College and Research Libraries read: "Ephesians 4:29 tells us: 'Let no cor- r u p t communication proceed out of your mouth, b u t that which is good.' I n other words, we can only take o u t of t h e treasure chest what is in it." Is this really the Ephe- sians passage " i n other words"? T h e fact that the editor of a staff bulletin does not "get much comment f r o m within the library" sometimes "worries the editor because he wonders if anybody is reading his publication. . . . Is it really necessary? Is it interesting . . . ? Could it be d r o p p e d a n d nobody notice it? Most of these ques- tions never get answered, a n d it's just as well for the editor not to worry a b o u t them. . . ." (p. 42). W h y is it "just as well"? Surely, if he were at all concerned a b o u t the theme of this conference, he would give much thought to these matters. " T h e r e was so m u c h to talk a b o u t a n d be controversial a b o u t that somehow we did not get down to 'how-to' mean what you say" (p. 84). A n d yet there was time for things not even remotely connected with the g r a n d "conspiracy" a n n o u n c e d on page 2— e.g., the emphasis on being sure to sign the library report (p. 34) or to n a m e the library a n d (often) t h e place in which t h e library is located—"If you should h a p p e n to be op- erating a library called the Los Angeles Public Library in San Francisco, it would be i m p o r t a n t to a d d the city" (p. 37)—; a n d the instructions on not merely how to make a talk b u t also how to get to be invited to make a talk (p. 56) a n d how to dress for the occasion—"If you wear a corsage, a n d a pin, a n d several other assorted trimmings, you will be a distraction to the audience" (p. 62). It is h a r d to escape the feeling that some- how some of the sessions may h a v e slipped into the "Sin of Verbosity. T o o m u c h is said, too much is written a b o u t too little" (p. 5). Fhe book is a "transcript from tape, some- what revised a n d abridged . . ." (p. vii). In a conference whose "goal is clear thinking, precise writing a n d speaking" (p. 2) one would expect papers carefully written and revised by their authors before they were presented a n d carefully revised again by the editor before they were published. W e are indeed "ringed by laziness" (p. 2). A n d yet, perhaps, it was a notable confer- ence, if for n o other reason than that it tackled, however inadequately, a m a j o r problem whose very existence o f t e n goes without notice: W h y cannot, or do not, librarians write readable prose? Some of the side issues raised are also n o t a b l e — f o r in- stance (p. 8 a n d p p . 80-81) why d o we have so little controversy if librarianship really means much to us? Finally some of the pa- pers were excellent; Mr. Powell was elo- q u e n t , Mr. Malkin was stimulating, and Mr. Lubetzky was lucid a n d brief.—Paul S. Dun- kin, Rutgers University. Comment Research and Reality I n the September 1959 issue of CRL Rob- ert E. Dysinger of Bowdoin, writing on " T h e Research Library in the U n d e r g r a d u - ate College," tells us that " . . . a collection which reflects the curriculum of the insti- t u t i o n a n d the interests of individual schol- ars a n d is well selected a n d t h i n n e d will bulk large a n d have far in excess of 250,000 volumes." By an interesting coincidence, CRL statistics for 1957/58 show that Bow- d o i n just h a p p e n s to have h a d 249,564 vol- umes in its library at t h a t time. At the same time, the median figure for G r o u p II college libraries in the same set of statistics shows 130,284 volumes. At the m e d i a n rate of increase, as of 1957/58, 5,151 books per year, it would take almost a quarter-century to reach the figure Mr. Dy- singer indicates as a m i n i m u m figure, 250,000 volumes. W h y is there any feeling, in this day of ready accessibility of needed volumes a n d pages, through interlibrary loan a n d mod- ern copying methods, that the undergradu- ate college library must try to be what it can 184 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S never be? An u n d e r g r a d u a t e college library is not a research library. A research library is not an u n d e r g r a d u a t e library. Some re- search can be done in any u n d e r g r a d u a t e college library. Most research cannot, and should not be d o n e there. I am not arguing against the dreams of the Dysingers. It would be nice to be able to get "faculty members seriously dedicated to a d d i n g to the sum of man's knowledge" all possible "little-used materials that are im- p o r t a n t to their work . . ." But let's face reality. As a specific example, I again may single out Bowdoin, which in 1957/58 spent $74.50 on its library for every student in t h e col- lege. T h e median in the 1957/58 CRL sta- tistics was $44.88. If my own college could spend as much for each of its 2000 students as Bowdoin does for its 774, perhaps I too would dream of e x p a n d e d facilities for fac- ulty research. But o u r problem is to get sufficient budget to build u p an a d e q u a t e undergraduate library collection. W e are by n o means alone in this. As William Vernon Jackson com- ments, in " T h e A C R L Grants Program: A R e p o r t of its First Four Years," also in the September 1959 CRL, ". . . the quality of library resources placed at the disposal of students in liberal arts colleges leaves a great deal to be desired." Jackson f u r t h e r points out that of the schools considered for A C R L grants, which were "an excellent sample of non-tax-supported liberal arts col- leges," over two-thirds expended less than $10,000 yearly for library materials. H e stresses that $25,000 "seems to be a kind of ceiling on the college library's book budget at the present time. . . . " M i n d you, in between 75 a n d 80 per cent of these libraries, Jackson says, the size of the book collection was below 100,000 vol- umes. I n fact, only 56 percent had over 50,000 volumes. A n d Mr. Dysinger talks so glibly of having " f a r in excess of 250,000 volumes"! I believe we are d o i n g o u r colleagues a disservice when we speak in exaggerated, f a n c i f u l terms that may appeal to t h e ivory- tower-oriented academician, b u t certainly do not face the realities of the American under- graduate college library picture as it is to- day. As must all college librarians, I occa- sionally must e n d u r e the pressures of the "research-minded" faculty member a n d ad- ministrator who sometimes seems to forget that the u n d e r g r a d u a t e college is for the undergraduate student, not for the demand- ing faculty member. Such statements as ap- pear in the Dysinger article are of n o help whatsoever in such situations. As long as we have the great majority of u n d e r g r a d u a t e college libraries so far from even approaching the basic needs of the stu- dents, let us forget a b o u t priorities for fac- ulty research demands. D o n ' t "let them eat cake" before we have provided bread.—Eli M. Oboler, Idaho State College Library, Pocatello. Library Resources T h e article in the November (1959) issue of CRL on "Library Resources for Classical Studies," by William V e r n o n Jackson, lost something, it seems to me, by relying over- m u c h on p r i n t e d sources, a n d not enough on correspondence with the libraries u n d e r discussion. Certainly the section devoted to Columbia University overlooks o n e of the most i m p o r t a n t relevant developments to take place on this campus in recent years, namely the Gonzalez Lodge bequest. T h i s bequest occurred after the publication of Downs's study, u p o n which Dr. Jackson ap- pears to d e p e n d for his i n f o r m a t i o n about the Columbia holdings. Since Dr. Jackson's article may be considered by the unwary as representing the current status, this letter is sent in the h o p e that it can be printed as a sort of a d d e n d u m to the p a r e n t report. As with most of the older universities of the East, there has always existed at Colum- bia a d e e p interest in classical studies, and, as of 1942, the strength of o u r collections reflecting a n d s u p p o r t i n g that interest was accurately r e p o r t e d by Downs. In 1944, how- ever, the extensive personal library of early editions of Greek a n d R o m a n classical works that had been formed by the late Dr. Gon- zalez Lodge of Teachers College was pre- sented in his memory by his widow, the late I d a Stanwood Lodge. Mrs. Lodge also made provision for a generous e n d o w m e n t to be used to m a i n t a i n a n d develop the collec- tion, and this became available in 1948. Dr. Lodge's original collection comprised about eighteen h u n d r e d items, including M A R C H 1 9 6 0 185 n e a r l y a h u n d r e d i n c u n a b u l a . I n t h e i n t e r - v e n i n g y e a r s w e h a v e a d d e d m o r e t h a n e i g h t h u n d r e d w o r k s , a m o n g t h e m t w e l v e m e d i e v a l a n d r e n a i s s a n c e m a n u s c r i p t s a n d s e v e n t y fifteenth-century e d i t i o n s . T h e r e m a i n i n g a d - d i t i o n s a r e p o s t - 1 5 0 0 e d i t i o n s f a l l i n g p r e - d o m i n a n t l y i n t o t h e c a t e g o r y of s c h o l a r l y re- d a c t i o n s of t h e s i x t e e n t h a n d s e v e n t e e n t h c e n t u r i e s . W e h a v e s t r e s s e d v e r n a c u l a r t r a n s - l a t i o n s as w e l l , n o t o n l y a m o n g t h e p r i n t e d w o r k s b u t a l s o a m o n g t h e m a n u s c r i p t s . A s a r e s u l t of t h e L o d g e b e q u e s t a n d e n - d o w m e n t C o l u m b i a h a s b e e n e n a b l e d t o p r o - c e e d m u c h f a r t h e r a n d f a s t e r i n b u i l d i n g u n u s u a l s t r e n g t h i n t h e field of classical l i t e r a t u r e t h a n w o u l d h a v e b e e n c o n c e i v a b l e w i t h o u t t h o s e b e n e f a c t i o n s . C e r t a i n l y w e h a v e a d d e d m a t e r i a l s a t a m u c h g r e a t e r r a t e a n d i n m u c h g r e a t e r d e p t h t h a n D r . D o w n s c o u l d h a v e v i s u a l i z e d i n 1 9 4 2 . — R o l a n d Baughrnan, Head of Special Collections, Co- lumbia University Libraries. A C R L Microcard Series— Abstracts of Titles THE A C R L M I C R O C A R D SERIES is p u b l i s h e d f o r A C R L b y t h e U n i v e r s i t y of R o c h e s t e r P r e s s u n d e r t h e e d i t o r s h i p of M r s . M a r g a r e t K . T o t h . T i t l e s a r e a v a i l a b l e d i r e c t l y f r o m t h e P r e s s . R e c e n t l y p u b l i s h e d n u m b e r s i n - c l u d e : M C C O Y , M E R C E R G A R N E T T . A N O . 101 Check-List of Norfolk, Virginia Imprints from 1774 to 1876, with a Historical Introduction. T h e s i s : M.S. in L.S., C a t h o l i c University of A m e r i c a , 1 9 5 4 . ) 1 9 5 9 . i v , 1 3 1 1 . $ 1 . 5 0 . GOTT, JOHN KENNETH. A Check- N O . 102 List of Winchester, Virginia Imprints from 1787 to 1876, with a Historical Introduction. (Thesis: M.S. in L.S., C a t h o l i c University of A m e r i c a , 1 9 5 3 . ) 1 9 5 9 . i i i , 9 4 1 . $ 1 . 5 0 . DAVIS, KATHARINE NORMAN. A N O . 103 Check-List of Richmond, Virginia Imprints from 1781 to 1805, with a Historical Introduc- tion. (Thesis: M.S. in L.S., C a t h o l i c University o f A m e r i c a , 1 9 5 6 . ) 1 9 5 9 . v , 9 6 1 . $ 1 . 5 0 . CLARY, ANN ROANE. A Chech-List N O . 104 of Richmond, Virginia Imprints from 1821 through 1830, with a Historical Introduction. (Thesis: M.S. i n L.S., C a t h o l i c University of A m e r i c a , 1 9 5 6 . ) 1 9 5 9 . v , 1 0 9 1 . $ 1 . 5 0 . MCKINNELL, BETTINA F . A Check- N O . 105 List of Richmond, Virginia Imprints from 1841 through 1852, with a Historical Intro- duction. (Thesis: M.S. in L.S., C a t h o l i c Uni- v e r s i t y of A m e r i c a , 1956.) 1959. i i i , 173 1. $2.25. STARKE, VIVIAN A . A Check-List N O . 106 of Richmond, Virginia Imprints from 1853 through 1860, with a Historical Introduction. (Thesis: M.S. in L.S., C a t h o l i c University of A m e r i c a , 1 9 5 7 . ) 1 9 5 9 . i i i , 1 4 7 1 . $ 1 . 5 0 . SWARTZ, JEAN MARIE. A Check-List N O . 107 of Richmond, Virginia Imprints from 1866 to 1870, with a Historical Introduction. (Thesis: M.S. in L.S., C a t h o l i c University of America, 1 9 5 5 . ) 1 9 5 9 . i v , 172 1. $ 2 . 2 5 . T h e s e seven check-lists of V i r g i n i a p u b l i c a - tions p r e p a r e d by g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s of l i b r a r y science i n t h e d e p a r t m e n t of l i b r a r y science of the C a t h o l i c University of America f o r m a p a r t of a research p r o j e c t of t h e A m e r i c a n I m p r i n t s I n v e n t o r y to c o m p i l e a c o m p l e t e n a t i o n a l bibli- o g r a p h y . T h e A m e r i c a n I m p r i n t s I n v e n t o r y , b e g u n in 1937, has a c c u m u l a t e d m u c h of t h e m a t e r i a l w h i c h h a s b e e n p r o d u c e d by t h e presses of t h e n a t i o n . F r o m t h i s vast reservoir of m a t e r i a l these check-lists h a v e b e e n d r a w n . T h e y c o n t a i n all t h e titles a n d locations f o u n d in t h e N a t i o n a l U n i o n C a t a l o g of t h e L i b r a r y of Congress, t h e L i b r a r y of Congress catalog, a n d titles t h a t were located in o t h e r libraries t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y . Almanacs, newspapers, a n d official d o c u m e n t s already covered in Swem's A Bibliography of Virginia were e x c l u d e d f r o m these check-lists. E a c h of t h e check-lists is p r e c e d e d by a brief history of t h e city or town i n V i r g i n i a u n d e r consideration a n d by a survey of its p r i n t i n g a n d p u b l i s h i n g activities. A f t e r this follow t h e 186 C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S 1960 DIRECTORY of the A m e r i c a n C o l l e g e of Hospital A d m i n i s t r a t o r s 500 pages, 7V*" x 93A" 3,800 biographical listings. T h e first b i o g r a p h i c a l m e m b e r s h i p d i r e c t o r y o f t h e C o l l e g e s i n c e 1 9 4 8 . . . l i s t i n g s o f e n t i r e m e m b e r - s h i p f r o m d a t a s u p p l i e d b y m e m b e r s t h e m s e l v e s , a l p h a b e t i c a l l y a r r a n g e d on e a s y - t o - r e a d t w o - c o l u m n p a g e s . . . c l a s s i f i e d / r e g i o n a l i n d e x . . . a l s o d e s c r i p t i v e d a t a , lists o f o f f i c e r s a n d r e g e n t s , m e m b e r s h i p r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d c o d e o f e t h i c s . $ 1 5 . 0 0 list • L i b r a r y / I n s t i t u t i o n a l a n d p r e - p u b l i c a t i o n d i s c o u n t s 840 North Lake Shore Drive Chicago 11, Illinois symbols identifying t h e location of t h e check- list items in American libraries. T h e s e symbols are t h e same used in the National U n i o n Cata- log of the Library of Congress. T h e a u t h o r , title, a n d subject index provided in each of the undertakings will facilitate use of t h e check-list. SILVA, SISTER M . FRANCES CLARE. A N O . 108 History of Ursuline College Library, Cleve- land, Ohio, 1922-1957. (Thesis: M.S. in L.S., Western Reserve University, 1958.) 1959. [4], 49 1., ill us., diagrs. $ .75. T h e purpose of this study is threefold: (1) to a d d to t h e total p i c t u r e of college library development in America; (2) to consider current problems and questions in the light of p a t t e r n s of growth of the library and college; a n d (3) to point the way to improvements in f u t u r e ad- ministrative practices t h r o u g h a study of past policies. Library records and diocesan reports t h a t applied to t h e college and its library pro- vided p r i m a r y source materials. Interviews with t h e present librarian a n d with members of the faculty, some of whom have been at t h e college almost f r o m t h e beginning, also provided valu- able i n f o r m a t i o n . V A N T I E M , JOHN E . The Theatre N O . 109 Collection of the New York Public Library. (Thesis: M.S. in L.S., Western Reserve Uni- v e r s i t y , 1957.) 1959. i i , 571. $ . 7 5 . T h i s p a p e r presents t h e history of t h e collec- tion f r o m its beginning through J u l y 1957. T h e development of t h e collection is presented chronologically a n d t h e uses of t h e materials for exhibitions and by celebrities of the theater are described. T h e T h e a t r e Collection was estab- lished in 1931, when t h e heirs of David Belasco gave his large collection to t h e New York Pub- lic Library with t h e proviso t h a t it be m a d e available to t h e public. In addition to books on all phases of entertainment—stage, d r a m a , motion pictures, etc.—the collection includes theater playbills, photographs, scripts, original sketches of costumes and stage designs, etc. Lillian Gish, w h o came to study pictures and reviews of Camille in 1932, was t h e first celebrity to use the collection. T h r o u g h t h e years she was followed by Jose Ferrer, Alfred L u n t and Lynn F o n t a n n e , Alec Guinness, George Abbott, Cecil Beaton, Russell Crouse, R o b e r t Sherwood, and many others. T h e collection is also con- sulted by research workers, writers, a n d theater- goers. j JOHNSON, MAXINE. Public and N O . 110 College Library Personnel in Texas, 1955; M A R C H 1 9 6 0 Distribution, Demand, and Personnel Prac- tices. (Thesis: M.L.S., University of Texas, 1 9 5 8 . ) 1 9 5 9 . i x , 2 1 3 1., 5 1., t a b l e s . $ 2 . 2 5 . As p a r t of the 1955 Survey of Library Person- nel and Library Education Agencies in T e x a s m a d e by the University of T e x a s G r a d u a t e School of Library Science, this study covers re- sponses to the Questionnaire for Chief Librar- ians. Of the h u n d r e d librarians polled, twenty- seven public librarians a n d forty-six senior- college librarians replied. T h e d a t a gathered show t h a t a shortage of professional personnel exists, particularly in p u b l i c libraries, a n d t h a t this shortage will probably increase; thus, b e t t e r use of available professional personnel seems desirable. Need is shown for a state p l a n for libraries, increased financial s u p p o r t , larger p u b - lic library systems, more effectual recruitment by small libraries, a n d broader knowledge of c u r r e n t personnel practices. NICHOLS, MARY ELIZABETH. Early N O . I l l Development of the University of Mississippi Library. (Thesis: M.L.S., University of Mis- s i s s i p p i , 1957.) 1959. [3], 61 1. $.75. W h e n t h e University of Mississippi began operation in 1848 it did so w i t h o u t a library. 187 U p o n m o v i n g i n t o a b u i l d i n g of its own in 1890, t h e l i b r a r y h a d 13,000 v o l u m e s a n d was o p e n f o u r h o u r s a day. H a v i n g o u t g r o w n its q u a r t e r s , a new .$50,000 l i b r a r y b u i l d i n g was occupied in 1911 w h i c h was replaced in 1951 by a $1,500,000 a i r - c o n d i t i o n e d h o m e w h i c h could a c c o m o d a t e 1,250 r e a d e r s a n d 450,000 volumes. D w e l l i n g on personnel, t h e collection, finances, a n d l i b r a r y d e v e l o p m e n t , this s t u d y p r e s e n t s i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t h a s n o w h e r e else been b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r previously in t h e same way. WELSH, MARY A N N . Andrew Mar- N O . 1 1 2 schalk, Mississippi's First Printer. (Thesis: M.L.S., University of Mississippi, 1957.) 1959. [2], 72 1. $ .75. T h e p u r p o s e of t h e p a p e r is to b r i n g t o g e t h e r t h e k n o w n facts a b o u t t h e " f a t h e r of t h e typo- g r a p h i c a r t in Mississippi" a n d to e v a l u a t e t h e m . W i t h t h e e m p h a s i s o n Mississippi's first i m p r i n t s , Marschalk's a r r i v a l in t h e Mississippi territory h a s been c a r e f u l l y traced in a n effort to estab- lish t h e d a t e of t h e first i m p r i n t in Mississippi. C o m p e l l i n g reasons a r e a d v a n c e d f o r r e j e c t i n g The Galley Slave, w h i c h h a s f o r some t i m e b e e n considered a p r o d u c t of Marschalk's press, as Mississippi's first i m p r i n t . Classified Advertisements R a t e : $1 p e r line; 3-line m i n i m u m . Closes t w e n t i e t h of m o n t h p r e c e d i n g d a t e of issue. COLONIAL BOOK S E R V I C E — S p e c i a l i s t s i n s u p - plying the o u t - o f - p r i n t books as listed in all library indices ( G r a n g e r Poetry; Essay a n d G e n e r a l L i t e r a t u r e ; Shaw; S t a n d a r d ; Fic- tion; Biography; L a m o n t ; Speech; etc.) W a n t lists i n v i t e d . 23 East 4 t h St., N e w York 3, N.Y. PERIODICALS—sets, files, n u m b e r s — b o u g h t , sold, e x c h a n g e d . M i c r o c a r d r e p r i n t s of r a r e files. C atalogues a n d b u y i n g lists. J . S. Can- n e r Inc., D e p t . A C R L , Boston 20, Mass. S T A N L E Y G I L M A N , A m e r i c a n History, News- p a p e r H i s t o r y a n d O u t of P r i n t Books. Box 131, C o o p e r Station, N e w York 3, N . Y. H E A D Q U A R T E R S F o r E v e r y t h i n g in L i t e r a t u r e F r o m t h e Soviet U n i o n I n English, R u s s i a n a n d m a n y o t h e r lan- guages s p o k e n in t h e U.S.S.R. Recordings, sheet music, h a n d i c r a f t . 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