ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 241 News From the Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S • The library of the late Willy Ley, one of the best known authors of books on rockets and space travel, has been purchased by th e li brary of th e U niversity of Alabama in H unts ville. Consisting of about 4,500 volumes, it forms one of the largest collections of books and journals on th e history and development of rocketry and space travel in existence. ( Ley’s correspondence, clipping files, and manuscripts w ere simultaneously acquired by th e Nation al Air and Space Museum of th e Smithsonian In stitu tio n .) A scientist-author, Ley was instrum ental in the formation of experimental rocket groups in Germany during the 1920s and was a founding mem ber of th e Germ an Rocket Society (V fR ). His interest in rocketry helped lead to the de velopment of the V-2. H e became an early member of both the American Rocket Society and the British Interplanetary Society, with w hich he m aintained close contact prior to his departure from Germany in the mid-1930s. Ley was born in Germany a t th e tu rn of the century, came to the U.S. in 1935, and ob tained his U.S. citizenship in 1944. A free-lance w riter off and on during his lifetime, h e also worked as a science editor of a N ew York daily, a research engineer for the W ashington Insti tu te of Technology, a part-tim e professor of science a t Fairleigh Dickinson University, a con sultant to th e Office of Technical Services of the U.S. D epartm ent of Commerce, and pu b lic lecturer an d consultant on astronautics and space research to industry and film makers. At the tim e of his d eath in June 1969, Ley and his wife w ere residing in New York City. • A recent acquisition of 312 volumes pu b lished by Thomas Bird Mosher of Portland, Maine, during the period 1891 to 1923 has been donated to th e Arizona State U niversity li brary by his son, Thomas Bird Mosher, Jr. In cluded are Stevenson’s W ill o’ the Mill, one of twenty-five copies on Japanese vellum; Field’s L ittle W illie, of w hich Benton H atch states in his bibliography of Mosher “no copy located,” as well as W hitm an’s Memories o f President Lincoln, one of ten p u re Roman vellum copies. Also included are a num ber of post-1923 Mosh er imprints, catalogs, seals, photographs, paper samples, and miscellaneous new spaper clippings and business papers. This contribution enhances greatly the Mosher Collection at Arizona State University. • The F lorida State University library has recently received a complete set of books published by the Kelmscott Press in its brief existence from 1891 to 1898. Mr. H ow ard A. Storrs, editor-publisher of th e D eFuniak H er ald-Breeze, D eFuniak Springs, Florida, is the donor of this generous gift. T he set includes fifty-two titles in sixty-four volumes. Most of the books are bound in vellum, w ith only fourteen being in boards w ith linen spine. Since some of the titles w ere published in editions of only 150 copies, there can be only a small number of complete sets. • A valuable collection of books, rare off prints, microfilms, and miscellaneous items on Portuguese and Brazilian history has been given to the University of Mia m i by an outstanding L atin Americanist on th e faculty of Inter-Am er ican Studies in the UM C enter for Advanced International Studies, it has been announced by Dr. Mose L. Harvey, director of the center. Dr. Bailey W. Diffie’s collection of more than 2,000 books includes b oth rare items and large sets of resource materials. • The library of W ashburn U niversity of Topeka has been presented w ith th e private library of th e late Dr. Ray M. Lawless of Kan sas City, Missouri. Dr. Lawless was th e editor of Folk Singers and Folk Songs in America pu b ished in 1960. His private collection contains early editions of the works of Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio H earn, as well as a num ber of books dealing w ith folk songs and folklore. • T. S. Eliot’s revised typescript of “Occa sional Verses,” a section new to his Collected Poems 1909-1962, is part of an addition to the W ashington University libraries collections of considerable textual interest. W ith it are Eliot’s typescript notes on the “Occasional Verses,” and a 1954 impression of the F aber edition of Collected Poems 1909-1935, with E liot’s extensive revisions for the new edition. Two groups of letters, one from San Francisco poet Robert D uncan, th e other from Cid Cor man, American poet now living in Japan, re flect th e interest of these writers in publishing and printing. Notes and literary manuscripts of Ellic Howe, contemporary English historian of printing, have recently been added to the growing Isador M endle Collection on th e His tory of Printing. • On the occasion of its forty-fifth anniver sary th e Columbia College Class of 1925 has presented an im portant archive of John Jay let ters and manuscripts to the Columbia Col lege libraries, w hich increases immeasurably th e research value and eminence of th e libraries’ Jay Collection. Included in this most significant gift are the following groups of manuscripts: 242 forty-five letters w ritten by Jay to John Adams, George W ashington, E d m u n d Burke, Gouver n eur Morris, John Trum bull, and numerous oth er historical figures; thirty-tw o letters to Jay from th e French Ministers, L ord Grenville, and others, relating to foreign affairs; more th an one h u ndred Jay Fam ily letters, most of w hich were w ritten to Jay and concern personal m atters; a receipt book kept by Jay an d his father, cover ing the years 1789–1802; draft of a bill to Congress, 1779, in Jay’s hand, concerning the disputed borders betw een N ew York and Ver mont; a report to the Com m ittee of N ew York, 1776, on Jay’s efforts to procure cannon and other materials to defend th e H udson River; drafts of fifteen letters to L ord Jeffrey Amherst and his descendants, d ated 1795–1819, con cerning land purchases in New York State; and a letter book containing letters w ritten by Jay as Governor of New York in 1795–1796. T hese letters and papers, w hen examined and p u b lished by scholars, should add m uch to our knowledge of the American Revolution and th e developm ent of New York City and N ew York State. • A first edition of the first book of poems by Robert Burns, described as “exceedingly rare,” has been presented to C ornell U n i versity libraries. The u n cu t copy was printed in 1786 in Kilmarnock, Scotland. T he poems are mostly in th e Scottish dialect. Two other rare books, th e Revelations of St. Bridget and a first edition of The Compleat Angler, by Izaak W alton, also have b een ac quired by the university. T he Revelations, printed in 1500, is one of th e more famous il lustrated books in th e incunable period of printing. T he Revelations o f St. Bridget was presented by th e Cornell L ibrary Associates in honor of Felix Reichmann, professor of bibli ography and assistant director of libraries at Cornell, w ho retired June 30. T he two other books w ere gifts to th e library by A rthur H. D ean, a Cornell trustee, in behalf of th e L i brary Associates and in honor of Reichmann. • Arna W endell Bontemps, popular historian and biographer of American blacks, has p re sented th e m anuscript copy of A nyplace But Here, a docum ented history of black migration in th e U nited States, to Syracuse U niversity. T he book was w ritten b y Bontemps in collabo ration w ith Jack Conroy and published in 1966 (H ill & W a n g ). T he m anuscript is p a rt of the Bontemps collection of correspondence, w rit ings, and memorabilia in the George Arents Research Library. More than a h u n d red letters in th e collection w ere w ritten by m en and women prom inent in A merican literature, the black community, and th e theater, among them Conroy, Ossie Davis, W . E. B. DuBois, LeRoi Jones, Carson Kanin, W alter Lowenfels, F lor ence Crannell Means, Jay Saunders Redding, Carl Van V echten, Roy Wilkins, an d Richard W right. T he letters reflect Bontemps’ literary interests an d th e progressive stages of his w rit ings. • P ortland State University library has received a gift of a substantial collection of materials pertaining to Pacific N orthw est n at ural resources an d hydroelectric power, Ivan Bloch has donated to the library his entire working collection accum ulated over m any years during w hich h e was an engineer and head of Ivan Bloch Associates, one of th e N orthw est’s most prestigious consulting firms. The gift comprises more th an 180 cartons of papers and publications, tracing no t only th e developm ent of pow er in th e Northwest, b u t th e character of th e region’s business activity, resources, and population growth. T he collec tion is particularly strong in federal, state, and local governm ent docum ents on these sub jects, an d also includes m any survey reports p repared by Mr. Bloch’s firm. • T he Rabbi H erm an H ailperin Collection of D uquesne U niversity library has recently acquired as a gift from the Pittsburgh Biblio philes a rare edition of the L iber Cosri, a tw elfth century work by th e Spanish-Jewish philoso p her an d H ebrew poet, Ju d ah ha-Levi. The book is an original 1660 edition of a translation into L atin by th e fam ed Christian Hebraist, John Buxtorf, th e Younger. Works of his, in cluding th e L atin translation of M aimonides’ M oreh N ebuchim (1 6 2 9 ), and those of his equally famous father, John Buxtorf, th e Elder, including his two volumes Biblia Rabbinica (1 6 1 9 ), already form p a rt of th e H ailperin Collection. Originally w ritten in Arabic, the Book of th e Chazars, as it is called in English, was subsequently translated into H ebrew by Ju d ah ibn Tibbon in 1167— editio princeps, 1506. I t is this H ebrew version w hich Buxtorf parallels in th e columns of his L atin Text. • Recent acquisitions of th e U rban Archives of T e m p l e University in Philadelphia in clude th e records of University Settlements (1913-1963), th e G reater Philadelphia F ed eration of Settlements (1948-1967), the Phil adelphia Association of D ay Nurseries (1898- 1936), th e Settlem ent Music School (1908- 1960), th e W harton Centre (1912-1965), th e Philadelphia-C am den Social Service Exchange (1911-1970), and th e Citizens’ Council on City Planning (1941-1965). Runs of two Italian language newspapers p rinted in Philadelphia have also been received; they are Ordine Nuovo, 1936-1951, and L a Libera Parola, 1918-1968. • T h e Brown University library has just 243 Dept. CR7-S M ic ro c a rd Editions 9 0 1 -2 6 th S treet, N . W . W a s h in g to n , D. C. 2 0 0 3 7 □ Please send ............ copies o f y o u r la te s t c a ta lo g w ith o u t cost o r o b lig a tio n . □ This is a n o rd e r fo r th e fo llo w in g titles: □ G u id e to R eprints (1 9 7 0 ); □ G u id e to M ic ro form s in P rin t (1 9 7 0 ); □ Subject G u id e to M ic ro form s in P rint (1 9 7 0 -7 1 ); □ A nno unc e d Reprints. N a m e ................................................................................................... Title .................................................................................................... O rganization .......................................................................... A ddress .................................................................................. ANNOUNCED REPRINTS A cumulative, quarterly (February, May, August, November) publication that lists forthcoming reprints— i.e. full-size, hard-bound reprints that have been announced but have not yet been produced. It includes books, journals, and other materials originating with publishers both in the United States and abroad. Softbound. Postage paid. $30.00 per year. GUIDE TO REPRINTS. 1970. An annual, cumulative list, in alphabetic order, of books, journals, and other materials available in reprint (full-size, hard-bound) form from pub lishers in the United States and abroad. Over 38,000 titles issued by 183 reprint publishers. 255 pp. Softbound. Postage paid, $10.00. GUIDE TO MICROFORMS IN PRINT. 1970. An annual, cumulative list, in alphabetic order, of books, journals, and other materials available on microfilm, microfiche, and other microforms from publishers in the United States. Over 18,000 titles. 113 pp. Soft- bound. Postage paid, $6.00. SUBJECT GUIDE TO MICROFORMS IN PRINT. 1970-71. A biennial, cumulative list, by subject classifications, to books, journals, and other materials available on microfilm, microfiche, and other micro forms from publishers in the United States. 110 pp. Softbound. Postage paid, $6.00. M 901 T I WE C NTY R -SIXTH O STR C EET, A N .W R ., W A D S H IN ® G T E O N , D D. C. IT 2 0 0 3 7 I , 2 O 0 2 /3 N 3 3 -6 3 S 9 3 IN D U S T R I A L P R O D U C T S D I V I S I O N , T H E N A T I O N A L C A S H R E G IS T E R C O M P A N Y 244 received one of the finest sets of the double elephant f olio edition of T h e Birds of America by John James Audubon (E dinburgh & Lon don, 1827– 1838). I t was presented by Mr. Al b ert E. Lownes, th e noted Providence book collector, whose Thoreau collection was p re sented to the library in 1967. Several features distinguish the Lownes set from others. The 435 folio plates are bound in six volumes instead of the usual four since each volume is interleaved w ith protective sheets of fine, w atermarked paper. Each volume has a specially printed title-page to identify the in cluded plates. Also of importance is th a t the first ten plates are in the earliest state, differ ing from plates th a t were later retouched. The folio volumes were bound and gold stamped in half red levant morocco by F. Bedford of London. T h e five volumes of text w hich ac company th e plates, printed in Edinburgh 1831-1839 under the title Ornithological Biog raphy, are bound in full red morocco by Bed ford. The bindings are in superb condition, and the hand-colored plates are strong and brilliant. • An archive providing an intimate view of Carl Sandburg’s development as a poet has been acquired by the University of Virginia through th e efforts of collector C. W aller Bar rett of Charlottesville. The material, w hich in cludes extremely rare copies of the first four printed works by Sandburg as well as m anu scripts and unpublished poems and letters, was m ade available to Barrett by Dr. Quincy W right of Charlottesville, former professor of foreign affairs a t the university. It will be known as the Quincy W right Sandburg Col lection and will become p art of the Barrett Li brary of American L iterature in the Univer sity’s Alderman Library. A W A R D S / G IF T S • T he Library Association, London, has announced th a t entries are invited for the award of the Robinson Medal, 1970. The Medal is awarded every two years to reward the originality and inventive ability of librari ans and other interested persons or firms in connection with devising new and improved methods in library technology and any aspect of library administration. Full particulars and forms of application may be obtained from the Secretary, The Library Association, T Ridg m ount Street, London W C IE 7AE. The closing date for receipt of entries is 30th November, 1970. F E L L O W S H I P S / S C H O L A R S H I P S • Beginning in the fall of 1970, the School of Library and Information Services, Universi ty O F Maryland will offer a special program designed to equip professionals to work as in formation specialists w ith the informationally deprived in various settings, but, particularly, in the inner city and with th e undergraduate in the university. The program, funded by the U.S. Office of Education, will be a thirty-six hour program, conducted a t the master’s and post-master’s levels. Utilizing th e “Floating Li brarian” concept developed by Mary Lee Bun dy and James Welbourne, th e realization that the professional might best engage in his prac tice, apart or detached from the institutional base of libraries, will b e explored and d e veloped. The instructional program is designed to fol low three main paths. There will be a behavior al component planned to enlarge and expand the student’s understanding of th e inner city and of the role of information and the informa tion professional in this context, and a profes sional component emphasizing reference-infor mation and information organization and dis semination. The third major ingredient will be a practicum w here the student will gain field experience through a variety of placem ents' in various settings for information practice. For th e program, the school is seeking peo ple who have an interest in translating social YOU WILL HAVE— "CONFIDENCE" In O ur Complete Periodicals Service— A ll Am erican and Foreign Titles Prom ptness is a T r a d itio n a l p a r t o f M c G re g o r Service . . . as w e ll as: • EXPERIENCE • TRAINED PERSONNEL • FINANCIAL STABILITY • AMPLE FACILITIES • RESPONSIBLE M ANAGEMENT A n a ttra c tiv e brochure is a v a ila b le fo r the asking. SUBSCRIBE TO McGreg o r PERIODICALS BULLETIN OUR 37TH YEAR M a g a z i n e A g e n c y M O U N T M O R R IS, IL LIN O IS 6 1 0 5 4 245 HARVARD U n iv e r s ity L ib rary W id en er L ib rary S h e lf l i s t In its effort to com puterize certain of its bibliographical records, the H ar vard U niversity Library is converting to m achine-readable form the shelf list and classification schedules of W idener Library, H arvard’s central re search collection. As each class is completed, a three-part catalogue of the holdings of the class is published in the W idener Library Shelflist series. The first p art contains the classification schedule and a list of the entries in call-num ber (i.e. classification) sequence. The second p art lists the entries in both au th o r and title sequence. The third p art lists them again chronologi cally by date of publication. T hus, each entry appears four times. Each cata logue is a valuable tool for scholars and librarians since it makes an im por tan t contribution to the bibliography of its subject. Volumes 1 through 20 average 70 entries per page. Beginning w ith volume 21, all page copy is photocom posed in double columns, w ith approxim ately 140 entries per page. 8 ½ x 1 1 ; durable paper; cloth bound. Volumes in print: 5-6. LATIN AMERICA. 1966. 1,492 pp., 27,292 titles. 2 vols., $65.00 7. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1966. 1,066 pp., 19,643 titles. $40.00 9-13. AMERICAN HISTORY. 1967. 4,087 pp., 83,867 titles. 5 vols., $175.00 14. CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA. 1968. 494 pp., 11,388 titles. $25.00 15. PERIODICAL CLASSES. 1968. 758 pp., 25,685 titles. $25.00 16-17. EDUCATION. 1968. 1,610 pp., 32,722 titles. 2 vols., $60.00 18. LITERATURE: General and Comparative. 1968. 189 pp., 5,065 titles. $10.00 19. SOUTHERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, India, Laos, Ma laya, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim, Singapore, Thai land, and Vietnam. 1968. 543 pp., 10,292 titles. $20.00 20. CANADIAN HISTORY AND LITERA TURE. 1968. 411 pp., 10,212 titles. $17.50 21. LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE. 1969. 498 pp., 16,900 titles. $40.00 22. GOVERNMENT. 1969. 263 pp., 7,190 titles. $20.00 Volumes in preparation: 23-24 ECONOMICS. 1970. 1,800 pp., 65,000 titles. 2 vols., $95.00 25. CELTIC LITERATURES. 1970. 192 pp., 7,500 titles. $25.00 26-27. AMERICAN LITERATURE. 1970. 1,600 pp., 50,000 titles. 2 vols., $95.00 28-31. SLAVIC HISTORY AND LITERA TURES. 1970. 2,700 pp., 93,000 titles. 4 vols., $190.00 32. GENERAL HISTORY. 1970. 35,000 titles. $50.00 33. REFERENCE COLLECTIONS. 1970. 160 pp., 5,000 titles. $10.00 34. AFRICAN HISTORY AND LITERA TURES. 1970. 500 pp., 16,000 titles. $35.00 In fo rm a tio n su b je c t to change. Distributed for the Harvard University Library. Volumes may be ordered separately, or standing orders may be placed for the entire series. All orders and requests for information should be sent to HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 79 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 246 com mitm ent into professional action. Individ uals are invited to apply who have demon strated ability in working in a black community or in nontraditional work settings, preferably with social action experience. Financial assist ance is available to support students engaged in study in this program. Interested individ uals should w rite imm ediately for application forms and be prepared to come to the school for a personal interview. Inquiries should be directed to Mrs. Effie T. Knight, Administrative Assistant, U rban Information Specialist Project, School of Library and Information Services, Uni versity of M aryland, College Park, Maryland 20742. • T he Medical L ibrary Association, U.S.A. invites applicants from abroad to apply for fel lowships in two types of programs: ( 1 ) a one- year program in w hich attendance a t an ap proved library school is com bined w ith a lim ited am ount of travel and ( 2 ) a six-months program w hich provides for observation and supervised work in various U.S. m edical li braries, sometimes w ith attendance a t a six- weeks summer session course in m edical li braries. A monthly stipend, tuition, and travel in th e U nited States are provided. Candidates usually seek funds for travel to this country from other sources. Applicants should be work ing in or preparing to work in a medical li brary. T hey should be prepared to work in their own country for a period of two years af ter completion of the fellowship. Proficiency in th e English language is required. F or further information, inquiries m ay b e sent to: Mr. John Balkema, Chairman, Committee on In ternational Cooperation, M edical Library As sociation, W elch M edical Library, 1900 E ast M onument Street, Baltimore, M aryland 21205, U.S.A. G R A N T S • D owling C ollege in Oakdale, L ong Is land. New York, has received a grant of $1,275,958 under the H igher E ducation Facili ties Act from the U.S. Office of Education for th e construction of a library and the rehabilita tion of an existing building to provide a Per forming Arts Instructional Center. T he proposed Dowling College library will eventually house a collection of 250,000 books in a 93,000 square foot m odem building designed to blend archi tecturally w ith the existing William K. Van derbilt turn-of-the-century mansion, “Idle H our,” presently the main building on the Dowling campus. T he new lib r a r y building will contain three floors, plus a penthouse audi torium seating u p to 500. Library services will ten an t the first two floors; classrooms an d a multim edia instructional center will occupy the th ird floor. • The N ational Book Com m itt ee has re ceived a grant of $81,844 from th e U.S. Office of E ducation to carry out Phase H of a nation w ide E ducational M edia Selection Centers Pro gram. T he Phase II grant brings the total fed eral funding of th e program to over $300,000. The four-phase program is designed to help develop m edia selection centers for use by classroom teachers, curriculum specialists, li brarians, and other adults concerned w ith ed u cating children and youth. In Phase I I a guide will be prepared for establishing or developing such centers. This guide will be based on an analytic survey of existing centers m ade during the initial research phase of th e program. The Phase I findings w ere accepted in final report form by th e Office of E ducation early this year and transm itted to E R IC (E ducational Re sources Information C en ter). T he abstract ap pears in the June, 1970, Research in, Education under the num ber E D 036 201. The American L ibrary Association plans to publish this report in th e fall of 1970, under th e title: “E duca tional M edia Selection Centers: Identification and Analysis of Current Practices.” • An anonymous $25,000 grant for th e ac quisition of materials in varied disciplines has been m ade to th e Texas A&M U niversity li brary. • A m atching grant of $50,000 to W abash College, planning an innovative, library-cen tered educational program, was announced to day by the Council on L ibrary Resources. T he grant will be m atched by the college in like am ount. U nder th e five-year program a t the Crawfordsville, Indiana, college, th e library is expected to assume a more focal role in the in struction of undergraduates, thus contributing to the greater efficiency of th e learning process. T he program is also expected to lead to the identification of areas in w hich th e overall re sources and services of the library should be improved. In the first year th e emphasis will be on freshman seminars designed by faculty mem bers to dem onstrate the nature and th e value of th e liberal arts from th e vantage point of a well defined topic w hich typifies their work. T he seminars will show w hat the intellectual life can be like by letting the students live a p art of it along w ith the professor. A group of u p perclassmen will b e trained to work alongside leaders of th e seminars and to use their first-hand experience and their sym pathy for th e novice who faces new problems to m ake his investigations efficient and profitable. The Council on Library Resources and the N ational E ndow m ent for the H umanities re cently announced joint grants totaling $200,000 to three other institutions of higher learning which are also planning innovative library-cen- Supplement to Evans’ American Bibliography By Roger Pattrell Bristol, University o f Virginia xix, 636 pp. $35.00 This important bibliographical work attempts to include all items printed in America before 1801 which were not listed in Evans’ American Bibliography. Over 11,000 titles supplement the 39,000 originally listed by Evans and more than 7,000 of these new entries are known to exist only in a single copy. Each item is accompanied by a description which makes the books, pamphlets, news papers, journals, broadsides, and other ephemera easily recognizable. M icroprint numbers have also been given when applicable to provide additional access to the reproductions. This Supplement, in essence, completes the bibliography which Evans began 70 years ago. It serves as an essential source for a full and accurate understanding of early American history. "A splendid bibliographical tool in its final form is now available to that world of scholarship which is devoted to America’s earliest printed books. That world is eternally indebted to the willing and cooperative spirit of the several men who have selflessly given their energy and their special talents to this early period of American bookmaking. "As for the more than 50,000 recorded titles … these are the blood and fabric of America’s formative years.” — Frederic R. Goff, Chief, Rare Books Division Library o f Congress Supplem ent to Evans’ "American Bibliography” is published for the Bibliograph ical Society of America and the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Index of Printers, Publishers, and Booksellers Indicated by Charles Evans in His American Bibliography By Roger Pattrell Bristol, University of Virginia iv, 172 pp. (Bibliographical Society) $7.50 "Roger P. Bristol has again made a substantial contribution to the study of Americana through compilation of a cumulative index to printers, publishers, and book-sellers listed in the basic volumes. … His aim has been to aid the librarian, bibliographer, or book dealer with book in hand who wants to know if his copy is or is not in Evans’ American Bibliography.”—Edward G. Holley in the Library Journal Index of Printers, Publishers and Booksellers in Donald Wing’s Short-Title Catalogue o f Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and o f English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700 By Paul G. Morrison, former Curator o f Rare Books at the University of Chicago Library 217 pp. (Bibliographical Society) $20 00 Comprising almost eighty thousand items the Index is a valuable addition to seventeenth- century English bibliography. University Press of Virginia Charlottesville 248 tered programs. These institutions are: Brown U niversity, Providence, Rhode Island ($100,- 0 0 0 ); D illard U niversity, N ew Orleans, L ou isiana ($ 50,000); and J ackson State C ol lege, Jackson, Mississippi ($ 50,000), They, too, will m atch th e grants. M E E T I N G S Se p t . 14-24: T h e 1970 Conference and Congress of the International F ederation for D ocum entation ( F I D ) will take place in Bue nos Aires, A rgentina, Septem ber 14-24, 1970. Participation in the Congress is open to all those who are interested in th e problem s of docum entation and scientific information. Additional inform ation and prelim inary reg istration forms are available from: U.S. N a tional Com m ittee for F ID , N ational Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, W ash ington, D.C. 20418. F or further information regarding th e meetings and papers see J u ly / August C R L N ew s, pages 218 and 220. Oct. 11: T he American Society for Infor mation Science will hold its 33rd annual meeting Sunday, October 11, through T hurs day, O ctober 15, 1970, a t th e Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “T h e Inform ation Conscious Society” is th e them e. T he Con vention Chairm an for th e 1970 m eeting is Mr. Kenneth H. Zabriskie, Jr., Biosciences Inform a tion Services of Biological Abstracts, 2100 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Oct. 2 1-24: T he 1970 annual conference of th e Pennsylvania L ibrary Association will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia. More information is available from th e Pennsylvania Library Association, 200 South Craig Street, Room 506, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15113. For com plete information on th e program see J u ly / August C R L News, pages 220. O ct. 30: T he D epartm ent of History of No tre Dame University, th e Society of American Archivists, an d th e N ational Archives an d Rec ords Service (Region 5 ) are cooperating in the presentation of a symposium on using th e re sources of th e Presidential Libraries. I t will be held Friday, O ctober 30, 1970, in th e C ontinu ing Education C enter on th e Notre D am e cam pus. An informal gathering of participants and those arriving th e afternoon of October 29 is also being planned. Those desiring to receive a program should send their requests to th e following address: Regional Archives Branch, F ederal Records Center, 7201 South L eam ington Avenue, C hi cago, Illinois 60638. T he program and cost of attending can be found in the Ju ly /A u g u st C R L News, page 220. Nov. 11-14: T h e annual conference of the New York L ibrary Association will m eet a t th e H otel Americana, N ew York City. Nov. 12: T he annual conference of the N ew York L ibrary Association (see above) will include a conference-w ithin-a-conference on th e Preservation of L ibrary Materials, Novem b er 12, 1970. In addition to th e preservation of books th e m eeting will concern itself w ith non book m aterials such as phonodises, tapes, prints, maps, and special collections. T he speakers and panelists include V erner Clapp, Carolyn H orton, F razer Poole, Jesse Shera, M aurice T auber, and m any others. T he m eeting is open to nonmembers and per diem registration is available. Nov. 13-16: T h e Oral History Association will hold its F ifth Annual Colloquium, No vem ber 13 through 16, 1970, a t Asilomar, on th e M onterey-Carmel Peninsula, California. Speakers include T. H arry Williams, Boyd Pro fessor of History a t Louisiana State University, an d Francis C. Schruben, Professor of History at Pierce State College. Panels are scheduled on “Oral History and Black Studies” and “ How to Make Oral History More Useful”; group ses sions will be held on interview ing techniques, publishing, processing, public relations, legal and ethical considerations, and inform ation re trieval as they relate to oral history projects. T he all-inclusive cost is $100. A W orkshop in Basic Oral History Methods will be held prior to th e Colloquium, N ovember 12 (4 :3 0 p .m .) through N ovember 13, for th e benefit of new members. T he all-inclusive cost is $25. F or registration inform ation contact Mrs. W il la Baum, Regional Oral History Office, Room 486, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720. Nov. 28: T he Fifty-sixth Annual Conference of E astern College Librarians will m eet at Columbia University. The Conference topic will be “Research Libraries and th e Publishing In dustry.” Inquiries should be addressed to: Mr. Basil M itchell (C hairm an of T he Program C om m ittee), Executive Director, Southeastern N ew York Library Resources Council, 103 M ar ket Street, Poughkeepsie, N ew York 12601. Jan. 6-12, 1971: Following on the XXVIIth International Congress of O rientalists Library Panel a t Ann Arbor in 1967, L ibrary Seminars will be held during the 28th International Con gress of Orientalists, Canberra, 6-12 January, 1971. These may be regarded as th e first m a jor activities of th e International Association of O rientalist L ibrarians set u p a t th e Ann Arbor meetings. 249 Apr. 23-24, 1971: Sixteenth annual Midwest Academic Librarians Conference a t Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. May 3 0-June 3, 1971: The 70th Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association will be held in New York City, May 30- June 3, 1971. A letter of intent to submit a formal paper for consideration, accompanied by a short ab stract, should be sent by September 1, 1970, to: Alfred N. Brandon, Librarian, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, F ifth Avenue and 100th Street, New York, New York 10029. The dead line for submission of completed papers is February 1, 1971. For information regarding the type of papers needed see July/August CRL News, pages 220 and 224. Aug. 22-27, 1971: An International Con ference on Information Science will be held in Israel on August 22-27, 1971. Papers will be presented in the following areas: (1 ) Informa tion Analysis and Information Analysis Cen ters; (2 ) Retrieval of Information; (3 ) Selec tion, Education, and Training of Personnel; (4 ) Publishing and Reproduction. English will be the official language. Social activities will in clude reception by local officials; visits to edu cational institutions, libraries, and Israeli homes, and optional sightseeing tours. Proceedings will be published after the conference. T he registra tion fee is $50 per person. Titles and sum maries of papers are due not later than Decem ber 1, 1970. For further information contact: Conference Secretary, ISLIC—Israel Society of Special Libraries and Information Centres, P.O.B. 16271, Tel-Aviv. Sep t. 30-O ct. 2, 1971: The Indiana Li brary Association will m eet at Stouffer’s Inn, Indianapolis, Indiana. F urther information can be obtained from Jane G. Flener, President, Indiana Library Association, Indiana University Library, Bloomington, Indiana 47401. M I S C E L L A N Y • A study started four years ago as an ex periment in speeding the purchasing and pro cessing of library books for Colorado colleges and universities will go into full-time operation this year. Located a t the University of Colo rado, the Cooperative Book Processing Center will serve twelve Colorado colleges and uni versities and during the next year it will buy and process as many as 150,000 volumes for these institutions. Participating libraries are CU, Colorado State University, the University of Northern Colorado, Metropolitan State College, the Community College of Denver, the Colo rado School of Mines, Fort Lewis College, Adams State, W estern State, Colorado Moun- you had the KJV Then the RSV Now you need The IB— The Interpreter’s Bible An outstanding biblical commentary in twelve volumes compiled by more than 140 of the world's leading scholars. Some outstanding features: Double text— King James and Revised Standard versions in parallel columns Exegesis on every passage Informative articles on the Bible, Testaments, and Dead Sea Scrolls Outline and full-color maps Each volume is bound in handsome, durable, coated cloth. The most efficient tool for ministers, teachers, students of the Bible. Single volume, $8.75; 12-volume set, $89.50; leather edition (sets only), $199.50 A B IN G D O N PRESS NASHVILLE—NEW YORK 250 tain College, Tem ple Buell, and Regis Col lege. Overall goal of the cooperative center is to cut th e red tape of ordering and cataloging e d ucational materials, thus releasing library staff members to help library users. College and uni versity libraries using th e center send book or ders to th e center instead of to individual book vendors. T he center orders th e books and re ceives th e books directly from th e vendors, then catalogs and provides bibliographic in form ation to th e individual libraries. Dr. Richard M. Dougherty, associate director of CU libraries, who has spearheaded th e book processing center development, said the center has cut the costs of buying and processing books. F or example, he said, th e acquisition and processing cost for the average book in 1967 was $3.10. D uring th e experimental peri od of th e center last year, th e cost was $2.70 for the average volume, despite inflation. D ougherty said the Colorado center is the first operative one in th e U nited States. Plans are u n d er way in Ohio and th e New England area to start similar centers, he said, b u t the Colorado center is the first one actually buying and processing books. H e acknowledges th a t there are “kinks” in the processing center—some college and university libraries are getting fast er service than others. B ut h e adds th a t ef forts are being m ade u n d er th e state legisla tive appropriation to start ironing out these rough spots. T he Colorado legislature this year provided $100,000 to support th e cooperative center. H alf the appropriation will be spent on de velopmental activities, including th e programs for staff librarians on working w ith the center. T he other half of th e state appropriation will b e used as an incentive for libraries no t al ready in the system to start having books proc essed. D ougherty said $1.25 per volume of the first 40,000 volumes processed will be p aid for by th e state. O perational status of th e Colorado Coop erative Book Processing C enter grew from a $126,000 grant from th e N ational Science Foundation. The grant covered a three-year period starting early in 1967 and consisted first in a feasibility study of a processing cen ter, next in designing a center, and last year in a six-month experimental operation. In ad dition to the N ational Science F oundation grant, participating colleges and universities have p ro vided $10,000 for costs of th e trial phases of th e center. E ditor’s N ote: T he following copy was su b m it te d for publication by Mrs. L y n n Rosen, Co lumbia School o f Library Service, Columbia University. • The Cambodia crisis has had a profound im pact on academic life in the U nited States. Previously, it was accepted th a t w hile many individuals in the university community took political action, the university as a whole should not act. Now, for th e first time, the role of the university is being interpreted in a wholly new light. Academic libraries and library schools, as p art of the university community, are forced to reexamine their own position. I t was for this reason th a t on Thursday, May 14, 1970, the Columbia University School of Library Service sponsored a colloquium to discuss w h at th e role of a university library should be during times of crisis. T he colloquium took th e form of a case study of Columbia University. F or this purpose, there was a panel rep re senting the various factions at Columbia, in cluding W arren Haas, D irector of Libraries; Allan J, Dyson, representing non-union profes sionals; Professor Sidney Morganbesser, rep re senting th e faculty; Professor Alan H azen, the library school faculty; Joe Popper, representing Local 1199; Brian Turner, representing the Student Strike Steering Committee; and E d Jajko, representing th e non-striking library stu dents. D r. Lowell M artin was chairman. The panel and audience considered th e following questions: Should or can th e library remain open if the university closes? W h at is th e li brary ’s role in a struck university? Considering th e need for a functioning inform ation an d re source center, can or should the library re m ain neutral ground? If so, w h at are th e work ers’ rights? In the inevitable clash of ideology, how can a w orkable balance be achieved? T he answers to these questions are n o t sim ple, an d there w ere diverse opinions. M uch of the discussion concerned not w hether th e li brary should remain physically opened, b u t w hether the library should “facilitate” certain actions over others on the p art of th e staff: w hether, for example, th e library should allow an acquisitions librarian to devote h er tim e, during this crisis, to procuring literature dis trib u ted on campus, rath er than perform ing her regular duties. T here was an awareness th at the failure to include workers in the two-day moratorium a t Columbia had led directly to the workers’ strike on Friday. But there was disagreem ent over w hether the workers did in deed have th e right to strike at this time. More generally, it was suggested th a t the library staff could set up revolving duties to allow tim e for anti-war activities. Professor M artin concluded th e colloquium by saying: “W e came together for communica tion and understanding. I think th ere’s been communication. I ’m not so sure of the under standing.” We are hopeful th a t the colloquium will provide a basis for continuing discussion, and will lead to understanding. It is crucial in these critical times th a t th e university library reevaluate its own position to m eet th e times. 251 M ajor academ ic and pu blic lib ra ries choose … to reduce book losses and im prove services W h y CHECKPOINT is the ONLY sys tem that, under professional evalua tion, reduced losses over 90% while permitting open stacks and public d is p la y of new a c q u is itio n s . CHECKPOINT eases traffic flow, controls circulation without embar rassment to patrons, diverts staff time from searching for and replac ing missing materials, to improving service. At la s t… valuable collec tions can be opened permanently to all patrons … while simultaneously curtailing unauthorized removals dramatically. 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Inquire for price. 254 • International cooperation in th e sharing of inform ation an d translations has b ee n form al ized betw een th e N ational Translations C enter of th e J ohn C rerar L ibrary and two groups outside th e American hem isphere —th e E u ro p ean Translations C entre in Delft, Holland, an d th e N ational L ending L ibrary of G reat Britain, a t Boston Spa. T he N ational Translations C enter, o p erated b y C rerar and partially supported b y a N ational Science F o u n dation grant, is th e principal U.S. depository and inform ation center for u npublished tran s lations into English from w orld literatu re of th e natural, physical, m edical an d social sci ences. T he E u ro p ean Translations C entre con centrates on E ast E uropean an d O riental litera tu re—th e so-called difficult languages, B uding ton explained. T h e N ational L ending L ibrary of G reat Britain collects translations into E n glish from all languages. U nder th e agreem ent w ith th e two E uropean centers, th e N ational Translations C enter of th e John C rerar L ibrary will provide distribution of N L L and E T C m aterials in th e W estern Hem isphere. T he cooperating centers will ex change index cards and translations, including cu rren t m aterials and a backlog accum ulated since the N L L discontinued sending copies of its translations to th e U.S. Clearinghouse for F ederal Scientific and Technical Inform ation. As soon as th e new acquisitions can b e ana lyzed an d processed, they will be cited in Translations R egister-Index, th e N T C ’s semi m onthly publication, w hich lists new acquisi tions by COSATI subject categories. T he N ational Translations C enter is a non profit enterprise w hich currently has nearly 150,000 translations cataloged in its collection. Translations prep ared b y governm ent agencies, industries, professional societies, academ ic in stitutions an d individuals are contributed to the C enter w here they are indexed an d m ade available to others u pon request. T he C enter also m aintains records of translations available from other sources. Inform ation on th e avail ability of translations an d copies of transla tions on file m ay be obtained from N ational Translations Center, Jo h n C rerar Library, 35 W . 33d S t , Chicago, Ill. 60616. • In a near-unanim ous vote May 28, 1970, th e F aculty Senate of th e U niversity of Rhode I sland approved a proposal to give faculty status to librarians effective Ju n e 30, 1971, a t th e latest. T he senate action w ill have to b e a p proved b y P resid en t W ern er A. Baum an d th e Board of Trustees to ta k e effect. T h e proposal was p reced ed by th e following pream ble: T he librarians of th e University of Rhode Island are responsible for th e developm ent of our university library, th e vital center of th e university. In program s a n d policies, as an integral p a rt of th e university, they should be afforded faculty status. By full p articip a tion as faculty members, for example, by serving on university com mittees concerned w ith curriculum developm ent an d as rep re sentatives in th e F aculty Senate, the librari ans will certainly be b etter ab le to con trib u te to th e developm ent of th e university. L ibrarians are an organic p a rt of th e un i versity com m unity and can best function as professionals as well as contribute m ore cre atively to th e university w hen they are thus rightly recognized as professional members of th e university faculty. T he proposal itself recom m ended: 1. T h at full faculty status b e afforded to all qualified librarians w ho have professional d e grees in library service, in a subject area disci pline or equivalent professional experience not later th an June 30, 1971. 2. T h at qualified librarians who are eligible for faculty status receive all th e benefits as well as assume all th e responsibilities of full faculty m em bers as defined in th e U niversity M anual. 3. W ith respect to salary, th a t librarians re ceive th e same salaries for an academ ic year as do other faculty m em bers in th e same ranks and w here librarians are offered tw elve-m onth appointm ents, th e ir salaries be adjusted on th e same basis as other faculty m embers. 4. T h at librarians b e eligible for appointm ent an d prom otion to higher ranks on th e basis of m erit. (T h e holding of academ ic rank shall be in d ep en d en t of th e holding of adm inistra tive app o in tm en t in th e lib ra ry .) 5. T h a t qualified librarians b e eligible to hold additional academ ic appointm ents in d e partm ents other th a n the library an d th a t it be possible for qualified members of other d ep a rt m ents to b e given appointm ents in th e library. 6. T h a t librarians shall have access to grants, fellowships, an d research funds an d be eligible to serve as principal investigators on extram ural contracts an d grants. 7. T h at librarians have access to th e griev ance, ap p eal an d review procedures available to other faculty members. 8. T h a t librarians presently em ployed re ceive th e benefits an d discharge th e duties ap propriate to th eir ranks. (A ll prom otions sub sequent to th e granting of full academ ic recog nition to the librarians shall b e subject to the new requirem ents. No librarians currently em ployed shall b e dem oted or suffer loss of in come th ro u g h application of th e new stan dards.) 9. T he following rank designations: Current faculty— Instructor, A ssistant Professor, Associ ate Professor, Professor; Librarians—Assistant L ibrarian, Assistant Professor in th e L ibrary, Associate Professor in the L ibrary, Professor in th e Library. T h e proposal for faculty status for librarians 255 Attention: Libraries with large collections in given subject areas Bro-Dart’s Books-Coming-Into-Print Program is designed for you Books-Coming-Into-Print, a program of Bro-Dart’s Stacey Division, the nation’s leading academic bookseller, simplifies book selection and acquisition for libraries acquiring extensively from given subject areas. And, it vastly reduces the costly, time-consuming task of evaluating thousands of notices and reviews. You receive unique Advance Notice Cards on all books of potential interest and, when published, books are sent on approval. Books-Coming-Into-Print has been developed to speed and simplify book acquisition in specific disciplines for your library. By using our comprehensive Subject Thesaurus, you profile your library’s requirement; you choose the areas in which you collect in depth, you select the type of book and level of publication which you normally require, you specify the other criteria you use in book selection. Using this information, we evaluate all new book announcements and notify you of only those that match your profile; regardless of how broad or narrow your areas of special interest or desired academic level. You’ll thus receive an Advance Notice Card prior to publication for each title which falls within your profile. You’ll be dealing with one source for new books from more than 4,000 publishers. This program applies to all books in the humanities or the sciences, continuations, and monographs by commercial and non-commercial publishers. For additional information on this time and money-saving service, write Dept. CRL-946. EASTERN DIVISION: 1609 Memorial Ave., Williamsport, Pa. 17701 WESTERN DIVISION: 15255 East Don Julian Road, City of Industry, Cal. 91746 256 originated in the University of Rhode Island chapter of th e A merican Association of U ni versity Professors over two years ago and was referred b y th e F aculty Senate to its Library Committee. T h at committee, chaired b y Dr. Lewis J. H utton, was very concerned over th e relative standing of th e library com pared to sister institutions. A ided closely b y A bner Gaines, Associate L ibrarian, and later by George Parks, th e University L ibrarian who came in August, 1969, th e com mittee visited other university libraries. I t w orked carefully w ith the university adm inistration to insure the feasibility of its proposals. I t entertained sug gestions from library staff an d the University of Rhode Island Professional L ibrarians’ Asso ciation. Its research an d its work w ith th e fac ulty helped to create th e favorable attitu d e w hich culm inated in th e vote taken today. • The new Action C ouncil of th e Ameri can L ibrary Association’s Social Responsibilities Round Table, m eeting w ith its Clearinghouse Com m ittee on Friday, 3 July 1970, a t th e close of the 89th Annual Conference of the Association, m ade some policy decisions th a t d e term ine th e direction th a t th e Round T able will take in th e coming year. T h e council, sensing th e increasing im por tance of d irect action an d exemplary behavior, is coordinating th e work of a num ber of Task Forces based on specific projects or specific constituencies, rath er than on open-ended themes. These 1970-1971 Task Forces include groups working on an A lternative Books in Print, W om en’s Liberation and the status of women in libraries, a bibliography of th e peace movement, th e place of minorities in profes sional librarianship, gay liberation, new ap proaches to cataloging-in-source, and intellect ual freedom. Since local action b y th e SRRT Affiliates is to b e em phasized, th e Action Council assigned top priority to th e m aintenance of an extensive communications netw ork for th e Affiliates, th e Task Forces, and th e SRRT m embership. W hen action is needed, th e response can be called for quickly. T he Action Council’s th ird decision affects the national SRRT program a t th e 90th an nual ALA conference a t Dallas. Instead of planning an d presenting a program of speakers or “entertainm ent,” th e 1971 program will te n tatively feature an environm ent for action. The Task Forces and Affiliates will present an open forum for the discussion of their actions and projects; librarians interested in these sample projects or in forming new local action groups to m eet th e specific needs of th eir communities and libraries will b e welcome to join in small groups and round tables of SRRT mem bers to focus in on th e year’s experiences an d plan specific new actions. F o r fu rth er inform ation on th e SRRT Task Forces, local Affiliates, Action Council, or Clearinghouse Committee, contact the new Action Council Coordinator: Patricia Schuman, 10 W est 16th Street, New York, N.Y. 10011. P U B L I C A T I O N S • Libraries and industrial users interested in indexes to th e Arkansas G azette, oldest new s p ap er w est of th e Mississippi, 1819–to cu rren t date, please contact Arkansas Indexing Com m ittee, c /o University of Arkansas, L ittle Rock L ibrary, 33rd an d University, L ittle Rock, Ar kansas 72204. • T h e Continuing Dialogue is a special 150-page annotated bibliography of over 200 books ( published mostly in th e last th ree years) concerned w ith th e interaction betw een th e sciences, th e hum anities, education and society, and w ith th e relationships betw een sci ence, technology and society. Also included are books on philosophy, religion, sociology, and culture in general. Included are books b y au thors such as Jacques Barzun, Daniel Bell, George Boas, H arold Cassidy, René Dubos, Robert F. Goheen, Sidney Hook, H ow ard M um ford Jones, E d w ard H. Levi, H arlow Shapley, George Gaylord Simpson, and H ow ard T ay lor. Individual copies may b e ordered a t $3.00 p er copy from th e Institute Libraries, Poly technic In stitu te of Brooklyn, 333 Jay Street, Brooklyn, N ew York 11201. • A lim ited n u m ber of copies of the follow ing title are available, as announced b y th e Chicago State College Library—Job D escription and Certification for Library Technical Assist ants (Proceedings of th e Council on L ibrary Technology (C O L T ) Central Region W orkshop held January 23 an d 24, 1970) edited b y Noel R. Grego and Sr. M. Chrysantha Rudnik, CSSF. 68 pages. $3.00, including transportation and handling. Send requests to: Mrs. Noel R. Grego, H ead, Catalog D epartm ent, Library. Rm. 311C, Chicago State College, Chicago, Il linois 60621. • T he Council of N ational L ibrary Associa tions has just published a list of placem ent services th a t are available to librarians through library associations, library schools, an d state libraries. This guide provides p ertin en t infor m ation both to librarians looking for employ m ent and to employers seeking personnel. It was compiled by D orothy Doyle, library con sultant, W ashington State Library, chairman; Carlyle Frarey, senior lecturer, Columbia U ni versity, School of L ibrary Service; H elen Brown Schmidt, executive secretary, M edical L ibrary Association; K atharine Stokes, College and U ni versity L ibrary Specialist, U.S. Office of E d u cation, Division of Library Programs. Copies are available a t 10¢ each, from the Catholic L i 257 brary Association, 461 W. Lancaster Ave., H a verford, Pennsylvania 19041. • Details surrounding the earliest history of w hat is now Texas A&M University are cov ered in the publication, Getting th e College Under W ay, by E rnest Langford, university archivist. T he 65-page pam phlet issued as “University Library Miscellaneous Publication No. 2” brings together th e findings of several years of research. Copies of the publication are available in the L ibrary D irector’s office, Texas A&M University, College Station. The price is $3.00. • Menckeniana, a quarterly publication is sued since 1962 from the Mencken Room of the Enoch P ratt Free Library, Baltimore, Mary land, is devoted to the rambunctious world of H. L. Mencken, th e needling influence of his ideas on his contemporaries, and the signifi cance of these ideas in today’s world. Each is sue contains one or more previously u n p u b lished items by Mencken, such as his corre spondence w ith Gerald W. Johnson while they were writing “History of the Sunpapers,” and items intended for another edition of Minority Report. Also included are original articles about him and a continuing bibliographic checklist of w hat has recently come to light, or been p u b lished, concerning him. Annual subscriptions to M enckeniana are $2.00. • T he newest title to be published by the Ohio State University libraries is a Natural R e sources Bibliography, edited by Irene Braden Hoadley. N atural resources in this work have been lim ited to such categories as land and soils, minerals, forests, fish and wildlife, water and so forth, including the social context. There is an introductory discussion w hich elaborates the theoretical framework and rationale for a view of resource use w hich essentially indicates th a t “resources are not; they become.” The organization of th e bibliography an d the m aterial included are intended to further sci entific thinking by including as special cases under broader headings topics normally re ceiving prime attention in natural resources lit erature. Both a subject and a title index are provided. The basic compilation of this work was done under the direction of the late Dr. Charles A. D ambach, Director, School of N a tural Resources, Ohio State University. Copies are available for $5.00 from the Ohio State Uni versity Libraries Publications Committee, Room 322-A, 1858 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210. • In recognition of the Dickens Centennial, the University of California a t Los Angeles Library has published Richard A. Vogler’s A n Oliver Tw ist Exhibition: A M em ento f or the D ickens Centennial, 1970: A n Essay. 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Copies are available a t $1.00 each from the Gifts and Exchange Section, Acquisitions D e partm ent, University of California a t Los An geles Library, Los Angeles, California 90024. • The American Translators Association (ATA) has recently published the second edi tion of its Professional Services Directory. The new edition supersedes th e first edition, which was published in 1965 and is now out of print. The new, greatly expanded listing con tains detailed information on over 350 mem bers of ATA, who can translate from or into 46 different languages and specialize in one or more of eighty-eight different technical, scien tific, or literary disciplines. The translators listed include residents of most areas of the United States and of sixteen foreign coun tries. T he new directory, produced w ith the use of special “mnemonic profiles” and of new computer programs, enables any user to iden tify quickly those translators m atching any spe cific professional requirements, by consulting any of four main Index Sections, w hich are arranged by discipline, by source language, by target language, and by geographical location of th e translator. A directory section provides additional data of interest to users. T he new Professional Services Directory is available postpaid a t $15.00 from PSD-ATA, c /o 6900 Grove Road, Thorofare, N.J. 08086. Orders ac companied by paym ent and requiring no fur ther billing receive a 20 percent reduction in price ($12.00 n e t). • Seven new sections of the English Full Edition of th e Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) have just been published by British Standards Institution. 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Prices by post to nonsubscribers are given in th e text. ■ ■ News From the Sections L A W A N D P O L I T I C A L S C I E N C E S U B S E C T I O N Editor’s Note: The following letter was submitted for publication in College & Research Libraries. It was the opinion of the editors of both College & Research L i braries and College & Research Libraries News that since the conference was publicized in the News that the letter should also be printed in the News. To the Editor: As co-directors of a scheduled ALA Pre- Conference Institute on Legal Bibliography, we feel an obligation to explain why this institute was cancelled. Our participation in the activities of th e Law and Political Science Subsection of the Sub ject Specialist Section of th e Association of Col lege an d Research Libraries made us aware of the great interest of librarians working w ith so cial science materials in legal literature. The good attendance a t th e meeting on th e litera ture of the U.S. Supreme Court sponsored by the Law and Political Science Subsection a t the Atlantic City meeting of ALA further con vinced us of the interest of many librarians in legal literature. Consequently, one of th e undersigned, as chairman of the subsection, suggested the pos sibility of a Pre-Conference Institute on Legal Bibliography a t D etroit to the Executive Sec retary of ACRL, and received encouragement for it. W e then proceeded to lay plans for such an institute, recruited additional faculty, and arranged for the institute to b e hosted, at no cost to ALA, by th e School of Law of W ayne State University. T he Subsection Ex ecutive Com mittee m et a t Chicago at th e M id w inter meeting of ALA, and final plans were approved by the Chairman of the Subject Specialist Section and the Executive Secretary of ACRL . Subsequently, we arranged for free distribu tion to enrollees of sample copies of biblio graphic tools, and a free cocktail party and dinner. All of this would have been available to participants for only $50.00, w ith practically no expenses incurring to the American Library Association; in fact, ALA would have received a substantial profit from the institute. D uring the entire planning phase of this meeting, we received no support from ALA H eadquarters. All typing and publicity had to be arranged for a t our respective schools. Suddenly, in th e middle of May, we were inform ed for the first tim e th a t th e faculty THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES • A Bibliography Based on the Collections of the San Fernando Valley State College Library 3100 entries in shelf list order Indexed by main entry Cloth, $12.00 PRINTED AT THE WARD RITCHIE PRESS DISTRIBUTED BY RICHARD ABEL & COMPANY