ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 274 / C& RL News T he level of tra in in g p ro v id ed to these employees was m inim al. I t w as felt t h a t th e reason fo r h irin g th em w as to get w o rk o u t o f th e m in th e sh o rt ru n , n o t to m old th e m in to e x cellent w o rk e rs. T h ey w e re p ro v id e d w ith a b rie f d e sc rip tio n of ho w books a re a rra n g e d acco rd in g to th e L ib ra ry of Congress system, given a sh o rt test to ensure th e ir com prehension of this, a n d th e n tu rn e d loose on th e shelving. L a te r on, th e y w e re given som e a d d i­ tional instructions to le a rn h o w to shelf re ad . D aily supervision a n d w o rk assignm ents b ecam e th e re ­ sponsibility of th e Stacks Supervisor, a full-tim e clerical staff person. M anpow er displayed a n in te rest in th e p e rfo r­ m ance of th e ir people. A fter th e first w eek a n eval­ uation form w as sent for e ach person. F a c to rs upo n w hich th e em ployees w e re e v a lu a te d in clu d e d a t­ tendance, w ork h a b its, a n d a p p ea ran c e. Because of th e sh o rt d u ra tio n of this p ro jec t, it w as neces­ sary to m ak e q u ick ju d g m e n ts a b o u t w h e th e r or n o t each of th e em ployees w as going to b e a d eq u a te . O ne of th e em ployees h a d to b e fired a fte r th e th ird day d u e to a n a tte n d a n c e pro b lem . M a n p o w e r w as no tifie d a b o u t th e p ro b le m , a n d se n t a repla ce m en t th e next day. T h e results o f this e x perim ent w e re satisfactory. T h e shelving w as d o n e quickly a n d in tim e for th e sta rt of second sem ester. A po rtio n o f th e collection w as shelf re ad . M a n p o w e r w a s a ble to supply th e lib ra ry w ith c o m p e te n t em ployees on very short notice. T h e m ost significant p ro b lem w as t h a t to ­ w a rd s th e e nd of th e p roject several of th e w orkers h a d to q u it to go b ack to school. By th is tim e M a n ­ p o w e r’s la b o r pool h a d d w in d le d so th ey w e re not a ble to p rovide replacem ents. T h e overall level of ab ility a n d effort displayed by th e M a n p o w e r em ployees w as on a p a r w ith t h a t of th e stu d e n t assistants w h o w o rk in th e li­ b r a ry . T h e cost w a s s o m e w h a t h ig h e r t h a n it w o u ld h ave been to h ire stu d e n t assistants, b u t as th e re w ere n o t e n o u g h stu d e n t assistants a v ailable, th e p o in t is m oot. T h e use o f te m p o ra ry em ployees in lieu of stu d e n t assistants w ill c e rta in ly be consid­ ered in th e fu tu re fo r tasks such as shelving, shelf­ re ad in g o r shifting. Humor and creativity: Music By Norman D. Stevens D irector T h e M o lesw o rth In stitu te T he m a n y exam ples of lib ra ry h u m o r th a t I have collected over a n u m b e r of years, in clu d in g th e m any re c e n t exam ples c o n trib u te d by readers of these colum ns, d e m o n stra te t h a t m usic lib ra rian s, as I h a v e lo n g su sp ec ted fo r o th e r reasons, a re am ong th e m ost crea tiv e a n d th e m ost p e cu liar of all lib ra rian s. P erhaps I c a n n ow , a t last, reveal t h a t fa c t since I h a v e re c e n tly b e en a p p o in te d , upon p a y m e n t of th e usual fee, C o n d u c to r of L i­ braries In A bsentia a t th e N o rth A m erican School for th e A rtsy a n d S om ew hat M usically In c lin ed in W h ite B ear L ake, M innesota. T h e tru e reasons for th is p h e n o m e n o n re m a in a m ystery b u t w e c a n freely sp e c u la te a b o u t those reasons. I t m ay b e t h a t , as som etim es fru stra te d and som etim es p ra c tic in g m usicians, m usic lib ra ri­ ans share th e crea tiv e tra its associated w ith m usi­ cians a n d o th e r a rtists th a t give th e m a b ro a d e r im aginative scope th a n o th e r lib ra rian s. W hoever h e ard of a fu n n y chem ist o r chem istry lib ra ria n ? P a r t o f t h a t c r e a t i v i t y , o f c o u r s e , m a y b e associated— as I w ill d e m o n stra te b e lo w —w ith th e right b ra in /le ft b ra in concept. M usic lib ra ria n s, so to speak, h a v e a foot in b o th cam ps. P erhaps it m ay also b e t h a t th e ir isolation from th e m ain stre am of lib ra ria n sh ip , a n d often from c o n ta c t w ith o th e r li­ b ra ria n s on th e ir o w n c am p u s, as th e y w ork in re ­ m o te a n d isolated b ra n c h libraries, drives th e m stir crazy or unleashes th e ir im a g in atio n . W h atev e r th e reaso n , it is c lear t h a t th e re is a g re a t d eal of en­ te rta in m e n t to be fo u n d in th e ir h u m o r t h a t d e ­ serves to b e sh ared w ith a w id e r au d ie n ce a n d not confined, as it so o ften has been, to th e ir o w n kind. I n a n e a rlie r c o lu m n on h o lid a y s (N ovem ber 1988) I c o m m e n te d on th e 1976 p e rfo rm a n ce of T h e S a lu ta tio n A rm y B and a t t h e U niversity of Illi­ nois L ib ra ry as a m in o r, a n d ta m e , exam ple of m u ­ sic a n d lib ra ry h u m o r t h a t involved b o th c om m en­ ta r y a n d p e rfo rm a n ce . T h a t w as, indeed, a m ild case. B ad p uns seem to b e a m o n g th e m ost fre q u e n t them es o f b a d m usic lib ra ry h u m o r. T h a t is exem ­ p lifie d b y w h a t w e r e o rig in a lly h a n d - le tt e r e d signs, w h ic h h ave n o w b een r e p la ce d b y m ore p e r­ m a n e n t p ro fessio n al signs, on th e five lis te n in g room s in th e G re er M usic L ib ra ry a t C o n n e cticu t College. T hose room s a re n am ed: Jo h n ’s C age; T he N u t c r a c k e r S u ite ; T h e L is z t - n i n g R o o m ; T h e H a y d n P lace; a n d T h e B ach R oom . Still, those p u n s seem harm less in com parison w ith those re ­ April 1989 / 275 p o rte d by H a ro ld E . Sam uel as allegedly h av in g b een found on th e w alls of th e m en ’s room in the Music L ib ra ry a t Yale U niversity. As n o ted in the M L A N otes 3 (June 1977): 9 70-71, those included: “H e’s O ffenbach in th re e m in u te s” ; “G e t O rff m y B ach” ; a n d “C a n you H a n d el it?” T h a t epie c o n tri­ b u tio n w as follow ed in short o rd e r by tw o c o n tri­ butions (M L A N otes 34 (M arch 1978): 758, a n d 35 (Septem ber 1978): 199) consisting entirely of ob ­ sc u re sto ries b u ilt a r o u n d p u n s on c o m p o se r’s nam es (“I got poison Ives w h e n a W o lf chased m e in to a b rio P a rtc h ”). I t is n o w even possible to p u r ­ chase from th e L ib ra ry of Congress a sm all canvas b a g w ith a p ictu re of Bach a n d th e inscription, ”B ach’s L u n c h .” A nd C ir R L N e w s readers m ay re­ m em b e r th e p h oto of O hio S tate U niversity Music L ib ra ry ’s “Jo h a n n Suggestion Box” in th e Ju n e 1982 issue, w ith th e e ditor’s accom panying c ap ­ tion, “S onata B ad I d e a .” A nother fa vorite vehicle for h u m o r in th e m usic lib ra ry is th e c rea tio n of im a g in a ry individuals— m ost often com posers— p e rh ap s m odeled on th e lu­ c rativ e career of P eter Schickele’s P .D .Q . Bach. T h a t genre is best rep resen ted b y Jo h a n n N epom uk K r a n k (1 8 8 6 -1 9 6 5 ) w h o s e c a r e e r is h o n o r e d th ro u g h re g u la r exhibits on th e anniversary of his b irth (April 1) a n d d e a th (N ovem ber 19) c rea te d by P eter M ü nstedt a t th e C onservatory L ib ra ry a t the University of M issouri, Kansas C ity. T hose exhibits h ave included stra n g e photos of th e K rank M em o­ ria l M useum a n d L ib ra ry a n d th e a d ja ce n t K rank Archives in Sm ellberg, P ennsylvania, th a t houses th e ju m b le d m a n u scrip t of his infam ous treatise, “Stretto in th e G h e tto .” O th e r exhibits have fea­ tu re d his la te r c are er as m usic d irec to r a t O u r L ady of th e N ight C o n v e n t in Billings, M o n ta n a, a n d his ra re ly p e rfo rm e d “ O rg a n C o n c e rto fo r T h re e H a n d s.” T h e v a rie d , if som ew hat lim ite d , range of m usic l i b r a r y h u m o r is b e s t d e m o n s t r a t e d t h o u g h , th ro u g h a careful exam ination of C u m N otts V a­ riorum , th e new sletter of th e Music L ib ra ry o f the U niversity of C a lifo rn ia a t Berkeley. U nder the a ble editorship of A nn P. B asart, t h a t w idely dis­ trib u te d a n d alw ays re a d n ew sletter features h u ­ m orous pieces on a re g u la r basis o ften u n d e r th e ae­ gis of Skillin Q . F o w lstru n k e r (S .Q .F .) w ho m ay w ell b e a relative of Jo h a n n N epom unk K rank a nd P .D .Q . Bach. Puns are, of course, a staple of th a t new sletter, as in an im a g in ary a ccount of th e explosion of Mt. S a in t H elen s (#44, J u ly /A u g u s t 1980) t h a t d e ­ scribed it as ’’like a F a u ré inferno c h a rrin g every F ield in sight a n d p ro d u c in g a real Kreisler for the w hole a r e a .” A sim ilar view of th e w o rld w as ex­ pressed in th e p ro u d re p o rt (#73, Ju n e 1983) th a t th e Music L ib ra ry w as d oing its p a r t in response to th e R everend Je rry F alw ell’s call fo r m ore “m o ral” books in libraries by stocking w orks by Pablo del M oral a n d José Z o rrila y M oral a m o n g others. E a r­ lier, in fa ct, (#61, A pril 1982) th e e d ito r h a d com ­ m en te d on th e existing holdings of th e Music L i­ b r a ry in response to P h y llis S c h a ffly ’s c all fo r lib raries to a cq u ire pro-defense (“W a r Songs and Poem s of th e S outhern C onfederacy”), pro-fam ily (“T h e Berio F a m ily A lbum ”), pro-basic e d u cation (“Basic M u sic ian sh ip ”), a n d p ro -life (isn’t th a t w h a t m usic is all about?) m aterials. C u m N o tts V a rio ru m also p e rio d ica lly holds contests on subjects th a t p ro d u c e such delightful results (#104, Ju ly 1986) as exam answ er how lers (“ G e s a m tk u n s tw e rk : s o m e th in g y o u say w h e n som eone sneezes”), reference questions (“D o you h ave N ightm ares? [a rock group]” ), silly titles of m usical works (“Missa C ircum eisionis”), th e ever- p o p u la r u n in te n tio n a lly funny L ib ra ry of Congress subject headings (“ W altzin g m ice. See D a n cin g m ic e .”), a n d e arlier (#101, A pril 1986) p o e try p ri­ m arily in th e form of higgelty-piggelties (double dactyls) b ased on th e nam es of m usicians (“Bippity- b o p p ity / M e n d e lsso h n -B a rth o ld y ’s / N o t really kno w n by his I M u lti-p a rt n a m e . / Music lib ra rian s / A dd it w h e n ty p in g to / O v e rau th e n tic ate. / H ave th ey no sham e?”) . T h e c reation of th e “L ittle G ro v e ,” or T he S m ith College D ic tionary o f M usic a n d M usicians (#103, Ju n e 1986) fe a tu re d th e d e finition of m usicology as “A science t h a t is concerned w ith all fields a n d p ro b lem s of m usic except m usic i ts e l f ’ a n d d e ­ scribed Sibelius as a “Finnish com poser w ho is so Finnish th a t one can h a rd ly find th e F in n ish m el­ ody in his w o rk .” O ften going beyond th e strict b o unds of m usic li- b ra ria n sh ip , S .Q .F . has som etim es addressed such issues as h ow to locate periodical articles in any larg e academ ic lib ra ry . His tw enty-six step opus Feeling funny? T h e s t e r n a d m o n i t io n in m y J a n u a r y co lu m n — or w as it sim ply th e fact t h a t I w as c o m m e n ti n g o n t h e u b i q u i t o u s s t a f f new sletter?— b ro u g h t a generous response a nd m an y excellent n e w exam ples of lib ra ry h u m o r. M y thanks to all w ho have c o n trib u ted m a te ­ rial. My regrets to all w h o h ave neglected to in­ form m e of th e w o n d e rfu l th ings th e y are doing in this a ren a . A lthough I m a y h a v e alm ost ex­ h a usted th e scope of academ ic lib ra ry hum or, th e re a re still a few them es t h a t I w a n t to touch on before I give you a respite a n d leave you to y o u r ow n devices. L ib ra ry p o e try has b een d rib b lin g in, b u t so m uch of it is execrable th a t m o re ex am p les w o rth p u b lis h in g a re b a d ly needed. C re ativ e anecdotes a n d stories a re also sought. T ales of th e staff re frig e rato r a n d pencil sharpeners, a long w ith those of o th er m u n d an e lib ra ry e q u ip m e n t, re m a in h igh on m y w a n t list. As usual, please send th a t in fo rm a tio n , or o th e r h um orous m a te ria l, to m e a t 143 Hanks H ill R oad in Storrs, C T 06268 along w ith your business c a rd , a n d those of y o u r colleagues, signed a n d d a te d on th e verso. 276 / C& RL News (#88, D e c e m b e r 1984) on t h a t task fe a tu re d such c h allen g e s as “ look fo r a n o th e r fic h e r e a d e r in w h ic h th e b u lb h as n o t b u rn e d o u t” a n d “c lim b five flig h ts o f s ta ir s th in k in g of it as e x e rc is e .” H is w o rld -fam o u s tre a tis e o n “T h e S to ra g e a n d C a re of L ib ra ria n s” w a s c ited in a n e a rlie r c o lu m n (April 1989). F o r all th e y h a v e d o n e to p ro m o te th e cause of lib ra ry h u m o r, C u m N o tis V a rio ru m , Skillin Q. F o w lstru n k e r, a n d A nn P. B a sa rt deserve special c o m m e n d atio n . T h e fin a l e xam ple of h u m o r fro m th e m usic li­ b ra ry is from a sh o rt series on th e p lac e, a n d p la c e ­ m e n t, of th e p e n cil s h a rp e n e r in lib ra ries t h a t a p ­ p e a r e d in T h e L a n t e r n ’s C o r e , f r o m t h e N o rth w e ste rn U n iv e rsity L ib ra ry in 1972. T h e fi­ n a l c o n tr ib u tio n in t h a t m u lt i - p a r t series fro m Stephen F ry o n “A M usic L ib ra ry P encil S h a rp ­ e n e r” (D e ce m b er 1 3,1972) c o n firm s p a r t of m y in i­ tia l hypothesis t h a t th e rig h t b ra in /le ft b ra in sy n ­ d ro m e m ay b e b e h in d th e d e v ia n t n a tu re of h u m o r in th e m u sic lib ra ry . H is n o te d e sc rib e s a g ra y Apsco “G ia n t” ty p e H I-A s h a rp e n e r a n d th e p ro b ­ lem s e n c o u n te re d in p ro v id in g effective access to it w h e n n e w stacks w e re a d d e d . T h e u ltim a te solu­ tio n w a s to “ro ta te th e s h a rp e n e r base 180 degrees (alo n g a n E a st-W e st axis), a n d th e n ro ta te th e p e n ­ cil shavings c o m p a rtm e n t, w h ic h ho ld s th e ro ta ry h e a d , 180 degrees (a lo n g a N o rth -S o u th a x is )....It is n ow especially h a n d y for le ft-h a n d e d p e o p le [F ry n o te d ] ...a n d th is seem s to b e a g re a t d ra w in g fe a ­ tu r e of o u r l ib r a r y .... W e in v ite le ft-h a n d e d p e ople w h o c a n n o t elsew here fin d su ita b le m ac h in es to s h a rp e n th e ir pencils a t th e M usic L ib r a r y .” A library-sponsored tutorial program By Susan Deese D irector, C e n te r f o r A c a d e m ic P rogram S u p p o rt U niversity o f N e w M exico T h e C e n te r fo r A c a d e m ic P r o g r a m S u p p o r t (CAPS), a c o m p re h en siv e tu to ria l c e n te r, h as b een a d e p a rtm e n t w ith in th e U n iversity of N ew M exico G e n era l L ib r a r y since 1980. T h e p ro g ra m , o rigi­ n ally c alled th e Skills C e n te r, w as established in 1979 as th e a c a d e m ic su p p o rt u n it o f a c o m p re h e n ­ sive re m e d ia l p ro g ra m . D u r i n g 1 9 7 9 -1 9 8 0 , th e C e n te r w as h o u se d in th e lib ra ry b u t w as n o t p a r t of th e lib ra ry a d m in istra tiv e ly . F u n d in g w a s p ro ­ v ided th ro u g h a n in stru c tio n a l b u d g e t fro m th e O f­ fice of th e Provost. Since t h a t tim e , t h e C e n te r h as e x p a n d e d its su p ­ p o rt services to p ro v id e assistance to a ll u n d e rg ra d ­ u a te stu d e n ts a n d to g ra d u a te stu d e n ts e n rolled in selected statistics courses. C re d it lib ra ry courses are offered th ro u g h th e C e n te r. L ib ra ry 110 is a tw o -c re d it course in le a rn in g skills w h ic h e m p h a ­ sizes t h e re la tio n s h ip b e tw e e n tr a d i t io n a l stu d y skills a n d le a rn in g th eo ry . L ib ra ry 111 is a tw o- c re d it course in lib ra ry skills w h ic h em phasizes a search stra te g y a p p ro a c h to th e use of lib ra ry tools. L ib ra ry 112 is a o n e -cre d it course in w h ic h stu d e n ts c om bine skills fro m L ib ra ry 111 w ith p a p e rw ritin g skills to p ro d u c e a re sea rc h p a p e r. T h e d ire c to r o f th e C e n te r is th e o nly m e m b e r of th e lib ra ry fa c u lty w h o does n o t h a v e a M a ste r of L ib ra ry Science degree. T h e d ire c to r’s te rm in a l d e­ gree is a D o c to r o f P h ilo so p h y in A d u lt E d u c a tio n . W h e n th e d ire c to r c o m p le te d th e P h .D . in 1984, th e lib ra ry fa c u lty m e m b e rs v o ted to a cc ep t th e d i­ re c to r in to th e fa c u lty . U n til t h a t tim e , th e d ire c to r h a d b e en a m e m b e r of th e a d m in istra tiv e sta ff re ­ p o rtin g to th e a ssistant d e a n fo r p u b lic services b u t h a d n o t b e en a m e m b e r of th e lib ra ry fa cu lty . C u r ­ re n tly , th e C e n te r d ire c to r is a m e m b e r of th e C o u n c il of D e p a rtm e n t H ead s w h ic h serves as th e lib ra ry m a n a g e m e n t t e a m . F u n d s fo r th e p ro g ra m a re p ro v id ed to th e li­ b r a ry in a s e p a ra te in stru c tio n a l b u d g e t fro m th e O ffice of th e v ice p re sid e n t fo r a c a d e m ic affairs (form erly th e O ffice of th e P rovost). In 1985 th e u n d e rg ra d u a te stu d e n t le a d e rs d e cid ed to te rm i­ n a te th e ir a tte m p ts a t sponsoring a tu to ria l p ro ­ g ra m a n d d e cid ed to a llo c ate s tu d e n t fees to th e C e n te r fo r th e p u rp o se o f p ro v id in g assistance to all u n d e rg ra d u a te s. I n 1988 th e le a d e rs o f th e G ra d u ­ a te S tu d e n t A ssociation v o ted to a llo c a te fu n d s to th e C e n te r fo r th e p u rp o se of p ro v id in g tu to ria l as­ sistan ce to g ra d u a te stu d e n ts e n ro lled in selected g ra d u a te level statistics courses. M ore th a n 5 ,000 stu d e n ts (a p p ro x im ate ly one- th ir d of th e u n d e rg ra d u a te p o p u la tio n ) c a m e to th e C e n te r d u rin g 1987-1988. M ore t h a n 19,500 con­ ta c ts w e re m a d e w ith those stu d e n ts fo r a to ta l of a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 3 ,0 0 0 c o n t a c t h o u r s ( a c t u a l a m o u n t of tim e sp e n t by stu d e n ts a t th e C e n te r). In a d d itio n to th e d ire c to r, th e s ta ff in cludes a n asso­ c ia te d ire c to r, a n assistant d ire c to r, a c o o rd in a to r of special p ro g ram s, a n a d m in istra tiv e se c re tary , a w e e k e n d a n d e v e n in g s u p e rv iso r, a n d a p p ro x i­