College and Research Libraries


A C R L Microcard Series 
Abstracts of Titles* 
K I R B Y , M A D G E B A R B O U R 

A h i s t o r y of the G o u c h e r C o l l e g e li-

b r a r y , B a l t i m o r e , M d . , 1 8 8 5 - 1 9 4 9 . R o c h -

ester, N . Y . , U n i v e r s i t y of R o c h e s t e r P r e s s 

f o r 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 -

ence L i b r a r i e s , 1 9 5 4 . ( v i , 103 1. tables. 

2 8 c m . A C R L M I C R O C A R D S E R I E S , n o . 2 6 ) 

T h e s i s ( M . S . in L . S . ) — C a t h o l i c U n i v e r -

sity of A m e r i c a , 1 9 5 2 . B i b l i o g r a p h y : 

1. 1 0 2 - 1 0 3 . 3 cards. $ . 7 5 . 

T h e study covers the history of G o u c h e r 
College L i b r a r y in three periods: 1885-
1 9 1 9 ; 1919-1934; 1934-1949. A m o n g the 
topics treated are library facilities, staff, 
budget, the book collection and its classi-
fication, the building program that culmi-
nated in the Julia Rogers' L i b r a r y . T h e 
annual reports of Eleanor W . Falley, li-
brarian f r o m 1919-1949, constituted the 
main bibliographical source. 

W A G N E R , L L O Y D F . 

A descriptive history of the l i b r a r y f a -

cilities of L a f a y e t t e C o l l e g e , E a s t o n , P a . , 

1 8 2 4 - 1 9 4 1 . R o c h e s t e r , N . Y . , U n i v e r s i t y 

of R o c h e s t e r P r e s s f o r 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 , 1 9 5 4 . 

( x i i i , 91 1. illus., map, tables. 2 8 c m . 

A C R L M I C R O C A R D S E R I E S , n o . 2 7 ) T h e s i s 

( M . S . in L . S . ) — C a t h o l i c U n i v e r s i t y of 

A m e r i c a , 1 9 5 1 . B i b l i o g r a p h y : 1. 6 4 - 6 7 . 3 

cards. $ . 7 5 . 

T h e purpose of this thesis is to contribute 
t o w a r d a clearer understanding of the re-
sponsibilities of the library and its function 
in the academic community. T h e philoso-
phies and activities of the five college li-
brarians and fourteen college presidents 
are revealed in the development of the 
library administration and facilities. 

* A d d r e s s all orders f o r A C R L M I C R O C A R D S , whether 
standing orders or orders for single titles, to the Micro-
publication S e r v i c e , U n i v e r s i t y of Rochester P r e s s , 
Rochester 3, N . Y . 

F o r many decades the stringent financial 
circumstances of the College hampered the 
library's development. T h i s w a s an op-
portunity f o r the students to display their 
initiative by supporting their own literary 
society libraries, which proved to be an 
indispensable contribution to the academic 
effort at L a f a y e t t e . By their relentless 
criticism and their cooperative efforts, 
generations of students exercised an ex-
traordinary influence in obtaining adequate 
library facilities. 

A statistical comparison is presented of 
L a f a y e t t e ' s library in relation to libraries 
of other institutions similar in origin, size 
and character. 

H I N K L E Y , M A R Y E L I Z A B E T H 

T h e role of the college l i b r a r y in the 

preservation and o r g a n i z a t i o n of the archives 

of its o w n institution. R o c h e s t e r , N . Y . , 

U n i v e r s i t y of R o c h e s t e r Press f o r the A s s o -

ciation 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 , 

1 9 5 4 . ( 6 , 80 1. tables. 2 9 c m . ACRL 

M I C R O C A R D S E R I E S , n o . 2 8 ) T h e s i s ( M . S . 

in L . S . ) — C o l u m b i a U n i v e r s i t y , 1 9 5 1 . 

" L i s t of s o u r c e s " : 1. 79-80. 3 cards. $ . 7 5 . 

Findings indicate that there is increasing 
interest in college archives and that archival 
activity varies f r o m unsolicited historical 
materials to purposeful collecting. M a j o r 
types of materials are preserved although 
some useful source materials are held in 
only a f e w colleges. 

Findings establish f u r t h e r that the li-
brary building is the location for historical 
materials, with only 2 5 . 3 % of the official 
records housed there. Policies relating to 
the preservation of official records and the 
transfer of non-current files to a central 
archive are infrequently found. 

In the comparison of 27 centralized and 
100 non-centralized archival programs 
findings establish that centralization re-
sults in greater preservation and concen-

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tration of historical materials, but has not 
provided a greater number of official rec-
ords, more complete files, or better organ-
ization of materials. College librarians 
usually administer centralized programs, 
but w i t h o u t administrative directive. Both 
types of programs lack statements of poli-
cies relating to official records. 

I t is recommended that the small college 
investigate its archival problem, consider 
the appointment of a professional archi-
vist, temporary or permanent if record 
problems w a r r a n t , and provide adminis-
trative policies f o r existing or newly es-
tablished programs. F u r t h e r recommen-
dations are that the college library be con-
sidered as the agency which may be best 
equipped to assume responsibility f o r the 
program. 

C A M P B E L L , I V A H F L O R A 

R e s o u r c e s of the W i s c o n s i n state histori-

cal l i b r a r y , R o c h e s t e r , N . Y . , U n i v e r s i t y 

of R o c h e s t e r P r e s s f o r 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 , 1 9 5 4 . 

( 3 8 1. 3 0 c m . A C R L M I C R O C A R D S E R I E S , n o . 

2 9 ) T e r m paper, L i b r a r y Science 4 2 7 , U n i -

v e r s i t y of Illinois, 1 9 5 2 . B i b l i o g r a p h y : 

1. 36-38. 2 cards. $ . 5 0 . 

Nine chapters of this study are devoted 
to a discussion of the collections of the 
Wisconsin State Historical Society, one to 
recent acquisitions, and one lists the cur-
rent publications of the Society. T h e in-
vestigator has found that the collection is 
still g r o w i n g but might be developed and 
exploited more than has been possible under 
conditions during recent years. 

W I L D M A N , IRIS J . 

A s t u d y of l a w l i b r a r y classification and 

its problems. R o c h e s t e r , N . Y . , U n i v e r s i t y 

of R o c h e s t e r P r e s s f o r 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 , 1 9 5 4 . 

( [ v i ] , 78 1. tables. 2 8 c m . ACRL MICRO-

C A R D S E R I E S , n o . 3 0 . T h e s i s ( M . S . i n 

L . S . ) — W e s t e r n R e s e r v e U n i v e r s i t y , 1 9 5 4 . 

B i b l i o g r a p h y : 1. [ 7 7 ] — 7 8 . 3 cards. $ . 7 5 . 

T h i s study is, in the most part, limited 
to A n g l o - A m e r i c a n l a w . I t is a discussion 

of several s c h e m e s — W i r e , Cuming, D a -
bagh, Hicks, Schiller, M c K a v i t t , Benyon 
and L C — a r r a n g e d chronologically so as 
to show the development of l a w library 
classification. C h a p t e r I discusses the 
various types of l a w materials and the 
problems and arguments in their classifi-
cation. T h e succeeding chapters discuss, 
one by one, the different schemes. T a b l e s 
are included. 

L a w libraries require schemes especially 
adapted to l a w books. D u e to the types of 
materials many l a w books f a l l into f o r m 
classification. M o s t of the difficulties arise 
in classifying treatises; it is the case of 
author versus subject arrangement. B u t 
no matter w h a t the arrangement, the card 
catalog must supplement it. 

T h e most noted schemes are those of 
W i r e , C u m i n g , D a b a g h , Hicks, Schiller, 
M c K a v i t t , Benyon and L C . O f these the 
D a b a g h scheme w a s designed to provide a 
standard classification for l a w books; both 
the C u m i n g and Benyon schemes tried to 
fill the gap l e f t in the L C classification. 

M o s t l a w libraries have devised schemes 
based upon their own collections, and to 
date, no scheme has been accepted as a 
standard. 

C H A M B E R L I N , EDGAR W . 

N a t i o n a l atlases. R o c h e s t e r , N . Y . , U n i -

v e r s i t y of R o c h e s t e r Press f o r the A s s o c i a -

tion 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 , 

! 9 5 4 - ( 5 3 1- 2 9 c m . A C R L M I C R O C A R D 

SERIES, no. 3 1 ) T e r m paper, L i b r a r y 

Science 306, U n i v e r s i t y of I l l i n o i s , 1 9 5 2 . 

B i b l i o g r a p h y : 1. 5 0 - 5 3 . 2 c a r d s . $.50. 

T h i s report reviews significant volumes 
of maps representing twenty-six nations 
and territories. A national atlas aims at 
the cartographical representation of the 
physical, biogeographical, economic, cultural 
and political features of a national terri-
tory. Several of the w o r k s include de-
scriptive texts in one or more languages 
and gazetteers. C a n a d a , France, Italy 
and Russia are represented in the report, 
but it has been the smaller countries such 
as Czechoslovakia, Belgian Congo, Indo-
nesia, D e n m a r k and Switzerland that have 
produced outstanding atlases. 

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