ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries April 1989 / 313 to do is provide the sizzle—some high-quality, eye­ catching prom otional m aterials th a t most libraries couldn’t otherw ise afford and th a t will help draw attention to the good w ork of your library. M yth #6: I need to spend m y tim e a nd money prom oting m y library not National L ibrary Week. Fact: N ational Library W eek is a means to an end n ot an end in itself. I t ’s a tool for you to use. In the news business, they call it a news peg which means th a t w hat m ight not be considered story m a­ terial at any other tim e of year is news because it’s associated w ith a national event. Also, think about how m uch stronger the image of your library and libraries nationw ide can be if students see a public service ad for libraries on television, hear it on ra ­ dio, then w alk into the student union or your li­ brary and see th e poster. As educators w ith a some­ w h a t “captive audience,” you in academ ic libraries are in a position to reach out to young adults and prom ote a sense of loyalty, respect and support for our nation’s libraries. M yth # 7 : 1 don’t have to do anything. ALA does it all. Fact: A L A can p rovide leadership at the na ­ tional level in placing articles and public service advertisements w ith national media. W e can give you tools. But w e can ’t do it for you. N ational Li­ brary W eek is your celebration and it’s got to be a team effort at the national and local levels. This brings us to Exhibit A—this year’s National L ibrary Week C am paign. This is a historic cam ­ paign: the first tim e in its 31 years th a t the National L ibrary W eek them e focuses on the librarian. W e a t ALA are very excited about this cam paign. It tells the w orld th a t librarians are the inform ation professionals and provide real benefits to real peo­ ple w hether they’re a college student, professor or fa cto ry w orker. W e also know th is c am paign presents a challenge. Self-promotion is not easy. However, I think w e all know too well th a t both our libraries and profession have p aid dearly for their modesty both in dollars and respect. I t ’s simply not enough to do great things if no one knows you’re doing them . This N ational L ibrary W eek cam paign gives you the tools to do that. The television public service advertisem ent can be aired on your college TV station. T he posters can be hun g all over cam pus. Bookmarks can be given aw ay in the student union or cafeterias. The edito­ rial, press release and p rin t public service p rin t ads in th e C am paign Book can be carried in the college new spaper or faculty newsletter. W e at the ALA Public Inform ation Office are working to open doors a t the national level. W e w a n t you to know w e’re behind you every step of the way. Call or w rite anytim e. W e welcome your questions a nd suggestions because every year we try to do it b e tte r. W e also n eed y our h elp in spreading the w ord to your colleagues. T he fact th a t I ’m here indicates th a t you recog­ nize th ere are benefits to be h ad for your library and th a t you recognize the potential of N ational L ibrary Week. My challenge to you today is to stop talking and sta rt doing—to show your colleagues t h a t N a tio n a l L ib ra ry W eek is n o th in g to kid about. ■ ■ Ne ws from the Field Acquisitions ♦ Alfred U n iversity’s H e rric k M em orial Li- brary, Alfred, New York, has acquired an extensive archive of correspondence by novelist V irginia W oolf (1882-1941), as well as th e corrected type­ script of her 1926 essay, “Jones and W ilkinson.” T he item s are a gift of Evelyn T . O penhym of Wellsville, New York, a longtime Alfred benefac­ tor. T he W oolf acquisitions, which d ate from 1897 to 1933, in c lu d e n in e le tte rs to th e n o v e list’s nephew and biographer, Q uentin Bell; 22 to her brother, Thoby Stephen; another 17 and a post­ card to essayist a nd a rt critic, Clive Bell; and a let­ ter to Siegfried Sassoon. The latter tw o items have never previously been published. ♦ B ow ling G re en S tate U n iversity’s P o p u la r C ulture L ibrary, Bowling G reen, Ohio, has ac­ quired a unique collection of books and periodi­ cals, personal papers, and other research m aterials de alin g w ith th e c o u n te rc u ltu re of th e U n ited States from the 1950s to th e 1970s. A gift of the es­ tate of W illiam F. Ringle, the collection reflects various aspects of Ringle’s teaching, research, and bibliographic w ork in the areas of c u ltural an th ro ­ pology, eth n o b o ta n y , a nd ethnopharm acology, and covers such topics as radical social history and politics, the d rug culture, mysticism and spiritual life, com m unal living, and the underground press. Several hundred rare small press m onographs, plus broadsides, leaflets, flyers, pam phlets, and clip­ pings are also included. Ringle, w ho spent seven years teaching anthropology a t Iow a State Univer­ sity, established the Bluff C reek Theoretical Insti­ tute, w h a t he hoped would become a subsistence com m une of w orking scholars and artists in Boone, 314 / C&RL News Io w a , w here he lived until his death. * T h e University of P ittsb u rg h L ib ra ry has re- ceived a p riv ate lib ra ry of 20th-century fine press books, first editions, au to g ra p h letters, w ood block prints, a n d w ood engravings from the estate of the la te M a rth a L eu b a . T h e collection consists of m ore th a n 11,000 volum es, in cluding m any ra re and fine books; m ore th a n 1,000 original w ood block prints a nd engravings; a n d n e arly 1,000 classical records. Also included are m ore th a n 5,000 p riv ate press a nd tra d e books illustrated w ith relief prints; h u n ­ dreds of exam ples o f fine p rin tin g a n d fine press books; a n d works covering th e history and back­ ground of 2 0 th-century prin tin g , relief p rin t tech­ niques, p riv ate presses, typeface design, typogra­ p h y and th e a lp h a b e t, calligraphy, a n d p rin tin g processes. M ore th a n just a collector’s lib ra ry , th e collection also contains m any books by a n d a bout G e o rg e S a n ta y a n a , G e o rg e S a in ts b u ry , L o g an P e a rsa ll S m ith , N o rm a n D o u g la s, T .S . E lio t, Louise Im ogen G uiney, a nd others. • T h e University of Texas a t A rlington has ac- qu ired th ree m ajo r collections re la tin g to th e his­ tory of New Spain a n d Mexico. T w o of the collec­ tions, w hich include 19th-century M exican new s­ papers a nd books re la tin g to th e Mexican W a r, w ere purchased from ra re book dealers in Mexico. T he th ird collection, m ad e up p rim a rily of m a n u ­ scripts a nd docum ents, w as p urchased from a New York bookseller. T h e la tte r is by fa r th e largest, consisting of approxim ately 8,000 item s produced in N ew Spain a nd Mexico from 1556 to 1954. O f special interest are docum ents re la tin g to th e fa­ m ous landholders of C o ahuila y T ejas, th e M ar­ queses de San M iguel de Aguayo, C ondes de San P edro del A lam o. In ad d itio n , th ere are a n um ber of m an u scrip ts a n d d o c u m e n ts re la tin g to such Mexican leaders as Itu rb id e , S anta A nna, and Por- firio D iaz. M axim ilian’s E m p ire is b ro u g h t to light in th e p a p ers of M iguel L opez, w ho w as com ­ m a n d e r of E m press C a r lo tta ’s re g im en t of d r a ­ goons. O ther item s p e rta in to th e Mexican R evolu­ tion, including rep o rts from M adero, m em oirs of soldiers, telegram s from th e battlefields, daily divi­ sion reports, a n d com m unications sent betw een G eneral N a v arre te and C olonel N aranjo. • T he University of Texas a t A ustin has received a privately held collection of 68 volum es w ritte n or o w n e d b y E n g l a n d ’s S ir W illia m Jo n e s (1746-1794), a n o ted jurist a nd scholar of O riental languages w ho is considered to be th e fa th e r of com parative linguistics. In 1786 w h ile serving as a justice of th e Suprem e C o u rt of In d ia , he was the first to suggest th a t G reek and L a tin w ere related to Sanskrit, th e a n cient language of In d ia . T h e Jones collection includes books w ritte n or tran sla ted by Jones as well as books from his personal library, m any of them first editions. H ighlights of th e col­ lection include th e first E nglish-language gram m ar of th e Persian language, w ritte n by Jones in 1771; th e first L ondon edition (1790) of Sakuntala, a clas­ sic p lay by th e In d ia n a u th o r Kalidasa, tran sla ted by Jones from th e Sanskrit; a n d Jones’s 1779 tra n s­ lation of th e speeches of Isaeus, an a n cient Greek o ra to r, in causes concerning th e law of succession of p ro p e rty in Athens. • V irginia Polytechnic In stitu te a n d State Uni- versity L ibraries, Blacksburg, recently acquired th e p a p ers of J o h a n n a E . Schroeder fo r th e li­ b raries’ In te rn a tio n a l Archive of W om en in A rchi­ tecture. Schroeder is a n ative of th e N etherlands a n d a re tired professor of a rch ite c tu re a t V irginia C o m m onw ealth U niversity. T he collection consists of an extensive n u m b er of original arch ite c tu ra l draw ings a nd specifications o f h e r designs, p h o to ­ graphs, subject files, a n d correspondence. Also in ­ c lu d e d a re p la n s , c o n tra c ts , a n d deeds fo r th e Stichting Reitveld Schroder H uis (originally com ­ missioned by h e r m other) in U tre ch t, designed by G e rrit T hom as Reitveld. Grants • B ra n d eis U n iv e rsity L ib ra rie s , W a lth a m , M assachusetts, have been a w ard e d an $800,000 challenge g ra n t by th e N ational E n d o w m en t for th e H um anities to endow th e ir collections in the hum anities. T h e g ra n t w ill provide th e libraries w ith an en d o w m en t of $3.2 m illion a t th e end of th ree years to b e used to increase th e ir holdings in N ear E ast a n d Ju d a ic studies, m usic, history, his­ tory of science, a n d lite ra tu re . Areas of p a rtic u la r interest include m edieval Jew ish a n d Islam ic p h i­ lo so p h y , H o lo c a u s t stu d ie s , e m ig ré l ite r a tu r e , 20th-century E u ro p e a n econom ic a n d diplom atic history, Spanish Civil W a r history, the scientific revolution, a n d L eonardo d a V inci. • N o rth C a ro lin a S tate U niversity L ib ra rie s, Raleigh, have been a w ard e d a n HEA T itle II-D g ra n t of $36,357 to expand its services via elec­ tro n ic netw orks th ro u g h o u t th e state. T he funds will be used to u p g ra d e co m p u te r h a rd w a re and softw are, w hich w ill m ake it possible to test a nd im plem ent its c irculation subsystem. T he NCSU L ibraries have also b een a w ard e d , in co n ju n c tio n w ith th e N a tio n a l A g ric u ltu ra l L i­ b ra ry , a $57,000 U .S. D e p a rtm e n t of A griculture g ra n t for an e v aluation study on th e transm ission of digitized text. T he objective of th e study is to p u t in place a d e m onstration project to test th e technical feasibility a n d th e adm in istrativ e structures neces­ sary to c a p tu re , tran sm it, a n d receive m achine- re ad a b le text th ro u g h th e n a tio n a l netw ork. M uch of U nited States a n d w orld lite ra tu re on agricul­ tu ra l research rem ains difficult to access because of th e high cost of acq u irin g m aterials. • T he O hio State University L ibraries, Colum - bus, have received $90,000 in grants in th e past th ree years from th e H earst F o u n d a tio n to m ake available for use five im p o rta n t collections in the L ib ra ry for C om m unications a n d G ra p h ic A rts, a lib ra ry n o ted for its carto o n a rts holdings. These A pril 1989 / 315 collections— th e W a lt K elly C o lle c tio n , th e M ilton C a n iff C o lle c tio n , th e T o n i M e n d e z C ollection, th e A ssociation o f A m e ric an C a rto o n ists’ archives, a n d th e N a tio n a l C a rto o n ists Society’s arch iv es— re q u ire su p p o rt for th e o rg a n iz a tio n a n d c atalo g ­ ing o f th e m a te ria ls fo r use as w ell as fo r p re serv a ­ tion a n d d a ta b a s e de v elo p m en t. • S ta n fo rd U n iversity’s H o o v e r In s titu tio n has received a $266,402 g ra n t fro m th e N a tio n a l E n ­ d o w m e n t for th e H u m a n itie s to su p p o rt th e m ic ro ­ film ing o f Soviet g o v e rn m e n t d o c u m e n ts t h a t d a te from th e p e rio d 1917 to 1940, in c lu d in g law s a n d pub lic a tio n s of m in istries, p e o p le ’s co m m issariats, congresses, a n d sc h o larly bodies. • T h e U n iversity of C a lifo rn ia , San D iego, Li- b ra ry h as received a to ta l of $27,266 in L SCA funds for th re e s e p a ra te retro sp ec tiv e conversion p ro j­ ects. O n e p ro je c t w ill c o n v ert 6 ,000 m usic scores, a n o th e r w ill c o n v ert 8,000 C h in ese-lan g u a g e b ook a n d p e rio d ica l titles, a n d th e t h ir d w ill c o n v ert .3,500 pre-1965 a d u lt fictio n boo k titles. • T h e U n iversity of D e tro it h a s b een a w a rd e d an H E A T itle II-D g ra n t of $125,529 to fu n d p a r ­ tia l D A L N E T m e m b e rsh ip costs a n d e q u ip m e n t for th e first p h a se of O P A C a n d c irc u la tio n a t th e un iv ersity ’s M a in L ib ra ry . D A L N E T is a consor­ tiu m of D e tro it a re a lib ra ries u sing N O T IS a u to ­ m a tio n so ftw a re. T h e p ro je c t w ill e n ric h th e q u a l­ ity of resource m a te ria ls fo r stu d e n ts, fa c u lty a n d in d e p e n d e n t research ers w h o w ill h a v e access to th e collections o f th e D A L N E T m e m b e r lib ra ries. • T h e U n iversity of I d a h o L ib ra ry , C o e u r d ’A- lene, h as received a $50,000 g ift from a lu m n a e John a n d Jo a n Y uditsky to e stablish a n e n d o w m e n t fu n d for th e p u rc h a se o f books, services, a n d e q u ip ­ m ent. • T h e U n iversity of K e n tu ck y , L ex in g to n , has received a $1 m illio n g ift fro m th e T o y o ta M otor C o rp o ra tio n to e stab lish a n e n d o w m e n t to increase th e q u a lity a n d q u a n tity o f collections in th e li­ b ra ry system . T h e g ift is th e la rg e st cash g ift ever received b y th e lib ra ry a n d w ill g re a tly e x p an d th e resources a v a ila b le to stu d e n ts a n d fa cu lty . • T h e U n iversity of M ic h ig a n ’s B entley H istori- cal L ib ra ry , A n n A rb o r, has b e en a w a rd e d a g ra n t from th e G e tty G r a n t P ro g ra m to m o d ern ize th e records system s fo r th e V a tic a n A rchives in Rom e. T h e m o d e rn iz e d system w ill p ro v id e a c o m p re h e n ­ siv e i n v e n t o r y o f a r c h i v e h o l d in g s a v a i l a b l e th ro u g h R L IN . • T h e U n iv e rsity o f M isso u ri, C o lu m b ia , L i- b ra rie s h a v e re ce iv e d a $500,000 challen g e g ra n t fro m th e N a tio n a l E n d o w m e n t fo r th e H u m a n ities to establish tw o e n d o w m e n ts fo r lib ra ry collections in th e h u m a n itie s, o ne fo r a cquisitions a n d a n o th e r fo r p re serv a tio n . T h e acquisitions e n d o w m e n t is expected to g e n e ra te $ 9 0 ,0 0 0 -$ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 a n n u a lly , w h ic h m ig h t p u r c h a s e 3 ,0 0 0 v o lu m e s p e r y e ar. M a terials t h a t w ill b e u n d e rw ritte n b y th e e n d o w ­ m e n t in clu d e m u sica l recordings on c o m p a c t disk; a d d it i o n a l s u b s c rip tio n s to s c h o la r ly jo u rn a ls ; fo re ig n -lan g u a g e w orks; m usic scores; b a ck files of im p o rta n t jo u rn als o n m icrofilm ; a n d d a ta b ases o r full-text re trie v a l system s on C D -R O M . T h e e n ­ d o w m e n t for p re se rv a tio n is ex p ected to p ro d u c e $40,000 a n n u a lly . T h e u n iv e rs ity has a p p ro x i­ m a te ly th re e y ears to m ee t th e challenge. • T h e U n iversity o f R o c h este r’s E a s tm a n School of M usic, R ochester, N ew York, h a s b een a w a rd e d a g ra n t of $89,930 by th e N a tio n a l E n d o w m e n t for th e H u m a n itie s to h e lp preserve so u n d recordings in th e school’s collections. T h e p ro je c t w ill focus on a rch iv al re cordings o f th e w o rk s a n d p e rfo rm a n ce s of P u litz e r P riz e -w in n in g co m p o ser H o w a rd H a n ­ son, w h o d ire c te d th e E a s tm a n School fro m 1924 to 1964. News notes • G e o rg e to w n U n iversity, W a sh in g to n , D .C ., in c o o p era tio n w ith th e A ssociation fo r D ip lo m a tic Studies a n d its F o re ig n A ffairs O ra l H istory P ro ­ g ra m , has estab lish e d a foreign affairs o ra l h istory collection a t th e L a u in g e r L ib ra ry . By th e e n d of l a s t y e a r , f o r ty t r a n s c r i p ts o f i n te r v ie w s w i t h fo rm e r S ta te D e p a r tm e n t senior officers, m a in ly c a re e r a n d n o n -c a re e r a m b a ssa d o rs, w e re re a d y fo r use in th e Special C o llections D ivision. M ore th a n sixty o th e r in te rv ie w s a re re c o rd e d a n d in th e p ro ­ cess of b e in g tra n s c rib e d a n d e d ite d . T h e U n ite d S tates In fo rm a tio n A gency A lum ni A ssociation is also c o n d u c tin g its o w n o ra l h istory p ro g ra m of 50 in te rv iew s w ith re tire d USIA offi­ cers, a n d copies o f these tra n s c rip ts a re b e in g given to G e o rg e to w n ’s lib ra ry . T h is in itia l set of in te r­ view s is d e signed to c a p tu re th e experiences of re ­ tire d senior officers a n d to e stab lish a b ro a d base c o vering m ost c o u n tries of th e w o rld . T h e O ra l H isto ry P ro g ra m w o u ld like to w o rk w ith scholars in th e field of d ip lo m a c y to e x p a n d th is collection a n d to m ak e it as useful as possible. A nyone in te r­ ested in d e v elo p in g th is re so u rce m a y c o n ta ct: S tu­ a r t K e nnedy, F o re ig n A ffairs O ra l H isto ry P ro ­ g ra m , L a u in g e r L ib ra ry , G e o rg e to w n U niversity, W as h in g to n , D C 20057; (202) 687-4104. • T h e U n iv e rsity of M isso u ri, C o lu m b ia , L i- b ra rie s h a v e e n te r e d th e ir c u r r e n t su b sc rip tio n s a n d s ta n d in g o rd e rs (a b o u t 11,000 titles) in to a d a ta b a s e a p p lic a tio n t h a t h as b e e n designed using A d v a n c e d R e v e la tio n so ftw a re. T h e m a n ip u la tio n of th is d a ta p e rm its su b scrip tio n cost pro jec tio n s, holdings analyses, a n d v e n d o r, p u b lish e r, a n d fu n d analyses. T h e d a ta is b e in g u sed fo r c o operative collection d e v e lo p m e n t, deselection, b u d g e tin g in ­ fo rm a tio n , a n d o th e r serials m a n a g e m e n t d e c i­ sions. • T h e U n iv e rsity of T u ls a L ib ra rie s h a v e o p e n ed a P re se rv atio n L a b o ra to ry o n th e sixth floor of th e M c F a rlin L ib ra ry T o w e r. T h e 1,2 0 0 -sq u are foot la b o ra to ry w a s c o n stru c te d b y U n iversity Physical P la n t p e rso n n el a cc o rd in g to specifications d ra w n Expand your searching power to the limits of on ly by the boun ds o f your o w n curiosity. N o w , compact disc and m icrocom puter techn ologies com e together to create a Science C ita tio n Index in a new , more p ow erful form. W here you d ecide h o w far to take your scien tific explorations. Researching the scien tific literature o f the w orld has n ever been faster—has never b een easier--than at this m om ent. S ee for y ou rself b y ordering a free dem onstration dis- kette...or a free trial copy containing first quarter data from the SCI®. Call 800-523-1850 or 215-386-0100, extension 1405. Or contact your librarian to order. A nd get ready to p ush your search to the lim its. © Science @ C om pact Disc Citation Index Edition Institute for Scientific Information 3501 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 . A pril 1989 / 317 and C E O of W orld Book, Inc. In th e late 1960s he c o - a u t h o r e d a b o o k e n t i t l e d , H o w M u c h Is E n o u g h ? S h a p in g th e D e fe n s e P ro g ra m 1961-1969. Sm ith w ill becom e th e th ird president in O C L C ’s history, succeeding R ow land B row n, w ho is stepping d ow n a fte r eight years. People in the news Carol A. White has been appointed reference lib ra rian at th e G eorgia Institute of Technology, A tlanta, after four years as assistant football coach a t G eorgia Tech. She is th e only fem ale m em ber of th e Am erican Football Coaches Association. W hile coaching the football team , she w orked pa rt-tim e as an interlibrary loan specialist a t th e Georgia Tech D e p artm en t of Research Info rm atio n Ser­ vices a nd pursued a P h .D . in organizational behav­ ior. In the sum m er she runs the G eorgia T ech Kick­ ing Clinic, a sum m er cam p for football kickers and punters, a nd she also owns a com pany th a t is devel­ oping com m ercial kicking p ractice equipm ent. She w as featured in an article in th e Fall 1988 issue of Florida State M agazine, “ G eorgia T ech ’s First L ady of College F o otball.” Appointments (A ppointm ent notices a re ta k e n from lib ra ry new sletters, letters from personnel offices and ap­ pointees, and o ther sources. T o ensure th a t your a p p ointm ent appears, w rite to th e E ditor, ACRL, 50 E. H uron S t., Chicago, IL 60611-2795.) Sandra Allen has been a p p ointed coordinator Profiles Judith Genesen, form er d irecto r of inform ation services a t the Chicago T ran sit A uthority, has been nam ed executive director of the A m erican Associa­ tion of L aw L ibraries. Genesen b egan her career as science lib ra ria n a t the U niversity of Chicago L a b ­ oratory Schools H igh School, th en w orked as refer­ ence lib ra ria n for th e Joint R eference L ibrary. She joined the CTA in 1974 as head reference lib ra rian , th en becam e supervisor of form s, records, and p ro ­ cedures. Sally Sparks Leach, acting assistant to th e di­ rector of th e H a rry Ransom H um anities Research C enter (HRHRC) a t th e University of Texas, Aus­ tin, has been nam ed assistant d irecto r of th e Re­ search C enter. She has h eld positions w ith th e u ni­ versity’s ra re books collections since 1965, a n d has also been a cting lib ra rian a t HRH RC. L each re­ ceived both h e r MLS a nd bachelor’s degree from UT Austin, a nd is th e a u th o r of several H R H RC ex­ hibition catalogs, including L o rd B yron and The Finest A dventure: Scholars a t W ork. K. Wayne Smith, P re sid e n t a n d C E O of K. W ayne Sm ith and Associates, a m anagem ent con­ su ltin g and h o ld in g c om pany, has been n am ed President and C hief Executive O fficer of O C L C , D ublin, O hio. Sm ith received his bachelor’s degree from W ake Forest U niversity, and his m aster’s and P h.D . degrees from Princeton University. He has served as director of program analysis for the N a­ tional Security C ouncil in W ashington; program director a t th e RAND C orporation; an executive w ith D a rt Industries; group m anaging p a rtn e r, o p ­ erations, for Coopers a nd L y brand; and c hairm an PEOPLE • T h e W a s h in g to n U n iv e rsity L ib ra rie s, St. Louis, now have an official preservation logo, the result of a cam pus-wide contest sponsored by the li­ braries’ preservation program . T he logo will appear on posters, bookmarks, plastic bags, a nd other m ate­ rials designed by the preservation staff. T he winning design, a p a ir of hands cradling a book inside a heart, was created by W ei C hen, a third-year doc­ to ral student in physical chem istry. T he contest piqued his interest because he uses the Chemistry Li­ brary extensively and has experienced first-hand the dam age and deterioration of the books there. ■ ■ up by Tulsa’s preservation officer, T oby M urray, who also edits Conservation A dm inistration N ews. Activities will include docum ent a n d book repair, construction of protective enclosures for fragile or dam aged m ate ria ls, en v iro n m en ta l m o nitoring, developm ent of staff a nd user education program s, and the coordination of disaster recovery and sal­ vage o p e ratio n s. A h a n d s-o n d isa ste r recovery training w orkshop is being conducted this m onth to prepare m em bers of the D isaster Recovery Assist­ ance T eam to deal w ith any library disaster th a t m ay occur.