College and Research Libraries ACRL at San Francisco M a r k Schorer, n a t i o n a l l y k n o w n a u t h o r , critic, a n d teacher, will b e the s p e a k e r at A C R L ' s m e m b e r s h i p m e e t i n g in S a n F r a n - cisco. S p e e c h e s by L e s t e r A s h e i m , R a l p h Ells- worth, J u l i o L . B o r t o l a z z o , O r l i n C . S p i c e r , H e l e n C . B u l l o c k , A l a n D . Covey, D o r o t h y Bevis, M a r y C . W r i g h t , H o w a r d W i n g e r , a n d R o b e r t O . D o u g a n will h i g h l i g h t the sev- eral section m e e t i n g s . A C R L ' s C o m m i t t e e o n S t a n d a r d s will h o l d a n o p e n discussion of its d r a f t of new college l i b r a r y s t a n d a r d s , a n d a dozen o t h e r A C R L g r o u p s will h o l d r e g u l a r c o m m i t t e e m e e t i n g s . M r . Schorer will a d d r e s s the T u e s d a y eve- n i n g session o n " T h e H a r a s s e d H u m a n i t i e s . " Professor of E n g l i s h at the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a since 1946, h e is a l s o the a u t h o r of A House Too Old, The Hermit Place, William Blake, The State of Mind, The Story, The Wars of Love, a n d Society and Self in the Novel. M r . S c h o r e r is a f r e q u e n t c o n t r i b u t o r to l e a d i n g literary a n d g e n e r a l p e r i o d i c a l s . I n 1956 h e was a l e c t u r e r in A m e r i c a n S t u d i e s at T o k y o U n i v e r s i t y . I n a p r o g r a m of the U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s Section e n t i t l e d " T h e A c a d e m i c L i b r a r y a n d the D e v e l o p m e n t of L i f e t i m e R e a d i n g In- t e r e s t " M r . A s h e i m , of the G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School of the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o , will s p e a k o n the " N a t u r e of the P r o b l e m " a n d M r . E l l s w o r t h , of the U n i v e r s i t y of C o l o r a d o , will discuss the " R o l e of the L i b r a r y . " C h a i r - man-elect C a r l W . H i n t z , of the U n i v e r s i t y of O r e g o n , will p r e s i d e . C h a i r m a n R o b e r t H . M u l l e r , of the U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n , will c o n d u c t a f o l l o w i n g b u s i n e s s m e e t i n g . D r . B o r t o l a z z o , P r e s i d e n t of the C o l l e g e of S a n M a t e o , will a d d r e s s the J u n i o r Col- l e g e L i b r a r i e s Section o n " T h e I n s t r u c t i o n a l M a t e r i a l s C o n c e p t of a M o d e r n J u n i o r Col- l e g e L i b r a r y . " C o n s i d e r e d a n o u t s t a n d i n g j u n i o r c o l l e g e a d m i n i s t r a t o r , P r e s i d e n t Bor- tolazzo is p r e s e n t l y d i r e c t i n g the construc- tion of a n e x t e n s i v e c a m p u s which will em- p h a s i z e the l i b r a r y as its c e n t r a l f e a t u r e . O r l i n C . S p i c e r , of 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 , C i c e r o , 111., chairman-elect of the section, will s p e a k o n " K e e p i n g the J u n i o r C o l l e g e L i b r a r i a n I n f o r m e d o n New B o o k s for the L i b r a r y . " Mrs. L u l a K . P r a t t , of 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 , War- ner, O k l a . , is c h a i r m a n of the section a n d will p r e s i d e . T h e section will h o l d a busi- ness session at a s e p a r a t e l u n c h e o n m e e t i n g . A p a n e l d i s c u s s i o n , " G r o w i n g P a i n s : Diag- nosis a n d P r e s c r i p t i o n f o r L i b r a r i e s of R a p - idly E x p a n d i n g T e a c h e r - E d u c a t i o n Institu- t i o n s , " will c o m p r i s e the p r o g r a m of the 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 . Chair- m a n W a l f r e d E r i c k s o n , of 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 , will p r e s i d e . P a n e l i s t s will i n c l u d e Miss B u l l o c k , of S a n J o s e S t a t e Col- lege, a n d D r . Covey, of S a c r a m e n t o S t a t e C o l l e g e . T h e S u b j e c t S p e c i a l i s t s Section will h e a r a talk by D r . W r i g h t o n " T h e R o l e of the S u b j e c t S p e c i a l i s t in L i b r a r y S e r v i c e . " D r . W r i g h t is associate p r o f e s s o r a n d c u r a t o r of the C h i n e s e C o l l e c t i o n at the H o o v e r In- s t i t u t i o n o n W a r , R e v o l u t i o n , a n d Peace, S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y . S p e a k i n g to the s a m e g r o u p will b e D r . W i n g e r , of the G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School of the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o . H i s t o p i c will b e " S u m m a r y of C o n f e r e n c e o n I r o n C u r t a i n s a n d S c h o l a r s h i p : T h e Ex- c h a n g e of K n o w l e d g e in a D i v i d e d W o r l d . " E d w a r d A . C h a p m a n , of R e n s s e l a e r Poly- technic I n s t i t u t e , a n d W e r n e r B . E l l i n g e r , of the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s , a r e co-chairmen of the section. A C R L ' s new R a r e B o o k s S e c t i o n will h o l d two m e e t i n g s . Its first will b e d e v o t e d in p a r t to the section's i n i t i a l b u s i n e s s m e e t i n g . Officers will b e elected at that time. N o m - inees a r e J . T e r r y B e n d e r , chief of S p e c i a l C o l l e c t i o n s D i v i s i o n , S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y Li- braries, f o r c h a i r m a n ; J a m e s T . B a b b , li- b r a r i a n , Y a l e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , f o r vice- c h a i r m a n a n d chairman-elect; J o h n C o o k Wyllie, l i b r a r i a n , U n i v e r s i t y of V i r g i n i a , f o r secretary; a n d H e r b e r t T . F . C a h o o n , chief, R e f e r e n c e D e p a r t m e n t , P i e r p o n t M o r g a n L i b r a r y , f o r d i r e c t o r . T h e R a r e B o o k s Section's T u e s d a y pro- g r a m will b e a talk by R o b e r t O . D o u g a n , new l i b r a r i a n of the H e n r y E . H u n t i n g t o n L i b r a r y . O n W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n the sec- tion will p r e s e n t a s y m p o s i u m o n " R a r e B o o k C o l l e c t i o n s in the B a y A r e a . " S p e a k e r s will i n c l u d e K e n n e t h C a r p e n t e r a n d G e o r g e H a m m o n d , of the U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a ; R i c h a r d D i l l o n , of the S u t r o B r a n c h of the JULY 1958 321 C a l i f o r n i a State L i b r a r y ; D o n a l d C . Biggs, of the C a l i f o r n i a H i s t o r i c a l Society; D a v i d M a g e e , of the B o o k C l u b of C a l i f o r n i a ; Phil- ip T . M c L e a n , of the H o o v e r I n s t i t u t i o n ; a n d M r . B e n d e r . A cocktail party for the new section will b e h e l d in c o n j u n c t i o n with this m e e t i n g . R i c h a r d E. C h a p i n , of M i c h i g a n State University, will p a r t i c i p a t e in a W e d n e s d a y m o r n i n g p a n e l j o i n t l y s p o n s o r e d by A L A ' s Audio-Visual C o m m i t t e e , A C R L , the A d u l t Services Division, the A m e r i c a n Association of School L i b r a r i a n s , a n d the Y o u n g A d u l t Services D i v i s i o n . In a c o n f e r e n c e week c r a m m e d with meet- ings (more than 275 of them) A C R L mem- bers are b o u n d to find plenty to interest them. D e s p i t e u n a v o i d a b l e conflicts a n d the d e l i g h t f u l distractions of a f a s c i n a t i n g city, p e r s o n a l schedules can b e easily filled ac- c o r d i n g to i n d i v i d u a l tastes. A C R L m e e t i n g s are concentrated, as are all type-of-library meetings, in the first half of the week. T h e r e m a i n d e r of the c o n f e r e n c e schedule is f u l l of attractive p r o g r a m s s p o n s o r e d by type-of- activity divisions. G e n e r a l A L A p r o g r a m s are s p a c e d t h r o u g h o u t the schedule. A n d the S a n Francisco G i a n t s will be play- ing at h o m e . — R . B . H . ACRL Meetings at San Francisco A C R L M E M B E R S H I P M E E T I N G ; T U E S D A Y , J U L Y 1 5 , 8 : 3 0 P . M . S E C T I O N M E E T I N G S College Libraries Section: Tuesday, July 15, 2:00 p.m. J u n i o r College Libraries Section: Tuesday, July 15, 10:00 a.m.; luncheon, 12:30 p.m. R a r e Books Section: Tuesday, July 15, 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday, July 16, 4:30 p.m. Subject Specialists Section: Tuesday, July 15, 2:00 p.m. T e a c h e r Education Libraries Section: Tuesday, July 15, 10:00 a.m. University Libraries Section: Monday, July 14, 2:00 p.m. A C R L C O M M I T T E E M E E T I N G S Advisory Committee on Cooperation with Educational and Professional Organi- zations: Wednesday, July 16, 4:30 p.m. Committee on Conference Programs: Wednesday, July 16, 8:30 a.m. Committee on Constitution and Bylaws: Monday, July 14, 4:30 p.m. Committee on F o u n d a t i o n Grants: Tuesday, July 15, 4:30 p.m. N o m i n a t i n g Committee: Wednesday, July 16, 4:30 p.m. Publications Committee: Monday, July 14, 4:30 p.m. Special Committee on Activities Development: Monday, July 14, 4:30 p.m. Committee on Standards: Tuesday, July 15, 10:00 a.m. (open meeting) State Representatives: Tuesday, July 15, 8:30 a.m. S E C T I O N C O M M I T T E E M E E T I N G S Executive Committee, Subject Specialists Section, Wednesday, July 16, 8:30 a.m. Steering Committee, University Libraries Section, Tuesday, July 15, 10:00 a.m., and Wednesday, July 16, 4:30 p.m. B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S M E E T I N G S Monday, July 14, 4:30 p.m.; Thursday, July 17, 4:30 p.m. 322 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES A Message from the President L a s t a u t u m n , with the o p t i m i s m of inex- p e r i e n c e , I wrote that the worst p a i n s of re- o r g a n i z a t i o n m u s t b e over. T h e surgery was c o m p l e t e . A t that t i m e the a n e s t h e s i a h a d n o t w o r n off. N o w , like m o s t am- p u t e e s , we still itch a n d a c h e where a h a n d h a s b e e n l o p p e d , a n d s o m e of the g r a f t s , which must g o m o r e t h a n skin-deep, a r e begin- n i n g to t i n g l e . A f t e r a year in office, I a m less s a n g u i n e , b o t h literally a n d figura- tively, a b o u t the p l e a s u r e s of r e c u p e r a t i o n . I a m not, however, f u n d a m e n t a l l y less opti- mistic. M y r e a s o n s f o r o p t i m i s m a r e the s a m e a s they h a v e always b e e n ; the i n d o m i t a b l e vitality of A C R L as a total o r g a n i z a t i o n a n d the g r e a t c o m p e t e n c e a n d u n i t y of in- terests of o u r m e m b e r s . T h r o u g h n o f a u l t of o u r own, we a r e still h a r a s s e d by p r o b l e m s of o r g a n i z a t i o n . As t h i n g s s t a n d , A L A C o u n c i l has a p p r o v e d in p r i n c i p l e the p r o p o s a l that all A L A divi- sions s h o u l d o p e r a t e u n d e r the A L A C o n - s t i t u t i o n , b u t with bylaws s u i t e d to di- v i s i o n a l p e c u l i a r i t i e s . T h e A L A 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 will p r e s e n t a p r o p o s a l r e g a r d i n g m i n i m u m r e q u i r e m e n t s for such bylaws to d i v i s i o n a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s at S a n F r a n c i s c o , with the e x p e c t a t i o n that C o u n c i l will a c c e p t or r e j e c t this p r o p o s a l in J a n u a r y , 1959. B e f o r e this A L A a c t i o n was f o r e s e e n , A C R L h a d , with c u s t o m a r y f o r e s i g h t , set its o w n 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 to work r e v i s i n g o u r o l d d o c u m e n t s . T h e re- v i s e d A C R L C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d B y l a w s re- c e i v e d a u n a n i m o u s v o t e of a p p r o v a l at K a n s a s City. T w o votes of m e m b e r s h i p ap- p r o v a l a r e r e q u i r e d to p u t the d o c u m e n t in- to effect; the s e c o n d v o t e is s c h e d u l e d f o r S a n F r a n c i s c o . A L A is, of course, the h i g h e r a u t h o r i t y , b u t u n t i l the A L A C o m m i t t e e o n C o n s t i t u - tion a n d B y l a w s gets a c t i o n on its p r o p o s a l , A C R L sorely n e e d s its o w n b o d y of law. If a n d when C o u n c i l a p p r o v e s the A L A C o m - mittee's p r o p o s a l , we shall h a v e to revise o u r d o c u m e n t . A t that time, if it is p o s s i b l e to c o n v e r t the essentials of o u r C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d B y l a w s i n t o bylaws only, a n d if these bylaws p r e s e n t n o conflict w i t h the A L A C o n s t i t u t i o n o r with the m i n i m u m r e q u i r e - m e n t s f o r d i v i s i o n a l bylaws, o u r revision will b e a s i m p l e process. If the conflicts a r e significant, the p r o b l e m will b e c o m p l e x . T o c o m p l i c a t e m a t t e r s still m o r e , a g r o u p s p e a r h e a d e d by s o m e m e m b e r s of the U n i - versity L i b r a r i e s Section wishes to p r o p o s e s o m e c h a n g e s in the newly r e v i s e d a n d o n c e a p p r o v e d A C R L C o n s t i t u t i o n a n d Bylaws. T h e s e c h a n g e s p e r t a i n to the c o m p o s i t i o n a n d h e n c e to the f u n c t i o n s of the A C R L B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s . B e c a u s e of the c o n f u s e d state of c o n s t i t u t i o n s a n d bylaws, o u r p a r l i a - m e n t a r y a n d p r o c e d u r a l p r o b l e m s a r e exas- p e r a t i n g . Q u i t e a p a r t f r o m the m e r i t s of either side in the d e b a t e a b o u t the c o m p o s i - tion of the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s , it is h a r d to k n o w h o w to p r o c e e d a n d , i n d e e d , w h a t it is legal to d o with p r o p o s e d c h a n g e s . H o w - ever, such c o m p l i c a t i o n s o u g h t not, I think, to b e c o m e a tail w a g g i n g a d o g . W e s h o u l d discuss this p r o p o s a l , p r o a n d con, a n d o t h e r p r o p o s a l s if they arise. C o n s t i t u t i o n s s h o u l d serve us, n o t we t h e m . T o r e d u c e c o n f u s i o n , I h a v e p r o p o s e d that o u r c o n s t i t u t i o n a l p l i g h t as well as the spe- cific r e c o m m e n d a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g the m e m - b e r s h i p of the B o a r d b e d i s c u s s e d i n f o r m a l - ly by the B o a r d o n M o n d a y , J u l y 14. T h i s s h o u l d clear the way f o r clean-cut a c t i o n at the m e m b e r s h i p m e e t i n g o n T u e s d a y , J u l y 15. I a m sure that the i n d i v i d u a l i n t e g r i t y of the m e m b e r s of the B o a r d assures u s that b o t h the c o n s t i t u t i o n a l m a t t e r s a n d the ques- tion of the c o m p o s i t i o n of the B o a r d will b e d e a l t with c o m p l e t e l y o b j e c t i v e l y a n d r e s p o n s i b l y . I r e g r e t h a v i n g to d e v o t e so m u c h of this short letter to these m a t t e r s , j u s t as I h a v e r e g r e t t e d h a v i n g t o d e v o t e so m u c h t i m e t o t h e m d u r i n g the year, w h i l e o t h e r m a t t e r s of A C R L interest h a v e s e e m e d m o r e satisfy- ing, m o r e p r o m i s i n g , a n d m o r e e x c i t i n g . I t (Continued on page 342) Eileen Thornton JULY 1958 323 Message from the President (Continued, from page 323) is i m p o s s i b l e h e r e t o c a t a l o g all the accom- p l i s h m e n t s of officers, c o m m i t t e e s , sections, p u b l i c a t i o n s , r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , a n d g e n e r a l m e m b e r s h i p . S o l i d p r o g r e s s h a s b e e n a c h i e v e d o n m a n y p r o j e c t s which c o n t r i b u t e t o l i b r a r y b e t t e r m e n t , a n d t h o u g h these a r e n o t dra- m a t i c , they are, in l a r g e m e a s u r e , the fab- ric o u t of which A C R L ' s l o n g - h a u l success is m a d e . S o m e new d e v e l o p m e n t s m a y con- s t i t u t e news. T w o c o m m i t t e e s h a v e b e e n g r a d u a t e d to section status. T h e R a r e B o o k s S e c t i o n is the o u t g r o w t h of 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 , a i d e d by a c o m m i t t e e with per- h a p s the l o n g e s t a n d d u l l e s t title in o u r his- tory c o u p l e d with the shortest a n d bright- est l i f e — t h e S p e c i a l C o m m i t t e e to S t u d y the P o s s i b i l i t i e s of S e c t i o n S t a t u s w i t h i n A C R L f o r T h o s e I n t e r e s t e d in R a r e B o o k s . T h e S u b j e c t S p e c i a l i s t S e c t i o n is the f u s i o n of o u r o l d 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 with the l a r g e g r o u p of s p e c i a l l i b r a r i a n s whose r e q u e s t f o r d i v i s i o n a l s t a t u s w i t h i n A L A was d e n i e d a n d w h o s e d i v i s i o n a l m e m - b e r s h i p was t r a n s f e r r e d to A C R L . B o t h sec- t i o n s e n r i c h A C R L , p a r t i c u l a r l y in r e f e r e n c e to o u r r e s e a r c h interests. A few c o m m i t t e e s call f o r s p e c i a l m e n t i o n . T h e S t a n d a r d s C o m m i t t e e will p r e s e n t a re- p o r t a n d p a n e l d i s c u s s i o n o n its p r o g r e s s in e v o l v i n g c o l l e g e l i b r a r y s t a n d a r d s a t S a n F r a n c i s c o . T h e S p e c i a l C o m m i t t e e o n Activ- ities D e v e l o p m e n t , w i t h a p r e l i m i n a r y r e p o r t a l r e a d y p u b l i s h e d in CRL's M a y issue, will t a k e a n o t h e r s t e p f o r w a r d d u r i n g the S a n F r a n c i s c o m e e t i n g s . T h e 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 a g a i n d i s b u r s e d f u n d s to c o l l e g e l i b r a r i e s a n d s e a r c h e d f o r new m o n e y . T h e C o m m i t t e e o n F i n a n c i n g College and Re- search Libraries w a s d i s m i s s e d with t h a n k s , as its r e a s o n f o r b e i n g is n o l o n g e r a d i r e c t r e s p o n s i b i l i t y of A C R L . T h e m e m b e r s of this c o m m i t t e e were i n s t e a d a s k e d to serve o n a new c o m m i t t e e to i n v e s t i g a t e the feasi- bility of a n a w a r d s p r o g r a m in A C R L . A j o i n t c o m m i t t e e with 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 is off to a s u c c e s s f u l start. I a m s u r e the m e m b e r s h i p of A C R L j o i n s in my p l e a s u r e a n d s a t i s f a c t i o n at the r e c e n t a p p o i n t m e n t of R i c h a r d H a r w e l l as as- s o c i a t e e x e c u t i v e secretary of A L A . I t is a g r a t i f y i n g r e c o g n i t i o n of the v i t a l p o s i t i o n of A C R L w i t h i n o u r l a r g e r o r g a n i z a t i o n that its e x e c u t i v e secretary s h o u l d b e c h o s e n for the a d d e d r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s of this key posi- t i o n , a n d it is a sincere c o m p l i m e n t to M r . H a r w e l l ' s effectiveness in his w o r k f o r A C R L . I a m c o n v i n c e d t h a t his c o n d u c t of w i d e r A L A a f f a i r s will f u r t h e r s t r e n g t h e n A C R L ' s p o s i t i o n as a m o s t i m p o r t a n t divi- sion of A L A . O u r p u b l i c a t i o n s p r o g r a m c o n t i n u e s to b e o n e of the o u t s t a n d i n g fields of o p e r a t i o n of A C R L . W e a r e p r o u d of CRL which, u n d e r the e d i t o r s h i p of M a u r y T a u b e r , m a i n t a i n s a s t r o n g p o s i t i o n a m o n g l i b r a r y p e r i o d i c a l s a n d n u m b e r s a m o n g its c o n t r i b u t o r s the lead- i n g scholarly a n d a c a d e m i c l i b r a r i a n s . T r a n s - f e r of the p r o d u c t i o n a s p e c t s of o u r m o n o - g r a p h s series 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 increases the efficiency of o u r w o r k in that a r e a w i t h o u t a f f e c t i n g the e d i t o r i a l poli- cy or q u a l i t y of it. U n d e r its new e d i t o r , M r s . M a r g a r e t T o t h , o u r m i c r o c a r d series g a i n s f u r t h e r p r e s t i g e . W e a r e sorry to lose F l o y d C a m m a c k as o u r p u b l i c a t i o n s officer. H e is l e a v i n g f o r C o r n e l l in S e p t e m b e r to w o r k f o r a d o c t o r a t e in gen- eral l i n g u i s t i c s . W e a r e g r a t e f u l f o r his fine work with us. I n his s t e a d we shall w e l c o m e Peter D e m e r y , w h o c o m e s to u s f r o m the M a r q u e t t e U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . T h e b e a u t i e s a n d h o s p i t a l i t y of S a n F r a n - cisco will b e h a r d to resist, b u t a g l a n c e at the p r o g r a m s p l a n n e d f o r the a n n u a l con- f e r e n c e convinces m e t h a t we h a v e a n excit- i n g c o n f e r e n c e c o m i n g u p . M a n y of the talks c e n t e r o n b o o k s , a d e l i g h t f u l re-em- p h a s i s o n first p r i n c i p l e s , a n d the w h o l e pro- g r a m is d i v e r s i f i e d e n o u g h t o satisfy all in- terests. T h e p a t i e n t is o n c e a g a i n t a k i n g s o l i d f o o d . — E i l e e n Thornton, ACRL Pres- ident. 342 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES ACRL Officers DIVISION OFFICERS P R E S I D E N T : Lewis C. Branscomb, Director of Libraries, O h i o State University, Co- lumbus. V I C E - P R E S I D E N T AND P R E S I D E N T - E L E C T : W y m a n W. Parker, Wesleyan University Li- brary, Middletown, Connecticut. P A S T P R E S I D E N T : Eileen T h o r n t o n , O b e r l i n College Library, Oberlin, Ohio. D I R E C T O R S - A T - L A R G E : Elmer M. Grieder, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California (1958-60); Patricia Paylore, University of Arizona Library, Tucson (1958-61). COLLEGE LIBRARIES SECTION C H A I R M A N : Edward C . Heintz, Kenyon College Library, Gambier, Ohio. V I C E - C H A R M AN AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : Morrison C . Haviland, University of Ver- mont Library, Burlington. S E C R E T A R Y : Margaret E. Knox, University of Florida Libraries, Gainesville. D I R E C T O R : Laurence E. Tomlinson, Lewis and Clark College Library, Portland, Oregon. JUNIOR COLLEGE LIBRARIES SECTION C H A I R M A N : Orlin C. Spicer, M o r t o n H i g h School and Junior College Libraries, Cicero, Illinois. V I C E - C H A I R M A N AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : H e l e n Mitchell, Clark College Library, Van- couver, Washington. S E C R E T A R Y : Loretta J. Frazier, J o p l i n J u n i o r College Library, Joplin, Missouri. SUBJECT SPECALISTS SECTION C H A I R M A N : Carson W. Bennett, Rose Polytechnic Institute Library, T e r r a Haute, Indiana. V I C E - C H A I R M A N AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : R u t h M. Heiss, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio. S E C R E T A R Y : Frank N. Jones, Peabody Institute Library, Baltimore, Maryland (1958- 60). TEACHER EDUCATION LIBRARIES SECTION C H A I R M A N : G e r t r u d e W. Rounds, New York State Teachers College, Oneonta. S E C R E T A R Y AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : T h e l m a C . Bird, T e a c h i n g Materials Library, In- diana State Teachers College, T e r r a H a u t e . D I R E C T O R : Katherine Walker, N o r t h e r n Illinois University Library, DeKalb (1958- 61). 324 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES for 1958-59 UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES SECTION C H A I R M A N : Carl W . Hintz, University of Oregon Library, Eugene. V I C E - C H A I R M A N AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : R i c h a r d E. C h a p i n , Michigan State Univer- sity Library, East Lansing. S E C R E T A R Y : E d i t h Scott, University of O k l a h o m a Library, N o r m a n . D I R E C T O R : R a l p h H . H o p p , University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis. C H A I R M A N : J. T e r r y Bender, S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y Libraries, Stanford, California. V I C E - C H A I R M A N AND C H A I R M A N - E L E C T : J a m e s T . Babb, Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut. S E C R E T A R Y : J o h n C. Wyllie, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville. D I R E C T O R : H e r b e r t T . F. Cahoon, P i e r p o n t M o r g a n Library, 29 East 36th Street, New York, New York. ACRL's Rare Book Section will complete its organization at the San Francisco Conference. Pending provisions of its inclusion as a section choice on 1959 mem- bership blanks, any ACRL member who wishes to be included on its mailing list is asked to send his name and address on a postal card to Rare Books, ACRL, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago 11, Illinois. "Show me w h a t a m a n eats a n d I ' l l tell you what he is," wrote Brillat-Savarin with the a u t h o r i t y of t h e m a n w h o provided the edibles. So m i g h t a l i b r a r i a n , if the cynical p u b l i c allowed h i m any sense or faculty of observation, write "Show me w h a t a m a n reads a n d I'll tell you w h a t he will become," w i t h e q u a l a u t h o r i t y . B u t librarians are n o t credited w i t h any sense or intelligence. W e d o n ' t claim to be m o r e learned t h a n the citizens we collect books for; we d o n ' t claim to be more intelligent t h a n the m a n in the street w h o forms his o p i n i o n s by i m i t a t i o n ; we d o n ' t even w a n t to tell people w h a t to read, a l t h o u g h some lazy citizens would like us to do just that. B u t a l t h o u g h we may be inferior in energy, j u d g m e n t , a n d knowledge to those w h o are n o t cloistered b u t have a close experience of life, we d o become s h a r p observers. O u r observation is t h a t b o t h r e a d i n g a n d eating make a f u l l m a n , beg- ging Sir Francis's tolerance. T h i s cookbook we have m a d e for ourselves. W e also make r e a d i n g recipes, b u t anybody w h o m i g h t be curious to consult those will have to come to the library—any library, anywhere.—Foreword, The Watson Gour- met, Lawrence, Kansas, 1957. RARE BOOKS SECTION (Nominations) JULY 1958 325 ACRL Committee Appointments, 1958-59 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 W I T H E D U C A T I O N A L 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 Edmon Low, Librarian, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Chairman. (1959) Lorena A. Garloch, University Librarian, University of Pittsburgh, Pa. (1960) Andrew H . H o r n , Librarian, Occidental College, Los Angeles 41, Calif. (1961) David C. Weber, Assistant to the Director, H a r v a r d University Library, Cam- bridge, Mass. (1959) John C. Wyllie, Librarian, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. (I960) Richard B. Harwell, A C R L Executive Secretary, 50 E. H u r o n St., Chicago, 111. (ex officio) C O M M I T T E E O N C O M M I T T E E S ( T o be appointed by the President-Elect later in the year) 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 Alton H . Keller, Chief, Exchange and G i f t Division, Library of Congress, Wash- ington, D. C., Chairman. (1959) Marietta Daniels, Associate Librarian, Columbus Memorial Library, Pan Ameri- can Union, Washington, D. C. (1959) Sarah D. Jones, Librarian, Goucher College, Baltimore, Md. (1959) Frank L. Schick, Library Services Branch, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D. C. Howard Rovelstad, Director of Libraries, University of Maryland, College Park. (1959) Eugene P. Willging, Director of Libraries, Catholic University of America, Wash- ington, D. C. (1959) C O M M I T T E E O N C O N S T I T U T I O N AND B Y L A W S Giles F. Shepherd, Jr., Assistant Director of Libraries, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Chairman. (1959) Dale M. Bentz, Associate Director of Libraries, Iowa State University, Iowa City. (1960) R u t h K. Porritt, H e a d Librarian, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass. (1960) James H. Richards, Head Librarian, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. (1961) James E. Skipper, Assistant Director of the Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing. (1959) 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 Charles H . Penrose, Librarian, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, N. Y. Chairman. (1960) Joyce C. Backus, Librarian, San Jose State College, San Jose, Calif. (1959) Donald B. Engley, Librarian, T r i n i t y College, H a r t f o r d 6, Conn. (1961) Florence M. Hopkins, Editor, Library Literature, T h e H . W. Wilson Company, 950-972 University Ave., New York 52, N. Y. (1960) James V. Jones, Director of Libraries, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo. (1960) 326 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES C O M M I T T E E O N F O U N D A T I O N G R A N T S Mrs. J. Henley Crosland, Director of Libraries, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Chairman. (1959) H u m p h r e y G. Bousfield, Chief Librarian, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N. Y. (1960) Lewis C. Branscomb, Director of Libraries, Ohio State University, Columbus. (1959) (ex officio) T h e o d o r e A. Distler, Executive Director, Association of American Colleges, 726 Jackson Place, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. (1959) A r t h u r T . Hamlin, University Librarian, University of Cincinnati, Ohio. (1960) Luella R . Pollock, Librarian, Reed College, Portland, Oregon. (1960) B e n j a m i n B. Richards, Librarian, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. (1960) Robert Vosper, Director of Libraries, University of Kansas, Lawrence. (1961) N O M I N A T I N G C O M M I T T E E Stanley L. West, Director of Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville. Chair- man. (1959) Werner B. Ellinger, Senior Cataloger, Subject Catalog Division, Library of Con- gress, Washington 25, D. C. (1959) Edward C. Heintz, Librarian, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. (1959) Esther M. Hile, Librarian, University of Redlands, Redlands, Calif. (1959) R u t h E. Scarborough, Librarian, Centenary College for Women, Hackettstown, N. J. (1959) Leo M. Weins, Controller, T h e H. W. Wilson Co., 950-972 University Avenue, New York 52, N. Y. (1959) Eleanor W. Welch, Director of Libraries, Illinois State Normal University, Nor- mal. (1959) Sidney B. Smith, Director of Libraries, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. (1959) (ex officio) P U B L I C A T I O N S C O M M I T T E E Stephen A. McCarthy, Director of Libraries, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Chair- man. (1962) Robert K. Johnson, Chief, Technical Services Division, Air University Library, Maxwell AF Base, Alabama. (1961) Louis Kaplan, Director of the Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison. (1959) Guy R. Lyle, Director of Libraries, Emory University, Emory University, Ga. (1959) W. Porter Kellam, Director of Libraries, University of Georgia, Athens. (1960) J e a n H. McFarland, Librarian, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (1961) John David Marshall, Head, Acquisitions Division, University of Georgia Librar- ies, Athens. (1962) William B. Ready, Librarian, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (1961) R o b e r t D. Stevens, Assistant Chief, General Reference and Bibliography Division, Library of Congress, Washington 25, D. C. (1962) R a l p h D. Thomson, Associate Librarian, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, (1962) Rolland E. Stevens, Assistant Director, Technical Processes, Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, (ex officio) JULY 1958 327 Maurice F. T a u b e r , Professor, School of Library Service, Columbia University, New York 27, N. Y. (ex officio) Mrs. Margaret K. T o t h , Editor, T h e University of Rochester Press, Rochester, N. Y. (ex officio) 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 William H . Carlson, Director of Libraries, Oregon State System of Higher Edu- cation, Corvallis, Chairman. (1959) Nellie M. Homes, Librarian, Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri. (1959) Archie L. McNeal, Director of Libraries, University of Miami, Coral Gables 46, Fla. (1959) W y m a n W. Parker, Librarian, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. (1959) Patricia P. Paylore, Assistant Librarian, University of Arizona, Tucson. (1959) Joseph C. Shipman, Librarian, L i n d a H a l l Library, 5109 Cherry St., Kansas City, Missouri. (1959) Donald A. Woods, H e a d Librarian, Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee. (1959) C O M M I T T E E O N S T A N D A R D S Felix E. Hirsch, Librarian, T r e n t o n State College, T r e n t o n , N. J., Chairman. (1960) Mrs. Minnie R . Bowles, H e a d Librarian, H a m p t o n Institute, H a m p t o n , Va. (1959) Helen M. Brown, Librarian, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. (1960) Mrs. Katherine M. Brubeck, Librarian, Jacksonville University, Fla. (1959) Eugene A. H o l t m a n , Circulation Librarian, Ohio State University Libraries, Colum- bus. (1959) Donald O. Rod, Librarian, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, la. (1961) Roscoe F. Schaupp, Librarian, Eastern Illinois State College, Charleston. (1959) Helen M. Welch, Acquisitions Librarian, University of Illinois, U r b a n a . (1961) R u t h Walling, Chief Reference Librarian, Emory University, Emory University, Ga. (1959). A A C - A C R L J O I N T C O M M I T T E E T O C O N S I D E R T H E P R O R L E M S O F C O L L E G E L I R R A R I E S A C R L Members: H e r b e r t B. Anstaett, Librarian, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa. (1959) Mrs. Patricia B. Knapp, Assistant L i b r a r i a n , Education Division, Wayne State University Library, Detroit 2, Mich. (1959) Flora B. Ludington, Librarian, M o u n t Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass. (1960) Robert L. Talmadge, Associate Director of Libraries, University of Kansas, Law- rence. (1961) Joe W. Kraus, Librarian, Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. (1961) Richard B. Harwell, A C R L Executive Secretary, 50 E. H u r o n St., Chicago, 111., (ex officio) A A S L - A C R L - D A V I J O I N T C O M M I T T E E O N M U T U A L I N T E R E S T S I N T H E A U D I O - V I S U A L F I E L D A C R L Representative: R i c h a r d E. Chapin, Associate Librarian, Michigan State University, East Lansing. (1959) 328 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES A Statement by the Steering Committee Of the ACRL University Libraries Section T h e Steering Committee of the A C R L University Libraries Section has pro- posed certain amendments to the p e n d i n g A C R L Constitution which were pub- lished in the May, 1958 issue of CRL. T h e p e n d i n g A C R L Constitution provides that the A C R L Board of Directors be made u p as follows (which will be referred to as Pattern A): President (1); Retiring President (1); Directors at Large, 4-year terms (4); Directors elected by each Section for a 4-year period, 6 Sections (6); ALA Councilors nominated by ACRL, elected by ALA for a 4-year term (8): T o t a l Voting Members—21. ( T h e Executive Secretary and the chairman of each Section are non-voting members.) T h e Steering Committee's amendments provide that the A C R L Board of Di- rectors be made u p as follows (which will be referred to as Pattern B): President (1); Vice-President (1); Retiring President (1); Directors at Large, 4-year terms (4); C h a i r m a n of each Section (6); Vice-Chairman of each Section (6); Retiring Chairman of each Section (6): T o t a l Voting Members—25. ( T h e Executive Sec- retary and the ALA Councilors are non-voting members.) Significant differences between these two patterns are: T h e Steering Committee of the A C R L University Libraries Section advocates the adoption of the amendments (Pattern B) in order to provide the Board with a more genuine grass-roots structure, involving direct and continuous represen- tation of the Sections on the Board. U n d e r Pattern A, the Board would be an un- representative "superstructure" since (a) the Sectional representatives (so-called "Directors") are remote f r o m the program and activities of the Sections and (b) 1. H o w i s e a c h S e c t i o n r e p - r e s e n t e d o n t h e B o a r d ? 2 . W h a t c o n t i n u i t y i s p r o - v i d e d f o r S e c t i o n a l r e p r e - s e n t a t i o n o n t h e B o a r d ? 3 . I n v o l v e m e n t o f S e c t i o n C h a i r m e n o n t h e B o a r d . 4 . R o l e o f A L A C o u n c i l o r s , n o m i n a t e d b y A C R L b u t e l e c t e d b y t h e A L A a t l a r g e . P A T T E R N A B y o n e s o - c a l l e d " D i r e c t o r , " w h o i s n o r m a l l y n o t i n v o l v e d i n t h e p r o - g r a m a n d a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e S e c t i o n . T h e o n e " D i r e c t o r " i s e l e c t e d f o r a 4 - y e a r t e r m ; w h e n h i s t e r m e x - p i r e s , a n e w " D i r e c t o r " i s e l e c t e d w h o w i l l n o r m a l l y n o t h a v e s e r v e d o n t h e B o a r d b e f o r e . S e c t i o n C h a i r m e n m a y a t t e n d B o a r d m e e t i n g , b u t h a v e n o v o t e . A L A C o u n c i l o r s a r e v o t i n g m e m - b e r s o f t h e B o a r d . P A T T E R N B B y t h r e e o f f i c e r s w h o a r e d i - r e c t l y i n v o l v e d i n t h e p r o - g r a m a n d a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e S e c t i o n . E a c h o f f i c e r s e r v e s f o r 3 y e a r s , a n d t h e t e r m s a r e o v e r l a p - p i n g . S e c t i o n C h a i r m e n a r e v o t i n g m e m b e r s o f t h e B o a r d . A L A C o u n c i l o r s m a y a t t e n d B o a r d m e e t i n g s b u t h a v e n o v o t e . JULY 1958 329 the ALA Councilors are in no way involved in the on-going work of the Sections and have been elected by ALA as a whole rather t h a n by A C R L . All Sectional A C R L officers have been contacted to determine how they feel about the proposed change in Board composition from Pattern A to Pattern B. T h e result of these inquiries revealed an overwhelming sentiment in favor of Pattern B: All chairmen and all vice-chairmen b u t one have gone on record as favoring P a t t e r n B. It is expected that Pattern B will result in a strengthening of the posi- tion of the Sections within A C R L because it will provide for direct and contin- uous representation of the Sections on the A C R L Board of Directors and thus pave the way for effective implementation of Sectional programs by Board action. It is not the intention of the Steering Committee of the University Libraries Sec- tion to become involved in a dispute with the A C R L Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, which has labored with dedication and devotion to d r a f t the p e n d i n g Constitution. Nevertheless the following must be pointed out with reference to the Committee's published statement in the May 1958 issue of CRL: 1. Although the Committee claims to have d r a f t e d the Constitution "after exten- sive consultation with qualified advisers," not a single chairman or vice-chairman of any existing A C R L Section was apparently consulted about the Constitution. 2. T h e Committee on Constitution a n d Bylaws twice refers to "ALA Council- ors elected by A C R L " in its published comment on the proposed amendments. T h i s is an incorrect phrase and misleading since no ALA Councilors are elected by A C R L ; they are nominated by the A C R L N o m i n a t i n g Committee but are elected by ALA at large. T h i s difference seems significant. 3. Referring to the fact that the ALA Committee on Constitution and Bylaws is currently p r e p a r i n g a statement of m i n i m u m requirements for division bylaws, the A C R L Committee Qn Constitution a n d Bylaws published the following com- ment: "Uniformity of the composition of Boards might very well be an objective in the m i n i m u m requirements." T o this point a member of the Steering Commit- tee commented that if the ALA Committee on Constitution and Bylaws thinks it "can place all divisions of ALA into a strait jacket in a set of f u r t h e r restrictions, it is about time for A C R L to come to its senses." It is hoped that all A C R L members a t t e n d i n g the San Francisco Conference will carefully study the pending A C R L Constitution, which was published in the Sep- tember, 1957 issue of CRL, pages 405-409, as well as the proposed amendments, which were published in the May, 1958 issue of CRL, so that they will be in a po- sition to cast an informed vote on the amendments expected to be presented at the A C R L membership meeting on Tuesday, July 15, at 8:30 p.m.—Robert H. Muller, Chairman, Steering Committee, ACRL University Libraries Section. 330 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 U N I V E R S I T Y O F A L A B A M A L I B R A R Y h a s a c q u i r e d a 1700-volume collection d e v o t e d to m a r i t i m e history. T h e e m p h a s i s is o n the g r o w t h a n d p r o g r e s s of the B r i t i s h navy a n d m e r c h a n t services, b u t d e v e l o p m e n t s in o t h e r c o u n t r i e s a r e covered. N e a r l y 100 of the b o o k s were p r i n t e d b e f o r e 1825, the oldest d a t i n g f r o m 1517. C A T H O L I C U N I V E R S I T Y O F A M E R I C A L I B R A R Y is the r e p o s i t o r y of 10,670 feet of micro- filmed press releases issued by the N a t i o n a l C a t h o l i c W e l f a r e C o n f e r e n c e N e w s Service f r o m its e s t a b l i s h m e n t in 1920 to 1956. T h e o u t p u t of s u b s e q u e n t years will b e filmed o n a r e g u l a r basis. C O L U M B I A U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R I E S h a s r e - ceived the p a p e r s of the late J . B a r t l e t Breb- ner, p r o f e s s o r of history a n d a u t h o r i t y o n B r i t i s h a n d C a n a d i a n affairs. T h e e x t e n s i v e collection of c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , notes, mem- o r a n d a , a n d works-in-progress were g i v e n by his son, E l l i o t . T H E L I B R A R Y O F C O N G R E S S has c o m p l e t e d the m i c r o f i l m i n g of the p a p e r s of J a m e s M a d i s o n in its possession. A p o s i t i v e copy is a v a i l a b l e o n i n t e r l i b r a r y l o a n . 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 has o b t a i n e d all six n u m b e r s of Pro- metheus, a r a r e early n i n e t e e n t h - c e n t u r y p e r i o d i c a l . Its c o n t r i b u t o r s i n c l u d e d G o e t h e , the b r o t h e r s F r i e d r i c h a n d A u g u s t Schlegel, A c h i m v o n A r n i m , a n d B e e t h o v e n . QUINNIPIAC COLLEGE, H a m d e n , C o n n . , h a s been g i v e n a $6,500 g r a n t by the N e w H a - ven F o u n d a t i o n to p u r c h a s e b o o k s for the college's 12,125-volume l i b r a r y . T h i s is the first time the f o u n d a t i o n has m a d e a n a w a r d to a p u r e l y e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n . S Y R A C U S E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y h a s p u r - chased a n i m p o r t a n t collection of 3,000 A m e r i c a n first e d i t i o n s r e p r e s e n t i n g half as m a n y a u t h o r s whose b o o k s w e r e p u b l i s h e d b e t w e e n 1644 a n d 1940. T h e f o r m e r o w n e r , G . R e e d S a l i s b u r y of B r o a d R u n , Va., m a d e a s u b s t a n t i a l c o n t r i b u t i o n to his A l m a M a t e r by a c c e p t i n g m u c h less t h a n the m a r k e t val- u e of the collection. W A S H I N G T O N U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R I E S , S t . L o u i s , has r e c e i v e d a §150,000 f u n d f o r a c q u i s i t i o n of research m a t e r i a l s in the hu- m a n i t i e s a n d social sciences. T h e f u n d is in m e m o r y of H a r r y B r o o k i n g s W a l l a c e , f o r m e r a c t i n g c h a n c e l l o r of the university. Y A L E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y has b e e n g i v e n the files of the T h e a t r e G u i l d , c o v e r i n g nearly forty years of m a j o r B r o a d w a y pro- d u c i n g . T h e m a t e r i a l s i n c l u d e letters, scripts, p r o m p t b o o k s , r e p o r t s of p l a y r e a d e r s , press books, a n d financial records. A keystone in the history of the A m e r i c a n theater, the col- lection will b e h o u s e d in a s p e c i a l r o o m . B U I L D I N G S P U R D U E U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R Y is largely h o u s e d in M e m o r i a l C e n t e r , a six-story b u i l d - i n g b e g u n in 1954 a n d c o m p l e t e d this s p r i n g . T h e $8,650,000 s t r u c t u r e e n c o m p a s s e s a w i d e variety of facilities, i n c l u d i n g a n e x t e n s i v e a u d i o - v i s u a l center, two theaters, m e e t i n g a n d s t u d e n t activity s p a c e , a n d a b i l l i a r d r o o m . If a n y a r e c u r i o u s to see h o w a 450,- 000-volume l i b r a r y with its r e l a t e d processes fits i n t o this c o m p l e x , write to the univer- sity f o r " F a c t s A b o u t the M e m o r i a l C e n t e r , " a f o l d e r that gives c o m p l e t e floor p l a n s . T H E S T . V I N C E N T C O L L E G E AND A R C H A B B E Y LIBRARY, L a t r o b e , Pa., was d e d i c a t e d o n A p r i l 17. T h e $600,000 b u i l d i n g p r o v i d e s s p a c e f o r 220,000 v o l u m e s with f u t u r e ex- p a n s i o n p e r m i t t i n g a total stack c a p a c i t y of 400,000. T h e p r e s e n t collection n u m b e r s a b o u t 100,000 v o l u m e s . L I B R A R Y S C H O O L S C O L U M B I A U N I V E R S I T Y S C H O O L O F L I B R A R Y S E R V I C E will s p o n s o r a five-day i n s t i t u t e o n state a n d r e g i o n a l l i b r a r y d e v e l o p m e n t , Au- g u s t 11-15. It will b e d e s i g n e d p r i m a r i l y f o r state, r e g i o n a l , f e d e r a l , a n d m u n i c i p a l li- b r a r i a n s directly c o n c e r n e d with the opera- tion of revised or e x p a n d e d p u b l i c l i b r a r y p r o g r a m s . M e m b e r s h i p is l i m i t e d to twenty- five p e r s o n s . F u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n m a y b e ob- JULY 1958 331 t a i n e d by w r i t i n g to D r . R o b e r t D . L e i g h , d e a n , S c h o o l of L i b r a r y Service, C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , N e w Y o r k 27. T H E G R A D U A T E S C H O O L O F L I B R A R Y S C I - ENCE a t 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 h a s i s s u e d a d i g e s t of talks g i v e n at a l i b r a r y e d u c a t i o n w o r k s h o p , A p r i l 28-30, 1957. How Effective Is Education for Librarianship is a concise s u m m a r y of issues f a c i n g l i b r a r i a n s in their t r a i n i n g p r o g r a m s . T h e t o p i c s in- c l u d e l i b r a r y e d u c a t i o n in g e n e r a l a n d prob- lems r e l a t i n g to v a r i o u s types of l i b r a r i e s . T H E FIRST ISSUE o f t h e R u t g e r s U n i v e r s i t y G r a d u a t e S c h o o l of L i b r a r y Service News- letter (vol. 1, n o . 1, A p r i l 1958) gives a nicely d r a w n p i c t u r e of v a r i o u s e d u c a t i o n a l a n d research p r o g r a m s in p r o g r e s s at the school. E v e n those w h o d o n o t feel vitally c o n c e r n e d w i t h l i b r a r y e d u c a t i o n will b e in- terested in this a t t r a c t i v e p u b l i c a t i o n . P U B L I C A T I O N S T H E F I R S T F O R T Y V O L U M E S (1910-1950) of the Annals of the A s s o c i a t i o n of A m e r i c a n G e o g r a p h e r s a r e a v a i l a b l e o n m i c r o f i l m f r o m the P h o t o d u p l i c a t i o n Service of the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s . T h e c o m p l e t e set costs $ 5 8 ; in- d i v i d u a l v o l u m e s (not q u a r t e r l y issues) m a y b e o b t a i n e d f o r $2.25 e a c h . B I B L I O G R A P H Y O F P H I L O S O P H Y i s a n i m - p o r t a n t a c q u i s i t i o n s a n d r e f e r e n c e a i d in its field. P u b l i s h e d by the I n t e r n a t i o n a l In- s t i t u t e of P h i l o s o p h y , e a c h q u a r t e r l y issue c o n t a i n s a b s t r a c t s of new b o o k s a n d i n f o r m a - tion a b o u t r e p r i n t s , new e d i t i o n s , a n d trans- l a t i o n s . E n g l i s h l a n g u a g e titles a r e d e s c r i b e d in E n g l i s h ; all others, e i t h e r in E n g l i s h o r F r e n c h . E a c h c i t a t i o n i n c l u d e s f u l l t r a d e in- f o r m a t i o n . S u b s c r i p t i o n s ($4.00 a year) s h o u l d b e sent t o the j o u r n a l ' s U . S. E d i t o - rial C e n t e r , T r i n i t y C o l l e g e , H a r t f o r d 6, C o n n . T H E B I B L I O T H E Q U E N A T I O N A L S is i s s u i n g a series of 2 x 2 color slides of r a r e a n d beau- t i f u l b o o k s , m a n u s c r i p t s , a n d a r t o b j e c t s t h a t t y p i f y its rich collections. T h e first eight p a r t s , e a c h c o n t a i n i n g twenty slides, a r e de- v o t e d to m a n u s c r i p t s f r o m the p r e - C a r o l i n - g i a n p e r i o d t h r o u g h the fifteenth century. E a c h p a r t is a c c o m p a n i e d by d e s c r i p t i v e text g i v i n g a n overview of the p e r i o d a n d f u l l y d o c u m e n t e d d e s c r i p t i o n s of the slides. T h e p r i c e p e r p a r t is 3500fr. AN INDEX to the 1922-56 v o l u m e s of the Journal of Geography is b e i n g c o m p i l e d . C o p i e s will b e a v a i l a b l e at the j o u r n a l ' s ed- i t o r i a l office. V o l u m e s 54 (1955) a n d 55 (1956) of the j o u r n a l h a v e b e e n m i c r o f i l m e d . P r i c e d at $1.60 a n d $2.00 respectively, they m a y b e s e c u r e d f r o m U n i v e r s i t y M i c r o f i l m s , A n n A r b o r , M i c h . T H E A P R I L ISSUE o f Illinois Libraries i s a s p e c i a l issue o n m a n u s c r i p t s . I n c l u d e d in it a r e d i s c u s s i o n s of l o c a l history a n d m a n u - script c o l l e c t i o n s in I l l i n o i s . C o l l e g e , univer- sity, h i s t o r i c a l , a n d p u b l i c l i b r a r i e s a r e in- c l u d e d . T h e issue is d e d i c a t e d to M a r g a r e t C r o s s N o r t o n , I l l i n o i s ' first S t a t e A r c h i v i s t . IF THERE is e v i d e n c e of sufficient n e e d , W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s , St. L o u i s , h o p e s to h a v e p h o t o c o p i e d c o o p e r a t i v e l y the p u b l i c a t i o n s of the R o x b u r g h e C l u b . A n y i n t e r e s t e d l i b r a r i a n s h o u l d write to D a v i d K a s e r , chief of a c q u i s i t i o n s . T H E SIXTH EDITION o f Subject Headings Used in the Dictionary Catalogs of the Li- brary of Congress, e d i t e d by M a r g u e r i t e V . Q u a t t l e b a u m , c o n t a i n s 1,357 p a g e s with three c o l u m n s to a p a g e . T h e new f o r m a t m a k e s p o s s i b l e the i n c l u s i o n of t h o u s a n d s of new h e a d i n g s a n d the l i s t i n g of r e f e r e n c e s o n s e p a r a t e l i n e s f o r easy c o n s u l t a t i o n . T h e v o l u m e is o n sale at the G o v e r n m e n t Print- i n g Office f o r $9.75. S I X T E E N B I B L I O G R A P H I E S p r e p a r e d by the M i l i t a r y L i b r a r i e s D i v i s i o n of S p e c i a l Li- b r a r i e s A s s o c i a t i o n cover a e r o n a u t i c s , mil- itary art a n d science, n a v a l o p e r a t i o n s in W o r l d W a r I I , C a n a d i a n service history, in- telligence, a s t r o n o m y , a n d g u i d e d missiles. S i n g l e c o p i e s m a y b e o b t a i n e d by w r i t i n g to T e c h n i c a l A s s i s t a n t to the D i r e c t o r , A i r U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , M a x w e l l A i r F o r c e B a s e , A l a . T H E P A N A M E R I C A N U N I O N h a s c o m p i l e d a Directory of Current Latin American Peri- odicals. R e f e r e n c e s a r e a r r a n g e d u n d e r U n i - versal D e c i m a l C l a s s i f i c a t i o n h e a d i n g s a n d all i t e m s a r e n u m b e r e d consecutively. Geo- g r a p h i c a l a n d s u b j e c t i n d e x e s offer easy ac- cess to the m a t e r i a l . T h e d i r e c t o r y is avail- a b l e f r o m U N E S C O f o r $3.50. T H E U N I T E D N A T I O N S L I B R A R Y in G e n e v a h a s i s s u e d Analysis of Material Published 332 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Regularly in Official Gazettes, n u m b e r o n e in its Miscellaneous Bibliographies (new se- ries). T h e latest c o m p l e t e year of e a c h of 199 official gazettes in the library's collec- tion has b e e n i n d e x e d . T h i s is a r e v i s e d a n d e x p a n d e d e d i t i o n of a 1935 list p u b l i s h e d by the L e a g u e of N a t i o n s L i b r a r y . M I S C E L L A N E O U S T H E B I N D E R Y o p e r a t e d by H a r v a r d U n i - versity since 1920 h a s b e e n sold to S a m u e l H . D o n n e l l . A f o r m e r m a n a g e r of the bind- ery, h e has p u r c h a s e d m a c h i n e r y a n d sup- p l i e s a n d h i r e d all e m p l o y e e s . T h e n a m e of the new firm is the N e w E n g l a n d B o o k B i n d i n g C o m p a n y . A FACT-FINDING STUDY o f l i b r a r y r e s o u r c e s o n all levels will b e m a d e by R a l p h M . D u n - b a r , recently r e t i r e d h e a d of the L i b r a r y Services B r a n c h , U . S. Office of E d u c a t i o n . T h e p u r p o s e is to g a t h e r , analyze a n d m a k e widely a v a i l a b l e f a c t u a l d a t a o n l i b r a r y service in the U n i t e d S t a t e s so that n e e d s a n d s h o r t a g e s in all types of l i b r a r i e s m a y b e r e c o g n i z e d . T h e p r o j e c t is m a d e p o s s i b l e by a g r a n t of $ 12,125 f r o m the C o u n c i l o n L i b r a r y R e s o u r c e s . It is e x p e c t e d to b e com- p l e t e d in six m o n t h s . I N F O R M A T I O N R E T R I E V A L was the s u b j e c t of a m e e t i n g at S t a n f o r d U n i v e r s i t y on M a r c h 18. T h i s was o n e of f o u r i n f o r m a l gather- i n g s o n the s u b j e c t g r o w i n g o u t of the in- terest of local l i b r a r i a n s a n d research per- s o n n e l in p r o b l e m s of storage, o r g a n i z a t i o n , a n d r e t r i e v a l of i n f o r m a t i o n . T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F K E N T U C K Y L I B R A R Y has j o i n e d the M i d w e s t I n t e r - L i b r a r y C e n t e r as its n i n e t e e n t h m e m b e r . T H E L A W L I B R A R Y A S S O C I A T I O N O F G R E A T - ER NEW YORK h e l d a w o r k s h o p o n legal re- search o n M a y 3. T h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n of ma- terials a n d m e t h o d s of legal r e f e r e n c e work was b a s e d o n q u e s t i o n s s u b m i t t e d by prac- t i c i n g l i b r a r i a n s . M i l e s O . Price of the Co- l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y L a w L i b r a r y was the d i r e c t o r . T h e a t t e n d a n c e i n c l u d e d m o r e t h a n o n e h u n d r e d a t t o r n e y s a n d l i b r a r i a n s f r o m eleven states. A N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E o n " T h e U n d e r - g r a d u a t e a n d the L i f e t i m e R e a d i n g H a b i t " was h e l d early this year u n d e r the sponsor- s h i p of the U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n a n d the N a t i o n a l B o o k C o m m i t t e e , Inc. L e s t e r A s h e i m , d e a n of the G r a d u a t e S c h o o l of the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o , r e v i e w e d r e s e a r c h f i n d i n g s o n college r e a d i n g h a b i t s that in- d i c a t e that half of the total b o o k c i r c u l a t i o n of a c a m p u s l i b r a r y is d u e to o n l y 20 p e r cent of the s t u d e n t b o d y . F a c u l t y indiffer- e n c e was c i t e d as a m a j o r f a c t o r in this neglect. A u g u s t H e c k s c h e r , d i r e c t o r of the T w e n t i e t h C e n t u r y F u n d , w e n t even f u r t h e r by p o i n t i n g to a p e r v a s i v e a t m o s p h e r e of a n t i - i n t e l l e c t u a l i s m in the h o m e a n d com- m u n i t y . O t h e r p a r t i c i p a n t s s u g g e s t e d v a r i o u s m e a n s of i n c r e a s i n g the e x t e n t of college r e a d i n g . T H E O R G A N I Z A T I O N O F A M E R I C A N S T A T E S offers g r a n t s for a d v a n c e d study or r e s e a r c h to specialists t h r o u g h o u t the W e s t e r n H e m i - sphere. G r a n t s will r a n g e f r o m three m o n t h s to two years, c o v e r i n g travel, fees, m a t e r i a l s , a n d l i v i n g e x p e n s e s . A p p r o x i m a t e l y 170 fel- lowships a r e p l a n n e d f o r 1958-59 a n d a m i n i m u m of 500 a n n u a l l y in the f u t u r e . Li- brary science will b e i n c l u d e d at the r e q u e s t of the m e m b e r country. F o r f u r t h e r details, write D r . J a v i e r M a l a g o n , technical sec- retary, O A S F e l l o w s h i p P r o g r a m , P a n A m e r - ican U n i o n , W a s h i n g t o n 6. A N I B M 7 0 5 E L E C T R O N I C C O M P U T E R h a s b e e n u s e d to p r e p a r e a c o n c o r d a n c e of a m a j o r p o r t i o n of the D e a d Sea Scrolls. E a c h w o r d was p u t o n a s e p a r a t e I B M c a r d a n d c o d e d to i n d i c a t e its l o c a t i o n in the 2,000- year-old m a n u s c r i p t s , as well as the i n i t i a l letters of the w o r d s that p r e c e d e a n d f o l l o w it. T r a n s f e r r e d to m a g n e t i c t a p e in the I B M 705, these d a t a o f f e r a basis for a n a l y z i n g g a p s in the m a n u s c r i p t s a n d s u p p l y i n g miss- i n g words. T h e work was d i r e c t e d by F a t h e r R o b e r t o B u s a of the J e s u i t C o l l e g e of the A l o i s i a n u m in G a l l a r a t e , Italy. W . S O M E R S E T M A U G H A M has written the p r e f a c e to the c a t a l o g of S t a n f o r d U n i v e r - sity L i b r a r y ' s e x h i b i t i o n of M a u g h a m ' s works which o p e n e d o n M a y 26. T h e d i s p l a y in- c l u d e s twenty of the " e l d e r l y p a r t y ' s " m a n - u s c r i p t s . J . T e r r y B e n d e r , chief of s p e c i a l collections a t S t a n f o r d , b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r the collection, v a l u e d a t $150,000. T h e exhibi- tion will r e m a i n o p e n u n t i l A u g u s t 1. JULY 1958 333 Personnel R O B E R T O R M E S , D O U G A N , w h o s u c c e e d s L e s l i e E . B l i s s as l i b r a r i a n of the H e n r y E . H u n t i n g t o n L i b r a r y a n d A r t G a l l e r y , h a s b e e n d e p u t y librar- ian of T r i n i t y Col- lege, D u b l i n , since 1952. W h i l e there h e was k e e p e r of print- e d b o o k s a n d was r e s p o n s i b l e for the g e n e r a l a d m i n i s t r a - t i o n , the organiza- tion of e x h i b i t i o n s , a n d the p r e p a r a t i o n of the p r i n t e d cata- l o g u e s . H e served also, o n a p a r t - t i m e basis, as k e e p e r of the f a m e d A r c h b i s h o p M a r s h ' s L i b r a r y in D u b l i n . S i n c e 1955 M r . D o u g a n has b e e n lecturer o n the staff of F o r a s E i r e a n n , his s p e c i a l s u b j e c t b e i n g the B o o k of K e l l s . H e has b e e n a m e m b e r of the L i b r a r y C o u n c i l of I r e l a n d since 1952, a n d in 1954 the U n i - versity of D u b l i n c o n f e r r e d the m a s t e r of arts d e g r e e u p o n h i m . M r . D o u g a n b r i n g s to the H u n t i n g t o n Li- b r a r y a g r e a t w e a l t h of e x p e r i e n c e in librar- i a n s h i p a n d b o o k m a n s h i p . F o r m a n y years he was c a t a l o g u e r a n d b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l re- s e a r c h w o r k e r f o r E . P. G o l d s c h m i d t , the well-known b o o k m a n . D u r i n g this p e r i o d h e t r a v e l e d f r e q u e n t l y , i m p r o v i n g his knowl- e d g e of b o o k s a n d m a n u s c r i p t s , a n d , inci- c i d e n t a l l y , of G e r m a n , F r e n c h , a n d I t a l i a n . D u r i n g W o r l d W a r I I , s e r v i n g for n e a r l y five years, h e rose to the p o s t of a d j u t a n t a n d s e n i o r a d m i n i s t r a t i v e officer of R . A . F . S t a t i o n , P e r t h . H e then b e c a m e l i b r a r i a n of S a n d e m a n P u b l i c L i b r a r y , P e r t h . D u r i n g this p e r i o d h e o r g a n i z e d two m a j o r exhibi- tions f o r the 1951 F e s t i v a l of B r i t a i n — e i g h - teenth-century b o o k s in E d i n b u r g h a n d twentieth-century b o o k s in G l a s g o w . I n 1950 h e was elected a m e m b e r of the c o u n c i l of the Scottish L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n , a f t e r a term as p r e s i d e n t of the D u n d e e a n d Cen- tral S c o t l a n d b r a n c h . M r . D o u g a n t o o k his B . A . d e g r e e at the U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n in 1923, m a j o r i n g in L a t i n a n d E n g l i s h . I n 1926 he took first class h o n o r s in b i b l i o g r a p h y a n d L a t i n in the L o n d o n S c h o o l of L i b r a r i a n s h i p , a n d in 1929, the U n i v e r s i t y of L o n d o n d i p l o m a in l i b r a r i a n s h i p . H i s p u b l i s h e d w r i t i n g s in- c l u d e several of the F e s t i v a l of B r i t a i n cata- logues, a g u i d e to Irish m a n u s c r i p t s at T r i n i t y C o l l e g e , the O s c a r W i l d e , W . B . Yeats, a n d G e o r g e B e r k e l e y c a t a l o g u e s , sev- eral articles, i n c l u d i n g " T h e R e b i n d i n g of the B o o k of K e l l s , " a n d a m e m o i r o n E . P. G o l d s c h m i d t . M r . D o u g a n is fifty-three years of a g e . H i s w i f e is a writer of c h i l d r e n ' s stories, while M r . D o u g a n ' s h o b b y has b e e n that of c o l l e c t i n g early Scottish p h o t o g r a p h y . H i s c o l l e c t i o n of the p h o t o g r a p h y of D . O . H i l l was a c q u i r e d by the G l a s g o w U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y . M r . D o u g a n j o i n e d the staff of the H u n t i n g t o n L i b r a r y o n J u n e 1 . — J o h n E. Pom fret. J A M E S A . SERVIES b e c a m e l i b r a r i a n of the C o l l e g e of W i l l i a m a n d M a r y o n O c t o b e r 1, 1957. M r . Servies r e c e i v e d his M . A . f r o m the G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y S c h o o l of the U n i - versity of C h i c a g o in 1949. H e w o r k e d in the U n i v e r s i t y Li- b r a r y f o r several weeks p r i o r t o ac- c e p t i n g the p o s i t i o n of a s s i s t a n t circula- tion l i b r a r i a n , U n i - versity of M i a m i , C o r a l G a b l e s , Flor- i d a . I n D e c e m b e r , 1953, h e w e n t to V i r g i n i a as r e f e r e n c e a n d c i r c u l a t i o n l i b r a r i a n at W i l l i a m a n d M a r y . W h i l e there h e c o m p i l e d a Bibliog- raphy of John Marshall ( W a s h i n g t o n , 1956), a n d was co-compiler with E . G . S w e m , li- b r a r i a n e m e r i t u s of the C o l l e g e of W i l l i a m a n d M a r y , a n d J o h n M . J e n n i n g s , D i r e c t o r of the V i r g i n i a H i s t o r i c a l Society, of A Selected Bibliography of Virginia, 1607-1699 ( R i c h m o n d , 1957). JAY W . STEIN h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d a s s i s t a n t l i b r a r i a n at S y r a c u s e U n i v e r s i t y . D r . S t e i n has b e e n l i b r a r i a n of E l m h u r s t C o l l e g e , Robert O. Dougan James A. Servies 334 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Elmhurst, Illinois. H e will begin work at Syracuse by teaching in the School of Li- brary Science d u r i n g the 1958 summer ses- sion, taking u p his duties as assistant librar- ian in the fall. Dr. Stein began his professional career in W a s h i n g t o n , D. C., where he was a re- search analyst with the Army M a p Service. H e served on the staff of the H o o v e r In- stitution at S t a n f o r d , the R u s s i a n f n s t i t u t e at C o l u m b i a University, a n d the New York Public Library. Between 1954 a n d 1957, he was librarian a n d professor of social studies at Southwestern University in M e m p h i s . H e has taught courses in library science a t C o l u m b i a , the University of Southern Cali- fornia, a n d the University of Wisconsin. F o l l o w i n g his g r a d u a t i o n from the Uni- versity of M i n n e s o t a in 1942, Dr. Stein served f o u r years with the Navy. While in the Navy he completed the R u s s i a n lan- g u a g e p r o g r a m s at the University of Colo- r a d o a n d the U n i t e d N a t i o n s Academy of L a n g u a g e s . Dr. Stein earned his master's degree in political science at S t a n f o r d in 1949 a n d his M.S. in L . S . at C o l u m b i a in 1950. H e was awarded the Ph.D. degree in political science by C o l u m b i a in 1952. JACK DALTON, director of A L A ' s Interna- tional R e l a t i o n s Office, has been selected as dean designate for C o l u m b i a University's School of L i b r a r y Service. H i s a p p o i n t m e n t will be effective in the fall of 1959. Mr. D a l t o n came to his present post after mor e than a score of years at the A l d e r m a n L i b r a r y of the University of Virginia. H e h a d been librarian there since 1950. In 1954- 55 he was chairman of A L A ' s B o a r d of Ed- ucation for L i b r a r i a n s h i p a n d in 1954 was the recipient of the L i p p i n c o t t award for distinguished service to the library profes- sion. * Appointments DONALD AXMAN, formerly associated with the University of B r i d g e p o r t Library, is now serials librarian in the University of Mich- igan L i b r a r y . C A R R O L L M . B A K E R is now cataloger in the S a c r a m e n t o State College L i b r a r y . ROY P. BASLER, a m e m b e r of the L i b r a r y of Congress staff since 1952, is now director of the R e f e r e n c e D e p a r t m e n t . P H Y L L I S M A Y E R B R A C E , formerly librarian of the N a t i o n a l Congress of Parents a n d T e a c h e r s , is now librarian of the Southeast B r a n c h of the C h i c a g o J u n i o r Colleges. W I L L I A M B R A C E , formerly circulation li- brarian of the B r i g h a m Y o u n g University, is now librarian of the F o r e m a n B r a n c h of the C h i c a g o T e a c h e r s College. E L I Z A B E T H R E A D B R O W N is now librarian of the Mississippi Geological Survey L i b r a r y , University, Miss. M A R G A R E T B R O W N is accessions librarian of the Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical, a n d N o r m a l College, Pine Bluff. M A R Y L O U I S E C A R M A N i s s e r i a l s l i b r a r i a n , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. ETHEL COLBY is n o w a l i b r a r y a s s i s t a n t in the W i d e n e r L i b r a r y , H a r v a r d University, after having served with the Air Force at overseas posts. PETER W . DEMERY h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d A C R L publications officer. E U G E N E D E B E N K O i s n o w a c q u i s i t i o n l i - brarian at Michigan State University. ETHEL GANTZ is o r d e r l i b r a r i a n a t I d a h o State College, Pocatello. E L I S A B E T H H . H A M S E L L has j o i n e d the staff of the University of Pennsylvania Med- ical School L ib ra ry. R O B E R T M. H O L M E S , JR., is now director of personnel at the L i b r a r y of Congress. GEORGE H . HUNTER, f o r m e r l y d o c u m e n t s librarian at Oregon State College, is science librarian at I d a h o State College, Pocatello. C A R O L Y N J O H N S O N is circulation librarian in the St. B o n a v e n t u r e University L i b r a r y . JAMES B . MCFERRIN, d o c u m e n t s l i b r a r i a n , Emory University Library, has been appoint- ed h e a d librarian at U n i o n College, Bar- bourville, Kentucky. GEORGE R . LEWIS, f o r m e r l y a m e m b e r o f the staff of the Baylor University L i b r a r y , JULY 1958 335 is now h e a d of the c i r c u l a t i o n d e p a r t m e n t at the A l a b a m a P o l y t e c h n i c I n s t i t u t e L i - brary. JESS A . MARTIN is a s s i s t a n t m e d i c a l l i b r a r - ian in c h a r g e of p u b l i c services, U n i v e r s i t y of K e n t u c k y M e d i c a l C e n t e r L i b r a r y . T H O M A S M A U S O L F F is n o w s u p e r v i s o r of stacks in the B a k e r L i b r a r y of D a r t m o u t h C o l l e g e . ANITE MECK i s a m e m b e r o f t h e s t a f f o f the U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a L i b r a r y as c a t a l o g e r . B E A T R I C E M O N T G O M E R Y is h e a d c a t a l o g e r a n d a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r , B a y l o r U n i v e r s i t y , W a c o , T e x a s . G R A C E M U R R A Y i s n o w a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a s - sistant a n d i n t e r l i b r a r y l o a n l i b r a r i a n in the S a c r a m e n t o S t a t e C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . J O H N L E S T E R N O L A N , a m e m b e r o f t h e L i - brary of C o n g r e s s staff since 1940, is n o w a s s o c i a t e d i r e c t o r of the R e f e r e n c e D e p a r t - m e n t . JOSEPH A . PLACEK i s c i r c u l a t i o n l i b r a r i a n of the U n i v e r s i t y of D e t r o i t . DORIS RANSOM, chief c a t a l o g l i b r a r i a n , E m o r y U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , has b e e n a p p o i n t - e d h e a d , c a t a l o g d e p a r t m e n t , U n i v e r s i t y of C i n c i n n a t i . ALICE REILLY, f o r m e r l y l i b r a r y c o n s u l t a n t at the F l o r i d a S t a t e L i b r a r y , is e d i t o r i a l li- b r a r i a n at the C a l i f o r n i a S t a t e L i b r a r y . K U R T S C H W E R I N is n o w a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r in i n t e r n a t i o n a l a n d c o m p a r a t i v e law a t N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y . H e will c o n t i n u e as a s s i s t a n t l a w l i b r a r i a n at N o r t h w e s t e r n . D W I G H T W . S H A N N O N is l i b r a r i a n of the S c i e n c e a n d E n g i n e e r i n g R e f e r e n c e R o o m of the S a c r a m e n t o S t a t e C o l l e g e L i b r a r y . R O B E R T H . S T A E H L I N is h e a d l i b r a r i a n , Y u b a C o l l e g e , M a r y s v i l l e , C a l i f o r n i a . J E A N N E T T E S T E W A R T is now c a t a l o g e r in the O r e g o n H i s t o r i c a l Society, P o r t l a n d . JOHN STONIS, on the staff of 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 , h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d li- b r a r i a n , C l i n c h V a l l e y C o l l e g e of the U n i - versity of V i r g i n i a . ROGER J . TRIENENS, f o r m e r l y i n t h e P h i l - a d e l p h i a F r e e L i b r a r y , is n o w a c a t a l o g e r in the H i s t o r y of M e d i c i n e D i v i s i o n of the N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y of M e d i c i n e . R I C H A R D W A D D L E , f o r m e r l y r e f e r e n c e li- b r a r i a n at M a r i e t t a C o l l e g e , is d o c u m e n t s l i b r a r i a n at I d a h o S t a t e C o l l e g e , P o c a t e l l o . HELEN F . ZIMMERMAN, f o r m e r l y l i b r a r i a n of the R y e r s o n L i b r a r y of the A r t I n s t i t u t e of C h i c a g o , is r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n in the C h i c a g o U n d e r g r a d u a t e D i v i s i o n of the U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s , N a v y Pier. Necrology DAVID JUDSON H A Y K I N , a l e a d i n g A m e r i - can a u t h o r i t y in the field of s u b j e c t catalog- ing, d i e d o n M a y 4, 1958. M r . H a y k i n h a d b e e n a m e m b e r of the L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s staff since 1932. H e was the a u t h o r of Re- sources of American Libraries (1925) a n d of Subject Headings (1951). H e c o n t r i b u t e d widely t o p r o f e s s i o n a l j o u r n a l s , a n d t a u g h t L i b r a r y science at the G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y a n d the C a t h o l i c U n i v e r s i t y of A m e r i c a in the 1930s. I n 1952-53 h e was p r e s i d e n t of A L A ' s D i v i s i o n of C a t a l o g i n g a n d C l a s s i f i c a t i o n . C O L . H A R O L D W E L L I N G T O N J O N E S , U . S . A . , R e t . , d i r e c t o r of the N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y of M e d i c i n e f r o m 1936 to 1945, d i e d in Or- l a n d o , F l o r i d a , o n A p r i l 5, 1958. SADIE MCMURRY, a s s i s t a n t h e a d o f t h e U C L A C a t a l o g D e p a r t m e n t a n d a m e m b e r of t h a t d e p a r t m e n t since 1926, d i e d o n A p r i l 1, 1958. ETHEL MCINTYRE, a m e m b e r o f t h e s t a f f of the U n i v e r s i t y of M i n n e s o t a L i b r a r y S c h o o l since 1930, d i e d o n M a r c h 13, 1958. W I L L I A M G . R E E D , h e a d l i b r a r i a n a t Y u b a C o l l e g e , M a r y v i l l e , C a l i f o r n i a , d i e d o n M a r c h 16, 1958. W I L L I A M S C H R E I B E R , f o r m e r l y chief of sub- j e c t h e a d i n g the classification in the N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y , d i e d o n F e b r u a r y 19, 1958, at the a g e of 72. M r . S c h r e i b e r h a d j o i n e d the staff of the A s t o r L i b r a r y in 1908. 336 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES Retirements L E S L I E EDGAR B L I S S , w h o s e r e t i r e m e n t a s l i b r a r i a n of the H e n r y E. H u n t i n g t o n L i - b r a r y a n d A r t G a l l e r y is b e i n g a n n o u n c e d , was b o r n in P o l a n d , H e r k i m e r C o u n t y , N e w York, M a r c h 26, 1889. H e t o o k his A . B . ( a n d Phi B e t a K a p p a ) a t C o l g a t e in 1 9 1 1 a n d h i s B . L . S . f r o m the N e w York S t a t e L i b r a r y School in 1913. T h e r e a f t e r h e served as assist- a n t in legislative ref- e r e n c e in the N e w Y o r k S t a t e L i b r a r y for two years b e f o r e j o i n i n g the staff b e i n g a s s e m b l e d by G e o r g e W a t s o n C o l e to c a t a l o g a n d care for the re- m a r k a b l e l i b r a r y then the p r i v a t e p r o p e r t y of H e n r y E. H u n t i n g t o n b u t soon to b e d e d i c a t e d to p u b l i c use. A t that t i m e the H u n t i n g t o n L i b r a r y was h o u s e d in its owner's N e w Y o r k h o u s e a n d , while m o s t of the staff was e n g a g e d in cata- l o g i n g a n d b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l work o n a lower floor of the b u i l d i n g , s o m e o n e was n e e d e d to b e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the m a n u s c r i p t s a n d p r i n t e d b o o k s which were shelved u p s t a i r s where M r . H u n t i n g t o n h a d his desk. B l i s s fell h e i r to this r e s p o n s i b i l i t y a n d he e n j o y e d the i n t i m a t e work with the collection a n d with M r . H u n t i n g t o n , a l s o a n u p s t a t e N e w Y o r k e r with a m a r k e d f o n d n e s s f o r his b o o k s . It was o n l y a m a t t e r of t i m e u n t i l M r . H u n t i n g t o n f o u n d h i m s e l f c o n s u l t i n g B l i s s a b o u t offers a n d i m p e n d i n g p u r c h a s e s . T h u s b e g a n Bliss's i n f l u e n c e o n the g r o w t h a n d d e v e l o p m e n t of the H u n t i n g t o n L i b r a r y c o l l e c t i o n s — a n i n f l u e n c e that has c o n t i n u e d to the p r e s e n t a n d which wilf e a r n h i m the g r a t i t u d e of f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s of scholars. S o o n a f t e r the t r a n s f e r of the H u n t i n g t o n L i b r a r y f r o m N e w Y o r k to C a l i f o r n i a in 1920, Bliss was a p p o i n t e d c u r a t o r a n d served as such f o r five years b e f o r e b e i n g n a m e d a c t i n g l i b r a r i a n . M r . H u n t i n g t o n p r e f e r r e d to let his b o a r d of trustees n a m e the new l i b r a r i a n a n d they n a m e d B l i s s in 1926. H e h e l d the p o s t u n t i l h e r e a c h e d the L i b r a r y ' s r e t i r e m e n t a g e recently. A p a r t f r o m s u p e r v i s i n g the g r o w t h a n d r o u n d i n g o u t of the H u n t i n g t o n collections, Bliss was r e s p o n s i b l e f o r the selection a n d d i s p o s i t i o n of d u p l i c a t e s o v e r the years a n d this h e d i d with t h o u g h t f u l n e s s a n d f a i r n e s s . H e d e c i d e d that the c a u s e of s c h o l a r s h i p w o u l d best b e served if the H u n t i n g t o n d u p - licates were c h a n n e l e d t h r o u g h o t h e r librar- ies a n d p r i v a t e collectors b e f o r e b e i n g of- f e r e d to d e a l e r s a n d h e w e n t t o consider- a b l e t r o u b l e to carry o u t this p l a n with the result that m a n y of the m o s t i m p o r t a n t H u n t i n g t o n d u p l i c a t e s n o w rest o n the shelves of g r e a t research l i b r a r i e s . I n J u l y , 1941, at the r e q u e s t of his trus- tees, Bliss a s s u m e d the a d d i t i o n a l r e s p o n - sibility of field r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of the l i b r a r y in which c a p a c i t y h e t r a v e l e d m a n y thou- s a n d s of m i l e s each year t h r o u g h o u t the W e s t l o c a t i n g m a t e r i a l of interest to the L i b r a r y a n d a r r a n g i n g , where p o s s i b l e , to a c q u i r e it by g i f t o r p u r c h a s e or to o b t a i n p h o t o g r a p h i c c o p i e s of i t e m s of i m p o r t a n c e to the L i b r a r y collections. T h e s e travels h a v e a d d e d m u c h to the L i b r a r y ' s western Amer- i c a n a resources. T h r o u g h o u t his l o n g term as l i b r a r i a n M r . B l i s s always r e m a i n e d a b o o k m a n as well as a n efficient a d m i n i s t r a t o r . It was his b o a s t that every b o o k a n d m a n u s c r i p t a d d e d to the H u n t i n g t o n shelves p a s s e d t h r o u g h his h a n d s . T h e s e f a c t o r s h a v e d o u b t l e s s con- t r i b u t e d m u c h to the H u n t i n g t o n L i b r a r y ' s e n v i a b l e r e p u t a t i o n in r e g a r d to the organi- zation, the p r e s e r v a t i o n , a n d the a v a i l a b i l i t y of its resources. L e s l i e E d g a r B l i s s contri- b u t e d i m m e a s u r a b l y to the task of trans- f o r m i n g a collector's t r e a s u r e h o u s e i n t o a research l i b r a r y . — R o b e r t O. Schad. C A T H E R I N E N O L A N , c i r c u l a t i o n l i b r a r i a n a t St. B o n a v e n t u r e U n i v e r s i t y s i n c e 1928, re- tired o n J a n u a r y 30. ROSE B. PHELPS retires this year a f t e r twen- ty-eight years as a m e m b e r of the f a c u l t y 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 S c h o o l . Pro- fessor P h e l p s was h o n o r e d by her c o l l e a g u e s , f r i e n d s , a n d s t u d e n t s at a d i n n e r in A p r i l . JULY 1958 337