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THE EMPLOYER SELECTS A BUSINESS LIBRARIAN. Louise B. Krause Llbrarlan H. M. Byllesby dL 6. THE CONSTITUTION. I(p6ecca % Tankin Chalrman Membenhlp Gmmillee THE EDUCATION OF A LIBRARIAN. Ellen d.Hedrick U. S. Depl. of Agriculture Graduate School A GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR LIBRARIANS. W.'3 Cutter Llbrarbn Arthur D. Lllllc, Inc. SOME NEW BOOKS ON ADVERTISING AND SELLING. Harriet Elias Librarian Markelhg Dcpl. Ltbran George Baltcn Company, Inc. REVIEWS: HICKS, MATERIALS AND METHODS OF LEGAL RESEARCH. Howard L. Stebbinr MORLEY -KIGHT-DANA, MAILING LIST DIRECTORY. Louise dyers KIMBALL, CITY PLANNING. Rebeccd B. Rankrn
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The Employer Selects a Business Lirarian* By Louise B. Krause, Lib~mpian,H. M. Byllesby & Co. "Is a library in your business organization The Employer Who Does Not Value Print worth its cost?" First, is the type of employer who, although Some years ago Andrew Carnegie said "If his business is large enough to warrant the you ask whether a library is worth having, 1 employment of a librarian, will not have one answer 'That depends upon the librarian."' because he does not know what a business A few days ago a rncmber of one of the library is and what it can do for his business. large library supply firms said, that in a num- If he thinks at all about a I~brary,he thinks her of cases where they had supplied furni- of general literature, novels, women's clubs ture, fittmgs and necessary filing equipment and school children. Ile shrugs his shoulders for a library in a business organization, they and says "no value to me in nzy business." had becn approached, after some time had He is, thercfore, hand~capped by his mental elapsed, with the question whether they would attit~ldc toward a library and has probably take back this equipment, because the library been too busy to Icarn that the word "library" idea in that particular organization was not in I)us~ncssno longcr means books, but every worth while. In almost every instance wherc Icind of information in any kind of form: this situation occurred, there was found at pamphlet, government repolt, circular, map or the heart of it, an unqualified so-called "li- typewritten data bearing upon the practical brarian" who had not made a success of the problems that arisc every day in his business. undertaking. The busi~~cssfirm in which the Ilc docs not know what to demand of a busi- library failed, probably did not recognize ncss library. At its bcst, in his mental con- what was the underlying cause of the fatlure. ception, it is a sort of luxury, a dignified ap- They did not get real service out of the li- pendage to his ofice, which may be useful as brary and thercfore took it for granted that a publicity asset In givmg a good impression in their business there was no valuablc return to thc public. to bc made in investing moncy in such a pro- ject. They did not realize that the real causc The Employer Who Values Print But of the failure was, that the librarian they had Not a Librarian selectccl had failed in crcative vision, had The second type of cmployer is the on; who faded in a broad knowledge of source ma- values the collection of printcd rnatcrial bcar- terial useful to their business and had failed ing ilpon his business but who thinks when he in a thorough knowlcclge of library technique has made the effort that has procurcd this ma- by means of which information could be terial (and he often misses a grcat deal about quickly organized and applied to the particu- which a trained Itbrarian could tell him) and lar problems of their business organization. deposited it somewhere in his ofice, that, that After fifteen year's experience as a librarian is all he necds. I-Ie secs no valuc in cm- in the business world, the writer maintains ploying a qualified librarian to build it into a without hesitation, that the weakest point in reliable working machine. the whole business library movement today This type of employer might well be com- is the fact that employers do not know how pared to a man who collects every hit of ma- to selcct qualified librarians. terial needed to build a handsome office build- There are six types of employers with ing, has it all dumped on the building site and reference to the selection of Ilbrarians. then stops. Unless a man who wishes to Paper read before Chicago Library Club, Murch 6, 1924. 1924 76 SPECIAL LIBRARIES April, build has an architect to make a plan and a the work that systems of classification, meth- builder to construct the nlater~almto a defi- ods of cataloging, filing, etc. are to be in- nitely planned building, he may collect all the stalled upon which all the future work de- buildmg material in the unlverse and have pends. The fact is, it is more vital to employ nothing but a useless junk heap on which to a trained hbrarian to lay adequate founda- stub his toe. A business man who collects tions than it is to employ onc after the work library materlal and who does not ltave a li- grows to any great extent, because after pro- brarian to work it into a serviceable structure per systems are installed for a permanent is, without exaggeration, in the class just de- basis, it is easier for someone w~thless scribed. There is a junk heap of miscel- knowledge to learn to carry on such systems. laneous informat~on in every large business In other words, the foundation must be laid organization which does not cnlploy a libra- broad enough and strong enough to support rian. the growing library superstructure or it will The man who believes in collecting mater~al be an expenswe case of wrecking and build- but who does not belie\e in putting it into ing all over again. the hands of a trained librarian, because it It has frequently been the case when the costs money and who thinks that his office initial organization of a library was started can use the inlormat~onjust as well without by an inexperienced person, that when the organized library scrvice, recalls to mind a time for larger growth came, everything that careful survey of the library material, which had becn done in the way of maintaining had never been adnhistercd from a central records and systems had to bc done over library department by a trained librarian, that agaln at great expense of time and money. was made in a large industr~alorganization. This report recorded thc exact cost of the The Employer Who Does Cheap Shopping time lost by members of a smgle department, Then there is the fourth type of employer in searching for information that could not who wants a trained librarian but who does readily be found in a miscellaneous collection not want to pay very much for one. He takes of material, and also recorded the expense of the cheapest he can find on the market, unnecessary duplication of information in one who barely fulfills the requirements of several departments. In conclusion ~t clearly lihrary training and experience. If additional showed that thc creation of a central library service ~u the library is needed he employs department administered by a trained libra- cheap assistants. He thmks he IS doing good rian, paid a good salary, would mean an an- business when he has four young women nual savlng, even with the added expense of working for a total sum that it would cost a librarian's salary, of more than $2,~a him to employ two high grade people to do year ovcr the cost of the old hit-or-miss de- the same amount of work. He does not re- partmental method of collecting information,, alm that two expert librarians will do more not to mention thc increase in service which efficient work and give better rcsults at less could be given all departments. cost than the four cheap salaried people- cheap librar~ans, cheap assistants, result: a The Employer Who Uses Unskilled Labor cheap library. The third type of cmployer IS the one who values pr~nted information relating to his The Well Meaning but Uninformed business, and who recognizes the necessity of Employer organizing it into a systematized working ma- The fifth type of employer seeking a busi- chine, but who tries to do it with unskilled ness librarian is sincere, thoughtful, desirous labor (i e, someone not adequately trained for of obtaining the best as to training, willit~gto library work). The frequent argument of pay, but is uninformed as to the requirements. this type of employer is that the lrbrary work How few business men know what the ac- required by his busmess organization is too credited ltbrary schools oi the country are, simple and not far enough advanced to war- what is taught in these schools and what es- rant the employment of a trained librarian. sentials in library education and experience This argument is fallacious, becausc it is at they shonld demand of applicants for busi- the installation, or at the laying of the Eoun- ness hbrary positions, which pos~tionsrequire dations of a business library that the most im- much more than average ability. The writer portant work is done It is at this period of was recently told by a business man that he April, 1924 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 77
had employed a librarian, who had library enquiring for a traincd librarian, and we find training, who he felt sure was competent to a nulnber of people who have been trained in do hts work. When pressed for details, he comtnercial filing schools, and not in library d~dn'tknow "exactly whcre" the young mo- science, nnclcrtaking to file informational ma- man had studied, or where she had had piac- ter~al,which is strictly library material, and tical experience. Investlgatlon showed that the which they arc not competent to do from lack young wornan claiming that she had library of education in library sclcnce. training, never had had a real course of train- When employers clariiy the situation by ing, but only some three or four months of recognizmg that there are two d~stincivoca- general instruction to prepare for a cwil scr- tions, one relating to commercial filing with vice examination. Very few traincd lihra- schools to teach it, and one relating to the or- rians are to be found who will have a kriowl- ganization and administration on brhicd in- edge of the particular busi~ress of the em- formation, whether it be on a shelf or in a ployer, but a well trained librarian has at the file, with library schools to teach it, the busi- start, a broad education and the necessary li- ness world will have gonc a long way toward brary technique to which will be added readily getting the right kind of people into thc po- the knowledge oE the employer's intimate sitions for which they are best filted. business as his printed material is organized. It is not only this fifth type of busmess man The Ideal Employer who is lacking in knowledge of proper stan- dards by wh~chto select a librarian, but there The sixth type ol employer, last, but most are a number of employment agencies who important of all, is the man who has a thor- send so-called "librarians" to business mcn, ough knowledge of the value to h~sbusiness who are quite as uninformed. They do not of the collect~onand organization of printed know how to test the fitness of the applicants illformation; who knows that In order to who call themselves "librarians" who en- make his library a success it must be directed deavor to get positions in the business world. by a well qualified I~hrarian;who knows what The motto seems to be "If you can get a the standards arc hy whicli to select a husi- job to tinker with some books and data files, ness librarian and who is willing to pay the that makes you a I~brarian." price. This ideal employer is not imaginary, The words "files" and "filing" are also re- he is a fact. Many e~nploycrsOK this type sponsible for a great dcal of confusion in cn- have snccessful business libraries in cities of gaging a business librarian, because these the United States. They are aciually getting words have been, of late years, used in con- roo per cent dividends on their investment nection with the care of certam library ma- and know that their libraries, administered by terial, the term having becn borrowed from high grade librarians, are indispensable assets its more common use, as pertaining to the fil- in their business success. ing of letters and other records which are in To return to our opening question; Is a li- a purely con~mcrcial file department. Well brary in a b~~s~nessorganization worth its meaning employers, therefore are often heard cost? In the last analysis,--that depcnds on asking for a file clerk, when they ought to be the employer.
The Constitution By Rebecca B. Rankin, Chak.nzan, Membership Committee
In the December, I923 issue of SPECIALries Association was formed in I- and the LIBRARIESwill be found the proposed Consli- Constitution which was written at that time tution for the Special Libraries Association does not fit the situation which confronts the Does it mean mything to yon? Probably only associat~on at present. The association has a dozen people in our whole membership have been in existence for fifteen years; it con- read it carefully and thoughtfully. That's sisted of fifty members in IW and now in quite natural. But it really is important and 1924 there are about eight hundred members. it b6hoovcs you to study it carefully. The provisions of our present Constitution are This is the problem:- The Special Libra- not ample for the conditions which now exist; SPECIAL LIBRARIES April, 1924 it 1s time we stopped and took stock, studied not jotn thc national or wish to know what and analyzed our situations, and then wrotc Boston is doing, why have an annual mecting? a Constitution to fit the present conditions and An official organ is supposedly the tnouth- to provide for futurc growth. piecc of the members of the association; if The Committee on thc Rcvision of the Con- cach local association exists independently stitution, appointed in 1922, has done just this with nothing to offcr to others, why have an thing; Mr. H. 0. Brigham, the chairman, his organ? comrnittce and the Executive Board have The national Special Libraries Association given it much thought-and the proposed is super-imposed upon all the local associa- Constitution as submitted to you, the mem- tions. The local associations officially give bers, has bcen evorved, It represents the best nothing to the national, while the national is &as of your officers and many membcrs. It trymg to supply the nceds of all the locals. was d~scussedat tl~cannual mecting at Atlan- This IS not done adequately, but how can it tic City In May, 1923 ard comes up again at be when thc national has only the half- our annual mecting in Jme, 1924 for final ac- hearted support of a small proportion of the tion. entire membership of the locals? To me, ~t We have, at the prcsent time, e~ghtor ten is ttrnarkable that thc Special Libraries As- local spccial libraries associations which are sociation has accomplished as much as it has, funct~oning splet~cltdly The best efforts of under such adverse circumstances. the most capable special librariar~s ol each My expertelice as an officcr, in a local as- city arc focussed on the welfare of their lo- sociation and in the national association, con- cal organization. Thc members are gctting a vinces me that the main fault lies with the great deal OE inspiration and real help from locals. Each of thesc is jealous of its inde- that local association. But New York is gct- petidetice, and fears that the national is try- ting no help from Boston, Boston is receiving ing to usurp ~tspowers, while in reality, the little from Philadelphia, and Ph~ladelphia Specla1 Librarics Association is only trying to none from New York, and so on. In addi- unite all the locals in one effort, thereby in- tion, and over and above these locals, we have creasing the power of cach. However, every a national Special Libraries Associat~onwhich otie knows that a union means compromise in is dependent for its existence upon the good- some dctails. Eight or ten organizations, will and generosity of a comparatively few cannot agree to unite their forces without special librarians who see the necessity of or- some conRict of ideas which will demand ganized effort. These persons are putting a compromise on the part of each. Some inde- great deal of energy into an association pendence IS lost but much power is gained by which is not efficiently organizcd and which the union. Can't each of the local special li- is unable to function properly because it has bratics assoc~ations scc this, and is not each no proper machinery. What does or can the local willing to sacrifice a little in order to Special Libraries Association do? The local gain more through the tlat~onal? associations will reply that, "all we want of The purpose of the new Constitution is to the Special Libraries Association is that it make possible this unity of aim and co- provlde the annual meeting and publish ordination of effort of all the local associations SPECIALLI~RARI~:~. We do not wish to be through the national. It sets up adequate ma- handicapped in our activities and in our in- chinery so that the elected officers of the Spe- dependence by being compelled to join the cial Librartes Association can manage its af- national association and pay dues. We get fairs. It will enable the entire organization a11 we want from our local association, ex- to function; not only will thc locals be active, cept these two things." but the national will bc their official mouth- For the sake of argument, let us agree that piece, and an annual meeting will be really the national association can and shoitld pro- representative and a place where opinion can vide only these two things, the annual meet- bc voiced because there will be something to ing and SPECIALLIDRARIES. An annual rneet- be expressed. Real activity, and not enforced ing or convention of an association can be act~onthrough an almost dead body, should necessary only because the members oE that be the result. organization wish to gather together and ex- The local associations have been spontane- press their views and exchange ideas If thc ous in the~rgrowth, unaware almost of the rncmlxrs of the Philadelphia Association do existence of other similar organizations and April, 1924 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 79
each sufficient unto itself. Only individual N.Y.S.L.A. finds thcre are persons so dis- members have seen the value of national or- posed it can readily meet that contigency by ganization, and these individuals have kept providing through its constitution for asso- the national alive. It does not deserve to live ciate memberships at $1.00 per year. An as- unless it is truly a mfionnl organization, rep- sociate may be a person interested in but not resenting all the special library activities of engaged in special library work. But no spe- the country. We can easily make it that, if cial librarian ,may join a local association we will without at the same time joining the national What we need to solve this problem SUC- Special Libraries Association. Every mem- ccssfully is the hearty support of the locals. ber will have all the advantages of the local, For instance, what will be the result of the its monthly meetings, the constant co- adoption of the Constitution in rclation to the operation, its inspiration, its publications; and Ncw York Spccial Libraries .4ssociation? in addition the subscription to SPECIAL (a) N.Y.S.L.A. has three hundred members, LIBRARIES,the privilege of attending the an- paying 50 cents to $1.00 annual dues. When nual mcetmg, the publications of the national the local is part of the national the members association, opportunity for the exchange of will pay $4.00 or $5.00 a year dues, and at ideas between localities, and an increased ser- least $1.00 of that will be turned over to the vice from the national Secretary's Office in local. No less money from dues will be employment, in advice and in information. availablc in the local treasury, and at least What can the N.Y S.L.A. lose? Nothing twice as nluch will be in the national. Each except a few mcinbers, and let us hope that mcmber will feel his allegiance to the national these, when they see the strength of the as wcll as the local, and Lhe locals will all S.L.A. ns gained through this union of locals function through the national, and the nation- antl national, will return with flew ambition al will co-ordinate the activities of all the lo- to the fold. cals, and keep each informed as to what the Any special librarian, who is a member of other locals are doing. (b) The N.Y.S.L.A. may have some mem- a local only, can demonstrate his approval of bers who will refuse to pay $4.00 to belong the proposed Constitution now by joining the to the local and national association. HOW- Special Librarie; Association at once. Send ever, there will be very few. If the your name and your dues to the secretary. The Education of a Librarian By Ellen A. Hedrick, ~ns-truotor,in Library Science, United States Department of Agriculture Graduate School Except for short histor~caloutlines of the merely to bespeak for the schools a sympa- library schools which he surveyed, Dr. Wild thetic understanding of the problems involvcd liamson in his admirable report on library in their task and an appreciatioil of the place training has given no historical sketch 01 the they have attained in the short period of their library school movement. Such a sketch existence, lcss than forty years. would have explairled some of the apparent I should like to discuss all the reconl- deficiences in the schools antl the lack of uni- n~cndationsthat Dr. Williamson makes, for formity in their curricula. It would have they all are interesting and have much to shown also the relation of the hbrary school commend them, but at this tlme I shall con- movement and the library movcmcnt and sider but three : their mutual interdcpendency. The survey as (I) The division of clerical and profession- a study of present day conditions of library al types of work. training is clear cut, exposing the weak places (2) The placing of library schools on a in the schools with the precision of a sur- graduate basis. geon's knife, and librarians, including library (3) Courses for the special librarian. school directors and instructors, must needs be grateful for it. Division of Work It is not my intenti011 to attempt to justify Possibly the most debate provoking point the conditions revealed by the survey, but of the report is the division of the F SPECIAL LIBRARIES April, 1924
work of the library into clcrical and pro- hardly paralleled by other professions. It is fessional and the insistence that training in as if a professor of chemistry before instruct- clerical processes be minimized in the schools. ing his class had first to teach it concerning Dr. Willia~nsondeplores the emphasis that the the nature of fire, ice and water. It is large- schools have placed upon this part of the ly on this account, I take it, that the schools work and says "there is danger that by forc- send their students to libraries for observa- ing upon their students a perfection in details, tion and practice, so that they can absorb a they will st~flethe indispensable qualities of knowledge and attitude of mind toward their enthusiasm, imagination, and initiative." These profession that their pre-school experience words have a famdiar ring, they arc the cry ordinarily gives students of other occupations. of the Deweyites (John not Melville) in edu- Happily the colleges, the high schools as cation in general. In his recent work "The well as the secondary schools are more and Dance of Life" Haverlock Ellis complains of more introducing their students to a knowl- the stultifying effects of uniform spelling. Un- edge of library methods. And also in our doubtedly there is danger here and the daily life the alphabetically arranged tele- schools should be on guard, but before con- phone directory, the card index in business deming them utterly, it may be well to con- houses, the use of the typewriter in the home sider if possibly there is not a very good as well as the office all help to make our prac- reason for the practice so universally ob- tices common. We are not as "odd" as we served. May it not be due to the lack of used to be! familiarity with library procedure of people in general? Even among the educated the Professional Schools ignorance of simple bibliographical tools is appalling. A. card catalog is used impatiently That librarians debate the recommendation by the majorlty of persons and with little or of the report that a college degree be a re- no understanding of the difference between an quisite for admission to the professional li- author and a subject heading. Even so simple brary school, seems to me, I must confess, an a performance as ascertaining the date or anomaly. More education, and then more is price of a book from the "United States Cata- what we need. Of two persons whom I re- log" or the "Cumulative Book Index" dis- commended a few weeks ago for a position concerts mcn who are authors of scientific in a scientific library, the one with the edu- monographs. There is no reason for these cation in biological sciences, but with a mini- things, the processes are simple enough, but mum of library training was selected in pref- merely unfamiliar. erence to the one with superior library tech- And what about the youthful college gradu- nique but lacking the education in science. In ates, some of whom boast that they went university libraries and highly specialized sci- through college without going into the library entific hbraries I am inclined to think that a and many of them of whom this is true, but scientific technique would usually be more de- deemed of not sufficient importance to boast1 sirable in a high grade assistant than knowl- I am reminded of the experience of a friend edge of library practices. of mine who was interviewing an applicant Perhaps the time has not yet come when all for general housework. The girl but recently library schools can insist upon a college de- arrived from Norway was asked if she could gree as a requisite for entrance, but it is cook. "No," she said she could not cook. surely desirable for the leading ones to do "Can yopwash and iron?," she was asked. so. Every American boy and girl who de- "NO," again was the answer. "Can you clean sires it should have a riniversity education. house, sweep or wash dishes?" "No," she That is our American birthright. By insisting said she could do none of these things. "What upon the college degree as the basis for their can you do?," finally she was asked. And training the professional schools will do much she answered "I can milk reindeer!' This ig- to assure it to them. I am aware that this norance of household affairs is not much postpones the earning power of men and wo- greater than that of the average college grad- men and that many of them may feel that uate who enters the library schools, of library they cannot afford to lose so many years routine. This lack of familiarity with libra~ from productive work. The argument is the procedure and simple bibliographical opera- one used in the cotton states for employing tions places a burden on the training schools children in the mills but it is an argument April, 1924 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 81
that does not hold with our present day be- renewed zeal are advancing to their greater lief in education. opportunities with a spirit worthy of the pioneers of 1876 who blazed the first trails in Courses for Specialists the library domain. It is true that the library schools have been Dr. Williamson's report is iadced pertinent slow in introducing courses for the specialists and timcly. We are at the opening of a new in their curricula, but then we must remem- era of greater library service. The demands ber that it has not been so very long sincc li- for trained library administrators and biblio- brarians recognized the rights of specialists graphical experts is increasing. But the li- to the services of libraries. Wc are just be- brary schools cannot shoulder the entire re- ginning to recognize that banking, insurance sponsibility. The libraries must do their part. and manufacture are as much subjects lor our They must co-operate in raising standards. study and service as literature, history and They must support the schools by offering political science. I am thinking that the li- salaries that will attract ability and brains. brary world today stands where the college And most of all they must see that those world stood whcn Harvard shocked it by re- qualities which Dr. Williamson truly says are cognizing the study of chemistry and physics indispensable to the librarian, enthusiasm, as "cultural" and allowed^ the substitution of imagination and initiative, are not dulled and modern languages for Greek and Latin in a tarnished by the grind of work. Water can- classical curriculum One has but to glance at the many and varied subjccts represented not rlse any higher than its source, and li- by the membership of the Special Libraries brary service cannot be any more effective, Association to appreciate that new vistas have any more energetic, any more liberal minded, opened up, that new fields of service have any more inspired than thc. personncl of its been staked off. Librarians today filled with organization. A Graduate School for Librarians By W. P. Cutter, Librarian, Arthur D. Little, Inc. The Williamson report to the Carnegie astronon~y, archaeology, antl~ropology, aero- Foundation on existing l~braryschools has nautics, botany, business, bacteriology, . . . had a wide circulatiot~,and has been widely medicinc, music, microscopy, metallurgy, min- discussed The shortcomings in our system eralogy, masons, mining, . . . physics, pa- of l~braryeducation have been shown, and are tents, paleontology, prmts, . . . railroads, generally acknowledged to exist. But no one statistics, . , . zoology. has made any constructive suggestions for And, best of all, these libraries are in active betterment, or at least I have seen none, bc- use for real every-day research. A carefully yond a few hints given in the report itseli. selected and trained personnel is administer- I wish to repeat thc suggestion which I ing them, and they arc being used by serious made in a little leaflet published twenty years students, for serious purposcs. Washington ago. I was then giving rather desultory in- is a center for the compilation of information struction in library work in evening classes for thc whole country. at the Library of Congress, with the cordial Above all, Washington has not only the consent of the Librarian of Congress, and largest library in the United States, but that under the nominal auspices of the Columbian library is not administered cither by a lot of (now thc George Washington) University. half-asleep professors or by an unwieldy The leaflet in question was prepared at the board of trustces. It is the only large library suggestion of President Whitrnan of that in- in the country that has nothing to interfere stltution, to summarize the advantages of with its well-rounded development. It has a Washington as a place where advanced li- splendid male personnel. brary instruction should be carried on. The faculty and the laboratory for a school There are within the Dlstrict of Columbia of graduate study in bibliology already exists more varieties of libraries than in any other ready-made in Washington. There might be American city. There are, to mention only a difficulties in arranging for the use of some fcw, libraries of agriculture, architecture, art, of the libraries as workshops, at first, but SPECIAL LIBRARIES April, rgaq these would soon disappear. And the em- As for endowment, what did Dr. William- ployment department has for a field the gov- son make the report for? If working libra- ernment service itself, in addition to the ries are to be put in charge of properly whole United States outside. trained persons, as the advance of industry Washington, too, is blecsed with a restful- requires, how are they to be obtained, except ness which cannot be found in any other large by governmental action, or by the action of American city, even Boston. It is a good place such an institution as the Carnegie Founda- to live in, now that the war hordes have tion? Mr. Carnegie loaned us the money to gone. It is not a foreign city like Boston, establish many of the libraries. His financial New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh,and Chi- successors have the duty of assuring their cago. highest development. Some New Books on Advertising and Selling By Harriet Elias, Librarian, Marketing Department Library George Batten Company, Inc. Advertising to Retailers tion more than a paragraph might have been A book which shows manufacturers how to given to the consideration of the topic: The focus selling efforts upon those important Campaign's Cost. As the author states, "This factors in trade, the retailers, is R. L. Bur- is not a matter of guesswork, but of intensive dick's, "Advertising to Retailers, Specialized and continuous study, plus experience and Means and Methods for Developing Trade knowledge of broad principles of advertising Distribution." Th~sbook, probably the only and merchandising." The reviewer believes one of its kind, is arranged in usual text-book that this statement should have been elabo- style. Its author, who is connected with The rated. The chapter is lacking in detail perhaps Associated Business Papers, Inc., has occa- because the information it should contain sion to know of the endeavors of manufac- comcs within that complicated realm, market turers to direct mcreasing attent~onto adver- analysis tising designed to educate the retailer and The last two chapters deal~ngw~th "Means maintain helpful trade relations. In discus- and Mediums for Advertising to Retailers" sing how trade papers are used to help build are very complete. the good-w~llof the retailer the author makes the following logical divisions: Advertising Sales Management and Dlstribution; The Trade Advertising Ap- Dear to the heart of the busy librarian who propriation ; Planning Distributive Advertis- must be able to give an inquirer almost in- ing; What Is a Retailer?; Retailers and Their stantaneously the information he needs is a Customers; What Can Be Advertised to Re- well-made index in a work of reference. The tailers? ; Framing the Appeal to Retailers ; first glimpse of Mr. S. Koland Hall's new The Preparation of Trade Advertising Mate- book, "The Handbook of Sales Management," rial; Means and Mediums for Advertising to so fresh from the press that it still smells of Retailers. printer's ink, shows an index made with mi- Illustrations showing actual advertisements nute care and taking in pages 951 to 995 of complement the text and an explanatory note the book! Some idea of the comprehensive- accompanies each illustration. ness of the work is thus conveyed. Mr. Hall The bibliography is classified according to gives an explanatory sub-title to his book the applicability of the works listed ?o the which describes the work as "a review of text of the book, and under the heading modem sales practice and management, il- "General Reference Books" the author in- lustrated by the methods and experiences of cludes Crain's "Market Data Book and Direc- representative selling organizations." He says tory," and "Population and its Dlstribution," trenchantly in the preliminary pages preced- compiled and published by J. Walter Thomnp- ing the first chapter, "It is hardly possible to son Company, New York. prepare a business book and avoid acadcmic It would seem to the reviewer that in the discussion altogether, but id building this chapter on the Trade Advertising Appropria- book its author has sought to be a reporter April, 1924 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 83 and an editor, drawing on a field rich with I-Ie further states very succinctly: "The experiences, rather than to record merely his cerltral conception of this book is that the own views of salesmanship and sales manage- primary iunction of advert~sin~in business is ment. . . . On the othcr hand, the anthor to,sell or to help sell. , From this conccption and the publishers came to the conclusion be- are derived the five fundamenla1 problems or fore a page of this book was written that the divisions of the book, namely: demand today is for a volume that defines not "I. To whom may the product be sold? merely sound principles of salesmansl~ip and "2. By what appeals may it be sold? sales n~anagement,but for a review that shall "3. How may the appeals be presented show how thcse pri~tcipleshave been applied most effectively? and what thc results of the experiencs of "4. By what mediums may thc appeals be hundreds of succcsslul salcs organizatiot~s presented so as to reach the class of peopIe to ha\ e been." whom the prodnct is to be sold? Consistcnt with thc idea of the new sales- "5. What is a reasonable expcnditure for manship which bases ~tseffectiveness upon promoting the sale of thc product by means organization and other fundamentals the book of printed sales efforts?" logically devotes the first chapters to thc fol- To further quotc from the preface: "The lowing topics : Organization ; Distinctive Sales most important idea which has been kept in Policies ; Review of Distribution Problem; mind in ilealmg with these problcms has been Costs of Selling; Rescarch and Analysis; thc clcvelopnicnt of thc scientific point of view Stat~stics,Charts and Records. and thc application of corresponding metl~ods. All the ramifications of the subject of salcs Wastc is due largely Lo lack of inio~rnation, management are included in this veritable cy- to failure to use adequate means to secure clopacdia of ~nformation. thc needed information and to poor judgment in handling the practical problems as they Advertising arise trom day to day. kluch emphasis has On the side of advertising, Mr. Hall has a therefore been placed upon thc de~elopment book just as complcte although not so recent. of adequate methods for ohtaining facts on This is his "Advertistng Handbook" described which thc business executive may base his de- as "A reference work covering the principles cision." and practice of advertislng." To the reader To carry out the plan indicated in the pre- in ouest of "howto-do-it" information the face the author divided his book into six author "sougl~tto be of assistancc to the gen- parts : eral business reader, the one of small or Part I. Introductory section covering in moderate advertismg experience, rather than four chapters, "The Problem and Scope of the professional advertising man." Every Advertising," "The History and Develop- conce~vable question relating to advertising ment of Advertising," and "Thc Place of Ad- can be answered from it. vcrtising in Business." Dr. Starch's contributions to the literature Part 2. "The Human Aspects of the Mar- of advertising needs no introduction. His ncw- ke~" covers thoroughly preliminary knowl- est work, "Principles of Adverlismg" is a edge rcquirecl bclore marketing a commodity very cornplcte text book. In the preface to and methods of investigatiot~used to acquire the book hc states: "This treatise has been this knowledge. Here is described the use prcpared with threc aims In mind: of lcnowledge readily available from census I. To make a broad and comprehensive rcports, income returns, distribution of popu- analysis of the furldamentats of advertising latio~i, registration of automobiles, distribn- which would servc as a logical plan for the tion of electric power stat~ons,and so on. preparation of a hook. The ncxt chapter deals exhaustively with 2. To develop, as far as practically feas- the method oE obtaining informati011 through ible and possible at the present time, scientific the LISC of questionnaires, through marketing methods in dealing with these problems. inte~vicws,and the last three are concerned 3. To bring together as fully as possiblc with actual investigatiot~sof nationally known all available material-practical business ex- products perience, scientific, experimental, and statis- Past 9 "The Appeals: By what May the tical data-which bear upon the problems out- Commodity Be Sold?" in this is covered, lined. everything about "Analysis and Selection of SPECIAL LIBRARIES April, 1924
Appeals." Thls includes of course, an advertising is that oil "Extending Church In- "Analysis of Human Nature," a study of psy- fluence Through Advertising." chological phases. Noteworthy In the chapter on "Advertising Every possible problem arising in any Agency Responsibilities" is the article by Paul phase of advertising is covered in this exhaus- T. Cherington of the J. Walter Thompson tive work of almost a thousand pages and it Company, New York; entitled "Buying Space concludes with a most carefully worked out Economically." index. As the book purveys to members of the Advertising and Selling clan, so to speak, it does not give detailed Noble T. Pra~ggis responsible for the edi- methods of procedure for specific matters. torship of the expressions on Advertising and Advertising Campaigns Selling of one hundred and fifty advertising and sales executives. The book with this title Of that new work by Tipper and French, is publ~shedby Doubleday, Page and Com- "Advertising Campaigns" the publishers, D. pany for The Associated Advertising Clubs of VanNostrand Company, say significantly in the World and contains a digest of the most the foreword: "In the quantity of literature important papers and addresses presented be- that has appeared on the subject of advertis- fore the Nineteenth Annual Convention of ing there has been a noticeable lack of books ,hese clubs held at Atlantic City, June 3 to 7, on the mechanical operation of the advertising 1923. The announcement on the jacket of this campaign. Copy work has been treated in book is: "All of us want to know 'How does abundance. Color and color work are the sub- the other fellow do it?' And this practical ject of special treatises. Yet able treatment book tells. It contains a record of the dom- of special features must fail unless preceded inating thoughts, plans and experiences of the by proper analysis and backed by suitable or- world's leaders in advertising and selling." ganization and driving executive forces. . . . " To those engaged in some phase of adver- The book covets "Advertising Campaigns" tising the chief value of the book is perhaps and under this heading are discussed market the inspirational. The lay reader must be analysis, a necessary preliminary to a success- very strikingly impressed with the complexity ful campaign, the planning of the campaign, and infinite variety of the problems to be and its operation and handling. solved in connection with the use of advertis- The thesis of the book is that planning a ing as a significant force in business. Also campaign demands a knowledge of: The Pro- the array of nationally known organizations is duct; The Market; The Sales Methods; very imposing, the dignity of the profession Manufacture; Distributioi~; Territory of very evident by reason of the scholarly pre- Sale; Purpose of Advertising; Media; Au- sentation of subjects by acknowledged leaders diences ; Appeals ; Schedules ; Opcrations. in the field. The text is very lucidly written and not at There are twenty chapters in which the sub- all dry reading; it emphasizes the close re- ject of advertising is treated from the ethical, lation between advertising and selling and practical and theoretical standpoints. For in- that the practice of advertising and the ideas stance, the paper, "Marketing for 70,000 Pro- of selling do not permit of erroneous state- ducer's" by Stanley Q. Grady, Director of ments. In the chapter entitled "The Organi- Sales and Advertising, Dairymen's League zation Behind the Product" the author gives Co-operative Association, New York, covers this very useful explanation of sales methods the co-operative marketing problems not only as related to advertising. He says, "The sales of that association, but also of other great methods used by an organization have a di- commercial co-operative enterprises such as rect effect upon the advertising policy." Ad- The Sun-Maid Raisin Growers. vertising is really mass selling; the broadcast- In the chapter on Advertising as an Arm of ing of sales arguments to a large number of Industry the discussion is upon "The Eco- prospects. It must, therefore, co-ordinate nomics of Industrial Advertisi~ip" and covers with the general selling effort, for the two manufacturing and distributing costs, market- jobs are complementary. The claims made by ing through non-technical mediums and re- the salesmen must dovetail with those made in lated topics. the advertising. The force of the advertis- A very long chapter on a subject not ing should be concentrated upon those points often given much attention in literature about which have a publicity value in the method April, IQ~ SPECIAL LIBRARIES 85
and character of the general selling campaign, Three Invaluable Books and should, of course, be in entire accord and Fredrrick C. Hicks. Mnterials a~rd methods harmony with the latter. of legal research, with bibliogmphical man- In Chapter VII, "Channels of Distributiol~" tiall. 626 popes. Roch esicr, N.Y. Lnzwynrs' arc considered the mcans whereby a product CO-opei~ativePtiblisliing Co. 1923. $6.00. reaches the ultimate consumer. These are A ruview by Howard L. Sisbbi~~s,Libmriajz, carefully arranged in the following order: Sorial Law Libmry. From Manufacturer Through Jobber and Dealer to Consumer; From Manufacturer Not in forty years has a book so useful to Through Retailer to Consumer; Dircct to the the law librarian appeared. Neither has the Consumer; From Manufacturer to hlanufac- trail for the Iaw student, the gencral librarian, turer ; Special Channels of Distribution ; and other users of legal books been heretofore Through Commission Agents to Other Manu- so plainly marked. f acturers ; Chain Stores ; Co-operative Buy- Part r, which occupies about half the book, ing Organizations; Distributors and Limited is devoted to a treatise on law books, describ- Jobbers. ing the various classes, illustrating the varia- This is followed by: General Trade Us- tions in books of thc same class, submitting ages ; Competitive Traditions ; Technical lists to explain the statements of the text and Tradi~ions; Class Traditions ; Consun~erBuy- critically appraising many books and sets. Part and ing Habits ; Occupat~onal Buying Habits ; 2 dcals with law library administration Effect of Habits of Buymg. arrangement. In Part 3, an extensive biblio- After the authors have presented all the graphical manual, are gathercd lists of books elements cntering into the planning of the and articles about law books, tables of legal campaign they procecd to its actual develop- abbreviations, and various technical aids and ment which begins with estimatmg the cost hclps for investigating the complex and ex- and determining the form of approach. Here ccedingly voluminous ficld of lcgal literature. arc placed all the matters that must be studied Much of this material was formerly dispersed before deciding what mediums are to be used among the four winds of heaven. for carrying the printed appeal to the pros- Mr. Hicks, librarian of Columbia Univer- I pective buyer. sity Law School and Associate Professor of In their fourth part, "Operating thc Cam- Legal Bibliography, is a scholar and a clear paign" the authors are not quite fair in their thinker, with the patience to handle a mass of generalization concerning practices in advcr- detail ancl the discrimination to extract es- tising agencies. They create the impression .sential principles. His book will not makc that all preliminary work is done by the sales every man his own lawyer; it will go a long manager or advertising manager of the con- way toward familiarizing the main outlincs of a highly technical subject. No longer need ccrn placing its advertising with an agency, and that the advertismg agency merely carries one's view of the forest be obscured by the out the ideas of that sales or advertising man- multitude of trees. ager; also, an uninformed ~ndiviclualmay be- lieve that the agency cxecutivc may be llkely Mailing List Direcfory and Clnssifit*d Index to tell those who work on the advertising of to Trade Directories Cowpiled by Liwda the firm whose account IS in their care that H. Morley arid Adelaide C. Kigkl, of the "classy stuff is wantcd, or that the advertls- Btrsiness Brnirch of the Ncevflrk Pl~blicLi- ing mast "hit hard" or "have a strong punch." br.czry, ~iiador ilte direction of John Cotton If haphazard generalizations prevail in an Dma. Pttblislzed by flra McGmw-Hill Book agency it is not likely to have long llCel Co~ilpa~~y,New York. Prtre $10.00. Otherwise the methods of procedure are very By Louise Ajwrs, Librarin~t, The Retibelt well described and due crcdit is given to the H. Doiz~relley Corporatiort. malccrs of the advertising for the illfinite at- Thc Mailing List Directory presents a care- tention to detail. fully co~npileil and cross-referenced 1st of The hook gives complctc marketing plans, dlrecto~ies,together with the name and ad- exaniples OF types of researches, shows the dress of publisher, publication date, ancl price use of basic statistics obtained from sources of each. The arrangement follows a straight such as government reports and complete acl- alphabetical subject order which makes it easy vertising campaigns are shown. to use, and climinatcs the need of an index. 86 SPECIAL LIBRARIFJS April, 1914
A great deal of the material indexed is authority on city planning literature, and this housed in the Business Branch OF the Newark "Manual" will stand as a monument of her Public Library, and some additional titles accomplishments and of the work of a special were submitted to the compilers by research librarian. workers throughout the country. A very con- City plannmg as a matter of official cog- cise preface by Miss Morley outlines the nizance, as an art or science to be studied and scope of the directory, gives instructions for adopted as a profession, is of comparatively its use in finding a directory or niarling list recent origin. Ancient cities were laid out on any requ~redsubject, arid i~~formationas with evident knowledge of its principles, and to how to order it. notable modcrti examples are Washingtoll and This publication has been awa~tcdfor some Paris. But the literature of the subject may time by business librarians and research almost be said to have appeared in the last workers, particularly those it~tereskdin di- decade; the bulk of it, in the United States rectory and ~na~l~nglist work. It is proving at Icast, bears dates later than 1912. Today valuable to the advertising, purchasing, and "every city of the metropolitan class in the sales departments of many concerns. Because United States with a population of over information upon directory sources is so scat- 300,000 has adopted city planning as a part of tered, and so little has been pritlted upon the its otlicial program"; while notices of new subject, the AIailing List D~rectory fills a puhlica~ions and researches appear with in- distinct need by bringing (ogcthcr in one vol- creasing frequency. ume all available matcrial upon the subject. Two-thirds of the "Manual" is devoted to a classified bibliography with a subject index. This is a comprehensive and well selected bib- Theodora IGrrrball. Maiwl of itcfornratioti liography. The subject-index, as the author orr clfy plail~hg.Ha,rvard lJ~iiversilyPress points out, is admirably adopted to be used as 1923. $3.50. a "subject-heading list" for almost any li- A rcview by Rebecca B. Rankin, Librarian, brary on city planning. Other shorter bibliog- Mzu~icipalReferej~ce Library, New Yolk. raphies, one of "Ten References for a shelf As an outstanding example of the k~ndof in a C~tyPlanning Comn~ission,"and another, bibliographic work a librarian is capable of "Twenty-five referetices for a city planning li- producing let us cite Miss Theodora Kim- brary," or a "Short list of typical American ball's "Manual of Information on City Plan- City Plan Reports" or "A List of American ning and Zoning!' Miss IGmhall is the li- periodicals devoting space to City Planning brarian of the School of Landscape Architec- and Zoning," make it a real manual. The re- ture, Harvard University, and has acted as mainder of the volume is devoted to concise, honorary librarian of the American City Plan- clear chapters on the nature and purposes of ning Institute for some years. In this dual city planning, accounts of progress, and ref- capacity she has made herself a recognized erences to the active agencies and sources. Special Libraries LAURA R. GIBBS, Editor 142 Berkeley Street Boston 17, Mass.
Associate Editors Ahss ELIZA~ETHHANNER Mrss REBECCAB. RANKIN AIR. DORSEYW. HYDE,JR. MISS MARGARETREYNOLDS DR. RALPH L. POWER Mxss MARGARETWITHINGTOX
EDITORIAL The winter meeting of the Executive Board was held in New Yorlc on February twenty-third, with five members present. Reports were ~mdethat the Handbook of Commerical Services was well on the way through the press, that the Index was to go that day to the printer and that the Directory would soon follow (as it has). It was resolved that evesy effort should be madc to have all these distributed before the annual meeting. Proofreading on the second and third will necessarily be rather slow, as it is, of course, volunteer work.
It was decided that the annual meeting should be held with the A.L.A. at Saratoga Springs during the week of June thirtieth. It is hoped that arrangc- ment can be made for one general joint meeting with the A.L.A., one or two meetings of the S.L.A. and one afternoon or evening for the group meetings. The meetings will be arranged on consecutive clays during the conference, the detailed program to be announced later. Headquarters will be in the Grand Union Hotel, American plan. Roonls without bath, $6.00; rooms with bath, $7.00. The United Statcs Hotel and the New Worden (both one block from headquarters) offer the same rates. The Hotel American is $5.00 and up, American plan, and $2.50 and up, European plan. The Saratoga Inn $2.50 and up, European plan. There are boarding houses with rates ranging $2.50 a day and up, American plan, also a number of good rooming houses, rates $1.00 a day and up. There is a variety of restaurants and lunch rooms. All requests for reservations should be addressed : American Library Asso- ciation Representative, care of Manager, Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Be sure to state clearly your desire as to price, hotel, any arrangenlent as to roommate (giving name) date of arrival and other facts which will help the representative in assigning satisfactory quarters. In signing your name please give title, Mrs., Miss or Mr. There will be an opportunity for reduced rates, to be announced later, also for a post-conference trip with a visit to the Adirondaclcs and Lake Placid, with motor trips to points of interest in that region, and returning to Albany via Lake Charnplain and Lake George country. SPECIAL LIBRARIES April, 1924 President's Letter
The following have becn appo~ntedby the The following has been sent to members of President to serve as membcrs of the Pro- tl~cAmerican Library Association by Mr. gram Committee {or the Annual Ueeting : John A. Lowe, chalrman of the American C, C. Houghton, chairman; George W. 1-ec; Library Assoc~ation Membership Comm~ttee. .41ta B. ClaRin ; Margaret Reynolds ; Flor- As Presdent of the Special Libraries Asso- ence Bradley; Alice L. Rose; Virginia Sav- ciation, I feel that we should as an organi- age; Mary Lou~seAlexander; May Wilson ; zation do all we can to help this campaign. Dorsey W. Byde, Jr.; Daniel N. Handy; It is not what the American Library Asso- Rebeccca B. Rankin; XIargaret Mann. ciation has done, not what the American Li- Suggestions at to the speakers and program brary Association is doing, but what the should be sent to Mr. C. C. Houghton, Poor's American Library Association can do. This Publishing Company, 33 Broadway, New should be the inspiring thought around which York. we as Special Librarians should rally and The following are the members of the which should serve to unite and energize our Nominatmg Committee for Special Libraries efforts, an organization such as the American Association : Juliet A. Handerson, chairman; Library Association is a potent factor in our Dorsey W. Hyde, Jr.; Bertha V. Hartzell; activities and we can do no less than to real- Martha Coplin Leitester; E. H. McClrlland ; ize its great possibilities and assist the Ameri- E. W. Chapin. qan Library Association Membership Corn- Suggestions should be sent to Miss Han- mlttee in reaching the ten thousand goal by derson, New York Law School, 215 West 1926. 23d Street, New York. E. H. REDSTONE. American Library Association Tea Thousand Members by 1926 It can be done. Every member sign up a ceive the A.L.A. Bulletin, and general advice new member. and assistance from headquarters. Of the twenty thousand library workers in For members who in addition to the above America 50 per cent should be membel s of des~rethe Ifandbook and Proceedings, urge the national professional organization. a $4 membership. A membership of this size will enable the To persons in library work permanently, association to carry out extensive plans and explain the I.ife Membership as an economic render more vltal and valuable professional investment. On paymrnt of $50 an individ~~al servlce to each member. member becomes a life men~bcr with full A type of metnbership is provided for every privileges Reckon up what you have paid type of library worker in the country. and expect to pay in annual memhcrship dues. The association counts on you to interpret Contemplating that amount, cannot you con- to one associate in library service the par- scientiously urge Life Xfembership to some 01 ticular form of membersh~p adapted to his your friends? needs and to urge his taking it. Don't fail Librar~es and institutions are entitled to us. Do it NOW. Institutional Membership. The annual dues, For those entering the profession, for those $5, should make it possible ior even small who desire the advantages of the conferences libraries to receive the benefits of this class. or only temporary affiliation with the asso- Is your library an Institutio~~alMernhr of thz ciatlon, suggest the $2 membership. An in~ti- A.L A.? Will you persuade the Trustees to at~oniee of $1 IS charged Lo new members. vote to make it one at the next meetir~g? For all members attending any regular con- Contributing and sustaining members are ference except those who have paid an initi- greatly needed. You may know someone in- ation fee in the current year, registration fee terested 111 books and libraries, who believe of $1 is retlu~red.hlcmbers of this type re- in thc power of print fot good citizenship. An April, 1ga4 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 89
organization or institution near you may have Applications ior membership should be sent some interest In such a matter. FOCUStheir to Nr. Carl H. Milam, Secretary, 78 East attention on the service of the A.TA. Will Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. you put before any such hie opporlunity for Headquarters or the Membership Commit- service through Contributing and Sustaining tee will be glad as far as possible to help YOU Membership? The A.L.A. in h~swill or in- with any problem of w~nningyour quota of cluded in the annual budget for extension ser- the TEN THOUSAND IN 1926. vice will do. Twenty-five dolIars annually JOHN A. LOWE, Chairman, constitutes Contributing Membership, and A.L.A. Membership Committee $1800 or more annually Sustaining hhnber- ship. March 10, 1924. Groups Five of the group oficers lunched with the been held up because we lacked a list of the secretary in New York on Monday, February libraries that belong in this division. Since twenty-fifth, to discuss their objects and the the new directory is not yet ready and we methods of attaining them. cannot get out a letter to the libraries whom The work now before the groups is that of we suspect have interests common to this rounding up members and possible members, group, we are going to try to find them both for the group and the association, and through the mediums of SPECIALLIBRARIES. the planning of discussions for the annual Industrial-Commercial Advert~sing is such meeting In June. An inlormal d~scussionof a broad classification that probably the people the means of doing these two things was of we want to get in touch with are already general inspiration and each of those present members of anothcr group. Thus, an auto- went away with more defin~teplans for the mobile library should belong to both the next three months' work. Technical and our Commercial Group, lie- Reports of progress will appear in this cause ~t wo~lldbe interested in the selling as column each month. well as the product~onof automobiles. And There has been some difference of opinion a plant library that serves all the employees regarding the functions of these officers, Lut might be a Welfare Library as well as an In- for the present they can best be defined as dustrial one. keeping in touch with individual members of One of the most important questions in the the group, finding out their problems and ar- United States today is that of the production ranging the annual discussion to meet them and selling of goods, and we think this Indus- to the best possible advantage. tr~al-Commercial Group can be made a rcally This column of SPEC~ALLIDRARIES is always live and important thing if we can only get open for the use ol the group leaders, not together. only to report progress, but also to ask ques- Won't you please answer these questions if tions. Why not use it? your hbrary touches airy industrial or com- If the group leaders can make good use of mercial subjccts? copics of galley for the directory, which has I. What are the four or five subjects just gone to press, will they please apply to covercd most thoroughly by your library? the secretary for them. 2. Would a series of Source Lists 011 such Each one of these leaders should consider subjects as advertising, retailing, warehousing, h~m- or herself ex-oficio member of the transportation, etc, etc. be helpiul to you? Membership Committee, which is now hard By a Source List we do not mean simply a at work. The group should be a means of bibliography of books and magazine articles, appcaling to the prospective mcmber in a very hut a summary of the literature on that sub- personal way. "We In this special line of in- jcct; the names of the few inclispensable terests have very special problems, let us get books; a list of the best magazines, Informa- togcther and discuss them intensively." tlon Services, Trade Associations, and puhli- cat~onsncccssary to the library covering that Advertising-Commercial-Industrial field. Plans for the organization of the -4dver- 3 What do you think is the most rmpor- tising-Commercial-Industrial Group have tant thing our group can do, both for thc 1914 90 SPECIAL LIBRARIES April, good of the whole association (that is, to- Have you registered with thc Sociologicd ward making it a real force in the business Group of the IJatior~alSpecial Libraries Asso- world), and (2) for the good of each one ciation? If not, why not? Do so today; it of us-(mak~ng membership in the associa- will only take a moment and will be greatly tion of more practical value to the I~brarian. to your advantage. 4. What subjects would you like to have The national conference will be held in d~scussedat our group meeting at the annual July. The group round table can be a suc- convention in June? cess only so far as you help make ~t a success. Please jot down the answers to thesc ques- What are your problems. What subjects tions rlow and mail to the chairman: hial y would you ltke discussed? What questions Lou~seAlexander, whose address is on the answered? inside front cover. Please scnd suggestions without delay to thc chairman, Constance Beal, whose address Financial is on the inside front cover. Make the meet- Suggest~onsare earnestly desired for sub- ing a success. jects to be discusset! at our group meeting at thc forthcoming S.L.A.Convention at Sara- Technology toga Springs in June, 192~1. Have you any plans that you would like to Mr. Lee, the chairman of this group wants talk over mith others? What is your idea of it distinctly understood that ~tsmeeting at a good, practical and beneficial program? the confcrence this summer w~llbe open to all Th~sappeal is made to everybody includmg interested, whether or not they are librariar~s rncmbe~snot expecting to attcnd the Con~en- of tcc!~nological libraries, or even of the asso- tion, as the Proceedings wll appear in the ciation. Convent~on issue of SPECIALLIRRARIES. He asks that anyone who is interested in Please communicate not later than May I any subject, technological or otherwise, should mith Miss Dorothy Bcmis, chairman, whose outline sources oE information concerning it, address is on the insiclc front cover. using the "Sponsorsl~ip" sheet from the group Sociology column oE the March number as suggestive. Soaological Libraries Such sheets should bc sent to Mr. Lee at the Welfare Libraries address on the inside of our front cover, not Special Sociological Collections later than the middlc of June.
Associations American Library Association First Vice-President One hundred and fifty new mcmbers joined Hmhberg, Herbert S. the American Library Association during Jan- Mann, hlargaret uary, 1924. These include slxty-two institu- Srcotrd Vzce-Praside~rt t~onalmembers, thirteen individual $5 mem- Lowe, John A. bers, and seventy-five at $3. Of the new in- Watson, William R. dwidual members eightcell are slttdcnts of the Library School oE the New York Public LI- Treasurer brary; fifteen memberships are from the Li- Tweedell, Edward D. brary School of t!~Carnegie Lihrary of Trltstec of the E~ttdowii~e~ztFunds Atlanta; six are staff members of the Bir- Wheeler, Harry A, President Unio~i mlngham Publ~c L~b~ary,bringing the Bir- Trust Company, Chicago mingham staff to IOO per cent membership In the A.L.A. Me~~rbersof the Exrcittive Board (Two to be elected) F. Nomifrating Contnrittee's Report Belden, Charles Koegh, Andrew President Perry, Everett R. Meyer, H. H. B. Walter, Frank K. April, 1924 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 9 *
Members of the Council (Ten to be elected) ing's spcakcr ancl took for his subject "Books Brewitt, Mrs Theodora R. and Peoplc," saying that thc keynote of a li- Craver, Harrison W. brary's forcefulness in lts community was Dickinson, Asa Don group service. There are countless groups in Grecne, Charles S. crcry library vicmity, and every librarian Herbert, Clara W. should systematically inyesligate his service Howe, Harriet E to these groups, bearing in mind that this ser- Hyde, Dorsey W., Jr. vice may be of various kinds-not necessarily Joeckel, C. B lilnitcd to books alone. Dr. Bostwick then Manchester, Earl N. ~ivicllydescr~bed the work of this nature in Mulheron, -4nne St. Louis-thc St. Louis Public Library being Presptt, Harriet B. a veritable home for its people. Rahbone, Josephine A. On hhch 4th the association met at the Roberts, Flora B. United States Immigration Service Building Rothrock, Mary U. In East Boston. Commissioner John P. John- Sanderson, Edna M. son and his assistant. Mr. Abercrombie. Sherman, C. E. conducted an interesting tour of the buildmg Smith, Faith E. in which a number of aliens were being de- Vitz, Carl tained for various reasons. In opening the meeting Mr. Briggs welcomed thc members Warren, Althea H. present as immigrants and asked a few oi the Wright, Ida F. eighty questions which ~mmigrants are obliged to answer, hIr. Jolunson then told Catalogers of the duties of an immigration oficc, ancl Pro- The regional meetings of catalogers being fessor Niles Carpenter of the Department of held in various parts of the country are prov- Social Ethics at Harvard spoke on the "Liter- ing of great interest this year. We find ature of Immigration!' Professor Carpenter notice of onc in Ind~anapolison March qth, gave the place of primary importance to the for organization and discussion of the Wil- Report of the Unitcd Statcs Immigration liamson report, and Bostorl has had two late- Commission, 1910, and mentioned this as the ly. W~thsuch groups at work the Catalog source of most text books on the subject. Section of the A.L.A. should develop by leaps Since the publication of this report the and bounds. Its meetings at the conference Americanization series published by Harper ought to attract a good many of the special Brothers are the best books on the question librarians. in Professor Carpenter's estimation. Boston Chicago To meet our honored guest, Dr. Arthur E. Bostwick of the St. Louis Public Library, The program of the March meeting of The members and guests assembled for supper at Chicago Library Club, was : the Walker Memorial of the Massachusetts "The Value of a Library to Engineers," Institute of Technology on the evening of Sidney J. Williams, Chief Engineer, Na- Januaxy 16th. After dinner speeches by Dr. tional Safety Council. Bigelow, Institute Librarian, Judge Murray "The Value of a Library in a Bank," of the Boston Public Library Board of Trus- Mr. Arthur D. Welton, Advertising Man- tees, and Dr. Bostwick closed the hour and ager of The Continental & Commercial the assembly adjourned to the main building Banks. of the Institute for the formal meeting. The "The Employer selects a Business Li- Education Committee announced the offering brarian," Miss Louise B. Krausc of H. M. of a course of twelve lcctures in special libra- Byllseby & Co. ry methods under the dircction of Mrs. Lane; the Registration Committee rcported satis- "Some Technical Problems in the Basi- factory continuation of its work; and the as- ness Library," Miss Julia Elliott, The In- sociation accepted with regret the resignation dexers. from the Executive Committee of Miss Howe The meeting was held at the Ryerson in view of her departure to A.L.A. headquar- Library, Art Institute, Thursday evening, ters at Chicago. Dr. Bostwick was the even- March 6. SPECIAL LIBRARIES April, 1914
New York A discussion followed concerning oppor- The February meeting of the New York tunities for improvement for librarians while Spcc~alLibraries Association was held at the in serwce. Civic Club on February 19th. Mr. Robert A local committee to co-operate with the C. Holliday of Barton, Durstinc and Osborn S.L.A. Methods Committee, has been formed. was to have been the speaker of the evcning, The committee consists of e~ght volunteer but because of sudden illness was unable to members, who have held two meetings and be w~thus. Mr. Frederick Melcher was there- outlined a plan of work for the summer. fore the only speaker and he gave the asso- ciation a most interesting talk. Pittsburgh The New York Special Libraries Associa- The Pittsburgh Special Libraries Associa- tion held its March monthly meeting at the tion held their regular monthly meeting on Metropolitan Life Insurance Company where the evening of Thursday, March noth, In the we were hosp~tabljr entertained at dinner. Cafeteria of the Dental School, University of This is the thlrd year that the Metropolitan Pittsburgh. An excellent dinner lent spice has extended the association this privilege. A and variety to the meeting, even In these days splcndid five-cotrrse dinner was served. of prohibition. The President, Miss Handerson, turned the The speaker of the evening was Dean meeting over to Miss Florence Bradley, li- Friesell of the Dental School, who gave us brarian of the Metropolitan, who presided in some interesting views on "The Value of the a charming manner. A welcome mas ex- Library to the Professional Man." tended us by Vice-president Robert L. Cox; Our hostess, Miss Emily McNary, libra- he followed that by an intensely interesting rian of the Dental School L~brary,took us address on the advertising of the Metropol- for a ramble among her books; it is one of itan, stressmg the new ideals in this advertis- the interestmg features of our meetings to ing. Particularly interesting to the libra- view these different special libraries, and com- rian is the fact that so tnuch of the adver- pare their problems with our individual ones. tising is based on literature, e.g. "Are you a Micawber?" Southern California Mr. Samuel K. Ratcliffe, correspondent of Thc March meeting of the Southern Cali- the "Manchester (England) Guardian," gave fornia Special Libraries Association was held the principal address of the evening. In his March tenth, in the lunch and club rooms of usually delightful manner he described the the Southern California Edison Company of literary talents and accomplishments of the which Miss Anderson is librarian. Ramsay MacDonald Cabinet; through person- Following a dinner by courtesy of the al acq~iaintanceship with many of them he Edison Company a brief business meeting knew their attainments intimately and gave was held after which Mr. Walter G. Blossom, us a charming picture. After such a talk, we field director of education for the company, were inspired to read more of these authors. del~vereda forceful and extremely interesting Mr. Ratcliffe's splendid delivery and his beau- illustrated lecture on "The Romance of Elec- tiEul English delighted his hearers. All pre- tricity." sent voted the meeting a happy success. New committees of the association include the Committee on Co-operation with the State .Philadelphia Library Association to draw plans for a spe- The March meeting of the council was cial library representation on the program of held on Fr~day,the seventh. the annual state meeting. The committee "Training for Library Service" was the comprises Mrs. Vivian Smith, of the Security subject of an address by Miss Florence R. Trust and Savings Bank, as chairman, and Curtis, Vice Director of Drexel Institute, Miss Elizabeth Connor, librarian of the School of Library Science. Miss Curtis Mount Wilson Observatory, and Miss Fran- talked interestingly upon the various agencies cis Spining, librarian of the California Insti- for library training;-the "library school" of tute of Technology. a graduate character, the "training classes" President Marion has also appointed a conducted by large libraries, the "apprentice Committee on Methods to include Miss Alice classes," the "summer schools," and the new- Scheck, librarian of the First Natlonal Bank, est agency, the "correspondence method." as chairman, hliss Connor, Mrs. Swinnerton, April, rgaq SPECIAL LIBRARIES 93
Mr. Edwards and Mrs. Townsend. This union list of periodicals and arrangements committee w~llpresent a fifteen minute pro- have now been completed to gather the ma- gram on library methods at the beginning oE terial together in one alphabet. The work of each monthly meeting. comp~lationhas bcen in progress for several All invited libraries in and around Los months. Angeles have arranged their data for the News from the Field A new feature of downtown New York's li- addition to the usual fiction, inclucles the terary life is the recently opened NcDevitt- more popular and readable books on scier~ce, Wilson Bookshop Annex at 54 Dey Street- biography, travcl, drama, poetry and chang~ng one flight up, and just across from the Hud- trends of the new era that appeal to the busi- son Terminal. ness man who likes to rent for a nominal sum Since the war the business and financial dis- a book he wants to examine before he buys it trict has needed two things: for his library. The substantial type of busi- I. A place where people could be kept in ness man makes a better response to this fea- touch with the new and creative ideas, and ture of the Lending Library than do the scientific discoveries as told in popular, read- younger salaried men. able book form, which are transforming Because so many of the women downtown man's thought about himself, his attitude to- in executive posi~ions, spcc~al libraries etc., ward the new era now in process of forma- are rcquircd to kcep in touch with new ideas tion, and the changes wrought by the applica- lo be passed on to executives or staff mem- tion of laboratory experiments to actual busi- bers, a regular Thursday evening book talk is ness enterprise. given along these lincs, followed by an in- 2. A place where the average man or wo- formal group discussion. The first evening man on the average officc salary could buy was devoted to a group of books that business books at a price they can afford. The salaried women find useful for influencing surro~mding executive or man of independent means is minds toward new trends-including the ncw buying more and better non-fiction than for inspirational books which are callctl "Man- years past But Mrs. Cora McDevitt-Wilson Builders." The second evening was devoted found by testing the situation, that $I per to the relation of the well-known Slosson volume was the average price that many of books on Science and Chemistry, Wiggam's the salaried people considered all they could "New Decalogue of Science," Bertrand Rus- afford when adding books to their home or sell's A.B.C. of Atoms" and Havelock Ellis's personal libraries. This policy makes it pos- "Dance of Life" to the modern problems of sible to bring to thc~rattention hundreds of business and finance. In the latter book, for otherwise un-noticed books. instance, there are six potent pages which So she has transformed the firm's former epitomize the psychology of China in such a stock room at 54 Dey Street, by the addition way that the alert business man is better able of bookshelves, a window seat, colorful cur- to comprehend why it has been so difficult for tains etc. into a downtown place to "browse the western mind to insert its ideas and stand with books." Here the buyer of the lesser dards into the Orient by way of modern priced book finds a highly interesting selec- financial methods, loans ctc. tion of the small-volume books that can be The third group discussion revolved around bought for 60,75, 85, 95 cents and $I, ranging Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman's new book as far down as the ro cent classics now avail- "Her Religion and His" The fourth was on able. In addition to these "library builders," "Books that Make the Business Day More there is a special collection of "desk helps" on Hnman" and included short readings from the English, punctuation etc. of dictionaries and more popular poetry of the moment-chosen similar office aids. On tahles marked 25-50-75 to contrast with the average day of a woman cents and $I she features the latest pubIishers in business. remainders and special bargain books she has Special talks for men are being arranged been able to secure. and the general public has been invited to a There is a lending library, which, in special lccture by a world-traveled English- SPECIAL LIBRARIES April, 1924 94 woman Xiss Helen Mary Boulnois, author of The city of Portland, Oregon has six spe- "Into Little Thibet," giving her thrilling ex- cial libraries which maintain librarians: periences in being one of the first white wo- I. The Portland Railway, Light and men to make the dangerous mountain ascents Powcr Company. and to attend the great Buddhist feslival at 2. University of Oregon Medical Library. 3. Oregon Historical Society Library. Leh. 4. Forestry Service Library. OJI~of the most unique film libraries in 5. Business Technical Department of the this country is owned by an actor-William Public Library. V. Mong. The collection, which is made of 6. Municipal Reference Library, a branch seven reels of film, is an indcx to many of of the Public Library. the greatest characterizations evcr given to The Business Technical Department of the the screen Portland, Oregon Public Library, reccives an Believing that he could profit greatly in his annual gift of $500, known as the Doernbecher work by studying the n~ethodsof his contemn- fund, to be spent on books dealing with in- porary artists, Mong started his valuable film dustries of the northwest. Owing to this gift, library several years ago and has continued the subjects of logging and lumbering, wood this work until the present time. In the seven industries, trade, canning, mining, fisheries thousand feet of film that gocs to make up and industrial chemistry have been strength- the collection, are hundreds of scenes taken ened. As the city is in the heart of the great from scores of different photoplays in which Douglas fir region, the lumber collection is som outstanding bit of character acting was cspccially valuable. This, together with the done. Mong managed to secure a few feet United States Forest Service Library, gives of film from the prints of various pictures Portland unique facilities for information and by joining them together he has a perma- covering this industry. Miss Maude Stone is nent record of the customes of foreign lands, in charge of the Forestry Library, which con- studies in facial makeup and bits of stage tains over six thousand books and pamphlets business employed on various occasions. on forestry and related subjects. Personal Mary Casamajor succeeds Janet Melvain as become chief instructor in the Paris Library librarian of the American Social Hygiene As- School, her duties there beginning with the sociation. autumn term in September. Joy Gross has charge of the University of Oregon hIedical Library at Portland during Janet Melvain, N.Y.P.L. 1911-13, has re- the year's leave of absence of the librarian. signed from the National Health Library to become librarian of the Free Public Library Bcrtha Ilallam, librarian of the Medical Li- of Bloomfield, N.J. brary of the University of Oregon is on a year's leave of absence. Alice L. Rose, formerly librarian of the Joseph F. Kwapil, librarian of the Pziblic National City Financial Library, is to be li- Ledger, Philadelphia, is also librarian of the brarian of the National Business and Finan- cial Library to be built by Roger W. Babson Evening Post, New York. This paper is to have a modern library, since its purchase by and the Poor's Publishing Company. the Curtis interests. Lottie S. Watson, formerly with the Ameri- hfargarct Mann has been released from her can International Corporation Library, is now work at the Engineering Societies Library to with the Standard Statistics Co. Library. April, i9a4 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Things in Print World List signed to each periodical will have printed against it alphabetical symbols for the Union Lists are in the air. The London cooperating libraries possessing a file of Times for January 29th has an cditorial on it, printed in snlall capitals grouped un- the "World Llst" a non-profit sharing com- der alphabetical symbols for the towns in pany formed to list all the scientific periodi- which these libraries are situated. A third cals in the chief centers of Grcat Britain and section will explain the symbols for the Ireland. The account goes on to say: towns and I~brarics. Clearly this part of "A largc number of libraries have prom- the comp~lationcan be accomplished only ised to subscribe for the volume when by local cooperation. Arrangements are issued and the Carnegie United Kingdom bcing made to circulate the sheets as they Trust have generously guarar~teed a are ready to centres where arrangcmcnts grant-in-aid by which publication is as- can be nlade to have them marked with sured. thc symbols for the Iibrarics. Several "The Trustees of the British Museum, of the larger libraries, especially in Lon- recognizing the importance of the under- don, haw already undertaken heir share, taking, consented to allow the work of arid the advantage to the scientific or comp~latiot~to be madc part of the offi- technical workers in any locality of know- cial duty of thc Department of Printed ing what per~odicals are available are SO Books. Under the able direction of Dr. plain that there should be little difficulty A. W. Pollard, Keeper of the Depart- in carrying out the design. ment, the compilation of the list has now "It is already clear that the number of been complcted. Over 20,ooo scientific scientific pcr~odicals is much larger than periodicals have been catalogued and ar- even those connected with the largest sci- ranged in alphabetical order, buL it is al- entific libraries know. The percentage ready apparent that before the volume filed by any single library is probably is finally printed materials will have ac- amazingly small. It is to be expected cumulated for a supplement containing that the puhlicatiotl of the World List certain journals whose existence had not will stimulate a movement towards local been discovered, as well as others pub- cooperation which would bc advanta- lished since 1920. geous. There is a small proportion of "The Clarendon Press has undertaken pcriodlcals so important or so well known the printing. The first sheet has already that fcw large libraries would care to been ~assedthrough the Press, and the omit them. But there are also very many work will go on continuously until com- periodicals chiefly in foreign languages or pletion, The lists are in double columns so highly specialized in their contents on quarto pages printed only on one side that it is unnecessaly duplication to have of the page, so that there will be space thctn in more than one library of a town for such notes as to thc contents or char- or group of federated institutions. When acter of the periodicals as may suit indi- this is rcalized it may be casy to arrange vidual Ilbraries to make. By the use of a that certain publications should be dropped rubber stamp to indicate which periodicals by one library and replaccd by others it contains, any library may turn this part not at prescnt filed by any library. of the volume into its own catalogue. "It is highly probable that, however co- operation may come to prevent overlap- Dtstribution of the Periodicals ping, it wilt be found that neither in any "So far the compilation has required locality nor in the whole of Great Britain only time and expert knowledge. There and Ireland is there any approach to a now remains the difficult but vital busi- complete collection of existing scientific ness of indicating the chief libraries at periodicals. This raises a question which, which the periodicals may be found. In although urgent, is outside the scope of the alphabetical list each entry has a con- bibliography-the question of coordinat- secutive number. It will be followcd by ing the publication of scientific rescarch an index-section, in which the number as- throughout the world. It will have to be I.F !,, i SPECIAL LIBRARIES ~pril,1924 1'
dealt with by some authority, if science bear the same relation to road research that is to make due progress." the Journal of Agricrtltwal Rcsearclt does to The l'iiires, Lotldorz, Jail. 29, 1924, p.Ia agricultural research. The Vail L~braryat l[.I.T., hy Ruth 11. The government radio servlce is the subject L Lane, its librarian appearcd in Librury low- of an article in the Official Record for Feb- *la[ for >larch I. This is a full and well ruary 6th from which we quote the following: '1 written account of the great library on elec- I tric~ty,founded by George Edward Dering, in ''At the request of farmers and broad- I England and presentcd to the Inst~tute,in the casting stations which foresaw the de- i name of the American Telephone and Tcle- mand for practical information and ser- graph Compaiy, by Theodore N. Vail. As vlce, it has established a threefold radio \ Mrs. Lane sees it the uses of the library are news service that includes weather ~nfor- fourfold: special information on research mation from the Weather Bureau; mar- problems ; general technical knowledge ; pro- ket reports from the Bureau of Agricul- fessional knowledge; and inspiratio~lalrecrea- tural Economics ; and general agricultur- tion. al news from the Press Service. These The library is treated as a special collection services have proved very popular with in the maln library of the Institute, its cata- farmers, sh~ppers, merchants, and all log is to he merged in the man catalog, but a other interests that need accurate infor- special librarian gives both class and individu- mation as soon as it is available. To-day al instruction in reference and bibliography 117 commercial broadcasting stations are and revlews all electrical periodicals. distributing weather information ; 75 crop Mrs. Lane brings out the cultural poss~bil- and market reports; and 186 stations are ities of such a collection in a most interesting broadcasting our general farm news. manner. Thcse numbers do not include the Gov- ernment stations operated by the War, The Publ~shcdNewspaper Index, by Jennie Navy, and Post Office Departments. Welland, editor of the Nrzu York Times In- "Now the department is enlarging its dex appeared in the Library Jourrtal for Feb- news service which has consisted of ruary 15th, and has been reprinted, An ac- 'Agriograms,' Home Economics news count of the newspaper indexes now being material and speeches, by the addition of published, chiefly of the Times Index. Dis- a series of four minute talks of seasonal cusses the inclusiveness of thc index, and also interest found in bulletins available for the problems of such indexing, and the quali- distribution. These talks will be broad- fications of a staff of newspapers indexers. cast through stations that have asked for The Tilrrcs has also issued an eight page the information, in order to satisfy the pamphlet on the uses of a newspaper index. demands of their I~steners. Those in Book Mending is a question which touches charge hope to make this service a "chim- the public and special l~braryalike and those ney corner school" for the farmer who who are perplexed by the problem wiIl find wants to turn on his radio these winter much that is helpful in Zana K. Miller's ar- nights and learn the mteresting things ticle "Better Methods and Materials in Book- about the department, what it is doing to Mending," in Public Libraries for March. serve his ~nterests,and whcrc he can go to get i~lformationon the different prob- Ptrblic Roads, the monthly magazine of the lems that come up in the course of his Bureau of Public Roads which ceased publi- work." cation w~ththe December, rgzr, issue, reap- peared the middle of February. The publica- The bibliographical notes in recent num- tion in quarto form as before, is to con- numbers of Library Jolrrnal include the fol- tain about thirty-two pages. The material in- lowing which may be of interest to our read- cluded in it will differ from that of the earher ers : issues, inasmuch as the future articles are to be entirely of a technical nature dealing with Business problems of highway research, whereas hereto- Preston, H. P. Outstanding business fore occasional articles of a semitechnical hooks of 1923. New York Times. An- character were published. Public Roads will nalist. Jan. 7, 1924 P. 47-k. April, 1924 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 97
Commercial Correspondence port of the Committee om Rcnumera- Boston (Mass.) Chamber of Com- tion for Employees, with convent~on merce Bureau of Commercial and In- discussion. D. W. K. Peacock, chairman. dustrial Affairs. Practical experience in Bibl. $I. modern business correspondence. Bibl. $1. List of Chambers of Cpmmerce in the Un~tedStates in all cities of five thousand Journalism population and over. Compiled by the Cham- Carl L. Cannon's bibliography which ber of Commclce of the state of New York. appeared serially in the Bzllletirt of the Contains also bricf notes upon the New York Public Llbrary last year has N.Y. Chambcr and American commercial organi- been reprinted by the library and forms zations in general. a substantial volume of 360 double- column pages. The list intended to he The Resources of the Empire; a business useful to the American newspaper man man's guide to the products of the British . and to the student of journalism, . . Empire. Prepared by the Federation of Brit- emphasizes present rather than histor- ish lndustrics, with an introduction by Sir ical aspects and as a rulc includes only Eric Geddes. London, Ernest Benn, Ltd, 12v. material in English, Material other Sold separately. v.1 Food Supplies, v.z Tim- than that in the Library's own collec- ber and Timber Products, v.3 Textile Fibres tion is included. (The Library, 1924. and Yarns, v.4 Fuel, v.5 Rubber, Tea, Coffee $2.1 and Tobacco, v.6 Leather Furs arid Tanning Technical Literature Mater~als,v.7 Chemicals, v.8 Metals and Rlin- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. erals, v.9 Oils, Fats, Waxes and Resins, v.10 Technology Department Technical Communications. Book Review Index. April-June, 1923. 13Qp pa. I$. (v. 7, no 2.) The Republic Iron and Steel Company, New York Public Library. Sc~ence Youngstown, Ohio has issued a mult~graphed and Technology Division New tech- report on its library and branch libraries for nical books; a selected list on industrial I923 arts and engineering. . . . 0ct.-Dec., 1923. IIP. pa. (v. 8, no. 4.) The University of Illinois Library School United States-Geological Survey has issued its list of courses for the summer U S. Geological Survey. List of . . school June 16-August g. publications . . . (not Including top- ographical maps). 201p. Nov., 1923. The Library of the Carnegie Endowment Wages for International Peace has a m~meographed American Management Association. list on the French Occupation of the Ruhr, Financial incentives for employees : re- issucd March 4th.
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