ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 8 18 / C&RL N ew s ■ N o v e m b e r 1999 brary h u m o r in 1999. Any a n d all k in d s o f contributions are w el­ c o m e . N o m in a tio n s should b e sent no later t h a n F e b r u a ry 29, 2000, to N o rm a n D. S t e v e n s , d i r e c t o r , M olesw orth Institute, 143 H anks Hill Road, S to r r s , CT 0 6 2 6 8 . N o m in a tio n s n e e d only include the piece A Bibliosmiles post­ b e in g n o m in a ted ; in card from the Moles­ th e case o f W eb sites w o rth Institute. o r o th e r e le c tro n ic p u b l i c a t i o n s , e l e c t r o n i c s u b m i s s i o n s to norman.stevens@ uconn.edu will suffice. The w in­ ner, w h o s e aw ard will b e tailored to th e subm is­ sion, will b e an n o u n ce d o n April 1,2000. N ew M in n eso ta a rc h iv e s n am ed O n th e o c c a sio n o f h is 9 0th b irth d a y , th e U ni­ v e rs ity o f M in n e s o ta (U M ) h a s r e n a m e d t h e L ibrary A rc h iv e s/A c œ ss C e n te r (c u rre n tly u n ­ d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n ) th e E lm e r L. A n d e r s e n Li­ brary, in h o n o r o f fo rm e r M innesota G o v e rn o r A n d e rs e n . T h is is th e first tim e a UM L ibrary h a s n o t b e e n n a m e d a fte r a u n iv e rs ity p r e s i­ d e n t, a n d it re c o g n iz e s A n d e rs e n ’s m a n y c o n ­ trib u tio n s to a n d s u p p o rt o f th e library a n d th e university. T he $40-million project will b e com pleted early in 2000 a n d will h o u s e e ight UM special collec­ tio n s a n d a rch iv es a n d th e MINITEX In fo rm a ­ tion N etwork offices a n d services; lesser-used m a­ terials from th e university a n d o th e r libraries in th e state will b e h o u s e d in tw o environm entally controlled caverns m in e d for this project. P r o je c t M u se a n n o u n c e s p r ic in g o p t io n s f o r 2 0 0 0 Firm p rices fo r th e 2000 c a le n d a r y e a r a re n o w available fo r Project MUSE, th e ele ctro n ic jour­ nals database m anaged by the Jo h n s H opkins Uni­ versity Press. MUSE n o w offers 112 journal titles from n in e p u b lish ers, su c h as C arnegie M ellon U niversity Press, MIT Press, a n d th e University o f T ex a s Press. A v a rie ty o f p a c k a g e s a n d dis­ c o u n ts a re availab le. D e tails m a y b e fo u n d at h t t p : / / m u s e . j h u . e d u o r c o n t a c t M e la n ie V anderm ark at m elanie@ jhupress.jhu.edu. ■ “Curm udgeon” Madden remembered at CSU Fresno “C u r m u d g e o n , ” “B i b l i o p h i l e , ” a n d “Scholar.” H enry Miller M adden w as re m e m b e re d at a g a th e rin g h e ld o n A ugust 27 at California State University, Fresno, to c o m m e m o ra te th e 50th a n n i­ versary o f h is arrival a t th e library that n o w b e ars his nam e. T h e c el­ e b ra tio n re c o g n iz e d th e c e n tra l ro le M a d d e n p la y e d in th e library a n d in th e p ro fessio n in Califor­ nia. In S e p te m b e r 1949, M a d d e n jo in e d w h a t w a s th e n F resno State C ollege as c o llege librarian; h e re ­ tired in 1979. In 1981, th e library w a s n a m e d for him , a g reat h o n o r re q u irin g a n e x c e p tio n to CSU policy. H e d ie d th e fol­ lo w in g year. M a d d e n b e c a m e a re c o g n iz e d le a d e r in th e library p rofession, particularly in th e area o f intellectual free d o m , b u t his m ost im p o r­ tan t a c c o m p lish m e n t w a s th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f a library c o llectio n that, for its size, is u n ­ paralle led in diversity, quality, a n d d e p th . H e b e lie v ed that a n “a ca d em ic librarian [has an] obligation to b e q u e a th a living institution that will b e a m ainstay fo r g e n e ra tio n s u n to g e n e ra tio n s.” M a d d e n v a lu e d his staff a n d p ro c la im e d th e m as “u n m a tc h e d in c o m p e te n c e .” H e issued u n iq u e m e m o ra n d a w ritten in a n idiosyn­ cratic style ( “D o n o t … c o n c lu d e calls w ith ‘B ye-Bye,’ ‘m m m b y e ,’ o r o th e r m u s h .”). In accepting th e position o f col­ lege librarian 50 years ago, M adden a n s w e re d a tru e calling fo r librari­ a n sh ip . H e c h e ris h e d th e im p o rta n c e o f th e w ritte n w o rd . M a d d e n c lo s e d his last a n n u a l re p o rt with, “T he things that are m ost w ith m e are tilings th at I h ave read, for they b o th o p e n a n d store th e m ind. R eading is th e m e a n s a n d the m easure o f intellectual life.”—-Janet Bancroft, H enry M a d d e n Library, California State Univer­ sity, Fresno■ mailto:norman.stevens@uconn.edu http://muse.jhu.edu mailto:melanie@jhupress.jhu.edu