ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 107 News from the Field ACQUISITIONS • Two m otion p ic tu re stu d io s recen tly placed in the W illiam F a u lk n e r collections at th e U N I ­ V E R S I T Y o f V i r g i n i a L ib raries copies o f film s c rip ts on w h ich F a u lk n e r w o rk e d d u r in g h is years in Hollywood and sc rip ts p re p a re d from his w ritings. T w e n tie th C e n tu r y Fox p re se n te d th e scripts (in m ost cases, several versions) for R oad to G lory, Banjo on M y K nee, Slave Ship, S p lin te r F leet‚ and D rum s A long the M ohaw k as well as se v e ra l sc rip ts a d a p te d b y o th e r s c re e n w rite rs from F a u lk n e r ’s fiction. O n loan from M e tro - G oldw yn-M ayer are o u tlin e s and scripts for The C o lleg e W id o w , A b s o lu tio n , F ly in g th e M a il‚ T u rn A b o u t, W a r B ir d s, and “ M ythical L atin- A m erican Kingdom S to ry ,” d atin g from 1932-33. T hrough the in te re st, co o p eratio n , and g en ero sity o f th e s e stu d io s, th e F a u lk n e r c o llectio n s have c o m e c l o s e r to r e p r e s e n t i n g e v e r y p h a s e o f W illiam F a u lk n e r’s w ritin g care e r. A n o th er w elcom e add itio n to th e F a u lk n e r col­ lections is th e p a p e rs of A m erican actress R uth F o rd , w hich c o n c e rn th e sta g e a d a p ta tio n s o f F a u lk n e r ’s R e q u ie m f o r a N u n B e cau se F o rd recognized th e th eatrical p o te n tia l for this work, F a u lk n e r gave h e r th e E nglish rights to th e play. D ue to h er p e rsis te n c e , it was p ro d u ced in b o th L ondon and N ew York in th e late 1950s. T his co l­ lection includes th e original scripts for th e play (ca. 1951), w ith c o r r e c t io n s a n d a d d itio n s b y F aulkner, F ord, and o th e rs in p rep aratio n for a stage production, to g e th e r w ith la te r scripts r e ­ worked by F ord a n d d ire c to r T ony R ichardson for the London and N ew York perform ances, C o rre ­ spondence, p h o to g rap h s, and clippings relatin g to the play and F o rd 's frien d sh ip with F a u lk n e r are an im p o rtan t se g m en t o f th is fine collection. • T h e L ib r a r y o f t h e U N I V E R S I T Y O F I l l i n o i s a t U r b a n a - C h a m p a i c n has recen tly acq u ired an im p o rtan t collection of books an d m a­ terials by o r relatin g to th e A m erican w rite r Ben H echt (1894-1964). The collection includes all o f H e c h t’s first e d itio n s b u t o n e , th e first B ritish and paperback ed itio n s in m ost cases, a selection o f im p o rtan t re p rin ts, several sets o f v ariant e d i­ tions, several d o zen item s (books, m agazines, an ­ thologies) w ith H e c h t c o n trib u tio n s, m im eograph copies of five H e c h t scree n p la y s, a small packet of lette rs, and a few m iscellaneous item s such as typescripts, playbills, pressbooks, and th e like. T he five u n p u b lish e d sc ree n p la y s are o f special i n t e r e s t . H e c h t w as th e f o r e m o s t A m e ric a n sc re e n w rite r o f his e ra . T h is acq u isitio n b rin g s th e Illin o is c o lle c tio n to fifte e n u n p u b l i s h e d H echt screenplays, in clu d in g several ra re u n p ro ­ d u ced item s— p e rh a p s th e larg est such collection in Am erican research libraries. The U niversity o f Illinois L ibrary has also r e ­ c e iv e d th ro u g h an a n o n y m o u s gift th e o rig in a l ty p escrip t of th e leg en d ary M arilyn M onroe biog­ r a p h y w r i t te n b y H e c h t b u t p u b lis h e d tw ic e u n d e r m ysterious c ircu m stan ces and w ith o u t his name. • T h e L ib r a r y o f t h e U N I V E R S I T Y O F C a l i f o r n i a , S a n t a B a r b a r a , re c e n tly ac­ q u ire d seventy-six E z ra P o u n d le tte rs, all d atin g from th e S t . E liza b eth p eriod. T h irty -th re e o f th e s e w e re p u rc h a se d b y th e F rie n d s of th e UCSB L ib rary and d o n a te d in July 1977 to e n h a n c e an ex istin g lib ra ry stre n g th in Pound and in tw e n tie th -c e n tu ry A m erican lite ra ­ tu re in g eneral. This p artic u la r se g m en t o r c o rre ­ spondence is a unified e n tity , since it contains all the le tte rs th at passed b e tw e e n Pound and John T heobald, a scholarly c o rre sp o n d a n t in California, p r o v i d in g t h e c o n t i n u i t y Of b o th t h r u s t a n d riposte. Two faculty m e m b e rs of th e UCSB E n g ­ lish D e p a rtm e n t, Professors D onald P earce and H e r b e r t S c h n e id a u , will c o lla b o ra te in e d itin g and p u b lish in g th e co rre sp o n d en ce. T he initial p u rch ase of th e P o u n d -Theobald le t­ ters attra c te d two m ore d onations from scholars w ho h ad b e e n in c o r re s p o n d e n c e w ith P o u n d d u rin g th e sam e hospital perio d . F o u rte e n Pound letters w ere given b y E lisab eth S ch n eid er, p ro ­ fessor e m e r itu s o f U C S B , a n d tw e n ty -n in e by D onald Pearce. All of th e seventy-six le tte rs are in th e D e p a r tm e n t o f S p ecial C o lle c tio n s a n d available for research. To su p p le m e n t this m aterial, th e library p u r ­ chased a special e d itio n of P o u n d ’s Sixteen C a n ­ tos, on W atm an p a p e r w ith illum inated capitals, a rare and exquisitely beautiful book th at is im p o r­ tant to th e L ib rary ’s P rin te rs C ollection as well as to th e Pound C ollection. • T he N e w J e r s e y H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y had accessioned and in v en to rie d th re e m anuscript collections that chiefly co n cern th e arch itectu ra l history o f N ew Je rsey and o th e r states: (1) Essex C o u n ty , N ew Je rse y , b u ild in g c o n tra c ts, 1852­ 1916, in c lu d in g sp e cificatio n s and a rc h ite c tu ra l draw ings; (2) W illiam E. L eh m an , A rchitect, an indexed se rie s of a r c h ite c tu ra l d raw in g s, 1896­ 1940, for m o re th a n 1,000 p u b lic a n d p riv a te stru ctu res in N ew Je rse y a n d b ey o n d , desig n ed by this New ark firm; and (3) G eorge W . K ra m e rs D om estic, C ivil and E cclesiastical A rc h ite c tu re‚ a sc rap b o o k d o c u m e n tin g his fifty-year c a r e e r in O hio, N ew York, and N ew Je rsey b e tw een 1873 and 1920. • T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s a t D a l l a s recen tly a n n o u n ced th e esta b lish m e n t o f a m ajor aeronautical h istory collection in co rp o ratin g two of th e largest and finest collections on th e su b ­ je c t. O n e collection, th e H istory of Aviation C ol­ 108 ­ lection, was c reated in 1963 by G eorge H adda- way of Dallas and was h o u se d initially on th e Au­ stin cam pus. This collection of thousands o f item s contains m any ra re books, journals, manuals, and technical re p o rts as well as a variety o f artifacts. H add aw a y w as e d ito r a n d p u b lis h e r o f F lig h t magazine for forty-three years. The o th e r collection was th e personal collection o f Admiral C h a rles E. R osendahl, who was th e m ajor p ro p o n en t of lig h ter-th an -air flight in th e U nited S tates for m ore than fifty years until his d e a th in 1977. This collection contains an e sti­ m ated one million pieces, including co rre sp o n d ­ en ce, photographs, books, technical m anuals and rep o rts, m em orabilia, and one-of-a-kind dirigible hardw are. O n e of th e m ost significant aspects o f the collection is R osendahl s v olum inous c o r re ­ spondence with all th e m ajor and m inor figures in the d e v elo p m en t of lighter-than-air flight in th e U nited States and G erm any. T hese collections will be organized by a full­ tim e cu ra to r and h o used in a new ly rem o d e le d special collections area p ro v id in g extensive d is ­ play and storage space. • In 1971 w h en th e U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E N N E S S E E a t K n o x v i l l e lo cated and a c q u ire d n in e journals p rin te d b e tw e e n 1794 and 1796 by G eo rg e R oulstone, T e n n e s s e e ’s first p rin te r, it was c o n s id e re d in b o o k m e n ’s c irc le s to b e an e v e n t of m ajor significance. U n til d isc o v ery o f that group of im prints, th e Southw est T errito ry and early T e n n essee jo u rn als w e re so elusive that some of th em w e re th o u g h t not to exist in origi­ nal p rin te d form. To em phasize th e im portance o f the find, th e library issued in its Occasional P u b ­ lication series a bibliographical catalog called The Lost Roulstone Im p rin ts. Now, six years later, th e library has had th e in­ c re d ib le good fo rtu n e to o b tain n in e m ore im ­ prints from G eorge R oulstone’s Knoxville press. T h is tim e th e find i n c lu d e s t h e A cts o f t h e Southw est T errito ry for 1794 and 1795, th e Acts of th e State o f T en n e sse e for 1796 through 1801, a n d The C o n s titu tio n o f th e U n ite d S ta te s o f America to which is prefixed th e C onstitution o f the State o f Tennessee, p rin te d in 1799 F o r most o f th e acts, only a few copies have b een re p o rte d in o th e r libraries; and in the case of th e 1796 acts and th e 1799 constitution, only single copies have previously b een recorded. Like the e a rlie r nine item s, these are bound to g e th e r in one volume. T he new pieces b rin g th e Special Collections h o ld in g s o f R o u lsto n e im p rin ts to tw en ty -tw o , and this p e rh a p s c o m p rise s th e m ost co m p le te Roulstone collection to be found. The highly e ste e m e d exam ples from T e n n e s­ se e ’s p io n e e r p re s s w e re p r e s e n te d to S pecial C ollections b y an east T en n e sse e a tto rn ey and his wife who w ish to rem ain unidentified. Although the g iv e rs’ d e s ire for a n o n y m ity m u st b e r e ­ spected, th e library’s profound g ratitude n e e d not be concealed. • P u r d u e U n i v e r s i t y a n n o u n c e s th e a c ­ q uisition o f a ty p e w ritte n , critical edition by P ro ­ fessor W e rn e r Stark o f Je rem y R entham ’s m an u ­ script on Private D eontology. Stark, an honorary p r o f e s s o r o f so c io lo g y a t t h e U n iv e r s ity o f Salzburg and a fo rm er visiting professor at P u r­ d u e, b e q u e a th e d his critical edition of th e origi­ nal text a n d an accom panying microfilm copy o f it to th e S pecial C o lle c tio n s . D e p a r tm e n t in th e K rannert Library, P u rd u e U niversity. T he 216-leaf ty p e w ritte n m an u scrip t w ith ex ­ te n s iv e h o lo g ra p h n o te s is S ta r k ’s e d itio n o f R e n th a m ’s P rivate D e o n to lo g y (E th ic s), w hich rem ained unpu b lish ed d u rin g his lifetim e (1748­ 1832). Although unfinished, th e m anuscript is e s­ sentially w hat R entham w ould have e n tru ste d to som e ed ito r, who th en would have organized th e form at m ore tightly, rem oved re p e titio n s, filled gaps, and sm oothed th e transitions. In this m anu­ script R entham ad d resses th e com plex issues of the relation of d u ty and in te re st from th e vantage p oint o f his already estab lish ed utilitarian p rin ci­ ples. Although R entham had already raised these issues in an oblique m an n er in his Introduction to the Principles o f M orals a n d Legislation (1789), it is only in his m anuscript on deontology that he confronts them head on. In 1834, Sir John R ow ring (1792-1872) p u b ­ lished a tw o-volum e version o f th e deontology e n ­ titled D eontology o r The science o f morality: in which the harm ony and co-incidence o f d u ty and s e l f in te re st, v ir tu e a n d fe lic ity , p ru d e n c e a n d benevolence‚ are explained and examplified. This edition was, how ever, im m ediately rep u d iated by Rentham s colleagues, John S tu art Mill and F ra n ­ cis Place, as b ein g biased and inaccurate. Stark's ed itio n , based upo n re se a rc h from th e original R entham p ap ers a t U niversity College, London, corrects th e deficiencies of th e Bowring edition and for th e first tim e p re s e n ts a sy stem atic a r ­ ra n g e m e n t o f a u th e n tic B e n th a m m ate ria ls on private deontology. • Rose M em orial L ibrary at D r e w U N I V E R ­ S I T Y , M adison, N ew J e rse y , is p le a s e d to a n ­ nounce th e acquisition of the M aser C ollection of W e s le y a n a . G iv e n b y F r e d e r i c k E. M a s e r o f Philadelphia in honor o f his wife, M ary Louise Jarden M aser, th e co llectio n su b stan tially a u g ­ m ents D rew ’s already extensive holdings o f item s related to John W esley, his family, and th e b e ­ ginnings and history o f M ethodism . At a dedication cerem o n y held at the library on O ctober 31, 1977, M aser shared w ith th e au d i­ e n c e som e of his and his w ife’s ex p e rie n c e s in forty years on th e trail of elusive item s o f W es­ leyana. H e attrib u te d his decision to give th e col­ lection to D rew to th e in te re st and enthusiasm of D re w ’s M ethodist lib ra rian , K en n eth E. Rowe. T he c o llectio n was a c c e p te d for th e u n iv e rsity and the library by A rth u r E. Jones, Jr., d irecto r of the Rose M emorial Library. The M aser C ollection consists of 362 item s, of 109 which 145 are first ed itio n s. S everal volum es are u n iq u e , h aving b e e n asso ciated w ith m e m b e rs o f th e W esley family or e a rly colleagues in th e r e ­ vival. B e sid es p r in te d books a n d p a m p h le ts by th e W esleys, th e collection c o n tain s forty-seven m a n u sc rip t ite m s. D re w 's h o ld in g s o f W e sle y s le tte rs, already th e larg est o u tsid e E ngland, w e re in c re a s e d to 120 b y th e a d d itio n o f 15 in t h e M a ser C o lle c tio n . A sm all g ro u p o f c o m p a n io n pieces, in th e form o f books and p am p h lets a b o u t W esley and M e th o d ism b y b o th a d h e re n ts a n d d e t r a c t o r s , is a lso i n c lu d e d . T h ir ty - fiv e e a r ly p rin ts of W esley ro u n d o u t th is exceptional col­ lection. • T h e C a l i f o r n i a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , N o r t h r i d g e (C SU N ), lib ra rie s have c o lle c te d 2,000 titles o f th e L ittle Blue Books, w ith topics r a n g in g fro m t h e T e n C o m m a n d m e n t s to so c ialism . M any H a ld e m a n - J u liu s b o o k s w e r e classics, w ith selections from th e works o f Zola, W hitm an, Longfellow, and S h ak esp eare in clu d ed a m ong th e titles in th e C S U N collection, In a tim e o f stric t ce n so rsh ip , H aldem an-Julius p u b lish ed p io n e e rin g w orks on sex and sex e d u c a ­ tion. T he price of th e L ittle Blue Books, w hich averaged ten ce n ts, m ad e th e m e n o rm o u sly p o p u ­ lar. B ecause of th e ir small size, th e y w ere easily tran sp o rtab le, a n d it is know n th a t 1,500 L ittle B lue Books a c c o m p a n ie d A d m iral B yrd on h is 1929 jo u rn e y to L ittle A m erica. L ittle Blue Books a re now c o llecto r’s item s, b u t in th e 1920s th e y could b e p u rc h a se d at a special H a ld e m a n - J u liu s b o o k s to r e in d o w n to w n L os A ngeles. T h e sto re , a “ m e c c a o f w r itte rs , s t u ­ d e n ts , e d u c a to rs ," o p e n e d in M ay 1924 in th e M e rc a n tile A rcad e B u ild in g . In o n e d ay m o re than 1,964 individual sales o f L ittle Blue Books w ere m ade. T h e L ittle Blue Books b ro u g h t good read in g to m illions for th e p ric e o f a few p en n ies. • In th ese days of a u s te re b u d g e ts and talk o f “holding o p e ra tio n s,” it is h e a rte n in g to a n n o u n c e the acquisition o f a m ajor collection by a u n iv e r­ sity lib ra ry , in th is c a s e th e U N I V E R S I T Y O F C a l i f o r n i a , L o s A n g e l e s . M ore than tw en ty h i t e r to u n p u b lis h e d — a n d for th e g r e a t e r p a r t unk n o w n —le tte rs from E z ra Pound to R aym onde C ollignon, for w hom he co m p o sed his first songs, to g eth er with th e co m p le te m em o rab ilia o f Mile. C o llig n o n , h a v e b e e n o b ta in e d from h e r so n , Alain G aspard-M ichel, h eir o f th e later A lexandre G asp ard -M ichel, m arquis d ’Aubignosc. John E spey, e m e ritu s p ro fesso r of E nglish, says th a t “ th is is th e m o st i m p o r ta n t g a th e r in g o f P o u n d a n d P o u n d -r e la te d m a te ria l to b e c o m e available in y ears, and it is a p p ro p ria te th a t it b e h o used h e re a t U C LA , w h e re it in creases o u r al­ re a d y c o n s id e ra b le h o ld in g s, b o th p r in te d a n d m anuscript. It adds stre n g th to th e P o u n d -M u n ro c o rre sp o n d en ce a c q u ire d th ro u g h th e acu m en o f C h a rles G ullans, and it in crease s o u r specialized m aterial related to th e D e p a rtm e n ts o f M usic and T h e a t e r A rts . R a y m o n d e C o llig n o n p r o v i d e d P o u n d w ith h is s in g in g m o d el for th e c lo sin g ‘M ed allio n ’ o f his su m m ary se q u e n c e H u g h Sel- wyn M a u b erley , a n d in o n e of th e p rin te d works in this collection she identifies h e rse lf th u s in h e r own hand. It is all tre m e n d o u sly ex citin g .” E sp ey may be said to speak not only w ith ex­ c ite m e n t b u t w ith a m e a s u re o f a u th o rity . H is m onograph, E zra P o u n d s “M a uberley A S tu d y in C om p o sitio n , was p u b lish e d by th e U niversity o f C alifornia Press in A m erica and F a b e r & F a b e r in London (1955). H e is obviously e a g e r to sta rt work on this new m aterial, which will en larg e th e se rio u s c o n s id e r a tio n o f P o u n d as c o m p o s e r, re v iv e r of p a st m o d es, a n d th e o r is t o f m elodic tradition. T h is a s p e c t of Pound rem ains largely un ex p lo red . E ven h isto ria n s o f m usic are often s u rp ris e d to learn th a t w e ow e th e survival o f much of Vivaldi’s w ork to P o u n d ’s early insistence on its tra n sc rip tio n from m a n u s c rip ts la te r d e ­ stroyed d u rin g W orld W ar II T h ro u g h th e good offices o f th e chancellor, th e u n iv ersity lib ra rian , the h ead of Special C o llec­ tions, and th e F rie n d s of th e UCLA L ibrary, th e first p a y m e n t h as b e e n se c u re d . An in d iv id u al fund has b e e n se t up by th e F rie n d s to co v er th e rem ain d er. C o n trib u tio n s should be m ade o u t to The F rie n d s o f th e U CLA L ib rary a n d m arked Pound/C ollignon C ollection. • C a p i t a l U n i v e r s i t y L ibrary, C olum bus, O hio, has receiv ed an additional 239 books to b e ad d ed to its Lois L enski C ollection. D o n ated by S te p h e n C ovey, son o f th e late Lois L enski, th e r e c e n t g ift b r in g s th e to ta l c o lle c tio n to 556 item s. T he collection co n tain s L enski’s personal library o f first copy, first e d itio n books th at she w rote and illu strated , as w ell as foreign language ed itio n s of h e r books, Also am ong th e collection a r e m a n u s c r ip ts , o r ig in a l i l l u s t r a t i o n s , ta p e d readings and in terv ie w s w ith th e au th o r, a n d p e r ­ sonal m em orabilia, le tte rs, and diaries. L enski’s g en ero u s gifts to C apital L ibrary d a te back to 1965 w hen h e r n e ic e was a s tu d e n t in ch ild re n s lite ra tu re classes at C apital. The collec­ tion is now th e larg est d e p o sito ry o f Lois L enski m a te ria l a n d se rv e s as a v a lu a b le re so u rc e for s tu d e n ts a n d te a c h e r s o f c h ild r e n ’s lite r a tu r e . C a p ita l’s collection also c o n tain s several original illustrations an d m a n u sc rip ts of H a rd ie G ram atky and M arion Renick. • T h e D an n ie a n d H e ttie H e in e m a n C o lle c ­ tion, o n e o f th e m ost d istin g u is h e d lib ra ries o f rare books a n d m a n u sc rip ts in p riv a te h an d s, has b e e n g iv e n to T H E P l E R P O N T M O R G A N L I ­ B R A R Y. O f th e a p p ro x im a te ly 1,000 books a n d 1,500 m a n u sc rip ts and le tte rs , n early all a re o f lite ra ry , m usical, h isto rical, o r scientific im p o r­ tance M any w ould b e national tre a su re s in th e co u n trie s of th e ir origins. T h e se include g roups o f l e t t e r s a n d m a n u s c r i p t s b y G o e t h e , H e i n e , F la u b e rt, L am artin e, d e M aupassant, R ousseau, N apoleon, L eib n itz, S c h o p e n h a u e r, and E in stein . T h e m u sica l m a n u s c rip ts in c lu d e tw o p ia n o 110 concertos in M ozart’s auto g rap h (K. 467 and K. 537), S ch u b ert's E rlkönig, and im p o rtan t pieces by B ach, B e e th o v e n , C h o p in , M e n d e ls s o h n , B rah m s, a n d W a g n e r. T h e r e a re e ig h t illu m i­ n a te d m a n u s c rip ts , o n e o f w h ich is th e G r e a t H ours of H en ry th e E ig h th m ade in F ra n ce ab o u t 1520 by Je a n B o u rd ic h o n o r h is sc h o o l. T h e p r in te d books in c lu d e first e d itio n s, o fte n i n ­ scribed, by leading F re n c h w riters such as Bal­ zac, A natole F ra n c e , F la u b e rt, de M aupassant, M é rim é e , R enan, V e rla in e , and Zola. G o e th e , H e in e , and Schiller a re well re p re se n te d am ong the G erm an authors. T he H einem an C ollection is a su p e rb addition to the Morgan L ibrary and stre n g th e n s its h o ld ­ ings in many areas. It had b een on d e p o sit at th e library since 1962, and a d escrip tiv e catalog o f the collection was p u b lish e d in 1963. GRANTS • G ran t assistance o f $204,000 for th e su p p o r o f o p e r a t i n g a n d d e v e lo p m e n t c o s ts r e c e n tly a w a rd e d to th e M I D W E S T R E G I O N L I B R A R Y N e t w o r k (M ID L N E T ) by th e Bush F oundation of St. Paul, M innesota, wiíl en a b le M ID L N E T to reach a p o in t w h e re in co m e from se rv ices an d o th e r ongoing sources of incom e will sustain th e organization on a p e rm a n e n t basis. T he perio d o f the g rant ex ten d s through 1980. A portion o f th is g ran t, to be ad ded to an e a r ­ lier g ran t aw ard ed by th e C ouncil on L ibrary R e­ sources, will su p p o rt th e position o f M ID L N E T technical adviser. This position is held b y O. W. C a im s, recen tly assigned to M ID L N E T by H E W for a tw o-year period, C a im s is now exploring al­ ternatives th a t will p erm it rapid d ev elo p m en t o f a range of services desig n ed to m e e t those n e e d s o f M id w e st lib ra rie s th a t can b e a d d re s s e d m o st cost-effectively on a regional scale. D etails of th e above and o th e r M ID L N E T ac­ tivities will b e re p o rte d on a c o n tin u in g basis in th e M I D L N E T N e w s l e t t e r , a v a ila b le f r e e o f charge from M ID L N E T , U W C B , 2420 N icolet Rd., G reen Bay, W I 54302. MEETINGS & WORKSHOPS A P R I L 2 7 -2 8 : An I N S T I T U T E O N F E D E R A L D o c u m e n t a n d I n f o r m a t i o n a c c e s s i b i l ­ i t y will be held on th e cam pus o f A m erican U n i­ versity, W ashington, D C. Joseph Becker, m e m b e r of th e N ational C o m ­ m ission on L ibrary and Inform ation Science, will discuss issues and p rio rities o f federal d o c u m e n t a n d in fo rm a tio n a c c e s s ib ility . P e t e r U rb a c h , d e p u ty d ire c to r of th e N ational Technical Infor­ m ation Service, will speak on th e role o f NTIS. Jam es O ’Neill, d e p u ty archivist o f th e U n ite d States, will discuss th e p re se n t and fu tu re federal policies co n cern in g g o v ern m en t-w id e declassifica­ tion of docum ents. In stitu te p articip an ts will have an o p p o rtu n ity to join an o p en forum on federal policy th at will featu re Jam es B. Rhoads, archivist of th e U n ited S tates, and W illiam T. Knox, d ire c ­ tor, NTIS, D e p a rtm e n t o f C om m erce. F or inform ation, w rite o r call Lowell H a tte ry or M elinda B eard, C o lleg e of Public Affairs, T h e A m erican U n iv e rsity , W a sh in g to n , D C 20016; (202) 686-2513. M a y 19-20; A C o n f e r e n c e o n L C C l a s s i ­ f i c a t i o n a n d C a l l N u m b e r s will be h e ld on the U niversity o f N orth C arolina (UNC) C h a p el Hill cam pus. It is in te n d e d to give particip an ts some fram ew ork for in te rp re tin g LC classification sc h ed u les, ap p ly in g th e m , and co n stru c tin g LC call n u m b e rs co m p le te w ith c u tte r n u m b e rs. I t should se rv e as an in tro d u c tio n or refresh er for those w ith little e x p e rie n c e in application b u t also will b enefit th o se ex p e rie n c e d LC users who still h a v e d if fic u lty in i n t e r p r e t i n g p a r t s o f t h e schem e. Speakers will include A n n ette Phinazee, d ean , School o f L ibrary S cience, N orth C arolina t C e n tral U niversity; A rlene T. D ow ell, au th o r of C ataloging with Copy; and a re p re se n ta tiv e from the Subject C ataloging D ivision, L ibrary o f C o n ­ gress. F o r fu rth e r inform ation con tact th e Office of C o n tin u in g E ducation, U N C E xtension D iv i­ sion, 204 A b e m e th y Hall 002A, C hapel H ill, NC 27514. M a y 2 5 -2 6 : E c o n o m i c I n f o r m a t i o n i n G o v e r n m e n t P u b l i c a t i o n s will be th e c e n ­ tral th em e of th e Fifth A nnual W orkshop o f th e N ew York S ta te G o v e r n m e n t D o c u m e n t T ask F orce in th e C o m m u n ity C e n te r at N azareth C ol­ lege, R ochester, N ew York. Speakers will include p r o d u c e r s a n d u s e rs o f e c o n o m ic in fo rm a tio n g e n e ra te d from various g o v e rn m e n ta l agencies. F o r d e ta ils c o n ta c t C h r is tin e R yan, L ib ra ria n / R esearch Analyst, C e n te r for G o v ern m en tal Re­ se a rc h , 37 S. W a s h in g to n S t., R o c h e ste r, NY 14608; (716) 325-6360. M a y 3 0 - J u n e 2: C a ld w ell C o lleg e, C aldw ell, N ew J e rs e y , w ill be th e s ite o f a L i b r a r y ­ C o l l e g e w o r k s h o p th at will enable teachers, adm inistrators, and m edia specialists at all levels o f th e educational system to study th e L ib rary ­ C ollege co n cep t in d e p th . Two hours of graduate c re d it are available. F o r fu rth e r inform ation c o n ­ tact L ib rary -C o lleg e A ssociates, In c., Box 956, N orm an, OK 7 3 0 7 0 . J u n e 5—16: F o r th e sixth y ear, th e C a th o lic U n iv ersity of A m erica G ra d u a te D e p a rtm e n t o f L ib ra ry and In fo rm a tio n S c ie n c e is o ffe rin g a tw o -w e e k w o rk sh o p o n L i b r a r i e s a n d t h e P o l i t i c a l P r o c e s s i n W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . T h e first w eek d eals w ith th e federal g o v ern m en t, and th e lead er for th e sixth con secu tiv e y e a r is R obert W. Frase. T h e second w eek d eals w ith state and local g o v ern m en ts and th e ir interaction w ith b o th g o v e r n m e n t a g e n c ie s a n d n o n ­ governm ental organizations a t th e national level. T h e leader for th e th ird consecutive y e a r is Al­ phonse F. Trezza. The first w eek is alm ost e n tire ly “in th e field” 111 and includes a tte n d a n c e a t h earin g s on legislation of in te re st to lib ra ries and d iscussions w ith m e m ­ b e r s o f C o n g r e s s , c o m m i t t e e sta ff, e x e c u tiv e agencies c o n cern ed w ith lib ra ries, and re p re s e n ­ tatives o f educational a n d b u sin e ss g roups w ith a shared in te re s t in fe d e ra l p ro g ra m s affecting li­ braries. T h e w o rk s h o p m u s t b e lim ite d to a p p r o x i­ m ately tw en ty p a rtic ip a n ts b e c a u se th e offices o f m any o f th e c o n g re ss io n a l, g o v e rn m e n ta l, a n d o t h e r officials in v o lv e d w ill n o t a c c o m m o d a te large groups. F o r f u r t h e r in f o r m a t i o n c o n t a c t J o h n J. G ilheany, D ire c to r o f C o n tin u in g E d u catio n , T he C a th o lic U n iv ersity o f A m erica, W ashington, D C 20054. J u n e 12-13: A W o r k s h o p o n C a t a l o g i n g A u d i o - V i s u a l M a t e r i a l s will b e offered by th e U n iv ersity of W a s h in g to n School o f L ib rar- ian sh ip . It w ill c o v e r t h e d e v e lo p m e n t o f AV cataloging ru les and fu tu re tre n d s, with em p h asis on t h e c h a n g e s in t h e s e c o n d e d itio n o f t h e A nglo-A m erican C ataloging R u les. In clu d ed will b e a p r e s e n t a t i o n on P r o je c t M e d ia B ase b y G erald Brong, senior au th o r of th e p ro je c t re p o rt, a n d a d e m o n s tr a tio n o f AV c a ta lo g in g in t h e W ashington L ib rary N etw o rk o n -lin e system . T h e w o r k s h o p l e a d e r is V iv ia n S c h r a d e r , h e a d , Audio-Visual Section, D escrip tiv e Cataloging, L i­ brary of C ongress. F o r fu rth e r inform ation c o n ­ tact: S h o rt C o u rse s R e g is tra tio n , U n iv e rs ity o f W ashington, D W -5 0 , S eattle, W A 98195. J u n e 19-30: T h e U n iv ersity of M aryland, C o l­ le g e P ark , w ill s p o n s o r a P R E C I S T r a i n i n g C O U R S E . It is in te n d e d for p erso n s w ho w ish to b ecom e p ro ficien t in P R E C IS indexing and will be based on th e lectu res, m aterials, and exercises used in th e tra in in g of P R E C IS indexers a t th e B ritish L ibrary in L ondon. T he n u m b e r of p a rtic ­ ipants will b e lim ited to th irty ; th e fee is $200. F o r f u rth e r in fo rm atio n c o n ta c t H an s H. W el- lisch, D ire c to r, P R E C IS T rain in g C o u rse , C o l­ lege o f L ibrary and Inform ation S ervices, U n iv e r­ sity o f M aryland, C o lleg e Park. M D 20740; (301) 454-5441 J u n e 3 0 - J u l y 2: W o m e n L i b r a r y W o r k ­ e r s , form ed in July 1975 to co m b at sex d isc rim i­ nation in th e lib ra ry field, an n o u n c e s a national conference- It will be h e ld at C arroll C ollege in W a u k e s h a , W is c o n s in , n e a r M ilw a u k e e . F o r th o se going to th e ALA A nnual C o n fe re n c e in Chicago, please no te th at th e W L W co n feren ce is im m ediately after and tra n sp o rta tio n inform ation (two hours) will b e available. Room (Friday and S atu rd ay nights) and b o ard will b e p ro v id e d at Carroll College. C o st, inclu d in g reg istratio n and room and board, will be approxim ately $50. The co nference focus will b e an in ten siv e skills w o r k s h o p , in six s e s s io n s , o n o r g a n iz in g strategies: assessing p o w er, using politics, d efin ­ ing issu e s, and u sin g s tra te g y in tak in g actio n . Any o f th e s e skills m ay be used as a p rocess in in d iv id u a l a c tio n (w ith c o -w o rk e rs , fam ily , o r friends) o r g ro u p action (as in m o nitoring h irin g processes o r d o in g c o m p arab le pay surveys). In addition, th e re will b e re p o rts from W L W c h a p ­ te rs a n d sh a rin g o f in fo rm a tio n and id e a s from around th e co untry. A lthough space is lim ite d (150) and p re fe re n c e will b e given to W L W m e m b e rs, th e co n feren ce is o p en to all w ho wish to p a rticip ate. F o r fu rth e r details and reg istratio n inform ation w rite: W L W C o n feren ce, Ju d y T u rn e r, 1969 N. F arw ell A ve. , M ilw aukee, W I 53202. R eg istra tio n closes May 15. JULY 23-28: H arv ard U n iv e rsity ’s L ab o rato ry for C o m p u te r G raphics and Spatial Analysis has an n o u n ced a five-day I N T E R N A T I O N A L U S E R S C o n f e r e n c e o n C o m p u t e r M a p p i n g S o f t w a r e a n d D a t a B a s e s : A p p l i c a t i o n a n d D i s s e m i n a t i o n . T h e c o n fe re n c e will re v ie w th e w ork o f H a r­ vard, o th e r organizations, an d federal, sta te , and local g o v e r n m e n ta l a g e n c ie s u s in g c o m p u t e r m ap p in g p ro g ram s. P a rtic u la r em p h asis will b e placed on u se r application, softw are and d a ta base availability, resea rch re su lts on th e p rin cip le s o f them atic m ap d esig n , and m ore effective p ro c e ­ d u re s for c o m p u te r softw are and d a ta base d is­ trib u tio n , as well as case s tu d ie s of u se r applica­ tions and u s e r costs. 112 i­ P a rtic ip a n ts m ay a tte n d t h e c o m p le te five-day p ro g ra m o r se le c te d w o rk sh o p s. F o r f u rth e r in ­ f o rm a tio n , c o n t a c t P e g g e K ilb u r n , C e n t e r fo r M a n a g e m e n t R e s e a r c h , 8 5 0 B o y ls to n S t . , C h e s tn u t H ill, MA 02167; (617) 7 3 8 -5021. A u g u s t 7 -1 8 : T h e W a s h i n g t o n S u m m e r I n s t i t u t e o n F e d e r a l L i b r a r y R e s o u r c e s sp o n so red b y th e C a th o lic U n iv e rsity o f A m erica. T h e in stitu te , d ir e c te d b y F ra n k K u rt C y lk e, has a c arefu lly p la n n e d c u rric u lu m o f stu d y th a t has as its o b jectiv es to: id e n tify th e ro le o f th e fed eral lib ra rie s, in fo rm atio n c e n te r s , a n d d a ta b an k s in th e federal c o m m u n ity ; d isc u ss th e im p licatio n o f th e N ational C o m m issio n o n L ib ra rie s a n d In fo r­ m ation S cie n c e ’s p o s tu re as re la te d to fe d e ra l li­ b ra rie s; id en tify re so u rc e s , p u b lic a tio n s, a n d sp e ­ c ia liz e d s e rv ic e s p r o v id e d b y fe d e r a l lib ra rie s ; id e n tify re s o u rc e s a v a ila b le th r o u g h m a jo r g o v ­ e r n m e n t c le a rin g h o u se s, su c h as N T IS a n d E R IC ; c o m p a re th e in -o p e ra tio n o r th e in -p ro c e ss d e ­ v e lo p m e n t o f th e m ajo r fe d e ra l lib ra ry an d infor­ m a tio n se rv ic e s ; d isc u ss t h e im p lic a tio n s for li­ b ra rie s o f th e ex istin g sa te llite technology a n d to identify a n d a rtic u la te t h e fu n c tio n s p e rfo rm e d by th e F e d e ra l L ib ra ry C o m m itte e . F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a c t : J o h n J. G ilh e a n y , D ire c to r o f S u m m e r S essions a n d C o n ­ tin u in g E d u c a tio n , t h e C a th o lic U n iv e r s ity o f A m erica, W ash in g to n , D C 20064. MISCELLANY • M a r c u s A . M C C O R I S O N , d ir e c to r a n d l b r a r ia n o f t h e A m e r ic a n A n tiq u a r ia n S o c ie ty , W o rc e s te r, M a ssa c h u se tts, w as e le c te d p re s id e n t o f th e I n d e p e n d e n t R e se a rc h L ib ra rie s A ssocia­ tion (IRLA) at a m e e tin g Ja n u a ry 31 in th e F o lg e r S h a k e s p e a re L ib ra ry in W a sh in g to n . Jo s e p h D. D uffev, c h a irm a n o f th e N atio n al E n d o w m e n t for t h e H u m a n i t i e s , w as p r i n c i p a l s p e a k e r a t t h e m eetin g . IRLA is a g ro u p o f fifteen p riv a te ly e n d o w e d , in d e p e n d e n t l ib ra rie s w h o s e p r im a ry p u r p o s e s a re to c o llect, p re s e rv e , a n d p ro m o te re se a rc h in th e re c o rd s o f th e past. M e m b e rs o f th e associa­ tion are: A m erican A n tiq u a ria n Society, A m erican P h ilo so p h ical S o ciety , t h e Jo h n C r e r a r L ib ra ry , ACRIVEBSS E stablishes Ad Hoc Psychology/Psychiatry C om m ittee T h e A C R L E d u c a tio n a n d B e h av io ral S ci­ e n c e s S e c tio n h a s e s t a b l i s h e d an a d h o c P s y c h o l o g y / P s y c h i a t r y C o m m i t t e e . E B S S m e m b e r s w o r k i n g w i t h p s y c h o lo g y o r p sy c h iatry d e p a r tm e n ts o r lib ra rie s a re u rg e d to id e n tify th e m s e lv e s a n d to se n d su g g e stio n s for sh o rt- a n d lo n g -te rm goals a n d p o te n tia l E B S S p s y c h o l o g y /p s y c h i a t r y p r o g r a m s to V irginia P a rr, L ib ra ry , U n iv e rsity o f O re g o n , E u g e n e , O R 97403. th e F o lg e r S h a k e sp e a re L ib ra ry , L in d a H all L i­ b ra ry , th e H isto rical S o ciety o f P en n sy lv a n ia , th e H u n t i n g t o n L ib r a r y , t h e L ib r a r y C o m p a n y o f P h ila d e lp h ia , M a s s a c h u s e tts H is to r ic a l S o c ie ty , th e P ie rp o n t M o rgan L ib ra ry , th e N e w b e rry L i­ b ra ry , th e N ew York A cad e m y o f M e d ic in e , th e N ew York H isto rical S o ciety , t h e N ew York P u b ­ lic L ib r a r y ( A s to r, L e n o x , a n d T il d e n F o u n ­ d atio n s), and th e V irg in ia H isto ric a l Society. M cC orison h as b e e n d ir e c to r a n d lib ra ria n o f AAS s in c e 1967. H e s u c c e e d s L a w r e n c e W . T o w n e r, p r e s id e n t a n d lib ra ria n o f th e N e w b e rry L ib ra ry as p r e s id e n t o f IR LA . • F o rm a l p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e o n e m illio n th v o lu m e a c q u i r e d b y t h e li b r a r y o f W E S T E R N M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y — a r a re book, W illiam B e a u m o n t’s P h ysiology o f D ig estio n , w ith E x p e r ­ im ents o n th e G a stric J u ic e , v a lu e d at $500 b u t p u rc h a se d for 10 c e n ts a t a Jackson ju n k sh o p by a K alam azoo b o o k sto re o w n e r— w as m a d e Ja n u a ry 5 in a ca m p u s c e re m o n y . T h e b o o k , a se c o n d e d itio n , 1847, w as p r e ­ s e n te d officially to C a rl S a c h tle b e n , d ir e c to r o f W M U l i b r a r i e s , b y H a r o l d R. R e a m e s , K alam azo o p h y sic ia n a n d p r e s i d e n t , K alam azoo A c a d e m y o f M e d i c i n e (K A M ), a t t h e W M U W ald o L ib ra ry c e re m o n y . It w as d isc o v e re d in a J a c k s o n j u n k s h o p l a s t y e a r b y A r l e n e a n d V aughan B a b e r, o w n e rs o f th e B ice n te n n ia l B ook­ sh o p , K alam azoo. R e c e n t l y , M a r s h a l l M c D o n a l d , K a la m a z o o p hy sic ia n an d c o lle c to r ot old m edical b ooks, o b ­ ta in e d it at w ell b elo w its m a rk e t v alu e, th a n k s to t h e g e n e r o s i t y o f t h e B a b e r s a n d t h r o u g h a rra n g e m e n ts w ith W a y n e M a n n , u n iv e rsity a r ­ ch iv ist, for th e p re s e n ta tio n b y KAM to W e s te rn . T h e book will b e h o u se d in a Special C o lle c tio n R oom o f W a ld o L ib r a r y . W e s t e r n ’s 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 th vo lu m e was a facsim ile o f th e fam ed G u te n b e r g B ible, a c q u ire d te n y e a rs ago. • T h e P itts b u r g h R e g io n a l L ib ra ry C e n te r is p le a se d to a n n o u n c e th a t W E S T V I R G I N I A U N I ­ V E R S I T Y , M o rg a n to w n , has jo in e d th e reg io n al lib ra ry c o n s o rtiu m . O n F e b r u a ry 6 th e c e n t e r ’s ex e c u tiv e b o ard w e lc o m e d t h e u n iv e rsity to full m e m b e rsh ip . R o b e rt F . M u n n is d e a n o f lib ra ry se rv ices at th e u n iv e rsity . T h e P itts b u r g h R e g io n a l L ib r a r y C e n te r is a n o n p ro fit c o n s o rtiu m o f lib ra rie s th a t se ek s to im ­ p ro v e th e e ffe c tiv e n e ss o f its m e m b e r s th ro u g h c o o rd in a te d jo in t efforts. 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