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College & Research Libraries News

News From the Field

ACQUISITIONS

• Recent acquisitions of the immigrant archives of the University of Minnesota library include the records of the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee, a resettlement agency (ca. 1945–1960); the records of the Assembly of Captive European Nations (1954– current); the library, newspaper, and periodical collections, and the “proletarian” dramas of the Työmies Society, a Finnish leftist publishing society of Superior, Wisconsin (ca. 1903–current); the papers of Rachel Davis DuBois, a pioneer in intercultural education (ca. 1933– 1957); and the papers of Germoglino Saggio, Italian-American poet (ca. 1911–1969).

• A ledger containing minutes of one of the oldest black benevolent societies in the country has been added to the rare book collection of the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.

The volume was discovered during the restoration of an ante-bellum dwelling recently acquired by the college. It contains the minutes of the Brown Fellowship Society (later the Century Fellowship Society) from 1896–1911.

• The Library of Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York has acquired a complete collection of the writings of Wright Morris. Born in Central City, Nebraska, in 1910, he is widely regarded as one of America’s most gifted living novelists. The character of the plains and its people is a recurring theme in many of his novels, which are concerned with the persistence of the past in the light of the changing and mercurial present. Mr. Morris is a Guggenheim fellow and the recipient of the National Book Award in 1957 for his novel The Field of Vision.

FELLOWSHIPS

• The Council on Library Resources’ Fellowship Program is again seeking applications from and nominations of candidates for its approximately thirty fellowships or internships available to United States and Canadian librarians in the academic year 1974–75. The program, which was initiated in the fall of 1969 to enable mid-career librarians to improve their competence in the substantive, administrative, and/or technical aspects of their profession, has resulted in seventy-eight fellowships to date, with approximately thirty new awards to be announced in early April.

The CLR Fellowship Program attempts to enhance the profession by providing librarians with opportunities similar to the traditional sabbaticals enjoyed by college faculty. Council Fellows devote a minimum of three months and a maximum of nine months to projects or internships of their own choosing. The Fellow’s employer provides the sabbatical (time off and salary); the council pays the approved expenses.

In reviewing applications, which must be completed and in the hands of the Council Fellowship Committee no later than Nov. 1, 1973, the committee will place emphasis on the thought and care given to development of the proposed program of study, investigation, training, or internship as well as on the candidate’s professional qualifications. The 1974–75 awards will be announced in April 1974.

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GRANTS

• Washington State Library has received a $25,000 Council on Library Resources’ officer’s grant toward continued development of its state-wide computerized library network. The council funds, together with $20,000 from Washington State, are earmarked for development of specifications for the library network’s on-line acquisitions module. Washington State University library and the Washington State Library will work closely with the state’s library community in developing these specifications. Once the specifications are determined, existing automated acquisitions systems—including that operating at Washington State University—will be evaluated before a decision is made to adopt one of them or to design a new one.

The Washington State Network, proposed in 1967 “to promote increased sharing of resources by libraries, particularly of different kinds and with different area jurisdictions … and to expand the availability of library materials to every resident in the state,” has shown steady progress in carrying out its aims. In a pilot project recently completed on schedule, for example, a register of titles received in a three-month period by seven major libraries was printed with author, title, and subject index for distribution.

• The New England Board of Higher Education has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation to develop a Northeast Academic Science Information Center (NASIC). The project will take three years to complete and the present grant, which is for $355,500, covers the first year costs. In announcing the grant, Dr. Alan D. Ferguson, executive director of the board, indicated that a substantial part of the project would be undertaken by personnel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under terms of a subcontract.

The project has taken over a year to plan and has been developed in conjunction with members of the New England Library Information Network (NELINET), another board sponsored program. It is part of an effort to more effectively utilize computer technology in the interests of scientific research. The general objective of the project is to create a regional agency which will provide rapid access to and effective utilization of major science information sources which are machine-readable and needed by science research personnel. Existing information processing centers throughout the nation will be fully utilized, as will computer facilities at these and at regional academic science research institutions. The planned system will establish a computerized text and information processing service for the science research institutions in the northeastern United States. Techniques will be developed to improve and support the role of the academic library as a mediator between the user and the computerized science information sources which will be used and developed.

Special emphasis will be given to the development of methods for promoting cooperative working relationships between regional academic research institutions, libraries, and the science information centers in the nation. The New England Board of Higher Education will also develop an extensive marketing and training program to promote understanding and widespread use of the services which will be made available by the project.

Dr. Ferguson indicated that there will be a relationship between this project and the National Science Network which has been proposed by the National Science Foundation. He noted also that although the foundation has already initiated science information centers throughout the nation at major institutions, the NASIC project is the first effort to do this on a regional basis. When fully operative, a primary NASIC function will be to act as a regional switching center integrating the many diverse science information centers in the nation and the academic libraries with their science research clientele.

The NASIC project will offer large economies in science costs in comparison with those necessary in the operation of several distinct installations at individual institutions. In addition to this benefit, the project will provide orientation for science research personnel in the values and mechanics of the system, and the training of special reference librarians in the use of machine-readable bibliographic services. It is planned that within three years the procedures, training, and services will be integrated into a fully operational center.

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 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.

July 2–3: Seminar on BALLOTSSystem. 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. BALLOTS was begun in 1967 through grants from the Office of Education and has received continuing support from the University itself as well as a recent grant equally funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Council on Library Resources. BALLOTS is a comprehensive technical processing system that supports searching, acquisition, cataloging, and end processing through the use of CRT terminals installed in the library. Time will be provided to give visitors “hands on” experience and the chance to ob- serve all features and outputs of the implemented BALLOTS system. The seminar is intended to introduce BALLOTS to all interested members of the library community; it is expected that the seminar will be of interest to library administrators, systems designers, programming managers, and library educators. It is not intended as a tutorial in the field of information science. There is enough space to accommodate up to 125 attendees.

Persons desiring to attend are requested to register in advance by sending the registration fee to Financial Office, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, CA 94305. Registrations will be accepted until June 1. A fee of $20 will cover the cost of distributed reports and materials plus dinner at the Stanford Faculty Club on Monday, July 2.

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.

The curriculum has as its objectives: examination of the role of federal libraries, information centers, and data banks in the federal community, research community, and national library community; acquaintance with the resources, publications, and specialized services provided by federal libraries and information centers to nongovernment libraries and the general public; observation of the in-operation or in-process development of some of the major federal library and information service programs of national importance, such as: MEDLARS, MARC, RECON and NOAA; acquaintance with the Federal Library Committee (FLC) and the functions it performs; awareness of the resources available through major government clearinghouses, such as ERIC and NTIS; and investigation of a problem or topic making use of area resources and facilities.

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.

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 Libraries. 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 (SIC) 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.

MISCELLANY

• On March 7, 1973 oral arguments regarding the Williams and Wilkins case were presented before the judges of the Court of Claims. In addition to the presentations of the two chief attorneys, Thomas J. Byrnes (for NLM) and Alan Latman (for W & W), Phillip Brown (for ARE, AALL, MLA), Harry Rosenfield (for NEA), Irwin Krap (for Authors League) and William North (for ALA) also were allowed to participate.

The attorneys again reviewed the principal arguments. The seven judges of the court raised a number of questions during the presentations. It is not known at this point when a decision will be handed down.

• Felix E. Hirsch, who recently retired as librarian and professor of History at Trenton State College, was awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit by the German Federal President.

• A new professional organization for area specialists has been formed. The Middle East Librarians’ Association was established in November 1972, by librarians attending the sixth annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in Binghamton, New York. Bylaws drafted by a committee selected the previous year were adopted and the following officers elected: President—Bruce Craig (University of Minnesota), Vice-President—George Atiyah (Library of Congress), Secretary-Treasurer—Martha Dukas (Harvard University), and Editor—James Pollock (Indiana University). The new association plans to meet at least annually, in conjunction with the Middle East Studies Association. It also intends to publish a journal with articles, reviews, and news items of interest to area specialist librarians.

MELA aims to increase communication and cooperation among members, especially in acquisitions and in development of bibliographic controls. The group plans to compile and disseminate information about Middle East library collections. Another goal is to improve the quality of area librarianship through the development of standards for the profession and education of Middle East librarians. MELA hopes to promote research in indexing and the application of automated techniques to Middle Eastern material.

Membership in MELA is open to librarians and others interested in library activities which support the study and dissemination of information about the Middle East and North Africa since the rise of Islam. For further information write to the Secretary-Treasurer of MELA, c/o the Middle Eastern Division, Harvard College Library, Cambridge, MA 02138.

PUBLICATIONS

• Herbert Goldhor’s An Introduction to Scientific Research in Librarianship, originally published in 1969 in paperback, is now available in hard cover as No. 12 in the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science’s Monograph Series. This 200-page book, designed for doctoral students in librarianship and for practicing librarians, is intended to present the basic principles by which research can be done in librarianship. It is available for $3.00 from Illini Union Bookstore, 715 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820.

• UCLA library announces completion of the microfilming of two major bi-lingual Japanese newspapers. As a result of the project, the UCLA library now holds the most complete files in existence of Rafu Shimpo (the Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, 1914–1970) and Kashu Mainichi (the California Daily News, 1931–1968).

Both papers have long served as leading news media for the Japanese-American community in California. Originally published only in Japanese, both now print English language sections as well, as many younger members of the community do not read Japanese. The two papers attract the largest readership of any Japanese-American newspapers in the United States. Funds for the microfilming project were made available through UCLA’s Asian American Studies Center. Akira Komai, publisher of Rafu Shimpo, and Hiro Hishiki, publisher of Kashu Mainichi, gave permission to UCLA for the filming and have granted the university the rights to sell positive copies of the films.

• The American Society for Information Science announces that a free, introductory issue of a newsletter on cable communications for librarians will be mailed to approximately 10,000 potential subscribers on or about April 15, 1973. Based on the response to this first issue, ASIS will decide whether or not there is sufficient interest to warrant continuance of the publication. A minimum of 750 subscribers is anticipated before proceeding with regular publication (six issues yearly; $15 annual subscription fee).

At a recent institute on cable television for librarians, attendees expressed a desire for a newsletter-type publication which would inform librarians of the current developments in cable communications and would also provide a medium for dialogue between those librarians faced with local problems and others who might suggest solutions. Mrs. Kenney will be one of three editors of the proposed newsletter; the others are Margaret I. Cleland (Connecticut State Library) and Merry Sue Smoller (University of Wisconsin). Content of the proposed newsletter will include such topics as: status of cable in selected local libraries, status of regulatory (federal, state, and local) activities, library participation in planning for cable and administration of channels, the library’s role in community organization for cable, library programming and other utilization of cable networking, technology developments (hardware), software production and exchange, institutes and workshops on cable for librarians, annotated bibliographies.

Libraries and librarians and others desiring to receive a copy of the free, introductory issue of the newsletter on cable communications for librarians are asked to write to the Publications Division, American Society for Information Science, 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone 202/659-3644.

• The October 1972 Drexel Library Quarterly presents the issues, examines them, and clarifies the legal complexities of the “Copyright Controversy.” Copies may be obtained for $3.00 each from the office of the Drexel Library Quarterly, Graduate School of Library Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

• The ninth in an annual series of conferences on library applications of data processing. Proceedings of the 1972 Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing; Application of On-Line Computers to Library Problems, has recently been published. The volume was edited and introduced by F. Wilfrid Lancaster, professor, Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The papers in this volume include information on a wide range of applications, and discussion of applications in libraries of various types and sizes. This book is available for $5.00 from Illini Union Bookstore, 715 S. Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820.