College and Research Libraries News From the Field A C Q U I S I T I O N S , G I F T S , C O L L E C T I O N S T H E UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA t o o k a d - v a n t a g e of a s t r i k i n g o p p o r t u n i t y to e n r i c h the b o o k collections of its v a r i o u s c a m p u s e s by p u r c h a s i n g the 60,000-volume l i b r a r y of C . K . O g d e n , f o r m u l a t o r of " B a s i c E n g l i s h . " C a l l e d " a n u n c o n v e n t i o n a l b u t d e e p l y l e a r n e d a n d p r o f o u n d o r i g i n a l t h i n k e r " by the London Times, O g d e n s p e n t m o r e t h a n a q u a r t e r of a m i l l i o n d o l l a r s a s s e m b l i n g this c o l l e c t i o n . R i c h in m a t e r i a l a b o u t the com- m u n i c a t i o n of ideas, linguistics, p h i l o s o p h y , a n d psychology, it covers the e n t i r e p e r i o d of p r i n t i n g f r o m the fifteenth t o the twen- tieth century, i n c l u d i n g seventy i n c u n a b u l a . A n o t a b l e f e a t u r e is the g r o u p of diction- aries a n d e n c y c l o p e d i a s , o n e of the m o s t c o m p l e t e ever a s s e m b l e d by a s i n g l e scholar. All t h i n g s c o n s i d e r e d , the p r i c e t a g of $100,- 000 r e p r e s e n t s a real b a r g a i n . FIRST EDITIONS o f s o m e m a j o r A m e r i c a n b o o k s h a v e b e e n p r e s e n t e d to the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y , B e r k e l e y , by P e r c S. B r o w n of O r i n d a , C a l i f . T h e a u t h o r s in- c l u d e H a w t h o r n e , M e l v i l l e , C r a n e , a n d H e n r y G e o r g e . All v o l u m e s a r e in their o r i g i n a l b i n d i n g s a n d in fine c o n d i t i o n . COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY a c q u i r e d t h e l a s t g r e a t p r i v a t e collection of p a p e r s of a f o u n d - er of the U n i t e d S t a t e s when it p u r c h a s e d the J o h n J a y collection. F e w of the n e a r l y two t h o u s a n d d o c u m e n t s , i n c l u d i n g letters of W a s h i n g t o n , J e f f e r s o n , a n d F r a n k l i n , h a v e ever b e e n p u b l i s h e d . T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t item is a n o r i g i n a l a n d c o m p l e t e copy of n u m b e r five of " T h e F e d e r a l i s t " essays. It is the o n l y o n e of the eighty-five o r i g i n a l essays k n o w n to b e in the archives of a library. T h e total collection offers a m i n e of r e s e a r c h m a t e r i a l since f a y was t h e last s u r v i v i n g m e m b e r of the first C o n t i n e n t a l C o n g r e s s , the first C h i e f J u s t i c e of the U n i t e d States, n e g o t i a t o r in 1782-83 of the p e a c e with G r e a t B r i t a i n , a n d m i n i s t e r p l e n i p o t e n - tiary to S p a i n . T h e p a p e r s h a d b e e n in the h a n d s of the J a y f a m i l y since 1829. B A K E R L I B R A R Y , D A R T M O U T H C O L L E G E , h a s b e e n g i v e n a " B r e e c h e s B i b l e " o n c e o w n e d by J o h n A l d e n of P l y m o u t h colony. T h e d o n o r was J o h n A l d e n T h a y e r of D e l r a y B e a c h , F l a . DROPSIE COLLEGE, P h i l a d e l p h i a , h a s r e - ceived the 3,000-volume w o r k i n g l i b r a r y of the l a t e M a x L . M a r g o l i s , p r o f e s s o r of bib- lical p h i l o l o g y . T h e g i f t was m a d e by his f a m i l y . M I C H I G A N S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s p u r c h a s e d the l i b r a r y of the late E r n e s t A . Bessey. T h e 2,000-volume c o l l e c t i o n , d e v o t e d p r i m a r i l y to b o t a n y , has m a n y r a r e items i n c l u d i n g a d o z e n early e d i t i o n s of L i n - n a e u s . D r . Bessey served f o r m a n y years a s h e a d of the university's b o t a n y d e p a r t - m e n t a n d was the first d e a n of its g r a d u a t e school. T H E F R E D R . B E A U D E T T E C O L L E C T I O N o f works o n v e t e r i n a r y m e d i c i n e is n o w in the M i c h i g a n S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . I t com- prises s o m e three h u n d r e d r a r e b o o k s , in- c u n a b u l a a n d m a n u s c r i p t s . A n i m p o r t a n t i t e m is Liber Marescalciae Equorum (1486), the first p r i n t e d b o o k of a strictly v e t e r i n a r y n a t u r e . NEW YORK UNIVERSITY h a s r e c e i v e d f r o m D e C o u r s e y F a l e s , c h a i r m a n of the b o a r d of the B a n k f o r S a v i n g s , a m a j o r collection of E n g l i s h a n d A m e r i c a n first e d i t i o n s . Assem- b l e d d u r i n g a thirty-five-year p e r i o d , the col- l e c t i o n e x e m p l i f i e s the d e v e l o p m e n t of the novel f r o m the e i g h t e e n t h c e n t u r y to the p r e s e n t . N u m b e r i n g m o r e t h a n eight thou- s a n d v o l u m e s , it is v a l u e d in excess of $100,- 000. N O R T H D A K O T A A G R I C U L T U R A L C O L L E G E LIBRARY has a c q u i r e d t h e p e r s o n a l l i b r a r y of the l a t e H . L . W a l s t e r , f o r m a n y years d e a n of a g r i c u l t u r e . T h e collection i n c l u d e s a b o u t n i n e h u n d r e d v o l u m e s c o v e r i n g the history a n d t e c h n i q u e s of a g r i c u l t u r e as well as m a t e r i a l a b o u t the W e s t . N O R T H W E S T E R N U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s b e e n e n r i c h e d by a collection of eighteenth- a n d n i n e t e e n t h - c e n t u r y E n g l i s h a n d Ameri- can first e d i t i o n s , m a n y of t h e m in their pre-book f o r m . G i v e n by L e i g h B . B l o c k of C h i c a g o , the collection i n c l u d e s the first ap- MARCH 1958 141- p e a r a n c e of Uncle Tom's Cabin in the news- p a p e r The National Era (1851-52). I n a l l , t h e r e a r e 129 titles in 172 v o l u m e s . O H I O S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y a c q u i r e d en bloc the h o l d i n g s of the r a r e b o o k a n d A m e r i c a n a d e p a r t m e n t of L o n g ' s C o l l e g e B o o k C o . , C o l u m b u s . T h e c o l l e c t i o n com- prises a b o u t t h i r t e e n t h o u s a n d v o l u m e s . T H E F R E E L I B R A R Y OF. P H I L A D E L P H I A h a s m a d e f o u r i m p o r t a n t a c q u i s i t i o n s : the Wil- b u r O d a a n d L e v i Y o d e r c o l l e c t i o n s of Penn- s y l v a n i a G e r m a n m a t e r i a l ; the D . J a c q u e s B e n o l i e l c o l l e c t i o n of D i c k e n s letters (com- p l e t e d recently by a final g i f t of fifty let- ters); a n d a s i x - v o l u m e E n g l i s h t r a n s l a t i o n of the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493) a n d a two-volume work o n the c h r o n i c l e ' s history a n d i l l u s t r a t i o n s , all the w o r k o f the l a t e W a l t e r W . S c h m a u c h of C h i c a g o . P u b l i c a - tion r i g h t s f o r the t r a n s l a t i o n a n d c o m m e n - tary a l s o were a c q u i r e d by the l i b r a r y . T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F P I T T S B U R G H L I B R A R Y h a s r e c e i v e d s o m e ten t h o u s a n d b o o k s , docu- m e n t s , a n d p a m p h l e t s f r o m the t r a n s p o r t a - tion l i b r a r y of the l a t e D r . S i d n e y L . M i l l e r , a f a c u l t y m e m b e r for the l a s t e l e v e n years. P R I N C E T O N U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s b e e n s t r e n g t h e n e d in all a s p e c t s of G e r m a n i c s t u d i e s by the e s t a b l i s h m e n t of the Kretz- s c h m a r v. K i e n b u s c h c o l l e c t i o n . G i v e n by C a r l O t t o v. K i e n b u s c h of N e w Y o r k City, the five t h o u s a n d v o l u m e s r a n g e in s u b j e c t f r o m fine arts to p o l i t i c a l science. T h e y in- c l u d e two h u n d r e d G o e t h e i t e m s , e x a m p l e s of early G e r m a n p r i n t i n g , a n d w o r k s of m a n y m a j o r G e r m a n writers of the p a s t three c e n t u r i e s . J A M E S GOULD COZZENS, P u l i t z e r p r i z e w i n - n e r a n d a u t h o r of the c u r r e n t best-seller, By Love Possessed, h a s p r e s e n t e d his p a p e r s a n d the m a j o r i t y of his m a n u s c r i p t s to the P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . T h e c o l l e c t i o n i n c l u d e s several h u n d r e d p i e c e s of p e r s o n a l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e a n d o r i g i n a l t y p e s c r i p t s f o r seven of Cozzens's twelve p u b l i s h e d novels. A m o n g the typescripts a r e six c o m p l e t e a n d ten i n c o m p l e t e short stories, f o u r f r a g m e n t s a n d two u n p u b l i s h e d novels. T h e c o l l e c t i o n b e g i n s w i t h The Son of Perdition a n d con- t i n u e s t h r o u g h By Love Possessed. STANFORD UNIVERSITY h a s h o n o r e d t w o C a l - i f o r n i a n s f o r their s u p p o r t of the university l i b r a r y . A l b e r t S p e r i s e n of S a n F r a n c i s c o w a s n a m e d h o n o r a r y c u r a t o r of t y p o g r a p h y a n d I r v i n g W . R o b b i n s of A t h e r t o n was designat- e d h o n o r a r y c u r a t o r of r a r e b o o k s a n d m a n u - scripts. W A S H B U R N U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y , T o p e k a , K a n . , h a s r e c e i v e d a n i m p o r t a n t collection of f o u r h u n d r e d b o o k s f r o m the l i b r a r y of the l a t e D r . Parley P. W o m e r , p r e s i d e n t of the u n i v e r s i t y f r o m 1915-31. L I B R A R Y S C H O O L S D R E X E L I N S T I T U T E L I B R A R Y S C H O O L o f f e r s three f u l l - t u i t i o n s c h o l a r s h i p s f o r 1958-59. A m e r i c a n citizens e n t e r i n g the f u l l - t i m e cur- r i c u l u m f o r the m a s t e r ' s d e g r e e a r e e l i g i b l e if they can d e m o n s t r a t e h i g h a c a d e m i c a c h i e v e m e n t a n d f i n a n c i a l n e e d . C o m p l e t e c r e d e n t i a l s m u s t b e filed by A p r i l 15. A i d f o r f o r e i g n s t u d e n t s a l s o is a v a i l a b l e . A p p l y to the d e a n , S c h o o l of L i b r a r y Science, D r e x e l I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y , P h i l a d e l p h i a 4. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A S C H O O L O F L I B R A R Y S C I E N C E i s s p o n s o r i n g a s y m p o s i u m o n d o c u m e n t a t i o n , A p r i l 9-11. T h e r e g i s t r a t i o n f e e is $30.00. C o n f e r e n c e a t t e n d a n c e is l i m i t e d , so a p p l i c a t i o n s s h o u l d b e m a d e early t o D r . M a r t h a B o a z , d e a n . T H E L I B R A R Y B I N D I N G I N S T I T U T E h a s a n - n o u n c e d a $1,000 s c h o l a r s h i p t o b e a w a r d e d e a c h y e a r to a s t u d e n t in a school of l i b r a r y science. A p p l i c a t i o n s m a y b e o b t a i n e d f r o m L B I , 10 S t a t e Street, B o s t o n , M a s s . P U B L I C A T I O N S T H E A M E R I C A N J E W I S H P E R I O D I C A L C E N T E R , H e b r e w U n i o n C o l l e g e J e w i s h I n s t i t u t e of R e l i g i o n , C i n c i n n a t i , is m i c r o f i l m i n g A m e r - ican J e w i s h n e w s p a p e r s a n d m a g a z i n e s issued f r o m 1823 to 1925. A c a t a l o g of i t e m s avail- a b l e o n i n t e r l i b r a r y l o a n h a s b e e n p u b l i s h e d . A I R UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, M a x w e l l A i r F o r c e B a s e , A l a . , h a s p u b l i s h e d the proceed- i n g s of a m i l i t a r y l i b r a r i a n s ' w o r k s h o p h e l d last f a l l . C o p i e s m a y b e o b t a i n e d f r o m the d i r e c t o r of the l i b r a r y . The Mexican Book Industry, by D r . Fer- n a n d o P e n a l o s a , assistant p r o f e s s o r of li- b r a r y science at U C L A , h a s b e e n p u b l i s h e d by S c a r e c r o w Press. 1 4 2 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES A L A h a s j u s t p u b l i s h e d a f o u r t e e n - p a g e p a m p h l e t by F l o r a B . L u d i n g t o n e n t i t l e d " B o o k s a n d L i b r a r i e s , T o o l s of the A c a d e m i c W o r l d . " Prices a r e : 5 copies, $1.25; 10 copies, $2.25; 25 copies, $3.75; 50 copies, $6.50; 100 copies, $12. T H R E E NEW EDITIONS o f s t a n d a r d w o r k s o f interest to r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n s a r e Book- man's Manual, A Guide to Literature, 8th ed., revised a n d e n l a r g e d by H e s t e r R . Hoff- m a n ( N e w Y o r k : B o w k e r , 1958, 9 8 7 p . , $12.75); Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclo- pedia, 3d e d . ( P r i n c e t o n , N . J . : D . V a n Nos- t r a n d C o . , 1958, 1 8 3 9 p „ $30); a n d Materials Handling Handbook, e d i t e d by H a r o l d A . B o l z a n d G e o r g e E . H a g e m a n n ( N e w Y o r k : R o n a l d Press, 1958, 1750p., $20). T h e Book- man's Manual c o n t a i n s two c h a p t e r s which h a v e b e e n r e p l a n n e d with a d d i t i o n s . T h e new c h a p t e r o n G r e e k a n d R o m a n classics in T r a n s l a t i o n has r e p l a c e d the o l d c h a p t e r o n Classics in T r a n s l a t i o n . T h e c h a p t e r o n O t h e r F o r e i g n L i t e r a t u r e c o n t a i n s a new section o n I n d i a a n d e n l a r g e d c h a p t e r s o n C h i n a a n d J a p a n . Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, which h a d n o t b e e n r e v i s e d since 1947, covers b o t h b i o l o g i c a l a n d physi- cal sciences as well as t e c h n o l o g y . S o m e 14,- 000 articles, in a d d i t i o n t o 100,000 defini- tions a n d 1,400 i l l u s t r a t i o n s a r e i n c l u d e d . S a t e l l i t e s a n d o t h e r m o d e r n d e v e l o p m e n t s a r e d i s c u s s e d a n d i l l u s t r a t e d . L i b r a r i a n s in technical l i b r a r i e s a r e a c q u a i n t e d with the Materials Handling Handbook, which is n o w c o m p l e t e l y r e v i s e d to i n c l u d e c u r r e n t infor- m a t i o n o n p r o c e s s i n g in all types of m a n u f a c - t u r i n g a n d p r o d u c t i o n . T H E UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS h a s p u b l i s h e d as a g u i d e t o a n e x h i b i t i o n which b e g a n J a n u a r y 6, The Sandburg Range, An Exhibit of Materials from Carl Sandburg's Library. T h e g u i d e is a h a n d s o m e p u b l i c a t i o n w i t h a n i n t r o d u c t i o n by J o h n T . F l a n a g a n , Pro- fessor of E n g l i s h , U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s , a n d notes by L e s l i e W . D u n l a p , A s s o c i a t e Direc- tor of the U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s L i b r a r y . T h e U N I V E R S I T Y O F N O R T H C A R O L I N A L I - BRARY h a s issued the first in a new series en- titled " L i b r a r y S t u d i e s . " N u m b e r o n e is a twenty-seven p a g e p a m p h l e t , " N o r t h Caro- l i n a C o u n t y H i s t o r i e s , a B i b l i o g r a p h y , " com- p i l e d by W i l l i a m S. Powell. T h e s e c o n d is to b e a n a n n o t a t e d b i b l i o g r a p h y of o v e r 700 titles of N o r t h C a r o l i n a fiction i s s u e d be- tween 1734 a n d 1957. T h e series will r e p l a c e the L i b r a r y E x t e n - sion P u b l i c a t i o n s a n d will consist p r i m a r i l y of b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l works. C o p i e s will b e u s e d in the u n i v e r s i t y library's e x c h a n g e p r o g r a m a n d will b e p r i c e d to o t h e r s in a c c o r d a n c e with the r e l a t i v e cost of p r o d u c t i o n . C o p i e s of the c o u n t y history b i b l i o g r a p h y a r e avail- a b l e f r o m the u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r y f o r fifty cents a n d m a y b e o r d e r e d t h r o u g h the B u l l ' s H e a d B o o k s h o p . M I S C E L L A N E O U S A F U L L - S C A L E STUDY o f t h e F a r m i n g t o n P l a n is b e i n g u n d e r w r i t t e n by a g r a n t of $21,000 f r o m the C o u n c i l o n L i b r a r y R e - sources. P a r t i c u l a r a t t e n t i o n will b e g i v e n to the q u a l i t y of m a t e r i a l received, c o v e r a g e , a n d p o s s i b l e e x p a n s i o n of types of m a t e r i a l . R o b e r t V o s p e r , director, a n d R o b e r t T a l - m a d g e , associate director, of the U n i v e r s i t y of K a n s a s L i b r a r i e s , will c o n d u c t the study u n d e r the g e n e r a l s u p e r v i s i o n of the F a r m - i n g t o n P l a n C o m m i t t e e of the A s s o c i a t i o n of R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s . N o w m o r e t h a n ten years o l d , the F a r m i n g t o n P l a n h a s b r o u g h t a b o u t 150,000 v o l u m e s i n t o the c o u n t r y a t a cost of s o m e $275,000. W h e n the fact-find- i n g s t u d y is c o m p l e t e d , p a r t i c i p a n t s in the p l a n will d e c i d e o n its c o n t i n u a t i o n a n d re- v i s i o n . A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE o n w r i t t e n a n d o r a l l i b r a r y r e p o r t i n g , " M e a n W h a t Y o u S a y , " will b e h e l d o n the S a n t a B a r b a r a cam- p u s of the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a , J u l y 21- 23, 1958, i m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g the S a n F r a n - cisco C o n f e r e n c e of A L A . T h i s is the s e c o n d in a series of a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e s o r g a n i z e d by the U C L A L i b r a r y a n d j o i n t l y s p o n s o r e d by U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a E x t e n s i o n , the C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n , a n d the San- ta B a r b a r a C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . D E L A W A R E S T A T E C O L L E G E L I B R A R Y d e - s i g n e d a n a c t i v e p r o g r a m f o r p a r t i c i p a t i o n in N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y W e e k . A l e c t u r e by writer K a y B o y l e was s c h e d u l e d f o r M a r c h 16 a s p a r t of D e l a w a r e ' s " L i b r a r y C u l t u r a l S e r i e s . " F o r a n all-college a s s e m b l y o n M a r c h 18, J o s e p h H . R e a s o n , d i r e c t o r of l i b r a r i e s , How- a r d U n i v e r s i t y , was i n v i t e d to s p e a k o n col- l e g e l i b r a r y service. E x t e n s i v e p u b l i c i t y was g i v e n to b o t h events. MARCH 1958 143- Personnel W I L L I A M W . BENNETT a s s u m e d h i s d u t i e s as l i b r a r i a n of the T r e v o r A r n e t t L i b r a r y , A t l a n t a U n i v e r s i t y , on J u l y 1, 1957. M r . B e n n e t t c o m e s to A t l a n t a U n i v e r s i t y f r o m J a r v i s C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e w h e r e h e h a s b e e n l i b r a r i a n since 1950 a n d d i r e c t o r of p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s a n d c o m m u n i t y r e l a t e d p r o j e c t s d u r i n g the p a s t a c a d e m i c year. H e h o l d s t h e M . L . S . d e g r e e f r o m A t l a n t a U n i v e r s i t y , a n d a n A . B . f r o m M o r e h o u s e C o l l e g e . T h e U . S . D e p a r t m e n t of S t a t e sent h i m to P a t z c u a r o , M e x i c o , f o r n i n e t e e n m o n t h s in 1955-56 to the R e g i o n a l C e n t e r f o r F u n d a - m e n t a l E d u c a t i o n f o r L a t i n A m e r i c a , f r o m which h e r e c e i v e d the certificate as Especial- ista de Education Fundamental. H e was also a m e m b e r of a g r o u p sent by U N E S C O to G u a t e m a l a to i n s p e c t the r u r a l e d u c a t i o n p r o g r a m . U n d e r a D a n f o r t h F o u n d a t i o n g r a n t , h e a t t e n d e d a s u m m e r f a c u l t y s e m i n a r at S o u t h e r n M e t h o d i s t U n i v e r s i t y o n reli- g i o u s p e r s p e c t i v e in c o l l e g e t e a c h i n g . H e has a l s o b e e n active in Y M C A a n d B o y S c o u t work. F o r three years h e w a s c h a i r m a n of the l i b r a r y section of the T e a c h e r s S t a t e Asso- c i a t i o n of T e x a s , a n d f o r two, c h a i r m a n of the C o m m i s s i o n o n R e a d i n g , E a s t T e x a s As- s o c i a t i o n of S c h o o l m e n . M r . B e n n e t t is a u t h o r of The Fundamental Education Worker, p u b l i s h e d by U N E S C O in 1956 a n d has g i v e n m o r e t h a n eighty lectures o n his e x p e r i e n c e s with U N E S C O in M e x i c o a n d G u a t e m a l a . IVA FOSTER b e c a m e l i b r a r i a n of B a t e s C o l l e g e o n S e p t e m b e r 1, 1957. S h e first j o i n e d the staff at B a t e s as c a t a l o g e r in 1935 a n d l a t e r w a s p r o - m o t e d to a s s i s t a n t li- b r a r i a n . S h e g r a d u - a t e d f r o m B a t e s in 1930, a n d f r o m 1931 t h r o u g h 1 9 3 3 s h e s e r v e d in the Brook- lyn P u b l i c L i b r a r y . S h e r e c e i v e d her bach- elor's d e g r e e f r o m the S c h o o l of L i b r a r y S e r v i c e at C o l u m b i a JVA FOSTER U n i v e r s i t y in 1934. J . RICHARD BLANCHARD, h e a d l i b r a r i a n , U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a , D a v i s , will repre- s e n t A L A a n d A C R L at the d e d i c a t i o n of the new c a m p u s of F r e s n o S t a t e C o l l e g e o n M a y 9, 1958. W . PORTER K E L L A M , d i r e c t o r o f l i b r a r i e s , U n i v e r s i t y of G e o r g i a , r e p r e s e n t e d A L A a n d A C R L at the i n a u g u r a t i o n of R o b e r t Stro- zier as p r e s i d e n t of F l o r i d a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y in T a l l a h a s s e e o n F e b r u a r y 21. EDMON L o w , l i b r a r i a n , O k l a h o m a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y r e p r e s e n t e d A L A a n d A C R L at the i n a u g u r a t i o n of J a c k S t a u f f e r W i l k e s a s p r e s i d e n t of O k l a h o m a C i t y U n i v e r s i t y o n M a r c h 6. W I L L I A M W . B E N N E I T Appointments BLANCHE BLOXOM, f o r m e r l y l i b r a r i a n a t F r i e n d s U n i v e r s i t y , W i c h i t a , is l i b r a r i a n of S o u t h w e s t e r n C o l l e g e , W i n f i e l d , K a n s a s . R U T H BLYSTONE i s r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n , M i c h i g a n S t a t e L i b r a r y . SIDNEY J . BRAGG i s l i b r a r i a n o f t h e V a n a - d i u m C o r p . of A m e r i c a , C a m b r i d g e , O h i o . BARBARA B U L L E R is d o c u m e n t s l i b r a r i a n of the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a , B e r k e l e y . ROBERT E . DYSINGER, f o r m e r l y r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n of C o l b y C o l l e g e , is a s s i s t a n t li- b r a r i a n of B o w d o i n C o l l e g e . DOROTHY W . FERGUSON, f o r m e r l y c i r c u l a - tion l i b r a r i a n at the N e w J e r s e y S t a t e T e a c h - ers C o l l e g e , T r e n t o n , is n o w c h a i r m a n of the L i b r a r y S c i e n c e D i v i s i o n in the s a m e college. EDWARD A . H E N R Y i s i n s t r u c t o r i n M e d i c a l 144 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES bibliography at the University of M i a m i Medical School. T . MARK HODGES, formerly branch librar- ian, Sheffield City Libraries, is now reference librarian at H a m i l t o n College, C l i n t o n , N . Y. ROBERT M . HOLMES, J R . , f o r m e r e m p l o y e e relations officer for the L i b r a r y of Congress, has been a p p o i n t e d director of personnel there. A . ELIZABETH H O L T , f o r m e r l y l a w l i b r a r - ian of the N e v a d a State L i b r a r y , is now law librarian of the Pennsylvania State L i b r a r y . JOHN A . HUDSON, f o r m e r l y d i r e c t o r o f e x - tension, T e x a s State Library, is now librar- ian of A r l i n g t o n State College. W I L L I A M H U F F i s s e r i a l s l i b r a r i a n f o r t h e University of Illinois L i b r a r y . FLORENCE F . JOHNSON, r e c e n t l y h e a d o f the Children's D e p a r t m e n t , O a k Cliff B r a n c h , D a l l a s Public L i b r a r y , has returned to the University of K a n s a s L i b r a r y as h e a d of the Serials Division. J O H N C . LARSEN i s n o w r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n , Michigan State L i b r a r y . CHRISTOPHER A . LEGGE, f o r m e r l y l i b r a r i a n of the American University in Beirut, is librarian of the B e d f o r d , Mass., J u n i o r College. FRED Y. M . MA, formerly order librarian at K a n s a s State College, M a n h a t t a n , is now university librarian at K a n s a s Wesleyan Uni- versity, S a l i n a . J O S E P H W . M A R S H A L L , J R . , i s l i b r a r i a n o f the Research a n d D e v e l o p m e n t D e p a r t m e n t of the U . S. N a v a l Powder Factory, I n d i a n H e a d , M d . T O R B E R T H . M I L B Y i s l i b r a r i a n o f t h e N a - tional College of Christian Workers. ALICE C . MOORE, f o r m e r h e a d o f t h e cir- culation d e p a r t m e n t at the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Public L i b r a r y , is readers adviser with the rank of assistant professor at the New Jersey State T e a c h e r s College, T r e n t o n . HILDA E . MOORE, a s s o c i a t e l i b r a r i a n a t the University of M a r y l a n d L i b r a r y of Medi- cine, Dentistry, a n d Pharmacy, B a l t i m o r e , has received an a p p o i n t m e n t as assistant professor of library science. CHARLES B . PACKARD, f o r m e r l y l i b r a r y as- sistant at the New Jersey State T e a c h e r s College, T r e n t o n , has been p r o m o t e d to circulation librarian. FRANCES SMITH, f o r m e r l y c a t a l o g e r i n t h e Michigan State University L i b r a r y , is now head of technical processes in the T r a n s - p o r t a t i o n Center Library, Northwestern University. JOAN P . SOMERVILLE i s n o w s e r i a l s c a t a - loger at the University of K a n s a s L i b r a r y . L . ELEANOR SYMONS, l i b r a r i a n , H o m e r t o n College, C a m b r i d g e , E n g l a n d , is cataloger, University of K a n s a s L ib ra ry. W I L M A E . WINTERS is n o w a s s i s t a n t l i b r a r - ian, Boston Medical L i b r a r y . NATHAN ZUCKERBERG h a s b e e n p r o m o t e d to the assistant librarianship of the Research L i b r a r y , Division of E m p l o y m e n t , N e w York State D e p a r t m e n t of L a b o r , N e w York City. Necrology M A R Y E L L E N B A K E R , L i b r a r i a n E m e r i t u s of the University of T e n n e s s e e , d i e d M a r c h 27, 1957, in Decatur, Illinois. When I came to the University of T e n - nessee in 1943 as successor to Miss Ellen B a k e r who was retiring after twenty years, I h a d been told by several librarians that the U - T L i b r a r y was clean a n d orderly, that it could be administered with ease, a n d might even be p l e a s a n t to r u n . All these things were true, though how these p e o p l e knew is a mystery, for Miss B a k e r never, to my knowledge, boasted either in print or oral- ly—not, that is, a b o u t how she ran her li- brary; b u t her praise for her staff was un- stinting. She apologized to m e for having a b o u t seven h u n d r e d volumes which she termed " a r r e a r s , " a n d mistook my stunned expression for d i s a p p r o v a l when it was in truth merely impressed incredulity. T h e r e was no deferred cataloging at all, a n d when we began o u r reclassification p r o g r a m in 1950, no recataloging was necessary. Miss B a k e r passed on to us a collection carefully selected, wisely h u s b a n d e d , a n d meticulously cataloged. T h e periodical collection is an e x a m p l e of her librarianship. T h e tenacity with which she h u n g on to the subscriptions to the bet- ter serials d u r i n g the depression years left practically no g a p s in o u r files. R e c e n t re- search grants can, therefore, be spent on new MARCH 1958 145- titles o r h i t h e r t o u n o b t a i n a b l e titles r a t h e r t h a n o n g a p s in b a s i c sets. T h e s t a t u r e of l i b r a r i a n s h i p in the m i n d s of the f a c u l t y a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o n the U - T c a m p u s w h e n I a r r i v e d was o n e which p e r m i t t e d the l i b r a r y staff t o work w i t h a sense of p e r s o n a l a n d a c a d e m i c d i g n i t y , a s i t u a t i o n then s e l d o m f o u n d a n d , I a m a f r a i d , i n f r e q u e n t even t o d a y . M i s s B a k e r c r e d i t e d the f a c u l t y s t a t u s h e r staff e n j o y e d t o h e r p r e d e c e s s o r , M i s s L u c y F a y , as she c r e d i t e d a l m o s t e v e r y t h i n g f o r which I t h a n k e d her, s a y i n g she o n l y h u n g o n to it. A s I h a v e t o l d b o t h M i s s B a k e r a n d M i s s F a y , that was e q u i v a l e n t to h o l d i n g o n to a S m o k y M o u n t a i n b e a r f o r twenty years, a c r e d i t a b l e feat, e v e n t h o u g h s o m e b o d y else c a u g h t the b e a r . T h i s a c a d e m i c a c c e p t a n c e was reflected in the q u a l i t y of staff. Specific f a c u l t y r a n k , t h e r e f o r e , c a m e n a t u r a l l y a n d u n e q u i v o c a l l y . W e a r e this f a l l b r e a k i n g g r o u n d f o r a n e x p a n s i o n of o u r m a i n l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g , the o n e Miss B a k e r p l a n n e d s o p a i n s t a k i n g l y , so e c o n o m i c a l l y , a n d so wisely. I wish she c o u l d h a v e k n o w n of o u r p l a n s a n d h o w easily they c a n b e p u t i n t o effect b e c a u s e of the c l e a n , f u n c t i o n a l f o u n d a t i o n she i n s i s t e d u p o n . M i s s B a k e r b e l i e v e d in t h o r o u g h n e s s , ac- curacy, a n d o r d e r ; she h a d n o p a t i e n c e with carelessness. S h e b e l i e v e d in c o m p l e t e hon- esty in all t h i n g s — p r o f e s s i o n a l , p e r s o n a l ; d a y in a n d d a y o u t . H e r i n t e g r i t y w a s un- q u e s t i o n a b l e , a n d her interest a n d a f f e c t i o n f o r h e r staff, h e r f r i e n d s , a n d h e r p r o f e s s i o n were sincere a n d e n d u r i n g . E i g h t M a r y E . B a k e r S c h o l a r s h i p s h a v e b e e n a w a r d e d to p r o m i s i n g y o u n g p e o p l e by the U - T Staff since 1950. M i s s B a k e r was p r o u d that the s c h o l a r s h i p s w e r e n a m e d f o r h e r a n d l i k e d to b e i n f o r m e d a b o u t the r e c i p i e n t s a n d their s u b s e q u e n t careers. S h e was a fine w o m a n , a fine l i b r a r i a n , a n d it h a s b e e n a p r i v i l e g e t o h a v e k n o w n her. —William H. Jesse Libraries and the Refreshment of Reading (Continued from page 125) lot could be rented or given as a conces- sion to a bookseller, where he could oper- ate under library supervision. Candy- bar, cigarette, soft-drink concessions are set u p all over the campus; there should be no reluctance to the setting u p of a book concession, and far from exacerbat- ing the local book stores it should en- courage them, for a reader of good paperbacks is on his way to becoming a reader of their goods and a likely cus- tomer. T h e library book sales of duplicate and surplus material are worth all the trials and hazards that may accompany them. T h o s e libraries that promote them in their divers ways—Minnesota, Iowa, Stanford, among others—are performing a service to the student body that can earn affection and respect for the library, two concomitants that have a great deal to do with undergraduate reading. T h e r e is also a great need for the col- lege and university libraries to identify themselves more closely with the aspira- tions and struggles of the world of learn- ing. T h i s is a time, the first in all the world, when there are available great re- productions of art in nearly all the media—this is the substance of Andr£ Malraux's Voices of Silence—but in the commercial pattern of life only city stores or very occasional special shops can provide for their distribution, unless the library takes it on, with a rental col- lection of art reproductions, a " f o r sale" sign on all of them. T h e great foreign films, even our own better ones, are rarely seen away from the metropolitan centers that can support art movie hous- es; the distribution and projection of these films is a part of the library. It is not by books alone that there will come a refreshment in reading, but by the use of film, book, song, and story, all blend- ing together in harmony in the library. 146 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES ACRL at Midwinter B O A R D M E E T I N G S M e e t i n g s of the A C R L B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s were h e l d d u r i n g the M i d w i n t e r m e e t i n g of A L A o n T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 28, a n d W e d - n e s d a y , J a n u a r y 29. T h e f o l l o w i n g m e m b e r s of the B o a r d were p r e s e n t a t the J a n u a r y 28 m e e t i n g : E i l e e n T h o r n t o n , P r e s i d e n t ; L e w i s C . B r a n s - c o m b , Vice-President a n d P r e s i d e n t - E l e c t ; R i c h a r d B . H a r w e l l , E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y ; R a l p h H . P a r k e r , T r e a s u r e r ; R o b e r t W . O r r , Past P r e s i d e n t ; E l i z a b e t h F i n d l y ; Mil- d r e d H e r r i c k ; R o b e r t R . H e r t e l ; S a r a h D . J o n e s ; J o h n O t t e m i l l e r ; L o t t i e M . Skid- m o r e ; H . D e a n S t a l l i n g s ; a n d W a l t e r W . W r i g h t . I n a d d i t i o n , t h e r e were p r e s e n t M a r - t h a L . B i g g s , W i l l i a m H . C a r l s o n , E d w a r d A . C h a p m a n , M r s . D o r o t h y M . C r o s l a n d , Wer- n e r B . E l l i n g e r , W a l f r e d E r i c k s o n , A r t h u r T . H a m l i n , R o b e r t H . M u l l e r , O r l i n C . S p i c e r , M a u r i c e F . T a u b e r . T h e first m e e t i n g h e a r d a brief i n t e r i m r e p o r t by P r e s i d e n t T h o r n t o n , r e p o r t s by the several section c h a i r m e n , a d i s c u s s i o n by M r . E l l i n g e r a n d M r s . C r o s l a n d of the work of the O r g a n i z i n g C o m m i t t e e f o r a new section i n c o r p o r a t i n g the interests of the l i b r a r i a n s in the f o r m e r S p e c i a l i z e d L i - b r a r i e s D i v i s i o n , a r e p o r t of the activities of P E B C O by M r . O r r , a r e p o r t of the w o r k of the F o u n d a t i o n G r a n t s C o m m i t t e e by M r . H a m l i n , a n d a r e p o r t of the S p e c i a l C o m m i t t e e o n A c t i v i t i e s D e v e l o p m e n t by M r . C a r l s o n . M i s s T h o r n t o n a n n o u n c e d the a p p o i n t m e n t s t o a J o i n t C o m m i t t e e of A C R L a n d the A s s o c i a t i o n of A m e r i c a n C o l l e g e s . N o official a c t i o n s were t a k e n a t the first m e e t i n g of the B o a r d . S u m m a r i e s of a p p r o - p r i a t e r e p o r t s f o l l o w this r e c o r d of the B o a r d m e e t i n g s . T h e r e p o r t of the S p e c i a l C o m m i t t e e o n A c t i v i t i e s D e v e l o p m e n t is ex- p e c t e d t o b e r e a d y f o r p u b l i c a t i o n in the M a y issue of CRL. T h e f o l l o w i n g were p r e s e n t at the W e d - n e s d a y m e e t i n g of the B o a r d : E i l e e n T h o r n - ton, P r e s i d e n t ; L e w i s C . B r a n s c o m b , Vice- P r e s i d e n t a n d P r e s i d e n t - E l e c t ; R i c h a r d B . H a r w e l l , E x e c u t i v e Secretary; R a l p h H . P a r k e r , T r e a s u r e r ; R o b e r t W . O r r , P a s t P r e s i d e n t ; E l i z a b e t h F i n d l y , J o h n F . H a r v e y , M i l d r e d H e r r i c k , R o b e r t R . H e r t e l , S a r a h D . J o n e s , J o h n H . O t t e m i l l e r , L o t t i e M . S k i d m o r e , H . D e a n S t a l l i n g s , J a c k s o n E . T o w n e , C o n s t a n c e M . W i n c h e l l , W a l t e r W . W r i g h t , J . T e r r y B e n d e r , E d w a r d A . C h a p - m a n , M r s . D o r o t h y M . C r o s l a n d , K e n n e t h H . F a g e r h a u g h , M a r y D . H e r r i c k , F e l i x E . H i r s c h , E d m o n L o w , S t e p h e n A . M c C a r t h y , R a l p h E . M c C o y , R o b e r t H . M u l l e r , C h a r l e s H . P e n r o s e , G i l e s F . S h e p h e r d , J r . , S i d n e y B . S m i t h , M a u r i c e F . T a u b e r , M r s . M a r g a r e t K . T o t h , M a r j o r i e G r a y W y n n e . C o m m i t t e e r e p o r t s were m a d e by R a l p h H . P a r k e r f o r the C o m m i t t e e o n C o m m i t - tees; G i l e s F . S h e p h e r d , J r . f o r the C o m - m i t t e e o n C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d B y l a w s ; E d m o n L o w f o r the A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e o n Co- o p e r a t i o n with E d u c a t i o n a n d P r o f e s s i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s ; C h a r l e s H . P e n r o s e f o r the C o m m i t t e e o n D u p l i c a t e s E x c h a n g e U n i o n ; K e n n e t h H . F a g e r h a u g h f o r the C o m m i t t e e o n F i n a n c i n g College and Research Librar- ies; S i d n e y B . S m i t h f o r the N o m i n a t i n g C o m m i t t e e ; S t e p h e n A . M c C a r t h y f o r the P u b l i c a t i o n s C o m m i t t e e ; M a r j o r i e G r a y W y n n e f o r the C o m m i t t e e o n R a r e B o o k s , M a n u s c r i p t s , a n d S p e c i a l C o l l e c t i o n s ; F e l i x E. H i r s c h f o r the C o m m i t t e e o n S t a n d a r d s ; a n d D o n a l d C o n e y for the C o m m i t t e e o n C o n f e r e n c e P r o g r a m s . N o m i n a t i o n s r e p o r t e d by M r . S m i t h a r e : W y m a n W . P a r k e r a n d J o s e p h H . R e a s o n f o r Vice-President a n d P r e s i d e n t - E l e c t ; El- m e r M . G r i e d e r a n d F o r r e s t C . P a l m e r f o r D i r e c t o r (term e n d i n g 1960); P a g e A c k e r m a n a n d P a t r i c i a P a l o r e f o r D i r e c t o r (term e n d i n g 1961); a n d N e w t o n M c K e o n a n d M a r i o n A . Milczewski f o r C o u n c i l R e p - r e s e n t a t i v e . M r . T a u b e r g a v e a r e p o r t a s e d i t o r of CRL, a n d M r s . T o t h r e p o r t e d a s e d i t o r of the ACRL Microcard Series. M r . B e n d e r re- p o r t e d f o r the C o m m i t t e e o n a P r o p o s e d R a r e B o o k s S e c t i o n . M r . M c C o y p r e s e n t e d f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n by the B o a r d " A State- m e n t P r e p a r e d by the J o i n t A A S L - A C R L - D A V I C o m m i t t e e , D e c e m b e r 5, 1 9 5 7 . " M r . H a r w e l l c a l l e d a t t e n t i o n to the fact-finding p a m p h l e t c o n c e r n i n g c o l l e g e a n d u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r i e s which h a s b e e n written by F l o r a B e l l e L u d i n g t o n a n d which will b e p u b - l i s h e d by A L A in t i m e f o r u s e in c o n n e c t i o n MARCH 1958 147- with N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y W e e k . H e c a l l e d to the B o a r d ' s a t t e n t i o n the new A L A s c h e d u l e for b u d g e t i n g p r o c e d u r e s . T h e r e w a s s o m e discussion of w h a t the n a t u r e of the M i d - w i n t e r m e e t i n g of A L A s h o u l d be, a n d Miss T h o r n t o n r e p o r t e d that a n A L A C o m m i t t e e o n this s u b j e c t h a d r e c o m m e n d e d strict ad- h e r e n c e t o the s c h e d u l i n g of b u s i n e s s meet- ings only a t M i d w i n t e r . A C T I O N V O T E S T h e B o a r d t o o k p o s i t i v e a c t i o n o n a n u m b e r of items, v o t i n g : 1. T h a t , to synthesize A L A activities (as e n v i s i o n e d in the d i v i s i o n of fields of re- s p o n s i b i l i t y ) u n d e r A L A r e o r g a n i z a t i o n , (a) there b e i n f o r m a l c o n s u l t a t i o n b e t w e e n di- v i s i o n a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o r e x e c u t i v e secre- taries to m a k e s u r e t h a t type-of-library in- terests a r e r e p r e s e n t e d o n type-of-activity c o m m i t t e e s a n d v i c e versa, a n d (b) n e e d l e s s m u l t i p l i c a t i o n of c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t m e n t s of the s a m e A L A m e m b e r b e a v o i d e d in o r d e r to s p r e a d m e m b e r s h i p p a r t i c i p a t i o n in A L A . 2. T h a t s c h e d u l i n g f o r A L A M i d w i n t e r a n d a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e s a d h e r e strictly t o the a s s i g n m e n t of s p e c i a l d a y s f o r c e r t a i n d i v i s i o n s so t h a t s c h e d u l e conflicts c a n b e a v o i d e d . S. T h a t A C R L ' s B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s con- cur in the d e c i s i o n r e a c h e d a s a r e s u l t of m a n a g e m e n t e v a l u a t i o n at A L A H e a d q u a r - ters that fiscal, p r o d u c t i o n , p r o m o t i o n , a n d b i l l i n g p r o c e d u r e s f o r the ACRL Mono- graphs Series b e t r a n s f e r r e d to A L A ' s P u b - l i s h i n g D e p a r t m e n t b u t that all e d i t o r i a l p r e r o g a t i v e s r e m a i n with A C R L . 4. T h a t a c o m m i t t e e b e a p p o i n t e d to i n v e s t i g a t e the d e s i r a b i l i t y of e s t a b l i s h i n g a n A w a r d s C o m m i t t e e a n d to r e p o r t its findings at the S a n F r a n c i s c o C o n f e r e n c e . 5. T o dismiss with t h a n k s its C o m m i t t e e o n F i n a n c i n g College and Research Li- braries. 6. T o r e c o m m e n d to A L A a s t u d y of the f e a s i b i l i t y of c e n t r a l i z i n g a d v e r t i s i n g sales f o r all A L A p u b l i c a t i o n s a n d t o volun- teer the a s s i s t a n c e of A C R L in s u c h a study. 7. T h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a S u b j e c t Spe- cialists' S e c t i o n ( t e n t a t i v e d e s i g n a t i o n ) com- b i n i n g the c u r r e n t P u r e a n d A p p l i e d S c i e n c e S e c t i o n a n d the m e m b e r s of A C R L repre- s e n t e d at this time by the O r g a n i z i n g C o m - m i t t e e f o r a S p e c i a l L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n , spe- cifically those m e m b e r s of A C R L active or with s p e c i a l interests in the h u m a n i t i e s a n d social sciences. 8. T h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a R a r e B o o k s S e c t i o n to succeed the p r e s e n t C o m m i t t e e on R a r e B o o k s , M a n u s c r i p t s , a n d S p e c i a l Col- lections. 9. E n d o r s e m e n t of p u b l i c a t i o n in the ALA Bulletin of "A S t a t e m e n t P r e p a r e d by the J o i n t A A S L - A C R L - D A V I C o m m i t t e e , D e c e m b e r 5, 1 9 5 7 . " S E C T I O N M E E T I N G S C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n C h a i r m a n , M a r t h a L . B i g g s , L a k e F o r e s t C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , L a k e F o r e s t , 111. H a z e l M . D e M e y e r , W e s t e r n M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , K a l a m a z o o ; D a v i d P. B u s s e , A . C . M c C l u r g 8c C o m p a n y , C h i c a g o ; a n d B e n L . H u m e , M a c m i l l a n C o m p a n y , C h i c a g o , p a r t i c i p a t e d in a p a n e l d i s c u s s i o n , " B o o k D e a l e r s f o r C o l l e g e a n d U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s , S e r v i c e o r D i s c o u n t ? " J u n i o r C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n C h a i r m a n - E l e c t , O r l i n C . S p i c e r , M o r t o n H i g h S c h o o l a n d J u n i o r C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s , C i c e r o , 111., f o r the c h a i r m a n , M r s . K . P r a t t , C o n n o r s S t a t e A g r i c u l t u r a l C o l l e g e , W a r n e r , O k l a . M r . S p i c e r r e p o r t e d that C a t h e r i n e Car- d e w h a s c o m p l e t e d h e r w o r k as C h a i r m a n of the E d i t o r i a l C o m m i t t e e f o r the p r e p a r a - tion of a v o l u m e of j u n i o r c o l l e g e l i b r a r y s t a n d a r d s a n d t h a t a m a n u s c r i p t h a d b e e n f o r w a r d e d to R o l l a n d S t e v e n s f o r considera- tion as a n ACRL Monograph. T h e r e was d i s c u s s i o n of the d e s i r a b i l i t y of b r i n g i n g the B e r t a l a n list, Books for Junior Colleges, u p to d a t e a n d of p l a n s f o r a w o r k s h o p o n b u i l d i n g p l a n s which will b e h e l d u n d e r the d i r e c t i o n of the L i b r a r y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n D i v i s i o n in c o n n e c t i o n with the S a n F r a n - cisco C o n f e r e n c e of A L A . P u r e a n d A p p l i e d S c i e n c e S e c t i o n C h a i r m a n , E d w a r d A . C h a p m a n , R e n s - selaer P o l y t e c h n i c I n s t i t u t e L i b r a r y , T r o y , N . Y. R a l p h E . O ' D e t t e , D i r e c t o r of the Inter- n a t i o n a l S c i e n c e I n f o r m a t i o n P r o g r a m of the N a t i o n a l S c i e n c e F o u n d a t i o n , s p o k e o n " T h e S c o p e a n d S t a t u s of N a t i o n a l T r a n s l a t i o n E f f o r t s in Science a n d T e c h - 148 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES n o l o g y . " T h e m e m b e r s h i p a p p r o v e d a pro- p o s a l of the O r g a n i z i n g C o m m i t t e e f o r a S p e c i a l L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n a n d the P u r e a n d A p p l i e d Science S e c t i o n , r e q u e s t i n g the es- t a b l i s h m e n t of a S u b j e c t S p e c i a l i s t s ' S e c t i o n (the n a m e b e i n g t e n t a t i v e ) to b e c o m p r i s e d of the m e m b e r s of the p r e s e n t P u r e a n d A p p l i e d Science Section a n d those m e m b e r s of A C R L active or i n t e r e s t e d in the h u m a n i - ties a n d social sciences. T e a c h e r E d u c a t i o n L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n C h a i r m a n , W a l f r e d E r i c k s o n , E a s t e r n M i c h i g a n C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , Y p s i l a n t i . K a t h a r i n e M . Stokes, W e s t e r n M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , K a l a m a z o o , s p o k e o n " A C o r e L i s t of B o o k s f o r T e a c h e r E d u c a - t i o n . " F e l i x E . H i r s c h , C h a i r m a n of the A C R L C o m m i t t e e o n S t a n d a r d s , s p o k e o n " O n the W a y to N e w C o l l e g e L i b r a r y S t a n d a r d s . " U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n C h a i r m a n , R o b e r t H . M u l l e r , U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n L i b r a r y , A n n A r b o r . M r . M u l l e r r e p o r t e d o n his p o l l of sec- tion m e m b e r s h i p a n d select university li- b r a r i a n s c o n c e r n i n g f u t u r e a i m s of the section. D i v e r g e n t views i n d i c a t e d a n e e d for r e a p p r a i s a l of the section's activities. T o effect this r e a p p r a i s a l , M r . M u l l e r a p p o i n t e d a S t e e r i n g C o m m i t t e e of seven m e m b e r s . D o n a l d C o n e y of the U n i v e r s i t y of Cali- f o r n i a at B e r k e l e y s p o k e o n the " I m p a c t of R i s i n g E n r o l l m e n t s on U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r - i e s . " H i s talk was f o l l o w e d by c o n s i d e r a b l e g e n e r a l discussion. C O M M I T T E E S M e e t i n g s were h e l d at M i d w i n t e r by ten A C R L c o m m i t t e e s . T h e y were: A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e o n C o o p e r a t i o n with E d u c a t i o n - al a n d P r o f e s s i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n s , E d m o n L o w , C h a i r m a n ; C o m m i t t e e o n C o m m i t t e e s , R a l p h H . P a r k e r , C h a i r m a n ; C o m m i t t e e o n D u p l i c a t e s E x c h a n g e U n i o n , C h a r l e s H . Penrose, C h a i r m a n ; C o m m i t t e e o n F o u n d a - tion G r a n t s , A r t h u r T . H a m l i n , C h a i r m a n ; C o m m i t t e e o n R a r e B o o k s , M a n u s c r i p t s , a n d S p e c i a l C o l l e c t i o n s , M a r j o r i e G . W y n n e , C h a i r m a n , m e e t i n g with the S p e c i a l Com- m i t t e e T o S t u d y S e c t i o n S t a t u s , J . T e r r y B e n d e r , A c t i n g C h a i r m a n ; C o m m i t t e e o n S t a n d a r d s , F e l i x E . H i r s c h , C h a i r m a n ; N o m - i n a t i n g C o m m i t t e e , S i d n e y B . S m i t h , Chair- m a n ; P u b l i c a t i o n s C o m m i t t e e , S t e p h e n A . M c C a r t h y , C h a i r m a n ; S p e c i a l C o m m i t t e e o n Activities D e v e l o p m e n t , W i l l i a m H . C a r l s o n , C h a i r m a n ; a n d the S t a t e R e p r e - sentatives, M a r y D . H e r r i c k , C h a i r m a n . T h e e d i t o r i a l b o a r d of ACRL Monographs a l s o m e t as a g r o u p . T h e O r g a n i z i n g C o m m i t t e e f o r a S p e c i a l L i b r a r i e s Section m e t b o t h s e p a r a t e l y a n d in c o n j u n c t i o n with the m e e t i n g of the P u r e a n d A p p l i e d Science S e c t i o n . T h e C o m m i t t e e o n S t a n d a r d s h e l d a full- day w o r k session o n M o n d a y , J a n u a r y 27, with all m e m b e r s of the c o m m i t t e e p r e s e n t . A t its a f t e r n o o n m e e t i n g , twenty-seven addi- t i o n a l college a n d university l i b r a r i a n s m e t with it to discuss the work of the c o m m i t t e e in a n a d v i s o r y c a p a c i t y . T h e c o m m i t t e e dis- cussed in d e t a i l p l a n s for new c o l l e g e li- brary s t a n d a r d s to m e e t n e e d s of the n e x t d e c a d e . I t h o p e s to h a v e a first d r a f t of the new s t a n d a r d s r e a d y f o r d i s c u s s i o n at the S a n F r a n c i s c o C o n f e r e n c e . T h e C o m m i t t e e o n R a r e B o o k s , M a n u - scripts, a n d S p e c i a l C o l l e c t i o n s a c c e p t e d the r e p o r t of R o b e r t V o s p e r , C h a i r m a n of the s p e c i a l c o m m i t t e e o n sections status, as it was p r e s e n t e d f o r M r . V o s p e r by J . T e r r y B e n d e r . F u r t h e r b u s i n e s s of the c o m m i t t e e was c o n c e r n e d with its p r o g r a m f o r a n o p e n m e e t i n g at S a n F r a n c i s c o a n d a p r o g r e s s r e p o r t o n its m a n u a l o n r a r e b o o k s . T h e e d i t o r i a l b o a r d f o r ACRL Mono- graphs r e v i e w e d its p u b l i c a t i o n p r o g r a m f o r the p a s t year a n d d e c i d e d to c o n t i n u e its work with n o m a j o r policy c h a n g e . Mono- graphs p r e s e n t l y s c h e d u l e d f o r early p u b l i c a - tion i n c l u d e A Study of Certain Factors in Institutions of Higher Education Which Influence Students to Become Librarians, by A g n e s R e a g a n , a n d a c o m p i l a t i o n of arti- cles c o n c e r n i n g a c a d e m i c status for l i b r a r i a n s by R o b e r t B . D o w n s . W o r k of o t h e r c o m m i t t e e s was c o n c e r n e d with c o n t i n u i n g business. T h e n o m i n a t i o n s r e p o r t e d by the N o m i n a t i n g C o m m i t t e e a r e c o v e r e d in the r e p o r t of the A C R L B o a r d m e e t i n g s . T h e r e p o r t of the S p e c i a l Com- m i t t e e o n A c t i v i t i e s D e v e l o p m e n t will b e p u b l i s h e d later. T r a n s c r i p t s of M r . V o s p e r ' s r e p o r t o n Section S t a t u s f o r a R a r e B o o k s S e c t i o n a n d M r . E l l i n g e r ' s a n d M r . C h a p - m a n ' s s t a t e m e n t f o r the O r g a n i z i n g Com- m i t t e e f o r a S p e c i a l L i b r a r i e s Section follow. MARCH 1958 149- Rare Books Section " R a r e book collections in this country d e v e l o p e d first in the great s e p a r a t e rare book libraries—such as the H u n t i n g t o n , the Clements, the M o r g a n , the Folger, a n d the C l a r k — m o s t of which arose d u r i n g the 1920's a n d early 1930's. Separately chartered a n d privately endowed, these institutions were sometimes outside university centers; a n d when established on university cam- puses, normally they were administered q u i t e separately from the general university li- brary. D u r i n g this p e r i o d a n d for some years afterward, the curators of rare book libraries o p e r a t e d q u i t e outside the pattern of or- ganized A m e r i c a n librarians. Each g r o u p , the rare book curators a n d the general librarians, tended to be suspicious of the other a n d thus there was little o p p o r t u n i t y for f r u i t f u l conversation or cooperative effort. " D u r i n g the past fifteen years or so, how- ever, there has been a c h a n g i n g pattern whereby g r a d u a l l y rare book collections have d e v e l o p e d inside general university libraries to the p o i n t where across the country now there are a great many uni- versity libraries, a n d some p u b l i c libraries, with s e p a r a t e rare book d e p a r t m e n t s or de- partments of special collections so-called. As Frederick B. A d a m s said in a 1955 speech before the P h i l a d e l p h i a A C R L meeting, 'Twenty-five years ag o the rare book rooms in A m e r i c a n college a n d university libraries could be counted on one's fingers. N o w the institution that doesn't have o n e tends to feel it is o u t of step. R a r e book rooms are not j u s t at H a r v a r d a n d Yale, they are literally everywhere.' Moreover, the rare book collections u n d e r the custody of gen- eral university libraries are n o longer callow a n d i m m a t u r e : those at I n d i a n a , M i n n e s o t a , Illinois, a n d the like, are of n a t i o n a l im- portance. T h i s trend is d e v e l o p i n g not only at the largest institutions b u t at m a n y of the medium-sized universities, as well as a n u m b e r of colleges. " A l l of this of course means a r a p i d in- crease in the n u m b e r of p e o p l e who are directly concerned as staff members with the care, custody, a n d use of rare books a n d manuscripts. T h i s highly specialized a n d sophisticated business is no longer entirely in the h a n d s of a select g r o u p of p e o p l e . T o a n increasing extent, staff m e m b e r s in rare book d e p a r t m e n t s have been trained in the normal pattern of general librarian- ship. T h u s there is an increasing kinship between rare book work a n d the normal, o n g o i n g p a t t e r n of American l i b r a r i a n s h i p . " B e c a u s e of this increasing n u m b e r of p e o p l e concerned with rare books, there is a n increasing need for a ready line of inter-communication a m o n g all p e o p l e in- terested in rare books. T h e need for some kind of formalized organization was p o i n t e d u p at the J u l y 1948 A C R L m e e t i n g which presented a significant symposium on ' R a r e B o o k s in the University L i b r a r y . ' T h i s meet- ing particularly noticed that the earlier a n d u n f o r t u n a t e dichotomy between rare book li- brarians a n d general librarians was begin- n i n g to d i s a p p e a r as a mo re sophisticated at- mosphere became c o m m o n . T h i s need f o r or- ganization p r o d u c e d as recently as 1954 a C o m m i t t e e of A C R L concerned with R a r e Books, Manuscripts, a n d Special Collections. T h e C o m m i t t e e has d o n e yeoman service by way of p r o v i d i n g occasional p r o g r a m s of interest to their fellows a n d by d e v e l o p i n g several projects that should be f r u i t f u l for l i b r a r i a n s h i p across the country. " A committee as such, however, is faced with serious difficulties in this b r o a d field. A committee cannot readily a n d regularly p r o v i d e an o p e n f o r u m for the general run of interested staff members. A committee can p r o v i d e an occasional p r o g r a m , but the very limitation of m e m b e r s h i p makes this a difficult task. A committee also has great difficulty m a i n t a i n i n g continuity since new a p p o i n t m e n t s must be m a d e regularly a n d these a p p o i n t m e n t s must of course be m a d e by divisional officers who may not always be closely in touch with rare book d e v e l o p m e n t s a n d needs. Moreover there is a limit to the n u m b e r of projects a com- mittee can develop a n d supervise at one time, even through the agency of subcom- mittees. Certainly there are a variety of sig- nificant u n d e r t a k i n g s , bibliographical a n d otherwise, that could b e fostered by a mo re p e r m a n e n t g r o u p involving larger member- 150 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES s h i p a n d thus g r e a t e r o p p o r t u n i t y f o r par- t i c i p a t i o n . A s early as 1940 R a n d o l p h A d a m s , in n o t i n g the r a p i d increase in the n u m b e r of r a r e b o o k collections, e x p r e s s e d the n e e d f o r b e t t e r i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t hold- ings, f o r e x a m p l e . O t h e r g r o u p s w i t h i n A m e r i c a n l i b r a r i a n s h i p h a v e f o u n d the com- m i t t e e p r o c e d u r e a s l e n d e r r e e d o n which to d e v e l o p a p e r s i s t e n t a n d v a r i e d p r o g r a m . T h e a c q u i s i t i o n s p e o p l e , f o r e x a m p l e , p u s h e d f o r w a r d to a certain e x t e n t t h r o u g h the agency of a b o a r d , b u t the m e m b e r s of that b o a r d s o o n b e c a m e c o n v i n c e d that only a g e n e r a l m e m b e r s h i p g r o u p c o u l d d e a l effectively with the c o n s e q u e n t p r o b l e m s a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s . " N o t the least i m p o r t a n t a d v a n t a g e of a m e m b e r s h i p g r o u p f o r r a r e b o o k p e o p l e w o u l d b e the f o r u m this w o u l d p r o v i d e f o r self-education or in-service t r a i n i n g , as well as r e c r u i t i n g . R a r e b o o k work is a field in which f o r m a l l i b r a r y t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m s h a v e not b e e n very active, a n d this suggests a s p e c i a l n e e d f o r a center in which r a r e b o o k staff m e m b e r s can r e a d i l y discuss mat- ters of c o m m o n interest a n d l o o k t o w a r d a r e a d y s h a r i n g of i n f o r m a t i o n a n d i d e a s . " S o m e a d v a n t a g e s then of a s e c t i o n a l pat- tern over the c o m m i t t e e p a t t e r n a r e : g r e a t e r c o n t i n u i t y , wider m e m b e r s h i p p a r t i c i p a t i o n in w o r t h w h i l e p r o j e c t s , a n d f u l l c o n t r o l by the g r o u p itself o v e r its officers, c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t m e n t , a n d the like. A f u r t h e r ad- v a n t a g e of s e c t i o n a l status is t h a t a section r e g u l a r l y elects a v o t i n g r e p r e s e n t a t i v e to the A C R L B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s . I n a d d i t i o n , the section c h a i r m a n is a u t o m a t i c a l l y a non- v o t i n g m e m b e r of the A C R L B o a r d . T h u s the s e c t i o n a l g r o u p is closer to A C R L gov- e r n m e n t t h a n a c o m m i t t e e can b e a n d is in a b e t t e r p o s i t i o n to state its n e e d s in terms of b u d g e t , h e a d q u a r t e r s assistance, a n d the like. T h e b u d g e t a r y o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r a section a r e a l s o g r e a t e r t h a n f o r a c o m m i t t e e . F u r t h e r m o r e , a c o m m i t t e e has difficulty lo- c a t i n g a n d k e e p i n g in t o u c h with all pos- sible i n t e r e s t e d p e o p l e , w h e r e a s s e c t i o n a l status p r o v i d e s a n a u t o m a t i c p r o c e d u r e , at least w i t h i n A L A , f o r a c c o m p l i s h i n g this basically i m p o r t a n t task. " S e c t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n n e e d n o t r e q u i r e c o m p l i c a t e d a n d b u r e a u c r a t i c o r g a n i z a t i o n ; the s t r u c t u r e can b e relatively s i m p l e . With- in A C R L a l r e a d y 'most sections o p e r a t e w i t h o u t a c o n s t i t u t i o n a n d bylaws,' accord- i n g to the ACRL Organization Manual. F o r a r a r e b o o k g r o u p there m i g h t b e r e a l a d v a n t a g e in p r o c e e d i n g to sectional s t a t u s w i t h o u t m u c h f o r m a l i t y . T h u s the p a t t e r n a n d p r o g r a m of the g r o u p c o u l d d e v e l o p o r g a n i c a l l y w i t h o u t p r e c o n c e i v e d l i m i t a t i o n s . " T h e m o v e m e n t t o w a r d s e c t i o n a l status, m o r e o v e r , can b e a relatively s i m p l e o n e . T h e r e was n u m e r i c a l l y e n o u g h interest ex- p r e s s e d at K a n s a s City to p e r m i t full-scale s e c t i o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t if the two c o m m i t t e e s a s s e m b l e d at the 1958 M i d w i n t e r m e e t i n g (the r e g u l a r A C R L C o m m i t t e e o n R a r e B o o k s , M a n u s c r i p t s , a n d S p e c i a l C o l l e c t i o n s a n d this s p e c i a l c o m m i t t e e o n s e c t i o n a l s t a t u s ) a g r e e to g o f o r w a r d o n the b a s i s of this s t a t e m e n t , or s o m e m o d i f i c a t i o n t h e r e o f , a n d if they will merely f o r w a r d t o the A C R L b o a r d , v i a M r . H a r w e l l , a f o r m a l r e q u e s t to s h i f t f r o m c o m m i t t e e to s e c t i o n a l status. N o c o m p l i c a t e d p e t i t i o n o r c o n s t i t u t i o n is re- q u i r e d . " T h u s the a d v a n t a g e s of s h i f t i n g t o sec- t i o n a l status seem clear a n d d e s i r a b l e , a n d the p r o c e d u r e seems p a i n l e s s . F u r t h e r m o r e the t i m e seems r i p e b e c a u s e A C R L is re- ceptive, b e c a u s e a l a r g e g r o u p of r a r e b o o k p e o p l e a r e now in t o u c h with e a c h o t h e r a n d this c o n t a c t s h o u l d not b e b r o k e n , a n d b e c a u s e the w h o l e A L A / A C R L p a t t e r n is in a fluid state in its history so t h a t emer- g e n t g r o u p s , such a s ours, can easily find an a p p r o p r i a t e p o s i t i o n . " I t m i g h t be s u g g e s t e d that the C o m m i t - tee a s s e m b l e d at C h i c a g o s h o u l d o n l y a g r e e a m o n g themselves a n d then p r o c e e d to s a m p l e m e m b e r s h i p o p i n i o n f u r t h e r be- f o r e f o r m a l l y a p p r o a c h i n g the A C R L Direc- tors. O n the o t h e r h a n d a c o n s i d e r a b l e n u m b e r of r a r e b o o k p e o p l e a t K a n s a s C i t y e x p r e s s e d a f a v o r a b l e o p i n i o n , a n d the K a n - sas City g r o u p as a whole a u t h o r i z e d this special c o m m i t t e e to i n v e s t i g a t e a n d pro- ceed. T h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y is clearly d e l e g a t e d to the two c o m m i t t e e s . A f u r t h e r s a m p l i n g of o p i n i o n w o u l d only delay a n i n e v i t a b l e d e v e l o p m e n t . I n any e v e n t it s h o u l d b e k e p t in m i n d that the i n f o r m a l i t y of section- al m a c h i n e r y m e a n s that the p a t t e r n a n d p r o g r a m of the g r o u p can b e entirely flex- ible, a c c o r d i n g t o m e m b e r s h i p interest. " O n e p a r t i c u l a r f e a r that h a s b e e n ex- p r e s s e d is that sectional s t a t u s m i g h t some- MARCH 19.58 151 how f u r t h e r p r e v e n t i n t e r e s t e d b o o k d e a l e r s o r p r i v a t e collectors f r o m p a r t i c i p a t i n g . H o w e v e r it s h o u l d b e r e m e m b e r e d that the C o m m i t t e e itself is a l r e a d y a n i n t e g r a l p a r t of A C R L ; s e c t i o n a l s t a t u s will n o t a l t e r that s i t u a t i o n . M o r e o v e r the g r o u p itself can set a t o n e of p r o g r a m a n d p r o j e c t s that will i n v i t e p a r t i c i p a t i o n by all i n t e r e s t e d per- sons. M a n y a n t i q u a r i a n d e a l e r s a l r e a d y par- t i c i p a t e in A L A activities; in f a c t A L A / - A C R L a r e f a r m o r e h o s p i t a b l e t o d e a l e r s t h a n the A B A A is to l i b r a r i a n s . I n a n y e v e n t a n o p e r a t i n g g r o u p c a n n o t o p e r a t e in a v a c u u m ; it r e q u i r e s s o m e c e n t e r f o r o p e r a t i o n . M o r e o v e r a r a r e b o o k section m i g h t even l o o k t o w a r d a f o r m a l i z e d re- l a t i o n s h i p with such g r o u p s as A B A A , the b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l societies, a n d the like, by way of j o i n t c o m m i t t e e s or j o i n t p r o j e c t s as the n e e d m a y i n d i c a t e . B a s i c a l l y there is n o n e e d to e x c l u d e a n y o n e ; in f a c t a clear a d v a n t a g e of s e c t i o n a l s t a t u s is that it can widely i n v i t e i n t e r e s t e d p e r s o n s to p a r t i c i p a t e in o n e way o r a n o t h e r . " W i t h these t h o u g h t s in m i n d , the special c o m m i t t e e r e c o m m e n d s at the C h i c a g o 1958 M i d w i n t e r M e e t i n g — w i t h the c o n c u r r e n c e of the e x i s t i n g A C R L C o m m i t t e e o n R a r e B o o k s , M a n u s c r i p t s , a n d S p e c i a l Collec- t i o n s — t h a t the A C R L B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s b e r e q u e s t e d to e s t a b l i s h a n A C R L R a r e B o o k s S e c t i o n . — R o b e r t Vosper, Chairman, Special Committee to study Section Status for ACRL Rare Books Committee Subject Specialists Section " T h e O r g a n i z i n g C o m m i t t e e f o r a S p e c i a l L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n a n d the P u r e a n d A p p l i e d Science S e c t i o n of A C R L p r o p o s e the es- t a b l i s h m e n t of a S u b j e c t S p e c i a l i s t s S e c t i o n (the n a m e b e i n g t e n t a t i v e ) to c o m p r i s e the m e m b e r s of the p r e s e n t P u r e a n d A p p l i e d Scienc e Section a n d those m e m b e r s of A C R L active o r i n t e r e s t e d in the h u m a n i t i e s a n d social sciences. " T h e f o l l o w i n g s t a t e m e n t of field of re- s p o n s i b i l i t y is s u b m i t t e d : 1. Scope. T h e fields of k n o w l e d g e antici- p a t e d to b e e n c o m p a s s e d within the S e c t i o n i n c l u d e such a c a d e m i c d i s c i p l i n e s as law, p o l i t i c a l science, art, music, t h e o l o g y , science a n d t e c h n o l o g y , a n d m e d i c i n e a n d r e l a t e d fields. 2. Membership. I t is e x p e c t e d that the Sec- tion will a t t r a c t c a t a l o g e r s , r e f e r e n c e librar- ians, a c q u i s i t i o n l i b r a r i a n s , c u r a t o r s , a n d a d m i n i s t r a t o r s with s p e c i a l interest in the s c o p e of the section, as well as scholars a n d o t h e r s u b j e c t specialists. ( M e m b e r s h i p d o e s not d e p e n d u p o n the t y p e of l i b r a r y in which a s u b j e c t s p e c i a l i s t m a y b e e m p l o y e d . ) 3. Functions. T h e f u n c t i o n s shall i n c l u d e : a. T h e s u g g e s t i o n of specific p r o g r a m s to type-of-activity d i v i s i o n s a n d the provi- sion of specialists to work o n c o m m i t t e e s u n d e r t a k i n g s p e c i a l activities, e.g., the r e v i s i o n of c a t a l o g i n g r u l e s r e l a t i n g to p a r t i c u l a r s u b j e c t a r e a s a n d the p r e p a r a - tion of lists of s u b j e c t h e a d i n g s a n d classification s c h e m e s t h e r e i n . b. S u g g e s t i o n s o n e d u c a t i o n f o r s p e c i a l l i b r a r i a n s h i p in p a r t i c u l a r s u b j e c t fields. c. L i a i s o n with o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s , in- c l u d i n g n o n l i b r a r y a s s o c i a t i o n s in par- t i c u l a r s u b j e c t fields. d . A s s i s t a n c e in the d e v e l o p m e n t of li- b r a r y r e s o u r c e s in p a r t i c u l a r s u b j e c t fields, i n c l u d i n g the s c r e e n i n g a n d d i s p o s i t i o n of g r a n t s . e. T h e synthesis of activities of u n i t s as they r e l a t e to p a r t i c u l a r s u b j e c t fields. 4. Organization. T h e c o n s t i t u t i n g b o d i e s an- t i c i p a t e the f o r m a t i o n of p a r t i c u l a r s u b j e c t g r o u p s w i t h i n the s e c t i o n . — F o r the Organ- izing Committee: Werner B. Ellinger, Chair- man. For PASS: Edward A. Chapman, Chair- man." 1 5 2 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES