ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 144 AIR LOAN SERVICE Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and Di rector of Science and Education George L Mehren and Pennsylvania Secretary of Agri culture Leland H. Bull have announced inau guration of a daily round-trip interlibrary loan service by air between the National Agricul tural Library in Washington, D.C., and the Mrs. Freeman and W . Carl Jackson Pennsylvania State University library at Uni­ versity Park, Pa. Mrs. Orville L. Freeman, wife of the Secre­ tary of Agriculture, initiated the new agricul­ tural library service in a ceremony at Page Air­ ways, National Airport, Washington, D.C., at 5:15 p.m. April 17. She began the reciprocal service by sending off the first two books after a brief ceremony highlighting National Li­ brary Week. According to Assistant Secretary Mehren, this cooperative agreement marks the first “flying books” service between a national library and a land grant university. Although the inter- library loan service has been going on for years, time required to borrow a book often exceeded the time it was actually used. The new reciprocal service will permit delivery of publications to patrons at both locations well within twenty-four hours from the time a re­ quest is made. Also participating in the ceremonies with Mrs. Freeman were W. Carl Jackson, Penn State University, director of libraries; Foster E. Mohrhardt, director of the National Agricul­ tural Library, and assistant director for pro­ gram coordination, Mrs. Blanche L. Oliveri, who developed the program for the depart­ ment. ■ ■ TITLE I CONSTRUCTION ­ GRANTS AND LOANS . New federal grants and loans of more than ­ $17 million will help thirty-one colleges and ­ universities build or remodel libraries in eight­ een states, Puerto Bico, and the Virgin Islands. ­ New and supplemental grants totaling approx­ imately $11 million were awarded to twenty- three institutions for construction projects for libraries* under Title I of the Higher Educa­ tion Facilities Act, which provides for federal aid of up to one-third of the cost of academic construction at undergraduate schools and up to 40 per cent of construction cost at public community colleges and technical institutes. Under Title III of the Act, which provides for construction loans, eight colleges and univer­ sities received a total of almost $6 million for library construction projects.* The grants will support projects costing al­ most $47 million and loans will support projects costing approximately $14 million. * I n som e pro jects, lib rary co n stru ctio n is c o m b in ed w ith o th e r p rojects su ch as in s tru c tio n a l, science o r h u m a n itie s, a n d a d m in istra tiv e con stru ctio n . HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN ITALY TO RE ISSUED Among the many serious points of destruction brought on by the flood in Florence last No­ vember was the historical Palazzo Gerini which houses the Museo Nazionale della Scuola, the only Italian museum of its kind. It contained in its collections, some of the richest and rarest European and world educational materials, and was dedicated to the history of education and teaching. The damaged contents, as well as murals, furnishings, and the exterior total to unknown millions of lire. About 66,400,000 lire have been estimated as the cost of restoration. This restoration was begun almost immedi­ ately. As one form of self-assistance, however, the Centro Didattico Nazionale di Studi e Documentazione of the Ministry of Public In­ struction has announced that its numbered edi­ tion of a unique volume, which was begun sometime ago, will be published in the autumn of 1967. The first edition of this book, entitled XXV Secoli di Educazione e Scuola in Italia, will be approximately three hundred pages in length and it will be available through sub­ scription. Historical in character with colored as well as black and white illustrations, it will 145 include the story of twenty–five centuries o Italian education and schools, as reproduce directly from the Museo’s most important ma terial, some of which may never again be avail able in the original. There will be reproduc tions of works of art, rare documents, and survey of modem educational institutions. Th most interesting illustrations will be availabl as slides and will accompany the volume. Thi important publication should be of interest t most types of libraries and schools, as well a to teachers and scholars. The proceeds are t be used toward the restoration of the Museo All subscribers will be listed in the volume. Reservations may be made with the Centr Didattico Nazionale di Studi e Documentazione Palazzo Gerini, Via Buonarroti, 10, Firenze Italia. The volume with slides, postpaid, i priced at $10, and will be mailed immediatel upon publication. (Payment may be made t bank account 15-1, Agency A, Banco di Roma Piazza Salvemini, Firenze, Italia, but addresse to the Centro Didattico Nazionale di Studi Documentazione itself at the address give earlier.)—Anne V. Marinetti, Member of A.L.A. Special Committee to Aid Italian Libraries. C O N T IN U IN G MEMBERSHIP IN ALA Current members who have had 25 years of consecutive member­ ship in ALA may apply for “Con­ tinuing Membership” at the time of permanent retirement. Con­ tinuing membership offers the same privileges as Personal mem­ bership without the annual pay­ ment of dues. To check your eligibility and ap­ ply, please write: Membership Records American Library Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 f d ­ ­ ­ a e e s o s o . o , , s y o , d e n ITEMS AVAILABLE FROM ACRL The following items are available from the ACRL headquarters office of ALA. Except where prices are indicated, single copies are free. Orders for more than one copy will be billed at 200 per copy. Donald P. Hammer, “Automated Operations in a University Library—A Summary,” Reprint­ ed from College and Research Libraries, Vol­ ume XXVI, No. 1. Robert B. Downs, “Crisis in Our University Libraries,” Reprinted from College and Re­ search Libraries, January 1961, Volume XXII, pages 7-10. H. Vail Deale, “A Decade with MALC,” Re­ printed from November 1964, College and Research Libraries. College and Research Libraries Five Year In­ dex, Volumes XXI-XXV. $1.00 per copy. “Guidelines for Establishing Junior College Li­ braries,” Reprinted from the November 1963, College and Research Libraries. “Guidelines for Library Service to Extension Students,” Reprinted from ALA Bulletin, January 1967. Norman E. Tanis, “Implementing the Junior College Library Standards,” Reprinted from the March 1961, College and Research Li­ braries. Robert B. Downs and Robert F. Delzell, “Pro­ fessional Duties in University Libraries,” College and Research Libraries, January 1965. Verner W. Clapp and Robert T. Jordan, “Quan­ titative Criteria for Adequacy of Academic Library Collections,” Reprinted from College and Research Libraries. 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