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participants would be required, by an ALA 
regulation, to p ay  th e fi fty-dollar registration 
fee!

W e felt th a t this was too much! W e were 
willing to fulfill our professional obligation by 
paying our own expenses to come to D etroit 
and expected no rem uneration for o ur tim e 
and services. W e think th a t professionalism is 
n o t unilateral. W e understand our responsibility 
tow ard our profession, b u t an organization such 
as th e American L ibrary Association m ust also 
respond professionally. To ask us, or our un i­
versities, to pay for an institute w here our p a r­
ticipation is to benefit others an d  n o t ourselves 
or our institutions appears to us to be m ost u n ­
professional.

O ur subsequent attem pts to determ ine the 
rationale for such a regulation have been w ith­
o u t success. W e have received replies from

various staff mem bers th a t th e regulation does 
exist—b u t no one seems to know why. This ex­
perience tends to confirm the often-expressed 
statem ent th a t ALA seems to operate more for 
th e  benefit of its staff than its m embership.

W e sincerely reg ret the inconvenience w e 
m ay have caused any librarian inconvenienced 
by th e cancellation of th e Pre-Conference In ­
stitute on Legal Bibliography. But if these events 
cause the American L ibrary Association to re­
examine this absurd regulation, we will know 
th a t all of the tim e and effort expended on the 
In stitu te will have a t least accomplished some 
good.

Respectfully subm itted, Roy M. Mersky, 
Professor of L aw  and D irector of Research, 
University of Texas, and J. Myron Jacobstein, 
L aw  L ibrarian and Professor of Law, Stan­
ford University. ■ ■

Personnel
A P P O I N T M E N T S

R obert J. Bassett has been nam ed under­
graduate librarian a t th e  University of Tennes­
see, Knoxville.

Mrs. Beatrice M. Beck is now librarian of 
the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic G arden, C lare­
mont, California.

D ale M. Bentz, formerly associate director 
of libraries a t th e University of Iowa, Iowa 
City, has been nam ed university librarian.

L inda Berman is now assistant acquisitions 
librarian a t N ew  York City Com munity Col­
lege.

Barbara Borden has been appointed art 
cataloger a t th e W illiams College library, W il­
liamstown, Massachusetts.

E arl C. Borgeson is now associate director 
of libraries for Stanford University, Stanford, 
California.

Richard H. Corson becomes librarian at 
the State University of N ew  York M aritime 
College, F o rt Schuyler, N ew  York, on Sep­
tem ber 4, 1970.

S. James Corvey has accepted the position 
of head cataloger in th e  central processing u n it 
at M iam i-D ade Junior College, Florida.

D r. L eslie W . Dunlap, formerly director of 
libraries a t th e University of Iowa, Iow a City, 
has been nam ed dean of library adm inistration.

Mrs. F elicia F elder is now undergraduate 
assistant reference librarian at th e University 
of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Mrs. Gail M. F itch was appointed instruc­
tor in library science and assistant serials li­
brarian in th e Texas A&M library effective 
April 1, 1970.

Mrs. C arol M. F oggin is now a cataloger at 
th e University of Tennessee library, Knoxville.

Raymond E. F rankle has been appointed 
assistant director for technical services in th e 
library of the new  Richard Stockton State Col­
lege, Galloway Township, N ew  Jersey.

Jere W. F razer has been appointed assist­
an t librarian-cataloger in th e  W ilson College 
library, Cham bersburg, Pennsylvania.

P eter H ia tt will be D irector, Continuing 
E ducation Program for L ibrary Personnel, W est­
ern Interstate Commission for H igher E d u ca­
tion, th e appointm ent effective Septem ber 1.

H elen Carol Jones is now a cataloger at 
th e University of Tennessee library, Knoxville.

E laine M. Keebler has joined the staff of 
E dinboro State College, Edinboro, Pennsylva­
nia, as serials librarian.

W illia m  R. L ee joins th e staff of the Iowa 
State University (A m es) library as instructor 
and physical sciences engineering bibliographer 
on Septem ber 1, 1970.

D ennis P. L eeper has been nam ed assistant 
director for reader services a t Edinboro State 
College, Edinboro, Pennsylvania.

John P. M cGovern, M.D., has received an 
honorary appointm ent as curator of rare books 
for the Houston Academy of M edicine library 
for th e  Texas M edical Center.

Katherine M. Markee has b een  appointed 
personnel officer in the Purdue University li­
braries. She was previously a m em ber of refer­
ence services a t Purdue.

Charles E. Miller has accepted th e ap­
pointm ent of assistant director of th e Tulane 
University library, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mrs. C harlotte Millis joins th e  staff of 
th e Lilly Library, W abash College, Craw fords­
ville, Indiana, in Septem ber as reference li­
brarian.



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