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Review Articles 
A Correction 

As reviewer of The Core of Education for 
Librarianship, M r . Shera has been privileged 
to express w i t h o u t editorial i n t e r f e r e n c e his 
doubts about the v a l u e of the W o r k s h o p , the 
quality of the reporting, and the intelligence 
of the participants. O n the other hand, a 
serious misinterpretation of fact, w h i c h o c c u r s 
in that p a r t of his article which departs f r o m 
the s u b j e c t of his assigned r e v i e w , should be 
c o r r e c t e d . 

M r . Shera is i n c o r r e c t w h e n he suggests 
that the r e l o c a t i o n of the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i -
c a g o B . A . s o m e h o w results in a deterioration 
of the degree p r o g r a m in the G r a d u a t e L i -
b r a r y S c h o o l . N e i t h e r the quality n o r the 
level of the p r e p a r a t i o n required by the G L S 
f o r the M . A . d e g r e e has in any w a y been 
l o w e r e d f r o m that w h i c h w a s required f o r 
at least the last f o u r years w h i l e M r . Shera 
w a s on the G L S f a c u l t y . A t that time, 
qualified students in the C o l l e g e of the U n i -
versity w e r e eligible f o r a three-year p r o -
g r a m in the G L S f o l l o w i n g the a w a r d of the 
B . A . degree then in effect. T h i s p r o g r a m 
w a s divided essentially as f o l l o w s : one year 
w a s devoted t o courses outside the G L S , 
one to basic " c o r e " c o u r s e s in librarianship, 
and one t o advanced c o u r s e s in librarianship. 
I n o t h e r w o r d s , the M . A . d e g r e e might be 
earned five years a f t e r g r a d u a t i o n f r o m high 
school. 

N o w that the C o l l e g e degree has been r e -
l o c a t e d at the end of f o u r years f o l l o w i n g 
high school g r a d u a t i o n , the student w i l l c o n -
tinue to f o l l o w a five year r o a d to the M . A . , 
the last three of w h i c h w i l l remain d e v o t e d 
essentially to a year of c o u r s e s outside the 
G L S , a year of " c o r e " c o u r s e s in librarianship, 
and a year of advanced c o u r s e s in librarianship. 
Students w h o q u a l i f y f o r admission to the 
p r o g r a m leading to a higher d e g r e e in the 
G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School m a y thus elect to 
begin their p r o f e s s i o n a l training in the f o u r t h 
year of their C o l l e g e w o r k . T h e B . A . d e g r e e 
they receive is given by the C o l l e g e in G e n e r a l 
Studies, not in L i b r a r i a n s h i p . T h e first p r o -
fessional d e g r e e a w a r d e d by the G r a d u a t e 
L i b r a r y School is still the M . A . , and represents 
the total p r o g r a m of the c o r e plus advanced 

courses. T h e D i v i s i o n of the Social Sciences, 
the School of Business, and the L a w School 
of the U n i v e r s i t y of C h i c a g o have also en-
d o r s e d similar p r o g r a m s f o r qualified students. 

T h e G L S c o r e c o u r s e s are taken at the 
same point in the student's a c a d e m i c c a r e e r as 
b e f o r e , and are still based on a b a c k g r o u n d 
of g e n e r a l education w h i c h , if anything, is n o w 
better o r g a n i z e d and integrated. T h e g e n e r a l 
education r e q u i r e m e n t continues to be a m a t t e r 
of d e m o n s t r a t e d k n o w l e d g e of content rather 
than an a r b i t r a r y n u m b e r of q u a r t e r s of e x -
p o s u r e t o it. W h a t e v e r the s o u r c e of his in-
f o r m a t i o n , M r . Shera has been misled, I 
suspect, by the m e r e l y f o r m a l change t h r o u g h 
which the C o l l e g e w i l l c o n f e r a n e w B . A . at 
the end of f o u r years rather than at the end 
of two.—Lester Asheim, dean, Graduate Li-
brary School, University of Chicago. 

Arctic Bibliography 
A r c t i c Institute of N o r t h A m e r i c a . Arctic 

Bibliography, p r e p a r e d f o r and in c o o p e r a -
tion w i t h the D e p a r t m e n t of D e f e n s e . 
[ P r o j e c t d i r e c t o r and editor, M a r i e 
T r e m a i n e ] W a s h . , G o v t . P r . O f f . , 1953-
3v. $12.75. 
P r e v i o u s to the publication of the t h r e e -

volume Arctic Bibliography a variety of 
guides had t o be examined f o r w r i t i n g s a b o u t 
the n o r t h - p o l a r regions. O n e might scan, f o r 
example, Chavanne's Die Literatur iiber 
die Polar-Regionen der Erde, the first com-
prehensive p o l a r bibliography, the Katalog 
of the C o p e n h a g e n M a r i n e n s Bibliotek o r the 
bibliographies w h i c h have appeared in the 
Polar Record. It was on the basis not only 
of e x a m i n i n g these and o t h e r existing bibli-
ographies but also of searching the j o u r n a l s 
c o v e r i n g the A r c t i c region and by checking 
collections in some sixty libraries that the 
Arctic Bibliography was compiled. 

T h e s e v o l u m e s w e r e published not only 
t o p r o v i d e a needed c o m p r e h e n s i v e b i b l i o g r a -
phy but also to satisfy the u r g e n t demand f o r 
a g u i d e t o present A r c t i c k n o w l e d g e — a d e -
m a n d w h i c h has increased w i t h both the o p e n -
ing up of the n o r t h e r n f r o n t i e r s and the 
g r o w i n g i m p o r t a n c e of the p o l a r regions in 
w o r l d politics. T h e evident intention of the 

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c o m p i l e r s w a s to p r o d u c e as nearly c o m p l e t e a 
g u i d e as possible w i t h i n the limits imposed by 
the time available f o r the p r o j e c t and by the 
vast a m o u n t of material to be studied. D e f i -
nite b o u n d s of inclusion and c o v e r a g e w e r e 
established f o r this initial w o r k . T h e area 
of g e o g r a p h i c c o v e r a g e is c a r e f u l l y delineated 
on pages 5 - 6 of the Introduction; it is o u t l i n e d 
graphically on the index m a p w h i c h is r e p r o -
duced in each of the v o l u m e s . T h e span of 
time included is a l m o s t entirely the nineteenth 
and twentieth c e n t u r i e s ; this necessarily e x -
c l u d e s i m p o r t a n t earlier w o r k s . S o m e 
publications w h i c h w e r e t o o difficult to 
analyze in the time a l l o w e d f o r the p r e p a r a -
tion of these v o l u m e s w e r e o m i t t e d . It has 
been estimated that a p p r o x i m a t e l y 5 0 % of 
the m a t e r i a l w h i c h might have been included 
w i t h i n the scope of this set is yet to be in-
d e x e d . T h e r e is, f o r e x a m p l e , in the S t e f a n s -
son L i b r a r y , alone, still a sizeable quantity of 
m a t e r i a l in this c a t e g o r y but, as yet, u n r e -
c o r d e d . T h i s f a c t does not d e t r a c t f r o m the 
Arctic Bibliography; rather, so much is pre-
sented to the user that he is impressed not 
only by the w e a l t h of A r c t i c w r i t i n g s but also 
by the immense w o r k w h i c h has been p r o -
duced. M o r e o v e r , in o r d e r to b r i n g the initial 
publication up to date and to include, as w e l l , 
both o l d e r w o r k s n o t p r e v i o u s l y analyzed and 
some classics, s u p p l e m e n t s — s e v e r a l already 
nearing c o m p l e t i o n — w i l l be issued. 

O n e w o u l d p r o b a b l y be c o r r e c t in p r e s u m -
ing that in p r e l i m i n a r y discussions the c o m -
pilers debated the relative merits of the 
chosen a u t h o r listing, w i t h its s u b j e c t - g e o -
g r a p h i c index, in c o m p a r i s o n w i t h a c h r o n o -
l o g i c a l o r o t h e r a r r a n g e m e n t . T h e plan 
selected is p r o b a b l y the m o s t convenient f o r 
the m a j o r i t y of users and, c o n s i d e r i n g the 
bibliography as a t o o l of g r e a t v a l u e f o r c i t a -
tion verification, one is inclined to think that 
the best decision w a s m a d e . 

A f e w m o r e than t w e n t y thousand items are 
r e c o r d e d in V o l u m e s I and 2, the a u t h o r list-
ing. T h e y represent c o v e r a g e of a l m o s t all 
the earth sciences as w e l l as a n t h r o p o l o g y , 
botany, z o o l o g y and s o c i o l o g y . B o o k s , papers 
and c o n t r i b u t i o n s to w o r k s of multiple a u t h o r -
ship are n o t e d u n d e r each a u t h o r ' s n a m e . 
E n t r i e s include n o t only the transcribed title 
but also English translations of f o r e i g n -
l a n g u a g e t i t l e s — a g r e a t a d v a n t a g e w h e r e a 
m a j o r i t y of the listings are in Russian, G e r -

man o r the Scandinavian languages. G e n -
erally, w h e n b o o k s o r articles include a b i b l i -
o g r a p h y , this is noted w i t h either the n u m b e r 
of items included in it o r the paging. D e -
scriptive annotations are given f o r each entry. 
A l i b r a r y l o c a t i o n s y m b o l indicates w h e r e the 
cited c o p y w a s e x a m i n e d . In this r e g a r d , the 
searcher should note, f o r example, that 
t h o u g h I t e m 4472 is a L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s 
copy, this does not signify that the Stefansson 
L i b r a r y at D a r t m o u t h does n o t have it. O n e 
might wish that in the case of m o n o g r a p h s 
and b o o k s w h i c h , like this, are n o t f o u n d in 
m a n y collections, m o r e library locations c o u l d 
have been n o t e d . ( T r u e — a f o o t n o t e on page 
8 indicates that the L C U n i o n C a t a l o g o r the 
Union List of Serials should be consulted for 
o t h e r copies of b o o k s and l o c a t i o n s of 
j o u r n a l s . ) 

V o l u m e 3 comprises the i n d e x — i n itself a 
r e m a r k a b l e t o o l . N o t only d o the g e o g r a p h i c 
entries have s u b j e c t subheadings but the 
s u b j e c t entries have, first of all, g e o g r a p h i c 
s u b d i v i s i o n ; then, s u b j e c t subdivisions. T h i s 
f a c t o r , plus abundant c r o s s - r e f e r e n c i n g , makes 
it a l m o s t impossible f o r the user not to find 
the item f o r w h i c h he is searching. I n c l u s i o n 
of imprint date w i t h the brief title is an 
additional aid. T h e index illustrates the in-
tention of the Arctic Bibliography to note, 
first of all, the o r i g i n a l r e c o r d s of e x p l o r a t i o n s 
and reports of scientists; the entries u n d e r 
" E x p e d i t i o n s " extend f o r 107 pages. 

The Arctic Bibliography was financed by 
f u n d s f r o m the U . S . D e p a r t m e n t of D e f e n s e 
u n d e r a c o n t r a c t w i t h the A r c t i c Institute of 
N o r t h A m e r i c a . T h e C a n a d i a n g o v e r n m e n t 
also c o n t r i b u t e d financially to its c o m p l e t i o n . 
A n y o n e w h o s e w o r k touches on the p o l a r 
region and w h o must w o r k w i t h its l i t e r a t u r e 
and b i b l i o g r a p h y o w e s a debt of thanks to the 
compilers of the Arctic Bibliography but 
especially to M a r i e T r e m a i n e of the A r c t i c 
Institute of N o r t h A m e r i c a w h o has both 
directed and inspired this u n d e r t a k i n g . — V i r -
ginia L. Close, Dartmouth College Library. 

Serial Publications 
Periodicals and Serials, Their Treatment in 

Special Libraries. By David Grenfell. 
L o n d o n , A s l i b , 1953. 200p. ( A s l i b M a n u -
als, v o l . 3 . ) I2s.6d. ( i o s . 6 d . to members). 
T h e s o - c a l l e d incunabula p e r i o d f o r serials 

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