ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 198 News from the Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S • The Curtis Theatre Collection o f the U n i ­ v e r s i t y o f P i t t s b u r g h Libraries recently was presented with the private papers o f the late Philip Dunning, actor, stage manager, writer, director, and producer. He first became famous for his 1926 play entitled Broadway which he co-authored with George Abbott. It still is con­ sidered a landmark o f the American theatre. He and A bbott produced many plays including the Hecht-MacArthur satire, 20th Century. Dun­ ning continued to produce a n d /or direct plays throughout the 1930s, wrote for the screen in the 1940s, and for T V in the 1950s. Before he died in 1968 he had just com pleted a play based on Lee Harvey Oswald and the Kennedy assassination. The papers, which cover the period 1915-68, were given to the Curtis Collection b y George J. Barrere. They are essentially Dunning’s per­ sonal script collection (stage, radio, T V , and film ), one novel, and several short stories. A small amount o f related material, such as pre­ liminary notes, correspondence, and contracts, is included. There are several versions o f the script for Broadway. • His Excellency Nicolae M. Nicolae, am­ bassador o f the Socialist Republic o f Romania, presented 260 volumes to the W a y n e S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y Libraries at a reception held April 11, 1977. The collection is from the contem po­ rary Romanian press, mainly in the areas o f art, archaeology, history, and poetry, with a repre­ sentative sample o f children’s books written in or translated to the minority languages o f R o­ mania. This gift was made to strengthen the exchange o f materials between W ayne State University and the academic institutions and scholarly societies o f Romania. • U.S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (D .-V a .), like his father before him, has presented a collection o f his senatorial papers to the U n i v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a . University President Frank L. Hereford, Jr., announced the gift o f Byrd’s papers at a Founder’s D ay program celebrating the 234th anniversary o f Thomas Jefferson’s birth. Senator Byrd’s papers will be added to others in the university’s Alderman Library, including those o f his late father, U.S. Sen. Harry F. Byrd. The elder Byrd’s papers, donated in March 1971, are one o f the three most heavily used collections in the manuscripts department, according to Edm und Berkeley, Jr., manuscripts curator. An aide to the younger Byrd said the papers concern the early part o f his Senate career, and they consist primarily o f his correspondence through 1970. • The General Libraries at The U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s a t A u s t i n recently received a $10,000 grant from the Japan W orld Exposition Commemorative Fund. “ The purchase o f some 400 volumes through the grant has enabled the Asian Collection to continue Japanese-language acquisitions at the past rate, despite sharp increases in the price o f Japanese books,” according to Carolyn Buck- nall, assistant director for collection develop­ ment in the U T Library. “ The grant also per­ mitted significant improvement in holdings o f standard works.” The Commemorative Association for the Ja­ pan W orld Exposition, using profit from the Ja­ pan W orld Exposition o f 1970, awards grants for worthwhile projects to commemorate the success o f the exposition. In the first five years o f its operation (1 9 7 1 -7 5 ), the fund awarded 82 grants to foreign institutions for the pro­ motion o f international cultural exchange and cooperation in scholarly and educational fields. In Japan and abroad, a total o f 333 grants have been m ade in all categories. “ Our collection in the Japanese language now stands at just under 25,000 items— still small, but very good ,” says Kevin Lin, head librarian o f U T ’s Asian Collection. “ It is the only one of its type in the southern half o f the United States, except for the W est Coast. It’s not the traditional Asian collection, where classical studies are emphasized. W e have our share of the standard literary and cultural works o f the older periods, but the emphasis is on contem­ porary events and writings.” Dr. F. Tomasson Jannuzi, director of the U T Center for Asian Studies (C A S ), said that a small but thoughtfully acquired collection in the Japanese language is essential to support Japanese studies on the campus. “ Besides obvious interests in the departments o f Oriental and African Languages, faculty and students in economics, history, anthropology, and government make good use o f these ma­ terials,” Dr. Jannuzi explained. “ The collection is also available as a community and regional resource in the CAS outreach program. A nd the Japanese are very interested in what Texas schools teach about Japan.” • The Colossus, The Bell Jar, Ariel— these are three o f the legacies o f poet Sylvia Plath, a writer who only gained broad recognition af- 199 ter h er trag ic su icide in 1 9 6 3 b u t w h o se reputa­ tion and in fluence h a v e con tin u ed to g r o w to the p o in t w h ere she is n o w o n e o f th e m a jor fig­ ures in con tem pora ry A m erica n literature. A n oth er o f Plath’ s legacies, o n e that w ill pro v e vital in any future appraisal or b io g ra p h y o f this singular personality, has just b e e n a c­ q u ire d b y th e L illy L ib ra ry o f I n d i a n a U n i ­ v e r s i t y — virtually all o f Sylvia P lath’s m anu­ scripts an d letters. T h e co lle ctio n , w h ic h b e lo n g e d to Plath’ s m other, A urelia Plath, has’ n early 3 0 0 poem s, som e u n p u b lish ed ; 57 p rose short stories; 32 w orks o f nonfiction prose, also m ostly u n p u b ­ lish ed; an d m ore than 1,500 letters. T h e re are also diaries, journals, n oteb ook s, w atercolors, book s from Plath’s library— even h er b a b y books, her dia ry from sum m er ca m p , h er scrap­ b o o k s and yearbook s fro m Sm ith C o lle g e , fam ­ ily ph otog raphs, and several lock s o f h er hair. “ This co lle ctio n is so unusual fo r a m od ern w riter b e ca u se it is so c o m p le te ,” said W illia m R. C agle, acting L illy librarian. S u ch d etailed e v id e n ce is especially im portant fo r a w riter w h ose w orks are so clo se ly tied to the events o f her life. T h e material in this c o lle ctio n show s that Plath w as, herself, “ the person in the b ell jar.” T h e L illy c o lle ctio n in clud es 600 letters from Sylvia, m ostly to h er m other, all o f w h ic h re­ m ain m ostly u n pu b lish ed as far as anything truly interesting goes. T h ere are also som e 500 letters to Sylvia fro m several correspondents. M ost n ota b le o f these are 190 letters fro m her first “ steady,” R ich a rd A . N orton, spanning 1950 to 1953, the y ear o f her b rea k d ow n . N or­ to n was th e m o d e l fo r B u d d y in “ T h e B ell Jar.” O ther letters, w ritten to A urelia Plath after Sylvia’s death, are fro m T e d H u gh es; his sister, O lw y n H u gh es; his m other, E d ith H u g h es; and his present w ife , C a rol H ughes. T h e Sylvia Plath c o lle c tio n o f the L illy L i ­ b rary w ill b e available fo r stu dy in June. Som e o f the p o e try m anuscripts are currently o n dis­ p la y at the library, part o f an exhibit o f m anu­ scripts o f con tem p ora ry British and A m erican authors. • Professor H arold Jantz has g iv e n t D u k e U n i v e r s i t y L ib ra ry his c o lle ctio n o f nearly 9 ,0 0 0 volu m es related to G erm an litera­ ture an d early G erm an -A m erican cultural and literary relations. T h e co lle ctio n reflects P rofes­ sor Jantz’ interests in G erm an B aroqu e litera­ ture o f th e seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries a n d in literature con ce rn in g th e R osi- crucians and th e occu lt. F orm erly a m e m b e r o f the faculties o f Johns H opkins, N orthw estern, a n d Princeton universities, Professor Jantz w ill offer courses at D u k e U niversity and assist the university’s library staff in ca ta log in g his c o lle c ­ tion. T h e volu m es w ill b e h oused in the rare- he b o o k room s o f the Perkins L ib ra ry w h ere they w ill b e available fo r use as th ey are ca ta log ed and perm anen tly assigned to the library’s c o l­ lections. • T h e R ob ert F. W a g n e r L a b o r A rch ive, n am ed after the late senator and in ten ded to serve as a single rep ository in the N e w York C ity area fo r prim ary m aterials w h ic h d o c u ­ m ent the h istory o f the la b o r m ov em en t, w ill b e established as a co -re so u rce o f th e T a m i- m e n t I n s t i t u t e L i b r a r y a t N e w Y o r k U n i ­ v e r s i t y . F orm al a nn oun cem ent o f th e n e w fa c ility was m a d e b y th e T am im en t Institute, In c ., at a dinner A p ril 13 o n b e h a lf o f th e library, N Y U , and th e N e w Y ork C entral L a b o r C o u n ­ cil, A F L -C I O . A tte n d in g th e event, h e ld in the university’s John B en S n o w R oom , E lm er H olm es B obst L ibrary , w ere m em bers o f the W a g n e r fam ily, in clu d in g form er N e w York C ity M a y or R o b e rt F. W a g n e r; his w ife , Phyllis C e r f W a g n e r; and his son, present city c o u n c il­ m an R o b e rt F . W a g n e r, Jr. T h e late Senator W a g n e r w as lo n g a ctive in th e field o f la b or legislation and w as th e sponsor o f th e N ational L a b o r R elations A ct. T h e T am im en t Library w as originally as­ s e m b le d b y th e R a n d S ch o o l o f S ocial S ciences w h ich w en t ou t o f existence in 1956. T h e T a m i­ m en t Institute, fo r h a lf a cen tu ry a supporter o f liberal and progressive causes, to o k o v er the library at that tim e to ensure its perm anent a c ­ cessibility to students o f A m erica n radicalism . L a b o r H istory M a gazine, la u n ch ed b y T a m i­ m en t in 1960 as an ou tlet fo r serious and aca­ d e m ic articles o n la b or and socialism , h e lp e d le a d to a d ecision that th e co lle ctio n and the m ag azine m ight flourish in an a ca d em ic e n ­ vironm ent. T h us in 1963, th e c o lle ctio n was don a ted to N Y U w here it has b e e n ev er since, w ith T am im en t and the university sharing in su p port o f the library’s operations. C on sisting o f thousands o f prim ary materials and docu m en ts on la b o r a n d related areas o f s o c io -e c o n o m ic reform , the c o lle c tio n is an in ­ va lu a ble resource fo r the stu dy o f th e social a n d p olitica l m ovem ents o f m o d e rn times. A W A R D S • R o b e rt G . S ew ell, Japanese b ib liog ra p h er at th e U niversity o f Illinois L ib ra ry at U rbana- C h am paign, has r e ce iv e d a J a p a n F o u n d a t i o n P r o f e s s i o n a l F e l l o w s h i p from the Japanese governm ent. O n e o f o n ly a d o ze n U .S. recipients this year, S ew ell w ill stu dy p rem odern Japanese b ib lio g ­ raph y and literature. “ I w ant to im p ro v e m y expertise o n h o w to id e n tify various ty pes o f editions o f w orks, b o th 200 printed and manuscript, especially literary pu b­ lications,” he said. He will work at about 20 Japanese libraries, primarily in Tok y o and Kyoto, and will have a special affiliation with the National Diet L i­ brary. T h e fellow ship covers a six-month period and pays about $1,000 per month. It also includes housing, research and dependent allowances, and travel expenses for the fellow . The Japan Foundation was established by the Japanese government in 1972 to prom ote international cultural exchange. • Steven R. Roehling, assistant librarian at the Em ory & Henry C ollege Library in Emory, Virginia, has been awarded a full grant from the D e u t s c h e r A k a d e m i s c h e r A u s t a u s c h ­ d i e n s t (G erm an A cadem ic Exchange Service) for study at the Ribliothekar-Lehrinstitut des Landes N ordrhein/W estfalen in C ologne, G er­ many, in 1977-78. H e will be doing research on the status o f library orientation and bib lio­ graphic instruction in German academ ic librar­ ies in addition to his classroom studies. A native o f Indianapolis, he holds the M .L.S. degree from Indiana University (1 9 7 4 ) and the A .B. degree from Hanover College (1 9 7 3 ). • Gerald Kahan has been selected by a spe­ cial jury o f The Theatre Library Association as the recipient o f the 1976 G e o r g e F r e e d l e y M e m o r i a l B o o k A w a r d for Jacques Callot: Artist o f th e Theatre (University o f Georgia Press, A thens). The annual award is m ade to that book on the live theater w hich best dem on­ strates outstanding scholarship, readability, and contribution to knowledge during the preceding year. In addition, Charles Shattuck also will be honored for Shakespeare on the Am erican Stage (F o lg e r Books, W ash ington). The awards were presented b y M orton G ott­ lieb, producer o f Same Time N ext Year, at a special cerem ony on M ay 9, 1977. The G eorge Freedley M emorial A w ard was established in 1968 b y the Theatre Library As­ sociation to honor the association’s founder, the late theater historian, critic, author, and first curator o f the Theatre Collection o f The N ew York Public Library. • W illiam H. Scheide, musicologist and em i­ nent collector o f books and manuscripts, recent­ ly was presented the D o n a l d F . H y d e A w a r d b y Princeton University. Founder o f the Bach Aria G roup and its director for more than thirty years, Scheide has been a resident o f Princeton since 1946. Th e H yde Award, established b y Princeton in 1967 in m em ory o f one o f the nation’s fore­ most collectors, recognizes “ distinction in book collecting and service to the com munity o f scholars.” It is designed to honor the collector w ho “ with imagination, know ledge and perse­ verance has sought out and preserved records w hich might otherwise have been lost— the co l­ lector w ho has considered the private posses­ sion o f great books a pu blic trust and has open ed his collections to scholars.” The Scheide collection is rich not only in incunabula— Gutenberg, Caxton, Fust, and Schoeffer— but in manuscripts, Bibles in many languages, Reformation tracts, voyages o f dis­ covery, early docum ents o f the Am erican co l­ onies, and first editions o f books w hich have influenced W estern thought. In 1965 the Scheide Library was installed in specially built rooms he had added to Firestone Library, where it is readily available to Princeton stu­ dents as w ell as visiting scholars. Scheide was born in Philadelphia and stud­ ied in the history department at Princeton. F ol­ low ing a period o f graduate study in music at Colum bia University, he taught for several years at Cornell University. • R obert T. Grazier, associate director o f li­ braries at W ayne State University since 1955, has been nam ed the recipient o f the 1977 G. F l i n t P u r d y M e m o r i a l A w a r d . Grazier is the third recipient o f the award— nam ed for the form er director o f W S U libraries — w hich recognizes outstanding contributions to the libraries’ service, facilities, or collections. Th e citation praises his eminence as a “ librar­ ian, administrator, and friend.” A 1939 graduate o f Oberlin C ollege, Grazier also holds a B.L.S. from W estern Reserve U ni­ versity and an M.S. from Pennsylvania State University. E xcept for military service, Grazier has been a professional librarian since 1940, with service at Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State Teachers C ollege, and the University o f Florida. • Th e State University o f N ew York, w hich has been recognizing superior teachers with $500 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching for the last five years, is expanding the program to honor professionals w ho have demonstrated outstanding service in librarian­ ship. Acting Chancellor James F. Kelly has an­ nounced the first six recipients o f the C h a n c e l ­ l o r ’ s A w a r d f o r E x c e l l e n c e i n L i b r a r i a n ­ s h i p . Th ey are Carol Bradley, associate director of the M usic Library, University Center at Buf­ falo; Eleanor Carter, acting director o f Learn­ ing Resource Center, Agricultural and T ech ­ nical C ollege at Cobleskill; Selma Foster, asso­ ciate librarian, C ollege at Potsdam; Shirley Hesslein, associate health sciences librarian, 201 University Center at Buffalo; and Sara D. Knapp and Anne Roberts, both associate librari­ ans at the University Center at Albany. E X H I B I T S • The private thoughts o f major literary fig ures, from the seventeenth century to the pres­ ent, will be presented to the public in “ Self- Explorations; Diarists in England and America,” an exhibition o f original manuscripts and rare early editions from the N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i ­ b r a r y ’ s B e r g C o l l e c t i o n o f E n g l i s h a n d A m e r i c a n L i t e r a t u r e from May 2 until Sep­ tember 15, 1977. Featured in the exhibition are selections from the great 27-volum e diary o f Virginia W oolf, excerpted in part in A W riter’s Diary (1 9 5 3 ). Handwritten diaries o f Fanny Burney and Washington Irving, Dickens, Thoreau, and Kipling also are featured, as well as tw o o f the twenty-four volumes o f Sean O ’Casey’s note­ books. In addition, the exhibition displays a number o f rare early printed editions, including the first edition o f Samuel Pepys’ diary and a presentation co p y o f W alt W hitm an’s Civil W ar Memoirs. The particular literary value o f a diary is the intimate self-revelation it allows. The first edi­ tion o f Sir W alter Scott’s Memoirs, published posthumously in 1837, records the collapse of his publishing companies and the deaths o f his family. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s early di­ ary, begun when she was twenty-five, contains tributes to her blind friend, the Greek scholar Hugh Stuart Boyd. It is shown with m odem published editions. An original typescript diary b y the modern playwright W illiam Inge re­ counts his struggles with his success, and with his ow n weaknesses. Several works shown include sketches and illustrations. Arnold Bennett’s beautiful diary, kept for most o f his adult life, contains not only the detailed physical descriptions that often found their w ay into his novels, but pencil, crayon, and watercolor renderings o f landscapes and people. Pocket diaries include those o f William M akepeace Thackeray (1 8 4 5 ) and G eorge Eliot (1 8 7 9 ). Important printed editions in­ clude A Journal o f a V oyage to Lisbon, by Henry Fielding, published posthumously in the year o f his death, 1754; the 1785 edition o f Boswell’s Journal o f a Tour to th e H ebrides … with Samuel Johnson in 1773; Elizabeth Bar­ rett Browning’s co p y o f Mary Shelley’s Rambles in Germany and Italy … ; and the L ife, L e t­ ters and Journals (1 8 8 9 ) o f Louisa M ay Alcott. “ Self-Explorations” will b e on view to the public free o f charge in the Berg Exhibition Room (R m . 3 1 8 ) o f the Library’s Central Building at 5th Ave. and 42nd St., from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., M onday, Tuesday, W ednesday, Fri­ day, and Saturday, until September 15, 1977. G R A N T S • W alter Burke, president and director of ­ the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, recently has announced a grant o f $250,000 for general purposes to The Research Libraries o f T he N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y , payable over five years at the rate o f $50,000 a year. The Sherman Fairchild Foundation was in­ corporated in 1955 b y Sherman M. Fairchild, inventor o f the Fairchild aerial camera and chairman o f Fairchild Camera and Instrument C o. Since his death in 1971, the foundation has made grants to educational, health, and so­ cial welfare organizations for scholarships, de­ velopment, and general purposes. The N ew York Public Library (Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations) is one o f the largest free libraries in the w orld and is extensively used b y scholars nationally. In recognition o f this national usage, the National Endowm ent for the Humanities has m ade a challenge grant to The N ew York Public Library, on a 2 to 1 basis, for funds received b y June 30, 1977. Thus, the first $50,000 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation will realize a total o f $75,000 for the library. • T h e C o u n cil o n L ib ra ry R esou rces ( C L R ) has aw a rd ed $21,000 to th e C a r n e g ie -M e l l o n U n iv e r s it y t o e n a b le th e library staff to carry o u t a self-stu d y d ire cte d to w a r d im p ro v in g the services an d op eration s o f the library system . In p e rfo rm in g th e study, th e staff w ill utilize a d ra ft m anu al resulting fro m p ro ce d u re s d e ­ v e lo p e d in a 1976 p ilot p ro je c t at th e U n iv er­ sity o f N orth C arolina at C h a rlotte ( U N C C ) . The U N C C project was the first phase o f the cou ncil’s A cadem ic Library Developm ent Pro­ gram (A L D P ) . In phase 2, several institutions o f various sizes and characters w ill be selected to work with the evolving m odel program. It is hoped that refinement o f the manual and its suggested procedures may result from these fur­ ther applications. Academ ic libraries wishing to participate in this phase should write to the A L D P project di­ rector Dr. P. G rady Morein at the School of Library Science, North Carolina Central Uni­ versity, Durham, N C 27707. During the twelve months o f the study, Car­ negie-M ellon staff plan to follow the two-stage analytical process developed at U N C C which involves a study team and several task forces. The first stage entails an overview o f the li­ brary’s history, an environmental analysis, a goals assessment, and a needs survey. The sec­ ond stage includes specific analyses o f services, resources, management, and facilities. 202 C L R initiated the A L D P in 1975 in the b e ­ lief that small and mid-sized academ ic libraries cou ld benefit from looking closely at how they are meeting the needs o f the campus communi­ ty— students, faculty, and administrators— and at what cou ld be done to im prove library ser­ vices and to increase library use. Large research libraries that are members o f the Association o f Research Libraries ( A R L ) may work toward similar goals through the Management Review and Analysis Program ( M R A P ) ‚ formulated with C L R assistance b y the A R L Office o f Uni­ versity Library Management Studies ( O M S ). U N C C has prepared for distribution a limit­ ed number o f copies o f their study team’s re­ port. The 167-page docum ent contains the task force reports, study team recommendations, copies o f survey instruments used, and other analyses produced during the pilot project. T o receive a copy, send a self-addressed mailing label to Joseph F. Boykin, Jr., Director o f the Library, University o f North Carolina at Char­ lotte, Charlotte, NC 28223. • Th e Commonwealth Fund has announce a general purpose grant o f $100,000 to The Re­ search Libraries of T h e N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i ­ b r a r y . The Commonwealth Fund was estab­ lished in 1918 b y Mrs. Stephen Harkness for the purpose o f improving the welfare o f man­ kind. Since its founding, the fund has made grants primarily in the areas o f health and m ed­ icine, and sponsored international exchange fel­ lowships. The grant to the research libraries is one o f the largest grants m ade b y the fund to date, not directly related to the field o f medi­ cine. Because o f a 2 -t o -l challenge grant from the National Endow m ent for the Humanities, the library will gain a total o f $150,000 from the Commonwealth Fund grant. M E E T I N G S A u g u s t 8 -1 1 ; O c t o b e r 3 -8 ; Th e Society o f American Archivists (S A A ) announces two basic workshops on T h e C a r e o f H i s t o r i c a l R e c o r d s . The first will be conducted on the campus o f the University o f Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. The second w ill b e held in conjunction with the SAA annual meeting in Salt Lake City. The workshops will focus on the rudiments o f archival theory and practice; the nature, ac­ quisition, description, conservation, and uses o f archives and manuscripts. The curriculum has been designed for those w ho have little or no previous training but w ho currently bear re­ sponsibility for archives and manuscripts. Charges for the workshops are being kept to a minimum. Attendance at each workshop will be limited. For further information and applica­ tion forms write to: Society o f American Archi­ vists, The Library, P.O. Box 8198, University o f Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, IL 60680. A u g u s t 12-13; A u g u s t 15-1 7 : A course en­ titled, P r e s e r v a t i o n o f L i b r a r y R e s o u r c e s , will be conducted b y Donald Etherington and Peter Waters o f the Library o f Congress. This course is limited, so pre-enrollment is advised. It will be follow ed b y a special advanced course on C o n s e r v a t i o n o f L i b r a r y a n d A r ­ c h i v a l M a t e r i a l with the same teachers. Both courses are part o f the Seventh Annual Library Institute to be held on the Santa Cruz Campus o f the University o f California. For further in­ formation write or call Anne Over, University o f California Extension, Santa Cruz, C A 95064; (4 0 8 ) 429-4534. S e p t e m b e r 9; O c t o b e r 7 : A W o r k s h o p i n P u b l i c R e l a t i o n s will be offered b y the School o f Library and Information Science at the State d University o f N ew York at Albany. Fran Lewis, public relations director at the Harmanus Bleecker Library will con du ct the workshop. The first day will be devoted to aspects of planning and formulating a public relations pol­ icy. The second day will be spent evaluating the programs planned b y the participants. The cost is $20-$30. For further information con­ tact Lucille W halen, School o f Library and In­ formation Science, SUNY, Albany, NY 12222; ( 5 1 8 ) 457-8575. September 26-O ctober 1: “ Information Management in the 1980s” will be the theme o f the 40t h A n n u a l M e e t i n g o f t h e A m e r ­ i c a n S o c i e t y . f o r I n f o r m a t i o n S c i e n c e ( ASIS) to be held in Chicago. A look ahead to the next decade, particularly in the areas o f managing information, w ill be emphasized in the technical program. Informa­ tion management related topics which will be addressed include technological implications, social impacts, the role o f the government and private sectors, econom ic impacts, privacy con ­ siderations, and freedom o f information. The technical program, consisting o f con ­ tributed paper sessions, special interest group programs, technical sessions on the federal g ov ­ ernment’s role, and poster sessions, will be sup­ plemented b y counter program sessions, ex­ hibits, special workshops, and social activities. The conference will be at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in dow ntow n Chicago. For further details contact Conference Chairperson Bernard Fry or Technical Program Chairperson Clayton Shepherd at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47401; (8 1 2 ) 337-0771. 203 O c t o b e r 6 -8 : Th e T h i r d A n n u a l L i b r a r y M i c r o f o r m C o n f e r e n c e w ill b e held in San Francisco at the Hyatt R egency. Seminars will deal w ith bibliograp hic control, equip m ent se­ lection, governm ent docum ents, and serials. T h e con feren ce is cosponsored b y M icroform R eview and the M icropublishing and B ookdeal- ers Library Relations Com mittees o f A L A ’ s Resources and T echn ical Services Division. Registration material is available from M icro­ form R eview , 520 R iverside A ve., W estport, C T 06880. O c t o b e r 2 0 -2 1 : James Llinas and E dw ard O ’ Neill, on the faculties o f the library schools at SUNY A lbany and SU N Y Buffalo, w ill cod i- rect a w orkshop on Jo u r n a l C o l l e c t i o n M a n a g e m e n t , using bibliom etric techniques. T h e second day w ill b e dev oted to the practical applications o f the techniques, in cluding m eth­ ods o f determ ining optical journal collection size on the basis o f total journal costs. T h e w orkshop w ill b e held at the S ch ool o f Library and Inform ation Science at the State University o f N ew York at Albany. T h e cost is $ 2 0 -$ 3 0 . F or further inform ation contact L u ­ cille W halen, S chool o f Library and Inform a­ tion Science, SUNY, A lbany, N Y 12222; ( 5 1 8 ) 457-8575. N o v e m b e r 1 4 -1 6 : T h e Graduate S chool o f Library and Inform ation Sciences, University o f Pittsburgh, has announced its 1977 Pitts­ burgh C on feren ce, T h e O n - L i n e R e v o l u t i o n i n L i b r a r i e s . T he purpose o f the 1977 con feren ce is to ex­ amine the im pact o f on-line inform ation ser­ vices and to preview some o f the changes in the library w orld in the near future. A m ong the nationally recogn ized library leaders participating in the con feren ce w ill b e: L ee G. Burchinal (N a tion a l Science Founda­ t i o n ); M elvin S. D a y (N ation al Library o f M e d ic in e ); Richard D e G ennaro (U niversity o f P en nsylvania); Keith D om s (F r e e Library o f P h ila delp h ia ); M iriam A. D rake (P u rdu e U n iversity ); John G. Lorenz (A ssociation o f Research L ib ra rie s); A nthony A . Martin (C arnegie Library o f P ittsb u rgh ); Susan K. Martin (U niversity o f California at B e rk eley ); Martin D . R obbins ( E D U C O M ); Anita Schiller (U niversity o f California at San D ie g o ) ; Joseph F. Shubert (State Librarian o f O h i o ); Sally Bachelder Stanley (T h e N ew York T im e s /T h e Inform ation B a n k ); A lphonse F. Trezza (N a ­ tional Com mission on Libraries and Inform a­ tion S c ie n c e ); Judith W a n g er (System D e ­ velopm ent C o rp o ra tio n /S e a rch ); M artha E. W illiam s (U niversity o f Illin o is ); and Samuel W olp ert (Predicasts, I n c .). University o f Pitts­ burgh participants w ill include Thom as J. G al­ vin, Allen Kent, Elaine Caruso, Ellen G . D etlef- sen, E lizabeth E. D uncan, and Paul E. Peters. T h e speakers w ill share their kn ow led ge, ex­ perience, and perceptions through presentations and discussions w h ich w ill review the objectives and potential o f on -lin e inform ation systems, place them in the context o f other library ser­ vices, assess the various im pacts, especially on the user, and explore such issues as cost, train­ ing, standardization, quality control, and eval­ uation. Five position papers w ill b e prepared b efore the con feren ce is held and w ill b e sent to all advance registrants b efore th ey arrive in Pitts­ burgh. E arly inquiries m ay b e directed to: A l­ len Kent, Distinguished Service Professor, Graduate S ch ool o f L ibrary and Inform ation Sciences, University o f Pittsburgh, 801 L.I.S. Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; ( 4 1 2 ) 624- 5230. N o v e m b e r 1 7 -1 8 : T h e Society o f G eorgia Archivists w ill h o ld its F i f t h A n n u a l A r ­ c h i v e s a n d R e c o r d s W o r k s h o p at the Atlanta H istorical Society, Atlanta. Kenneth W . D u ck ­ ett, author o f M od ern M anuscripts, w ill b e the keynote speaker at the Thursday evening session and w ill chair a session o n Friday con cerning m anuscript dealers and appraisers. T h e w orkshop w ill include the follow in g ses­ sions: “ Discussion o f N ew C opyright Law s,” “ I C an G et It for You W holesale— Th e W o rld o f Dealers, C ollectors, and Appraisers,” “ The H o w -to ’s o f Publications,” “ R ecords U seful fo r Black G enealog y,” “ H om em ade Preservation T echn iques,” and “ Th e State o f the A rchival Profession.” F or further inform ation con cerning registration contact T h e Society o f G eorgia Archivists, Box 261, G eorgia State University, Atlanta, G A 30303. M I S C E L L A N Y • T h e S o u t h e a s t e r n B i b l i o g r a p h i c I n s t r u c t i o n C l e a r i n g h o u s e has b een estab­ lished at Crisman M em orial Library o n the cam pus o f D a v id L ip scom b C ollege in Nash­ ville, Tennessee. Sponsored b y the Southeastern Library Association ( S E L A ) , it w ill serve as a regional depository for library orientation and instruction materials and as an inform ation cen ­ ter regarding programs operative in all types o f libraries throughout the ten-state area. T h e clearinghouse w ill act primarily as an inform a­ tion and referral agency but also w ill loan items u pon request. On-site inspection also w ill b e en­ couraged. Form ing the nucleus o f the collection are the samples receiv ed in the recent survey o f library orientation and instruction programs in southeastern academ ic libraries and reported in the 1976 fall issue o f the Southeastern L i­ brarian. A directory o f orientation and instruction ­ 204 programs in southeastern academ ic libraries has been planned for publication in late 1977 by the newly form ed S E L A Library Orientation and Bibliographic Instruction Committee. Further information regarding the clearing­ house and directory may b e obtained from James E. W ard, Box 4146, D avid Lipscom b C ollege, Nashville, T N 37203; (6 1 5 ) 385-3855, Ext. 2 8 2 /2 8 3 . • A t the 1977 annual membership meeting o f the N a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n o f A b s t r a c t i n g a n d I n d e x i n g S e r v i c e s (N F A IS ) held in Ar­ lington, Virginia, on M arch 8, Russell J. R ow ­ lett, Jr. (Chem ical Abstracts Service), was elect­ ed president o f the federation and H. W illiam K och (A m erican Institute o f Physics) presi- dent-elect. John E. Creps, Jr. (E ngineering In­ dex, I n c .), becam e im mediate past-president. Directors elected for a three-year term o f office were; Lois Granick (A m erican Psychological Association) and E. K. Gannett (Institute o f Electrical and Electronics Engineers, I n c .). N FA IS is devoted to the encouragement, im­ provement, and implementation o f abstracting, indexing, and analysis o f the scientific and technological literature o f the world. It fosters the interchange o f scientific and technological information among scientists and technologists in the United States and foreign countries. Descriptive material about NFAIS is avail­ able from the National Federation o f Abstract­ ing and Indexing Services, 3401 Market St., Philadelphia, PA 19104; (2 1 5 ) 349-8495. • The C o u n c i l o n L i b r a r y R e s o u r c e s (C L R ) has selected seventeen outstanding m id­ career librarians to receive C L R Fellowships for 1977-78. The Fellows will each devote a minimum o f three months to a self-developed study or re­ search project aimed at im proving their com p e­ tence in the substantive, administrative, or technical aspects o f librarianship. In making the seventeen new awards, C L R has raised to nearly 200 the num ber o f C L R Fellows announced since the program began in 1969. Including the commitment to the 1977-78 class, the council has authorized more than $600,000 for the program. Applications fo r the fellowships were first re­ view ed b y a screening committee o f five em i­ nent librarians— Augusta Baker, retired c o ­ ordinator o f children’s services, N ew York Pub­ lic Library; Charles D . Churchwell, university librarian, Brown University; F. Kurt Cylke, chief, Division for the Blind and Physically H andicapped, Library o f Congress; Joan I. G ot- wals, associate director o f libraries, University o f Pennsylvania; and Foster E. Mohrhardt, re­ tired C L R senior program officer. Th e final awards were m ade b y the council’s Fellowship Selection Committee, com posed o f C L R Board M embers Page Ackerman, univer­ sity librarian, University o f California at Los Angeles; W illiam S. Dix, C L R consultant and university librarian emeritus, Princeton Univer­ sity; Robert V osper, professor o f library sci­ ence, University o f California at Los Angeles; and Frederick H. W agm an, director o f libraries, University o f Michigan. Louis B. W right, di­ rector emeritus o f the F olger Shakespeare L i­ brary, chaired both committees. Th e seventeen C L R Fellows for 1977-78 and their projects are; W alter C. Allen, associate professor, Graduate School o f Library Science, University o f Illi­ nois. T o study library building planning, with an emphasis on older buildings constructed in the modular m ode to determine what advan­ tage library managers have taken o f this flex­ ibility. W ilm er H. Baatz, assistant director, Indiana University Libraries. T o examine the collection developm ent function in large research libraries in the United States. Elsie Lilias Bell, ch ief o f main library, Okla­ homa County Libraries System. T o explore cur­ rent priorities o f selected main p u blic libraries in Standard M etropolitan Statistical Areas with an emphasis on the financial and functional re­ lationships betw een main and com munity (b r a n ch ) libraries, and to gather information on the plans for action o f these main libraries. Carolyn P. Brown, chief, information services, National Bureau o f Standards. T o study use and nonuse o f on-line bibliographic retrieval systems in science and technology libraries. Lois M ai Chan, associate professor, C ollege o f Library Science, University o f Kentucky. T o prepare a treatise on the Library o f Congress Subject Headings that w ill include a theoretical consideration o f its basic principles and their application b y the Library o f Congress. Josephine Riss Fang, professor, School o f L i­ brary Science, Simmons C ollege. T o study the informative and educational function o f li­ braries in contem porary China and their impact on the socio-econom ic and cultural aspects o f Chinese society. R obert W . Karrow, Jr., curator o f maps, N ew ­ berry Library, C hicago. T o com pile a com pre­ hensive, annotated bibliography o f local and regional cartobibliographies o f the United States and Canada before 1900. Mark K ovacic, gifts and exchange librarian, Pennsylvania State University Libraries. T o study the organization and function o f gift and exchange programs in academ ic libraries. Frederick C. Lynden, assistant chief, acquisi­ tions department, Stanford University Libraries. T o examine aspects o f library materials budgets at selected privately supported university libra­ ries, including the process o f budget formulation, 205 the relationship b etw een the materials b u d g et and collection dev elopm ent, and the influence o f resource sharing on materials budgets. Kathryn J. O w ens, ca ta log librarian, Indiana State University Library. T o en hance her k n ow led g e o f m u sic librarianship through an internship at the S ibley M u sic L ibrary o f the Eastman S ch ool o f M usic. T h e o d o re P. Peck, h ead o f p u b lic services, U ni­ versity o f M in n esota/S t. Paul, and assistant professor o f library scien ce. T o study library and inform ation services fo r the a g e d in the U nited States. Alvis H. Price, associate personnel officer, U C L A library. T o investigate staff training pro­ grams in selected large research libraries fo r the purpose o f d e v e lo p in g a m o d e l system. Phyllis A . R ich m on d , professor, S ch ool o f L i­ brary S cien ce, Case W estern Reserve Universi­ ty. T o prepare an in trod uctory text to the P R E C IS ( Preserved C ontext Index S y stem ) for N orth Am erican users. A n ne Roberts, associate librarian, State U niver­ sity o f N e w York at A lbany . T o study credit courses in library instruction taught b y librari­ ans in the university centers and fou r-yea r c o l­ leges o f SUNY. Shiro Saito, associate university librarian for p u b lic services, U niversity o f H aw aii Library. T o p r o d u c e a com preh ensive research gu ide to P hilippine social scien ce inform ation sources. M argaret F. Steig, assistant professor, S chool o f L ibrary Service, C olu m bia University. T o study the origins and d ev elop m en t o f p e r io d ­ icals in the field o f history. Sheh W o n g , head, East Asian Library, U niver­ sity o f M innesota. T o enhance his k n ow led g e and training in Pan p e n hsüeh, a traditional Chinese study o f rare book s or o ld editions. • T h e N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y an n ou n ced A pril 8 that James W . H enderson, d i­ rector o f T h e R esearch Libraries o f T h e N ew York P u b lic Library, w ill leave that post in July 1977 to assume responsibility fo r the pres­ ervation o f the card catalog and the p u b lica ­ tion o f a b o o k catalog fo r the library’s research collection s— a p roject w ith w h ich h e has been closely associated during its form ative stage. T h e m agnitude o f th e p r o je ct as w e ll as its cost— $3 m illion, m u ch o f w h ich is y e t to b e raised— has led H enderson to a decision to co n ­ centrate his attention o n this w ork and to see it through. A n initial grant from the A n d rew W . M ellon Fou ndation has m ade it p ossible fo r the p ro je ct to b eg in in earnest after m any years o f planning. “ F o r tw en ty-five years or m ore there has been great con cern a b ou t the problem w hich is exacerbated as each year goes b y ,” H en d er­ son said in com m en tin g on the M ellon grant, “ but fo r som e reason it d id n ot attract th e same kind o f attention as the preservation o f other products o f our culture until the M ellon F ou n ­ dation sh ow ed its interest. I b eliev e others w ill n o w b e en cou ra g ed to help. I f the additional m on ey is forth com in g, w e w o u ld h op e to see 900 volum es o f the co m p leted catalog on our shelves after fou r years.” T h e catalog o f the research libraries, co n ­ sisting o f som e eleven m illion entries on cards, is o f m ajor im portance as a b ib liog ra p h ic and research to o l in addition to b e in g the essential key to on e o f the w o rld ’s m ost distinguished collection s o f research materials. T h e size o f the catalog, its com plexity, and, ab ov e all, its d e ­ teriorating physical con dition, le d to a decision in 1972 to m ake n o m ore additions to it and to b e g in a n ew catalog, co m p u te r-p ro d u ce d and printed b y p h o to -co m p o sitio n in b o o k form . T h e “ o ld ” catalog, w h ich contains entries m ade prior to the library’s op en in g in 1911 through 1971, w ill n o w b e preserved, also in b o o k form , b y p h otog ra ph ic techniques. T h e catalog w ill b e u n iq u e am on g the print­ e d catalogs o f m ajor research libraries. Th e British Library, the B ib liothèqu e N ationale (P a r is ), and the L ibrary o f Congress in this cou ntry all h ave printed b o o k form catalogs, b u t th ey contain on ly author entries. T h e N ew York P u b lic L ib ra ry catalog w ill contain subject and title entries as w ell as author entries, all in on e alphabetical arrangement. T h e N e w York P u b lic Library is the first m ajor Am erican re­ search library to replace its card catalogs w ith a system o f b o o k catalogs. T h e capability for continuous expansion p ro v id e d b y the card catalog, in trod uced near the beg in n in g o f the century, is n o w p rov id ed b y the com puter w h ich offers m an y other advantages over a manual system, in cluding the tedious task o f card filing. ­ As director o f research libraries, H enderson has b e e n responsible fo r d ev elop in g and orga­ nizin g the collection s and overseeing th e opera­ tions o f tw en ty o f the library’s research d iv i­ sions, cov erin g in depth m ost subjects in the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences and tech n olog y , black culture, and the perform ­ in g arts. Besides the Central B uilding at Fifth A ve. and 42 n d St., the research libraries are lo ­ ca ted at the Library & M useum o f the Per­ form in g Arts at L in co ln Center, an annex b u ild ­ in g on W . 43rd St., and the S ch om bu rg C enter in H arlem . Since the begin n in g o f his career w ith the library in 1947, H enderson has served in key posts in acquisitions, cataloging, and ad­ ministration. F o r tw o years h e was h ead cata- lo g e r at the N ew York State Library. In 1972 his position was nam ed “ A n d rew W . M ellon D i­ rector o f T h e R esearch Libraries” in re co g n i­ tion o f an en dow m en t o f $1 m illion receiv ed b y the library from the M ellon Foundation. A lo n g w ith his efforts to preserve the catalog Now available for the fir st tim e in book form at . . . combined cumulative indexes to the complete runs of 531 journals in H istory, Political Science and Sociology COMBINED RETROSPECTIVE INDEX SETS The “ N E X U S ” com puter data base, originally created as a custom bibliographic search service in the social sciences, has been acquired b y C arrollton Press and is being published fo r the library com m unity in 25 hardcover index volumes. M ore than 3 5 0 ,0 0 0 articles from the backfiles o f scholarly journals dating back to 1838, were indexed by Subject and A uthor as input to the N E X U S com puter file, and later reprogramm ed by us fo r com position in folio-size page format. The availability o f the N E X U S data base in b o o k form will not only result in its m ore frequent and convenient use, but it will also make it available to students and other patrons w h o could not afford to spend their own funds fo r com puter searches. Single-Source Bibliographic Access Eliminates Separate Keyword Indexes Under 585 Categories Non-Productive Search Time Provide Precise Subject Access Until now, anyone wishing to make exhaustive retro­ The three sets contain 585 subject categories listed spective searches on certain subjects, or even locate under 101 major subject headings. Because o f the size works whose dates o f publication were unknown, have o f the data base, and the fact that there are an average been forced to search year-by-year through numerous o f 600 entries for each of the 585 subject categories, we annual volumes issued by several different serial indexing modified the NEXUS programs to produce separate, services or in some cases in the cumulative indexes to self-contained keyword indexes to all entries listed under individual journals. each category. As a result, each entry is listed under The new Combined Retrospective Index Sets an average o f 3.8 keywords, which gives a total o f 1.3 for His­ million subject entries for the entire collection.tory, Political Science and Sociology, however, provide not only the equivalent o f long-term combined cumula­ U P DATIN G tive coverage o f several o f the indexing services, but also Each set will be kept current with an Annual access to the many earlier issues o f those journals which Supplement volume containing both subject and were being published for many years before the indexing author entries. Beginning with coverage o f journals services started covering them. Moreover, many o f the issued during 1975, the supplements will also in­ clude entries from the backfiles o f other journals journals, such as those in the field o f “State and Local which will be added to the data base. Prices and History,” have never been adequately covered by general delivery dates will be announced.indexing services. CO M BIN E D R E TR O SP E C T IV E IN DE H XES I T O JO U R N A L 1 S 83 T 8 - O 1974 RY S IN More than 150,000 articles from the backfiles of 234 History journals in the English Language have been in­ dexed together and published in 9 casebound cumulative subject index volumes and 2 cumulative author index volumes. CO M BIN E D R E TR O SP E C T IV E P IN D O EX L ES T I O T JO I U C R N A A LS L IN SC 1 I 88 E 6 - N 197 C 4 E This set contains 6 cumulative subject volumes and 2 cumulative author volumes. Coverage includes more than 115,000 articles on such topics as Politics, Public Administration and International Relations, from the backfiles of 179 English Language journals. C O M BIN E D R E TR O SP E C T IV E S IN O D EX C ES I T O O JO U R N A LS IN 1895 - L 197 O 5 GY From the retrospective collections of 118 English Lan­ guage sociology journals, some 85,000 articles have been indexed and their entries interfiled in five casebound folio-size cumulative subject volumes, and one cumula­ tive author index volume. 208 and initiate a computerized cataloging system, Henderson has devoted particular attention to the conservation of the collections themselves, the improvement of collections and services, and extension of the library’s services through cooperative programs. In leaving his present post, Henderson said that he had taken great satisfaction in being in daily touch with man’s cultural and intellectual achievements, nowhere better represented than in the library’s mag­ nificent collections and in the knowledge and experience of its sophisticated and able staff. • Beginning with the summer issue of T h e S o u t h e a s t e r n L i b r a r i a n , a column entitled “ Bibliochange” will be included in the journal on a regular basis. The column is designed to serve as a vehicle for librarians wishing to share those bibliographies produced in-house which they feel will be useful to colleagues. A sample column printed in the winter issue of the jour­ nal drew enough favorable response for the edi­ tors to agree to carry it on a regular basis. The column is compiled by Celia Wall, engi­ neering librarian at Memphis State University. Anyone wishing to submit a bibliography for consideration should send a copy of the bibli­ ography along with a citation (author, title, date, number of pages, ordering information) to Ms. Wall, Engineering Library, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN 38152. • Participation by the U n i v e r s a l S e r i a l s a n d B o o k E x c h a n g e ( U S B E ) in the proposed national periodicals system, and a renewed drive to increase U S B E membership among foreign libraries, were among the topics dis­ cussed at U S B E ’s board of directors meeting which was held at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. February 28 and March 1. Joseph H. Treyz, director of libraries at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and USBE president, announced that the board voted unanimously to reemphasize to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Sci­ ence (N C L IS ) the importance of USBE in the national system as an economical redistribution operation growing out of the resource-sharing of 1,300 member libraries in the United States plus 82 in Canada and 280 in 53 other coun­ tries. USBE now supplies 375,000 periodicals, books, and government documents to its mem­ bers annually from its stock o f four million items. Russell Shank, director of libraries at UCLA and USBE’s representative to the NCLIS Task Force on a National Periodicals System, re­ ported to the board that the draft of the Na­ tional System names USBE as a possible com­ ponent. To meet USBE’s goal of adding 300 new members outside the United States, the board agreed to increase personal contacts with librarians abroad. Murray S. Martin, asso­ ciate dean of libraries, Pennsylvania State Uni­ versity, offered to serve as liaison with libraries in Australia and New Zealand. USBE, a not-for-profit membership agency, operates a clearing house for redistribution of periodicals, books, and government documents. Its present stock, housed in two Washington, D.C., warehouses, includes four million period­ icals (40,000 titles), books, and government documents. • The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (N C L IS ), in consulta­ tion with the Council on Library Resources (C L R ) and the National Science Foundation (N S F ), has established a T a s k F o r c e o n A m e r i c a n N a t i o n a l S t a n d a r d s I n s t i t u t e ( A N S I ) C o m m i t t e e Z-39, A c t iv it i e s a n d F u ­ t u r e D ir e c t io n s . Z-39 is concerned with stan­ dards for library work and documentation and publishing practices. Presently Z-39 is spon­ sored by the Council of National Library Asso­ ciations, Inc. (C N L S ), with Dr. Jerrold Orne, professor emeritus and former librarian, School o f Library Science, University of North Caro­ lina, serving as chairman. Dr. Orne will retire as chairman of Z-39 in 1978. The NCLIS Task Force assignment is to rec­ ommend an organization to sponsor Z-39 and provide its secretariat; to assess Z-39’s present mode of operation in terms of leadership and responsiveness to community initiatives; and to consider problems of “ unified” versus “ dual” chairmanship, use of subcommittees versus commissioned studies, and alternate means of financial support. The task force will recom­ mend an operational concept to NCLIS, CLR, and NSF. The first meeting of the task force was held March 25, 1977. Discussion and activities at this meeting consisted of background informa­ tion on ANSI procedures and operating meth­ ods; brief review of Z-39, its history and op­ eration; and the review of two studies and rec­ ommendations : ( 1 ) “ A Proposal for the Re­ structuring of ANSI Committee Z-39,” prepared by the Standards Committee of the Association o f Information and Dissemination Centers (A S ID IC ), and ( 2 ) “ Report to the Council of National Library Associations,” prepared by the Study Committee on ANSI Standards Commit­ tee Z-39. Six working groups were established to con­ sider various aspects of the problems and to prepare a brief report as a basis for discussion at the next meeting. • The Music L i b r a r y A s s o c ia t io n has es­ tablished three prizes to recognize and to en­ courage authors of reference and research tools in music. The association, acting on the advice 209 o f a panel o f senior scholars and librarians, will send a monetary reward and a letter o f com ­ mendation to prizewinners in three categories: ( 1 ) author o f the best book-length bibliography or other research to o l in m usic; ( 2 ) author un­ der forty years o ld o f the best article-length bibliography or article about music librarian­ ship; and ( 3 ) author o f the best review o f a book or score appearing in N otes: the Journal o f th e Music Library Association. The advisory panel w ill consider authors w hose works w ere published in 1976. Prize­ winners for 1976 publications w ill b e an­ nounced at the Music Library Association an­ nual meeting in Boston in February 1978. The prizes will be awarded annually. Nominations from members o f the M L A , ed­ itors o f journals, and other interested persons must b e submitted b y Septem ber 30, 1977. Nominations may b e sent to: M ichael A. Keller, M usic Librarian, Lincoln Hall, Cornell Univer­ sity, Ithaca, NY 14853. • Th e S o c i e t y o f A m e r i c a n A r c h i v i s t s has begun an archival security consultant ser­ v ice as part o f its com prehensive archival se­ curity program. The program is supported by a grant from the National E n dow m ent for the Humanities. The consultant service has been designed to assist repositories in the planning and im ple­ mentation o f their ow n security programs. C on­ sultants have been selected for their knowledge o f archival administration as w ell as security procedures and will provide concrete assistance in designing reading rooms, establishing staff security procedures, and in con vincing the p u b ­ lic o f the seriousness o f the problem. The consultant service is run on a cost-shar- ing basis. Th e SAA Security Program w ill pay the professional fees charged b y consultants. Repositories w ill be expected to pay fo r the consultants’ travel and room -and-board ex­ penses during their tw o-da y visits. Interested institutions w ill be asked to make three choices, in order o f preference, from the com plete list o f consultants. Visits b y particular consultants, however, w ill b e dependent on their schedules. Interested repositories should write the SAA Archival Security Program, Box 8198, Universi­ ty o f Illinois, C hicago Circle, C h icago, IL 60680 for further details. • Three men and tw o w om en have been awarded Council on Library Resources ( C R L ) A c a d e m i c L i b r a r y M a n a g e m e n t I n t e r n s h i p s for 1977-78. Graham R. Hill is the first Canadian librarian to be selected for participation in the intern program. Born in England, he received a B.A. in English from the University o f N ewcastle upon Tyne (1 9 6 8 ) and an M .A. in twentieth- century literature and society from Lancaster University in 1969. He received an M .L.S. from the University o f W estern Ontario in 1971, w hereupon he m ov ed to M cM aster University to take the position o f pu b lic services librarian. M cM aster’s D ivision o f Archives and Special Collections w as created in 1972. H ill becam e its director and in 1974 was asked to assume the responsibilities o f collections librarian as well. He has been assigned to work with W . Carl Jackson, dean o f university libraries at Indiana University. Jo Nell Hintner graduated from Vassar C ol­ lege in 1962 with a B.A. in English. She co n ­ tinued her education at the University o f Texas at Austin w here she received an M .L.S. in 1967. R em aining at the university, she has held in­ creasingly responsible positions in cataloging, culminating in her selection as head o f the cat­ aloging department for the Humanities R e­ search Center in 1974. Because budgeting for m ost o f the center’s operations derives annual­ ly from a special appropriation, Hintner is re­ sponsible, am ong other things, for determining fun din g requirements for processing 100,000 volumes per year. She will spend her internship working with Richard M . D ougherty, university librarian at the University o f California, Berke­ ley. Shelley E. Phipps, orientation librarian at the University o f Arizona Library, w ill intern with Connie D unlap, library director at D uke Uni­ versity. Phipps received a B.A. from Regis C ol­ lege in 1964 and an M .L.S. from the University Directory of Political Science Librarians T he Am erican Political Science Asso­ ciation is gathering information to com ­ pile a directory o f librarians and inform a­ tion scientists with a background a n d /o r interest in political science and related disciplines. T h e directory w ould form a network o f librarians in all parts o f the country w illing to provide reference and research assistance in the field o f polit­ ical science. Th e directory w ould serve political scientists and librarians alike b y form ing the basis for the exchange o f in­ formation and ideas about the bibliogra­ phy o f political science and methods o f library instruction and research. I f you wish to b e included in the directory, please contact: R obert Goehlert, Librar­ ian for E conom ics and Political Science, Indiana University Library, Bloomington, IN 47401. 210 o f Arizona in 1972. Prior to her present posi­ tion, she served as head o f the Pre-Catalog Sec­ tion and as catalog librarian at the University o f Arizona Library. Her current responsibilities involve planning and coordinating the library’s orientation and instructional efforts. Jordan M. Scepanski was awarded a B.S. in English literature and social sciences from Man­ hattan College in 1964. He spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey before tak­ ing work leading to an M.L.S. degree at Emory University in 1967. His library career began at the Uniondale Public Library, where he worked as adult services librarian. In 1970 he joined the staff o f the American Library Association, eventually becoming the acting executive secre­ tary of the Library Administration Division. Since 1974 he has been assistant director o f the library at the University o f North Carolina at Charlotte with primary responsibility for per­ sonnel, physical plant supervision, public rela­ tions, and public services. During his intern year he will work with Frank P. Grisham, direc­ tor o f the Joint University Libraries in Nash­ ville, Tennessee. J. Daniel Vann, III, will move to California to work with David C. W eber, director of the Stanford University Libraries, during his intern year. After receiving a B.A. from the University o f North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vann moved to Yale University, where he received an M.A. and Ph.D. (19 6 5 ) in history. Emory University awarded him an M.L.S. in 1971. Vann’s library career began at the Newberry Library, where he was a bibliographer and reference librarian. He served as library director at both the Baptist College at Charleston and Keuka College be­ fore moving in 1971 to the College of Staten Island, an affiliate o f the City University of New York, where he is currently deputy chief librarian. The purpose of the Academic Library Man­ agement Intern Program is to assist in the de­ velopment o f managers for the nation’s large academic and research libraries. The interns, all o f whom have some management experi­ ence, will observe the techniques used by top administration for dealing with day-to-day problems. 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