College and Research Libraries


Notes from the A C R L Office 
Philadelphia Conference 

It is difficult to w r i t e about the J u l y confer-
ence in the month of F e b r u a r y because the 
best-laid plans can go askew. O n e thing is 
certain and that is T u e s d a y , J u l y 5, w i l l be 
A C R L day in Philadelphia. A l l activities 
w i l l be held on the University of Pennsyl-
vania campus, only a f e w blocks f r o m the 
auditorium. In the morning w i l l come the 
big general session followed by a brief busi-
ness meeting. Lunch w i l l f o l l o w in the U n i -
versity M u s e u m , w h e r e some sections w i l l 
meet as groups. T h e afternoon w i l l be de-
voted to Circles of Information, a new con-
ference technique; more about this in a 
moment. Finally, the evening w i l l find us all 
assembled in the main hall of the famous U n i -
versity M u s e u m for the A C R L banquet. 
T h e r e w i l l be a very distinguish and witty 
speaker (only one) and, if all goes well, the 
unveiling of an exhibition of Philadelphia area 
book rarities in another w i n g of the building. 

A C R L has chartered a W i l s o n L i n e excur-
sion steamer for an evening cruise down the 
D e l a w a r e on T h u r s d a y evening at 9 o'clock, 
f o l l o w i n g the library school reunion dinners. 
T h e moon w i l l be just past f u l l and high in 
the sky. T h e boat offers square dancing, re-
freshments, pleasant decks to promenade and 
lounge chairs for those w h o wish to rest and 
visit and watch the bright lights of the shore. 
It is planned that all A L A ' e r s and their 
friends w i l l join A C R L on this highlight of 
the Convention. 

T h e general session on T u e s d a y morning 
w i l l be sponsored jointly by three A C R L 
sections ( C o l l e g e , Junior College and U n i v e r -
sity); therefore, this conference w i l l have 
f e w e r A C R L meetings. . 

T h e Reference Section plans to meet on 
T h u r s d a y afternoon, and hopes to have C o l -
ton Storm speak on the collection of local 
history materials. Plans f o r P A S S and the 
T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g Section are not yet definite. 

Circles of Information, which comes on 
T u e s d a y afternoon, is a new device f o r group 
discussion. Picture several adjoining rooms, 
equipped w i t h twenty or more tables and 10-
15 chairs each. A t every table a big sign pro-
claiming the discussion topic and a counsellor, 
c a r e f u l l y selected f o r his experience and 

expert knowledge of that topic. T h e inter-
ested A C R L member has been furnished a 
list of discussion topics, counsellors, and loca-
tions. She w i l l note several of pressing per-
sonal concern. She w i l l go to one of these, 
sit down, contribute to the discussion, raise 
her own problems, and get the best thinking of 
those present, and then move on at w i l l to 
another topic. M o s t people, w e believe, w i l l 
find the afternoon has passed all too quickly. 

M e m b e r s w h o have particular topics they 
wish to have discussed should send these to 
the A C R L office. F u r t h e r information about 
these events w i l l be enclosed with the A C R L 
ballot which is mailed early in M a y . T i c k e t 
costs have been kept as l o w as humanly possi-
ble. T h e luncheon and dinner are both 
c a t e r e d ; tickets w i l l be $2.50 and $4.50 re-
spectively. T h e boat trip includes orchestra 
and other expenses, and tickets are $2.00. It 
is hoped that most A C R L members w i l l make 
their reservations early to make the planning 
that much easier. M a k e checks out to A C R L 
and send them to M r s . Jean G r e e n , U n i v e r -
sity of Pennsylvania L i b r a r y , Philadelphia 4, 
Pennsylvania. 

A good many college and reference librar-
ians w i l l be staying at the Penn Sherwood 
H o t e l because it is convenient to both the uni-
versity campus and auditorium (an easy ten-
minute w a l k ) . 

A L A general sessions all come in the eve-
ning—on M o n d a y , W e d n e s d a y and Friday. 
Council meets M o n d a y afternoon and morn-
ings on W e d n e s d a y and F r i d a y . 

T h e A C R L C e n t e r described in the last 
issues of C&RL may be modified somewhat to 
emphasize hospitality more than professional 
information. Space has been made available 
f o r our use next to the exhibition area. 
A C R L members should look f o r this area as 
a place to meet old friends, make new ones, 
and discuss professional problems. 

It is our firm hope that many brother book-
men from the great P h i l a d e l p h i a - N e w Y o r k 
area w i l l participate with us in these confer-
ence programs and events. W e need to know 
more publishers, booksellers, collectors, au-
thors, binders. M a n y of our problems are 
their problems and their problems our prob-
lems. T o p i c s are being selected w i t h their 

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interests in mind. Some of our speakers w i l l 
be from their ranks. W e hope many non-
library bookmen w i l l join us at our dinner 
and on the venturesome D e l a w a r e cruise. 
W e have a great deal to learn f r o m our 
friends and colleagues in the broad w o r l d 
of books. A good meal or relaxed sport on 
the deck of our ship should contribute to the 
exchange of ideas and advance the great 
cause of bringing books and minds together. 

Pre-Conference Activities 
A pre-conference buildings institute w i l l 

be held if there is a very considerable demand 
f o r this service. Requests should go to D o r o -
thy M . Crosland, director of libraries, G e o r -
gia Institute of Technology, A t l a n t a , G a . 
M r s . Crosland is chairman of the A C R L 
Buildings Committee. 

A C R L is participating in the pre-conference 
A u d i o - V i s u a l Institute, as noted on page 147 
of this issue. 

* * * 

T h e Statistics of Libraries in Institutions 
of Higher Education, 1951-52 (Biennial Sur-
v e y — C h a p t e r 6) is known by now to all 
readers of these pages. T h e s e figures may 
not have the immediate uses of, our A C R L 
statistics, but they are very important f o r 
many other purposes. T h e Service to L i -
braries Section of the Office of Education 
carries on a number of important services 
without enough recognition f r o m the profes-
sion or enough budget (another type of recog-
nition!) f r o m the D e p a r t m e n t of Health, 
Education and W e l f a r e . Ralph D u n b a r and 
W i l l a r d Mishoff deserve great credit f o r their 
w o r k . W h e n you use these library statistics, 
take an extra moment to tell M r . D u n b a r or 
one of his superiors how useful they are. 

* * * 

T h e R. R. B o w k e r Company plans to issue 
in A p r i l a book-size bibliography of Paper-
bound Books in Print. T h i s w i l l be a com-
prehensive author list of some 4000 books and 
a separate subject approach to books of per-
manent interest. B o w k e r expects to sell this 
bibliography at a very l o w sum (possibly 20 
cents) in quantity lots. A t this rate, librar-

ians may wish to purchase copies for distribu-
tion to sections of the faculty. Students and 
libraries alike benefit from wider class room 
use of cheap, student-owned books. I believe 
these editions would have much wider use 
w e r e faculties (particularly literature and 
history) better informed about w h a t is avail-
able. 

* * * 

F o r the benefit of those people w h o never 
read minutes, let me mention three decisions 
reached by the Board of D i r e c t o r s at M i d -
winter. In January, 1956, c&RL w i l l appear 
bi-monthly with six somewhat smaller issues 
a year, instead of f o u r . A n d before sum-
mer, w e hope to place in every member's 
hands an ACRL Organizational Manual 
which w i l l tell him all he w a n t s to know 
about his Association. Commendation w a s 
voted the Library Placement Exchange ( P . O . 
B o x 172, Benjamin Franklin Station, W a s h -
ington 4, D . C . ) . A l l of us should support 
this w o r t h y new service with personal sub-
scriptions ($3.00) as w e l l as institutional 
($12.00). T h e publication appears twice a 
month and subscription price includes liberal 
listing provisions. 

ACRL MONOGRAPHS n o . 1 2 , Library Coopera-

tion in the British Isles, by Ralph T . Ester-
quest, w i l l have been distributed before this 
A p r i l issue reaches you. T h i s MONOGRAPH 
is a comprehensive study of the cooperative re-
gional library system in the British Isles, with 
a thoughtful analysis of the present situation 
and prospects for f u t u r e developments. T h e 
price is 70 cents; when you order a copy, 
please send this sum in advance (check, 
stamps or coin) to the A C R L office. T h e 
MONOGRAPH series has been quiescent this 
f a l l and winter but several interesting pub-
lications are nearly completed and should be 
available before summer. 

T h e principal business at the M i d w i n t e r 
A C R L general membership meeting w a s a 
brief treasurer's report and the announce-
ment of nominees for the spring election of 
A C R L officers. T h e nominees are listed in 
this issue. N o minutes of this very brief 
meeting w i l l be published. 
—Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. 

APRIL, 1955 
19 7 



News from the Field 
T h e library of the 

Acquisitions, Gifts, University of M i a m i , 
Collections C o r a l Gables, Florida, 

has acquired the li-
brary of the late Sir N o e l Livingston, long-
time resident and government official of 
Jamaica, B . W . I . T h i s collection includes 
Notes of the Assembly from 1786 to 1863, 
a large number of books and pamphlets con-
cerning the slave trade and slavery in the 
W e s t Indies, a collection of some thirty 
Jamaica Almanacs, ranging f r o m 1761 to 
1879, P a r l i a m e n t a r y debates of Jamaica, an 
excellent set of H a n s Sloane, A Voyage to 
the Islands Madera, Barbadoes and Jamaica 
in t w o volumes, 1707 and 1725, an excellent 
copy of James H a k e w i l l ' s Picturesque Tour 
of the Island of Jamaica, London, 1825, as 
w e l l as many other histories, journals and 
descriptive publications. 

N o r t h w e s t e r n University L i b r a r y , Evans-
ton, Illinois, reports the f o l l o w i n g recent ac-
quisitions of importance: 

a. A collection of approximately 11,500 
Spanish plays (including some 330 w r i t t e n in 
the C a t a l a n language) dating f r o m 1750 to 
1950. T h r o u g h the addition of this collec-
tion to its already substantial holdings of 
Spanish plays, N o r t h w e s t e r n w i l l have w h a t 
is probably the largest collection of Spanish 
drama w e s t of the state of N e w Y o r k . 

b. A collection of approximately 1,000 
minor plays in G e r m a n , w r i t t e n by 19th and 
20th century G e r m a n and A u s t r i a n play-
wrights. 

c. Several hundred volumes of important 
w o r k s on the theory and history of music. 

d. A collection of several hundred volumes 
dealing w i t h modern art, particularly French 
art and G e r m a n expressionism. 

e. A complete collection of first editions of 
all the w o r k s of S0ren K i e r k e g a a r d , famous 
19th century Danish philosopher, called by 
some "the father of existentialism." 

A l l the collections mentioned above ( a - e ) 
w e r e acquired by University L i b r a r i a n Jens 
N y h o l m during a recent book-buying trip to 
Europe. 

f. A collection of some 7,300 pamphlets 
printed between 1787 and 1799, and some 
150 manuscripts. Constituting important 

source material on the French Revolution, 
this collection contains significant statements 
on a great variety of subjects and should be 
of interest to anyone doing research in 18th 
century continental history, l a w , political 
science, economics, education, and social in-
stitutions. 

g. A collection of some 200 volumes (in-
cluding many first editions) about N . F . S. 
G r u n d t v i g , Danish 19th century poet, preach-
er, and educator, known as "the father of 
the Danish folk high school." T h i s collec-
tion, doubtless the largest of its kind in the 
United States, w a s presented to N o r t h w e s t e r n 
University by M r s . H e r b e r t L o t h e of L a k e 
F o r e s t and A k s e l Nielsen of Chicago. It 
w i l l be known as the J. Christian B a y C o l -
lection of G r u n d t v i g i a n a in honor of D r . 
J. Christian Bay, L i b r a r i a n Emeritus of the 
John C r e r a r L i b r a r y . 

A rare book room, equipped with tempera-
ture controls and protection from strong day-
light, has been provided in the new College 
and Seminary L i b r a r y , Naperville, Illinois, 
f o r a library of Bibles, known as the P a u l 
E d w i n Keen Bible Collection. T h e Bibles 
are available to anyone interested in Bib-
lical research. T h e collection consists of dif-
ferent English versions and revisions of the 
N e w T e s t a m e n t , O l d T e s t a m e n t , or the com-
plete Bible. O u t of a possibility of 262 items, 
the collection contains 214. M o s t of the 
Bibles are first editions, and are in many 
cases early printings. T h e r e are twenty 
items printed by 1611, the date of the K i n g 
James, and 30 items printed by 1620. O f the 
most important early English versions, there 
are first editions of M a t t h e w s — 1 5 3 7 , T a v e r -
n e r — 1 5 3 9 , G e n e v a — 1 5 6 0 , Bishops—1568, 
T h e i m s — 1 5 8 2 , D o u a i — 1 6 0 9 - 1 0 , K i n g James 
— 1 6 1 1 . T h e collection is arranged on the 
shelves chronologically. 

In addition to this main part of the col-
lection, there are 68 still different English 
versions of "portions" of the Bibles, as the 
Gospels, the Epistles, and the Psalms. L i k e -
wise many miscellaneous items, including 
thirty different G r e e k texts of the N e w 
T e s t a m e n t , short Bibles, manuscript leaves, 
and curious Bibles, making a total of about 
700 volumes. 

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A collection of over 900 volumes of fine 
bindings w a s given to the library by the 
H a v e n H u b b a r d H o m e at N e w Carlisle, In-
diana. T h e best American, English and Rus-
sian literature is amply represented, much 
of which can no longer be bought on the 
open market. I t is also rich in standard 
w o r k s in history. 

T h e University of M a r y l a n d has acquired 
the scientific library of the w o r l d famous 
physicist and recent N o b e l P r i z e winner, P r o -
fessor M a x Born. T h e volumes in this col-
lection, which total 1369, not including re-
prints and special papers, w i l l be kept in the 
Engineering and Physical Sciences L i b r a r y at 
the University in College P a r k . P r o f e s s o r 
Born retired last year f r o m his position as 
professor of physics at the University of 
Edinburgh and now lives in W e s t e r n G e r -
many. H e shared the Nobel P r i z e in physics 
this year with P r o f e s s o r W a l t e r Bothe of 
Heidelberg University. T h e a w a r d w a s 
granted for their research into the relations 
of matter and energy. P r o f e s s o r Born is 
especially known f o r his important contribu-
tions to the interpretation of quantum me-
chanics and for his definitive treatise on the 
theory of optics. T h i s acquisition by the U n i -
versity w i l l be of great value to the U n i v e r -
sity's recently expanded program in physics 
research and teaching. T h e collection w i l l 
be of great value also to scientific historians, 
for it includes a unique collection of impor-
tant material on the development of the 
quantum theory and the theory of optics. 

O n the occasion of the sec-
Exhibitions ond Assembly of the W o r l d 

Council of Churches in 
Evanston last A u g u s t both L a k e Forest C o l -
lege and N o r t h w e s t e r n University libraries 
prepared special exhibits. T h e L a k e Forest 
exhibit w a s described in the January, 1955, 
COLLEGE A N D RESEARCH LIBRARIES. 

N o r t h w e s t e r n University L i b r a r y ' s exhibit 
was perhaps as complex an undertaking as 
any library project in recent years. T h e ex-
hibit on Christian unity portrayed the de-
velopment of the ecumenical movement and 
w a s prepared by M r . Joseph K o m i d a r , chief 
of Reference and Special Services, M i s s Ruth 
Gustavsson, exhibit designer, and members of 
the reference department. 

M o n t h s in the planning, this outstanding 
exhibit required assiduous study and re-

search, wide reading, and the preparation of 
much special material. T h e result w a s a 
striking and informative guide to the ecu-
menical or church unity movement covering 
the period 49 A . D . to the present. T h e ex-
hibit w a s so arranged that the interested, 
intelligent, but uninformed and slightly rushed 
student or visitor could get a " v i e w e r ' s di-
gest" of the antiquity, continuity, and variety 
of movements generated to maintain C h r i s -
tian unity. 

E v e r since 69 A . D . when the first C h r i s -
tians, w h o w e r e of course the J e w s , came 
from various places to Jerusalem to decide 
w h a t to require of the Gentile converts flock-
ing to their church, Christians have come 
together to discuss their common concerns. 

T h e exhibit showed how in the sixteenth 
century the Renaissance emphasis on free-
dom and investigation w a s related to the 
Reformation w i t h its zeal to bring the church 
back to N e w T e s t a m e n t simplicity. T h i s 
w a s the period when Protestants broke f r o m 
the Roman Catholic Church, and when they 
f u r t h e r divided among themselves. 

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, 
both Christian humanists and Christian mys-
tics worked t o w a r d unity as they saw it. T h e 
first consciously "ecumenical" society—be-
cause it w a s definitely founded on an inter-
national, interdenominational basis—began in 
Basle, Switzerland, not f a r f r o m the present 
G e n e v a headquarters of the W o r l d Council 
of Churches. 

Finally the exhibit related the story of the 
people and events directly behind the f o r m a -
tion in 1948 of the W o r l d Council of 
Churches in Amsterdam. T h e W o r l d C o u n -
cil now has 161 member churches in 48 lands 
serving and cooperating with each other but 
under no compulsion to do so. 

T h e exhibit created so much interest that 
at the request of the W C C it has been sent 
to G e n e v a . T h e r e it w a s combined with parts 
of a photographic exhibit and sent on a tour 
through Europe and the United States. 
Finally, it is expected that the exhibit w i l l 
find a permanent home in the headquarters 
of the W o r l d Council of Churches at G e n e v a , 
Switzerland. 

T h o s e libraries with mov-
Miscellaneous ing problems may be inter-

ested to learn that 1,200 
lemon boxes loaned by t w o f r u i t companies 

APRIL, 1955 
19 7 



w e r e used to move the 50,000 v o l u m e s into 
the n e w l i b r a r y building on the S a n t a B a r -
b a r a C a m p u s , U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i f o r n i a . 
W h i l e c i t r u s boxes w o u l d scarcely be de 
rigeur in Illinois, it can be reported t h a t the 
m o v i n g c r e w of the N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r -
sity's D e p a r t m e n t of B u i l d i n g s and G r o u n d s 
used s ^ f - s t a c k i n g banana boxes to move 
books, papers, and personal effects, f r o m 
H a r r i s and F a y e r w e a t h e r H a l l s into K r e s g e 
M e m o r i a l H a l l this s u m m e r . 

A t the U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a L i b r a r y 
last s u m m e r 5 1 9 o r a n g e c r a t e s w e r e p u r -
chased at 15 cents each f r o m a m a r k e t s a l v a g e 
dealer, to shelve t e m p o r a r i l y the books in 
the d e p a r t m e n t a l M a t h e m a t i c s - P h y s i c s L i -
b r a r y . T h i s w a s necessary because the stacks 
w e r e to be dismantled and re-erected in a 
new building. T h e books w e r e then moved 
in the c r a t e s in w h i c h they had been shelved 
( d o u b l e w h e n p o s s i b l e ) , and f r o m w h i c h 
service had m e a n w h i l e been given. 

C a s e M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y , H a r t f o r d , C o n -
necticut, has completed m i c r o c a r d i n g its c a t a -
l o g of A r a b i c printed books. T h e price of 
each set of 49 m i c r o c a r d s is $8.00. O r d e r s 
should go to E . L . Sheppard, L i b r a r i a n , C a s e 
M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y , H a r t f o r d S e m i n a r y 
F o u n d a t i o n , H a r t f o r d 5. 

F o r a r e v i e w of progress o v e r the past 
five y e a r s and especially d u r i n g the y e a r 
I 9 5 3 " 1 9 5 4 , see the Fifth Annual Report of 
the Midwest Inter-Library Corporation and 
the Midwest Inter-Library Center. M r . 
R a l p h E s t e r q u e s t , the director, s u m m a r i z e s 
the five y e a r s t h u s : 

1st year (1949/50). W e s h a p e d o u r o r -
g a n i z a t i o n a l s t r u c t u r e a n d f o r m u l a t e d most 
of o u r basic p o l i c i e s ; w e d e v e l o p e d o u r p l a n 
f o r financial s e l f - s u p p o r t ; a n d w e d e s i g n e d 
o u r p h y s i c a l p l a n t . 

2nd year (1950/51). W e built o u r l i b r a r y 
b u i l d i n g , a n d w e spelled out o u r policies a n d 
p r o c e d u r e s f o r t h e d e p o s i t s a n d a c q u i s i t i o n s 
p r o g r a m s . 

3rd year (1951/52). W e occupied o u r n e w 
b u i l d i n g ; w e i n a u g u r a t e d the deposits s e r v -
ice, t r a n s f e r r i n g 340,000 v o l u m e s in o u r o w n 
t r u c k ; a n d w e s t a r t e d an acquisitions p r o -
g r a m in a s m a l l w a y . 

4th year (1952/53). W e h a d o u r first f u l l 
y e a r of o p e r a t i o n : 250,000 v o l u m e s d e p o s i t e d , 
2,350 items c i r c u l a t e d , acquisitions p r o g r a m 
d e v e l o p e d . 

5th year (1953/54). D u r i n g this p a s t y e a r 
w e c o n t i n u e d f u l l o p e r a t i o n s ; s a w f u r t h e r 

i n c r e a s e in the use of C e n t e r - h o u s e d m a t e -
r i a l s ; a n d d e v o t e d e x t r a a t t e n t i o n to con-
s o l i d a t i n g o u r a d v a n c e by l u b r i c a t i n g a n d 
m a k i n g m i n o r a d j u s t m e n t s in the n e w m a -
c h i n e r y f o r smoother o p e r a t i o n , by p e r f e c t i n g 
d e t a i l s of policy, a n d by o r g a n i z i n g a n d c a t a -
l o g i n g f o r use a s u b s t a n t i a l backlog of u n a s -
s i m i l a t e d m a t e r i a l s r e c e i v e d on deposit. 
W i t h t h e end of the R o c k e f e l l e r g r a n t f u n d s , 
w e u n d e r t o o k f u l l s e l f - s u p p o r t of all o p e r a t -
i n g expenses. 

T h e Section's p r o -
Reference Librarians' g r a m a t M i d w i n t e r 
Section News included a panel dis-

cussion on the pro-
posed revision of the c a t a l o g i n g code f o r 
a u t h o r and title entries, entitled " T h e R e f -
erence L i b r a r i a n and the C a r d C a t a l o g . " 
P a r t i c i p a n t s w e r e H a z e l K e e n e r ( C r e r a r ) , 
P e t e r J . M c C o r m i c k ( M i l w a u k e e P u b l i c ) , 
L u c i l e M . M o r s c h ( L i b r a r y of C o n g r e s s ) , 
and W i n i f r e d V e r N o o y ( U n i v e r s i t y of C h i -
c a g o ) , w i t h C o n s t a n c e M . W i n c h e l l ( C o l u m -
bia) as m o d e r a t o r . A s w a s expected, the 
c a t a l o g e r s w e r e s t r o n g f o r economy in c a t a -
loging and the r e f e r e n c e l i b r a r i a n s f e a r e d its 
effect on their f a v o r i t e r e f e r e n c e tool. 

T h e c h a i r m a n announced that the Section's 
speaker at P h i l a d e l p h i a w o u l d be C o l t o n 
S t o r m , director of W e s t e r n R e s e r v e H i s t o r i -
cal Society, and a r a r e book specialist. H e 
w i l l discuss local history collections, their 
importance, acquisition and c a r e . T h i s open 
meeting w i l l be T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n , J u l y 7. 

T h e n e w C o m m i t t e e on 
Committee on R a r e B o o k s , M a n u s c r i p t s 
Rare Books and Special C o l l e c t i o n s w a s 

appointed by the president 
of the A s s o c i a t i o n of C o l l e g e and R e f e r e n c e 
L i b r a r i e s in J a n u a r y , 1954 and the m e m b e r -
ship, w h i c h f o l l o w s , w a s announced at the 
M i d w i n t e r meeting of 1 9 5 4 : G e r a l d D . M c -
D o n a l d , N e w Y o r k P u b l i c L i b r a r y ( c h a i r -
m a n ) ; H a n n a h D . F r e n c h , W e l l e s l e y C o l -
l e g e ; L a w r e n c e C . P o w e l l , U n i v e r s i t y of C a l i -
f o r n i a , L o s A n g e l e s ; C o l t o n S t o r m , W e s t e r n 
R e s e r v e H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y ; C l y d e C . W a l t o n , 
J r . , S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y of I o w a . M r . M c -
D o n a l d presented a report at M i n n e a p o l i s the 
f o l l o w i n g J u n e and the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s 
of A C R L duly voted to establish a permanent 
C o m m i t t e e on R a r e B o o k s , M a n u s c r i p t s and 
Special C o l l e c t i o n s under A C R L . 

N o committee of the kind had previously 

196 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



existed anywhere within the f r a m e w o r k of 
the A L A and almost no conference programs 
had been devoted to the problems of librar-
ians w o r k i n g closely with rare books and 
manuscripts. Even the somewhat tenuous 
connection of the A L A with the Bibliographi-
cal Society of A m e r i c a , which served as par-
tial recognition of the interests of librarians 
in rare books, had broken off a f t e r 1939. T h e 
increased concern of so many of our libraries 
w i t h the acquisition and care of these special 
materials seemed to call f o r such a committee 
and the need w a s put before the A L A by 
John O t t e m i l l e r in a letter to D a v i d C l i f t 
recommending a committee or round table 
"limited to those actually engaged in dealing 
with rare books and manuscripts on a day-to-
day rather than administrative level." M r . 
O t t e m i l l e r ' s letter, w r i t t e n M a r c h 19, 1953, 
led to the information of the present C o m m i t -
tee. 

T h e stated purpose of the Committee is: 
to promote w i d e r understanding of the value 
of rare books and manuscripts to scholarly 
research and to cultural g r o w t h ; to encourage 
a more enlightened approach to the care, use, 
and identification of rare books in all li-
b r a r i e s ; to provide a meeting place for the 
discussion of problems common to the rare 
book l i b r a r i a n ; and to encourage librarians 
of these collections to become active and in-
terested members of A C R L . 

A s a help towards achieving its purpose 
the Committee hopes for a liaison with or-
ganizations having similar interests, such as 
bibliographical societies, manuscript societies, 
historical societies, associations of collectors 
and booksellers. Accordingly a letter pre-
senting the point of view of the committee 
w a s read by L a w r e n c e C . P o w e l l , president 
of the Bibliographical Society of A m e r i c a at 
the Society's January meeting in N e w Y o r k . 
I t seemed fitting that this should be the first 
society to be approached. 

T h e Committee looks f o r w a r d to holding 
open meetings at the Philadelphia conference 
and succeeding conferences of A L A , and to 
joint meetings w i t h other organizations to 
be planned later. I t invites correspondence 
with any librarian w h o feels that its counsel 
would be of some value and urges interested 
members of the A L A to take part in planning 
the f u t u r e course of its w o r k . — H a n n a h D. 
French, Wellesley College Library. 

You're Invited is a new 
Publications handbook issued by Idaho 

State College L i b r a r y , Eli 
M . O b o l e r , librarian. Copies may be ob-
tained at 10 cents each, in stamps, by w r i t -
ing to the librarian at Pocatello, Idaho. 

Caroline F r a s e r and Cecil R. M c L e o d , 
staff members of the D e t r o i t Public L i b r a r y 
are compilers of Social and Scholastic Di-
rectory of Secondary Schools of Michigan 
( A n n A r b o r , E d w a r d s B r o s . ; available at 
$1.95 f r o m B o x 87, N o r t h End Station, D e -
troit 2, M i c h i g a n ) . Included are data on 
numbers of faculty and students, activities, 
publications, sports, libraries and audio-visual 
holdings, special classes, plant facilities, colors 
and mottoes of the public and private high 
schools of the state. 

T h e first edition of D r . Benjamin Rush's 
Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Chem-
istry, which appeared in 1770 and has been 
called the first American chemistry text, has 
been reprinted in facsimile by the Friends of 
the University of Pennsylvania L i b r a r y . D r . 
Rush, famous physician and patriot, delivered 
the lectures at the College of Philadelphia, 
now the University of Pennsylvania, where 
in 1769 he had become the first professor of 
chemistry in the nation's first medical school. 
Five hundred facsimiles of the 1770 edition 
have been reproduced f r o m a copy in the 
University's possession. A search has dis-
closed only one other copy of this edition, 
owned by the Historical Society of Pennsyl-
vania. D r . Rush republished the Syllabus in 
1774 and 1783. O n l y one copy of each of 
these editions has been l o c a t e d — t h e earlier 
one at the University, the other in the li-
brary of the American Philosophical Society. 
Hence, all four known copies of the Syllabus 
are in Philadelphia. 

Readings in General Psychology, edited by 
L e s t e r D . C r o w and A l i c e C r o w , has been 
issued by Barnes and N o b l e ( C o l l e g e Outline 
S e r i e s , 1 9 5 4 , 437P-, $ 1 . 7 5 ) . T h e v o l u m e c o n -

tains 195 selections f r o m writings of leading 
psychologists. 

Duquesne University L i b r a r y , Pittsburgh, 
Pa., has issued a Faculty Library Handbook 
( I 9 5 3 , I3P-)» which contains instructions to 
faculty members on placing orders, as w e l l as 
giving them some idea of sources and 
facilities. 

Evelyn H a r d y is the author of Thomas 

APRIL, 1955 19 7 



Hardy: A Critical Biography ( N e w Y o r k , St. 
M a r t i n ' s P r e s s , 1954, 3 4 2 p . , illus., $ 5 . 0 0 ) . 
M i s s H a r d y , w h o is not related to her 
subject, has delved into the b a c k g r o u n d of 
H a r d y in o r d e r to r e v e a l his personality in 
connection w i t h his w o r k . T h e a u t h o r has 
made use of much unpublished m a t e r i a l as 
w e l l as published sources. 

Bovard of the Post-Dispatch, by J a m e s W . 
M a r k h a m ( B a t o n R o u g e , L o u i s i a n a S t a t e 
U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s , 1954, 2 2 6 p . , $ 4 . 0 0 ) is a 
biographical study of O l i v e r K i r b y B o v a r d , 
editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch f r o m 
1 9 0 8 to 1945. T h i s is a lively account of the 
w o r k of the c r u s a d i n g editor, w h o regarded 
j o u r n a l i s m as a social responsibility. 

R i c h a r d E . H a y m a k e r is the a u t h o r of 
From Pampas, Hedgerows and Downs: A 
Study of W. H. Hudson ( N e w Y o r k , B o o k -
man A s s o c i a t e s , 1954, 398p., $5.00). T h i s is 
an extended analysis of H u d s o n as an essayist 
on the o u t d o o r s and of his comments on 
scientific, artistic, social, and philosophical 
m a t t e r s . T h e r e is also a chapter on H u d s o n ' s 
fiction. 

S a u l H e r n e r is the a u t h o r of " H o w 
Scientists Seek and O b t a i n I n f o r m a t i o n , " in 
the J a n u a r y , 1954, issue of Industrial and 
Engineering Chemistry. 

L . Susan Stebbing's Logic in Practice ( N e w 
Y o r k , B a r n e s and N o b l e , 1954, 9op., $1.50) 
has been issued in its f o u r t h edition. 

T h e B r i t i s h B r o a d c a s t i n g C o r p o r a t i o n has 
issued British Broadcasting: A Bibliography; 
1954 ( 1 9 5 4 , 3 5 P - . i s ) . 

Norwegian Contemporary Book Design is 
B u l l e t i n X I of the M a r g a r e t I. K i n g L i b r a r y , 
U n i v e r s i t y of K e n t u c k y L i b r a r i e s ( L e x i n g t o n , 
1954, I9P-, i l l u s . ) . 

C o l l e g e and university l i b r a r i a n s contributed 
to the discussions that are n o w recorded as 
p a r t of the " P r o c e e d i n g s of the Second C o n -
f e r e n c e on I n t e l l e c t u a l F r e e d o m , 1 9 5 3 , " 
edited by F r e d e r i c J . M o s h e r . ( A L A C o m -
mittee on I n t e l l e c t u a l F r e e d o m . Freedom of 
Book Selection, C h i c a g o , A L A , 1954, I 4 4 p . , 
$ 3 . 5 0 ) . 

L i b r a r i a n s g e n e r a l l y w i l l be interested in 
the first A m e r i c a n edition, based on the third 
( r e v i s e d ) E n g l i s h edition ( 1 9 5 3 ) , of Art and 
Industry: The Principles of Industrial Design 
( N e w Y o r k , H o r i z o n P r e s s , 1954, 239P., illus., 
$ 6 . 0 0 ) . M a t e r i a l on A m e r i c a n production is 
included. 

T h e Proceedings of the First International 
Congress of Medical Librarianship, London, 
June 20-25, 1953, edited by F . N . L . P o y n t e r , 
is V o l . 3, 1954, of Libri ( $ 8 . 0 0 ) . T h i s 4 9 1 -
page publication includes discussions of v a r i o u s 
phases of medical librarianship. A m o n g m a j o r 
topics t r e a t e d by the 66 c o n t r i b u t o r s are the 
f o l l o w i n g : R o l e of the M e d i c a l L i b r a r i a n in 
the W o r l d T o d a y , H i s t o r i c a l L i b r a r i e s , 
C l a s s i f i c a t i o n , M e d i c a l L i b r a r i e s of the 
W o r l d , E d u c a t i o n and T r a i n i n g f o r M e d i c a l 
L i b r a r i a n s h i p , C e n t r a l i z a t i o n of M e d i c a l L i -
b r a r y R e s o u r c e s , and I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o o p e r a -
tion. A n open f o r u m , consisting of 14 papers 
on documentation in a medical l i b r a r y , index-
ing, o r g a n i z a t i o n of the medical division in a 
university l i b r a r y , cost of medical and scientific 
periodicals, public relations, the medical li-
b r a r i a n and research, problems and p r o j e c t s 
in the bibliography of psychiatry and psy-
chology, and other subjects, is also included. 
M a n y of the 4 7 representatives f r o m the 
U n i t e d States presented papers at the con-
ference. 

Transistors and Their Applications: A 
Bibliography, 1948-1953, published in the 
Transactions of the Institute of Radio Engi-
neers' Professional Group on Electron De-
vices, A u g u s t , 1954, p. 4 0 - 7 7 , and compiled 
by A l a n R . K r u l l , l i b r a r i a n of the T e c h n o -
l o g i c a l I n s t i t u t e L i b r a r y ( N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i -
v e r s i t y ) is a v a i l a b l e in reprint f o r m upon 
application to the T e c h n o l o g i c a l I n s t i t u t e L i -
b r a r y , N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y , E v a n s t o n , 
Illinois. 

T h e E d u c a t i o n a l Policies C o m m i s s i o n of 
N E A and T h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n of 
School A d m i n i s t r a t o r s h a v e issued Public 
Education and the Future of America ( W a s h -
ington, N E A , 1955, 9 8 p . , $ 1 . 5 0 ) . 

Addition to Building Approved 
T h e S t a t e T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e B o a r d of I n d i a n a met J a n u a r y 13, 1955, and approved the 

plans f o r an addition to the L i b r a r y at Indiana S t a t e T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e . T h e addition w i l l 
provide convertible stacks f o r o v e r 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 v o l u m e s w i t h space f o r reading and f o r l i b r a r y 
processing activities. T h e estimated cost of the addition is $ 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 

198 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



Books Received 
Americana Annual, 1954—An Encyclopedia of the Events 

of 1953. Edited by John J. Smith and others. 884 
pages, plus 23 picture plates. Illustrated with photo-
graphs, maps, charts, cartoons, etc. Cumulative in-
dex covers 5 issues. New Y o r k and Chicago, Ameri-
cana Corporation. Available in a variety of bindings. 
List price, $10. 

Aspects of Deep Sea Biology. B y N. B . Marshall. 
Illus. by Olga Marshall. New Y o r k , Philosophical Li-
brary, 1954. 380 p. $10.00. 

Avery Memorial Architectural Library. B y James Grote 
V a n Derpool. Reprinted from A History of the 
School of Architecture, Columbia University, by The-
odor K . Rohdenburg. New Y o r k , Columbia Uni-
versity Press, 1954. 75-84 p. 

Books and Publishing Lecture Series, Volume 1, 1953-
1954, which includes: " T h e Future of the Research 
Library and the Book Collector," by James T . Babb; 
" A Twentieth-Century Look at Nineteenth-Century 
Children's Books," by Jacob Blanck; "Freedom and 
Commercial Success in Publishing," by Howard 
Mumford Jones. Boston, School of L i b r a r y Science, 
Simmons College, 1954. 30 p. $1.75. 

Books for Catholic Colleges, 1950-1952. Compiled by 
Sister Melania Grace and Rev. Louis A . R y a n . 
Chicago, American L i b r a r y Association, 1954. vi, 
55 P- $1.75. 

Civil-Military Relations; An Annotated Bibliography, 
1940-52. Prepared under the direction of the Commit-
tee on Civil-Military Relations Research of the So-
cial Science Research Council. New Y o r k , Columbia 
University Press, 1954. x i v , 140 p. $2.00. 

Class K Law Working Papers: No. 3, History of Ger-
man Law. B y W e r n e r B. Ellinger. Washington, 
Library of Congress, 1954. ix, 66 p. (Mimeo-
graphed) 

Cornerstones of Confederate Collecting. B y Richard 
Barksdale Harwell. 2d ed. W i t h facsimiles and 
introduction by Clifford Dowdey. Charlottesville, Uni-
versity of V i r g i n i a Press, 1953. 45 p. 

Crime and the Services. B y John C. Spencer. Lon-
don, Routledge & K e g a n Paul, Ltd., 19S4. 

Development of the Guided Missile. B y Kenneth R. 
Gatland. 2d ed. Illus. Published for " F l i g h t . " 
New York, Philosophical L i b r a r y , 1954. 292 p. 
$4:75-

Dictionary of Last Words. Compiled by Edward S. 
Le Comte. New Y o r k , Philosophical L i b r a r y , 1955. 
x x i x , 267 p. $5.00. 

Dictionary of Pastoral Psychology. B y V e r g i l i u s Ferm. 
New Y o r k , Philosophical Library, 1955. xi, 336 p. 
$6.00. 

Evolution of Cost Accounting to 1925. B y S. Paul Gar-
ner. University, A l a . , University of Alabama Press, 
1954. 416 p. $6.50. 

The Fourth Wise Man; A Search for Reasonable Cer-
tainties. B y Howard Matson. Laguna Beach, Calif., 
Carlborg-Blades, Inc., 1954. 139 D. $3.00. 

Georgia, 1800-1900; A Series of Selections from the 
Georgiana Library of a Private Collector. Series 1, 
"Some Notable Books in Georgia H i s t o r y " ; Series 2, 
"Georgia Poets and P o e t r y " ; Series 3, "Georgia 
Novels and Novelists." Atlanta, Atlanta Public Li-
brary, 1954. 

Gun Collectors' Guide: Old Guns for Profit. B y Martin 
Rywell. Harriman, Tenn., Pioneer Press, 1954. 
128 p. $150. 

An Introduction to Etruscan Art. B y P . J. Riis. 
New Y o r k , Philosophical L i b r a r y , 1954. 144 p. 82 
plates. $10.00. 

The Origin of Russia. B y H e n r y k Paszkiewicz. New 
Y o r k , Philosophical Library, 1954. x i i , 556 p. 
$10.00. 

Personnel Handbook. Des Moines, Public Library of 
Des Moines, 1954. 38 p. (Mimeographed) 

Preliminary Inventories, the National Archives of the 
United States. No. 72, "Records of the W a g e Ad-
justment B o a r d " ; No. 73, "Cartographic Records of 
the United States Marine C o r p s " ; No. 74, "Records 
of the Joint Congressional A v i a t i o n Policy Board, 
1947-48"; No. 75, "Records of the Senate Committee 
on Interstate Commerce: Subcommittee to Investigate 
Interstate Railroads, 1935-43." Washington, National 
Archives, 1954. 

Projects in Metal for the Home and School Shop. Re-
printed from Farm Arc Welding. Cleveland, James 
F. Lincoln A r c Welding Foundation, 1954. 351-429 p. 
illus. 50 cents. 

The Reference Test of the Uniterm System of Coordi-
nate Indexing. Prepared for the Armed Services 
Technical Information A g e n c y . Washington, Docu-
mentation, Inc., 1954. 16 p. 

Research and Information on Africa; Continuing 
Sources. Washington, Library of Congress, 1954. 
vii, 70 p. 45 cents. 

Sir Philip Sidney and the English Renaissance. By 
John Buxton. New Y o r k , St. Martin's Press, 1954. 
xi, 284 p. illus. $4.00. 

Social Work Practice in Community Organization. B y 
Helen D. Green. Foreword by W . I . Newstetter. 
New Y o r k , Whiteside, Inc., 1954. ix, 253 p. $4.00. 

Stephen Leacock; A Check-List and Index of his Writ-
ings. Compiled by Gerhard R. Lomer. Ottawa, Na-
tional Library of Canada, 1954- 153 P-, port. $2.00. 

Stonewall Jackson and the Old Stonewall Brigade. By 
John Esten Cooke. Edited by Richard Barksdale 
Harwell. Charlottesville, University of V i r g i n i a Press, 
1954- 77 P-, illus. $3.50-

Testimony against Profane Customs. B y Increase 
Mather. Reprinted from the 1687 edition, with an 
introduction and notes by William Peden and a bib-
liographical note by Lawrence Starkey. Charlottes-
ville, University of V i r g i n i a Press, 1953. 59 P-

Twigs as Varied Bent (The Recent P a r t of Little Maga-
zines in Literature). B y James B. M a y . Corona, 
N . Y . , Sparrow Magazine, 1954. 77 P- $1.50. 

The Universe and You. B y Helen Howell Neal. O n 
the basis of a manuscript by Herbert Vincent Neal. 
Laguna Beach, Calif., Carlborg-Blades, Inc., 1954-
x i v , 326 p. $4.00. 

U.S.-IANA; A Descriptive Check-List of 11,450 Printed 
Sources Relating to thore Parts of Continental North 
America now Compising the United States. Selected 
by W r i g h t Howes. New Y o r k , R. R. Bowker Co., 
1954. x , 656 p. $12.00. 

Wallace Stevens: A Preliminary Checklist of His Pub-
lished Writings, 1898-1954. B y Samuel French 
Morse. New Haven, Y a l e University Library, 1954-
66 p. 

The Works of Nathaniel Lee, Vol. 1. Edited with in-
troduction and notes by Thomas B. Stroup and 
Arthur L . Cooke. New Brunswick, N.J., Scare-
crow Press, 1954. v, 484 p. $7-50. 

Position Open—Midwest 
T w o men, M . S . L . S . or equivalent and ability f o r and interest in administration; one 

to take charge of circulation department and one for reference. Faculty status, one-
month vacation; new building in residential neighborhood; salary $4,ooo-$5,ooo depend-
ing on qualifications. W r i t e D i r e c t o r , University of D e t r o i t L i b r a r y , 4001 W . 
M c N i c h o l s Rd., D e t r o i t 21, Michigan. 

APRIL, 1955 
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Brief of Minutes 
A C R L Board of Directors 
Meeting, 
February 1, 1955, 
in Chicago 

P r e s e n t w e r e B o a r d members, chairmen of 
committees, A C R L representatives on A L A 
C o u n c i l , and guests. A n agenda w i t h support-
ing documents had been distributed the pre-
v i o u s w e e k . P r e s i d e n t L y l e presided. 

A C R L has never made a practice of f o r m a l 
approval of the published minutes. T h e 
B o a r d w a s asked if there w a s criticism of 
p r o c e d u r e f o r handling minutes, or sugges-
tions f o r improvement. T h e r e w e r e none 
and it w a s voted that, 

the minutes be approved. 
M r . L y l e r e v i e w e d the placement problem. 

H e had appointed a subcommittee ( D o u g l a s 
W . B r y a n t , K e n n e t h R . S h a f f e r and John H . 
O t t e m i l l e r , c h a i r m a n ) to b r i n g in a resolu-
tion on A C R L ' s position on placement. M r . 
O t t e m i l l e r r e v i e w e d the placement w o r k of 
A L A ' s B o a r d on P e r s o n n e l A d m i n i s t r a t i o n 
over the past f e w years. I t s sub-committee 
recognized the need f o r placement, but A L A 
did not h a v e the necessary f u n d s . I f a fee 
is c h a r g e d f o r service, the o r g a n i z a t i o n may 
lose its t a x - e x e m p t status. M r . O t t e m i l l e r 
is the only person representing colleges on 
the sub-committee. H e f e l t the need f o r 
assistance in representing college needs. C a r e -
f u l study had been made of the l e g a l opin-
ion t h a t placement service might cause A L A 
to lose its present t a x - e x e m p t status. A solu-
tion w a s f o u n d a t i o n support f o r a separate 
placement service. 

M r . O t t e m i l l e r g a v e a brief description of 
the Library Placement Exchange, a private 
v e n t u r e j u s t started by F o s t e r M o h r h a r d t and 
Joseph B e c k e r . T h i s w a s praised as a con-
tribution to an i m p o r t a n t need of the pro-
fession. M r . O t t e m i l l e r explained that his 
resolution specified " s t a t e agencies" because 
some state institutions are forbidden by l a w 
f r o m a d v e r t i s i n g vacancies. O n question, M r . 
H a m l i n said that the l e g a l h u r d l e to a f o r m a l 
A L A placement service seemed i n s u r m o u n t -
able unless A L A w e r e to give up its t a x -

e x e m p t status. D i s c u s s i o n turned to the cost 
of running a simple c l e a r i n g house by A L A 
or A C R L . M r . L y l e stated t h a t the O t t e -
m i l l e r sub-committee had been appointed 
w i t h the idea they might recommend a c l e a r -
ing house. N o w t h a t the M o h r h a r d t - B e c k e r 
service w a s started, it should receive a f a i r 
t r i a l b e f o r e A C R L tries anything similar. 
L i b r a r y school placement w a s discussed. T h i s 
is principally f o r the g r a d u a t i n g classes. T h e 
chief problem is w i t h those people w h o have 
had a f e w y e a r s of p r o f e s s i o n a l experience 
but are not w i d e l y k n o w n . T h e A m e r i c a n 
C o l l e g e B u r e a u w a s praised f o r its place-
ment w o r k , but l i b r a r i a n s are second to 
teachers in their interest. 

I t w a s voted that the B o a r d approve the 
resolution of the special committee on place-
ment, as f o l l o w s : 

1) that libraries and librarians be encour-
aged to support such emerging place-
ment service ventures as the new L i -
b r a r y P l a c e m e n t E x c h a n g e for an ex-
perimental period of a few years. 

2 ) that libraries and librarians be like-
wise encouraged to use the placement 
services of existing state agencies; and 

3 ) that the American Library Association 
Executive Board be urged to withhold 
final action on the establishment of an 
ALA placement service pending the re-
sults of this period of experimentation. 

M r . L o g d s o n presented the proposed 
study of the financial problems of u n i v e r -
sity libraries. T h e A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n of 
U n i v e r s i t i e s has recommended this. P r e s i -
dent de K i e w i e t of the U n i v e r s i t y of R o c h -
ester leads the search f o r f u n d s and w i l l lay 
the g r o u n d w o r k f o r the appointment of a 
commission under A A U sponsorship. T h e 
A A U hopes to g e t a m o r e detailed and pos-
sibly m o r e o b j e c t i v e study of the l i b r a r y in 
higher education than w a s accomplished by 
the M i l l e t t study. T h e support of l i b r a r i a n s 
w i l l help M r . de K i e w i e t in his search f o r 
f u n d s . M r . L o g s d o n ' s resolution w a s read. 
Discussion turned m o m e n t a r i l y f a c e t i o u s o v e r 
the phrase " s c h o l a r s and l i b r a r i a n s . " M r . 

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T h o m p s o n w a n t e d assurance that the study 
w o u l d include a broad cross section of A m e r -
ican universities and not be focused on the 
small A A U membership. A f t e r discussion, 
the resolution w a s r e w o r d e d slightly, and the 
B o a r d v o t e d its a p p r o v a l that, 

ACRL endorse the proposal for a study 
of the university library, to be made by or 
under the direction of a commission spon-
sored by the Association of American 
Universities. The Board suggests: 

1) that the study involve in appropriate 
ways not only administrative officers of 
universities but also members of university 
faculties and librarians; and 

2 ) that the study not be limited to the 
libraries represented in the membership of 
the Association of American Universities. 

M r . Shipman presented the last q u a r t e r l y 
r e p o r t of the t r e a s u r e r . O n N o v e m b e r 3 0 
the balance w a s $ 1 1 , 8 0 1 . 3 2 , a considerable 
reduction f r o m p r e v i o u s balances. In ex-
planation he stated that in recent y e a r s A C R L 
had budgeted deficits but u s u a l l y had sur-
pluses. R e c e n t l y the h e a d q u a r t e r s staff had 
been increased by i i positions. Sections had 
spent more than usual, and income f r o m 
publications w a s reduced. 

T h e y e a r 1953/54 had produced a deficit 
of a p p r o x i m a t e l y $ 3 , 4 0 0 . 0 0 and the c u r r e n t 
budget scheduled a deficit of $ 6 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 , w h i c h 
w o u l d probably t u r n into an a c t u a l deficit of 
half that amount. A C R L should have a 
c o n s e r v a t i v e budget the next y e a r so that 
f u n d s do not drop b e l o w the $ 8 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 level, 
w h i c h is the necessary financial cushion f o r 
A C R L ( f o r explanation, see B o a r d discus-
sion reported in C&RL 1 4 : 4 3 3 , O c t o b e r , 1 9 5 3 ) . 

M r . B r a n s c o m b asked w h e t h e r other divi-
sions had financial reserves. W a s A C R L 
liable to criticism f o r maintaining a s u r p l u s ? 
M r . H a m l i n stated that the most severe criti-
cism he had encountered personally in his 
office w a s caused by the surplus A C R L had 
run o v e r the y e a r s . A l l divisions h a v e some 
money in the bank and this constitutes an in-
f o r m a l reserve or s a f e t y f a c t o r . 

A f e a r w a s expressed that A C R L m e m -
bership, w h i c h has g r o w n steadily f o r some 
years, might level off or drop. " E m p i r e -
building in other sections" w a s suggested as 
an i m p o r t a n t possible cause. 

M i s s B e n n e t t reported f o r the A L A W a s h -
ington O f f i c e . In 1953 the J o i n t C o m m i t t e e 

on P r i n t i n g had voted to do a w a y w i t h the 
appendix v o l u m e s of the next bound sets of 
the Congressional Record. Some of this m a -
terial w a s to be inserted in the day's proceed-
ings and some w a s to be deleted. T h i s action 
w a s taken by the C o m m i t t e e w i t h o u t any 
action on the floor of C o n g r e s s . W h i l e much 
that appears in the Record " h a s n ' t any busi-
ness being t h e r e , " once printed in the daily 
Record it should not be deleted f r o m the 
bound volumes. L e t t e r s of complaint to C o n -
gress have stressed the need to be m o r e selec-
tive about w h a t appears in the daily Record 
and to include all of this in the bound v o l -
umes. I t is expected that the J o i n t C o m -
mittee on P r i n t i n g w i l l reconsider the w h o l e 
question shortly. 

M i s s B e n n e t t r e v i e w e d the P o s t Office 
attempt to repeal the book rate last y e a r . In 
anticipation of a second attempt, a g r o u p of 
educational associations had d r a f t e d a postal 
bill of their o w n in o r d e r to have something 
positive f o r w h i c h to fight. T h e new postal 
bill ( P o s t O f f i c e v e r s i o n ) is v e r y kind to the 
book rate but sets up an autonomous com-
mission to a d j u s t postal rates at w i l l . C o n -
gress w o u l d never agree to that. A n o t h e r 
postal bill is to be expected under P o s t O f f i c e 
sponsorship. 

T h e postal bill ( e d u c a t i o n a l association v e r -
sion) calls f o r book rate f o r scholarly bib-
liography, music, academic theses, bound peri-
odicals and " o t h e r l i b r a r y m a t e r i a l s in 
printed, duplicated or photographic f o r m or 
in the f o r m of unpublished m a n u s c r i p t s . " 
T h i s is entitled, " A bill to r e a d j u s t postal 
r a t e s on educational and c u l t u r a l m a t e r i a l s . " 

A n o t h e r section of the bill deals w i t h inter-
n a t i o n a l i n t e r l i b r a r y loan and requests some 
provision to fit in w i t h the U n i v e r s a l P o s t a l 
C o n v e n t i o n of 1952. 

T h e L i b r a r y Services B i l l has been reintro-
duced and has the best chance of passing since 
1946. T h e only change is the definition of 
r u r a l area. T h i r t e e n senators and 2 3 H o u s e 
members are sponsoring the bill. L e t t e r s of 
support should be sent to C o n g r e s s m e n . 

M i s s B e n n e t t thanked the B o a r d f o r the 
$ 3 0 0 . 0 0 appropriated f o r the W a s h i n g t o n 
O f f i c e last J u l y . She is using $ 5 0 . 0 0 of this 
f o r special promotion of the postal bill. 

A motion w a s made to support the postal 
rate bill. In discussion it w a s agreed to change 
this to support the l i b r a r y book rate section 

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of the postal bill. M r . H e i n t z brought up 
the problem of postal charges f o r govern-
ment documents sent to depository libraries. 
I t w a s agreed that this vexing matter w a s not 
germane to the bill. M i s s Bennett w a s 
troubled that librarians had not been more 
vocal about this postal charge f o r depository 
libraries. I t w a s voted that, 

ACRL endorse and support the library 
book rate section of the last draft of the 
postal rate bill. 

President L y l e then thanked M i s s Bennett 
f o r her appearance and turned to A C R L 
committee reports. M r . Jolly reported a suc-
cessful buildings institute held at W a y n e 
University L i b r a r y last weekend. T h e 83 
registrants included eight architects. T h e 
fine new building at W a y n e and the co-
operation of the library staff w e r e praised. 
M r . Jolly's forthcoming safari to A f r i c a w a s 
noted. M r s . D o r o t h y C r o s l a n d takes his place 
as committee chairman. M r . Jolly felt there 
w a s a need for another buildings institute in 
June. 

M r . Alphonse T r e z z a reported plans for 
A C R L participation in the Philadelphia C o n -
ference (details given in " N o t e s f r o m the 
A C R L O f f i c e " ) . T h e program reflects a desire 
to do something moderately different and to 
experiment w i t h new techniques. It w a s em-
phasized that sections w e r e perfectly free to 
have their traditional programs or to omit 
them by joining in sponsorship of one A C R L 
general session. T h e Reference Section w a s 
already well along w i t h its plans. M r . H a m l i n 
reviewed the best periods for other A C R L 
activities. M r . T r e z z a expected the T u e s d a y 
lunch to cost $l.00-$i.50, the boat trip about 
the same, and the banquet $5.oo-$6.oo. A cir-
cular requesting reservations f o r these events 
w i l l be mailed out before conference (probably 
with the annual ballot in M a y ) . M r . L y l e 
requested advice on the speaker f o r the A C R L 
banquet. 

M r . K r a u s reported f o r the Committee on 

Constitution and B y l a w s . O n the recommen-' 

dation of his committee, the B o a r d voted to 

approve the f o l l o w i n g proposed b y l a w amend-

ment ( A r t i c l e I I I , Sec. i a ) : 

Mail Votes. In the absence of a quorum, 

the President may authorize a mail vote. 

An affirmative vote of three-fourths of 

the voting directors of the Board shall be 

required to pass a question which has been 

previously discussed and approved at an 
official meeting of the Board of Directors. 
An affirmative vote of three-fourths of the 
voting directors of the Board shall be re-
quired to pass a question which has not been 
approved at an official meeting of the Board. 
On each mail vote, each voting director of 
the Board shall have the option of voting 
for the motion, against the motion, or to 
hold for discussion. 

T o be made effective, this motion must be 
approved by the A C R L membership at its 
Philadelphia meeting. 

T h e Committee on Constitution and B y l a w s 
is responsible for the preparation of the pro-
posed A C R L organization manual. T h i s 
manual is to explain A C R L to its members 
and prospective members in a w a y that should 
encourage interest in our professional asso-
ciation and to serve as a handy reference tool 
f o r officers and w o r k e r s in A C R L and A L A . 
A n edition of 7500 copies is expected to cost 
$545. A proposed table of contents w a s pre-
sented to the B o a r d . Copies w i l l be distributed 
to all A C R L members. 

T h e printing costs looked high to several 
present. I t w a s stated that competitive bids 
w o u l d be secured. In expectation of B o a r d 
approval, five pages of advertising had been 
sold. T h e r e w a s general approval of the 
manual as a device to build membership. N o 
other division has had one. T h e problem of 
revision w a s discussed. T h e press run should 
probably be increased. I t w a s voted that, 

ACRL approve the proposal for an ACRL 
organizational manual, with the provision 
that expenditures do not exceed the esti-
mated expenditure of $545. 

O n question, M r . K r a u s stated that much 
of the manual material w a s in hand, and that 
the history, which w o u l d require some care, 
would be done by M r . C a r l s o n in a f e w weeks. 
It should be published in June. 

M r . D i x , chairman of the Committee on 
Relationships w i t h L e a r n e d Societies, reported 
difficulty in coming to grips w i t h this important 
assignment. I t is essentially a problem of 
w h a t A C R L can do to cultivate better rela-
tions with scholars on the organization level. 
T h e committee w a s arbitrarily limiting its at-
tention to learned societies at this time. T h e r e 
w a s need that notable acquisitions of libraries 
be given w i d e r publicity in scholarly journals. 
M o r e should be done to investigate such prob-
lems as the subject cataloging needed by schol-

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ars. In general, the ultimate purpose is to 
try to d r a w closer together these t w o groups 
which seem to have drifted apart a little. 

M r . L y l e commented on the difficult assign-
ment of this committee, and urged those pres-
ent to take ideas for its progress to committee 
m e m b e r s — P a u l N o r t h Rice, Ralph Shaw, 
C h a r l e s W . D a v i d , and Stanley Pargellis. 

M r . W h i t o n P o w e l l reported that the D u -
plicates Exchange Union had two jobs: to op-
erate the Union and to exercise leadership in 
the exchange of materials among libraries. 
T h e committee would appreciate any sugges-
tions as to library exchange needs. T h i s 
assignment ties in with the w o r k of the U . S. 
Book Exchange. 

T h e absence, because of illness, of Eugene 
W a t s o n , chairman of the Committee on R e -
cruiting, w a s noted with regret. M r . W i l l i a m 
Jesse w a s not present to report f o r the C o m -
mittee on Standards. 

Archie M c N e a l reported that a chief re-
sponsibility of the state representatives w a s 
membership promotion. T h e y w e r e attempt-
ing to contact newcomers to the profession 
and newcomers to particular areas. State 
representatives are an extension of the head-
quarters staff and should channel problems to 
headquarters. T h i s group w a s ready to help 
w i t h placement, but action at the Board meet-
ing indicated their assistance would not be 
needed. M r . L y l e said that the O t t e m i l l e r 
resolution should not eliminate the concern of 
the state representatives for placement prob-
lems. 

M r . B e n t z reported that the Committee on 
Statistics needed more membership comment 
on statistics problems, a number of which w e r e 
reported in the mimeographed agenda. Is the 
reporting form acceptable? Should it be the 
same for all types of libraries from large uni-
versity to small junior college? Should it 
include data on audio-visual materials, days of 
vacation, etc.? Should the committee investi-
gate inclusion of more libraries and more data 
and issue the report as a MONOGRAPH ? 

M r . T a u b e r questioned just how useful the 
statistics are to individual librarians for their 
personal use. W o u l d some other form of dis-
tribution to place the statistics in libraries 
serve the purpose? A questionnaire w a s dis-
cussed and M r . B e n t z called attention to his 
article in the last issue of C&RL which covered 
institutional use of the statistics. 

M r . Rush urged committee chairmen w h o 

wished to revise statements of committee func-
tion to get the revisions to him at once for the 
Committee on Committees to review. 

Meeting, 
February 2, 1955, 
in Chicago 

Present w e r e officers, directors, and several 
guests. President L y l e presided. 

M r . Swank reported that the A L A - D C C 
C a t a l o g Code Revision Committee had drawn 
up a statement of general cataloging objectives 
(printed on page 208 of this issue) and wanted 
wide study of these before another revision of 
the A L A Code w a s undertaken. M r . W y l l i s 
W r i g h t , chairman of the Code Revision C o m -
mittee, emphasized that they wished to estab-
lish firmly the general principles and then 
proceed with the detailed code. T h e com-
mittee sought wide discussion and divergence 
of opinion. T h e code w a s to be discussed at 
the Reference Section meeting the next day. 
It w a s agreed to postpone action until the 
Philadelphia meeting. 

M r . L y l e announced return of A C R L ' s con-
tribution ($200.00) to Who's Who in Library 
Service. Sales had been sufficient f o r the 
G r o l i e r Society to reimburse divisional con-
tributors. 

M r . H a m l i n presented " T h e College Read-
ing P r o g r a m : A Proposal for an Experimental 
P r o g r a m at Selected Institutions to Develop 
Better Habits of Reading and Book O w n e r -
ship in College Students." T h i s document 
outlined the problem, presented a w o r k i n g pro-
cedure, and a budget of $249,000 to cover a 
three-year program. T h e proposal had been 
worked out by M r . Hamlin in consultation 
with M r s . Stevenson and M r . C l i f t . If ap-
proved by the Board, it would be considered 
by the A L A Executive Board. 

T h i s proposal called for six experimental 
programs to be operated at six colleges f o r 
two and a half years under some over-all'guid-
ance. Each project leader would use various 
approaches to stimulate interest in books and 
the use of books. H e would w o r k through the 
library and the bookstore. Close cooperation 
w i t h the teaching faculty at every step w a s 
assumed. T h e w o r k of the project leader w a s 
likened to that of the chaplain, in that this 
program w o u l d not relieve a particular teacher 
or librarian of personal responsibility f o r 
guiding student reading any more than the 
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personal responsibility f o r the moral and 
spiritual development of students. T h e po-
tential role of the bookstore w a s emphasized. 
Provision w a s made for testing reading inter-
ests and habits before, during, and a f t e r the 
experiments. ( A f e w mimeographed copies 
of the proposal are available on request f r o m 
the A C R L office.) 

M r . H a m l i n explained that he had taken a 
personal interest in this subject f o r several 
years. A previous proposal, considered at 
A L A and not used, had emphasized the meas-
urement of reading habits of college students. 
T h e present proposal emphasized experimenta-
tion and improvement although provision w a s 
made f o r some measurement. H e emphasized 
that this w a s not to be a separate educational 
project, but to be built on existing programs. 
T h e experiments w o u l d focus attention on the 
need f o r better reading interests. It is hoped 
that some types of approach would prove their 
usefulness in stimulating interest in books. N o 
sure-fire remedy or revolution w a s to be ex-
pected, but the reading situation is now very 
bad and the program should contribute to 
improvement. 

M i s s M a c P h e r s o n described the reading 
program begun at D r e x e l recently. I t w a s 
designed to broaden the horizons of engineer-
ing students. In answer to a question, M r . 
H a m l i n stated that the program had been 
planned f o r t w o and a half years only in order 
to keep the cost within reasonable limits. A n 
unusually successful program might be ex-
tended. T h e r e w o u l d be difficulties in recruit-
ing the staff. M r . Jolly asked if the institu-
tions to be included w o u l d have to make firm 
commitments to continue the program a f t e r the 
grant terminated. M r . H a m l i n felt that con-
tinuation of the program should be a voluntary 
matter. M r . V o s p e r felt the program should 
emphasize w a y s and means of stimulating 
reading in the normal pattern of operation and 
not require permanently an expensive new staff 
member. Beyond this, he felt that this w a s 
j u s t the sort of project involving books and 
readers that should be very meaningful to the 
association. 

M r . H a m l i n stated that six institutions of 
varied size and type w o u l d presumably be 
selected. Six w a s not a magic number, only 
a handy one. Personnel for this w o r k w a s 
discussed. H e believed that one of the founda-
tions would give the project serious considera-

tion when cleared by A L A . 
M r . L y l e said that he believed thoroughly 

in the principle and idea back of the project 
but w a s troubled about the artificiality of the 
testing, the specialists, directors and secre-
taries. H e praised the headquarters office f o r 
its cooperation w i t h the A m e r i c a n Book Pub-
lishers Council. M r . M o r i a r t y objected that 
testing w a s very important. H i s president had 
told him that he didn't have any idea w h a t 
happens to students in the library. A start 
on the problem had to be made somewhere. 

M e n t i o n w a s made of readers' advisory 
services in public and college libraries. M r . 
Shores felt this proposal w a s a "side-show" 
because it w a s extra-curricular. F u r t h e r m o r e , 
it w a s an approach to books alone, not to ideas, 
and therefore excluded audio-visual media. 
M r . H a m l i n acknowledged that the program 
could degenerate into a "side-show." A l m o s t 
any program can, in the w r o n g hands. 

O n question f r o m M r . Swank, M r . H a m l i n 
stated that he had been in touch with a leader 
in the Association of C o l l e g e Bookstores. H e 
felt that the college administration should be 
convinced of the bookstore's educational role 
and responsibility. 

M i s s H o m e s cited the direct efforts to 
stimulate book interests on her campus and 
felt her faculty w o u l d be much interested in 
the project. M i s s Bond emphasized the need 
f o r the experiment to begin before college 
and continue a f t e r graduation. T h e N a t i o n a l 
Book Committee has under consideration a 
study of high school reading interests. Sev-
eral questioned the difficulties in getting w e l l 
qualified librarians f o r a period of t w o and a 
half years. M r . H a m l i n admitted possible 
trouble, but f e l t the salaries and appeal of 
the project w o u l d d r a w good people. L e a v e s 
of absence would be difficult. I t w a s asked 
whether the library had any responsibility for 
bringing students to books or whether this w a s 
entirely a faculty matter. 

D u r i n g the discussion the chair had been 
turned over to Vice-President V o s p e r . H e 
summed up the discussion by stating the project 
w a s important and the intent is approved but 
question remains about procedure and me-
chanics. M r . Branscomb suggested the idea 
be reformulated. It w a s the sense of the 
meeting that this is an important matter to 
be reviewed and brought up again at Phila-
delphia. 

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M r . Hamlin assured the directors that he 
had looked at the project so much that it 
brought spots to his eyes. H e would be glad 
to lengthen or shorten or change it, but needed 
specific instructions. Criticisms seem to center 
on: i ) the lack of inclusion of non-book ma-
terials, but he felt this one project would have 
to be centered largely on the one approach of 
ideas as expressed in books; 2) closer tie-up 
w i t h faculty, and he admitted that success 
depended on faculty cooperation, and the p r o j -
ect leader must be identified w i t h the f a c u l t y ; 
3) the "side-show," artificial aspect of the 
program which some considered elaborate and 
g r a f t e d on, rather than an integral part of the 
college program. It w a s voted that, 

the "College Reading Program" presented 
by the Executive Secretary be referred back 
to him for further thought and revision, to 
be reconsidered at a later meeting of the 
Board of Directors. 

M r . Shores reported action taken at the 
recent meeting of the A u d i o - V i s u a l Committee 
(see Summary Reports of 1955 Midwinter 
Meetings, pp. 37-38). 

A questionnaire w a s to be sent out to A C R L 
institutional members in order to produce a 
directory of audio-visual services and person-
nel under library administration in A C R L 
member institutions. T h i s would cost $40. 
T h e committee w a s negotiating with the Sta-
tistics Committee to add to its form t w o ques-
tions to bring out the library holdings of A - V 
materials and the amount budgeted for library 
A - V m a t e r i a l s . T h e p r o p o s e d ACRL MONO-

GRAPH on A - V materials in college libraries 
w a s being pushed. T h e w o r k has been care-
f u l l y divided and the target date set f o r sum-
mer publication. $75 w a s requested to expe-
dite this. ( T h e committee has cooperated 
with the Division of A - V Instruction of N E A 
on its Brochure N o . 4 which concerns college 
use of these media. D A V I felt each group 
should go ahead with its own publication.) 
Plans have been made to use t w o pages in 
every issue of C&RL as a clearing house of in-
formation on A - V services. T h e committee 
w i l l prepare copy. T h e A C R L committee 
w i l l cooperate w i t h the A L A Board in the 
pre-conference A - V institute in Philadelphia, 
July 2 and 3. $100 w a s requested to cover 
the travel expense of a non-librarian speaker 
at the institute. 

Discussion turned to the sum requested to 

expedite the MONOGRAPH. T h e money w a s 
needed to help assemble the material and for 
clerical help. W a s this a proper treasury ex-
pense or a MONOGRAPH expense? Could it be 
charged to the Publications Committee budget? 
M r . Shores raised the question of how A C R L 
would budget funds needed f o r research that 
would result in MONOGRAPH publication. N o 
ready solutions to these problems w e r e offered. 
M r . Shores suggested his committee use its 
$ 7 5 f o r t h e MONOGRAPH a n d b e g r a n t e d t h e 

other sums requested. M r . Hamlin suggested 
the expenses of the institute w e r e covered by 
the registration fee. M r . V o s p e r urged clari-
fication of the institute's financing before vot-
ing the money for a speaker. 

M r . Rush stated that the committee had 
gotten off to a fine start and w a s simply re-
questing $140 additional. H e urged approval 
of the request. Concern w a s expressed that 
the B o a r d might be going over the head of the 
Publications Committee in granting funds f o r 
the MONOGRAPH. T h e Board w a s not suffi-
ciently informed about the research f o r which 
this sum w a s requested. M r . Shores gave 
assurance that the money w a s f o r research 
and not f o r preparation of the publication. 
It w a s voted that, 

ACRL grant a $140 increase in the budget 
of the Committee on Audio-Visual Work 
for the support of its several projects. 

M r . L y l e had arranged a meeting the pre-
vious evening for the A C R L representatives on 
A L A Council and M r . M o r i a r t y , the A C R L 
member of the Committee on Divisional R e l a -
tions. M r . M o r i a r t y reported that the faith-
f u l w h o had listened f o r three hours to his 
explanation of the committee's report should 
not be troubled again. T h e committee had 
worked f o r t w o years on its report, which 
must now be held in abeyance until the man-
agement survey of A L A is completed. H e 
spoke at length on the detailed, c a r e f u l exam-
ination being made by the survey. T h e com-
mittee w i l l have the management survey report 
in time to bring to Council in Philadelphia 
some firm recommendations. In general, the 
committee's philosophy is to make A L A a rep-
resentative body controlled by representatives 
f r o m the various divisions. T h e y would have 
appointees on those A L A boards which they 
w e r e willing to support. T h e day-to-day op-
eration of headquarters would be on a cabinet 
basis, with M r . C l i f t as executive officer. O n 

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question, he made clear that divisions w i t h o u t 
staff at headquarters could participate in 
meetings of the secretaries through their offi-
cers or representatives. 

M r . M o r i a r t y suggested his committee 
would appreciate approval of the representa-
tive idea. T h e directors felt that action should 
be postponed until the final report w a s out. 
Appreciation w a s expressed for the w o r k of 
the committee. 

T h e agenda included a report of estimated 
costs for changing C&RL f r o m a quarterly to 
a bi-monthly. Additional advertising revenue 
should more than offset cost increases, pro-
vided the number of pages per year remained 
approximately the same. M r . T a u b e r re-
ported a monthly C&RL w a s a long-term goal. 
H e saw no great editorial problems in in-
creased frequency. T h e r e has a l w a y s been 
interest in carrying position ads and these 
might be practical in a bi-monthly. M a n u -
scripts w o u l d be no problem even if size should 
be increased another year. Eighty to 100 ar-
ticles are rejected annually; the editor solicits 
a good many papers. 

Discussion turned to the personnel news, 
which the editor thought should be reduced. 
T h e r e w a s active discussion of policy f o r the 
selection of individuals to be given extended 
coverage. 

M r s . Spigelman reviewed f o r the B o a r d the 
cost estimates of the bi-monthly. Included w a s 
a subscription increase f r o m $4.00 to $4.50. 

M r . O r n e , chairman of the Publications 
Committee, w a s asked to comment. H e stated 
"the firm conviction that the budgeting methods 
— d e s c r i p t i v e budgeting m e t h o d s — f o r publi-
cations have not been realistic or a c c u r a t e ; that 
the B o a r d of D i r e c t o r s must consider at length, 
seriously, and reach a conclusion concerning 
w h a t portion of funds . . . w i l l be put into 
publications . . . N o real publications program 
can be defined or laid down until this is 
k n o w n . " ( T h e financial report of C&RL, the 
principal point at issue, is prepared and made 
public by the A L A comptroller as a part of the 
A L A treasurer's Report. I t is audited as a 
part of the A L A audit. T h e report is available 
to any A L A member on request. T h e budget 
f o r C&RL is drawn up by the A C R L executive 
secretary and the A L A comptroller in consul-
tation. I t is mimeographed and distributed 
widely to A C R L officers and is furnished 
A C R L members on request.) M r . O r n e f e l t 

there w e r e hidden costs. T h e financial state-
ments for both the j o u r n a l and the MONO-
GRAPHS did not include all the costs. T h e 
association should know how much of its 
money is devoted to publications. O n question, 
it w a s acknowledged that one of the hidden 
costs w a s that referred to on the C&RL budget 
as f o l l o w s : " N o office salary is charged against 
the C&RL budget although a good deal of time 
is spent on C&RL by the publications officer and 
the clerk-typist." M r . H a m l i n acknowledged 
that there w e r e many hidden costs which he 
would not attempt to analyze, just as there 
w a s hidden income. T h e r e w a s the time he 
devoted to publications, the heat and light f o r 
the office, and there w e r e the membership dol-
lars which the j o u r n a l helped to produce. M r . 
O r n e f e l t that all costs attributable to publi-
cations should be shown as such. 

M r . Logsdon commented that the associa-
tion could knock itself out in maintaining a 
continuous cost accounting system. A thor-
ough examination might be made at long inter-
vals. I t w a s important to know if the change 
to bi-monthly publication involved a significant 
increase in headquarters time. M r s . Spigel-
man felt no significant increase w a s involved. 
M r . H a m l i n estimated this factor as costing 
less than $500. 

I t w a s suggested that a portion of member-
ship payments should be assigned to the j o u r -
nal so that the term "subvention" could be 
eliminated. M r . Logsdon recommended that 
the subscription price be changed as infre-
quently as possible, and that if the size of 
the j o u r n a l increases the price be moved up to 
$5.00. 

M r . O r n e stated that his committee f a -
vored the bi-monthly " w i t h o u t reference to 
budget . . . there w e r e t w o provisos: one, that 
the quality of the material not be l o w e r e d ; 
and, t w o , that it is within the financial possi-
bilities of A C R L . " I t w a s voted that, 

the Board approve the proposal for pub-
lishing COLLEGE A N D RESEARCH LIBRARIES 

on a bi-monthly basis effective with the 
calendar year 1956. 

M r . Shipman reviewed procedures f o r han-
dling divisional funds. A L A headquarters 
acts as agent f o r some divisions, keeps the 
money at headquarters, and disburses on au-
thorization of the proper divisional officer. 
A C R L keeps a savings account and a checking 
account directly in the hands of the treasurer, 

206 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



although some of its funds are handled by 
A L A . A l l accounts are the legal responsi-
bility of A L A and the auditors recommend 
that all the funds be handled at headquarters. 
A C R L w o u l d continue to authorize all pay-
ments. T h e comptroller w o u l d act as agent 
for the division without charge. A C R L can 
continue to d r a w interest on its savings ac-
count. T h e treasurer would become a budget 
watchdog and have more time for the devel-
opment of budget proposals. 

M r . L o w w a s present as chairman of the 
A L A Finance Committee, which is respon-
sible for the A L A audit. H e reported that 
the auditors w e r e concerned about the lack of 
record at A L A of thousands of dollars as-
signed to divisions. Furthermore, the Inter-
nal Revenue B u r e a u requires complete records 
f r o m tax-exempt associations, and present 
arrangements do not allow full and complete 
reports. T h e Finance Committee feels con-
solidation of funds at A L A is desirable. I t 
was voted that, 

ACRL turn over to ALA the handling of 
divisional funds provided there is no addi-
tional cost to the association for such serv-
ice. 

M r . Rush w a s requested to present the 
statement of tenure of A L A staff, which all 
the divisions w e r e requested to study. T h e 
present statement excludes executive secre-
taries from tenure, gives it to professional staff 
a f t e r t w o years, and to business staff a f t e r one 
year. Proper allowances are made f o r term 
appointments, unsatisfactory w o r k or be-
havior, financial emergency, discontinuance of 
activity, etc. A f t e r brief discussion it w a s 
voted that, 

ACRL approve the ALA tenure statement. 
M r . O r n e w a s requested to report f u r t h e r 

for the Publications Committee. It recom-
mended that the committee have continuity 
by establishing a term of office for committee 
membership, w i t h some new members every 
year. T h e same device should be applied 
to the editorial boards of the various publica-
tions. M r . Hamlin read the constitutional 
provision regarding the annual appointment 
of A C R L committee members. T h e commit-
tee felt there w a s need f o r a more formal 
establishment of certain program responsibili-
ties and this requires more than the informal 
continuity of past years. M r . V o s p e r sug-
gested this problem be considered by the C o m -

mittee on Committees. I t w a s voted that, 
the matter of continuity in the membership 
of the Publications Committee and its sev-
eral editorial committees be referred to 
the Committee on Committees to establish 
a term of office for the membership and a 
rotating term of office after an initial 
period. 

T h e Publications Committee recognized the 
very valuable contribution of the MONOGRAPH 
series to A C R L . T h e r e w a s need f o r a 
group of associate editors. I t is suggested 
that C&RL, the MONOGRAPHS and any other 
series f o l l o w the same pattern in the appoint-
ment of editorial boards. Associate editors 
should be nominated by the editor to the P u b -
lications Committee. W h e n approved, the 
appointment w i l l be made by the president. 
M r . T h o m p s o n pointed out that the editor 
of C&RL is responsible directly to the B o a r d 
of D i r e c t o r s and not to the committee. T h e 
other two publications (MONOGRAPHS and 
MICROCARDS) are the creatures of the com-
mittee. 

Action w a s needed at once to recreate the 
b o a r d o f e d i t o r s f o r t h e ACRL MONOGRAPHS. 

M r . M a x f i e l d had several manuscripts with 
him at the moment and could not handle all 
the w o r k . M r . H a m l i n stated that he knew 
the need was immediate and pressing. I t w a s 

•voted that, 

associate editors of sub-series be selected 
by the editor of the sub-series, that these 
appointments be approved by the Publica-
tions Committee, and that the final ap-
pointment be made by the ACRL president. 

T h e Publications Committee had discussed 
the MICROCARD series but had no recommenda-
tions to make at this time. 

O n the recommendation of M i s s Bennett 
and motion by M r . Vosper, it w a s voted that, 

the ACRL Board of Directors endorse and 
support the Federal legislation known as 
the Library Services Bill and urge all 
ACRL members to contact their members 
of Congress to support this measure, which 
would extend and improve public library 
services to the people of our country now 
without such service or with inadequate 
service. 

N e x t the Board considered the current 
budget for C&RL. M r . O r n e reiterated the 
opinion that the members of A C R L do not 
know w h a t portion of their money is being 

APRIL, 1955 
19 7 



assigned to publications, how assigned, how 
expended, and w h a t the A C R L staff are 
doing to earn their salaries. M r . L y l e f e l t 
that a request f o r information along these 
lines should be directed to the president of 
the association in w r i t i n g and the president 
would undertake to secure such information 
as is needed. I t w a s voted that, 

the ACRL approve the budget for COL-

LEGE A N D RESEARCH LIBRARIES as outlined 

in the agenda. 

T h e P u r e and Applied Science Section had 
voted to ask the B o a r d to request permission 
to reproduce the catalog of the V i c k s b u r g 
W a t e r w a y s Experiment Station. A f t e r dis-
cussion, it w a s decided to refer the matter 
to the executive secretary. 
—Arthur T. Hamlin, Executive Secretary. 

General Considerations on Catalog Code Revision 
Y o u r comments and discussion of the f o l l o w i n g considerations are requested. Send these 

comments to Raynard Swank, Stanford University Libraries. 

( T h i s statement w a s prepared by the A L A - D C C C o d e Revision C o m m i t t e e — 
W y l l i s E. W r i g h t , chairman) 

1. A library catalog is primarily a finding list, i.e., a means of locating a particular item in the 
library's collection, and only secondarily a reference tool. 

T h e primary purpose of the catalog is to show w h e t h e r the library has a particular item 
of which the author, the title or the subject is known, to show w h a t the library possesses 
by a given author or on a given subject, to distinguish among various issues and editions 
of any given w o r k and between similar works, and to locate each item in the collection. 
Information about the author or the w o r k not needed for these purposes should not be 
included. 

2. Economies in the construction of the catalog should be emphasized up to the point w h e r e 
they would result in a clear and demonstrable loss of economy in meeting a valid reference 
need. 

T h e principal emphasis should be placed on economical cataloging. A l t h o u g h it is true that 
information placed once on a catalog card may save a hundred-fold repetition of a search 
for that information on the part of the reference staff, it is also true that information is 
placed on a hundred catalog cards which is used only on one. T h e burden of proof of need 
f o r extraneous information should rest on the public departments. 

3. C o d e revision should proceed without regard to the amount of recataloging of materials at 
present in the catalog which may be involved. 

W e believe that the time has come when w e must have a complete reevaluation of our 
rules and our practices. If a new code is to be a substantial improvement over the old, it 
cannot be the result of compromises based on the amount of materials previously cataloged 
under each specific rule. W e believe that the ingenuity of catalogers is sufficiently great 
so that necessary alterations from the old cataloging to any new system can be done within 
the available funds of any institution. 

4. T h e proposed code is a code f o r author and title entries, and such as would serve f o r the 
construction of an author-title catalog covering all types of library materials. 

W i t h o u t prejudging the merits of a unified or divided catalog, w e do not believe that w e 
can usefully combine a code f o r subject entries w i t h one f o r authors and titles. ( T h i s does 
not, however, exclude recommendations f o r subject entries in certain cases w h e r e there is 
legitimate argument as to whether the entry represents a subject relationship or a quasi-
auctorial "added entry" relationship.) O n the other hand, rules f o r descriptive cataloging 
should be reintegrated with the code, particularly in the case of special materials such as 
maps, serials, music, etc. 

208 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



Personnel 
P A U L B U C K w a s b o r n a n d b r o u g h t u p , a s 

he likes to tell, in Columbus, Ohio, "around 
the corner f r o m the 
Public L i b r a r y , " and 
he made good use of 
that fact throughout 
his youth. H e took 
h i s u n d e r g r a d u a t e 
w o r k at O h i o State 
University, where he 
w a s one of the very 
f e w students in his 
generation w h o man-
aged to obtain stack 
access in the univer-
sity library. A t H a r -
vard, where he came for postgraduate 
w o r k in history, he spent much of his time 
reveling in the historical collections in the 
W i d e n e r building. A s a member of the staff 
of Dunster House at the time of its organiza-
tion, he had a large part in building up the 
collection in the House L i b r a r y . H i s Road 
to Reunion, published in 1937 and awarded 
the P u l i t z e r P r i z e in History the f o l l o w i n g 
year, showed clearly that P a u l Buck realized 
the importance of libraries and knew how to 
use them as well. H i s associate professorship 
and the office of associate dean of the Faculty 
of A r t s and Sciences came in 1939; within 
three years he had so proved his administra-
tive ability that in 1942 he w a s appointed dean 
of the Faculty of A r t s and Sciences, and at the 
same time he became professor of history. 
W h i l e the administrative duties of his new 
position undoubtedly interfered with his teach-
ing career, they w e r e unable to break down 
his library interest and connections. Presi-
dent Conant, when he became deeply involved 
in defense problems in W a s h i n g t o n , l e f t the 
chief educational problems to D e a n Buck and 
also arranged to have the librarian of H a r -
vard College report directly to him. D e a n 
Buck became provost as w e l l as dean in 1945, 
and assumed the top responsibilities which had 
previously been carried by the president f o r 
the university library as a whole, responsibili-
ties which he continued to hold a f t e r President 
Conant's return to Cambridge until he re-
signed the provostship in 1953. 

T h e s e had been years of important develop-

ments in the university library. T h e N e w 
England Deposit L i b r a r y , the first of the co-
operative storage warehouses for infrequently 
used books, and the Houghton building for 
rare books and manuscripts w e r e completed 
just a f t e r the United States entered the w a r . 
T h e L a m o n t L i b r a r y , completed in January, 
1949, w a s indirectly the result of the publica-
tion of General Education in a Free Society, 
the report of a committee of which D e a n 
Buck w a s chairman. D u r i n g the decade of 
the 40's, the University authorities transferred 
to the H a r v a r d L i b r a r y millions of unre-
stricted money, and in all this P a u l B u c k had 
a part. In 1948, on the joint recommendation 
of Provost Buck and the librarian of H a r v a r d 
College, it w a s decided to transfer the H a r -
vard College L i b r a r y f r o m its position as an 
independent department of the University to 
the Faculty of A r t s and Sciences in order to 
unite it with the group for which most of its 
w o r k w a s done, and at the same time to 
connect it w i t h a part of the University that 
received tuition. It would not be an exaggera-
tion to state that, if any university administra-
tive officer w h o w a s not a librarian has ever 
been directly associated with and cognizant of 
library problems, P a u l Buck has been that 
man. 

In 1953 when the team of C o n a n t and 
Buck that had directed H a r v a r d ' s educational 
program during the trying w a r and postwar 
years w a s dissolved by M r . Conant's retire-
ment to become H i g h Commissioner of W e s t -
ern G e r m a n y , M r . Buck, following eight 
months as chairman of the administrative 
committee of the H a r v a r d Corporation, drew 
a sigh of relief and looked f o r w a r d with 
pleasure to the prospect of a well-earned sab-
batical for foreign travel and the opportunity 
of then going back to teaching history. B u t 
this w a s not to last. A f t e r months of effort, 
led by President Pusey and backed by others, 
M r . Buck w a s persuaded that his greatest 
contribution to H a r v a r d in the years ahead 
would be in the library. A s a result, in the 
summer of 1955 he w i l l take over the reins 
as director of the university library and 
librarian of H a r v a r d College. 

T h e appointment may have come as a 
surprise to those w h o did not know P a u l 

Paul Buck 

APRIL, 1955 
19 7 



Buck's interest in libraries, but this interest 
is not new. A s he said at the M o n t i c e l l o C o n -
ference of the Association of Research 
Libraries late in O c t o b e r : " I used to find the 
resources of the H a r v a r d L i b r a r y very help-
f u l when attracting professors to our faculty. 
O u r salary scale, which is rather high, w a s 
less important: living costs vary, and so do 
people's habits in using money. T h e most im-
portant consideration w a s the morale of the 
faculty, which involved the University's 
policies with regard to academic freedom and 
the w a y in which a professor is allowed to 
operate. Second only to this in importance 
w a s the library. In terms of cash, I should 
estimate it w a s w o r t h three thousand dollars 
a year per man. T h i s is a consideration that 
should not be lost sight of by those w h o ad-
minister great universities." 

T h o s e w h o know the challenge that is pre-
sented by the largest university library in the 
w o r l d can understand P a u l Buck's decision to 
accept the directorship at H a r v a r d . T h o s e 
w h o heard him speak at M o n t i c e l l o can hardly 
doubt the contribution t h a t — w i t h his ability, 
his background in library problems, and his 
interest in libraries and their place in a uni-
v e r s i t y — h e w i l l make to H a r v a r d and to the 
research libraries of the c o u n t r y . — K e y e s D. 
Met calf. 

JAMES J. HESLIN has been appointed assist-
ant director of libraries of the University 

of B u f f a l o and he re-
ported to his new 
post on M a r c h i . 
F o r the past t w o and 
a half years he has 
been a member of the 
staff of the N e w 
Y o r k Public L i b r a r y ; 
since A u g u s t , 1953, 
first assistant in the 
A m e r i c a n H i s t o r y 
Division. 

D r . Heslin is a 
newcomer to library 

w o r k , but he has already demonstrated that he 
has found his true vocation. Born and bred 
in Massachusetts, he attended St. John in 
N o r t h C a m b r i d g e and received his B.S. f r o m 
Boston College. H e first turned to the field 
of merchandising but his career w a s inter-
rupted by army service, 1943-1946, which 

took him to the Philippines and Japan. 
Soon a f t e r his return he re-entered Boston 
University to begin graduate study in history. 
A teaching f e l l o w while studying at the U n i -
versity, he received his P h . D . in 1952. H e 
then moved to N e w Y o r k w h e r e he began 
the practice of librarianship at N Y P L and 
the study of librarianship at Columbia U n i -
versity School of L i b r a r y Service. H e w a s 
graduated cum laude in 1954. 

A scholar both by inclination and attain-
ment, D r . Heslin's philosophy of libraries 
(and he has one) is a happy combination of 
the traditional humanist and the modern ex-
plorer. T h e qualities that have made him 
unusually successful as a discussion leader 
in the A m e r i c a n H e r i t a g e P r o g r a m , Library 
Journal book reviewer, and reference librar-
ian, give high promise of his success as library 
administrator and professional l e a d e r . — 
Gerald D. McDonald. 

F E L I X EDWARD H I R S C H a s s u m e d h i s d u t i e s 

as librarian and professor of history, State 
T e a c h e r s C o l l e g e , 
T r e n t o n , N e w Jersey, 
on F e b r u a r y 1, upon 
his return from 
W e s t e r n G e r m a n y . 
D r . H i r s c h h a d 
served as librarian of 
B a r d College, A n n a n -
dale-on-Hudson, f r o m 
1936 until 1954. H e 
w e n t to G e r m a n y in 
June, 1954, having re-
ceived a research 
g r a n t f r o m t h e 

A m e r i c a n Philosophical Society f o r his study 
of G u s t a v Stresemann; at the same time, he 
w a s a visiting member of the History D e p a r t -
ment at the Technische Hochschule, K a r l s -
ruhe, and lectured also at several universities 
and, on invitation by H I C O G , at most U . S. 
Information Centers in W e s t e r n G e r m a n y . 

D r . H i r s c h is no stranger to the campus in 
T r e n t o n , having taught courses in library 
science in summer sessions in 1943, 1944, 
!945) !948 and 1951. P r i o r to 1934 he w a s 
political editor of the National Zeitung 
( B e r l i n ) and of the Berliner Tageblatt. H e 
has lectured in C a n a d a at the invitation of 
the Canadian Institute of International 
A f f a i r s , and has served on the N e w Y o r k 

James J. Heslin 

Felix Edivard Hirsch 

210 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



Board of Regents Committee on the Integra-
tion of College and University L i b r a r y R e -
sources in N e w Y o r k State. H e is a frequent 
contributor of articles on historical, political 
and professional topics to American and 
European scholarly and general periodicals. 

D r . Hirsch received his P h . D . degree f r o m 
the University of Heidelberg in 1923 and his 
B.S. f r o m the School of L i b r a r y Service, C o -
lumbia University in 1940. H e is a member 
of the A L A ( A C R L representative to C o u n -
c i l ) , the N e w Y o r k L i b r a r y Association, 
A A U P (having served at B a r d College also as 
professor of h i s t o r y ) , the Board of D i r e c t o r s 
of the American Council on G e r m a n y , and the 
American Historical Association. 

M r s . Elizabeth Feist Hirsch w a s the re-
cipient of the A m e r i c a n Association of U n i -
versity W o m e n Fellowship f o r completing her 
research f o r a biography of the Portuguese 
humanist D a m i a o de G o e s (1502-1574) during 
1954/55. She is remaining in Europe to 
finish her study but w i l l join the family at 
the end of the period. D r . and M r s . Hirsch 
and their sons w i l l be most welcome on this 
state teachers college c a m p u s . — E t h e l M. 
Fair. 

T h e University of Richmond, about to 
occupy new quarters in a new library building, 

is also to have a new 
librarian. RAY W . 
F R A N T Z , J R . , h a s b e e n 

appointed librarian, 
the appointment effec-
tive January, 1955. 

M r . F r a n t z has 
been at the U n i v e r -
sity of Illinois com-
pleting w o r k on his 
P h . D . in English. 
H e came to the U n i -
versity of Illinois in 
1948, obtained his 

M . S . f r o m the L i b r a r y School in 1949. H e 
also earned his M . A . in English there. H e 
worked in various departments in the U n i -
versity of Illinois libraries on a part-time basis 
while doing graduate w o r k , but his full-time 
library experience at Illinois w a s in the A c q u i -
sitions Department. M r . F r a n t z w a s born 
in K e n t u c k y but g r e w up in N e b r a s k a . H e 
took undergraduate w o r k at G r i n n e l l College 
and at the University of N e b r a s k a , from 

which he received the A . B . degree in 1948. 
H i s father is professor of English at the 
University of Nebraska. D u r i n g W o r l d W a r 
I I , M r . F r a n t z served in the infantry in the 
European theatre. 

In 1951 he married a f e l l o w student and 
staff member of the University of Illinois 
libraries, D o r i s M e t h v i n , now assistant r e f e r -
ence librarian at Illinois. M r s . F r a n t z 
received her library school degree in 1951, 
prior to which she w a s a member of the U n i -
versity of Tennessee L i b r a r y and the recipi-
ent of U - T ' s first M a r y E. B a k e r L i b r a r y 
Scholarship award. 

T h e s e t w o fine young people w i l l prove to 
be a m a j o r human and professional acquisition 
for Richmond-area librarianship, as w e l l as 
f o r the University of Richmond. W e w e l -
come R a y into, and D o r i s back into, the south-
eastern r e g i o n . — W i l l i a m H. Jesse. 

O L A N V . C O O K w a s r e c e n t l y p r o m o t e d t o 

associate librarian at the University of N o r t h 
C a r o l i n a L i b r a r y . 
T h i s promotion rec-
ognizes M r . C o o k ' s 
long and f a i t h f u l ser-
vice beyond the call 
of duty, his remark-
able devotion to the 
University and its 
library, and his su-
perior performance as 
assistant librarian. 

A N o r t h C a r o l i n -
ian by birth, M r . 
C o o k attended M a r s 

H i l l Junior College and University of N o r t h 
C a r o l i n a w h e r e he received his A . B . degree 
in 1929. W h i l e w o r k i n g as a student assistant 
in the University L i b r a r y he completed his 
library degree there in 1932. In 1935 he 
took graduate library training at the U n i v e r -
sity of Chicago. F r o m 1931 to 1940 he held 
the posts of education librarian, documents 
librarian and head of the circulation depart-
ment. In 1940, when D r . C a r l W h i t e w a s 
librarian, he became assistant librarian. 

O n e of M r . C o o k ' s outstanding contribu-
tions has been in the field of rare books, 
incunabula and the history of books and 
printing. In 1939 and 1940 he compiled and 
published a list of the Incunabula in the 
Hanes Collection of the University of North 

Ray W. Frantz, Jr. 

Olan V. Cook 

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Carolina. A s associate professor of library 
science, he has taught " T h e H i s t o r y of Books 
and L i b r a r i e s " in the University of N o r t h 
C a r o l i n a School of L i b r a r y Science f o r the 
past several years. 

M r . C o o k has also been interested in the 
field of government publications and, w i t h 
G . F . Shepherd, Jr., edited the first seven 
volumes of the Monthly Checklist of Official 
North Carolina Publications. 

A s assistant librarian for the past 13 years, 
under the director of libraries, C h a r l e s E. 
Rush, M r . C o o k developed into an all-round 
administrator. H e shared w i t h M r . Rush 
the responsibility f o r the over-all operation of 
the main library and 14 departmental librar-
ies in budgeting, personnel, coordination of 
technical services as w e l l as public services. 

M r . C o o k ' s keen, practical mind, his atten-
tion to details, his endless energy and capacity 
f o r w o r k served the University w e l l during 
the planning and building of the new addition 
to the library which w a s dedicated in 1952. 
W i t h M r . Rush, he participated actively in 
the planning and completion of the details that 
are a part of more than a million dollar build-
ing program. 

M r . C o o k ' s continued experience at the 
University and his pervasive knowledge of the 
library's operations w i l l be an invaluable aid 
to D r . A n d r e w H . H o r n , the new librarian, 
in his efforts to increase the effectiveness of 
the library in the teaching and research pro-
gram of the U n i v e r s i t y . — I . T. Littleton. 

SAMUEL J. MARINO has been librarian at 
Indiana State T e a c h e r s College, T e r r e H a u t e , 

Indiana, since J u l y 1, 
1954. F o r t w o years 
prior to coming to 
Indiana, M r . M a r i n o 
w a s assistant director 
of libraries at the 
University of M i s -
sissippi. H e r e he 
demonstrated sound 
administrative j u d g -
ment, and during 
the 1952-53 academic 
year acted for the di-
rector in a total 

administrative capacity. 

Born in N e w England, M r . M a r i n o went to 
Louisiana State University on a music scholar-

ship w h e r e he received his B . A . degree in 1940. 
A f t e r experience in the army as a prisoner-
o f - w a r censorship examiner, and doing liaison 
w o r k w i t h the Italian A r m y as special serv-
ice officer for the Naples area, he returned 
to L S U and w a s awarded the B.S. in L . S . 
degree in 1948. H e received his M . A . in 
French the following year. 

M r . M a r i n o ' s library experience includes 
service at L S U from 1946 to 1948 as romance 
language librarian, g i f t and exchange li-
brarian, and chief searcher. D u r i n g 1949-51 
he w a s serials librarian at A l a b a m a Polytech-
nic Institute. In 1951-52, M a r i n o studied at 
the University of M i c h i g a n w h e r e he received 
the A . M . in L . S . degree and completed the 
residence requirements f o r the doctorate. H e 
is presently w o r k i n g on his dissertation, 
" F r e n c h - A m e r i c a n Periodicals to 1825." 

In his new assignment, M r . M a r i n o w i l l 
have an opportunity to plan the remodeling of 
the library, including the building of a new 
wing. Indiana State T e a c h e r s College is 
f o r t u n a t e in having attracted a man whose 
primary objectives are the development of 
harmony within the staff by encouraging par-
ticipation in policy making, and giving service 
to the library community by building close re-
lations with the administration, faculty, and 
students. H i s sincere interest in the library 
profession, his tireless energy, and his intelli-
gent approach to all problems, assure Sam im-
mediate success in his new p o s i t i o n . — D a l e M. 
Bentz. 

R U T H F R E N C H S T R O U T h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d 

assistant professor in librarianship, G r a d u a t e 
L i b r a r y School, University of Chicago, f o r 
the academic year beginning in the fall 
quarter, 1954. D r . Strout w i l l have re-
sponsibility for courses and research super-
vision in the field of the technical processes and 
w i l l also have charge of the "Induction T r a i n -
ing P r o g r a m " which is part of the core cur-
riculum in the School. 

D r . Strout received her P h . D . in classics 
at the University of Illinois in 1935, f o l l o w i n g 
graduate study at Y a l e . She has taught 
classics and the history of art, and has been 
a member of the research staff in classics at 
Illinois and in ancient history at Indiana U n i -
versity. She received her B.S. in librarianship 
f r o m the University of M i n n e s o t a in 1945, and 
joined the staff at Minneapolis Public L i b r a r y 

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212 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



as art librarian in that year. In 1949 D r . 
Strout accepted a "guest f a c u l t y " appoint-
ment in the University of D e n v e r L i b r a r y 
School and subsequently became a regular 
member of the faculty with the rank of as-
sociate p r o f e s s o r — a position she held until the 
fall of 1953. She spent the year 1953-54 
teaching at the Japan L i b r a r y School. 

ROSCOE R O U S E , J R . , w a s a p p o i n t e d l i b r a r i a n 

of B a y l o r University on September 8, f o l l o w -
ing a year as acting 
librarian. M r . Rouse 
w a s born in G e o r g i a 
in 1919 and attended 
public schools in V a l -
dosta. A f t e r w a r -
time service in E u -
rope as navigator with 
the rank of lieutenant 
in the A i r Force, he 
went to the U n i v e r -
sity of O k l a h o m a to 
secure a B . A . in L . S . 
degree and later com-

pleted an M . A . degree f r o m the same insti-
tution, with a thesis in the field of censorship 
of literature. H e is w o r k i n g during the sum-
mers on a doctorate at the University of 
Michigan. 

F o l l o w i n g his graduation from library 
school, M r . Rouse went to Northeastern 
O k l a h o m a State College as assistant librarian, 
then served as acting librarian for two years 
during the illness of the librarian. H e joined 
the staff of B a y l o r University in 1952 as circu-
lation librarian, a f t e r completing the master's 
degree. E a r l i e r he had w o r k e d as a student 
assistant in the University of O k l a h o m a 
L i b r a r y . 

O n e of his particular interests is in educa-
tion f o r librarianship and in teaching students 
how to use the library effectively. H e intro-
duced and taught courses in library use to 
all freshmen as w e l l as courses in cataloging 
and reference f o r teacher-librarians at N o r t h -
eastern. M o r e recently he has sponsored a new 
program f o r school librarians at Baylor. 
H e has strong convictions about the active 
role which a college or university library 
should take. T h r o u g h his very pleasant per-
sonality and w a r m interest in faculty and 
school affairs, he has been unusually success-
ful in securing the cooperation and support 

of the faculty and the administration. P e r -
sonnel is also one of his special interests, due 
partly to his sincere liking f o r others and 
partly to the problems in recruitment he has 
encountered and solved. H e expects to con-
tinue his research in censorship and banned 
literature. 

M r . Rouse w a s a busy acting librarian at 
Baylor. H e established a separate fine arts 
division in the library, recruited a m a j o r 
part of the present staff from a good range 
of library schools, started a summer program 
of library science for teacher-librarians, and 
worked out plans for renovating the building 
and shifting library activities to make more 
effective use of the present quarters. L i k e 
many other librarians, he also is w o r k i n g for 
a new library building. In both T e x a s and 
O k l a h o m a he has been active in state library 
affairs, being at present chairman of District 
V I I of the T e x a s L i b r a r y Association and, 
earlier, editor of the Oklahoma Librarian. 

B a y l o r has been fortunate to have had a 
succession of notable l i b r a r i a n s — E . W . M c -
Diarmid, W . S. Hoole, and R . W . Severance. 
M r . Rouse may be counted on to uphold this 
fine t r a d i t i o n . — A r t h u r M. McAnally. 

J O H N P . W A G G O N E R , J R . s u c c e e d e d C a r l y l e 

J. F r a r e y as assistant librarian of D u k e U n i -
versity on December 
1, 1954. H e w i l l di-
rect the readers' serv-
ices division in the 
G e n e r a l L i b r a r y and 
w i l l be in charge of 
departmental libra-
ries. M r . F r a r e y has 
moved to the U n i v e r -
sity of N o r t h C a r o -
lina as associate pro-
fessor in the School 
of L i b r a r y Science. 

A native of N o r t h 
C a r o l i n a , M r . W a g g o n e r received the A . B . 
and B . D . degrees from D u k e University and 
the B.S. in L i b r a r y Science f r o m the U n i -
versity of N o r t h Carolina. H e w a s a mem-
ber of the staff of the L i b r a r y of Congress 
from 1941 to 1943, and served in the A r m y 
A i r Force in 1943-45, f r o m which he w a s 
discharged with the rank of captain. H e 
joined the staff of D u k e University L i b r a r y 
in a part-time capacity in 1946, w o r k i n g in 

Roscoe Rouse, Jr. 

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the technical processing division; in 1947 he 
became assistant in the reference department, 
and the f o l l o w i n g year w a s made head of the 
circulation department, a position he held until 
the recent appointment.—Benjamin Powell. 

D R . C A R L M . W H I T E , d e a n o f C o l u m b i a 

University's F a c u l t y of L i b r a r y Service since 
1943, has resigned f r o m that post. D r . 
W h i t e , w h o is now on a year's leave of ab-
sence f r o m the University, w i l l return in 
September, 1955, to devote his entire time to 
his professorial duties, concentrating on re-
sponsibilities f o r instruction in the general 
area of the literature and bibliography of the 
social sciences. 

President G r a y s o n K i r k of the University 
indicated that P r o f e s s o r Robert D . Leigh, 
w h o has been acting dean during D r . W h i t e ' s 
absence on leave, w i l l continue in that post for 
the present. 

" I n resigning his administrative position, 
D r . W h i t e has indicated his primary interest 
in the development of the L i b r a r y School's 
program of instruction in the literature and 
bibliography of the social sciences," said Presi-
dent K i r k . " H i s background as a scholar in 
the library field w i l l make him of inestimable 
help in this area as, freed f r o m the exacting 
demands of administrative duties, he is enabled 
to devote all his time and efforts to this im-
portant w o r k . 

" I n his years as dean, D r . W h i t e assumed 
a leading part in stressing the graduate char-

acter of library school instruction with ever 
increasing emphasis on the literature of the 
m a j o r subject fields, including the social sci-
ences and the physical and biological sciences, 
as w e l l as the humanities. D u r i n g these 
years, there w a s extensive reorganization of 
Columbia's School of L i b r a r y Service. T h e 
basic professional degree in librarianship w a s 
changed f r o m a bachelor's to a master's 
degree. W o r k f o r the research degree of 
D o c t o r of L i b r a r y Science w a s authorized. 

" I n this day of increasing complexity in 
national and community life, the library, as 
an institution of basic importance to our 
society, must keep pace," D r . K i r k added. 
" T h i s means, of course, that instruction in 
librarianship must continue to be reevaluated, 
reassessed and made ever more effective. 
T h r o u g h the efforts of scholars like D r . 
W h i t e , w h o devote their lives to the w o r k , 
this w i l l be accomplished." 

D r . W h i t e joined the Columbia school as 
dean in 1943, coming f r o m a post as director 
of the L i b r a r y and L i b r a r y School and pro-
fessor of library science at the University of 
Illinois. U n t i l June, 1953, he w a s also di-
rector of the University L i b r a r i e s at C o l u m -
bia. H e w a s graduated f r o m the O k l a h o m a 
Baptist University w i t h the B . A . in 1925, 
received the M . A . f r o m M e r c e r University 
in 1928, the P h . D . f r o m C o r n e l l University 
in 1933 and the degree of Bachelor of Sci-
ence in L i b r a r y Service f r o m Columbia U n i -
versity in 1934. 

A p p o i n t m e n t s 
Francis E . C a l l a n has been appointed as-

sistant librarian of the State T e a c h e r ' s College 
at Salem, M a s s . 

M r s . Jeanne Cianciulli has been appointed 
assistant librarian of the C i t y H a l l Division 
of the F o r d h a m University L i b r a r y . 

G r a n t T a l b o t D e a n has been appointed 
cataloger of the C a r n e g i e Endowment for 
International Peace, N e w Y o r k C i t y . 

R o b e r t D . Desmond has been appointed 
editor of New Serial Titles at the L i b r a r y 
of Congress. 

M a r g a r e t K . Eckels has been appointed 
head of technical processes at the M i s s o u r i 
State L i b r a r y , Jefferson C i t y . She w a s f o r -
merly cataloger at the University of K a n s a s 
C i t y L i b r a r y . 

M i s s A n n e C . Edmonds, the reference li-

brarian of G o u c h e r College, has exchanged 
positions f o r the year 1955 with M i s s Eileen 
M . M u n r o , a member of the staff of the 
European branch of the British Broadcasting 
Corporation's Reference L i b r a r y . 

R o s e - G r a c e Faucher has been appointed 
librarian of the School of Dentistry of the 
University of M i c h i g a n . 

Rodney J. Ferguson has been appointed cir-
culation and reference librarian of the Illinois 
W e s l e y a n University L i b r a r y , Bloomington, 
111. 

M r s . H e r t a Fischer, f o r m e r l y librarian of 
the University of N e b r a s k a C o l l e g e of M e d i -
cine in O m a h a , has been appointed librarian 
of Beckman Instruments, Inc., Fullerton, 
C a l i f . 

D a v i d Foley, f o r m e r l y assistant librarian 

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of the Royal M i l i t a r y College of C a n a d a , 
Kingston, O n t a r i o , has been appointed assist-
ant librarian of the University of T o r o n t o . 

Stephen Ford, f o r m e r l y chief of the serials 
division, Southern Illinois University L i b r a r y , 
has been appointed associate order librarian 
of the University of M i c h i g a n L i b r a r y . 

H e n r y J. G a r t l a n d has been appointed chief 
librarian of the U . S . V e t e r a n s Administration 
library service. 

Beatrice H i g h has been appointed assistant 
librarian of the N e w M e x i c o M i l i t a r y Insti-
tute, Roswell, N . M . 

H a r r i e t Jameson w a s appointed chief of the 
H i s t o r y of Medicine Division, A r m e d Forces 
M e d i c a l L i b r a r y , Cleveland, on A u g u s t 6, 
1 9 5 4 -

M a r y A n n e Kernan, formerly law librarian 
at E m o r y University, is now in the reference 
department of the A i r University L i b r a r y at 
M a x w e l l Field, A l a . 

O l i v e L e e , f o r m e r l y head of readers' serv-
ices at the M o u n t H o l y o k e College L i b r a r y , 
has been appointed to the same position at 
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, M e . 

Christopher L e g g e is now librarian, A m e r i -
can University, Beirut, Lebanon, succeeding 
D a v i d W i l d e r . 

H e r b e r t C . Lemon has been appointed li-
brarian of M e s a College, G r a n d Junction, 
C o l o . 

T h e f o l l o w i n g personnel changes have been 
made recently at L o s Angeles State College 
L i b r a r y . T h e new librarians a r e : Keith P . 
Anderson, assistant catalog librarian; H . 
Randall Butler, assistant order l i b r a r i a n ; 
Joseph A . Schmidt, assistant reference li-
b r a r i a n ; Robert A . Canny, periodicals libra-
rian. R u t h M . P r o t z m a n has been promoted 
f r o m assistant catalog librarian to circulation 
librarian. 

Cynthia L o v e j o y has been appointed plants 
and animal sciences librarian at the University 
of N e w Hampshire L i b r a r y . 

Lucile L u k e n s has been appointed librarian 
of Sterling College, Sterling, K a n . 

John C . M c N e e has been appointed head 
of the circulation department of the I o w a 
State College L i b r a r y . 

Elizabeth M e i e r has been appointed circula-
tion-reference librarian of the M i d w e s t Inter-
L i b r a r y C e n t e r . She w a s formerly assistant 
reference librarian of the University of C a l i -
fornia at Santa B a r b a r a and subsequently 

with the U . S . A r m y A i r Force. 
M i s s D o r o t h y M i n e r , librarian and keeper 

of manuscripts of the W a l t e r s A r t G a l l e r y , 
Baltimore, M a r y l a n d , has been appointed the 
A . S . W . Rosenbach F e l l o w in Bibliography at 
the University of Pennsylvania for 1954-1955. 
She has chosen as her topic " T h e M e d i e v a l 
Illustrated B o o k . " T h e lectures w i l l be held 
on successive T h u r s d a y s , A p r i l 21, 28 and 
M a y 5. 

Ruth H u n t M o r r i s , formerly reference as-
sistant in the A t l a n t a Public L i b r a r y , has 
been appointed g i f t and exchange librarian at 
Johns Hopkins University. 

A n n a M . M u r p h y has been appointed assist-
ant librarian of Fordham University. 

Philip L . Nesbeitt has been appointed refer-
ence librarian at the Brooklyn C o l l e g e L i -
brary. 

N a t a l i e Nicholson has been appointed r e f e r -
ence librarian at the Massachusetts Institute 
of T e c h n o l o g y . 

M e l v i n C . O a t h o u t w a s appointed super-
visor of the state reference service of the 
C a l i f o r n i a State L i b r a r y on June I, 1954. 

Lucille V . O l d s has been appointed assist-
ant professor in the L i b r a r y Science School 
of Virginia State College, Petersburg. F o r -
merly she w a s head of circulation at Hampton 
Institute. 

R u t h e r f o r d B. Rogers has been named chief 
of the Reference Department, N e w Y o r k 
Public L i b r a r y . A sketch of M r . Rogers ap-
peared in the April, 1954, issue of C&RL. 

M r s . Phyllis L . Schneider has been ap-
pointed circulation librarian of the University 
of W y o m i n g . 

D o r o t h y Shipman w a s appointed librarian 
of the A d r i a n College L i b r a r y , A d r i a n , M i c h . , 
in September, 1954. 

W i t h the establishment of a new position 
in the fast g r o w i n g V i r g i n i a Polytechnic 
Institute L i b r a r y , M r . F r a n k C . Shirk has 
been promoted to associate librarian in charge 
of technical services. M r . Shirk has been at 
V . P . I , since F e b r u a r y , 1948, and has been 
engineering branch librarian since September, 
1950. 

H a r o l d F . Smith, formerly assistant refer-
ence librarian of the C o l o r a d o State C o l l e g e 
of Education, has been appointed acquisitions 
librarian of the same library. 

M a r j o r i e Sonnentag, formerly assistant 
cataloger at C o l g a t e University, Hamilton, 

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N . Y . , has been appointed head of the catalog 
department of the University of D e l a w a r e 
L i b r a r y . 

Edith P . Stickney has been appointed li-
brarian of M i d l a n d College, Fremont, N e b . 

N a n c y W . Stirling has been appointed 
assistant l a w librarian of the N e w Y o r k State 
L i b r a r y . 

E a r l e Thompson, f o r m e r l y order librarian 
at E m o r y University, is now head of acquisi-
tions at the Louisiana State University L i -
brary. 

W a r r e n T r a c y , f o r m e r l y assistant librarian 
of N o r t h w e s t e r n State C o l l e g e , Natchitoches, 
L a . , has been appointed librarian of C o e 

College, C e d a r Rapids, I o w a . 
D a v i d T s e n g has been appointed assistant 

librarian and instructor in library science at 
Pacific University, F o r e s t G r o v e , O r e . 

Rodney W a l d r o n has been appointed ad-
ministrative assistant to the director of the 
libraries of the O r e g o n State System of 
H i g h e r Education, C o r v a l l i s . 

O t t o W . W a l t e r , I I , has been appointed 
cataloger and periodicals librarian of the Illi-
nois W e s l e y a n University L i b r a r y , Blooming-
ton, 111. 

H u g h B. W e l t y has been appointed director 
of technical services f o r the University of 
Pittsburgh L i b r a r y . 

Retirements 

H a z e l E. A r m s t r o n g has retired f r o m the 
position of librarian and professor of library 
science at Indiana State T e a c h e r s College. 

K a r l B r o w n retired from the N e w Y o r k 
Public L i b r a r y on N o v e m b e r i , 1954. H e 
w i l l continue his interest in the publishing 
field in the capacity of managing editor of the 
Science Press, Lancaster, P a . 

M a r y C l a r a G r a v e z , reference librarian of 
Lehigh University since 1947, has retired. 

Ida F a y Hamilton, librarian of the Sul 
Ross State C o l l e g e L i b r a r y , Alpine, T e x . , f o r 
27 years, has retired. 

W i l l i a m Jerome W i l s o n has retired as 
chief of the H i s t o r y of Medicine Division, 
A r m e d Forces M e d i c a l L i b r a r y , Cleveland. 

N e c r o l o g y 

M i s s CHRISTINE DICK, librarian emeritus 
of the University of Southern C a l i f o r n i a , died 
on December 22, 1954, in L o s Angeles. She 
suffered a heart attack and had been hospital-
ized three weeks. She w a s 71. 

M i s s D i c k joined the Southern C a l i f o r n i a 
L i b r a r y in 1927, and retired in 1948. D u r i n g 
her 21 years on the campus, the library had 
its greatest period of g r o w t h . She became 
acting librarian in 1933, and librarian in 1937. 

M i s s D i c k w a s a native of C r e t e , N e b r a s k a . 
She w a s graduated f r o m D o a n e College, N e -
braska, the N e w Y o r k State and Columbia 
University L i b r a r y School. A f t e r teaching 
for a time and serving as principal in N e -
braska schools, M i s s D i c k became librarian of 
D o a n e College and then joined the Allegheny 
F r e e L i b r a r y in Pittsburgh. F r o m 1919 to 
1927 she w a s at the University of N o r t h 
D a k o t a library. 

She w a s a member of the American L i b r a r y 
Association and the C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y A s -
sociation, P E O , Kappa Phi Z e t a , national 
library science honorary society, Phi Kappa 

Phi, scholastic honor society, the C a l i f o r n i a 
Bookplate and the A m e r i c a n Society of Book-
plate C o l l e c t o r s and Designers Society. 

M I L T O N J A M E S F E R G U S O N , c h i e f l i b r a r i a n 

of the Brooklyn Public L i b r a r y f o r 19 years, 
died on O c t o b e r 23, 1954. H e w a s 75 years 
old. 

M r . Ferguson came to Brooklyn in 1930 
f r o m C a l i f o r n i a , w h e r e he had been head of 
the State L i b r a r y at Sacramento for 13 years. 
H i s contributions as a bookman, his great 
services to the library profession as shown by 
his elevation to the presidency of the A m e r i -
can L i b r a r y Association, the N e w Y o r k L i -
brary Association, the C a l i f o r n i a L i b r a r y A s -
sociation and numerous other organizations, 
are only a f e w of his accomplishments as 
summed up in the resolutions adopted by the 
Brooklyn L i b r a r y Staff Association. D r . 
Ferguson demonstrated his ability as a library 
planner and organizer in other fields, evi-
denced by library surveys f o r the C a r n e g i e 
Corporation in the Union of South A f r i c a , 

216 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES 



Rhodesia and Kenya Colony in 1928-29, one 
in Concord, N . H . , in 1937 and others in the 
State of Louisiana and the Prince E d w a r d 
Islands. 

M r . Ferguson's dry sense of humor w a s 
one of his outstanding characteristics. It fre-
quently burst through the customarily solemn 
bounds of annual reports, as, for example, 
when he bemoaned the demise of the library's 
sedan "which, like the Queen's hats, a l w a y s 
stood up in the c r o w d , " and when he referred 
to the long-unfinished library building on 
G r a n d A r m y P l a z a as having "more long-
distance records than all the marathon run-
ners since the time of P h e i d i p p i d e s . " — T h o m a s 
G. Brown. 

M R S . E T H E L C A N T R I L L , K e n t u c k y s t a t e l i -

brarian f o r the last 24 years except during 
1937-40 and 1944-48, died on A u g u s t 21, 1954. 

M R S . E V A M . KRISTOFFERSEN, l i b r a r i a n o f 

the H a r t f o r d , Conn., M e d i c a l Society L i b r a r y , 
died on N o v e m b e r 16, 1954. She had been a 
member of the staffs of the N e w Y o r k Public 
L i b r a r y , the Dickinson College L i b r a r y , and 
the G i r a r d College L i b r a r y . 

E A R L N . M A N C H E S T E R , l i b r a r i a n e m e r i t u s 

of O h i o State University, died on N o v e m b e r 
11. A sketch of M r . Manchester, written by 
L e w i s E . Branscomb, appeared in the O c -
t o b e r , 1 9 5 2 i s s u e o f COLLEGE A N D RESEARCH 

LIBRARIES. F r o m September 4, 1953, to the 
time of his death he w a s director of the 
S. Cornelia Y o u n g M e m o r i a l L i b r a r y of 
D a y t o n a Beach, Florida. 

E. C . MILLER, f o r m e r librarian of the 
M e d i c a l College of Virginia, died on July 
21, 1954, at the age of 87. 

C H A R L E S S E Y M O U R T H O M P S O N d i e d o n 

N o v e m b e r 22, 1954, at the age of seventy-five. 
A graduate of Y a l e , A . B . 1902, he had been 
w i t h the Brooklyn Public L i b r a r y , assistant 
librarian of the District of Columbia Public 
L i b r a r y , and librarian of the Savannah, G a . , 
Public L i b r a r y . F r o m 1927 to 1930 he w a s 
the assistant librarian and reference librarian 
of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 
1931 he w a s made acting librarian and later 
librarian upon the resignation of A s a D o n 
Dickinson. M r . T h o m p s o n w a s the eleventh 
person to serve in the identifiable position of 
librarian, and the fifth full-time (or almost 
full-time) librarian. H e retired in 1945. 

M r . Thompson w a s the first secretary of 
the "Friends of the University of Pennsyl-
vania L i b r a r y , " formed F e b r u a r y 1931, and 
w a s the editor f o r the first thirteen volumes 
of the Friends publication, The University of 
Pennsylvania Library Chronicle. H e w a s di-
rector of the A L A Survey of Libraries in 
1924-1927, and w a s the author of Evolution 
of the American Public Library, 1655-1876, 
completed during his r e t i r e m e n t . — W a l t e r W. 
Wright. 

F R A N C I S H O R N E R W I L S O N , c i r c u l a t i o n l i -

brarian at Purdue University f r o m 1944 to 
1 953. died at Lebanon, Pa., on October 9, 
1954, at the age of 40. H e w a s preparing to 
take a library assignment abroad with the 
D e f e n s e Department. 

Foreign Libraries 

D r . N o r b e r t Fischer w a s appointed chief 
librarian of the G e r m a n Patent Office in 
M u n i c h on J a n u a r y I, 1954. 

Roberto Gordillo, formerly assistant librar-
ian of the Sacred H e a r t Seminary, D e t r o i t , 
became assistant librarian at M e x i c o City 
C o l l e g e on July 16, 1954. 

S. H a l l b e r g retired as librarian of the 
G o t h e n b u r g C i t y L i b r a r y on October 1, 1954. 
H i s successor is G o s t a O t t e r v i k . 

C h a r l e s N o w e l l , city librarian of M a n -
chester, died on A u g u s t 9, 1954. 

K a r l Schottenloher, noted bibliographer and 
historian, died in M u n i c h on J u l y 30, 1954. 

Heinrich Uhlendahl, director of the 
Deutsche Biicherei in Leipzig, died shortly 
before Christmas, 1954. Uhlendahl enjoyed 
the high respect of colleagues both within and 
without the Germanies f o r having created a 
G e r m a n national library and f o r having main-
tained the integrity of the collections and the 
standards of service of the Deutsche Biicherei 
during the difficult periods of N a z i and C o m -
munist domination of Saxony. 

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