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SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION Putting Knoudedge to lVork OFFICERS DIRECTORS President SARAALILI. WINIFREDSEWELL University of I-lous!on Squibb Institute for Medical Research Housfon 4, Texm New Brunswirk, New Jersey LORRAINECIBOCH First Vice-president and President-Elect Charles Bruniug Co., Inr. EUGENEB. JACKSON Mount Prospect, Illinois General Motors Corpor~!ron,l~urrci:. ,Ilirbi.p.m Second Vice-president W. ROY HOLLEMAN PAUL L. KNAPP Scripps Institution of Oceanography The Ohio Oil Com.,b.my. Li~tlrtoo,Colorado La Jolla, California Secretary ALVINAF. WASSENBERG MRS. JEANNE B. NORTH Kaiser Aluminum b Chemical Corp. United Aircrajr Corporation, Elst Ifartford 8, C'onn. Spokane, Washington Treasurer MRS. ELIZABETHR. USHER OLIVEE. KENNEDY Metropolitan Museum of Art Room S600, 30 Rockejelicr Plax, Seu~I'ork, N. 1'. hTew YorR, New York Immediate Past-President DONALDWASSON DR. BURTONW. ADKINSON Council on Foreign Relations National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. New York, New York EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: BILL M. WOODS ASSISTANTTO THE EXECUTIVESECRETARY: KATHRYN E. SMITH Special Libraries Association 31 East 10 Street, New York 3, New York MEMBERSHIP Dues: Sustaining - $100 ; Active - $15; Associate - $10 ; Afiliate - $15 ; Student - $2 ; Emeritus - $5 ; Life - $250. For qualifications, privileges and further information, write the Executive Secretary, Special Libraries Association.

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LINEAR PROGRAMMING BY GEORGE HADLEY An introduction to the theory, computational techniques, and applications of linear programming, designed for those in the fields of economics, management, and social scielnce. Treats applications to industrial problems and to problems in economic theory. to be published sfiring 1961

MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND THEORY IN GAMES, PROGRAMMING, AND ECONOMICS BY SAMUEL KARLIN, Stanford University 'This two-volume set presents in a rigorous, unified manner the concepts of game theory and programming theory, together with the related concepts of mathematical econorn- ics. An invaluable reference for those concerned with the analysis of management problems, economic studies, military tactics, and general operations research. published 1759-each volume $10.75

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TOPOLOGY BY J. G. HOCKING, Michigan State Univ., AND G. S. YOUNG, Tulane University A unified treatment of point-set and combinatorial topology. Presents a bload flame- work upon which the reader may build, and stimulates his interest to explole beyond the conlines of the book. to be publi~hedsfit ing 1961

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$-A $-A SLA Directory "&I Y '% .-- of Members As of October 21, 1960 An alphabetical listing of the names and addresses of the 5,429 members of Special Libraries Association on October 21, 1960, of whom 5,321 are individuals and 108 are organizations supporting the Association as Sustaining members. The code given with each entry indicates the Chapter, Division and Section affiliations and class of membership of the member. The code itself is given in full and explained in the front of the book. All Association officers (Executive Board, Chapter Presidents, Division and Section Chairmen, Committee Chairmen and Association Representatives) are given separately as are the corporate names of the Sustaining members. 204 pages 6 x 9 inches 1960 $2.00-Members* $5.00-Nonmembers f * Please specify name of member when requesting special price) Special Libraries Association 31 East 10th Street, New York 3, New York

JANUARY 1961 BLACKWELL'S

IN OXFORD,ENGLAND, THERE'S A WONDERFUL BOOKSHOP. Generations of scholars, poets and antiquaries have told of it. It's in Broad Street, Oxford, right next door to the New Bodleian. And it's the largest academic bookshop in England (where bookshops are as thick as daisies on a lawn). But times have changed. Blackwell's Bookshop is no longer dominated by Caesar and St. Augustine. Scholars and poets still browse through Broad Street, but today's Blackwell's is one of the largest scientific and technical bookshops in Europe. +k OXFORD Among those legendary dreaming spires of academic Oxford, Blackwell's crackles busily. Anchored off Europe, right in the heart of one of Europe's intellectual centres, Blackwell's is a convenienr: collecting point for the torrents of scientific and technical literature that flow through. And Blackwell's experience of many years scouring the world for academic literature has been pressed pain- lessly into the service of science and technology. Blackwell's service is accurate, complete and speedy. Half-a- million catalogues are sent out each year, all over the world. Some of them are sure to be of interest to you. Why not write? Black- well's Bookshop is in Broad Street, Oxford, England. Any details about Blackwell's Books and Periodicals Service Mr. Julian Blackwell (grandson of the founder, no less !) will be glad to supply. ENGLAND +K SPECIAL LIBRARIES SPECIAL LIBRARIES Oficial Journal Special Libraries Association vo~uvze32. No. I CONTENTS JANUARY 1961

RARE BOOKS AND SPECIAL MATERIAL IN MUSEUM LIBRARIES: A ROUNDTABLE General Observations on Rare Books and Medieval Manuscripts in Museum Libraries MRS. FRANCESJ. BREWER 9 Use and Handling of Materials at the Archives of American Art MRS. MIRIAML. LESLEY 12 Rare Books and the Art Museum Library MRS. ELIZABETHR. USHER 1J Rare Books in the Museum Library: Buying, Handling and Use RUTHA. SPARROW 17 How to Find Out-of-Print Publications AGATHALEONARD 22 British Commonwealth Forest Products Trans- lation Exchange LILIANM. STEERS 24 An Entomological Library Solves Its Classification Problems MRS. MARGUERITES. BATEY 28 Planning the New Library: Aero Service Corporation Library RINEHARTS. POTTS .?O National Library Week 35 Meet-Mrs. Ann Margret Hammarstrom HELENJ. WALDRON 38

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION Association News Come to the 1961 SLA Convention in San Francisco Report of the Treasurer SLA Sustaining Members

NEWS Have You Heard Off The Press Spotted

Editor.: MARYL. ALLISON Chairman: MARYBONNAR

Papers fiublished in SPECIAL LIBRARIES express the l~ieu'cof the authors and do not represent the ooinion or the Policy of the editortal staff or the gublisher. Manuscripts submitted for lmblication must be typed double space on only one side of fmper and mailed to the editor. 0 Refirints may be ordered ~mmedintelybefore or after fiublicnfion. Subscrifitions: U. S. $7; foreign, $7.50; single copies 750. @ by Special Libraries Associ- ation 1961. IUDEXFD IS R~~~inessPeriodicals Index, Public Affairs Information Service, Library Literature, Business Methods Index and Library Science Abstracts. What is the latest doctoral research in science, . . . social sciences . . . humanities? You can answer such questions readily when you subscribe to Dissertation Abstracts. 110 of the leading universities and colleges approve publication of their dissertations by University Microfilms. And each month approximately 500 abstracts are published in D.A. Those desiring complete dissertations can secure them either as positive 35 mm. microfilm or as paperbound books. Unless you specify otherwise, your subscription Dissertations will start with the January issue. in BOOK FORM SUBSCRIPTIONS Positive microfilm copies of complete dissertations Dissertation Abstracts (12) $27.50 ore 1%~per page. Index to American Doctoral Dissertations 8.00 Printed copies, enlarged A listing of all dissertations accepted by American by xerography to approx- Universities, July 1959-June 1960, arranged by institution, subject, and author; hard cover. imotely 6" x 9" size (and covered with a soft paper Combination subscription to Dissertation cover) are 4%~per page. Abstracts and the Zndex to American Doc- toral Dissertations (paper cover) $34.50 (Foreign prices slightly higher)

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SPECIAL LIBRARIES Rare Books and Special Material in Museum Libraries: A Roundtable

ARE BOOKS IN MUSEUM LIBRARIES was chosen as the topic for a R roundtable discussion at the Museum Division meeting on June 6, 1960 at the Special Libraries Association Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. This is really not too surprising since an amazing trend can be noticed in the discussion of rare, original and unique material in most of the professional literature and at meetings of professional organizations. This is, of course, an indication of the need for communication in this area. Mrs. Frances J. Brewer moderated the session. General Observations on Rare Books and Medieval Manuscripts In Museum Libraries MRS. FRANCES J. BREWER, Chief Gifts and Rare Books Department, Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan

RAREBOOK SECTION was formed about the book and related subjects, and qualifica- A two pears ago within the framework of tions desired and needed for rare book li- the American Library Association as part of brarians and curators of special collections the American College and Research Libraries are being outlined and discussed. Division. More than two hundred people attended the first session, a three-day work- Value and Care of Rare Material shop, in Charlottesville, Virginia. The rough Books have not only many pages, they draft of a rare book manual to be published also have many sides. In museum libraries, by the Section was discussed in all its phases. as in rare book collections of general li- At the second meeting, in Montreal, still braries, two aspects of rare and valuable ma- more people attended to listen to talks on terials are of concern: I) source and ref- science libraries and special collections. erence books, and 2) exhibit materials. Fre- The April 1957 issue of Library Trends, quently rare books answer both these needs. the well-known publication of the University In museum libraries rare books and original of Illinois Library School, was devoted to manuscripts aid in researching a special field rare books, and another issue of this journal, of art or science; they also lend themselves covering additional and different phases of to use as art objects or background educa- the subject, is planned for early 1961. tional material in exhibits. In general li- Rare book departments in university and braries, original material adds importance public libraries have been and are being es- and strength to specially developed collec- tablished e~erywhere.Library schools are as- tions; it can be used also in showing and signing more time to teaching the history of teaching the art and history of the book.

JANUARY 1961 Rare book departments and special collec- subject than one just 30 years old. And if tions of university, college and public li- books out of scope should come to a library, braries may seem somewhat removed from it is well worth thinking seriously about the the collections in a museum library. How- possibility of their being more useful to an- ever, problems are the same, or at least other institution. Instead of keeping material similar, regardless of the location of the that no one expects to find, seek out a li- material. And, as indicated before, rare brary that most likely wants it and send it books in general libraries are thought of and there. Many times some treasure in one's own serve as a "Museum of the History and the field will arrive unsolicited in exchange. Art of the Book." In Europe there are many Publicizing the existence of special collec- museums devoted entirely to the history of tions and making their availability known to writing, printing, paper and the arts of the the staff of one's own and other institutions, book. Many of the curators employed in gen- as well as to scholars in the field, is another eral libraries in the United States and Canada important aspect of the curator's work. are joining with the librarians of SLA's Mu- seum Division to discuss common problems. Cooperative Projects The first concern of a library's curator and There is much concern about scattered administration is justification for the acquisi- holdings of rare books and the existence of tion and maintenance of valuable and rare small, unknown collections in libraries where material. There does not seem to be any they are not expected. In recent months some doubt regarding the validity of inclusion if rare book librarians in Michigan have been rare and valuable books are being acquired in working on a plan to arouse interest in rare support of the fields covered in the museum's books in all libraries, large and small, spe- collection. No one will question the legiti- cial and general. It is hoped that libraries macy of the existence of an Audubon folio with substantial special collections and rare in the library of a natural history museum, book holdings under the care of a curator the papers of Lavoisier in a science museum, will accept the responsibility of answering a Maya codex in a museum of the American questions in their respective areas of interest Indian or Leonardo da Vinci's Treatise on and will give expert help to all who need it Paintilzg in the library of an art museum. and ask for it. It is anticipated that some Another consideration is the physical form hidden treasures may thus be brought to of the material and its maintenance, use and light. A directory of well and less known administration. There are manuscripts in collections in Michigan, private and public, book or sheet form, and there is printed ma- which will make known and available rare terial in the form of books, pamphlets, book resources, is being planned. broadsides and clippings. Sometimes photo- A similar project was discussed in a re- reproductions have to be procured in place cent meeting sponsored in part by the Mich- of, or in addition to, original material. Spe- igan Historical Association. The necessity for cial care and treatment must be given these. a directory of book collections concerned The curators of rare books also have to with local history is under serious discussion. assume the responsibility of preserving orig- It is hoped that the two Michigan groups inal, unique, rare and valuable material for will join forces, although the discussions research and posterity. It is not only the old, took place independently. This proves the rare and valuable material that should be real need of directories, and it would not be cared for; it is also the new, original and surprising to hear that other regions are important material that should be kept and contemplating similar projects. The library maintained. Oftentimes it is the responsibil- holdings of museums, especially local his- ity of the librarian to decide what to keep torical museums and societies, will form an and what to discard. We are all aware of the important part of these directories. fact that it is easier to destroy than to pre- Doubtless rare books and special collec- serve. Sometimes it seems less difficult to find tions present additional work and problems research material on a four hundred-year-old to the administration of a museum and its SPECIAL LIBRARIES library. However, no display in any field exists that cannot be enlivened or made more enjoyable and educational by including the text or illustration of some rare book pertaining to the subject or the portrait or autograph of a scientist or artist featured in an exhibit. Museum libraries, through publicizing their rare book holdings and making special collections and important individual items known, will find a most gratifying reward in the genuine appreciation that will be shown by art patrons, scholars and students.

Medieval Manuscripts We may expect to find some illuminated or illustrated manuscripts in science, natural history and historical museum libraries (for

instance, medical treatises, herbals, chron- The Detroit Neu's icles, heraldry manuscripts and the like). However, most illuminated manuscripts will Mrs. Frances Brewer with an armful of rare books from the Detroit Public Library. be found in art museum libraries (although in the case of the Metropolitan in New York Duplicate main and subject cards of these and other museums, they are accessioned as manuscripts may well be incorporated into part of the regular art collections). the general accession records of the museum. According to Dorothy Miner's foreword The library is responsible for the preserva- in the Catalog of an Exhibit of Illurnirzated tion and care of manuscripts. Most are in Books and Mavzuscripts of the Middle Ages book form, written and illuminated on & Renais~ance,held at the Walters Art Gal- vellum. Relatively little special care is needed lery in 1949, "no serious efforts were made beyond protection from vandalism, excessive to represent medieval illumination in art humidity or heat and unskilled rebinding. museums, so that it might appear in its Indeed, one of the reasons for our admiration rightful and important position in relation of the art of writing and illumination in the to the history of art." In the handbook of the Middle Ages is that the paper and colors are Collections of the Walte~sArt Galler3; pub- still in such a wonderful state of preservation lished in the 1930's, there is the following after many hundreds of years. Tissue paper statement: "llluminated manuscripts are im- inserted between pages, or any other paper portant not only as monuments of literature for that matter, has harmed more often than and bookmaking, but because . . . they con- aided in preserving the books. Individual stitute our only continuous record of paint- manuscript leaves or miniatures may be kept ing." The latter statement points to the fact under glass, enclosed in rag paper folders that illuminated manuscripts have a rightful or framed in mats. Acid resistant plastic place in both general libraries and museum envelopes have not been sufficiently tested libraries, depending on whether the interest as yet to be recommended. If used, however, is focused on the art work or the literary they should be fitted exactly to the size of value and importance in the field of book the paper, so that moisture cannot form in history. Many art museums prefer to acquire the space not occupied by the leaf. original leaves of medieval manuscripts or Autograph material in the form of letters, miniatures to illustrate the history of painting. sketchbooks and diaries of artists and manu- Rare books and manuscripts in the library script treatises of art historians all have a should, of course, be brought to the atten- legitimate place in the museum library. Their tion of the curators as often as possible, so processing and care is identical to that of all that they will be frequently used in exhibits. material of archival nature. JANUARY 1961 Use and Handling of Materials At the Archives of American Art

MRS. MIRIAM L. LESLEY, Archivist Archives of American Art, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan

IVE YEARS AGO an institute devoted to York Public Library and the New-York His- Fstudy and research in the field of Ameri- torical Society as dell as from many dealers' can art history, which is unique in this coun- galleries and private collections. try, was set up in Detroit. For the first time Already the tremendous implications of an attempt is being made to establish in one what we are trying to do for future scholar- central location as complete as pssible a ship are beginning to be felt and appreci- corpus of documents relating to Americans ated. This was made apparent recently when engaged in all fields of the visual arts- we were able to supply a midwestern mu- painters, sculptors, craftsmen and those di- seum director with material on one subject rectly connected with their endeavors such for which he would otherwise have had to as critics, historians, museums, societies and write to eight different sources. These in- dealers. The Archives of American Art is cluded the former Macbeth Gallery, the seeking to stimulate interest in the art of Rehn Gallery, the Vose Gallery, the papers the United States and to encourage its study. of Max Weber, the Kraushaar Galleries, the In this connection it is discouraging to see in Downtown Gallery, the Whitney Museum of a list of eight candidates for doctoral degrees American Art and private papers of Abra- at one of the outstanding midwestern uni- ham Walkowitz. This means a tremendous versities not one thesis in the field of Ameri- saving of time and a drastic cutting of travel can art. expense and endless correspondence. On one roll of film we have correspond- Utilization of Microfilm ence, sketchbooks, pamphlets and clippings Obviously the creation of our collection relating to Lyonel Feininger that have come would be impossible if it were dependent quite literally from all over the world. One solely on the accumulation of original ma- sketchbook and much of the correspondence terials, for the greater portion of such ma- are in our own collection. Several hundred terials is already deposited in libraries of letters were lent for filming by a boyhood museums and historical societies. So we have friend of the artist who now lives in Florida, turned to our sister institutions for coopera- and the remaining letters and sketches were tion in bringing together through the me- borrowed from yet another friend, over 90 dium of microfilm as many existing collec- years old, who sent them to us from New tions as possible. This is a slow process, but South Wales. They were all incorporated we have had splendid assistance from those into a book by a German scholar now living organizations that have fallen within the in England. scope of our interests. In Philadelphia alone, Microfilm, though, has more significance for example, we were able to put on film the than that of mere convenience. As Dean records of 17 institutions devoted to art, Virginia C. Gildersleeve pointed out in a history and related subjects that might in- recent article in the Satnvddy Rez,iezu.* we clude material pertaining to the visual arts are in imminent danger of becoming the and their practitioners. Today, after three "lost half-century" as far as written records year's work in New York City, we have ac- * :II.DERSLEEVE.Virginia C. Lost Half Century. cumulated a tremendous amount of material The Satz~vday Rez~iew,vol. 43, part 11, May 14. from public institutions such as the New 1960, p. 13.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES are concerned because of the inferior quality gzlleries and art societies. Manuscript letters of the paper on which books, newspapers and diaries of artists or persons of outstand- and other documents are now printed. Fre- ing prominence in their fields are not con- quently records of all kinds come to us in sidered ephemera. such deplorable condition that they must be After loose material has been received by pasted together onto plain sheets of paper the Archives, marked with an identifying like mosaics so that none of the text is lost. stamp, dated and the donor's name added, And these crumbling specimens are not al- it is put into a vertical file under the name ways the oldest. In fact, the eighteenth and of the artist chiefly concerned. An entry early nineteenth century material is in a far containing the artist's name and a very brief better state of preservation than that dating notation of the nature of the information is from the past 50 years, because of the intro- made in the catalog. Cross references are duction of wood pulp paper. Since the major used liberally to cover any important points part of the original holdings in the Archives that should be brought out. If the material to date falls in the middle and late nine- relates to a general subject rather than an teenth century, we are faced with a very real individual, it is handled in the same way. A problem indeed. pamphlet or clipping on nineteenth century Our solution has been to microfilm collec- artists in Italy, painters in the Civil War, tions as soon as possible after they are re- the Eight or perhaps the Hudson River ceived. In some cases there is enough mate- School is filed under the main topic con- rial in one collection to make it practicable sidered, and cross references are put in to to have it filmed by itself, but generally cover individual artists mentioned. As new three or four smaller units are brought to- material pertaining to the same subject is gether until there is enough for a roll of added to the collection, notations are made about a thousand frames, each frame roughly on the original card, thus conserving space corresponding to one page of printed matter. and materials until a new card is needed. Before being sent to the photographer, the One important way our files are built up material is accessioned and cataloged" in the is inserting current correspondence as it is Archives' office so that the catalog card can received. In many cases our sum total of in- be placed with the item being filmed. This formation on an artist or subject may be found in these letters of inquiry. Requests ~rocedureserves the double ~ir~oseI I of identifying the item for the future user of the film and of supplying the catalog with a record of additions to the collection. When the material is returned from the microfilm- ing agency, the proper roll and frame numbers are added to the card before it is filed.

Acquisitions and Catalogs There are relatively few books on the subject of American art. Therefore the role of ephemeral material in the library or research collection assumes a greater importance than it would otherwise possess. In using the term ephemera, I am referring to non-book material. These are holdings of no intrinsic value due to age or beauty of workmanship; they are, in most cases, of interest solely for the information they contain. They include pam- Mrs. Miriam L. Lesley examining a microfilm phlets, clippings, business records, photo- record of pamphlets, clippings and photographs and the large field of gallery literature graphs pertaining to the life and work of an of all types from art institutions, dealers' American artist. JANUARY 1961 13 for information about painters of whom no ologically on an appropriate card. In this records can be found in published works are catalog, microfilm holdings of the Archives constantly coming to the Archives. Fre- are interfiled with those of the library, thus quently there are accompanying photographs enabling the searcher to see at a glance the of the work of art in question. Every scrap combined holdings of the two institutions. of this sort is most carefully hoarded because The addition in this cast of the microfilm of its future value in establishing the chron- roll and frame number is suficient both to ological and geographical area of a man's identify Archives holdings and to show artistic career. Here, too, entries in every their location. case are copiously cross referenced to facili- Although it may seem that a dispropor- tate their usefulness. One of the best ex- tionate amount of time and space is devoted amples of this was a letter I received re- to small items, there are occasions when the cently inquiring about an artist not yet on only clue to an exhibition may be found in record with us but supplying the information an invitation to an opening or a post card that he had worked in the Southwest during announcement or other brief notice of a the 1930's, chiefly on murals for public show. Analytics made from these notices buildings, and that his subject matter was can prove of invaluable assistance in docu- local. That was quite an impressive amount menting an artist's career or in showing of information. trends of interest in specific fields from One of our newer projects is an attempt American folk art to abstract expressionism. to keep a file of theses in progress in the Painters have frequently written to us, for field of the visual arts in America, on both instance, for help in writing their own en- the master and the doctoral level. Records of tries for such publications as Who's Who in these studies, which are being published Avze~icanArt. regularly in the Art Qtcar.ted3: are kept in We make analytics not only from gallery the Archives catalog with entries made un- literature but from any non-indexed period- der the name of the scholar and the subject icals or other sources that come our way. of his work. In this manner we hope to be of Whenever our attention is called to pertinent assistance to students in avoiding duplication. material in books or periodicals of a general There is a benefit to the Archives as well, for nature, we make informal entries on catalog we can keep abreast of work being done in cards as the information is received. In this specific branches of art history and in this way several entries are possible until the way be aware of future sources and author- card is filled, in which case new cards are ities in the field. added as needed. The subject field of col- Our method of recording museum pub- lecting in particular has been built up chiefly lications and gallery literature is a marvel- through analytics gathered from non-art lously simple and effective one that we share sources. Ideally, we hope to cover eventually with the Art Reference Library of the De- not only the outstanding art collectors in troit Institute of Arts, where it was set up this country but to be able to determine the 30 or more years ago. All material of this nature of the collections, their geographical type, whether belonging to the Art Institute locations and their chronological place in the or the Archives, is filed by the library in development of connoisseurship. vertical files, arranged alphabetically. Within The ultimate aim of the Archives is to the holdings of each individual institution, provide a truly comprehensive picture of the separate items are filed by category: an- art life of the United States from its begin- nouncements, exhibition catalogs, handbooks, ning and to continue to fill in with con- reports and so forth. For each of these temporary material to keep abreast of current categories, a card is set up in a separate trends. With an effective center for research catalog of American Art Institutions, the in American art we feel that interest can be headings for which are established by the stimulated and study encouraged. Then the librarian and the archivist working in con- Archives' collection will be translated into junction. Here each item is entered chron- people at work. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Rare Books and The Art Museum Library

MRS. ELIZABETH R. USHER, Assistant Librarian Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

N DISCUSSING rare books post-Classical art published before 1800, ex- I with some of the lead- clusive of architecture, and indicates by ing art museum librarians, means of a library symbol if the book is I have found there is gen- available in a New York library. As this eral agreement that rare catalog was completed in 1944 it is, of books are selected and ac- course, no longer accurate as to the holdings quired for their contents in New York City, but it is nevertheless an and not because they are excellent guide in selection. rare volumes per .re. As far as the acquisition and selection of The various art libraries make the selection rare books are concerned, it appears to be the of rare books dependent upon the particular practice for art museum librarians to acquire interest the museum stresses. For example, rare volumes for the following reasons: I) Ruth Schoneman of the Art Institute of because the contents are needed by the staff Chicago said that they look for "contempo- in their research on museum objects, 2) be- rary biographical information on artists, cause they have a bearing on the collection early guide books of buildings and art treas- and are related to the field of interest of the ures, early treatises on color theories, archi- museum or 3) because they are needed as tecture, methods and materials of painters, background material by staff lecturers and techniques of other arts and manifestos of curators in preparing their lectures and ar- twentieth century art movements such as ticles on various phases of the history of art. Dadaism and Futurism." Gerd Muehsam, li- Where a school is a part of the institution brarian of Cooper Union Museum for the that the library serves, as is the case with the Arts of Decoration, tries to enlarge the li- Art Institute of Chicago, Cooper Union and brary's rich collection of early printed books the Brooklyn Museum, rare books may be on ornament engraving, the history of archi- necessary additions to the library reference tecture, books relating to arts and trades and collection because of the school's curriculum. natural history books on flowers and birds. In most art libraries the cataloging pro- Selecting rare books for art libraries is not cedure for rare books differs but slightly 11 simple task. The museum staffs are very from that of regular books, and in the ma- helpful in this matter, and their recommen- jority of libraries studied, no particular effort dations are sought by most librarians and is made to go into detail. Both the Metro- much appreciated, especially because they politan Library and the Cooper Union Li- come from recognized authorities in the brary, however, do give full title-page in- various art fields. Rare book dealer-specialists formation, complete and accurate collation are also consulted and most willing to lend and notes of bibliographical information. If their assistance in selecting, searching for and Library of Congress cards are available, they acquiring the books needed. A selection aid are used in both of these libraries. used by the Metropolitan Museum of Art The shelving of rare books varies with Library is one of its own card catalogs, which the library. If fragile and very valuable, the was compiled by the late art historian, Hans Metropolitan keeps them in a locked book- Tietze. This union catalog is a selected bibli- case where they are protected from the ele- ography of important books on Western ments; otherwise they are shelved with

JANUARY 1961 regular books. Cooper Union shelves such Its book collection on ornament collections books in a separate room behind grill work is one of three, according to A. Hyatt Mayor, but not under lock and key. The Frick Art the Curator. The second is in the Victoria Reference Library and the Brooklyn Museum and Albert Museum, and the third is scattered Library shelve their books in the regular in Paris. The Berlin Museum collection was stacks. Chicago's Art Institute Library, which destroyed during World War 11. The Metro- is open to the public without restriction, politan's collection is especially rich in takes extra precaution and puts unusual items editions of Vitruvius and other early archi- in one of its two small areas of locked cases. tectural books, books of calligraphy, festivi- In the libraries consulted, the use of rare ties, costume, textile design and nineteenth books is unrestricted. The fact that these century American trade catalogs. The books books must, in most cases, be specifically re- on the history of illustration cover the period quested does seem to impress upon readers from mid-1400 to the present and are col- that added care should be taken in using lected for their pictures, not for the texts. them. As far as could be ascertained, these Important works are a series of Florentine books do not circulate except perhaps to books with woodcuts of the 1490's and a staff. They are for reference use only, even series of Italian and German fifteenth and in those libraries that lend other books. sixteenth century woodcut book illustrations. Greater care is taken of the rare books Only the very briefest cataloging is done than of the general book collection, par- in the Print Department. It is the intention ticularly their bindings. Cooper Union's of the Metropolitan Museum's Art Reference leather bindings are oiled once a year. The Library to have its staff catalog all titles fully Art Institute of Chicago uses a mixture of and record them in the library catalog. A neatsfoot oil and anhydrous lanolin, if time beginning has been made, but it is a slow permits; Miss Schoneman said she has found process and has lapsed for the past several that vellum responds very well to glycerin if years because of insufficient staff. To resume the vellum is not cracked. The restorer in the this cataloging, to catch up with the Print Metropolitan Library has an oil and lanolin Department's backlog of rare books and to solution made from his own formula, which keep pace with its acquisitions, are some of he uses on leather bindings, but like Chicago, the library's hopes for the future. he also uses Liquick leather on badly dam- To summarize-it is evident that rare aged parts. Torn or fragile papers are lami- books are important in the art museum li- nated. Unless the books are very valuable, brary for their contents, either of text or most of the libraries rebind in buckram. illustrations or both and that cataloging is No discussion of rare books and art mu- essentially like that of regular books except seum libraries would be complete without that there is a tendency to give more biblio- mentioning the museums' print departments' graphical information. Greater care is A'71ven collections. The librarians consulted men- to the binding of rare books than to that of tioned that books usually designated as rare regular books. Their use is generally unre- (including original manuscripts) are kept in stricted. The majority of museums keep the the print departments of the various mu- very rare and valuable volumes in the museums and are treated as works of art, even seums' print departments and treat them as being accessioned in that manner through works of art. In any case, a scholarly col- the registrars of the museums. This is true lection of books will include rare books. of Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Cooper Union Generally they are old books but they con- and the Metropolitan. In some cases, no rec- tinue to be an indispensable source of new ord is kept in the library catalogs. knowledge. As Chaucer so aptly put it some The Metropolitan Museum of Art keeps 600 years ago in his The Parlernezt of Foules: books on architecture and history of design For out of olde feldes, as men seith, for metal workers, embroiderers, cabinet Cometh al thir Fzezue corn fro yeer. to yeve; makers and lace makers in its Print Depart- And out of olde bokes, in good feith, ment, which is open by appointment only. Cometh ctl this ?zewescieme that men ler.e. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Rare Books in the Museum Library: Buying, Handling and Use

RUTH A. SPARROW, Librarian, Buffalo Museum of Science Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Buffalo, New York

USEUM LIBRARIANS reple~entmUSeUmS situations by an application of common sense M of art, history and science, which are to library procedures. the natural repositories of rare books, along The idea of a collection of books in sci- with a great deal of other rare and unique ence had been vaguely considered by the materials. Books published within the period president of the Society, as a result of some and scope of a museum's interests are bound interesting study done in assembling a col- to be important and necessary resource mate- lection of pictures of famous scientists. One rial. In most museums much of the materials day in May 1937 a young man interested in dealt with are explained in the rare books of starting- a local rare book store came to the their libraries-that is, if we buy wisely. The museum to inquire if we might want any use to which a book is to be put, rather than items. He was shown our picture collection just to have rare books because they are rare, and told that we might obtain a few famous should be the criterion of a museum librar- books announcing outstanding scientific dis- ian's choice. coveries or theories. We thought that 50 This, of course, entails familiarity with titles would be a suitable number, very selec- the literature and the history of a subject, tive and not too much to handle. He was the foresight to anticipate use and then to back in a few days with a fine copy of the put materials to use once they are at hand. I first edition of Copernicus and several other believe that everything I buy should be rare books. We bought Copernicus, and we bought for a definite purpose. My museum were off. cannot afford the luxury of rare books unless A pattern and a goal were set; we wanted all possible use can be made of them; funds books that actually first announced to the and space are limited, and this must be kept world the outstanding discoveries in science in mind. Except for a swift, brief sally into -only books that might properly be called the field of rare books, we have not been able "Milestones of Science." We set our limits to pursue the chase, but I think our experi- from Gutenberg to 1900. We have only a ence at the Buffalo Museum of Science covers page of Gutenberg but do have eight in- most of the points mentioned in the title of cunabula. The idea was to have something this piece. unique-in a manner of speaking, a promotion gimmick, something that would give "Milestones of Science" Collection distinction to the museum and Buffalo. The I am no authority on the subject of rare books were to be used largely as supple- books, though I certainly went through the mentary display items in the various halls of motions for one year by buying, handling science. Time was of the essence, as we and using them. In one year we collected wanted to be able to announce the comple- just under two hundred rare and first edition and possession of the collection as soon tions of science books, which we called as possible. We knew of no other museum "Milestones of Science." The problems and pos&ssing such a collection; other libraries procedures we encountered and devised are had collections, but not museums-that we similar to those met by anyone engaged in knew of. It was felt that when such an an- building a collection of rare books or by nouncement was made, it would bring na- those who only occasionally buy one book. tional and international prestige to the Buf- We found our way through many perplexing falo museum, and it was hoped we would JANUARY 1961 reach circles that had not previously known vately endowed halls could legitimately be our name. This was not the librarian's idea used for the buying of books-but we were of a purpose for making a collection, nor going far beyond our original plan and were did she approve the haste with which the assigning books to unendowed halls. mission was expected to be accomplished. While this problem was pending, we At this time, Spring 1937, we were also chanced to interest a local nationality group in touch with David Randall of Scribner's in the collection, and before we knew it, we who had assembled a considerable number were in the midst of an All Nations Mardi of first editions of famous works in the field Gras, the receipts to be used to buy books for of science and medicine. His catalog was the museum's "Milestones of Science." Some hard to resist. By the end of June 1937 we 5,000 persons attended this affair on March had 27 titles. During the following year 1, 1938. The Italians sang for Galileo; the most of my work was concerned with col- Poles polkaed for Copernicus; the Greeks lecting the books. Our sights lengthened- gave a beautiful pageant so that the museum we were acquiring 50 books too fast and might secure first editions of Archimedes, many more titles were wanted. Lists were Aristotle and Euclid. Twenty nationalities made, remade, revised; book catalogs were participated-all had contributed great sci- requested and perused; were entists. The actual amount received from asked for and arrived by the hundreds as this party did not cover all the bills, but it did approvals; decisions were made; books did put to rest forever any fear of criticism, were ordered, examined carefully, acces- served to advertise that de were collecting" sioned, placed in table cases for exhibition rare books and it gave the participants a and labelled. sense of ownership in the enterprise. We

This merelv scratches the surface of the also solicited the members hi^ of the Societv.2, details involved. Card records were made, and 86 persons responded in varying degrees and four loose-leaf notebooks were kept with of generosity. It all helped the cause. notes and other information regarding the books. We soon learned that all the informa- Dealing with Dealers tion wanted could not be kept on hand on The books were mainly purchased from cards. We gave one notebookhage to a title, dealers. When it became known that we headed it with the author's name, date of were buying, there was no dearth of books publication and subject assignment. Thus of all kinds available. Fortunately this col- the pages could be assembled in any manner lection was started in the late thirties; the wanted. Information included a clipping of Depression was not quite over, at least for the item from the catalog, dealer's catalog book dealers. It was just before World War number, price, when purchased, label copy, I1 which saw the destruction of manv fine other dealers' listings and quotations, notes libraries; our book dealers in London were and bibliographic information. The note- bombed out, and many items have not been books were a great time-saver as we con- available since. Also after the war there was tinually needed to have this information a tremendous upsurge in rare book collecting quickly available. and rare book libraries. Perhaps the speed In view of lack of funds for this project, with which the Buffalo Museum of Science I should explain how it was accomplished. collection was assembled was wise after all. Remember the dates were 1937-1938. We Time was surely running out. were not too far out of the Depression and There was no trick or delay in obtaining had to consider what reaction there might the books wanted. We had a list, and almost be to a public museum spending money on every item was fairly readily available. The things of this sort-there was the case of only obstacle in a few instances was the the Egyptian Cat in St. Louis. It was de- price. Even in those days, relatively speak- cided, when first considering this venture, ing, rare books were expensive. We found that inasmuch as the books were to be used that all books purchased through the dealers mainly for exhibition, money from the pri- were in the condition promised in their cata- SPECIAL LIBRARIES logs; prices were usually the same on iden- anatomical studies, might be found in art tical items. Other books were received as libraries; the finest example of a binding gifts, a couple were purchased from a pri- might be on a mathematics book; associa- vate collector and one was purchased through tions of one kind or another merit consid- an agent at an auction abroad. This last eration. turned out to be in the poorest condition of Condition and price must be carefully any purchased. considered. It is generally expensive prop- This brings up the question of buying erty that is being considered for purchase. If sight unseen. In all instances we were priv- the condition of an item is poor, while it ileged to buy the books conditionally with might answer the purpose, it will continue ample time to examine and evaluate. We to deteriorate unless protective measures are tried to examine and make decisions as soon taken. A book in good-to-excellent condition as possible as we did not feel it was fair at a higher price obviously will be cheaper to hold up a possible sale for the dealer in in the end. However, the book may be so ex- the event we did not buy. One exception was ceedingly rare that it may never again be a lengthy approval of -a number of atlases available. With so many books being gath- from Rosenbach. Alas, he couldn't bring them ered in by institutions rather than private col- down to our price level. This kind of dealing lectors, many wanted items do not show up was easy in the United States, but very soon in catalogs these days. An awareness of the we were involved with foreign dealers, too. availability of an item and the need for it We had many pleasant visits from the Maggs present problems. If one does not buy it to- Bros., E. P. Goldschmidt, Martinus Nijhoff day for a thousand dollars, it may never be and several representatives of English com- seen again. Is it worth it? Can one afford to panies. And last, but not least, a Mr. Vic- be without it? These are individual problems torius, who quite disapproved of our manner we all must face and handle as our own of collecting rare books, came; he pointed situations decree. out the many errors of our ways. Most of While the Buffalo Museum of Science was the dealers were interested in the collection engaged in all this buying, a number of lists and went out of their way to advise us in of books purchased and desiderata or tenta- many areas. They were my best teachers, and tive considerations were compiled. These I do not feel that anv of them took advan- lists were sent not only to book dealers but tage of my ignorance of a subject in which also to a number of persons who were spe- they were so successful-the selling of rare cialists either in book collecting or who had books. special subject interests. Seventy individuals We had a very definite goal in our col- received a letter explaining the project and lecting. Any library making a collection or asking for suggestions for further items. merely adding a rare book from time to time There was a most enthusiastic response from should determine what type of material is to these persons who applauded our efforts and be sought. Unless the librarian is well versed in many cases suggested an item we had not in the literature, this will take a good deal considered. This help and encouragement of searching for the proper titles to be on a helped me over some bad moments. One desiderata list. In my case, to be utterly will always find many people and libraries frank, I began with the 11th edition of the willing to help, if you can show you have Emyclopaedia Britamica. done some ground work and have a sound In selecting rare books in science as in plan. art and history, there will be instances in which much more attention and importance Displaying the Collection will be given to materials other than the When the books were purchased and duly text. In an art library, surely, illustration paid for, we accessioned them in the regular will be of importance, as will maps, pictures record and assigned numbers to them. We and the like to an historical library. Many have put no marks of any kind on or in the science books, such as herbals, atlases and books; the only identification is a book plate, JANUARY 1961 which has been pasted by a small top area had 170 titles. One year after our first pur- to the top of the inside front cover-just chase the collection was opened to the pub- tacked in. The books were in many instances lic. In 1948 to facilitate the making of a well (or poorly) marked with annotations, catalog, the books were moved to a storage ownership marks, book plates, dealers notes area where, for the first time, they were and the like. We felt that since the books shelved. They are arranged alphabetically were not going on open shelves and would by mthor. The catalog I refer to is to be a be under supervision when in use, we would printed one. Meanwhile LC cards have been not add our ownership mark to the general bought for as many titles as possible. Large confusion. 5 x 8 inch cards have been used, and com- The books were then placed on display in plete bibliographical information is included. table cases in the various halls and labelled The catalog will consist of a text that will with author, title, date and a note of the discuss chronologically the books and their contribution the particular volume made in place in the history of science. This will be science. The books were opened to some followed by a detailed bibliographic listing part that showed this information, if pos- and will also have illustrations from the books. sible-sometimes the title page, sometimes While this collection was purchased to a particularly interesting woodcut or em- mainly for exhibition, it has been put to a bellishment. Having the books open made great many other uses. They have had con- it necessary to take extreme care in handling siderable use as research materials in science. them. When a book was opened, it fre- Over a period of two years ten articles de- quently would not lie flat. In some instances voted to the subjects "Milestones in Geol- a glass weight was laid across the pages, ogy," "Milestones in Botany" and so on but, this was too drastic with some of the were published in the museum's monthly older and more fragile bindings. In some magazine. We inaugurated a Book-of-the- instances we taped them open by putting a Month exhibit by using the collection in tape across the page vertically and tacking chronological order and highlighting a book it to the case above and below the book. each month in a conspicuous spot. We are Another problem arose when we thought frequently asked if books can be studied out the cases could be illuminated. These were of the cases and are pleased to accommodate. shallow table cases, and we found that they We have used our books to commemorate became pretty warm inside, so we abandoned anniversaries of almost every scientist. Our that idea. Also some of the cases were in Copernicus was at the New York Times areas where there were radiators; in the Book Fair exhibit of "Ten Books That Shook winter they had to be moved elsewhere-the the World;" we also owned six other titles books, that is. Most of the cases were in represented there. We have generously lent halls where generally there is no lighting many of our books over the years for other except case and ceiling lights, so there was no book fairs and science exhibits. We impose damaging light problem. However, we found a few regulations concerning their handling that in the main hall, the morning and after- and care and have had no trouble or loss. noon sun hit the cases so they had to be Many people knowing of the collection have rearranged. It was also decided that no books used the books, either for specific research would be placed on upright or tilted racks; use or just out of curiosity. They are all wel- the weight of the heavier books was too comed. We point out that they are valuable much for the bindings. The volumes were material, most in original bindings, the checked frequently and pages changed so works of eminent scientists and of painstak- that no part of a book would be overexposed ing craftsmen; they must be handled with and possible strain on the binding would care and respect. This makes an impres5ion. not be continuous in one place. The books were used in this manner and Physical Care in many other ways. Meanwhile we were The physical protection necessary for the adding to our collection and by June 1938 care of a rare book collection can be very SPECIAL LIBRARIES expensive. Our collection is now kept in a study and planning before we were ,satisfied wooden cupboard, which is galvanized, lined with the lists. Upwards to one hundred emi- and somewhat dust proof with felt strips nent scientists, scholars and librarians were along the edges of the door. It is in the consulted. All encouraged us and made sug- "morgue" where study material and special gestions; no source of information and help museum collections are stored. It was in the was overlooked. Before we started, we had very center of a flood several years ago when Audubon folios, a Faraday and an Agassiz. the roof sprang many leaks but didn't pro- When our collection was completed, we had duce any dampness, so we feel the books are two hundred titles of the greatest contri- safe. The problems generally associated with butions to science in early, rare and first the housing of rare books are not our problems editions. There is Aristotle, Galen, Hippoc- -we can't afford to have them. The questions rates, Euclid, Kepler, Vesalius, Pasteur, that seem to be confronting many owners of Jenner, Harvey, and then I could go on for rare books are locked cases, humidified cir- another 175 names, each as important. There culating air, air conditioning for protection is little we would eliminate or add. We are and controlled temperatures, absence of di- very proud to have the "Milestones of Sci- rect sunlight, leather oiling, cleanliness, vel- ence" as one of the finest collections in the lum care, boxes and special containers and Buffalo Museum of Science. insurance. All require special consideration depending on individual needs and indi- RARE BOOK LIBRARY AT YALE vidual ability to afford them. We have no When six old buildings have been de- problem of direct sunlight, our books are in molished, a new Yale Rare Book and a relatively clean area and we have insurance. Manuscript Library will be built diag- The question arises, is the average gallery onally across from the university's Sterling or museum staffed to take care of this type Memorial Library. An exhibition hall, the of collection, no matter how small, or of principal visible element of the new li- any given number of scattered rare books? brary, will stand in a broad, paved plaza Does the work have to be carried out as part which will relate the library to the existing of the regular routine ? How much time does university buildings. Its walls will rise regular routine permit? If something has to eight feet above the plaza to permit space go undone, what? We have a great invest- to flow visually under the building ment in rare books, but we cannot neglect through gray-tinted transparent glass. A those who come to us for service. A neg- low ceilinged entrance will expand into a lected customer may be a permanently lost vast cathedral-like area, in the center of customer, and word gets around rather which will rise a great shaft of books 35 quickly. When we were in the throes of feet wide, 60 feet long and 50 feet high. collecting, I had an assistant without whose The bookshelves will be illuminated to help we would never have made it. She or- show off the bindings of the rare books ganized most of the clerical work, but shortly and will face the exhibition hall on all after we were underway she departed and sides. Standard book stacks, elevators and since then I have had only part-time help. I other mechanical facilities will be con- manage to work on the catalog as time per- cealed behind the outer bookcases. A wall mits, but under the circumstances, there just of transparent plate glass will separate the isn't time to do more than to be sure that books climatically from the hall. A large these books are kept together, sound, dry mezzanine will be located around the and available. perimeter of the hall. The research center As I look back over the 20 years that the with a control desk, reading room, offices, Museum has had its rare books, I know that seminar rooms and work rooms will be the effort, hectic though it seemed at times, below the hall. The entire building prom- was worthwhile. In spite of what might be ises to be extremely handsome inside and inferred from what I have said, we did not out. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill are the collect haphazardly. There was much careful architects.

JANUARY 196 1 How to Find Out-of-Print Publications AGATHA LEONARD, Head, Order Department University of Toronto Library, Toronto, Ontario

NY LIBRARY,special or general, large or Canada and the United States and contains a A small, at some time needs to buy out-of- classified list, a geographical list and an al- print material. Apparently many librarians, phabetical index, besides other miscellaneous according to George S. McManus in the Oc- information. A few among the many who tober 1, 1960 issue of Library Jowtzal, do have helped us are: not know how to go about finding the out-of- print items they need. Perhaps a brief outline GENERAL of the means we use at the University of W. H. Allen, 2031 Walnut St., Philadel- Toronto Library may be of help to others. phia, 3 R. S. Barnes, 1628 North Wells St., Chi- cago, 14 Aatiquariatz Book~nan(Box 1100, Newark 1, Barnes & Noble, 105 Fifth Ave., New York, New Jersey) will publish want lists of any 3 size from a single item up, at the rate of 15 Stechert-Hafner, Inc., 31 East 10th St., New cents a line. Published weekly. Wants are York, 3 published promptly. ART TAAB: The Library Bookseller (A. Saifer, F. A. Bernett, 156 Larchmont Ave., Larch- Box 7781, Philadelphia 1, Pennsylvania) has mont, New York a special library subscription rate of $12 per Wittenborn & Co., 1018 Madison Ave., New annum, which includes free publication of York, 21 all desiderata (minimum of 12 items). Pub- GEOLOGY lished biweekly. There is a delay of four to Emerson-Trussell Book Co., Box 546, Am- six weeks before wants are published. British herst, Massachusetts as well as American and Canadian dealers Henry Tripp, 31 East 10th St., New York, 3 check these lists. MUSIC NOTE: Advertising is usually the quickest way to locate books written in English, but E. H. Ganley, 108-19 64th Road, Forest is not so successful for periodicals. For for- Hills 75, New York eign publications try one of the antiquarian Ernest E. Gottlieb, Box 3274 Olympic Sta- booksellers listed below. tion, Beverly Hills, California William Salloch, Pinesbridge Road, Ossi- ning, New York The Bookma?z's Yearbook (Box 1100, New- SOCIOLOGY,ECONOMICS ark 1, New Jersey), The Americatz Book Burt S. Franklin, 514 West 113th St., New Trade Directory (Bowker, Triennially), li- York, 25 brary journals and catalogs received in the Leon Kramer, 19 West 8th St., New York, 11 daily mail are a guide to specialist booksellers. But the best and easiest-to-use list is, SCIENCES( MEDICINE curiously enough, a little book published in Argosy Book Store, 114 East 59th St., New England-Book Dealers in North America York, 22 . . . 1960-1962 (London: Sheppard Press, H. P. Kraus, 16 East 46th St., New York, 17 1960). This is a compact directory of dealers Stevens & Co., 1841 Broadway, New York, in secondhand and antiquarian books in 23 SPECIAL LIBRARIES U. S. GOVERNMENTDOCUMENTS sociation of Law Libraries Exchange and the J. C. Howgate, Star Route, Rotterdam Junc- exchanges of the Metals Division and Sci- tion, New York ence-Technology Division of SLA. S. Ward, La Plata, Maryland FOREIGN As a last resort, or earlier if the need is Any of the dealers above in their specialized urgent, try University Microfilms O-P Books, fields, or: Ann Arbor, Michigan. It uses the Copyflo French: Pierre Beres, Inc., 681 Fifth Ave., method of reproducing books and issues at New York, 22 intervals catalogs of items already copied and German: Mary S. Rosenberg, 100 West 72nd available. It also fills individual requests, but St., New York, 23 these may be delayed as permissibn to re- French, German, Spanish, Italian: Dr. Kurt produce must be obtained from the copyright S. Merlander, Box 1264, Burbank, Cali- holder. fornia If all else fails, write to the Reprint Ex- Spanish, Portugz~ese:Franz C. Feger, 17 East pediting Service, Preparation Division, New 22nd St., New York, 10 York Public Library, 5th Ave. & 42nd St., Slauonica, Polish: Dr. Alexander Hertz, 77-05 New York 18, and suggests that the item 41st Ave., Jackson Heights, Long Island, wanted be referred to the publisher for re- New York printing. If enough requests for a specific Oriental: Perkins Oriental Books, 5011 York Blvd., Los Angeles, 42 item are received, the book may be reprinted, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you have left no stone unturned in PERIODICALS trying to satisfy your client's need for an Back Issues Corp., 805 Mamaroneck Ave., out-of-print item. Mamaroneck, New York J. S. Canner & Co., 618 Parker St., Boston, BOOK ORDERING AND CATALOGING 20 SERVICE H. P. Kraus, 16 E. 46th St., New York, 17 The Alanar Book Processing and Cataloging Walter J. Johnson Inc., 111 Fifth Ave., New Service enables librarians to order books that York, 3 are cataloged and processed before delivery. NOTE: Regular subscription agents seldom Books (minimum order, 25) are shipped to handle back files of journals. In addition to the library (free of charge), pre-bound, the dealers listed above, one may locate a completely processed and ready to be placed single back issue or a back file, and also ob- on the shelves. The books come cataloged, tain books, through a duplicate exchange. jacketed, labelled and pocketed, with white utility book cards designed to conform to any method of book charging and, with the first United States Book Exchange, 3335 V St., copy of a title ordered, a-set of catalog cards N.E., Washington, 18, D. C. and a completed shelf-list card. The catalog Terms of membership include sending ac- cards may be either Library of Congress or ceptable duplicate material to the USBE, Wilson. Library of Congress cards have the paying shipping charges on items sent and Dewey Decimal Classification numbers and received and paying a small handling charge Library of Congress subject headings. Wil- on material received. Participating libraries son cards have the Dewey Decimal Classifi- may request items offered in exchange lists cation and Sears subject headings. In fiction circulatid bv the Exchange- at frequent inter- pseudonyms are used as they appear on the vals and in addition may request individual title page; in non-fiction there is a choice of items needed. Libraries mav,, trv out USBE pseudonym or true name. Cuttering is by the on a six-month trial membership. first letter of the author's last name. The Library Association Exchanges, e.g., Medical Service is a subsidiary of Bro-Dart Indus- Library Association Exchange, American As- tries, P. 0. Box 955, Newark, New Jersey. JANUARY 1961 British Commonwealth Forest Products Translation Exchange

LlLlAN M. STEERS, Librarian, Forest Products Laboratory Department of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

OSSIBLY THE BEST way of introducing provinces to ensure that the research is of Pthe British Commonwealth Forest Prod- maximum benefit on a national basis. ucts Translation Exchange is to tell some- Indeed, research in the forest products thing about an organization that benefits di- field is practically on a world-wide basis. rectly from its service. One such is the Forest Many laboratories, both on a larger and Products Laboratories of Canada. smaller scale than the FPLC, are actively Almost half of Canada's total land area engaged in research programs peculiar to is forested. This forest wealth is one of its their country's timber harvesting and proc- most important natural assets, supporting as essing requirements. Continuous collabora- it does a vast network of forest-based in- tion is maintained with these institutions for dustries. Exports of wood and its products the dual purpose of exchanging information are now worth almost 1.5 billion dollars and avoiding unnecessary duplication of re- annually, about a third of Canada's total for search. In this way it is possible to bring to all exports. Thus research in forest products the Canadian timber industry the knowledge is vitally important both to the people of available from these many institutions. Canada and to the national economy. The Forest Products Laboratories of Can- Organization of Exchange ada form a division of the Forestry Branch Language barriers limit the understanding of the Department of Northern Affairs and of scientific reports and force governments, National Resources.* It is organized to in- industry and research establishments to clude laboratory research facilities thou- collect .translations on a variety of subjects. sands of miles apart at Ottawa, Ontario, and The problem of language barriers is be- Vancouver, British Columbia. These estab- ing surmounted by the British Common- lishments undertake research in the forest wealth Forest Products Translation Exchange products field, which includes the determina- (BCFPTE), a co-operative effort with no tion of the mechanical, physical and chemical formal structure or headquarters. This, briefly, properties of wood and methods of improv- is how it works for us and other agencies. ing and increasing the utilization of Ca- Since 1952 the FPLC has been a member nadian forests. Research is necessary as prob- of this translation exchange, which is com- lems in the forest products and utilization posed of research laboratories in the Com- fields are concerned with species common to monwealth. The Forest Products Laboratory, a number of provinces and involve practices Madison, Wisconsin, is also an original and developments affecting forest regions member and the only one outside the Com- and industries that are not related to pro- monwealth at the outset. Every five years, vincial boundaries. The research program is ,ipproximately, a British Commonwealth developed in close cooperation with the Forestry Conference is held. During a pre- timber industries and forest services of the conference meeting of the sixth BCFC held at the Ottawa Laboratory in 1952, one of the Based on a talk given before the Research Section important matters discussed was that of es- of the Canadian Library Association at its Con- tablishing a Commonwealth Exchange of vention at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, June 21-27, 1959. Translations. It was felt that by doing " In August 1960, the Laboratories were trans- so, much expensive duplication could be ferred to the newly created Department of Forestry. avoided. This matter was well illustrated by 2 4 SPECIAL LIBRARIES the discovery that two institutions had com- completed. In addition, there are approxi- pleted the same long translation of a Jap- mately 700 in the library which were ob- anese work. It was agreed that parti~ipa~ts tained through the Exchange, plus an author would report monthly, by air mail, the titles index of about 800 translations covering of all translations initiated and completed fields related to forest products. during the month and request immediate The translations are in a rough form, notification of any duplicate scheduling. without illustrations or tables. Illustrative The first duty of members was to exchange material is not reproduced as it would in- existing translations. The major contribu- crease costs considerably. However, since tions came from the Forest Products Labora- the complete originals are on file in our li- tory at Madison and the Division of Forest brary, the translations can be satisfactorily Products at Melbourne. Australia. Both lab- interpreted for members of our staff. oratories sent elaborate lists containing trans- Librarians are not encouraged to ask for lations prepared as far back as 1913. Perti- every translation, unless they wish to pay re- nent subjects were selected, and copies of production costs. It must be remembered that the translations were obtained for the FPLC the translation cost the originator from $1.2 5 library. Copies of all FPLC translations were to $3, and sometimes $7 per hundred words, sent to members of the Exchange. It was not depending on the language and the degree long before a flood of requests for participa- of technical knowledge required in the trans- tion in the Exchange was received from ad- lation work. Australia reports that owing to ditional organizations, along with requests the high costs of translations from Oriential for copies of translations. It was necessary languages, efforts have been made to have to enforce restrictions, since no provision scientific works translated into English at had been made for an increase in staff to the country of origin. For some time we have attend to the extra detail involved. Each co- been recei"ing we dish and Finnish publica- operating organization is supplied with one tions with English summaries and, in some copy of a translation. In addition, one copy cases, whole articles in English. is sent to National Research Council, Ottawa, One of the original participants at the and two copies to the Office of Technical 1952 conference was Ford Robertson, the Services, Department of Commerce, Wash- Director of the Commonwealth Forestry mgton, D. C., one of which goes to the SLA Bureau (CFB) at Oxford, England. Through Translations Center at John Crerar Library, him the Forest Products Laboratory became Chicago. the original subscriber to the CFB abstracts The National Research Council of Can- cards. We receive about 1,200 of these cards ada provides, subject to copyright restric- yearly, and they keep us up to date on the tions, reproduction copies of translations international ~icture.Often we find abstracts originated by any member of the Exchange, of articles from foreign-language periodicals which are on file in the FPLC library. The that are not available in Canada. These ar- prevailing rate is $1.50 for seven pages or ticles can be obtained through interlibrary part thereof. Requests for translations from loan or by photoreproduction-and translated Canadian sources outside the Exchange are for us by the Translation Bureau, Depart- referred to NRC, while those from the ment of the Secretarv of State. Ottawa. United States are referred to the SLA Center Modern standards of documentation are or to OTS. essential in libraries today. In his report on Lists of translations available through the the CFB at Oxford, to the seventh British Exchange can be obtained from the FPLC Commonwealth Conference in Australia and library semi-annually. Since 1953 these lists New Zealand, 1957, Mr. Roberston said: have been issued as a part of the library ac- "Few of the documentation sections of for- cessions. Other active members of the Ex- estry organizations inspected, measured up to change issue yearly lists. modern needs and standards of documenta- Beginning in late 1952 with 53 translation. Inadequate staff, out-of-date alpha- tions, 135 FPLC translations have now been betical card indexes and inadequate use of JANUARY 1961 the abstracts were the chief causes of this. This need for multi-lingual dictionaries is Not to give university-trained staff a modern illustrated by one of our experiences. A piece documentation service was like keeping an entitled "Studies on Compression and Ten- expensive racing stable and starving the sion Wood" was adequately translated from horses." the Japanese, but one word appearing through the work, "ATE," was puzzling- Translation Difficulties finally our wood anatomist made it out to be It is difficult to obtain an accurate transla- "re-action wood." In talking it over with the tion unless translator and scientist work Japanese translator, our anatomist was told closely together. Often this is not easy if by the translator that he had never heard the translator is miles away and can only the expression in either Japanese or English and with no adequate dictionary had trans- have tele~honicI communication with the researcher. Close contact between a scientist literated the Japanese word. and translator is desirable for reasons besides As an example of the confusion that can accuracy. An extremely practical one is that arise in translafion, the Russian word "rabot- a verbal survey of the work may reveal that nick" can be translated as "labourer" or only parts of it are of interest to the re- "scientific worker." Also the word "stick," searcher, and thus much unnecessary ex- mentioned frequently in a Russian transla- pensive labour is avoided. tion, was found to mean "log bolts." Translators complain there are no ade- An article by G. Razran stresses the need quate technical dictionaries and the termi- for uniformity- in transliterating Russian. A nology of various sciences is completely un- professor of psychology at Queens College, familiar to them. The first step towards a Flushing, says he knows of seven existing multilingual dictionary in the Forestry field systems in use in the United States, but has been taken with the publication by the recommends the Library of Congress sys- Empire Forestry Association of an agreed tem for general use. English terminology for the United States Possibly because our chief, Col. J. H. and the Commonwealth, entitled British Jenkins, was the Canadian Government rep- Comnzonwealtb Forest Termi?zology, Parts resentative with a group of Canadian lumber 1 and 2, 1953 and 1957 respectively. As executives who toured Russia in 1956, the amended, it now contains 2,400 terms. The Laboratory has been receiving quite a number Society of American Foresters Terminology of Russian scientific works. In the Fall of the Committee cooperated with the Common- same year, a return delegation headed by the wealth organizations in the preparation of Minister of Forest Industries visited Canada this reference work. and spent some time at our Laboratory. At the third World Forestry Congress in Early in 1957 complimentary copies of a Helsinki in July 1949, recommendations book in Russian entitled "Luiubering i?z Caw were made for the compilation of a multi- ada," were sent to our officials. This 250- lingual dictionary in English, French, Ger- page book was printed in Moscow and is full man, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish, of illustrations, maps and charts and features which would include not only a balanced a number of coloured plates. A translated selection of equivalent terms from all summary of the highlights of the trip men- branches of forestrv but also definitions of tions the short contract lumberjack, salary terms, particularly those that are subject to and food good but no appurtenances, re- different interpretations. A resolution fur- markable absence of women working in this ther recommended that the United Nations, field, accommodation only adequate for with the help of FA0 and International bachelors, workers paid strictly on output Union of Forest Research Organizations, basis, making turnover constant and the should give immediate consideration to this complete lack of cultural and social facilities. project, endeavour to arrange for interna- The number of women doing manual labour tional adoption of the necessary definitions in Russia was just as surprising to the Ca- and find ways and means for its publication. nadians as was the lack of them in Canadian SPECIAL LIBRARIES operations to the Russian delegation. Russian ORLOFF,G. M. and others. Lumbering iiz Canada, publications are prolific and certainly indi- Moscow, 1957, 250 p. (in Russian) PARKER,A. G., comp. A Short List of Organira- cate, in those we have had translated, ad- tions Handling Translations. Library Association vances in scientific research quite on a par Record (London), July 1958, vol. 60, no. 7, p. with our own and with greater expenditures 222-4. on publications of results. RAZRAN, Gregory. Transliteration of Russian. Sci- While the BCFP translation scheme was eme, April 24, 1959, vol. 129, p. 1111-3. SEVENTH BRITISH COMMONWEALTHFORESTRY originally intended for the exclusive use of CONFERENCE,Australia and New Zealand, 1957. members, it has expanded in the interest of Proceedings, p. 94-7, 373-83. scientific research in spite of the necessary . Summary of Pruceedixgs Forest Products restrictions. Members agreed they were not Research Conference. Aug. 12-16, 1957, held at Diz,ision of Forest Products, CSIRO, Melbourne, equipped to offer polished translations but Australia, p. 6 and (iii). Appendix 111. even with the shortcomings and the extra ef- . Summary Reports, Resolutions and Re- forts involved, the Exchange has proved it- portr of Committees 1957, p. 13, 16-17, 32. self to be a most satisfactory and worthwhile activity.

References BINNNGTON.John P. Translation Center, Specirrl Libraries, September 1958, vol. 49, no. 7, p. 333. -- , Translation Center, Special Libraries. September 1959, vol. 59, no. 7, p. 348-9. BOOTH,A. D. and others. Aspects of Trunslatiut:. London: Secker and Warburg, 1958, 145 p. BREWER,R. A. 012 Translation. Cambridge: Har- vard University Press, 1959, 297 p. BROWN, Alberta. Creative Thinking, Special Li- braries, September 1958. vol. 49, no. 7, p. 296. C~nada.Department Northern Affairs at2d Na- tio~zul Resources. Reprint from Annual Report 1957-58. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 10 p. Cauuda Year Book 1954. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, Chapter XI, "Forestry," p. 451-81. Time-Saving Mounting of Microfilm EMPIREFORESTRY ASSOCIATION. British Common- 151 wealth Forest Terminology. Pts. 1 and 2; 1953 Dataflow, Inc., Bevier Street, Bing- and 1957. London, 163 and 230 p. hamton, New York, has developed a new FISHER,Eva Lou. Abbreviations for Bibliographic unit for use with a microfilm mounter. Starch. Speriul Libmue.r, October 1958, vol. 49, Designed to speed precision mounting of no. 8, p. 365-70. microfilm on aperture cards in automating FULLER,Margaret. Report of the President: SLA's engineering drawing production systems, the Fif tic-th Year. Special Libraries, September 1959, vol. 50, no. 7, p. 308. new device instantly and clearly removes the JACKSON, Eugene. Translations Center. Specid glassine protective covering from the ad- L~braries,September 1960, vol. 51, no. 7, p. 389- hesive edge of the aperture. With this com- 90. pletely automatic stripping process, bending JENKINS,J. H. A Catzadiu~z'sImpressioiz of RUS- or crimping of the card stock and damage to ~i.i'r Forrt 1ndu.rtries. Ottawa, 1958, 3 p. Re- printed from Pulp aud Paper Magaziize of Catzada, the adhesive is avoided. Damage that might August 1958, vol. 59, no. 8, p. 107-110. occur from moisture of hands in manual -- . The I7aucoui1er Laburatory 1959. Ottawa: operation is eliminated. The cards are Queen's Printer. 14 p. dropped into a slot in the unit, the glassine KOROLEFF.Alexander. Logging Mechanization if2 is instantly removed, and the card is ready the USSR-11. Montreal: Pulp and Paper Research to receive the microfilm image. There has Institute of Canada, 1959. Woodlands Research 100 Index No. 110, 256 p. been as much as a per cent increase in Nm Horizons for SLA Translation Center, Spe- production of mounted cards through use of rjdl Libraries, October 1958, vol. 49, no. 8, p. 492. this new unit.

JANUARY 1961 An Entomological Library Solves Its Classification Problems

MRS. MARGUERITE S. BATEY, Librarian State Plant Board of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

HE STATEPLANT BOARD of Florida has It was felt desirable to keep the Library of T a small, highly specialized library. There Congress scheme and change only what was are approximately 4000 bound volumes ; the required to fit the need. Therefore, it was majority are in the field of entomology. necessary to revise only the numbers QL501 When the process of cataloging was begun, through QL6Ol. One problem was to gain the Library of Congress classification scheme enough numbers to take care of the 26 orders was chosen as the one most suitable. The required, leave room for new orders and yet system broke down completely, however, stay within the existing classification scheme. when the cataloging of books dealing with To accomplish this one number was assigned the insecta was commenced. to each order. The arrangement of the orders L> Certain families had been elevated to or- is the same as that used by Borror and De- ders. For example, under Neuroptera QL5 13 long. The number assigned to each order was systematic division A-2, .E6 Embiidae has expanded by decimals as follows: .lo-peri- been made an order, Embiioptera; .E7 odicals, societies, etc. ; .1l-classifications, Ephemeridae has become an order, Ephem- checklists, catalogs, collections ; .12-anat- eroptera; .02 Odonata and .I3 Isoptera also omy, morphology, physiology, biology; .13 have become orders. The same problem exists -general. This could be expanded to .19 as under Hemiptera. Homoptera now has the needed. The order number, plus .20 through same rank as Hemiptera. Should it be left as .29, was assigned to geographical distribu- a systematic division under Hemiptera? This tion, and .50 provided for systematic division mentions only a few. The question is, what by family. This leaves room for expansion of provision is made for this elevation from .51-.99 within each order, with 74 numbers family to order ? that may be used for new orders. True, some We put the question to the chief of the orders are better known and more prolific Subject Cataloging Division of the Library than others, but the lesser known, newer of Congress. In replying he said: "We real- orders will receive the same treatment for ize that many changes have been made, any future needs. Any number not needed at especially during the past 25 years, although present will be left unused. there is no unanimity of opinion concerning At this point the problem of where to the validity of some of them. Unfortunately, leave space for any new orders which might however, we have not been able to adjust arise faced us. Should space be left between our system-and our books and catalogs-to orders or at the end? Since it is not known the changed classification. We see no possi- where in the phylogenetic arrangement the bility of doing so in the near future." new orders will appear, it seems more feasi- The letter went on to suggest that we ble to add the new orders as an addendum. develop a classification adapted to our needs, We decided to start numbering at 511, leav- based on a standard classification of insects, ing ten numbers before the orders of insects. applying notations to the various classes, or- This would leave from 537 to 601 for new ders and so forth. We have attempted to do orders. this, using as a guide An Introdtlction to the We had a classification problem to solve Study of Insects by Donald J. Borror and and think our solution is going to work. D. M. Delong (New York: Rinehart, 1954). Only time will tell. We have stayed within

2 8 SPECIAL LIBRARIES the skeleton of an already existing system, 525 Thysanoptera (Physopoda)-thrips making only the highly specialized area in 526 Herniptera (Heteroptera) -bugs which we are especially interested more ex- 5 27 Hornoptera-cicadas, hoppers, aphids, pandable and adaptable to a field of knowl- whiteflies, scale insects edge that is ever changing and growing and 528 Neuroptera-dobsonflies, fishflies, in which the classification system has been snakeflies, lacewings, antlions allowed to lag. 5 29 Coleoptera-beetles 530 Strepsiptera-stylopids or twisted-wing Classification Scheme for Insects parasites 5 11 Protura (Myrientomata)-telsontails 5 3 1 Mecoptera-scorpionflies Periodicals, societies, etc. 5 32 Trichoptera-caddisflies Classification, checklists, catalogs, 5 33 Lepidoptera-butterflies and moths collections 5 34 Diptera-true flies Anatomy, morphology, physiol- 535 Siphonaptera-fleas ogy, biology 516 Hymenoptera-sawflies, ichneumons, General chalcids, wasps, ants, bees Geographical distribution A Management View of Standards United States (divided by state, . In recent years the Special Libraries A-W) . . North America, Canada Association has tried to establish profes- Mexico, Central America, West sional standards of membership. I think this Indies effort is commendable, because there are few South America professional groups in our country today Europe without standards of some kind. I know that public and academic libraries have Africa found that standards have helped them Asia Australia, New Zealand, Oceania achieve their goals. From management's point of view, pro- Arctic, Antarctic fessional library standards will certainly help Systematic division (by family, A-2) us understand your operations and problems. We use statistical standards contin- The following order numbers may be ex- ually, and when you speak in those terms panded in exactly the same manner as 511 you are speaking our language. Statistical above. standards will help you show management Thysanura-bristletails, silverfish, fire- where the money goes, what is needed and brats the important role libraries play in the or- Collembola-springtails ganization. Ephemeroptera (Ephemerida, Plectop- Besides, I am forced to admit that many tera) -mayflies managers still have a stereotyped concept Odonata-dragonflies and damselflies of a library. They envision the elderly lady Orthoptera-grasshoppers, katydids, charging out books to children in an ivy crickets, walking sticks, roaches, man- covered building in their home town. Stand- tids ards will help iaise the status of your pro- Isoptera-termites fession and establish a truer picture of the Plecoptera-stoneflies modern information center. Dermaptera-earwigs Embioptera (Embiidina)-web-spin- (Except from talk by David A. Shepard. Execu- tive Vice-president and Director of Standard Oil ners Co. (N. J.), given to SLA's New York Chapter, Psocoptera (Corrodentia)-psocids March 15, 1960.) Zoraptera-zorapterans Mallophaga-chewing lice NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK Anoplura (Siphuncu1ata)-sucking lice April 16-22, 1961

JANUARY 1961 29 Planning the New Library: Aero Service Corporation Library

RINEHART S. POTTS, Librarian Aero Service Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

OUNDED IN 1919, Aero Service is today forms; a truck-mounted photographic system Fthe world's oldest flying corporation and for examination of surfaces; precise tracking the largest aerial mapping company. It grew of ground and air vehicles, with positioning from four employees, performing mainly and altitude; and integrated area surveys by oblique aerial photography, to a permanent magnetometer, scintillometer and electromag- staff of over 800 engineers and specialists. netic detectors. ASED is headed by Homer The company bills ten million dollars yearly Jensen, a physicist who was prominent in for such work as topographic mapping, air- anti-submarine detection in World War 11 borne geophysical exploration, plastic relief and has since pioneered in the use of mag- maps, automated coordinatograph plotters netic and other techniques for commercial and advanced military systems. uses. Offices are maintained in Philadelphia An organization like Aero Service has, of (headquarters of the home company) and in course, always possessed large numbers of Tulsa, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Ot- maps of many types. Gradually these haxe tawa, Toronto, Calgary, Paris, Madrid, Bei- been centralized in one location, under the rut, Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro, care of Charles Gilman, supervisory engineer through the home company and affiliates. In with the Photogrammetry Division. At least addition, over 30 aircraft, ranging from one set of all US Geological Survey quad- B-17s and P-38s to Cubs, are usually at work rangle maps is kept, as are two to three sets on six continents. Their home base is a large, in areas of greater activity. Sectional aero- modern aircraft maintenance-electronics fa- nautical and world aeronautical charts, jet cility hangar at Philadelphia's Northeast navigation charts, Natiotzal Geograpbics and Airport. various local maps are also maintained. The In late 1959 a reorganization produced the map collection is not now part of the library. new Aero Systems Engineering Division, which is composed mainly of specialists transferred from existing divisions. ASED was established to centralize the obtaining and undertaking of special advanced projects previously handled separately by the various divisions. These projects include: analysis of satel- lite photography and development of rectifi- cation techniques ; extraction of data for computer and human analysis from active and passive radar, infrared, television, photography and new sensor systems; simulation of military systems to study psychophysical and other problems; display devices for continuous surveillance of rapidly-moving ob- Personnel borrowed from production depart- jects ; interpretation of extreme high-altitude ments review company archives, while the photography for intelligence data; avionic chief estimator (standing) consults records tests from various types of airborne plat- of past work done for a present client.

30 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Company archives are a part of the librarian's responsibility. Until 1958 these were stored in a large underground area behind the main administration building. They included records of completed jobs, es- timates, administrative correspondence, glass plates and negatives, time cards, vouchers, vurchase orders and all the usual sort of records accumulated by any business organization. The present librarian was assigned the job of examining and reviewing the archives in 1958.

After conferences with accounting- and purchasing personnel, about ten per cent of the 800 cases were destroyed. An area of 1,300 square feet was then prepared in a loft overhanging the machine shop, and all records were moved there in accordance with a functional layout prepared by the librarian. A crew of production workers, made tempo- rarily idle by low workloads, then arranged improvised library space in the loft-archives and combined these records. (The librarian area. Transfer cases were used for shelving. found this difficult and does not recommend it as sound procedure elsewhere, because manned by personnel from all areas of personnel who are at a job for only a few knowledge, yet all on a sufficiently small days, then are replaced for another few days scale that it is possible to know all persbnnel by a new crew, require much more training served by the library. and supervision than is ordinarily available.) Until 1958 there was no central library at After several months of work by up to 11 Aero. Each department and ofice maintained people, it was possible to destroy another ten its own reference facilities. In that year, how- per cent of the records. The librarian is now ever, a gradual centralization began. The establishing destruction dates for the remain- librarian, who was then in the sales adminis- ~ngfiles and all new material. The present tration department, was known to be inter- status of the company archives permits ex- ested in this type of function and was as- amination of vast work records for assistance signed technical information duties in such in current projects with much less trouble increasing number that soon he was using than formerly. several file cabinets for papers, files and The authdr has been with Aero Service books. In 1959 growing files of journals since 1953, after taking library science were moved into the loft (archives) area, courses at Drexel Institute of Technology. and when ASTIA document handling was From then until 1959, he held positions in assigned to the librarian, management real- production control, operations and planning, ized he was serving somewhat more than estimating, scheduling and sales administra- sales administration. At about this time, the tion. These years of administrative experi- ASED Division was established. Its director ence are believed to contribute to the success asked that the library be assigned to ASED of the library at Aero, not only for the to serve this new research arm of the com- knowledge of business administration thus pany. This was done, and the entire function L, gained but for the close acquaintanceship moved to the loft area. with personnel and their problems in all As the summer of 1960 approached, the departments. This is especially necessary loft area (close to a hot roof) became unin- when operating a library in a company with habitable, and the entire library was moved such unusual combinations of projects and to an old house, between the plant and a JANUARY 1961 nearby cemetery, which had been purchased duck low whenever moving from one section by the company for storage. (During the to another. Foam rubber padding has been occupancy of this building, the librarian and installed in the worst places. The principal his clerks were obliged to leave hurriedly of the three areas into which the loft is di- several times when it was invaded by swarms vided by these girders was divided off and of bees from the cemetery!) In July 1960, air-conditioned. Masonite panels were laid management found that the library was serv- on the plank floor and covered with asphalt ing not only ASED but the entire company, tile; the ceiling and all walls were insulated and it was, transferred to the Plant Services with Fibreglas batting; the ceilings then Division. In spite of this transfer, the Aero were covered with acoustic tile and the walls Systems ~ngineeringDivision, the heaviest with masonite panels. Fluorescent lighting user by far of library services, maintains a was installed; two one-ton, 10,000 BTU air very close liaison and invites the librarian to conditioners were mounted in the end walls participate in its weekly meetings. through 13 inches of brick; shelving was Meanwhile the old loft area was being re- installed in appropriate places, and the en- modelled, and in August 1960 the library tire area was repainted. moved back into 500 square feet of space. Ordinary open-type industrial steel shelv- (This meant compressing the archives to 800 Ing was purchased from the company's regu- square feet, and some materials were stored lar supplier. Each unit is one foot deep, three in the old building referred to above.) Also feet long and seven feet high, with shelves in August, ASED decided to store its classi- at one-foot intervals, adjustable at one-inch fied ASTIA and other document files in the intervals. All other equipment-desks, file library, and as a result the librarian and his cabinets and tables-was secured from offices clerk are being cleared for access to secret around the company which had no current materid. need for them. Individual offices around the company Supplies for the library-catalog cards, still retain files of papers, journals and books, labels and so forth-have been purchased but only to the extent required by current from the Remington-Rand Library Bureau operations. All new requests for publica- office in Philadelphia. tioris are processed through the librarian, Looking to the future, the librarian ex- and all incoming publications are cataloged pects the present diversity of company inter- by him before going to the requester. Sub- ests to increase. Efforts devoted to building scriptions, now 300 and expected to reach understanding and good relations with com- 400 in 1961, are being centralized gradually pany management and researchers will de- with an agency. All planning for the new library-archives area was done by the plant engineer, Edward C. Brown. who is also head of the Plant Services Division and a Director of the company. The librarian's needs and requests were constantly consulted, and Mr. Brown suggested several useful improvements to the librarian's original plans. All work was per- formed by members of the Aero Shops De- partment, under Mr. Brown's direction, and required from two to six men over a period of several weeks. Most of the floorload is carried by 20 steel bars, which depend from four steel girders. These girders, unfortunately, cross the li- Eugene Nowicki, Chief Systems Planning En- brary-archives area at a height of only 4 feet, gineer, conferring with Mr. Potts, the librar- 10 inches from the floor, iequiring users to ian, in the remodeled loft library. JANUARY 1961 33 crease, as the initial period of testing is com- ences in each. However, a few careiully se- ing to a close. As might have been expected lected references in each area are kept. Budg- in a company without prior experience with etary emphasis will be placed on reminding a library, there was some skepticism as to the management that the increasing cost of tech- value of such a function, but it is now safe nical journals and books requires that more to say that this feeling has dissolved. be spent each year, simply to obtain the same Acquisition emphasis is placed on obtain- amount of material as the year before, and ing indexes, directories and guides, as the com- that the increasing diversity and amount of pany is involved in too many subject areas to demand will require more clerical assistance possibly possess an adequate set of refer- and space.

VITAL STATISTICS FOR AERO SERVICE CORPORATION LIBRARY Total square foot area 500 Plus 150 for storage and 800 for archives Staff 2 Professional 1 Nonprofessional 1 Employees served at location 400 Services extended to other areas 9 Average number of users per day 31 Books and bound and unbound periodicals as of December 6, 1960 1,800 Current periodical subscriptions 400 Vertical file drawers 25 Date of completion Summer 1960 Planned by plant engineer and librarian Special facilities or equipment: Access to company's specialized photographic services

United States National Committee for FID The United States National Committee for the NAS-NRC. Dr. I. A. Warheit is SLA's FID (USNCFID), was formed in 1960 nominee on the United States National Com- within the National Academy of Sciences- mittee for FID. National Research Council (NAS-NRC) , In order to effect appropriate United States which is the United States national member participation in the FID, the USNCFID ar- of the Federation Internationale de Docu- ranges for meetings and congresses in the mentation (FID), to care for the United United States and for other activities in con- States representation and membership on a sonance with the objectives and programs of broad scale. During 1947-60 the United the FID, nominates delegates to conferences States membership was held by the American and other meetings of the FID and provides Documentation Institute, which proposed the them with information and policy guidance, change in representation late in 1959. and in general advises the President of the The committee membership is derived National Academy of Sciences on all matters from nominations by 13 professional organi- of United States participation in FID and zations for the natural and social sciences, in international documentation activities. technologies and humanities, eight United The Office of Documentation in NAS-NRC States Government agencies, and up to three serves as the secretariat for the USNCFID members at large. Ex-officio members include and is the focal point and clearinghouse for elected officers of the FID resident in the all communications between United States United States and the Foreign Secretary of documentation activities and the FID.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES National Library Week: What's In It For You?

AVESDROP ON two or three special librarians who are talking shop (or two or three E hundred, for that matter) and sooner or later one is likely to overhear references to "selling the library to our clientele," "improving the image of the special librarian," or "how to communicate with management." There is nothing particularly new about the special librarian's omnipresent concern with his public relations; it was reflected in reports of meetings and discussions which took place half a century ago. And hardly a roundtable, panel, conference or workshop is held today that does not give some attention to how special librarians can more effectively communicate externally, internally, hori- zontally, vertically and diagonally. It seems strange, then, that in recent years thousands of special librarians have failed to latch onto, and benefit from, one of the most effective public relations programs currently being undertaken in the United States, and certainly the most successful program ever designed to allow libraries and librarians to communicate with their various publics. We know now, after three years of experience, that shortly before and during the week of April 16-22, 1961, the attention of the American public will be attracted to-almost riveted on-the role played by all types of libraries in helping to foster "a better-read, better-informed America." Daily and weekly newspapers, consumer and trade magazines, radio and television stations, and national, state and local programs of activities will de- scribe the values of books, reading and libraries to millions of people. Adue~ti~i?zgAge estimated that the national push behind NLW in 1960 would have ranked it among the top one hundred advertisers, if it had involved paid rather than donated time and services and that the year's effort involved advertising and public relations that would cost a regular advertiser at least $5,000,000. This is the backdrop in-front of which any special librarian can develop his own library's NLW program, since some of the millions who will be reached by the nation-wide promotion will include his public. Talk to a librarian who has utilized NLW in the past and he will tell vou that here is the easiest. most obvious and ~rofitable~ublic relations activity he has ever undertaken in his library. Even as uncomplicated an activity as displaying a few of the inexpensive NLW promotional aids (see Special Libvaries, Decem- ber 1960, p. 558) in the library or circulating them through the organization immediately links the library to the nation-wide promotion. The individual special librarian's participation in NLW can be as limited or as broad

as he wants it to be. He can use the week as the basis for a short-term attention-getteru or as the focus for long-range public relations objectives. He can, in addition, work with his local SLA Chapter on its NLW project, since the H. W. Wilson Company Award will be given in 1961 to that Chapter which produces "an outstanding project to publicize the role of special libraries to the general public during National Library Week." Further, the special librarian can volunteer to work with those who are planning the NLW program in his community (over 5,000 communities had NLW observances in 1960). Chapter Presidents, if they have not already been asked to do so, can volunteer to work on their state NLW committees as representatives of all special librarians, or they can appoint a Chapter member to this effort. For any special library, National Library Week can be akin to additional money in the library budget, extra staff, more space or unexpected new equipment. It's there to be used. Grab it, use it with profit. EDWARDG. STRABLE,SLA Representative to the National Book Committee

JANUARY 1961 3 5 National Library Week in Special Libraries: Case Histories

ROM THE OUTSET I've been a great believer and Fsupporter of National Library Week primarily because of my responsibility for a recreation library over and above managing a business library. My promotion efforts date back to the early 1950's with the inception of California Library Week by the California Library Association-the forerunner of NLW. CLA should be credited for its successful pioneering activities. The publicity pieces supplied by CLA were used essentially in and around the area of the recreation Library (ad- jacent to the company cafeteria) and were also displayed in the business library six stories above in another wing. Complete coverage such as this enabled us to reach the clientele of both libraries with CLA's message. I received fresh inspiration when Carrol M. Shanks, President of Prudential, became a member Miss Taylor hanging a NLW mobile. of the Citizens Committee for New Jersey for the first National Library Week in 1958. The interest of our house organweditor, Mrs. Harriet Pruitt, resulted in the publication of several library stories. Incidentally, Mrs. Pruitt's timing of these stories was ideal: I distributed them to students at Immaculate Heart College where I happened to be guest lecturer for its special library senice course. I sincerely hope every special librarian observes 1961 NLW. In this day and age, hiding our talents under a bushel is obsolete when the-need-to-know is paramount. And how else are we going to get across the concept of "the modern library" and "the modern librarian ?" To me, support of NLW is a professional obligation: a chance to contact our special publics with our special message and, at the same time, to display the unity prevalent among us all as colleagues of a profession in which I, for one, take unabashed pride. SHERRYTAYLOR, Librarian Prudential Insurance Company, Los Angeles, California

ATIONAL Library Week is an effort by all librarians everywhere to urge as many N persons as possible to take a greater interest in reading, a form of communication that seems to be shunned by many whenever possible. In past years the public and school libraries have done much to promote National Library Week. Special libraries, however, also have obligations and responsibilities along this line and should attempt to participate in whatever manner and to whatever extent is practical for the particular clientele they serve. Last year the Technical Information Libraries of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, In- corporated, decided on a modest program to cooperate in National Library Week. Over 5,000 copies of the NLW bookmark were distributed by the three major library units (Murray Hill and Whippany, New Jersey, and New York City). Postage meter slugs installed at these same locations resulted in over 100,000 impressions of the National Library Week design on outgoing mail. A similar design in banner form was also printed on 3,000 copies of the announcement bulletins issued by the libraries. 3 6 SPECIAL LIBRARIES At the New York library a novel bulletin board display (see photograph), using white and black raised letters on a gold felt background, was designed. The "TAKE A LOOK" portion of the display was to encourage patrons to view colored 35mm slides of famous libraries from all over the world. The slides were illuminated continuously during the work day, and the subject was changed daily. Thus the remainder of the display became obvious. The board was on view near the circulation desk. ROBERTG. KRUPP,Librarian, New York Library Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York City Coming Events in the Library World Syracuse University's Schools of Journalism NATIONALMICROFILM ASSOCIATION will and Library Science will co-sponsor their hold its loth Annual Meeting and Conven- third ~OMMUNICAT~ON~LIBRARIANS' WORK- tion, April 4-6, at the Sherman Hotel in SHOP, June 19-23. It will include discussion Chicago. The theme will be "Systems and of library management, clippings, cuts and Standards-A New Era in Microreproduc- photographs, negatives, biography and sub- tion. The newest microreproduction equip- ject files and basic books and pamphlets and ment developed in the data processing field is aiming at assisting personnel of small and will be exhibited. For details write Vernon rnediurn-sized newspapers in establishing and D. Tate, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 386, reorganizing their libraries. The workshop Annapolis, Maryland. will be under the direction of Evelyn E. The Eighth Annual Convention of the SO- Smith, head librarian of the S. U. Journalism CIETY OF TECHNICALWRITERS AND PUB- Center; Agnes Henebry, librarian of the LISHERS will be held in San Francisco, April Decatur, Illinois Herald-Revieu~will be the 13 and 14. Convention Chairman is George instructor; and Matthew Redding, librarian H. Estill, Maintenance Regulations Manager, of the New York Wodd-Telegram and Sun, United Airlines, International Airport, San will be guest lecturer. Francisco. JANUARY 1961 Meet- MY$. Am Margret Hammar~trom

OUR LIBRARIANS are lunching together. :he biggest difference between Swedish and FThree are Americans, but their guest is American special libraries is in size of staff, Swedish, Ann Margret Hammarstrom from since all the libraries she has visited in this the Svenska Handelsbanken in Stockholm, country have far more personnel than any the largest bank in all Scandinavia. She has she knows of at home. When we asked her been in the United States two months and is what advantages Swedish libraries have over near the end of her tour of commercial and ours or how Americans might profit from bank libraries. The inevitable question is practices in her country, she thought a mo- asked, "And what did you like most about ment and then replied, "Our libraries are the United States?" Before the question has smaller but we have more automatic equip- left the American's lips, Ann Margret ment than you do." flashes out: "Oh, the librarians!" We all During her visit in California, Mrs. Ham- laugh and assure her that such a statement is marstrom attended an Executive Board meet- not necessary just because she is among li- ing of the Southern California Chapter and brarians. But she is serious-all the librarians reported afterward that exactly the same she has met have been extremely generous kind of problems are discussed in Los and helpful, and everywhere she has gone, Angeles and in Stockholm. Sweden has a she has encountered only the most open- Technical Documentation Association, affili- handed hospitality. ated with the FGdGration Internationale de We attempt to determine the other face Documentation (FID), and membership in of the coin, "What did you like least about the Stockholm Chapter numbers about 120. the United States?" But here our guest pro- Such problems as how best to publicize the fesses total ignorance. There is really nothing Cha~ter'sactivities or to increase local mem- she can think of that she dislikes about the bership struck a responsive note. United States. She arrived in September 1960 Ann Margret is a professional librarian, and spent the following two months touring by training and by experience. After her bank and commercial libraries in New York, academic degree she followed a work-study Boston, Washington, Cleveland, Chicago, program for four months. Half her time was Los Angeles and San Francisco. ~etween occupied working in the public library and Chicago and Los Angeles she managed to half on her studies. The next six months she squeeze in a weekend in Houston, where spent working full-time in the public library sie was entertained by members of the Texas at Uppsala, as a sort of apprentice at a rate Chapter, and a vacation trip to Mexico. On of pay roughly one-third that of a regular her -return north of the border, she was clerk. Another and final six months were surprised, herself, at how grateful she was devoted to full-time study, and then at long for clean streets and tidy buildings. last she was certified by the state. As in the Ann Margret is in the research-department United States, library training in Sweden of her bank and serves approximately 3,000 tends to stress func-tions and skills. people. She is by no means the Handels- She replied willingly to our expressed in- banken's first librarian, for the bank has had terest in such matters as acquisitions (she a library for about 60 years, and librarians prefers to order through a jobber-it may be have been serving its research staff since the a trifle more expensive but saves so much turn of the century. Today Ann Margret is time for the librarian), classification schemes custodian of about 1,000 journals and some (most Swedish libraries use UDC, but the 30,000 books, mostly in English but many in Handelsbanken has a scheme of its own, Swedish, German, French and Russian. She adapted from that in use by Stockholm's has a library staff of three and shares clerical Handelshogskolans BibIiotek) and the place assistance with other units. She feels that of the special library in an organization in

SPECIAL LIBRARIES relation to management (this is just as im- of communication she has established. These portant to Swedish librarians as to Ameri- she expects to continue for many years, and can ones, and she feels fortunate in reporting certainly the American librarians who met directly to the research head of her organiza- this charming young Swedish woman have tion, who is only one or two slots below the the same sense of value and the same expec- president). tation that this association will be a con- What is the most valuable thing she will tinuing one. take back to Stockholm with her?-the per- HELENJ. WALDRON,Assistant Librarian sonal contacts she has made. and the lines The RANDCorporation, Santa Monica, Calif. Association News Special Library Directory Underway in use and then report to the Board on what Gale Research Company of Detroit (pub- possible actions might be taken to encourage lishers of the Encyclopedia of American As- standardization. soriatiom) is preparing a new work tenta- tively entitled Directory of Special Libraries SLA Professional Award and Hall of Fame nud Infoi.nzntion Ce~zters. Dr. Anthony This is a reminder that nominations for the Kruzas, Professor in the Department of Li- 1961 SLA Professional Award and for the brary Science at the University of Michigan, Hall of Fame must reach the Committee is the editor. The Association has been asked Chairman by January 31, 1961. The differ- to provide advice and information for this ences in the requirements for these awards work, and an Advisory Committee is now were described in Special Lib~aries,October being appointed. Walter E. Forster, Chief of 1960, page 45 1. the Business and Commerce Division of the Nominations for both awards and/or re- Detroit Public Library, is Chairman of the quests for additional copies of the Guide to Committee whose responsibilities are to be used in presenting information about evaluate the scope and content of the Direc- nominees should be addressed to tor~~and review the questionnaire that will Mrs. Margaret H. Fuller, Librarian be used to gather the data. American Iron and Steel Institute 150 East Forty-Second Street Foundation Support Sought New York 17, New York The Foundation Grants Committee, Rob- Nominations are already arriving. Please ert W. Gibson, Jr., Chairman, gathered at be sure yours arrives in time for thorough Association Headquarters on December 1 consideration by the Committee and that it for a meeting called by President Sewell for includes detailed and com~leteinformation the purpose of exploring SLA project ideas about each nominee. for which foundation support might be asked. Fifteen ideas were presented by vari- United States Book Exchange ous committee chairmen and other interested The United States Book Exchange, Inc., persons. The Foundation Grants Committee (USBE) (3335 V. St. N.W., Washington will study the proposals further and recom- 18, D. C.) is a nonprofit organization that mend to the Board specific projects for which acts as a clearinghouse for journals and support might be obtained. books for libraries all over the world. The USBE provides American libraries with a Transliteration Study convenient method for centralized redistribu- Mrs. Kate Ornson Barcus has accepted the tion of issues of journals and books in the chairmanship of the Ad Hoc Committee to United States and thus enables American li- Study Transliteration from Cyrillic into braries to complete runs of periodicals which Roman Languages. The Committee will are not readily available through commercial study the prevailing transliteration systems channels. USBE charges to participants in- JANUARY 1961 clude postage and a 3>$ handling fee for journals and $1.10 for books. Excess stock is channeled abroad as part of the ICA SPOTTED Program. The Washington meeting of October In tune with the increasing interest in edu- 20-21, 1960, was called by the USBE to en- cational problems and methods, Grolier, Inc., courage the exchanges operating within vari- collaborating with Teaching Machines, Inc., is now marketing an inexpensive teaching ous library associations to cooperate with machine ($20) as well as machine programs USBE. Lucille Morsch, of the Library of Con- and programmed text books ($5-151. Both gress and member of the Board of Directors the machine and text book programs are of the USBE, served as moderator. based on the concept of exposing a student The following Associations or Institutions to a small component of information in the were represented : form of a verbal stimulus. The information American Association of Law Libraries is carefully sequenced and requires re- American Library Association sponses of increasing complexity. Tested by Theological Library Association the government and leading colleges and Special Libraries Association universities. the Grolier Min-Max machine Science-Technology Division and courses are expected to be utilized by business and industrial firms for on-the-job Metals Division training and orientation as well as by Dallas Duplicate Exchange-Clearing House schools and home-study students. Col- Medical Library Association lege students have long been known as con- The exchange systems were described and sumers of beer, but college libraries are not discussed. The merits of centralized versus usually associated with malt or hops. How- decentralized systems were compared. ever, there is remarkable rapport between Since the Sci-Tech Duplicate Exchange the library of the Case Institute of Tech- covers very recent publications, which are nology in Cleveland and the Curling Brew- precisely the ones needed by but not readily ing Company. The latter donated 2,500 available from USBE, I proposed to urge the empty beer cases to the library for packing its 40,000 books when the library moved members of the Sci-Tech Duplicate Exchange its collection into a brand new Library- to forward materials left over after the 30- Humanities Building. * C. Mahlon Kline, day limit to the USBE. In this way not only honorary chairman of Smith, Kline & French would the USBE be strengthened but also Laboratories, is an industrialist with a soft the Sci-Tech membership would become spot in his heart for seats of learning. In aware of the resources of the USBE. The November he gave Yale University $10 mil- same proposal was made by the representa- lion worth of stocks for the construction of a tives of several other association exchanges. new research center. The new area, to be The discussion also covered the establish- known as the Kline Science Center, will con- ment of regional clearinghouses on the tain a library, chemistry and biological sciences laboratories, a geology building and Dallas model. Regional clearinghouses pro- a central auditorium. In the United Na- vide for local exchange of materials and tions recently the Soviet bloc recommended enable the participants to reduce their costs that a world center for the exchange of of USBE handling charges. scientific information be established. The GEORGEE. HALPERN,Chairman United States opposed the suggestion be- Sci-Tech Duplicate Exchange cause, as the U. S. delegate, Arthur F. Lamey, said, "the needs and opportunities MIDWINTER BOARD AND COUNCIL inherent in such dissemination of scientific MEETING knowledge can be adequately handled by the presently existing intergovernmental and The Executive Board and Advisory private organizations." Mntzagemelzt Council will hold their Midwinter Meet- Methods for July 1960 carried an interest- ings at the Hotel Muehlebach in Kan- ing article entitled "How To Find Out What sas City, Missouri, on February 16-18. Your Competitors Are Up To," describing four types of published competitive data. 40 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Come

To the 1961

SLA

Convention

Convention Executive Committee in Seated clockwise around table: Amy Rose, Thelma Hoffman, Dr. Paul Kruse, Marie Koutecky, Marie Grace Abbruzzese, Margaret D. Uridge, Lorraine Pratt, Margaret M. Rocq, Elizabeth B. Roth; standing, Roy San Francisco J. M. Nielsen, lsabella M. Frost, Alleen Thompson; not present, Dr. Peter T. Conmy, Beverly Hickok, Doris Lanctot, Russell R. Shank.

Dear SLA Members: Welcome to San Francisco and to the 52nd Annual Convention of SLA, May 28 through June I! The Convention Executive Committee and other committee members have been hard at work for many months to make this meeting as significant to you professionally as your visit to San Francisco will be memorable. San Francisco, on the tip of a beautiful peninsula and on the edge of a mighty continent, is world famous for its storied cable cars, Chinatown, Fisherman's Wharf, mighty bridges and beautiful parks. The Sheraton Palace Hotel, headquarters for the Convention, enjoys an international reputation as host to presidents and kings, prime ministers and ambassadors, and library folks like you and me. Its luxuriant Garden Court will be the scene of our Banquet Wednesday evening. Although we cannot promise you the famous dinnerware service of gold (reserved for presidents and kings), we know the elegance of the surroundings will linger long in your memory. The opening reception Sunday evening will be held in the recently-opened World Trade Club, located in the World Trade Center Building, commonly known as the Ferry Building. The Club with its deluxe decor commands a spectacular view across the world's largest harbor rimmed with myriad lights and spanned by two famous bridges. The schedule for the Convention provides considerable time for Divisional and Sec- tional interests, but Convention-wide activities are also assured. The Mayor of San Fran- cisco will greet you in his welcoming address on Monday, and Dean Lawrence Clark Powell will deliver the keynote address. Following the Convention, many of you will want to journey on to Honolulu for the Mid-Pacific Conference of SLA, planned by our members in Hawaii for June 2-8. San Francisco, the birthplace of the United Nations and the home of Chicken Tetraz- zini, has restaurants so numerous, variant and bountiful, that a dedicated eater can con- sume more than five hundred dinners without repeating himself. This naturally air-conditioned city waits to welcome you to a meaningful Convention in vacation-land surroundings. Plan now. Join with other SLA'ers for the great trek West -a relatively short one by today's methods! Sincerely yours, Paul Ku Paul Kruse, Chairman, 1961 Convention JANUARY 1961 Report of the Treasurer I respectfully submit the financial statements of the Special Libraries Associotion for the year ended September 30, 1960, including the statement of ossets and fund balances, statement of income, expenditures and chonges in general fund balance and the summary of changes in special fund balances. The report of Price Waterhouse & Co., who examined the financial statements, is included herewith. OLIVEE. KENNEDY,T~easutr~. EXECUTIVEBOARD OF SPECIALLIBRARIES ASSOCIATION In our opinion, the accompanying statements present fairly the assets of Special Libraries Association at September 30, 1960 resulting from the cash transactions, and the income collected, expenses disbursed and changes in fund balances for the year, and are presented on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year. Our examination of these statements was made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. The accounts of the Association are maintained on the basis of cash receipts and disbursements, and accordingly reflect amounts collected at September 30, 1960 for dues and periodical subscriptions applicable to subsequent ~eriodsaggregating approximately $29,950; the corresponding amount at September 30, 1959 was approximately $29,600. The accounts do not reflect expenses incurred but not paid at September 30, 1960 of approximately $7,000, comprising principally amounts payable to the John Crerar Library; the corresponding unpaid expenses at September 30, 1959 were approximately $2,900. PRICEWATERHOUSE & CO. 56 Pine Street, New York 5, New York November 11, 1960 EXHIBIT I SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF ASSETS RESULTING FROM CASH TRANSACTIONS SEPTEMBER 30, 1960 Assets General fund: Cash ...... $ 72,130.37

General reserve fund: Cash ...... 20,608.18 United States Government securities, at cost (approximate market value $38,600). . 33,767.41

Life membership fund: Cash ......

Publications fund: Cash ...... 29,037.58

Scholarship and student loan fund: Cash ...... 9,118.59 Loans receivable ...... 2,550.00

Eleanor S. Cavanaugh Scholarship fund: Cash ...... 2,923.05

Translations Center fund: Cash ...... 81,366.57

Equipment reserve fund: Cash ...... 1,500.00

SLA Birthday fund (John Cotton Dana lectures): Cash ...... 190.00

$256,486.18

SPECIAL LIBRARIES EXHIBIT I (continued) Fund Balances General fund (Exhibit 11) ...... Special funds (Exhibit 111) : General reserve fund ...... Life membership fund ...... Publications fund ...... Scholarship and student loan fund ...... Eleanor S. Cavanaugh Scholarship fund ...... Translations Center fund ...... Equipment reserve fund ...... SLA Birthday fund (John Cotton Dana lectures) ......

EXHIBIT II SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION STATEMENT OF INCOME COLLECTED. EXPENSES DISBURSED AND CHANGES IN GENERAL FUND BALANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30. 1960 Actual Budget Income collected :- Dues $ 84,610.80 .$ 81,600.00 Periodicals: Special Libraries ...... 22,113.90 19,850.00 Technical Book Review Index ...... 12,723.65 12.020.00 Net receipts from convention (after payment of expenses totaling $19,894.95) ...... 7,817.05 5.500.00 Interest on funds in savings bank accounts ...... 1,435.72 1,700.00 Addressing service ...... 2,433.68 1.200.00 Miscellaneous ...... 760.66 800.00

Total income ...... 131,895.46 122,670.00

Expenses disbursed :- Allocation of funds to subunits: Chapters ...... 10,314.61 10.500.00 Divisions ...... 3,777.79 4.500.00 Committees ...... 2,304.30 4,555.00 -- 16,396.70 19,555.00

General operations: Salaries ...... 48,360.27 51,260.00 Rent ...... 4,140.00 4,140.00 Public relations consultant ...... 942.06 7,500.00 Postage ...... 2,928.27 2,900.00 Supplies ...... 3,846.91 3,600.00 Payroll taxes ...... 2.158.58 1,900.00 Porter service ...... 1,200.00 1,200.00 Accounting and legal counsel ...... 1.509.40 1,400.00 Telephone and telegraph ...... 1,191.47 1,200.00 News bulletin ...... 630.54 800.00 Equipment service and repairs ...... 669.30 700.00 Building repair and maintenance ...... 77.22 150.00 Executive Board meetings ...... 188.10 250.00 Insurance ...... 145.49 150.00 Miscellaneous ...... 496.79 200.00

68,484.40 77,350.00

Carried forward ...... 84,881.10 96,905.00

JANUARY 1961 EXHIBIT I1 (continued) Actual Budget Expenses disbursed (brought forward) ...... 84,881.10 96,905.00 Periodicals: Special Libraries ...... Technical Book Review Index ...... President's travel ...... Expenses of executive secretary and assistant ...... Equipment purchases ...... President's fund ...... Memberships in other organizations ...... Archives reorganization project ...... PersonneI survey ...... Equipment reserve (Exhibit 111) ...... Publication services to sustaining members ...... Cumulative Index ......

Total expenses disbursed

Excess of (expenses) disbursed over income collected ... Fund balance. September 30. 1959 ......

Add-Interfund transfer (Exhibit 111) ......

Fund balance. September 30. 1960 (Exhibit I)

EXHIBIT Ill SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN SPECIAL FUND BALANCES FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30. 1960 General Reserve Fund Interest received on United States Government securities and savings bank account . . $ 3,395.87 Transfer from life membership fund ...... 100.00 Balance. September 30. 1959 ...... 50.879.72 Balance . September 30. 1960 (Exhibit I) (note)

Life Membership Fund Interest on savings bank account ...... % 116.42 Transfer to general fund of interest on savings bank account for prior period (Exhibit 11) ...... (88.27) Transfer to general reserve fund ...... (100.00) Membership dues ...... 250.00 Balance, September 30. 1959 ...... 1.116.28

...... -$ -. Balance. September 30. 1960 (Exhibit I) .. -3.294.43-

Publications Fund Proceeds from sales of publications ...... J 15.124.19 Interest on savings bank accounts ...... 788.99

15,913.18 Production and selling expenses ...... (12.967.93)

Excess of income over expenses ...... 2.945.25 Balance. September 30. 1959 ...... 26.092.33

Balance. September 30. 1960 (Exhibit I) ...... $ 29.037.58

44 SPECIAL LIBRARIES EXHIBIT Ill (continued) Scholarship and Student Loan Fund Income: Gifts ...... $ 5,690.50 Interest on savings bank accounts ...... 305.83 Refund of scholarship ...... 500.00

6,496.33 Scholarship grants ...... (5,600.00) Balance, September 30, 1959 ...... 10,772.26

Balance. September 30, 1960 (Exhibit I) ...... $. 11,668.59

Eleanor S. Cavanaugh Scholarship Fund Gifts ...... $ 537.00 Interest on savings bank account ...... 83.54 Balance, September 30, 1959 ...... 2,302.51

Balance, September 30, 1960 (Exhibit I) ...... $ 2.923.05

Translations Center Fund Grant from National Science Foundation ...... $ 58,105.00 Receipts for services rendered to Department of Commerce ...... 21,000.00 Other ...... 791.85

79,896.85 Salaries and expenses ...... (43,838.57)

Excess of income over expenses ...... 36,058.28 Balance, September 30, 1959 ...... 45,308.29 -- Balance. September 30, 1960 (Exhibit I) ...... 8 81.366.57 -- --

Equipment. . Reserve Fund Transfer from general fund (Exhibit 11) ...... $ 500.00 Balance. September 30, 1959 ...... 1,000.00

Balance, September 30, 1960 (Exhibit I) ...... $ 1,500.00 -- SLA Birthday Fund (John Cotton Dana Lectures) Balance. September 30, 1959 ...... % 190.00 -- Balance. September 30, 1960 (Exhibit I) ...... $ 190.00

NOTE:$4,000 was transferred from the General Reserve Fund to the General Fund in October 1960 in accordance with a resolution of June 7, 1960 retaining a $50,000 limit

46 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Library Situation in 1980 small communities to improve library service. Plans are now developing for the July 1961 The two-year ALA project, being conducted issue of Library Trends, to be entitled "The under the direction of the Library Adminis- Future of Library Service." Frank Schick, tration Division, will include preparation Assistant Director of the Library Services and distribution of a series of pamphlets Branch, Office of Education, is editing the describing basic policy issues. issue, and Eugene B. Jackson, SLA's First Bell & Howell Company, photo produc- Vice President, will edit the chapter on tions division, has received a $177,000 re- special libraries. search and development contract for the development, manufacture and field evaluation Council on Library Resources' Grant of a micro-image production system for li- The American Library Association has re- brary use. The project will involve design ceived a $60,040 grant from the Council and development of a system that will make for use in aiding trustees and librarians in possible rapid reproduction, on standard li-

Storage and Retrieval of Correspondence Via Microfilm Recordak Corporation has announced a new be stored on film in a single file drawer. This file control system through the use of Electric is achieved through the use of film indexing Accounting Machine cards and microfilm. and EAM cards which form the index for The Recordak FICO (FIle Control) System documents on the microfilm. Recordak, 415 provides automatic indexing of correspond- Madison Avenue, New York 17, New York, ence, sorting, filing and improved control of can supply full information on the system material filed. Over 220,000 documents can illustrated above. JANUARY l9Gl 47 brary-size cards, of reduced images of pages Automatic Data Processing Report of books, periodicals and other library ref- A special report on automatic data processing erence materials. by electronic systems has been released by Motivation, Inc. This seven-page report in- In Memoriam cludes a complete list of ADP manufacturers, MIRIAM C. VANCE, retired, a member of the type system they produce and a representa- SLA since 1939 and a charter member of tive price range for each system. Subscribers the Washington Chapter, died suddenly in to The President's Letter may receive the late October. Miss Vance had served as Em- report free; to nonsubscribers, the price is $1, ployment Chairman of the Washington from Motivation, Inc., Springdale, Conn. Chapter for many years. She was formerly Assistantships librarian of the National Fertilizer Associa- The UNIVERSITYOF FLORIDALIBRARIES has tion. four graduate assistantships for study lead- Members in the News ing to a master's or doctoral degree in a DR. A. J. BARNARD,JR., Director of J. T. subject field other than library science. Ap- Baker Chemical Company Technical Infor- plications are open through March 31, 1961. mation Service in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Required library duty for a nine-month pe- has been appointed General Secretary of the riod is 15 hours, for a $1,700 stipend, and International Symposium on Microchemical for a $2,300 stipend, 20 hours. Holders of Techniques to be held in August 1961. assistantships are exempt from out-of-state MRS. ELLEN COMMONS,librarian of the tuition fees. Apply to Director of Libraries, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Welfare Library, retired on September 30, Letter to the Editor after 27 years in Federal Government service. The October issue of Special Libraries favored KANARDYL. TAYLORwas appointed the new us with the provocative report by Walter A. Kee, librarian of the HEW library, effective Oc- "Must Library Surveys Be Classics in Statistics?" tober 1st. He was formerly chief of Reader Mr. Kee phrased carefully a number of ques- Services in that library. tions about simpIe everyday matters in the use of his library, confined his search to user-opinion, MELVINJ. VOIGT, Director of the Library and channeled the answers among three choices. and Professor of Librarianship at Kansas This was on the whole good methodology and ac- State University, has accepted appointment as cording to his report produced good results. (It Librarian of the La Jolla campus of the Uni- looks as though No Opinion and No Answer versity of California. M. Roy Holleman will could not he recorded. Did every respondent actually offer an opinion on every question?) continue as Scripps Institution Librarian un- The questions were addressed to 15 per cent of der Mr. Voigt's over-all direction. a homogeneous universe of 3,000 persons and an- swered by ten per cent. Again, on the whole, this Automatic Indexing Study was good methodology. Indeed, for any question to which otze of the three possible answers was the The first of a series of studies in word cor- really important evidence, and I9 out of 20 relation and automatic indexing comparing chances of being within five per cent of the truth results of use of a machine to those of a mas good enough, he needed only half the 300 human indexer is discussed by Don R. Swan- responses he obtained. son in "Searching Natural Language Text by Obviously, Mr. Kee produced useful result^, not by deliberately de-emphasizing a serious ap- Computer" (Science, October 21, 1960, p. proach to statistics, but because he was fortunate 1099-1104). The study, sponsored by the in seeking mere opinion on nontechnical matters Council on Library ~esources,Inc., is now from a homogeneous universe. Any library con- in its second phase, which will be devoted to templating a survey of "users' feelings towards further analy&, modification of procedures, the library's services," under diffe~etzt rorzditions, redesigning the traditional index and ap- would do well to think about statistical methodology first. I hope that is what Mr. Kee meant. plying machine-searching techniques to li- DR. SIDNEYL. JACKSON braries of more miscellaneous content than Department of Library Science the experimental library of Phase 1. Kent State University, Kent, Ohio SPECIAL LIBRARIES Book Review Business Bibliographies

THE CARE AND REPAIROF BOOKS. Harry Miller The publishers of Business Methods Index have Lydenberg and ]ohn Archer; revised by Johiz just released seventeen booklets entitled A Thou- Alden. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1960. sand und One Books, Pamphlets and Articles 122 p. $6.15. Published in the Last Year. One of the following fields is covered in each booklet: accounting, ad- It cannot be expected that a book of 122 pages, vertising and selling, self-improvement, econom- including bibliography and index, could contain ics, farming, finance, foreign trade, insurance, la- full information concerning all kinds of book re- bor, marketing, manufacturing, office, personnel, pair and restoration. This is, rather, a discussion retail and wholesale, real estate, technical and top of methods and products, with some instructions management. These booklets include American, and some warnings. The warnings should be taken Canadian and British sources of business informa- seriously. tion such as books, pamphlets, articles, films, maps Mr. Alden states in his introduction that he and government documents. There will be re- stresses those practices which can be carried out visions quarterly with new entries appearing in without recourse to exceptional skill or machinery the L3usines.r Methods Index. Priced at $2 each. and without expert knowledge of chemistry. About the bibliographies are available from the Busii2e.r~ half the book is devoted to such subjects-dry- Methods Index, Box 453, Ottawa, Ontario. ness, vermin, ideal temperature, dust (better left on than rubbed in), how to exhibit and the like. New Jersey Union List Information regarding simple care and repair is The L'nion List o/ Serials In New Jersey, re- scattered through the remaining pages, but on the vised and enlarged, is to be publirhed monthly for whole, the base shifts. Matters considered become two years beginning January 1961. It will include more esoteric-bleaching and sizing paper, filling a greater number of participating libraries than the in holes ("Any . . . restorer with a plant of any first edition and many new titles, especially of age will . . . have . . . a quantity of . . . old Russian literature. The annual subscription rate is paper of all sorts . . ."), straightening vellum $15.50. Address orders to Fran Vierling, Business (". . . it is simple to make a frame . . ."), the Manager, c/o Knoll Pharmaceutical Company, 377 restoration of printing (". . . select a face as Crane Street, Orange, New Jersey. near the original as possible"), lamination, microfilm, Xerography and other means of preservation. New Serials A disagreement or two. . . . The author rec- INTERNATIONALAEROSPACE ABSTRACTS, a monthly ommends that a paper mending strip should be the publication of the Institute of the Aerospace Sci- rame weight as the page to be mended. This is a ences, Inc., first appearing in January 1961, is an good way to invite two more tears. The strip abstracting service offering world-wide coverage forms hard edges against which the page tears of literature on aerospace technology. (The ab- again, often before the job is finished. A mending stracts in Aerospace Engineering will be discon- strip thinner than the page to be mended is the tinued after the December issue.) The service rule. Jt is even more disturbing to find the poly- includes abstracting, indexing and access to orig- vinyl acetates (plastics) recommended, even with inal documents, and there is a monthly author in- reservations, for u-e on leather. These are indeed dex and an annual index volume. Annual sub- a good last resort but should be limited to that. scription rates are $60 basic, $40 to IAS corporate The acetate contracts, the leather breaks and the members and $20 to individual IAS members. cure turns out to be worse than the disease. Write to the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences, The discouraging thing about the whole busi- Inc., 2 East 64th Street, New York 21, New York. ness is that no quick repair seems to be a good MEDICINESCIENCE AXD THE LAW, official journal one. This reviewer, who knows some of the pit- of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences, pub- falls, who would not touch a piece of paper with lished quarterly, contains editorials, original prl- a chemical stronger than carbon tetrachloride or pers read at annual meetings of the Academy and benzine and who would not attempt to skin the other original papers, features on leading forensic old leather off a book, suggests that this book be scientists and law for the scientist, abstracts and references, bibliographies, book reviews, current read for information and to acquire an insight rerearch projects, and courses and notices of pro- into the possibilities in the field. Most of the ceedings of learned societies. A glossary and cu- doing should be left to the experienced restorer. mulative index with full cross references appear MARGARETSCRIVEN, Librarian in each issue. Annual subscription rate is $10. In Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois the United States orders may be sent to Fred B. JANUARY 1961 Rothman & Co., South Hackensack, New Jersey; SOLIDSTATE ABSTRACTSON CARDS,a companion in Canada to The Carswell Company, Ltd., Toronto; publication to Solid State Abstrans, is a cumu- and elsewhere to Sweet & Maxwell, Ltd., 11 New lative subject index file on the entire solid state Fetter Lane, London, E.C. 4. field. This may be ordered by category ($50-75), selected categories ($100-175) or all categories PROBLEMSOF THE NORTH is a complete transla- ($250). tion of the Russian journal Problemy Severa (Academy of Sciences USSR), published by the UNIVERSITYOF MICHIGAN INDEX TO LABOR National Research Council of Canada. The first IJNION PERIODICALS,a monthly with two six- issue was released in December 1960; issues two month cumulative issues, provides concise in- and three will be released during 1961; and sub- dexed and cross-indexed summaries of all major sequent issues will be released irregularly as pub- news stories, editorials and features of 41 leading lished in the Russian. This journal contains papers union periodicals representing the United States in the fields of oceanography, geography, geo- and Canada, and covering over 800 topics. The physics, biology and economics, as they relate to annual subscription price is $125. It is available the study and development of the North. The from the Bureau of Industrial Relations, Michigan price is $7 per issue (postage free) and $1 for School of Business Administration, Ann Arbor, single papers. Address subscriptions and requests Michigan. for information to: Translations Section, The Li- SLA Authors brary, National Research Council, Sussex Drive, Ottawa 2, Ontario. Remittances should be made BBYERLY,ELIZABETH. The Hungarian State Tech- payable to the Receiver General of Canada, credit nical Library (OMK: Its Role in Coordinated National Research Council. Hungarian Scientific Documentation. American Documentation, vol. XI, no. 4. October 1960, p. PROGRESSIN ASTRONAUTICSAND ROCKETRY,ed- 296-304. ited by Professor Martin Summerfield, Princeton. COLE, MAUDD., co-compiler. Checiklist oi Addi- is a series of five volumes of scientific papers to tiom to Evans' American Bibliography in the Rare be published through 1961. They will contain Book Diz~isionof the Net18 York Public Library. technical papers given at the American Rocktt New York: New York Public Library, 1960. 110 Society and will act as a supplement to the ARS p. $3.50. JOUYIZ,I~.Volume 1, entitled Solid Propellir~zt FRYDEN,FLOYD N., co-author. The Library in the Rocket Re.rearch has already been released. To be Community: Use Studies Revisited. Library Quar- released are Volumes 2, Liquid Rockets and Pro- terly, vol. XXX, no. 4, October 1960, p. 253-65. pe1lunt.i. 3, Ewergy Conver.rion for Space Pou er.. RISTOW, WALTER W. Aviation Cartography-A 4, Spcr Power Syrtems and 5, Electvostatic Pro- Histo~ico-Bibliogvaphic Study of Aero~zautical /~trlsiou.For information write to Academic Press Charts, 2nd ed. Washington, D. C.: Card Divi- Inc.. 11 1 Fifth Avenue, New York 3, New York. sion, Library of Congress, 1960. $1.75.

PUKEAND APPLIEDCHEMISTRY, the official jour- SHARP,HAROLD S. The Company Library-White nal of the International Union of Pure and Ap- Elephant or Work Horse? Elert~onic Indurtrie.r, plied Chemistry, will carry reports, papers and vol. 19, no. 11, November 1960, p. 256-7. symposia of the I.U.P.A.C. and, in addition, contributions from the International Council of Sci- RECENT REFERENCES entific Unions. Reprints, in pamphlet or book Librarianship form. of any particular item published will be available for sale. Published irregularly, four is- CATALOGING-IN-SOURCEEXPERIMENT: A Report sues to a volume, the price is $18 a volume from to the Librarian of Congress by the Director of Butterworth Inc. (7235 Wisconsin Avenue, Wash- the Processing Department. Washington, D. C.: ington 14, D. C., 88 Kingsway, London W.C. 2, Library of Congress, 1960. xxiv, 199 p. Gratis. 1367 Danforth Avenue, Toronto). (Available from Card Division, Library of Con- gress, Washington 25, D. C.) (L.C. 60-60033) The Cambridge Communication Corporation. Describes publishers' experiment of printing in 238 Main Street, Cambridge 42, Massachusettq, has their current publications facsimiles of L.C. cards. just announced two new, related publications: Appendixes. SOLIDSTATE ABSTRACTS, published monthly, is an ELEMENTARYAND SECONDARYSCHOOL LIBRARIES expanded version of Semicouductor Elect~otzicr OF THE PACIFICNORTHWEST (Pacific Northwest and covers semiconductors, magnetics, dielectrics, Library Association, Library Development Proj- metals and all other solid state topics. These ma- ects Reports, vol. 2). Rich.wd L. Darling and oth- terials are traced in their development from source ers; Morton Kroll, ed. Seattle: University of to completed state. latest contributions in the field Washington Press, 1960. x, 330 p. $6.75. (L.C. are recorded, and detailed information on the 60-9873) IJ. S. Patent are presented. The yearly subscrip- Deals with the role, standards, administrator's tion rate is $25; single copies are $2.50. concept and supervision of the school library 2nd SPECIAL LIBRARIES relations between public libraries and the school. H. Keller. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Li- Notes and index. brary, 1960. 66 p. mimeo. gratis. (Available from PROCEEDINGS:A.A.L.L. INSTITUTEFOR LAW LI- John B. Nicholson, Jr., Librarian.) BRARIANS:"Cutting Costs in Acquisitions and INDEXTRANSLATIONUM: Repertoire International Cataloging" (A.A.L.L. Publications Series, No. Des Traductions, 11th ed. Paris: Unesco; New 1). South Hackensack, New Jersey: Fred B. York: Columbia University Press. 730 p. pap. Rothman & Co. for American Association of Law $18.50 ; cloth $20.50. Libraries, 1960. vii, p. $4.50. 67 Lists translations published in 1958. Contains Six papers presented at the A.A.L.L. Institute, about 30,000 entries covering 64 countries. Pre- June 15-19. 1959, at Grossinger, New York. sented in alphabetical order in French under the PUBLICLIBRARIES OF THE PACIFICNORTHWEST country of publication. Author index. (Pacific Northwest Library Association, Library Development Project Reports, vol. 1). Robert INDIANSCIENTIFIC & TECHNICALPUBLICATIONS ; Campbell and others; Morton Kroll, ed. Seattle: Exhibition 1960. National Library, Calcutta, comp. Cniversity of Washington Press, 1960. xv, 461 p. New Delhi: Council of Scientific & Industrial Re- $7.50. (L.C. 60-9873) search, Old Mill Road, 1960. 212 p. apx. $5.50. Deals with the problems of organizing, financ- ing, administration and adult membership in the JAPANESE JOURNAL IN SCIENCE AND TECH- public library. Notes and subject index. NOLOGY: An Annotated Checklist. George S. Bonn, comp. New York: The New York Public READER'SADVISER AND BOOKMAN'SMANUAL: A Library, 1960. xv, 119 p. $2. (L.C. 60-8757) Guide to the Best in Print in Literature, Biogra- Lists 660 titles and holdings of scientific-tech- phies. Dictionaries. Encyclopedias, Bibles, Classics, nical libraries (government, university, research Drama, Poetry, Fiction, Science, Philosophy, Travel. institute, industrial). Key word, English and History. 9th ed. He~terR. Hoffman, ed. New Japanese title, subject and classified indexes. York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1960. xviii, 1116 p. $15. (L.C. 57-13277) LITERATURE RECOMMENDATIONS:INDUSTRIAL Lists approximately 2,000 in-print works under TECHNICALLIBRARY-A BIBLIOGRAPHY.Washing- reference, subject and period chapters. Entries con- ton, D. C.: Technical Aids Branch, Office of In- tain descriptions, evaluations, biographical notes. dustrial Resources, International Cooperation Ad- comments on the period and critics' quotations. ministration, 1960. 264 p. Apply. Author index. The first eight editions were known Annotated listings of approximately 3,000 books .IS the Buoknzdn's Manual. and periodicals, representing a guide for the selection of an industrial technical library. Oc- cupation and topical index. List of publishers. Bibliographical Tools LITERATUREOF THE SOCIALSCIENCES: An Intro- ~IBL~OGRAPH~C.~LCHECKLIST AND INDEX TO THE ductory Survey and Guide. Peter R. Lewis. Lon- PUBLISHEDWRITINGS OF ALFREDEINSTEIN. Nell don, Library Association, 1960. 242 p. $4.20 for Bo~ii and others. comps. Paterson, New Jersey: nonmembers; $3.15 members. Pageant Books, Inc., 1960. xii, 84 p. illus. $6.00. Index of publications. Divided into three chronological sections: scientific writings. general writings and selected in- PARTNERSIN SCHOOL LIBRARYPROGRESS: Ad- terviews. Contains subject-author-title index. ministrators and Librarians. (Aspects of Librarian- ship no. 24). Mary Helen Mahar. Kent, Ohio: GUIDE TO MICROFORMSIN PRINT. Washington, D. 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