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ucational institutions of the Commonwealth.
Examples of these problems are temporary 

storage space for the growing selections while 
waiting for new library facilities; standardiza­
tion of library cataloging in order to take ad­
vantage of centralized acquisition and process­
ing; definition of staffing needs in terms of 
work to be done; and standardization of ad­
ministrative practices in such areas as mate­
rials acquisition.

The meeting was chaired by William T. 
Casey, head librarian, State College at Fitch­
burg, and chairman of the Council of Massa­
chusetts State College Librarians. He set June 
3 as the time for the first meeting of the newly- 
formed group.—William D. Joyce, State Col­
lege at Wooster.

W HO’S WHO V
Shoe String Press is currently preparing for 

publication in January, 1970 the fifth edition 
of W ho’s Who in Library Service. The new 
edition is again under the sponsorship of the 
Council of National Library Associations and 
the editors and publishers will be assisted by 
an advisory committee; Gertrude L. Annan, 
Lee Ash, Pauline A. Atherton, Joseph Becker, 
Harry Bitner, Robert H. Blackburn, David H. 
Clift, Jack Dalton, Luther Evans, Elizabeth 
Ferguson, John A. Humphry, and Bill M. 
Woods.

Plans involve the use of a computer, which 
will enable the publishers to update this and 
subsequent editions to within four months be­
fore each edition appears; it will also make 
possible the use of more legible typefaces and 
better book paper. Those members of the li­
brary community who were included in W ho’s 
Who IV  will receive a computer print-out of 
their biographical entry in January or Febru­
ary. They will be asked to update and/or cor­
rect this print-out and return it as soon as pos­
sible. Additional information may be supplied 
before the final closing date of September 1, 
1969. Those eligible members who were not 
included in W ho’s Who IV  will receive a blank 
questionnaire, rather than a computer print­
out. They will be asked to complete this ques­
tionnaire and return it as soon as possible. 
Again, subsequent information must be sub­
mitted before September 1, 1969. ■ ■

UPPER MISSISSIPPI 
ACADEMIC LIBRARY 

ASSOCIATION
Meeting for the first time in October 1967, 

to explore and discuss common library prob­
lems, the Upper Mississippi Academic Library 
Association held its spring meeting on April

29 at Wisconsin State University-La Crosse. 
The group comprises some dozen academic 
libraries, public and private, from Iowa, Min­
nesota, and Wisconsin. From the very begin­
ning, the organization has been united in a 
desire to limit the number of participants to 
a small informal group. UMALA, which has 
no officers, follows a planned agendum for 
each meeting.

During the morning session Ronald E. 
Wyllys, chief systems analyst of memorial li­
brary at the University of Wisconsin, delivered 
some cogent remarks on “Automation and the 
Smaller Academic Library” in which he pre­
sented a realistic analysis of present and future 
trends in data processing. In the afternoon the 
group visited the university computer center 
for a bravura demonstration of information 
retrieval. Plans are being made for the fall 
meeting which will probably be devoted to 
archival problems.—Roy Nelson Van Note, 
Wisconsin State University-La Crosse.

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