ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 193 News From the Field AC Q U ISITIO N S • Five thousand volumes of Russian works were presented to Sir George W illiams Un i­ versity by Mr. Raymond A. Davies as a m e­ morial to his wife. T he Lillian Davies Memorial Collection covers a wide range of time and sub­ ject m atter, from an extremely rare 1739 p u b ­ lication of th e Russian Academy of Sciences to recently published literary works. It is val­ ued at over $20,000. University librarian Mrs. Helen H oward emphasizes the Collection’s value to further scholarship, calling it “one of the most significant Russian-language collec­ tions in C anada.” Some 3000 volumes are now being integrat­ ed into the general collection of the University’s Norris Building library. Strongly represented are historical works published since 1945; also included are volumes on m odern Soviet eco­ nomics, collected works of classic Russian lit­ erary figures, a num ber of im portant bibli­ ographies, technical dictionaries, and art books. The rem aining books will b e selected over two years by SGWU librarians and faculty. Disci­ plines covered will b e mainly th e humanities and social sciences; science and technology will also be included. Among th e rare books included in the Davies’ family donation are Description Ethnographique des Peuples de la Russie by T. de Pauly, published in St. Peters­ burg in 1862—believed to be the only copy of its kind in Canada, a richly illustrated work which includes Eskimos and W est Coast In­ dians; V ues de Moscou after G erard de la Barthe, St. Petersburg, 1799—an elephant folio of extremely rare engravings of people in the reign of Catherine the Great; and Catherine the G reat’s Law s for th e Establishment of the Russian State, St. Petersburg, 1776. • The U niversity of W estern O ntario has recently purchased for $190,000 an out­ standing collection of 450 rare books by and about John Milton from Mr. G. William Stuart, Jr. of California. Negotiations for the purchase began nearly a year ago as a result of the friendship of Professor W illiam Cameron, As­ sociate Dean of th e School of Library and In ­ formation Science, and Mr. Stuart. Professor Cameron learned of Mr. Stuart’s intent to sell and requested th at W estern be given first chance to purchase. President D. C. Williams, in making th e announcement, said W estern had had a once in a lifetime opportunity. “Had we not exercised our option to purchase, these rare volumes would not have come to Canada.” Dr. Andrew D. Osborn, D ean of th e School of Library and Inform ation Science, said the Stuart Collection now ranks as the sixth most outstanding collection of M ilton’s works in the world. As a result of the acquisition. Dr. W il­ liams said, “W estern students and Faculty now have at their disposal the most complete col­ lection of Milton’s works in C anada.” W estern already has one of the world’s most renowned Milton scholars on its F aculty in the person of Professor B. Rajan, D epartm ent of English. Dr. James J. Talman, chief librarian, said the col­ lection will b e made available to accredited scholars and recommended graduate students. He said the benefit of having originals in the library is th at they are unchallenged as authen­ tic sources of information for scholars doing research. A speck of dust m ight add a comma to a photocopy, he said, and change the m ean­ ing of the original. The perm anent home of the Stuart Collection will be the D. B. W eldon Library scheduled for completion in 1971. It will be fully air-conditioned and hum idity con­ trolled. Half of the new library’s largest stack floor will be devoted to rare books and m anu­ scripts. D uring construction special arrange­ ments are being made to house W estern’s Mil- ton collection. • The library of the University of Califor­ nia, D avis has acquired a eollection of about 1400 pieces from the library of the late Ar­ mando de Maria y Campos (1897-1967), Mex­ ican scholar and journalist. The collection was received in the library in M arch 1969 and is now being sorted and processed for cataloging. Included in the collection is material on Mex­ ican history, especially the Revolution of 1910- 25, and the history of th e Hispanic stage. On th e historical and political side, th e col­ lection includes several runs of serials, such as D ocumentos iné ditos ó m u y raros para la his- toria de Mexico, Figures episodios de la his- toria de Mexico, and th e Archive del General Porfirio Diaz. General monographs on Mexican history include lives of Juarez, Diaz, etc.; Itur- bide’s correspondence; G uzm an’s bibliografia de la independencia de Mexico; and studies of particular regions of Mexico, such as Perez Verdia’s Historic particular del Estado de Ja­ lisco. Special serials on the history of the Mex­ ican Revolution include; the Publications of the Institute Nacional de Estudios Historicos de la Revolucion Mexiana; Historic grdfica de la Revolucion; and Diarios de las debates del Congreso Constituyente 1916-17, the congress w hich rewrote th e constitution in accordance w ith the new way of life in Mexico. The part of the collection concerned with literature and the theatre includes useful b ib ­ liographies such as Iguiniz’s Bibliografia de novelistas Mexicanas and Valle y Romero’s Bibliografia Cervantina en la America Es- a ■ Two sensing screens ■ Paid for itself in 21 months and now generates over $4,000 each year for further enrichment of the collection. b ■ A compact control panel (under the desk) The CHECKPOINT secret is eiectronically treated endpaper, C ■ An electronically protected book bookplates and bookpockets permanently adhered to the d ■ A locking turnstile, a quiet alarm or light to alert the inside of books. Completely harmless, this material requires no extra steps in circulation procedures (activating and staff when a concealed book is carried between the de-activating). It is impossible to shield and is instantly screens detectable by the sensing equipment even if the book is CHECKPOINT is: under a coat or in a briefcase or handbag. The best protection against unauthorized removals. We will arrange for you to visit a CHECKPOINT System, now installed in academic and public libraries throughout With silent, dignified control CHECKPOINT will free your the country. librarian from being a part-time policewoman. Free her from embarrassing confrontations and suspicions. We will do a study to determine the financial feasibility of installing a CHECKPOINT System in your library. Free her from the time consuming tasks of searching for, There is no cost or obiigation. reordering, recataloging and reshelving lost books. Please call or write She w ill welcome it. And your patrons will enjoy much im­ proved service. They did at the 53,000 volume Frankford Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia where CHECKPOINT ■ Reduced losses by 87% in a controlled test ■ Ensured the availability of valuable books Barrington, New Jersey 08007 ■ Eased the flow of exit traffic, and (609)547-1110 a member company of Logistics Industries Corporation MEM BER COMPAN IE S • M et a l Edge I n d i n t r i n o f New Jersey, Barrington. New Jersey • J /E Plastics Manuf act u rin g Corporation, Yonkers, New York • Southam Spaclal Products Corporation, Richmond, V irg in ia • Comly–G illam Carton Corporation, P hiladelphia, Pennsylvania • Flashfold Box Corporation, Fort Wayne, In d ian a • Polyf ab D ivis ion, M e ta l Edge Industries o f C a lifo rn ia , Los Angeles, C alifornia • B ill Thomas Associates D ivis io n , M e ta l Edge In dustries o f Califom i a , Van Nuys, C alifornia • Rigid Boxes, In c ., M inneapolis. Min nesota • M e ta l Edge Industries o f Illin o is , Chicago. Illin o is • N o -N a il D ivis ion , M e ta l Edge In dustries, B arrington, New Jersey 195 pãñola, as well as Monterde’s Bibliografia del teatro en México (1933). There are many his­ tories of the theatre in Mexico from the 17th century onward, and studies of individual the­ atres of various countries and cities in Latin America. Three long runs of Spanish serials concerned with the theatre are included in the collection. The periodicals are: La Farsa, 18 Oct. 1927-8 July 1936; El Teatro Moderno, 3 Oct. 1925-26 Mar. 1932; and Comedias, 2 Oct. 1926-14 Jan. 1928. Each play gives the date and place of performance and the cast so that the sets have historical value; in some cases photo­ graphs are added. Other sets include Teatro Mexicano contemporaneo and Collection del teatro mexicano. There are a large number of individual plays in Spanish ranging from inter­ ludes in pamphlet form to collected sets of an author’s works for the stage. Dramatists such as Usigli, Gamboa, Vasconcelos are included as well as lesser-known authors. Twenty original playscripts, in typewritten or handwritten form, by various authors are also part of the collec­ tion. • The library of Sonoma State College (California) has received four personal letters by Ernest Hemingway donated by screen writ­ er Denne Petitclerc. They range from matters of personal interest—deep sea fishing off Cuba and bull fighting in Spain—to criticism of con­ temporary writers. Mr. Petitclerc, author of Rage of Honor, was a newspaper reporter in Florida when he met Hemingway and a cor­ respondence ensued. • The Hoover Institution on War, Revolu­ tion, and Peace, Stanford University, re­ cently acquired several important military col­ lections including the papers of Admiral Charles M. Cooke, Chief of Staff to Fleet Admiral Ernest King, 1942-1945, Commander of the Seventh Fleet, Western Pacific 1946- 1948, unofficial adviser to Chiang Kai-shek 1950-1951; Alajor General Robert T. Frederick, Commander of the First Special Service Force, “Devil’s Brigade” and later Commander of the 45th Infantry Division First Airborne Task Force; General Robert C. Richardson, Jr., Mil­ itary Governor of Territory and Commanding General Hawaiian Department, Commanding General Pacific Ocean Areas; Colonel M. Pres­ ton Goodfellow, Deputy Director Office of Strategic Services 1941-1946, Economic and political adviser to President Syngman Rhee of Korea; Vice Admiral Milton E. Miles, Com­ mander of the United States Naval Group, China, 1942-1946 and later Chief of Naval Affairs for Latin America; Colonel Lee V. Har­ ris, Chairman of the Truce Team with the Marshall Mission to China at Kalgan and Shan Hei-Kwan and in 1950-1952 was Senior Mil­ itary Attaché to the State of Viet Nam; Briga­ dier General L. R. Boyd, Commander of the 93rd Division, a Negro unit, serving in the Pacific. • The James Thurber Collection in the Ohio State University libraries has been very significantly enriched by a gift recently re­ ceived from Mrs. Helen Thurber, widow of the world famous humorist. It is a collection of about 3500 pages of manuscripts for one of his later books. The Thurber Album (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952). The many stages of text represented include holograph drafts, manuscript transcripts in the hand of Thurber’s secretary (to whom he dictated much material), typescripts of intermediate versions, and the final complete typescript which served as printer’s copy for the published book. Most of the chapters in this book were rewritten from a series of pieces that originally appeared in The New Yorker as “Photograph Album,” and tear sheets of these early versions are also included. Frequently the rewritten text is made up of sections of New Yorker copy cor­ rected and interspersed with added material. The extensive correspondence which lies be­ hind the text itself attests to the care with which Thurber collected information and veri­ fied facts for his sketches. For The Thurber Album, a collection of reminiscences about people and incidents from his family, friends, colleagues, teachers and other colorful indi­ viduals from Columbus, he exchanged many letters with his mother and brother, who were then living in the Southern Hotel. Also many items were checked with people at the Ohio State University (or those who had been here in the days of Joseph R. Taylor, William L. Graves and Joseph V. Denney—each of whom is the subject of a chapter in the book). Similarly, for information about Norman Kueh- ner and Billy Ireland, city editor and car­ toonist respectively for the Columbus Dis­ patch, Thurber checked with friends and as­ sociates on that paper. Completing the collec­ tion is a large group of reviews and letters written to Thurber by readers from all parts of this country and from abroad. • The University of Pittsburgh libraries recently acquired a 500 volume Rumanian col­ lection, which deals with the country’s his­ tory; racial, ethnic and religious minorities; folklore; art; literature; customs; agriculture; and politics. Included in the collection is a bound, typewritten, 20 volume Review of the Rumanian Press (1944-1949). The work sum­ marizes and reproduces lead articles and items of interest printed in the daily Bucharest news­ papers at the time of Rumania’s transformation from a monarchy to a communist state. The accounts, published in English, French, Italian and Rumanian, span a 200 year period ( 1749- 196 1949). Humanities bibliographer, John Hal- maghi, a native of Rumania, pointed out that the newspapers are rare and not available in Rumania. Also included in the collection are: the complete Enciclopedia Romaniei, which Mr. Halmaghi believes may be the only copy in the United States; an autographed copy of Masks, a novel by Rumanian Queen Marie, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria; a number of works by Nicolae lorga, prime minister and former tutor to King Carol, including Histoire des Roumains et de la Romanite Orientale, My American Lectures and Casandra, Piesa in 5 Acte; a sociological review, Arhiva pentru Stiinta si Reforms Sociala; and Histoire des Roumains de la Dade Trajane by A. D. Xeno- pol. The university has also recently purchased the entire contents of the oldest used book shop in Pittsburgh, the John C. Daub Book Store. The materials, many of which are rare, were sold to Pitt for $32,000. The shop, es­ tablished in 1886, had an inventory of 10,000 books. The collection deals mainly in the areas of military and local history. Included are: 3500 works dealing with the Civil War, the World Wars and other military topics; 2000 books of local history; 160 county histories; 250 city, state or regional histories; 150 mili­ tary works containing colored plates; a large group of Americana; and approximately 150 framed, colored prints on military subjects. • Texas A&I University in Kingsville has received the Robert Runyon Botany Collection as a gift from the family of the late Mr. Run­ yon. The personal library of the nationally known botanist consists of approximately 1000 volumes, includes a number of rare works, and is particularly strong on the flora of the South­ west. Mr. Runyon lived in Brownsville for sixty years and was a mayor and city manager of that city. B U IL D IN G S • South Carolina State College dedi­ cated its $l-million Miller F. Whittaker Li­ brary April 20. Open house was held imme­ diately following services in front of the build­ ing. The library is an impressive structure that dominates the college campus with a clock tower emerging from a reflective pool at its entrance. Its exterior is constructed of brick with concrete spandrel and full window walls. The interior is exposed brick, plaster, walnut wood paneling and vinyl wall covering. Floors are carpet and resilient tile. There is comfortable seating for 500 and the stacks are capable of housing 168,000 volumes. Carrels constitute 70 percent of the seating and study rooms provide for both in­ dividual and group study. Listening booths. seminars, typing quarters and informal seating areas are other attractive and accommodating facilities. The building is fully air-conditioned for maximum comfort and has evenly distrib­ uted glare-free lighting. • Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr. was the principal speaker April 14 when Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia dedicated its new library. The library was named in honor of the late John Cook Wyllie, director of libraries for the University at the time of his death in April, 1968. Mr. Wyllie was responsible for the entire system of li­ braries in all University-affiliated institutions and helped develop programs to bring higher ed­ ucation to all areas of the state. Designed by Oliver and Smith of Norfolk and Charles B. McElroy of Wise, the library building has been recognized nationally as the recipient of the National Designer’s Award. The $750,000 building, with space for 70,000 volumes, hous­ es the archives of the Southwest Virginia His­ torical Society, an extensive collection of re­ gional history. FELLOWSHIPS • The UCLA school of library service has announced Title II–B Fellowships for 1969- 70. Fellowships are available for candidates for the degree of Master of Library Science, providing a basic stipend of $2200, and for one year of study in specialized fields of li- brarianship, carrying a basic stipend of $5000. Both MLS and Post–MLS fellowships provide additional allowances for fourth quarter sti­ pends, tuition and fees, support of dependents, and travel. For details on qualifications for award, application procedure, criteria of selec­ tion, etc., write to; Graduate School of Library Service, University of Galifornia, Los Angeles, Galifornia 90024. • The library school of the University of Minnesota will introduce a PhD program with a major in library science in Fall, 1969. This research degree is intended to prepare candi­ dates for library science teaching, for library specialization or administration, and for li­ brary research. The school will continue to cooperate with other departments of the uni­ versity in offering a PhD with a major in a subject field and a minor in library science for librarians interested in subject specializa­ tion. Two fellowships are available for doctoral candidates planning careers as teachers of li­ brary science. These fellowships, open to ex­ perienced professional librarians who hold a Master’s degree from an accredited library school, are supported by funds from the U.S. Office of Education under Title II–B of the 197 Higher Education Act, and provide a stipend of $6020 for a calendar year of study plus $600 for each dependent and exemption from tuition and fees. Immediate application for these fellowships is recommended. Ten traineeships for the biomedical li­ brarian training program at the Library School will be available for 1969-1970. The trainee- ships are supported by a grant from the U.S. Public Health Service administered by the Na­ tional Library of Medicine. They carry a sti­ pend of $3000, plus a dependency allowance and exemption from tuition and fees, for a fifteen-month period of study which includes a three-month practicum. Preference will be giv­ en to candidates with a background in biology or other fields of science including mathematics. The deadline for application for these fellow­ ships is May 1 for June admission; August 1 for September admission. Further information on the PhD program and on the fellowships may be obtained from the Library School, Room 3, Walter Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455. G R A N TS • The Council on Library Resources has made a grant to the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology in Bethesda, Md., to develop criteria for quality control of input in science information systems. Ray­ mond L. Zwemer in the Federation Office of Biomedical Studies will conduct the project. The first part of the study will be devoted to the collection and analysis of criteria cur­ rently used in journal selection for library collections, journal selection by abstracting and indexing organizations, and journal selection for purchase by large, medium-sized and small libraries. Other criteria to be studied will be those used for selection of articles for publica­ tion, for translation or for synthesis into re­ views, handbooks and data compendia. Fol­ lowing this will be the integration of the var­ ious types of criteria by the staff for examina­ tion by scientific and documentation consult­ ants. The resultant recommendations would be reviewed by appropriate committees of na­ tional organizations. Their comments are to be included in the final report. Selection criteria and quality identification experience in the bi­ ological sciences will be used for the most part in this study. It is expected, however, that the recommendations will be useful to librarians and information specialists in other scientific disciplines and perhaps to those in other fields of knowledge. Publication of the report will be in a journal of wide distribution. • The New England Board of Higher E d­ ucation has received a grant of $151,000 from the Council on Library Resources of Washington, D.C. for further development of the New England Library Information Net­ work (N E L IN E T ), it was announced by Alan D. Ferguson, Director of the Board. The grant is the fifth in a series given to the Board by the Council to assist in the creation of a com­ puter-based regional center operated to pro­ vide technical services to the libraries in New England. IN T E R N A T IO N A L SCENE • Al–Hikma University, Baghdad, Iraq, is no longer under the administrative control of the American Jesuits who founded the institution in 1956. The Iraq government has assumed control of the university and replaced all American personnel. The former librarian of the university. Rev. Robert J. Cote, S.J., may be reached at 126 Newbury St., Boston, Mass. 02115. • A far-reaching program to microfilm in black and white all Italian works of art inside the country and those abroad owned by the Italian government was announced in Rome by the Italian Ministry of Education. The project is a sizable one, encompassing not onl hundreds of thousands of paintings and pieces Find out “WHO’S WHO” from Kentucky to F lorida… from Virginia to Texas WHO’S WHO in tu e so uth & SOUTHWEST NEW 1969-1970 EDITION • NOW INCLUDING MEXICO • 16,000 men and wo­ men … over half appear­ ing fo r the firs t tim e • 14 States plus Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Mexico • Over 1 3 ,0 0 0 nam es a p p e a r o n ly in th is “ Regiona I ” W h o ’ s Who 1,120 pages • Special Institutional Price, $25.50 Through an authorized repre­ sentative, your library jobber, or 200 M or a de r r q dir u ect EAST OHIO is–W ST h R o EE ’ T s , C W HIC h AG o, O i 6 n 06 c 11 . y 198 of sculpture produced over a period of twen­ ty centuries, but also archaeological sites, his­ torical centers, and buildings of artistic in­ terest. In making the announcement, Professor- Bruno Molajoli, head of the Direzione Generale Antichita e Belle Arti, the government agency charged with overseeing the country’s artistic and cultural treasures, said that it would take at least twenty years to complete the work but that “the advantages of the system will be extraordinary.” Professor Molajoli pointed out that this is the first instance in which a nation has undertaken an exhaustive inventory of its cultural heritage and established an automati­ cally retrievable listing of its works of art. “The ability to duplicate the microfilmed files easily means that universities, foundations, and mu­ seums throughout the world will be able to maintain their own microfilm files of any por­ tion of the vast Italian cultural heritage,” stat­ ed Professor Molajoli. “This will be an in­ valuable assist to artistic research.” The microfilm system being utilized for the project is one developed by the 3M Company and consists of a processor camera that micro­ films the reproduction of the work of art to­ gether with pertinent historical information, producing a small “aperture card.” This card can then be automatically retrieved in minutes and a full-size copy can be reproduced on a reader-printer in seconds. Duplicate cards can be reproduced rapidly, each one itself capable of reproducing a full-size copy. The first three microfilm centers are being installed this year in Rome, Florence, and Bologna. In 1970, six other cities will receive the necessary equip­ ment to begin microfilming the works of art existing in their areas. W hen completed, the microfilmed files will enable accurate resto­ rations to be made of works of art that have, in the course of time, begun to deteriorate or that are damaged by floods and fire. It will also provide a permanent identification in case of loss or theft. M E E T IN G S June; The American University has an­ nounced an Institute on Document Identifica­ tion Systems to be held in Washington, D.C. in June 1969. Suggestions for system proposals, relevant topics which should be treated or other program matters are invited. They should be addressed to Professor Lowell H. Hattery, The American University, 1901 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006. June 8-14: The School of Library and In­ formation Services, University of Maryland, will conduct an Institute on Middle Management in RESEARCH AND PLANNING OFFICER for a Bibliographic Centre, Ontario University Libraries Applications are invited for this position. Candidate should be a professional librarian of considerable background and experience in a position of respon­ sibility in a university or other research library. The position requires an ability to organize and conduct research, and the candidate needs to possess qualities of imagination, initiative, clarity of thought and expression, and an awareness of current techniques of library service. The duties of the successful candidate will be to organize and conduct the research needed to establish a factual base for the further planning of the Ontario universities' Bibliographic Centre and to assist in that planning. He will be expected to make himself aware of the work that has already been accom­ plished and the progress already made in various forms of co-operation among Ontario universities in their libraries, graduate studies and other academic pro­ grams, and research. Applications fo r the position m ay be sent to the Chairm an o f the Advisory Joint Council (O ntario Council of University Librarians and O n tario Council on G rad u ate Studies) Dean Ernest Sirluck, School of G rad u ate Studies, U niversity of To­ ronto, Toronto 5, O n tario . 199 Librarianship. The Institute is planned as a response to the clearly expressed need for ap­ propriate training of the increasing number of librarians who are functioning in middle-level administrative roles. The Institute is being or­ ganized with the view th at some of these needs can be met through an intensive program uti­ lizing a number of small group and discovery techniques stressing maximum participant in­ volvement. The Director of the Institute will be Dr. James Liesener, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Services with Mr. Edward S. Warner, Assistant Professor, serving as Associate Director. Faculty members from the School of Library and Information Services representing both library science and other sub­ ject disciplines as well as outside management consultants will complete the staff. Forty par­ ticipants will be chosen from eligible applicants. All practicing librarians will be eligible with special preference given to those in middle- level managerial roles in libraries and informa­ tion centers. The program will be funded by the Office of Education under the Higher E du­ cation Act, Title II–B program and each partici­ pant will receive a per diem stipend. June 16-20; There will be an Art Institute entitled “Art Libraries: Their Comprehensive Role in Preserving Contemporary Visual Re­ sources” at the State University of New York at Buffalo. It will be funded by the Higher E du­ cation Act of 1965, Public Law 89-329, Title H, Part B. Participants will be art librarians, cata- logers of art books, and slide librarians working in art collections of academic institutions or mu­ seums. Registration is limited to 25. Informa­ tion and applications may be requested from Mrs. Florence S. DaLuiso, Art Librarian, Harri­ man Art Library, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y. 14214. June 16-20: Eighth Institute of Genealogy, Samford University. Registration and tuition will cost $35 for the week (plus $10 additional if academic credit is desired). Housing will be available on campus for $3.00 per night. Meals will be a la carte in the university dining room. Your application should be promptly re­ turned to; Mr. F. W. Helmbold, Samford University Library, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Bir­ mingham, Alabama 35209. If you wish to re­ ceive one semester hour of academic credit in history, please contact the Registrar’s Office immediately. All applicants who wish to re­ ceive credit must be approved by the Regis­ trar’s Office. Address your request for regis­ tration materials to the following; Samford Uni­ versity, Registrar’s Office, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35209. June 17-20: Puerto Rico will be the site of the Fourteenth Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, June 17-20, 1969. The acquisition of Latin American scientific and technological materials will be the special topic for discussion. Other ses­ sions will deal with progress made in the past year on matters concerning the booktrade and acquisitions, bibfiography, exchange of publica­ tions, official publications, photoduplication of Latin American materials, and archives. Meet­ ings of the Seminar Committees will take place on Wednesday morning, June 18. The first gen­ eral session will be held Wednesday afternoon to initiate committee and progress reports, and the last one on Friday morning, June 20. Meet­ ings of the Executive Board of the newly incor­ porated SALALM will be held on the evening of Tuesday, June 17, and at luncheon on Wednes­ day, June 18. Institutional registration in the Fourteenth Seminar is $15.00, which includes preprint working papers only available through payment of the institutional registration. These papers, including the Progress Report on books in the Americas, will be distributed at the time of the meeting to participants and to those registered but not attending. The registration fee for additional participants from the institu­ tion registering is $7.50, and includes preprint working papers. Additional sets of working pa­ pers can be subscribed to in advance for $5.00 each. The Final Report and Working Papers will be subsequently published by the Pan American Union. Information on the content of the program and working papers can be procured from Mr. James Andrews, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439. For other information, refer to the Executive Secretary, Mrs. Marietta Daniels Shepard, Pan American Union, Wash­ ington, D.C. 20006. June 23-24; Meeting of the Engineering School Libraries Division of the American So­ ciety for Engineering Education at Pennsyl­ vania State University, University Park, Pa. Tentative topics are: Teaching the engineering student to use the library; Environmental Science Information; Magnetic Tape Services in the Engineering Library; Microfiche in the Engineering Library, and a business meeting. June 27-28: Engineering Sehool Libraries Division of the American Society for E n­ gineering Education Institute. To be held in the United Engineering Building, New York, New York. Additional information about this institute which will be of interest to all those engaged in the engineering/information inter­ face may be obtained by writing to Miss Karen Takle, Dept. 505, Building–014, IBM Corpo­ ration, Monterey and Cottle Road, San Jose, California 95114. June 29-July 2: Annual meeting of the 200 American Association of Law Libraries, Hous­ ton, Tex. June 30-Aug. 8: The Columbia University Summer Session announces an Institute for College Librarians on Acquisition of non- Western Library Materials for College Librar­ ies, to be held on the Morningside campus from June 30 to August 8, 1969. This program will be sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Office of E d ­ ucation. The institute is designed to accomplish two objectives: (1 ) to help college librarians to become more familiar with areas and cul­ tures of the non-Western world and Latin America; and (2 ) to enable them to cope more effectively with the bibliographical prob­ lems which arise as they build collections in these fields for their college communities. The number of participants will be fifteen. They will meet in seminar and make field trips in the New York metropolitan area, hear guest lecturers, and work on individual projects. Each participant will audit two semester courses in non–Western areas offered by the Summer Ses­ sion during the six week period. Areas repre­ sented in the 1969 program are Africa, East Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, the So­ viet Union, and Eastern Europe. The institute is under the general direction of Dean Jack Dalton of Columbia’s School of Library Serv­ ice. Mr. Evan Ira Farber, Librarian at Earlham College, will direct the program and seminar. Colleges are invited to nominate librarians to the program. The nominee should have a bachelor’s degree, a degree in library science, a satisfactory record of appropriate experience, and recommendations from officials of his own institution. He should have a record of three or more years of experience and serve in a college—not a large university. The nominee should not be “over-qualified”—that is, already doing highly specialized work or having already had extensive specialized training. Application should be made by the academic dean and/or the head librarian of the college on behalf of the nominee. The letter should include a cur­ riculum vita of the nominee and a brief state­ ment about how his participation in the in­ stitute will advance his institution’s interest in foreign area studies. Applications should be ad­ dressed to The Director of the Summer Ses­ sion, Institute for College Librarians, 102 Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 10027. July 20-Aug. 1: Third annual Library Ad­ ministrators Development Program at the Uni­ versity of Maryland’s Donaldson Brown Center, Port Deposit, Maryland. Seminar sessions will concentrate on the principal administrative is­ sues which senior managers encounter. Director of the program will be John Rizzo, associate professor. School of Government and Business Administration, George Washington University. Those interested in further information are in­ vited to address inquiries to the Library Ad­ ministrators Development Program, School of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, Gollege Park, Maryland 20742. July 28–Aug. 8; A two-weeks’ institute, to be conducted under a grant from the U.S. Office of Education, will be held at the State Uni­ versity of New York at Buffalo, July 28-August 8, 1969, on the subject of interpersonal and group communications for librarians and infor­ mation specialists. Designed to educate top and intermediate level management of major aca­ demic libraries and school libraries in the skills of group dynamics and conflict management, and set against the background of our new media, the institute’s program will center about an integrated series of laboratory and workshop learning experiences. Information concerning the institute may be obtained from the institute director. Dr. Mary B. Cassata, Reference De­ partment, State University of New York at Buf­ falo Libraries, Buffalo, New York 14214. Aug. 4-6: “The Deterioration and Preserva­ tion of Library Materials” is the topic for the 34th Annual Conference of the Graduate Li­ brary School, University of Chicago, to be held August 4-6, 1969, in the Center for Continuing Education on the University campus. The gen­ eral director of the program is Professor How­ ard W. Winger of the Graduate Library School, and the speakers have been selected from the fields of conservation, industry, paper chem­ istry, photography, publishing, and librarian- ship. The printed program, including applica­ tion blanks for registration and lodging, will be sent on request to: Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, 1116 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637. Aug. 9-29: The Division of University Ex­ tension and the Graduate School of Library Science, of the University of Illinois, announce a three week non-credit seminar on PL–I Li­ brary Programming. The Seminar will be held from Saturday, August 9, through and includ­ ing Friday, August 29, 1969, on the Urbana campus of the University. The course to be offered is for the preparation of library sys­ tems programmers. The seminar is expressly directed toward the needs and interests of university and research libraries. Candidates for the seminar should possess the following qualifications: fifth year degree in librarianship; minimum of two years of varied experience in technical processing activities of the library ( i.e., acquisitions, serials, cataloging) and a familiarity with the funda­ 201 mentals of data processing and computers and with the operation of the keypunch. The sem­ inar is specifically not for administrators, but is directed instead toward library systems pro­ grammers who will be expected to return to their libraries and work in the implementation of library computer programs. The seminar will deal expressly with the de­ sign and development of computer programs for library computer-based data systems in such areas as acquisitions, serial work, catalog pro­ duction and circulation. It will not deal with information retrieval or SDI programs. The instruction will be at a practical level with the objective of imparting the techniques and prac­ tices which characterize computer applications in the library. The language which will be used is Programming Language One (P L –I) which is a powerful, general purpose language avail­ able on most models of the IBM System 360 computer series. Candidates for the course should have either the PL-I compiler or a PL–I–like compiler available to them if the course is to have any value to them. The seminar aims to present a maximum amount of information and instruction in a minimum amount of time. Experience indicates that participants should not plan to bring their families to Urbana for the period of the sem­ inar, but should be prepared, rather, to de­ vote their full energies to the program. Previous experience also indicates that participants w ith­ out a native command of the English language find themselves at a considerable disadvantage in absorbing a new and technical vocabulary in such a short period of time, and should anticipate considerable difficulty in keeping pace with th e class. The tuition fee for the seminar is $400.00 and should be remitted only after notification of acceptance to the seminar. Applications will be considered in the order of their receipt, and no more than 15 applicants will be ac­ cepted for the seminar. Housing in the air- conditioned Illini Union will be available at $6.70 per person (double occupancy) or $9.27 ( single occupancy) per day. Registrants should plan to arrive in Champaign the day preceding the first day of the seminar. Reasonably priced meal service is also available in the Illini Union, where the seminar will meet. The sem­ inar will be cancelled if less than 15 eligible persons apply by July 1, 1969. Those interested in applying for the course should apply to Mr. Hillis Griffin, Information Systems Librarian, Library Services Department, Argonne Na­ tional Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois (312-739- 7711, Ext. 4701). The seminar will be directed by Mr. Griffiin. Aug. 10-15: “Change Frontiers; Implications for Librarianship,” is the subject of an Institute to be off ered at the University of Maryland August 10 to August 15, 1969. The insights of guest lecturers and panelists will provide stimu­ lus for interaction among th e participants as they seek to comprehend, assess, and synthe­ size diverse facets of the library role in a changing world. The shared framework of the participant group will be one of attitude rather than area of expertise. Discussion will incor­ porate consideration of the library environment and current developments in the business, tech­ nological and organizational aspects of the li­ brary’s commodity, information. The Culture, Establishment Responses, The Information In­ dustry, and The Political Behavior of Li­ brarians are major components for the sessions. The Institute will be held at the Adult Educa­ tion Center at the University of Maryland. Par­ ticipation will be limited to 20 applicants, each of whom will receive a $75 stipend, plus $15 for each dependent. Gilda Nimer is Director of the Institute, and direction and continuity for the sessions will be provided by Dean Paul Wasserman and Professor Mary Lee Bundy of the School of Library and Information Services. The Institute is sponsored by th e U.S. Office of Education under Title H –B of the Higher E d ­ ucation Act of 1965. All practicing librarians will be eligible to apply, with special prefer­ ence given to those who indicate a concern YOU WILL H A V E - "CONFIDENC E" In Our Complete Periodicals Service- All American and Foreign Titles P rom ptness is a T r a d itio n a l p a r t o f M c G re g o r Service … as w e ll as: • EXPERIENCE • TRAINED PERSONNEL • FINANCIAL STABILITY • AMPLE FACILITIES • RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT An attractive brochure is available for the asking. SUBSCRIBE TC O U R M cGr e g o r 36TH PER IO D IC A LS YEAR BULLETIN M O U N T M O R R IS , IL L IN O IS 6 1 0 5 4 202 with change and an institutional role which allows for experiment. For more information, write to Gilda Nimer, Director, “Change Fron­ tiers,” School of Library and Information Serv­ ices, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742. Aug. 25-Sept. 5: The library at the Uni­ versity of California, San Diego, will conduct an Institute on Book Selection and Acquisition in Academic Libraries under Title II–B of the Higher Education Act. The Institute will be held for two weeks, from August 25 to Septem­ ber 5, 1969, with partieipants housed in UCSD residence halls. The 30 participants will be chosen from professional librarians involved in collection development in colleges and uni­ versities in the United States. Melvin Voigt, UCSD University Librarian, will direct the Institute with Dr. Carl White, UCSD Library Specialist, and David Lane, Assistant Uni­ versity Librarian, as assistant directors. In­ structors for the Institute will also include; Johnnie E. Givens, Head Librarian, Austin Peay State College, Tennessee; Gustave A. Harrer, Director of Libraries, University of Florida; Frederick G. Kilgour, Director, Ohio College Library Center; Rolland C. Stewart, Associate Director of Libraries, University of Michigan; and Helen Welch Tuttle, Assistant University Librarian, Princeton University. The Institute will include papers, discussions and case studies concerning the selection of books for college and university libraries. A brochure describing the Institute in more de­ tail is available from Melvin J. Voigt, University Librarian, University of California, San Diego, Post Office Box 109, La Jolla, California 92037. Sept. 1-6: Fourth IATUL (International As­ sociation of Technological University Libraries) Seminar will be held at the Library of the Technological University Delft, The Nether­ lands, under the direction of Dr. L. J. van der Wolk. This annual international course is open to all directors or their co-workers from li­ braries affiliated to universities, institutes or or­ ganizations of research level. The Seminar teaches practical daily international library co­ operation. Teachers—experts from various coun­ tries—will introduce the situation and possibili­ ties of each international method and tech­ nique. There will be approximately 15 lectures, each theme is allocated 1½ hours. The first half hour is used for a concise survey of the present day situation or possibilities in the international field to be discussed. This introduction is fol­ lowed by a discussion of at least 45 minutes in which participants and the lecturer contribute from their own experience. The number of par­ ticipants is limited to 25 in order to establish good contact and opportunity for efficient dis­ cussions. The official language of the Seminar is English. The fee for the Seminar is Dfl. 400.-; hotel and travel expenses are not in­ cluded in this amount. Due to the restriction in the number of participants it is advisable to contact the secretariat as soon as possible: Miss B. G. Sinnema, c /o Library of the Technolog­ ical University, 101 Doelenstraat, DELFT, The Netherlands. Sept. 2-5: The Second Cranfield Conference on Mechanised Information Storage and Re­ trieval Systems will be held from September 2 to September 5, 1969. The Conference will be sponsored jointly by The College of Aeronautics and “Information Storage and Re­ trieval.” Details concerning presentation of pa­ pers or attendance can be obtained from the Conference Director, Cyril Cleverdon, The Col­ lege of Aeronautics, Cranfield, Bedford, Eng­ land. Sept. 10-12, 15-17: A three-day seminar on the evaluation of information retrieval systems is to be presented by Westat Surveys, Inc., in Bethesda, Maryland. The seminar will cover the following areas: criteria for measuring performance of retrieval systems; factors affecting performance; com­ ponents and characteristics of indexing lan­ guages; design and conduct of an evaluation program; analysis and interpretation of eval­ uation results; application of results to improve system performance; evaluation of economic efficiency; continuous quality control. Instructors will be F. W. Lancaster and D. W. King. Mr. Lancaster, who is the author of Information Retrieval Systems: Character­ istics, Testing and Evaluation (Wiley, 1968), recently completed a comprehensive evaluation of MEDLARS at the National Library of Med­ icine. He will be the author of the chapter on evaluation in the 1970 volume of the A n­ nual Review of Information Science and Tech­ nology. Mr. King, a specialist in statistics and oper­ ations research, is the author of the 1968 A n­ nual Review chapter on evaluation and co­ author of the Procedural Guide for the Eval­ uation of Document Retrieval Systems pre­ pared by Westat for the National Science Foundation. Tuition for the three-day seminar, including course materials, is $200.00. A limited number of registrants will be accepted for each ses­ sion. Reservations may be made through Wes­ tat Surveys, Inc., 7979 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. Telephone: (301) 652-8223. Sept. 21-24: 43d Annual Conference of As- lib, Coventry, United Kingdom, seer; 3 Bel- grave Square, London S.W. 1. 203 Oct. 1-3: The Missouri Library Association 1969 convention will be in Jefferson City, Mo. Oct. 1-5: 32nd annual meeting of ASIS will be held at the San Francisco Hilton; San Francisco, California. The Convention Chair­ man for the 1969 meeting is Mr. Charles P. Bourne; Director, Programming Services, Inc.; 999 Commercial Street, Palo Alto, Calif. 94303. Oct. 13-17: University of Colorado Campus. An Institute for Training in Librarianship: Serv­ ice for Public Patrons Between Libraries, sponsored by the Bureau of Continuation E d ­ ucation and the University of Colorado libraries, in cooperation with the Bibliographical Center for Research, Rocky Mountain Region, Inc., Denver, Colorado, and the graduate school of librarianship. University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. This one week institute using con­ sultants, lecturers, practice sessions, and small group discussions is planned for sixty interli­ brary service librarians from the academic, pub­ lic, and special libraries in the mountain-plains region. The objectives are to improve methods of communication between interlibrary service personnel, to upgrade the competencies of li­ brarians engaged in the cooperative use of re­ sources, to explore the impact of modern technology and methods upon interlibrary serv­ ice and to encourage the involvement of in­ terlibrary service personnel in wide-spread planning for future service. More information about the faculty, eligibil­ ity criteria, stipends and other matters will be presented in a brochure to be mailed soon. For a copy of the brochure or other informa­ tion contact the director of the institute: Mrs. Virginia Boucher, Head, Interlibrary Loan Serv­ ice, University of Colorado Libraries, Boulder, Colorado 80302. Oct. 26-30: 68th annual meeting of the Medical Library Association will be held at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. Miss Joan Titley, director of the Komhauser Me­ morial Medical library. University of Louis­ ville, is convention chairman. The advance pro­ gram and registration forms will be a part of the May, 1969 issue of MLA News. Nov. 5-8: The Library-College Associates will hold an interdisciplinary conference en­ titled, “A Library Dimension for the Higher Learning,” at the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Il­ linois, November 5-8,1969. Participants who will be featured at this conference include: Henry S. Commager, Historian, Amherst College; Woodburn O. Ross, Dean of Instruction, Wayne State University; Louis Shores, Dean Emeritus, Florida State University; Sister Helen Sheehan, Librarian, Trinity College; and Harvie Brans- comb, Chancellor Emeritus, Vanderbilt Uni­ versity. To obtain reservations and further in­ formation on this conference, address inquiries to Mrs. Dorcas Scalet, Library-College Associ­ ates, Box 956, Norman, Oklahoma 73069. D ec. 6-11: 1969 Galaxy Conference of Adult Education Organizations, sponsored by the Committee of Adult Education Organizations. Location of the conference will be the Shore­ ham and Sheraton Park Hotels, Washington, D.C. The conference theme is Learning to Change: A Social Imperative. Its purposes are: To provide individual members of adult edu­ cation organizations with greater opportunity for professional growth; To strengthen the work of all adult education organizations through joint consideration of matters of common concern; To provide organizations of adult education with a platform from which to speak with one voice on matters of great national con­ cern. More than 4000 leaders in adult and con­ tinuing education organizations will participate. Galaxy Conference is a concurrent meeting of those associations with a major concern for A rm o r b ooks are p a p e rb acks w h ich have been lib ra ry - bound in h ard covers to the sta n d a rd s o f the L ib ra ry B in d in g In s titu te . They co st less than h a rd b a c k e d itio n s and w ill p ro vid e lib ra ry -b o u n d s e rv ic e a t lo w e st co s t p e r c irc u la tio n . M any b ooks n ot a va ila b le in h ard b a cks may be o b ta in e d in A rm o r q u a lity because pa­ p e rb a cks are o b ta in a b le and we w ill b in d to yo u r o rde r. M ake up y o u r lis t and se nd i t to us. Write today for a sample of Armor Books — no obligation. A D r ivis m ion o of r Reynolds B o o Bin k de s ry ® 1703 Lister. Kansas City, Mo. 816 CH 1-0163 204 adult and continuing education. Full member­ ship meetings will be held by the following: Adult Education Association of the USA Adult Student Personnel Association Association of Field Services in Teacher Edu­ cation Association of University Evening Colleges Council of National Organizations for Adult Education National Association of Public School Adult Ed­ ucators National University Extension Association United States Association of Evening Students Divisional, sectional, board and special group meetings will be held by: American Association of Junior Colleges American Library Association, Adult Services Division Extension Committee on Organization and Pol­ icy of the National Association of State Uni­ versities and Land-Grant Colleges International Congress of University Adult E d­ ucation National Education Television University Council on Education for Public Responsibility Observers from national and international agencies will also be on hand. At least two Galaxy General Sessions will be held on Sunday afternoon and Monday after­ noon. A reception is also scheduled for early Sunday evening. Participating organizations will develop their own programs for times other than during the General Sessions. The programs will be based on the general theme of the conference. A statement of “Imperatives for Action” will be the basis for a major ad­ dress by a leading educator to be delivered at one of the General Sessions of the Gonfer- ence. In turn, these “Imperatives for Action” will serve as a basis for discussions in the separate programs of participating organizations. Jan. 16-18, 1970: The Association of Amer­ ican Library Schools, annual meeting. Grad­ uate Library School, Indiana University, Bloom­ ington, Indiana, Jan. 19-21, 1970: A three-day seminar on the evaluation of information retrieval systems is to be presented by Westat Surveys, Inc., in Ghicago. The seminar will cover the following areas: criteria for measuring performance of retrieval systems; factors affecting performance; com- NEW AND IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS FOR THE COLLEGE OR RESEARCH LIBRARY HANDBOOK OF MIDDLE LATIN AMERICAN NEW SPAPERS IN AMERICAN INDIANS UNITED STATES LIBRARIES; G eneral Editor, Robert W auchope A Union List V olu m e 7, ETHNOLOGY ( P a r t O n e) C o m p iled in th e Serial D ivision, V olu m e 8, ETHNOLOGY ( P a r t T w o ) L ib ra ry o f C ongress V olum e Editor, Evon Z. Vogt By Steven M. Charno “Any library serving an academic institution A detailed record of the holdings of Latin with offerings in Latin America or anthro- American newspapers in seventy United Stales pology/archaeology would be well advised to libraries. Some 5,500 titles for twenty Latin acquire the entire set.”—Choice. SBN: 292- American republics and Puerto Rico are re­ 78419-8 LC 64-10316 both vols., $30.00 ported. SBN: 292-78403-1 LC 69-63004 S20.00 N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S P R E S S A U S T I N A N D L O N D O NU (Box 7819, Austin 78712) 205 ponents and characteristics of indexing lan­ guages; design and conduct of an evaluation program; analysis and interpretation of evalu­ ation results; application of results to improve system performance; evaluation of economic efficiency; continuous quality control. Instructors will be F. W. Lancaster and D. W. King. Mr. Lancaster, who is the author of Information Retrieval Systems: Character­ istics, Testing and Evaluation (Wiley, 1968), recently completed a comprehensive evalua­ tion of MEDLARS at the National Library of Medicine. He will be the author of the chap­ ter on evaluation in the 1970 volume of the Annual Review of Information Science and T echnology. Mr. King, a specialist in statistics and oper­ ations research, is the author of the 1968 An­ nual Review chapter on evaluation and co­ author of the Procedural Guide for the Eval­ uation of Document Retrieval Systems prepared by Westat for the National Science Founda­ tion. Tuition for the three-day seminar, including course materials, is $200.00. A limited number of registrants will be accepted for each ses­ sion. Reservations may be made through Wes­ tat Surveys, Inc., 7979 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. Telephone; (301) 652-8223. Jan. 26-28, 1970: A three-day seminar on the evaluation of information retrieval sys­ tems is to be presented by Westat Surveys, Inc., in San Diego. The seminar will cover the following areas: criteria for measuring performance of retrieval systems; factors affecting performance; compo­ nents and characteristics of indexing languages; design and conduct of an evaluation program; analysis and interpretation of evaluation re­ sults; application of results to improve system performance; evaluation of economic efficien­ cy; continuous quality control. Instructors will be F. W. Lancaster and D. W. King. Mr. Lancaster, who is the author of Information Retrieval Systems: Characteris­ tics, Testing and Evaluation (Wiley, 1968), recently completed a comprehensive evaluation of MEDLARS at the National Library of Med­ icine. He will be the author of the chapter on evaluation in the 1970 volume of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technol­ ogy. Mr. King, a specialist in statistics and oper­ ations research, is the author of the 1968 An­ nual Review chapter on evaluation and co­ author of the Procedural Guide for the Eval­ uation of Document Retrieval Systems prepared by Westat for the National Science Foundation. Tuition for the three-day seminar, including course materials, is $200.00. A limited number of registrants will be accepted for each ses­ sion. Reservations may be made through Wes­ tat Surveys, Inc., 7979 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. Telephone: (301) 652-8223. Mar. 16-18, 1970; Space age requirements of colleges and universities, in areas of admin­ istrative structure, physical environment and financing of new programs, will be the focal points of the 1970 International Gollege & Uni­ versity Conference & Exposition to be held March 16-18, 1970, at the Atlantic City, N.J., Convention Hall, according to Georgette N. Mania, ICUCE program director and editor of American School & University, sponsoring publication. As in 1969, the conference format will in­ clude morning plenary sessions, afternoon work­ shops and an exposition of the latest and most interesting developments in equipment, office machines, furnishings, maintenance items, food service systems and other products and services for educational institutions. June 28-July 1, 1970: Annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, Washington, D.C. Sept. 14-24, 1970: 35th FID Conference, Buenos Aires. The Conference will be organ­ ized by the FID National Member in Argen­ tina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cien- tifi cas y Tecnieas, Rivadavia 1917—R. 25, Buenos Aires, Argentina, attn: Mr. R. A. Gietz. Oct. 4-9, 1970: 33rd annual meeting of ASIS will be held at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Con­ vention Chairman for the 1970 meeting is Mr. Kenneth H. Zabriskie, Jr.; Biosciences Infor­ mation Services of Biological Abstracts; 2100 Arch Street; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. M IS C E L L A N Y • Three of the four authors who won Neb­ ula Awards for the best science fiction of 1968 are represented in manuscript collections at Syracuse University. The Nebulas are pre­ sented each year by the Science Fiction W rit­ ers of America (SFW A), whose archives are also at the University. A Nebula for the best novel went to Alexei Panshin, of Brooklyn, N.Y., author of “Rite of Passage.ö The award for the best novella went to Anne McCaffrey, of Sea Cliff, N.Y., secretary-treasurer of SFWA, for “Dragonrider.” The best novelet was “Mother to the World,” by Richard Wilson, director of the News Bureau of Syracuse Uni­ versity. The best short story was “The Plan­ ners,” by Kate Wilhelm of Madeira Beach, Fla. All but Panshin have donated manuscripts and other papers to Syracuse University. 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Miss McCaffrey’s story appeared as a two-part serial in Analog. Panshin’s novel was published by Ace Books. PU B L IC A T IO N S • A Basic Library List for the Biological Sciences is now available as CUEBS Publica­ tion No. 22. The publication which was pre­ pared by the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences includes the titles of approximately 800 books pub­ lished between 1945 and 1967, and is con­ sidered as a minimal list of biology books for undergraduate college libraries. Recommenda­ tions concerning serials and periodicals are also included. Interested persons may receive a copy free of charge by writing to CUEBS, Suite 403, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washing­ ton, D.C. 20036. • The Current Periodicals List of Morris Li­ brary, Southern Illinois University and pub­ lished by Central Publications, was recorded on an IBM Magnetic Type/Selectric Type­ writer and set on an IBM Composer, is a list of periodical holdings in the University library. The 112-page double column List contains over 7200 periodicals, newspaper, and member­ ship showing location in the library. Copies of the List may be purchased for $4.00 from Central Publication, Southern Illinois Uni­ versity, 113 East Grand Street, Carbondale, Illinois 62901. • The American Library Association, in co­ operation with the Library of Congress, has published a volume entitled MARC Manuals Used by the Library of Congress to aid librar­ ians and computer programmer who will be using or creating catalog records on magnetic tape in the MARC II format. The 4-part vol­ ume of more than 300 pages contains three handbooks and one special study. The first handbook, “Subscriber’s Guide to the MARC Distribution Service” (76 p .), provides specifi­ cations for magnetic tapes in the MARC II format. It is designed for programmers who will be implementing systems using MARC records. The “Data Preparation Manual: MARC Editors” (219 p.) is a detailed guide to pro­ cedures followed by the MARC editors at the Library of Congress in preparing bibliographic records for conversion to machine-readable form. The “Transcription Manual” (22 p .), provides similar information for the operators of the paper-tape typewriters used in the MARC system. The special study, “Computer Magnetic Tape Usability Study” (18 p .), pro­ vides a list of data processing equipment which can handle MARC tapes. The publication of the MARC Manuals is a cooperative venture of the a l a ’s Information Science and Auto­ mation Division and the Library of Congress’ Information Systems Office. In order to make this information available in as current a form as possible, typescript versions of the manuals now in use at the Library of Congress were reproduced by a photographic process. The volume can be purchased at $7.50 a copy from the American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. • The 1969 revision of the Serial Holdings List of the Georgia Institute Technology Li­ brary is now available for distribution. The list now contains holdings for 11,000 serial publications. Copies are available at $25.00 each from: Mrs. Helen Citron, Serial Sales, Price Gilbert Memorial Library, Georgia In­ stitute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332. • The USA Standard for Compiling Book Publishing Statistics has just been published by the United States of America Standards In­ stitute’s Sectional Committee Z39 in the Field of Library Work, Documentation, and Related Published Practices. This standard was origi­ nally prepared by Subcommittee 7 under the Procedures of the USA Standards Institute and sponsored by the Council on National Li­ brary Associations. The original draft, which was circulated in December 1966, was ap­ proved in general, but several important sug­ gestions were made by dissenting members of the Z39 Committee. The responsibility for pro­ ducing a revised draft was assigned in October 1967 to Subcommittee 18 on Book Publishing Statistics. The standard, based in general on the Recommendations Concerning the Inter­ national Standardization of Statistics Relating to Book Production and Periodicals promul­ gated at the 13th session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educa­ tional, Scientific, and Cultural Organization in Paris in 1964, has both incorporated advice received and adhered to current U.S. practice. • The school of library and information services. University of Maryland, announces the publication of the second monograph in the Student Contribution Series, edited by Derek Langridge assisted by Esther Herman, The Uni­ verse of Knowledge is a collection of essays submitted by the students who participated in an experimental seminar concerning the struc­ ture and organization of knowledge and its re-