College and Research Libraries 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 LIBRARY o f seventy thousand volumes o f the late R t . H o n . Isaac F o o t of P e n c r e b a r , C a l l i n g t o n , Cornwall, has been purchased by the University o f C a l i f o r n i a f o r $ 1 4 0 , 5 0 0 . T h e library was b r o u g h t to the a t t e n t i o n o f the University of C a l i f o r n i a by M a r t i n H a m - lyn of the firm of P e t e r Murray H i l l , L o n d o n book dealers. E d w i n T . C o m a n , J r . , univer- sity l i b r a r i a n , University of C a l i f o r n i a , River- side, negotiated the purchase. T h e collection will be distributed a m o n g five existing librar- ies a n d those of three developing campuses. T h e r e are hundreds o f W i n g a n d Short T i t l e C a t a l o g u e items in the c o l l e c t i o n . A m o n g these are most of M i l t o n ' s controver- sial tracts and pamphlets, and early editions o f his work such as On Divorce (1641), Oconoclastes (1649), and Areopagitica (1644). The i n c u n a b u l a include an Eggstein B i b l e (Strassburg, 1462) a n d o t h e r Bibles, Z a i n e r ( U l m , 1480), D r a c h (Speir, 1486), a n d several C o b u r g e r B i b l e s ( N u r e m b u r g , 1477, 1478, 1485, 1487). I n addition, in this group there are a n u m b e r o f i l l u m i n a t e d missals. T h e R t . H o n . Isaac F o o t collected every m a j o r and m i n o r E n g l i s h writer a n d poet o f the e i g h t e e n t h , n i n e t e e n t h , a n d twentieth centuries. H e n o t only b r o u g h t together the writer's c o m p l e t e works b u t i n c l u d e d variant editions and also biography, letters, and criticism. T h e collection also includes many manuscripts. L E T T E R S AND O T H E R I T E M S r e l a t i n g t o f o r - m e r President H a r r y S. T r u m a n have been given to the O l i n R e s e a r c h L i b r a r y o f Cor- nell University by A r t h u r W . W i l s o n of W e s t p o r t , C o n n . T h e new items have b e e n placed in the T r u m a n collection o f the li- brary and are available for research and display. T h e y are a m o n g the few T r u - m a n papers n o t in the T r u m a n L i b r a r y at I n d e p e n d e n c e , M o . M r . W i l s o n , secretary o f the C o r n e l l class of 1915, has b e e n a friend o f M r . T r u m a n since W o r l d W a r I . S O M E S I X T H O U S A N D V O L U M E S i n t h e c o l l e c - tion of the late G i l b e r t Q u i r k K l i n e o f San D i e g o will be added to the University of Cali- fornia's u n d e r g r a d u a t e library. T h e collec- tion includes works on fine arts, travel, and c o n t e m p o r a r y English and A m e r i c a n litera- ture. T H E C A R S O N S H E E T Z C O L L E C T I O N o f w o r k s on J a p a n e s e anthropology, art, a n d history has been given to the library of the Davis campus of University of C a l i f o r n i a . T h e works are all in W e s t e r n languages. A THREE-VOLUME Richard Haklayt's Voy- ages, published in 1599, has been placed in the r a r e b o o k collection of the new O l i n Li- brary on W a s h i n g t o n University campus, St. Louis. I t is the gift of M r . and Mrs. G . G o r d o n H e r t s l e t . A C O M P L E T E T R A N S C R I P T o f t h e 1 9 4 7 N u r - e m b u r g trials of Nazi doctors for atrocities performed on c o n c e n t r a t i o n camp prisoners as h u m a n guinea pigs has been d o n a t e d to Boston University L a w - M e d i c i n e R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e for inclusion in the institute's de- veloping library, by D r . L e o A l e x a n d e r , who p a r t i c i p a t e d in the trials as c o n s u l t a n t to the Secretary o f W a r . T h e large assembly o f ma- terials includes full transcripts o f testimony, exchanges, photographs, notes, m e m o r a n d a , a n d indispensable materials c o n c e r n i n g oper- ations backstage at the trial. D r . A l e x a n d e r is the a u t h o r of the o r i g i n a l draft o f the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n which became known as the N u r e m b u r g C o d e for permissable experi- m e n t a t i o n on h u m a n subjects. S K I D M O R E C O L L E G E ' S L U C Y S C R I B N E R L I - BRARY at Saratoga Springs, N . Y., has re- ceived an i m p o r t a n t F r a n k l i n d o c u m e n t from Passy, the gift o f Perc S. B r o w n of O r i n d a , C a l i f . A C H A R T O F T H E S O U T H A T L A N T I C R E G I O N drawn a b o u t 1520 has b e e n given to the James F o r d B e l l collection at the University o f M i n n e s o t a by H . P. Kraus. T W E N T Y - O N E V A L U A B L E I T E M S w e r e d i s c o v - ered by the University of C a l i f o r n i a Museum of A n t h r o p o l o g y when a package marked M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 3 5 " v a l u a b l e p a p e r s " was removed from storage a f t e r more than fifty years' wait for suitable space in which they could be arranged. T h e package had b e e n sent to t h e museum with o t h e r items by Mrs. P h o e b e Apperson H e a r s t in 1909. W h e n the papers were discovered in 1961 inspection b r o u g h t to light letters from A l e x a n d e r H a m i l t o n , H e n r y Clay, A n d r e w fackson, a n d others, a m a n u s c r i p t diary o f N a t h a n i e l H a w t h o r n e for 1858, a n d an un- published letter from B e n j a m i n F r a n k l i n written from Passy. R U S S I A N A C A D E M Y P U B L I C A T I O N S s i n c e 1 7 2 5 have b e e n received at Midwest I n t e r - L i b r a r y C e n t e r . T h e y are shelved, a l t h o u g h not com- pletely cataloged. M I C R O F I L M S O F C O M M U N I S T C H I N E S E P U B - LICATIONS p r e p a r e d by the U n i o n R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e have b e e n deposited at Midwest I n t e r - L i b r a r y C e n t e r . T h e y were purchased by the Association for Asian Studies Com- m i t t e e on A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Resources. P A R T O F T H E M A U R E P A S P A P E R S , a c o l l e c - tion of e i g h t e e n t h - c e n t u r y F r e n c h historical d o c u m e n t s from the archives o f the F r e n c h M i n i s t e r o f State u n d e r L o u i s X I V and L o u i s X V , have b e e n purchased by the U n i - versity o f R o c h e s t e r L i b r a r y to add to its m a n u s c r i p t collection. All o f the items relate to F r e n c h C a n a d a a n d L o u i s i a n a . T H E M O O R L A N D F O U N D A T I O N o f H o w a r d University L i b r a r y has received from D r . C a r o l i n e F . W a r e the papers o f h e r grand- father, Charles P. W a r e , o n e o f a group o f young m e n a n d women from the B o s t o n area who acted as civil administrators on the Sea Islands, the first C o n f e d e r a t e territory to b e b r o u g h t u n d e r U n i o n c o n t r o l d u r i n g the Civil W a r . T h e papers consist o f p l a n t a t i o n a n d o t h e r record books, miscellaneous docu- ments, letters, maps, and pictures. T h e plan- tation records are detailed and fairly com- plete, while the letters reflect the details of daily life. E x c e r p t s from the letters were pub- lished in Letters from Port Royal, 1862-1868, edited by E l i z a b e t h W a r e Pearson, (1906). T H E PAPERS o f S e n a t o r W i l l a r d Saulsbury 1861-1927, presented to the U n i v e r s i t y o f Delaware L i b r a r y by J u d g e H u g h M. Morris, have been sorted and given a p r e l i m i n a r y ar- r a n g e m e n t . A n estimated 7 5 , 0 0 0 items in- clude some o f W i l l a r d Saulsbury, Sr., (1820- 1892), who was s e n a t o r from D e l a w a r e in 1859-1871. T h e y o u n g e r Saulsbury was sena- tor from Delaware, 1913-1919, serving as P r e s i d e n t pro tempore o f the Senate, 1916- 1919. T H E PERSONAL PAPERS o f t h e l a t e J o h n W . Davis, lawyer a n d D e m o c r a t i c c a n d i d a t e f o r President, Ambassador to the C o u r t o f St. J a m e s , a n d U . S. S o l i c i t o r G e n e r a l , have b e e n given to the Y a l e University L i b r a r y . M o r e than 7 0 , 0 0 0 items of personal documents, correspondence, a n d m e m o r a b i l i a were the gift of M r . Davis' daughter, Mrs. J u l i a Davis H e a l y of P r i n c e t o n , New Jersey. T H E L I B R A R Y O F T H E L A T E E D W I N C O R L E has been given to the University o f Califor- n i a at L o s Angeles by his widow, newly- elected m e m b e r of the g o v e r n i n g C o u n c i l o f F r i e n d s o f the U C L A L i b r a r y . M u c h of the general l i t e r a t u r e o f the n i n e t e e n t h a n d t w e n t i e t h centuries in the 4500-volume col- lection has b e e n placed in the College Li- brary holdings. A n u m b e r of q u i t e rare items on the Southwest a n d on C a l i f o r n i a are in the d e p a r t m e n t of special collections. I N D I A N A U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s a d d e d 1 6 4 volumes consisting o f more than o n e thou- sand plays, b o t h Spanish and translations i n t o Spanish, from the private c o l l e c t i o n o f E n r i q u e C h i c o t e . T H E P R O F E S S I O N A L S O C I O L O G Y L I B R A R Y o f D r . K i m b a l l Y o u n g o f Northwestern U n i v e r - sity has b e e n purchased by University o f Cali- fornia, S a n t a B a r b a r a . T h e collection has more than one thousand volumes, plus ex- tensive u n b o u n d files o f periodicals. L E T T E R S , M A N U S C R I P T S , P A M P H L E T S , AND P E - RIODICALS c o n c e r n i n g t h e life a n d work o f F r a n c i s B e l l a m y have been presented to the University o f R o c h e s t e r Library's B e l l a m y C o l l e c t i o n by the widow o f D a v i d B e l l a m y , son o f the a u t h o r of " P l e d g e o f Allegiance to the F l a g . " A C O L L E C T I O N O F F R E N C H H I S T O R I C A L DOCU- MENTS r e l a t i n g to A m e r i c a n history a n d F r e n c h naval topics has b e e n given to C o r n e l l University L i b r a r y by A r t h u r H . D e a n , chair- m a n o f the U . S. delegation to the r e c e n t d i s a r m a m e n t c o n f e r e n c e at G e n e v a . A N O I L P A I N T I N G O F C H A R L E S D I C K E N S b y Sol E y t i n g e has b e e n presented to C o l u m b i a University L i b r a r i e s by H e n r y R o g e r s Ben- j a m i n of New Y o r k . T h e portrait a p p a r e n t l y was made d u r i n g the author's second visit to the U n i t e d States, 1867-68. 2 3 6 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S B U I L D I N G EARLHAM COLLEGE, R i c h m o n d , I n d . , b r o k e g r o u n d on A p r i l 2 for a new o n e m i l l i o n dol- lar library. T h e air-conditioned b u i l d i n g will have 4 2 , 0 0 0 square feet, hold 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 vol- umes, a n d a c c o m m o d a t e more than 500 read- ers. Most seats will be at carrells or individual tables. C o n s t r u c t i o n is e x p e c t e d to take a l i t t l e more than a year. F R A N C I S A . C O U N T W A Y L I B R A R Y O F M E D I - CINE at the H a r v a r d M e d i c a l School, when c o m p l e t e d in 1964, will house the c o m b i n e d collections of medical and scientific l i t e r a t u r e of the B o s t o n M e d i c a l L i b r a r y and o f the H a r v a r d M e d i c a l L i b r a r y . T h e s e c o m b i n e d collection, in excess of five h u n d r e d thou- sand volumes, will be second in size only to those o f the N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y o f M e d i c i n e . B R O O K L Y N C O L L E G E L I B R A R Y ' S n e w e x t e n - sion has added o n e h u n d r e d thousand square feet to t h e o r i g i n a l b u i l d i n g ' s fifty-three thousand square feet. Cost o f the extension was $ 2 , 8 2 0 , 0 0 0 ; e q u i p m e n t a n d furnishings cost an a d d i t i o n a l $ 2 3 9 , 5 0 0 . T h e new struc- ture was p l a n n e d primarily f o r flexibility through m o d u l a r design a n d absence of in- terior weight-bearing walls. T h e old structure was designed to hold ninety thousand books and was s t r a i n i n g at the seams with a q u a r t e r - m i l l i o n . T h e new structure makes it possible to house a half- m i l l i o n volumes with practically all m a t e r i a l on o p e n shelves. Seating capacity is 1,760. Staff lounges a n d sun deck are on the roof. Struc- tural provisions have b e e n made for adding two m o r e floors when the need arises. L A F A Y E T T E C O L L E G E , E a s t o n , P a . , h a s s u c - cessfully concluded a campaign for two mil- lion dollars to construct a new library, to be c o m p l e t e d by the fall o f 1962. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F P E N N S Y L V A N I A L I B R A R Y began o n M a r c h 5 to transfer nearly 1 mil- lion books to the new C h a r l e s Patterson V a n P e l t L i b r a r y . T h e m a j o r p o r t i o n o f the book stock will be in the new b u i l d i n g by J u n e 8, and the move should be c o m p l e t e d by the e n d o f J u n e . Collections will be drawn to- gether from the m a i n library and several temporary depositories i n t o the spacious new eight-story b u i l d i n g with a b o o k capacity o f o n e a n d one-half m i l l i o n . T h e undergrad- uate library on the g r o u n d floor o f the new b u i l d i n g opens on May 21; this section, with its own e n t r a n c e , will c o n t a i n a r e a d i n g area a n d a special undergraduate book c o l l e c t i o n . Monday, J u n e 11, tentatively is the first day the b u i l d i n g will be open to the p u b l i c . T h e fifth floor will be prepared for the U n i o n L i b r a r y Catalog, and the catalog will be moved on J u n e 25-27, m a r k i n g completion of the transfer. C o n s t r u c t i o n of the $ 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 b u i l d i n g began in J u n e 1960. T h e G e n e r a l State A u t h o r i t y of the C o m m o n w e a l t h o f P e n n s y l v a n i a allocated $ 4 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 o f the cost, and the r e m a i n d e r o f the financing was m e t by a gift from D r . a n d Mrs. David V a n P e l t in m e m o r y of their son and by c o n t r i b u t i o n s from trustees and o t h e r friends o f the uni- versity. ROANOKE COLLEGE, S a l e m , V a . , h a s s t a r t e d construction o f its new library, to be com- pleted d u r i n g the s u m m e r o f 1962 and in use when the fall term starts. M I S C E L L A N Y CITATION INDEXES w i l l b e s t u d i e d u n d e r a $ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 grant e x t e n d i n g over a three-year period, awarded to the I n s t i t u t e for Scien- tific I n f o r m a t i o n , P h i l a d e l p h i a . T h e p r o j e c t , u n d e r the j o i n t sponsorship of the N a t i o n a l Institutes of H e a l t h and the N a t i o n a l Sci- e n c e F o u n d a t i o n , is aimed at p r o d u c i n g a unified c i t a t i o n i n d e x for science, i n c l u d i n g the p u b l i c a t i o n o f a genetics i n d e x . L A W L I B R A R Y A D M I N I S T R A T I O N i s b e i n g o f - fered at the School o f L i b r a r y Science, West- ern R e s e r v e University, Cleveland, J u n e 1 8 - August 4. Evelyn G . D e W i t t , l i b r a r i a n o f the law firm o f B a k e r , H o s t e t l e r & Patterson, will be the instructor. T h e course will include a survey a n d evaluation of library resources in the field o f law, with emphasis on biblio- g r a p h i c sources, methods o f legal research, acquisitions programs, c a t a l o g i n g and classi- fication, a n d use of related materials. Com- plete i n f o r m a t i o n may be secured from the School of L i b r a r y Science, W e s t e r n Reserve University, 11161 East Blvd., C l e v e l a n d 6. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A S H I N G T O N , S e a t t l e , has started developing a book collection for MAY 1 9 6 2 237 its u n d e r g r a d u a t e library which will eventu- ally have more than one h u n d r e d thousand titles, to be housed in the u n d e r g r a d u a t e r e a d i n g r o o m in Suzallo L i b r a r y , now u n d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n . A RECENT GIFT OF $ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 f r o m t h e I r e n e H e i n z Given a n d J o h n L a P o r t e Given F o u n d a t i o n , New York, to C o r n e l l University at I t h a c a will be used in part for the pur- chase of books for the C o r n e l l libraries. T H E S E V E N T H S E M I N A R ON T H E A C Q U I S I - T I O N O F L A T I N A M E R I C A N L I B R A R Y M A T E R I A L S will be held J u n e 1 4 - 1 6 at the U n i v e r s i t y o f M i a m i library. T h e s e m i n a r will be con- c e r n e d mainly with acquisition o f materials from C e n t r a l A m e r i c a a n d P a n a m a and will assess cooperative programs which have b e e n carried out by U n i t e d States libraries in g e t t i n g materials from all countries of L a t i n A m e r i c a a n d the C a r i b b e a n area. T H E M A S S A C H U S E T T S S O C I E T Y F O R T H E U N I - V E R S I T Y E D U C A T I O N O F W O M E N h a s d i s b a n d e d a l o a n library it had m a i n t a i n e d since 1888 for needy B o s t o n University College of Lib- eral Arts women students. Its 575 books were d o n a t e d to the C h e n e r y L i b r a r y of B o s t o n U n i v e r s i t y o r sold to students. T h e society will now use its resources to purchase reserve books for use in C h e n e r y L i b r a r y . M E D I E V A L AND R E N A I S S A N C E M A N U S C R I P T S i n the A m b r o s i a n library c o l l e c t i o n will be available in microfilm to scholars a n d li- braries in the U n i t e d States. T h e U n i v e r s i t y of N o t r e D a m e has received permission to microfilm more than thirty thousand items in the B i b l i o t e c a A m b r o s i a n a in M i l a n , some d a t i n g from the third and fourth centuries. T h e p r o j e c t will cost a b o u t $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 and will r e q u i r e several years to c o m p l e t e . A SHORT T I T L E CATALOG o f b o o k s p r i n t e d i n Italy a n d of books in I t a l i a n p r i n t e d a b r o a d d u r i n g the s i x t e e n t h century will be pre- pared by the libraries o f B r o w n University, Providence, R . I . ; C o r n e l l University, I t h a c a , N. Y.; Newberry L i b r a r y , C h i c a g o ; a n d the University o f Pennsylvania, P h i l a d e l p h i a . S i m i l a r in style to the British M u s e u m ' s Short Title of Books Pr inted in Italy . . . ( L o n d o n , 1958) the catalog is to list holdings of such books in the U n i t e d States a n d Can- ada. Editor-in-chief will be R o b e r t G . Mar- shall, W e l l s College, Aurora, N. Y . A N A N A L Y S I S O F T H E F I R S T H U N D R E D N U M - B E R S O F T H E A C R L M I C R O C A R D S E R I E S w a s presented to t h e A C R L P u b l i c a t i o n s Com- m i t t e e at the C l e v e l a n d C o n f e r e n c e by R o b - ert K. J o h n s o n o f the D r e x e l I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h n o l o g y L i b r a r y . T h i s was incorrectly re- p o r t e d in the C o n f e r e n c e Proceedings as hav- ing b e e n presented by R o b e r t T . J o r d a n . T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F F L O R I D A , G A I N E S V I L L E , has i n i t i a t e d a traveling e x h i b i t to o t h e r aca- d e m i c libraries in the state; manuscripts and o t h e r p r e p u b l i c a t i o n materials of more than o n e h u n d r e d c o n t e m p o r a r y poets and novel- ists are in the collection from which the ex- h i b i t is drawn. T H R E E SCHOLARSHIPS f o r p r o f e s s i o n a l t r a i n - ing in l i b r a r i a n s h i p have b e e n a n n o u n c e d by the O r e g o n L i b r a r y Association. I n f o r m a t i o n a n d a p p l i c a t i o n blanks can be o b t a i n e d from l o n e P i e r r o n , School o f E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r sity of O r e g o n , E u g e n e . T H E J A M E S M O N R O E M E M O R I A L L I B R A R Y , Fredericksburg, Va., financed by private do- n a t i o n s a n d a g r a n t from the G e n e r a l Assem- bly, was dedicated on A p r i l 23. A new struc- ture was added to the J a m e s M o n r o e L a w Office M u s e u m , which still houses r a r e books in the c o l l e c t i o n . THREE GRANTS t o t a l i n g $ 2 3 , 2 2 0 have b e e n a n n o u n c e d by the C o u n c i l of L i b r a r y R e - sources. A grant o f $ 4 , 7 5 0 will study present collections o f C a n a d i a n college a n d univer- sity libraries as an aid in d e v e l o p i n g a plan for i n s t i t u t i o n a l specialization for research purposes, in the areas o f h u m a n i t i e s and so- cial sciences. A g r a n t o f $8,470, m a t c h e d by a n o t h e r from N a t i o n a l Science F o u n d a t i o n , has been made to the New Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y on be- h a l f of the A m e r i c a n Standards Association S e c t i o n a l C o m m i t e e Z39 to develop standards in library work a n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n in the U n i t e d States a n d to strengthen participa- tion in d e v e l o p i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l standards. A C o u n c i l grant o f $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 will h e l p to meet editorial expenses o f the International In- ventory of Musical Sources, a thirty-volume work b e i n g compiled by a j o i n t commission 2 3 8 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S o f the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Association o f Music Li- braries and the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Musicological Society. T H E R O S E N B A C H F E L L O W IN B I B L I O G R A P H Y FOR 1 9 6 1 - 6 2 , D r . Stanley Pargellis, l i b r a r i a n o f Newberry Library, Chicago, delivered a series of three lectures on A m e r i c a n a Collec- tors, at the University o f Pennsylvania, Phil- adelphia, d u r i n g M a r c h a n d A p r i l . T H E O R G A N I Z A T I O N O F A M E R I C A N S T A T E S will publish a microcard edition o f all its of- ficial d o c u m e n t s each year. T h e P a n Ameri- can U n i o n will furnish the documents to M i c r o c a r d Editions, Inc., W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. for p r e p a r a t i o n a n d d i s t r i b u t i o n . O N E O F T H E W O R L D ' S F A M O U S C O L L E C T I O N S of original manuscripts a n d personal posses- sions of Charles D i c k e n s was e x h i b i t e d at the Y a l e University L i b r a r y in commemora- tion o f the s e s q u i c e n t e n n i e l anniversary of Dickens's b i r t h . O w n e d by R i c h a r d G i m b e l of the Y a l e class o f 1920, a c u r a t o r in the Y a l e library, the e x h i b i t o p e n e d on W e d n e s - day, F e b r u a r y 7, the date of D i c k e n s birth in 1812. T H E I N T E R N A T I O N A L R E L A T I O N S R O U N D TABLE OF A L A plans to issue a new directory with a geographic index of A m e r i c a n librar- ians who have worked o r studied outside C a n a d a and the U n i t e d States. D a t a from l i b r a r i a n s who have been a b r o a d in o n e o f the following capacities is i n v i t e d : 1) advisor or c o n s u l t a n t ; 2) i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n f e r e n c e del- egate; 3) i n t e r n a t i o n a l service (e.g. U n e s c o ) ; 4) lecturer; 5) l i b r a r i a n ; 6) m a j o r acquisi- tions program p a r t i c i p a n t ; 7) research proj- ect; 8) short-term assignment by own institu- tion; 9) teacher; 10) student; 11) U . S . I . A . ; 12) o t h e r (please specify). Closing date for inclusion is July 1. I n f o r m a t i o n should be sent immediately to Mrs. Mary A n n Adams, I n t e r n a t i o n a l L i b r a r y R e l a t i o n s Assistant, L i b r a r y of Congress, W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. I f preferred, forms to be filled in can be ob- tained from Mrs. Adams. A S E C O N D R E L E A S E O F R U S S I A N N E W S P A P E R S AND PERIODICALS on microfilm has b e e n an- n o u n c e d by M i c r o P h o t o , Inc., Cleveland. T h i s brings to eleven the n u m b e r o f these subscriptions available. A G R O U P O F S T . L O U I S L I B R A R I A N S h a v e e m - b a r k e d on a cooperative p r o j e c t to collect a n d preserve a c o m p l e t e set of each o f the medical, dental, a n d pharmacy journals pub- lished in St. L o u i s before 1900. A b o u t 75 titles have been recorded, and c o m p l e t e sets o r long r u n s o f many o f them are on file in o n e or a n o t h e r of the St. L o u i s libraries. Some are not available at all, and others a p p e a r only in b r o k e n runs. Some volumes a n d issues needed to fill in these sets may be in libraries where disposal o f odds a n d ends of a title may be sometimes considered; a list of the j o u r n a l s showing holdings of St. L o u i s libraries can be made available to interested librarians. I n q u i r i e s should be addressed to R o b e r t B. Austin, W a s h i n g t o n University School of M e d i c i n e Library, 4 5 8 0 Scott Ave- nue, St. Louis 10, Missouri. THE UNIVERSITY OF IFE, in Nigeria, plans to create a million-volume research library. M e m b e r s of the library advisory p a n e l con- sidering the plan include Mrs. Dorothy Col- lings, e d u c a t i o n a l liaison officer for the Ex- t e r n a l R e l a t i o n s Division of the U n i t e d N a t i o n s ; R a l p h Esterquest, l i b r a r i a n of Har- vard University School o f M e d i c i n e ; L e s t e r Asheim, director of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l R e l a - tions Office of the A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Associa- tion; T o m W i l s o n , c h i e f of mission for U N E S C O in N i g e r i a ; C. W . Clark, chief li- b r a r i a n of the W e s t e r n Nigeria R e g i o n a l Li- brary, and R . S. B u r k e t t , University of Ife l i b r a r i a n . T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S D I S T R I B U T O R f o r British Technology Index listed in the M a r c h 1962 issue of CRL, is R . R . B o w k e r Company, New York. C O L U M B I A U N I V E R S I T Y i n N e w Y o r k h a s e s - tablished the T h o m a s J. W a t s o n L i b r a r y of Business and Economics, to be housed in a new business school b u i l d i n g which will be constructed on campus. T H E U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U L T U R E LIBRARY was designated as the N a t i o n a l Agri- cultural L i b r a r y , on its c e n t e n n i a l anniver- sary M a r c h 23. O U R L A D Y O F C I N C I N N A T I C O L L E G E L I B R A R Y has received a g r a n t of $ 1 0 , 0 0 0 for the pur- chase of books to improve the quality o f teacher e d u c a t i o n . A N I N S T I T U T E F O R I N F O R M A T I O N R E T R I E V A L will be held S e p t e m b e r 19-22 at the Univer- sity of M i n n e s o t a , M i n n e a p o l i s . R e g i s t r a t i o n fee is $ 1 5 . 0 0 and includes lunch on the four days of the c o n f e r e n c e . M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 3 9 Personnel J A M E S R A N Z . W h e n J i m R a n z w a s a p - p o i n t e d d i r e c t o r of the University o f Wy- o m i n g L i b r a r y in 1955, a sketch of his active career up to that p o i n t was published i n C R L . ( X V I I [1956], 178.) Now, after seven years he is again switching his base o f operations, to become, on J u n e 1, 1962, d i r e c t o r o f the University of B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a L i b r a r y , at V a n c o u v e r . As was predicted when M r . R a n z went to L a r a m i e , his ad- m i n i s t r a t i o n o f the University of W y o m i n g L i b r a r y has been highly successful. T h e ex- c e p t i o n a l ability which he d e m o n s t r a t e d earlier at the universities of I l l i n o i s a n d V i r g i n i a was applied even more convincingly in a situation where he carried primary re- sponsibility. M r . R a n z ' s a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s at W y o m i n g are numerous. At the top o f the list should doubtless be placed the p l a n n i n g , construc- tion, a n d o c c u p a t i o n of a b e a u t i f u l and very f u n c t i o n a l g e n e r a l library building, com- pleted a b o u t f o u r years ago at a cost o f two m i l l i o n dollars. E q u a l l y i m p o r t a n t , the re- sources of the library have steadily e x p a n d e d ; a p p r o x i m a t e l y 100,000 volumes have been added to the c o l l e c t i o n of 190,000 volumes held when M r . R a n z assumed the director- ship. F u r t h e r , significant m a n u s c r i p t collec- tions have b r o u g h t the library's W e s t e r n History C o l l e c t i o n to g e n u i n e d i s t i n c t i o n , es- pecially in such fields as the range cattle in- dustry and sheep r a n c h i n g . B e y o n d the W y o m i n g campus, where he has won the solid support o f the administra- tion, faculty, a n d students, M r . R a n z has f o u n d time to serve as president o f the W y o m i n g L i b r a r y Association, as c h a i r m a n of t h e E x e c u t i v e B o a r d of the R o c k y M o u n - tain B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l C e n t e r , a n d as Wyom- ing's r e p r e s e n t a t i v e to the M o u n t a i n P l a i n s L i b r a r y Association. H e also c o m p l e t e d re- q u i r e m e n t s for, a n d received in 1960, the P h . D . degree from the University of I l l i n o i s G r a d u a t e School of L i b r a r y Science, writing his dissertation on " T h e History o f the P r i n t e d B o o k C a t a l o g u e in the U n i t e d S t a t e s , " a long-time interest. C a n a d a is g a i n i n g , in J i m R a n z , an able, dynamic, imaginative, and versatile library administrator, who will c o n t i n u e to make im- p o r t a n t c o n t r i b u t i o n s to his p r o f e s s i o n . — Robert B. Downs M A U R I C E F . T A U B E R . S i n c e i t s f o u n d i n g i n 1939 as the official organ of the Association of College a n d R e s e a r c h Libraries, College and Research Li- braries has b e c o m e o n e o f the two or three most cited, most widely read, and altogether most valuable p u b l i c a t i o n s in its field. Its broad range appeals to a varied c l i e n t e l e : ref- erence a n d research l i b r a r i a n s ; u n i v e r - sity, college, teachers college, and j u n i o r c o l l e g e l i b r a r i a n s ; e n g i n e e r i n g a n d o t h e r technological librarians; catalogers a n d acquisitions specialists; and, in fact, every- o n e in the profession working beyond the level of the high school a n d p o p u l a r p u b l i c library. As E m e r s o n said, " a n i n s t i t u t i o n is the l e n g t h e n e d shadow o f o n e m a n . " CRL has u n q u e s t i o n a b l y become an i n s t i t u t i o n a n d re- flects to a r e m a r k a b l e degree the impress o f its e d i t o r for the past f o u r t e e n years, Maur- ice F . T a u b e r . T h i s s t a t e m e n t detracts in n o way from the i m p o r t a n t c o n t r i b u t i o n s o f the first two editors, F r e d e r i c k K u h l m a n and C a r l M . W h i t e , who saw the j o u r n a l through its b i r t h pangs and early adolescence, but un- der T a u b e r ' s a b l e direction, CRL has reached m a t u r i t y and m a d e a u n i q u e place for itself. T a u b e r ' s enormous productivity has long c o n t i n u e d to amaze his more p l o d d i n g friends a n d colleagues. College and Research James Ranz M. F. Tauber 2 1 0 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S Libraries is merely o n e facet o f a p u b l i c a t i o n record p r o b a b l y unequalecl by anyone in l i b r a r i a n s h i p e x c e p t his sometime collabo- rator, L o u i s R o u n d W i l s o n , a n d D e a n W i l - son has h a d a considerably l o n g e r career in which to produce his e n v i a b l e list o f con- t r i b u t i o n s to library a n d o t h e r l i t e r a t u r e . T a u b e r ' s stream o f books, survey reports, ar- ticles, and reviews has b e e n r u n n i n g without i n t e r r u p t i o n f o r more than two decades, a n d shows n o sign o f d i m i n i s h i n g in q u a n t i t y o r quality. A q u i c k scan of CRL alone reveals a total o f eleven articles and thirty reviews from his pen, a high p r o p o r t i o n d u r i n g his i n c u m b e n c y as editor. H i s prolific writings have b e e n i n s t r u m e n t a l in establishing his n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e p u t a t i o n as one of America's foremost authorities in catalog- ing, classification, a n d technical processes in general. A recent e x a m p l e o f such recogni- tion is his assignment in 1961 to survey the resources of Australian libraries. V i e w i n g his numerous c o m m i t m e n t s as au- thor, editor, teacher, lecturer, a n d consult- ant, it seems all the more astonishing that M a u r y T a u b e r could have f o u n d time for the d e m a n d i n g duties of e d i t i n g a leading pro- fessional j o u r n a l . T h e fact that he p e r f o r m e d t h a t f u n c t i o n with distinction while carrying on a m u l t i t u d e of o t h e r activities is a t r i b u t e n o t o n l y to his industry b u t also to his abil- ity to budget his time, his t a l e n t for organ- ization, a n d dedication to his profession. His r e t i r e m e n t now as e d i t o r of CRL represents no r e d u c t i o n in a busy schedule; instead it simply provides him with well-earned free- dom to c o n c e n t r a t e more a t t e n t i o n on his versatile interests in related fields. Every man is a d e b t o r to his profession, it has been rightly r e m a r k e d ; it is n o less accurate to p o i n t out that their profession is deeply indebted to such rare individuals as M a u r i c e F . T a u b e r , whose self-sacrificing labors play m a j o r roles in elevating librarian- ship to a truly professional p l a n e . — R o b e r t B. Downs, University of Illinois. FORREST C . PALMER b e c a m e h e a d l i b r a r i a n and h e a d o f the d e p a r t m e n t of library sci- e n c e at Madison College, H a r r i s o n b u r g , Va., on F e b r u a r y 1. H e had b e e n , since 1955, di- rector of libraries at Mississippi State Uni- versity, State College. M r . P a l m e r received his master's degree in library science in 1953, from George Peabody College for T e a c h e r s , Nashville, T e n n . H e was A C R L state representative for Missis- sippi from 1957-60; c h a i r m a n , College and University section, Southeastern L i b r a r y As- sociation, 1960-62; and c h a i r m a n , College section, Mississippi L i b r a r y Association, 1959-60. T H O M A S E . CROWDER b e c a m e d i r e c t o r o f M i t c h e l l M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y at Mississippi State University in State College, on A p r i l 1. M r . Crowder was b o r n in A t l a n t a , Ga., and received his master's degree in l i b r a r i a n - ship at E m o r y University there, in 1955. F r o m 1955-62, he filled various posts at Emory University L i b r a r y . M r . Crowder c o n t r i b u t e d to Guide to Gen- eral Books, and a revised c h a p t e r on book se- lection and acquisition in The Administra- tion of the College Library. H e p a r t i c i p a t e d in surveys of the Georgia State College of Business A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , W e s l e y a n College, a n d Emory-at-Oxford in O x f o r d , G a . Appointments ROSA ABELLA is c a t a l o g e r o n t h e U n i v e r - sity of M i a m i library staff, Coral Gables, Fla. Miss A b e l l a was a l i b r a r i a n in C u b a . B E V E R L E Y G E N E B A K E R h a s j o i n e d t h e cataloging staff of the University o f Georgia Libraries, Athens. CORNELIA BALOGH is n o w s c i e n c e a n d t e c h - nology l i b r a r i a n , Los Angeles State College. M R S . D O R O T H Y W . B A R T L E T T h a s b e e n a p - p o i n t e d head of r e f e r e n c e and b i b l i o g r a p h i c section o f the m a p division, L i b r a r y of Con- gress r e f e r e n c e d e p a r t m e n t . BRUCE BERGMAN h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d r e a d - ers' service l i b r a r i a n at Pace College L i b r a r y , New York City. H e was formerly r e f e r e n c e librarian in the c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t o f New Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y . M R S . A R L I N E B O C K i s n o w e d u c a t i o n - c u r - M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 4 1 r i c u l u m l i b r a r i a n at L o s Angeles State Col- lege. DONALD M . BOWER h a s a c c e p t e d a p o s i t i o n of assistant cataloger at the University o f South F l o r i d a L i b r a r y , T a m p a . MRS. ANN BRIEGLEB is supervising a collec- tion of special library materials at the Insti- tute of E t h n o m u s i c o l o g y at U C L A . CHARLES BRINKLEY is l a n g u a g e a r t s l i b r a r - ian, Los Angeles State College. M U R I E L B U R K E is n o w h e a d o f t h e c i r c u l a - tion d e p a r t m e n t of the University of Hawaii L i b r a r y , H o n o l u l u . Miss B u r k e was formerly l i b r a r i a n at R o c k h u r s t College, Kansas City, M o . R O B E R T E . BURTON is h e a d o f t h e U n i v e r - sity o f M i c h i g a n libraries serving engineer- ing a n d all sciences e x c e p t health sciences, at A n n A r b o r . M r . B u r t o n was l i b r a r i a n of the U n i o n C a r b i d e M e t a l s C o m p a n y , N i a g a r a Falls, N. Y . JEAN L . CADY is n o w c a t a l o g l i b r a r i a n , L o s Angeles State College. FLOYD CAMMACK h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d as- sistant l i b r a r i a n o f the University o f H a w a i i L i b r a r y , H o n o l u l u . M r . C a m m a c k recently c o m p l e t e d a linguistics research p r o j e c t in F i j i u n d e r sponsorship o f the N a t i o n a l Sci- e n c e F o u n d a t i o n . C . E D W A R D C A R R O L L i s n o w l i b r a r i a n i n t h e e d u c a t i o n library at the U n i v e r s i t y of Cali- fornia, B e r k e l e y . H e was f o r m e r l y at the University o f S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a , L o s An- geles. MARGARET L . CHAPMAN is s p e c i a l c o l l e c - tions l i b r a r i a n o f the University o f South F l o r i d a , T a m p a . Miss C h a p m a n was l i b r a r i a n o f the P . K . Y o n g e L i b r a r y of F l o r i d a His- story, University of F l o r i d a , Gainesville. EDWARD CHICHURA is a c q u i s i t i o n s l i b r a r i a n at Los Angeles State College. TIEH-CHENG CHIN is n o w s e r i a l s l i b r a r i a n at Eastern W a s h i n g t o n State College, C h e n e y . JUDITH DOIG h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d h e a d c i r - c u l a t i o n l i b r a r i a n o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f O r e g o n library. Miss D o i g is an e x c h a n g e li- b r a r i a n from Australia, where she was cata- loger in the m a i n library o f the U n i v e r s i t y o f Q u e e n s l a n d , B r i s b a n e . She has served as sec- retary o f t h e University L i b r a r i e s Section o f the L i b r a r y Association o f Australia. H e r term at O r e g o n is for the period o f absence of E u g e n e S a l m o n , who is now h e a d of tech- nical i n f o r m a t i o n services at A L A ' s L i b r a r y T e c h n o l o g y P r o j e c t . J. M . EDELSTEIN will j o i n the University of C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y , L o s Angeles, in J u n e , as b i b l i o g r a p h e r for medieval a n d Renais- sance studies. H e has b e e n r e f e r e n c e librarian of t h e rare b o o k division o f the L i b r a r y of Congress since 1955. ADA J . ENGLISH, l i b r a r i a n emeritus of Douglass College, is acting l i b r a r i a n at D e n i - son University, G r a n v i l l e , O h i o , d u r i n g the absence of Lois E n g l e m a n , on sabbatical leave in E u r o p e a n d A f r i c a . DAVID G . ESPLIN w i l l j o i n t h e a c q u i s i t i o n s d e p a r t m e n t of the University of C a l i f o r n i a , Los Angeles in J u n e , as A n g l o - A m e r i c a n bib- liographer. M r . E s p l i n has b e e n sub-librarian in charge o f r e f e r e n c e and c i r c u l a t i o n and lecturer in b i b l i o g r a p h y at the University o f Otago, in New Zealand. LUTHER H . EVANS, f o r m e r L i b r a r i a n o f Congress, has been n a m e d d i r e c t o r of inter- n a t i o n a l a n d legal c o l l e c t i o n s at C o l u m b i a University, New York, effective J u l y 1. D r . E v a n s was director-general of U N E S C O from 1953 to 1958. H e was active in the prepara- tion of the draft of the universal copyright c o n v e n t i o n signed in 1952. H i s new responsi- bilities will i n c l u d e supervision o f Colum- bia's L a w L i b r a r y . GERALD L . GOODEN is a s s i s t a n t l i b r a r i a n o f the B i o l a L i b r a r y , L a M i r a n d a , Calif., which serves the B i b l e I n s t i t u t e of L o s Angeles, B i o l a College, B i o l a School o f Missionary M e d i c i n e , a n d T a l b o t T h e o l o g i c a l Seminary. MARY GORMLY is s o c i a l s c i e n c e s l i b r a r i a n at Los Angeles State College. M R S . C H A R I T Y H E A D R I C K G R E E N E h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d c h i e f b i b l i o g r a p h e r at the W i l b u r Cross L i b r a r y , University o f C o n n e c t i c u t , at Storrs. Mrs. G r e e n e was formerly c i r c u l a t i o n l i b r a r i a n at S o u t h e r n I l l i n o i s University, C a r b o n d a l e . H E L E N G . HABERMAN h a s j o i n e d t h e s t a f f of the o r d e r d e p a r t m e n t of the University of Hawaii L i b r a r y . H A R O L D W . H A C K E T T , J R . , i s n o w p e r i o d i - cals l i b r a r i a n at L o s Angeles State Coflege. PATRICIA H A L L h a s j o i n e d t h e s t a f f o f t h e catalog d e p a r t m e n t , U C L A library. 2 4 2 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S ARTHUR T . HAMLIN, l i b r a r i a n , U n i v e r s i t y o f C i n c i n n a t i , is on leave u n t i l l a t e August to serve as F u l l b r i g h t lecturer in n o r t h e r n Italy. MRS. KAY HARRANT has j o i n e d the stalf of the E d u c a t i o n L i b r a r y , U C L A , for the two- year period of L o r r a i n e Mathies* absence. R O B E R T M . H A Y E S a n d E V E R E T T T . M O O R E have been a p p o i n t e d lecturers in the U n i - versity of C a l i f o r n i a , Los Angeles, School o f L i b r a r y Service. D r . Hayes is president-elect of the A m e r i c a n D o c u m e n t a t i o n I n s t i t u t e , M r . M o o r e is assistant l i b r a r i a n at U C L A . EDWARD G . HOLLMAN is r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r - ian at Eastern W a s h i n g t o n State College, Cheney. H e was formerly r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n at the University o f O r e g o n , E u g e n e . M R S . P A T R I C I A C H A N G H S I E H h a s r e t u r n e d to the catalog d e p a r t m e n t of U C L A . M R S . S U Z A N N E H U D D L E S O N i s e d u c a t i o n l i - b r a r i a n at Los Angeles State College. E D M U N D C . J A N N i s n o w c h i e f o f t h e E u - r o p e a n law division, L i b r a r y of Congress. H e had b e e n assistant chief of the division since 1956, a n d acting c h i e f since J a n u a r y 1961. GEORGE C . JERKOVICH j o i n e d t h e U n i v e r - sity o f Kansas Libraries, Lawrence, as Slavic cataloger in F e b r u a r y . H e was formerly with the I n d i a n a University L i b r a r y , B l o o m i n g - ton. DONALD S . KEENER h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d head of the c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t o f the D. H . H i l l L i b r a r y , N o r t h C a r o l i n a State College, R a l e i g h . H e was for two years ad- ministrative assistant at W e s t e r n Reserve University, Cleveland. RICHARD KILBOURNE h a s j o i n e d t h e s t a f f o f the College L i b r a r y , University of C a l i f o r n i a , L o s Angeles. M R S . M A R I A J A E G E R K I M N A C H i s a l i b r a r i a n in catalog d e p a r t m e n t at University o f Cali- f o r n i a L i b r a r y , B e r k e l e y . M R S . VIRGINIA C . L E E h a s j o i n e d t h e C o - lumbus (Ga.) College library as assistant li- b r a r i a n . M R S . M I R I A M L . L E S L E Y h a s b e e n a p - p o i n t e d head o f the art d e p a r t m e n t o f the F r e e L i b r a r y of P h i l a d e l p h i a . T o accept the position Mrs. Lesley has resigned as archivist o f the Archives o f A m e r i c a n Art in D e t r o i t . R E V . F R A N C I S C . L I G H T B O U R N i s t h e n e w l y - a p p o i n t e d l i b r a r i a n at Seabury-Western The- ological Seminary, E v a n s t o n , 111. M R S . M A R I E S T R O U D M C A B B E h a s j o i n e d the staff of the C o l u m b i a (S. C.) College li- brary periodicals d e p a r t m e n t . J A M E S D . MACK, l i b r a r i a n o f L e h i g h U n i - versity, B e t h l e h e m , Pa., has b e e n a p p o i n t e d e d i t o r of American Documentation. LORRAINE MATHIES h a s a c c e p t e d a t w o - y e a r a p p o i n t m e n t as l i b r a r i a n o f the F e d e r a l Col- lege of E d u c a t i o n , Lagos, Nigeria. Miss M a t h i e s is on leave from the E d u c a t i o n Li- brary, U C L A . M R S . H A T S U M A T S H U S H I G E i s n o w a s s i s t a n t head o f the c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t of the University of H a w a i i L i b r a r y , H o n o l u l u . C E C I L I A CHEN M E N G is c a t a l o g l i b r a r i a n , c e n t r a l division, J o i n t University L i b r a r i e s , Nashville, T e n n . She was formerly o f the Stockholms Stadsbibliotek. NECIA ANN MUSSF.R is a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r o n the library staff at M i c h i g a n College o f Min- ing and T e c h n o l o g y , H o u g h t o n , and serves also as cataloger. Since 1953 Miss Musser has b e e n a r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n at the U n i - versity of M i c h i g a n , A n n A r b o r . CHARLOTTE OAKES is h e a d c a t a l o g e r f o r t h e New Campuses Program at the University o f C a l i f o r n i a , San Diego and L a J o l l a . ELIZABETH OBEAR h a s j o i n e d t h e s t a f f o f Clemson (S. C.) College L i b r a r y , Miss O b e a r was formerly chemistry l i b r a r i a n at the U n i - versity of M a r y l a n d . GEORGE OWENS i n F e b r u a r y a s s u m e d t h e position o f chief l i b r a r i a n o f the S t a n f o r d L i n e a r Accelerator C e n t e r , S t a n f o r d Univer- sity, P a l o Alto, C a l i f . M r . Owens had been with the T e c h n i c a l I n f o r m a t i o n C e n t e r Li- brary o f the L o c k h e a d Missiles and Space Division. N O E L PEATTIE is 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 , L o s Angeles State College. BRUCE E . PELZ is n o w a s t a f f m e m b e r o f t h e Physics L i b r a r y , University of C a l i f o r n i a , Los Angeles. PATRICIA PUNG is a m e m b e r o f t h e a c q u i - sitions d e p a r t m e n t o f the University o f Cali- fornia, Santa B a r b a r a . ESTHER RANCIF.R is a s s i s t a n t s e r i a l s l i b r a r - ian, L o s Angeles State College. DENNIS E . ROBISON is a s s i s t a n t r e f e r e n c e MAY 1 9 6 2 243 l i b r a r i a n at the University of South F l o r i d a L i b r a r y , T a m p a . MARY RYAN h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d h e a d o f the G o v e r n m e n t P u b l i c a t i o n s R o o m , U n i v e r - sity of C a l i f o r n i a , Los Angeles, as o f J u l y 1. G L E N N B . S K I L L I N i s n o w a s s i s t a n t a t t h e J o h n C a r t e r B r o w n L i b r a r y , B r o w n U n i v e r - sity, Providence, R . I . H e was formerly ref- erence a n d c i r c u l a t i o n l i b r a r i a n , B e n n i n g t o n (Vt.) College. RONALD A . STEINER h a s a c c e p t e d t h e p o s i - tion of instructor in library science and seri- a l s - d o c u m e n t s l i b r a r i a n at the B e l o i t (Wis.) College L i b r a r i e s . SIDNEY S . T H O M A S is h e a d o f t h e a c q u i s i - tions d e p a r t m e n t at G e o r g i a State College L i b r a r y , A t l a n t a . H e had b e e n a r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n with the U . S. A i r F o r c e in E u r o p e . M A R Y R O L L I N S T I C E h a s b e e n a s s i s t a n t r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n at the University of T e n - nessee M a r t i n B r a n c h since M a r c h 15. M A R I A N F R A N C E S T I E T J E N i s r e f e r e n c e a s - sistant at the University of T e n n e s s e e Li- brary, K n o x v i l l e . JOAN T I T L E Y is m e d i c a l l i b r a r i a n a t t h e University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Medi- c i n e library. MARGARET WHITAKER is a s s i s t a n t f i n e a r t s l i b r a r i a n , Los Angeles State College. Foreign Libraries OSKAR TYSZKO w a s a p p o i n t e d d i r e c t o r o f HANS LULFING is d i r e c t o r o f t h e " F a c h k o m - the H u m b o l d t University o f B e r l i n L i b r a r y ission fur H a n d s c h r i f t e n u n d I n k u n a b e l n " in N o v e m b e r . in the East G e r m a n D e m o c r a t i c R e p u b l i c . Retirements MARTHA S . BF.LL, s i n c e 1 9 2 7 l i b r a r i a n o f the R a n d o l p h M a c o n W o m a n ' s College Li- brary, L y n c h b u r g , Va., r e t i r e d in 1961. M R S . P R E S T O N W . E D S A L L r e t i r e d a t t h e e n d o f 1961. She h a d been head o f the cir- culation d e p a r t m e n t o f the D. H . H i l l Li- brary, N o r t h C a r o l i n a State College, R a l e i g h . M R S . C L A R A E G L I L E G E A R , h e a d o f t h e r e f e r e n c e a n d b i b l i o g r a p h y section o f the m a p division, L i b r a r y of Congress, has re- tired a f t e r forty-seven years o f service. She will c o n t i n u e to serve the library as h o n o r a r y c o n s u l t a n t in historical cartography. DOROTHY I . HIGGINS r e t i r e d o n F e b r u a r y 28 a f t e r more than thirty-five years in the L i b r a r y of Congress descriptive cataloging division. MARJORIE F . R U M B L E , h e a d o f t h e s e a r c h division, acquisitions d e p a r t m e n t , University of C a l i f o r n i a , Berkeley, r e t i r e d in F e b r u a r y a f t e r m o r e than fifteen years of service. T H O M A S SHULER SHAW, h e a d o f t h e p u b l i c r e f e r e n c e section, general a n d b i b l i o g r a p h y division, L i b r a r y of Congress, retired on F e b - ruary 28. M r . Shaw was c h a i r m a n o f the R e f e r e n c e Section, A C R L , 1955/56; treasurer of A C R L , 1949-52; and is a m e m b e r o f A L A Council, until 1966. Necrology JOHN BAKER L E E , b i b l i o g r a p h e r a n d c a t a - loger of Zeitlin 8: V e r Brugge, L o s Angeles, for twenty years, died on D e c e m b e r 28. H e was graduated by S t a n f o r d University in 1930 and received the degree of M a s t e r o f Business A d m i n i s t r a t i o n from H a r v a r d Busi- ness School in 1932 a n d a degree in librari- anship from the U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , Berkeley, in 1938. GLADYS C . HENI.E, h e a d o f t h e c a t a l o g d e - p a r t m e n t , F r e e L i b r a r y o f P h i l a d e l p h i a , died on F e b r u a r y 6. She had b e e n with the F r e e L i b r a r y for eighteen years, a n d head of the d e p a r t m e n t since 1953. 2 4 4 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S J A M E S G . HODGSON, f o r m e r d i r e c t o r o f li- braries at C o l o r a d o State University, F o r t Collins, died on M a r c h 4 in F l o r e n c e , Italy. D r . Hodgson was at C S U f o r twenty-one years, first as l i b r a r i a n , from 1944 as director of libraries. H e was graduated from Iowa University, won his b a c h e l o r of library sci- e n c e degree from New Y o r k L i b r a r y School, a n d his doctorate from the University o f Chi- cago. H e retired in 1957. A N T O I N E T T E B . P . M E T C A L F , f r o m 1 9 1 0 u n - til 1939 associate l i b r a r i a n o f Wellesley Col- lege L i b r a r y , died early in M a r c h . FRANCES PICKETT, f o r m e r l i b r a r i a n of H u n t - ington College, M o n t g o m e r y , Ala., died in J a n u a r y . Miss P i c k e t t was o n e o f the early leaders in the A l a b a m a L i b r a r y Association. CHARLES B . SHAW, l i b r a r i a n a t S w a r t h m o r e College, Swarthmore, Pa., since 1927, died on Sunday, J a n u a r y 28, a f t e r a long illness. M r . Shaw taught in the s u m m e r school o f the University of M i c h i g a n d e p a r t m e n t o f li- brary science i n 1932-38, 1940-41, a n d every summer since 1916. H e was lecturer i n the library school of D r e x e l I n s t i t u t e o f T e c h - nology in the spring terms f r o m 1937 to 1957. H e served as c o n s u l t a n t to the C a r n e g i e Cor- p o r a t i o n a n d was a m e m b e r o f the Advisory G r o u p on College L i b r a r i e s . I n 1947-48 M r . Shaw went to C h i n a u n d e r the auspices o f the U n i t e d B o a r d for C h r i s t i a n Colleges in C h i n a , as advisor on university library prob- lems a n d to make a survey o f t h e i r libraries. M r . Shaw compiled the standard work, List of Books for College Libraries, in 1931, and its Supplement, 1931-38. I n 1947 he edited a b o o k o f American Essays a n d revised it in 1955. A n ardent a m a t e u r p r i n t e r , he founded the Off-hand Press at his home in 1958. A C R L Constitution and Bylaws Committee Report to the Board of Directors, June 1960 O n J u n e 19 a n d 22, 1960 the c o m m i t t e e m e t at the M o n t r e a l C o n f e r e n c e to consider necessary changes in the A C R L C o n s t i t u t i o n as p r i n t e d in College and Research Libraries, S e p t e m b e r 1957, a n d as a m e n d e d at the San Francisco C o n f e r e n c e , 1958. T h e changes to be considered by the committee are necessary to b r i n g the A C R L Con- stitution i n t o a g r e e m e n t with the C o n s t i t u t i o n of A L A . T h e c o m m i t t e e recommends the following changes or a m e n d m e n t s : Constitution A R T I C L E I I I , M E M B E R S H I P Sec. 1. Members—Change first s e n t e n c e to read: Any . . . m e m b e r (deleting the words, " p e r s o n a l or i n s t i t u t i o n a l or l i f e " . ) Sec. 2. Suspension and Reinstatement.—Delete e n t i r e section. T h i s is taken care of by A L A C o n s t i t u t i o n , A r t i c l e I I I . A R T I C L E V I I I . B Y L A W S Sec. 1. Adoption, Suspension, and Amendments.—Change last s e n t e n c e to read: "pro- vided that n o t i c e of the proposed changes has been published n o t less t h a n o n e m o n t h b e f o r e final c o n s i d e r a t i o n . " R e s p e c t f u l l y submitted, R u t h K . P o r r i t t , C h a i r m a n 1959/60 A C R L C o n s t i t u t i o n and Bylaws C o m m i t t e e EDITOR'S NOTE: The foregoing report is printed in compliance with the recommendation of the committee and with Articles VIII and IX of the ACRL Constitution. T h e s e constitu- t i o n a l changes were approved w i t h o u t dissent on the first vote taken at the a n n u a l member- ship m e e t i n g held at C l e v e l a n d on J u l y 12, 1961. T h e y will r e q u i r e a second vote o f approval before they can be effected. M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 4 5 By Ralph E. Ellsworth D u r i n g the first session of the B o a r d o f Directors at M i d w i n t e r , we had a full a n d f r a n k discussion o f the f u t u r e status o f A C R L in A L A . Most o f those present are uneasy, b u t the m a j o r i t y felt that if A C R L will push h a r d e r for its programs it can secure a larger part o f the A L A budget. A l t h o u g h I am q u i t e willing to go along with this con- sensus, I do not like its i m p l i c a t i o n s . Yes, we can, if we wish, push harder. B u t I d o n ' t like the idea of p u s h i n g a r o u n d o t h e r divi- sions in A L A any m o r e than I like the idea of their pushing us a r o u n d . T h i s is n o t a healthy base for A L A a n d it will eventually wreck A L A , as I see things. I am finding that there is a growing reali- zation a m o n g A L A members, a n d certainly a m o n g A C R L members, that A L A ' s present structure, based on type-of-activity organiza- tion a n d type-of-library organizations, can- n o t c o n t i n u e without wrecking the type-of- library divisions. A n association, like an individual, finds its b e i n g in doing. I t thrives as an integrated entity when the two are merged, b u t when the two are split the as- sociation splits i n t o conflict. T h a t is our d i l e m m a . O t h e r divisions in A L A feel that A C R L has been weak in d e v e l o p i n g specific pro- grams. O u r position has always been that CRL is o u r m a j o r program and that it should c o n t i n u e to be. B u t o u r position is not un- derstood o r a p p r e c i a t e d . W e shall have great difficulty c o n v i n c i n g the rest o f A L A that CRL deserves increasing support. T h e prospect of d e v e l o p i n g a book selec- tion service with the g r a n t recently an- n o u n c e d by the C o u n c i l on L i b r a r y R e - sources is promising indeed if we are to be allowed to c o n t r o l the n a t u r e a n d direction o f the service. If, on the o t h e r hand, this has to b e c o m e a b o o k evaluation service for all types of libraries, I find my enthusiasm for the p r o j e c t greatly diminished. W e shall see what develops as we c o n t i n u e . N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y W e e k , as it is developing i n t o a year-around effort to win support for libraries, deserves o u r support this year. I hope all members of A C R L will h e l p . I n the past, m a n y A C R L members were n o t en- thusiastic, but the bases for o u r r e l u c t a n c e no l o n g e r exist. T h e N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y W e e k officials a n d staff are a good group a n d we should have no f u r t h e r difficulties. I admit that this has n o t been a l t o g e t h e r a good year f o r A C R L . O u r a n n u a l statistics have n o t b e e n published on time; m a n y o f o u r members have not accepted the new A L A dues scale; m a n y fear that A R L ' s en- l a r g e m e n t will h a r m A C R L ; T a u b e r has re- signed as e d i t o r of CRL; a n d R i c k H a r w e l l has left the A C R L office. B u t R i c k is t a k i n g over the editorship o f CRL and M a r k Gorm- ley is proving to be a very a b l e a n d c a p a b l e successor to R i c k . T h e s e are signs that the A C R L m e m b e r s h i p is willing to assume re- sponsibility for t h i n k i n g through some o f the problems that have, in the past, held back its growth. 2 4 6 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S T h e Federal Depository System . . . (Continued from page 206) pository privilege.11 During the same hearing Hays also suggested that any school with an enrollment of three thou- sand to five thousand students should have the opportunity to become a deposi- tory.12 During hearings on an earlier version of H . R . 8141, one librarian proposed that the "entire urban area," rather than the congressional district, be made the base for designation. Another librarian "wondered if somehow perhaps a more rational approach to the whole problem might be made on the basis of popula- tion and proximity to large libraries."1 3 Wilcox contended that "distribution should be based upon geographical loca- tion or population centers rather than upon political expediency." Proposing size of student body as the criteria for designation of academic libraries, Wil- cox suggested that 750 students be the level above which an academic library would become eligible for designation.14 T h e Hays subcommittee seemed most receptive to these proposals for increas- ing the number of depository libraries. At one point Hays, after explaining that his bill would permit only one new de- pository in districts which had only one by congressional designation, said: " T h e subcommittee, however, will be open- minded on this matter and, if the testi- mony we adduce around the country brings out the necessity for more than that, then I am sure that the subcommit- tee will be willing to entertain such an idea."1 5 Hays, in fact, appeared puzzled about the lack of widespread or intensive interest in his efforts to improve the de- pository system: " T h e depository law it- self is rather an ancient one and I pre- 11 Ibid., p. 10. 12 Ibid., p. 12. 13 Hearings, Revision of Depository Library Laws, (IT. S. Congress . . . ) , p. 49. 14 Ibid., p. 1 1 8 - 1 9 . 15 Ibid., p. 39. sume the reason nothing has been done about it before is because the people most affected by it have never brought any pressure on the Congress to do any- thing about it. As a matter of fact, none has been brought yet." 1 6 In the late 1930's a chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Print- ing gave the library profession a virtual carte blanche to "rewrite the federal de- pository distribution act." 1 7 Whether or not Congress itself would have made good on the offer, the invitation was not ac- cepted. T h e Board of Resources of ALA, asked to back a comprehensive survey of depositories as a basis for revision of the law, contended that "most of the facts to be sought were already known and declined to support it. . . . Lack of agree- ment on the sort of survey to be con- ducted, lack of money with which to conduct it, lack of conviction that one was needed, and a variety of other rea- sons" operated to kill the idea.18 Today the profession has no such broad mandate to rewrite the depository law. H . R . 8141 may be as extensive a revision as we can hope to get at this time.19 T h e bill's provisions for addi- tional depositories are inadequate, how- ever. Fortunately, the evidence seems to indicate that Congress might be recep- tive to an amendment to H . R . 8141 broadening these provisions. Ideally, a comprehensive study of library needs and future development should precede an effort towards that end. Standards should be set which would assure the depository privilege to those libraries which need it and deny it to those present depositories which, in the words of the Powell Re- port, use it "only as a convenient method for obtaining a small handful of govern- ment publications from a central 16 Ibid., p. 8 9 . 1 7 J e r o m e K . W i l c o x , " R e p o r t of S t a t u s of H . R . 5 4 7 1 , " A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Association, Public Docu- ments, 1937, (Chicago, 1 9 3 7 ) . p. 17. 18 Revision of Depository Library Laws, ( U . S. Con- g r e s s . . . ) , p. 172. 1 9 H . R . 8 1 4 1 contains several important provisions in addition to expansion of the number of depositories. See the bill itself and H o u s e R e p o r t 7 2 4 , 87th Cong., 1st Sess., for details. M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 4 7 source."2 0 Such a study might follow some of the suggestions made by Wilcox and others and could well result in a recommendation to depart altogether from the congressional-designation method. Considerations of time and politics operate against such an ideal approach. H . R . 8141 has passed the House, and there is ample time for Senate passage this session if complicated changes are not made. In any case, a study such as the one contemplated could not be com- pleted speedily. With these factors in mind, it would seem wise to make the amendment as simple and as attractive to the Senate as possible. Fortunately, it appears that this might be done. H . R . 8141 makes no provision for ad- ditional Senatorial designation of deposi- tories. Very likely, the Senate will object to this. While the right of designation is largely formal and relatively unimpor- tant, it is a means bv which a legislator can please at least one small group of constituents without antagonizing other groups. Representatives and senators do not spurn such opportunities. Therefore it would seem possible to broaden the provisions for new depositories and, at the same time, make the bill more palat- able to the Senate. An amendment to H . R . 8141 allowing each senator to des- ignate one new depository for every one million population in his state would achieve two major objectives: I. Allow opportunities for immediate designation of approximately 360 deposi- tories. In many states, of course, few ad- ditional depositories would be needed and the opportunities would not be fully exploited. But the provision would allow new depositories where they are needed instead of, as in the present bill, allowing many where they are not needed. In Cali- fornia, for instance, the amendment would open up thirty-two opportunities on a statewide basis. In those congres- 20 Revision of Depository Library Laws, ( U . S . Con- g r e s s . . . ) , p. 173. 2 4 8 sional districts excluded by the present provisions of H . R . 8141, the California senators could use their designations to rectify the situation. 2. T h e amendment would allow the depository system to grow with future needs. As it now stands, H . R . 8141 would open up a few vacancies on a one-time basis but would leave the system inflexi- ble in the face of future developments. T h e amendment could be written so as to tie in with official Census Bureau popula- tion estimates. T h e 1960 population fig- ures for each state could be used as the base. Thus, when a state's population in- creased one million over 1960 figures, each senator would be allowed one more designation. When population has in- creased another million over 1960, each senator would get another opening. By this provision new opportunities would be opened up periodically in states with growing population and a corresponding need for more depositories. Since a few states have less than one million popula- tion today and are unlikely to add a mil- lion in the foreseeable future, the amend- ment should allow every senator one new designation, regardless of his state's pop- ulation. Even if these designations are never used, the provision might make the amendment acceptable to small-state senators. By allowing both senators from a state one designation each for every million population in their state, rather than one designation for one senator for every five hundred thousand, the amend- ment should prevent any possibility of the depository system becoming involved in partisan or personal politics. Getting such an amendment through Congress would require careful timing and, perhaps, intensive lobbying by the library profession. Given the present stage of H . R . 8141 in the legislative proc- ess, the most feasible procedure might be: 1. T r y to persuade the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, to which the bill has been referred, to accept the amendment as a committee amendment. C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S 2. If the amended version of the bill passes the Senate, it would have to go back to the House. T h i s seems likely in any case, since the Senate probably will tack on some kind of senatorial-designa- tion amendment, even if it leaves the other provisions intact. Once in the House, Representative Hays might per- suade the House to accede to the Senate version without asking for a conference. If this could be done, the danger of ex- piration of the bill toward the end of the session could be avoided. In any case, there would be little to lose and much to gain. Even if the bill does not get through this session and has to be rein- troduced in the Eighty-eighth Congress, this would be preferable to passage in its present form. T h e proposed amendment has one ad- ditional major advantage. Presumably, it would be endorsed by the Superintend- ent of Documents, since the idea of ex- panded senatorial designation is his own. T h e r e is not space nor reason to discuss Mr. Buckley's opposition to H . R . 8141 here. So far as the public record shows, his opposition is directed primarily at that provision of the bill requiring him to distribute to depositories those gov- ernment publications not printed at the Government Printing Office and at the provision which might, sometime in the future, require him to furnish microfac- simile copies of documents to the pro- posed regional depositories. So far as ad- ditional depositories are concerned, Mr. Buckley has registered opposition pri- marily to the "piecemeal" designation of depositories. And when asked by Repre- sentative Hays if he had any suggestions about an equitable way to expand the depository system, Mr. Buckley replied: " I n view of the fact that in many cases the congressional district designation does not appear to provide adequate serv- ice, consideration might be given to ex- panding the designations for the states at large, which would be the senators' desig- nation." 2 1 As for the cost of new depositories, the Hays subcommittee has estimated an $1,- 100 annual cost per depository. Assum- ing that the amended version of H . R . 8141 passes and is exploited to the limit, a most unrealistic assumption, we might have as many as six hundred new deposi- tories at an annual cost of $660,000. (A realistic estimate would be three hun- dred at a cost of $330,000.) Last year Mr. Buckley testified that in fiscal 1961 the profits returned to the Treasury from the sale of government publications "for the first time in the history of the office cov- ered not only the cost of the sales pro- gram but also the cost of all the other programs with which the office is charged by law." For fiscal 1962 Mr. Buckley fore- saw profits of $5,600,000, which would be $876,000 more than the entire appropria- tion for the Documents Office.22 T h u s the expanded depository program could be financed without any increase in ap- propriations. T h i s would be true even if the cost of all the other provisions of H.R. 8141 are included. T h i s is, of course, a specious argu- ment. While a program with its way al- ready paid may have smooth sailing in Congress, the taxpayers still would be out $660,000, and the question of the program's justification remains. In writ- ing the original depository law, Congress assumed that it was a good thing for gov- ernment publications to be distributed to libraries and to be made accessible through libraries to the public. T h i s as- sumption is basic to democratic govern- ment, and it still underlies the whole depository program. Additional justifica- tions can be advanced for distribution to and accessibility through libraries rather than directly to individuals. Increasingly in recent years, the fed- eral government has assumed that the 21 Hearings, Sale and Distribution of Government Publications, ( U . S . Congress . . . ) , p. 10. 22 Hearings, Legislative Branch Appropriations for 1962, ( U . S . Congress. House. Committee on Appropria- tions, 87th Cong., 1st S e s s . ) , 1 9 6 1 , pp. 2 7 9 - 8 0 . M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 4 9 national interest requires the appropria- tion of large sums for aid to higher edu- cation. Particular emphasis has been placed upon stimulating and aiding re- search in colleges and universities. One relatively cheap method of furthering these ends would be to expand the de- pository program to take in more aca- demic libraries. T o o often the depository system has been viewed by government officials as a means by which libraries get something for nothing. W i t h few excep- tions, the libraries pay many times over for the privilege. While some libraries have abused the privilege at the expense of others, most depositories serve in ef- fect as agents of the government in dis- seminating its publications. It is literally true that if depositories did not exist in public, academic, and other libraries, the government would have to invent them and have to subsidize them. An expanded depository program would be a very good bargain for the federal government. T h e taxpayer pays either way. No pub- lic or academic library today can provide adequate service without government publications. If Kent State University cannot become a depository and obtain documents free except for postage, it must buy them. T h e taxpayers of Ohio still foot the bill, and the bill is higher because Kent State cannot take advan- tage of the automatic and very efficient distribution service of the Documents Office. T o sum up, the passage of an amended version of H . R . 8141, while not an ideal solution in all respects, would lead to a depository system geared-to the realities of the 1960's and 1970's, not those of 1857. an easy, logical guide to skill in using the library GUIDE TO THE USE OF BOOKS AND LIBRARIES B y J E A N K E Y G A T E S , D i s t r i c t o f C o l u m b i a T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e . 2 5 6 p a g e s , $ 3 . 9 5 ( c l o t h ) , $ 2 . 2 5 ( p a p e r ) shows the student how the library can help him A G U I D E T O T H E U S E O F B O O K S A N D L I B R A R I E S s h o w s s t u d e n t s h o w t o u s e t h e l i b r a r y t o b e s t a d v a n t a g e a n d g i v e s s p e c i a l p o i n t e r s o n e f f e c t i v e u s e o f t h e c o l l e g e li- b r a r y . I t p r o v i d e s a b r i e f b u t c o m p r e h e n s i v e t r e a t m e n t o f b o o k s a n d l i b r a r i e s , w i t h e m - p h a s i s o n t h e m a n y t y p e s o f l i b r a r y m a t e - r i a l s , b o t h g e n e r a l a n d s p e c i a l i z e d , a n d o n t h e s k i l l s n e e d e d t o l o c a t e , s e l e c t , d e s c r i b e , u s e , a n d e v a l u a t e t h e s e m a t e r i a l s f o r s p e c i f i c p u r p o s e s . O n e t h e m e p e r v a d e s t h i s b o o k u s e f u l n e s s . E a c h t y p e o f m a t e r i a l is d i s - c u s s e d i n t h e l i g h t o f i t s u s e f u l n e s s t o t h e s t u d e n t . T h e r e a s o n s f o r c h o o s i n g a s p e c i f i c k i n d o f m a t e r i a l f o r a g i v e n p u r p o s e a r e d i s - c u s s e d ; w a y s o f u s i n g t h e m a t e r i a l s e a s i l y a n d e f f e c t i v e l y a r e e n u m e r a t e d . N O T E : i n c l u d e s r e p r o d u c t i o n s o f m a n y r e f - e r e n c e m a t e r i a l s s t u d e n t s w i l l a c t u a l l y u s e i n t h e l i b r a r y ; d i s c u s s e s g e n e r a l m a t e r i a l s s e p a r a t e l y f r o m t h o s e w h i c h b e l o n g in s p e - c i a l i z e d o r s u b j e c t a r e a s ; e x a m i n e s s p e c i a l - i z e d r e f e r e n c e m a t e r i a l s i n e a c h s u b j e c t f i e l d ; s t r e s s e s i m p o r t a n c e o f p e r i o d i c a l s , m a g a z i n e s , n e w s p a p e r s , a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l j o u r n a l s ; d e s c r i b e s g o v e r n m e n t p u b l i c a - t i o n s ; a s p e c i a l s e c t i o n s h o w s h o w t o u s e t h e l i b r a r y i n p r e p a r i n g a n u n d e r g r a d u a t e r e - s e a r c h p a p e r . w r i t e f o r y o u r e x a m i n a t i o n c o p y C O L L E G E D I V I S I O N M c G R A W - H I L L B O O K C O . , I N C . 3 3 0 W . 4 2 n d S t . , N e w Y o r k 3 6 , N . Y . 2 5 0 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S Australian Bibliography . . . (Continued from page 212) and include such earlier theses as may come to light. Size of area, uneven spread of popula- tion: these are the dominant undertones which accompany all statements concern- ing literature, science, description, gen- eral cultural achievement in Australia. None can gainsay their significance. T h e effect of these two strains is doubly felt when we look for published writings on the separate regions of the Common- wealth. Not even the Department of Post- War Reconstruction, which flourished between 1943 and 1949 (when it became the Department for National Develop- ment) succeeded in producing a bibliog- raphy for each state when it caused the compilation of the Regional Planning Bibliography (1948-1950)1 undertaken by its Regional Planning Division at the request of a conference of Commonwealth and State officers. T h e regional planning bibliography covers only New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, West- ern Australia and Northern Australia, and a supplementary volume, Australia's Vegetation, Forestry and Timber Re- sources (1948). These bibliographies were intended principally to serve the need for economic planning essential to Aus- tralia's development after the second world war, and they are consequently but quite naturally limited to publica- tions dealing with the industrial and agricultural potential of the regions. It is interesting to note that Western Aus- tralia is the region best served with bib- liographies. F. G. Steere compiled a Bibli- ography of Books, Articles and Pamphlets Dealing icith Western Australia Issued since its Discovery in 1616 (1923).46 A sup- plement with the title Additions to Steere's Bibliography of Western Aus- tralia was made in 1924, but it does not appear to have been printed. In 1953 F. K. Crowley published his Records of Western Australia, Vol. I,1 9 a huge roneoed volume of almost eleven hun- dred pages. Clearly, sparsity of popula- tion does not necessarily prevent biblio- graphic work. A region only recently served by bib- liographic treatment is Tasmania. E. D. Flinn's The History, Politics and Econ- omy of Tasmania in the Literature, 1856- 1959 (1961 )24 is a reliable and very useful guide to Australia's second oldest state. For South Australia, T . Gill's Bibliog- raphy of South Australia (1886)25 is still the only published list of sources, while the only bibliography of New South Wales, issued by its own Public Library under the title Works on New South Wales, comp. . . . under the direction of R. C. Walker,38 is of about the same vin- tage: 1878. However, each state library keeps card indexes of current references to its own state. In addition there exist a few bibliog- raphies of small areas, e.g., towns, river valleys, etc. which are too specialized to be mentioned here. In general, however, regional bibliography is still largely terra incognita. It will have been noted that I have not dealt with some major bibliographic en- terprises which have not only commanded a great deal of enthusiastic work but some of which have attracted substantial monetary support from government agencies. However, my aim has been to limit myself to the subject: "Australia—Bib- liography." T h i s does not include the practice (and theory) of bibliography in Australia, a practice which has had the benefit of numerous librarians of great ability and perseverance, and which has produced some really first-rate tools. Without these, Australian scholarship would be very seriously hampered. Since they fall outside the scope of this paper I hope to be able to discuss elsewhere and with leisure the full range of "Bib- liography, Australian." M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 5 1 Bibliography 1. Australia. D e p a r t m e n t o f N a t i o n a l De- v e l o p m e n t . Division o f R e g i o n a l Devel- o p m e n t . A Classified and Selective Bib- liography on Australia for Regional Planning Purposes, c o m p . by KATHLEEN M . HERBERG. C a n b e r r a : T h e Depart- m e n t , 1 9 4 8 - 1 9 5 0 . ( R o n e o e d ) . (Parts 2 - 3 , 5, 7 - 8 a n d S u p p l e m e n t only published to date). 2. Australia. N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y . Annual Cat- alogue of Australian Publications. Nos. 1 - 2 5 . C a n b e r r a : G o v e r n m e n t p r i n t e r , 1 9 3 7 - 1 9 6 0 . (Superseded, 1961, by Aus- tralian National Bibliography). 3. Australia. N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y . Select Bib- liography on Economic and Social Con- ditions in Australia, 1918-1953. [Can- b e r r a ] : T h e L i b r a r y , 1953. 4. Australian B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l C e n t r e . Aus- tralian Bibliography and Bibliographical Services. C a n b e r r a : Australian Advisory C o u n c i l on B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l Services, 1960. 5. Australian Education Index. [Mel- b o u r n e ] : A C E R , 1 9 5 7 - . No. [ 1 ] - . Q u a r t e r l y . 6. Australian Journal of Science. Sydney: Australian and New Zealand Association for the A d v a n c e m e n t of Science, 1 9 3 8 - . v . l - . 7. Australian Periodical Index. Sydney: T h e L i b r a r y , 1 9 5 6 - . M o n t h l y . (Issued as a s u p p l e m e n t to the Monthly Catalogue o f the P u b l i c L i b r a r y o f N e w South W a l e s . C o n t i n u e s the M i t c h e l l L i b r a r y ' s Index to Periodicals, item 39.) 8. Australian Public Affairs Information Service: a Subject Index to Current Lit- erature. C a n b e r r a : N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y , J u l y 1 9 4 5 - . v . l - . M o n t h l y . 9. Australian Science Abstracts: Supple- ment to the Australian Journal of Sci- ence. 1 9 2 2 - J u n e 1957. v. 1 - 2 2 . 10. Australian Science Index. M e l b o u r n e : C o m m o n w e a l t h Scientific a n d I n d u s t r i a l R e s e a r c h O r g a n i z a t i o n , 1 9 5 7 - . v . [ l ] M o n t h l y , with a n n u a l c u m u l a t i o n s . 11. Australian Social Science Abstracts. [Mel- b o u r n e ] : A u s t r a l i a n N a t i o n a l R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l , C o m m i t t e e on R e s e a r c h in the Social Sciences, M a r . 194b-J\lov. 1954. Nos. 1 - 1 8 . 12. liiblionews: Monthly Letter to Members. [Sydney]: B o o k Collectors Society of Aus- tralia, A p r . 1 9 4 7 - . n o . l - . 13. B o r c h a r d t , D i e t r i c h H a n s . Checklist of Royal Commissions, Select Committees of Parliament and Boards of Inquiry. 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A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel, In- cluding Voyages, Geographical Descrip- tions, Adventures, Shipwrecks and Ex- peditions. 3v. S e a t t l e : University of W a s h i n g t o n , 1 9 3 5 - 1 9 4 9 . 18. Craig, J e a n . Bibliography of Public Ad- ministration in Australia (1850-1947). W i t h an I n t r o d u c t i o n by T . H . KEWLEY. Sydney: D e p a r t m e n t of G o v e r n m e n t and P u b l i c A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , University o f Syd- ney, 1955. 19. Crowley, F r a n c i s K e b l e . The Records of Western Australia. P e r t h , P u b l i c a t i o n s C o m m i t t e e o f the University o f W e s t e r n Australia, 1 9 5 3 - . v . l - . 20. D a l r y m p l e , A l e x a n d e r . An Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean. . . . 2v. L o n d o n : T h e a u t h o r , 1 7 7 0 - 1 7 7 1 . 21. David, Sir T a n n a t t W i l l i a m E d g e w o r t h . 2 5 2 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S The Geology of the Commonwealth of Australia, ed. a n d m u c h s u p p l e m e n t e d by W . R . BROWNE. 3V. L o n d o n : A r n o l d [1950], 22. Davis, S. R and Hughes, Colin A. " T h e L i t e r a t u r e o f Australian G o v e r n m e n t and P o l i t i c s , " Australian Journal of Politics, I V (1958), 1 0 7 - 3 3 . 23. Ferguson, J o h n A l e x a n d e r . Bibliography of Australia. Sydney: Angus, 1 9 4 1 - v. 1 — . v . l : 1 7 8 4 - 1 8 3 0 ; v.2: 1 8 3 1 - 1 8 3 8 ; v.3, 1 8 3 9 - 1 8 4 5 ; v.4, 1 8 4 6 - 1 8 5 0 . 24. F l i n n , E l i z a b e t h . The History, Politics and Economy of Tasmania in the Litera- ture, 1856-1959. H o b a r t : University of T a s m a n i a L i b r a r y , 1961. 25. G i l l , T h o m a s . Bibliography of South Australia. A d e l a i d e : G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t e r , 1886. 26. G r e a t B r i t a i n . 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Richard Hakluyt and His Successors: a Volume Issued to Commemorate the Cen- tenary of the Hakluyt Society. L o n d o n : T h e Society, 1946. 33. M a r s h a l l , M a r y J a c q u e l i n e (Meston). Union List of Higher Degree Theses in Australian University Libraries. H o b a r t : University o f T a s m a n i a L i b r a r y , 1959. 34. M i l l e r , E d m u n d Morris. Australian Lit- erature from Its Beginnings to 1935: a Descriptive and Bibliographical Survey of Books by Australian Authors in Poetry, Drama, Fiction, Criticism and Anthology with Subsidiary Entries to 1938. 2v. Mel- b o u r n e : University Press, 1940. 35. M i l l e r , E d m u n d Morris. Australian Lit- erature: a Bibliography to 1938 Extended to 1950, ed. with a historical o u t l i n e and descriptive c o m m e n t a r i e s by FREDERICK T . MACARTNEY. Sydney: Angus [1956]. 36. Musgrave, A n t h o n y . Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930; with Biographical Notes on Authors and Col- lectors. Sydney: R o y a l Zoological Society o f N e w South Wales, 1932. 37. New South W a l e s . P u b l i c L i b r a r y , Syd- ney. Australasian Bibliography: Cata- logue of Books in the Free Public Li- brary, Sydney, Relating to or Published in Australasia. . . . Sydney: G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t e r , 1893. 3 parts in 1 vol. 38. New South W a l e s . P u b l i c L i b r a r y , Syd- ney. Works on New South Wales, comp. at the F r e e P u b l i c L i b r a r y , Sydney, un- d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n o f R . C . W A L K E R . . . . Sydney: G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t e r , 1878. 39. New South W a l e s . P u b l i c L i b r a r y . Mitch- ell L i b r a r y . Index to Periodicals 1944- 1955. 3v. Sydney: P u b l i c L i b r a r y of N . S . W . , 1 9 5 0 - 1 9 5 7 . 40. P i n k e r t o n , J o h n . A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in All Parts of the World . . . Digested on a New Plan. 17v. L o n - d o n : L o n g m a n , 1 8 0 8 - 1 8 1 4 . 41. R o y a l C o m m o n w e a l t h Society, L o n d o n . Subject Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Empire Society, Formerly Royal Colonial Institute, by E v a n L e w i n . 4v. L o n d o n : T h e Society, 1 9 3 0 - 1 9 3 7 . 42. Serle, Percival. A Bibliography of Aus- tralasian Poetry and Verse, Australia and New Zealand. M e l b o u r n e : University Press, 1925. 43. Silver, S. W i l l i a m . Catalogue of the York Gate Library, Formed by S. William Sil- ver; an Index to the Literature of Geog- raphy, Maritime and Inland Discovery, Commerce and Colonisation, by Edward Augustus P e t h e r i c k . 2d ed. L o n d o n : Murray, 1886. 44. Spence, Sydney A. A Bibliography of Selected Early Books and Pamphlets Re- lating to Australia, 1610-1880. L o n d o n : T h e author, 1952. M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 5 3 . . Supplement: and Extension from 1881-1900. 1955. 45. Spence, Sydney A. Captain James Cook, R.N. (1728-1779): a Bibliography of His Voyages, to Which is Added Other Works Relating to His Life, Conduct and Nau- tical Achievements. M i t c h a m : T h e au- thor, 1960. 46. Steere, F r a n c i s Grylls. Bibliography of Books, Articles and Pamphlets Dealing with Western Australia Issued Since Its Discovery in 1616. P e r t h : G o v e r n m e n t P r i n t e r , 1923. . " A d d i t i o n s to Steere's ' B i b l i o g r a p h y of W e s t e r n A u s t r a l i a . ' " [ P e r t h : 1924] T y p e s c r i p t . 47. Streit, R o b e r t . Missionsliteratur von Aus- tralien und Ozeanien, 1525-1950, begon- n e n von P . R o b e r t Streit; fortgefiihrt von P . J o h a n n e s D i n d i n g e r . F r e i b u r g : H e r d e r , 1955. 48. Studies in Australian Bibliography. Cre- m o r n e : S t o n e C o p y i n g Co., 1 9 5 4 - . no. 1 - . 49. [Sweet and M a x w e l l ' s ] Legal Bibliog- raphy of the British Commonwealth of Nations. 2d ed., c o m p . by W . HAROLD M A X W E L L a n d L E S L I E F . M A X W E L L . L o n - d o n : Sweet a n d M a x w e l l , 1 9 5 5 - . v. 1 . 50. W h i t t e l l , H u b e r t Massey. The Literature of Australian Birds: a History and a Bib- liography of Australian Ornithology. P e r t h : Paterson B r o k e n s h a , 1954. Be an Early Bookworm! M a k e your reservation early, for the third a n n u a l R a r e B o o k C o n f e r e n c e on J u n e 15 and 16, at the University of M i a m i , in Coral Gables, F l a . T h e topic will be B o o k Illustra- t i o n . R e g i s t r a t i o n fee is $30.00, and includes dormitory room and two dinners. Send your reservation and check to M a r k M . Gormley, A C R L E x e c u t i v e Secretary, 50 E . H u r o n St., Chicago 11, b e f o r e J u n e 1. Four Extraordinary Library Sets LE VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND. Oeuvres Completes. 36 volumes. i/2 leather bindings (slightly scuffed) Paris 1838 $95.00 AMBROSE B1ERCE. Collected Works. 12 volumes. Ltd. Edition. With 2 pp. ALS from A.B. to Neale $160.00 WILLIAM H. P R E S C O T T . Complete Works. 22 volumes. T h e Monu- mental A Z T E C E D I T I O N . Ltd. to 250 sets. $120.00 JOHN RUSKIN. Complete Works. 39 volumes. T h e famous L I B R A R Y E D I T I O N . Bound in full blind-stamped morocco $150.00 IRA J. FRIEDMAN, Inc. Booksellers - - Publishers - - I m p o r t e r s P o r t Washington, L. I., N. Y . Try our outstanding Search Service with your next want list 2 5 4 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S Special Collections . . . (Continued from page 216) nary in Detroit, and some were discov- ered—to my great amazement—among an array of other uncataloged gift books of varying value and importance in the relatively new St. John's Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan. Some were even offered for sale in New York a few years ago. It so happened that at the time of Father Richard's death, an almost il- literate person made a list of the good Father's rather shabby belongings that included the books in his library. It seems important to me to see that some- one translates this list into bibliographi- cal language so that as many books as possible can be located and re-assem- bled, if necessary. For early Detroit his- tory and an understanding of Father Richard's life and career, the contents of his library would certainly reveal a good deal of information. T o o bad this very special collection was dispersed, but at least there is a scanty list. We are aware of the fact that some collections were assembled which should be dispersed, although the owner and prospective donor may think otherwise. It is the rigid rule and policy of some libraries not to accept any collection which is being presented with the stipu- lation of being kept together. It seems, however, that librarians have grown so much accustomed to receiving generous gifts that they are sometimes prone to re- fuse a perfectly legitimate request of a donor who wants his books kept together. After all, why shouldn't a person have the perfectly natural thought of visualiz- ing in one location his life's most cher- ished endeavor? Many librarians appear to be so convinced that collections are given to an institution for no other rea- son but the advantage of income tax deduction that they are likely to over- look the often genuine desire of a person to see his collection in toto preserved in his favorite institution. Certainly, if no special classification scheme has to be devised, and space is available, there is no valid reason for refusing this stipula- tion. T h i s decision depends, of course, on the importance of the material. When presented with "50 books of the year 1958," we most certainly are inclined to refuse a request for physical together- ness. Yet, we might be able to persuade the collector to make the gift even though his particular request has to be turned down, by showing him that by using the 1958 list of books published by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, his collection can be assembled at any time without much effort. T h e r e is a danger of separating books belonging to a special collection and incorporating them in the general holdings of the li- brary by using the adopted classification. Parts of the collection may be worn out sooner than others. Some material may be used more frequently in connection with research for purposes other than the fact that they are the collection. It is conceivable, for instance, that a li- brary school assignment prescribes stud- ies on English children's magazines. In this case, magazines which belong to a Kate Greenaway collection because they contain some of her illustrations will be used in a completely different context from the one for which they were origi- nally assembled. In this case, precautions can be taken in advance by retaining such magazines in the rare book collec- tion to assure careful use. In some cases, it is possible to con- vince the donor that not all of his books warrant being kept together. Part of his collection can be incorporated in the rare book department to form a small but desirable special collection; the rest would be more useful if made easily available to the general public. In recent years, the Detroit Public Library has successfully separated in this manner a cookbook collection of about three thou- sand volumes, retaining about three hundred in the rare book department, and a history of children's literature col- M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 5 5 lection which was divided and shared by the rare book and language and liter- ature departments. One more important aspect of the ad- ministration is the publicizing of special collections, not only the ones contained in our own institutions, but especially collections which are found in unlikely places. Personally, I know of ten or more such collections. T h e Detroit Institute of Arts houses, for instance, part of the Whitney-Hoff collection of fine bind- ings, and one of the finest collections of books on puppetry, formerly collected and owned by the well-known book de- signer Paul McPharlin. In the Toledo (Ohio) Art Museum is one of only two collections in the United States devoted to a "Museum of the Book." In a rela- tively small public library in Saginaw, Michigan, I recently saw an exhibit of a substantial collection of miniature books. Many historical museums and so- cieties have book and manuscript mate- rials which have not been recorded or described in library literature. Some few tools available for locating special collections are the now somewhat o u t d a t e d Special Library Resources (1941), Lee Ash's Subject Collections, American Literary Manuscripts, pub- lished recently by the Modern Language Association, and DeRicci's Census, with the forthcoming supplement. These are by no means all-inclusive, and it does seem that all of us should assume the responsibility of reporting to proper places all significant special collections which come to our attention. One source of information which may be overlooked by some is the subject listing of special- ized dealers in the AB Bookman's Year- book. When trying to locate special col- lections for research purposes, specialized book dealers are always most helpful. Librarians are often surprised when patrons and scholars take it for granted that some special collection should be available in their institution. All of us should make a genuine attempt to form special collections. Universities are ex- pected to have collections on their alumni and the history of the institution. T h e Detroit Public Library, located in the center of the automotive industry, is ex- pected to have an automotive history collection; it has one of the best. Local history collections are expected in even the smallest public library, and so are biographical data of important citizens, and works of local authors. It is my opinion that special classifi- cation schemes are not necessary. Physi- cal separation of collections is often use- ful, sometimes unavoidable. Checklists or catalogs of special collections are al- ways an asset, especially when the col- lection must be dispersed and incorpo- rated in the general holdings. T h e r e is no library which can escape the acquisi- tion of special collections and the prob- lems connected with their administra- tion. O T T O H A R R A S S O W I T Z Library A g e n c y W I E S B A D E N • G E R M A N Y Direct service on all German language books and periodicals * Orders and inquiries are invited on both new and out-of-print material * Farmington Plan agent for West and East Germany * For economy, speed, and accuracy you may rely upon your G e r m a n a g e n t O T T O H A R R A S S O W I T Z 2 5 6 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S Who Uses . . . (Continued from page 222) and dining halls ranked somewhat lower, with still fewer coming from or going to laboratories. As would be expected, there was relatively little traffic between labo- ratories and the Dewey Library or the General and Humanities Library, a much higher percentage between laboratories and the Science Library. Laboratories ranked surprisingly low in Engineering Library traffic, classrooms high. A composite picture of hourly use in the libraries is shown in T a b l e IV. It is interesting that early evening use on week ends slightly exceeded that on week days. On all days the heaviest use was between 1 and 2 P.M. A brief description of each library surveyed and some comments on statis- tics for each one may add to the mean- ingfulness of this analysis. The General and Humanities Library includes the central reference depart- ment and the union catalog. In addition to reference materials, the collections serviced consist of books and journals in the various fields of the humani- ties and those of non-specialized science and technology. Reserve books for hu- manities courses required of all under- graduates are housed in another loca- tion. Nevertheless, the General and Hu- manities Library had the highest per- centage of undergraduate use—56 per cent. Other categories of M I T users were more or less in the same ratio as the av- erage for all the libraries ( T a b l e I). Since the union catalog and the reference de- partment, which handles interlibrary loans, are located here, one would ex- pect the 41 per cent of n o n - M I T users shown in T a b l e I I . T h e Science Library contains the col- lections in the mathematical, physical, earth and life sciences. T h e most acces- sible of all the reading rooms, it had heavy use—60 per cent of the total M I T users and 44 per cent of the total non- M I T users. T h e proportionate use of M I T faculty, research staff, graduate stu- dents, undergraduates, and others was in nearly the same ratio as the average for all libraries (Table I). T h e use pattern was rechecked by a two-hour survey held in the Science Li- TABLE 3: WHERE MIT USERS CAME FROM AND W E R E GOING MAY 11-17, 1959 (Figures are percentages) Dining Living Library Class Hall Quarters Laboratory Office Other All Libraries 20.5 9.9 37.5 7.3 10.9 13.9 General & Humanities 17.4 10.5 40.9 6.2 10.3 14.7 Science 17.3 9 . 4 39.6 9 . 9 10.4 13.4 Dewey 23.5 11.8 34.7 2.2 11.3 16.5 Engineering 31.8 8.5 28.5 7.0 12.9 11.3 All Libraries (By Class of User) Faculty and DSR Graduates Undergraduates Apiil 1960 4 . 5 6.7 18.7 18.5 9 . 8 33.7 26.7 11.1 46.0 17.4 45.9 6.8 9.2 16.6 12.2 4 . 1 . . . . 12.1 MAY 1 9 6 2 257 H O U R L Y A V E R A G E O F P E O P L E E N T E R I N G T H E L I B R A R I E S , M a y 1 1 - 1 9 , 1 9 5 9 8 an 9 10 1 1 1 2 lpm 2 3 b $ 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 brary on October 25, 1960, using the same questionnaires and the same method of distribution. T h e day and hours chosen were those in which the percentages of types of users most nearly matched the average percentages of types of users in all the libraries surveyed in May 1959. T h e results were nearly the same as the previous ones in all categories of users and uses, the chief change being an in- crease in use for class preparation—from 56 per cent to 61.6 per cent. T h i s is a reflection chiefly of the research staff who increased their class preparation use by 11.5 per cent. Use of the library for re- search purposes was slightly greater, too. What the new brief survey seemed to show was that the pattern of use of our libraries remained relatively unchanged over an eighteen-month period. T h e Engineering Library houses col- lections for the civil and sanitary, elec- trical, mechanical, navel architecture and marine engineering departments. T h e fact that it is less accessible than Science may account for the fact that only 9 per cent of the total outside users found their way there, and the week-end use was low. T h i s is explained in part by shorter week-end hours than in the General and Humanities or Science libraries. T h e Engineering Library shows the only sig- nificant difference in traffic pattern from the average; a considerably higher pro- portion of users were coming from or going to class. Though the number of undergraduates using this library was in nearly the same proportion as for all li- braries surveyed, it is significant that the undergraduate dormitories are located at some distance away. T h e Dewey Library is situated about one-quarter of a mile from the rest of the M I T campus. It serves the School of Industrial Management, including the department of economics. T h i s library maintains a large corporation file, and a special collection of industrial relations pamphlets and documents as well as other materials within its fields of in- terest. Here students form 86 per cent of the users, with graduate students in the majority. T h e latter used Dewey heavily for class preparation—67.5 per cent. Only 6 per cent of the total out- siders used this library. T h e statistics on outside users (Table I I ) were of considerable help in formu- lating the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries Membership Plan for Industry, established in 1960. Also, these figures will continue to be useful in deliberations with other educational institutions in the urban area on the problems of cross-use of libraries by fac- ulties and students. Information drawn from the survey has been helpful, too, in planning the hours during which the li- braries are open, and the types and num- ber of personnel needed. T h e traffic pat- tern and the heavy use by undergraduates are being carefully studied by the plan- ners in their considerations of future building needs at M I T . Herbert Lang & Cie Agents for Libraries BERNE — S W I T Z E R L A N D Cable address: Herbertbooks. Careful Service Swiss and European Continental Books and Periodicals We are prepared to accept not only your current orders but also your "special cases" on new and second hand publications. Farmington Plan Agents for Switzerland HERBERT LANG M A Y 1 9 6 2 2 5 9 Degrees Held . . . (Continued from page 228) T h e r e are 65 libraries with collections of between 250,000 and 500,000 volumes: for the librarians of 2 of these, no educa- tional information was found; of the re- maining 63, all have the bachelor's de- gree, 2 of these librarians have no other degrees, 9 others have a B.L.S. in addi- tion to the undergraduate degree, and 1 has a library school certificate. Thirty- two librarians in this group have an M.A. and for 24 of them it is the highest degree held, although 14 have in addition the B.L.S., 1 has the M.L.S., 1 a certifi- cate, and 2 have both the B.L.S. and M.L.S. For 14 additional librarians, the M.L.S. is the only master's degree. T h e r e are 13 librarians in this group with doc- torates—7 in subject fields and 6 in li- brary studies. Eleven (17.4 per cent) of these 63 librarians do not have a library degree, the other 52 have certificates, B.L.S., M.L.S., and library studies doc- torates in various combinations, although 2 have only the certificate and 26 only the B.L.S. T h r e e librarians do not have li- brary degrees although they have at- tended library school. Of those holding a doctorate in a subject field, 3 have li- brary degrees. Of the next group of libraries, those having between1100,000 and 250,000 vol- umes, educational information was found on 135 librarians of a possible 154. All but 2 of these librarians have a bach- elor's degree; 1 of them has only a certi- ficate from a library school, the other received a diploma from a seminary and later acquired both a library degree and an M.A. For 24 librarians, the bachelor's degree is terminal, although 21 of them have in addition the B.L.S. and 1 of these has also the L . L . B . Seventy-two librarians in this group have a subject master's de- gree; for 48 of them, it is the highest de- gree, although 38 also have a library de- gree or degrees. For 35 librarians, the M.L.S. is the only master's degree. T h e r e are 28 librarians in this group who hold the doctor's degree—21 in a subject area and 7 in library studies. Library degrees are held by a total of 116 librarians in this group; of the 19 (14 per cent) who do not have library degrees, 3 have at- tended a library school for some period. Thirteen of those who have subject doc- torates also have a library degree. T h e final group of librarians to be surveyed supervise libraries with fewer than 100,000 volumes but with more than 50,000. T h e American Library Directory lists 268 libraries of this size, but educa- tional information could be found for the librarians of only 215 of them. All but 1 of these librarians has the bachelor's de- gree; this librarian attended college, but did not take a degree. For 64 the bach- elor's degree is terminal, although all but 6 have had further professional educa- tion, and 56 of them have graduated from library school, and 2 from theologi- cal seminaries. Subject master's degrees are held by 82 of these librarians; this is the terminal degree for 69 of them, but 63 of these have library degrees. For 66 others the M.L.S. is the only master's degree held. Twelve librarians in this group have a subject Ph.D., 2 have doc- torates in library studies, and 2 the Ed.D. A library degree is held by 197 of the 215 librarians; of the 18 (8.4 per cent) who do not have library degrees, 6 have at- tended library schools. Eight of the sub- ject doctorates and both of the doctorates of education also hold a library degree. T h i s brief survey of the educational backgrounds of our head college and uni- versity librarians has shown that as a group they meet the standards set by the profession and move beyond them. They are broadly educated: only 13 of 468 who hold the bachelor's degree have termi- nated their formal education at that point, 338 have at least one master's de- gree, and 88 have doctorates. Although 61 do not have degrees in library studies, 11 of them have attended library school, leaving only 50 who do not have formal library education of some kind. 2 6 0 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S . . . No Indexes (Contitiued from page 230) the aim of authors who write in a philo- sophical vein. One would expect them, especially, to assume that their works will be quoted. T h e index means to this end, surprisingly enough, is omitted by Jacques Barzun in The House of In- tellect (Harper, 1959). In The Fourth Branch of Government (Houghton, 1959), Douglas Cator is concerned about press- governmental relations in Washington, but is unconcerned about leaving the intricacies of these relationships unin- dexed. On the contemporary scene abroad, Chester Bowles in 1956 wrote a fact-crammed work, Africa's Challenge to America (University of California Press). Obviously, the challenge is greater now than then. And when we turn to it for certain facts, we find no way to retrieve the information. E D U C A T I O N . Books on education may be of general interest or for specialists. Books of both kinds come without in- dexes; such as Soviet Education Today (De Graff, 1959), by Deanna Levin and Visual Methods in Education (Philo- sophical Library, 1957), by William C. Sumner. In Undercover Teacher (Dou- bleday, 1960), George N. Allen treats factually conditions which Evan Hunter treats fictionally in The Blackboard Jun- gle (Simon & Schuster, 1954). But the former, without an index, has no more reference value than the latter. R E L I G I O N . One can understand, per- haps, index omissions in books of ex- hortation. But differences of opinion are common in the field of religion, and it seems that authors would be sure to include indexes to their interpretations. Libuse Miller neglects to do this in The Christian and the World of Unbelief (Abingdon, 1957); nor does A. C. Bou- quet provide an index to Christian Faith and Non-Christian Religions (Harper, 1958). S C I E N C E . Depending upon the subject M A Y 1 9 6 2 treated, the college public is, at one and the same time, both professional and lay. In either role, this public tends to channel its subject curiosity; therefore, it needs indexes to particulars which in- terest it. Examples of works which do not meet this need are: Scientific Uses of Earth Satellites (University of Michi- gan Press, 1958), edited by James Van Allen, and Galaxies to Man (Random House, 1959), by J o h n Pfeiffer. M I S C E L L A N E O U S . T h e r e are many titles which lack enough common character- istics to disclose categories other than the foregoing ones. We have in mind titles which, in treatment, come within the purview of college library require- ments. T h e books cover a variety of sub- jects—Islamic law, retarded children, philately, demonology. Here are two which one would assume would have indexes but do not: Foundations of Capitalism (Philosophical Library, 1959), by Oliver C. Cox, and Harold M. May- er's Port of Chicago and the St. Lawrence Seaway (University of Chicago Press), which is the 1957 imprint that caused Angle0 so much trouble. A S S O C I A T I O N S AND A G E N C I E S . T h i s head- ing segregates titles published by such organizations. As collective action in- creases, the number of titles issued or sponsored by organizations increases. Many of these publications are reports of the latest findings and developments in the various disciplines; many are contin- uations. For some agencies, as depart- ments of universities, no indexes are due to limited budgets.7 Associations and agencies may also omit indexes because they sell at low prices.8 T h e r e should be a greater opportunity to effect improve- 6 Op. cit. 7 Ernest Q. Campbell and others, When a City Closes Its Schools (Chapel Hill, N. C.: Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina, 1960), 195p. $1.00 paper. 8 William Kvaraceus and others, Delinquent Behavior; Culture and the Individual. (Washington D. C.: Juvenile Delinquency Project. National Education Association, 1959)_, 147p. $1.25; and National Reading Conference, Starting and Improving College Reading Programs; the 8th Yearbook of the Conference; edited by Oscar Causey and William Ellen. (Fort Worth: The Con- ference, Bailey Building, Texas Christian University, 1959), 196p. $2.50 paper. 2 6 1 ments with the cooperation of their of- ficials because so many are members of the academic community and because libraries of institutions of higher learn- ing probably constitute their best market. T h e writer hopes that librarians will be interested in checking for books with- out indexes among their recent acquisi- tions. T h e i r search may locate other titles under the headings used here or accumulate titles which fall within other categories. If this should be the case, we can conclude that many titles are being acquired that do not meet the index criterion of permanent value. As time passes, it seems that books now cur- rent are less likely to be widely read and more likely to be used as sources for later scholarly research; hence the need for indexes. At least, a non-indexed work serves notice to the searcher that he is "on his own." But a poor index perpetrates a kind of literary fraud in that it can lead the unwary reader to infer that there is nothing in a work on his or her problem. Garloch's article9 on inadequate index- ing has been cited, and librarians know that their representatives on the Z39 Subcommittee of the American Stand- ards Association helped to draft the standards adopted by this Association.10 T h e standards need to be adapted for daily use by book selectors. One way might be to devise indicators of thor- oughness which can be applied to vari- ous types of books categorized by form, content, readers, etc. T h e index is important, but it is not the only feature of the bibliographic apparatus (broadly defined). Its best features are standards of good practice which contribute to a reader's under- standing and which enable a searcher to find most readily data pertinent to his inquiry and make possible his recourse to other sources with the least delay. 9 Op. ext., 3051-3055. 10 " 2 3 9 Subcommittee on Indexing; American Stand- ards Association: Report, 1958," Library Journal, L X X X I I I (1958), 1351-1358. Experience suggests that any search, tak- ing no more time than that for this ar- ticle, will as surely disclose instances of sub-standard practice. Illustrative is The Goals of Higher Education (Harvard University Press, 1960), edited by W . D. Weatherford, J r . It is a collection of lec- tures by six prominent educators. None, except Gordon Allport, gives footnotes or citations. These markedly increase the scope of the one lecture, leading read- ers to citations of works with more data on the facets of Allport's subject of interest to them. W e share with scholars an interest in this deteriorative situation but, more directly, because librarianship is con- cerned with the relative quality of a title, both as book and work, whatever the subject, which is the primary in- terest of the scholar. Therefore, it might be appropriate for librarians to consider initially the improvement of the ap- paratus. A committee of librarians could do the groundwork by offering conclu- sive evidence of the deterioration. Such action will bring librarians in contact with professors on the campus and as officials of their associations. W e should be able to arouse their interest by mak- ing them aware of the increasing diffi- culty they will encounter in their re- search due to the faulty bibliographic apparatus of more and more books. For maximum effectiveness, any steps to bring about improvements in the sit- uation would probably have to be done by a joint committee of librarians and scholars. T h e i r prestige will aid immeas- urably because the improvements them- selves must come from action by their own brethren, by other writers, and by publishers. But with publishers librar- ians should have not inconsiderable in- fluence for, as they admit, the library market absorbs "a good half of their adult non-fiction (best-sellers and re- prints aside)."1 1 11 Daniel Melcher, " T h e Library Market," American Library and Book Trade Annual, 1960, edited by Wyllis E. Wright (New Y o r k : Bowker, 1959), p. 43. 2 6 2 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S T h e cooperation of librarians and scholars may not be without its difficul- ties because the approach of each to the problem is different: the librarian, that of the generalist; the scholar, that of the subject specialist. If, however, both work together to improve the apparatus which benefits scholars personally, then one might not be overly optimistic to ex- pect further support from them in build- ing collections of permanent value. They should see that this, too, is to their ad- vantage for, after all, the product with which we deal comes largely from their hands. Readers interested in pursuing this matter further can obtain on re- quest to the writer a bibliography of one hundred non-indexed titles published in the five-year period 1956-1960 arranged alphabetically by author under the headings used in this article. r 1 THE SATURDAY REVIEW SAYS: "A great and needed work ..." T H E ! I N T E R P R E T E R ' S ! i B I B L E j One of the most popular, most comprehensive commentaries avail- j able today. 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As the books are checked with invoices, the encumbrance cards are placed in the volume. T h e invoice is approved and returned to the accounting office. If an item is missing, a form notice of change of invoice is prepared and attached with the I B M cards to the approved invoice. T h e accounting office destroys the De- tail Payment card for the undelivered item, corrects the Accounts Payable card, returns the encumbrance card to the Orders Out file, and sends the notice to the vendor. A Balance Forward card for each of the 150 budget accounts comprising the book fund shows payments to date, orders out- standing, budget allocation, and unob- ligated balance. Each week the Payable Distribution cards for invoices approved are sorted by budget account, merged with the balance cards for active ac- counts and posted to the budget ledger using the cardatype. Actually, both new orders and payments are posted in the same operation. A new balance card is created for each active account. T h e Payables Distribution cards are filed in a Paid but Not Cataloged file. When the book has been cataloged, the encumbrance cards placed in it at the time of invoice approval are returned to the accounting office. They are then matched on the collator with the pay- ment cards which are transferred to a Paid and Cataloged file. T o this point, either the order pro- cedure adopted or the alternatives which were rejected would have produced es- sentially identical results. It was the additional operations which follow that influenced the decision. In early thinking, much weight was given to the possibility of using the I B M cards for temporary cataloging. T h e I B M cards would be used to prepare temporary entries for the catalog, using the order number as the temporary call number. Actually, for reasons not related to the procedures, little use has thus far been made of this possibility. Claiming of undelivered orders is a useful by-product of the procedures adopted. T h e Orders Outstanding file is searched with the collator for delinquent items, and 3x5 slips are typed automati- cally for each item. These slips may be used to claim delivery of an item or to request invoices for items already de- livered. Another feature is the reordering of cancelled items. Under the system adopted, once cards have been punched for an item, it is possible to reproduce and alter them to reorder from any other source. T h i s feature has been more use- ful than originally anticipated. More im- portant, however, is the maintenance of an active quotation file. In this li- brary, the quotation file had been a safe burial place for a request; if not favor- ably reported after one quotation re- quest, an item was well nigh forgotten. Under present procedures, whenever a book purchase request for an out-of- print item is received without a second- hand catalog reference, the quotation procedure is instituted. I B M cards are punched in the normal way, except that no vendor is recorded. A three-part form 2 0 4 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S is prepared for the item: a quotation request to be sent to an appropriate dealer, a slip for filing into the public catalog bearing the legend "Recom- mended for Purchase," and a card to be placed in the quotation file on which are recorded the dealers invited to quote. T h e I B M cards are kept in lots by month of quotation. If an item is offered the cards are pulled and are used to create the purchase order. Cards remain- ing after four months are re-listed on a single-part form for sending to another dealer, and the I B M cards are advanced to the proper month. Whenever an item on order is can- celled, it is entered in the quotation routine without any additional card punching. When an item has been in the procedure for a year, it is reviewed for further treatment. It may be cancelled outright, ordered in microfilm, ordered in facsimile, continued in the quotation procedure, or placed on a want list. T h e want list differs from the quota- tion file in that a specific dealer is given exclusive (almost exclusive, that is) right to supply an item during the ensuing two years. If located at a price which meets the terms of the agreement with the dealer, it is sent without further paper work. T h e I B M cards in the file are used for all accounting operations. In time, these procedures will be ar- ticulated with shelf listing, book mark- ing, and circulation records to create a completely integrated automatic record system. STANDARD LIBRARY FURNITURE Accepted as the standard for durability and beauty in libraries throughout the country. Interesting and informative brochures on library furniture are available on request. 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T h e planning com- mittee did not set out to draw up a pretty library, but, rather, a useful one. Because of this singleness of purpose, it seems that East Texas State College has a library which is acclaimed by both users and visitors as truly beautiful and utilitarian. B U I L D I N G D A T A A r c h i t e c t a n d engineers: George L . Dahl and Associates, Dallas, T e x a s . C o n t r a c t o r : C a r p e n t e r B r o t h e r s , Dallas, T e x a s . D a t e bid was accepted for new library: J u l y 1, 1958. D a t e new library building was turned over to the college: September 1, 1959. Cost of building: $ 7 6 1 , 4 7 5 . 1 0 o r $13.55 p e r square foot, e x c l u d i n g the cost of e q u i p m e n t , $86,988, and re-finishing the f u r n i t u r e of the old library, $10,000. Size of building: 5 6 , 2 0 0 square feet including the walls. 55,644 square feet within the walls of the library. Site: On west side of rolling c a m p u s adjacent to t h e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Building. A m p l e allow- a n c e for parking. E n o u g h land to p e r m i t ex- pansion of s t r u c t u r e in t h e f u t u r e including sufficient a r e a for additional parking facilities. Book c a p a c i t y : A t present stacks and shelving for 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 volumes. Potential capacity, m o r e than 400,000 volumes. Seating capacity: 865. May be e x p a n d e d to seat 2,600. College e n r o l l m e n t , 1959-1960: 3,100. Steel bookstacks and shelving: F u r n i s h e d by Estey C o r p o r a t i o n of R e d B a n k , N. J . and Dallas, T e x a s . L i b r a r y F u r n i t u r e : F u r n i s h e d by J o h n E . Sjos- t r o m C o m p a n y of P h i l a d e l p h i a , P e n n . and Hous- ton, T e x a s . L i b r a r y building c o m m i t t e e : Charles Van B a u c o m , Sally B e t h e a , O. B. B r a d f o r d , J o h n E m m e t t B u r k e , R u t h C. B u r n e t t , M a r y Eliza- beth Cook, George Kibler (superintendent of construction), E d m o n L o w (consultant), E d n a E a r l R y a n , L o r a E . Smith, Mary R a g l a n d T h o m p - son, H . S. Tollefson, O r l a n d J a c k W a g e s , and Opal W i l l i a m s (head l i b r a r i a n ) . ACRL Microcard Series— Abstracts of Titles THE A C R L MICROCARD SERIES is p u b l i s h e d for A C R L by the University of R o c h e s t e r Press u n d e r the editorship of Mrs. M a r g a r e t K. T o t h . T i t l e s are available directly from the Press. R e c e n t l y published titles i n c l u d e : G L E A V E S , E D W I N S H E F F I E L D , N O . 1 3 0 J R . Characteristics of the research materi- als used by scholars who write in journals in the field of American literature. ( T h e - sis: M.A., E m o r y University, 1960.) 1961. v i , 9 1 1 . $ 1 . 5 0 . T h i s study attempts to discover the char- acteristics of the research materials used in A m e r i c a n literature, as revealed through ci- tations in a select group o f j o u r n a l s in the field. I t describes these characteristics in de- tail and draws i m p l i c a t i o n s for l i b r a r i a n s h i p . T h e s u b j e c t areas from which the scholars drew most o f their materials were philology, languages, and literatures. T h e time span of the materials was surprisingly high, with 61.6 per cent o f the periodicals a n d 27.9 per c e n t of the books over 50 years old. T h e language o f the materials used was al- most exclusively English. A n i m p o r t a n t i m p l i c a t i o n of this study for l i b r a r i a n s h i p is that a useful collection in A m e r i c a n l i t e r a t u r e should c o n t a i n a wide r a n g e o f materials in terms o f form, time span, a n d individual titles. S P A R K S , C L A U D G L E N N . Presi- N o . 1 3 1 dential addresses made to the American Library Association, 1876-1951: a content analysis. ( T h e s i s : M . L . S . , University o f T e x a s , 1 9 5 2 ) . 1 9 6 1 . v i , 1 6 1 1 . $ 1 . 5 0 . T h e 7 5 t h anniversary year o f the A L A gave rise to this investigation. T h e assump- tion that the presidential addresses are a significant area of the past, deserving study, is based on the following: 1) the addresses cover the e n t i r e period of A m e r i c a n library history c o m m e n c i n g with the year 1876; 2) they represent the ideas of o u t s t a n d i n g pro- fessional leaders; 3) they c o n t a i n ideas per- t a i n i n g to t h e most i m p o r t a n t issues facing the profession t h r o u g h o u t t h e years. Almost every facet of l i b r a r i a n s h i p is discussed. Vary- ing amounts o f a t t e n t i o n to l i b r a r i a n s as well as to libraries were given by the 64 individu- als who served 77 tenures o f office as presi- d e n t of A L A from 1 8 7 6 - 1 9 5 1 , a n d the pro- fession of l i b r a r i a n s h i p and its impact u p o n society also received presidential a t t e n t i o n . T O W N E , J A C K S O N E D M U N D . A N o . 1 3 2 history of the Michigan State University Library, 1855-1959. 1961. iii, 93 1. $1.50. T h e history o f M i c h i g a n State University L i b r a r y spans a period o f 104 years, 1 8 5 5 - 1959, and was written by the seventh librar- ian, who covers his own a d m i n i s t r a t i o n for the c o n c l u d i n g 27 years. T h e work is in four chapters, C h a p t e r I d e a l i n g with the earliest period when professors a n d nonprofessional l i b r a r i a n s served. C h a p t e r I I deals with the 41 year l i b r a r i a n s h i p o f Mrs. L i n d a L a n d o n , a n d C h a p t e r s I I I a n d I V cover J a c k s o n T o w n e ' s l i b r a r i a n s h i p u n d e r the respective presidencies of R o b e r t Shaw and J o h n H a n - nah. W h e n t h e e n r o l l m e n t and graduate of- ferings at the university achieved phenome- nal growth in the 1950's, an attractive new f o u r m i l l i o n d o l l a r library b u i l d i n g was erected, research collections were b u i l t in d e p t h a n d the library was elected to mem- bership in the Association of R e s e a r c h Li- braries. T h e period from 1932 to 1959 saw an e x p a n s i o n of the book collection from less than ninety thousand volumes to one in ex- cess of seven h u n d r e d thousand. Please . . . H a p p y we are to receive news releases, let- ters of i n f o r m a t i o n , newsletters, a n d bulle- tins. W e ' d like to receive t h e m even sooner than we have, so we can include the latest items in o u r News from the F i e l d a n d Per- sonnel columns. I f o u r readers will remem- ber that mailings should be addressed to CRL, 50 E. H u r o n St., C h i c a g o 11, we'll save time, and o u r f o r m e r and present edi- tors, in the field, will be saved both effort and forwarding postage. MAY 1 9 6 2 267