ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 51 d federal largesse to bail them out. T h e B ook In d u stry Study G rou p , I n c ., was founded in D e c e m b e r 1975 as a not-for-profit corporation supported by its m em b ers who are publishers, book manufacturers, paper manufac­ tu re rs, r e ta ile r s , w h o le s a le rs, lib ra r ia n s , and oth ers associated with the book industry. T he group has thus far published th re e studies: on bo ok in d u s try in fo r m a tio n n e e d s , on p a p e r availability, and on future lib rary acquisitions. Two m ajo r re s e a rc h p ro je c ts a re c u rre n tly in p ro g ress: on c o n s u m e r d em o g ra p h ics and a t­ titudes and on the relationship o f manufacturing capacity to publishers’ demands for printing. F o r fu r t h e r in fo r m a tio n , c o n ta c t: Jo h n P. Dessauer, Book Industry Study Group, P .O . Box 1174, D arien, C T 06820. • Public libraries in the U .S .— both large an small— have extensive and high quality holdings in the humanities. T he finding was reported by H erbert Goldhor, director o f the Graduate School o f L ib r a r y S c ie n c e , U n iv e r s ity o f Illin o is at Urbana-Champaign, at the conclusion of a study conducted by the school’s Library Research C en ter for t h e N a tio n a l E n d o w m e n t fo r th e Humanities. “W e used a sample o f nineteen libraries, large and sm all, sc a tte re d ov er th e U . S . , ” G old hor said. “O ne o f our major conclusions is that books in the hum anities constitute about 11 percent of all books in these libraries, 15 percent of all adult books, and 2 2 p ercent o f all adult nonfiction. “W e also attem pted to evaluate the quality of these holdings by checking a sample o f 6 ,4 0 0 ti­ tles against seven different lists o f recommended books. F ifty -tw o p e r c e n t o f all th e books ap­ peared in three or more o f these lists, 3 2 percent in one or two, and only 16 p ercent in none. This is a b e tte r record in term s o f quality than we have found in any o th e r s u b je c t a r e a w e’ve looked a t,” he said. “W e looked at four size groups, ranging from small libraries serving less than 2 5 ,0 0 0 to large libraries over 5 0 0 ,0 0 0 . T he most surprising thing to me is that the very small libraries have propor­ tio nately as many books in the h u m an ities as larger lib raries and th e ir quality is at least as good, maybe a little b e tte r,” Goldhor said. ■■ People PROFILES • G l e n n H . JO H N S O N J R . , has been named director o f the John D. Churchill Memorial L i­ brary at W estern New England C ollege, accord­ ing to an announcement made by academic vice- president Allan W . Bosch. Joh nson p rev iou sly d irected lib ra r ie s at the University o f Colorado, Colorado Springs center, and St. Mary’s College in Maryland. H e began his c a r e e r as library d ire cto r at the Colorado S ta te H is to r ic a l S o c ie ty in D e n v e r and also served in several capacities at the Boulder cam ­ pus library o f the University o f Colorado. Johnson earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from the U niversity o f Colorado and a master’s degree in library science from the Uni­ versity o f D enver. H e is a m em b er o f the Special Libraries As­ sociation, the Society o f American Archivists, and a life m em ber o f the American Library Associa­ tion. Johnson, his wife Connie, and their son Samuel reside in Longmeadow, M assachusetts. • M E R L E N. B O Y L A N , fo rm e r d ir e c to r o f General Libraries at the U niversity o f Texas at Austin, has b e en named d irector o f libraries at the University o f W ashington, Se attle. H e suc­ ceeds Marion A. Milczewski, who is retiring after seventeen years as head librarian. As director o f General Libraries at the Univer­ sity o f T e x a s, Boylan was re s p o n sib le for the M ain L ib r a r y , U n d erg ra d u a te L ib r a r y , L atin American C ollection, Barker Texas History Col­ lection, Asian Collection, Middle East C ollection, and sixteen branch libraries. The G eneral Librar­ ies has a staff o f 4 2 0 and a collection in excess of 4 million volumes. A major activity was the plan­ ning and c o n s tru c tio n o f a new m ain lib rary building, the Perry-Castaneda Library, and four branch lib raries. D uring his ten u re both the 3 millionth and 4 millionth volumes w ere added to the collections. In 1975, the University o f Texas Library moved into the top ten largest academic libraries in the United States. Boylan was active in the implem entation o f automation in the librar­ ies and served on the board that founded the A M IG O S Bibliographic Council. At W ashington, he has assumed responsibility for the Main Library, Health S c ie n ce s Library, Undergraduate Library, East Asia C ollection, and sixteen branch libraries, with a staff o f 430 and a collection o f 3,2 3 6 ,9 4 4 . Boylan has served as director o f libraries at the University o f Massachusetts at A mherst, library manager for the Lawrence Liverm ore Laboratory of the U niversity o f California, and ch ie f librarian for th e N a tio n a l A e ro n a u tic s and Sp a ce Administration-Ames Research C en ter. In addi­ tion, he has held library positions at the General 52 Dynamics C orporation, U niversity o f Arizona, and University of California, Berkeley. H e r e c e iv e d his b a c h e lo r s d e g r e e from Youngstown State University and his master s de­ gree in lib rary scie n ce from C arn eg ie-M ello n University. He has done graduate study in biolog­ ical sciences at Indiana University and the Uni­ versity of Arizona. Boylan is a member of the American Library Association, Special Libraries Association, Ameri­ can Society for Information S c ie n ce s, and the Committee on Legislation of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Until his resigna­ tion at Texas he was a m ember o f the executive board o f the AM IGOS Bibliographic Council, the Southwestern Library Interstate Cooperative E n ­ deavor (S L IC E )-B ib lio g r a p h ic Networking and Resource Sharing Advisory Group, Texas Library Association, and Southwestern Library Associa­ tion. • S t e p h e n R . S a l m o n has been appointed assistant vice/president-library plans and policies for the University o f California (UC). Salm o n , who re p o rts to a ca d e m ic v ice - president Donald C. Swain, is responsible for university-wide library planning, development of university-wide library policies, library automa­ tion, intercampus library cooperation, liaison with the UC Library Council, and analysis o f legisla­ tion affecting libraries. In addition, he is responsible ­ for carrying out the recommendations o f the University Library Policy Steerin g C om m ittee, which is co m p o sed o f c h a n c e llo r s , v ice - chancellors, faculty, and librarians from various UC campuses. Salmon has be en U C ’s executive d irecto r of university-wide library planning since January 1, 1976. In that position, his duties were similar to those in his new position, but with less direct re­ sponsibility. Prior to joining the UC staff, he was director of libraries for the University of Houston, a position he held for four years. Before that, he was with X erox C orporation w here he was p re sid en t of Xerox Bibliographies, a subsidiary company pro­ viding computerized library products and serv­ ices. He has also been on the staff o f the Library of Congress; Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri; and George Mason University in Fair­ fax, Virginia. An ho no rs grad u ate o f th e U n iv e r sity of California Berkeley campus, Salmon also earned his m asters degree o f library science there. He is the author of a recently published book entitled L ib r a r y A u tom ation System s as well as numerous articles in professional journals. • T h o m a s H i l t o n G u n n , formerly o f Ap p alach ian S ta te U n iv e rsity in B o o n e , N orth Carolina, has been appointed director of the Carl S. Sw isher L ib rary at Jacksonville U niversity, 53 Jackson ville, Florid a. H e su cceed s Audrey A. Broward, who has retired after eleven years o f service, first as reference librarian and then as di­ rector. At Appalachian State, Gunn was director of the program for educating community college librar­ ians on the graduate level. Before that he served as music librarian. H e previously was assistant li­ brarian at Rockingham Com m unity C ollege in W entworth, North Carolina. He has also taught music and humanities in secondary schools for six years. A native o f Coswell County, North Carolina, Gunn received his bachelor’s degree from High Point College and his master’s degree in educa­ tion from the U niversity o f North Carolina in Greensboro. He was awarded the master o f li­ brary science degree from George Peabody Col­ lege for Teachers in 1972. Currently he is work­ ing on a doctorate in library scien ce from the University of Michigan. Gunn is a m em ber o f the American Library As­ sociation, th e M u sic L ib rary A ssociation, and Beta Phi Mu. In North Carolina he was a mem­ ber o f the state’s Learning Resources Association. The Swisher Library has 225 ,0 0 0 cataloged ac­ cessions and seats 850 patrons. I t is named for C arl S. S w ish e r, a F lo rid a b u sin essm a n and philanthropist. Initially constructed in 1954, the library has co m p leted two additions. C u rren t projects include a complete reclassification from Dewey Decim al to Library o f Congress. The li­ brary has recently becom e a m em ber o f S O L ­ IN ET. • D O N A L D E . R i g g s , director o f libraries at University o f Colorado at Denver, Metropolitan S ta te C o lle g e , and C o m m u n ity C o lle g e o f D e n v e r, was re c e n tly nam ed d ire cto r o f the C e n tr a l C o lo ra d o L i­ brary System (C C L S ). H e w ill c o n tin u e his regular duties as c h ie f library administrator of the three institutions of higher education along w ith his new re s p o n ­ sib ilities as d irecto r of the m u lti-ty p e lib rary system until a new di­ rector is appointed for C C L S . C C L S , a r e ­ D o n a ld E. Riggs gional c o o p e r a tiv e li­ b ra ry a g en c y , is co m p o sed o f fo rty -s e v e n academic, p u blic, school, and special libraries serving 1.6 million citizens in the eight-county area o f greater metropolitan D enver. Six million book volumes are available for interlibrary loan and resource-sharing purposes in the central sys­ tem. Daily co u rier service is provided for the member libraries. Riggs’ background equips him w ell to head ­ C C LS. Prior to his present academic position, he was director o f libraries and media services for three autonomous colleges at the same time. The three colleges were Bluefield State College, Con­ cord College, and Southern W est Virginia Col­ lege o f Graduate Studies. Since early 1976 he has b e e n d ir e c to r o f lib r a r ie s for U n iv e r sity o f Colorado at Denver, Metropolitan State College, and Com m unity C ollege o f D enver. T he three urban institutions in D en ver have a combined enrollm ent o f 2 8 ,0 0 0 students. His exp erience also includes directorships o f media centers and school and public libraries. He has taken an active interest in professional activities by serving as p resid en t o f the W est Virginia L ib rary Association, p re sid en t o f the Tri-State (Ohio, Pennsylvania, and W est Virginia) Chapter o f the Association o f C ollege and R e ­ search Libraries, editor of W est V irginia L ib r a r ­ ies, and associate editor o f S o u th ea stern L ib r a r ­ ian. C u rren tly he is chairman o f the Colorado Council of Librarians whose m embership is made up o f d ir e c to rs o f C o lorad o’s sta te-su p p o rted academic libraries. • C L Y D E C . W a l t o n , former director of li braries at Northern Illinois University, is the new libraries director at the University o f Colorado at Boulder. Walton comes to the u n iv e rsity a fte r ten years as libraries direc­ tor at Northern Illinois w here h e p articip ated in p la n n in g a new li­ b rary b u id lin g that would have seating for about 2 ,5 0 0 stu d e n ts, sh elv in g fo r a m illion volumes, and a design that w ould m ake the collection more accessi­ b le to u s e rs. T h a t li­ C ly d e C . W alton b ra ry , th e fiv e -sto ry , $13-million Founders Memorial Library, opened last January. O ther developments during Walton s tenure at Northern Illinois included reclassification of the library’s collection from the Dewey Decimal Sys­ tem to the more adaptable Library o f Congress system, increased use o f data processing, expan­ sion o f the rare books collection, and the first steps in setting up a Northern Illinois Regional History C enter. Walton, 52, began his library career in 1950 at the State University of Iowa where he served as curator o f rare books, archivist, and referen ce department head. He earned a master’s degree in library scien ce in 1950 from the U niversity of Chicago Graduate Library School. He was Illinois State Historian from 1956 to 1967, the same period he was executive director of the Illinois State Historical Society. 54 APPOINTMENTS C A R O LY N Ad a m s — bibliographer/reference li­ brarian, Fine Arts Library— C O L U M B IA U N IV E R ­ S IT Y , New York, New York. A N N E A m a r a l — d irector, L ife and Health Scien ces L ib rary — U N IV E R S IT Y O F N e v a d a , Reno. S h a r o n A r n o l d — a s s i s t a n t a c q u i s i t i o n s l ib r a r ia n — C a l i f o r n i a P o l y t e c h n i c S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , S a n L u is O b is p o . L U G E N E B A I L E Y — reference/serials lib ra r­ ian— C e n t r a l S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , W ilb e r­ force, Ohio. R o b e r t B l e s s e — a s s i s t a n t c o l l e c t i o n d e ­ v e l o p m e n t l i b r a r i a n — C A L I F O R N I A P O L Y ­ T EC H N IC S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , San L u is O b is p o . J a c q u e l i n e F . B r i d g e s — head catalog - er— W i n t h r o p C o l l e g e , Rock H ill, South Carolina. D O N N A B u r n s — m a n u s c r i p t l i b r a r i a n — S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y , N e w Y o rk . K a r e n L . C a r l s o n — cataloger, Harvard Col­ lege L ib ra ry — H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y , C am ­ bridge, Massachusetts. F . W i l l i a m C h i c k e r i n g — media services librarian, Health Services Library— C O L U M B IA U N IV E R S IT Y , New York, New York. M A R G A R E T A . C O U L S O N — librarian for the C enter for European Studies— H A R V A R D U N I­ V E R S IT Y , Cambridge, Massachusetts. D O R E E N S. D u d l e y — head of access services, Lehman Library— C O L U M B IA U N IV E R S IT Y , New York, New York. SUZA NN E F e d u n o k — mathematics/physics li­ brarian— C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , New York, New York. A R T H U R L . F r i e d m a n — media librarian— N a s s a u C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e , Garden C ity , N e w York. M a r y K a t h a r i n e G i l l e t t e — reference li­ brarian, Sears Library — C a s e W E S T E R N R e ­ s e r v e U n i v e r s i t y , Cleveland, Ohio. M E L IN D A V . G o l u b — s e n io r r e f e r e n c e lib r a r ­ ian , H arv a rd L a w L ib r a r y — H ARVARD U N IV E R ­ S IT Y , C a m b r id g e , M a s s a c h u s e tts . C Y N T H I A G o z z i — serials lib ra r ia n — S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y , New York. R O B I N G r a t z — hu m an ities re fe re n c e lib ra r ia n — I n d i a n a U n i v e r s i t y — P u r d u e U n i v e r s i t y a t F o r t W a y n e . M i c h a e l a H a r n i c k — C y rillic cataloger— C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , New York, New York. V i r g i n i a B . H a r r i s — h e a d o f p u b l i c s e r v ic e s — O B E R L IN C O L L E G E O H IO . B a r b r a H i g g e n b o t h a m — assistant to the head original cataloger— C O L U M B IA U N IV E R ­ S IT Y , New York, New York. E v a S. JO N A S — librarian o f the Museum of Comparative Zoology— H A RV A RD U N IV E R S IT Y , Cambridge, Massachusetts. G l o r i a A . K e l l e y — a cq u isitio n s lib r a r ­ ian— W i n t h r o p C o l l e g e , Rock H ill, South Carolina. M A R K K I B B E Y — c h e m istry lib ra r ia n — C O ­ LU M BIA U N IV E R S IT Y , New York, New York. D A V ID J . K n a p p — c o n s e r v a to r y li b r a r i a n fo r te c h n ic a l s e r v ic e s — O B E R L IN C O L L E G E , O h io . B e t s y C O X E K Y S E L Y — c h ie f, r e fe r e n c e branch— U.S. A IR F O R C E A C A D EM Y, Colorado. R O B IN L e S u e u r — librarian of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine— H ARVARD U N I­ V E R S IT Y , Cambridge, Massachusetts. R o d g e r L e w i s — h e a d o f c a t a l o g i n g — C A L IF O R N IA P O L Y T E C H N IC S T A T E U N IV E R ­ S IT Y , S a n L u is O b is p o . C A R O L E R . M c I v e r — catalo g lib r a r ia n — W i n t h r o p C o l l e g e , Rock H ill, South Carolina. F r a n c i n e H . M c N u l t y — M iddle E astern cataloger, Harvard College Library— H A RV A RD U N IV E R S IT Y , Cambridge, Massachusetts. T H O M A S A . M a r C I L — h e a d c i r c u l a t i o n lib r a ria n — U N IV E R S IT Y O F SO U T H CA R O LIN A , C o lu m b ia . G e o r g e a n n e O ’ R i o r d a n — biology librar­ ian— C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , New York, New York. M O L L Y O s t w a l d — person nel and budget librarian— S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y , New York. P a t r i c i a O . R i c e — head a cq u isitio n s librarian— W IN T H R O P C O L L E G E , Rock H ill, South Carolina. C h a r l e s P . R o t h — book c o lle c tio n librarian— L a S a l l e C O L L E G E , Philadephia, Pennsylvania. B R U C E T . S a j d a k — reference librarian/library in stru ctio n co o rd in a to r, U nd erg rad u ate L i­ brary— U n i v e r s i t y o f M a r y l a n d , College Park. D A L E R . S c h r A g — curator of special collec­ tions— W IC H IT A S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Kansas. R O B E R T A S e l l e c k — specialist in book selec­ tion, Harvard College Library— H a r v a r d U N I­ V E R S IT Y , Cambridge, Massachusetts. C a r y l L . S h i e l d s — assistant librarian— U.S. B u r e a u o f M i n e s L i b r a r y , D e n v e r, Colorado. P a t r i c i a S i l v e r n a i l — head o f access serv­ ices, H u m a n istic and H is to rica l C e n te r — C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , New York, New York. D a n S T A B E — librarian for the Union Biblio­ graphic C e n te r , F r e ib e r g e r L ib r a r y — C A S E W e s t e r n R e s e r v e U n i v e r s i t y , Cleveland, Ohio. J e n n i f e r S t e p h e n s o n — principal cataloger/ catalog e d ito r— U N I V E R I T Y O F W IS C O N S IN , Madison. M a r i o n C . S Z I E G E T H Y — head, serials ac­ quisitions— C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , New York, New York. N a n c y U R T Z — catalog librarian— SY R A C U SE U n i v e r s i t y , N e w York. 55 J o S. W A N G — c h i e f c a ta lo g e r , F r a n c is A. Countway Library o f M edicine— H a r v a r d U N I­ V E R S I T Y , C am bridge, Massachusetts. M A R K F . W e i m e r — r a r e b o o k b ib lio g ­ rapher— S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y , New York. E d W i l k — head o f circulation— C A L IF O R N IA P o l y t e c h n i c S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , San Luis Obispo. An n M . W i l k i n s o n — senior staff specialist, technical processing— American Hospital Associa­ tion Library, Chicago, Illinois RETIREMENTS H a r r i e t d y e r A d a m s , rare book lib rarian , State University o f New York at Albany, retired D ecem b er 21, 1977. ■■ Publications j l p w d A d s m o A f t b t c p T L m v u a c a f A p t NOTICES • T he first issue o f the New Periodicals Index is now available, with over 1 5,500 entries provid­ ing access to articles, notes, colum ns, reviews, and even comic strips on a wide variety o f sub­ ects. P u b lish e d tw ice a y ea r, in S e p te m b e r and March, the N ew P erio d ic a ls In d ex covers all is­ sues o f sixty-seven important alternative and new age periodicals. It is intended primarily for use in ib ra rie s and re s e a rch in s titu te s. S u b scrip tio n rice is $25 a year. F or a subscription or free descriptive brochure rite to T he Mediaworks L td ., Box 44 9 4 -J, Boul­ er, C O 80306. • In form ation R etrieval System s, C o m p u ter ssisted R esearch , a booklet designed to intro­ uce th e p u b lic to co m p u terized inform ation o u rces, is a v a ila b le for on e d o lla r (ch e ck or oney o rd e r; in clu d es p ostage and handling) from the Public Relations Office, Public Library f Youngstown and Mahoning County, 305 W ick ve., Youngstown, O H 44503. Although the in­ ormation is geared to location access terminals in he Youngstown area, the coverage on the data ases is comprehensive. • L ib raries are questioning traditional m ate­ rials funds allocation methods and moving toward he ongoing review o f collections as they relate to hanging u n iv ersity in structio nal and research rograms, according to a new S P E C flyer and kit, he Allocation o f Materials F u n d s in Academ ic ibraries (No. 36). In its analysis o f trends and issues, the flyer akes the point that research libraries are d e­ eloping co llection s that are m ore d irectly re ­ sponsive to the current and future needs o f their ser communities within a context o f rising costs nd relatively stable budgets. It also discusses riteria for allocation o f materials funds and the llocation decision-making process. T he kit and lyer were produced after analysis o f a survey of RL m ember libraries on collection development ractices. T he kit’s sixteen documents deal with h e d e c is io n -m a k in g p r o c e s s , s ta tis tic s and criteria, the use of a formula, and general back­ ground information. T he A llo c a tio n o f M a teria ls F u n d s in A c a d e m ic L ib r a r ie s (Kit and Flyer 36) is available to SP E C subscribers and A RL m embers for $ 7 .5 0 and to all others for $ 1 5 .0 0 (prepayment required) from Offices o f U niversity M anagem ent Stu dies, As­ sociation o f Research Libraries, 1527 New Hamp­ shire A ve., N .W ., Washington, D C 20036; (202) 23 2 -8656. • T he Pennsylvania State University Libraries have p ublished a self-paced workbook en titled L ibrary Resources. The book is being used with entry-level students in conjunction with the basic English course. Copies are $ 3 .5 0 each. Prepay­ ment is required and checks should b e made out to T he Pennsylvania State University. O rder from D e a n o f U n iv e r s ity L ib r a r ie s , E 5 0 5 P a tte e Library, T h e Pennsylvania State University, Uni­ versity Park, PA 16802. • T he New York Metropolitan R eference and Research Library Agency (M ETRO ) will distrib­ ute to m e m b e r lib ra ries a new le a fle t on the Clearinghouse for Expensive Acquisitions. Tw enty-eight libraries are now participating in the program. Through the clearinghouse, libraries exchange information about acquisitions and gifts that have a value o f $200 or m ore. Benefits to members include economy (help with acquisitions decisions), service (avoiding of inadvertent dupli­ cation and p u rc h a se o f a w id er ran g e o f r e ­ so u rc e s), an d sp e e d (o n e p h o n e c a ll to th e clearinghouse). Copies o f the leaflet, which tells how the program works, are available. Anyone who is n o t on th e s ta ff o f a M E T R O lib rary should en clo se a self-addressed, stam ped long business envelope to M E T R O , 11 W. 40th St., New York, NY 10018. • An eighth title in the Harlan Hatcher Grad­ uate Library Guide Series has recently been pub­ lish ed ; P s y c h o lo g y : S e le c te d B a sic R e f e r e n c e Works, by Anne K. Beaubien. O ther titles in the series are: D o cu m en ts H a n d b o o k ; A m erica n L it­ e r a tu r e : S ele c te d B a s ic R e fe r e n c e W o rk s; F re n c h L a n g u a g e a n d L ite ra tu r e : A S e le c te d A n n o ta ted B ib lio g r a p h y ; A m erican P olitics a n d G o v e rn m en t: