College and Research Libraries By A R T H U R T . H A M L I N The ACRL Annual Report, 1954-55 COLLEGE LIBRARIES IN 1 9 5 5 LIKE HIS PRESIDENT, the college librarian looks to the future with increasing con- cern because of the enormous enrollment in- crease which has already begun. This will re- quire building expansion, staff expansion, and tremendous book fund increase for the inevitable new fields of study and the exten- sion of graduate work. While the college librarian plans for growth in all directions, he must likewise re- orient his attitudes toward librarianship. Service is not enough. T h e college library must be a positive educational force. This need is sensed, rather than well understood, by leaders in education of today, and in part accounts for the feeling of irritation, without important complaint, which so often centers on the academic library. Listen to an unusually well informed elder statesman, the director of the Educational Policies Commission, and his colleague: Except for a very few institutions, libraries have not played the role which they could play and which they should be encouraged to play in col- lege life. T h e library is a magnificent academic resource too frequently used mechanically, with its services, and activities limited to the pro- vision of books for reading in courses, and with its educational initiative limited. Inadequate use of the library must be regarded as inefficient use of available resources, and charged against poor college administration. . . . T h e college admin- istration, the faculty, and the library staff all have responsibilities for the development of in- creasingly imaginative educational service on the part of the library as a central feature of the academic environment with as yet unrealized potential.! In this kindly criticism the authors join with other leaders in recognizing that the quality of education depends on the quality of the faculty and the quality of the library. Attention has focused on the former in re- 1 H o w a r d E . W i l s o n and Gordon E. S a m s o n , " T h e College L i b r a r y in W o r l d A f f a i r s . " Journal of Higher Education X X V I ( D e c . 1 9 5 5 ) , 486. cent years, but more attention is now being given to the library. W e may soon be as much discussed a problem as teaching sal- aries. If so, college libraries will operate under the spotlight of investigations, front- page publicity, and the speeches and papers of both politicians and research workers. T h e primary need of the college and uni- versity library, as seen from the A C R L of- fice, is for faculty understanding of the li- brary's educational role and for the enlight- ened cooperation of faculty members and administrators. Likewise, the library staff needs better information on teaching meth- ods and assignments so that cooperation can be mutual. T h e college library as the book center of the institution is, or should be, of equal concern to the teaching staff and the library staff. T h e librarian is, of course, responsible for administration and the li- brary staff is in charge of operation, but his efforts cannot be very successful unless but- tressed by purposeful faculty-student contact among the tools of learning, and by counsel and assistance at many points of library operation. T h e need for regular faculty con- tact with students in the library cannot be overemphasized, and is even more important as student bodies grow larger. Contact will at times extend to detailed suggestions about the use of indexes, bibliographies and related tools. Much of it is simple, friendly book chat. Contact with faculty stimulates student interest in intellectual subjects, provides gui- dance in choice of books and help in the use of difficult tools. On the other hand, too many libraries operate without any sure first-hand staff knowledge of the daily routine in the class- room. There are assigned reading lists at the reserve desk. Perhaps one or two staff mem- bers do teach or take courses, but this is not enough. Some staff member in even the very small college library should have a pretty pre- cise knowledge of teaching methods, coverage and assignments in the principal undergrad- MAY, 1956 239 uate courses. This knowledge is essential to meeting the responsibility of furnishing stu- dents with the tools of learning. Furthermore, knowledge of and interest in the teaching process and its problems will help foster fac- ulty cooperation in the library program and its problems. If members of faculties visualize college and university libraries in terms of the gen- eration when they were graduate students, the fault is ours. Change has come and hor- izons must be lifted. It is generally recognized that librarians do not write enough for the outside world and prepare too many papers for themselves. Our profession has some 250 journals and library publications of one type or another in this country alone. Our faculties, administrative officers and general public cannot be blamed for their lack of understanding of library objectives if we do not take the pains to publicize the library mission. This is at once the responsibility of each head librarian and the state and national library associations. T h e solution to this need will not be easily found, but we will have the help of a great body of wise and unselfish leaders of education. Likewise, we share with the whole world of education the second major problem of librarianship, expanding enroll- ments which will double the size of colleges in fifteen years. Student body expansion will increase the needs for everything. I believe the principal immediate library pressure will be for more reading room space in which students may study. It is inevitable that some institutions will have to turn students away from the li- brary because of lack of space. T o what pur- pose the whole educational process when stu- dent use of books, the pay-off of the whole process, is curtailed by this relatively inex- pensive requirement of space to read? An indirect result of expanding enroll- ment is expanding curriculum. Each year some junior colleges become senior colleges. Senior colleges take on some or more graduate study. Universities establish additional professional schools and extend doctoral study into new fields. Any such growth should be preceded by extensive purchase of the materials of study. T h e librarian must do everything possible to prevent his institution from taking on new fields until it has provided funds for the neces- sary tools. Finally, with expansion facing us at every turn, we likewise have a crisis in staff to operate college libraries. There are not enough trained personnel for the present needs and the situation grows daily worse. T h e profession is unable to maintain stand- ards for education and training. We may confidently expect an increase of 40 per cent in the number of college librarians by 1970. Where will they come from? Certainly the library schools are not providing for any such increase. Recruiting lags because sal- aries are so low, because very little effort is expended in this cause, and because some top positions have recently gone to people who have not worked up through the ranks but stepped into librarianship from college teaching and administrative positions. College librarians are with justice crit- icized for their lack of advanced graduate work. Unfortunately, this situation will continue so long as library salaries remain far below those of the teaching profession. Our future labor supply will undoubtedly be picked up here and there and everywhere. Only those institutions with better than average pay scales will have qualified library staffs. In the final analysis, the solution of all professional problems and future growth de- pends on the quality and training of person- nel. We need a large force of superior re- cruits who will spend several years in grad- uate study. T o have this, librarianship must pay generous salaries up and down the pro- fessional scale. Let us forget once and for all the penny-pinching minimum salary scales for which librarianship is so well known. These may save a few dollars for the present but they inevitably throttle professional develop- ment. These and other uncertainties of the fu- ture deserve careful thought. Meanwhile, let us consider the road recently traveled by the Association. T H E P R E S I D E N T I A L P R O G R A M At the beginning of the year President Lyle adopted a four-point program which called for: closer relations between ACRL and the various learned societies and educa- tional, professional and accrediting associa- 240 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES tions; publication of an ACRL organization manual; a placement service; an improved program of work and social activity for the annual conference. Very little progress was made with the first and third goals. A committee was established to foster closer ties with learned societies but had minor progress to report at the year's end. The placement service so greatly needed could not be established because legal ad- visors believed that the service might cause cancellation of ALA's tax-exempt status. There- fore, ACRL's brave attack on the placement problem faded away, and its only accomplish- ment was a strong-endorsement of the newly established Placement Exchange. Of the four points in Mr. Lyle's program, most progress was made with the planning of the Philadelphia Conference. Work began on this early in the fall when your secretary and Mr. Alphonse Trezza, chairman of the Conference Programs Committee, attended a council on conference techniques in New York. Thereafter, planning proceeded rapid- ly and the June program was well established at the Midwinter meeting. ACRL's part in the Philadelphia Confer- ence would have been outstandingly success- ful had the weather not been so very hot. There was a good mixture of social and recreational events with professional pro- grams. An expensive exhibition of rare books was financed by proceeds from a very popular moonlight sail on the Delaware. Small discussion groups called Circles of Information were enthusiastically received. The Rare Book Committee's program was outstanding. The association is indebted to the University of Pennsylvania for the use of its facilities and for the services of many of its library staff, and particularly the hard work and imagination of Alphonse Trezza. The organization manual was begun in February and the principal contributions completed shortly therafter. General edito- rial work was placed in the hands of Joseph W. Kraus, and manuscript was to be re- viewed by the chairman of the Publications Committee. The manuscript was ready for production in July, but publication was de- layed by summer vacations and by the resig- nation of the ACRL publications officer in September. T H E U N I T E D STATES STEEL FOUNDIATION G R A N T Easily the outstanding event of the year for the association was the award of $30,000 from the United States Steel Foundation to support college libraries and for research. The purposes of this grant and its handling have already been reported in C&RL. While the sum awarded is small for national dis- tribution, the event may well lead to im- portant regular fund-raising activity. The association is greatly indebted to the founda- tion for the grant, and even more indebted for the counsel and support of Dr. W. Hom- er Turner, director of the foundation, an academician as well as a man of affairs with wide experience in and knowledge of re- search libraries, who conceived the plan, won the support of his board, and then wisely ad- vised ACRL on its assignment of the money and its program of further support for li- braries. Surely our "man of the year" for 1955 is W. Homer Turner. L I B R A R Y SURVEYS The ACRL office had general leadership and supervision for two surveys of libraries under formal ALA contracts. Early in 1955 the Association received a request for a li- brary survey from the North Shore Con- gregation Israel, a reformed synagogue in a Chicago suburb. After some discussion, respon- sibility for the survey was assigned to ACRL. Your secretary visited the synagogue, discussed survey coverage and prepared a plan which was accepted. It was expected that a surveyor of the Hebrew faith with the proper profes- sional background would be found, but no one residing near Chicago was available to do the work. As a result, your secretary took leave of absence, gathered the information and wrote the report. This was mimeographed by the synagogue and a few copies are available for loan from the ACRL Office. The United States Naval Academy at An- napolis requested a survey of its library at about the same time. After some correspond- ence and a visit to the academy, your report- er prepared a plan and budget for this study, which were accepted. Jack Dalton of the University of Virginia and William Dix of Princeton were selected as surveyors. Actual survey work was not undertaken until after MAY, 1956 241 the close of the current year. The academy has requested that the report on its library be confidential. In addition to these two contracts, the office has advised a number of institutions on surveys and is always ready to recommend competent surveyors. One bright spring day was spent at the University of Notre Dame Library, whose survey was completed about two years pre- viously. It was extremely interesting to com- pare "then" with "now" and review with the librarian each recommendation of that survey in the light of his experience. ALA has a statement of policy which governs surveys. A modest supervisory fee is charged, of which two-thirds is assigned to the division which takes leadership in the survey. In most cases institutions which in- quire about surveys are advised to have this done officially by ALA. The objectivity and the added weight of recommendations by a national organization are important factors in favor of an official survey. From all ev- idence, surveys made in the past under the ACRL office have more than satisfied the con- tracting parties. The ALA and ACRL exec- utive secretaries believe this to be an impor- tant service to the profession, but this view is not shared by all senior headquarters staff members and ACRL alone has undertaken surveys in recent years. It is regretted that so very few college li- braries undertake surveys. These need not be expensive. Many colleges badly need the ad- vice of a competent outsider in redirecting their library program to increase its educa- tional effectiveness. M E M B E R S H I P AND F I N A N C E S The year brought practically no change in the membership picture. There were 5,163 members, an increase of 45 over 1954. Allot- ments from membership dues totaled $22,- 863.93. The division spent nearly $4,800 more than it received during 1954/55. The actual deficit is considerably less than that because some major credit was in hand but could not be entered in the books until shortly after the year's end. The directors had budg- eted $7,405 of its reserve funds to finance the year's program. On August 31, 1955, the division had a cash balance of $8,584.43. Two years ago the ACRL balance was near- ly twice this sum. The reduction in cash balance is the result of board policy to in- vest division funds in an expanded program. During the year the treasurer turned over to the ALA comptroller all ACRL funds and financial records. The ALA treasurer's report incorporates full information on the use of ACRL funds. ACRL members are referred to that report for details on finances of the di- vision. PUBLICATIONS The official journal, COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES, continues to be a chief contribu- tion to the profession and a principal service to the membership. The association is ever more deeply indebted to Dr. Maurice F. Tau- ber for his uncompensated services as editor. Similar recognition is due to the editor's prin- cipal assistants, C. Donald Cook and John Rather, and to the editorial board. A questionnaire on C&RL was sent to the membership with the annual ballot. This elicited a great deal of constructive criticism and considerable praise for the journal. An analysis of the replies was published in the issue for January 1956. C&RL did well financially. Advertising in- come was up nearly $1,500 from last year's figure of $5,258. Other income decreased slightly. Total income was $10,062.50. Ex- penses (excluding salaries of headquarters personnel) were $13,022.97. The difference between expense and income was, of course, made up by an appropriation from ACRL's general funds. Progress with the ACRL Monograph and Microcard series is reported by the Publica- tions Committee. The Monographs ended the year with a deficit of $800, principally because the manufacturing cost of No. 14 falls within the current year but sales did not begin in volume until after the year's end. Publication of this volume (Rothstein's Development of Reference Services) is a ma- jor step forward, as it is certainly the most important and the most ambitious publica- tion in the series. Monograph accounts receivable plus inventory of stock in hand (valued at 50 per cent of sales price) repre- sent assets of approximately $4,000. 242 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES T R A V E L Considerably more time and money was spent in travel on association business and less on visits to libraries and state association meetings than in previous years. Principal library meetings attended were the conferences of the Pacific Northwest Li- brary Association at Tacoma, the N e w Eng- land Library Association at Swampscott, and the A C R L Philadelphia Chapter at Rose- mont. Numerous individual libraries were visited in connection with these and other trips. C O N S U L T A T I O N A considerable portion of the secretary's time is devoted to correspondence and per- sonal discussion of problems at individual libraries. These problems cover a wide range of professional topics, but more time was devoted to building plans than to any other single subject. Hardly a week passes without one or more letters and interviews with col- lege administrators, architects and librarians on this subject. T h e ALA library and ACRL committees perform similar services of great value. A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S During the past year the A C R L office has become indebted to the ALA staff generally for a pleasant and cooperative working rela- tionship, and particularly to Mrs. Stevenson and Mr. Clift. Mrs. Spigelman resigned as publications officer shortly after the year's end. She will be missed. Miss Mitchell con- tinues as the office secretary, efficient and pro- ductive in daily work. Her sharp eyes and even disposition have prevented many a mi- nor shipwreck. This report would not be complete with- out public recognition to Joseph Shipman for three years of service as treasurer. During this time he had an increasing daily burden in receiving funds and making disburse- ments. This responsibility was discharged with regularity, care and discernment at con- siderable personal sacrifice. Finally, your reporter must record per- sonal gratitude to President Lyle for his co- operation this past year. It was much more than one could expect. Of greater impor- tance is, of course, the fine leadership he gave to the association as its president. Those who wish further information on the affairs of the association during the year should consult the brief of minutes of the directors' meetings in the April and October 1955 issues of C&RL. T h e Summary Reports of 1955 Mid- winter Meetings (ALA, 1955) and 74th An- nual Conference Proceedings of the ALA (ALA, 1955) give further data. Vital statistics are given in the organization issue (Decem- ber) of the ALA Bulletin. Much of the following material was pre- pared by section and committee chairmen, whose initials are used to indicate author- ship. Sections C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n Ruth K. Porritt, Chairman T h e activities of the section for this year centered in joint programs at Midwinter with the University Libraries Section and at the annual conference with the Junior Col- lege Libraries Section as well as the Univer- sity Libraries Section. T h e joint effort of these groups provided an evening meeting at Midwinter and a morning program at Philadelphia. N o committees were active and no projects undertaken. (R.K.P.) J u n i o r C o l l e g e L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n Nellie M. Homes, Chairman T h e two principal projects for the year were the continued study of standards for junior college libraries and the collection of statistics. A revision of the standards was presented by the Standards Committee at the ALA Midwinter meeting. T h e consensus was that the valuable report did not meet the needs of all types of libraries. It was noted that the problems of liberal arts, residential colleges differed from those institutions with technical or vocational curricula. Catherine Cardew was appointed chairman of a subcommittee to make recommendations to the Standards Committee. In May the revised report was distributed to the membership and to non- member junior colleges along with member- MAY, 1956 243 ship promotion material. Copies of the stand- ards were sent to regional accrediting as- sociations. T h e revised standards were discussed at the annual conference in Philadelphia but were again referred to the committee, with Miss Elizabeth Neal as chairman, for further revision and work upon points of disagree- ment brought out at the meeting. T h e junior college statistics were collected and tabulated by Mrs. Thelma Vogt Taylor. They were prepared for publication with the assistance of Mrs. Cynthia Spigelman, ACRL Publications Officer, and were published in the January issue of C O L L E G E A N D RESEARCH LIBRARIES. At the Midwinter meeting of the ACRL Statistics Committee, it was decided that junior college libraries would in the future receive the regular ACRL statistics form, and that the junior college member of the ACRL committee would be responsible for tabulating the section statistics. One newsletter was issued. This included ballot, Standards Committee report, news, and program for the Annual Conference. (N.M.H.) P u r e a n d A p p l i e d S c i e n c e S e c t i o n Jane Ganfield, Chairman A committee headed by Mrs. Margaret Bryant is at work on the "Recommended List of Basic Periodicals in the Agricultural Sciences," which will be published as an ACRL Monograph. At the Midwinter meeting the membership considered a request for reproduction of the catalog of the U. S. Waterways Expe- riment Station at Vicksburg, Mississippi. T h e U. S. Army Corps of Engineers might re- produce this if an official request were sent them. T h e section membership referred the matter to the board of directors. Following correspondence between the Station and ACRL headquarters, the request was granted. (J.G.) R e f e r e n c e L i b r a r i a n s S e c t i o n Elizabeth M. Bond, Chairman T h e year's program for the section was discussed at an October meeting in Chicago attended by the chairman, the director for this section, and the ACRL executive sec- retary. Committees were appointed in good season. T h e Committee on Wilson Indexes (Je- rome K. Wilcox, chairman) is a joint commit- tee with the Public Libraries Division. Mem- bership is drawn from the New York area. T h e group met frequently and deserves a vote of thanks from the whole profession for its steady progress. T h e new Committee on Interlibrary Loans (Henry M. Fuller, chairman) has made im- portant progress with plans to facilitate in- ternational interlibrary loans. (Mr. Fuller's tragic death from polio this fall is a great loss to the profession.) The Midwinter Meeting program was a panel discussion on the proposed changes in the catalog code, or "What the Reference Librarian Expects of the Card Catalog." At the annual conference in Philadelphia Col- ton Storm spoke on the importance of local history materials. T h e adoption by the ALA Council at the Philadelphia Conference of the Manage- ment Survey, with its important implications for reference librarians in all types of li- braries, has resolved one of our most pressing problems: whether or not to urge the estab- lishment of a reference division of the Amer- ican Library Association. T h e section has had a committee working to find out the wishes of the section membership for two years. The im- plementation of the Management Survey will see all reference librarians together in one functional group. Special thanks should be expressed to the other officers of the section; to the chairmen and members of the various committees; to our out-going director, Miss Florence M. Gif- ford, who has served us so devotedly; and to Mr. Arthur T. Hamlin and his staff, always ready with understanding help and advice. (E.M.B.) L i b r a r i e s o f T e a c h e r T r a i n i n g I n s t i t u t i o n s S e c t i o n Marion B. Grady, Chairman The program for the year was discussed at a conference attended by the chairman, chairman-elect and ACRL executive sec- retary last fall. The program for Midwinter was also determined at this time. The Committee on Bibliographical Re- search (Walfred Erickson, chairman) is plan- ning a cooperative indexing project. This will be presented to the membership later. 244 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES The Committee on Standards (R. F. Schaupp, chairman) is at work on the de- velopment of concrete standards. (A.T.H.) U n i v e r s i t y L i b r a r i e s S e c t i o n Richard H. Logsdon, Chairman The section undertook no special activities this year. The Midwinter program dealt with the financial problems of college and univer- sity libraries. At the ALA annual conference the joint program sponsored by three sec- tions (university, college and junior colleges) was on undergraduate library service. (A.T.H.) Committees A u d i o - V i s u a l C o m m i t t e e Louis S. Shores, Chairman A directory of A-V personnel in college li- braries was published in mimeographed form. C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S brought O U t the first of a series of the new feature, "A-V Clearing House," edited by the committee. At the ALA pre-conference A-V Institute the committee put on a session for college librarians. It sponsored a Circle of Informa- tion on AV problems. Nine types of equip- ment were available for demonstration. T h e committee's mission has been rede- fined. The Committee has cooperated with DAVI by reviewing two drafts of DAVI's Brochure No. 4. T h e committee is considering two propos- als for film production: (a) there is urgent need for a freshman orientation film on li- brary use, and the committee will seek a sizable sum to finance this; (b) the need for a good recruitment film for the profes- sion is universally expressed, and ACRL should assist in this project needed by the whole profession. C o m m i t t e e o n C o m m i t t e e s N. Orwin Rush, Chairman The ACRL Committee on Committees car- ried on most of its work by correspondence. Each member of the committee prepared a list of possible candidates for committee mem- bership. In addition, the chairman solicited suggestions from all officers of the ACRL. These lists were gone over at a meeting of the entire committee at the time of the mid- winter meeting of ALA, and final recommen- dations were passed on to President-elect Rob- ert Vosper. (N.O.R.) D u p l i c a t e s E x c h a n g e U n i o n Whiton Powell, Chairman Membership of D u p l i c a t e s E x c h a n g e Union continues at approximately 120. All but eight expressed the desire to continue through replies to a questionnaire sent out this spring. Annual turnover of membership averages about 5 per cent, and continues the trend toward smaller libraries. (W.P.) P u b l i c a t i o n s C o m m i t t e e Jerrold Orne, Chairman T h e efforts of this committee during 1954- 55 have been devoted exclusively to clarify- ing the financial management of the various publication efforts of ACRL and obtaining a revision of policy statements concerning each publication to bring them closer to the goals of ACRL. Some effort was expended to bring about normalization of the Editorial Board responsibility for each publication or series. C&RL issued its normal four issues, and in addition a five-year index covering the period 1950-54, which was distributed in April, 1955. The July, 1955, issue contained for the first time a section dealing specifically with audio-visual materials edited by Louis S. Shores. It is expected that this will be a regu- lar feature of the journal. T h e ACRL Monographs extended its list by three titles during 1954-55, one of which was ACRL's first full-length bound book. Sales continue good and the financial status of this series is strong. The ACRL Microcard Series now contains 50 items and has on hand 65 standing orders. Abstracts are published regularly in COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES, as well as other pe- riodicals for which a particular item has in- MAY, 1956 245 terest. T h e Editorial Committee has been ex- panded and the policy of subject matter in- clusion redefined. (J-O.) C o m m i t t e e o n R a r e B o o k s , M a n u s c r i p t s a n d S p e c i a l C o l l e c t i o n s Gerald D. McDonald, Chairman In 1953-54 a committee was appointed to explore the need for some organization with- in the ALA which would reflect the interests of rare book librarians. In June, 1954, the Committee on Rare Books, Manuscripts and Special Collections was established officially as a permanent committee of ACRL. In its first year the committee realized that it must make itself known among those rare book librarians who were not closely associ- ated with the work of ALA and ACRL. Let- ters and news notes were sent to various li- brary and bibliographical periodicals, while a longer article giving something of the com- mittee's history, present program and aspira- tions was prepared for C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S by Miss H a n n a h French. T h e in- fluence of this promotional work could be seen at the first program meeting of the com- mittee, which was held at Philadelphia. It at- tracted many people who seldom come to our conventions. T h e subject of the meeting was "Buying Rare Books and Manuscripts for Li- braries," and its theme was developed by Mary A. Benjamin, Jacob Zeitlin and Ellen Shaffer. Business meetings were held on January 31 in Chicago and on July 6 in Philadelphia. At the first meeting, a statement of purpose was read, revised and approved. T h e prob- lem of service charges made by university business offices in handling monies given to libraries had been placed before the commit- tee. A statement of policy was drafted and later endorsed by the A C R L Board of Direc- tors. At the July meeting, plans for the prep- aration of a practical manual on the han- dling of rare books in libraries were outlined and an editor was appointed. (G.D.M.) R e c r u i t i n g C o m m i t t e e Eugene P. Watson, Chairman T h e committee concentrated most of its attention on working with and encouraging other groups engaged in recruiting. By un- derwriting a major portion ($100) of the cost, the committee assisted Alpha Beta Al- pha, the national undergraduate library sci- ence fraternity, in publishing a publicity leaf- let. T h e committee also prepared and sub- mitted to the Norman Bassett Foundation two proposals for publicizing Alpha Beta Al- pha. T h e committee subsidized ($48) the pro- gram of the Joint Committee on Library Work as a Career. T h e two committees col- laborated in an attempt to produce a re- cruiting pamphlet for the use of guidance counselors; when the Joint Committee finally abandoned the proposal toward the end of the year, the Recruiting Committee took over the project as its own. T h e chairman of the committee wrote a recruiting article for Education magazine, answered several letters from A C R L mem- bers relating to various phases of recruiting, and presided over the discussion of recruit- ing in the Circles of Information at Phila- delphia. (E.P.W.) C o m m i t t e e o n S t a n d a r d s William H. Jesse, Chairman Members of the A C R L Committee on Standards continue work on projects initi- ated at the 1955 Midwinter meeting. Eli Oboler is chairman of a subcommittee pre- paring a monograph to present under one cover the standards of the several regional accrediting associations, as well as a bibliog- raphy of writings on college library standards compiled by David Weber. T h e committee decided not to include junior college stand- ards in this publication, which is tentatively set for January, 1956. A cooperative study of standards in rela- tion to a few college libraries has been ini- tiated by Miss H e l e n Brown, and Wayne Yenawine (new chairman of the committee) is working on a determination of a valid per- centage increase to be applied to the dollar figures cited in the Library Score Cards and Classification and Pay Plans to allow for in- flation factors. Dr. A. L. McNeal was chairman pro tem for the committee meeting at Philadelphia, to which members of the Junior College Li- braries Section were invited. (W.H.J.) 246 C( . L E G E AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES A C R L S l a t e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s Archie L. McNeal, Chairman T h e ACRL State Representatives con- tinued their work with primary emphasis on membership. Some plans were considered with regard to placement problems but were held in abeyance following the development of Foster Mohrhardt's Library Placement Service. At the conclusion of the year Miss Mary D. Herrick assumed responsibility as chairman of the State Representatives. (A.L.McN.) C o m m i t t e e o n S t a t i s t i c s Dale M. Bentz, Chairman T h e ACRL Statistics Committee held meetings at both the Midwinter and An- nual Conferences of the American Library Association. The results of the committee's efforts can be seen in the January issue of C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S . This year the committee assumed the responsibility of collecting audio-visual data for the ACRL Audio-Visual Committee, and also incorporated the junior college statistics as part of its work. T h e committee also rec- ommended to the ACRL executive officers that the statistical data be reproduced photo- graphically. Fifteen hundred questionnaires for the col- lecting of the 1954-55 data were sent to some 700 different libraries. The amount of time required to audit, interpret and compile this mass of information is tremendous. This year the committee was composed of a represent- ative from each group of libraries, and each members was responsible for the compilation of his group. (D.M.B.) Chapters I l l i n o i s S t a t e C h a p t e r William V. Jackson, Chairman The Illinois Chapter, the College and Re- search Libraries Section of the Illinois Li- brary Association, held its annual meeting on November 5, 1954, in Springfield. Miss Martha Biggs, chairman, presided. T h e program consisted of a symposium on» college library problems. Dr. William V. Jack- son spoke on "Improving Services to Read- ers," Miss Nellie R. Stickle on "Weeding the College Library," and Mr. Ferris S. Randall on "Economies in Order Work." A discus- sion period followed the papers. After a report from Mr. Benjamin B. Rich- ards and comments from members present, it was agreed to continue exploration of the possibility of regional meetings of the col- lege, university and research librarians in the Midwest. The following were elected as officers for 1954-55: Dr. Jackson, Chairman, and Miss Ruth Gilley, Secretary. (W.V.J.) N e w J e r s e y S t a t e C h a p t e r Theodore Epstein, President r T h e year was marked by an increase in membership of over 35 per cent and corre- spondingly high attendance at two meetings. On October 30, 1954, at Centenary Junior College in Hackettstown, a record number of members turned out to participate in a busi- ness meeting, a steak dinner, and a panel discussion of "So You Can't Interest Students in Books?" A tour of the new Taylor Me- morial Library, dedicated only a week prior to the meeting, was a highlight of the day. At the annual spring conference of the state association in Asbury Park the section acted as host to all of NJLA with a novel coffee hour. A meeting later that day fea- tured a report of the work done toward lib- eralizing interlibrary loans and stressed bet- ter service to students residing in the area of certain libraries, but attending other in- stitutions. Dr. Felix E. Hirsch, newly ap- pointed librarian of the State Teachers Col- lege in Trenton, spoke on the work of the Regents' Committee on Integration of Col- lege and University Library Resources in New York State, with a view toward a sim- ilar study being made in New jersey. Newly elected officers are: President, William S. Dix, librarian, Princeton University; Vice-Pres- ident and President-elect, Miriam Grosh, li- brarian, Upsala College; Secretary-Treasurer, Juliette A. Trainor, librarian, State Teachers College, Paterson. ( T - E - ) MAY, 1956 247