College and Research Libraries


" T h e P r o p o s e d T r a i n i n g P r o g r a m f o r Li-
b r a r y A d m i n i s t r a t o r s , " a p r o v o c a t i v e p l a n 
t h a t involves t h e G r a d u a t e School of A r t s 
a n d Sciences in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e G r a d -
u a t e Schools of Business A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , 
E d u c a t i o n a n d P u b l i c A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . Sup-
p l e m e n t G is a s u m m a r y of " N e e d s f o r Ad-
d i t i o n a l F u n d s , P a r t i c u l a r l y f o r t h e College 
L i b r a r y , " a n d t h e final s u p p l e m e n t is t h e 
b i b l i o g r a p h y . 

I n g e n e r a l , t h e r e p o r t is a brief b u t fairly 
c o m p r e h e n s i v e a c c o u n t of t h e t h i n k i n g , 
a c h i e v e m e n t s , a n d a s p i r a t i o n s of Keyes Met-
calf as H a r v a r d ' s l i b r a r i a n . H i s a d m i n i s t r a -
t i o n was u n u s u a l l y successful in t h a t h e d i d 
accomplish all of his m a i n objectives: H o u g h -
t o n , t h e N e w E n g l a n d D e p o s i t L i b r a r y , La-
m o n t , a n d t h e u n d e r g r o u n d stacks. T h e s e , 
t o g e t h e r w i t h W i d e n e r , comprise a n e w de-
sign f o r t h e H a r v a r d l i b r a r y of t h e f u t u r e . 
T h e y a r e a g r e a t c r e d i t t o M e t c a l f ' s vision 
a n d s t a t e s m a n s h i p a n d to t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g 
of t h e university a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t h a t s u p p o r t -
ed h i m . H i s work is a m o d e l f o r university 
l i b r a r i a n s everywhere. 

Metcalf w e n t to H a r v a r d in 1937, r e t i r e d 
in 1955. T o P a u l Buck, his successor, h e l e f t 
this r e p o r t . H e h a s n o w j o i n e d t h e staff 
of t h e n e w g r a d u a t e l i b r a r y school at R u t -
gers U n i v e r s i t y , a n d it is h o p e d this n e w as-
sociation will be f r u i t f u l a n d long. T h e 
f u t u r e a d m i n i s t r a t o r s of o u r university li-
b r a r i e s can l e a r n m u c h f r o m Keyes Metcalf 
— h i s a p t i t u d e f o r t h e b o l d d r e a m , his re-
spect f o r t h e fact, his i n d u s t r y , his modesty, 
a n d his r e a l i z a t i o n t h a t t h e p r o b l e m s of t h e 
university l i b r a r y r e q u i r e f o r t h e i r s o l u t i o n 
t h e best efforts of l i b r a r i a n s , faculties, a n d 
p r e s i d e n t s alike. I n t h e u n i v e r s i t y c o m m u n -
ity, t h e l i b r a r y is everybody's serious busi-
n e s s . — R . C. Swank, Stanford University 
Libraries. 

British Union List 
British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals: A 

Record of the Periodicals of the World, 
from the Seventeenth Century to the Pres-
ent Day, in British Libraries. Vol. 1, A-C; 
to b e c o m p l e t e i n 4 vols. N e w York: Aca-
d e m i c Press, 1955- . By s u b s c r i p t i o n , 
$26.60 p e r vol.; a f t e r p u b l i c a t i o n , $32.20. 

T h e a p p e a r a n c e of t h e first v o l u m e of t h e 

British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals (BUC) 
m a r k s a n i m p o r t a n t e v e n t a n d p r o v i d e s a 
p u b l i c a t i o n of c o n s i d e r a b l e i m p o r t a n c e f o r 
a n y l i b r a r y i n t h e U n i t e d States c a t e r i n g to 
t h e n e e d s of those e n g a g e d in research a n d 
scholarship. H o w can this b e so? Most 
A m e r i c a n l i b r a r i a n s a n d t h e i r clientele h a v e 
l i t t l e c o n c e r n f o r t h e h o l d i n g s of British 
libraries. F u r t h e r , it m a y be said t h a t , a f t e r 
all, t h e r e is very l i t t l e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n a 
Union List of Serials in the United States 
and Canada a n d a u n i o n catalog of p e r i o d i -
cals in t h e B r i t i s h Isles. T h a t " l i t t l e differ-
e n c e , " however, is p r e s e n t a n d becomes a 
m a t t e r of vital c o n c e r n to a n y o n e e n g a g e d 
in processing a n d servicing serial publica-
tions. 

BUC is a r e c o r d of t h e p e r i o d i c a l s of t h e 
w o r l d f r o m t h e s e v e n t e e n t h c e n t u r y to t h e 
p r e s e n t day, in w h a t e v e r l a n g u a g e a n d o n 
w h a t e v e r subject, filed p e r m a n e n t l y i n Brit-
ish libraries. I t i n c l u d e s p a r t i c u l a r s of over 
140,000 titles c o n t a i n e d in 440 libraries. T h e 
second e d i t i o n of o u r Union List, 1943, con-
t a i n e d 120,000 titles. T h e a r r a n g e m e n t is 
a l p h a b e t i c a l by title. All p e r i o d i c a l s h a v i n g 
a specific i n d i v i d u a l title, w h e t h e r issued 
i n d e p e n d e n t l y o r by a n o r g a n i z a t i o n , a r e 
e n t e r e d u n d e r t h e first w o r d , n o t a n article, 
of t h e i r n a m e s . A p e r i o d i c a l issued by a n y 
k i n d of o r g a n i z a t i o n is e n t e r e d u n d e r t h e 
n a m e of t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n if this n a m e f o r m s 
a d i r e c t o r i n d i r e c t p a r t of t h e m a i n title, or 
if t h e title is n o t specific i n itself. All peri-
odicals a r e e n t e r e d u n d e r t h e i r earliest 
k n o w n names, f o l l o w e d by p a r t i c u l a r s of all 
changes of n a m e in c h r o n o l o g i c a l s e q u e n c e . 
R e f e r e n c e s a r e given f r o m all l a t e r n a m e s 
to t h e o r i g i n a l n a m e . ( T h i s is j u s t t h e o p p o -
site f r o m t h e Union List.) 

I n d e t e r m i n i n g t h e a l p h a b e t i c a l o r d e r of 
e n t r i e s c e r t a i n d e p a r t u r e s f r o m a strict al-
p h a b e t i z a t i o n h a v e b e e n m a d e : 

1. Articles a r e p r i n t e d , b u t i g n o r e d i n 
filing. All c o n j u n c t i o n s , p r e p o s i t i o n s 
a n d m i n o r c o n n e c t i n g words a r e 
p r i n t e d , b u t i g n o r e d , e.g. Annates du 
Midi comes b e f o r e Annates de Norman-
die. T h e a r r a n g e m e n t is by words 
p r i n t e d i n heavy type. T h i s h a s b e e n 
d o n e t o avoid t h e u n c e r t a i n t i e s caused 
by such c o n n e c t i n g words as de, de la, 
des, ueber die gesamte, etc. 

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2. H o n o r i f i c a d j e c t i v e s i n t h e n a m e s of 
societies, etc., a r e a b b r e v i a t e d t o t h e i r 
i n i t i a l s a n d i g n o r e d i n t h e a l p h a b e t i c a l 
a r r a n g e m e n t u n l e s s t h e y a r e u n u s u a l o r 
f o r m a n i n t e g r a l p a r t of t h e n a m e . 
( T h i s l i t t l e d i f f e r e n c e r e s u l t s i n I r i s h 

A c a d e m y R . , b u t r e t a i n s R o y a l Society 
of L o n d o n . ) 

3. C e r t a i n w o r d s w h i c h a r e u s e d i n t i t l e s 
s o m e t i m e s i n t h e s i n g u l a r a n d some-
t i m e s i n t h e p l u r a l a r e a r r a n g e d i n a 
s i n g l e a l p h a b e t i c a l s e q u e n c e , e.g. 
Jahresberich t( e ). 

4. V a r i a n t s p e l l i n g s of a w o r d a r e a m a l g a -
m a t e d i n a s i n g l e s e q u e n c e , e.g. Bol-
lettino a n d Bullettino. 

L i b r a r i a n s a n d t h e i r c l i e n t e l e e n g a g e d i n 
p r o c e s s i n g , s e r v i c i n g a n d u t i l i z i n g serials a r e 
c o n c e r n e d w i t h a n i n d i v i d u a l serial's b i r t h , 
n a m e c h a n g e s , m a r r i a g e s , d i v o r c e s , d i m i n u -
tives, n i c k n a m e s a n d d e a t h . A t o o l w h i c h 
p r o v i d e s a n y of t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n n o t r e a d i l y 
a v a i l a b l e e l s e w h e r e is g r e e t e d w i t h o p e n 
a r m s . T h e r e is h a r d l y a p a g e i n t h e first 
v o l u m e of BUC w h i c h d o e s n o t list o n e o r 

m o r e t i t l e s n o t t o b e f o u n d i n o u r UL. T h e 
l i b e r a l i n c l u s i o n of n o n - a d m i n i s t r a t i v e gov-
e r n m e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s is a w e l c o m e a d d i t i o n . 
T h e a b b r e v i a t i o n s of s e r i a l t i t l e s u s e d i n 
c i t i n g r e f e r e n c e s t o a r t i c l e s a r e t h e bete noire 
of a r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n , d e s p i t e t h e r e c e n t 
a t t e m p t a t s t a n d a r d i z a t i o n a n d t h e i n c r e a s e d 
n u m b e r of lists of s u c h a b b r e v i a t i o n s . T h e s e 
d i m i n u t i v e s m u s t b e t r a n s l a t e d i n t o a t i t l e , 
t h e n m a n i p u l a t e d i n t o a f o r m of e n t r y cor-
r e s p o n d i n g t o A L A , L C o r h o m e - g r o w n r u l e s 
i n o r d e r t o d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r t h e p u b l i c a -
t i o n is p r e s e n t i n t h e l i b r a r y a n d if n o t 
w h e r e it c a n b e l o c a t e d . BUC, b e c a u s e of its 
d i f f e r e n c e i n f o r m of e n t r y a n d its differ-
e n c e i n a l p h a b e t i z a t i o n , w i l l h e l p t o b a n i s h 
t h e bete noire. 

A l l of us, t o q u o t e C. S u m m e r S p a u l d i n g 
of t h e L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s , " w h o a r e i n t i -
m a t e l y c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e task of d o m e s t i -
c a t i n g t h a t i n t r a c t a b l e , o u t s i z e d , y e t u t t e r l y 
i n v a l u a b l e m o n s t e r i n o u r m e n a g e r i e . . . 
serial p u b l i c a t i o n s " h a v e n o w a v a i l a b l e a n -
o t h e r w h i p w i t h w h i c h t o e x e r c i s e b i b l i o -
g r a p h i c a l c o n t r o l . Vive la difference!— 
T. P. Fleming, Columbia University. 

Books Received 
El Acceso a la Informacion. Procedimientos bib-

liograficos. Procedimientos documentales. Pro-
cedimientos mecanicos. By J . Frederic Find 
and Luis A. Hourcade. Santa F£, Argentina: 
I m p r e n t a de la Universidad Nacional del 
Litoral, 1955. 22p. 

Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ended Sep-
tember 30, 1955, Carnegie Corporation of 
New York. New York, 1955. 92p. 

Business Literature: A Reading List for Students 
and Businessmen. Baker Library, G r a d u a t e 
School of Business Administration, H a r v a r d 
University, November, 1955. 22p. (Reference 
List, No. 17) 

Carl Friedrich Gauss; Titan of Science. A Study 
of His Life and Work. By G. Waldo D u n -
nington. New York: Exposition Press, 1955. 
479p. $6. 

A Catalog of the Foster Stearns Collection on 
the Sovereign Military Order of St. John of 
Jerusalem, Called, of Malta. Prepared by 
Reverend Oliver L. Kapsner, O.S.B. Wash-
ington, D.C.: Catholic University of America 
Library, 1955, 61p. $1. Order from Office of 
the Director, Catholic University of America 
Library, Washington 17, D.C. 

English County Maps: The Identification, Cata-
loguing and Physical Care of a Collection. By 

R. J. Lee. London: T h e Library Association, 
1955. 32p. 

The Essentials of Public Administration. By 
E. N. Gladden. London: Staples Press, 1953. 
Distributed in U. S. by J o h n de Graff, 64 W . 
23rd St., New York 10. 

Guide to the Stars. By Hector MacPherson. 
New and rev. ed. New York: Philosophical 
Library, 1955. 144p„ plates. $2.75. 

Handbuch der Bibliothekswissenschaft. By Fritz 
Milkau. 2d ed., rev. and enl. by Georg Leyh. 
Wiesbaden, Germany: Otto Harrassowitz, 
1955. p p . 209-304. 10.50 marks. ("Geschichte 
der Bibliotheken," Vol. 3, No. 12) 

The International Who's Who. 19th ed. Lon-
don: E u r o p a Publications, 1955. 1082p. $17.50. 
Distributed in U. S. by Stechert-Hafner, New 
York. 

Introduction to Still-Life. By Allan Gwynne-
Jones. London: Staples Press, 1954. $7. Dis-
tributed in U. S. by J o h n de Graff, 64 W . 
23rd St., New York 10. 

Libraries in the Southwest; Their Growth, 
Strengths, Needs, in papers presented by a 
Conference of Librarians and Writers co-
sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, Oc-
cidental College, and the California Library 
Association, and held at Occidental College, 

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April 16, 1955. Ed. by Lawrence Clark Pow-
ell. Los Angeles: University of California Li-
brary, 1955. 70p. (Occasional Papers, No. 3) 

Manuscript Collection of the Minnesota His-
torical Society. Comp. by Lucile M. Kane and 
Kathryn A. Johnson. St. Paul: Minnesota His-
torical Society, 1955. 212p. $3.60. 

Manuscripts and Documents: Their Deteriora-
tion and Restoration. By W . J. Barrow. Char-
lottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1955. 
86p. Distributed by a u t h o r for the purpose 
of obtaining criticisms and suggestions. 

Planning a Library Building. Proceedings of 
the Library Buildings Preconference Institute, 
St. Paul, Minnesota, J u n e 19-20, 1954. Hoyt 
R . Galvin and Kathryn Devereaux, eds. Chi-
cago: American Library Association, 1955. 
112p., illus. $3. • 

Reflections of a Physicist. By P. W . Bridgman. 
2d ed., enl. New York: Philosophical Library, 
1955. 576p. $6. 

Study Abroad. Etudes a I'etranger. Estudios en 
el Extranjero. Vol. 7. 1955-1956. Paris: 
UNESCO, 1955. 703p. $2. (paper) 

Training Needs of Librarians Doing Adult Edu-
cation Work. By Lester Asheim. Chicago: 
American Library Association, 1955. 44p. 

The Treatment of Special Material in Librar-
ies. By Robert L. Collison. London: Aslib, 
1955. 104p. Rev. and enl. ed. of The Cata-
loguing, Arrangement and Filing of Special 
Material in Special Libraries, published by 
Aslib in 1950. 

World Survey of Education. Handbook of Edu-
cational Organization and Statistics. Paris: 
UNESCO, 1955. 943p. $16. (cloth) 

Research Libraries in South Africa 
(Continued, from page 140) 

tography is generally used in place of 
loans. 

T h e youngest area industrially and in 
library resources is that of the Durban-
Pietermaritzburg area. Natal University 
Library, with its Institute of Social Re-
search (at which American professors 
such as B r u n n e r of Columbia have re-
cently worked for long periods), is fair-
ly strong on sociology as is the city li-
brary, a library to which almost half of 
the local European population belong. 
T h e university library has a growing col-
lection of material on the I n d i a n sub-
continent, and the curious may like to 
visit the M a h a t m a G a n d h i Library and 
the library of the Arabic Study Circle. 
T h e university library is strong in runs 
of engineering journals and in geology. 
Its recently established medical library 
is small compared with those at Johan-
nesburg and Cape T o w n . T h e medical 
faculty, which it serves, caters primarily 
to non-European students. Fortunately 
it has received considerable help from 
medical libraries in America and Brit-
ain. Natal is one of the big sugar-grow-
ing areas of the world, and a library con-
taining a comprehensive collection of 

material on this product will be f o u n d 
just outside D u r b a n , namely that of the 
Sugar Experimental Station at M o u n t 
Edgecumbe. 

In Pietermaritzburg, good collections 
of zoological journals will be f o u n d in 
the Natal Museum and in the library of 
the university. T h i s city contains the 
Natal Society Library, a subscription li-
brary almost as old as the "colony" it-
self. Perhaps the most rewarding visit 
will be that paid to the private library 
and museum belonging to Miss Killie 
Campbell. Situated in her own home in 
D u r b a n , this collection, cared for by 
Miss Campbell herself, with lady assist-
ants, contains books (26,000 of t h e m ) , 
papers, and objects relating to the Afri-
can native south of the Sahara. It surely 
must be one of the most remarkable col-
lections on a given field still remaining 
in private hands. W h a t is more remark-
able is that it is well organized and easi-
ly accessible. 

T h i s impressionistic survey has not 
been exhaustive or detailed. Perhaps it 
has even been a little unbalanced. But, 
if it has stimulated the curiosity of the 
reader, it will have served its purpose. 

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