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Vol. 11. Sept.-Oct., 1920 Nos. 7-8 The Llbrary of "The Detroit News" By G. B. CATLIN.
The character of a newspaper library is the affairs of every nation both past and determined by the character of the news- present. The present is an evolution out paper itself. At one time the American of the past, and so, in order to check uu newspaper was a sort of literary gossip, re- the news of each day for accuracy, one mtiust lating broadcast the happenings, rumors and be equipped with dependable data in readily opinions of the clay. It took newspaper avuiIable Tom. In many cases the news as pu,blishers a long Lime to discover red it is recdved over the wires is difficult to '.'news values"; even today the art of writ- ~~nderstanrl.In order to make it intelligible ing, editing and preserlting news is still in nnd interesting il nlust be accompanied by the evolutionary stage. 411 this, however, some explanatory and intecpretive matter. is rapidly changing, and the moclern news- Oeten a special article is necessary to give paper, like the modern business corporation, the wader n in11 understanrling of the case. is endeavoring to base its published utter- Riglit here is wlicre (tie 1il)rary becollies II ~IIWCS n~onLrnstn'orll~y file1 inforlnntio~i. r~on.rsfnl:lit1 in the publishi~lgof ncvs. It Not so very long ago the great mass of 11:~I~cc~i \\*ell saitl tlint the snprculc art of readers accepted as true whatever they ~iiisrc~~rcsc~ittllio~ilies in telling 11:ilf or only might see printed in the pages of a news- IIIII'~of 111~~trutli. The IICIYS fl1ter.r ia n paper, and only the learnccl knew how to littlr :lt 11 Iitllc mtl tllc bnclr~ronndis fre- discsirnlnate between the falso alld the true. quciilly \~~tl~liclil.13ccanuw of this cr sllstcin- The newspapers, however, were not alway~l (r.licnlllj c.ho.ucrr Ilbm1'1/ ffir)ic(I fm aid tho iw edited or written by Inen of learning. Edi- Icryrc~fnlio~za~lrl d!lc.irlrriiou or tlco ncrr's is tors were too milling to accept for really an int1rul)enxal~lc c~tljrlr~ctto ever!! facts. There was a lack of understanding Jrcrr s~irllcr~ahic'h f~irs to kecll in. tlre vm of of foreign affairs and foreign problem and natcsprclx~' pl ogress.* Its erect niny be 11 ridiculous errors in statement were Ire- liltlr sloir 111 thc mruiifestation, but It is quently made. This was largeIy due to the SI~I-cas smirlse. haste which is characterislic of newspaper An iininediate result or the installation productioii. But the errors and inaccuracies of a newspaper reference library is shown soon weakened the public's confidence in 111 the educt~tionaleffect upon all members what they read and after a tinlo a, startling of the staff, from the head of the institution bit of news woulrl provoke the comment: down to Llie newest cub reporter. Consult- "That is mere newspaper talk." ing cle~endableauthorities makes the news- During the past fifty years newspaper papel' writer realize his own limitations, readers have greatly increaseil in number. uncl this puts him in a better position to High schools, colleges and anivcrsities have appreciate the needs of the general public. developed rapidly and the proportion of edu- This applies equally to the librarian hirn- cated readers has increased ~erhnpstwenty self. The newspstper librarian who is not times. This increases the burden of re- willing and eager to be a sludent, must be spcnsibility on the newspaper in propor- rated as a slaclcer. At all events he cannot tionate degree. The carcless newspaper, expect to stay long in his chosen occupa- like the reclrless talker, quickly loses char- tion. nctor. In order properly to fulfill its impor- Because of the infinite variety of the news tant function the newspaper must take the of the day the person In charge of a news- utmost pains lo insure accuracy in its re- paper library must collect books as best he ports and "stories" and this calls for cnre- can to meet all demands for information. ful checlcing up of a11 news material. Pioneers In this undertaking must try to No man can be intimately acquainted with anticipate all possible demands for histori- "Italics ours SPECfIAL LIBRARIES Sept.-Oct. 1920 cal, geographical, ethnological, scientlflc and ization must soon have its influence on technical data, so that the writcr ~110 newspaper work. The higher tylles of news- wishes to express himself truthfully and paper men, recognizing the linlits of indi- intelligently upon any subject that happens vidual capacity, are beginning to specialize to arise, may have some dependable refer- in particular flelds in order to flt themselves ence source. for emgloyment on high-class metropolitan The newspxper writer, when confronted newspapers. by the vast ocean of books, is naturally It is at once ol~viousthat writers who staggered nt the first glance. He soon dis- conduct special newspapel' clepartnienls re- covers, however, that at least eighty per quire boolcs to aid them in their work The (wit. of tlw Imolts rlrt. of ditllr vnlw iIS per- woman's page ediLor must have boolcs on manent cotltribntions to educational litera- domestic economy, coolcing, costume, care ture, and that an nstonisl~ingly wide fleld of childreu, and the like. The writer of may be covered with a worlring library of feature articles has need 01 t~ wide varioty a few thousand volumes carefully chosen of basic information. Finally, a discrimi- for his special purpose. H~storians, the natmg public is calling for more in the line newspaper wriler finds, have their limita- of bibliographcal inforination and this type tlons and prejudices. Some enlphasize cer- of news receives more attention every day. tain facts and draw conclusions therefrom, For purposes such as the above we hnve wl~ileothers choose facts just the opposite in the library of "The Detroit News" nearly and arrive at different conclusions. The 12,000 volumes. We have, for example, be- newspaper writer flnally discovers that tween 3,000 and 4,000 ~OO~CSupon the So- practically all history is strongly tinctured cial, industrial and political affairs of for- with prejudice, misjudgment, omissions and eign countries. -4t flrst it was supposed misinterpretations, and in order to arrive tlmt a collectiol~of six or sevan thoushnd at a reasonable judgnlent several versions volumes would fluffice, but this flgure was of the story must be put upon the witness soon exceeded and new boolcs nre con- stand and judged stantly being purchased. The original al- A newspaper library can promote good lotment of space was quiclcly outgrown and understanding by arming itself with worlcs the library and the newspaper clipping de- of recognized authority on all subjects of partment are presently to be given larger ordinary human interest. It should be able quarters, with room for exgansion, in the to furnish works on all schools of pliilos- new building. ophy in the form of the original worlcs of The filing department, or "scraparium," the founders, together with interpretive has been bullt up as systematically as the studies thereon. It must be similarly book department. Its method of collecting equipped with regard to the religions of the and filing newspaper clippings, cuts, hnd world, and there must be boolcs upon the photographs is similar to that to be found evolution of the state and the theory and in all large newspaper omcos. The clip- practice of government. Other sections of pings are gleaned from the lending news- the library will cover sociology, labor prob- papers of this as well as of foreign coun- lems, money, banking ancl flnance in gen- tries, including, for example, such little eral, art and industry, etc. A full equip- known, though ably edited journals, as the ment of the best and latest encyclopedias Allahabad Pioneer of India. furnishes useful and readily available infor- The "scraparium" fills that bewildering mat~onand the bibliographies included in gap between the ,time of the occurrence of some are of inestimable value in leading events and the time, a few years later, when the seeker to more conlplete and detailed they are published in 'book fornl. The mat- sources of information. ter is filed away in large envelopes which A few years ago newspaper work wag a permit the placing of magazino articles careless, perfunctory employment. Anybody without folding the pages. Data is flled by who could write plain English was consld- subjcct nlphabetically, with liberal cross ered fit for ~t.But times haye changed and references. Voluminous data on a pnrtlcu- toclay there are many schools of journalrsm, lar subject is gathered together in scrap- most of whrch have come into existence books of a size which permits of their being during the last ten years. These schools flled along with the other material in the are important elements in the forces which filing cases. At the beginning of each scmp- are bringing the newspaper baclc to a new boolc is an index to its contents. plane of dependnbility and respectability The library, flnally, contains a large col- and which are helping to make journalism lection of special reference morlrs such as in truth a learned profession. This new Poole's Index, Readers Guide, A. L. A. Cda- departure, however, may really be traced log, United States Catalog, A. L. A. Por- to the advancement of learning on the part Irnit Incles, n mnltitnfle of Jlrllo's TIrhn's, of the general public. Since the newspaper general, special and foreign; Burlze's Peer- caters to every class of readers, the ideal age, Whittaker's Peerage and Baronage, Al- newspaper man must possess the broadest manac de Gotha, Almanac de Bruxelles and culture in addition to a fair, judicial mind. files for years baclc of The World, Broolclyn The prevailing tendency towards special- Eagle, Chicago News and other current al- SPECIAL LIBRARIl38 lllnllncs [uld yenr books. still allotller ad- the me11 and women who contribute to 11s lllllcl is a Inrgc collectioll of ~II~L~Sof all columns is ~onsiT1~r:~l~lf.In fact, the staff comitries of Ihe worlcl, allout 600 ill nil, in would be badly 1lnnclical)l)ecl if the library n~lrlltiollto the standal-cl atlases of sevelyll service slioi~ld be tliscontinnecl if only for pulilisl~crs. :I few days It is ilific111L as yet to spealc of the :~cllicl.enlents of "Thc Detroit News" lihrary The lilmry nlalres it possllde for the Rillce the tillle Of its humble begillnings iu \.r,rrs to condr~cl a g~~eslionand answer de- OctolWl', 7!)16. It can be snid of the staff ~~al'tmrnt.Becausc or Imli of space in the writers that the frequent clleclcil~g np of Ilews colllnills iL has become necessary to intllvic111:~l snap j~ldgnlentsiind suppositions llII~\~~~l'tll~~llt 7.i 11~1~c~~llt. of tho t111wtio11sin with ~lnndnrd authorities, has le(l io n privatc communicntionrjs This service is stcadils increasing clependence up011 the li- free and evidently is widely apprccinted, brary for fncts, guotntions, uttera~lces,tlie l)artlc.ulnrl\ 1)s tl~cforeign-horn population, spelling of p!'oper nnd geograpllical Ilames, who have fo~~ndil a degcndnble and always :md flelt~ilctlinPor~llatlo~l to Rel~malie news sympathct~cresort for general ~nformntion no re intclligib1e ,lo thc general reader. on :i mido rnnge of subjects. I30oli~ are taken out by nlembers of the The rxpericiicc lo date has shown far ~laft'for home reading and study as well as greater benefits than were loolied for in the I~eingin constant demand lor de~xirlmental l~eginning. Because of this I am strongly work. The circulation, considering the size of the opiinon thst n library of general of the librnry nncl the lack of fiction, is very information and reference is bound to be- large. The effect upon the quality of the come s universal necessity in every large articles and stories in the 9a1c.s and up011 newspaper office.
Ontario Leads In Library Support
Mr. George 1-1. IAoclce, 1,il)rarlan of the Ilowers also include: nggointment of exam TOl'onto, Canaan, Public Library, has sent ing I~oards,granting ot' ccrtiflcates of quali, word lo SPECIAL LIBRARIES that the Ilcntions, and the encouragment of library Frnvillcc or Onlnrio lmi nuthorized a per pu1)licity and the holding of librnly confer- c:~pltu n~ininlnrn rate ol flfty cents for the ences. sug~ortof' lx~hliclibraries, wlllch sum, by :L vote of n lnnjority of the local municipal This legislation was put through during co~~ncil,may be further increased to seva a very busy scssion by n new government- cnly-flve cents. Ontario in the past ha9 what is Itnown ns the Farmer-T,ahour Gov- been well lcno~vnfor its lil~crnlpolicy, but ernmcnt-and is an .indication of the ntti- iI has l'nr outdone itself this year in the t~~dcof these l~artiestowards pnblic eclu- IIOW Bill wllich passed the legislatur~a few cntion, Ilon. Mr. Grant, the hfinister of monlli~ago. Erlucation, who sponsored this bill, is n Other sections of the bill ~naliepossiblc farmer who l~elievesthat an ol>portnnitY for the e~tnl~lisl~n~entand nla~ntennnce of pub- self-eilucntion should be extended to the 11v 1111~1~ii~sill r11i~t11 [Iis(ri~*ts, ;~u[l snI)siilim? rural tlistl~icta,and who holds strongly that lll)~m?eswhich show intelligence in opera- the estal)lishment of tccllnical schools alone tion. The bill provides turtl~erfor a Gov- will 11s no means s11Ilice. In closing, Mr. ernment Library School wherein will be I,ocl The Technical I~brnryot llle Pallllertoll Bulletin sent on[. One well-meaning em- Plant of the New Jersey Zinc Con~lxunyde- ployee upon receiving the following poster: rived its origin from a small refcrence li- AhT EXPERT brary collecled for the use of the cheinists has written a book about your work in the testing rleparln~ent. The collection -- 0 ;o-- c.tm&.tcll 01' ;ll)trnt OIIP I~llllill.[~tlI~OO~S 011 tll~ --0 ,@-- subjects of Annlytical Chemistry and Metal- You can get it at the Company Library. lurgy. The demand for reference boolrs -0 0- covering all subjects of engineering, shop promptly returned it with :I note asking the practice, l~hysicsand chemistry bccanle so Librarian to "lcindly send the nttached insistent that in 1910 111ans were laid fol' booli " a more extensive library wliicli mould cov'er This persistent advert~singbrought grati- all teclmical and community welfare topics fying results, showing an increase of sev- and be available for all eniployees of the eral hundred per cent, in the use of the plants. I~brary. Another obstacle to overcoma at The enlargement and supervision of the this time was to malie men feel free to ask Library remninccl in the hands of the chcm- for any magazine article or book listed in ical department. A Librarian was ap- the Bulletin. The solution to this proved pointecl, subscri~ptions plncetl for the most quite easy. W~theach Bulletin a request imporlant technical journals and several sheet was enclosed wliich reads as follows: hundred reference I~oolts were purchased. LIBRARIAN: A systeni of cataloging was estal)llshe& Riuclly senA me the following magazine which served the pUlSDOSe in the early articles lisleil in your IJibrary Bulletin of stages of tho Library, but 1)ecalne unsatis- factory es the n~umber of volumes grew. (Date of issue). In 1917 the 1,ibrary mas taken over 1)y NUMBER SUBJECT the Technical Department of the Con1l)any. A new ancl increased interest was taken in its development tml a reorganization in the library fol3cc becalile necessary...... The rapid growth nf the research clepart- The abstracts were numbcred so that the nlent in Palmerton at this tilile demanded busy man needed only to list llw nnmbers a prol~erly organized and fully equipped of the articles he ~wnterl. Rc~uestsheets 1111i1:1l III '1'110 111:l l,i1)1-:11.y are returned to the Library where a caro- at the New Yorlc oflice and t,he Palmerton ful record is taken and the informntfon sent branch began publishing a weekly Library to the nlan nlalcing the reqiiest. This direct Bulletin, with all current technicnl and invitation to use the Library was a very 1111siness ~nformationthoronghly abstracted. important factor in the big increase in busi- A monthly Library balletin had been pub- ness. Thc Library was opened evenings to lished at Palmerton before, circulaterl only acconlnloclale employees whose work pre- nmong department chiefs and assistants. venter1 then1 from visiting the TAbrary du~ This rather limited Lhe use of the material ing the day statistics mere cm'efully kept in the Library and no articular erf0l.t was of all I~usiness. Requests jumped from 300 made to reach the rank and file of employ- to A,OOO I>eis month in s year and went be- ees and get theni interested. With the yond 4,000 in a year mtl a half. A monthIy commg of thc new weekly Bulleti~lit was Library report was issued to all Department deciiled tlint. instead of limiting the C~~CII- heads, shownlg what percentage of requests lation ~t would be offered to all interested came from their department. This pnt eml)logrecs The big problem, however, +as competition In the game and it became n to get them ititcrestetl. Bel~evillg in the common thing lo hear men from different now commonly accepted saying: "It Pays to departrnenls inquiring from each olher con- Advertise," an innovalloll in the library cerning their "batting averages" for the service oC this coml)any was put in opera- n~ontll. tion. A clozen dlfferenl sets of Library Probably the best advertisemerlt for lie Posters were drawn uy and poster1 on bul- Li11rar.v in the past few years has been good letin boards and other coaspicno~~splaces servlre renderecl. Fatr.rn1~are consldererl aboul the plant Once each rno~ltl~a dif- as shoppers, al'e trrated courteously ant1 ferenl poster was enclosed in e:~chLil~rary hilvc 1e:lrnerl that lliey can got wliat they Sept. -0ct. 1020 SPECIAL LIBRARIES WIII~ if' it 1s lo IIP gottt~ 111 ( ,IW ;I ltind that nllght inrprove service. This 11~4t~g I ~~'(~WIIIV(IIIW~ ior~. \vli(.1~(8 OIII- T,I- served two purposes, it resulted in a more lmry does not cont.nin the material wanted, conll~leteand valuable trade catalog collec- n member of the Library Staff is se~ltto tion and gave the library publicity. the 1,eliigll Vniversity Library at Bethle- After a year's c~rculation the Library hem, Pa., wherc we are nccortlerl the priv- staff felt that the Weelily Library Bulletin ileges of non-resitlent memhers. In most was not reacliing cnough employees The cases, however, a telephone call to our Xelv em1)loyment department furnishing the Yorlc Office L~brnry,which has access to names of the employees, nlilneogrsphed let- thc New Yorlr City Libraries, will bring ters were circulated, explaining the work of the clesrretl informat!on. Our prompt mes- the Library, the object of the Library Bul- senger neth hod of sul)ply~ngte1el)hone re- 1~ti11:1nc1 \vlint tlw T.il~ri~r.\li~tl to ofi'iw. quests lor la:~terialis another good adver- 'I'lris :~rlrr~'lisillg;111tl(vl :XU) ])r~qlleill our. tisinl: niedlum. This kind of attention al- 111iiili11glist. ways lrrlngs back customers and has estab- The llroblem of bringing a valuable Tech- lishetl conddcnco in the Library StaK, nical Library of 4,00_0 volumes to the em- A consitlernble mnonnt of bil~liographical ployees was after all not as clifficult a prop- has heen (lone for men who are spe- osition as had been anticipated. Posters 1.ii11izi11x in ~l(~li~~il~~lilrw 01' rlw:~rdi. and circular letters make effective and Those who cnnnot find lime to search cheap advertising copy; at the same time through the literntore for all references to act as vacuum cleaners in preventing the their llne of morlc recognize this as a great (lust from collecting on the books and bound convenience. periodicals. Our enlployees have learned to Itw~wll,r ~IIP t~xd~~vII~II~z tllrisio~r of appreciate the benefits derived from con- Ill(% IIIIIYII~,~nllli it< :~.tNlO v~it:~logs\r;~q stant study and frequent reference to tech- rol~~]~l(~loly~.o\.iw(l. 1'1~1);11~11torytn t11is nical literuture and current periodicals in I I)IIIII~IY~I]14r(.lil1ir' ,l(~lI~rs\\wr th?ir fleld of work With this as an accom- sent tl~l'ough the plant nsliing for sugges- plished fact, we feel that "it pays to ad- tinns as Lo new catalogs or idens of any vertise " A GOVERNMENTAL INFORMATION SERVICE The United state^ l3uretlu of Efficiency has created a section for the purpose of has ostnl~lisl~ediin information service sec- answering inquiries as to what has been tion for the uhe of Government omcials and done by the .Government in certain fields the public. This section is the outgrowth of endeavor and where to go to find the of the Bureau's inqu~ryinto the duplication information pertaining to any activity. In of work in the Governmen1 service, an in- other words the index is a reference index quiry un~lertalien by clirection of Congress. to activities and offices In connection with this investigation an In- IC you are interested, for instance. in the dex mas hill 1111 co~isistillgof about 20,000 primitive condition of prehistoric man, in entries of all major actinties of the Gov- present-dny activities in education, in agri- ernment l'ro~n 1913 to dale, and it is the Lure, or in conmerce and do not know what purpose of the Bnrenu to keep this inaex the Government has done and is doing in current. these fields, or where to apply for the class- While the intlex was primarily intended ~ficntionand biology of the corn-leaf beetles sdcly for Government use it was found (Myochro~~sdent~collis) write the Unite? for111 too valuable a clirectory of Govern- nicnt functions to confine its usc to Govern- States Bureau of Efficiency, Washington. ment of8cials, so the Bureau of Efficiency D. C!. SPECIAL LIBRARIES IN STREET RAILWAY SERVICE DORSEY W. HYDE, Jr. It is part~cularlydesirk~llle from the view- special librarians in the street railway in- point of our profession that tho 1ibrnri;ins 111btr.J' IIIIV(, III:II~(~11(1t;ll11+i ~Ilt~~Ill~~~h ;llOlK in sln~ilal-industrhl and I)usiness under- this line and their activitlzs bore fruit in talcings co-operate with each other to gain the spring of 1917 when a Committee on recognition irl proportion to the Jmportant Libraries was appoillted by the President service \\rhicll they ;we nble to render. The of the American Electric Railway Associa- SPECIAL LIBRARIES tioned Miss Mary P Dillingsley, Librarian of the I-hnsas City Railways Company, and C'l~airrnan. Miss Alma C. Mitchell of the Public Serv- The aclioll al)o\.e mentio~ledmas duly re- ice Railnras Company of New Jersey. 311~s porrccl 111 "Aera" (.Xpril, 1917) in the follow- B~llingsley has rendered service of a high olSder to her company and has been a sin- ..~inp terms.--~ "For some time the question of sFcc~al- libraries for elcctric railway COIII- cere worlier in endeavoring to further the Il;,nles Ileen l~erorerhc Executive Conl- objects of tlle Special Libraries Association. nlittee of the ~ssoci:~tion.At tl llleetillg MISS Rfitcl~ell is well Ii110wn to the sgecinl i1el(l ill ;\tl:lntic City in October, a letter librarimls of New Pork Cily as her office froln Pr~sidellthf. C. B~.Llsh is in Newark ancl nlany have read her in- of the ~"stoll~l~vated Rtlilway Comlxms. teresting articles and profited from her ralliug attentloll LO the valuable Work which re:uI~ncss to serve her fello~vmembers in tile library of that company had accom- the profession. ~llislietl (11u.ing ~tsshoiT existencc and to One result which is aggnrently to be the hell] that had been received the traced to tlle activities of the nlen~bei% co-ol)eration that eusted between the 36 above mentioned has coine to us recently >pecial 1il)rnries of business and engineer- ill t11v for111of 11 ~10si~i11tio11(IS l110 II(V 1,i- ing firm existing in Boston, md Sllggesling 1)1~1.y<11' t11(~17~~itp~l Sli~l(~s I:~II~\\.J.\.S 111111 tl~fitthe Associarion take Llp tlle matter 1*:1w.t1'1(.('o~ul)iu~y of' Ik~lti~norc.. "Slio~~tly 1vlt11 tlle ~deaof encouraging the folqmation ;1Itc11. 31r. ('. I). I':IIIIII~IISII(~(YII~I~ I'rc~i(lri~( of of librar~esby its BIenlller Colnparlies and 111v ~'~IIII])~III,V;)I I!)l!)," 111~;~rtivI' ~LAA~S,"11e of eventnally an.;inging for the interchange i~l~l~oi~~to(lil lil~~xriilll \vlio \vi~sw11t to ROS- ol information ancl data between s11ch 1i- tO11 ti) 11141k0 ;I st1111y Of t11l3 TlTy C~1'1~11~llt hrarles yst(~l11ll~wlo~~~~l tllCr(b tor IIlP I;o~loll 14:1c- "In further:lncc? of this plan (Aera' has re- V;I~N~hiinxys 11s Air. Imvi$ AL .ir~i~istwd. cently pnblished articles by Lewis A. Ar- T11o 13alli111orpliljrnry 1)11111is I)PIII~ worl;ed mistead on the Library of the Boston Ele- ont ;\long lhlcs closely following those of vated Railway Conipany and by G Win- Mr. ihwlisteacl." throp Lee on that of Stone and Webster. It was found that a great number of A further step in the clirection of l~romoting books, pamphlets and papers had accumu- Lhe institution of electric railway libraries lated In the offices of the various clepart- and the eventual formation of a clearing ment heads and this nlaterial was collectcd house ot ~ntormation through the Associa- together to form the central library Rooks tion has now been taken in the appointment are flled accord~ngto sublect, each being liy Pres~dent Storrs, of a Committee on assigned a deflnite number. The subject I,il~ra~iesto consist 01 Messrs Armistead, matter of each book and technical periodi- LIay, Mullen, Johnston and Stoclis." cal is indexcd. This work forms the librar- The first meetlng of the Committee was lan's no st difficult task as there are some held in Sew Yorli City and as a result it 1,500 volumes to Ile read and carefully in- was decided to send out several letters to dexed. all the street railway companies of the A vertical filing systenl has been adopted, country requesting the appointment of a with t~ simplified clnss~ficstion sclieine of representative Lo corresl~onclwit11 the Com- one Iiunclrecl filty a~~bjects.Envelopes are mittee on Libraries. One of Lhe duties of used to receive small papers and clipped this ~ndiridualwas to send two copies of nrticles. \TT1len the contents of an envelope dl1 company publications Lo the central of- appro:~cll bulkiness they are removed and fice Sliorlly after this action was talien bound and the volume finds a place on the MI. Armistead, haoing received his corn- library shelves. Slnall paniphlets on simi- 111ission, gave 11p his work with the Boston 1:1r snl).~cctsare also bounrl together and Elevated Rtlil~vay Company ancl the work added to the library. of the Conmittee on Lil~rarieswns nllowccl There are, perhaps, other instances of to lapse special I~brarywork by street railway com- JIr Armisteatl's services in the above panies, and "Special TAbraries" will be glad collllectlolls mere of great value lo our pro- to receive all possible details for ~ublicu- fession In view of the pn1)licity given the tion In subsequeat issues. In a time of special library mo~~e~uentin current street rapidly increasing operating costs the Amer- l'all~nsliterature. Another important fen- ican street railway companies have been ruX'e Was the recognition ol)taine(l from the trying In every way to reduce overhear1 es- -\Il~(~l'il~:lllI.:IPf.tt'i(. I:ilil\v:iy .\s~~(*i;~til)ll:11111 penses by nleans of increased efficiency It f~'onl 11~0lllill~lltmembers thereof, such as is sat'e to say that the specla1 hbraries LIr. RIatthew C. Brnsh, President of the where they exist are rendering valuable Bxh~llcompany, who made an address 011 service in Lhe attempt to realize tlus object sl)ecial Iil)rnry work before the Louisrille and this servlce will doubtless increase in Special Lillraries convention the text of value during the nest few years with wBic11 which speech was l)ublished in the June, should certainly come an enhanced appre- 1917, issue of "Special T,ibraries." rlntlon from the owners and executives re- AloW with Mr. Aimisteatl shoulcl 11~men- sponsible lor OLW public utilities. Sept Oct. 1920 SS'PCC'AL LIBIiAltlES A Training School for Business Librarians A School for Bnsiness Librarians will form ology and alnbreviations of the manufactur- one of the three tlel)nrlmcnts of the 'Wt~sh- lng, trading arid transport industries, to ington School for Secretaries wluch mas Price and labor hteratm'e and to statistics. opened last hlarcll. The other two rlepP:trt- During the Arst year the organization and ments of the School will cover stenogray~hic~literature of one great American industry a11d sccret:rrial ~01'li. The Direclors of the will be studled i~itcnsivelywith regard to SChool are Dr. Richard T. Ely, Dr. Paul S its org~~nization,~ts trade and collateral Reinech, Col. F T, Jnnkin, Mr. Charles -4. literature, ils sugpo~'tlng industries, its Lyman, Mr. Law~~enceIS. Cake, Captain ~)rorlucts~lnd the like. Foreign trade statis- John T. A. Ely, Miss E. Virglnin Grant ant1 tics ancl banking literature will also be Miss Adelaide R. Hasse. MISS Hasse has Riven due tlttention. There will be requhed been appointed Director of Lhe School for ret~d~ng,assigncd ljibliograyhies and labora- Business L~brt~rians. tory work in the ~vealthof specla1 libraries The business library tra~ningcourse will localed in Washington. covcr a period of nine months. I1 1s de- Much atlention will be devoted to subject signed lo p~~eptvopersons lo give 10070 ctltaloging, analysls and indesing, and the ~ervicain industri:ll or btisincss libraries general stolage and service oC ~nCormat~on, A largc part of lhe course wll be tnlren up such as clnssificalions, roulilig methods, and with the sludy of the bnsic business lilera- filing systems The ordinary library proc- Lure, such as trade papers, :~nnuals,directo- cesses of cataloging, etc., mill be covered. ries, lwoceeclings, ctc. Bnsiness reference The school has Begun a colleclion of trade books, government reports, codes, conver- catalogs which nre being indexed by sub- sion tables will also 11e stndiecl, Altention ject and place, for use In connection with will also be given to the conmoll termin- the above course. BOOKS FOR EVERYBODY AND THE ENLARGED PROGRAM CAMPAIGN LATEST DEVELOPMENTS tact with Regional, State and Local Sinco the Inst issue of SPECIAL LI- Directors, and to assist with all its re- BRARIEIS the Con~mitteeon Enlarged Pro- sources and experience the renewed gram of the American LiDrxry Associalion effort to be lnacla in thc Fall. has published its Findl Report (dated July "That in whatever wily or ways the 16, 1!120) ;u~lafter a perusal thereof most Executive Board nlay dee111 wisest and lil~rananshave given up hop' that the fond most esperlient, the Appeal for the originally conleinplntccl wlll I]@ ~'aisetl. In $2,000,000 Bnnd be made thc inam ob- 111(% 1q101'1 is ]111l11islw~l:I rl'sll~lli' IIC the ( 11111- ject~veof the Xmc~ican Library Asso- 1)aig.n 113' states ;IS reporletl by stale cli- ciation until tho lull amount is sccured. reclors and the grand totals ot cash re- "That when the tinle comes to choose ceived nntl pledger1 is :I tldlc over $68,000, which items of the Enla~~gedProgram The onlgolng Coillnlittee slates that il shall be first l~utinto effect, the prcsent is a matter ol regret that the $2,000,000 has Conlmiltee is ot the ol~inion that the not yet been sccurerl, but insisls tliitt this sections entitled. (1) C+eneinal Pub- fact "need not II~construed as Yxilure nor Ilcity, (2) Library Extens~on, and (3) a cause lor l~ermanent cliscouragement." Ce~.tifications, Salaries, Recrulling for Ltbrarianshi~,ancl Employment Bureau, 111 c.lo.iltg, tlio IYIHII~~IIIII~~~~S ll~r lollo\vi~~lr reco~niliendatio~~s~ represent the inost pressing needs in "That Ihe Executive Board immedi- the general 1il~r;ti-ysltnation as it exists ately appoint Irom its own membershil~ today." a special sull-cornmillee to take up the work of the Co~nmlttec on Enlarger1 TJnder date of Saptember 26, 1920, the Program, to carry on the Appeal tor new Executive Board of the American Li- Funds, ant1 lo glre all l~ossiblesuP11ort brary Association has published "An open to those who are renewing the effort Letter lo the hIeml~e~~sof the Anlerica~l in the Fall. Libra1 y Association" in which further in- formation is given. From this panlphlet "That a ~imnll,selected Headquarters we learn that at the fil'st meeting of the Staff be maintai~led at least until Oc- new Executive Board (Colorado Sprlngs, tober Is1 in order to conserve the great it was voted that the Chair- advantages gained by the present or- June 7, 1920) ganization, to maintaill unbrolien con- man of the Enlarged Progrttln Cornnittee SPECIAL LIIifCB RIES "~nforin the regional and state directors the Executive Board hopes that the that upon the dlscontinnance of the En- llest asset in any campnigtl, namely larged Program Committee, July Ijth, the volunteer service, will be ;tviiilable appeal lor funds shall continne and their nllrl :~ctive in solicilillg funtls folv the organization 11e kept intact." In closing llee(ls and future activities of tlle It was stated that "the Board believes that A. L. A. tllcw IIIY. liol~pful~i~~ Special I~ibrariesAssociation, as follows: created wlth the approval of the Execu- "You will bo interesled 111 thc Followi~lg tive Board of the A. I,. A, and the Ex- resolution on an A. L. A. menlbershhp cam- ecnlive Committee of the Special Li- paign which w~sadopted by the A. L. A. braries Association a Co~nmitteelnlown Executive Boertl on October 11111: US the Committee of Seven, whose Membership Campaign: After lnucll dis- function is to give advice and approval cussion of the desirability of increasing the on all work clone under the Enlarged membership of the American l~ibraryAs- Progranl thal concerns busincss and in- sociatlon, the Sollowing resolution was dustrial libraries, and 11dogtocl: WHEREAS, The special appeal for WHEREAS, The lnenlbership oE the funds by means 01 yhlch thls work was A. L. A, has not kept pace with the to be undertaken has not provided development of libraries and the in- funds for carrying on the Enliirged crease in lhe number of persons en- Program, gaged and niterested in library work, THEREFORE, I3e It Resolvetl by thls THEFLIi3FORI3, Bc it resolved: That Board In session Octoller 11, 1930, That the Executive Board urges upon the in- the Chairnlan of the Committee of Seven divitl~~alnmnbers of the Association be requested to notify the inembers of the importance of malting every 110s- the Committee of Seven oll the existing sible effort to increase the nienlbership situat~on;~nd of the sincere regret of and thus strengthen the Association, the Board that in conseauence it be- extend 1iltr;iry worlr ancl ellcourage comes necessary to rlischarge the Com- grolcssion~~lco-oper a t'ion. mttee of Seven, and You will also bc interested in tho follow- Be ~t further resolved: That the ing Srom the Executive Board minutes on President of the A. L. 4, be requested the Joint Conlnlittee 01 Seven: to confer wilh the President of the ,JOIST (10~1111'rrr1~~14~SI The work ol' the Rccordv Bureau of lhis this, and it has been necessary to devise Departnle~it is jost beginning, but it is a snitable system. The worlr of the Bureau already clear that the filing and intlexlng nvll be largely undertalrell by officers 110s- system to be t~tloptedmust be very elastic wshl~g ui~ivwsity (l~~rwsin bci'~~w. in vicw ol' the anionnt and wldely varying capable of intelligently rearling and nncler- character of inl'ormation which will reach standing the significance of the reports put the Bureau. Carelul cons~deration of the lll~l'~tl~~tll(~ill. system is therelore necess;lry at the oft- The material snbmtted to the Bureau set. Thel system will c1oul)tless require will be largely in the form of reports re- a~ocliflcntionfroin lime to time in the hght cording the results obtained in investiga- of experience and crilicisn~: and suggcs- tions carried out by Research Associations tions for the improvement of the system and Research Boards or Conllllittees set shortly to be oullined will be cordially ap- up by, or closely connected with Ihe Degart- preciated. ment. In addition, the Bureau will reccive None of the advertised systelns of filing the l)ublIcations of similar Resenrch Or- ancl indexing are applicable to the peculiar ganizations In the Colonies and Donilnions lleetls and wide scope of n bnrenu such as ant1 foreign counlries, nnrl the Techllical Omcers of tlne De~arLrncllt will commlu~li- cate iuny ini'ormation l~lcelyto J?rOve usctui to Research Associations, etc., that they en- counter In the scientific or tec11nic;ll liter- ature ol the subjects 01 whicl~they llave spccii~llill~wledgc. The Hurcau will have other mirlor solu,ces of inl'oraliition whlch need not be specifled here. Each report rece~vedby the BLI~~~~~will in the Rrst instance bc nnnrlred '*~~~~fi(l~~~- tinl" or "Non-confidenua1" as the c:Ise lllay be. It wlll thell be cons~deretl IJ~all offl- cer W~IOSC duly it will be to ~repn1.e a llr6cis indicillinr: the general lines 011 y,.i.hicll thc work has becn carried out, tile ~.esults oI)tninetl, i111d any lurllle~points wl~icllare consitlererl to be oE sllflic~ellt inlportance lo ~'cvcn~ll.1'11(~ i1s44i11lt\\ill 11lso 5111111)1( ,I list. trt' 11c~iltl111l:sIIIIOPI~ \YIL~(.II 111~I'~LII(I~~ s110~1hilw inil(>~(~(l; Ill(> lib1 \vill i IICII~(I~%lli[- ilI1IL1 ll(~ill~il1~~lhl' (l~(bl'S 1)Oill~ 01. illll)ort,~~~(.e l)ro~lgl~tOIII in tll~~'c'llol'l, 1~~~~1 (~~)t'(.~,llly1111.~ 11oillt ~Vlli(*lli1~111~~:lrs likol) to of illll)or- IlIllP~~01, llltPrt%l 10 ;Ill) OtIl(T rc%L~;lr(~ll(,l~,g,Ill- izi11io11. The ~~egort,precis iind list of inclexing headings mill then be passed to the oflcer In chmsgc 01 the Uwca~~,who will amend the two lntler as lie Lhi~iksdeuirable. IrIe will Illrlllt~r ('ilI'(~l'LII1~r.oll Subscrjptions : $-1.00 ,i pr-$0.50 singlc col~ies 15litcrcd as sccond-class niatter at tllc 130st Ollicr :tt Xc\v York, N. P. ,Iccepta~~lcc lor lllnlllllg at the spccid rate ol' posiagc ])rovih~lfor in Sccliou 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, autliurizrcl JLUW10, 1919. I~:ilitor-in4lhicf...... , ...... ,J, 11. FRl l EDITORIALS 111 this issuc is m;dc the lirst aniiouncciiwnt or a campt~ignto illcrcnse the iucmbcrsh~p01 thc Spccial Ltbrilrics L\~soci~l~~il.\VC state in all frallk~iess.that our prol'ccs~on is young, tthri~ilig,liealtliy, :lnd our optimisin prompts the belief that wc can iricrcnsc our ineml~crsliil)to tlic ~I~OLIS~~IIC~innrk by pointmg out the ndvnnlngcs 01 rnc~nbership111 iho dssocintio~iand asliiilg evcry spccial librarian in hncrlca to join. To c~iclispecial l~brarianwho rc:ltls tllrsc lines the Fxccuti~eBoard sends Lllcir Urectings. Tnu will rccci\o shortly ;L lcttcr fro~utlic Prcs~clcntof the Asso- c~niioiitcllilig of ilie plms I'orniolalerl t~ttlic 130nr(l ~ilc~tii~gllclrl recc!lltly in Detroit. Thc campaigii will be 111 the hands of Xiss Alary de J. Cos, T~lbrmian ol tlic ilnlerican Tclegrapll nlid Tclephonc Company, ~s Director, am1 Xiss Re- bccca U. l A NEW EDITOR FOR SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES Jolnt Committee of Seven cldecl Lhat it woulil not be advisable at this Lme to nndertake a special campaign among Elsewhere in this issue reference is made the various special libraries. The question to the nleeting of Lhe Joint Committee of of the future status of the Committee came Sere11 on the occasion of the 8.1, A Con- up for considerat~onand it was votecl that ference at Colorado Springs The second the suggest~on he K&da to the A. L. A. lneetmg of th~sCommitlee was held in and the S. L. A, that the Committee be Detroit on Suturclny, September 25, ancl was continuer1 as n joint body of Lhe two Asso- attended by Mr. Sanluel H. Rnnclr, Chair- ciat~ons to act as n. point of contact be- man, Miss Elizabeth V. Dobbins, Mr. SW- tween thew respective offlcers and mem- 11am L. Jacob and Mr. Dorsey SV. Hyde, bers. Jr. Interesting con~niunications Lo the Committee were received from MISS Louise R. Iir,~ase:md Mr. .J. 11. Frirtld who welac The S. L. A. Executive Board unable to attend. Because of the clificulties experienced in A meeting of the Executive Board was connection with the "Books for Everybody" rallecl by the President to meet in Detroit, canlpaign the Committee could t a Pre no ac- Saturday, October 2. On that date Miss t~onalong the lines for which It had been JI:lud .I. C!ilixl~ir~,l't~st Prebi~lenl, Miss called into existence. The whole situation Helen E. Hemphill, Vice President, Miss was cliscusued pro ancl con and it mns tle- Estelle 1,. Liebmann, Secretary, Miss Helen 1920 Sept.-Oct. SPECIAL LIBRARIES 113 Norris and Mr Dorsey W. I-Iyde, Jr., Presi- has llot ;~h.eadyd~ne so gel in Loucll with dent, assembled in a conlerence room at ~II'. Jficoh glvlllfi full tleta~lsabont their the Hotel Sttltler. own IibrarJ' allll SuKgesting the llallles of Tlle resulls of the meeting of the Com- others thal may not have reported. Only mittee or Sewn mere reported to the Ex- ;i short tirne more can he allowed for the ecutive Board, after which the mni ter oT a gathering of illt'ormntion, fitter wh~ch tho new Editor for SPECIAL TJBRARJES a as lacts :~lrearly received will be eclitetl ancl discussed. The Presldenl reported that ill then ~)~tblislledas an cfflcial report of the response to his lelters Lo all men~l~orsof S~ecixl1,ibraries Ass3ci:tt1on. The report, llle Esecntive Board the name nI lliss when l)ul~lishcd,shoultl prove to be a ver- Adelaide R. H:~ssehntl been most I'rerlueni1.v itable mine of sllecial 1il)rary ~nformation mcntionccl, wll~i~euponthe Boartl votocl ;tnd will be invit1ual)ie as n manual of the. that the President be antliorized to i1s1; profession Miss I-Iasse to accepl lhe l)osll~on. It was discusserl whether [he ncxi nilnu:~l meetlng of the Sl~ecii~lIAll)~'a~~es Associi~lml~ The Committee on Methods should 11c held at the same Lim~and ])lacbc as the A. I,. 4. Tlle P~~esitlri~l\';IS ;u~lhor- The Colllllljttee on Nethods wns agpointecl ized Lo scntl out a letter Lo :dl members of' Sovemlm', 1!110, with h~issLIary 13. Day, the Association ;~t'terthe A. 1,. A. had i111- 1.il11-nrim ol the S;lt~on;~lStlfety Couucil, no~mcerlits plans, siting for an expression as Chnillllan, 101 tho purpose of collecting of opinion. and tlisseminating inLorn1;~tion co~lcerning A letter from the H W. U'ilsoii Counl~iuiy the best nlethorls in use in the varioos sge- offerlng to take over the hanclling of back cia1 l~brariesof the country At the lasl numbers of SPEC,IAL IdBRARIES was 9. L A. Convention hhss Day reported that read by hliss L~ebnlnnnand it was voted R general outline and plan hacl bee11 formu- thalt the offer be accepted. lated I)y the Committee. Since that time The mosl in~portnntInxLLel. consirlcrecl b.\. the Comnlittee has been actively engaged. the Executive Board was the question of A number of ~nterestingCorms used in con- the expansion of S. 1,. A. aclivitics cl~lring neclion will1 specitll librar) work have been the coming year. It was ilecided that the rcceivetl as the result of publicily in vari- greatest presenl necrl of ihe Associnhon is ous technicdl nlngamlcs calhng attention an inlensive camgalgn to increase mcmber- to ihc work and object of thc Committee. ship in the hssncintion :und lo es.Len(1 the The Con~millee, 111 addit1011 to the Cham circulation ol' SPECIAL IJBRARIES 11 mun, incl~~des:Miss Irene Warren of the was therelore decided that the Presitlent Globe-!A7crnicl~e Con~pany, Chicago, Mr. draft a letter to eyery nielnber of thc Asso- Franli I< Walter, General 3Iotors Corpora- ciation aslting jor their cooperation in a lion, Detroit, Miss Elsie L Baechtold, country-wide membership campaign. J1i:;s Irvhig Kational Bank, Sew Yorlc, and hlr Mary D. Cox was nggo~nted Ctuln~paignDi- Daniel N. Handy of the insurance Library rector, with Miss Rebecca 13. Ranl I LIBRARY CONFERENCE NEWS I The A. L. A. at Colorado Springs Miss Idtl B. Campbell and ni:uny othars. Colorado Springs 11eing so distal11 from Two nleelings ol lhe Joint Conlinittee of the cities where lhc great nlajorily of spc. Seven were lielcl, tliere belng ]~rescnt.Mr. cia1 Iibrar~nnsare located, the S. L. A. Con. Si~nl~iel1-1. Rnnclr, the Chairman, MISS lerence tor 1920 was held sel~arately. This Kralise, Mr. Carlos C!. ISor~ghton, nnd MI*. does not 111ei111, however, that tliere were Hydc. A11 problems inci(1ent to S. L. 11. not any sl~ecial librarians to meet and participation in the work of the Enltirgecl uungle at Coloraclo Springs with thcir Program were thoroughly cliscnssed ,bul specific action was deferred 11nCii1 the corn- friends 111 thc gol~liclibrary field. So~ne forty or filly special l~brarians attenclcd pletion of the "Boolrs for Everybody" cam- the meeting and two or three ~nteresting, I llihs I,~)nlscb H. lirilnsc \\*r\s 11011- intormnl meetings were held in various ored at the end ol the confe~'ence by ap- rooms of the A~itlersHotel. pointment as Vice-Pres~dentof the American On the evening ot the first dny of the Library Association. program ~n the ball room of 111e Antlers, The special programs included interesting Dorsey W. Hycle, Jr , President of tllc Spe- pil.pers and discussions by the AjiriculLurnl cial Librarians Association, addressed the Libraries Section, the Chilclren's Lil~rari- conference, his subject being the "Outlooli ans, College and Reference, ProEessionnl tor Special Libraries" * On Lhe dny follow- TrClining, School Libraries, Religion and ing an ~ntormulmeeting of special librxri- Theology, Public Documents, State Libm- ans was held in the same room with IbIiss ries, LAWLibraries, Library Commissions, Elsie L. Baechtold acting as Chairman. At etc this and subsequent meetings many prob- lems of the special library were clisc~lssetl Spec~alLibrarians at the Isle of Shoals and interesting col~lnients were made by Miw I~~i~~litold,Uss 1.011ise I3, 1 The Li bary Workers Association hIiss Estelle L. JAebmann, Secretary of in the United Stltes w~lhonlspecial trnin- the Special Libraries Association, hils re- ing, we desire to Corm an Assoc~ntion: caved n letter trom Miss C;ltherlne Van 1. Which shall be a Dureau of 1nformi~- Dyne, Secretary oC the 1,ibrary n'o~~lters' tion for librarv worltrrs, whose s!lccess (lo- Associntlon, in which Miss Van Dyne says: perids on experience r;uther than trilining. "We feel thlt the Library Workers' Assocl- 2. Which shall be n B11re;lu ol Itiforma- ation should either amliate with or join the tion for librarians who 11::ve met1 or ~~ecom- Special Lil~mriesSssoc~ation. Will yon let mended worliers fitter1 Lo till v:~c:uncies in us Inlow what the procerllire is and all about their libraries. it? R7c thillli that there mill be ample 011- 3. Which shall sul)l)ly s11c11 inform:1lion porlunilies for cool~erationLetwecn the two as freely to other employ~nenl:tgelicies :und .4ssociations." institutions as it does to librnries. Needless to say the Special TJibrui5es As- 4. \Vliich shall follow nud give IIIIIIIICILY soci:ltion was very glad to write Miss Van to legislatio~iIsel~ited to library wo~~lccrs. Dyne welcoming the co-operiit~onof the new Perh:~])s ill view 01' questims r:~isctl iL Association and expressing rcndiness to mny also be well to sti~le olir pl1rpose work side by side lor the best Interests of negatively Wc desire to folm :1n Assn- thc library professio~i. But l'or the renders cia t~on: of SPECIAL I.IBR.1RIES who may not have 1 \\'li~ch shall not heroine a 1iil)or or hexrd of tlie olrjccts 01 Lhis new Associn- trade union as deflnerl in the Cent111'y Dic- t~on we g~vc herewith tlle intormatioii tiondry. which has been re1e:iserl for pul)lic con- 2 Which shall not create :~ny~~nl'ortu- sumption nate distinctions between clifferelit gror~ps The organizntlon meeting of the Library of persons employed in libriiry work. Workers' Associ:ltion was held at Atlantic 3. iI'hic11 shall not in any way del~ress City, K. J., April 30, 1930, in conjunction standards ol' Iibrnry worli. The Cricntlliest with meetings held at that tinie and glace appreciation ol' specii~ltrxiniug learls us to by the Pennsylvania Lilmry Club and the recognize the advantages ol workers with New Jersey Librtcw Association Abont one special training and so Lo organize ngaimt hundrcrl librari:~ns attended the meeting our own disadvantsge. and the follow~ngDrnft of C)vganixation was 4, Which shall not oppose Slnntlardlx:~- adopted : Lion and Certification ot library service. "Since the need of organization is felt :, Which shall not duplicate work per- among the 10,000 01 more 1il)ral-y workers fol'metl in an arleclunte mniiner 11s any om- cia1 bureau of the A. 1,. A. For the A. L. A. and it was stated that efforts mere heing as the parent association of librnrinns this made to cooperate with the Americnn Li'brtlry Workers' Association has a fitting M~useunlAssociation, the Sl~ecial Libraries respect. With the A I,. 11. it will tlmliate Associntion, the New Yorlc Filing Associa- at once and cooperate always." tion, and others. During the year it mas The second meeting of the Library Worlc- reportctl some 1,343 personal letters were ers' Association was held at Lake Placid, received and answered It was reported N. Y., September 23, 1920, during the an- that both the A 1,. A. and 7,. TV. A, had nual conference of the New Yorlc State appointed comrnittccs to consider Lhe n~t~tter Library Associalion At this meeting it of elHlialion. The officers of the Associa- was reported thaL mernbcruhip in the Asso- lion are: President, Adcline T. Dnvirlson, cfation had increased from fifty-four at the Pohlic Llbrnry, E;isl OVange, h'. 1.; Vice- first meeting to one hunclred fifty-seven at P~esident,Mary G. Peters, Pnblic Tibrary, the second meetlng, including sixteen insti- tutional members. Succcsu attending mem- Bnyonne, N. J , and Secl'etxry, Catherine bership and pul~l~c~tywork was described Vnn Dyne, Publfc Library, Newark, N. J. I SPECIAL LlBRARY FIELD DOINGS I A large Pennsylvania steel company has tions and the liltc, :u1d his nrldress in Cuturo written lo sevcral S. La A. nlenibers for will bc 27 State Street, Rosto11, AIass. inforn~ationconcer~~lag special Jibrarles, It ;Mr. Carlos C. Hougliton has ~eslgnedas being proposed to establish a library for Secretary or Llie Joint Commitlee ol Seven that firm A letter recently received states: and has glvcn 111) his work as clircclor of "Our idea is to establish a library service the Spcsci;~li,ibr;vJcs Dep;~rtnient$11 A. I,, A. j~lcluding business data service for all de- headquarters. Mr. 1loug:lton has been partments of the organiza~tion. To main- asked to organize n ~~esearchand infoim:~- tail1 a library of technical boolis, leading tion service POT the Poore Pi~l)lishingOonl- trade pagers, magazines, ganlphlets, news- pany, who p~~bl~sha nllnllm of intlustri:~l papers, etc., to have o competent person n~nnut~ls,and he will Iieiicel'or(h bc loculetl read and clip articles from all manner of in Sew Yorlc City. l?,I~ewl~erein this is- pnbl~cations and sources of interesl to the sue reference i~ mado to the adclress re- different clepartinents and circulate same to cently made by Alr. I-Iought,on before tile the different department heads, ~dso to Isle of Shoals meeling of the Boston Special classify and file these clippings, pamphlets, Libra~iesAssoc,iation. etc., so as to have a ready reference file Xiss Rebecca B. Rm~lti!~,1,lbrnrI;un of on all sub~ecislikely to be of interest t,o the the New Yorlc illnnlc~pnlRefcrencc! Library, d1PPerent depar;ments. To establish service has been electeri Presidenl of llhc New features such as General Information, Yolk Special Libraries Association. 3Iitls Casual Reports, Daily News, Business Re. R?nlrin has recently I~eenap1)ointeii First ports. and Bibliographical service for local Assistant in the intcllslve mcn~l~crshlp and out of town oflces and worlrs." ct~nlpaign soon to l)e u~idertalien 1)s Llic i\Ir E. Newman, Su~erintendenlof the S~eciulLiI)raries Association. Planning Division of the Bethlehem Ship- Miss Elsie L, Bncchtoltl has ~wently:IC- building Corporation, Ltd., Bethlehem, Pa., ceptetl a position as I,il~rm~innof the Irvlng in a recent letker with reference to a pro- National Bank in Xew Yorli City. A1re:rily posed special library for that firm states, Mlss B:techtold reporls tl~tl~ot~lts and ollier "You may be interested to lrnow that since printed mattelShave lieen collected together this questlon was first I)~'oughtup, the ntan- and the work of c:~talogning:111[1 indexing agers of this Corporation have allotted an IS now well ulirler way. appropriation for the establishment of a ;\Iiss Adelaide R II~ssc,who wt~slSeceutly small library.'' appomtetl as Director of the Training School Mr. Guy E. Marion, past officer of the for Business Librarians of the Washington S. L. A, 113s finished his work for the Com- School lor Secret:~ries, has accepted the munity Motmn Picture Bureau in New York, t~]tl)oi~~ti~~[~~~l;IS 1~:1litor-i11-('liit~f ol' SL'l4X1lAUA where he built up a library of motion pic- I,II~TC.WTIW I.:Isc\r-l~c~rt~ill this iw~crcf('r- ture information and compiled a curd in- wrcv i.; 111~11~to tli~'~IXIII~IIK Sf~liot11 for dex of over 300,000 entries, covering all 13i1si11ws~,ilt~-nri~~ns :111(1~IIP MY~IP a1u1 ~II:IV- nlotion piotures released in America sinco ttvt~r ur its \vork, 'l71r~ i~(I(lrw+is 1-11!) I?. 1915. Mr. Marion has returned to hi8 Strwt, S, llv.,W~isl~i~~glo~~, 1). (I. work as professional organizer of libraries Mr. Ralph 1,. Power, TAmrian of the for corporations, business houses, associa. School of Business AA~ninistration of Bos- ton TJniverslt,y, has been grmted a lcavc of we are endeavoring in C~I~CWO10 wolslc 0111 absence and he is now serving as Profes- n nlodel Scrvice Station ncco;;tlillg t.0 which sor of Econonlics nt the Collcg-e of Willian~ the others will be org:u~~lzed. and JInl-y at U'illitu~nsl~nrg,Virginia. Mr. William R. Reiniclie, ~~ssistnntSec- 1\11. J. H. Friedel, fornler Editor-in-Chief retaisy to the Pennsylvt~ni:t War ITistory of SPECTAT, I,IBR.iRIES, is now located commission, has recently Collllllcted hls in New Pork City, the Nnlional Indnstrial task of collect~ngthe recortls of the war Conlerence Board having semored its of- activities ol' that state, covel'ing military, fices from Bostoll Lo Scw Porli, at 10 East industrial, religious, I'~'atcl'llnl activities, 39th Street. Annomncenlent has lust collie etc.; the rCC0rd ol every nlnn :lud woman to us ol the fostl~coming publication, by in servicc, and all omcial tlocul~lents boll1 Lippincott of PhiIac1clpl1ia, of a book I'rom printed and manuscript. This lntercsting Mr. Frietlel's l~cn, eut~llerl "Training for special library of war-time inforination is Librarianship." said to be one of thc 1)est of :uly sLntc in Ms. George A. Dcvenean, formerly direc- thc Dn~tetl Stalcs. tor of 1,ibrary Cooperat1011 work for the United States Em~loyn~entService, has Miss Anna Lee I'i~cc, ~110II:IS Ilecn been appoinled Manager 01 the Service Sla- (>lccted P~'esidenl,or llle Clcvelnnd Club or lion Dep:~rtnient of the Reuben H. Donnel- Spcci:~l I,il)rarians, g;~vr!t111 intcsesling ntl- ley Corporation, 652 South Statc Street, tlrcss at the Special Li1)l'arics Session nl' Chicago, Illinols Mr. Devmcan writcs of the Ohlo TAbrarics hssorintioll c.onferellco, his work: "We are de~clopinga Rusi~~ess Cleveland, Oclobcr 0, clltitled "The I,ll)rary Service ill connection wth the Kescxrch Worlies." RIiss Pace is IIOW Classified 'I'elel~hone Directory an11 our Na- wori\ing np an estremcly interowling sub- tional Red Book We tll-e iii:~intmningsim- ject classificution for the I-Iytl~i~ulicP1.osscfl ilnr Service Stations in Nilwauliee, Cin- Steel Con~panyof Cleveland, or which fir111 cinnali, Sew H~ven,and New Yorlr, and she is the Research Libmrinn. I TIMELY BIBLIOGRAPHICAL TOPICS 1 The Seplembcr 25, 7920 issue of the Pub- prehenslre civic clnssilicalion schenlc lic Affairs Iilfornlation Service is a sl)cc~al which htls as ye1 come to the ;tttc~llia~iof bulletin comprising an indes to the most SPECIAL LIRR4RIES. important legislative enactments of the pnsl The Salioi~nlResearch Conncil, 3?1)1 Sis- )'e:ir. OI t!la eleven states in which regn- teenth Street, Washingfon, D. C!., is~uecl lar sessions were held 111 1920 all bnt two last JIarcll a v;~lnal)le11nll~ti11 on 'Rcsonrcli arc covered, hut special sessions mere cov- Lnboraiones in Inilnstirnl Eslal)lisl~l~ienls ered in 11ut four ot the eighteen stales of the [Tailed States of %~~~erica."TIIP which held such sessions. Col~ies of this Council has also issued two sepslnls (Nun- bullcrin may be purchnsetl from the H. W, I)ers 1 and G) enlilled res]~ecliroly"ltlclr~s- Wilson Con~y:uny, 958 Tiniversity avenue, trial Rescnrch," 1)~'I?. B. dawctt., ant1 "The Kcw Yorlc City. Development of Resen~cl~in the Unitcrl Rcprinls ot tha interesting article by Slt~tes,"by J:\mes Rowlnutl Angell. Mr. Ralph L. Power, enlitled "Women in JIiss Re11ecc:l B. Rilnliln, T,il)raria~l ol Special Lil~raries," which appeared origi- thc Xew Pork RIunicipnl Relcrcnce rdil)rnsy, nally in The L~braryJournal, have hcen Re- IS now comlliling the co~nl~sehcnsivebl11- c~u'etlby the Presitlent and may 11e had by liogral~hyof in~u~tcil~al~wol)lems which is ~neinbere of the Special T,~lwaries Associa- publ~shedqudstcrly by the National Mi~nicl- tion gratis by writing to Detroit. pal Review. Copies of the Review crllll sin- An iuteresling llst or references on "TIE ing these bihliograpliies may 11c 01,tainotl Coordination of Trans]~ortationFacilities," from Mr. Harold VT Dndrls, Sccselary of prc~nrcdby the Buret~n of Railway Eco- thc National R111nicipal Imxgue, 261 Bsond- nomics I~ibrary, W:ishington, D C., of way, New Yorlr City. which Mr. H H Johnston its Librarian, has A considerable numl~erof special 1ibi.nr- been published in the September 15 issue of ians contributed articles or notes to the The Library Journal. SPECIAL LIBRARIES nnlnber of the mngn- Mr. Wayne 1) Keydecker, Director of zine Filing, plll~lishedat 320 Broadway, New Research of The American City Bureau, Yorlc Clly. The n~ilnberwas pn1)lished I11 Tribune Bu~lding,Sew Yorlr City, has re- two installnlents (Februnry ant1 Mn~~ch, cently coinpiled a valuable manual of filing 1920, issues Of Filing) .\rno~lg tlle cbonL1-1- for civic organizations anci n~~unicipalre- bnters were: C. C. Willi:~mson,1lerl)ei.t 0. search bureaus m111cl1 rontajns a numbelS oC Brigham, Louisc B. Rrause, J. 1-1. Fi'ictlel, ]]ages oC clescript~vetest ancl the most com. Guy E Marion and Dorsey W.Hyde, Jr. Dr. Leonard Felix Fnld, io1'111erly of the contained a coml)lete list of the govern- New Yorlt Civil Service Coinm~ssionand Ille~itul research organ~zntlons throughout more recently Educntionai Director of t11e the Umtetl States. Uond Deparlincnl ol the Henry L. Doherty "Vi~u~lliZillgCilixenship" is the title of a Com~any,GO Wall sireet, New York C~ty, new rel~ortol the New Yorlc Municipal Ref- has been cilrrying on some work for 111s erence Library which contains what is per- lirm which has much of ~nlel*estlor special hays tlie niost coniplete ~~Ublishedlist of l~brarinns. Dr. Bultl has util~~etllibrary civic inotion giclures. The report was com- servicc to the lull in connectioll with his lillerl by Aliss Inn Clement of the Library educ:rtional work and has issncrl many vnlu- slaff. Fsnl11 the sanie source we have re- able pul)l~ct~tions,such as "The Pulsc of t cntly received an interesting "Fire Pi'c- tlie Organixation" which gives much of the venlion Suml~er" of A1unici~)al Reference I~istor)'ol the Doherty organization and the 1,iI)rtlry ,\ r~l(m,v, utilitlcs :nu1 fiiiancinl mitlertalrings with Govcrnnlent war-time deinanils I~rought which the ilrm 1~1sbeen connecterl. ln'ominently into the limelight the veluable The Anlerican City Bureau, Tribune rebeai'ch work on mood products being rar- Uuiltllng, New Yorlc Cily, p1111lishes an in- rletl on by the P'orest Prod~~ctsLahorntory [crcst~~~gorgm ctilletl Community Leader- at 3Iatlison, Wlscons~n. The Laboratory is ship which is circnlitted ;unong the more constantly experimenting with types of important chaml~ersol' coinmerce throug.11- boxes and containers, paper pulp, the uses out the Un~tecl States. Besides current ol wootl, etc., wllh the object of lierfecting news as lo chamber of conmercc nctivilies conirnescial usages, Mr. Carlisle P. Wins- and publicntions, il contains much informa- low IS Direclor of the Laboratory and in- lion and data of inleresl to the civic worker formation as to its publications can be ob- and municipal librarian. The issue for OC- tained froin Mr. C. R. Thomas, who is in Lobes 7, 1920, for example, contains n valu- charge of publication of results. able list 01 boolcs, pamphlels, reports and Mr. John IVarner, F. L. A., who is Chief articles on "Industrial and Economic Sur- Librarian of the Neaport Publlc Libmries, veys," compiled by Shelby RI. EI~rrison, Dock street, Newport, Monmouthshire, Eng- Dlrector of the Degnrtrnent of Surveys and land, has written for information coucern- Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundntion. ing SPECIAL LIBRARIES. Mr. Warner in A new magt~zinein the Reld of transpor- his letter stated: "I am preparing for pub- tation is [lie Transportation World, 11ub- lication a volume on 'Reference L~brary lished by the ~etlfieldPubl~shing Company, JIethocls' and there is much in your journal Inc., at 18 East Forty-flrst street, New Yorlc that would be of value to me" City. This mng:mine is printed on good The twentv-ninth annual report of the Imper with many excellent illustrations and Seattle, Washington, Public Library, of has five sections covering steam railroncls, which Mr. Judson T. Jennings is Librarian, shipping, electric traction, power trucking. has a number of interesting pages of com- Tho Transportntion Engineering Division ment upon Seattle Library service which of the Paclcnrd Motor Car Company, Dc- are of interest to special librarians. For troit, Michigan, is making every- effort to example, it is stated "that business men salvage information from the field of dis- of the city are finding the library's boolcs trilmter sales activity mliicl~may be of use and periodlcnls of increasing importance to in helping to solve the problems incldent them. Six thousand three hundred and to the practical use of the motor truclc'h twenty boolcs on business were lent (luring the solution of haulage problems. The in- 1919-an increase of 48 per cent, over 1918. formation thus secured is ~ubllshed in a Dr. Fredrilc EIjelmgirst and Mr E. G. AS- serles ol' Transportation Engineering BuiYle- llluncl (Stockholm) are visiting libraries in lins which (leal with motor trnclc operating the United States, studying library affairs costs, load distribution, innrlcet analysis, genernlly, and library buildings in partlcu- truclc driver's schools, and spccial equip- lar. Their ilinerary includes some of the ment. leading public and university libraries, 11- One of the lnost attractive bulletins is- brary commissions, and A. L. A, headquar- sued by govel~nmentalor municipal research ters. bure;~us is tlie bi-monllily bulletin ol the Dr. ~harlesC. Williamson, Past President Detroit Rulaeau of Governmer~lal Research, of the Special Libraries Association and 100 Griswold sheet, Detroit, Mich., of which Dr. Lent D. Upson is Director. The Chief of the Econonlics Division of the Xen' PorIq public Library, is malting a, tour ot I~ullctin,which is entitled Public Bus~nessis the United States md visiting p~bllcli- devntecl chiefly to ncws concerning the De- i~rariesin evely city along his roub troil city government, but a recent issue