College and Research Libraries College and University Library Statistics T h e s t a t i s t i c s f o r 1949 r e p r e s e n t t h e f o u r t h such c o m p i l a t i o n to a p p e a r u n d e r t h e d i r e c t sponsorship of A . C . R . L . I n t h e eight y e a r s since t h e s t a t i s t i c s first a p p e a r e d in College and Research Libraries, t h e t o t a l n u m b e r of i n s t i t u - tions r e p o r t i n g h a s g r o w n f r o m 139 to 188. I n t h e s t a t i s t i c s a p p e a r i n g in C.R.L. f o r M a r c h 1943, 38 t e a c h e r s colleges and n o r m a l schools, 51 colleges and u n i v e r s i t i e s f a l l i n g in G r o u p I, and 50 colleges and u n i v e r s i t i e s in G r o u p I I r e p o r t e d . I n t h e c u r r e n t issue, t h e r e a r e s t a - tistics f o r 53 t e a c h e r s colleges, 66 colleges and u n i v e r s i t i e s in G r o u p I, and 69 in G r o u p I I . E v i d e n c e of t h e c o n t i n u i n g g r o w t h in t h e n u m - ber of r e p o r t i n g l i b r a r i e s is f o u n d in t h e i n c r e a s e over l a s t y e a r ' s c o m p i l a t i o n , in w h i c h s t a t i s t i c s f o r 147 i n s t i t u t i o n s w e r e t a b u l a t e d ; 14 colleges and u n i v e r s i t i e s h a v e been added in t h e G r o u p I I t a b l e , and 12 in t h e t e a c h e r s col- lege t a b l e this y e a r . T h e i n f o r m a t i o n in these t a b l e s w a s c o m - piled and s u m m a r i z e d u n d e r t h e g e n e r a l d i r e c - tion of G . F l i n t P u r d y , c h a i r m a n of t h e C o m - m i t t e e on S t a t i s t i c s . T h e G r o u p I t a b l e s w e r e p r e p a r e d by D o n a l d E . T h o m p s o n , M i s s i s - sippi S t a t e C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . F r a n k L . Schick, W a y n e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , p r e p a r e d t h e G r o u p I I t a b l e s ; and W e n d e l l W . Smiley, E a s t C a r o l i n a T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , p r e p a r e d t h e t a b l e s f o r t e a c h e r s colleges. T h e c a r e f u l and t i m e - c o n s u m i n g w o r k done by these li- b r a r i a n s r e p r e s e n t s a c o n s i d e r a b l e c o n t r i b u t i o n to t h e k n o w l e d g e in this p a r t i c u l a r a r e a . U s e r s of t h e s e s t a t i s t i c s w i l l n o t e t h a t t h e t a b l e s f o r 1949 c o n t a i n c o l u m n s n o t r e p o r t e d in t h e 1948 t a b l e s , and t h a t c e r t a i n c o l u m n s h a v e been d r o p p e d . F o r e x a m p l e , all t h r e e t a b l e s n o w include c o l u m n s f o r t h e n u m b e r of n e w s p a p e r s and p e r i o d i c a l s c u r r e n t l y received, a m o u n t s of money s p e n t on l i b r a r y service per s t u d e n t , and o t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n u s e f u l in de- t e r m i n i n g t h e r e l a t i o n of a p a r t i c u l a r l i b r a r y to o t h e r l i b r a r i e s . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e r e - p o r t i n g of l i b r a r y incomes has been simplified by d r o p p i n g t h e p r e v i o u s b r e a k d o w n into g i f t s , e n d o w m e n t s , and so f o r t h . T h e c o l u m n s r e - c o r d e d in p r e v i o u s y e a r s d e a l i n g w i t h t h e h o u r s p e r w e e k r e q u i r e d of staff m e m b e r s , n u m b e r of m o n t h s f o r w h i c h s a l a r y is paid, n u m b e r of days v a c a t i o n a l l o w e d , and o t h e r s i m i l a r d a t a h a v e been e l i m i n a t e d . C a r e f u l e x a m i n a t i o n of t h e s t a t i s t i c s f o r colleges and u n i v e r s i t i e s ( G r o u p I ) w i l l r e v e a l n e w c o l u m n s f o r g r a d u - a t e s u m m e r session e n r o l m e n t , v o l u m e s a d d e d , t o t a l e x p e n d i t u r e f o r p e r s o n n e l , p e r s t u d e n t e x p e n d i t u r e f o r l i b r a r y s a l a r i e s , books, p e r i - odicals, and binding, t h e r a t i o of l i b r a r y ex- p e n d i t u r e to t o t a l college o r u n i v e r s i t y e x p e n - d i t u r e , and o t h e r n e w i n f o r m a t i o n , aside f r o m t h e c h a n g e s pointed o u t . O t h e r c h a n g e s will be n o t e d in t h e t a b l e s f o r G r o u p I I and f o r t e a c h e r s colleges. T h e o v e r - a l l r e s u l t is a c o m - pilation of increased v a l u e . W h i l e t h e i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r of l i b r a r i e s r e - p o r t i n g statistics, and t h e c h a n g e s in t h e t a b l e s add to t h e v a l u e of this c o m p i l a t i o n , it m u s t be r e m e m b e r e d t h a t they also m a k e it neces- s a r y to e x a m i n e t h e t a b l e s critically b e f o r e m a k i n g any c o m p a r i s o n s w i t h p r e v i o u s y e a r s . T h e i n c r e a s i n g n u m b e r of figures available w i l l d i s t o r t t h e high, m e d i a n , a n d l o w m e a s - u r e s , f o r instance, unless only those l i b r a r i e s w h i c h h a v e r e p o r t e d s t a t i s t i c s over a period of s e v e r a l y e a r s a r e c o n s i d e r e d . A n y a t t e m p t to c o m p a r e t h e figures f o r a n u m b e r of y e a r s will h a v e to be based upon i n d i v i d u a l m a n i p u - l a t i o n s . T h i s , of c o u r s e , is an a r e a in which t h e C o m m i t t e e on S t a t i s t i c s is c o n c e r n e d . T h e t a b l e s f o r 1949 indicate t h a t t h e c o m m i t t e e is a t t e m p t i n g to m o v e a w a y f r o m t h e concept of l i b r a r y s t a t i s t i c s as m e r e l y i n t e r e s t i n g q u a n t i - t a t i v e d a t a , and t o w a r d a system of r e p o r t i n g h a v i n g m o r e v a l u e as a m e a s u r i n g device. L i b r a r i a n s h a v e been c o n c e r n e d w i t h r e - c o r d i n g t h e i r activities and s t a t u s in s t a t i s t i - cal f o r m f o r m a n y y e a r s . T h e rapid g r o w t h of l i b r a r i e s w i t h i n t h e p a s t f e w decades and t h e r e c e n t p o s t w a r d e v e l o p m e n t s in r e c o g n i - tion of t h e need f o r h i g h e r s a l a r i e s and n e w services m a k e s t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y of s t a t i s t i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n i m p e r a t i v e . T h e i n t e r e s t of t h e Office of E d u c a t i o n in g a t h e r i n g d a t a not p r e - viously m a d e available, and t h e activities of the A . C . R . L . in a t t e m p t i n g to c r e a t e a con- t i n u o u s system of s t a t i s t i c a l r e p o r t i n g a r e t h e r e f o r e i m p o r t a n t . If t h e s e e f f o r t s can be c o n t i n u e d over a period of y e a r s , t h e r e s u l t s will indeed be u s e f u l . — R a l p h Blasingame, Jr. APRIL, 1950 1 5 1 College and University Library Gen' L i b r a r y Akron Alabama Arizona Brooklyn Brown California ( B e r k e l e y ) . . . California (Los Angeles) Chicago Cincinnati Colorado Colorado A. & M Columbia Connecticut Cornell D a r t m o u t h Denver D u k e Florida Georgia H a r v a r d Howard (Washington, D.C.) I d a h o Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa S t a t e Joint University Kansas K e n t u c k y Lehigh Louisiana S t a t e Maine Mass. I n s t , of T e c h . . . . Michigan Michigan S t a t e Minnesota Mississippi S t a t e Missouri M o n t a n a New Hampshire New Mexico New York ( N . Y . U . ) . . . N o r t h Carolina N o r t h D a k o t a Northwestern Ohio S t a t e Oklahoma Oregon Oregon S t a t e Pennsylvania Pennsylvania S t a t e . . . . P i t t s b u r g h Princeton Rochester Southern Methodist Syracuse Temple Tennessee Texas U t a h Virginia Washington (St. Louis). Washington ( S e a t t l e ) . . W a y n e Wyoming Yale High Median Low N « Fiscal Year F a c u l t y Members1 1 Regu- S u m - lar mer Ses- Ses- - S t u d e n t E n r o l m e n t - Ending sion sion12 8 175 80 30Se49 972 775 30Je49 367 112 30Je49 950 196 30Je49 476 8 30Je49 1,790 633 30Je49 2 , 0 2 0 984 350 30Je49 2 , 0 2 0 984 8 30Je49 907 86 30Je49 23 23 30Je49 320 8 30Je49 3 , 2 0 7 8 30Je49 658 122 30Je49 1,19728 258 30Je49 352 0 31Ag49 557 471 30Je49 580 140 30Je49 867 867 30Je49 407 236 30Je49 2 , 5 9 3 8 30Je49 502 103 30Je49 277 88 30Je49 3 , 7 5 9 8 30Je49 700 350 30Je49 1,233 440 30Je49 1,652 279 30Ap49 661 300 30Je49 1,100 259 30Je49 938 447 30Je49 308 84 30Je49 703 311 30Je49 300 78 30Je49 1,296 8 30Je49 1,309 761 30Je49 1,390 495 30Je49 3 , 0 0 0 8 1,000 30Je49 3 , 0 0 0 8 8 8 37 37 30Je49 189 8 30Je49 228 8 8 265 141 30Je49 2 , 3 1 7 1,363 30Je49 592 305 30Je49 170 74 31Ag49 2 , 1 2 2 392 30Je49 2,363 39 900 30Je49 2,363 39 39 30Je49 511 138 30Je49 899 112 30Je49 2 , 2 5 9 8 30Je49 1,805 411 30Je49 1,513 8 30Je49 470 0 30Je49 835 140 30Je49 273 192 30Je49 1,509 395 30Je49 851 293 30Je49 1,797 3 7842 31Ag49 47 8 30Je49 475 8 30Je49 365 116 30Je49 1,419 300 31Mr49 853 427 30Je49 8 8 30Je49 484 184 31 My 49 1,396 0 3 , 7 5 9 1,363 853 269 Regular Session1 U n d e r - g r a d e G r a d - a t e 7 u a t e Summer Session Under- News- Periodi- p a p e r s cals 2 , 7 2 2 8 , 5 7 6 5 , 2 3 0 17,216 4 , 2 0 5 18,576 11,840 19 "7j 670 9 , 0 0 6 3 , 7 1 3 11,110 7,889 8 , 3 7 0 2 , 9 4 6 10,344 3,762 9 , 1 4 6 6,770 6,061 4 , 0 5 9 3 , 9 1 2 22,884 11,409 9,045 9 . 0 3 8 4 , 1 6 3 9,029 6,768 3,163 8 , 4 3 0 3 , 9 8 0 5 , 4 5 8 13,903 16,405 22,078 3 , 1 1 6 10,370 3 , 3 2 1 3 , 3 6 5 4 , 2 6 7 26,550 5 , 7 2 6 2 , 6 4 7 22,916 21,161 10,317 6 , 3 5 6 7 . 0 3 9 14,311 8,805 14,684 3 , 4 1 1 5,094 7,120 15,165 14,852 8,488 15,134 8,832 3 , 9 4 1 13,860 14,340 11,574 3 , 0 7 0 5 , 5 7 3 53 600 205 922 500 4 . 5 6 9 2 , 4 7 9 19 " ' 6 2 2 888 109 17,269 250 1,316 15 955 1 , 4 0 0 997 317 8 , 4 3 9 1,242 172 2,984 3,00533 1,841 936 1,593 722 765 361 933 122 1,602 7 , 1 2 6 1,363 8 ' ' ' 172 969 135 185 528 20,697 1,877 129 1.570 2 , 6 8 7 950 597 370 5 , 4 5 3 987 4,979 3 3 607 624 373 2 , 2 2 3 1,716 988 1,703 1,034 1,141 588 1,650 1,048 215 3 , 1 1 9 grad- u a t e 7 1,595 6,4131 3 1,968 4 , 8 0 1 986 15,98416 5 , 0 6 8 20 i ^ o i 4,963 170 59 26,550 20,697 13,664 8 , 4 3 0 2 , 6 4 7 65 962 15 64 2 , 0 0 9 0 49 G r a d - u a t e 125 1 , 6 8 5 " 375 0 2,415 522 2,252 1,004 2 , 7 3 9 0 9,61413 1,009 7,996 1 3 2 , 9 4 0 1,543 849 6,355 4,667 2,985 1,962 1,736 2 , 9 6 0 3,705 941 3,797 655 1,991 4 , 6 2 6 4 , 9 8 1 17,0441 3 1,533 3 , 7 8 0 983 912 1,377 13,664 5,952 1 3 655 6,262 7,807 3 , 6 6 0 2 , 0 0 9 1,8601 3 3,015 » ' 7 , 0 0 5 0 1,098 6,3541 3 1,463 6 , 1 4 1 3 , 64842 1 1 , 9 4 3 " 1,525 6,6961 3 5 , 5 9 7 3 , 0 2 6 1,557 0 337 5 6 6 " 1,783 737 500 0 7,771 737 0 49 Book Stock2 350 624 0 3,012 1 3 264 1 , 7 1 3 " 283 210 2 , 7 3 7 2,2073 3 2,018 929 2,304 598 333 195 987 318 848 5 , 3 6 1 1,070 3,9391 3 367 1,206 360 272 507 7 , 7 7 1 2,0431 3 292 1,889 2 , 8 7 9 1,435 738 6 9 2 " 1,461 2,286 0 401 686" 921 1,096 1,250*2 4 , 1 3 3 " 8 2 , 338, 214, 193, 719, 1 , 6 2 6 , 697, 1,763, 636, 680, 131, 1,853, 150, 1,398, 655, 246, 960; 364, 241, 5 , 2 3 0 , 209, 142, 2 , 2 8 3 , 800, 619, 401, 539, 406, 466, 246, 364, 225, 435, 1,415, 303, 1,513, 130, 585, 164, 157, 170, 845, 536, 161, 987, 819, 308, 433, 242, 1,165, 308, 548, 1,143, 496, 263, 358, 307, 310, 898, 226, 551, 501, 6 6 6 , 347, 147, 3 , 8 7 7 , 493 813 570 419 368 146 892 012 022 OOl24 859» 505 879 159 004 558 859 985 608 226 411 859 501 329 066 759 726 517 135 971 742^ 666 154 650 286 625 562 081 727 294 500 179 095 512 956 406 149 270 600 210 964 200 097 097 091 349 058 659 755 734 497 177 348 463 562 819 Vol- umes Added 3 , 6 2 3 36,574 9,621 8 , 2 5 1 19,988 76,220 73,986 61,361 15,379 36,684 4 , 7 9 8 60,557 12,609 49,716 12,905 28,779 34,240 33,691 16,826 110,250 11,807 21,916 C u r - rently Re- cur- rently R e - ceived ceived 17,415 1 2 , 8 8 8 25,161 13,402 29,017 6 , 1 6 0 22,881 7,970 17,673 4 0 , 4 5 3 70,915 23,600 4,864 19,902 4 , 7 9 6 8 , 3 7 6 14,330 54,955 22,241 4 , 2 2 1 57,557 52,256 15,476 50,08040 12,207 40,577 15,599 34,700 24,475 16,480 19,197 15,157 18,006 20,930 31,362 18,647 36,597 21,136 39,992 29,055 8 , 5 6 1 128,312 5 , 2 3 0 , 2 2 6 128,312 434,217 21,033 82,493 3 , 6 2 3 66 64 Circulation Volumes Lent for H o m e Use3 Reserved Book Loans4 10 124 53 7 20 326 217 90 24 45 38 117 16 11529 44 31 78 156 57 63 581 18229 94 101 28 213 140 4 72 13 7 149 227 117 41 100 25 50 4030 75 93 95 143 109 66 75 20 8 46 24 37 44 37 185 36 150 5 220 50 67 12930 ' 5 8 1 66 4 61 2,601 1,638 700 6 , 5 0 0 2 0 , 9 5 1 " 11,296 7,815 2,065 3 . 1 7 0 1.171 5,004 1,500 10,07429 1,881 1,587 3 , 6 0 0 3 , 3 7 9 1,855 3,40930 1,265 861 18,194 10,64029 2,472 2,328 3,628 1,796 2,233 1,700 1,683 1,033 2,300 6,398 2 , 3 2 6 24,25935 2,378 3 , 0 0 0 836 1,140 1,182 4 , 0 0 0 4 , 6 3 8 72530 8,835 3 , 4 5 6 2,091 2,248 2 , 0 7 6 2,893 3 , 4 8 3 3 , 2 7 8 2,795 1,212 2,382 2,483 2,353 6,650 2 , 6 4 7 3 , 8 0 0 2,851 10,70235 2,627 1,064 18,194 2 , 3 8 0 568 60 21 170 46 87 106 419 227 312 59 143 26 604 39 188 81 136 177 168 37 256 82 28 453 203 266 120 311 70 166 43 83 34 120 245 177 119 25 112 37 51 127 239 268 23 166 1 8 1 99 142 69 1 8 8 107 1 2 1 155 101 128 179 130 114 182 143 62 122 214 99 62 208 1 6 1 694 585 184 918 428 101 597 988 183 910 936 961 450 962 953 033 896 786 220s1 766 504 781 784 457 651 889 637 551 669 519 091 715 306 344 522s* 726 722 324 895 1 6 8 348 014 334 476 274 474 813 055 304 678 071 189 743 636 000 486 496 666 854 93 643 97910 542 328 644 451 604,936 127,168 21,161 61 1 As of t h i r d week, fall t e r m . 2 Total a t end of fiscal year. 3 Excludes overnight loans and loans of reserved books. 4 Includes overnight loans. 5 Gen- erally includes audio-visual aids. 6 Does not include building operation and maintenance and capital outlay. 7 Resident and special students. 8 Not reported or not available. 9 Central library and all agencies. 1 0 Excludes Law, Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing libraries. 11 Officers, teachers, extension workers, etc. 1 2 Including those from regular staff a n d special summer teachers. 1 3 Total for both sessions. 1 4 Includes periodicals. 15 Included in book figure. 1 6 Two sessions; includes g r a d u a t e students. 1 7 Included with summer undergraduates. 1 8 Includes serials and public documents. 19 Undergraduate, 2,572; divisional, 4,218; professional, 1,420; university college, 1,666. 2 0 Undergraduate, 703; divisional, 3,480; professional, 1,063; university college, 9. 21 Includes student service. 2 2 Included in staff salaries. 2 3 E n t i r e staff equivalent to 628. 2 4 Includes 303,208 documents. 2 5 Excludes 20,000 periodicals and documents. Statistics 1948-49 (Group I) Staff $ 33,660 119,885 40,427 109,350 153,630 628,866 318,372 4 3 4 , 5 0 1 " 121,422 95,011 34,733 7 9 1 , 4 4 6 " 40,796 318.683 116,599 117,418 181,353 189,544 88,924 812,364 83,342 32,313 6 8 9 , 2 7 9 " 185,000 164,719 96,569 92,308 79,088 106,934 30,307 162,334 22,822 137,896 562,330 76,170 390,570 36,075 112,235 39,425 36,097 52,310 4 0 8 , 4 2 7 " 179,466 17,329 259,997 231,525 58,281 138,999 100,972 315,762 126,364 102.684 232,792 1 1 8 , 1 1 1 66,800 155,345 145,058 142,183 193,909 78,710 173,445 113,500 237,848 146,837 34,693 5 1 5 , 9 9 9 " 812,364 117,418 17,329 61 Student Service $ 2,831 23,336 13,615 35,665 9 , 3 9 2 211,677 87,000 11,516 33,699 10,296 22 ' 6 j 078 47,207 9 , 7 2 7 15,012 23,744 51,098 14,000 33,000 8 , 4 0 0 13,275 22 30.000 56,466 14,056 39,126 31,263 20,398 3 , 4 1 9 20,232 8,204 10,400 42,100 40,924 76,137 3,387 28.001 8 , 6 0 0 10,540 14,600 22 29^076 2 , 5 0 7 66,366 44,241 23,000 16,512 16,322 29,839 42,798 17,572 8,535 14,412 14,194 30,888 13,986 10,664 76,607 24,965 28,946 19,110 75,049 26,779 8,531 211,677 20,232 2 , 5 0 7 61 Total Staff Salaries & Student Service $ 36,491 143,221 54,042 145,015 163,022 840,543 405,372 434,501 132,938 128,710 45,029 791,446 46,874 365,710 126.326 132,430 205,097 240,642 102,924 845,364 91,742 45,588 689,279 215,000 221,185 110,625 131,434 110,351 127,332 33,726 182,566 31,026 148,296 604,430 117,094 466,707 39,462 140,236 48,025 46,637 66,910 408,427 208,542 19,836 326.363 275,766 81,281 155,511 117,294 345,601 169,162 120,256 241.327 132,523 80,994 186,233 159,044 152,847 270,516 103,675 202,391 132,610 312,897 173,616 43,224 515,999 845.364 136,587 19,836 66 • Library Operating Expenditures 9 - Books6 $ 16,500 6 7 , 0 2 3 " 2 3 , 5 9 9 " 22,436 50.266 2 6 0 , 5 8 5 " 191,388 135,635 37,851 5 2 , 7 1 9 " 2 , 0 8 1 1 7 9 , 3 0 8 " 4 4 , 6 8 5 " 1 8 0 , 5 3 5 " 36.267 6 6 , 9 0 5 " 1 3 0 , 9 8 9 " 98,025 54,821 3 6 5 , 9 8 8 " 18,129 9,428 3 7 5 , 1 5 8 " 140,000 44,760 30,345 8 6 , 4 8 7 " 68,957 79,098 14,258 46,613 10,550 34,835 1 7 7 , 6 4 2 " 62,333 2 2 0 , 5 0 3 " 16,360 60,179 17,405^ 12,009 3 7 , 3 6 5 " 1 1 3 , 9 9 4 " 54,349 1 8 , 7 1 8 " 1 8 0 , 3 6 4 " 1 9 2 , 6 1 2 " 7 4 , 0 4 2 " 54,478 26,725 97,175 5 9 , 1 1 3 " 1 0 4 , 6 4 7 " 69,282 6 8 , 3 3 6 " 43,189 52,608 49,582 47,376 69,611 47,796 65,875 56,999 1 5 2 , 4 4 1 " 92,115 14,703 2 5 5 , 7 0 2 " 191,388 48,689 2,081 40 Periodicals $ 2 , 5 0 0 568 756 000 930 914 842 446 872 284 321 347 000 426 737 560 586 831 922 470 186 878 395 786 706 061 083 463 698 406 Binding $ 2 , 5 0 0 11,673 5,229 4,476 15,842 70,341 53,746 43,127 13,059 8,584 2,605 62,658 13,695 8,718 15 ' 5 , 9 6 6 8,252 96,338 4,832 2,738 16 34^000 15,582 18,326 15,296 13,592 12,063 7,696 16,982 3 , 1 4 2 9,882 u ' 7 | 7 0 0 u 6 j 450 3 , 6 3 3 4 , 0 0 0 22,879 10,816 1,801 3,532 8,215 12,384 25,688 26 255 22,208 is 15,403 13 925 7,114 10 284 9,759 14 187 11,825 18 477 15,097 39 219 28,898 19 093 8,690 18 021 21,091 32 955 6,481 15 is 15 830 12,000 9 418 6,599 is 15 48 000 96,338 14 284 10,816 1 347 1,801 41 53 Total Books Periodicals & Binding I 21,500 78,696 28,828 33,480 84,864 330,926 267,134 201,692 60,824 61,303 8,528 241,966 44,685 180,535 68,408 75,623 130,989 115,863 77,357 462,326 32,282 13,513 375,158 222,000 101,766 77,408 101,783 96,109 100,747 28,785 82,517 19,162 54,903 177,642 111,911 220,503 38,211 101,653 22,111 18,703 41,365 136,873 83,248 20,519 180,364 192,612 77,574 71,156 48,807 150,269 59,113 104,647 117,745 83,739 64,228 72,651 75,594 80,950 137,728 75,579 104,987 96,435 152,441 119,945 30,720 255,702 462,326 82,883 8,528 66 Other Total Operating Expendi- tures $ 1 i 11 t y u 875 2 304 6 769 65 190 18 203 31 984 2 790 6 255 4 092 47 293 33 740 73 628 6 706 15 357 12 619 9 938 196 189 2 689 4 686 49 321 12 000 16 153 8 029 13 000 7 863 30 639 3 544 13 555 2 382 14 516 22 250 13 128 24 804 3 553 21 686 1 861 2 696 4 300 45 548 16 850 804 37 891 9 936 6 000 13 676 6 802 17 270 11 472 10 154 20 437 12 771 3 667 4 009 8 781 21 270 15 483 11 924 16 525 5 360 24 544 13 421 4 289 39 229 196 189 12 310 $ 59,481 233,792 85,174 185,264 247,866 1,236,659 690,709 668.177 196,552 196,268 57,649 1,080,705 91,559 580,165 268,362 214,759 351,443 369,124 190,219 1,503,879 126,713 63,787 1,113,758 449,000 339,104 196,062 246,217 214,323 258,718 66,055 278,638 52,570 215,715 804,322 242,133 712,014 81,226 263,575 71,997 68,036 112,575 590,848 308,640 41,159 544,618 478,314 164,855 240,343 172,903 513,140 239,747 235,057 379,509 229,033 148,889 262,893 243,419 255,067 423,727 191.178 323,903 234,405 489,882 306,982 78,233 810,930 1,503,879 242,776 41,159 Per Student E x p e n d i - tures for Library Salaries44-45 $ 8 . 1 2 8 . 2 9 6 . 9 5 6.32 28.65 21.48 18.59 28.72 12.64 7 . 5 2 11.78 17.54 4 . 9 4 28.03 4 2 . 6 6 5 . 5 4 3 1 . 8 7 12.12 9 . 5 2 5 8 . 3 0 12.87 8 . 8 6 19.72 10.10 13.92 8 . 6 0 13.42 8 . 2 9 11.00 7.24 12.90 6 . 1 1 14.98 19.49 4 . 9 2 10.84 7 . 6 1 8 . 5 9 10.01 9 . 8 5 10.02 5 . 9 5 13.37 5 . 3 3 10.00 7 . 9 9 4 . 9 7 16.03 11.78 14.26 8 . 4 9 4 . 1 5 60.06 18.36 5 . 5 7 9 . 4 2 6 . 6 8 10.63 8 . 2 2 10.51 29.15 6.11 13.39 10.60 8 . 0 9 5 9 . 3 6 60.06 10.31 4 . 1 5 66 Per Student Expendi- t u r e s for Books, Periodicals & Binding45 $ 4 . 7 8 4 . 5 6 3 . 7 1 1.46 14.91 8 . 4 6 12.25 13.33 5 . 7 8 3 . 5 8 2 . 2 3 5 . 3 6 4 . 7 1 13.84 - 2 3 . 1 0 3 . 1 6 2 0 . 3 6 5 . 8 4 7 . 1 5 3 1 . 8 8 4 . 5 3 2 . 6 3 10.73 10.43 6 . 4 0 6 . 0 2 10.39 7 . 2 2 8 . 7 1 6.18 5 . 8 3 3 . 7 8 5 . 5 5 5 . 7 3 4 . 7 0 5 . 1 2 7 . 3 7 6 . 6 3 4 . 6 1 3 . 9 5 6 . 1 9 1.99 5 . 3 4 5 . 5 1 5 . 5 3 5 . 5 8 4 . 7 4 7.34 4 . 9 0 6 . 2 0 2 . 9 7 3 . 6 1 29.30 11.60 4 . 4 2 3 . 6 7 3 . 1 8 5 . 6 3 4 . 1 8 7 . 6 6 15.12 4 . 4 4 6.52 7 . 3 2 5 . 7 5 2 9 . 4 2 31.88 5 . 7 4 1.46 66 26 16,740 graduates and undergraduates in 1948. 27 Includes periodicals and binding. 28 Down to and including assistant professor only. 29 Not excluding duplicates. 3 0 Central collection only. 31 General and undergraduate libraries only. 3 2 Overnight only. 3 3 Includes professional schools. 3 4 Excludes 128,629 volumes not under control of university librarian. 3 5 Includes serials. 36 Central library only. 3 7 Entire staff is 750 full-time. 3 8 Includes binding. 3 9 Entire staff is 569J full-time. 4 0 Includes 29,347 volumes not previously reported. 41 Use in building only. 42 Knoxville division only. 4 3 Partial record of central library only. 4 4 Staff salaries and student assistance. 4 5 Number of students based on total undergraduate and g r a d u a t e enrollment for regular and summer sessions. 4 6 Number of libraries on which high, median, a n d low are based. 4 7 761 on full-time basis. College and University Library Gen' _ Ratio of . Salaries — Library Asso- Expendi- ciate tures or Subprcfessional Total to Total Assist- Department Heads Professional Assistants Assistants College or College or ant All Departments1 All Departments 1 All Departments1 University University Chief Maxi-Expendi- Expendi- Chief Librar- Mini- Maxi- No. Mini- Maxi- No. Mini- Maxi- Library tures tures Librarian ian No. mum mum No. mum mum No. mum mum Akron 2 2 0 5 $2 800 $3 300 4 $2 080 $2,500 $ 5,437 036 $4.30 2 9 $3 800 $4,100 214 2 400 3 500 6 1 900 2,200 3,234 048 2.64 $5,800 $4,100 i 3 2 800 3,300 54 2 400 2 900 4 2 300 2,300 4,576 488 4.05 3 $4,100 i 7 3 900 6,768 13 3 050 3 900 0 2,500 3,684 274 6.73 6,250 5,000 9 2 520 4,000 1 4 f i 2 000 3 120 2 V R 1 300 2,500 California (Berkeley) 2 10,200 6,300 25 3 360 7,200 4 73 i 2 880 4 920 62J 2 340 3,240 California (Los Angeles) 2 7,800 5,880 13 2 880 5,580 46 2 880 4 620 24 2 340 2,880 2 2 2 25 2 34 0 5,588 208 3.52 6,620 13 1 920 4,000 11 2 520 3 290 6 1 920 3,120 5,333 711 3.68 7,000 4,800 12 2 100 3,780 7 2 583 2 83b 4 2 088 2,172 Colorado A . & M 3,831 414 1.50 4,800 3,800 2 1 3 300 3,300 3 2 700 3 300 34 1 600 2,000 19,693 311 5.49 2 3,800 2 30 2 600 2 644 2 800 5 400 2 2 220 2,220 5,000 000 1.83 2 9 2 700 3,180 8 2 120 2 340 0 17,417 897 3.33 2 2 10 3 000 3,840 174 2 700 4 300 0 3,345 000 8.02 7,800 5 12 1 920 3,300 11 1 800 3 900 9 1 620 1,710 4,211 271 5.10 7,000 5,000 2 6 2 950 3,400 19! 2 400 3 000 0 5 666 985 898 6.20 2 5,000 2 10 8 2 2 264 2 2 234 9 Florida 9,011 985 898 4.10 5,750 4,500 2 10 8 1 740 3,400 154 2 600 3 200 234 9 1 740 2,300 " 3,540 400 5.36 2 4,500 2 9* 2 400 3,700 11 1 800 3 000 4 1 600 1,860 28,454 302 5.30 • 2 274 1 600' 10,000 1164 2 100 7 000 394 1 600 2,640 Howard (Washington, D.C.) 2 5,905 5 3 397 4,150 6 2 645 2 645 5 1 954 2,394 2,879 327 2.22 5,208 5 3 300 4,000 6 2 900 3 300 1 2 400 2,400 Illinois 33,656 258 3.31 10,500 6,900 304f 3 900 5,900 7 88A 2 600' 4 680' 0 2 2 2 19 2 2 21 0 7,496 580 4.52 8,580 8 10 2 920 4,220 24 2 460 3 900 m 1 100 2,160 Iowa State 10,650 354 1.84 7,000 6,740 6 2 520 3,600 8 2 300 2 800 i i 1 560 1,920 2 2 11 2 2 19 2 2 3 2 5,200 4,000 15 1 600 3,000 5 2 400 2 500 6 1 800 2,400 2 2 4,000 13 040 3,500 11 1 920 2 601) 0 2,962 773 2.23 3,800 2 2 500 3,000 4 2 300 2 400 2 1 700 1,700 Louisiana State 2 6,500 9 131 2 800 4,000 16 2 400 3 600 14 1 800 2,000 3,315 744 1.59 4,800 3 2 000 3,000 2 2 400 2 640 3 1 320 1,800 2 2 2 14 2 2 17 2 2 5 27,783 161 2.89 9,000" 11 27 2 800 4,800 824 2 300 4 450 344 1 920 2,280 Michigan State 13,787 725 1.76 7,200 4,500 94 1 872 4,000 11 2 600 3 300 5 2 300 2,900 2 9,775 6,600 22 2 448 5,952 61 2 448 4 200 0 Mississippi State 7,177 651 1.13 5,500 4,000 44 2 500 3,600 54 2 600 3 000 0 1 700 2,200 10,589 253 2.49 5,800 4,000 11 2 400 3,5C>0 11 2 300 3 200 9 1 700 2,200 3,000 000 2.40 5,000 4,100 4 2 800 3,800 34 6 2 400 3 000 4 1 720 1,720 New Hampshire 2,608 201 2.61 4,200 3,400 2 3 100 3,400 34 6 2 600 3 000 6 0 1 500 1,985 New Mexico 2,341 852 4.81 2 4,400 5 3 600 4,000 5 2 500 3 100 6 0 New York University 25,304 662 2.33 12 13 7 3 300 4,200 31 2 700 3 700 0 304 North Carolina 2 8,280 5,400 17 2 520 8,200 234 2 016 3 384 6 2 304 2,880 3,059 428 1.35 5,000 5,400 3 3 300 1 3 000 0 2,520 Northwestern 11,488 972 4.74 10,000 5,100 64 2 800 5,000 244 2 520 3 600 5 2 100 2,520 19,886 881 2.41 7,200 7,008 19 1 800 5,004 234 8 2 160 3 576 0 1,560 2 6,200 4,200 5 3 000 3,300 234 8 1 800 2 700 9 1 440 1,560 Oregon 3,339 396 7.20 7,000 4,200 9T% 2 678 3,990 17 2 468 3 250 7 2 077 3,072 6,157 6?,3 2.81 8,114 4,410 3TV 3 465 3,885 18 2 468 3 738 2 2 100 2^500 Pennsylvania 21,685 155 2.37 2 18 22J 2 520 4,100 25 2 340 4 600 52J 1 620 2^500 Pennsylvania State 14,905 117 1.61 6,300 19 9 2 736 4,404 14 2 184 3 144 0 8 671 877 2.71 2 2 10 2 2 10 13 6,190 200 6.13 2 2 3 5 000 5,500 2 4 | 2 400 3 600 26 1 440 3,000 Rochester 2 2 2 10 2 600 3,600 15 2 600 3 000 9 1 716 1,872 Southern Methodist 2,709 946 5.49 4,500 4,200 7 3 000 3,800 10 2 100 2 700 0 1,320 2 7,000 3,840 19 2 640 3,540 20 2 220 3 240 10 1 200 1,320 Temple 7,334 584 3.32 2 4,100 14 2 400 3,120 164 2 400 2 880 11 1 620 2,160 Temple 9,633 176 2.65 2 20 7 2 500 4,400 3 2 500 4 200 21 1 620 2,700 Texas 9,358 006 4.53 7,500 5,000 m 8 2 520 4,500 25 2 520 3 720 71 1 944 2,400 Utah 6,456 785 1.41 6,000 4,500 m 8 3 000 3,600 8 2 200 3 350 0 2,412 2 7,416 21 7 2 532 5,064 19 2 412 3 552 17 2 244 2,412 Washington (St. Louis) 7,020 122 3.34 7,500 16 2 400 4,500 10 2 400 3 000 13 1 500 2,100 Washington (Seattle) 8,500 000 5.76 7,800 13 2 100 4,800 324 2 520 3 900 0 806 2,938 Wayne 8,132 562 3.77 9,145 6 4 858 5,935 15 3 445 5 246 1 9 | 2 806 2,938 Wyoming 3,377 442 2.32 5,196 5 3 000 3,804 3 2 808 3 504 2 2 400 2,544 Yale 14 182 4 6 ' 5.72 2 2 5 2 2 61 460 4 740 0 High 33,656 258 8.02 10,500 7,008 30 5,000 10,000 1164 3 445 7 000 62} 2 806 3,240 Median 6,456 785 3.32 7,000 4,500 9* 2 689 4,000 15 2 454 3 300 • 5 1 800 2,300 2,341 852 1.13 3,800 3,400 0 1 600 3,000 1 1 800 2 340 0 1 100 1,320 .V3 49 49 43 27 66 58 56 66 60 59 66 43 42 1 Includes school, college, and departmental libraries. 2 Not reported, not available, or confidential. 3 $5,400-17,900. 4 Salary of Director of Bancroft Library. 5 24 assistant librarians, range $3,600-$6,300. 6 Central research, undergraduate, and rare book libraries only. 7 Central library only. 8 Two at $4,909 and $5,544. 9 Two at $4,500 and $5,000. 10 Balance of salary from another budget. 11 Two at $6,000 and $8,500.12 One director with seven h- Statistics, 1948-49 (Group I) Salaries Clerical Administrative Assistants and Others All Departments1 Mini- Maxi- No. mum mum 520 692 280 600 920 560 380 440 620 320 560 200 200 680 320 920 352 680 500 380 800 400 500 440 494 596 440 800 800 320 452 200 456 500 500 440 320 752 660 500 500 800 231 860 404 280 500 040 59 620 380 320 954 500 5607 800 100 200 600 600 300 583 370 150 520 400 400 100 920 100 600 394 100 300' 760 920 900 100 380 800 600 580 160 048 560 680 824 500 380 760 600 -Number of Employees ip Full-Time—- Equivalent1 Adminis- Num- trative Cleri- ber of Sub- Office cal Students Hourly Rate of Pay for Student Service .— Hours of Service — Circulation Reading and Study Regu- Sum- Regu- Sum- lar mer lar mer 428^ 860 316 508 680 304 400 600 800 640 800 500 360 000 532 400 850 456 096 820 42822 400 380 59 31J 104 21 2 5 f | 100; 61 62 25 21 6 974 18 304 264 27f 384 254 224 145 12 12 _ 34 37 16 324 22 25 7 32} 6 33 1124 2 2 4 85 12 23 94 10 12 50 434 5 33 444 15 27& 23ft 514 26 2141 294 27 19 41 324 13 45& 18 29 27 464 22 142 26} 5 66 50 53 53 profes- Assist- and Em- Mini- Maxi- Ses- Ses- Vaca- Ses- Ses- Vaca- sional ants Other Total ployed mum mum sion sion tion sion sion tion 4 1 4 15 36 .50 .75 65 44 44 6 1 4 424 84 2 2 79 79 48 79 79 48 4 1 2 174 36 ^60 .75 79 79 44 79 79 44 0 1 10 7 32 80 .60 .75 62 56 35 62 56 35 2 7 f f 1 7 6 A 40 .60 .80 824 73 40 89 79 40 62} 1 44 208 300 .923 1.327 88 78 54 88 78 54 24 1 23 109 150 .923 1.125 844 844 754 844 844 754 0 0 142 204 1 2 2 804 804 24 814 814 24 6 1 18 50 52 140 .65 72 72 46 72 72 46 4 1 8 34 65 .60 .70 74 74 44 74 74 44 34 0 5 144 35 .45 .75 80 67 44 2 5 212 3164 2 .80 1.00 76 79 48 0 1 3 22 30 .45 .50 824 724 434 0 0 29 594 2 .60 .90 87 80 44 9 1 16 524 45 .65 .75 88 54 '88 54 0 14 21 50} 61 .50 .75 81 81 38 81 81 38 234 9 1 13 76 75 2 2 89 84 44 89 84 44 234 9 0 14 484 85 .50 .75 85 85 66 4 l 114 39 38 .50 .75 87 87 464 '87 87 464 394 5 167 ^ 356| 2 .45 1 . 0 0 524 524 48 75 75 48 5 1 4 22 56 .35 .35 84 75 45 84 75 45 1 1 8 22 35 .65 .70 0 0 83 204tVO 181 .50 1 . 0 0 83 80 54 83 80 54 0 0 484 824 100 .45 .70 934 934 44 934 934 44 17} 2 34 60} 256 .40 .75 81 82 384 81 82 384 11 3 17 47 .. ? .55 .80 854 83 49 854 83 49 3 1 9 454 2 2 2 80 80 47 80 80 47 6 1 4 33 91 .50 .75 88 82 43 88 82 43 0 0 234 6 484 69 .40 .65 82 82 46 82 82 46 2 0 234 6 15 14 2 2 82 74 49 14 2 11 59} 95 .40 .70 85 86 50 85 86 50 3 1 2 12 2 .50 .60 904 674 40 5 1 15 54 45 ... ,2 2 684 40 40 344 0 54 1524 2 2 2 84 84 60 5 1 74 36 130 ^65 .90 91 82 44 91 82 44 0 0 60 145 2 .81 .98 79 79 49 79 79 49 0 1 2 15 12 .35 .60 764 764 464 764 764 464 9 2 21 55 120 .45 .60 80 80 49 84 84 49 4 6 1 3 14 26 .50 .80 59 55 12 62 55 12 4 6 0 2 18 57 2 2 83 74 54 83 74 54 "0 1 64 194 60 ^60 .70 78 78 33 78 78 33 0 0 108 158 2 .80 1 . 0 0 804 64 40 844 64 40 6 1 1 1 4 62 2 .45 1 . 0 0 824 824 51 884 824 51 0 0 0 5 2 .60 1 . 0 0 74 70 38 5 0 32 70 2 .65 1 . 0 0 14 i s 48 14 i s 48 0 1 544 100 134 .50 1.10 79 75 49 79 75 49 9 1 4 29 72 .50 .55 82 79 44 82 79 44 7 1 20} 55U 57 .45 1 . 0 0 86 78 48 86 78 48 2 1 H T V 0 7 9 3 104 .50 .87 834 i t 44 52} 0 464 150} 193 .70 1 . 0 0 774 68} 44 '774 68} 44 0 0 27 53 233 .50 1.25 88 88 48 88 88 48 13 1 164 52A 2 2 2 674 674 53 674 674 53 26 5 49! 110 2 2 2 104 744 44 104 744 44 9 1 17 54 92 ! 60 .75 764 764 44 764 764 44 0 0 8 27 61 .40 .85 79 79 43 79 79 43 10 0 19 70 105 .50 1 . 0 0 75 66 44 11 2 14 594 42 .50 .75 76 424 40 76 424 40 21 1 26 6 1 . 1 28 .60 .75 844 844 384 844 844 384 7} 1 244 78-yo 170 .50 .60 814 814 54 0 1 12 31 64 2 2 89 89 414 17 4 22 72 424 '.5S .94 98 92 55 98 92 55 13 1 10 51 99 .60 1 . 0 0 79 74 44 83 74 44 0 1 904 6 138 20 .65 1 . 0 0 80 80 43 19| 0 904 6 4 7 | 2 .60 .85 76 56 48 76 56 48 2 1 1 13 22 .60 .65 784 784 33 784 784 33 0 0 109£ 178J 100 . . . .2 2 84 424 84 424 142 5 212 356! 300 .923 1.327 104 934 754 104 934 754 5 1 14 514 644 .50 .75 81} 79 44 824 79 45 0 0 0 5 12 .35 .35 524 40 12 62 424 12 48 46 49 brarians at $2,900 to $6,200.13 Four at $3,700 to $6,000.14 824-944.15 824-864.16 59-69.17 Includes three affiliated hospitals. 18 Three at $4,700 and $5,400.19 Two at $4,224 and $4,704.20 Two division chiefs at $4,200 and $5,000.21 Two at $4,848 and $6,072. 22 Bindery foreman. 23 Number of libraries on which high, median, and low are based. College and University Library Gen' Library Adelphi College Agnes Scott College Alabama College Amherst College Antioch College Augustana College Austin College Bates College Beloit College Bennington College Birmingham-Southern Coll.. Bowdoin College Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Central Coll. (Fayette, Mo.)" Clark University Coe College Colby College Colgate University Colorado College Concordia College Davidson College Denison University Dickinson College Earlham College Elmira College Emory and Henry College.. Fisk University Goucher College Hamilton College Hope College Illinois Wesleyan University James Millikin University.. Knox College Lafayette College Lawrence College Madison College (Va.) Marietta College Mich. College of Mining & Tech.11 Morningside College Mount Union College Nevada, University of New Mexico Coll. of Ag. & Mech. Arts Oberlin College18 Parsons College Reed College Rollins College Rosary College St. Catherine, College of. . . St. John's University St. Thomas, College of Seneca, Hobart & Wm. Smith Smith College South Dakota State College. Sweet Briar College Talladega College18 Trinity University Valparaiso University Vassar College Virginia State College Wake Forest College21 Washington & Jefferson Coll. Wellesley College Wells College Wesleyan University Wilberforce University Willamette University Williams College Wooster College H i g h . . . . Median. Low Fiscal Year Ending Student Enrolment Regu- Sum- lar mer Session Session Faculty Members Regu- Sum- lar mer Periodi- News- cals papers Cur- Cur- Book rently rently Stock Received Received • Circulation ' Per Volumes Capita Lent for Home Reserved Circu- Book lation Loans 30Je49 2,357 1,200 158 31 48,728 301 6 546 50 59,800 276 6 Ag49 753 460 100 80 56,604 405 16 30Je49 1,218 110 275,2802 807 10 1,113 108 75,742 490 37 31J149 813 312 58 11 27,534 300 67 670 331 36 19 21,996 300 5 30Je49 778 86 80,727 324 11 30Je49 1,096 139 77 19 156,061 400 13 31J149 306 57 30,028 167 5 31Ag49 1,078 496 63 40 69,361 370 14 30Je49 1,012 617 86 220,516 446 13 30Je49 903 102 207,705 1,0003 7 30Je49 2,411 1,065 132 60 114,059 746 13 31Ag49 767 191 52 17 49,028 346 8 31Ag49 792 8604 75 32 177,622 878 5 31Ag49 1,050 256 61 29 56,950 250 9 30Je49 1,096 81 137,412 510 7 1,471 237 116 24 183,114 575 10 1,352 535 104 63 144,515 654 15 30Je49 1,121 219 77 21 36,337 245 17 30Ap49 947 270 69 18 50,938 230 24 31J149 1,361 102 89,825 562 17 30Je49 967 70 86,982 391 10 30Je49 766 72 73,629 298 15 30Je49 384 56 59,112 281 7 31Ag49 620 276 30 24 28,086 169 9 1J149 1,023 155 74 29 99,933 403 50 30Je49 740 73 88,411 418 4 30Je49 611 59 217,582 845 18 31Ag49 1,189 192 85 15 46,611 313 7 31J149 1,280 393 91 41 47,240 343 6 30Je49 1,469 488 92 30 41.776 307 7 30Je49 833 114 71 7 78,409 302 7 31Ag49 2,060 141 123,023 3 30Je49 1,099 75 74,736 312 5 30Je49 1,306 511 102 50 54,405 303 17 31Ag49 1,223 339 67 21 130,342 382 8 30Je49 1,793 719 126 102 50,668 31J149 1,030 507 70 49 59,450 359 11 30Je49 1,061 521 55 15 77,926 545 8 30Je49 1,774 1,051 259 83,549 790 27 30Je49 1,610 687 211 127 62,723 518 23 30Je49 2,258 69 191 13 480,015" 1,346 25 30Ag49 345 248 28 23,925 166 7 30Je49 705 21 62 89,995 387 4 30Je49 630 64 80,744 398 15 30Je49 716 292 77 15 60,340 420 15 30Je49 773 353 88 24 71,492 38? 17 30Je49 1,048 63 78,079 432 23 30Je49 2,035 511 145 52 42,111 352 10 30Je49 1,229 159 76 14 90,528 306 2 30Je49 2,299 288 246 28 353,142" 1,247 35 30Je49 2,200 613 158 81 92,189 760 16 30Je49 454 58 70,398 404 11 30Je49 338 42 34,760 201 16 31Ag49 1,279 960 99 65 40,590 327 14 30Je49 1,279 54,451 436 6 30Je49 1,381 233 266,727 1,350 40 30Je49 1,623 1,107 169 94 43,799 362 20 30Je49 2,091 955 184 153 104,111 879 25 30Je49 1,048 113 87 20 74,874 306 7 30Je49 1,744 213 261,108 1,081 29 30Je49 304 57 106,029 404 17 30Je49 913 95 407,482 951 13 9Je49 366 126 35 24 16,317 219 32 30Je49 1,183 272 94 18 46,858 559 30 30Je49 1,154 131 200,258 588 8 30Je49 1,284 252 93 29 110,320 386 9 2,411 1,200 259 153 480,015 1,350 67 1,050 295 76 28 70,379 388 10 304 21 28 7 16,317 119 2 Home Use 18,548 11,907 38,774 30,246 28,216 6,3723 16,414 27.752 12,999 22,7124 18,991 19,287 46,047 35,209 10,779 22,182 9,330 1 8 , 8 8 1 24,333 26,421 12,687 32,086 28,2674 14,482 22,420 5,295 12,399 23,443 18,069 19,738 19,282 15,976 10,522 15,660 17,621 14,205 39,6733 27,408 6,214 6,750 15,845 11,525 14,904 118,245 19,984 24,913 10.753 32,073 22,510 11,428 29,453 19,396 68,203 12,626 15,708 23,772 15,932 85,160 39,194 54,120 21,716 9,161 47,713 14,888 29,349 8,625 15,575 15,626 31,764 118,425 . 16,173 5,295 4.923 20.0 28.023 23.0 23.0 5.323 15.523 32.2 9.823 62.0 11.323 11.323 46.023 9.62 3 10.523 12.723 6.723 16.0 13.223 12.923 19.4 14.0 26.8 12.0 13.123 18.323 22.2 29.5 13.023 8.923 5.123 1 5 . 3 2 3 8.0 12.2 20.123 16.623 2.32« 4.123 9.623 . 3 . 7 2 3 5 . 7 2 3 46.723 32 . 223 31.623 15.523 29.223 18.223 10.3 10.723 13.123 23.823 4.123 30.3 62.5 6.623 24! 3 18.123 6 . 4 2 3 7.223 24.5 41.0 27.1 15.623 9.923 12.2 19.623 62.5 16.0 2 . 3 38,759 8 , 6 1 6 54,772 128,125 24,934 8,781 40,307 21,364 2,906 9,191 25,670 30j09i 29,483 31,890 14,007 30,944 80,554 31,130 30,517 19,162 34,081 15,842 26,199 4,409 41',586 15,446 10,772 21.677 53.678 28,695 17,557 13,168 56,296s 21,936 387 4,889 14,121 48,641 9,976 35,494 15,715 40,881 10,936 31,997 12,029 9,2223 14,027 22,088 30,745 26,876 3,379 4,467 12,011 27,893 11,263 44,655 44,055 14,391 38,931 4,882 30,024 6,065 7,975 54,173 41,116 1 Newspapers not included, expenses for newspapers under "other." 2 Figures reported previous year do not agree, data reported here to be taken as correct. 3 Estimated figure. 4 Includes others. 5 Includes branch. 6 Includes graduate students. 7 Includes clerical. 8 Includes $209 paid to summer school assistant. 9 Includes periodicals. 10 Includes student service. 11 Includes Sault branch. 12 Includes $140 for audio-visual materials. 1 3 Oberlin College Library statistics include expenditures for Oberlin Public Library which is under college library administration. 14 Does not in- clude 252,259 cataloged pamphlets. 1 5 Contributed service. 16 Does not include thousands of pamphlets. 17 Three positions were from three to eral and Salary Statistics (Group II) Per Capita Expendi- T o t a l t u r e Staff Student for for Salaries Service Service Service - L i b r a r y Operating Expenditures Last Fiscal Year $20,472 12,190 15,097 36,865 14,752 5,041 3 , 8 0 0 13,057 13,975 13,450 14,375 22,734 30,600 25,705 9,000 21,002 . 7,243 20,700 22,094 14,810 5,340 10,213 25,862 1 8 , 2 2 6 8,038 8,895 2,640 24,947 23,555 2 2 , 4 2 2 " 10,865 10,172 10,898 16,458 11,188 12,003 20,978 13,157 11,751 22,795 19,314 79,761 10,580 17,428 20,984 1 2 , 7 5 0 " 10,600 8 , 5 7 5 " 23,560 10,528 63,276 1 2 , 9 2 6 " 15,698 9 , 4 7 0 " 12,900 13,743 81,632 22,379 26,800 12,400 77,680 $ 4,244 31,475 5,780 8,500 35,186 14,257 81,632 12,926 2 , 5 0 0 2,012 3 , 0 4 7 10,871 1,346 1,886 800 1,723 432 3 , 3 7 1 3,628 2,000 2,666 1,114 2 , 6 4 6 1,333 2,819 8,6007 3 , 5 8 0 2,6998 2,403 1,843 2,027 1,786 "ij'u 1,584 900 "2j 45i 2,863 2,074 3,878 2,110 982 2,567 1,850 1,137 2,913 2,005 5,595 2,435 7,177 473 2,225 1,300 1,798 3,232 1 , 6 6 6 12,466 1,828 2,996 5 , 9 2 6 546 1,180 3 , 4 6 9 4 , 8 0 9 4,274 3 , 9 1 7 3 , 5 3 9 900 2,197 458 7,762 3 , 2 7 6 1,750 22 2 j 675 12,466 2,110 180 $24,716 12,190 17,109 39,952 25,623 6,387 5 , 6 8 6 13,857 15,698 13,882 17,746 26,362 32,600 28,371 10,114 23,648 8,576 22,919 30,694 18,390 8,039 12,616 27,705 20,253 9,824 8,895 4,354 26,531 24,455 22,422 13,316 13,035 12,972 20,336 13,298 12,985 23,545 15,007 12,888 12,881 10,971 28,390 21,749 86,938 11,053 19,653 22,284 14,548 13,832 10,241 36,026 12,356 66,272 18,852 16,244 10,650 16,369 18,552 85,906 26,296 30,339 13,300 79,877 $ 6 . 9 5 ^ 22.20 14.00M 3 2 . 8 0 23.02 5.6524 5 . 6024 17.80 12 . 7024 4 5 . 4 0 11.2024 16.2024 3 6 . 1 0 8.2024 10.5024 14 . 3024 6.5524 2 0 . 9 1 17.9724 9.7424 5.6024 10.3624 20.35 20.94 1 2 . 8 2 23.16 4 . 8624 22.5224 33.04 3 6 . 6 9 9.6424 7.7924 6.6224 21.4724 6 . 4 5 11.81 12.9524 9.6024 5.1324 8 . 3824 6.9324 10.0424 9.4624 37.3624 18 . 6324 27.0724 35.3724 14 . 4324 12.2824 9 . 7 7 14.1524 8.9024 25.6124 6.7024 3 5 . 7 7 3 1 . 5 0 7.3124 39,237 9 , 0 5 6 10,250 35,186 16,932 86,938 15,971 4,354 6 2 . 2 0 14.3624 9.9624 11.4524 4 5 . 8 0 42^97 18.4024 7.0424 30.49 11.0224 62.20 12.88 3 . 9 0 Period!- B i n d - Books cals ing Per Capita Audio- Total Expendi- Visual for t u r e for M a - M a - M a - terial terials terials $ 9 , 7 2 7 3,244 4,835 17,512 6,752 5 , 6 9 6 4,402 4,658 4 , 6 9 0 3,618 5,383 10,757 6,805 12,693' 3 , 4 2 0 8 , 8 2 9 1,593 7,544 10,328 3,537 2,575 4,317 6,658 5,398 3 , 5 7 0 3 , 2 4 1 3,165 5,425 3, $1,290 1,502 1 , 7 1 1 ' 5 . 1 6 0 2,442 1 . 1 6 1 1,136 942 3 , 4 0 1 1,856 3,744 5 , 4 0 8 1,167 5,848 993 2 , 1 7 6 2 , 9 4 6 2 , 4 9 3 708 1,702 3,134 1,878 1,373 1 , 1 5 6 246 698 2 , 0 6 6 5 , 8 8 9 3,847 5^935 7,733 3,984 7,525 5 , 3 9 2 1,802 5 , 3 3 8 4 , 9 7 0 " 15,0009 8 , 4 7 1 15,342 3 , 1 8 9 11,3809 3 , 0 0 0 4 , 1 9 6 4 , 9 9 9 5 , 4 5 9 8 , 3 8 7 5,462 27,8619 8 , 8 4 6 4 , 3 8 9 2,252 4 , 7 0 0 11,499 9,286 14,06820 17,670 6,790 16,251 5,610 9,232 820 3 , 1 0 0 10,097 6,920 27,861 5,395 820 865 1,471 $ 633 1,036 869 3,891 1,076 771 414 1,000 1,675 654 1,307 2,867 2,115 1,828 551 3 , 6 3 1 504 2,644 1,206 1,350 399 612 2,337 645 931 347 528 822 1,265 ' 9 i 9 369 $ 183 1,763 4 , 3 1 6 1,560 1,352 1,540 3,564 1,072 1,554 1,656 8,363 770 750 1,775 1,435 1,234 1,973 2,588 3 , 8 9 2 1,802 1,270 1,528 1,546 9 , 1 4 7 700 1,624 1,764 8,371 2,500 6,819 568 1,200 5,165 2,437 9 , 1 4 7 1,580 246 140 294 75 140 143 119 674 391 1,472 2 , 4 6 0 525 1,190 970 953 450 1,353 5 , 0 0 0 946 6,476 599 1,162 500 1.337 1,000 1,048 782 1,020 4 , 4 0 5 2 , 3 7 6 1,061 307 881 1.338 3 , 9 6 0 3 ^ 2 6 325 4,512 1,006 9 , 2 4 7 253 2,000 2,992 887 9 , 2 4 7 946 149 197 $11,833 5,782 7,555 26.563 10.564 7,703 5,952 6,740 9,909 4,272 8,665 17,368 14,328 14,521 5,138 18,982 3,090 12,364 14,480 7,380 3,682 6,631 12,520 7,921 5,874 4,744 3 , 9 3 9 6,247 7,029 140 617 92 262 230 48 5,070 457 ,070 143 25 7,673 5 , 6 8 7 7,151 9 , 1 7 0 14,509 6.069 10,123 7,927 6,319 6,937 7 , 8 7 7 20,000 11,213 30,798 4,558 12,634 4 , 2 5 0 7,308 7,696 7,741 11,372 9.070 32,266 15,114 7,252 3,877 7,109 14,383 27,463 14,768 22,617 8,879 29,134 9,165 25,298 1,641 6,300 18,711 10,244 32,266 7,750 1,641 $ 3 . 3324 10.60 5.3524 21.80 9 . 4 9 6.8024 5.9024 8 . 6 5 8.0024 14.00 5.5024 10.7024 15.85 4.2024 5.3524 11.5024 2.3624 1 1 . 2 8 8.4724 3.9124 2.7524 5.4524 9 . 1 9 8 . 1 9 7 . 6 6 12.35 4.4024 5.3024 9 . 4 9 '5.'5624 3.4024 3 . 6524 9.6824 7 . 0 4 5 . 5 2 5.5724 5.0724 2.5224 4.5124 4 . 9824 7.0724 4.8824 13 . 2324 7.6824 17.4024 6.7424 7.2524 6.8324 7.38 4.4624 6.5324 12.4724 5.3724 15.97 11.4724 3 . 1 8 19.88 8.0624 7.4224 7 . 6524 16.70 30.14 28.70 3 . 3524 4.33M 1 6 . 2 1 6.6624 30.14 7 . 2 5 2 . 3 6 Other Total 707 3 , 8 1 0 1,641 236 1,312 469 1,124 1,798 1,590 1,712 712 1,704 494 3,817 3,354 1,292 430 1,934 3 , 0 2 3 1,277 719 1,026 1,060 441 1,103 765 2 , 7 1 6 958 694 728 1,340 141 388 937 1,225 1,583 6,128 1,009 975 3 , 2 6 5 1,202 1,366 4,894 922 4,527 1,206 700 854 2,515 789 576 ^ 323 1,354 2,715 1 , 2 0 0 4,704 1,813 6 , 1 2 8 1,113 37.439 18,658 25,372 70,285 37,828 14,090 11,874 20,597 26,919 18,623 27,535 45,528 48,518 44,607 15,964 44,334 12,160 39,700 48,528 27,062 12,151 21,181 43,248 29,451 16,417 13,937 8,293 33,804 32.544 32.440 21,430 19,825 20,888 32,222 28,765 19,748 34,396 24,274 19,348 20,206 19,785 49,615 34.545 123,864 15,611 33,296 27,509 25,121 22,730 19,348 52,292 22,348 103,065 35,172 24,196 15,881 27,693 33,723 113,369 41,064 53,532 22,179 113,334 23,714 67,250 10,697 17,750 58,601 28,989 123,864 26,991 7,297 Total College or University Expendi- tures Last Year Ratio Lib. t o Total School E x - pendi- tures $1,083,294 3 . 5 6.1 5 . 2 4 . 3 414,267 1,348,727 871,334 " i 9 2 j i 7 827,559 1 , 0 9 4 , 0 1 0 731,000 527,217 1,248,942 583,917 624,701 408,603 579,500 437,778 536,026 793,821 661,500 '476;168 378,105 644,836 575,644 753,443 481,009 623,799 581,508 830,322 532^000 434,262 1,435,687 759,579 6 . 2 2 . 5 2 . 5 2 . 5 5 . 2 3 . 5 2 . 7 7 . 1 3 . 0 4 . 7 2 . 8 3 . 9 5 . 4 4 . 5 3^0 2 . 2 5 . 2 5 . 7 3 . 5 4 . 4 3 . 2 3 . 6 3 . 9 3 i 7 7 . 9 378,719 5 . 3 386,314 5 . 4 2 , 2 5 0 , 8 8 3 2 . 2 2 , 8 9 9 , 6 4 2 2 , 2 7 8 , 8 8 2 ' ' 5 5 4 ^ 5 3 4 483,956 " 4 4 ^ 3 5 9 381,396 930,020 573,579 4 , 0 5 1 , 3 7 9 2 , 3 0 6 , 6 7 7 541,749 429,277 609,517 i j 774 ^ 914 " 6 2 2 ' , 3 9 6 MOMOi 403,782 1 . 2 5 . 4 e ! 6 5 . 7 5 . ' i 5 . 0 5 . 6 3 . 8 2 . 5 1 . 5 4 . 4 3 . 7 4 . 5 6 . 3 6 . 2 5 . 8 323,713 3 . 3 4 . 1 3 . 8 4 , 0 5 1 , 3 7 9 8 . 6 581,508 3 . 9 192,117 1 . 2 seven months v a c a n t . 1 8 Includes community library a n d bookmobile service. 19 Room and payment into retirement f u n d also provided. 2 0 Includes binding expenses. 21 Includes School o( Religion, Schcttl of Law and Bowman-Gray School of Medicine. 22 Not included in library budget. 2 3 Per capita home circulation computed as: Volumes lent f o r h o m e use divided by number of students (hiring regular and summer session, plus regular and summer school faculty. 2 4 Per capita expenditures for service a n d materials computed as: Total expenditures divided by number of students during regular and summer session. Adelphi College. Alabama College Amherst College Antioch College Augustana College Austen College Bates College Beloit College Bennington College Birmingham-Southern Coll Bowdoin College Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Central Coll. (Fayette, Mo.) Clark University Coe College Colby College. Colgate University Colorado College Concordia College Davidson College Denison University Dickinson College Earlham College Elmira College Emory and Henry College Fisk University Goucher College Hamilton College Hope College ;••••. Illinois Wesleyan University James Millikin University Knox College Lafayette College Lawrence College Madison College (Va.) Marietta College Michigan Coll. of Min. & Tech Morningside College Mount Union College Nevada, University of New Mexico Coll. of A. & M. Arts Oberlin College8 Parsons College Reed College Rollins College Rosary College St. Catherine, College of St. John's University St. Thomas, College of Seneca, College of, Hobart & Wm. Smith. Smith College South Dakota State College Sweet Briar College Talladega College Trinity University Valparaiso University Vassar College Virginia State College Wake Forest College Washington & Jefferson College Wellesley College Wells College Wesleyan University Wilberforce University Willamette University Williams College Wooster College H i g h . . . . Mean. . . Median. L o w . . . . College and University Library Gen' Associate or Assistant Chief Chief Librarian Librarian $3 6501 4 500 5 800 2 766 $2,766 2 000 1,800 3 600 2,800 3 500 2,800 4 000 7 000 4,750 5 000 3 500 4 800 3 200 4 500 3,000 3,600 3 800 2,600 2 520 2,5605 4 000 3 6006 2,800® 3 700 2,800® 640 700 800 300 000 500 600 800 400 131' 320 600 200 500 520 200 200 820 300 500 5009 800 750 000 800 300 500 184 400 500 800 300 000 200 016 675 000 3,700 2,400" 3,000 2,700 1,800 3,800 2,640 3 J 2 0 3,600 2,800 3,600 2,800 4,750 2,876 2,800 1,750 Salaries - Administrative Office Assistants No. Min. Department Heads No. Min. Max. $2,000 2^000 1,950 1,800 2,800 1,500 2,000 î 500 2,650 3,300 1,600 1,740 1,740 1,700 2,100 3,300 2,003 1,875 1,500 3 2 3 '2 2 2 P $2,300 2,614 2,400 2,600 2^000 2,600 3 j 000 2,500 2,800 2,600 2,400 3,000 2,700 2,800 3,204 3,250 2,900 1,800 2,760 3,300 2,520 3^200 2,300 3,200 3,300 2,737 2,700 1,800 $3,000 2,700 3,486 3,000 2,800 3,000 3,400 3,100 3,200 3,200 3,000 3,504 3,100 2,990 4,800 2^640 4 ̂ 100 3^000 4,050 4,800 3,209 3,100 2,640 1 For 10 months. 2 For 11 months. 3 For 9 months. 4 Plus $225 for one clerical worker during summer school. 5 }. 6 Plus 10% cost of living bonus. 7 Plus $300 for the summer. 8 Includes personnel for Oberlin Public Library wljich is administered by Oberlin College Library. 9 Con- eral and Salary Statistics (Group II) Salaries • No. of Employees in Full Time Equivalent Subpro- Adminis- Subprofessional and fessional trative Professional Assistants Clerical Assistants Profes- and Assist- Oth- No. Min. Max. No. Min. Max. sional Clerical ants ers Total 1 $2,500 1 $2,300 5 1 1 7 22 2,400 $2,500 2 1,0003 $1,7002 3 2 5 2 2,700 1 2,200 4 1 5 64 2,179 2,490 3 1,260 1,575 104 3 1 1} 15! 2,490 1 2,400 2,799 4 1 1 6 2 763 1,375 2 2 4 1,375 2 2 3 1,600 2,300 5 5 4 1 1,800 2,300 4 1,350 1,620 34 4 74 4 1 1 1,620 3 1 4 3 1,800 2,000 4 3 7 l 3,300 3 1,352 3,000 3 3 8 2 3,000 5 5 1 2,500 2,500 5 1,200 1,440 6 5 11 2,500 4 1,1001 1,5753 1 4 5 6 1,600 1,800 3 6 1 11 1,800 1 1 2 1 2,200 6 1,200 4 6 1 11 1 2,800 6 7 6 1 14 1 2,400 2 1,500 4 2 6 ! 1,350 l i 1 1 2,500 1 2,000 2 1 3 3 2,4006 2,7006 6 l,1006i 1,910» 1 5 6 11 3 2,600 3,200 34 1,500 1,800 4 34 74 1 2,700 3,200 1§ 1,560 1,800 2 l ! 3 ! 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 2,400 5 1,200 1,700 6 5 11 1 2,400 4 1,700 1,800 4 4 9 7 1,320 1,800 4 7 11 2 2,150 2,350' 2 700 1,800 3 2 5 2,350' 1 1,550 3 1 5 2 2,600 1 3 1 4 3 3,100 3,400 2 1,800 4 2 6 1 2,600 3,400 3 1,080 1,750 2 3 5 2 1,440 1,620 2 2 4 3 2,8803 3,3393 2 1,820 1,956 4 2 6 2 2,000 2,533 l ! 1,000 2,290 3 i ! 4 ! 2,533 4 2,700 2,290 2 4 6 1 3 3 9) 2,180i 2,420 44 44 1 2,700 2,420 2 1,920 2,220 5 2 7 34 2,544 2,904 4 2,220 64 4 7 134 1 2,100 3,150 19 1,080 1,980 174 19 374 134 1 1,500 3,150 1 1,440 3 1 4 2! 1,800 2,000 3 2 ! 5 ! 1 3 2,000 5 3 3 9 3} 2,472 2,773 4} 4} 2» 2,773 19 34 1 44 5 3,300 3,300 2 1,620 1,920 3,300 2 ! 1,280 2,080 3 2 ! 5 ! 74 13 2,080 154 13 284 74 34 1,800 2 34 i 64 2 2,280 2,400 2 1,300 1,400 4 2 1 7 14- 1,800" l,900n 1 1,700" 1,400 24 1 3 3 2,400 2.800 1 1,620 3 1 i 5 4 2,900 3,200 2 1,320 1,500 5 2 7 10| 4 2,600 4,000 14 1,352 2,288 16! 14 30! 10| 4 2,53212 3,120 1 2,412 2,288 5 1 6 44 2,400 2,520 24 1 1,500 1,920 74 24 * 101 1 2,400 2,520 24 1 1,440 3 1 7 12 2.500 3,750 12 1,440 2,280 17 12 i 30 3 1 4 1 5 34 2,100 2,700 4 1,300 1,600 94 4 H 174 1 2,490 2,700 1 1,800 1,600 2 1 H 3 2 1,500 1,620 2 2 4 2 2,200 2,300 3 1,440 1,800 6 3 1 i 11 1 2,300 2 5 2 7 134 3,300 4,000 19 2,700 3,000 174 19 i t 3 374 134 2,338 3,007 1,277 1,920 4.2 3.5 i t 7.1 2 2,400 3,150 2 1,350 1,910 3 2 1 1 5 4 1,500 1,900 i 700 1,024 1 4 2 3 1 1 Student Service Last Fiscal Year Total Hours Rate per Hour per Year Min. Max. 7,561 50 70 5|363 35 40 5,683 50 60 14,080 56 75 2,754 40 50 1,886 40 50 3,471 45 65 925 40 55 45 60 30 60 5,024 45 60 3,182 4,500 2,666 50 50 6,266 40 50 60 60 6,438 4,012 50 55 4,800 4,126 40 55 4,053 3,570 50 55 3,159 5,714 30 4,352 1,800 40 70 1,335 50 60 4,900 50 6,080 40 50 3,771 55 3,877 60 75 2,812 50 75 2,074 45 55 7,128 36 36 3,856 40 60 1,079 5,858 50 60 4,400 45 60 8,252 62J 75 4,433 50 75 40 85 946 3,708 60 60 2,600 50 65 3,596 50 8,079 40 50 3,330 40 65 15,007 75 1.00 2,703 55 65 11,500 50 75 5210 2,949 35 50 8,552 6j 9i6 50 1.00 2,000 7,119 65 75 1,500 5,280 50 75 916 7,762 55 85 9,072 32J 324 2,890 60 60 3,088 65 75 5,694 45 50 15,007 75 1.00 4,556 4,053 50 60 300 20 324 tributed service. 10 $50 a semester, 6 hrs. per week. 11 Room provided in addition salary. 12 Plus $1,010 for summer term for reference librarian in addition to $2,983 regular salary. Teachers College Li' Student Faculty Circulation Enrolment Members Volumes Regu- Sum- Regu- Sum- News- Peri- Lent Fiscal lar mer lar mer Grad- papers odicals for Reserve Year Ses- Ses- Ses- Ses- uate Re- Re- Book Home Book Library Ending sion sion sion sion Work ceived ceived Stock Use Loans Alabama, Jacksonville, State Teachers College.. 30Se49 1,452 1,367 63 63 No 15 160 21,798 27,827 57,122 Arizona, Flagstaff, State Teachers College 30Je49 680 285 . . . . .1 Yes 6 315 34,614 19,858 11,881 Arkansas, Arkadelphia, Henderson State Teach- ers College 1 857 0 76 0 No 5 286 31,235 12,271 8,225 California, Areata, Humboldt State College.... 30Je49 747 493 62 22 Yes 10 269 27,299 28,098 6,926 California, Chico, State College 30Je49 1,520 702 81 35 Yes 20 513 40,988 38,971 1 California, Fresno, State College 30Je49 3,274 3,050 212 111 Yes 18 687 77,684 38,247 101,349 California, San Francisco, State College 30Je49 4,762 4,636 259* 236 Yes 6 674 62,691 85,025 42,792 Colorado, Alamosa, Adams State CoUege 31My49 391 316 39 42 Yes 25 250 26,488 9,997 6,993 Colorado, Greeley, State College of Education.. 30Se49 1,954 2,928 151 182 Yes 39 424 122,308 54,635 3 Illinois, Carbondale, Southern 111. University... 30Je49 3,013 1,920 309 245 Yes 95 955 108,322 50,823 52,302 Illinois, Charleston, Eastern 111. State College.. 30Je49 1,423 824 132 80 No 16 420 68,480 44,594 41,598 Illinois, Dekalb, Northern Illinois State Teach- ers College 30Je49 1,668 703 125 92 No 13 469 72,264 45,585 39,552 Iowa, Cedar Falls, State Teachers College 30Je49 3,968 1,688 318 . . A No 34 544 144,028 47,512 110,094 Kansas, Emporia, State Teachers College 30Je49 1,481 1,286 123 130 Yes 284 460 97,596 1 1 Kentucky, Bowling Green, Western Kentucky State College 30Je49 1,820 1,581 109 109 Yes 54 302 74,141 35,383 75,057 Kentucky, Murray, State College 30Je49 1,446 957 101 81 Yes 10 258 41,526 46,526 12,181 Maryland, Frostburg, State Teachers College.. 30Je49 357 0 30 0 No 8 211 20,054 25,367 6,467 Maryland, Towsend, State Teachers College... 30Je49 764 0 50 0 No 5 218 36,450 26,682 11,721 Michigan, Kalamazoo, Western Michigan Col- lege of Education 31Ag49 4,045 2,136 275 136 Yes 22 685 77,380 37,261 62,271 Minnesota, Bemidji, State Teachers College 1 573 450 57 32 No 9 206 26,103 26,057 15.688 Minnesota, Mankato, State Teachers College... 30Je49 1,628 1,429 78 71 No 6 250 32,553 33,722 26,873 Minnesota, Moorhead, State Teachers College.. 30Je49 1 i 65 34 No 14 254 28,963 20,053 31,865 Minnesota, St. Cloud, State Teachers College.. 30Je49 1,562 1,125 96 81 No 8 321 61,571 56,728 27,809 Mississippi, Cleveland, Delta State Teachers College 30Je49 589 397 52 36 No 9 245 23,712 19,000 9,485 Missouri, Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State College 30Ap49 1,495 1,396 89 82 No 105 366 57,342 35,658 1 Missouri, Springfield, Southwest Missouri State College 31Ag49 1,916 2,178 188 200 Yes 15 358 76,469 35,225 37,569 Missouri, Warrensburg, Central Missouri State College 30Je49 1,545 1,466 81 108 Yes 76 366 76,809 38,563 38,582 Nebraska, Kearney, State Teachers College.... 30Je49 882 825 64 64 Yes 15 216 38,663 1 1 Nebraska, Peru, State Teachers College 30Je49 397 371 55 50 No 16 216 54,618 19,923 1 New Hampshire, Keene, Teachers College i 485 274 55 30 No 6 156 23,104 14,823 19,418 New Mexico, Las Vegas, Highlands University. 30Je49 900 1,632 74 100 -Yes 16 254 36,870 39,981 7,538 New York, Albany, State College for Teachers. 31Mr49 1,430 806 136 53 Yes 6 285 45,602 38,100 37,513 New York, Oswego, State Teachers College.... 31Mr49 » 1 . . - 1 . . . » . . . . » 5 386 40,570 76,413 42,900 North Carolina, Boone Appalachian State Teachers College 30Je49 1,067 1,717 64 75 Yes 20 374 43,734 62,425 41,848 North Carolina, Greenville, East Carolina Teachers College 30Je49 1,511 946 90 46 Yes 8 349 70,328 35,533 27,802 North Dakota, Minot, State Teachers College.. 30Je49 784 531 70 49 Yes 46 335 33,579 51.641 29,759 North Dakota, Valley City, State Teachers Coll. 30Je49 488 500 47 41 No 6 157 36,737 13,798 1 Oklahoma, Alva, Northwestern State College. . 30Je49 620 1 42 42 No 16 218 32,833 12,761 3,034 Oklahoma, Edmond, Central State C o l l e g e . . . 30Je49 946 775 69 69 No 11 332 38,333 30,505 28,986 Oregon, Ashland, Southern Oregon College of Education 30Je49 654 365 34 25 No 13 199 21,389 16,649 13,449 Oregon, La Grande, Eastern Oregon College of Education 30Je49 578 285 41 24 No 9 203 23,249 28,833 24,067 Oregon, Monmouth, College of Education 30Je49 485 698 56 47 No 30 182 30,790 27,399 50,082 Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, State Teachers Coll. 30Je49 870 560 48 32 No 10 160 24,498 16,908 1 Pennsylvania, West Chester, State Teachers College 3lMy49 1,733 683 100 47 No 9 307 51,909 48,218 15,567 Texas, Commerce, East Texas State Teachers College 31Ag49 2,118 2,840 127 127 Yes 23 457 99,795 63,703 75,816 Texas, Denton, North Texas State College 31Ag49 5,133 3,784 290 250 Yes 37 1,066 192,532 137,447 178,203 Texas, Huntsville, Sam Houston State Teachers College 31Ag49 2,388 2,020 124 84 Yes 24 383 89,976 36,433 62,310 Texas, San Marcos, Southwest Texas State Teachers College 31Ag49 2,178 2,432 100 85 Yes 12 315 69,160 28,986 104,346 West Virginia, Fairmont, State College 30Je49 980 650 61 61 No 6 280 28,303 21,997 13,969 West Virginia, Glenville, State CoUege 30Je49 529 467 31 32 No 13 236 23,814 5,584 1,034 Wisconsin, Milwaukee, State Teachers College. 31Ag49 1,821 1,721 120 95 Yes 14 482 74,424 41,092 56,741 Wisconsin, Oshkosh, State Teachers C o l l e g e . . . 30Je49 855 693 61 36 Yes 12 245 41,350 24,345 45,824 Wisconsin, Stevens Point, State Teachers Coll.. 30Je49 840 692 66 66 No 16 264 46,432 17,924 6,321 High 5,133 4,636 318 350 . . . . 284 1,066 192,532 137,447 178,203 Median 1,430 825 70 66 . . . . 14 302 41,350 35,383 29,759 Low 357 274 30 30 . . . . 5 156 20,054 5,584 1,034 1 Not reported. 2 Includes 65 part-time. 3 Open-stack use. 4 Plus $4,581.61 for fluorescent lights. 5 Plus $1,185 on audio-visual materials. $17,000 in materials and $2,000.00 in equipment transferred to library Sept. 1948. 6 Plus $498.40 audio-visual. 7 Not paid from library budget. 8 Charged to brary General Statistics Staff Salaries $ 3,400.00 7,000.00 5,400.00 15,276.00 i 12,1)61.51 61,273.03 6,045.00 25,316.45 50,367.00 18,860.48 25,961.34 27,418.76 28,875.00 24,786.08 11,094.40 7,855.40 12,519.99 30,949.83 9,440.57 8,977.97 10,420.20 19,161.30 9,090.00 18,894.00 16,900.00 15,217.50 6,550.00 5,865.00 5,000.00 7,500.00 34,233.62 19,409.10 11,406.49 7,052.30 6,400.00 6,520.00 7,070.00 7,700.00 6,647.00 20,481.19 54,792.79 16,323.69 10,569.59 5,490.00 22,800.00 11,145.00 12,850.00 61,273.03 12,519.99 4,250.00 Student Service $ 5,078.14 496.77 800.00 2,700.00 i 41778̂ 50 5,324.00 2 , 0 2 0 . 6 2 13,716.73 15,698.00 4,781.35 3,622.80 7,937.52 8,304.00 2,718.50 1,937.10 374.52 714.75 5,841.20 1,530.50 1,571.24 710.87 2,397.85 545.90 3,620.00 7,358.00 3,603.60 3,204.00 1,350.00 130.00 1,593.84 698.00 1,340.48 Library Expenditures Books Periodicals Binding $ 5,165.85 6,932.74 3,434.70 10,000.00 7,800.00 14,500.00 16,000.00 4.245.13 13,593.53 26,066.00 3,871.39 6,021.55 9,960.73 4,016.00 7,663.65 5,569.09 1,144.99 3,201.64 12,751.36 3,904.93 7,005.82 2,707.06 5,501.89 4.723.14 7,248.00 4,867.00 4,475.35 2,514.57 2,033.00 1,522.08 7,729.59 6,477.22 $ 397.55 1,637.74 650.00 1,272.00 2,000.00 1,780.00 3.352.78 1,285.60 1,577.65 5,380.00 2,384.48 1,469.74 3,548.51 2,129.00 1.470.30 1.454.31 497.25 570.69 3,278.60 867.09 998.40 1,044.07 1,541.62 847.82 1,311.00 1 , 1 6 0 . 0 0 1.523.79 772.30 712.00 539.15 2,662.06 1,518.64 4,180.40 2,143.85 7 1.872^50 3,088.80 6,839.78 3,610.52 1,593.50 5,380.31 4,335.94 1,920.23 602.04 468.57 556.50 1,109.52 4,250.00 4,788.27 1,703.39 1,101.28 2,130.65 2,107.03 1,653.00 1,868.71 1,865.77 599.00 872.13 652.30 859.00 19,466.37 2,918.50 3,276.52 1,800.00 11,959.78 14,056.45 10,070.36 30,185.81 15,800.79 4,041.60 6,000.00 7,107.43 3,679.00 1 , 0 6 2 . 6 1 2,500.00 1,295.80 1,000.00 15,698.00 2,500.00 130.00 6,874.93 2,449.39 3,574.78 10,500.00 7,428.50 5,600.00 30,185.81 5,380.31 599.00 $ 1,267.62 847.16 601.64 850.00 2,500.00 1,715.00 1,263.35 190.59 2,377.49 4,607.00 1,041.54 2,059.65 1,801.67 1,031.00 610.66 1,028.38 464.52 2,800.96 2,956.45 480.10 818.63 281.93 1,322.75 1,602.04 355.00 202.00 608.91 378.27 433.00 54.72 319.19 1,594.29 567.21 15,915.00 1,950.00 11,079.00 1,547.00 1,681.00 1,177.95 277.32 305.74 727.30 756.26 643.70 511.35 218.80 675.00 753.33 4,313.66 10,762.31 1,300.00 500.00 1,078.50 600.00 849.47 693.33 793.75 1,010.46 8 1,600.00 1,010.46 8 695.35 540.31 600.00 300.00 5,380.00 10,762.31 1,272.00 727.30 468.57 54.72 Other 167.88 557.93 800.00 1,370.00 755.00 7,677.00 78.19 l 18,370.00 999.04 1,871.81 2 , 2 8 2 . 8 1 1,119.00 106.924 461.81 0 332.47 3,712.37 311.11 1,468.66 386.29 1,567.91 1,260.09 930.006 578.00 498.40« 105.84 227.00 844.07 1,505.31 1,950.00 1,418.28 642.97 193.76 545.63 364.15 819.32 852.02 529.43 1,330.00 315.21 2,572.81 4,356.74 344.96 431.58 414.25 400.00 150.35 325.00 18,370.00 800.00 78.19 Total $ 15,477.04 16,067.26 30,898.00 36j 490.01 94,890.16 13,865.13 56,581.85 120,488.00 31,938.28 41,006.89 52,950.00 45,538.00 37,386.11 21,545.09 10,336.08 20,140.50 59,489.81 16,533.30 20.813.54 15,550.42 31,493.32 18,068.99 33,543.00 30,264.00 26.782.55 13,524.98 10,620.00 7,245.95 19,804.68 45,489.19 Total College Expenditure Last Fiscal Year ! 499,389.12 472,062.41 Per Cent of Total Spent on Library 3.09 3.40 1,293,422.45 1,514,398.65 263,794.45 1,234,394.78 1,942,899.00 957,586.77 1,021,452.98 1,941,232.08 926,813.00 625,000.00 637,148.09 322,197.29 6.22 1,962,244.00 3.03 364,213.84 4.54 517,904.28 4.02 368,514.22 4.22 2 . 8 1 6 . 2 6 5.25 4.58 6.25 3.33 4.01 2.64 4.89 5.98 3.38 673,750.75 574,984.00 700,744.00 794,631.36 532,358.69 1,105,153.10 793,662.00 3.13 5.83 4.32 3.37 2.54 1.79 5.60 Amount per Student for Library Service9 $10.65 23.63 713,386.00 4.33 41.36 11.11 19.93 35.46 28.96 40.00 22.45 24.59 13.35 30.53 20.54 14.90 28.95 26.36 14.70 28.85 12.17 20.16 30.68 22.44 15.85 17.33 15.33 26.76 14.94 22.00 31.81 34,122.00 l 31.98 34,935.74 18,683.19 9,613.87 15,482.24 16,353.86 548,863.41 340,574.68 I 245,932.12 368,821.82 6.19 5.48 5.89 4.43 23.12 23.83 19.72 25.77 17.18 14,741.92 269,104.34 5.44 22.54 14,320.78 13,073.33 11,763.00 225,000.00 280,627.00 i 5.96 4.65 24.60 26.95 13.52 28,529.93 1,255,652.00 2.27 16.46 45,084.14 128,106.13 1,335,013.29 I 3.37 21.29 24.96 29,842.39 1,902,865.00 1.57 12.50 32,392.51 19,370.55 12,345.85 38,273.00 22,417.31 20,775.00 862,497.06 564,090.62 237,155.80 708,341.00 372,264.04 371,764.00 3.75 3.61 5.21 5.69 6.02 5.56 14.87 11.60 23.33 21.01 26.34 24.73 128,106.13 21,981.20 7,245.95 1,962,244.00 625,000.00 225,000.00 6.26 4.37 1.79 41.36 22.45 10.65 took fund. 9 Based on regular term enrolment. Teachers College Library Gen- Library Alabama, Jacksonville, State Teachers College Arizona, Flagstaff, State Teachers College Arkansas, Arkadelphia, Henderson State Teachers College. Califorhia, Areata, Humboldt State College California, Chico, State College California, Fresno, State College California, San Francisco, State College Colorado, Alamosa, Adams State College Colorado, Greeley, State College of Education Illinois, Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Illinois, Charleston, Eastern Illinois State College Illinois, De Kalb, Northern Illinois State College Iowa, Cedar Falls, State Teachers College Kansas, Emporia, State Teachers College Kentucky, Bowling Green, Western Kentucky State College Kentucky, Murray, State College Maryland, Frostburg, State Teachers College Maryland, Towson, State Teachers College Michigan, Kalamazoo, Western Mich. College of Education. Minnesota, Bemidji, State Teachers College Minnesota, Mankato, State Teachers College Minnesota, Moorhead, State Teachers College Minnesota, St. Cloud, State Teachers College Mississippi, Cleveland, Delta Stat,e Teachers College Missouri, Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State College Missouri, Springfield, Southwest Missouri State College. . . Missouri, Warrensburg, Central Missouri State College Nebraska, Kearney, State Teachers College Nebraska, Peru, State Teachers College New Hampshire, Keene, Teachers College New Mexico, Las Vegas, Highlands University New York, Albany, State College for Teachers New York, Oswego, State Teachers College North Carolina, Boone, Appalachian State Teachers College North Carolina, Greenville, East Carolina Teachers College North Dakota, Minot, State Teachers College North Dakota, Valley City' State Teachers College Oklahoma, Alva, Northwestern State College Oklahoma, Edmond, Central State College Oregon, Ashland, Southern Oregon College of Education. . Oregon, LaGrange, Eastern Oregon Cojlege of Education.. Oregon, Monmouth, College of Education Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, State Teachers College Pennsylvania, West Chester, State Teachers College Texas, Commerce, East Texas State Teachers College Texas, Denton, North Texas State College Texas, Huntsville, Sam Houston State Teachers College... Texas, San Marcos, Southwest Texas State Teachers College West Virginia, Fairmont, State College West Virginia, Glenville, State College Wisconsin, Milwaukee, State Teachers College Wisconsin, Oshkosh, State Teachers College Wisconsin, Stevens Point, State Teachers College H i g h . . . . Median. Low No. of Employees in Full-Time Equivalent Admin- istrative Sub- Clerical Office profes- and - sional Others Profes- sional 1 1 1 4 5 6 13 4 6 11 7 6 4 2 3 7 1 1 3 4 1 61 3 3 1 1 1 1 8* 4 3 6 3* 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 6 15 4 4 3 2 6 2 4 15 3 1 ants 0 1 Student Service Total Hours Hours Open per Rate per Hour per Total Year Min. Max. Week 2 l .25 .40 691 2 9931 .50 .50 72 6 320 .25 .25 57 4 3,559 .50 1.00 56 7 2 .77 .77 59 9 7,964 .65 .65 67 18 6,999 .75 • 1.00 45 5 4,150 .40 .50 43 9 29,333 .40 .50 66 141 33,275 .40 .83 791 9 10,794 .40 .50 661 8 7,124 .50 .50 691 13 18,371 .40 .45 801 8 16,497 .50 .60 801 9 9,062 .30 .30 74 5 7,1221 .30 .30 65 4 749 .50 .50 561 4 1,4291 .50 .50 531 12 11,2951 .50 .60 831 2 3,060 601 3 3,491 A5 A5 57 3 1,580 .45 .45 591 7 4,4721 .50 551 2 1,819 .30 .40 53 61 8,689 .40 .40 641 4 16,352 .45 .45 721 6 9,090 .40 .55 65 2 6,1611 .40 .65 59 2 2,700 .. .2 .. .2 51 2 260 2 2 61 4 2,656 ifSO ieo 54 101 744 .50 .50 58 7 2,680 2 2 671 69 7 2 .35 .35 671 69 6 .39 .39 81 3 i 3,962 2 2 64 3 3,962 AO ^40 48 2 3,475 .. .2 .. .2 541 2 7,722 2 2 46 3 1,349 i60 .75 561 65f 2 3,551 .60 .65 561 65f 3 3,242 .75 63 2 2,367 !40 .50 54 41 12,918 .50 631 6 26,466 .40 ]40 671 16 48,595 .45 .45 ' 801 6 10,104 2 2 571 6 16,700 AO '.50 751 5 9 2 i 65 2 1,932 .55 .55 52 7 5,400 .50 .60 57 3 2,143 2 2 2 56 4 2,143 2 .50 '.75 68 18 48,595 .77 1 . 0 0 831 5 5,400 .45 .55 63 2 260 .25 .25 43 1 $5,078.14. 2 Not reported. 3 Confidential. 4 Plus f of salary for summer school. 5 Plus $560 for summer school. 6 Nine months. 7 Plus $600.00 for eral and Salary Statistics Salaries • Associate or $2,400.00 4 j 092!00 5,ioo!oo M25!66 3,600.00 2,800.00 3,600.00* 3 $2,916.00 $3,372.00 4 2,772.00 3,900.00 4 3,372.00 4,092.00 3,175.00 3,410.00 3,850.00 3,150.00 3,700.00 2,750.00 2,400.00 2,940.00 3,375.00 4,620.00 3,975'.00 4,000.00 12 $2,772.00 $3,900.00 2 1,920.00 2,700.00 1 2,775.00 4 3,410.00 3,960.00 1 3,000.00 3,431.81 3,600.00 4,956.00 4,300.00 3̂ 266166 2 2ii66!6o 3,000.00 2,605.00 1 3j2o!6o 3i5o6!66 3,700.00 3,159.00s 3 , 8 9 2 ^ 6 3,190.001" 4 3,100.00 3,400.00 2 3,000.00« 3,900.006 2 2,881.81 2,995.45 2 3,500.00 3,700.00 2 2,820.00 3,275.00 2,200.00 1,920.00 ,100.01 , 0 6 0 . 0 Chief Assistant Department Heads Professional Assistants Librarian Librarians No. Min. Max. No. Min. Max. $4,000.00 2 3̂ 66O!66 5,772.00 4,740.00 4,980.00 5,496.00 3,510.00 4,100.00 « 5j865!00 4,800.00 4,800.00 : 3i5o6!66 3,700.00 3,850.00 3,850.00 4,600.00 3,100.00 3.700.004 3,700.00® 3,531.81 2 5j22o!66 4,300.00 3,650.00 3,350.00 2 2 i 400!00 3,650.00 5,912.40 4,825.00 4,047.00 5,760.00 4,300.00 2,920.00 2 3j75o!66 4,250.00 4,800.00 2 4;64L66° 4,554.00' 4,400.00 2 5j 483̂ 28 4,400.00 4,500.00 2,700.00 4,400.00 3,900.00 4,600.00 5,912.40 4,250.00 2,400.00 3,780.00 3,780.00 2,898.00 3,600.00 3,100.00 5,100.00 3,500.00 2,400.00 3,300.00 3,492.42 2,331.26 2,700.00 3,300.00 3,850.00 3,150.00 2,400.00 4,604.88 4,605.00 3,243.00 4,000.00 3,300.00 3,700.00 3,550.80 3,150.00 3,150.00 3,300.00 4,620.00 3,550.80 3,243.00 1 3,456.00 ,071.00s ;868!75 Subprofessional All Departments Clerical Adminis- trative Assistants All Departments School, College, and Departmental Librar- ies Central Library Budget Head No. Min. Max. No. Min. Max. No. Min. Max. 4,000.00 2,484.00 3,036.00 2,760.00 3,450.00 .42 4 2,900.00 3,600.00 1 3,125.00 3 2,800.00 3,700.00 4,071.00 4,500.00 2,800.00 3,600.00 1,920.00 2,700.00 1 $ 900 $1,980 M00 2,450 1 1,628 !! ' i 2! 220 ,383.008 ' i 2i§i6 1492! 1,200 1,800 1 2,016 1,920 2,082 2,484 3,174 1,932 1,500 2,400 2,484 3,174 2,082 900 3 2 2 $2 60.00 $2,640 2 60.00 4 60.00 772 1 00.00 772 3 00.00 2 j031 2 20.00 1,740 3 00.00 1,920 1 50.00 1,920 3 60.00 i j920 1 00.00 i j920 l i 1,200 six week summer. 8 Plus $250.00 for three week summer. 9 $3,679.00.10 Plus $1,000 for summer session. 00.00 67.42 00.00 00.00 36.84 40.00 63.00 60.00 600!00 000.00 ,860 ,388 ,530 600.00 2,772. 800.00 2,031 350.00 1,740 1 $2 1 3 2 3 4 3 2 3 1 1 600.00 4,275 150.00 3,700 600.00 3,000 Notes from the A.C.R.L. Office OFFICIAL A . C . R . L . business h a n d l e d at t h e 1950 M i d w i n t e r M e e t i n g in C h i c a g o , J a n u a r y 26-29, w i l l be r e p o r t e d f u l l y in a l a t e r issue of College and Research Libraries in t h e f o r m of c o n d e n s e d m i n u t e s . T h e M a r c h A.L.A. Bulletin c a r r i e d n o t e s of c e r - t a i n i m p o r t a n t actions t a k e n by sections. T h e A . C . R . L . Policy C o m m i t t e e s t a t e m e n t , 1 w h i c h r e j e c t e d P a r t I I of t h e F o u r t h A c t i v i t i e s C o m m i t t e e R e p o r t , w a s a p p r o v e d . T h e B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s w a s i n s t r u c t e d to investi- g a t e and c o n s i d e r p l a n s f o r t h e c r e a t i o n of a f e d e r a t i o n of A m e r i c a n l i b r a r y associations. T h e y w e r e also i n s t r u c t e d to i n v e s t i g a t e a n d r e p o r t on t h e d u e s a l l o t m e n t scale b e t w e e n A . C . R . L . and A . L . A . Y o u r a t t e n t i o n is called to c e r t a i n p r o g r a m s of activity w h i c h a r e l e f t l a r g e l y to this office f o r d e v e l o p m e n t w i t h o u t f o r m a l action. A s r e p o r t e d a t t h e A . C . R . L . g e n e r a l session, m y a t t e n t i o n h a s been f o c u s e d on t h e need f o r a p l a c e m e n t service, t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of a p r o g r a m of r e s e a r c h , and effective r e p r e s e n t a - tion of t h e association and college and r e - s e a r c h l i b r a r y i n t e r e s t s b e f o r e l e a r n e d societies and o t h e r p r o f e s s i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s . T h e need f o r an effective p l a c e m e n t service is w i d e l y a p p r e c i a t e d . Since t h e s t r e n g t h of this association lies in t h e c o o p e r a t i v e e f f o r t s and v o l u n t e e r w o r k of t h e m e m b e r s h i p , t h e p l a n p r o p o s e s a d e c e n t r a l i z e d p l a c e m e n t p r o - g r a m , r e s t i n g p r i n c i p a l l y on t h e s h o u l d e r s of 50-60 v o l u n t e e r s in as m a n y s t r a t e g i c college o r u n i v e r s i t y c e n t e r s t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y . T h i s w o u l d m a k e a p l a c e m e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a v a i l a b l e to any A . C . R . L . m e m b e r , as w e l l as to a l i b r a r y w i s h i n g to fill a vacancy, a t no g r e a t d i s t a n c e . E a c h p l a c e m e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e w o u l d keep r e c o r d s of vacancies and a p p l i c a n t s w i t h i n his o w n a r e a , and c i r c u l a t e this i n f o r m a t i o n t o his c o l l e a g u e s in t h e a d j a c e n t a r e a s , w i t h t h e e x p e c t a t i o n t h a t a m a r r i a g e of v a c a n c y and a p p l i c a n t m i g h t be m a d e in t h a t r e g i o n of t h e c o u n t r y . I n f o r m a t i o n on a p p l i c a n t s w i t h v e r y u n u s u a l q u a l i f i c a t i o n s , and d a t a on positions r e q u i r i n g v e r y specialized t r a i n i n g w o u l d be f o r w a r d e d to C h i c a g o and h a n d l e d f r o m this 1 " A S t a t e m e n t on R e l a t i o n s h i p of A . C . R . L . a n d A . L . A . " A.L.A. Bulletin, 43:310-311, O c t o b e r 1949. office on a n a t i o n a l scale. T h i s p l a n w i l l be p u t i n t o o p e r a t i o n on an e x p e r i m e n t a l basis in t h e S o u t h e a s t b e f o r e s u m m e r . T h e C o n s t i t u t i o n of A . C . R . L . s t a t e s t h a t t h e o b j e c t of the association is to a d v a n c e " t h e c o n t i n u e d p r o f e s s i o n a l and s c h o l a r l y g r o w t h " of college and r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n s . L i k e t h e w e a t h e r , a r e s e a r c h p r o g r a m h a s seen m o r e discussion t h a n a c c o m p l i s h m e n t . T h e C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s Section of A . C . R . L . h a d a v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g p r o g r a m a t M i d w i n t e r d e v o t e d to this s u b j e c t . A s a r e s u l t of discussions it h a s been p r o - posed to a p p o i n t a c o m m i t t e e w i t h t h e specific a s s i g n m e n t of c o m p i l i n g q u a r t e r l y lists of topics f o r r e s e a r c h and i n v e s t i g a t i o n in t h e fields of college and r e s e a r c h l i b r a r y p r o b l e m s . T h i s list s h o u l d include w o r k s in p r o g r e s s by i n d i v i d u a l s o r c o m m i t t e e s of any l i b r a r y o r - g a n i z a t i o n . C o m m e n t m a y be given on t h e need, p r o g r e s s if any, or m e t h o d s of a t t a c k i n g t h e p r o b l e m . O n c e t h e list is p u b l i s h e d , it w o u l d be t h e o b j e c t i v e of this office t o invite and c a j o l e i n d i v i d u a l m e m b e r s of t h e associa- tion t o u n d e r t a k e one o r a n o t h e r of t h e s t u d i e s . I t is q u i t e possible t h a t this list m i g h t be a r e g u l a r f e a t u r e of College and Research Li- braries and, combined w i t h this c o m m u n i c a - tion of mine, m a i l e d o u t r e g u l a r l y t o all m e m b e r s as a r e p r i n t . T h i s w o u l d cost 12-15 cents p e r m e m b e r a n n u a l l y . * * * A t t h e end of M a r c h I w i l l speak a t t h e L o u i s i a n a L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n in B a t o n R o u g e , and in A p r i l to t h e T e x a s L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n in H o u s t o n . I n J u n e I t r a v e l t o S a c r a m e n t o to s p e a k b e f o r e t h e C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n . O n each of t h e s e t r i p s I w i l l m a k e as m a n y " l i b r a r y s t o p s " as possi- ble w i t h o u t being a w a y f r o m t h e office a t any t i m e f o r m o r e t h a n t w o w e e k s . T h e r e a r e also t h r e e local s p e a k i n g e n g a g e m e n t s in t h e n e a r f u t u r e . So f a r , m y visiting h a s been l i m i t e d t o a b o u t 15 l i b r a r i e s in t h e vicinity of C h i c a g o , C l e v e l a n d , a n d F o r t W o r t h . Arthur T. Hamlin A.C.R.L. Executive Secretary 164 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Personnel THERE a r e f e w n a m e s in t h e field of l i b r a r -ianship t h a t call f o r t h m o r e a d m i r a t i o n i f r o m p r a c t i c i n g l i b r a r i a n s t h a n does t h a t of H e l e n E . H a i n e s . H e r 50 y e a r s of service r e v e a l a r e c o r d of devotion to t h e e n r i c h m e n t of l i b r a r i a n s h i p t h r o u g h a f u l l e r u n d e r s t a n d - i n g of w h a t l i b r a r y service m e a n s . I t seems fitting t h a t some recognition of this m a g n i f i c e n t e x p e n d i t u r e s h o u l d be m a d e in h e r n a m e . T o this end, a n d w i t h a d u a l p u r p o s e , t h e A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n of t h e G r a d - u a t e School of L i b r a r y Service at t h e U n i v e r - sity of S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a h a s a p p o i n t e d a (committee to establish t h e H e l e n E . H a i n e s S c h o l a r s h i p a t t h e School. A s its first objective, •the S c h o l a r s h i p w i l l pay h o n o r to this a c k n o w l - edged l e a d e r in t h e l i b r a r y w o r l d . Secondly, jt w i l l p r o v i d e f u n d s f r o m w h i c h qualified l i b r a r y school s t u d e n t s m a y receive financial aid in c o m p l e t i n g t h e i r p r o f e s s i o n a l t r a i n i n g . (But, u n l i k e m o s t s c h o l a r s h i p f u n d s , income f r o m this f u n d w i l l be a v a i l a b l e to M i s s JHaines s h o u l d she need it. T h e c o m m i t t e e is n o w p r o v i d i n g a n a t i o n - w i d e o p p o r t u n i t y f o r l i b r a r i a n s and f r i e n d s (of H e l e n H a i n e s to p a r t i c i p a t e in t h e b u i l d i n g up of this f u n d . U l t i m a t e g o a l of t h e c o m - m i t t e e is t h e s u m of $10,000 w h i c h , s k i l l f u l l y invested, w i l l b r i n g sufficient income to pay a t l e a s t t h e t u i t i o n of one s t u d e n t each s e m e s t e r . N a t i o n a l c h a i r m a n of t h e c o m m i t t e e is A l t h e a W a r r e n , D e p a r t m e n t of L i b r a r y Science, (University of M i c h i g a n . A s s i s t i n g M i s s W a r - ren is J o h n A s k l i n g , indexing c o n s u l t a n t , 304 W . 3 5 t h St., N e w Y o r k , as e a s t e r n c h a i r m a n a n d B. J . C a l d w e l l , l i b r a r i a n of t h e P o m o n a , C a l i f o r n i a , P u b l i c L i b r a r y , as w e s t e r n c h a i r - m a n . T o g e t h e r w i t h t h e o t h e r m e m b e r s of t h e c o m m i t t e e , t h e s e c h a i r m e n e n e r g e t i c a l l y solicit y o u r p e r s o n a l a n d / o r g r o u p p a r t i c i p a - tion. Send y o u r c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o D r . L e w i s F . Steig, l i b r a r i a n of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a , L o s A n g e l e s 7, C a l i - f o r n i a , w h o is t r e a s u r e r of t h e H e l e n E . H a i n e s S c h o l a r s h i p C o m m i t t e e . J O H N EMMETT BURKE h a s been a p p o i n t e d t h e l i b r a r i a n of G e o r g e P e a b o d y C o l l e g e f o r T e a c h e r s , N a s h v i l l e , T e n n . , to succeed D r . J o h n H . L a n c a s t e r . M r . B u r k e goes t o P e a - body f r o m St. L o u i s , M o . , w h e r e f o r t h e John Emmett Burke p a s t t w o y e a r s he w a s chief l i b r a r i a n of C h r i s t i a n B r o t h e r s C o l l e g e of t h a t city. M r . B u r k e ' s g r a d u a t e w o r k in l i b r a r y science w a s done a t t h e G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School of the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o . H e received his B . L . S . in 1947. I n a d d i t i o n t o this degree, M r . B u r k e holds t h e m a s t e r of a r t s in E n g l i s h and in science h a s specialized in biology w i t h t h e B.S. H e received his B . A . f r o m D e P a u l U n i v e r s i t y , C h i c a g o , in 1930. F o u r s t a t e s h a v e been t h e scene of M r . B u r k e ' s l i b r a r y experience. H e h a s held responsible l i b r a r y positions w i t h colleges, j u n i o r colleges and s e c o n d a r y schools in T e n - nessee, M i s s o u r i , M i n n e s o t a and I l l i n o i s . I n 1941 he w a s elected t o a C a r n e g i e s c h o l a r s h i p t o t h e first w o r k s h o p held f o r j u n i o r college p e r s o n n e l in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . M r . B u r k e w a s n a t i o n a l c h a i r m a n of t h e S e c o n d a r y School Section of t h e C a t h o l i c L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n in 1948 and also n a t i o n a l s e c r e t a r y of t h e C o l l e g e and U n i v e r s i t y Sec- tion of t h e Special L i b r a r i e s A s s o c i a t i o n f o r t h e s a m e y e a r . F r o m 1945 to 1947 he w a s p r e s i d e n t of the L a n g u a g e T e a c h e r s A s s o c i a - tion. H e h a s w r i t t e n f o r v a r i o u s p r o f e s s i o n a l and e d u c a t i o n a l m a g a z i n e s . I n a d d i t i o n t o being l i b r a r i a n at G e o r g e P e a b o d y C o l l e g e f o r T e a c h e r s , M r . B u r k e will hold t h e r a n k of a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r of l i b r a r y science in t h e P e a b o d y L i b r a r y School. APRIL, 1950 165 Appointments D o r o t h y L a r s e n , f o r m e r l y on t h e staff of t h e T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e L i b r a r y a t C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , is n o w L i b r a r i a n of W e s t m a r C o l l e g e , L e M a r s , I o w a . H e n r y C . H a s t i n g s l e f t t h e l i b r a r y of B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y t o accept a p p o i n t m e n t as r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n of K e n y o n C o l l e g e , G a m - bier, O h i o . H o w a r d W . W i l l i a m s is h e a d of t h e C i r c u - l a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t a t S w a r t h m o r e C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . H e w a s f o r m e r l y on t h e l i b r a r y staff of T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y . F o r r e s t F . C a r h a r t , J r . , w a s a p p o i n t e d a s - s i s t a n t d i r e c t o r of l i b r a r i e s a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of D e n v e r . P r i o r t o c o m i n g t o D e n v e r , h e w a s l o a n l i b r a r i a n a t I o w a S t a t e C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . M r s . M i g n o n E . E l i o t w a s a p p o i n t e d li- b r a r i a n in c h a r g e of t h e r e s e r v e r o o m a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of D e n v e r . M r s . E l i o t w a s m o s t r e c e n t l y l i b r a r i a n a t M i s s H u t c h i n s o n ' s School, M e m p h i s , T e n n . C a r l y l e S t i c k l e r h a s accepted a position as d o c u m e n t s l i b r a r i a n a t S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y . L a V e l l e C o x is s u p e r v i s o r of t h e P e r i o d i c a l s Section a t t h e P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . Retirement E d i t h M . C o u l t e r r e t i r e d a f t e r 42 y e a r s of service in u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i e s . F r o m 1907 t o 1911 she w a s in t h e R e f e r e n c e D e p a r t m e n t a t S t a n f o r d . A f t e r t h a t t i m e she w a s in t h e U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y a t B e r k e l e y , f i r s t in t h e R e f e r e n c e D e p a r t m e n t , a n d t h e n as a m e m b e r of t h e f a c u l t y of t h e School of L i b r a r i a n s h i p . Necrology B e a t r i c e B a r k e r , f o r 30 y e a r s h e a d c a t a - l o g e r in t h e U n i v e r s i t y of O r e g o n L i b r a r y , died in 1949. R o b e r t J . C o n k l i n , l i b r a r i a n a n d p r o f e s s o r of E n g l i s h a t Springfield C o l l e g e , S p r i n g f i e l d , M a s s . , died on o r a b o u t D e c . 25, 1949, in t r a g i c c i r c u m s t a n c e s . L e d by his i n t e r e s t in p r o b l e m s of social a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l u n d e r - s t a n d i n g , h e h a d accepted a F u l b r i g h t g r a n t to t e a c h f o r a y e a r in t h e U n i v e r s i t y of t h e Philippines, w h e r e he h a d p r e v i o u s l y s e r v e d as h e a d of t h e E n g l i s h D e p a r t m e n t . D u r i n g t h e C h r i s t m a s v a c a t i o n , h e and his c o m p a n i o n , a g e o g r a p h e r f r o m t h e u n i v e r s i t y s t a f f , w h i l e e n g a g e d in a scientific e x p e d i t i o n i n t o t h e l i t t l e - k n o w n , m o u n t a i n o u s region of n o r t h e r n L u z o n , w e r e killed by b a n d i t s . P r i o r t o his a p p o i n t m e n t t o t h e staff of S p r i n g f i e l d C o l - lege in 1936, h e h a d t a u g h t E n g l i s h a t P e n n S t a t e , P u r d u e , a n d M u h l e n b e r g C o l l e g e . Recent Personnel Changes in Foreign Libraries B e r n a r d K e t t l e , f o r m e r l y d i r e c t o r of t h e G u i l d h a l l L i b r a r y , L o n d o n , died A u g . 9, 1949. D r . H a n s H a n s e l w a s a p p o i n t e d p r o v i s i o n a l d i r e c t o r of t h e F u l d a L a n d e s b i b l i o t h e k on A u g . 1, 1949. D r . S i m o n H o p f l , d i r e c t o r of t h e B i b l i o t h e k d e r T e c h n i s c h e n H o c h s c h u l e in M u n i c h , died on O c t . 18, 1949.—Lawrence S. Thompson. Films in the Academic Library (Continued, from page 150) m o r e t h a n t o e f f e c t a c o r r e l a t i o n of t h e li- b r a r y ' s a c t i v i t i e s w i t h t h o s e of t h e f i l m c e n t e r . I f , o n t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e d e p a r t m e n t s of t h e i n s t i t u t i o n a r e a t t e m p t i n g t o m e e t t h e i r film n e e d s w i t h i n a d e q u a t e r e s o u r c e s , w i t h - o u t a n y p l a n f o r c o o r d i n a t i n g m a t e r i a l s a n d e q u i p m e n t , t h e n e e d f o r c o n s t r u c t i v e a c t i o n is m a n i f e s t . T h e l i b r a r i a n m a y t h e n j u s t i - f i a b l y b e l i e v e t h a t h e h a s n o t o n l y a n o p p o r - t u n i t y b u t a g e n u i n e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r s e c u r - i n g n e c e s s a r y f u n d s f o r a c e n t r a l i z e d f i l m s e r v i c e w h i c h w i l l a d e q u a t e l y m e e t t h e n e e d s of t h e c o m m u n i t y . 166 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES News from the Field T h e m a n u s c r i p t collec- Acquisitionsj Gifts, tions of S t . C a t h e r i n e ' s Collections M o n a s t e r y on M t . Sinai a r e being p h o t o g r a p h e d in t h e i r e n t i r e t y f o r t h e L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s by an e x p e d i t i o n c o n d u c t e d by t h e A m e r i c a n F o u n d a t i o n f o r t h e S t u d y of M a n . T h i s priceless a n d h e r e t o f o r e a l m o s t t o t a l l y inacces- sible m a n u s c r i p t collection, in w h a t is believed to be t h e w o r l d ' s o l d e s t C h r i s t i a n m o n a s t e r y , w i l l soon be m a d e a v a i l a b l e on m i c r o f i l m t o s c h o l a r s . T h e e x p e d i t i o n is u n d e r t h e l e a d e r - ship of W e n d e l l Phillips, p r e s i d e n t of t h e A m e r i c a n F o u n d a t i o n f o r t h e S t u d y of M a n . I t h a s been e s t i m a t e d t h a t t h e m a n u s c r i p t s in St. C a t h e r i n e ' s M o n a s t e r y c o m p r i s e a t o t a l of s o m e 500,000 t o 700,000 pages. T h e y a r e k n o w n t o include, in a d d i t i o n to m a n y m a n u - scripts of g r e a t i m p o r t a n c e f o r biblical t e x t u a l criticism, a g r o u p of s o m e 2000 d o c u m e n t s o r firmans e m a n a t i n g f r o m t h e M u s l i m s u l t a n s a n d kings t h r o u g h o u t t h e M i d d l e A g e s d o w n to t h e end of t h e O t t o m a n p e r i o d . T h e m i c r o f i l m s t o be a c q u i r e d as a r e s u l t of this p r o j e c t a r e expected to p r o v e i n v a l u a b l e in t h e w o r k of p r e p a r i n g t h e n e w c r i t i c a l a p - p a r a t u s f o r t h e G r e e k N e w T e s t a m e n t , w h i c h is c u r r e n t l y being u n d e r t a k e n by an i n t e r - n a t i o n a l g r o u p of s c h o l a r s h e a d e d by E r n e s t C a d m a n C o l w e l l , p r e s i d e n t of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o . M o s t of t h e m a n u s c r i p t s w e r e t h e w o r k s of t h e m o n k s in this m o n a s t e r y w h i c h w a s e s t a b l i s h e d s o m e t i m e a f t e r A.D. 220. T h e m a n u s c r i p t s a r e w r i t t e n in G r e e k , A r a b i c , S l a v o n i a n , I b e r i a n , a n d Syriac, t h e l a t t e r being a l a t e r f o r m of t h e l a n g u a g e spoken by C h r i s t . I n J a n u a r y , t h e U n i v e r s i t y of M i n n e s o t a received a g i f t of $ 7 5 0 0 f r o m J . F . Bell of M i n n e a p o l i s f o r t h e p u r c h a s e of t w o r a r e books. B o t h books, a b o u t e a r l y e x p l o r a t i o n s in A m e r i c a , w e r e p r i n t e d in P a r i s , one in 1557 and t h e o t h e r in 1603. T h e e a r l i e r i m - p r i n t is Les singularitez de la France antar- tique w r i t t e n by A n d r e T h e v e t , a F r a n c i s c a n f r i a r , w h o c a m e t o A m e r i c a s h o r t l y b e f o r e 1557 a n d t r a v e l e d f r o m B r a z i l t o C a n a d a . T h e book, w h i c h c o n t a i n s 332 pages, is p r o - f u s e l y i l l u s t r a t e d w i t h w o o d c u t s of t h e I n d i a n s and p l a n t s seen by T h e v e t d u r i n g his e x p l o r a - tions. T h e o t h e r i t e m is Des sauvages, ou voyages de Samuel Champlain de Brouage en la France nouvelle. C h a m p l a i n w r o t e t h e book in 1603 a f t e r he r e t u r n e d f r o m his first v o y a g e t o " N e w F r a n c e . " T h e r e a r e only t h r e e o t h e r k n o w n copies of t h e T h e v e t vol- u m e and f o u r of t h e C h a m p l a i n w o r k in this c o u n t r y . P h i l i p M . B e n j a m i n , l i b r a r i a n of A l l e g h e n y C o l l e g e , M e a d v i l l e , P a . , h a s a n n o u n c e d t h e acquisition of five r e c o r d e d p r o g r a m s , d e a l i n g w i t h t h e L i n c o l n s t o r y , as p r e s e n t e d on t h e r a d i o p r o g r a m " C a v a l c a d e of A m e r i c a . " T h e s e r e c o r d i n g s h a v e been a d d e d t o t h e I d a M . T a r b e l l L i n c o l n C o l l e c t i o n in Reiss L i - b r a r y a t A l l e g h e n y C o l l e g e . T h e C h e n e r y L i b r a r y of t h e C o l l e g e of L i b e r a l A r t s , B o s t o n U n i v e r s i t y , opened its n e w T r e a s u r e R o o m on D e c . 3, 1949 w i t h an exhibit of aJ r e c e n t l y a c q u i r e d collection of A m e r i c a n a . T h i s g i f t of m a n u s c r i p t s and books o r i g i n a l l y f o r m e d p a r t of t h e p r i v a t e l i b r a r y of M r . and M r s . M a r k B o r t m a n of N e w t o n C e n t e r . T h e collection is especially s t r o n g in e a r l y M a s s a c h u s e t t s i m p r i n t s and s e v e n t e e n t h - c e n t u r y L o n d o n p r i n t i n g s of colo- nial m a t e r i a l . A m o n g t h e books a r e T h o m a s S h e p a r d ' s Sincere Convert, L o n d o n , 1640, and R i c h a r d M a t h e r ' s Heart-Melting Exhorta- tion, L o n d o n , 1650 of w h i c h t h e r e a r e t h r e e k n o w n copies. T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l B o s t o n M a s - s a c r e o r a t i o n s , one of w h i c h c o n t a i n s t h e a u t o g r a p h of S a m u e l A d a m s . T h e r e a r e m a n u s c r i p t s f r o m t h e l i b r a r i e s of L o r d M e l - ville and L o r d N o r t h . T h e L e t t e r - B o o k of G e n e r a l G a g e f o r 1775 and a collection of t h e p a p e r s of t h e R e v . J o n a t h a n M a y h e w a r e t w o of t h e m o s t r e c e n t m a n u s c r i p t a d d i t i o n s t o this collection. N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y h a s r e - ceived, as a g i f t f r o m M r s . J a m e s W a r d T h o r n e , an u n u s u a l l y b e a u t i f u l i l l u m i n a t e d fifteenth-century m a n u s c r i p t . I t is a L a t i n B o o k of H o u r s , t h e w o r k of a F r e n c h scribe. T h e N a t i o n a l T a i w a n U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y in T a i p e i , T a i w a n , C h i n a , is i n t e r e s t e d in e s t a b l i s h i n g e x c h a n g e r e l a t i o n s h i p s w i t h v a r i - o u s A m e r i c a n l i b r a r i e s . T h e N a t i o n a l T a i w a n U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y possesses a n u m b e r of T u n g - h o a n g m a n u s c r i p t s it is w i l l i n g t o e x - APRIL, 1950 18 7 c h a n g e f o r c e r t a i n A m e r i c a n p u b l i c a t i o n s . M r . T a i - l i e n is chief of t h e P e r i o d i c a l s , E x c h a n g e , a n d G i f t Section. T h e f a m o u s J a m e s W e l d o n J o h n s o n M e - m o r i a l C o l l e c t i o n of N e g r o A r t s a n d L e t t e r s a t Y a l e w a s opened f o r m a l l y on J a u a r y 7. T h e collection, t h e g i f t of C a r l V a n V e c h t e n , w a s described briefly in an e a r l i e r issue of this c o l u m n . M r . B a b b , l i b r a r i a n of Y a l e , h a s a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e collection is a v a i l a b l e t o s c h o l a r s a n d o t h e r i n t e r e s t e d p e r s o n s . T h i s m e m o r i a l collection r a n g e s in scope f r o m t h e r e c o r d i n g s of Bessie S m i t h , b l u e s singer, t o v o l u m e s by B o o k e r T . W a s h i n g t o n . M r . and M r s . F r a n c i s O . B y r d of U p p e r - ville, V a . , h a v e p r e s e n t e d to t h e C o l l e g e of W i l l i a m a n d M a r y o v e r 200 v o l u m e s w h i c h belonged t o t h e H a r r i s o n s of " B r a n d o n " and " U p p e r B r a n d o n " and to o t h e r r e l a t i v e s of t h e B y r d f a m i l y of V i r g i n i a . D r . E d w i n E . W i l l o u g h b y , chief b i b l i o g r a - p h e r of t h 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 , h a s advised t h e C o l l e g e of W i l l i a m and M a r y of his l o n g - t e r m p r o j e c t f o r f o r m i n g a collection of books on " t h e o r i g i n a l p a t r o n s of t h e C o l - lege, T h e i r S a c r e d M a j e s t i e s , K i n g W i l l i a m and Q u e e n M a r y . " D r . W i l l o u g h b y f o r - m e r l y s e r v e d as h e a d of t h e L i b r a r y Science D e p a r t m e n t a t W i l l i a m a n d M a r y . D u r i n g t h e l a s t s e v e r a l y e a r s he h a s given t h e college o v e r 20 e a r l y i m p r i n t s c o n c e r n i n g Q u e e n M a r y . T h e U n i v e r s i t y of K e n t u c k y h a s r e a c h e d an a g r e e m e n t w i t h t h e C o u r t of A p p e a l s t o h a v e c e r t a i n K e n t u c k y n e w s p a p e r files t r a n s - f e r r e d f r o m t h e c o u r t to t h e u n i v e r s i t y li- b r a r i e s . T h i s acquisition n o w m a k e s L e x i n g - ton one of t h e g r e a t e s t c e n t e r s of e a r l y n e w s p a p e r s in t h e S o u t h . R o b e r t V o s p e r , a s s o c i a t e l i b r a r i a n , U n i v e r - sity of C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y , L o s A n g e l e s , r e p o r t s t h e acquisition of 126 w o r k s in t h e field of C a t a l a n l a n g u a g e a n d l i t e r a t u r e . T h e books w e r e a c q u i r e d as a r e s u l t of a t r i p to Spain m a d e by M r . V o s p e r l a s t s p r i n g . T h e collection c o n t a i n s six d i c t i o n a i r i e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e t w o v o l u m e s t h u s f a r issued of A l c o v e r ' s m o n u m e n t a l Dicionari Catala—Valencia— Balear; five w o r k s d e a l i n g w i t h l a n g u a g e and g r a m m a r ; five d e a l i n g w i t h p h o n e t i c s and l i n g u i s t i c s ; t h r e e b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l w o r k s ; seven collections of r o m a n c e s ( b a l l a d s ) ; a b o u t 50 v o l u m e s of classical t e x t s ; a n d a b e a u t i f u l l y b o u n d f a c s i m i l e edition of t h e first book p u b - lished in Spain ( 1 4 7 5 ) , Les trobes en lahor de la Verge Maria. C a t a l a n a n d V a l e n c i a n l i t e r - a r y h i s t o r y a n d criticism a r e also r e p r e s e n t e d a n d t h e r e a r e seven w o r k s d e a l i n g w i t h p a r o e m i o l o g y and f o l k l o r e ; and 30 a b o u t a r t , music, h i s t o r y , a n d g e o g r a p h y . S e v e r a l i m p o r - t a n t p e r i o d i c a l sets a r e also included in the collection. T h e M a r k T w a i n p a p e r s h a v e come t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a , B e r k e l e y , t h r o u g h a b e q u e s t f r o m C l a r a C l e m e n s S a m o s s o u d , t h e only living d a u g h t e r of M a r k T w a i n . T h e collection includes 45 of t h e a u t h o r ' s n o t e - books and d i a r i e s ; over 400 l i t e r a r y m a n u - s c r i p t s ; m a s s e s of business r e c o r d s ; f a m i l y p h o t o g r a p h s and p e r s o n a l a l b u m s ; and t h o u - s a n d s of l e t t e r s . W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y , St. L o u i s , M o . , h a s r e c e n t l y opened a n e w E n g i n e e r i n g L i b r a r y . F i f t e e n t h o u s a n d b o o k s a n d p e r i o d i c a l s h a v e been a s s e m b l e d f r o m v a r i o u s collections on t h e c a m p u s to f o r m this n e w l i b r a r y f o r en- g i n e e r i n g and m a t h e m a t i c s . T h e l i b r a r y is on t h e second floor of t h e S e v e r B u i l d i n g . T h e M e d i c a l L i - Conferences, Curricula, b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n , a n d Scholarships which s p o n s o r s s c h o l a r s h i p s f o r f o r e i g n m e d i c a l l i b r a r i a n s , h a s g r a n t e d t h r e e such s c h o l a r s h i p s f o r the a c a d e m i c y e a r 1949- 50. T h e r e c i p i e n t s a r e E r i c a E m m a J o h a n n - sen O e h r e n s , a s s i s t a n t l i b r a r i a n at U . N . E c o n o m i c C o m m i s s i o n f o r L a t i n A m e r i c a , S a n t i a g o , C h i l e ; I l e a n a I n e s J o h a n n s e n O e h r e n s , a s s i s t a n t in t h e B i b l i o t e c a de la E s c u e l a de S a l u b r i d a d , U n i v e r s i d a d de C h i l e ; and J u a n C a r l o s Secondi, s t u d e n t of medicine and a g r a d u a t e of t h e l i b r a r y school of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of M o n t e v i d e o . T h e s c h o l a r s h i p p r o g r a m , w h i c h is being c a r r i e d o u t in c o o p e r - a t i o n w i t h t h e I n s t i t u t e of I n t e r n a t i o n a l E d u - cation, is a r r a n g e d so t h a t it w i l l m e e t t h e i n d i v i d u a l r e q u i r e m e n t s and special i n t e r e s t s of each F e l l o w . T h e C o l l e g e and U n i v e r s i t y Section of t h e N e w J e r s e y L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n held its f a l l m e e t i n g a t D r e w U n i v e r s i t y , M a d i s o n , N . J . , on D e c . 3, 1949. T h e r e w a s a t o u r of t h e R o s e M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y c o n d u c t e d by m e m - b e r s of t h e l i b r a r y staff of D r e w , f o l l o w e d by a c a f e t e r i a l u n c h e o n and an a f t e r n o o n m e e t i n g at w h i c h D r . H a r r i e t M a c P h e r s o n , d e a n of t h e G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School, D r e x e l I n s t i t u t e 168 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES of T e c h n o l o g y , spoke on " P e r m a n e n c y and C h a n g e in R e l a t i o n to L i b r a r y E d u c a t i o n . " T h e L i b r a r y C o m m i t t e e of W a s h b u r n M u n i c i p a l U n i v e r s i t y , T o p e k a , K a n . , is spon- s o r i n g a series of f o u r f a c u l t y l e c t u r e s this y e a r to p r o v i d e an o p p o r t u n i t y f o r m e m b e r s of t h e f a c u l t y and t h e i r w i v e s t o s h a r e t h e i r s c h o l a r l y i n t e r e s t s . N a o m i N e l s o n opened t h e series on O c t o b e r 12, describing h e r i m p r e s - sions of t h e G o e t h e B i c e n t e n n i a l a t A s p e n . T h e 1948-49 C o m m i t t e e on Publications A d m i n i s t r a t i o n of t h e D i v i s i o n of C a t a l o g i n g and Classifica- tion of t h e A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n h a s collected m a t e r i a l f r o m m o r e t h a n 75 l i b r a r i e s d e a l i n g w i t h t h e i r p r o c e d u r e s in t h e use of m e r i t r a t i n g f o r m s , m u l t i p l e o r d e r f o r m s , and m e a n s of r e p r o d u c i n g c a t a l o g c a r d s . T h r e e g r o u p s of m a t e r i a l h a v e r e s u l t e d . T h e y s h o w v a r i o u s m e t h o d s used in l i b r a r i e s of d i f f e r e n t sizes and types. M i c r o f i l m r e p r o d u c t i o n s of each of these g r o u p s a r e being m a d e , and consist of r e p r o d u c t i o n s of t h e f o r m s and d e s c r i p t i v e t e x t s t h a t w e r e s u b m i t t e d by t h e v a r i o u s l i b r a r i e s . Copies of t h e s e m i c r o f i l m s a r e a v a i l a b l e at cost f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o , D e p a r t m e n t of P h o t o g r a p h i c R e - p r o d u c t i o n . P r i c e s a r e $3.50 f o r t h e r a t i n g f o r m s , $2.75 f o r t h e m u l t i p l e f o r m s , and $2.00 f o r t h e c a r d r e p r o d u c t i o n devices. A n e w p u b l i c a t i o n w h i c h seeks t o m a k e a v a i l a b l e in c o n v e n i e n t and r e a d i l y u s a b l e f o r m m o s t of t h e f a c t u a l d a t a c o n t a i n e d in t h e n u m e r o u s and f r e q u e n t l y bulky r e p o r t s of t h e C o m m i s s i o n on t h e O r g a n i z a t i o n of t h e E x e c u t i v e B r a n c h of t h e G o v e r n m e n t , p o p u l a r l y k n o w n as t h e H o o v e r C o m m i s s i o n , h a s j u s t been issued by t h e L i b r a r y of C o n - g r e s s . E n t i t l e d Facts and Figures about the Federal Government, Its Departments and Agencies and Their Activities, t h e d o c u m e n t h a s been published as N o . 74 in t h e P u b l i c A f f a i r s B u l l e t i n series p r e p a r e d by t h e L i - b r a r y ' s L e g i s l a t i v e R e f e r e n c e Service. T h e G e o r g e t o w n U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s a n - n o u n c e d in J a n u a r y the p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e first in a series of t h r e e v o l u m e s on Soviet t r e a t y r e l a t i o n s f r o m 1917 to 1928. E n t i t l e d t h e Soviet T r e a t y Series, t h e first v o l u m e t r a c e s t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of Soviet diplo- macy in t h e f o r m a t i v e y e a r s of t h e n e w R u s s i a — i t s rise f r o m r e v o l u t i o n a r y c h a o s to f u l l p a r t i c i p a t i o n in w o r l d a f f a i r s . A u t h o r of the w o r k is D r . L e o n a r d S h a p i r o of t h e G e o r g e t o w n U n i v e r s i t y G r a d u a t e School. A p p r o x i m a t i n g 425 pages in d a r k b l u e cloth binding and f u l l y indexed, t h e v o l u m e r e t a i l s a t $10.00. S u b s e q u e n t v o l u m e s a r e s c h e d u l e d to a p p e a r in s u m m e r and f a l l of 1950. J o h n W i l e y and Sons, N e w Y o r k p u b l i s h e r s , h a v e j u s t c o m p l e t e d an a r r a n g e m e n t w i t h M e t h u e n and C o m p a n y of L o n d o n w h e r e b y W i l e y h a s been g r a n t e d t h e A m e r i c a n d i s t r i - b u t i o n r i g h t s of the w e l l - k n o w n M e t h u e n P h y s i c a l M o n o g r a p h Series. T h e s e m o n o - g r a p h s a r e pocket size, h a r d - b o u n d b o o k s r a n g i n g f r o m 64 to 132 pages in l e n g t h on v a r i o u s aspects of physics of i n t e r e s t to con- t e m p o r a r y scientists. T h e s e v o l u m e s , w r i t t e n by p r o m i n e n t B r i t i s h and c o n t i n e n t a l E u r o - pean specialists, a r e i n t e n d e d t o p r o v i d e n o n - specialists w i t h c o m p a c t s t a t e m e n t s of m o d e r n t h o u g h t in t h e field c o v e r e d . C a t h o l i c U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y h a s issued This Is Your Library, an a t t r a c t i v e b o o k l e t f o r t h e g u i d a n c e of s t u d e n t s to the r e s o u r c e s and services of t h e l i b r a r y . Selected Bibliography of the Specialized Agencies Related to the United Nations is N o . 1 of t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s H e a d q u a r t e r s L i b r a r y B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l Series. T h i s p u b l i c a - tion is a v a i l a b l e f r o m t h e C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s , price 25^. T h e U n i v e r s i t y of D e n v e r P r e s s h a s still a v a i l a b l e copies of its f a c t o g r a p h s , Help Your- self to a Good Research Paper and Where to Find Facts on Federal Bills and Laws. T h e s e p o s t e r s , w h i c h sell f o r $1.50 each o r $15.00 p e r d o z e n , a r e c o l o r f u l p r e s e n t a t i o n s of t h e f u n d a m e n t a l s of l i b r a r y use. I n N o v e m b e r , H . W . W i l s o n C o m p a n y published t h e t e n t h a n n u a l edition of its ex- t r e m e l y u s e f u l Catalog of Reprints in Series: 19-4-9. T h e price of $4.00 includes t h e s p r i n g s u p p l e m e n t published this y e a r . T h i s c a t a l o g , f a m i l i a r to m a n y l i b r a r i a n s , is a b u y i n g g u i d e to t h o s e v a s t q u a n t i t i e s of b e t t e r books, at l o w e r prices, k n o w n as r e p r i n t s . T h e Catalog is p a r t i c u l a r l y w e l c o m e in a p e r i o d of s h r i n k - ing b u d g e t s . F o r t h e s t a t i s t i c a l l y m i n d e d t h e book discloses some i n t e r e s t i n g f a c t s . G r a c e L i v i n g s t o n H i l l w i t h 77 titles a v a i l a b l e in r e p r i n t s c o n t i n u e s to head t h e list of " m o s t r e p r i n t e d a u t h o r s . " Z a n e G r e y w i t h 55 t i t l e s r e m a i n s second, b u t E r i e S t a n l e y G a r d n e r ( p l u s his t h r e e p s e u d o n y m s ) w i t h a l , h a s been APRIL, 1950 18 7 c o m i n g u p f a s t . A m o n g t h e classics t h e r e a r e 34 D i c k e n s ' , 29 S c o t t ' s , a n d 23 C i c e r o ' s . T h e n e w Catalog of Reprints h a s 235 p a g e s and is t h e only single g u i d e t o an i m p o r t a n t m a r k e t . One Hundred Books about Bookmaking, by H e l l m u t L e h m a n n - H a u p t , is a n e w p u b l i c a - tion of t h e C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s . F i r s t p u b l i s h e d in 1933 ( a s Fifty Books about Bookmaking) this u s e f u l v o l u m e is n o w e n - l a r g e d a n d i n c l u d e s t i t l e s on t h e o r i g i n of books, p r i n t i n g p r a c t i c e , types, i l l u s t r a t i o n s , b o o k b i n d i n g a n d p a p e r m a k i n g , and b o o k m a k - ing p e r i o d i c a l s . N e w p u b l i c a t i o n s , as w e l l as s o m e o l d e r w o r k s , h a v e been a d d e d . T h i s a t t r a c t i v e l y p r i n t e d v o l u m e sells f o r $1.75. R o b e r t F . M o o r e , d i r e c t o r of p e r s o n n e l a t C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , is t h e a u t h o r of Blue- print Your Career ( S t a c k p o l e a n d H e c k , 1949. $ 2 . 7 5 ) . C o l l e g e l i b r a r i a n s w i l l find this a u s e f u l v o l u m e in assisting s t u d e n t s w h o w a n t i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t positions. T h e a u t h o r i n c l u d e s m a n y p r a c t i c a l s u g g e s t i o n s w h i c h s h o u l d aid t h e u n d e r g r a d u a t e in m a k i n g u s e of his college c u r r i c u l u m t o fit himself f o r t h e c a r e e r of his choice. T h e P u b l i c A f f a i r s P r e s s , W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . h a s issued a Guide to IVomen's Organ- izations: A Handbook about National and International Groups, by E l l e n A n d e r s o n . T h i s is a n a l p h a b e t i c a l l i s t i n g of o r g a n i z a - tions, w i t h i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g y e a r of origin, m e m b e r s h i p , a d d r e s s , n a m e of e x e c u - tive officer, etc. T h e p r i c e of t h e p u b l i c a t i o n is $2.00. T h e Office of E d u c a t i o n h a s issued a Selected Bibliography on School Finance, 1933 to 1948 ( B u l l e t i n 1949, N o . 1 4 ) , by T i m o n C o v e r t . M o s t of t h e i t e m s included a r e a n n o t a t e d . A m o n g r e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s of t h e L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s a r e The General Spaatz Collec- tion ( f r e e , P u b l i c a t i o n s Section, L . C . ) ; a n d Facts and Figures about the Federal Govern- ment, by W . B r o o k e G r a v e s ( C a r d D i v i s i o n , L . C . 2 5 / ) . R a l p h E . M c C o y a n d E l i z a b e t h O . H o g g h a v e p r e p a r e d t h e " U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s L i b r a r y R e s o u r c e s in L a b o r a n d I n d u s t r i a l R e l a t i o n s . " T h i s p u b l i c a t i o n , w h i c h is a v a i l - able t o i n t e r e s t e d r e s e a r c h l i b r a r i e s , c o n t a i n s d e t a i l e d i n f o r m a t i o n of t h e h o l d i n g s of l a b o r m a t e r i a l s a t I l l i n o i s and w i l l be used as a basis f o r b u i l d i n g t h e collections. C o p i e s m a y be h a d on a limited basis f r o m M r . M c C o y , I n s t i t u t e of L a b o r a n d I n d u s t r i a l R e l a t i o n s , U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s , 704 S. 6 t h St., C h a m - paign, 111. G e o r g e K . A n d e r s o n , p r o f e s s o r of E n g l i s h a t B r o w n U n i v e r s i t y , is t h e a u t h o r of The Literature of the Anglo-Saxons ( P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s , 1949. $ 5 . 0 0 ) . T h i s v o l u m e p r e s e n t s a n e w a p p r o a c h t o t h e s t u d y of O l d E n g l i s h , in t h a t it e m p h a s i z e s l i t e r a t u r e r a t h e r t h a n l a n g u a g e . C o n t a i n i n g q u o t a t i o n s f r o m t h e w o r k s of A n g l o - S a x o n w r i t e r s , it is a r e a d a b l e a n d s c h o l a r l y c o n t r i b u t i o n . T h e B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l Society of t h e U n i v e r - sity of V i r g i n i a h a s issued t w o m i m e o g r a p h e d p u b l i c a t i o n s , The Sadleir-Bloch Gothic Col- lection, by R o b e r t K . B l a c k , and A Supple- ment to the Woodward & McManaway Check List of English Plays, 1641-1700, by F r e d s o n B o w e r s . T h e P h i l o s o p h i c a l L i b r a r y , N e w Y o r k , h a s p u b l i s h e d Jewish Artists of the igth and 20th Centuries, by K a r l S c h w a r z . T h e v o l u m e , w h i c h includes i l l u s t r a t i o n s , c o n t a i n s bio- g r a p h i c a l sketches of a n u m b e r of a r t i s t s P r i c e , $4.75. T h e L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n , L o n d o n , h a s p u b - lished The Subject Index to Periodicals, 1947, w i t h T . R o w l a n d P o w e l as g e n e r a l e d i t o r . T h e list of p e r i o d i c a l s indexed h a s been revised to include m a n y n e w p e r i o d i c a l s . A l s o , a m o r e c o n v e n i e n t f o r m a t h a s been a d o p t e d . T h e s u b s c r i p t i o n is £5.5s p e r y e a r . T h e U n i v e r s i t y of O r e g o n I n s t r u c t i o n a l M a t e r i a l s L a b o r a t o r y a n n o u n c e s t h e r e - e s t a b - l i s h m e n t of its C u r r i c u l u m B u l l e t i n Series w i t h t h e r e l e a s e of t h r e e n e w n u m b e r s of i n t e r e s t t o L i b r a r i a n s . N o . 57 Instructional Aids to Learning. 47P. 50^. ( A c o m p r e h e n s i v e list of b i b l i o g r a p h i e s and s o u r c e s of a u d i o - v i s u a l aids b r o u g h t u p t o d a t e . J u l y 1949.) N o . 58 Free and Inexpensive Teaching Ma- terials. 22p. 25^. ( A list of 200 f i r m s a n d agencies t h a t d i s t r i b u t e f r e e a n d inexpensive e d u c a t i o n a l m a t e r i a l s of v a l u e in m o s t s u b j e c t a r e a s . ) N o . 59 Free and Inexpensive Materials in Social Studies, u p . 15^ ( A list of o v e r 150 firms a n d agencies t h a t d i s t r i b u t e m a t e r i a l s f o r use in social s t u d i e s classes. I n c l u d e s s o m e firms as listed in N o . 5 8 . ) I n q u i r i e s a n d o r d e r s s h o u l d be d i r e c t e d t o : I n s t r u c t i o n M a t e r i a l s L a b o r a t o r y , School of 170 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES E d u c a t i o n , U n i v e r s i t y of O r e g o n , E u g e n e . T h e U n i v e r s i t y of C a p e T o w n L i b r a r i e s h a s issued Photographic Service Points in Libraries, Archives and Museums in South Africa ( 1 9 4 9 ) . T h i s m i m e o g r a p h e d p u b l i c a - tion c o n t a i n s t h e r e s u l t s of an i n q u i r y m a d e in S e p t e m b e r 1949, a n d w a s compiled by O . H . S p o h r . A Short History of Chinese Art, by H u g o M u s t e r b e r g , is a r e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e P h i l o s o p h i c a l L i b r a r y . T h e p e r i o d covered is f r o m p r e h i s t o r i c times to t h e M a n c h u D y - n a s t y . F i f t y p l a t e s , r e p r e s e n t i n g w o r k s of a r t f r o m each period, s u p p l e m e n t t h e t e x t (227p. $5-oo). A l l l i b r a r i a n s , a n d p a r t i c u l a r l y those on public l i b r a r y s t a f f s , w i l l w a n t t o c o n s u l t t h e v o l u m e s of t h e P u b l i c L i b r a r y I n q u i r y is- sued by t h e C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s . I n t h e r e v i e w section of this issue, J e r o m e K . W i l c o x e x a m i n e s J a m e s L . M c C a m y ' s Gov- ernment Publications for the Citizen. A m o n g t h e o t h e r v o l u m e s is W i l l i a m M i l l e r ' s The Book Industry (xiv, I57p. $2.75), w h i c h is a description of t r a d e book p u b l i s h i n g as it is c o n d u c t e d in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t o d a y . Such m a t t e r s as finance, editing, p r o d u c t i o n , and r e l a t i o n to l i b r a r i e s a r e c o n s i d e r e d . G l o r i a W a l d r o n ' s The Information Film (xviii, 283P. $3.75), e x a m i n e s t h e field of t h e a d u l t i n f o r m a t i o n film. She p r e s e n t s a de- t a i l e d s t u d y of films in e d u c a t i o n , p r o b l e m s a n d p r o s p e c t s in 16mm film, p r o d u c e r s and p r o d u c t i o n , t h e c h a o t i c condition of d i s t r i b u - tion, t h e v a r i o u s uses of film, public l i b r a r i e s and films, a n d film c i r c u l a t i o n in eight li- b r a r i e s . T h e v o l u m e also c o n t a i n s a u s e f u l g l o s s a r y and an a n n o t a t e d b i b l i o g r a p h y . The Library's Public ( x x , I72p. $3.00), by B e r n a r d B e r e l s o n , w i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e of L e s t e r A s h e i m , is an o r g a n i z e d s u m m a r y of w h a t is n o w k n o w n a b o u t t h e use of p u b l i c l i b r a r i e s in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . T h e v o l u m e c o n s i d e r s s t u d i e s w h i c h h a v e been m a d e of l i b r a r y u s e r s , h o w o f t e n they u s e t h e p u b l i c l i b r a r y , t h e t r e n d in p u b l i c l i b r a r y use a n d t h e p o p u l a r a t t i t u d e s t o w a r d l i b r a r i e s . A t t e n - tion is also given t o t h e need f o r f u r t h e r r e - s e a r c h . " O f all t h e m a j o r m e d i a [of c o m - m u n i c a t i o n ] , " B e r e l s o n observes, " b o o k s a r e t h e m o s t specialized, t h e m o s t e r u d i t e , t h e m o s t s o p h i s t i c a t e d — a n d t h e l e a s t u s e d . " O l i v e r G a r c e a u is t h e a u t h o r of The Public Library in the Political Process (xxvii, 285P. $3-75) • T h i s s t u d y is c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e p o l i t - ical process l i n k i n g l e g i s l a t u r e , public a d m i n - i s t r a t o r , o r g a n i z e d g r o u p s , p r o f e s s i o n a l associ- ations, a d m i n i s t r a t i v e b o a r d s , v o l u n t a r y citi- z e n s ' m o v e m e n t s , a n d o t h e r e l e m e n t s of t h e c i t i z e n r y f o r w h o m t h e public l i b r a r y is m a d e a v a i l a b l e . G o v e r n i n g a u t h o r i t i e s on a local, c o u n t y , s t a t e , and F e d e r a l level a r e c o n s i d e r e d . Work Measurement in Public Libraries; a Review and Manual on Time Studies and Work Units with a Statistical Analysis and an Evaluation of Administrative and Manage- ment Procedures in certain Public Libraries, by W a t s o n O ' D . P i e r c e ( N e w Y o r k , Social Science R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l , 1949, v, 237p. $1.00), h a s as its aim t h e analysis of t h e w o r k i n g p a t t e r n s and t e c h n i q u e s in public li- b r a r i e s , t h e t r y i n g o u t of m e t h o d s of e x - a m i n i n g t h o s e p a t t e r n s a n d t e c h n i q u e s , and t h e provision of a basis u p o n w h i c h t h e li- b r a r y staff m a y discover t h e p o i n t s a t w h i c h m o r e efficient m e t h o d s m a y be i n s t i t u t e d . T h e r e a r e f o u r m a j o r p a r t s in t h e s t u d y : P a r t I deals w i t h t w o q u e s t i o n n a i r e s , t h e first s e n t to t h e 37 l i b r a r i e s w h i c h t o o k p a r t in t h e B a l d w i n - M a r c u s cost s t u d y (1939) a n d t h e second t o t h e 60 l i b r a r i e s w h i c h c o n s t i t u t e d t h e P u b l i c L i b r a r y I n q u i r y s a m p l e ; P a r t I I is a m a n u a l f o r t i m e a n d w o r k u n i t m e a s u r e - m e n t ; P a r t I I I gives m e a s u r e m e n t d a t a ob- t a i n e d f r o m t h r e e public l i b r a r i e s of v a r y i n g size t h r o u g h t h e application of t h e m a n u a l ; and P a r t I V p r e s e n t s an e v a l u a t i o n of t h e m e a s u r e m e n t r e s u l t s and p r o c e d u r e s , and c o n - clusions d e r i v e d f r o m t h e d a t a collected. T h e L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s h a s issued a r e - vised edition of its Rules for Descriptive Cataloging, t h e first p r e l i m i n a r y edition h a v - ing a p p e a r e d in 1947. T h e n e w 1 4 1 - p a g e v o l u m e is a v a i l a b l e f r o m t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of D o c u m e n t s , W a s h i n g t o n 25, D . C . , a t $1.50. A t t h e 1949 M i d w i n t e r M e e t i n g t h e A . L . A . C o u n c i l , u p o n r e c o m m e n d a t i o n of t h e D i - vision of C a t a l o g i n g and C l a s s i f i c a t i o n accepted t h e L . C . r u l e s as p a r t t w o of t h e A.L.A. Cataloging Rules. T h e A m e r i c a n V o c a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n , 1010 V e r m o n t Ave., W a s h i n g t o n 5, D . C . , h a s issued Studies in Industrial Education. T h i s a n n o t a t e d b i b l i o g r a p h y is t h e first c o m p i l a t i o n of g r a d u a t e s t u d i e s in i n d u s t r i a l e d u c a t i o n a n d lists 2002 s t u d i e s in i n d u s t r i a l a r t s e d u c a t i o n , v o c a t i o n a l i n d u s t r i a l e d u c a t i o n and technical e d u c a t i o n . P r i c e is $1.00. APRIL, 1950 171 Education in Arab Countries of the Near East (584P. $6.00) by R o d e r i c D . M a t t h e w s and M a t t a A k r a w i , h a s been issued by t h e A m e r i c a n C o u n c i l on E d u c a t i o n , 744 J a c k s o n P l a c e , N . W . , W a s h i n g t o n 6, D . C . T h i s v o l u m e , w h i c h is i l l u s t r a t e d a n d c o n t a i n s 14 c h a r t s , c o v e r s E g y p t , I r a q , P a l e s t i n e , T r a n s - j o r d a n , Syria, and L e b a n o n . Libraries of the Southeast: A Report of the Southeastern States Cooperative Library Survey, 1946-1947, h a s been p u b l i s h e d by t h e U n i v e r s i t y of N o r t h C a r o l i n a P r e s s f o r t h e S o u t h e a s t e r n L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n . L o u i s R . W i l s o n and M a r i o n A . M i l c z e w s k i a r e t h e e d i t o r s . P r i c e : p a p e r , $2.50; cloth, $3.00. T h e S o u t h w e s t e r n L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n h a s issued p a p e r s a n d p r o c e e d i n g s of its T w e l f t h B i e n n i a l C o n f e r e n c e , O c t . 31 t o N o v . 3, 1948, N e w O r l e a n s . A d d r e s s o r d e r s to P a t r i c i a P a y l o r e , U n i v e r s i t y of A r i z o n a L i b r a r y , T u c s o n , A r i z . P r i c e , 5 0 / . What Teachers Say about Class Size, by E l l s w o r t h T o m p k i n s , is C i r c u l a r N o . 311 of t h e Office of E d u c a t i o n . S u p e r i n t e n d e n t of D o c u m e n t s , W a s h i n g t o n 25, D . C . P r i c e , 20^. T h e H . W . W i l s o n C o m p a n y h a s issued t h e revised edition of The Administration of the College Library, by G u y R . Lyle, w i t h t h e c o l l a b o r a t i o n of P a u l B i x l e r , M a r j o r i e J . H o o d , and A r n o l d H . T r o t i e r . T h e v o l u m e , w h i c h h a s g r o w n f r o m 601 t o 608 pages, includes m a t e r i a l s w h i c h h a v e been developed since 1944. T h i s is especially t r u e of C h a p t e r I, " T h e C h a n g i n g C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , " in w h i c h a t t e n t i o n is called t o n e w p r o b l e m s in t h e g r o w t h and s u p p o r t of college and j u n i o r college l i b r a r i e s ; C h a p t e r I I I , " A d m i n i s t r a - tive O r g a n i z a t i o n , " w h i c h pays special heed to t h e divisional o r g a n i z a t i o n of s e r v i c e s ; C h a p t e r V I I , " T h e T e a c h i n g F u n c t i o n , " w h i c h c o n t a i n s n e w m a t e r i a l on a u d i o - v i s u a l s e r v i c e s ; and C h a p t e r X V , " T h e L i b r a r y B u i l d i n g and E q u i p m e n t , " w h i c h c o n s i d e r s i n n o v a t i o n s in college l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g s . A l - t h o u g h t h e book h a s n o t been g r e a t l y ex- p a n d e d in t e r m s of pages, t h e r e a r e a n u m b e r of c h a n g e s in t h e t e x t , as w e l l as m a n y a d d i t i o n s t o t h e r e f e r e n c e s a n d b i b l i o g r a p h i e s . T h e p r i c e is $5.00. Library Literature, 1946-1948, edited by D o r o t h y E t h l y n C o l e , h a s been issued by t h e H . W . W i l s o n C o m p a n y (1949, 478p., service b a s i s ) . T h i s a l w a y s u s e f u l index c o n t a i n s in this issue e n t r i e s c o n c e r n i n g f o r e i g n p u b l i c a - tions, a f e a t u r e w h i c h h a d been d i s c o n t i n u e d d u r i n g t h e w a r p e r i o d . I n g e n e r a l , t h e v o l u m e is s i m i l a r t o its p r e d e c e s s o r s , w i t h t h e exception t h a t a b s t r a c t s h a v e been s o m e w h a t s h o r t e n e d . T h e F i f t e e n t h A n n u a l C o n - Miscellany f e r e n c e ( f o r m e r l y I n s t i t u t e ) of t h e G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o w i l l be held on J u l y 24-29 on t h e S u b j e c t of " B i b l i o - g r a p h i c O r g a n i z a t i o n . " A l e a f l e t d e s c r i b i n g t h e d e t a i l e d p r o g r a m w i l l be a v a i l a b l e u p o n r e q u e s t in t h e s p r i n g of 1950. F o r f u r t h e r in- f o r m a t i o n a d d r e s s t h e D e a n of t h e G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School, U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o . J u l i u s J . M a r k e , a c t i n g l a w l i b r a r i a n of t h e N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y School of L a w L i b r a r y , w a s elected this y e a r ' s c h a i r m a n of t h e J o i n t C o m m i t t e e on L i b r a r y E d u c a t i o n of t h e C o u n - cil of N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n s a t its C h i c a g o m e e t i n g , J a n . 29, 1950. T h e c o m m i t t e e is m a k i n g a s u r v e y t o de- t e r m i n e t h e m o s t d e s i r a b l e e d u c a t i o n a l p r e p a - r a t i o n f o r special l i b r a r i a n s ( l a w , m e d i c a l , m u - sic, etc.) t o s e r v e as a g u i d e in developing t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m s in l i b r a r y schools. A n o u t - g r o w t h of t h e P r i n c e t o n C o n f e r e n c e on L i - b r a r y E d u c a t i o n held in 1948, t h e c o m m i t t e e , w h i c h consists of d e l e g a t e s r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e m a j o r n a t i o n a l l i b r a r y associations, w a s e s t a b - lished f o r m u t u a l e x c h a n g e of i n f o r m a t i o n be- t w e e n l i b r a r y schools and t h e v a r i o u s p r o f e s - sional g r o u p s . T h e A r m y M e d i c a l L i b r a r y h a s decided to b r i n g t h e Index-Catalogue to a close. F o l l o w - ing p u b l i c a t i o n of t h e v o l u m e c u r r e n t l y in p r e p a r a t i o n , t h e l i b r a r y p l a n s to p u b l i s h a v o l u m e o r v o l u m e s w h i c h w i l l m a k e t h e r e c o r d of its m o n o g r a p h i c h o l d i n g s c o m p l e t e u p t o t h e m i d - c e n t u r y m a r k ; a n d , beyond t h a t , to publish selectively t h e m o s t u s e f u l p o r t i o n of t h e v a s t b a c k l o g of o v e r 1,750,000 y e t - u n p u b - lished r e f e r e n c e s w h i c h h a v e a c c u m u l a t e d o v e r t h e y e a r s . A t t h e s a m e time, t h e l i b r a r y ' s Cur- rent List of Medical Literature w i l l be a u g - m e n t e d a n d i m p r o v e d so as to p r o v i d e m o r e effective service. P r o v i s i o n f o r a c o n t i n u i n g r e c o r d of t h e l i b r a r y ' s m o n o g r a p h i c h o l d i n g s h a s been a s s u r e d in t h e f o r m of an a n n u a l s u p p l e m e n t t o t h e L. C. 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