College and Research Libraries Brief of Minutes of General Interest, Association of Research Libraries, July 19, 1950, Cleveland THE 35th meeting of the Association of Research Libraries was held in Cleve- land at the Hotel Statler on Wednesday, July 19, 1950, beginning at 2:30 in the afternoon and continuing through dinner and the eve- ning. Upon recommendation of the executive sec- retary it was voted that the next regular meeting of the association be held in Chi- cago in J a n u a r y in connection with the mid- winter meeting of the American Library Association. Committee on the Use of Manuscripts by Visiting Scholars T h e executive secretary announced that following the discussion of the problem of the use of manuscripts by visiting scholars and the analogous problem of the provision of microfilm of such manuscripts for the use of scholars at a distance, which had taken place at the J a n u a r y meeting of the associa- tion, and as a result of the instruction there given him, he had proceeded to the appoint- ment of the following broadly representative committee to study these problems and to d r a f t a possible code of fair practice for the consideration of the association: James T . Babb ( Y a l e ) , chairman, Julian P. Boyd (Princeton), Robert A. Miller ( I n d i a n a ) , Fredson T . Bowers (Virginia), and Conyers Reed (Pennsylvania). H e explained that owing to the absence of the chairman from his post during the summer months, it would not be possible for the committee to get its work under way before the early autumn. Farmington Plan In the absence of M r . Metcalf, chairman of the Farmington Plan Committee, who was then in Europe in the interest of the F a r m - ington Plan, it was necessary to postpone until the next meeting of the association much of the usual discussion and action with respect to the Farmington Plan. It was briefly reported that no new complications of any importance had arisen in connection with the operation of the plan, that the study of coverage by Edwin E. Williams of H a r - vard, which was in contemplation, had not yet been completed and that the extension of the plan to certain countries, which was dependent upon the filing of certain reports upon conditions in those countries, had not yet been possible. W i t h respect to coverage, M r . Clapp of the Library of Congress spoke of recent experiences there which seemed to indicate a disturbing lack of completeness. It was, therefore, urged that M r . Williams' projected study of coverage be pushed to completion at the earliest possible date. M r . Nyholm suggested that coverage was in some cases proving inadequate because of individ- ual instructions which were being sent from certain libraries to Farmington Plan agents u r g i n g them not to send insignificant ma- terials. M r . Williams said that M r . Metcalf had made it his business to request dealers in all Farmington Plan countries to include marginal materials in their shipments. However, he explained that it would be diffi- cult for him to press* these instructions and get effective action if the receiving libraries should keep on sending directly to the dealers complaints about the insignificant materials received. Paul N o r t h Rice, therefore, sug- gested that all Farmington Plan participants should send all their questions and complaints about coverage directly to M r . Metcalf rather than to the dealers abroad. I t was reported that since the last meeting the Farmington Plan had actually been ex- tended to Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile. Midwest Inter-Library Center Ralph T . Esterquest, who had been invited to attend the meeting as a guest, summarized the progress of the Midwest Inter-Library Center. H e spoke very briefly explaining that current information concerning the prog- ress of the center was readily available in a News Letter which is issued monthly to mem- JANUARY, 1951 71 bers of the Midwest Inter-Library Center, and he said that he would be very glad to make this News Letter available to nonmembers who would be interested in receiving it. M r . David spoke of the great interest which he had found in this News Letter, and he urged that other members of the association see it regularly. An Interlibrary Loan Code for Microfilms T h e executive secretary referred to a por- tion of the minutes of the J a n u a r y meeting of the Association in Chicago where the Com- mittee on Microfilming Cooperation had given an outline of a kind of code for an interlibrary loan policy with respect to re- productions on microfilm. T h o u g h no f o r - mal action had been taken with respect to this proposed code, the hope had been ex- pressed that members would in many cases find it acceptable and be guided by it. T h e executive secretary then referred to the Li- brary of Congress General O r d e r No. 1436, dated July 10, 1950, of which a copy had been sent him by the Librarian of Congress, and which announced that, subject to certain very reasonable conditions, the Library of Congress was prepared immediately to ex- tend its interlibrary loan service on a trial basis to include positive copies of microfilm in those cases where the library possesses the negative and where the original material is believed not to be available on interlibrary loan from an institution in continental United States. T h e reading of this general order was greeted with much satisfaction, and in f u r t h e r discussion it was brought out that the University of Chicago Library, the Uni- versity of California Library, the Army Medical Library and doubtless still other institutions are currently following very similar policies. I t therefore appeared that very gratifying progress was being made among members of the association in the de- velopment of policies which conformed pretty closely to the proposed code and which were rapidly bringing positive copies of microfilm into the sphere of commodious and regular interlibrary lending. The Organization, Objectives and Program of the A.R.L. Paul N o r t h Rice, as presiding officer, opened the discussion of this subject by re- ferring to the long communication which had been sent to the members of the association by the executive secretary on July 5 and which summarized the previous correspond- ence which had taken place between the members of the Advisory Committee. T h e executive secretary also added a brief state- ment to fill in the background of the subject. In the general discussion which followed it became clear that the association is con- fronted with difficult organizational prob- lems, though its membership is limited to a very few institutions. It is quite apparent that there are other great libraries now out- side the membership which might, by reason of their character and importance, very logically belong. O n the other hand if the membership were permitted to be very con- siderably expanded, the character of the As- sociation would of necessity be radically changed, and there is clearly among the present membership a firm determination to keep the organization small, so as to make possible quite informal round table discussion of the large problems with which research libraries are confronted. T h e r e was also a difference of opinion as to whether the association ought to confine itself to problems of a large and theoretical nature, calling upon other or- ganizations f r o m time to time when there appears to be need for action, or whether it ought not to hesitate on occasion to become itself an action group, dealing directly with concrete problems as they arise. An interest- ing suggestion was made by one member that without altering the institutional membership very much from the present pattern, con- sideration be given to the addition of a small number of potentially useful individual mem- bers, elected at large upon a purely personal basis. Such individual members would not necessarily be librarians but would be chosen because of their potential usefulness to an organization confronted with the problems which habitually come before us. T h e discussion ended somewhat indeci- sively, and it is to be expected that the prob- lems of organization, objectives and program will again be before the members of the Ad- visory Committee if not indeed before the whole association. Probably a cautious sum- mary might fairly hold that there was a manifest disposition to keep the association small and to perpetuate the informal round table character of its meetings; that serious 72 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES consideration ought to be given to the re- moval of certain inactive institutions f r o m membership which in turn might conceivably open the way for some additions; that there was manifest a firm desire to prevent pro- gram agenda from becoming cluttered with relatively unimportant items, thereby clear- ing the way for unhurried discussion of large questions or matters of great im- portance ; that the association ought to con- cern itself not only with a consideration of the very largest theoretical problems but also, subject to certain limitations, with practical problems calling for action; and that, finally, a reinforcement of the association by the addition of a limited number of individual members chosen at large upon their merit ought to receive serious consideration. The Relation of A.R.L. to Other Library Associations T h e executive secretary referred to three meetings which had been held in N e w York on April 29 and 30 last, all of which had a bearing on the relation of A.R.L. to other national library associations and on the re- lated subject of a possible federation of na- tional library associations. T h e last of these meetings had been that of the Council of National Library Associations, of which A.R.L. is a member. T h e meeting had ended by passing a resolution calling upon each of its members by the time of the July A.L.A. Conference to study the possibility of form- ing a federation of national library associa- tions and to crystallize, so f a r as time permitted, the general principles which it was believed should be incorporated in such a federation. T h e executive secretary stated that in his experience in representing A.R.L. in meetings of the Council of National Li- brary Associations, he had often had the feeling that our small informal association was somewhat out of place in an organiza- tion so largely made up of associations very much larger than ourselves, and he suggested that that same feeling of incongruity might still pursue us as a member of a great federa- tion of library associations. H e therefore raised a question as to whether we might not fittingly stand aside and, without dis- courtesy or any suggestion of umbrage, with- draw at this stage from the Council of National Library Associations. T h i s sugges- tion provoked a wide difference of opinion among members, but in the end it was voted by a very substantial majority that we should continue our membership in the Council of National Library Associations and be rep- resented at its meetings. T h e question of what we should do with respect to the pro- posed federation of national library as- sociations was left unanswered, the executive secretary, or another representative, being di- rected to continue attendance at meetings of the Council of National Library Associations and to report to our membership at subsequent meetings. Protection of Library Resources in the Event of IVar Due to the concern over the international situation, the Librarian of Congress was asked to speak about the problem of protect- ing library resources in the event of a global w a r . H e reported that there had as yet been no decisions in Washington with respect to a basic program, though more progress had been made during the past fortnight than for weeks previously with respect to such a program. H e said that the Library of Congress would keep in touch with the vari- ous agencies that had been assigned the re- sponsibility and would raise with them the question of the protection of library resources for the rest of the country. I t was his belief that scattering will be the principal means employed for protection. H e noted that we must also think of alternative services in the event that present services should be dis- rupted or destroyed. Various questions raised by several of the members brought out very clearly the fact that for the present, answers can be speculative only. I t was suggested that it would be desirable for mem- bers to get into touch with their local defense organizations and stimulate them to call on Washington for leadership and a plan. M r . Shaw proposed that we proceed as rapidly as possible to plan for all contingencies. It would be intelligent to step up progress with developments that are inevitable in any case and so get a network of speedy communica- tions established which will make it possible to disperse collections and still render toler- ably effective library service. This, he sug- gested, was something that needs to be done in any case. JANUARY, 1951 73 Documents Expediting Project Following upon the ventilation of this sub- ject which had taken place at the J a n u a r y meeting, H o m e r Halvorson, chairman of the Joint Committee on Government Publica- tions, submitted a report from which the fol- lowing points may be noted. Begun in 1946 with the object of expedit- ing the distribution to cooperating libraries of government publications not handled by the Superintendent of Documents, the project was, in its early years, devoted very largely to the handling of great quantities of w a r - produced documents for which there were no adequate established channels of distribution. T h i s phase of the work has now been very largely completed, and efforts are now being concentrated on developing a procurement service for "nondistributed" documents which a r e l i s t e d in t h e Monthly Catalog. T h e r e - sults have so f a r been very encouraging. T h r o u g h o u t its history the project has rendered important, but unmeasurable, serv- ice to its members by getting them placed on the mailing lists of government agencies so that the distribution of their documents would be automatic. From the beginning the project has had the w a r m support and cooperation of the Superintendent of Docu- ments. W i t h his assistance important services were for a time rendered to many all- depository libraries which were not support- ers of the project, but this practice has now been terminated. T h e project has, from time to time, issued an information bulletin, and it is the hope of the present expediter, John H . Andriot, that this can be regularized and issued monthly. I t is also his hope to issue sometime toward the end of this calendar year a classified list of federal publications not distributed through the office of the Superintendent of Documents; it would be analogous to the p r e s e n t Classified List of United States Gov- ernment Publications Available for Selection by Depository Libraries. D u r i n g the f o u r years of its existence the project has distributed to cooperating li- braries a total of two million pieces at a re- corded cost of $38,310.04. Beginning with a list of 31 subscribing libraries, membership in the project has now grown to 60. The Princeton Statistics M r . Boyd reported that early this year he had had correspondence with the executive secretary proposing that A.R.L. or some other group take over the compilation of the annual library statistics which have long been issued by Princeton University Library. H e said that Princeton was quite willing to con- tinue this work if a real service is being rendered, but the task is undoubtedly burden- some and criticism of the methods used has, from time to time, been heard. M r . Clapp reported that in making a study of costs he had had to use several sources including the Princeton statistics, and that he had found that no two sources gave exactly the same data. Indeed, he had found the treasurer's report of Yale University the most useful, and he would like to see something like that set up for all libraries. H e queried whether this might not be done through A.R.L. M r . Booth, speaking for M . I . T . , remarked that all but six or seven of the libraries listed in the Princeton statistics are also in the A.C.R.L. list. H e wondered whether dupli- cation was necessary. M r . Shaw inquired whether the Office of Education statistics might not suffice. T o this M r . Branscomb of Ohio State replied that it takes the Office of Education f a r too long to get its list of statistics out. M r . Brown said that he was much in favor of having the Princeton sta- tistics continued. H e accordingly moved that Princeton University be requested to continue its annual compilation but with the help of an advisory committee composed of representatives of A.R.L. and A.C.R.L. T h e motion was duly seconded and carried. Committee on Serials in Research Fields Charles H . Brown, chairman, submitted a report from which the following salient points are noted. M r . Brown reported that H . C. Campbell of Unesco has been urging the establishment in the United States of a unit to serve as a clearing house of information for all matters relating to the reproduction of serial publica- tions in any form. T h e committee had been attempting in a limited way to provide Unesco with this information, but the work has proved f a r too heavy to be carried by a voluntary committee. H e had therefore held preliminary discussions with M r . Clapp of the Library of Congress, and he now moved that the Library of Congress be requested to set up a unit to act as a clearing house for 74 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES all matters relating to the reproduction of periodicals or serials. T h e motion was duly seconded and carried, the Librarian of Con- gress having previously stated that he had no objection, though it was to be understood that the Library of Congress had not yet formally committed itself to take the action called for. M r . Brown reported f u r t h e r that two rep- resentatives of the publishing firms of Springer-Verlag and Lange, Maxwell, and Springer had visited this country in J u n e to obtain the advice of American librarians with respect to criticisms of certain of their pub- lications which had been widely circulated. These criticisms had been directed at the high prices at which the publications were sold and also at the quality of the Zentral- blatter in the period since the w a r . M r . Brown had taken the trouble to gather a considerable number of representative opin- ions, with respect to both these criticisms, and had found them unsustained. T h e cost of German periodicals has indeed risen, but the rise has not been out of proportion to other cost increases. T h e quality of the Zentralblatter is not up to the prewar stand- ard, but it is improving; and M r . Brown felt that it ought to be the policy of the members of this association to encourage and support the revival of publication in Germany rather than to place obstacles in its way. M r . Brown had arranged an open meeting with the representatives of the two firms at the Library of Congress on J u n e 19, at which the views expressed above had prevailed. T h e y had also been confirmed at a meeting in Boston a few days later in connection with the meeting of the Medical Library Associa- tion. One of the gratifying results of the W a s h - ington meeting had been an agreement between the chairmen of the serials committees of M.L.A., A.L.A. and A.R.L. that they would act as a unit in advising German pub- lishers, and in clearing up disagreements, if they should arise, in advance of discussions with the publishers. Reproduction of League of Nations Docu- ments M r . Clapp reported that 18 replies had been received to his inquiry on this subject which had been sent out to members of the association by the executive secretary. T h r e e libraries had expressed a willingness to pur- chase the nonsale League of Nations docu- ments in reproduced form, eight had reserved a definite answer but would be glad to con- sider purchase if the reproductions were found to be suitable and seven replied that they would not be interested. Questions on the choice of form of the proposed repro- duction indicated that five preferred micro- card, five preferred microprint and two preferred film. O n e library had answered that simple reproduction would not be enough. It would be necessary to include cataloging or indexing even though this added materially to the cost. M a j o r Rogers suggested that since the W o o d r o w Wilson Library collection of these documents had been turned over to the United Nations, this question ought to be taken up with the United Nations to see what they could contribute. M r . Clapp said that he would be very glad indeed to take the matter up with the United Nations since he had by now put into the project so much time and attention that he was more than eager to bring it to some solution. M r . Kuhlman asked what would be the cost of a film copy of the complete League of Nations published material. M r . Clapp replied that this figure was unknown but he felt that the cost would be astonishing. In reply to a question from M r . Swank, M r . Clapp in- dicated that if the reproduction project were carried through, all materials would have to be included and that libraries would not be able to make a selection and take only a part. United Nations Index T h e United Nations Index w a s c o m m e n t e d upon favorably as a useful index and proc- essing tool; and M r . Clapp moved that the executive secretary be instructed to com- municate to the U.S. Secretary of State the approbation felt by this association re- g a r d i n g t h e United Nations Index a n d t o r e - quest the Secretary of State to make this approbation known to the United States dele- gate to the United Nations. T h e motion was duly seconded and carried. Reproduction of United Nations Documents M r . Kuhlman advised the members that (Continued on page 78) JANUARY, 1951 75 Notes from the A.C.R.L. Office W h e n I was introduced to a certain genial librarian last August, he stated with welcom- ing smile that he was "very glad to meet M r . Hamlin on the hoof." T h e prospect of being in any condition other than "on the hoof" was so distinctly unpleasant that I have been traveling a good deal ever since. T a l k s on various aspects of A.C.R.L. work have been given at f o u r state and regional library con- ferences, and two score libraries have been visited in 10 states. I have represented the association at several presidential inaugura- tions, education conferences and similar af- fairs. T h i s traveling has several useful objects. First and foremost, the personal contacts promote understanding of the work of the association and interest in i t ; they likewise keep me informed, as letters never will, of problems in the field and membership needs. T o a lesser extent traveling is useful for contacts with educators outside the library profession. Every trip uncovers at least one institution with a m a j o r library problem of some description on which I help as best I can. T h e talks given to various library groups help to clarify the objectives of the associa- tion; most of these have been on some aspect of A.C.R.L., usually the objectives of the association and present progress with them. I sometimes feel like the horse thief, about to ascend the gallows down San Antonio way, who was given the opportunity of say- ing a few last words before the trap was sprung. "No, nothing, your Honor, except of course a few words about T e x a s . " I have never knowingly stood on a "trap," but I have always been ready with a few words on A.C.R.L. A.C.R.L. Committees Professional associations normally make most of their progress through the voluntary work of committees. T h e f r e e talent and cooperative spirit of thousands of members is a wealth exceeding anything to be hoped for in coin of the realm. Progress of any association depends on the way in which this great reservoir of free help is utilized, and this requires periodic examination of exist- ing committees and constant study of needs for new ones. At the request of the Board of Directors I have prepared a document on the existing A.C.R.L. committees. T h i s gives, for each, date established and full statement of p u r - pose, history, past operations, f u t u r e plans and often some personal comment or recom- mendation. M y own write-ups were cor- rected or amplified by the individual commit- tee chairmen concerned, so a fairly stable picture of present committee operation is given. T h i s document is a foundation from which to examine the usefulness of existing com- mittees and the validity of current objectives. Some committees keep their objectives in full sight and have a steady foot on the t h r o t t l e ; a few inevitably encounter mist, ice or motor breakdown from no fault of their own. T h e document has not been given wide circula- tion because it turned out so bulky. I t is not confidential. M e m b e r s will be furnished copies upon request. I will report f u r t h e r on committee work in another issue. T h e new Research Planning Committee, chairmanned by D r . E. W . M c D i a r m i d , is expected to increase the volume of accom- plishment through committees. T h i s group will meet in long sessions at least twice a year to discuss library problems which might be taken on as projects by A.C.R.L. T h e important ones will be examined to deter- mine whether or not study by A.C.R.L. is practical, and, if so, just how they might best be tackled. M a n y problems undoubtedly will be referred to deans of library schools as desirable student projects. Some problems to be undertaken by A.C.R.L. will require breaking down into manageable units and will be farmed out in parcels, either to new committees formed f o r the purpose of making the studies, or to section chairmen for sec- tional investigation and report. T h e Re- search Planning Committee can only recom- mend, but its recommendations, coupled with careful fact finding and analysis, will carry weight. T h i s method of procedure has worked well with other associations and appears to be just right for our f r a m e w o r k . Members should 76 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES send in suggestions for research or service studies to D r . M c D i a r m i d or myself. T h e more suggestions, the more f r u i t f u l will be the work. At this same time consideration should be given to standing committees now under A.L.A. which logically belong under A.C.R.L. T h e r e are several which are made up en- tirely of A.C.R.L. personnel and have ob- jectives which seem to fall directly in line with the stated purposes of the division. It is inevitable that some conflict and dup- lication should occur with a three-tier hier- archy of committees—one at the top under A.L.A., one in the middle under the A.C.R.L. Board of Directors and a third group on the A.C.R.L. section level. W h e t h e r this degree of complexity is necessary, I do not know. Certainly, constant vigilance is necessary to avoid waste effort and jurisdictional dispute. I personally hope that committees on the sectional level will increase in number and usefulness under the stimulation of planning by the A.C.R.L. Research Planning Commit- tee. T h e chairmen of the various sections are in a better position than any other officials to bring less well-known members into active association work. Furthermore, the sections are less formal in organization, and commit- tees can, in most cases, be set up and dis- charged without formality. In speaking to several state and regional groups recently, I have expressed a personal interest in cooperative ventures, A.C.R.L. with state and regional groups. T h i s con- viction stems partly from the criticism of President Milton Lord at the Cleveland Con- ference that A.L.A. was weakest in activity at the state level. I t seems quite obvious that there are a number of studies which should be pursued on both the state (or re- gional) and national levels by the respective associations working in informal cooperation. T h e A.C.R.L. statistics, for example, serve an admirable need but cover only one tenth of the field. W e could well use similar sta- tistics for all libraries of institutions of higher education in any given area. T h e analysis of figures should be much more realistic when done by someone in the area and there- fore well acquainted with the institutions. Such state or regional work would lighten the load of the A.C.R.L. Committee on Statistics, increase the validity of the tables and detract in no wise from the need of pre- senting, in one table, a 5-10 per cent sampling of the whole national picture. M a n y similar opportunities exist for cooperative effort. A.C.R.L. Section Activity T h e chairmen of the seven A.C.R.L. sec- tions are responsible for the programs at con- ferences and for initiating programs of work. They need and actively seek suggestions as to problems on which their groups should work. Some chairmen already have a good deal lined up, but I think it safe to say that all invite correspondence along this line from any members. If in doubt to whom the let- ter should go, send it to Headquarters, and I will f o r w a r d it. Finances T h e new financial arrangement with A.L.A., whereby A.C.R.L. has greater free- dom in the use of its funds, has worked satis- factorily so f a r . T h e chief burden has fallen on our loyal treasurer, T h o m a s S. Shaw, who has shouldered some very heavy burdens without complaint. His work should be somewhat lightened as policies become grad- ually established and routines organized. Library Surveys At present the American Library Associa- tion is under contract to survey the libraries of N o t r e Dame and M o n t a n a State Univer- sities. Both projects are full surveys and will result in published volumes. T h e y both require the considerable labor of two sur- veyors and, consequently, are expensive undertakings. T h e principal work at H e a d - quarters for both of these falls to the lot of your secretary. T h e r e is apparent use for a type of survey within the normal means of a small institu- tion. I have therefore prepared an outline of purpose, scope and procedure of a survey to cost $850 plus travel costs of the single surveyor to and from the campus and living costs while there. Mimeographing, if any, would likewise be a small additional cost. Only one surveyor, normally a librarian of national reputation, would be used, and his report would not include the wealth of statistical detail and the minute analysis pre- sented in full dress surveys. I t is hoped that some college presidents JANUARY, 1951 77 and librarians will be interested in using the facilities of the association in order to assess the effectiveness of their libraries and to plan for the f u t u r e . A reasonably high standard of performance is assured by dealing with A . C . R . L . Some of our best administered li- braries have found surveys extremely valu- able in one or another respect. In nearly all cases a survey uncovers some hidden weakness or new potential areas of service. I t stimulates knowledge of and interest in the library on the p a r t of the faculty, ad- ministration and possibly students and alumni. I t often serves as a valuable blue- print for the librarian and acts as a solid foundation in the presentation of library needs to the administration. W h i l e the plan prepared in this office is designed primarily f o r small institutions, A . C . R . L . is prepared to undertake modified surveys f o r large libraries. I will be happy to furnish f u r t h e r details upon request. Membership Probably most of our membership are un- a w a r e that the A . C . R . L . By-laws provide for contributing and sustaining memberships at $25 and $100 respectively. T h e s e sums are in addition to regular A.L.A. member- ship, and the full amounts go directly into the A . C . R . L . t r e a s u r y . Relatively few members may feel in a position to support the association to this extent. Still there must be a few score whose purses are not quite empty and whose belief in the association is sufficiently great to w a r r a n t the sacrifice. A hundred con- tributing memberships would mean a 15 per cent increase in funds for the year. T h i s money would go a long way toward meeting some contemplated extra expenses, such as providing our j o u r n a l f r e e to the entire mem- bership. Checks f r o m contributing and sus- taining members should be made payable to A.C.R.L. and sent to T r e a s u r e r T h o m a s Shaw at the L i b r a r y of Congress. M e n t i o n has been made previously of the relatively low percentage of institutional memberships in A . C . R . L . About three q u a r t e r s of our large university libraries, whose staffs are active in A . C . R . L . affairs, either belong to A.L.A. and make no divi- sional affiliation, or are not A.L.A. members. M a n y institutions belonging to our Duplicate Exchange Union are not institutional mem- bers of A . C . R . L . Association revenues would be considerably increased if each head librarian made sure that the A . C . R . L . slip w a s filled out and mailed in at the same time the A.L.A. in- stitutional membership was paid. N o addi- tional charge is involved. Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary Brief Minutes of General Interest, A . R . L . (Continued from page 75) the W o r l d Peace Foundation w a s circulating a proposal to sell a film copy of all non- classified United Nations documents at a cost of $333. H e said the M i c r o c a r d Foundation had applied to the United N a - tions and reported that they may agree to the publication of United Nations documents in microcard form. Joint Committee on the Reproduction of Bibliographical and Reference Works T h e executive secretary reported the set- ting-up of this joint committee which had been called for by the Cambridge meeting of the Association of Research Libraries in 1949. T h e membership w a s as follows: Alton H . Keller ( L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s ) , c h a i r m a n ; J a m e s M . Kingsley, J r . ( M i n n e s o t a ) ; W a r - ner G . Rice ( M i c h i g a n ) ; and Charles W . David ( P e n n s y l v a n i a ) , ex officio. H e re- ported that the committee had now met and gone to w o r k under M r . Keller's vigorous leadership, and it w a s his hope that the w o r k would be pushed f o r w a r d promptly. All members of A.R.L. will be contacted by let- ter in the near f u t u r e f o r suggestions of w o r k s which should be seriously considered f o r r e p r o d u c t i o n . — C h a r l e s W. David, Ex- ecutive Secretary, Association of Research Li- braries. 78 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Personnel1 A L E R T , energetic and friendly are adjec- i l tives that come to mind in writing a note about David Jolly, who, a f t e r two years as administrative assistant at N o r t h w e s t e r n University Library, has been named assistant librarian at that institution. Born at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1913, M r . Jolly was educated at N e w Mexico Military Institute and the George Peabody David Jolly College from which he received his B.S. in 1936 and his B.S. in L.S. in 1937. H e has done graduate work in English at the Uni- versity of Missouri and in librarianship at the University of Chicago and Columbia. M r . Jolly began his library career at Stephens College, Missouri, where he worked with Dean B. L a m a r Johnson (who was at that time writing Vitalizing a College Li- brary), first as library intern, 1937-38, and then as librarian of the general library, 1939- 1 T h e E d i t o r is g r a t e f u l to M r s . K a t h e r i n e W . S e w n y , e d i t o r i a l a s s i s t a n t i n the S c h o o l o f L i b r a r y S e r v i c e , C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , f o r h e l p i n p r e p a r i n g t h i s s e c t i o n . 40. F r o m Stephens he went to the Univer- sity of N e w Hampshire where he stayed until 1942, holding successively the posts of acting librarian and librarian. W h e n P r o - fessor Malcolm S. M a c L e a n , who knew Jolly from his Stephens days, became presi- dent of H a m p t o n Institute, he invited M r . Jolly to go there as librarian. D u r i n g the w a r M r . Jolly served as a combat infantryman, fighting as a rifleman and light machine gunner in France and Germany, later becoming regimental corre- spondent in charge of public relations. Although at Northwestern, to which he came in the summer of 1948, M r . Jolly has been concerned primarily with matters of personnel, equipment and supplies, there is hardly any aspect of librarianship with which he has not been in touch. Because of this very versatility, it is difficult to point out M r . Jolly's special forte. I t would seem that he could have become a specialist, and a good one, in any area of librarianship he cared to choose. T h i s is precisely why he is a good administrator. H e can quickly orient him- self to, and sympathetically appraise, any individual library problem and knows also how to evaluate that problem in relation to other problems within the f r a m e w o r k of an entire library. Lest his ability as an ad- ministrator lead anyone to disqualify him as a bookman, let it be said that this f r a m e w o r k definitely includes or rather is based upon, knowledge of books and awareness of their values. M r . Jolly can hold his own as a selector of books in a surprising number of fields. A man of wide interests, M r . Jolly ap- preciates with equal gusto Robert Burns' poems and a good baseball game. T h e versatility that is his has been pointedly ex- pressed in this sentence taken fro m a Co- lumbia Library School r e p o r t : " H e knows a great deal about many things, fro m boxing to higher education."—Jens Nyholm. GR A N T D. H A N S O N was appointed as-sistant director of the Iowa State Col- lege Library effective September x. M r . Hanson received his B.S. in L.S. fro m the JANUARY, 1951 79 University of Illinois in 1942 and his A.M.L.S. from the University of Michigan in 1945. For the last five years he has been librarian at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., where a new half-million-dol- lar library building was completed in 1948. Previous to 1945, he was at Augustana Col- lege Library, Rock Island, 111. THE Louisiana State University Library announces the appointment of Elliott H a r d a w a y as chief of technical processes. M r . H a r d a w a y received his A.B. and M . A . degrees from Vanderbilt University and his B.S. and M.S. degrees in library science from the University of Illinois. From 1936 to 1937, M r . H a r d a w a y served as teacher and assistant librarian of the East Nashville High School, Nashville, T e n n . In September 1937 he was appointed assistant of the Loan Department at the University of Illinois Library and later became an as- sistant in the Catalog Department. In the fall of 1941, M r . H a r d a w a y was appointed head of the Catalog Department of the East Carolina State Teachers College Library, Greenville, N . C . F r o m 1942 to 1944 he served as specialist in physical science in the Subject Heading Department of the Library of Congress. T h e r e a f t e r , he became librar- Grant D. Hanson ian of the N o r t h D a k o t a Agricultural Col- lege at Fargo, N . D . Since 1947 M r . H a r d a w a y has served as librarian for the F a r East Command, Gen- eral Headquarters, Department of the Army, in Tokyo, Japan. Appointments M a r y K. Dempsey has been named director of libraries and executive secretary of a newly organized university library board to coordinate the several libraries of M a r q u e t t e University, Milwaukee, Wis. James Pirie left the Lamont Library at H a r v a r d to become director of libraries at Youngstown College, Youngstown, Ohio. Robert M . Agard accepted appointment as librarian of Earlham College, Richmond, Ind. H e was formerly librarian of Ripon College, Ripon, W i s . David J . W e s t is head librarian at Oshkosh ( W i s . ) State Teachers College. D r . Edith P. Stickney has been appointed librarian of Midland College, Fremont, Neb. Lucile Lukens has accepted the position of librarian at Sterling College, Sterling, Kan. F a t h e r Boniface E. Moll, O.S.B., librarian of St. Benedict's College, Atchison, Kan., who was recalled in 1949 by the Army for active duty, has been transferred from his post as librarian at the Chaplain School Li- brary, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., and has been reassigned to duty as a chaplain to be sta- tioned somewhere in Germany. Katharine E. D u t r o w has been appointed librarian of Hood College, Frederick, M d . D r . Louis B. W r i g h t , director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, has been ap- pointed chairman of the Advisory Board of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in N e w Y o r k City. Julius J . M a r k e has been made law li- brarian of the N e w York University School of L a w Library a f t e r having served recently as acting law librarian. Elizabeth G. Chamberlin has been ap- pointed medical librarian, University of Ver- mont. Fleming Bennett, who has been completing 80 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES his work for the doctorate at the G r a d u a t e Library School, University of Chicago, was appointed head of the Acquisitions D e p a r t - ment, Columbia University Libraries, Oct. 11 1 9 5 0 . Ben C. Driver, librarian of the Physics Library, Columbia University, has been ap- pointed librarian of the Chemistry Library as well. M a r y J . Scanlon became librarian of the Burgess Library, Columbia University, on September 11, succeeding Joseph Borome. Alton P. Juhlin, head reference librarian at Oklahoma A. & M . College since 1946, became assistant professor of library science at the University of Missouri on Sept. x, I 9 5 0 . D r . H u Shi, Chinese Ambassador to the United States from 1938-1942, has been ap- pointed to the Princeton University faculty, with the rank of professor. H e has been designated fellow of the university library and curator of the Gest Oriental Library. D r . Robert D . Leigh has been appointed visiting professor of library service at the School of Library Service, Columbia Uni- versity. D r . Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, on a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, will make an exhaustive study on Nazi use of a r t and artists as political tools. H e will also give a course at the N e w School f o r Social Re- search on the relationship of a r t and politi- cal authority. Francis H . Henshaw, T e x a s State Li- brarian, 1946-1950, assumed the position of assistant chief, C a r d Division, Library of Congress, Sept. I, 1950. Donald E. Strout has been made director of the School of Librarianship of the Uni- versity of Denver. H e continues as director of the University Libraries. Elizabeth N . Ives became head cataloger in T r i n i t y College Library, H a r t f o r d , Conn., on September 1. Paul J . Neumann was appointed Univer- sity Heights librarian of N e w York Uni- versity. A. Rachel Minick is now head cataloger of the N e w York Historical Society Library. M a r i a n W . H a g e r m a n is documents li- brarian at Oregon State Library, Salem. W r a y t o n E. G a r d n e r has been appointed assistant director, W e s t e r n Reserve Univer- sity Libraries, Cleveland. Lela H a z z a r d has become head of techni- cal processes at the Colorado A. & M . Col- lege Library, succeeding Zelia M . Rank. Charles D . Hickey is now order librarian at M o n t a n a State University Library, M i s - soula. N a t h a n Van Patten, professor of bibliog- raphy, Stanford University, has been named honorary consultant in Canadiana at the Li- brary of Congress and member of an ad- visory committee for the publication, Who's Who in Colored America. Ruth Isaacs has been named librarian of the British Information Services, N e w York City. William T . O'Rourke, assistant librarian at the Buffalo Public Library, became li- brarian in November, succeeding Alexander Gait, who has retired. Roscoe M . Pierson became acting librarian of the College of the Bible, Lexington, Ky. John Darling is now reference assistant in the Lewis and Clark College Library, P o r t - land, O r e . Scott Adams, formerly assistant to the di- rector of the Army Medical Library, is now librarian of the National Institutes of Health. Commander Eric S. Purdon, U.S.N.R. prior to W o r l d W a r I I an editor at F a r r a r and Rinehart, Inc., N e w York publishers, has been assigned as chief of the Magazine and Book Branch, Office of Public Information, in the office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. Joseph T h o m became chief of the Refer- ence Department of Washington University, St. Louis, on September I. M a r y R. Dundon is now librarian, Fine Arts Library, Washington University, St. Louis. Beverley S. S. Caverhill, formerly assistant librarian at the University of Redlands, is now librarian, Los Angeles State College. Lillian Maxfield, for the past f o u r years librarian at Sullins College, Bristol, Va., is cataloger in the Harwood Library, D r u r y College, Springfield, M o . M r s . Brunette P. Hilpert and M r s . Catherine Wallace are now on the staff of the Washington University Library as mem- bers of the Catalog Department and R e f e r - ence Department, respectively. JANUARY, 1951 81 T h e following appointments have been made at Ohio State University L i b r a r y : Russell S. Dozer, circulation librarian and assistant professor of library administration; Rolland E. Stevens, acquisition librarian and assistant professor of library administration; James E. Skipper, assistant acquisition li- b r a r i a n ; Lois Di Santo and M a r i a n Estep, bibliographers in the Acquisition D e p a r t - ment; Ross S. Johnson, cataloger; and Catherine M . DeLay, circulation assistant. Elizabeth N . Ives, formerly assistant li- brarian at Elmira College, is now catalog librarian at T r i n i t y College, H a r t f o r d , Conn. Retirements George F. Strong, associate director of the W e s t e r n Reserve University Libraries since 1935 and connected with those libraries since 1910, retired in July with the rank of emeritus. Charles H . Compton, librarian of the St. Louis Public Library, retired in October. Ethel M . F a i r retired as director of the New Jersey College Library School. Alice G . Higgins will be acting director for the present year. Zelia M . Rank, for many years head of the technical processes at Colorado A. & M . College Library, retired on July I. Miss Rank was active in the state's library as- sociation and taught in the summer library school of the college. Necrology D r . Spencer S. Stanford, librarian of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Associated Universities, Upton, L.I., N.Y., died on Aug. 11, 1950. M i r i a m Rankin Apple, librarian of the Joseph Henry Apple Library, Hood College, Frederick, Md., died suddenly on July 14, 1950. Miss Apple was librarian at Hood from 1914 until the time of her death. Lillian Elizabeth Eross, A.C.R.L. member and a cataloger in the Foreign Languages Department, Detroit Public Library, was killed in an automobile accident Sept. 8, 1950. Rho Brooks Slawson, for the past 10 years executive assistant in charge of personnel at the Brooklyn Public Library, died suddenly on Oct. 6, 1950, a f t e r a fall. Rev. John W . Dunn, C . M . , former di- rector of libraries of St. John's University, Brooklyn, and an authority on Catholic school and college libraries, died in J u n e at Brooklyn Hospital at the age of 54. In 1940 he was named first chairman of the Li- brary Commission of the National Catholic Educational Association's College and Uni- versity Department. William Leibowitz, first librarian of Brandeis University, died of a heart ailment October 18, at the age of 47. A native of N e w York City, M r . Leibowitz went to Brandeis soon a f t e r the university opened in 1948. His industry in setting up the plans for the f u t u r e growth of the Brandeis Li- brary and his understanding of administra- tive problems allowed him to work effectively for the expansion of the university, whose library contained 3000 volumes two years ago and which today contains more than 40,000 volumes. M r . Leibowitz was a graduate of N e w York University and attended the School of Library Service, Columbia Uni- versity. H e held administrative posts at the Washington Square Library of N e w York University before taking leave to enter the armed forces. Staff Change Byron C. Hopkins, who has been a mem- ber of the editorial staff of College and Re- search Libraries, in charge of Personnel, since 1946, has resigned. H e is succeeded by D r . Lawrence S. Thompson, librarian of the University of Kentucky, who for the last three years has been collecting news concern- ing personnel in foreign libraries. L i b r a r - ians should send news of appointments to D r . Thompson at Lexington, Ky. 82 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES News from the Field T h e library collections Acquisitions, Gifts, of Duke and N o r t h - Collections western Universities have both passed the one-million-volume mark. Each of these li- braries has witnessed a phenomenal develop- ment of its collections during the past 30 years. In 1920 Northwestern University Li- brary contained 192,365 volumes. In 1925 Duke's holdings totaled 25,000 volumes, and the library required a staff of seven. Today, 80 staff members serve the one-million-vol- ume collection. T h e Old Dominion Foundation, estab- lished by Paul Mellon, has given T r i n i t y Col- lege, H a r t f o r d , Conn. $650,000 to preserve the priceless collections of the Watkinson Library. College trustees will provide an ad- ditional $400,000 from other gifts to con- struct a new library building designed to house the combined T r i n i t y and Watkinson collections. Rich in book treasures, the W a t - kinson Library was established in 1857 by David Watkinson, who had been one of the founders of T r i n i t y in 1823. A report of the Boswell manuscripts ac- quired by Yale in July 1949 appeared in an earlier issue of this column. In September, Yale announced that a new large collection of Boswell manuscripts had been acquired. As in the prior acquisition, the purchase of the papers from Lt. Col. Ralph H . Isham, who secured them from Boswell's family, was made possible by a gift to Yale from the Old Dominion Foundation. T h e new manu- scripts were discovered in Malahide Castle, near Dublin, Ireland. Experts who have in- spected this latest addition to the collection say that it includes material at least as im- portant as any of the previously discovered Boswell papers. Nearly 200 additional let- ters to Boswell by many eminent contempo- raries are included in the new collection. T h e r e are letters from David H u m e and Voltaire, and many letters from his intimate friends and confidants, William Johnson Temple and James Johnston. T h e r e are letters from Boswell to Rousseau and his mistress, Therese de Levasseur, Voltaire, John Wilkes, Adam Smith and other nota- bles. Like the manuscripts previously ac- quired by Yale, the present collection will be edited by scholars under the direction of a committee headed by Professor Frederick A. Pottle and will be published by the M c G r a w - Hill Book Company. T h e Library of Congress has received a gift fund from the National Council for His- toric Sites and Buildings and the National T r u s t for Historic Preservation in the United States. T h e money is to be used to pay the salary and expenses of a trained his- torian and bibliographer to work with the National Council in undertaking historical and bibliographical research on the subject of historic American buildings. M r s . Helen Bullock, of the Manuscripts Division of the library, has been appointed to do this work. T h e United Nations record Publications in solving localized disputes and its efforts in preventing general w a r f a r e are described in The United Nations, Its Record and Prospects, a p a m - phlet published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. I t contains a review of the brief, eventful history of the organiza- tion and gives special attention to the role of the smaller countries in the United N a - tions. Copies of the pamphlet may be obtained for 20/ from the Carnegie Endow- ment for International Peace, 405 W e s t 117th St., New York, N.Y. T h e Library of Congress is offering the Public Affairs Abstracts f o r s a l e f o r t h e f i r s t time. These Abstracts, prepared by the Legislative Reference Service, are intended primarily for Congressional use. T h e y sum- marize the contents of the most significant publications dealing with problems of concern to Congress, and are useful in directing at- tention to important books and articles on public affairs. T h e y are issued in sets, each dealing with one general topic. In addition to those already available, f u t u r e sets are planned on " T h e South as an Economic Region," "Industrial Mobilization," "Eco- nomic Stabilization," "Finance and T a x a - tion," " W a t e r Resources" and "Refugees." Those interested in subscribing may send a check or money order to the Card Division, Library of Congress, Washington 25, D.C., JANUARY, 1951 83 made payable to the Librarian of Congress. T h e subscription price for one year is $5.75 and the price of a single issue is 30^. T h e Library of Congress continues its helpful services to libraries by making avail- able the first 10 numbers in the series of publications entitled Library of Congress De- partmental & Divisional Manuals. M r . M i l - ton M . Plumb, Jr., information officer, has indicated in a letter that the manuals, in their present form, are intended primarily for staff use. T h e manual for the Stack and Reader Division, No. 1 in the series, was issued in 1946; the others are all publications of 1950. No. 2 is a manual of the "Copyright Cata- loging Division"; No. 3 "Subject Cataloging Division"; No. 4, "Catalog Maintenance Di- vision"; No. 5, "Binding Division"; N o . 6, "Exchange and G i f t Division"; No. 7, "Copy- right Office"; No. 8, "Descriptive Cataloging Division"; No. 9, "Serials Division"; and No. 10, "Legislative Reference Service." T h e manuals may be purchased f r o m the Card Division, Library of Congress, W a s h - ington 25, D.C. at the following prices per copy: No. 1, to be available shortly in revised f o r m ; No. 2, 40/; Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, 25/ each; No. 7, 30^; No. 8, 60^; and No. 10, 50 4. T h e University of Kentucky Library has issued a pocket-size Library Guide which provides information on the use of the library and describes facilities and services. T h e Army Medical Library has released Current List of Medical Literature ( v o l . 19, July 1950, Items 1-2992) in a revised f o r m a t . T h e publication appears monthly and is for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. T h e price is $9.00 per year; $11.50, foreign. T h e United Nations D e p a r t m e n t of Public Relations, Lake Success, N.Y., has issued United Nations Publications, 1949 (48p., 1 9 5 0 ) . T h i s catalog lists the titles and prices of U . N . publications issued during 1949. T h e Columbia University Press is the sales agent for U . N . publications in the United States. John L. Balderston, J r . , and Gordon W . Hewes are authors of Atomic Attack—A Manual for Survival, published under the auspices of Council on Atomic Implications, Inc., Box 296, University of Southern Cali- f o r n i a , L o s A n g e l e s 7, C a l i f . (55P., $ 1 . 0 0 ) . P a r t 1 of the manual is concerned with " W h a t to D o , " and P a r t 2 with "Reasons W h y . " T h e August 1950 issue of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry contains a symposium on " N e w Techniques in Chemical Litera- ture." Papers include "Conventional and Mechanized Search Methods," by S. W . Cochran and J . W . P e r r y ; "Punched Card Code for General Organic Research," by K. N . Campbell and B. K. Campbell; " M i - crofilm Selection Equipment in Information W o r k , " by H . T . Engstrom; "High-Speed Electronic Computing Devices," by Jay W . F o r r e s t e r ; "Microcards, A N e w Form of Publication," by Fremont Rider; " M i c r o - cards and Microfilm for a Central Reference File," by J . W . Kuipers; and "Problems in the Use of Microfilms, Microprint and M i - crocards in Research Libraries," by M a u r i c e F. T a u b e r . Documentation, by S. C. Bradford, origi- nally published in London by Lockwood, has been issued by the Public Affairs Press, 2153 Florida Ave., Washington 8, D.C. Price, $3.00. H a r o l d E. Davis is the author of Social Science Trends in Latin America, i s s u e d in cooperation with the Inter-American Biblio- graphical and Library Association. ( W a s h - ington, D.C., American University Press, I36p., $2.50.) Washington University Library has issued the first number of a new series, Library S t u d i e s . T h i s is A Union List of Serials, edited by H a r o l d Ostvold. (St. Louis, W a s h - ington University Library, 1950, 323 p.) T h e titles listed include the holdings of Washington University Libraries, the Henry Shaw Botanical G a r d e n Library and the Li- brary of the Monsanto Chemical Co. T h e Clemson College Library has issued a new Handbook (30p., July 1950) which should help in assisting new students and faculty members to learn about the facilities of the library. Elizabeth M a r g a r e t K e r r is the compiler of Bibliography of the Sequence Novel ( U n i - versity of Minnesota Press, XQ50, I 2 6 p . ) . Li- brarians will find this useful bibliography arranged primarily by language: British and American, Romance Languages, Teutonic Languages, and Slavic and Ugric Languages. Subarrangements are provided in the Ro- 84 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES mance, Teutonic and Slavic and Ugric groups. M a r y Eleanor Streeter, with the aid of a group of assistants, has compiled Periodicals and Other Serial Publications Currently Re- ceived by All Libraries of Western Reserve University, Case Institute of Technology, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleve- land Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland Institute of Art, Garden Center of Greater Cleveland, Cleve- land Hearing and Speech Center and by the Cleveland Medical Library. ( C l e v e l a n d , W e s t e r n Reserve University Library, 1950, 78p.) Titles and locations are included. T h e Brooklyn College has issued The Teacher in Fiction: A Brief Bibliography, compiled by Antoinette Ciolli. Forty-three annotated titles are included in this list, copies of which may be obtained by writing to the Reference Division, Brooklyn Col- lege Library, Brooklyn 10, N . Y . T h e Library Association (Chaucer House, M a l e t Place, London, W . C . i ) has issued The Subject Index to Periodicals, 1948 (555P- £5-5-0• T h i s work indexes the leading English periodicals of a general nature, as well as many society publications. T h e Japan International Christian Univer- sity Foundation, Inc., 44 E. 23rd St., N e w York 10, N.Y., has prepared a selected list of published materials on Japanese-Americans and their post-war problems. T h i s list is available upon request from li- braries, students and other persons who are interested in the situation which has been created by the wartime evacuation of the 110,000 Japanese-Americans from their W e s t Coast homes and their eventual resettlement. T o interest students and faculty in a G r e a t e r Seattle and the Seattle Centennial which will be celebrated this year, the Uni- versity of Washington Library has issued a selected reading list prepared by J . Ronald Todd, curator of the Pacific Northwest Col- lection. T h e books included give the full sweep of Seattle's history, political, social and economic, from pioneer days to the present. Florence M . Craig, special bibliographer, Stanford University Libraries, is at work on a bibliography and index of Festschriften in the Stanford Libraries. Miss Craig is interested in receiving suggestions and advice from other librarians and bibliographers concerning proj- ects of this nature. Miss Craig pointed out, in a l e t t e r t o College and Research Libraries, that Festschriften have always presented problems to librarians. T h e increasing costs and the physical growth of card catalogs have generally discouraged attempts to analyze the contents or provide added entries for con- tributors to Festschriften. Miss Craig is particularly interested in finding answers to the following questions: (1) Should the ap- proach to the project be from the subject angle and the final work be issued in sections by subject? (2) Should a beginning be made by exhausting one subject field? (3) Should work proceed in all subject fields simultane- ously? T h e Exposition Press of N e w York is planning a new textbook program aimed at publishing important small-audience texts. Textbook manuscripts of all kinds, including experimental works and those by previously unpublished authors, will be given special consideration. Complete details about the new textbook program, which is under the direction of Ruth Leslie M a n n , are discussed in a revised edition of a 32-page illustrated booklet entitled, We Can Publish Your Book. A free copy may be obtained by w r i t - ing Miss M a n n at the Exposition Press, 286 F o u r t h Ave., N e w York 16, N.Y. Among the articles in the Harvard Library Bulletin, autumn 1950, are "Problems of Ac- quisition Policy in a University Library," by Keyes D. M e t c a l f ; " T h e Cataloguing of Manuscripts in the Houghton Library," by William H . Bond; and " T h e Classical Li- braries at H a r v a r d , " by H e r b e r t Bloch. Nelly Festini Illich has prepared a Classi- ficacion para el Material Bibliografio Especi- alizado en Educacion (Lima, Peru, 1950, 232p.). M r s . Festini Illich is associated with the Universidad Nacional M a y o r de San Marcos. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1925-1950 has been issued by the University (Jerusalem, 1950, 207p.). T h i s is an illus- trated volume intended to provide a general impression of the development of the univer- sity during its 25 years of existence. Seven Plays of the Modern Theater, by Vincent W a l l and James Patton McCormick, is a collection of representative plays suitable for introduction-to-literature courses and JANUARY, 1951 85 freshman English courses (American Book Co., 5 4 i p . , $ 2 . 7 5 ) . Ibsen, Maugham, Chek- hov, O'Neill, Anderson and Williams are the dramatists represented. Scientific Research: Its Administration and Organization, edited by George P. Bush and Lowell H . H a t t e r y , has been published by the American University Press, Washington 8, D.C. (igop., $ 3 . 2 5 ) . T h i s volume is adapted from the proceedings of the First Institute on Administration of Scientific Re- search and Development presented at W a s h - ington, D.C., by T h e American University with the cooperation of the National Re- search Council and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Among the general topics discussed in the papers are research organization, administrative process, research personnel and aids to research. Ralph R. Shaw, librarian of the U.S. De- partment of Agriculture, prepared the paper on "Internal Informational Aids to Re- search." Manuscripts and Printed Documents of the Archivio Cavagna Sangiulianai in the University of Illinois Library, c o m p i l e d b y M e t a M a r i e Sexton, of the cataloging staff of the University Library, has been issued as Publication No. 1 of the Adah Patton M e - morial Fund ( U r b a n a , University of Illinois Library, 1 9 5 0 ; xvi, 5 3 5 ; vi, 9 5 p . , $ 5 . 0 0 ) . T h e manuscripts relate chiefly to Italian cities, towns, institutions, societies, and families. T h e dates run from 1116 to the first decade of the present century. T h e two sections of the volume are " C a r t e storico- diplomatiche" and "Codici e manoscritti." Among recent publications of the Library of C o n g r e s s a r e : Guide to Soviet Bibliogra- phies compiled by John T . Dorosh ( C a r d D i v i s i o n , $ 1 . 0 5 ) ; National Health Insurance, by Helen E. Livingston (Public Affairs Bul- letin, No. 85, C a r d Division, 50^) ; and Se- lective Checklist of Prints and Photographs . . . Lots 2895-3442 (Publications Section, f r e e ) . T h e June 1950 issue of Library Notes, issued by the Friends of Duke University Li- brary, is the " N e w m a n Ivey W h i t e M e - morial Issue." A. Korevaar and C. de Goede de Koning are the authors of Titelbeschrijving aan de Bibliothek der Technische Hogeschool te Delft ( 9 8 p . ) , and F. Voogd is the author of De Trefwoordencatalogus van de Bibliothek der Technische Hogeschool te Delft ( 9 3 P - ) . Donald Coney, librarian of the University of California, has issued a set of " O r g a n i z a - tion Charts, General Library, University of California, Berkeley, J u n e 1, 1 9 5 0 . " M r . Coney has indicated that there is limited supply of these charts for distribution. T h e first two volumes of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, covering the periods 1760- 1776 and 1777 to June, 1779, have been issued by the Princeton University Press ( 6 7 9 P . , 664P, $ 1 0 . 0 0 each volume). " T h e purpose of this work is to present the writings and recorded actions of T h o m a s Jefferson as accurately and as completely as possible." T h e project, under the editorship of Julian P. Boyd, librarian of Princeton University, has had a subvention of $200,000 from the New York Times. Douglas Southall Free- man is chairman of a distinguished Advisory Committee, which also has among its mem- bers Randolph G . Adams, of the Clements Library, and Lawrence C. W r o t h , of the John C a r t e r Brown Library. I t is planned to have about 40 volumes to form a chrono- logical series of the correspondence and most of the public papers. These will be followed by approximately 10 volumes of special w r i t - ings on particular subjects such as law, f a r m and garden, wine and cookery, and architec- ture. A comprehensive two-volume index will also be prepared. Research libraries and many college libraries will want sets of this great work. T h e first copy of the first volume of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson w a s p r e s e n t e d to President T r u m a n on M a y 17, 1950. In his speech of acceptance the President stated that he hoped this edition of Jefferson's w r i t - ings would inspire educational institutions and other interested groups to plan the pub- lication of the works of other great national figures. H e requested the National Histori- cal Publications Commission to investigate the matter and report to him. T h e commis- sion has undertaken a survey of papers that would be appropriate for inclusion in such a publication program. T h e papers of all those who have made outstanding contributions to the American way of life—industrialists, labor leaders, lawyers, inventors, educators and those prominent in the arts and sciences as well as leaders in the political and military 86 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES fields—will be considered f o r inclusion in the publication p r o g r a m . Back files of the Vatican and Roman daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, f r o m 1 8 4 9 - 1 9 4 0 , are being t r a n s f e r r e d to microfilm and copies will be available in the United States through the cooperation of the C a t h - olic University of America Library, St. M a r y of the L a k e Seminary at Mundelein, 111., and the University of M i n n e s o t a L i b r a r y . T h i s project, initiated by the Catholic University of America L i b r a r y early in 1949, is now reaching completion. Man the Maker, A History of Technology and Engineering, by R. J . Forbes, is a com- pact history of man's scientific progress w r i t - ten f o r the general reader. I t is Volume 14 in " T h e L i f e of Science L i b r a r y , " a series issued by H e n r y Schuman, N e w Y o r k , and contains both a bibliography and an index. ( 3 5 5 P - , $ 4 - 0 0 ) . O n e of the greatest documentation and microfilm publication projects dealing with the historical resources of each of the United States ever undertaken, has been completed as a joint u n d e r t a k i n g by the L i b r a r y of Congress and the University of N o r t h C a r o - lina, it w a s announced today at the library. T h e project, launched in 1941 but suspended f o r most of the w a r years, has succeeded in locating, microfilming and organizing the earlier legislative, judicial and executive records of the 48 states and their various t e r - ritorial and colonial predecessors. T h e product, which involved over 6 0 , 0 0 0 miles of travel in its acquisition, is on 1700 reels of microfilm, of approximately i o o ' -each in length. T h e film reproduces some 2 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 pages, the equivalent of a series of m o r e than 8 3 0 0 books of 3 0 0 pages each. T h e film, if unrolled, would stretch over 30 miles; yet it can be stored in less than 26 cubic feet of space. An 800-page guide to the contents of the microfilm reels has also been published by the library and is available for purchase at $ 5 . 0 0 a copy. Positive copies of any reel of the film may be obtained f r o m the library's P h o t o - duplication Service at $ 1 5 . 0 0 per i o o ' reel, or $ 2 2 , 4 0 0 f o r the entire collection. E n t i t l e d A Guide to the Microfilm Collec- tion of Early State Records, this film r e c o r d is described by L u t h e r H . Evans, L i b r a r i a n of Congress, as "a milestone in the demo- cratic process of making the materials, re- cording the workings of a democratic society, available to all who would learn how we came to be w h a t we are as a people." I n July, the L i b r a r y of Con- Miscellany gress extended its interlibrary loan service on a t r i a l basis to include positive copies of microfilm in those cases w h e r e the library possesses the nega- tive and w h e r e the original m a t e r i a l is be- lieved not to be available on interlibrary loan f r o m an institution in continental United States. T h e rules governing the library's loan of microfilms are the same as those f o r interlibrary loan in general, with the follow- ing conditions: a. Only positive microfilms will be lent, and only those positives of which the library possesses the negatives under conditions of ac- quisition which do not prevent such lending. ( W h e r e the library possesses the negative but no positive, the library will prepare a positive copy f o r loan if, in its opinion, circumstances w a r r a n t . ) b. A requesting library will be required to include in the first application f o r a loan of microfilm a statement describing its equip- ment f o r the use of microfilm and the training and experience of its staff in the handling of film and the use of such equip- ment. c. T h e period of loan will ordinarily be one month f r o m the date of shipment of the microfilm to the borrowing library. Loans f o r longer periods may be made in special cases. M a t e r i a l is subject to recall at any time in the discretion of the L i b r a r y of C o n - gress. d. T h e minimum unit of loan will be one reel. U s e r s of very small quantities, such as a few feet of film, will be expected to purchase a copy of the film instead of borrowing it. e. Because of restrictions which apply to many items in the library's microfilm collec- tion, reproductions of m a t e r i a l lent f r o m it may not be made w i t h o u t the w r i t t e n per- mission of the L i b r a r y of Congress. JANUARY, 1951 87