ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 718 / C &R L News News from the Field Acquisitions • The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ M argaret H errick Library, Beverly Hills, California, has recently acquired the career papers of th e late Cary G rant, donated by B arbara Grant. Although th e collection is not an absolutely com ­ p lete record o f th e acto r’s 34-year film career, the scripts, correspondence, and docum ents— includ­ ing a contract for the acrobatic services of 14-year- old Archie Leach (G ran t’s real n am e)—will p ro ­ vide new insights into th e w ork of one o f th e most im portant perform ers in th e history o f th e movies. The M argaret H errick Library has also received a donation from Kemp N iver, whose life-long work has been dedicated to the restoration and apprecia­ tion of historic film, of his entire collection o f books, periodicals, and rare docum ents on early film his­ tory. In 1954 N iver was p re se n te d w ith a technical achievement Academy Award for the developm ent o fth e “R enovare” process which N iver developed to preserve p a p e r p rin t films, restoring and tra n s­ ferring th e p a p e r p rin t copies to m odern safety film. Niver modestly credits himself only with having recognized the n ee d and im portance o f saving the collection of th ese films stored at th e Library o f Congress. P ap er p rin t films re p re se n te d th e only way film m akers, p rio r to 1912, had o f securing copyright protection. R ather th an send prints o f movies on actual film, filmmakers were req u ired to subm it p a p e r p rints which, although m ore stable than n itrate film, did not stand th e test o f time. These forgotten prints, comprising more than 3,000 titles, w ere deterio ratin g past th e point o f repair w hen N iver took an in tere st in th e massive volun­ te e r job co o rd in ated by th e Academy. N iver also developed a p rin te r w ith a variable a p e rtu re th a t aids in th e painstaking process o f copying each p ap e r p rin t fram e by fram e, despite each film ’s u n iq u e dam ages. Along w ith p re p arin g d etailed descriptions and cataloging every title stored by the Library of Congress, Niver has authored nine books about th e history of these films and th e people and com panies who m ade them . Among th e trea su red item s N iver has d o n ated are h u n d red s o f biographical and historical re fe r­ ence books on th e p io n eers of cinem a and th e m otion p ictu re industry, especially em phasizing th e p erio d 1890 to 1920. R are periodicals and magazines have also been donated, such as the first volume of Moving Picture World, dated 1907, which was th e m otion p icture industry’s first trade publi­ cation, early runs o f Nickelodeon, Motography, and Motion Picture News, and nearly sixty years o f the still-published American Cinematographer, which began in 1930. N iver also d o n ated a scrapbook of Biograph ads, original issues o f The Biograph house organ, and copies of rare production records o f the Biograph Company. • Central Missouri State University Library, W arrensburg, has acquired the Missouri and Kan­ sas records o f legal executions from th e C apital P unishm ent R esearch P roject o f H eadland, Ala­ bama. M. W att Espy Jr., one o f th e country’s leading experts on capital p unishm ent, has d o cu ­ m ented over 16,000 executions in the U nited States dating from 1608. The collection consists o f over 400 executions in both M issouri and Kansas. T he research files also include n um erous o th e r d o cu ­ m ents relating to th e death penalty7. • The International Theatre Institute of the United States (ITI/U S), N ew York City, has an­ nounced th e availability o f its re cen t T h ea tre of Latin A m ericaC ollection. T he TO LA C ollection consists o f 2,650 item s docum enting m odern th e ­ atre in tw enty countries o f Latin A m erica and the C aribbean. A grant o f $23,280 from th e F ord F ou n d atio n S upported th e six-month process of cataloging and housing 466 books; 1,277 plays (including 455 m anuscripts); 153 issues o f a wide range o f periodicals; 307 program s and playbills; 147 photographs; 300 clippings, pam phlets, m ono­ graphs, and brochures. • The Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center (H A M -TM C ) L ibrary has r e ­ ceived th e papers o f N obel L au reate Philip S. H ench. T he Philip S. H e n ch P apers, a significant resource for th e study of 2 0 th-century m edicine, w ere donated to th e library by P. K ahler H ench, of La Jolla, C alifornia, to help establish a research c e n te r at th e library for th e history o f rh eu m ato l­ ogy. This collection (130 cubic feet) o f research papers, office files, books, and co rrespondence docum ents H e n ch ’s c a ree r as a physician with the Mayo Clinic in R ochester, M innesota. H ench was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 for research in the developm ent o f cortisone for th e tre a tm e n t of S e p te m b e r 1989 / 719 rheumatoid arthritis. The papers also reflect H ench’s participation in organizing th e A m erican R heum a­ tism A ssociation (now th e A m erican C ollege o f Rheumatology), in th e Am erican College of Physi­ cians, a n d in develo p in g rh eu m a tism c e n te rs for th eU .S . M edical C orps d u rin g W o rld W a r II. • The Library o f Congress has b e e n p resen ted with m icrofilm copies o f archival docum ents o f th e O ttom an E m p ire . T h e m icrofilm copies are a gift from th e T urkish g o v ern m en t, w hich has recen tly made th e original d o cu m en ts available in Istan b u l for study by acad em ic re s e a rc h e rs. T h e g o v e rn ­ m ent has also stre a m lin e d th e p rocess o f applying for rese a rc h p erm issio n — now scholars n e e d only to identify them selv es at th e archives and fill o u t a short applicatio n form . C u rre n tly , w ork has b e e n co m p leted on classifying a n d cataloging all d o c u ­ m ents covering th e p e rio d from 1691 to 1894 and these d o cu m en ts have b e e n m ade available to th e public. T hey n u m b e r approxim ately 10,000. W ork on th e rem a in in g m aterials o f this p e rio d will be added to th e already available docum ents as soon as th e ir pro cessin g is co m p le te d . F ifte e n m icrofil m copies o f th e d o c u m e n ts on th e O tto m a n -A rm e ­ nian histo ry for th e years 1691-1894 are bein g p re s e n te d to m ajor lib ra ries all over th e w orld. In addition to th e L ibrary o f C ongress, th e s e include such facilities as th e B ib lio th èq u e N ationale and the British M useum Library. LC has also ac q u ire d th e only know n set in th e original p a p e r bindings o f th e first edition o f Alexis de Tocqueville’s c e le b ra te d classic, De la démocra- tie en A m ériq u e. P u b lish e d in Paris in 1835, De la dém ocratie en A m ériq u e is one o f th e m ost q u o ted books abo u t A m erican c u ltu re and ch aracter. T h e genius o f De la dém o cra tie en A m é riq u e is th a t its a u th o r rea liz e d th a t changes in political s tru c tu re w ere only a p a rt o f w hat was new ab o u t th e A m eri­ can d e m o c ratic e x p e rim e n t, a n d th a t social m an ­ ners, art, b usiness, ed u c atio n , religion, a n d even land o w nership p a tte rn s w e re also affe c te d by th e egalitarian conditions existing in th e U nited States. The Library’s newly acquired copy of De la démocra­ tie en A m é riq u e will be h o u se d in th e R are Book and Special C ollections Division. I t is on display in a 250-item exhibit, “A Passion for Liberty: Alexis de Tocquevilleon D em ocracy a n d Revolution,’’which is draw n from L ibrary o f C ongress collections and those o f C h â te a u de T o cqueville in N orm andy, France. • T h e McGill University L ib ra rie s ’ D e p a rt - m ent o f R are Books and Special C ollections, M ontreal, Q u e b e c , has b e e n aw ard ed a re p a tria ­ tion g ra n t o f $99,000 by th e C u ltu ra l P ro p e rty Board to assist th e lib rary in a c q u irin g th e litera ry p ap ers o f b io g ra p h e r and critic L eo n E d e l. T h e papers consist o f c o rre s p o n d e n c e , m an u sc rip ts, journals, books, a n d re se a rc h m aterial. Exam ples of th e m ost outstan d in g m aterial include extensive c o rre sp o n d e n c e w ith C an ad ian w riters such as A. M. K lein, A. J. M. Sm ith, L eo K ennedy, D o ro th y L ivesay,andF . R. Scott, 50years o f E d e l’s personal jo u rn a ls, a n d all o f E d e l’s w orking p a p e rs for his life-long w ork on H e n ry ja m e s . • T h e Miami University L ib raries, Oxford, O hio, have rec e iv e d th e F e r d in a n d Bach C o llec ­ tio n o f N ative A m erican M aterials, 122 titles co n ­ c e n tra tin g on th e p r in te d w orks o f H e n ry R. S choolcraft, from th e lib ra ry o f Swiss e m ig ran t F e rd in a n d B ach . T h e m ajor focus o f th e collection is th e O ld N o rth w e st T e rrito ry a n d th e W oodland c u ltu re s o f th e N ative A m ericans o f th a t region. T h e collection is h o u se d in th e W a lter H avighurst Special C ollections Library. T h e donors, M r. and Mrs. F e rd in a n d Bach III , also a rra n g e d for a c o n ­ trib u tio n from A rm co Steel C o rp o ratio n , M iddle- tow n, O hio, for conservation o f th e collection. • T h e New York State Library’s M anuscripts and Special C ollections U nit, Albany, has received th e p ap ers of th e Society o f A m erican Indians. T he collection consists o f th e correspondence o f A rthur C. P a rk er, se cre ta ry o f th e society from 1911 to 1915 a n d first e d ito r o f th e society’s jo u rn a l, th e A m erica n In d ia n M agazine. P arker, w hose fath e r was a Seneca Indian, was an anthropologist and one o f th e p ro m in e n t le a d e rs o f N ative A m ericans in th e 2 0 th ce n tu ry . T h e p a p e rs have b e e n m icro ­ film ed by Scholarly R esources and are available at th e State L ibraiy for research. T he microfilm is also available for in te rlib ra ry loan. • T h e University o f California at Berkeley’s B ancroft L ibrary rec e n tly receiv ed a gift from th e F rie n d s o f th e B ancroft L ib rary o f six alb u m en p h o to g ra p h s o f th e Alvinza H ayw ard R esid en ce, San M ateo, California, circa 1886, by th e San F ra n ­ cisco p h o to g ra p h e r I. W. T ab er. T h e photo g rap h s are m o u n te d on th e ir original ru le d m ats, and bear a n n o ta tio n s w hich suggest th e original o w n e r’s detailed knowledge of th e building and its contents. T h e a rc h ite c t, G. W. Percy, o f th e firm P ercy & H am ilton, is tw ice identified. T h e woodw ork in th e m ain salon, w hich was fin ish ed in m ahogany and satin b ro ca d e , cost $5,000— th e p ric e o f a very substantial house in 1886. T h e ow ner and builder, Alvinza Hayward, who occupied th e massive, Q ueen A nne-style m ansion w ith his wife and d a u g h te r, is re p u te d to have been th e richest m an in California. D u rin g th e 1860s he e x tra c te d o v e r $25 m illion w o rth o f o re from his H ayw ard M ine at C row n P oint. W h e n H ayw ard d ie d in 1904, this hom e at H ayw ard A venue a n d L aurel b e c am e th e fashion­ able P e n in su la H o te l w hich flo u rish e d until its d e s tru c tio n by fire in 1920. • T h e University o f Kentucky, Lexington, has b e e n ch o sen by th e A ppalachian R egional C o m ­ m ission (ARC), a fe d e ra l-s ta te agency d e v o te d to th e eco n o m ic a n d social d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e 13- sta te region, as th e new h o m e for its lib ra ry and 720 / C &R L News archives. T he collection, now housed at th e ARC offices in W ashington, D .C ., is expected to be moved later this year to the University of Kentucky L ibrary’s Division o f Special C ollections and A r­ chives. T he collection consists o f transcripts o f ARC m eetings, state developm ent plans, final p ro jec t rep o rts, corresp o n d en ce, ARC research reports and legislation, oral histories, and literature about th e region. T h e U niversity o f Kentucky L ibrary has also acquired a large private collection o f books g a th ­ ere d m ore th an a cen tu ry ago. The library was collected by G eorge Howk, a C ynthiana business­ man, betw een about 1850 and 1881 and consists of about 2,000 volumes on a variety o f subjects, in ­ cluding K entucky and w orld history, natural sci­ ence, world travel, and literature. The books will be housed in the UK Library’s D ep artm en t of Special Collections and Archives. B ecause o f th e ir signifi­ cance as a com plete private library, th e books will be kept together as a collection. The private library has rem ained intact at Howk’s hom e in C ynthiana for m ore th an a c e n tu ry . The Kentucky-American W ater Co. has donated its historic files which date back to th e com pany’s founding in 1885 to th e U niversity o f Kentucky, Lexington. T he collection provides a detailed re c ­ ord o f L exington’s growth, particularly during the early 20 th century. O ne o f the earliest docum ents is th e first h an d w ritten annual re p o rt w hen th e com pany was called th e Lexington H ydraulic and M anufacturing C om pany. Among th e early cus­ tom ers listed are B elle B rezing and jockey Isaac Murphy. The collection includes many earlyphoto- graphs, including one showing convicts digging the city’s first reservoir. Grants • Columbia University has been awarded more than $2 million by th e National Endow m ent for the H um anities to preserve 31,000 books in its n oted W e ste rn civilization collection. T he $2,016,700 grant, th e largest for book preservation in C olum ­ bia’s history, will fund a th ree -y ea r effort to rep air 12,000 volum es, replace 7,000 with reprintings or new editions, and place 12,000 on microfilm. It will cover books on E uropean philosophy and religion, classics and ancient, medieval, and m odern history. The W estern civilization preservation project is the largest C olum bia has yet u ndertaken. Previous efforts have focused on narrow er subject areas and u sed few er preservation processes. M ost o f th e books have deteriorated because they were printed on acidic p aper. It is critical th a t th e library staff accelerate efforts to save th ese m aterials b efore they becom e too b rittle to place on microfilm. • Cornell University’s M ann Library o f th e C ollege o f A griculture and Life Sciences, Ithaca, New York, has received a $550,000 grant from th e Rockefeller Foundation to identify th e core litera­ tu re o f the agricultural sciences that is appropriate for education and research in T h ird W orld c o u n ­ tries. M ann has been identifying the core literature o f agricultural economics and rural sociology for e ig h tee n m onths. T he R ockefeller g rant for four years will enable concentration on T h ird W orld needs and extension into o th e r subject disciplines. T he installed com puters in th e T hird W orld are significant and expanding rapidly, w hich has e n ­ abled distribution of C D -R O M citation databases t o T h ird W orldlibraries. These databases provide th e im petus to solve th e problem o f access to th e pu b lish ed literature. Before optical d isktechnol- ogy can be used to solve th e p roblem o f full-text delivery, th e vast array o f literature m ust be sorted th ro u g h to identify th e core th a t provides optim al value to researchers, academ icians, advanced stu­ d en ts, and policy makers in th e agricultural sci­ ences. This work will identify the appropriate titles for full-text entry onto compact disks for worldwide distribution. It is estim ated th at this core can be contained on 40 com pact disks. The core literature will be d eterm in e d by citation analysis and o th er bibliom etric techniques, and be qualitatively r e ­ view ed by specialists in eight subject disciplines. T he work will be published in eight volumes: Agri­ cultural Econom ics and Rural Sociology, Agricul­ tu ral E ngineering, P lant Sciences-Basic, P lant S ciences-A pplied, Animal Science, Econom ic E ntom ology, F orestry and Silviculture, and Soil S ciences. An international advisory board is being established with T hird W orld librarians and scien­ tists. Beginning with engineering, each volume will have a steering com m ittee. T he pro ject will work closely with th e professional societies in th e U . S. for each o f th e subjects to b e studied. • Franklin and Marshall College’s Shadek Library, L ancaster, Pennsylvania, has received a grant in the amount of $10,000 from th e L. J. Skaggs and Mary C. Skaggs F oundation o f Oakland, Cali­ fornia, to restore rare 18th-century broadsides and Frakturschriften in the library’s extensive German- A m erican Im p rin t C ollection. This is th e second grant F ranklin and M arshall College has received from th e Skaggs foundation for this p u rp o se . • Georgetown University Library, Washing- to n , D .C ., has b ee n aw arded a H EA T itle II-C renew al grant of $78,176 from th e U.S. D e p a rt­ m e n t o f E ducation to fund th e second year of a proj ect to create a cumulative index to Georgetown’s Jesuit and Jesu it-related m anuscript and archival holdings. The th ree -y ea r p ro jec t will eventually b rin g to g e th e r in a single index, accessible via m icrocom puter, data derived from 1500 linear feet o f records spanning th e years 1551 to 1970. S e p te m b e r 1989 / 722 • Harvard University’s Tozzer Library has re- ceived a grant o f $45,000 from th e F o rd Fo u n d a - tion to subsidize subscriptions to Anthropological Literature (A L), a bibliographic index p ro d u ce d at Tozzer since 1979. F o r m ore th an 75 years, th e Tozzer library has indexed articles in jo u rn als and edited com pilations received by th e library. T hese articles w ere pu b lish e d in A L b eginning in 1979. Since anthropology is by n a tu re an in te rd isc ip li­ nary field, T ozzer as a research library, collects internationallypublished literature on a broad range of subjects in addition to anthropology. W hen indexed, this litera tu re gives researchers access to a broad spectrum of international scholarship. AL is an im p o rta n t reso u rce, not only because o f th e breadth of T o zzer’s collections, b u t because th e latest research findings are generally p u blished in articles ra th e r than books. • Humboldt State University Foundation, Arcata, California, has received a grant o f $70,180 to collect and p reserv e records c re a te d by N orth- coast labor th a t re p re s e n t th e diverse com m unity history o f th e area. T h e pro je c t will establish th e California N orthcoastL abor/C om m unity Archives at the University. • Marshall University, H untington, W est Vir- ginia, has b e e n aw arded a $3,000 g ran t from th e W est Virginia D e p a rtm e n t o f C u lture and H istory to develop a m aster plan for graphics and signage in the James E. M orrow Library. • Michigan State University L ibrary, E ast Lansing, has received a gift of $20,000 to establish the B eatrice V. G ra n t E n d o w m e n t F u n d for th e Preservation a n d A cquisition o f Rare Books in Cookery. T h e fund, c re a te d by R hoda G ra n t to honor h e r late sister who tau g h t in M SU’s College o f H um an Ecology, will fu rth e r strengthen M SU ’s Cookery C ollection. This collection c u rre n tly num bers over 3,700 books dating from th e 16th century to th e p rese n t. It is h oused in th e U niver- sity L ibrary’s Special C ollections D ivision. • T h e Parkland C ollege Library in C ham - paign, Illinois, has recently received a National E n ­ dow m ent for th e H u m an ities gran t in th e am ount of $ 11,989 to su p p o rt an exhibit th a t will study th e role o f p rin t advertising in shaping social, eco ­ nomic, and c u ltu ral life in key historical perio d s from 1890 to 1970. T h e exhibit will use reso u rces from th e D ’Arcy C ollection at th e U niversity of Illinois, a b ro ad collection o f nearly two m illion original p rin t-m e d ia advertisem ents p u b lish e d in Am erican new spapers during those years. • Stanford University’s Hoover Institution will use its re c e n t N ational E n d o w m en t for th e H u ­ m anities grant o f $64,042 to support th e p rese rv a ­ tion m icrofilm ing of 1,438 books, periodicals, gov­ ernm ent papers, and pam phlets th at docum ent th e c a re e r and political im pact o f A rgentine le a d e r Juan Peron. • T h e Texas Tech University Library has re- cently receiv ed a Gloria Lyerla L ib ra iy M em orial F u n d Research Travel G rant. The grant, $500, was aw arded to E d w ard S te in h a rt o f th e Texas T ech D e p a rtm e n t of H istory to assist in travel to th e Public R ecord O ffice in L ondon, E ngland. S te in ­ h a rt’s research is on th e social history o f huntin g in Kenya. T he G loria Lyerla Library M em orial F u n d was established by friends and family to assist Texas Tech University researchers with m eeting th e costs o f travel to research collections o f libraries, a r­ chives, m useum s, or o th er repositories throughout th e world. • T he University o f California, Los Angeles, has rec e n tly receiv ed an $80,000 g ran t from th e N ational E n d o w m e n t for th e H u m an ities. T he g ran t will su p p o rt a traveling exhibition with a catalog o f essays about th e influence of th e F rench Encyclopédie on th e history o f ideas, and th e in te r­ national spread and evolution of th e concept o f th e encyclopedia from 1750 to 1850. • T h e University of Florida, G ainesville, has receiv ed a g ran t o f $22,654 to preserv e, arrange, and describe over 350 cubic feet o f records and 400 m icrofilm reels rela te d to th e university’s agricul­ tural program at th e In stitu te of F ood and Agricul­ tural Sciences and its predecessors. • T he University o f Kansas, Lawrence, has re- ceived a g ift o f $6.5 m illion from N ancy and Philip A nschutz of D e n v e r. This gift has b e e n included in Cam paign Kansas, th e largest fund-raising drive in K U ’s history. T h e c o u p le ’s gift will establish a library endow m ent in honor o f his parents, M arian and F r e d A nschutz. Incom e from th e M arian and F re d A nschutz E n d o w ed L ibrary F u n d will s u p ­ p o rt library acquisitions. • T he University o f Pittsburgh’s School o f Li- brary and Inform ation Science (SLIS) has received a three-year $ 197,200 grant from th e Buhl Founda- tion to develop a com prehensive continuing educa­ tio n p ro g ram o f professional d ev e lo p m en t for in ­ form ation professionals throughout W estern P enn­ sylvania. In developing th e p rogram , SLIS will establish a C D -R O M In fo rm atio n Lab to b e used by inform ation professionals e ngaged in c o n tin u ­ ing ed u c atio n in th e region. T h e Lab will also include a C D -R O M Softw are E valuation C e n te r. As principal investigator, Mary K. Biagini, associate dean and associate professor in th e D e p a rtm e n t of L ibrary Science at SLIS, will m anage th e p roject. To carry o u t th e work, Biagini will survey alum ni, adm inistrators and library and inform ation science professionals th ro u g h o u t th e a re a to d e te rm in e basic c o n tin u in g e d u c atio n needs. T h e gran t p ro ­ vides funds for staff to plan and carry out th e program . A p ro je c t advisory council will work with Biagini th ro u g h o u t th e th ree-y ear life of th e grant. • Washington College in C hestertow n, Mary- land, has received grants from th e Surdna Founda- 7 2 2 / C & R L New s tion, Inc., the Charles E. C ulpeper Foundation, Inc., and the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc., all from New York, in the amounts o f $100,000, $50,000, and $ 15,000 respectively, to support the completion of its retrospective conversion and im plem entation of an autom ated library system. The project will incorporate the library’s card cata­ log system into the campus com puter network. • Whitman College of Walla Walla, Washing- ton, has received a grant of $81,000 from th e M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust ofVancouver, Washing­ ton, to be used for autom ating catalog and circula­ tion systems in the college’s Penrose M emorial Library. W hen the setup is com pleted, library pa­ trons will be able to search the library’s holdings from com puter term inals rath er than using the traditional card catalog. • Yeshiva University Libraries, New York City, has received a $25,000 grant from the New York State Discretionary Grant Program. This grantwill support the microfilming of some 400 rare m anu­ scripts, including a 15th-century manuscript of the SeMak, the Sefer Mitzvot Katan (Small Book of Precepts) by the F rench ritualist Isaac ben Joseph of Corbeil on vellum with four small pen and ink drawings. The m anuscripts inten d ed for m icro­ filming come from the Libraries’ Rare Book Room M anuscript Collection. They date from the 15th through 20th centuries and consist of com m entar­ ies on Bible and Talm ud ( rabbinic interpretations of Jewish law) Halakhah (Jewish law), homiletics, Musar (morals), philosophy, Kabbalah (mysticism), and rabbinic correspondence. W hile both the Sephardi (Jews of Spanish descent) and Ashkenazi (Eastern European Jews) traditions are reflected in the collection, th e m ajority of m anuscripts were w ritten by rabbis in Germ any and Poland during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. News notes • The University of Iowa Libraries was awarded the Library Public Relations Council best library new sletter of 1989 award at the June American Library Association Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas. The University of Iowa Libraries newsletter is sent twice yearly to all F riends of the U niversity Libraries, faculty, and other interested persons. The Library Public Relations Council, an interna­ tional organization that promotes the development of effective public relations skills for library public relations practitioners, received over 350 submis­ sions in nine award categories. ■ ■ University of Minnesota completes RECON project The University of M innesota Libraries have reached their goal of creating an online catalog that includes a record for every officially cataloged, Rom an-alphabet title held in the libraries. The 1.9 million records in the libraries’ NOTIS-based cata­ log, LU M IN A ( Libraries of the U niversity of Min­ nesota Integrated Network Access), include 1.35 million retrospective conversion records, plus rec­ ords for all University of Minnesota titles cataloged on OCLC, RLIN , and LUMINA, and records for all titles on order. LUMINA is the University of M innesota’s auto­ m ated library system that has been in use since the fall o fl9 8 7 . All o f the bibliographic records, after being e n te red into LUMINA, w ere loaded into both the OCLC and RLIN national databases. Support for the project, which has been going on for over three years, was provided by the Bush Foundation as well as m atching funds from other sources. The projects were m anagedby Christina Meyer, head of the Database Management Division at the University of M innesota Libraries. The libraries are now turning their attention to the enhancement of LUM INA through the addition of records for titles not yet included, such as analytics for major microfilm sets, U.S. G overnm ent Printing Office records, and records for archival and m anuscript materials. ■ ■ Bibliography contest The T enth Triennial Prize for Bibliography of the International League of Antiquarian Book­ sellers will be awarded in 1990. The prize— $2,500—will be aw arded to the author of the best work, published or unpublished, of learned bibliography, research into the history of the book or typography, or books of general interest on the subject. Last date for subm itting entries: D ecem ber 31,1989. D etailed information and conditions may be obtained from the Prize Secretary, Frie- der Kocher-Benzing, R athenaustrasse 21, D- 7000 Stuttgart 1, Germ an Federal Republic.