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VOLUME 46 SEPTEMBER 1935

Place of the Baker Library in the Harvard Business School-john C. Baker 199

Classification Notes ...... 201

Special Library Survey ...... 202

Federal Department and Bureau Libraries-Claribel R. Barnett Libraries of the United States Public Health Service-Nanele A. Kees . . 207

Outgoing Mail ...... 210

Publications of Special Interest ...... 211

President's Page ...... 213

Constitution and By-Laws ...... 214

S.L.A. Members, Attention! ...... 216

Duplicate Exchange Committee ...... 217

Indexed in Industrial Arts Index and Public Affairs lnformation Service

SPECIAL LIBRARIES published monthly September to April, with bi-monthly issues May to August, by The S ecial Libraries Association at 10 Ferry Street, Concord, N. H. Subscription Offices, 10 Ferr Jreet, Concord, N. H., or 345 Hudson Street New York, N. Y. Editorial and Advertlring ofices at 3-45 Hudson Street, New York, N. Y. Subscription price: 15.00 a year; foreign $5.50, single copies, 50 cents.

Entered assecond-classmatter at the Post Okeat Concord, N. H., under the act of March 3, 7879 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

MARIANC. MANLEY,Editor SEPTEMBER, 1935

Volume 26 +*+ Number 7

The Place of the Baker Library in the Harvard Business School By JOHN C. BAKER Assistant Dean and Instructor in Finance, Harvard School of Business Administration

HE motto of the Special Libraries Associa- two points of view. Surprising are some of the T tion, I bfilieve, is "Putting Knowledge to revelations, and as Burns wrote: Work." This should be the motto of every special Oh wad some power the giftie gie us library in this country; but In order to live up to TO see oursel's as others see us! this motto, libraries must be properly organized Students particularly tell me tales of well-run and operated, and librarians are entrusted with libraries as well as stories in which the libraries this important duty. The day is passed of know- fail to meet their real responsibihties Let me rc- ing facts simply for the aake of knowing them. late two such stories. In library A -which by the The number of grains in a bushel of wheat, or the way was a special library - there was a famous amount of currency outstanding, or the volume of collection of books on a foreign country very trade of the United States may be carried in the much in the public eye. Visitors were shown this minds of certain specialists, but the great major- collection as one of the great treasures of the in- ity of individuals cannot be bothered with lugging stitution. During my stay there, a student told around all these unrelated facts. Therefore, li- me: "No student here ever saw that collection - brarians are in the position of being forced to let alone used it. The only purpose it serves is to make these facts, no matter how queer, available impress distinguished visitors with the scope of to the American people when they want them, our library." Those directing the policies of that and that is sometimes at a moment's notice. library failed to realize the full significance of the In order for our library, or any special library, motto of the Special Libraries Association. Stu- to be of complete service it must meet three tests: dents who used library B stated that thew library (1) Does it contain books, publications, and was a machine in which you put a slip in a slot periodicals of the special field; and are they in and out came a book, many times the wrong one, complete series? (2) Does it have all the material after what seemed an interminably long aait. readily available? (3) Docs it have the proper These students stated that certain of their friends staff or personnel? Those in charge of the Baker never visited the library during their last three Library attempt to live up to the high standards years in college. Manifestly this impersonal way of of these three points, but in many instances fail, running the library was almost as ineffective as as do all libraries. Perfection is something which the library which was locked up so students could can seldom, if ever, be reached in the constantly never see the books of real significance on an in)- changing library world. portant subject of the day. Now, in my job as Assistant Dean I see our Before going any farther in my talk, let me library not only from the point of view of the fac- clearly point out what we conceive to be the func- ulty but also from that of the students. More- tion of Baker Library. We believe it is the heart over, as Assistant Dean I have visited many of the Harvard Business School, the most lm- colleges throughout the country where I have portant buildmg in the entire School. It houses discussed library matters both with students and material not only for the present but for future faculty, and again see the library problems from generations. In the library we hope our stitdents PO0 SPECIAL LIBRARIES septunbu, 1935 will develop habits of work and research which acquisition of new books. Sometimes they dilly- will last them throughout their lives, and it should dally about this. Also, on reading aseignments and help develop in this country an enlightened group books to be placed on reservation, the faculty of business executives. Our library, and your should warn the library far in advance. This is library, is the custodian of the knowledge of the sometimes neglected. I imagine that every libra- past, present and future in certain special fields; rian would like to tell about the lack of dpera- they would be essential even though our present tion in the interested groups in their own library. system of education disappeared entirely. I am aure that many times the staff of the library Every library has special problems in being of learns from our students about books on reserve service to its parent institution, and Baker Li- long before the professor aends his request to the brary is no exception. Primarily our library is library. However, we are constantly laboring with operated so as to be of service to four large groups: these problems and feel the situation is being (1) students; (2) faculty; (3) graduates, and steadily improved. Knowidg the frailty of facul- finally, (4) others who are chiefly business men. ties in cooperating to make a library more effi- Of course by far the greatest demands are made cient, 1 think we should lean over backwards in upon our library by students and the faculty of our criticism of students and outsiders when they the School. The widescopeof the demand foi aerv- are thoughtless and fail to cooperate completely. ice complicates our problems tremendously and Baker Library also is the laboratory for the places a terrific burden constantly on our staff. students attending the Harvard Business School. Let me describe one of the difficult problems of Most of the students do a great amount of read- our library. Report writing is one of the basic ing and studying there, and every attempt is be- methods of instruction in our School. Each first- ing made to entice students to it rather than to year man is required to write a dozen or more re- repel them. Last year the faculty with the ap- ports during the year. In subject matter these re- proval of the librarian tentatively approved a ports vary from a consideration of business cycles plan to permit smoking in the reading room. It and the eKect on a corporation's financial policy worked out so well that it has recently been made Ln a critical interpretation of the N.R.A. A definite a permanent ruling. I know that some will be time limit is placed on the period of preparation, startled by this somewhat heretical move, but it generally from five days to a week. Do 400 men was made with the definite thought in mind of at- turned loose on one problem and its various phases tracting more men to the library and keeping in our library at the same time, bring bedlam? them there The significance of this as far as Nothmg of the sort happens. If absolutely essen- Baker Library is concerned can only be realized tial, some new material is brought in, the exsting when you know that 90 percent of the books material is carefully scheduled, and suddenly the used are those on reserve which for the most part job is done, the pressure is off, and the library staff must be read in the library. 1s back to its ordmary tasks. This has happened Our faculty and the librarian of Baker Library, so often that it is now routine. Dr. A. H. Cole, are, of course, constantly at work Also, because we use the case method of in- on acquisitions and they have done an excellent struction, many problems never or seldom laced job in recent years. Of even more importance, ar- hy the ordinary library arise. These problems are rangements are made for a steady flow of research in the nature of a great demand for material di- material to the library, particularly from business rectly and indirectly allied to the cases in all which will mean in years hence the availab~lityol courses, particularly a demand for corporation very vdluable research data in many different records. Again, this has been one of our problems fields of business. In making our material avail- lor so long that it has become routine. able, we have spent thousands of dollars on the Therefore, in order that our library may func- new classification with the help of private grants, tion smoothly we deserve to have complete ccdp- and also a very substantial sum of our own money eration nrnong those groups close to the library in classifying the regular as well as the special and using it the mosL - the students and faculty. material corning into the library at all times. At first blush ~t seems that arranging this codp- About the new classification, you probably have eration would be very smple indeed. The oppo- heard much already. I feel a real contribution has site, however, is true, and at the present time I been made in this field fear th'it the faculty is probably not so thoughtful A third point relating to our library is that of in its relations with our library staff as it might personnel which I want to stress above every- Ije. Howevcr, complete cooperation between the thing else. Our l~brarycould not begin to serve faculty and tile library may never be humanly the School adequately if it were perfect in mate- ~mss~l~le.First of all, the faculty must help in the rial and classification, but at the same time did September, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES PO 1 not have the proper staff. After about fifteen ent rendered by the Baker Library is only made years' experience with our library, I still get lost possibte by the stam at the desks who constantly and confused in going into some of the simpler meet the people desiring books and other help. subjects in bus~nessliterature, and, when it comes Of course the librarian is important, but his most to those more involved subjects which are diffi- important job is to see that he has the proper cult to classily, I become lost in no time and I am personnel and that it functions properly. One of not ashamed to admit ~t.Take the subject of the greatesi satisfactions librarians secure from government publicat~ons.That is a maLe which their jobs must be making available the wealth of disturbs my equilibrium even before I get near material on the shelves of a library to those who the catalog to start looking up material. Finally need it If you don't get real satisfaction from in desperation, and I know most of my colleagues this, give up being a librarian. A short time ago a do the same, I fall back on Mrs Kerr or someone dhstinguished writer of the present day wrote to else, and then and only then do I get the data us about material on currency in Continental which I want. This personnel problem 1 believe to times He had been unable to find adequate be the most important problem that must be literature on this subject in New York, although faced in making any library serviceable. An at- there was plenty of such data there. After some tempt to account all the virtues which a librarian trouble our librarians located the material which should have would be in itself an important study, they thought was wanted and sent it on to the but I should like to list a few of the many out- authot. In his letter of thanks he wrote very standing virtues which I believe to be essential highly of our library and ended with great praise The librarian who best serves the borrower of for the thorough study which has been made by books should Ix friendly, attentive, courteous, the staff. This typ of service is "Putting Knowl- cdperative, intelligent, and above all else should edge to Work." know the library and its contents. Librarians make or break any library. It has been my expri- CLASSIFICATION NOTES ence that the value and help to be received from Institut International dlAgriculture. Classi- the library is ten times more effective during regu- ficat~onscheme of agricultural science. Rome. lar hours than thereafter when assistants are back Villa Umberto I. 1934. of the desks I venture to say this criticism holds This classificat~o~lcomblnes an alphabetical good in many other libraries, and by making this and numerical notation. Capital letters are used criticism I do not mean to be severe with the as for main groups, numbers forsubord~natesubjects sistants who are on the night or holiday shifts within the group. Auxiliary numbers in parcn- Their job is probably of secondary interest in life theses are employed for geographical notations and possibly they have only been there a short and letter-number con~binationsfor the view- time and, therefore, are unequipped to cope with point auxii~ary. The classification seems an the problems which may arise from the simplest excellent one lrom the standpoint of detail, request. coordination and developnlent of the subject. It There are good librarians in practically every offers opportunity for further expansion or library in this country. However, like everyone abridgment if need be. The schedules may else on a job a librarian is bound to become dis- serve the purpose of translation as they appear In couraged as the years go by, chiefly because those French, German and English The indices are whom you might otherwise consider to be in- well developed. telligent people are constantly making stupid The classification unfortunately allows no requests. Of course students ask too many ques- place for those general books which find their tions, are lazy, and should use the card catalogs. way into any special library. It is somewhat This also is doubtless just as true of those using complicated la appearance because of the com- industrial libraries. Many librarians doubtless bined letter and number notations which teem have been asked for a book by "Mr. Ibid "; but sonlewhat difficult to use for any one except if your library is to function properly you must classification experts realize that human nature is weak, especially among those using libraries, and the development Penfield, Harriet E. Decimal expansion for the of one good habit, as, for example, that of using subject of national economic emergency meas- the library, is worth forgiving dozens of stupid ures, 1933. Chicago. John Crerar Library. 1935. questions. A librarian certainly should not be- This most useful and needed special expansion come bureaucratic or a disciplinarian officer - is carefully thought out, and fully developed, and leave that to others. in addit~on,allows a separate niche for future It seems to me the great service being at pres- alphabetical grow~hsof the Federal Government. PO4 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Soptomkr, 1935

The Special Library Profession and What It Offers 9-Federal Department and Bureau Libraries

By CLARIBEL R. BARNETT

Librarian, Un~tedStates Department of Agriculture '

NLY five replies were received from Gov- Labor formed by the union of bureau collcc- 0 ernment libraries to the questionnaire tions which had formerly existed separately in sent out by the Special Libraries Association in the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Chil- September 1934. As these replies were not, dren's Bureau. In the last two years several therefore, adequately representative of the new library units have been added in connec- different types of Federal Government libra- tion with new Government offices which have ries, what Iollows is for the most part based on been established to meet present emergencies. printed accounts of the various Government Among these are the Federal Emergency Re- libraries and on personal experience. In refer- lief Administration Re'search Library and the ring to them, Department libraries will mean Federal Housing Administration Library. the libraries of executive departments such as They bring back to mind the Government the Department of State, Department of libraries which sprang into existence with the Labor, etc. All smaller units, regardless of outbreak of the World War, such as the libra- whether they are connected with commissions, ries of the Food Administration, the Fuel Ad- boards, bureaus or offices, will be designated as ministration, the War Industries Board and Bureau libraries. the War Trade Board. The present number of libraries in the Federal departments, commis- HISTORY sions, and bureaus, etc , is probably between In the early history of this Government, the fifty and sixty. Library of Congress furnished all of the library Inadequate space has been one of the im- facilities for the members of Congress and the portant factors which has affected the growth executive offices of the several departments. and administration of Government libraries. As the business of administration increased and Until quite recently the Geological Survey Li- new departments of the Government were brary and the Army War College Library were formed, it became necessary to have a refer- among the few large libraries in the Depart- ence library in connection with each depart- ment and Bureau group which were fortunate ment, and later in connection with a number of in having modern quarters especially designed bureaus in the departments. Still later we find for library use. Within the past three years, libraries connected with a number of the Gov- however, since the Government building pro- ernment commissions and boards. In other gram in the Mall has hen vigorously c~rried words, the libraries of the Federal Government on, new enlarged and greatly improved quar- have grown out of the needs of its administra- ters for their special use have been provided tion. Their growth, their many changes in lo- for a number of the larger libraries, including cation, and the changes in their administration the libraries of the Superintendent of Docn- would make an interesting study in library ments, the Department of Commerce, the history. A description of the Government Patent Office, the Department of Justice, the libraries which existed in 1876 was contained in Department of Labor, the Interstate Com- the famous library document of that date en- merce Commission, the Post .Office Depart- ti.tled " Public libraries of the United States." ment and the Department of Agriculture. The Library of the Department of State is the oldest of all the Department libraries, hav- SCOPE ing been founded by ThomasJelferson in 1789. The various Government libraries differ The youngest is that of the Department of very widely in size. A considerable number of Soptembw, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES PO3 them contain less than five thousand volumes whole country. It does not then seem lacking in and are merely small working collections. The human interest, even though Government largest of all is the Army Medical Library, librarians need sometimes to get on top of a formerly known as the Library of the Surgeon mountain to see those whom they serrJe. General's Office. The next in point of size is the Library of the Smithsonian Institution, if the ORGANIZATION Smithsonian Deposit in the Library of Con- The organization of the departments them- gress is included. The Superintendent of Docu- selves has, of course, influenced to a great ex- ments Library of the Government Printing tent the development of the Department and Office, the official depository of the United Bureau libraries. In certain departments the States Government publications, contains a work of the various bureaus is closely related, ' half million documents. Other large and nota- while in other departments there is wide di- ble collections which aspire to completeness in vergence. Where there is homogeneity in the their special fields are the libraries of the De- work of the bureaus, as, for example, in the partment of Agriculture, Department of Com- Department of Agriculture and the Depart- merce, Department of State, the Department ment of Labor, it has resulted in the building of Labor, the Geological Survey, the Patent up of the department libraries, but lacking Office, the Office of Education, the Army War this homogeneity, as, for example, In the De- College and the Department of Justice. The partment of the Interior, separate bureau li- Naval Observatory Library is said to contain braries have developed, namely, in the Ofice of the finest astronomical collection in the West- Education and the Geological Survey. The ern Hemisphere. Department of Agriculture Library is the only As to scope of service it is perhaps fair to say Department library which has an extensive that the service of a Government library as system of branch libraries, the libraries of the compared with other special libraries is some- bureaus of the Department being considered what more national in character even though branches of the main library. performed primarily for the unit of which it is The place which the library occupies in the a part. The Army Medical Library, the De- organization of a Government department or partment of Agriculture Library, the Depart- bureau difiers in different departments and in ment of Labor Library, the Patent Office Li- different bureaus. In some Government de- brary, and the Office of Education Library, to partments, as, for example, in the Department mention only a few, may all be considered the of Agriculture, the library is itself considered a national libraries in their respective fields. bureau, reporting direct to the Secretary of the While the smaller bureau libraries may not Department. This gives the library more in- carry on a bibliographic or interlibrary loan dependent action. In other departments the service national in scope they are, nevertheless, library is under some administrative officer, indirectly rendering a national service through such as the chief clerk of the department or the assistance they give to scientists, invesli- some particular division of the department. In gators, statisticians, economists, etc., who are the case of bureaus, there is the same differ- doing work which is national in scope. ence in the position of the library. The extent The activities of Government bureaus play a of the independent action of the library is gov- conspicuous part in the daily affairs of men and erned necessarily by its place in the organiza- touch the prosperity and happiness of entire tion of which it is a part, but whatever its par- I communities. Government librarians would ticular place in an organizatiotl its independent I not be so vain as to claim that the part of the action is restricted by many regulations and library in the various important Government laws which are imposed on all Government . undertakings is proportionately large or that offices. the library is enabled often to behold the fruit FINANCES of its service. Nevertheless, there is a high de- gree of satisfaction in the thought that Govern- All Government libraries are, of course, de- ment library work has even a very small part pendent upon Congress for their support, their I funds being appropriated annually in the ap- in bringing about big results of benefit to this 13 404 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Septamkr, 1935 propriation acts for the organization of which salary of each of the various grades of these they are a part. These appropriation acts, services is as follows. Sub-professicnal Group; being passed by Congress, appear each year in Library aid, $1,020; Minor library assistant, those bulky volumes, the Statutes at large. $1,260;Under-library assistant, $1,410;Junior In looking over the appropriations for the library assistant, $1,620; Library assistant, departments, bureaus, boards, etc., consider- $1,800;Senior library assistant, $2,000; Prin- able variation will be noted as to the details of cipal library assistant, $2,300; Profcssionar the appropriations for library purposes. The Grolrp. Junior librarian, $2,000; Assistant li- Library of the Department of Agriculture has brarian, $2,600; Associate librarian, $3,200; a separate appropriation providing not only Librarian, $3,800; Senior librarian, $4,600; for its books, periodicals, supplies, and equip- Chief librarian, $5,400.These titles are merely ment, but also for its salaries. In the case of the titles of grades. In other words, the libra- most of the Government departments the ap- rian of a bureau or department may be in any propriations for library purposes are not segre- of the professional grades, depending upon the gated but are provided for under various sub- responsibility of the position. By act ot Con- appropriations for the department as a whole. gress the salaries of all Government positions. In other words, the purchase of books and were reduced by fifteen perccnt on April 1, periodicals is provided for under some subhead 1933. Ten percent was restored by February 1, of the appropriation, such as "General Ex- 1934,and the remaining five percent on April 1, penses," " Contingent Espenses," "Adminis- 1935. The present salary scale is, therefore, the trative Expenses," etc., which provides for the same that it was in 1929. Annual leave has, purchase of miscellaneous supplies and equip- however, been reduced from thirty to fifteen ment lor the department or bureau, such as days. stationery, furniture, etc. L~kewise,the salaries of the library assistants are included alona with USE OF GOVERNMENT LIBRARIES the salariesbf all the other department or bu- The extent to which Government libraries reau employees, the library salaries not being are used by persons outside of their own or- segregated. ganizations diKers, being in direct ratio to the If the library of a Government bureau does size and importance of the collections. Small not have its own separate appropriation, as in working collections for the special use of a the case of other bureaus of the department, small bureau are not as a rule called upon by the librarian is not generally asked to testify at persons not connected with the bureau. The the Hearings before the Bureau of the Budget Army Medical Library, on the other hand, is and the committees of Congress in regard to used by institutions and physicians throughout the library estimates for each year. The testi- the country and conducts an extensive library mony in regard to the needs of the library in loan system. The Library of the Department of such cases is handled by somc gencral adminis- Agricutture also has an extensive library loan trative officer of the department or bureau system, particularly to the libraries of the with which the library is connected, and the state agricultural colleges and experiment sta- librarian must try to do everything possible to tions and other scientific institutions. educate thisofficeras to the needs of thelibrary It is only natural that all of the Government so that he will be able to make a convincing bureau libraries should be used extensively by statement to the Bureau of the Budget and the telephone as practically all offices have tele- committees of Congress. phones. Perhaps eighty to ninety perccnt of the use of the Library of the DepartmenL or Agri- SALARIES culture is by telephone and by special request Positions in Government libraries are all sent through messengers, as most of the work- allocated according to the "Class Specifica- ers unfortunately prefer to have the material tions for Positions in the Departmental Serv- sent to their desks rather than to take time to ice" in accordance with the Classification Act come to the Library for it, especially as the of- of 1923. There are two services, the sub-pro- fices of the Department are widely scattered. fessional and the professional. The minimum Some of the scientific workers and officials send September, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES PO5 their stenographers or clerical assistants to the the city whenever possible. A scientific worker Library to look up the information desired. who sits at his desk and sends a request to the The questions asked in this way are often most library for a book which is later delivered to troublesome and as far as the Library is con- him without any further eflort on his part cerned are the least satisfactory, as the re- naturally appreciates the service, particularly quests are frequently very indefinite, and if the if it is an out-of-the-way reference which he Library is successful in.supplying the inforrna- himself was unable to trace. This is the service tion it seldom gets the credit for its feats of de- which the Government library attempts to per- tective work. The chief thinks usually that the form in so far as possible. The special catalogs, information is found without assistance by the bibliographies and indexes which are main- clerical assistant whom he sent for it. tai~edby the various libraries, combined with In the matter of advertising, the library of a the catalogs of the Library of Congress and ~ts Government bureau is somewhat limited. In union catalog, furnish to investigators a bibllo- general, it can only adopt the more conserva- graphic service which is scarcely equalled in tive methods, such as talks on the library, the any other city of the United States. preparation of articles about its work, the issu- ing of lists of accessions, bulletins, and special POLICIES bibliographies, and the display of newly ac- We now come to the question of the policies quired material on bulletin boards or on the of Government libraries. As some one has said, new book shelves. On account of thescarcity of it is as necessary for an institution to have a money for printing, very few Government li- policy as it is for a hunter to take aim. Dr. braries are able to print lists of their accessions Putnam, in his'rcport for 1908, made an im- and only a limited number of their bibliog- portant contribution to this subject. In dis- raphies, but there is a very large use of mimeo- cussing the relation of the Library of Congress graphed and multigraphed lists. The practice to the Govcrnment offices, he outlined very of routing new books, pamphlets and periodi- definitely and clearly what he considered the cals to their clientele is extensively followed desirable policy of the libraries of these offices, by many of the Goverllrnent libraries. Another particularly in their relation to the Library of service for bringing new material to the at- Congress. 1Vith the completion of the new tention of Department workers, a practice building for the Library of Congress and the commonly followed by libraries, is that in subsequent development of the Library, it connection with the "new book shelves." changed greatly in resources and in opportuni- There are no definite figures to indicate what ties for service. Dr Putnam pointed out that kind of service by Government buresu libraries under the new conditions the Library had am- is most appreciated by those whom they serve, pie space and suitable equipment for the proper but there is little doubt that the bibliographical utilization of a comprehensive general collec- and reference service stands first. The regular tion, and considerable funds for the develop- routing of the periodicals to the workers, the ment of its collections, that it had worked out publication of the lists of new ~eriodicalam- an approved classification, developed the senr- cles, the indetiniteloan of books and the efforts ice of printed catalog cards, that it was able to of the library staB to obtain any books which lend freely its books to Government offices, may be called for, regardless of whether or not and that it had developed a bibliogmphical they may be contained in theparticularlibrary, service. These abilities and the altered status are appreciated privileges. In the iurnishing of of the Library which had become national in the books not contained in the respectwe Gov- aim and scope, thoogh recognizing a duty to ernment libraries, theLibrary of Congress is, of the executive departments and scientific bu- course, the greatcst and most important source. reaus second only to its duties to Congress, The Library of Congress daily delivers to the should not merely affect the relatiom of the various departments the books which are re- Library of Congress with other Government quested for official use in connection with their departmental libraries, Dr Putnam also activitics. Books which are not obtainable in pointed out, but tend likewise to modify their the city are borrowed from libraries outside of own collections and aims. PO6 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1935 In the working out of this policy Dr. Putnam collections, but also in heir policies. Sorne of suggested that the department and bureau the changes have come about as a result of a libraries (1) should limit their collections to definite policy, particularly the limiting of the their respective fields, eliminating accumu- collections to books needed in the official work lated material outside of these fields; (2) that of the department and the abolishment of the they should secure prompt and expllcit infor- collections of general interest which were mation as to what mater~alexisted in the Li- formerly maintained by many of the depart- brary of Congress of possible interest to the ments lor the use of the~remployees. Others work of their bureaus and should in return sup- have been due to the exigencies of space. Sorne ply to that Library similar inlormation as to have been imposed on libraries by higher ad- the contents of their own collection; (3) that ministrative officials and others are the result they should recommend to the Library of Con- of recommendations made by the librarians gress the acquisition of material (even very themselves. On the wholc, the procedure of Lhe special in character) fundamental in their Government in dealing with libraries has thus work beyond their means; (4) that so far as far seemed a mixture of accident and design. practicable they should utilize the adminis- There has not been a great deal of forethought trative work of the Library of Congress by or wise planning and only an occasional flarc of conforming their own systems of classifica- genuine statesmanship. Perhaps some day a tion, of cataloging, and of notation to those real study will be made of Government libra- adopted by it. ries as a whole, and if that happens a definite Any one who has followed the history of the policy in regard to them will naturally result. libraries of the Government bureaus as a whole It is to be hoped that in the working out of the must be impressed with the many changes too policy there will be a full realization of the im- numerous to mention which have occurred not portance of libraries in the work of the Govern- only in their locations and in the extent of their ment.

READING LIST ON FEDERAL DEPARTMENT AND BUREAU LIBRARIES (A brief lis! assenrblcd by the editorial staff) Across the seven seas. A. R. Blessing. Lib. J. culture. C. R. Barnett. Special Lib. Mr. '19; Mr. 1, '24; 211-13. 40-4. American research centers, \Vash., D. C. Library of the U. S. Department of Labor. Special Lib. My-Je'21; 97-100; 118-21. L. A. Thompson. Monthly Labor R. Mr. '26; Federal Trade Commission library. C. C. 541-6. Houghton. Special Lib. Mr. '16; 41-3. Making government libraries better known. Foreign files in the library of the U. S C. B. Sherman. Lib. J. Mr. 1, '27; 229-33. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. hl. G. Naval libraries. C. H. Brown. Lib. J. F. Lacy. Special Lib. Ap. '29; 114-16. 15, '20; 169-70. Government libraries, old and new. C. R. Organization of libraries of the U. S, Navy. Barnett. Special Lib. D. '18; 21619. Isabel DuBois. Lib. J. Je 1, '24; 519-24. Information resources of l4*ashington. By The PatentOfficeScientificLibrary: its func- D. W. Hyde, Jr., and M. 0. Price. D. C. tions in the patent system, and its mhimum Library Association, 1928. standards of library service. By R. S. Ould. Libraries in the District of ~olumbia.W. I. Jour. of the Patent Office Society. October Swanton. Special Lib. June 1921, p. 133-153. 1932, p. 745-762. Library of the Geological Sumey; a part of Patent office scientific library. hl. 0. Price. the "Nat. Library." J. T. Rubey. Lib. J. Ap. Special Lib. J. '24; 127-30. 15, '35; 330-2. Printed treasures in the library of the United Library of the Surgeon General's Office. States Naval Observatory. By G. 0. Savage. C. C. McCullock, jr. Special Lib. F. '18; 39-41. U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings, vol, 56, no. Library of the U. 5. Department of Agri- 11, p. 977-979. September, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES PO7 The Libraries of the United States Public Health Service By NANELE A. KEES National Institute of Health, Washington, D. C

N THE protection of health and thc pro- "Forty-one medical and scientific journals I motion of economic welfare the work of the were subscribed for during the fiscal year. In United States Public Health Service almost addition to these about twenty others are re- daily is brought to our attention. Though con- ceived regularly, either gratuitously or as ex- cerned primarily with the health of the United changes. In most instances these are bomd and States, it is international in its scope, universal becornea part of the bureau library. Many new in its aims. It realizes that science knows no books, especially ones dealing with sanitation boundaries, that nations must work in unison and public health, sewage treatment, water if the health of humanity is to be preserved and purification, etc., have been purchased for the bettered. From its small beginning, as solely a library, which now numbers about 4,000 vol- hospital service scarcely a century and a half umes. . . . As complete a set as possible of ago, the United States Public Health Service bound reports of city and State boards of has attained a position of vital importance in health has been procured and added to the the life of every American man, woman, and library. " child today. In 1919, by the Legislative, Executive, and As organized at present the Surgeon General Judicial appropriations Act of that year, the administers the affairs of the Service through appointment of a librarian was provided. eight administrative divisions, as follows: Miss Margaret Doonan, the present librarian, was appointed in January, 1920. Division of scientific research (including the National Institute of Health) Because of crowded conditions the Library Division of marine hospitals and relief at the time of her appointment was scattered Division of forcign and insular quarantine through closets, attic, and basement of the old and immigration Butler building, occupied by the Service since Division of domestic (interstate) quarantine June 11, 1891. The part of the Library Division of sanitary reports and statistics Division of venereal diseases which had hen cataloged was located in one Division of mental hygiene corner of the file room, where the librarian and Division of personnel and accounts an assistant had desks. The assistant in charge of periodicals had a desk in a room on the LIBRARY OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC second floor, whereas the periodicals them- HEALTH SERVICE selves were filed on the fourth floor. Under such As the work of the Public Health Ser~vice chaotic conditions it was impossible for the progressed, there were collected in Washington 1,ibrary to make much progress until July, from local, state, federal, and interpational 1920, when it was moved into a newly com- sources, reports and bulletins concerning the pleted Annex. prevalence of disease and the maintenance of In Apr~l,1929, the Library was moved to a health. Around these documents, as a nucleus, temporary structure known as " C" building, developed the "Bureau Library" of the Serv- and in May, 1933, into the new Adminis- ice, the library of the United States Public tration building on Constitution Avenue, Health Service. "It is in the completion of where it is now confortably housed in one large these files that the Library is especially inter- room with digused overhead lighting and ested. " equipped with metal stacks accon~modating The earliest record of the existence of this 18,000 volumes. In addition, there is unlimited library is found in the Annual Report of the attic space for housing, when necessary, bound Surgeon General for the fiscal year 1911. periodicals. Early in 1931 the Branch library of 13* PO8 SPECIAL LIBRARIES . September, 1935 "C" building and the Library of the D~vision books and periodicals covering medical zoul- of Vcnereal Diseases were absorbed. Later the og) , biolug!., and parasitolog). were purchased collection of reports and bulletins, which had for the newly created Division of Zoology. .And been assenlbled by the Office of Administrative with the establishment of the Division of Practice, was given to the Library. Pharmacology and the Division of Chemistry, The Public Health Service library is not the Library was still further enlarged to in- acquisitive. It does not seek to build up large clude material relating to the work of each collections, but merely to maintain a working divis~on. collection of material for thc use of officers of Uy 1915, however, the Library had become the Service. It does not attempt an extensive so unwieldy that a full-time librarian had be- collection even on the various branches of come a necessity, and to that position Dr. medicine, but aims only at having a few Murray Galt hIotter, a technical assistant em- standard authorities on surgery, gynecology, ployed as compiler of pharmaceutical abstracts, and obstetrics, the practice of medicine, was appointed, with a clerk to assist him. thcrapeutics, and related subjects. When text- In 1920 the Library moved into new and books are out-of-date and replaced by revi- more spacious quarters, and about this time sions, the old are discarded or transferred to Dr. blotter instituted a Hospital Library Serv- Marine hospitals or stations, so that the Li- ice, of which the Hygienic Laboratory library brary grows but slowly. formed a unit. By the act of March 3, 1919 (40 Stat. I, 1302-1305) certain army hospitals LIBRARY OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF had been transferred to the Public Health HEALTH (FORMERLY U. S. HYGIENIC LAB- Service, making it the "instrumentality for ORATORY) furnishing medical relicf to the beneficiaries of Distinctly separate, but closely cotiperating thc Rurcau of War Risk Insurance" (ll), in with the Bureau Library, is the Library of the which work the Library Service was an im- research laboratory of the Public Health Serv- portant aid, In 1921, however, with the estab- ice, the National Institute of Health. lishment of the Veterans' Bureau (Public Act As the National Institute of Health is de- no. 47, 67th Congress) the Public Health Serv- voted to medical and collateral research, it is ice was "relieved of all responsibility for the important that ample facilities be afforded its treatment of veterans of the War with Ger- workers for keeping in touch, through scientif c many," and the Library Service was dis- I~terature,with developments in medical re- continued. search in every part of the world. In contrast In 1924, due to failing health, Dr. Motter to the Bureau Library, which specializes in resigned, and on October 17, Miss Carrie statistical and clinical reports, the National Myers, the present librarian, was appointed as Institute of Health has built up a working his successor. Miss Myers, although not for- collection of scientific and technical material in mally trained as a librarian, had had long experimental medicine and such related sub- experience in bibliographical work. At the time jects as biology, chemistry, and physics. of her appointment as librarian the Library Until 1903 the Library had consisted of only numbered 10,880 bound volumes and about a few dozen scattered medical textbooks At 12,000 pamphlets and reprints; 295 periodicals, that time the Director of the Hygienic Labora- including state and municipal health depart- tory, Dr. M. J. Rosenau, foreseeing the value mcnt bulletins, were being received currently, of a good reference library, appointed Mr. and the catalog was estimated to contain ap- E. I<. Foltz, a young man with no library proximately 100,000 cards, about 35,000 of training but considerable jourpalistic experi- which were Library of Congress printed cards. ence, as acting librarian. Mr. Foltz gathered a Under Miss Myers' supervision the Library heterogeneous collection of about 75 mcdical has been reorganized and placed on a more volumes and a few periodicals stored in book- orderly basis. Collections of uncataloged gifts cases and on shelves in various offices, mended, and unbound periodicals long stored in the arranged them loosely by subject, and card- attic wcrc sorted and prepared for circulat~on indexed them by author and subject. New A systematic attempt to complete serials, September, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 209 especially of state hcalth dcp~runentsand of that it is periodical literature \hch is of most sc~entificresearch institutions, was made. The value, and nhich, therefore, reccives he most pamphlets and reprints were removed from the attention. shelves, where i hey had been m~xedwith the Volumes of periodicals, however, accumu- bound volumes, and rcorganizcd into separate late with such rapidity that, crowded and collections. hiany were recataloged and re- pressed for shelf space, the Library again classified, and thousands no longer of value moved, in June, 1934, into n new building discarded The catalog, which at present is directly south of the old. In this building, of estimated to contain only about 60,000 cards, simple Colonial architecture in liarmony with was completely revised on the basis of Library Washing~on's vast building program, the of Congress subject headings. Today the Li- entirc second floor is an open stack and study brary numbers over 17,000 bound volumes and room allowing shelf space for over 50,000 aboui 4,500 pamphlets and reprints. Over 700 volumes. Before each window is placed an serial publications are received, 339 of which individual study table. The stacks are of solid are current periodicals routed regularly to metal shelving with ample lighting. Half of the those interested. first floor is devotcd to administratwe offices of In addition to daily reference research, the Institute, and in the other half is the numerous bibliographies are prepared, trans- Librarian's ofice. a small slack room for un- lations made or secured, and current periodi- bound periodicals, a work room, and a large cals indexed for articles of interest to various attractive periodical reading room. The base- members of the Institute staff. On any day the ment is rescrved for storage and binding. Most work may include a laborious, often thrilling, of the furniture and equipment is of metal, and hunt to identify a vague, elusive reference, and thcre is an electric book lift operating from the endeavors to satisfy requests for books st111 in basement to the second floor. press, or in preparation, or which may involve Librar~essuch as thcse of the United States search of the nation's libraries, with pleas for Public Health Service, in which every facility loans. An outside ind~vidualor institution may possible is given officers and staff members to want a list of articles on, perhaps, esperi- aid them in their work, in which informal ac- mcntal cancer or diphtheria immunization, cess is allowed to all parts of the libraries, and the serum treatment of psittacosis, the use of in which there is a minimum of hampering cortin in Addison's disease, amoebic dysentery rules, daily prove their indispensability. They carriers, sugar tnetabolism, or the nutritive are of value not to the Service alone but to the value of kelp. Someone may require an analysis entire United States, as indeed to all nations. of a ceriain drug, or the trade name and For if scienhfic workers could not chcck manufacturer of a proprietary remedy, or through literature the work of fellow scientists, perhaps the official status and address of a if they lacked this close contact, there would '> foreign correspondent. And every day are be much wasted effort, and there could not be filled staff rcquests for copies of Service pub- the codperation so vitally important Lo all lications, a duplicate collection of each of which research experts. As Dr. Treat B. Johnson, is maintained by the Library for this purpose. professor of organic chemistry at Yale Uni- Like the Public Health Service Library the versity and past president of the American Library of the National Institute of Health is Institute of Chemists, said: "Nothing can be maintained for the use ol the staff of its own done, no attack can be made on any problem organiaation, but it serves also many students except through the appl~cationof the principle and visiting research scientists. Neither does it of cooperation No Inan today can cover any aim to build up large accessions, but merely to single field of science individually and make maintain a working collection of material progress.-. He must work in coilpcration with rclated to or adapted to the particular lincs other pcople. " of research of the Institute. Out-of-date Thus it is that these libraries may be con- textbooks are discarded. Indeed few text- sidered among those agencies directly re- books are purchased. Scientific investigation sponsible for thc health and economic welfare and results change and develop so rapidly of all states and of all countries. SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1935 I Outgoing Mail Dear Mary Jane: The Atlantic seacoast attracted a number of I expected to get a lot of news for you when holiday makers. Laura Woodward went to I passed through New York, but people are Florida; Mrs. Fertig to Cape May; the cncr- either working hard to get ready for vacations, getic E. L. C. was at Marblehead; and Rcbecca or clearing up after their bit of fun, so I wasn't Kankin enjoyed the cool breezes, and primitive too lucky. I did see a copy of the new "Who's surroundings of Nova Scotia Mr. and Mrs. \Vho in American Women" and found that Stebbins picked the worst week of the summer "among those present" were Rose Vormelker, for a brief visit to Maine, followed by anothcr Laura Woodward, Margaret Reynolds, Mil- to New York. Between muggy weather, ex- dred Burke, Claribel Barnett, Mary Louise cessive heat, and the demands of his ofice, we .llexander, Alta B. Claflin, Abbie Glover, Ruth feel that our President sacrificed himelf to Snvord, and a lot of other notable members of duty lor a so-called week of vacation! S. L. A. It makes highly interesting reading. Of course the usual amount of motoring was Speaking about notables, did you see the going on. Linda Morley and Adelaide IGght article on Dorsey Hyde in the United Slates were breaking in a snappy new car. Mary Xews? It is all about his appointment as Di- Louise Alexander, Florence Bradley and rector of Archival Service in the National Esther Johnston took a week's tour of New Archives Establishment. I was delighted to England. Rose Vormelker, also, explored New hear from Marian Manley that she expects to England in her new car, while Eleanor Cava- get an article from our former President on naugh speaks favorably of the Poconos as the just where the Archival Service and S. L. A. place for a week's vacation. find common ground. One of the neatest vacation touches that I picked up quite a bit of news about Detroit we have heard in a long time is our Vic- as I came through, including glowing accounts torian Alma Mitchill taking in the Saratoga of the charming wedding of Alice Callender of races! the Henry Ford Hospital to Otto W. Haisley. Some other lucky mortals are enjoying the After a honeymoon at Lake Louise and Seattle, lake breezes - Frances Curtiss among others. they are living in Ann Arbor. Elva Clarke of the Employers' Association in Agnes Savage. librarian of the Detroit In- Detroit was one of the noble souls who at- stitute of Art, was one of the lucky people tended the A. L. A, meeting in Denver. That spending the summer in France and Italy. was a bit spicy, from all we hear. As many of Incidentally, Marian Rawls of the Burnham the S. L. A. members had been among those Library of Architecture, Art Institute of Chi- keenly interested in the protest to the A. L. A. cago, was also in Europe. Perhaps something Council on the Federal Aid program, the mo- about art museums leads to this, since Paul tion, that action be put off for a year, by Dr. Vanderbilt of the Pennsylvania Museum of Hill, met with their warm approval. Art was scheduled to represent the A. L. A. Do you remember that I told you last year at the International Institute of Documenta- about the splendid list of journals containing tion in Copenhagen in September. Margery patent abstracts prepared by Elsa von Hohen- Quigley of Montclair, one of our public library hoff, of the Industry and Science Department institutional members, represented the A. L. A. of the Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore? I have a1 the World Federation of Educational In- been so thrilled that it is to be published in the stitutions at Oxford also. Most important of Journal of the Patent OJce Society. I hear that all, Gertrude L. Low of the John Price Jones reprints are to be available. If so, you must bc Corporation was our delegate to the Conference sure to get one. It is a swell job. of the Association of Special Libraries and More chapter news in my next letter! Information Bureaux. Yours, SUE Ssptarnkr, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 41 f Publications of Special Interest Adams, Thomas. Outline of town and city Casson, Stanley. Progress of archaeology. planning. Russell Sage Foundation, N. Y. McGraw, New York. 1934. 123 p. $2.00. 1935. 368 p. $3.00. A s~mpl~fied,condenscd, and cnhghten~ngprebcnia .1 comprehens~ve,well-arrnnged d~scuss~on,covermg tion of archaeolofi~cal rrscalch slucc the war. ll'cll h~stor~caldevdopment. and the various aspects of dlustratcd. NO Ixbl~ogral~h).,but man) references to current phases, both here and In other countries more deta~ltdtexts An entmly ~11cccssf1~1effort tu Clear and ~nterestingw~th numerous excellent 111~s- make clear to the layman the lmgortancc of such trattons Amply documented, and well mdexed. A archaeolos~calresearch very brief annotatcd blbl~ographyIS ~ncluded,as wcll ar a conclsc summary of c~typlann~ng problems. Curti, Merle. Social ideas of American edu- cators. Scribner, N. Y. 1935. 635 p. $3.00. Bain, W. E. Parents look at modern educa- A h~rto~yof our educalional systcnl as shown bj tion. Appleton-Century, N. Y. 1935. 344 p. llle part plajed by the soc~alph~iosoph~es of these $2.50. educators 1x1 tlrc~r work. Examples frum Colonial .\ d~scuss~onof modern educal~onalmethods in the times to the present day are glven w~thsuch diverse nursery schools, and lower grades, reveal~ng,to those phases as educai~nnfor women, the black man's plxe, out of touch w~thachool development, ent~rclynew the prohlems of scculsr educat~onand the Increasmg methods. An cncnuraging imok. Well illustrated In- stress on adjust~ngcducat~onal methods to economic, cludes bibl~ography and soclnl problems. Innumerable footnotes, and a short but suggestive bibliographical appelldix. Bennett, H. Practical everyday chemistry. Chemical Publishing Co, N. Y. 1934. 320 Faulher, H. N. and Ke~ner,Tyler. Amer- ica; its history and people. Harper, N. p. $2.00. Y. 1934. 863 p. $3.50. A pract~cal,simple book of for~nulasfor household convenltnces frum cleansers and polishers to cosmetics While ~l~tendedas a text for 11ib.h school studcnlb, and dr~nks.Includcs tables, a buying index, and a tile unlt dmussion of the pol~l~cal,social, cultural list of references consulted and econumlc developn~ents,the wealth of collateral read~ngsuggestions, lhc Interesting presenlation, and Borden, R. C. Public speaking as listeners excellrnt arrangement make it a valuable onc volume like it. Harper, N. Y. 1935. 111 p. $1.50. hnndtmok. The useful tal~ularsummary of An~crican l~istory, and the 11st for the min~murn l~brary are A brief, po~nted,and practical treatment An cx- valuable appcnd~ccs Makes man, references to Por- ccllcnt text lor study, and frequent rereadmg by thosc tnrrc and ~tslonger articles. a110 wish to kcome ellcctive, and conclse speakers. Bush, L. M. Common sense and health. Gaba, Lester. On soap sculpture. Holt, N. Y. 1935. 90 p. $1.00. Liveright, N. Y. 1935.310g. $2.50. A pract~cal little volume, full of enterlaming sup Covers the csrer~t~alsof health, the causes of various gcstions for the use of soap sculpture in dccoratmn, pains, and gives a long 11st of diseases with symptoms, adxertis~ng, ctc. Cicar working mstructions are in- causes and cures The author IS an osteopathic phy- clud~d,and some excellent patterns as well as good s~cian,but d~scussessuch trcatnlents only ~nc~dentnlly ~llustrat~onsof effective use Includes some excellent diagrams. Well indexed Cabot, Hugh. Doctor's bill. Columbia Univ., Garside, A. H. Cotton goes to market. N. Y. 1935. 324 p. $3.00. Stokes, N. Y. 1935. 431 p. $3.50. An unusually sane, and balanced dlscuss~onof the .\ vrv~d, con~prehensivc,and rcveal~ngp~ctu~c of 11rraon.11. and publ~cinterests ~nvolvedIn the relation the ram~ficat~onsof the cotton trade. Many details of of the medical profession to the conlmunlty Fair, customs, nccessit~es, nnd costs are combined In an witty, and based on wide expellencc. A much nccdcd - engrossing study. S~nce"cotton" is a v~talfactor in text that should be w~delyread Would that the legal tile 11fe of so many, Mr. Gars~de'stext 1s a notable profess~onmight follow su~tw~th as able an exponcut! acqulsltlon. No b~blloymphy. Many footnotes Well A fine bibliography w~thilluniinatmg annotatlons In- lndexcd cluded. Goslin, A. A. and 0. P. Rich man, poor man. Clark, Grover. Great Wall crumbles. Mac- Harper, N. Y. 1935. 93 p. $1.00. millan, N. Y. 1935. 423 p. $3.50. Th~spublication of the People's League for Eco- A fine intcrprctat~onof China that presents undcr- Ilomc Security is a series of extremtiy effcctivc clla~t, standmply the underly~ngphilosophy, and psychology dcp~ctmgeconon~ic condit~ons such a+ Our Prod~tct~u~l of tlmt nation. It ~nd~catesthe fundamental differ- Capac~ty,How Debts Have Grown, supplemented b) cnces in point of vlew between Chincse and Western comisc yet simple, and tl~o~~ght-provalingd~muss~nn civ~hzat~onas evidenced in the relatwt value of thc 01 each phase Includes a I~stof sources for cl~arts, rndividual or the group. Unusually successful, and and a br~ef11st of ad~i~tionalreferences Nateworlh) ~lluminatiogtreatment of an Important topic. for ~tseffective presentation. Not indexed. I PIP SPECIAL LIBRARIES Septcmbat, 1935 Graham, W. J. Economics of business. Merwin, Samuel. Rise and fight againe. Amer. Tech. Soc., Chicago. 1935. 337 p. Boni, N. Y. 1935. 257 p. $1.00. $2.00. Orel l) enthus~ast~cbut rnterestmg star) of the A rather eltmentdr?. tnnttcrof-fact text that en riciss~tudesand victories of LOUISK L~ggeett,b) a aarn~ly admiring friend. Some br~cf plnnpses of (lcavu~4 to relate the tllcor) of economics to tIk d.111) ncttvttles of the small, as nell as large, bub~ne\sman. phases of the drug jobbing business The author avotds controvrrblal ~ssucs,and prcscrvcs n fnl~lyeven bnlmce betwcrn lrlwral and cons~rvat~~~Novak, Emil. The woman asks the doctor. LI'.,t1llCllts Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Md. 1935. 199 p. $1.50. Gray. W. and Leary, B. E. What makes S. A discuss~onof the various physical factors partlcu. a book readable. Univ. of Chicago Press, lnrly in~portxntto women, by a spccial~\tin gynecology Chicago. 1935. 376 p. $3.00. The treatment is clear, sane, and consirnct~vc. Ex- cellent dlustrations. No Index but clear chapter had- An earncst but ut~success~oleffort to produce a weighty plrce of scholar41ip. Instead of conslderlng Inas An en~mentlysat~sfactory tcxt. the adm~ttedlyvital factors of content, and qtylc, at. O'Rourke, W. T. Library handbook for trntton IS concentrated on thosc of word length, and sentence rtructure, wlth rebults nut at all new to the Catholic students. Bruce Pub. Co., Mil- average I~brarlanof judgment. waukee, Wis. 1935. 200 p. $2.25. Prepared with the lntentlon of using Calliolic ills+ Hart, J. K. Education for an age of power. t~ations,and nppl~cat~onsof Ilbrary technique. ~t I\ Harper, N. Y. 1935. 254 p. $2.50. nnt only an ably prepared l~braryhandbook but alw The substitution of "Living rn" for "Education for" a gulde to a wealth of Cathohc sources The selected nilght draw more readers, nnd to them benefit, slnce hil~ltograph~essuch as "Son~cCathol~c texts and allied the study of thls pruvocatlve, and penctratlnp discus. hooks in sociology," and the shorter l~stssue11 as sion of fundamental adjustt~~entswill glve much food "Science and the Church," are particularly Intcrest~ng. for thought A brief, selectwe bibllogrnpl~y 1s given. Prentice, E. P. Breeding profitable dairy Howes, Durward. American women. Rich- cattle. Houghton, Boston. 1935. 279 p. ard Blank Publishing Co., Los Angeles. $2.50. 1935. 665 p. $10.00. The author trles to ~nd~cate,for animal husbandry. A most sat~bfactory volume giving mucb valuable similnr possibrl~tics of improvement Lo thosc brought and enllghten~ng~nfortndt~on in an excellent format to crop farm~ngby the lnventlon of agricultural The inclus~onsare uneven duc to the necessary diffi- mach~nery. He glves an h~stor~calrecord, a current cult~~~of a first issue, and carelessness In the return cvaluat~on of pm~ress,and a poss~blc program for of quest~onnalres On the whole, an etlcuuraging greater development A useful. nnd sound study. record for thow who have watched women's progress Special Libraries Association. Statistics of SIIICC 1900 Data glven on officers, and objcctlves of Ic.d~ng wo~uen'~organlzatlons Geograph~cal ~ndex, Canadian commoditiee. N. Y. 1 p. $.SO. and statistical summary ~ncluded Modeled on the "Statistics on Commodltics" chart published by S L. A. in 1931, ths Issue covers the Inglis, William. George F. Johnson and his same data for Canada and makes the valuable pulrl~ca industrial democracy. Huntington Press, tlons of the Domlnlon Bureau of Statlstlcs even more caaly used. A convenient key to current statistics N. Y. 1935. 316 p. $3.00. An extremely ~ntcresting,and hopeid ylcture of an Reilly, W. J. Straight thinking. Harper, ~ndustr~alcornmun~ty based on mutual shar~ng of N. Y. 1935. 168 p. $1.75. good fortune Accord~ngto Mr. Johnson, "hIy deal An extremely pertinent, and practical analysis of IS the factory wlth the home of the owner neal rt, surrounded by the homes of the workers. When they thought processes, especially as they relatc to business 11ve pleasantly together they wlll work together to problemb Smgle, dlrect language, and spccilic ap- hettcr ndvantaue than if they hvcd apart When work. pl~catlonsof rules to problcn~s,helps to makc the book ers and eml>loyers can talk owr tbc~rtroubles to. of defin~teusefulness gctlle~, their trouhles d~sappear" Whal better rule White, L. D. Government career service. lor such x community could there be* Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago. 1935. Lawrence, Alberta. Who's who among 99 p. $1.50. , North American authors. Golden Syndi- One of the serles of puhllc administration studies. cate Pub. Co., Los Angeles. 1935. 1278 p. Dr. Wlnta's wmtlon as member of the Unltcd States CIVII Srrv~ccComm~ssion, as well a5 Prolesrur of $8.50. Publ~cAdmlnistratlon nt the University, qualifies b~m Another volume that helps to idcnt~fycontemporary to speak on the subicct, and his papers develop an figures of varymu pzommcnce. Cwrs ~aformationon lntercstntg program. The already existlug career serv- some names not covercd elsrwhere. Includes geographic ~ceIn the State Department is a promisine start iu and pseudonym index the right drrection. SPECIAL LIBRARIES PRESIDENT'S PAGE CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION

HE follo\ving pages contain the constitu- The first duty of this committee is to famil- T tion and by-laws of Special Libraries As- iarize itself with the present constitution and sociation as they stand today. They were by-laws. It must then, with your help, formu- originally adopted at the lyashington Confer- late its ideas for amendment and revision, and ence in May 1929. Amendments have been submit them to each chapter. htost cer~ainly voted by the Association at various times, the these I-ecommendations will then be discussed last occasion being June 1935, when Section 12 at Chapter meetings. In all probability addi- of theconstitutionwas recast inits present form. tional suggestions will thus be referred to the The Secretary, who is the official custodian committee. The committee will then draft its of the official records, has searched the original amendments for the Executive Board After documents with great care, and every precau- approval and possible modification by that tion has been taken to present in this number body they will be printed in S~ECIALLI- of SPECIALLIBRARIES a corrcct transcript of URARIES and will come before you in legal form the constitution and by-laws now in force. Con- as rccornmenda~ionsof thc Executive Board. sequently the documents printed herewith The comm~tteeneeds the immediate help of constitute the body of law under which the all active members of the Association. Only as Association is governed. individuals express their own opinions can At the Boston meeting, June 1935, the Presi- officers or committees grasp the trend of dent was authorized to appoint a special corn- thought that reveals the wishes of a majority mittee to consider all phases of constitutional of the mernbers. If you are located in a city amendment and revision. The text of the vote where there is a committee menrkr try to see follows: him or telephone him. Otherwise write to the That a special committee of five be appointed chairman, or to some member whom you may by the incoming president to make a complete know, giving him the benefit of your adv~ce. and thorough study of the constitution and by- Also, "do it now." If any substantial meas- laws of the Special Libraries Association and ure of revision is to come before the 1936 Con- submit its fmdings to all lo&l chapters of the vention the time for preparation is already association for their comment, after which such growing short. Won't you note on your calen- special committee shall draft such amendments as may be indicated, subnlit same to the Execu- dar that within the next few days you will read tive Board, and after approval by that body, the constitution and by-laws carefully, jot make a final report to the next annual meeting of down any points that seem to you to need im- the association. provement, and prepare a letter to the chair- Pursuant to this vote of the Association the man of the committee? If you can include President has appointed, with the approval of reasons lor the changes you advocate, so much the Executive Board, the following committee: the better' Incidentally, if an estra carbon means no Stephen A. Greene, Librarian, Providence Jour- additional time and expense to you, your nal Co., Providence, R. I., Chaimran Miss Mary Louise Alexander, Librarian, Batten, President will appreciate this opportunity of Barton, Durstine and Osboni, Inc , 383 Madi- feeling the pulse of thc Association. son Avenue, New York City For the first time in years we now have an James F. Ballard, Director, Boston Medical opportunity to survey our positiorl compre- Library, 8 The Fenway, Boston, Mass. hensively and to bring our writte~~constitution Miss Dorothy Bemis, L~brarian,Lippincott Li- into harmony with wise procedure in reaching brary, University of Pennsylvania, Logan our fundamenlal aims and objectives. Hall, Philadelphia, Pa. HOWARDI.. STEBDINS, Doraey W. Hyde, Jr., Special Assistant, The Na- tional Archives, Washington, D. C. President SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1935 Special Libraries Association Constitution and By-Laws (As amended to and including June 14, 1935) Constitution

the Executive Board, shall appoint a Nominating Name Committee of five, no one of whom shall be a SECTION1. The name of the Association shall member of the Executive Board, to nominate be the Special Libraries Association. officers for the ensuing year. Names of candidates for office, together with Object their written acceptances, shall be presented to SEC.2. The object of the Association shall be to the Executive Board by the Nominating Com- promote the collection, organization and dis- mittee six weeka before the annual meeting. semlnat~onof information, to develop the useful- Nominations shall be printed in the official organ ness and efficiency of special libraries and other of the Association one month before the annual research organizations, and to encourage the pro- meeting. fessional welfare of its members. Further nominations may be made upon the written petition of ten active members. Ojiccrs SEC 3. The officers of the Association shall be Durics of O&cers a President, a first Vice-president, a sccond Vice- SEC.6. (a) The President shall preside at the President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and three meetings of the Executive Board and at the gen- Directors. eral meetings of the Association. With the Secre- The Directors, after the first year, shall be tary he shall, under the direction of the Executive elected for three years, and at the first election Board and in the name and on behalf of the Asso- after the adoption of this Constitution, one shall ciation, sign and execute all contracts and ob- be elected for one year, one for two years, and one ligations. He shall, by and with theconsent of the for three years. Executive Board appoint all committees, and The Secretary shall be appointed annually by shall perform such other acts as are usually re- the Executive Board. quired of such an officer. Other officers shall be elected for one year, or (b) The Vice-Presidents shall perform the until their successors are elected. duties usually required of such officers. At the re- The last retiring President shall be a member of quest of the President, or during his inability to the Executive Board for the year following his perform the buties of his office, the First Vice- retirement. President shall act as President. Upon the ab- sence or disability of the First Vice-F'resident the Execulive Board Second Vice-president shall m act. SEC.4. The officers named in Section 3, except (c) The Secretary shall keep a record of all gen- the Secretary, shall constitute the Executive eral meetings of the Association and of the Execu- Board, which shall administer the businem of the tive Board. He shall have the right to speak on Association, except such duties as are specifically any question before the Executive Board, but assigned by vote of the Association to other of- without the right to vote. He shall have charge of ficcrs or committees of the Association. the general office; he shall keep a record of names The Executive Board shall meet upon the call and addresses of all members; he shall issue bills of thc President at such intervals as he may deem and collect accounts; he shall be responsible fop necessary It shall also meet upon the written re- all work in connection with the publication of the quest of any three members of the board. journal, except such as is cared for by the Editor; A tnajority of the Executive Board shall con- he shall with the President sign and attest all con- stitute a quorum. veyances of property, written contracts and ob- ligations, and shall perform such other duties as Nominadioiis for O&ce may be requested by the Executive Board. His SBC.5. At least three months prior to the an- tern1 of service may be terminated after one nual meeting the President, with the approval of month's written notice by either party. September, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 91 5 (d) The Treasurer shall have thecustody of the association or chapter and group, and the chair- funds of the Assoc~at~on,and shall keep a record man of each standing committee. of and d~sbursesuch funds in accordance with the action of the Executive Board. He shall furnish a Memberships statement of the finances of the Association at SBC.11. There shall be five classes of members: each annual meeting and at such other times as Class 1-Active. For any person engaged In or may be requested by the Execut~veBoard. interested in library, statistical or research work. Active members shall be entitled to receive the Committees journal, and to have a vote at all business mect- Sec. 7. All conimittees shall be appointed by lngs of the Association. the President, with the approval of the Executive Class 2 -Associate. For any person engaged Board, and such committees shall be responsible in or interested in I~brary,research or statistical to the Executive Board. work. Associate members shalt have full privileges in local associations or chapters, but shall not Local Associalions and Chaplers have the rjght to vote at businesa meetings of the SEC. 8. Local assoc~ationsor chapters may be Association. established by the Executive Board upon receipt Class 3 - Institut~onal.For any Library, firm of a written petition signed by not less than ten or other organization maintaming a library or in- members of the Association, residing in the terri- terested in library work. Such mstitution may tory withm which the local association or chapter designate its representative in the Association. is desired, but no local association or chapter shall An institutional member shall be entitled to all be formed without the consent of the Executive privileges of active membership, and to receive Board. all publications of the Association, and to have Such local associat~onsor chapters may make their names published in the list of such members rules for their government not inconsistent with in the journal. the Constitution and By-Laws of Special Li- Class 4 -Honorary. For any person who has braries Association. Every member of Special Li- shown distinguished interest in the speciallibrary braries Association shall be deemed to be a mem- field. The name may be proposed by the Execu- ber of that local association or chapter which is tive Board and the election shall be held at the nearest geographically to his residence, unless he next annual meeting of the Association. Honorary otherwiee requests. members shall, without obligation, have all t~ghts Expenses of local associations or chapters shall and privileges of Active members. be met from the general treasury. Each such asso- Class 5 - Life. For any person who shall pay ciation or chapter shall submit annually a budget one hundred dollars at one time. Life members of the amount needed to cover such expenses. shall, without further obligation, have all the After approval by the Executive Board the treas- rights and privileges of Active members. urer shall be authorized to pay the amounts thus approved to the local treasurer or other desig- Dues nated official. Additional funds may be issued SIX. 12. The annual dues shall be determined upon application to the Executive Board. by the Execut~veBoard. No change shall be made except by a two-thirds vote of the members pres- Groups ent and voting at any annual meeting of the Sac. 9. The Executive Board may create Association, and further provided, that all mem- groups relating to definite interests of special li- bers shall be notified of the proposed change. braries which are actively represented in the As- sociation. Petitions for the establishment of a group shall be presented by not less than ten SEC. 13. Annual business meetings shall be members actively engaged in the work of the held at the tlme and place named by the Execu- proposed group The Executive Board may at its tive Board upon notice duly gwen to voting discretion recommend the discontinuance of a members. The Executive Board shall have power group when in its opinion the usefulness of that to call such special meetings as may be necessary, group has ceased Such recommendation to be upon not~cemailed to such members at least six effective shall be approved by the Association. weeks in advance of the meeting. Advisory Council Quorum SIX. 10. There shall be an Advisory Council, SEC. 14. At all annual and special meetings consisting of the executive officer of each local forty voting members constitute a quorum. Pi 6 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1935 Amendtnmls may be proposed by the Executive Board or by a SEC.15. Thls Constitution may beamended by duly elected committee of the Association, or by a three-fourths vote of those present, and voting any ten voting members of the Association. at any annual business meeting of the Associa- tion, provided that notice of the amendments to By-Laws be brought before such meeting be sent to each SEC.16. By-Laws may be adopted or cancelled voting member of the Association at least one by vote of the members present and voting at any month before consideration. Such amendment meeting of the Association.

By-Laws

No. 1-The membership of any person, firm No. 6 -The Editor shall be appointed by the or organization whose dues shall be two years in Executive Board. He shall have charge of the pub- arrears shall automatically cease. ' lication of the journal, and shall carry out the edi- No. 2 -The fiscal year of the Association torial policy approved by the board. He shall at- shall be the calendar year. tend the meetings of the Executive Board, and No. 3 -The Executive Board may by vote shall have the right to speak on any question affiliatew~th the Association any national society before the board, but without the right to vote. hav~ngpurposes similar to those of the Special His term of service may be terminated after one Libraries Association, or in like manner cause the month's written notice by either party. Association to be affiliated with any national No. 7 -The standing committees shall be as society having similar purposes. The Executive follows: Auditing, Membership, News, Publica- Board may by vote cancel an amiation when In tions, and Resolutions, and such other conmit- ~tsopinion such affiliation is undesirable, but such tees as may be deemed necessary. vote to be effective shall be approved by the No. 8 -The members of the Advisory Coun- Association. cil shall meet with the Executive Board at least No. 4 -The Executive Board may prescribe once during the annual convention, and upon the such dues or fees as may be required for the pur- invitation of the Board may meet with it at other pose of affiliation, and may make provis~onsand tunes of the year. The members of the Advisory agreements concerning annual or special meetings Council at any such meeting may submit to the In conlunction with such amhated organizations. Executwe Board such recommendations as may No. 5 -The Association shall publish an ofi- be deemed adv~sable.The chairman of each local cia1 organ, the control of which shall be vested in association, chapter, group or standing commit- the Executive Board. The Board shall determine tee may designate an alternate to represent him the rates, if any, to be charged for subscription. at a meeting of the Advisory Counc~l.

S. L. A. MEMBERS, ATTENTION! N ACCORDANCE with an agreement Statistical Association is to be held in con- I reached by various groups at the recent nection with the meeting of the Ohio Library meeting of the S L. A., "Insurance Book Re- Association in Cleveland, October 8-10. This views" will be sent free in future only to special library session will consist of a luncheon mcrnbcrs of the Insurance Group and officers meeting October 9 at the Chamber of Com- of the Association. To others the charge will merce. The topic of the meeting will be "Re- be 50 cents a year. Subscriptions to this useful organizations of, and additions to, the United bulletin of the Insurance Group should be sent States Government Bureaus: their publica- direct to hIrs. Grace C. Bevan, librarian of the tions, and how they affect research work." Phoe~iixhlutual Life Insurance Co., Hartford, Following the luncheon there will bc oppor- Conn tunity for an informal discussion on the general *** theme, "What executives need in a special 11 joint meeting of thc Cleveland, Cincinnati, library and what a special library can offer Pitt\hurgh and Llctrait Chapters of S. L. A. cxecutives," led by those who know! Anyone .mtl the Clc\danrl Chapter of the American interested is cordially invited. fleservations for Sptembw, 1935 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 91 7 the luncheon should be sent to Edythe A. S. L. A. DUPLICATE EXCHANGE Prouty, Cleveland Public Library. COMMITTEE HE publications hsted here can be secured free, ex- Tecpt for tranqmrtation charges, by communicating with Rowmond Cruikshank, Chairman, S. L A. Dupll- cake Exchange Comm~ttce.Technical Branch. 730 Main Mr. F. H. Blossom, librarian of the Hunting- ton Free Library and Reading Room, New Amerrcan Eleclric Railway Ass.. Proc. 1928, 1929 York City, which is a depository for the li- Amrr. Inrt. of Co~sullingEng. Mcm. Irst. 1933 braries of the American Numismatic Society, Auto~trvrirdurfrial red book. 1933 Canring tradr dmnnac. 1934 the Museum of the American Indian, and the Clrcmicd catalog (British). 1933 Heye Foundation, is interested in the effortsof Chem~calengrnecrrno catalog. 1932 Chrcago Doily NPWJ alma~cand yearbook. 1933 some Rhode Island Indians to publish a Curtrs. Leading adverttwrs. 1934 montlily, which they have called "The Narra- l>odnuorth. History of hnkmg, 4 v. 1896 gansett Dawn." The subscription is $1.00. Empire law krl. 1932 Fktnaft compewl. 1933 Handbook or furl. 1933 Harvard businrsr rrpats m.th Lder, v. 1-7 Hmticultrral trade drrecray 1932 Many of the convention papers are still IndwrlW arts rndrx, March. Mar 1935 Inrurarca claim who's who. 1933 scheduled for the columns of SPECIALLI- Iobbnr hdbk. of manufaduring jrwdrrs. 1933-34 BRARIES. Some of those that are to appear Life irrrrancc couro~t.1934 shortly are "Work in a Science Museum Martrndale. Inrurancc bar, 1931-32 McCrnw csntrnl rfotrrm directory. 1931 Library" by H. Phillips Spratt; "The Frick Moody's Bonks. 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933 Art Reference Library" by Ethelwyn Man- Moody's Covrrrmmts. 1931 ning; and " Reference Sources in Medicine" by Moody's Imdustr~ds 1915, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933 Moody's Publac Ut~l~t~cr.1923, 1930, 1933 Mae L. Walker, reference librarian af the Moody's Rallronds. 1929, 1930, 1933 Boston Medical Library. Nnt Corf. of Socinl Work-Group rep. hdbk. 1933 .\'rru J'ork Errhnnnc yrarbork. 1934 I'rrtnd~cnl Pro)rirlnrs Asor Oficinl hdbk. 1934-35 I'm! 'J rorl~ornlronrnlrnns 1934 /'oorss JF~OIICIIII nncu -Cumulattvc quarterly section WANTED - BACK NUM UEKS OF SPE- Poor's Indrrslrlalr. 1925. 1928. 1931 I'oor'r Publrc ulililics. 1924. 1925, 1926, 1927 CIAL LIBRARIES I'oturr marntcnancc mnnual 1934 As Nos. 2, 7 and 9 of SPECIALLIBRARIES, I'ower's road and slrect calnloo and dnta book 1935 Volume 1, 1910, are lackin'g in the official Radio ndvrrtrsrng rafrs and data, July-Nor. 1934 Rand-McNnIIy bonk rec. nttolncys. 1933, 1934 Headquarters file of the magazine, it will be Sccd trade buyers' quidc. 1933 appreciated if a member, having these copies Slrcldon'r retail trudc. 193 1 (being February, July-August, and Novem- Srorrr of the Timer, dtr. no. Mar., Oct. '33; Mar. '34 Sorinl work ycor book. 1933 ber) available, will contribute them to Head- S. A. E hnndbook. 1933 quarters in order to complete the archives of Sfirclalor hnndy gurdc. 1933, 1934 Slnndnrd lrgal drrcclory. 1933 the Association. Stnr~dnrdsyrnrbook. 1937, 1928, 1929, 1930

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