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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 questions based on news and articles published since the News' inception in 1966. Five questions (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 writ- ing them. If you have a question you’d like considered for the quiz please send it to Mary Ellen Davis at medavis@ala.org.

1. The American Antiquarian Society acquired the only known copy of the first novel published in America. Give the author, title, publishing information of this early work, and when the Society acquired it.

2. Who was the first woman to hold theposition of executive secretary of ACRL and when was she appointed?

3. When was the federal wiretap law firstupdated to “protect against unauthorized interception of electronic communications?”

4. What state chapter held its first annualmeeting in 1980?

5. Which university dedicated a “solar”library in 1982?

Answers: 1. Samuel Richardson’s Pamela. It was printed by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1742 and 1743 and acquired by AAS in the spring of 1968 (May 1968). 2. Beverly Lynch was appointed in September 1972 (October 1972). 3. In 1986. The “Washington Hotline” report in C&RL News states that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (HR 4952, PL 99-508) covers “data and video communications, electronic mail, private networks, and cellular telephone conversations” (January 1987). 4. The Georgia chapter (January 1981). 5. San Jose State University (December 1982).