ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 21 gy. This can be used to teach a variety of au­ diences having different levels of sophistication. Send check payable to “Box E ” to Box E, School of Education, Stanford University, Stan­ ford, CA 94305. • R. R. Bowker Company announces simul­ taneous publication of all seven volumes of the 13th edition of American Men and Women of Science edited by Jaques Cattell Press. Publi­ cation date was October 29, 1976, marking 70 years since the inception of the one-volume first edition of the biographical directory of active scientists of North America. Reflecting on cer­ tain pivotal events in the development of three companies now part of the same corporate fam­ ily, Jaques Cattell Press, R. R. Bowker Compa­ ny, and Xerox Corporation, the year 1906 ap­ pears to have been an auspicious one. • Peter Martin Associates has announced the publication of the first edition of Canadian Book Review Annual and Canadian Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography. Canadian Book Review Annual was con­ ceived and prepared under the editorial direc­ tion of Dean Tudor, chairman of the Library Arts Department, Ryerson Polytechnical Insti­ tute, Toronto. CBRA provides reviews by li­ brarians and subject specialists of all Canadian English-language trade titles published in 1975, including 1975 reprints of titles originally pub­ lished before 1966, selected federal and pro­ vincial government publications, and English translations of French-Canadian titles. The con­ cise 250-word reviews are organized by number within subject categories and provide complete ordering and bibliographical information (au­ thor, title, publisher, place and date of publica­ tion, collation, price, and ISBN). Says Dean Tudor, “CBRA will be the basic selection aid for school, college, and university librarians, not only in Canada but abroad.” Canadian Fiction: An Annotated Bibliogra­ phy fills the need for a comprehensive biblio­ graphical guide to Canada’s literature. Every novel and short story collection ( including translations of French-Canadian titles) is listed with a concise descriptive annotation. Each au­ thor entry lists out-of-print titles, critical and biographical studies, as well as relevant multi- media material. An invaluable index groups fic­ tion titles under the major thematic areas of Canadian literature. • Information Resources Press announces a new abstracting and indexing periodical, E1S: Key to Environmental Impact Statements. It indexes environmental impact statements by subject content, geographic area involved or af­ fected, and by originating agency or organiza­ tion. For further information contact: IRP, 2100 M Street N.W., Suite 316, Washington D.C. 20037. „ People PROFILES Eldred R. Smith has been appointed direc­ tor of university libraries and professor at the University of Minnesota, according to a recent announcement issued by University President C. Peter Magrath. The appointment was effec­ tive in December. Mr. Smith has been, for the past four years, director of university libraries and professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo. At Minnesota, Mr. Smith will have direct re­ sponsibility for the administration of the Twin Cities campuses library system, which has com­ bined holdings in excess of three million vol­ umes, as well as a substantial manuscript and archives collection. In addition to these rich re­ sources, the University of Minnesota Libraries are particularly known for the pioneering role that they have played in significant cooperative developments (the Midwest Interlibrary Cen­ ter, MINNITEX, and CONSER) and in aca­ demic library governance. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Mr. Smith earned a M.A. in English from that institution, as well as a MSLS from the University of Southern California. He has held positions in several academic libraries, in­ cluding those at Long Beach State University, San Francisco State University, and the Univer­ sity of California at Berkeley. Before going to Buffalo, Mr. Smith was associate university li­ brarian at Berkeley. He has taught at the Uni­ versity of Washington and at SUNY-Buffalo. Mr. Smith has been active in a variety of professional organizations. Currently vice-presi- dent/president-elect of the Association of Col­ lege and Research Libraries, he has previously served as chairman of its Academic Status Committee and its University Libraries Section. He is a member of the board of directors of the Center for Research Libraries. Mr. Smith has been president of the Librarians’ Association of the University of California, as well as chair­ person of the Western New York Library Re­ sources Council, the Five Associated University Libraries, and the State University of New York Council of Head Librarians. He presently chairs a joint ARL/ACRL committee charged with developing university library standards. 22 Recipient of one of the first Council on Li­ brary Resources Fellowships (1969), Mr. Smith has carried out research in several areas of aca­ demic librarianship, including acquisition meth­ ods, administration and governance, and service programs. He is the author of a number of ar­ ticles on these topics in several professional journals. D r. Charles R. Andrews assumed the posi­ tion of dean of library services at Hofstra Uni­ versity, Hempstead, N.Y. on November 1. Grad­ uated from Blooms­ burg ( P a.) State Col­ lege in 1954, Dr. Andrews received an M.A. in English from the University of Ok­ lahoma in 1959, the MSLS from Western Reserve University in 1964, and the Ph.D. in library science and English from Case Western Reserve Uni­ versity in 1967.Charles R. Andrews Formerly a teacher of college English, he headed the General Reference Department of the Cleveland Public Library (1966-1968) and the Freiberger Library Reference Department, Case Western Reserve University (1968-1969). From 1969-1971, he served as the librarian of Freiberger Library and from 1971-1974 as the assistant director for public services, Case Western Reserve University Libraries. From 1970-1974, Dr. Andrews was also a lecturer at Case Western’s School of Library Science. As university librarian at Southeastern Massachu­ setts University, he held membership on the Council of Academic Deans and the President’s Advisory Committee and served as the univer­ sity’s representative to both the Massachusetts Council of Chief Librarians for Public Higher Education Institutions and the Southeastern Massachusetts College Libraries consortium, serving as chairperson for the latter. As a mem­ ber of the American Library Association, he has served as chairman of the Reference and Adult Services Division Publications Committee, as executive committee member of the division’s History Section, and as RASD vice-president and president. In 1971-72, Dr. Andrews served as chair­ person of the RASD ad hoc committee which produced Reference Books for Small and Me­ dium-Sized Libraries, 2nd ed. (ALA, 1973). Additional activities have included chairing the study team for the Management Review and Analysis Program (MRAP) conducted in 1973- 1974 at Case Western Reserve University Li­ braries under the auspices of the Association of Research Libraries. Formerly an abstracter for Abstracts of English Studies, he is currently a book reviewer for Library Journal and Ameri­ can Reference Books Annual. APPOINTMENTS Paul T. Adalian, Jr.—head, central refer­ ence desk— San F rancisco State University, San Francisco, California. Carol Anderson—assistant acquisitions li­ brarian— University of Oklahoma, Norman. Margaret A. Aycock—reference and publi­ cations librarian—Harvard Law School—Har­ vard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nancy Baker—reference librarian—Middle­ bury College, Middlebury, Vermont. Thomas Edward Camp—associate universi­ ty librarian— Jessie Ball DuPont Library— University of the South, Sewanee, Tennes­ see. Mary Ellen Clapper—systems librarian— Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu­ setts. Annelle R. Hawkins—acquisitions librarian —University of Oklahoma, Norman. F red E. Hearth—head, readers services di­ vision— San F rancisco State University, San Francisco, California. Thomas Jacoby—fine arts librarian—State University of New York at Binghamton. Anne M. Johnsen—reference librarian— Monroe C. Gutman Library— Harvard Uni­ versity, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Nancy Kuivila—management/social sci­ ence librarian— State University of New York at Binghamton. D aniel W. Martin—cataloger—Tarlton Law Library— University of Texas, Austin. Robert S. Michalske—head, catalog de­ partment—San F rancisco State University, San Francisco, California. Patrick K. Miehe—cataloger—Harvard Col­ lege Library—Harvard University, Cam­ bridge, Massachusetts. Jerry L. Parsons—assistant university li­ brarian for administration—California State University, Sacramento. Michael L. Richmond—research assistant- librarian— Tarlton Law Library—University of Texas, Austin. Dana Rooks—head of the instructional and research services— University of Missouri- St . Louis. John Ryland—collection development offi­ cer—State University of New York at Binghamton. Jan E. Seifert—associate director for public services—University of Oklahoma, Norman. Joseph Smart—head of public services— Jessie Ball DuPont Library—University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Cerise Soroka—reference librarian— Col­ 23 lege of Charleston, Charleston, South Caro­ lina. Darlene I. Tong—reference and exhibits librarian— San F rancisco State University, San Francisco, California. Tom Watson—university librarian—Jessie Ball DuPont Library—University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee Gerry Wright—assistant acquisitions li­ brarian— University of Oklahoma, Norman. Arthur P. Young—associate professor and assistant dean of libraries for public services— University of Alabama, University. EXCHANGES Susan J. Gardos—librarian of the Russian Research Center Library with Benjamin Lu- belski—chief librarian in the Russian and East European Centre Library— H ebrew Uni­ versity, Jerusalem ( summer session). Heather E. Cole—reference librarian— Widener Library—Harvard University, Cam­ bridge, Massachusetts with Sarah H. Carter, information officer in the social sciences—Uni­ versity of Kent, Canterbury, England (spring term). RETIREMENTS Kai-hsien Liu, assistant librarian for Chinese acquisitions and reference, retired from Har­ vard University. Carolyn E. Jakeman, assistant librarian for reference, retired on July 1 after more than 40 years of service in the Harvard College li­ brary. ■ ■ Libraries Benefit from New Postal Regulations New postal regulations will allow near­ ly a two-thirds savings to local libraries for items sent to them by publishers, ac­ cording to Congressman James Hanley, Syracuse, N.Y., chairman of the House Postal Service Subcommittee. The Han­ ley amendments effective now contain a number of features to benefit all li­ braries in the United States, as well as other users. Congressman Hanley announced that one of the features of the bill extends the “library rate” to include the mailing of library material not only between li­ braries but to the mailing of material to and from libraries by everyone, including publishers. Other features of the bill include: (1) immediate freeze of all postage rates at present levels at least until March 1977, (2 ) immediate halt to closings of rural post offices, many serving small-town li­ braries, (3) immediate halt to cut-backs in de­ livery services, such as six-day delivery. The result of the bill sponsored in the House of Representatives by Congress­ man Hanley will be a reduction in the cost of operating school, public, and col­ lege libraries or, at minimum, no increase due to postage changes. The Central New York congressman pointed out that under the new bill, pub­ lishers now can mail materials to libraries at the preferential rate, thus enabling them to reduce shipping costs to li­ braries. Hanley said the library rate, nine cents the first pound and four cents each additional pound or fraction thereof, ap­ plies to mailing the following to and from all libraries: books, audiovisual ma­ terial, art prints, manuscripts, test ma­ terial, and educational reference charts. Not-for-profit organizations and pub­ lishers of periodicals retain their second- class rate, Congressman Hanley pointed out. In addition, college catalogs are now included under the periodical rate. Another provision of the Postal Bill ad­ vocated by Congressman Hanley states that increases in postal rates cannot take place until 10 months after they are an­ nounced, thus giving institutions ade­ quate time to adjust their budgets to any potential rate increases. “I am pleased at this time when the public is relying more and more upon li­ braries of all types in our communities,” Congressman Hanley commented, “that we were able to reaffirm and extend the special low rates for libraries which have been traditional in our country for more than a century. “The dissemination of information by our school, public, and academic libraries for educational and recreational purposes is so vital to the well-being of everyone in our society that I know the savings in postal costs will result in greater abun­ dance of literary material in our li­ braries,” Congressman Hanley concluded. How to fed secure when buying a book security system. James A. 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