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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 T W O - T H O U S A N D - V O L U M E L I B R A R Y o f 

L a u r e n c e M . H u e y , c u r a t o r o f birds a n d 
m a m m a l s at the San D i e g o Society of N a t u r a l 
History since 1923, has been acquired by the 
University of C a l i f o r n i a , San D i e g o . 

AN ESTIMATED sixteen h u n d r e d papers of 
the H o n . G e o r g e Gray (1840-1925) of Dela-
ware have b e e n added to the m a n u s c r i p t 
collections of the University of D e l a w a r e 
library. J u d g e Gray was a senator, jurist, 
d i p l o m a t , and leader in industrial and inter-
n a t i o n a l a r b i t r a t i o n . 

T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F I L L I N O I S L I B R A R Y h a s 

received the personal papers a n d biblio-
g r a p h i c a l correspondence of the late Charles 
Evans. T h e collection is a gift of Evans' 
three surviving c h i l d r e n : Mrs. G e r t r u d e 
Evans J o n e s ; E l i o t H . Evans, an attorney; 
a n d " C h i c k " Evans, f o u n d e r of the n a t i o n a l 
Evans Scholars program, all of Chicago. In-
cluded in the papers is the master set of 
Charles E v a n s ' twelve-volume American 
Bibliography, a Chronological Dictionary of 
All Books, Pamphlets and Periodical Publi-
cations Printed in the United States from 
the Genesis of Printing in 1639 Down to and 
Including the Year 1820. A l t h o u g h Evans 
never c o m p l e t e d this work, he did record the 
early record of this country's p r i n t i n g to 
1799. S u b s e q u e n t work by Clifford K. Ship-
ton has c o m p l e t e d the b i b l i o g r a p h y through 
the year 1800, a n d a d d i t i o n a l c o m p i l a t i o n by 
o t h e r scholars is still u n d e r way. 

S O U T H E R N I L L I N O I S U N I V E R S I T Y , C a r b o n -

dale, has purchased a book and m a n u s c r i p t 
collection of English and A m e r i c a n expa-
triate writers of the 1920's and 30's, from 
New Y o r k c o l l e c t o r P h i l i p K a p l a n . Some 
three h u n d r e d authors are r e p r e s e n t e d by 
books, l i t t l e magazines, letters, photographs, 
a n d manuscripts. M a n y of the volumes were 
the personal copies of the authors or pre-
s e n t a t i o n copies. T h e collection includes 
some eleven h u n d r e d letters; in addition 
there are a p p r o x i m a t e l y seventy-five m a n u -
scripts, f r o m one-page poems to full-length 
novels, and five diaries. 

T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F R O C H E S T E R ( N e w 

Y o r k ) LIBRARY recently a c q u i r e d a distin-
guished L e o n a r d o da V i n c i collection con-
t a i n i n g over six h u n d r e d volumes of primary 
a n d secondary materials. T h e c o l l e c t i o n was 
presented to the library by A n t h o n y J . Guz-
zetta. A b o u t one-half of the c o l l e c t i o n , now 
installed in the arts library, was presented 
this year; the r e m a i n d e r has been placed o n 
loan f o r use in research. 

B U I L D I N G S 

CONSTRUCTION started in J u n e at L a f a y e t t e 
College, Easton, Pa., on a new two-million-
d o l l a r library. T h e two-and-one-half story 
b u i l d i n g will have a total floor area of ap-
p r o x i m a t e l y 6 0 , 0 0 0 square feet. E x t e r i o r will 
be of gray cast brick and limestone. T h e 
stacks will a c c o m m o d a t e three h u n d r e d 
thousand volumes, a n d areas for r e a d i n g a n d 
study, i n c l u d i n g some o n e h u n d r e d indivi-
dual study tables, will provide for a b o u t 
f o u r h u n d r e d fifty students, close to one-
third of the L a f a y e t t e student body. 

R O A N O K E C O L L E G E L I B R A R Y , S a l e m , V a . , 

began the fall semester in its new red colon-
ial brick structure. T h r e e floors—one below 
g r o u n d — e n c l o s e 2 9 , 9 3 2 square feet of space. 
T h e b u i l d i n g will a c c o m m o d a t e o n e hun-
dred thousand books now a n d can house 
thirty thousand a d d i t i o n a l volumes in an 
e x p a n s i o n area. 

T h e r e is at present a collection of forty-
eight thousand volumes. S e a t i n g capacity 
will be available for 267 persons, exclusive 
of the l o u n g e areas, m o r e t h a n one-third of 
the college's present e n r o l l m e n t . T h e new 
library will b e dedicated O c t o b e r 26. 

M I S C E L L A N Y 

A BEQUEST from M a r g a r e t L . P o t t e r , a 
S t a n f o r d (Calif.) M e d i c a l School l i b r a r i a n 
for forty years, will b e used to endow T h e 
M a r g a r e t L . P o t t e r F u n d ; i n c o m e from 
$ 1 3 5 , 8 3 7 will go to L a n e library at S t a n f o r d . 
U n d e r the terms of the special five-year g r a n t 
of the F o r d F o u n d a t i o n to S t a n f o r d in 1960, 
Miss P o t t e r ' s bequest also will b r i n g t o t h e 
university an additional $ 4 5 , 2 7 9 — t h e foun-

S E P T E M B E R 1 9 6 2 425 



d a t i o n p r o v i d i n g o n e d o l l a r f o r e a c h t h r e e 
d o l l a r s g i v e n t o t h e u n i v e r s i t y d u r i n g t h e 
l i f e o f t h e g r a n t . 

U N I V E R S I T Y O F C A L I F O R N I A L I B R A R Y , S a n 

D i e g o , h a s r e p o r t e d o n its c o m p u t e r pro-
g r a m r e c o r d i n g s o m e seven h u n d r e d p e r i o d i -
cals i n t h e l i b r a r y ' s h o l d i n g s , c o n v e r t e d t h i s 
past y e a r i n a n e x p e r i m e n t a l p r o j e c t . A 
l i m i t e d n u m b e r o f c o p i e s o f t h e r e p o r t a r e 
a v a i l a b l e . T h e l i b r a r y p l a n s t o e x t e n d t h e 

y / p r o g r a m , a d d i n g s o m e t w o t h o u s a n d addi-
t i o n a l s e r i a l titles, a n d b i n d e r y p r o d u c t i o n . 

A C O U N C I L O F L I B R A R Y R E S O U R C E S G R A N T 

in t h e a m o u n t o f $ 3 4 , 2 0 0 w i l l h e l p t o de-
v e l o p a n d p u b l i s h a s h e l f - c l a s s i f i c a t i o n sche-
d u l e f o r A n g l o - A m e r i c a n law b o o k s . I t w i l l 
b e used by t h e L i b r a r y o f C o n g r e s s t o 
d e v e l o p a p r o j e c t e d c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s c h e m e 
t h a t c a n b e a p p l i e d to n e w law b o o k s a n d 
m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o o t h e r l i b r a r i e s o n L C 

p r i n t e d c a t a l o g cards. T h e l i b r a r y e x p e c t s 
t o c o m p l e t e t h e p r o j e c t i n m i d - 1 9 6 4 . 

T H E MARYLAND CHAPTER o f A L A ' s R e f e r -
e n c e S e r v i c e s D i v i s i o n a n n o u n c e s t h e p u b l i -
c a t i o n i n t h e f a l l o f 1 9 6 2 o f t h e Union List 
of Serials in Maryland. T h e list ( c l o s i n g 
d a t e S e p t e m b e r 1, 1 9 6 0 ) has t h e h o l d i n g s o f 
120 l i b r a r i e s , a b o u t 9 0 p e r c e n t o f t h e s t a t e ' s 
h o l d i n g s ; a l m o s t every s c i e n t i f i c l i b r a r y is 
r e p r e s e n t e d . S t r o n g c o v e r a g e i n t h e areas o f 
s c i e n c e , law, m e d i c i n e , a r t , t h e o l o g y , a n d 
h i s t o r y is r e p r e s e n t e d i n t h e c o l l e c t i o n s . 

A ONE-YEAR N a t i o n a l S c i e n c e F o u n d a t i o n 
g r a n t o f $ 1 2 , 6 0 0 w i l l finance a n a n a l y s i s o f 
m a t h e m a t i c a l w r i t i n g s i n t h e e l e v e n m i l l i o n 
m a n u s c r i p t pages p r e s e r v e d i n t h e V a t i c a n 
m i c r o f i l m c o l l e c t i o n a t t h e S t . L o u i s U n i -
versity's P i u s X I I M e m o r i a l l i b r a r y . M o r e 
t h a n o n e t h o u s a n d w o r k s c o n c e r n i n g m a t h e -
m a t i c s h a v e a l r e a d y b e e n d i s c o v e r e d i n t h e 
c o l l e c t i o n . 

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Personnel 

CHARLES F . GOSNELL, after seventeen years 
as state l i b r a r i a n of New Y o r k , l e f t A l b a n y 
this fall to assume his new duties as director 

of libraries at New 
Y o r k University. L i -
brarians, trustees and 
o t h e r friends of li-
braries in New Y o r k 
were constantly re-
m i n d e d of D r . Gos-
nell's deep c o n c e r n 
for the welfare of 
New Y o r k libraries 
a n d d e p e n d e d n o t 
only u p o n his able 
leadership b u t also 
his astute advice in 
e x p a n d i n g l i b r a r y 

service f r o m L o n g I s l a n d to Buffalo. H i s de-
v e l o p m e n t o f the resources of the p i o n e e r 
state library led to D r . Gosnell's a p p o i n t -
m e n t as assistant commissioner of e d u c a t i o n 
in 1949. U n d e r his d i r e c t i o n the New Y o r k 
State L i b r a r y greatly e n h a n c e d its reputa-
tion as a m a j o r research library, a distin-
guished c u l t u r a l c e n t e r , a n d a d y n a m i c li-
brary service to citizens t h r o u g h o u t the state. 

F o l l o w i n g a year's study at the C e n t r o de 
Estudios Historicos in M a d r i d , D r . G o s n e l l 
pursued a special interest in the library 
p r o b l e m s of Spanish-speaking countries in 
the western h e m i s p h e r e . I n d e p e n d e n t studies 
a n d assignments r e l a t e d to U N E S C O pro-
grams in L a t i n A m e r i c a have given D r . Gos-
n e l l a n i n t i m a t e knowledge of professional 
library developments a n d a wide a c q u a i n t -
anceship a m o n g l i b r a r i a n s in the S o u t h 
A m e r i c a n countries. 

D r . G o s n e l l brings to N e w Y o r k Univer-
sity r i c h a n d varied professional e x p e r i e n c e 
a n d scholary association. I n a very r e a l sense 
h e is the " p r o d i g a l s o n " r e t u r n i n g h o m e to 
university l i b r a r i a n s h i p a n d to the univer-
sity where he studied f o r his doctoral de-
gree. P r i o r to his a p p o i n t m e n t as l i b r a r i a n 
of the New Y o r k State L i b r a r y , D r . G o s n e l l 

was an assistant in the University of R o c h -
ester library for three years a n d was librar-
ian of Queens College for seven years. D r . 
Gosnell's scholarship, professional leader-
ship, a n d i m a g i n a t i o n will be assets in achiev-
ing New York University's bold new library 
o b j e c t i v e s . — W a y n e S. Yenawine. 

STEPHEN W . FORD b e c a m e l i b r a r i a n o f t h e 
newly-established G r a n d Valley State College 
in G r a n d R a p i d s , M i c h i g a n , o n J u l y 1, 

leaving the Univer-
sity of M i c h i g a n li-
brary in which he 
served with distinc-
tion as h e a d of the 
o r d e r d e p a r t m e n t 
for the last eight 
years. 

A f t e r g r a d u a t i n g 
f r o m W a y n e State 
University, M r . F o r d 
o b t a i n e d his A M L S 
degree f r o m Michi-
gan in 1949. P r i o r to 
his j o i n i n g the U n i -

versity of M i c h i g a n library staff in 1954, he 
was assistant l i b r a r i a n at L a w r e n c e College 
f r o m 1949 to 1953, a n d chief of the serials 
division at S o u t h e r n I l l i n o i s University in 
1953-54. 

Illustrative of his interest in his profession, 
of his energy, a n d of the respect o f his col-
leagues, is the record of his varied activities. 
H e was e d i t o r of the Illinois Library Associ-
ation Record in 1953-54. M o r e recently, he 
has b e e n active in the Resources a n d T e c h n i -
cal Services Division of A L A , serving as 
secretary of the acquisitions section and 
c h a i r m a n of the serials section in addition to 
the several c o m m i t t e e assignments which have 
been his. H e was chosen by the L i b r a r y 
T e c h n o l o g y P r o j e c t to direct the p r o j e c t to 
establish p e r f o r m a n c e standards f o r library 
b i n d i n g , in which capacity he visited li-

Dr. Gosnell 

Mr. Ford 

S E P T E M B E R 1 9 6 2 427 



braries from coast to coast in 1960-61. Per-
haps most noteworthy o f all, this J u n e he 
r e t u r n e d f r o m a ten-months' stay i n B a g h d a d 
where h e had b e e n sent by the F o r d Founda-
tion as a c o n s u l t a n t in library d e v e l o p m e n t 
to the University of B a g h d a d . 

G r a n d Valley College could n o t have d o n e 
b e t t e r t h a n to entrust to h i m the difficult 
responsibility of c r e a t i n g a library where 
n o n e has existed b e f o r e . — W a r r e n S. Owens. 

FRANK C . SHIRK o n J u n e 2 9 w a s n a m e d 
l i b r a r i a n o f V i r g i n i a P o l y t e c h n i c I n s t i t u t e , 
B l a c k s b u r g . M r . S h i r k began his c a r e e r in 

the periodicals de-
p a r t m e n t at R u t g e r s 
University where he 
h a d received his B . A . 
degree in E n g l i s h . 
H i s B . S . a n d L . S . de-
gree was g r a n t e d by 
D r e x e l in 1940, and 
very shortly a f t e r that 
he w e n t to work in 
t h e R u t g e r s library. 

F r o m M a r c h , 1941, 
u n t i l the e n d o f 
W o r l d W a r I I in 
O c t o b e r 1945, M r . 

Shirk saw military service b e g i n n i n g in the 
Post L i b r a r y at F o r t J a c k s o n , S o u t h C a r o l i n a , 
a n d e x t e n d i n g to the f a r reaches of the 
Pacific. F r o m 1946 u n t i l 1948 he was h e a d 
of the d o c u m e n t s d e p a r t m e n t o f R u t g e r s 
University library, r e s i g n i n g to b e c o m e docu-
ments l i b r a r i a n in the V i r g i n i a P o l y t e c h n i c 
I n s t i t u t e library. 

I n 1950, M r . Shirk b e c a m e h e a d of the 
e n g i n e e r i n g library at V . P . I . , a n d in 1954 he 
became associate l i b r a r i a n of the I n s t i t u t e 
library. H e was a p p o i n t e d a c t i n g library 
d i r e c t o r i n S e p t e m b e r of 1961 o n the occa-
sion of t h e d e a t h of M r . Seymour R o b b . 

H e is m a r r i e d to t h e f o r m e r M i l d r e d B . 
R o c k w e l l of N o r f o l k , V i r g i n i a . Mrs. S h i r k is 
also a l i b r a r i a n . T h e y have two c h i l d r e n a n d 
live in s u b u r b a n B l a c k s b u r g . 

M r . Shirk was e d i t o r of The Virginia En-
gineer from 1952 to 1959. H e reviews books 
for t h e R i c h m o n d News-Leader, a n d has 
been long-time college a n d university cor-
r e s p o n d e n t f o r The Virginia Librarian. 

H e has b e e n a president o f t h e B l a c k s b u r g 
district ( V i r g i n i a ) C o m m u n i t y F e d e r a t i o n , 

a n d has served as president of the V . P . I . 
C h a p t e r of the A m e r i c a n Association of U n i -
versity P r o f e s s o r s — N . Harvey Deal. 

T h e a p p o i n t m e n t o f L A W R E N C E W . T O W N E R 

as l i b r a r i a n of the Newberry L i b r a r y i n Chi-
cago has b e e n h e r a l d e d by his friends a n d 

colleagues through-
o u t t h e U n i t e d 
States. D r . T o w n e r , 
w h o s e M . A . a n d 
P h . D degrees were 
awarded by North-
western University, 
served with the Army 
A i r C o r p s d u r i n g 
W o r l d W a r I I , a n d 
as i n s t r u c t o r (later 
assistant professor) of 
h i s t o r y a t M . I . T . 
f r o m 1950 to 1955. 
H e came to the col-

lege of W i l l i a m and M a r y as associate pro-
fessor of history a n d e d i t o r of the William 
and Mary Quarterly in S e p t e m b e r 1955. 

D r . T o w n e r embodies all the virtues of 
the young scholar-administrator. As d i r e c t o r 
of graduate study of the College of W i l l i a m 
a n d M a r y h e i n i t i a t e d , in 1958, the A p p r e n -
ticeship P r o g r a m in H i s t o r i c a l Administra-
t i o n ; h e was a c t i n g d i r e c t o r of the I n s t i t u t e 
of E a r l y A m e r i c a n History a n d Cultures at 
two intervals; and, d u r i n g 1958-59, was act-
ing d i r e c t o r of the I n s t i t u t e o n Historical 
a n d Archival M a n a g e r of R a d c l i f f e College. 
H e was a H e a r s t F o u n d a t i o n F e l l o w while 
at Northwestern a n d h a s since received fel-
lowship g r a n t s f r o m the Social Science R e -
search C o u n c i l , H a r v a r d University a n d the 
A m e r i c a n P h i l o s o p h i c a l Society. 

D r . T o w n e r ' s research f o r t e is i n early 
A m e r i c a n social history. H i s study of inden-
tured servitude in c o l o n i a l Massachusetts 
will b e p u b l i s h e d by H a r v a r d University 
Press. B e t w e e n time-consuming administra-
tive, teaching, a n d editorial responsibilities 
he has f o u n d time to publish a n u m b e r of 
solid c o n t r i b u t i o n s in a variety of historical 
j o u r n a l s , a n d is c u r r e n t l y editing, in collab-
o r a t i o n with P h i l i p L . B a r b o u r , the first 
A m e r i c a n e d i t i o n of t h e works of C a p t a i n 
J o h n S m i t h . 

T h a t h e will b e sorely missed at the Col-
lege of W i l l i a m a n d M a r y is o b v i o u s . — 
James A. Servies. 

Mr. Shirk 

Dr. Towner 

4 2 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 



WARREN F . T R A C Y b e c a m e l i b r a r i a n a n d 
c h a i r m a n of the d e p a r t m e n t of library 
science at the University of S o u t h e r n Missis-

sippi, H a t t i e s b u r g , 
Mississippi in J u l y 
1962. A native of 
R i c h m o n d , I n d i a n a , 
he received his A. B . 
degree from E a r l h a m 
College in 1938 and 
h i s B . S . i n L . S . 
from W e s t e r n R e -
serve University in 
1940. I n 1953 he re-
c e i v e d h i s M . A . 
from the G r a d u a t e 
L i b r a r y School of 
the University of 

Chicago, a n d his P h . D . from the same in-
stitution in 1958. 

D u r i n g his professional career he has 
served as assistant l i b r a r i a n at K n o x Col-
lege, as assistant l i b r a r i a n at Northwestern 
State College of L o u i s i a n a , a n d as l i b r a r i a n 
at Coe College in C e d a r R a p i d s , I o w a . Dur-
ing the eight years o f his a d m i n i s t r a t i o n 
(1954-1962), the Coe College library has seen 
the e x p a n s i o n of its budget f r o m less than 
$ 2 0 , 0 0 0 to $ 5 5 , 0 0 0 , the i n s t a l l a t i o n of a new 
stack deck a n d of new l i g h t i n g t h r o u g h o u t 
the library, and a reorganization of library 
materials with the a d d i t i o n of a curriculum 
collection, a browsing c o l l e c t i o n , microcards, 
microfilm, a n d a p h o t o c o p y i n g service. 

I have k n o w n W a r r e n T r a c y d u r i n g his 
residence in Iowa as a most active partici-
p a n t in library affairs b o t h with A L A , a n d 
in the Iowa L i b r a r y Association, where h e 
has served o n the A L A m e m b e r s h i p com-
m i t t e e a n d in 1958 as c h a i r m a n of the col-
lege s e c t i o n . — H e n r y Alden. 

JOSEPH H . REASON, d i r e c t o r o f l i b r a r i e s a t 
H o w a r d University, W a s h i n g t o n , D . C., as-
sumed the position of i n t e r i m executive sec-
retary of A C R L in August. D r . R e a s o n had 
been for the past year library adviser to the 
Social Sciences library at R a n g o o n U n i v e r -
sity u n d e r t h e F o r d F o u n d a t i o n - A L A Bur-
mese p r o j e c t administered by A C R L . H i s 
a p p o i n t m e n t at A L A headquarters is f o r the 
u n e x p i r e d portion of his two-year leave 
of absence from H o w a r d , the p r o j e c t h a v i n g 
been prematurely t e r m i n a t e d by the gov-
e r n m e n t of B u r m a . 

D r . R e a s o n received bachelor's degrees 
from D i l l a r d a n d H o w a r d ; h e e a r n e d his 
master's at Pennsylvania, a n d did library 
science work at C o l u m b i a . H e was awarded 
the P h . D . degree by C a t h o l i c University of 
A m e r i c a in 1958. F r o m 1936-38 he was chief 
l i b r a r i a n at Agricultural a n d M e c h a n i c a l 
University, a n d was r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n at 
Howard from 1938-46, when h e b e c a m e li-
b r a r i a n . H e was a p p o i n t e d director of libra-
ries at H o w a r d in 1957. 

I have k n o w n J o e R e a s o n f o r only five 
years. D u r i n g that period h e has impressed 
m e by his ability to analyze personalities and 
h e l p p l a c e individuals o n his staff so that 
their personalities are most effective. H i s 
keen sense of the growing needs of the li-
brary profession has m a d e h i m a g u i d i n g 
light to many younger administrators. H i s 
a p p o i n t m e n t may inspire m a n y young men 
who are l e a n i n g toward l i b r a r i a n s h i p as a 
career to fall in with a c o n c e r t e d s p l a s h . — 
William W. Bennett. 

SIDNEY FORM AN, l i b r a r i a n o f t h e U n i t e d 
States M i l i t a r y Academy at W e s t P o i n t , was 
a p p o i n t e d l i b r a r i a n of T e a c h e r s College, Co-

l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , 
New Y o r k , o n J u l y 
1. D r . F o r m a n will 
also serve as profes-
sor of e d u c a t i o n . 

A n a t i v e of Brook-
lyn, D r . F o r m a n re-
ceived the b a c h e l o r 
of science degree at 
City College, and the 
M . A . and P h . D . de-
grees in history at 
C o l u m b i a . H e holds 
a master's degree 
in library science, 

awarded with honors, from C o l u m b i a . 
D r . F o r m a n has b e e n head of the U n i t e d 

States M i l i t a r y Academy library systems, in-
c l u d i n g its archives, since 1958. H e h a d been 
associated with the m i l i t a r y academy library 
f o r the previous sixteen years as a c t i n g li-
b r a r i a n , historian and archivist, and served 
there as an Army enlisted m a n from 1942-
46. 

I n addition to a history of W e s t P o i n t , D r . 
F o r m a n has written o t h e r books a n d mono-
graphs and m a n y articles on historical and 
e d u c a t i o n a l aspects of the military academy. 

Dr. Tracy 

Dr. Forman 

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Appointments 
ELIZABETH ADKINS h a s j o i n e d d i e D u k e 

University library staff at D u r h a m , N . C., as 
assistant l i b r a r i a n a n d chief c a t a l o g e r of the 
m e d i c a l library. 

H E R B E R T AHN is t h e n e w h e a d o f t h e g o v -
e r n m e n t d o c u m e n t s section at University of 
Nevada library, R e n o . H e was in the gov-
e r n m e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s section of the refer-
ence d e p a r t m e n t , U C L A . 

NORMAN ALEXANDER b e c a m e p r i n c i p a l 
l i b r a r i a n at the University of M i n n e s o t a , 
M i n n e a p o l i s , o n J u n e 1. 

DOLORES ARGUE j o i n e d t h e s t a f f o f S o n o m a 
S t a t e College library, C o t a t i , Calif., o n Au-
gust 31. 

R O B E R T ARMSTRONG is s e r i a l s l i b r a r i a n a t 
t h e U n i v e r s i t y of Nevada, R e n o ; he was 
formerly in gifts a n d e x c h a n g e at U C L A . 

W I L L I A M K . B E A T T Y h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
l i b r a r i a n of t h e A r c h i b a l d C h u r c h medical 
library a n d professor of m e d i c a l b i b l i o g r a p h y 
at N o r t h w e s t e r n University, E v a n s t o n , 111. 

S A R A H F . B E R M A N i s n o w a c a t a l o g e r a t 

t h e University of D e l a w a r e library. She was 
o n the staff of the University of T e x a s li-
brary, A u s t i n . 

JOHN N . B E R R Y I I I b e c a m e a s s i s t a n t d i -
r e c t o r of libraries at S i m m o n s College, Bos-
ton, on July 1. H e had b e e n r e f e r e n c e li-
b r a r i a n there. 

BARBARA BIEBUSH h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d r e -
f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n a n d is responsible f o r the 
c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t at S o n o m a State Col-
lege, C o t a t i , C a l i f . 

M R S . M A R J F . A N N E B L I N N i s a n e w s t a f f 

m e m b e r in the business a d m i n i s t r a t i o n li-
brary of U C L A . 

M R S . D A G M A R B R A S T I N S i s a m e m b e r o f t h e 

c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t , University of T o -
r o n t o library. 

PAUL R . BRAYTON, J r . h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
e a r t h sciences l i b r a r i a n at Massachusetts In-
stitute of T e c h n o l o g y , C a m b r i d g e . M r . 
B r a y t o n was r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n o f the 
H a r v a r d M e d i c a l School. 

SHIMEON BRISMAN j o i n e d t h e U C L A c a t a -
loging staff on August 1, with special re-
sponsibility for H e b r e w language materials. 
H e h a d been with the J e w i s h C o m m u n i t y 
library in L o s Angeles. 

MARION E . BYRD j o i n e d t h e c i r c u l a t i o n 
staff of the W o m a n ' s College library, D u k e 
University. She was periodicals l i b r a r i a n at 
M i d d l e T e n n e s s e e State College, Murfrees-
boro. 

W I L L I A M R . CAGLE h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
liaison l i b r a r i a n with the English d e p a r t m e n t 
at I n d i a n a University, B l o o m i n g t o n . H e was 
formerly with the H e n r y E . H u n t i n g t o n Li-
brary, San M a r i n o , C a l i f . 

SUSAN CARNEGIE h a s j o i n e d t h e a c q u i s i -
tions d e p a r t m e n t of the University of T o -
r o n t o library. 

T U R N E R CASSITY is n o w r e s e r v e l i b r a r i a n 
at E m o r y University library, A t l a n t a . 

IRENE CHAN i s o n t h e s t a f f o f t h e c i r c u l a -
tion d e p a r t m e n t at the University of T o -
r o n t o library. 

CHRISTA Y U - M E I C H O W h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
to the East Asiatic library, University of Cali-
f o r n i a , B e r k e l e y . 

K E N N E T H W . C O T T O N h a s j o i n e d t h e a c -

quisitions d e p a r t m e n t of the State University 
of New Y o r k College at C o r t l a n d . 

JOSEPH DAGNESE b e c a m e s c i e n c e l i b r a r i a n 
at Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y li-
braries, C a m b r i d g e , o n F e b r u a r y 15. 

C H A R L E S W . D A V I D h a s a c c e p t e d a n a p -

p o i n t m e n t as d i r e c t o r of library d e v e l o p m e n t 
at Mystic Seaport (the M a r i n e H i s t o r i c a l As-
sociation), Mystic, C o n n . 

M R S . J E A N D A V I S i s n o w i n c h a r g e o f t h e 

B a n t i n g and B e s t - P h y s i o l o g y library, U n i -
versity of T o r o n t o . 

ADA N E L L DELONY j o i n e d t h e c a t a l o g d e -
p a r t m e n t of the E m o r y University library, 
A t l a n t a , in J u n e . She was formerly d i r e c t o r 
of r e a d e r services at L o u i s i a n a College, Pine-
ville. 

ARTHUR L . DEVOLDER, t e c h n i c a l s e r v i c e s l i -
b r a r i a n at the University of N e w M e x i c o , 
A l b u q u e r q u e , since J u l y 1, was l i b r a r i a n at 
T w i n Falls ( I d a h o ) P u b l i c library. 

ELBA A . DODSON b e c a m e i n t e r l i b r a r y l o a n 
l i b r a r i a n at the R o b e r t M a n n i n g Strozier li-
brary of F l o r i d a State University, T a l l a h a s -
see, o n J u n e 1. 

CAROLINE C . DRAKE h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
to the library staff at the S t e r l i n g - W i n t h r o p 
Pvesearch I n s t i t u t e , R e n s s e l a e r , N . Y . 

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DAVID ESTES b e c a m e c h i e f o f t h e s p e c i a l 
collections d e p a r t m e n t of E m o r y University 
library, A t l a n t a , on S e p t e m b e r 1. 

M A G A R E T F A L C O N E R i s a n e w m e m b e r o f 

the r e f e r e n c e d e p a r t m e n t staff at University 
of T o r o n t o library. 

M R S . T H E R E S A F L O R - H E N R Y i s o n t h e s t a f f 

of the c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t at University 
of T o r o n t o library. 

LINDA FORREST h a s j o i n e d t h e s t a f f o f t h e 
acquisitions d e p a r t m e n t , University of T o -
r o n t o library. 

T H O M A S J . GALVIN, S i m m o n s C o l l e g e l i -
brary, B o s t o n , became d i r e c t o r of students 
a n d assistant professor in the School of Li-
brary Science at Simmons on J u l y 1. 

E L M E R M . GRIEDER, a s s o c i a t e d i r e c t o r o f 
libraries at S t a n f o r d (Calif.) University has 
been n a m e d a c t i n g d i r e c t o r of libraries. 

T H O M A S HARRIS is b r a n c h l i b r a r i a n a t M c -
Kay School of Mines, University of Nevada. 

HARRY W . H A R T , c o l l e g e l i b r a r i a n a t C o l -
u m b i a University, New York, since 1949, be-
came assistant head of acquisitions on J u l y 1. 

FRANCES E . HASLETT h a s j o i n e d t h e l i b r a r y 
staff at Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o -
logy, C a m b r i d g e , as head of the acquisitions 
d e p a r t m e n t . 

GRACE HEGGIE is w o r k i n g i n t h e U n i v e r -
sity of T o r o n t o library catalog d e p a r t m e n t . 

M R S . H A Z E L C . H U B B A R D i s n o w i n t h e 

r e f e r e n c e d e p a r t m e n t , V i r g i n i a P o l y t e c h n i c 
I n s t i t u t e library, Blacksburg. 

M R S . F R A N C E S W . H U R S T h a s j o i n e d t h e 

staff of the University of A l a b a m a library, 
T u s c a l o o s a , as a r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n . 

W I L L I A M VERNON JACKSON w i l l b e c o m e 
b i b l i o g r a p h e r in the Spanish d e p a r t m e n t of 
the University of W i s c o n s i n , Madison, in 
J a n u a r y 1963. H e will c o o r d i n a t e the selec-
tion of I b e r o - A m e r i c a n library materials. 

M R S . ADA N E L L JARRED is c a t a l o g l i b r a -
rian at E m o r y University library, A t l a n t a . 
She was cataloger at L o u i s i a n a College li-
brary, Pineville. 

N O E L W . JOHNSON h a s j o i n e d t h e s t a f f o f 
A i r University library, M a x w e l l A i r F o r c e 
Base, A l a b a m a , as d o c u m e n t s cataloger. H e 
was formerly catalog l i b r a r i a n at the Univer-
sity of W a s h i n g t o n library, Seattle. 

A R L E Y D . JONISH b e c a m e c i r c u l a t i o n li-
b r a r i a n at University of New M e x i c o , Al-
b u q u e r q u e , on S e p t e m b e r 1. 

W I L L I A M C . J U , t h e n e w b i b l i o g r a p h e r f o r 
Asian studies, started work on S e p t e m b e r 4 
at I n d i a n a University, B l o o m i n g t o n . 

MRS. BERNICE KAO is now serving as a cata-
loger in t h e technical processes d e p a r t m e n t 
of the University of F l o r i d a libraries, 
Gainesville. Mrs. K a o had formerly worked 
as a cataloger at the Cuyahoga C o u n t y Pub-
lic library, C l e v e l a n d . 

ALEXANDER KAROLYI h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
acquisitions l i b r a r i a n at S o n o m a State Col-
lege, C o t a t i , C a l i f . D r . Karolyi has b e e n as-
sistant l i b r a r i a n in charge of acquisitions at 
C o l o r a d o College, C o l o r a d o Springs. 

M R S . M A R I A N N E K E N F I E L D h a s j o i n e d t h e 

staff at R i c e University library, H o u s t o n , 
T e x . Mrs. Kenfield was serials l i b r a r i a n at 
F l o r i d a State University, T a l l a h a s s e e . 

DAVID A . KUHNER h a s j o i n e d t h e c a t a l o g 
division of S t a n f o r d (Calif.) University li-
braries. 

J o ANNE KINGDOM h a s r e c e i v e d a n a p p o i n t -
m e n t as h u m a n i t i e s l i b r a r i a n , University of 
O r e g o n library, E u g e n e . 

AKE KOEL has j o i n e d the catalog depart-
m e n t staff, University of T o r o n t o library. 

C E C I L E KRAMER f o r m e r l y a d m i n i s t r a t i v e 
assistant, was n a m e d assistant l i b r a r i a n of 
the medical library of C o l u m b i a University, 
New York, effective July 1. 

M I S S V I R G I N I A K U E H N , a m e m b e r o f t h e 

catalog d e p a r t m e n t of the R o b e r t M a n n i n g 
Strozier library at F l o r i d a State University, 
T a l l a h a s s e e , has been a p p o i n t e d serials cata-
loger. 

R O B E R T O . LINDSAY h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
to the position of chief of social studies in 
the library of the University of W i s c o n s i n , 
Madison. 

M R S . DAGNE M C A U L E Y , c a t a l o g l i b r a r i a n 
in the education library at B o s t o n U n i v e r 
sity, resigned as of J u n e 30. 

NORMA G . M C K I N N E Y h a s b e c o m e r e f e r -
e n c e l i b r a r i a n at the E m o r y University li-
brary, A t l a n t a . She is also devoting part ol 
her time to cataloging Russian materials. 

C H A R L E S W . M A S O N i s n o w d o c u m e n t s -

r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n at the University of Dela-
ware library, Newark. H e was formerly on 
the staff of the F o r t W a y n e ( I n d . ) P u b l i c 
library. 

DAVID MAY on J u l y 1 became an assistant 

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in the r e f e r e n c e d e p a r t m e n t at Kansas State 
University library, M a n h a t t a n . 

M I C H E L M . MAZZAOUI h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
b i b l i o g r a p h e r of N e a r E a s t e r n studies at In-
d i a n a University, B l o o m i n g t o n . 

M R S . E L E A N O R F L E M I N G M O R R I S S E Y i s n o w 

h e a d acquisitions l i b r a r i a n , c e n t r a l division 
of the J o i n t University L i b r a r i e s , Nashville. 

RICHARD D . OLSON b e c a m e c u r a t o r o f r a r e 
books a n d special collections at Northwestern 
University, E v a n s t o n , 111., o n August 1. 

M A G D A L E N E O ' R O U R K E h a s a c c e p t e d a p o -

sition in the Douglas A i r c r a f t C o r p o r a t i o n 
library. She was with the business admin-
istration library at U C L A . 

M R S . N A L I N I P A R A N J P E i s a n e w m e m b e r o f 

the m e d i c a l library staff of B o s t o n U n i v e r -
sity. 

R O B E R T D . PATTERSON h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
head of p u b l i c services f o r M i c h i g a n T e c h 
library, H o u g h t o n . H e was associated with 
the F l i n t P u b l i c L i b r a r y as assistant r e f e r e n c e 
l i b r a r i a n . 

L . PETERS is i n charge of the library of 
the I n s t i t u t e of Aerophysics, a d e p a r t m e n t a l 
library o f University of T o r o n t o . 

M R S . A N I T A M C L E O D P I G O T T h a s b e e n a p -

p o i n t e d biology l i b r a r i a n of I n d i a n a U n i -
versity, B l o o m i n g t o n . Mrs. P i g o t t j o i n e d the 
library staff in 1949 as a cataloger. 

M R S . I R E N E P L E S T E R i s i n c h a r g e o f t h e l i -

brary of the I n s t i t u t e of C o m p u t e r Science, 
c o n n e c t e d with the University of T o r o n t o . 

M R S . L E N O R E S . R A D T K E h a s j o i n e d t h e 

catalog d e p a r t m e n t of S o n o m a State College, 
C o t a t i , C a l i f . 

M R S . A N N A R A D Z I E J O W S K I h a s j o i n e d t h e 

staff of the acquisitions division of B o s t o n 
University library. She was with the catalog 
d e p a r t m e n t o f the P o l y t e c h n i c I n s t i t u t e of 
B r o o k l y n . 

JOE REES has j o i n e d the D u k e University 
library staff in the d o c u m e n t s division, Dur-
h a m , N . C. 

M A R Y D . R I C E i s i n c h a r g e o f t h e l i b r a r y 
of t h e O n t a r i o Fisheries R e s e a r c h L a b o r a -
tory, D e p a r t m e n t of Zoology, University of 
T o r o n t o . 

M R S . MARLENE ROSSING b e c a m e c h e m i s t r y 
l i b r a r i a n at Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of T e c h -
nology, C a m b r i d g e , in J u n e . 

H A R R Y R U N Y O N , J R . , i s n o w i n t h e s e r i a l s 

d e p a r t m e n t of 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 was a serials cataloger at 
Wesleyan University, M i d d l e t o n , C o n n . 

JAMES R . SANDERS w i l l s u c c e e d D o r i s C o n -
nerly as d i r e c t o r of legislative r e f e r e n c e in 
the T e x a s State L i b r a r y , A u s t i n , when she 
retires o n S e p t e m b e r 30. M r . Sanders has 
been assistant d i r e c t o r for the past three 
years. 

M E N A H E M S C H M E L C Z E R w a s a p p o i n t e d a s -

sistant l i b r a r i a n of the J e w i s h T h e o l o g i c a l 
Seminary of A m e r i c a on J u l y 1. 

H A R R Y SHALLERUP is e n g i n e e r i n g l i b r a r i a n 
at the State University of Iowa, I o w a City. 

PEARL SHEN h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d a s s i s t a n t 
in the c a t a l o g i n g d e p a r t m e n t at Kansas State 
University library, M a n h a t t a n . 

H E T T Y A . S K E L T O N i s n o w i n t h e r e s e r v e 

books d e p a r t m e n t , V i r g i n i a P o l y t e c h n i c I n -
stitute library, Blacksburg. She was l i b r a r i a n 
at F a i r f a x H a l l , W a y n e s b o r o , V a . 

RICHARD SNYDER a s s u m e d h i s n e w d u t i e s a s 
associate d i r e c t o r of Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e 
of T e c h n o l o g y libraries, C a m b r i d g e , o n Feb-
ruary 15. 

C L Y T I E STRAHLER o n S e p t e m b e r 1 j o i n e d 
the W i t t e n b e r g University library, Spring-
field, O h i o , as assistant h e a d l i b r a r i a n . Miss 
S t r a h l e r was a m e m b e r of the D a y t o n a n d 
M o n t g o m e r y C o u n t y ( O h i o ) P u b l i c library 
staff. 

REBECCA TAGGART, f o r m e r l y a e r o n a u t i c a l 
a n d e n g i n e e r i n g sciences l i b r a r i a n at P u r d u e 
University, is now h e a d of e n g i n e e r i n g li-
braries, Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l -
ogy, C a m b r i d g e . 

M R S . D I A N E T A L L M A D G E h a s j o i n e d t h e 

staff of U C L A c a t a l o g i n g d e p a r t m e n t to 
h a n d l e books in physics, chemistry a n d geol-
ogy. 

L A W R E N C E E . T H O M A S i s n o w a s s i s t a n t 

head of the c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t , Colum-
b i a University library, New Y o r k . 

M R S . J E A N B U C K T U C K E R M A N h a s b e e n 

with the r e f e r e n c e d e p a r t m e n t of U C L A 
since J u l y . 

H E L E N E . VOGEL j o i n e d t h e s t a f f o f t h e 
A m e r i c a n G e o g r a p h i c a l Society in J u n e . She 
was senior l i b r a r i a n at the business r e f e r e n c e 
library of t h e B r o o k l y n P u b l i c library. 

JOHN WADDELL b e c a m e h e a d o f t h e r e f e r -
ence d e p a r t m e n t at C o l u m b i a University, 

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New Y o r k , o n J u l y 1. M r . W a d d e l l j o i n e d 
the C o l u m b i a staff as assistant r e f e r e n c e li-
brarian i n 1954. 

C O L L E E N W A L S H i s a n e w m e m b e r o f t h e 

catalog d e p a r t m e n t staff at University o f 
T o r o n t o library. 

ANNA L O U I S E W E A V E R h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
l i b r a r i a n of the a r c h i t e c t u r e a n d fine arts 
library at the University of F l o r i d a , Gaines-
ville. Miss W e a v e r h a d formerly b e e n em-
ployed as a r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n at t h e U n i -
versity of F l o r i d a , a n d as head of readers 
services at the University of S o u t h F l o r i d a , 
T a m p a . 

EDWIN K . W E L S C I I h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 
liaison l i b r a r i a n with the history d e p a r t m e n t 
at I n d i a n a University, B l o o m i n g t o n . H e 
had been with the catalog d e p a r t m e n t . 

J O Y C E C . W E R N E R i s t h e n e w r e f e r e n c e l i -

b r a r i a n at E m o r y University, A t l a n t a . She 
has been assistant r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n at the 
University o f I l l i n o i s library, U r b a n a . 

M R S . M Y R A W H I T E i s a m e m b e r o f t h e 

staff of the catalog d e p a r t m e n t , University 
of T o r o n t o library. 

H U B E R T W H I T L O W b e c a m e c h i e f o f t h e 
serials a n d b i n d i n g d e p a r t m e n t , E m o r y Uni-
versity library, A t l a n t a , in J u l y . 

JOY WILLIAMS has accepted a position in 
the catalog d e p a r t m e n t of the University of 
Massachusetts, Amherst. She was in the ref-
e r e n c e a n d c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t of the 
A l e x a n d r i a (Va.) library. 

W I L L I A M YOUNG, f o r m e r l y a s s i s t a n t i n t h e 
college library at C o l u m b i a University, New 
York, was p r o m o t e d to the position of li-
b r a r i a n on J u l y 1. 

E I J I YUTANI h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d t o t h e 
East Asiatic library at University of Cali-
fornia, Berkeley. 

M . G R A D Y Z I M M E R M A N h a s j o i n e d t h e r e f -

e r e n c e staff of the F r e s n o (Calif.) State Col-
lege library. 

M R S . I S A B E L L A Z I M M E R M A N h a s j o i n e d t h e 

r e f e r e n c e staff of C h e n e r y L i b r a r y , B o s t o n 
University. 

Retirements 
CONSTANCE M . W I N C H E L L r e t i r e d o f f i c i a l l y 

f r o m the C o l u m b i a University libraries o n 
J u n e 30, 1962 following a f o u r m o n t h s ' leave 

of absence, p l a n n e d 
more t h a n a year 
ago, to e n a b l e h e r to 
e n j o y an extensive 
tour of Asia. How-
ever, for those of us 
w h o have worked 
with h e r a n d for 
many hundreds of 
C o l u m b i a r e a d e r s 
her influence will 
c o n t i n u e . F o r years 
to come o u r refer-
e n c e d e p a r t m e n t 
will still be " M i s s 

W i n c h e l l ' s d e p a r t m e n t " in its p u r p o s e a n d 
its activities. I t is a happy circumstance too, 
that Miss M i t c h e l l will m a k e h e r h o m e in 
New Y o r k a n d will use the C o l u m b i a li-
braries as a base of o p e r a t i o n s as she works 
o n a new e d i t i o n of the Guide to Reference 
Books. 

T h e facts of Miss W i n c h e l l ' s professional 
career are so well known that they hardly 

n e e d m e n t i o n i n g here. Suffice it to say that 
a f t e r sound academic t r a i n i n g a n d a period 
of professional e x p e r i e n c e she came t o Col-
u m b i a in 1925 as a r e f e r e n c e assistant. T h e 
d e p a r t m e n t was then headed by the late 
Isadore G . M u d g e who was as well known 
for h e r shrewdness in e v a l u a t i n g l i b r a r i a n s 
as she was in h e r analysis of r e f e r e n c e books. 
I t is n o t surprising therefore t h a t she soon 
recognized that she h a d a " f i n d " in t h e 
b l o n d e , blue-eyed y o u n g assistant. E i g h t 
years l a t e r in 1933 Miss W i n c h e l l b e c a m e 
assistant r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n , a n d u p o n Miss 
Mudge's r e t i r e m e n t in 1941, r e f e r e n c e li-
b r a r i a n . C o l u m b i a a n d the library profes-
sion at large have benefited immensely from 
h e r twenty-one years of work in this posi-
tion. 

B e y o n d the C o l u m b i a campus Miss W i n -
chell's n a m e is best k n o w n , of course, for 
the Guide, and the c o m b i n a t i o n of careful 
scholarship a n d b i b l i o g r a p h i c practicality 
which characterizes this m o n u m e n t of li-
b r a r i a n s h i p . B u t the Guide was o n l y o n e 
facet o f h e r influence. Miss W i n c h e l l ' s 
standards of e x c e l l e n c e , h e r almost u n c a n n y 
skill in u n r a v e l i n g b i b l i o g r a p h i c snarls, h e r 

Miss Winchell 

S E P T E M B E R 1 9 6 2 4 3 3 



zeal in l e a r n i n g new tools to improve exist-
ing techniques, a n d h e r thorough t r a i n i n g of 
y o u n g e r assistants have characterized her 
work through the years. She possessed these 
qualities, desired in all good r e f e r e n c e chiefs, 
to the highest degree, b u t beyond these 
were two deserving special m e n t i o n . T h e 
first is Miss W i n c h e l l ' s c o n c e p t of a univer-
sity library as part of the university, not as 
an island a l o n e . T o this e n d she invariably 
viewed h e r work with the t h o u g h t , n o t of 
"why should the r e f e r e n c e d e p a r t m e n t be 
e x p e c t e d to take o n a p a r t i c u l a r assign-
m e n t , " b u t r a t h e r , " I s this s o m e t h i n g con-
structive which we can d o f o r the good of 
C o l u m b i a ? " T h i s p o i n t of view b e c a m e a 
reflex and a g u i d i n g p r i n c i p l e of i n e s t i m a b l e 
value in the total c o n t r i b u t i o n of the li-
braries to e d u c a t i o n at C o l u m b i a . 

F i n a l l y there is Miss W i n c h e l l ' s devotion 
to duty, n u r t u r e d by such a p r o f o u n d l y k i n d 

h e a r t that she has f o u n d it impossible to 
a p p e a r i m p a t i e n t , o r bored, or irritated 
with a reader. Presidents of the university, 
deans, professors and o t h e r scholars through 
the years have paid t r i b u t e to Miss W i n -
chell's skillful h e l p ; I t h i n k it is more 
significant that thousands of p e r p l e x e d , in-
e x p e r i e n c e d , a n d occasionally a n n o y i n g stu-
dents, b e they freshmen o r P h . D . candidates, 
have received from h e r exactly the same in-
t e l l i g e n t a n d sympathetic h e l p . Richard H. 
Logsdon. 

DORIS CONNERLY w i l l r e t i r e o n S e p t e m b e r 
30, as d i r e c t o r of the Legislative R e f e r e n c e 
Division of the T e x a s State L i b r a r y , A u s t i n . 

T h e J o i n t University L i b r a r i e s , Nashville, 
a n n o u n c e d the resignation of JIM P. MAT-
THEWS on August 15. Miss M a t t h e w s has 
b e e n h e a d o r d e r l i b r a r i a n in the c e n t r a l 
division for a decade and a half. 

Necrology 

GRANT D . HANSON'S s u d d e n a n d u n e x -
pected death occurred on J u n e 27 while en-
route h o m e by car with his wife, Gleva, from 

the A L A c o n f e r e n c e 
in M i a m i B e a c h . 
B o r n in S i o u x City, 
Iowa, in 1911, he 
was graduated from 
A u g u s t a n a College, 
R o c k Island, Illinois, 
in 1933. 

H e e n t e r e d the li-
brary profession in 
1940, a c c e p t i n g ap-
p o i n t m e n t as assist-
a n t l i b r a r i a n at his 
alma m a t e r . D u r i n g 
the n e x t five years he 

o b t a i n e d two library science degrees, the 
B . S . degree from the University o f I l l i n o i s 
in 1942, a n d the A . M . degree from the Uni-
versity of M i c h i g a n in 1945. 

I n 1945 he was a p p o i n t e d l i b r a r i a n at 
Gustavus A d o l p h u s College, St. P e t e r , M i n n . , 

4 3 4 

leaving there in 1950 to become assistant 
d i r e c t o r of the Iowa State University library, 
Ames, Iowa, the position he h e l d at the time 
of his death. H e was also head of the serials 
d e p a r t m e n t . 

H e was a m e m b e r of B e t a Phi M u , inter-
n a t i o n a l library science honorary fraternity 
a n d a life m e m b e r of A L A . As Iowa L i b r a r y 
Association vice president, M r . H a n s o n was 
to be i n a u g u r a t e d as that association's presi-
d e n t this fall. H e had j u s t c o m p l e t e d a year 
of service as director of N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y 
W e e k in Iowa. 

LOTTIE BRASHEARS, r e t i r e d N o r t h T e x a s 
State University l i b r a r i a n , died in a D e n t o n 
hospital on J u l y 6 a f t e r a brief illness. She 
was l i b r a r i a n at the university for thirty-five 
years b e f o r e r e t i r i n g in F e b r u a r y of 1958. 

EVA V . ARMSTRONG, f o r m e r c u r a t o r of the 
E d g a r Fahs S m i t h M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y in the 
History of Chemistry at the University of 
Pennsylvania, a n d o n e of the founders of 

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 

Mr. Hanson 



Chymia, died on M a y 10. Miss A r m s t r o n g 
was a p p o i n t e d secretary a n d c u r a t o r of the 
m e m o r i a l collection in 1929 a n d was active 
in this capacity u n t i l h e r r e t i r e m e n t in 1949. 

I n the sudden death on J u n e 2 of WIL-
HELM-MARTIN LUTHER, d i r e c t o r o f t h e S t a t e 
a n d University L i b r a r y , G o t t i n g e n , scholarly 
l i b r a r i a n s h i p n o t o n l y i n G e r m a n y b u t 
t h r o u g h o u t the world has suffered a very 
great loss indeed. 

W i l h e l m - M a r t i n L u t h e r began his profes-
sional career in the G o t t i n g e n library in 
1939. D u r i n g the succeeding two decades he 
was p r o m o t e d to increasingly larger respon-
sibilities, and was a p p o i n t e d d i r e c t o r in 
1958. L u t h e r ' s professional a n d scholarly ac-
tivities a n d c o n t r i b u t i o n s ranged f a r be-
yond the local scene. H e was c h a i r m a n o r 
m e m b e r of n u m e r o u s c o m m i t t e e s of the li-
brary b o a r d of the G e r m a n R e s e a r c h As-
s o c i a t i o n ( D e u t s c h e Forschungsgemein-
schaft), of the Advisory B o a r d of the F o u n -
d a t i o n f o r Prussian C u l t u r a l Possessions, and 
of the B o a r d o n L i b r a r y Affairs of L o w e r 
Saxony. A t the time of his death he was 
c h a i r m a n of the S u b - C o m m i t t e e on Univer-
sity L i b r a r i e s of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n 
of L i b r a r y Associations. A year ago he was 
elected president of the G e r m a n L i b r a r y As-
sociation. His exhaustive study on library 
use for the second e d i t i o n of the Handbuch 
der Bibliotheksivissenschaft was an outstand-
ing c o n t r i b u t i o n to the l i t e r a t u r e of the sub-
j e c t . 

L u t h e r ' s activity and productivity in his 
o t h e r chosen field, musicology, were n o less 
noteworthy. H i s writings h e r e i n c l u d e stud-
ies of n o n l i t u r g i c a l music i n c u n a b u l a , mu-
sic holographs, a n d music b i b l i o g r a p h y , 
a m o n g m a n y others. H e was c o a u t h o r of the 
Repertorium der Musikwissenschaft a n d was 
c o f o u n d e r , m e m b e r of the board, a n d direc-
tor of the B a c h I n s t i t u t e . F o r the T h i r d 
I n t e r n a t i o n a l B a c h Festival he p r e p a r e d the 
enormously successful B a c h e x h i b i t s which 
were presented not only in G e r m a n y b u t 
also in Switzerland and Italy. F r o m 1951-
1955 he served as vice-president of the In-
t e r n a t i o n a l Association of Music L i b r a r i e s . 

L u t h e r was a true h u m a n i t a r i a n , l i b e r a l , 
a n d democrat. H i s many friends t h r o u g h o u t 
the world are likely to r e m e m b e r h i m as 
m u c h for these q u a l i t i e s as for his m a n y pro-
fessional c o n t r i b u t i o n s . F o r the c o n s t a n t 
stream of visitors, i n c l u d i n g the writer, who 
came from o t h e r countries to the G o t t i n g e n 
library n o t r o u b l e was too great. H e was un-
sparing of his time in a r r a n g i n g introduc-
tions, personally conducted trips to o t h e r 
libraries, a n d professional get-togethers of 
m a n y kinds. 

As scholar, as u n q u e s t i o n e d l e a d e r of the 
postwar progressive e l e m e n t in G e r m a n li-
b r a r i a n s h i p , as f o r t h r i g h t critic, a n d as vig-
orous p r a c t i c e r of o u r craft, W i l h e l m - M a r t i n 
L u t h e r will b e sorely missed. H e will b e 
equally missed as a warm f r i e n d by m a n y 
t h r o u g h o u t the w o r l d . — / . Periam Danton. 

Foreign Libraries 

DON M I G U E L BORDONAU w a s n a m e d d i r e c t o r 
of t h e B i b l i o t e c a N a c i o n a l , M a d r i d , in De-
c e m b e r . 

W I L H E L M KRABBE, f o r m e r l i b r a r i a n o f t h e 
Prussian State L i b r a r y , died on D e c e m b e r 
25 in G o e t t i n g e n . 

O . OEHMANN (Sweden) has b e e n a m e m b e r 

of the G e n e r a l Secretariat of I n t e r n a t i o n a l 
F e d e r a t i o n of D o c u m e n t a t i o n , and secretary 
of the C e n t r a l Classifications C o m m i t t e e since 
J a n u a r y 1. 

GUENTHER RUDOLPH j o i n e d t h e s t a f f o f t h e 
library of t h e G e r m a n Science Academy, 
B e r l i n , o n S e p t e m b e r 15, 1961. 

S E P T E M B E R 1 9 6 2 435 



ACRL Constitution and Bylaws 

A s A M E N D E D , J U N E 1 9 , 1 9 6 2 

C O N S T I T U T I O N 

A r t i c l e I . N a m e 
Sec. 1. T h e n a m e of this organization 

shall b e the Association of College a n d R e -
search L i b r a r i e s , a division of the A m e r i c a n 
L i b r a r y Association. 

A r t i c l e I I . O b j e c t 
Sec. 1. T h e Association of College a n d R e -

search L i b r a r i e s represents the l i b r a r i e s of 
h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n (of those i n s t i t u t i o n s sup-
p o r t i n g f o r m a l e d u c a t i o n above the second-
ary-school level), i n d e p e n d e n t research li-
braries, a n d specialized libraries. 

A r t i c l e I I I . M e m b e r s h i p 
Sec. 1. Members. A n y m e m b e r of the 

A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Association may designate 
the Association of College a n d R e s e a r c h 
L i b r a r i e s as the type of library divisional 
m e m b e r s h i p or may b e c o m e a m e m b e r u p o n 
payment of the a d d i t i o n a l divisional mem-
bership fee as provided in the A m e r i c a n Li-
brary Association Bylaws. 

A r t i c l e I V . Officers 
Sec. 1. Officers. T h e officers o f the As-

sociation shall be a p r e s i d e n t a n d a vice 
president, who is the president-elect. 

Sec. 2. Terms. T h e president and the vice 
president shall b e elected f r o m the mem-
bership of the Association a n d shall serve 
f o r o n e year o r u n t i l their successors are 
e l e c t e d a n d qualified. 

A r t i c l e V . B o a r d of Directors 
Sec. 1. Duties and Authority. T h e B o a r d 

of D i r e c t o r s shall have g e n e r a l oversight a n d 
d i r e c t i o n of the affairs of the Association. I t 
shall c o n d u c t all business p e r t a i n i n g to the 
Association, a n d shall have a u t h o r i t y to 
m a k e decisions f o r the Association d u r i n g 
t h e periods between meetings. 

Sec. 2. Members. 
(a) Voting. T h e B o a r d shall consist of the 

president, vice president, r e t i r i n g president, 
f o u r directors-at-large, a n d the c h a i r m a n , 
vice c h a i r m a n , a n d r e t i r i n g c h a i r m a n of 
each section. 

(b) Nonvoting. T h e executive secretary 
a n d t h e A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Association 
C o u n c i l o r s elected o n n o m i n a t i o n f r o m the 
Association are ex-officio m e m b e r s w i t h o u t 
vote. 

Sec. 3. Terms. T h e directors-at-large shall 
b e elected f r o m the m e m b e r s of the Associa-
tion f o r four-year terms, which terms shall 
overlap so as to insure c o n t i n u i t y of policy. 

A r t i c l e V I . Sections a n d C o m m i t t e e s 
Sec. 1. Sections of the Association may be 

organized a n d committees authorized as pro-
vided in the Bylaws. 

A r t i c l e V I I . M e e t i n g s 
Sec. 1. General Meetings. T h e Associa-

tion shall h o l d an a n u a l m e e t i n g at the time 
a n d place of the a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e of the 
A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Association. O t h e r meet-
ings may b e called at the discretion of the 
B o a r d of Directors. 

Sec. 2. Section Meetings. M e e t i n g s of the 
sections shall b e held at the time a n d place 
of the a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e of the A m e r i c a n 
L i b r a r y Association. O t h e r m e e t i n g s may b e 
called by the c h a i r m a n o r o t h e r c o n t r o l l i n g 
agency of the section. Sections may, with 
the a p p r o v a l of the B o a r d of Directors, h o l d 
closed meetings o r j o i n t meetings with o t h e r 
sections. 

A r t i c l e V I I I . Bylaws 
Sec. 1. Adoption, Suspension, and Amend-

ments. Bylaws may b e adopted, suspended, 
a n d a m e n d e d by a m a j o r i t y vote o f the 
m e m b e r s of the Association a t t e n d i n g a gen-
eral m e e t i n g at an a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e o r 
casting ballots in a vote by mail, provided 
that n o t i c e of the proposed changes has been 
published n o t less than 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 . 

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A r t i c l e I X . A m e n d m e n t s 
Sec. 1. All proposals f o r a m e n d i n g the 

C o n s t i t u t i o n shall be r e f e r r e d to the B o a r d 
of Directors. T h e C o n s t i t u t i o n may be 
a m e n d e d by a two-thirds vote of t h e mem-
bers present at a generaf m e e t i n g of the As-
sociation at two successive a n n u a l meetings 
provided that n o t i c e of the proposed amend-
m e n t has b e e n 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 . 

B Y L A W S 

A r t i c l e I . D u e s 
Sec. 1. General. Dues shall b e those pro-

vided f o r in the A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Associa-
tion Bylaws. 

Sec. 2. Additional. A fee of fifty cents 
per year will be charged f o r m e m b e r s h i p in 
each section in excess o f two. 

A r t i c l e I I . N o m i n a t i o n s and E l e c t i o n 
Sec. 1. Committee. A c o m m i t t e e to nom-

i n a t e candidates f o r elective positions to b e 
filled f o r the Association as a whole shall 
be a p p o i n t e d by the vice president (presi-
dent-elect), with the approval of t h e presi-
d e n t , at such times as to e n a b l e the com-
m i t t e e to m e e t d u r i n g the a n n u a l m e e t i n g 
preceding the o n e at which the results of 
the e l e c t i o n are to be a n n o u n c e d . I n mak-
ing its selection the c o m m i t t e e shall k e e p in 
m i n d the following o b j e c t i v e s : (a) the im-
p o r t a n c e of developing leaders a m o n g the 
y o u n g e r m e m b e r s of the Association; (b) the 
desirability of r o t a t i n g i m p o r t a n t offices 
a m o n g t h e various sections composing the 
Association; (c) the necessity o f securing a 
B o a r d of Directors o n which all sections will 
have as e q u a l a n u m b e r of representatives as 
is possible at any o n e time; (d) t h e repre-
s e n t a t i o n of the various interests of the As-
sociation a n d the geographical d i s t r i b u t i o n 
of its members; (e) that written consent must 
be secured from each candidate; (f) that 
candidates should b e presented in blocks of 
two names each. Candidates f o r elective po-
sitions for sections shall be chosen as each 
section determines. 

Sec. 2. Reporting of Nominees. 
(a) Elective Officers of the Association as 

a whole. T h e N o m i n a t i n g C o m m i t t e e shall 
r e p o r t at such time a n d in such m a n n e r as 
is provided in the A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Associ-
a t i o n C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d Bylaws, k e e p i n g in 

m i n d the fact t h a t it is i m p o r t a n t for the 
names of the nominees to become known to 
the m e m b e r s of the Association as early as 
as p r a c t i c a b l e . 

(b) American Library Association Coun-
cilors. T h e executive secretary of t h e As-
sociation shall i n f o r m the N o m i n a t i n g Com-
m i t t e e of t h e n u m b e r of A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y 
Association C o u n c i l o r s to be n o m i n a t e d to 
provide for r e p l a c e m e n t s a n d f o r r e a p p o i n t -
m e n t of the n u m b e r of C o u n c i l o r s as re-
q u i r e d by the c h a n g i n g n u m b e r o f the 
m e m b e r s of the Association. T h i s c o m m i t t e e 
shall file its n o m i n a t i o n s (and t h e written 
consent of the n o m i n e e s t h a t t h e i r names 
may b e placed o n the b a l l o t ) with the excu-
tive secretary of the Association a n d with the 
c h a i r m a n of the A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Associa-
tion N o m i n a t i n g C o m m i t t e e at such time 
a n d in such m a n n e r as the c h a i r m a n of the 
A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Association N o m i n a t i n g 
C o m m i t t e e shall i n d i c a t e . 

Sec. 3. Nominations by others for elective 
officers of the Association as a whole. Nom-
i n a t i o n s o t h e r t h a n those of the N o m i n a t i n g 
C o m m i t t e e signed by n o less t h a n twenty 
m e m b e r s of the Association shall be accepted 
a n d placed o n the b a l l o t if they are filed 
with the executive secretary of the Associa-
tion at least three m o n t h s b e f o r e the date 
on which ballots are to be mailed. W r i t t e n 
consent of the n o m i n e e s must accompany 
such n o m i n a t i o n s . 

Sec. 4. Right to vote. All m e m b e r s of the 
Association shall b e elegible to vote on the 
elective positions of the Association. O n l y 
members affiliated with a section shall vote 
f o r its officers. 

Sec. 5. Elections. 
(a) Association. E l e c t i o n s to elective posi-

tions for the Association as a whole shall be 
by m a i l vote. T h e c a n d i d a t e receiving the 
largest n u m b e r of votes shall be elected. I n 
case of a tie vote the successful c a n d i d a t e 
shall be d e t e r m i n e d by lot. 

(b) Sections. E l e c t i o n s t o elective posi-
tions for sections shall be made as each sec-
tion determines. T h e e l e c t i o n of officers 
shall b e r e p o r t e d to the executive secretary. 

A r t i c l e I I I . Q u o r u m 

Sec. 1. Board of Directors. A m a j o r i t y of 
the voting members of t h e B o a r d of Direc-
tors shall constitute a q u o r u m . 

S E P T E M B E R 1 9 6 2 437 



(a) Mail votes. I n the absence of a quo-
r u m the president may authorize a mail 
vote. A n affirmative vote of three-fourths of 
the v o t i n g directors of the B o a r d shall b e 
r e q u i r e d to pass a m o t i o n . O n each m a i l 
vote, e a c h v o t i n g d i r e c t o r o f the B o a r d shall 
have the o p t i o n of v o t i n g f o r the m o t i o n , 
against the m o t i o n , o r to h o l d f o r discussion. 

Sec. 2. Association. O n e h u n d r e d mem-
bers shall c o n s t i t u t e a q u o r u m of the Associ-
ation f o r the transaction of all business ex-
cept e l e c t i o n s by m a i l . 

A r t i c l e I V . Sections 
Sec. 1. Establishment. Any g r o u p of 

twenty-five o r m o r e members of t h e Associa-
tion, r e p r e s e n t i n g a field of activity in gen-
eral distinct from those of the then existing 
sections, a n d w i t h i n the scope of the As-
sociation's field of interest, may organize a 
section u p o n r e c e i v i n g a p p r o v a l f r o m t h e 
B o a r d of Directors. Sections shall b e com-
posed only of Association m e m b e r s . 

A r t i c l e V . C o m m i t t e e s 
Sec. 1. Authorization. C o m m i t t e e s of the 

Association as a whole shall be authorized by 
a c t i o n of the Association o r the B o a r d of Di-
rectors, e x c e p t as otherwise provided in the 
C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d Bylaws. 

Sec. 2. Appointment of Committee Mem-
bers. S t a n d i n g c o m m i t t e e s shall be estab-
lished with clearly defined areas of respon-
sibility a n d with a specified n u m b e r of mem-
bers a n d specific terms of office n o t to ex-
ceed five years. C o m m i t t e e m e m b e r s h i p 
shall be staggered with regularity, in o r d e r 
to provide c o n t i n u i t y . T h e vice president 
(president-elect) shall a p p o i n t c o m m i t t e e 
m e m b e r s to fill the vacancies due to occur 
d u r i n g the term of his presidency; he may 
n a m e t h e c h a i r m a n of each c o m m i t t e e for 
the t e r m to correspond with his office as 
president o r he may waive his privilege of 
a p p o i n t i n g the c h a i r m a n a n d request the 
c o m m i t t e e to elect its own c h a i r m a n . Special 
a p p o i n t m e n t s t o fill vacancies on any com-
m i t t e e may b e m a d e by t h e president f o r 
o n e a p p o i n t i v e year only. 

Sec. 3. Discontinuance. A c o m m i t t e e may 
be d i s c o n t i n u e d only by the agency author-
izing it. 

A r t i c l e V I . V a c a n c i e s 
Sec. 1. Elective Positions. A p p o i n t m e n t s 

to fill vacancies in elective positions of the 
Association as a whole ( e x c e p t president a n d 
vice president) shall be made by the B o a r d 
of Directors u n t i l it is possible f o r the As-
sociation to fill the vacancy a t t h e n e x t reg-
ular a n n u a l e l e c t i o n in accordance with the 
Bylaws. 

(a) A vacancy in the office of president 
shall be filled, for the r e m a i n d e r of the 
term, by the vice president. T h i s succession 
shall n o t prevent a person w h o succeeds to 
the presidency because of a vacancy from 
serving his n o r m a l t e r m as president the 
n e x t year, as is provided in the C o n s t i t u t i o n . 

(b) A vacancy in the office of vice presi-
d e n t can b e filled only by e l e c t i o n as pro-
vided in t h e Bylaws. 

(c) I f vacancies o c c u r in the offices of 
president a n d vice president within the same 
term, t h e B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s shall elect as 
president one of the directors-at-large f o r the 
r e m a i n d e r of the term. W h e n a regular 
e l e c t i o n is n e x t held, a president a n d a vice 
president shall be elected. 

(d) V a c a n c i e s o n the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s 
shall b e filled by e l e c t i o n at the n e x t regular 
e l e c t i o n a f t e r the vacancy occurs. 

(e) A p p o i n t m e n t s to fill vacancies on a 
c o m m i t t e e of the Association as a whole 
shall be made by the president. 

A r t i c l e V I I . Years 
Sec. 1. Membership Year. T h e member-

ship year of the Association shall be the cal-
e n d a r year. 

Sec. 2. Fiscal Year. T h e fiscal year o f the 
Association shall b e the fiscal year of the 
A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y Association. 

Sec. 3. Elective and Appointive Year. T h e 
t e r m of office for elective and a p p o i n t i v e po-
sitions of the Association filled a n n u a l l y 
shall b e the period b e g i n n i n g with the ad-
j o u r n m e n t of the a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e and 
e n d i n g with t h e a d j o u r n m e n t of the n e x t 
succeeding a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e . T e r m s of of-
fice for elective positions occupied l o n g e r 
t h a n o n e year shall be c a l c u l a t e d f r o m the 
a d j o u r n m e n t of the a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e . 

A r t i c l e V I I I . R u l e s of O r d e r 
Sec. 1. T h e rules c o n t a i n e d in R o b e r t ' s 

Rules of Order shall govern the Association 
in all cases to which they are a p p l i c a b l e , 
a n d in which they are n o t inconsistent with 
the C o n s t i t u t i o n and Bylaws. 

438 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 



ACRL Grants Program, 1962 
F o r the eighth successive year, the A C R L 

C o m m i t t e e on G r a n t s is d i s t r i b u t i n g appli-
c a t i o n forms f o r sub-grants to the libraries 
of privately endowed universities a n d col-
leges whose c u r r i c u l a constitute four-year 
programs of u n d e r g r a d u a t e i n s t r u c t i o n . Ap-
p l i c a t i o n forms will be m a i l e d in S e p t e m b e r 
to the l i b r a r i a n s of the eligible i n s t i t u t i o n s 
(privately endowed four-year universities and 
colleges, as listed in the c u r r e n t U S O E Ed-
ucation Directory, P a r t I I I ) . 

T h e s e a p p l i c a t i o n s will be due in the 
A C R L office n o t later t h a n O c t o b e r 19. 

T h e grants are designed to h e l p develop 
collections, a n d f o r i m p r o v i n g the q u a l i t y of 
library services to h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n through 
research in l i b r a r i a n s h i p a n d b i b l i o g r a p h y . 

R e n e w a l of the U . S . Steel F o u n d a t i o n ' s 
gift to A C R L to support this p r o g r a m in 
1962 has been made. T h e F o u n d a t i o n has 
been o u r p r i n c i p a l c o n t r i b u t o r since 1955. 
T h e g r a n t of $ 3 5 , 0 0 0 also demonstrates in an 

effective m a n n e r the faith of the F o u n d a t i o n 
in the value of this A C R L program activity. 

T h e 1962 program has a d d i t i o n a l support 
f r o m the following firms: the M c G r a w - H i l l 
P u b l i s h i n g C o m p a n y , I n c . ; the N a t i o n a l 
Biscuit C o m p a n y ; the O l i n M a t h i e s o n 
C h e m i c a l C o r p o r a t i o n ; Pitney-Bowes, I n c . ; 
R e m i n g t o n R a n d ; T i m e , I n c . , a n d H . W . 
W i l s o n C o m p a n y . 

M e m b e r s of the G r a n t s C o m m i t t e e will 
meet at A n n A r b o r , M i c h i g a n , o n Novem-
b e r 26 a n d 27 to d e t e r m i n e actual distribu-
tion of the grants. A n n o u n c e m e n t of their 
decision will b e made in the J a n u a r y 1963 
CRL. R i c h a r d W . M o r i n , l i b r a r i a n , Dart-
m o u t h College, H a n o v e r , New H a m p s h i r e , is 
c o m m i t t e e c h a i r m a n f o r 1962-63. O t h e r 
members are: H u m p h r e y G . Bousfield (con-
sultant), l i b r a r i a n , B r o o k l y n College, Brook-
lyn, New Y o r k ; H e l e n M. B r o w n , l i b r a r i a n , 
Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts; 
W e n - C h a o C h e n , l i b r a r i a n , M a n d e l l e Me-
m o r i a l L i b r a r y , Kalamazoo College, Kala-
mazoo, M i c h i g a n ; M a r k M . G o r m l e y , li-
b r a r i a n , University of W i s c o n s i n - M i l w a u k e e , 
W i s c o n s i n ; R i c h a r d H a r w e l l , l i b r a r i a n , 
B o w d o i n College, Brunswick, M a i n e ; D a v i d 
Kaser, director, J o i n t University L i b r a r i e s , 
Nashville, T e n n e s s e e ; G i l e s F . S h e p h e r d , J r . , 
assistant d i r e c t o r of libraries, C o r n e l l U n i -
versity, I t h a c a , New Y o r k , a n d K a t h a r i n e M . 
Stokes, l i b r a r i a n , W a l d o L i b r a r y , W e s t e r n 
M i c h i g a n University, Kalamazoo, M i c h i g a n . 

R E M I N G T O N R A N D G R A N T 

A $ 7 , 5 0 0 g r a n t to A C R L , to b e used f o r 
f u r n i t u r e a n d e q u i p m e n t available through 
the L i b r a r y B u r e a u , has been made by R e m -
i n g t o n R a n d Division of Sperry R a n d Cor-
p o r a t i o n , the fourth time the c o m p a n y has 
p a r t i c i p a t e d . 

A special c o m m i t t e e of the A C R L Col-
lege Section, u n d e r the c h a i r m a n s h i p of 
J a m e s H o l l y , l i b r a r i a n , W e y e r h a e u s e r Li-
brary, M a c a l e s t e r College, St. P a u l , M i n n e -
sota, will m a k e these awards at a m e e t i n g to 
be held l a t e in N o v e m b e r . W i n n e r s will be 
notified by the A C R L E x e c u t i v e Secretary, 
and official notification will b e published 
in the J a n u a r y 1963 CRL. 

T h e G r a n t s program has a total o f $46,-
600 for distribution this year. 

OTTO HARRASSOWITZ 
L i b r a r y 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 
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Orders and inquiries are invited on 
both new and out-of-print material 

* 

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for West and East Germany 

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you may rely upon your 

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S E P T E M B E R 1 9 6 2 4 3 9 



C o r n e l l ' s R e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n . . . 
(Continued from page 374) 

E n g l i s h L i t e r a t u r e 3 5 , 0 0 0 
G e n e r a l L i t e r a t u r e 5 , 0 0 0 
G e r m a n L i t e r a t u r e 9 , 0 0 0 
S l a v i c L i t e r a t u r e 1,000 
M u s i c 3 , 5 0 0 
F i n e A r t s 1 0 , 0 0 0 
A g r i c u l t u r e 4 , 0 0 0 
B i b l i o g r a p h y a n d L i b r a r y S c i e n c e . . . . 4 , 0 0 0 
A n t h r o p o l o g y 1,000 
S o c i o l o g y 6 , 0 0 0 
E c o n o m i c s 3 0 , 0 0 0 
E n g i n e e r i n g ( I n d u s t r i a l A r t s , 

M i l i t a r y S c i e n c e ) 1 4 , 0 0 0 
A m e r i c a n H i s t o r y 16,000 
P h i l o l o g y 2 2 , 5 0 0 
W o r l d W a r I I 1,000 
L o c a l H i s t o r y 2 0 , 0 0 0 
F a r E a s t e r n ( e x c e p t W a s o n ) 3 , 0 0 0 
U n i t e d N a t i o n s ( i n c l u d e s p a r t 

o f I n t e r n a t i o n a l L a w ) 2 , 0 0 0 
P s y c h o l o g y 2 , 0 0 0 

T o t a l (est.) 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 

T h e fourth proposal envisaged the reclass-
ification of the e n t i r e c o l l e c t i o n of slightly 

over eight h u n d r e d thousand volumes at an 
estimated cost of a b o u t $ 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 , to be 
achieved in a period of twenty years. D r . 
T a u b e r favored this p l a n because a c o m p l e t e 
reclassification a n d r e c a t a l o g i n g of the col-
l e c t i o n would modernize the card catalog, re-
p l a c e lost and soiled cards (many were still 
h a n d w r i t t e n ) , a n d provide an up-to-date in-
ventory. H e realized, however, that the uni-
versity m i g h t n o t be able to provide such 
a large sum of money. T h e survey, therefore, 
r e c o m m e n d e d : 

T h a t t h e L i b r a r y o f G o n g r e s s m e t h o d of 
c l a s s i f i c a t i o n b e a d o p t e d f o r a l l n e w b o o k s 
a d d e d t o t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h e u n i v e r s i t y 
l i b r a r y . 

T h a t t h e r e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n o f c e r t a i n s e l e c t e d 
s e c t i o n s o f t h e p r e s e n t c o l l e c t i o n as l i s t e d b e 
a c c o m p l i s h e d o v e r a p e r i o d o f y e a r s ; a n d 
t h a t a s u m o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 b e 
p r o v i d e d f o r t h i s w o r k . 

T h a t s u c h r e c a t a l o g i n g b e d o n e as is neces-
sary t o c o r r e c t t h e i n a c c u r a c i e s a n d i n c o n -
s i s t e n c i e s w h i c h n o w a p p e a r i n t h e g e n e r a l 
c a t a l o g o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . 

T h e library b o a r d voted approval of the 
change to L i b r a r y of Congress classification 
to be effective J a n u a r y 1, 1948. W i t h regard 
to reclassification, it was decided that the 
o p e r a t i o n should be started at a l a t e r (not 
specified) date, a n d that every effort should 
be made to p r o c u r e $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 e i t h e r from the 
university a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o r from some foun-
d a t i o n . 

T h i s decision h a d to b e a m e n d e d as classi-
fication is o n l y o n e p a r t of the c a t a l o g i n g 
procedure. I n o r d e r to take full advantage 
of the c a t a l o g i n g d o n e by the L i b r a r y of 
Congress, it was agreed to accept the descrip-
tive a n d s u b j e c t c a t a l o g i n g of the L i b r a r y of 
Congress w i t h o u t any changes e x c e p t f o r the 
a u t h o r C u t t e r i n g . T h i s policy would in-
crease the speed of o u r o p e r a t i o n s to a 
m a r k e d degree a n d b r i n g us in l i n e with 
m o d e r n procedures. I t would, however, 
cause almost i n s u r m o u n t a b l e difficulties in 
a n o t h e r aspect of o u r work; whereas we 
could easily interfile entries based o n two 
classification methods with different nota-
tions, we could n o t c o m b i n e two subject-
h e a d i n g systems with diverse terminologies. 
C o r n e l l ' s s u b j e c t headings were very schol-
arly, with a distinct l e a n i n g toward L a t i n 

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phraseology; the m o d e r n terms were fre-
q u e n t l y in v e r n a c u l a r a n d gave p r e f e r e n c e to 
everyday usage. F o r instance, we were using 
"Unitas Fratrum" f o r the P r o t e s t a n t d e n o m i -
n a t i o n c o m m o n l y k n o w n as " M o r a v i a n . " I t 
would have b e e n feasible to bridge the gap 
b e t w e e n the two terminologies by an elabo-
r a t e system of d o u b l e cross references, b u t 
t h e n we would p e r p e t u a t e a clumsy catalog. 
Moreover, with respect to reclassification and 
o u r decision to modernize the catalog b o t h 
in system a n d in a p p e a r a n c e , it was much 
b e t t e r to distinguish clearly between the old 
a n d the new. 

T h e decision was m a d e to start a new 
catalog in 1948. M a n y of us were u n h a p p y 
a b o u t the idea of having two catalogs. W e 
could foresee that the necessity of h a v i n g to 
check two places would cause difficulties, 
a n n o y a n c e , a n d mistakes b o t h f o r the pa-
trons a n d the staff. However, n o n e of us 
could come up with a b e t t e r proposal. D r . 
T a u b e r , who p a r t i c i p a t e d in o u r discussions, 
spoke very strongly in favor of a new catalog, 
a n d today we acknowledge gratefully that 
he was right. W e are happy that we followed 
his advice and were guided by his sage coun-
sel. 

I n the m e a n t i m e , partly p r e c e d i n g the 
survey a n d i n d e p e n d e n t of it, great changes 
had taken place in the a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of 
C o r n e l l ' s technical o p e r a t i o n s . T h e purpose 
o f the reorganization was the e l i m i n a t i o n of 
d o u b l e h a n d l i n g (doing o n e o p e r a t i o n twice 
u n d e r slightly different aspects) and the in-
tegration o f the a c q u i r i n g a n d recording 
processes. Every step was worked o u t in all 
details in o r d e r to g u a r a n t e e the smooth 
flow of books from selection to t h e i r place-
m e n t on the shelves with all cards filed in the 
catalog. T h e final solution was graphically 
illustrated in a carefully designed flow chart. 

T h e c a r d i n a l e l e m e n t in o u r p l a n was the 
transfer of the pre-cataloging o p e r a t i o n s to 
the searching section of the Acquisitions De-
p a r t m e n t . I t stands to reason that n o search 
is r e l i a b l e unless it follows the form of entry 
used in a given library. T h e searcher, there-
fore, received clear instruction as to how to 
establish an entry a n d how to verify it. Al-
most without loss of time, all the o t h e r in-
f o r m a t i o n needed f o r pre-cataloging could 
b e added to the search slip: F u l l n a m e of 
a u t h o r , dates, L i b r a r y of Congress card num-
ber, verification found in b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l 

tools, series—if any, C o r n e l l holdings f o r the 
a u t h o r or title with classification, etc. T h e 
search slip travelled with the b o o k a n d sup-
plied practically all the i n f o r m a t i o n the cata-
loger needed. 

T h e plan was theoretically a sound one, 
b u t we soon e n c o u n t e r e d a m a j o r difficulty. 
T h e professional cataloger was very r e l u c t a n t 
to accept the i n f o r m a t i o n provided by an 
" o u t s i d e r " and t o trust the j u d g m e n t of a 
n o n c a t a l o g e r . Such r e l u c t a n c e to accept the 
searching i n f o r m a t i o n at face value w i t h o u t 
r e c h e c k i n g it (a primary c o n d i t i o n f o r speed-
ing u p the work) was partly based o n the 
fully justified r e c o g n i t i o n of the difficulty in-
h e r e n t in good cataloging; partly, however, 
it was a defense of the i n t e l l e c t u a l status of 
the cataloger. A workable solution h a d to 
take b o t h aspects of the p r o b l e m i n t o ac-
count. I t had to correct the factual short-
comings and had to supply a psychological 
redress to what was, in part, a m o r a l e prob-
l e m . O u r answer was to a p p o i n t a senior 
cataloger as associate acquisitions l i b r a r i a n in 
charge of all searchers, with t h e assignment 
to correct a n d revise all search-slips b e f o r e 
forwarding them to the catalog d e p a r t m e n t . 
T h i s solved most of o u r difficulties and u p 
to now, by u n w r i t t e n statute, the position 
of associate acquisitions l i b r a r i a n is reserved 
for a l i b r a r i a n who has b e e n a senior cata-
loger at C o r n e l l . F o r all professional ap-
p o i n t m e n t s in the acquisitions d e p a r t m e n t 
preference is given to a C o r n e l l cataloger, 
a n d an i n t i m a t e knowledge of the C o r n e l l 
cataloging m a n u a l and several m o n t h s train-
ing in the catalog d e p a r t m e n t is obligatory 
for the e n t i r e professional staff in the four 
technical service d e p a r t m e n t s . 

T h i s reorganization c o n t r i b u t e d greatly 
to the speeding up of processing o p e r a t i o n s 
a n d to m a k i n g o u r reclassification program 
possible. Especially d u r i n g the first seven 
years when we had n o reclassification staff, 
the searching section verified all entries 
which h a d b e e n selected f o r reclassification 
a n d supplied the necessary b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l 
i n f o r m a t i o n — L i b r a r y of Congress card num-
b e r a n d C o r n e l l holdings. 

A n o t h e r i n n o v a t i o n was the abolish-
m e n t of a separate classification division. T h e 
i n t r i c a t e system o f the H a r r i s classification 
h a d compelled the library to c o n c e n t r a t e this 
aspect of the work in the h a n d s of o n e per-
son. I t would have been e x t r e m e l y difficult 

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to train the e n t i r e c a t a l o g i n g staff in the ap-
p l i c a t i o n of a m e t h o d which came very n e a r 
to b e i n g u n t e a c h a b l e . M o r e o v e r , it would 
o n l y have c o m p o u n d e d e x i s t i n g c o n f u s i o n . 
W i t h the a c c e p t a n c e of the L i b r a r y of Con-
gress classification, these c o n d i t i o n s n o l o n g e r 
existed. T h e r a t h e r i n c o n g r u o u s split be-
tween s u b j e c t headings a n d classification 
could be avoided; o n l y o n e revision would 
be necessary and, therefore, the individual 
cataloger was made responsible f o r all phases 
of the work. 

As early as J u l y 1947, f o u r m o n t h s preced-
ing the survey, a c o o r d i n a t o r of the technical 
services had b e e n a p p o i n t e d in o r d e r to 
work o u t a c o m p l e t e overhaul of the opera-
tions. I n J a n u a r y 1948, following the survey 
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s , the division of the techni-
cal services was established with an assistant 
d i r e c t o r in charge. 

T h u s , we were all set to start a new chap-
ter in the life o f C o r n e l l University library. 
However, b e f o r e we could t h i n k a b o u t this 
joyous event, a lot of p r e p a r a t o r y work had 
to b e d o n e . All c a t a l o g i n g was s t o p p e d for 
the last two weeks in D e c e m b e r a n d f o r the 

first few days in J a n u a r y , e x c e p t for a few 
rush titles, and all work which h a d b e e n in 
progress, i n c l u d i n g card p r o d u c t i o n a n d fil-
ing, was cleared up. A b o u t forty thousand 
cards which h a d b e e n w i t h h e l d from the cata-
log because a variety of c o r r e c t i o n s h a d to 
b e m a d e were filed. T h e e n t i r e staff of the 
library, regardless of administrative position 
or d e p a r t m e n t a l assignment, p a r t i c i p a t e d in 
the effort t o clear o u r decks b e f o r e the h a r d 
b a t t l e which we a n t i c i p a t e d . 

P u n c t u a l l y , according to o u r p l a n n i n g , the 
o p e r a t i o n s w e n t i n t o effect on o u r m i n i a t u r e 
" D D a y . " B o o k s were processed u n d e r the 
new rules a n d the new " b a b y " catalog was 
started. Reclassification was officially sched-
uled to b e g i n at a l a t e r date when the funds 
necessary for this o p e r a t i o n would have b e e n 
provided. However, we just could n o t wait 
u n t i l this d a t e which seemed to be in the 
U t o p i a n future; circumstances of every day 
o p e r a t i o n s forced us i n t o a c t i o n , and we had 
to start reclassification willy nilly. 

F r o m a realistic p o i n t of view, it was ut-
terly wrong to spend staff time on reclassifi-
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the processing o f the flood of new acquisi-
tions which was the result of a rapidly in-
creasing book budget. W e h a d n o elbow r o o m 
in the stacks which would take care of a 
voluminous reclassification, we h a d n o money 
to h i r e n e w staff—and we did n o t have the 
place where we could p u t them to work. T h e 
deadlock of the reclassification program only 
m i r r o r e d the difficulties o f the library as a 
whole. W e did n o t have the full-hearted 
a n d enthusiastic support of the C o r n e l l com-
m u n i t y because we had n o t given all the 
service it wanted; we could not give the serv-
ice unless we had more money, a n d we could 
not get financial support unless we satisfied 
the demands. S h o u l d we s p e n d o u r best years 
j u s t waiting f o r someone to m a k e the first 
move? T h i s seemed pretty hopeless. T h u s , 
we decided to take the first step. I n o t h e r 
words, we decided to deliver the goods; we 
would satisfy the demands a n d h o p e that 
s o o n e r o r l a t e r we would receive the support 
we needed. T h i s was the right decision, al-
though it m e a n t some hardship, a n d it took 
l o n g e r to get the f u l l support that we had 
e x p e c t e d in J a n u a r y 1948. 

Some figures will illustrate o u r difficulties. 
T h i r t e e n years later, J a n u a r y 1961, before 
we moved i n t o the new O l i n R e s e a r c h L i -
brary, the harassed c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t 
h a d to find space f o r a b o o k collection 
which more than tripled the full capacity of 
the old library, the b o o k budget was ten 
times the a m o u n t available in 1947, we had 
greatly increased the staff, a n d the reclassi-
fication p r o g r a m was in full course. 

I t had n o t b e e n easy; there were times 
when we seriously considered w o r k i n g in 
night shifts, a n d we j o k i n g l y stipulated maxi-
m u m weight and r o t u n d i t y f o r the staff in 
o r d e r to pass through the aisles which be-
came n a r r o w e r a n d narrower. However, we 
all survived in good h e a l t h a n d did n o t go 
m a d as D r . K i n k e l d e y predicted. Surely, we 
worked h a r d a n d in rare circumstances tem-
pers were short, b u t we did n o t p u l l knives 
and, in spite of b e i n g in western New Y o r k , 
we did n o t live in a f r o n t i e r atmosphere. 

W e could n o t avoid reclassification in case 
of added copies a n d added volumes f o r titles 
in c o n t i n u a t i o n . Even if we h a d w a n t e d to 
a d h e r e strictly to the decision of the library 
board, n e i t h e r the state of o u r c a t a l o g i n g 
records, especially the shelf list in b o o k form, 

nor the overcrowded shelves would have per-
m i t t e d us to add thousands of volumes to the 
" H a r r i s classification. B u t q u i t e frankly, we 
did n o t want to; we were most eager to get 
o n with the reclassification; the small size of 
the new catalog served as a c o n t i n u a l chal-
lenge and almost as a reproach. New ac-
quisitions were processed promptly, and no 
backlog was permitted to a c c u m u l a t e ; but 
every staff m e m b e r who could be spared even 
f o r a short time was put i n t o reclassification. 

W e would have liked to reclassify simul-
taneously all editions of a given title or even, 
if possible, all works of a multi-volumed au-
thor. T h i s , however, was n o t possible for 
m a n y years to come and caused m u c h annoy-
a n c e a n d justified criticism. W e reclassified 
selected volumes which were b e i n g sent to 
be r e b o u n d in o r d e r to avoid a second han-
d l i n g of the volumes at a l a t e r date and the 
erasing of the H a r r i s n o t a t i o n . W e could n o t 
do everything, especially in the first seven 
years, not even all one-volume m o n o g r a p h i c 
titles, n o t to speak of volumes which were 
parts of a larger set. As it always is in life, 
lack of money forced us to policies which 
were more expensive in the long r u n . T h e 
reclassification of periodicals was a case in 
p o i n t . T h e library had at t h a t time a little 
over three thousand subscriptions, b u t even 
this n u m b e r (much too small f o r a research 
library) was f a r t o o big for a reclassification 
p r o g r a m w i t h o u t staff. W e had n o choice b u t 
to add the c o m p l e t e volumes to the old Har-
ris n u m b e r s a l t h o u g h every effort was made 
to diminish the n u m b e r of " H a r r i s v o l u m e s . " 

A similar " e x p e n s i v e e c o n o m y " was ap-
plied to the reclassification of large periodi-
cal sets. O u t of reasons of economy, we had 
decided n o t to reclassify larger sets of period-
icals a n d we established an arbitrary limit of 
five, l a t e r ten, volumes which would m a k e a 
set eligible for reclassification. F o r the larger 
sets, we did t h e necessary r e c a t a l o g i n g and 
i n c l u d e d the titles in the serials catalog b u t 
did n o t touch the classification. I n all these 
cases, some d u p l i c a t i o n of work h a d to b e 
p e r f o r m e d when we decided years l a t e r to 
reclassify the e n t i r e c o l l e c t i o n . 

Reclassification, even at its earliest stage, 
could n o t be l i m i t e d to a r a n d o m selection. 
Some collections had b e c o m e so u n u s a b l e 
u n d e r the old system that an i m m e d i a t e re-
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of the library. T h e r e f e r e n c e c o l l e c t i o n was 
chosen as first target because its a r r a n g e m e n t 
was most unsatisfactory from every p o i n t of 
view. T h e c o l l e c t i o n h a d originally b e e n clas-
sified u n d e r t h e H a r r i s system like the rest 
of t h e library. I n the late 1 9 2 0 s the L i b r a r y 
of Congress classification, greatly modified 
a n d generally l i m i t e d to the m a i n classifica-
tion letters, was superimposed o n the old no-
t a t i o n . T h i s d o u b l e classification caused 
great difficulty when titles were transferred 
b a c k to the stacks. T h u s , fifteen years later, 
part of the " s c h i s m a t i c " L i b r a r y of Congress 
n o t a t i o n was removed with the result that the 
a r r a n g e m e n t followed n o discernible system. 

A n d so the first years passed with n o fi-
n a n c i a l support in sight a l t h o u g h a n n u a l 
reports r e i t e r a t e d the w a r n i n g that n o sig-
nificant progress could be e x p e c t e d unless 
budgetary h e l p were given. T h r o w n back on 
o u r own resources we tried to substitute 
s t r e a m l i n e d o p e r a t i o n s for a d d i t i o n a l staff. 
W e h a d e n c o u n t e r e d some difficulty in dis-
charging reclassified volumes f r o m the circu-
l a t i o n record. T h e c i r c u l a t i o n file was k e p t 
u n d e r the old H a r r i s n u m b e r a n d the cata-
loger h a d to insert a flier in the reclassified 
volume a n d p e n c i l o n it the old H a r r i s no-
t a t i o n . T h i s was time c o n s u m i n g a n d led to 
errors. W e developed a d o u b l e c i r c u l a t i o n re-
quest with an inset c a r b o n p a p e r ; o n e part 
was interfiled in the c i r c u l a t i o n record and 
the second part traveled with the book, fa-
c i l i t a t i n g the discharge. 

A device which b o r e directly on the speed-
ing u p of processing was an a r r a n g e m e n t for 
storage by size. I t h a d occurred to us that 
some of the titles which we had to reclassify 
did n o t n e e d a d o u b l e s u b j e c t a p p r o a c h , by 
classification and through s u b j e c t headings. 
M o r e o v e r , we did n o t want to c l u t t e r up o u r 
new shelves with books which would only 
impede browsing a n d which, if needed, would 
p r o b a b l y b e requested by a u t h o r a n d title. 
S o m e e x a m p l e s of this category of books 
are: older editions, obsolete monographs, the 
m a j o r i t y of dissertations, etc. W e r e f r a i n e d 
from giving a rigid definition based on date 
of p u b l i c a t i o n b u t insisted t h a t every title be 
j u d g e d according to its t e x t u a l o r typo-
g r a p h i c a l merits. O n l y as g u i d a n c e f o r the 
selector (senior staff m e m b e r o r s u b j e c t spe-
cialist f r o m the teaching faculty) we specified 
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t h e h u m a n i t i e s a n d social sciences. T h e re-
search o b l i g a t i o n of the library i n d u c e d us 
to preserve all works of possible historical 
significance, b u t d u p l i c a t e copies were dis-
carded. T h u s , as an unforeseen f r i n g e benefit 
of reclassification, we accomplished a long-
overdue weeding of the c o l l e c t i o n . 

B o o k s chosen f o r c o m p a c t storage were ar-
r a n g e d according to six sizes a n d C u t t e r e d 
with c u r r e n t numbers. R u l e s f o r descriptive 
c a t a l o g i n g were strictly adhered to, b u t es-
pecially l o n g titles were a b b r e v i a t e d . Great-
est economy was applied f o r s u b j e c t headings 
a n d added entries. 

T h e greatest advantage f o r o u r task was 
the establishment of a serials d e p a r t m e n t . 
T h e g r o u p was charged with the u p k e e p of 
the serials catalog and with the processing 
of all c o m m e r c i a l serials. L a t e r on, docu-
m e n t serials were added to its responsibilities. 
U n d e r an energetic a n d resourceful head, the 
d e p a r t m e n t reclassified w i t h i n a few years 
all active serials which fell u n d e r o u r re-
stricted reclassification program. 

T h e great increase of o u t p u t in the cata-
log d e p a r t m e n t caused difficulties for card 
r e p r o d u c t i o n . W h e r e a s in the ancien regime 
we h a d processed a l i t t l e over ten thousand 
titles annually, we r e a c h e d in the early 1950's 
an average of thirty thousand titles, six thous-
a n d of which were due to reclassification. W e 
used L i b r a r y of Congress p r i n t e d cards when-
ever readily available, b u t more t h a n h a l f 
of t h e cards were locally produced. T h e com-
b i n a t i o n of x e r o g r a p h y and m u l t i l i t h ma-
chines ( N o v e m b e r 1954) gave us the tools to 
produce the needed q u a n t i t y . 

T h u s , like J a c o b , we had f a i t h f u l l y served 
seven years in the h o p e of g e t t i n g a special 
a p p r o p r i a t i o n f o r reclassification. B y the end 
of the fiscal year 1 9 5 4 / 5 5 , we had reclassified 
102,789 volumes or a l i t t l e over fifty thou-
sand titles. So, w i t h o u t any h e l p whatsoever, 
we h a d carried out o n e h a l f of the l i m i t e d 
reclassification p r o g r a m suggested by the 
survey in 1947. M e r e figures, to b e sure, are 
somewhat misleading, as we h a d n o t really 
fulfilled 50 p e r cent of the assignment. D r . 
T a u b e r h a d chosen the most i m p o r t a n t and 
widely used classes of p u b l i c a t i o n s , whereas 
we had b e e n forced to deviate from his wise 
p l a n a n d to reclassify a m u c h m o r e diversi-
fied, sometimes r a n d o m , and at times less im-
p o r t a n t selection. Still, o u r p e r f o r m a n c e was 
n o t h i n g to b e sneered at, especially consider-

i n g the fact that by now the c a t a l o g i n g of 
new titles had tripled the a n n u a l p r o d u c t i o n 
of the old H a r r i s days. L i k e J a c o b we did 
n o t receive R a c h e l (an a p p r o p r i a t i o n com-
m e n s u r a t e with o u r goal) b u t h a d t o be sat-
isfied with h e r less attractive sister L e a h . 

D r . M c C a r t h y ' s persistent a t t e m p t s to ob-
tain financial support f o r o u r p r o g r a m finally 
resulted i n a special a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $10,-
000. T h i s i t e m first a p p e a r e d in the budget 
for 1955-56, was renewed a n d slightly in-
creased in the general rise of salaries that 
followed, a n d represents today a financial 
value of $ 1 3 , 0 0 0 . W e decided to a p p o i n t a 
reclassification team of o n e professional a n d 
two clerks, the professional to be a cataloger 
of senior s t a n d i n g who c o u l d work, unre-
vised, assisted by a subprofessional who 
would pull the cards f r o m the old catalog 
a n d do easy cataloging. T h e third m e m b e r 
of the team was u n d e r the administrative 
supervision of the o t h e r sections of the tech-
nical services a n d assigned to p e r f o r m various 
auxiliary o p e r a t i o n s such as m a r k i n g , typing, 
alphabetizing, a n d filing. T h i s organization 
proved to be q u i t e a satisfactory one, a n d we 
m a i n t a i n e d it t h r o u g h o u t the second seven 
years of o u r program. Reclassification, how-
ever, was n o t confined t o the work of the 
team, and the regular staff of the catalog 
d e p a r t m e n t reclassified, as b e f o r e , all the titles 
of which we a c q u i r e d added copies, added 
volumes, o r new editions. I n all these cases, 
the acquisitions d e p a r t m e n t pulled the old 
cards and established the new e n t r y a n d the 
L i b r a r y of Congress card n u m b e r . 

T h e financial support we were receiving 
a n d the increased confidence in o u r own po-
tentialities c h a n g e d o u r o u t l o o k toward the 
program, altered its goal, and modified some 
of o u r procedures. I f I may revert a m o m e n t 
to my analogy of J a c o b ' s labors, we h a d n o 
i n t e n t i o n of giving u p R a c h e l regardless of 
how m a n y years o f hard work L a b a n should 
d e m a n d . W e were convinced that p a r t i a l re-
classification was n o t the answer. N o t h i n g less 
t h a n a c o m p l e t e m o d e r n i z a t i o n , w i t h o u t ex-
ceptions, w i t h o u t islands of obsolescence, 
would satisfy us. I n o u r flight towards the 
goal of total reclassification, from a realistic 
p o i n t of view (still a U t o p i a n one), we had 
r e a c h e d a p o i n t of n o r e t u r n . I t was n o t pos-
sible for us to go b a c k ; the a r g u m e n t s o f 
D r . T a u b e r presented to us in the fall of 1947 
were still r e l e v a n t . T h e two catalogs could 

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never be c o m b i n e d ; the H a r r i s classification 
was still utterly unsatisfactory a n d should n o t 
b e m a i n t a i n e d . W e had b e e n a b l e to com-
p l e t e h a l f of the l i m i t e d p r o g r a m w i t h o u t 
any h e l p , we were t h e r e f o r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t 
we c o u l d finish the e n t i r e p r o j e c t with some 
assistance. T h e e x p e r i e n c e of the last years 
h a d b o r n e out o u r b e l i e f that we were o n 
the r i g h t way a n d t h a t the university was 
p r e p a r e d to give us the s u p p o r t we n e e d e d 
after we h a d made the first steps u n a i d e d . 
W e decided, t h e r e f o r e , to a c c e p t as o u r goal 
the reclassification of the e n t i r e c o l l e c t i o n , 
even i n c l u d i n g periodicals a n d documents; 
this m e a n t , of course, t h a t the old catalog 
would be e l i m i n a t e d in due course a n d that 
t h e library would again have only o n e cata-
log. 

T h i s decision h a d several i m p l i c a t i o n s . F o r 
instance, the b a n of reclassifying l a r g e r serial 
sets (more t h a n ten volumes) was rescinded. 
T h e work d o n e by the serials d e p a r t m e n t 
d u r i n g the last years could now be used ad-
vantageously. M a n y sets h a d b e e n r e c a t a l o g e d 
a n d h a d b e e n e n t e r e d in the new serials 

catalog. T h e L i b r a r y of Congress classifica-
tion h a d to b e established, b u t otherwise n o 
changes had to b e made in the entries, cross 
references, a n d checking-in cards. I n a skill-
fully p l a n n e d o p e r a t i o n j o i n t l y administered 
by the serials l i b r a r i a n a n d the periodicals 
l i b r a r i a n , using e v e n i n g hours a n d student 
help, m a n y thousand volumes were speedily 
re-marked. 

T h e a d d i t i o n a l m a n p o w e r available en-
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sification slips could be o m i t t e d . U n f o r t u -
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shifting of sections would not p e r m i t us to 
stay t o o l o n g with a given class of books. 
T h e selection f o r reclassification could n o t 
b e m a d e solely f r o m the p o i n t o f view of 
i m p o r t a n c e a n d use but h a d to yield t o a 
frequently-crazy system of shelving which in-
a d e q u a t e space forced on a suffocating cir-
c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t . 

I n the case of r a n d o m reclassification, too, 
we could now r e d u c e the heavy pressure 
the reclassification program h a d p u t o n the 
c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t a n d could cut down 
o n a n n o y i n g delays. I n m a n y cases the cir-
c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t h a d n o t been a b l e t o 
supply p r o m p t l y all the titles requested f o r 
reclassification as m a n y volumes h a d b e e n 
lost d u r i n g the last scores of years a n d some 
h a d b e e n mis-shelved. Previously, the circula-
tion d e p a r t m e n t h a d e m b a r k e d o n a labori-
ous a n d time-consuming searching p r o c e d u r e 
which took at least three to six m o n t h s u n t i l 
a b o o k was declared " l o s t . " T h e new regu-
l a t i o n simplified this procedure. T h e r e p o r t 
that a b o o k was n o t o n the shelves and did 
n o t a p p e a r in the c i r c u l a t i o n r e c o r d was 
checked o n c e by a senior m e m b e r of the 
shelving staff; a c o r r e s p o n d i n g n o t e was m a d e 
in the ' H a r r i s shelf list' a n d the cataloger 
was advised to proceed with t h e volumes at 
h a n d . T h e u n d e r l y i n g assumption was that 
in the total reclassification the mis-shelved 
v o l u m e would turn u p s o o n e r o r later. I n 
spite of this possibility, we r e p l a c e d impor-
t a n t titles as soon as possible. T h i s m e a n t , of 
course, t h a t we might a c q u i r e d u p l i c a t e vol-
umes in a few cases, b u t as we confined re-
p l a c e m e n t to i m p o r t a n t a n d much-needed 
titles such d u p l i c a t i o n would n o t be harm-
ful. 

W e also e l i m i n a t e d copying the accession 
n u m b e r which, u n d e r o u r old procedure, had 
b e e n n o t e d on t h e verso of the m a i n entry 
a n d on the shelf list. I n the case of serials, 
we h a d dispensed with this o p e r a t i o n l o n g 
before. W e now d r o p p e d it f o r the e n t i r e 
p r o j e c t . W e realized that the accession num-
b e r could b e very h e l p f u l f o r the identifica-
t i o n of a given copy, b u t this petty benefit 
did n o t justify m a i n t a i n i n g a time-consum-
ing a n d obsolete procedure. 

A f t e r three a n d one-half years of work-
i n g w i t h o n e reclassification team, we h a d 
made a significant d e n t in the old holdings. 
T h e c o m p l e t i o n of the p r o j e c t , however, was 

n o t even in sight and we did not cherish the 
prospect of h a v i n g the H a r r i s classification 
conspicuously represented i n the stacks of 
the new O l i n R e s e a r c h L i b r a r y , the con-
struction of which h a d j u s t started. I n a cas-
ual l u n c h conversation o u r d i l e m m a was 
m e n t i o n e d to P a u l M c K e e g a n , the d i r e c t o r 
of the budget of the university; in a d d i t i o n , 
the i n f o r m a t i o n was v o l u n t e e r e d that an-
o t h e r university library h a d j u s t received a 
considerable a p p r o p r i a t i o n f o r its reclassifi-
c a t i o n p r o j e c t . M r . M c K e e g a n understood 
the h i n t a n d r e c o m m e n d e d t o the president 
that the library be g r a n t e d financial assist-
a n c e to speed up reclassification. T o o u r de-
lighted surprise, the b o a r d of trustees ap-
proved an a l l o c a t i o n of $ 1 0 5 , 0 0 0 o n J a n u a r y 
21, 1959. $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 was a l l o t t e d f o r three 
years' salaries for three reclassification teams, 
a n d $ 5 , 0 0 0 was e a r m a r k e d f o r the purchase 
of f u r n i t u r e and e q u i p m e n t . 

A small b u t smoothly working reclassifica-
tion section was established, h e a d e d by a 
c a p a b l e senior staff m e m b e r o f the regular 
catalog d e p a r t m e n t . H e r staff consisted of 
f o u r catalogers—only o n e h a d senior r a n k , 
two were r e c e n t library-school graduates, the 
f o u r t h a f o r m e r subprofessional in the Cor-
n e l l catalog d e p a r t m e n t who was p r o m o t e d 
to professional s t a n d i n g because of h e r abil-
ity. T h e group was most efficiently assisted 
by f o u r subprofessionals, y o u n g ladies w h o 
h a d h a d n o f o r m a l library t r a i n i n g a n d l i t t l e 
library e x p e r i e n c e , b u t who h a d b e e n selected 
because o f t h e i r i n t e l l i g e n c e , willingness to 
work, a n d g e n e r a l aptitude. T h r e e a d d i t i o n a l 
clerical staff m e m b e r s , w h o could be paid 
from the reclassification p r o j e c t , were as-
signed to the regular catalog d e p a r t m e n t to 
perform the many auxiliary o p e r a t i o n s made 
necessary by reclassification. 

Because of salary savings we could aug-
m e n t the staff with five college graduates 
d u r i n g the two s u m m e r m o n t h s . A l t h o u g h 
n o n e of this delightful group of young 
w o m e n h a d any library e x e r i e n c e whatsoever, 
they made a substantial c o n t r i b u t i o n t o o u r 
effort because o f their eagerness to work, will-
ingness to l e a r n , and g e n e r a l high intelli-
gence. 

I t was n o t possible to find w o r k i n g space 
for the reclassification section in the over-
crowded c a t a l o g i n g room. A small a d j a c e n t 
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area, although this, of course, c o m p o u n d e d 
difficulties for c i r c u l a t i o n . T h e r e were a few 
c o m p l a i n t s a b o u t t e m p e r a t u r e a n d ventila-
tion, but o n the whole this makeshift ar-
r a n g e m e n t worked well for the two years we 
o c c u p i e d it. 

I n the p l a n of o p e r a t i o n s s u b m i t t e d to D r . 
M c C a r t h y the a n n u a l p r o d u c t i o n goal was 
set as fifty t h o u s a n d titles o r seventy thous-
a n d volumes. T h e e x p e c t a t i o n was that every 
o n e of the f o u r teams would reclassify ten 
thousand titles a n d that the r e g u l a r catalog 
d e p a r t m e n t would a c c o u n t for the rest. Alas, 
like o t h e r n o t e d five-year plans, o u r modest 
three-year p l a n did n o t q u i t e reach its goal. 
W e h a d b e e n too o p t i m i s t i c in o u r estimate 
a n d never r e a c h e d the fifty thousand m a r k 
but hovered a r o u n d forty t h o u s a n d titles o r 
sixty thousand volumes a n n u a l l y . T h e f o u r 
reclassification teams made t h e i r quotas, b u t 
the g e n e r a l catalog d e p a r t m e n t could reclas-
sify o n l y a couple of thousand titles a n n u a l l y , 
as it was critically w e a k e n e d by delegating 
o n e of its best staff m e m b e r s t o a d m i n i s t e r 
the reclassification section. I t h a d to struggle 

hard to k e e p up with the increased n u m b e r 
of new acquisitions. ( T h e p r o d u c t i o n of new 
titles in 1958-59 was thirty-two thousand. 
T h e n u m b e r c l i m b e d to forty thousand the 
following year, to forty-four thousand the 
n e x t year, a n d will n o t be f a r below sixty 
thousand d u r i n g the c u r r e n t fiscal year.) 

T h e staff of the processing d e p a r t m e n t s 
was fully conscious of the fact that every ef-
fort h a d t o be made to increase the speed 
of reclassification as m u c h as possible. W e 
were, therefore, l o o k i n g o u t f o r shortcuts 
which would h e l p us in o u r endeavor. O n e 
of o u r most annoying a n d partly surprising 
s t u m b l i n g blocks h a d been the removal of 
cards f r o m t h e old catalog. C a r d removal is 
a tedious o p e r a t i o n u n d e r the best circum-
stances; we l a b o r e d u n d e r three a d d i t i o n a l 
difficulties. M a n y o l d e r e n t r i e s h a d n o trac-
ing a n d we h a d to guess the s u b j e c t entries 
which h a d b e e n made; different editions were 
c o m b i n e d o n o n e s u b j e c t card, a n d t h e cards 
were filed t o o tightly. A c c o r d i n g to o u r ex-
p e r i e n c e , it took b e t w e e n five a n d twenty 
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cards were of i m m e d i a t e use: o n e was filed 
as " i n process c a r d " in the new catalog, the 
second o n e was treated as a temporary shelf 
card a n d the third o n e was utilized as the 
basis f o r the new entry; the rest o f the set 
was discarded. D r . M c C a r t h y was strongly 
in favor o f a radical solution to this prob-
lem. H e suggested that f o r the time b e i n g 
only three cards p e r title b e removed from 
the old catalog a n d that the discarding of the 
rest of the set be postponed t o a final mop-
ping-up o p e r a t i o n a f t e r the t e r m i n a t i o n of 
the reclassification p r o j e c t . W e all agreed 
that the crash p r o g r a m called f o r a reconsid-
e r a t i o n a n d r e d e f i n i t i o n of all o u r opera-
tions, b u t there was some r e l u c t a n c e to 
weaken so drastically the r e l i a b i l i t y of the 
old catalog. T h e new r e g u l a t i o n s set a limit 
of five m i n u t e s of card removal per title. T h e 
rest of the set (if any) r e m a i n e d in the old 
catalog. Every shortcut causes slight difficul-
ties at times b u t e x p e r i e n c e over the last year 
has proved that o u r fears h a d b e e n ground-
less. N e i t h e r t e c h n i c a l o p e r a t i o n s n o r r e a d e r 
services were h a m p e r e d by i n c o m p l e t e with-
drawal of cards f r o m the old catalog. 

W e d i s c o n t i n u e d m a r k i n g the H a r r i s shelf 
list w i t h t h e new L i b r a r y of Congress num-
ber b u t used a r u b b e r stamp to i n d i c a t e that 
t h e title h a d b e e n reclassified. T h e L i b r a r y 
of Congress depository catalog was placed in 
t h e reclassification work r o o m so that the 
cards c o u l d be used w i t h o u t delay. I n the 
case of analyzed series, however, we f o u n d it 
m o r e advantageous to disregard the deposi-
tory cards a n d to o r d e r full analytics f r o m 
the L i b r a r y of Congress C a r d Division. 

Reclassification was c o n c e n t r a t e d o n those 
classes of books which were most heavily in 
d e m a n d . T h e first target was A m e r i c a n a n d 
E n g l i s h l i t e r a t u r e , a n d over forty thousand 
volumes were reclassified in the first eight 
m o n t h s of the new program. T h e work was 
c o o r d i n a t e d with the assignments given to 
t h e r a r e b o o k cataloger a n d to t h e serials de-
p a r t m e n t in o r d e r to cover all o u r old hold-
ings in these fields. T h e n a t t e n t i o n was 
shifted to A m e r i c a n history, i n c l u d i n g b o t h 
C a n a d a a n d L a t i n A m e r i c a . D u r i n g the rest 
of t h e period, most of the social sciences a n d 
the h u m a n i t i e s , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n of classi-
cal philology, was cleared. Special care was 
taken t h a t t h e assignments to the f o u r teams 
would n o t overlap, so that every staff mem-

b e r h a d sufficient elbow room. T w o groups 
of titles were reclassified w i t h o u t regard to 
the s u b j e c t field, the work with analyzed 
series c o n t i n u e d , a n d every b o o k in " H a r r i s " 
was reclassified which fell u n d e r o n e of the 
three categories: 1) r e t u r n e d by reader; 2) 
selected for r e b i n d i n g o r r e p a i r ; 3) needed 
because a n added volume or an added copy 
had been acquired. 

T w o - t h i r d s of the time envisaged by D r . 
T a u b e r f o r total reclassification has passed. 
D u r i n g this period, the catalog and serials 
d e p a r t m e n t s have reclassified a n d recataloged 
six h u n d r e d thousand volumes r e p r e s e n t i n g 
two h u n d r e d twenty-two thousand titles. Ac-
cording to a physical c o u n t made by the cir-
c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t , two h u n d r e d twenty-
five thousand volumes are still in the old 
classification. T h e present-day c i r c u l a t i o n sta-
tistic mirrors the fact that more t h a n two 
m i l l i o n volumes (the b u l k o f the c o l l e c t i o n ) 
are in L i b r a r y of Congress classification. I n 
t h e O l i n R e s e a r c h L i b r a r y , the use of H a r r i s 
books (shelved in a part of the b a s e m e n t 
stacks) has dwindled to 11 p e r c e n t o f total 
c i r c u l a t i o n , a n d in the d e p a r t m e n t a n d col-
lege libraries it is zero, for these collections 
do n o t have books in H a r r i s any longer. T h e 
new card catalog has 5,740 drawers whereas 
the o l d is filed in 770. T h i s s t a t e m e n t , how-
ever, does n o t represent the true story; there 
are m o r e cards in the old drawers t h a n in 
the new ones; o n the o t h e r h a n d , m a n y of 
the older cards are b l i n d cross references o r 
s u b j e c t cards which will be discarded in the 
final m o p p i n g - u p o p e r a t i o n . 

D r . T a u b e r had suggested the n e e d of a 
special a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $ 6 0 0 , 0 0 0 to d o the 
j o b . T h i s was f o u r t e e n years ago; consider-
ing the g e n e r a l rise in costs, this sum would 
b e m u c h higher if c a l c u l a t e d today. W e have 
spent a special a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $ 1 8 0 , 0 0 0 to 
date, a n d with a n o t h e r $ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 we could 
easily finish the j o b within the period speci-
fied by D r . T a u b e r . T h e s e figures obviously 
do n o t represent o u r real costs. T h e differ-
e n c e lies in the "surplus v a l u e " produced by 
a loyal a n d devoted staff. 

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Sixtieth Meeting of the 
Association of Research Libraries 

T h e s i x t i e t h m e e t i n g of the Association 
of R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s was h e l d in M i a m i 
B e a c h o n J u n e 16, 1962, with forty-six of the 
forty-nine m e m b e r i n s t i t u t i o n s r e p r e s e n t e d . 
T h e o p e n i n g session was devoted to a p a p e r 
o n " L i b r a r y G o a l s a n d the R o l e o f Auto-
m a t i o n " presented by D o n R . Swanson, 
m a n a g e r of the S y n t h e t i c I n t e l l i g e n c e De-
p a r t m e n t of T h o m p s o n R a m o W o o l d r i d g e , 
I n c . , followed by a g e n e r a l discussion of the 
principles of i n f o r m a t i o n retrieval a n d the 
present state of the art. 

I n o p e n i n g the second session the chair-

m a n of the association, W i l l i a m S. D i x , li-
b r a r i a n of P r i n c e t o n University, a n n o u n c e d 
a g r a n t to the A R L of $ 5 8 , 3 5 0 by the Na-
tional Science F o u n d a t i o n for p a r t i a l sup-
p o r t for t h e establishment of a full-time 
secretariat. H o p e was expressed t h a t the ap-
p o i n t m e n t of a full-time executive secretary 
a n d the o p e n i n g of a p e r m a n e n t office, prob-
ably in W a s h i n g t o n , could b e a n n o u n c e d 
soon. 

T h e members then heard a r e c o m m e n d a -
tion for an increase in the n u m b e r of mem-
bers of the association, presented f o r the 
b o a r d of directors by R o b e r t Vosper, uni-
versity l i b r a r i a n of the University of Cali-
f o r n i a at L o s Angeles. I n a c c o r d a n c e with 
the new bylaws t h e b o a r d proposed that in-
vitations to j o i n the A R L be issued t o all 
university libraries m e e t i n g certain o b j e c t i v e 
criteria involving average five-year e x p e n d i -
tures for acquisitions, the n u m b e r of fields 
in which the P h . D . is offered, a n d the five-
year average n u m b e r of P h . D . ' s awarded. 
A f t e r discussion, the r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of the 
b o a r d was adopted u n a n i m o u s l y . 

T h e b o a r d r e p o r t e d f u r t h e r that it had 
n o t c o m p l e t e d its c o n s i d e r a t i o n of the cri-
teria to be a p p l i e d to nonuniversity libraries. 

L a t e r , the association voted e n d o r s e m e n t 
of H . R . I 1823, the b i l l to a m e n d and e x t e n d 
the L i b r a r y Services Act. 

T w o i n t e r i m a p p o i n t m e n t s to t h e board 
of directors were made. L o u i s K a p l a n , di-
r e c t o r of libraries at the University of Wis-
consin, replaces R a y n a r d Swank, who is 
leaving S t a n f o r d to b e c o m e dean of the Li-
brary School of the University of C a l i f o r n i a 
at Berkeley. Stanley W e s t , d i r e c t o r of li-
braries at the University of F l o r i d a , succeeds 
F r e d e r i c k H . W a g m a n , w h o has resigned 
f r o m the b o a r d because of the pressure of 
his duties as president-elect of the A L A . — 
William S. Dix, P r i n c e t o n University L i -
brary 

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