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for several weeks before G eorge leaves. To put 
it another way, working with G eorge in pur­
suing goals to which w e are all devoted, is a 
privilege and a pleasure.—James Humphry III.

N o t e : See profile on  pages 194-195.

CONFERENCE NOTES
r• The R e s e a r c h  C o m m i t t e e s  o f the Libra

Education Division o f A L A  and o f the Associ­
ation o f American Library Schools will co­
sponsor an open program meeting on research 
in library science at the annual A L A  confer­
ence in Kansas City, on W ednesday morning, 
June 26, at 8:0 0 to 9:30 a . m .

John McCrossan, assistant professor o f the 
department o f library science, University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor, and program chairman, 
will preside. Directors of three recent library 
research projects will describe the organiza­
tion, research methods, and results of their 
work.

Mrs. Florence D. Cleary, project director, 
and Mrs. Ruth Allen, chief investigator, of the 
College of Education, University o f South 
Florida, Tampa, will report on “ The Effect 
o f a Librarian-Centered Reading Guidance 
Program on the Reading Skills and Habits of 
Elementary School Pupils.”

Haynes McMullen, professor of library sci­
ence, graduate library school, Indiana Uni­
versity, Bloomington, will report on “ The Use 
o f a Computer in the Study o f American Li­
braries in Existence before 1876.”  A computer 
was used for sorting data, performing simple 
arithmetic processes, and producing graphs as 
an aid in the study o f approximately 6800 
libraries founded in the United States before 
1876. The computer was used because it 
saved enormous amounts o f time in handling 
data and eliminated many clerical errors that 
would have resulted from non-computer meth­
ods.

Marina E. Axeen, associate professor, de­
partment of library science, Ball State Univer­
sity, Muncie, Indiana, will report on “ Teach­
ing the Use o f the Library to Undergraduates; 
An Experimental Comparison o f Computer- 
Based Instruction and the Conventional L ec­
ture Method.”  Tw o groups o f undergraduates 
were taught an introductory course in library 
science, one by a computerized program and 
the other b y  the conventional lecture methods. 
Results o f the two methods were analyzed 
and compared. A doctoral dissertation at the 
University o f Illinois.

AC RL Membership April 30, 1968 . 11,870 
April 30, 1967 . 10,978 
April 30, 1966 .... 9,669

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ACRL News Issue of College & Research Libraries

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North; Junior College Libraries Section, Mrs. Alice B. 
Griffith; Rare Books Section, Lawrence S. Thompson; 
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