ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 55 Publications NOTICES • T h e first p u b lic a tio n o f th e MA RAC Archival S eries o f th e M id A tlan tic R egional A rchives C o n f e r e n c e is P a p e r a n d L e a t h e r R e s t o r a t i o n : A M anual b y P aul M ucci, e d ite d b y M ary Boccac cio. C o p ies a re available a t $3 each from : M ary B occaccio, A rc h iv e s & M a n u s c rip ts , M c K e ld in L ib ra ry , U n iv e rsity o f M a ry lan d , C o lle g e P ark, M D 20742. C h e c k s sh o u ld b e m a d e p ay a b le to MARAC. • A G u id e to N ew sp a p e r In d ex es in N ew E n g la n d h as b e e n p u b lis h e d b y t h e N e w E n g la n d L ib r a r y A sso c ia tio n (N E L A ). P r e p a r e d b y th e N E L A B ib lio g r a p h y C o m m i t t e e , th is n in e ty - o n e - p a g e list i n c lu d e s a ll n e w s p a p e r in d e x in g p ro je c ts in N ew E n g la n d id e n tifie d in a 1977 s u r vey o f p u b lic , acad e m ic, a n d sta te lib ra rie s a n d of h is to ric a l so c ie tie s. E n tr ie s , o rg a n iz e d b y sta te a n d th e n by th e to w n in w h ich th e n e w s p a p e r is (or was) p u b lish e d , p ro v id e title , fre q u e n c y , a n d d a te s c o v e r e d , p lu s d a ta on t h e f o rm a t, ty p e , sc o p e, a n d lo c a tio n o f t h e in d ex . T h e g u id e is available at $5 (p rep a id ) from N an B erg, N E L A , P. O. Box 273, H o ld e n , MA 01520. T h e se cond v o lu m e of th e In d ex to N ew E ng la n d P erio d ic a ls , n o w in p ro g re s s , in c o rp o ra te s ch an g es in fo rm at d e s ig n e d for e a s ie r u se , in c lu d in g a c o m b in e d su b je c t, illu stra tio n , a n d au th o r in d e x w ith d if fe r e n tia tin g ty p e fa c e s . T e n title s h av e b e e n a d d e d to th e c o v e ra g e . A n n u al s u b sc rip tio n s (th re e q u a r te rly in d e x e s w ith a n n u a l c u m u l a t i o n ) a r e $ 3 5 ($ 4 5 i f c u m u l a t i o n is h a rd b o u n d ) from th e A tlan tic In d ex in g C om pany, P. O. Box 262, B rookline, N H 03033, (603) 673- 7994. T his is th e only index available for m an y of th e local jo u rn a ls co v ered . T h e d ir e c to r y o f e t h n ic l ib ra ry r e s o u r c e s in N ew E n g la n d , w h ich is b e in g c o m p ile d b y th e N E L A E th n ic S e rv ic e s T ask F o rc e , sh o u ld b e re a d y for d istrib u tio n in early 1979. It is e x p e c te d to se rv e , as a “w o rk in g ” ed itio n th a t will b e a m p lifie d as m o re l ib r a r ie s a n d o t h e r e t h n i c r e so u rces a d d re p o rts o f th e ir holdings. • An e ig h ty -o n e -p a g e p a m p h le t, th e p ro c e e d ings o f a p ro g ram sp o n so re d by th e C o m m itte e o n S ta tis tic s f o r R e f e r e n c e S e r v ic e s o f L A D / L O M S a t th e 1976 ALA A nnual C o n fe re n c e , is no w av ailab le from t h e L ib ra ry A d m in istra tio n an d M a n a g e m e n t A ssociation o f ALA. T h e p u b lic a tio n in c lu d e s s e v e n p a p e r s b y li b ra ria n s a n d o th e rs w ho a re d e e p ly involved in a tte m p ts to d e v e lo p a re lia b le m e th o d for m e a su r ing re fe re n c e service. T h e a u th o rs in c lu d e K ath ryn J. G e ste rfìe ld , d ire c to r, Illinois S ta te L ib rary , w ritin g on th e u se o f statistics a t th e sta te level; T h e o d o re D re w s, disc u ssin g th e N ational C e n te r for E d u c a tio n a l Statistics; K a th e rin e E m e rs o n , a r chivist, U n iv ersity o f M a ssach u setts, on n ational re p o rtin g on re fe re n c e tran sactio n s; a n d V ern P. P ings, W a y n e S tate U n iv e rsity , w ritin g on re fe r e n c e se rv ices a c c o u n tab ility a n d m e a s u re m e n t. T h e p a m p h le t is available for $2 from th e L i b ra ry A d m in istra tio n a n d M a n a g e m e n t Associa tio n , A m erican L ib rary A ssociation, 50 E . H u ro n S t., C hicago, IL 60611. • T h e au to m atio n o f acquisitions fu n ctio n s has h e lp e d sta n d a rd iz e p ro cesses a n d has r e s u lte d in m o re efficient use o f staff, b u t few lib ra rie s re p o rt re d u c e d costs for p ro c e ssin g as a re su lt o f a u to m a tio n , a c c o r d in g to a r e c e n t S P E C K it a n d F ly e r, A u tom ated A cqu isition s in A R L L ib ra r ie s (M ay 1978, # 4 4 ). T h e tw o-page flyer a n d n in ety -fiv e-p ag e k it r e p o r t o n th e r e s u lts o f a r e c e n t S P E C su rv e y , w h ich was a n s w e re d b y s e v e n ty -s e v e n ARL li b ra rie s. O f th a t n u m b e r, thirty -six h av e in stitu te d so m e k in d o f a u to m a te d a c q u is itio n a c tiv itie s . M ost lib ra rie s use cam p u s-w id e c o m p u te rs a n d a b a tc h o r c o m b in atio n b a tc h -o n -lin e m o d e o f o p e ra tio n . O f lib ra rie s w ith o u t a u to m a te d ac q u isi tio n s, m ost c ite lack o f fu n d s as th e m ain p ro h ib i tiv e factor. T h e m ost often r e p o rte d applications o f au to m atio n a re for o r d e r g e n e ra tio n , claim ing, and re c o rd keep in g . K it # 4 4 c o n tain s analysis o f S P E C su rv ey r e sponses, tw o p la n n in g do cu m en to s - th r e e d e sc rip tio n s o f sy ste m u se , a n d fo u r e v a lu a tio n d o c u m e n ts. It is av ailab le to S P E C su b s c rib e rs a n d A R L m e m b e r s for $ 7 .5 0 , a n d to all o th e r s for $ 1 5 .0 0 , p r e p a y m e n t r e q u i r e d , fro m : O ffice of Learning Resources T h e F o u r t e e n t h A n n u a l C o m m u n ity C o l le g e L e a rn in g R e so u rc e s C o n fe re n c e , to b e h e ld in co n ju n c tio n w ith th e N o rth C a ro lin a L e a rn in g R e so u rces C o n fe re n c e on M arch 26, 27, an d 28, 1979, a t th e S h erato n C e n te r In n in C h a rlo tte , will have as its th e m e “R ealities fo r L e a rn in g R e s o u r c e s .” S o c ie ta l a n d e c o no m ic c o n d itio n s will b e d isc u sse d b y Ja m es W a t t e n b a r g e r , D e p a r t m e n t o f E d u c a tio n a l A d m in istratio n , U n iv ersity o f F lorida. Political realitie s will b e th e su b je c t o f a p re se n ta tio n b y J u lie V irg o , A C R L e x e c u tiv e s e c re ta ry , w h ile A lice N a y lo r a n d J o le e n B ock o f A p palachian S tate U n iv ersity will sh a re th e ir in sig h ts o n t h e fro n t-d e sk im ag e o f th e LRC. O th e r sessions will c o v e r n etw o rk in g a n d r e so u rc e sharing, u sin g tim e effectively, a n d d e v e lo p in g in s tr u c tio n a l m a te ria l fo r le a r n e r s . F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a c t E r n i e T o m p k in s, 203 G ro v elan d A ve., Raleigh, N C 27607. 56 Correction W ith r e s p e c t to t h e O c to b e r 1978 N e w s iss u e (B) o f C ollege & R e se a rc h L ib ra r ie s , v o l.39, n o .6, p . 279, I fe a r th a t I m ay have b e e n m isq u o ted in your re p o rt on m y rem arks at th e N ew E n g la n d C h a p te r o f th e A C R L C on feren ce on “A lternative C atalogs.” T he last se n te n c e o f y o u r paragraph on my rem arks read s . . . th a t th ro u g h -p u t sp e ed b e em p h asized o v er precision in b rin g in g an individual reco rd into a g re e m e n t w ith an in stitu tio n ’s h o ld in g s.” I should like to tak e this b rie f o p p o rtu n ity to clarify th e p o in t th at I may have a tte m p te d to make w ith som e brevity. E ach library should consciously select those crite ria upon w hich a decision will b e m ade w h e th e r o r not to accept th e m atch b e tw e e n th e shelflist item and a MARC reco rd already c o n v e rte d . T h e se c r ite ria can in c lu d e m ain e n try , title , e d itio n , im p rin t, collation, and se rie s sta te m e n ts. C e rta in conditions o f d is crepancy in all o r som e of th e se d e sc rip tiv e c a ta lo g in g e n t r i e s m ay b e a c c e p te d in th e in te re st of co m p letin g th e work in h an d in a respectively sh o rt am o u n t o f tim e. T h e p oint to b e m ade, though, is th a t certa in of th ese d isc rep an c ie s can n o t b e ig n o red in th e final analysis. F o r exam ple, you may accept sh o rt te rm inadequacies w ith resp ec t to co m p le te ness of e n try in th e m ain e n try m atch, b u t som e p o st-ed itin g should b e d one in o rd e r to check for co n sisten t spelling, syntax, p u n c tu a tion, a n d uniform ity of th e heading. T h e key p o in t is th at th e re are two step s in co n v ersio n . T h e first ste p is se le c tin g in d i vidual records and d e te rm in in g th at you are in d e e d identifying th e sam e edition or im p rin t an d th at th e cataloging is essentially acce p t ab le to th e in stitu tio n p e rfo rm in g th e co n v er sion. T h e second p a rt of th e conversion is to e d it sets of re la te d filing en trie s in o rd e r to d e te r m in e w h a t rev isio n s m u st b e m a d e to choice of en try and form o f heading. T his, th e n , leads to m y sta te m e n t th a t it is n e c e s s a r y fo r m a n a g e m e n t to p r e d e f in e “ g u id e lin e s ” to a id e d itin g te a m s in b o th phases of th e conversion. Based u pon o u r exp erien ce w ith large-scale c o n v ersio n s in th e acad e m ic c o m m u n ity w e have found th a t it is v ery im p o rtan t to make th is d istin c tio n in o r d e r th a t th e p ro je c t is c o m p leted in a reasonable am o u n t o f tim e and w ith a re a so n a b le a m o u n t o f cost a n d w ith b enefits to u se rs in b o th p u b lic a n d technical s e rv ic e s in a re s p e c tiv e ly s h o rt a m o u n t o f tim e .—M ichael J. G. M oen, Blackw ell N o rth A m erica, Inc. M a n agem ent S tudies, Association o f Research Li b r a r i e s , 1527 N e w H a m p s h i r e A v e ., N .W ., W ashington, D C 20036. • A staff d e v e lo p m e n t d ire c to ry a n d b ibliogra phy has b e e n release d by th e ALA/LAMA P e r so n n e l A d m in istra tio n S e c tio n ’s Staff D e v e lo p m e n t C o m m itte e . C a lle d S t a f f D ev elo p m en t in L ib ra ries: A D irecto ry o f O rganizations a n d Ac tivities, with a S ta ff D evelopm ent B ib lio g ra p h y , it is th e second edition of th e publication. T he first issue was com piled as a h a n d o u t for th e p artici p an ts in th e Staff D ev e lo p m e n t R esources F o ru m and Fair h e ld d u rin g th e 1976 A nnual C on feren ce of th e ALA. T h e d ire c to ry o f organizations has b e e n revised, b u t th e bibliography is th e sam e as was in clu d ed in th e first edition. T h e com pilers, u n d e r th e d ire c tio n of Jo h n D e P e w o f F lo rid a S tate U niversity, w ish to b e notified of o th e r o r g an izatio n s in v o lv ed in sta ff d e v e lo p m e n t th a t w e re m issed in th e p re s e n t directory. T h e th irty -fo u r-p a g e d ire c to ry in c lu d e s fo u r te e n organizations know n to b e active in th e field o f staff d e v e lo p m e n t a n d p ro v id e s in fo rm a tio n ab o u t ea c h , such as fu n d in g so u rc e s, org an iza tio n a l o b je c tiv e s , p ro g ra m a re a s , p u b lic a tio n s, availability of train in g m aterials, and consultants. T h e bibliography, co m p iled by A n d rea H awkins a n d C h a rle s Bolles, c o n tain s th irty - th re e a n n o ta te d en tries u n d e r th e headings “B ibliography of B ib lio g rap h ies,” “ M a n a g e m e n t,” a n d “Staff D e v elo p m en t P ro g ram s.” T he d irecto ry is available for $2 from th e Li b ra ry A dm inistration a n d M a n ag em en t Associa tion, 50 E. H uron S t., Chicago, IL 60611; te le p h o n e: (312) 944-6780, ext. 301. • In January 1979 Ablex P ublishing C o rp o ra tion will publish V olum e 1, N u m b e r 1 of L ib ra r y R esea rch . This new q u arterly jo u rn al will re p o rt resu lts of library an d lib ra ry -re la te d resea rch to p racticin g librarians, p o in tin g u p th e application of n ew re se a rc h to th e p la n n in g , m an a g e m e n t, a n d o p eratio n o f libraries. L ib ra ry Research invites m anuscripts covering rec e n tly c o m p le te d re se a rc h re la te d to lib ra ries an d librarianship. S end to M elvin J. Voigt, C e n tr a l U n iv e r s ity L ib r a r y C -0 7 5 , U n iv e r s ity o f California, San D iego, La Jolla, CA 92093; o r to th e associate editors, M illicent D. Abell, C e n tral U niversity L ibrary C-075, U niversity o f Califor nia, San D iego, La Jolla, CA 92093; Thom as J. W aldhart, C ollege of L ibrary Science, U niversity o f K entucky, Lexington, KY 40506; E llen Altm an, G ra d u a te L ib r a r y S ch o o l, In d ia n a U n iv e rsity , Bloom ington, IN 47401. • T h e popular V ideo an d C a b le G u idelines f o r L ib ra ria n s is still available from th e L ibrary and I n fo r m a tio n T e c h n o lo g y A s so c ia tio n o f ALA. M any librarians have u se d it as th e ir b eg in n in g o rien tatio n into th e w orld o f video and m any li b raries have u se d it as a staff d e v e lo p m e n t m an ual. It has also b e e n u se d as a textbook in library schools. 57 T h e h a n d b o o k is i n t e n d e d fo r a n y o n e w h o is in te r e s te d in g a in in g a view o f th e u se o f v id e o in lib ra rie s a n d w h o w o u ld like to u n d e r s ta n d th e te c h n o lo g y w ith o u t fig h tin g te c h n ic a l ja rg o n . It is also o f valu e in a s c e rta in in g w h o t h e le a d e rs are in t h e field. Som e o f t h e c h a p te rs in c lu d e v id e o for lib ra ry se rv ices, v id e o for p a tro n u se , p ro g ra m m in g for sp e c ia l g ro u p s, fin an cin g , h a rd w a re , so u rc e s for p ro g ra m m in g , so ftw are, re g u la tio n s a n d fran c h is ing, a n d c o m m u n ity o rg a n iz a tio n a n d reso u rces. T h e b o o k i n c lu d e s c h e c k lis ts o f t h in g s to d o , so u rc e s for in fo rm a tio n , a n d an ex te n siv e a n n o ta te d b ib lio g rap h y . C o p ie s a r e a v a ila b le ( p re p a id only) a t $ 3 .5 0 e ach from t h e L ib ra ry a n d In fo rm atio n T e c h n o l ogy A ssociation, A m erican L ib ra ry A ssociation, 50 E. H u ro n S t., C h ica g o , IL 60611. P lease m ake c h eck s p a y a b le to th e A m erican L ib ra ry Associa tion. P a y m e n t m u st b e in c lu d e d w ith th e o rd e r. • A c a d e m ic lib ra ry d ir e c to rs r e p o r t th a t th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f a lte rn a tiv e fu n d in g so u rces is b e co m in g an in te g ra l p a rt of th e ir jo b , a c c o rd in g to th e O c to b e r 1978 S P E C F ly e r/K it E x tern a l F u n d R a isin g in A R L L i b r a r i e s ( # 4 8 ). T h e tw o -p a g e fly er n o te s th a t as b u d g e ts g row m o re re s tric tiv e a n d as u n iv e rsity cap ita l fu n d in g se e m s less a b le to m e e t lib ra ry n e e d s , re se a rc h a n d a cad e m ic li b r a r i e s a r e s u p p l e m e n ti n g a p p r o p r i a t e d f u n d s w ith m o n ie s fro m la rg e a n d sm a ll fo u n d a tio n s, local b u s in e ss e s, e n d o w m e n ts , in d iv id u a l gifts, frie n d s g ro u p s, a n d alu m n i. T h e fly er rev iew s fu n d -ra isin g s tra te g ie s, p ro v id e s u p d a te d in fo rm a tio n on f o u n d a tio n s , a n d d isc u sse s n e e d s a n d t r e n d s . T h e a c c o m p a n y in g 106-page k it c o n ta in s a p o rtio n o f a C o u n c il on L ib ra ry R e so u rc e s fe llo w sh ip r e p o r t o n o u ts id e s u p p o rt for book fu n d s, listin g s o f se le c te d fo u n d a tio n s th a t su p p o rt ac a d e m ic lib ra rie s, d e s c rip tio n s o f ARL lib ra ry fu n d -ra isin g p ro g ra m s, an d sa m p le s o f A R L lib ra ry lite ra tu r e p r e p a r e d e s p e cially for fu n d -ra isin g p u rp o se s. F ly e r/K it # 4 8 , E x te r n a l F u n d R aising, is avail a b le for $7.50 to A R L m e m b e rs a n d S P E C s u b sc rib ers a n d for $ 1 5.00 to all o th e rs from : S P E C , Office o f M a n a g e m e n t S tu d ie s, A ssociation o f R e s e a rc h L ib r a r i e s , 1 527 N e w H a m p s h ir e A v e ., N .W ., W a sh in g to n , D C 20036. • A t h i r t y - p a g e c a r i c a t u r e in d e x to D a v id L e v in e s d ra w in g s in t h e N ew Y o rk R e v ie w o f B o o k s from Vol. 1 (1963) th ro u g h th e fifteen th - a n n iv e rs a ry issu e (O c to b e r 1978) h a s j u s t b e e n c o m p ile d b y Jo se p h D ra z a n a n d P hyllis S anguine. T h e in d ex o f a b o u t n in e h u n d r e d e n trie s is avail a b le in r e p ro g r a p h ic form for $3 from P e n ro s e M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y , W h i t m a n C o l l e g e , W a lla W alla, W A 99362. C h e ck s, c ash , o r m o n e y o rd e rs a c c e p te d only. N o invoicing. • T h e O r a l H is to r y P r o g r a m o f C l a r e m o n t G ra d u a te School h as p u b lis h e d a b ib lio g ra p h y of th e in te r v ie w s t h e p ro g ra m has ta p e d sin c e its fo u n d in g six te e n y e a rs ago. E a c h o f t h e 151 e n trie s in c lu d e s a p a ra g ra p h of b a c k g ro u n d in fo rm a tio n a b o u t th e p e rs o n in t e r v ie w e d a n d a b o u t th e su b je c t. T h e in d e x cro ss lists t h e e n tr ie s b y s u b je c t, in c lu d in g a v ia tio n , C a li f o r n ia s t a t e a n d lo c a l h i s t o r y , C h i n a m i s s i o n a r i e s , t h e c i t r u s i n d u s t r y , e d u c a t i o n , e t h n i c s t u d i e s , i n d u s t r y , la w , l i t e r a t u r e , m i g ra to ry lab o r, m ovies a n d th e a te r, m u sic a n d a rt, o rig in s o f t h e a to m ic b o m b p r o je c t, a n d P aris ex p atriates. T h e th irty -tw o -p a g e b o o k le t, A B ib lio g ra p h y , m ay b e o r d e re d from th e oral h isto ry d ire c to r, E n id H . D o u g la s s, a t $ 2 .6 0 a c o p y , in c lu d in g p o sta g e . T h e full a d d r e s s is O r a l H is to r y P r o g r a m , C la r e m o n t G r a d u a t e S chool, C la re m o n t, CA 91711. • T h e s e c re ta ria t o f t h e S e m in a r o n t h e Ac q u is itio n o f L a tin A m e ric a n L ib r a r y M a te ria ls (SA LA L M ), B e n so n L a tin A m e ric a n C o lle c tio n , U n iv e rsity o f Texas a t A ustin, has j u s t re le a se d no. 4 o f its B ib lio g rap h ic S eries: C o lo m b ia n S eria l T it le s in t h e U n iv e r sity o f I llin o is L i b r a r y a t U rb a n a -C h a m p a ig n . W ritte n b y Sara d e M u n d o L o, m o d e r n la n g u a g e s a n d lin g u istic s lib ra ria n ( U n iv e r s ity o f Illin o is a t U r b a n a - C h a m p a ig n ) , w ith th e c o llab o ratio n o f B e v erly P h illip s (U n iv e r sity o f W isconsin a t M adison), it also c o n tain s a h isto rical essay on th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f C o lo m b ian serial b ib lio g ra p h ie s a n d an a n n o ta te d b ib lio g ra p h y o f so urces. Conference a Success I s u s p e c t th a t all c o n c e rn e d w ith th e p la n n in g a n d ex ecu tio n o f th e B oston c o n fe re n c e a re still glow ing from th e p ra ise a n d a p p re c ia tio n h e a p e d u p o n th e m by c o n fe re n c e p a rtic i p a n ts , a t t e n d e r s , a n d e x h ib ito rs . 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