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C&RL News 30th anniversary quiz

What do you recall read- ing in C&RL News the past 30 years? To celebrate the News’ 30th anniversary, the Editorial Board and editors of C&RL News have written a series of questions based on news and articles pub- lished since its inception in 1966. Five ques- tions (and answers) will be published each month to help you wend your way through the past 30 years of academic librarianship as reported by C&RL News.

We hope you have as much fun answering these questions as we did writing them. If you have a question you’d like considered for the quiz please send your suggestion to Mary Ellen Davis at medavis@ala.org.

1. What was the median salary paid to apublic services librarian at a public aca- demic institution in 1987?

2. In 1993, C&RL News published its firstarticle reviewing Internet sources. What field did these resources cover?

3. What college is featured in an articlepromoting library orientation for college secretarial staff?

4. What is BAMBAM?

5. Why was a cataloging project at KentState University being watched closely by librarians across the country in the early 1970s?

1. $35,004 was the median salary according to an article on academic librarian salaries prepared by Mary Jo Lynch and based on the CUPA (College and University Personnel Association) 1986–87 Administrative Compensation Survey (December 1987). 2. Latin American Studies (July/August 1993). 3. Camden County College, in Joan Getaz’s article, “Library Orientation for College Secretarial Staff” (May 1990). 4. Bookline Alert: Missing Books and Manuscripts (September 1981). 5. This project, performed under the auspices of the Ohio College Library Center, marked the beginning of the online shared cataloging and the OCLC database (April 1972).