the desirability of g o v e r n m e n t a l action to s p e e d the flow. Resources for Slavic a n d M i d d l e Eastern studies, the F a r m i n g t o n Plan, fair use in p h o t o c o p y i n g a n d the pub- l i s h i n g of doctoral dissertations were the subjects of other progress reports. B U I L D I N G S B R O O K L Y N COLLEGE is erecting a $ 3 , 0 0 0 , - 000 w i n g to its library. S c h e d u l e d for com- p l e t i o n in the spring of 1959, the a d d i t i o n will enlarge the seating capacity f r o m the present 725 to 1,750 readers. Stack space will be increased an a d d i t i o n a l 200,000 v o l u m e s . T h e three-story w i n g will i n c l u d e a music library a n d a p h o t o d u p l i c a t i o n laboratory. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y OF N O R T H D A K O T A h a s b e e n g i v e n $ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 by Chester Fritz, in- ternational i n v e s t m e n t banker, to b u i l d a li- brary b u i l d i n g . Mr. Fritz, w h o a t t e n d e d the university for two years before c o m p l e t i n g his work at the University of W a s h i n g t o n , gave the m o n e y "in r e c o g n i t i o n of the im- p o r t a n t a n d g r o w i n g service of the univer- sity to the entire state." H a v i n g already g i v e n more than $100,000 for scholarships a n d $32,000 for other university projects, h e felt that support was n e e d e d for a library that w o u l d add to the university's stature. T h e present g i f t may be used o n l y for con- struction of a library b u i l d i n g . S A I N T L O U I S U N I V E R S I T Y c e l e b r a t e d t h e l a y - i n g of the cornerstone for the Pius x n M e m o r i a l Library at the mid-year conferring of degrees. Keyes D . Metcalf, librarian emer- itus of Harvard University, was the com- m e n c e m e n t speaker. C i t a t i o n s were present- e d to Charles Herrick C o m p t o n , librarian emeritus, St. Louis Public Library, a n d Clar- e n c e E. Miller, librarian, St. L o u i s Mercan- tile Library, a m o n g others. L I B R A R Y S C H O O L S T H E U N I V E R S I T Y OF C H I C A G O G R A D U A T E L I B R A R Y SCHOOL co-sponsored the second e x e c u t i v e c o n f e r e n c e o n organizing a n d m a n a g i n g i n f o r m a t i o n . H e l d o n March 14, the m e e t i n g p r o v i d e d an o p p o r t u n i t y for executives a n d librarians to share experi- ences in the b u r g e o n i n g field of c o m p a n y special library work. T H E E A S T M A N SCHOOL O F M U S I C will offer its second music library workshop, J u l y 21- 25, 1958. Guest speakers will i n c l u d e Dr. H a r o l d Spivacke, chief, music division, Li- brary of Congress, a n d James Coover, music librarian, Vassar College. Faculty a n d staff members of the school will participate. For more i n f o r m a t i o n , write to Edward Easley, director of admissions, Eastman School of Music, Rochester 4, N . Y. FLORIDA S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y SCHOOL will sponsor the first Southern C o l l e g e a n d Research Library W o r k s h o p in Tallahassee, J u n e 25-27, 1958. B e n j a m i n E. Powell, li- brarian of D u k e University, will k e y n o t e a consideration of Southern library resources. SYRACUSE U N I V E R S I T Y SCHOOL OF L I B R A R Y SCIENCE will feature a workshop o n audio- visual materials in libraries as part of its summer session. Professor Carl H . M e l i n a t will direct a consideration of all aspects of audio-visual work in this field. Further in- f o r m a t i o n may be o b t a i n e d by writing to h i m at the school. T H E T E X A S CHAPTER of Special Libraries Association, has established the Jesse K. B r o w n Memorial L o a n F u n d at the G R A D - U A T E SCHOOL OF L I B R A R Y SCIENCE, U N I V E R - SITY OF T E X A S . In h o n o r of the late Mrs. B r o w n w h o was secretary of the chapter, it will be used to assist students w i t h small loans d u r i n g the p e r i o d of their studies. P U B L I C A T I O N S T H E A U G U S T A N R E P R I N T SOCIETY publishes i n e x p e n s i v e facsimile e d i t i o n s of seventeenth- MAY 1958 239 a n d e i g h t e e n t h - c e n t u r y E n g l i s h works. Reg- ular m e m b e r s pay $3.00 a year a n d receive six p u b l i c a t i o n s . I n d i v i d u a l issues a n d back- list i t e m s are s u p p l i e d at $.60 each. T h e society o p e r a t e s u n d e r the aegis of t h e Clark Library at U C L A . The Chronicle of United Nations Activ- ities has b e g u n p u b l i c a t i o n of a m o n t h l y in- d e x . It gives a c o m p l e t e subject b r e a k d o w n of the work of the U . N . a n d its specialized agencies. T h e i n d e x is p u b l i s h e d at the be- g i n n i n g of each m o n t h . It will be c u m u l a t e d yearly. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S L I B R A R Y h a s p u b l i s h e d The Great Debate: Lincoln vs. Douglas, 1854-1861, a g u i d e to an e x h i b i t of materials f r o m the c o l l e c t i o n of Mr. a n d Mrs. P h i l i p D . Sang of Chicago. P r i n t e d i n t w o colors, the catalog i n c l u d e s a f o r e w o r d by R o b e r t B. D o w n s a n d a n i n t r o d u c t o r y n o t e by Leslie W . D u n l a p w h o selected a n d a n n o t a t e d the materials. Ad Memoriam Caroli Linnaei is a hand- s o m e l y p r i n t e d a n d illustrated catalog of the recent L i n n a e u s e x h i b i t at t h e U N I V E R - SITY OF K A N S A S L I B R A R Y at L a w r e n c e . T h i s p u b l i c a t i o n of the U n i v e r s i t y of Kansas Li- brary c o m m e m o r a t e s t h e 2 5 0 t h anniversary of the birth of the great S w e d i s h naturalist. T H E N E W YORK P U B L I C L I B R A R Y h a s p r o - d u c e d A Bibliography of the Writings of Noah Webster, c o m p i l e d by Mrs. E m i l y Ells- w o r t h F o r d Skeel a n d e d i t e d by Dr. E d w i n H . Carpenter, Jr. R e p r e s e n t i n g a c o n t i n u i n g work of m o r e t h a n forty years, the bibliog- raphy totals 732 pages a n d appears i n a l i m i t e d e d i t i o n of 500 copies. It is avail- a b l e f r o m t h e P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s Office, N e w York P u b l i c Library, N e w York 18, at $12.50. T H E N O R T H C A R O L I N A INTERLIBRARY C E N - TER has issued the first n u m b e r of the North Carolina Interlibrary Center News. T h o s e i n t e r e s t e d i n r e c e i v i n g this m o n t h l y publica- t i o n s h o u l d address requests to I. T . Little- ton, acting director, Interlibrary Center, U n i v e r s i t y of N o r t h Carolina, C h a p e l H i l l . T H E L I B R A R Y OF CONGRESS has b e e n au- thorized to arrange, i n d e x a n d m i c r o f i l m the papers of the twenty-three Presidents i n its c o l l e c t i o n . P u b l i c L a w 85-147, 85th Con- gress, p r o v i d e s $720,000 for this p u r p o s e . Positive prints of the nearly three m i l l i o n microfilm e x p o s u r e s will sell for an esti- m a t e d $20,000. T H E S T A T E H I S T O R I C A L SOCIETY OF W I S - CONSIN has p u b l i s h e d Guide to Wisconsin Newspapers, 1833-1957, c o m p i l e d by D o n a l d E. Oehlerts. A c o m p l e t e survey of every n e w s p a p e r k n o w n to h a v e b e e n p u b l i s h e d i n the state, it lists 2,259 titles w i t h dates of p u b l i c a t i o n , editors a n d l o c a t i o n of copies. T h e v o l u m e is available f r o m the society i n M a d i s o n for $8.00 a copy. XEROGRAPHY assumes n e w i m p o r t a n c e as a m e d i u m for scholarly p u b l i c a t i o n i n the light of a n a n n o u n c e m e n t f r o m U n i v e r s i t y Microfilms, A n n Arbor, M i c h . T h e firm of- fers X e r o x prints of all doctoral dissertations f r o m g r a d u a t e schools p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n the n a t i o n w i d e m i c r o f i l m program. Prints meas- u r i n g 51/2" x 81/," will be a v a i l a b l e in roll f o r m at a cost of f o u r cents a p a g e (min- i m u m charge: $2.00). For an a d d i t i o n a l charge of $1.50 the p a g e s will be cut a n d a s s e m b l e d i n a plastic spiral b i n d e r . O n l y c o m p l e t e dissertations will be f u r n i s h e d by this process. Selected pages are available as p h o t o g r a p h i c e n l a r g e m e n t s at t w e n t y cents a page. Human Relations in Industrial Research Management, Including Papers from the Sixth and Seventh Annual Conferences on Industrial Research, Columbia University, 1955 and 1956, e d i t e d by R o b e r t T . Livings- t o n a n d Stanley M i l b e r g ( C o l u m b i a U n i v e r - sity Press, 1957, 418 p., $8.50), c o n t a i n s a series of papers of particular interest t o re- search librarians. T h e five parts of the b o o k — t h e e x p e c t a t i o n s a n d j o b s of research, the i n d i v i d u a l a n d the research job, research or- g a n i z a t i o n a n d t h e m a n a g e m e n t jobs, s o m e aspects of h u m a n relations, a n d m a n a g e r i a l t e c h n o l o g i e s — a r e d e v e l o p e d f r o m selected papers f r o m the t w o c o n f e r e n c e s . " T h e R o l e of C o m m u n i c a t i o n s i n Research," by D a v i d B. H e r t z a n d A l b e r t H . R u b e n s t e i n , is of direct c o n c e r n to librarians i n their efforts to work w i t h researchers. O t h e r papers con- tribute to an u n d e r s t a n d i n g of s o m e of the special p r o b l e m s of p e r s o n n e l i n v o l v e d i n industrial research. M I S C E L L A N E O U S T H E ASIA FOUNDATION, a n o n - p r o f i t , n o n - p o l i t i c a l o r g a n i z a t i o n , solicits c o n t r i b u t i o n s 240 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES of books on the college and university level, published later than 1947, and works of standard authors regardless of date. Trans- portation costs for substantial shipments will be borne by the f o u n d a t i o n . Address Books for Asian Students, 21 D r u m m Street, San Francisco 11. T H E FEASIBILITY of standardizing and test- ing e q u i p m e n t used by libraries is being studied by J o h n H . Ottemiller, associate li- brarian of Yale University, under the aus- pices of ALA. T h e Council on Library Re- sources has made a grant of $14,944 to fi- nance the six-month project. A FILM depicting the usefulness of the modern library has w o n an award for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute M o t i o n Pic- ture U n i t . "King Size Diary" was photo- graphed in the VPI Library with Seymour R o b b as technical adviser. T h e film is avail- able for loan or purchase (price: $100). RECRUITING FOR LIBRARIANSHIP gets a boost from an attractive booklet prepared by the C h a n n i n g L. Bete Company of Greenfield, Mass. Called "Librarian Wanted," the 16- page scriptographic pamphlet is designed primarily for distribution by guidance and vocational advisors in schools but the light- hearted yet accurate presentation will make it useful to all who are concerned with re- cruiting. Single copies can be obtained from the publisher for $.25 each. Larger quantities are available at a substantial discount. T H E A . S . W . R O S E N B A C H LECTURES a t t h e University of Pennsylvania were given this year by Dr. W i l l i a m Charvat, professor of English at O h i o State University. His topic was "Literary Publishing in America, 1790- 1850," concerning publishing centers of the period, relationships between authors and publishers, and various problems of book production. T h e lectures should appear in book form within the year. T h e SIXTH A N N U A L SOUTHERN BOOKS C O M - PETITION has published an annotated list of thirty-six books issued by fourteen Southern printers and publishers in 1957 which are distinguished for their physical appearance. As in past years, the w i n n i n g books will be sent on tour. Exhibit schedules are available from Lawrence S. T h o m p s o n , University of Kentucky Library, Lexington. "THE USEFUL ATOM" a U n i t e d S t a t e s Atomic Energy Commission circulating pack- age exhibit is available free for display in li- braries throughout the nation. Comprised of eight poster panels and an atomic power plant model, the exhibit is i n t e n d e d to stim- ulate lay reading in nuclear science. Re- quests for display scheduling should be sent to the American Museum of Atomic Energy, Box 117, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. T H E UNIVERSITY OF W Y O M I N G LIBRARY h a s established a petroleum history and research center. It will acquire and organize materials essential for scholarly work in this field. College Library Buildings Institute T h e A C R L Building and E q u i p m e n t Committee of the Buildings and E q u i p m e n t Section of the Library Administration Division will hold a buildings institute on July 11 and 12 in San Francisco. It will be held in the Richard A. Gleeson Library, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street. T h e fee for this institute is $25 which includes meals, accommodations for Friday night, a bus trip to new library buildings, and a copy of the proceedings of the institute. Registration is limited to one h u n d r e d . T h e focus of the meeting will be on junior college and small college library buildings. T h e r e will also be a general discussion of the needs and requirements of junior college libraries. Reservations should be sent, with a check for $25, before June 10 to Edwin T . Coman Jr., Librarian, University of California, Riverside, Cal- ifornia. MAY 1958 241 Personnel J O H N M I N T O D A W S O N l e f t his p o s i t i o n as assistant director of p r e p a r a t i o n s at the U n i - versity of C h i c a g o Library to b e c o m e direc- tor of libraries at the U n i v e r s i t y of D e l a w a r e i n A p r i l , 1958. B e f o r e j o i n i n g t h e staff at C h i c a g o i n 1948, h e h a d served as business m a n a g e r of the U n i - versity of A l a b a m a Library, h a d b e e n o n d u t y w i t h the U . S. A r m y f o r three years, a n d h a d b e e n assistant librarian of T u l a n e U n i v e r s i t y Library. H e r e c e i v e d his P h . D . f r o m the G r a d u a t e Library School in 1956, h a v i n g t h e n c o m p l e t e d an i m p o r t a n t study of cer- tain aspects of centralized c a t a l o g i n g . W h i l e the v a r i o u s d e p a r t m e n t s of the Li- brary c o n c e r n e d w i t h the a c q u i s i t i o n a n d p r e p a r a t i o n of materials h a d b e e n adminis- tratively c o n s o l i d a t e d b e f o r e 1948, a variety of p r o c e d u r e s r e q u i r e d further i n t e g r a t i o n , c o o r d i n a t i o n , a n d s i m p l i f i c a t i o n ; it is i n this g e n e r a l area that J o h n D a w s o n has c e n t e r e d m u c h of his a t t e n t i o n , a n d i n d o i n g so h e has carried t h r o u g h a w i d e variety of basic i m p r o v e m e n t s i n the Library's o p e r a t i o n s . S o m e of these i n n o v a t i o n s h a v e n o w c o m e i n t o use by a c o n s i d e r a b l e n u m b e r of librar- ies, n o t a b l y the p r o c e d u r e of p r e p a r i n g catalog cards by X e r o x r e p r o d u c t i o n a n d offset p r i n t i n g . Mr. D a w s o n ' s k n o w l e d g e o f , a n d interest i n almost all phases of library o p e r a t i o n s , his ability to analyze a p r o b l e m a n d find the key issues, his h i g h standards a n d sense of responsibility, his w i l l i n g n e s s to disturb the status quo i n the interests of greater library effectiveness a n d efficiency, his vigorous, b u t m e t i c u l o u s f o l l o w i n g t h r o u g h o n a p r o b l e m or a procedure, a n d his f r i e n d l y personality have all c o m b i n e d to m a k e h i m a v a l u a b l e a n d s t i m u l a t i n g c o l l e a g u e . W h i l e C h i c a g o will miss h i m very m u c h , w e are also p l e a s e d that he has b e e n g i v e n the r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of carrying t h r o u g h a p r o j e c t e d program of very active library d e v e l o p m e n t at the U n i - versity of D e l a w a r e . — H e r m a n H. Fussier. N . ORWIN R U S H o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f W y o m i n g assumed the directorship of the Florida State U n i v e r s i t y Library o n January 1, 1958. Mr. R u s h brings d i s t i n g u i s h e d a n d v a r i e d c o l l e g e a n d university library ex- p e r i e n c e to his n e w post. A s the first ex- e c u t i v e secretary of t h e A C R L , Mr. R u s h has w o r k e d w i t h m a n y of t h e li- braries of institu- t i o n s of h i g h e r edu- c a t i o n in the n a t i o n . Nm Orwin Rush U n d e r his e n e r g e t i c a n d creative l e a d e r s h i p A C R L b e g a n a n e w era of d e v e l o p m e n t a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l or- g a n i z a t i o n . Mr. R u s h was S e n i o r F u l b r i g h t F e l l o w to the U n i t e d K i n g d o m . H e has b e e n direc- tor of libraries of the U n i v e r s i t y of W y o - m i n g , Clark U n i v e r s i t y , a n d C o l b y C o l l e g e . As past p r e s i d e n t of the R o c k y M o u n t a i n a n d Plains Library Association, a n d a n ac- tive leader in c o l l e g e a n d university librar- ies o r g a n i z a t i o n , Mr. R u s h has b r o u g h t s t a t e s m a n s h i p t o all of his c o m m i t t e e work a n d e l e c t e d offices. T h e library a n d c a m p u s of Florida State U n i v e r s i t y are l o o k i n g for- ward to a n e w p e r i o d of scholarly a n d re- search g r o w t h a n d d e v e l o p m e n t u n d e r Mr. Rush's leadership. K E N N E T H W . S O D E R L A N D has b e e n a p p o i n t - ed assistant director for p r e p a r a t i o n s at the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o Library. Mr. Soder- l a n d h o l d s t w o master's degrees f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y of W a s h i n g t o n i n library science a n d i n S c a n d i n a v i a n l a n g u a g e s a n d litera- ture. B e f o r e c o m i n g to the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o Library i n 1956 as h e a d of the c a t a l o g i n g d e p a r t m e n t , h e was s e n i o r cata- loger at the Library of Congress. In addi- t i o n to his n e w responsibilities, Mr. Soder- John M. Dawson 242 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES land will continue to serve as head of cata- loging for the present. PAGE ACKERMAN, a s s i s t a n t l i b r a r i a n , U C L A Library, represented A C R L at the c o n v e n t i o n of the N a t i o n a l Association of College Stores in Los Angeles, April 8-11. D A L E M. B E N T Z , associate director of li- braries, Iowa State University, represented ALA and A C R L at the observance of the Centennial of Iowa State College at Ames, o n March 22. J O S E P H I N E P. SHERRILL, librarian, Livings- stone College, Salisbury, N o r t h Carolina, represented A L A and A C R L at the inau- guration of Dr. R u f u s Patterson Perry as president of Johnson C. Smith University at Charlotte, N o r t h Carolina, and the ob- servance of the ninety-first anniversary of the f o u n d i n g of the university o n April 7. L A W R E N C E S . T H O M P S O N , director of li- braries, University of Kentucky, Lexington, represented ALA and A C R L at the inau- guration of Dr. Irvin E. Lunger as president of Transylvania College, L e x i n g t o n , Ken- tucky, o n April 15. T h e T E N N E S S E E L I B R A R Y ASSOCIATION e l e c t - ed the following officers at its annual con- vention, March 15-15, 1958: M A R T H A L . E L L I S O N , p r e s i d e n t ; R U T H R I N G O , v i c e - p r e s i - d e n t and president-elect; ADA MCCAA, sec- retary; and J O H N N I E G I V E N S , treasurer. W I L B U R F. H E L M B O L D , librarian of How- ard College, Birmingham, Alabama, repre- sented ALA and A C R L at the inauguration of Henry King Stanford as president of Birmingham-Southern College o n April 11. J O S E P H H . R E A S O N , director of libraries, Howard University. Washington, D. C., rep- resented A L A and A C R L at the inaugura- tion of William Joseph M c D o n a l d as Rector of the Catholic University of America on April 16. Appointments FRANCIS L . B E R K E L E Y , J R . , c u r a t o r o f m a n - uscripts at the University of Virginia, n o w also holds the post of associate librarian. JAMES M. B A B C O C K , formerly assistant archivist of the University of Oklahoma, is n o w chief of the Burton Historical Collec- tion, Detroit Public Library. JOE H A R D E N B A I L E Y , formerly librarian at West T e x a s State College (1955-1957), is n o w associate librarian at N o r t h T e x a s State College, D e n t o n . R I C H A R D K . B R O M E is n o w with the ref- erence and bibliography section of the U C L A Library. SPENCER A. B R O W N , formerly circulation li- brarian, Associated Colleges, Claremont, California, is assistant catalog librarian, Col- gate University. GRANT T . DEAN is n o w c a t a l o g e r , C h i c a g o Historical Society. K A T H A R I N E S. D I E H L , formerly librarian of the South Georgia College, Douglas, is now associate professor and head of the Depart- ment of Library Service, College of Educa- tion, University of Tennessee. D O R O T H Y R . D R A G O N E T T E is now head of the acquisitions section of the U C L A Bio- medical Library. M I C H A E L D U R K A N , formerly librarian of the A t h l o n e Branch Library in Ireland, is a cataloger in the Olin Library, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. EDNA F . DWYER is n o w c i r c u l a t i o n l i b r a r - ian at the Idaho State College Library. L A U R A B E L L E E A K I N , formerly chief librar- ian of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Pittsburgh, is reference librarian of the Falk Library of H e a l t h Professions, Univer- sity of Pittsburgh. G L E N O R A EDWARDS is head of the docu- ments division, University of Pittsburgh Li- brary. J O A N F R A N K E L is n o w assistant librarian at N e w t o n College of the Sacred Heart, New- ton, Mass. H U G H L. ELSBREE is director of legislative reference service at the Library of Congress. J O H N E . G A L E J S is instructor and serials li- brarian, Iowa State College Library. A N T H O N Y G R E C O , J R . is periodicals reading room librarian at the U C L A Library. C L I F F O R D R. J O H N S O N has been a p p o i n t e d librarian of the Ford Foundation. E L E A N O R J O H N S O N will become bio-med- ical librarian at the University of Chicago on J u n e 15. MAY 1958 243 A N N A K A L N I N S is instructor and classifier, Iowa State College Library. W . A . KOZUMPLIK is n o w c h i e f o f t h e T e c h n i c a l Information Branch, Air Force Special W e a p o n s Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, N e w Mexico. EUGENIA D . L E J E U N E is librarian of the George C. Marshall Research Center, Vir- ginia Military Institute, L e x i n g t o n , Virginia. M I R I A M LUCKER LESLEY is archivist, Arch- ives of American Art, Detroit Institute of Art. W Y N I F R E D L E M A I T R E , formerly cataloger at the Harvard University Library, is n o w a cataloger at the Vassar College Library. B E R Y L L E V I N E has been a p p o i n t e d refer- ence assistant at Northwestern University Li- brary. GEORGE R . L E W I S , formerly with the Bay- lor University Library, is head of the Cir- culation Department of the Alabama Poly- technic Institute Library, Auburn. M A R Y R I T A LINDBERG, formerly an Army librarian in Japan, is assistant cataloger in the I d a h o State College Library. SARA R. M A C K , formerly librarian of the Mt. Penn H i g h School, Reading, Pennsylva- nia, is assistant librarian of the Kutztown State Teachers College Library, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. K A T H E R I N E L. M A G R A W , formerly with the U . S. Air Force libraries in Europe, is head of the Book Selection and Acquisition Sec- tion, Library Services Branch, Bureau of Naval Personnel. S A M U E L MARGOLIS is n o w with the acquisi- tions department, U C L A Library. M A R I E F . MAROSCIA i s n o w c a t a l o g i n g l i - brarian, Central T e c h n i c a l Processes, Bell T e l e p h o n e Laboratories, N e w York City. R U T H M A R T I N is cataloger at N e w t o n Col- lege of the Sacred Heart, N e w t o n , Mass. E U G E N E J. M I L L I C H , formerly with the University of Minnesota Library, is reference librarian at the Wisconsin State College, La- Crosse. C L A R A R A L M O N is n o w with the cataloging department of the U C L A Library. MARGARET R A T H B O N E , formerly with the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, is li- brarian of the H u m a n Resources Research Office Library, George W a s h i n g t o n Univer- sity, Washington, D. C. R A C H E L R O T H is n o w periodicals librarian at the N e w York University-Bellevue Med- ical Center. L O U I S E SAVAGE, chief of acquisitions at the University of Virginia, n o w also holds the post of associate librarian. C Y N T H I A F U R N E A U X T U C K E R i s s e r i a l s l i - brarian, Amherst College Library. R U T H M. T O L S O N , formerly assistant cat- aloger, Florida A. & M. University, is cat- aloger, H a m p t o n Institute Library. J O H N W E A T H E R F O R D , formerly manuscripts librarian of the O h i o Historical Society, is assistant to the director, Miami University Library, Oxford, Ohio. J O H N P. W I L K I N S O N , formerly assistant li- brarian of Ontario College, College of Ed- ucation, is n o w assistant director of librar- ies for social studies at the University of Nebraska. RUTH K . YOST, a s s i s t a n t l i b r a r i a n o f t h e Kutztown State Teachers College Library, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, since 1952, is now head librarian. T h e Library of Congress has a n n o u n c e d the a p p o i n t m e n t of six new interns: A N N E R. BYRD, University of Illinois; KAY D . G U I L E S , University of Michigan; S T E P H E N R . S A L M O N , University of California; R O D N E Y G. SARLE, University of N o r t h Carolina; and J A M E S R. T H R A S H , Western Reserve. N e w a p p o i n t m e n t s in the University of Pittsburgh Library include the following: MARGARET A L L A N , trainee; H E L E N H O C H , cat- aloger of foreign publications; F R A N K M C - GOWAN, b i b l i o g r a p h e r . Retirements B E U L A H O. A L L E N , head, Catalog Depart- ment, Carol M. N e w m a n Library, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, retired December 31, 1957. Miss A l l e n had served the V.P.I. Library for nearly twenty-nine years, the last ten as head of the Catalog Department. M A R Y E L L E N L E W I S , librarian of the Kutz- town State Teachers College Library, Kutz- town, Pennsylvania, for n i n e t e e n years, re- tired on January 23, 1958. L O T T I E BRASHEARS, associate librarian of the N o r t h T e x a s State College, retired o n 244 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES January 31, 1958, after thirty-six years of service. She has served in various capacities in the library, as associate librarian since 1947 and as acting librarian o n five oc- casions. MYRA E . WHITE, l i b r a r i a n o f N o r t h e a s t - ern University, Boston, since 1920, retired on N o v e m b e r 30, 1957. G L A D Y S F. P R A T T retired from the librar- ianship of the Massachusetts State College, Framingham, October 1, 1957. She had served in this position since 1941. E L L E I N E H . STONES, chief of the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library since 1941, retired on N o v e m b e r 1, 1957. Necrology ANNA L . FRENCH, l i b r a r i a n o f W e s t e r n Michigan University from 1907 until her re- tirement in 1946, died on February 23, 1958. D u r i n g her l o n g tenure the present library building, n o w about to be vacated for a new building, was constructed, and she saw the book collection rise from n o n e to 63,000 volumes. MILDRED R . J O H N S T O N , librarian of the Alabama State Teachers College, died on December 15, 1957. B E T H R I C E M I L L E R ( M r s . W h a r t o n M i l l e r ) died on February 11, 1958. She served o n public library staffs in Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Syracuse; and from 1927 until her re- tirement in 1955, was assistant professor in the Syracuse University School of Library Science. FRANKLIN H A I N E S PRICE, chief librarian of the Free Library of Philadelphia for eighteen years, died o n January 9, 1958. EDNA WILLIAMS, a s s i s t a n t c a t a l o g l i b r a r i a n of Colorado State College, died on Novem- ber 12, 1957, at the age of thirty-seven. CHARLES E . R U S H , retired director of li- braries and professor of library science at the University of N o r t h Carolina, d i e d o n Friday, January 31, 1958, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage on the previous day. Since his retirement in June, 1954, Mr. and Mrs. R u s h had c o n t i n u e d to live in Chapel Hill. U n t i l the time of his death, Mr. R u s h remained active in civic and professional affairs in the Chapel H i l l community. A full account of Mr. Rush's career was published in this magazine on the occasion of his re- tirement. (XV 1954, 465-66.) L o u i s H . BOLANDER, librarian emeritus of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., died on December 12, 1957, at the age of sixty-seven. H e served in the Naval Acad- emy Library from 1925 to 1956, as head librarian from 1946 to 1956. JOHN P . DULLARD, N e w J e r s e y S t a t e li- brarian from 1915 until 1945, died on Oc- tober 7, 1957, at the age of ninety-five. M I N N I E W O H L A U E R , periodicals librarian of the Neuropsychiatric Library at the N e w York University-Bellevue Medical Center, died on January 17, 1958. Foreign Libraries H E R B E R T D I C K M A N N , director of the library of the Verein Deutscher Eisenhiittenwerke, Diisseldorf, retired o n December 31, 1957. H i s successor is G U N T H E R B A U H O F F . H E I N Z G I T T I G has been head of the In- formation Division of the Berlin Staatsbib- liothek since December 1, 1957. M A N F R E D KRUGER has been director of the library of the Deutsches Institut fur Rechts- wissenschaft, Potsdam, since January 1, 1958. E R W I N W E I S , director of the Bibliothek fur Zeitgeschichte, Stuttgart, died on January 7, 1958, at the age of forty-six. K A R L A S S M A N N , director of the Sachsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden, retired o n Oc- tober 1, 1957, at the age of sixty-seven. W A L T E R B A U H U I S , formerly with the Uni- versity of Heidelberg Library, is n o w direc- tor of the University of Munster Library. FRIEDRICH B U S C H retired from the direc- torship of the H a n n o v e r Stadtbibliothek o n January 5, 1956. H e was succeeded by ROLF K L U T H of the Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek in Berlin. ERNEST ZUNKER became director of the University of Greifswald Library o n Janu- ary 2, 1957. MAY 1958 245 The S C A D Report: The Place of the A C R L in the Reorganized A L A T h e Special Committee on Activities De- v e l o p m e n t of A C R L stems directly from the reorganization of the A L A i n t o five major associations of libraries in specific fields and seven, at the moment, type-of-activity divi- sions concerned with the e x e c u t i o n of the varied functions of libraries. T h e Commit- tee is inherent, perhaps, in the increasing complexity of the entire library situation and the ways in which this has expressed it- self in a multiplicity of associational efforts, organizations, and committees. Specifically, its origin, o n paper, rests in a thoughtful letter of N o v e m b e r 21, 1956 from Samray Smith, interim executive secretary of A C R L , to our then president R o b e r t Orr. In this letter Mr. Smith listed the chief problems of college and university libraries as compiled by Dr. Frederick W a g m a n and p o i n t e d out that they included some areas in which A C R L has made solid contributions but others in which it has d o n e nothing. H e p o i n t e d out that in the reorganization A C R L had b e e n assured that w h i l e the As- sociation w o u l d be relieved of h o u s e k e e p i n g chores this w o u l d enable it to devote its en- ergies to "bigger things" a n d to "larger areas of greater need." H e suggested that a Special Committee be established to deter- m i n e what these "bigger things" and "areas of greater need" are and h o w A C R L can meet and solve them. From this came SCAD. T h i s present activities committee differs from all earlier A C R L activities committees in that it is n o t concerned, except second- arily, with the associational machinery and structure. W e have been asked rather to think about our place in the newly and sub- stantially reorganized A L A which our A C R L leaders have fully accepted and which, in- deed, they have had a part in fashioning. W e have b e e n requested to make recom- mendations as to what A C R L can do w i t h i n the new-look A L A and h o w we can c o n t i n u e to be the strong and virile association we have become. W e have approached this as- signment in a spirit of g o o d will and with the thought that a sincere effort should be made to make the shifting of authority and respon- sibility, as required by the new machinery, not only work, but work better than any- thing we have had u p to now. W e w o u l d be less than honest, however, if we did not ad- mit that, as we have struggled with our as- signment, and as we sat in meetings and visited in corridors in Chicago, where all but o n e of us was present, and as we have mar- velled at the proliferation of sections and committees, doubts have begun to rise in the in the minds of some of us about the work- ability of the new A L A . A P P R O A C H E S TO T H E P R O B L E M Our first step was to study the specific areas of responsibility, which have through the reorganization been assigned to A C R L . N e x t we asked ourselves, what are the "big- ger things" and "areas of greater need" to which A C R L should be able to give in- creased attention n o w that it is the intent to relieve it of responsibility for the specific ac- tivities of our libraries at the level of execu- tion. W e did this within the framework of the six assigned areas of responsibility and of the transfer under the reorganization of the functions of our committees on audio-visual work, buildings, recruiting, and statistics to other divisions of A L A . It was early apparent that everything d e p e n d e d u p o n the inter- pretation of the six areas of responsibility. U n d e r a broad interpretation a rich and fruitful program could, we thought, be car- ried out. U n d e r a narrow interpretation much of what we m i g h t envisage d o i n g w o u l d fall to the "doing" divisions of ALA. H E L P IS A S K E D As we p o n d e r e d the possible functions, projects, and accomplishments of A C R L , w i t h i n its assigned areas of responsibility we felt, each of us, that we were somehow not b e i n g very imaginative. "Bigger things" and "areas of greater responsibility" sounded so good, a n d appeared to promise so much that it seemed, somehow, as if some n e w and 246 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES exciting things could be suggested to the As- sociation. Because we, within the committee, felt that our ideas were not exciting in any sense of newness and because we felt too that some of the things we did think of were con- siderably restricted by the six assigned areas of responsibility we turned to other mem- bers of the association for help. W e did this by each making a list of twen- ty "dedicated" librarians within his or her kind and size of library. It was not by de- sign that this request went, after elimina- tion of duplicative suggestions by commit- tee members, to exactly one hundred peo- ple. T o these hundred p e o p l e representing all the kinds of libraries which constitute A C R L , we directed a simple o n e page re- quest. W e asked: W h a t are the problems of college, university, and research libraries to which the reorganized A C R L should be addressing its energies? What are "the bigger things" A C R L can do n o w that its housekeeping chores have been assigned to the activities di- visions? W e requested each of our "dedicated" peo- ple to set down in priority sequence the six most urgent and important problems faced by his or her type of college or university library. W e also asked that, this having been done, each of the six problems be related to the assigned areas of responsibility to see if it fell within any of these areas or if it w o u l d fall instead in the province of o n e of the type-of-activity divisions. T o these questions we got h e l p f u l replies. It turned out though that if our o n e hun- dred p e o p l e were "dedicated" sixty-eight of them were not dedicated e n o u g h to h e l p us with our assignment. Actually our percent- age of replies was about the same as in the replies to an association-wide questionnaire sent out in 1946 by the Brown C o m m i t t e e on the Relations of A C R L to ALA. Since we had, or thought we had, a picked group of people, we had expected a much higher percentage of replies than we got. T h e thirty-two p e o p l e w h o did h e l p us made u p in the quality of their replies for the quantitative lack of responses. T h e r e was considerable unanimity in their answers. It is possible that even these few responses, however scanty, were enough to establish a kind of associational o p i n i o n pattern. T h r e e things were apparent in the replies, as they were in our own earlier answers to the same questions. T h e s e are: (1) Much, very much, depends on h o w the areas of responsibility are interpreted. (2) U n d e r a broad inter- pretation, which most of our respondents applied, A C R L can, within the areas of re- sponsibilities, continue an enriching and constructive program. (3) T h e problems we face are the same old problems libraries have always faced. T h e i r importance and urgency have changed, though, with the climate of the times. F U N D A M E N T A L S AND H I S T O R Y Our problems, as our gathering together and detailing of them will show, are con- cerned with, and revolve around, the three basic fundamentals that have been central in all library affairs from ancient times to the present: books, people, shelter. T h e s e ele- ments were present in the very first, simple, one-man or part-of-one-man library, just as they are present now. T o have a library there must first of all be books. People must take care of these books. B o t h the books and the p e o p l e w h o care for them, w h o or- ganize or interpret them, must have shelter. Books and the buildings that shelter them come into being only through h u m a n effort and achievement. In the final analysis these fundamentals must, in the modern sense, be equated in terms of money. T h e only thing that is different, as compared with earlier times, is a tremendous increase in mass and complexity. N o w , as always, A C R L and every other li- brary association must be chiefly and direct- ly concerned with these fundamentals. Our committee has proceeded with its assignment in the sure knowledge that this is so. W e have been and are continuously and keenly aware that A C R L should be, or should be made to be, an organization which can do constructive and g o o d things, with a min- imum of effort, about the basic essentials of libraries and librarianship. For further background for our assign- m e n t we have reviewed the history of college and university librarians w i t h i n ALA, and the origins of A C R L , as briefly presented in MAY 1958 247 the ACRL Organization Manual of 1956. It is significant, w e feel, that c o l l e g e a n d uni- versity librarians have b e e n , for t h e most part, an u n h a p p y s e g m e n t of A L A . T h i s un- h a p p i n e s s a n d the r e s u l t i n g u n e a s y partner- ship, as well as the birth of A C R L i n con- troversy, the o r g a n i z a t i o n m a n u a l d o c u m e n t s . F o r t u n a t e l y these a t t i t u d e s a n d r e l a t i o n s h i p s c h a n g e d for the b e t t e r s o o n after the f o u n d - i n g of A C R L . O u r association has, since it came i n t o b e i n g o n May 30, 1940, as a ma- jor d i v i s i o n of A L A , had a rich a n d con- structive p r o g r a m of a c h i e v e m e n t , a n d dis- c o n t e n t w i t h the parent association has all but d i s a p p e a r e d . N o w , u n d e r the reorganiza- tion, w h i c h w o u l d drastically c h a n g e our m e t h o d s of o p e r a t i o n a n d o u r ways of as- sociational life, we are at a n o t h e r testing time. O u r c o m m i t t e e fully recognizes that the w h o l e m o t i v a t i o n a n d i n t e n t of the reorgan- ization is to p r o v i d e the m e c h a n i s m s for a constructive a n d u n i f i e d a p p r o a c h , w i t h i n a s i n g l e large p a r e n t association, to the in- creasingly c o m p l e x a n d varied p r o b l e m s of libraries a n d librarianship. W i t h this i n t e n t a n d m o t i v a t i o n we are fully, heartily, a n d w e b e l i e v e , constructively, in accord. W e must, nevertheless, in this analysis, a t t e m p t to l o o k t h e facts as w e see t h e m a n d the e v o l v i n g associational pattern, as w e under- stand it, f u l l y i n the eye. T h e 1940 o r g a n i z a t i o n a l c o m m i t t e e of A C R L e v o l v e d the f o l l o w i n g t e n well con- c e i v e d cardinal p o l i c i e s for the n e w associa- t i o n : 1. B u i l d an effective organization. 2. M a k e the present affiliation w i t h A L A a f r u i t f u l r e l a t i o n s h i p . 3. P r o v i d e c o n t i n u i t y of leadership. 4. C u l t i v a t e m u t u a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g b e t w e e n librarians a n d their c o l l e a g u e s i n l e a r n e d societies a n d o t h e r p r o f e s s i o n a l associa- tions. 5. Enlist all career m e m b e r s of c o l l e g e a n d research library staffs as m e m b e r s of the association. 6. P l a n s t i m u l a t i n g m e e t i n g s . 7. E n c o u r a g e research a n d study by librar- ians. 8. I n i t i a t e p u b l i c a t i o n s . 9. S p o n s o r a program of activities i n behalf of college, university, a n d research li- braries by: a. F u r t h e r i n g the use of e d u c a t i o n a l libraries. b. B r o a d e n i n g the basis of c o o p e r a t i o n a m o n g libraries. c. A i d i n g the scholar. d. C u l t i v a t i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l under- s t a n d i n g . 10. S u p p o r t College and Research Libraries. T h e s e ten p r i n c i p l e s were i n d e e d cardinal, so m u c h so that they can still stand u n a l t e r e d as a g u i d e for us. O u r c o m m i t t e e has ori- e n t e d a n d w i l l c o n t i n u e to o r i e n t its think- i n g a n d p l a n n i n g a r o u n d them. N E W A R E A S OF R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y A g a i n s t the b a c k g r o u n d of o u r history a n d the ten basic p r i n c i p l e s a b o v e , w e present the chief p r o b l e m s n o w f a c i n g college, uni- versity, a n d research libraries as w e h a v e de- t e r m i n e d t h e m w i t h t h e aid of our thirty- t w o r e s p o n d e n t s . W e d o this by l i s t i n g the six areas of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y assigned to A C R L in the reorganization. U n d e r each respon- sibility w e h a v e g r o u p e d , as f o l l o w s , the p r o b l e m s w h i c h w e a n d m a n y of our help- ers f e e l can be attacked w i t h i n that respon- sibility. T h e p r o b l e m s listed are set d o w n en- tirely i n u n w e i g h t e d order. 1. P l a n n i n g programs of study a n d service for c o l l e g e a n d university, research, a n d spe- cialized libraries. (a) A s s u m e l e a d e r s h i p in, c o n d u c t stud- ies of, seek f u n d s for s o l u t i o n of the prob- l e m s of c o n t r o l l i n g the massive literature of o u r times, (b) Study h a n d l i n g of the b o o k i n its n e w e r a u d i o visual forms. Shall this be by t r a d i t i o n a l library, or by an off-shoot of it, or by an a u t o n o m o u s a u d i o visual center? (c) C o n d u c t studies of the rising cost of all b o o k s a n d the i m p l i c a t i o n s of these costs for libraries, (d) A n a l y z e a n d b r i n g i n r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s a b o u t c h a n g i n g d e m a n d s for books created by c h a n g i n g curriculums a n d e x p a n d i n g research pro- grams, contract or i n s t i t u t i o n based, (e) Study n e e d to s p e e d u p a c q u i s i t i o n s to k e e p abreast of fast-paced p r o d u c t i o n of materials i n a w i d e variety of forms, (f) Study role a n d s c o p e of a materials center, (g) D e v e l o p a c q u i s i t i o n policies, relative 248 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES to the size of collections, discarding of ob- solete materials, the d e v e l o p m e n t of selec- t i o n aids, (h) M a i n t a i n up-to-date statis- tics. (i) O r i e n t students a n d instruct t h e m in use of the library, i n c l u d i n g p r o v i s i o n of o p p o r t u n i t i e s for i n d e p e n d e n t work and reading, (j) C o n t i n u e studies of n e e d for d e p a r t m e n t a l libraries i n the l i g h t of the e v o l v i n g a n d c h a n g i n g h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n a l scene, (k) Create subject sections in addi- t i o n to pure a n d a p p l i e d sciences. T h i s is probably p r o v i d e d for in the n e w Subject Specialists Section organized in Chicago. (1) G i v e a t t e n t i o n to, a n d d e v e l o p ways of k e e p i n g abreast of d e v e l o p m e n t s in, as well as the i m p l i c a t i o n s of, the n e w e r com- m u n i c a t i o n t e c h n o l o g i e s . (m) R e v i v e u n d e r college a n d university auspices cur- rent b o o k r e v i e w services, similar to U. S. Quarterly Book Review, (n) D e v e l o p core lists of books: for teachers colleges; for j u n i o r colleges; general lists of basic books o n m o d e l of Shaw list a n d / o r the L a m o n t catalog, (o) G i v e m o r e a t t e n t i o n to rare books, their a c q u i s i t i o n a n d their catalog- ing. (p) H a v e s o m e t h i n g o n every pro- gram c o n c e r n e d w i t h the c o n t e n t s of books. 2. E s t a b l i s h m e n t a n d e v a l u a t i o n of stand- ards i n a p p r o p r i a t e fields. D e v e l o p up-to-date standards for all phases of the o p e r a t i o n s of libraries. T h i s is a vitally felt n e e d expressed by m a n y p e o p l e . 3. Synthesis of activities of all u n i t s w i t h i n A L A as they relate to c o l l e g e a n d univer- sity, research, a n d specialized libraries. N o suggested specific p r o b l e m s or n e e d s fit this responsibility. 4. R e p r e s e n t a t i o n a n d i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of c o l l e g e a n d university, research, a n d special- ized libraries i n contacts w i t h i n a n d o u t s i d e the profession t h r o u g h a p p r o p r i a t e publica- tions a n d o t h e r activities. P r o m o t e a series of well-written provoc- ative articles i n t e r p r e t i n g the c o l l e g e li- brary i n a g e n e r a l sense. 5. S t i m u l a t i o n of the d e v e l o p m e n t of li- brarians a n d librarianship in college a n d university, research, a n d specialized libraries a n d s t i m u l a t i o n of the p a r t i c i p a t i o n of its m e m b e r s i n a p p r o p r i a t e type-of-activity di- visions. (a) D e v e l o p a p h i l o s o p h i c a p p r o a c h t o the place of, the problems, a n d the n e e d s of college a n d university librarianship. (b) G i v e m o r e a t t e n t i o n to the j u n i o r s in o u r midst, their professional g r o w t h a n d their d e v e l o p m e n t , (c) E n c o u r a g e profes- sional writing. J u n i o r m e m b e r s of the pro- fession particularly n e e d e n c o u r a g e m e n t a n d a m e a n s of expression, (d) I m p r o v e li- brary staff-faculty relationships, work for a c a d e m i c status a n d d i s t i n g u i s h m o r e clearly b e t w e e n professional a n d non-pro- fessional work. I n c l u d e d here is also de- v e l o p m e n t of a sense of professional re- sponsibility. (e) P r o m o t e b e t t e r e d u c a t i o n for college a n d university librarianship. (f) D e v e l o p m o r e subject specialists to bet- ter articulate the work of the library w i t h the work of t h e faculty a n d w i t h the teach- i n g a n d research program. 6. C o n d u c t activities a n d projects for the i m p r o v e m e n t a n d e x t e n s i o n of service i n col- l e g e a n d university, research, a n d specialized libraries w h e n such activities a n d projects are b e y o n d the scope of the t y p e of activity divisions, after specific approval of the A L A C o u n c i l . (a) M a i n t a i n professional staff, includ- i n g recruiting. T h i s p r o b l e m , at this par- ticular juncture, l o o m s over a n d above e v e r y t h i n g else i n the m i n d s of the p e o p l e w h o have p a r t i c i p a t e d in the present analy- sis. (b) D o s o m e t h i n g a b o u t a p l a c e m e n t service for the profession, (c) K e e p librar- ies g r o w i n g a n d d e v e l o p i n g at rate of w i d e n i n g curriculum, m o u n t i n g enroll- m e n t s , a n d increasing research. I n c l u d e d here is f o r e s e e i n g i m p l i c a t i o n s of g r o w t h a n d k e e p i n g library staff i n step w i t h grow- i n g institutions, (d) S t i m u l a t e a sense of "awareness" of the i m p o r t a n c e , f u n c t i o n , a n d p r o b l e m s of the library a m o n g librar- ians a n d i n h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n generally. T h i s is p e r h a p s closely r e l a t e d to the heart-of-the-university" c o n c e p t , (e) M a k e the library, as the "heart of t h e university" a real c o n c e p t as o p p o s e d to l i p service, (f) I m p r o v e business practices a n d procedures. MAY 1958 249 (g) U n d e r s t a n d a n d m e e t t h e implica- tions, f o r our libraries, of the increased em- phasis o n science a n d t e c h n o l o g y , (h) A r o u s e a n d m a i n t a i n faculty interest i n t h e library, i n c l u d i n g c o n c e r n for its s u p p o r t a n d d e v e l o p m e n t , a n d a close c o o p e r a t i o n i n its use. W e are e n c o u r a g e d to b e l i e v e that the a b o v e p r o b l e m s a n d needs, e v e n t h o u g h d r a w n f r o m a very scanty s a m p l i n g of o p i n - ion, represent a n association-wide o p i n i o n pattern. W e b e l i e v e this is so because o u r problems, a l t h o u g h assembled w i t h o u t any reference t o a similar association-wide sur- vey m a d e i n 1946 u n d e r t h e a b l e a n d ex- p e r i e n c e d l e a d e r s h i p of Charles H a r v e y B r o w n , are remarkably t h e same as the prob- l e m s u p p e r m o s t in the m i n d s a n d t h o u g h t s of c o l l e g e librarians i n 1946. T h e 1946 prob- lems, a n d needs, t w e l v e of w h i c h are l i s t e d i n w e i g h t e d order i n a report of t h e com- m i t t e e i n CRL, January, 1947, are, w i t h o n e e x c e p t i o n , f o u n d in the a b o v e assemblage. I n 1946 c o l l e g e librarians were most con- c e r n e d a b o u t p r o d u c i n g p u b l i c a t i o n s direct- ly a n d chiefly c o n c e r n e d w i t h c o l l e g e a n d university libraries. T h i s is a n e e d w h i c h has, in the i n t e r v e n i n g years, b e e n b r i l l i a n t l y met. N o w , ten years later, o u r most acute, a l t h o u g h possibly n o t o u r d e e p e s t c o n c e r n s s e e m to c e n t e r a r o u n d m a i n t e n a n c e , recruit- ing, a n d t r a i n i n g of staff. It is significant, a n d also typical of A C R L history, that t h e 1946 survey was u n d e r t a k e n because there was still dissatisfaction, w i t h i n A C R L , a b o u t its r e l a t i o n s w i t h A L A . T h e d e e p n e s s of this d i s c o n t e n t is i n d i c a t e d by the fact that of those a n s w e r i n g t h e B r o w n q u e s t i o n n a i r e 270 f a v o r e d w i t h d r a w i n g A C R L f r o m A L A headquarters w h i l e o n l y 273 f a v o r e d r e m a i n i n g u n d e r t h e p a r e n t a l r o o f . S O M E C U R R E N T O P I N I O N S W e p r e s e n t n o w s o m e of the c o m m e n t s a n d observations r e c e i v e d f r o m t h e thirty- t w o r e s p o n d e n t s t o o u r request for h e l p . T h e s e are s t a t e m e n t s w h i c h h a v e b e e n in- s t r u m e n t a l i n s h a p i n g o u r t h i n k i n g . A for- m e r p r e s i d e n t of A C R L says this: " T h e im- p l i c a t i o n s l o d g e d in these clearly e n u n i c a t e d s t a t e m e n t s of fields of interest are so b r o a d a n d i n c l u s i v e that their f u l l i m p o r t m a y n o t be i m m e d i a t e l y o b v i o u s to the casual reader. A s I v i e w t h e m they n o t o n l y p e r m i t b u t d e m a n d that A C R L b r o a d e n o u t o n a pro- d u c t i v e level i n t o the w i d e vistas of pro- fessional interests w h i c h A C R L h e r e t o f o r e has barely t o u c h e d . " A past p r e s i d e n t of A L A has this f e e l i n g : "It is n o t at all clear in m y m i n d , u n d e r the A L A r e o r g a n i z a t i o n exactly w h e r e A C R L r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s e n d a n d those of o t h e r di- visions b e g i n . As I read o v e r the fields of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of A C R L . . . however, I see n o t h i n g i n c o m p a t i b l e i n A C R L c o n s i d e r i n g all or any of the matters (a c o m p r e h e n s i v e l i s t i n g of p r o b l e m s ) m e n t i o n e d above." A university librarian w h o has b e e n close t o the work of A C R L reports this way: "I really f e e l that A C R L has sufficient p r o g r a m right n o w a n d needs, a b o v e all, to i m p r o v e p e r f o r m a n c e . Specificially w e are n o t d o i n g a quarter as m u c h as w e s h o u l d i n b u i l d i n g financial s u p p o r t of c o l l e g e libraries. T h e r e is a crying n e e d for standards. T h e program of c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h e d u c a t i o n a l a n d profes- sional o r g a n i z a t i o n s c o u l d take the w h o l e energy of the association for several years. O n e n e w field w o u l d be an i n v e s t i g a t i o n of close i n t e g r a t i o n of library resources w i t h the t e a c h i n g program." A n o t h e r university librarian, formerly p r e s i d e n t of the U n i v e r s i t y Libraries Section, i n a l o n g a n d t h o u g h t f u l letter d e v o t e d chiefly to d e v e l o p i n g l i b r a r i a n s h i p i n t o a h i g h l e v e l profession i n c l u d e s this: "I b e l i e v e that a g o o d program of m e e t i n g s is o n l y o n e m a n i f e s t a t i o n of a h e a l t h y o r g a n i z a t i o n . . . if there is o n e g r o u p i n the U n i t e d States w h i c h s h o u l d serve as a h o m e base for study a n d pursuit of all kinds of problems a n d projects affecting c o l l e g e a n d university li- braries today it o u g h t t o be the A C R L a n d its a p p r o p r i a t e sections." A d i f f e r e n t p o i n t of v i e w c o m e s f r o m a p r o m i s i n g y o u n g j u n i o r librarian n o w work- i n g for a doctoral degree. H e says: "Assign- i n g fields of e m p h a s i s is a little like trying to classify a b o o k b o t h by f o r m a n d subject m a t t e r w i t h o u t either b e i n g s u b o r d i n a t e . I k n o w of n o g o o d s o l u t i o n to the p r o b l e m , b u t it w o u l d a p p e a r that the p r e s e n t o n e renders A C R L a sort of c o o r d i n a t i n g a g e n c y for the work of o t h e r d i v i s i o n s insofar as they affect a c a d e m i c libraries a n d gives it l i t t l e j u r i s d i c t i o n . " 250 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES A n o t h e r university librarian, also a former U L S president, has this reaction: "It is my guess that the findings [of the C o m m i t t e e ] will m a k e a b u n d a n t l y clear that A C R L will h a v e an e x t r e m e l y narrow a n d unrealistic field of o p e r a t i o n s if w e s h o u l d n o t b e per- m i t t e d to deal w i t h q u e s t i o n s such as these [listed i n his l e t t e r ] affecting the university libraries. I c a n n o t see that the type-of-activ- ity divisions are g o i n g to be nearly so in- terested i n i n t e r p r e t i n g the i m p a c t of these various p r o b l e m s o n the college a n d univer- sity library field as w e are ourselves." Still a n o t h e r of our r e s p o n d e n t s has said: "I m i g h t e n d w i t h the h o p e that our g r o u p can b e c o m e , i n its activities, m o r e compa- rable t o A R L . T h i s small b u t active g r o u p has d o n e m u c h of v a l u e f r o m a practical s t a n d p o i n t since its f o r m a t i o n . C o u l d w e work m o r e closely w i t h this g r o u p , or pos- sibly merge w i t h it, or at least p a t t e r n o u r o r g a n i z a t i o n so that we t o o can u n d e r t a k e m o r e projects of v a l u e a n d i m a g i n a t i o n ? " T o the a b o v e p e o p l e a n d to others n o t q u o t e d w h o r e s p o n d e d in similar v e i n o u r c o m m i t t e e is grateful. T h e s e various ideas a n d reactions l e n d validity, w e b e l i e v e , t o our analysis of associational f u n c t i o n s a n d needs. A R E A S OF G R E A T E R N E E D Of all the p r o b l e m s a n d n e e d s listed a b o v e we single o u t a n d stress o n e particularity, as follows: A s s u m e leadership in, c o n d u c t studies of, seek f u n d s for s o l u t i o n of the p r o b l e m s of c o n t r o l l i n g the massive litera- ture of o u r times. T h i s p r o b l e m , a n d this n e e d , c o m e closer to "bigger things" a n d "areas of greater serv- ice" t h a n a n y t h i n g p r e s e n t e d i n this anal- ysis. It is an all pervasive p r o b l e m , n o t o n l y of l i b r a r i a n s h i p but of the total civilization. It is a p r o b l e m too, w h i c h has, u p to this p o i n t , n o t b e e n faced u p to i n any organized or c o m p r e h e n s i v e way by any library associa- tion. T h e Association of Research Libraries, w h i c h is n o t really an association i n any c o m p r e h e n s i v e sense, because its m e m b e r - ship is restricted to a m i n o r i t y of the re- search libraries of the country has, to its credit, attacked s o m e facets of this p r o b l e m . T h i s association, w h i c h has its roots t o o i n the basic d i s c o n t e n t of college a n d univer- sity librarians w i t h i n the A L A , f o u n d itself o p e r a t i n g after its e s t a b l i s h m e n t i n 1932 i n a v a c u u m created by the failure of e i t h e r A L A or its earlier college a n d r e f e r e n c e sec- t i o n to face u p to the broader a n d increas- i n g l y acute p r o b l e m s of literature control. U n d e r these circumstances A R L was inevit- ably, a n d against its original i n t e n t , drawn i n t o a direct attack, r e q u i r i n g c o o p e r a t i o n far b e y o n d its m e m b e r libraries, o n s o m e phases of the literature control p r o b l e m . S o m e of these things Dr. M u l l e r considers in his careful a n d t h o u g h t f u l analysis, also a p p e a r i n g in these pages, of the place of the U n i v e r s i t y Library Section w i t h i n A C R L . A striking illustration that this p r o b l e m of b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l control, the greatest p r o b l e m facing librarians a n d the cultural a n d scienti- fic w o r l d today, has largely g o n e by d e f a u l t a m o n g all the library associations is that w h e n a great f o u n d a t i o n felt the n e e d of attacking this p r o b l e m the i n i t i a t i v e came f r o m it to the librarians, rather t h a n the customary p r o c e d u r e f r o m the library associa- tions to the f o u n d a t i o n . T h i s u n u s u a l p r o c e d u r e is i n d i c a t i o n that the t i m e is l o n g o v e r d u e for A C R L , w h i c h , we emphasize, is n o w the A s s o c i a t i o n of Col- l e g e a n d Research Libraries, to c o m e to grips w i t h this e n t i r e g a r g a n t u a n p r o b l e m . It can d o this m o r e effectively t h a n any o t h e r agency, because m o r e than a n y o t h e r as- sociation it is c o m p o s e d of libraries a n d li- brarians directly c o n c e r n e d w i t h these prob- lems a n d because it is i n m e m b e r s h i p , activ- ities, a n d deliberations, o p e n to all research libraries a n d librarians, a n d its actions, pro- grams, policies, a n d projects are subject to e v o l v e m e n t a n d e x e c u t i o n i n o p e n discus- sion. For these reasons, a m o n g others, w e r e c o m m e n d that the U n i v e r s i t y Library Sec- t i o n set u p a general C o m m i t t e e o n Biblio- graphical Controls, w i t h sub-committees as n e e d e d , to c o m e to grips w i t h the w h o l e com- p l i c a t e d a n d k n o t t y matter. A rich a n d w a i t i n g field of e n d e a v o r can b e c u l t i v a t e d by a broadly c o n c e i v e d Com- m i t t e e o n B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l Controls. T h e s e are some of the n u m e r o u s things such a com- m i t t e e c o u l d u n d e r t a k e : It c o u l d study a n d p r o m o t e t h e e v o l u t i o n of m a c h i n e a n d elec- tronic controls. It c o u l d organize n a t i o n a l a n d e v e n i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n f e r e n c e s o n con- trol, e v o l v e projects for facsimile e l e c t r o n i c transmission of materials a n d secure f o u n d a - MAY 1958 251 t i o n f u n d s for carrying t h e m o u t , e n t e r t h e k n o t t y field of translations a n d struggle w i t h a n d b r i n g m o r e c o o r d i n a t i o n to the prob- l e m s of d u p l i c a t i o n in abstracting a n d in- d e x i n g services as w e l l as the u n c o v e r e d areas. It c o u l d d e v e l o p a n e w p h i l o s o p h y of exclusiveness a n d w e e d i n g o u t of the large li- braries as o p p o s e d to the t r a d i t i o n a l philos- o p h y of inclusiveness. A n d it c o u l d p r o m o t e studies of the cultural i m p l i c a t i o n s of our vast literature. A l l this a n d m a n y o t h e r t h i n g s it c o u l d d o w i t h a v o i c e of authority, subject to o p e n councils, i n ways w h i c h w e h a v e h e r e t o f o r e n o t h a d in A m e r i c a . So m a n y a n d so i m p o r t a n t are the things that await d o i n g that such a c o m m i t t e e w o u l d p e r h a p s n e e d s u b - c o m m i t t e e s active in spe- cific fields a n d areas. I n a d d i t i o n t o the a b o v e suggestions w h i c h w e p u t forward as a "bigger t h i n g " the p r o b l e m s a n d n e e d s listed u n d e r the assigned areas of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y offer a rich field of associational e n d e a v o r p r o v i d i n g that t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s are, as w e earnestly feel they s h o u l d be, broadly i n t e r p r e t e d . W e d o n o t feel that things w h i c h await d o i n g r e q u i r e further s p e l l i n g o u t since they are so direct- ly i m p l i e d i n the a b o v e s t a t e m e n t of prob- lems. Clearly m u c h n e e d s d o i n g in the areas of a c a d e m i c status, library staff-faculty re- lationships, standards, b u i l d i n g s , s t u d e n t ori- e n t a t i o n i n use of the library, audio-visual materials, b o o k s e l e c t i o n aids, financial sup- port of library, a n d i n m a n y o t h e r areas. P U B L I C A T I O N P R O G R A M O n e of the m o s t f r u i t f u l parts of t h e A C R L p r o g r a m has b e e n o u r p u b l i c a t i o n s . T h e s e , w h i c h were assigned first priority i n 1946 by t h e B r o w n c o m m i t t e e , h a v e right- f u l l y h a d h i g h priority in the later A C R L history. T h e y h a v e h e l p e d us g r o w as a pro- fession a n d h a v e i m p r o v e d the q u a l i t y of o u r work. I n College and Research Libraries we h a v e o n e of the best p r o f e s s i o n a l j o u r n a l s i n the country, i n a n y field. It is by a n d of A C R L . It is u n t h i n k a b l e that it s h o u l d be m e r g e d w i t h a n y o t h e r m o r e g e n e r a l publi- cation. CRL m u s t c o n t i n u e to be ours, pro- d u c e d u n d e r our o w n p u b l i c a t i o n program. So p r o d u c e d a n d p u b l i s h e d it will c o n t i n u e to g r o w i n u s e f u l n e s s a n d b r i n g a d d e d pres- tige to college, university, a n d research li- brarianship. O u r m o n o g r a p h series too has b e e n not- ably successful, in c o n t e n t a n d i n f l u e n c e , as w e l l as financially. T h i s series s h o u l d be c o n t i n u e d . W e see n o reason w h y publica- t i o n s of i m p o r t to c o l l e g e or research librar- ies w h i c h m a y n o w e m a n a t e f r o m o t h e r di- v i s i o n s of A L A s h o u l d still n o t be p u b l i s h e d i n this series. D o i n g this will be o n e way in w h i c h w e can discharge our r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of " s t i m u l a t i o n of the d e v e l o p m e n t of li- brarians a n d l i b r a r i a n s h i p in college, uni- versity, research, a n d specialized libraries " A m o n g the over-all suggestions listed a b o v e is o n e , the p r o d u c t i o n of a series of articles o n c o l l e g e a n d university librarian- s h i p for p u b l i c a t i o n in t h e g e n e r a l press, w h i c h w e feel deserves particular a t t e n t i o n . I n the earlier history of t h e A L A , a r o u n d the turn of the century, there were a g o o d m a n y articles c o n c e r n e d w i t h libraries a n d l i b r a r i a n s h i p a p p e a r i n g i n the g e n e r a l press. Articles such as this i n the current press, stressing c o l l e g e a n d research libraries, their p r o b l e m s a n d their c o n t r i b u t i o n s c o u l d d o m u c h t o increase a general p u b l i c awareness of o u r k i n d s of libraries a n d the i m p o r t a n t p l a c e they take in t h e l i f e of the land. W e r e c o m m e n d that A C R L u n d e r t a k e produc- t i o n of such articles. H o w W E F U N C T I O N W h i l e this report is n o t primarily con- c e r n e d w i t h the associational m a c h i n e r y of A C R L it d o e s s e e m to us that the lack of c o n t i n u i t y w h i c h Dr. M u l l e r n o t e s i n his analysis of U L S is an associational weakness generally. Perhaps it is the m a c h i n e r y a n d possibly it is a failure t o m a k e the m a c h i n e r y w e h a v e work well b u t there is a p p a r e n t l y a h i a t u s a n d a lack of liaison b e t w e e n o u r ex- i s t i n g sections a n d o u r B o a r d of Directors. E v i d e n c e of this is that at C h i c a g o s o m e section c h a i r m e n w e r e n o t aware that an i m p o r t a n t c o m m i t t e e , such as S C A D , h a d b e e n a p p o i n t e d a n d was f u n c t i o n i n g . A l s o s o m e c h a i r m e n c a m e t o t h e board m e e t i n g s u n p r e p a r e d for t h e discussions a n d business because they h a d n o t b e e n f u l l y b r i e f e d o n the a g e n d a . S o m e section c h a i r m e n too, h a d h a d n o c o n t a c t w h a t s o e v e r w i t h their repre- sentatives o n the board. A l l this seems to i n d i c a t e that closer ties a n d m o r e direct a n d i m m e d i a t e l i n e s of com- m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n t h e sections a n d t h e 252 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES board are desirable or else that sharper at- tention needs to be given to the association affairs at sectional levels. Our committee has not studied the f u n c t i o n i n g of the board in detail, and its relationship to the sections, and is therefore not in a position to make recommendations. It does feel though that Dr. Muller's point about lack of continuity between U L S and the Board of Directors is well taken. W h i l e we do not consider this matter within the charge to our committee we believe that improvements either in the f u n c t i o n i n g of the present machinery, or else alteration of the machinery is necessary. S Y N T H E S I S A N D P A R O C H I A L P O I N T S OF V I E W In the conclusion of the ALA management survey there appears the f o l l o w i n g state- ment: ". . . T h e American Library Associa- tion appears to be o n the threshold of a great opportunity. T h i s opportunity can be met successfully only if there is an elimina- tion of divisive tendencies, a de-emphasis of parochial points of view, and a strengthen- ing of the association's unified capacity to fulfill its broad mission. . . ." Our committee, in its present analysis, has tried at least to subordinate the parochial p o i n t of view. W e wonder though, should all of us in ALA, in all divisions and associa- tions, be successful in d o i n g this completely, if this in itself may not bring a new kind of weakness into being, a weakness perhaps at the opposite extreme of our earlier as- sociational history. Our five associations and our seven divisions will n o w be working with good will to make the new associational ma- chinery effective. May there not, through hindsight, be at least a small danger, in our new situation, of the cause of libraries and librarianship being so dispersed that it will fall between twelve or more stools? A striking thing about the areas of re- sponsibility for the seven divisions and the five associations is that each of the twelve is given, as a major responsibility, synthesizing the work in all other divisions and associa- tions of the ALA which are in any way con- cerned with its particular kind of library or type-of-activity. Presumably, since the re- sponsibility for synthesis permeates the whole A L A structure, much overlapping of work is expected. Is there something artificial possibly, or restricting, in an organization, so neat and logical on paper, which requires so much synthesis? Does the work of library associations really lend itself to sharp com- partmentation by kind and function? T h e r e does not seem to be much c o m m o n sense, really, in college and university li- brarians being drawn into the Library Ad- ministration Division to compile the statis- tics of college and university library use, which are separate and distinct from other kinds of library statistics, and chiefly of in- terest to college and university librarians, and then to come right back into A C R L , where of course the primary interest is, to get their findings published. T h e r e may be more mutuality of interest between college and university library buildings and other kinds of library buildings, but university and college buildings are still distinctly different, e n o u g h so that there is no special benefit in builders of other kinds of library buildings studying them in the m i n u t e detail that has been true in the notably successful A C R L building programs and pre- or post-confer- ence meetings and workshops of recent years. W e may well ask too, what is the special advantage of a university librarian serving as chairman of a Library Administration Di- vision where, for instance, at least half of the matters of finance are not particularly relevant to his kind of library and the finan- cial problems he faces. Or, conversely, we may also wonder, w h o benefits by a public librarian being concerned, in an official as- sociational capacity, with the problems of college finance. T h e r e may be advantages we do not perceive in such criss-crossing of effort, but from the practical standpoint the benefits of the extensive dispersal of interest and effort required by the A L A reorganiza- tion with all its attendant synthesizing, are not readily apparent. Let us h o p e we will not, in the reorganization, merely be jump- ing through hoops to comply with a neat paper organization. W e make these com- ments not in any sense of destructive criti- cism but only as a frank voicing of the doubts which are b e g i n n i n g to assail some of us. Our young junior, quoted above, has something, we believe, when he says that trying to divorce type from f u n c t i o n in the A C R L is like trying to classify a book both MAY 1958 253 by f o r m a n d subject w i t h o u t either b e i n g s u b o r d i n a t e . T h e answer of the n e w A L A to this q u a n d a r y is synthesis. B u t h o w will w e synthesize? W i l l w e h a v e c o m m i t t e e s o n synthesis i n each of o u r t w e l v e parts a n d p e r h a p s o n e association-wide synthesis com- m i t t e e t o k e e p o u r work c o o r d i n a t e d ? If w e d o n o t h a v e c o m m i t t e e s f o r synthesis h o w will we a c h i e v e c o o r d i n a t i o n ? T h e s e are ques- t i o n s the c o m m i t t e e does n o t feel q u a l i f i e d to answer. Answers m u s t be f o u n d t h o u g h if the n e w A L A is to be as successful as w e all h o p e it will be. A n o t h e r aspect of t h e r e o r g a n i z a t i o n trou- bles us, a n d h e r e the parochial p o i n t of v i e w comes t o the fore. O n e of o u r university li- brarians q u o t e d a b o v e says that the type-of- activity d i v i s i o n s are n o t g o i n g to be nearly so i n t e r e s t e d i n i n t e r p r e t i n g the i m p a c t of the various p r o b l e m s of c o l l e g e a n d univer- sity librarianship as we are ourselves. T h i s is a significant phrase "as we are ourselves." By "ourselves" h e means, of course, college, university, a n d research librarians s e e k i n g s o l u t i o n s f r o m the c o l l e g e or research p o i n t of view. C a n w e a c h i e v e b e t t e r s o l u t i o n s f o r c o l l e g e a n d university p r o b l e m s i n the n e w A L A , by synthesis, or otherwise, t h a n w e d i d u n d e r o u r o l d organization? C e r t a i n l y w h a t we d o n o w will h a v e to be b e t t e r a n d m o r e effective t h a n a n y t h i n g w e h a v e d o n e u p to n o w if the r e o r g a n i z a t i o n is to b e a success. T h e r e is, a f t e r all, s o m e t h i n g to b e said for the p a r o c h i a l p o i n t of view. It is a h u m a n a n d natural i n s t i n c t t o w a n t to b e l o n g t o s o m e t h i n g that o n e feels himself a part o f , t o w h i c h h e establishes loyalties a n d i n t h e success a n d a c h i e v e m e n t of w h i c h h e takes pride. A C R L , unsatisfactorily i n the eyes of some, possibly, has b e e n such an organiza- t i o n . It has c o m m a n d e d loyalty a n d d e v o t i o n from1 m a n y of us a n d it does h a v e achieve- m e n t s a n d a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s i n w h i c h w e can take pride. It is i m p o r t a n t that, w i t h i n the r e o r g a n i z a t i o n , it be m o r e t h a n ever this k i n d of a n o r g a n i z a t i o n . It is i m p o r t a n t too, w e h a s t e n t o add, that w e c o n t i n u e to k n o w a n d f e e l that i n t h e final analysis A C R L , a n d for that m a t t e r A L A too, are o n l y a m e a n s to a single e n d — b e t t e r a n d stronger c o l l e g e a n d research libraries, well c o o r d i n a t e d with, a n d a d e t e r m i n i n g a n d i n f l u e n t i a l part o f , the n a t i o n a l a n d w o r l d library fabric. Some- h o w , t h r o u g h synthesis perhaps, t e m p e r e d a n d spiced w i t h a bit of the parochial view, such an o r g a n i z a t i o n must be a c h i e v e d . O u r c o m m i t t e e has l a b o r e d o v e r this report w i t h the i n t e n t a n d the sincere h o p e that it w i l l be a small c o n t r i b u t i o n toward a c h i e v i n g such an A s s o c i a t i o n of C o l l e g e a n d R e s e a r c h Libraries as a significant a n d virile part of a greater A m e r i c a n Library Association. W e d o n o t consider o u r findings a n d t h e present state of o u r t h i n k i n g as i n any sense final. T h e r e w i l l , w e b e l i e v e , be m u c h soul searching i n the n o w w i d e l y r a m i f y i n g A L A for q u i t e a spell as the o r g a n i z a t i o n shakes d o w n . A s a part of the s h a k i n g d o w n process w e i n v i t e criticism, c o m m e n t s , brickbats, or b o u q u e t s , as the spirit m o v e s , f r o m all w h o p o n d e r these things, i n t h e interests, n o t of a n e a t p a p e r o r g a n i z a t i o n b u t of stronger libraries a n d better librarians. It will be m o s t h e l p f u l if w e can h a v e reactions of this k i n d well i n a d v a n c e of the San Francisco Con- f e r e n c e . — S p e c i a l Committee on Activities Development. William H. Carlson, Chair- man. A C R L Secretary Promoted R I C H A R D B . H A R W E L L , executive secretary of A C R L , has been ap- pointed associate executive secretary of ALA. T h i s is one of three new administrative positions approved by the ALA executive board in 1957 as a part of reorganization. Mr. Harwell's primary duty will remain that of executive secretary of A C R L . I n addition he will undertake at A L A Headquarters the responsibility of coordinating the work of a service unit composed of a g r o u p of divisional offices. 254 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES