ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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From Inside the DLP
By Dr. Katharine M. Stokes

College and University Library Specialist, Li­
brary Planning and Development Branch, Di­
vision of Library Programs, Bureau of Adult, 
Vocational, and Library Programs, U.S. Office 
of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202.

By now you’re probably laboring over your 
Title II-A (H igher Education Act) applica­
tions for grants for library materials, and we’re 

girding ourselves to 
attack those moun­
tains of papers we’ll 
be receiving the end 
of the month. The ap­
plications for Basic 
grants should be easy 
for you to prepare 
after three year’s ex­
perience, for there are 
no changes in the 
guidelines for them.

For the Supplemen­
Mr. Stevens tal and Special Pur­

pose grants there are 
changes this year, and I’d like to have our 
new colleague, Frank Stevens, who is admin­
istering the Title II-A program, explain the 
major differences to you. He has been in our 
Division since last August, coming from the 
New York State Department of Education 
where he administered state library grant 
programs and was state supervisor of school 
libraries. He is an experienced school, college, 
and public librarian and has already com­
pleted his first encounter with the 1968/69 
Title II-B (H EA ) program for library insti­
tutes, fellowships, and scholarships. It is a 
pleasure to introduce to you the chief of the 
Library Training and Resources Branch, Frank 
A. Stevens:

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I am pleased that Dr. Stokes is able to give 
me some space to describe briefly some of the 
important changes in the Title II-A program 
for 1968-69. Here they are:
1. Supplemental Grants

The point scoring system will be based on 
a possible maximum score of twenty-five, as 
compared with ten last year. Each point 
scored will be worth a maximum of 40 cents 
per FTE student, compared with a maximum 
of $1.00 last year, if sufficient funds are 
available.

The most important criteria is that related 
to volume deficiency, which ranges from zero 
to twelve points ( almost 50 per cent of the pos­

sible maximum point score, as compared with
40 per cent last year). The “volumes-per-stu-
dent or expenditures-per-student” option has
been dropped, and a single point criteria for
decreased expenditure per student has been
established. Two criteria remain the same—in­
crease in expenditure per student for all li­
brary purposes and age of library (two points
and one point, respectively—a reduction). The
“HEA Title III or special circumstances” op­
tion has been dropped, and a new criterion
has been established relating to increased doc­
toral program activity, with a possible maxi­
mum point score of eight. All these changes
should tie in more closely with need and pro­
vide the opportunity for a more equitable
distribution of grant funds.
2. Special Purpose Grants— Type A

The point scoring system will be based on
a possible maximum score of twenty, as com­
pared with fifteen last year. The first criterion
will remain geared to new degree programs,
but will drop the volumes available factor. The
second and third criteria (new  special centers
and new library facilities) remain the same,
scoring a maximum of five points each, as
compared with a maximum of five and two,
respectively, last year. A new fourth criterion,
special needs, will score a maximum of five
points.
3. Special Purpose Grants— Type B

The point scoring system will be based on
a possible maximum score of twenty-five, as
compared with thirty last year. The criterion
for the availability of a special catalog re­
mains. The criterion related to participation in
national bibliographic enterprises remains, ex­
cept that it will be tied in with specific bibli­
ographic programs. Two new criteria relate to
the level of interlibrary loans and the registra­
tion of non-institutional borrowers, scoring a
maximum of ten and five points, respectively.
4. Special Purpose Grant— Type C

The point scoring system will remain at a
possible maximum of 45, but all criteria have
changed significantly. There is an eight point
criterion on the extent and nature of the com­
bination program, a ten point criterion tied
in with the number of combination members,
a five point criterion tied in with the quality
of interlibrary loan services, a five point criter­
ion on joint-use facilities, a five point criterion
on the issuance of a printed catalog, a seven
point criterion on the availability of coopera­
tive cataloging, and a five point criterion on the
age of the combination.

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A P PR E N T IC E  SURVEYORS
Names of 115 librarians who would welcome 

opportunities to serve as apprentice surveyors 
have been collected by th e  ACRL Committee 
on Library Surveys. These are persons who 
wrote in response to an invitation from the 
Committee in th e  November 1968 issue of 
C írR L  News; they are located in 33 states and 
2 Canadian provinces, and their interests and 
special qualifications are as diverse as th e prob­
lems encountered in surveys of college and uni­
versity libraries.

Collection of th e names was the first step in 
an effort by the Committee to increase the 
num ber of well qualified surveyors by provid­
ing opportunities for experience. The Commit­
tee recommends th a t each survey team  include 
an apprentice member, and invites directors of 
surveys to draw  upon its roster. It will welcome 
opportunities to suggest names of prospective 
apprentices who seem to be particularly well 
prepared to contribute to any survey th a t is 
being planned. Requests for information should 
be addressed to Edw in E. Williams, Chairman, 
ACRL Committee on Library Surveys, W idener 
Library 183, H arvard University, Cambridge, 
Mass. 02138. ■■

A C R L /JC L S
P R E C O N F E R E N C E

“New Strategies for Learning: the Im pact 
of Instructional Technology Upon th e Junior 
College” will be th e  them e of a preconference 
sponsored by the American Association of 
Junior Colleges and th e Association of College 
and Research Libraries at Atlantic City from 
June 19-21. Planned to stimulate dialogue b e­
tw een administrators, faculty, librarians and 
media specialists; the two days of sessions will 
include demonstrations, concurrent workshops, 
and contact w ith resource persons. Major pre­
sentations will b e made by Bill J. Priest, 
chancellor, Dallas County Junior College Dis­
trict, Dallas, Texas; Gabriel Ofiesh, chairman, 
departm ent of educational technology, Catholic 
University, Washington, D.C.; James Zigerall, 
Dean, TV College, Chicago City College; and 
Carol Zion, assistant to the vice-president, 
Miami Dade Junior College.

Maurice B. Mitchell, chancellor of the Uni­
versity of Denver and former president and 
editorial director of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 
will speak a t the banquet to be held in con­
nection w ith the preconference on Friday, 
June 20. Attendance is lim ited to 500 persons, 
and the registration fee, including three meals, 
is $50. Reservation forms and information may 
be requested from th e Association of College 
and Research Libraries, American Library As­

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 
 

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linois 60611. ■■

SU BJECT ANALYSIS O F
LIBRARY M ATERIALS

An American Library Association Preconfer­
ence Institute sponsored by Information Science
and Automation Division, Resources and Tech­
nical Services Division’s Cataloging and Clas­
sification Section, and Columbia University,
June 19—21, Traymore Hotel, Atlantic City.

A 1969 updating of the Conference on Sub­
ject Analysis of Library Materials, Columbia
University, 1952, to provide an interpretive
overview of the state of th e art of subject
analysis, especially as it has developed in the
last tw enty years.

Registration blanks will be mailed to all
ALA members. Registrations to th e limit of
700 will be accepted with th e registration fee
of $35.00 on a first-come, first-served basis.
The fee includes a Banquet ticket, coffee ser­
vice during the m eeting breaks, and one copy
of the proceedings to be published by Colum­
bia University, School of Library Service.

IN S ID E  T H E  D L P  . . .
(C o n tin u e d  fr o m  p age 1 0 5 )

5. Applicants
Branches may now apply for Supplemental

and Special Purpose Types A and B grants,
as well as Basic grants, through the parent
institution. Beginning in 1969-70, new insti­
tutions may apply for Basic grants one year
before they open.

These five paragraphs are necessarily brief
and sketchy. The new program documents for
1968-69 will provide a comprehensive tre a t­
m ent of the new Title II-A regulations.

You will note on the last two pages of
the Instructions the addresses and phone num ­
bers of our nine Regional Library Service
program officers. Call the one in your region
if you need further assistance and information
about th e  Title II-A programs. ■ 

PE R S O N N E L  . . .
(C o n tin u e d  fro m  p a g e 1 3 2 )

association w ith the North Texas State Univer­
sity library.

Mrs. Natalie Notkin has retired after
tw enty years of service w ith th e University of
W ashington libraries.

Mrs. Marion Stanton has retired after
eleven years of service w ith th e University of
W ashington libraries.

Naomi Street, a mem ber of the staff of the
New York Public library’s art and architecture
division for the past eighteen years, retired on
December 31, 1968. ■