ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 142 understanding the peoples of Southern Asia— year, in July and December, the new journal f “envisages a newer and active role of the librarian in public and academic communities.” f The National Library of Nigeria is f pleased to announce the National Library Pub­ . lication Series. Numbers 1-3 have been issued. s (1) Special Libraries in Nigeria; (2) The Arts ­ in Nigeria—a selected bibliography; and (3) , 18th ir 19th Century Africana in the National . Library. These publications are six-page folded pamphlets; others in the series may be more f extensive. They are available from the Na­ g tional Library on a prepaid subscription basis l of £ 1 10s, or $5.00. It is expected that about e six a year will be produced. ■ ■ have been published by the University o Illinois graduate school of library science. Case studies are provided in Proceedings o the 1966 Clinic on Library Applications o Data Processing, edited by Herbert Goldhor It includes progress reports from Massachusett Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins Univer sity, University of California at Los Angeles Texas A&M, and Chemical Abstracts Service Donald L. Bitzer, Elisabeth R. Lyman and John A. Easley, Jr. discuss “The Uses o PLATO: A Computer Controlled Teachin System.” James Krikelas, a U of I doctora student, compiled a bibliography of cas reports of library applications of data proc­ essing which was published as part of the proceedings. Federal Legislation for Libraries, edited by Winifred Ladley, consists of papers presented at the thirteenth annual Allerton Park Institute, Nov. 6-9. They cover the impact of federal legislation on school, public, academic, gov­ ernmental and special libraries, and on library education. The publication also includes a paper on “The Federal Government as a Part­ ner” by Dean Orville G. Bentley, U of I Col­ lege of Agriculture. Number 81 in the library school’s Occa­ sional Paper series is Understanding the Peo­ ples of Southern Asia: A Bibliographical Essay by Cecil Hobbs, head of the South Asia sec­ tion of the Library of Congress. It costs $1 and can be ordered from the library school publica­ tions office, 435 Library, Urbana. Both proceedings publications are distrib­ uted by the Illini Union Bookstore, Champaign, for $3 in cloth and $2 in paperback. The Franklin Institute library announces publication of Current Periodicals 1966, a list of 3,148 serial titles in the physical sciences and technology currently received by the library. Two thirds of the publications are for­ eign periodicals, including the principal jour­ nals from Russia, China, and Japan. Current Periodicals 1966, is the result of the library’s Serials Computer Project. The list includes journals, annuals, continuations, and govern­ ment publications received by the library as of January 1967. Current Periodicals 1966, may be obtained through the library’s Photo­ duplication Service at a price of $9 per copy. The full address is: The Franklin Institute Li­ brary, Photoduplication Service, 20th and The Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. A semi-annual journal of experimentation in librarianship, entitled Progressive Librarian, is intended to “provide a medium for analytical discussions of newer ideas and practices in librarianship and related fields,” according to an announcement by its managing editor, Sushil K. Jain, Regina Campus library, Univer­ sity of Saskatchewan. To be published twice a FOREIGN AREA MATERIALS CENTER Representatives of eleven regional groupings of colleges and universities have announced the formation of a National Council for For­ eign Area Materials. The Council will seek to meet the needs for teaching materials about foreign areas at the undergraduate level. Ini­ tial plans of the Council include support for the production and distribution of bibliogra­ phies, library acquisition guides, course syllabi, audio-visual materials, and reprints of out-of- print materials appropriate for undergraduate programs. The Council hopes to identify pri­ orities and to coordinate the production of ma­ terials to meet these needs on a nation-wide scale. The Council looks forward to working closely with scholarly groups, publishers, and other sources of materials in the United States and abroad and is already in close touch with such groups as the Association for Asian Studies. The Council headquarters will be in New York. Further information may be obtained from the Foreign Area Materials Center, 33 West 42nd Street, New York, New York (212- CH 4-8480). ■■ Fred C. Cole, president of Washington and Lee University since 1959, has been elected to the presidency of the Council on Library Re­ sources to succeed Verner W. Clapp in Sep­ tember. Dr. Cole’s resignation from the uni­ versity presidency was accepted by Washington and Lee trustees on May 20. He is chairman of the USOE Advisory Committee on Research. Mr. Clapp, who is retiring, will continue with CLR until he is relieved by the new president.