ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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News from the Field
A C Q U IS IT IO N S

•  R a d c l i f f e  C o l l e g e , C am bridge, M assachu­
se tts, has b e e n  p r e s e n te d  w ith Ms. M agazine’s 
ten -y ear collection of “L e tte rs to th e  E d ito r.’ T he 
le tte rs , reco g n ized  as a d o c u m e n tary  history of
w om en’s consciousness in th e  1970s, w ere d epo s­
ite d  at th e  S c h lesin g er L ib rary  by Ms. e d ito rs 
Patricia C arb in e an d  G loria S te in e m . Since its in ­
c e p tio n  in 1972 th e  m ag azin e has re c e iv e d  an 
o v e rw h e lm in g  r e a d e r  r e s p o n s e . T h e  P re v ie w
issue alone re s u lte d  in over 20,000 le tte rs from 
w om en all o v er th e  co u n try  describing th e ir life 
e x p erien ce. A lthough n early  100,000 le tte rs  are 
b ein g  d o n a te d  to th e  library (and m ore will be 
d e p o sited  on a co n tin u in g  basis), th e  m ajority will 
not y et b e available to research ers. To p ro te c t th e 
id e n tity  o f th e  w rite rs , te n  y e ars m u st e la p se  
from  th e  tim e of w ritin g  b efo re th e y  are m ade 
public.

•  T h e  U n i v e r s i t y  o f  M a n i t o b a  L ib r a r ie s , 
W in n ip e g , h a v e  b e e n  g iv e n  th e  c o m p le te  r e ­
search archive of th e fo rm er W in n ip eg  Tribune 
b y  its  o w n e r , L o r d  T h o m s o n  o f F l e e t .  T h e  
T r ib u n e  c e a s e d  p u b lic a tio n  in s u m m e r, 1980, 
a fte r n in e ty  y ears. T h e  co lle ctio n  c o n tain s te n  
to n s  o f n e w s p a p e r  c lip p in g s  in d e x e d  a n d  in 
c h ro n o lo g ic a l o rd e r; a b o u t o n e  m illio n  p h o to ­
g rap h s id e n tifie d  an d  d a te d ; 10,000 books; an d
m iscellaneous eq u ip m e n t.

•  T he U n i v e r s i t y  o f  M i s s o u r i - C o l u m b i a  L i­
b ra ry  has re c e iv e d  a collection o f 246 L im ite d  
E d itio n s C lub titles and 92 o th e r volum es from 
J.W . K e rr o f W ilm ette, Illinois. Each copy in th e 
collection is in very fine or m in t condition, and is

au to g rap h ed  by e ith e r th e  a u th o r or by th e illus­
tra to r or editor. T he L im ited E ditions C lub titles 
w ere lim ited  to a p ress ru n  of 1,500-2,000.

GRANTS
 

•  T h e  U n i v e r s i t y  o f  M a n i t o b a  L ib r a r ie s , 
W innipeg, have receiv ed  a grant of $30,000 from 
th e C anadian Social Sciences and H u m an ities R e­
search Council to p u rch ase m aterials in th e  field 

 of A rctic and  S u b -A rctic c u ltu ra l an th ro p o lo g y . 
T h e  a w a rd  w as g r a n t e d  u n d e r  t h e  c o u n c i l ’s 
S tre n g th en in g  of Specialized C ollections Program  
and will b e  u sed  to acquire out of p rin t m aterials 
and to au g m en t an d  co m p lem en t th e  p re s e n t col­
lection.

NEWS NOTE

•  T he U n i v e r s i t y  o f  K a n s a s , L aw rence, h e ld  a 
dedication cerem ony on N o v em b er 18 for its new  
Business and Econom ics R eading Room in Sum ­
m erfield Hall. T he dedication h o n o red  em eritu s 
professor of econom ics Richard S. H ow ey for his 
service in b u ild in g  th e  b u sin ess an d  econom ics 
collections w hich have gain ed  in te rn a tio n a l re c ­
ognition. H ow ey has b e e n  library re p re se n tativ e  
for th e  D e p a r tm e n t o f E c o n o m ics sin ce 1930. 

 D u rin g  th a t tim e  h e  h as a m a s s e d  o n e  o f th e  
la r g e s t c o lle c tio n s  o f e c o n o m ic s  b o o k s in  th e  
world, a po rtio n  of w hich is now know n as the 
H ow ey Collection. His new  book, a Bibliography 
o f  G eneral H istories o f  Econom ics 1692-1975 will 
be p u b lish e d  by th e  R egents Press of Kansas in 
April. ■ ■

People
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

D o n a l d  J .  S a g e r , w h o  w as m o s t r e c e n t l y  
C om m issioner of th e  Chicago Public Library, has 
b e e n  ap p o in te d  V isiting D istin gu ish ed  Scholar for 
1982 b y  O n lin e  C o m p u t e r  L ib r a r y  C e n t e r  
(OCLC). Sager in te n d s to conduct research  into 
th e  econom ics and ad m in istratio n  of public lib ra r­
ies to find ways th a t O C L C  and public libraries 
can work to g e th e r m ore effectively. D u rin g  th e 
p a st 17 years o f his c are er, Sager has gain ed  a 
w ide range of adm in istrativ e exp erien ce from d i­
re c to r  of th e  P u b lic  L ib ra ry  o f C o lu m b u s an d  
F ra n k lin  C o u n ty  (Ohio), 1975-1978, to his c u r­
re n t position of p re sid e n t-e le c t of th e Public Li­
b rary  Association. H e has also b e e n  extrem ely ac­
tive in professional and civic associations. H e r e ceived

 b a c h e lo r ’s a n d  M LS d e g r e e s  from  th e  
U niversity of W isconsin.

H e r b e r t  S. W h i t e , D ean of th e  School of L i­
b rary and Inform ation Science, In d ian a U n iv er­
sity at B loom ington, becam e th e  17th Award of 
M erit w in n er of th e  A m erican Society for Infor­
m ation Science (ASIS), p re s e n te d  d u rin g  th e  1981 
Annual M eetin g  in W ashington, D .C . on O cto b er 
28, 1981.

PROFILES

J o s e p h  A. M c D o n a l d  has b e e n  ap p o in ted  di­
re c to r o f th e  L ong Isla n d  U n iv e rsity  B rooklyn 
C e n te r L ibrary, su cceed in g  E llio tt G a tn e r who 
re tire d  in F eb ru ary , 1981.

M cD onald receiv ed  his MLS at D rexel U n iv ersity