ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 12 News from the Field ACQUISITIONS • T he U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , L o s A N G ELE S, Library has announced the acquisition of the papers of the author and diarist Anaïs Nin, following the conclusion of an agreem ent between R upert Pole, trustee of her literary estate, and the University of California. This im portant ac­ quisition was made possible by a gift from UCLA alumnus Joan Palevsky, through the good offices of Digby Diehl, who took his M.A. in journalism at UCLA in 1967. The diaries, voluminous correspondence, man­ uscripts, and related papers of Anaïs Nin, from 1913 to the present, will be housed in the D e­ p artm en t of Special Collections, which has the papers of m any of h e r contem poraries, such as H enry M iller, Lawrence D urrell, and Kenneth Rexroth. For the immediate future, most of the N in p a p ers m u st rem ain u n d e r seal, p e n d in g publication of editions of her diaries and corre­ spondence. • A p o rtio n o f a c o llectio n of R ussian and Slavic literature valued at $55,000 has b een do­ n a te d to C a l i f o r n i a St a t e U n i v e r s i t y , N O R T H R ID G E (CSU N), it was a n n o u n c e d by Norman Tanis, director of the CSUN Libraries. The collection was part of the personal library of Ludmilla Patrick. H er late husband, George Z. Patrick, former head of the Slavic D epartm ent at the University of California, Berkeley, assembled the approximately 8,170 items. It consists of materials relating to Russian and Slavic literature, language, history, and culture, with an extensive collection of works by and on a w ide range o f c re a tiv e w rite rs , m any in first and/or lim ited editions. It also contains a wide range of monographic material—both biographical and critical—on specific writers of the nineteenth and early tw entieth centuries. The books will be incorporated into the CSUN libraries and will be available for student use in the near future, according to D ennis Bakewell, special collections curator. • T he Oral History of the Arts Archive, estab­ lished in 1974 in th e library of C A L IF O R N IA S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , L o n g B e a c h , has r e ­ cently acquired the Gerald V. Strang Collection. This represents the most extensive collection in the archive, and, with the exception of a few par­ ticularly rare Schoenberg docum ents that have been placed on perm anent loan with the Schoen­ berg Institute, all of Strang’s papers, books, disc recordings, and magnetic tapes, mostly privately cut or taped and generally unpublished, are p re ­ served here. Cataloging and processing are cur­ rently underway, and a complete listing will be available shortly. T he Oral H istory of th e Arts Archive places special emphasis on the cultural developm ent of Southern California in the early tw e ntieth cen ­ tury and has been recording personal experiences as well as collecting related documents. O ne par­ ticular aspect of this emphasis is to establish the situation into which the émigrés from Nazi G er­ many came in the 1930s and thus to assess accu­ rately th eir unique contribution to the growth of culture in the area. W ith this focal point, it has been necessary to view three groups: the exiles of the 1930s; the immigrants as a whole, especially those who arrived in the earlier p art of the cen­ tury; and th e nativ e-b o rn artists, all of whom have c o n tr ib u te d to th e c u ltu ra l g ro w th and change. • A gift of 6,400 letters for the Stefan Zweig Archives at th e S T A TE U N IV E R S IT Y O F N E W Yo r k C o l l e g e a t F r e d o n i a was received “with grateful appreciation” on behalf of the col­ lege by the SUNY Board of Trustees. The letters, w ritten to the famous Austrian au­ thor from various correspondents from 1901 to 1942, w ere assigned to the Zweig Archives under a d e ed of gift from Eva A lberm an of London, Zweig’s niece by marriage to L otte Zweig, his second wife. In 1968 th e C ollege at F re d o n ia had e stab ­ lished th e Zweig Collection w hen the au th o r’s first wife, F rid e rik e M aria Zweig, v isited the cam pus a nd p re s e n te d a special c o llectio n of books, articles, and letters. Since then the collec­ tion has more than doubled, with books, m anu­ scripts, and letters by and about Zweig. The archives have b een inventoried and ap­ p ra ised by in d e p e n d e n t a p p ra ise rs a nd th e ir value e s tim a te d at $125,000. S cholars in the United States and E urope have shown interest in the archives at Fredonia, which supplem ent other collections at the Stefan Zweig Society in Vienna and the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem, Israel. In th e ir resolution accepting th e gift of the additional letters and materials, the trustees ex­ pressed appreciation, not only for the Alberman gift, b u t to Fredonia Professor E m eritus Robert Rie. Rie, an Austrian native, knew Stefan Zweig as a young man in Austria and later became co­ founder of the Zweig Society in Vienna. “Dr. Rie has contributed invaluably to bringing about this most significant addition to the Zweig Collection,” the trustees noted. Stefan Zweig, who d ied in 1942, is one of E u ro p e ’s m ost w idely read authors. He w rote novels, essays, poetry, and biographies, and his writings have been translated into virtually every major language. 13 • The library and the School of Music of the U n i v e r s i t y o f M i c h i g a n are pleased to an­ nounce the acquisition of a large collection of ma­ terials re lating to th e life and works of Georg F rie d ric h H a n d el com piled by th e late Jacob Maurice Coopersm ith. This collection was a gift to th e u n iv e rs ity from C o o p e rsm ith ’s widow, Mrs. Isabelle Coopersm ith of Kensington, Mary­ land. Jacob Coopersm ith, long considered one of the foremost authorities on Handel, was bom in 1903 and, following undergraduate and graduate study at New York University and Columbia Univer­ sity, was awarded his Ph.D . in music history in 1932 from Harvard University. His dissertation was a twelve-volume work entitled “An Investiga­ tion o f G e o rg F rie d ric h H a n d e l’s O rc h e s tra l Style,’’ and the bulk of the work consisted of a thematic index to the printed works of the com­ poser. C oo p e rsm ith ’s su b seq u e n t publications w ere exceedingly num erous and included, not only var­ ious studies on H andel among which was his now classic edition of Messiah, b u t also a survey of Music and Musicians in the Dominican Republic for w h ich h e was a w ard e d th e d is tin g u is h e d O rder of Juan Pablo from that country. He was a m em ber of th e staff of the Music Division of the L ibrary of C ongress for many years and was a senior music cataloger at the Library. It has been truly said of Coopersmith that “h e was a scholar with an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a li­ brarian whose quick mind and incisive thinking were invaluable to the profession.” The collection of materials rep resen ted in this gift from Mrs. Coopersmith is rich in all aspects of Handeliana. Included are various printings of th e c o m p o s e r’s w orks, m a n u s c rip ts , re la te d e ig h te e n th -c e n tu ry item s, and all o f C o o p e r­ smith’s notes from his many years of research and study. T hus its value to stu d e n ts and scholars concerned with H andel’s music, as well as with his life and times, is incalculable. • The M aryland Province of th e Society of Jesus and Georgetown University announce the transfer on deposit of the historical archives of the Maryland Province from the provincial’s resi­ dence in Baltimore to the Special Collections Di­ vision of th e G e o r g e t o w n U n i v e r s i t y L i­ brary. The collection, m easuring sixty linear feet, is a largely untapped source of Catholic church his­ tory, rich in both cultural and religious material from the colonial period to the tw entieth century. Among the contents are the business and admin­ istrativ e re c o rd s o f th e Je s u it p la n ta tio n s, or “m anors,” such as St. Thomas, St. Inigoes and Bohemia, the site of an early school, and the cor­ re sp o n d en c e am ong notew orthy Je su its o f the Maryland Province. O f greatest historical significance are the letters o f A rchbishop John C arroll, th e first Catholic b ish o p in th e U n ite d S ta te s a n d fo u n d e r of Georgetown University. His correspondence with the English Jesuit Charles Plowder provides one of the most im portant resources on the develop­ m ent of th e Am erican Catholic C hurch. O th e r a sp e c ts o f C a th o lic life in A m e ric a a re docum ented in letters of Boston College founder Fr. John M cElroy, which give insight into the problems of Irish immigration and the struggle of the Irish to maintain their identity in the often hostile Yankee environment. O f less importance, b ut providing a footnote to history, is the correspondence of Fr. Jose Antonio L o p ez , w ho s e rv e d b rie fly in 1840 as G e o rgetow n’s n in e te e n th p re sid e n t, w ith E m ­ peror Iturbide of Mexico, whose ten u re in that capacity was equally short-lived. Applications for use of the archives should be addressed to Fr. H enry Bertels, S.J., Woodstock Theological C e n te r Librarian, Georgetown Uni­ versity Library, 37th and O Sts., N .W ., W ashing­ ton, DC 20057. A detailed index to the collection is available through the library’s Special Collec­ tions Division. EXHIBITS • The careers of famous literary exiles, such as Shelley and Byron, Elizabeth B arrett and Robert Browning, and H enry Jam es, as well as more m odem expatriates, such as James Joyce, T. S. Eliot and E zra Pound, D. H. Law rence, G e r­ trude Stein, and E rnest Hemingway, are touched upon in a new exhibition of original letters, man­ uscripts, and early printed editions selected from T h e N e w Yo r k P u r l i c L i r r a r y ’s Berg Col­ lection of English and American Literature. “Literature in Exile” will be on display to the p u b lic fre e o f c h a rg e in th e B erg E x h ib itio n Room (Room 318) of the library’s central building at Fifth Avenue and 42d Street, Monday, Tues­ day, W ednesday, Friday, and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p .m ., through April. M any o f th e m ajo r figures o f E n g lish and American literature w ere at one tim e or another exiles or expatriates. T he exhibition begins in the six te e n th c e n tu ry w ith works by p r in te r Jan Wynkyn de W orde, who came to London from Alsace in 1476, and William Tyndale, who fled England for G erm any after being charged with heresy for atte m p tin g an E nglish translation of the New T estam ent. The famous version of the Bible translated into the Massachuset Indian lan­ guage in 1616 by John Eliot, exiled to America for his religious beliefs, also is on display. Also shown are works of a num ber of important seventeenth-century English w riters whose lives were affected by the English Civil W ar and the subsequent Restoration. T hese include Thomas H obbes, th e p o e t A ndrew M arvell, and John Locke. L etters, diaries, and m anuscripts of the noted English w riter Fanny Burney are also on exhibit. 14 Beneath A n o th e r Su n ‚ a com panion piece by Lola L. Szkadits, curator of the Berg Collection, which was d e sig n e d and p rin te d by D ennis J. Grastorf at th e Angelica Press, is available at the library’s Sales Shops at 5th Avenue and at Lin­ coln C e n te r for $1.50. GRANTS • President M atina S. H o m e r announced that R A D C L IF F E C O L L E G E has been awarded a Na­ tional E n d o w m e n t for th e H u m a n itie s (NEH) challenge grant to be used prim arily for support of the A rthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library, R adcliffe’s re s e a rc h lib ra ry on th e h isto ry of women in th e U nited States. The $400,000 grant m ust b e m atched, in a ratio of at least one to three, by new nonfederal contributions w ithin the next th ree years. As a re su lt o f th e grant, th e S chlesinger Li­ brary will be able to renovate its expanded physi­ cal facilities, broaden its acquisitions efforts, and develop a long-range fund-raising program to in­ c rea se e n d o w m e n t a nd a n nual giving. M oney contributed to m eet the N E H challenge will, ac­ cording to P re sid e n t H o m e r, be used to build endow m ent for future operating and acquisitions costs. The library’s origins date back to 1943 and the gift o f th e W o m a n ’s R ig h ts C o lle c tio n by a Radcliffe alum na, M aud W ood Park ’98. Since that tim e, the holdings have expanded steadily as other donors have added books, periodicals, and the papers of prom inent women, w om en’s organi­ zations, and families. In 1965 the library, at first called th e W om an s Archives, was re n am ed in honor of th e late Professor Schlesinger and Mrs. Schlesinger, bo th p ioneers in enco u rag in g the study of w om en’s history. Today, nearly 300 major m anuscript collections p ro v id e s o u rc e m a te ria l on su c h to p ic s as w om en’s rights and suffrage; social welfare and reform; p io n ee rs in th e professions; family his­ tory; women in politics, the labor m ovem ent, and g o v e rn m e n t se rv ice ; and post-1920 fem inism . W ell-know n colle ctio n s in c lu d e th e p a p e rs of Susan B. Anthony, the Beecher-Stowe family, the Blackwell fam ily, Ju lia C h ild , B e tty F rie d a n , C harlotte Perkins Gilm an, Alice H am ilton, the Lydia Pinkham M edicine C om pany, and Je a n ­ nette Rankin. In addition to preserving the past history of American women, the library is actively collecting th e records o f con te m p o ra ry w om en and has becom e th e official repository for such organizations as th e N ational O rg anization for W omen and th e W omen’s E quity Action League. • T h e A n d re w W . M ellon F o u n d a tio n has a w ard e d th e M A S S A C H U S E T T S H IS T O R I C A L So c i e t y a grant of $400,000, of which $100,000 is in expendable funds to support processing, mi­ crofilm ing, a n d con se rv a tio n a c tiv itie s o v e r a two-year perio d and $300,000 is in endow m ent funds—the incom e to be applied toward similar ends. The expendable funds will be used in m eet­ ing th e m a tc h in g r e q u ir e m e n ts o f an e a r lie r three-year grant awarded th e society by the Na­ tional E ndow m ent for the Hum anities. • T he A n d o v e r - H a r v a r d T h e o l o g i c a l LIRR A R Y has announced receip t of a two-year, $86,902 grant from the Veatch Program of Plan­ dome, New York, to support the incorporation of the library and archives of the Universalist H is­ torical Society (UH S) in to its collections. T he grant will be used to provide the staffing neces­ sary to catalog the p rinted m aterials and inven­ tory the archival collections of the UHS library, w hich was a c q u ire d by th e H a rv a rd D iv in ity School last year. D a tin g from th e fo u n d in g o f th e society in 1834, the UHS library is an extensive collection of books, periodicals, pa m p h le ts, m anuscripts, and archival m aterials and constitutes a unique resource for the study of American Universalism. Addition of this collection to the Divinity School’s already strong holdings in Universalism will make the A ndover-H arvard Library the m ajor resource center for the study of the Unitarian-Universalist heritage and of liberal religion in American gen­ erally. • W hile the card catalog works well w hen an author or title is known, it is less efficient for re­ trieving m aterials by subject, since only a few broad term s can be used for each item . Several current com puter-based abstracting and indexing services have provided far more detailed subject access to jo u rn a l a rtic le s (e .g ., P sychological A b stra c ts, In d e x M edicus, E n g in e erin g Index, etc.) than the MARC records do for books. Little has been done to provide b e tte r retrieval capabil­ ity for th e u s e r o f m onographs. By e n ric h in g existing records for m onographs, m ore specific searches in the “free text’’ mode can be m ade by searching every w ord in the subject description. T he Council on Library Resources has awarded $76,615 to th e SYRACUSE U n i v e r s i t y School of Information Studies for an experim ent that may result in im proved subject access to monographs by augm entation o f MARC (M achine R eadable Cataloging) records. W orking w ith a sam ple of books draw n from the collections of the University of Toronto and comprising a n u m b er of subject categories in the hum anities and special sciences, the project plan was to enlarge the subject description contained in the MARC record of each book by utilizing a set o f se le c tio n ru le s for c h oosing w ords and phrases found w ithin th e index and/or table of contents. T he file of descriptions for the books in the sam ple has b een processed by th e System D evelopm ent C orporation’s ORBIT Search Serv­ ice and by an experim ental retrieval system at S y ra c u se U n iv e rs ity c a lle d S IR E . O n -lin e com puter-based subject searches w ere then made by both project staff and others who have access to the service. T he results of the experim ent are 15 being analyzed and evaluated to d eterm in e the feasibility and utility of performing on-line com­ puter subject searches for monographs with such enriched records. • N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y L ib ra ry (NUL), an internationally recognized c e n te r for African research, and the L ibrary of Congress have announced that they have begun a coopera­ tive project to make bibliographic data on African materials m ore readily available in the national library network. The project is being undertaken with the sup­ p o rt o f th e N a tio n a l E n d o w m e n t for th e H um anities, which has aw arded N orthw estern U niversity an o u trig h t grant of $127,445. This was accompanied by a gift and matching offer of $74,437, m ak in g p o ssib le a to ta l g ra n t of $276,319. Project director is James S. Aagaard, professor of com puter sciences and electrical engineering and h ead o f N U L ’s Inform ation System s D e ­ velopment Office. A ccording to U n iv e rsity L ib ra ria n John P. McGowan, NU L will create and maintain catalog data and location records for its own extensive Af­ rican c o lle c tio n , h o u se d in th e M elv ille J. H erskovits Library of African Studies, and for other libraries specializing in Africana. To ensure that the data is of high quality and c o n siste n t w ith L ib ra ry o f C o n g re ss records, NUL will search all titles and entries in the Li­ brary of Congress files. If a title is not found, a new record will be created. If a title is found, but the cataloging needs revision, the record will be corrected. At regular intervals NUL will transfer its rec­ ords to the Library of Congress in the machine- re a d a b le c a ta lo g in g (MARC) co m m u n ica tio n s format. The records will be distributed to the li­ brary co m m u n ity via th e MARC D istrib u tio n Service and eventually incorporated into the Li­ brary of Congress MARC data base. D e p u ty L ib ra ria n o f C o n g re ss W illiam J. Welsh com m ented that the project has important implications for the design of a national library network. “It will dem onstrate,” he said, “whether a decentralized system composed of bibliographic data control centers like N orthw estern is an effec­ tive way to build a comprehensive national bib­ liographic data base.” Since 1962, the Herskovits Library of African Studies has produced the bimonthly “Joint Ac­ quisitions L ist for Africana” (JALA). L ibraries with specialized African collections send data d e­ scribing their recent acquisitions to be included in JALA. T he cooperative project will make it possible to com puterize the publication. • The U n i v e r s i t y o f R o c h e s t e r Library has received a grant of $100,000 from the Foun­ dation H istorical Association, Inc., of A uburn, New York, to refurbish and expand the univer­ sity’s collection of William Henry Seward papers. A n n o u n c e m e n t o f th e g ra n t was m ad e by William M. Emerson, president of the Founda­ tio n H is to ric a l A ssociation, a n d R o b e rt L. Sproull, president of the university. T he Seward Collection consists of the public a nd p riv a te c o rre s p o n d e n c e a n d o th e r memorabilia of William H. Seward, secretary of state during the administrations of Abraham Lin­ coln and Andrew Johnson. The collection was given to the university from 1945 to 1951 by Sew ard’s g ra n d so n , W illiam Henry Seward III, of Auburn. Glyndon G. Van Deusen, professor em eritus and retired chairman of the university’s history dep artm e n t, was in­ strum ental in obtaining the gift of the papers for Rush Rhees Library. The funds will b e used to catalog about 4,000 p a m p h le ts , to re fu rb is h a p p ro x im a te ly 200 pamplet volumes, to purchase a microfilm camera to microfilm the original letters and documents, to expand and enrich the collection by acquisi­ tions, and to publish a special issue of the Uni­ versity of R ochester L ibrary Bulletin featuring the Seward Collection and the Seward House in Auburn. The Seward Collection is housed in the Rare Book D epartm ent of the university’s Rush Rhees Library. Seward H ouse, in which William H enry Se­ ward lived from 1824 until his death in 1872, is adm inistered by th e Foundation Historical As­ sociation. Upon the death of William Henry Se­ ward III in 1951, the association restored the res­ idence as a historic house and opened it to the public in 1955. Located in Auburn, New York, the Seward House is in the National Registry of Historic Places and has been designated a Na­ tional H istorical Landmark. It contains an o ut­ standing collection of memorabilia related to Se­ ward and his work in public service. MEETING SUMMARIES • An outstanding paper on preservation was presented by Frazer Poole, assistant director of preservation at the Library of Congress, at the M u s ic L i r r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n annual m eeting in Santa Barbara during the week of August 16, 1977. It is worth summarizing here. T he b a sic re q u ire m e n ts for a p re s e rv a tio n policy are care and interest, common sense, and information. The librarian should know the col­ lection thoroughly and examine it as often as nec­ essary. In general, one should n e v er do what cannot be undone. Deterioration results from im­ proper manufacturing, environment, and storage; time, use, and general w ear and tear; and dam­ age from carelessness and vandalism. 1. Environm ent a. T e m p e r a tu r e . F o r e v e ry te n d e g re e s F ahrenheit the tem perature is lowered, the life of the paper is doubled. The converse is also true. 18 b. Humidity. For paper produced from 1865 on, 40-45 percent or less humidity is best. For vellum and leather and wood musical in stru m e n ts, 50-55 p e rc e n t hu m id ity is best. It is particularly important that a con­ sta n t le v e l of h u m id ity b e m ain tain ed ; day-night, w eekend, or seasonal cycling leads to internal destruction of the paper and the structure of the book. Present con­ d itio n s m ay be d o c u m e n te d by a h y d ­ rotherm ograph, which charts hourly var­ iations and has a three-m onth capacity. In many cases adjustments to the system can be made that will prove to be cost-effective in the long term. c. Lighting. D irect sunlight and ultraviolet radiation from fluorescent lights harm col­ lections and should be controlled by mov­ ing the collection, using plastic films over w indow s, or u sing u ltra v io le t filte rin g sleeves on the lights. d. Other. D ust and particles that grind against paper and leather can be controlled with up to 97 percent efficiency by a filter in the air-conditioning system. Atmospheric gases leading to rapid deterioration, however, are expensive to control, and it may not be cost-effective in an old building to install devices that control these gases. 2. Storage a. Shelving. Complete support should be pro­ vided, especially for folios. Unbound jour­ nals should be stored flat; manuscripts, in vertical boxes only if full. b. Folders. These should be acid-free. Library of Congress is using polyester envelopes and polyester film encapsulation. An older lamination method lasted only fifty to sixty years, and the heat process used had dark­ ened manuscripts. c. “Phased Box.” This invention is a one-piece protective covering that holds the contents in place and prevents damage. It can be used for any kind of material. d. D eacidification. This process neutralizes acid in the paper and builds in a buffer for what may later turn into acid from the nat­ ural elem ents of the paper or what enters. The process will not m end previous dam­ age. The process should not be attem pted by amateurs or the average library binder. e. Repairs/Restoration. Minor repairs may be done by trained staff. f. Photocopying. This is good for storage but not regular use: images are subject to abra­ sion of going in and out of files. Photo­ c o p ie d m ate ria ls should be e n c a se d in polyester and microfilmed or reproduced for use. 3. Special Types of Materials a. Film. For master negatives, 35-40 percent hum idity is suggested. b. Recordings. Regularly used recordings will be damaged. Archival collections should be stored in polyethylene-lined envelopes in com partm ented steel or wood shelves, with dividers from top to bottom. c. Videotape and audiotape. These magnetic materials are im perm anent; passages may be lost and cross-printing may occur. Little m ore can be done than to p ro te c t them from stray magnetic and electrical fields. d. Leather. Sulfuric acid, certain other chemi­ cals, a nd a tm o sp h e ric p o llu ta n ts cause leather to deteriorate. e. Vellum. All vellum needs is an occasional cleaning. f. P h o to g ra p h ic p rin ts . T h e se sh o u ld be m ounted on acid-fìree boards or placed in a c id -fre e e n v e lo p e s , o ne p r in t p e r e n ­ velope, and filed flat or vertically.— M IT Library Notes. • “Micrographics and Maps” was the theme of the fall m eeting of the W ESTER N ASSOCIATION O F M a p L i r r a r i e s held at the University of California, San Diego, on October 6 and 7. The meeting marks a significant turning point in the field, because the reduction of maps and other cartographic m aterials, such as te rre stria l and space imagery, to microform, coupled with com­ puterized cataloging, is literally going to revo­ lutionize the map library as it now exists. Presentations by speakers from private indus­ try, libraries, and various national, state, and local agencies pointed out that microphotography offers a practical alternative to the map in hard copy. It also makes for happy m ap users and pleases even the most tightfisted administrator or funding agency. Several speakers described presently operating systems, which are making a greatly increased amount of information available to the user on an economical basis. Cartographic microforms cost b u t a fraction of th e p rice of h a rd copy and achieve additional savings in reduced needs for space and equipm ent. They can also decrease or eliminate preservation and restoration problems and can provide speedier and less costly retrieval and reshelving than is possible with hard copy. Speakers from the Public Archives of Canada s National Map Collection and the U.S. National Archives told of ongoing program s to produce 105mm microfiche of maps in their collections. Both will substitute microfiche for original copy viewing whenever possible and will use the fiche for reproduction of hard copy or fiche for users or other libraries. While the U.S. project is selec­ tive, the goal of the Canadian program is the filming of all its maps. Some of the originals will then be discarded. O th e r sp e a k e rs d isc u sse d th e c u r re n t availability of cartographic microforms, commer­ cial filming, and reproduction services that might be attractive to low-volume institutions; technical 19 difficulties in filming; and e q u ip m e n t for filming, viewing, retrieving, and reproducing microforms. T he U.S. Geological Survey will soon publish on 35m m film all th e to p o g rap h ic q u a d ran g les (current and historical) issued by th e Survey. This series o f m aps, containing p erhaps 40,000 sheets, will be available at low cost and will enable even the sm allest a nd n ew est m ap collection to acquire com plete files o f th ese im portant maps. Collec­ tions that already possess th e originals can now consider off-site storage or ev en disposal o f sheets for areas th at are n o t heavily used. A nother agency, th e National C artographic In­ form ation C e n te r branch in M enlo Park, is ac­ quiring, organizing, and distrib u tin g information on th e a v aila b ility o f all form s o f U .S . c a rto ­ graphic m ate ria ls from b o th p riv a te a nd p u blic so u rc e s . I t h a s p r o d u c e d m a n y in d e x e s a n d brow se files (such as e a rth im agery indexes on microfiche) to assist users in th e selection and or­ dering of d e sired materials. U n lik e b la c k -a n d -w h ite m ic ro p h o to g ra p h y , color p re sen ts such serious draw backs th at it is n o t pra ctic a l a t th e p re s e n t tim e . P ro b le m s of poor re so lu tio n and d e te rio ra tio n o f color film, plus high costs of filming and rep ro d u ctio n (which can cost u p to 100 tim es as m uch as black and white), leave color a still-to-be-hoped-for possibil­ ity. A c om m ittee o f th e National Micrographics Association c u rre n tly is working on se ttin g up in ­ d u s try s ta n d a rd s fo r archival film ing o f c a rto ­ graphic m aterials. T he standard will cover 16mm, 35mm, a nd 105mm formats, w ith th e latter two being th e m ost comm on. T he m ee tin g concluded w ith a hands-on dem ­ onstration in m ap cataloging on th e OC L C term i­ nals in th e U C S D library and th e passage o f a resolution calling for th e inclusion o f m aps in the BALLOTS system at th e e arliest possible date. T he la tte r re so lu tio n will be se n t to th e BAL­ LO T S C e n t e r a t S ta n fo rd , w ith c o p ie s to W IL C O , CLASS, CLA, th e UC L ibrary Council, and to o th e r a p p ropriate library organizations.— Philip H oehn, U niversity o f California, Berkeley. MEETINGS & W ORKSHOPS February 11: T E C H N O L O G Y U P D A T E is a library w o rk s h o p to b e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e G r a d u a te School of L ibrary Science, D rexel U niversity. F o r fu rth er inform ation contact: D irector, C ontinuing Professional E d u c a tio n , D rex el U n iversity, 32d and C h e stn u t Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19104. F e b ru a ry 17-18: T he G raduate School o f L ibrary Science, D re x e l U niversity, will p re s e n t M E A ­ SU R EM EN T a t t h e R e f e r e n c e D e s k , one of its 1978 library workshops. F o r fu rth e r informa­ tion contact: D ire c to r, C o n tin u in g Professional E ducation, D rexel University, 32d a nd C h e stn u t Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19104. M arch 6 -8 : T h e 1 3 t h A N N U A L C O M M U N IT Y C o l l e g e L e a r n i n g R e s o u r c e s C e n t e r C O N F E R E N C E , s p o n s o re d b y th e C o lle g e o f D uPage, G len Ellyn, Illinois, will b e h e ld at the Oakbrook H y a tt H ouse, Oakbrook, Illinois. The conference th e m e is “L earning Resources: Trends o f th e 80s” and will feature tours, exhibits, dis­ cussions, and presentations on such topics as the future o f th e tw o-year college, instructional d e ­ v elo p m e n t, th e fu tu re o f lib ra ries, th e library­ college c o n ce p t, audiovisual m ed ia pro d u c tio n , and th e fu tu re of th e card catalog. P a rtic ip a n ts in c lu d e S a m u el G o u ld , H a ro ld Hodgkinson, R obert D iam ond, W illiam Oglesby, and G w endolyn Brooks. F o r fu rth e r inform ation c o ntact R obert Veih­ m an , L e a r n in g R e so u rc e s C e n te r , C o lle g e o f D uPage, G len E llyn, IL 60137. M arch 8 -9: T he 2 0 T H A N N IV ER SA R Y A N N U A L C o n f e r e n c e o f t h e N a t i o n a l F e d e r a ­ t i o n o f A b s t r a c t i n g a n d I n d e x i n g Se r v ­ i c e s (N F A IS) w ill b e h e ld a t th e U n iv e rsity Holiday Inn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. T he anniversary program will focus on areas of cooperation in th e inform ation co m m u n ity and will include sessions on international cooperation, d o c u m e n t acc ess, th e n e w c o p y rig h t law , r e ­ source sharing, and th e im pact o f n ew technol­ ogy. A d e scriptive brochure, a list of m em bers, and a list o f federation publications are available w ith­ o u t c h a r g e fro m t h e N a tio n a l F e d e r a t io n o f A bstracting a nd Indexing Services, 3401 M arket St., Philadelphia, PA 19104; (215) 349-8495. M arch 24-25: T he H a w a i i L i b r a r y A s s o c i a ­ t i o n will ho ld its annual spring conference at the Princess Kaiulani H otel, H onolulu. T he two-day affair will focus on “Roadmaps to th e F u tu re .” F o r fu rth e r inform ation contact M rs. Pualani R ivero, K aim uki R egional L ib ra ry , 1041 Koko H ead A ve., H onolulu, H I 96813; (808) 732-0727. A pril 1 7 -1 8 : T h e T u s c u l u m C o l l e g e A r ­ c h i v e s will host a workshop on th e cam pus of Tusculum College, G reeneville, T ennessee. The workshop will b e d irec te d tow ard beginning ar­ c h iv ists, in te r e s te d lib ra ria n s , a n d h isto ria n s. R u th H e lm u th , u n iv e r s ity a r c h iv is t a t C a se - W este rn R e se rv e U niversity, C leveland, Ohio, will b e k e y n o te le c tu re r. R e p resen tativ es from the T e n n e ss e e S tate L ibrary a nd A rchives will also b e on th e program , as well as o th e r noted archivists a n d historians from th e Southeast. E n ­ rollm ent will be lim ited. F o r fu rth e r information contact C arla S. Bewley, Box 77, Tusculum Col­ lege, G reeneville, T N 37743. April 23-26: T he U niversity of Illinois G raduate School o f L ibrary Science will hold its 1978 A n ­ n u a l C l i n i c o n L i b r a r y A p p l i c a t i o n s o f D A T A P r o c e s s i n g at th e Illini U nion on the U rbana cam pus. T he th e m e o f th e 1978 clinic will b e “Problem s and Failures in Library A utom ation.” F o r a list of 20 the speakers and their topics, along with registra­ tion application blanks, write or call Edward C. Kalb, Office of Continuing Education, 116 Illini Hall, U niversity of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801; (217) 333-2884. April 28-29: The School of Library and Informa­ tion Science, State University of New York at Al­ bany, will sponsor a two-day colloquium on TH E N e w C o p y r i g h t Ac t (P .L . 94-553) a n d I t s L e g a l , E t h i c a l , a n d P r a c t i c a l i m ­ p l i c a t i o n s . Coordinated by Richard Sweeney Halsey, associate professor in the school, the col­ loquium is designed for policy makers in librar­ ies, school districts, and educational television stations. Distinctions between the 1978 and pre­ vious copyright laws as applied to books, peri­ odicals, sheet music, and maps will be discussed during the day on April 28. In the evening there will be a debate on ethical issues during which persons representing publishers, librarians, users, and creators will air varying interpretations of the new law. The second day will be devoted to non­ print materials, educational television, the new technologies, and problem s arising in libraries and schools. The cost for participants will be $75 or $40 per day. Attendance is limited. For further informa­ tion contact: Lucille Whalen, School of Library and Information Science, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY 12222; (518) 457- 8575. April 30-M ay 5: The Society of American Ar­ chivists announces its fourth W O R K SH O P ON t h e C a r e o f H i s t o r i c a l R e c o r d s . The workshop will be held on the cam pus of Mt. Holyoke College near Amherst, Massachusetts, and will be cosponsored by the New England Ar­ chivists. The workshop will focus on the rudiments of archival theory and practice: the nature, acqui­ sition, description, conservation, and uses of ar­ chives and manuscripts. The curriculum has been designed for those who have little or no previous training but who currently bear responsibility for archives and manuscripts. For further information and application contact: Society of A m erican Archivists, The Library, P.O. Box 8198, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Chicago, IL 60680. May 4-5: Project LOEX (Library O rientation/ Instruction Exchange), the national clearinghouse for academic library instruction located on the campus of E astern Michigan University, is plan­ ning the E i g h t h An n u a l C o n f e r e n c e O n L i r r a r y O r i e n t a t i o n / I n s t r u c t i o n F o r ACADEMIC L i r r a r i e s . The conference will be held on the Eastern Michigan University campus, Ypsilanti, Michigan. The program, which will in­ clude speakers, discussions, and working sessions, is entitled “Improving Instruction, Then Proving Its Worth: How to Teach and How to Evaluate.” L ibrarians, faculty, adm inistrators, and stu ­ dents are invited. Registration will be limited. The inclusive price for registration, including all meals, will be $70. On-campus housing arrange­ ments are available. A brochure is required for registration. Contact Carolyn Kirkendall, Project LOEX, D ire c to r, C e n te r of E d u ca tio n a l R e­ sources, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197. May 5: A workshop entitled DISCOGRAPHY: ITS St r u c t u r e a n d F u n c t i o n s will be held at the School of Library and Information Science, State University of New York at Albany. It will examine such topics as basic terminologies and techniques used in discographic descriptions, structure of discographies in areas of classical music, jazz and rock n roll, and ways of improv­ ing library catalogs to serve the interests of dis­ cographers and record collectors. For further in­ formation contact: Gordon Stevenson, School of Library and Information Science, SUNY at Al­ bany, Albany, NY 12222; (518) 457-8577. May 7-19: The College of Library and Informa­ tion Services, University of Maryland, is planning th e T w e l t h A n n u a l L i r r a r y A d m i n i s ­ t r a t o r s D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g r a m . John Rizzo, p ro fe s so r o f m an a g em e n t at W e s te rn Michigan University, will serve as director. As in the past eleven years, participants will include senior adm inistrative personnel of large library system s—public, research, academ ic, special, governmental, and school—from North America and abroad. Seminar sessions will concentrate on the principal adm inistrative issues th at senior managers encounter. Those interested in further information may contact Mrs. Effie T. Knight, Administrative Assistant, Library Administrators D evelopm ent Program, College of Library and Inform ation Services, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. June 19-23: The AMERICAN TH E O LO G IC A L L l­ r r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n will hold its thirty-second annual conference at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. For information regarding arrangements, contact the Rev. Lawrence Hill, Librarian, Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA 15650. Program inform ation may be obtained from Elm er O ’Brien, Librarian, United Theologi­ cal Seminary, 1810 Harvard Blvd., Dayton, OH 45406. July 16-21: W ith the aid of a generous grant from the Tinker Foundation, the University of London will be the site of the T w e n t y -T h i r d SEMINAR ON T H E A C Q U IS IT IO N O F L A T IN AMERICAN L i r r a r y M a t e r i a l s . T he th e m e o f th e se m in a r will b e “ L atin American Studies in E urope and the U .S .A .” Several speakers will present working papers and information from the perspective of British and European Latin Americanists responding to different 21 forces in developing m ajor repositories of library materials and serving scholars in their re­ gions. Foreign participants will have the oppor­ tunity to becom e acquainted w ith th e libraries of the U niversity of London, th e British Library, and o ther collections in the area. Information on the content of the program and working papers may be obtained from Professor William V. Jackson, G raduate School of Library Science, U niversity of Texas, Box 7576, Univer­ sity Station, Austin, TX 78712. News on the local arrangements will be supplied by T he Convenor, SALALM S te e r in g C o m m itte e , 31 T avistock S q u a re , L o n d o n W C 1H 9H A , E n g la n d . F o r o ther information refer to the Executive Secre­ tary, Anne H. Jordan, Benson L atin American Collection, U niversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. MISCELLANY • A scholarship has been established honoring V irg in ia H a g g a rt, a c q u is itio n s lib ra ria n at W a s h b u r n U n i v e r s i t y , Topeka, Kansas, from 1968 to 1977. This is the first scholarship to be e stablished in any college o r university exclu­ sively for student assistants in the library. T he first recipients of the scholarship, which pays for one sem ester’s tuition, are Deana Bur­ gardt, Tecum seh senior, and Brian Buckles, To­ peka junior. Burgardt, a history major, received the fall se m e s te r scholarship, and Buckles, an e le m e n ta ry e d u c a tio n m ajor, w ill re c e iv e the spring award. The recipients w ere selected by the University Financial Aids Com m ittee and W U librarians on the basis of length and quality of service to the W ashburn Library, academic competence, finan­ cial n eed and in te rest in libraries. “Both of these students have worked for the li­ brary for th ree years and are excellent examples of the indispensable student assistant th e donor w ishes to e n c o u ra g e ,” C h a rle n e H u rt, acting librarian, said. The scholarship is the first W U award for stu­ dent library assistants. Haggart graduated from Kansas State College, where she studied home economics and technical journalism. She first joined the W ashburn staff as an employee in the Office of Alumni and Public Relations. In 1966, she moved to the university library as an order clerk and began graduate work in library science at E m poria State University. W hen she received h e r M aster of Library Science degree in 1968, she was prom oted to acquisitions librarian. • T h e r e s o u rc e s o f th e U N IV E R S I T Y O F So u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a ’s undergraduate Col­ lege Library will be enhanced because of a $1 million endow m ent pledged by the USC Associ­ ates, the university’s foremost support group. T he a n n o u n ce m e n t was m ade by Associates’ President Kennedy Galpin, chairman of the board of th e insurance firm of Marsh and M cLennan. Galpin said income from the endow m ent will be used for purchase of books and publications for the library, which houses the central collec­ tion for undergraduates in the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. T he e n d o w m e n t is a m ajo r c o n trib u tio n to USC’s Toward C entury II effort, a $265,340,000 program to enable USC to begin its second cen­ tury of service in 1980 as a model of academic ex­ cellence. • O ne of the largest collections in the world of Southeast Asian books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, photographs, and o ther p rin te d m atter has been nam ed in honor of John M. Echols, a pro­ fessor of linguistics and Asian studies at C O R ­ N EL L U n i v e r s i t y . N um bering nearly 135,000 volumes and now know n as th e Jo h n M. E ch o ls C o lle c tio n on Southeast Asia, th e m aterial is housed in Cor­ nell’s Olin Library. It is regarded not only as one of the largest b u t also one of the m ost compre­ hensive records anyw here of th e historical and cultural de v elo p m en ts in th e c o u n tries of that area. T he o u tsta n d in g grow th o f th e collection in quality and size in the past two decades is cred­ ited to a great degree to the efforts of Echols, as pointed o ut during a dedication cerem ony pre­ sided over by C ornell Chancellor D ale R. Cor­ son. U nder th e Farm ington Plan, C ornell accepted a national responsibility to develop a com prehen­ sive collection on Southeast Asia. T he cooperative plan, in stitu ted shortly after W orld W ar II, as­ signed to each participating research library in the U nited States th e developm ent of a collection on certain geographic or subject areas. • O ne m easure of the growth of on-line infor­ m ation services is th e appearance of two new journals directed to users of such services in this country and abroad. On-line Magazine and O n­ line Review are intended to cover developm ents and act as a forum for the rapidly growing indus­ try. The first issue of On-line Magazine has just appeared, w ith an introductory colum n by the editor. Among the points and predictions made in the introduction are the following: 1. Even though it has been only five years since the first on-line commercial systems became available (part of this a recession), growth has b een rapid, with com bined connect hours es­ tim ated at 225,000-275,000 p e r year and sales revenue of $10-12 million p e r year. 2. T he in d u stry is beginning to be affected by price com petition, w hich is likely to have a significant impact that should benefit academic libraries. 3. Colleges and universities will be sending out m ore and more graduates accustomed to research 22 with on-line systems; on-line informa­ tion will become an expected service, not one that m ust be promoted to users. 4 . Larger budgets for information services will be re q u ire d , a nd th e ro le o f th e inform ation manager/librarian will grow ever more impor­ tant. 5. Full-text storage is likely to become a reality because of the advances in technology of mass storage devices. 6. On-line services will spread throughout the entire civilized world, just as the telephone did. 7. Cable television probably will become a wide­ spread reality that will incorporate a simplified interactive system for the retrieval of informa­ tion on sports, hobbies, and prices of food and automobiles to an extent that may dwarf the bibliographic field in sheer sales volume. • California now brings to forty-six the num ber of states with H i s t o r i c a l R e c o r d s Ad v i s o r y BOARDS appointed to evalute historical records grant proposals and to coordinate National Histor­ ical P u b lic a tio n s and R eco rd s C om m ission (NHPRC) records program activities. Boards have also recently been appointed in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Board nominations received recently from Missouri are now being considered by the NHPRC at this time. A Mississippi board was app ro v ed contin g e n tly in 1976, although their governor has not taken additional steps to­ ward appointm ents. Only Maine and Wyoming have chosen not to nominate advisory boards in accordance with NHPRC guidelines. Now in its se c o n d y e a r of fu n d in g , th e NHPRC’s records grant program supports proj­ ects for the p reservation and use o f historical records. G rants are awarded to state and local governments and to nonprofit institutions for a wide range of activities, including records sur­ veys, accessioning, arrangement and description, m icrofilm ing, w orkshops, special stu d ies, and other projects to improve the documentation of American culture. For further information, write NHPRC, Records Program, National Archives, Washington, DC 20408; (202) 724-1616. • T he w orld’s m ost im portant repository of black literature and art is in jeopardy. The irre­ placeable collections of the SCHOMRURG C E N ­ TER f o r R e s e a r c h i n B l a c k C u l t u r e are threatened with physical disintegration. Now located at 103 W est 135th Street in Har­ lem , th e c e n te r was n a m e d a fte r A rth u r A. Schomburg, a Puerto Rican of African descent. Every year, thousands of students and scholars visit this library-museum, and researchers around the world use its facilities through microfilm and microfiche. Funds available for conservation and preserva­ tion are totally inadequate. In order to proceed with emergency rescue work, a one-dollar-for-two matching grant has been announced by the National E ndow m ent for the Humanities. Contributions, payable to the Schomburg C en­ te r, m ay b e s e n t to th e C o m m itte e for th e Schomburg Center, Campaign Office, 476 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10018. All contributions are welcomed and are tax deductible. • A listing of all corporate authors used in the U n i v e r s i t y o f C a l i f o r n i a , B e r k e l e y , Se­ rials Data Base was prepared recently, using the facilities of the Key System. The listing shows record n um bers for all records having a given c o rp o ra te a u th o r, allow ing for d iffe re n c e s in punctuation that do not affect filing. O f the 217,271 records currently in the Serials Data Base, 138,474 or 63.7 percent had authors. While a few of these are actually personal or con­ ference “authors,” all have been entered as cor­ porate authors and were included in this list. After collapsing record num bers for identical authors, a list of 63,000 authors emerged. Two copies of this list were printed. O ne will be used to correct keying errors and, w here possible, to enter authorized forms of corporate names. This fist may also be used to change personal and con­ ference nam es so that they are properly id en ­ tified. The following twenty-five co rp o ra te authors had the most titles and are listed in descending num ber of titles. In all, these 25 authors— less than l/20th of 1 percent of the corporate authors listed—accounted for 12,266 records, or 8.86 per­ cent of all records showing authors. [2,990] United Nations [2,225] U.S. Atomic Energy Commission [1,436] U.S. Bureau of the Census [565] California. Laws, Statutes, etc. [437] Canada. Bureau of Statistics [365] U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics [359] U.S. National Park Service [350] G erm any (Federal Republic, 1949- ) Statistiches Bundesamt [297] U.S. D ept, of State [286] United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [271] U.S. Office of Education [237] U.S. Dept, of Agriculture [232] U.S. Geological Survey [221] U.S. Internal Revenue Service [218] California. Dept, of Social Welfare [217] International Labor Office [209] California. D ept, of Parks and Recreation [196] U.S. W omen’s Bureau [193] U.S. Library of Congress [180] U.S. Bureau of Mines [173] U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics [155] California. University [155] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [152] U.S. Forest Service [147] U.S. W eather Bureau —CU News (University o f California, Berkeley.) ■■