ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 184 News From the Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S • S. Dillon Ripley, secretary of the S m i t h ­ s o n i a n I n s t i t u t i o n , and Bern Dibner, founder of the Burndy Corporation and the Burndy L i­ brary of Norwalk, Connecticut, have jointly an­ nounced the gift of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology to the Smithsonian Institution. This collection con­ tains more than 25,000 rare books, plus more than 300 incunabula ( books printed before 1501) and historic manuscripts, and letters of scientists, as well as numerous portraits, prints, science medals, scientific instruments, and ap­ paratus. “The breadth and quality of the col­ lection are extraordinary,” remarked Smithsoni­ an Secretary Ripley. “The rare books and arti­ facts form a virtual history of major develop­ ments in science and technology.” The Dibner Library will be housed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of History and Technology in Washington, D.C. Mr. Dibner will serve as adviser to the Dibner Library. The Dibner Library represents the major holdings of the Burndy Library in Norwalk, Connecticut, established by Mr. Dibner in 1936. The Burndy Library at Norwalk will con­ tinue to function as a resource for study in the history of science and technology for the Con­ necticut-New York area with a full collection of research materials, consisting of duplicates presently in the library and copies to be made of the more important materials being trans­ ferred to the Smithsonian Institution. At the core of the Burndy Library, to be­ come part of the Dibner Library gift, are 200 books and pamphlets which were epochal in the history of the physical and biological sci­ ences. These works proclaimed new truths or hypotheses which redirected scientific thought, brought understanding of natural laws, and at times introduced industrial change. All are list­ ed and described in the Burndy Library’s 1955 publication, H eralds o f Science, which has be­ come a standard reference in this field. • The P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y Library is the recent recipient of two gifts of material. One of the gifts substantially increased the library’s collections of Ernest Hemingway and John Keats. The donor, Archibald S. Alexander, a graduate in Princeton’s class of 1928, is a for­ mer assistant secretary and undersecretary of the army and onetime state treasurer of New Jersey. Included in the Keats collection are two of his letters to Fanny Brawner, the manuscripts which formed T h e Jo h n K eats M em orial Vol­ il­ um e (1 9 2 1 ), pristine copies of the poet’s first editions, notably P oem s (1 8 1 7 ), and a sam­ pling of biographical and critical works. Impor­ tant items in the Hemingway presentation are the manuscript of “A Day’s W ait,” typescripts of “Bull Fighting, Sport and Industry” and “Cracking the Siegfried Line,” galley proofs of D eath in th e A fternoon, several letters by the author, and a virtually complete set of his first editions. The other acquisition was a gift of the manu­ scripts of ten sermons by the Rev. William Ten- nent, Jr., who received an A.M. degree from Princeton University in 1761. The autograph manuscripts, letters, clippings, portraits, an elaborately tooled old leather wallet and other items were the gift to the university of Judge Tennent L. Griffin, of Mobile, Alabama, a prominent real estate broker and appraiser. Tennent (1 7 0 5 -1 7 7 7 ), who was a Presbyteri­ an minister in Freehold, New Jersey, was one of the original trustees of Princeton University. His father had established a theological train­ ing school at Neshaminy, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia, which was known as the Log College, and to which some of the material given to Princeton relates. The younger Tennent’s preaching was de­ scribed as having “more power than grace of form,” but Princeton students in the years from 1767 to 1773 were said to have walked twenty or so miles to hear him in his own pulpit. “With these manuscripts now available, later students can judge that power from the original texts,” noted Princeton university librarian William S. Dix. • The manuscript of a play written and lustrated by William Faulkner was recently purchased by the U n i v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a as a memorial to the late Linton Massey. Massey, who died last year, was a major force in establishing at the university the world’s most complete collection of Faulkner rare books, manuscripts, letters, and memora­ bilia. Through contributions from friends of Mas­ sey and of the Alderman Library, the univer­ sity was able to purchase at auction for $34,000 an unpublished manuscript of “The Marion­ ettes.” In 1920, Faulkner, then a member of a stu­ dent dramatic group at the University of Mis­ sissippi, hand-lettered, illustrated, and hand- bound six copies of the play for friends. The fifty-five-page manuscript includes nine pen and ink drawings in the style of Aubrey Beardsley. Aside from the university’s copy, the locations 185 of only three other copies are known— at Tu­ lane University and at the universities of Texas and Mississippi. Massey donated his extensive collection of first editions of Faulkner’s books to the univer­ sity in 1960 and continued to supplement the collection until his death. He was influential in persuading Faulkner to bring his own manu­ scripts and working papers to the university li­ brary. After Faulkner’s death, the author’s priceless collection, which includes the manu­ scripts of most of his major works, was officially deposited at the university by Faulkner’s daughter, Mrs. Paul D. Summers, through the Faulkner Foundation. • Dr. William J. Wiswesser, developer of the internationally accepted system for encod­ ing all possible chemical compounds in simple linear sequence, has turned over to his alma mater, L e h i g h U n i v e r s i t y , a collection of man­ uscripts, papers, and articles about his system. A repository, containing some 200 such ar­ ticles by users of the system from all over the world, has been established in Lehigh’s Mart Science and Engineering Library on the twen­ ty-fifth anniversary of the development, by Dr. Wiswesser, of what has become known interna­ tionally as the Wiswesser line notation. Ms. Berry Richards, associate librarian at L e­ high, notes that “researchers publishing ma­ terial on the use of this line notation are en­ couraged to forward reprints to the repository.” • T he U niversity o f I llinois Archives has acquired the Avery Brundage Collection of cor­ respondence, manuscripts, official papers, deco­ rations, awards, and trophies. Amounting to 173 boxes, the collection includes archival files, publications and artifacts. T he archives include material on the Olympic games, amateur athlet­ ics and international sports competition dating from the 1920s to 1974. T h e files are especially complete for the Amateur A thletic Union, the International Olympic Com mittee and national Olympic committees. Inquiries should b e ad­ dressed to Maynard Brichford, University Ar­ chivist, 19 Library, University of Illinois at Ur- bana-Champaign, Urbana, I L 61801. • The manuscripts department is pleased to note the acquisition for the M c G r e g o r L i ­ b r a r y of an important archive of the head­ quarters papers of Brigadier General John Forbes, concerning the planning and execution of his successful operations in North America against the French at Fort Duquesne (Pitts­ burgh) in 1758. Dating between 1757 and 1759, the papers consist of 530 items of cor­ respondence, reports, memoranda, journals, in­ structions, and accounts compiled during the course of the great campaign undertaken by the British in cooperation with the colonies to de­ stroy the power of France on the Ohio and in the Middle West. Acquired at auction in No­ vember 1974, the archive appears to be previ­ ously unstudied. A guide is in preparation and publication is contemplated. Inquiries should be directed to the Curator of the McGregor L i­ brary, Rare Book Department, University of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. • The Hon. Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Jr., prominent as the ranking minority member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee until his retirement this January as congressman from New Jersey’s fifth district, has given his papers while a member of the House of Representa­ tives to P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y . The gift to the university’s library includes correspondence, memoranda, drafts and copies of reports, clippings, and numerous other items pertaining to his twenty-two years (1 9 5 3 -1 9 7 5 ) as the Republican congressman serving, mainly, the Morris and Somerset county areas of New Jersey. A library spokesman said the material, now contained in 240 cartons, is not restricted but will not be available to scholars until it has been cataloged. F E L L O W S H I P S • The C o u n c i l o n L i b r a r y R e s o u r c e s (C L R ) has announced continuation of its fel­ lowship program for U.S. and Canadian librari­ ans for the 1976-77 academic year and has set an October 15, 1975, deadline for receipt of ap­ plications. The CLR Fellowship Program, be­ gun in 1969, annually provides research and self-developed study opportunities to approxi­ mately twenty-five mid-career professionals dur­ ing sabbaticals/leaves of absence of from three to nine months. The fellowships cover expenses incurred by the recipients in connection with their approved programs. They are not intended to support work toward an advanced degree in librarian- ship, although course work which complements a candidate’s program and is outside the normal professional curriculum may be considered. Applicants must be librarians or other pro­ fessionals working directly with libraries and citizens of the U.S. or Canada, or with perma­ nent resident status in either country. Their em- ployérs must be willing to provide them with a period of continuous leave of from three to nine months in which to carry out their pro­ posed programs. Fellows are required to submit a final report to CLR upon completion of their projects; how­ ever, they retain full rights to the results of their programs and are encouraged to write ar­ ticles and make professional presentations based on their findings. 186 Interested librarians may receive an applica­ tion form for the 1976-77 CLR Fellowship Pro­ gram by sending a self-addressed # 1 0 envelope or mailing label to: Fellowship Committee, Council on Library Resources, Suite 620, 1 Du­ pont Circle, Washington, DC 20036. G I F T • A bequest totaling $174,567 to the U n i ­ v e r s i t y o f M i a m i from the estate of the late Olive V. Levin of Miami Beach will be used to establish a student loan fund and a library en­ dowment fund in her name. In recognition of her bequest, the sixth floor of the Otto G. Rich­ ter Library will be named the Olive Levin Graduate Study Area. I t houses the university’s collection in the social sciences and human re­ lations. Books purchased from the income produced by the library endowment fund will be selected in the fields of anthropology and sociology with emphasis on human relations, community or­ ganizations, and related areas. Ms. Levin, a onetime Ziegfield Follies and Earl Carroll’s Vanities girl, was an active civic leader in the Miami area before her death in 1971. G R A N T S • The viable but informally manned Library Orientation-Instruction Exchange ( L O E X ) at E a s t e r n M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y will expand its services under terms of a three-year grant of $42,771 from the Council on Library Resources (C L R ). Project LO EX , established at Eastern Michi­ gan University in May 1972 as a result of the university’s Library Outreach Orientation Pro­ gram, is a clearinghouse for information and materials relating to academic library orienta­ tion and instruction at Eastern Michigan and at nearly 200 other cooperating institutions. Its objectives are threefold: ( 1 ) to facilitate com­ munication among academic libraries with orientation and instruction programs, ( 2 ) to as­ sist libraries in developing such programs, and ( 3 ) to aid librarians in their research endeavors and in furthering their education in orientation on an informal basis. Project L O EX will be under the direction of Mary Bolner, a faculty member of the univer­ sity’s Center of Educational Resources. • The Library Development Program of the B o s t o n T h e o l o g i c a l I n s t i t u t e , a consortium of eight theological libraries in the greater Bos­ ton area, has been awarded a $1,000 grant by the Council on Library Resources for a project to encourage publishers to imprint the Interna­ tional Standard Serials Number on their publi­ cations. American serials currently received in B T I libraries will be examined for the presence of ISSNs. The publishers of serials not showing the number will be contacted directly regarding the significance of and procedure for acquiring and displaying the ISSN. This project will be conducted in concert with the National Serials Data Program at the Library of Congress, which will make new assignments and verify already assigned ISSNs. The ISSN will assume increasing importance as it becomes integral to the functioning and use of library processing systems, bibliographic data bases, and abstracting and indexing ser­ vices. The primary goal of this project is to en­ sure that the number is displayed on the piece it represents so that the benefits of the ISSN can be realized fully in all its possible applica­ tions. For further information, contact: Linda Lewkowicz, B T I Library Development Office, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138; (6 1 7 ) 495-5780. M E E T I N G S J u l y 2: An ad hoc discussion group of U n i ­ v e r s i t y E x t e n s i o n L i b r a r i a n s will meet from 4 :3 0 -6 :0 0 p.m., during the ALA Annual Con­ ference in San Francisco, to discuss problems and issues of mutual concern. The meeting is being held under the auspices of the National University Extension Association/ACRL Joint Committee on University Extension Library Services, chaired by Osborne L. Gomez, Exten­ sion Librarian, State University System of Flor­ ida. The meeting will be open to anyone who has registered for the ALA conference for that day. J u l y 16-18: The Office of University Library Management Studies of the Association of Re­ search Libraries is sponsoring a L i b r a r y M a n ­ a g e m e n t S k i l l s I n s t i t u t e at the Hilton Hotel of Philadelphia. The institute is designed for key supervisory and managerial staff in academ­ ic libraries and will focus on skills presented at the institute. The discussion and application process will include consideration of perform­ ance standards for professional and nonprofes­ sional staff, motivational forces in the library context, problem-solving techniques, and group leadership requirements. The members of the institute staff are: David M. Callahan, owner of Communications Dy­ namics of Washington, D .C.; Duane E . W eb­ ster, director; and Jeffrey J . Gardner, manage­ ment research specialist, from the Office of Uni­ versityLibrary Management Studies. The insti­ tute fee is $150.00. Enrollment information is available from: Duane Webster or Jeffrey Gard­ ner, Association of Research Libraries, Office of University Library Management Studies, A s your budget gets tighter you need the best advice you can find. You ju s t found it. Consumers Index and Media Review Digest provide the advice you need, compiling evaluative inform ation on media software and equipment o f value to libraries, schools, and consumers. Each is the most significant reference and selection to o l in its field. Purchasing based on advice from these works could save many times their modest cost. 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Ten years ago Hoye made a number of predictions concern­ ing what education would be like in 1984. Most of his predictions have become a reality during the first ten years. Toft administers College “IV,” part of a four- year, undergraduate, liberal arts, state-support­ ed college which does not possess a schedule of classes, a time base, a grading system, or a course structure. His topic “Individualized In­ struction: Implementation Strategies For An Entire College” is based upon his experience of utilizing a curriculum matrix of auto-instruc­ tional learning packages which are entirely self- paced. Further information may be obtained by con­ tacting Dr. David P. Barnard, Dean of Learn­ ing Resources, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, W I 54751. J u l y 2 2 -2 5 : The fifth Cranfield C o n f e r ­ e n c e o n M e c h a n i s e d I n f o r m a t i o n S t o r a g e a n d R e t r i e v a l S y s t e m s will be held at Cran­ field Institute of Technology, Cranfield, Bed­ ford, England. The conference will be fully residential and the cost, including accommodation, meals, and the conference dinner will be $82.00. Full de­ tails of the program, together with application forms, are available from Cyril Cleverdon, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Cranfield, Bedford MK 43 OAL, England. A u g u s t 4 -1 5 : The Catholic University’s li­ brary science department’s third annual I n s t i ­ t u t e o n F e d e r a l L i b r a r y R e s o u r c e s will be directed by Frank Kurt Cylke, chief of the Di­ vision for the Blind and Physically Handi­ capped at the Library of Congress. The program is open to qualified practicing librarians and graduate students in library sci­ ence. Participants in the institute may receive three graduate credits. Tuition and fees total $215.00. For more information contact the Depart­ ment of Library Science, The Catholic Univer­ sity, Washington, DC 20064; (2 0 2 ) 635-5085. See the April C & RL N ews for further details. A u g u s t 10-16: L i b r a r y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . A n executive development program for library ad­ ministrators will be offered at Miami Universi­ ty, Oxford, Ohio, by Miami’s School of Busi­ ness Administration. The program is designed to assist library administrators in improving their managerial effectiveness. This will be the twenty-first executive devel­ opment program presented by Miami Universi­ ty for library administrators within the last sev­ en years. Because of its emphasis on general management principles and techniques, the program is of value to all kinds of library ad­ ministrators— public, university, special, techni­ cal, corporation, etc. The fee of $295.00 includes all program ex­ penses: tuition, instructional fees, cost of all reading materials and other handouts, person­ alized notebooks, plus room and board. Anyone interested in attending should contact the pro­ gram director: Dr. Robert H. Myers, School of Business Administration, Miami University, Ox­ ford, OH 45056. See the April C & R L N ews for further details. A u g u s t 2 4 -2 8 : The U r b a n a n d R e g i o n a l I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m s A s s o c i a t i o n (U R ISA ) will hold its thirteenth annual conference at the Washington Plaza Hotel in Seattle, Washing­ ton. The theme will be “The Role of Informa­ tion Systems Technology in Community Man­ agement.” O c t o b e r 17-18: The New England Regional Group of the M e d i c a l L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n will hold its annual meeting at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. O c t o b e r 19-22: The C o l o r a d o L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n and M o u n t a i n - P l a i n s L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n will sponsor a joint convention at the Executive Towers Inn, Denver, the theme being: “Continuing Education— Continuing Ex­ cellence.” Keynote speaker will be Elizabeth W. Stone from the Catholic University of America, project director of the Continuing L i­ brary Education Network and Exchange (C L E N E ). Preconference workshops on “Networking” and “Documents” will take place October 19. Miniworkshops will also be conducted on such topics as “Blind and the Physically Handi­ capped,” “E R IC ,” “Grant Writing,” and “Tele­ communications.” For more information, contact Mrs. Ann Kimbrough, CLA Executive Secretary, 2341 S. Josephine, Denver, CO 80210. O c t o b e r 2 3 -2 6 : The O r a l H i s t o r y A s s o ­ c i a t i o n will hold its tenth National Colloquium on Oral History at the Grove Park Inn in Ashe­ ville, North Carolina. 189 The theme for the colloquium will be “Oral History Comes of Age: The Tenth National Col­ loquium on Oral History.” The program chairperson for the colloquium is Thomas Charlton, Baylor University, and the workshop chairperson is Waddy Moore, State College of Arkansas. For further information about the Oral His­ tory Association write Ronald E . Marcello, Sec­ retary, Box 13734, North Texas Station, North Texas State University, Denton, T X 76203. N o v e m b e r 9 -1 2 : C l a s s i f i c a t i o n S y s t e m s . The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science will hold a four-day institute at Allerton Park, the university’s conference center near Monticello, Illinois, about twenty- five miles southwest of Champaign-Urbana. The institute for 1975, the twenty-first in the series, is scheduled to be on “Major Classifica­ tion Systems.” With the centennial of the first edition of Dewey’s classification system coming in 1976, the faculty of the school decided to devote next fall’s institute to a study and evaluation of clas­ sification systems. The cosponsor of the 1975 Allerton Institute will be the Forest Press, Al­ bany, New York, publishers of the decimal classification. The institute, however, will con­ cern itself not only with Dewey but with other major classification systems being used in E n­ glish-speaking countries. A brochure describing the program in detail will be issued in June 1975. Individuals inter­ ested in receiving the brochure and registration information should write to Mr. Brandt W. Pryor, Institute Supervisor, 116 Mini Hall, Champaign, IL 61820. M I S C E L L A N Y • The Manuscript Division of the L i b r a r y o f C o n g r e s s is observing the 175th anniversary of the founding of the Library of Congress with an exhibit of the papers of the eleven librarians who have held the office of the Librarian of Congress during the past 175 years. The display also commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of the institution’s most dis­ tinguished librarians, Ainsworth R. Spofford, who served from 1864-1897. The earliest manuscript shown is a letter written on February 17, 1802, by the first L i­ brarian of Congress, John James Beckley, to a Philadelphia importing firm concerning the li­ brary’s first purchase of books— 152 works in 740 volumes. Should the library have wished a mascot dur­ ing its formative years, it might well have chosen the legendary phoenix which arose from its ashes more resplendent than before. Three disastrous fires consumed the Library of Con­ gress over the years 1814 through 1851, the last of which is described in librarian John S. Mee­ han’s letter to the chairman of the Joint L i­ brary Committee of Congress. “The Guard who was on duty at the time, told me . . . it might have been extinguished by a few buckets of water, which unfortunately were not near at hand. The fire soon extended to the roof . . . and left the late beautiful room, with its inval­ uable contents, a smouldering mass of ruins.” Ainsworth R. Spofford brought about pro­ found changes in the nature and services of the library. By urging enforceable deposit require­ ments as a condition for copyright registration of books, he insured the immediate and con­ stant growth of the library’s holdings of Amer­ ican publications. He then extended the scope of the library’s acquisitions by expanding the exchange of publications with foreign institu­ tions. It was through his efforts that the mag­ nificent collection of Americana assembled by Peter Force came to the library; and as a final triumph, he secured the library’s splendid Main Building to house these treasures. Among the Spofford items shown is a letter written to his wife when he was trying to decide whether to accept the job as assistant to then Librarian of Congress John G. Stephenson. “You had better urge me to accept the appointment of assistant Varied Workshops at Santa Cruz Four two-day library workshops will be offered at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in June and July under spon­ sorship of University Extension. “Workshop in Computer-Based Refer­ ence Services” will be instructed on June 20-21 by Professor Charles Bourne, di­ rector, Institute of Library Research, University of California, Berkeley. “Developing Patterns for Interlibrary Communication” is scheduled on June 27-28. Instructor is Robert Hayes, dean, School of Library Service, UCLA. “Affirmative Action Workshop,” to be held July 10-11, will be coordinated by Thomas E . Brown, affirmative action of­ ficer for Kraft Foods and staff member, “ALA Affirmative Action Institute,” Chi­ cago 1974. “Preservation of Library and Archival Resources” will be given on July 11-12 by two members of the Library of Con­ gress— Peter Waters, restoration officer, and Donald Etherington, training special­ ist in rare book restoration. For a bro­ chure, write to University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, or phone (4 0 8 ) 429-2823. 190 ­ librarian of Congress where there is ‘little to do, & lots of money for doing it.’ ” He then listed arguments pro and con on the merits of the po­ sition; fortunately for the library and the na­ tion, the pros outweighed the cons by seventeen to nine. “I wish I were a monk in a monastery.” Thus did Librarian of Congress John Russell Young conclude his diary entry for August 25, 1898, reflecting his frustration at being constantly badgered by applicants for newly created jobs following the library’s exodus from the Capitol to the recently completed Congressional L i­ brary. Young served as librarian from mid-1897 until his death in early 1899. The exhibit also includes a letter written by one of the library’s most illustrious twentieth­ century librarians, Herbert Putnam, on the most cogent reason for the library’s existence— ser­ vice to the public. “I think students with a pur­ pose should receive at the hands of the librari­ ans not merely advice as to consulting the cata­ logues; but counsel as to the authoritative works on special subjects; and guidance as to unexpected sources of information. . . . I think that students . . . should receive the utmost as­ sistance; and the cost of such assistance is very properly a ‘charge on the public,’ particularly is this of force in municipal and government li­ braries.” • President Charles Hitch recently an nounced that the L i b r a r i a n s A s s o c i a t i o n o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a ( L A U C ) has been recognized as an official unit of the uni­ versity. LAUC has had the authority since 1971 to use the name of the university as a noncom­ mercial professional association. At the request of LAUC, and after consultation with the Gen­ eral Counsel of the Regents and with campus administrators, the president approved formal recognition as an official university unit. The action opens official channels of commu­ nication with university officials, including the president’s office, by recognizing LAUC as an organization comparable to the local and state­ wide faculty senates. In the words of the rec­ ognition statement, the association will provide a “structure for utilization of the professional interests and skills of librarians in advising the University administration and in improving in­ tra- and inter-campus communications on mat­ ters of concern in relation to libraries and li­ brarians.” The association advises campus chan­ cellors and library administrators through its lo­ cal divisions, and advises the university presi­ dent through its statewide officers and Execu­ tive Board. The action will also result in uni­ versity financial support for the association. Among other activities, the LAUC local di­ visions are responsible for the peer review process on each campus. Much of the statewide work is done through several standing commit­ tees; for example, one such committee is cur­ rently charged with recommending standards for bibliographic and physical access to collec­ tions housed away from campus service points. All librarians in the U.C. system, including directors and other administrators, are mem­ bers of the association. Current statewide offi­ cers are Norah Jones, UCLA, president; Allan Dyson, UC Berkeley, vice-president/president- elect; and William Maina, UC San Diego, sec­ retary. • The U n i v e r s i t y o f T u l s a has celebrated its “500,000th volume.” The volume was a rare bilingual text E lem entary A rithm etic in C hero­ k e e an d English, by John B. Jones, published in 1870 by the Cherokee National Press, Tah­ lequah. Professor Rennard Strickland— noted author and editor of numerous Indian histories, a leading Indian law authority, and a member of the University of Tulsa College of Law— do­ nated the volume. Dr. Angie Debo, internation­ ally recognized Indian and Oklahoma historian, delivered the presentation speech. • A second p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s “ S w a p ’ n S h o p ” day, similar to last year’s highly successful event at the American Library Association An­ nual Conference in New York City, is being planned for the San Francisco Conference in July. Jointly sponsored by the Public Relations Services to Libraries Committee, the John Cot­ ton Dana Awards Committee, the National Li­ brary Week Committee, and the Public Rela­ tions Council, the “day,” Tuesday, July 1, 1975, 1 0 :0 0 a.m .-4:00 p.m., will repeat 1974’s suc­ cessful format and feature examples of superior public relations materials, teams of experts to assist with various public relations projects, and be capped off by the John Cotton Dana Awards themselves. Professional public relations people will cri­ tique representative items, and there will be tables staffed by experts to offer advice and suggestions on such things as “Passing Bond Is­ sues,” “Serving the Unserved,” “Friends of the Library,” “Newsletters and Press Releases,” and “Bicentennial Happenings.” • Comments on the American Library As­ sociation’s M a n p o w e r P o l i c y are being sought by the Office for Library Personnel Resources ( O L P R ). At 1975 Midwinter, the OLPR Ad­ visory Committee was directed by the ALA Council to address itself to the Library E d u ca­ tion an d M anpow er policy statement adopted by the Council (June 30, 1970) and to other pertinent ALA personnel policies in order to recommend any modifications, expansions, or implementation steps which may be deemed appropriate in promoting the effective utiliza­ tion of library personnel at all levels. As a beginning step in this consideration, the OLPR Advisory Committee would like to re­ ceive comments from individuals who are in­ terested in the L ibrary E ducation an d M anpow ­ e r policy statement. Of particular interest to the committee are accounts from libraries that have tried to adopt the recommendations of the pol­ icy. A meeting of the OLPR Advisory Committee will be held at the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 2, 4 :3 0 - 6 :0 0 p.m. Individuals are urged to present their views in writing prior to the conference; these will be summarized at the meeting, followed by further presentations of viewpoints from the individuals attending the forum. This will not be a program meeting but instead provide op­ portunity for informal discussion and expres­ sions of concern from interested persons. Copies of the policy statement may be ob­ tained from the Office for Library Personnel Resources, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Please address written comments on the policy to Margaret Myers, Director, Office for Library Personnel Resources at the American Library Association; David C. Weber, Chair­ person of the OLPR Advisory Committee, Stan­ ford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305; or Grace Slocum, Cecil County Public Library, 135 E. Main St., Elkton, MD 21921. • The J o i n t S t e e r i n g C o m m i t t e e f o r R e ­ v i s i o n o f A n c l o -A m e r i c a n C a t a l o g i n g R u l e s held its first plenary meetings with the editors of the proposed second edition of the 1967 An­ glo-A m erican C ataloging Rules, in Chicago, January 23-24, 1975. In these meetings, the committee determined the detailed program of work which it aims to complete by the end of 1976 and developed guidelines for the editors and for the national committees of the United States, British and Canadian organizations, and institutions partici­ pating in the revision. They included the fol­ lowing four policy statements: 1. The Joint Steering Committee resolves that the second edition of the Anglo- A m erican Cataloging Rules will maintain general conformity with the Paris Prin­ ciples on which the 1967 rules are based. 2. The Joint Steering Committee resolves that the second edition will take particu­ lar account of developments in the ma­ chine processing of bibliographic records. 3. The Joint Steering Committee affirms its commitment to conformity with the In­ ternational Standard Bibliographic De­ scription for Monographs ( I S B D ( M ) ) as the basis for bibliographic description of monographs, and to the principle of stan­ dardization in the bibliographic descrip­ tion of all categories of materials. 4. The Joint Steering Committee accepts the commitment entered into by the predeces- Now Being Published An independent voice providing: • statements on the current and d ifficult issues facing academic librarians and the results of significant research • the JAL Guide — key to the literature of librarianship • articles by academic librarians on specialized topics • pictorial features on innovative services offered by academic libraries • In coming issues: Ralph E. Ellsw orth, Fred H einritz, Jo hn Rather, M artha Boaz, Duane Webster, Paul Dunkin, Maryan Reynolds • Writing on: subjects w hich inclu d e change in academ ic libraries, co lle ctive bargaining, fa cu lty status, cata lo g ing , buildings, and netw orks o f th e future The Journal Edited by: Richard M. Dougherty and William H. Webb of Academic S u b scrip tio n Dept. The Journal of P.O. Box 3496 Librarianship Academic Librarianship Boulder, Colo. 80303 _ _ _ _ Individual $14 __ __Elementary or secondary school library $ 14 _ _ _ _ Institution $25 __ __Small public library $14 (book budget under $10,000) A bim onthly Name_________________________________________________________ journal for the Address_______________________________In s titu tio n _________________ professional librarian C ity______________S ta te ___________Z ip ___________________________ 192 k sors to base the revision of relevant chap­ ters of Part 3 of AACR primarily on the following four sources: D raft Revisions o f C hapter 12 an d 14 o f th e AACR (U .S .); N on-B ook Materials C ataloguing Rules ( U .K .); N on book M aterials: th e Organi­ zation o f In tegrated C ollection (C anada); and Standards fo r Cataloging Nonprint M aterials (U .S .). • As part of its continuing effort to ma available to libraries and other users machine- readable data created at the library, the L i­ brary of Congress is offering for sale the Fo r­ mat Recognition computer program. This pro­ gram accepts bibliographic records in untagged form and converts those records to the MARC internal format, which differs in some respects from the MARC communications format. Al­ though Format Recognition was developed spe­ cifically for the Library of Congress MARC processing system and is not intended as gen­ eral use software, this program may be of as­ sistance to others who wish to develop similar software. The program is written in assembler language coding for an IBM 370 computer functioning under the operating system. This program will require modifications in order to process it on other systems. The pur­ chaser must make the required modifications. Provided with the program will be the docu­ mentation in the form in which it now exists, Former Librarian Nominated as Gulf Director: Oil on Troubled Waters? Sister Jane Scully, president and for­ merly librarian of Pittsburgh’s Carlow College, has been nominated to serve as the first woman director of Gulf Oil Cor­ poration. Sister Scully is a graduate of Carnegie Library School and the Univer­ sity of Michigan and was librarian of Carlow from 1950 to 1962. Contacted by C &R L N ews, Sister Scully stated that she believes librarians can bring an especially valuable kind of experience to administrative positions in that they are accustomed to dealing with large amounts of money and people in complex and changing circumstances. She hopes to bring a “broader dialogue” to the business community by involving corporate leaders in questions of social responsibilities. According to the com­ pany, the nomination is “coincidental” with a resolution introduced by an order of Kentucky nuns protesting Gulf’s strip- mining of a Montana Indian reservation. s but th e library is not in a position to provide addition al docum entation, m aintenance, or sup­ port. Current priorities for work in progress make it impossible for the MARC Development Office or the Cataloging Distribution Service Division to respond to inquiries with respect to the content or operation of the program. The available package consists of ( 1 ) a tape containing approximately 70,000 source state­ ments, ( 2 ) operating instructions, and ( 3 ) e existing documentation. The price for this pack­ age is $175.00 and orders may be directed to the Cataloging Distribution Service Division, Building 159, Navy Yard Annex, Washington, D C 20541. • A selection of current legal instrument from Latin America designed to preserve and protect that region's cultural heritage and archaeological and historical treasures will be displayed in an exhibit to open in the Law L i­ brary foyer of the Library of Congress on April 1. The exhibit, entitled “The Law and Cultural Treasures in Latin America,” will feature bilat­ eral and multilateral treaties and individual statutes enforced by Argentina, Brazil, Colom­ bia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru. The principal objective of this legislation is to prevent further pillaging of Latin America’s many magnificent pre-Colombian ruins, arti­ facts, and Spanish and Portuguese colonial structures, and the smuggling of these items to foreign art markets. The legislation adopted by the Latin nations ranges in scope from mild control over exporta­ tion of cultural treasures to more stringent re­ strictions. To further deter vandalism of cul­ tural treasures, the legislation establishes crim­ inal sanctions against violators of the statutes. Much of the legislation on display is a response to a 1970 convention adopted by UNESCO which establishes means for prevention and prohibition of the unlawful import, export, and transfer of ownership of cultural property. Among the more significant texts on display are the Pan American Treaty of April 15, 1935, signed by nine Latin American nations and the United States, which is one of the first interna­ tional instruments aimed at protecting artistic and scientific institutions and historic monu­ ments; the Treaty of July 17, 1970, between the United States and Mexico which provides for the mutual recovery and return of stolen archaeological, historical, and cultural proper­ ties; Mexico’s Law of April 28, 1972, which promotes, among other measures, the forma­ tion of peasant and community groups to help prevent archaeological pillage; and Argentina’s Law 19943 of November 13, 1972, which ap­ proves the 1970 UNESCO convention. This exhibit is located in the foyer of the 193 Law Library Reading Room, second floor, Main Building. It will remain on view until June 30. P U B L I C A T I O N S • Proceedings of a conference, Every Li­ brarian a Manager, which was held at Purdue University September 27-28, 1974, are now available. The meeting was sponsored by the Indiana Chapter, Special Libraries Association and the Purdue University Libraries and Audio- Visual Center. Included in the publication are papers by: Charles W. King, Krannert School of Industri­ al Administration, Purdue University and Uni­ versity of Toronto, “What Kind of a Manager Are You?”; David L. Ford, Jr., Krannert School of Industrial Administration, Purdue Universi­ ty, “Applied Group Problem Solving: The Nominal Group”; Marcia Byrum, director of personnel, Jefferson National Life Insurance Company, “Women in Management”; and Paul J. Gordon, Graduate School of Business, Indi­ ana University, “Management from a Structur­ al Viewpoint.” A participant evaluation of the conference is included in the proceedings. The cost of the publication is $7.00. Please make checks payable to Indiana Chapter, Spe­ cial Libraries Association and send to Miriam Drake, Conference Coordinator, Library Offi­ ces, 363 Stewart Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. • The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science has released its January 1975 issue of Library Trends (vol. 23, no. 3 ) entitled “Music and Fine Arts in the General Library,” edited by Guy A. Marco, dean, School of Library Science, Kent State Universi­ ty, and Wolfgang M. Freitag, lecturer on the fine arts and librarian of the Fine Arts Library in the Harvard College Library, Harvard Uni­ versity. This issue is devoted to the problems surrounding music and fine arts in general li­ braries. Its purpose is to give music and fine arts librarians access to information in fields re­ lated to their own and to bring information con­ cerning music and art library matters to the nonspecialist. Contributors to this issue include: William J. Dane, “Organizational Patterns in Public Libraries”; Hester M. Miller and Kurtz Myers, “Building a Nonspecialized Collection”; Walter Allen, “Services”; Y. T. Feng, “The Boston Public Library”; Ira J. Peskind, “The Junior College Library”; Elizabeth H. Rebman, “The Undergraduate Library”; Betty Jo Irvine, “Organization and Management of Art Slide Collections”; Luraine Tansey, “Classification of Research Photographs and Slides”; Olga Buth, “Scores and Recordings”; William B. Walter, “Art Books and Periodicals: Dewey and L C ”; Virginia Carlson Smith and William R. Treese, n ­ n / d n t , a t e y , ­ o t y r “A Computerized Approach to Art Exhibition Catalogs”; Judith A. Hoffberg, “Ephemera i the Art Collection”; Wolfgang M. Freitag, “Slides for Individual Use in the College L i brary”; Jacqueline D. Sisson, “Cooperatio Among Art Libraries”; Dominique-Rene De Lerma, “Black Music: A Bibliographic Essay”; John C. Larsen, “Education of Fine Arts Music Librarians”; and Guy A. Marco an Wolfgang M. Freitag, “Training the Libraria for Rapport with the Collection.” L ibrary Trends is available for $3.00 from: University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois 61801. Annual subscriptions may be placed a the same address (four issues, $10.00). • The Oklahoma Union List of Serials computer printout list, in preparation for abou five years, is now available in a five-volum hard copy or a microfiche edition. Produced at the Oklahoma State Universit Library, the work is a listing of more than 30,000 titles of journals, newspapers, annuals and other serial publications received in twen ty-four Oklahoma libraries. Codes are used t specify the volumes held by individual libraries. T he Union L ist was originally a 1967 join effort of the University of Oklahoma Library at Norman and the Oklahoma State Universit Library in Stillwater. At one time it received a grant of $6,000 from the State Regents fo Keep y o u r d e p a rtm e n ts u p -to -d a te w ith th e e v e rc h a n g in g p e rio d ic a ls w o rld . Binding • Reference Serials Records T hey all need F a x o n ’s Serials Updating Service Quarterly a q u a rte rly n e w sle tter c o n ta in in g the m ost c u rre n t in fo rm a tio n on various se rials title s. A ll changes (title , fre ­ quency, etc.) and b ib lio g ra p h ic irre g u ­ la ritie s (a d d itio n a l volum es, delays in p u b lic a t io n , e tc .) a re r e p o r te d as Faxon is m ake aware o f them . Each is s u e c o n ta in s an a v e ra g e o f 650 e n trie s A fu ll-y e a r s u b s c rip tio n costs o n ly $7.00; tw o -ye a rs $13.50; th re e - years $20.00. T h ro u g h o u t th e year, s p ecial issues c o n ta in in g a d d itio n a l in fo rm a tio n that Faxon feels w ill be of value to lib ra ria n s w ill be o ffe re d to s u b s c rib e rs at no a d d itio n a l cost. A special M e m b e rsh ip Issue is p lanned fo r 1975. S am ple cop ie s are available on request. F.W. P FA ubl X ish O in N g D C i O vis M ion P ANY,INC 15 Southwest Park, W estwood, Mass. 02090 a LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf review G O VERN M EN T P U B L IC A T Quoted below in its entirety is of A RBA . It falls under the he drawback to using the M onthly C atalog and official indexes and catalogs published by the Government Printing Office has been the lack of timely cumula­ tions of the indexes or catalogs. The D ocum ent C atalog, which most documents librarians have used to search for documents published between 1895 and 1940, was actually a two-year cumulation of subject entries as well as entries for issuing agency and publi­ cation series. The M onthly C atalog has, since 1900, provided an annual index of the entries in the monthly issues (except for a 30-month period, January 1906 to June 1908). Two decennial indexes to the M onthly C atalog have been published by GPO : the 1941-1950 cumulation, and the 1951-1960 cumulation issued in 1968. A planned quinquennial cumulation for the years 1961-1965 is still in preparation. “ The lack of comprehensive cumulative indexes is a problem familiar to users of periodical indexes. In order to use the M onthly C atalog for exhaustive re­ search of a topic, or to find a work whose date of publication is unknown, one has to search month by month during the current year, then year by year to 1961, and through the two decennial issues to 1941. For earlier materials, most documents librarians prefer to use the biennial D ocum ent Catalog. “As the title indicates, this is primarily a cumulative “subject” index to the M onthly C atalog. It does not contain the following entries included in the source indexes: names of persons who were beneficiaries of ndividual “relief” measures, and “personal authors.” he latter entries have been cumulated by Edward Przebienda in two decennial and two quinquennial olumes covering the years 1940-1970 (published by Pierian Press as Cum ulative P ersonal A u thor In dexes to the M onthly C a ta lo g ). However, the following ypes of entries contained in the source indexes have een cumulated: government agency “author” entries, nd title entries. “This cumulation represents a massive merging of ntries in all previously published official cumulative ndexes to the M onthly C a ta lo g : 49 annual indexes calendar years 1900-1905, 1935-1940, and 1961-1971; nd fiscal years 1908/09-1933/34); the two decennial ndexes; and one six-month index (July-December 1934). Original indexing was done for the 30 monthly ssues that were not indexed, and the entries were erged. The compilers did not include the years 1895-1899, since the M onthly C atalog was not indexed i T v t b a e i ( a i i m LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf – G overnm ent D ocum ents Librarian o f the M cK eldin Library o f the U niversity o f M aryland. – A u th o r o f the 52-page report “ Re­ gional Libraries and the Depository Library Act o f 1962” . – Secretary o f the Federal D ocuments Task Force o f GO D O RT. – A u th o r o f “ The Monthly Catalog and B ibliographical Control o f U. S. G overnm ent Publications” {Drexel L ib ra ry Q uarterly, Jan.-A pr. 1974, pp. 79-105). “ GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS UNITED STATES “ 102. Buchanan, W illiam W ., and Edna M . K anely, comps. Cumulative Subject Index to the M onthly C atalog o f U nited States G overnm ent Publications, 1900-1971. W ashington, Car­ rollton Press, 1973 (in preparation). 15v. $900.00. L C 4-18088. ISB N 0-8408-0001-0. “A landmark publication in federal documents bibli­ ography. Private enterprise has again come to the rescue of the harried documents librarian to fill a serious void left by official government indexes and catalogs. Disregarding the inadequate bibliographic control over the full range of federal documents, par­ ticularly “non-GPO ” publications, and the inadequate depth of indexing and subject analysis, the most serious Th e la rg e st and m o st co m p reh en siv e sub­ je c t index to U.S. G overnm ent p u b licatio n s ever pro du ced. • f i f t e e n v o l u m e s • 1 3 , 3 2 7 t w o - c o l u m n p a g e s • m o r e t h a n 2 . 5 m i l l i o n s u b j e c t c i t a t i o n s • offered with our 106 volume reprint edition of the Monthly Catalog its e lf from 1895-1962. Included is the 30 volume “ Classes Added” Edition (for 1895- 1924) to which previously m issing Superintendent of Documents Class Numbers were added under the supervision of Mary Elizabeth Poole. All reprint volumes are sp ecially bound and marked fo r easiest use with Cumulative Subject Index. Send for our free brochure on the M o n t h l y C a t a l o g S u b j e c t R e f ­ e r e n c e S y s t e m . It includes details of our unique offer of free “ interim use” microfilm reels which can be used before (and after) complete sets of reprint volumes are delivered. Meanwhile, the C u m u l a t i v e S u b j e c t I n d e x may also be purchased in the C o m b i n e d R e f e r e n c e E d i t i o n which, as ex­ plained on the coupon, includes the complete M o n t h l y C a t a l o g on Microfilm. th ION this d during this early period. In view of their commend­ ication in federal documents bibliography” e C U M U L A TIV E S U B JE C T IN D E X TO TH E M ON TH LY CA TA LO G O F U.S. S, 1900-1971 in the 1975 American Reference Books Annual. comprehensive review which appears on pages 47 and 48 of the 1975, Sixth Edition ing “General Reference Works, Government Publications, United States.” able effort to close the 30-month gap mentioned, their failure to do original indexing for this earlier five-year period is a regrettable, but not serious, oversight. “Although this compilation will increase the use of the M onthly C atalog for the period 1900-1940 and will make searches more convenient and complete, it will not eliminate the need for the D ocu m ent Catalog. This catalog was more comprehensive and includes many additional documents. The indexing was gen­ erally better and in greater depth. The D ocum ent C atalog is also a combined catalog-index. Arranged by subject, the entries provide complete bibliographic information, and the user must look only in one place and need not consult both index and catalog listings. In those cases in which the user can narrow the search to a short time frame, the D ocu m en t C atalog might still be preferred. However, most documents reference work concerns more recent publications, and this cumulative index is warmly welcomed since it fills a serious gap for the period 1961-1971. “ Due to variations in terminology and indexing rules that have occurred over this span of 72 years, the The complete 15-volume set is avail­ able for immediate delivery. Use this coupon to order today. t c l s f V h p u f w e b compilers have been forced to make certain arbitrary, but eminently reasonable and practical, editorial de­ cisions. Subject headings appear intact under their original spellings. However, this problem has been alleviated by merging many se e and s e e also references that had disappeared over the years. The problem of subject headings in both singular and plural form, often widely separated, has been solved by combining hem under either one or the other heading. In the ase of series and certain types of reports, chrono­ ogical and numerical listings are used rather than traight alphabetical listings. “ The complete set is being published in attractive, olio-size, case-bound volumes. By the end of 1974, olumes 1 through 11 (covering “A ” through “Pub”) ave been published. The price may appear to be rohibitive, but when judged by its value in practical se, in time saved for librarians and other users of ederal documents, and in the more exhaustive searches hich it allows and encourages, the set is quite in­ xpensive and is considered to be an outstanding argain.” LeRoy C. Schwarzkopf To: Carrollton Press, Incorporated 1911 N. 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NAME________________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS_____________________________________________________________________________________ 196 Higher Education but has subsequently been supported in the library at Oklahoma State Uni­ versity and published there. Libraries wishing to purchase the List in hard copy form, which is sold at cost for $87.00 or in microfiche format at $5.00, may corre­ spond with Norman L. Nelson, Administrative Assistant, University Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74074. • A comprehensive, classified international directory of periodicals that publish literary scholarship has been published. Scholar’s Mar­ ket by Gary L. Harmon and Susanna M. Har­ mon contains information on 848 periodicals, all potential markets for publishing the works of literary scholars. The directory costs $14.50 per copy and is available from: The Ohio State University Libraries Publications Committee, Room 322A, 1858 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210. • A Lithuanian Bibliography by Adam and Filomena Kantautas. A checklist of books and articles held by the major libraries of Canada and the United States, this valuable reference work contains 10,168 numbered entries of works written by 3,587 different authors in nearly every European language. This work in­ cludes an analytic table of contents, the sym­ bols for libraries, an author and title index, and a list of serials consulted, with locations and holdings. Fully bound, this 725-page volume is avail­ able for $10.00 from L. E. S. Gutteridge Cam­ eron Library, The University of Alberta Press, Edmonton T6G 2J8 Canada. • Cornell University Libraries has published a new edition of its Serials Currently Received. Edited by A. Elizabeth Crosby, the new edition is kept up to date by a 1974 supplement. This edition records the holdings of approxi­ mately 33,000 serial publications currently re­ ceived by the libraries on the Ithaca campus. The list is alphabetically arranged by title or corporate entry. Each entry includes place of publication, beginning volume number, begin­ ning date of publication (when available), the location symbol of the libraries in which the publication can be located, classification num­ bers, and holdings. U.S. and foreign newspa­ pers currently received are listed in the Ap­ pendix. Annual supplements will combine, in a single alphabetical list, all titles added as well as the following information: cross-references for changes in entries, additional locations, changes in holdings and call numbers, withdrawals, and titles which have ceased publication or are not currently received. Price of the main volume is $25.00; price of the 1974 supplement is $5.00. Copies may be ordered from: Budget and Accounting Office, Cornell University Libraries, 234 John M. Olin Library, Ithaca, NY 14853. • Josephine Jacobsen, consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress in 1971-1973, was the first woman to hold that position since Elizabeth Bishop had been appointed in 1949. Traditionally, at the end of each year’s literary season, the poetry consultant delivers a lecture under the auspices of the library’s Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund. Ms. Jacobsen’s first lecture, presented in May 1972, was entitled “From Anne to Marianne: Some Women in American Poetry” and was subsequently issued by the Superintendent of Documents under the title, T w o Lectu res. In T h e Instant of Knowing, the lecture Ms. Jacob­ sen delivered in May 1973 that the library re­ cently published, the author describes the pro­ cess of poetic creation. The lecture concludes with three of Ms. Ja ­ cobsen’s poems that she read for the occasion to illustrate her theme: “When the Five Prom­ inent Poets,” “The Poem Itself,” and “Poet, When You Rhyme.” T h e Instant o f Knowing is available for $.35 from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (Stock Number 3016-00021; LC 1.14: J 15 ) , or in person from the information coun­ ter, ground floor of the Library of Congress Main Building. • The University of Colorado’s Western Historical Collections has begun publishing a series of guides to individual manuscript col­ lections. They are letter-press printed on good paper stock and saddle stitch bound with an at­ tractive cover design. Each guide includes a de­ scription of the content and scope, a biography and chronology as well as an inventory contain­ ing a name index. The titles presently available are: Guide to the Edward Keating Papers 1900- 1964 ( Colorado newspaperman, congressman 1913-1919, and editor of L a b o r ) ; Guide to the Arthur C. Johnson Papers 1887- 1937 (Colorado journalist, aid to U.S. Senator Patterson, attorney, and publisher of the C olo­ rado R ecord S to ck m a n ); Guide to the Henry Moore Teller Papers 1862-1908 (Colorado lawyer, congressman, U.S. senator, and secretary of interior); Guide to the Harper M. Orahood Papers 1861-1880 (Colorado pioneer, businessman, lawyer, and civic leader); Guide to the Darley Family Papers 1875- 1970 (Colorado pioneers, clergymen, and edu­ cators) ; Guide to the Edward C. Weatherly Papers 197 1890-1936 (Colorado mine owner, promoter, and mining authority). Copies may be obtained by writing to John A. Brennan, Curator of the Western Historical Collections, University of Colorado Libraries, Boulder, CO 80302. A prepayment of $2.00 each is requested. • The Barker Engineering Library of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology an­ nounces the publication of Serials and Journals Currently Received in the Barker Engineering Library, 1st edition, 1974, compiled and edit­ ed by Susan K. Nutter, associate engineering librarian. Listings are included for the approxi­ mately 3,600 serials and journals in the areas of biomedical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, energy resources and utilization, environmental engineering, mechan­ ical engineering, ocean engineering, and trans­ portation, to which the library currently sub­ scribes. The title is available in paper edition for $15.00 and in microfiche edition for $2.50. Orders, which must be prepaid, should be sent directly to: Susan K. Nutter, Room 10-500, M .I.T., 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139. Make checks payable to: Barker Engineering Library. • Harold Smith’s T he Society for the Diffu­ sion of Useful Knowledge—1826-1846 has been issued by Dalhousie University Library and Dalhousie University School of Library Service as its Occasional Paper, no. 8, at $2.00. Copies of this and other titles in the Occasional Papers Series can be ordered from Dr. Norman Horrocks, Director, School of Library Service, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H8. • The Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians, a division of the Wisconsin Library Association, has recently compiled and pub­ lished a Directory of Wisconsin Academic Li­ brarians (F eb . 1975), listing all librarians in post-high school educational institutions in the state. It includes indexes by name, institution, and type-of-work. Cost is $1.00 to W LA mem­ bers or $2.00 to nonmembers for hard copy; $.50 for microfiche. Order, with payment, from Mrs. Elizabeth Bohmrich, W LA Executive Sec­ retary, 201 W. Mifflin, Madison, W I 53703. • The University of Alberta Library recent­ ly announced the publication of two items: — Reference Materials in Slavic and East European Studies, compiled by C. N. Sucho­ wersky. Edmonton, 1974. xix, 117p. $3.25. The aim of this annotated, indexed bibliography “. . . is to aid students and library staff with the special difficulties which arise in Slavic and East European Studies.” Dr. Suchowersky, in his introduction, mentions all Slavic groups and gives their characterizations and historical back­ grounds. He discusses the difficulties and com­ plications that arise, not only for the student, but even for librarians, in understanding the ar­ rangement and classification of East European and Slavic publications and studies. — Statistical Sources in the Library; A Se­ lected Bibliography. Compiled by Wasyl Hy­ rak. Edmonton, 1974. vii, 140p. $3.50. This bibliography “introduces library users to vari­ ous statistical materials” in the University of Al­ berta Library. I t is subdivided by type of statis­ tical source, e.g., “Bibliographies and Guides,” and then further divided by geographic area. These publications are available from the University Bookstore, Edmonton. ■ ■ Missing Issues Of Post Office Assistant Sought The Collectors Club of Chicago, a non­ profit educational corporation dedicated to the study of United States postal his­ tory, is in the process of reprinting a cen­ tury-old newspaper and seeks help from periodical librarians and others in com­ pleting the run. The newspaper was called the United States Mail an d Post- Office Assistant. It was a four-page tab­ loid, published monthly in New York City, between October 1860 and May 1876. It contained information of inter­ est to postmasters and large mail users and is now regarded as the most impor­ tant source of postal historical informa­ tion for the period in which it was pub­ lished. The first twelve volumes of this periodical were recently found at Yale University Library, and these are cur­ rently being reprinted in two folio-sized volumes by the Chicago group. The or­ ganization intends to publish a third re­ print volume, completing the run, but so far has been unable to locate ten issues, between 1872 and 1874. The missing is­ sues are volume 13, numbers 3, 4, 7, 9, and 12; and volume 14, numbers 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11. Any readers who have ac­ cess to these missing issues are urged to write the U.S. Mail Reprint Committee, Collectors Club of Chicago, 1029 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, I L 60610. The incentive here is that any library provid­ ing even a single issue in the reprint project will receive a complimentary copy of the full reprint of the entire run, which comprises some 10 million words, and will retail, in a very limited edition at $125 per set.