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Vol. 13 March, 1922 No. 3 Washington, the Rendezvous of Commerce and Industry DONALD WILHELM, Asslstant to Mr. Hoover, Secruetary of Commerce. As reorganized by Mr. Hoover, the De- Juli~lsI&in of Harvard has entirely re- partment of Commerce is designed to serve vised its methods of interpreting and dis- as the center point-the Secretary's phrase tributing the data that it gathers. It is -of industry and commerce on one hand, publishing a Weekly Commerce Report at and the Government and its agencies on the rate of $2.00 a year, which is a com- the othcr hand. Mr. Hoover's frank desire pendiuiil of facts which no business man is to make the Department of the fullest can atiord to br: without. But nluch of the possible hdpfnlness to all of American in- Bureau's data is transmitted pronlptly up- dustry and commerce, especially in the on receipt to trzde associations and the busi- midst of the present depression. ness public by long distance telephone, tele- Some of those who are in close touch with 61-aph or confidential lctter. The result the Secretaisy's efforls say that the De- 1s that one of the trade attaches of the partment promiscs to evolve as a kind of Bi-itish Government told the writer that rendezvous reflecting all the major inter- the fwrcign trade service now being given ests and aspirations of the American busi- to the business public of the United States ness public. In the Bureau of the Census is unexcelled. A further and interesting an etiort is being made to revise and ex- cheek upon the increasing valne of the Bu- pedite its handling of statistics, especially reau lies in the fact that it is now receiv- of production and consumption, in such ing inquiries n~ostlyfrom prospective ex- a way that the business men of the country porters at the rate of well above a half shall have the fullest possible helpfulness milbbon a year. in dealing with their respective problems. The Bureau of Standards mag be viewed It is felt that adequate statisti,cal service as isepresenting another large group of by the Federal Government-such as is activities of direct and growng interest now being published in its Monthly Review to the American business publ~c. It is --would go a long way toward anticipating doing fundamental research on more than and checking the peaks of booin and the a hundred problems, whose solutions are of valleys of depression, in other words, the direct pronlisc to the Government, as well operations of the business cycle which has as to business. In many cases the indus- probably cost the Unitecl States more than tries share the cost of the investilrations that all its wars. the Bureau is malting. Mr. Hoover has The Secretary's purpose is also to make stated that the solution of any one. of. a the Burea~~of Foreign and Domestic Com- hundred problems that the Bureau IS In- merce a thorough-going clearing house of vestigating would, in its return in national information about everything that has to wealth, more than pay for the $10,000,000 do with foreign trade. To accomplish this equipnlcnt of the Bureau. end thc Secretary set up in the Bureau a As may be imagined, a Departnient that score of Comniod~tyDivisions, each of which reflects and cooperates with the business is mannccl by experts, usually selected by public in the three major directions indi- the trades they represent. Thus there is an cated above, as well as in other ways, is Automotive Division, a Textile Division, a by its very nature a gathering point for

Rubber Division, etc. This Bureau may be almost--~.~ all~ investi~ators- and other habitues likened to the editorial rooms of a publica- of libraries. tion which has a staff of sixty specialists The Library of the Department of Com- and a reporting force of more than 600 merce, which is directed by Miss Anne G. trade and' consular regresentatives scat- Cross, is, like the Bureau of Foreign and tered al,l over the world whcrevcr track is Domestic Commerce, in a sense, a kind of to be had. The Bureau now headed by Dr. rendwvous of all manner of trade and tech- 40 SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1922 nical periodicals, books, statr'stical data, etc. kept circulating, to the Commodity Divi- having to do with the widest range of in- sions, and to the different agencies and in- dustrial, commercial, import, export and dividuals of the Department interested, or other information. The Library is, in fact, likely to be intcrested in thoir content. In the Department's central filing place for all such material. It is in a word, a coordinat- that respcct, and in other ways, the Depart- ing library. It is filicd, to the point of over- ment of Comlnerce Library is the link be- flowing, with reports and studies innumer- tween the Department on onc hand, and the able in kind. Th~oughit the trade and enor~nousrange of investigators and con- other special periodicals are cleared, and tributors who supply these periodicals.

Influence of the Business Depression on Business Libraries J. H. FRIEDEL, National Industrial Conference Board. The prescnt business depression has had and distributing agencies. Intelligence rose a salient effect on the business llbrary to the front not only in government offices movement. In a number of cases business but in private business and especially in information departments, statistical bu- industrial establishments. reaus, research departments-what we may In the mushroom grawth that followed, designate broadly as business library ser- certain results were inevitable. Neither the vice-has been inaugurated where it did library scl~ool~snor the library ranks could not exist before. In a relatively large nnm- All the demand for positions. Many poorly ber of instanccs business libraries have qualified and untrained persons were called been ten~porarily or permanentIy discm- upon to fill positions beyond their capacity. tinued. In a still tnuch larger number of Generally, however, the service was good. cases their activities and personnel have The demand on the libraries, information, been curtailed. Yct, viewed in a broad stntlstical and research departments was way, the business depression has exerted for practical information and practical re- a salutary effect on the business llbyary sults. This, in itself, was a powerful spur. movement. The question in~n~ediately Whatever its immediate effect, the unusual arises, How can it be said that the depres- expansion was follmved by a rapid con- sion has had a good effect when it has re- traction at the war's ~uddentermination. sulted in reduction and even cliscontinu- It was the old story of "up like a rocket ance of library wodr. The answer to this and down like a stick." question has in it ~omethingworthy of the In the economic field, a slight reachion set attention and serious thought of all inter- in following the armistice. The beginning of ested in library service and library develop- 1919 saw, however, the beginning of a period ment. of unusual activity which lasted through Tho war saw an unu~ual exppnsion of the spring and early summer of 1920. Be- information and research agenclcs. The ginning with July, 1920 R period of depres- immediate obicct of the war was a concen- sion be~anto set in, first in the industrinl tration of all our national resources and sections of New England, then, sweeping agencies in such a way that a desired goal south and west to the manufacturing cen- wouId be attained; that goal was tho de- ters of thc Middle Atlantic and North Cen- feat of our enemies. Such a task ct~lledfor tral states, it spread first to the southern mobilization of men, money, niatcrials, ma- and then to the middle western agricultural chinery and management on a scale and in states, and finally to the mining, stoclcrais- a may hcrctofore unthought of. Big men ing anc! lumbering regions in the Rocky were placed in responsible positions and Mountain sect~ons and on to the Paclfic were exl~cctedto pet results no ~nntterwhat Coast. The downward course continued the cost. Necessity forcccl quick, efficient until about September, 1921, when a slight and result-getting xtim~. upturn set in which continued until the But while action became n first considera- passage of the Christmas season. Febru- tion, it soon bccanle evident that the best ary 15, 1922, finds us again on a downward action was predicated on the bcst thought. trend with a general pessimistic mood as The man of action could attain what was the outstanding factor. Impz'ovement con. expected of him and fufill it in the des~red tinues rather as a factor to be anticipated manner, by being guided and depending on but not yet realized. Indeed, it may be the man of thought. The result %-as an said that while slow and steady better- unusual expansion of in?ormation getting ment will take place in 1922, no evidence March, 1922 SPECIAL LIBRARIES of extensive or unusual immediate im- (2) The business library of the refer- provement exists. For the present, the in- ence type has practioally no fiction. Its dustrial-economic situation is one of quies- aim is more definitely informational and the cence. place which it fills is more keenly recog- In this period of business depression since nized. It is intended only incidentally to 1920, it was natural that business libraries educate and supply recreation, but more should be affected to some degree. When it especially to answer questions. It is a is remembered, for example, that over 94% reservoir of facts and data to be drawn upon of the factories of the United States em- when needed. In such a lihrary the libra- ploy 100 persons or less each, only 6% em- rian rarely takes the initktive, but answers ploying more than 100 persons each, it is only such questions as are referred to her. natural to assume that factory libraries The socalled business branches of the public which were part of or serving the factory libraries are of this type. personnel should come in for some cur- (3) The business library of the research tailment in activity, since the small es- type is one in which conscious utility is the tablishment whose redo~~rcesmight be dominant charaoteristic. I;t is more than limited, would be quickest to retrench and a reference library in that it is not only a conserve what it had. reservoir to be drawn upon but in that its Moreover, in cons'dering business li- scope is wider, and its place as an essen- braries it is of fundamental importance to tial part of the organization is more cfofi- bear clearly in mind their particular char- nitely fixed. Greater responsibility, initin- acter. It is common in library work today five and knowledge are required of its li- to classify them uncles the generic term brarian. It is more nearly tied up with "special libraries." To do so, is to fail the planning and profit-miking activities to understand their real function and use. of a business. In consequence, its informa- The business library is not one particu- tional resources must be wider, and its lar kind of mechanism, All business li- work frequently along previously unex- braries may be guided in their operab'on by plored areas. It may be requi~edto pre- a body of library science whose principles pare reports and it does not wait for calls apply in much the same degree to all, just for information. It makes inquiries of its as the operation of all mechancial appli- own, prepares digests of the results and ances will rest on certain laws of physics. may indirectly even make recomncndations Business libraries, too, may have certain for departmental or executive actIon based similarities just as all machines have gears on the informat:on secured. It is more than and wheels and axles; yet just as there are a collection or preservation agency. Many differences between a punch press and a of the bank libraries are of this type. lathe, between a spinning machine and an (4) The business library of the personal automotive engine, so there are dlflerences service type is installed through the inter- between libraries functioning in business, est of one or more of the executives whom the structure and operation of which must it is designed especially and almost exclu- be determined by the purpose to which they sively to serve. It is in a way a private will be put and the use that will be made library, and its work is personal and con- of them, The distinction between business fidential. It may be asked to male per- libraries is fundamental to their proper sonal investigations which will he made the understanding. basis of executive action, to wr~tea speech The business library may be of four which some official is to deliver, to advise kinds. It niay be (1) a welfare library (2) with the executives on matters of orrgniza- a reference library (3) a research library tion policy. The persons in such a ltbrary and (4) a personal service agency. are Inore closely picked and they are more (1) The business library of the welfare integral parts of the organizution than in type nlny be a puhlic library hracnh, a trav- other tygcs of librar~es. eling library, a cnllection of fictian or of With this analysis bef,ore us, it is not general books and fiction. In use it varies clifficult to make a fol-ecast of what would but little from the public library; it is in be lilrcly to happen in event of a business fact a niiniature public libmry limited in depression. Such an hynothesis is found size and serving a limited clientele. It is to be closely in accord with what has hap- generally linstalled in a factory or business penecl. by thc management with no more conscious The effect of the business depression on aim than that it mill serve a certain ecluca- business libraries has been in about the tionxl and recreaticmal purpose. It is a ratio of thc effect of the depression on the lending library pure and simple, in which pronps whom they serve and the character the scrvicc is measured largely by book of service rendered. The rank and file has turnover or circulation. It is part of the naturally been curtailed to a larger degree welfare work and is so looked upon by those than have the management and mnnagcrial in charge of the business. An exampje of assistants who constitute the backbone of this type cd library is "Your Home, the any organization and about whom any re- library of the Endicott-Johnson Corpora- building d personnel must take place. Gen- tion. erally, thercfore, those businoss libraries SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1922 whose work has been most closel~with personnel have taken place. In some cases management, have suffered least from the skiffs have rather been added to. Several depression. cases of establilshment of such libraries during the depression exist. Likewise the Welfare work has been widely curtailed personal service type of library has fiuf- in industry and about ,in pl.oport:on to cur- fered little diminution. tailments in plant perdonne]. firbrar~esof Retrenchment in expenditures has been the welfare type have suffered most severe- general in 4usiness and the same policy has ly from the depression. Their staffs and been genmerally put in effect in all the de- expenditures have been cut down to as small partments of business. Increased efficiency a scale as possible and in a number of cases has, it is believed, resulted. Much cutting the libraries have been discontinued. Such down of forms and of activities that have discontinuances are understood as a rule been nendering less than one hundred per to be temporary; with a revlval of business cent service has occurred. Practical utili- then recovery is expected. ty and serviceasbility has stood out as the In the reference type there have been dominant expectatton of executives and li- practically no discontinuances traceable di- brarians have guided their work by this ex- rectly to the depression. Reductibns in pectation. The result has been a general staff have taken place; in some instances improvement, a clearer insight into what is these reductions have resulted in merely oxpected and sh,ould be clone, less motion a preservation of the shell of the library and more work and evernvhere the annlica-& organiza t' lon. tion of inore thought to" the job. In the research type, sl~glitchanges in F:b. 18, 1922.

Library Service for Telephone System Employees

KENDELL WEISIGER, Educational Director, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, , . to you, one at a time from Atlanta, unless you The southern group of Bell Telephone want to get them from the l~brnryin your town. companies for a number of years past has We have other books not on the list pa,sted in maintained a circulating library, with head- the 1)nclc of this boolc-ask for the Special quarters at Atlanta, Georgia, for the bene- List.' " fit of telephone ,employees in the nine south- On the other side of the blue folder is a ern states The collection of literature has detachable post card form as follows: "I ,been assc~nbleclon the premise that "books have delivered to ...... a book en- like friends should be few and well chozen." titled ...... Please transfer the Books are sent out by mail from Atlanta. charge from my name. Please send me the They deal with such subjects as the tech- books checked \on the back of this card." nique of the telephone business, business The list on the back includes thirty-odd management, letter writing and good Eng- carefully sebected books such as Forbes' lish, health and happiness and self improve- "Men Who are Malting America," Schurz' ment. The total number of boolrs is as small "Life of Abraham Lincoln," Marden's "The as careful selection will permit, but the Exceptional Employee," Gulick's "The Ef- number of copies of each book is adequate ficient Life," Harrington Emerson's "Effi- to meet the requirements of a large num- ciency," Schnltz's "Office Administration," ber of readers scattered over a wide ter- Gowin's "Developing Executive Ability," ritory. I

The following list comprises the books Twelve I'rlnciples of Efflclency-Harrington in this Library. They have proved well Emerson. suited to the needs of the firnl's employees On Electrlclty and the Telephone Art and represent the results of six or seven Electricity and Mag. in Tel 3Itce -W. C). years experience in book selection for tele- Cuminlngs. Elements of Electricity-T~mble. phone company employees : PI'IIICIDICRof the Telephor~c-Janslcy & Fnber. Hltlto~'y of the Telephone-H. N. Cnsson. SOME GOOD BOOKS Telephony-McMeen & i~Illler. On Development of ~ersonallt~ These books have ;pen carefully chop and Acres of D~nrnonds-Russell H Conmell. they represent the best of the best. They Addresses to Engineering Students-Waddell & can be had from the Company's Library in Flr~rrlngton. Atlanta. As a Man Thlnlceth-James Allen The time allowance on each book is three Chestwfield's Letters to His S~n-.Tnhni~i~ Crou n of Indlvlduality-W G. .Torclan. weeks, and if it is not returned during the Every-day EfRciency-Forbes Llndsey foni-th weck a follow-up letter usually Exceptional Employe-0. S. Marden. brings it in. Sometimes the replies give Investment of Influence-Hlllis Kcys to Success-B. C. Forbes. interesting excuses. Here is one of them: Life of Abraham Lincoln-Carl Schurz. "I have not finished reading the very Life of Benjamin Franlrl~n-Franklin. interesting book you loaned me, entitled Literature of Business-Saunders 8 Creek. "Men That Are Mab:ng America." I haven't Mak~ngthe Most or Ourselves-C. D. W~lson Men Who Are Making America-R. C. Foibes. even got to the man who makes Ford Self-iLleasurement-\

Jews. - Clty. Je~ishsoclal dir. Jews11 Soclal Dlr Co., =rnsns City legal dlr. Corporatl~j~~Trust . 1919, 1820. Co., N. Y. 1921. Knlt Goods Trade. - Los Angeles. Amsr. d~r,of tlie hoslery and knlt goods Los Angeles c~tynncl cr~nntylegal illr Cor- manufacturers of tho LT. S. nnd Cnnndn. ~oratlonTrust Co. S. P. 1921. Bragdon, Lord & Nagle Co., N. Y. 1919, - Mass. 37th year . . . 1920, :iHth year, $2, lLJ21, DII* of Bostn~iand hIass IILIVYC~S SR~IB- 39th year, $2. son & +rcloclc, Roston. (No date of Issue Dav~sorl'skn~t goods jobblilg trade, contaln- -copvl~igll t rvl J'w :I I !ll<) 1 !IYn lng the jnllhr~l< In the Z' 8. Who h~nAlI? Mass Inn yrrr, clinrv Standard D~aryCo., hoslerp, untlernwu' or lcnit goocls, nlth Ca~nhrldge. 1U1!1, 1!120, 1921. the names of buyers of tach lmit gc~ods - N J. depnrtment, also N. Y buyers and out-of- 3. Inwycrs dialy aiirl bar dlr. Soney & town jobbels. Datlson Pub, Cn , N Y. Sage, K'r.n-111I< 1!I1U. 8Lltll 19211, 31st 1919, 10th ed 1820, 11th ad, ycar 1!121. 3?B year. Davlson's knlt goods trade, the standard - N. Y. omco ed Dav~sonPub. Co., N. Y. 191!1, Dcnrler's lawyers didry ant1 dlr for the State 29th ed 1920. 30th ed 1321, 31st ed. of N Y. JIntthew Rrncler & Co , All~nny Davlson'< lcnit goods trade, standard pocket 1919, 2Sth yrar, $5 7!1?0, 9!)th year 1921, ed. Darlson Pub. Cn, X. Y 1919, 29th 30th year ann. ed.. 1921. 30th nnn ed. Phlla. Labor Unions-Cal. - Cal~lorn~nlabor Alr. Californla Labnr Dir. Cu . Snn Franc~sco, 1818-19. - Ch~cago. - St. Louis. Nnc~lr~naldlabor dm Star Press, St 1,ouls~lcy:~ l 11I I ('r~~.r~oratlonTruc: Co , (Pub. 1019-20 by T". C Lemls, Chicago.) St Louis 1919, 1920-21 1919, 14th ell 1920, 15th ed. 1921, lGth cd Leather Trade. . shoo Q lcnlher reporter arnlu.11 Sh-e & Lawyers Offices. Lcathcr T+eporLer, Boston. 181 9, 1920. 1921 Amer law Iist, 1'. S., Canada, Great Brit- Shoe & Ienthci reporter co's poclcct d~rof am, etc. Xmer. Lam List Pub. Co., N. leather mnnuiacll~rers. Shoe B Le.~ther Y. 1019, v. 23. 1020, v. 24. 1D21, v. 25 Reporter Co., Boston. 1921 Anler, lawrers annual. Amer Lawyers An- nual, . 1920. Lumber Trade. Annual gu~deNnrtinrlale 8IerI?avtile Agency, CredlL rating lioolc. hTat. Lurnller 8Inn11- N T 1919, 1920, 1921. factuwrs Credit Co , St Louis. 1819. $25 Flsher's robat ate law clir. Lepai Dir Pull. 1920, . .. 1821. ... Scml-nnn. Cn, St. I,ouiz. 1912-15. v L 1920, Dlr. of the logging ~ndu~trvF'~lriiiv cnnst. 7th yr. 1921, 8th yr. George 31. Cornwall, ~ortlah,Ore 1921. Hubbell's legal dlr. HolihnII P~rli.Co , N. Lumber's catalogue of mec1ianlc:;~I equip- Y. 1920, 50th year 1921, KlsL goal'. ment aixl sul~pl~rsComni~rclal Journal 1922, 52nd yenr. Co , St. Louifi 1921 Lawyers dir. W. J. McCoy. Iild~anapolis. Reference book. Lumbermen's CredlL As- 1919-20. soc, Chicago. 1919, 1920, 1021. Lawyers Iist; a selected list of general Schuster's Soulh~rnpln~ lumber rntc book practitioners, corporutlnn and trial lam- Edw. J. Schuster, St Louis. 1819, 1920. yeis of the IT. S. A. I? R. Brown, N. 1921. Monthly. Y, 1919, 1920, 1921 Manufacturers.~ ~ Martlndale's Amer law dlr. (2 I3 M~utin- Amerlcn's lending manufacturers N Y. dale, N P. 1920. 62rl yenr. Commercial, N Y. 1020, 7th eA 1921. Boldier-lawyer d~r R. W. Shacklefol'd, Buycrs' vrst pocket dir. of N. Y. Gco N. Tampa, Fla. 1920. Lowey Co., N Y. 1119, 1920, 1921. Btandard bar dir. Bar Register Co., Inc. Semi-an11 N. Y. 1919, 1921. Dlr of bidders. TJ. S Government Xdvsr- - Alleghany Co., Pa. tlser. 1920, Zd ed. 11)Zl. 3d ed. Legal dlr Alleghenv Co , Pn. John E. Fotter, Dh.ecLorl'o hl~panx-mnerlcanoy guin de corn- P~tsburgh. 1918-19. 1919-30. 18th ann ed. prnclores en Estados Unldos, Snanlsh- 1920-21, 19th ann ed. An~el-.dir and h~~ycrsgu~rlc in the TT. S. - Arizona. L Acwedo, N. Y. 1918-19, 1920, 6th ed. Ludwlg's law air of Xnz 0. C. T~dwLg, Englneerlng dlr. Cr.zmforr1 Pub Cn . Chi- Jr. Phoenls. briz. 1020. cago 1919, pt. 1-2, $3. 1920. ?7th year, Banking Business ~t 1-2, $3. 1921, 28th year. pt 1-3, $3, - Hendriclcs commercinl regist~rof the U. Amer. bank attorneys John Favill Capron, 8. for buyers and sellers. esDeclnlly de- Boston (Pub. 1919 by Amer. Rank A t- voted to tlie Interests of the arrllltrctural, torneys, Boston), 1918, 20th ea. 1921, mechanical. engineerlnr :tnA kindrcd In- 24th ed , $5 dustries. S E. Hendrlcl-8 El: Po. N Y. - Bonded. 1915-14, 27th ann ed. $10. 1919-20, 28th Rand Mch'allg list of bonilcd attorneys-at- ann. ed., $12 60. 1921, 29th ann ed., law. Rand NcNally Co., Chicago. 1919, 112--- En. 1920. Internat. cable dir. of the world. Internat. - Chicago. Cablc Dir. Co.. N Y 1!119, 1920, 1920-21. Chicago iaw dir. Charles Grltman, Chic~go Snnn--r'. . 1918-19. 42d ed. 1919-20, 43d ad. 1920-21, Iron catalog of Amer. exports. Iron Age 44th ed. $1.25 rub CO., N. Y. 1~n 2 Detrolt. Lltlt of inspected electrical nppl~ances. - Underwrlters Laboratories, Chicago. 1919. ~etroltl&nl dlr. Cot-potatloll Trust Co., 1820, N. Y. 1921. 1921. Guaranteed. Llst of inspected mechanleal appliances. - Underwrlters Laboratorles, Chlcago. 1919, Guarnnteed attorney's list. J. R. Bland, 1920. 1921. Supplements Irregular. Catonsvllle, Md. 1920. MncRae's hlue book, a standard indox of March, 1922 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 45

Manufacturers, Cont'd . and ~rofessions of Esscx Co,. El, W. railway supply manufacturers and their Xison, Newark, N. J. 1920. products. MarRae's Hlue Boob Co , Chi- iwspaper Bus~ness. cago. 1919. 1920, 1921. Advcrtiscrs dir, of leacling ~mblications.C. Mall dealers blue book. House-Peglow Co.. I 111ll1I Iili 1!11<-1Q,v. 29, $5. Brooklyn. 1921. 1920-2l. v. 3U. $5 1921-22. v. 32. $6. Simplex buyer's puicle of standard merchan- Amel, nemspal~el. nnnunl, h'. 7~".'.Aver & dise made In U. S. h Slmplox Sampling Sr~li,1'1111.1. 1!11!1, Slst ve~r1!120, 52~1year. Assoc., N. Y. (no date of issue-copy- 1921. GYd VIW 1921, LBd yea?. Sul~p. rlghtcd May 24, 1810, n~idDec 31, 1919 ) CI~~II'Snixh:e~ 11:~t:lbook nil r11r. of clnss, Thomas' registcr or Amer. mnnufacturers trxle and techn~calpublications. G . D . and first hnntls In nll l~nes. Tliomns Pub. C'laln, Chic~~go1!121, l\t eil , $5. Co., N. Y. 1919, 10th ed , $15. 1920, 11th Iir.ls~~n('liesn~ir~~ k ('o'.: Ilrns~~:~gr.rbonk, rrl., $15. 1021, 12th ed., $15. incalutl~nga catalogue or ncwsp:rpcrs and U. S. Trade dir. for fore~gnbuyers. U. S. nenodlcals In the U. S. and Canada Ncl- IVY, IIIC,, A- Y, I!IW, V. 1. 1111. 2. son Chesman 9 Co , St. Louis. 1918-19, 1820, 1921. Mattress Trade Pocket rln of thc Arne], 11ress. Lord & Davlson's mattress ilir. Davlson Pub. Co.. Thomas, Ch~cago. l!I?O, 1921. S P. 1919, 7th nnn. ecl, l!ISO. 8th ann Special enstern rmr csenlativeq of daily ~i~rwsp:tpc~~~s~<~>IIJ,~IIIIII v VP>t11o1, Pri , s. Metal Trade. Y 1919, lSth ed. 1920, 1921, 20th ed. Metal nilu us try air. and buycrs griide. Metal W N. lists. countrv-town naners. \Vest- ern ~ewsp;i~icrUn~on, N. -Y: 1919, 1920, Industry Pub. Co., N. Y. 1910, 1920. 1921. nC.4 Metal stat~stics. Amer, Metnl Market, N. 1UZl. Y. 1919, 12th ed. 1920, 13th ed. 1921, 011 Trade. 14th- - -.. -.~rl.. . Dlr oC oil shale retorts wth bil~ilography. Year book. Amer Bur. of Metal Stat~stics. V. C! didorson. C:oldr~n.('01 l!l!!ll, v 16. N. T. 1920, 1st ann. issue. Oil Lrntlc l~luehook dlr and fl~ctionnl'yof Millinery Trade. the m~neral~nclustry. F. E Murray 8c Co.. Ch~ca~o1920.- Fa~rchllcl'swomen's wear d~r.of millinet y. - l'rt~O~CIII~I ~W-'I\I CI (JII .r. :L~V ,luurnal I~alrclilldPub. Go., Chlcngo. lll'il . Sen~i- Inc , h. P. 1919, $10, 1921. annual. Petroleum year booic. Prtrolcum Worlrl Mining Industry. Corn., Los Angeles 1931. Amer. mining manual, embracing Lhe prin- Powell's oil nnd gas dlr. A J. Powell. c~pnloperating metal mines, mills, smelt- Bartlesville, Olcl. 1919, 1920, 1021.

ing and reflning plants of the U. S., Can- . ~ ada and Mesico. Alexander R. Dunbar, T-111qIics' T311rlihur1~ettnvrl V7~ir1iitn Falls, Ch~cago. 1919, 27th year. Tes. oll and devclopmcnL anil d~r.Everett Min~ng catalog. Keystone Consolidated FTughrs, Wichita Falls. Tex. 1910. Pub. Co., Inc. 1919, 1920, 1921. Optlcal ~rade. Motion Picture Trade. Rlue book of opLometrlsts ancl opticians. Hoy agency's offlcial dir, of motion pic- I'rnfesalor~rrl Press, I~ic., Chlcago. 1920. ture theatres of Maine, N. 13. and Vt. 5th PA C. B. Hoy, N. Y. 1920. Paper BOX Trade. Hoy agency's omclal di~,of motion pictul-e Dlr and I~uyer's gu~deof the paper 11ox theatres for states of N. Y , N. 3. and ancl its all~crl inclustrles. Hnvenswoo~l Conn. C. R. Hoy. N. Y. 1920. Pub. Co., Chlcago. (Fob. 1019-?0 by Motion picturc studio air. Motion Picture I:.~rcnswood P~essPub. Co . Chicago. News. Iiic., N. Y. 1919, 1920. 1919, 1920, 1921. Thaatrical and mol!on plcture trade d~r. Paper Trade. Motion Pictu~e lk.. Inc.. N. Y. (Pub. Loclcwoorl's ilir. of tlic paper, stntionery ancl 1919 by Motlon Ficture Trade Dir. Co.. allied trades. Lockwoorl TmAo Journal. N, Y ) 1919, 1920, 1921, JIonLhly supple- N. Y. 1020, 45th od. 1921, 4GLh ed. 1922, ments. 47th ed., $3 Music Trade. Pawr rccord, wlth which is Incorporated Fos's music trade dir, of the U. S. Music Walden's Air . of inners. Rr:llrlen-Moit Trade Indicator, Chicago. 1919-20, 1921-22. Co , N. Y. 1919, eastltrn etl v. ti, no. 2, Nuslr and rn~~\li.;rll~l~,n~~lnl, LJnriflc Sorth- S1.SO. 1921. west musical year boolc; a classifled dir. ~ost's~paper m11l dlr L. D. Post, N. Y. of rnuslc teachers, music clubs, etc. D 1919, 1920. S C~alg,Seattle. l!ll!l. Typo credit hook of tlit? paper, hook, station- Musicnl America gu~de. Musicnl Amenca cry. prlntll g. 1~1l~llshl1'~.,1111 Iiincl~ed Co., N. Y. 1921. tracles, T-. S, and Cr~nnda Typo Mercnn- Purchasers guide to the musk ~ndustries. tile Agency, Inc, N. Y. 1919, 1920, 1021. wlth which is inoorgorateci the piano and - Chicago. organ ~~urchssersguide. h111sic Trade Complele gaper dlr. of Chicago. Phllo C. Pub. Co, N. Y. (Pub. in 1919 as pinno Darlow, Chicago. 1918, 1920, 1921. Seml- ancl orean pu~rhasers gu~deby MUSIC) ann. Tmtles Co , AT. P 1910, 23rd am. ed., q.25. 1920. 24th ann. ed 1921. Photographer's Buslness. - . Anier annual of photography. Amer. 4n- ORlclal muslcinn's dl? and clrnmatic arts nual of Photocraphy, Inc.. Yonkers, N. teachers. John Rnine. Denver 1918, 10th Y. 1919. v. 33. 1920. v. 34. 1921, v. 36. ed. 1920, 11th ed. 1921. 12th ed. Physicians1 Offices. Teyns.. - . - . Amer. medical dlr. Amer. Medical Asaoc., - . - Chlcago. 1921, 7th ed. Tesas muslcinn's rlir S. TVenclcll, Silvcr, Dir of dlspensarles, clinics and classes for N. Y. 1918-1919. the spcc~altreatment of tuberculosis jn Negroes. the U. S. Nat. TubercuIos~sAssoc., N. Nat. negro business mcn's dir. S. B Tay- 7'. 1919. lor. Columbus, 0. 1919-20. Red book of eye, ear, nose and throat spe- - ~ssexCo., N. J. c~allsts.Professional Press, Inc., Chlcago. Classifled air. of negro business interests 1920. 3d ed., $5. 1921, 4th ed. 46 SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1922

Physicians' Offices, Cont'd. etc. Seed Trncle Reporting Bur, Chicago. - Chicago. (Pub. 1919, 1930 by Seed World, ('lllcago.) ChicW~o medlcal dir McDonough Pr Co.. 1910. 1920, 1921. Chicago. 1920, 35th ann. ed. ShiDoei-s, , - Guides~- - . - - . 111. A. B C. pathlil~cer slilpplng and mailing: - guide In the 1 S anrl Carlnclu. hTelv medical Blue book McDonough Co., England Rallway Pub co , Boston 1019. Chlcago. 1920-21. 28th ed. 1920. 2!JLh ed $3.50. - Kansas. Bullinger's inonltor guide:' E W. Bulllnger, Ihnsns medical clir. Kansas Medical Soc., N. P. 1919, v. 53 1920, v. 54, 110 1. Tol~elw, ICan. 1921. 1921. -- . ~uffi~;ker'spostal and shlnliers 6uIrle for Augustln's mtvlical anA dental dtr, of New Orleans G Augustm. New O~lcans.1920, 1st ed. - N. Y.City and Vicinity. Dlr. of hon~,n11.i I h1r8 r~hvslcl;in. 111 pl'eaLer S. T, Y. and ric~nity. 73. BrougliLr~n. J. l71'ooklyn. N 2' 1919, Y. 30. 1920, v. 31. Parcei post gulXe. A. cou~nnC'o, In- dianapol~s. 1920, $6. - N. Y., N. J. and Conn. Getxler's transportatlon rates. Z. N. Getz- Medical dir. of x. Y., W. J, and Conn lev, Rochester, N P. 1910, eastern ed. AZeA~cal Soc., N. Y. 1919, v. 21. 1920. Mercnntilo agency spccial ed, of Dullinger's v 22. postal and shipper's guide for the IT. S. - Phila., Etc. and Canrtcla. 1% W. Tjullinger. N. Y. Prnfesslonal dlr. of Physicians and drug- (I? G. L)un B Co.) 1919, 1920. g~stsor Phils.. lnclucl~ngCarnden and At- OfRcial frelgliL t~riRdir. C. 13. Guthrle, Iantlr Cilv and vicinity. E. Trust, Phlla. Waslnngton 1019, supp 110. 1-5 1919, 191R-19. supp. no. 6-11. 1021, index no. 12 Prlnting Business. Shipper's guiclc. Shlppers ~uidcPo , Inc.. Printing trndes blue hoolc. A. F. Lcwis & Chicago. 1919, 1020, 1021. Weekly sup- Co., x. T 1!118. 1920, $5. 1921. olemnnts. - - - - - ..- .- hipp per's handbook John L. G~bbons, N. Produce Dealers. Y. 1921. Produre rrporter compnny's credit book, West's parcel post and express comparative gazetteer and lnw of commerce of the U rate and shippers guide. T. E. West, S and Canada. Produce Reporter Co.. Los Angeles. 1919, 1020, 1921. Ch~r~bgo.1919. v 15 1820, v 16 1921 - .~~ ~ v.. . 17 Shipper's guide comparative rates express Publishing Trade. and parcel post. Shippers Guide Co., Amer book tmde manual, incl~icline; list7 2. Clii'cago 1921, v. 1.. no.- of publishers, hooIrselIrrs, perlod~cnlsand - Kansas city organlxatlons R. R Rowlter Co., N. Y. .' inin Shipper's guide comparatlvc rates express and parcel post. Shlppeins Gl~ide Co.. Real Estate Business Chicago 1919, v. 1. no. 1 1920, v. I, J~rI~~on'sreal rstate dir J M. Jac1;son. no. 2. Knnsas City, Mo. 1920-21, 14th ed., $25. - N. Y. R~slestata- h~~ve-sF,*'"- Ray L 1,ight- foot, San Antonio. 1921. Bulllnger's post offlce, exgress and frelght guide containing every P. 0..railroad sta- Refrigeration Trade. tion, etc.. in the U. S. and Canada. Ice and refrigeratlon blue book. Niclcerson (Special ed for N. Y. City.) Rullingcr's and Colhns, N. Y. 1920. Monitor Guide, Icc., N. Y. 1921. Retall Stores. Shoe Trade. General stores. Ben Wiener Co.. N. Y. Amer. shoemaking dlr. of shoe manufactur- 1921. ers Shoe ~rade Pub. bo., ~oston. Russians. (Pub. 1919, Amer. Shoemalting Pub. Co., Russian-Amcr, reglster in Engl~shand Rus- Boston.) 1919, 16th ed. 1920, 17th ed. smn. Russian-Amer Reglster Pub. Co., 1921, 13th ed. N.Y. 1920. Bootery blue book C H. Wolfelt Co., Los Sawmllls. Anmles. 1919. Southern I~lmlicrman's cllr of Amer. saw- D!r. of n~an~&cturersof shoe store special- mills ancl pianlng m~lls. Southern Lum- ties and flncl~ngs and leathers. Trade berman, Nashville. 1920, Sd ed., $20. Pub. Co nf Ill . Rostnv. 1910 1920. 1931. Dlr of trade names and brands of shoes.- -- Schools and Colleges. Shoe Retailer Co., Boston. 1919, v. 110, Bruce's school dlr Bruce Pub. Co , Mil- no. 110. 1920, v. 114, no. 10. 1921, V. waukee. 1920-31, no. l. 118, no. 12. Colle~e and private school dlr. H. J Dir. or wholesalers, leather, flndings shoe Myers., Chicago. 191s-19, v. 12. store specialties. Trade ~ubllcatlo& Co , Dir of Catholic college.; and schools Nat. Chicago. 1919. 1920-21. Cn tholic Wellarc Council, Washington. Poclcet -air, of -shoe manufacturers. Shop 1921. and Leather Reporter Co., Boston. 1919, Educational red book: a air of all Arms 1921. caterln~to the educational tmde. C F. Shoe factory buyer's guide. Shoe Trncles Wfil~amSon, Inc , Albany (Pub, 1919 by Pub. Co., Boston. 1920, 12th ed. 1921. Fred A. Williams. Albany.) 1919, 1020, v. 13th-- ed. 3, no 6 Slik Trade. Handbook of Amer. private schools. f. E. Drrvlson's silk trade, a dir. of the manufac- Sargent. Boston. 1920-21, 6th ed. turers of the U S and Canada. Davison Patterson's Amer. educational d~r.Homer Pub. Co., N. Y. 1919, 24th ann. ed. L. Patterson, Chicago 1919, v. 16. 1920. 25th ann. ed. 1921. 26th ann. ed. 1920, v. 17. 1921, v. 18. Social Work. Seed Trade. Dlr. of family social wnrk societies. Amer. Seed trade buyers guide: seed growers, Assoc. for Organl'zing Family Soclai whplesalers, manufacturers of equipment, Work, N Y. 1921. March, 1922 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 47

Social Work, Cont'd. ... -. - N. Y. JIall's d~r.,.l classified llst of garment fabric N. Y. charltles dlr. Charity Organization concern.; in N. Y. C. Hall-Barkelew Soc. in the City of X. Y. 1919, 25th ed. Coru.. N Y. 1920. 1920, 29th ed ~heatres.' -Phlla. Glass pocket theatrical guldc. J. F. Glass, Protestant Zplscopal clty rnisslon Protes- Seattle. 1911, v. 1, 110. 1. tant Episcopal City Misslon. 1819-20, 26th Juhus Cahn-Gus Hill thcatricnl xuldc and pa rnovlnr: picture dir. Cahn & Hill, N. Y. 1921, 20th ed. sporting Goods Trade. Tractor Trade. Sportlng goods trade dir C. C. Splnk & Son, St, Louis 1910-20, 12th ann 1!)20- Cooperative tractor catalogue Implemrnt 21, 13th ann. cd. Trade Journnl Co , Ka~lsss Cl'ty, Mo. 1919. 4th ann. ed. 1920.. 6th ann.- e3 1921. Sports. Gth nnn. ed. Rellbroner's ofilclal base ball blue boolc. L~stof ofncors 2nd managers of Amrr. farm Louis Heilhroner, Ft. Wayne, 111~3. 1919, tract01 mnnufacturcrs. Chilton Co, Pti~ln. 1920, 1921. 1920, semi-ann. Lloyd's register of Alner yachts. Lloyd's Tractor and ~nl[~lcnIrnthluc I~oolt hr111- Register of Shlpplng, N. Y. 1919, 1920. land Pub. Co. St. Lollis 1!11'1. 1910 1Y.Zl. ~iictorfield boolc Farm ~ml)lc~nel;tKews Omclalu-G_ Col,ice N,~Y-,-hocltev suide. Amcr, ports Co., Chicngo. 1!)10, 1920, 11121 1521. Trust Companies. Spalding' oflic~nl athlcl~calmanac dme~. S C. t- Sports Pub. Co., N. Y. 191!3, 1920. Tl'ust compnnles of the U. S, Moi gpnldmg's oMclal base 11all record. Arner. gage & Trust Co, K 1'. 1020. Sporls Pub Co , N. Y. 191'3. 12th yetrr. Vehicle Trade. 1920, 13th year. 1921, 14th Sear T-ehicle year boolc Ware Bros. Co., Philn. Who's who 111 base ball Bascbnll i'Iaga- 1919, 1921, 40th year. elne Co., N. Y. 1919, 4th ed. 1020, 5th Warehouse Business. ed. 1921, 6th ed. List of warchouscmen anrl olhers who handle Winners. being a recorA of the names of the Iiousehold gooBs in tho U. S. and Canada. winiin'g and owners. E. Smith Amer. Warr~housemen's Assoc , Pltts- & Co., Long Island Cltv, W. Y. 1019. liurgh 1910-20. Pf~chtsman's annual ~uldo and nautlcal Trmsfer and storage rllr. Transerr 6: cnlenclm. E. D IVilson, Boston. 1918, Storaa~ePub. Co., N. Y 1919, Sd rd., $3. 41st year, 1920, 42d year, Waste Trade. Sugar Trade. Waste trade dir Atlas Pub Co. 1910 DIr of Louislana sugar plnnters. A. D Water Transportation Business. Gilrnore, hlew Orleans. 1919, 1920, 1921 Custom hous~mine. 13. D. Cha~mnn.X. Y. 1919, 35tlC ed, 1921, 3Gth ed- Telephone Industry. Dlr, of shlpbullflln~plants, elc , lncnterl In Teler~hony's d~r,of the telephone Industry I+, Teleghony Pub. CO., ChicaZO 1919, ?Lth thne, U. S. C. hflller, netroll. 1919. 1:ILIJ. year. 1920, 25th year. 1921, 2Gth yem'. Eltlridge's tide book and marlne dlr G. W. Textile Trade. Elcl~~ldgc.Rostrni. 1020, ~15th yem' 1021. Davison's textile blue book, U. S and Green's inarlne ilrr of the Grcat TAtcs. F. Canada. Davison Pub. Co , N. Y. I!IlR, W . Green,, Clrveland . 1919, 1920, 12th ed. 32d ann ed., Handy rd., Do., Offlco cd. $5 1820, 33d ann. ed , Handy ed., Do.. OtIlce ~is't'ofover 1,000 vessels of thc Grrat Lakes. ed 1921. 34th am, ed , Handy ed , Do, Great Lakes red book Penton Pub. CO.. Office ed. Cleveland. 1919. 1021, $1. Dav~son~stextile dn' for salesmen, Thvl- Pacific ports manual. Paclflc Ports, Inc , son Pub. Co., N. Y. 1919. 9th anrl, erl Seattle. 1019, 6th am, ed. 1820, Gth am. 1920, 10th nnn. erl. 1921, 11th ann cd ed Doclcham's timer report and dir, of the Port of N. Y. general rates. Custom I-Iousc test~lemanufacture and dry goods trnilr Guide. 1920. Docltham Pub. Co., Doston 1918-19, 261 h Rerorrl of Amm- and foreign shlllpln~. ed., $7.50, 1921, 27th ecl., $8 Amer. Bur. of Shlpplng. X. Y. 1919, Slst Fairchlld's cllr, of falrlcs. FalrchiId Pu1,. ann. ed. 1920. Co, N. Y 1920, 1921. Seml-nnn. Register of t?nk vc~sr.15 '%I r*1~rv'nl:Ile- Officlal Amer. textile dlr. Uraqdon, Lor11 troleum groducts. Standard Oil Co. (N & Nngle Co . N. Y. 1921. J). N. Y. 1920. OfAclal Amer. textile dlr. Yarn trade Index. ~uilflerd~r ; a tradc 11st of sh~phulltl~ngand Bragdon, Lord & Nagle Co , N. P. 3921 marlne industrics, Rudder Pub. Co., N. Red boolc, trxtlle supply dir Davison Pub. Y. 1010, 1920. Co N. Y 1920, 3Gth ann. ed Vessels owned on the 1- S Pnclflc coast ~exGleeslnl~lishments in the IT.S, and excluslve of the Philippinr Islands. Corn- Canada. Rragdon, Lord & N~gle Co, mrrcial Ncws Pub. Co, San Francisco. Inc., x. T. 1919, 2Gth year. 1920. 1919. 1920, 1921. Special Libraries ADELAIDE R. HASSE, Editor Office of Asst. Secy. of War. Washington, D. C. Associnte Editors CLARI~ICLR. BARNETT ABBIEG. GLOVER ALTA B. CLAPLIN JOSEPHF. KWAPIL REBECCAB. RANKIN

Pl~l~llahedMonthly excc~t July nnd Aucnat al 613 14th Street, Wnsl~lngton. D C Entered as racond-di.l mrttcr at the Post Olnca at Wnahlngton, D C. Acccptanco for mnlllng nt tho apcclal rate ol postape provldcd for Ln Bcctlan 1103. Act of Oct 3. 1917, nuLllorlrcrl Juno 10. 1910. Cllr~ctn 5lloulcl be mnde out to Ihe As%xlatlun and msllod to Alfred B. Ltndaay, Asst. Secy. Trcna , Bureau of Ilallwny Economlc3. Nnsblngton. D. C. Rntoa: $4.00 a year; slngls topics 50 cants.

DOUBLE YOUR MILEAGE There are various ways of accomplishing this desirable procedure. Speeding will do it, but this has its disadvantages. To go off speeding by oneself may only land one in splendid isolation, or-otherwise. Conserva- tion will also do it. The difficulty here is in having something to conserve. The Special Libraries Association represents in its membership one of the really vital factors in present-day business and industry. Cer- tainly a very precious thing. Certainly one infinitely worth conserving. The conservation of the resources of the membership of the Special Li- braries Association will double the mileage of every special librarian. To accomplish this we must band very closely together, work out our prob- lems mutually, permeate the Association spirit with the leaven of sym- pathetic endeavor, and above all, cooperate to secure the recognition by every industry nn,d business in this great country of ours of the possibili- ties of special library work. Mr. Friedel, in this issue, makes a fundamental beginning in our program of conservation. He points out very clearly the differentiation in special library work. Each of the phases of special library work cited by Mr. Friedel is equally important. Quite the most important thing about them is, however, that each has its particular requirements and presupposes its own especial kind of preparation. We have, perhaps, been too indifferent to this basic fact. The special librarian whose work correlates with that of the industrial relations manager, has a task quite at variance with that of the special librarian whose work correlates with that of the research staff. Not until we have all the possibIe forms of activity of the special library clearly outlined, and, to a reasonable extent, standardized methods, will we be in a fit position to conserve our resources. We can, and will, double our mileage when, by cooperative agreement, we will have standardized our activities and our methods. The character of our activities is not of our determination. That of our methods is. Committees of the Special Libraries Association are at work on stand- ardization of methods. President Hyde has appointed committees to study and report upon the various outside relations of special library work. These Committees will report at the Detroit Conference. In the meantime help to double your mileage by promoting the work of these Committees. Help to double your mileage by promoting special library work everywhere. Boston, New York, and Cleve- land have thriving organizations. Southern California is falling into line. Special library work is here to stay. March, 1922 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 49

Association Activities Ill - -4 crease in the number of special librarians All the Committees of the S. L. A, are in Cleveland because of the business de- busily at work under the direction of Presi- pressmn the Club has continued in active dent Hyde. The prospects are that reports existence. of progress of many new activities will be In the Cleveland Plain Deo'al- for March numerou,s at the Detroit Conference. With sixth, Mr. Jmohn W. Love, Industrial Editor, characteristic energy President I-Iyde is published a review of the "Special Libra- planniag a program which will be repre- rhs Directory." After an introductory sec- sentative of all phases of special library tion, Mr. Love gave brief descriptions of work. five of the special libraries of Cleveland. CLEVELAND CLUB OF SPECIAL LOS ANGELES COMING INTO LINE LIBRARIANS On March Gth, a definite start was made The Cleveland Club of Special Librarians towards ,a special library organization in now has an ,active rnemhership of some Los Angeles, Cal. A meeting was held in twenty-three, seven of whom are members the Realty Board Building at which an of the staff of the Cleveland Public Library even dozen librarians were present. Nom- in charge of special divisions. The annual inating and ~nelnbersllip committees were meeting of the Club was held last month appointed at this pre1im:nary meeting. A and the following officers were elected: permanent organization with regular offi- President, Miss Alta B, Claflin, libr.a+ian cers was planned to become effective at the of the Federal Reserve Bank; Vice Presi- first formal meeting, which was scheduled dent, Miss Lingan of the Cleveland Press; for . This was to be held in the Secretary Treasurer, Miss Hollinger of the Library of the Edison Company. Other Federal Reserve Bank Library. meetings were arranged for in the libra- The Cleveland Club held five meetings ries of the Security National Bank and the last vear. usuallv in the forin of a dinner First National B,ank, respectively. The folloGed 'by a lecture or discussion. The many special collections in Los Angeles and Pro~ramCommittee has outlined a very vicinity offer a most encouraging field for good program for the current year which a ,special library organization, and, donbt- gives promise of a number of interesting less, a thriving association will soon be in meetings. Although there has been a de- existence there. Watch Los Angeles!

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Special Library Field Doings I111 k'1 IN THE UNITED STATES recently at National Headquarters of the Buslness Llbrary Economy American Red Cross, when, in the As- The course in library econolny of the sum- sembly Hall in the presence of the assemnbled mer session of Columbia Univepsity in- personnel, Miss Georgianna Schuyler, in be- eludes one an Indexing, Filing and Catalog- hzalf of her sister, Miss Louisa Lee Schuy- ing as applied to business. It is to be given ler, presented to the American Red Cross by M~issJ. Grace Thompson and cover the unique and valuable Wootsey collec- the various methods of filing and indexing ti'on of ~OOICS,pamphlets and leaflets deal- used in business and the application of these ing with the work of the United States methods tio correspondence, ,invoices, csta- Sanitary p om mission during the Civil War. logs, sales records, credit cards 01. form Chicago Board Establishes Zonlng Library of record kept in an office or shop. Ethel Cleland The Notional Real Estate Jourxal of Feb- ruary 27, reports that a library of zoninc Ethel Cleland, Libranian of the Bus,iness comtmking literature and pl~tsrelating to Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library, zoning in different cities throughout the has for the A. L. A. a leaflet on United States and Europe) has been es- "Business Books for Profit and Pleasure." tablished by the Chicago Real Estate Board It is a wholly attractive list with especially and is now accessible to intel.ested catchy he,adings. The library i,s in charge of Jacob L. Crane, Unique ~lftto Amcrlcan Red Cross who has been appointed technical adviser An event of unusual linterest transpired of the zoning committee of the Board. Zt SPECIAL LIBRARIES March, 1922

is the intention of the committee, according IN THE PHILIPPINES to Mr. Crane, to keep pace with the Chicago According to the report of the Philippine Zoning Conlniission ,and to lend all aid pos- Bureau of Education, there are some 2,000 sible in carrying out the program. With public school 1,ibraries in the Philippine Is- this in mmd the committee is requesting lands, containing a total of 422,407 books opinions from real estate brokers in dif- and pamphlets. This is an increase in the ferent sections of the city, and is preparing five-year period that the Filipinos have a schedule whereby local meetings will be been in control of their legislature of 1,731 held throughout the city in an effort to take publk school libraries and 333,928 books care of special grievances and prablems that nnd pamphlets, or of 526 and 377 per cent., arlse. The library will gradually be en- respectively. larged land elaborated to function as a bu- "Although the Philippine Library has es- reau of information on real estate and real tablished branch libraries in t,he larger af estate matters. the provincial capitals," says the report, MLIS~CLlbrarles "the majority of the people of most of the The Music Teachers N,ational Association school divisions still have no other library in 1917-'18 prepared a questionnaire de- faoilities than those offered by the schools. signed to show the resources and the con- With this fact in mind, we are giving much dition of the music sections of public and attention to the organization of school li- school librnrles containing 5,000 volumes or brar:es in order to make them as useful to over throughout the United States. The the co~nmunitiesas they are to the schools. result has just been printed by the U. S. The work of organization 111 each library Bureau of Education as ~tsBulletin NO. 33, involves the classification of books accord- Series 1921. The great collections of the ing to su,bjects and the preparation of a Library of Congress, of the Boston Public dictionary catalog having author, t3le and Library and of the New York Public Li- subject entries for all books in one alphabet. brary are fully described. In California, "In the classification of our libraries we where music seems to be featured in the had been using the Library of Congress libraries, there is one library wi.th over system up until last year, when it was de- 2,000 volumes on wusic (the Los Angeles cided to replace ,it by the Dewey decimal Public Library), and two which have system. The Dewey decimal classification over 2,000 bound volumes of music and is simpler and ils more generally used in over 2,000 separak pieces of music. the United States and in other countries. The Public Library of San Francisco It is also being used by the Philippine Li- has a music rooin with an adjoining brary and its branches. sound proof piano room. Here attendants "Much is being done in the Philippine devote all their time to the music collection. Normal School and in the University of the In Illinois 58 libraries report music de- Philippines for the training of young men partments, and the average size of the col- and young women for library work. In the lections is above that reported by most course of trine we hope to have each of the states. The Gary, Ind., Public Library has larger of our school libr8ariesclassified and a? unusual number of player-piano roll,s, catalogued, w~themither a librarian or a vlz., 1,100. Of the inus:c collection of the teacher-llibrarian in charge. And, at the Louisville, Icy.,, Public Libi-ary the report same t:me, we hope to have a much larger says : "The entire plan might well be taken percentage of school libraries ready to serve as an example of successful choice and the people of the school communities.'' management." The Howard Memorial Li- (See page 61.) brary of New Orleans specializes on n~usic IN LATIN AMERICA by local composers or printed in New Or- A munioipal library of over 1,000 volumes leans, and has 510 separate pieces in thi.s has been opened for children in San Salva- class as a pnrt of its general collection of dor and is well patronized. literature. A popular library for workmen has been The Music Telachers National Asscciation opened in Tegucigalpa on the in:tiative of is greatly to be congratulated upon the ac- the Mexican minister to Honduras. The complishment of this survey. It is a mnt- town of Amalpa, in Honduras, has also ter of much satisfaction that American Li- received a library as a gift from the Uni- braries have been so active in fostering rthe versity of Mexioo ,in honor of Amado Nerva collection and circulation of music. With The new edifice of the National Library such a fine beginning SPECIALLIBRARIES of Chile in Santiago, which is to cost 8,- earnestly hopes that the Music Teachers 000,000 pesos, is rapidly approaching cam- National Association will continue its pletion. The build-ing will have the moat interest in nlusic libraries. The reviewer modern equipment, including pneumatic cannot forebear to mention one disappoint- tubes for sending book from one part of ment disclosed by the survey, namely the the building to another. The direhr of failuse apparently of any American library the National Library last year sent a let- to have made a special collection of negro ter to all the trade unions of the city, an- muslc. nouncing that for the speci,al benefit of March, 1922 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 5 1 their members the library would be open on school libraries. There 'shall be at least one all wo~lcingdays except Saturday from 8.30 hbrary in every Department. Where there p. 111. to 10.30 p. m., and on Sunday after- is no such special I brary, that of the bop;' noons from 2 to 5.30. or girls' liceo, the nori11aI or commercial Thc Coloinbian Academy of Jurisprn- school, or the upper school of the depart- dence has announced the opening of a pub- mental capital, shall serve the purpose. lic library which will be Itnown by the These Iibra~iesshall be open on working name of "Carnillo Torres" in ,memory of days from 11 a, In. to G p. m. the great Colombian jurisconsult. The ppv- The 1jh1-ary section of thc Department of ernnient supplied the roonis for the library, Public Education of the Republic of Mex- which is located in the Palace of Justice of ico has sent out "minimnnl I.brariesln se- Bogota. lected according' to the type of community The library system of Chile is oi~ganized thcy are to serve, to 173 tcxvns, distributed by a decree issued by the Mlnister of In- an7onE 28 states and terribories. These struction on October 27, 1921, into three libraries are classified according to the divisions, viz., national, departmental and Ccwey systenl.

Philippine Public School Libraries

Library, Philippine School of Arts and Trades, Manila. The Philippine public schools own z,ooo school libraries, all of which are open to the public. (See page 50.) (Coul tcsy 1'1ess 13urei~ul'l~il~~rl~~ne C'omm~ssion of Iri~lcpendcnce)