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Special Libraries VOLUME40 ...... Established 1910 ...... NUMBER9

CONTENTS FOR NOVEMBER 1949

From the President's Desk . . RUTHH. HOOKER What Price Membership? . . RUTHSAVORD New York Chapter Experiment in Sub-Professional Training . . ELIZABETHFERGUSON Special Librarianship -What It Connotes . S. R. RANGANATHAN A Cataloger's View of the AEC Library Program CHARLOTTEFORGEY CHESNUT New Guides and Aids to Public Documents Use, 1945-1948 . . JEROME K. WILCOX SLA Group Highlights . Events and Publications Announcements .

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

ALMA CLARVOBMFTC~ILL KATHLEENBROWN STEBBINS Editor Advertising Manager 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 and publisher. -- -- SLA OFFICERS, 1949-1950 MRa RUTH H. HOOKER,President . Naval Research Laboratory, Washington 25, D. C. MRS. ELIZABETHW. OWENS, First Vice-president and President-Elect Mercantile-Commerce Bank and Trust Company, St. Louis 1, Missouri BEATRICEV. SIMON,Second Vice-President Redpath Library, McGill University, Montreal, Canada DAVIDIZESSLER, Treasurer . . . General Motors Corporation, Detroit 2, Michigan MRS. KATHLEENB. STEBBINS.Secretary . 31 East Tenth Street, New York 3, New York ROSE L. VORMELKER,Immediate Past-President Business Information Bureau, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland 14, Ohio DIRECTORS MARGARETHATCH, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, San Francisco 20, California ESTELLEBRODMAN, U. S. Army Medical Library, Washington 25, D. C. PAULGAY, Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania- SPECIAL LIBRARIES published monthly September to April, with bi-monthly issues May to August, by The Special Libraries Association. Publication Office, Rea Building, 704 Second Ave., Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Address all communicationa for publication to editorial offices at 31 East Tenth Street, New York 3, N. Y. Subscription price: $7.00 a year; foreign $7.50; single copies, 75 cents. Entered as second-class matfer February 5. 1947, at the Pod Office a1 Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, under the Acl of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rule of posfage provided for in the Act of February 28. 1925, aufhorized February 5. 1947. ,-'----"""""------* ): RECOMMEND THESE BOOKS TO YOUR ! Z COMPANY EXECUTIVES Ili Ill 0 NOVEMBER CONFERENCE METHODS IN INDUSTRY By HENRY M. BUSCH,Cleveland College of Western Reserve University Valuable alike for executives both within and outside of industry, this authoritative manual of conference methods and procedures is an indispensable tool for making enlightened use of conferences among management colleagues, with supervising groups, or in joint industrial relations. "This handbook should be in the hands of all industrial executives!'-PAUL L. FJxISS, Chairman of the Board, The Joseph & Feiss Co. $1.50 POLICE SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES Revised and Enlarged Edition By BRUCE SMITH,The Institute of Public Administration, N. Y. C The most authoritative work on its subject, this book provides both a broad review of the relation of police authority to crime control, and a detailed study of the separate functions of urban, rural, state and federal police, their organi- zation and services. The author writes from first-hand contact with police systems throughout the country, and his latest fmdinga and tecommendations are essential reading for everyone concerned with the subject $5.00 i : OUT-OF-SCHOOL VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE The Organization, Operation and Development of Community Vocational Guidance Service !1 By ROSWELLWARD, Author of "The Personnel Program of Jack & Heintz" This pioneering study is of importance to every personnel and employment executive concerned with making more effective use of the local labor market Exploring the widespread inadequacy of community services for fitting the right man to the right job, it presents a broad program for out-of-school vocational guidance fashioned both to assist the individual and to serve the needs of the community as a whole. $2.50 ' BOTTOM-UP MANAGEMENT 11 People Working Together By WILLIAMB. GIVEN,JR., President, American Brake Shoe Company "Here is the answer to competitive survival in an increasingly competitive economy. It is a management 'Way of Life' that no executive can afford to leave unstudied and unabsorbed."-LAWRENCE A. APPLEY, President, American Management Association. $2.50 THE POWER OF PEOPLE Multiple Management Up To Date By CHARLESP. MCCORMICK,Author of "Multiple Management" New York Times says: "There is as much excitement in this sober little book as in any war memoir or murder thriller." An up-to-date account of the accomplishments of Multiple Management Here is a new human relations philosophy that has wide implications for democratic as well as industrial advance. $2.00 -- C--

AT YOUR BOOKSTORE OR FROM 1 II HARPER & BROTHERS 49 East 33rd st. .~ew ~ork 16, N. Y. Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

Y remarks in the September is- burden. sue of SPECIALLIBRARIES in- I have had manv letters since last M cluded a reference to the feeling June urging that the placement service that many of our members, remote should not be discontinued. To those from Headquarters, have about not be- who thought this was the intent, may ing able to participate to the fullest I say that I think no one really wished extent in the advantages and obligations to discontinue this service. Rather, the of membership in Special Libraries As- feeling was that with serious study a sociation. This was brought clearly into plan for better service to the entire As- focus at the last Annual Business Meet- sociation would result. ing in Los Angeles during discussion Therefore, as directed by the mem- relative to current Placement policy and bers attending the Business Meeting, a practice. Frequently, as in this case, a committee has been appointed to study policy set forth in writing appears fully all aspects of our placement policy and to answer certain needs but fails to how it functions, to recommend any anticipate some of the complications changes which seem advisable, and to which arise. At the Business Meeting it submit a report to the entire member- was brought out that some Chapters ship for decision. The committee has have no local volunteer employment ten members to give it good geographic committee. For example, there are two coverage. They are Miriam Vance Chapters who rely entirely on Head- (616 Investment Building, Washington, quarters placement. This is a very nat- D. C.) Chairman; Audrey Ide Bull ural thing for them to do since they are (Toronto); Helen Forsberg (Baton in the vicinity of Headquarters. I think Rouge); Agnes Hanson (Cleveland); any Chapter with Headquarters nearby Katherine Laich (Los Angeles); Gretch- would do the same, particularly in view en D. Little (Philadelphia); Ruth S. of the excellent placement service the Leonard (Boston); Gertrude Low (New Secretary has provided for them. York); Ruth Parks (Chicago); and However, the general opinion at the Dorothy Thomas (San Francisco). Two meeting appeared to be that each Chap- of the suggestions already submitted for ter should have an employment com- consideration by the committee are: mittee to clear purely local placements (1) that all Chapters maintain volun- in order to relieve the central service teer placement committees so that at which is supported by the entire Asso- least screening can be done; (2) that ciation. Only a person who has had ex- the Secretary send out a weekly letter perience in placement work can appre- to all local placement committee chair- ciate the amount of time required to do men listing all vacancies which have a good job. It is obvious to anyone with been referred to Headquarters so as to such experience that to carry on the broaden the opportunity both for the entire placement work for the Associa- employer and the librarian. tion would require a greatly increased I hope all SLA'ers who have ideas to staff at Headquarters-at increased ex- contribute in this study will send them pense. It may be significant that SLA to any member of the committee, for- is the only large library association warding a copy of the letter to the which has not as yet found headquar- chairman. ters placement an impossible financial RUTH H. HOOKER,Presidenf. 335 WHAT PRICE MEMBERSHIP? By RUTH SAVORD1 Chairman, SLA Constitution Committee

INCE membership provisions - special libraries, including special sub- the types to be provided for and ject departments of public and univer- S the privileges of each type-are sity libraries and members of library the fundamental questions which must school faculties teaching courses in spe- be decided before we can proceed to cial libraries!' any final revision of our Constitution The reasoning behind this change in- and By-Laws, every Chapter, Group volves the following points of policy: and individual is asked to consider the 1. Active members and representatives of proposals being made and to write their Institutional members (who should fulfill the same qualifications) are, in the last opinions to Headquarters or to me so analysis, the backbone of the Association. that we may obtain a clear idea of the 2. Committees, Groups and Chapters are desires of the members. set up to carry out projects in the field of The first point, which must be de- special librarianship. These projects re- cided and which is implicit in all of the quire experience that can be contributed only by those actively engaged in special new proposals, is-Do we want SLA to librarianship who are meeting similar prob- be devoted solely to the interests of lems in their daily work. special librarians? 3. Other professional associations exist for We have talked for years of making practically every phase of librarianship. Should we have such broad qualifications for SLA a professional association, confined membership as to encroach on the rightful to members who are doing the profes- province of such associations? sional work in a special library. How- Adoption of this proposal would have ever, as the years went by, we accepted the following immediate results: as members all who applied, gave them 1. Automatically eliminate those members Group and Chapter privileges, sent them who cannot meet our new qualifications: publications and extended every other chief librarians of universities, colleges and right and privilege regardless of posi- public libraries; all university, college and public library staff members other than tion or interest or of any contribution, those in special subject departments; all or lack of contribution they made to staff members of special libraries doing sub- the Association. The result of this policy professional work. It should be explained is that we now have a membership list here that we are not attempting to set up of close to 5000, requiring a larger educational standards and are not confining membership to library school graduates but Headquarters staff and burdening Chap- are making the dividing line-professional ter officers and Group chairmen with versus sub-professional duties. For instance, large mailing lists. Every member costs chemists, translators and abstractors would the Association from $6.50 to $9.002 be considered as professional workers but depending on type of membership. Yet stenographers and clerks as sub-professional. 2. Members who are qualified but who many of these memberships represent now hold Associate membership and who nothing but a name on a list because are unwilling to pay increased dues may re- they have paid the required fee. sign. QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP 3. A complete re-classification of present The new proposal is that "Active members will be necessary. A fallacy often expressed in discussion concerns the status members shall be individuals who are of present members: "Of course, present actively engaged in the administration, members won't be affected." May I say or as professional staff members, of emphatically that, if the change is made, it must apply to both present as well as future 1 Librarian, Council on Foreign Relations, members. Inc., 58 East 68th St., New York 21, N. Y. 4. A closely knit organization of members 2 For details, see Table, SPECIALLIBRARIES, interested and qualified to contribute to our October 1946, p.259. professional work will result. 19491 WHAT PRICE MEMBERSHIP? 357

PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERSHIP brought new spirit and ideas and from Two changes in privileges are pro- which he could have obtained help and posed : inspiration. 1. Affiliation with one Division (new The new proposal is that every mem- name for Group) only without further pay- ber shall "automatically be a member ment. 2. Afiiliation with Chapter nearest to of the Chapter nearest to his place of place of employment. employment. Members not living with- At present, representatives of Insti- in 50 miles of a Chapter shall be con- tutional members may affiliate with not sidered unaffiliated member s. Upon more than three Groups without fur- written request to the chairman of the ther payments while Active members Membership Committee, an unaffiliat- may affiliate with not more than two. ed member may affiliate with a Chap- Most members exercise these privileges ter of his choice." thereby swelling Group rosters, Group If adopted, this proposal may require expenses and the work of volunteer offi- more specific delimitation of Chapter cers. Yet few of these members con- areas to decide on nearest Chapter tribute anything to the work of the since we have some rather anomalous Group in their primary interest to say situations-members living in New Jer- nothing of that of the Group in a sec- sey but working in New York and vice ondary interest. versa, or those in Connecticut who are In the new proposal, both classes really nearer to New York, etc. How- would be restricted to one Division only ever, a provision could be made that without further payment. This would exceptions would be decided by the automatically cut all Division rosters, chairman of the Membership Committee. Division expenses and the burden on OTHER TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP volunteer officers. More important, how- STUDENT:Student members will be ever, Division membership would in- confined to students of accredited li- clude only representatives of Institu- brary schools and will be allowed Chap- tional members and Active members ter affiliation only. who would bring to the work of their SUSTAINING:NO fundamental change. Division of primary interest more AFFILIATED:This new class will pro- knowledge, experience and vital inter- vide for those "engaged in sub-profes- est. Members, who desire more than one sional capacities in special libraries, en- affiliation, would be required to pay 20 gaged in other types of libraries or in per cent of annual dues for each such statistical or research work." They will affiliation. be allowed to affiliate with the nearest The present provision that members Chapter but not with a Division nor can may "affiliate with the Chapter of their they vote or hold office. choice" has been the cause of much con- LIFE:This class will include all pres- troversy since members living in areas ent Life members but in the future, where there are no Chapters have been Life members must qualify for Active solicited to L'choose" membership in dis- membership since they receive all the tant Chapters from which the member privileges of Active members. could gain little, but the Chapter there- HONORARY:Abolished. We would by gained from the allottment for this like an expression of opinion on this. member's dues. Also, members who Although we have provided for this moved from the area of one Chapter to type of membership for several years, that of another have "chosen" to retain we have not named any honorary mem- membership in the original Chapter bers. Should we? rather than transferring to the new and ASSOCIATE:Abolished. Those who nearer Chapter to which he could have qualify must become Active members; 358 SPECIAL LIBRARIES [November

others would become Affiliated. If we round tables, for committee and other are to be truly professional, all profes- administrative changes, finances, etc. sional assistants should want to exer- Details of working out these decisions cise the rights and privileges of Active can safely be left to the committee. The members and contribute their experi- discussions and opinions should be cen- ence to the work of the Association. tered on policy. This is your Associa- Future articles will discuss the re- tion. Tell us what you want it to repre- organization of Groups, provisions for sent.

NEW YORK CHAPTER EXPERIMENT IN SUB-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING By ELIZABETH FERGUSON Librarian, Institute of Life Insurance, New York, N. Y.

S a matter of principle, the library entirely in the hands of their individual profession believes in personnel supervisors on the job. A suitably trained to give efficient Special libraries suffer most acutely service. Unfortunately, as a matter of from this situation. Their staffs are practice, this is impossible to achieve small. It is the exception rather than throughout a library staff. the rule to have more than one trained There are several reasons for this person on the staff. Assistants are drawn hiatus between theory and practice. Li- from the pool of the white-collar work- brarians who have put in the time and ers who are available for general busi- effort to obtain a graduate degree are ness jobs. They generally have no back- not satisfied to spend most of their ground whatever for library work and working day shelving magazines and must be trained from scratch on the in- stamping book cards. They want better dividual job. Obviously the burden of salaries than such jobs justify under this training falls heavily on the should- any kind of good management. Further- ers of the special librarian who, more more it has been demonstrated over the often than the public library adminis- years in all types of libraries that com- trator, is also responsible for research. pletely inexperienced people can be The urgency of this problem was taught on the job to handle the many thoroughly discussed as part of a closed "clerical" routines which keep a library session on library education at the 1948 functioning smoothly. SLA Convention in Washington, D. C., In the early days when libraries were arranged by Mrs. Ruth Hooker and feeling their way toward recognized edu- conducted by Verner Clapp of the Li- cational standards, they tried out all brary of Congress. The views expressed sorts of ways and means-homemade at this meeting summarized so well the apprentice classes, short practical sum- thinking of the profession that they mer courses and others. Head librarian were reported in SPECIALLIBRARIES in and desk clerk alike benefited from November 1948. these efforts. Later, as colleges took over Taking their cue from this discus- the courses and gradually elevated them sion, the Executive Board of the New to the present high academic level, York Chapter, under the leadership of many library workers did not have the Gertrude Low, president, decided, in educational prerequisites, to say noth- the fall of 1948, to tackle the problem ing of the time and money, to pursue as a local project. The members first them. Training for workers was left approached it, as they had so often in 19491 NEW YORK CHAPTER EXPERIMENT IN SUB-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 359 the past, with the idea of setting up a The concept of the class as the com- course and handling it within the Chap- mittee viewed it was that it should be ter itself. There was in the group plenty a background and introduction to basic of talent, willingness and experience. library routines such as are the "com- There was also the possibility that a mon denominator" of service in all kinds course might be conducted on a fee of libraries. It should be kept very ele- basis so that teachers could be compen- mentary, well within the comprehension sated for their time and trouble. The of a high school graduate. It should be Board even thought hopefully that such available to "in service" workers as well a fee might become a small source of as to full time students. It should not income to supplement the always in- interfere with college level training for adequate Chapter funds. The Board's those who might later wish to become plan, however, carried with it two seri- professional. It should not be unduly ous difficulties: ( 1) such a class was a expensive. heavy extra-curricular burden on those The Ballard School of the Y.W.C.A. people responsible for it; (2) and it did expressed great interest in the idea and not have the recognition and prestige was willing to make arrangements to of a class connected with an established include a 12-week course in its 1949 school. spring term. This school has a distin- In view of the many inadequacies of guished record in vocational courses the original plan, the Board determined because it has been successful not only to try a completely new approach. It in practical training but also in inspir- decided to investigate whether an ele- ing in its pupils good conscientious at- mentary course could not be success- titudes toward jobs. It is somewhat fully conducted in a business school. unique among the New York Schools in New York seemed an ideal place for the that its policy has always allowed for experiment since it has business schools experimental courses. The School and of many types and since a large group the Y.W.C.A. employment service with of library assistants are employed in which it works closely have a broad the area. base of experience with all types of The author was appointed as chair- clerical jobs. Altogether, the committee man of a committee to investigate the thought, there could not be a more de- possibilities which a New York business sirable place for a trial course. school might be willing to work out The School authorities, in the plan- along this line. The working committee ning sessions, asked to be informed fully members were: Marguerite Bumett of about the jobs for which the course the Federal Reserve Bank, Rita Allen would offer training. They also drew of the Newell-Emmett Advertising into the discussions top-flight personnel Agency, Shirley Dakin of the New York directors who regularly served on their Public Library, and Adrian Paradis of advisory committees. These outside ex- American Airlines, ex-officio from the perts in the general vocational field Board. In addition to the committee forced the library group to do some itself an informal advisory board sat serious stock-taking about its job situ- in on the planning. Rebecca Rankin of ation. the Municipal Reference Library, Kath- Specifically they wanted to know such leen B. Stebbins of SLA Headquarters, things as: What are the jobs like? How Byron C. Hopkins of the School of Li- many of them are there in this area? brary Service at Columbia, Rho Brooks How are the people hired-from a cleri- Slawson of the Brooklyn Public Li- cal pool in the office or through outside brary, and Margaret M. Kehl of the agencies? What are the opportunities Drexel Institute of Technology. for advancement? What do the jobs pay? 360 SPECIAL LIBRARIES [November

To gather statistics to answer these of the reasons for the routines they were many questions the committee sent out called upon to perform. a questionnaire to the 450 libraries re- Miss Bradley also solved the prob- presented in the New York Chapter. lems involved in screening applicants About 120 of them responded and fur- for the class. She did this by interview- nished some interesting facts-90 of ing them all at the School. This was these employ a total of 215 clerical as- necessary because it was found impos- sistants regularly. The average number sible to agree on clear-cut educational per library was one or two although and personal requirements which the some few have as many as ten. More School's registration department, could than half hire assistants from within evaluate. "Employability" was the cri- their organizations. The salary most terion she used in deciding on an appli- frequently reported was from $35 to cant's eligibility and this obviously need- $40 a week. A sizable number indicated ed the use of sound personnel judgment. that they would cooperate by sending As a result of all this careful joint students to the class if it was estab- planning, the enrollment in the initial lished. These figures helped to assure course on April 4, 1949, far exceeded the school that there was a big enough original expectations. It was conducted job market to make the course worth- in two sections of 25 students each; and while. in addition, some 20 applications were The Ballard executives accordingly carried over for the fall class. were willing to undertake the adminis- This group of students was of very tration of the course as part of their high caliber. Because this was such a regular curriculum. They stated, how- good opportunity to study standards ever, that they would have to depend and qualifications for library clerical on the library group to recommend a positions, their backgrounds were sig- teacher and to advise on the content of nificant. A high school diploma was the the study. They would also need assist- only stated prerequisite. However, on ance in selecting the students who the roll there were three who had some would be admitted. college work, eight with bachelors de- The matter of the teacher was solved grees and three with masters. Six had most happily by obtaining the services attended business schools and there of Florence Bradley, recently retired as were a few with foreign backgrounds. librarian of the Metropolitan Life In- It is a pleasure to report that all the surance Company. Miss Bradley's long students were s incere 1y enthusiastic. experience in training assistants and her One significant comment was, "Even charming personality were vital factors though we aren't learning something in the success of the venture. They en- new, we like seeing how all libraries abled her to make the study interesting follow the same practices." This sums and significant to these people who were up the essential value of a course as not by any means dedicated to careers against individual training in that it in librarianship. gives people the feeling of belonging to It was decided to call the course, a profession. Another student wrote, "Library Clerical Practice," in spite of "The course has been invaluable to me. the universal unpopularity of the term Due to unusual circumstances, I desired clerical. This was one clear way of dis- to learn a working knowledge of library tinguishing it from the advanced library procedure in as short a time as possible. school courses. Miss Bradley's basic aim The course more than fulfilled my ex- was to present the background theory pectations . . . it has given me a vision of library operations so that the assist- as well as a goal which I hope to attain ants would have a better understanding in library work." 19491 SPECIAL LIBRARIANSHIP -WHAT IT CONNOTES 36 1

If the class continues, as now seems in the overall vocational picture. Busi- likely, it may well offer assistance to ness schools and ~ersonneldirectors as the profession in several ways. It may well are coming more and more to help set a pattern for sub-professional realize that secretarial training, impor- training at an educational level which tant as it is, does not meet the require- is open to many who do not qualify for ments of all white-collar jobs nor the graduate training, but whose services capacities of all those who want to en- are very necessary to libraries. It offers ter the business world. Ballard's cate- a possible minimum of library training gory "Business Skills", which now in- which would enable subject specialists cludes the library courses, and the ad- to serve in many valuable library ca- vertising it carries in school directories pacities. It may encourage interested are evidence of this thinking. Library workers to advance to full professional work is now listed in company with training. It could also function in re- advertising, cashiering and record keep- cruiting new workers. ing, filing, import and export practice One immediate result was the urgent and practical accounting as a special request from several students for an type of job possibility. additional course in elementary cata- Copies of the Ballard School catalog loging. This has been met in the fall with full descriptions of the courses may term by a class now being conducted be obtained from Mrs. Frances L. by Anna M. Erichsen, Head of the Gen- Youtz, Director of Ballard School, Lex- eral Cataloging Section of the New ington Avenue at 53rd Street, New York York Public Library. 22, N. Y. Mrs. Youtz, Miss Bradley (in By and large, however, the most im- care of the School) or the writer will be portant aspect of the whole effort may glad to furnish on request more details be the recognition of these library jobs on this very worthwhile experiment.

SPECIAL LIBRARIANSHIP -WHAT IT CONNOTES By S. R. RANGANATHAN Delhi University Library, Delhi, India

PECIAL librarianship is a puzzling sion. When, what is perhaps the first term. It is causing some confusion Special Libraries Association in the S in the all-too-meagre body of In- world was organized in the United dian librarians. The ineffability or the States in 1909, its founders undoubted- ambiguity -whatever it may be -of ly had something definite to denote by this is almost reducing it to a slogan. the term special libraries. Like all slogans it induces some vague In those days the term, library, com- but powerful feelings. Those under the monly meant a collection of books, spell of a slogan resent being asked rather than the activity of bringing what exactly the slogan means. Special them into intimate relation with a group librarianship is no exception to this of readers by the librarian. Used in that rule. I found this inconvenient question sense a special library can only mean a raised in some of the the meetings and library of special books. One of the im- conferences which I attended in Europe plications of the first law of library and America last year. There, too, I science is that it is the soul or the witnessed the usual resentment and eva- thought-content embodied in books, 362 SPECIAL LIBRARIES [November which makes them of value in a library. staff. As librarianship is the art prac- This means that it is specialization in a tised by the staff, we shall be begging subject that can make a library a spe- the question if we regard the staff as cial library. The fourth international the independent variable. edition of the Universal Decimal Classi- "READERS" fication confirms this meaning; on page Let us examine the result of making 5 1 of volume I, part 1, it defines special "readers" the independent variable. What libraries as "Libraries and collections of is the result of varying the readers? books devoted to special subjects or They may be varied in several ways. sciences. Eg., medical libraries". They may vary in their vocation or pro- Can special librarianship be taken to fession. This will lead to special libra- mean the art of running a special li- ries such as architects' libraries, med- brary? Whether this definition is signifi- ical libraries and librarians' libraries. cant at all will depend upon the mean- This result is the same as the one we ing of the term librarianship considered already had by varying the subject and by itself. Librarianship may be defined we have seen that this does not lead to as the art of fulfilling the laws of library special librarianship. science, that is : Readers may vary in age. This will 1. Promoting the use of books lead to special libraries Iike children's 2. Finding his book for every reader libraries, libraries for adolescents and 3. Finding its reader for every book libraries for adults. The technique of 4. Saving the time (subjective as well as objective) of the reader acquiring, classifying, cataloging, dis- 5. Doing all these, whatever be the manner playing and circulating books and li- and the rate at which the library grows. brametry will be the same in all these The chief items of work involved in classes of libraries. Even in book-selec- this art are book-selection, book-ac- tion, it is not so much the technique of quisition, book-classification, book-cata- selections as the type of books that will loging, book-display, book-circulation, vary. But the technique of reference reference-service and librametry or a service is bound to vary with the psych- statistical evaluation of the efficiency of ology of the class of readers served. the library. None of these can vary in Child-psychology differs from adoles- quality from subject to subject, to such cent psychology, and both of these, an extent as to call for a change in the from adult-psychology. There is, there- technique of the art. To use a familiar fore, some justification to regard chil- mathematical mode of expression, if we dren's librarianship, adolescents' libra- regard the subject as the independent rianship and adults' librarianship as variable and librarianship as the de- special librarianship. pendent one, librarianship is constant. A third way of forming special classes Confining the books of a library to a of readers is to group them by different special subject does not, therefore, lead kinds of abnormality. This will lead to to special librarianship. If we insist on special libraries such as hospital libra- linking special librarianship with special ries, prison libraries, seafarers' libraries libraries, though the latter has a mean- and libraries for the blind. The libra- ing, the former has none. rianship corresponding to the first three A LIBRARY REPRESENTS A TRINITY OF classes will have special features in cir- BOOKS, READERS, STAFF culation work and reference service. Li- To give it a meaning, we should re- brarianship for the blind will be special gard some other factor in the library as in every way. But it is doubtful if these the independent variable. For this pur- are given much importance in special pose let us recall that a library is a librarianship. trinity consisting of books, readers and Thus varying the readers does not 19491 SPECIAL LIBRARIANSHIP -WHAT IT CONNOTES 363 lead us to special librarianship, as it is "EXTENSION" commonly understood. One important and well-recognized "BOOKS" dimension of the thought embodied in The only other course is to make books and other forms of reading mate- "books" the independent variable. We rial is "Extension". The dimension of have already seen that varying them thought normally handled in a library according to their subject does not lead may correspond to a whole book, or it to special librarianship. may correspond to an article in a peri- Another way of varying "books" is to odical. We may state this in terms of vary them by their physical character- units as follows: The thought-unit of istics. This will lead to special libraries operation may be as large as the one like palm-leaf-manuscript libraries, embodied in a whole book or as small paper-manuscript libraries, archival li- as the one embodied in an article in a braries, libraries of microfilm-books, etc. periodical or a pamphlet. The technique of book-display and shelf- The techniques which librarianship arrangement are bound to vary in these first forged were determined by the classes of special libraries. To that ex- larger thought-unit embodied in books. tent, special librarianship will arise. But The germ, which was ultimately to dis- usage does not recognize these kinds of turb the complacent continuation of librarianship as special librarianship. these techniques, had its meagre begin- There is no other tangible or concrete nings in the eighteenth century in the characteristic by which we may vary form of the transactions and proceed- the independent variable "books" so as ings of learned bodies like the royal to arrive at special librarianship. societies and academies of the different We should therefore seek to vary countries. These are now called peri- "books" on the basis of some intangible odicals. A periodical does not have the characteristic of theirs, some more in- continuity of a book. It is really an tangible and perhaps less recognized aggregate of discrete articles embodying characteristic than their subject matter. smaller thought-units. Here an analogy comes to mind- Till the beginning of the present cen- the art of building-construction. In this tury, in almost all libraries, the thought- art, it is easily recognized that the tech- unit involved in classification, catalog- nique varies with the dimension of the ing, circulation and reference service building. The technique of constructing was generally the macroscopic one em- a toy-building with pieces of stick is bodied in books. Even a multifocal book very simple; that of putting up a cow- was deemed unifocal for classification shed is also simple. The technique of and cataloging purposes. It was put in erecting an ordinary house is beyond the larger class comprehending all the the capacity of amateurs. Construction sub-classes forming the several foci. Its of a building comparable in dimensions subject-heading, too, was chosen ac- to the legislative chamber of a country cordingly. requires technique of a different sort. Periodical publications, which are The technique of erecting sky-scrapers multifocal, were not circulated. Refer- like the Empire State Building in New ence service had not even begun and York is utterly different from all others there was, therefore, no organization to in certain respects. This shows that establish contact between readers and technique may vary with the dimension articles in periodicals or parts of books. involved. We may also state it in an- Readers had to depend on their own other way: Technique may vary with wit in this matter. Even the biblio- the unit of operation appropriate to a graphical tools needed for the purpose given context. had to be designed, constructed and 364 SPECIAL LIBRARIES [November published by the world of readers-the nascent state, and to save the time of scientists and others. The monumental the reader by adding an annotation to Royal Society's Index is an instance in each article, require techniques which point. It was compiled by persons who cannot be envisaged if the whole book were amateurs in the building of bibli- is considered to determine thought-unit. ography, pre-eminent though they were The changes needed in the techniques as experts in science. The significance of reference service and circulation work of this Index was that it based itself on also presuppose a change in the tech- the smaller thought-unit embodied in niques of classification and cataloging. articles of periodicals. In my opinion, it is the new tech- Surgeon John Shaw Billings of the niques of classification, cataloging, cir- United States Army, who was given the culation work and reference service, task of building up the Army Medical necessitated by the contraction of the Library in 1864, was the first scientist- thought-unit in use, that connote special cum-librarian to change the thought- librarianship. unit in library practice. The large num- "DOCUMENTATION" ber of pamphlets which he collected Historically, it was the industrial or- appealed to him to shorten the thought- ganizations in more developed countries unit in such a way that might be indi- like the United States and Great Britain vidualized. He yielded to this appeal that first felt the need for special libra- and designed his famous Index Cat- rianship of this kind. This need became alogue whose publication was sanction- apparent to them in the first quarter of ed in 1879. the present century. Being industrial The term Index in its title emphasizes institutions, they were able to provide the smaller thought-unit brought into the necessary finance to foster the growth operation. This change in thought-unit of special librarianship. The fact that introduced by Billings in library prac- the library of an industrial organization tice was several years ahead of its being naturally specialized in a single subject generally recognized as necessary or led to the use of the term special libra- valuable. Even today, many libraries ries in describing them; and this in persist in the use of the macroscopic its turn led to the elusive term special thought-unit embodied as books and de- librarianship. It was given to the acute cline to change over to the microscopic French, famous for their precision in thought-unit embodied as articles in expression, to brush aside this mislead- periodicals and pamphlets. However, ing term with wrong associations and the movement initiated by Billings is call the new set of techniques Docu- steadily spreading. mentation-a term which emphasizes The techniques of circulation, classi- the change in thought-unit from the fication, cataloging and reference ser- macroscopic embodiment in books to vice have to be changed if the thought- the microscopic embodiment in articles. unit is changed. The work of estimat- During the last two decades many ing the world of readers and the world other classes of libraries also have be- of reading materials and matching right gun to do documentation service. Of readers with right articles embodying late, even public libraries have begun small thought-units is much more exact- to do so. This is leading to the re-organi- ing. To mark each article in the current zation of public library stock on what periodicals for every probable reader, is called departmental basis. This really to devise and work a mechanism of cir- means "subject basis". A public library culation which will ensure each article may have, for example, a department of reaching its reader and each reader get- music, a department of technology, a ting his article while it is still in a department of commerce and so on. 19491 SPECIAL LIBRARIANSHIP -WHAT IT CONNOTES 365

These departments in public libraries librarian was even allergic to the word no longer regard books as units. Their librarian and called himself by various thought-unit is the microscopic one em- other terms like information officer, re- bodied in articles, pamphlets and pro- search officer and documentalist. 'He spectuses. The result is intensive docu- preferred to be classed with the scien- mentation or special librarianship. I was tists and the technologists whom he amazed at the thoroughness with which served rather than with the librarians all published musical literature was be- whose art it was that he practiced ing documented by the Edinburgh pub- though with improved techniques de- lic libraries. The documentation service termined by the new thought-unit of his in steel industries offered by the public operation. library at Sheffield and in textile indus- However, now, that the general libra- tries offered by the Manchester public ries have begun to see the need for a libraries are well-known. The libraries smaller thought-unit and to practice of many of the Departments of the Gov- documentation, the gulf is being bridged. ernments like those of the United States In conformity with the well-known char- and Great Britain are also doing docu- acteristic of the English-speaking peo- mentation work. The Library of the ple, the American and the British libra- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Holland rians are retaining the same old label does documentation work on all the special libraries but are quietly chang- 400 periodicals it receives and the re- ing its connotation. But in its travel sult is printed daily like a newspaper. across the high seas or the sky, this The Library of Congress has been doing term appears to lose all its new aroma documentation work for years. The Li- by the time it reaches Indian shores. brary of the House of Commons, too, It continues to be understood in the has recently begun it. I found intensive original sense recorded in the U.D.C. documentation work being done in the and causes all the confusion to which Department of Mineralogy at the Sor- reference was made at the beginning. It bonne, in the University of Copenhagen would be well if the American and Brit- and in the Royal Institute of Tech- ish librarians would make their new nology of Stockholm. connotation better known to the world PENETRATION OF SPECIAL LIBRARIAN- so that unwary librarians in undevelop- SHIP INTO GENERAL LIBRARIES ed countries like India would not fall This penetration of special librarian- victims to the much too infectious, but ship into general libraries is inevitable now empty, slogan of special libraries, and is bound to extend. This was re- and generate a centrifugal force in their flected, for example, by the appreciable ranks even before they establish them- number of librarians of general libra- selves as a profession. ries, such as public and university libra- In India hardly any library, whether ries, attending the Leamington Confer- it restricts itself to a single subject or ence of Aslib in September 1948. not, has begun to do sustained docu- Though special libraries is still only a mentation service. Perhaps two or three slogan to a few, many have begun to departmental libraries may appear to understand it correctly. In the earlier be exceptions. But even in these it is years, when the general libraries had due to the enthusiasm of stray persons. not felt the need for the contraction of The necessary staff is not provided and thought-unit, the general librarian and the work done is amateurish-very the special librarian could not see eye comparable to what was in vogue when to eye. A gulf existed between them. the Royal Society's Index was prepared They could not agree that they belong- by amateurs instead of by trained and ed to the same profession. The special disciplined documentalists. And again, 366 SPECIAL LIBRARIES [November the amount of circulation work and of the smaller thought-unit embodied reference service done or demanded on as articles in periodicals and pamphlets. the basis of the smaller thought-unit is But in the West, the two techniques of negligibly small. This accounts for the cataloging and classification are being absence of a Special Libraries Associa- developed practically independent of tion in India. each other. INDIA'S APPROACH TO SPECIAL But the work already done in India LIBRARIANSHIP has shown that a holistic concept of It is to be hoped that the opportunity librarianship should not deem the two which political independence has cre- techniques to be independent or insep- ated for intensive and creative work in arable. This concept is reflected in the every region of the field of knowledge chain procedure developed in 1938 to (whether it is fundamental or applied solve certain problems at the level of sciences, technology or industries, social books. This chain procedure is now seen sciences or humanities) will create a to have great potentiality at the level demand for actual service at the level of documentation. Most of the advan- of special librarianship. Until this de- tages of the punched card system, but mand is created and grows in volume without some of its disadvantages, are and documentation work is established secured by the chain procedure. The in an appreciable number of libraries chief general principle behind it is that (be they industrial, departmental, re- classification and cataloging should be search, university or public libraries), taken as an inseparable whole. Each is India's approach to the subject can only best fitted for a certain type of service; be from the theoretical angle. While neither should independently attempt circulation-work and reference-service to do it all. There should be a healthy as conditioned by special librarianship symbiosis between the two. If this is do not lend themselves much to theo- accepted, there is a considerable simpli- retical investigation, the effect of the fication in both techniques. These find- contraction of thought-unit on the tech- ings will be found in the writer's Philos- nique of classification and cataloging ophy of Library Classification being lends itself to it. Moreover, the libra- published by Dr. Jean Anker of the ries in some of the universities and re- University of Copenhagen. search organizations receive quite a The request from Dr. Donker Duyvis number of periodicals including ab- of the F.I.D. for a memorandum on stracting ones. These furnish the neces- classification led to the tracing of the sary means for the empirical verifica- faults of the U.D.C. to its rigid Dewey tion of the findings of theory. They also core. These findings are contained in serve as a means to isolate unsolved Classification and International Docu- problems in the techniques and to indi- mentation published as fascicule 4 of cate profitable lines of investigation. Volume XIV of the Review of Docu- When Billings introduced the smaller mentation of the F.I.D. which came out thought-unit in library practice, the dis- in May 1948. cipline of library classification had not The opportunity, which travel in Eu- been born. Nor had even the Decimal rope, Great Britain and America af- Classification come into existence. He forded to gain first-hand knowledge of could, therefore, change only the tech- documentation work and to discuss the nique of cataloging. Later on classifi- problem with those actually engaged in cation established itself for handling the it, led to some clarification. The result larger thought-unit embodied in books. is given in the paper "Self-perpetuating In 1896, the first attempt was made to Classification" published in the Journal adapt this new discipline to the needs of Documentation for March 1949. There will be work for some years for a large doubt much more efficient and inter- team of promising thinkers. If it is done, national co-operation in the matter will documentation service will be beyond become easy.

A CATALOGER'S VIEW OF THE AEC LIBRARY PROGRAM1 By CHARLOTTE FORGEY CHESNUT Chief, Cataloging and Card Distribution Sub-section, Library Section, AEC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

N this brief article it will be neces- peutic use of radioisotopes, aeronautics sary to omit numerous activities and and the peace-time applications of atom- I details of the Library; also, due to ic energy came into the picture. In June security restrictions, many remarks will 1946, a chief (who is a professional li- be rather general. However, I shall en- brarian) of the Library Section was ap- deavor to present a picture of the Li- ~ointedand since that time the staff brary Section, Technical Information has grown until it now consists of six Branch, U. S. Atomic Energy Commis- professional librarians, a number of sion, located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, scientists and scientific analyists and as seen bv a librarian. several sub- and non-professional em- This Library occupies a unique posi- ployes-approximately a total of eighty. tion in the special library field where This Library is the depository for all the unusual is not considered rare. Its classified and declassified research and collection has no parallel in the world, development reports, documents, pa- and in at least one other aspect its pro- pers, etc., produced by the Atomic En- cedure is different from other libraries ergy Commission and its contractors -a large part of its collection is locked (industry, colleges, universities and lab- behind combination safes every night oratories) during the war and since its and all employes are investigated and close. The documents are submitted on cleared by the Federal Bureau of In- a periodic basis, on completion of an vestigation. The elements of a library experiment, and on expiration of a con- were present in the early days of the tract. The topics covered are many and Manhattan District and these were ad- varied, predominate 1y scientific and ministered by the army and civilian technical, with emphasis on physics, personnel attached to USED, Manhat- chemistry, mathematics, medicine, health tan District. Due to the nature of the and biology. It holds some materials project, it was small and restricted. from Great Britain, Canada, Japan and With the close of the war came a change Germany. The objectives of the Library in personnel and policies, and it soon are identical to those of other special became evident that a broader service and conventional libraries, in that it should be rendered in keeping with the supplies reading materials, books, docu- expanded program of the Atomic En- ments and periodicals, answers refer- ergy Commission. Peacetime brought in- ence questions, both ready and those re- terest in new uses for atomic power. quiring much research, furnishes cards The fields of biological research, thera- for card index files. and sends out bibli- ographies and various lists to personnel 1 Based on a paper given before the East Tennessee Teachers Association, Library Sec- of the Commission and its contractors. tion, October 31, 1947. Data revised to in- Someone fittingly said, "We run a mail clude 1948 statistics. order library business." With the many 368 SPECIAL LIBRARIES [November

installations and cooperating agencies, ous fields of scientific literature in which it is truly an active, growing library. the Atomic Energy Commission is in- FUNCTIONS OF THE VARIOUS SECTIONS terested. Within the one year of its ex- The Library Section is composed of istence this journal has become recog- nine sub-sections. These sub-sections nized as one of the major abstract jour- are so closely interwoven that it is im- nals in the field of the physical sci- possible to talk about one without men- ences. This Sub-Section also publishes tioning the others and their major func- and distributes to authorized persons in tions. However, I shall go into more de- accordance with security rules and reg- tail about the production of the index ulations the following items: Abstracts cards by the Indexing and Cataloging of Classified Research and Development and Card Distribution Sub-sections than Reports, Title List of Research and De- any other activity. velopment Reporfs and irregularly-pub- The acquisition group is called the lished bibliographies and indexes. Document Receiving and Processing The Technical Library Sub-Section Sub-Section. The staff here does just endeavors to meet the needs of the what the name implies. It receives and Commission and personnel for scientific records in proper log books all reports and technical publications. It has a of all Commission installations and con- highly selective collection of approxi- tractors at the rate of approximately mately 2000 volumes, including a num- 300 titles per month; by counting dupli- ber of foreign and domestic journals. cate copies this number is increased to The L. C. scheme of classification is 3000. The records are so arranged that used in cataloging the books. Since the proper control of the reports is main- greatest demand is for highly technical tained at all times. The documents materials, the Library has not purchased usually bear a number when received a complete collection of popular writ- by this office. If so, this series is estab- ings on atomic energy. Special mate- lished and becomes an official entry. If rials, such as patent information, photo- no number was previously assigned by stats, microfilms and others are acquired the issuing installation, a number is as- by the librarian at the request of the signed by this office. A master copy is users. A union catalog of all journals indicated for each title and is ultimate- subscribed to by AEC installations is ly filed in the main vault. Distribution being prepared as a means of coordinat- of the document is designated on this ing library materials among the libraries particular copy. The documents are filed of the Commission and its contractors in the vault in a systematic order and to prevent duplication of expensive ma- are checked out by a trained staff to terials. Inter-library loan service is pro- authorized persons. A conventional li- vided for both on-area and off-area brary check-out card is used; however, affiliated libraries. Many loans are made no time limit is indicated. At intervals daily to installations and contractors. follow-up cards are sent out, and the The average daily local circulation in- document may be renewed. cluding all books and journals approxi- The Bibliography Sub-Section com- mates sixty-five. piles and publishes Nuclear Science Ab- Many requests for specific reports stracts, a semi-monthly abstract journal, and for scientific and technical informa- based on unclassified and declassified tion pertaining to atomic energy come documents of the Atomic Energy Com- from the Commission, its contractors mission and the equivalent British and and installations. These requests are Canadian agencies, and journal articles filled by the Information Sub-Section. appearing in foreign and domestic pub- Often it is necessary to spend much lished literature pertaining to the vari- time searching the card catalog and the 19491 A CATALOGER'S VIEW OF THE AEC LIBRARY PROGRAM 369 extensive report collection and contact- cannot be stressed too strongly. ing personnel familiar with the prob- Cards are punched in the IBM Sub- lem in order to furnish the desired in- Section for all documents held, received formation. Initial distribution of the docu- and/or transmitted by the Library Sec- ments is based on a standard author- tion. Here pertinent data is transferred ized distribution schedule. If a request from the document to IBM punch is made for a particular document, the cards, thus enabling the Library Section document is reviewed and if it con- to have control over document distri- tains information pertinent to the work bution and location. The work done by of the installation making the request, the machines has materially reduced it is reproduced and transmitted. the manual work formerly done by The Document Distribution Sub-Sec- clerks and eliminates a great percentage tion distributes on an automatic basis of human errors. to authorized installations, and in re- The Indexing and Cataloging and sponse to specific requests, declassified Card Distribution Sub-sections analyze documents, Nuclear Science Abstracts, reports received, assign subject head- lists and official announcements, and ings, prepare, reproduce and distribute sells documents which are of general index cards to the Commission installa- interest. Price lists are sent to former tions and contractors. The cards are a purchasers, thus familiarizing them with key to project literature, classified and materials which may be secured from declassified, by author, subject, report the AEC Document Distribution Sub- number and installation. Professional Section. scientific analysts index the documents In this Library as in all libraries, the at the rate of 400 per month. The manu- location of documents must be known script cards are checked by a profes- at all times. This detail is executed by sional librarian for bibliographic form the Inventory and Audit Subsection. and content and then sent to the Mate- Records of all the thousands of trans- rials and Information Branch for fur- actions of the Library Section involving ther review and scrutiny from the se- classified reports must be checked and curity viewpoint. When the cards are verified in order to maintain proper returned to the cataloger, they are ex- control of the information. In this con- amined for changes and distribution, nection, I am reminded of the state- and arranged in sets of sixteen cards. ment made recently by Senator Mc- This number was chosen because it is Mahon relative to the number of docu- a workable number and, too, four sten- ments held by the Atomic Energy Com- cils contain sixteen card outlines. Each mission. To quote, "Our secret is in the card outline is reproduced individually. know-how of producing the bomb, that The card distribution sheet is complet- know-how is recorded on a million ed and the cards are given to the typists, memoes, scientific research figures and who cut the stencils, using machines formulas. All of these, possibly one and with elite type and spacing. A special one-half million pieces of paper, consti- yellow stencil bearing outlines for four tute the record of the secrets." In speak- cards is used. This eliminates a great ing of the documents, he declared, loss in effort and space and reduces "These are all properly filed, just as production cost. After all errors on the books are filed in a library." He con- stencils are corrected by a proof reader, tinued, 'When someone neglects to re- the sets are prepared and transmitted place one where it belongs, then there to reproduction. The number of cards may be a scare as to the secret being to be reproduced is indicated on the stolen." The necessity of knowing the margin of each stencil. A Dick Mimeo- location of each document at all times graph 92 duplicator with special quick- 370 SPECIAL LIBRARIES [November drying ink is used in the reproduction ard library practice, and are maintained process. Over forty thousand cards are by the Cataloging and Card Distribu- made each week. During 1948, more tion Sub-Section. than two million cards were distributed. The Atomic Energy Commission con- Sets of cards are distributed to the sisting of a chairman and four members various authorized installations as indi- is directly under the jurisdiction of the cated on the distribution sheet. The President. Accepting the words of our central cataloging assures uniform cards chairman, Mr. Lilien tha1, concerning and prompt cataloging. Great care is the importance and permanency of the exercised in the whole process of pre- work, we are assured that this useful paring and distributing the cards. A research will continue. As to the future manual of instructions, giving sugges- of the Library Section-who can say? tions and aids for maintaining the files, It is a recognized fact that atomic en- is issued to each installation. The of- ergy and its many applications and im- ficial subject heading list of the Library plications is the most important prob- Section is classified and a copy is fur- lem in the universe today. We know nished each recipient of the classified that its political, economic and social catalog cards. As an aid in correcting effects will influence all peoples of the any errors that may occur on the cards, world for all times. Again quoting Sen- an erratum bulletin is prepared and dis- ator Brien McMahon, author of the tributed at intervals. Author, installa- Atomic Energy Bill, "I believe that the tion, subject and series card catalogs greatest peacetime development will are housed in the Document Receiving come only through the widest possible and Processing Sub-Section. Here they approach to the problem. We will get are accessible to the whole staff. These the best from atomic energy only if we catalogs are arranged according to stand- give our best."

LOOKING AHEAD TO ATLANTIC CITY IN JUNE 1950 Although the Atlantic City Convention is seven months off, now is the time to plan to attend. The committee has a tentative schedule drawn up which needs only the Group programs to complete it. In fact, one Group already has presented its program! Your Convention Chairman has discussed room rates with the Chalfonte- Haddon Hotel Convention Manager and these will be published in the December issue of SPECIALLIBRARIES SO that the members will know how to budget their expenses, as far as this item is concerned, long before next June. The theme chosen is ONE FOR ALL AND ALL FOR ONE. It would seem that the year 1950 would be a most propitious time in which to become better acquainted with our national -perhaps we should say international since many of our members are outside the United States-organization and its oneness with our Chapters, Groups and Committees. In both Washington, D. C., and in Los Angeles, there were many delightful diversions to draw us away from business sessions. Since Atlantic City does not offer such roamings, unless the board walk and ocean prove too tempting to keep us indoors, it is hoped that all those coming to the Convention will attend not only their Group meetings, but also will be present at all Business and General Sessions and enter fully into discussions. ALMAC. MITCHILL 1950 Convention Chairman NEW GUIDES AND AIDS TO PUBLIC DOCUMENTS USE, 1945-1948 By JEROME K. WILCOX Librarian, College of the City of New York, New York, N. Y.

HIS list is essentially a four year FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS accumulation. Some of the most Hauser, Philip M. and Leonard, William R., editors. important guides and aids have T Government statistics for business use. appeared in this period. Since the list is N. Y., Wiley, c.1946. 432p. tables maps. extensive, 131 items in all, the usual Contains information on statistical data evaluating summary is omitted. They collected, compiled and released by fed- have been grouped into five units: Gen- eral government agencies in the fields of national income and other business indi- eral, 2 items; Federal publications, 43 cators: manufacturing; minerals; agricul- items; State publications, 30 items; Mu- ture; wholesale, retail and service trades; nicipal publications, 2 items; Foreign international trade and payments; trans- publications, 18 items; and Interna- portation and other public utilities; ac- counting, money, credit and banking; tional Organizations, 36 items. The list prices; population; housing and construc- of items under international organiza- tion; and labor. Each chapter is pre- tions omits all of the disposition of pared by a government specialist in the agenda items and check list of docu- field concerned. ments of the various councils, commis- Has a subject index and a "selected list of publications and authors". sions, committees, sessions of the Gen- Hirshberg, Herbert S. and Melinat, Carl eral Assembly, etc., of the United Na- H. tions which have been issued extensive- Subject guide to United States govern- ly by the Documents Index Unit of the ment publications. Chicago, A.L.A., 1947. 228p. United Nations. Although termed "in- Jackson, Ellen. complete" a very comprehensive list of A notation for a public documents these as well as all other indexes and classification. Stillwater, 1946. 36p. (Okla- check lists of United Nations and spe- homa-Agricultural and Mechanical col- cialized agency documents and publica- lege. Bulletin v. 43, no. 20, July 1946; Library bulletin no. 8) tions has been issued by the Division of "A formula for assigning call numbers Library Services of the United Nations to a public documents collection that (see entry no. 95). The items under uses the classification by issuing office". International Organizations include only Macy, Carl. those items which for the most part are Presidential commissions, New York, King's Crown press, 1945. 141p. currently and periodically issued. Contents: 1, The importance of Presi- GENERAL PUBLICATIONS dential commissions.-2, The legal basis Special Libraries Association. Social Sci- of Presidential commissions.-3, Methods ence Group. of appointing and financing Presidential commissions.4, Fact-finding and opin- Source materials in public administra- ion-guiding commissions.-5, Administra- tion. A selected bibliography reprinted tive commissions.-6, Boards of inquiry. from Public Adminisfration Libraries -7, Procedure of Presidential commis- (PAS Publication no. 102) Chicago, Pub- The lic administration service, 1948. 30p. sions.-8, future of Presidential (Publication no. 102A) commissions. -Notes. -Index of Presi- dential commissions. Contents: Foreword.-Basic sources.- [Organizational and procedural material Texts, treatises, and special studies.- submitted pursuant to Section 3 (a), (1) Subject bibliographies. -Addresses of and (2) of the Administrative procedure publishers and periodicals cited in this act. (Pub. law 404, 79th Cong; 60 Stat. study. 238) 1 (In Federal Register v.1 I, no. 177, Wilcox, Jerome K. pt. 11, Section 1-4, 966p.) Guides to the use of American govern- Table of contents, p.957-66. ment publications. (In the American Ar- "This material is presented by depart- chivist, V. xii, no. 1, January 1949, p. 71) ments in the order of their establish- 3 72 SPECIAL LIBRARIES [November

ment, followed by independent agencies formation division, Oak Ridge directed in alphabetical order." operations] List no. 6. October 1948. Oak 8. Poole, Mary Elizabeth. Ridge, Tennessee, 1948. 13p. (processed) Documents office classification, com- A revised and combined listing of all piled in North Carolina State College li- documents contained in Lists nos. 1-5, brary, Duke University library, Virginia inclusive. Polytechnic Institute library. Ann Arbor, - List no. 7- November 1948- Mich., Edwards Brothers, inc., c1945. Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1948- (process- c1945 by Mary Elizabeth Poole; Loose- ed) leaf; Photo-lithoprint. 13. U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Compiled from "1909 Checklist, in- Publications of the Bureau of Labor voices, price lists, monthly catalogs, clas- Statistics, June 1947- Washington, D. sified lists and Public Documents Library C., 1947- (mim) monthly. in Washington-both by correspondence Subject index including articles and with them and by using their shelflist." reprints from the Monthly Labor Review; 9. Tompkins, Dorothy C. Bulletins; Releases; processed reports Materials for the study of federal gov- and other publications for the past month ernment. Chicago, Public administration as well as studies in progress (forthcom- service, 1948. 338p. (processed) ing publications) Purpose of this volume is "to provide Two cumulative issues, June-December a guide to materials for the study of se- 1947, and January-June, 1948, have been lected, domestic aspects of the federal issued. The former brings together mate- government." rial listed in the monthly issues covering Emphasis has been placed on the the period June to November 1947 with period, 1940-1947, although some earlier the addition of the reports issued in De- sources have been included. cember 1947; the latter brings together Contents: Federal government. -The material listed in the monthly issues cov- constitution.-Laws and codes.-Indexes ering the period, January to May 1948, to legislative and executive publications. with the addition of reports issued in -The Legislative branch and its publi- June, 1948. Both cumulative issues in- cations.-Judicial agencies and their pub- clude material from the regional offices. lications.-The President and his publi- 14. U. S. Bureau of the Budget. cations.-Executive publications.-Execu- Bibliography of principal periodical tive organization.-Reorganization plans statistical publications (March 1, 1946) for the federal government.-The Fed- p.21-28 (In U. S. Congress. Senate. Spe- eral budget.-Federal government sta- cial committee to study problems of tistics.-The New Deal.-World War 11. American small business. Operations un- -Index. der the Federal reports act. Report of 10. U. S. Adjutant General's Office. Admin- the Bureau of the Budget. Washington, istrative services division. Departmental D. C., 1946. 28p. [U. S. 79th Congress. records branch. 2d Session. Senate committee print no. List of unofficial unit histories and unit 51) associations. October 1947. Washington, 15. U. S. Bureau of the Budget. D. C., 1947. 91p. (processed) Federal historical reports: summary of Pertains to World War I1 operations publications, manuscripts and plans. June and includes histories prepared and pub- 12, 1947. Washington, D. C., 1947. 50p. lished not financed from appropriated (processed) funds and not prepared under the official 16. U. S. Bureau of the Budget. Army historical program. Summary of agency historical publica- The lists dated November 15, 1946, tions and plans. December 1, 1946. Wash- and December 1, 1946, respectively, are ington, D. C., 1946. 24p. (processed) rescinded. 17. U. S. Bureau of the Budget. Division of 11. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. statistical standards. Abstracts of declassified documents, Federal statistical directory. A list of v.1, no. 1- July 1947- Oak Ridge, professional and technical personnel of Tennessee, 1947- (processed) federal agencies. [Eleventh edition, April v.1, no. 1- contain abstracts of 19481 Washington, D. C., 1948. 163p. documents NDDC1- (processed) 12. U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Docu- "In general the arrangement of the ment sales agency. directory has followed the order of list- [List of Atomic Energy Commission ing used in the annual Budget of the documents, issued by the Technical in- United States." 18. U. S. Bureau of the Budget. Division of 26. U. S. Bureau of the Census. Industry statistical standards. division. Statistical services of the United States Facts for industry. List of publications. government. Washington, D. C., 1947. Index of products covered. May 1946. 49p. (ISC/228/X-E) (processed) Washington, D. C., 1946. 45p. (GPO- Prepared for distribution at the In- Com. 18) (processed) ternational statistical conferences held in List, p.2-18, a revision of p.7-11 of the Washington, D. C., September 6-18, 1947, "Catalog of current census publications" by the Joint arrangements committee. issued on March 16, 1946. Part I11 presents summary descriptions 27. U. S. Department of Commerce. of the principal types of economic sta- Business service check list, [v.l, no.11 tistics collected by the government. -week ended March 18, 1946- Wash- Appendix 111, an annotated "Bibliogra- ington, D. C., 1946- (processed) Week- phy of principal periodical statistical pub- ly. lications," p.38-49. Includes printed and processed publi- 19. U. S. Bureau of the Budget. War records cations arranged by issuing office or bu- section. reau of the Department. Also includes The United States at war. Develop- press release series. ment and administration of the war pro- 28. U. S. Department of State. Office of gram by the federal government. Wash- intelligence research. Intelligence coordi- ington, D. C., 1946. 555p. charts. (His- nation staff. torical reports of war administration, Declassified documents of the Office of no. 1) intelligence research as of July 1948. Prepared under auspices of the Com- Washington, D. C., 1948. 23p. (mim) mittee of records of war administration. Available only on inter-library loans Appendix I. The war agencies of the through the Division of libraries and Executive branch of the federal govern- reference services of the Department of ment [status as of December 31, 19451 state or photocopies through the Depart- p.521- 35. ment of agriculture library. 20. U. S. Bureau of the Census. 29. U. S. General Accounting Office. . . . Catalog of 16th Decennial census Reference manual of government cor- publications [December 31, 19451 Wash- porations, General accounting office, as ington, D. C., 1946. IV, llp (Census of June 30, 1945. Washington, D. C., publications, v.1, pt. 1) Govt. print. off., 1945. 526p. folded chart. 21. U. S. Bureau of the Census. (U. S. 79th Congress. 1st Session. Sen- Census publications, 1946- Catalog ate doc. no. 86) and subject guide. Washington, D. C., Table 5. For each corporation is given 1947- organic authority; ownership, organiza- A final annual cumulation of the quar- tion, and management; purpose and scope terly issues. of activities; finances; and accounting and auditing, aside from the act of Feb- 22. U. S. Bureau of the Census. ruary 24, 1945, Public law 4. Sixteenth census of the United States: ...... Supplement 1 as of January 1, 1940. Housing. Index of reports. Wash- 1947. Washington, D. C., Govt. print. ington, D. C., 1945. 127p. (processed) off., 1947. 121p. (U. S. 80th Congress, 1st 23. U. S. Bureau of the Census. Foreign Session. Senate doc. no. 74) trade division. Catalog of monthly United States for- 30. U. S. Geological Survey. Map informa- eign trade statistical publications. Revised tion office. March 1948. Washington, D. C., 1948. Federal surveys and maps. Accomplish- 4p. (processed) ments during 1946.- Washington, D. C., 24. U. S. Bureau of the Census. Foreign 1947- (mim) annual. trade division. A brief summation by federal agencies United States foreign trade statistical of the year's accomplishment in survey- publications. Monthly reports starting ing and mapping. with statistics for January 1945. Wash- 31. U. S. Government Information Service. ington, D. C., 1945. 16p. (processed) Division of public inquiries. 25. U. S. Bureau of the Census. Foreign Catalog, Government agency publica- trade division. tion lists . . . prepared by Brandon B. United Statea foreign trade statistical Shea. December 1, 1946. Washington, D. publications. 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brary of Congress printed cards issued to Reprinted from vol. 151, a Catalog of July 31, 1942. U. S. Entries. Ann Arbor, books represented by Library of Congress Edwards brothers, inc., 1947. 4v. printed cards. Ann Arbor, Edwards Bro- Sponsored by the Association of Re- thers, inc. 1946. 211p. search Libraries. 37. U. S. National Archives. 33. U. S. Library of Congress. General refer- Guide to the records in the National ence and bibliography division. archives. Washington, D. C., Gov't. print. Post-war problems. A current list of off., 1948. 684p. (Publication no. 49-13) United States government publications, Contents: Introduction. - Record January- June, 1944 - October-December groups. - Appendixes. - Index. 1945. Washington, D. C., 1944-1947. Supersedes the Guide to the materials Compiled by Katherine Oliver Murra in the National Archives published in with the collaboration of librarians of the 1940. federal agencies. "Supplemented by National Archives 1944 first issue covered 6 months and Accessions a quarterly publication that had Supplements 1 and 2, each covering notes records accessioned since June 30, three months, July-September and Octo- 1947 . . ." ber-December respectively; later reissued 38. U. S. Office of Technical Services. as a cumulative annual volume, January- Bibliography of scientific and industrial December 1945, four quarterly issues, reports, v. 1, no. 1- January 11, 1946- each covering three month periods. Washington, D. C., 1946- (processed) 34. U. S. Library of Congress. Legislative Weekly. 1, 25 issues; beginning v. 2, 13 is- reference service. V. Major government lending agencies, by sues per volume. George B. Galloway and associates. Wash- V. 1, no. 1 - v. 2, no. 2, issued by ington, D. C., 1947. 224p. tables, charts. U. S. Office of the Publications Board. (Public Affairs Bulletin, no. 57, June "The reports listed have been received from civil and military agencies of the 1947) (processed) Each agency gives top officials, creation United States Government and from co- operating foreign governments. Many of and authority, purpose and scope of ac- the reports cover information captured tivities, internal organization, financial operations, responsibility to Congress and in enemy countries. Secrecy restrictions on all reports listed have been lifted." future plans. - Index . . . v. 1 - Washington, D. 35. U. S. Library of Congress. Legislature C., 1946 (processed) reference service. 39. U. S. Office of Technical Services. Bibli- Reorganization of the Executive branch ographic and Reference division. of the Government of the United States. OSRD reports. Bibliography and index A compilation of basic information and of declassified reports having OSRD significant documents, 1912-1948, com- numbers, edited by W. Kenneth Lowry. piled by W. 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(PB tant efforts at reorganization. - Signifi- 81500) (processed) cant proposals from other sources. - Cover-title. Statements by Presidents of the United 41. U. S. Office of Technical Services. Re- States on reorganization of the Executive ports division. departments. - Appendix. List of translated German documents, 36. U. S. Library of Congress. Union catalog compiled by 0. Willard Holloway. De- division. cember 1, 1947. Washington, D. C., 1947. United States author headings includ- [12p.] (060454) (processed) ing those adopted by the Library of Con- - Supplement no. I. compiled by gress as appearing in the Union catalog. 0. Willard Holloway. January 15, 1948. Washington, D. C., 1948. 9p. (processed) elections. - Section 111, Legislatures 42. U. S. Office of Temporary Controls. and legislation. - Section IV, Adminis- OPA bibliography, 1940-1947,by Wil- trative organization and finance. - Sec- liam Jerome Wilson, Mabel Randolph tion V, Major state services. - Section and others. 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May, 1948. sive list issued for any of the World War Chicago, 1948. 39p. tables (BX-272) I1 federal agencies. Unfortunately, how- (processed) ever, its completeness is in terms of the For each state gives oflicial name of national office only, containing only scat- agency concerned with name of director, tered items of regional offices. The check- appropriation, period of appropriation list has been grouped into ten major and general information. sections with an alphabetical index by titles of publications. 49. The Council of State Governments. 43. U. S. Office of War Information. Over- Interim legislative study assignments- seas branch, San Francisco. Analysis and 1947 . . . November 1947. Chicago, 1947. research bureau. Target intelligence di- 73p. (BX-267) (mim) vision. Contains "brief statements concerning Catalogue of regularly issued reports. the interim studies which are being made May 22, 1945. San Francisco, 1945. 6p. at the direction of the legislatures which (mim) met in regular session in 1947 . . . In Originally issued as restricted. addition, where information has been For each report describes source mate- available concerning study proposals in- rial, organization and purpose and states itiated by legislative councils or research frequency of issue. committees subsequent to the legislative 44. U. S. Superintendent of Documents. sessions, this has been included." 100 selected books . . . Washington, A state by state listing with a subject D. C., 1946. 46p. illus. index. While this publication is not a 45. U. S. War Production Board. bibliography, it is indicative of many Catalog of War Production Board re- published reports and studies that will porting and application forms. Washing- appear in the near future. iugton, D. C., 1947. 10v. 50. Council of State Governments. Selection and description of the forms Legislative research checklist. Check- was inaugurated by the WPB and has list no. 1 - December 22, 1947- Chi- been rarried on by successor agencies. cago, 1947- (rnim) The volumes catalog the 1200 more No. 1 issued December 22, 1947; no. 2, important of the 4400 forms through March 11, 1948; no. 3, May 10, 1948; no. which WPB and industry communicated, 4, August 17, 1948; no. 5, January 25, and by means of which WPB's wartime 1949; no. 6, May 6, 1949; no. 7, August industrial controls were administered. In- 22, 1949. dexes by WPB organization unit and by Based on information sent to the Coun- commodity are included. The set includes cil by state legislative and other govern- a facsimile of each selected form. mental research agencies. Distributed by the Bureau of the Cen- 51. Foote, Lucy B. sus. Author headings for the official publi- cations of the state of Louisiana. Chicago, STATE PUBLICATIONS A. L. A., 1949. x, 125p. (processed) 46. The Book of the States, 1948-1949. Vol- 52. Hotaling, Donald 0. ume VII. Chicago, The Council of state State manual procurement guide. (In governments, c1948. 780p. SPECIAL LIBRARIES,v. 39, no. 6, July- Contents: Section 1, Intergovernmental August 1948, p. 184-191) relations. - Section 11, Constitutions and Gives for each state manual frequency 376 SPECIAL LIBRARIES [November

of issue, address of issuing agent, price, the United States, prepared by Henry J. and whether mailing lists for future issues Dubester. Washington, D. C., 1948. 73p. are maintained. Issued in cooperation with the U. S. 53. Jenkins, William S., comp. Bureau of the Census. Collected public documents of the 62. Alabama. Legislative reference service. states. A check list, compiled by William Alabama state printing. A study of S. Jenkins for the National association of state printing administration in Alabama, state libraries, Boston, 1947. ix, 37p. prepared at the request of the State's 54. Lloyd, Gwendolyn. Legislative council. Montgomery, 1946. The status of state document Bibliogra- 39p. tables. (Publication no. 5, June 19, phy. (The Library Quarterly, v. XVIII, 1946) (mim) July 1948, p. 192-199) 63. California. Department of Finance. Bibliography of bibliographies of state Organization charts, California state publications, 1940-47, p. 196-199. government. Sacramento 1946. 16p. 55. Markley, Anne Ethelyn. 64. California. Department of Finance. Print- Author headings for the official publi- ing division. Documents section. cations of Alabama. Chicago, American California state publications, v. 1, no. Library Association, 1948. xviii, 123p. 1- July-September 1947- Sacramento, ([State author headings ser. v.11) 1947- Quarterly. Lithoprinted by Edwards Brothers, inc., v. 1, no. 1, v. 2, no. 1- Quarterly Ann Arbor, Michigan. listing. v. 1, no. 2, Annual listing (First 56. U. S. Bureau of the Census. class includes September 15, 1945-Sep- Elective offices of state and county tember 30, 1947, inclusive) governrnenfs. December, 1946. Washing- Each issue contains a list of complete ton, D. C., 1946. 35p. (Governmental or- and selective depository libraries under ganization no. 1) (processed) the new State distribution law (Govern- Gives for each term of office (years), ment Code, Section 13665). election years, and election area. Each list alphabetical by parent de- 57. U. S. Bureau of the Census. Govern- partment or agency with a combined sub- ments division. ject and agency index. Governors' general messages to state 65. Current Hawaiiana (quarterly) v. 1, no. legislatures in January, 1945, prepared 1, June 1944- . . . by Louise H. Clickner. Washing- Issued by Hawaiiana section, Hawaii ton, D. C., 1945. 17p. (State documents Library Association, through the coopera- no. 3, May 1945) (processed) tion of the University of Hawaii. Hono- U. S. Library of Congress. Legislative lulu, 1944- (mim) reference service. Includes Territory of Hawaii docu- State aviation laws; a summary of the ments under I. Books, pamphlets, leaf- laws of the forty-eighf states, by Samuel lets, etc., and 11. Continuations. Hutchins Still. Washington, D. C., 1947. 66. Kansas University. Bureau of Govern- 235p. (Public Maim Bulletin no. 53) ment Research. (multilithed) Governmental agencies of the state of U. S. Library of Congress. Legislative Kansas, 1861-1946, by Bessie E. Wilder. reference service. Topeka. Ferd Voiland, jr., state printer, State labor relations acts, by Agnes M. 1946. 128p. (University of Kansas publi- Brown and Mollie Margolin. Washing- cations. Governmental research ser. no. 4) ton, D. C., 1947. 70p. (mim) For each agency gives date of estab- U. S. Library of Congress. Legislative lishment and legal authority for same. reference service. State law section. 67. Maine. State Library. The Governors of the states, 1900- Checklist of state of Maine publications 1950 . . . May, 1948. Chicago, 1948. iv, received by the Maine State library, Jan- [48]p. (Council of state governments uary 1941-December 1944. Augusta, 1946. BX-271) (mim) 48, 1, 15p. (mim) For each state gives historical roster of Cumulation of quarterly Checklist of governors, 1900-1950, stating term of state of Maine publications . . . nos. office, name, party and home residence 1-14, inclusive. of each. 68. Mississippi University. Bureau of Pub- U. S. Library of Congress. Reference de- lic Administration. partment. Census library project. A handbook of elective offices in Mis- State censuses. An annotated bibliogra- sissippi, by Robert Baker Highsaw. Uni- nhv of censuses of ~ooulationtaken after versity, 1947. 54p. (State administration ** - - -- the year 1790 by states and territories of series- no. 3) 19491 SLA GROUP HIGHLIGHTS 377

Includes state, county and municipal Albany, 1947 - (mim) Monthly. officers. For each officer gives legal basis, July 1948 called v. 2, no. 1. authorization, qualifications, term of of- 72. New York State Library. fice, compensation, election years, and Cumulative checklist of official publi- election area. cations of the state of New York, 1947- 69. New Jersey. Department of Education. 1948. Albany, 1948. 30p. (mim) Division of the State Library, Archives Cumulation of the Monthly checklist and History. from October 1947 through June 1948. Bibliography of New Jersey official re- 73. Ohio. State Library. ports, 1905-1945, compiled by Dorothy Ohio state publications: documents is- Fordyce Lucas (following A. R. Hasse, sued by state agencies and received by Index of economic material in documents the Ohio state library, List no. I-De- . . . of New Jersey, 1799-1904). Trenton, cember 1945-(mim) 1947. 256p. Nos. 1-4 irregular; no. 5--quarterly; nos. 1-4 subtitle: Documents issued by 70. Shelton, Wilma Loy. administrative departments. Checklist of New Mexico publications. 74. Oklahoma. State Library. (In New Mexiw Historical Review, v. Check list of state documents January- XXIV, no. 2- April 1949- p. 130-155. March 1948, Oklahoma City, 1948- 223-235, etc.) (Bulletin v. 1, no. 1, p. 17-23; etc.) "Includes all official literature which To be issued quarterly. has been printed and published from 75. West Virginia. Department of Archives 1850 through 1948 by or for the state and History. or of which an edition has been pur- Short title check list of West Virginia chased by the state for distribution." state publications, 1947-48. May 1, 1948. 71. New York. State Library. Charleston, 1948. llp. (mim) A check list of official publications of (To be continued in December the state of New York, October 1947- SPECIALLIBRARIES)

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The following excerpt from an editorial by monographic treatments of such topics of gen- Gertrude Freund, editor of the Bulletin of the eral interest as marriage and divorce, immigra- Hospital and Nursing Librarians Group, SLA, tion and citizenship, real estate, debtor and which was used on the cover of the Louisiana creditor, wills, labor law, etc. Emphasis is on Chapter Bulletin, is particularly apropos in the practical and procedural. Although not the present business situation: intended as a substitute for the lawyer, they "A CHALLENGE" are nevertheless carefully written by compe- "Are special libraries 'drying up'? Busi- tent attorneys and as such serve a useful pur- ness reverses are apt to be felt first by pose. Margaret Hall, reference law librarian special libraries since management too often of Columbia University, has edited the series. thinks that research is too expensive to (New York, N. Y., Oceana Publications, 1949. maintain when they are confronted with Vols. 1-10, paper bound, $1; Vols. 11-17, cloth 'dog-eat-dog' competition. bound, $2) "This situation should present a challenge *** to us all. We should make an increased Under an agreement between McGraw-Hill effort to demonstrate and interpret the Publishing Company and the University of value of librarianship. Too often practical Microfilms, Electrical World will soon be made men feel that librarians are too far removed available to libraries on microfilm. Films are from the hard realities of business. Thejr to be distributed at the end of each volume have to be shown. They need the services year and sales will be restricted to subscribers we can give them but do not always know to the magazine. The positive microfilm will it. Where is the business man or research be furnished on metal reels. worker who has not wasted precious minutes Inquiries regarding purchase should be di- and hours because he could not find the rected to University of Microfilms, 313 North information he wanted. The librarian who First Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan. A num- is foresighted enough to devise new and ber of other McGraw-Hill technical journals better techniques for locating information are also to be made available in this form. ,will always be in demand. Where are the * * * Melvil Dewey's of today? The world's "Books for Business Leaders", an annotated knowledge is in books but it takes too much list of reference materials selected by the time to find it. It must be made more ac- staff of the Business Branch of the Brooklyn cessible so that he who runs may read. Public Library, appears as the May issue of "Let us meet the challenge of today with the Library's Bullefin. It is divided into sec- perseverance, foresight and creative plan- tions for the Executive, Personnel Manager, ning for the needs of the future and recog- Eublicity Director, Supervisor, Union Leader, nition will not long be lacking for a job well Training Director, Advertising Executive, Pri- done." vate Secretary and Accountant. There is also * * * a listing of "Periodicals of Broad Interest to The LEGALALMANAC SERIES was published Businessmen". Copies are available at ten by a former law librarian and designed prima- cents apiece from: Editor, Brooklyn Public rily for the use of social workers, educators, Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn 17, New lawyers and librarians. The ALMANACScon- York. sist of brief (85 pages average) pocket-size *** The second edition of the DIRECTORYOF THE 1 Where it is possible the Editor has given ASSOCIATIONOF AMERICANLIBRARY SCHOOLS prices for publicafions noted in this section. has recently been published by the University The omission of a price does not necessarily of Washington Press. It includes a list of all indicate that the publication is free. accredited library schools in the United States 19491 EVENTS AND PUBLICATIONS 379 and Canada with their faculties; an alphabet- Fund. It is the first work to examine the ical list of all full-time, part-time and summer entire field of the adult information film, the teachers with courses taught, and a subject educational "movies" known technically as index. The price of the DIRECTORYis $1.50 16mm films. The report, as an analysis of and it may be ordered from the editor, Gladys the procedures and problems involved in pro- Broughton, School of Librarianship, University ducing and distributing the information film, of Washington, Seattle 5, Wash. will prove informative and useful to all those * * * who are concerned with or interested in this field. Miss Waldron was assisted in the prep- DIRECTORYOF COLLEGEENGINEERING LI- BRARY PERSONNELis a service project of the aration of this report by Cecile Starr who Engineering Libraries Section of the Asso- assembled most of the information upon which ciation of College and Reference Libraries. Chapters 6-8 were based. (New York, N. Y., The DIRECTORYincludes over 650 persons as- Columbia University Press, 1949. 281pp. $3.75) sociated with the engineering college library *** field, many of whom are not listed in other THE STATISTICALAGENCIES OF THE FED- biographical directories; gives substantial bio- ERAL GOVERNMENT,A Report to the Com- graphical and bibliographical details about mission on Organization of the Executive each individual; and covers quite comprehen- Branch of the Government, represents the sively the United States, Canada, Alaska and joint effort of Frederick C. Mills and Clarence Hawaii. Copies of the DIRECTORYare avail- D. Long, aided by members of the research able at $1.00 per copy from John B. O'Farrell, staff of the National Bureau of Economic Re- City College Library, New York 31, N. Y. search. In March 1948, Herbert Hoover, *** Chairman of the Commission on Organization A leaflet listing Census Bureau Publications of the Executive Branch of the Government, on Governments has been issued by the Bu- requested the National Bureau of Economic reau of the Census and is available from that Research to undertake a survey of Federal agency upon request. This bulletin describes statistical agencies, as part of the general ap- briefly each of the seventeen reports on gov- praisal of governmental organization being ernmental finances and employment which the made by the Commission. Professors Mills Census Bureau expects to issue in the fiscal and Long stress the positive accomplishments year beginning July 1, 1949, and lists other of the Federal statistical agencies, but do not recent publications of the Bureau regarding gloss over the numerous shortcomings and de- State and local governments. ficiencies. 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