College and Research Libraries Pure and Applied Sciences Section, A C R L UNDER the leadership of M r s . D o r o t h y Crosland and W h i t o n Powell, chairmen respectively of the Engineering School L i b r a - ries and A g r i c u l t u r a l Libraries Sections, steps w e r e taken in 1950-51 to give a b r o a d e r c h a r t e r in the A L A and A C R L f r a m e w o r k to librarians of academic, government and in- dustrial libraries devoted wholly or impor- tantly to the sciences and technologies. T h e s e chairmen reported to A C R L President A d a m s and the directors on the morning of J u l y 11 as follows (in substantial p a r t ) : " . . . our joint recommendation to the Board of D i r e c t o r s of A C R L , p u r s u a n t to votes of the members of the A g r i c u l t u r a l Li- braries Section and the Engineering School L i b r a r i e s Section, [is] t h a t these sections be dissolved and a new section be formed, con- sisting initially of the present membership of these two sections. "As has been previously reported to you, this proposal has been repeatedly discussed at meetings of both sections, and has now been voted upon by mail by the membership of each section. A tabulation of the votes f o l l o w s : A g r i c u l t u r a l Libraries Section: F o r merger—45, opposed—8; Engineering School L i b r a r i e s Section: F o r merger—59, opposed —9. A t the time of the votes in the spring of 1951 the membership of the Engineering School L i b r a r i e s Section w a s 156 and the membership of the A g r i c u l t u r a l L i b r a r i e s Section, 123. Slightly under half of the mem- bers of each section voted although all re- ceived ballots. ". . . W e believe it would be appropriate to consider this vote as fulfilling the require- ment of 20 members to f o r m a new section. " I t is recommended t h a t these actions be made effective at a joint meeting of these two sections to be held during the A L A Con- ference in J u l y 1951. W e suggest t h a t the name of the new section be determined at t h a t meeting, unless the- board wishes to decide the m a t t e r in advance. I t is the intention to have the new section include the various fields of science and technology, and its name should be sufficiently broad to reflect this wider interest. " I n anticipation of this reorganization, both sections have nominated the same persons as candidates f o r chairman and secretary. I t is suggested t h a t these names be presented to the organization meeting of the new section, though other nominations should not be pre- cluded." T h e directors approved and the joint busi- ness meeting of the sections held t h a t same evening confirmed the actions f o r reorganiza- tion. T h e name P u r e and Applied Sciences Section w a s adopted and the following slate w a s voted into office f o r 1951-52: Chairman — J o h n H . M o r i a r t y , P u r d u e University Li- braries, L a f a y e t t e , I n d . ; Secretary—Irene L . C r a f t , O r e g o n State College L i b r a r y , C o r - vallis; ACRL Director—Francis P . Allen, State College L i b r a r y , Kingston, R. I. T h e r e w a s considerable enthusiasm at the meeting, with unusually heavy attendance, and members stayed around to talk a f t e r its official close, which is a good sign. T h e r e is now a rallying place in A C R L ' s and A L A ' s s t r u c t u r e f o r all librarians with problems involving research or academic service not only of engineering materials or agricultural materials but also of fields like public health, the biomedical sciences in general, the physi- cal sciences and the whole complex of tech- nologies upon which present day industry de- pends. T h e section will always be an i n s t r u - ment f o r the engineering and agricultural librarians w h o founded it, but they will be bound to benefit f r o m contact and friendship with the added groups of departmental l i b r a r - ians and l i t e r a t u r e specialists who are certain to be a t t r a c t e d and to contribute to the new P u r e and Applied Sciences Section's program. —John H. Moriarty. OCTOBER, 1951 32 7 Brief of the Minutes of the Meetings of the A C R L Board of Directors Aleeting, July II, 1951, at Chicago In attendance were committee chairmen and A C R L representatives on the A L A Council as well as officers, directors and a few specially invited guests. President Charles M . Adams opened the meeting by announcing that the six motions submitted to the board for mail vote had all been approved. These actions are given, in b r i e f , in College and Research Libraries, 1 2 : 277-78, July 1951. On motion of M r s . Dorothy Crosland, chairman of the Engineering School Libraries Section and endorsement by W h i t o n Powell, chairman of the Agricultural Libraries Sec- tion, it was voted to dissolve both sections. T h e board approved the establishment of a new section to cover the interests of science librarians and left the naming to the section itself (later reported as the P u r e and Applied Science Section). At the request of Sarah Lewis Jones, chair- man of the A L A Committee on Midwinter Meetings, an ad hoc committee was author- ized to study the problem and to report A C R L opinion on midwinter meetings. Ralph Parker, as chairman of the Commit- tee on Budgets, Compensation, and Schemes of Service, reviewed the work of the group in other years. I t has been preparing a state- ment to guide professional schools in using the published volumes on classification and pay plans. W h e n this is completed, its work will be finished. M r . P a r k e r also reported, as chairman of the Committee to Study Li- brary Standards of Professional Schools, that there was no need for continuance of both groups. On his recommendation the board voted to abolish the Committee to Study Library Standards of Professional Schools. T h e name of the Committee on Budgets, Compensation, and Schemes of Service came under criticism. T h e board voted to continue this group as the Committee on Administra- tive Procedure. T h e chairman was directed to prepare a new statement of purpose of the committee. M r . Swank reported for the Committee on Constitution and By-Laws that it was not in favor of a suggestion, previously referred to it, that A C R L committee appointments be increased beyond one year. T h e board con- curred in disapproving the suggestion. T h e question of jurisdiction of the committee was raised. M r . Swank was assured that his com- mittee was to express itself for or against pro- posed changes in the Constitution and By- Laws, and that the board would, if it so de- sired, instruct the committee to d r a f t pro- posed changes. On motion by Wyllis W r i g h t the board directed the Committee on Consti- tution and By-Laws to make a written recom- mendation as to procedure for amending the Constitution and By-Laws, to include such points as the minimum number of names needed on a request for a change. In connection with the report of the Com- mittee on Financing College and Research Li- braries, M r . T a u b e r commented on the need for librarians to mention the advertisements they see in the journal. T h e membership should be more articulate in this matter, both to advertisers and to nonadvertisers, with which orders are placed. M r . M o r i a r t y sug- gested that A C R L members be polled for the names of those companies with which were placed orders in excess of one or two thousand dollars annually. M r . T a u b e r commented on the need to add pages to College and Re- search Libraries if any great increase in ad- vertising was secured. In the absence of Lawrence Thompson (proud father of his first child that very day) M r . T a u b e r commented briefly on the need for papers suitable for the new A C R L Occasional Papers, to be issued shortly by the Publications Committee. These would ordi- narily be either too long for College and Re- search Libraries or on subjects too limited in interest for the journal. A well-written history of a college library was cited as an example. M r . Hamlin stated that distribution of Col- lege and Research Libraries t o A C R L m e m - bers paying A L A dues of $5.00 or more could not begin until July 1952 because otherwise 366 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES too many refunds would have to be made to subscribers. T h e bookkeeping operation would be terribly expensive. William Kozumplik submitted the report of the Committee on Interlibrary Loans along with the unit form which it recommended for universal adoption. While the studies of interlibrary loan costs were not yet complete, the average cost of borrowing was believed to be about $1.10 and the average cost of lend- ing about 60^. A complete report on costs is being prepared by James Hodgson. T h e advantages of the unit form were discussed, and the board voted approval of the commit- tee's report and endorsed in principle the unit form for interlibrary loan transactions as recommended by the committee. M r . Adams then commented briefly on the work of other A C R L committees. (Reports covering the year's operations wTill be pre- pared in September and made available, at least in summary, at a later date.) M r . Hamlin reported the Statistics Committee hoped to make available its report early in January, possibly by selling preprints, in order to meet the needs of administrators who needed the figures in preparing budgets. T h e topic of progress toward a federation of library associates was discussed by M r . W r i g h t , who has represented A C R L interests at meetings of the Council of National Li- brary Associations and the A L A Executive Board. H e reported the Executive Board had apparently taken no action in response to the requests of A C R L and the Division of C a t a - loging and Classification that it study the problem as it affects the ALA. Little prog- ress had likewise been made by C N L A . T h e Executive Board meeting with divisional rep- resentatives in July had been devoted prin- cipally to discussion of dues. M r . W r i g h t felt the Executive Board should create a special committee to study federation. M r . W r i g h t commented briefly on progress of the C N L A committees on placement, library edu- cation, examinations and standards, and stand- ardization in library work ( Z 3 9 ) . Meeting, July 13, 1951, in Chicago M r . Severance was introduced as the newly elected vice president and president-elect and announcement was made by President Adams of the complete election results. T h e mem- bership of the new Ad Hoc Committee on Midwinter Meetings was reported to be: Ralph E. Ellsworth (chairman), Charles W . David, Wyllis E. W r i g h t and A r t h u r T . Hamlin. M r . T a u b e r and M r s . Crosland com- mented on the need to give wide publicity to the formation of the new P u r e and Applied Science Section. M a n y people have been lost to other library associations because they had no place in the parent organization. T r e a s u r e r Shaw reported on finances through M a y and stated that the bank balance was $11,706.06. Income for the year ahead was estimated to be $16,300, and a budget of $21,010 was presented. M r . Hamlin reported that about $2500 would probably be received during 1950-51 from sources other than dues, and that a roughly similar amount might be expected during 1951-52 in addition to the estimated $16,300. Uncertainty about in- creases in membership dues and in divisional sharing of these complicated the picture. Con- siderable expense will be incurred by mem- bership distribution of College and Research Libraries beginning in July 1952 and by con- sequent drying up of funds from member subscribers. T h e Buildings Committee had requested $200 for the tabulation of certain data al- ready collected and $250 for expenses in connection with its first conference, to be held this fall in Columbus, Ohio. T h e latter figure was questioned on the basis that such conferences should be self-supporting. Presi- dent Adams justified the request by stating that the first conference needed one or two leaders, whose expenses should be paid. N o precedent was to be set. Practice of the former Cooperative Committee on Library Buildings was discussed. Approval of this single item was voted, with two nays. T h e board discussed the dangers of refer- ring to the distribution of College and Re- search Libraries ( a f t e r April 1952 to all A C R L members paying ALA dues of $5.00 or more) as " f r e e " and voted that henceforth it be termed "membership distribution." T h e board considered a statement prepared by M r . Hamlin on the new classification and pay plan of A L A staff, which includes A C R L Headquarters personnel. According to this the A C R L executive secretary would normally be a G13 ( P 6 ) as at present, but could be one step lower. T h e G13 salary, fully imple- OCTOBER, 1951 32 7 mented, would start at $6,590 and increase in four steps of $300 each. T h e present salary of the secretary, Lillian M . Shepherd, was stated to be $3,390. Although A L A Execu- tive Board action approving full implementa- tion was unknown at the time, the directors voted that A C R L fully implement the salaries of the A C R L staff in their present grades "as long as A L A H e a d q u a r t e r s is using this system of pay and classification." T h e budget was approved as amended. O n the recommendation of M r . Hamlin the present 50^ discount on College and Re- search Libraries multiple subscriptions (two or more copies ordered at one time to go t c one address) was abolished, as of July 1952. M r . Hamlin briefly summarized his re- sponsibilities in connection with college and reference lbraries in the national emergency, and summarized his mimeographed report on the subject, dated M a r c h 1951, which was published in p a r t as "Notes from the A C R L Office" in the April 1951 issue of College and Research Libraries ( p . 1 7 1 - 3 ) . A first recommendation was that existing committees with logical responsibilities for aspects of national emergency problems be queried as to action planned or taken. A second suggestion was that A C R L create a committee on safeguarding library materials in a national emergency. T h i s should serve as a clearinghouse of information on the subject. I t might spell out its own list of " t a r g e t " or dangerous areas. I t should be prepared to state when, in its best judgment, a state of clear and present danger existed, so f a r as libraries were con- cerned. T h e committee should exercise, at least in a negative fashion, a restraining hand on hasty and injudicious removal of books to remote areas which often entails damage and loss, and always curtails service. T h e committtee should publish information on ideal storage conditions, on where protected or rural space for valuable books might be found, and on related matters. T h e work and interests of SLA, C N L A , A R L and the Library of Congress on this subject were dis- cussed. I t was voted to establish a com- mittee on safeguarding library materials in a national emergency. Discussion concentrated on the position of C N L A in matters of this sort and whether or not it be requested to set up a joint com- mittee. M r . Ellsworth expressed doubt that the membership was sufficiently informed on the place of C N L A and was in favor of going slowly in referring problems to it officially by board action instead of informally through A C R L representatives present at C N L A meetings. M r . W r i g h t stated that the prob- lem was broader than A C R L and ought to be considered by the machinery set up in the past for consideration of joint problems. T h a t machinery is C N L A . I t was voted that A C R L officially request the C N L A to con- sider the establishment of a joint committee in the field of safeguarding library materials in a national emergency. M r . Hamlin then brought up the problem of protecting library budgets in the emergency. H e stated that the Committee on Administra- tive Procedure had taken some preliminary responsibility for this. H e raised the prob- lem of developing constructive plans in what is called the battle of ideas. N o action was taken. T h e group voted to refer to the A L A I n t e r - national Relations Board a request from Isaac Goldberg that a committee be set up to cooperate with libraries in the N e a r East. Confidence was voted in the report of the Research Planning Committee, which was encouraged to seek funds for its proposed conference. M r . Ellsworth raised the question of A C R L jurdisdictional area. As a member of A R L he had previously charged it with drawing off the cream of the projects and the cream of the interests from A C R L . H e felt that the A R L membership lacked confidence in the ability of A C R L to act expeditiously on problems. M r . Ellsworth recommended, as a start, that the Association give active assist- ance to Library of Congress proposals of a bibliographical nature. In explanation, a whole series of Library of Congress projects, such as the serials record and reproduction of the union catalog, were cited as examples of worthy projects in which the Library of Con- gress should have widespread support. A C R L should help with these in its own inter- est. Following brief discussion the board voted to establish a Committee to Implement Library of Congress Bibliographical Projects. T h e 1950-51 financial arrangement with A L A was f o r one year only, and action was required for the year ahead. T h e board voted 368 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES to approve the past financial relationship with A L A (60^ to the division for each of its $3.00 memberships; 60 per cent of member- ship payment for each membership over $3.00, but not more than $6.00 to the division from any one membership). M r . Hamlin then brought up the problem of what to do if an A L A dues increase was ap- proved. T h e A L A proposed to keep divisional support on the same basis as under the old dues. T h e number of members would in- evitably shrink because of the price increase, and A C R L income go down, not up. T h e ceiling limit of $6.00 to a division for any one membership means, in effect, that A L A would receive as much as $14.00 as its share of a personal membership and $44.00 on an insti- tutional membership. H e questioned whether A L A Executive Board members fully under- stood the plan as presented by the A L A execu- tive secretary. M r . Hamlin urged that the basis of divisional support be a simple per- centage of the membership fee, with no floors or ceilings or fine print. H e recommended something in the nature of a 50 or 55 per cent across-the-board split of each member- ship between A L A and the division of the member's choice. T h e board then voted unanimously that it is the sense of this meet- ing that, if the dues scale is raised, the A C R L would wish to have the division of dues be- tween the A L A and the individual divisions re-examined with a view toward an across- the-board, flat percentage division of dues between the A L A and the A C R L . A C R L chapters were reported to be in the discussion stage in Washington, D.C., eastern and western Pennsylvania, and the Southeast. I t was voted to be the sense of the meeting to encourage regional chapters and that the A C R L executive secretary be encouraged to give such positive aid as he can within his time and expense budget. M r . Hamlin presented the problem of debts or funds accruing from A L A surveys of col- lege and university libraries, which are con- ducted under the supervision of the A C R L office. H e stated the A L A executive secretary had suggested the following: (1) T h e divi- sion responsible would receive two thirds of the normal supervision fee and A L A one t h i r d ; (2) Any liabilities or deficits remain- ing a f t e r completion of the survey would accrue to, or be paid from, divisional f u n d s ; (3) Profits from sale of volumes will go to A L A provided the contract does not run into a deficit. T h e divisional office can, if it wishes, cut down on costs by assuming con- siderable survey work. M r . Hamlin felt that the proposal was just, and the board voted its approval. A question was asked regarding the experi- mental placement program in the Southeast. M r . Hamlin stated that the program was dy- ing, not because of lack of success, but because of too great confusion in the whole placement picture. Southeastern, ALA, and C N L A have all talked considerably about placement programs. T h e Association of College and Reference Libraries should enter placement work only if it became apparent that no or- ganization covering all types of libraries was going to work at it. M r . Hamlin remarked on the By-Law pro- visions for contributing and sustaining mem- bers of A C R L and stated the Association had never had any. H e mentioned the prac- tice of some large libraries in collecting ALA and A C R L memberships from staff members and sending these in as a group. Pressure to join need not necessarily be exercised. —Arthur T. Hamlinj Executive Secretary. Fulbright Grants Applications for Fulbright grants for the academic year 1952-53, for work in Europe and the N e a r East, may be sent to the Conference Board of Associated Research Councils, Com- mittee on International Exchange of Persons, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington 25, D.C. Awards are offered for studies in university, public and special librarianship—United Kingdom; a librarian with training in visual aids—Cairo; a specialist in training of library personnel— T e h e r a n ; and for research projects without specification of subject matter. T h e deadline for applications—October 15—will probably be extended. OCTOBER, 1951 32 7 News from the Field T h e papers of Gen. Acquisitions, Gifts, F r a n k Ross McCoy, pre- Collections sented to the Library of Congress earlier this year, cover his long and distinguished career from the time he served in the Philippines until his retirement in 1949. Correspond- ence, memoranda, reports, speeches, early notebooks and a valuable series of scrapbooks kept through the years by General McCoy's assistants document his service as aide-de- camp to Leonard Wood, Theodore Roosevelt and William H o w a r d T a f t . T h e collection contains information concerning General M c - Coy's activities on the Mexican border in 1915-16, A E F experiences in Europe in W o r l d W a r I, and his work as supervisor of the presidential election in Nicaragua in 1928, his chairmanship of the Commission of In- quiry and Conciliation (Bolivia-Paraguay) in 1929, and his role as American member of the Lytton and F a r Eastern Commission. T h e papers furnish a wealth of material for biographies and for historians interested in twentieth century military history. Library of Congress has also acquired a group of personal and semi-official papers formerly owned by F r i t z Wiedemann, one time company commander in the infantry regiment in which Adolph H i t l e r served as corporal, and later Hitler's personal a d j u t a n t . T h e material consists primarily of correspond- ence with Nazi officials and sympathizers and with German organizations from 1938 to 1941, the period during which Wiedemann served as German consul-general in San Francisco and directed G e r m a n espionage in the W e s t e r n hemisphere. T h e r e is also a re- vealing series of scrapbooks containing clip- pings and press notices from newspapers in the United States and Canada, identified and annotated by Wiedemann. T h e University of Los Angeles Library has received the famous Barker Bible Collec- tion. I t was donated by Carlton Shay, teach- ing assistant in the U C L A School of Edu- cation and the grandson of the late Rev. J . P. Barker, who assembled it. T h e Barker Collection features several famous religious texts, including an ancient Hebrew T o r a h , handwritten in Spain during the fourteenth century. It also contains the Bishop's Bible, printed in 1595 by Christopher Barker, ancestor of the Reverend Barker and royal printer to the British throne. T h i s was the second authorized English Bible and the immediate forerunner of the King James version. O t h e r books included in the collec- tion are William Tyndale's N e w Testament, printed in 1536; five leaves from the Rusch Bible, printed in Strassburg in 1472; a Latin Bible printed in France in 1507 by Philip Pigouchet; a Rheims N e w T e s t a m e n t printed in France in 1582, the first Roman Catholic edition to be translated into English. T h e Denis I. Duveen collection on alchemy and the history of chemistry has been pur- chased by the library of the University of Wisconsin. T h e Duveen Collection, fully d e s c r i b e d in Bibliotheca Alchemica et Chemica (London, Weil, 1949), consists of approximately 3000 volumes ranging in scope from works on alchemy, distillation and re- lated subjects, published in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, to contemporary works on chemistry. Included are a number of un- recorded items on magic and occult science as well as several seventeenth-century English imprints not recorded by Wing. T h e Library of the American M a t h e m a t i - cal Society has been purchased by the Univer- sity of Georgia. T h e collection contains slightly more than 13,000 volumes and is par- ticularly strong in long runs of the leading scientific and mathematical journals. I t also contains treatises, collected works, and a practically complete collection of American P h . D . dissertations in the field of mathemat- ics. T h e purchase was made possible by a gift from the General Education Board which was matched by an equal amount from the Board of Regents of the University Sys- tem of Georgia. T h e Parsons College Library (John F. Harvey, librarian), recently announced the gift of a 300-v0lume collection in organic chemistry from an alumnus, P r o f . R. C. Huston, of Michigan State College. Padraic Colum has presented three manu- script notebooks, containing a d r a f t of his play "Balloon," to the Columbia University Li- braries. 370 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES M r s . Rose Tobias L a z r u s has donated an additional 31 items to the L a z r u s Collection of Swiftiana at Columbia. Included among these recent additions to the collection a r e : A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and Commons in Athens and Rome, with the Consequences they had upon both those States ( S w i f t ' s f i r s t p u b l i s h e d w o r k ) , and A Tale of a Tub (1st Edition, London, 1710). Columbia University Libraries have also received, from M r s . Eustace Seligman, eight volumes comprising P r o f . Edwin R. A. Selig- man's personal file of his ephemeral writings, including reviews, offprints, articles and es- says. T h e Midwest Inter-Library Associations, Center, organized by 10 mid- Conferences, western universities in 1949, is Scholarships now supported and operated by 15 member institutions. T h e center's new building, made possible by Carnegie Corporation and Rockefeller Foun- dation grants totalling $1,000,000, was opened J u l y 1. It is anticipated that 1000 tons of books, periodicals, newspapers and other re- search materials will be transferred from member institutions to the center in Chicago during the initial year of operation, accord- ing to Ralph T . Esterquest, its director. M a t e r i a l deposited in the center will be made available for cooperative use by the clientele of member institutions. Use of the material by member institutions will be for research purposes and the material will either be mailed to the campus where the research is being conducted or will be available for use at the center. T h e 15 member institutions a r e : University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati, University of Illinois, Illinois In- stitute of Technology, Indiana University, State University of Iowa, John C r e r a r Li- brary, University of Kansas, Michigan State College, University of Minnesota, N o r t h - western University, University of N o t r e Dame, P u r d u e University, W a y n e University and University of Wisconsin. T h e University of Tennessee Library staff has established the M a r y E. Baker Library Scholarship, for the purpose of giving recog- nition and encouragement to staff members who have shown unusual promise. T h e schol- arship fund was started in 1949 by the pro- fessional members of the staff through voluntary contribution. T h e project was later adopted by the entire staff, and addi- tional funds have been raised. Former staff members have also contributed. T h e schol- arship amounts to $300.00. T h e University of Illinois Library School has this year co- operated by providing for remission of fees and tuition for the recipient. As a result, the scholarship has almost doubled in cash value, and offers substantial assistance to the student. T h e M a r y E. Baker Scholarship is administered by an elected committee of the staff. T h e committee collects the funds, re- ceives applications, and chooses the recipient. Applicants must have at least one year's ex- perience on the University of Tennessee Li- brary staff. T h e i r work must show ability to profit from f u r t h e r training and they must exhibit an interest in librarianship as a career. In accepting the scholarship, the recipient makes no commitment concerning his return to the University of Tennessee Library. T h e first award, made for the 1950-51 school year, was granted to Doris Methvin, Leoma, T e n n . T h e cooperation of a selected group of municipal and county libraries in the San Francisco Bay Area has enabled the School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, to offer a limited number of work- ing fellowships to be known as the Carleton B. Joeckel Internships. These internships will provide an opportunity for a small group of exceptional students, interested in public li- brary work, to gain valuable experience and to be paid while studying. T h e libraries co- operating in the plan have agreed to guarantee a minimum of $100 a month, at their regular hourly rates, for the nine months of the aca- demic year, on schedules that will permit students to attend library school concurrently. Internes will ordinarily take two years to complete the library school course. An interlibrary loan Miscellany multiple-carbon unit-re- quest form and stand- ardized label, approved by the A C R L Com- mittee on Interlibrary Loan at a two-day meeting held at Oregon State College and the University of Oregon during April, was presented for approval and sponsorship at the July meeting in Chicago. T h e effectiveness of the unit-form for cutting interlibrary loan OCTOBER, 1951 32 7 costs has already been demonstrated in several California libraries during the past year. T h e committee also presented, for study and com- ment, a suggested procedure for handling interlibrary loans. T h e chairman of the com- mittee is William A. Kozumplik, Oregon State College. On Dec. 4, 1950, the trustees of the Uni- versity of Tennessee voted to assign faculty rank to professional members of the library staff. Although appointments to professional positions had carried faculty rank f o r many years, it was felt that the assignment of specific academic rank would strengthen the positions and insure appropriate recognition of the staff in the f u t u r e . T h e following ranks were assigned to the various positions a f t e r a committee had decided upon the qualifications of the staff in respect to the requirements established as criteria. T h e chief of Readers' Services and chief of O r d e r and Processing were given the rank of professor; head of Reference, associate professor; heads of C a t a - loging, Circulation and O r d e r , assistant pro- fessor; branch librarian, assistant professor; senior librarian, assistant professor; junior librarian, instructor. Joseph C. Borden, associate librarian in charge of the Acquisitions Department, Uni- versity of Arkansas Library, reports that for the past year the library has been placing its desiderata file on punched cards, notched to permit a subject approach. T h i s method permits a quick compilation of a list of items wanted in a special field. O n April 2, 1951 the University of Ken- tucky Libraries formally dedicated its Samuel M . Wilson Library. D r . T h o m a s D . Clark presided and the dedicatory address, " T h e Repulse of the Silent Artillery," was given by L u t h e r H . Evans, Librarian of Congress. T h e Annual Report of Publications the Library of Congress indicates that the impact of world events on the public has been re- flected in the services of the Library of Con- gress. D r . L u t h e r Evans points out that Congress—the first concern of the library— has increasingly sought reference service on ever-broadening and urgent issues. Its re- quests f o r assistance from the Legislative Reference Service increased 47 per cent over the previous year's total, and it borrowed 38^ per cent more material through the Loan Division. Government agencies and the gen- eral public also turned to the library in in- creasing numbers for answers to questions posed by a troubled world. T h e library as a whole served 900,095 readers with 2,186,467 pieces of material for use within its buildings and 265,336 pieces for outside use during the 1950 period. F o r the first time, in the 1950 Annual Report, the librarian devotes a separate chapter to "External Relations"—the library's contributions to ties with friendly nations, to the continued growth of demo- cratic ideals, and to the recognition of com- mon cultural heritages. T h e Library of Congress has issued Marketing Maps of the United States: An Annotated List, compiled by W a l t e r W . Ris- tow ( C a r d Division, 40 cents). Cornell University has issued the Nicholas H. Noyes Collection of Historical Americana in the Cornell University Library. ( I t h a c a , 1951, 25p.). Polonica Americana is an annotated catalog of the Archives and M u s e u m of the Polish * Roman Catholic Union of Chicago (1950, 25op.). Compiled by Alphonse S. Wolanin, librarian of Alliance College, this is an alpha- betical listing by author. British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1632- 1800, compiled by Powell Stewart, has been issued by the University of T e x a s (1950, I72p.). T h i s is a descriptive catalog of a col- lection in the University of T e x a s Library. T h e first five parts of the second revised e d i t i o n of t h e Handbuch der Bibliothekswis- senschaft of F r i t z Milkau has appeared. These five portions include 480 pages of text. The Royal Library, Copenhagen, A Brief Introduction is a 31-page illustrated pam- phlet issued by the library in 1951. Benjamin Franklin, Winston Churchill: An Exhibition Celebrating the Bi-centennial of the University of Pennsylvania Library, May 8-June 15, 1951 has been issued by the uni- versity (55p., 1951). T h e American Library Association has pub- l i s h e d a u s e f u l Library Binding Manual, p r e - pared under the direction of the Joint Com- mittee of the A L A and the L B I , by Louis N . Feipel and E a r l W . Browning (74p., 1951, $1.50). T h i s is a practical guide to problems of binding, and includes such topics as the reasons for binding, w h a t to bind, mending 372 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES and repairing, selection of a bindery, the cost of binding, and inspection of the binder's work. In addition to several illustrations, the manual also includes minimum specifications f o r Class "A" library binding, standards for reinforced new books, guide to fair value, and a glossary. Eugene P. Willging, director of the Catho- lic University of America Library, is the author of " T h e Library in Catholic College and University: A Survey," in The Catholic Educational Review, A p r i l 1 9 5 1 . James W . Perry, known to librarians for his interest in problems of documentation, especially in the field of chemistry, is the author of Scientific Russian ( N e w York, Interscience Publishers, 1950, 8i6p., $7.50). D r . Perry, who is now associate professor of modern languages, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has as his purpose the teaching of a reading knowledge of scientific and technical Russion. T h e volume is divided into 40 lesson, each of which is concerned with a facet of the Russian language. Some 700 typical sentences are analyzed. Librarians should find this a useful volume for their col- lections or for personal self-study. T h e South African Library Association has i s s u e d a Handbook of Librarianship in South Africa, 1Q50 (1951, I36p. ios.). In addition to material relating to examinations and syllabuses, the volume contains a summary of South African library history, library legisla- tion, a list of members of the association, a list of South African libraries, and various- lists of publications. (Copies to be obtained from M a i n Library, University of the W i t - watersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.) T h e Institute of Aeronautical Sciences has i s s u e d a Symposium on Standardization in Technical Information Services for Govern- ment Contractors, edited by Maurice H . Smith ( N e w York, 1951, 44p., $1.00). T h i s is a report of a meeting held in N e w York in January, 1951. T h e institute has also i s s u e d t h e Aeronautical Engineering Index, 1950 (i78p., $5.00; to IAS members, $2.00). T h e Atomic Energy Commission Group, Department of Security Council Affairs, United Nations, has issued An International Bibliography on Atomic Energy, v o l . 2, S c i - entific Affairs. Volume I of this work, issued in 1949, dealt with the political, economic and social aspects of atomic energy. T h e current volume contains 24,282 items. T h e r e is an author index, and a list of the journals used. O r d e r copies from Columbia University Press, N e w York, N.Y., $10.00. Library Notes of Duke University Library, for J a n u a r y 1951, contains "George Washing- ton Cable Letters in Duke University Li- brary," by M a t t i e Russell, and " T h e Byron Collection in the Rare Book Room of Duke University Library," by T h o m a s M . Simkins, Jr. Felix Reichmann, assistant director of the Cornell University Library, is the compiler of " G e r m a n Printing in M a r y l a n d : A Checklist, 1768-1950," appearing in the Twenty-Seventh Report, 1950, of the Society for the History of Germans in M a r y l a n d . T h e Library Association (London) has i s s u e d The Subject Index to Periodicals, 194.9, with T . Rowland Powell, as general editor (59IP-> price £5. 5s.). O r d e r from T h e Li- brary Association, Chaucer House, M a l e t Place, London, W . C. I. T h e University of Illinois Library School has now issued 22 numbers of its "Occasional Papers." These papers are on various sub- jects, and several are of direct interest to col- lege and university librarians. H e r b e r t Goldhor, who is editor of the series, indicates that issues are available to libraries which wish to be placed on the mailing list. D r . Goldhor also invites librarians to submit manuscripts for possible inclusion in the series. Address him at University of Illinois Library School, Urbana, Illinois. "College Libraries in Illinois," a series of descriptive articles, began appearing in Illinois Libraries with the February 1951 issue. These articles, written by the librarians of the respective institutions, describe the bibli- ographical resources, physical facilities, his- tory, general program and objectives of the various colleges of Illinois, which at present number several score. In the presentation of this series, Editor Helene H . Rogers of Illinois Libraries has the assistance of David K. Maxfield of the University of Illinois. T h e Princeton University Press has issued several titles of interest to librarians. The Theory of Investment of the Firm, b y Friedrich and Vera L u t z (253p., $4.00), is largely an application of the theory of capital to the individual firm, following the tradition of K. Wicksell and F . A. Hayek. Lights in OCTOBER, 1951 32 7 Nassau Hall: A Book of the Bicentennial, Princeton, iy 46-1946, by Charles G . Osgood (276P., $3.00) is a resume and evaluation of Princeton's 200th anniversary program. In addition to a sketch of Princeton's history, the volume also contains descriptions of the con- ferences, convocations, concerts, lectures, ser- mons, and other occasions. The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen, e d i t e d by H e r b e r t Davis, with an introduction by H a r o l d Williams, is volume 7 of the series, The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift ( 2 5 2 p . , $3-75)- T h i s volume is here for the first time printed from the Windsor manuscript, a copy which contains Swift's own autograph correc- tions, the endorsement "written at Windsor 1713," and the original preface. M r . W i l - liams discovered the manuscript in 1935. Letters of Benjamin Rush, e d i t e d by L . H . Butterfield, has been issued in two volumes (i295p., $15.00 the set). T h e two volumes contain over 650 letters (two-thirds of them never before printed), the first covering the period, 1761-1792, and the second, 1793-1813. T h e letters trace Rush's career from his Philadelphia apprenticeship and European studies to international eminence as scientist and sage. His correspondents included the first five presidents of the United States and leading figures in science in America and Europe. Another new Princeton University P r e s s i m p r i n t is Public Relations and Ameri- can Democracy, by J . A. R. Pimlott (1951, 265P., $4.00). T h e volume seeks to explain what public relations people do, and the social purpose of their efforts. An item of information perhaps of interest to librarians is M r . Pimlott's reference to the 1948 holdings of the Library of Congress dealing with public relations or publicity generally. Of the 130 items listed under the subject heading "publicity," the output was slight in the 1920's and for most of the 1930's. I t rose during and after the w a r . M r . Pim- lott has devoted much of the book to a case study of the informational and propaganda activities of the federal government. T h e Lamont Library, H a r v a r d College, h a s issued its Classification Scheme of the Lamont Library. Copies of this publication may be obtained from the Lamont Library at a cost of 50 cents each. Let's Look at the Record, by T h o m a s R . Amlie (Capital City Press, Madison, Wiscon- sin, 1951, 6i2p., $10.00) is a review of the two m a j o r political parties in the United States since the breakdown of 1929, and of the man- ner in which the representatives and senators have voted on approximately 666 key roll calls. I t would be a useful source of infor- mation for reference librarians. T h e United Nations continued to publish its useful monthly guide, the United Nations Documents Index. I n J u n e t h e f i r s t Cumula- tive Index to volume I was published. T h e monthly publication lists and indexes, by sub- ject, the documents of the United Nations and of the specialized agencies, exclusive of confidential material. Each issue contains a list of documents and a subject index, ar- ranged alphabetically. T h e annual cumula- tion of the monthly issues is available in the Cumulative Index. Documents are classified under the particular section or agency by which they were promulgated, and full in- formation concerning date of publication, language, size, and price, together with a brief summary of contents is given. Annual sub- scription rate is $7.50. O r d e r s should be placed with International Documents Service, Columbia University J'ress, 2960 Broadway, N e w York 27, N . Y . I n The Scholar Adventurers ( N e w Y o r k , Macmillan, 1950. 338p. $5.00), Richard Altick, who is at present professor of English at Ohio State University, has exploded the idea that literary scholarship is as dry as dust and lacking in excitement. Librarians, bibli- ographers, and scholars generally will find this an entertaining as well as an instructive introduction to the intricate avenues of literary research. W h e t h e r he is discussing the trials of " T h e Unsung Scholar," his diffi- culties in completing a work of scholarship, or the search for manuscripts and other ma- terials, D r . Altick has succeeded in dramatiz- ing the work of the scholar adventurer. Li- brarians will recognize many references to personalities and institutions with which they are familiar. 374 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Personnel Yale University Nezvs Bureau David H. Clift DA V I D H . C L I F T , the new Executive Secre-tary of the American Library Associa- tion, has had a fine training for his important position. H e was born in Mason County, Kentucky, on J u n e 16, 1907, and educated at the University of Kentucky and the Columbia University School of Library Service. His experience includes work as a student in the libraries of the University of Kentucky, Lexington Public Library, and the Columbia University Libraries. H e was a reference as- sistant in the N e w York Public Library, 1931-37; assistant to the director, Columbia University Libraries, 1937-42; Second Lieu- tenant in the Office of Strategic Services dur- ing W o r l d W a r I I ; deputy, and later, acting chief, Library of Congress Mission to Germany, 1945-46 (on leave from Yale) ; in- structor summer session, N e w Haven State Teachers College, 1948; and associate li- brarian, Yale University, since 1945. H e was chairman of the ALA Board on Personnel Administration, 1950-51 ; secretary and mem- ber at large, Microcard Committee, 1947 to date; secretary 1947-49, first vice president, 1949-50 and president, 1950-51, Connecticut Library Association; treasurer, 1949-50, nominee for president, 1951-52, Connecticut Valley chapter, Special Libraries Association; president, 1941-42, N e w York Library club; nominee for first vice president and president- elect, 1950-51, Association of College and Reference Libraries. H e has been active in the Friends of the Hamden (Conn.) Library Organization, and served on the Technical Advisory Committee for Regional Libraries, Connecticut State Department of Education, 1949-50. During his period of activity with the Connecticut Library Association he was the chief stimulant to the extensive studies, look- ing forward to the improvement of public and rural library service. These activities have resulted in the presentation of bills to the Legislature for the establishment of a regional library program in Connecticut. M r . Clift's contribution to the life at Yale was recognized by his being made an Associate Fellow of T r u m b u l l College. His great con- tribution at Yale was in drafting and putting into operation a Classification and Pay Plan for Librarians, his activity in school and de- partmental library matters, his efficient and diplomatic dealing with scholars both local and from afar, and his constant work for the welfare and proper recognition of the librarians at Yale. M y concern at losing him is great, I believe we have been a happy team. I feel, however, that he has a fine opportunity in his new posi- tion. T h e Association needs more David Clifts. I am also proud that the Association came to Yale for their m a n ; it is another con- firmation of the reason for the founding of Yale "to train young men for Public Service." —James T. Babb. THE University of British Columbia Li-brary gets a vigorous and friendly westerner as its librarian on August 1 when Neal H a r l o w leaves the assistant librarian- ship at U C L A to succeed Leslie Dunlap in the B.C. job. A m a n . o f many specialties, H a r l o w gained a solid background in western history as a member of the Bancroft Library staff, 1934-38, and as a senior staff member of the California History Section of the Cali- fornia State Library, 1938-1945. From this experience came his recent book The Maps of OCTOBER, 1951 32 7 Neal Harlow San Francisco Bay from the Spanish Dis- covery in 1769 until the American Occupation, published by the Book Club of C a l i f o r n i a in 1950 and printed so well by the G r a b h o r n Press that it was selected by the Rounce and Coffin Club f o r special distinction among the western books of 1950. H e also has published a number of articles and reviews in various j o u r n a l s on aspects of western history, and is recognized by fellow bibliophiles in the Book Club of California, the Z a m o r a n o Club and the W e s t e r n e r s Club as no mean man with map and book. F r o m w o r k on his m a j o r book came technical knowledge of maps and their usefulness in libraries which helped him set up a coordinated map program on the U C L A campus; recently he was called back by the State L i b r a r y as a special consultant on maps. F r o m his experience with early California newspapers in the B a n c r o f t and State Libraries he developed an active and useful interest in the conservation and filming of newspapers and in their research use. T h e culmination of this interest w a s a special study of the conservation of newspaper resources in C a l i f o r n i a libraries, undertaken for the State L i b r a r y and the two state university libraries in California. A n a t u r a l consequence of this interest, as well as of his photographic hobby, has been an informed pursuit of the problem of photography in library service, a m a t t e r on which he has done publishing also. U n d e r H a r l o w ' s recent two-year editor- ship the California Library Bulletin was so revamped in style and invigorated in content that many of us consider it the country's best regional library j o u r n a l . . M r . H a r l o w joined the U C L A L i b r a r y in 1945, first in charge of the gifts and exchange program, and then as head of the new D e - p a r t m e n t of Special Collections which he organized with vigor and good sense, bring- ing into being a department that gives skill- f u l service with such specialized materials as r a r e books, manuscripts, maps, music and archival materials. H i s administrative ability w a s so obvious that he was the n a t u r a l can- didate f o r the assistant librarianship in 1950, and this has led him on to British Columbia. H e is a g r a d u a t e of U C L A and of the U n i - versity of California School of Librarianship at Berkeley.—Robert Vosper. Appointments D r . Lester Asheim is now dean of students, G r a d u a t e Library School, University of Chi- cago. Melvin Bennett has accepted an appoint- ment as head, Reference D e p a r t m e n t , T e x a s A and M College library. M a r g a r e t F . Brickett has been appointed librarian of the U . S. D e p a r t m e n t of L a b o r Library, W a s h i n g t o n . Solon J . Buck is now Assistant L i b r a r i a n of Congress. M a r y Lois Bull has been appointed as- sistant university librarian for personnel at the University of Illinois L i b r a r y . M a r g u e r i t e C a r d e r is now head of the Reference D e p a r t m e n t , M a r y Washington College Library, Fredericksburg, Va. Robert L . Carey is order librarian in charge of periodicals and exchanges, George- town University Library. W i l l i a m Chidekel has been appointed super- visor, Reserve Division, N e w Y o r k U n i v e r - sity. Alexander C l a r k has been appointed c u r a t o r 376 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES of manuscripts, rare books, and special col- lections, Princeton University Library. Anabel Coots is now head of the reserve book room, University of Washington Li- brary, Seattle. E. Heyse Dummer, librarian of Bradley University since 1949, was visiting professor at the University of Kentucky's Department of Library Science during the summer. H e taught courses on the college and university library and the history of books. M a r y Dunegan is librarian, School of Nursing, Georgetown University Library. M a r y L. Fleet has been appointed reference librarian, Georgetown University Library, Washington, D.C. J e r r y Reavis Foster has been appointed li- brarian at F r a n k Phillips College, Borger, Texas. Roger de Georges is assistant order li- brarian, Georgetown University Library. Ada L. Green, formerly on the staff of the University of Massachusetts Library, was appointed reference librarian, Bard College, as of August 1. Ruth Hardin has been appointed head of the Documents Section, Michigan State Li- brary. Richard J . H o f s t a d is circulation librarian, Georgetown University Library. Andrew Horn, formerly head of the D e - partment of Special Collections at University of California at Los Angeles, is now assistant librarian. Richard D. Hupman has been appointed Librarian, the U . S. Senate. M r . Hupman was formerly in charge of the Law Library in the Capitol. James V. Jones has become librarian of the School of Commerce, St. Louis University. W a r r e n A. Lussby has been appointed li- brarian, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, M o n t . John G. W . McCord has been appointed chief, O r d e r Division, Southern Illinois Uni- versity Libraries. A r t h u r M . McAnally, who has been as- sistant director, Public Service Departments, University of Illinois Library, has been ap- pointed librarian, University of Oklahoma. A sketch of D r . McAnally appears in C&RL, September 1945, p. 364-65. Alice M a r t i n has accepted an appointment as librarian at Jamestown College. Donald G. M a x is now head, Cataloging Department, U.S. Army Air Force Geophysics Library, Boston, Mass. David C. M e a r n s is now head of the Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress, and has been named to the library's Chair of American Histary. George R. Meluch is Agricultural Experi- ment Station Librarian, P u r d u e University. D r . Frederic J . Mosher is instructor, School of Librarianship, University of California. Lawrence P. M u r p h y has been appointed li- brarian, Fisheries-Oceanography Branch Li- brary, University of Washington, Seattle. Donald Nelson has become librarian, East- ern Oregon College of Education, La Grande. M r s . Mattielee Newman Skelton is now head, Loan Department, University of Kan- sas City Library. T h e following appointments have been made at the University of Oregon L i b r a r y : G e r t r u d e Stolper transferred from the Acqui- sitions Department to become social science librarian; Edward L. Affleck has been ap- pointed science librarian; W a l t e r D. Nelson, acquisitions librarian, and Robert W . Cryder, administrative assistant. Velva Jeanne Osborn has been appointed circulation-reference librarian at the Midwest Inter-Library Center, effective July 1. Joan Linley Pritchard has been appointed assistant, University of Massachusetts Li- brary, Amherst. At P u r d u e University an Audio-Visual Center, with film production, audio-recording, projection as well as other aids' services, and film and slide library, has been consolidated and made an administrative part of the li- braries. John H . M o r i a r t y is the director of the Audio-Visual Center as well as of the libraries. L. D. Miller is film librarian. James Ranz has been apointed head of the Catalog Department, University of Virginia. Madeline Riffey has accepted an appoint- ment as reference librarian in the under- graduate library of the University of Illinois. J a n e St. Clair became catalog librarian of the Chicago Undgergraduate Division, Uni- versity of Illinois Library, on April 1. Formerly she was assistant to the head of the Catalog Department at Louisiana State Uni- versity. M r s . Luger K. Sites is assistant cataloger, Georgetown University Library. OCTOBER, 1951 32 7 W i l b u r J o r d a n Smith is now head of the Department of Special Collections at the Uni- versity of California at Los Angeles as the successor of Andrew H o r n . Robert T a l m a d g e has been appointed li- brary administrative assistant at the Uni- versity of Illinois Library. Ian T h o m became chief of technical services at Northwestern University Library on M a y i . M r . T h o m was formerly at H a r v a r d College Library. John B. Tompkins is head of public services, Bancroft Library, University of California. Alexander J . W a l l , J r . , is now director of the N e w Jersey Historical Society, N e w a r k . Retirements T h r e e members of the University of Illinois Library staff, Josie B. Houchens, Fanny Dunlap, and M e t a M . Sexton, reached automatic retirement age on September I. Miss Houchens, a native of N e w Orleans and an alumna of Sophie Newcomb College, came to the Illinois Library School in 1903, received the B.L.S. degree in 1905, and joined the library staff the following year. At various times she has served as circulation as- sistant, general assistant, binding librarian and lecturer in the Library School. Since 1941 she has been assistant university librarian in charge of personnel, and in 1945 was pro- moted to associate professor of library science. From 1928 to 1941 she also held summer- session appointments as instructor in bibli- ography and reference at the Columbia Uni- versity School of Library Service. Professor Houchens' professional activities include terms on American Library Association committees concerned with personnel and binding. She is j o i n t e d i t o r of t h e Illinois Library School Association News Letter a n d is p r e s i d e n t of that association during the current year. Miss Dunlap, a native of Missouri, is also a graduate of the Illinois Library School, class of 1915, and held her first appointment at Illinois from 1912 to 1915, in the Catalog Department. A f t e r five years' absence at Kansas State College and University of M i s - souri Libraries, she returned to Illinois in 1920 as reference librarian and lecturer in the Library School, a position she has since filled. In 1945 she was promoted to be assistant professor of library science. As reference librarian during the past 31 years, thousands of students and faculty members at the University of Illinois have been aided in their study and research by Professor D u n - lap. Miss Sexton was born in Connecticut, and holds degrees from Smith College, Oberlin College and the Illinois Library School. H e r first library experience was at Oberlin, from 1916 to 1920. She joined the Illinois Library staff in 1922 as a cataloger, and has since devoted her entire time to cataloging of the. famous Cavagna Italian Collection. In 1950 her calendar of the manuscripts in this col- lection was published as the first volume in the Adah Patton Memorial Series. Personnel Changes D r . H a n s Wegener became director of the Bremen Staatsbibliothek on J a n . 1, 1951. D r . K a r l Lebrecht Preisendanz, well known papyrologist of the University of Heidelberg Library, retired on J a n . 31, 1951. D r . Joseph Hofinger, formerly director of the Studienbibliothek in Salzburg, was ap- pointed director of the University of Inns- bruck Library on Dec. 31, 1950, as the suc- cessor of D r . Rudolf Flatscher, who has re- tired. in Foreign Libraries D r . O t t o Brechler, for many years chief of the Manuscript Section of the Oester- reichische Nationalbibliothek, retired on Dec. 31, 1950, and died on J a n . 9, 1951, at the age of 65. D r . Albert Predeek, who has traveled ex- tensively in the United States, has been re- lieved of his office as director of the Univer- sity of J e n a Library by the East German Soviet authorities. 378 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Necrology In the death of J a m e s T h a y e r Gerould on J u n e 8, 1951, the library world lost a dis- tinguished member. H i s interests and activities w e r e broad. In addition to holding the post of librarian at the University of Missouri, University of Minnesota, and Princeton University, he took a very active p a r t in setting up bibliographical controls of the greatest importance. D r . G e r o u l d ' s first participation in a m a j o r bibliographical enterprise was in connection with the Union List of Serials. T h i s g r e w out of suggestions and discussions which started in 1913. An Advisory Committee, of which D r . H . M . Lydenberg was chairman, and D r . Gerould a member, w a s appointed by A L A in 1922. D r . Gerould's share in the program w a s large and vigorous. T h e first edition appeared in 1927, under the editorship of W i n i f r e d G r e g o r y ( M r s . G e r o u l d ) , fol- lowed by two supplements which carried the record to 1932. D r . G e r o u l d was at first chairman of the committee which brought f o r t h the second edition in 1943. D u e to ill health he w a s replaced by Donald B. Gil- christ as chairman in 1938. T h e Union List of Serials l e d t o o t h e r i m - p o r t a n t publications created by the same pat- tern of cooperation among American libraries. D r . Gerould also was chairman of three other committees which brought to the world the List of the Serial Publications of Foreign Governments 1815-1931, ( 1 9 3 2 ) ; American Newspapers 1821-1936, ( 1 9 3 7 ) ; a n d Interna- tional Congresses and Conferences 1840-1937, ( 1 9 3 8 ) . W h i l e at Minnesota D r . G e r o u l d started the distribution of an annual sheet giving certain statistics of a group of libraries. T h e practice was continued when he came to Princeton, and the so-called Princeton Statis- tics are still appearing each winter. D r . Gerould was the author and compiler of many books and he contributed several articles to serial publications. As j u s t given, the record of the results of D r . G e r o u l d ' s efforts shows an impressive contribution f r o m one man. T h i s record does not show his g r e a t capacity as an adminis- t r a t o r , nor his vibrant personality which w a s very much in evidence at meetings with li- brary colleagues.—Lawrence Heyl. Su)ipALbiw}hf (phompL Smvicsl! REBINDING BOOKS and BINDING PERIODICALS Wore J k an ree Quarters a (Century. 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