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Call to Convention and Conviviality at Washington, D. C. 1962 Scholarship Winners SLA Hall of Fame Geography and Map Division Award 1962 SLA Professional Award President's Report: The Giant Stride Annual Business Meeting Report Treasurer's Report Convention Papers Advisory Council Report Resolutions of Appreciation Executive Secretary's Report Chapter Relations Committee Report Division Relations Committee Report Committee Reports, 1961-1962 Special Representatives' Reports, 1961-1962 SLA Official Directory 1962-1963 Association News Kathleen Brown Stebbins: An Appreciation NEWS Have You Heard Off The Press

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HE HAPPIEST man at the opening of any and Petroleum Section members had to break T SLA Convention is the immediate past up pretty early-both groups had a circa Convention Chairman. As he eagerly ap- 7 A.M. ( !) breakfast on their Monday morn- proached the Sheraton-Park Hotel, Paul Kruse ing schedule. But, as someone said, a tired -the success of his San Francisco Conven- member is a happy member. tion comfortably behind him-murmured At the well-attended Monday morning kind words of solace for those of his D. C. Opening General Session, L. Quincy Mum- associates into whose hospitality and sched- ford, Librarian of Congress, led off the uling he was sinking so deliciously. There is notes of welcome by intoning, "I hope you apparently nothing quite so unique as be- have as good a time as your associates, who coming one of the many hundreds of people could not come, thitzk you're having." you were responsible for only short months (Laughter, some of it uncertain.) Washing- before. ton, D. C. Chapter President ]. Heston Heald But just as Paul Kruse was sinking slowly was notably proud of his audience who he into the setting, so were the multitude of his suspected had already registered the highest fellow SLAers arriving, wave after wave, attendance record for an SLA Convention. from early Sunday and throughout the rest Said Heald, "The science of librarianship of the day. As usual, the lineup at registra- must keep pace with science, itself. This large tion desks was considerable, but most people attendance shows increased interest in the took the opportunity to hail their friends and profession." A collateral sign of increased strike up conversations with new ones. After interest was the announcement that the larg- all, the Convention isn't just a program, it's est number of exhibitors ever were on hand also people, table talk, cocktail debates, fresh for the Convention. ideas, changed opinions, new directions, The Keynote Address was delivered by learning. Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, President of The By 6 P.M. almost everyone was officially Rockefeller Institute. Dr. Bronk stressed the unpacked at the Sheraton-Park and Shoreham role of special librarians as partnrrs of scien- Hotels. Some had already taken advantage of tists and "all creative scholars." However, the Library of congress-Open House in the Dr. Bronk mav have irked some of his listen- afternoon. These and their less ambitious ers by categorizing librarians as "custodians fellows regrouped forces for their first official of scientific knowledge" and "harboring the Convention function-the reception in the accumulated knowledge of the past." These Exhibit Hall Lounge. With a central garden passive identities are a sore point among arrangement, complete with refreshments for many members who would rather emphasize varying tastes, the Lounge was a successful the equally important role special librarians location for this informal gathering. Inci- play as literature searchers and selectors. But dentally, the exhibitors couldn't have been Dr. Bronk also emphasized that the produc- happier. tivity of all research is dependent on infor- All this merriment consolidated gradually formation that can be retrieved and made along subject specialty lines and, as the re- accessible to the scientist, rather than on in- ception drew to- a close, the various Division formation that simply exists-it is here that open houses swung into action at the ubiqui- the librarian comes into his own. His role is tous Division suites in both hotels. We hear the more im~ortantas science has undoubt- that the unfortunate Newspaper Division edly become a basic attitude of our culture. SEPTEMBER 1962 Dr. Bronk sadly noted that science is no SLA Conventions. It is the topic or related longer a community project closely associated subject of several official meetings annually. with the humanities. Even the individual sci- Exhibitors of various reproduction or re- entist must defer to "the group" because of trieval machines are more numerous than the great complexities of modern scientific ever. In fact, a new retrieval system, the investigation. In addition, it was Dr. Bronk's Mark I1 COMAC by Documentation Incor- opinion that the major motivation for sup- porated, was shown for the first time at the port of science is fear. In his view, the real Convention. motive should be hope-for a better life en- On Monday afternoon, great numbers of riched by new ideas and discoveries. conventioneers took some "time off from A symptom of the complexities of Con- their more professional duties to make the vention scheduling, which seems to turn up Embassy Tour. Once again the Metals Divi- with unfortunate regularity, is the over- sion had found a unique and interesting way crowded meeting. One such meeting occurred to raise money for the SLA Scholarship and on Monday afternoon when five Divisions Student Loan Fund-a total of $520. With jointly sponsored a panel on "Application of marvelous planning and coordination, hun- the Large Computers to Information Storage dreds of members were taken on a round and Retrieval." By the time some Convention robin tour of the several foreign embassies official spotted the trouble, several score of in Washington, D. C. At each stop they were highly interested librarians had settled at- cordially welcomed by embassy staff and tentively to the carpeting, and many others shown many culinary, artistic and musical were ranged on foot around the full seating sights for which each country is famous. As area. Eventually reinforcement chairs were a follow-up on the wine tasting ploy in San mustered for the occasion. Francisco, the Embassy Tour was a good This particular meeting was also a differ- topper. It should be interesting to see what ent sort of symptom. As the panelists pro- the Metals Division comes up with next time gressed through their discussion of computer for this worthy cause. applications they have known, it seemed as On Monday evening the regular Advisory though there is coming to special librarians a Council Meeting was called to order-about certain awareness of machine limitations. a half-hour late. This inauspicious beginning Not so long ago the problem was how to get set the tone for what many attendees felt was librarians to recognize machine applications. a disappointing occasion. Not one Chapter Criticism is at least a sign of recognition. had submitted any business for the agenda. For example, Carolyn Kruse warned that the As an alternative, a list of speakers presented computer does not save any intellectual ef- some interesting information regarding such fort; in fact its use may create new problems. topics as governmental actions of interest to She also joined those who are calling for a librarians and National Library Week. While coordinated effort to standardize program these presentations were quite informative, techniques. Another point Miss Kruse made they were no substitute for the debate by was that, in her experience, coordinate in- Chapters and Divisions on problems pre- dexing (Uniterms) is not a very good ap- sented by or to the Council. It was hard to plication for the computer. She also reminded believe that SLA officers had no important computer users to remember the library user questions they wished considered by the Coun- and print out as much bibliographic informa- cil or that the Chapter and Division officers, tion as possible-rather than a document ac- representing over 2,000 members, had no cession number-when preparing searches. significant ~roblems deserving Association She suggested that the computer be used to consideration. But that's the way it turned print out some of the traditionally manual out- searching tools such as catalog cards and Monday evening also saw the beginning author lists. of the ever-present, ever-crowded open The subject of machine techniques in li- houses sponsored by a number of vendors. braries is taking on increasing proportions at Like data processing machines, these appear SPECIAL LIBRARIES to be increasingly sophisticated, and we have (with such debating!), the subject of modi- achieved the type with paid professional en- fications has gown steadily. A proposal for tertainers who provide lively music with the revision of the SLA Bylaws waspresented at ice cubes. However, the less so~histicatedbut the meeting, which included major changes increasingly legendary open house is still in membership requirements. There were part of the scene. vocal groups on boih sides of the question Tuesdav included the General Session of change. It appeared that the "pros" have where once again the impact of machines on grown considerably in number since the library operations played a major role. Under "cons" first took them on in ~reviousCon- the chairmanship of Verner W. Clapp, Presi- vention debates, and, after a series of votes, dent, Council of Library Resources, Inc., the a majority-approved document was approved assembled conventioneers heard details on for mail ballot. This episode, the end of some research being sponsored by the Coun- several years of points up the cil. Ralph Shaw of Rutgers University pro- growing size and complexity of SLA and vided background in his presentation, "State the comparatively longer time it takes to of the Library Art." A true library of the bring such basic issues into focus so the future growing on the campus of the Chicago members hi^ can act on them. Division of the University of Illinois was de- Throughout Convention week a variety of scribed by Dr. Edward Heiliger, Librarian of tours, coupled with Division and Section the Division. An automatic shelf reader and meetings, kept the members on the go to all a "scentsitive" machine to detect the book parts of Washington, D. C. and environs. smuggler carrying a volume past the check- The Museum and Picture Divisions went to out desk ( a perfume dab in the book does the Library of Congress, and the Social Sci- the trick) were some "gadgets" he pre- ence Division members were guests of the viewed. The final speaker, Donald Swanson Roosevelt Four Freedoms Library. The Metals of Ramo-Wooldridge, Inc., tried throwing Division scheduled an all-day field trip to some cold water on the current panic over the four Navy installations in the D. C. area, so-called information explosion. He was con- while tours of NASA and ASTIA were spon- fident that automatic indexing and abstract- sored by the Engineering Section. Pharma- ing, although too costly at pisent, will save ceutical Section members went to the new us all from any such fate. National Library of Medicine, and Petroleum The Annual Banquet on Tuesday evening Section members visited the U. S. Geological was a major attraction for a great many at Survey Library. Members of the paper-and the Convention. It was a real sellout, with Textiles Section toured the library at W. R. extra tables needed for the late arrivals. De- Grace and Company. Many less organized tails of the awards and presentations made but happily attended visits and tours were are found elsewhere in this issue. Dr. Paul made by SLAers who couldn't get this close A. Siple, Scientific Advisor of the Army Re- to the Nation's Capital without seeing the search Office, was the principal speaker. historic sights of Washington, D. C. The With the use of colored slides, he took his handy hotel guide books were used freely audience on some fascinating explorations of to supply yet more stalwarts with addresses Antarctica. Divided comments after the Ban- quet left unsettled that old question of of likely eateries and nighteries. whether or not the speech should be on some Should some of the newer conventioneers aspect of librarianship. You can't please have inferred from their experiences that everybody, but Dr. Siple came close. Convention week was essentially those ac- The Convention-wide event of Wednesday tivities listed from the program and guide books, let it be known that, as usual, a sur- was the Annual Business Meeting.<, The debating atmosphere missed at the Advisory prising number of the membership was Council Meeting was acutely present this frantically arranging for the myriad of meet- time. Ever since the new membership re- ings that never appear on official schedules. quirements were adopted a few years ago (cotztimed on page 376) SEPTEMBER 1962 Spring." Convention personalities: Arch C. Gerlach, Convention Chairman; J. Heston Heald, Washington, D. C. Chap- ter President; Rev. Maurice H. Hopson, St. Clements Church, Alexandria, Virginia, who gave the opening session invocation; SLA President Eugene B. Jackson; 1. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress; Mrs. Elsa Freeman, Convention Program Chairman; and Bill M. Woods, SLA Executive Secretary.

A SLA guests representing other associations and interests were: Rev. Francis X. Canfield, President, Catholic Library Association; W. Roy Holleman, Association of American Library Schools; Mrs. Marguerite McAneny, Theotre Library Association; Harry Peterson, ALA Sec- ond Vice-president; and Charles C. LaHood, ADI.

Lois Brock, Division Liaison Officer; Gordon E. Randall, Chairman-Elect, Science-Technology Divis'on; William S. Budington, Chapter Liaison Officer; and Mrs. Mar- guerite McAneny, Theatre Library Associotion, enjoy a good story.

President Eugene B. Jackson; Detlev W. Bronk, Presi- dent, the Rockefeller Institute, and keynote speaker; and L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress, and guest speaker, chat after the opening session.

Enjoying a prebonquet get-together are: Dr. Paul Siple, guest speoker; W. Roy Holleman, SLA Director, and his wife, Marian; Paul Riley and Mrs. Elizabeth Usher, SLA Directors; and J. Heston Heald, Washing- tan Chanter President.

Ralph R. Shaw, Professor, Rutgers University; Edward Heiliger, University of Illinois; and Donald R. Swanson, Ramo-Wooldridge, Inc., present views on Council on Library Resources, Inc. research.

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A Dr. Paul Siple, Scientific Ad- visor, Army Research Office, relates Antarctic experiences Outgoing President Jackson bestows the blue and to ba.nqueters. white ribbon of office, including a rabbit's foot, on President-Elect E:hel S. Klahre.

Members of the 1962 Hall of Fame share Verner W. Clapp, President, pleasure over their honors: Mrs. Margaret Council on Library Resources, M. Row, Mrs. Gustave Shirmer (who ac- Inc., wittily entertained guests cepted for her sister, the late Rose Boots); in his role as toastmaster. ) ond Fannie Simon.

Mrs. Maxine Beaton, President-Elect of the Colorado Chapter accepts the Chapter Membership Gavel Award from President Jackson.

Temporarily quiet, the SLA exhibit booth area was a busy thoroughfare for information seekers and browsers.

Harold Sharp, Technical Librarian at AC Spark Plug Division, Milwaukee, receives the National Library Week Publicity Award and congratulations from Mrs. Marie S. Goff, Librarian at the E. I. duPont de Ne- mows & Co., Inc., which sponsored the award. SEPTEMBER 1962 Ethel Klahre, for example, was seen to con- throng and ventured, "Single Ladies Asso- vene and adjourn several conferences-com- c~ation?" A rather strange compliment was plete with briefcases and note taking-in the proffered by Room Service: "How can you course of one attempt to cross the hotel drink so much and destroy so little?" Per- lobby. Almost as busy as the lobby was Bill haps our image is indeed blurred around the Woods' suite where an almost constant series edges. of meetings were held to map out future This year, the Convention theme was, Association plans. As the affable host to "Progress Through Knowledge." Let us hope these meetings, Bill would sometimes find that the many meetings and presentations groups in full swing when returning to his made available to the members during Con- room from other duties. To provide these vention week gave them new food for ambitious committeemen with privacy and thought on the many evidences of progress location, Bill conducted much of his own that affect them. Let us hope also that the business out of his briefcase at convenient members were not merely watching progress, chairs and corridors around the hotel. The but making progress through association with press of his schedule made him a virtual new ideas. In his televised statement intro- captive in the Convention hotels, and he was ducing one of the panel discussions, Senator heard to say he had just about worked his Hubert H. Humphrey called for "a long- way to the bottom of the sandwich menu at range goal for our information resources." the lunch room. He underlined the vital need of librarians in No Convention is complete without dis- effective information management as the in- cussion of the librarian's image. For a new ternational need for scientific knowledge approach to this topic several convention- grows. Progress brings change. Change brings hardened hotel employees were questioned the unfamiliar. Are we ready for the Sena- informally. When asked what he thought tor's call: "Let us change the handling of SLA stood for, one porter glanced at the information." ?

SLA plays host to foreign librarians at its Washington, D. C. Convention. The above librarians (with the exception of Miss Velasquez), are in the United States under the sponsorship of the Jointly Sponsored Program for Foreign Librarians: Xenia Sorokin, Assistant Chief, Legislative Reference Section, Library of Congress, Buenos Aires, Argen- tina; Estela Velasquez, serial section, National Library, Lima, Peru; Mrs. Jean A. Sealy, Acting Senior-in-Charge of the Juvenile Section, Central Library, Trinidad, West Indies; Veronica J. Young, Deputy Librarian, Randwick Municipal Library, Sydney, Australia; and Arne M. Holter, District Librarian and Inspector, Central Library, Hamar, Norway. Chacr Ltd. Scholarship Winners BARBARA J. BlEBRlCH GRACE A. MOORE

MARY L. WOEHLK ARLEE MAY

ELLIDA A. MILTON

Awards of $1,000 each were granted to Barbara J. Biebrich, East Lansing, Michi- gan, Arlee May, Louisville, Kentucky, Ellida A. Milton, Detroit, Michigan, and Grace A. Moore, Long Beach, California. A $500 Eleanor S. Cavanaugh Scholarship was awarded to Mary L. Woehlk, Winthrop, Iowa.

Barbara J. Biebrich is presently a graduate student in the Department of Li- brary Science at the University of Michigan, where she received her B.A. in mathematics in 1961. As an undergraduate, she worked in the University's libraries and is now employed in the Chemistry Library. Arlee May was graduated this year from Nazareth College, Louisville, Kentucky, where she majored in chemistry. This fall she will attend the University of Michigan's Department of Library Sci- ence. Her job experience includes spending a summer in the Technical Library of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Ellida A. Milton received a B.A. in history and political science from Kalamazoo College, Michigan, and has been accepted in the Department of Library Science at the University of Michigan. She has worked in her college library and in a library of the General Motors Corporation's Technical Center in Detroit. Grace A. Moore was graduated from Occidental College, Los Angeles, with a B.A. in chemistry in 1956. Since graduation she has been employed as a lab technician on an atomic energy project and as an organizer and administrator of a small company library. She will attend the School of Library Science at Western Reserve University. Mary L. Woehlk received a B.A. in business education and library science from the State College of Iowa in June. She was a student assistant in the college library while an undergraduate. This fall she will attend the School of Library Science at Western Reserve University. SEPTEMBER 1962 377 SLA Hall of Fame 'Three members have been honored in 1962 by election to the SLA Hall of Fame. This recognition is granted for outstanding contributions to the growth and development of the Special Libraries Association and is offered following completion of an active professional career or near the date of announced retirement.

ROSE BOOTS* Chief Librarian, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York City, 1949-1960 Chairman, University and College Departmental Librarians Group, New York Chapter, 1934-1935 Executive Board, New York Chapter, 1935-1936, 1939-1940, 1945-1946 Chairman, University and College Departmental Librarians Group (National) 1935- 1937 Vice President and Editor New York Chapter News, 1937-1938 President, New York Chapter, 1938-1939 New York Chapter Student Loan Fund Committee, 1941-1943; Chairman 1943-1944 SLA Treasurer, 195 1 Convention Committee, 195 1-1952 Member, Student Loan Fund Committee, 1951-1952 Chairman, Student Loan Fund Committee, 1952-1954 Member, Photographic Reproduction of Documents Committee, 1953-1954 Member, Elections Committee, 1955-1956, 1959-1960 New York Chapter Consultant Officer, 1957-1959 SLA member, 1933-1960 * Awarded posthumously

MRS. MARGARET MILLER ROCQ Former Chief Librarian, Standard Oil Company of California, 1934-1958 Home Address: 1563 Shrader Street, San Francisco 17, California Secretary-Treasurer, San Francisco Chapter, 1930-1931 President, San Francisco Chapter, 1934-1935 Chairman, Nominating Committee, San Francisco Chapter, 1936-1937 Chairman, Union List of Serials Committee, San Francisco Chapter, 1939-1942, 1945- 1946, 1952-1953 Chairman, Student Loan Committee, 1947-1950 Secretary-Treasurer, Science-Technology Division, 1950-1951 Member, Recruitment Committee, 1953-1954 Vice Chairman, Petroleum Section, 1954-1955 Chairman, Petroleum Section, 1955-1956 Member, Development of Promotion Techniques Committee, 1956-1957 San Francisco Chapter Consultant Officer, 1957-1962 Member, Convention Committee, 1960-1961 Editor, US.Sources of Petroleum and Natural Gas Statistics, 1961 SLA member. 1930-date

FANNIE SIMON Former Librarian and Associate Editor, McCall's Magazine, New York City, 1942-1958 Home Address: 201 East 35th Street, New York City 16 Chairman, Advertising Section, New York Chapter, 1937-1939 378 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Associate Editor, New York Chapter Newr, 1940-1942 Chairman, Directory Committee, New York Chapter, 1942-1943, 1946-1947 Chairman, Membership Committee, New York Chapter, 1944-1945 President, New York Chapter, 1945-1946 Executive Board, New York Chapter, 1947-1948, 1958-1960 Member, Nominating Committee, 1947-1948 Chairman, Pro-Tem, Advertising Group, New York Chapter, 1948 Chairman, Publications Committee, 1948-1950 Chairman, Publishing Group, New York Chapter, 1953-1954 Chairman, Publishing Division, 1958-1959 SLA member 1932-date Geography and Map Division Award George R. Dalphin, Map Librarian at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, was awarded the 1962 Geography and Map Division Honors Award in recognition of his six years work as Editor of the Division's Bulletin, the only journal reporting research and activities in the field of geographic and map literature and libraries. Under Mr. Dalphin's editorship, the circulation of the Geography and Map Diui- ion Bulletin has greatly increased and the number of paid subscriptions more than doubled. The content was expanded to include research papers and reports of new publications and reviews in the field, and it i by several indexing services. Mr. Dalphin is presently serving as the Geography and Map Division Chairman for 1962-1963. He has been Map Librarian at Dartmouth since 1948 and has been responsible for the collection's growth to more than 100,000 maps and for its increased use by faculty and students for research and study. During his senior year at Dartmouth, Mr. Dalphin was a student assistant in the Map Department of the College Library, and upon graduation in 1947 he was appointed Assistant Map Librarian. He is the author of Marine At1a.re.r in the Dartmouth College Library and a contributor to several professional periodicals. He is also a member of the American Geographical Society.

The Association made its appearance at the American Library Association Convention, held in the Fontainebleau Hotel at Miami Beach, Florida, June 17-23, represented by its modern publications display and Translations Center exhibit. SLA Award

CYRIL W. CLEVERDON

In the ideal situation, an award reflects credit on both the doner and the recipient. Such is the case in the 1962 SLA Professional Award to Cyril W. Clever- don, Librarian, College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, England. Mr. Cleverdon has, for more than four years, led a group in the systematic study of the comparative efficiency of four indexing systems. Not only have 18,000 aeronautical documents been indexed in the Universal Decimal, alphabetical subject, faceted classification and the Uniterm system, but controlled retrieval experiments have been conducted on a significant quantity of these reports in addition. The objective of the study conducted under the guidance of SLA's sister documentation organization in Great Britain (Aslib, Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux) and with the financial assistance of the United States National Science Foundation was to arrive at a body of facts to replace the folk- lore existing previously. The steadily increasing importance of indexing systems as an integral part of retrieval systems (whether manual or mechanized) is recognized by the SLA in the granting of this Award for professional work of an exceptional nature, and Cyril W. Cleverdon is honored by being the first European selected for the Award. Inasmuch as I have been acquainted with Mr. Cleverdon's work for over nine years and have a high personal regard for his efforts, I am particularly pleased that the Award is made during my term of office as SLA President. PRESIDENT EUGENE B. JACKSON

MAN IS MEASURED BY HIS HORIZON While man is measured by his horizon, his true value is determined by what he does to extend it. Since the beginning of time, all men worthy of the name have sought the unattainable line where earth meets sky. It has never been achieved, but the search has divulged enough to make the effort worth the expenditure. The horizon of each of us is as different as our vantage point. The Sunday stroller in the wooded valley finds it only a few hundred rods ahead at the top of the rise. The mountain climber sees his in the crest a mile above. Each, when he achieves his immediate objective, finds his horizon abruptly changed. His value, his reputation, depends on his reaction to his new challenge. Cyril W. Cleverdon, Librarian of the College of Aeronautics in England, has met the challenge of the horizon during the past four years, and, in doing so, has materially increased the store of knowledge available to the profession of librarianship. Prior to 1957, the proponents of the various indexing and classification schemes, SPECIAL LIBRARIES the universal decimal system, the alphabetic subject heading, the uniterm system and faceted classification, touted their own system on the bases of subjective evaluation and theoretical investigations. There were many claims and much supposition about the relative merits and benefits available to the library profession from the use of one or another of the systems, but there was no body of data from which an objective evaluation could be made. To meet this need, Cleverdon proposed to the National Science Foundation that an extensive information retrieval test be applied to the products of the four systems to determine the comparative efficiency of the systems. When the proiect was approved, he acquired a staff of three and indexed and cataloged 1,800 aeronautical documents in the four systems. To obtain an evaluation of the quality of the indexing done by his staff, he solicited and obtained the cooperation of a number of organizations in the United Kingdom, Europe and North America. These organizations independently cataloged a number of the documents in the Cran- field experiment. Other comparable efforts were made to eliminate and to reduce the human, the nonscientific, the subjective elements in the experiment. The four years of work has produced, in addition to comparative data about the four systems, an appreciable amount of information about the procedures of cataloging, a body of knowledge about techniques for testing and a file of data which can be used for subsequent experimentation. Many observers believe that the Cranfield study constitutes the most important work done in the field of cataloging in recent times. Others consider the results to be among the more significant contributions to technical information activities supported by the National Science Foundation. Although the Special Libraries Association is predominantly a North American institution, its recognition of professional achievement is not limited by national boundaries. In acknowledging the international character of librarianship, SLA recognized the contributions made by Cyril W. Cleverdon by naming him the recipient of the SLA Professional Award for 1962. GORDON E. RANDALL

ABOUT CYRIL W. CLEVERDON Mr. Cleverdon, Librarian at the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, Bletchley, England, has long been interested in classification research and documentation. His job as Director of the Aslib Cranfield Research Project, comparing the efficiency and adaptability of four indexing systems, has not only made him the first Euro- pean ever to receive SLA's highest award, but has greatly added and will continue to provide much needed knowledge to the field of special librarianship. Recent findings on this project were published in an article by Mr. Cleverdon entitled, "Report on the Testing and Analysis of an Investigation into the Com- parative Efficiency of Indexing Systems." He has also written several papers on the various aspects of documentation in "Aslib Proceedings." Mr. Cleverdon received his education and the start of his library career in Bristol, England. In 1938 he became librarian of the Engine Division of Bristol Aeroplane Company, Ltd. He has been Librarian of the College of Aeronautics since 1946. Mr. Cleverdon was an Aslib Council member from 1953-1958 and Chairman, 1957-1958. He was Chairman of the Aslib Aeronautical Group from 1960-1962 and served as the Group's Honorary Secretary, 1951-1953, and as a committee member, 1951-1962. He also belongs to the Aslib Classification Research Group. SEPTEMBER 1962 381 President's Report: The Giant Stride EUGENE B. JACKSON, President 1961 -1962

HE STATUS of the Association this past be at this Convention; then the alternative is Tyear has almost been identical to that de- that it is poised on a plateau for the next scribed by Past-President Sewell last June. quantum step forward. Her remarks, "Signs and Symptoms," merit I am sure you share with me the conviction careful rereading today. that it is on the plateau and that you and I It seems clear that the Association is must redouble our efforts to insure that we either reaching maturity or is on a plateau are poised for this giant step. poised for the next gigantic step upward. To make the giant stride forward, we must Since it can't be both, let's explore the in- be operating from a position of strength-a dications. profusion of able and highly qualified indi- One definition of maturity is that of a viduals in a strong collective financial posi- stage intermediate between youth and old tion and possessing a multitude of valid ideas age. A mature association, then, would have encased in a strong unshatterable logic. achieved its full growth in numbers; would Some of the best thinking on where our have the highest status in the eyes of its peers stride will take us comes from the Goals for that it could be expected to achieve; would 1970 Committee. I have founds its writings be in the strongest financial position of its extremely interesting and its questions pro- career; and would take appropriate actions vocative. The Committee raises questions only after due consideration of the facts in- about the priority of Association functions, volved. and I would like to give you my own views Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the Associa- on these items: tion has some of the preceding attributes. 1. First and foremost, recruitment of new Our membership has remained essentially members to our Association. unchanged. The Association's status has ap- 2. Establishment of valid educational ob- parently increased among its fellow asso- jectives. ciations and related management fields as 3. Recruitment to the library profession of evidenced by an increase in invitations to par- those best qualified to "Put Knowledge to ticipate in functions of related bodies. Actions Work." taken are subject to careful scrutiny now and 4. Development of appropriate standards so will be less cumbersome under the new pro- that we may have guide posts to direct our posed Bylaws. recruiting and evaluate those offering them- There are some attributes of maturity miss- selves to'this field. ing. Our financial position of operating on a 5. Management relations, to clarify the part deficit budget is inconsistent with the pic- we can play in assisting our employing or- ture of a mature organization. The fact that ganizations to achieve their management ob- 47 per cent of the eligible members did not jectives. vote for Association officers is not typical of 6. Research projects must be executed in the living elements of a mature organism. For depth for the guidance they will provide, and another example, insufficient response was re- the resulting publications will explain them ceived from Association elements to establish to our peers. an authoritative position on Copyright Law 7. The remaining functions-information Revision. This is not an indication of mature and other supportive services to members, reaction to an important stimulus. meetings and conventions, serial publica- If the Special Libraries Association is not tions, subject publications and placement- at a mature stage of development, then where are all elements of the public relations en- is it? It's certainly not dying on the vine, deavor and share critically in the total goal of because if you and I felt this, we would not outlining our ultimate objective, describing 382 SPECIAL LIBRARIES the manner in which it is being approached are to take the giant stride forward, then it and informing the appropriate bodies of the depends on the contribution that we as in- final achievement. dividuals make. The total effect will be far greater than the sum of these individual ef- Are You Ready for the Giant Step? If we forts. Annual Business Meeting Report MRS. JEANNE B. NORTH, Secretary

HE ANNUALBusiness Meeting of the cussions of the Council. Increasing maturity TSpecial Libraries Association convened at in points of view and manner of presentation 2:30 P.M., May 30, 1962, in the Sheraton- in the Council were noted by Miss Oltman. Park Hotel, Washington, D. C., President First of the committees selected for the Eugene B. Jackson presiding. Mrs. Franklin agenda was the Chapter Relations Committee Sartwell acted as Parliamentarian and J. Hes- report by William S. Budington. His short ton Heald as Head Teller. summary pointed up again the activity of President Jackson announced that 1,754 Chapters in stimulating recruitment and SLA members were registered, with the studying membership standards, with the grand total, including exhibitors, certain to underlying aim the stimulation of Chapter approach 1,900, a new record. growth. Upon the reminder by the President that Lois Brock, Division Liaison Officer, gave much Association business was to be trans- a brief report announcing the completion of acted during the afternoon, the motion was a new Division Manual and the study being passed limiting an individual member's made of bulletin publication, in which Di- privilege of debate on any question to three visions are most inierested. minutes. Robert Gibson, as Chairman of the Foun- The President's message concerned "The dation Grants Committee, informed the Giant Stride" the Association can be pre- meeting of the current status of the Associa- paring to make, the priority of Associa- tion's requests for funds made to the Council tion functions in the forward step and the on Library Resources and the National Sci- importance of individual contribution to the ence Foundation. The Committee had solic- total effort. ited support for six important programs and Olive Kennedy presented her report as was confident there were other projects that Association Treasurer, reviewing the fi- should be proposed for grants. nancial statement for September 30, 1961, as The Goals for 1970 Committee made a published in Special Libraries, January 1962, special study during the year of the structure and presenting the statements for the six and functions of the Association. Winifred months ending March 31, 1962. Miss Ken- Sewell, Chairman, reported the results of nedy re-emphasized the need for an increased the investigation of the relative values of income to meet increasing costs, particularly principal Association activities. The Com- the increasing demands made on Association mittee hopes to establish goals within the Headquarters, and indicated there seemed no framework of the new Bylaws, based on the alternative but to raise the dues. recognized strength in the Association units. Chairman of the Advisory Council, Florine The increasing importance to libraries of Oltman, summarized the activities of the governmental activity on all levels was Council in serving as a forum for problems stressed in the first annual report of the of Divisions and Chapters and as a means of Governmental Relations Committee, Alice conveying membership opinion to the Board. D. Ball, Chairman. During its first year, the Membership standards and recruitment were Committee explored the extent of its proper of greatest importance this year in the dis- interests and actions, established ground- SEPTEMBER 1962 work to receive information and began to set membership brought forth comments reflect- up procedures for action when action is ing the spectrum of opinion on the desirable necessary. qualifications for this class of membership. A new recruitment brochure designed by Similar discussion showed the interest of the Recruitment Committee was displayed members in the Associate membership re- and discussed by the Chairman, Herbert quirements. A number of editorial correc- White. A particular feature of the brochure tions and changes for consistency were pro- is a tear-out form for the interested candidate posed, discussed and voted. The final motion to mail to request further information or a by Miss Kinder for approval for submission personal contact. Mr. White emphasized the on mail ballot to the members was passed importance of follow-up by local chairmen unanimously. on any of these requests. A further activity Helen Loftus announced the selection, was the preparation by the New York Chap- from 32 applications, of four winners of ter Recruitment Committee of one-page data $1,000 scholarships and the winner of a summaries on particular types of special li- $500 Cavanaugh Scholarship. braries. ~esolutions-of appreciat& for contribu- Seven John Cotton Dana Lectures are tions to the Convention were presented by being presented this year, to good response, Agnes- Gautreaux, and the motion for their and the series is to be continued. The Re- adoption was passed. cruitment Committee prepared two issues of The report of the Elections Committee the SLA Recr~z~itttzentNewsletter. to serve as was read by Mrs. Mary McDermott, after aids to Chapters. which President Jackson announced the elec- Elizabeth Walkey discussed the principal tion of the new officers and directors. Mrs. point from the Snrwe~of T~.amlntionsAc- Elizabeth B. Roth and Joan M. Hutchinson, tiz'itie.r i72 Uniz~ersitje.r,Societies ad lnd~s- Directors ; Ralph H. Phelps, Treasurer ; Rob- tq it? /be Fields of Science and Techzology, ert W. Gibson, Jr., Second Vice-president; completed under NSF grant, and noted that and Mrs. Mildred H. Brode, First Vice- a great amount of uncoordinated translation President and President-Elect, were called work is being done that could benefit from to the rostrum. planning. Aside from the Swuey the Trans- Miss Klahre in her first mesage to the lations Activities Committee was busy with Association related her remarks to President promotional activities, including brochures at Jackson's hope for a "Giant Stride," ex- the Seattle Fair, news releases and special pressing her wish that a series of important talks. steps taken each year would provide the Following these committee summaries, the impetus for the "Giant Stride." Mrs. Brode draft of the proposed Bylaws was presented called for gateful thanks to the retiring by Katharine L. Kinder, Chairman of the President and officers, after which the meet- Constitution and Bylaws Committee. After ing was adjourned at 6:20 P.M. the February Advisory Council Meeting, the Committee had revised its draft, rewording CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS for clarification and making changes ap- REVISION PASSED parently desired by the Council. Miss Kinder The membership overwhelmingly ap- and Ann Nicholson read the changes the proved the revision of the Constitution Committee proposed from the previously and Bylaws. The results of the official published draft and requested, item by item, count of the mail ballots is as follows: consideration by the meeting. Discussion was Valid 2298 encouraged to bring understanding of the Invalid 18 new provisions and to insure their validity. Total 2316 The meeting afforded the opportunity to re- Yes Vote 2189 vise the amendments prior to their submis- No Vote 109 sion on mail ballot. Total 2298 The wording of the section on Affiliate 384 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Treasurer's Report OLIVE E. KENNEDY

HE FINANCLAL statements of the Special berlthip Directory, which is not an expendi- T Libraries Association for the year ending ture in the 1961-62 statement. In addition, September 30, 1961, together with the report $4,761.15 came from income for receipts of of Price Waterhouse & Co., certified public dues. The reason for the increase in this accountants who examined the accounts, were amount is that many of the Associate Mem- published in Special Libraries, January 1962. bers, whose status was reviewed, elected to The Treasurer reports that the finances of become Active Members. We welcome their the Association show a deficit for the third choice. However, do not assume that the in- consecutive year. The actual expenses of crease in receipts of membership dues $152,341.86 exceeded the actual income of changed the picture. $146,352.88, leaving a deficit of $5,988.98. From these figures, it is obvious that the This compares with the budgeted deficit of Association needs additional dues to func- $17,275 approved by the Executive Board. tion. For the year 1959-60, the income from For the period ending September 30, 1961, dues, $84,616.80 was 63 per cent of the as reported by the auditors, the excess of total expenditures, $1 33,852.00. In 1960-61, expenditures over income amounted to the dues collected, $85,764.18 was 56 per $5,988.98. As voted by the membership, any cent of the total expenditures, $152,341.86. 'tmount over $50,000 in the General Reserve A review of the special funds for the six Fund is transferred to the General Fund each months ending March 31, 1961, indicates gear. This transfer from the General Reserve that two of the funds no longer exist. The Fund to the General Fund might be con- SLA Birthday Fund (John Cotton Dana sidered a reduction in the deficit of $5,988.98 Lectures) has been expended. to $1,998.98. The amount of funds to be The balance of $526.34 in the Eleanor S. transferred each year cannot be predeter- Cavanaugh Scholarship Fund has been trans- mined to help our budgetary problem. ferred to the ~cholar;hip and Student Loan The General Fund balance as of Septem- Fund. A Cavanaugh Scholarship was one of ber 30, 1960 was $72,130.37. The balance the awards given by this Fund in 1962. '1s of September 30, 1961 was $70,357.81. The Equipment Reserve Fund is increased The difference represents $5,988.98, the $500 each year, the amount being transferred deficit for the year ending September 30, from the General Fund. This amount, plus 1961, plus $4,000 transferred from the $25 interest, increased the fund to $2,525. General Reserve Fund and $216.42 trans- The Life Membership Account has one ferred from the Life Membership Fund. new Life membershi*. The interest on the Since these statements were published, the account and the new membership brings the statement of income, expenditures and total to $3,388.28. changes in the General Fund balance for the The Translations Center Fund operated SIX months ending March 31, 1962, have from a grant given by the National Science been made available. Excess of income over Foundation and a contract with the U. S. expenditures for 1961-62 is $52,581.12, Office of Technical Ser%ices.The budget for which is $13,070.44 greater for the same this Fund is separate from the Association period in 1960-61. The increased number of budget. However, the Association admin- exhibitors at the Annual Convention in San lsters the finances of the Fund. Francisco added to the increase in Conven- The Publications Fund has a balance of tion receipts, $3,429. This amount varies and $30,625.99 as of March 31, 1962. Income cannot be counted as a steady income. In the from sales has increased over the same pe- same period in 1960-61, the Association had nod in 1960-61. Production and selling ex- expenses of $2,511.66 for the 1960 Menz- penses have increased. A committee has been SEPTEMBER 1962 appointed to study the Publications Fund, upon you. Among the questions asked in the and it is hoped that a report will be made in Treasurer's report for 1960-61 was, "Shall the fall of this year. we raise dues?" On the basis of the figures The Finance Committee, with the prior presented in this report that there is a deficit approval of the Executive Board, has in- of $5,988.98, which the transfer of $4,000 vested $24,956.94 of the authorized $30,000 might be considered as reducing it to of the General Reserve Fund in the follow- $1,988.98, the indication is that there is no ing mutual funds securities: alternative but to raise dues. To maintain the

Stein, Roe & Farnham Balanced Fund dividend reinvested

Johnston Mutual Fund dividend reinvested

Loomis-Sayles Mutual Fund dividend reinvested

Scudder, Stevens and Clark Common Stock Fund Stein, Roe & Farnham Stock Fund

Investment in the last two named Funds Association, a sound fiscal policy is necessary. was recently made, and this is the reason no The Association strives to implement profes- dividends have been received. The Finance sional projects and to expand programs. How Committee is planning to invest the remain- can this be accomplished financially? The ing $5,000 of the authorized $30,000 in the answer to the question of last year is, "Yes, Scudder, Stevens and Clark Balanced Fund we should raise dues." as soon as government securities are cashed. I wish to thank the membership, the offi- Re-emphasizing the financial picture, which cers and especially the staff at Headquarters the Treasurer gave in her report of last year, for their confidence in me and for their as- the Association needs an increased income. It ~istanceduring these past two years. has no endowment nor large investment from CONVENTION PAPERS which it can obtain revenue. We have an The following convention papers will be published energetic membership and it wants service. It as complete articles, extracts or revisions in future is entitled to have it. However, costs are issues of Special Librarie~. This list is not com- mounting. Supplies, payroll taxes, postage plete but contains the papers accepted as of Au- gust 17. have increased expenditures. These are only ANDREWS,Elliot. Staff Organization. a few reasons why our expenditures have in- BOWMAN,Raymond T. The Publication of Federal creased. Undoubtedly you have had more Statistics. demands on your library time and budget HAMRICK,Lillian. The Art of Progress. HEILIGER. Edward. Applications for Advanced than you had five to ten years ago. And I Data Processing Techniques to University Li- know that the demands on time and budget brary Procedures. have increased at Association Headquarters. KARTH,Joseph E. Libraries in the Space Age. ORGAIN,Marian M. Problems of Reorganizing a In order to meet the demands of members, Newspaper Library. we need a competent staff at Headquarters SWANSON,Don R. Library Goals and the Role of just as you do on your library staffs. We have Automation. such a staff and have had a loyal one for TILLEY,William R. Scientific Information Activi- ties at NBS. many years. How much more they can do for VORMELKER,Rose L. Goals to be Reached in us, the members of this Association, depends Newspaper Libraries Through Standards. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Advisory Council Report

FLORINE OLTMAN, Advisory Council Chairman

HE ADVISORYCouncil has continued to permit liberalization in Associate and Af- T serve as a forum for discussion of prob- filiate memberships. lems of Divisions and Chapters as well as a National Library Week participation and means of conveying opinion to committee recruitment activities were emphasized to the chairmen and officers of the Association. It group. has also provided communication from the Feeling was expressed that on matters of Executive Board to the leaders of the major significance in amendment proceedings, each groups of the Association. member should be given an opportunity to Sessions were held at Dearborn Inn, Mich- vote by mail ballot. igan, February 15th and lbth, 1962, with 25 Increasing maturity in the manner of pres- Chapters, 13 Divisions and 15 Standing entation of problems and points of view has Committees represented. Standards for mem- been observed. bership were a source of major concern of It has been a pleasure to serve as the Chapters. In general the feeling was to main- Chairman of the Council during the past tain standards for Active membership, but to year. Resolutions of Appreciation Adopted at the Annual Meeting Resolutions Reference Committee, Agnes A. Gautreaux, Chairman

WHEREAS,the Association in this sixth year of last, but not least, the Convention Treasurer, the Space Age has been guided in its professional Jack S. Goodwin; and other activities by one who combines compe- The Washington, D. C. Chapter for its role as tence, directness and a winning personality, punc- host of the 53rd Annual Convention, for its co- tuated occasionally by a touch of humor, and who sponsorship of the opening reception in the Ex- further applied his administrative talents to the hibit Hall and also for its part in arranging continuing study of the problems pertaining to visits to libraries and other research facilities in Headquarters' operation. the metropolitan area; BE IT RESOLVED:That the Special Libraries As- The Reverend Maurice H. Hopson, for the invo- sociation hereby expresses its sincere gratitude to cation at the Opening General Session; its 1961-1962 President, Eugene B. Jackson. L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress, and BE IT RESOLVED:That the members of the Asso- to J. Heston Heald, President of the Washington, ciation further express their sincere appreciation D. C. Chapter, for their formal welcome to the for the time and energies expended in planning Convention ; and executing the 53rd Annual Convention, spe- Dr. Detlev W. Bronk for an inspiring Keynote cifically to: Address, which highlighted the Convention's Dr. Arch Gerlach, Convention Chairman, for en- theme, "Progress Through Knowledge." espe- gineering an enjoyable and meaningful Conven- cially in the fields of science and technology; tion while at the same time instilling a calming The Metals Division for arranging the embassy tours influence on his Convention associates; the Con- and to the Ambassador of Indonesia, Dr. Zairin vention Committees, whose Chairmen were: Mrs. Zain, and his staff; to Akateni Genichi, Cultural Elsa Freeman, Convention Program ; Joseph S. Fre- Counselor of the Embassy of Japan; to Dr. Mah- son, Exhibits; Mrs. Ruth Hooker, Hospitality; moud F. Hoballah, Director, Islamic Center, for Mrs. Pauline Jennings, Assistant Chairman, Hos- their gracious and generous offer of their facili- pitality; Burton W. Adkinson, Information; Ralph ties for these embassy tours held for benefit of Sullivan, Information; Paul Burnette, Local Ar- the Association's Scholarship and Student Loan rangements; Margaret F. Brickett, Meals and Ban- Fund ; quet; Bernard Fry, Printing; Karl A. Baer, Pub- Verner W. Clapp, for presiding at the second licity; Mrs. Margaret Bryant, Registration; Agnes General Session and to Ralph R. Shaw, Donald A. Gautreaux, Transportation and Tours; and R. Swanson and Edward Heiliger for participating SEPTEMBER 1962 in a lively and informative discussion of research and Edythe C. Porpa, Publications and Public Re- sponsored by the Council on Library Resources, lations Assistant; Inc.; The Management of the Sheraton-Park and Shore- Dr. Paul A. Siple, Banquet speaker, who recre- ham Hotels for making available their excellent ated the highlights of his lifelong work in ~~t~~~-facilities and services throughout this Convention, tica, and vernerW, clapp, who interspersed specifically David Stubblefield of the Sheraton- Park and John MacMertaugh of the Shoreham, levity with the more serious moments; who have been especially helpful and cooperative The Headquarters' staff for a year's job well done. in meeting the needs for space and equipment; specifically to Bill M. Woods, Executive Secre- ~~~t~f~lacknowledgement is also extended to tary, and to his staff: Grace Reynolds, Assistant the exhibitors, not only for their financial and Executive Secretary; Mary L. Allison. Publications moral support but also for the ideas and useful and Public Relations Director; Mrs. Emily B. materials or equipment. . that they have introduced Shoemaker, Accounts and Records Department; to us in well-managed exhibits.

-- Special Libraries Association Membership, April 30,1962

ATE Alabama 12 Baltimore 1 Boston 40 Cincinnati 11 Cleveland 18 Colorado 11 Connecticut Valley 15 Georgia 11 Greater St. Louis 6 Heart of America 7 Illinois 29 Indiana 7 Louisiana 7 Michigan 27 Minnesota 9 Montreal 2 3 New Jersey 3 4 New York 130 Oak Ridge 1 Oklahoma 1 Philadelphia 3 1 Pittsburgh 20 Pujiet Sound 11 Rio Grande 11 San Diego 10 San Francisco 49 Southern California 52 Texas 7 Toronto 30 Washington, D. C. 52 Western New York 17 Wisconsin 8 Unaffiliated U.S. & Canada 11 Outside U.S. & Canada 1 - 710

IBOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING- The Fall Meeting of the Board of Directors will be held at the Belmont- Plaza Hotel in New York City, September 27-28, 1962.

388 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Executive Secretary's Report BILL M. WOODS

ERHAPS WE'RE getting sensitive in our under which the Board does business is the P Association maturity (15 years a member, Constitution and Bylaws. Membership stand- nearly three as Executive Secretary), but ards, rules governing determination of dues, sometimes we're alarmed and amazed to read duties of officers and other pertinent regula- or hear comments like these: "The latest tions are outlined here. SLA book is no good and no wonder because Association Headquarters, administered by 'Headquarters' hasn't developed a publica- the Executive Secretary, is responsible for tions program." "My friend was denied administering the programs and policies ap- membership in the Association because proved by the membership and by the Ex- 'Headquarters' has set up objectionable mem- ecutive Board. It is imperative that the Ex- bership requirements." "There are too many ecutive Secretary apply the approved rules to sessions at this Convention on informational all in the same way. All programs, of course, retrieval because 'Headquarters' is out of must be conducted within the budget pro- touch on what members want." "My Divi- vided by approval of the Executive Board. sion didn't get its annual allotment because What then is Headquarters? It is the 'Headquarters' has devised some absurd fi- membership, the President, the Executive nancial standards." "Do you know why ALA Board, the Advisory Council, the Executive and not SLA got a story in magazine X, be- Secretary and staff acting in concert. cause 'Headquarters' hasn't developed a pub- We will attempt to describe some of the lic relations program.'' "And 'Headquarters' 1961-1962 accomplishments and activities of is probably planning to raise the dues." And Special Libraries kssociation in which Asso- then there are the favorable comments about ciation Headquarters has participated. "Headquarters." Membership What is Headquarters? Is it the Associa- Association Headquarters has several re- tion President? Is it the Executive Board? Is sponsibilities in connection with membership. it the Advisory Council? Is it the Executive First, it assists the Admissions Committee in Secretary? Is it the paid staff of the Associa- the review of membership applications. Ac- tion ? cepted and denied members are informed of A major accomplishment of the Goals for the Committee's decision. Dues invoices are 1770 Committee is the SLA Organization prepared and dues collected and recorded. Chart that was published in the March 1962 Plates are maintained for mailing purposes. issue of Special Libraries. Shown at the cen- Finally, changes are reported to subunits of ter of the Association are the individual the Association and membership statistics members. The members elect the Executive compiled. Board, they elect most members of the Ad- Since January 1, 1962, a total of 538 new visory Council, and they elect other officers members have been accepted ; 43 1 have paid of Chapters, Divisions, Groups and Sections. as of May 17. From June ]-December 31, The Executive Secretary is the Associa- 1761, 251 persons were accepted; 171 paid. tion's chief staff officer, is hired by the Ex- New members since the first of 1762 have ecutive Board and is responsible to the Board qualified as follows: and to the chief elected officer, the President. Active 152 Although the Executive Board is responsible Associate 137 for formulating rules of operation, they seek Affiliate 7 the advice of committees, of Chapters, of Student 128 Divisions, individually and through the Ad- Emeritus 1 visory Council and, of course, the member- Sustaining 6 ship. The membership-originated document Total 431 SEPTEMBER 1962 Active Associate Affiliate Student Life Emeritus Honorary Sustaining Institutional

Total

4: Retired. The approximate membership count on Sustaining membership campaign. Privileges May 17, 1962, was 5,418 as compared to of the Sustaining Member, particularly in 5,215 in 1961 and 1960, 5,063 in 1959 and publication benefits, have been increased sub- 5,209 in 1958. The breakdown by class of stantially and most make liberal use of the membership for this date was as shown above. privilege. A total of 58 applications have been Dues collection during the first two quar- denied since June 1, 1961. Of some 25 past ters of the fiscal year have been unusually denials eligible for membership in 1962, five successful. Total amounts collected are illus- joined voluntarily, four joined upon invita- trated below. tion, two are pending. An extensive review of the status of 610 pre-1959 Associate members by the Admis- sions Committee has been completed with these results: It has been the practice for several years to mail a first dues invoice on November 1 and 247 are now Active members a second on March 1. A member is dropped 219 have been made permanent Associates on March 31 for nonpayment of dues in ac- 26 resigned (a few in protest) cordance with a constitutional provision. In 110 were dropped for nonpayment of dues addition, in mid-February each Chapter re- 6 will be billed for Active membership ceives the names of Cha~termembers who in 1963 have not renewed their memberships. It has 2 became Emeritus members been difficult to determine the use and value In the regular 1962 review of Associate of this list. Although all Chapters were members, 127 members were considered. Of asked to inform Association Headquarters as that number, 59 have become Active, six to the effectiveness of this reminder proce- qualified as permanent Associates, 11 have dure, only four did so in 1962. Two Chap- had their review date changed, two hare re- ters in particular reported on successful efforts signed, 39 have been billed for Active mem- to get members to renew for 1962. Sixty-nine bership but have not yet paid, and 20 have per cent success was reported by one Chapter not responded to the regular review form. for Active and Associate members, 57 per The Associate members still tend to be cent reported by another. In the other in- temporary or transitory members. stances ' the chapter hesitated to follow The present total of 119 Sustaining mem- through on the delinquents lest feelings be bers is the largest total to date. Very little hurt. A letter of resignation was also sug- has been done to increase this total, although gested. The fourth Chapter, through the at the time this class of membership was es- Membership Chairman, reprimanded the tablished it was considered to be a major Chapter President for not forwarding the source of income. Still to be conducted is a list to him until some six weeks after receipt

SPECIAL LIBRARIES and Association Headquarters for not sup- the projected large deficit in the 1960-61 plying a carbon of the list. This reminder budget materialized into one of $1,988.98. list will be continued in 1963 only if other Executive Board approval of investments Chapters report interest and use. One Divi- in mutual funds has been handled by the sion felt that they, too, should have such a Executive Secretary for the Finance Commit- list or at least that members should be given tee. The following are now held : more than three notices before being dropped! July 27, 1961 Regularly it is pointed out that the Asso- ciation spends a considerable amount of time Stein, Roe & Farnham Balanced Fund, Inc. and money providing to various subunits a 129 shares @ $38.64 $4,984.56 record of changes in membership. Pertinent Earnings of $311.09 reinvested figures for the past year are presented below. 137.956 shares held April 30, 1962 New and reinstated members 772 December 7, 1961 Members changed name, address Loomis-Sayles Mutual Funds or affiliation 2,231 290 shares @ $17.23 $4,996.70 Earnings of $29 reinvested Cards for changes sent Chapters, Groups, Divisions and Sections 11,587 291.7364 shares held April 30, 1962 Total number of cards made for December 8, 1961 all purposes 28,084 Johnston Mutual Fund, Inc. 318.066 shares @ $15.72 $5,000 The Chapter Liaison Officer during the Earnings of $22.01 reinvested year polled the Chapters on the frequency 319.567 shares held April 30, 1962 with which they would be willing to receive notice of changes on membership. Twenty- February 28, 1962 five of the 32 Chapters replied with 19 fa- Stein, Roe & Farnham Stock Fund voring monthly rather than the present weekly 146 shares @ $34.08 $4,975.68 schedule. Some Chapters would likely be February 28, 1962 concerned with monthly notification if the Scudder, Stevens & Clark Fund, Inc. impatience displayed in the past is any in- 244.499 shares @ $20.45 $5,000 dication. There has been no similar expression from the Divisions. On the basis of the An equal amount ($5,000) of the Scudder, & Chapter vote, it is recommended that the Stevens Clark Balanced Fund is currentlvi frequency of membership changes sent for being purchased. all subunits be changed from weekly to bi- Upon recommendation of the Finance Committee, the Executive Board approved weekly for a one-year trial period. A A Under a plan presented to the Executive cashing of the government securities before Board in February, statistics of membership maturity. This money and savings in other will be prepared on April 30 for use in de- funds has been deposited in six accounts in termining the Membership Gavel Award, the five California savings and loan associations second allotment to Chapters and Divisions where the interest rates are higher than in and for budget purposes. A September 30 New York. count will determine the first allotment. A December 31 single figure count will also be Placement Service and Personnel reported. All other counts will be discon- Several major changes in personnel oc- tinued. curred during the year. On March 15, Grace E. Reynolds, formerly Librarian, Railway As- Finances sociation of Canada, assumed the position of Close liaison has been maintained with Assistant to Executive Secretary. This posi- the Finance Committee in connection with tion had been filled on a temporary basis the 1961-62 Association budget, the invest- from September until March by Fannie Si- ment of the General Reserve Fund of the mon, for a four-week period in late May and Association and on other matters. Happily, June by Genevieve Ford, and in part during SEPTEMBER 1962 Piacement Activities May 1, 1961-April 30, 1962, Compared with the Same Period 1960-1961 Headquarters Chapters Total

New Positions Positions Listed 4/30 New Applicants Applicants Listed 4/30 Placements

S 3,000-3,999 4,000-4,977 5,000-5,999 6,000-6,997 7,000-9,979 10,000 and over Temporary and Part-time the summer by Mrs. JoAnn Beths, Placement placements were made as compared to 154 Assistant. Miss Reynolds' principal responsi- last year. Of the total, a nearly equal number bilities are in connection with the Placement were credited to 27 of the 31 Chapters main- Service, Addressing Service, the scholarship taining the Service (109) and to the Head- program and the handling of personnel and quarters Service (101). Over-all there was a other interviews (422 during the year) at 21 per cent increase in placements. Association Headquarters. Edythe C. Porpa, formerly with the SLW- Convention i/~g.~Bnnk Jozrrml, became Publications and Principal responsibility for the Annual Public Relations Assistant on April 1. Other Convention rests with the host Chapter and staff appointments were Gail D. Cohen as primarily with the Convention Chairman. Secretary to the Executi1.e Secretary, Bernice The Executive Secretary and Association Spitzer as Editorial Secretary and Arlene Headquarters do, though, have responsibility Goodman as Publications Accounts and Rec- for all preliminary arrangements, the sale of ords Assistant, a newly created position. exhibit space and program advertising and The appointment of a Placement Policy national publicity, and provide general ad- Committee a year ago has already had de- vice and counsel. sirable effects on the Placement Service of For the Washington Convention a total of the Association. The Committee, through an 71 exhibit booths were used by 59 exhibitors. August 1761 memo, stimulated discussion of Twenty pages of Convention program ad- the Service on the part of the Chapters. One vertising were purchased. Approximate in- of the responsibilities assigned to Miss Reyn- come to date is $12,944 for exhibits, $1,070 olds has been a staff study of the Service and for advertising. Final profit figures for suggestions for possible changes. A prelimi- the 1961 San Francisco Convention were nary report was presented to the Committee $5,868.05. and to Chapter Employment Chairmen at the In connection with the 1962 Convention, Washington, D. C. meeting. There is staff several trips were made to Washington, to confidence that the placement activity of the Denver in late April for preliminary plan- Association can be strengthened. ning for the 1963 Convention and to Mont- There was a noticeable increase in the real in October in connection with the 1969 Service during the year. A total of 210 Convention. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Sales Since Publication to April 30, 1962

Commodity Prices Jan. 1960 Per.ronue1 Survey March 1960 Checklist Aug. 1960 Divectory of Members Dec. 1960 Metallzt~.~icalInformation May 1961 Loan Collectio~Guide July 1961 Petro/eum Statistics Nov. 1961

Publications SLA Bibliography No. 4 has received final Three books have been published by the approval from the Nonserial Publications Association since the last Annual Report. Committee as has Dr. Anthony T. Kruzas' Early in July 1961 a completely revised and Dez~elopme~ztof Special Libraries in Arneri- expanded 5th edition of Guide to the SLA ran Busines.r azd Industry. The Business and Lou12 Collectiolr of Classificatiolz Schemes Finance Division's project, Directory of and Subject Headilzg Lists was issued. The Busi?zess and Filzancial Services, is currently Guide, compiled by Bertha R. Barden and being reviewed by the Committee. Edited by Barbara Denison, lists 788 available schemes Mary A. McNierney, this will be the 6th and lists in the Loan Collection at the West- edition of the former Haudbook of Corn- ern Reserve University School of Library mercial, Finaucial and Informatio~zServices. Science. The Rio Grande Chapter's Dictio?zary of Re- The Petroleum Section's work, U. S. port Series Codes, the New York Chapter's Sources of Pet~.oleumavd Natural Gas Sta- Special Libraries: How to Plan and Equip tistics, edited by Hall of Famer Mrs. Mar- Them, edited by Chester M. Lewis, and the garet Miller Rocq, was published in No- Insurance Division's Sour.ces of Insura?zce vember and since then has received numerous Statistics, edited by Elizabeth Ferguson, are favorable reviews and comments in trade and all in final stages of preparation. technical journals. Work on other publications, including the Latest to be published early in May was tentatively titled Ha~dboohfor Special Li- Guide to Special Issues and Indexes of Pe- braries, edited by John P. Binnington, is riodical~.a project of the Advertising Group, progressing. Work is beginning on second New York Chapter, and edited by Doris B. editions of Picture Sources and Tram1~t01.s Katz, Charlotte Madison and Mary Marga- and Tramlatiom: Sewices dnd Sources. ret Regan. Royalties (30 per cent of net profit) paid All have been publicized widely, through to sponsoring Chapters and Divisions during direct mailings to librarians and subject the year were as shown below. specialists as well as to large public and In the year ending April 30, 1962, a total university libraries. Press releases and review of 4,563 items were sold for a total income copies were distributed to the major media, of $14,117.10 compared to 4,310 books and and advertisements were carried in Special $14,165.15 a year ago. Since January 1, Libraries, Library Jourzal, Library Associa- 1962, a handling charge of $1.50 has been tion Record and Aslib Proceedilzgs. charged the Publications Fund for each book The coming year promises a busy publish- sold. An October time-cost study determined ing schedule. Rosemary Neiswender's Guide that the average order-processing time for to Rn.rsia?z Reference and Language Aids: each book sold was approximately 31 min-

Picture Division Picture Sources $142.31 Georgia Chapter Translators and Tran.rlatiolr'~ 93.20 Insurance Division National Insurame Orgnnizatiom 11.84 Metals Division Guide to Metallurgical Information 17.37 Business and Finance Division Sotlrces of Commodity Prices 72.80 SEPTEMBER 1962 393 utes and the time cost $1.19. The additional of May 17 there were 1,488 paid subscrip- charge has permitted employment of an as- tions. This income totaled $11,174 and the sistant to handle bookkeeping, billing and sale of 1,133 back issues $849.18. inventory duties. Adz:er.fi~ing Special Libraries Revenue from advertising increased $1,9 13 from the same period a year ago to give an income of $15,856. The May-June issue One of the best sources of papers for alone netted $2,219 and included 22 7/s pages Speciul Lib~af,iesis the Annual Convention. of advertising, the largest to date. Total ad- Of the 84 talks delivered at the 1961 Con- vertising space was 163 7/s pages, compared vention, 44 were received by the Committee with 145 7/8 pages for the previous ten is- for evaluation. Of these, 26 were accepted sues. During the past five years there has for publication, including papers on ab- been a 58 per cent gain in advertising in- stracting and indexing services and transla- come. tion activities and problems, which formed the nucleus of two special issues. In addi- Student Subscription Rdte tion the Special Libraries Committee and Several times in the past two years the Editor considered 61 other manuscripts, of suggestion has been made that special dis- which 22 were accepted, 35 rejected, two tribution of Specinl Lihat.ies to students be accepted conditionally and two still being considered. considered. Seventy-three feature articles or Both the 1960-61 and the 1961-62 Re- reports were published in the journal during cruitment and Special Libraries Committees the July-May period. In addition to the Con- have endorsed the idea, as did the 1961-62 vention papers, 25 articles were solicited, Finance Committee. which considered the five were derived from Chapter sources and proposal in detail. No expression either of 18 were accepted unsolicited manuscripts. approval or disapproval was received from Although six fewer articles were published the 1961-62 Membership Committee. than during the preceding year, pagination Contingent upon the Executive Board's of the 1961 volume totaled 600 pages, the decision regarding the Finance Committee's largest ever. Growth may be attributed both recommendation of an increase in the sub- to the increase in advertising and the number scription price of Special Librzr.ie.r, it is rec- of lengthy articles and bibliographies. Fuller ommended that Special Librwies be avail- reports and news of meetings, projects and able to students in recognized library schools, research of interest were carried. To help and so certified by the school's dean or di- improve the quality and coverage of the rector, at half price or $5 a year. It is further journal still further, Alberta L. Brown and recommended that Student members of the Dr. I. A. Warheit were appointed consultants Association be allowed to subscribe at the to the Committee, and their advice and as- special annual rate of $2 in addition to an- sistance will be sought in planning future nual membership dues of $2. Subscriptions special issues and articles. would not be available for a period of less A new feature beginning in January 1962 than one year but may run from September was the supplement News a~zdNotes inserted through July-August or July-August through into the middle of the journal. This is de- May-June. voted entirely to Association news and re- places the former Bulletilz. It will appear Public Relations four times a year. On other occasions an attempt has been made to define public relations. It is thought much easier to show what public relations is. Monthly circulation July 1961-May 1962 averaged 6,722, compared to 6,533 for the Exhibits previous year and 6,327 the year before. As One of the most effective means of SPECIAL LIBRARIES acquainting others with the objectives of especially mentioned the Association and its special librarianship and Special Libraries Consultation Service. Contact with the edi- Association is through displays and exhibits. tors of Mucbine Design, iMediu Fact Fzle and SLA exhibited for the first time at the ALA Book Production Magazine will likely result Conference in Cleveland in July 1961 and in articles on some aspect of special library did so again in June in Miami Beach. In service. Photographs as well as information November the Public Relations Director at- have been provided in a number of cases, tended the AD1 Boston meeting and manned and reference works as Collier's Enc~clope- the Association's booth. The Translations dia, Occupational Handbook and the Aslib Center exhibit has been shown at a total of Handbook of Special Librurianship have sent 13 scientific and technical meetings and in proofs of material to be checked for accuracy public and university libraries. Other prin- and updating. cipal meetings at which the Association has exhibited are the National Metals Congress, Press Releases Joint Tennessee Library Association, Ameri- Throughout the year 28 news releases can Association for the Advancement of have been written and mailed to library and Science, Annual Congress for Librarians at other appropriate trade and technical jour- St. Johns University, National Girl Scout nals including SLA Chapter and Division Jamboree, Catholic Library Association and bulletins. A number were prepared at the New Mexico Library Association. Display request of Association committees that wished materials, which are noted on an available to publicize their activities and achievements. list, have been supplied on numerous other Thus four releases dealt with the SLA occasions, and a number of new books were scholarship program, three related to trans- sent to the Combined Book Exhibit for dis- lations and the Translations Center, three play at nine state library association meetings. concerned SLA's participation in National Library Week and two described the new re- Promotional Materd~ cruitment brochure and other recruitment The blue brochure, "Activities and Organ- items. In addition four releases announced ization" was completely rewritten and greatly the publication of books, two described the expanded to include descriptions of the Convention, five covered Association awards membership, publications and programs of and five were devoted to Association officers Divisions and Sections. The format of this, and a staff appointment. All were used in the Loan Collection and Publications bro- total or in part by a number of periodicals. chures was changed and printed with two- color covers. A new recruitment brochure, Nedia Lists "What is a Special Librarian?" was prepared In addition to a file of state, regional, na- in cooperation with the Recruitment Com- tional and international library journals, the mittee. Public Relations De~artmentmaintains Ad- Articles dressograph plates for the major news and Business and technical journals have car- book reviewing media in the subject fields of ried an increasing number of articles on li- the Association's Divisions. They were all braries and information handling during the set up specifically to help Divisions and year, and many editors and writers have con- Chapters publicize publications, large meet- tacted the Association for information. Last ings and projects. On five different occasions July the Wall Street Journal called attention it has been called to the attention of Chapters to the shortage and need for librarians in a and Divisions, yet this past year only one front page story, and other features for Association unit took advantage of this free which SLA provided data have appeared in service by submitting copy for a release on its Adnzinistt*ative Management, Management union list of serials. Methods, Nanagement Review, Comment, Institution Magazine and Prentice-Hall news- Meetings and Visits letters for plant and office managers. Many Representation of the Association at meet- SEPTEMBER 1962 ings and special affairs and in other dealings 1962 he taught in the Graduate School of with other associations is a recognized func- Library Science at Drexel Institute of Tech- tion of an association headquarters. The nology. principal activities will be mentioned al- The Public Relations Director has been though representation by an officially desig- elected to the Executive Board of the Library nated SLA re~resentativeis not noted and Public Relations Council and the Executive others have been mentioned elsewhere in this Secretary to the New York Library Club. report. Other meetings attended by stdff were the The Executive Secretary represented SLA Eastern College Librarians Conference, the on the Council of National Library Associa- Medical Library Association regional meet- tions (CNLA) and served as a Trustee, ing in Philadelphia, New York regional Re- Chairman of the Committee on New Mem- sources and Technical Services Group and bers and on the Committees for the Bowker. the ALA Midwinter Conference. A?zizna/, Planning for CNLA Executive Sec- Among visitors to Associ~tion Head- retariat and Protecting Cultural and Sci- quarters was Horst Ernestus, Executive Sec- entific Resources, on the Joint Committee on retary of the Association of German Public Exhibit Managers and is the newly elected Libraries, who spent the week of December 4 Secretary-Treasurer. He also represented the studying Association management. ~ssociationon the ~ederation-of Manage- ment Organizations (FOMO) in which he Ofher.Acticities served on the Educational Survey Committee Cooperative efforts with the Recruitment and is the 1962 Treasurer. members hi^ in Committee have produced two issues of the the American Society of Association Execu- Recruitmelzt Nezv.r/etter., and two issues of a tives, New York Society of Association Ex- new Pzlhlic Relntiom Nezc~sletterwere issued ecutives and National Association of Exhibit for the Public Relations Committee. Close Managers involved several local meetings. liaison with the SLA National Library Week During the year the Executive Secretary Representative has resulted in several re- has been able to attend Chapter meetings in leases, several stories in Speclrll Libr.nr.les and Michigan, New Jersey and in New York, in the National Library Week Publicity several Group meetings in New York and Award. Cooperative public relations with the Metals Division fall meeting in Detroit. the Office of Technical Services has resulted SLA was represented by staff a; the dedica- in an initial release, and additional stories tion of the Dag Hammersjkold United Na- are planned. tions Library and the National Library of Medicine. The Executive Secretary served on MisceHaneous the Advisory Committee for the St. Johns Because an Association activity is classed Annual Congress for Librarians and with miscellaneous in this report is no indication the Public Relations Assistant attended the of the value of the program or indicative of Congress. The Assistant to Executive Secre- the amount of staff participation. It is merely tary and the Publications and Public Rela- a convenient grouping. tions Director attended the Chemist Club Interim files of correspondence were put Library Symposium. in good order, Archives were relocated, and The Executive Secretary has presented progress was made on the library. All this talks at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn College, St. was accomplished through the brief employ- Johns University and the University of ment of an experienced classifier, and work Denver, at a meeting of Long Island special of the Archives Committee and the staff, librarians, at a New York Library Manpower who celebrated National Library Week by Conference in Albany, before the Fifth An- playing librarian." nual Illinois Land Surveyors Conference in The Executive Secretary worked closely Urbana and served as a recorder at the West- with the Translations Activities Committee ern Reserve University Institute on the Fu- on Translations Center programs, including ture of Library Education. In the summer of the Translation Survey. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Scholarship applications from 42 appli- meeting in Cleveland with the Committee in cants were processed for the Scholarship and August 1961 and with the Chairman in May Student Loan Fund Committee. A total of to discuss the request for a grant to enlarge 241 applications were supplied. Contribu- the scope of the Loan Collection of Classifi- tions totaling $7,950.10 were received for cation Schemes and Subject Heading Lists at the Fund. Details of payment to seven schol- the Western Reserve University School of arship winners and twb loan grantees were Library Science. A total of 63 referrals were handled. made to the Collection. The average distribution of lechnical Distribution of recruitment and other free Book Review Index for the first five months materials has always been an important func- of 1962 was 1,712 compared to 1,634 in tion of Association Headquarters. In the past 1961 and 1,606 in 1960. 1,760 copies were year more than 19,000 copies of the five mailed in March. A contract agreement be- principal items have been sent out. In addi- tween the Association and the Carnegie Li- tion another 10,000 promotional brochures brary of Pittsburgh, where TBRI is edited and reprints have been sent persons inter- by Anthony A. Martin, was discussed with ested in special librarianship or Special Li- the TBRI Committee in early May during a braries Association. visit to Pittsburgh. Special Libraries Association in 1961-62 At the Midwinter Dearborn Executive has had many accomplishments. Your Execu- Board meeting the offer of Scientific ~Zleethzgs tive Secretary has appreciated the opportunity as an Association ~ublicationwas acce~ted. to participate in achieving them and to work Association Headquarters has appointed Mrs. with the officers, Committee Chairmen, Marian Patterson Holleman as editor and Chapter Presidents, Division Chairmen, Spe- will handle production, subscriptions, dis- cial Representatives and hundreds of mem- tribution and promotion. bers who contribute their professional It is hard to assess accurately membership abilities. At this time though we want to reaction to the Addressing Service provided acknowledge especially the loyal efforts of to commercial interests. Careful screenine" is the Association Headquarters staff-to de- done to avoid use of a charitable or solicitous partment heads Grace Reynolds, Mary L. motive or not related to interests of the Allison and Mrs. Emily B. Shoemaker and members. Varied comments have been re- to their assistants. The Association and I ceived. One member accused the Service of owe them the deepest appreciation. making her name available to insurance salesmen; another urged greater use of the Serv- Recommendations ice as a source of income; another protested 1. It is recommended that the frequency of that nothing received was of interest and membership changes sent all subunits be that she found out about items of interest changed from weekly to biweekly for a one- eventually through other ways; another year trial period. pointed out the value of a particular notice 2. It is recommended that Specid/ Lib~.ar.ies that had otherwise escaped her attention. A be made available to students in recognized total of 97 outside runnings plus 49 Di- library schools, and so certified by the schools' vision runnings produced an income of dean or director, at half-price or $5 a year. $3,446.55. It is further recommended that Student mem- Some 88 referrals were made to Chapter bers of the Association be allowed to sub- Consultants, and 16 requests for Professional scribe at the special annual rate of $2, in ad- Consultants resulted in the recommendation dition to annual membership dues of $2. of 83 names (36 persons). The Executive Subscriptions would not be available for less Secretary met with the Consultation Service than one year but may run from September Committee in Detroit in early May for a through July-August or July-August through discussion of Committee plans. May-June. Association Headquarters assisted the work EDITOR'S NOTE: The Executive Board approved of the Special Classifications Committee by both recommendations. SEPTEMBER 1962 Chapter Relations Committee Report WILLIAM S. BUDINGTON, Chapter Liaison Officer

It is perhaps something of a misnomer to im- and Rio Grande. Our "image" was considered in ply by titles that "liaison" or "Chapter relations" Connecticut Valley, Toronto and Wisconsin. Mech- can be thoroughgoing, when nearly all of 32 anization of routines and information retrieval Chapters carry on enterprising and semi-autono- were examined in Cincinnati, Connecticut Valley, mous programs. Assistance and advice to Chap- Indiana, Minnesota and New Jersey. Illinois ters and to Association activities needing Chap- scheduled a series of four weekly evening study ter cooperation have been the Committee's aim this sessions, culminating in an all-day conference year, as always. Four letters went to all Chapter with papers and demonstrations, with well over Presidents relating to fiscal and other reports. 100 persons going the whole route. San Fran- Representatives were sought from each Chapter cisco arranged machine training classes for 25 to serve on the Washington Convention Hospi- members. Association membership qualifications tality Committee. Directives were relayed in be- were worked over by Cleveland, Greater St. Louis, half of the Public Relations Director, and an New Jersey and Texas, and recommendations investigation was made of needed distribution fre- were forwarded to the Advisory Council and Ex- quency for membership change cards. A collection ecutive Board. of Chapter constitutions and bylaws was put together for Headquarters' files, with 26 Chapters Publications and Proiects contributing. Assistance was provided in the dis- Directories considered, initiated or revised were tribution and collection of questionnaires relating reported by Cleveland, Heart of America, Illinois, to bulletin publication practices. And, finally, the Michigan, Minnesota, Montreal, New Jersey, Chapter visit schedule to five groups was arranged Pittsburgh, Puget Sound, Texas and Toronto. In for the Association's President-Elect under the connection with this, New Jersey made an ex- revised visit schedule adopted during the pre- tensive and helpful survey of procedures in com- ceding year. piling such directories. Union lists of holdings were also in progress at Greater St. Louis, Heart Chapter Activities of America, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Oak Activities in many familiar areas are engaging Ridge and Rio Grande. New Jersey has now many Chapters, and frequent mention is also made passed its successful union list compilation over of new and highly original projects. The stimula- to commercial hands. Chapter manuals received tion of the H. W. Wilson Company Chapter attention in Minnesota, Montreal and New York Awards. past and present, is readily apparent. Na- (a bulletin manual in the latter instance). Consti- tional Library Week receives at least some atten- tutional revisions are under way in Greater St. tion from most groups now, with mention in bul- Louis, Illinois, Minnesota, Montreal, Pittsburgh, letins at the very least. Special emphasis was Puget Sound and Wisconsin. Chapters had been reported by Cincinnati, Connecticut Valley, Cleve- reminded this year that revisions should receive land, Greater St. Louis, Heart of America, Mich- study by the Association's Constitution and Bylaws igan. Pittsburgh and Puget Sound. Exploration of Committee. Unfortunately, this Committee's nearly and cementing of relationships with library schools insuperable task with the Association documents were reported by Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, hampered its ability to assist Chapters; however, Michigan. Minnesota, Montreal. New Jersey, Pitts- the latter are going ahead with intention of re- burgh, Texas, Toronto, Puget Sound and San vising later where necessary. Francisco Bay. Assistance in organizing and teach- Only representative projects can be mentioned, ing courses and workshops related to special li- of the many good ones outlined. Montreal reports braries was noted eight times, while many Chap- a buying guide to area library suppliers, while ters made a particular effort to invite students to Pittsburgh has begun a collection of professional meetings and schedule library visits by them. In literature for its members' use. Boston supports recruitment activity, one finds Boston, Cincinnati, its training class for library assistants (arousing Colorado, Heart of America, Indiana and San considerable comment, but highly successful), San Francisco Bay among those groups pressing to gain librarian members for SLA, while Cleveland, Francisco Bay now plans a similar effort, and Connecticut Valley, Indiana, Minnesota, Greater Wisconsin held a program meeting on the prob- St. Louis, Texas and Wisconsin (among others) lem. Related to this, the Illinois Placement Com- spread the gospel to prospective librarians. mittee has had success in adding a placement Meeting programs displayed their usual variety person dealing solely with subprofessional and as- of interest. Association concern with the copy- sistant openings and applicants. San Francisco Bay right problem produced relevant meetings or sur- held a well-attended refresher course on develop- veys in Cleveland, Connecticut Valley, Colorado, ments in science and business reference materials, Greater St. Louis, Indiana, New Jersey, Toronto while Rio Grande pushed its report series dic- SPECIAL LIBRARIES tionary toward completion. New York's Adver- Membership tising Group saw its Guide to Speciul Issues mzd General concern was expressed over the reldtive Indexes of Periodica1.r culminated, and New Jer- lack of growth in memberships; it is hoped that sey participated in the state's Council on Re- the revised requirements will make easier the pros- search and Development, working toward a cen- elytizing of librarians not now members or able tralized information center. Illinois, in addition to join. However, the "hard core" continues to to its information retrieval series, presented a carry the torch, and despite handicaps of distance, workshop series on library supplies and equip- resources and other changes, maintains status as ment, under the auspices of ALA's Library Tech- the most active of local and regional professional nology Project. library groups. Division Relations Committee Report

LOIS BROCK, Division Liaison Officer

Division Manual Biological Sciezces a~zd Allied Fields is already In early May 1962 a revised Division Manual out of print. Business and Finance Division has was sent to members of the Executive Board for turned over the sixth edition of Directory of Busi- final approval. Although Division officers have ness and Finazcial Services for final approval by carried on admirably with only words of wisdom the Nonserial Publications Committee. It has from the Division Liaison Officer, they heartily also launched a two-year project for preparation welcome the appearance of this guide to Division of a bibliography of basic reference sources for operations and deadlines. business libraries. The preliminary basic list will be sent to Division members for comment before Bulletins the final listing is prepared. Geography and Map Division continues work on its Cartogmpbic Re- The formation of an Executive Board Ad Hoc cearch Guide. Insurance Division is preparing Committee to Study Problems of Serial Publica- Source.r of Insumrtce Stirtirtics. A Guide to Metnl- tions of Association Units has also been enthu- lurgicirl lizformation has appeared as SLA Bibli- siastically tndorsed. There has been a pattern in ography no. 3. A new edition of the popular most Divisions of news bulletins becoming too Picture Sources is pending. burdensome to impose on a member's company or There have been good public relations activi- association. More and more Divisions were turn- ties in connection with the successful publications ing to commercial production with consequent of several Divisions. Releases were sent out by financial difficulties. Geography and Map Division the Advertising and Metals Divisions. Advertising, received a grant of $250 from Rand McNally 81 Geography and Map and Metals Divisions have Company and a similar amount from the Executive displayed their publications at meetings of allied Hoard of the Association to bolster its excellent societies. Metals Division has prepared Stmdards bulletin. This has made possible improvement in for Metals Division Bibliographies to foster con- the bulletin, raising of the subscription price with- sistent format and bibliographies of highest cal- out losing customers and breaking the vicious cy- ibre for distribution at the Metals Show. cle in which it had become involved. Scientific Meetings has been turned over to the Bulletins have been received from all Divisions Association to issue on a larger scale with the but one. Coverage ranged from a few mimeo- help of a paid professional editor. graphed sheets to many printed pages, from short Insurance Division has adopted the more com- news items and barest outline of convention plans prehensive name, lnsuratzce Literature. for its to reprints of meeting papers, continuing features former Insurunce Book Rrvieu's. and detailed plans for Convention, including what to see and where to eat in Washington. Other Projects D. C. The professional content of many bulletins Advertising Division is working on a master is encouraging indeed. Back files of several have list of subject headings. Museum Division is con- been requested for libraries and library schools. templating preparation of a bibliography of pub- Duplicate exchange programs were carried out lications issued by museums represented in Special either through bulletins or separately. Advertising Libraries Association. Insurance Division has been Division established a "Wanted" column in its concerned about inadequate coverage of insurance bulletin where needs for equipment, books or literature in Business Periodicals Index and has periodicals may be listed for $1. a committee at work analyzing insurance magazines to determine which ones should be in- Other Publications dexed. After seeking the advice of Division mem- Many Division projects lead to publication of bers and professors in the American Risk and "source" manuals or bibliographies. Biological Insurance Association, they hope to give college, Sciences Division's lnfovmation Sources for the public and special libraries their final recommen- SEPTEMBER 1962 dations and request consideration in their voting Divisions continue to have special honors and for the next revision of the Business Periodicals awards within their own Divisions. Index list. The Insurance Division also has a Several Divisions have circularized their mem- committee for investigating methods of supple- bers regarding proposed changes in the copyright menting published indices. They conducted a laws. Documentation Division carried an article workshop on this subject during the 1962 con- on the subject in its bulletin; Advertising Divi- vention. Metals Division continues to have an in- sion had a committee study proposed changes teresting booth at the annual Metals Show, and and sent their opinions to the Association repre- the Publishing Division has one at the Special sentative for Copyright Law Revision. Publishing Libraries Association Convention. Division expressed a particular interest in the study of "image of the librarian." Advertising Division Operations Division submitted a report on objectives of a Advertising, Metals and Science-Technology special library to the Chairman of the SLA Pro- Divisions have been able to hold Executive Board fessional Standards Committee. meetings during the year. Geography and Map Di- Convention vision is developing a new procedures manual; Metals and Science-Technology Divisions have re- In response to a telegram requesting an annual vised their procedures. Social Science Division is report, the Newspaper Division Chairman simply working out some new bylaws, and Metals Divi- wired, "Have nothing to report. Spent entire sion has recently revised part of its bylaws. year planning Convention upcoming, which will be The Hospital Division went out of existence as the largest our Division ever held." Actually its a separate Division, but members were welcomed program was a full one with breakfast discussion into the Biological Sciences Division. groups every morning and maximum use of time Advertising and Metals Divisions are thinking allotted for Division activities. Whether or not of changing their names, the latter to reflect a they have done anything else, every Division has broader interest in materials. Although no offi- made plans for Convention. cial move has been made to change the name of Officers Geography and Map Division, this group feels it This has been a year of change for Division could be a home for those interested in space ex- officers. One Chairman wrote that a change in ploration, oceanography, geophysics, etc. In other his own occupation plus resignation of the Vice- words. there should be equal stress on geography, Chairman "have kept the Division in a negative lest outsiders think the Division is primarily con- state of progress." At least four Chairmen have cerned with maps. changed jobs during the pear. However, fairly A Planning, Building and Housing Section was good communication has been maintained. Adver- established within the Social Science Division. A tising Division was particularly helpful with local Group of Documentation Division mem- various suggestions, i e., indexing the biographical bers was formed in Washington, D. C. with an- content of bulletins filed at Headquarters and re- other group taking shape in New York City. considering the seating arrangement for Advisory Geography and Map and Science-Technology Council meetings. Committee Reports, 1961-1962 By Committee Chairmen Admissions The Associate Member review was completed in early 1962. Thus all Associate Members who The Admissions Committee has handled three were eligible for Active membership were so noti- types of assignments during the past year: I) fied. All persons who were Associate Members making decisions concerning applications for prior to 1959 then selected the class of member- membership that could not be passed at Head- ship they wished to retain. quarters; 2) continuing the Associate Member Based on Chapter surveys and on discussions at review; and 3) working with the Constitution Advisory Council meetings, the Constitution and and Bylaws Committee on the revision of mem- Bylaws Committee and the Admissions Commit- bership standards. The Admissions Committee tee considered revisions in the membership stand- held two meetings during the year. ards. In addition the Admissions Committee sub- The Admissions Committee was quite busy with its review of applications that could not be mitted its recommendations for these revisions passed at Headquarters. In many cases the deci- based on past experience in the review of mem- sion file, which was completed last year and up- bership applications. The resultant recommended dated as required, has been most helpful. The revisions of membership standards are most satis- Admissions Committee has made every effort to factory to the Admissions Committee. be consistent in its decisions. JOAN HUTCHINSON SPECIAL LIBRARIES definitions of the following two Committees and Archives recommendations on two subjects it was requested During the Association year the Archives Com- to consider: mittee held three morning meetings at Headquar- ters and spent the remainder of the day examining Archives and processing archival material. The Archives Committee shall be a standing Mrs. Helen Snider has generously given weeks committee of three members from the same geo- of her time to weeding, heading and filing ma- graphic area as the Association's Headquarters, terial currently received for archives. Also, at the appointed for overlapping terms of two years request of the Executive Secretary and at an hourly each. Its duties shall be to collect, review and or- rate of pay, she weeded and filed a two-year back- ganize historical data concerning the Association log of material in the interim files. and to assure its proper preservation and suitable The Committee is pleased to report that filing storage. The Committee shall be responsible for in both the archives and interim files is now on maintaining a chronology of the Association and a current basis. With the recent addition to the for the indexing of the meetings of the Execu- Association Headquarters staff of an order and tive Board. inventory clerk, the Committee hopes that the requested staff time (about ten hours per week) can be set aside for filing material into the ar- .H. W. Wilson Company Chapter Award chives and interim files and for typing of the The H. W. Wilson Company Chapter Award necessary index cards and file folder labels. Committee shall be a special committee of five Genevieve Ford has finished indexing the An- members and three alternates, selected from the nual Meeting Executive Board and Advisory Association's former members of the Executive Council minutes for 1961. Board, appointed for one year, with the Chairman Headquarters staff has typed from the Commit- having been a member of the Committee a previ- tee's copy on slips all subject entries for the card ous year. index to papers and articles written by Associa- The duties of the Committee shall be to choose tion members. The cards have also been inter. a professional program for Chapter competition, filed with the author cards. prepare the announcement, give details of form of Form letters requesting the transmittal to Head- entry, basis of judging and rules of the competi- quarters of archival material accumulated during tion. The members of the Committee shall also the Association year have been sent to Committee serve as judges and report the winners to the Ex- Chairmen, Division Chairmen and Chapter Pres- ecutive Board for announcement during the An- idents. Chapter Presidents were also asked to nual Convention. transmit specified copies of Chapter bulletins found to be missing from the files by the Asso- Suggestion that the Committee on Committees Prepare ciation Headquarters staff. a List of Persons Qualified for Committee Appointments Updating SLA's detailed chronology is a proj- The Committee on Committees has considered ect the Committee did not have time to under- the suggestion noted in the May 28, 1961, Min- take this year. It plans to do so during the com- utes of the Executive Board that it "was proper ing year. for the Committee on Committees to make recommendations to the President and to the Executive Recommendation Board of persons uniquely qualified for apoint- The Committee recommends that a minimum of ment to Association Committees," and in its Sep- ten hours per week of Headquarters staff time be tember 28, 1961, Minutes that "it was felt proper set aside for filing material into the archives and for the Committee on Committees to prepare a list interim files and for typing of the necessary in- of persons qualified for appointment to Associa- dex cards and file folder labels. tion Committees and to supply such a list to the MARTHAO'LEARY President-Elect." While appreciating the difficulties of Committee appointments, it is our feeling that such recommendations should not be the re- EDITOR'SNOTE: The Executive Board deferred ac- sponsibility of this Committee. We do not feel tion until September. that this Committee's work enables it to make suggestions any more helpful than those which may come from officers and members of the As- Awards sociation. However, it certainly would entertain any specific requests for recommendations that the No annual report. President or Board might wish to make.

Committee on Committees Special and Ad Hoc Committees The Committee on Committees has considered The Committee on Committees submits for the President's suggestion that "some of our reg- consideration of the Executive Board revised ular committees that function year after year SEPTEMBER 1962 might well be standing committees." The term the Committee prepared a restatement of the As- special committee has been given some committees sociation's objectives, revised the Active and As- to indicate that their membership changes each sociate membership requirements by coupling the year, even though the committee may represent terms speriul librury and infornurtion renter, in- continuing organizational needs or interests of the corporated suggestions received from the Associa- Association. The Committee on Committees feels tion's legal counsel and others, prepared a section that this is a useful distinction and that they on the responsibilities of certain standing commit- should continue to be termed special committees. tees functioning in areas that require particular Presently listed in the Official Directory of Per- coordination of Association, Chapter and Division sonnel with the type of special committees just activity and reviewed the entire document for described are two that represent temporary inter- clarity. ests of the Association-the Copyright Law Re- All members of the Committee were present for vision Committee and the Goals for 1970 Com- the Executive Board and Advisory Council dis- mittee. It is suggested that these be termed ad hoc cussions of the complete draft. Thoughtful com- committees (or special committees of the Board ment and deliberation led to deletion of the of Directors-see proposed Bylaw IX) and that Chapter Associate plan, revision of the Associate future issues of the Association's OfFriul Directory membership requirements to permit immediate ad- of Personnel separately list all ad hoc committees mission of a special library or information center in existence at the time of printing. employee who holds a university, college or tech- Full agreement of the Committee could not be nical school degree, elimination of details on com- reached on definitions for the Public Relations mittee responsibilities as noted in the previous and Photographic Reproduction Committees; they paragraph, omission of the requirement for ap- will be referred to next year's Committee for proval of Association disaffiliation at an Annual further consideration. Meeting and various adjustments in wording to in- NATALIEN. NICHOLSON crease clarity. With these modifications the Execu- tive Board approved the draft for submission to EDITOR'SNOTE: The Executive Board deferred ac- the Association membership. Approval was also tion on the recommendation for the Archives Com- granted to the Committee's recommendation that mittee, approved the status of the H. W. Wilson formal published Definitiorzs no longer appear as Company Chapter Award Committee and rejected an essential supplement to the membership re- the recommendation for ad hoc committees, with quirements. the exception that those in existence be listed in The final meeting of the Committee was held the Official Directory of Penronnel. on April 26, 1962, to prepare recommendations on adjustment to a three-year term for the office of Treasurer, on an appropriate time for establish- Constitution and Bylaws ment of the office of Chairman-Elect of the Ad- visory Council, election of the Secretary by the Initial activity was a review of the open meeting Board of Directors and on other transitional held during the 1961 Convention in San Francisco measures. for the purpose of presenting informally all The Committee hopes that the proposed Bylaws changes under consideration by the Committee at will be received favorably and acknowledges with the close of its first year of work toward complete gratitude the guidance received during the past revision of the Constitution and Bylaws. Associa- two years from individual members, the Execu- tion members participating in the discussion in- tive Board, the Advisory Council and the Execu- dicated approval of a single document called By- tive Secretary. laws and most other changes excepting those KATHARINEL. KINDER pertaining to the membership requirements, which remained unaltered for any of the voting classes but offered an extended concept of Affiliate and Consultation Service an interim provision, Chapter Associate, to permit The Consultation Service Committee met three a level of participation during the waiting period times during 1961-62. In lieu of additional meet- for Associate membership. ings, Committee business was transacted by teie- Opinions expressed at the above meeting were phone and correspondence because of travel limi- summarized and reported to the Executive Board tations. in September 1961, together with a request for At the request of the Committee, Eugene Jack- permission to submit final proposals for discussion son, President, and Bill Woods, Executive Secre- at the 1962 Annual Meeting and subsequent mail tary, joined the Committee in a meeting, April 30, ballot, the proposals to be presented as a single to discuss policies and aims of the service, the document and to incorporate such changes as results of which were helpful and constructive. seemed desirable. Our thanks to Messrs. Jackson and Woods. Nine meetings were held prior to the February A newsletter, to be written by the Committee 1962 Executive Board and Advisory Council meet- and produced by Headquarters, will be initiated ings at which a complete draft was submitted for in the near future. Mr. Woods' offer of assist- consideration. In the course of these nine meetings ance was most welcome. No progress has yet been SPECIAL LIBRARIES made in distributing more of the work load to Convention 1962 Chapters. The tabulation of Chapter activities included in The 53rd Annual Convention of Special Li- this report represents a slight increase over last braries Association was the largest in the history year. Twenty-nine Chapters reported 107 inquiries, of the Association, with a total registration of 61 consultations, 27 inquiries pending and 17 li- 1,900 members, guests and exhibitors. Convention braries started. activities included at least 85 professional papers, The Executive Secretary reports that since May 30 business meetings, 30 group trips, 20 recep- 1. 1961, Headquarters has made 87 referrals to tions and 42 meal functions. Fifty-nine exhibitors Chapter Consultants and has received 14 requests rented 71 booths, and the sidewalk-cafe-lounge for use of professional consultants. Sixty-nine in the center of the Exhibit Hall proved popular names were supplied in referrals for consultants. for the opening reception, which was cosponsored The New Jersey Chapter has an active pub- by the Washington, D. C. Chapter, as well as for licity program under way resulting in a small meeting friends over a cup of coffee or a Pepsi- feature article in the ATeu,arkSunday News press Cola throughout the Convention. releases to 350 newspapers with clippings being To assist the officers and Executive Secretary in collected by a news bureau and representation on planning and organizing this Convention, the host the Research and Development Council of New Chapter provided a Convention Chairman, 50 Jersey, which is studying need for a Central In- members to serve on ten Convention Committees, formation Center. As a result of the news release, 15 liaison officers for Divisions, and more than Mrs. M. 0. Baker, Chapter Consultant, was asked 50 additional members to perform specific tasks to have her portrait taken for a local exhibition during the Convention. The most important com- of "Names in the News." ponent of the Convention, however, was the at- The Chairman wishes to express her apprecia- tendance, which is tabulated below. tion to members of the Committee for their CHAPTERS whole-hearted support, cooperation and assistance. Alabama ...... Baltimore CHAPTERCONSULTATION STATISTICS ...... Boston ...... May 1, 1961-May 1, 1962 Cincinnati ...... IN- Cleveland ...... OOXSL-L- QnInIEs Lrssurrrs CIIAPTEI~ IIQl IRIES TATIOXS PENDIYOSTARTED Colorado ...... Alabama 1 0 Connecticut Valley ...... Baltimore 3 3 Georgia ...... Boston 8 2 Greater St. Louis ...... Cincinnati 2 I Hear: of America ...... Cleveland 7 7 Illinois ...... Colorado No Report Indiana ...... Connecticut Valley 6 2 Louisiana ...... Georgia 2 1 Greater St. Louis 7 3 Michigan ...... Heart of America 2 0 Minnesota ...... Illinois 7 3 Montreal ...... Indiana 0 0 New Jersey ...... Louisiana 1 1 New York ...... Michigan 1 0 Oak Ridge ...... Minnesota 2 2 Oklahoma ...... Montreal 2 2 Philadelphia ...... New Jersey 6 2 New York 15 8 Pittsburgh ...... Oak Ridge 0 0 Puget Sound ...... Oklahoma 2 2 Rio Grande ...... Philadelphia 6 4 San Diego ...... Pittsburgh 0 0 San Francisco ...... Puget Sound 3 I Southern California ...... Rio Grande 1 0 Texas ...... San Diego 0 0 Toronto ...... San Francisco 3 2 Southern Washington, D. C...... California 9 4 Wisconsin ...... Texas No Report Unaffiliated ...... Toronto 5 5 Nonmembers ...... 229 Washington, D. C. No Report Paid registrants ...... 1,691 Western New York 4 4 Guests ...... 22 Wisconsin 2 2 - - Staff ...... G TOTALS 107 61 Exhibitors ...... -181 1,900 SEPTEMBER 1962 403 DIVISIONSAND SECTIONS Exhibits Chairman: Joseph S. Freson, Catholic Advertising ...... University of America Biological Sciences ...... Hospitality Chairman: Mrs. Ruth Hooker, Naval Business and Finance ...... Research Laboratory Documentation ...... Assistant Chairman: Mrs. Pauline Jennings, Geography and Map ...... U.S. Department of Agriculture Insurance ...... Information Chairman: Dr. Burton W. Adkinson, Metals ...... National Science Foundation Military Librarians ...... Associate Chairman: Ralph Sullivan. National Museum ...... Science Foundation Newspaper ...... Local Arrangements Chairman: Paul Burnette, Picture ...... Army Library Publishing ...... Meals and Banquet Chairman: Margaret Brickett, Science-Technology U.S. Department of Labor Chemistry ...... _. . 146 Printing Chairman: Bernard Fry. National Science Engineering ...... 170 Foundation Paper and Textiles ...... 27 Publicity Chairman: Dr. Karl Baer. National Petroleum ...... 32 Housing Center Pharmacy ...... 53 Registration Chairman: hlrs. Margaret Bryant, Public Utilities ...... 30 US. Department of Agriculture Nonsectional ...... 178 Transportation Chairman: Agnes Gautreaux. Fed- Social Science eral Aviation Agency Planning, Building and Housing ...... 6 Division Representatives Public Administration .... 2 Since Convention programs are largely com- Social Welfare ...... 10 posed of Division meetings, liaison officers from Nonsectional ...... 101 the respective Divisions must bear considerable Transportation ...... responsibility in scheduling Division activities. Unaffiliated ...... The successful arrangement of so many concur- rent sessions, meal functions and field trips with- Total members ...... 1,462 out serious conflict indicates that Division liaison Committees officers did a fine job in connection with the Con- vention in Washington, D. C. Those involved The Executive Board established in 1960 a were: Convention Program Committee, consisting of nine members, to provide continuity to Conven- Advertising: Mrs. Louise Aldrich, National As- tion program planning, to select the keynote sociation of Broadcasters speaker for the opening session, to advise Divi- Biological Sciences: Mrs. Thelma Robinson, Na- sions on their program plans and to plan the tional Institutes of Health Convention-wide general sessions. That new Com- Business and Finance: Alvern Sutherland, Fed- mittee. under the chairmanship of Mrs. Elsa Free- eral Reserve System man of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, Documentation: Mrs. Mildred K. Heatwole, The recommended the theme "Progress through Knowl- Herner Company edge" for 1962. secured Dr. Detlev Bronk as key- Geography and Map: Muriel H. Parry, Washing- note speaker and arranged for the second gen- ton, D. C. eral session a panel of three speakers: Ralph R. Insurance: Dorothy M. Jones, Department of Shaw, Donald R. Swanson and Edward Heiliger, Health, Education and Welfare under the chairmanship of Verner W. Clapp to Metals: Mrs. Mildred H. Brode. David Taylor discuss "Research Sponsored by the Council on Model Basin, and Leslie Rajkay, Armco Steel Library Resources of Particular Interest to Special Corporation, Baltimore Librarians." Under pressure from Divisions, the Military: Harry F. Cook, Libraries Section Head- Convention Program Committee abandoned plans quarters, rSAF for a third general session to leave more time Museum: Anna M. Link, National Gallery of Art for Division programs. It was, however, success- Jack W. Burness, The Washington ful in urging several Divisions to combine in sup- Post port of a few joint meetings of outstanding inter- Picture: Dr. Edgar Breitenbach, Library of Con- est on the third forenoon. gress Detailed planning for the 53rd Annual Con- Publishing: Logan Cowgill, Office, Chief of En- vention was accomplished by the Convention gineers, U.S. Army Chairman in close cooperation with the Chairmen Science-Technology: Melvin S. Day, National Aer- of ten Convention Committees. The membership onautical and Space Administration of that group is listed below: Chemistry Section: Edwin J. Anderson, OTS, Convention Treasurer: Jack S. Goodwin, Smith- U.S. Department of Commerce sonian Institution Engineering Section: Mrs. Joanne T. Maton, 404 SPECIAL LIBRARIES John I. Thompson Co. on "Organizing Special Libraries in Underde- Paper and Textiles Section: Mrs. Ruby H. Fox, veloped Areas" jointly sponsored by the Social Sci- US. Department of Agriculture ence and Business and Finance Divisions. Petroleum Section: Margaret Frawley, U.S. De- The federal government was well represented partment of Interior in the professional meetings with Congressman Jo- Social Science: Ruth Fine, Bureau of the Budget seph E. Karth of Minnesota speaking to the Sci- Transportation: Agnes Gautreaux, Federal Avia- ence-Technology Division on "Work of the House tion Agency Committee on Science and Astronautic Informa- tion," by the Public Printer of the Government Program Printing Office, James L. Harrison, who spoke on More than 200 activities were scheduled within "The Preparation and Printing of Public Docu- the four days of the 53rd Annual Convention, in ments" and scores of government employees who addition to Executive Board meetings and post- participated actively in other Division programs. convention tours. Among many highlights should A session on "The Copyright Law Revision" be mentioned a reception with cocktails in the proved to be very popular and quickly overflowed Sheraton-Park Exhibit Hall to mark the formal the room provided for it, and the report of the opening of exhibits on Sunday. Only a few of the Translations Activities Committee attracted the hundreds who entered the well-arranged hall at largest number of non-Association members of any single event on the program. 5:00 P.M. knew that the place had been a complete shambles of packing cases, excelsior and An embassy tour sponsored by the Metals Di- waste paper two hours earlier. Through a mis- vision ran into unfavorable weather but netted understanding, the drayage firm had withdrawn $520 for the SLA Scholarship and Student Loan its men and trucks after delivering the exhibit Fund. A check for that amount was presented at crates and before removing the trash. Only with the Annual Banquet, along with the H. W. Wil- the complete cooperation of the hotel manage- son Company Chapter Award, the National Li- ment and staff, including the cooks and electri- brary Week Publicity Award, the SLA Profes- cians, was the room cleared in time for the open- sional Award and the Membership Gavel Award. ing reception. The innovation of maintaining a Dr. Paul Siple, Science Advisor to the Army Re- lounge area in the center of the exhibit hall search Office, spoke on the "Progress of Science throughout the Convention was successful in and Technology in the Polar Regions" and Verner bringing about better attendance of exhibits as W. Clapp provided commendable wit and humor well as in providing a convenient meeting place as toastmaster. for members to discuss mutual problems over re- The Publicity Committee, under the chairman- freshments. ship of Dr. Karl Baer arranged for the filming At the opening session on Monday, the Li- of a ?&minute program. The film, entitled "Is brarian of Congress, Dr. L. Quincy Mumford, Knowledge Power," was broadcast over channel urelcomed members warmly on behalf of all the 26, Washington's educational TV station (WETA) . libraries in this metropolitan area and expressed Senator Hubert H. Humphrey introduced the pleasure at the number who had visited the Li- subject of "A National Goal and Schedule for brary of Congress during the open house period Strengthening of Scientific and Engineering In- of its special divisions and the Copyright Office formation." which was then discussed by a panel on Sunday afternoon. The keynote address by Dr. under the Chairmanship of Dr. Burton W. Ad- Detlev W. Bronk, President of The Rockefeller kinson, Director, Office of Science Information Institute, was inspirational, and the panel on "Re- Service, National Science Foundation. Panel mem- search Sponsored by the Council on Library Re- bers included Rutherford D. Rogers, Chief Assist- sources" presented many challenging thoughts at ant Librarian of Congress; Foster E. Mohrhardt, the second general session. Director, National Agricultural Library; R. E. Among the luncheon and dinner lecturers were Gibson, Director, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics popular scientific and cultural writers such as Laboratory; and Colonel William H. Crosby, Di- Rachel Carson, who spoke to the Biological Sci- rector, Division of Medicine, Walter Reed Insti- ences Division on "Man and Nature in a Chem- tute of Research. ical Age," L. Sprague de Camp, who spoke to Copies of the film and radio tape may be bor- the Publishing Division on "Science in Fiction rowed through SLA Headquarters in hTew York and Fact" and Edward Steichen, who discussed City. with the Museum and Picture Divisions "The Function of the Picture in Communication of the Conclusions American Image to the World." Technical li- There were numerous expressions of pleasure in brarianship was the center of attention in many connection with the 53rd Annual Convention, but Division programs, such as the Documentation there were also some mistakes. There was con- Division panel on "Applications of the Large siderable excitement when 30 people arrived at Computers to Information Storage and Retrieval," the Sheraton-Park Hotel on Saturday to stuff reg- the Metals Division panel on "U.S. Government istration envelopes and discovered that the newly Sources of 'Materials' Information" and a panel printed programs were not there. They had been SEPTEMBER 1962 delivered by mistake to the United States Book the tremendous need for information specialists in Exchange, where Alice Ball discovered them all fields. when she went to her office Saturday noon to The members of both Committees felt that a clear some unfinished business from her desk. Convention program, which in some manner in- The programs were transferred to the hotel in corporated all of the above, would have concrete time for distribution on Sunday. meaning to all members of the organization. Sub- The opening of registration caused some consequent discussions recommended that such a gestion for the first hour, and a bridge tournament program could be cast around the following gen- player and a milk truck driver, who got into the eral Convention theme, "Start Learning Again." lines, were registered as nonmembers but ob- The ultimate success of the Convention pro- tained refunds when they discovered their errors. gram in Denver and, as a matter of fact, of the Pre-registration totaled 958 by the deadline date Convention Program Committee itself in years to of May 14, thus providing an excellent basis for come, is dependent upon how far the Committee estimating total registration and attendance at Di- and the Convention Chairman can persuade the vision meetings and meal functions. For several Divisions to build Division programs around any years the pre-registration has been very close to general Convention theme. If the rather heated half the total attendance at the Conventions. discussions regarding changing those sections of It was a large Convention and a good one. Both the Bylaws relative to membership in SLA can praise and gratitude are due to all of those who be used as a guide, there would seem to be little participated in its planning and operation, but doubt that a program built around education for particularly to the Convention Committee Chair- special librarianship would have a wide appeal men who are listed above. Now it is time to among individual members and the various Divi- focus attention on the 54th Annual Convention, sions and should provide an interesting and pro- which will be at the new Denver-Hilton next ductive Convention in Denver. June 7-13. Shall we see you there? As for the future of the Convention Program Committee itself, it would be my recommendation that it continue to develop along its present lines, Convention Program whereby it performs the essential function of bringing together on a more or less regular basis During its second year of operation the Con- those Association, Chapter and Division officers vention Program Committee seemed to make who will be the most intimately involved in measurable progress toward becoming a vehicle planning Association Conventions. There are in- by which meaningful Convention-wide programs dications that the Committee is beginning to de- can be systematically planned and developed. At velop into the kind of organization envisioned the Midwinter Meeting in Dearborn in February, by Winifred Sewell when she promoted its es- the tentative decision taken the previous year in tablishment-an organization that acts as a sound- Kansas City to build the Convention-wide pro- ing board for new ideas, provides an opportunity gram for the 1963 Convention in Denver around for evaluating past conventions and provides a an educational theme was confirmed. In addition, means of synthesizing both into concrete planning a number of ideas as how to best develop a pro- for the future. gram that would have real meaning for the entire H. WILLIAMAXFORD membership was discussed. At the Washington Convention, a joint meeting of the Convention Program Committee and the Copyright Law Revision Education Committee was arranged and proved to The complexities of the problems involved in be most productive. General agreement was the proposed revision of the United States copy- reached concerning the content of the Convention- right law are such that it has been difficult to wide program for the Denver Convention: stimulate over-all Association interest. Sessions at 1. There would be a need to emphasize the the Advisory Council last year generated little in- necessity of special librarians being alert to new terest. Some Divisions have not had an oppor- educational opportunities, which might have a tunity to meet until the 1962 Convention to dis- direct bearing on their ability to function and cuss the matter and only ten Chapters and one compete successfully in a society whose informa- Division were able to poll their membership on tional needs become more acute and complex year the survey, "Recommended Revisions of the U.S. by year. Copyright Law of Special Interest to Libraries," 2. There would be a need to discuss the ways prepared by the Copyright Office. in which library schools could be encouraged to The Committee distributed a memorandum on develop and promote postgraduate courses and September 15, 1761, to all Chapter Presidents and workshops designed to keep special librarians Division Chairmen requesting a response to this abreast of the latest advances in methods and ma- survey. It was followed by a letter from the chines applicable to special library operations. Executive Secretary making available additional 3. There would be a need to discuss how li- copies of the survey and a House Committee brary school programs on the graduate level could Print of the 87th Congress, 1st Session, entitled be developed that would more clearly recognize Copyright Law Rez~ision: Report of the Register SPECIAL LIBRARIES of Copyrights on the Gezoral Rei~ision of the tion of its representative to the Joint Libraries U.S. Copyright Law. Committee on Fair Use in Photocopying. AC- Out of a total membership of some 5,000 in- cordingly, no opinion was sought in the Copy- dividuals, the maximum response to the survey right Office survey on Section 111 C dealing with numbered approximately 250 individuals or ap- photocopying by libraries. However, there were proximately one twentieth of the total member- numerous indications by individuals and Associa- ship. On the surface this appears to be a lack of tion members that something must be done to re- interest, which may be true in some cases. A sec- solve the problem of multiple copying. ond factor involved was the lack of time on the The strongest reaction in the survey regarded part of individuals to study the proposed revi- the position of a copyright notice. The Copyright sions. Thirdly, other groups, such as the Mont- Office revision was favored by 107 individuals, real Chapter, felt that they are not affected by and 107 disagreed with it. the law. Some Divisions and Chapters appointed In addition to the above activities, the Novem- special committees to respond to the survey. ber 1961 issue of Special Libraries carried a series of articles on copyright. Further, the Committee SUMMARYOF RESPONSESFROM SLA MEMBERS arranged a panel discussion at the Convention dur- PREPAREDFOR SURVEYPURPOSES BY THE ing which Abraham L. Kaminstein, Register of COPYRIGHTOFFICE CopvriehtsA. - and Abe A. Goldman. General Coun- sel of the Copyright Office, appeared to discuss the proposed revisions and answer questions. I1 It is hoped that, as a result of this panel discussion, recommendations can be made to the Ex- ecutive Board for action on the Special Libraries 111 Association's position in regard to the law. CHESTERhl. LEWIS IV v Education At the end of its first full year as a new standing SLA committee, the Education Committee submits to the Executive Board its first conclusions, which include the following: VI 1. A major problem in special librarianship has developed from the fact that an increasing proportion of the work of handling and processing information is being done by persons who do not have formal library education and training. This is most evident in the relatively new field of doc- VI I umentation, especially in private industry and in technical research activities of industry, governmental agencies and research organizations. Much of this problem has arisen because there is a lack of people qualified by proper l~braryed- ucation to handle these highly specialized and highly technical positions. The Education Com- mittee believes that SLA can and should marshal VIII all possible facts that illustrate and dramatize the IX fact of this need for more properly qualified special librarians and should bring these facts as forcefully as possible to the attention of library The only Division or Chapter that passed an school administrators. The Committee believes that official resolution was the Geography and Map SLA must emphasize and re-emphasize to the li- Division which, at its meeting of July 1959, brary schools the fact that in the next five to ten passed the following: years more and more people will be needed in this A A area of technical information service and that if That the Geography and Map Divi- the l~braryschools do not supply properly quali- sion of the Special Libraries Association go on fied candidates for these positions, the vacuum record as endorsing a copyright law requiring that will be filled by people with other types of educa- map publishers desiring copyright protection for tion and training. their works include a notice of copyright in the It is also true that in the past 15 years there has long the been a great and growing need for librarians who name and and year of address the date are competent to handle information materials in tion." the various areas of scientific research and devel- The Executive Board endorsed the recornmenda- opment. Many of the positions in these areas also SEPTEMBER 1962 407 are being filled by people who may have the scien- 5. The Committee believes that SLA should in- tific subject background but not the formal library vestigate ways to recruit for the field of special science training, or by people with library training librarianship more people who have or who plan but who do not have adequate scientific back- to obtain subject training in the natural and physi- ground. Again it is the Education Committee's cal sciences. And SLA should urge the library opinion that SLA must note this fact and empha- schools to intensify their efforts toward the same size it to the library schools so that they can in goal. This might have considerable attraction for turn emphasize to their students and to prospec- women especially, since it is well known that tive candidates for library school the great and in- women face greater obstacles than men in advanc- creasing value of scientific education for a success- ing in industrial research and in scientific or- ful career in special librarianship. ganizations. But the idea might also appeal to 2. The Committee feels that for the time being both men and women who, for various reasons, SLA need not attempt to form any concrete and would like to use their subject background in in- specific recommendations on library school cur- formation and library work. ricula. Enough work has been done and is now 6. Specifically and right now, the Education Com- being done by the schools and other agencies on mittee makes the following suggestions of actions this problem. But SLA should offer to help the that can be taken at once to implement the conclu- library schools evaluate their present curricula, sions listed above: perhaps through a cooperative effort, with the aid of practicing special librarians, in trying to deter- a) SLA 196.3 Convet~tion mine the relative effectiveness of various parts of The theme is "Education," and the Committee the curricula to help prepare them for the work will work closely with the Convention Committee, they are now doing. all Chapters, Divisions and other SLA committees, 3. The Committee feels that in order to prepare in developing plans and programs on this theme any library school student for a possible career in that could be used next year in Denver. Details of special librarianship, this preparation should in- these plans will appear during the year ahead as clude a knowledge and understanding of the new they are developed and put into action. concepts of information storage and retrieval. This should include an understanding not only of the b) Americun Library Association various types of mechanical equipment, which The Committee will look into the problem and might be used in this activity, but also the possibility of establishing liaison with the ALA basic and revolutionary principles of the various Accreditation Committee and also with the US. systems, along with the proper background on Office of Education's Library Education Division why they have been developed and how and why and the American Association of Library Schools. they will be needed in the libraries of the future. It will only be through the combined and con- 4. The Committee knows that most special librar- centrated efforts of all agencies, which are con- ians are well aware of their need for constantly cerned with the need for more and better librar- trying to make themselves more competent in the ians, that much of this problem can be solved. jobs they now perform. SLA can help in this effort by cooperating with library schools in their c) Anzerimn Documet~trrtiotzInstitute plans to expand their programs of postgraduate The Committee will also contact the AD1 Edu- education. SLA could help library schools deter- cation Committee, which is primarily interested in mine what sorts of educational programs are most specialized training in the new techniques of in- needed and how this added education can best be formation storage and retrieval. accomplished. This might include short courses, institutes, symposia, evening school courses, etc. SLA's assistance might take the form of financial We will review the past ten years of postgradu- aid or help in finding financial aid for such pro- ate education in this country, including formal grams, i.e., through financial grants from private, courses, symposia, institutes and various activities semi-private and public organizations. Another of SLA Chapters and Divisions, all aimed at help- possibility is that SLA might draw on its Scholar- ing working librarians improve their on-the-job ship and Student Loan Fund to pay part or all of efficiency. We will try to determine what the gen- the tuition costs of postgraduate education for se- eral trend has been in this kind of education and lected persons-perhaps SLA members and active what future trends may be. Which subject areas working librarians,-rather than undergraduate have been emphasized? Where have most of these students. SLA might also cooperate with other activities been held, and under whose auspices? professional groups such as the American Chemi- Has more of this been done in recent years, or is cal Society, the American Marketing Association, it decreasing? What are the library schools doing the American Institute of Biological Sciences and to sponsor such activities? How many and what others in developing specialized programs that kinds are being held under other auspices? would aim at helping librarians in those fields provide better access to the literature of their e) SLA Chapters various fields. The Committee believes that SLA should review

SPECIAL LIBRARIES the work done by its Chapters, commend those counted, showing that about 54 per cent of SLA which have shown their awareness of the need for members who were eligible to vote, did so. The continuing education and have done something following were elected: about it, and SLA should help other Chapters to know what has been done and help them adapt President: Ethel S. Klahre and adopt what has been done. First Vice-president: Mrs. Mildred H. Brode Second Vice-president: Robert W. Gibson, Jr. f) Wilson Award Secretary: Mrs. Jeanne B. North Treasurer: Ralph H. Phelps The past year's award for cooperative efforts by Directors: Joan M. Hutchinson and Mrs. Eliza- Chapters in improving relations with library beth B. Roth schools was a great help in this entire problem of GWENDOLYNJONES better education for special librarianship. The Committee suggests that perhaps the Wilson Award during this coming year could go to the Finance Chapter that does outstanding work in helping its The Committee held meetings in July, Septem- members reeducate themselves and improve their ber. December and March. To insure complete li- efficiency as special librarians. This would be par- aison with other affairs, problems and activities ticularly appropriate this year, since the Award within the Association, the Executive Secretary presentation will be made at Denver during the was a participant in all the Committee's meetings. Ip6Z Convention, and the theme is to be "Edu- In addition to the general business relating to cation." budget affairs, a number of special studies were Conclusion conducted, each of which relates to the financial well-being of the Association. Recommendations In all its deliberations and in the ideas and rec- growing out of these analyses and the bases for ommendations listed above, the SLA Education such proposals are detailed later in this report. Comnlittee has constantly kept in mind four basic v~ewpointsconcerning the problem of education Committee Activities for special librarianship: 1. Membership Revenue. The Committee Chair- I From the 2 ieu~poiiztof the .rtuderz/.r. What pro- man wrote to the Chairmen of the Public Rela- gram of preparation will give me the best chance tions, Membership and Recruiting Committees ex- to fill the best possible position when I graduate pressing the Finance Committee's concern for and will provide me with the best background for sound programs of expansion and to proffer the contrnued future growth in my profession? Finance Committee's aid in the efforts of these 2. Fwnt /he viez1~poi1ztof the schoo1. What pro- other committees wherever feasible. gram of preparation will best make our students 2. Income on Investments. The Committee began wanted anJ appreciated by employers of all kinds a program of investment on behalf of the Associ- and will produce the future leaders in library ation in no-load mutual investment funds. It re- science? quested and received approval from the Executive 3. FPII~IIthe z,iru,(~oiiztof thc. P~PIo~PY.What Hoard to invest $10.000 more than the original kind of preparation provides the kinds of librar- sum of $20,000, which had been approved earlier. ians we nted now and in the future to fulfill prop- These funds were invested by the Executive Secre- erly our responsibility as a school, as a public or tary during the past year at a series of planned govunmental organization, as an industrial or re- intervals under the Committee's direction. search or service organization? The Committee recommended to the Board that 4. Fvom the viru'point oj the libwry [~solessioa the Executive Secretary be empowered to cash As- '2nd SLA. What program of preparation best pro- sociation government securities from the General vides the kinds of librarians needed to make our Reserve Fund account at his discretion in order profession and our association increasingly useful to take advantage of higher interest rates available and vduable to employers, to our country, to our in savings and loan institutions. Following ap- society, to the entire community of human re- proval by the Board, a program of such planned corded thought and to the betterment of all peo- transfer of funds was begun after the Executive ple everywhere through the medium of "Putting Secretary had reported to the Committee that study Knowledge to Work" ? revealed that all of the government bonds might GREG ASPNES be advantageously liquidated at the earliest possible date. Elections 3. General Reserve Fund. The Committee reviewed the revised General Reserve Fund-History Ballots for SLA officers and Directors were and Policy statement and recommended its adop- counted on May 17, 1962. Of the 2,762 ballots tion by the Executive Board. received, 39 were eliminated as invalid-26 of 4. Review of Executive Secretary's Proposals. The these because they were received after the dead- Committee considered the proposed increase in line. A total of 2,723 ballots were valid and processing charges for nonserial publications and

SEPTEMBER 1962 endorsed the recommendation to the Board of an to student subscriptions and recommended that the increase from $.75 to $1.50 for each volume sold, Executive Secretary communicate with other ap- with the added funds to be used to support a new propriate committees to advise them that the Fi- position of publications assistant. nance Committee had considered the financial fea- 5. Budget and Budget Allocations. The Commit- sibility of making a special rate available to stu- tee submitted tht. Association's annual budget to dents and to encourage these committees, in co- the Board at the September meeting covering the operation with the Executive Secretary, to develop (October-September) 1961-1962 fiscal year. It rec- such a subscription proposal for Board considera- ommended that allocations to Chapters be based tion. upon 15 per cent of dues collected for members of each Chapter, with a minimum allotment of cl Addressing Service Charges $100. It recommended that allocations to Divi- Elizabeth Usher made a study of charges leveled sions be based upon five per cent of dues collected by the Association for the use of its addressing for members of each Division, with a minimum service. Based upon this survey and subsequent allotment of $100. For the first time the Com- Committee discussions, the following recommen- mittee reviewed the budget of the Translations dation is made: Center and recommended that the Board call to The Committee recommends to the Board a the attention of the contractor that upward salary revision in its addressing service charges as fol- adjustments should be considered. The Committee lows: recommended that the payroll account of the As- sociation be increased from $3500 to $4000. All Increase the rate for the use of the complete list of these recommendations received Board ap- from $75 to $95, increase the rate for the use proval. of partial lists from $1.75 per hundred names to 6. Special Studies. Members of the Committee as- $2.00 per hundred names and level a $10 mini- sumed responsibility for conducting specific stud- mum charge in place of the former $7 minimum. ies, which became the basis for recommendations The Committee further recommends that the As- to the Board as means of improving the Associa- sociation not charge for mailing of Division bul- tion's financial condition. The detailed study re- letins and Division ballots for the election of ports form supplements to this report for the officers in each Division's annual election. Postage Board's more detailed consideration. and supplies for such mailings should continue to be provided at their actual cost. The Committee Recommendations agrees that it would be unwarranted to make available the Association's mailing lists for any other purposes by any other groups without charge. In December 1961, based upon a careful comparative analysis. Ralph Phelps recommended to the d) Mernbenrhip Duer Committee an upward revision in the subscription There has been continual concern in recent months rates and single copy price of Special Libraries. about the need for some means of improving the Before making this recommendation to the Board financial position of the Association. At the Execu- after the Finance Committee had reviewed and tive Board sessions in Dearborn, the Chairman of approved the proposal, the Committee Chairman the Finance Committee stated the case and the submitted the study findings to the Special Li- problem as clearly as he could. The mounting braries Committee for its consideration. This Com- pressures by Divisions and Chapters and the con- mittee raised a number of questions, which led tinued demands by the membership for increased to a review and further study by Ralph Phelps. and improved central Association services con- Following this the Finance Committee again de- tinues. At the same time the Association continues liberated the recommendation. Once more it voted each year to operate the organization's affairs us- to endorse the recommendation. The Finance Com- ing deficit financing. It is simply not possible to mittee requested the Special Libraries Committee continue providing appropriate support for its to consider the new data and concur in the Fi- subsidiary groups and through its central secre- nance Committee's recommendation, which it did. tariat unless there is an increase in the funds It is recommended that, effective January 1963, available for these purposes. the rate for Special Librarie~ be adjusted as fol- In recent months the Finance Committee has lows: annual subscription, United States, $10; an- sought means of improving the Association's fi- nual subscription, foreign, $11; and single copies, nancial base. For an organization in which mem- $1.50. bership fees provide such a great percentage of funds, our Association's membership base has not b) Special Librauies Student Subscriptions increased rapidly enough to keep up with de- Related to the study of Special Libraries subscrip- mands. Sustaining membership has not been gain- tion rates, Ralph Phelps conducted an analysis of ing. Standards have served, at least in part, to re- possible student subscription rates to Special Li- strict increased membership size. The Finance braries. Committee has made suggestions to other commit- The Committee reviewed the problems relating tees, but it cannot in and of itself stimulate ade- SPECIAL LIBRARIES quate financial improvement. It has guided the in revamping the project into a workable form, Association's investment program, but this activity which the Association itself could support. is designed for long-term rather than immediate Our second proposal to the National Science gains. Foundation requesting its support of the SLA In spite of a dues increase five years ago, deficit Loan Collection of Classification Schemes and Sub- budgeting has continued every year. Another fac- ject Heading Lists (approximately $28,000), has tor of need is related to the Executive Board's ap- been discussed at various times with the Executive proval of a retirement plan for Headquarters staff Secretary, Dr. Jesse Shera of Western Reserve beginning in 1963-64, a recommendation that had University and Miss Meredith Wright, Chairman this Committee's support. It seems now clear to of the Special Classifications Committee. A revised the Finance Committee that if the Association is draft incorporating some of the NSF suggestions to keep pace with its demands for support, it is has been prepared, and upon its acceptance by once more necessary to recommend an increase in WRU, the Committee and the Executive Secretary, the dues base of the Association. will be resubmitted to NSF. One of the major dif- Jean Flegal prepared an analysis of member- ficulties in revising this proposal has been in lo- ship dues that served as the basis of a lengthy re- cating a qualified individual whose name could be view and discussion by the Committee. After very submitted to NSF as the part-time curator. careful consideration and deliberation, the Com- Our third request for funds to implement the mittee finds it necessary to make the following proposed exchange visits of Russian and American recommendation : scientific and technical librarians has been in a The Finance Committee recommends to the Execu- state of suspension until word was received by the tive Board that Active membership be increased State Department concerning the negotiations with beginning January 1, 1964, from $15 to $20 a the Soviet Union on the entire exchange program. year. The Finance Committee recommends that As most of you are well aware, the Russian Gov- Associate membership be increased from $10 to ernment did not accept the exchange of special $20 a year. librarians in their long list of cultural exchanges. The Committee recommends the services of Accordingly, a formal withdrawal of SLA's pro- Price, Waterhouse and Company for auditing the posal has been sent to the National Science Foun- Association's accounts. dation. PAULWASSERMAN The Foundation Grants Committee has a total of 3106,780.00 in outstanding proposals. It is un- EDITOR'SNOTE: The Executive Board approved doubtedly time that the Committee suggest to the the four above recommendations. Association members that additional requests would be welcomed. We should not be discour- aged over our first defeats. There must be many Foundation Grants more ideas worthy of our seeking support. The Foundation Grants Committee wishes to inform the Executive Board of the current status of outstanding proposals. Goals for 1970 Council on Library Resources In 1960 the Goals for 1970 Committee was es- Apparently the agenda of the Council is over- tablished to set goals for continuous, coordinated supplied with proposals. The proposed joint SLA- growth and strengthening of Special Libraries As- ALA statistical study, Special Librarie.r Standards sociation. Among other assignments it was asked' ($54,300) and Determinutiow of Cost of Interli- to determine the past, present and possrble future brary Loan Serz'ice to Special Libraries ($24,480) functions of the Association that should be con- are still to he acted upon by the Council, and we s~deredin our 1970 goals. In 1961 the Executive hope some word will be forthcoming in the near Board voted the continuation of the Goals Com- future. However, in consultation with the Associa- mittee "to make an over-all study of our operation tion's Standards Committee Chairman, it was in the light of developing trends and the changing agreed that perhaps the Committee should no needs of our membership." longer wait for the requested funds but attempt to This year the Committee has undertaken to ful- proceed in some manner on a more limited basis. fill this assignment by several methods: 1. It reviewed past Association studies by H. A. National Science Foundation Fountain (1948), J. K. Lasser & Company Our first proposal requesting funds to aid in (1953) and Executive Research, Inc. (1959) and comp~lingthe necessary data to prepare a manu- the report of the Science-Technology Division's script for a revision of Tranrlators and Transla- Committee on Division and Section Structure tions: Services and Sources, has been rejected by (1961). Parenthetically, it was pleased to note NSF. We subsequently requested a copy of the re- that many of the specific recommendations in the viewer's critique which, we hope, can be used by Fountain and Lasser reports are now established our Translations Activities Committee, Subcom- practice, although others were only suggestive or mittee on Translators and Translations, as an aid of historical interest. SEPTEMBER 1962 2. It attempted to analyze Chapter, Division and proposed Bylaws if they are adopted. We shall committee activities by preparing tables on opera- endeavor during the coming year to present these tions and policy responsibilities of each and their goals for consideration by the Association. inter-relationships with other parts of the Associa- tion. This study points up a pattern in the relationships of some con~mittees to Chapters and Divisions or both and of all committees to Head- Governmental Relations quarters and the Executive Board. The fact that ten of the meetings in Washing- 3. It formulated a number of questions that were ton, D. C. have involved the importance of some published in Special Libruries. In addition to an- aspect of government relations of importance to swers received by correspondence, views of the libraries in general or special libraries in particu- Advisory Council were obtained at its meeting in lar, is certainly an evidence of the importance of February. One important question concerned the this particular field at which our Committee is at- value of functions of the Association. Though tempting to look. several were given greatest emphasis, all that were That the meetings are held in Washington, suggested were considered to be above average in D. C. explains this in part, but the increase in importance by at least a third of the group. Those governmental activities of all kinds has meant an functions that half or more of the audience ranked increasing interest on the part of librarians or in- highest are: meetings and conventions, recruit- creasing importance to libraries and librarians of ment, professional standards, special publications government activities on all levels: international, and services, education and public relations. national, state and local. This, therefore, is the 4. The Committee prepared a diagram on the or- reason for the initiation in 1961 of this Commit- ganization of the Association, which it hopes will tee. be useful for purposes additional to its original During this first year. the Committee has done one-to help clarify the thinking of the Commit- three principal things, all of them of a plwparatory tee. nature rather than an active nature. The Commit- On the basis of these studies, the Committee is tee has explored the kinds of matters that seem now formulating specific recommendations with pertinent to its activities to determine the possible respect to policies and procedures that it hopes extent of its interests and actions. It has estab- will be useful in helping the Association to make lished some groundwork in the area of receiving fullest use of its resources of manpower as well as information, printed and verbal. which will be money. useful for information and giving us the proper reference background for any dtcisions the Com-

It is~ aDDarent&. that the strength of the Special Libraries Association lies in its units-Chapters, mittee may be able to pass on to the membership. Divisions. Groups and Sections. We differ from The single most important item in this area is the all other organizations in the library and informa- very pleasant and fruitful liaison are have been tion field in our much greater emphasis on asso- able to set up with the American Library Assocla- ciation of individuals working in related subject tion's Washington ofice, which is the only lobby- areas. And. within a geographic location, the fact ing office with libraries as its principal interest. that each individual has a special subject interest And thirdly, we have begun to set up procedures provides the common bond. The lack of uniformity for action when action is necessary. in these special subject interests creates problems, In the first of these three areas of concern we but our strength is increased through frequent lo- have found that government matters of interest to cal association and cross-fertilization. libraries are almost infinite, and this has not The Committee feels that the goals it ulti- changed very substantially. Therefore we have a mately sets should add to these already-established tremendous body of action and ideas and general strengths. The future is on our side with its im- information to consider, and we have found our- proved means of communication and streamlined selves somewhat overwhelmed by the extent of it techniques for accomplishing routine tasks. But it during this first year. makes superhuman demands on our resources be- We have planned, but have not yet carried out, cause of the burgeoning interest in the entire in- the attention to the first kind of government ac- formation field. The goals of another society con- tivities that the membership should know about. tain the statement that they "should avoid national It is the first because it is the largest, not neces- membership 'drives' " and instead "members should sarily the most important, and that is the area of be attracted by the high quality of professional general information on things going on that may services offered to them." Certainly Special Li- be valuable to the special librarian, the library braries Association can and must make the second itself or to interests in library information in gen- statement. But we must also echo a group of in- eral. This information should come to the mem- terested members who wrote: "Anyone who is bership from our Committee in the form of regu- active in helping to 'Put Knowledge to Work' is lar articles or notes in Special Librarirr and other needed as a participating member of our Associa- SLA publications. We have been delinquent in tion." With this in mind, our Committee hopes not initiating reports of this nature yet, but we to establish goals within the framework of the hope to do so very soon. SPECIAL LIBRARIES We will be referring matters that seem to the for the institution of new committees. We hope Committee to be in the second category, those de- that the membership will help in these recom- manding longer-range action and very positive mendations after they have seen our initial article action on the part of SLA, to existing committees on the items that have come before the Committee. or perhaps to the Executive Board for the estab- We made only one recommendation during the lishment of new committees. either of short-term year, which the Executive Board adopted and or standing nature. For example, and this is given acted upon, and that was to offer the thanks of the to include at least a glimpse of some of the Association to the American Library Association things we have looked at this year, we might rec- for its splendid office worker cooperation. ommend to the Executive Board the establishment of a committee on postal regulations. At the present time such a committee could address itself to the immediate need for action- Headquarters Personnel to impress Congress of the danger of restricting the mailing of publications they deem include No annual report Communist propaganda. In the long run, such a committee on postal regulations could concern itself with the fact that the United States has not l nternational Relations practiced the principles it has agreed to in the In- ternational Postal Union, that is, to reduce inter- The activities of this Committee have been national postal rates on library materials. Thirdly, carried on through correspondence between Com- and perhaps most important to special libraries, mittee members and with other professional li- such a committee could work on the proper lobby- brarians and groups interested in projects of ing and pressures on a long-range basis to remove international scope or by individual Committee the exclusion of many special libraries from send- members working with appropriate groups. While ing interlibrary loan or exchange materials by the the duties of the Committee as defined in official library materials postal rate. This could be ac- communications have been observed, some of the complished by a mere change in the definition of specific activities indicate the variety of interests libraries. by putting the libraries in the field of and efforts of the Committee to strengthen pro- public service rather than the nonprofit or educa- fessional interests of visiting foreign librarians or tional area, hut such a change takes a long time others to whom the Committee could be of serv- to effect. ice. These include: The third category of items that have come to 1. Correspondence with the Thai Library Associa- our attention and which we have done something tion in the interest of two Thai librarians visiting about, includes those demanding immediate action in the United States. before the Executive Board can get together to 2. Representation of the Committee by Dr. Joseph consider them. We have had one such action dur- Groesheck, Deputy Director of the United Na- ing the year. In November we found that the De- tions Library. at ceremonies dedicating the Dag partment of State Library was to suffer an imme- Hammarskjold Library on November 16, 1961. diate and crippling cut in its staff. and we set up This occasion brought together the largest number a procedure whereby the Chairman of the Com- of foreign librarians, at least among the top eche- mittee can work and consult with the President lon, ever assembled in America. The dedication and the Executive Secretary to take action which, afforded an opportunity for the visitors to meet in this case, was in the form of telegrams to the about 75 leading United States librarians, and the President and the Secretary of State protesting the Committee worked with the International Rela- action. tions Committee of ALA on this occasion by There are two footnotes on this. One, this ac- helping to entertain the overseas guests and by tion was not an attempt to protest against librar- introducing them to American colleagues. ians and possibly special librarians losing their 3. Attendance by Committee member Dr. Groes- jobs. This was a protest against the cutting of beck at the New York Regional Peace Corps Con- library services in an area where they were dis- ference, October 1 5-16, 1961, representing the tinctly needed. Secondly, none of our telegrams or Special Libraries Association. those of the American Library Association or any- 4. The formulation of plans to host visiting for- one else were successful, and the State Department eign librarians at the Washington Convention. Library is suffering from that at this moment. This activity was most ably directed by Committee As the work of the Committee goes into its member Mrs. Elaine Austin Kurtz in cooperation second year, with the beginning of an idea of the with Lucile Dudgeon, Special Representative to the possible scope of the job in the members' heads, CNLA Committee for Visiting Foreign Librarians. our first aim will be to increase the publicity. The Host librarians assisted the visitors in attending de- second will be to consider all of the items that sired sessions of the Convention and made efforts to have come to our attention during the year to see introduce the foreign librarians to Association whether any of them should be referred to com- members. Two tables were reserved at the ban- mittees or recommended to the Executive Board quet where the visiting foreign librarians were SEPTEMBER 1962 seated with Committtee members and other li- ton Convention. Glateful acknowledgn~ent is also brarians from the Association, most of whom had made of the excellent cooperation received from been abroad on some library-related project. the officers and the Headquarters of the Associa- 5. The visiting foreign librarians were registered tion in carrying out the projects of this Commit- as guests of the Association at the Washington tee. Finally, it 1s with regret that the Chairman of Convention. Among those visitors registered were: this Committee submits his resignation, occasioned Arne M. Holter, District Librarian and Inspector, by the acceptance of a Fulbright grant to Teheran Central Library, Hamar, Norway; Mrs. Jean Sealy, for the present year. Senior Librarian in charge of Juvenile Section, Trinidad, West Indies; Veronica Young, Senior Librarian, Randwick Municipal Library, Sydney, Australia; Estelle Velasquez, National Library, Membership Lima, Peru; and Jean Prinet, BibliothGque Na- No annual report. tionale, Paris, France. 6. Publication of a "Letter to the Editor" (over the name of the Chairman) in the April 1962 Nominating issue of Special Libraries inviting the membership of the Association to cooperate with the For report, see Specid Libraries, vol. 52, no. Books for Asian Students project, centered in San 10, December 1961, p. 592. Francisco, which collects and sends usable library materials to understocked libraries of Asia. Nonserial Publications Recommendations Three projects resulted in publication during SLA members should inform the International the year: U. S. Sources of Petroleum and hratuval Relations Committee of appropriate information Gas Srati.rtic.r; Guide tu Special Issues md In- concerning visiting foreign librarians so that mem- dexe.r of Pe~iodicals: and A Guide to the SLA bers of the Committee can cooperate in develop- Loa~Collection of Clussificatioi2 Schemes and ing professional programs for the visitors. Subject Heading Lists. Five other projects are ad- The practice of registering visiting foreign li- vanced to the point that final manuscript copy brarians as guests of the Convention is commend- can be expected by the end of 1962. At the close able and should be continued. When budgetary of the Association year, 16 projects rsmained in limits allow, the Committee should underwrite the active category. the expense of the banquet ticket for the visiting Seven new projects were considered by the foreign librarians. Committee during the year. The Committee has taken favorable preliminary action on four of these. The number of new proposals and the sub- Conclusion stantial progress made on several of the older ones The Chairman of the SLA International Rela- promise to make the coming year a banner one tions Committee takes this opportunity to thank for the Association's nonserial publications. the other members of the Committee for their Details of each numbered project are given work and support throughout the year, particu- below. larly in preparation for and during the Washing- JOHN SHERROD

Nonserial Publications Committee Project Report as of May 1,1962

Preliminary Project Title Author Approval Action; Remarks 109 Subject Headings List Transportation Division May 1957 No progress report received for a Transportation B. Hickok from Transportation Divi- Library sion. 110 Guide to Cartographic Geography & Map Di- Nov. 1955 Progressing very slowly. No Research vision estimated completion date. W. W. Ristow 111 Subject Headings for M. Lois Gauch Author hopes to have man- Audio-visual Materials uscript to NPC in 1962. 113 A Guide to the Pub- John M. Bobb 1955 Engineering Section, Sci- lished Series of Col- Tech Division will con- lege and University sider at 1962 meeting. Engineering Research Departments in the u. S. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Preliminary Project Title Author Approval Action; Remarks Technical Libraries, Lucille J. Strauss May 1957 Rejected by Committee and rev. ed. Executive Board, June 1961. Subject Headings List Sci-Tech, Chemistry May 1957 Progressing slowly. in Chemical Engineer- Section ing Mary F. Pinches Special Libraries: How New York Chapter June 1959 Editor expects to send to Plan and Equip Chester Lewis manuscript to Committee Them by June 1962. U. S. Sources of Pe- Sci-Tech, Petroleum July 1959 Published November 1961. troleum and Natural Section Gas Statistics Margaret Rocq Sources of Insurance Insurance Division Sept. 1959 Progressing. Expect to com- Statistics Elizabeth Ferguson plete index in fall of 1962.

Guide to Russian Lan- Rosemary Neiswender Sept. 1961 Final Committee and Ex- guage and Reference ecutive Board approval Aids April 1962. Directory of Business Business & Finance Di- April 1960 Manuscript under NPC re- and Financial Services, vision view. 6th ed. Mary A. McNierney Dictionary of Report Rio Grande Chapter June 1960 Expect to receive final man- Ser~esCodes Helen F. Redman uscript in summer 1962. Development of Spe- Anthony T. Kruzas Sept. 1960 Expect to receive final cial Libraries for Amer- manuscript before end of ican Business and In- 1962. dustry Guide to Special Issues Advertising Division Sept. 1960 Published May 1962 and Indexes ot Perlodl- Advertising Group, cals New York Chapter A Guide to the SLA Special Classifications Oct. 1960 Published July 1961 Lo,m Collection of Committee Clnssification Schemes B. Barden and B. Den- and Subject Heading ison Lists Readings in Special Li- Harold Sharp Rejected by NPC. brarianship Handbook for Special John P. Binnington Sept. 26, 1961 Manuscript expected late Libraries 1962. Special Libraries: A Illinois Chapter Sept. 1961 No recent progress report Guide for Management Edward Strable received. Translators and Trans- Frances Kaiser Being lations. 2nd ed. Requested Pacific Science Congress John Sherrod Rejected by NPC, 1961. 1961 John Cotton Dana Marguerite Moran Rejected by NPC, April Lectures on Special Li- 1962. brarianship Picture Sources, 2nd Picture Division May 1961 ed. C. Frankenberg Proceedings of the Petroleum Section Being reviewed by NPC. Forum on the Abstract- Lee Traven ing and Indexing of Petroleum Exploration and Production Litera- ture

EDITOR'SNOTE: The Executive Board gave preliminary approval to project 156. Project 160 was evaluated and approved by the Committee for publication by the Petroleum Section.

SEPTEMBER 1962 Personnel do so. At this point it can be said that the time extension has not produced the hoped-for results. No annual report. A total of ten reports have been received by the Committee and not all of these are usable. Each Committee member has had an opportu- Photographic Reproduction nity to study these reports. A few represent a real The Committee has kept current with new de- contribution. Some were written from the com- velopments in microforms and copying processes, paratively narrow approach of the particular Di- including the related equipment and techniques, vision concerned rather than from a broader both in the United States and abroad and has point of view that would make the suggested supplied information to members of the Associa- standards applicable to all special libraries. Others tion. demonstrate that only a token effort was made to meet the assignment. Activities The Committee is not attempting to fix the blame for this lack of success; perhaps the diffi- The following activities were carried out: culty of communication was just too great. since 1. Revised and updated the Committee's file of there was no opportunity for face-to-face discus- trade literature and correspondence information. sion with the divisional representatives. The prob- 2. Supplied information to the editor of Special lem of coordinating the work of the Division Libr'rrirr for publication under the title, "Devel- committees and of urging them to make the opments in Photoreproduction." necessary effort was considerable, and, of course, 3. Brought current the annual "Bibliography there was no way of getting cooperation when on Reproduction of Documentary Information" such cooperation was not forthcoming. through December 1961 (published in Sprriul Li6riwie.r. March 1962). Revised Standards Outline 4. Handled a number of requests for informa- In any case, the situation is now as follows: tion, including some from foreign libraries. The Committee has continually reviewed and 5. Members of the Committee attended several revised the outline of standards and is in reason- trade demonstrations: the Annual Meeting of the able agreement on the one given at the end of National Microfilm Association, the National this report. As a Committee it has not been able Business Show and the Business Equipment Ex- to do more than that, except that it has tried to position. The Chairman participated in the pro- follow work on standards being done by other gram of the New England Libraries Association groups in this country and :tbroad. This is not in a discussion on the subject of photoreproduc- necessarily to say that the actu.11 stanhds cannot tlon. be produced by a committee. The fact is simply 6. Informal discussions were held with members that this Comtnittee hns not found it possible to of the National Microfilm Association on the need do so. for low-cost reading equipment and related mi- As the Executive Board is aw'ire. there is now crofilm problems. a request before the Council on Library Resources LORETTAJ. KIERSKY for a grant to be used to complete the standards project. Such a grant would result in the ideal solution since the Committee feels it has a good Placement Policy start, and what is needed is intensive work on This Committee sent a report on August 4, the part of a qualified person who can devote his 1961. to the 32 Chapters of the Association out- entire time to the work until it is finished. Ih- lining some of the problems in placement and re- fortunately, there has been no word at this date questing that the Chapters send the Committee as to whether the request for the funds will be their recommendations to the solution of some granted. of these problems. If the request is turned down, the Committee On December 20. 1961, this Committee re- recommends that the Executive Board give serious ported to the Executive Board the results of this consideration to the possibility of using S1.A funds to hire any one of a number of available survey. Further study was to be made by the As- and competent retired SLA members to devote sociation Headquarters, and a report will be sub- full time for a designated period to work on a mitted at a future date. draft of standards based on the Committee's out- JOSEPH M. SIMMONS line. Such an individual. working with the Com- mittee and making use of the usable material Professional Standards in the Division reports. as well as of other pertinent material in the Committee's files. should be A year ago the Professional Standards Commit- able to complete a draft within a reasonable time. tee recommended that the Division committees The Executive Board may also wish to consider working on standards be allowed additional time reconstituting the Professional Standards Com- so that those that had not completed their as- mittee with the purpose of getting a completely signed work would have another opportunity to fresh approach to the problem. SPECIAL LIBRARIES OUTLINE OF PROPOSED STANDARDS FOR SPECIAL I 2. Laboratory notebooks LIBRARIES 13. Archival and museum materials 14. Special collections I OBJFCTIVES(TO be stated in form of written B. Scope and concentration of the collection charter) 1. Range of subjects to be covered, with A. Purposes of the library (function in broad degree of coverage terms) 2. Reference concentration, with degree of B. Scope of library activities (in broad terms) coverage 1. General subject areas to be covered 3. Size of collection 2. Clientele to be served a. Rate of growth C. Place of library in organization b. Duplication policy arrangements with other libraries I1 SERVICE c. Retention and discard policies A. Services provided at client's request C. Acquisitions 1. Requests for specific publications 1. Purchasing procedure a. Publications in library collection 2. Gift policy b. Publications to be obtained else- 3. Exchange policy where D. Organization of the collection 1. Photocopies 1. Classification 2. Interlibrary loan 2. Cataloging 2. Requests for information 3. Special indices a. Statements of fact E. Physical arrangement b. Statistical data 1. Book arrangement c. Reference verification 2. Special files d. Unpublished information F. Maintenance of the collection 3, Requests for bibliographies 1. Inventory procedures a. Selected list of references 2. Binding program b. Annotated bibliographies 3. Weeding c. Literature searches G. Statistics 4. Requests for translations B. Services offered on librarian's initiative IV STAFF 1. Notification of new acquisitions A. Professional a. By direct contact I. Head librarian b. By periodic publication a. Qualifications 2. Routing of new periodicals 1. Education 3. Routing of title pages 2. Experience 4. Preparation of reading lists on subjects b. Duties of general interest 1. Administration C. Educational and public relations services a. Personnel selection 1. Speaking to groups on the library and b. Personnel supervision and its services training 2. Brochure describing the library and its c. Evaluation of library services services d. Communication with manage- 3. Book reviews for house organ ment and clientele 4. Personal book purchase service 2. Policy determination on matters 5. Recreational reading relating to collection, services, 6. Exhibits space, equipment and budget 3. Participation in professional ac- 111 COLLECTION tivities A. Fvrms and types of material c. Status 1. Books and pamphlets 1. Title 2. Society yearbooks and transactions 2. Organizational level 3. Bibliographies, indices and abstract d. Salary journals 2. Other professional personnel 4. Periodicals and journals a. Qualifications 5. Services 1. Education 6. Government documents 2. Experience a. General b. Duties b. Classified 1. Reference 7. Dissertations and theses 2. Cataloging 8. Types of microreproduction 3. Translating 9. Trade catalogs 4. Literature searching 10. House organs 5. Participation in Professional ac- 11. Company reports tivities SEPTEMBER 1962 B. Nonprofessional 3. A colored insert would be an eye-catching 1. Qualifications touch of variety to Special Libraries, would con- 2. Duties tinue to provide a separate file for Advisory a. Routine ordering Council and Committee members and would draw b. Circulation immediate attention to the news of the Associa- c. Preparation for cataloging tion. d. Periodical records 4. An insert would be most advantageous to the e. Periodical routing SLA Public Relations Department in that its con- f. Filing tent could be prepared independently of Special g. Preparation for binding Libraries and could vary its pages according to the h. Photocopying number of newsworthy items available. i. Typing C. Size During the latter part of the year a letter was 1. Method of determining addressed to all Chapter Presidents requesting 2. Ratio of professional to nonprofessional that a discussion be held at a Chapter meeting on 3. Minimum the status and image of the librarian. This request was supplemented by a short article in Spe- V SPACEAND EQUIPMENT cial Librarier, December 1961. A. Space Communications received on this matter formed 1. Location the basis for a discussion at the Advisory Council 2. Size meeting on Monday, May 28, 1962. 3. Acoustics JOHN P. BINNINGTON 4. Lighting 5. Ventilation and temperature control B. Equipment Publications 1. Reading rooms No annual report. a. General b. Microreproduction 2. Shelving and files Recruitment 3. Staff a. OAces The major activity of the Recruitment Commit- b. Workrooms tee during the 1961-62 year was the writing of a new recruitment brochure designed to fit approx- VI BUDGET imately halfway between "Make Your Career in a Special Library" and "Putting Knowledge to A. Method of determining total budget B. Allocation of budget items Work." Entitled "What Is a Special Librarian? 1. Salaries Should You Consider Becoming a Special Li- 2. Books brarian?" the brochure contains a unique feature 3. Periodicals in the fact that the back cover is actually a form 4. Binding that can be mailed in for further information and 5. Supplies direct contact. It is planned that prospects located 6. Professional association expenses in this manner will be turned over to the nearest Chapter Recruitment Chairman for intensive fol- SAMUELSASS low-up. EDITOR'S NOTE: The Executive Board has taken The John Cotton Dana lectures, initiated last no action to date on the recommendation that year, were continued into 1961-62 by the Recruit- SLA funds be used to employ an individual to ment Committee. The first lecture was presented complete the standards project. on April 10 at Catholic University by Dr. Burton Adkinson, who spoke on "Special Libraries Anti- cipate the Future." Herbert S. White spoke at Public Relations Syracuse University on April 19 on "Special Li- After a study of the SLA Bulletin, the Public brarianship in a Changing Society." Grieg Aspnes Relations Committee recommended on September delivered a talk on "The New Image of the Spe- cial Librarian" at the University of Minnesota on 13, 1961, that the Bulletin be discontinued, and it was suggested that information reported in the May 8, while Charles Zerwekh, Jr. spoke at the Bulletin be printed on colored stock and be in- University of Texas on May 10. The lecture at serted in Special Libraries as "News and Notes." the University of Washington was presented by It was felt that this recommendation and sug- Chris G. Stevenson. Two of the seven lectures are scheduled for presentation in the fall. John gestion have the following advantages: Sherrod will speak at Western Reserve Univer- 1. A greater coverage of readers of Association sity, and Eleanor Gibson will present a talk at news. the University of Toronto. 2. A frequent and regular reporting of all news Two issues of the Recruitment Newsletter, re- items. activated during the past year, were published in SPECIAL LIBRARIES the spring of 1962. It was also used as a vehicle Of eight nominations submitted for the Hall for transmitting copies of the new recruitment of Fame three candidates were selected for their brochure. outstanding contributions to the Association. Data Sheets on eight types of special libraries These are: Rose Boots, Mrs. Margaret Miller were prepared by the New York Chapter Recruit- Rocq and Fannie Simon. Two candidates were ment Committee, and these have received wide deemed worthy of this recognition, but because of distribution. the uncertainty of their dates of retirement their William Budington has agreed to write the names were referred to the next Committee. brochure on special libraries requested by the In regard to the SLA Professional Award, the American Library Association as part of a series Committee discussed the matter of instituting the financially supported by Demco Library Supplies. presentation of a standard award, such as is done A number of letters were written to wide-cir- for the Hall of Fame. culation periodicals in an attempt to obtain pub- The names of five candidates for the SLA Pro- licity for special library recruitment. fessional Award were considered by the Commit- Some work was done on the selection of a re- tee. Cyril W. Cleverdon was nominated for the cruitment poster, but no final decision was reached. contributions to the field of special librarianship by his work on the study of the comparative efK- Recommendations for Coming Year ciency of four indexing and classifying systems. 1. That the John Cotton Dana lecture series be The Committee made the following recommen- extended into 1962-63. dations: 2. That work on the selection and production 1. That further study be made of qualifications of a display poster be continued, and that the for the Hall of Fame Award, in regard to parti- funds originally allocated for this purpose be re- cipation in Association-level activities as com- allocated into 1962-63. pared to contributions on a Chapter level. 3. That the Chapters he encouraged to participate 2. That the Association adopt a medal, scroll or in the preparation of additional special library ca- certificate to be presented to the recipient of the reer data sheets. SLA Professional Award. 4. That the Chapters be encouraged to make full BURTONW. ADKINSON utilization and follow-up of recruitment prospects furnished to them through the new recruitment EDITOR'SNOTE: This report did not come to the brochure. Board's attention, and the recommendations were 5. That efforts to obtain publication of special not discussed. library recruitment needs in wide-circulation periodicals be continued. HERBERTS. WHITE Scholarship and Student Loan Fund SLA Professional Award and Forty-two applications were received this year Hall of Fame for the three announced $1,000 scholarships and a special $500 scholarship to be awarded in memory Requests for nominations for the 1962 SLA of Eleanor S. Cavanaugh. The Committee recom- Professional Award and to the Hall of Fame mended to the Executive Board and received ap- were mailed to the Executive Board, Chapter proval to award an additional $1,000 scholarship. Presidents and Division Chairmen on September The qualifications of the applicants, except in two 1, 1961. This was followed by an article in the or three instances, were outstanding. The future October issue of Special Libraries outlining the potential for contribution to the profession of criteria for each award. A further reminder of the special librarianship was evident in almost every January 31, 1962, deadline was sent out on Jan- folder. Most of the applicants had worked in li- uary 9, 1962. braries with specialized collections during the The Committee met in February at the Dear- summer or were working part-time in special li- born Inn in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Ex- braries while going to school. The Committee was ecutive Board and Advisory Council meetings. faced with the most difficult of decisions in select- There was discussion of the purpose of the ing the final four winners and alternates. Hall of Fame Award for "contributions to the Listed below are the final winners of the 1962- growth of the Association over a period of years." 1963 Special Libraries Association $1,000 Scholar- The Committee felt that there should be further ships and the winner of the $500 Cavanaugh study on the problem of whether contributions by Scholarship. Two of the winners originally se- a member on the Association level would be lected to receive the scholarships accepted; the given preference to contributions by a member other two original winners accepted other scholar- who may have worked diligently but only on a ships of higher monetary value and these scholar- Chapter level, since many individuals who may ships became available to the first and second be qualified for Division or Association level of- alternate winners. The winner of the Cavanaugh fices may be unable to accept such offices. Scholarship accepted. SEPTEMBER 1962 The $1,000 Special Libraries Association Schol- until September 1964 when she will be able to arships have been accepted by: Grace Alice Moore, accept full-time employment. Long Beach, California; Arlee May, Louisville, Mrs. Florence E. Johnson ($500 Cavanaugh schol- Kentucky; Barbara Jean Biebrich, East Lansing, arship). Mrs. Johnson expects to complete her Michigan;- and Ellida Anne Milton, Detroit, graduate work this summer at Chicago University. Michigan. She is presently employed part-time in the Chicago The $500 Cavanauah Scholarship was accepted Municipal Reference Library. by ~aiLou Woehk-~inthro~, 16wa. FINANCIALSTATEMENT Alternate $1,000 scholarship winners are: Dor- SCHOLARSHIP& STUDENTLOAN FUND othy Ann Lundeen, Superior, Wisconsin, and Pa- tricia Ann Hugghins, Selma, Alabama. The alter- May 1, 1961 to April 30, 1962 nate Cavanaugh Scholarship winner is Isa Zubai- Contributions dah, Djakarta, Indonesia. Individual members Progress Report on 1961-1962 Scholarship Winners Memmial donations The 1961-1962 scholarship winners were con- In memory of Rose Boots (from tacted late in April to obtain an expression of McGraw-Hill staff) opinion relative to what they felt their own prog- In memory of Mrs. Ruth Garbett ress has been during the past year, to learn when ($20 from Mrs. Garbett's co- they will complete their graduate work and to de- workers and $100 from termine their employment plans. This is part of a Field Enterprises. Inc.) program to keep in touch with the winners In memory of Alma Mitchill throughout the year as a tacit reminder to them (from Public Utilities Section) of their moral obligation to the Association. The In memory of Mary E. Jameson brief resumes below give some indication of the (from Agnes E. Law) responses received: In memory of Joseph Olah Marlene A. Barrett ($1,000 scholarship). Miss (from Cincinnati Chapter) Barrett, who is to be married this summer, received her degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, School of Libraty Science, June 1962. She has accepted a position as an Assistant Li- Ol;~anizat;o~zs brarian in the Science Library, MIT. She states Standard Oil of California $ 100.00 that "I had hoped to obtain a job in a company Time, Inc. 500.00 library in that area but, as far as I am concerned, Atlas Chemical Industries 250.00 there were none to be had." H. W. Wilson Foundation 2,000.00 Mrs. Irene G. Wallace ($1,000 scholarship). Mrs. Silvestri Art Manufacturing Co. 20.00 Wallace will graduate in January 1963 with a master's degree in library science from the Uni- versity of California. Completion of her graduate work has been delayed because of family prob- Chapters lems caused by the recall of her husband into the Greater St. Louis Army in January 1962. Pittsburgh Almuzaff Khan ($1,000 scholarship). Mr. Khan New York received his master's degree from Western Reserve Wisconsin University, School of Library Science in June 1962. Southern California He hopes to work in the United States for a short time before returning to India. Jacqueline K. Johnson ($1,000 scholarship). Miss Johnson received her degree in June 1962 from Dizision~ Western Reserve University. She will return to her Metals former employer in a special library in Canadian Sectiom industry. Pharmaceutical Emery Baldi-Becht ($500 Cavanaugh scholarship). Mr. Baldi-Becht will receive a master's de- Total contributions $ 7,950.10 gree from the University of Southern California, Total interest earned May 1, June 1963. He is presently employed full-time in 1961 to April 30, 1962 389.94 the University of Southern California Law Library Repayments on loans, May 1, and expects to continue this affiliation after re- 1961 to April 30, 1962 1,159.00 ceiving his degree. Balance transferred from E. S. Mrs. Mary F. Riley ($500 Cavanaugh scholar- Cavanaugh Fund 526.34 ship). Mrs. Riley expects to complete her graduate work in August 1963 at Columbia University. She Total Addltiom to Fzmd $10,025.38 then plans to work part-time in a business library SPECIAL LIBRARIES now available for loan, with $2,946 outstanding. Cash balance May 1, 1961 $ 7,702.90 With the present limitation that only $2,000 may Scholarship and Student Loans (1961- be loaned during any one year, it is probable, 1962) $ 3,755.00 with the repayments expected this year, that the loan limit will soon become available. $ 3,947.90 Two loans were granted during the year amount- Additions May 1, 1961 to April 30, ing to a total of $605. This was all that was avail- 1962 10,025.38 able for loan throughout most of the year. HELENE. LOFTUS Cash balance in fund April 30, 1962 $13,973.28 Loans outstanding 2,946.00 Special Classifications Total Balance in Fund, April No annual report. 30, 1961 $16,919.28

Contributions to Scholarship and Sfudent Loon Fund Special Libraries The H. W. Wilson Foundation, Inc. again con- During the year a total of 103 manuscripts tributed $2,000 to the Fund. Contributions were were read and discussed by the Committee. Of also received from several Chapters and business these, 48 were accepted, 53 were rejected and 2 organizations. The Pharmaceutical Section for sev- were accepted conditionally if the authors re- eral years has contributed $200 a year to the Fund. write. As a token of appreciation of the cooperation re- We welcomed, as Consulting Editors, Alberta ceived from the Southern California Chapter, the Brown and Dr. Albert I. Warheit. The value of Immaculate Heart College Graduate School of Li- these two positions will grow as the new con- brary Science made a contribution to the Fund. sultants become acquainted with the aims and the Fifteen students from this school applied for stu- problems of the Committee. No specific requests dent membership in the Association. were submitted to Miss Brown and Dr. Warheit, The Metals Division again sponsored a special as (amazingly enough) we had a smooth-running convention activity, an Embassy Tour, and con- year, with no earthshaking policy problems. tributed proceeds to the Fund. The Business and The Committee met twice to discuss the pro- Finance Division sold a guidebook at the Conven- posals of the Finance Committee to raise the sub- tion entitled Washif2gton, D. C. iz a Nutshell, scription price of Special Libraries to $10, United with the profits going to the Fund. States; $11, foreign; and single issues to $1.50. A program to stimulate corporate contributions After some questioning of accounting methods, we is needed. To be most effective this program needs agreed to support the Finance Committee in its to be developed a year in advance so that the request. Special Libraries should be sound finan- contact with organizations can be made in the fall cially. during the time operating budgets are under con- An open meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, sideration. There is not sufficient time for the in- May 30, at the Convention in Washington to give coming Chairman to orient herself to this problem and to get a program developed following the any interested Association member a chance to join in a general discussion of Special Libraries, Convention. It is felt that proper timing is vital its format, content, periodicity, etc. to such an undertaking if it is to be fruitful. It has indeed been a pleasure for us to work with Miss Allison and Mr. Woods. Their interest Division Scholarship Programs and enthusiasm are ever constant. It was brought to the attention of the Commit- MARYBONNAR tee by the Executive Secretary that the Pharmaceu- tical Section is considering the possibility of establishing its own scholarship or revolving scholarship Statistics fund, and that such a program might be in direct By Executive Board action on June 2, 1961, the conflict with the Association's scholarship pro- name of the Advisory Committee on Statistics for gram. A Scholarship and Student Loan Fund Library Services Branch, U.S. Office of Education, Committee member is to discuss this situation in- was changed to the Statistics Committee. By the formally with the Pharmaceutical Section. same action the Committee's status was changed from that of a special committee of the Associa- Loan Fund Ceiling tion to a standing committee and its composition After some discussion by the Committee of the and duties were redefined. loan repayment situation during the past few Under the new definition the Committee has re- years, the current loans outstanding and the funds sponsibility for activities pertaining to the devel- currently available, it was decided to postpone at opment, coordination and interpretation of statis- this time any request to increase the Loan Fund tical data relating to special libraries. In pursuance limit from the current $4,000. There is $1,054 of this responsibility it is charged with the follow- SEPTEMBER 1962 ing duties: 1) studying the needs for statistical happy to report that, in the coming fiscal year, the data; 2) promoting necessary investigations and Branch will be extending its regular data collec- compilations ; and 3) representing the Association tion and analysis program to include special librar- in matters relating to statistics. ies services. Specific authorization has been given Committee activities for 1961 in these three for this activity, and an additional staff member areas are reported below. will be available to pursue this work. RUTH FINE 1. Studying the need for statistical data. No organized Committee work has been undertaken in this area. With the publication in June 1961 of Technical Book Review lndex the Office of Education, Library Services Branch's Statistics of Libraries; an Annotated Bibliography The 27th volume of the Technical Book Re- of Recurring Surveys, the Committee has available view Index was published during 1961. Ten to it documented evidence confirming the general monthly issues were published with no issues dur- view that little usable systematic data is currently ing July and August. There were 1,178 titles in- available. Any further literature search that may dexed and, for most entries, excerpts or abstracts be contemplated will have to cover special library from the reviews were presented. Including the management literature in general if it is to reveal annual author index, there were 204 pages. reported needs for statistical data. The Technical Book Review Index makes it Some study was made of a related matter, i.e., possible to locate quickly reviews and expert opin- the ALA "Definitions for Library Statistics; a Pre- ions about books in technical publications. Culled liminary Draft." Committee members were sup- from a large number of scientific, technical and plied with copies of this brochure, and views were trade journals, these references to reviews, plus solicited on their applicability to special libraries. quotations from the original reviews, constitute a This is an area requiring concentrated effort if most important source for the evaluation of tech- usable comparative data is to be gathered. nical books. TBRI is the only index to books of 2. Promoting necessary investigations and compi- this type. It should be noted that the Technical lations. Major efforts during the year concerned Book Review lndex is an index to the book re- our continuing effort to obtain a grant from the views; it makes no attempt to index the books ac- Council on Library Resources for a special library cording to their subject coverage. statistics survey. Failure to obtain favorable Coun- Technical Book Review lndex is compiled in cil action in June 1961 led to a reassessment of the Technology Department of the Carnegie Li- the project objectives, direction and costs. In brary of Pittsburgh. Office and storage space, sup- agreement with the ALA-LAD Statistics Coordi- plies, furniture and other facilities are provided nating Committee, a new proposal was developed for the Editor, Anthony A. Martin, and his clerical limiting geographical coverage of the project, assistant. The assistant works approximately 38 combining the two projects under ALA leadership hours per month. When she is not available dur- and materially reducing its costs. With SLA Ex- ing the summer months and at other times, the ecutive Board approval, the new proposal was Technology Department assists with the location submitted to the Council for consideration at its of reviews and provides editorial assistance if 1961 Fall Meeting. needed. Still unapproved, but not abandoned, the project The source of the reviews is the large collection was subsequently referred back by the Council of scientific and technical journals in the Technol- with a suggestion concerning the type of project ogy Department. With a substantial increase an- director to be selected. This was the subject of ticipated in the Department's subscription list for deliberations at the ALA Midwinter Meeting at- 1962-63, many new titles will become available tended by the SLA Statistics Committee Chairman. to the Editor. This expanded coverage should As a result of these discussions, and with Execu- strengthen and provide a broad, sturdy foundation tive Board agreement, the Council was advised for Technical Book Review Index. that any change in project direction deemed desira- A communication to all subscribers to the Book ble would be acceptable. As of this date it is our Review Digest was circulated during April 1962. understanding that the Council will reconsider this The Editorial Committee asked subscribers to indi- project at its May meeting. cate additions and deletions in coverage of various 3. Representing the Association in matters relating subject fields. Especially mentioned was the pres- to statistics. In connection with the pending ALA- ent coverage of science and technology periodicals SLA Statistics Project, the Chairman of the Statis- by the Technical Book Review Index. At this time, tics Committee was designated the SLA special the results of the questionnaire are unknown, but representative to the ALA Statistics Coordinating it is likely that the relatively few scientific and Committee and represented the Association at the technical journals now included in Book Review ALA Midwinter Meeting of the Committee. De- Digest will be deleted, leaving Technical Book liberations of that meeting were reported above. Review lndex as the only publication performing On an informal basis the Chairman has kept in this indexing service for technology. close touch with pertinent activities of the Library The average number of subscriptions to Tech- Services Branch of the Office of Education, and is nical Book Review lndex has increased during SPECIAL LIBRARIES 1961 and is approaching 1,700 per month. It is tions matters, this Committee has put considerable hoped that this trend will continue. If the promo- thought and effort into a variety of projects this tional campaign undertaken by the Public Rela- year. tions Director at Special Libraries Association At this writing, we have had two Committee Headquarters is continued and stepped up, it is meetings: in New York on September 30; and in believed that the number of subscribers will in- Chicago, at the Translations Center, on January crease. 12. In addition, the Chairman attended the Mid- The Technical Book Review Index Committee winter Meeting in Dearborn, Michigan, in Febru- for 1962-63 might wish to study the possibility of ary and again visited the Translations Center on preparing and issuing a cumulated, author index February 20. to cover ten or 15 years. Such a project would be Throughout the year we have been in frequent time-consuming and costly. The index might be contact, by letter and personal visits, with OTS sold separately to cover the added costs, and a and NSF representatives on a most cordial basis promotional campaign might be conducted with in an effort to improve many aspects of our coop- such a publication. erative translations program. We hereby acknowl- At the present time, a contract operation be- edge our appreciation to NSF for additional fi- tween the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and the nancial support this year as compared with previous Special Libraries Association is under considera- annual grants. tion. Discussions have been held with Bill Woods, Executive Secretary of Special Libraries Association, Translations Survey and Ralph Munn, Director, Carnegie Library of Our most time-consuming endeavor has been the Pittsburgh. It is more businesslike to cover the completion of the "Survey of Translations Activi- publishing activities with an agreement, and it is ties in Universities, Societies and Industry in the hoped that the contract soon will be signed. Fields of Science and Technology" under NSF For a number of years, Technical Book Review grant. In September we accepted a progress report Index has shown a profit each year. 1961 was no from Survey Consultant Alberta Brown. As Miss exception when a profit of $2,499.99 was re- Brown was not available after November 12, the ported in addition to the subscription handling charges deducted by SLA Headquarters. A com- expiration date of her contract, and there was addi- parison of the expenditures, income and profits for tional work to be done on the Survey, we re- the last two years follows. quested a time extension to January 31, 1962, from NSF and retained a management consulting 1960 1961 firm, George Fry and Associates, for data analysis, Income $12,723.65 $13,191.20 evaluation and preparation of a final report. The Expenditures 10,407.23 10,691.21 entire Committee participated actively in guiding and assisting the Fry organization and met with Profit Fry representatives in Chicago to discuss progress and results. The final report represents a remark- An increase in the subscription price for 1963 able cooperative effort on the part of past and should be considered. No increase has been made present Committee members, the two consultants since September 1937, when the present price was and the Translations Center personnel. Following established. Since that time, all production costs a news release from SLA Headquarters, the Survey have increased. Within the last five or six years, has aroused great interest and many inquiries. printing costs and postage have grown steadily The Survey results were presented to the public at higher. It is likely there will be an increase in the a luncheon sponsored jointly by the Committee cost of handling subscriptions and in other mis- and Science-Technology Division at the Washing- cellaneous budget items in 1963. Although no ab- ton SLA Convention in May 1962. normally large expenses can be anticipated at this time, it is doubtful whether the operation can Public Relations and Promotion continue at its present level and either show a In line with our newly defined responsibilities, profit or break even without a price increase to much time has been spent on public relations and bolster the financial structure. promotion (deemed the most important factor in D. R. PFOUTZ stimulating contribution to, and use of, the Trans- EDITOR'SNOTE: The Executive Board approved lations Center) with the following results: increasing the subscription price of Technical Book 1. From August 1961 through June 1962, the two Review Index to $10 in the United States, $11, units of the Translations Center exhibit have been elsewhere, and $1.50 for singIe copies, effective seen at over a dozen technical meetings-in such January 1963. locations as Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Denver, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington, D. C. Translations Activities and Miami Beach, with many more contacts made and in process of negotiation. Reflecting its broadened scope as the single SLA 2. SLA and OTS representatives have met to work Committee concerned with policy for all transla- out a series of press releases and articles on trans- SEPTEMBER 1962 lations for professional journals, newspapers, trade 26, 1961, for permission to conlpile and edit a journals and the popular press, as outlined at our second edition of Trans1~tor.r a)zd Tra/c.rlations: New York Committee meeting. Services and Sou~cesin the event that financial 3. In the form of TC brochures and other handout support was forthcoming from the National Sci- material, SLATC will be represented at the Cen- ence Foundation. tury 21 Seattle Fair th~ssummer in cooperation with the OTS exhibit. Second Edition of "Translators" 4. Two articles in the January 1962 (translations) On January 30, 1962, the National Science issue of Special Libmrier were inspired by the Foundation notified the SLA Foundation Grants Committee: Alberta Brown's progress report on Committee that it was unable to support the pro- the Translations Survey and Rosemary Neiswen- posal for compiling data and preparing the manu- der's article and comparative chart on Russian script of the second edition. Following further transliteration systems. discussions between the Subcommittee, the Execu- tive Secretary and other interested groups in SLA, Other Activities the Subcommittee submitted a revised project pro- Miscellaneous activities of the Chairman in- posal and budget on May 15. 1962, to the Transla- cluded a talk on obtaining translations before a tions Activities Committtee with a view to under- special libraries class in the Graduate School of taking the project on a reduced budget and with Library Science at Immaculate Heart College, Hol- the help of more volunteer workers. The TAC lywood, California, and evaluation, by NSF re- accepted the revised proposal and referred it to quest, of an Engineers Joint Council proposal for the SLA Executive Board for approval on May 27, grant to conduct a pilot study on availability of 1962. The Board pave the proposal preliminary foreign engineering literature in the United States approval on that date, authorizing the Subcommit- and to determine requirements for a comprehen- tee to begin work immediately upon a second sive program. edition of T~unslato~rmd Trutz~latiom:Services and Sources. The Subcommittee is to spend the Subcommittee Activities summer months enlarging and bringing up-to-date In this Committee's enlarged capacity, we have the mailing list of translators and revising the had the benefits this year of operating with two project questionnaires in collaboration with the subcommittees whose reports follow mine. Rich Electronic Computer Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Upon completion of the preliminary phase of the project, it is to submit a firm estimate of the costs of completing the Subcommittee on Transliteration work for the approval of the SLA Executive Correspondence between members has resulted Board at its September meeting. in the publication of the Chairman's article Rus- FRANCESE. KAISER sian T1~112,rliterution-Sowd and Seme in the Jan- uary 1962, Special Libraries. A comparative chart H. W. Wilson Company Award of major transliteration systems was given along with historical development of the various The theme of the H. W. Wilson Company schemes. Advantages of the BSI (British Standards Chapter Award for 1962 was "Closer Relations Institution) system were presented. Since publica- Between Chapters and Library Schools in Their tion of the article, the Chairman has accepted an Areas." The entries illustrated the many and var- offer to serve on the ASA 2-39 Subcommittee on ied ways a Chapter can achieve sound working re- Transliteration, which should provide SLA with lations with library schools. valuable liaison in the American Standards Associ- The judges decided that these features made ation's program on transliteration matters. the winning project from the Toronto Chapter out- ROSEMARYNEISWENDER standing: 1) unusually careful planning and ex- ecution; 2) the opportunity for each individual Chapter member to participate, including those in Subcommittee on Translators and widely scattered areas; and 3) a plan that can Translations easily be adapted by other Chapters. Eleven Chapters entered the competition. They The Subcommittee on Translators and Transla- were: Connecticut Valley, Illinois, Minnesota, tions: Services and Sources, an ad hoc committee New Jersey, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, appointed by President Eugene B. Jackson to serve Southern California, Texas, Toronto and Wis- under the jurisdiction of the Translations Activities consin. Committee, was largely inactive during 1961-1962 The present policy of the Committee directs while awaiting action of the National Science that the theme for the competition be assigned by Foundation on the SLA proposal submitted on the same Committee that will act as judges. This May 5, 1961. During the waiting period, however, year's experience indicates that this is a consistent the Subcommittee submitted a proposal to the and satisfactory procedure. SLA Nonserial Publications Committee on August ELIZABETHFERGUSON SPECIAL LIBRARIES Special Representatives' Reports,

By the Association's Special Representatives

cember 1, 1961, and a meeting of its Subcommit- American Association for the tee on Abbreviations for Periodicals in Washing- Advancement of Science ton on March 27. Because Committee 2-39 received a generous grant from the National Science The SLA Representative attended the annual Foundation and Council on Library Resources, meeting of the American Association for the Ad- travel expenses were available, and the full mem- vancement of Science held in Denver, Colorado, bership was present. A preliminary draft of a December 26-31, 1961, and participated in the standard for periodical abbreviations was agreed AAAS Council meetings. At that time a new upon, which, with further refinement, will be AAAS Section on Information and Communica- presented to the American Standards Association tion (Section T) was established. As a result of for possible adoption as an American Standard. this action, the Special Libraries Association has This draft differs in various details from the In- a new home in the AAAS as a charter member ternational Standard for Periodical Title Abbre- of Section T. The new Section will sponsor a viations (which was not acceptable to the United special program in its subject area at the AAAS States). Since members of major abstracting and meeting in Philadelphia in December 1962. indexing services, as well as practicing librarians, JOHN SHERKOD compose the Subcommittee, this draft represents compromises among several systems which, it is hoped, will be eventually acceptable to all con- American Association of cerned with periodical title abbreviations. Colleges of Pharmacy

Joint Committee on Pharmacy American Documentation College Libraries Current representatives on the Committee are as Institute follows: from the American Association of Col- No annual report. leges of Pharmacy, Dr. Patrick F. Belcastro (Chair- man) and Dean Albert C. Smith; from Special Libraries Association, Efren W. Gonzales and American Library Association Mildred P. Clark; and from Medical Library As- Library Technology Project sociation, M. Margaret Kehl and Philip Rosen- stein. Advisory Committee With the Chairman abroad on sabbatical leave, The SLA Representative to the Library Tech- activities of the Committee have been confined to nology Project Advisory Committee was appointed publication of the first number of its hTeu's-Letter in December 1961 and attended the January 30, in April. Graced with an attractive green mast- 1962, meeting held at the ALA Midwinter Meet- head, this mimeographed publication included ing in Chicago. items explaining the purpose of the Joint Commit- The two major publications issued by the Proj- tee and of the Letter, listed the membership and ect, Study of Circulation Cotztrol Sy.rtems and reported forthcoming publications of interest to Pho~ocopying from Boand Volt~nze.r were com- pharmacy college libraries. The editor is Philip pleted prior to the appointment of the SLA Rosenstein, Librarian, Brooklyn College of Phar- Representative. Handout material on Small Cat- macy. Copies of the News-Letter went to librari- alog Card Duplicators and Organizir~ga Terhni- ans and deans of all colleges of pharmacy, certain ral Library have been prepared to answer repeti- officials of the American Association of Colleges tive inquiries. Bill M. Woods and the SLA of Pharmacy, Special Libraries Association and Representative reviewed and suggested revisions to others likely to be interested. Future issues will the latter prior to publication. Under preparation appear at irregular intervals. is material on carpeting and a model library in- As AACP representative to the American Stand- surance policy. ards Association Committee 2-39 on Library The Project has work under way on the design Work and Documentation, Mrs. Clark attended of pamphlet boxes, improved book packaging, ad- the full Committee meeting in New York on De- hesives and a simplified transaction charging sys- SEPTEMBER 1962 tern. All of these have implications for special li- ballot sheet standards with some new sizes added. brarians ; there are also a number of activities that It is also considering the use of reflection densi- do not. The work of the Project is sufficiently im- tometers and quality standards. portant to the Special Libraries Association to CHESTERM. LEWIS warrant representation. GORDONE. RANDALL ASA Sectional Committee on Library Work and Documen'tation, Resources and Technical Services 2-39 Division, Acquisitions Section, The Sectional Committee 2-39 met on Decem- Reprinting Committee ber 1, 1961, in New York. At this meeting the Chairman, Robert E. Kingery, introduced Mar- This Committee has been inactive during the guerite von Geyr, who had been appointed Ad- past year. ministrative Associate of the Committee in Au- Retention of representation on the Committee is gust. A grant of $16,940 had been received from of doubtful value. the National Science Foundation and the Council JOHN P. HERLING on Library Resources to provide funds for the activities of this Committee. The various sub- EDITOR'S NOTE: The Executive Board approved chairmen reported on the work of their commit- the recommendation that representation on this tees, and Melville J. Ruggles of the Council on Committee be discontinued. Library Resources discussed "Mechanization in Russian Libraries." Resources and Technical Services The next meeting of the Sectional Committee was held on April 13, 1962, in New York. The Division, Book Binding Committee Chairman and Administrative Associate reported For report, see Special Libraries, vol. 53, no. 4, that they had met with the Subcommittee on Ma- April 1962, p. 207. chine Coding, the Subcommittee on Abbreviations for Periodical Titles and the Subcommittee on Transliteration. The Subcommittee on Biblio- Statistics Coordinating Committee graphic References had also held a meeting. The See Statistics Committee report, page 421 of Subcommittee on Library Statistics, with Dr. this issue. Frank Schick as Chairman, is planning to meet with the Statistics Coordinating Committee of ALA and SLA in June. American Standards With a grant from the National Science Foun- dation, Mr. Kingery, Henry Dubester and Dr. Association Jerrold Orne planned to attend the Ninth Plenary ASA Sectional Committee on Meeting of the International Standards Organiza- tion, Technical Committee 46, in Paris, June Photographic Reproduction of 25-27. Bernard Fry of the National Science Documents, PH-5 Foundation was also expected to participate. The International Subcommittee of 2-39 held a brief- Two standards have been approved by the ing session with the delegates to the ISO/TC46 sponsor and are now in print: American Standavds meeting on May 11th. Specifications for Micro-opaques, PH-5.S and MRS. ANNEJ. RICHTER American Standard Dimensions for 100-foot Reeh for Processed 16mm and 35mm Microfilm, PH- ASA 2-39 Subcommittee on 5.6. Subcommittee PH-5-1 on Micro-transparencies Machine Coding is working on the following matters: 1) Feas- No annual report. ibility of interesting the National Bureau of Standards in a micro-test object; 2) Considera- tion of the National Microfilm Association glos- ASA Sectional Committee on sary; 3) Quality standards or legibility; 4) Con- Library Equipment and Supplies, sideration of card stock as related to microfilm; z-8 5 5) Provisional standard for card-to-card printers; 6) Consideration of methods of measuring screen No meeting of this Sectional Committee has brightness; 7) Consideration of test targets for been held. A SLA Representative and member of flow cameras. the Steel Shelving Subcommittee has reported Subcommittee PH-5-2 on Micro-opaques is con- that a preliminary draft of the specifications for sidering a standard for micro-opaque readers. the finishing of shelving has been prepared and Subcommittee PH-5-3 on Documents Readable sent to the members for review and comment. Without Optical Devices has moved to letter GORDONE. RANDALL SPECIAL LIBRARIES Conference on Science gold is receptive to these ideas and would welcome additional cooperation with SLA. Manuscripts MRS. MARIES. GOFF The 1961 Annual Meeting of the Conference EDITOR'SNOTE: The Executive Board approved was held at the Shoreham Hotel, Washington, the recommendation that representation be con- D. C., on Thursday, December 28, 1961, at 4:15 tinued. P.M. The program consisted of a talk by Derek J. de Solla Price of Yale University on "The Ar- chives of the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge" Council of National Library and one by Murphy D. Smith of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, on "Prepar- Associations ing a Manuscript Guide for a Learned Society." For report, see News and Notes, January 1962, A business meeting followed, conducted by the no. 1, p. S-2 in Special Libraries, vol. 53, no. 1, Chairman, Dr. Nathan Reingold of the Science January 1962. and Technology Division of the Library of Con- Also, see the report of the Executive Secretary, gress. Dr. Reingold announced the formal organ- p. 396 in this issue. ization of the Conference on Science Manuscripts and the adoption of a constitution, which states the purpose of the Conference to be "to encour- CNLA Joint Committee for age the preservation of the primary source ma- Visiting Foreign Librarians terials for the history of the pure and applied sciences and their cultural influences. The Con- The Council of National Library Associations ference is a nonprofit organization, no funds Joint Committee for Visiting Foreign Librarians which accrue to the benefit of any member and held meetings on November 20, 1961, and on does not engage in political or legislative activi- March 14, 1962, in Washington, D. C. An in- ties." The SLA Representative has been supplied formal meeting was held in Chicago on January with a copy of the constitution. 30, 1962. Suggested goals of the Conference are: I) a A search for funds to establish a National manual to tell scientists what they can do to pre- Center for Foreign Librarians continued. The serve their manuscripts; 2) a newsletter of Con- Committee was unsuccessful in obtaining finan- ference activities; and 3) guides to manuscript cial assistance from a foundation or from a gov- collections. ernment agency. A new approach to the search for The papers presented at the first Conference adequate sponsorship was initiated-namely, to es- in 1960 have been published in the March 1962 tablish a National Center for Foreign Librarians issue of Isis, a publication of the History of Sci- under the aegis of the American Institute for Re- ence Society. The papers of the 1961 Conference search, an established nonprofit research organiza- will not be published. tion with projects in the international field. A Dr. Reingold was reelected Chairman, and Dr. draft proposal was prepared, carefully studied John Blake of the National Library of Medicine and after discussion at the meeting on March 14, was elected Vice-chairman. approved. The May 4, 1962, meeting of CNLA Of particular interest to the Special Libraries approved the project in principle and authorized Association was the report of the Chairman of the Committee to proceed. the Committee on Relations with Industry, 0. E. The definitive statement for the National Center Anderson, Deputy Historian of the Atomic En- for Foreign Librarians under the sponsorship of ergy Commission. He spoke of his Committee's AIR is now being prepared. contacts with records managers and its studies of When the National Center is established, the practices as they now prevail, usually in large present CNLA Committee will continue as an ad- companies. He believes business organizations will visory panel on professional library matters to preserve their manuscripts if they know how and the National Center for Foreign Librarians of the suggests that management must be "sold" on this American Institute for Research. idea. He mentioned the desirability of cooperation with business history organizations and stressed the need for more publicity regarding the Con- ference and its aims. In the activities of the Committee on Relations CNLA Joint Committee on with Industry, SLA and certain of its members Exhibit Managers could make a real contribution to the purpose of Committee is not yet organized. the Conference. It is recommended, therefore, that SLA continue its representation to the Conference on Sci- CNLA Joint Committee on ence Manuscripts and that an effort be made to have an appropriate SLA member appointed to the Library Education Committee on Relations with Industry. Dr. Rein- No annual report. SEPTEMBER 1962 CNLA Joint Committee on 4. Publication arrangements for the retrospective index to nursing journals being prepared at Yale Library Problems Related to the University School of Nursing under the leader- Peace Corps ship of Virginia Henderson, R.N., Librarian. 5. Formation of the American Nurses Association No annual report. committee to investigate the possibility of preparing a current index to nursing literature based CNLA Joint Committee on on needs of various nursing groups. The first meeting was scheduled for April 1962. Library Work as a Career 6. The Council's comment on the recently pub- No annual report. lished Cumulative Index to Nursing Literature 1956-2960, edited by Mildred Grandbois of Glen- dale Hospital and Sanitorium Library, California. Federation of Management In the Council's opinion some improvement of Organizations coverage and format is needed in this tool, although it is at present filling an otherwise unmet The Association was represented at two meet- need. The existence of this index and the expe- ings this year: Ethel S. Klahre and the Execu- rience of its editor should have bearing on the tive Secretary attended the October 20, 1961, activities mentioned in item 5. meeting in Cleveland, and Mrs. Elizabeth R. Usher 7. Inclusion of more nursing material in the attended the April 26, 1962, meeting in New MEDLARS project of the National Library of York City. During both sessions the International Medicine. A favorable response to ANA's recent Management Congress scheduled to be held in inquiry has been received. New York City in September 1963 was discussed, and as a result the Association has decided to participate in the Congress. Plans and programs are being developed by a SLA committee chaired Interassociation Hospital by Paul Knapp. The Executive Secretary, Bill M. Woods, is Libraries Committee serving as the Treasurer of FOMO for 1962. He The Interassociation Hospital Libraries Com- also served as Co-chairman of a committee that mittee met February 3, 1962, at the home of Mrs. prepared a survey of educational programs in the Vera Flandorf, Chicago, Illinois. The Chairman, management field. During the fall FOMO issued Jean Paige, American Library Association Repre- a directory of the officers of the local chapters of sentative, called the meeting to order at 4:30 P.M. its 12 members, and this included the officers of Mrs. Ardis Engle, Special Libraries Representa- SLA's 32 Chapters. tive, served as Secretary. Other members of the EUGENEB. JACKSON Committee present were Mary M. Dobnikar, Cath- BILLM. WOODS olic Libraries Association Representative, and Mrs. Margaret Hopkinson, Medical Libraries Associa- Interagency- Council on Library tion Representative. The major function of the Interassociation Tools for Nursing Hospital Libraries Committee is to serve as a The Interagency Council on Library Tools for clearing house for information about projects in Nursing met October 30, 1961, and March 2, ALA, SLA, MLA and CLA and to transmit the 1962, at National Nursing Headquarters, New information to the hospital librarians. York City. SLA was represented only at the Mrs. Margaret Hopkinson reported that the spring meeting. Convention of the Medical Libraries Association While the Committee has no executive power, would be held in Chicago, June 5-8, 1962, at the its function of exchanging ideas and experiences Sheraton-Chicago Hotel and outlined the program leads to discussion from which recommendations briefly. to interested bodies can be made. During 1961- Seminars in medical librarianship were held 1962 it discussed: June 9-15 at the University of Illinois Medical 1. Possible exhibits and program participation at School in Chicago. the 1963 National League of Nursing and the The 1963 MLA meeting in Washington will be 1964 American Nurses Association Conventions, the Second International Congress on Medical plans for which are still fluid enough to allow Librarianship. A full-scale Congress is planned at program changes. that time. 2. Preparation of a film that would emphasize Helen Yast is planning an Institute on Hospital the way medical literature can help nurses in Librarianship for non-professional staff to be held the actual performance of their duties. in New York City in October. For further in- 3. Possible revision of the National League for formation write Miss Yast, Librarian, Association Nursing's Libra~yHandbooR fo~ school^ of Nurs- of Hospital and Institutional Libraries, 50 East ing, 1953. Huron Street. Chicago 11, Illinois. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Mary M. Dobnikar, CLA Representative, reported Executive Board of the Special Libraries Associa- that the Catholic Library Association, Hospital tion approved the policy contained in the report Section. has completed a project sponsored by following the last Annual Meeting. Sister Mary Leonilda, S.C.N., Chairman of the Supplementary procedural recommendations were organization. namely, the "Orientation Plan for submitted to the Executive Board at its February Doctors, Faculty &$embers, and Student Nurses." 16th meeting in Dearborn and were approved. In At the 38th CLA Annual Conference in Pitts- effect, these procedural recommendations were de- burgh, April 23-27, the topics discussed in the signed to assist libraries in carrying out the Com- Hospital Section were: "The Function of the mittee's recommendation that it be Iibrary policy Large Medical Library in the Community." "The to fill an order for a single photocopy of any pub- Need for a Liberal Arts Collection in a Nursing lished work or part thereof. The recommendations School Library" and "Accreditation for the Nurs- were arrived at after representatives of the Com- ing School Library," a panel. mittee met with publishers' representatives, rep- Jean Paige, ALA Representative, stated that a resentatives of the Copyright Office and other 1963 issue of Librury Trezds will be on biblio- interested persons. As a result of these meetings therapy. The guest editor will be Ruth Tews, and discussions, and after full consideration of Mayo Clinic, Patients Library, Rochester, Minne- the positions taken by representatives of copyright sota. owners, the Committee is confirmed in its view Claire Lucioli is working on a new edition of that photocopying by libraries in accordance with ATeu Hovim~zs.This is a bibliography of books the Committee's recommendation does not cause for the handicapped and will be available later at appreciable economic injury to copyright owners the American Library Association Headquarters. and is an appropriate and natural extension of li- Helen Yast is writing a brochure to go with brary service. slides on hospital, medical and institutional li- The Committee, while fully appreciative of the braries. They are available from ALA Headquar- efforts of the Copyright Office to find a statutory ters. Anyone having slides or film that could be formula for regulating library photocopying, does added to this collection should contact ALA. not believe that library photocopying can be satis- Reprints from the ALA Bdletin section "Hos- factorily subjected to statutory regulation under pital and Institution Library Service" are avail- the Doctrine of Fair Use. able at ALA Headquarters also. Specifically, the Committee does not feel that Mrs. Margaret Hopkinson, MLA Representa- library photocopying, alone of all the kinds of fair tive. will serve as Chairman for 1962-1963, with use, should be subjected to regulation, nor does it Mary M. Dobnikar, CLA Representative, as Sec- like the proposed requirement for written applica- retary. tions for a photocopy. MRS.ARDIS ENGLE Consequently, while the Committee is very de- sirous that the revised act should specifically mention fair use as limiting the rights of copyright Joint Committee on Union owners, and that library photocopying be mentioned as one variety of fair use, it prefers its own List of Serials solution of the problem, and until such time as its The work on the third edition of the U?ziotz solution is shown to be unfeasible, opposes the List of Sr~ials is progressing satisfactorily. The adoption of the Copyright Office formula. Committee believes it has financing adequate to CHESTERM. LEWIS prepare this for publication, which is expected to be sometime in 1965. It will be published by the H. W. Wilson Company. When published this Jointly Sponsored Program will replace the second edition and its supple- for Foreign Librarians ments and will contain corrections and many new entries. This is expected to be the final edition of The Special Libraries Association has continued the C'~io12List of Seriills, which contains titles to cooperate with the American Library Associa- originating prior to 1950. All serials starting tion and the Department of State on the Jointly 1950 or later are reported in Neu, Serial Titles, Sponsored Program for Foreign Librarians. published by the Library of Congress. At the conclusion of six years, the Program has MRS. RUTH H. HOOKER assisted 30 librarians from abroad to become working staff members in 26 American Libraries. Of these librarians, 22 have completed their pe- Joint Libraries Committee riod in the United States and have returned to their own country. Four are now in the United on Fair Use in Photocopying States: The Committee's report on single copies has Mahmoud al-Akhras, Chief of Ministry of Educa- been approved by the American Library Associa- tion Library Section, Amman, Jordan. Sponsor li- tion, the American Association of Law Libraries brary: Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, and the Association of Research Libraries. The Maryland. SEPTEMBER 1962 Natercia Nunes, Director, Servico Social do Com- Library of Congress ercio Library, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Bra- zil. Sponsor library: Public Library, Lima, Ohio. Advisory Committee on Park Ke-hong, Chief Librarian, Korean Research Center, Seoul, Korea. Sponsor library: University Public Law 480 of Washington Library, Seattle, Washington, It is a pleasure to report that for the fiscal year Xenia Sorokin, Assistant Chief, Legislative Refer- ending June 30, 1962, the Congress made $400,- ence Section, Library of Congress, Buenos Aires, 000 available to the Library of Congress to be Argentina. Sponsor library: State Library, Harris- used for the acquisition of foreign books and burg, Pennsylvania. their distribution to United States research librar- The Washington Committee, upon which the ies (Public Law 87-130). This is in relation to SLA representatives serve, has completed the place- the Public Law 480 program, which involves the ment of six librarians who have been invited to use of American credit in foreign currency. The become staff members of American libraries dur- countries involved in the program this year are ing the coming year. International travel and one India, Pakistan and the United Arab Republic. month study tour of the United States for these The Librarian of Congress has issued two newslet- librarians are covered under the Department of ters this year describing this activity; they are State 1962 budget. called Library of Congress PL-480 ATewsletter. In- These six librarians who have been invited but terested libraries or individuals may ask to be on have not yet arrived in the United States are: the distribution list to receive copies of the News- letter. Mr. Qasen Eftekhari, Librarian, Medical Faculty Li- MRS. RUTHH. HOOKER brary, University of Meshed, Iran. Sponsor library: Wayne State University Library, Detroit, Michi- gan. Librarian's Liaison Committee Jeffrey Clyde Hazell, Librarian in charge of State No annual report. Department of Agriculture Library, Sydney, Aus- tralia. Sponsor library: Free Library of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania. National Academy of Arne Marinius Holter, District Librarian and In- spector Central Library, Hamar, Norway. Sponsor Sciences-National Research library: Free Library of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania. Council, Advisory Board of the Daphne M. Labega, Chief Librarian for the Island Territory of Curacao. Sponsor library: Free Li- Office of Critical Tables brary of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The National Science Foundation continued its Jean Anita Sealy, Senior Librarian in charge of financial support of the NAS-NRC Office of Criti- Juvenile Section, Trinidad, West Indies. Sponsor cal Tables. The Office, established in October library: Free Library of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- 1957, does not itself publish compilations of criti- vania. cal data but stimulates and coordinates the con- Veronica Josephine Young, Deputy Librarian of tinuous compilation of critically evaluated numeri- Randwick Municipal Library, Sydney, Australia. cal data. Consequently, the efforts of its Director, Sponsor library: Free Library of Philadelphia, Dr. Guy Waddington, and his staff are concen- Pennsylvania. trated very largely on conferences, meetings and A change in budget arrangements of the De- personal contacts to encourage coordination and partment of State made it necessary to postpone general standards of quality among existing data until fiscal 1963 the placement of other librarians projects and the starting of new data centers. whose qualifications have been received. The Office has found that such programs in this It is hoped that during this coming year addi- country are weakened and held back by recurrent tional special libraries will participate in this pro- difficulties in the funding of projects and has de- gram. SLA members may obtain information on veloped a tentative plan to establish a contractins foreign librarians who are candidates under this mechanism and a fund earmarked for data com- exchange arrangement by writing to the Secretary pilation activities. of the Washington Committee: The experimental OCT Central Index was pub- Mrs. Mary Ann Adams lished this August as NRC Publication No. 976, International Library Relations Assistant Consolidated Index of Selested Property Values: Library of Congress Physical Chemistry and Thermodynamics. It is a Washington, D. C. guide from name of property and substance to certain selected project publications that contain the numerical data. The Office of Critical Tables issues OCT News- letter twice a year, which describes compilation Library Binding Institute activities, contemplated, in process and as issued No annual report. throughout the world. In addition to the Newslet- SPECIAL LIBRARIES ter, the 1960-61 Annual Report, the 1961-62 Ros- and publicity aids. Since National Library Week ter of the NAS-NRC Division of Chemistry and has definitely been established as a part of the Chemical Technology and six issues of NAS-NRC SLA program and will continue for the next five News Report were received this year. Your Rep- years, a final bulletin sent to Chapter Presidents resentative was reappointed to the OCT Advisory included a questionnaire similar to the one sent Board for the three-year term ending June 30, last year. This requested a summary of individual library NLW activities, in order that Headquar- ters may have an accurate account of the extent of SLA's participation. National Book Committee As SLA Representative for 1962 National Li- brary Week, this reporter attended the SLA Ad- It was with real trepidation that the writer of visory Council Meeting at Dearborn, Michigan in this report assumed her duties last spring. Confi- February. Following her report, most favorable dence, however, was restored as the year progressed comments were received on the previous cam- due to the splendid cooperation of SLA officials, paigns indicating that Chapter participation would National Library Week officers and the chairmen be even greater in the ensuing years. of many special committees. For the fifth year the Special Libraries Associa- MRS.DOROTHY MCNUTT tion has participated in the observance of Na- tional Library Week, April 8-14, 1962. NLW, a United Nations country-wide public relations campaign for all types of libraries, is sponsored by the National Nongovernmental Book Committee, Inc., an independent, nonprofit citizens group in cooperation with the American ~r~aniiationsObserver Library Association and the active participation The Observer has only two specific actions to of more than 50 organizations. report this year. Geared to stimulate a long-range, year-round He prepared and forwarded to the Board for its program to help build the interest of management approval a resolution expressing the Association's as well as employees in reading and libraries, this regret over the death of Dag Hammarskjold, Sec- year's SLA-NLW successful campaign inaugurated retary-General of the United Nations. This resolu- several "firsts." Through the generosity of the E. I. tion was approved and forwarded to His Excel- du Pont de Nemours & Company, two new NLW lency Mongi Slim, President of the Sixteenth Ses- publicity awards were given at the Annual Con- sion of the General Assembly. vention Banquet. These awards, one of $75 and Secondly, he assisted the Executive Secretary in another of $25 were given for the most effective filling out a form requested by the United Nations 1962 United States or Canadian NLW project car- Office of Public Information. The information ried out by a library represented in the Associa- supplied supported and reaffirmed the Associa- tion's membership. It might be added here that tion's status as an affiliated Nongovernmental Or- the Procter and Gamble Company has confirmed ganization. its offer to present these awards next year. The Various invitations to briefing sessions at the NLW billboard poster, an innovation, sponsored United Nations were received, but since the sub- by Efren W. Gonzales and the Greater St. Louis jects of discussion were matters of political sub- Chapter is indeed worthy of note. Nineteen bill- stance as opposed to Association interests, the Ob- boards were seen in the three largest cities in the server has not attended. state of Missouri during the "Week" carrying the While our relationship with the United Nations words, "Mid-America's Special Libraries Salute as a Nongovernmental Organization is not very National Library Week. . . ." active, it is felt that it is a valuable relationship Although at this point it is too early to know and should be continued. the extent of the 1962 campaign, the articles enti- DONALDWASSON tled, "Why I Participate In National Library Week," edited by Mary Allison in several spring United States Book Exchange issues of Special Libraries gave a cross section of continued interest. Still another article in the Jan- The Representative of SLA attended Board uary issue, "National Library Week Is Yours- meetings of the USBE on August 18, 1961, March Use It," urged librarians to take advantage of 9, 1962 and May 11, 1962. He participated also NLW. In addition, hundreds of releases were sent in the annual meeting of the corporation on March to periodicals and newspapers from individual 23, 1962. He has served as Vice-president of Chapters. USBE for 1961-1962 and was elected President Throughout the year liaison was maintained with for 1962-1963 at the corporation meeting on Virginia Mathews, Associate Director of National March 23, 1962. Library Week, and Special Libraries Association For the history of SLA's representation in the Headquarters. Also special bulletins were sent to USBE, no better brief can be made than to refer Chapter Presidents keeping them informed of ac- to Elizabeth Ferguson's "What Is This CNLA" in tivities as well as giving information on displays the Library Journal of May 15, 1962. SLA is one SEPTEMBER 1962 of the constituent members of CNLA. The USBE 1954-55 Helen Scanlon (Member of the Boa~d) is a creation of CNLA and its Bylaws 111, Section 1955-56 Alvern Sutherland (no office held) 1 state: 1956-57 Alvern Sutherland (Member of the "Member organizations of the USBE corporation Board ) consist of (a) the following members of the 1957-58 Alvern Sutherland (Member of the Council of National Library Associations, each of Board) which shall designate a single delegate to repre- 1958-59 Alvern Sutherland (Secretary) sent it: American Association of Law Libraries, 1959-60 Jrrrold Orne (Member of the Board) American Documentation Institute, American Li- 1960-61 Jerrold Orne (Vice-president) brary Association, American Theological Library 1961-62 Jerrold Orne (Vice-President) Association, Association of American Library 1962-61 Jerrold Orne (President) Schools, Association of Research Libraries, Catho- The Special Representative of SLA to the lic Library Association, Medical Library Associa- USBE respectfully recommends that SLA strengthen tion, Music Library Association, Special Libraries its representation by allocating approximately Association and Theatre Library Association." $100 towards his travel to the annual corporation Article 111, Section 3 states: meeting of USBE, held in Washington each year. "Each delegate is responsible for bringing USBE The USBE pays the expenses of its officers to all matters to the attention of the group he repre- other meetings. This amount would not be needed sents. He shall bring to the attention of the cor- in my particular case, since my expenses usually poration the opinions and views of his group. His run about $40 for this trip. (This was approved.) vote in the corporation, however, shall be that of However, against the eventuality that another per- an individual and shall be binding upon the or- son may now be assigned this responsibility by the ganization or institution he represents only if his new President of SLA, the larger sum should be group so elects and duly notifies the corporation." set aside. Further, since I have been duly elected This Representative has received no particular President while representing a constituent Associ- instruction beyond the advice concerning appoint- ation, the SLA could now conceivably appoint an- ment and the implicit responsibility to safeguard other person to represent it without affecting my the interests of the Special Libraries Association. availability. The Board meetings and the corporation meeting have been concerned with a number of de- JERROLDORNE velopments in programs of great value to SLA members. The most notable of these is a proposal, now before a foundation, for a West Coast branch United States National of USBE. This is an avidly sought goal, earnestly Committee for the desired by a multitude of special-type libraries in the western half of the United States, particularly International Federation the coastal area. The goals are dual: first, to facili- tate movement of exchange materials within the for Documentation (FID) United States and second, to promote the input of At the February 28, 1962, meeting, a number Oriental and Asiatic materials into the United of committee reports were given: States. A second project of interest to SLA is the Robert Harte reported that the Conference proposed Current Exchange Referral Center, to Planning Subcommittee had made a firm reserva- be sponsored by NSF on an experimental basis. tion with the Sheraton-Park Hotel. Washington, Such a project, it is hoped, would enable members D. C., for the October 1965 Congress, and a to locate available exchange material not found in budget of $150,000 was estimated ($85,000 maxi- USBE or other common sources. mum travel support). Preliminary arrangements In its last fiscal year, the USBE distributed over have been made for liaison with the State Depart- half a million items. A considerable number of ment, and a schedule of Congress preparation has these went to special libraries. It is a well-known been prepared. The first subcommittee was dis- fact that special libraries are commonly stocked solved, and Mr. Harte was appointed chairman of with unusually difficult materials by subject inter- a new Congress Organizing Committee. est and source. In many instances the USBE is Malcolm Rigby of the Universal Decimal Classi- able to fill the unusual need. Considering the ex- fication Subcommittee reported on extensions of tremely modest investment required, both SLA and UDC suitable for use by Meteo~o1ogzr;rl Ahstruct~. the member libraries are well-advised to continue dud Bibliography and showed run sheets indicating to take an active part in the work of the USBE. the schedules to be "readily machinable." In his The historical record of SLA participation in opinion, potential United States users of UDC USBE follows: should be provided convenient access to the sched- 1948-49 Irene Strieby (Vice-president) ules. 1949-50 Irene Strieby (Vice-President) Karl Honaman reported that the Finance Sub- 1950-51 Irene Strieby (Member of the Board) committee needed money but is not yet far enough 1951-52 Irene Strieby (Member of the Board) along to justify firm proposals for support. 1952-54 Helen Scanlon (Member of the Board) Mrs. Helen Brownson, FID/MSR, reported an SPECIAL LIBRARIES unsatisf~ctory situation in the Machine Storage sented. I was in no position to express SLA views and Retrieval Committee following her attendance on the 13 areas for FID action, much less on the at the London meeting. She reported that the 62 individual topics. Chairman's ideas and suggestions were sound but A Subcommittee on Information for Industry his actlons negligible. The Committee was dis- was set up with Ken Lowry to represent large in- turbed and discussed various ways of solving this dustry, John Green to speak for industry generally problem. and a third member, yet to be appointed, from A refreshing change has occurred in the subjects small industry. discussed by the FID Bureau. Four years ago they Running through most of the meeting was an occupied themselves entirely with administrative idea that an annual review paper on the interna- details; today they are concerned with selecting tional state of the art in machine storage and re- projects and prodding committees into action. trieval would be extremely useful. Dr. Hutchisson Verner Clapp made the point, generally con- thought AIP would support such a study at $1,000 curred in, that neither his Program Subcom- a year, and that many other organizations would mittee nor USNCFID could choose the most im- contribute. The big question was who has the time portant areas for action until the representatives and competence to undertake such a project. knew the needs of the organizations they repre- RITCHIE R. WARD SLA Official Directory 19624963 Association Officers TREASURER Ralph H. Phelps, Engineering Societies Library, PRESIDENT 345 East 47th Street, New York City 17 Ethel S. Klahre, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleve- land, P.O. Box 6387, Cleveland 1, Ohio DIRECTORS

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENTAND PRESIDENT-ELECT Sara Aull, University of Houston Library, Cullen Boulevard, Houston 4, Texas Mrs. Mildred Hooker Brode, David Taylor Model Basin, Washington 7, D. C. Joan M. Hutchinson, T. R. Evans Research Center, Diamond Alkali Company, P.O. Box 348, Paines- SECONDVICE-PRESIDENT ville, Ohio Robert W. Gibson, Jr., Technical Processing. Paul W. Riley, College of Business Administra- Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box tion, Boston College, Chestnut Hill 67, Massa- 218. Yorktown Heights, New York chusetts SECRETARY Mrs. Elizabeth B. Roth, Library, Standard Oil Mrs. Jeanne B. North, Missile and Space Division, Company of California, 225 Bush Street, San Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Palo Alto, Cali- Francisco 20, California fornia Edward G. Strable, J. Walter Thompson Com- pany. 410 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago 11, 11- linois Headquarters Mrs. Elizabeth R. Usher, Metropolitan Museum of 31 East 10th Street, New York 3, New York Art, Art Reference Library, 5th Avenue at 82nd Spring 7-8136 Street, New York City 28 EXECUTIVESECRETARY IMMEDIATEPAST-PRESIDENT Bill M. Woods Eugene B. Jackson, Research Laboratories, Gen- ASSIST.~NTTO THE EXECUTIVESECRETARY eral Motors Corporation, 12 Mile and Mound Grace E. Reynolds Roads, Warren, Michigan PUBLICATIONSAND PUBLICRELATIONS DI- RECTOR Mary L. All~son Chapter Presidents PUBLICATIONSAND PUBLICRELATIONS AS- ALABAMA:Frances Burell Rucks, Business Li- SISTANT brary, University of Alabama, Box 874, University, Edythe C. Porpa Alabama HEAD,ACCOUNTS AND RECORDSDEPART- BALTIMORE:William M. Lee, 1312 Bolton Street, MEKT Baltimore 17, Maryland Mrs. Emily B. Shoemaker BOSTON:Robert L. Martin, 24 Fisher Street, Na- tick, Massachusetts SEPTEMBER 1962 CINCINNATI:Gertrude Bloomer, The William S. RIO GRANDE:Mrs. Ida M. Gutierrez, 4132 Sun- Merrell Company, Lockland Station, Cincinnati 15, land Circle, N.W., Albuquerque, New Mexico Ohio SAN DIEGO:Louis Canter, 514 Pacific Avenue, CLEVELAND:Eloise E. Grant, Meldrum and Few- Solana Beach, California smith, Inc., 1220 Huron Road, Cleveland 15, Ohio SAN FRANCISCO:Glenn R. Maynard, Radiation COLORADO:Mrs. Maxine Bailey Beaton, Presby- Laboratory, University of California, Box 808, terian Hospital, Medical Library, 19th & Gilpin Livermore, California Streets, Denver 6, Colorado SOUTHERNCALIFORNIA: John M. Connor, 231 CONNECTICUTVALLEY: Mrs. Mary Lee Tsuffis, S. Carondelet Street, Los Angeles 57, California Box 25, Andover, Connecticut TEXAS:Frank S. Wagner, Jr., Chemical Division, GEORGIA:William S. Learmonth, 3304 Matheison Research and Development Laboratories, Celanese Drive, N.E., Atlanta 5, Georgia Corporation of America, P.O. Box 8, Clarkwood, Texas GREATERST. LOUIS: William A. Wilkinson, In- formation Center, Monsanto Chemical Company, TORONTO:Ruth Briggs, Connaught Medical Re- 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis 66, Mis- search Laboratories, Library, University of Toronto, souri Toronto 4, Ontario, Canada HEARTOF AMERICA:Edward F. Sintz, 8631 Hi- WASHINGTON,D. C.: Mrs. Catherine Q. Hetrick, awatha Road, Kansas City 14, Missouri Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Washing- ILLINOIS:Lorraine Ciboch, 604 McKinley Avenue, ton 25, D. C. Mundelein, Illinois WESTERNNEW YORK: William C. Lowe, Re- INDIANA:Mrs. Theodora Andrews, 3 15 N. Chaun- search & Product Development, Xerox Corpora- cey Street, W. Lafayette, Indiana tion, Building 5, 800 Phillips Road, Webster, New York LOUISIANA:Mrs. Dorothy Beckemeyer Skau, US. Department of Agriculture Library, New Orleans WISCONSIN:Mrs. Elizabeth J. Fabry, Downtown Branch, Southern Regional Research Laboratory, Campus Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwau- 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans 19, kee, 600 W. Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee 3, Louisiana Wisconsin MICHIGAN:Ernest L. Horne, 2763 Ewald Circle, Detroit 38, Michigan Division Chairmen MINNESOTA:Suzanne J. Kamman, Ancker Hos- ADVERTISING:Duane R. Day, Campbell-Mithun, pital, Medical Library, St. Paul 5, Minnesota Inc.. 1300 Northwestern Bank Building, Minneap- MONTREAL:Helene Dechief, Headquarters Library, olis 2, Minnesota Canadian National Railways, 935 Laguachetiere B~OLOG~CALSCIENCES: Genevieve Cole, 77a Re- St., W., Montreal 1, Quebec, Canada vere Street, Boston 14, Massachusetts NEW JERSEY:Mrs. Mary S. McDermott, Library, BUSlNESS AND FINANCE:Leonard J. Macmillan, Johns-Manville Research Center, Manville, New Book Purchasing Department, Boston Public Li- Jersey brary, Copley Square, Boston 17, Massachusetts NEW YORK:Charlotte M. Madison, Compton Ad- DOCUMENTATION:Philip Leslie, 4792 Mt. La vertising, Inc., 625 Madison Avenue, New York Palma Drive, San Diego 17: California City 22 GEOGRAPHYAND MAP: George R. 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Alter, 1522 Cromwell Ave- COMMITTEEON COMMITTEES:Charles K. Bauer, nue, Flint 3, Michigan Scientific and Technical Information Department, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Marietta, Georgia PUBLISHING:Josephine Schwarzapel, American Druggists, 1790 Broadway, New York City 19 CONSULTATIONSERVICE: Gertrude L. Losie, Re- search Libraries, Research Laboratories, Parke, SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY:Gordon E. Randall, 2240 Davis & Company, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Van Cortland Circle, Yorktown Heights, New Arbor, Michigan York CONVENTIONPROGRAM: Efren W. Gonzalez, CHEMISTRYSECTION: Edwin J. Anderson, 11710 Technical Communications, Grove Laboratories, Grandview Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland Inc., 8877 Ladue Road, St. Louis 24, Missouri ENGINEERINGSECTION: Herbert S. White, En- DIVISIONRELATIONS: Dr. Frank E. McKenna, In- gineering Libraries and Information Service, formation Center, Central Research Department, IBM Corporation, Data Systems Division, Air Reduction Company, Inc., Murray Hill, New Poughkeepsie, New York Jersey PAPERAND TEXTILESECTION: Janet Hollander, EDUCATION:Grieg Aspnes, Cargill, Inc., 200 Research Department, Dixie Cup Division, Grain Exchange, Minneapolis 15, Minnesota American Can Company, Easton, Pennsylvania FINANCE: Paul Wasserman, School of Business PETROLEUMSECTION: Mrs. Carrie W. Eagon, and Public Administration, Cornell University, Jersey Production Research Company, 1133 N. Ithaca, New York Lewis Avenue, Tulsa 10, Oklahoma FOUNDATIONGRANTS: Robert W. Gibson, Jr., PHARMACEUTICALSECTION: Mrs. Rita L. Thomas J. Watson Research Center. P.O. Box Goodemote, Schering Corporation, 60 Orange 218, Yorktown Heights, New York Street, Bloomfield, New Jersey GOVERNMENTALRELATIONS: Alice D. Ball, 2820 PUBLIC UTILITIES SECTION: Catherine A. 31st Street, S.E., Washington 20, D.C. Simms, Technology Center. Institute of Gas Technology, 17 West 34th Street, Chicago 16, INTERNATIONALRELATIONS: Mrs. Elaine Austin Illinois Kurtz, 8 Terrace Court, N.E., Washington 2, D. C. SOCIAL SCIENCE:Janet M. Rigney, Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., 58 E. 68th Street, New MEMBERSHIP:Eunice V. Salisbury, U. S. Army York City 21 Cold Regions Research and Engineering Labora- tory, Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 282, Hanover, PLANNING,BUILDING & HOUSINGSECTION: Jan- ice B. Babb, National Association of Real Estate New Hampshire Boards, 36 S. Wabash Avenue, Chicago 3, Illi- NONSERIALPUBLICATIONS: Marian G. Lechner, nois Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Hartford 15, Connecticut SOCIALWELFARE SECTION: To be selected PERSONNEL:Paul E. Postell, Office of Technical TRANSPORTATION:Marianne Yates, Transporta- Information Extension, U. S. Atomic Energy tion Center Library, 1810 Hinman Avenue, Evan- Commission, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, Tennessee ston, Illinois PHOTOGRAPHICREPRODUCTION: Loretta J. Kier- sky, Central Research Laboratory Library, Air Re- Committee Chairmen duction Company, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey Standing PLACEMENTPOLICY: Joseph M. Simmons, Chi- cago Sun-Times Daily News, Sun-Times Plaza, ADMISSIONS:F. Rowena Phillips, The Manufac- Chicago 11, Illinois turers Life Insurance Company, 200 Bloor Street East, Toronto 5, Ontario, Canada PROFESSIONALSTANDARDS: Samuel Sass, The Wil- liam Stanley Library, Transformer Division, Gen- ARCHIVES:Mrs. Martha H. O'Leary, 431 East eral Electric Company, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 20th Street, New York City 10 PUBLICRELATIONS: John P. Binnington, Research AWARDS: W. Roy Holleman, 2069 Sea View Library, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, Avenue, Del Mar, California Long Island, New York BYLAWS:Katharine L. Kinder, Johns-Manville Re- PUBLICATIONS:Mrs. Helen F. Redman, Los Ala- search Center, Manville, New Jersey mos Scientific Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los CHAPTERRELATIONS: William S. Budington, The Alamos, New Mexico John Crerar Library, 35 West 33rd Street, Chicago RECRUITMENT:Herbert S. White, Poughkeepsie, 16. Illinois New York SEPTEMBER 1962 SCHOLARSHIPAND STUDENTLOAN FUND: Ger- Special Representatives trude Bloomer, The William S. Merrell Company, Lockheed Station, Cincinnati 15, Ohio AMERICANASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT SCIENTIFICMEETINGS: Joan M. Hutchinson, 140 OF SCIENCE:John Sherrod, Science & Technology Normandy Drive, Painesville, Ohio Division, Library of Congress, Washington 25, D. C. SPECIAL CLASSIFICATIONS:Miss Meredith S. Wright, Parma Research Center. Union Carbide AMERICANASSOCIATION OF COLLEGESOF PHAR- Corporation, P.O. Box 6116, Cleveland 1, Ohio MACY, JOINT COMMITTEEON PHARMACYCOL- SPECIALLIBRARlES: Robert G. Krupp, Bell Tele- LEGE LIBRARIES:Mrs. Mildred P. Clark, Winthrop phone Laboratories, Inc., Holmdel, New Jersey Laboratories, 1450 Broadway, New York 18, New York STATISTICS:Ruth Fine, Bureau of Budget Library, Efren W. Gonzalez, Technical Communications, Washington 25, D. C. Grove Laboratories, Inc., 8877 Ladue Road, St. TECHNICALBOOK REVIEWINDEX: Virginia L. Louis 24, Missouri Garland, 4601 Bayard Street, Pittsburgh 13. Pen- sylvania AMERICANDOCUMENTATION INSTITUTE: Philip Leslie, 4792 Mt. La Palma Drive, San Diego 17, TRANSLATIONSACTIV~TIES: Elizabeth M. Walkey, California Library Services. Bell & Howell Research Center, 360 Sierra Madre Villa, Pasadena, California ALA LIBRARYTECHNOLOGY PROJECT ADVISORY TRANSLATORSAND TRANSLATIONS:SERVICES COMMITTEE:Gordon E. Randall, 2240 Van Cort- AND SOURCES,SECOND EDITION: Frances E. land Circle, Yorktown Heights, New York Kaiser, Price Gilbert Library, Georgia Institute ALA RESOURCESAND TECHNICALSERVICES DI- of Technology, Atlanta 13, Georgia VISION, BOOK BINDINGCOMMITTEF: Paul HOW- TRANSLITERATION:Rosemary Neiswender, 3720 ard, Department of the Interior, Washington 25, Strand. Manhattan Beach, California D. C. ALA STATISTICSCOORDINATING COMMITTEE: Ruth Special Fine, Bureau of Budget Library, Washington 25, CONVENTION:Phoebe F. Hayes, Bibliographical D. C. Center for Research, Denver Public Library, Den- ASA SECTIONALCOMMITTEE ON PHOTOGRAPHIC ver 3, Colorado REPRODUCTIONOF DOCUMENTS,PH-5: Chester COPYR~GHTLAW REVISION:Chester M. Lewis, M. Lewis, New York time^. 229 West 43rd New York Time.r, 229 West 43rd Street, New Street, New York 36, New York York City 36 ASA SECTIONALCOMMITTEE ON LIBRARYWORK ELECTIONS:Elizabeth M. Mulhall, The Chemists' AND DOCUMENTATION,2-39: Mrs. Anne J. 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FEDERATIONOF MANAGEMENTORGANIZATIONS: Ethel S. Klahre, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleve- land, P.O. Box 6387, Cleveland 1, Ohio Bill M. Woods, Executive Secretary, Special Li- Rapid Microform Space Data braries Association, 31 East 10th Street, New York City 3 A new scientific information service, which INTERAGENCYCOUNCIL ON LIBRARYTOOLS FOR distributes microfilmed documents to NASA NURSING:Mrs. Barbara Coe Johnson, Harper Research Centers and organizations con- Hospital, 3825 Brush Street, Detroit 1, Mich- cerned with aerospace research and develop- igan ment, has been initiated by the Scientific and INTERASSOCIATION HOSPITALLIBRARIES COMMIT- Technical Information Facility of the Na- TEE:Mrs. Ardis C. Engle, 1355 Inglewood Drive, tional Aeronautics and Space Adrninistra- Cleveland Heights 21, Ohio William Beatty, 1509 Forest Avenue, Evanston, tion in Bethesda, Maryland. The 5 x 8 inch Illinois. microforms are sheets of transparent film

INTERNATIONALFEDERATION OF LIBRARYASSO- capable of holding 76 photographically re- CIATIONS COMMITTEEON LIBRARYBUILDING: duced standard pages and were developed by Gordon E. Randall, 2240 Van Cortland Circle, Forbes & Waite, Inc., specialists in informa- Yorktown Heights, New York tion handling. The NASA Facility provides JOINT COMMITTEEON UNION LIST OF SERIALS: for worldwide acquisition, filing and dis- To be appointed. tribution of technical reports for participants JOINT LIBRARIESCOMMITTEE ON FAIR USE IN in space programs. An electronic computer PHOTOCOPYING:Chester M. Lewis, New York annually culls information and prepares bib- Timer, 229 West 43rd Street, New York 36, New York liographies from about 30,000 technical reports. The microfilm service will eliminate JOINTLYSPONSORED PROGRAM FOR FOREIGNLI- BRARIANS:Lucile Dudgeon, 1413 30th Street, the necessity and delay of formal requests N.W., Washington 7, D. C. from NASA contractors. SEPTEMBER 1962 Association News New Editor and Publisher for "Establishing and Managing the Company "Scientific Meetings" Library," to be held October 3-5 at the Hotel Mrs. Marian (Patterson) Holleman, Li- Astor in New York City. This seminar, brarian in the Reference Department of the AMA's first dealing with librarianship, is University of Southern California Library and part of a program of over 1,000 AMA meet- former SLA Director, has been appointed ings planned and conducted from coast to Editor of Scientific Meeti~zgs, a periodical coast each year. listing forthcoming conventions, colloquia, Eugene B. Jackson, SLA Immediate Past- symposia and other meetings sponsored by President, will act as the discussion leader at scientific, technical, engineering, medical and the opening afternoon session. Other SLA management organizations. For six years this members scheduled to speak include: Katha- useful reference list has been issued by the rine L. Kinder, Librarian, Johns-Manville Science-Technology Division, but beginning Research Center, whose topic will be "Mis- in January 1963 the Association will take sion and Objectives of the Company Library" ; over the responsibility for its publication and Mrs. Margaret H. Fuller, Librarian, Ameri- distribution. A year subscription will cost can Iron and Steel Institute, who will discuss $7 in the United States, $8, elsewhere. "Organizing the Company Library" ; Mrs. The change in publisher and the addition Marie Simon Goff, Librarian, E. I. duPont of a full-time paid editor will enable Scien- de Nemours & Company, Inc., speaking on tific Meetings to increase its scope and cov- "Library Facilities"; Elizabeth Ferguson, Li- erage of national, international and regional brarian, Institute of Life Insurance, who will meetings. Meetings will continue to be listed explain "Specialized Services and Tech- chronologically and by name of sponsoring niques" ; and Mrs. Claire K. Schultz, Re- organization, with numerous cross references. search Associate, Institute for the Advance- Joan M. Hutchinson, Librarian, T. R. Evans ment of Medical Communications, who will Research Center, Diamond Alkali Company, speak on "Service Systems and Information Painesville, Ohio, and former Business Man- Retrieval." ager, is Chairman of the newly established Further topics to be explored during the Scientific Meetings Committee, which will three-day seminar are "Service Systems," suggest policy and advise Mrs. Holleman. "Service Criteria and Control" and "Prob- The former Editor, Gertrude Bloomer, Li- lems of Registrants." brarian, The William S. Merrell Company, Registration, which is for the entire dura- Cincinnati, Ohio, will also serve on the tion of the seminar, will be $150 for AMA Committee. members and $175 for nonmembers. This The new Editor will continue to use mate- cost includes lunch on Thursday and Friday rial submitted by volunteer contributors but and a notebook of seminar material. Regis- will concentrate on obtaining information on tration is being handled by the AMA Sem- the location, dates, theme, registration fee inar Registrar, 1515 Broadway, New York and other pertinent details on forthcoming City 36. Mention of Seminar Number 6213-01 meetings directly from the sponsoring or- must be included. ganizations and from published sources. Subscription Increases for SLA Periodicals in 1963 SLA Participates in First Effective with the 1963 calendar year, the AMA Library Seminar subscription rates for Special Libraries and Cooperative planning between the Ameri- Tech~zical Book Review Index, both pub- can Management Association, Inc. and Spe- lished ten times annually, will be raised to cial Libraries Association will culminate in $10 in the United States, $11 elsewhere and the AMA's Administrative Services Seminar, single copies, $1.50. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Sbecial Libraries has not increased its price and women who intend to do graduate study since 1947, at which time an issue averaged in special librarianship leading to a degree 32-36 pages. Today the official journal has at an accredited library school in the United grown to 56-60 pages an issue and includes States or Canada during the 1963-64 aca- five supplements annually-four "News and demic year. The $1,000 scholarships are Notes" supplements in January, March, July available to college graduates working in a and November and a 16-page author-title- special library or with experience in a special subject index in ~ecember.It is interesting library, or to recent college graduates or col- to note that, although the amount of adver- lege seniors wishing to enter the special li- tising has steadily increased, the proportion brary profession. Qualifications are a definite of text to advertising space is greater at pres- interest in, and aptitude for, special library ent than it was 12 years ago. More full-length work, a sincere intent to contribute to the articles and short features are carried, and profession, high scholastic standing through- national and international news and meetingsu out college, financial need and provisional of concern to the library profession are re- admittance to an accredited library school in ported in greater detail. the United States and Canada. Applications Technical Book Review Index, which may be obtained from the Executive Secre- quotes reviews of technical books appearing tary, Special Libraries Association, 31 East in more than 1,500 scientific, technical and 10th Street, New York 3, New York, and trade journals, has maintained its same low must be received by February 15, 1963 by price for the past 25 years, despite growth in the Chairman, Scholarship and Student Loan scope and coverage. A valuable tool for the Fund Committee, at the same address. selection and evaluation of technical litera- A Student Loan Fund is also available to ture, TBRI also serves as a check list and provide financial assistance to individuals index to new scientific and technical books who wish to carry on graduate professional published in the United States and abroad. study in special librarianship at an accredited library school in the United States or Canada. Special Subscription Rates for Library School Students Assistant Selected for Translation Project Effective immediately, library students at The Executive Board has approved the ap- recognized library schools in the United pointment of Mrs. Lois M. Flury as editorial States may subscribe to Special Libraries for assistant to Frances E. Kaiser, Editor of the $5; in Canada and elsewhere the rate is forthcoming second edition of Translators $5.50. A year's subscription may begin at md Translations: Services and Soarces. Mrs. any time-in September, February or July, Flury has, for the past five years, been in according to a student's school year. Student charge of the Population Research Library, a members of the Association, who pay an an- departmental library at Princeton University. nual dues of $2, may now receive Special Libraries at a special Student membership Librarians Lecture at Workshop rate for an additional $2 for their school To help introduce basic library practices year. Student membership is available to any and usages to library assistants, the SLA San person enrolled full- or part-time in a library Francisco Bay Region Chapter sponsored a school of recognized standing and may be two-day "Workshop for Library Assistants," held for two years. A student who wishes to September 13-14. Prominent librarians who subscribe to Special Libraries and/or become were guest lecturers were: Marjorie Griffin, a member should ask the dean of his school Librarian, IBM Advanced Systems Develop- for an application blank, or he may request ment; Robert S. Meyer, Head Librarian, Uni- one from Association Headquarters. versity of California Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; Mrs. Margaret M. Rocq, retired Seven 1963-64 Graduate Study Scholarships Librarian, Standard Oil Company of Cali- Seven scholarships of $1,000 each will be fornia; and Mrs. Margaret Uridge, Head, awarded by the Association to qualified men Inter-library Service, University of California. SEPTEMBER 1962 Kathleen Brown An Appreciation

COURAGEOUS and forthright librarian died on July 23, 1962, after a brave fight A against formidable odds. Kathleen Brown Stebbins will not be forgotten by people in and out of the library field. She was an inspiration to young people about to enter the library profession. She was sound in her thinking and forthright in her approach. To her associates and her friends, she was steadfast and true, Her standards were high, and she expected the standards of others to be equally high. She helped to create a better library world for those who worked with her and for those who would follow her. Mrs. Stebbins was a librarian dedicated to making the library profession a better profession. She could not be pigeonholed as a special librarian, a public librarian or an association leader, for she was all of these. She started her library career in the public library of her home city of Rochester, New York. She became a special librarian in New York City. She tried newspaper work and promotional writing. For 13 years, 1940-1953, she was Executive Secretary of the Special Libraries Association. At the time of her death, in her 57th year, she was the Personnel Director of The Detroit Public Library, a position she had held since 1953. Even as late as the end of June, she hoped to return to her post and also work on a second edition of her book, Persomel Admitzi~trationiz Libraries, published in 1958 by The Scarecrow Press, for which she had been gathering vital new material. As Executive Secretary of the Special Libraries Association, Mrs. Stebbins, over a 13- year period, helped double the membership, administered a growing and efficient office and gained financial stability for the Association. She prepared carefully for conferences and guided activities that required firm leadership. Her thoughtful planning produced effective results for other organizations. She was President of the Library Education Division and Chairman of the International Relations Round Table of the American Librarv Association. In these ~ositionsand in countless other activities, her wise counsel helped build effective programs. A firm believer in the fact that no organization is an island unto itself, she worked actively with personnel and management She contributed the library point of view but gained &sight, which she applied tdherbwn profession. Mrs. Stebbins' basic interest was in people and in their placement in the right places, here and abroad. She devoted hours to librarians seeking positions and to employers seeking librarians. She inspired thousands of young people and library school students to think of librarianship as a place to grow, a place for high-caliber people with ever-stretch- ing ideals. At the same time, she sought to make life better for all who happen to serve in libraries. Kathleen Stebbins will be sorely missed by her family, her friends, her colleagues and by those she met briefly but influenced profoundly. Her integrity, her courage, her gallant mind will remain engraved in the minds of those who were privileged to know her.

EDITOR'SNOTE: A Kathleen Brown Stebbins Memorial Fund, to which SLA has donated $100, has been set up at the Detroit Public Library. 440 SPECIAL LIBRARIES NSF Grants punch cards, reports, catalogs, price lists, The National Science Foundation recently schedules, charts and graphs has been made alailable by the Magna Data Systems Divi- announced its support of further investigations in information retrieval in the scientific sion of the Patent Intelligence File Company. The magna data systems were orginally de- field: I) Massachusetts Institute of Tech- signed for reproducing patent abstracts. The nology will work on the development of a realistic test environment for the evaluation system uses a photographic process and double-sided rubber-bonded permanent magnets of system components that would contribute to a more effective flow of scientific informa- and is designed for use with the Xerox Copier 914, but the reproduction service is tion. 2) The Office of Technical Services is undertaking the distribution of a permuted available from the company as are the mag- title index to all government report literature nets, paper, tape and other supplies. A seven- page pamphlet, "The Magna Data Story," already made available through OTS. The index will also serve to speed up announce- gives details of the process and may be obtained from the firm at 187 Olive Street, ment of documents. 3) The Association of Re- New Haven 11, Connecticut. search Libraries is establishing- a full-time secretariat and developing programs for better means of recruitment, integrating mate- Report of Union Catalog of Medical rials in collections, applying recent technol- Periodicals ogy to library operations and promoting more The first progress report of the Union Cata- effective use of research material. 4) D. J. log of Medical Periodicals, issued recently Hillman of Lehigh University has begun a by the Medical Library Center of New York, theoretical analysis of information storage previews several changes for revision and and retrieval techniques, and it is expected services. In the planning stage are a defini- that new theories will be developed and sub- tion of the Catalog's function, a survey of mitted for experimental confirmation. the medical and related organizations in the New York metropolitan area; a study of the Law Book Classification Scheme operation of other union catalogs and con- A grant of $34,200 has been made by the sideration of various methods of compilation council on Librarv Resources. Inc. to the and filing systems. Jacqueline W. Felter, Di- Library of Congress for the preparation and rector of the Catalog, plans to have in work- publication of a shelf classification schedule ing order, within two years, permanent filing for Anglo-American law books. Once de- equipment that will be able to service li- veloped, the scheme will be applied to law braries interested in the location of medical books acquired by the Library of Congress periodicals needed on interlibrary loan. and will be available to other libraries. To date, no shelf classification scheme has been Coming Events widely accepted by American law libraries. The ANNUALWORKING CONFERENCE OF The project, which follows an earlier grant THE INTERNATIONALFEDERATION FOR enabling the Library of Congress to make a DOCUMENTATION(FID) will hold its 1963 preliminary classification study, is expected meeting during the first week in September to be completed by the middle of 1964, and, at Stockholm, Sweden. The site of 1964 Con- if the funds are available, the Library will ference has been tentatively set for the Neth- also classify earlier book holdings. erlands; Washington, D. C. will be host in September 1965 to an Open Congress, pos- Magna Data Reproduction sibly followed by a Working Conference in An easy and economical method of reproduc- the Netherlands and one in Asia in 1967 or ing changes or additional data on file or 1968. SEPTEMBER 1962 The 1962 JOINT COMPUTERCONFERENCE, Courses and Conferences, Georgia Institute sponsored by the American Federation of In- of Technology, Atlanta 13, for further information Processing Societies and Simula- formation. tion Councils, Inc., will be held December 4-6 at the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia. In Memoriam The Conference theme is "Computers in the MAURINEHUGHES, Chief Librarian at the Space Age." Papers based on original in- Veterans Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, vestigations in the field have been solicited. and Immediate Past-President of the Ala- The sixth annual MILITARYLIBRARIAN'S bama Chapter, died June 29. WORKSHOP,at which librarians from army, FRANZISKAGAY SCHACHT,Photo Librarian navy and air force installations will be rep- in the Picture Collection of the New York resented, will be held September 26-28 at the Public Library, and Chairman of the Picture White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Division, 1960-1962, died July 25. Discussions, investigations and resolutions of common administrative and technical Members in the News problems of library organizations and services will revolve around the theme, "Person- WILLIAMK. BEATTY,former Medical Librar- nel Practices in Military Libraries." Individ- ian, University of Missouri Medical Library, ual participation will be emphasized as it is Columbia, assumed the duties of Librarian an important aspect of the workshop tech- and Professor of Medical Bibliography at nique. Attendance is by invitation. Northwestern University Medical School, Evanston, Illinois, on September 1. The University of Illinois Division of Uni- versity Extension will hold its NINTH AN- ALTA B. CLAFLIN,a member of the SLA NUAL ALLERTONPARK INSTITUTE OF THE Hall of Fame, retired June 30 after 18 years GRADUATESCHOOL OF LIBRARYSCIENCE, as Cataloger at the Western Reserve Histor- November 11-14. The Institute will concern ical Society Library. She first retired from the itself with the problems of the "Selection Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland in 1944. and Acquisitions Procedures in Medium- DONALDT. CLARK,Librarian at Baker Li- Sized and Large Libraries." The course of brary, Harvard Graduate School of Business study will take the form of the presentation Administration, has been appointed Univer- of 11 papers and scheduled and informal dis- sity Librarian at the University of California, cussions. The speakers will be prominent li- Santa Cruz campus. brarians and administrators from government agencies and public and university libraries. MARK KILEY,Librarian of The University Attendance is limited to 100 persons, and Club of New York since 1929, retired on the registration fee is $45. For information, May 1. JOHN DUNCANPRESTON has suc- write to the Institute Supervisor, 1 l6b Illini ceeded him as Librarian. Hall, Champaign, Illinois. LUCY 0. LEWTON,who for the past eight The Price Gilbert Memorial Library and the years has been Administrative Assistant in Engineering Experiment Station of Georgia the Division of Medical Research, Hoffman- Institute of Technology will conduct an in- La Roche, Inc., is now employed as Head of tensive two-week SHORT COURSEFOR IN- the Technical Literature Section, Riker Lab- DUSTRIAL INFORMATIONSPECIALISTS, Octo- oratories, Inc., Northridge, California. ber 29-November 9, 1962. The program is designed to help industrial and governmental CARROLLC. MORELAND,former Professor information personnel with technical litera- of Law and Biddle Law Librarian at the Uni- ture and bibliographic techniques. Applicants versity of Pennsylvania, has left for a two- are required to have a B.S. degree in science year assignment with Asia Foundation. He or engineering or its equivalent in experience. will be attached to the University of Dacca, Write Richard Wiegand, Director, Short East Pakistan, teaching, organizing the li- SPECIAL LIBRARIES braty and developing training programs. He later been considered and rejected by the British was originally scheduled to work in Rangoon, Standards Institution, certain modifications were made in the Royal Society's proposals, and the Burma, but a change in policy prevented him long-awaited British Standard was finally published from going there. in 1958 as B.S.2979:1958." Since B.S.2979 provides both the 'national' JOHN B. STRATTON,Assistant Librarian at (British) and 'international' (ISO/R9) systems Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, has and the Foreword refers repeatedly to the present become Librarian of the Imperial Ethiopian (not necessarily permanent) need to supplement ISO/R9 as the single, internationally recognized College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts system for romanizing the Cyrillic alphabet by a for 1962-1963. more traditional type 'English' system for direct, everyday rendering of Cyrillic, it is perhaps not ROSE VORMELKER,former SLA President, quite accurate to speak of the B.S.I.'s rejecting retired July 1 as Librarian of the Cleveland ISO/R9! An account of ISO/R9 appeared in New Plailz Dealer. She will continue to work by Scienti.rt, vol. 14, May 31, 1962, p. 481-2, in case you are interested. teaching at Western Reserve University. G. A. LLOYD.Secretary BSI Documentation Standards Committee BESS PATERSONWALFORD, Librarian, Re- search Center, Philip Morris, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, has recently been elected President I refer to the article "Handling Pictures and of the Virginia Library Association. Audio-visual Materials in Company Libraries and Archives" by Mrs. Helen L. Davidson in the July- Letters to the Editor August issue. On page 328, first column, last five lines, there is a warning against use of Scotch tape because it discolors and becomes sticky. We have We have just seen the January issue of your been using the same company's Scotch Magic journal and have noted with particular interest the Mending Tape No. 810 for over three years now article by Rosemary Neiswender entitled, "Russian and have not had this difficulty, as it appears to be Transliteration-Sound and Sense." a different base material. That is, I agree with the There is one apparent misapprehension, how- criticism of Scotch tape but am pointing out that ever, which we are sure the writer would not wish there is a variety that seems to avoid those faults. to leave undispelled in view of her warm tribute Please do not allow this comment to seem to to ISO/R9, since it could very easily develop in apply to the article itself, as it is excellent and well the minds of readers to become an insuperable worth reading and use, and I am making a photo- barrier to the ultimate adoption of a unified world copy for our advertising department. system acceptable to English-speaking and all other RINEHARTS. POTTS,Librarian peoples. On page 39 we read: "After ISO/R9 had Aero Service Corporation, Philadelphia

Subject Index to Microreproduction Correction The first subject index to microreproduced ma- On page 347 of the July-August 1962 issue of terials available from United States commercial Special Libvarier, Policy Books were erroneously publishers has just been published in conventional reported to be issued by the Council on Foreign form by Microcard Editions, Inc. Entitled Subject Affairs. These books are published under the Guide to Microforms in Print, it will appear once auspices of the Council 012 Foreign Relutrous, ZNC. a year as a companion volume to Guide to Micru- forms it1 Print. Washington, D. C. Chapter Directory The Washington, D. C. Chapter has recently pub- 17-Volume NAS Proceedings Reprint lished a new edition of its Handbooh and Direc- Volumes 1-17, 1915-1931, of the Proceedingr of tov. In addition to the listing of members with the National Academy of Sciences will be re- their complete addresses and telephone numbers, printed shortly in an offset edition by Johnson the Handbook contains the Chapter constitution. Reprint Corporation. Orders may be placed with and bylaws and an alphabetical listing, including Johnson Reprint either at 111 Fifth Avenue, New telephone numbers, of special libraries and refer- York City 3 or Berkeley Square House, Berkeley ence facilities in Washington, D. C. Copies are. Square, London W.1. available at $1 from Special Libraries Association, SEPTEMBER 1962 Washington, D. C. Chapter, Benjamin Franklin interesting and useful. However, the sources are Stat~on,P.O. Box 287, Washington 4, D. C., in more apt to be British or continental European care of Mrs. Virginia H. Caponio. than United States or Canadian and may prove a loan problem for some special libraries. The most comparable United States text in the History of Science Society Papers same field is the now-dated (1951) and out-of- The papers presented at the Conference on Science print Special Libraries Association volume edited Manuscripts held May 5-6, 1960, in Washington, by Lucille Jackson, titled Tech~ziculLibraries. Their D. C. by the History of Science Society have been 0r~'mizatiorzand Muizugeiner~t.SLA is planning a published as volume 53, part 1, number 171 of much needed new edition of this as well as publica- ISIS, the Society's official quarterly, March 1962. tion of a completely new item based on Anthony The Conference papers were presented in four Kruzas' dissertation. titled The Developmrrzt of parts: Case Studies of Research Experience. What Special Libr&r.r for Anzericirn Bzisiizrsr ilud It/- Shall We Save?, The Collection of Scientific Manu- d~rtry,a historical survey of this particular field of scripts and Suggestions and Proposals. special libraries. The Aslib volume is most welcome, indeed, even though students and practitioners in the United Book Review States and Canada may wish for comparable rtfer- HANDBOOKOF SPECIALLIBRARIANSHIP, 2nd ed ences to North American publications. practices, Wzlfred Ashuvvth, ed. London: Aslib, 1962, 208 p. equipment and the like. Its greatest use in this 50/-. members and students; 63/- to others. country, therefore, lies more in the philosophic (Students must state name and address of school and administrative concepts presented rather than when ordering. ) in its specificity as to particular practice and procedure. The special librarian looking for the This second edition of a well-known and used why-we-do-it and not just the how-we-do-it ap- British textbook on special librarianship is a proach will be amply rewarded; others probably welcome addition to the how-to-do-it literature of frustrated because budget or equipment costs are the field. Again edited by Wilfred Ashworth, in pounds and shillings, not dollars and cents-or librarian and information officer for British Nylon reference is made to gramaphone records. a term Spinners Ltd.. the new volume includes the same now uncolnmon in the United States. 13 chapter headings, although the same specialist A surprising omission to this reviewer are refer- has not always revised the chapter as originally ences to ALA's Library Technology Project and its presented in the 1956 edition. Once more .Ash- many research projects, testing programs and publi- worth, himself, is responsible for two of the cations relating to library equipment and supplies. sections, one on "Abstracting" and another con- It is mentioned, albeit briefly, in Leslie Wilson's sisting of "A Review of Mechanical Aids in useful review chapter on "Organ~zations in the Library Work." The 1962 edition is 121 pages Special Library Field," which incorporates an over- longer than its predecessor, provides an index of view of current ALA activities. 21 pages (as against 16 in 1956) and includes The book should certainly be considered a only a minimum of charts or tables, these mainly "must" reference item for the very large public. in the chapter on "Library Planning." Other university and special library and for library chapters include "Filing and Storing Material," schools. Other libraries may possibly wish to wait "Reference and Information Work," and "Publica- for SLA's own publications while at the same time tions of the Library and Information Department." investigating the Aslib volume through interlibrary For some reason, the editor (or Aslib!) has de- loan. They may find this surprisingly rewarding. cided to omlt the degree qualifications of the pertinent and provocative. various authors and the name of the libraries with which they are affiliated. This information was a ROSE VAINSTEIN.Associate Professor rather useful feature of the first edition, particu- School of Librarianship, University of larly for librarians outside the British Isles. British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada Chapter revisions vary. Some are slight and add neither content nor length of any consequence. New Serials Others. however, show considerable revision and AMERICANNOTES dr QUERIES,published intermit- expansion sometimes adding 50 per cent or more tently since 1857, has made a fresh appearance for to the length of the chapter. The one on "Catalog- the fourth time and will be published ten times n ing and Indexing" for example, revised in this year. The 16-page magazine, edited and published edition by John R. Sharp, is almost twice as long by Lee Ash, carries queries, replies. editor's notes. and adds considerable information, particularly on items on bibliographic work in progress. informa- nonconventional indexing. Foskett's chapter on tion on special collections and a monthly review "Classification" incorporates general and over-all service for foreign-language reference buoks. Edi- revisions, with particular reference to the current torial contributions and subscription orders should literature of the field. His bibliography, which in- be sent to the publication at 31 Alden Road. New cludes some 281 references, should prove especially Haven 15. The annual rate is $6.50. SPECIAL LIBRARIES CONNOTATION.a quarterly magazine of the arts. QUARTERLYREVIEW OF SCIENTIFICPUBLICATIONS, is being published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univer- published by the Polish Academy of Sciences in sity, Madison, New Jersey. The spring 1962 issue Polish and English is available in three series: contained contributions from well-known essayists, social sciences, biological sciences and pure and critics and writers. The subscription price is 53, technical sciences. The items reviewed note and ~t is available from the editorial office at 285 whether the text and/or summary are in one of Madison Avenue in Madison. e~ghtlanguages. English included. Information is available from the Foreign Trade Enterprise "Ars INTERNATIONALBIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUTOMATIC Polona" Warszawa, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 7. CONTROL publishes, in English and French, bibliographic information on books and papers USSR COMPUTATIONALMATHEMATICS AND concerning digital and analog computing. measure- MATHEMATICALPHYSICS is a translation of ment, biocybernetics, standards, terminology. Zhurnal z)pchi~litel' uoi mutemutiki i matemaii- patents. etc. Cost for the four volumes, published che~koi fiziki, a Russian Journal covering by the International Federation of Automatic Con- theoretical and applied computer mathematics. The trol with the assistance of the UNESCO Depart- journal, first published in June, will be published ment of Natural and Exact Sciences, is 525. Sub- on a quarterly basis by Pergamon Press, Inc. scriptions are available in the Western Hemisphere Annual subscription rate is $75. from Gordon and Breach, 150 Fifth Avenue, New York City 11. New Catalog INTERNATION.~LJOURNAL OF AUTOMATION,pub- G. K. Hall & Company is publishing The Catn- lished 12 times a year in three volumes, will report logue of The Hispanic Society of America. It covers on world-wide developments in automation and the art, history, literature, music, social customs, contain translations of articles and abstracts from regional costumes and description and travel of two Russian journals, Automation and Telr- Hispanic civilizations, excluding Indian subjects. ~nechaizics (At~tumatika i telemekhatziRa) and The catalog, which contains 206,000 cards, has at B~rllrt~nof /he USSR Academ~of Sciences-Powel least an author card for every book in the Library and Engineering and Autonzatiotz (Iwestia printed since 1700. 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