ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries People P R O F IL E S J. Gormly Miller has been elected director of the Cornell University Libraries System by the university’s Board of Trustees, effective February 1, 1975. Miller, who from 1970 to February 1974 was deputy chief of the Central Library and Docu­ mentation Branch of the United Nation’s International Labor Agency in Geneva, Switzerland, first came to Cornell in 1946 as librarian in the School of Industrial and La­ bor Relations (IL R ). J. Gormly Miller He also taught under­ graduate and gradu­ ate courses in research methods in the ILR School, holding the titles of both librarian and professor before going to Geneva. He returned to Cornell in February of this year as a profes­ sor and librarian of the Martin P. Catherwood Library in the ILR School. In his new post Miller assumes responsibility for one of the na­ tion’s largest and most outstanding research li­ braries in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, numbering more than four million books. Miller received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Rochester in 1936 and a bachelor of science degree in library service from Columbia University in 1938. Miller has had numerous consulting and special assign­ ments in his field, including adviser, in 1961, to the Department of Labor Relations and Dean of Faculty of Economics of the Univer­ sity of Chile, Santiago, on plans for library program development, and consultant on plans for expanding library resources and reference and documentation services for the U.S. De-. partment of Labor from 1965 to 1970. Miller said, “Although the period of rapid ex­ pansion and growth which the Cornell Libraries shared with other major institutions during the 1960s has slowed, there hopefully will not be slowing of development. Growth and develop­ ment are not necessarily synonymous. I am con­ fident that the staff of the University Libraries can easily mobilize itself to work out ways of dealing with the variety of serious problems we are being faced with and to examine new ideas and new approaches. I am very keenly looking forward to working with them in developing and using to the university’s best advantage the tremendous base of resources that was built up here at Cornell under the leadership of Steve McCarthy, Dave Kaser, and Giles Shepherd.” Ms. Esther J. Walls has been appointed associate director of libraries at the State Uni­ versity of New York in Stony Brook. Her previ­ ous experiences in­ clude a variety of publishing and library positions, most recent­ ly, head of the Teach­ ers Central Labora­ tory/Education Li­ brary at Hunter Col­ lege of the City of New York. Prior to that, she held posi­ tions as director of the U.S. Secretariat for International Book Year, 1972, and as Esther J. Walls program officer for Franklin Book Pro­ grams, Inc. She began her career in the New York Public Library, where she held various ad­ ministrative and specialty service positions. Ms. Walls culminated her NYPL experience as di­ rector of the North Manhattan Library Project. Out-going chairman of the ALA Internation­ al Relations Committee, Ms. Walls was recently appointed to a two-year term as ALA repre­ sentative on the United States Commission for UNESCO. She also serves as member of the Board of Directors and vice-president for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF. When asked by the editor ot the News con­ cerning her appointment, Ms. Walls responded as follows: “I hope to make a contribution in strengthening the human and bibliographic re­ sources of the Stony Brook Libraries and to give special emphasis to the problems which relate to public relations and personnel. Since the Stony Brook Libraries are young in relation­ ship to many other university libraries, the challenge here is unique. My reward is the op­ portunity to participate in the process of effect­ ing change in a situation where one is not un­ duly restricted by tradition and historical pre­ rogatives.” A P P O I N T M E N T S E laine K. Albin—librarian, interlibrary ser­ vice—University of Texas, Austin. W anda R. Allen—librarian, serials records section—University of Texas, Austin. 23 NEW Up-To-Date Books From Noyes Data NOYES DATA has developed two new techniques of vital importance to those who wish to keep abreast of rapid changes in technology and business conditions: 1) our advanced publishing systems permit us to produce durably-bound books within a few months of manuscript acceptance; 2) our modern processing plant ships all orders on the day after they are received. 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Berman: Describes th e nature o f th e geothermal resources, th e ir e x te n t, and th e available te ch no lo g y b y w hich th e y can be ex­ p lo ite d . Earth heat can be used where h o t volcanic rocks are co m p a ra tive ly near th e surface and c irc u la tin g ground waters act as heat collectors. F rom th e data given it appears th a t several thousand megawatts is th e expectable order o f m agnitude fo r th e w o rld 's e x p lo ita b le geothermal energy resources. ISBN 0-81 5 5 -05 6 3 -9; $24 25 Susan B. Altan—browsing room librarian— Ohio State University, Columbus. Marie Bednar—Slavic library program— Pennsylvania State U niversity, University Park. G. Koolemans Beynen—Slavic bibliogra­ pher— Ohio State University, Columbus. Robert J. Bonner—director of libraries— Indiana University— Purdue U niversity at Indianapolis. Sally Bremner—head cataloger, learning resources center— Southern Alberta Insti­ tute of Technology, Calgary. Margot Bronner—reference librarian— State University of New York College at O neonta. Carolyn F. Bucknall—assistant director for collection development— University of Texas, Austin. Dwight Chambers—serial bibliographer— Ohio State University, Columbus. Ruth R. Corrigan—director of university libraries— Carnegie-Mellon Universty, Pitts­ burgh, Pennsylvania. Mina H. D aniels—head of cataloging de­ partm ent— Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Milim er D razic—director of library and learning resources center— Castleton State College, Castleton, Vermont. Anita W. Farber—serials cataloger— Uni­ versity of Texas, Austin. Beverly F eldman—reference librarian— Pennsylvania State University, Abington Campus. Nancy B. F owler—head of humanities di­ vision— Oklahoma State University, Still­ water. Sister D eborah H armeling, O.S.B.— head librarian, Athenaeum of Ohio—Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary Library, Norwood, Ohio. Joan B. H erring—information services and archives, Sandel Library— Northeast L ouisi­ ana University, Monroe. Soon D uck Kim—cataloger— Ohio State University, Columbus. Ake I. Koel—associate librarian for techni­ cal services— Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Carol Lagasse—head cataloger-—Rensse­ laer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. Larry D. Lahason—coordinator of technical services, Sandel Library— Northeast Louisi­ ana University, Monroe. Ronald G. Leach—director of the library— Lake Superior State College, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Barbara B. McCorkle—senior reference li­ brarian—Yale University, New Haven, Con­ necticut. Jean A. Major—head of undergraduate li­ braries office— Ohio State U niversity, Co­ lumbus. Lynn Murphy—reference librarian, Mans­ field Regional Library— Ohio State Univer­ sity, Mansfield. James N. Myers—assistant university li­ brarian for technical services— University of Arizona, Tucson. Ronald Nimmer—head, acquisition depart­ ment— Ohio State University, Columbus. Betsy Patterson—reference librarian— Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Marietta A. Plank—head of informational and instructional services, Undergraduate Li­ brary-—Pennsylvania State University, Uni­ versity Park. F rank Pozo—assistant librarian, reference services— State University of N ew York, Albany. M. Jamil Qureshi—director, Learning Ma­ terials Center— E l Paso Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. D avid Rosenfield—assistant librarian— State University of New York Agricul­ tural and Technical College, Delhi. Constance Ryan—assistant head of circula- From Obstruction to Destruction? Destruction of former president Nix­ on’s W hite House tapes “would be u n ­ pardonable,” warns this country’s leading oral historian, Louis M. Starr, head of Columbia University’s Oral History Col­ lection. “The world at large is cognizant of tapes and transcripts as never before,” writes Professor Starr, “all because Mr. Nixon decided th at his presidential li­ brary would go the JFK and LB J li­ braries one b etter when it came to oral history.” “President Ford’s lawyers contend that the Nixon tapes should be destroyed be­ cause they should never have been m ade,” said Professor Starr. “But the sit­ uation is similar to the case of W arren Harding’s letters to his mistress. Those probably shouldn’t have been written, b ut even Harding’s heirs agree they should be preserved for history.” The oral history movement began twenty-six years ago at Columbia. The Columbia collection, largest in the world, has been a model for hundreds of others. Offering a vast range of oral testimony about events as remembered by those who participated in them, it now num­ bers nearly 400,000 transcribed pages. tion services— State University of New York, Albany. Glenn R. Scharfenohth—director of li­ braries— De Paul University, Chicago, Illi­ nois. Tom Skinner—head of technical services, learning resources center—Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary. Martin A. Smith—librarian, Geological Ser­ vices Library— University of Texas, Austin. Martin B. Steffenson—health science in­ formation services librarian, Sandel Library— Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe. Joan Sussler—curator of prints, Lewis Wal­ pole Library—Yale University, Farmington, Connecticut. Susan Thorpe—assistant engineering li­ brarian—Purdue University Libraries and Au­ dio-Visual Center, West Lafayette, Indiana. George Vrooman—associate librarian for Networks and the University Library The published proceedings of the ACRL University Libraries Section pre­ conference institute on “The University Library’s Role in Information Networks” are now available, in a limited quantity, from the ACRL office. The institute was held in June 1973 in connection with the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. The proceedings, entitled Networks and the University Library, have been edited by LeMoyne W. Anderson, direc­ tor of libraries at Colorado State Univer­ sity and chairman of the University Li­ braries Section in 1972-73. The papers, published substantially as they were pre­ sented at the institute, treat the following aspects of the topic: a definition of net­ works; a philosophical basis for networks; discussions of five operational systems (OCLC, BALLOTS, MINITEX, TIE, and MARLIN); factors of success and of failure; jurisdictional and organization­ al constraints on networks; financial, pro­ cedural, and personnel constraints on net­ works; prospects for state and national plans; and a consideration of the future of networks. The proceedings are available at a cost of $3.00 each if prepaid or $5.00 each if an invoice is required. Checks should be made payable to the American Li­ brary Association. Requests for copies should be addressed to Beverly P. Lynch, ACRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. collection development—Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Mary E. Zobel—health science information services librarian, Sandel Library—Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe. R E T IR E M E N T Nancy K. Bird retired August 31, 1974, from the Library of F lorida State Universi­ ty, Tallahassee. She had been on the staff for twenty-eight years, serving as periodicals li­ brarian and later as interlibrary loan librarian. For the past fourteen years she had been head of special collections. D E A T H S Sister M. D enise Monahan, I.H.M., cata­ loging librarian at the Marywood College li­ brary in Scranton, Pennsylvania, died on Satur­ day, September 21, 1974. F. Bernice Field died on Monday, October 14, 1974, after a long illness. Ms. Field was a librarian at Yale University Library for thirty- six years, retiring June 30 as associate librarian for technical services. In 1966 Ms. Field was the recipient of the Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloging and Classification for her “Extraor­ dinary contributions to Librarianship, particu­ larly through her scholarly and practical lead­ ership in the area of descriptive cataloging; for her influential continuous participation in national, regional, and local professional associ­ ations; and in recognition of her sustained, dis­ tinguished performance for the Yale University Libraries.” ■ ■ Invitation to Reviewers Readers wishing to review books for College & Research Libraries may write to the editor, indicating their special in­ terests and qualifications. Address in­ quiries to Richard D. Johnson, Editor, College & Research Libraries, James M. Milne Library, State University College, Oneonta, NY 13820. 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