College and Research Libraries News from the Field ACQUISITIONS, G I F T S , C O L L E C T I O N S T H E G E N E R A L L I B R A R Y of the University of California, Berkeley, has recently acquired a collection of rare books and other mate- rials covering the political, economic, social, religious, and military history of Argentina and Uruguay. Assembled from several nota- ble private libraries in the R i o cle la Plata area, the collection will offer to the researcher the principal edicts, proclamations, pam- phlets, and books published in Buenos Aires between 1810 and 1900. C O L U M B I A U N I V E R S I T Y has received a first variety copy of the T h i r d Folio of Shake- speare's plays, thereby completing its collec- tion of the four 17th-century folios. T h e vol- ume, designated " L o n d o n , Printed for Philip Chetwinde, 1663," was presented by Mr. and Mrs. Solton Engel. I t contains the title page in its original state and bears the Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F I D A H O L I B R A R Y h a s received 222 books, including some rare items of Americana, in fine bindings hand- tooled by Italian artisans. Mrs. Lucy Day of Mica Bay, Coeur d'Alene, is the donor. I N D I A N A U N I V E R S I T Y , at the dedication of the Lilly Library for rare books and manu- scripts, received the long-missing first por- tion of the manuscript of General Lew Wal- lace's Ben-Hur. Edges of the 27 missing pages, torn by General Wallace, matched the portion on display for the dedication. T h e gift was made by Frederick B . Adams, director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City, on behalf of the trustees of the Morgan Library and the publishing firm of H a r p e r Brothers. T H E S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y O F I O W A L I B R A R I E S have acquired a collection of more than 5,500 pamphlets, tracts and laws published at the time of the French Revolution. A detailed catalog of the holdings is being prepared. M I C H I G A N S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y O A K L A N D L I - B R A R Y has purchased the thousand-volume medieval history collection of the late Dr. Sidney Painter, head of the history depart- ment at J o h n s Hopkins University. T h i s col- lection has provided much of the material for standard works on medieval France and England. O H I O U N I V E R S I T Y at Athens has acquired a collection of books from the private library of Dr. J . W . Morgan of Springfield. Although emphasis is on chemistry and in areas of others sciences most closely related to chem- istry, works in the history of science also are represented. It is expected that this collec- tion, housed in the Edwin W a t t s Chubb Library, will add new dimensions to the graduate program at the university. R O S E P O L Y T E C H N I C I N S T I T U T E , T e r r e Haute, Ind., has received a grant of $15,000 from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., for purchase of books, journals, and other reading material that cannot be financed from the regular library budget. T h e grant, to be expended over a period of two to five years, will en- able the library to make valuable additions in the area of engineering education. S T . L O U I S U N I V E R S I T Y will establish a com- plete library and collection of publications on automatic merchandising. A personal gift of $5,000 by T h o m a s B . Donahue, president of the National Automatic Merchandising Association, will be used to acquire and maintain an industry-wide book collection. T r a d e journals of the industry will be in- cluded in the collection to be housed in the new Pius x n Memorial Library. S T . P R O C O P I U S C O L L E G E has acquired a large collection of L i n c o l n i a n a from an alumnus who prefers to remain anonymous. Included among the 6,000 modern and contemporary items are 2,500 books and pamphlets, and 1,200 prints, photographs and lithographs, as well as clippings, letters, documents, sheet music and sculpture. T h e collection was as- sembled over thirty-five years as the donor, living in the heart of the " L a n d of L i n c o l n , " followed the L i n c o l n trail from Kentucky to Indiana, Illinois, and Washington. M A R C H 1 9 6 1 149 U N I V E R S I T Y O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A L I - B R A R Y has received from die estate of Dr. R a l p h T . Flewelling, philosopher, founder, and editor of The Personalist, his personal papers and library of over sixteen hundred volumes. S O U T H E R N I L L I N O I S U N I V E R S I T Y has received a collection of eight diousand volumes of American and British fiction of the late 19th and 20th centuries, representing the work of more than a thousand authors. Many of the volumes are first editions, often auto- graphed. I t was the library of the late Wil- liam Brooks, a New York attorney, and is being purchased from the estate by a group of friends of the university library whose names cannot yet be announced. T H E N E W T O N I A N A C O L L E C T I O N at Stanford University marked its twentieth anniversary last year. Credit for the collection goes to Frederick E. Brasch, who was a special stu- dent at Stanford in 1897. W h e n he retired after twenty-eight years as science librarian in the Library of Congress, he gave his per- sonal collection of Newton material to Stan- ford and has since guided its growth. T U L A N E U N I V E R S I T Y has received a collec- tion of rare documents and books about his- torical events and personalities in early New Orleans and Louisiana from a New Orleans collector, F e l i x H . Kuntz. I t will be housed in the Rosemonde E. and Emile Kuntz room of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, established by Mr. Kuntz in 1954 as a me- morial to his parents. BUILDINGS C O R N E L L U N I V E R S I T Y has transferred more than a million books from the old library to the new Olin Research Library. T h e new building, nearly completed, will provide air- conditioned space for two million volumes. T h e old building will be completely reno- vated and used as an undergraduate library, probably in the fall of 1962. T H E G E O R G E F o x C O L L E G E at Newberg, Oregon, is planning a new library building. A gift of $100,000 toward construction of the building has been received from Dr. and Mrs. C. G i l b e r t Shambaugh of Albuquerque, New Mexico. A T M A R I E T T A C O L L E G E a new library build- ing costing $855,000 is under construction. I t will be located at the center of the campus adjacent to the student center. O n comple- tion of the new building, the old library will be converted for administration and class- room use. U N D E R C O N S T R U C T I O N on the campus of Central Washington College of Education, Ellensburg, is a new library building, in- tended to be a complete educational re- sources center. Construction cost for the building to be ready for occupancy in the summer of 1961 is $1,522,456; furnishings and equipment will be extra. W i t h all services consolidated under direction of the head librarian, the new center will have a staff of twenty-one full-time librarians, audio-visual experts, and other specialists. Y A L E U N I V E R S I T Y has received ten million dollars from C. Mahlon K l i n e for construc- tion of a new science center. Buildings will include a library, a geology building, a chem- istry laboratory, biological science labora- tories, and a central auditorium for the sci- ences. Mr. Kline, a graduate of the Yale Sheffield Scientific School, is honorary chair- man of the Smith, K l i n e & French Labora- tories, Philadelphia. T h e gift ranks with the greatest benefactions in Yale's history. GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS A S T U D Y of translation activities in univer- sities, societies, and industry in the fields of science and technology will b e made by the T r a n s l a t i o n s Center of the Special Libraries Association, located at the J o h n Crerar Li- brary in Chicago. National Science Founda- tion has granted money for this purpose. T h e survey will result in an increase of holdings at the center, making it a more effective tool in research activities. T H E B A T T E L L E M E M O R I A L I N S T I T U T E o f Columbus, Ohio, has received a $29,200 con- tract from Council on Library Resources, Inc., for a twelve-month investigation of methods to improve the reading of microimages. In this study, Battelle's Applied Physics Division will seek the technical advice of the micro- film industry. Special attention will be given to factors that can be incorporated in inex- pensive machines. 1 5 0 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 I N D I A N A U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R I E S , with the aid of a grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., will inaugurate a program J u l y 1, designed to give intensive instruction to prospective rare book librarians. Facilities and collec- tions of the Lilly Library will be used as a training center. T w o fellows will be selected for a study program to familiarize them with bibliographical methods, the antiquarian book trade, and the organization and man- agement of rare book and special collection departments or libraries. Any graduate of an accredited library school may apply for a fellowship. Application forms and further in- formation may be obtained from Cecil K. Byrd, associate director of I n d i a n a Univer- sity Libraries, Bloomington. S C H O L A R S H I P S provided by the H . W . Wil- son Foundation, Inc., a charitable and edu- cational foundation established by the late Mr. and Mrs. H . W . Wilson, have been in- creased to one thousand dollars each. T h e s e scholarships will be granted to accredited li- brary schools over the next four years at the rate of approximately ten per year. I n an- nouncing the increased amounts, the founda- tion referred to the rising costs of all educa- t i o n a n d t h e c o m p e t i t i o n f o r s u p e r i o r students, and expressed hope that more young men and women of exceptional ability would be attracted to the library profession. PUBLICATIONS Copyright Law Revision Studies 11-19 have been issued in three parts by the Government Printing Office, and are available from die Information and Publications Officer, Li- brary of Congress, Washington, D. C. Studies 11-13 deal with divisibility of copyright, j o i n t ownership of copyrights, and works made for hire and on commissions (price, 45 cents); Studies 14-16 deal with fair use of copy- righted works, photoduplication of copy- righted works by libraries, and limitations on performing rights (price, 55 cents); Stud- ies 17-19 deal with the registration of copy- right and the authority of the Register of Copyrights to reject applications for regis- tration (price, 50 cents). Current Research and Development in Sci- entific Documentation, No. 7, has been issued by the National Science Foundation. In- cluded in the list of agencies participating in projects are universities, technical and industrial research establishments, documen- tation specialists, governmental agencies, and individuals. M a j o r areas of interest are in- formation requirements and uses, informa- tion storage and retrieval, equipment, me- chanical translation, and potentially related research. T H E V A R I E T Y of topics treated in the an- nual volumes of the Studies in Bibliography, the papers of the University of Virginia Bib- liographical Society, is reflected in volume 14, (Charlottesville, University of Virginia Library, 1960, 291 p., $10.00 to non-members, $6.00 to members). Fredson Bowers, the edi- tor, has collected in this volume papers deal- ing with Lockhart's Scott, T h o m a s Carman and the Almanack Monopoly, literary prob- lems of 17th century scientific manuscripts, Franklin's Poor Richard Almanacs, Jefferson as a collector of Virginiana, Ellen Glasgow's letters to Paul Revere Reynolds, Richard- soniana, and many other interesting pieces. R u d o l f Hirsch and Howell J . Heaney in- clude their selective checklist of bibliographi- cal scholarship for the year 1959. The Bookmark, supplement to volume 15, number 1, published by University of Idaho Library, covers evaluation of the holdings in humanities in the University of Idaho Library by George Kellogg, humanities li- brarian. C O P I E S of the World Directory of Agricul- tural Libraries and Documentation Centres are available, at $5, from T . P. Loosjes, treas- urer, I n t e r n a t i o n a l Association of Agricul- tural Librarians and Documentalists, Library of the Agricultural University, IA, G e n . Foulkesweg, Wageningen, Netherlands. T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I A M I L I B R A R Y , Coral Gables, has issued the first n u m b e r of The Carrell, a publication of the Friends of the Library. I t is to be concerned with collectors, collections, books, authors, and libraries. Labor Papers on Microfilm is the title of a list dated September 1, 1960, and revised by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Institutions represented on the list include the California State Library, the Industrial R e l a t i o n s Library of Cornell University, the New York P u b l i c Library, the University of California at Berkeley and at Los Angeles, the University of Illinois, and the State His- torical Society of Wisconsin. M A R C H 1 9 6 1 151 T H E S O C I E T E N E O P H I L O L O G I Q U E , Helsinki, has issued American Fiction in Finland: An Essay and Bibliography, by Philip Durham and T a u n o F. M u s t a n o j a (1960, 202 p.). The Odyssey of a Film-maker by Frances H u b b a r d Flaherty, (New York, T h i s t l e Press, 45 pages plus 16 full-page plates, $3.00), is the fourth of a series of modern chapbooks announced by Beta Phi Mu. F u r t h e r infor- mation may be obtained by addressing Beta Phi Mu, 331 Library, University of Illinois, U r b a n a . Sherwood Anderson: A Bibliography, by Eugene P. Sheehy and K e n n e t h A. Lohf, is another of the bibliographies that the com- pilers have prepared for the T a l i s m a n Press (Los Gatos, Calif., 1960, 125 p., $6.00). T h e work includes 845 numbered items covering Anderson's publication (grouped according to type) and writings about him. The Reader's Adviser, is now available in a revised 9th edition, edited by Hester R . Hoffman ( R . R . Bowker Company, $15.00). First published in 1921 and formerly entitled the " B o o k m a n ' s M a n u a l , " the volume is a source-book for information about literary periods, famous authors and their works, reference books of many types, and literary trends. I t covers literary greats from earliest times to the current year, and evaluates encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and other reference works. Guide to American Trade Catalogs 1744- 1900 by Lawrence B . R o m a i n e (New York, R . R . Bowker Co., 62 W . 45th Street, $15.00) is a directory of pamphlets, broadsides, bro- chures, and circulars, describing and pricing American manufactured goods. Organized by subject, it lists ten thousand assorted cata- logs, reflects changing techniques of advertis- ing, and opens a fascinating and little-known aspect of Americana by tracing popular tastes and standards. I t will be helpful to dealers, collectors, researchers, librarians, historians, ancl antiquarians. M I S C E L L A N E O U S T H E M O R R I S L I B R A R Y of Southern Illinois University has started microfilming of the published records of R . Buckminster Fuller, recently presented by Professor Fuller. T h e s e records date from 1918 and include publica- tions issued throughout the world. T h e microfilming is under the direction of the serials department of the library. T H E F U N D F O R A D U L T E D U C A T I O N will cease operations about the middle of 1961. Effec- tive J a n u a r y 1, 1961, the Fund's special inter- ests in the advancement of study-discussion in the liberal arts was assumed by the Amer- ican Foundation for Continuing Education. T h e foundation will act as a clearinghouse for information on all aspects of study-discus- sion, and particularly on die current status of program materials. In addition, the foun- dation will continue to develop its own study-discussion programs, to aid in the training of discussion leaders and, through research, to advance understanding and the use of study-discussion in liberal adult edu- cation. F o r information, write to the Ameri- can Foundation for Continuing Education, 19 South LaSalle Street, Chicago 3. A N I N S T I T U T E in library adult education will be conducted in Bloomington, Ind., J u n e 9-14, 1961, by the Bureau of Studies in Adult Education, I n d i a n a University, and Purdue University. I t will provide an oppor- tunity to experience the Indiana training plan. Developed through action research projects conducted in eight libraries over a 4-year period, this plan is suited to libraries of any size, and applies to library in-service education as well as to community adult education activities. Participation will be limited to 30 persons. Registration forms may be obtained from the bureau, B o x 277, Indiana University, Bloomington. T H E S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W Y O R K i n cooperation with the E x p e r i m e n t in Interna- tional Living this summer is sponsoring a two-month foreign study course in compara- tive library education. T h e itinerary includes visits to libraries and historic places in Eng- land, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. T h e Study-Live Abroad Program includes a three-week homestay in L o n d o n . Departure will be by ship from Montreal on July 2nd; the return will be by plane from Paris Sep- tember 1st. T h e seminar will be limited to 15 participants. Additional information may be obtained from: Dr. Leslie Poste, Division of Library Education, State University College of Edu- cation, Geneseo, New York. 152 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 Personnel F R E D H. G R A V E S , librarian and educator, has been appointed librarian of Cooper Union, New York City. During his profes- sional career he has c o u p l e d t e a c h i n g and librarianship at a number of differ- ent posts: He served successively as teacher of English, as librar- ian, and as principal of Rochdale (Tex.) High School; he was assistant librarian at B e m i d j i ( M i n n . ) State Teachers Col- lege, acting librarian at Hardin-Simmons University, Abiline, T e x . , and chief libarian at T e x a s College of Arts and Industries, Kingsville. In 1951-52 he held a teaching assistantship in die School of Library Service, Columbia University, and from 1952 to 1954 he was assistant to the dean. In 1954 he received his master of science degree and joined the fac- ulty of the newly established Graduate School of Library Service, Rutgers Univer- sity, as assistant professor with the responsi- bility for teaching technical services. He is currently writing his dissertation as a doc- toral candidate. Fred Graves has all the characteristics of a master teacher. His perception, scholarship, and firm foundation in the theory and prac- tice of teaching and librarianship are the parts of the man which make the whole of Fred Graves welcome at Cooper U n i o n . — Edward S. Moffat, Teachers College Library, Columbia University. E R I K J O H N S P I C E R has been appointed li- brarian of die Library of Parliament, Ot- tawa. Born on April 9, 1926, Mr. Spicer attended public schools in Ottawa and Ken- more, N. Y., and Victoria College, University of T o r o n t o , from which he received a B.A. in 1948. He won his B.L.S. from the Uni- versity of T o r o n t o Library School in 1949. After graduate study in history at the Uni- versity of T o r o n t o , Mr. Spicer studied in the department of library science of the Univer- sity of Michigan and was awarded the M.A. in Library Science in 1959. Mr. Spicer began his professional career in Victoria University Library in T o r o n t o in 1949-50 and in the Ottawa Public Library. In 1950 he accepted an appointment to die circulation and reference department of the Ottawa Public Library, where he served until his departure for graduate study at Ann Arbor in 1953. He returned to the Ot- tawa Public Library in 1954 as deputy chief librarian and served in this capacity until his appointment as librarian of parliament in November 1960. T h e new librarian of Parliament has held committee appointments in the Canadian Library Association and is at present sec- ond vice-president of the Ontario Library Association. In 1955/56 he was president of the Library Association, Ottawa. T w o of his papers have been published by the Canadian Library Association. In designating T H O M A S R . B U C K M A N as the new director of the University of Kansas Library system (the appointment to be effec- tive S e p t e m b e r 1, 1961), the regents of the U n i v e r s i t y of Kansas have allayed any f e a r s a m o n g users and friends of the Kansas libraries that Robert Vosper's successor might be a book mechanic for whom the spiritual home of the scholar is so much machin- ery. M r . B u c k m a n has a healthily di- verse background and has—in addition to a willing ear—an active understanding of the bibliographical and bibliological vagaries of scholarship and research. Mr. Buckman took his undergraduate de- gree in speech and drama at the College of the Pacific in 1947, after his formal education had been interrupted by service with the Navy during die war. T h e r e followed three Fred H. Graves M A R C H 1 9 6 1 ' 153 years of study and work in Sweden and a master's degree in Scandinavian studies at the University of Minnesota before he took a degree in library science (also at Minne- sota, in 1953). After still another year in Sweden, this time as King Gustav V Fellow of the American-Scandinavian Foundation, he launched upon a primary career as a li- brarian. In rather rapid succession he held a number of lesser positions in reference and acquisition departments in the Far West be- fore eagle-eyed Mr. Vosper brought him to Lawrence, Kan., to head the acquisitions de- partment in one of the nation's most dy- namic libraries. At Kansas Mr. Buckman performed his mounting duties with pleasant and quiet effi- ciency, and continued to contribute occa- sional reviews and articles to periodicals. His catalogue of the Linnean exhibit at the Uni- versity of Kansas library in 1958 was de- scribed as "something of a revelation" in a review penned by a Yale professor who won- dered that such a publication could come out of Kansas. In 1959 Mr. Buckman—who is also lec- turer in Scandinavian at the University of Kansas—was elected secretary-treasurer of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, a position which he still holds. He has gained the plaudits of the society not only because of laudable management of the so- ciety's business but also through the presenta- tion of a stimulating paper on Par Lagerkvist at the fiftieth annual meeting of the society, in May, 1960. T h e r e are doubtless pippins and cheese to come.—P. M. Mitchell, University of Illinois. A D O L F K . P L A C Z E K has been named Avery Librarian at Columbia University, succeed- ing James G. Van Derpool, who resigned to become associate dean of die School of Architecture. Mr. Placzek comes to this important post with a record of fifteen years' experience at Avery, first as refer- ence librarian upon graduation from the Columbia University S c h o o l o f L i b r a r y Service in 1942, and later, 1949 to date, as assistant librarian. He was on leave to serve in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. Mr. Placzek was educated in Austria, spe- cializing at the University of Vienna in the history of art and in European history. His appointment thus continues a long tradition of subject specialization for the incumbent in this post, as represented by Professor Van Derpool (1946-1960), T a l b o t Hamlin (1934- 1946), and William B. Dinsmoor (1920-1926). T h e Avery Library is known nationally and internationally for its broad coverage of the literature of architecture and die allied arts from the 15th Century to the present. J o u r n a l and monographic publications of more than 60,000 volumes are supplemented by rich holdings of manuscripts, original drawings, prints and photographs. T h e Avery catalog serves as bibliographical guide to the literature of architecture. Adolf K. Placzek Appointments P A U L W . B E C K , fonnerly technical librar- ian, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Mari- etta, Georgia, is now science reference librar- ian, University of Arizona, Tucson. M A R J O R I E J . B E N Z I N G E R , formerly a staff member of the reference department, Har- vard Medical Library, is now madiematics librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, Cambridge. A R N O L D B O R D E N is reference librarian in the physical sciences reading room of the Carol M. Newman Library, Virginia Poly- technic Institute, Blacksburg. C A R O L J U N E B R A D L E Y , formerly music li- brarian, the United States Military Academy, West Point, is now music cataloger, Vassar College Library, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. K A R L S. B Y N O E , formerly first assistant in the language and literature division, Brook- lyn Public Library, is now associate reference librarian, Massachusetts Institute of T e c h - nology, Cambridge. M R S . L U C Y G. C H A N G is cataloger in the Carol M. Newman Library, Virginia Poly- technic Institute, Blacksburg. 154 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 P H Y L L I S C H A R I C K , formerly assistant re- search librarian, Eastern Gas and Fuel Asso- ciates, Boston, Mass., is now a staff member of the reference department, Boston Uni- versity. E L E A N O R C R O U S E , formerly research librar- ian, Columbia-Southern Chemical Corpora- tion, Barberton, Ohio, is now research associ- ate and librarian, Institute for Advancement of Medical Communication, New York City. J O S E P H D A G N E S E , formerly document li- brarian, Nuclear Metals, Inc., Concord, Mass., is now head of the acquisition depart- ment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. A S H L E Y T . D A Y , formerly acting librarian, General University Library, New York Uni- versity, is now librarian, University Heights Library, N.Y.U. M R S . R U T H D O N N E L L , formerly a staff mem- ber of the Richmond Public Library, is now at Morrison Library, University of Califor- nia, Berkeley. W I L L I A M R . E S H E L M A N , formerly acting librarian, Los Angeles State College of Ap- plied Arts and Sciences, is now librarian. B O R I S I. G O R O K H O F F , formerly U.S.S.R. specialist, Library of Congress, has been ap- pointed library fellow in Soviet literature under a National Science Foundation grant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cam- bridge. V I R G I N I A L. G O W E R is a staff member of the reference department, Georgia State College Library, Atlanta. R O B E R T D. H A R L A N is assistant professor, School of Library Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. E I L E E N K I B R I C K , formerly life science li- brarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, Cambridge, is now a cataloger primarily responsible for cataloging engineering mate- rials. G A B O R K O V A T S , formerly assistant cata- loger, Miami (Ohio) University Library, is now serials librarian, Washington Univer- sity Libraries, St. Louis, Mo. F R E D E R I C K K U H N S , f o r m e r l y l i b r a r i a n , Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Mont., is now head librarian, Ohio Northern Univer- sity, Ada. M A R G A R E T E W . L I N D S L E Y , formerly refer- ence and editing librarian, Merck and Com- pany, Rahway, N. J . , is now reference librar- ian, Vassar College Library, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. D O N A L D M I L L E R , formerly senior cataloger, Fresno (Calif.) State College, is now catalog librarian I I , University of California, Berke- ley. D O R I S P R O B S T , formerly assistant reference librarian, University of Illinois, is now li- brarian, Scott, Foresman & Company Library, Chicago. L L O Y D P U T Z E Y , formerly acquisitions-cata- log librarian, Industrial Relations Library, University of Chicago, is now librarian, Illi- nois Farm Supply Company, Chicago. M A T T T . R O B E R T S , formerly head of the reserve book department, University of Penn- sylvania Library, Philadelphia, is now chief of the circulation department, Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, Mo. E V A L Y N R O G E R S , formerly young adult li- brarian, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Balti- more, Md., is now assistant chief of the cir- culation department, Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, Mo. M R S . J E A N N E C A R T E R R O S E , formerly a staff member of the United States Air Force Li- brary, Loring Air Force Base, Me., is now assistant cataloger, T h e University of South Florida Library, T a m p a . E D N A L. S C H W E I N F U R T H , formerly associ- ated with American Airlines, is now circula- tion librarian, University of Arizona, Tucson. M A N D Y S I M P S O N is reserve librarian, J o i n t University Libraries, Nashville, T e n n . M I C H A E L S L A M A , formerly assistant librar- ian for technical services, University of Idaho, Moscow, is now assistant librarian, California State Polytechnic Institute, San Luis Obispo. W I L L I A M B. S T F . N G L E is catalog librarian, University of Arizona, Tucson. M A R K T A Y L O R is lecturer in children's literature, School of Library Science, Uni- versity of Southern California, Los Angeles. W. D E S M O N D T A Y L O R is now reference li- brarian at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma. M R S . SUSAN B. T O D E R is life science librar- ian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. M A R C H 1 9 6 1 155 M I L L I C E N T T O W E R , formerly a staff mem- ber of the Fresno (California) County Li- brary, is now librarian I, Education Library, University of California, Berkeley. M E L V I N J . V O I G T , formerly director of the library and professor of librarianship, Kansas State University, is now librarian, University of California, L a J o l l a . M R S . R E G I N A W A N G , formerly a staff mem- ber of the Manufacturing Laboratories Li- brary, Cambridge, Mass., is now in charge of the Chinese Science Project, being con- ducted under a national Science Foundation grant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. J O S E P H N. W H I T T E N , formerly librarian and professor of bibliography, Cooper Union, New York City, is now librarian, State Uni- versity of New York Maritime College, Fort Schuyler. B A R B A R A W I L L I A M S is a catalog librarian, J o i n t University Libraries, Nashville, T e n n . Retirements M A R I E C L A R K E has retired as supervisor of R U D O L F L O B E L L has retired from the staff the periodical division, University of South- of the acquisitions department, University era California, Los Angeles. of Southern California, Los Angeles. Necrology J A N E E. C O O K E , a staff member of the Li- brary of Congress from 1901 until her retire- ment in 1934, died December 22, 1960. A S A D O N D I C K I N S O N , librarian of Brook- lyn College until his retirement in 1944, died November 13, 1960 at the age of 84. During his professional career, Mr. Dickin- son was librarian of the Union College Li- brary, Washington State College, University of Pennsylvania, and Leavenworth, Kansas Free Public Library. He was the author of numerous books and with his late wife, edited several others. A R T H U R F I S H E R , register of copyrights at the Library of Congress since 1951, died November 12, 1960 at the age of 66. Mr. Fisher was an internationally recognized authority on copyright law and his studies on the revision of the U.S. copyright laws are now being published by the Senate Com- mittee on the Judiciary. M A R Y A. H A M I L T O N , serials librarian, Georgia State College Library, Atlanta, died January 6, 1961. M A R G A R E T H U T C H I N S , an associate profes- sor of the School of Library Service, Colum- bia University, for twenty-five years until her retirement in 1952, died on January 4 in Southside Hospital, Bay Shore, L . I. H e r age was 76. Miss Hutchins graduated from Smith Col- lege in 1906 and from the University of Illinois Library School. After teaching at the latter institution, she became a reference specialist at the Queensboro Public Library in 1926. She joined the Columbia staff two years later. She was the author of Introduc- tion to Reference Work. A G N E S M A R G A R E T T O B I N , librarian emeritus of Fresno (California) State College, died December 10, 1960. Miss T o b i n was librarian from 1914 until her retirement in 1948. Foreign Librarians S E T H S E V E R I N H A L L B E R G , head librarian of Goteborgs Stadsbibliotek, 1927-1954, died on October 2, 1960. An obituary by Gosta Ot- tervik appeared in Biblioleksbladet, X L V (1960), 820-821. F R E D R I K H J E L M Q V I S T (1876-1960) died in Stockholm J u l y 30, 1960. Hjelmqvist served as the first librarian of the Stockholm Pub- lic Library from 1925 to 1941. G O T T H O L D W E I L , formerly director of the Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, died in June, 1960 at the age of 78 in Jerusalem. 156 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 ACRL Board of Directors: Midwinter Meetings B R I E F OF M I N U T E S February 2 Present: Officers, President Edmon Low, Vice President R a l p h Ellsworth, A C R L Rep- resentative to P E B C O Lewis Branscomb; directors-at-large, Patricia P. Paylore, Flora B. Ludington; directors representing sec- tions, Laurence E . T o m l i n s o n , Katherine Walker, R a l p h H . H o p p ; directors on A L A Council (voting), J o h n F. Harvey, Newton F. McKeon, J r . , Elizabeth O. Stone, (non- voting) H e l e n M. Brown, R a l p h H . Hopp, J a m e s Humphrey, I I I , Dorothy M. Drake; chairmen of sections, Donald E. T h o m p s o n , Catherine Cardew, George S. B o n n , Fritz Veit, R a l p h W . McComb; vice chairmen of sections, Esther M. Hile, J a m e s O. Wallace, Mrs. Frances J . Brewer, Irene Zimmerman, Helen Wahoski. A C R L Executive Secretary (non-voting), R i c h a r d Harwell. Guest: Felix E. Hirsch. President Low announced that he would dispense with a report from himself in order that the Board could hear immediately a report from A C R L ' s representative to ALA's Program Evaluation and Budget Committee, Mr. Branscomb, who would have to leave the meeting early. Mr. Branscomb described something of the budgeting process of A L A and called the attention of the Board to the program statement of divisional and other A L A programs prepared for the use of P E B C O by the A L A Headquarters staff. H e noted that the work of P E B C O at its Mid- winter meeting is largely concerned with program and does not involve actual budget- ing procedures. H e presented a list of n i n e possible areas of program activity which had been suggested by P E B C O as deserving spe- cial implementation and emphasis in the 1961/62 budget and asked the Board to select from this list those it thought deserving priority. T h e r e was considerable discussion of the various topics. I t was decided that A C R L would not attempt to differentiate in exact order proposed priorities but would recommend to P E B C O a smaller group of topics which it felt should receive special attention. T h o s e selected by the Board and approved on the motion by Mr. T h o m p s o n are: evaluation and selection of library mate- rials, implementation of library standards, legislation, publications, research and sta- tistics. T h e r e was some minority opinion of the Board that membership promotion should be emphasized in view of impending in- creases in A L A dues. All of the items referred to it by P E B C O were considered worthy of special A L A programs, but it was realized that selection for special emphasis during the next year must be made. President Low introduced Mr. R o n a l d Glens, Executive Secretary of ALA's Refer- ence Services Division and A L A Headquar- ters staff liaison officer for the Library-21 project at Seattle's Century 21 Exposition in 1962. Mr. Glens explained briefly the part which the Library-21 advisory committee feels A C R L can play in the planning and functioning of the Library-21 exhibit. He commented that A C R L would probably be called upon later in the spring to appoint a committee to work with Library-21. Miss Paylore had been requested by Presi- dent Low to examine the version of "A Li- brarian's C o d e " which had been submitted to the Board for review and to make recom- mendations to the Board concerning action on it. She read a brilliant statement (printed elsewhere in this issue) which represents the consensus of the Board's feeling in this mat- ter. Discussion following her presentation revealed reservations on the part of some Board members about aspects of A C R L ' s attitude toward the code, but her motion that "this Association again reject this pro- posed code, but further that it go on record as believing that the worthy objectives sought through it should and can be achieved more successfully rather through our library schools and through ourselves as decent civilized representatives of the human r a c e " was adopted overwhelmingly and the Execu- tive Secretary was instructed to convey a rec- M A R C H 1 9 6 1 157 ord of the motion and a transcript of Miss Paylore's statement to the Board of Directors of the Library Administration Division. Mr. Harwell reported the nominations for A C R L offices for which elections will be held this spring. (These nominations are listed elsewhere in this issue.) President Low reported briefly on his efforts toward securing federal legislation to aid libraries in the collection of books and other materials. H e was guardedly optimistic in describing his hopes for introduction of appropriate legislation in this session of Con- gress and positively optimistic in expressing his feeling that even if such legislation fails in this session of Congress it stands a good chance of being passed in a later session. February 3 Present: Officers, President Edmon Low, Vice President R a l p h Ellsworth, directors-at- large, Patricia P. Paylore, Flora B . Luding- ton; directors representing sections, Laur- ence E . Tomlinson, Katherine Walker, Ralph H. Hopp; directors on ALA Council (voting), J o h n F. Harvey, Newton F. Mc- Keon, J r . , Elizabeth O. Stone, (non-voting) Ralph H . Hopp, Dorothy M. Drake; chair- men of sections, Catherine Cardew, George S. Bonn, Fritz Veit, R a l p h W . McComb; vice chairmen of sections, Esther M. Hile, James O. Wallace, Mrs. Frances J. Brewer, Irene Zimmerman, Helen Wahoski; A C R L Execu- tive Secretary (non-voting) Richard Harwell. Guests: Elmer M. Grieder, Felix E. Hirsch, Frederick L. T a f t . President Low introduced Mr. T a f t , Direc- tor of the Case Institute Library, Cleveland, and chairman of the A C R L Program Com- mittee for the Cleveland Conference, who discussed briefly potential speakers for the general program at the summer meeting. President Low called the attention of the Board to the memorandum, " A Position Statement on Materials Responsibilities for A C R L " (printed in full elsewhere in this issue) which had been prepared for the infor- mation of ALA's Committee on Organiza- tion by Mr. Harwell. H e noted that the ALA Council had deferred a decision in this area of concern and introduced Elmer Grieder, Acting Director of Libraries at Stanford Uni- versity, who had represented A C R L at COO's meeting for a discussion of this problem. Mr. Grieder reviewed briefly A C R L ' s position and commented that A C R L found the rec- ommendation of C O O to the ALA Council generally acceptable. Miss Ludington af- firmed the validity of the A C R L position statement. Mr. Wallace moved endorsement of that statement as an official A C R L posi- tion. T h e motion passed without dissent. Mr. Harwell reported that Maurice F. T a u b e r , editor of CRL, was missing an A L A Midwinter Meeting for the first time in twenty-two years because of the imminence of his departure to conduct a special project in Australia. He noted that he had trans- mitted for the Board the following telegram to Mr. T a u b e r : "Best wishes for a fine trip to Australia from the A C R L Board of Direc- tors." Mr. Harwell reported inquiries concern- ing possible participation by A C R L as a part of the general observance by the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities of the centenary of the Morrill Act, signed by President Abraham Lincoln July 2, 1862. I t was the sense of the Board that A C R L should cooperate as fully as feasible in the observances marking this anni- versary. Possible methods suggested included the selection of speakers appropriate to the subject at the Cleveland or the Miami Beach conference of ALA, the publication of perti- nent articles in CRL, the publication of a special issue of CRL, and the publication of a number in the A C R L Monograph Series directed especially toward the library inter- ests of the land-grant colleges and universi- ties. Mr. Harwell noted that at the Midwinter meeting in 1960 the Board had recom- mended the transfer of responsibility for the compilation and publication of college and university library statistics to the Library Services Branch of the United States Office of Education. He reported that part one, the statistical section, of the LSB's compilation is now ready and in the mails. He noted that fuller coverage of university libraries had been attained by the L S B than was achieved in the former compilations but that the per- centage of libraries permitting the publica- tion of full salary statistics had fallen. H e noted that publication of the compilation was three weeks later than had been achieved by A C R L . T h e r e was considerable discussion of the statistics with Miss Ludington, Mr. 158 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 Ellsworth, Miss Stone, and Mr. Hirsch the principal contributors to it. T h e loss of easily used comparative tables by the change to arrangement of institutions by states was de- plored. Mr. Ellsworth moved that the Board notify LAD of its concern that any delay in the publication of the statistics must be viewed with alarm and that delays cannot be tolerated in the future. It was the con- sensus of the Board that the L S B has done a most creditable j o b in its first year of han- dling the compilation but that the A C R L Board has a continuing interest in them and use of them that must be protected by con- stant vigilance. T h e reports of committees and sections were adopted as submitted as part of the docket for the meeting. President Low opened the session to a general discussion of the future of A C R L . Mr. Ellsworth volunteered that he had re- ceived many inquiries about what he intends as a program for A C R L . He stated that he interprets his election as president of A C R L as a reflection of dissatisfaction with the pres- ent divisive influence exercised in college and university librarianship by the overlap- ping of interests of A C R L and A R L . H e noted diat A R L doubtless drains away lead- ership needed in A C R L ' s activities but com- mented that there is no immediate prospect of a union of the two organizations and, therefore, that a division of labor and inter- ests between them is probably desirable. H e commented that much of the difficulty in A C R L ' s present operations lies in the puzzle- ment on the part of its membership at the complexity of A C R L and ALA administra- tive procedures. H e noted that administrative procedures, however, are something that must be put up with but that they should be used as a frame toward accomplishment and not as an end in themselves. H e stated that he feels the solutions for many of A C R L ' s problems lies in watchful attention to its direct interests and that they do not lie in separation from ALA as a parent or- ganization except as an ultimate contingency. He noted, however, that many of die gains won by A C R L over a long period have been lost in the amalgamation of general library interests under ALA's present reorganiza- tion. He summarized his program as one which will attempt to minimize die diffu- sion of program efforts on the part of li- brarians and restore an "operational sanity" to our activities. General discussion followed Mr. Ells- worth's remarks. Among the leading partici- pants in it were Miss Ludington, Mr. Mc- Comb, Mrs. Brewer, Mr. McKeon, President Low, and Mr. Bonn. Miss Ludington sug- gested specifically that both A C R L and A R L would benefit from better and more direct reporting of the activities of A R L to A C R L . She also commented that the voices of more college librarians in ALA activities than ever before are heard because of the multiple participation possible in ALA's present or- ganization. Mr. Low emphasized the strength of A C R L as part of ALA. I t was the general tenor of the remarks that there is no essen- tial controversy between the interests of ALA and the interests of A C R L but that a firm effort to maintain a proper balance of divi- sional and associational activities must be made. Miss Ludington inquired about the pres- ent status of the prospect for a revised "Shaw list." Mr. Low and Mr. Harwell reviewed briefly the plans for a meeting concerning this project to be held on the evening of this Board meeting under the auspices of the Council on Library Resources. T h e r e was unanimous feeling that A C R L had a real and direct interest in the supervision and production of any such list and the hope that the responsibility for its sponsorship, should a project in this field come to ALA from C R L , would lie with A C R L . TH E ASIA S O C I E T Y has a limited supply of a substantial bibliography of Western language materials on Thailand, single copies of which are available on re- quest and without charge to college libraries and scholars interested in Southeast Asian studies, as long as the supply lasts. T h i s bibliography, compiled at Chula- longkorn University in Bangkok, covers books, periodicals, and other materials, including some sources published in Thailand. Requests should be addressed to Ward Morehouse, Educational Director, Asia Society, 112 E. 64th St., New York 21, N. Y. M A R C H 1 9 6 1 159 Nominees for ACRL P R E S I D E N T Ralph E. Ellsworth, University of Colorado Libraries, Boulder. V I C E - P R E S I D E N T A N D P R E S I D E N T - E L E C T Howard F. McGaw, University of Houston Libraries, Houston, T e x . Katharine M. Stokes, Western Michigan University Library, Kalamazoo. D I R E C T O R S A T L A R G E ( 1 9 6 1 - 6 4 ) Jack E. Brown, National Research Council Library, Ottawa, Ont., Canada. Felix E. Hirsch, T r e n t o n State College Library, Trenton, N. J . D I R E C T O R S O N A L A C O U N C I L (txoo to be elected, one from each bracket) Bernadine C. Hanby, Northern Illinois University Library, DeKalb. Mrs. Margaret K. Spangler, Pennsylvania State University Library, University Park. Russell Shank, University of California Library, Berkeley. Sidney B. Smith, Louisiana State University Libraries, Baton Rouge. C O L L E G E L I B R A R I E S S E C T I O N C H A I R M A N : Esther M . Hile, Librarian, University of Redlands, Redlands, Calif. 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 : Charles M. Adams, Woman's College Library, University of North Carolina, Greensboro. Stewart P. Smith, Florida Presbyterian College Library, St. Petersburg. S E C R E T A R Y : Velma Lee Adams, Southern State College Library, Magnolia, Ark. Esther Greene, Barnard College Library, Columbia University, New York City. J U N I O R C O L L E G E L I B R A R I E S S E C T I O N C H A I R M A N : James O. Wallace, San Antonio College Library, San Antonio, T e x . 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 : Virginia Clark, Wright Junior College Library, Chicago, 111. Norman E. Tanis, Henry Ford Community College Library, Dearborn, Mich. S E C R E T A R Y : Frances Atwood, Lasell Junior College Library, Auburndale, Mass. Mrs. Avis Stopple, Santa Rosa J u n i o r College Library, Santa Rosa, Calif. 1 6 0 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 Officers, 1961/62 R A R E B O O K S S E C T I O N C H A I R M A N : Mrs. Frances J . Brewer, Rare Books Division, Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Mich. 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. Richard Archer, Williams College Library, Williamstown, Mass. Lawrence S. Thompson, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington. S E C R E T A R Y : Hannah D. French, Wellesley College Library, Wellesley, Mass. Sarah K. Vann, Visiting Professor, Columbia University Library School, New York City, presently on leave from the Library School of Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pa. S U B J E C T S P E C I A L I S T S S E C T I O N C H A I R M A N : Irene Zimmerman, University of Florida Library, Gainesville. 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 : Jay K. Lucker, Department of Science and Technology, Princeton University Library, Princeton, N. J . J o h n Sherrod, Science and Technology Division, Library of Congress, Wash- ington, D. C. S E C R E T A R Y : J . Louise Markel, Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Library, Oak Ridge, T e n n . Walter L. Necker, Library Branch, Quartermaster Food and Container Insti- tute, U. S. Army, Chicago, 111. T E A C H E R E D U C A T I O N L I B R A R I E S S E C T I O N C H A I R M A N : Helen Wahoski, Wisconsin State College Library, Oshkosh. 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 : Ervin Eatenson, San Jose State College Library, San Jose, Calif. J o h n Zimmerman, Maryland State Teachers College Library, Frostburg. U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R I E S S E C T I O N C H A I R M A N : J o h n H. Ottemiller, Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn. 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 : David Kaser, Joint University Libraries, Nashville, T e n n . James E. Skipper, University of Connecticut Library, Storrs. M A R C H 1 9 6 1 ' 1 6 1 A Position Statement on Materials Responsibilities for ACRL From the very beginning of ALA's current reorganization A C R L has cooperated fully and enthusiastically, first, in favoring the reorganization as proposed and, second, in working to bring about effective implementa- tion of it. 1 Its cooperation, however, has not been without marked dissent on the part of some of its individual members nor without reservations about some of the aspects of the functioning of the reorganization. A C R L was loathe to relinquish any aspects of its inter- ests in book selection for college libraries. Acting in the spirit, however, that reorgan- ization would not work without the whole- hearted cooperation of all units of ALA, the A C R L Board of Directors reluctantly ac- cepted the recommendations of the Commit- tee on Organization at the San Francisco Conference that book selection should be regarded as an activity and be assigned to a type-of-activity division. T h e reservations of A C R L at that time were based on the firm belief that book selec- tion is an all-pervading aspect of librarian- ship expressing ideas and ideals in the mate- rials which comprise the everyday working materials of every type of library. It followed, therefore, that A C R L regarded book selec- tion as not solely die concern of specialists within a library staff but the direct and al- ways immediate concern of all college and university librarians. It felt strongly that its interests in book selection should remain within the division devoted to the problems 1 This statement was prepared for the use of A L A ' s Committee on Organization at its meeting on February 2 by the Executive Secretary of A C R L . of college and university librarianship and not assigned to a type-of-activity division in which that membership would be, at best, only partially represented. Despite its willingness to cooperate with the 1958 decision of COO, A C R L has not budged from its position that book selection should be a prerogative of type-of-library divisions. Only the absence of direct con- cerns on this score in its ALA activities in the last three years has kept this question from being reactivated by our division as a crucial point. T h e division now feels not only that this responsibility should be reas- signed to the type-of-library divisions but that such reassignment will bring about de- sirable and healthy work on the part of the divisions in the area of books. I t feels it is impossible to draw a fine line of demarcation between work resulting from types of activi- ties in libraries and work resulting from the philosophical concepts covered by a group of libraries as a type. T h e r e are certainly activi- ties involved in book selection, and where such activities are related directly to the pur- poses and responsibilities of type-of-activity divisions A C R L feels that they should be conducted by such a division as appropriate. But it feels even more strongly that the type- of-library divisions should not be prohibited from work with book selection when the problems approached by that work are those applicable to all of the libraries grouped within a type-of-library division and gener- ally inapplicable or only incidentally appli- cable in other types of libraries. R I " ' H E N A T I O N A L S C I E N C E F O U N D A T I O N released a new edition of the semiannual A Current Research and Development in Scientific Documentation. T h i s issue, No. 7, describes 159 research projects in 99 organizations, an increase of 61 projects and 39 organizations over issue No. 5 of one year ago. Included are all pertinent activities on which information could be obtained in the United States, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, and T h e Netherlands. 162 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 A Note on the Proposed ?CA Librarian's Code" A study of the differences in the 1960 and 1961 drafts of the "A Librarian's Code" reveals only one minor change, the deletion of the statement, " I will conduct myself in such a way as to reflect credit on my li- b r a r y . " 1 Otherwise, it is the same proposal which diis Association rejected a year ago. I do not recall that the statement just read, which was stricken from the 1961 draft, was a particularly offending one. In fact, I am sure that it was not once singled out for comment at that time. Further reflection on my part during the ensuing year has only strengthened my belief that as a guide to professional conduct for librarians it is still a pretty ineffectual, though well-meaning, statement diat really does not need to be stated at all, except for the assertion that our librarian will "defend the library's freedom to select for its readers the books and other materials needed for a useful and representative collection." Yet this is more adequately and eloquently cov- ered in the Library Bill of Rights, which is the most important counsel we need to gov- ern ourselves in what is perhaps unique to our profession. Otherwise, why should our conduct to- ward authority, colleagues, the public, be set forth as though we were schoolgirls coming out into the world from our sheltered youth for the first time to face the never-ending struggle to live harmoniously with others and with ourselves. T h e r e is nothing here in this proposed code which should not be an in- stinctive and recognized part of our natural equipment as human beings. And I for one resent the implication that my behavior as a professional person of any kind must be codi- fied for me. If I do not recognize my respon- sibilities to the structure of society by the time I am ready to face the world profes- sionally, no formal code will ever provide this recognition. Actually, perhaps the whole 1 This statement was prepared for the information and consideration of the A C R L Board of Directors at its meeting on February 2 by Patricia P. Paylore, assistant librarian at the University of Arizona and a member .of the A C R L Board. idea is an academic one, for I have yet to find a librarian who has ever read the orig- inal 1938 code or confessed to be living by it. Yet the library world is full of a number of people who are living useful productive and socially responsible lives without benefit of a formal code. Just as there are as many more librarians who are leading narrow, mean, stagnant lives and pulling their libraries down with them into the philosophically immoral morass of their own incompeterfce, in spite of an exist- ing code. A formal code will not in itself provide us with a corps of professional librarians who lead proper ethical professional lives, any more than the Hippocratic oath in itself makes a good doctor,, or the federal loyalty oath a loyal citizen. T h e power to do this is only within each man's heart. Certainly if he does not already believe in the admonitions set fordi in this code that librarianship is one of the essential profes- sions in a good society, or that he should make books readily accessible, or that he should direct efforts toward betterment of library services everywhere, he could scarcely have found his way into the profession in the first place. But granted that he may have, could he have come through a formal course of preparation for professional work without some at least passing reference to these de- sirable qualities of attitude? Surely the proper place to emphasize ethics in the pro- fession is in the library schools where the meaning of librarianship as well as of pro- fessionalism in its most ethical sense should be set forth unmistakably for all to under- stand. Superimpose this at this point on the basic structure of ethical human behavior in its wider social sense and you will not need a formal code. A man's behavior is better governed by his inner voice. T h i s and this only can tell him what is right ancl good, and what is not. T o this he will respond. T o gen- eralities designed to cover all of us erratic and infinitely variegated human beings, he will not. M A R C H 1 9 6 1 163 And by die way, where is there room in this proposal for the honest and dedicated dissenter? I am not speaking here particu- larly of die head librarian's relationship to his authority, but rather of the librarian as a generic entity, wherever he appears at any point on the organization chart. " T h e librar- ian will respect the governing authority," it says. But suppose he cannot? Are there not more instances than we are willing to admit where to "uphold the integrity of the library against any action that would compromise or weaken its usefulness" is in itself incompati- ble with upholding the governing authority? How do you expect our librarian to behave in such a situation? What becomes of this little man whose conscience is his code? Do we allow him to be defeated by imposing upon him a standard "of conduct that will nullify in his eyes all the high-sounding pur- poses which bind him in other parts of this code? It would appear that the code presupposes the ideal library, in which librarians are the socially motivated and professionally inte- grated people we wish to think ourselves. But we are not. W e are an imperfect group, given to talking too much to ourselves, to too much organization, to too little belief in what the code calls die essentiality of our profession. I f this code was intended to en- dow us with the qualities we so conspicuously lack merely by promulgating such a state- ment in which it is set forth categorically that we are the kind of people we know so well we are not, it is indeed doomed to failure, and Mr. Trezza spoke more truly than he knew when he said, " I t is of course impossible for any committee to produce a code of ethics for the library profession which will be completely satisfactory to every ALA member." May I recommend therefore that this Asso- ciation again reject this proposed code, but further that it go on record as believing that the worthy objectives sought through it should and can be achieved more success- fully rather through our library schools and through ourselves as decent civilized repre- sentatives of the human race. Conference to Study Library Profession Seven Questions about the Profession of Librarianship is t h e t i t l e o f t h e T w e n t y - s i x t h A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e o f t h e G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y S c h o o l s c h e d u l e d at t h e U n i v e r - sity o f C h i c a g o , J u n e 2 1 - 2 3 , 1961. I n o r d e r of t h e i r p r e s e n t a t i o n a t the c o n f e r e n c e , t h e q u e s t i o n s c o n c e r n (1) h o w a p r o f e s s i o n emerges, (2) h o w t h e i d e a o f a l i b r a r y p r o f e s s i o n has d e v e l o p e d , (3) h o w p r o f e s s i o n a l e d u c a t i o n fits i n t o t h e g e n e r a l A m e r - i c a n p a t t e r n o f e d u c a t i o n , (4) h o w d i f f e r e n t p o r t s o f e n t r y affect t h e n a t u r e o f l i b r a r - i a n s h i p , (5) h o w l i b r a r i a n s h i p has a c c o m m o d a t e d s p e c i a l i z a t i o n , (6) h o w l i b r a r i a n s seek t o a c q u i r e p r o f e s s i o n a l status, a n d (7) h o w l i b r a r y a s s o c i a t i o n s in A m e r i c a h a v e f u l f i l l e d t h e f u n c t i o n o f t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l a s s o c i a t i o n . T h e seven q u e s t i o n s p o s e d b y t h e c o n f e r e n c e r e c o g n i z e d the i m p o r t a n c e o f r e c e n t d e v e l o p m e n t s in t h e p r o f e s s i o n o f l i b r a r i a n s h i p . N e w e v e n t s h a v e r e f l e c t e d o r i n i t i a t e d c o n c e r n a b o u t t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l s t a n d i n g of l i b r a r i a n s . O n e such is t h e r a i s i n g o f m e m b e r s h i p q u a l i f i c a t i o n s by t h e S p e c i a l L i b r a r i e s A s s o c i a t i o n . A n o t h e r is t h e r e c e n t affiliation o f the A m e r i c a n Asso- c i a t i o n o f S c h o o l L i b r a r i a n s w i t h t h e N a t i o n a l E d u c a t i o n A s s o c i a t i o n . F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n a n d a c o p y o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e p r o g r a m w r i t e t o M r . W i n g e r o r M r . E n n i s , G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y S c h o o l , U n i v e r s i t y o f C h i c a g o , C h i c a g o 37, I l l i n o i s . 164 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