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ACQUISITIONS

• Extensive gifts of Robert Frost manuscripts and correspondence files have been presented to Dartmouth College by Mrs. Kathleen Johnston Morrison of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Professor and Mrs. Morrison were close friends of the Frosts and, at Mrs. Frost’s death in 1938, Mrs. Morrison became the poet’s secretary and manager. When Robert Frost died in January of 1963, he left all of his personal papers and literary manuscripts to her. The gifts include thousands of items of correspondence, as well as a vast quantity of literary manuscripts and other personal papers and memorabilia, and constitute a documentation of Robert Frost’s career that is of unrivaled significance, in both its extent and its detail of coverage, for future study of Mr. Frost and his works.

Professor Morrison also has donated his correspondence with Mr. and Mrs. Frost to the Dartmouth Library.

• The gift of books, papers, photographs, and memorabilia which were collected by Mrs. Grace Somerby during much of her career as secretary to Edward A. Dickson, a Regent of the University from 1913 to 1956, stands out among the fine historical collections given to University of California, Los Angeles. The collection consists of a wealth of material relating to Los Angeles history, Edward Dickson and his activities, and, especially, the shortlived Los Angeles Historical Society.

• Manuscripts and oral history interviews documenting the historic strike of St. Louis teachers have been added to the Urban and Industrial Manuscripts Collection at the University of Missouri—St. Louis and are available for immediate use.

The four-week strike was called by a coalition of the St. Louis Teachers Association (NEA) and Local 420 of the American Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO) against the St. Louis Board of Education. It was the first teachers’ strike in the history of the city. The Association, Local 420, and the board all contributed manuscripts consisting of correspondence, strike bulletins, copies of suits and injunctions, position papers, and settlement booklets. A clipping file of daily newspaper articles is also included.

The oral history project was carried out by UMSL faculty and students who interviewed striking and nonstriking teachers while the strike was in progress. After the settlement, union and association officials, administrators and board members were interviewed. These tape recorded interviews have been transcribed.

• Dr. Julius Rothman, professor of English, Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York, has presented to the University Library, the University of Michigan, the papers and correspondence of the Cabell Society, of which he was founder and executive vice-president. He was also the first and only editor of The Ca- bellian: A Journal of the Second American Renaissance.

The numerous letters from scholars and critics concerned with James Branch Cabell and his contemporaries, together with Professor Rothman’s own correspondence, constitute a most valuable commentary on the works of the distinguished Virginia novelist. In conjunction with the formal contributions published in The Cabellian this collection of letters provides a sort of fourth dimension to the massive critical effort required from both the editor and his associates in sustaining a society devoted to the works of a single literary artist.

The collection has been deposited in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• The Council on Library Resources Fellows, a diverse group of thirty-one professional librarians, will commence a wide range of studies and internships during the academic year 1973-74.

Council commitments to the new Fellows total over $90,000, with individual fellowships ranging in value from approximately $1,000 to $5,000. CLR funds cover approved travel, supplies, and services. The Fellows’ employers provide at least a three-month sabbatical.

An interpretive look at the 1973 CLR Fellows sheds considerable light on trends in the library profession. A fair proportion of the recipients hold positions in the growing curator- bibliographer-specialist category noted by Donald Cameron and Peggy Heim in their 1972 CLR-sponsored compensation survey of college and university librarians.

The studies to be undertaken are as diverse as the Fellows’ titles. At least three are intended to result in published works: Phyllis Dain’s second volume on the history of the New York Public Library; Charles Kwang Hsiang Chen’s second and third volumes of a biographical and bibliographical dictionary of Chinese authors; and Theodore Grieder’s tentatively titled “The Gentle Art of Acquisitions,” directed at librarians and faculty alike. It is expected that, as in previous years, many of the other projects will result in some form of publication during 1973- 74 and after.

Applications for the fellowships were first reviewed by a screening committee of eight eminent librarians—Mary Corning of the National Library of Medicine, Kurt Cylke of the Federal Library Committee, Richard De Gennaro of the University of Pennsylvania, Paul Howard, former executive secretary of the Federal Library Committee, Father James Kortendick of Catholic University, A. P. Marshall of Eastern Michigan University, Stephen McCarthy of the Association of Research Libraries, and Marian Sanner of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Final selections were made by the Council’s Fellowship Committee: Louis B. Wright, vice- chairman of the CLR Board of Directors and director emeritus of the Folger Shakespeare Library, chairman; William S. Dix, librarian of Princeton University; Robert Vosper, librarian of the University of California at Los Angeles; and—ex oíficio—Fred C. Cole, president, Foster E. Mohrhardt, senior program officer, and Edith M. Lesser, secretary and treasurer of the council.

The thirty-one recipients of Council on Library Resources fellowships in 1973 are as follows:

George S. Bobinski,Dean, School of Information and Library Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo. A survey and analysis of the present status and future trends of library science doctoral programs in the United States and Canada.

Mary B. Cassata,Assistant Director of University Libraries for Public Service, State University of New York at Buffalo. A study of the implementation problem of full faculty status for librarians.

Charles Kwang Hsiang Chen,Far East Specialist, Dartmouth College Library. To conduct a search of rare materials from the T’ang, Sung, Yuan, Ming, and Ch’ing dynasties, and also of works by many contemporary Chinese authors to meet the final requirements of the Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of Chinese Authors.

Shelah-Bell Cragin,Assistant Director of Libraries, El Paso Public Library. An internship in public library management.

Phyllis Dain,Associate Professor of Library Service, Columbia University. To conduct research on “The New York Public Library: A History, 1913-1970,” the second volume of a two-volume work on the history of the library from its founding in 1895 to the present.

Richard James Dionne,Head, Science and Technology Libraries, Syracuse University. An internship in university library management.

James Beaupré Dodd,Associate Professor and Information Consultant, Georgia Institute of Technology Library. To study the demands being made by business and industrial organizations for library services from universities and colleges and the effects these demands are having on the libraries.

H. Paul Dove,Librarian, Erskine College (S.C.) A study of addition/renovation projects in college and university library construction since 1967.

Allan Judge Dyson,Head, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, University of California, Berkeley. To study, compare, and evaluate programs of undergraduate library instruction at large universities in the United States and England.

Fern L. Edwards,Reference Librarian and Associate Professor of Library Science, Gallau- det College. To study video random access systems, to determine the feasibility of such a system for Gallaudet College in its service to the deaf, and to draw up a plan for an ideal system for Gallaudet College.

G. Edward Evans, Associate Professor, School of Library Service, University of California, Los Angeles. A study of the Scandinavian systems of library education to determine whether their system has some applicability to the American system.

Esther Greenberg,Chief Cataloger and Assistant Head of Technical Services, Case Western Reserve University Libraries. To study innovative systems for acquisitions and cataloging in selected individual libraries and library networks in order to apply them toward designing a new pattern of work flow.

Theodore G. Grieder, Jr.,Curator, Division of Special Collections, New York University Libraries. To complete an acquisitions manual directed toward librarians and professors at college, university, and research libraries.

Ira Whitney Harris,Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Library Studies, University of Hawaii. A study of current information retrieval practices in automated libraries to determine the educational requirements for librarians occupying public service positions in these institutions.

Helen Arlene Howard,University Librarian, Sir George Williams University. A study of the organizational structures of those universities in Canada and the United States which have concentrated under one administrative head information services of at least two units.

Brigitte L. Kenney,Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library Science, Drexel University. To assess the status of cable communication activities in the libraries of the United States and Canada.

Donald M. Koslow,Executive Officer, Library and Information Systems, University of Massachusetts. To investigate the effect that the development of computer-based centralized processing is having on academic library networks.

Robert French Lewis,Biomedical Librarian, Biomedical Library, University of California, San Diego. A study of medical Festschriften and their reference content.

Avinash C. Maheshwary,South Asia Librarian, Duke University Library. A study of government publications of the developing countries of South Asia in the United States: present status and future trends.

John A. McCrossan,Coordinator of Interlibrary Cooperation, State of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. To study a number of programs of interlibrary cooperation and coordination in order to get an overview of what is happening and to determine what factors seem to be related to successful programs.

Robert S. McGee,Assistant Systems Development Librarian, University of Chicago Library. To gather data on the history, status, and potential of computer-based library systems with on-line bibliographic files.

ACBL Membership
April 30, 1973	11,404
April 30, 1972	10,872
April 30, 1971	10,746

John B. McTaggart,Director, Library Services, Methodist Theological School, Delaware, Ohio. To study the evolution and continuing program of the Graduate Theological Union Library in Berkeley, California.

Robert Carl Miller,Associate Director for Reader Services, University of Chicago Library. To examine patterns of science library organization and service to researchers within the universities and their relationships to other available information resources.

Dorothy May Schmidt Obi,Sub-Librarian, University of Nigeria. To study comparatively the curriculum for professional librarianship in Sub-Saharan Africa in order to establish directions for curriculum development in next ten years.

Hal B. Schell,Associate Director of Libraries, Southern Methodist University. To survey, study, and analyze the planning of physical facilities for academic libraries for the integration of services made possible by advances in educational communications technology.

Russell Shank,Director of Libraries, Smithsonian Institution. To assess the potential of new developments in telecommunications to facilitate library functions, and to identify and detail the issues that must be faced in order to insure optimum utility and utilization of telecommunications by libraries.

Thomas Shaughnessy,Director, Dana Library, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey. To measure and evaluate the response of urban university libraries to educationally disadvantaged students.

Barbara Eggleston Smith,Documents Librarian, Skidmore College. A study of British official publications in terms of mechanisms involved in their publication and distribution, their scope and substance, and their accessibility to and utilization by the various communities of interest.

Francis F. Spreitzer,Head, Micrographics and Reprography Department, University of Southern California. A field study of library microform systems in a cross-section of academic, research, and public libraries, examining the relationships among programs, collections, services, facilities, staff, and populations served.

Sarah Katherine Thomson,Chairman, Library and Learning Resources Department, Bergen Community College, New Jersey. Independent study and investigation of the application of modern techniques of management to the operation of community college library learning resource centers for improved skills in administration.

John William Weatherford,Director of Libraries, Central Michigan University. To gather documents and interview persons in order to study the effect of collective bargaining on academic libraries.

GRANTS

• To encourage cooperative efforts in the war against book and document deterioration, the Council on Library Resources has made a two-year matching grant of $70,300 to the New England Interstate Library Compact.

With the funds the six-state consortium will establish the New England Document Conservation Center, which in turn will draw heavily on the proven techniques developed at national centers and largely unavailable on a local level at this time.

Initially the center will be a workshop where techniques of documentation preservation, repair, and restoration will be applied to materials submitted for treatment by institutions in the six states. As needs are demonstrated and if the work-load permits, the services will be extended beyond New England.

At the board’s discretion, and as funds are available, the center’s programs may ultimately expand to include:

• A testing laboratory for archival and library materials and processes.

• Field inspection and consultation services.

• Microfilm, facsimile, and other duplication services.

• A bindery, especially for fine hand-binding.

• Seminars, schools, workshops, and other training aids for staff of member institutions.

• Publication of guides, manuals, and information bulletins.

Such programs will be considered only if the needs of the compact region for the restoration of documentary materials are being met, and only if they can be placed on a self-sustaining basis financially.

MEETINGS

June 16-22: The Canadian Library Association will hold its twenty-eighth Annual Conference, June 16–22, 1973, at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. The theme will be “The Canadian Librarian today: at beginning—mid—top career.”

June 21-23: Information Networks. As a preconference to the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Las Vegas, the University Libraries Section of ACRL will sponsor an institute on “The University Library’s Role in Information Networks.” The cost of the three- day institute is $60 for ALA members, $70 for non-ALA members, and $30 for library school students. Registration materials and further details may be obtained from the ACRL Office, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. See the April News for further details.

June 21-23: Pacific Coast Collections. The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of ACRL will present a preconference in Los Angeles on “Pacific Coast Research Collections.” The fee for ALA members is $80 if paid by May 15, $90 if paid after May 15. The fee for non-ALA members is $100. Registration materials and further information may be obtained from the ACRL Office, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. Consult the April News for more information.

June 22-23: Library Automation—1973. A preconference institute sponsored by the Information Science and Automation Division on “Library Automation: State of the Art—1973” will be held just before the 1973 Annual Conference of the American Library Association in Las Vegas. The program will consist of eight sessions on Friday and Saturday plus a joint ISAD (COLA)/ACRL program “Library Management of Direct Patron Service Machine Readable Data Bases” on Sunday, June 24, and a joint program series with RTSD on Monday, June 25. The topics will be International Standard Bibliographic Description (including ISBD serials)—speakers to be announced—and National Serials Data Program by Paul Vassal - lo. Several “mini conferences” will be held during the 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 4:30-6:00 p.m. periods. Serials Automation will be one of these and can be attended during either period.

A tentative limit of 400 persons has been placed on the Institute. The registration fee is $60 for ALA members and $70 for non-ALA members. Registration will be made only when accompanied by payment. To register send name, mailing address, position title and name of employer (for the Institute badge) with the correct fee to Berniece Coulter, Information Science and Automation Division, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. Use either on official registration blank or a letter.

June 24: Middle Management. “The Library as Organization: A View from the Middle” is the title of a workshop to be held on Sunday, June 24, 1973 as part of the ALA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The workshop, sponsored jointly by the Junior Members Round Table, the Library Education Division, and the Staff Development Committee of the Library Administration Division’s Personnel Administration Section, will present an overview of middle management and provide information and ideas to assist the participants in developing and refining management expertise. The program is free to anyone registered for the ALA Conference. Advance registration for the workshop is required and attendance will be limited to 200. To register, send name, title, and institutional address to Office for Library Personnel Resources, American Library Association, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. The April News has further details.

June 27: Using Census Data—A Learning Experience. Presented by the Association of College and Research Libraries, Law and Political Section, a program objective is to introduce methods of access and use of primary and secondary census resources to librarians who may not have had prior experience in working with census data. The format of the program will be a practicum in which the use of census resources will be demonstrated by step by step solving of typical census reference questions. A brief introduction about the taking and processing of census data will precede the practicum. Handouts describing the census resources and additional sources of assistance will be provided. The program will be structured primarily for the librarian who has had little acquaintance with the data. Further information available from Judy H. Fair, Director of the Library, The Urban Institute, 2100 M St., N.W., Washington, DC 20037.

July 2-3: Seminar on BALLOTS System. Following the summer 1973 ALA Conference at Las Vegas, Stanford University libraries will conduct a two day seminar at which participants will hear papers relating to the technical, personnel, financial, and administrative aspects of BALLOTS, Stanford’s operational on-line automated library system. BALLOTS is an acronym for Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations using a Timesharing System. For further details see the May News.

July 2-13: Federal Lirrary Resources, Services, Programs, Networks, and Data Banks. It is the consensus of federal library leaders that the collections and services of the government’s libraries and information centers are seriously underutilized. Offered as a special program on study by The Catholic University of America, the institute, planned in cooperation with the Federal Library Committee, gives a unique opportunity to study and observe the vast collections and specialized services of major federal libraries and information centers.

Participants have the option of earning three graduate semester hours of credit. Application forms are available from the faculty representative or can be obtained by writing the program director at The Catholic University of America. Total fees $190.00. The May News has further information.

July 11-13: Pharmacy Librarians. The Librarians Section will meet with the Teachers Seminar of the American Associations of Colleges of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Athens, Georgia. Contact Dr. Albert Jowdy, University of Georgia School of Pharmacy for reservation forms.

July 12-August 10: Archival Studies. The University of Denver, Department of History and the Graduate School for Librarianship, in cooperation with the State Archives of Colorado, will conduct an institute designed for those employed in archival, library, or related professions, and also advanced students of history or related subjects. Presents theory, principles, and applied methodology of archives administration, resources, and related manuscript source materials, with lectures and discussions by specialists in the profession. Field trips to archival agencies, departments, or institutions nearby and to historical places in the area. For those especially in manuscript administration, arrangement, and methodology, specific assignments will be made. Credit: up to five quarter hours with University Institute Certificate upon completion. Tuition: $265. Apply to: Professor D. C. Renze, Institute of Archival Studies, Room 424 Mary Reed Bldg., Department of History, Denver, CO 80210.

July 15-27: Administrative Development. The School of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, is planning the seventh annual Library Administrators Development Program to be held July 15-27, 1973. Dr. John Rizzo, professor of management at Western Michigan University, will serve as the director. Consult the December News for more complete information.

July 16 -18: Educational Media and Technology. The editor of the Carnegie Commission Report on Higher Education and the man responsible for Minnesota’s unified learning resources concept will be the keynoters for University of Wisconsin—Stout’s eighth Annual Educational Media and Technology Conference. Scheduled to speak is Verne A. Stadtman, editor of the report entitled “The Fourth Revolution: Instructional Technology in Higher Education.” The report is considered to be one of the most significant documents on higher education published in the last decade. Luther Brown, dean of Learning Resources at St. Cloud State College, St. Cloud, Minnesota, will discuss “Total Media: Concept? Construct? or Destruct?”

Additional information may be obtained by writing to D. P. Barnard, Dean of Learning Resources at Stout. Exhibits may be arranged through Mrs. Valerie Hansen, Administrative Assistant, Learning Resources, University of Wisconsin—Stout, Menomonie, WI 54751.

July 16-27: The Federal Legislative Process and Lihraries. Catholic University of America, Graduate Department of Library Science offers a unique opportunity to study and observe at first hand the processes and forces affecting the enactment of library legislation. The issues involved in the political and legislative process are examined in detail through lectures, panel discussions, dialogues, and information clinics featuring librarians, legislators, and lobbyists, as well as members of interest groups and the press. Objectives include: defining the role of the librarian in relation to the legislative process; examination of the legislative process at the federal level; observation of library legislation and other federal laws with library implications currently under consideration; acquaintance with the role of the American Library Association’s Washington Office; and designing a legislative workshop or other similarly oriented program at the state or regional level.

Participants have the option of earning three graduate semester hours of credit or matriculating on a noncredit basis. Application forms are available from the faculty representative or can be obtained by writing the program director at The Catholic University of America. Total fees $190.

Oct. 21-25: ASIS. The thirty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) will be held at the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. H. W. (Bill) Jones, ASIS-73 Conference Chairman, has announced that the general theme of this meeting will be “Information: Benefits and Costs,” and will feature short, “10-minute” technical papers, formal debates, panel sessions, and Special Interest Group (SIG) activities. Also featured will be exhibitors who will display and demonstrate the latest products of the information industry, including equipment, systems, services, and supplies. For further information on the ASIS-73 Conference, contact H. W. Jones, Northrop Corporation, Aircraft Division, Hawthorne, CA 90250, or Robert McAfee, Jr., ASIS Headquarters, 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036.

Nov. 11-14: CATV and Its Implications for Lihraries. To be held at Allerton House, Robert Allerton Park, University of Illinois Conference Center, Monticello, Illinois. Co-sponsored by Illinois State Library and The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, and The Division of University Extension. Additional information may be obtained from: Leonard E. Sigler, Institute Supervisor (OS-89), 116 Illini Hall, Champaign, IL 61820.

MISCELLANY

• Librarians at the California State University and Colleges are reportedly upset over a new librarian personnel plan handed down by the office of the state system’s chancellor. While setting considerably stiffer standards for promotion to higher ranks—including, in most cases, second master’s degrees—the new plan seemed to offer almost nothing in terms of new benefits for librarians.

A “background” section of the document indicates an acquaintance with the drive for faculty status, but the vice-chancellor for faculty and staff affairs did not feel it warranted extensive comment. In one parenthetical sentence, it is mentioned that “the presidents [of the individual schools] did not consider it feasible to endorse salary parity with faculty nor academic year assignments for librarians.” The plan does give recognition “to the existing possibility of time off for professional development and/or research through a leave without pay,” adding however, that this is only possible with a president’s approval.

Cal State employee organizations are now attempting to define what action, if any, can be taken to improve the situation. Some union groups reportedly are ready to take legal action on the basis that the new stiffer requirements for promotion violate the implied contract between librarians and the schools, while giving nothing in return.

• D. M. Hallam informs CRL News that Honduras is at last publishing books. The new publisher is Editorial Nuevo Centinente (Director: Irma Leticia de Oyuela), Apto Postal. No. 681, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. At the moment they are concentrating on text books for students, pictorial works on Honduras, children’s books, and art reproductions. However, their scope will be wide and eleven new publications are expected in the first three months of 1973. The works are reportedly of a quality on a par with imported publications. As Honduras is still a country without public libraries the only hope for the survival of the new publisher is to sell its products overseas.

• A new computer output microfiche union catalog in Louisiana containing locations for 1,100,000 volumes in twenty-one Louisiana libraries, has recently been issued by the Louisiana Library Association. Nineteen of the libraries are academic, one is public, and one is the state library. The catalog, called the Louisiana Numerical Register (LNR) contains complete retrospective and current holdings for eleven libraries and current holdings for ten libraries. The LNR is regarded as a breakthrough in terms of rapid listings of massive holdings as well as in unit costs. Cost savings are achieved because the data record is short, consisting entirely of the LC card order number, and the libraries holding a copy, thus making possible a large number of records on a page. The assumption is that the complete bibliographic record is unnecessary when requesting a book on interlibrary loan, because the LC number uniquely identifies the book and is readily available for the vast majority requested. Initial reluctance by the two largest libraries in the state to participate because they feared even heavier volume of interlibrary loan requests once their holdings were known was overcome as a result of three factors: (1) complete listing of every library owning every title; (2) the realization that, cumulatively, the number of titles held only by one library is greater than the number of unique titles held by the large libraries; and (3) an agreement among the participants always to borrow from the smallest library containing a title. These three factors greatly reduced the frequency of interlibrary loan requests to the large libraries, by spreading the burden more evenly among all participants.

Additional information is available from: William E. McGrath, Director of Libraries, P.O. Box 199, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70501, or Sam Dyson, Director of Libraries, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71270.

• College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Toledo, Department of Library and Information Services, recently announced a new Master’s Degree program aimed at adapting the knowledge and skills of librarianship to the information needs of community organizations. The program normally will take one calendar year to complete. New students are admitted in fall, winter, and spring quarters. Graduate assistantships which provide tuition and a $3,000.00 stipend are available.

For further information, contact: Miles W. Martin, Chairman, Department of Library and Information Services, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606.

PUBLICATIONS

• H. Wayne Eley Associates, Inc. announced the publication of Paper Conservation News, a newsletter devoted to current and practical information about the conservation, restoration, and preservation of paper in all its aspects—books, manuscripts, archives, prints, drawings, and perhaps even confederate bills.

Articles already scheduled cover lamination, matting and framing of prints and drawings, an evaluation of pressure-sensitive and water activated tapes, bookbinding practice and conservation, the correct paper environment, and temporary conservation measures. Each article will deal with the practical as well as theoretical aspects of its subject.

In addition to articles there will be one or more book reviews, annotated citations of current articles and publications, information and evaluations of new products and where to obtain them. One feature will be an inquiry column in which readers’ questions will be answered by competent specialists.

The first issue of Paper Conservation News will appear May 1, 1973. The subscription rate is $8.00 per year (six issues), and subscriptions may be had for one, two, or three years by writing to: Paper Conservation News, Department S, 15 Broadway, New Haven, CT 06511.

• Johnson Associates Inc., publishers of Scholarly Periodicals in Microfiche, has announced the issuance of its initial catalog of approximately 300 titles available in microfiche. All of the titles will be available from the very first volume on a per volume basis through, to, and including, the current volume. Librarians may place continuation orders for future volumes as they are published each year for all titles.

Among the publications which Johnson Associates will be reproducing in microfiche are the journals from the American Anthropological Association, American Economic Association, American Political Science Association, American Psychological Association, American Sociological Association, Duke University Press, Journal Press, Royal Economic Society, University of Chicago Press, University of Illinois Press and the University of Toronto Press. Librarians can write for catalogs to 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010.

• A guide to the preparation of scientific papers for written or oral presentation has been published by the American National Standards Institute under the designation ANSI Z39.16- 1972.

The purpose of the standard is to help scientists in all disciplines prepare papers that will have a high probability of being accepted for publication and of being noticed, read, and completely understood when they are published.

Prepared by Subcommittee 26 of American National Standards Committee Z39 on stan- dardization in the field of library work, docu- mentation, and related publishing practices, with the Council of National Library Associa- tions acting as secretariat, it is priced at $3.50 per copy.

• Approximately 240 newspaper articles, re- ports, books, book chapters, and miscellaneous papers are listed in the Bermuda Triangle Bib- liography, price $2.00. No stamps please; send cash or make check out to Larry Kusche or Deborah Blouin. Include a stamped, self-ad- dressed envelope. Address: Larry Kusche or Deborah Blouin, University Library, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281.

• A Basic Bibliography of Books, Journals and References on the Community / Junior Col- lege has been compiled at the University of California, Los Angeles ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges. Although it is not intend- ed to be a complete listing of sources of infor- mation about junior colleges, it can be useful to other agencies and institutions who wish to create or up-date their own junior college pro- fessional libraries. Single copies are available free of charge on request from the ERIC Clear- inghouse for Junior Colleges, 96 Powell Li- brary, University of California, Los Angeles. CA 90024.