ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 143 People PROFILES Virginia N. Cesario, ch ief librarian since 1976, has retired after a career of thirty-three years at the City College of New York Library. When I returned to the C ity C ollege as chief librarian in 1962, Virginia Naille Cesario clearly em erged from the crow d as an indi­ vidual w ith evident leadership capabilities. From our very first conversation, Virginias strong traits were man­ ifest: a high regard, affection, and loyalty to City College; a strong and disciplined in te l­ Virginia N. Cesario ligence; a finely tuned command of the language; a long and involved experience with the library; a strength of opinion; and an unshakeable candor and honesty. Those characteristics were invaluable in the unsettled personnel and m anagem ent situation of that period, and I found myself calling upon her for advice and counsel at ever-increasing opportuni­ ties. As I came to rely on her counsel and judgment as staff mem ber, administrative assistant, and finally, deputy chief librarian, I found to my sur­ prise that despite my substantially greater di­ versity of professional activity, work, and manage­ rial experience, she was frequently well ahead of me in some of the more sophisticated areas of librarianship—areas of operation in which she had had little or no contact in her tenure at City. Throughout the years, she had apparently done her homework well and the library profited im­ mensely from her knowledge of national library affairs and pioneering ventures. She applied that knowledge in what amounted to a continuous mini-crusade to improve services and functions at the library. She was tireless in her critical and detailed analysis of operations and in the ex­ amination of the possibility of adopting or adapt­ ing services, procedures, or mechanisms which had proved out in other academic institutions. When she decided to participate in national library affairs, her detailed knowledge of nation­ wide currents stood her in good stead. For a de­ cade and a half she has left a lasting impression on the numerous professional areas in which she served. H er last contribution, however was perhaps her best—to steer the flagship library of the city university system through the shoals of a depress­ ion perhaps unequalled in American academic history. Through those strikingly depressing years Virginia kept the course, maintained services with a constantly dwindling staff, and even de­ veloped funds for continued professional parti­ cipation and the required physical reorganization of the library. The college and the library were remarkably lucky to have Virginia in place at the right time. She is a great lady and an extraordinary librarian. She has earned her retirement.—Bernard Kreiss- man. Editor’s Note: Dr. Kreissman, Professor Cesario s predecessor at City College, is university librar­ ian at the University o f California, Davis. This tribute is reprinted in abridged form from the A utum n 1979 issue o f Circum-Spice, the City College o f New fo r k Library newsletter. Richard S. Halsey, associate professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany School of Library and Information Science, has been appointed dean of the school. Active in professional and university affairs, Halsey is president of the New York Library Association (NYLA) Li­ brary Education Sec­ tion and special advisor to the NYLA Legisla­ tive Committee. He has been chair of ALA’s R eference and Sub­ scription Books Review Committee and a mem­ Richard S. Halsey ber of the B ooklist E ditorial Advisory Board and the D artm outh Medal Award Committee. Before going to SUNY-Albany, Halsey was on the faculty of the School of Library Science at the University of Toronto. He has also served as chief of the Audio-Visual Department of Washington U niversity L ibraries (St. Louis), d irecto r of Learning Resources at University City Schools (Missouri), and information scientist at the Cen­ tral Midwestern Regional Educational Labora­ tory. He received his Ph.D. in Library and Informa­ tion Sciences from Case Western Reserve Uni­ versity. He also holds as M.S.L.S. from Simmons College and M.Mus. and B.Mus. in music educa­ tion and composition from the New England Conservatory. THE DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS REFERENCE SYSTEM, 1975-1980 THE ANNUAL COLLECTIONS The size and scope o f the Annual Collections have grown dramatically since Carrollton Press inaugurated the publication in 1975. The collections include major documents from the CIA, NSC, State and Defense Departments, White House, and other US agencies on such subjects as US foreign relations, military and intelligence operations, national defense, and internal security in the post-World War II era. With the exception o f the 1976 Collection (explained below), all o f these collections include four quarterly volumes o f Abstracts and an annual Cumulative Subject Index. - THE 1975 A N N U A L COLLECTION contains 1,648 documents, abstracted on a total o f 330 pages, and indexed under an average o f 3.2 headings in the Subject Index. -T H E 1976 A N N U AL COLLECTION is available in three segments o f Abstracts (one double issue covering January-June 1976 and two quarterlies) and the annual Index. The 1976 Collection includes approximately 1,850 documents. - TH E 1977 A NN U AL COLLECTION contains almost 2,000 documents on 203 microfiche. - THE 1978 A NN U AL COLLECTION is composed o f around 2,000 documents which are abstracted on 457 pages and appear on 235 microfiche. - TH E 1979 A NN U AL COLLECTION is more comprehensive than any o f the previous Annual Collections. THE RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTION -The full texts of 8,032 Declassified Documents are contained on 1,008 microfiche. - Original abstracts of the documents appear in two hardcover Abstract volumes, arranged chronologically under names o f issuing agencies. - A single-alphabet Cumulative Subject Index to both the Retrospective and the 1975 Annual Collections is contained in one hardcover volume. Included fo r the first time in the Retrospective Collection are special groups o f documents on Alger Hiss, the Rosenbergs, and Lee Harvey Oswald (including the diary he kept while in the U.S.S.R.). Also included are de­ classified documents from the papers o f several presidential aides and advisors such as Chester Bowles, Clark Clifford, C.D. Jackson, General Lucius Clay and others. The Retrospective Collection also contains a number of technical and scientific documents. It is important to note that none o f the abstracts or microfiche copies o f the documents contained in the Annual Collections are included in the Retrospective Collection. However, all entries from the 1975 Cumulative Subject Index have been merged into a combined Cumulative Subject Index in the Retrospective set in order to provide a single source o f subject access for both sets o f documents. DDRS WAS CO-WINNER OF THE INFORMATION INDUSTRY A S S O C IA T IO N ’S 1978 “PR O D UC T OF THE YEAR” AWARD HERE ARE EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS OF THE DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS REFERENCE SYSTEM -JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA, v. 8, no. 4 (1978). Reviewed by G. Kolko, Departm ent of History, York University, T oronto, Canada, “Superior to the State D epartm ent’s Foreign Relations series, the System is best compared to the Pentagon Papers, the four most im portant and hitherto unavailable volumes of which are found reproduced here for the first time. But since no equivalent of the Pentagon Papers for Indonesia, T hailand, Brazil, Malaysia, Korea, Cuba, or India has been issued, in fact it is a m ajor new source for these nations as well as China and Japan. Asian questions and nations are probably the most extensively covered, but anyone w orking seriously on Latin America, Africa, or European studies will also be required to consult the System’s docum ents.” - RQ, Reference and Adult Services Division, ALA, v. 15, no. 4, Summer 1976, pp. 353-355. Michael O. Shannon of the Herbert Lehman College, Bronx, New York wrote a comprehensive review of the D D R S in which he stated, “The entire system is characterized by remarkable simplicity o f arrangement and ease o f searching, and one hopes th at it may grow in size and extent.” . . . “This is a m ajor research tool to basically archival-type material and should be worth the price for any m ajor research institution that wishes to provide first rate coverage in the fields o f recent government, foreign affairs, and politics.” - CHOICE, Association o f College and Research Libraries, ALA, v. 13, no. 8 (October 1976) unsigned, p. 956. “The catalog and separately available microfiche o f the documents themselves form a complete system o f inform ation not available elsewhere, neither indexed in the M onthly Catalog n or published by the G.P.O. The catalog, indexed by a former chief of C.I.A. indexing operations, is a unique source o f inform ation about formerly secret activities, and of great value to the researcher and the large academic or public library.” - BOOKLIST, ALA, v. 72, no. 12 (February 15, 1976) “Reference and Subscription Books Reviews” (unsigned) pp. 875-6. “F o r large academic and public libraries whose patrons do extensive research in subjects in which the government may have a controlling interest, the Declassified D ocum ents Quarterly C atalog and its Index will provide access to materials heretofore unavailable and even unknown, although their existence may have been assumed or suspected. In the expectation th at future issues will appear and th at coverage will expand, the Declassified Documents Quarterly Catalog with its Cumulative Subject Index is recommended for these large libraries o r any library whose patrons require access to this type of inform ation.” - GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS REVIEW, v. 3, no. 2 (1976). The following was extracted from a review by Professor Robin Higham, Departm ent of History, Kansas State University. Professor Higham is also author of Official Histories (1 9 7 0 ) and an E ditor o f Military Affairs and Aerospace Historian. “The great advantage o f what Carrollton Press is doing is that it provides the researcher and the librarian with one compact set of Declassified Documents complete with finding aids. The sooner the system is brought to the attention of scholars the better." -SERIALS REVIEW, July/September, 1975, p. 51. Quoted below are excerpts from a review by Bernard A. Block, Documents Librarian at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. “The C arrollton Press has made a strong beginning toward developing a good collection o f declassified documents, well cataloged, abstracted, and indexed. The importance o f such material for historians, political scientists, and other researchers cannot be overestimated. The Declassified Documents microfiche collection and related catalogs and indexes are highly recommended for academic and public research libraries.” Your patrons will want access to the entire system — So use this coupon to make certain your coverage will be complete. 146 Gordon P. Martin, university librarian, Cali­ fornia State U niversity, Sacram ento, has announced his intention to retire in September. Martin has been uni­ versity librarian at Sac­ ramento since 1966. He has served as project director, LIBRARY/ USA Exhibit, New York W orld’s Fair, 1963- 1966; assistant universi­ ty librarian, University of California, Riverside, 1957-1963; reference librarian, University of California, R iverside, 1954-1957; order libra­ rian, San Jose State Gordon P. Martin College, San Jose, Cali­ fornia, 1953-54; head, circulation department, University of Minnesota, 1952-53; and head of the Reserve Book Room, University of Chicago, 1950-1952. He has been secretary of the College and Uni­ versity Libraries Division of the California Li­ brary Association and a member of the Legisla­ tion Committee of ACRL. He is the author with Dorothea M. Berry of A Guide to Writing Research Papers (New York; McGraw-Hill Book C o., 1971). He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago in 1948 and a master's degree from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago in 1952. ’ George Shipman, forty, associate director of libraries for administrative services at the Uni­ versity of T ennessee, Knoxville, has been appointed university librarian at the Uni­ versity of Oregon, Eugene. He replaces H. Wil­ liam Axford who step­ ped down as dean and university librarian June 30, 1979. Donald Smith cu rren tly is acting university librar­ ian. At Tennessee, Ship- man was responsible for directing technical li­ George Shimnan brary services, staff de­ velopment, fiscal control, and library planning, budgeting, and development. Previously, he had worked at the Library of Congress in Washing­ ton, D.C., for four years. Recipient of a master of arts degree in library science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Shipman also holds a master’s degree in American history from Western Michigan Uni- versity, Kalamazoo, and a bachelor’s degree in history from Albion College in Albion, Michigan. He has been active in professional library or­ ganizations, including the American Library Asso­ ciation and the Association of College and Re­ search Libraries. Donald B. Simpson has been named director of the Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, Illinois, effective July 1, 1980. Simpson will suc­ ceed Gordon R. Wil­ liams, who will retire at the end of June. Since 1975, Simpson has been executive director of the Biblio­ graphical C en ter for Research, Rocky Moun­ tain Region, In c., in Denver, Colorado. He previously had served as director of the tech­ nical services division of the State L ibrary of Ohio and assistant Donald B . Simpson director of the Keuka College Library. He received his undergraduate degree from Alfred University and a master of science in library and information science from Syracuse University. He is a member of the Council of the Amer­ ican Library Association and is a past president of the Association of State Library Agencies. Gordon R. Williams, director of the Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, Illinois, will re­ tire at the end of June. He has been director of the Center since 1959. U nder W illiam s’ leadership, membership in the C en ter has reached 114 full mem­ bers and 67 associate members, and the col­ lection has grown to more than three million volumes of material in­ tended to m eet the needs of m em ber in­ stitutions. A graduate of Stan­ ford University (A.B.) Gordon R . Williams and the G raduate Li­ brary School of the University of Chicago (M.A.), Williams served in the United States Navy during World War II. After the war he worked for six years as vice president of Brentanos, Inc. of Cali­ fornia. In 1950 he began his library career as ex­ ecutive assistant to the librarian at the John Crer- ar Library in Chicago. In 1952 he moved to the University of California at Los Angeles Library where he served as assistant librarian until his 147 appointm ent as director of the C enter for Re­ search Libraries in 1959. Williams served on the board of directors of the Association of Research Libraries from 1965 to 1968, and he has been chair of the National Union Catalog Committee of RTSD since 1960. Lee T. Handley has been named executive director of the Southeastern Library Network, Inc. (SOLINET). He has served as acting execu­ tive director since the death of Charles Stevens in April 1979. As acting director Handley has led the network in contract negotiations with OCLC, Inc., and in efforts to establish a cooperative regional support system for libraries in the southeast. He joined SOLINET in November 1978 as technical direc­ tor and shortly thereafter helped to develop the network’s C om puter O utput Microform (COM) catalog service. Handley went to SOLINET from Rrodart, Inc., of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where he was vice president in charge of the Library Automation Division. He brought to SOLINET fifteen years of experience in data processing, ten of which were in the field of library automation. Maxine Johnston has been named director at the Mary and John Gray Library at Lamar Uni­ versity, Beaumont, Texas. She will succeed R. Blaine Thomas, who will return to full-time teaching duties in the English departm ent at Lamar. Johnston has served as associate library director at Lamar since 1970 and has been associated with Lamar University’s library ser­ vices since 1955. She earned a bachelor s de­ gree in E nglish from Sam H ouston State Maxine Johnston University and a master of library science degree from the University of Texas. She was Texas Librarian of the Year in 1974. APPOINTMENTS Carol R. Alexander has been appointed head of Cataloging Services at the American Antiquar­ ian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Richard Aroksaar has been appointed catalog librarian at the University of Southern California Norris Medical Library. Martha Bailey is life sciences librarian for the Purdue University Libraries and Audio-Visual Center, West Lafayette, Indiana. Hollister K. Bernstein is a cataloging assis- The British Columbia Union Catalogue N O W AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE Representing over 500,000 Biblio­ graphic Title Holdings of over 26 Participating B.C. Libraries. Format: 42 x Reduction COM Fiche; D i­ vided Catalogue: Authors, Titles, and Subjects (including a separate section for medical subject headings); Com­ plete call number, location, and hold­ ings information under each entry. Plus: At no extra cost, each u n ion catalogue w ill be supplemented with tw o C OM serials lists representing the detailed serials holdings of tw o B.C. University Libraries: the University of British C olum bia and Simon Fraser University. Use: Inter-library loans aid; Selection tool; Cataloguing information. Production: A consortium of B.C. Librar­ ies have jointly been using the on-line cataloguing support system of the U ni­ versity of Toronto Library Automation Systems. UTLAS is the current pro­ ducer of this BCUC COM product. 18 Libraries have been involved in retro­ spective conversion projects of their old manual card files. The BCUC data base was begun in September, 1977 and is growing at the rate of 200,000 titles per year representing the mem­ bers' current accessions. 148 tant on the North American Imprints Program at the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Dora Biblarz has accepted the position of head, Collection and Acquisitions Service at Ari­ zona State University, Tempe. Brenda Bousfield has b een appointed humanities librarian, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas. Georgine Brabec has joined the Northeastern Illinois University Library staff as an assistant catalog librarian. Melissa C. Carter is a cataloging assistant on the North American Im prints Program at the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mas­ sachusetts. Donna Coker is OCLC cataloging supervisor for the Purdue University Libraries and Audio- Visual Center, West Lafayette, Indiana. Rhonda Cooper has been appointed curatorial associate for visual collections in the Harvard University Archives. Pamela M. Corley has been appointed refer­ ence librarian at the University of Southern Cali­ fornia Norris Medical Library. Rita Costello has been promoted to general reference librarian II, Drexel University Librar­ ies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary J. Culnan has been appointed assistant professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Alan N. Degütis is assistant cataloger on the North American Imprints Program at the Amer­ ican A ntiquarian Society, W orcester, Mas­ sachusetts. Eileen Eandi had been appointed public ser­ vices librarian at the University of Southern Cali­ fornia Norris Medical Library. Michael Fineman is head of the University of California, Irvine, Medical Center Library. Dale P. Flecker has been named head of the Office for Systems Planning and Research in the Harvard University Library. Bonnie L. Fletcher is now assistant catalog­ ing librarian, Idaho State University Library, Pocatello. Deborah S. Garson, cataloger in the Gutman Library, Harvard University, has been appointed reference librarian. Mary King Givens has been appointed instruc­ tor-interlibrary loan librarian, University of Ten­ nessee Center for the Health Sciences Library, Memphis. Ruth Anne Graham has been appointed associate librarian I in the Art Library, University of Maryland, College Park. Malcolm C. Hamilton has been appointed librarian in the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Judy Horn has transferred from the Santa Bar­ bara campus of the University of California to be­ come head of the Government Publications De- 149 partment at the University of California, Irvine. Anne M. Johnsen has been appointed refer­ ence librarian in the Gutman Library, Harvard University. David V. Koch has been named university archivist and curator of special collections, South­ ern Illinois University, Carbondale Library. Barbara Stecconi Koven has been appointed media specialist in the Gutman Library, Harvard University. Michele Anne Lainc has been appointed re­ ference librarian for the Architecture and Fine Arts Library, University of Manitoba Libraries, Winnipeg, Canada. Joseph Macmanus is a cataloging assistant on the North American Imprints Program, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. Deanna Marcum, formerly training program coordinator, Office of Management Studies, Asso­ ciation of Research Libraries, has joined the pri­ vate consulting firm of Information Systems Con­ sultants, Inc. Suzanne Metzger has joined the library staff at the University of California, San Diego, as assistant head of the Acquisitions Department. K. Leon Montgomery has been promoted to the rank of professor in the School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jacquelyn M. Morris has been appointed head of the Reference Division of Cornell Uni­ versity’s Albert R. Mann Library at Ithaca, New York. Madeleine W. Mullin has been appointed curatorial associate in the Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University. William Z. Nasri has been promoted to the rank of associate professor, with tenure, School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Brenda M. Pacey recently became library consultant at Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Champaign, Illinois. Joe Rader has been appointed associate editor of the Tennessee Librarian, the quarterly journal of the Tennessee Library Association. He is head of the Reserve Department, Undergraduate Lib­ rary, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Gayle Reeves has jo in ed th e G overm ent D ocum ents D epartm ent, Stanford University Libraries, as a half-time reference librarian. Ruth Roden, formerly head of cataloging at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, has accepted an appointment in the same capacity at the University of California, Irvine. John Schmitt is reference librarian for the Purdue University Libraries and Audio-Visual Center, West Lafayette, Indiana. Norman J. Shaffer has been appointed chief of the Photoduplication Service, Office of the Associate Librarian for Management, Library of Congress. Miriam L. Sheaves has been appointed geol­ ogy librarian at the University of North Carolina Library, Chapel Hill. Deborah R. Sommer has been appointed assis­ tant librarian, Government Documents Depart­ ment, University of California, Berkeley. Patrice Stearley has joined the Northeastern Illinois University Library, Chicago, staff as an assistant catalog librarian. Earl R. Taylor has been appointed senior cataloger on the North American Imprints Pro­ gram at th e American A ntiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. David A. Theriault has been appointed se­ rials cataloger in the Harvard College Library. Francis J. Thiecs has been appointed head of Technical Services, New York University Medical Center Library. Ann Wakefield has joined the Northeastern Illinois University Library, Chicago, staff as an assistant reference librarian. Antoinette (Toni) Wälder is the new head of acquisitions at Xavier U niversity’s McDonald Memorial Library, Cincinnati, Ohio. Judy Webster has been appointed business manager of the Tennessee Librarian, the quarter­ ly journal of the Tennessee Library Association. She is head of the Library Acquisitions Depart­ ment of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Everett C. Wilkie has been named affiliate librarian-reference librarian for Rare Books and 150 DEKKER & NORDEMANN B. V. AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND Now Available: Catalogue 25 Old, Rare and Out-of-Print Books & Periodicals on Religion and Jewish History 58 pages, illustrated Catalogue 26 The Two Russian Revolutions The Libraries of Leon Bernstein and Boris Souvarine 188 pages with portraits and plates Catalogue 27 Periodicals & Serials on Earth Sciences, Life Sciences and the Science of Man including Rare and Illustrated Sets 57 pages, illustrated DEKKER & NORDEMAN, B. V. M odem and Antiquarian Booksellers Afew Books & Subscriptions: 0 . Z. Voorburgwal 239, Amsterdam Antiquarian Department: Lippijnstraat 4, Amsterdam American customers may contact: D&N (USA) LIBRARY SERVICES INC. 48 East Chestnut Hill Avenue Philadelphia, Pa. 19118 215-242-4484 Special Collections, Lilly Library, Indiana Uni­ versity, Bloomington. James Williams has been prom oted to the rank of professor in the School of Library and In­ form ation Science, U niversity of P ittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sally F. Williams has been named budget and planning officer in th e H arvard College Library. Faye M. Williamson has been appointed head of the Periodical Division of the Serials Depart­ ment, University of California, Berkeley. Joan Worley is the new editor of the Tennes­ see Library Association’s quarterly journal, the Tennessee Librarian. She is a reference librarian at the Undergraduate Library, University of Ten­ nessee, Knoxville. Winberta Yao, reference librarian and art sub­ ject specialist at Arizona State University, has been elected to a two-year term as the Western Regional Representative of the Art Libraries Soci- ety/North America. RETIREMENTS Kay Cutler, head librarian of the Branner Earth Sciences Library, Stanford University Li­ braries, has retired after a library career spanning nearly thirty-eight years. ■■ ACRL Preconferences Staff development, publishing trends, and ERIC services will be the topics of th ree ACRL preconferences in June. You may still have time to register for these preconferences; so act now. The Continuing Education Committee will sponsor a two-day workshop on staff develop­ ment on Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28, at the Sheraton City Squire Hotel in New York City. The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) will hold its tw enty-first annual preconference at th e Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, June 24—28. The theme of the preconference is “Books and Society: Publishing Trends and the Factors Affecting Them ." ACRL and ERIC will co­ sponsor an “ACRL ERIC Users Conference” June 27-28 in New York City. For registration information about the Con­ tinuing Education Committee’s preconference and the RBMS preconference contact ACRL/ ALA, 50 East Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611; (312) 944-6780. To obtain registration mate­ rials and information about the ERIC precon­ ference, contact the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, attention “ACRL ERIC Users Conference,” 4833 Rugby Ave., Suite 303, Bethesda, MD 20014; (301) 656-9723.