ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

SUGGESTIONS, ANYONE?

The ACRL Committee on Appointments (1968) and Nominations (1969) wishes to solicit suggestions for appointments to ACRL committees for 1968/69. ACRL’s success or failure during the year will depend to a large extent on these appointments.

Therefore, we urge you to submit the names of members who would make significant contributions to the work of ACRL through committee appointment. As the number of appointments to be made is limited, it is important that the best possible appointments be made.

Members of the Committee on Appointments (1968) and Nominations (1969) include Ben C. Bowman, Jane G. Flener, Harriett Genung, Marcus A. McCorison, Carl H. Sachtleben, Mrs. Jessie Carney Smith and Howard Rovelstad, chairman.

Kindly send your recommendations of prospective appointees to the following ACRL committees to the undersigned:

Audio-Visual Committee

Committee on Community Use of Academic Libraries

Advisory Committee on Cooperation with Educational and Professional Organizations

Committee on Grants

International Relations Committee

Committee on Legislation

Committee on Liaison with Accrediting Agencies

Committee on Library Services

Committee on Library Surveys

National Library Week Committee

Planning and Action Committee

Publications Committee

Committee on Standards

Recommendations should be sent to the undersigned by November 15.

Howard Rovelstad, Chairman ACRL Committee on Appointments (1968) and Nominations (1969)

University of Maryland Libraries

College Park, Maryland 20740

… AN APPRECIATION

The Encyclopedia of Philosophy is the only reference work of its kind in the English language.

Any questions? Let Library Journal answer them.

How complete is it?

Library Journalsays: "… the ‘reference gap’ for philosophy has been bridged in a most impressive manner."

“The 1450 signed articles are comprehensive in scope and treatment."

How reliable is it?

Library Journalsays: "The roster of 500 contributors from 24 countries reads like an international who's who of philosophy and cultural history.”

Is it culturally objective?

Library Journalsays: "Oriental philosophy is covered as thoroughly and authoritatively as our own Western traditions; ancient and medieval philosophers receive a coverage at least equal to that of contemporary thinkers."

Is it both scholarly and stimulating?

Library Journalsays: "The manner of presentation is orderly, logical and authoritative."

"… the Encyclopedia of Philosophy is characterized by a lively style and large attractive print that should delight public library patrons as much as university professors.”

Is it simple to use?

Library Journalsays: “A detailed, easy-to-use subject index greatly enhances the usefulness of this set for nonspecialists."

Does it do justice to “borderline" subjects?

Library Journal says: “…students of science will find references to technical articles …”

"Reference librarians will welcome the exhaustive article on ‘Philosophical Dictionaries and Encyclopedias’…and another on ‘Philosophical Journals'…”

Who should use The Encyclopedia of Philosophy?

Library Journalsays: “Because of its broad coverage and sound scholarship, this encyclopedia is strongly recommended for college, university, and all but the smallest public libraries.”

All quotes taken from the issue dated April 15, 1967.

Collier-Macmillan Library Services

866 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 Helen Oust¡noff is Assistant Director of the University of Vermont Library. She has developed a remarkable new system for processing books, utilizing our Polaroid CU-5 Close-up Land Camera.

No more checking or transcribing

Here’s how her system works: When a book purchase request slip is received, the searcher looks up the book in the National Union Catalog or another standard bibliography. Just as always. But she doesn’t bother to correct or complete the slip. She simply photographs the entire N.U.C. entry with the CU-5 Camera.

We make that sound very easy. It is. You just center the CU-5’s frame over the entry and squeeze the trigger. Pull the tabs and 15 seconds later you have an enlarged print of the whole thing. (Like the one below.) Isn’t that easier than copying by hand? And faster? And more accurate?

No handwriting to decipher

Now the book order slip is typed from the Polaroid print. And the print is then filed away with a carbon of the typed order.

If the original entry happens to be in Hebrew, or something else untypable, you can simply shoot an extra print and send it along with the order.

When the book is received, it’s checked against the print and the invoice is cleared.

No waiting for catalog cards

Who needs preprinted catalog cards? With this new system, you make your own. Using the Polaroid print as a guide, you can type them on an automatic typewriter. Or simply add necessary information to the print and run it through a copying machine.

The system also gets books into circulation faster because it eliminates waiting for preprinted cards. It also eliminates the job of ordering them. And the cost.

For more information about the time and cost saving features of this library system, write to: Polaroid Corporation, Dept. 113, Cambridge, Mass. 02139.

And if you have any suggestions as to new uses for our CU-5 Camera, send them along.

Who knows? You might be our next ad.

POLAROID CU-5 LIBRARY CAMERA