ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 67 R EPO R T O F M EETIN G S, ACRL ART SUBSECTION Atlantic City, New Jersey June 23-June 27, 1969 Chairman, Herbert Scherer, Art Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minne­ sota; Vice-Chairman and Chairman-Elect, Wolfgang Freitag, Fine Arts Library, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mas­ sachusetts; Secretary, Nancy Johanson, Art D e­ partment, Minneapolis Public Library, Minne­ apolis, Minnesota. Monday, June 23: Trip to Princeton Uni­ versity arranged by Judith Hoffberg, Program Chairman, University of Pennsylvania Art L i­ brary. The group visited the handsome new Art Library in McCormack Hall. Miss Frederica Oldach, the Librarian, explained the rationale and the procedure for the Reference Library. She pointed out the special accommodations for faculty and graduate students and equip­ ment for oversize books. Dr. Rosalie Green, Director of the Index of Christian Iconography, graciously spoke about the function and his­ tory of that special project. Dr. David Coffin, Chairman of the Department of Art History, spoke of the advantages of having the D e­ partment of Art History, the University Art Museum, and the Art Library under one roof. He and Miss Oldach and Dr. Green acted as hosts at a reception sponsored by the Depart­ ment of Art History in the new gallery. Business meetings were held from June 24 through June 26. The following summarizes the various committee reports, new committees formed, and discussion. R e p r i n t C o m m i t t e e R e p o r t William Dane, Newark Public Library, Newark, N.J. Further disposition of the out-of-print want list compiled by the Reprint Committee and published in C olleg e & R esearch L ibraries N ew s (April 1969) was discussed. The list was sent to twelve reprint or microfilm pub­ lishers. To date there have been responses from six firms expressing appreciation for the list and a general interest in its content. Of the fifty-one book titles suggested, one has ACRL Membership January 31, 1970 .................................. ..14,131 January 31, 1969 .................................. .. 13,655 January 31, 1968 .................................. .. 13,020 College & Research Libraries NEWS News Editor, Michael Herbison, Casper Col­ lege, Casper, Wyoming 82601. Editor, Richard M. Dougherty, University of Colorado Libraries, Boulder, Colorado 80302. E d i t o r i a l B o a r d : R i c h a r d D e G e n n a r o , Harvard Uni­ versity; D a v i d H e r o n , University o f K a n s a s ; E l l s ­ w o r t h M a s o n , H o f s t r a University; F r e d H e i n r i t z , S o u t h e r n C o n n e c t i c u t S t a t e C o l l e g e ; W i l l i a m A x f o r d , Florida Atlantic University; P e t e r H i a t t , Indiana University. A CR L Officers, 1 9 6 9 / 7 0 : President, Philip J. McNiff; Chairman, College Libraries Section, John E . Scott; Junior College Libraries Section, Ruthe Erickson; Rare Books Section, Robert J. Adelsperger; Subject Specialists Section, Marcia J . Miller; Agriculture and Biological Sciences Subsection, Howard Rovelstad; Art Subsection, W olfgang M. Freitag; Educational and Behavioral Science Subsection, Donald Leatherman; Law and Political Science Subsection, Roy M. Mersky; Slavic and E ast European Subsection, Joseph Placek; University Libraries Section, Roscoe Rouse. News from the Field , Personnel profiles and notes, classified advertising, official m atter o f ACRL, and other material of a timely nature is published in the News issues of C o lleg e & R es ea r c h L ib ra ries. Inclusion of an article or advertisement in C R L does not constitute official endorsement by A CRL or ALA. Production and Advertising and Circulation office: 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, I 11. 6 0 6 1 1 . 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C o lleg e & R es ea r c h L ib ra ries is the official journal of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association; and is published seventeen times per year—bi-monthly as a technical journal with 11 monthly News issues, com­ bining July-August— at 1 2 0 1 -0 5 Bluff St., Fulton, Mo. 6 5 2 5 1 . Second-class postage paid at Fulton, Mo. 68 been reprinted, three are in production, and there was a definite interest in eight others. Open discussion followed on further action to be taken on reprinting the list. Cost, standards, a subscription plan, and the responsibilities of libraries in making materials available to pub­ lishers were considered. Motion was made and carried that the Reprint Committee should be maintained for continued action. William Dane, Newark Public Library, will continue to receive suggestions for out-of-print titles which will again be compiled and listed in CRL News. N e w s l e t t e r a n d B u f f a l o A r t L i b r a r i a n s ’ C o n f e r e n c e R e p o r t Mrs. Florence DaLuiso, State University of New York at Buffalo. Mrs. DaLuiso outlined the steps taken in organizing the conference in Buffalo between June 16 and June 20 titled “Art Libraries: Their Comprehensive Role in Preserving Vis­ ual Resources.” Comment was made that many libraries were unaware of the conference and that no good up-to-date mailing list of art li­ braries was available. The list was assembled from the American Art Directory, the Interna­ tional Directory o f Arts, and the available list of ALA members. Brochures were mailed to academic institutions and museum libraries. Dr. Freitag mentioned that there are 1,062 members of the Art Subsection. The following day at the Divisional meeting the chairman requested that a printout of the subsection membership be made available to members. C o m m i t t e e o n P r o f e s s i o n a l S t a t u s It was moved that a committee be formed to make an attempt to influence institutions to provide funds for librarians to attend ALA conferences. Motion was carried and a com­ mittee was formed with Hazel Guston, Phila­ delphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Penn­ sylvania, as chairman. I n d e x i n g C o m m i t t e e R e p o r t Herbert Scherer, Art Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Indexing Committee for a retrospective in­ dexing of Art International met Wednesday, June 25, at the Traymore Hotel. Eight mem­ bers were present and agreed to proceed with indexing specific years of this periodical. Pre­ viously formulated rules and procedures were reviewed and revised. Contact was made fol­ lowing the convention with the editor of Art International who agreed to publish the index prepared by the committee. O p e n F o r u m Wolfgang Freitag, Fine Arts Library, Fogg BRAND NEW TECH N ICA L CAREER INDEX by Jam es L. Lubin A detailed index to the salaries and bene­ fits schedules of 500 major American cor­ porations. A roster of job opportunities and a description of the types of engineers and scientists sought by the nation’s tech­ nical employers. Separate sections on technical manpower recruiting, choosing a company, and negotiating salaries. 265 pp $4.95 THE LUBIN REPORT A comparative guide to corporate salary and benefit programs. Over fifty graphs and tables describe corporate practice in vacation plans, educational assistance, military deferments, pensions, profit shar­ ing, and dozens of other benefit policy areas. Also contains commentary and anal­ ysis of current business practice in salary and benefit programs. Based on a sur­ vey of 1600 major American companies. 70 pp $12.50 F o r a com p lete catalog o f oth er techn ical b o o k s w rite: P A D R IC P U B L IS H IN G C O M P A N Y Box 393—Bernardsville, N.J. 07924 69 Art Museum, Harvard University, Cam­ bridge, Massachusetts. The failure of the Library of Congress to catalog art exhibition catalogs was brought to the attention of the members. It was generally felt that L C is not fulfilling its mandate to do so and Dr. Freitag formulated a letter urging LC to reconsider its policy. Following receipt of this letter, the Assistant Director of Catalog­ ing responded that European and American exhibition catalogs indexed in the W orldw ide Art C atalog Bulletin would once again be given a high priority at LC. According to Dr. Freitag, incoming chairman, the program at Detroit in June 1970 would center around three main points: ( 1 ) continu­ ation of the Reprint Committee; (2 ) stand­ ards for nondestructive photo duplication; and ( 3 ) acquisitions and blanket orders of art ma­ terials. C o o p e r a t i v e S y s t e m o f O h i o A r t L i b r a r i e s V e n t u r i , S toria D ell’ arte I n d e x C o l l e g e A r t A s s o c i a t i o n A f f i l i a t i o n Mrs. Jacqueline Sisson, Art Library, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Report was given by Mrs. Sisson on the co­ operative art libraries program initiated by her in Ohio. Program includes inventory of holdings to determine strengths and weaknesses of par­ ticipating libraries, cooperative book selection, photoduplication, and interlibrary loan pol­ icies. Details will appear in C B L News. Mrs. Sisson gave a progress report of her project indexing Venturi’s Storia d ell’arte itali­ ana. Mrs. Sisson was appointed chairman of a committee investigating affiliation with the Col­ lege Art Association. F i n e A r t s B i b l i o g r a p h y C o u r s e T a u g h t a t K e n t u c k y Professor John Larsen, School of Library Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Professor Larsen outlined the approach in his own Fine Arts Bibliography course taught at Kentucky and reported on those taught at Queens College, Columbia University, and the University of North Carolina. ■■ From Inside the DLP By D r . K a t h a r i n e M. S t o k e s C ollege and University Library Specialist, L i­ brary Planning and D evelopm ent Branch, Di­ vision o f Library Programs, Bureau o f Adult, Vocational, and Library Programs‚ U.S. Office o f Education, W ashington, D.C. 20202. As this article is being written, ten days be­ fore Christmas, application forms for College Library Besources grants (Title II-A, Higher Education Act) are being mailed to presi­ dents of institutions of higher education, speci­ fying February 20, 1970, as the deadline for return to our offices. The instructions accom­ panying them have a special note at the bot­ tom of the first page. The note states that no special purpose grants will be made in fiscal year 1970 and basic grants will not exceed $2,500; but “In the event that the level of funding for fiscal year 1970 is substantially altered from the level anticipated, then further instructions will be sent to all institutions of higher education advising them of any and all program changes for fiscal year 1970.” The anticipated level of funding for fiscal year 1970 is $12,500,000, half the amount ap­ propriated for each of the last three years. Duplicate application forms are being sent to college and university librarians with letters stating that no substantive changes were made from last year’s requirements for basic and supplemental grants and urging that the ap­ plications be submitted as soon as possible. We hope that many will come in before the dead­ line date, because funds for extra help to process the 4,100 or more applications probably will be severely limited. Last year 2,282 appli­ cations for basic grants and 1,808 for supple­ mental grants were processed. This year, for the first time, colleges plan­ ning to enroll students by the fall of 1971 may apply for basic grants. Formerly, only those institutions with students already attending classes were eligible for basic grants, so the number of applications may be somewhat high­ er than last year’s. Any librarian who thinks his institution would be eligible under the amended legislation should read very carefully section 1 3 1 .2(m ), pts. 1-6, on page 4 of the Regulations accompanying the application form. The eighty-five fiscal year 1970 applications for grants to support institutes for training in librarianship (Title II-B , Higher Education Act) were evaluated by a visiting panel of twenty library educators and librarians just be­ fore Thanksgiving. Because of the decrease in the scheduled appropriation, it is anticipated that forty short-term institutes will be funded