ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 362 / C&RL News N e ws from the Field Grants • Cornell University M edical College L ibrary, New York, has been aw arded a Medical L ibrary Resource Project G rant by the N ational L ibrary of M edicine for $290,000 to establish th e C ornell H ealth Sciences Com puterized L ibrary Network. Under the terms of the grant, the libraries of Cor- n e ll/N e w York H o s p ita l, M e m o ria l S loan- K ettering Cancer C enter, Payne W hitney Psychi­ atric Clinic, and the Hospital for Special Surgery will be linked into an online, integrated system lo­ cated at the College L ibrary. W ithin a two-year period all library functions are scheduled to be au­ tom ated. A special softw are com ponent, m ini- M ED L IN E , will be available during library hours for users to execute bibliographic searches on se­ lected portions of the M ED LIN E database. • The H arv ard University D ivinity School Li- b rary has received a research grant of $56,856 from the N ational Endow m ent for the H um anities to en­ sure preservation of and enhance access to the Paul Tillich m anuscript collection. The funding will al­ low the library to arrange the works and correspon­ dence, prepare an inventory, take steps to preserve the m aterials, and microfilm the entire collection. • The New York State L ibrary, Albany, has re- ceived a $217,000 grant from the N ational E ndow ­ m ent for the H um anities to continue its work on translation of the original D utch archives of New N etherland. The grant covers the three-year period 1984-87, and will require th a t the project raise $74,000 from private sources. The D utch records in the state archives have previously been inaccessi­ ble to scholars because of the lack of an au th o rita­ tive translation. Eleven volumes have been p u b ­ lished so far under the project, all of them prepared by Charles Gehring. • N o rth e rn Illinois U niversity L ib ra rie s, D e Kalb, have received a $3,000 Japan Foundation grant for purchase of library m aterials on the arts and business in Japan. • T he Sw edish-Am erican H istorical Society, Chicago, has been aw arded a $44,551 grant by the N ational E ndow m ent for the H um anities for a de­ scriptive inventory of its archives. The project is ex­ pected to serve as a model for similar organizations w hich also have substantial backlogs of unproc- The Coalition for Literacy needs your support According to one study, over 23 million adult Americans cannot read well enough to meet their daily needs. In an increasingly complex technologi­ cal society, Americans m ust now apply reading and w riting skills to shop intelligently, qualify for most jobs, and m aintain an income above poverty level. The Coalition for Literacy, begun in 1981 by the A m erican L ib rary Association, brings together eleven national agencies or organizations, each w ith a deep com m itm ent to work tow ard the eradi­ cation of functional illiteracy. Their purpose is a nationw ide cam paign to inform the nation of the problem of illiteracy in the United States and point to solutions on the local level. The project has three approaches: •A national m ulti-m edia cam paign to focus a t­ tention on adult illiteracy. •A n 800 telephone num ber to link potential vol­ unteers or providers of other supportive resources w ith existing program s, or to link those people who w an t to establish new program s w ith those agen­ cies th a t can provide them w ith assistance: (800) 228-8813. •O n -site technical assistance and training to those who w an t to develop new adult literacy p ro ­ grams, upgrade current program s, or form local literacy resource coalitions. The Coalition includes the Am erican Associa­ tio n fo r A d u lt a n d C o n tin u in g E d u c a tio n (AAACE); the Am erican Association of Advertis­ ing Agencies (AAAA); the American L ibrary Asso­ ciation; B. D alton Bookseller; C ontact, Inc.; the International Reading Association (IRA); Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. (LVA); L aubach L it­ eracy International (LLI); the N ational Advisory Council on Adult E ducation (NACAE); the N a­ tional Commission on Libraries and Inform ation Science (NCLIS); and th e N ational Council of State Directors of Adult E ducation (NCSDAE). The Coalition for Literacy needs funding, vol­ unteers, and the com m itm ent of organizations in the public and private sectors. You m ay w rite for further inform ation to: Jean Colem an, C oordina­ tor, Coalition for Literacy, 50 E. H uron St., C hi­ cago, IL 60611-2795. ■ ■ July/August 1984 / 363 essed holdings. • Tufts University Libraries, Medford, Massa- chusetts, have received a $100,000 grant from the Surdna Foundation to further awareness of infor­ mation technology among library users and staff. The grant, awarded for a three-year period, will be used to support projects designed to upgrade un­ derstanding of news information technologies on the part of librarians, faculty and students. • W estm inster College, New W ilm ington, P ennsylvania, has been aw ard ed a g ran t of $151,000 by the Buhl Foundation of Pittsburgh, which will enable the college to pioneer the con­ cept of a static-capacity library. The model is in­ tended to enable the college to save the cost of con­ structing a new library wing, improve library service, and facilitate the management of library resources. It will also feature an open-stack, man­ ageable collection for u n d erg rad u ate use; in ­ creased utilization of shelf space; conversion of m a­ terials to m icroform ; the use of m echanized compact shelving; increased staff to assist with the review of the use of materials and the maintenance of the catalog; and transfer of certain materials to remote storage. The Westminster holdings will reach a maximum of 300,000 volumes. ■ ■ P E O P L E Profiles William J. Crowe has been appointed assistant director of libraries for technical services at the Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, effec­ tive April 1. Crowe has been acting assistant direc­ tor since late 1983, and had served as assistant to the director since 1979. He came to Ohio State from Indiana University, where he was assistant to the dean of libraries (1977-1979) and coordinator of processing for regional cam pus lib raries (1971-1976). He was a cataloger and assistant to the acquisitions librarian at Boston Public Library (1969-1971). In 1976-1977, Crowe was a Council on Library Resources Management intern at the University of Michigan Library. He is currently a doctoral can­ didate at Indiana University and holds an MLS from Rutgers University and a bachelor’s degree from Boston State College. Crowe currently serves as coordinator of the Academic and Special Li­ braries Division of the Ohio Library Association, has been active in ALA’s Library Administration and Management Division, and is incoming chair of the Technical Services Group of the Ohio Inter- University Library Council. His writings have ap­ peared in College ò- Research Libraries and L i­ brary Resources and Technical Services. Dorothy M. Kijanka has been appointed direc­ tor of the Sacred Heart University Library, Bridge­ port, Connecticut, effective July 1. Kijanka has been with Fairfield University as reference librar­ ian and later as associate university librarian, a po­ sition she held for over 10 years. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Kijanka received an MLS from Rutgers University. She has written articles for the Journal of Aca­ demic Librarianship and the New England Aca­ demic Librarians’ Writing Seminar. Alan Edward Schorr has been named univer­ sity librarian at California State University, Fuller­ ton, effective July 16. He has been director of li­ b raries and m edia services at the Univer­ sity of Alaska, Juneau, since 1978. In 1972- 1978 he served as gov­ ern m en t p u b licatio n s and map librarian at the U niversity of Alaska, Fairbanks. Schorr received an MLS from the Univer­ sity of Texas at Austin, a master’s in history from Syracuse U niversity, Alan E. Schorr and a bachelor’s degree from H u n te r College (CUNY). He was a doctoral student at the Univer­ sity of Iowa. Schorr is currently serving his second term as ALA councilor at large. He also serves on the ALA Publications Committee, the Dewey Medal Com­ mittee, and the Reference Books Review Commit­ tee. He has served as a member of both the ACRL and RASD Publications Committees, and the