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Business Service in Public Libraries Edtilartl F. Fenner

Social Science Library for Advertising MaryJane (irunsfeld

State Manual Procurement Guide Donitld 0. Hotaling

Special Library Problems Illinois Chapter Education Program Shirley F. Harper uitd Elizabeth F. Kienttle ifs the new MicrocardReader

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writeArransernenrs havo bees made aith Kodak Ltd at EngI:lnd to produce a s~rnrlar reada. Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements New Books from Dutton for every library

India and Pakistan By 0. H. K. SPATE -The only up-to-date social and regional geography of a vital area - birthplace of ancient religions and philosophies - core of our future problems in the East. 156 text maps. September 30 $12.75 Modern German History By PROFESSOR RALPH FLENLEY-The most comprehensive single volume of German history on the market. Covers political, economic, social and cultural factors that influenced modern Germany. With photographs and maps. July 23 $6.00 Geography from the Air By F. WALKER - The first book in English to explain and illustrate fully the use of air photography in the study of geography. With 96 plates and 3 diagrams. September 2 $7.50 Historical Metrology A New Analysis of the Archeology and the Historical Evidence Relating to Weights and Measures By A. E. BERRZMAN-The fascinating history of our civilization as written in its units of measurement. Illustrated with 44 photographs and 37 maps, drawings and diagrams. July 24 $3.75 Society and the Homosexual By GORDON WESTWOOD - Introduction by DR. EDWARD GLOVER -The first forthright, intelligent treatment of homosexuality - its causes, treatment and chances of cure, what society can do about it. July 24 $3.00 "Hey, Can't You Forget Business?" Wall Street Journal Cartoons Selected by CHARLES PRESTON-Exuberant cartoons, burlesquing every type of business and office activity. September 25 $3.00 Travels in Jewry By ISRAEL COHEN- Jewish life throughout Europe and Asia. A Baedeker by a distinguished author -of the great strongholds of an ancient tradition. 21 photographs. July 20 $5.00 E. P. DUTTON & CO., INC. 300 Fourth Avenue, New York 10, N. Y.

Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION "Putting Knowledge to Work" THE FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SLA CONVENTION WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 77-20, 1954 AT THE NETHERLANDS-PLAZA HOTEL, CINCINNATI, OHIO

OFFICERS PUBLICATIONS President MRS. LUCILE L. KECK Aviation Subject Headings. 1949 $1.75 Joint Reference Library, Chicago, Ill. A Brief for Corporation Libraries. 1949 $1.75 First Vice-president and President-Elect Classification Scheme and Sub- GRETCHEND. LITTLE ject Headings List Loan Col- Atlas Powder Company, Wilmington, Del lection of SLA. Rev. Ed. 1951 $1.50 Second Vice-president Contributions Toward A Special CATHERINEJ. CURRAN Library Glossary. 2nd Ed. 1950 $1.25 Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York New York, New York Creation and Development of an Insurance Library. Rev. Ed. 1949 $2.00 Secretary Fakes and Forgeries in the Fine AGNES0. HANSON Arts. 1950 $1.75 Business Information Bureau Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio List of Subject Headings for Chemistry Libraries. 1945 $1.50 Treasurer EDWARDH. FENNER Nicknames of American Cities, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md. Towns and Villages Past and Present. 1951 $2.00 DIRECTORS Numerical Index to the Bibli- KENNETHH. FAGERHAUGH ography of Scientific and In- Carnegie Institute of Technology dustrial Reports, Vols. 1-10. 1949 $10.00 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Our Library. Visual Presentation. 1953 $10.00 HELEN M. PYLE SLA Directory of Members. 1951 $4.00 Sun Oil Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MRS. EUGENIAT. PROKOP Social Welfare: A List of Sub- 144 Elmwood Avenue ject Headings in Social Work Evanston, Illinois and Public Welfare. 1937 $1.00 MRS. NELL STEINMETZ Source List of Selected Labor Pacific Aeronautical Library Statistics. Rev. Ed. 1953 $2.00 Los Angeles, California SLA 1950 Transactions. 1951 $5.00 EUGENEB. JACKSON National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics special Library Resources, Vols. Washington, D. C. 2-4. 1946-1947 $22.90 CLARAG. MILLER Imperial Oil, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Subject Headings for ical Eneineerine- - Libraries. 1949 $4.00 Immediate Past-President ELIZABETHFERGUSON Technical Libraries, Their Or- Institute of Life Insurance, New York, N. Y. ganization and Management. I951 $6.00

OFFICIAL JOURNAL SPECIAL LIBRARIES,published monthly Sep- SPECIAL LIBRARIES tember to April, bi-monthly May to August, by Special Libraries Association, Editorial Offices, 31 East Tenth Street, New York 3, SPONSORED PERIODICAL N. Y. Publication Office: Rea Building, TECHNICAL BOOK REVIEW INDEX 104 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Subscription, $7.50 a year ($8.00 Foreign) SUBSCRIPTIONS:$7 a year; foreign $7.50; MEMBERSHIPDUES SCHEDULE:Institutional, 75 cents. $30; Active, $10; Associate, $5; Student, MANUSCRIPTSsubmitted for publication must $2; Sustaining, $50; Life, $250. be typed, double space, on only one side of the paper. Mail manuscripts to Editor. For qualifications, privileges and further information, write to the Executive Secre- REPRINTSmay be ordered immediately prior tary, Special Libraries Association, 31 East to or on date of publication. Send reprint Tenth Street, New York 3, N. Y. orders to Editorial Offices.

Entered as second-class matter February 5, 1947, at the Post Office in Pittsburgh. Pa.. under the Act of March 3, 1819. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28, 1925, authorized February 5, 1947. Special Libraries OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION

Indexed in Industrial Arts Index, Public Affairs Information Service, and Library Literature

CONTENTS FEATURE ARTICLES A Social Science Library for Advertising . MARY-JANEGRUNSFELD 219 Business Service in Public Libraries . EDWARDH. FENNER222 State Manual Procurement Guide . DONALD0. HOTALING228 Librarians and Their Problems ...... 233

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION President's Message ...... LUCILE L. KECK 2 17 Special Library Problems: Illinois Chapter Education Program SHIRLEYF. HARPERAND ELIZABETHF. KIENTZLE 236 SLA Nominating Committee ...... 242 Union List of Serials: Interim Report . BETTYJOY COLE 243

DEPARTMENTS Chapter Highlights, 244; Have You Heard, 245; Off the Press, 249; Pamphlets Available, 250; Letters to the Editor, 251

Editorial Board Chairman: ALMA CLARVOEMITCHILL CHESTERM. LEWIS ERNESTF. SPITZER Ex Officio: LUCILLEJACKSON

Editorial Staff Editor: DORARICHMAN Business Manager: MRS.KATHLEEN B. STEBBINS

Regional Representatives MIDDLE WEST: MARIONE. WELLS WEST: ISABELLAM. FROST SOUTH: MRS.LOUISE T. JACKSON CANADA: GRACEREYNOLDS

The articles which appear in SPECIALLIBRARIES express the views of the authors, and do not necessarily represent the opinion or the policy of the editorial staff or the publisher. Contents, copyright, 1953, by Special Libraries Association. Headquarters, 31 East Tenth Street, New York 3, New York. Announcing - DISASTER ON YOUR DOORSTEP By PAULW. KEARNEY Foreword by PERCYBUGBEE, National Fire Protection Association

A startling expose oi today's public fire losses - which cost the American tax- payer $750,000,000 a year. Containing graphic accounts of several famous big fires, this book "contributes some fine documentation for those who want to do something about it. He gives chapter and verse on inadequate inspection, political corruption in fire departments, faulty building, obsolete equipment and public apathy . . ." -BURTON CRANE,New York Times. $3.00

SUPERVISING PEOPLE 1953 Revised Edition By GEORGED. HALSEY,Author of "Handbook of Personnel Management," etc. Up-to-date revision of a standard training manual for all kinds of supervisors - fore- men in shops and mills, section heads in offices, assistant buyers and floor managers in retail stores. Now includes new material on employee merit rating and the use of tests in the selection of employees, and an entirely new chapter on "Two-way Communication." $3.00 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SUCCESSFUL SELLING By RICHARDW. HUSBAND,Author of "Applied Psychology" "For the new or veteran salesman, for the young or mature executive here is a book that brings a truly fresh challenge to attain greater business success from securing new insights in the selling process." - FRANCISL. MERRITT,Vice President, Central Life Assurance Co. A professional psychologist who has had first-hand selling experience applies sound psychological knowledge to the actual hour-by-hour problems of all kinds of salesmen. $3.95

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BUSINESSMAN By HOWARDR. BOWEN,Professor of Economics, Williams College What responsibilities to society should the American business executive reasonably be expected to assume? What tangible benefits might result from general acceptance of such responsibilities by those at the top in the business world? Businessmen, economists, clergymen and especially lay groups in the churches will find here a penetrating exploration of these timely questions, offering a long-needed basis for both discussion and action. Volume 3 in "The Ethics and Economics of Society" Series. $3.50

AT YOUR BOOKSTORE OR FROM

49 E. 33rd Street HARPER & BROTHERS New York 16, N. Y. Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements Midsummer Thoughts of a Newly Elected President

The annual conference of the two largest associations of librarians are about to convene as these first words of greeting to SLA members are being penned . . . How diverse and yet how similar are out interests. In SLA we are banded together as specialists to foster analytical service in particular subject fields. But certain of our interests as librarians fall only within the broader scope of librarianship as a whole . . . for instance, intellectual freedom, as the focus on the "burning of the books" at this moment in history attests . . . In the Illinois Chapter we were privileged in May to hear Dr. John A. Lapp, one of our founders and the author of our slogan, "Putting Knowl- edge to Work," reminisce about the pioneer days of this Association (n.b., he says he misses the slogan on the cover of SPITCIAT.Td1~R4R1~s. Remember to speak to the Editor and ask what has become of it. Surely it has stood the test of time) . . . Special librarianship has had praiseworthy recognition from the Grad- uate Library School of the University of Chicago this summer through an invitation to a group of special librarians to participate in a workshop , on the core curriculum in mid-August . . . It is interesting to review the experience of members of the new Executive Board and to note that although the majority of them are now librarians of organizations devoted to science and technology, most of them have previously held positions in other special fields or in general libraries . . . This breadth of experience will combine to lead the Asso- ciation through the year ahead. LUCILEL. KECK, President LUCILE L. KECK SLA's New President A brief biographical sketch of the Association's president for 1953- 1954, giving the highlights in the career of an outstanding exponent of dedicated library service.

The bare bones of our records in ''Who's vho" Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities at never reveal the personality behind the dates and Northwestern University, headed by the scholarly places. For this reason we attempt here to fill in economist, Professor Richard Ely. In May of 1932 for you something of the background of that she became the first librarian of the newly estab- special librarian and very special person, Lucile lished Joint Reference Library. Founded as an ex- Keck, our new president. periment in cooperation among several associations with similar fields of work, the Joint Reference A native of Watertown, Wisconsin, Lucile Keck has Library grew under Mrs. Keck's direction to its roots deep in the Midwestern tradition of educa- present size and scope. She and the library now tion and culture that is a part of our democratic serve seventeen public administration organizations American heritage. A product of the best in pub- in the building on the Midway, known as "1313". lic education and a home in which cultural stimulus was taken for granted, she found inspiration in the Lucile Keck's talents have not gone unnoticed. intellectual ferment which characterized the Uni- She has often been in demand for surveys of libra- versity of Wisconsin of the early 1920's. There ries, for the editing and criticism of library litera- she learned from such people as William Ellery ture, for the teaching of courses in the care and Leonard, the poet, and from such devoted librarians use of ephemeral and fugitive materials. She and teachers of librarianship as May Hazeltine. In taught for three terms at the Graduate Library 1920 she was graduated from the University with School of the University of Chicago, has made sur- the degree of Bachelor of Arts, (Phi Beta Kappa) veys of such widely different types of libraries as and a certificate from the Wisconsin Library School. those of associations and of universities. While Lucile Keck's library career illustrates admirably chairman of the Social Science Division of the her conviction that members of our profession can Special Libraries Association Mrs. Keck was editor adapt themselves to varied situations, special or of that division's Public Adrnirri.stmtion Libraries, general. Her first appointment was as circulation n Manun1 o/ Prc~rticr, published in 1934 and assistant in the New York Public Library. The revised in 1948. For two terms she was president following year she went to work as indexer for the of Illinois Chapter. She has served on innumerable Kerrder's Guide. After three years of valuable committees, has been Group Liaison Officer, Vice- and stimulating apprenticeship in New York she President in 1937-39 and an elected Board member returned to Chicago to work as research librarian in 1951-52 prior to her nomination to the presi- for the book department of Marshall Field and dency. All these things she has done since she Company. With this she may be said to have begun became a member of our Association in 1932. her special library careel Further, she has been an enthusiastic member of the American Library Association for many years, Romance then intervened to bring about her has served on several of its committees and boards marriage to George Fred Keck, the architect. They in the fields of public documents, education for had been childhood friends in Watertown. In fact, librarianship and many others too numerous to he might be said to have given distinct encourage- mention here. In addition to these activities she ment to her natural interest in books when for her is a member of other organizations appropriate to seventh birthday, he presented her with a volume her field, such as the American Society for Public of Bacon's Essays. Throughout their marriage she Administration and the American Political Science has maintained a home dedicated to gracious en- Association. tertainment of their many friends. Last fall Mr. and Mrs. Keck fulfilled a longstanding dream when Lucile Keck is a person who knows librarianship, they revisited England and the Continent where who believes firmly in its scientific application, its together they viewed the glorious architecture of public responsibilities, and its diplomatic practice. the old world and the great libraries of Europe. For her the meaning of the presidency of SLA By 1928 Mrs. Keck was firmly settled in the will be the implementation of our slogan, "Putting special library field as librarian of the Institute for Knowledge to Work".

SPECIAL LIBRARIES A Social Science Library For Advertising

MARY-JANE GRUNSFELD Creative Research Analyst, Weiss & Geller, Znc., Chicago

DVERTISERS today find it increas- they may act? Why do they respond or A ingly difficult to compete effective- not respond to this or that appeal? ly in the market place of selling ideas. He came up with a conclusion so The startling claims of "new . . . the simple that one wonders why it is still best . . . no other" reach a tired and considered novel in the advertising blasC public, as Fortune magazine re- field. He decided to find out from the cently pointed out. "It sounds like a people who knew the answers, the best commercial," the consumers say. Ap- contemporary sources for knowledge of peals that were once powerful have human behavior and human motiva- long since lost their magic. Yet much tions. He turned to the social sciences advertising continues with the same to see if what they had to offer could stereotypes that were standard appeals be put to practical use by the agency fifty years ago. to sell more goods for its clients. The problem of the advertiser is to present the product or service he is Understanding Human Motivations marketing in more convincing terms Weiss and Geller literally went back than his competitors, for his competitors to school. Or, more exactly, it brought sell the same kinds of goods and serv- "school" to the agency; for agency per- ices. The copywriter in search of an sonnel cannot be expected to attend idea is beset by this predicament: university courses and dig into outside Everything that can be said about soaps libraries to find appropriate reading and beer and chewing gum has already material in each of the social science appeared on the boards. How can he fields. Social scientists from different possibly find a new appeal? What gim- specialties conduct courses for the staff mick can he invent to catch the eye -not only for the research and cre- and allure the consumer? Many adver- ative departments, but for all person- tisers are forced to rely mainly on the nel in the agency. This is the basic sheer weight of their advertising to orientation program - a very lively keep their goods competitive. classroom. The courses and special lectures are sometimes designed for gen- The Need for a New Approach eral background and learning in a field; Confronted with the problem of help- sometimes the social science "expert" ing his creative staff to develop new, and the staff jointly explore specific fresh, more convincing copy appeals in advertising and sales problems in small this era of stereotypes and increasing discussion groups. competitiveness, Edward H. Weiss, president of Weiss and Geller, Inc., put Library Collection some very simple questions to himself: The library was at first instituted to What is the "mass market?" Who provide background reading for the are these people and how do they feel staff. It contains material in anthro- about the products and services we try pology, sociology, social psycho 1o g y, to sell them? What influences bear up- psychology, and psychoanalysis, as well on them, as 'individuals and in groups, as in the field of communication and to determine how they feel and how opinion research.

JULY - AUGUST 1953 The "core" collection includes some of the "classics" in each of these fields. But the emphasis has not been to as- semble books merely for the cultural enlightenment of the agency staff. The chief concern has been to bring the best contemporary thinking and studies on human motivation and on American society together to provoke our own inquiry and to infuse into advertising a fuller and better understanding of the mysterious ways of the human mind. Specialists are consulted on the selection of materials in each of the fields; and the resulting collection is predomi- Research Aid nantly material published within the The agency approaches its creative past few decades. task from two sides-through under- The language of the social sciences standing of the people it expects to is sometimes a formidable barrier to reach and through a better insight into the layman. While we have a good se- the underlying appeals peculiar to the lection of introductory texts and books products or services it hopes to sell directed to lay audiences, much of the them. In developing each creative idea, best material is technical, written for we employ four important research specialists or with purposes far differ- steps in which the library serves as an ent from its possible application to cre- important aid. ative advertising ideas. The social sci- On each of our advertising prob- ence sessions and experience in using lems, we first consult various social the library help to break down these scientists to get their ideas on the language barriers and make the appli- social and psychological factors related cations of social science theory on ad- to the specific product-what human vertising problems clearer for the whole motivations, both conscious and uncon- group. Our experience has been that scious, are involved. In simpler words, the social science meetings stimulate we ask them why people chew gum or reading, and reading stimulates further drink beer or curl their hair or trade in questions and, therefore, further courses perfectly good automobiles for new and special lectures. ones. Because Chicago is a notable so- The library's continuing growth is cial science center, we are fortunate in guided by a two-fold policy of supply- being able to select specialists whose ing the special needs of the creative experience best relates to the specific staff as they arise and of acquiring sig- inquiry we are making. nificant material from among current We then conduct a psychological publications, in anticipation of future study among consumers. Our "depth in- needs. As an example of meeting a terviews" and tests are designed to get special need, the agency's acquisition of at people's total attitudes, including an account for a child's product, recent- buried ideas and associations about the ly, determined the selection of a num- product and about the part of their ber of books on child development, lives the product affects. parent-child relationships, and special With this material gathered and cor- phases of childhood. Thus the whole related, we are then ready for the final staff, and not merely the research de- and crucial step of translating our find- partment, is prepared to discuss the ings into advertising copy. Here, the specific product with an understanding essence of the problem is to build a of the audience it is to reach. bridge between knowledge of human

220 SPECIAL LIBRARIES dynamics and the copywriter's desk. ing people could not be expected to The copy platform for each product is take office time for leisurely browsing the result of this working together of through the shelves to find that Ralph an oriented creative staff with the re- Linton's Study of Man is an introduc- search department. tion to anthropology, but that Gardner Murphy's Personality deals with the Evaluation Studies forces which determine an individual's Finally, evaluation studies of the ef- development. fectiveness of our advertising are made, An annotated list was therefore is- also, by depth interviewing and projec- sued to each staff member. His pre- tive techniques. We do not rely on liminary browsing could be done at his measurements that show how many desk or at home. He could come to the people see an ad and "remember" it, library with questions about the books nor how many people say they "liked he felt might best fit his particular in- it." We try to evaluate campaigns by terest or need. The list was a great suc- learning also just how and why par- cess. Everyone, from the office boy to ticular ads speak to people's particular the top executives, had copies, and re- needs and wishes. Naturally, question- quests for special readings on a great naires are easier to tabulate than our variety of subjects poured into the li- interviews are to interpret. But from brary. At the suggestion of one of the the "free associations" and "projections" copywriters, a list of "starters" in each of our respondents, we find the "hows" of the fields was compiled, and people and "whys" much more illuminating who felt they would like a systematic than the pollsters' "how manys." reading course to survey the various In these research areas, the library fields began their weekend studies. performs two most important functions. We must keep in touch with contemporary studies in the fields of testing Library Service to Clients and interviewing techniques; and sec- The agency invites its clients to use ondly, we search the literature for pos- the library and sends them copies of sible supplementation of the informa- the annotated list. Clients are also in- tion from our consultants. vited to attend some of the lectures and discussions in the Social Science Course A study on cleanliness, undertaken three years ago before the Social Sci- series. They have found this combined service helpful, both for their own back- ence Library was instituted, sent us far ground information and for the better and wide to other special collections for our data. Our own collection now understanding of those specific problems that the agency and the clients serves as a reference source for at attempt to work out together. In the least the preliminary work appropriate offices of one of our clients, so many to the scope of our exploration. Since requests for reading suggestions and for our purpose is not academic, we do not particular volumes came from his staff, need a highly technical and exhaustive collection in any single field. that one person was appointed as "request center" to coordinate withdrawals Annotated List and returns from the agency library. When the books were first assembled, Meanwhile, word about the library simple author cards were set up into a spread, and requests began to come catalog. It was soon discovered, how- from university departments, colleagues ever, that the maze of titles and authors in advertising and other businesses, and on the shelves could be more baffling psychology and advertisin g students than helpful to the staff unless there throughout the country. The library were some guide to suggest the con- listing continues to have a circulation tents more specifically. Busy advertis- far beyond the office doors.

JULY - AUGUST 1953 Business Service in Public Libraries"'

EDWARDH. FENNER Head, Business and Economics Department, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md.

T IS SIGNIFICANT to note the rela- of public libraries established business I tively rapid growth of business li- and technology departments. The Min- brary service in public libraries during neapolis ( Minnesota ) Business and the past decade. The growing aware- Municipal Branch, established in 19 16, ness of the need for such service on the was the second separate branch to give part of business, industrial, and labor business service. groups, and an increasing demand from Despite the reduced appropriations the public, has led public library ad- of public libraries during the early thir- ministrators to develop and expand ties, and notwithstanding the crowded this specialized library service. conditions within these libraries, the History need for establishing departments offering business service grew steadily The earliest attempt to give business more acute. World War I1 and the service was in 1904, when John Cotton years following saw a rapid increase in Dana established the first public busi- the growth of such departments in pub- ness branch library in Newark, New lic libraries throughout the country. At Jersey. This library was located in a the present time there are approxi- small store with a limited collection of mately seventy public libraries that current business books, trade and tele- have established specialized business phone directories, business and financial service. services and periodicals. The library was under the supervision of Sarah Establishing Business Service Ball who was aided by one full-time Many public libraries report a con- and one part-time assistant. tinuing demand for business service In 1910, John Cotton Dana wrote a and, in some cases, community busi- pamphlet, The Business Branch (Amer- ness groups have donated sums of ican Library Economy Series) which money to assist the library in provid- was published as a guide and stimulant ing business service through the pur- for the development of business de- chase of books, specialized services and partments in other public libraries periodicals. throughout the country. Up to this The prevailing practice of organiz- time, only a few large corporations had ing business service is to establish a provided specialized library service to separate department in the main libra- meet their own needs. Now, for the first ry building. There is widespread ac- time, a public library was making such ceptance of this organization pattern service available to the local business when the main library building is lo- man. cated near the business section of town. In 1911, the New York Public Li- It costs less and it is simpler to operate brary established the Economics Di- a separate department in the main li- vision of its Reference Department, brary building than to give business and during the next decade a number service in a separate branch. Where space within the library is at a premium, li- * Abstracted from a thesis accepted for the degree of MS. in L.S., School of Library braries have allotted a special section Service, Columbia University, 1952. or an alcove in the circulation or refer-

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ence department for providing specialized business service. Practically all large cities have included such service in their public libraries, although size of population is not the only factor considered in establishing special library service for business. Cities with strong manufacturing, industrial and commercial interests have discovered the potentials of established sources of pertinent business information kept up to date and accessible in local public libraries.

Book Selection The business library's policy on book selection is affected primarily by the size of the clientele it serves, and by the library's proximity to other sources providing business information, such as discarding older editions or transferring corporation libraries and college and them to the general collections in their university libraries. The Kirstein Busi- main libraries. ness Branch in Boston is ideally lo- The extent to which each library can cated. It also has the advantage of build up its business book and peri- working closely with both the Business odical collection depends basically on Library at Harvard University and the two factors: size of appropriation and Business Historical Research Library space available in the branch. in Boston. The Brooklyn and Newark All libraries purchase Moody's Zn- business libraries have the advantage vestors Service manuals and a majority of calling on the New York Public Li- of them keep complete back files of brary, a noted research library; they these manuals. If the budget permits also have access to numerous private and if extended service is possible, li- business libraries in the metropolitan braries purchase additional investment area of New York. services such as Moody's Stock and When business libraries are sepa- Bond Survey, Standard and Poor's Cor- rated from the main library building poration Records and Standard and they are often forced, in most cases, to Poor's Outlook. duplicate basic general reference mate- There is increased demand for cur- rial available in the central collection rent business services, such as those and which is not necessarily included published by Commerce Clearing in general branch libraries where the House, Inc. and Prentice-Hall, Inc. Con- business branches are located. stant requests for current, up-to-the- The selection of the book collection minute information on government con- is influenced also by the special needs trols and contracts, labor and taxes of the city's industrial development make it imperative that a business li- and by the type of library organization brary subscribe to two or more services. already in effect. Libraries report that The choice between Commerce Clear- they try to cover all subjects for which ing House, Inc. and Prentice-Hall, Inc. .a need exists. They try to select mate- business services in the same fields is ria! of practical and current demand still a matter of personal choice be- for the business man's use. With this in tween librarians and their patrons. mind, the libraries report a constant Trade, city and telephone directories weeding of their collections-usually are of prime importance in any business

JULY - AUGUST 1953 library. They fill a great variety of used from the Dewey scheme are: 310- needs for quick reference or evaluation 319, 330's, 368, 380's and the 650's. of information. Since directories are Some collections also contain material expensive, some business libraries are in the field of technology and municipal forced to curtail their buying of this affairs. type of material. City directories, more Business Library Patrons detailed than telephone directories and At least fifty percent more men than much more expensive, are used to a women use branches where specialized somewhat lesser degree. Libraries are business service is given. The San Fran- more likely to buy city directories of cisco Business Branch reports that nine- local interest and to acquire the direc- ty-five percent of its users are men. The tories of some of the larger cities in the Minneapolis Business Branch states country as funds permit. that many of the women using the It is interesting to note the treat- Branch are secretaries and stenogra- ment of such material and the extent phers obtaining information for male of back files. On the average, trade di- borrowers. The South Bend Business rectories are kept for not more than and Technical Department caters to a two years, while city and telephone di- large unskilled worker group. The other rectories are kept only currently, with libraries serve white collar and skilled the possible exception of libraries de- worker groups chiefly. The predominate siring to keep local directories for his- ranking by all libraries is white collar, torical interest. professional and managerial, the skilled Cataloging worker and the unskilled worker groups, Business libraries may catalog be- in that order, as the main users of the tween seventy-five percent and ninety- business branch of the library. five percent of their book collection. Although there are no figures avail- In the Newark Business Branch, only able, an increasing number of special ten percent of the book collection is librarians rely on public library collec- cataloged. tions of specialized business reference Between seventy-five and eighty per- materials to supplement the information cent of the trade directories in the col- available in their own private collections. lection may be cataloged. The major Lack of space and a limited budget exceptions to this practice are: Newark, compel the specia! librarian to be ex- which does not catalog them at all and tremely selective. As a consequence, it discards them after two years; and is characterist~cof many special collec- Minneapolis, which catalogs all its trade tions that they are highly concentrated directories, reports that it, too, discbrds and developed sources of information in them every two years. their chosen fields. The special librarian Many libraries do not catalog either turns, therefore, to the more extensive city or telephone directories. However, holdings of the larger collections for Minneapolis does catalog them all and related and general information. prepares an analysis of the cities in- An interesting and growing trend has cluded, as does Newark. been the collaboration of complement- The Dewey classification scheme is ary interests when the p-.~bliclibrary almost universal. However, the Kirstein calls on the special library for informa- Business Branch in Boston uses the tion unique and obtainable only from Library of Congress "H" schedule chief- the smaller collection. ly, with some of the "T" schedule for industrial management subjects, while Reference Work the Albany Business Branch uses the Reference work for patrons of a busi- Muskegon, Michigan, classification of ness library calls for intensive knowl- 1923 for its 650's only and Dewey for edge of special collections and informa- everything else. The classifications most tion resources. Much of the work is car-

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ried on by telephone, although many for quick and easy reference use as patrons, usually secretaries and other needed. It is possible also to call on the office workers, come from nearby of- regular reference personnel to cover fices. Telephone questions play an im- desk hours when the business depart- portant part in the business reference ment is understaffed. work at Newark. Libraries everywhere Departments may be called Tech- report an increase in the use of the nology Departments, Science and Tech- telephone by patrons requesting busi- nology Departments, Industri a1 and ness information. Business Departments, Business and Some requests are received by mail Municipal Departments, or Business and these letters come from various and Economics Departments. The spe- parts of the country. The business li- cial collections may include material brary that publicizes its services re- on business, economics, labor, science, ceives more requests for information technology and municipal affairs. through the mail. For this reason an There are some interesting examples inquirer may by-pass his own city li- of unusual combinations of specialized brary even though it gives excellent work with business groups. For in- business service. stance, the Economics Division of the Ordering and Purchasing New York Public Library, though a division of the Reference Department, The business branch library main- is located in a separate room having a tains a close cooperation with the refer- collection of six hundred thousand vol- ence department of the main library umes and draws upon at least five di- and makes frequent use of intra-library visions in the library in serving busi- loan. ness. Its work with labor unions is Generally, all ordering and catalog- handled as a separate section under the ing of material is done through the main Extension Division. library's processing division. However, While branches located outside the Kirstein Business Branch does its own main library conform generally to hours cataloging and classification, and the of service observed by business con- South Bend Business and Industrial De- cerns, departments in the main library partment operates as an isolated unit in building are governed by the hours the the ordering, purchasing, cataloging and main library is open, usually from nine processing of business materials. to nine, six days a week. This difference Most business libraries assist the provides a longer period of service to general branches in recommending book business men at times when their office purchases in this specialized field and schedules may not permit them to take also answer business questions when time out to telephone or to investigate such assistance is requested by the in person a problem of interest to branches. them. Main Library Business Service Collections vary from 2,500 volumes Many libraries prefer to establish to over 50,000 volumes, with the Eco- their business service within the main nomics Division of the New York Pub- library building rather than to estab- lic Library far surpassing other libra- lish separate business branches. This is ries with its collection of 600,000 vol- true especially when the main library umes. building is accessible to the business Some libraries receive annual contri- center of the city. There is also an butions towards the purchase of books. economy factor, since overhead and Baltimore receives annually $600 for operating costs of a department are books and periodicals from the Mary- considerably less than for a separate land Association of Certified Public Ac- business brerlch. Moreover, the entire countants and the Baltimore Life Un- resources of the library are available derwriters; Grand Rapids, Michigan, re-

JULY - AUGUST 1953 225 ceives $50 annually from the National maintaining business service depart- Association of Cost Accountants; Pe- ments are partial or full depositories for oria, Illinois, receives $60 annually for United States government documents. the purchase of books from the Peoria Business and investment services are Advertising and Selling Club; and, To- indispensable for business information. ledo, Ohio, receives a total of $85 from Since these services are frequently too the Foreman's Club and the American expensive for purchase by the average Society for Quality Control. business man, the library is in a posi- In departments where the space prob- tion to perform a unique service giving lem is acute, the collection is weeded it widespread recognition. constantly. Most libraries report that The three business services most fre- they can keep only the latest editions quently purchased include Moody's Zn- of books, discarding older editions in vestors Service manua 1s, Commerce all cases except those of established Clearing House, Znc. Emergency Busi- standard works. ness Service, and Kiplinger's Washing- Departments report that they have ton Letter. their collections cataloged from ninety to one hundred percent, with a ma- Business Department Users jority of them having over ninety-five A business department operating in percent of their collections cataloged. the main library building serves a more This is much more than that of the sep- diversified group than does the separate units already discussed which arate branch business library. have had only about seventy-five to Library users may include house- ninety-five percent cataloged. wives and students, as well as engineers, Administration of the departmental white collar workers, professional, man- collection is less flexible than in the agerial, skilled and unskilled worker separate branch where material can be groups. arranged for the best possible use of These patrons call in person to ob- the readers without adhering to the tain information. Telephone requests rigid classification scheme required in and written inquiries are less numerous, the main library building. except in a few cases of highly specialized libraries, such as the Business In- Current Information formation Bureau of the Cleveland The number of periodical titles in Public Library. these special business departments varies widely from library to library. The Small Business Collections business department in the main libra- Public libraries, not in a position to ry can make use of periodical holdings establish separate business branches or in other departments and therefore does departments, may provide business li- not have to duplicate many periodical brary service through the special col- titles. lections in reference or circulation de- The current need for up-to-date in- partments of the public library. Such formation is of paramount importance arrangements are dictated primarily be- for the business library. It is through cause of space limitations within the collections which contain clippings, library building. pamphlets and, sometimes, government Many of these special business col- documents, that libraries are able to lections have been established since provide current information in print. World War I1 in order to meet the Size of pamphlet collections vary. Some growing demand for business informa- departments do not maintain separate tion by returning veterans who wish to pamphlet collections. establish small businesses of their own. Government documents are a prima- Postwar economic changes have stimu- ry source of business and technical lated inquiries from others long estab- information, and most of the libraries lished in business.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES Outside organizations, recognizing this located for immediate and ready use; urgent need, have urged libraries to set that it is essential to make current ma- aside special collections in designated terial available and to keep it up to readily-accessible areas. The Paterson date. (N. J.) Free Public Library, for in- Business information and investment stance, received business books worth sources are of prime importance to the $250 from the New Jersey Library business man. The larger business Commission to provide business service branches and business departments are in its community. able to purchase more types of busi- General Business Reference ness services than the smaller depart- Service to business groups is given ments or those having specialized col- by many public libraries as part of the lections. Trade, telephone and city di- general reference service of the library. rectory collections may vary in size In some libraries such service is provid- and handling. ed by two or more adult departments as Selective acquisition and continuous in Cincinnati, St. Louis, Los Angeles or discarding of ephemeral material and Milwaukee. In these cases, the entire outdated business and technical books resources of the library are used but no are vital factors in giving effective busi- specialized section or department has ness service. Business service proced- been established to render this type of ures should be flexible in order to per- service. mit continuous revision, improvement, ~hereJerfunds and space are avail- expansion or elimination as results in- able, library administrators are estab- dicate. lishing special business services to meet The future of business service de- the demand. partments is assured. Building plans al- Summary and Conclusions ready in the blueprint stage disclose a Since the establishment of the first continuing trend in establishing busi- business branch library in Newark, New ness library departments of broad scope Jersey, in 1904, there has been exten- covering business, technical? municipal, sive growth and development of special labor and economic interests. business service in public libraries cat- Recommendations for Further Study ering to business groups and individuals There is still an urgent need for in their communities. studies and investigations in the field Business, labor, and industrial groups of public library service to business, have recognized the valuable service labor and industrial groups. The battle performed by their public libraries and of the budget restricts the number of have taken an active part in stimulat- acquisitions possible and makes a vir- ing the organization and maintenance tue of selectivity. It would be extremely of business service. helpful, therefore, if comparative stud- Library administrators have discov- ies were made to evaluate business and ered that the business man prefers to economic periodicals, business informa- have the business collection centrally tion services and investment services.

Editorial (Excerpt from The Library Association (London) Record, June 1953, A. J. Walford, editor) "ln dwelling on the amazing advances made in technology during the past decade or more we may tend to lose sight of a revolution which, pari passu, has been quietly taking place in the library world. A notable sign of the times has been the leaping into prominence and the proliferation of special libraries. We are, furthermore, now realizing, acutely, that no library is sufficient unto itself; hence the quickening pulse of interlending and co-operative efforts of many kinds. The role of the public library as an information point with the widest of coverage is a third phase in these trends, and its implications may not always be truly grasped. We need to sense the change from a preoccupation with issue statistics and a self-contained, all-embracing bookstock, to subject specialization and to the pro- vision of an information service in depth."

JULY - AUGUST 1953 227 State Manual Procurement Guide

DONALD0. HOTALING Chief Librarian, Newsweek, New York City

TATE MANUALS,published primarily priation of funds necessary for the S for the use of the members of the printing. legislatures- of the various states, can ALABAMA:The Alabama Official and Sta- be of value to librarians. All of tistical Register is issued quadrennially in the manuals contain lists of state, coun- odd-numbered years (in the past in 1935, 1939, 1943, and 1947) during no specially ty, and and are designated month, It is available at $4.00 mented to include such material as (for out-of-state requests); and although an historical matter. state institutions. elec- exchange list is maintained with certain libra- tion returns, and boards and commis- ries throughout the country, others should order each edition from the Department of sions. They vary in extent of coverage Archives and History, State of Alabama, and run from occasional leaflets, often Montgomery 5, Alabama. Mrs. Marie Bank- to well over one thousand pages in head Owen, Director of the Department, states length. that the 1951 Register has been compiled; but Until recently, the most frequently the State Printer has been delayed in bringing it out. consulted bibliography of these manuals ARIZONA: Although the State Legislative was The Book of the States. Volume Bureau, a division of the Department of His- VII, dated 1948-49, (Chicago, Council tory and Archives of the state, is authorized of State Governments, 1948), contained, to publish a manual, funds have not been pro- in "Section VII: Directory of the States vided for the purpose since 1933, when the last manual was issued. However, there is a and Territories", a listing of the manuals several-page, mimeographed list of state and of each state and other information county officials issued biennially in November concerning them. Unfortunately, this of even-numbered years. It is available free; bibliography was incomplete for many and each issuance should be requested from the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona, states, misleading for others, and incor- State House, Phoenix, Arizona. rect far too frequently. Volume VIII, ARKANSAS:The Arkansas Handbook is is- published in 1950, omitted this infor- sued biennially in January of odd-numbered mation entirely; and it apparently is years. It is available free; and each edition not the intention of the editors to re- should be requested from the Department of sume inclusion of such data. Archives and History, Arkansas History Com- mission, Little Rock, Arkansas. The 1949-50 The following listing has been check- edition is the latest available, and for this ed in each instance with the issuing time, only. it is planned to issue a combined agent, usually the Secretary of State. I volume for 1951-52 and 1953-54. might add two points of consideration CALIFORNIA:The California Official Roster ( is issued annually during no specially desig- in procuring the manuals: 1) Should nated month. It is available free; and each difficulty be encountered in securing edition should be requested from the Secre- any of them, recourse to either the in- tary of State of the State of California, Sacra- dividual state librarians or the clerks mento 14, California. This is also issued in of the legislative houses may often loose-leaf form with supplements as conditions warrant, sometimes quarterly, annually, prove of help; and (2) although the and semi-annually. However, the use of the dates given here are those supplied by loose-leaf roster is not encouraged out of the the various agencies, they are frequent- state of California, and it is not generally ly unable to adhere strictly to calendar available in this form. date due to problems of printing, the COLORADO:The Year Book of the State of Colorado, according to the statutes of the necessity of holding up publication for state, is to be issued biennially in odd-num- material to be included, or such mat- bered years and distributed free on request. ters as tardiness of legislative appro- However, the 1943-44 edition was the last to

228 SPECIAL LIBRARIES be published according to this arrangement. State and County Officers of Illinois (by the It was followed by two triennial editions, Secretary of State), both smaller, pocket-size dated 1945-47 and 1948-50, priced at $2.00 manuals for quick reference, both issued in each, available from the Colorado State Plan- August of even-numbered years, available free ning Commission, 130 State Office Building, either on individual request or by having one's Denver 2, Colorado. It was planned to issue name placed on the permanent mailing list. a third triennial edition, dated 1951-53, priced INDIANA:The Yearbook of the State of at $3.00, this to be available some time dur- Indiana is issued annually in July, the latest ing the fall of 1953. The state General As- issued, dated 1950. It is available free; and sembly, however, has adjourned its session it is possible to have one's name placed on a without appropriating any funds; and the permanent mailing list by writing the Division Director of the Commission has stated that no of Accounting and Statistics, 304 State House, new edition will be out until mid-1954, at the Indianapolis, Indiana. The Division also is- earliest; and that is contingent upon the sues the Roster of State and Local Officials Commission's receiving an appropriation from of Indiana, a brief directory of names, pub- the Assembly in 1954. lished annually about June 1, also available CONNECTICUT:The Connecticut Stafe Re- free, either on individual request or by having gister and Manual is issued annually during one's name placed on the permanent mailing no specially designated month. It is available list. at S2.50; and each edition should be ordered IOWA:The State of Iowa, Official Register from the Secretary of State of the State of is issued biennially, usually in early July of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut. odd-numbered years. It is available free DELAWARE:The State Manual is issued from the State Printing Board of Iowa, which annually in January. It is available free; and maintains a mailing liet of state officials, libra- each edition should be requested from the ries, newspapers of Iowa, and superintendents Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, of schools. Delaware Department of State, Dover, Dela- KANSAS: The Directory of State Officers, ware. Boards, and Commissions is issued biennially FLORIDA:The Report of the Secretary of in January of even-numbered years. It is State of Florida is issued biennially in April available free; and each edition should be re- of odd-numbered years. It is available free; quested from the Secretary of State of the and each edition should be requested from the State of Kansas, Executive Department, To- Secretary of State of the State of Florida, peka, Kansas. Tallahassee, Florida. KENTUCKY:The Kentucky Directory is is- GEORGIA:Georgia's Official Register is issued biennially in March of even-numbered sued biennially during no specially designated years. It is available at $2.25; and each edition month. It is available at $5.00 plus 20 cents should be ordered from Mr. Frank Kavanaugh postage. Although a permanent file of names (who is librarian of the state law library), is maintained to notify of publication, no 104 East Todd Street, Frankfort, Kentucky. automatic mailings take place; and each edi- LOUISIANA:The State of Louisiana, Roster tion should be ordered from the Director of of Officials is issued biennially in February of the Department of Archives and History, odd-numbered years. It is available free; and 1516 Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta 3, Geor- each edition should be requested from the gia. The last three editions have been dated Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana, biennially and included a six-year period in Baton Rouge 4, Louisiana. each: 1933-35-37, 1939-41-43, and 1945-50. MAINE: Maine does not issue a manual Beginning with the current 1953-54 edition similar to those published by other states. (now available), it is planned that a new However, two brief directories are issued: edition will be issued each biennium. State of Maine; State and County Officers IDAHO:The Biennial Report of the Secre- and The (number, i.e. "Ninety-sixth") Maine tary of State of the State of Idaho is issued Legislature: Official List of State Senators biennially in December of odd-numbered and Representatives to the Legislature of the years. It is available free; and each edition State of Maine, Elected (date). These are should be requested from the Secretary of issued biennially in January of odd-numbered State of the State of Idaho, Boise, Idaho. years. They are available free; and each ILLINOIS:The Bluebook of the State of edition should be requested from the Secre- Illir~oisis issued biennially in September of tary of State of the State of Maine, Maine even-numbered years. It is available free; Department of State, Augusta, Maine. A and it is possible to be placed on a permanent commercially printed manual, The State Year mailing list by writing the Secretary of State Book and Legislative Manual of Maine, priced of the State of Illinois, Springfield, Illinois. at $15.00, is published annually in September In addition to this comprehensive manual, by the Fred L. Tower Companies, 795 Forest there are also issued the Handbook, Illinois Avenue, Portland 5, Maine. Legislature (by the Clerk of the House of MARYLAND:The Maryland Manual is is- Representatives) and the Official List of sued periodically, usually biennially, during

JULY - AUGUST 1953 no specially designated month of even-numbered years and is usually available by March bered years. Although the distribution is 1st. It is available free; and each edition limited, such copies as are available can be should be requested from the Secretary of secured free from the Secretary of State of State of Nevada, Carson City, Nevada. There the State of Maryland, Executive Department, is also issued biennially, as soon as possible Annapolis, Maryland. or convenient after June 30 of even-num- MASSACHUSETTS:A Manual for the Use of bered years, a Report of the Secretary of the General Court is issued biennially during State of Nevada, containing an extensive list no specially designated month of odd-num- of state officials, boards, and commissions, bered years. It is sold at cost, each price together with some general information, but determined after publication; and although a no biographical data. This is available free permanent file of names is maintained to on request from the Secretary of State. notify of publication, no standing orders may NEW HAMPSHIRE:The State of New Hamp- be placed and each edition should be ordered shire Manual for the General Court is issued from the Secretary of State of the Common- biennially, usually in January of odd-numbered wealth of Massachusetts, Public Document Di- years. It is available free; and it is possible vision, State House, Boston 33, Massachusetts. to have one's name placed on a permanent The 1953-54 edition is expected to be ready mailing list by writing the Secretary of State for sale this summer. of the State of New Hampshire, Concord, New MICHIGAN:The Michigan Manual is issued Hampshire. A commercially printed manual, biennially between January and March of similar to that issued for the state of Maine, even-numbered years. The price is based on is also published by the Fred L. Tower Com- actual cost and varies (usually $2.50); and panies (795 Forest Avenue, Portland 5, although a permanent file is maintained of Maine), The State Year Book and Legislative names to notify of publication, each edition Manual of New Hampshire, priced at $15.00. should be ordered from the Secretary of State NEW JERSEY: The Manual of the Legisla- of the State of Michigan, Michigan Depart- ture of New Jersey (Fitzgerald's New Jersey ment of State, Lansing 18, Michigan. Legislafive Manual) is issued annually in MINNESOTA:The Legislative Manual of the March. It is available at $3.00; and each State of Minnesota is issued biennially in edition may be ordered individually or stand- April of odd-numbered years. It is available ing orders placed with Dorothy A. Fitzgerald, free (25 cents postage charge); and each edi- 589 Bellevue Avenue, Trenton 8, New Jersey. tion should be requested from the Secretary This manual is published privately by author- of State of the State of Minnesota, St. Paul, ity of the New Jersey Legislature by the Minnesota. Fitzgerald family, which has held the copy- MISSISSIPPI:The Mississippi Official and right since 1879. Thomas F. Fitzgerald was Statistical Register (known prior to the cur- both compiler and publisher from 1879 until rent 1949-52 edition as the Mississippi Blue 1920. Since that date Dorothy A. Fitzgerald Book) is issued biennially in December of has been the publisher. John P. Dullard suc- odd-numbered years. It is available free; and ceeded Thomas F. Fitzgerald as compiler and although a permanent mailing list is main- is at present consultant to J. Joseph Gribbins, tained of names of libraries, organizations, and the current compiler. certain individuals, the general public should NEW MEXICO: The 1949-1950 edition of request each edition from the Secretary of The New Mexico Blue Book was the last pub- State of the State of Mississippi, Jackson, lication in the series of biennial legislative Mississippi. manuals. Due to lack of legislative appro- MISSOURI:The State of Missouri, Official priation, its publication was discontinued, and Manual is issued biennially in March of even- there are no plans in the forseeable future for numbered years. It is available free; and resuming its issuance. A current directory, each edition should be requested from the Directory of Elective Officials and Legislative Secretary of State of the State of Missouri, Directory, a roster of public officials as well as Jefferson City, Missouri. legislators, legislative rules, etc., is issued bi- MONTANA: Montana does not issue a legis- ennially. This is, unfortunately, not available lative manual, blue book, or directory. This for general distribution; the Secretary of is the only state which does not issue any State of the State of New Mexico, Depart- publication of this nature. ment of State, Santa Fe, New Mexico, has NEBRASKA:The Nebraska Blue Book is is- charge of its publication. sued biennially in February of odd-numbered NEW YORK: The New York State Legisla- years. It is available at $2.50; and it is pos- tive Manual (Manual for the Use of the sible to have one's name placed on a perma- Legislature of the State of New York) is is- nent mailing list by writing the Nebraska sued annually, distributed usually in October, Legislative Council, State House, Lincoln 9, depending on the length of the legislative Nebraska. session. It is priced at $1.25 (although, ac- NEVADA: The Handbook of the Nevada cording to the Secretary of State, "exemption Legislafure is issued biennially in odd-num- of fee is accorded the use of libraries or for

SPECIAL LIBRARIES official reference." ) ; and each edition should of the State of Oregon, Salem, Oregon. be ordered from the Secretary of State of the PENNSYLVANIA:The Pennsylvania Manual State of New York, Bureau of Publications, is issued biennially during no specially desig- Albany, New York. A somewhat similar man- nated month of even numbered years. The ual, commercially printed, especially valuable price varies (the latest edition, 1951-52 was because of the number of biographical sketches $2.00); and each edition should be ordered it contains, "an illustrated publication contain- from the Bureau of Publications of the De- ing authentic information relating to the ex- partment of Property and Supplies, Tenth ecutive, legislative, judicial, and political af- and Market Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. fairs of the state," is issued annually in No- RHODE ISLAND: The Manual with Rules vember by the Williams Press, Inc., 99-129 and Orders for the Use of the General Assem- North Broadway, Albany, New York-The bly of the State of Rhode Island (The Rhode New York Red Book. It is priced at $3.50; Island Manual) is issued biennially late in and each edition should be ordered individu- odd-numbered years. It is available free; and ally. each edition should be requested from the NORTH CAROLINA: The North Carolina Secretary of State of the State of Rhode Manual is issued biennially during the session Island, Rhode Island Department of State, of the General Assembly, which convenes in Providence, Rhode Island. January of odd-numbered years. It is avail- SOUTH CAROLINA:The South Carolina Leg- able free; and each edition should be re- islative Manual is issued annually in March. quested from the Secretary of State of the It is available free; and each edition should State of North Carolina, North Carolina De- be requested from the Clerk of the House, partment of State, Raleigh, North Carolina. House of Representatives, State House, Co- NORTH DAKOTA: The North Dakota Blue lumbia, South Carolina. Book is issued erratically by authority of the SOUTH DAKOTA: The South Dakota Legis- state legislature. The latest one issued to lative Manual is issued biennially in July of date is the 1942 edition, available on order odd-numbered years. It is available free; and from the Secretary of State of the State of although the state Director of Finance has North Dakota, North Dakota Department of charge of the publication, individual editions State, Bismarck, North Dakota, at the price should be requested from the Secretary of of $1.25. Since 1942 there has been issued State of the State of South Dakota, Pierre, periodically the State of North Dakota, Direc- South Dakota. According to Don W. Beaty, tory of Officials, Boards and Institutions, a current Secretary of Finance, "It is the plan brief printed leaflet. The statutory provisions of this particular biennium to cut the manual under which the Blue Book had been pub- down from around 500 pages to about 100 lished were repealed by the 1951 legislative pages, leaving out most of the statistical data assembly, and discontinuance of the publica- which has been accumulated since statehood. tion was planned. However, the 1953 legis- Our idea is to have a publication which is lature provided for the publication of a man- primarily of the current legislature, their elec- ual or blue book in 1953, although neither the tions, etc. Our idea also is to initiate con- date of publication nor price is now available. siderable saving for the State of South Da- OHIO: The State of Ohio, Official Roster, kota." Federal, State, and County Officers and De- TENNESSEE:The Tennessee Blue Book is partmental Information is issued biennially issued biennially, usually in September of during no specially designated month of odd- odd-numbered years. It is available free; and numbered years. It is available free; and it is possible to have one's name placed on a each edition should be requested from the permanent mailing list by writing the Secre- Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, Co- tary of State of the State of Tennessee, Nash- lumbus 15, Ohio. ville, Tennessee. OKLAHOMA:The Directory of the State of TEXAS:The Texas Legislative Manual is Oklahoma is issued biennially in December issued biennially, usually in June of odd- of odd-numbered years. It is available free; numbered years. It is available free; and and it is possible to have one's name placed each edition should be requested from Mr. on a permanent mailing list by writing the C. R. Granberry, Assistant to the President, State Election Board, State of Oklahoma, The University of Texas, Austin 12, Texas. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. There is also is- The supply of these manuals is limited; and sued a briefer listing in pamphlet form, if the supply of the University of Texas is Roster, State and County Officers, this issued exhausted, it is possible at times to secure also biennially in December of even-numbered copies from the clerks of either of the legis- years, available under the same arrangement lative houses. There is also published a com- from the State Election Board. mercial manual, containing much of the' ma- OREGON:The Oregon Blue Book is issued terial in the official manual in addition to biennially usually in October of odd-numbered further information about the state, The Texas years. It is available at $1.00; and each edition Almanac and State Industrial Guide, pub- should be ordered from the Secretary of State lished biennially usually in September or JULY - AUGUST 1953 October of odd-numbered years, by the Dallas ate, Olympia, Washington; or it is possible to News, Dallas, Texas. The price varies from be placed on a permanent mailing list by year to year. The 1952-53 edition is priced writing Mrs. Alta M. Grim, Assistant Librari- at $1.25, paper-bound; $1.75, clothbound. an, State Library, Olympia, Washinqton. The UTAH: The Utah Official Roster is issued responsibility for compiling the manual alter- biennially, usually in May or June of odd- nates biennially between the two state houses; numbered years. It is available free; and the Secretary of the Senate is responsible for each edition should be requested from the the current edition. Secretary of State of the State of Utah, Salt WEST VIRGINIA:The West Virginia Blue Lake City, Utah. Book is issued annually in January. It is VERMONT:The Vermont Legislative Direc- available free; and each edition should be re- fory is issued biennially in June or July of quested from the Clerk of the Senate, State odd-numbered years. It is available free; and Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia. it is possible to have one's name placed on a permanent mailing list by writing the Ver- WISCONSIN:The Wisconsin Blue Book is mont State Librarian, State Library, Mont- issued biennially in July of even-numbered pelier, Vermont. years. It is priced at $1.00; and each edition VIRGINIA:The Report of the Secretary of should be ordered from the Bureau of Pur- the Commonwealth to the Governor and Gen- chases of the State of Wisconsin, Madison 2, eral Assembly of Virginia is issued annually Wisconsin. in November. It is available free only to li- WYOMING:The Wyoming Official Directory braries and priced at $2.50 for out-of-state is issued biennially in April of odd-numbered individuals, companies or corporations; and years. It is available free; and each edition each edition should be requested from the should be requested from the Secretary of Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia, State of the State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Richmond 12, Virginia. Wyoming. WASHINGTON:The Washington State Legis- * * * lative Manual is issued biennially in Febru- Some historical background on bibliogra- ary of odd-numbered years. It is available phies of state manuals was included in a pre- free; and each edition may be requested from vious guide by Mr. Hotaling published in either the Chief Clerk of the House of Repre- SPECIAL LIBRARIES,July-August 1948, pages sentatives or the Secretary of the State Sen- September Issue

The following papers are scheduled for publication in the Septem- ber issue of SPECIALLIBRARIES:

The Johns-Manville Research Center Library A feature story describing the establishment and growth of library service in a technical research organization.

The Librarian and the Development of Machines Dr. I. A. Warheit of the Arognne National Laboratory replies to the Scott Adams' paper, Facsimile for Federal Libraries.

Major Problems of Military Libraries A paper presented at the SLA Convention in Toronto, June 23, 1953 by Dr. Jerrold Orne, director of the Air University Library, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

The Preservation of Medical Literature During a Period of War A thoughtful discussion by Ingrid E. Voss.

What Makes A Special Library A paper by Katharine Kinder given before the New Jersey Library Association, at a meeting, May 1, 1953.

232 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Pmprietorr : TEMPLE PRESS LTD. Chairman and Managong Director: ROLAND E. DANGERFIELD

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- VOL. LXXXIV. No. 2176. APRIL 3. 1953 Annual Subscription Rate: 63s. LIBRARIANS AND THEIR PROBLEMS*

s WE RECORD in this issue the hold- ed sense, are at least unpurchasable. A ing of a conference of aeronautical What is this remarkable field of librarians and those with associated in- human activity, from which the normal terests in England last weekend, it economic compulsions are apparently seems fitting that we should devote a absent? It is the domain of research and little time to thinking about the prob- development, so largely dominated by lem which affects us all in these strenu- State expenditure or at least grants ous days. The problem is that of digest- from a National Exchequer. But the ing the surfeit of information which field, of course, is not entirely within floods the world in a blizzard of ever- the boundaries of Government depart- settling paper. We are all overwhelmed ments or offices or official organizations. by too much to read, whether the mat- Quite an amount of research is under- ter be printed or written by pen or taken by bodies set up by trades or typewriter. The problem is how to sift it. industries. The results of such work We suppose that the major contrib- are published by the bodies concerned. utory cause is the excellence of modern Now in the painful process of research, communications so that today no soon- and in the even more painful business er has something newsworthy happened of development, a great deal depends anywhere in the world, as for instance on knowing what facts have been estab- the tearing down of a hut in the wastes lished not only by workers in the same of Antarctica, than not only does the field, but also what relevant facts, hav- news flash round the globe but also the ing a bearing on the problem, have news of the repercussions of the event. been established by the workers in However, the conference of aeronaut- other fields. As if this were not difficult ical librarians to which we refer was enough, there is the further problem of struggling with a problem much more translation from one language to an- specifically defined, but not, we sus- other. pect, much more tractable. In such circumstances, it is not sur- It is a sobering thought that today prising that librarians solely concerned for various reasons, there is a tremen- with aeronautics should have some dous activity of publishing and distri- troubles of their own to solve. Obvious- bution going on that never makes a ly one of the major problems to be public appearance on book stands at solved is how to let people know what all. Indeed the valuable publications reports on subjects in which they are concerned, if not priceless in the accept- interested have been published and when. One popular method of dealing * Lead article in THEAEROPLANE, April with this difficulty is to produce peri- 3, 1953, published in London following the odicals containing abstracts of all ma- meeting of the Aslib Aeronautical Group's Second Annual Conference at Cranfield, March terial in the particular field under sur- 27-30, 1953. If is reprinted here through the vey published during a specific period. courtesy of the editor, Thurstan James. We gather that this task has become so

JULY - AUGUST 1953 terrific that there are those who argue a means of turning up references would that abstracts should be made of ab- not seem difficult. The advantage would stracting journals. And if this seems be the tremendous saving of storage sufficiently far-fetched, it is salutary to space in replacing books or reports by recall that indexing of aeronautical in- rolls of film. Also when the researcher formation is now regularly achieved by had read through the report, as the the punched card system. pages were thrown on the screen of the Perhaps the coming of the punched viewing device, it would be possible to card may show the way to easier re- provide him with photographic prints search. One could imagine a state of of the matter in which he was particu- affairs where all reading matter was larly interested. micro-filmed and stored in a projecting The shattering impact of attendance device which in turn was operated (no at a conference of librarians is really doubt electronically) by punched cards. on the specialist who spends his work- After watching some of the newer types ing life providing yet more reading mat- of electronic calculating machines, such ter at frequent intervals. However, we

Aeronautical Meeting

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A fortunate chain of circumstances made it possible recently for me to call at some of the leading British and French libraries and documentation centers. The high point of the trip was the ASLIB Aeronautical Group's Second Annual Conference at Cranfield, England, March 27-30, 1953. Scientists, editors and research administrators, as well as librarians and information officers, from eight countries, attended. Luckily for me, all conferees spoke English. The extraordinary meeting was the occasion for a confluence of ideas on all phases of aeronautical engineering information. Papers were available in preprint form and authors' presentations were limited to five minutes. The major portion of time was devoted to vigorous, stimulating discussion. The importance of Ameri- can and other research reports was mentioned frequently. Acquisition, utilization and administration of reports was carefully considered. I was surprised at the emphasis on use of Universal Decimal Classification for technical materials. The so-called British reserve was not in evidence as all tried to make the foreigners feel welcome at Cranfield. There is not space to mention the names of all those to whom we were indebted in many ways: the Honorary Group Chair- man, R. G. Thorne who is the Royal Aircraft Establishment's Chief Information Officer; the Honorary Group Secretary and our host, C. W. Cleverdon, Librarian, College of Aeronautics, Cranfield; R. C. "Wilbur" Wright, the RAE Librarian, who may be the best "skittles" player in library circles (at least he beat handily the American SLA delegation of W. K. Lowery, AEDC, Baltimore, NACA's R. E. Littell and the writer, one rainy evening in the village pub); Mrs. A. Lloyd of Saunders Roe; Miss J. Kirby of De Havilland; and, finally, L. G. Kenrick of Percival Aircraft. The British version of ASTlA is the Ministry of Supply's Technical lnformation Bureau under A. H. Holloway. Called TPA3/TIB, this activity is divided physically between London and Mottingham and has the expected acquisition, accessioning,

234 SPECIAL LIBRARIES find the whole matter of indexing and riodical or book makes, you can ex- storing information of tremendous in- ercise your privilege as a purchaser, terest. And after spending twenty-five that is, you can buy something else. In years of storing aeronautical informa- the field of research, who can possibly tion in one limited human mind, one say that some established fact is not has to admit that the editorial head is worthy of being recorded? As our read- only kept above water by the most ers know, too well perhaps, the world stringent exercise of selective processes. is already doing far more than it should Could it be that to some library prob- in channelling the results of research lems a solution could be found by build- to a selected few- those few selected ing up teams of selectors? It is of course by the State. exactly the system whereby newspapers However that is a far cry from the and periodicals and even books are com- librarians, whose problem of sorting piled. Editing is a method of selection. and classifying and indexing and trans- On the other hand, if you do not like lating will remain problems for years the sort of selection a newspaper or pe- to come.

loaning, distributing and abstracting functions. Holloway's highly trained staff handles a large volume of work. The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research's TIDU, under Miss M. Alexander, is the British activity similar to OTS, working especially with the highly developed British trade association research organizations. The lovely mansion of the Royal Aeronautical Society is built on land leased from Queen Elizabeth. In addition to its outstanding library, it houses a reading room distinguished for its remarkable collection of cherubs painted on the ceil- ing. The librarian is Mr. F. Smith, a capable specimen of the genus Librarianus 23ritannicu.s. The library of the Institution of Electrical Engineers includes an interesting museum display of models used by pioneer physicists. In France I had the opportunity to visit the French equivalent of ASTlA under the guidance of SDIT's M. Frenot. The Service de Documentation et d'lnformation Technique de I'Aeronautique, located just outside of Paris, is a part of the French Air Ministry. It is a modern documentation activity and includes a large library that suffered during the Occupation. Accordingly, many of the library's files could be replaced in microfilm form only and its patrons use the films without complaint. The NACA's counterpart in France is the Ofice National D'Etudes et de Richerches Aeronautiques (ONERA) whose headquarters are located in an ultramodern building in Chatillon-sous-Magneux, Seine, that was built to be a hospital originally. M. de Faget, ONERA's Chief of Documentation and a charming host, is a former naval aviator with fond memories of visits to New Orleans in his naval youth. His stories of New Orleans and the recitation in perfect English of the "Cremation of Sam McGee" were enough to make the European trip unique. Ah that duty would call me to Europe again and soon!

EUGENEB. JACKSON, Chief Division of Research Information National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Washington, D. C.

JULY -AUGUST 1953 Special Library Problems Illinois Chapter Education Program

SHIRLEYF. HARPER Librarian, Industrial Relations Center, University of Chicago ELIZABETHF. KIENTZLE Gifts and Exchange Librarian, The John Crerar Library, Chicago

LLINOIS CHAPTERtried a different ment" would be a better name. Never- I approach for its education program theless "education" will be used through- last year. Essentially, the program was out this article because that happens to a series of six discussion meetings, with be the designation in Illinois Chapter. two chapter members serving as lead- Second, the committee felt that a ers for each discussion. Problem areas group of special librarians discussing within the general subject "Administra- common problems would be just as tion and Management Relations" were likely to further knowledge in the field the topics considered. The participants as to benefit from knowledge already found the discussion method particu- available. larly rewarding; therefore other chap- On the basis of this idea that the ters may wish to consider it for use in chapter education program could do their education programs. much more for the special librarians in Background the area than help train their non-pro- During the past three years, Illinois fessional assistants, a questionnaire sug- Chapter has sponsored education pro- gesting the change was distributed in grams for its members. The first of late September of 1952. The commit- these brief, non-credit courses was on tee asked chapter members to indicate cataloging, and the second on reference. whether they would prefer courses for library assistants or for librarians. The They were intended primarily for the following subject possibilities were sug- benefit of library assistants who had gested under each head: for library as- not had previous library school training sistants, repeat cataloging, reference, or library experience. etc.; for librarians, administration, man- Because these two courses had been provided for library assistants, the com- agement relations, selection and acquisition, indexing, cataloging and filing, mittee for this year felt that it would be appropriate to explore the possibil- reference procedures, etc. ity of courses for special librarians. Opinions were also requested as to There were two reasons for this. First, the optimum length of the course. Final- the committee felt that one of the rely, chapter members were asked for sponsibilities of a professional associa- suggestions on other phases of the edu- tion is to help its members "keep up" cation program. with new developments in order to do Responses to the questionnaire indi- a good job. The professional journal is cated greater interest in a course for one tool for this purpose; some form of librarians than in one for assistants. educational activity can certainly be Among the subjects suggested, by far considered as another tool. Education the largest number of votes went to the is not exactly the correct term to use first two categories : administration and because, at least in Illinois Chapter, it management relations. The committee has nothing to do with credits or de- decided to plan a combined course on grees. Perhaps "professional develop- the two subjects.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES Developing the Course each operation for a procedure manual.' Having thus determined the subjects In the final session the group tackled a for the course, the next step in the do- perennial problem-keeping up with velopment of the program was to out- new ideas in library equipment. line the topics for each of the six week- The discussion method was chosen ly sessions, and to find persons compe- for the presentation of this course for tent and willing to serve as leaders. The several reasons. First, the committee following outline was prepared : felt that the Chapter would benefit I. Management relations from some experience in using this The library's place in the organization method which is currently acclaimed Annual reports and other means of formal as the best means of insuring that group communication with management members actually benefit from their IT. Organization participation, or "take something away" Library policies consistent with its func- with them. Second, most of the content tions Policy manuals would be current experience and new Budget and other records developments, and discussion is an ideal 111. Personnel method for bringing out a wide variety Recruiting and hiring of ideas. Third, the discussion method Job classification is most adaptable to the use of several Personnel records Job training instructors rather than one. IV. Services to library users Because funds were not available to Accessions bulletins and abstract services pay instructors, the committee felt that Reference services and reference records instead of one person, several people Routing and special information services should be asked to serve in this capac- V. Operations ity. Other obvious advantages of having Planning and organization of work several librarians participate were the Construction of a procedure manual possibility of finding persons with spe- VZ. Furnifure and equipment Suppliers cialized knowledge and experience in Developments in furniture, equipment and the various topics covered, and the de- gadgets sirability of having wider participation by members in this chapter project. Program Structure Two "leaders" were chosen for each The committee attempted, in this session, which meant that each leader outline, to develop an orderly structure was responsible for one-half of one ses- for covering the two broad subjects. sion-certainly a minimum of work, However, it was also important to pro- even when done on a voluntary basis. vide for specific topics of particular in- A two-page Information Sheet was terest. In addition, it was necessary to drawn up for the leaders. This contain- estimate the amount of time needed for ed the session outline as given above each topic, and to consider this factor in and the following statement of the pur- arranging the content of each session. poses of the course: The first two topics cover the basic "A. To give interested professional li- administrative functions of the special brarians an opportunity to air their library, divided into external, or man- problems, get new ideas, and learn from agement relations, and internal, or organization, aspects. Then, two specific 1 Note that a distinction is made between functions were covered, which are of "policy manuals" under 11, and "procedure manuals" under V. Not all libraries have some concern to librarians at the mo- manuals, and those that do are likely to have ment: personnel and services to library policies and job procedures mixed together. users. Next came a more general in- However, this is an extremely useful distinc- ternal topic, called "operations." This tion and one which might well be considered by anyone who is preparing to write a manual. included the organization of the work At least, it was very useful for discussion of flow in a library and the codification of these problems.

JULY - AUGUST 1953 the experience of others; B. to do this ticular attention to adapting it for in a way which will be productive and discussion. stimulating for all, but to do it with a 5. Ask leaders to attend all sessions, minimum of each individual's time." to insure continuity and reduce over- The outline also set forth the me- lapping. chanics of preparation for each session. The two-hour sessions were held from Specifically, these were the steps 6:30 to 8:30 P. M. on six Tuesday even- planned by the committee: ings spread through December 1952, Write a one-page outline for each and January and February 1953, at the pair of leadershiving a more detail- John Crerar Library. ed breakdown of the subject and Sample Session suggestions as to specific points to Participants were seated around a be covered or questions to be raised. large table. A chart pad and heavy With this, give leaders study mate- crayons were used for writing. The rials on discussion methods." meeting was opened by asking each Ask each pair of leaders to meet and person to give his name and position, plan their presentation at least two and then introducing the discussion weeks before the session; and to do leaders. The first leader began his pres- the background reading necessary. entation by stating the initial topic and Meet with each pair of leaders one giving some background information; week before their session and re- then, as he posed questions and ob- view their presentation, paying par- tained suggestions from the group, the other leader wrote them on the chart 2 Leaders were: Edward Strable, Chicago Public Library pad. For the second half, they reversed Jo Ann Aufdenkamp, Federal Reserve Bank positions. (This is not the necessary of Chicago procedure; each leader may write as Earl C. Graham, National Society for Crip- he talks, or he may ask a member of pled Children and Adults, Inc. the group to help him.) William H. Hyde, Jr., Illinois Institute of Technology The general topic for the evening Frieda Kraines, Chicago Park District was "Management Relations", and un- Charlotte Panimon, Research Division, Ar- der this the first part was "The Libra- mour & Company ry's Place in the Organization." The Marion Wells, First National Bank of Chicago leader began by discussing two surveys Walter Southern, Abbott Laboratories Marianne Yates, Joint Reference Library on the place of the library in the or- Helen Basil, The Crane Company ganization chart, and then posed ques- C. M. Wolfenberger, Acme Steel Company tions to the group. Both leaders were Isabella Wallace, Great Lakes Carbon Corp. prepared to interject suggestions if the :$The Chapter used two preliminary publications of the Industrial Relations Center of discussion slowed down, but thanks to the University of Chicago, which are not the willing participation of all the mem- generally available. Adult Leadership, a new bers, they found it possible to concen- periodical published by the Adult Education trate on their more important task- Association of the United States of America interrelating the ideas and getting under a grant from the Ford Foundation's Fund for Adult Education, is an excellent group consensus through discussion on source of information on group discussion each idea suggested. techniques. The March, 1953 issue is sub- Here, the chart pad was used to full- titled "Leading Discussion" and has articles est advantage. After several suggestions by Franklyn S. Haiman, Nathaniel Cantor, on the functions of the library, it was Thomas Gordon, and Maurice F. X. Donohue. On page 30 of this issue is a bibliography of found that some overlapped and some books on "Using Discussion for Learning." could be grouped under more general Other issues of Adult Leadership which may terms. By the use of two colors and re- be particularly useful are: no. 2, June, 1952 numbering, the group was able to re- "Spotlight on Leadership"; no. 3, July-Aug- ust, 1952 "Using Resources"; and no. 8, Janu- arrange and develop the entire set of ary, 1953 "Spotlight on Member Roles". ideas on one sheet of paper, which SPECIAL LIBRARIES could be kept in view for reference as these are not the final answer. The best the discussion proceeded. criteria seem to be: To show the subject matter covered 1. How well are you satisfying your and the ideas produced by the group, customers? the leader's report on the first half of 2. Are attitudes and feelings (among this session is given below. those you serve) negative or posi- A Leader's Report tive? "In discussing the place of a library 3. Is there an adequate distribution of in an organization, we can judge only service among departments? from our own library or what we know 4. When people need information, do of other libraries. Where does our li- they come to the library or librarian brary fit into the whole special library first?" picture? This example from Session One is "In a survey made about a year ago typical of the way each meeting was by Marion Wells and Edward Strable handled. The committee considered (Illinois Chapter) it was found that: gathering a summary of the course con- twelve libraries reported to a library tent for publication, but decided that committee; fifty-sight libraries reported the main value from such a course was to an executive editor, director of or- to be derived from attending the meet- ganization, director of research, man- ings and participating in the discus- ager, etc.; five reported to head of a sions, rather than from summaries of department. From a survey of Sci-Tech the sessions. However, several leaders members made several years ago, submitted brief reports, such as the one 76.3 per cent of libraries served an en- printed above. tire organization, while 23.7 per cent Evaluation served only one department. The course as a whole was regarded "In order to get a list of functions as highly successful, especially in terms common to all, we should ask ourselves, of the size of the group, the participa- Why was our library made a part of tion rate, and the general interest of the organization? and, What prompted the subject matter. An average of 25- management to pay for its upkeep? 30 people attended each session, and "In our reading and discussions it even at the first meeting, almost every- was brought out that libraries perform one participated in the discussion. many services for the organizations they However the committee did not hold serve, or for the general public. W; to its original plan for preparation of maintain sources of reference informa- the discussions. The two steps which tion, we are storehouses, we specialize were not enforced were the meetings in certain types of information; we do with leaders one week before each ses- research work; we organize material; sion, and leader attendance at all ses- we direct information to interested sions. The first of these is particularly parties. But for all libraries our services important. Leaders who are not familiar boil down into five functions: with discussion techniques may tend to 1. Selecting and evaluating information organize their material more for a lec- 2. Centralizing purchase of literature ture presentation than for discussion, 3. Organizing material, which includes and in the meeting one week before the storing it session the outline can be tested and 4. Disseminating information reconstructed if necessary. Due to time 5. Centralizing trained workers pressures on both the committee and "What are the criteria to be used in the leaders, it became impossible to deciding how good a job a library or maintain this schedule for the program. librarian is doing? Some libraries keep In addition, it would be helpful to statistics on circulation of material, meet with all the leaders as a group, number of questions asked, etc. But before the course starts, to go over some

JULY - AUGUST 1953 points about the discussion method group opinion; and the educational con- with them. This preparation is not ex- ference, where, by means of guided dis- tensive, compared with the amount of cussion, the group considers a subject time devoted to conference leader train- and the information about it which ing for industry, but it would be well group members present with the aim worth while. of developing the knowledge and understanding of individual members. The Conference Method' The educational conference, using The conference method is basically a guided discussion, is the most useful for technique for bringing together a small programs such as the one given by Illi- group of people where they can pool nois Chapter. In guided discussion there their ideas and experience in the con- is a planned unit of material to cover- in the solu- sideration of a subject or a definite body of facts or ideas is tion of a problem. A conference leader brought out for members to talk over. is needed to help the group, and in ad- The leader can guide and encourage dition resource material and resource discussion by the use of several types people may be used. of questions. The first should be a lead Although the conference method may offquestion which is also an overhead seem to be slower and to require more question-that is, a question addressed time, it has several advantages. A bet- to the entire group rather than to a par- ter solution to a problem or a more ticular member. If a member asks the meaningful discussion of a subject will leader a question, he may use a reverse result if it is based on the combined question-that is, ask the member to knowledge and experience of all the explain his question and his ideas about members of the conference group. The it more fully. This can be followed up participants will tend to accept deci- with a relay question, by referring the sions and to assume responsibility for question or the ideas to the group for acting upon them as a result of their an answer. To get the main points participation. Each person will grow covered, skillful use of follow-up ques- and develop in terms of his knowledge, tions can keep the discussion moving skill, and understanding as he partici- and expand or narrow the area being pates in the conference group. He will talked about. Lead-off questions can be learn from the experience of others, see planned in advance, but reverse, relay, the group analyzing and solving a prob- and follow-up questions must be de- lem, and develop skill in appraising al- veloped as the discussion progresses. ternative ideas and courses of action. In general, discussion guided by the Physical arrangemenfs. For a discus- use of questions is most successful if sion, all the members should be able to the following points are kept in mind: see each other without turning around. Placing the chairs in a U-shape, square, Avoid questions which can be an- or circle, preferably around a table, is swered "Yes" or "No" if you want best. discussion. Types of conferences. There are two Give the group or individual plenty main types of conferences: the prob- of time to answer. Ask only one clear question at a lem-solving conference, where the group systematically considers a prob- time. Avoid questions which are real- lem and attempts to reach a decision ly two questions in one. about it which reflects a consensus of If a person is searching for an answer, try to help him.

5 This section is taken almost entirely from If you do not get an answer, first, material copyrighted by the Industrial Rela- wait; second, rephrase the question; tions Center, The University of Chicago, Chi- third, ask a direct question; fourth, cago 37, Illinois, and may not be reproduced suggest some possible answers and in any form without the written permission of the Center. ask for the group's reaction to them.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES Using the chart pad. The chart pad express themselves more freely and has an advantage over the blackboard more effectively. in that filled pages can be torn off and The leader should encourage partici- fastened to the wall with masking tape, pation as much as possible because, as and can thus be kept in view, rather a rule, better solutions result from the than erased. In addition, the heavy expression and use of the resources wax crayons used for this paper are which the group members represent. easy to write with and are available in He should consistently refuse to solve several colors. the problem himself or to be the sole The chart pad can be used to present source of information about the topic. material to the group, to record group Instead he should try to help the group agreements and decisions as they are understand and interrelate individual made, to record individual contribu- contributions as the members work tions, and to analyze problems. If indi- toward a solution. vidual ideas are recorded when the Planning a Program: Checklist group begins to explore a topic, the There are many variables involved list developed becomes useful when the in planning a discussion program; many group goes on to relate the various characteristics of the Illinois Chapter ideas, or to analyze conflicting points program described here are based on of view. As the group reaches a deci- decisions made with reference to the sion about each point discussed, the de- Chapter organization and interests. Per- cision can be phrased on the chart pad, haps the following more generalized and each member will have an oppor- checklist will be of some assistance in tunity to read it and to make sure he planning other programs. agrees. To study complex problems, 1. Review past programs. If your the chart paper can be laid out with chapter has had education programs columns in terms of "symptom-cause in the past, a review of these may -effectv or "advantages and disadvan- be very valuable, especially as a tages" or other structures logical and guide to subjects, length of pro- natural for the particular problem. Then gram, and time. contributions to the analysis can be 2. Get opinions. Do this by sending a listed in the appropriate columns. questionnaire or by discussing pro- A good group atmosphere. At first posals at a chapter meeting. Find the group tends to be as comfortable, out: subject interests, number of purposeful, and free as the leader him- sessions, time and length of ses- self is. The conference leader can do sions. these four things to build a good at- 3. Study the discussion method. Do mosphere : some reading on "group discussion" 1. Accept any member's contribution or "conference methods". Talk to as being worthy of consideration. people in schools or companies in 2. Try to understand each contribution your city where the method is used. and help the group to understand it. Select a few good articles or pamph- 3. Use every contribution, if at all pos- lets, to order for distribution to sible, by relating it to some part of your leaders. the general topic. 4. Outline the series. On the basis of 4. Work through individual differences your information about what chap- among members by discussion and ter members want, select subjects consideration. and outline the series. When a group works in this atmos- Consider here: number of ses- phere of free contribution and discussions, continuity, time needed for sion, the group will feel that it has some each topic, and points within the control over its activities and group general subject area which are like- members will develop their abilities to ly to be of special interest.

JULY - AUGUST 1953 24 1 5. Set dates and select leaders. Any pared by the leaders and help them number of leaders may be used for to organize it for discussion pur- each session, and for the series as poses. You may also wish to sug- a whole. Decide this on the basis of gest further sub-topics to be ex- the subject matter breakdown and plored or additional information to the talents available among chap- be gathered before the session. ter members. On specialized sub- 14. Start the .first session. Make sure jects, such as personnel, consider that everyone knows everyone else. the possibility of having some one If possible, introduce people in- from the field come in as a leader. formally before starting time. Also, 6. Find a room for the meetings. Find especially at the first session, it a room which is conveniently lo- may be helpful to "go around the cated, and be sure it is reserved for table" asking each person to intro- you for the dates of your meetings. duce himself, or to put a name 7. Announce the series. This can be sign on the table in front of each done in your chapter bulletin or by person. Allow time at the end of a separate mailing. Arrange for ad- each session for a summary and an vance registration if necessary. announcement of the next meeting. 8. Outline each session. Construct a specific outline, giving your ideas as to what should be covered in SLA Nominating Committee each session. The following members have 9. Meet with all leaders. Have this been appointed to the 1953 Nomi- meeting at least three weeks be- nating Committee by Mrs. Lucile L. Keck, SLA's president: fore the first session. Points 10, ll, and 12 can be taken care of at this RUTH NIELANDER Illinois Chapter meeting. PHOEBEHAYES 10. Review discussion method for the Colorado Chapter leaders. Go over the basic points DONALDT. CLARK you have learned, and use the dis- Boston Chapter cussion method, with the chart MRS. MARIE S. GOFF board, in doing this. Philadelphia Council 11. Distribute session outlines. Make ALMA C. MITCHILL,Chairman it clear that the outlines represent New Jersey Chapter your ideas, without review of the All SLA members, and espe- literature on the topic, and that the cially chapter presidents, division leaders should adapt them as neces- and committee chairmen, are urg- sary. ently requested to send their sug- 12. Help the leaders schedule their gestions for the elective offices to the chairman: preparation. The leaders should ALMA C. MITCHILL,Librarian have their presentations outlined by Public Service Electric and Gas Co. at least one week before their par- 80 Park Place ticular sessions. For sessions with Newark 1, New Jersey more than one leader, this means Prospective names, with reasons for their selection, should be mailed as soon that the leaders should meet and as possible since in accordance with By- plan the work at least two weeks Law IX of the SLA Constitution, the Nominating Committee must present before the session. Schedule a meet- the 1954-1955 slate to the SLA Execu- ing with the leader or leaders for tive Board by November 15, 1953. each session about one week before There are two candidates for each their session. office. These include: President-Elect (First Vice-president), Second Vice-Presi- 13. Review preparations for each ses- dent, Elected Secretary, Treasurer and sion. At each of these individual two Directors for three-year terms each. meetings, go over the material pre-

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INTERIMREPORT Serials. This edition, which completely super- The Joint Committee on the Union List of seded the first edition and its supplements, Serials met with representatives of the Library lists the serial holdings of 650 cooperating of Congress last June, to consider a proposal libraries through December 31, 1940. The for a National Union Catalog of Serials on First Supplement to the second edition, listing cards as a part of the National Union Catalog serial holdings through December 31, 1943, apparatus at the Library of Congress. was published in 1945. In September of It was recommended by the Joint Commit- 1953, the Second Supplement will be publish- tee that the Catalog should be based primarily ed. This supplement will list serial holdings on the titles listed in the Union List of Serials for the six-year period beginning January 1, and its supplement. Contributing libraries 1944 and ending December 31, 1949. It has would then be requested to send entries to been decided by the H. W. Wilson Company the Catalog for all serial titles not reported in not to issue a third supplement to cover the these lists received by them through Decem- period 1950-1952. ber 31, 1952. The Library of Congress decided to expand The Library of Congress agreed to prepare Serial Titles Newly Recorded as recommended revised estimates of compilation cost and by the Joint Committee, beginning January these were considered by the Joint Committee 1, 1953. The title of the publication will be at its meeting held in Chicago on February 4, changed to New Serial Titles. Publication 1953. The revised estimates were approved and sale will be on a self-sustaining basis, and it was decided to appoint a special com- similar to the L.C. Author and Subject Cat- mittee to explore all possibilities of financing alogs, with equal costs for all copies to all the project. subscribers. The Joint Committee further recommended that, beginning January 1, 1953, the Library New Serial Titles will be published on the of Congress expand Serial Titles Newly Re- basis of monthly issues, cumulative over six- ceived to include reports of holdings of new month periods, with a separate annual publi- serial titles received by cooperating libraries cation. The new publication will follow, in after this date. These would be listed cur- general, the format and plan of Serial Titles rently if not previously reported in the Union Newly Received. On the basis of estimated List of Serials and its two supplements. The costs of the first year of publication, the sub- enlarged publication would thus serve as a scription rate has been fixed experimentally current supplement to the Union List of at $40.00 for the monthly and the annual Serials. Serial titles published January 1, cumulations. There will be no individual 1950 -December 31, 1952 would be listed copy sale, except for the annual issue. The only if newly received by a cooperating libra- rate for the annual issue alone is $25.00. The ry after January 1, 1953. Otherwise, these rates for subsequent years will be established would be incorporated into the National Union in terms of costs and the number of copies Catalog of Serials and published on comple- sold. Subscriptions will be received for the tion of the Catalog. calendar year only. In 1943, the H. W. Wilson Company pub- BETTYJOY COLE lished the second edition of the Union List of SLA Representative

Egyptian Research Hawaiian Research The American Research Centre in Egypt, The Industrial Research Advisory Council, established recently in Cairo, plans to devote an agency of the Territory of Hawaii, has re- itself to the study of Egyptian culture and corded 5,200 research studies undertaken in has appointed Professor Arthur Jeffery of Columbia University, a prominent authority Hawaii from 1930 to 1952, and has published in this field, to serve as resident director dur- them in a 920-page volume entitled Abstracts ing 1953-54. of Agriculture, Industrial and Economic Re- The Centre is incorporated under the laws search. of the State of Massachusetts, and its Execu- The abstracts are arranged in fourteen ma- tive Office is at the Fogg Museum of Art, jor classifications in the field of agriculture, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts. industry, labor, economics, etc. The Centre plans to serve as a clearing- house in Cairo for American scholarship with Copies are available at $25.00 each, post- interests in this region. It will be located at paid, from Industrial Research Advisory Coun- 113 Sharia Kasr al-Aini, Cairo, Egypt. cil, 1015 Bishop Street, Honolulu, T.H.

JULY - AUGUST 1953 Chapter Highlights Greater St. Louis 25, in its daily editorial page feature, "Topics The third revised edition of the Directory of the Times". The column reviewed the in- of Special Libraries in the St. Louis Area terests served by New York's 670 listed special has just been published through the courtesy libraries, and described subject coverage in of the National Lead Company, Titanium the newly published directory. Division, St. Louis Plant. The spiral-bound Copies are available at $3.00 to members, volume includes a brief history of the chapter, and $4.00 to non-members, and may be or- a description of the functions of the special dered from the chairman of the Directory library and the special librarian, information Committee, Betty Hale, 110 Madison Avenue, on SLA membership, and the roster of officers New York 16, New York. and committee members. *** Following the alphabetical listing of mem- Southern California bers, there is a compilation of the libraries in The Southern California Chapter of SLA this area with information on the type and scheduled a special meeting during the ALA extent of library holdings, special subject in- Convention, June 21-27, in Los Angeles. Li- terests and collections, interlibrary loan privi- brarians attending the convention were wel- leges and other services available. comed as guests. The Editorial Committee includes Alberta Margaret Cressaty, editor of the Chapter Barkley, Gertrude Lotze, Edward Dougherty, Bulletin, and librarian of the College of Osteo- and Georgia Trammell, chairman. pathic Physicians and Surgeons, Los Angeles, was author of the article, "Special Librarians in Southern California", which appeared in New Jersey the May issue of the ALA Bulletin. A lively round table discussion on "Train- * * * ing for a Career as a Special Librarian" fea- Texas tured the dinner meeting of the New Jersey Texas Chapter celebrated its fourth birth- Chapter, at the Hotel Suburban, Summit, day with a special issue of its Bulletin. The N. J., June 4, 1953. Participating in the dis- editor, Mary Hensarling, included an Archives cussion were a number of guests representing Section tracing the Chapter's formative years colleges in this area with particular interests in picture and print. The handsome Texas in the special libraries field. The guests in- Chapter Bulletin was printed and distributed cluded: Anne Cridlebough, New Jersey State through the courtesy of Baroid Sales Division, Teachers College (Upper Montclair) ; Mrs. National Lead Company, Houston, Texas. Ada J. English, New Jersey College for Wo- The Chapter has announced publication of men; Miriam Grosh, Upsala College; Char- its Directory of Special Library Resources in lotte Kunst, Caldwell College; Professor Carl Texas, culmination of a two-year survey list- A. Olsen, Newark College of Rutgers Universi- ing two hundred special libraries, and includ- ty; and Julia Reed, College of St. Elizabeth. ing the names of personnel, descriptions of The discussion included comment on cur- library holdings covered, interlibrary loan rent library school curricula, the need for privileges and other pertinent data. Copies adapting, modifying and adding to them in are available at $2.00 each from Effie N. order to meet the current demands of special Birdwell, librarian, Research Library, Mon- library service, and the desirability of subject santo Chemical Company, Texas City, Texas. training. *** Members of the guest panel were in agree- Western New York ment on the regrettable lack of literature "The Librarian in the Industrial Organiza- publicizing work done in the special libraries tion" was the subject for discussion at the field and suggested a more active recruiting and publication relations program by the Asso- meeting of Western New York Chapter held ciation. Elizabeth Mulhall served as moderator. at Cornell University, May 23, 1953. Under the splendid leadership of Professor The program included a review of the work and the history of the Association by Alma C. John Brophy, School of Industrial and Labor Mitchill, a paper by Katharine Kinder on Relations, an interesting exploration of essen- "Special Libraries: They Are Not Different" tial factors and general problems in operating and a survey of "Salaries in Special Libraries special libraries was made by those present. Approximately members registered for and Employment Opportunities" by Charlotte 65 the all-day meeting which included a tour of Boardman. the campus and the libraries, and luncheon in the Statler Hall Faculty Lounge. Elsie L. New York Garvin presided at the meeting. Publication of the sixth edition of the Leone Eckart and Katherine R. Spinney of Special Libraries Directory of Greater New the School of Industrial and Labor Relations York was noted in the New York Times, June Library, were in charge of arrangements.

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Helga Lende, librarian at the American A Filing Manual for Aircraft Correspond- Foundation for the Blind, has revised and ence has been prepared by Mr. L. P. Bradley, brought to date the unique and useful volume, Jr., supervisor of files and library at the Mc- Books About the Blind, A Bibliographical Donne11 Aircraft Corporation, St. Louis, and Guide to Literature Relating to the Blind. an active member of SLA's Greater St. Louis This ready reference tool provides anno- Chapter. tated bibliographies in eight major classifica- The Manual provides an extensive subject tions covering work with the blind, education index and includes procedures for the filing of the blind, psychology in the field of blind- and finding of aircraft correspondence of in- ness, vocations and economic adjustment, so- estimable value to file clerks, secretaries and cial adjustment, literature and reading, special stenographers responsible for the proper main- groups, and biographies and autobiographies. tenance of such vital matter. Pertinent material in English and other lan- The Manual is available at $5.50 per copy, guages is included. postpaid, from the author at 2328 Rockdale Books About the Blind (1953, 357 pages) Avenue, Normandy 2 1, Missouri. is now available at $15.00 per copy postpaid, from American Foundation for the Blind, 15 West 16th Street, New York 11. A Select Bibliography of Consumer Credit * * * 1945-1952, compiled by Cornelius B. Allen, Chester M. Lewis, chief librarian of The librarian, School of Commerce, Accounts and New York Times and chairman of SLA's Finance, and Anna H. Bolland, librarian, Newspaper Division, extended an open invita- Graduate School of Business Administration, tion to all newspaper publishsrs to send their New York University, was presented at the staff librarians to the SLA convention in National Consumer Credit Conference, held Toronto. April 8-10, 1953 at N. Y. U. The article, "Librarians Invited to Know- How Parley", published in the May 9 Editor The bibliography has been published in the and Publisher, included a detailed review of June 1953 issue of the Financial Division the Newspaper Division's convention program. Bulletin. Mr. Lewis has compiled an extensive se- Both Mr. Allen and Miss Bolland are ac- lective guide to reference :natzrial for use by tive members of SLA's New York Chapter. editorial writers. Mimeog~aphedcopies of the 53-page Selective Guide for Editorial Writers were prepared for distribution at a session "Operating a Technical Library" is the of the American Press Institute Seminar on title of an article by Helen Basil, which ap- May 21 at Columbia University where Mr. peared in the May 1953 issue of Illinois Li- Lewis was the featured speaker. braries. Mrs. Basil is the librarian of the A copy of the Guide is available on loan Crane Company, Chicago (Illinois). The ar- from the SLA Editorial Office. ticle describes the library's functions as a * * source of reference and a translation bureau Mrs. Marie Cleckner Goodman, head of the for eight technical research laboratories, with Acquisition Section, Map Division, Library of varying subject interests. Congress, and newly elected chairman of the Mrs. Basil is an active member of SLA's Washington, D. C. Chapter's Geography and Illinois Chapter. Map Group, has compiled a list of new maps, atlases and related books in the May issue of the Geography and Map Division Bulletin, of which she is co-editor. Publication Dedicated A limited number of copies is available on The Rice Engineer, published monthly at request from Arthur B. Carlson, curator of the Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, dedicated its Map and Print Department, New York His- March 1953 issue to George Bonn, formerly torical Society, New York City. associate librarian in charge of the science- *t* technology library at Rice, now at the New Elizabeth C. Biggert, an active member of York Public Library. SLA's Cincinnati Chapter, is the author of "The Engineer in the Library" is the head- an article describing "The Library of the Ohio ing of the dedication which includes a descrip- State Archeological and Historical Society". tion of Mr. Bonn's career and his outstanding It was published in the spring issue of the work at Rice. The article is reprinted in the Autograph Collectors' Journal. current issue of Texas Chapter Bulletin.

JULY - AUGUST 1953 Members In Print Art Librarianship The following announcement was noted in The University of Chicago Graduate Li- the Armed Forces Medical Library News, brary School has announced a new program of June 1953. study leading to the M.A. degree with a spe- "Miss Estelle Brodman, Assistant Librarian cialization in Art Librarianship. The program for Reference Services, will be awarded her is offered in cooperation with the Art Depart- Ph.D. degree early this month by the Facul- ment of the University and provides for course ties of Political Science, Philosophy, and Pure work in both schools, with guidance from a Science of Columbia University. Miss Brod- faculty adviser in each school. The program man worked in the fields of history of medi- is open to students with two years of college cine and medical bibliography under Dr. training, for whom the three years program Austin Evans, Mr. Thomas P. Fleming, Dr. leads to the M.A. degree. Applicants for Fred A. Mettler, Dr. Maurice Tauber, and Dr. admission to the program with more than Lynn Thorndike. Her doctoral dissertation, two years of college work will have their which will be published by the Medical Li- previous training evaluated and appropriate brary Association, is on the Development of reductions in course requirements will be Medical Bibliography. made for equivalent work already accom- "Miss Brodman is the only candidate to plished. For example, students holding a receive her degree under the short-lived plan B.A. degree with a major in Art from a tra- for doctoral candidates working under the ditional four-year college can complete the Joint Graduate Faculties of Columbia Uni- course requirements for the M.A. in about versity; later students will receive a Doctor five quarters. of Library Science degree from the School of For further information and application Library Service." forms write to the Dean of Students, Graduate A member of SLA's Washington, D. C. Library School, University of Chicago, Chicago Chapter, Miss Brodman was a Director on the 37, Illinois. Executive Board of Special Libraries Associa- Cooperative Library Service Program tion for three years, from 1949 to 1952. Some three years ago the College of Agri- *** culture of the University of Nebraska and the "Stack Stalkers" is the title of an article USDA Library engaged in a cooperative pro- on the editorial reference library of The New gram to provide general library services to the York Times, published in the April issue of staff of the Department formerly served from its house organ, Times Talk. the Department's Branch Library at Lincoln. "Stack Stalkers" describes some of the The plan worked successfully and has been more unusual queries in the 36,000 requests extended so that general library services for for information received during the past year, USDA's field personnel are now provided by and mentions some of the unique items in the cooperative arrangement with Agricultural Col- library's collection. leges and Experiment Stations. Photographs feature several of the library The University of California College of staff members including Freeda Franklin, Agriculture at Davis serves the Department Gray Peart, Alice Winterich and Walter staff on the West Coast; the Oklahoma A&M Schoch. Chester M. Lewis is chief librarian. College at Stiilwater serves the staff in the

f** southwest; the University of Florida Experi- Want to Know Something? is a unique ment Station at Gainesville serves the south- east; the University of Rhode Island at King- four-page promotion piece which Meldrum ston serves the northeast; and the University and Fewsmith, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, has been mailing to its clients. This unusual brochure of Nebraska continues to serve the Northern features the agency library services available Plain States. The Forest Products Labora- to clients and some typical requests for in- tory Branch at Madison, Wisconsin, will con- formation. A book pocket holds a "library tinue to provide general services to the De- card" imprinted with the agency telephone partment staff in the North Central States. number, and carries an introduction to the The research library branches at Beltsville, head librarian, Mary Evalyn Crookston, former Maryland, at the four regional laboratories of chairman of the SLA Advertising Division. the Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Harry Guest, president of Meldrum and Chemistry, and at the Forest Products laboratory, continue to be operated as part of the Fewsmith, Inc., wrote the accompanying letter research institutions which they serve. inviting clients to use the library. This new arrangement provides for good * * * general library services to the staff of the Contribution to SLA Fund Department at somewhat less than half the Members of the Southern California Chap- cost of maintaining separate USDA branches ter of SLA voted to contribute the sum of and in return provides some important serv- $100 to the Student Loan Fund of the Asso- ices, such as free photocopying service, to the ciation. cooperating institutions.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES Library Binding institute Alabama; Murray State College, Kentucky; The seventeenth annual conference of the Concord College, West Virginia; San Jose Library Binding Institute was held in Cincin- State College, California; Arizona State Col- nati, May 7, 1953. A joint panel session of lege, Tempe, Arizona; and Texas State Col- librarians and binders featured Flora Luding- lege for Women, Denton, Texas. ton who later acted as moderator. Those par- *** ticipating on the panel included Irene Mason, SLA Petroleum Exhibit Laurence Thompson, Laurence Hertzberg and SLA was represented at the International Zack Haygood. Petroleum Exposition in Tulsa, May 14 to 23, The need for better cooperation between by an exhibit prepared by the SLA Petroleum librarians and binders was stressed as a meas- Section. An animated display was featured ure for keeping binding prices under control. just inside the entrance of a bookmobile of It was pointed out that the omission of the latest design, operated by the Tulsa (Okla- minor operations in the binding process is homa) Public Library. The bookmobile was not an answer to cost problems since the sav- parked at the entrance to the Hall of Science ings are negligible while the quality is re- during the exposition. About 280,000 visitors duced considerably. registered at the Hall of Science. Librarians can help binders give better Since an animated display was required by service by: the exhibit committee of the exposition, a 1. Rebinding as a budget saving device microcard reader flashing cartoons on photo- 2. Insisting upon minimum specifications graphic prints, was placed at the entrance to 3. Adopting simplified and uniform pro- the bookmobile. The Standard Oil Company cessing techniques of California granted permission to use car- 4. Timing shipments for slack winter toons originated by them, and photographic months prints were made suitable for use in the 5. Using uniform binding slips on each tied microcard reader. bundle SLA material was mounted on prepared 6. Exercising selectivity in choice of ma- placards and set up in the display area. terial to be bound Four thousand visitors, many from abroad, 7. Furnishing complete material to the were extemely interested in special library binder (Missing issues should be filled service and in viewing the SLA exhibit. in or noted by the librarian.) Promotion material received from SLA 8. Collating for mutilation is the binder's Headquarters and a bibliography prepared by job, inciuded in the price the Petroleum Department of the Tulsa Pub- An interesting question concerned the use lic Library were distributed. of synthetic plastic adhesives and mending There were 484 inquiries about petroleum tissues as preservatives. The binders' view- library service. point is that these products have a definite SIDNEYJ. BRAGG place in library mending rooms when properly * * * used, but are not a substitute for good quality Civil Service Examinations binding. The United States Civil Service Commis- RICHARDC. GREMLING sion has announced a new examination for * * * librarians to fill positions in various Federal Advertising Bulletin agencies in Washington, D. C. and vicinity. Isabel M. Cubberly, librarian of Knappen- The salary is $3,410 a year. Tippets-Abbet-McCarthy, consulting engineers, A written test will be given and appro- 62 West 47th Street, New York 19, New priate education or experience is required. York, has been appointed editor of What's Full information and application forms may New in Advertising and Marketing, publica- be secured at most first- and second-class post tion of the Advertising Division. offices, or from the United States Civil Serv- Subscriptions to What's New are available ice Commission, Washington 25, D. C. Appli- at $3.00 to members, $5.00 to non-members, cations will be accepted in the Commission's and may be obtained from the treasurer of office in Washington until further notice. the Division, Mrs. Marion E. Mulford, libra- *** rian, Kelly-Smith Company, 420 Lexington Library Schools Accredited Avenue, New York 17, New York. At a special meeting April 3, 1953, the * * * ALA Board of Education for Librarianship Alpha Beta Alpha accredited the following library schools: Eugene P. Watson, librarian at North- Florida State University Library School, western State College of Louisiana, and ex- Tallahassee ecutive secretary of Alpha Beta Alpha, the Indiana University Division of Library Sci- undergraduate library science fraternity, an- ence, Bloomington nounces the installation of six new chapters. University of Texas Graduate School of These include chapters at the University of Library Science, Austin

JULY - AUGUST 1953 247 Fulbright Award Coronation Medal 1953 The 1954-55 competition for Fulbright Coronation Medals 1953, were awarded by awards for university lecturing and postdoc- Queen Elizabeth I1 to five members of the toral research in Europe and the Near East, staff of the Commonwealth National Library, Japan and Pakistan, has just been announced. Canberra, Australia. Among these five were Application forms and additional information the Librarian, Harold L. White and Liaison may be obtained from Conference Board of Officer, Lillian M. Foley, of New York, New Associated Research Councils, Committee on York. International Exchange of Persons, 2 101 Con- The award of these medals is regarded by stitution Avenue, N.W., Washington 25, D. C. the recipients as a tribute not to themselves The closing date for making application is so much as to the whole library profession. October 15, 1953. The medal is of silver, and is worn sus- *** pended from a ribbon, dark red in color with N. Y. U. Law Collection narrow white stripes at the edges and two dark blue vertical stripes near the center. A Catalogue of the Law Collection at New Miss Foley is active in the SLA New York York University with Selected Annotations, chapter. compiled and edited by Julius J. Marke, li- * * * brarian of the School of Law, New York American Chemical Society University, has just been published by the Law Center of New York University. "The Research Report-Its Functions, Prep- The Catalogue is annotated, describing the aration, Distribution and Use", will be the contents and indicating the significance of the topic for a full-day symposium before the more important books in the New York Uni- Division of Chemical Literature at the Ameri- versity law collection of 120,000 volumes. It can Chemical Society's 124th National Meet- presents a systematic survey of the printed ing in Chicago on Tuesday, September 8. The materials in the library relating to the entire program will include discussions of less ob- field of law, excluding foreign law. vious uses of the research report as well as of The Catalogue is divided into eleven sec- its primary function in communicating labora- tions covering sources of the law, its history tory research results to administrative, sales, and institutions, public, private and compara- patent and other departments; the problem of tive law, jurisprudence and philosophy of law, effective distribution in various types of or- political and economic theory, trials, biogra- ganizations; and the handling of reports under phy, and law and literature. It also contains security restrictions. periodicals and other serial publications in- SLA members participating in the sym- cluding loose-leaf services and monographs. posium include: Mr. B. H. Weil, chairman, The section on reference material lists bibli- Lura Shorb, Robert S. 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250 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Letters to the Editor CALENDAR AUGUST 10-15 Let me express at this time my appreciation University of Chicago Graduate Li- for the last several issues of our Journal. Be- brary School. Workshop on "The fore this I would read an article or two in Core of Education for Librarianship." each issue and hope for best in future issues. AUGUST 17-22 This has not been true the past few months. University of Chicago Graduate Li- I have not missed a word in the last three brary School. Annual Conference. issues. My many thanks for this privilege. AUGUST 2427 0. JAMES BUTLER,Corporate Librarian Canadian Library Association. Otta- Pacific Airmotive Corporation wa. Annual Meeting. Burbank. California SEPTEMBER 11-14 Aslib. Nottingham, England. Annual I was very glad to see the mention of the Conference. "Information Service - Annotated Bibliography of Audio-visual Aids Efficiency and Speed". for Management Development Programs on SEPTEMBER 14-16 page 204 of your May-June issue. Scottish Library Association. Airdrie, Scotland. Annual Conference. You may be interested to know that this item has apparently struck reader interest, as SEPTEMBER 19 Heart- of - America Chapter. Kansas a number of orders for the bibliography have City, Missouri. Annual Picnic. been received which can be definitely attrib- OCTOBER 15-17 uted to the item in your journal. Middle Atlantic Regional Library CHARLESA. HEBERT,Proprietor Conference. Atlantic City, N. J. Research Service "Business Advises Librarians." New York City OCTOBER 22-24 SLA Executive Board and Council The table which accompanies Eugene Jack- Meeting, Chicago. Drake Hotel. son's article on research and development re- JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 6, 1954 ports of the Federal government (March 1953, American Library Association. Chi- SPECIAL LIBRARIES)omits the research pro- cago, Ill. Mid-winter Meeting. gram of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. Reports relating to technical and economic research, currently available from the Government Printing Office, are listed in our Reading List on Housing (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1953). BOUND RUTH L. MACE, Librarian Housing and Home Finance Agency Washington, D. C.

My recent article on sources of Government research and development reports failed to include T,IBRAKIA\S ever) where sap that the reports issued by the Housing and Home 1 r~iversalhindir~gs last up to FOUR Finance Agency, inasmuch as I had been under the TIMES longer than origir~als . . . impression that most of these reports related to the are hound lwautifully . . . and take economic side of housing. I am informed by Miss abuse. Mace, however, that much work has been published on materials of construction, construction methods Send \our next ship~neritof books and the like. The omission is regretted. to Ilniversal for re-hindinp . . . EUGENEB. JACKSON, Chief they'll 1)e returned bouiid to please. Division of Research Information National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics And write for lolder of Magazine Washington, D. C. Eirlders. too - in stiff. flexible and transparent styles.

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