ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 28 News From th e Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S • Six volumes of a musical publication long out of print have been donated to the library at the U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , D a v i s by the family of a well-known area restaurateur in his memory. Presented through the Library Associates group at UCD by the family of Edwin I. Power were reprint volumes of “ Paleographie Musicale.” These were first pub­ lished by the Benedictines of the Congrega­ tion of France at Solosmes from 1889 under the editorship of several Benedictine music scholars. Additional volumes will be added by the family as they are republished. The set in­ cludes collections of the principal manuscripts of Ambrosian, Gregorian, Mozarabic, and Gal­ lican plainsong and totals nineteen volumes in all. The actual manuscripts are housed in many scattered libraries including the Bib­ liotheque National in Paris, Lucca, St. Gall, Chartres, Worcester, and The Vatican. Musical restoration was based upon close scrutiny of many manuscripts in several countries with the scholar-monks assuming that when manuscripts agreed the version closest to the original text had been found. • An important thirteenth century manu­ script was recently presented to the library at the 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 D ie g o by Norton S. Walbridge of La Jolla. The book, Incipit Orthographia, becomes the oldest vol­ ume in the U C S D library. It is a treatise on orthography, the art of spelling as a science, written by Parisius de Altedo. The manuscript is dated from a statement by the scribe, who wrote that he “ set his pen to work on the first o f May of 1297 a .d .” N o evidence has been found to prove that the book was ever pub­ lished in printed form. It is neatly written by hand on vellum and decorated throughout with initial letters in red and blue. The manuscript, which is in a beautiful state of preservation, is bound with heavy boards covered with old goathide. Five metal bosses are set on each cover to protect the volume from wear. Mel­ vin J. Voigt, university librarian, said the value of the book could not be put in terms of mon­ ey. “ Its primary value is that it is an example of a thirteenth century manuscript,” he said. • S a n D i e g o St a t e C o l l e g e library has acquired two collections recently: the Paul L. Pfaff Collection of Modern Rare Editions and the John McConnell Heraldry Collection. The Pfaff Collection of 200 items includes scarce limited, fine press, autographed, inscribed edi­ tions and other rarities of twentieth century poets, dramatists, novelists and others includ­ ing James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Samuel Beckett, Marianne Moore, Henry Miller, George Moore, Anais Nin, Eugene O’Neill, Archibald Mac- Leish, Dylan Thomas, George Bernard Shaw, Ezra Pound, Thornton Wilder and many oth­ ers. The McConnell Heraldry Collection, of 210 volumes, contains scarce English and French heraldry and genealogy works from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Six thick manuscript volumes rich with hand- painted coats of arms of French and English royal and noble families from the earliest times to the eighteenth century make the col­ lection an extraordinary resource for English and French historical and literary research. • H a s t in g s C o l l e g e , Hastings, Nebraska, has received a gift of rare and valuable books, the oldest one printed in 1502, from the assets of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Omaha, which ceased operation in 1946. In the rare book section of the collection alone there are 250 titles with several of the titles having more than one volume. Another section of the gift, which totals ap­ proximately 1,500 volumes, includes old church hymnals, sheet music, and reference material concerning early-day church music. The collection, while predominantly in the form of religious literature and old Bibles, also contains rare books on the subject of history and literature. Several of the books are by such authors as Shelley and Keats, published during their lifetime in the Romantic period. Books included in the collection were printed from as early as the 1500s ranging through the 1800s, with most of them in relatively good condition considering age. The oldest volume in the collection was printed in Spain in 1502, in Latin, and fea­ tures hand-wrought iron hinges to hold the cover closed. The title of the book is, “ Opera Dionysii Impressum Argentine,” part of the works o f Dionysius. The book is in good con­ dition. Another interesting item in the col­ lection is “ A Commentarie of M. Doctor Mar­ tin Luther Upon the Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians,” edited in 1575 and printed in 1588. A statement in the title page reads, “ First collected and gathered word by word out of his preaching and now out of Latin faithfully translated into English for the un­ learned.” This volume is the first book o f the writings of Martin Luther to be translated from Latin and printed in English. An unusual, but newer, volume in the collection is “ The Shorter Catechism of the Church of Scotland,” for the 29 use of the blind, printed at Glasgow in 1839. The letters are approximately 14 point in size, but in raised outline, for the reader to follow the text by touch. • A collection of 9,000 operatic and con­ cert recordings—featuring almost every vocal artist of importance from the turn of the cen­ tury to the present—has been presented to the R o d g e r s a n d H a m m e r s t e i n A r c h i v e s o f R e ­ c o r d e d S o u n d . Lauder Greenway, chairman of the Board of the Metropolitan Opera Association, pre­ sented this important collection to the archives, located in the Research Library of the Per­ forming Arts at Lincoln Center. Every artist of any significance, European or American, is represented in Mr. Greenway’ s gift. Almost all of the great stars of the Metro­ politan who recorded commercially are includ­ ed—as might be expected from Mr. Greenway’s long association with the Met. Moreover, near­ ly half of the collection consists of operatic and art-song recordings from the 78 rpm elec­ trical era of 1925-1948. Among the more nota­ ble rarities are three 1902 Pathé sides recorded by Enrico Caruso in Milan, a 1902 Chaliapin recording of the “ Calf of Gold” aria from Faust done in St. Petersburg for the Gramo­ phone & Typewriter Company, and an equally scarce 1903 G & T disk of Felia Litvinne in Brunnhilde’s “ Ho-Jo-To-Ho” from D ie Walk­ üre with Alfred Cortot at the piano. Another interesting aspect o f the Greenway collection is the records themselves. They range from Edison cylinders and Pathé vertical-cut disks of extreme rarity to lacquer-disks of off-the-air broadcasts o f major operatic performances of the past decade from all over the world. The present gift from Mr. Greenway is the latest of many from him that helped to make the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Re­ corded Sound one of the greatest collections of its kind in the world. Two earlier gifts are of special interest. The first is the initial group of wax cylinders recorded in 1902 by Alfred Mapleson from live performances at the Metro­ politan Opera, including the only recorded ex­ amples of the voice of the legendary Jean de Reszke. The other collection is the only known complete set o f the 1903 Columbia Grand Opera series disks featuring such all-time greats as Suzanne Adams, Ernestine Schu­ mann-Heink, Antonio Scotti, Marcella Sem­ brich, Charles Gilibert, and Giuseppe Camp­ anari. • The Regional Oral History Office of the B a n c r o f t L i b r a r y announces the completion of eleven additional interviews in its series on Books and Printing in the San Francisco Bay Area. A total of twenty-nine persons closely allied with this well-known creative effort have now been interviewed. Miss Ruth Teiser, series director, began to tape-record the memoirs of leading printers and booksellers in 1965. Among the interviews completed in 1969 are those with Dorothy and Lewis Allen, Professor James D. Hart, Walter Mann, Jack W . Stauf­ facher, Colonel Carroll T. Harris, and Profes­ sor Benjamin H. Lehman. Brother Antoninus; Jane, Edwin and Robert Grabhorn; Lawton Kennedy; and Adrian Wilson were among the first group. More details about the series, as well as information regarding deposit of inter­ views in research libraries, may be obtained from the Regional Oral History Office, Room 486, The General Library, University of Cali­ fornia, Berkeley, California 94720. β Honnold Library of T h e C l a r e m o n t C o l l e g e s has made an outstanding addition to its Asian Studies Collection. The library has purchased the Irwin Collection, an unusual group of volumes in Chinese history, Chinese and Japanese literature, and literary criticism. The collection was owned by Dr. Richard Ir­ win, former librarian at the East Asiatic Li­ brary, University of California at Berkeley. Af­ ter his death last December the collection was offered for sale. Richard D. Johnson, Hon­ nold librarian, arranged the purchase. Mrs. Frances Wang, new curator of the Asian Stud­ ies Collection, is incorporating the Irwin vol­ umes into the library. She said the purchase includes the most important works in Chinese classics, history, philosophy, and literature. Be­ sides 440 titles and 3,322 volumes, the Irwin collection includes many academic journals. • The I d a h o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y library re­ cently discovered that it was the possessor of a rare bit of Dickensiana unlisted anywhere save in the bibliography Dansk Bogfortene­ genelse for Aarene. The book, “ edited by Charles Dickens,” was En Gaυtyvs Levnet, Odense, Denmark, Miloske Boghandel, 1858. The work proved to be a translation—probably unauthorized—o f a short novel titled A Rogue’s Life which was serialized in Dickens’ House­ hold Words Magazine in March o f 1856. En­ quiry to the Royal Library of Copenhagen disclosed that the book was unknown in Den­ mark. A microfilm copy for the Royal Library was requested and furnished. The book was part of a donation to the I S U library by a Norwegian emigrant who left Oslo in his youth. • A copy of the exceedingly rare History of the Expedition under the Command of Cap­ tains Lewis and Clark (Philadelphia, 1814) was recently presented to the U n i v e r s i t y o f T e n n e s s e e library by Ronald R. Allen, Knox­ ville insurance executive, who is a rare-book dealer by avocation. It will be remembered that a copy of this same edition in 1957 at Soon he’l l read a different book. Microbook. It’ s part o f a system, designed from the user standpoint, that com bines very high reduction (book-range) microfiche and high resolution readers. The system requires minimal storage space and offers maximum book-reading com fort. A n d he’ll read Britannica’s first M icrob ook library: The Library o f A m erican Civilization. This library contains 20 ,0 0 0 volumes o f the most significant works on the subject, up to 1914, including many scarce and important scholarly materials. T o produce this collection, a m icrofiche system was developed using 55 x to 90 x reductions. This book-range system puts up to 1,000 pages on a single 3 x 5 inch fiche, or card. It gives you the advantage o f unitization—one b o o k on a fiche for most single volum e works. High resolution readers will project the Library Resources, Inc. M icrob ook images, many times offering better quality than the original material. A lap reader makes it possible to read g o o d book s as they should be read: in com fort, over extended reading periods, without eye strain. A table reader offers additional versatility. M ost libraries are slowly and laboriously acquired and cataloged. M icro b o o k libraries com e com plete with catalogs and topical bibliographies in b ook form and fiche form . Card catalogs are optional. The com plete 20 ,0 0 0 volum e M icro b o o k Library o f Am erican Civilization costs less than $ 1.00 per volum e and takes only card file space. This is the first in a series o f Britannica M icrob ook Libraries. A t present, few if any m ajor libraries have all o f these books. N ow , your library can have them for your expanding curricula. W e are ready to talk delivery dates. a n E N C Y C L O P A E D I A B R I T A N N I C A C O M P A N Y . 2 01 E . O h io S tree t, C h i c a g o , I llin o is 6 0 6 11 32 Parke-Bernet Galleries brought one of the high­ est prices recorded in the Streeter sales of Americana. The two-volume gift enhances the University of Tennessee Special Collections li­ brary’s works on voyages and travels and is of particular consequence to the Tennesseana in that Meriwether Lewis died under mysterious circumstances while on a journey through Ten­ nessee. • The W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y Modern Literature Collection continues to add manu­ script material useful for textual studies and examination of the literary process. James Dickey has added to the large group of his correspondence and literary manuscripts in the collection with drafts of a group of new and uncollected poems, as well as his first novel, tentatively titled Deliverance. Both groups are heavily revised, with Dickey’s notes on composition, and represent in some instances a departure from the writer’s previous meth­ ods. Robert Creeley, one of several Black Mountain poets represented in the collection, has given additional drafts of reviews, essays, and tape transcriptions on the form and meth­ od of his poetry, as well as material emanat­ ing from the publication of his recent collec­ tion, Pieces. Final drafts of James Merrill’s newest collection, The Firescreen, and a group of new, uncollected poems have been re­ ceived from Mr. Merrill, National Book Award winner, author of five collections o f poetry, two novels, and several plays. George P. El­ liott has augmented the collection of his pa­ pers with a group of more than 100 letters and variant drafts of poems, essays, and stories dating from 1955, and Stanley Elkin, whose most recent novel is A Bad Man, has given twenty-six manuscript notebooks con­ taining the complete first draft of his forth­ coming novel, The Dick Gibson Show. Other additions to the Modern Literature Collection represent the work of John Gould Fletcher, Barbara Guest, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Gold, Walker Percy, Charles Olson, Anselm Hollo, Alexander Trocchi, Christopher Logue, and Chester Himes. A W A R D S / G I F T S • Nominations for the Robert B. Downs Award for outstanding contribution to intel­ lectual freedom in libraries are being accepted by the U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s Graduate School of Library Science at Urbana-Champaign. The award was created to honor Downs, dean of library administration at Illinois, and to mark his twenty-five years with the university. The award of $500 will be presented during a meeting o f library school alumni at the an­ nual convention of the American Library As­ sociation. The convention will be held in June of 1970 at Detroit. The first award, in June of 1969, was given to LeRoy Charles Merritt, dean of the school of librarianship at the Uni­ versity of Oregon. The award may be given for such things as research study, a publica­ tion, or successful or unsuccessful opposition to censorship. The award may be made to an individual or to a group. “ The one main stipu­ lation,” Herbert Goldhor, director of the school, said, “ is that the contribution for which the award is given be directly related to the furtherance of intellectual freedom in any type of library.” The award may go to a library board member, a nonprofessional staff mem­ ber, a professional librarian, or to some other individual. Preference will be given to such contributions in the United States, but candi­ dates from other countries will be considered. The award may or may not be made every year. Nominations will be considered from any source up to April 15, 1970, and should be sent to Herbert Goldhor at the Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illi­ nois, Urbana, I11. 61801. Final decision will be made by vote of the school faculty. F E L L O W S H I P S / S C H O L A R S H I P S • The School of Library Science of the U n i ­ v e r s i t y o f So u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a announces an Institute on Library Automation and In­ formation Retrieval to be given over a six- week period, June 1-July 10, 1970. The in­ stitute is supported by the U.S. Office of Edu­ cation and is intended to educate and train librarians and prospective librarians in tech­ niques o f data processing, automation, infor­ mation retrieval, and other aspects of infor­ mation science applicable to library systems and networks. Applicants will be expected to have a master’s degree in library science (or its equivalent) or be actively pursuing such a degree. Six units of academic credit will be offered to participants. They will receive a stipend of $450.00 each for support during the six weeks of the institute. No tuition or fees will be charged. The institute will be directed by Everett M. Wallace, associate professor of library sci­ ence, assisted by Kelley Cartwright o f the Uni­ versity o f California’s Institute of Library Re­ search and John Kountz, Orange County’s Li­ brary System Analyst. The course work will address applications of the systems approach and system analysis, current developments in indexing theory and practice, major problem areas in information storage and retrieval, the range o f equipment and associated technology germane to library and information science. There will be instruction given in methods for evaluating equipment, procedures and designs, and practice in planning, organizing, and utilizing NEVER AGAIN a t this amazingly low price. On Friday, February 27,1970, the price of this series will increase from $10,590.00 to $15,885.00 Joseph Sabin SELECTED AMERICANA FROM SABIN’S DICTIONARY OF BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA, FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME L OST Cause Press is publishing, in microform, volumes from Sabin’s Dictionary o f Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. W e publish volumes relating to the Americas, which are textually significant, with primary empha­ sis on North America. Thus many translations and subsequent edi­ tions are being omitted. W e have lists printed o f the volumes we publish as supplements to our catalog in order that "T h e community o f scholars can make the greatest use o f this material.” ‡The headings o f each title are copies o f Library o f Congress catalog cards. W e hope to ship approximately 6OO volumes each year. A pproxim ately 1412 volu m es,* p o stp a id ............................................... $10,59 0.00 On orders placed after February 27, 1970, the price will be $15,885.00. On orders placed before this deadline we w ill include a set o f catalog cards free and also allow deferred billing according to budgetary procedure. * Duρlicates o f items already in library collections may be returned for credit within six months after receipt o f shipment. ‡ Planning fo r Scholarly P hotocop yin g,” a R eport Prepared fo r the A m erican Council o f Learned Societies, P M L A , L X X I X N o . 4 , part II (Septem ber, 1964, P re p rin t), 8. Now, for the first tim e… these volum es are also offered on m icrofiche, at the same low p rice. L o s t C a u s e P r e s s 1142 Starks Building LO UISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40202 CAB LE A D D R E SS N A N C Y F A R N S L E Y L O S T C A U S C H AR LE S F A R N S L E Y LO U ISV IL L E BU R R EL F A R N S L E Y 34 project designs involving data process­ ing, reprographic, microform, audio and video equipment and techniques. Requests for infor­ mation respecting the institute should be ad­ dressed to Dr. Martha Boaz, Dean, School of Library Science, University of Southern Califor­ nia, Los Angeles, California 90007. • The Biomedical Library, Center for the Health Sciences, U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , Los A n g e l e s is offering four traineeships in medical librarianship for the year beginning September 1, 1970. The program provides for a year of planned work in the various depart­ ments o f the library combined with enrollment in a limited number of courses selected from the fields of the biological sciences, history of science, information science (documentation) and foreign languages. Opportunities for spe­ cialized training in certain aspects of medical librarianship are available for trainees with ap­ propriate qualifications. Applicants must be citizens of the United States (or have ap­ plied for citizenship), and hold master’s de­ grees from American Library Association ac­ credited library schools. Preference will be given to recent library school graduates who have strong backgrounds in the biological sci­ ences. Application forms and additional infor­ mation should be requested from Mrs. Leide Trapans, Training Officer, Biomedical Library, Center for the Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024. The deadline for submitting applications is April 1, 1970. G R A N T S • The Federal Government has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Tri-State C o l l e g e L i b r a r y Cooperative (T C L C ) as announced by Sister Mary Dennis Lynch, SHCJ, execu­ tive secretary o f the TCLC and librarian of the Kistler Memorial Library at Rosemont Col­ lege, Rosemont, Pennsylvania. This matching grant will be used to purchase films on behalf of the following colleges: Rosemont College; Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia; Eastern Baptist College, St. Davids; Holy Family Col­ lege, Philadelphia; Immaculata College, Im­ maculata; Lincoln University, Oxford; and PMC Colleges, Chester. These institutions made the official application for the benefit of the entire cooperative. Other colleges partici­ pating include Cabrini College, Radnor; Our Lady of Angels College, Glen Riddle; St. Charles Seminary, Overbrook; LaSalle College, Philadelphia; St. Joseph’s College, Philadel­ phia; St. Joseph’s Food Marketing Library, Philadelphia; Gwynedd-Mercy Junior College, Gwynedd Valley; and Sacred Heart Junior College, Philadelphia. According to Sister Den­ nis, fifteen colleges formed the cooperative in QUALITY C0NTR0L: the built-in pr When you have you r lib ra ry 's books re­ bound o , hav t e m e agazi c nes t put i in o to ha n rd cove r bin d in g s o r buy prebound books, do you in sist upon having a C e rtifie d Library B in d e r do your w ork? If not, you cou ld be co stin g you r lib ra ry o r scho ol a c o n sid e ra b le am ount of wasted money. Books bound by C e rtifie d Library B inders are s u b je c t to q u a lity c o n tro l in spe ctio ns w hich guarantee full readership, less cost per reader and more b o ok fo r you r do llar. W hy? 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Library Binding Institute 160 State Street • Boston, Mass. 02109 35 THE PLACE T O G O FOR CURRENT SUBJECT/AUTHO R IN D E X IN G TO SCIENCE A N D T E C H N O L O G Y JOURNAL LITERATURE/ B O O K S /U .S . G O V E R N M E N T RESEARCH P A N D DEV a ELOPMENT REPORTS N o w in its fourth yea n r o f publicat d ion, PANDEX C urrent Index to Scientific and Technical Literature is the referenc e e source o x f choice fo r interdisciplinary research. 2,400 journals are covered by com puter indexing fo r rapid inform ation. Each year app ro xim ately 6,0 0 0 books are m anually indexed. During a ye a r 3 5,000 U.S. G overnm ent Technical Reports are indexed— in all over 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 items. Pαndex is a permuted index— titles may be found under as many as ó to 20 different subject heads. W e e k ly on magnetic tape fo r individual user's SDI o r retrospective search. $6,500 a year including user programs. Bi-weekly in printed form. 26 issues a year, each app ro xim ately 300 pages. $36 0 a year. Q u a rte rly and annual cumulations on m icrofiche o r microfilm $295 a year. For more inform ation and sample c o p y w rite to: C C M IN FO RM A T IO N CO RPO RATIO N A s u b s id ia ry o f C ro w e ll C o llie r a n d M a c m illa n 909 THIRD AVENUE, DEPT. XXX, N E W YORK 10022 36 i April 1967 to exchange information, to share existing resources, and to strengthen library services through joint application for private and government funds. Mrs. Henrietta Bruce of PMC Colleges will chair the film selection committee: Sister Anita of Our Lady o f Angels, Howard McGinn o f Chestnut Hill College, Sister Mary Jane of Holy Family, and Sister Mary Dennis of Rosemont complete the com­ mittee. The cooperative film library will be housed at PMC Colleges. • The U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s School o f L brary Science at Urbana-Champaign has re­ ceived a $65,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation, New York, Herbert Goldhor, di­ rector of the Graduate School of Library Sci­ ence, announced today. The bulk of the grant, $25,000 for the first year, will be used for stipends for ten graduate students. Each stu­ dent will receive $2,000 for the academic year and $500 for the summer session. The re­ mainder o f the grant will be used to hire a counselor, sponsor several clinics, and cover printing and administrative services. Terrence Crowley, director of the Library Research Cen­ ter, will serve as faculty advisor for the pro­ gram. M E E T I N G S M a r . 14: The University of Michigan is of­ fering a seminar for library school faculty on Congressional Digest Microfilm All volumes o f Congressional Digest since 1921 are now available on 16mm positive microfilm in minimum units of one vol- ume-year. Rates: $8 per volume; 5 or more volumes @ $7.50 each. 45-year basic library, 1921- 1966, $320. Annual index reel (1921- 1969), $5. Standing orders accepted. For free descriptive brochure, write: C o n g r e s s io n a l D ig e s t 3231 P St. N.W., Washington D.C. 20007 computer-assisted instruction in the education of reference librarians on March 14, 1970. Con­ tact Thomas P. Slavens, Associate Professor, School of Library Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. M a r . 15-17: The Alaska Library Associa­ tion will hold its annual meeting at the An­ chorage Westward Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska. The theme will be “ Partners for Progress: Peo­ ple—Information— Government.” Program chair­ man is Francis M . Leon, 332 ‘ L’ Street, An­ ­ chorage, Alaska 99501. M a r . 16-17: The Information Science and Automation Division of the American Library Association and the Information Systems O f­ fice of the Library of Congress will sponsor a two-day MARC II Special Institute. This is the second in a continuing series of MARC II In­ stitutes and it will be held March 16-17, 1970, at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Institute will be limited to 160 persons. The $45.00 registration fee includes two luncheons and textual materials to be handed out during the sessions. During 1968 and 1969, over 1,300 attended IS A D /L C Institutes based upon the original MARC format. They heard the latest developments from the staff members of the Information Systems Office of the Library of Congress who are working with MARC everyday. They also heard from li­ brarians who were experimenting with the early Pilot Project tapes. Attendees at this MARC II Special Institute will hear and see the latest work of the staff at the Library of Congress on the MARC II magnetic tape serv­ ice. Already there are over seventy subscrib­ ers to the MARC tape service and many li­ brarians need detailed assistance at an ad­ vanced level. In addition, there are many who need a basic foundation in MARC practice, similar to that offered in the previous sessions. Because this dual need exists, two separate sessions will be offered on March 16 only. A regular session will be offered describing the MARC System, including input procedures, codes, format, character set, and a short de­ scription of the computer programs at the Li­ brary o f Congress. Little familiarity with auto­ mation, the MARC format, or the MARC Sys­ tem will be assumed. The advanced session will give full attention to the workings o f the MARC System. This will include sorting pro­ grams, print programs, retrieval programs, the project to transfer work of the MARC editors to machine processing and the RECON Proj­ ect. Some knowledge of library automation and familiarity with the bulk o f the pub­ lished literature will be assumed. On Tuesday, March 17, the regular and advanced sessions will be combined to hear librarians who have had experience using the MARC II format and 37 There are two ways to keep abreast o f the 20,000 new English Language books that come out each year. The old way: Read tens of thousands of listings and ads. The new way: Use the unique Books-Coming-Into-Print Service from Bro-Dart's Stacey's Division. Books-C om ing-Into-Print is a com puter­ operated advance notification and acquisi­ tion program w hich allows your library to profile its needs in specific disciplines. It gives y ou notification, continuations, and automatic shipment o f book s o n approval. This is m uch m ore than an approval p ro­ gram. O ur Stacey's D ivision, the nation's lead­ in g academic bookseller, w ill classify and organize over 20,000 titles a year o f interest to your library. Then there's the matter o f our com puter and the Thesaurus w e provide y ou with. By using our Thesaurus and your specifications you pin point the exact type o f book s you 'll be interested in, regardless o f h ow broad or narrow your areas o f special interest or the academic level desired. By carefully profil­ ing your needs, you 'll be receiving book s or inform ation about only those publications that w ould b e o f special interest to your library. That's the advantage o f dealing with a computer. The Books-Com ing-Into-Print Program w ill provide y o u with an advance notice card prior to publication fo r each title w hich fits your profile. If y ou , fo r any reason, don 't want the b o o k , all you have to do is return the computerized card. A n d w e w on 't send you the book . If, on publication, the b o o k is not appropriate to your profile, you w ill receive a rejection notice with explana­ tion. O f course, all shipments are " o n ap proval." Rem em ber, y o u 'll b e dealing w ith one source fo r book s from all publishers. The Books-C om ing-Into-Print Program applies to all English language b ook s, continua­ tions, and m onographs b y commercial and non-com m ercial publishers. In the humani­ ties. O r the sciences. Then, since y o u 'll be dealing w ith B ro- Dart, y o u 'll have the option o f getting your book s with a full variety o f supplemental cataloging and processing services. Since y o u 'll b e given advance notice about each new b o o k , the system is com ­ patible with your present w a y o f ordering m onographs and continuations. A n d w hat y o u 'll have is an " o n ord er" file w hich your library can use fo r ordering, reference, or cancellations. N aturally, y ou r library w ill receive com ­ petitive discounts. R apid service. A n d ac­ curate selections. M u ch easier than reading all those ads and listings. For additional inform ation on this excit­ ing new service, w rite: D ept. C R L -1 115a P .O . B ox 9 2 3 , W illia m s p o r t, Pa. 17 7 0 1 2 5 7 5 H a n o v e r, P alo A lt o , C a lif. 9 4 3 0 4 38 tape service in their everyday operations. At least three such presentations will be made. Applications will b e accepted in the order in which they are received in Chicago. T o ap­ ply, send either a printed registration form or a letter containing name, position title, organ­ ization and mailing address, along with an in­ dication o f which session you wish to attend and a check for $45.00 made out to the Amer­ ican Library Association to: M ARC II Institute — Washington, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. M a r . 16-18: Space age requirements o f col­ leges and universities, in areas o f administra­ tive structure, physical environment and fi­ nancing o f new programs, will b e the focal points o f the 1970 International College & University Conference & Exposition to be held March 16-18, 1970, at the Atlantic City, N.J., Convention Hall, according to Georgette N. Mania, ICU CE program director and editor o f American School & University, sponsoring publication. As in 1969, the conference format will in­ clude morning plenary sessions, afternoon work­ shops and an exposition o f the latest and most interesting developments in equipment, office machines, furnishings, maintenance items, food service systems and other products and services for educational institutions. M a r . 19-21: The Fifth Annual Conference on Junior College Libraries will be held at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illi­ nois. The theme will focus on the impact of technology on the media center. Speakers in­ clude Lucille Rather o f the Library o f Con­ gress who will discuss the M ARC project and Dr. Earl Farley who will address the confer­ ence on the topic o f library automation. Fur­ ther information can be secured from Deane Hill, Chairman o f Library Services, Lincoln Land Community College, 3865 South Sixth Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703. M a r . 3 1 - A p r . 3 : The International Asso­ ciation o f Technological University Libraries will hold its fourth Triennial Conference at Loughborough, England. The theme of the conference is “ Re-educating the Library User: Present and Future Needs in Technological Universities.” Information about this meeting may be obtained from Dr. Anthony J. Evans, Librarian at the University o f Technology, Loughborough, England. A p r . 3: William P. Cumming will present the second series o f the Kenneth Nebenzahl, Jr., Lectures in the History o f Cartography April 3, 10, 17, and 18, 1970, at The New­ berry Library, Chicago. The lecturer is professor emeritus o f English at Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, and is well known for his extensive work of carto-bibliography entitled The Southeast in Early Maps (1 9 5 8 ). Dr. Cumming’s theme will be the ways in which the contemporary cartographic record reveals the history of British North America in the eighteenth century. In addition to the bet­ ter known maps o f the time, Dr. Cumming will also introduce several sources o f eight­ eenth-century manuscript maps hitherto un­ tapped by historians. Further details o f the lectures may be o b ­ tained from the Office o f the Director and Librarian, The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610. A p r . 24-25: The Annual Conference of the Ohio Valley Group o f Technical Service Li­ brarians will convene at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. M a y 5 -7 : The 1970 Spring Joint Computer Conference will be held in the Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, from Tuesday through Thursday, May 5 through May 7. Har­ ry L. Cooke o f the RCA Corporation’s David Sarnoff Research Center has been named gen­ eral chairman o f the conference. The conference will be the thirty-sixth event o f its type sponsored by the American Federa­ tion o f Information Processing Societies. The theme o f the conference will b e “ The Com ­ puter: Gathering Force o f the Seventies,” re­ flecting the growing impact computers will have on all forms of business and society in the next decade. Attendance is expected to reach more than 40,000 people drawn from business, education, science, and government, making it the largest computer conference ever held in the United States. M a y 7 -8 : Sponsors of the Seventh Annual National Information Retrieval Colloquium have announced the theme for the 1970 meet­ ing and a call for presentations. To be de­ veloped around the “ Social Impact of Informa­ tion Retrieval Systems,” the program will in­ clude feature sessions focusing on important contemporary issues o f the field including the future o f media such as journals, books, pro­ ceedings, microforms, display consoles, etc., and questions o f information ownership, pro­ tection, and reliability and whether customers will pay for information. Papers judged less controversial will be presented in parallel tech­ nical sessions. Continuing a highly successful experiment in information exchange started last year, the meeting will include the “ Information Bazaar” event at which operating systems will be demonstrated, films shown, and provision Introducing a new way to set books into circulation faster… the DEMCO microdata cataloging system Put an end to n e w b o o k " p ile - u p " in y o u r c a ta lo g in g d e p a r t m e n t . D em co 's new su b scrib e r-o w n e d serv­ ice reduces searching and cata lo ging to a sim p le three-step o p e ra tio n th a t gets ne w books on the shelf alm ost as soon as th e y arrive. Here's h o w … As a subscriber, you receive a c u m u la tive , u p -dated, nu m erical in ­ dex o f Library o f Congress entries eve ry tw o to th re e weeks. Plus, a co rre s p o n d in g set o f 4 "x 6 ", p o sitive o r negative, m ic ro fic h e o f o rig in a l p rin te d LC slips fo r all new books. S im p ly lo o k up the desired LC b o o k n u m b e r in the e a s y -to -fo llo w inde x … fin d the catalog card in ­ fo rm a tio n on th e c o rre c t fic h e … and use on any standard m ic ro fic h e reader o r re a d e r-p rin te r. Even lib ra ry trainees can begin cata lo ging books a fte r a fe w m inu tes o f ob servatio n. Each b o u n d index you receive has all n e w a d d itio n s already in te rfile d fo r im m e d ia te use. 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W rite today fo r a sam ple of A rm o r Books — no o b ligatio n. Armor Division of Rey Boo nolds Bin ks dery ® 1703 Lister, Kansas City, Mo. 816 CH 1-0163 ATTENTION COLLEGE LIBRARIANS! You expect more from Midwest Library Service … And you get it! For com plete jo b b e r services on U. S. titles, call us collect in St. Louis, Missouri— Area C ode 314, 845-3100. M ID W E S T L IB R A R Y S E R V IC E 1 1 4 0 0 Dorsett R oad M a r y la n d H e ig h ts, M isso u ri 63 0 4 2 made for discussion sessions. To get complete details on how to participate in the meeting, whether you want to present a paper, moderate a discussion, demonstrate a system, or pro­ vide an exhibit, write Mr. Philip Bagley, Presi­ dent, Information Engineering, 3401 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The pro­ gram will be arranged around presentations for which 500-word summaries of papers and short descriptions of other information exchange activities have been received by the end of January 1970. The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia on May 7 and 8. It is jointly sponsored by nearly a dozen local, regional, and national nonprofit organi­ zations interested in information retrieval. M a y 8 - 9 : Fifteenth annual Midwest Aca­ demic Librarians Conference at Drake Uni­ versity and Grand View College, Des Moines, Iowa. Ju n e 2 8 - J u l y 1: Annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, Wash­ ington, D.C. Ju n e 28-July 4 : American Library Associa­ tion Annual Conference to be held in Detroit, Michigan. A u g . 4-14: The School of Library Service, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, will sponsor an Institute on the History of Li­ brary Education. It is to be conducted by Dr. Paul A . Winckler, visiting professor o f library science. Enrollment will be limited to thirty students. Complete details can be secured from Miss Shelagh Keene, Administrative As­ sistant, School of Library Service, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. S e p t . 1 4 - 2 4 : 35th FID Conference, Buenos Aires. The Conference will be organized by the FID National Member in Argentina: Con­ sejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Rivadavia 1 9 1 7 — R. 2 5 , Buenos Aires, Argentina, attn: Mr. R. A. Gietz. O c t . 4 - 9 : 33rd annual meeting of ASIS will be held at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Convention Chairman for the 1 9 7 0 meeting is Mr. Kenneth H. Zabriskie, Jr.; Biosciences Information Serv­ ices of Biological Abstracts; 2 1 0 0 Arch Street; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. M I S C E L L A N Y • James Bowdoin, first President o f the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, sec­ ond Governor of Massachusetts, friend o f Ben­ jamin Franklin and leader in American Inde­ pendence, is the subject of an exhibition at the institution that bears his name, Bowdoin College. The exhibition, “ Governor Bowdoin and His Family,” includes more than ninety 41 owrtoudNodya bibliographic resoue,h2tfotuptuo000rces translators w o rk in g working from 5l0anguages R m p * * Research and M ic ro film P u blications One of the most ambitious data-gathering efforts of recent years has been the program of the U.S. Joint Publications Research Serv­ ice (USJPRS) to provide government agencies with significant and otherwise unavailable material from foreign sources. These sources include scholarly works, research papers and documents, articles from leading newspapers, magazines and jour­ nals, economic and industrial reports, conference proceedings, and commercial statistics. The material, selected by both government and private research specialists, covers the full spectrum of the social and physical sci­ ences, political affairs, economics, medicine, international relations, and all aspects of engineering and technology. 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To provide complete access to JPRS translations, back issues of the Bibliography-lndex and companion microform files are available for all four geographic areas. RESEARCH AND MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS also publishes more than 750 full-length scholarly books translated by JPRS. Titles cover all the subjects included in the monthly translation service and are now available in Xerox copyflo form at— either in paper­ back or hard cover. A catalogue listing all the book titles and organized by subject and by country can be obtained free from CCM Information Corporation. Write for your copy today. C C M I N F O R M A T I O N C O R P O R A T I O N A subsidiary of Crowell Collier and Macmillan 909 Third Avenue, New York, N. Y. 10022 RESEARCH & MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS, INC. CCM Information Corporation Dept. MI7 A s u b s id ia r y o f C ro w e ll C o llie r a n d M a c m illa n . In c . 909 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 □ Please send me the RMP catalog and more information. n a m e _________________________________________________________________________________ T IT L E ____________________________________________________ _____________________________ LIB R A R Y ______________________________________________________ _______________________ A D D R E S S ____________________________________________________________ _______________ C ITY _____________________________________ STATE__________________________ Z IP ________ 42 books, manuscripts, and historical documents. It is on display in the main exhibition areas of the college’s Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, where it will remain until March 30, 1970, the 200th anniversary of the publication of Gov­ ernor Bowdoin’s famous account of the Boston Massacre. The exhibition has been organized by Robert L. Volz, librarian of Bowdoin Col­ lege’s Special Collections, which include the personal libraries of Governor Bowdoin and his son, James III, the college’s first benefactor. Mr. Volz has also written a 125-page guide and catalogue to the exhibition which is being prepared for publication this month by the Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine. Included in the exhibition are significant let­ ters from George Washington, Benjamin Frank­ lin, and Thomas Jefferson; the original war­ rant for the arrest of Daniel Shays and sixteen other rebellious leaders; the printing of the Stamp Act; and a copy of Benjamin Franklin’s “ Experiments and Observations on Electricity,” which contains several of Bowdoin’s letters to Mr. Franklin on scientific topics. Also included in the exhibition is a recently acquired docu­ ment linking the first James Bowdoin with Hannah Hathorne, an ancestor of Nathaniel Hawthorne, a member of the college’s Class of 1825. • “ W e are here to dedicate the archive a great lady, making this a great day in the history of this library,” commented Dr. David­ son in his opening remarks to the one hun­ dred Friends of the 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 library at the dedication of the Lotte Lehmann Archive on Wednesday afternoon, October 29, in the library’s eighth floor East Room. “ One usually thinks o f an archive as two dimensional, books and sheets of paper,” Dr. Davidson continued, “ but this collection is multi-dimensional, like the lady herself.” He further commented on the room that had been designed by Stan Reifel o f the Art Department staff and the displays in the room that he had prepared in consultation with Madame Lehmann. Other displays in the library for today’s ceremony were also men­ tioned. In summarizing the nature of the ma­ terials in the archive, Dr. Davidson continued by saying, “ Many of the tangible dimensions of the archive appeal to the eye—readable messages from and about Lotte Lehmann, her books, articles, reviews. Visual in dimension are the photographs, the copy of the painting of Madame Lehmann is the best, and her own art work.” Also he commented on the audible dimensions; Lotte Lehmann being interviewed or singing on the air or on television, tapes, discs, and transcripts. He concluded by saying, “ Among the most important dimensions are those that are intangible: Madame Lehmann’s humor, her love for animals, her friendship— and the donation to us of her archive is a most friendly act. Her reputation as a teacher is pertinent, too, for Madame Lehmann views the gift as part of her obligation to her many worlds, and particularly to the students and teachers in these worlds.” Professor Jan Popper of the Music Depart­ ment of U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , Los A n ­ g e l e s , and long-time friend of Madame Leh­ mann, also praised the quality and artistic im­ portance of the collection saying, “ When Ma­ dame Lehmann carved out her career, there were no careers that were fabricated. The present-day media did not exist; one had to prove one’s self ‘step by step.’ This archive is more than just a collection of famous names; it is a human document which will stand as a guiding light for young artists.” Chancellor Cheadle in formally accepting the gift said of Madame Lehmann, “ The others have spoken of her as an artist, she appeals to me as a friend.” He concluded, “ It gives me great joy to accept this gift for the library.” Madame Lehmann, commenting on her own feelings, said, “ I am very grateful for the things that have been said today. I feel a little like my own ghost wandering through my garden of memories. I have never understood those singers who retire and rest on their lau­ rels. I have never ceased to look for more of fields to explore. I don’t like to live in the past, I want to live in the present, but today I have to look backwards. My life has been a very wonderful one.” • Dr. Anthony J. Evans, librarian of the University of Technology, Loughborough, Eng­ land, took office as president of IATUL (In ­ ternational Association of Technological Uni­ versity Libraries) on January 1, 1970, suc­ ceeding James D. Mack of Lehigh University. New members of the board elected at Copen­ hagen in August are the following: Allan Hor­ ton, librarian of the University of New South Wales; Elin Törnudd, director of the Helsinki Technological University library; C. G. W ood, director of the Andersonian Library, Univer­ sity of Strathclyde; and Dr. Károly Héberger, director o f the Central Library of the Tech­ nical University of Budapest. Under the re­ cently adopted constitution of IATUL, Mr. Mack will continue to serve as a member of the board. Other members are Dr. Paul Kaeg­ bein, director of the library of the Technologi­ cal University of West Berlin; Dr. Brian En­ right, librarian of the University of Sussex, and Dr. Frederick L. Taft, associate director of the university libraries, Case Western Re­ serve University. • Dr. Peter Hiatt, Vice-President and Presi­ dent-elect of the Adult Services Division of ALA, has issued a call for names of members of ACRL who wish to serve on ASD commit­ 43 The Answer: T h e question w as how to give lib ra rian s of all kinds full c o m m an d over the en tire ran g e of C ongressional p ublications. T h e answ er is a new in fo rm a tio n retrie v a l system called the C ongressional In fo rm a tio n S e rv ic e /In d e x . C I S /In d e x is a m onthly indexing a n d a b stra ctin g service so th o ro u g h th a t it sum m arizes the testim ony of each w itness at every h earin g — a n d so w ell-organized th a t users c a n find the precise in fo rm a­ tion they need w ithin m inutes. Use this coupon to receive your free sample issue of the CIS/Index. Congressional Information Service / in d e x TO PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS 500 M O NTG O M ERY BUILD IN G , W ASHING TO N, D. C. 20014 301-654-8595 Y o u r N a m e and T itle___________________________ _________________________________ L ibrary N a m e _____________________________________________________________________ Street______________________________________________________________________________ C ity ___________________________ State______________________________ Z ip ____________ 060 Evan F arber — Librarian, Earlham College Richmond, Indiana — Chairman, College Libraries Section, A C R L (1 9 6 8 -6 9 ) — Author, CLASSIFIED LIST OF PERI­ O D IC A LS F O R THE C O L L E G E L I­ B R A R Y , Faxon, 1957. (1 9 7 0 edition now in preparation). H E R E ’S HOW 474 SERIA L TITLES IN TH E SCIENCES A N D HUM ANITIES W ERE SELECTED FO R INCLUSION All o f the more than 1,000 cumulative indexes included in the collection are to serials which have been cited either in one or more recognized selection guides for li­ braries (including Farber’s PER IOD IC ALS F O R THE C O LLEG E L IB R A R Y ), or by one or both of the co-chairmen of the project's editorial board. The co-chairmen are: for the H UM ANITIES GRO U P. Pulit­ zer Prize-winning historian William Goetz­ mann, Chairman of the Department o f His­ tory at the University o f Texas, Austin; and, for the SCIENCE A N D TE C H N O L O G Y G ROUP, Joseph Shipman, director o f the Linda Hall Library o f Science and Tech­ nology, Kansas City. Missouri. A c c o r d i n g t o M r . S h i p m a n , " T h i s c o l l e c ­ tio n o f f e r s a f a s t a n d i n e x p e n s iv e n e w a p ­ p r o a c h to e x p a n d i n g th e r e t r i e v a l c a p a c i t i e s o f g r o w i n g r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i e s , e s p e c i a ll y t h o s e t h a t c a n n o t i m m e d i a t e l y a f f o r d t o b u il d u p lo n g b a c k f i le r u n s o f th e b a s ic s c ie n tif ic a n d te c h n i c a l j o u r n a l s . ” The C U M U LA TIV E INDEXES TO SELECTED S ER IALS w h ic h a p p e a r in o u r c a ta lo g are a lso lis te d in th e A u g u s t 1969 issue o f A N N O U N C E D R E P R IN T S and th e 1969 e d itio n s o f PUB­ LIS H ER S ’ TRADE LIST A N N U ­ AL and BOO KS IN PRINT. CUMULATIVE The 700 volume “ As independent study becomes increas­ ingly important in undergraduate education, and students seek a growing variety o f mate­ rials through indexes and bibliographies, ef­ fective access to serial back-files assumes a new and higher priority in college and junior college libraries. Librarians, however, faced with limitations o f space and funds, find it impractical, if not impossible, to build up complete runs o f the serials which students want and need. The availability o f more and more periodicals in microform alleviates this difficulty somewhat, but one drawback to them is that students and other researchers are often discouraged by the necessity of looking through indexes on microform. “ Therefore, one o f the easiest and most effective ways to enhance the accessibility of microform serial holdings (and thus increase their use) is to acquire full-size reprints of cumulative indexes which can be used along­ side roll microfilm, fiche, or micro-opaque. All 700 volum es are offered SEND TODAY FOR OUR FREE 40 PAGE Carrollton Press, talks about serial backfiles and how to increase their accessibility with INDEXES TO SELECTED SERIALS facsimile r e p r i n t col lect io n f r o m C a r r o l l t o n Press “Libraries which can’t manage to have full runs of all the backfile serials they need, either in full size originals, reprints, or mi­ croforms, can utilize cumulative indexes for locating references as the basis for inter- library loan requests. This identification pro­ cess will become increasingly significant in the future as long distance inter-library fac­ simile transmission becomes more widely used. “While the standard periodical indexes partially meet this need, large numbers of serials— even some of the most im portant— are not covered by them. There are also those th at have only been covered recently because they were not recognized as signifi­ cant in their earlier years. Moreover, many standard indexes did not include author en­ tries, and only in a few cases do they index the contents as completely or in as great depth as do many of the journals’ own cumulative indexes. “The Carrollton Press reprint collection should prove particularly valuable in build­ ing up a library’s serial reference capabilities at comparatively moderate cost, especially inasmuch as it is made up of cumulative in­ dexes to those serial titles which have been selected by one or more authorities for inclu­ sion in particular types of collections. ” s in g ly o r in 46 m o d u la r s u b je c t sets fo r 1969 and 1970 d e live rie s. SUBJECT CATALOG OF CUMULATIVE INDEXES (NOW WITH A COMPLETE TIT LE INDEX) Incorporated 1647 Wisconsin Avenue Washington, D.C. 20007 46 COLUMBIA COLUMBIA Now available from Columbia University Press AM E R IC A N BOOK-PRICES CURRENT Volume 72 Season 1965-1966 Volume 72 of this standard reference work, covering the 1965-1966 season, reports prices of single lot books and serials, autographs and manuscripts, broadsides and maps, which brought $10.00 or more at auction between September 1965 and August 1966. The London firms reported on are Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Hodgson & Company, and Sotheby & Company, while the New York houses reported on are Charles Hamilton Autographs, Inc., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., and Swann Galleries, Inc. Standing orders for all future volumes may be made on request. Pre-publication price: $30.00 After publication: $32.50 BIO GRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF REPUBLICAN C H IN A Volume III: Mao-W u Howard L. Boorman, Editor, Vanderbilt University Richard C. 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Detailed regional maps showing the location of resource-development centers and a place- name index make this a handy reference work on the location and development of the Soviet Union’s basic heavy industries. $20.00 A SOCIAL A N D RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF THE JEWS Volume X III Inquisition, Renaissance, and Reformation Volume XIV Catholic Restoration and Wars of Religion Salo Wittmayer Baron Of the series: “ A notable achievement of wide and accurate scholarship. The work will be for a long period the standard authority on its subject.”—The Times Literary Supplement Sbn 231-08850-7 Sbn 231-08551-5 $10.00 each DICTIONARY OF SELECTED FORMS IN CLASSICAL JAPANESE LITERATURE: Corrigenda, Addenda, Substituenda Ivan Morris, Columbia University This supplement to the Dictionary of Selected Forms (Columbia University Press, 1966) includes corrections and substitutions to increase the accuracy and usefulness of the original volume, as well as many additional entries and examples. It is designed to fit into the back of the original volume of the Dictionary. 60 pages $2.50 C O L U M B IA UNIVERSITY PRESS: 440 W e s t 110th S treet, New Y ork, N .Y . 10025 A ddress fo r orders: 136 South Broadway, Irv ing to n , N .Y . 10533 47 n tees. Dr. Hiatt is particularly interested in members new to the profession who can con­ tribute new ideas and new solutions to prob­ lems. Applicants must also be able to attend Midwinter and annual meetings. Applicants must send their name, address, present po­ sition, committee interests, ideas about ways in which ALA can improve library service to the nation and, finally, a resume o f the ex­ perience and background they can offer. Ap­ plications should be addressed to: Dr. Peter Hiatt, Vice-President, President-elect, Adult Services Division, American Library Associa­ tion, 703 Gourley Pike, Apt. 199, Bloomington, Indiana 47401. • Last fall the Minnowbrook Institute o LEEP was held from October 16-19, 1969, at Syracuse University’s Minnowbrook Confer­ ence Center in the Adirondacks. The thirty- nine participants included library educators from twenty universities in the United States and Canada, staff members from the Division on Library Education and the Division o f In­ formation Science and Automation of the ALA, the United States Office of Education, plus the LEEP staff, faculty, and graduate stu­ dents of the Syracuse University School of Li­ brary Science. (LEEP (Library Education Experimental Project) refers to a project to develop a com­ puter-based laboratory at Syracuse University for the graduate students in the School o f Li­ brary Science. This project has been supported by a grant from the United States Office of Education.) The purpose of the institute was: (1 ) to learn about LEEP and evaluate the work ac­ complished in its first year of existence; (2 ) to share methods and ideas for introducing li­ brary students to the use of computers for handling bibliographic information (e.g., MARC files, etc.); ( 3 ) to explore the possi­ bilities of cooperative efforts among library ed­ ucators as they redesign curricula, class as­ signments, teaching modules, and computer­ assisted instruction. The institute opened with a luncheon on the campus of Syracuse University when Hen­ riette Avram of the Library of Congress spoke to the group about educating librarians for library automation. Mrs. Pauline Atherton, as­ sociate professor and director of the LEEP project, supervised the presentations and dis­ cussions at the conference center. The program included all aspects of the LEEP project, from the use of MARC/DPS (IBM 360/Document Processing System) to writing programs for special purposes, from procedures for comput­ er runs for class assignments (with descriptions of actual class assignments) to time and cost figures on reformatting MARC Pilot Project records for DPS. Evaluations and possible fu­ ture uses of LEEP were presented from vari­ ous viewpoints by the participants and the LEEP staff. Additional features of the institute included presentations of computer-assisted in­ struction programs for beginning reference at the University of Michigan and for subject cataloging at the University of California at Berkeley. Methods of teaching computer pro­ gramming languages to librarians at Drexel In­ stitute of Technology, Syracuse University, and the University of Toronto were also discussed. The idea of another institute next year spon­ sored by several universities is being investi­ gated. Such an institute would deal with the curriculum and objectives of library educa­ tion and could be planned to include library school faculty, administrators, and graduate students. • In preparing for the observance of the Bicentennial of American Independence, the Library of Congress has for some time been assembling a staff of professional historians with specializations that will enable them to cover many aspects of the Revolutionary strug­ gle, and it has established the American Revo­ lution Bicentennial Office to compile the pub­ lications and to plan the exhibits and other special events that will disseminate through­ out the nation knowledge of the Library’s re­ sources and of the American Revolution itself. Coordinating the work of the staff, which reports to Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hamer, Assistant Librarian of Congress, is R o b e r t A. R u t l a n d , a Vanderbilt University PhD. He is the au­ thor of three important books on the Revolu­ tion, Revolutionary figures, and the events leading to the establishment of the federal government—The Birth of the Bill of Rights (University of North Carolina Press, 1955); George Mason, Reluctant Statesman (distrib­ uted by Holt, Rinehart and Winston for Colo­ nial Williamsburg, 1961); and Ordeal of the Constitution (University of Oklahoma Press, 1966). Since 1954 a member of the faculty of the University of California at Los Angeles, where he held the rank of professor, Dr. Rut­ land completed, before joining the LC staff, a three-volume edition of The Papers of George Mason; it is scheduled for publication in 1970 by the University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture. In 1960 he was a Fulbright Professor in Austria. P a u l H. S m i t h , a recognized specialist on the loyalists in the Revolution, who holds the P h D degree from the University of Michigan, came to the staff from the University of Flori­ da, where he served as associate professor of history. His Loyalists and Redcoats: A Study in British Revolutionary Policy was published 48 by the University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture in 1964. Two books to which Dr. Smith has contributed will be published this year: Allegiance in America: The Case of the Loyalists (Addison-Wesley) and Essays in American Loyalism (Holt, Rinehart and W in­ ston). Jo h n R. S e l l e r s , a specialist in military history, was awarded a PhD degree from Tulane University in 1968. He came to LC from Tulane, where he had been teaching for two years. A grant from the American Philo­ sophical Society is enabling him to prepare for publication his doctoral dissertation on the Vir­ ginia Line in the Revolution. He is the author of a booklet on Virginia troops in the Revolu­ tion to be published by the Virginia Revolu­ tionary War Bicentennial Commission. G e r a r d W. G a w a l t came to LC from Clark University, from which he received a PhD in history in June 1969, and where he has been a lecturer in the evening school. He assisted Professor George A. Billias in the selection, editing, and annotation of source materials, which will be published as The Federalists: Realists or Idealists. His doctoral dissertation on “ Massachusetts Lawyers: A Historical Anal­ ysis of the Process of Professionalization, 1760- 1840,” provides background for further study of those leaders of the Revolution who were lawyers and of the constitutional issues that agitated the colonists. These men are working on a comprehensive guide to original source materials in LC re­ lating to the Revolution and on other aspects of the Library’s Bicentennial program. R o n a l d M. G e p h a r t , the bibliographer of the group, is at present assigned to the Li­ brary’s General Reference and Bibliography Division where he is compiling a bibliography of secondary sources, both monographic and periodical, on the Revolution. He is complet­ ing his dissertation, a biographical study of Robert “ King” Carter, 1663-1732, and he ex­ pects to receive a PhD degree from North­ western University next June. Je a n H. V i v i a n , who joined Mrs. Hamer’s staff early in 1968 as a research and adminis­ trative assistant for the Bicentennial and later became an analyst in Revolutionary War Studies, completes the program staff. Mrs. Viv­ ian, who has an MA degree in history from the University of Nebraska, was assistant editor at the headquarters of the American Historical Association for a year and a half before com­ ing to the Library. • MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysi and Retrieval System) is a computerized in­ formation retrieval system in operation at the National Library of Medicine and MEDLARS stations throughout the United States and abroad. To help potential users understand how this information retrieval system performs the Midwest Regional Medical Library has de­ veloped a full-day presentation in five parts, illustrated with a hundred and fifty 35 mm slides. The program, conducted by trained MEDLARS analysts, includes question/answer periods and practical exercises in workshop fashion. The five parts of the program cover the following: 1. MEDLARS overview— a general descrip­ tion of the system, its products and services, and input-output flow. 2. MEDLARS indexing—a detailed descrip­ tion of how journal articles are indexed, in­ dexing policies, and the characteristics o f med­ ical subject headings (the controlled vocabu­ lary of M EDLARS). Following the presenta­ tion each participant will be given a journal article to index. The instructor then presents a standard indexing which is discussed by the group. 3. MEDLARS searching—a detailed descrip­ tion of the retrieval function. Characteristics of requests made to the system, conceptual analy­ sis of requests, and their translation into search strategies for computer retrieval. Following the presentation each participant will formulate a search, reducing a request to a simple con­ ceptual search strategy. A standard strategy will be presented for group discussion. For a second exercise each participant will write a detailed request in his field of interest and then formulate its search strategy. This search will be processed by MEDLARS and returned to the requestor in two to four weeks. 4. MEDLARS in context—MEDLARS in re­ lation to other bibliographic services in bio­ medicine. Types of requests that are suitable for MEDLARS will be distinguished from types that are not, with reference to other sources of bio-medical information. 5. MEDLARS capabilities and limitations— what this system, or any other large mecha­ nized information retrieval system, should rea­ sonably be expected to do, and what it cannot do. Knowing the factors that affect the success or failure of a search can help requestors make optimum use of the system. The session is intended for individual users and for librarians. W e hope to have represent­ atives of both groups. Because of the nature of the presentation, the practical limit on the number of attendees is fifteen, accepted on a first-come basis. Classes run from 9:00 a .m . un­ til 4:30 p .m . with an hour break for lunch. s They will be conducted by Marianne Doherty, program supervisor, and Carolyn Green, refer­ ence librarian, of Midwest Regional Medical Library (M R M L ). The dates and locations are: 49 Bro-Dart’s new SysdacTM Mark III Plug it into the nearest outlet. Now you have the only b ook circulation system you need between now and the computer: A n d w h o k n ow s? In som e libraries, you m ay never need a com p u ter with the new Sysdac w orking fo r you. Sysdac M ark III, fo r exam ple: □ maintains com plete b o rro w e r’s record on b o o k card w ithout consum in g it. □ resettable counter eliminates h and tallies □ eliminates retyping o f b o o k cards □ eliminates registration files □ eliminates date due cards □ speeds up b o o k slipping □ has new quiet, velvet-sm ooth m otor It’ s available fo r b o o k card filing in a M aster B o o k Card File as a T ab -O ut sys­ tem or, fo r convention al date due b o o k card filing, as T ab -In system. Can be used with any b o o k card includ­ ing data processing cards. The on ly new fo rm y o u ’ll need is the Sysdac plastic b o rrow er’ s I.D . card. A n d y ou know it’ s dependable. A fter all, it’ s the successor to the Sysdac I and II that have been proven by sch ool, public and college libraries fo r years. The Sysdac M ark III may be purchased, rented, o r a lease-buy arrangem ent can be made. F o r details, write Dept. CRL 97 2 P .O . B o x 923 W illiamsport, Pa. 17701 50 Wednesday, February 11 at Indiana Uni­ versity School of Medicine Library, Indi­ anapolis. Wednesday, March 11 at the University of Iowa Medical Library, Iowa City. Wednesday, April 15 at Marquette Medical- Dental Library, Milwaukee. Thursday, April 16 at the University of Wis­ consin Medical School Library, Madison. Tuesday, May 12 at the University of Illi­ nois Graduate Library School, Urbana. Wednesday, June 10 at the University of Minnesota Bio-Medical Library, Minneap­ olis. Thursday, June 11 at the Mayo Clinic Li­ brary, Rochester. All reservations should specify the name of the individual who wishes to attend and be addressed to: Midwest Regional Medical Li­ brary, The John Crerar Library, 35 West 33rd Street, Chicago, Illinois 60616. • Thirty-five liberal arts college libraries in the Middle Atlantic Region show thriving growth in the development of Non-Western collections, according to a recent survey made by the Non-Western Resources Committee of ACRL. The study included sixty public and private institutions of medium size whose pro­ grams are chiefly at the undergraduate level in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary­ land, and West Virginia. It was found that twice as many libraries are emphasizing the acquisition of materials on Africa as are build­ ing up holdings on China, Japan, the Middle East, and India, with each of the latter areas receiving about equal emphasis. Ten libraries in Pennsylvania and Maryland are engaged in cooperative programs involving both acquisition and service. Noteworthy in the study was re­ current emphasis on plans for expansion. • One of the most significant collections of the works of 1969 Nobel Prize-winner Samuel Beckett is housed in the Ohio State University library. The collection, which includes origi­ nal manuscripts, was begun in the early 1960s and grew through the warm friendship of Dr. Lewis C. Branscomb, director o f the library, and an East Coast rare books and manuscripts dealer. When the dealer discov­ ered Ohio State’s interest in acquiring Beckett papers, he began giving the university first call on such items as they became available, according to Dr. Branscomb. Robert A. Tib­ betts, head of the library’s division of special collections, notes that the manuscripts now in the Beckett collection show the author “ as a very meticulous writer whose words are chosen with almost mathematical precision.” Included in the collection are two plays, two novels, and the English and French trans­ lations of an original composition. Chronologically listed, the collection contains manu­ script groups for Happy Days (19 53 ), Fin de Partie (1957) with its English Translation as Endgame (19 58 ), How It Is (1964) (the English translation of Comment c’Est), and the most recent addition, the French translation o f Watt, published in December 1968. Watt is particularly distinguished in that it is the last of Beckett’s novels to have been written orig­ inally in English as well as the last to have been translated into French by the author. Mr. Tibbetts notes that “ the marked English reprint indicates cuts of entire passages as well as changes of word and phrase. There are also changes in format considered and subsequently rejected. The same careful con­ sideration of text and its presentation can be seen in each version before the final published book.” Watt was one of the works cited b y the Swedish Academy as the basis for award­ ing the 1969 Nobel Prize for Literature to Beckett. Beckett, an Irish expatriate living in France, writes primarily in French, although some o f his recent plays have been written originally in English. The author is considered the fa­ ther o f the “ theatre of the absurd” as a result of his play Waiting for Godot. The 1952 play, a “ tragicomedy” with only four characters and almost no action, is concerned with two tramps standing by a roadside waiting for a character called Godot who never comes. This style, which is typical Beckett, was honored by the Academy for “ writing in new forms for the novel and drama in which the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation.” Beckett, 63, is a writer who speaks only through his works, lives in Paris at an address known only to a few close friends, and is rarely inter­ viewed. In this he is similar to the late James Joyce, a fellow Dubliner, whom Beckett served as secretary before beginning his own writing career. • The ACLCP (Area College Library Co­ operative Program) o f Central Pennsylvania inaugurated a motorized Library Delivery Service on October 20, 1969, which will speed up service to the borrower who is using ma­ terials from ACLCP members and a selected group of libraries in the Philadelphia area. Truck delivery service is now available to li­ braries in the Central Pennsylvania area twice a week and to those in the Philadelphia area once a week. Books, photocopies, microfilm, pictures, records and other types of library materials that would normally be sent by mail can now be delivered on a scheduled basis with less time and effort involved since the wrapping, insuring, and mailing of these items is eliminated. This program, which is financed in part by a federal grant and part by the thirty-five participating libraries, is administered 51 THREE MONTHLYALERT SERVICES TO PAPERS PRESENTED AT 2,000 MEETINGS A YEAR CURRENT INDEX TO CONFERENCE PAPERS CHEMISTRY 25,000 papers a year, $75 semi-annual cumulations $25 ENGINEERING 50,000 papers a year, $95 semi-annual cumulations $35 LIFE SCIENCES 45,000 papers a year, $90 semi-annual cumulations $35 N O W , thanks to a unique data acquisition and input procedure and advanced computer processing, CCM Information Corporation is able to provide scientists with a current aware­ ness service to unpublished sci/tech papers— in many cases a month or more before formal presentation of the actual paper. Each index is published monthly and contains three sections: Subject Index gives paper title, author name and address when available. Author Index gives author name and subject heading under which his paper appears. Conference Data Section gives name of con­ ference, date, location, sponsor, and ordering information for preprints, reprints, translations, abstract volumes, etc. Cumulations are semi-annual in printed form. These three indexing services are prepared by W orld Meetings Information Center, whose editors also produce World Meetings and Calls for Papers, and published by CCM Information Corporation. For more information and a free sample copy write to: C C M INFORMATION CORPORATION A subsidiary of Crowell Collier and Macmillan 909 THIRD AVENUE, DEPT. XX, NEW YORK 10022 52 by Harold R. Jenkins o f the Lancaster County Library. It includes the following libraries: Al­ toona Public Library, Bryn Mawr College, Bucknell University, Chester County Library, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Coyle Public Library of Chambersburg, Crozer Theo­ logical Seminary, Dickinson College, Eliza­ bethtown College, Franklin & Marshall College, Free Library of Philadelphia, Gettysburg Col­ lege, and the Harrisburg Area Community College. Also included are the libraries o f the City of Harrisburg, Haverford College, Juniata College, Lancaster County, Lancaster Theo­ logical Seminary, Lincoln University, Messiah College, Millersville State College, PMC Col­ leges, the Penn State campuses in University Park, Altoona, Harrisburg, and Mt. Alto, Rose­ mont College, Shippensburg State College, the Pennsylvania State Library, Susquehanna Uni­ versity, Swarthmore College, University of Pennsylvania, Villanova University, Wilson Col­ lege, and York College. • Three new senior editors have been named to the Manuscript Procurement Office of the American Library Association Publishing Services, it has been announced by Pauline Cianciolo, executive editor. Jeanette Swickard will work in the development of manuscripts in the school library field and on materials lists for children and young people; Herbert Bloom has been assigned to manuscripts in academic libraries, technical services, and serv­ ices to the disadvantaged; and Richard Gray’s areas of responsibility are bibliography, refer­ ence, and research. P U B L I C A T I O N S • Notice: The November 1969 issue of College & Research Libraries News carried a publication notice for American Drama Bibli­ ography: A Checklist of Publications in Eng­ lish. The notice did not mention the fact that the title is available only to libraries. All re­ quests must also be accompanied by 25 cents for handling. Requests should be addressed to P.O. Box 662, Clarkson, New York 14430. • EDUCOM has announced the availability of its research report RR 169 titled Agricul­ tural Sciences Information Network Develop­ ment Plan. The report emanates from a study supported under grant No. 12-03-01-6-26 of the National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland. It has been distributed to the sixty- nine land-grant institutions throughout the United States which would form the nodes of the telecommunications component of the net­ work plan. The 108-page, illustrated publica­ tion is now being offered to all other interest­ ed parties at the post-paid price of $3.00 to libraries and individuals associated with EDU- l COM’s member institutions and $6.00 to non­ members. It is also available through the Clearinghouse for Federal, Scientific and Tech­ nical Information and is identified by No. PB- 185 978. The plan was developed by an EDUCOM research team consisting of Joseph Becker, Harold B. King, and Wallace C. Olsen. Its purpose is to strengthen information communi­ cation and exchange among the libraries of land-grant institutions and between them and the National Agricultural Library. The NAL foresaw the need and recognized the impor­ tance of interinstitutional services years ago and took steps to promote the idea and ac­ celerate cooperative programs. EDUCOM’s role was to substantiate the need, identify the principal network elements, and design a work­ able network structure. The three basic components determined as being necessary to provide the responses and coordination desired are: a land-grant libraries component; an information analysis centers component; and a telecommunications com­ ponent. The land-grant libraries will be the nodes of the system and the telecommunica­ tions component will provide message exchange between terminals located at both the libraries and the information centers. • A new listing of materials on intellectua freedom has been prepared by the Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association. The materials are available now and can be ordered (preferably by prepaid orders) from the Office for Intellectual Free­ dom, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Single copy, free on request. In the listing, these pamphlets are available: Freedom to Read Statement, Policies and Procedures for Selec­ tion of School Library Materials, Library Bill of Rights, as amended June 27, 1967 (parch­ ment) (8 " x 10 "), School Library Bill of Rights (parchment), How Libraries and Schools Can Resist Censorship. Prices of pamphlets: 100 or less, $2.50, additional 100’s, $2.00; 500, $10.00, additional 100’s, $1.75; 1,000, $17.50, additional 100’s, $1.50. Single copy of reprints also free on request. Reprints available are: Labeling—A Report of the ALA Committee on Intellectual Freedom, The Extreme Right in American Politics, Not Censorship But Selection, Readings on Book Selection and Intellectual Freedom 1954-1961, Readings on Book Selection and Intellectual Freedom 1962-1967, W hy Do the Rightists Rage? Single copy of these reprints, 10 cents. Re­ prints are: What To Do Before the Censor Comes—and After, and Big Brother Is Watch­ ing Your Kids. Prices of Reprints: 25 copies, $2.00; 50 copies, $3.00; 100 copies, $5.00. En- 53 D ept. C R 7 -F M icro cα rd Ed itio n s 901 -2 6th S tre et, N .W . W a sh in g t o n , D .C . 2 0 0 3 7 □ Please send a copy of your catalog □ Please send the B C L -I list of titles N am e T itle O rg a n iz a tio n Address .......................................................... NO W AVAILABLE ON MICROFICHE A fric a n R e pository. Vols. 1-60, N o. I (1825-92) $130.00 A n ti-S la v e ry R e p o rte r and A b o rig in e s Friend. Series 1 -4 ( 18 4 0 -1909) $ 150.00 A rc h a e o lo g ic a l Journal. Vols. 1-70(184 4-1913) $199.00 Books fo r C o lle g e Libraries (B C L -I). Books c ite d in the " H is to ry -G re a t B rita in " ch a p te r. Send for th e list title s $260.00 Fraser's M agazine. Vols. 1-106(1830-82) $475.00 Journal of S peculative Philosophy. Vols. 1-22 (1867-93) $54.00 N a tio n a l A n ti-S la v e ry S ta n d a rd (800). Vols. 1 -30 ( 1 840-70) (35 mm. m icrofilm ) $240.00 N a tio n a l Era (800). Vols. 1-14. (1847-60) (35 mm. m icrofilm ) $120.00 U.S. Bureau of A m e ric a n E thnology. Bulletin. Nos. 1 - 199 (1887-1967) $430.00 U.S. C om m issioner of Indian A ffa irs. A nnual R eports. 18 2 4 -1949 $350.00 U.S. D e p t, of S tate. Papers R elating to th e Foreign Relations of the U n ite d States, 18 6 1 - 1942. W a sh in g to n , 1861-1956. 209 Vols. $1250.00 M IC R O C A R D ® E D IT IO N S 901 TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, N.W ., WASHINGTON, D. C. 20037, 2 0 2 /333 -63 93 IN D U S T R IA L PR O D U C TS D I V I S I O N , TH E N A T I O N A L C A S H R EG ISTER C O M P A N Y 54 larged Library Bill of Rights on parchment suitable for framing and designed to be used with a standard 16" x 20" mat with its 11" x 14" opening— $1.00 each. • Single copies of A Bibliography of Li­ brary Materials for Vocational-Technical Pro­ grams in Community College can be secured by librarians at no cost by writing to Dr. Perry D. Morrison, Professor, School of Librarian­ ship, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403. The bibliography resulted from a one- week institute, Library Materials for Vocation­ al-Technical Programs in Community Colleges, held at Oregon State University on June 16-20, 1969. • As a result of talks on the Earlham Col­ lege library instruction program, talks given at Atlantic City and the Conference of East­ ern College Librarians, a number of librarians have written to Earlham College to ask for copies of the annotated bibliographies given students in various classes. Since there are about 140 o f these bibliographies, in all sub­ jects and at all levels, it is unlikely that any­ one would want a complete file. For librarians interested in receiving specific bibliographies, however, Earlham has com­ piled a priced list of those available, and will be happy to send the list upon request. Requests should be addressed to James Ken­ nedy, Reference Librarian, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana 47374 and include a long, self-addressed stamped envelope. • The American Library Association Head­ quarters Library regrets that it can fill no more requests for the films The Information Explosion and What Will Libraries Be Like in the Future? The demand has been so great that all prints are booked through 1970. The films are not available for loan elsewhere. They are not for sale. • Library Automation-Computer Produced Book Catalog (E20-0333) has been released by IBM. This is the first of a planned series of introductory manuals on the automation of in­ dividual library operations. Copies o f this manual and others should be requested from local IBM offices. • Publication of the Third Edition, Revised, of the Library Telecommunications Directory: Canada-United States has been announced. The Directory has been updated through No­ vember 1969 and contains 700 listings of li­ braries in the United States and Canada using T W X or TELEX for interlibrary communica­ tions. A joint production of the Duke Univer­ sity Medical Center Library and the Library Mechanization Committee of the Canadian Li­ brary Association, the Directory is available at a price of $2.00, which will include updates to be issued before the appearance of the Fourth Edition. Orders in the United States may be sent directly to the Library Systems and Communications Division, Duke Univer­ sity Medical Center Library, Durham, North Carolina 27706. Libraries in Canada may or­ der from David Skene Melvin, Lake Erie Re­ gional Library System, 305 Queens Avenue, London, Ontario. Libraries having standing orders in effect will be serviced automatically; however, no orders will be accepted through jobbers because of the update problem. There will be no “ on approval” orders shipped with­ out a prior purchase order from a library. • A new enlarged second edition of the Cornell University libraries, Manual o f Cata­ loging Procedures is now available. This 600- page manual, under preparation by the library’s Technical Services’ staff for the past two years, is a complete rewriting of the 1959 edition and contains full information and examples on all aspects of cataloging and related technical services procedures. It has been published in loose-leaf binder, illustrated and fully indexed. Several special topics have been extensive­ ly covered in the new edition, i.e., the auto­ mated acquisition and in-process control sys­ tem, new innovation in card reproduction, or­ ganization of a compact storage collection, spe­ cial pamphlet and thesis cataloging schedules, serial searching and cataloging as well as many other topics of interest to practicing li­ brarians. The appendix includes the complete set of the latest romanization tables used by the Library of Congress, tables of cardinal and ordinal numbers, and articles, in foreign roman alphabet languages, French Revolution and Muslim calendars, and bibliographies both of cataloging and classification, and of subject fields. This is the only known work where all this information has been pulled together for the first time. Mr. Robert B. Slocum, editor of the earlier edition and author of Biographical Diction­ aries (Gale Research Co., 1967) and Sample Cataloging Forms (2 d ed., Scarecrow Press, 1968), has edited the work. This manual should be a valuable guide for practicing librarians in technical services de­ partments, as a teaching aid and as a refer­ ence work. Copies may be obtained (at $18.00 a copy) from the Budget and Accounting Of­ fice, Cornell University Libraries, 234 Olin Li­ brary, Ithaca, New York 14850. • Outstanding Theater for College-Bound Students‚ an attractive, annotated list of forty- six titles, including some works dealing with 55 the backstage life of the theater, is now avail­ able in an extensively revised edition. Ar­ ranged chronologically, the plays begin with Antigone and continue through Man of La Mancha, including such titles as Am en Corner, by James Baldwin, and No Exit, by Sartre. The Outstanding Theater list is the companion to the revised editions o f Outstanding Biogra­ phy for College-Bound Students and Out­ standing Fiction for College-Bound Students. The lists are available from the Order Depart­ ment, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611; single copies, 10 cents; 25 copies, $1.00; 100 copies, $3.00; 500 copies, $11.00; 1,000 copies, $20.00. • Tw o new publications have recently been published by the Canadian Library Associa­ tion, 63 Sparks Street, Room 606, Ottawa, Can­ ada. The two publications are Position Classi­ fication and Principles o f Academ ic Status in Canadian University Libraries, 1969, $2.00, and A Selected List of Music R eference Ma­ terials, 1969, $2.00. • The first annual multilithed volume of the Serials Holdings List of the UCLA Bio­ medical Library has recently been printed. This new computer-generated publication in­ cludes information on ceased as well as cur­ rent titles, complete holdings statements, call numbers, and shelving locations o f current un­ bound issues. A limited number o f copies of the List are available for purchase at $5.00 each. Purchase requests should be addressed to; Mrs. Marilyn Verhey, Serials Librarian, U CLA Biomedical Library, Center for the Health Sciences, Los Angeles, California 90024. All requests should be accompanied by a check for $5.00 made out to Regents o f the University o f California. • A definition of education by A. C. Swin­ burne, written more than 110 years ago when the British writer was an Oxford undergradu­ ate, has been published for the first time. The business o f education, Swinburne said, “ is to nerve and strengthen the mind— to develop the intellectual faculty—b y giving fair play to ev­ ery capacity for good; to train equally all tal­ ents to do the highest work they may; to keep the heart on a level with the mind, by denying neither the exertion and the repose which each in turn requires.” Swinburne’s defi­ nition is part of a brief essay, “ On the Duties o f an University Towards the Nation,” printed in the Fall 1969 issue of the Courier, a publi­ cation o f the Syracuse University Library As­ sociates. In an introduction, William Pearson Tolley, chancellor emeritus o f the university, said the Swinburne essay “ is as timely as the day it was written.” Dr. Tolley added; “ In a sensate culture where w e are too often ruled by ap­ petite and desire, Swinburne has made clear the idea o f the university. In doing so he gives us hope that what is timeless will always be timely.” Swinburne said the university would fail in its duty to the nation “ either b y seclusion from the rest of the world and callousness to the re­ quirements o f its time, or by the introduction o f a lower tone and adoption o f the formula of instruction so as to exclude the wider idea of education.” He concluded; “ A nation is justi­ fied in expecting from such institutions wisdom to perceive and activity to follow out its line of duty; in looking for equal justice to all and development o f the best by the best means; in short, for an education which shall be more than instruction, and shall o f its own strength be adequate to meet the wants o f a changing time; for no [sic] otherwise will a system stand or fall.” John S. Mayfield, editor o f the Courier and curator o f manuscripts and rare books at Syra­ cuse University, noted that Swinburne was an undergraduate at Oxford University from the beginning o f 1856 to the end o f 1859. The es­ say was written in black ink on unlined, cream- colored, watermarked paper, Mayfield said, adding; “ The left edges o f the leaves are ragged and uneven, evidence that the manu­ script was torn from an exercise book of the type Swinburne is known to have used as a student. The date o f composition cannot be determined definitely, but a calculated con­ jecture would place the time as during the early months o f 1858.” The original manu­ script is in the Mayfield Library at Syracuse University. • John B. Regnell, research librarian, Bu­ reau o f Governmental Research, University of Nevada, Reno, has published a work entitled: U.S. Urban Revolution: Cities in Crisis, a Se­ lected and Classified Bibliography o f Books Relating to Cities, 1960-1969. 105 p. $1.00. Title and author indexes list books under the following subject headings: Metropolis-The Crisis, Urban Government and Politics, Urban Renewal, Urban Architecture and Environ­ mental Planning, Urban Sociology, Urban Race Relations, Urban Economics and Pover­ ty, Urban Community Development, Urban Church, and Urban Education. Book pagina­ tion and price are cited. A Comprehensive Author Index and a Publishers Address List are appended. A shorter work com piled by the author, Office of Economic Opportunity (O EO ) Publications, 1965-68, is also avail­ able, free o f charge, from the Bureau o f Gov­ ernmental Research, University o f Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89507. Structure Bookmarks News From the Field