College and Research Libraries Association of Southeastern Research Libraries T ~E AssociATION OF SouTHEASTERN RESEARCH LmRARIES was called to order at 8 P.M. on October 28 at the Golden Triangle Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia, by W. Porter Kellam (Georgia.), chairman. David Kaser ( JUL) reported that the list of serials needed in the region had been winnowed to some fifty entries. It was decided that the list would be dis- tributed to the membership with invita- tions that libraries select from it titles that they would be willing to acquire. Stanley West (Florida) reported upon a study of research strengths in libraries of the region. A preliminary report had been recently distributed, and ways were discussed of refining it. Two additional actions appear warranted: 1. Supplemental rating sheets would be distributed in library science, mining engineering, Italian history, and other overlooked areas. 2. Members would check the preliminary report carefully, making whatever re- vision in their self-ratings appear necessary, and notify Mr. West. T. N. McMullan (LSU) reported 100 per cent response to a question;naire cir- culated to members concerning photo- copying in the interlibrary loan process. Copies of his report had been distrib- uted. It was decided that ASERL would urge its members to adopt a policy of charging 10 cents per print for Xerox copies, with a minimum charge per order of no more that $1.00, and of supplying Xerox copies automatically in lieu of loan when the charge for the order does not exceed $1.00. It was further decided that since the Air University cannot charge for photoprints, ASERL members 72/ be urged to reciprocate by not charging the Air University for such prints. John Gribbin (North Carolina) then reported upon a project to acquire in his institution back files of selected do- mestic newspapers. Thus far efforts to obtain outside funding for the project have failed, but North Carolina is pur- chasing into the list as far as possible with institutional funds. It was pointed out that the Midwest Interlibrary Center anticipates proposing to the Association of Research Libraries a domestic news- paper project similar to the ARL-MILC foreign newspaper project. Harlan Brown (North Carolina-Ra- leigh) pointed out the need to film the early years of the Progressive Farmer be- cause of the bad paper upon which the original was published. He reported that he had obtained funds for making a negative of the years 1886-1901 of the periodical and may also be able to fund 1901-1909. The paper during these years is at its worst. Considerable interest was expressed in the project. He will con- tinue to push the project and will con- sult with the editor of the Microfilm Clearing House Bulletin for possible in- terest outside of the Southeast. Mr. Kellam reported that there is $3,353.33 in the association treasury. Mr. West reported for the nominating com- mittee that it was proposing Guy Lyle (Emory) for chairman of the association. Nominations were closed, and Mr. Lyle was declared chairman by acclamation. After discussing possible schedules and sites for future meetings and invit- ing program suggestions, Mr. Lyle ad- journed the meeting at 11:15 P.M.-D.K. ACRL Grants Committee Awards FORTY-FOUR college and university librar- ies were awarded funds by the ACRL Grants Committee at its meetings in Coral Gables, Florida, November 29-December 1. Five grants were also made to individuals for research projects and thirteen grants were made to libraries specifically for equip- ment. In addition, one hundred libraries were selected to receive from the Microcard Foundation a Mark VII reader and selected microcards. The total value of these grants is approximately $138,500. Selections were made by the committee from over three hundred applications and a list of 247 insti- tutions eligible for the Microcard Founda- tion awards. Although geographical spread is not considered in the committee's deci- sions, it is interesting tpat forty-one states and Puerto Rico are represented in the list of 162 awards to institutions and individ- uals. Two hundred and fifty-five applications from libraries and individuals were for aid under the "subgrants" program. Support of this for the current year came from Bell and Howell, McGraw-Hill, Olin, Pitney-Bowes, Time, H. W. Wilson, and U. S. Steel. The awards from these funds to libraries total $26,400; $4,560 was assigned to individuals for research projects. The institutional awards represent a wide variety of projects. Seven grants will meet needs for various categories of reference ma- terials. Area studies are represented by two grants for African materials, two for Russian and four for Asian. Three grants were made for back files of journals, four for the litera- ture of history, two for books on the Negro; other grants were made for purchases in chemistry, biological sciences, psychology, government documents, sociology, music, education and English literature. Several grants are impossible to categorize because of their general nature as for example, a modest award to a library which had suf- fered a disastrous fire. Although these funds are seldom available for equipment, one grant was made for a microfilm reader. Needless to say, the situation at this institu- tion was unusual. It is perhaps rash to attempt an explana- tion of the criteria used by the committee in selecting one in five applications for these awards , but a few should be mentioned. As the ACRL form states, an important con- sideration is the application to undergradu- ate needs and uses. For example, a request for South East Asian, African, or American literature carries little weight unless the reason for the special need is stated in terms· of a new program of instruction, an .honors program, or some special emphasis in the curriculum. The committee is definitely in- terested in the undergraduate use to which will be put those books and journals bought with the grant. A surprising number of ap- plications do not include a statement to this effect. A few relatively well-to-do institutions were passed over largely because of their "afHuence" and a few at the other end of the spectrum were treated likewise because they were considered too weak. Some good applications were rejected solely because the program had made grants to these li- braries in several recent years. Poor library support by the administration counts nega- tively, as does a request for equipment. Grants for salaries or binding are almost never made. A few applications always omit mention of the sum needed, and a few others request sums well above the rather arbitrary $1,500 which will be the practical ceiling until this grants activity wins far greater support from foundations and in- dustry. The applications inevitably turn up unex- pected problems. One dear Sister librarian presented a moral issue which is best stated in her own words "While it may be unwise to request more . . . it is tempting-and I am yielding!-to ask also for. . . ." This particular temptation was convincing. The committee took a firm policy decision against the encouragement of all temptation, or sin in any form, especially on the part of those in clerical orders. It then approved the additional request. The thirteen grants made for equipment totaled $7,500, made available by the Rem- / 73 74 I College & Research Libraries • January, 1965 ington Rand division of Sperry Rand Cor- poration. These were selected from fifty-one applications. The smallest assignment was $265 and the largest $1,100. Most were in the $500 to $800 range. These grants repre- sent credit for Remington Rand equipment, including shelving ( 3) , card catalogs ( 4), listening tables but not record players ( 2), periodical racks ( 1), study tables ( 1), and two requests for an assortment of wood fur- nishings. Grants from the Microcard Foundation represent an approximate value of $1,000 each for the Mark VII reader and a collec- tion of scholarly material on microcards. The committee made their selection from a list of larger institutions which did not presently own a reader. No applications were involved. The readers and material are being shipped directly from the Foun- dation to recipients. In making these awards the committee had to depend on criteria of size, budget, known program, and probable need for research materials in this form. All applications for funds are carefully _ studied by each member of the committee before the group meets. The discussion of promising applications is exhaustive and al- most completely devoid of personal interest and prejudice. Decisions are unanimous. A full day of this work is an exhausting ex- perience. The ACRL grants program was initiated in 1955 with a grant of $30,000 from the U. S. Steel Foundation, which has continued its supporting grants throughout the years. A principal objective of the committee has been to raise and distribute money to assist libraries in privately supported institutions for the purpose of meeting the needs of undergraduate instruction. While grants have necessarily been small, it is believed that over the years they have be(fn of ma- terial assistance in improving the level of in- struction in many hundreds of institutions. Members of the ACRL Grants Committee for 1964/65 are: George M. Bailey, ACRL executive secretary (ex-officio) ; Humphrey G. Bousfield, librarian, Brooklyn College; Helen M. Brown, librarian, Wellesley Col- lege; Wen Chao Chen, librarian, Kalamazoo College; Miss Johnnie Givens, librarian, Austin Peay State College (Tenn.); Mark M. Gormley, librarian, University of Wis- consin, Milwaukee; Archie L. McNeal, di- rector of libraries, the University of Miami, and ACRL president (ex-officio); Arthur T. Hamlin, university librarian, University of Cincinnati (chairman) .-Arthur T. Hamlin. 1964/65 ACRL GRANTS AWARDS Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D., $625. Barry College, Miami, Fla., $500. Bellarmine College, Louisville, Ky., $1,500. Brescia College, Owensboro, Ky., $700. Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pa., $1,000. Church College of Hawaii, Laie, Oahu, Hawaii, $900. Coker College, Hartsville, S.C., $550. College Misericordia, Dallas, Pa., $400. College of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, N.Y., $500. College of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Ark., $500. College of Sacred Heart, Santurce, P.R., $350. College of St. Mary, Omaha, Neb., $500. College of St. Teresa, Winona, Minn., $1,000. College of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio, $400. Dominican College, Racine, Wis., $200. Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., $500. Elmira College, Elmira, N.Y., $900. Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, $500. Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., $600. Hastings College, Hastings, Neb., $500. Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, $400. Hood College, Frederick, Md., $600. Huntington College, Montgomery, Ala., $900. lana College, New Rochelle, N.Y., $700. Keuka College, Keuka Park, N.Y., $600. LaGrange College, LaGrange, Ga., $750. LeMoyne College, Memphis, Tenn., $500. Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Va., $1,000. Mary College, Bismarck, N.D., $275. Marymount Manhattan College, New York City, , $500. Monmouth College, West Long Branch, N.J., $650. N orlh Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, N.C., $1,000. Park College, Parkville, Mo., $500. Rio Grande College, Rio Grande, Ohio, $900. St. Joseph's College for Women, Brooklyn, N.Y., $500. . San Diego College for Women, San Diego, Calif., $500. Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, N.Y., $300. Seattle Pacific College, Seattle, Wash., $500. Tennessee Wesleyan College, Athens, Tenn., $500. Trevecca Nazarene College, Nashville, Tenn., $450. University of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, $400. Upsala College, East Orange, N.J., $350. Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., $400. Wheeling College, Wheeling, W.Va., $600. ACRL Grants Committee Awards I 75 Research Grants for Individual Studies were made to: Frank J. Anderson, librarian of Kansas W es- leyan University, Salina, for a guide to research materials in the field of naval, ·maritime, and nautical history ( $635). Rita Benton, music librarian, the State Uni- versity of Iowa, Iowa City, for an historical and bibliographical study of Ignace Pleyel ( $1,000). William Katz, associate professor, department of library science, University of Kentucky, Lex- ington, for a supplementary checklist of Wash- ington imprints including investigation of new sources for such studies ( $1,000). Robert 0. Lindsay, chief of social studies, and John Neu, bibliographer, the University of Wis- consin library, Madison, for a union list of French political pamphlets in the United States, 1550-1653 ( $1,000). Joseph Spring, librarian, Loretto Heights Col- lege, Loretto, Colo., for an index to the works of G. K. Chesterton ( $925). 1964/65 EQUIPMENT GRANTS Chaminade College of Honolulu, Honolulu (Brother Vincent Steele), bookcases with locking glass doors. College of St. Mary of the Springs, Columbus, Ohio (Sister Joseph Damien), wood shelving. Erskine College, Due West, S.C. (Mrs. Marie S. Boyce), card catalog. Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio (Thelma R. Bum- baugh), listening table. Loyola College, Baltimore, Md. (Rev. William Davish, S.J. ), magazine holder. Maryville College of the Sacret Heart, St. Louis, Mo. (Mother Mary Elizabeth Dowling), bookstacks. Mt. Mary College, Milwaukee, Wis. ( Sister M. Angela Merici), card catalog. Notre Dame College, St. Louis, Mo. (Sister Mary Celia) , book trucks and book bin. Notre Dame College, Cleveland, Ohio (Sister Mary Genevieve), listening table. Sacred Heart College, Wichita, Kan. (Sister Mary Dolores), book display racks, bulletin board, and magazine rack. Salem College, Clarksburg, W.Va. (Elizabeth Sloan), card catalog. Siena Heights College, Adrian, Mich. (Sister Miriam Patricia), reading tables. Transylvania College, Lexington, Ky. ( Roemol Henry), card catalog. MICROCARD FoUNDATION GRANTS Howard College, Birmingham, Ala. Florence State College, Florence, Ala. Jacksonville State College, Jacksonville, Ala. Arkansas State College, State College, Ark. California Western University, San Diego, Calif. Pacific Union College, Angwin, Calif. Colorado Womans College, Denver, Colo. Regis College, Denver, Colo. Central Connecticut State College, New Britain, Conn. Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn. Barry College, Miami, Fla. Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Fla. Florida Presbyterian College, St. Petersburg, Fla. · University of Tampa, Tampa, Fla. Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. Savannah State College, Savannah, Ga. West Georgia College, Carrollton, Ga. College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill. MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Ill. Goshen College, Goshen, Ind. Manchester College, North Manchester, Ind. St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky. Dillard University, New Orleans, La. Bates College, Lewiston, Me. Nasson College, Springvale, Me. Goucher College, Baltimore, Md. Hood College, Frederick, Md. Morgan State College, Baltimore, Md. University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md. State College at Bridgewater, Bridgewater, Mass. Alma College, Alma, Mich. Chas. Stewart Mott Library, Flint, Mich. Hope College, Holland, Mich. Marygrove College, Detroit, Mich. College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minn. College of St. Teresa, Winona, Minn. Alcorn A. & M. College, Lorman, Miss. Eastern Montana College of Education, Bill- ings, Mont. Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, N.J. Jersey City State College, Jersey City, N.J. Newark State College, Union, N.J. Paterson State College, Wayne, N.J. Upsala College, East Orange, N.J. Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. Manhattanville, College-Sacred Heart, Pur- chase, N.Y. Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. ·New York Institute of Technology, New York, N.Y. St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure, N.Y. State University of New York, College of Edu- cation at Brockport, N.Y. (Continued on page 78) ' College and University Librarians- ''KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT- READ," Is Good Advice for Everyone Make It the Key Of Your Program for NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK April 25-May 1, 1965 Robert K. Johnson, Chairman; Dorothy M. Drake, Lorena A. Garloch, Katheryne Mallino, Fleming Bennett, Grace Farrior, Sarah D. Jones, N. Orwin Rush. Conference of Eastern College Librarians SoME THREE HUNDRED academic librarians gathered in Butler library's Harkness the- ater at Columbia University on November 28 to celebrate the fiftieth Conference of Eastern College Librarians. The meeting was chaired by Jean H. McFarland of Vassar. The first speaker was Harold MeL . Tur- ner of the school of library service whose paper on "CECL' s First Fifty Years" was both witty and informative. Beginning his presentation with the forty-some charter members of the group who first met in 1912, he traced the group's activities, both formal and informal, during its venerable history . Especially interesting was his dis- cussion of the dynamic stewardship of the group over many years by C. C. William- son, and the annual unofficial preconfer- ence stag dinners over which he presided. He told of the unsuccessful efforts about halfway through the life of the CECL to bring it into forced kinship with ACRL. He attributed much of CECL's success to its loose organization, its informality, and its small size. He enumerated many matters that have commanded the attention of aca- demic librarians during the past half-cen- tury but which have had their first public airing in the CECL framework. 1 Mr. Turner also prepared a "keepsake" volume for the occasion entitled Fifty Candles for Eastern College Librarians which was made avail- able to conference registrants . Mildred L. Campbell, professor emeritus of history at Vassar, was the second speak- er; her talk was entitled "Research and the Librarian." She described in some detail her lifetime of experiences utilizing libraries -primarily local libraries and archives in England-and told of some of the person- alities she had encountered in her quest for 1 This paper will be published in a subsequent . issue o f Colleg e and R esearch L i braries . library service. Especially timely were her comments upon the responses she had re- ceived during some three decades from li- brarians whom she had faced with special problems born of developing technology, such as her requests for permission to em- ploy an early version of a scholars' micro- film camera and for accommodations for utilizing a tape recorder in exploiting a li- brary's book and manuscript collections. She closed with a plea for academic librar- ians to spend more time orienting students to the proper use of libraries and less time handing them information, for when the former is done, the librarian is entering into the basic task of the institution-truly educating the student. The session was then adjourned to lunch in the John Jay dining hall where discussion continued in small informal groups. It was reconvoked for an afternoon agenda at 1:30 P.M. The first speaker of the afternoon was Douglas Bryant, university librarian of Har- vard, whose topic was "University Libraries and the Future." Radical and rapid changes in the information requirements of society, he pointed out, are precipitating broad problems for research libraries. Teaching methods have changed; interdisciplinary re- search has increased; information exchange has speeded up; the university library has had to assume greater involvement in cur- rent, vibrant social problems; a microphoto- graphic revolution is underway; automa- tion now faces the library industry. These and other similar new problems demand new solutions, but these solutions will have to be accomplished by people. Thus, he felt, the place to begin is at the point of educating librarians to fulfill new and changing roles. Mr. Bryant was followed by Jack Dalton, dean of the school of library service at Co- I 77 78 I College & Research Libraries • January, 1965 lumbia, whose talk was appropriately en- titled, "Library Education and the Future." Much of the future orientation of library education, he contended, was adequately detetmined in outline years ago. The ALA standards for library education are still valid, and the general education of young librarians is still the most important part of their professional preparation. Although automation, for example, is clearly the most consuming present concern of the profes- sion, it is less clear that new departures are needed in library education to accommo- date it. Greater communication between li- brary educators and librarians in the field, he observed, would serve both groups well. There is confusion which needs to be elimi- nated between the specialist and the li- brarian as to what society needs in the way of an information exchange system; when this situation is clarified the preparation of librarians can perhaps be made more ap- propriate to the task. Me~nwhile librarians should do all they can to recruit to the pro- fession the caliber of person they feel will be able to do what the future will require of librarianship. Following a brief period of spirited dis- cussion the golden anniversary Conference of Eastern College Librarians was adjourned to the school of library service where regis- trants enjoyed a pleasant reception as guests of the school and of the Columbia Univer- sity libraries.-D .K. ACRL GRANTS COMMITTEE AWARDS (Continued from page 75) State University of New York, College of Edu- cation at Buffalo, N.Y. State University of New York, College of Edu- cation at Fredonia, N.Y. State University of New York, College of Edu- cation at Geneseo, N.Y. State University of New York, College of Edu- cation at New Paltz, N.Y. Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone, N.C. High Point College, High Point, N.C. Western Carolina College, Cullowhee, N.C. Central State College, Wilberforce, Ohio Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio Central State College, Edmond, Okla. Northeastern State College, Alva, Okla. Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, Ore. Southern Oregon College, Ashland, Ore. Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pa. Clarion State College, Clarion, Pa. Edinboro State College, Edinboro, Pa. Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Lock Haven State College, Lock Haven, Pa. Millersville State College, Millersville, Pa. Muhlenburg College, Allentown, Pa. Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pa. University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa. Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa. Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Catholic University of Puerto Rico, P.R. Rhode Island College, Providence, R.I. The Citadel, Military College of South Caro- lina, Charleston, S.C. Austin Peay State College, Clarksville, Tenn. Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn. East Tennessee State College, Johnson City, Tenn. Middle Tennessee State College, Murfreesboro, Tenn. David Lipscomb College, Nashville, Tenn. University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. McMurray College, Abilene, Tex. Stephen F. Austin State College, Nacogdoches, Tex. Sui Ross State College, Alpine, Tex. Tarleton State College, Stephenville, Tex. Texas Southern University, Houston, Tex. Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth, Tex. Trinity University, San Antonio, Tex. Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Madison College, Harrisonburg, Va. Old Dominion College, Norfolk, Va. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. University of Pudget Sound, Tacoma, Wash. Concord College, Athens, W.Va. Carroll College, Waukesha, Wis. Wisconsin State College, Oshkosh, Wis. Wisconsin State College and Institute of Tech- nology, Platteville, Wis. • • ACQUISITIONS LoMA LINDA UNIVERSITY has accepted a general library collection of some sixty thousand new and used volumes on perma- nent loan from Stanley S. Slotkin. SAN DIEGO STATE CoLLEGE library has acquired a collection of more than two hun- dred items concerning Franklin D. Roose- velt. STANFORD archive of recorded sound has received a gift of some seventeen hundred 78-rpm discs of classics from the Middle Ages to the present, and folk and national music from Anatole Mazour. Five hundred discs were given to the archive by David Allen, including items of folk music and early jazz. BELLARMINE COLLEGE library has ac- quired a collection of papers, manuscripts and writings of Thomas Merton. The AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SociETY has received more than thirteen hundred works concerning French-Canadian history from Dr. Gabriel Nadeau. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY has been given a private collection of works of nineteenth and twentieth century English and American writers which includes forty-eight thousand first editions, privately printed works, manu- scripts, letters and documents, autographed works, and books with unusual bindings. Donor is JohnS. Mayfield, curator of manu- scripts and rare books at the university. OHio STATE UNIVERSITY libraries has ac- quired books and literary materials owned by the late Hans Sperber. The collection includes French and German works from the seventeenth century and later on phi- losophy, history, and culture; American and English political history, literature, and humor; and German and Scandinavian literature, cultural history, folklore and lin- guistic theory. News from the Field The FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA has been given the original manuscript of Charles Dickens' Life of Our Lord. The papers of the late Senator Estes Kefauver have been given to the U NIVER- SITY OF TENNESSEE and are available to scholars in the main library at Knoxville. Bailey library of the UNIVERSITY OF VER- MONT has acquired two collections of Ca- nadiana-about fourteen hundred volumes- in support of the university's new Canadian studies program. AWARDS, GIFTS, SCHOLARSHIPS THE MEDICAL LIBRARY AssociATION will award four scholarships in 1965-the Mil- dred M. Jordan scholarship of $150; the MLA Midwest Regional group's two scholar- ships of $50 each, and the J. Alan Me Watt scholarship of $1,000 presented to the asso- ciation by Lederle Laboratories. Deadline for applications is March 1. The Marion Dondale scholarship was awarded this year by MLA to Dorothy Eakin, Columbia Uni- versity school of library science. THE SPECIAL LIBRARIES AssociATION of- fers seven scholarships for 1965 / 66,' each for $1,000. A student loan fund is also available from SLA. Applications are due on February 1, and should be directed to the Chairman, Scholarship and Student Loan Fund Committee, Special Libraries Association, 31 East lOth St., New York 10003. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S department of cinema has received a grant of $112,586 from the U.S. Office of Edu- cation, for a two-year study of the feasi- bility of cataloging audio-visual materials in eight southern California counties by automation. The UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO graduate library school offers fifteen fellowships and scholarships for 1965/ 66, in amounts up to /79 80 I College & Research Libraries • january, 1965 $4,000. In addition, predoctoral and post- doctoral training stipends for medical li- brarianship may be offered. Interested ap- plicants should write to the Dean of Stu- dents, Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, Chicago 60637. Deadline is February 1. A gift in excess of $1,000,000 has been announced by BosToN UNIVERSITY for its new central library. The new facility will be named Mugar library, in honor of the par- ents of the donor, Stephen P. Mugar. ST. JoHN's ABBEY and UNIVERSITY, Col- legeville, Minn., will begin the first phase of a long-range program to microfilm manu- scripts of European and Near-East mon- asteries as a pilot project, financed by a $40,000 grant from the Lewis W. and Maud Hill Foundation of St. Paul. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY has been awarded a grant of $249,120 from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to set up a model information center for adult ed- ucation. Core of the program will be the university's library of ,professional materials. THE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTATION AND CoMMUNICATION RESEARCH, at Western Re- serve's school of library science, has re- ceived $111,908 to further its development of a documentation research facility for the health sciences, supported by the National Institutes of Health, for testing and evalu- ating information retrieval systems. BUILDINGS The UNIVERSITY oF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA, is developing working drawings for the third unit of the library, examining working drawings for the arts branch, and writing a program for the sciences-engineer- ing branch. Unit 3 is expected to be com- pleted in 1967, and also will house sciences- engineering operations until that building is completed. The arts branch is scheduled for completion in 1968. GRossMONT JuNIOR CoLLEGE (Calif.) oc- cupied a new library building in October. Shelving for thirty thousand volumes is immediately available, and expansion to seventy thousand volumes is possible. Five hundred students can be accommodated in reading and study areas, and in a listening library with 115 stations for headphone listening. OcEANSIDE-CARLSBAD CoLLEGE (Calif.) library scheduled its new library building for occupancy in November. Present volume capacity is eighteen thousand with later ex- pansion for twenty-five thousand. Seating is provided for 150 students. PALOMAR CoLLEGE (Calif.) started con- struction in December on a library addition to provide 2,300 sq. ft. for stacks and 2, 700 sq. ft. for seating. Study carrels are planned for the reading area, and the new stacks will house a periodical department. SAN DIEGO MEsA CouNTY CoLLEGE (Calif. ) opened a new library building in May. Fifty thousand volumes may eventu- ally be shelved in the library; 252 seats in the reading room and 23 study carrels are provided. SouTHWESTERN CoLLEGE (Calif.) has provided 22,000 sq. ft. for its library, plus a mezzanine with an additional 7,100 sq. ft. There is shelving for twenty-five thousand volumes, which may be expanded to ac- . commodate eighty thousand. The reading area seats 210 students, and extra seating is available in the reference room; there is a listening room with fifty stations, and in- dividual study carrels. STANFORD UNIVERSITY planned to break ground for its new undergraduate library in November to provide reading and work- ing areas for seventeen hundred students and shelving for nearly one hundred fifty thousand volumes. Major financing for the structure will be provided by anonymous donors. An addition to the Wilbur Cross library at UNIVERSITY OF CoNNECTICUT was dedi- cated on October 16. Capacity of the ex- panded building is now a half-million vol- umes, and it will seat twelve hundred read- ers. Working space for sixty staff members has been provided. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY has started campaigning for a new library build- ing to house the current collection and pro- vide for future expansion of some 50 per cent; seat about seven hundred students; and house A-V materials and archives. Cost of the projected divisionally-arranged li- brary is estimated at $1,000,000. BEMIDJI STATE CoLLEGE (Minn.) broke ground for a new library building to ac- commodate 750 students and one hundred thousand volumes on October 8. The $937,- 000 structure will triple the present library facilities of the college. ST. JoHN's UNIVERSITY, Collegeville, Minn., broke ground in July for a library building to house four hundred fifty thous- and volumes, seating for 620 students, and 150 study carrels. The $1 ,772,000 structure is planned for completion in September 1965. PLYMOUTH STATE CoLLEGE of the Uni- versity of New Hampshire has opened a new $600,000 library to house a book col- lection of some sixty-five thousand volumes. EASTERN BAPTIST CoLLEGE, St. Davids, Pa., dedicated its new library on October 3. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, R.I., dedicated its John D. Rockefeller, Jr., li- brary on November 16. UNIVERSITY OF HousTON (Tex.) has ap- proved preliminary plans for an addition to more than double present library capacity. Construction will start early this year; cost is estimated at $2,500,000. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO opened its col- lege library on October 5. Approximately three hundred fifty readers can be accommo- dated by study carrels and seating in read- ing and reference rooms and seven small study rooms. Capacity of the stack is forty thousand volumes. Space has been provided for the college archives. MISCELLANY EvALUATING DocuMENT RETRIEVAL SYs- TEMs will be the subject of a one-week course offered by the Center for Information Resources, Washington, D.C. during three successive weeks in March. FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY has an- nounced its second Library History Seminar in Tallahassee, March 4-6. Emphasis will be on sources and methods of historical . study. The seminar is sponsored by Florida State's library school, history department, and Strozier library, and by the American Library History Round Table. Further in- formation may be obtained from Dr. Louis News from the Field I 81 Shores, Library School, Florida State Uni- versity, Tallahassee, Fla. THE TRANSLATIONS CENTER of the Special Libraries Association has almost one hun- dred thousand scientific and technical trans- lations on deposit, and information on the availability of many more. SLA suggests that when a translation is needed, a tele- phone call to 312-225-2520, or TWX 312- 431-1758 may determine if and where the translation may be obtained. Contribution of translations , which makes possible the center's services, may be made as a deposit, a loan to be photocopied, or to advise of availability, for referral by the center. The SLA Translations Center, John Crerar Li- brary, 35 West 33rd St., Chicago 61606 will be happy to receive deposits. VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, Tenn ., has made a special appropriation of $200,000 to the Joint University libraries for the purchase of retrospective books and journals during 1965. QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY, school of library studies, Belfast, Ireland, is one step nearer establishment with the appointment of two lecturers and an assistant lecturer as its full- time teaching staff. P. Havard-Williams is director of the school, and continues as uni- versity librarian. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, San Diego, has published a report of its feasibility study of computer control of periodicals. Final Re- port of Serials Computer Project, May 1964, University Library and Computer Center (2091. , processed) is available from the university library, La Jolla. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) , the cross reference guide to Index Medicus, has been revised and will be published by the National Library of Medicine as Part II of the Index for January 1965. Single copies also are available at $2.50. THE EIGHTH ANNUAL report of the Council on Library Resources outlines thirty-nine projects for which CLR appropriated $1,- 037,948 during 1963/ 64. Twenty-eight new projects and eleven continuing programs were supported by grants during the period covered by the report. PROCEEDINGS OF THE AIRLIE CONFERENCE in May 1963, sponsored by the Library of 82 I College & Research Libraries • January, 1965 Congress, National Science Foundation, and Council on Library Resources has been pub- lished by LC. Libraries and Automation re- views technical developments, discusses them as they affect specific library pro b- lems, and attempts to bridge the communi- cations barrier between libraries and tech- nicians. The illustrated publication is avail- able from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washing- ton, D.C. 20402, for $2.75 per copy. LESLIE PosTE, coordinator of graduate li- brary programs at State University College, Geneseo, and Major in the U.S. Army Re- serve has completed a text for publication by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs School, Fort Gordon, Ga., covering the development of protection of libraries and archives in Eu- rope during World War II. A DIRECTORY of individual and institu- tional members of the Medical Library As- sociation has just been published, and copies may be obtained from the association, 919 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60611, for $5. Library Technology Reports is a new pub- lication to be issued six times a year, on a subscription basis, by ALA's Library Tech- nology Project. First issue is January 1965. Standard three-ring looseleaf binder format has been used. William P. Cole, formerly administrative assistant to the director of libraries, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., has been named editor-manager of the publication. ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY's annual tabulation of "Salary Statistics for Large Public Libraries" for 1964 has recently been published. The compilation lists 1964 sal- aries and 1963 operational expenditures for 43 larger public libraries in 27 states ( includ- ing Hawaii) and the District of Columbia on a chart 32" x 37", which may be ob- tained for $1.15 a copy from Publications, Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY has issued a preliminary edition of Catalogue of Per- sian Books, an author-title catalog of Per- sian texts, photographically produced from original cards, in paper covers and "per- fect" binding. Some copies are available for sale by the Business Office, Harvard University Library, Cambridge 38, Mass., at $7. each. Biological and Agricultural Index, suc- cessor to the Agricultural Index began pub- lication this autumn. It is produced by H. W. Wilson Company monthly except September, with bound annual cumula- tions, and is available on a service basis. For quotation of service basis rate, write to the H. W. Wilson Company, 950 Uni- versity Ave., Bronx, N.Y. 10452. BARROW LABORATORY has issued two re- ports on findings on paper deterioration- Test Data of Naturally Aged Papers and Spray Deacidification-the second and third of the Permanence/ Durability of the Book series. They are available only from the W. J. Barrow Laboratory, Virginia His- torical Society Building, Box 7311, Rich- mond, Va. 23221. SEE PAGES 4-5 North Carolina State in Raleigh an- nounced in September that IsAAc T. LIT- TLETON has been appointed to the position of acting director of its D. H. Hill library. He succeeds Harlan C. Brown, who after serving in the post for twenty-five years requested that he be relieved. Mr. Brown will continue to serve the library as associ- ate director. Mr. Littleton orig- inally came to North Carolina State in Mr. Littleton 1959 to establish the position of head of technical processes. His appointment to this new position was the first step in implementing a long range pro- gram of expansion and improvement of the services of the library, resulting from a comprehensive library survey made in 1958. During his first year, he reorganized and streamlined all areas of technical proc- essing, including regrouping of functions and personnel, as well as the installation of improved methods in acquisitions and proc- essing. He conducted professional surveys of the libraries of the Agricultural and Tech- nical College at Greensboro, and of the Gaston Technical Institute, a branch of North Carolina State at Gastonia. In recog- nition of his skills as an organizer and his ability as administrator, he was appointed assistant director in 1960. Since that time he has completed all class and residence re- quirements at the University of Illinois for his doctorate in library science. A native of Tennessee, Mr. Littleton re- ceived his AB at the University of North Carolina. Following his graduation he served in the Navy as Lieutenant (jg) in the Pacific area. Upon hi~ release from military service he worked for two years with the Veterans Administration and also taught courses in Personnel general psychology at the University of Ten- nessee. In 1948 he decided to continue his education. Two years later he received his MA with a major in psychology from the University of Tennessee. His interest in li- brary work dated from his undergraduate years at UNC, where he worked as a stu- dent assistant in the library. Following his graduation at Tennessee he entered the University of Illinois and completed his work for the MSLS in 1951. Prior to coming to North Carolina State, Mr. Littleton served in various departments of the University of North Carolina library in Chapel Hill, first as head of circulation and later as assistant to the librarian with responsibility for personnel. During his ser- vice in Chapel Hill, he established the Inter- Library Center, a statewide service. He has also served as a visiting instructor at the Peabody library school in Nashville, Ten- nessee. Mr. Littleton's interest in administrative planning for university libraries is reflected in several publications in professional jour- nals. His creative approach to over-all ad- ministrative programs is evidenced in the development of an acquisitions policy in January 1962 at North Carolina State. He is presently editor of The Checklist of Sci- entific Journals which includes holdings of the libraries of UNC at Chapel Hill and Greensboro, Duke, North Carolina State, and Chemstrand Research Center, and which is now in process. Printed by com- puter, it will be kept current by data proc- essing. Mr. Littleton has served as treasurer of the Southeastern Library Association and has held various committee assignments in the North Carolina Library Association and American Library Association. His interests extend to community, civic, and cultural affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Littleton, the former Doro- thy Young, have three children, Sally 12, Thomas 7, and Elizabeth 6.-Lodwick Hart- ley. I 83 84 I College & Research Libraries • January, 1965 CARL H. SACHTLEBEN became director of libraries at Valparaiso University on Sep- tember 1, returning to his alma mater after fourteen years of experience and solid accomplishment in other institutions. He returns as a mature and experienced ad- ministrator, capable of providing the leadership that will be needed in this progressive and growing institution. Mr. Sachtleben re- ceived his AB de- gree from Valparaiso Mr. Sachtleben in 1941. He immediately entered service with the U.S. Army in which he attained the rank of captain. (He currently holds the rank of major in the U.S. army reserve.) After military service, he earned the BS in LS degree from Western Reserve University in 1947, and engaged in further study at the graduate library school, University of Chicago during 1948-50. Washington Uni- versity in Saint Louis awarded him an MA in 1953. Mr. Sachtleben' s first library position was at Valparaiso where he served as assistant librarian from 1946 to 1950. He then came to Saint Louis to become librarian of the Lutheran high school which position he held through 1957. During this period he was able to give part-time assistance at the Saint Louis county library. In 1958 he be- came circulation librarian at Saint Louis University. At this time the opening of the Pius XII memorial library was but a year away. Mr. Sachtleben quickly became invaluable in the planning for necessary staff reorganiza- tion, new and enlarged operations, and moving. After the building was open he was advanced to the new position of super- visor of readers services, where his abilities , imagination, and industry helped ease the hectic period in a new building. In 1962 he was promoted again to a new position, as- sistant to the director of libraries, where he worked on special studies and projects, as well as general administrative problems . Carl Sachtleben has been a very active participant in local, state, regional, and national professional groups. He has served as president of the Greater Saint Louis Li- brary Club, convention chairman for the Missouri-Illinois Library Association con- vention in 1960, editor of the Missouri Li- brary Association Quarterly, 1959-1964, and as a committee member or program partici- pant with several other groups. He has also found time to teach some library science courses at Washington University. Missourians have already felt the loss of Mr. Sachtleben, but not nearly so much as we at Saint Louis University. Valparaiso University can with justification expect great things of its new Librarian.-James V. ]ones. • • APPOINTMENTS G. T. ALLEY has been appointed national librarian of New Zealand. ANDREW D. ARMITAGE was named ref- erence librarian of University of Denver on July 1. MARY ARMOUR is assistant cataloger in Brookings, S. Dak., College library. CARROLL M. BAKER is now supervisor of- technical services at San Diego State Col- lege library. ]AMES BARDIN is assistant reference li- brarian in charge of archives at Pratt Insti- tute. JoANNA W. BARSNESS is now in the cata- loging department of Wisconsin State Uni- versity library, Whitewater. REXFORD BECKHAM has been named to the position of assistant director of librarie$ for technical services, Ohio State Univer-' sity, Columbus. J. TERRY BENDER has been appointed rare book librarian at Syracuse University. DoNALD V. BLACK is head of technical processes for University of California li- brary, Santa Cruz. ANNE BLATT has joined the staff of the reserve room in City College library, New York. WARREN N. BoEs is the newly appointed assistant director of libraries, Syracuse Uni- versity. PAUL BoNNET has been appointed to the staff of the college library, UCLA. LOUISE BoWERS is the new head of cir- culation at Schaffner library, Northwest- ern University. PATRICIA A. BRADDELL joined the staff of Boston University as circulation librarian, Education library. JUDITH ANN BRANSCOM is curriculum ma- terials cataloger and reference assistant in the education division, San Diego State Col- lege library. HARLEY BROOKS is the new head of Ohio State University libraries' circulation de- partment. CATHERINE N. CARPENTER is an assistant catalog librarian at Sacramento State Col- lege. RoBERT CHATFIELD is now order librarian in the acquisitions division of Boston Uni- versity libraries. MRs. BETTY C. CHEN rejoined the staff of Virginia Polytechnic Institute library on September 1. TIEH-CHENG CHIN is the new head of the documents department at Arizona State University library. RALPH J. CoFFMAN, ]R., has been ap- pointed librarian in Franklin Institute, Bos- ton. WILLIAM L. CoHN has joined the South- ern Illinois University library staff at Ed- wardsville campus, as humanities bibliog- rapher. WILLIAM P. CoLE has been named edi- tor-manager of Library Technology Reports, new publication of the Library Technology Project of ALA. Mr. Cole was administra- tive assistant to the director of libraries, Washington University, St. Louis. MRs. KAzUKo M. DAILEY has been ap- pointed to the central serials record division of the City College library, New York. JoHN DEARDORFF is reference librarian at Ohio State University libraries, Colum- bus. EDwARD DoLAN has been named head of acquisitions in Pratt Institute library, Brook- lyn. JoHN B. FoRBES has been appointed chief of the division of indexing and documenta- tion, National Agricultural library's field and special services. DAviD A. FRASER, JR., has been appoint- ed to the newly-created position of rare book bibliographer in Syracuse University libraries. MRs. CAROLYN FULLER has been appoint- ed resources librarian in Boston University's education library. Personnel I 85 IsABELLE GALBRAITH has been named head cataloger at University of Alaska li- braries. MRS. SHELAGH GoDSOE is a catalog li- brarian in Boston University libraries. MARGARET GoosTRAY has joined the staff of Chenery library, Boston University as reference librarian. MRS . MARION HANSCOM has been ap- pointed head of acquisitions in Pratt In- stitute library, Brooklyn. MRs. GwENDOLIN HEARD is newly ap- pointed to the staff of UCLA's business ad- ministration library. SHEILA HERSTEIN is now a member of the social science division staff of City Col- lege library, New York. RICHARD W. HLAVAC has accepted ap- pointment as circulation librarian at Uni- versity of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. ANNE HowARD began her duties on Sep- tember 14 as assistant order librarian at Southern Illinois University libraries, Car- bondale. CECILIA M. Hsi has been appointed cata- loger in Northwestern University library. JOHN IGLAR is circulation librarian in University of Chicago libraries. RoBERT L. JACOBS is the manager of the center for documentation computer depart- ment, Western Reserve University school of library science. MRs BEVERLY M. JoHNSON is a bibliog- rapher in the acquisitions department of San Diego State College library. MRs. DIANA JoNES has joined the staff of Sacramento State College library as assist- ant humanities reference librarian. ToYo KAWAKAMI has been named associ- ate education librarian in Ohio State Uni- versity libraries. RoBERT E. KINGERY has been appointed special assistant to the director, New York public libraries. MRS. FRANCES KIRSCHENBAUM has been appointed medieval and Renaissance bibli- ographer for UCLA library. MRs. ]ANA KovTUN has been appointed assistant in the catalog department of Uni- versity of California general library, Berke- ley. TILLIE KRIEGER became assistant acqui- sitions librarian at University of Nevada library, Reno. ARLENE KuPIS rejoined the staff of MIT 86 I College & Research Libraries • January, 1965 libraries as special assistant for collections in October. NELLIE G. LARSON has been named chief, special bibliographies section, National Ag- ricultural library's reference division. RuTH E. LEERHOFF has joined the San Diego State College library staff as an as- sistant catalog librarian. NANCY Ru-woEI LIN has become a cata- loger at City College library, New York. MRs. RUTH V. LovELACE has been ap- pointed to the reference staff of University of Washington libraries, Seattle. LJUBO LuLICH has been assigned to co- ordinate the Department of Agriculture pesticide literature program as head of the pesticide information center, National Agri- cultural library. MRs. LESLEY J. McAMIS has been ap- pointed documents librarian at San Diego State College library. PAUL McCARTHY has been named assist- ant reader services librarian at University of Alaska libraries . MRs. JosEPHINE I. MAcLEoD joined the Boston University medical library staff on October 1. HAROLD R. MALINOWSKY was appointed science and engineering librarian at Uni- versity of Denver on September 1. EDWARD C. MAPP is now head librarian in New York City Community College, City University of New York, Brooklyn. THOMAS H. P. MARSHALL is science refer- ence librarian at Arizona State University. DAviD C. MASLYN has been named assist- ant archivist at Syracuse University librar- ies. PATRICIA SuE MERSMAN is working in the undergtaduate library at University of Washington, Seattle. PAULINE F. MICCICHE is now an acquisi- tions division staff member at University of Washington, Seattle. JoHN F. MILLER has been appointed assistant university librarian in charge of acquisitions at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. MRs. ToBI MILONADIS has been named to the staff of the University of Notre Dame library. PATRICIA J. MooRE is assistant social sci- ences reference librarian at San Diego State College library . . MRs. NANCY T. MussER is now in the cat- alog division of University of Washington, Seattle. JEROLD NELSON has been appointed to the position of interlibrary loan librarian at Arizona State University. T AKU FRANK NIMURA has been promoted to the position of circulation librarian at Sacramento State College. ANN F. PAINTER has joined the National Agricultural library staff as assistant for technical services. B. BLAINE PENNINGTON is now adminis- trative assistant to the university librarian, Arizona State University. VINCENT PICCOLO has been appointed to the faculty of the State College at Worces- ter, Mass., and to the staff of the college library . RICHARD PLOCH is curator of rare books and special collections at Ohio State Uni- versity libraries. MRs. ELIZABETH M. RAJEC is with the catalog division of City College, New York. DoNALD M. RICKERSON was named super- visory data systems engineer in the office of the information systems specialist, Library of Congress, on October 26. FRANK RoDGERS joins the Pennsylvania State University library on January 1. ANNELLE RosENBERG has joined the staff of the biomedical library at UCLA. MICHAEL RosENSTOCK has rejoined the staff of the UCLA library acquisitions staff. · JosEPH A. RosENTHAL has been appoint- ed chief of the preparation division in New York public library. JoHNS. RuNDBERG is now in the adminis- trative offices, University of Washington, Seattle. EuGENE N. SALMON became humanities reference librarian at Sacramento State Col- lege on September 14. JOHN SANDERSON is head of the serials department, Arizona State University li- brary. MADUGULA I. SASTRI will work on simpli- fication of linguistic structures at the West- em Reserve University school of library sci- ence center for documentation and com- munication research. MoRRIS ScHERTZ is associate university librarian in charge of technical processes at University of Massachusetts library, Am- herst. MRs. PHYLLIS M. SIMSON has been named J to the catalog department staff at University of California general library, Berkeley. WILLIAM H. SMITH is the new acquisi- tions librarian at University of Alaska li- braries. XENOPHON P. SMITH has been named head of the loan department, Arizona State University library. Homo SoCIANU has been appointed as- sistant catalog librarian in Pratt Institute library, Brooklyn. SusAN SoNNET has been named a fellow in City College music library, New York. MRs. RuTH E. SPIECKER has been pro- moted to science librarian at Northwestern University libraries. JosEPH SPRUG is the new librarian at Lor- retto Heights (Colo.) College. MICHELE SuLLIVAN joined the staff of Sacramento State College library on Sep- tember 1 as circulation and interlibrary loan librarian. WILLIAM THRASHER has been appointed assistant cataloger in the University of Illi- nois Chicago campus library. MRs. MARGARET M. TULLEY has joined the cataloging staff of City College library, New York. TIMOTHY T. S. TuNG is a member of the circulation staff at City College library, New York. ALLEN B. VEANER has been named chief librarian of the acquisitions division, Stan- ford University libraries. 0RLIN PETKOW W ASILEW has been named director of the Bulgarian National library. JoHN W. WEIGEL II recently joined the University of Michigan library staff as head of the physics-astronomy and mathematics libraries. CARL J. WENSRICH is head of reader ser- vices division of the University of California library, Santa Cruz. DoNALD WILLIAMS was reappointed on Oct. 5 to the staff of University of Cali- fornia general library, Berkeley, in the cata- log department. RoBERT M. WILSON has been named to the newly created post of public informa- tion officer at National library of Medicine. MRs. LINDA Woo is now in the catalog division, University of Washington, Seattle. BARBARA J. WooD is now a member of the acquisitions division staff at City Col- lege library, New York. Personnel I 87 WEN-Yu YEN is librarian of East Asian studies at Ohio State University, Columbus. AI-HwA YouNG has joined the catalog department of Arizona State University li- brary. jANET ZIEGLER has accepted appointment at UCLA library in the catalog department. NECROLOGY NINA ALMOND, first head librarian of Hoover Institution, Stanford University (from 1921 until she retired in 1947), died October 1. HELEN F AIRBARN, head of the periodical department at University of Toronto li- brary from 1923 until her retirement in 1936, died on September 7. WILLIAM ALEXANDER jACKSON, librarian of the Houghton library and professor of bibliography of Harvard University, died on October 18. MAx LANGHAM, for the past year librarian of Albion (Mich.) College, and from 1958 to 1963 associate librarian and then head librarian at Peru (Neb.) State College, died on September 4. WILLIAM OwENS, associate librarian emeritus of Stanford University, died on August 25. RETIREMENTS MRs. MARJORIE B. AMIS, assistant chief of the serial record division of LC, retired on October 2. MRs. IRMA BEATIE, circulation librarian at Sacramento State College since 1956, re- tired on August 25. MRS. LuciA BoRsKI, for seven years as- sistant head of the Slavic languages section of LC' s descriptive cataloging division, re- tired on November 2. RUDOLPH F. ScHAEFFER retired on Oc- tober 27 after twelve years with the sub- ject cataloging division of LC. MRs. 0THEO SuTTON retired from her position at UCLA as head of the receiving section of the catalog department, on Sep- tember 30. FLORENCE TIEMAN, head of Northwest- ern University's Schaffner library circula- tion department, retired at the end of Sep- tember.