College and Research Libraries B y H E N R Y H . K I N G Assistance to the Faculty in Library Research: Report from Cornell University Dr. King is faculty research assistant, Cornell University Library. THE WORK o f the f a c u l t y r e s e a r c h as-sistant in the C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y L i - b r a r y had its i n c e p t i o n in 1 9 3 2 , w h e n the C a r n e g i e C o r p o r a t i o n , a c t i n g u p o n the s u g g e s t i o n o f P r o f e s s o r H a r l o w S h a p l e y , o f H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y , s u p p l i e d f u n d s t o C o r n e l l a n d o n e o r t w o o t h e r u n i v e r s i t i e s f o r e x p e r i m e n t a t i o n in w h a t w a s c a l l e d the r e s e a r c h l i b r a r i a n s h i p . 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Manuscript Bibliography E v e n a c u r s o r y r e a d i n g o f the f o r e g o i n g list w i l l r e v e a l t h e i m p o s s i b i l i t y o f g e n - e r a l i z i n g u p o n m e t h o d s a n d r e s u l t s . T h e r e has, h o w e v e r , b e e n a p r e p o n d e r a n c e o f b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l w o r k . T h e c o m p i l i n g o f a list o f m a n u s c r i p t s o f the V e n e r a b l e B e d e is an e x a m p l e o f a l o n g - t e r m b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l q u e s t . T h e b u l k o f t h e c o l l e c t i o n , as P r o - f e s s o r L a i s t n e r r e m a r k s in t h e p r e f a c e t o his Hand-List of Bede Manuscripts, was " g r a d u a l l y c o m p i l e d " t h r o u g h a p e r i o d o f e i g h t o r n i n e y e a r s . A c c o r d i n g t o a r e - v i e w e r in The Journal of Theological Studies, this v o l u m e lists a b o u t 1 5 4 5 m a n u - s c r i p t s c o n t a i n i n g w o r k s o f B e d e . I n a d d i - t i o n t o s y s t e m a t i c e x a m i n a t i o n o f the n o t i n c o n s i d e r a b l e c o l l e c t i o n o f m a n u s c r i p t c a t a l o g s in the l i b r a r y o f C o r n e l l U n i v e r - sity, a f e w w e e k s ' s u p p l e m e n t a r y s t u d y w a s m a d e o f c a t a l o g s in t h e W i d e n e r L i b r a r y , H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y . T w o b y - p r o d u c t s o f this s e a r c h s h o u l d b e m e n t i o n e d . T h e p r i n c i p a l o n e is a t y p e d list o f t h e m a n u - s c r i p t c a t a l o g s in t h e C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y c o n t a i n i n g titles o f m a n u s c r i p t s o f t h e C h u r c h F a t h e r s . T h i s list has b e e n b o u n d in t w o v o l u m e s ( I . Local List, I I . General List) a n d is a c c e s s i b l e t o users o f the l i b r a r y w h o are i n t e r e s t e d in L a t i n m a n u s c r i p t s in g e n e r a l o r in the s p e c i a l f i e l d e m b r a c e d b y t h e list. A s e c o n d list c o m - prises the m o r e i m p o r t a n t c a t a l o g s n o t in the l i b r a r y ' s p o s s e s s i o n . T h i s has a l s o p r o v e d h e l p f u l t o r e a d e r s a n d t o t h e l i b r a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n as a g u i d e t o t h e p u r c h a s e o f a d d i t i o n a l c a t a l o g s . A n o t h e r p r o j e c t t h a t i n v o l v e d e x a m i n a - t i o n o f c a t a l o g s o f L a t i n m a n u s c r i p t s w a s t h a t o f assistance t o P r o f e s s o r H a r r y C a p l a n in s u p p l e m e n t a t i o n o f s t u d i e s m a d e b y h i m in E u r o p e a n l i b r a r i e s f o r his h a n d - lists o f m e d i a e v a l artes praedicandi. T h i s s t u d y o f c a t a l o g s a v a i l a b l e in t h e C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y w a s a l s o s u p p l e m e n t e d b y w o r k at the W i d e n e r L i b r a r y . S i n c e p u b l i c a t i o n o f these lists, P r o f e s s o r C a p l a n has set a b o u t b r i n g i n g d o w n t o d a t e t h e l i s t i n g o f t e c h n i c a l w o r k s o n p r e a c h i n g . T h i s d e m a n d s a p r o j e c t o f c o n s i d e r a b l y l o n g e r d u r a t i o n t h a n t h e q u e s t o f B e d e m a n u s c r i p t s a n d is e x p e c t e d t o p r o d u c e a series o f p u b l i s h e d lists, b e g i n n i n g p r o b - a b l y w i t h a Rhetorica Sacra Latina, t o be f o l l o w e d b y E n g l i s h , F r e n c h , G e r m a n , D u t c h , S p a n i s h , I t a l i a n lists, a n d so f o r t h ; f o r i n a s m u c h as t h e m e d i a e v a l artes praedi- candi w e r e i n t e r n a t i o n a l in o r i g i n , c o n t i n u - a t i o n o f t h e s t u d y i n t o m o d e r n t i m e s l e a d s n a t u r a l l y t o a m u l t i l i n g u a l b i b l i o g r a p h y . Political Science and History A q u i t e d i f f e r e n t t y p e o f r e s e a r c h w a s used in t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n s m a d e f o r P r o f e s - sor C u s h m a n ' s b o o k o n The Independent Regulatory Commissions. T h e s e e n t a i l e d a s e a r c h o f the Congressional Record f r o m t h e c r e a t i o n o f t h e I n t e r s t a t e C o m m e r c e C o m m i s s i o n in 1 8 8 7 f o r d i s c o v e r y o f a l l m a t e r i a l v i t a l t o a t h o r o u g h t r e a t m e n t o f t h e s u b j e c t . T h e r e s u l t a n t a s s e m b l a g e w a s e n o r m o u s . T h e u n d e r t a k i n g c o n s u m e d m o r e t h a n a y e a r o f the r e s e a r c h assistant's t i m e . A n o t h e r t y p e o f p r o j e c t a p p e a r e d in P r o - f e s s o r C a r l S t e p h e n s o n ' s Mediaeval His- tory and his Brief Survey of Mediaeval Europe. T h e n a t u r e o f the w o r k is i n d i - 228 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES c a t e d m o s t g e n e r o u s l y in e a c h o f the a u t h o r ' s p r e f a c e s , in the f o r m e r o f w h i c h he w r i t e s : " M r . H . H . K i n g , F a c u l t y R e - s e a r c h A s s i s t a n t in the C o r n e l l U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r y , has d e v o t e d w e e k s o f p a i n s t a k i n g l a b o r t o the v e r i f i c a t i o n o f n a m e s , dates, titles o f b o o k s , a n d o t h e r d e t a i l s t h r o u g h - o u t the w h o l e v o l u m e . H e has s a v e d m e f r o m d o z e n s o f m i s t a k e s , b i g a n d l i t t l e . " E a c h o f these w a s a s h o r t - t e r m task, c h a r - a c t e r i z e d b y t h e stress t y p i c a l o f the p e r i o d i m m e d i a t e l y p r e c e d i n g an a u t h o r ' s g o i n g t o press. Science T h e assistance r e n d e r e d in the p r e p a r a - t i o n o f the e d i t i o n o f The Embryological Works of Hieronymus Fabricius, slight w h e n c o n t e m p l a t e d in r e l a t i o n t o the b o o k as a w h o l e , w a s m a i n l y t h r e e f o l d in c h a r - a c t e r : b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l , h i s t o r i c a l , a n d a n a l y t i c a l . I t p r o v e d p o s s i b l e t o a d d b u t r e l a t i v e l y l i t t l e t o the b i b l i o g r a p h y w h i c h P r o f e s s o r A d e l m a n n h a d a l r e a d y c o m p i l e d . T h e h i s t o r i c a l p a r t o f the p r o j e c t c o n - c e r n e d the e x c e e d i n g l y florid d e d i c a t i o n o f his De Formato Fetu w h i c h F a b r i c i u s a d - dresses " t o the m o s t i l l u s t r i o u s a n d e m i n e n t R e n a t u s B o r r o m a e u s , C o u n t o f A r o n a . " H e t r a c e s t h a t c o u n t ' s a n c e s t r y b a c k t o the R o m a n e m p e r o r A u l u s V i t e l l i u s , a n d p r o - c e e d s w i t h f u l s o m e a t t e n t i o n t o t h e a c h i e v e - m e n t s a n d v i r t u e s , real o r m y t h i c a l , o f i n - t e r m e d i a t e p r o g e n i t o r s f r o m t h a t e r a t o 1 6 0 6 , the d a t e o f the d e d i c a t i o n . T h e o p - p o r t u n i t y f o r h i s t o r i c a l r e s e a r c h p r o v i d e d b y this b r i e f s e c t i o n o f the b o o k is testified t o by the f o r t y - f o u r e x p l a n a t o r y f o o t n o t e s t o the n i n e p a g e s it c o v e r s . T h e a n a l y t i c a l w o r k w a s c o n n e c t e d w i t h the s e v e n t y - p a g e i n d e x . T h e s u b j e c t m a t t e r is s u c h , h o w - e v e r , t h a t the o n l y c o n t r i b u t i o n p o s s i b l e w a s m o r e in the n a t u r e o f l a b o r t h a n o f analysis, c o n s i s t i n g m a i n l y in the assem- b l i n g o f a r e l a t i v e l y u n o r g a n i z e d mass o f i t e m s u p o n w h i c h the t r a n s l a t o r a n d e d i t o r h i m s e l f p e r f o r m e d t h e n e e d f u l a n a l y t i c a l processes. Bibliography T h e b i b l i o g r a p h y o f the w r i t i n g s o f t h e late P r o f e s s o r G e o r g e L i n c o l n B u r r d e - viates s o m e w h a t f r o m the n o r m a l p a t t e r n . I t is an i n d e p e n d e n t p o r t i o n o f a b o o k a n d in its e n t i r e t y the w o r k o f t h e r e s e a r c h assistant. Background Studies T h e six p r o j e c t s d e s c r i b e d in s o m e d e t a i l s h o w the g e n e r a l n a t u r e a n d s c o p e o f t h e w o r k d o n e . T w o p r o j e c t s n o t u n d e r t a k e n w i t h a v i e w t o p u b l i c a t i o n are s u f f i c i e n t l y s i g n i f i c a n t t o d e s e r v e m e n t i o n h e r e . O n e is an i n d e x o f B r i t i s h Parliamentary Debates 1 8 1 4 - 1 8 4 0 . T h e c a r d s c o m p r i s i n g it fill t w e n t y s t a n d a r d - s i z e filing d r a w e r s . R e c o r d i n g t h e c o n t e n t s o f n i n e t y - f i v e v o l - u m e s , this i n d e x r e q u i r e d a n u m b e r o f years w o r k , i n t e r s p e r s e d , o f c o u r s e , w i t h n u m e r - o u s o t h e r q u e s t s a n d studies. A n o t h e r o f these u n d e r t a k i n g s w a s a s t u d y o f the p r o p o r t i o n a t e d i s t r i b u t i o n a m o n g the d i f f e r e n t l a n g u a g e s o f the w r i t - i n g s o n physics, c h e m i s t r y , e n g i n e e r i n g , g e o l o g y , a n d p l a n t s c i e n c e p u b l i s h e d in the y e a r s 1 9 1 5 a n d 1 9 3 5 . T h i s f o r m i d a b l y statistical p r o j e c t w a s t a k e n o n at the r e - quest o f the late F l o y d K . R i c h t m y e r , d e a n o f the g r a d u a t e s c h o o l , a n d c o m p l e t e d at the w i s h o f his s u c c e s s o r , P r o f e s s o r G e o r g e H . S a b i n e . I t s p u r p o s e w a s t o a f f o r d g u i d - a n c e in the m o d i f i c a t i o n o f l a n g u a g e s t u d y p r e r e q u i s i t e s f o r g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t s in the d i f f e r e n t s c i e n t i f i c fields r e p r e s e n t e d in the s u r v e y . Organization S o m e t h i n g s h o u l d b e said a b o u t the modus operandi o f all this d i v e r s i t y . T h e r e has been a m i n i m u m o f o r g a n i z a t i o n . JULY, 1948 •229 T h r o u g h o u t t h e p r o j e c t the f a c u l t y m e m - ber e m p l o y i n g assistance is in c l o s e t o u c h w i t h the r e s e a r c h assistant, e x c e p t in c e r - tain l o n g - t e r m o p e r a t i o n s the p a t t e r n o f w h i c h is e s t a b l i s h e d e a r l y . E x p e r i e n c e has s h o w n t h a t at t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e c o l - l a b o r a t i o n m e n d e s i r i n g r e s e a r c h assistance a l m o s t i n v a r i a b l y g i v e v e r y d e f i n i t e i n s t r u c - t i o n s , the f o l l o w i n g o f w h i c h l e a d s n a t u - r a l l y t o the u n c o v e r i n g o f a d d i t i o n a l s o u r c e s a n d r a m i f i c a t i o n s o f the s u b j e c t . I n d e e d , o n e o f the c h i e f d a n g e r s lies in the c o n s t a n t w i d e n i n g a n d b r a n c h i n g o u t o f the trail o f l i b r a r y r e s e a r c h , w h i c h m a y easily l e a d t o o f a r afield u n l e s s f r e q u e n t c o n t a c t w i t h t h e o r i g i n a t o r r e s t r i c t s t h e p r o j e c t t o t h e l i m i t s he has set h i m s e l f . T h e q u e s t i o n o f c o n t r o l has n o t p r o v e d a f o r m i d a b l e o n e . W h e n the r e l a t i o n s h i p w a s first e n t e r e d u p o n in 1 9 3 2 , t h e r e s e a r c h assistant w a s a d m o n i s h e d t o a v o i d b e i n g m o n o p o l i z e d . T i m e m u s t b e d i v i d e d a m o n g the p r o j e c t s in h a n d at a n y o n e p e r i o d , w i t h r e a s o n a b l e e x c e p t i o n s , o f c o u r s e , as w h e n a p p r o a c h i n g p u b l i c a t i o n d a t e m i g h t necessitate t e m p o r a r i l y e x c l u s i v e c o n c e n t r a t i o n u p o n a s i n g l e u n d e r t a k i n g . T h e p l a n p r o v e d w o r k a b l e b e c a u s e t h e r e n e v e r w a s a t i m e w h e n n o w o r k w a s in h a n d a n d n e v e r a t i m e a l s o w h e n p r e s s u r e o f p r e v i o u s c o m m i t m e n t s c o m p e l l e d r e f u s a l o f o n e m o r e . L a s t y e a r a l a r g e r m e a s u r e o f o r g a n i z a - t i o n w a s i n t r o d u c e d . B y the n e w a r r a n g e - m e n t e a c h a p p l i c a n t f o r assistance s u b m i t s his r e q u e s t t o the d e a n o f the g r a d u a t e s c h o o l w i t h a s t a t e m e n t o f t h e a m o u n t o f t i m e he e s t i m a t e s t h a t his p r o j e c t w i l l r e - q u i r e . T h e d e a n o f the g r a d u a t e s c h o o l c o n f e r s w i t h a c o m m i t t e e o n r e s e a r c h , o f w h i c h he is c h a i r m a n , as t o the e l i g i b i l i t y o f all s u c h r e q u e s t s , a n d c o m m u n i c a t e s t o the d i r e c t o r o f the u n i v e r s i t y l i b r a r y t h e f i n d i n g s o f t h a t c o m m i t t e e . S i n c e all r e - q u e s t s are r e c e i v e d at s e m i a n n u a l i n t e r v a l s , in M a y a n d in N o v e m b e r , t h e t i m e o f the r e s e a r c h assistant is c o n s t a n t l y s c h e d u l e d . 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