ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 238 News from the Field A C Q U ISITIO N S • C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y has been credited with p reserv in g intact six cartons o f h e re to fo re un­ known p erso n al p ap ers b e lo n g in g to th e p o et W illiam W ordsworth, a cache that should be o f im m ense value to scholars for years to come. It includes m ore than thirty letters and frag­ m ents o f correspondence betw een the poet and his wife, Mary. Previously, only one le tte r was known from W ordsworth to his wife. In addition th ere is his side, in his own words for the first tim e , o f th e C o le rid g e -W o rd sw o rth feud and even one early draft of a Coleridge poem. Alan H am ilton o f th e Tim es (London) w rote th a t “ th e l e t t e r s d e m o lis h th e im a g e o f Wordsworth as a cool, rather distant figure who found more inspiration in his sister Dorothy than in his w ife.” Although C o rnell purchased th e collection in an auction at Sotheby’s in London last summer, the university was not able to bring the collection to Ithaca, New York. B ritish law prohibits th e export o f national treasures if a British institution can match the price for which the treasure was sold. D ove Cottage, a museum in the Lake D istrict w here most of W ordsworth’s papers are kept, b e ­ cam e aware o f C o rnell’s purchase and m atched the p rice o f about $ 7 3 ,0 0 0 in M arch. As a result o f negotiations, C ornell received a full microfilm set o f the papers. According to the New Y ork Times, “Sotheby’s labeled the whole collection ‘T h e Property o f a G entlem an ,’ but ownership was eventually traced to a young man in Carlisle, on the Scottish bor­ der. U ntil last year he was a carp etfitter, then he s e t up in b u s in e s s b u y in g old p a p e r fo r th e stam p s. H e said th a t h e had b o u g h t th e old Wordsworth treasure for 5 pounds and was about to b u rn som e o f it w hen h e saw th e n a m e Wordsworth. He called Sotheby’s and then the police called on him, but he stuck to his story that one o f the great library finds of the century had b e e n sold to him by som eone, he could not rem em ber who, as junk. ” C ornell Library officials saw the auction item in Sotheby’s catalog and placed a bid. T h ere was only one other bid. I f the auction house had not received a predeterm ined amount for the co llec­ tion, it was to have b e en split up and each lot sold as signatures. T h e D o v e C o tta g e t r u s te e s h a v e fo rm a lly thanked Cornell for preventing the dispersal o f a valuable scholarly resource and a British national treasure. C o r n e ll h as o n e o f th e m o st e x te n s iv e W ordsworth collections in the world. Stephen M. Parrish, a professor of English at C ornell, is ed it­ ing the W ordsworth manuscripts being published in a series by the C ornell University Press. H e is now in England working on the p ro ject, but the microfilm o f the new find will b e invaluable to his work when he returns to Ithaca in the fall. • A le tte r dated Janu ary 11, 1497, and in i­ tialed by King Henry V II o f England has b e en p re se n te d as a gift to th e d ep artm en t o f R are Books and A rchives at th e U n i v e r s i t y o f T o ­ l e d o ’s W illiam S. C arlson L ib ra ry by T o led o attorney-industrialist Edward Lamb. T h e le tte r was originally loaned to the univer­ sity for display as part o f the Carlson Library’s exhibit marking the 500th anniversary o f printing in England and pu blishing in th e E ng lish lan­ guage by William Caxton, who was employed by Henry V II to promulgate his laws. Also part of the same exhibit was another gift o f L am b , a p rin te d copy o f the M agna C arta, published in 1576 near th e end o f the first cen ­ tury of printing in that country. This printed ver­ sion o f the docum ent is thought to b e the only one in the U nited States. Incorporated with the M agna C a r ta in th e b ou n d v o lu m e a re o th e r land m ark legal te x ts w ritte n in le g a l F r e n c h , probably used as a “law school” text, plus hand­ w ritten lectu re notes in th e margin. • T h e Oral History o f the Arts Archive, estab­ lis h e d in 1 9 7 4 , is lo c a te d in th e lib ra r y at C a l i f o r n i a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , L o n c B e a c h . It is designed to preserve and develop archival m ate­ rial p e rta in in g to th e cu ltu ra l d e v elo p m en t o f southern California in the early tw en tieth ce n ­ tury, with primary emphasis on the period from 1920 through 1935, although some materials ex­ tend beyond 1950. A particular aspect is to estab­ lish th e situation into w hich th e ém igrés from Nazi Germ any came to southern California in the 1930s. T h e a rch iv a l m a te ria l is co m p o sed o f tap e- recorded interview s and related personal docu­ ments. At p resent, the archive has nine specific units. T h e first eight units relate to individual item s o f southern California cu ltu re, w hile the ninth is a broad and varied set o f interviews relat­ ing to the total topic. In all cases, an aural aspect is central to each collection, although for the first eight units, significant w ritten docum ents have also b e e n preserved. T h e units include the W esley K uhnle Reposi­ tory, which docum ents this southern California performing musician’s research in early keyboard music; the Gerald V. Strang C ollection; material o f the Southern California Chapter o f th e Ameri­ can Musicological Society Archive; and the Dane 239 R u dh yar C o lle c tio n , w hich co n ta in s co p ie s o f m ost of his articles and books on music, many o f which are unpublished. Nearing com pletion is the Richard Buhlig C ol­ lection, which contains his papers, hundreds o f co n cert programs and review s, le tte rs , and r e ­ lated bio grap h ical d ocu m en ts. T h e M orris H. R u g e r C o lle c t io n d o c u m e n ts th is s o u th e r n California com poser and educator, and th ere is also a u n it th at d ocu m en ts th e e x ile w rite rs, G eo rge F ro e s c h e l, W ilh elm Sp ey er, and Hans W ilh elm . At a tim e w hen new cu ltural values w ere ju s t being form ulated, the Pasadena Com ­ munity Playhouse offered a unique cultural group to southern California. This is the su bject o f the eighth unit. T h e final and ninth unit is the Oral History C ollection. C ollections of a related interest are located at U C LA and U SC , including Sh oeb berg Institute, T och, and Zeisl. T h e emphasis o f archival personnel so far has been on making and securing taped interviews. A com plete listing of these interviews and perfor­ mances, which are available on tape, is located in th e Special Collections and Archives D ep artm ent at California State University, Long Beach. • At a recent auction at Sotheby’s in London, th e F o l g e r S h a k e s p e a r e L i b r a r y a cq u ire d a large archive o f the F errers family o f Tamworth C astle on the W arw ickshire-Staffordshire border. T h e m a n u sc rip ts d a te la rg e ly fro m th e m id ­ sixteenth to the m id-seven teen th centu ry, with some papers going back to as early as 1500. T h e F errerses w ere an important local family, and these papers provide an interestin g insight into their personal and official affairs. Portions of the manuscripts touch on legal m atters, memorial affairs, Staffo rd shire o fficeh o ld ers, m ilitia and m u ster papers, as w ell as household purchases and stew ards’ accounts. C on tem p orary ev en ts, such as Prince C harles’ visit to Spain, parliam en­ tary elections, and plague in London are m en­ tioned in the family papers. In 1955, the library acquired a sm aller group of papers of the Bagot family o f Staffordshire. Giles D aw so n , c u r a to r e m e r itu s o f rare books and m anuscripts o f the F o lg e r L ib rary , who ca le n ­ dared those papers, has already discovered in the newly acq uired F e r r e r s papers corresp on den ce with Richard Bagot. In addition, correspondence of well-known historical figures, such as Sir F ran ­ c is W a ls in g h a m , T h o m a s E g e r to n , and S ir Thomas Mainwaring, has b e en found in the col­ lection. Tamworth Castle was sold by the heirs o f the F e rre rs family in 1811, and at some tim e in the m id-nineteenth century, the archive was acquired by the great English collector, S ir Thomas Phil­ lipps. The manuscripts are now loosely contained in boards bearing Sir Thom as P hillipps’ manu­ script numbers. As the collection contains some 3 ,4 0 0 p ieces, it will b e several years before the manuscripts can b e sorted and calendared for the use o f Folger readers. T h e manuscripts will also b e microfilmed for d e p o sit in th e B r itis h L ib ra ry . W h e n th e cataloging is com pleted, however, the collection will be an important source for the English R e ­ naissance scholar. • T h e Sh een Archives at S t . B e r n a r d ' s S e m i ­ n a r y Library, R ochester, New York, have com­ pleted the prelim inary organization o f th e ir sec­ ond m ajor gift o f S h e e n m aterials. T h ese w ere received in O ctober 1977 and came from Arch­ bishop F u lton John Sh een and his family. These consist o f periodical articles, newspaper clippings, p h otograp h s, and co rre s p o n d e n ce dating from 1925. In clu d e d in th e c o rre s p o n d e n c e a re le tte r s from P r e s id e n t F ra n k lin R o o s e v e lt, C ard inal H ayes, Jo h n M cC orm ack, P iu s X I I , e tc. P e ri­ odical articles authored by the archbishop were included and helped com plete the files given ear­ lie r to the S h e e n A rchives. O riginal notes for several books and articles, along with pu blishers’ a n n o u n c e m e n ts , p h o to g r a p h s , b r o a d sid e s (poster-size notices), spiritual bouquets, and let­ ters o f appreciation are also included. The syndicated column “Bishop Sheen W rites …” for the years 1 9 5 7 -5 8 , 1 9 6 1 -6 2 , 1 9 6 4 -6 8 , 1 970, and 197 2 —74 has b e e n catalog ed and is available for public use. So m e associated ite m s (p eo p le, p la ce s, and events associated with Archbishop Sheen) w ere received, including a substantial file of clippings and articles on communism. A copy of the C hris­ tianity Today interview that appeared in the June 3 , 1977, issue and a program and other m em en­ tos o f the St. G enesius Award, which was given to the archbishop by the Catholic Actors’ Guild on N ovem ber 12, 1977, have also been added to the collection, according to the Rev. Jasp er Pen­ nington, director. • B e c a u s e o f o n e sm all book p u b lish e d in 1918, many books have com e into existence, and th e p o ets o f th e w orld, along with rea d ers o f their poetry, have had a new view o f what poetry is and does. Poems o f G e r a r d M anley H opkins Now F irst P u blish ed was ed ited with notes by R obert Bridges, B ritain’s poet laureate, and pub­ lished in London by Humphrey Milford, Oxford U niversity Press. T h e copy o f this ed ition at C rosby L ib rary , G o n z a g a U n i v e r s i t y , d erives a sp ecial im por­ tance from the fact that it is one o f th e b asic works included in their Hopkins C ollection, de­ scribed in a (London) Times L iterary Supplem ent review o f July 16, 1976, as “… the great Hop­ kins Collection at Gonzaga U niversity." I t was first p u b lis h e d in an e d itio n o f 7 5 0 copies. O f these, 50 w ere given away, and in the first year after publication (1919) only 180 copies w ere sold. In the following year, 240 copies were sold, and for the next six years the average was a Carrollton Pres C U M THE NOW AVAILABLE F Unlock the massive REFERENCE POTENTIAL of more than a decade of M A R C cataloging via in-depth subject access to OCLC and other search services. □ Step O n e — Locate specific subject terms in the index volumes. Search alphabetically f o r specific terms f r o m among 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 prim ary and non-prim ary subject headings. Under the prim ary subject headings are listed all the Library o f Congress Classification Numbers w hich were assigned to these entries by LC catalogers (Libraries using the LC Classifica­ tio n can, o f course, use these numbers alone fo r retrieval from th e ir own shelves). □ Step Two — Use LC Card Numbers to order full M A R C entry print-outs (or printed cards). Each entry, w hether listed under a prim ary or secondary subject heading, contains the LC Card O rd e r Num ber for that w ork. 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This LC Class N um ber Index also picks up those MARC entries which were om itted from the Subject Index (principally from Schedule P, Fiction) because no subject headings were assigned to them by the Library o f Congress. s and U LATIVE MARC OR IMMEDIATE DELIVERZ the SDC Search Service announce their unique new SUBJECT INDEX TO DATA BASE, 1968-1978 w ith an In tro d u ctio n and User’ s Guide by Nancy B. Olson Produced from SDC’s Libcon® Database, this 14-volume Cumulative Subject Index is outstanding in its depth, scope, and specificity. • M o re than 1.6 m illio n subject entries re fe r to 640,000 n o n -fic tio n M AR C title s (fo r an average in d e x -d e p th ra tio of 2.6 listings per w ork). • 140,000 p rim a ry subject headings and 260,000 n o n -p rim a ry subject headings are listed in sin g le -a lp h a b e t sequence (for an average of 4 entries per subject heading). • Sorting by the co m p le te sequences of term s assigned by LC e lim inates most o f the u n w ie ld y listings that o fte n appear u n d e r general headings. The sm aller groups o f entries s im p lify th e p in p o in tin g of in d iv id u a l w orks w h ich are relevant to the narrow est search crite ria . Both Ind exes w ill be up d ated by Q u a rte rly S u p p lem en ts cu m u la tin g an n ually. 242 sale of 3 0 copies p er year, rising to 90 copies in 1927. T h e last four copies w ere sold in 1928 at a p rice o f twelve shillings, sixpence. T he book is now very rare, and the few copies that do appear o c ca sio n a lly for sa le a t a u c tio n com m and e x ­ trem ely high prices. I f R ob ert Bridges, a friend o f Gerard Manley H o p k in s from t h e ir days at O x fo rd , had no t edited and published these poems nearly thirty years after the poet’s death, recognition o f Hop­ kins’ genius may not have occurred. Y et today F a t h e r G e ra r d M a n le y H o p k in s , S . J . , is memorialized in the P oets’ C o m e r o f W estm in­ ster A bbey with John Masefield and T. S. Eliot. Arrangements for use o f Crosby Library’s Hop­ kins C ollection may b e made with the collection’s curator, Ruth Seelham m er, whose bibliography, H opkin s C o lle c te d at G on zaga, is the standard scholarly referen ce work for Hopkins scholars. • T h e N o r t h e r n I l l i n o i s R e g i o n a l H i s t o r y C e n t e r has b e e n established at N orthern Illinois U niversity in D e K a lb , supported in part by a g ra n t from th e N a tion a l E n d o w m e n t fo r th e H um anities. T he c e n te r’s staff has begun an in­ tensive three-year program to accession historical materials, especially manuscript collections, and w ill em phasize agricultural, bu siness, and re li­ gious history in the first year. J . Carroll Moody, chairperson o f the History D ep artm ent, is coor­ dinating and directing the project. A W ARDS • T h e 1977 John Cotton D ana Award for out­ standing public relations among college and uni­ versity libraries has be en presented to the G en ­ eral Libraries at the U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s . T h e award was presented by the American L i­ brary Association during its Annual C onference in Ju n e. T h e citation noted that the honor was for “a w ell-conceived and com petently executed pro­ gram aim ed at all p re se n t and p o ten tial users through a variety o f well-designed publications.” T h e U T Austin recognition was one o f four top awards, chosen from 180 en tries, and the only one presented to a college or university library. T he G enera] L ibraries’ contest entry included a selection o f materials published for its user edu­ cation program, such as a handbook for faculty and graduate students, printed referen ce sources for various academic disciplines, and study guides for th e Undergraduate Library. Also part o f the entry w ere newspaper clippings about the c ele­ bration that marked the addition o f the four mil­ lionth volume to the U T library and the opening o f the new Perry-Castaneda Library. D uring the Ju n e 2 5 -2 8 conference in Chicago, the award was presented to Gary L. M enges, as­ sistan t d ir e c to r for p u b lic se rv ice s, and Mary Pound, publications coordinator. W inning en tries w ere exhibited throughout the conference. T h e award, which is sponsored jointly by ALA and the H. W . W ilson Com pany, is nam ed in honor of John C otton Dana, who was innovative in stimulating public use of libraries. H e estab­ lis h e d th e first b r a n c h lib ra r y in th e U n ite d States devoted to business and founded the first special library departm ent for children. GRANTS • T h e G rad u ate School o f L ib ra ry S c ie n c e , D r e x e l U n i v e r s i t y , h as b e e n aw a rd ed a $ 2 2 9 ,0 0 0 grant from the National Scien ce Fou n­ dation (N SF ) to continue its Individualized In ­ stru ction in D ata A ccess p ro je c t. T h e p ro je ct, which began in 1975 with a grant o f $7 2 ,0 0 0 , has b e en renew ed for two more years to bring it to an end. C h arles T . Meadow, professor o f th e library sch o o l fa cu lty , w ill b e p rin cip a l in v e s tig a to r. W orking with him will b e Thomas T. H ew ett, of D rexel’s Psychology and Sociology Departm ent, and staff m em bers of the Franklin In stitu te R e­ search Laboratories. T h e o b jectiv e o f the p ro je c t is to develop a com puter system that will assist scientist-users to search com puter-based bibliographic files. In the D r e x e l s y s te m , t h e c o m p u te r w ou ld w ork cooperatively and actively with the searchers. It would have the ability to d etect and help over­ com e errors, as well as suggest new search ap­ proaches. A small interm ediary com puter, acting as a monitor, will b e co nnected both to the user’s data communications terminal and to th e large, rem otely located search com puter. In this way, scien tists and e n g in eers, working in th e ir own laboratories or offices, can make searches o f the world’s published literature. I f successful, Meadow foresees using this te ch ­ nique for a variety o f applications, almost any one in which a com puter performs or controls a com ­ plex operation under overall human control. • W ork has com m enced on th e compilation o f a N ear E ast Union List by the N ear E ast Section o f the L i b r a r y o f C o n g r e s s under the auspices o f the Middle E ast Studies Association o f North America. T h e p ro ject is supported by grants total­ ing almost $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 provided by the al D ir’iyyah In s titu te , p h ila n th ro p ic associatio n w ith h e a d ­ q u a rte rs located in G en ev a , Sw itzerland , and with operating offices in Arlington, Virginia, and the National Endow m ent for the Humanities. T h e N ear East National Union List P roject will produce a com puterized catalog in the Roman al­ phabet locating A rabic-, Persian-, and Turkish- language monographs and serials found in Ameri­ can libraries. It will also p erfect a com puter pro­ gram for file creation, m aintenance, retrieval, file inversion, and rep ort generation. I t proposes the editing o f 1 5 0 ,000 card reports already in the files o f the N ear E ast Section o f the library and their ultim ate publication in a multivolume work. Uni­ v e rs itie s in this co u n try w ith M iddle E a ste rn programs will benefit greatly from the p roject. 243 T h e p ublication o f th e list w ill, it is hoped, raise the Near E astern research facilities in the Library o f Congress to and m aintain them on a p ar w ith W e s te r n -la n g u a g e r e s o u r c e s . T h e achievem ent o f this project will open new vistas for research on a nationwide basis for scholars working in the hum anities, the social sciences, and o th er fields o f N ear Eastern studies. G eorge Atiyeh, head o f the N ear East Section, and G eorge D. Selim , the Arab area specialist, w ill su p ervise th e ov erall op eratio n s. D oroth y Steh le has be en appointed editor o f the project. • Mrs. Vincent Astor (Brooke Russell Astor), honorary chairperson o f the N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y , has announced that David and Laurance R ockefeller have donated a sum o f $ 1 .5 million to the New York P ublic Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations, in response to the $5 million c h a lle n g e g ra n t m ad e la st N o v e m b e r by th e V incent Astor Foundation. T h e Rockefeller donation com es on top o f $1.1 million already raised for the Research Libraries and helps toward the goal o f $10 million the li­ brary needs to raise by N ovem ber 1982 to fulfill th e term s o f the Astor Foundation grant. This is part o f a larger developm ent campaign designed by th e lib rary’s tru stee s for th e following pu r­ poses: capital im provem ent o f the lib rary’s r e ­ search collections, improvem ent o f the building facilities, and important work in the area of con­ servation and preservation and endowment. Richard Salom on, chairperson o f the library, has designated the main lobby, or G reat Hall, of the library, as “Astor Hall” in recognition of the nearly two century involvement o f the Astor fam­ ily with the New York Public Library. A plaque on the north wall of Astor Hall was unveiled in th e p r e s e n c e o f M rs. A stor, p re s id e n t o f th e Vincent Astor Foundation. • A nnouncem ent has b e en made by the Na­ tio n a l E n d o w m e n t fo r th e H u m a n itie s o f a three-year, $ 1 1 9 ,5 2 0 grant to the A m e r i c a n A n ­ t i q u a r i a n S O C IE T Y for the purpose o f cataloging its collection o f early American broadsides. The grant will extend from O ctob er 1, 1978, through Sep tem b er 30, 1981. T h e program will b e u n d er th e d irectio n o f F r e d e r ic k E . B a u e r , J r . , a s s o c ia te lib r a r ia n . Cataloger for the project will be Carol R. Alexan­ der, graduate o f N orthw estern University, with a M L S from W ayne State University. G eorgia B. B u m g a r d n e r, A nd rew W . M e llo n C u r a to r o f G raphic Arts, will assist in coordinating the pro­ gram. T h e broadside co llection consists o f approxi­ m ately 6 ,5 0 0 item s printed before 1831, which like the re st o f the society’s holdings are national in scope. W hen fully cataloged, these materials will provide researchers with information on pre­ viously unrecorded broadsides dealing with reli­ gious and te m p e ra n ce organizations, industrial a rts, a g ric u ltu r e , tra d e s, m ech a n ics s o c ie tie s , political parties, governm ent proclamations, ser­ mons, ballads, and accounts o f unusual events and natural disasters. T h e bibliographical information from this proj­ e ct will b e made available in MARC format to li­ braries throughout the U nited States through li­ braries p articipating in th e O C L C catalog n e t­ work. A published catalog is envisioned sometime after 1980. • A grant o f $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 has be en awarded the H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y L ib ra ry b y th e C a rn e g ie Corporation o f New York to support conversion o f the catalog rec o rd s o f th e lib ra r y ’s M iddle E a ste rn serial co llection into m achine-readable form. T h e grant will b e administered through the U niversity Lib rary O ffice for System s Planning and R e s e a r c h as p a rt o f its o n g o in g H U L / C O N S E R (Conversion o f Serials) P roject and in close cooperation with the Middle Eastern D e ­ partm ent o f the C ollege Library. T he effort will encompass titles in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Otto­ man Turkish, Modern Turkish, and Armenian. T h e aim o f the conversion p ro ject is to inte­ grate the serial cataloging information held by the Middle Eastern D ep artm en t— one o f the world’s foremost Middle E astern collections— with other C O N S E R data for the University Library. T h e in­ formation thus integrated would b ecom e available for use by present and future participants in the C O N S E R P ro je c t, m em b ers o f O C L C , the L i­ brary o f C ongress M A RC-S (M achine Readable C atalo g in g — Se rials) D istrib u tio n S e rv ic e , and Harvard’s own scholarly comm unity. Conversely, too, adaptation o f its records to machine-readable form will enable the Middle Eastern Departm ent to m ake efficien t u se o f L C ’s data serv ices in years to com e. This continuation o f Harvard’s com m itm ent to C O N S E R represents the first major retrospective conversion o f M iddle E a ste rn serial records to m a c h in e -r e a d a b le form e v e r u n d e r ta k e n and serves to com plem ent L C ’s efforts in converting the records for cu rren t M iddle E astern serials. By designing applications for the C O N S E R data distributed by O C L C , the University Library en­ hances the value and viability o f the p roject both at Harvard and nationally. • T eachers C ollege Library, C o l u m b i a U n i v e r ­ s i t y , has been awarded a grant o f $ 1 0 ,0 0 0 from the National Endow m ent for the Humanities for its D ep artm ent of Archives and TC ana to arrange and describe the records o f the National Council for the Social Studies, 1 9 2 0 -7 0 . T h e records con­ stitu te a primary source for study o f the history of professional activities in the field. T hey detail the efforts o f historians, sociologists, economists, sci­ entists, and geographers who cam e tog ether to consider th e teaching o f social studies. T h e pa­ pers provide historical perspective for the study o f changes in social studies curriculum, strategy, and design. An inventory will b e published to make the records accessible to scholars. 244 MEETINGS & W O R K SH O PS S e p t e m b e r 1 8 -2 1 , O c t o b e r 1 6 -1 9 , N o v e m b e r 1 3 -1 6 , D e c e m b e r 1 1 -1 4 : T h e Graduate School of Library and Inform ation Scien ces, University of Pittsburgh, will hold an O n - L i n e T r a i n i n g C e n ­ t e r f o r B i b l i o g r a p h i c a n d I n f o r m a t i o n S y s ­ t e m s . A ccess is provided to subsections of many data bases (th ree p er session) in science/technol­ ogy, so cial s c ie n c e , b u sin e s s, and h u m a n itie s using “em ulations” o f the comm ercially available s e a r c h s y s te m s su ch as L o c k h e e d / D ia lo g or SDC/Orbit. E ach o f ten trainees is given access to a term inal for personal use during the three- day sessions, with extensive practice tim e. Inquiries should b e directed to D r. E lizabeth D u n ca n or P ro fe s s o r A llen K e n t, Room 8 0 1 , L . I . S . B u ild in g , U n iv e r s ity o f P itts b u r g h , Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) 6 2 4 -5 2 1 8 . O c t o b e r 6 - 8 : T h e So u th e a stern L ib ra ry As­ sociation and the Southw estern Library Associa­ tion will m eet in a join t co nferen ce at the Hilton H otel, New O rleans, Louisiana. T h ree thousand librarians from sixteen states are expected to at­ tend. T h e them e o f the conference is L i b r a r i e s a n d A l l T h a t J a z z . Approximately ten p reconference workshops are being planned for O ctob er 4 and 5 by a task force headed by Sandra Colem an, U ni­ versity o f New M exico Library, Albuquerque. F o r further information contact G. Sheppeard Hicks, Program Chairman, Box 2081, Anniston, A L 36201; or H e ster B. Slocum , Local Arrange­ m ents, 680 0 M orrison R d ., Apt. # 1 0 5 , New O r­ leans, LA 70126. O c t o b e r 9: T o celebrate the sixtieth anniver­ sary o f the founding o f th e Wason C ollection on C hina and the C h in ese, C ornell U niversity L i­ b r a r ie s w ill hold a on e-d a y C o n f e r e n c e o n I n t e r l i b r a r y C o o p e r a t i o n a m o n g t h e E a s t A s i a n L i b r a r i e s i n N o r t h A m e r i c a . Sp eak ers will b e T. H. Tsien, professor at the University of C h icago ; W a rre n T su n e ish i, o f th e L ib ra ry o f C ongress; and E u g ene W u , librarian o f the H ar­ vard Y e n -c h in g L ib ra ry , H arvard U n iv e r s ity . R ichard Howard, L ib rary o f C ongress, will be moderator. C h arles W illiam W ason, a C o rn e ll alum nus, b e q u e a th e d his p riv ate c o lle c tio n to h is alma m ater with an endowm ent o f $ 5 0 ,0 0 0 in 1918. It was the earliest collection founded to focus on China in a university library in North America. C o n tin u o u s in t e r e s t and d e v e lo p m e n t h a v e brought forth a holding of close to 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 vol­ umes together with maps, microfilms, and manu­ scripts. T h e collection, with fully integrated mul­ t ilin g u a l m a te r ia ls , is m o st c o n v e n ie n t fo r scholarly research, and the W estern-language col­ lection is among the world’s finest on E a st Asia. To share its rich resources with oth er libraries, a C hina C atalog o f the W ason C ollection is being com piled by Paul P. W . C heng, E ast Asia librar­ ian, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. T h e catalog will b e published by the A RL C en te r for C h in ese Research M ate­ rials, W ashington, D .C . F o r fu rther information on th e co n feren ce, p lease co ntact Paul C h eng , C ornell University L ib raries, Ithaca, NY 1 4 8 5 3 . O c t o b e r 1 0 , O c t o b e r 1 9 : Two workshops will b e held culm inating the p roject M o d e l J o b D e ­ s c r i p t i o n s f o r L i b r a r y / M e d i a P a r a p r o f e s s i o n - A LS. T h e O ctob er 1 0 workshop will b e at G ris­ w old’s In n , F u lle rto n , C alifornia, and th e O c ­ to b e r 1 9 w orkshop at H oliday In n , San Jo s e , California. The p ro ject, currently being im plem ented, was made possible through a grant from W elfare R e ­ form Act funds by the State Personnel Board o f California to the Mt. San Antonio C ollege Fou n­ dation, W alnut. O b jectiv es of the p ro ject are de­ velopm ent o f an inventory of jo b descriptions and suggested salary ranges for all library and media parap rofessional classes; d ev elo p m ent o f th re e m o d e l jo b d e s c r ip tio n s and s u g g e s te d salary ranges that can serve as a benchm ark for agencies hiring library/media-type paraprofessionals; illus­ tration o f how m odel jo b d e scrip tio n s can be modified to make them accessible to the physi­ cally handicap ped; and d ev elo p m en t o f a pro­ gram matic text. T h e on ly c o s t w ill b e for lu n ch . P r e r e g is ­ tratio ns are a cce p te d . F o r fu rth e r inform ation co n ta ct M t. San A ntonio C o lle g e F o u n d atio n , Attn. P roject D irector, H arriet Genung, 1 1 0 0 N. Grand A ve., W alnut, CA 9 1 7 8 9 . O c t o b e r 1 2 - 1 3 : T h e 4 t h 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 , sponsored by th e ALA R T S D M ic r o p u b lis h in g C o m m itte e and M i­ croform Review will be held at the W ashington H ilton, W ashington, D C . F or further information c o n ta c t A. M e c k le r , M icro fo rm R e v ie w , 5 2 0 Riverside Ave., W estport, C T ; ( 2 0 3 ) 2 2 6 - 6 9 6 7 . O c t o b e r 2 6 - 2 8 : C om e, help tell others what you know or want to know about the information avalanche (storage, retrieval, transfer), media sys­ tem s, and automation at the N a t io n a l C o n f e r ­ e n c e o f E d u c a t o r s a n d S c h o l a r s . T h is is a forem ost interdisciplinary conference, with main th e m e s o f in form a tio n co p in g , lib ra r y tre n d s, p u blic m edia for th e m illions, and educational comm unications, along with oth er tim ely topics. E x citin g speakers, pan els, recep tio ns. Program roles invited. C eleb ratin g a new $ 1 2 million li­ brary. R egistration, $ 1 4 ; budget accommodations on campus. F o r further information w rite D r. Jay W. Stein , Executive Secretary, 4 0 3 Stipes Hall, Macomb, I L 6 1 4 5 5 ; ( 3 0 9 ) 2 9 8 - 1 5 2 8 . O c t o b e r 2 9 - 3 1 : T h e Colorado Library Associa­ tion convention will b e held at the F o u r Seasons Motor Inn at Colorado Springs. T h e conference t h e m e w ill b e C r i s i s M a n a g e m e n t f o r t h e 1980s: P e o p l e , M o n e y , P e r f o r m a n c e . F o r fur­ th er information contact Dr. Claude J. Johns, J r ., President, Colorado Library Association, U niver­ sity o f Northern Colorado, G reeley, CO 8 0 6 3 9 . 245 C ontinuing E d u c atio n O p p o rtu n ities S e p t e m b e r T IT L E : D ata U ser Education & T rain­ ing Activities D A TE: Varies LO C A TIO N : W ashington, D C. SP O N SO R : U .S . Bureau o f the Census CO ST: CO N TA C T: U se r T ra in in g B ra n c h , D ata U s e r S e r v ic e s D iv is io n , Bureau of the Census, (301) 7 6 3 -5 2 9 3 T IT L E : F u n d a m e n ta ls o f F in a n c e & A c c o u n tin g fo r th e N on- Rnancial Executive D A T E : Varies L O C A TIO N : Varies SP O N SO R : T h e W harton School C O ST : $525 (plus $65 registration) C O N TAC T: T he Wharton School, U niver­ s ity o f P en n sy lv an ia, D i e ­ t r ic h H a ll, L o c u s t W a lk , Philadelphia, PA 19174 T IT L E : Training Seminars D A TE: Varies L O C A TIO N : Ann Arbor, Mich. SP O N SO R : University o f Michigan C O ST : $ 3 5 5 -4 5 4 0 C O N TA C T: Ju lian a L ord, Program A ssis­ ta n t, U n iv e rsity o f M ich i­ gan, 1735 W ashtenaw A ve., Ann Arbor, M I 48109 T IT L E : Assertive Management D A TE: Varies L O C A TIO N : Varies SP O N SO R : A dv anced M a n a g e m e n t R e ­ search C O ST : $495 individual, $42 5 p e r per­ son, group C O N TA C T: A dv anced M a n a g e m e n t R e ­ s e a r c h , 1 3 7 0 A ve. o f th e A m e r ic a s , N ew Y o rk , NY 10019, (212) 7 6 5 -6 4 0 0 T IT L E : W o m en in L ib ra ry M an ag e­ m ent W orkshop D A TE: Sep tem b er 19 L O C A TIO N : Columbia, S .C . SP O N SO R : University o f South Carolina C O ST : $10 (plus $3 for C E U ) CO N TA C T: College o f Librarianship, (803) 7 7 7 -3 8 5 8 T I T L E : Effective Delegation D A T E : Se p tem b e r 25—26 D ec em b er 4—5 LO C A TIO N : Ann Arbor, Mich. SP O N SO R : University o f Michigan C O ST : $250 CO N TA C T: Peggy G rantz, (313) 7 6 3 -1 0 0 0 T IT L E : M anaging th e U nsatisfactory Perform er D A T E : Se p tem b e r 2 7 -2 9 D e c e m b e r 6 - 8 L O C A TIO N : Ann Arbor, Mich. SP O N SO R : University o f Michigan C O ST : $325 CO N TA C T: Peggy G rantz, (313) 7 6 3 -1 0 0 0 T IT L E : C E 4 , G e n e r a l B io m e d ic a l R eference Tools C E 11, Interlibrary Loan and Copyright C E 39, W om en and Biom edi­ cal Library Administration D A TE: Se p tem b e r 28 L O C A TIO N : Madison, Wis. SP O N SO R : M id w e s t R e g io n a l G ro u p , MLA C O ST : $ 3 5 .0 0 M LA m em bers/$52.50 nonm em bers CO N TA C T: E liz a b e th M e r r ia m , 2 8 1 8 Ridge Road, Madison, WI O c t o b e r T IT L E : C o s t - E f f e c t i v e P u rc h a s in g Management D A TE: O ctob er 2 4 LO C A TIO N : Ann Arbor, Mich. SP O N SO R : University o f Michigan C O ST : $340 C O N TAC T: S h e ila J . C u r r a n , P rog ram C o ord in ator, U n iv ersity o f M ichigan, G raduate School of Business Administration, 1735 W ashtenaw A ve., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 T IT L E : Finan ce for the Non-Financial Manager D A TE: O ctob er 4 - 6 D e c e m b e r 1 1 -1 3 L O C A TIO N : Ann Arbor, Mich. SP O N SO R : University o f Michigan C O ST : $375 CO N TA C T: Ann W alto n, Program C o o r­ dinator, University o f Mich­ ig a n , G ra d u a te S c h o o l o f B u s in e s s A d m in is tr a tio n , 1735 W ashtenaw A ve., Ann Arbor, M I 48109 T IT L E : Inform ation Resources: Social Indicators 246 D A TE: O ctober 6 L O C A T IO N : Philadelphia, Pa. SP O N SO R : D r e x e l U n iv ersity G ra d u a te School of Library Scien ce. C O ST: CO N TAC T: Howard W hite, (215) 8 9 5 -2 4 8 1 T IT L E : C E 46, Library Management/ Budgeting D A TE: O ctober 6 LO C A TIO N : D enver, Colo. SP O N SO R : Colorado C o un cil o f M edical Librarians C O ST : $ 3 5 M L A m e m b e r s / $ 5 2 .5 0 nonm em bers CO N TA C T: C . Korkmas, (303) 7 5 3 -1 1 1 1 T IT L E : Library Services for the Hand­ icapped D A TE: O ctober 7-N ov e m b er 4 LO C A TIO N : Kalamazoo, Mich. SP O N SO R : W estern Michigan University C O S T : $ 3 3 .5 0 o r $ 7 3 .5 0 p e r c r e d it hour C O N TA C T: Registration Office, (616) 383- 1849 T I T L E : 4th Annual Library Microform C onference D A T E : O ctob er 1 2 -1 3 L O C A TIO N : W ashington, D C. SP O N SO R : M icrop u blishin g C o m m itte e , R T S D ALA and Microform Review C O ST: $55 CO N TAC T: M icro fo rm R e v ie w , (2 0 3 ) 2 2 6 -6 9 6 7 T IT L E : Teaching the Library U ser D A TE: O ctober 13 LO C A TIO N : Philadelphia, Pa. SP O N SO R : D rex el U n iv ersity , G rad uate School o f Library Science C O ST : $55 CON TACT: John Hall, (215) 8 9 5 -2 4 8 2 T IT L E : T he Assessment C en te r M eth­ ods for Measuring and D e­ v e lo p in g M a n a g e m e n t for Potential D A T E : O ctob er 1 6 -1 8 LO C A TIO N : Ann Arbor, Mich. SP O N SO R : University o f Michigan C O ST : $345 CO N TAC T: Ju liana L ord , Program A ssis­ ta n t, U n iv e rsity o f M ic h i­ gan, 1735 Washtenaw A ve., Ann Arbor, M I 48 1 0 9 T IT L E : M u lti-E th n ic U nderstanding, Literatu re Approach D A TE: O cto b er 21 N ovem ber 4 L O C A TIO N : Huntsville, Tex. SP O N SO R : Sam Houston State University Library S c ien ce D epartm ent C O ST : $20 CO N TA C T: L e s t a B u r t, (7 1 3 ) 2 9 5 - 6 2 1 1 , Ext. 2153 T IT L E : C E 3 2, Statistical Sources for Health Scien ce Librarians C E 3 3 , L ite r a tu r e o f H ealth Care Administration C E 22, Planning Hospital L i­ brary Facilities C E 41, Introductory Data C o l­ lection and Analysis D A TE: O ctob er 22 LO C A TIO N : Baltim ore, Md. SP O N SO R : J o h n s H o p k in s U n iv e r s ity , W elch Medical Library C O ST : $ 3 5 .0 0 M LA m em bers/$52.50 nonm em bers CO N TA C T: R o b e r t G r e s e h o v e r , J o h n s Hopkins U niversity, W elch Medical Library, Baltim ore, M D 21205 T IT L E : Managing M anagement Tim e D A T E : O ctob er 2 3 -2 4 LO C A TIO N : Ann Arbor, Mich. SP O N SO R : University o f Michigan C O ST : $290 CO N TA C T: Peggy Grantz, (313) 7 6 3 -1 0 0 0 T IT L E : C E 3 6 , Patient Education C E 3 9, W om en and Biom edi­ cal Library Administration C E 4 5 , L ib r a r y M a n a g e- ment/Mktg. C E 4 2, W orking with Groups D A TE: O ctob er 24 LO C A T IO N : Baltim ore, Md. SP O N SO R : Jo h n s H o p k in s U n iv e r s ity , W elch Medical Library C O ST : $ 3 5 M L A m e m b e r s / $ 5 2 .5 0 nonm em bers C O N TA C T: R o b e r t G r e s e h o v e r , Jo h n s Hopkins U niversity, W elch Medical Library, Baltim ore, M D 21205 T IT L E : Managing People D A T E : O ctob er 2 6 -2 7 , Los Angeles D ec em b er 7 - 8 , Houston SP O N SO R : T h e W harton School C O ST : $465 C O N TA C T: R eg istra r, 14th F lo o r, W har­ ton C onference C en te r, 360 Lexington A ve., New York, NY 10017 247 N o v e m b e r 1-2: T h e A r c h i v e s - L i b r a r i e s C o m ­ m i t t e e o f t h e A f r i c a n S t u d i e s A s s o c i a t i o n will hold its fall m e e tin g at the B a ltim o re H ilton H o te l. F o r d e ta ils co n su lt A fr ic a n a L ib r a r ie s N ew sletter, no. 18 (July) or no. 19 (Septem ber), or contact David Easterbrook, Africana Bibliog­ rapher, E . S. Bird Library, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N Y 13210; (315) 423- 4 1 7 6 . N o v e m b e r 1 -2 : T h e 1978 A n n u a l F a l l C o n ­ f e r e n c e o f t h e R h o d e I s l a n d L i b r a r y A s s o c i a ­ t i o n will be held in Newport, Rhode Island, at the Sheraton-Islander Inn. F o r more information contact: Jan ice Siebu rth , R eference D ep artm ent, University o f Rhode Island Library, Kingston, RI 02881. N o v e m b e r 3 - 4 : T h e fourteenth annual C o n ­ f e r e n c e o n E d i t o r i a l P r o b l e m s will be held at th e U niv ersity o f T oro n to . T h e th em e o f this year’s conference is the “E ditin g of Correspond­ e n c e ” and the writers to be discussed will include W a lp o le, Rousseau , S c o tt, D is r a e li, and Zola. P resen tin g papers will be W ilm arth S. Lew is, Ralph A. Leigh, Alan S. B ell, John P. Matthews, and John A. W alker. Registration forms and fur­ th e r in fo rm ation a re availab le from D esm ond N eill, Librarian, M assey C ollege, University o f Toronto, Toronto M 5S 1A5, Canada. N o v e m b e r 6—8: T h e G raduate School o f L i­ b rary and In fo rm ation S c ie n c e s , U n iv ersity o f P itts b u r g h , in c o o p e r a tio n w ith th e N ation al Com m ission on L ib ra rie s and Inform ation S c i­ en ce, announces the 1978 Pittsburgh C onference, T o w a r d t h e W h i t e H o u s e C o n f e r e n c e : T h e S t r u c t u r e a n d G o v e r n a n c e o f L i b r a r y N e t ­ w o r k s i n L i c h t o f a D e v e l o p i n g T e c h n o l o g y . T he purpose o f the 1978 conference is to exam­ ine library networks in term s o f managem ent and organization, standardization, criteria for network m em bership, choices among complex technologi­ cal op tions, interrelation ship s among networks, measures o f network perform ance, and financing. It will provide an opportunity to participate in the definition o f problem s that may constitute a significant part of the agenda of the W hite House C o n fe re n c e on L ib r a r ie s and In fo rm atio n S c i­ en ce, scheduled for O ctober 1979, which has as its them e “ Equal O pportunity o f Access to In ­ form ation." F iv e position papers will b e p repared before th e conference is held and will b e sent to all ad­ vance registrants before they arrive in Pittsburgh. T h e final program with topics, speakers, and reg­ istration inform ation will be d istrib u ted in the near future. Early inquiries may b e directed to: A llen K e n t, D istin g u is h e d S e r v ic e P rofessor, Graduate School o f Library and Information Sci­ ences, University o f Pittsburgh, 801 L .I .S . Build­ ing, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. N o v e m b e r 1 5 -1 7 : T h e N e w E n g l a n d D o c u ­ m e n t C o n s e r v a t i o n C e n t e r w ill c o n d u c t a three-day sem inar in Providence, Rhode Island, covering records conservation m anagem ent and preventive conservation techniques. D esigned both for those with no previous con­ servation instruction as well as those with some familiarity with the su bject, the sem inar is aimed at archivists, librarians, manuscript curators, rec­ ords managers, and town clerks in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. T h e Rhode Island Historical Society and Brown University’s John Hay Library are sponsoring the seminar, which will be held at the John Hay L i­ brary. Funded by a grant from the National His­ torical Publications and Records Commission, the sem inar costs only $ 1 0 p er person. Registration will b e lim ited to fifty people. T h e deadline is O ctob er 2 0 . F o r additional information and a registration form , co n ta ct Nancy F . C hu d acoff, L ib ra ria n , Rhode Island Historical So ciety, 1 2 1 Hope S t., Providence, R I 0 2 9 0 6 ; ( 4 0 1 ) 3 3 1 - 0 4 4 8 . N o v e m b e r 3 0 - D e c e m b e r 1: A C o n f e r e n c e o n R e t r i e v a l a n d U s e o f E d u c a t i o n a l R e s o u r c e s will be held at the University o f Arizona, Tucson. T h e purpose o f the conference is to provide an opportunity to obtain cu rrent information on re­ trieval o f inform ation and the analysis o f data bases that will be helpful in curriculum develop­ m ent, planning, m anagem ent, policy formulation, research, and related areas. T h e conference is sponsored by the Office o f In fo rm ation and In stru c tio n a l S tu d ie s and the Program o f H igher Education, College o f Educa­ tion, University o f Arizona. F o r more information and an early registration form contact: Lotus M. Knief, O IIS , C ollege of E d u c a tio n , U niv ersity o f Arizona, T u cson , AZ 8 5 7 2 1 . N o v e m b e r 3 0 - D e c e m b e r 2 : T h e V i r g i n i a L i ­ b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n will hold its annual co nfer­ e n c e in th e c o n f e r e n c e c e n t e r o f C o lo n ia l W illiam sburg, W illiamsburg, Virginia. Library in­ struction, networking, and th e politics of library funding are among the topics to b e addressed. F o r a d d itio n a l in fo r m a tio n c o n t a c t B e r n a Hayman, E arl G regg Swem Library, College of W iíliam and Mary, W illiamsburg, VA 2 3 1 8 5 . D e c e m b e r 4 - 7 : T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l S y m ­ p o s i u m o n A n i m a l H e a l t h a n d D i s e a s e D a t a B a n k s will be held in W ashington, D . C. It is de­ signed to provide mutual awareness and develop o n g o in g c o o p e r a tio n am on g e s ta b lis h e d data banks. Primary users and oth er interested per­ sons are invited to attend. B rief, concise descriptions of data banks will be presented by participating authorities in the fol­ lowing areas: bibliographic information; numeric, statistical, and epidem iological data; laboratory diagnostic rep orting; cu rren t research informa­ tion; animal production and econom ic data. T im e w ill b e s c h e d u le d fo r in fo r m a l d is ­ cussions. Prepared papers will be published in a directory o f specialized animal health and disease data banks. 248 Persons in terested in participating in the sym­ p o siu m sh ou ld c o n ta c t D r . E d w in P ilc h a r d , Em ergency Programs Inform ation C e n te r, U .S. D ep artm en t o f A griculture, Room 757, Fed eral C en te r Building, Hyattsville, M D 20782. MISCELLANY • C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y has received a gift of $ 2 5 6 ,5 0 0 from alumni in Taiwan to stren gth en and expand its East Asian studies program. According to W. Theodore deBary, executive vice-p resid ent for academ ic affairs and provost, the university will use the funds to bolster teach­ ing and research in Chinese studies and to help finance a m ajor renovation and expansion of the E ast Asian Library. T h e gift, by m ore than 100 Columbia alumni in Taiwan, was made through the Columbia Alumni F u n d R a isin g C o m m itte e in th e R e p u b lic o f China. It was given as part of a larger campaign being conducted in both the F a r E a st and the U nited States to support Colum bia’s position as a leading national cen ter for East Asian studies. “This gift renew s a long-standing tradition of support by C h in ese for our library and instruc­ tional programs that dates back to the beginning o f this cen tu ry ,” deBary said. N oting that participation by alumni is o f the “utmost importance to the university’s continuing capability to advance knowledge of C hinese his­ tory and cu ltu re,” deBary cited the leadership o f Vivian W u Yen, who led the volunteer effort in Taiwan. Yen, who is chairman of the Tai Yuen T extile Company in Taipei, received h e r M aster o f Arts degree from Columbia’s D ep artm ent of Political Scien ce in 1955. Columbia’s programs on E ast Asia, which today are among the most comprehensive offered at any u niversity, began shortly after the turn o f the century with form alized instruction in C hinese. Throughout the years, a wide spectrum of both graduate and undergraduate courses have been ad ded in m od e rn and c la s s ic a l C h in e s e , th e hum anities, and the social sciences. T h e d ev elo p m ent o f instru ctio nal co u rses in C hinese and in such other E ast Asian cultures as Ja p a n e s e , K orean , and T ib e ta n p aralleled th e growth o f the university’s E a st Asian Library col­ lection, which today num bers 3 8 5 ,0 0 0 volumes. It is one of the most frequ ently used university E ast Asian libraries anywhere and is both a na­ tional and in te rn a tio n a l w orking lib ra ry and a depository for East Asian lore. O ther beneficiaries of the $ 1 0 .5 million cam­ paign to e x p a n d t h e u n iv e r s ity ’s E a s t A sian studies program will b e the E ast Asian Institute, th e D e p a rtm e n t o f E a s t Asian Languages and C ultures, the University C om m ittee on Oriental Studies, and several university seminars on the East Asian area. • K eeping up with what is be in g said at m eet­ ings and what is being published in the confer­ e n ce lite r a tu re is nearly im possib le. T h e N e w E n g l a n d R e s e a r c h A p p l i c a t i o n C e n t e r (N E R A C ) can now fin d su ch in fo r m a tio n by searching the newly acquired C onference Papers Index data file. C o n f e r e n c e P a p e rs In d e x is an e ffe c tiv e m ethod for keeping up with ongoing research and developm ent in science and technology. By rely­ ing on programs o f m eetings, rather than on the form al jo u r n a l lit e r a tu r e , C o n fe r e n c e P a p ers Index can report new research and developm ent m ore than a year b efo re services based on the journal literature. In fact, some conference pro­ ceedings are ne v er published in archival litera ­ ture. T he average tim e lag betw een completion o f a re s e a rc h p r o je c t o r e n g in e e r in g d e v e lo p m e n t work and publication o f the results in a formal journal is well over a year. Delays o f m ore than two years are not uncommon. By contrast, infor­ mation on research and developm ent is presented at a conference within an average o f less than five months o f the completion o f the work and often w hile th e work is still in progress. C onference P a p e rs In d e x in fo r m s th e s c i e n t i s t and technologist quickly enough to perm it meaningful exchange of information among researchers. N E R A C s p e c ia liz e s in m u ltip le d a ta b a s e se a rch e s on m ore than th irty -fiv e files. E v e ry question accesses all appropriate files at no extra cost. This greatly reduces failure to retrieve rele­ vant information due to utilization of only one or two data bases. T h is m u ltip le-file approach is very effective for both retrospective and cu rrent awareness/update searches. F o r more information contact: Dr. D aniel U. W ilde, New England Research Application C en ­ t e r , M a n sfield P ro fe s s io n a l P a rk , S t o r r s , C T 06268. • T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f W y o m i n g Libraries got some bad news and some good news at the close o f th e W yom ing L e g is la tu re ’s bien n ial bu dget session this spring. Since the construction bid on the main library’s addition, cu rrently under construction, had come in about $1 million under the appropriation, the u n iv ersity w ent to th e L e g is la tu re re q u e s tin g about $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 of the surplus for refurbishing the existing Coe Library building, bu ilt in 1958. The L egislature Budget C o m m ittee r e je c te d the re ­ furbishm ent b u t accepted the suggestion o f L egis­ lator T. A. Larson, a retired university professor, that the $ 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 b e added to the library’s bien­ nial acquisitions budget. This windfall o f about $ 1 2 5 ,0 0 0 each for fiscal ’7 8 - 7 9 and ’7 9 - 8 0 brings the ’7 8 -7 9 acquisitions budget to nearly $8 8 1 ,0 0 0 . T h e regular acquisi­ tions appropriation had b e e n $ 7 5 5 ,9 5 1 , an in­ crease o f 8 p ercent over 1977—78.