ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 206 / C&RL News ■ March 1998 G r a n t s a n d A c q u i s i t i o n s Ann-Christe Young The U CLA University Research Library Departm ent o f Special Collections has received a $ 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 g ran t fro m T h e A h m an so n Foundation to support b o o k acquisitions for the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine and Early Italian Printing Collections. T he collection o f the publications o f Aldo M anuzio, his family, and imitators w as begu n in 1961 during the tenure o f C hancellor Franklin D. Murphy. T h e Early Italian Printing collectio n was estab lish ed to exp an d research holdings printed during the period o f the Aldine Collection. More than 300 printers are now represented. The University of North Dakota's Chester Fritz Library has b e e n awarded grants totaling $18,000 for flood recovery projects. In April 1997, North D ak ota’s Red River Valley was inundated by a flood o f historic proportions. W hile the cam pus did flood, the library building e scap ed w ater damage. H ow ever 10 p ercent o f the 26,000 library items charged out at the tim e o f the flood w ere eith er lost or damaged. T h e follow ing foundations have awarded grants to replace ruined or destroyed research materials: U.S. W est Foundation, O tto B rem er Foundation, Elm er L. & Eleanor J . Andersen Foundation, B ak er Foundation, B asin Electric P ow er C ooperative, and the D akota G asification Company. Rider U nive rsity's Moore Lib rary has received a grant o f $ 3 1,000 from the Jo h n Help for nonprofits The Clinton administration has created an Internet site designed as a central s t a r t in g p o in t to h e lp n o n p r o f i t o r g a n iz a tio n s a c c e s s o n lin e fe d e r a l information and services. Linked to all cab in et departm ents and many agencies, it co n ta in s in fo rm atio n a b o u t grants, regulations, taxes, and other services, as well as information on a w ide range o f other topics and programs. C h eck out this site at httD://w w w .nonn rofit.aov. R o b e rt G re g g F u n d o f th e N ew Y o rk Com munity Trust. T h e funds will b e used to com p lete the cataloging o f the Louis A. Leslie C o lle c tio n o f s h o rth a n d a n d b u s in e s s - education materials. Leslie am assed o n e o f the m ost com p lete shorthand collections in existen ce, w hich h e later d onated to Rider. The Johnson & Wales University Library has b een awarded a $ 5 0,000 grant from the G eorg e L. Alden Trust to pu rch ase new hardw are an d softw are for th e library’s com puter system. T h e university w as invited to b e co m e a full m em ber in the Higher E d u ca tio n Library In fo rm a tio n N etw ork (HELIN), a consortium o f academ ic libraries in Rhode Island; the grant will m ake it p ossible to acquire the equipm ent to con n ect to HELIN. A c q u i s i t i o n s A collection of approxim ately 200 rare b o o k s ab ou t the history and exp lo ratio n o f Africa was given to Cushing M emorial Library at T ex as A&M U niversity by the family o f Rex B. Grey (1 9 2 1 -1 9 8 0 ). Grey, a 1941 m echanical en g in eerin g graduate o f T e x a s A&M, was presid ent o f International T e le p h o n e and T e l e g r a p h ’s A fr ic a n a n d M id d le E a s t o p e ra tio n s . H e b u ilt th e c o lle c tio n by acquiring m ost o f the b o o k s from S o th eb y ’s and o th e r d istin gu ished E nglish au ction h ou ses and b o o k sellers. T h e b o o k s date from the 17th to the early 20th cen tu ries and in clu d e s u c h im p o rtan t w o rk s as Jo h n O g ilb y ’s History o f Africa (L ondon, 1670), W o o d es R og ers’ A Cruising Voyage Around the World (London, 1712), J . K. T u c k e y ’s Narrative o f an Expedition to the River Zaire (L ondon, 1 818), and W. Cornwallis Harris’ Portraits o f Game a n d Wild Animals in Southern Africa (L ondon, 1840). A collection o f popular narrative arts, from com ic strips to m otion pictu res, has http://www.nonnrofit.aov C&RL News ■ March 1 9 98/2 07 b e e n acquired by the O h io State Universit (O S U ) C a rto o n R e s e a r c h L ibrary. T h e collection s, approxim ately 1 5 0,000 pounds o f b o x es and files, w ere previously housed in the San Francisco A cadem y o f Com ic Ar (SFACA). T he acad em y’s w ell-know n b o o k editing and writing p rojects will con tin u e a an accelerated pace, focu sing on books featuring the w ork o f Elzie Segar and G eorge Herriman. OSU Libraries intend to maintain the intellectual co h e re n c e o f the SFACA materials through its com puterized cataloging system w hile the various w orks are housed in d isperse units in order to place them with existing groups o f sim ilar materials. Transcripts of the Westmoreland vs. CBS trial w ere presen ted to the T ex as T ech University Library’s Vietnam Archive. Larry Berm an, a professor and political science departm ent chairman at the University o f California at Davis, donated the papers to the archive. In a CBS T elevision special, which aired on Jan . 23, 1982, CBS Anchor Mike W allace told how, in CBS’ view, the American military con sp ired to suppress and alter m ilita ry in t e ll i g e n c e a b o u t th e N orth V ietnam ese military. “T he special implicated Gen. William W estm oreland in the conspiracy and cast doubt on his military h o n o r,” said Jam es R. Reckner, director o f the Vietnam Center and a professor o f history at Texas Tech . “Having sought, and not received, an apology from CBS, G en. W estm oreland sued the netw ork to regain his honor. Later CBS settled the case and apologized to Gen. W estm oreland,” said Reckner. Berm an served as a consultant to CBS Television, and at the end o f the trial ob tain ed the com p lete transcript o f the trial and supplementary materials. T h ese original docum ents com prise 48 banker’s boxes o f materials detailing the U.S. involvement in the Southeast Asian conflict. Leon Uris, renowned author of Battle Cry, Exodus, and Trinity, ann ou nced that the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University o f Texas at Austin is to b e the archival repository o f his literary manuscripts. In addition to the novels, Uris has written Ed. note: Send your news to: Grants & Acquisitions, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-mail: ayoung@ala.org. y t t screenplays, coauthored photography books, and contributed stories and articles to many m agazines and anthologies. “Uris is o n e o f the most popular and w idely read novelists America has produced,” said Thom as F. Staley, director o f the Ransom Center. “His extensive contextual research gives his novels a sense o f living presence and authority achieved by few contem porary authors.” ■ (ACRL at the Midwinter. . . cont.from p. 181) im m ediate c olleag u es or m entors and no safety net if administrative priorities change. But the participants also agreed that the re­ wards, such as increased autonom y and re­ sponsibility, the opportunity to develop new skills, and the c h an ce to b e co m e a “citizen o f the university,” m ake the risks worth tak­ ing. Perform ance m easures M od erator B ets y W ilson led the w e ll-a t­ tended ULS Public Services Heads o f Large Research Libraries D iscussion Group. Mary Ja c k s o n and Shirley B ak er first briefed the group on the ILL/DD Perform ance Measures Study. T he study has su cceed ed in identify­ ing “b est p ractice” libraries: th o se libraries w h ose interlibrary loan p ractices have e x ­ perien ced a high rate o f success in timeli­ ness, accuracy, and patron satisfaction. T he study also raised several questions. W hy, for exam ple, d oes the average turnaround time fo r ILL re m a in c lo s e to th e s a m e ra te achieved ten years ago? W ork sh op s to exam in e w hat libraries can do to im prove their ILL practices will b e held after the final report is published this w in ter. W ilso n th e n a c q u a in te d the group with developm ents regarding the pro­ p o sed N ational Inform ation Literacy Insti­ tute. This immersion program, funded in part by ACRL, will fo cu s on the practical and th eo retical issues o f teach in g inform ation literacy. O ther top ics under discussion in­ clu ded p erform ance m easures, assessm ent initiatives, and a review o f the types o f W eb support currently offered in academ ic librar­ ies. A ssessm ent initiatives will again b e un­ der con sideration at the ALA Annual m eet­ ing in W ashington D .C .— Anne Garrison, reference librarian, Georgia Tech Library; e-mail: anne.garrison®ibid.library.gatech . mailto:ayoung@ala.org 208 / C&RL News ■ March 1998 W h y d o 10,987 l i b r a r i e s i n 56 C o u n t r i e s u s e t h e OCLC F i r s t S e a r c h s e r v i c e ? 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