ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 2 2 5 News From the Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S • A U n iversity o f C a l ifo r n ia librarian this summer has brought back to Berkeley the biggest collection of books to come out of China in a quarter-century. Raymond N. Tang, head of the U .C . E ast Asiatic Library, pur­ chased some 4,500 volumes on subjects from archaeology to hog-raising. Highlights of the collection will go on public exhibition this fall. Tang was the first university librarian from the United States to visit the People’s Republic of China. He selected the books to give schol­ ars in many fields an intimate picture of pres­ ent-day life in China, and to shed new light on dramatic cultural and scientific developments there during the years it was isolated from the Western World. In Peking, Tang bought nearly 3,000 books— one of each available at the New China Bookstore, the largest of the country’s of­ ficial bookstores. Old, second-hand, and fine editions were also available in Peking and Shanghai. He also acquired precious rubbings showing script carved in ancient stone tablets. Making stone rubbings is now restricted to pre­ serve the monuments. Works in the sciences, engineering, and math­ ematics are well represented. Many o f the books are “how to” handbooks on topics like setting up a commune machine shop, using pesticides, repairing farm implements, and rais­ ing hogs, chickens, and ducks. Linguistic texts include works on local dialects and lost lan­ guages. Some of the volumes deal with recent archaeological discoveries. T h e r e . are also art folios, woodblock water color prints, illustrated children’s books, and folk tales. Many of the items are unavailable outside China. Tang estimates that others sold on the international market would have cost at least ten times what he paid for them. He plans fol­ low-up acquisition trips to China in 1974 and 1975. • W alter R. Mears has given Cowles L i­ brary of D rake U n iversity his notes and work­ ing papers on the 1964 presidential campaign of Senator Barry Goldwater. Mr. Mears is an assistant bureau chief for the Associated Press. These papers include his original notebooks, reports, and summaries. They will be held as one of Cowles’ special collections. • An outstanding collection of books on wine and food, a gift from Dr. and Mrs. W . Powell Jones, is a fine addition to the C ase W es t er n R e s er v e U n iv ersity libraries collec­ tions. The collection contains 340 volumes and 53 pamphlets. The books and pamphlets, which are from the collection of Frank Hadley Ginn, are mostly in English with a few in French and German. • The archives of Hugh M acLennan, the distinguished Canadian writer, were purchased by the library of the U n iversity o f C algary at a recent auction in Toronto. Dr. M acL en­ nan, professor of English at M cGill University, is best known for his books on French-English relations and Quebec aspirations, such as T w o S olitu des and T h e Return o f t h e Sphinx. Dr. MacLennan has played a prominent role in Ca­ nadian cultural life. The University of Calgary library also pur­ chased the library and papers of the late W . Bridges Adams, the director of the Shake­ speare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon- Avon, 1 9 1 9 -1 9 3 4 , and well-known author on the history of the English theatre. The papers include numerous letters from George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Bliss, Edward Elgar, and other distinguished contemporaries. • The Allison-Shelley Collection of Anglica- Americana-Germanica, the result of forty years of systematic collecting in the area of English translations, both British and American, of Ger­ man writing has been given to the Pattee L i­ brary of the P en n sylvan ia St a t e U niversity libraries. Dr. Philip Allison Shelley, retired professor o f German and comparative literature at the university has presented the collection. Current­ ly Dr. Shelley is serving as its curator while en­ gaged in transferring his materials to the li­ brary. The Allison-Shelley Collection of Anglica- Americana-Germanica contains between eight and ten thousand volumes. Works of history and politics, science, medicine, biography and travel, children’s books, as well as autograph letters, manuscripts, and objects of pictorial art and phonograph records of German art songs make up the collection. The collection illustrates the literary and cul­ tural relations of England and the United States with Germany. Between seventy-five and a hundred volumes printed before 1770, including dictionaries, biographies, political tracts, chapbooks, and travel books, are unique to this collection. G R A N T S • The C anadian L ihrary A ssociation has established a fund of $10,000 per annum to 22 6 Rise above the paperwork. Richard Abel Company has a plan. R ichard A bel C om pany has a p roven approval plan th a t has fre e d hun dre d s of lib ra rie s from th e m assive detail it takes to se le c t books. And w e'd lik e to do th e same fo r you. W e’ll fre e you fro m ch e ckin g dozens o f lists, catalogs and reviews, cross checking, ve rify in g , c o rre s p o n d ­ ing, arguing, re -v e rify in g , processing hundreds o f in d ivid u a l orders, in v o ic e s and w ritin g a m u ltitu d e of paym ent ch e cks to a m u ltitu d e of bo o k sellers. H e re ’s w h a t you g e t w ith th e fre e Richard A b e l A p p ro val.P ro g ra m (RAAP): 1. The A b e l C om pany w o rk s w ith you. You te ll us th e subjects, publishers, and no n -su b je ct param eters such as th e aca d em ic level, language, form at, ty p e o f publishers, etc. We do th e gathe rin g . 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Waltham, Mass • M ill V alley, Cal. • T o ro nto , Canada Amsterdam • London • Sydney • Sao Paulo. 227 provide grants in aid of research to individual CLA members. The grants in aid of research and develop­ ment will range from $1,500 to $2,000 and will not normally be renewable. Any member of CLA may apply for a grant. Applications for grants should be in the form of a research proposal which should include a brief statement of the problem or purpose, a summary of related research, the method to be used (including time schedule), and potential application of results. The research methodolo­ gy may or may not include the testing of hy­ potheses. The results should make a contribution to knowledge in the field of Canadian library sci­ ence but “contribution to knowledge” is in­ terpreted to include the development of prac­ tical tools as well as contributions to theory. In evaluating proposals, preference will be given to projects whose results will be general­ izable and/or to projects which use research methods capable of assisting the profession to undertake other studies of a similar nature. In funding projects, CLA acquires the right of first rejection for any manuscript resulting from the completed research. Interested CLA members should write to CLA Headquarters for a project proposal form. The deadline for submission of proposals is D e­ cember 1, 1973. Awards will be made by the Library Research and Development Committee in January or February 1974. • Mil e s C o lleg e (Birmingham, Alabama) has received a $50,000 matching grant under the joint College Library Program of the Coun­ cil on Library Resources (C L R ) and the Na­ tional Endowment for the Humanities (N E H ) to pursue a proposed five-year program en­ titled: “Bridging the Student Library Use Gap through Library Instruction—A New Experi­ ence for the Students of Miles College.” Includ­ ing the joint C LR -N EH grant, Miles College has budgeted $101,200 over the next five years toward obtaining its broad objective. The im­ provement of the often neglected partnership between faculty and library staff is an integral part of the program. The administration, faculty, and library staff at Miles College, a small, private institution serving a predominantly black student body, consider a strong program for orienting stu­ dents to the library a vital necessity, since many entering students have neither the habit of using books nor a recognition of their impor­ tance. The college proposes to coordinate in­ struction in the use of the library with the col­ lege curriculum. Such instruction of students in the effective and efficient use of the library is expected to encourage them to develop the habit of self-education both during and after the completion of their academic years. A committee of librarians and faculty associ­ ates from each instructional division will be formed to serve in an advisory capacity as courses are developed. All such courses will be team-taught by full-time, regularly appointed faculty and librarians. The program will be co­ ordinated by a full-time professional librarian working directly with the head librarian. An administrative assistant will be responsible for the preparation and dissemination of special materials used in the program. • The National Agricultural Library has awarded a $13,740 grant to C olorado State U niversity to investigate the feasibility of pro­ viding the cooperative extension personnel with greater access to sources of information. Coop­ erative Extension Service personnel are respon­ sible for providing information to the agricul­ tural community. The sources of information are numerous and diffuse, including personal knowledge, reference materials, libraries, agri­ cultural experts, agriculturally-oriented busi­ nessmen, and the farmer, himself. It is hoped, through this investigation, to dis­ cover and characterize an information network of the county agents and the extension special­ ists. 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Co-investigators are Mr. R. W . Bum s and Dr. L e Moyne W . Anderson, director, Morgan Library, Colorado State University, Fort Col­ lins, CO 80521. • The A m erican A ntiquarian So c iety has been awarded a two-year grant totaling $57,345 by the National Endowment for the Humanities to create an index for the docu­ ments written by or for prominent Americans of the period 1763 to 1815 as listed in approxi­ mately 12,000 book auction and dealers’ cata­ logs from 1867 to date. T he majority of these catalogs are in the collections of the American Antiquarian Society. For a number of years, the editors of the writings of American political and literary lead­ ers (W ashington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, for example) have known that these catalogs contained clues to the whereabouts of previous­ ly unknown manuscripts and private papers of famous early Americans— source material of great value to their historical research. A group of two dozen of these editors, led by Robert Rutland, editor of the P ap ers o f Ja m e s M adi­ son, began a project last year to research this untapped resource, but the limited funds for the effort were exhausted this spring. • Dr. Frederick Burkhardt, chairman of the Natio nal C ommission on L ibraries and I n ­ fo rm a tio n Sc ie n c e, has announced the award­ ing of contracts for studies to be done in sup­ port of the commission’s objectives. The con­ tracts are in priority areas designated by the commission as those in which it must gather new information in order to fulfill its charge of providing advice and direction to the federal, state, and local governments and to public and private agencies. W estat, Inc., of Rockville, Maryland, will provide a feasibility study for regional lending library resource centers. Their one-year contract also includes the initiation of a study for the feasibility of regional bibliographic centers. The contract amount is $58,248 and Eugene Pal­ mour is principal investigator. Continuing education for professionals in li­ braries and related information service is the general area of investigation to be undertaken by the Library School of Catholic University. D ean Elizabeth Stone will direct a team of ex­ perts to provide guidance to the commission re­ garding the extended education of library tech­ nicians and trustees as well as graduate librari­ ans. The nine-month contract was signed for $52,452. • B u c k n e ll U n iv ersity’s already strong Large Selection of Russian Antiquarian Material • L i t e r a r y C r i t i c i s mon • H i s t o r yMICROFILM • Social S cie nc es SPECIAL OFFER: Rare literary jo u rn a l in 9 v o lu m e s — p ub lished from 1927 thru 1935 “ Na P o d ’e m e ” , Rostov-na-Donu TO TAL SET $250.00 W rite fo r p ric e s and ca talo g o ffe rin g ca re fu lly se le cte d lists INTERNATIONAL MICRO-PRINT PRESERVATION, INC. 6 4 U n i v e r s i t y P l a c e ■ N e w Y o r k , N e w Y o r k 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 computer-usage program is expected to be strengthened in 1 9 7 3 -7 4 to permit students and faculty to conduct fast, accurate searches o f the university library from any of thirty-five campus terminals. A $ 2 8 ,0 0 0 grant to the Buck- nell University library from the Council on L i­ brary Resources is supporting this program. Seventy-five percent of Bucknell’s students already use the campus computer in course work. And Bucknell’s on-line library data base includes records of approximately 2 5 ,0 0 0 of the library’s 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 books. T h e council grant will enable additional computer storage to b e rented to perm it the entire bibliographic file a t Buck- nell to go on-line. T h e com plete file is already in machine-readable form. W hile Bucknell’s current system enables a search of the on-line files by author-title, title alone, and Library of Congress (L C ) number, its enlarged plan calls for su bject search capa­ bility as well. Using L C classification numbers, a user will be able to ask the computer to lo­ cate and display the authors and titles associat­ ed with the subject of interest, examine the near neighbors of his original hit in the file, or h e may pick an author’s name from the re ­ sponse and enter the system again on the au­ thor’s name to see what else the author may have written. • N orth C aro lin a C e n t r a l U n iv e r s it y School of Library Science has received a grant of $ 2 9 ,9 9 8 from the Bureau of Libraries and Learning Resources of the U .S . Office of E d u ­ cation. T h e grant is for completion of a six- state African-American Materials Project. Dr. Annette L . Phinazee, dean of the school and di­ rector of the project, said the grant is less than half that given the project in 1 9 7 2 -7 3 . She said additional funding will b e sought. T he grant provides support only for the develop­ ment of publishable manuscripts from data pre­ viously collected by librarians at six predomi­ nantly black universities. Support had been asked for further data collection. Previous support by the Bureau of Libraries and Learning Resources, totaling $ 127,944, had permitted the identification of a number of col­ lections of books, periodicals, and manuscripts by and about black Americans in the six-state area, which includes North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, and Ala­ bama. P roject members had hoped to continue A C R L Membership August 31, 1973 .......................................12,633 August 31, 1972 .......................................1 1,899 August 31, 1971 .................................... ..11,587 ’ to identify and locate these collections. Instead, support was given only for the employment of the project’s assistant director and library as­ sistant, and of a three m em ber advisory board, including an advisory editor, to compile the collected information in publishable form. M E E T I N G S O c t . 12: L ib r a r ie s, I n fo r m a tio n and t h e E n v ir o n m en t will be held at the Statler Hil­ ton Hotel. T he conference is being sponsored by the New York Chapters of the American So­ ciety for Information Science and the Special Libraries Association. Members will receive res­ ervation forms in the mail. Others may obtain additional information from Carmela Carbone, Engineering Societies Library, 3 45 E ast 47th St., New York, NY 10017. O c t . 1 2 -1 3 : A rch iv es. T he fall m eeting of the M id-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference will be held in Philadelphia on O ctober 1 2 - 13. F or further information contact Peter Sil­ verman, Urban Archives, Paley Library, T em ­ ple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122. O c t . 1 5 -2 6 : A rchives A d m in istra tio n . T he Tw enty-Ninth Institute, Introduction to Modern Archives Administration, will b e held at the National Archives Building. T h e in­ s stitute will b e directed by Dr. Frank B. Evans, assistant to the archivist, with Dr. Edward L . W eldon, of the Records Appraisal Division and editor of T h e A m er ic a n A rchivist, serving as assistant director. W h ile empha­ sizing public records and archives, the institute will feature a faculty experienced in all phases of work with archives and manuscripts, and is offered by the National Archives and Records Service as a professional service. It is ac­ credited by the D epartm ent o f History of the American University, and is cosponsored by the Library of Congress and the Maryland Hall of Records. Inquiries should be addressed to: Departm ent of History; Tw enty-N inth Ar­ chives Institute; T h e American University; W ashington, D C 2 0 0 1 6 , or telephone ( 2 0 2 ) 6 8 6 -2 4 0 1 . O c t . 17: B e s t e r m a n . T he Rutgers Gradu­ ate School of Library Service will hold its Third Annual Richard H. Shoemaker Lecture on B ib ­ liography, Wednesday, O ctober 17, 197 3 at 8 p.m. at the Hill Center for M athem atical S ci­ ences, L ecture Hall 114, University Heights Campus. Dr. Theodore Besterm an, form er di­ rector of the Institute et Musee Voltaire in G e­ neva, and author of A W o r ld B ib lio g r a p h y o f B ib lio g r a p h ie s , will be the lecturer and his top­ ic will be “F ifty Years a Bookman.” F o r further information write to Peggy Ava­ los, Rutgers Graduate School of Library Ser­ 231 NOW! FROM BAKER & TA Y L O R -LIB R A R Y OF CONGRESS MARC TAPE CATALOGING AND PROCESSING A t Baker & T aylor all title s on MARC tape as supplied by the Library o f Congress are now available cataloged and pro ce sse d — and there is no extra charge if LC numbers are not in ­ cluded on y our order. 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O ctober 21 will be devoted to a state reading fair. For information write Arlene D. C. Luster, 3 501 Kepuhi St., Honolulu, HI 96815. O c t . 2 1 - 2 5 : ASIS. T h e thirty-sixth Annual M eeting of the American Society for Inform a­ tion Science ( A S I S ) will be held at the Los An­ geles Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. For further information see the Jun e N ew s. O c t . 2 5 - 2 7 : T h e V irg in ia L ibr a r y A ssocia­ tion annual conference will b e held at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. O c t . 2 8 - 3 0 : M a n a g e m e n t C o n c e p t s f o r L ib r a r ia n s , sponsored by the Graduate School of Business Administration and W ashington University libraries will b e held at Bromwoods, the residential conference center of W ashing­ ton University, located sixty miles southwest of the St. Louis Metropolitan area. This seminar is scheduled at this time since the program in May 1973 was oversubscribed. T he purpose of this seminar is to provide professional librarians with managerial instruc­ tion applicable for use in their organizations, an opportunity to improve their backgrounds for work in supervisory or managerial positions and to discuss mutual problems with col­ leagues. A basic overview of management con­ cepts will be presented, with particular empha­ sis upon how those concepts are applicable to the unique problem of library organizations. T he special problems of directing and motivat­ ing library personnel will be stressed. Both theoretical concepts of m anagement and the practical applications of these concepts will be discussed. Managem ent Concepts of Librarians is in general directed toward librarians both at the supervisory level and to those in the middle management area, but with relevance for top library management as well. T he underlying management principles serve as a unifying theme for the varied administrative responsibili­ ties reflected in the seminar participants. Registration is limited to thirty-five on a first- come first-serve basis. T h e $ 150 fee covers all instructional costs, Dr. H ilgert’s textbook, m a­ terials, meals, and lodging while at Bromwoods. F o r further information please contact W illiam H. Kurth, University Librarian, W ashington University Libraries, St. Louis, M O 63130, ( 3 1 4 ) 86 3 -0 1 0 0 , extension 4 523, or Mrs. M ari­ lyn Pryor, T he School of Continuing Education, Washington University, extension 4261. O c t . 3 0 - N o v . 2 : I ll in o is L ibr a r y A sso­ c ia tio n . T h e seventy-seventh annual con­ vention of the Illinois Library Association will be held at a Chicago location— the Sheraton O’Hare Hotel. T h e proposed theme for the conference is designed to reflect IL A ’s goals: initiative, Leadership, Action. C ontact Illinois L ibrary Association, Executive Offices, 7 1 6 Rush St., Chicago, I L 6 0 6 1 1 for further information. Nov. 2 - 3 : L ibrarian s and C h a n g e. Survival! An institute on the Im pact of Change on the Individual Librarian, the sixth annual institute to be presented by the Library Institutes Plan­ ning Committee, will b e held November 2 and 3 , 1 9 7 3 at R ickey’s H yatt Hotel, Palo Alto, Cal­ ifornia. T he program will feature Ralph E lls ­ worth, director emeritus, University of Colo­ rado Libraries and Ellsworth Mason, the pres­ ent director of libraries at Colorado. Respond­ ing to the speakers will be a reactor panel con­ sisting of Page Ackerman, university librarian, University of California at Los Angeles; Lois Bew ley, assistant professor, School of Librarian­ ship, T he University of British Columbia; R ich ­ ard M. Dougherty, university librarian, Univer­ sity of California at Berkeley; and Jo h n C. Kountz, associate for library automation, T he California State University and Colleges (L os A ngeles). Panel members along w ith others to be announced will serve also as discussion lead ­ ers. T h e program emphasis will b e on changes affecting the individual librarian in all types of libraries resulting from the im pact of automa­ tion, budget cuts, developing patterns in staff organization and participation, new and com­ peting media, variant library use and clientele, etc. Registration for the two-day m eeting is lim it­ e d ; the fee is $ 2 5 .0 0 and includes two lunch­ eons. Details may be obtained by writing to Joseph E . Ryus, 2 8 5 8 Oxford Ave., Richmond, CA 9 4 8 0 6 , or by contacting him by phone dur­ ing weekday hours at the University of Cali­ fornia at Berkeley ( 4 1 5 ) 6 4 2 - 4 1 4 4 . Nov. 7 - 1 0 : T h e L ib r a r y -C o l l e g e A sso­ c ia te s will present a four-day conference at the L a Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. T he con­ ference will be devoted to the them e Learning W ithout W alls, and will feature two noontime seminars that will enable every participant to make a personal contribution to the program. Interested persons may secure registration forms and additional information by writing to th e Library-College Associates, Box 9 5 6 , Nor­ man, OK 7 3 0 6 9 . Nov. 8 - 9 : C o m p u t e r B ased I n f o r m a tio n Se r v ic e s. Special Libraries San Diego Chapter and University of California San Diego E xten ­ sion Center are sponsoring this workshop. It 2 3 3 aims to familiarize reference librarians with the nature of m achine-readable data bases and with the techniques for searching them. Speak­ ers include Charles Bourne, R obert N. Hayes, Hugh Souter, and Lorraine Mathies. The workshop fee is $75. It will be held at the Rancho Bernardo Inn. Lim it is 100 persons. For more information con tact: Hugo Davison, University of California San Diego Extension, Building 103, U C SD , San Diego, CA 92037. Nov. 1 1 -1 4 : CATV and I ts I m pl ic a tio n s fo r L ib r a r ie s . T o be held at Allerton House, Robert Allerton Park, University of Illinois Con­ ference Center, Monticello, Illinois. Co-spon­ sored by Illinois State Library and T he Univer­ sity of Illinois Graduate School of Library Sci­ ence, and T he Division of University E xten­ sion. Additional information may b e obtained from: Leonard E . Sigler, Institute Supervisor ( O S -8 9 ), 116 Illini Hall, Champaign, IL 61820. Nov. 2 8 -3 0 : U sing I n fo r m a tio n Se r v ic e s. A two-day seminar ( with an optional third day) on using information sources and services, to be held November 2 8 -3 0 , 1973, has been an­ nounced by the National Federation o f Ab­ stracting & Indexing Services. T he host insti­ tute is Pratt Institute— Graduate School of L i­ brary and Information Science, and the seminar will be held at the Pratt Manhattan Center in New York City. T he seminar will cover alerting sources, ret­ rospective services, document access, and the establishment of in-house procedures. T he prin­ cipal lecturer for the course is B en H. W eil (E sso R esearch ). T he seminar is intended for individuals re­ sponsible for the selection of specific groups of information services for alerting, retrospective searching, and document access. I t is also in­ tended for those who wish to improve their knowledge and increase their use of existing and evolving sources, to produce such services internally, and to understand the implications of new technology. T hese include information managers, librarians, and information proc­ essors. The first two days will deal with the funda­ mentals and practices of using information sources and services. A series of overviews dur­ ing the first-half-day will establish historical background, user aspects, types and interrela­ tionships, functional uses, and trends. During the second-half-day, the processing functionals common to these services will be defined, to en­ hance user understanding; simultaneous work­ shops will then permit registrants to learn more “how-to-do-it-yourself” techniques, or to dis­ cuss details of current practices. T he second day will go into details of alerting sources and techniques, searching sources and techniques, and document access, with emphasis in the af­ ternoon on academic-institution and industrial- organization case histories and follow-up-work- shops. Registrants who desire detailed information on how to use information services of specific members of N FA IS may then attend a third day of sessions chiefly devoted to instructional workshops on those N FA IS services in which they have indicated an advance interest. T he third day is optional and is included in the reg­ istration fee. T he cost of the three-day seminar is $ 1 0 0 .0 0 , and includes a special kit being prepared for the course. Fu ll details from the National F e d ­ eration of Abstracting & Indexing Services, 3 4 0 1 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 1 9 1 0 4 . Nov. 3 0 - D e c . 1 : F ed e r a l D o cum en ts W orkshop. This regional workshop is intended for librarians from Federal Region V (Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio and M ich­ ig a n ). The possibility of librarians and others from outside this region is not entirely excluded but in the final registration preference will be given to the persons from Region V if neces­ sary. T he workshop is one of a series sponsored by the Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association. I f you cannot come to this particular workshop, per­ haps your own region will b e organizing one MISSING ISSUES CAUSING YOU PROBLEMS? 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T o obtain th e full story on the m any uses o f J C R and com plete pricing inform ation, please use th e coupon below. ©1973 ISI P lease send me full information on J o u r n a l C itation R e p o r t s .™ Nam e ____________________________ T itle ________________________________________ Organization S tr e e t Address______________________________ C ity _____________________________________ S t a te____________________Zip________________ C ountry_________________________ Telephone___________________________________ i S i ® Institute for Scientific Inform ation 325 C hestnut S tree t, Philadelphia, P a. 19106 U .S.A ., T e l. (2 15) 923-3300 LN REPORTS 2 3 5 soon. Co-sponsors of the workshop are the Gov ernment Documents Round T able of ALA, the Illinois State Library, the Government Services Information Com mittee of Special Libraries As sociation, the Federation of Information Users, and others. T he workshop will run from 8 :3 0 a.m. F ri day, November 30 to 4 : 0 0 p.m. Saturday, D e­ cem ber 1 at the Sheraton-Chicago Hotel. The projected program includes speakers from the GPO, N T IS , the Census Bureau, E R IC / C L IS , NASA, presentations on specialized depositories within Region V, how to tape federal data bases, federal documents, and cataloging in publication, etc. Registration fee is $35 payable to the Illinois Library Association. This fee includes three meals. F o r registration and other information contact Geneva Finn, Head, Documents/Se­ rials Branch, Illinois State Library, Centennial Building, Springfield, I L 6 2756. Phone ( 2 1 7 ) 5 2 5-5185. D e c . 1 3 -1 4 : L ibr a r y I n structio n. T he Uni­ versity of Denver will be sponsoring a con­ ference on the evaluation of library instruction. Persons wishing conference information should contact Richard J . Beeler, reference depart­ m ent of Penrose Library, University of D en­ ver, University Park, Denver, CO 80210. M I S C E L L A N Y • A new organization, the H arvard U v e rs it y L ibra ria n s’ A s s e m b l y , held its first m eeting on May 24, 1973, with Harvard’s presi­ dent, D erek C. Bok, in the chair. Members of the assembly are the professional staff of the University Library, numbering 230, and some 3 0 interns who are attending library school part time. Mrs. Sheila K. Hart, chief reference li­ brarian in the Harvard College library, is chair­ man of the assembly’s executive committee, which consists of the chairmen of four standing committees appointed during April by Douglas W . Bryant, director of th e University Library. These are committees on communications and orientation, on library collections and services, on professional development, and on rights, privileges, and responsibilities of librarians. A study committee on Professional Library Personnel, which was elected by the staff dur­ ing 1970 and completed its work early in 1973, recommended the appointment of standing committees and establishment of an assembly with the president of the university as its pre­ siding officer. In addition to its report on staff organization, the study committee proposed a ranking and appointment scheme for Harvard librarians, which was approved by the Council of Deans on Septem ber 20, 1 972 and has been put into effect. The com m ittee’s third report, on professional development, is being imple­ ­ ­ ­ n i mented as rapidly as budgetary constraints per­ mit. T he full text of the study committee reports with an introductory article by its chairman Edw in E . Williams, associate university librari an, appeared in the Ju ly 1973 issue of the H a r­ v a rd L ib ra r y B u lletin (vol. 21, no. 3, p. 2 77- 3 1 9 ) , and offprints are available from the D i­ rector’s Office of the Harvard University li­ brary. • T he University of Texas at E l Paso an­ nounces the completion of the microfilming of the records of the Ayuntamiento of Chihuahua. 1 7 1 0 -1 9 4 0 ( 6 8 6 rolls), and the Periodical Offi­ cial of Chihuahua, 1 8 3 4 -1 9 7 1 (1 1 1 ro lls). For further information about these collections and how positive copies of these materials may be obtained either through purchase or interlibrary loan, write Professor W . H. Timmons, Project D irector, Departm ent of History, or Mr. Charles R. M cClure, History-Government L i­ brarian, T he University of Texas at E l Paso, E l Paso, T X 7 9968. • August 1, 1973, the New Jersey Library Association, in cooperation with the New Jersey State Library, began operation of a L ibr a r y J ob H o t l in e which provides a recorded tele­ phone message of job vacancies in the state for professional librarians. This announcement ser­ vice is available on a twenty-four-hour basis to ­ anyone dialing the hotline telephone number ( 6 0 9 ) 6 9 5-2121. Tapes are changed once a week on late F r i­ day afternoon, so that callers can take advan­ tage of the lower weekend telephone rates. B rief information for each job will be given re­ garding name of library, jo b title, qualifications, salary range, contact person, and telephone number. E ach week, new listings are recorded first and a jo b is listed for a second or third week only if time permits on the three minute tape. Callers are not able to leave messages nor does N JL A or the state library collect resumes or act as a placem ent referral center by mail or telephone. However, since the ALA Council passed a resolution in 1972 urging state associa­ tions to establish such hotlines, N JL A and the state library feel that this service will be of val­ ue to job seekers in a tightened job m arket as well as providing employers with an opportunity Serving libraries for over 25 years for B u ild in g P r o g r a m s — R eview s o f P la n s — E q u ip m e n t L a y o u ts a n d D esign s L IB R A R Y MANAGEMENT and BUILDING CONSULTANTS, INC. B o x 5 8 , E v a n s to n , Illin o is 6 0 2 0 4 312/446/8862 Send fo r free bro ch u res 236 for fast and inexpensive publicity about their job vacancies. Forms for employers to use in recording job information for the hotline are distributed by the various library associations, N JLA Recruit­ ment Committee, Rutgers Library School place­ ment office, N JLA Executive Secretary, and New Jersey State Library. All public agencies are required to list a salary or salary range. E m ­ ployers may also give their job listings by phone to Mrs. Mona Samsel, New Jersey State Library, 185 W . State St., Trenton, New Jersey, telephone ( 6 0 9 ) 292-2992. • The librarians of Virginia Polytechnic In ­ stitute and State University proudly announce the title of “Distinguished Librarian for 1972/ 1973” was given to Miss L ucy L e e L ancaster. The award was established this year in order to recognize the contribution of a librarian from one of the university libraries. Miss Lancaster has received a savings bond and will receive a commemorative medallion. • In April 1973, the University of Baltimore opened its B a ltim o re R egion I nstitutional Studies C en t e r . The first of its kind in the Baltimore metropolitan region, it will seek to provide a nucleus of primary source material gathered from local agencies and commissions. The thirteen collections presently held are be­ ing accessioned and computerized subject in­ dexes are in process. A supporting collection of over 5,000 volumes dealing with urban plan­ ning and development is available at the uni­ versity’s Langsdale Library. The subject index will include geographic and chronological access to the collections, using a controlled list of subject headings based on the HUD Vocabulary. Currently, indexes are available for records of Model Urban Neighbor­ hood Demonstration and Planned Parenthood, Inc., and are in process for the records of the Greater Baltimore Committee, Inc.; over 200 scrapbooks of the Committee on Governmental Efficiency and Economy, Inc.; and the refer­ ence library of the Health and Welfare Council of Central Maryland, Inc. • The Association of Research Libraries has established a new System s and P rocedures E xchange C e n t e r . The SPEC is devoted to the acquisition, organization, analysis, storage, and dissemination of information related to specific areas of research library management. The cen­ ter’s activities emphasize the sharing of man­ agement techniques which have been devel­ oped at research libraries. The information col­ lected will include description, written docu­ mentation, forms and manuals in use, names of staff experts, and, whenever possible, statistics. This information will be available upon request to those institutions which cooperate in the developent m of the data, and to a wider audience through the publications of the Office of Man­ agement Studies. Each participating institution has designated an individual to serve as liaison person to the center. Data is gathered by telephone surveys, questionnaires, and requests for documents. While the liaison person updates the center’s files on his own initiative, the center periodical­ ly contacts him to check on recent develop­ ments. The primary service will be the sharing of managment techniques. A library facing a new­ ly-recognized problem, or planning a new ap­ proach to an old problem, will be able to draw on the experience and expertise at other li­ braries, gaining insight into both successful techniques and avoidable problems. Although the individual consulting capabilities of the cen­ ter will be limited, it should be possible to indi­ cate and innovate approaches that seem to be working. This referral service is available to those ARL institutions that participate by pro­ viding data to the center. • The ACRL Committee on Bibliographic Instruction (A d H oc) is in the process of de­ veloping a detailed statement of behavioral and attitudinal objectives for undergraduate biblio­ graphical instruction. The committee hopes to publish the statement sometime next year. Any persons doing extensive library instruction are requested to share any objectives that they have prepared by sending them to the Chair­ man, Thomas Kirk, Science Librarian, Box E -72, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374. • “Forty-four ARL members provided us with estimates of their 1974 budget figures in response to a survey taken at the business meeting in New Orleans. An analysis of the forms that were submitted to us shows that books funds for the next academic year will be decreased in eight libraries, will remain the same in thirteen libraries, and will be increased in twenty-three libraries. Of the twenty-three libraries in which books funds will be increased, eleven have increases falling in the range of 6 to 10 percent, and six in the range of 11 to 15 percent; only three libraries out of forty-four will have an increase of more than 15 percent in book funds in the coming academic year. The effects of dual inflation and devaluation re­ quire a minimum increase of 10 percent to maintain book collections at present levels of strength. “The request for 1974 budget information was made at the New Orleans meeting to pro­ vide background information in the preparation of a statement to the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor H E W Ap­ propriations regarding the 1974 budget for li­ brary programs. Although no specific budget 2 3 7 figures were used in preparing the written tes­ timony, the general conclusion was stated that over 60 percent of college and university li­ braries will suffer a serious, indeed a perma­ nent, setback in the development of their book collection in 1974.” —A R L N ew sletter # 6 3 , June 20, 1973 • T w e n t y - f o u r h o u r r e f e r e n c e s e r v i c e has been initiated on a trial basis at the L i­ brary of California State College, Stanislaus. This new service will operate by telephone in a manner similar to the service provided by medical doctors at any hour of the day or night. During the late evening hours and on week­ ends after the last reference librarian has gone home, one of two librarians who volunteered for the experiment is responsible for answering telephone reference questions. Since many questions can be answered from a ready refer­ ence collection that each of the designated li­ brarians has in his home, it is necessary to re­ turn to the library only in cases of emergency. Student assistants who operate the library on weekends and late evening hours screen the calls going to the telephone reference librarian, but after the library is closed the calls are made directly to the homes of the librarians whose telephone numbers have been widely circulated through posters, news releases, and book marks. The test period may continue into the fall. Any librarians who have had experience with this kind of service or are interested in more details are invited to write (or call) J. Carlyle Parker, Head of Public Services and Assistant Director, T h e Library, California State College, Stanislaus, 800 Monte Vista Ave., Turlock, CA 95380, telephone ( 2 0 9 ) 6 3 4-9101. —C L A N ew sletter, June, 1973 P U B L I C A T I O N S • In June 1973 two substantial publications were issued from the University of Minnesota libraries, Government Publications Division. The first, A Bibliography of Presidential Com­ missions, Committees, Councils, Panels, and Task Forces, 1 9 6 1-1972, was compiled by Alan Tollefson and Henry Chang. W ith the aid of the M onthly C a talog and other sources, this bibliography was prepared in response to a need for a single access point to publications of presidentially appointed groups. Besides the listing of main entries there are three indexes: subject keyword, personal author, and title. Though not guaranteed complete, it is hoped that this will be a useful tool. The second pub­ lication, Government Publications’ Information Resources in the State of Minnesota, by Henry Chang, surveys the document holdings in the public, academic and special libraries in Min­ nesota. Anyone interested in these publications should send their inquiry to Government Pub­ lications Division, University of Minnesota, Wilson Library, Minneapolis, MN 55455. • The Stanford University Data File D irec­ tory, compiled by Douglas Ferguson, is avail­ able as an example of a library-produced access publication for computerized data files on a university campus. The Directory lists and de­ scribes collections of social, economic, political and scientific research data on punched cards, computer tape and disk, located on the Stan­ ford campus. E ach file description directs the user to documentation and published research in the University Library collection or else­ where. Access to each data file is controlled by the owner and is listed in each file description. The Directory is available, for prepayment of $4.00, from the Financial Office, Stanford Uni­ versity Libraries, Stanford, CA 94304. • The first three titles in a new series of brief reference guides to the major academic disciplines has been announced by Jeffrey Nor­ ton Publishers, New York City. The guides will be published in October 1973. Engineering, biology, and English are the subjects of the initial offerings in the series, which will carry the overall title Information Resources Series. Separate volumes will be called “Guide to Basic Information Sources in (name of field).” They will be edited and pre­ pared by leading scholars under the direction of B ill M. Woods, former executive director of the special Libraries Association and former executive director of the Engineering Index, Inc. Twelve subject areas are currently under development. E ach book will acquaint someone new to a field, whether an undergraduate or beginning professional, with the broad spectrum of avail­ able information sources. The guides will be from 175 to 2 5 0 pages long and will be avail­ able in hardcover library editions at $8.95 each and in paperbound student editions at $3.95. They are planned to provide a complete basic source for the student to aid him in developing a formal or informal approach to his course of study. All significant information sources will be covered, including trade journals and profes­ sional periodicals, encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, indexes, monographs, and other print sources. Nonprint media, such as micro­ forms, records, cassettes, or computer tapes will also be included. So will reports of government agencies, trade and professional societies and organizations as well as universities responsible for formulating, collecting, and disseminating statistics, ideas, standards, analyses, reviews, and procedures in the various fields of study. Of the first three titles, biology will be edited by Mildred Benton of George Washington University, 238 engineering by Ellis Mount of Colum­ bia University and English by Paul Doyle of Nassau (Long Island) Community College. For further information, write or telephone Jeffrey Norton Publishers, 145 East 49th St., New York, NY 10017; (2 1 2 ) 753-1783. • Now available from the American Libra Association’s Information Science and Automa­ tion Division is a thirteen-piece packet of ma­ terials on Cable Television. Included in this in­ formation kit of articles, bibliographies, policy statements, and suggestions are the following: Annotated Bibliography on Cable Television for Librarians, Brigitte L. Kenney and Su­ san Bunting CATV: Visual Library Service, Brigitte L. Kenney and Frank W. Norwood Cable Television—A Bibliographic Review, James Schoenung Cable Television: State-of-the-Art and Fran­ chise Recommendations, Advisory Mem­ orandum, Nowell Leitzke A Glossary of Terms for Cable Television and Other Broadband Communications, Merry Sue Smoller Guidelines for Planning a Cable Television Franchise, Sidney Dean, Jr. Letter to Joe Fischer, Jr., from C. Lamar Wallis, director of libraries, Memphis Pub­ lic Library and Information Center Metropolitan Library Service Agency (M ELSA ) Position Paper on Cable Tele­ vision, Jon Shafer Planning for Urban Telecommunications, Kas Kalba Public-Cable, Inc. Statement A Report on Cable Communications and the District of Columbia Public Library, Law­ rence E . Molumby San Francisco Public Library Video Center Policy Statement Video/Cable Activities in Libraries, Brigitte L. Kenney and Susan Bunting Packets are available for $2.50 each. Send order to: Cable TV Packet, Donald P. Ham­ mer, ISAD, American Library Association, 50 E . Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Please make checks payable to the American Library Asso­ ciation. • The ACRL Committee on Bibliographi Instruction (Ad Hoc) announced at its recent meetings at the American Library Association Convention that its survey of library instruction is now available from E R IC . This report, Aca­ demic Library Bibliographic Instruction: Status Report 1972, E D 072 823, includes four articles which survey the significant programs of in­ struction including formal courses, in-course in­ struction, self-instruction (o f all types), and other miscellaneous forms including orientation. ry c The reports conclude with tables of summary which indicate the availability of instruction materials from reporting institutions, of which some 142 are included in the report. • The American Academy of Political and Social Science is publishing a monograph on the subject Public Service Professional Associa­ tions and the Public Interest, edited by Don L. Bowen. A complimentary copy is available from the academy at 3937 Chestnut St., Philadel­ phia, PA 19104. • Libraries Unlimited, Inc., announces com­ pletion of the initial planning phase of the first large-scale biographical work in library science. The new project, The Dictionary of American Library Biography, will contain thoroughly re­ searched biographies of outstanding American librarians and other important public figures who made notable contributions to the develop­ ment and growth of libraries in the United States. This project, undertaken in recognition of the hundredth anniversary of the American Library Association, will be completed in 1975, with publication scheduled for 1976. T h e D ictionary o f A m erican L ibrary B iogra­ p hy is being prepared under the direction of an editorial board made up of Jesse H. Shera, editor-in-chief, George S. Bobinski, executive editor, and Bohdan S. Wynar, managing edi­ tor. An advisory board of fourteen distinguished historians and leaders in American librarianship will assist in the preparation of the work. Anyone wishing to obtain additional informa­ tion or make inquiries relating to the project should write to Dr. George S. Bobinski, Dean, School of Information and Library Studies, STUDENT CLERKS BARRED FROM UNIT The National Labor Relations Board last week excluded ten students from a collective bargaining unit of clerical em­ ployees at Barnard College. Overruling a decision by its New York regional di­ rector, the board said that the students’ employment was “only incidental to their educational objectives” and that they “lack a community of interest” with the other employees. The board noted that the students were not hired by the college’s personnel office, received substantially lower wages than other employees, and did not re­ ceive the usual fringe benefits.—C hroni­ c le o f H igher E ducation, July 30, 1973. 2 3 9 State University of New York at Buffalo, Hayes C, Buffalo, NY 14214. • Northwestern University library’s Unde graduate Services Department has launched the Undergraduate Forum , a newsletter for North­ western undergraduates. Basic goals of the newsletter, which will be issued several times during the academic year, are to announce and describe library services, collections, and poli­ cies that directly affect the undergraduate. E ach issue will open with an article discuss­ ing in some depth a library department or col­ lection of special interest to undergraduates. Four regular features will follow the lead article: r “Focus on Books” (a short article related to the book world in g en eral); “Questions or Comments?” (answers to suggestions); “The ­ Forum Announces” (library notices and an­ nouncem ents); and “New and Notable” (new records and books). • The 1 9 7 3 /7 4 Directory of Two-Year Col­ lege Administrative Librarians, prepared by the Community and Junior College Library Section of A CRL is now available. Price is $ 5 .0 0 per copy. Send orders, prepaid, to the Association of College and Research Libraries, Attention: Dr. Beverly Lynch, 50 E . Huron St., Chicago, I L 60611. ■ ■ News From the Sections Robert O m e Dougan, librarian emeritus of the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, re­ ceived the second Citation o f Honor presented by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section during the preconference institute on Pacific Coast Research Collections, June 2 1 -2 3 , 1973, in Los Angeles. Mr. Dougan, who was chair­ man of the program planning committee for the institute, was cited: “In recognition of his spe­ cial contributions to the Henry E . Huntington Library and Art Gallery in particular and to the field of Special Collections Librarianship in general. This citation is a tribute to his profes­ sional leadership and an acknowledgment of his outstanding service to the section.” Olga Lendway, National Agricultural L i­ brary, received the 1973 E unice Rockwell Olga Lendway Robert Orne Dougan Oberly award for her B ib lio g ra p h y o f C orn and B ib lio g ra p h y o f W h ea t. The award was pre­ sented during the program meeting of the Agri­ culture and Biological Sciences Section of A CRL, Jun e 27, 1973, in Las Vegas. Both b ib ­ liographies, compiled under the auspices of the International Maize and W heat Improvement Center, were published in 1971 by the Scare­ crow Press. T he award, given to the compiler of the best bibliography in the field of agricul­ ture or the natural sciences, honors Eunice Rockwell Oberly who was librarian of the B u ­ reau of Plant Industry of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the time of her death in 1921. ■ ■