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Vol. 12 Jnnonry, 1921 No. I The Municipal Reference Library of Toledo. By WENIDELL F. JOHNSON.

Ms.. Joilnson is Wccr~fUryof the f'olll~l1~~~~0~~Of I'i1?)7iCil~ mtl. EflCcicrzcU of the Oity of Tol&o. 0. Hc 7w.c bcen domg SonLC uo'll c~ilsfl'!l~fi?:e?cork for. his rit?/ tllrolcg1~t7co organLa.tion of n dlzlniclpcrl Rcfcrencc T,rBrnrz/ (lll(1 tls JAlifor of the Tulcdo Cifll Jotrt-nal.

Toledo's Municipal Reference Library is terial for the library. TVe were fortunate an institution of such modest proportions In liilving secured as a nucleus for our that it would be sheer presumgtion to cle- shelves a small hut carefully selected quan- scribe the operat~on of this particular tity of 11amphlet material gatherecl by Prof llbrary as one having any great Interest to W, N. Leiserson for a Public Service Bureau readers of SPECIAL LIBRARIES. As a at Tolcclo's Municipal University. This ma- rnomber of a particular class of sgccialixetl tcrial was already classifiecl and filed in libraries, liowever, it car1 serve as an illns- perpendicnlar filing boxes, and we merely tration of the kind of service rendered and adopted the system already started. and the manner of its rendering, common to all began adding to it municipal reference 1il)raries. The 5rSt ilngortant atldit~onto onr shelves canle with an arrangement entcred into with A Two-Fold Purpose the Pnl~licLibrary by which they furnished The purpose of Tolerlo's Municipal Refer- us bo~rnd volumes on municipal subjects. ence Library, estal~lishetlonly ahout a year These were turned over to us for circnln- ago by the Co~nlnlssion of Publicity nncl lion from our !il)rary, iudividnal vol~mes Eficiency, may be said to have I~eentwo- being withdrawn only when calls for them folcl. Its primary purpose was to make came to the public library, ant1 then only available for the use of city omcials and whcn they mere not in use. In short, our en~ployes,all possible information on sub- municil~al reference library was made a jects relaied to the various activities of tho special hrnncli of the pul~liclil~~ary, except city government. On that account it was that the public library h:~s furnished no located in the city hall itself, within con- staff for ~tsogeration. When llie City Hall venient reach of most ol the city offices. library grows large enough to warr~ntit, A somewhat subordinate purpose was to however, we are confident of having a give ready access to thls nlatcrlal to citi- traincrl librarian assistants, provider1 zens, civic organizations ancl studenls It by the 1lIlbliC libl'm'~'. may be said tllnt in Toledo this second pur- The work of malring constant additions to pose hack of the esta1)liskrnent of a lihrary our collection of pani~hletmaterial, type- of referencc mnlerial on municipal subjects witten reports, clippings froin periocIicals, has probably been given greater elnphasis elc., is do111)tlnss very similar to that of than in most other cities. This is explained collecting material for any other special by the fact that the Con~mission of Pub- library. We keep in touch wlth clepart- licity and Efficiency has the job of malcing mental reports from olher cities, special citizenship efficient, as well as city atlmin- studies made by universities and municipal istrlt'on. 'ITpon them was placed the duty rcsearch bodies, and articles in the prin- of interesting and instructing the people of cipal magazines on m~~n~clpalgovernment. the city in pul~licaffairs. This they are Public Affairs Information Service provides endeavoring to do thl-ough the Toledo City a parlicnltrrly helpful incles, but the Read- Journal which Lhey publish, besicles giving er's Guldo is also very ilselul. In our own out newspaper stories, addressing civic or- case we eel a great cleal of assrstance from ganizations and preparing exhibits. In the pul~lications of other municipal refer- connection with this publicity worlr the ma- ence libraries, chicf among ndlicli is the terial gathered for the reference library is "Notes" published by thc New Yorlc Public very useful. T~brary. This material, having been collected. Collecting the Material must of course be class~fledby sub.iect. As Our first job was of coarse to collect ma- yet mc have not acquired a sufficient mass 218 SPECIAL LIBRARIES January, 1921 of material to reclo~re installation of all terest. Requests for such services have index. It is flled alphabetically by subject come chiefly from the City Council, but to One of our nest big jobs will have to bc a limited extent from department heatls. In the i~lstallationof a complete index. aclclition to this, the library atte~llptato cell Getting the Material Used the attention of city officials to lnaterlal on Up to the present time our chief thot~ght subjects related to their work Lacki~lgan has been directed toward getting the ma- assistant who can give full time to the terial used. During the first year of its hbrary, this wo~lr has been estrenlely operation, the library has been used more meager. by private citizens and civic organixalions But while Toledo's municipal reference than by city officials. This has been due library is still small, it has, in our opinion, to the fact that students of city govern- tremendous opportnnity for developmetlt, ment at Toledo University, St. John's Col- and a broad fleld of useful worlc ahead of it. lege, and the two high schools have come In Toledo as in every other city the ten- in considerable numbers for inlormation re- dency is toward professionalizing municipal quired in their classes, and to the further services, and away from the old system of fact that unusual public interest in city handing out public omce as rewards for affairs has been aroused during the last year party loyalty. This teilde~lcywill make iu- by a spirited controversy over the street creasingly important the function of the railway question and by the enfranchise- municipal reference hhrary. For the man ment of the women. who seeks to nlalre of public worlc n pro- For city officials the llbrary performs fession will Be the more eager to use the special services in the form of preparing re- facilit~essuch a library can provide. Ports on particular subjects of current in- Research Work ~n Special Libraries By ANNA LEE PACE.

In slating the qnaliflcations required in momentum which springs from the natural the applicant, employers, anlong them the love of research. United States government, often make oul If education gives some of the lrnowleilgc, a tabulated outline so that their require- and inclination the enthusiasm, then expe- ments may be more quiclrly grasped 'In the rience gives more lrnowledge, and that worlc of a researcn librarian the fnllowing mh~chis lnoro prccious than lcnowlcdge- percentages seem to me to indicate a propel* wisdom. Experience in each position brings equipment: all the guns of educatiou to attack in that Education ...... doyo sector. Special libraries are indeed spe- Bent ...... 40% cialized as may be seen in the Clevclnufl Experience ...... zoo/, Club of Special Librarians. The line in Education, I should say to the extent of which your individual company or instltu- an A. B. degree, must take care of tion is interested becomes the river into some of the information acquired as well which all tributaries flow. The minute as encouraging the idea and illuminating ran~ifications of the snhject become impor- the methods of research. The couree in tant divis~onsin your n~incl. Experience in logic is helpful in classifying materiql. The this worlc, we nnght almost say, is non- writing of briefs and forensics teaches one negotiable, i. e., it cannot be used is n the accumulating and trncing 01 references, foundation, in another gosition. the orderly srrangement of inl'om~tio~lac- About two years before coming to Clem- qu:red in search and the making of biblio- land, research in the fixatmn 01 atmospherlc graphies. Courses in scieace requiring nitrogen was the most important clogma in papers give much tha same preparation. my Intellectnal faith. I was given 1)nolcs to Languages, of course, are helpful and in reild on the subject and special instructive any extensive work, necessary. The whole talks by the cheniical engineers in the 4lvi- college education is a preparntion, but it sion, patents on the subject to be trn~ls- cannot gn7e the results arising from the lated. I was interested in it. It is hard to second and third quullfications. The 40% think of this experience as transferable to of bent must start from the inside oat. The the field of manufactured steel-still, it bent or inclination is responsible for the was more closely connected, I think, than enthusiasm and enthusiasm is needed to any two special libraries in our Cleveland drive on the work. No suggestion coming Club. from without can give half the impulse and When you thoroughly understand rubber January, 1921 SPECIAL LIBRARIES mld its products, a change to a Children's a special clnssification, which mas built in Welfare bnrenu woulrl requi1.e an installa- this lib~'ary. I say "lmilt" advisedly. The tion of an entirely new set of mental Lares opinion in the Department was strongly in and Penates, but engineering litles have the favor or the Demev Decimal System, if n s:1luo mocles of thlnking and a great deb1 satisfactory ex~ansioncould be founcl. I or the same vocabulary. It is on accol~ntof made a trip to New Yorlr to see what other the diversity of subjects in which lihrarinns special libraries were using. I found that are interested that a club of special libra- the Engineering Societies' L~hrary'sClassi- rimis has function lor librarians clotng fiqation was in a rormative period, tht? rcsearcli. U7herens the libmrian, who meets Western Electric's would not, of course, be the ~ublicancl manages affairs of cartls, very useful. The National Automobile etc., mny get new quirlcs in fillng methorls, Cl~ambcrof Commerce does not use Dewey ant1 clues to plans for circulation, etc., the or any extension of Dewey, but thcir worlc Iil~rarianwho devotes her time to rescarch 11eing the imnerial clictum in the automotive gains the rather negRLlve henofit of finding world I decliled to graft it on to our classi- out that, besides her own, there are othcr fication tree. interesting flelds in the worlcl and very When I returned I arranged around mv frcql~entlyshe gains the positive benefit oC cleslc the Brussels Extension, the cliscovo~~ingthat other fields ovcrlnp or Estension, just plain Dewey, and the Na- clove-tail with her own. She may be a.ble tional Automobile Chambcr of Commerce. to negolinte an exchange of bibliographies, With many suggestions from the Patent De- shc limy find that a translation she has partment, whose material comes under the mado, can double its usefulness by being same classification, it took shape, and after slu-tred. n few translers, cuts and additions, became Aside from material, n~ethodsof organi- the classificntion that it is now. I will be antion differ widely in libraries, but it glad to let anyone look at it. I do not ex- n~igl~lIle well to mention the duties of re- hillit it as a masterpiece, bul. I show it as search librarians in specific cases. The the result of honest work, neither more nor current magazines are read and interesting less. The worlc of malring a classification arlicles marlred and abstracted for a file )nay not, in evcry case, fall to the lot of which is, in the instance of which I sgcalr, the special librarian, but if there is one to itleiiticnl with the pamphlet file. Subjects bc made I think that the research librarian, of interost to thc company are brought to lcnoaial: the work, is especially fltted for tho attention of the research librarian and the task. she lnalres a slight, an extensive, or an ex- All inventions, whether made by mem- haustive search of the subject as occasion bers of our company or presented to the ilomnncls. The information may be grc- company by independent inventors, go senlcd in the form of enlightening abstracts througl~the Research Department. Then, or short comments, or the article itself too, difficulties against which the plants ~~hotostatecl-this last, in case it is full of are worlrlng, are turned over to our engi- instructive detail or photographic illustra- neers t,o solve. Every fresh arrival usually tions, curves, etc. means a separate stndy for the research I have been in the habit of beginning librarian, it mag bc concerning wheels, Irihliograghies with cards, as they are really their early forms and develogments, on the most convenient device for worlr. When cooling beds for open hearth furnaces, on tho refcre~~cehas been looked up, a check axles or the nse of coal dust. Each sub- appears after the title and a comment or ject rises, mbecomes intensely interesting sho~toutline on the back I use the cards and then wanes, and sometimes there are until the inaterial from very fertile refcr- a good many that are interesting at the ences beco~nestoo unwielrly ancl then the same time. Then is needed a fast worker subject is worlred into an annotatecl foren- and one who knows what to choose and sic, with pl~otostntsattached. Those bibl~o- how to divide the time. g~q~hieswhich (lo not grow beyond the It is Interesting work and I think as in- cards are kept in an alphabetical index (lustries grow and competition becomes wliile those which graduate from the card closer, a resoarch department will become file entcr the panlphlet file. a necessary adjunct to an industry ancl the The pamphlet file, as well as all material librarian n very important worker in the which is classifier1 in tho library, falls under research deparlment. publication. The only illustrntions in thc test of Llle first issue are a portrait of hIr. Pnrrish, ~)rcsiilcntof thc society, :und a fcm line cnls ; thls sDnrserless of illustrlltions luny Iw ~w~isiilcridns cl~tractillgsoncwh:lf: iron1 thc .jnnrnnl's vnlue. but on the othcr hand th~test is inost v:~rieilnnd comprehen- sirc, clr:~lii~g\rith lmlh tllc snlcs nnd the tcc.1111ic~alnsl~erls of lubricntion. SPECIAL LZBRABZEX January, 1921 The Library of the Electric Company By E. MAE TAYLOR, Llbrarlan.

The iclea of organizing information lor index are important factors in our lil~rar~ the men who are doing things has heen senice. widely applied withln very recent years to Many of our men wish to have certain varied lines of industry and lmsiness. This periodicals sent to then1 regularly. A list new developnlent of specializecl means for of theso names is kept in our flle and as collecting and classifying useful informa- soon as a periodical is received it is checketl tion has been the inevitable result of indus- and started on its way. A slip of paper ir trial and con~merclalgrowth. ~astrclon bearing the date the perioilical The modern business man must be gro- is issued and tho data it is to be returned. gi'essive and to lreep up with his business he must be informed a5 to the very latest Olten several men in the same (legnrt- facts affecting his business. He must also men1 wish to see the periodical, in that have information which will help him pene- case, the names are written on the slip trate some distance into the future, lo sce with thc request to "plcase lmss to the next the trend of things, ancl far-seeing business person on the list"-allowing three clays for men have been lieen to employ methods each person. which moulcl heIp them to grasp, to hold TVe also have a ~ersonnlfile. This file and to use the things which their business keeps us in touch mith the men wishing UP- must employ to be snccessful. to-date information on their parliculnr line For this purpose the Library of the Phila- of work. In reviewing the periodicals these delphia Electr~cCon~pany was organizecl in men are kept in mind and they are given 1909. At that time the library consistecl of prefercncc 111 having the pcrio(lica.1~sent to 175 volumes clonated by the Philadelphia them. At the end of the pear all periodicals Society of Electric hIetermen. At the gres- are bouncl. They are then consldercd refer- ent time the Iribrary consists of 3,000 vol- ence boolcs and cannot be taken hSom the umes on the following subjects: Engineer- Library. ing (electrical and mechanicnl), physics, In cataloging the Library both the "Dewey " cllenlistry, mathematics, accounting, com- Decinlnl System of Classification" and the mercial and business methods, biography, "Extension of the Dewey Systetn of Classi- encyclopedia, Association Prwee(lings, bul- fication as Applied to the Engineering In- letins of various engineering societies, Pub- dustries" were used. The latter is issnccl lic Service Comm~ssions' reports, statis- by thc University of Illinois. tical reports, Government Publications of All boolrs with the exception of boun(1 the Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Mines, volumes of perlorlicals, reports and Asso- Bureau of the Census and Bnrean of Sta- ciation Proceedings may be borrowcd from tistics. the Library for two weelrs. In charfi.ing tho In addition to these boolcs we have a Ale l.he boolrs we use two cards, a wliitc and a ol 1,300 pamphlets, 1,700 trade catalogs, pinlr card containing the name of the bor- 5.000 photographs and 4,000 cards on which rower, the date the book is due and the [late clippings have been pasted. returnecl. These cards are made ont in About 40 periodicals are subscribed to in- duplicate, the white one is retained in our cluding all the most inlportant technical file, the p~nlrone renlains in the boolc as n and business ~ublications. As a gnide ancl reminder when the boolc is due. aid in research work all periodicals are re- Many of the ~nenin the Stations because viewed and articles of value to us are ab- of their hours and t.he distance cannot come stracted and indexed on 3 x 6 cards. Each to the LA~raryand for their use books arc card conlains the title, author, a brief ab- sent to the Stations in charge of a person stract of the article mith the name, date who agrees to act as the Library repre- and pagc number of the periodical. When sentative ancl who is given authority to cx- the periodicals are being reviewed certain change the boolrs among the men. The re- articles are selected for a Current Refer- sults from this method have been most ence List, which is issued every week. This gratifying as it has stimulated greatar it lisL is sent to the head of each department, terest in the Library. Library catalogs and who either passes it around his department application blanlcs have also been dis- or posts it on the bulletin board. Any ar- trlbuted at the Stations and books selecied ticle mentioned on the list may be borrowed from the catalog nlay be obtained by either for three days. Our reference flle and this fllling out the application bIanIr or by tele- SPECIAL LIBRARIES phoqing. Rool{s are delivered through the The librarian endeavors to keep in tonch Con~panymessengers. with conventions and iiieetings of varlons Pamplllets, cli~~lilg~ancl catalogs are associations. In this way many valuable classified and flled in vcrtical filing cabinets. pagers and reports are procured. The clipgiW~are mounted on 9 x 11 Information outsicle of our sphere is ob- cards mid the card index contains ca~ds tained by teleplionina or writing other for both ll~mDhlct,s ancl clippings. The libraries or using any source which we trade ctitxlog index is nrmngecl according know can serve us. to suhjccht awl lllanufact~~~~er.Photographs It is the aim of our Library to give effi- are rno1111ted on hen with a brief doscrip- cient and helpful service and to bring our tion oC the snb.iec1 of the photographs, employes to a realization that-"Books are negative ilunlber and date typewritten on indeed lilic friends, but the volumes in a the back. If a lantern alide has been made technical library are more, they are not this is stanl~erlin red ink The photo- only friends, but counsellors and advisers, firn~hsnrc laced in loose leaf albums, helpers ul1011 whose aid and wisdom a man according La subject, each albunl containing can rely." 100 photographs.

Books About Business Research The business librarian in search of ways bccausc of discussion of detail, but, rather, ancl means to increase the value of 111s because of the innny relationships of the libmry to tho business executive will ob- work of the bnsiness librarian which are tain both inspiralion and beneflt froru rl clisclosed. The book lends itself admirably Perusal or "Bnsiness Research ancl Statls- for clnss-room purposes. tics" by J. George Frederick, President o! the Businefm Bourse. (New Yorli: Appleton Mees on The Organization of Industrial 1020.) In his enrlravors "to rleinonstrate Scientific Research (New Yorli: hIcGraw- in business terms the concrete profit and Hill Book Co., 1920), concerns himself more economy possibilities of business research particularly with the organization of the re- am1 stalistlcs" Mr. li'redericl; indirectly in- search laboratory itself, ~tsequipment, clicatrs n h~uldredclifferent ways in which m.zintenance, staff, etc The library is very the "live" business librarian 'can render in- seriously rcgardecl by Dr Mees, references creasingly effective service to his flrm. The occurring on pages 2, 53, 75, 108, 110, 114, book discusses types and lrincls of facts, 1 l9-lZ1, 133, 138, 1-10, 147-145, 151. The data sources, research clegartn~entsand the volume is equipped with a bibliography and lilce. Spccial attention is given to melhods a list of research laboratories. Dr. Mees is of statistical study, the analysis of trade director nf the rcsearch laboratory of the ina~lccts,gmphic charts and their use, and Eastinan Itoclal~ Co. and since the above special invesligntions, snrveys and reports. book was written Dr. Mees has been Of pnrtici~lln.interest to the special libra- awarded the John Scott Medal by the Di- rian are the chapters dealing with the ex- rectors of City Trusts of the City of Phila- ecutive application of facts to business, tbr delphia. The awarcl was in part for the convincinfi presentation of Pacts, and the researches on the structul*e of photographic discussions of tho scope and chnracler OF im~gesunclertaken in the laboratory research worlc in business. The author which Dr. hlees is director. Lime nrter Ilnie denlonstrates the ncecl for -- -- a, close co-operation between business Iibra- The Outlook for Research and Invention, ries and research depart1nent.s. This feeling by Nevi1 hI. Hoplrins (New Pork: Van Nos- Is well reflected in the following quotation: trand, 1919), is the work of a practlca;, ex- "Policies and plans must be built upon a ~~erienceclworlrer. The volume is embel- foundation of fact before they can be re- lislied with portraits of men who have nr- gnrclerl as sound or 1)asiiiesslilre; therefore rived in this fielcl, Charles E. Munroe, Thom- the business of fact-geiilng, fact-weighing son, Backclanrl, Whitnoy, Edison and Tesla. and fact-compnrison is of quite primary im- Thc b001i is interesting ancl the author's pol't:mce in business, and must become in interest i11 the intellectual productivity of creasingly more so as the men who operate va~iousclasses suggests the earlier studies bnainess increase their respect for facts of another Amerfcan, Lester Ward. In con- and seek 111em as underpinning for Inore nection with a tabulation upon which he is and more of their business judgments." at work, Dr. Iiogli~nsstates (p. 25) that he expects to be able to prove that genius The Risst of the group of boolcs on bnsi- among American laborers will show a con- ness researcli to have been issued was siderably higher perccntage, and that intcl- Duncan's Coininercial Research (New Yorli: lcctual attainment, as evidenced in inven- Macmillan, 1919). It has a very practical tion ancl discovery, will be more conspicuous value to the business librarian, not SO much than in either England or . This may SPECIAL LIBRARIES January, 1921 be due thc author believes to a consider- able extent to our niany moclerate-priced One of our own nuinbcr, Dr. Clarence J. ant1 excellent scmi-tecl~nical mag;lzines, as West, a valued member of the S. L. 8.,has mcll as the elaborately lllnstrated instruc- compllccl the most complete bibl~ographyon Lion sheets sold by the correspondence the subject or indnstrinl ancl scientific re- scllools. For the librarian a most suggestive search, which has been printed as a I3ulle- rcmnrlr, this. tin of the National Research Council. Work of the Committee of Bibliography Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry CLARENCE JAY WEST, Cha~rman. Director Information Department, Arthur D. Little, Inc. The Techn~cnl Association of the Pulp pubhcations have developer1 three Dhases: ancl Paper Inclustry Is probnbly nniqne in First, "boolc" literature; second, research that, among its Stancling Committees, it contributions by various pnper research in- has a Committee on Bibliography. This stitutions and organizations; and third, was the result of plans made by the Com- reading lists or references ("b001i" and mittee on Publications, who slated in their "analytic") on special subjects within the report for 1916 thnt pulp and paper fleld. Despite the number "It is also planned to prepare a biblio- of contributiors, there Is compnrativelg little graphy of the pnbllcatlons on pulp and dupl~cation;among the "boolc" titles such paper." as there is has been purposely made to cor- Shortly alter, this Committee was divided rect errors or aug~llentdescriptive data in into a Committee on Abstracts and a Corn- earlicr published lists. In spite of the worlc mittee on Bibliography. Mr. Henry E. Sur- already publlshecl, the field of "books" alone face, of the Forestry Division, Departmcnt has not been ndequately covered by the of Agriculture, was appointed chairman of Committee's contributions became 1ibmm.y the latter, which position he held until his studies contmue to develop new titles, oven unfortunate cleath in the summer of 1920. without cxhnustive research. Mr. Surface wns peculinrly fitted for this The Committee desires to express its ap- work, because he was prominently con- preciation for the co-operation which has nected with tho work on 1)al)ermnlcing con- been given to date, and.earneslly request ducted by the Bureau of Plant Inclnstry and all those interested in this line of endeavor the Forestry Bureau, and also because he to assist the wol'li of' the Committee nntil had done consicleral~le bibliogra~hic worlc such time that the Technical Association for the government. can properly finance the work. The worlc of the Cornmittec is entirely dependent upon the co-operation of the Appendix members of tho Association ancl of libra- No. 1.-United States government publi- rians and bibliographers who realiac the cations pertaining to pulp and paDer. Henry value of such work. Mr. Surfacc associntcd E. Surface. with him Mr. Dard Hunter, of Chillicothe, Pager 19, No. 4, 25-30 (Oct. 4, 1920). Ohio, who is an expert on hand made This is a second edition, revised and en- papers, nncl later Mr. Robert Sindall, the larged, of "A llst of Unitecl States public well-known Engllsh pnpcr expert. The suc- clocuments pertaining to pulp and paper," cess of the worlc is erirlencecl by the ap- by Henry E. Surtace. Journal of Industrial pended l~stof contributions. The several and ~ngineeringchemistry 5, No. 7, G14-616 I~ibliogmphies so far p~~blisheclwill be (July, 1913). found to aggregate about 186 solid pages No. 2.-Handn~acle pager and ~tswater- (8 x 12, double column), clividecl accorcline marks: A bibliography. Dard Hunter. to ycars as follows: 191G, 5, 1917, 13; 1918, Paper 20, No. 12, 20-26 (May 30, 1917). 6; 1919, 47, 1920, 110. These have appeared No. 3.-American and foreign paper trade in Paper (Contributions 1-15) and the Paper ~eriodicals: A list of subscribers maintaln- Trade Journal (16-23). It mas, and still is ing permanent files. Frederick C. Clark. the hope of the Committee to finally com- Paper 21, No. 4, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100 (Oct. pile a general bibliography of the Pulp ancl 3, 1917). Paper Industry, which will be conveniently No. 4.-Bibhograph1c slnndarcls. Recom- wrangecl for the use not only of the Tech- mencled for the TechnicaI Association of the nical Association, but also of the general Pulp and Paper Inclustry. Henry E. Surface technical public. Pape~21, No. 22, 150, 152, 154 (Fell. 13, It will be noted thnt the Appendix list of 1918). contribution shows that the Committee's NO, 5,-Government paper hibllography ' January, 1921 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

United States government publications per- Paper 24, NO. 8, 259-264 (Apr. 30. 1919). tailling IJuip al1d paller-s~lpplement No. 10.-Paper research literature. (11) A No. 1. Ilclcn E. Stochbridge. list Of contributions by members of the For- Paper 22, No. 11, 38, 40 (May 22, 1918). est Products Laboratories of Canada: 1913- This is su~l)lelnelltaryto the Association ISIS n7itl1 appendix of c~~ltributionsby Committee's contl'ibntion ,NO. 1, by Henry other nlembers of the Canadian Forestry E. Surface. branch. Compiled by Eva M. Sm~th. No. 6.-DiblloWa~ll~ of paper deteriora- tion. H. M. Tdydenburg. paper 24, No. 9, 15-16(May 7, 1319), Paper 2% NO. 19, 12-13 (~uly17, 1918) No. 11.-Paper research literature. (111) No. 7.-Literature of tile industry. A list Of contributions liy members of the A bibliogral,l~y ada~]t~(lfronl A~~~~~~~-E~~~-U. S. Bureau of Chemistry: 1904-1918. Ed- llng Fliiclciger. M. Hubbard. ward 0. Reed. Pnper 21, No. 23, 54, 56, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, Paper 24, No. 13, 15-16 (June 4, 1919). 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80 Web. 12, 1919). No. 12.-Paper research literature. (IV) No. B.--Forcst products statlstlcs. Adapt- A list of contributions by members of the ed from a conU)ilaLion by U. S. Central laboratory of Arthur D. Llttle, Inc., , Bureau of Planning and Stntistics. Appen- Mass., 1889-1918. ilk: Bibliogra~hiesof omcia1 publications, Paper 24, NO. 17, 24-25 (~~1~2, 1919). by 31. I-Iubbard. No. 13.-A British patent office library PtLPor 231 261 ''-I4 (Mar. 5, '919); 24, accessions. A select bibliography of cellu. No. 1, 16-17, 38 (~Vlar.12, 1919). No. 9.-Paper research literature. (I) A lose, paper and allied subjects. &I. Hubbard. list of contri,butlons by members of the PWer 25, No. 4, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41, 44, U. S. Forest Service, Forest products La- 46, 48, 50, 52 (Oct. 1,,1919); NO. 9, 15-19 boratory: 1910-1'318. With appendix of con- (Nov. 5, 19191, NO. 10, 25 (NOV. 12, 1919). tributions by other nleml~ersof the service; (A list of the succeed~ngnumbers was 1877-1918. Coml)~leclby Etta L. Matthews, printed in the December, 1920, number of Apponclix, by Helen E. Stockbridge. this periodical.-Ed,) .- List of References on Power Transmission as Related to Belting Compiled under the direction of H. H. B. MEYER, Chief Bibliographer, Library of Congress. October 14, 1920. 1 Alison, J. M. Cotton rope for power 6 Balthaser, A. Eiektrlsch betriebene t,ransmission. Engineer Society of Fordermaschinen- nnd Leipzig, \Vmcstcrn Pennsylvania. Journal, Juna, G. J. Goschen, 1913. 119 p. (Samm- 1917, v. 33: 271-295. Dlscussion: p. lung Goschen, G7S) "Literxtur": p. 4 296-303. 7 Bell, LOUIS. New era in power trans- 2 Alwyn-Schmidl, L. W. Wasting power mission. Electrical World, Mar. 29, in the using. Power Plant Engineer- 1919, v. 73: 631-632. ing, D~~.15, 1918, rr. 22: 984-987. Dis- 8 Black What be selected and what treatnient it should cusses transmission losses, waste or receive. Coal Age, May 13, 1920, v. power at engine and methods suggest- 17: 980-982. Power Plant Engineer- ed for overcoming them. ing, &lay 15, 1920, V. 24 525-526. 3 Alnerlcan Manufacturing C0.j Broolrh'n, g Brayton, H, M. power Lransmitted by N. Y. The blue book of rope trans- belting. Power Plant Engineering, mission. 7th ed. , New Mar. 1, 1920, v. 3-1: 291-293. York City, American afanufacturing 10 ~~~~l~~~,F. G. steel-band power trans- CO,, 1919. 63 p. "First appcared in ~njsslon: ndvantages over belt and 1898 uncler the name of 'A little blue rope shown in , Engineering ~boolr on rope transmission ' " Magazine, Aug., 1915, v. 49: 756-757. 4 Arny, Louis W. Leather beltlng re- 11 Channon, H., Company, . A search. Industrial management, AW., trea~iseon rope transnlission Chi- 1917, v. 53: 639-641. cago, Rand, McNally & Co., 1896. 31 P. 5 ~~l~,Manfl-ed p. bIodern shafting and 12 Cllng-Surface CO~~~~~y.The gcarillg and the econoinicnl trans1niS- a treatise on the scientific care of sion of power; a hanclbool~for power transmission belts and rones for serv- users. , New York W. Rider ice and profit. 5Lh ed. Completel~ ,Q son, 1593. 102 p (Eider's tech- rewritten. Buffalo, N. Y., Cling-Sur- nical series, NO. 1.) face CO., 1914. 93 P. SPECIAL LIBRARIES January, 1920

, The treatment of belts and belting. Industrial management, Oct. ropes for service and proflt, from en- 1919, v. 58: 273-281. gine drive to diviclentls Buffalo, N. . Substitutes for leather belting. Y., Cling-Surface Co, 1907. 87 p. Industrial i\Ianagemel~t,Mar. 1919, v. Collins, Hubert E. Shafting, pulleys, 57: 237-238. belting and rope t~'ansmission. New Hobart, J. I. Testing and sl~ecifying Yorli, Hill Publishing Co., 1908. 157 11. cotton belts. Power, SCD~.4, 1917, (The Power hancll~ooks.) v. 46: 323-324. Cooper, John H. A treatise on the use Homer, William B. Notcs and problems of belting for the transmission Of on the elenl~ntsof ~ncclianismand power. Philaclelphia, Clnxlon, Rem- the transnlission of llower, COmp. alld scn C Haffelfinger, 1878. 310 11. prepared for the use Of students in Cromwcll, John H. 4 treatise on belts steam ancl n~echnnism. Fort Monroe, and pulleys. Embmcing full explana Va., Alstillery School Press, 1895. tions of fundamental principles; 261 11. proper clisposition of pullcys; rules, I-Iunt, Charles W. Manila YODe for formulas, ancl tables for determining transnlission and 11oisl.ing. A brief widths of leather and vulcanixecl- treatise for engineOrS, On ropes used rubber 1)elts and belts running over for the translnissioll of power, and for covered ~nlleys; strength and pro- hoisting fltlls--together with formu- portions of pulleys, drums, ctc., to- lae, tables alld other ~~articul:~rsuse- gether with the principles of and ful in mill engineenup. New Yorlr, necessary rules for rope-gearing and The C. W. Hunt CO., 1895. 30 g. transmission ol' power by means of Jacob, Louis F. 13. Organes des mn- metallic cables. Now Yorlr, J. Wiley chines opgratrices et cles transmis- B Sons, 1885. 273 p. sions. , 0. no111 et flls, 1913. Emerson, I-Iarrington. Why belting is 35s 1). (EncyclopEdie scientificlue pub. su~criorto individual electlaic drives. sons In clirectioii clu Dr. TOU~OIISO- Belting, v 15; Aug. 20, 1919: 21-23. Bibliolhbque de mbcanique allpliquee Engler, J. F. Belt selection and in- et genie, directeur: 31, d'Ocagne ) slallatlon. Power, Sopt. 23, 1919, v. "Index blbliographigue"; 11. 341. 50: 509-510. J;~llings,John H. Xlevalors; n practical Flather, John J. Rope-driving: a trea- treatise on the clevclogment ancl rle- tise on the transmission ol' power by sign of hand, bolt, steam, hydraulic means of fibrous ropes. New Yorlc, and electric olevntors. Chicago, J. Wiley & Sons, 1885. 230 11. American Technical Society, 1918. . The transinissio~~of power by 401 p. leatllcr belt~ng, Al~rous ropes nncl Kent, Robert T. Power trnnsmission by toothecl gcaring. Mliineal~olis, The lealller belting. New York, John University Press, 1908. 88 11. Partly Wiley & Sons, 191G. 114 11. (Wiley reprinted from various periodicals. engineering series.) Forsyth, James B. Suggestions for the Iient, R. T. Trnnsinittillg power by transmission of power by rubber belt- lenther belting. Iron Age, Mar 2, ing. Doston, hhss., [Boston, A. A. 19i6, V. 97: 527-533. Blair, prlntcr, 18891. 14 1). ICerr, Eugene W. Power 11ntl power Great Britnin. Home Degt, Report on transmission. New YoI,~,J. Wiley & fencing and safoty l~rccaulions for Sons, 1902. 356 p. transmission mach~nery. London, H. Iclng, William R. The elements or the M. Stationery Off., Darling 6: Son nlechanics of materinls ancl of power (printers), 1915. 23 p. t1'ansmission. New Yorlc, J. Wiley & Haigh, Joseph L. Trailsillission 01 Sons, 1901. 266 11. power by wire rope. New Yorlr, Leloutre, Georges. Les transmissions 1879. 45 p. Par courroies, cordes et cables mdtal- Halliday, George. Belt driving. Lon- liques. Paris, B. Tignol, 1884. 316 1). don, E. & F. N. Sgon, New Yorlc, Lewis, R. S. ShaPtilig ancl belting. En- Spon & Chawberlain, 1894. 100 p. gineering and Mining Journal, June Hebernascliinen unrl Transport-Vorrich- 28, 1919, v. 107: 1132-1140. tungen. Munchen und Berlln, R. Linclie, Felix, ancl others, eds. Lnstlie- Oldenbourg, 1910. 651 p. (Illustrierle bemaschinen. Elektriscl~er Antriab technische Worterbucher in seclis von Lastl~el~emaschine~~.Leipzig, W. +3prachen-nach der besonderen Me- Engelmann, 1908. 763 ]I. (IIanclbucl~ thocle Delnl~arclt-Schlomlitnn bearb. rler I~~ge~~ienrwissenscl~nl'ten. . . 4T von A. Schlomann. Bd. VII.) . . . hrsg, von B. Linclre . . .) Die Herter, Charles H. Losses in belt Baumaschinen. IV. Teil des Haucl- tmnsrnission. Power, Feb. 17, 1920, buchs der IngenieurwissenschaPten, 3 v. 61: 251-252. Bd. "Litteratur" at end of chapters. 27 Hey, 13. A. The inspection oc leather 41 McCuell, G. W, Care and repair ol" January, 1921 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 225

belts. Scientific American, June 1, Mechanical Engineers Journal, Dcc., 1918, v. 118: 502. 3915, v. 37: 679-682. 42 hIiles, G. E. Repairing Or slllicinji 59 Slllitl~,Thomas A. Power and its trans- 1)elts. Power, Nov. 21, 191G, v. 44: 728. mission: a aractical handbook for the 4; Morrison, C. J. Belts-their selection factory &l~worlcs manager. London, and care. Engineering hlagnxine, El. & F. N. Spon; New York, Spon & July, 1916, v. 51: 567-585. Chamberlam, 1910. 76 p. 44 Near, N. G. Chart for power trans- GO Stafford, H. E. Motor drive takes less initted Ily lcather belts, Machinery power for starting with chain than (Eng. ed.), Aug., 1917, v. 23: 1099- with belt. ElecLrical .lITorld, July 3, 1100. 1920, V. 76: 25-36. 45 Nlcl~olson,John T., aud R. J Durley. Gl Stahl, Albert IV. Transmission ot Tlic transmission and distributioll of power by wire ropes. 2d ed., rev. power. , 1898. C8 11. (Mc- New York, 13. Van Nostrand CO., 1889. G111 University. Papers Pronl the 137 11. (Van Nostrand's science Dept, of Physics, No. 6.) scrlcs, No. 28.) 4(i Powelss, John E. Cling-surface and bell 62 Suplee, FIenry H. Where drive is m:~~ixgement. Buff:~lo, New Yorlc, superior. Engineer~ngMagazine, Aug., Cling-Surface Mfg. Co., 1902. 72 p. 1916. v. 51: 697-701. Pullmnn, J. H. Rubber belts in cotton mills. Textile World Journal, Feb. Tmntscl~olcl, R. Choosing the right 14, 1920, v 57: 1393. belting. Factory, June, 1913, v. 20: 1081-1083. Rol~ertu,Frnnlr C. The application of wire rope for the transmission of . The reclamation of leather power. Trenton, N. J., The Trenton driving belts. Industrial Blanagement, Iron Co., 1886. 25 p. Dec., 1917, v. 54: 448. 49 The Rockwood Manufacturing CO., In- 65 Tulhs, John. A paper on belt engineer- dianapolis, Ind. Pulley and bclt trans- ing. London, The St. Bride's Fouu- mission. Indianagolis, Ind., The Rock- dation Institute, 1905. 17 p. (Pro- wood Manufacturing Co., 1906. 69 g. ceedings of the Association of Engi- 50 liocl)ling, Washlngton A. Description Ol neers-in-Charge. Vol. X, NO. 3. Sess. a uew metl~odof transin~ttiilg omo or 1904-1905.) 11y moans ol wire ropes. 6th ed. New York, D. Van Noslmnd, 1881. 32 p. 66 IVilson, Ernest D. On the comparative value of leather belting and its sub- 51 Si~wlon,W. 13. Brief review of sonle of stitutes; an address delivered before the exyerlnlents on transmission ol the Leather Bell~ngExchange at its power 11y belting. Sibley Journal of meetmg at Lake Placid, N. Y., June Engineering, Jan., 1920, v. 34: 34. 15, 1917. Philadelphia, The Leather Deltmg Exchangc, 1917. 15 p. lj2 Scha~horsL,IV. F'. Economical selection of belts and gnlleys. Power, Apr. 28, 67 -. Power transmission by belting. 1!)14, V. 39: 688-590. Textile World Journal, June 14, 1919, v. 55: 3709. 53 -- , The cconomy of solid-woven bells. Engineeibing and Mining Jour- 68 Winchell, N. P., Jr. The rrlalcing ol belt nal, Ocl. 21, l!)lG, v. 10m2: 747-748. jolnts and laps Paper, v. 35, Fell. 18, 1920: 16-18; Feb, 26, 1920: 11-13. 154.--. EfCecting economics in the se- lection of belts and pulleys. Ameri- 69 -. Reducing frlction loss in trans- can Gns Engineering Journal, Dec. 8, mission. Paper, v. 25, Jan 21, 1920: 1917, v. 107: 516-517. 17-20. 55 - Horsepower pull of belts. Iron Age, Segt. 19, 1918, v. 102: 637. 70 Zimmer, George F. The mechanical handling and storlng of material; -- . Single- or double-ply belts. being a treatise on the handling and Coal Age, Jan. 27, 1917, v. 11: 177. slorlng of material such as grain, coal, ore, timber, etc , by automatic or t7 --, Why n belt creeps American semi-automatic machinery, together Gas Engineering Journal, Apr. 21, with the various accessories used in 1920, v. 112: 326-327. the lnanipulation of such plant. Lon- 58 small, F, H. llhe ~nanufacture of don, C. Locliwood & Son, 1916. 752 P. leather belting. Aiuerican SOC~C~Yof Cha~~ler7 discusses belting. SPECIAL LIBRABIES January, 1921 Periodical Union Lists In a letter reccntly received from MI'. and Champaign (lgll), $1.20. University Julian F. Snuth, Librarian of the National of Illinois Library, Urbana. Aniline and Chemical Conlpany, 351 Abbott 11. Union list of perioclicals in the prin- road, Rnffalo, New Yorlr, it is suggcsted that cipal libraries of the District oC Columbia therc be published in "Special Libraries" a (1901). Library of Congress, Washington. bibliography of union lisls so that special 12. Union list of periodicals in the llbra- librarians may know which cities possess ries 01 (1909). Library, University complete flles oC tlie various technical and of Washington, Seattle. other periodicals. Mr. Smith has sent in a 13. Llst of current periodicals in the li- very interesting list oC relerenccs to serve brarles of I-Iartford (1916). Trinity College, as a starling point for a, more coinplele Hartford, Conn. compilation, W~llreaders of "Special Li- 14. Medical perioclicals in Buffalo ltbra- bmries" who are interested in thls problem ries (1919). Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, co-operate to the extent oC sending such N. Y. aclditional lists or references as they may 11.-Library Lists possess so that the whole nlay be organized Lists of periodicals received have been in shape for publication in a future issue? issued by: 1. University of California Library, I.-Union Lists Ber- keley (1913). 1. Llst of medical serlals In the libraries 2. Leland Stanford, Jr., University (Cali- of Connecticut (1919). Yale Univ. Library. Tornia) L~brary. 2. Catalogue of teclinical periodicals, li- 3. Carneqie Llbrary of Pitlsburgh. braries in New Yorlc and vlcinity (1916), 4. University of Missouri Library, Colum- $3.00. Engineering Societies Library, 29 bia, (1910). WosL 39th street, Xew Yorlr City. 6. Universily of Colorado Library. 3. List 01 serials in public libraries of G. University of Arizona Library. Chicago (1906). John Crerar Library, Chi- 7. Cambridge University Library, Cani- cago. bridge, England. 4. Lisl of serials in public libraries of 8. Washington University Library, St. Chicago and Evanston, $1.00. Chicago Li- Louis. brm'y Club (Public Library). 9. Catholic University of America Librn- 5. Co-operative list of periodical litera- ry, Washington. ture In the libraries of Central Culirornia 10. Iowa State Universily Library, Iowa (1902). Umversity of California Press. City. G. Technical lmiodicals in the Clevelancl 11. Oxford University Library, Oxford, Libraries ( LDlG). Pnblieity Dept. National England. Carbon Co , Cleveland. 12. Wisconsin Historical Library, Macli- 7. Union list of serlals in the libraries of son. Rochesler (1917). P~tbllcLibrary, Roches- 13. New Yorlc Publlc Library, New Yorlr ter, N. Y. C~ty(1920). (not published). S. Joint catalogue of periodicals in the 14. 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'Imtl oC 111:lliiug tioii, nnil foriiiltlnl~lcin conipotilion, tlic dc- furtl~rrcurrcllt, tleL;~ilccl stuclics of sl)cc!ilic iii:l~id tur 1)etroiruiii products is so great nnd I)rol)lcw~s,:~i~tlioriz~d tlie orgni~iznlioi~01' !I tlie sul)l~lyso liiuiled, tl~ttlic most IJrogrcs- lcrlllllllllt l1t1c11 0 e10110111is T11t' sire coiiil):l~iiehlinvc begun to study the locn. ~~nllio~of this ui'licle \r~lsplncctl 111 thli:~rgc tion :11i(1il~:~gilit~iile :u~l coiitrol of the worlil's 'I'lie lilnxry of t11<%tl~p:~rti~lei~t, w11icli is rescrvcs, the volulllc of l~roduclioii,trnnsl)ort- tllc 1)rlsis fola ii~nc.liof its lvork, collsisls :lp ing, refiii~~lg1u1i1 iiiarketiog Pacilitics tllld prosirl~:~tclyof 5,000 l)ic?cw, SO0 of \vhit0li :Ii'c costs, tlie ~iatur~:~nd cl~stributioii of Llic con- I)ot)lis and ~):llnpIllcts, 1,000 1ll1lll~~t'i~ill~S, suuiptirc~ rlcuiantl, tlie q!ii~iility L'O~ISII~II~~(~,2,100 wri~~ls,IiOO c2lilq)ings,tultl 500 nl:ll)s, stocli~,iiiil)oi'ts :11itl exports, BP~CCS,ni~lotl~cr (*lll(rts. llll(1 ~)llotogr;l~)lls.W1e lilcrlll,lll~t~Pill- c~oiioiuic f~ctoss. I'roftwiuiial ccoiioiiii.;ls I)n~cwl)r;lctic~;tll,\- all iiiil)orl~uiL geologic!, a1111co:~sc.rrutioiiisrs :~lrc:uly liavc roiisidcrc~l tec41nitwl, st;~listic*:~l,cco~~oirlic 11m1 OLIIC~ sollle ot Lhcw slil)ji~!tsill LL CII~WL'Y I~~II~II~~I~\voiSlrr;~-~l:~ti~~g Lo pclrolciiiii 1u1t1:~lliccl sull- and tlie United States Eeologicnl SuSVey and st~ulcesissw(1 Ily the U~iitrcl HLr~tes Gcolo- Bureau 01 Mines have studied nmly of thein gical Snrvey, Bureau of Mines, Bureau of quite Ll~oro~ighly,but tl~c! l~elrol(wnol)cr,i- Foreign and Doincstic Con~nierce,Bureau of tors :Ire tl~cfirst ol' the grcat bnsic illinern1 Standards, Patent Omce, Interstato Com- ii~dustriesto uiiclcrlnlr~ :~ii il~vestigrltioa US merce Conimission, Shil~pingBoard, Bureau this Iti~~il.It is bdievetl thal this stc!l~marlcs ol the Census, hy slate organimlions, by the 11efiii111iii::of 11 lie\\. or11 ill the liibtory of private individuals and scienCific associa- tlie Americuu petroleum inilnstry. tions and by trade journal and miq) publish- ing companies. The librarian in charge Marland Study Is Exhaustive. analyzes the material 21s it is received ant1 talios steps to obtain copies of currenl 1-0- Altliough sercrd oil compni~irs in [lie ports as issued. The asseinbled data, are Vnited Stntes have stuilieil specific phases of placed in the tollowing geacrnl classas: the iiiclustry ])i~ol):iblytlie mosl. es11:lustive exnini~i~ltion\\xs r(~~iitI~'~oiii1)lct~d 11y the A Geology Marlnncl c.onip:riiics. Roiac of tlie results B Technology will be l)rescntPd ill pnlrrrs to l'ollo~~.Iiriel' C Economics reference is m:ltle to the history n11d scopc D Law E. Bibliography of thc study to :lid in uiide~~st~l~~ilii~gits ~I:I- turc. nntl rnl~ic.. F General Works In Octol)cr, 1019, 111,. E. TI'. ?rIllrl:ultl, lwes- Tlicly are thcn cnrtl crtt:llogustl 111111 (d;11101'- itlciit of Lhc ll:~rlnitdgroup ol' oil comp:~iiies, 5~lel~'i~icloscrl l)olh ~cogr:~l)liic~~~lly:111(1to1)i~- li:~vi~~fi(lwi(l(~(1 to cq)~ii(lt11eir nctivlLies 111i(l ally. .i 1:1rgr volume 01 ii~~port~lnl,ii~fornw to i1uacc.t tlicir ciirrgies illlo nex Ildils, nu- tiom 011 n11 11roI)l~i1is rclnlill:: to 111~ tliorized u. coinprehensive investigation of ~~ctrolcuin~niil :~llierl inhstrics is in 11119 li- \vorlrl l~ctrolcu~i~condilions. A committre I AS c~lnwilic~tlniitl intlcsoil il is prc11)- wns apimi~il~~ltwl~sisti~i:: oj u~eml~ci'sof tlic nllls ol~eof tl1t1 11)ns1(wul)lrl(', c*o~iil)~~c~tuntl various rlepal tments and others froni outsid: :l(wssiih lil~~-:~ricsof lIctrolcnln litcmturc. tlic orpni~iznliol~wliose lr~lii~in::n~iil esllcri- Scope of the Research. ence iittrd tlici~i. Nust of tlic iiiforninlioii Thc rcscnrcll 1)lnnncd by the dcp:~rtii~~wt. n7ns collcctcd in %Tnsl~l~igto~~:wl clsewlierc will e111l)ruec i'urtllrr :1n:11ysis of Illc n,o~*ld I)y tlir :1ut11or of thiq introduction. Tlic coin- l)~trolc~~i~~ili~l~lsll's 111111 r~lal~il snhjcct s, coni- plctc t:~slrrcquirccl Llic sci~ic~nl,l~rosi~nntcl.v prls111:: HIP c~uilcsnp~ly, t~*:u~sl)orl:~lioil, rtn- of t\venly-fivt1 sprcaiillisls for :L ])eriod of sis fining, in:lrlrcling, niltur:~l g:~s;111d n:~tul*:~l- 111ontl1s :111d cost nlq~rosi~iintcly$50,000, A a:ls ::nsolii~c. indnslries mid 1111 tlieir brnncheg. lnrge 11uiu1)crof inell WIIX sent into the held It will iilvolrc the ~rei>urationmltl study all to col1rt.t iiifornintioi~troll1 pri11i:lry sources ; m:lps, cliarls ni~dshorl isel)orts iiitcndrtl to substn~itinllr:111 nvailnble gclrol~umlitern- nicl in solving tlic pro1)lcms tlinl. co~~frout1111 ture ill the TTnitc~lSt:ktes \vns c.ollct8tccl:u~l esp;111(1iil#.i~nerImn oil coalpnny. It is Llie minlyxcd. Thc fe:lturcs n-cre plncc(1 oil iuaps pm'poso Oc Ihe tlcl?nrtlllcwt to co-oprrll to and charts, of which there were about five the fnllest cstent with otlicr men~l)crsof tho hundred. coinpnny thnt the results of thcir ~~orlrmay be co-ordinnted, thnt neecls mnp l)c lllet anc1 How Work Was Classified. tlint they mnr receive masirnulu boncfit fro~n For the purlme of classify in,^ nnd stucly- the iiiformntion collated and nnnlyzc(l. Close January, 1921 SPECIAL LIBRARIER tmch is mnintnined will1 the technologists Refinlng. of and geologists the United States Depart- Reflnery fndlities, refincry prncticc, cost of ~nentof' Interior as well as with slmilar constructioi~n~ltl ogwation, power ILM~efli- state orgmizallons that the results of their cieucr ,tests, inns and re-runs, losscs, stodcs. experiments and study may be made imme- diately available to the company. Marketing. Tli~fnllowiilg outline sho\rs in detnil solne IJrot1iu-ti011ot relined products, stocks of crf tl~cstudies that ilrc planned: rchctl lnwlucts, m:~rlrcting n~etltc~dr,nwr- 1;eting L'tlcilit ic~s (escluwivc of those listed Crude Supply. undcr triinsportntioli) , nt:~rlr'thg costs, con- su~nptionof rcfinctl l)rotlocts, automobiles, Vnniinrd rcscrres, control of hnc1, drill- trnt41i.q, trnctors, i~irt.r;lJt, mitl other ii11~~11al 111:: i~clirily,])rotluction, laws :uncl rebr~ln- co~nbuslionengines, improved roads, genernl lions, clrillillg costs, ol)cr:~t~~~gttnd mnintcn- ccol~o~nic.nntl fi~lnncit~lconditio~~s, imports :ww ~l~clll~tls:tlitl cosls, co~isuulptio~l,1111- :tilt1 cspt~rts01 rc1111cd protlucts, prices of pol-ts ant1 csports, ljrotluc,c~rs'stocks, priccs. rrlh~edp~'oducts, substitutes. It is unuewssilry to poilit the vi~lueof such nil orgmiention to :[I1 oil co111l)nlig. Tlic ;\Ii~rInl~deconoinir tlelsnrtn~ent is not ihe I'i~rLi~~cs-Pipe 1111~f;l(iliii~'s, cost of only one of its kind, l'hc Pure Oil Coinpnny pilw li11~3co~istrnclio~l, ol~ernllng :~nd luhl- ~aninlnias:t pcrmnnent stntisticnl organizit- tcn~~ucet*ost~, lnrif~s iu~tl gr~lheri~lg chnrgcs, tion. Josel)li I<. Pog~~e,formerly ii govern- ol)cwltlng rcwmws, runs, dclivcric?~,losses, nlenlal ccono~nist, was rcccntly nppointcd stoclcs. Tiink ('itrs-Tnnlc cnr fncilitics, orlgi- I)y l11e Sinc!lair Consolirlated Oil Col-pornlion 11n1 cost, sllipnienls, losscs, rents. Tnlllr to nndertnlrc sin~ilt~rworlr for that caompnny. S1r:imcrs :111(l I3ilrg~S-Ttlnlccr niid Imge It is unrlersloocl thnt lilie org;~nizntionsare fitc.ililic~s, 11nrl)or nut1 1)ort Sncilities, trnilc I)e111g iorlneil by tlic American Petrolcun~ regions tt~lro~~le~, origintll cost, COSL of Inslilute, Gulf Iicfining Compnny and other op~~t~i~io~i,~liil)i~ienls, losses. Storagc Fncili- lnrge corporations nncl oil trnde associ:~tions. ties-Tanks and tnnlc farm facilities, cost of -(Reprhltetl from Petl'olcrr?tf.:Il(igaxrt~s for (80~~strurhlio~ltun1 ~n:linteniuice, losses. February, 1921.)

Capt.- Anderson Makes Annual Report- ctl>i;~in.Tohn Antlerson, who To], a num- renr. hnr of yetlrs 11:~Ijccn sending ouL m:lgazilles The flnnncinl st~ltementsent out by Cup- to tlrc logging cilnips, rcccntly 1)rel)nrctl n tnin hlilerson follows : sl:~lc~l~cwtsllowing the 11ulnbe~ of citizens 425 citizens suL)scrll)etl...... $7,247.20 whicah hnrc cwltributed npd the ~nnnnerin Olcl wnsie papcs...... 1,09.1.2G wliicli this smn hils been espencled. Ueflclt ...... 350.02 IIc llns ~tlxo:~ccomp~lnicd this stntemeat, rnhivh 11e 1111s sent to co~itrlbutors,with n Total ...... 07 PY,SOO.'X pti~lipl~lctesl~lnining thc Anderson System, ant1 some of Ihe things il 1~1s~~cco~nplisl~ed Solnries lo hclpers and nssist:iats. .$2,29G.33 during the pasl: ycnr: I-Ie c:~lls attention to Store rc~~t-Sentlle. Tilcoinn and the Pnct ihnt during 1020 117 Iecturcs on Portlnnd ...... 504.00 Amcricluiis~n, 1):ttrlollsm, esposition oC the Auto Trnrlrs-Scnttlc, Tncomn, cmi.;l ilu tion ant1 goo11 cit~zenshi~,wcrc tie- Portlnn(1 ...... 857.00 livcrcxl by rtq)rcsent:itives of the Anderson Pxinting :und lcttcrina mihe Iiluc Hores 302.46 System, :111d lllnl, millions of pieces of good Auto i'rpni~-~,lires, oil, gns, stoibnge. G3S.50 litcr~ltnl~cnvcrc sent Lo the logging cnmps. In Printing ...... @32 7.3 fnct, he csti~nulcstlint i~bonL fourteen tons Luinljer ...... 32.G8 365.43 of 1)oolcs ~lndmngnsi~~es were sliippcd to 143 S tcnogy-nphy ...... 2GJ.10 cliffc?~w~ic.o~nl~mlcs, opcrnlin:: about 230 Stn tio~le~y...... 14.03 279.51 camps. I~reight ...... G!Ml Wllllc the Anllcrson Systcm to some pco- 1Ingnzines ...... 173.00 242.31 pic, nlenns ~nel-elynn orgnnixntion ~'111~11 Bought. distributes liternlure, as n matter of filct it Rnilwny and street car fnres...... 105.35 does 1nuc11 Inore tlinn ihnt, in providing Telegrn~ns ...... 6.80 spcnlrcrs to Ink lo IIIPII in the cnmps illoilg 2!)1 dnys 011 ronrl, llotcls and nienls .l,lR500 lines wliich nre intemleil lo ~nnkcthem bellcr IIousc! rcnt ...... 31~5.00 cltizcns. For the support of my family...... 1,300.0@ CnnLnin A-\nilersoa 11:ls nlso sent out n'ith Persoli;~1 :wco~mts ...... 312.00

companies, cslwessing npprccintion for the (Rcprial work which he hns donc (luring the pnst Febrn~ryG, 1' 230 SPECIAL LIBRARIES January, 1921 The Specialized Library of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

By G. W. LEE, Librarian, Stone and Webster, Boston, Mass.

Prophesied In 1914 for "Tomorrow"

The business and departmental library, Too much pride in achievement and not inter-association, inter-clepenclence and enough confession of wealtness; team convention going, all matters of course. work still spasmodic. No pride in achievement; wanting the Efficiency arriving in tho conduct of hest; self-eiiacement; team work. liRrar:es, but conventions not mnnaged Efficiency arrived, conventions for with any more appreciable science than progress and application of principles heretofore. following upon the heols of resolves. Still an unsolved problem; the writer, Intcrchange of literature by gift or at work on this, a committee 01 one of auctlon a matter of course. the Boston Special Libraries Associa- The clearing house itlea anlongst all tion. libraries, whereby they trust to one an- Corresponclence between special libra- other's s]~ecializations,where they are rians indicates a growing reliance upon cared for lo better advantage than as one another's speciallies or facilities, side lines of one's own specialty. but this done infor~nally and not Reducing experience to print, so that through an apportionment of special- newcomers can begin alinost where ties, published for co-operative, if not others are leaving off. general use. A haildboolr for the speciai library Reducing experlence to ~rintis but worker, compiled for the essentials of casually done; it neecls to be matlo a his field; revealing the tricks 01 the science. trade. I unclerstand that the liandboolc, which Anything like an exclusive stock-in- has been the dream of years, is rapidly trade only under protest and with taking deflnite shape through corn- apol.ogy. Inittee work. Reservoir libraries for little used ma- 1,ibrarians lilrely to protest; but the terial (baclt ii~~rnbersof out of the way powers-that-be not yet educatocl to the periodicals, serials, etc.), so as to keep idea. the worlcaday libraries lull of live The reservoir library problem, the sub- matter. ject of a presidential address by Dr. Special li~brai'ianshig distinct,ly a pro- C. $1 Gould at the Brelton Woods con- fession; and as a corollnry thereto, the vcnlion In 1909, and hardly touched calllng of every business man clistiiictly since. a profcssion. Special librarianship a growing proks- Catalog 01 men as well as boolrs; sources of information the lreynote. sion. It should be discussed at Swamg- The Information Bureau not an incle- scott. pendent organization, but par excellence Coillnlunity sources of information re- an important aspect of every library; ceiving more and more attention 111 the pubhc librnry as a local head, the both general and shecia1 libraries. state library as a district head, tho Int'onnation Bureaus as library adjui~cts Library of Congress as a national head; are getting to be the order of the day. with an international organization Anything like a systematic lineup be- tying all countries together. tween public libraries, state libraries, Fulfillments of Today and the Library of Congress has ye1 to This fellowship now malting healthy be realized; but the "Enlarged Pro- growth, with the spirit of slandardixa- gram" campaign has fllled us with the tion vs. rule-of-thumb becoming the spirit of "together," and such library order-of-the-day, lineup seems almost a corollary. January, 1921 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Special Libraries 1. ADELAIDE R. HASSE, Editor Council of National Defense Wmshiagton, D. C. ASSOC[ATE EDITORS Claribel R. Barnett Edward D. Greeninan Mary 13. Day Mary -4. Pillsbury Ella hI. Genung Edward H. Redstone

Published Monthly except Julv and August at 20 Vesey Street, New Yorlr N. Y. Entered as second-class rnatler at tho Post Oflh at New Yorlr, N. Y. Acceptance for mailing at thc special rate of postage grovldecl [or in Section 1103, Act of act. 3, 1917, authorized June 10, 1919. Rates: S4.00 a year: single copies 50 cents.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION

President...... DOrses W. Hvde.- -, Jr.- V. S. CIW~IIW I,r ~~~1111~~(~1.(-~~ First Vice-President...... Helen E. Hemphill Wcste~nElectric Co, N. Y. City

Second Vice-president...... Raluh . - L.-. Power~~ - .. -- College or Urllllnm and Mary, Will~amsburg,Va. Secretary-Treasurer...... Estelle L Liebmann Ronald Press. N. Y. Clty Asst. Secretary-Treasurer...... Margaret C. Wells hnerlcnn Internthon~lCort)or~tlon, N. Y. Clty

EXECUTlVE BOARD The officers ex-officio with E. FI. Redstone, IIclen Norris and Maud A. Carabin. Checks for dues and subscriptions should be madc out to the Associat~onand mailed to Miss Margaret C. Wells, Asst. Sec'y-Treasurer, care American International Corpora- tion. 120 Broaclwav, New Yorlr City.

EDITORIALS WHAT BUSINESS MEN ARE READIKG

'L'1i;lt husky contcinlior:~ry S!/slml is 111rlliinq ;I survsy of the I~usinrssinan's rc:!dinq. I

President, tlle Denuison JInnufacturing Company ; Homer If. Ferg~~soll,Presidellt, 1\TeW- port Xews Shipbufldhlg nnd Dry Dock Company ; Jamrs B. Forgall, Chni~manof the Roitrd, First Nationnl Bnnlr of Chicngo ; John J. Rnskob, Trice-Presideat, Dl. I. dU Polli, de ~~~~~~~~~s m~dCompmly ; TJ. C. Wallier, President, Sl1nw-7T~allrerCoinpnny ; Robert Dollnr, Presiclent, Robert Dollar Company ; S. M. Felton, I'resident, Chicngo Grent Westcrll Ruil- road Conlpnnp ; TI'. H. Cottinghnm, Presiclent, Sl~er~~~in-Willin~~~sCompnny ; W. R. Bnsset, Presicleut, hIiller, Frnultlin, Rassct nnd Conipnny; Winslo\v Bussell, S'icc-President, Phoenix Mutual Life lnsilrn~lceCompany. This undertnl;ing, this illnowtion, is of enormons dnd p~cnlini*signiflcnnce to librn- rlaus, and pnrticulnrly to special and business librnrinns. It is the flrst time thnt We have hn(1 collectiw acl~no~vledgementfrom such high sources of the nctunl fnct that the big mnn himself is n consumer of what boo1:s represeut. To \vntch the forces which mnkr for tlic p~.oduction of b001iS is not the snmc ns reading hoolrs. Tllc mcn w11osc nnmes nre listed abom thcmselvcs rapresent trcrnen(1our; forces, thertlfore it will be of wry great moment to us to consider carefully this projected sgmposiu~n. FRONT AND REAR AXLES Not esncMy nil arresting subject-unless something goes wrong. Without exnggcrntioii nslcs are thc most iml)ortant unit in nny 1notOr carrier. Snfe and successful oper:ltiOn depends on them. They nbsorl, the tremendous impnct of ro~~clshoclr, tllc \~renchnnfl twist of the uneven crossing, the mnrmous thrust load of n snclden slrlrl. They trnnsmlt 1)owcr to the rrnr wheels. Housings mnlrc them cliiut-proof ancl oil-tight nnd produce trouble-free 011er:ltion. In our work enthusinsm is the nsle. It will do nll those tllings to promote tlle sue- ccssful olwntio~iof our job nhicll tlw front am1 rr:lr axles do for the motor cnrrier. Enthnsinsm is nbout the most licnllhy l~osscssiona hu~unn~wn-l

Club of NOWYOT~ City announces that the Wallrer, and let SPECIAT, LIBRARIES hear services of Dr. M. A. Graham have beell from You soon and often. sccurecl to carry on a special information The Advertising Club of Richmond, Va., service. Dr. Graham will give her entiye is about to establish a business library. tinle to the conlpilation of special repolsts There are to be 250 charter members of this and biblio~rnphiesand will also personally library organization, most of whom will also assist etllpl0JW~of subscribers in searchillg be n~cmbersof the Advertising Club. Nem- for lit. bership fees are $2.50. The object of this The Feclernl Reserve Bank of Kansas organization is to secure the 500 business City, Mo,, hns started a library department boolis listed by Miss Ethel Cleland, Libra- Miss Mnrv P. Billingsley (Illinois) is in rian of the Business Branch of the Indian- chtlrge. Tho Kansas City Street Railways apolis Pnhlic Libmry, as a basis, and to Compxny, Streel & Co., and the Diclcey Clay add boolcs, pamphlets and clippings. Mk. CO. maintain library departments. Miss Elizabeth Schmitter of the New Jer- The business clivision of the reference de- sey Zinc Co has gsne from the New York partment in the Kansas City Public Library, IAbrary of that company to ils Palmerton estal)lisllorl one vear ago, is now in charge Library, to fill thc gap made by Miss Nancy of Miss Mary Eastman, formerly of the Hapgood, who ha8 joined the Reference De- New Jersey Zinc Co., Palmerton, Pa. It is partment of the New Yorlr Public TAbrary. very largely used, rendering a very bronc1 On , 1921, the Canadian Asso- CechnicaI 1111siness service. ciation of Record Officers came into exis- MI', Alvin E. Dodd has resigned his posi- tence. Mr. D. J Little of tho William tion as Director or the Retnil Research Bu- Davies Co., of Toronto, is President, and Mr. reau to become Manager of the Domestic A. M. Irwin, of the Canadian Manufactnrers' I2istril)ution Del~arlmentof the U. S. Cham- Association, is Secretary-Treasurer. The her of Commerce His .successor at the object of the Association is "the study of Retnil Research Bureau is Mr. Paul Ny- the science of filing and indexing, the de- strom, whon~specla1 librarians remember as velopment of efllcient methods and the solu- the outstaniling speaker of the J,ouisville tion of the problems which may arise in this Conference. connection." Tha ti~~eless1ib1'arian of the Bureau of Miss Rachel Agg, of the Reference De- Railway Economics, Mr. Rlchard H John- partment of the Evansv~IIe, Ind., Public ston, has put out one of Ills permanentlv Library, read a paper on "Bnilding Busincss valuable "Lists ol References," as he mod- with Men" at the joint conference of the estly calls his contributions. This time the 12th annual meeting of the Indiana Library List is on the Cummins Railroad Bill and Trustees Association and the 29th annual the Transportation Act of 1920. There are meeting of the Indiana Library Association 53 folios of annotated entries. The I~stis last Novemlier. A synopsis of Miss Agg's unother proof of what his colleagues ac- paper is printed in the January Library Oc- Imowledge, illat Mr. Johnston is the cham- current. One of the excellent aids which pion collector and compiler. All oar hats Miss Agg proposed for reaching the bnsi- off to you, Mr. Johnstont ness man is a subject mailing list of the Miss Caroline B. Sherman, Scientific As- community's businesses and occupations. sistant, U. S. Bureau of Markets, has writ- The Ingersoll-Rand Co., of , ten a most readable "History of the Bureau makers of rock drills, air compressors, vn- of Markets," 11 folios, published by the cuum pumps, oil engines, pneumatic tools, Bureau. Miss Sherman was formerly libra- conclensers, steam engines, air lift pumps, rian of the Bureau. water pumps, gasoline extraction compres- Mrs. Sadie Alison Maxwell, a graduatc of sors, turbo-blolirers, etc., is installing a spe- the University of AlabFma and the Atlanta cial library lo supply information to its Library School, 191G, has been appointerl various departments on past and recent de- Senior Assistant in the library of the Col- velopments in the fields pertaining to their lege of Business Administration of ~ostoll line of morlc. EI. G. Terw~lliger1s Librarian. University. To assist American business men who Snow 1-1111, Md., has secured a library are visiting Great Britain, or British mem- tl~rougllthe courtesy of Mr. Purnell, Presi- bers interested in the U. S. market, to lieep dellt the Deposit and SaVlllgs Bank of in the closest possible touch with the indus- Snow I-Iill. tries and trades in which they are inter- Mr. Kcnneth C. Wallrer, the well-known ested, the A~nerlcanChamber of Conlmerce librarian of the Ncm Jersey Zinc Co., be- in London maintains at its ofices whnt is comes librarian of the Pittsburgh Experi- uncloubtedly the most complete reference ment Station of the U. S. Burenn of Mines library of British and American trade on March 1. Mr. Walker has made a gen- papers to be found in London. 5,279 trade tleman's agreement that nor time, nor place papers and bulletins were received during wlll dim his interest in all that concerns the year-an average of over 17 per mork- the S. L. A. We wish you good lucl;, Mr. ing day. More than 26 trades are covered 234 SPECIAL LIBRARIES January, 192 1

and additions are constantly being made.- The library facilit~esof the pul~llchigh (Anglo-American Trade, January, 1921.) schools of Hawaii ttre described in TI. S. An Alloys Information Service has Iwen Education Bureau I3nlletin 1920, NO. 16, 11. la~mcl~eclby the National Research Council. 250-261. The service will consist prinlarily of regu- The Sweclish Chamber or Comniercc or lar s~~mniariesof technical literature. Con- tho U. S, A,, Produce Exchange Builtling, currently a reference service will produce New Yorlc City, mt~inta.ins an extensive exhaustive lists of abstracts of previously trade data file as well as a sgecitd sele~'e~lcc p~~bllshedinformation. A conlplete record library relat~ngmore pasticnlarly to S~vedish ot data will be assembled in card encyclo- American trade Both are oilell lo mcmllors. pedia Form, and available for reference upon The Chamber has issued an attractive book- occasion. This encyclopeclia will also be let explaining how it expetliles fordgll the depository ot mnch nnpublished mate- trade, which will be sent on rec~nest,as well riill From the subscril~ers' own laboratories as sample copies of the Swedish-A~nericiln and libraries. In this work en~ghasisshall Trade Journal an(l the latest. annual report IJ~placed upon the phys~cal and chemical of the Chamber. properties of pure metal and alloys, the In the hearings before the Select Con- nlethods of measurement and analysis, alloy- mlttee on Reconstruction mtl Pl'otlucLlon, ing methods, and scrvice tests. 11. S. Senate, Ileld in the snmmer of 1820, S11c11 an organization should have much but jllst printed, there is this reference to more than the subscription valnc to com- one of the most highly clevelo~edAmericarl llanies intelligently attempting to increase special libraries, vix., that of L11e Bureau of the quality and uses of alloys, to rescarch Railway Econon~ica in Washington. Mr. associations, technical libraries and col- Daniel Willard, Presirlcnt of the Raltimor~e legcs. It will attempt to co-operate with and Ohlo R. R., is testifying ant1 he snys, emsting agencies pe~formingsuch a service 1). 128, vol. 1: "That bureau is supporter1 in a more limited way, such ns Ihe British by all of the railroads. It has estal)lisl~etl Institute of Metals.-(Chcm and Metallurgi- a library oi' many thousand pieces. It aims cal Engineering, December 29, 1920, p. 1271.) to keep in its library all up-lo-dato inrol'- Miss Edith Phail, Librarian of the Scovill mntlol~concerning Lransportai.ion matters in Nfg. Go., lVaterl)~iry,Conn., contrlbntes an this couniry and abroncl, and thc roads have annotaterl boohlist to the Bulletin i)ublished mado use of ~t to compile inl'ortn:ltlon i.1~11 monthly 111 the interest of the employes by would be of interest to all of thc milron(l~." the Scovill Forenlen's Association. The Data File Formerly "Timely Bibliographical Topics" "AIanual of Sugar Cowpan~es"is a valu- Tmvclers' Indemnity Co., I-Iartfortl, Co~lli. able statistical booklet on about thirty sugar The flrst part of the booklet tliscnsscs ncci- companies, their capitalization, proclnction dent causes, safeguards and safe ])riirllcc in and earning power, rll~i~dencls,worlcing capi- general. The seconcl part is derotetl to tal, directors, clc It is published by FH~Ytheoretical points L Co., 133 Front street, New Yorlc City. On Jnnunsy 26, the U. S. Employment OfFicinl 011 Man~al-~4 Glossary ol Oil Service released its first Issue of the 111dns Terms, is a 02 page boolilct issued b!: A. I,. trial Employment Survey Bulletin. Tlic Jolly & Co., Inc., 170 13roatlway, New Yorlt Rullctin conlprises tabulated data collcern- City. ing the estimated volume oC ~memployment IJse of Oils in Textiles, by Angustus H. in 182 principal industrial cities, nnrl a com- Gill, presents in compact form a mass of parison of induslrial emllloymcnt between material concerning lubricants uscd in tes- January, 1020, and January, 1027, 111 8G tile industry. Published in Boston "Tex- states. The I~bulal~onis accompanletl 1)s tiles," 1920, 54 gages. a commentary on conditions obtaining in The Consolidated Belting Co., Philadel- each district. phia, Pa., has issued a 2-1 p. 8vo. catalog g~v- An Aeronautic Trade Informat~o~~Rn~,enn in the usual specilications, and some prac- has been started for the Benefit ol readers tical formulas. The company announces by Aeronautics, the oldest journal clcvotetl that ~t clan lenovale worn out belts at small to the nilu us try. Address Aeronar~tlcs,6 ant1 cost. S Bouverie street, London, E. C A. Carl H. Pforxheilner & Co., 25 Bronc1 The British Ministry of Labor (Employ- street, New Yorlc City, have issnctl the ment Department) have just issued to nc- third etlition of Independent Oil Stoclts, countants leaflets explaining a. scher~~e 160 pages which it IS prol~oserlto pul into force d~lr- Rec~procatingEngines and Turhines, 124 ing the present emergency in order to facili- pages, will be sent free upon request to the tate payment of Unemployment Beneflt ant1 January, 1921 SPECIAL LIBRAnIES 235

Emergency Donalion. These leaflets ex- list of the business paper executives of the plain ihe conditions under which such pay- U. S., a listing of the newspapers of Eng- ments may be Inaclo, and it is intimated that land, Il'eh~l, and with cir- arrangements may be inacle with employers culatiolls antl advertising rates, a record of for the gaynlent of benefit or donation to ndvertlsing lmeage of the newspapers in 23 their elnployes clirect on behalf of the hIi11- .~mericancities for the years 1914 to 1920 istry of Labor. The circulars intimate that inclusive; a list of the c1aiIy newspapers of the Ministry of Labor conferrecl wit11 tile France and Belgium; American, British and presidents of the various societies of ac- French journalistic associations, list of ad- countants. vcrtising agencies of France, Great Britain The carning power of chain stores is dis- and the U. S.; 1920 U. S. and Canadian cassed in n circular issued by George H. daily newspaper suspensions; changes in Bnsr and Co., Equitable Building, New Porl: sellllig prices of daily newspapers of the City. U. S. and Canada; directory of special rep- West and Co., 147 Chestnut street, Phila- resentatives oC U. S. daily papers; 3920 leg- clelphin, have issued n comprehensive pam- islation affecting newspapers and advertis- phlet describing the history and properties ing; court rulings, 1920, affecting news- of the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. papers and advertising; list of schools of The Oil Digest is a new monthly publi- journalism, and a review of the outstanding cation devoted to news antl views of lead- boolts on journalism and advertising of 1920. ing exl~erts'and gublicat~onsin oil produc- L. S. Starrett & Co., great tool makers tion. It,is published by A. L. Jelly & Go, of Athol, Mass., have issued volume two of Inc., 170'B~oaclwny,New Yorlr: City. the Sturrett Data Book for Machinists. It Hasden, Stone & Co., 25 Broad street, will be forwarded upon receipt of 75 cents. New Yorlr City, have publislled a full statis- It contains tables of decimal equivalents, tictll study of four porphyry copper com- machine screw dimensions, tapers and 11mlies-the , Nevacln, Chino and Rny- angles, wire gage standards, etc. since their organization. The Chronology of Iron and Steel, com- lHis. J. A. Beeler, Consulting Engineer and piled by Steghen L. Goodale, and published Tramc Expert, 52 V~nderbiltavenue, New by the Pittsburgh Iron and Steel Foundries York City, on the 2Ktl1 of January, gave to Co., 1920, covers nearly 300 pages. It is a Mayor Van Noort of Paterson, N. J., a two valuablc reference boolr, a record of facts ~olnlneisel)ort 011 the traific problems of the pi esented after the fashion of annals. Public Service Corporation in that city and "Papem Relative to the Effect of Light offered recommendaLions to that corpora- upon the Eye, 3907-1903," is a bibliography tion. This report was reviewed in the appearing in the Transactions of the Illu- "Pnterson Morning Call" of , 1921. minating Engineering Society for December The 1920 soft con1 sliortage. Underlying 30, 1920, 11. 131, et seq. yeasons for it and how it was overcome. The Talc Inclustry in 1920, by R. B. Ladoo, T,ctLcr of George Otis Smith, Director of the was ~ssucdby thc U. S. Blweau of Mines U. S. Geological Survey, 16 p. 80. Published in January, 1921, in 6 folios. It contains by the Nationtll Coal Association, Washing- tables of consulnption in tlie U. S, and of ton, D. C'., January, 1931. production in the U. S. and elsemherc. The Open Sho11 Canlpaign is the title of California and the Japanese A compila- a comprehensive r&~ind of this subject tion of nrgun~entsadvertised in newspapers which mal;es 1111 the entire January nuin- by the American Coirilllittee of Justice in her of tho Social Service Bulletin published opposition to tlie Allen Land Lam. 1G pil.geS. montl~ly by the .1Iethoclist Feclerntion for A(li1ress American Committee of Justice, Social Scwice, 150 Fifth avenue, New York 1904 Adeline street, Oa1~1ani1, Cal City. Price, 50 cents a Scar. 4 Cll~nesoWool and Leather Industries 'I'he ComiLG-Central cles Ilouilleres de Co~nmiss~onwas recently appoirlted by the France (Pans), which has heretofore pub- President The new body will devote its lished three serials, viz., Bulletins, Circu- alteiition to the introductioll and encouraqc- laires and Notes Techniques, in Janu~ry, merit of scientific animal husl~andry, cer- 192.1, coml~inedthese serials into one under taillly FL virgin field in Chlna. While the the title 1.n Revue de YIndustrie 3IinGl'ale lines along which the Coll~missiollproposes Ed~torand Publisher has just issucd its to ~orliare not yet lrnown, it is understood Ii~ter~lntionalScar Book Number 1920-21. that tul in~portantfeature oC its work will Thls is the first gresentntion of this Year be to rlevise means for lentling financial T3ooL. It is 11111 of meat. The irjumbcr goes assistance to those desiring to engage in as pnrL of the regular subscription, viz., $3 stock rnislng or animal industries. pcr yeilr. The outstanding feature is the The Commission will also study, select coml)lete clireclory oC the executive heads and purchase high grade animals of both (pul)lisher, eclitor, managing editor, general domestic and foreign origin, and dispose of inanager, business manager, advertising the Sam0 to enterprisers in this field at mamtLgeiS ant1 circnlatioa manager) of all cost. ~t will establish and conduct expert- the daily papers of the U. S, and Callaan, a illelit stations which will study the best 236 SPECIAL LIBRA RIES Januarv, 1921 methods of producing and manufacturing Editor and Publisher of , 1921, the various grod~~ctsof animal husbantlrs. announces that a bill to provlcle a m~unicipal In this connection tlie Commission will in- journal for Buffalo will be introduced in yestigate what has been done abroad, par- the Assenibly at Allmny this session. tlcularly in the eq~~ipmentof factories ancl A few copies of the Svenslc Industrie Ex- nlethods of gathering, classifying, applying gortlcalender for 1920-1921, Lhe latest ancl and disseminating information on the wool most comgrehensive trnrle dlrectory issued and leather industries of the world. Ulti- by the General Export Assn, of Sweclen, mately ~t is proposed to introduce export have been sent to the office of the Swedish wool and leather inspection Chamber ol Co~nn~erce,Produce Exchange The Mining Bureau of the Japnnese GOV- Bldg., New York City, for the convenience erninent has now practically completed the of those who may desire to bny a cogp. draft of a new mining law on the basis of The Paciflc International Trade Year the resolutions passed by the recent Inter- Book for 1920-1921 (Porn~eslythe Japanese national Labor Conference at Washington. American Year Book), 3rd ed., has been The priiic~yalpoints dealt with in the new issued by the Japanese Chamber of Com- law are ~neans of making effective the merce, 444 Bush street, San Ih'ancisco, Cnl. 8-hour day for all classes of workers, the Price is $3 per copy. prohibition of the employment of women and Schwartxe, Bnchannn & Co., wool brolcers, children in pits and the prohibition of night Noorgate Rniltlings, London, E. C., have worli for women and children. Little men- issued their annrlal report on wool for 1920. lion is made of the subject of mine acci- The New Europe, a well-linown London dents, the i~nportanceof which IS attested review of European pol~lics conducted IJY by several great ~nlncdisasters reported in Dr Seton W:ltson and 4. I?. Wllyte, llns recent months. just pnblished its last number. In n short M~neowners clo not regard the groposecl career of four years, it has exerc~setl an lilw with favor. It is claimed that pit influence far beyontl the inost s:ungume ex- worltei-s are already on an S-how basis, pectat~ons of its founclers, and there will ~orliingin tliree shifts. Other mine en]- be a great nnml~ernl people in all conn- ployes worli from 10 to 12 hours a dLly in tries who will regrel its disal)~earance. two shlfts, and the proposed law aonld The January-February issw of Boston nwessitnte another shift, at the same time Blue Bulletin, i~ul~lishetlby 1-1111, Clnrlie Xz that pic~ce-worlie~swonld have their com- Co., Tnc., contains n very tlttrxctivc ancl l~ensation rednced by reduced worliin~ libei'ally illustrated story of the tmnsitio~~ time Other objections inclucle the loss o' ol local transportation in Boston from x~orliI)!. monlen resolting from tlie clause coat h and omnibus to electric. against the~remployment in pits, the 111- Special librarians connected with sngar creased espenscs for men to replace women interests shoulil scnt for IT. S. Agric~~ltnrnl and reduced production I~ecanseof the pro- Dqxlrtuient's press relense of Fel)raa~';\.?, 1iil)ition of night worli 1921. It relales to the mannl'acture ot' IVorlting Rnck to Normal is Lhe title ot sugar fro111 sweet l~olnloes The Del)al't.. an ntltlrers made by the Holi. W. P. G. lnellt is estal)lisl~lnga suaar production unil H;~idin:, (;ovenlor of the Federal Reserve at Il'ltzgerald, Ga. ]

Census of The Catalog Section of the A. L. A. is nncl position and salary desired. If the lllost anxious to harc a co~ngletelist of tho inlol-mation IS sent on a calaloa ct~rrl,with c:rtaloee?s of the country, and takes th~s nanle inverted for filin~,ihe aid will be 1ne:ins of getting a registrnlion. Pleasc n11~1'ecItltetl. Address Ellen $1. Chandler, scnrl 3 onr name, address, position, ednrntion, Chaivnlan Catalog Section A. T,, A, Buff;~lo Irai~~mg,experience, speciill line of ~~osli,Pul~lic Llljrt~ry, Buffalo, N. Y csti-., inclr~d~ng,~l yon will, salary receiver1