ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 275 News From th e Field A C Q U IS IT IO N S • A new collection of papers at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, documents the political contest between William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt for the Republi­ can presidential nomination in 1912. The pa­ pers were collected by William Brown Mc­ Kinley, congressman from Illinois who directed the Taft for President Bureau in that year. More than 28,000 letters are in the collection, most of them written by supporters or opponents of the Taft candidacy. There are also copies of replies from McKinley’s staff. Among the cor­ respondents are Charles Ballinger, Charles G. Dawes, Henry A. Du Pont, Henry L. Stim­ son, and governors, congressmen, civil servants, and citizens, with wide differences of political opinion. The collection covers the years from 1906 to 1920, but most of the papers are from 1908– 1918. National campaign records from 1908 to 1918 show organizational charts, mail­ ing lists, Republican National Committee lists, and minutes of the National Republican Con­ gressional Committee between 1908 and 1916. The papers include state campaign records of 1912 as well as the national Republican rec­ ords. Financial records, speeches, and position papers are also in the collection. • A Mark Twain collection which includes first editions of all of his published books and many of his stories and sketches in magazines has been presented to the Wake Forest Uni­ versity library, Winston-Salem, North Caro­ lina, by Mrs. Nancy Susan Reynolds of Green­ wich, Connecticut. The collection, valued at $18,000, contains 337 items, including several letters written by Twain and members of his family, several books from his library, and more than fifty books and articles about the author. The collection contains multiple early editions of much of Twain’s work. For ex­ ample, there are fifteen editions of The A d­ ventures of Huckleberry Finn from the first in 1884 to one published in 1901. There are a number of first editions of books published in England. Many of the early editions are well designed and profusely illustrated. Books from his personal library include a minor work of Charles Darwin, whom Twain read exhaustive­ ly; a minor work by his neighbor, Harriet Beecher Stowe; and a novel by Thomas Dixon, Jr., an 1883 graduate of Wake Forest, who is best known for his novel The Klansman. • A group of George Bernard Shaw letters is among the papers of Lowell Brentano given to the University of Oregon library by Mrs. Frances Brentano of New York City. Mr. Bren­ tano was editorial director of th e publishing department of Brentano’s, Inc., and at th e same time a writer of novels, plays, musicals, and motion picture scripts. His correspondence includes letters from such well-known literary figures as Leland Hayward, Fulton Oursler, and Jerry Wald, as well as Shaw. The Shaw cor­ respondence provides evidence of the play­ wright’s antipathy toward “de luxe” editions of his work, a form of publication he refers to as artificial rarity, and a conspiracy to “pluck pigeons.” The Brentano Papers consist of letters, manuscripts, contracts and published pieces of both Lowell Brentano and Mrs. Brentano, and are a major addition to the library’s collection of source material for literary and publishing history. A W A R D S /G IF T S • The Utah Library Association has been named winner of the seventh Annual $1,000 Grolier National Library Week Award “for sponsoring the outstanding statewide Library Week Program of 1970.” The Library Associa­ tions in Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Virginia were also cited for “special recogni­ tion.” Twenty-three state programs were sub­ mitted in this year’s competition. The Award was established in 1964 by Grolier Inc., en­ cyclopedia publishers, to encourage and re­ ward the most effective use of the national reading and library development campaign to advance local and statewide library goals. In Utah, the State NLW Program was headed by Gordon Owen of KSL, the GBS affiliate in Salt Lake City, who was chairman of the Citizens’ Library Week Committee, with Mrs. Doreen Mohrke, of the Salt Lake City Sprague Branch Library, as executive director. • Robert Penn Warren, much honored as a poet and novelist, was today named winner of the 1970 National Medal for Literature. The award, consisting of $5,000 and a bronze medal, is conferred annually by the National Book Committee to honor a living American writer for the excellence of his total contribution to the world of letters. The award is endowed by the Guinzburg Fund in memory of the late Harold K. Guinzburg, president of The Viking Press and a founder of the Committee. 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GRANTS • The Institute of E lectrical and E lec­ tronics E ngineers (IE E E ) has received an additional grant from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled “Strengthen­ ing Information Services in Electrical and Elec­ tronics Engineering.” The recent grant of $18,666 will support an extension to the proj­ ect, now in progress for over a year, which has led to the development of new methods of author-assisted indexing and to the creation of a computer-readable bibliographic data base of IEEE literature. This additional award brings the total funds under this grant to $91,684. The Information Services Department of IEEE is the principal operating unit for the grant. Es­ tablished in 1967, the department’s aim has been to explore the new computer-based tech­ nologies for solutions to information problems. This work has led to a magnetic tape service which enables computerized information sys­ tems to take advantage of a large data base in electrical and electronics engineering, comput­ er science, and applied physics. The Information Services Department plans to be able eventual­ ly to provide on-line computer access to the data base, so that scientists and engineers may be able to interact more effectively using the information it contains. MEETINGS Oct. 7-8: Microforms and their place in academic libraries will be the subject of the first institute for academic librarians to be spon­ sored by the University of Kentucky’s School of Library Science. This institute was planned pri­ marily for the administrators and the specialists in technical processes of the junior and com­ munity colleges, the four-year colleges, and the universities of Kentucky. It will be held in Louisville on October 7 and 8, just prior to the Kentucky Library Association’s 1970 conven­ tion. The institute’s participants will be sup­ plied with information on the use of micro­ forms in solving specific library problems, and on the acquisition, organization, and care of microform materials. Demonstrations of micro­ form readers and other equipment will be in­ cluded in the program. Dr. Herman L. Totten, a specialist in academic library administration and in the use of nonbook materials in libraries, will be the institute’s principal speaker. A for­ mer member of the University of Oklahoma staff. Dr. Totten is now college librarian of Wiley College in Marshall, Texas. Inquiries about this institute should be addressed to Dr. Charles Evans, School of Library Science, Uni­ versity of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506. Oct. 11: The American Society for Infor­ mation Science will hold its 33rd annual meeting Sunday, October 11, through Thurs­ day, October 15, 1970, at the Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “The Information Conscious Society” is the theme. The Con­ vention Chairman for the 1970 meeting is Mr. Kenneth H. Zabriskie, Jr., Biosciences Informa­ tion Services of Biological Abstracts, 2100 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Oct. 16: The Upper Mississippi Academic Library Association, whose members come from Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, will have their fourth annual fall meeting in the Murphy Li­ brary, Wisconsin State University—La Crosse. Members will invite their history faculties to attend as guests. Dr. Richard Marsh, of Ham­ line University, will speak on archival research in the undergraduate library. Oct. 21-24: The 1970 annual conference of the Pennsylvania Library Association will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Philadelphia. More information is available from the Pennsylvania Library Association, 200 South Craig Street, Room 506, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15113. For complete information on the program see July/ August CRL Views, pages 220. Oct. 30: The Department of History of No­ tre Dame University, the Society of American Archivists, and the National Archives and Rec­ ords Service (Region 5) are cooperating in the presentation of a symposium on using the re­ sources of the Presidential Libraries. I t will be held Friday, October 30, 1970, in the Continu­ ing Education Center on the Notre Dame cam­ pus. An informal gathering of participants and those arriving the afternoon of October 29 is also being planned. Those desiring to receive a program should send their requests to the following address: Regional Archives Branch, Federal Records Center, 7201 South Leamington Avenue, Chi­ cago, Illinois 60638. The program and cost of attending can be found in the July/August CRL News, page 220. 278 A SHAKESPEARE BIBLIOGRAPHY THE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRMINGHAM SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY The Shakespeare Library of Birmingham, England, was founded in celebration of Shakespeare’s tercentenary with the intention of forming a library ‘which should contain as far as practicable every edition and every translation of Shakespeare; all the commentators, good, bad and indifferent; in short, every book connected with the life and work of our great poet. ’ This aim has so well been fulfilled th at the catalogue of the library provides an index unrivalled in scope and depth to every aspect of Shakespeare’s life and work and to the literature generated by more than 300 years of Shakespeare studies. The published catalogue is not merely a card-for-card reproduction of the working catalogue of the Library, since the material has been especially edited and extensively revised for publication. The publisher’s unique techniques and methods, elsewhere employed in the production of the British Museum General Catalogue of Printed Books, The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints, and other major works of biblio­ graphic reference, have allowed many improvements in format, arrange­ ment, and legibility and the more economic use of space. 7 v olum es 1 1 x 8 ½ inches Order from 4,300 p ag es 100,000 en tries P re p u b lic a tio n price: Mansell £87.50 o r US $210 th e set 3 Bloomsbury Place A fte r 31 J a n u a r y 1971: London WC1A 2QA £98.00 or U S $235.20 th e set England P o sta g e e x tra or through your bookseller 279 Regular price to schools and libraries, $79.50.* Orders received prior to publication date, January 1,1971, accepted at pre-publication price of $69.50.* * (plus $1.75 per set shipping and handling charge) MAK N E W F R O M E B E The most extensive rev E iew R in S prin t O o f t F he e A thni M c plu E ralism R o I f C the U A nited States “What, then, is the American, this new man? ” d e Crèvecoeur Makers of America does not attem pt a final definition o f an American; it does provide insight as to what Americans have thought themselves to be. The selections—734 in ten volumes—are drawn from sources rep­ resenting over fifty nationalities and ethnic groups. They enable the student to share the experiences and attitudes, the anxieties, hopes and prejudices of the diverse peoples who have made our country, and to form his own conclusions. Makers of America is drawn from letters, diaries, songs, sermons, newspapers—from thousands o f sources contemporary with the times they describe, from 1536 to the present. Extensive editorial introductions Reference Division E N C Y C L O P A E D IA B R IT A N N IC A E D U C A T IO N A L C O R P O R A T IO N 4 2 5 North M ichigan Avenue • Chicago, Illinois 60611 to each chapter relate the material to the overall concept. A profusion o f illustra­ tions adds meaning and substance to the text and five indices help the reader find any desired information quickly. 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As such, became one of the many significant subject areas covered by leading scientists in the Ap­ pendices to the Smithsonian Reports during the last century. The Annual Reports and General Appendices of the Smithsonian Institution A facsimile reprint edition from Carrollton Press 1846-1932 plus Cumulative Index The Annual Reports and General Appendices of the Smithsonian Institution contain more than 2,000 articles covering a wide range of studies, opinions, and predictions by yesterday’s “ experts” , which can now be brought to bear on today’s preoccupation with the impact of science and technology on our environment, our society and ourselves. Articles on pollution, urbanization, conservation of w ildlife and natural resources, and investigations into American Indian and Black civilizations provide infor­ mation on the historical and philosophical interpretations of American culture and science and trace the development of man’s concern with the world around him. 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Here is a selection of articles from the Annual Reports: The Mind of Primitive Man, Franz Boas, 1901 Urbanism: A Historic, Geographic, and Economic Study, Pierre, 1912 Life in the Ocean, Austin H. Clark, 1923 Problems in Smoke, Fume, and Dust Abatement, F. G. Cottrell, 1913 Mescal: A New Artificial Paradise, Havelock Ellis, 1897 Scientific Problems of the Future, Lieut. Col. H. Elsdale, 1894 Sun Worship of the Hopi Indians, J. Walter Fewkes, 1918 Fundamentals of Housing Reform, James Ford, 1913 Origin of African Civilizations, Leo Frobenius, 1898 The Place of Forestry Among Natural Sciences, Henry S. Graves, 1915 The Unity of the Human Species, Marquis de Nadaillac, 1897 The Reclamation of the West, F. H. Newell, 1903 Forest Destruction, Gifford Pinchot and C. H. Merriam, 1901 Technology and Civilization, F. Reuleaux, 1890 Our Heritage from the American Indians, W. E. Safford, 1926 W ildlife Protection, Ernest P. Walker, 1930 Discovery of the Future, H. G. 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Nov. 12; The annual conference of the New York Library Association (see above) will include a conference-within-a-conference on the Preservation of Library Materials, Novem­ ber 12, 1970. For further information see Sep­ tember CRL News, page 248. Nov. 13-16: The Oral History Association will hold its Fifth Annual Colloquium, No­ vember 13 through 16, 1970, at Asilomar, on the Monterey-Carmel Peninsula, California. For registration information contact Mrs. Wil­ la Baum, Regional Oral History Office, Room 486, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720. For further infor­ mation on the program and costs see Sep­ tember CRL News, page 248. Nov. 20-21: An institute for librarians, “The Reference Bibliographer in the Subject Spe­ cialties,” has been scheduled for November 20– 21 (Friday and Saturday) in San Diego, Cal­ ifornia. Participants will work with such dis­ tinguished librarians as Louis Shores, Robert Burgess, Carl White, Florrinell Morton, and Melvin Voigt. The two-day institute will give librarians in-depth training in such support areas of subject-area bibliography as: ( 1 ) how to write a guide to the literature, (2) how to train students in specialized bibliography, (3) how to survey and upgrade a specialized col­ lection. Institute members will attend as ob­ servers a symposium of the American Anthro­ pological Association on “Information Needs of the Anthropologist” on Friday morning. Ref­ erence librarians and subject bibliographers are invited to submit papers for the institute to Donald McKie, Central University Library, Uni­ versity of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037. Areas in which interest has been expressed include: data banks, microform services, computer-aided tutorial packages for subdisciplines, guides to the recent reference literature in geographically defined areas. Since anthropology is being used to some extent as a sample focus, papers which focus on narrow specialties in anthropology will be especially welcome. Fee for the two-day meeting, includ­ ing hotel accommodations for two nights, two lunches, and two dinners, is $75.00. Registrants are invited to contact: Conference Department, University Extension, P.O. Box 109, La Jolla, California 92037. Nov. 28: The Fifty-sixth Annual Conference of Eastern College Librarians will meet at Columbia University. The Conference topic will be “Research Libraries and the Publishing In­ dustry.” Inquiries should be addressed to; Mr. Basil Mitchell ( Chairman of The Program Committee), Executive Director, Southeastern New York Library Resources Council, 103 Mar­ ket Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601. Jan. 6-12, 1971: Following on the XXVIIth International Congress of Orientalists Library Panel at Ann Arbor in 1967, Library Seminars will be held during the 28th International Con­ gress of Orientalists, Canberra, 6-12 January, 1971. These may be regarded as the first ma­ jor activities of the International Association of Orientalist Librarians set up at the Ann Arbor meetings. Apr. 23-24, 1971: Sixteenth annual Midwest Academic Librarians Conference at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. May 30-June 3, 1971: The 70th Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association will be held in New York City, May 30– June 3, 1971. A letter of intent to submit a formal paper for consideration, accompanied by a short ab­ stract, should be sent by September 1, 1970, to: Alfred N. Brandon, Librarian, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Fifth Avenue and 100th Street, New York, New York 10029. The dead­ line for submission of completed papers is L O O K I N G F O R A N O T H E R C O L L E G E L I B R A R Y J O B B E R ? FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ON OUR SERVICES: WRITE OR CALL COLLECT: 314-739-3100 ATTN: MR. LESSER Midwest Library Service 11400 Dorsett Road Maryland Heights, Missouri 63042 283 February 1, 1971, For information regarding the type of papers needed see July/August CRL Views, pages 220 and 224. Aug. 22-27, 1971: An International Con­ ference on Information Science will be held in Israel on August 22-27, 1971. Papers will be presented in the following areas: ( 1 ) Informa­ tion Analysis and Information Analysis Cen­ ters; (2) Retrieval of Information; (3) Selec­ tion, Education, and Training of Personnel; (4) Publishing and Reproduction. Titles and sum­ maries of papers are due not later than Decem­ ber 1, 1970. For further information contact: Conference Secretary, ISLIC—Israel Society of Special Libraries and Information Centres, P.O.B. 16271, Tel-Aviv. See also September CRL News, page 249. Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 1971: The Indiana Li­ brary Association will meet at Stouffer’s Inn, Indianapolis, Indiana, Further information can be obtained from Jane G. Flener, President, Indiana Library Association, Indiana University Library, Bloomington, Indiana 47401. MISCELLANY • The University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences (GSLIS) will administer the 1970 Multi-Na­ ENCYCLOPA EDIA tional Librarian Project, a fifteen-week cultural exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State for career librarians from foreign countries. The project, to run from October 1, 1970, through January 14, 1971, is designed to acquaint participants with American librarianship and its relationship to American life and society. After a ten-day orientation in Washington, D.C., the seventeen participants, representing fifteen countries, will come to Pitt for a three-week seminar. At the conclusion of the seminar, participant librarians will serve five-week internships in libraries around the country for training and consultation in their fields of specialization. Following their intern­ ships, they will travel throughout the United States to visit representative, and unique, li­ brary operations. The ten women and seven men who have been selected to participate in the project represent university, public, school, and special libraries; two of the representatives also are on the faculties of library schools. Countries sending librarians include Argentina, Chile, Ethiopia, Guyana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines. The participants were chosen by U.S. embassies in their respective countries. • Libraries, academic departments, and oth­ er agencies which have facilities for exhibiting BRITANNICA is THE authoritative source of information Britannica offers the mature student and re­ searcher greater coverage and depth than any other reference w o rk . . . presented in a concise style and format, with readability enhanced by a special clear, visible type. Britannica authors include many of the world’s most authoritative voices whose expert knowledge has contributed to Britannica's reputation for excellence. 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Approximately twenty to forty volumes will be selected in 1970. Apply to Lawrence S. Thompson, Project Director, De­ partment of Classics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506. The books must be displayed in locked cases, but handling by interested persons is permitted. For the ex­ hibitors who receive the books in February, March, and April only a typed list will be avail­ able, but thereafter the printed handlist will be supplied in twenty-five copies. Additional hun­ dreds of copies may be ordered for $8.00 per hundred from the project director. Each ap­ plicant for the exhibit should indicate the months in which the exhibit is wanted, in order of preference. Every effort will be made to supply the exhibit in the month in which the books are wanted, but preferences will be given to exhibitors within the pertinent region. There is no charge for the exhibit; but exhibitors will be requested to send the books, prepaid and fully insured (maximum of $200.00) in time to reach the next exhibitor by the first of the month in which the books are to be shown. Ap­ plications for the exhibit will not be acknowl­ edged immediately unless there is a specific request. A schedule of the exhibits will be sent out early in February 1971. PU BLICATIO NS • The English Department at Indiana State University has announced the publication of The Dreiser Newsletter. The Newsletter will be published twice a year. Volume 1, Number 1 (Spring 1970) is now available. Its contents include: news of the coming Dreiser Cen­ tennial; “Two Dreisers Plus One,” an essay- review by Philip L. Gerber; “Dreiser Studies; Work To Be Done,” a prospectus of projects for Dreiser scholars by Donald Pizer; and “The Lilly Library Holdings,” an annotated listing of Dreiser manuscripts and materials available at Indiana University, by Richard W. Dowell. Subsequent issues will include interviews with prominent Dreiser scholars; “Dreiser’s Medical Journal,” a study of the original manuscript, wherein Dreiser tells of his inability to write during a struggle with neurasthenia; and an annual annotated checklist of Dreiser scholar­ ship. Critical articles are welcome, but priority will be given to material of a bibliographical nature. Manuscripts should follow the MLA Style Sheet, and be accompanied by return postage. Subscription fee: $2.00 for two years (four issues). Single copies: 75 cents. All correspondence and checks should be addressed to: The Dreiser Newsletter, Department of En­ glish, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809. • The Slavic Bibliographic and Documenta­ tion Center of the Association of Research Li­ braries has begun the publication of a monthly acquisitions guide to new Slavic publications. It is designed to provide, in one place, biblio­ graphical information about forthcoming and recent titles in the social sciences and human­ ities published in all Slavic languages, in the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugo­ slavia, and Bulgaria. The guide is intended pri­ marily for those college and smaller univer­ sity libraries which do not collect in depth, but which do need a good, well-rounded working collection in one or several Slavic languages and/or subject areas. The first three issues of New Slavic Publications, A Guide to Selection and Acquisition in the Social Sciences and Humanities have been distributed free of charge. Beginning with vol. 2, no. 1, September 1970, subscriptions will be accepted at a rate of $10.00 a year for institutions, and $5.00 for individuals. Subscriptions and requests for more information should be addressed to the Slavic Bibliographic and Documentation Center, As­ sociation of Research Libraries, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. • The Proceedings of the Standing Confer- Congressional Digest Microfilm All volumes of Congressional Digest since 1921 are now available on 16mm positive microfilm in minimum units of one vol­ ume-year. Rates: $8 per volume; 5 or more volumes @ $7.50 each. 45-year basic library, 1921- 1966, $320. Annual index reel (1921- 1969), $5. Standing orders accepted. For free descriptive brochure, write: Congressional Digest 3231 P St. N.W., Washington D.C. 20007 LARGE SCREEN … 24″ x 24″ viewing area can project a full newspaper page in actual size. EASY TO OPERATE … Loading and all controls are up front at the user’s fingertips. No instruction needed. ACCEPTS REELS AND CARTRIDGES … Use your film in reels or convert part or all of your holdings to I. 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D. microfilm cartridge system, write or call today; INFORMATION DESIGN, INC. 3247 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California 94025 (415) 369-2962 287 ence of National and University Libraries sem­ inar on Human Aspects of Library Instruction held at the University of Reading on December 9, 1969, are available for purchase from the Secretary of the Conference, The Library, Uni­ versity College, P.O. Box 78, Cardiff, England, at a price of 10 shillings. • The 1970 annual Serials Holdings List of the UCLA Biomedical Library has recently been printed. This computer-generated publica­ tion includes information on over 12,000 ceased as well as current titles, complete holdings statements, call numbers, history notes, and shelving locations of 6,495 current unbound ti­ tles. A limited number of copies of the List are available for purchase at $5.00 each. Purchase requests should be addressed to; Mrs. Nancy Brault, Serials Librarian, UCLA Biomedical Li­ brary, Center for the Health Sciences, Los An­ geles, California 90024. All requests must be accompanied by a check for $5.00 made out to Regents of the University of California. • The Union List of Scientific and Technical Serials in the University of Michigan Library, A P PO IN T M E N T S Arden Alpaugh has accepted a position as reference librarian at Southern Alberta Insti­ tute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Mrs. Suzette Bell has been named assist­ ant librarian, the School of Library Service li­ brary, Columbia University. Mrs. Sandra Beth has joined the catalog service of the Northern Arizona University li­ brary, Flagstaff. Joanne H. Boelke has been appointed ref­ erence librarian, Northwestern University li­ brary, Evanston, Illinois. John P. Buzas is now assistant catalog li­ brarian at the University of Illinois library, Chi­ cago Circle. Mrs. Merle L. Canfield has been appoint­ ed to the position of assistant cataloger, with the rank of instructor, at Oklahoma State Uni­ versity library, Stillwater. Dr. John H. M. Chen has been named as­ sociate librarian and head of the Pennsylvania State University’s Capitol Campus library, Uni­ versity Park. Thomas A. Childers is joining the faculty of the Graduate School of Library Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, as assistant professor. Cecilia Ching-Chu Lo has assumed the duties of catalog librarian, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. John W. Church has been appointed cura­ tor of photographic archives and assistant pro­ 5th edition, is now available. It includes more than 23,000 titles drawn from the holdings of twenty-three of the libraries in the University of Michigan library system. Each title entry gives the official main entry, library location, holdings, and call number. Some 5,500 cross- references have also been provided to assist users. All new entries and corrections submitted to the editorial staff through March 15, 1970, have been included. The fifth edition may be purchased for $10.00 from Business Services Division, Technical Services Department, Uni­ versity Library, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. • The first edition of the Rochester Regional Research Library Council’s Union List of Serials has been published by the Council. The list contains 12,798 titles representing the hold­ ings of thirty area academic and special librar­ ies. It does not include either the Rochester Public Library or the University of Rochester’s holdings, which will be included in the second edition. The list is available from the Roches­ ter Regional Research Library Council, Room 525, Hall of Justice, Rochester, New York 14614. Price $50.00 per copy. Personnel lessor of photography, University of Louisville library, Kentucky. Dan O. Clemmer, Jr., has been appointed to the position of assistant to the director of li­ braries, Smithsonian Institution libraries, Wash­ ington, D.C. Georgia R. Coffin has been appointed as­ sociate librarian and chief catalog librarian, Pennsylvania State University library, Univer­ sity Park. Ruth K. Collier is now administrative assist­ ant in the Medical Information Service Center at the Medical Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Martin Colverd has been appointed assist­ ant to the associate director of technical ser­ vices, Columbia University library. Richard W. Cruce has assumed the posi­ tion of assistant reference librarian at the Uni­ versity of Illinois library, Chicago Circle. James M. Deay has assumed the position of head of acquisitions service, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. Marilyn DeGeus is now the head librarian of the college library, Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery. Mrs. Cynthia D. Dobson is joining the Iowa State University library staff, Ames, as instruc­ tor. Richard Dougherty is joining the faculty of the Syracuse University School of Library Sci­ ence, Syracuse, New York.