College and Research Libraries


By EDNA M A E B R O W N 

New Periodicals of 1959—Part I 

THE NUMBER of important periodicals launched during the first six months 
of 1959 and available for examination at 
the Library of Congress is small. In the 
list of titles which follows it will be seen 
that various phases of science have new 
scholarly journals; that automation, 
management, astronautics, and atomic 
energy are of continuing interest; and 
finally, that the greater number of these 
journals originate with professional so-
cieties, research institutions, and univer-
sities. 

BIBLIOGRAPHY. Drawn from the an-
nouncement issues of the Library Jour-
nal, Bowker's Advance Reference-Source 
Reporting Service will provide early in-
formation about some 6,000 books a year, 
with publication date, price, and brief 
description, all arranged by subject. 

CHURCH HISTORY. Archief voor de Ges-
chiedenis van de Katholieke Kerk in 
Nederland will be published three times 
a year in Utrecht. T h e first number con-
sists of an article "Over de beoefening 
van de geschiedenis der katholieke kerk 
in Nederland sedert omstreeks 1870." 

STATISTICS. Technometrics is a journal 
of statistics for the physical, chemical, 
and engineering sciences published quar-
terly by the American Society for Quality 
Control and the American Statistical As-
sociation. "Mathematical Probability in 
the Natural Sciences," and " T h e Anal-
ysis of Life Test Data," are two of the 
articles in the first issue. 

POLITICAL AFFAIRS. There is being pub-
lished in Washington a bimonthly jour-

Miss Brown is Head, Serials Section, 
Descriptive Cataloging Division, Library 
of Congress. 

nal on foreign affairs entitled Free World 
Forum. T h e editors are persons who 
have found refuge in the West; the con-
tributors are area specialists. Articles by 
Dr. Elemer Bako, Hungarian specialist, 
Slavic and Central European Division, 
the Library of Congress, on "Communist 
Maneuvering in Hungary Since the Rev-
olution," and by Dr. Raymond Moyer, 
director, Far East regional affairs, In-
ternational Cooperation Administration, 
on "Mutual Security, Korea and Defense 
Support" are illustrative of the first issue. 
T h e School of Inter-American Studies, 
University of Florida, launched Journal 
of Inter-American Studies as a channel 
for scholarly communication between the 
different parts of the Western Hemi-
sphere. It will cover humanities and social 
sciences. Cahiers Pologne-Allemagne pub-
lished in Paris and edited by Georges 
Zdziechowzki has as its theme the peace-
ful coexistence of Poland and Germany. 
T h e contributors to number one are all 
Polish scholars living in Poland. 

CONSERVATION. Land ir Water Conser-
vation "serves the interests of conserva-
tion contractors, Soil Conservation Serv-
ice technicians, Soil Conservation and 
Watershed District chairmen and super-
visors, and the materials and equipment 
suppliers in the land and water conser-
vation industry." 

ECONOMICS. The National Institute 
Economic Review is published in Lon-
don by the National Institute of Eco-
nomic and Social Research as a service to 
businessmen and others who need to be 
informed of the general economic situa-
tion and prospects in Great Britain. 

LAW. Atomic Energy Law Journal re-
ports on legislation, court decisions, and 

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government regulations dealing with the 
production and use of atomic energy. 
Rivista di Diritto Fiscale e Amministra-
tivo will interpret Swiss federation and 
canton fiscal and administrative law. 

EDUCATION. T o improve teaching meth-
ods is the aim of Educadores, the journal 
of the Federacion Espanola de Religiosos 
de Ensenanza. T h e contributors are pro-
fessors in pedagogical institutions in 
Spain. Book reviews and reviews of peri-
odical articles are included. Technical 
Education comes from London. Its pur-
pose is to stimulate research and thought 
on technical education in schools and 
colleges and on-the-job training in in-
dustry. 

SCIENCE. Developmental Biology will 
publish articles bearing on problems 
of development of both plants and ani-
mals, serving in this way as a meeting 
ground for botanical and zoological ap-
proaches. Experimental Neurology is to 
be an international journal publishing re-
sults of original research by experimental 
methods. Illinois Research reports briefly 
on some of the experiments being con-
ducted in agriculture and home econom-
ics at the Illinois Agricultural Experi-
ment Station. International Journal of 
Radition Biology and Related Studies in 
Physics, Chemistry and Medicine will 
bring together all interests concerned 
with the biological effects of ionizing 
radiations. Journal of Applied Polymer 
Science continues in part the Journal of 
Polymer Science and as its title indicates 
contains papers reporting results of 
studies and experiments which can be 
practically applied. Journal of Molecular 
Biology "will publish papers on the na-
ture, production, and replication of bio-
logical structure at the molecular level, 
and its relation to function." Neue Phy-
sik from Vienna is a bimonthly "Zeits-
chrift fur die Gebiete der Atom-und 
Strahlungsphysik." Science Information 
News from the National Science Foun-

dation will report "national and inter-
national developments in scientific and 
technical information dissemination." 
Tropical Science is the journal of the 
Tropical Products Institute in London. 
It will report the research done at the 
institute on the agricultural, plant, and 
animal products of the tropical countries 
of the British Commonwealth. 

MEDICINE. Journal of Occupational 
Medicine is published by the Industrial 
Medical Association. It consists of arti-
cles, book reviews, and abstracts. 

ENGINEERING. A ir Engineering is a new 
monthly treating of the science of air 
pollution control, air moving, and air 
conditioning, sciences which in the opin-
ion of the editors will prolong man's life 
by protecting him from hostile environ-
mental forces—from microbes and smog 
to debilitating temperatures. Astronauti-
cal Sciences Review is published by the 
American Astronautical Society. News 
coverage of space flights, research and de-
velopment in space systems, human fac-
tors research, etc., will be treated in this 
quarterly. The Civil Engineer in South-
ern Africa is also called the transactions 
of the South African Institution of Civil 
Engineers. It consists of papers and 
speeches from society meetings. Environ-
mental Engineering is the journal of the 
Institute of Environmental Engineers. 
T h e table of contents of the first number 
of this very technical journal lists such 
articles as "Response of Structures Under 
Random Vibration," "Sonic Failure" and 
others. Imported Auto Trade although 
intended for people connected with the 
imported automobile industry would be 
of interest to owners or prospective 
owners of foreign cars because of its 
news on models, distribution, servicing, 
etc. Industrial Research reports on re-
search projects underway, anticipated, 
and needed in industry. Articles entitled 
"1959 Forecast: $12 Billion for Re-
search," " W h y Isn't the Post Office Auto-

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mated," and "Semiconductors: a Dynam-
ic New Industry" are illustrative of vol-
ume one, number one. Power Transmis-
sion Design will be devoted to news and 
ideas about machine drives. SI AM Re-
view is a publication of the Society for In-
dustrial and Applied Mathematics. Here 
will be published papers referring to in-
dustrial or scientific problems. They will 
describe new mathematical techniques 
and new applications, survey mathemati-
cal methods in advanced fields, and de-
scribe areas where there is need for math-
ematical development. 

M A N A G E M E N T . Data Processing in Busi-
ness and Industry is being published in 
London. Data processing, a phrase famil-
iar to librarians, is herein described as 
"the technique whereby information is 
acquired, transmitted, stored, retrieved, 
and operated upon for effective indus-
trial and commerical use." The Inter-
national Executive consists of summaries 
of books and periodical articles on man-
agement of international operations. 

F I N E ARTS. Dance Perspectives will con-
tain interesting, stimulating, and enter-
taining articles of considerable length by 
writers with specialized knowledge on 
the art of dance. T h e first issue consists 
of Lincoln Kirstein's "What Ballet Is 
About: an American Glossary." Journal 
of Church Music is a magazine for choir 
directors, organists, leaders of children's 
choirs, pastors, and members of music 
committees. Articles and scores are in-

cluded. In Records & Music Arthur Fied-
ler advises readers how to choose all 
kinds of music for listening pleasure in 
"Labels That Libel G o o d Music." T h e 
first issue includes articles explaining the 
difference between stereo and conven-
tional recording, relating the behind-
scenes story of a recording session, and 
others. 

LITERATURE. The Critical Quarterly 
comes from T h e University, Hull, Eng-
land, and is largely concerned with 
twentieth-century British, American, and 
European literature. T h e editors write: 
"If we can help to keep alive the belief 
that literature is for every man . . . and 
that it is still one of the major pleasures 
of life, we shall feel we have achieved 
at least one of our aims." Criticism, a 
Quarterly for Literature and the Arts is 
published by Wayne State University 
Press. "It will examine the arts and liter-
atures of all periods and nations, either 
individually or in their interrelationship, 
and critical theory regarding them." Hu-
manidades is the review of the faculty of 
humanities of the University of the An-
des, Merida, Venezuela. It will publish 
the works of the faculty as well as of out-
siders and will not be limited to Ven-
ezuelan matters entirely. Palinurus is 
published semiannually by Charl Van 
Horn in Orange, New Jersey. T h e first 
issue opens with Mark Van Doren's "Un-
dersong." Oeuvres et Opinions from 
Moscow consists of French translations 
of Russian literary works. 

Periodicals 
Air Engineering. Business News Publishing 

Company, 450 W. Fort Street, Detroit 26. 
v. 1, no.l, April 1959. Monthly. $3. 

Archief voor de Geschiedenis van de Katho-
lieke Kerk in Nederland. Uitgeverij Het 
Spectrum N.V., Postbus 2073, Utrecht, v.l, 
no.l, 1959. 3 nos. a year, £15. 

Astronautical Sciences Review. American As-

tronautical Society, Inc., Box 598, Palo 
Alto, California, v.l, no.l, January/March 
1959. Quarterly. $4. 

Atomic Energy Law Journal. Warren Publi-
cations, 89 Beach Street, Boston 11, Mass-
achusetts. v.l, no.l, Winter 1959. Quarter-
ly. $20. 

Bowker's Advance Reference-Source Report-

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ting Service. R . R . Bowker Company, 62 
West 45th Street, New York 36. February 
1959. 5 nos. a year. $7.50. 

Cahiers Pologne-Allemagne. Editions Sarma-
tia, 9, Place de la Madeleine, Paris 8. v . l , 
n o . l , A p r i l / J u n e 1959. Quarterly. $5. 

The Civil Engineer in Southern Africa. 
South African Institution of Civil Engi-
neers, Kelvin House, 75 Marshall Street, 
J o h a n n e s b u r g , v . l , n o . l , J a n u a r y 1959. 
Frequency not given. Price not given. 

The Critical Quarterly. T h e University, 
H u l l , E n g l a n d , v . l , n o . l , Spring 1959. $2.50. 

Criticism. W a y n e State University Press, 4841 
Cass Avenue, D e t r o i t 2. v . l , n o . l , W i n t e r 
1959. Quarterly. $6. 

Dance Perspectives. 1801 East 26th Street, 
Brooklyn 29. n o . l , W i n t e r 1959. Quarterly. 
$5. 

Data Processing. Iliffe 8c Sons, Ltd., Dorset 
House, Stamford Street, L o n d o n S E 1. 
J a n u a r y / M a r c h 1959. Quarterly. $12. 

Developmental Biology. Academic Press, 
Inc., I l l F i f t h Avenue, New York 3. v . l , 
n o . l , April 1959. B i m o n t h l y . $14. 

Educadores. Claudio Coello 32, Apartado 
1267, Madrid, v . l , n o . l , J a n u a r y / F e b r u a r y 
1959. 5 nos. a year. 200 ptas. 

Environmental Engineering. Institute of En-
vironmental Engineers, P . O . B o x 341, 
M i n e o l a , New York, v . l , n o . l , February 
1959. Quarterly. $4. 

Experimental Neurology. Academic Press, 
Inc., I l l F i f t h Avenue, New York 3. v . l , 
n o . l , April 1959. B i m o n t h l y . $16. 

Free World Forum. W a s h i n g t o n 5, D.C. v . l , 
n o . l , J a n u a r y 1959. B i m o n t h l y . $5. 

Humanidades. Universidad de los Andes, 
Merida, Venezuela, v . l , n o . l , J a n u a r y / -
March 1959. Quarterly. Price not given. 

Illinois Research. University of Illinois 
Agricultural E x p e r i m e n t Station, U r b a n a . 
v . l , n o . l , W i n t e r 1959. Quarterly. Free. 

Imported Auto Trade. 152 West 4 2 n d Street, 
New York 36. v . l , n o . l , February 1959. 
Monthly. $5. 

Industrial Research. Scientific Research Pub-
lishing Company, Inc., 200 S. Michigan 
Avenue, Chicago 4. v . l , n o . l , J a n u a r y 
1959. Quarterly. $3. 

The International Executive. F o u n d a t i o n for 
the Advancement of I n t e r n a t i o n a l Busi-

ness Administration, B o x 104, R i v e r d a l e 
Station, New York 71. v . l , n o . l , W i n t e r 
1959. Frequency not given. $15. 

International Journal of Radiation Biology. 
T a y l o r & Francis, Ltd., R e d L i o n Court, 
F l e e t Street, L o n d o n E C 4. v . l , n o . l , J a n u -
ary 1959. Quarterly. £ 3 15s. 

Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Inter-
science Publishers, Inc., 20th and North-
ampton Streets, Easton, Pennsylvania, 
v . l , n o . l , J a n u a r y / F e b r u a r y 1959. Semi-
annual. $17.50. 

Journal of Church Music. 2900 Queen L a n e , 
Philadelphia 29. v . l , n o . l , J a n u a r y 1959. 
Monthly (except July-August). $3.50. 

Journal of Inter-American Studies. School 
of Inter-American Studies, University of 
Florida, Gainesville, v . l , n o . l , J a n u a r y 
1959. Frequency not given. $2. 

Journal of Molecular Biology. Academic 
Press, 111 F i f t h Avenue, New York 3. 
v . l , n o . l , April 1959. Bimonthly. $14. 

Journal of Occupational Medicine. Indus-
trial Medical Association, 28 East J a c k s o n 
Boulevard, Chicago 4. v . l , n o . l , J a n u a r y 
1959. Monthly. $10. 

Land 6- Water Conservation. P . O . B o x 2268, 
Montgomery, Alabama, v . l , n o . l , April 
1959. Monthly. $6. 

National Institute of Economic and Social 
Research. Economic Review. National In-
stitute of E c o n o m i c and Social Research, 
2 Dean T r e n c h Street, Smith Square, Lon-
don, S W 1. n o . l , J a n u a r y 1959. B i m o n t h -
ly. $6. 

Neue Physik. Mollardgasse 8, W i e n V I . n o . l , 
1959. B i m o n t h l y . O.S. 60. 

Oeuvres et Opinions. U n i o n des ficrivains de 
l ' U . R . S . S . , 17, R u e Kirov, Moscou. 1, 1959. 
Monthly. Price not given. 

Palinurus. Charl V a n H o r n , 119 Central 
Avenue, Orange, New Jersey, v . l , n o . l , 
April 1959. Semiannual. $3.75. 

Power Transmission Design. Industrial Pub-
lishing Corporation, 812 H u r o n R o a d , 
Cleveland 15. v . l , n o . l , J a n u a r y 1959. 
Monthly. $7. 

Records & Music. M. 8c N. Harrison, Inc., 
274 Madison Avenue, New York 16. v . l , 
n o . l , March 1959. Monthly. $3.50. 

Rivista di Diritto Fiscale e Amministrativo. 
Arti Grafiche A. Salvioni 8c Co., S.A., Bel-

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Research Libraries and Scientific Publishers 

(Continued, from page 354) 

Despite the fact that it costs the ACS 
member only $20 per year, member cir-
culation has dropped from 22,675 in 
1949 to 17,301 in 1958. Why? Apparently 
because libraries have made Chemical 
Abstracts and information from Chem-
ical Abstracts so easily available. T h e r e 
is no urgency felt by the individual sci-
entist to subscribe to this publication. 
T h i s is a rather disheartening observa-
tion to make about our members but it 
does seem to be valid. 

W i t h the steady decline in number of 
subscriptions and the increase in mate-
rial published it has become necessary 
to charge more and more for Chemical 
Abstracts. Prices now are $20 to mem-
bers, $80 to colleges and universities, 
and $350 to all others. F o r 1960—and 
you are among the first to know—these 
prices will increase to $32, $150, and 
$570. T h e two higher categories of 
prices are those paid by libraries. 

How could these prices be reduced 
or held stable? From the results of re-
search, for one. T h e ACS already has 
an extensive program in progess. W e 
hope thereby to reduce some expenses 
and add some special services, for a fee. 
By increasing numbers of subscriptions 

is a second way; each subscriber then 
pays less in fixed charges. F i n a l l y — a n d 
strangely enough—by not photocopying 
material from this publication for dis-
tribution unless you pay for the right 
to do so. Based on evidence on hand we 
have calculated that if the material re-
produced from Chemical Abstracts were 
all paid for at the fees we charge for 
this service, and if libraries took advan-
tage of this special service to compile 
bulletins consisting of pertinent ab-
stracts for their own organizations, the 
price of every nonmember subscriber 
could be reduced by $50 to $75 and per-
haps more. Furthermore we believe that 
adoption of this plan would save library 
staffs much of the time now spent in 
making their own abstracts. 

T h e ACS charter sets forth as one of 
the primary objectives of the Society the 
promoting of scientific interest and in-
quiry through its publication program. 
W e want to make our journals as useful 
as possible and also to do all in our 
power to see that they are universally 
available. T o a large extent you are 
agents in providing availability. W e ear-
nestly desire to work with you. 

N e w Periodicals of 1959—Part I 

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linzona, Switzerland, v.l, no.l, January/-
February 1959. Bimonthly. Fr.18. 

Science Information News. National Science 
Foundation, Washington 25. v . l , n o . l , 
February/March 1959. Bimonthly. $1.25. 

SIAM Review. Society for Industrial and 
Applied Mathematics. Box 7541, Philadel-
phia. v.l, no.l, January 1959. Semiannual. 
$5. 

Technical Education. Evans Brothers, Ltd., 
Montague House, Russell Square, Lon-
don, W C 1. v.l, n o . l , February 1959. Fre-
quency not given. Price not given. 

Technometrics. J . Stuart Hunter, 167 Nas-
sau Street, Princeton, N.J. v.l, no.l. Feb-
ruary 1959. Quarterly. $8. 

Tropical Science. H.M. Stationery Office, 
London, v.l, n o . l , 1959. Quarterly. 26,y. 

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