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The Story of the American Merchant Marine Library Association ELIZABETH BATES TOWER, Executive to the President, The American Merchant Marine Library Association. This Library is still in its infancy, hav- unique conditions governing life at sea. ing been born in May, 1921, but as an off- Among other important departments, Mr. spring of the work done by the American Howard created a Social Service Bureau, Library Association during the war, it under the volunteer s~pe~visionof his wife. came into being almost full-fledgecl. Every- This Bureau was concerned witli the wel- body remembers the nation-wide drive for fare of the men and of their families. What books to be used by the American Library wonder that they mssed shore divcrslon? Association in furnishing library units to Few of us realize how utterly a sailor is be placed on war-ships, in army camps and cut off from everyday colaforts and what in military hospitals. Perhaps not every- seem to us necessities. Think for a mo- one knows that they extended this service ment of the few mornings when the news- to include the crews of the merchant ma- paper fails to conle in time for the usual rine. perusal before the day's work begins; then The men who manned the fleet operated think of the few days in the year when a by the United States Shipping Board were sailor sees a paper at all. Perhaps it is taken from all over the country, being a s~nallitem but it means being cut off frmn placed on deferred lists by various Draft contact with the progress of the world. Boards so that they might serve their coun- The seafarer hears no family or town news try by carrying the troops, and the neces- until the events have become history, sees sary supplies for their maintenance, over- no movies, has little nnwsement of any seas. These young men were as eager to kind, and all is stale from repetition. What take active part in the struggle of the na- wonder that these men are mentally hungry tions as any that entered the army and most of the time? navy; fully as patriotic in then desire for This fact soon became apparent to Mrs. service, and the calI for crews for the mer- Howard and she ~enlizeclthe need for books, chant ships appealed to them strongly as and more books than her Bureau could being an inlportant part of the war. So supply. In the emergency the A. L. A. great an authority as Admiral Sims has came to the rescue and out of thei~abund- said of them: "The Merchant Marine then ance supplied reading matter for the tram- came to our rescue. Don't underestimate ing ships and later for the entire merchant rthese men. They stuck the whole way marine fleet, thereby winning the ever- through. All our armies and our navies listing gratitude of thousands of seamen. would have availed us naught had it not But with the Armistice came the necessary been for these brave fellows. I have known cessat~onof activity in this fieId, since the many of them who were torpedoed five and A. L. A. coulcl not continue to function in a six times and who came back for more. capacity created to meet an emergency. It They were heYculean in strength and their was proposed to abandon the service on all resources. These merchant seamen were ships, and a mail went up over the seas. our backbone. Ha!, they weakened, me Thc protests were many and varied, but would have been lost. they all voiced the same spirit, '(We can't exist without books." A. L. A. Aids Social Service Bureau Marine Library Association Created Henry Howard, a prominent citizen of Boston, was apuointed a dollar-a-year man The crisis was acute. .4t a Convention to organize and direct the Recruiting Ser- of the A. L. A. in Cleveland, Mrs. Howard vice of the United States Shipping Board was asked to state the case and suggested which trained the personnel for these ships. that, since the continuance of the service It was no easy task, and many adjustments was quite outside the peace-time program were necessary to fit men from all over of the A. L. A. and no existing organiza- the country and all occupations for the tion mas equipped to carry on the work 70 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May, 1923 on the broad, absolutely non-sectarian basis service. The simple request for a library necessary to its success, some way should obtains one. On one occasion two men be thought out to meet the situation. To came to Headquarters asking for books. her amazeunent, a few days later, a letter Their ship had never had one because no came appointing her a committee d one pfficer was willing to take any responsibility to plan thls course. Again Mrs. Howard .n the matter and none had, therefore, been responded to the appcal and, with the active requested. These seainen said they vould cooperation of men and women interested personally guard a library night and day in the welfare of the men of the sea, founded and see that it was returned in good condi- the American Merchant Ma'ine Library tion if only they could be given the chance. Association which is now inc~rp~oatedas a They had come prepared to fight for the National Organization to supply libraries right to have a library and were disr.inctly for ships flying the American Flag. The surprised to get it without a struggle. A. L. A. then turned over all their books Seamen occasionally come to the office and scattered over the Sevcn Seas, on ships, in if they think the ,truck may not deliver the the various ports of this country, and at the case immediately, will hire a taxi them- offices of American Consuls abroad. On selves and take the library with them, paper this was a vast number, but some rather than run the risk of sailing without were lost, others worn out and in the end reading matter. One afternoon the Second about 100,000 were located and available. Officer and the Wireless Operator of a vessel The A. L. A. also contributed the remainder visited the Dispatch Office on Pier 10, East of their operating fund and the American River, in New York and joyfully roaming Merchant Marine Library Association from shelf to shelf, collected the books they opened a Dispatch Office in Boston in De- wanted. As soon as the Library had been cember, 1921, and became a vital fact in listed and packed, they carted it off with- the life of the sen. out delay. As their choice was fairly typl- It is noteworthy that Carl H. Milam, cal of the genera! taste uf crews, the list Secretary of the A. L. A., H. W. B. Meyer, follows : Chief Bibliographer of the Library of Con- gress in Washington, and Franklin F. Hop- pey, Chief of Circulation of the New York Public Library, are all Trustees of the American Merchant Marine Library As- sociation, and that heads of libraries in those cities having Port Service head Com- mittees in charge of the selection and dis- tribution of tha-books. The libraries themselves are really in- teresting selections of all kinds of reading matter. It is decidedly worth notice that, although fiction is most popular and nat- urally forms sixty-five pcrcent of the con- tents of each case, there is much demand for real literature, including the classics, biography, history, philosphy, as well as technical works having to do with the busi- ness of running a vessel. Such varied titles as "Modern Psychic Phenanlena" by Car- rington, "Historv of Philosophy" by Tur- ner, Well's "Outline, oi?, History," Knight's "Modern Seamanship, and Tennyson's "Complete Poenisl' are among requests sent to the Dispatch Agent for special books. All the books gathered in "drives" are care- fully ~ortedby experienced librarians who give their time ant1 skill most generously. In fact, the cooperation of these busy men and wrnnen makes the service possible, as otherwise. it could not continue for lack of funds to pay for so much trained ability. Many books sen! to the A. M. M. L. A. are, of course, unsuited to the need but ?very- thing is acceuted and some use made even of those not fitted for the sailors; children's books and '%rash" can be converted into money and in the end nothing fails to aid the libraries. Merchant Marine Library Service No particular red tape attaches to the May, 1923 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 7 1
The Stooping Lady ...... Hewlett Educational Value of Service An Ui~soclal Soclallst ...... Shaw House of the Wolf ...... 1TTeyman Apart from the recreational aspect of Roaucs' I-1aven ...... B?~dses this service, there is a definitely educatlol~al Valndemnrlcs' ~olly...... Quick Bobhoe General Manager ...... Prouty one that n~ustriot he ignored. The Chief Silas Strong ...... Bachellor Engineer of the West lfeba~requested books on mac'hine shop practice, geometry, trigo- Biography, Hlstory, Essays Gov't ~n Switzerlanci ...... Vlnc@IIt nometry, algebra and elementary and ad- Art~flcial Waterwnrs ...... I~eubulll vanced arithmetic. He explained that the Xodcrn Japan ...:...... Clemenet oilers in the engine room were all studying I-Ilstory of Commerce and Industry .. .Herrlclc very Thrlft and Its Exemplers ...... Smiles for their licenses, but were poar in Our Common Countr? ...... I-Iartl~ng nzathelnatics and he found it hard to help American Itlcals ...:...... Mabie them without textbooks to guide hm. Wire- The Holy R~ble less telegraphy, marine engineering and Stakes of the War ...... Stodd;~r-l Sir John Phlgps ...... Bon7en navigation are subjects of real interest and study to many of the seamen. Technical S. S. Ec~fitcwzoris on the Australian run Elements of Hydraulics ...... Herriman Everyday Arlthnlctlr ...... TIoYt and delivers mail at Pitcairn Island. The T-Ceenmn-Fit ...... ; ...... Cromle entire population of the Island visits the ship in a body while inail is bcing delivered, and as they wear a halo of romance as de- Navlgat~oii . .-...... Jncoby scendents of the ~nutinecrsof the English Salcsmnnship ...... Maxwell warship Boztxtu, it is not surprising that Mariners' EIandboolc ...... I C S English ...... I-Pyde the demand for the "Mutiny of the Bounty" Cotton 'rcxtlie Wo~lcers ...... T. C. S. was alniost unanimous on the return to Boston. The books are packed in strong wooden Thc only regulation inlposcd for the free cases with hinged covers, which are painted use of these books is that the number re- seagreen with the initials A. M. M. 1,. A. turned equal the number taken; occasionally stenciled on thein in black. A typewrittcn more come back than thc case contained list of the contents is attached to the Inside and more t.han once a crew has collected of the cover. 'The library is delivered to money to show their appreciation by con- tho ship and placed In custudy of the nlan tributing to the book fund. designated by the Captain to care for and The officers of the merchant marine are distribute tho contents. a fine lot of men and many of thein are well Tho service is now established in the read to a degree hardly surpassed by 'col- pprts of Boston, New Yorlc and San Fran- lege professors. The com~nanderof a ship CIPCO and at SaulC Ste. Marie for the Great carrying coal from the Gulf of Finland to Lakes vessels. At the "Soo," it lnny be Boston wrote his thanks for a library in ~nentioncd in passing, the service is con- n~astcharming terms ancl gave a brief pic- tinnous, 'vi,&11 and day. The Dispatch ture of his surrouncling.~where, as he says, Ofice opens with navigation in May ancl "for a chap who was born in Kentucky and don.: not close until the lalies ai-e ice hound. has a hanlierinq after Palm Beacll suits and A library may be obtained in Bostnn, read R. V. D.'s and does not care fois what the on the voyace throu~hthe Panemn Cm~al French call 'L'etoile dn Nord,' this con- and up the Pacific Coast and be exchanged tinual cold gets-well, it gets sort of oner- in San Francisco for a ncw cnsc tn enliven ous or worsc." This particular officrr is a the return trip. In tallcin~with the men, crony of the nuthor-engineer, Wi!l~?m the Disnntch Agents often aet bits of in- RIcFee, and the well-known columnist of the formation that show how much thi.~wqrk New York Evening Post, whom hc alludes is really accom~lishine:in giving occu~ation to as "the only and genial Christopher Mor- for the "watch below." When the S. S. East- ley." ern Planet of the United States and Aus- Allhough, as stated, the Association is tralian Linie returned from a seven months' still young, it has already won some atten- voyayre to Australia. she had been thirty- tion and support from the public. We one days from Brisbane to the Panama quote n letter from Cleveland Dodge in re- Canal and fifteen davs from the C~nalup sponse to a request for cooperation from to Boston. During this time they did not his sister, Mrs. Henry Parish, who is one see a ship. nor even a bird. Accorciine: to of the Trustees of the Association: "Fine! the Mate. the books were a life-saver. The I am heartily with you and shall be dad entire ckw expressed their apnreciation to have my tlanle on the Endorsing Com- of the lihrary which had been shipped in mittee, hut af course as 1 am golng away, Julv, 1922. cannot be of much help. How history re- Thrinm one triu of the S. S. ESPARTA peats itself! I remember well when I was of the Unitpd F'ruit Coinuanv, both First a boy of ten going down with a lot of other and Second Officcrs were sick far over three bovs 2nd our teacher to Sonth Street and weeks with palarial fever. The First Mate ahoard a fine old clipper ship with a well- said the books saved his life and no man selected little lihrary; Theodorc Roosevelt, has ever expressed his appreciation of the then about twelve, made the nresentation libraries so warmly as he did. speech." The spontaneity of this response SPECIAL LIBRARIES May, 1923 testifies to the strong impression made on there is no balance in the book fund, or to that ten-year-old mind by an event which refuse to start service on some new ship Mr. Dodge is now happily able to see occur because there is not an available library in daily, as a matter of routine, in the ofices the ofice. It seems a grievous matter to of the American Merchant Marine Library. withhold any opportunity for amusement or Edward Bok of Philadelphia wrote the fol- education when it ,is so earnestly desired, lowing letter after meeting Mrs. Howard nnd with the hoped-for support of a larger and hearing the history of the Association: public the disappointments will dewease. Were it not for the inspired lcodcrship My dear Xrs. I-Iowarrl: and untiring etiorts of Mrs. Henry Howard, I can't lmngine ally work so full of PO- tentiallties as that of the American Mer- whose vision .rf a future in which there will chnnt Marhe Llbrnry As~oclatlon. Not be. "A Library on Every American Ship," only 'is It worth n,llIle to gut good boolfs (There arc 27,358 vessels in the rcpistry) within reach of the boys on the shlps, but to have them we11 ~nformed in good rcnd- is so clefinitc and clear that she can con- Ing mnlies for an Iml~resslon upon those vince her hearers that the hopc of today is whom the boys meet in foreign ports that the fact of tomorrow, the A. M. &I.L. A. is not to he lost s~ghtof. We want the boys in the service of the United Stlttes to could hardly have attained the firm position stand for the best and to glve out the best, it holds. In fact, except for her enthusiasm, and the work of your Assoclat~on makes it probably would not exist and there would that possible. I ferl 40 strongly about your work that be very much less joy in the lives of those without the slightest sufiaestlon or sollc~ta- who risk them daily to carry our share of tion on vow part. 1 ask thc grlvilcsc of the world's trade, and ourselves, in safety encloslnx-a check to be applied to the gen- ern1 fun 1. on the high seas. W~thevery good wlsh for your splrndid This story of the birth and developinent cfinc?c?vm*.bcllere me, of the American Merchant Marine Library Very s~ncerelyvollrs. ROK. cannot he ended better than in the words EDWARD of gratitude contained in a letter f1~0111the Naturally, shipping nlcn are cooperative crew of one of the first ships served. "We in work that bears so directly on their own again thank yon who have made this good interests ancl a large part of the funds con- worlc possible. May it grow each year to tributed come from co~npnnics anxious to larger proportions and tlo a still grrnicr give their crcws the benefit of such ser- worlc among the sailors, who, I know, have vice, but it is still necessary at times to lona sincc adopted thc slogan, 'Boost for deny requests for certain boslcs because Books.' " Librarians Pledge Support to Hoover The National Council of the American members of the American Library As- Library Association at the Chicago meeting sociation, through its Council, express held several months ago received from the their readiness and their desire to fur- Committee on Federal and State Relations ther the constructive activities now being a favorable report on a resolution referred carried on by the Department of Coin- to the Conmittee at the time of the Detroit nlcrce under the leadership of thc I-Ion- Convention, which resolution referred to the orable Herbert C. Hoover, Secretary of activities of the United States Department Con~merce,and that, as individuals and of Commerce, under the leadership of Her- as members of a professional body, they bert Hoover, in supplying accurate facts pledge their cooperation in the effort to and information to American comnercc and supply facts ancl information to American industry. connncrce and industry.'' The resolution in question, which was In aclcnowleclging receipt of this resolu- dnly passed by the Council, mas worded as tion, &Ir. Hoover wrote to Mr. Carl 8. Mi- follows : lam, Secretary of the American Library As- "WHEREAS, The United States De- sociation: "I thank you for your letter of partment of Com~nercehas embarked up- February 7tl1, transmittins the reqolutian on a program of constructive service to adbpted by the American Library Associa- American industry with the object of re- tion in Chicago on December 29, 1922, offer- ducinq mannfncturing costs, the stand- ing the cooperation of the Association to ardizing of trade methods, and the ele- the Department of Commerce in its effort vating of business cthics in general, and to supply information to American com- merce and industry. I very tnuch appre- "WHEREAS, American librarians are ciate this resolution. I SIIUL~~~be glad if directly affected by these activities of the you would send * * * ssuch information as Department of Commerce because they you have readily available conccrnin~the involve an increased use of the facts and American Library Association and the ac- information stored up in business books, tivities of its members so that we may work trade publications, commercial infortna- out a plan by which the cooperation of the tion scrvices and the like, Asociatio?, may be best utilized by the De- "Tlle~efo~ebe it Resolved, That the partment. May, 1923 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Salary Standards in the Federal Government
WILLIAM E. MOSHER, Bureau of Milniclpal Research, New York City. One of the permanent contributions that almost all conceivable types of work fro~n nlay be entei8eil on the credit sidc OF the war that of a herclsmnn to that of an astrono- ledger is the changed nttit~~denow so widely mer are included. talcen toward the wage question. Bcfore the wa"r it had been ncarly universally ac- The Classlf~catlon Act of 1923 cepted-and indeed it is so accepted in The bill under considcrntion (Publlc No. many circles today-that ~narlcetconditions 516) was passed as one of the last acts of wcre 'esponsib!e for wage rates, and that the 67t,h Congress. In one form or another no one could, if hc would, run counter to it had been before Congress sincc Narch, prevailing cond~ticms on the marlcet. In 1923, when the so-callcd Recltlssificahon rrther worcls, labor was generally and in Conimsiion rcnclered its voluminuus report nlany quarters still is loolced upon merely containi1.g the dctailed description of some ns a commodity. BuL on account of the 1,700 clns ,es. A condensation and revision necessity of stabilizing labor during the mar of 1111s nlcxsnre !-:as prcsented in the Scn- as well as eliminating the possibility of ate and the Ilousc by Senator Steriing and strikes, nwge boards mere established by Rcprescntntive Lchlbach. Their joint meas- the ~overnn~erll,wage conferences were ar- ure was forced to compete for considwntion v:~ngccl m mrious industries, and arbitra- vith a bill that cmanated from the Enreau tiim connniCtecs became quite the order of ERicic;lcy and was fathered by Senator of tllc day. As a rcsult, more fundamcn- Smoot and Representativc Wood. tal ant1 constructivc thinking was prollably The bill as finally adopted is a cmnpro- directed toward the wage problenl in the toix measure that in the ciassification pro- pmt cight or tcn gears Lhan had been in per gives evidencr! of having. sprnny from the preceding fifty. The outcome of this the original work of the Reclassification ninve~ncnt i.; that jnstcad of approaching Co~nmission. It is provided in t.hc bill, how- thc wage problem as sowething inevitable ever, that in the actual installation, the and insolr~ble, it is now being approached classifying agency "sliall follow as nearly as practicable the clnssification made pur- in n constructive and thoroughly- ~ rational \'..'I y. suant to the Executive Ordcr of Octdxr 24, The guiclinq principles that havc en~erged 1921," which is the work of the Bureau of and are being n~orcand more widcly ac- Eficiency in harnlony with the Smoot-Wood ;clptccl are the following: the cost of liv- bill. As a fnrther compromise, the classify- I~P!.,~ninimum qnallfirations for and the in!: agency is to consist of tllc hezrls, or clill;culty and 'responsil~ihty of the work, their rcprcsentatives. of the Buclwt Bu- cqu'11 ]lay for equal work, and the goin? reau, the Civil Service Connnission and n.aKe. T. c., what is paid for si~nilarwork the Bureau of Efficiency. hy othcr employers. Tt will appear from the ahwa that thc ultimate result of long ycalss of investiga- Thc Basic step in sctting up a waxe scale lion and conference is a kind of n hyhrid is the determination of the duties of .the ahir. The classification of the Burean of poqition and thc minimum qualifications Eficiency that has the advantage of already requisite for cnterinq il. In indnstl-y this being in effect in ccrtain of the administra- is ralled job ann!yeis, in government it is tire units consists of a very loose series of termed classification. It is thc very point definitions of classes. The classcs may bc rf dcpartnre for any rational nppvoach to said to have flowinq or elastic 1)ounclarg thc ~roblcm. If we tnlce, for instance, the lines. On the other hand, lines of deinarcn- fundnmental princillle oC equal pav for tion between srades that arc found as in c~~LI~Iwork, it is clear that this can )I(? ob- thc act itself are fairly shandy defined. srrveil only whcn the varions positioiis have These two schen~esare to he hnrmonizecl. benn nnalyzect, comparcd and clnssificrl. Just what the outcome will hc. will, of Govcrn~nenthas long recoqnizecl the im- cnurse, clepcnd on the mixed PcrsonneI portance of classification. It has been a Claesification Board, which itself is avom- pioneer in this direction. A number of cdly a compromise agency. It iq pretty cities, a few slates and now just recently cviclent that the clifferenc~sof opiliinn and the F'eclcral Government have enncted a iniercst th3t have held up action for three clas~ification law and on the bn+s of it havc full years in Conaress are simply carried established stanclardixetl snlanes. Taken over mid wrou,?.lit into the struclurc of the as a who!e the Federal act is the nlojt im- clarsifying and aclmin~stering aPcncy as portant picce of work .that has bccn under- ~-e!las into the classification it~elf. Tt is hlcen in this ficld. In the first plnce somc- to be hor~dthat in spite of these handicaps thiny over 100,000 positions mere considered a worlc~blepolicy may be evolvcd so that in the original investigation, and secondly, the muc'!~needed work may go forward. SPECIAL LIBRARIES May, 1923
The Classification tration of n small sc~cnt~ficor tccllnlc.al orgalu. zatlon. The classification divides the various 'Chc annual rales of compensation for posl- tions 111 this grade slinll I,e $3,500, $4,000, $4,200, types of work into five great service groups: S4.400. $4.600. $4.800 and $3,000, unless a higher (1) professional and scientific, (2) subpro- iite is 'sbeclflcally autlior~xed by law. fessional, (3) clerical, administrative, and Grade five 111 th~sservice, qhich mny bc re- ferrcd to ns the senior profess~onnlgrade, shall fiscal, (4) custodial, and (5) clerical-me- ~nclutle all classes of positions the duties of chanical. As this statement is be in^ pre- nvli~?h are to acl as ass~etanthen8 of a largc pared specifically for the librarians, we p~T6fcssiola1 or scientiflc organlaation, or to acl as ndmln~strnt~vebend of n major suhdlvi- shall limit ourselves to a consideration of sion of sill-h an organization, or to act as head the first two groups, in which the librarians of n small nrofessional or sc~entlflcorgnnlzn- will find thek proper place. tlo~i or 'o serve as consult~ngspeciaiist.~or in- clcp~nclerillyto plan, organize, and conduct in- This is evident when the general clefini- vcstigatio~is in or~ginal research or deveiop- tion of the sciwttific and professional scr- ment nrorli in a professional, scientific, or tech- vice is considered. It provides for the in- nlrnl..~~ flelcl.-~ ~ . . clusion of all posit~onswhose incumbents Thp annual mlcs of comrpensation for 1)osi- tlolls 111 this grade shall he $5,200, $5,400, $Fi,GO?, are called upon "to perform routine, ad- ai.ROO. an3 56,000. unless a li~ghcrrate is specl- visorv, administrative OT research ~v'ork -~~ which is based upon the cstablighed prin- ~'klesla~-in this service which may be re- of profession or sclence, and frrrerl to as thc chlef prof;,sslon;ll grade, shall ciples a a include all classes of pos~tlons the duties of which requiries professional, scientific, or technical training. equivalent to that repre- trative head of a mnjor professlonnl 01- sclenli- sented by the graduation from a college fir hure:lu, or as profess~onal ronsultanr to a de~nrtlllent head or n commission or l)oarrl or a university of recognizecl standing." deallng with prof'ss~onal, sc~enl~ficor lcchni- The service is divided into scven grades, cnl.. nrol~lenis ~1;e-annualrates of compensntion for nos]- mnging from the jnnior where the work is t~onsin Ih~sgrarlr shall hc $LOO, $6,500, %7,000, simple and e!ementary and l~crforineclunder and SI.GOO, unless a h~~her- rate is s~eclflcnll! iinlnediatc supervision to that of a bureau autlioril?ed hv law. ~rndeseven in this servtce. which may lie chief as professions! consultant. For these rcfcrrecl to as the special professlonnl g~wle, positions the salarics range from $1,860 shall ~ncli~rlenll cl;~ssesof nns~tlonsLlie dillies ta .5;7,.500 or morc. As this is the crux of an1 recluirements of wli~rhare more respon- matter the definitions of grades s~ble and cxacting than those clescribcd in the the as grnrle SIX. well as the salary rates prescribed are Tile annual rate of com~~ensntionfor posi- given in full. t~nnsin th~sgrade shall be $7,500, unlrss a higher rate is speclficnlly aulhorlze~lby lam." "r:radr one, In th~sservlce, which lnav Iic rl fc.~'rwl In 3.; the junior ~irofessionttl grarle. The .mi.ba~ofess ioml ssrvicc covers posi- -lin!l include :ill cl;issc-, of posltlnns the clutlcFI tions which lie midway between the profcs- of wliir.11 nw Irl perform. i~n~lrr11nmediatr sr~p- ervslon, si~nl)leand clemfntaly work reriuirlng sional and clerical, so far as the library is l~rnf~.-*rn~~;~l,h"~r~~t~iii., or trclinlcal trnln:ny concerned. According to the orovision of as herrin sprclfierl, hut httle or no esperlence the bill, nosit~onsare included which the The nniiull lalcr; nf compcns;~tion for. 110%- t3n11*in this glade ~hnlllie $1,860, $1,920,$2,000, work is "incident, subordinate, or prenara- X! 1DO. S2.200. X2.200. and $2.400. tvy to the work required of en~ployeeshold- Crnde two, in th~sscrvlcc. which mav hc inq positions in the professional and scienti- rvla~ll'rvl lo ;is tllr ;issl siderable training or exnerlence, but not the c.hnraclcr, rerlu11'1nji a lhoro~~gliivor1cIng k:~owI- exerc~seof indel%ndent judgmerlt. edge of the principles oi the profession, art, or The annual rates of compensation for posi- sclonce involved, nnd the eserclse of indepen- tions in thls grade shall be $1,320, $1,380, $1,4,10, dent ju-lgment, or to supervise the work of n $1.500, $1.660, . $1,620, and, $1,680. slna.11 number of employers holrllng posltlons in Gra4e four in this scrvlce, which may be re- wade seven of this service. ferred to as the assistant subprofeaslonal gmdc, The annual rates of colnpensatlon for po3l- shall include all classes of pos~l~onsthe duties tlons in thls grade shall be 92,400, $5,500, $2,G00, of which nre to l)crfonn under ~mmediatesu- $2,700, $2,800, $2,900, and $3,000." pervision, suhor3lnat~mnllc of a PI-oPessional, sclentlflc, or technical charncler reclulring con- Conclusion siderable traming or experience and to a Ilmlted extent the exc~clsc of in~lep&dent judgment. There is no question :but that the "Clas- The'annunl rates or co~n~~ensatlollfor DnSi- tions in thls grade rhall hc $1,600, $l,SfiO, $1,650, sification Act of 1923" as it is officially $l,GSO. $1.740, $1,800, and S1,SGO. called, should have a most beneficial effect Grade flve In thls sprvlce w111ch niav be re- on the status ancl recognition of profes- ferred to as the tnnln subprofess~onil grade. sional workers. It specifies minimum quali- shall ~nrlndeall classes of positions the dutles of mhlch are to perform, under Immediate Or fications for entering well-defined grades, general sullervision, sul~ordlnntework of a pro- and thus nlaltes possible an orderly profes- fesslonal, scienllfic or technical chmncter rp- sional carees. It gives conlnlon recognition gulrlng a tliorougl1'ltnomle3fie of a IlmitrA flel~l nf profe.;s~onal, sclenLiflc, or technlc~lwork, ant1 to equal training ancl equal responsibility. tho exercise of inclc])enrlent 3udgnlent, or to It also places the most poorly paid on an sunerrisc thr worlc of n small number of em- equal footing with the best gaid, and thus - rn "llie subpr nfessionul servlce. increases the attractiveness of the under- The annual ralcs of comnensatlnn for ~0~1-paid professions to which class unfortu- tlons In thls grade shall bc ,Yl,GSO, $1,740, $1,600, nately the librarians lone ,have belonged. fl,hCO, $1,920, $1,980, and $2,040. Finally the rates themselves, a1thong.h de- Glade slx in this selvlce, mh~cl~nlny be re- ferrrrl to ns lhe senlor sabprofessional grade, ternzinecl with reference to the living and shnll ~ncludetill classes of ~>ositionsthe dutleR other conclitions peculiar to Washin~ton of WIIIL-11 nre to aclform. under lmmeiliate or and governmental service, will doubtless gc'ncrnl supervlsihn, subbrdinntr but dilflcull s and responsible work of n profe+rlonal, srlen- serve other employers as standard for t~fir,or twhnical chm'acter requh'lng a thor- reference purposes. This should ' have n o11~i1Irnowlcdge nf a Illniter1 hela of r,rofesrlonnl. most wholesonle effcct on the salary condi- scimtiflc. or technicnl work. and Lhe exercise tiins of 1,ibrnriana thronghout the country. Taking it all togcther those who believe that our progress as a countrv is pecu- The annual rates of compensation for posl- tlons in thls gracle shall he 81.8ii0, $1,020, 72,000. liarly identified with the growth ancl im- $2.100, 52,200, $2,300, and $2,400. proved status of the 1vofessionnl and scien- Grale sewn In this srrvlc-, whlch may he tific classes have good retlsnn to welcome referrccl Lo nu the ni-lncln;~l s~~b~rofesslonnl grade. slinll inclu~le31% PI:I<~PSof no~~t~onsthe the Federal clasification ineasure ns a dis- autirs oi turf11 library maintainecl for the employees cial library merely supplements the public -such a special library is not unlike any library, and is decidely dependent npon it. public circulating 1lbl.ary; or, it may be a The special library is working with the reference library only. But the best type public library, never against it, and is and most usual type of special libr.~ry is carrying research somewhat fartiler. The the research library as I have tried to de- special library is helping the cause of the scribe it. I am convinced that the future public library constantly because the special of thc special library lies in greater re- library brings a realization to the business search-thc more efficient in this field the inan of the importance of a good public librar~anbecomes, so that he fulfills the library in his community; an appreciation mission of the economist and the statistician, of the public libraries by the business men the more invaluable he will be in his firm. will aid much in mnl;ing possible increased Similarity .of Aims and Methods appropriations or taxation for the library. To ~wapitulatethe main p:ints: There The public and special librarians, working is great similarity between the public and together and knowing their kindred inter- the special library; we have the same ideals csts and ,appreciating the benefits to accrue of service, the saine ideals for training and to all through their constant cooperation, preparation; we must necossarily use the can do much to further the highest ideals same technic and same methods. The spe- of our profcssion. How a Financial Library Aids in Underwriting Foreign Loans RALEIGH S. RIFE, Guaranty Trust Co:npany of New York' Before 1914 the financial library in a t:na, and Brazil. Such illustrations can bond house consisted inninly of corpor at' lon be multiplied indefinitely. reports, mortgngej, circulars, n~anuals,the America In Foreign Trade "Conn~~crcialand Financial Chronicle." n American companies are also interested fsi~clippings, aml a few tinoks on invest- in colonization in the forcign countries, monts. The information in the files was particularly South America. We have only used to glve an idea as to whether a par- just started our acquaintance with other ticular company ~nighf,be financed, bnt the countries froin an investment point of view. property of the company was investigated American inpenu~tyis needed to dircct pri- directly by special invcstigators. vate capital in other countries. For cen- Today thc situation respecting informa- turies it has been ltnown that there was a tion has changed quite materially. This 1s valuable low-grade copper deposit in north- due in great nari to the growth oE foreign ern Chile, but it touk the ingenuity of the financing. The American investor has scientific experts af the Guggenheim inter- grown less provincial, and the economic ests to devise a worltable ~netallurgicalfor- situation of thc world will lead us to bc nlula for the reduction of these ores, and less and less provincinl in time. American on the he& of this we see developed the capital is seeking outlets in other coun- great Chilc Copper Company which stands tries, and we are constantly bein,rr im- today as probably une of the lowest cost pressed with the view that wc cannot shut proclucers of copper in the wo~ld. In a onrsclves off from the world. similar may the vcry large iron ore de- Talce, for csnmple, sugar. The largest posits near the Western Coast of Chile plantations of sugar are in Cubn, am1 it had been known for many years. A French is American capital that has helped de- company had attempted cheir operation by velop these enterprises. We have copper more or less antiquated means. The Beth- in abundance in northern Michigan, Mon- lohem Steel acquired the propel~y,installed its own railway, electrically operated, u hich tana, and other parts of our country, but qenerated a consiclerable amount of power during the war when copper was needed as the loaded cars came down grade. d the mines in Chilc were developed; Cerro harbor was dug out in the rock formation dc Pasco in Peru is financecl by American of the coast, an extensive storage warehouse capital; Bethlehem Steel imports iron ore mas built in such a way that [the orc boats, from Chile and Cuba, tin from Bolivia de- specia1,ly constructed, could be loaded with- velopecl by Guggenheim and American in a very few hours by the oil dropping from Lead Company; the American packing the warehouse into the hold of the vessel. houses havc branches in Australia, Argen- ---- These are illu~trationsof how American I Brlcf made of 3. speech by Mr. Rlfe before the New Pork Speclal ~ibrarlesAssociation on February 27, 1923. 78 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May, 1923 enterprise has taken hold of foreign Eusi- ture of the life of the people and the finan- ness and made it a financiall success. These cial activity of the people. The investor have been made possible because the Ameri- calls for this because of his lack of knowl- cans are past masters at large-scale pro- edge of the fundamentals. duction. The world, and particularly South America, needs the contribution that can Ald from the Financial Llbrary be made by Amcrican enterprise in the di- The financial library assists in foreign rection of business. financing in three ways: (a) The period of investigation which means a thorough study Need for Foreign Trade Information of the credit appraisal of the country. At Within limitations we have crossed the this time the officials must decide whether first hurdle, namely, the sale of foreign it is the type of business in which the com- government and nznnlcipd bonds. But pany would be interested. This involves an only in a ,limited way have we begun to exhaustive report. In writing such a re- take the hurdle of private capital invest- port it is necessary to consult ofIicial sources, ~nentin foreign countries. I think that trade papers, economic journals, news- this is one of the developments for the fu- papers of the particular country upon which ture. It is one sure basls for the develop- the investigation is now centered. (b) In nlent of our foreign trade and investment% selling the bonds. Circulars must be writ- It can readily be seen that the clevelqp- ten based on facts and information. In lnent of the sale of foreign bonds has placed this connection it is very oftcn customary new demands for informa.l,ion upoc the to prepare booklets giving additional and financial company or bond house. NO more detailed information than is contained longer can the company easily send out in the circular. In instances interviews a pcrsonal representative to go over the are written for publication in the news- ground. Also experience ?as taught the papers. (c) Additional information 1s bankers that they cannot always depend often prepared f~rthe salesman to give upon the judgment of one man personally them talking points for selling thc bonds, inspectinr a country. The attention of d1.e and of course there is the constant stream investigator may easily be cliverterl, and it of inquiries from time to time of investors is physically impossible for him to scc who have bought the bonds. The library is personally the whole country. Such trips the instrument that gathers all of this in- must bc supplemented bv careful economic formation togethcr so that it cnn be used investigation. Instead it has bcen found in the various ways indicated abwe. the part of greater wisdom to huil.1 up The financial houses and banks are thor- comprehtnsiue sources of inforlnltion from oughly convinced of the necessity of fi- which the finnncinl Inan mav stnrlv the nancial libraries. It is the individual, wde- act~ial financial and economic conditions. awake librarian who appreciates the li- These so1ircp.s must cover the erononlic con- brary's importance to the institution nnd ditions of the country, financi~lreports of fits the work of the library into the whole the Gwernment, budgets and stxtements of scheme of financing who is needed to make the Government, reports of various denart- the financial libraries more efficient and merits, ctc., so we can get n real good pic- serviceable. How Radio Unites the Nation In a recent talk before the New Yorlc telephone pioneers, was only realized until Special Libraries Association, M.,Paul D. recently, was due to the necessity of some Findlay said: "When Thomas Wlllett was means of amplifying the feeble electric appointed first Mayor of New York by Gov- currents, which came from the telephone ernor Richard Nicwlls in 1665, he could transmitter. Not until the vacuum tube easily have addressed his entire constituency was invented was this possible on a large of 1100 people without raislng his voice. In enough scale. But now, the art has prog- those early days, printed and written com- ressed so far that on Armistice Day, 1921, munication was slow and difficult so that the President Harding addressed an audience ideas on which our republic was founded of 135,000 people located in Washington, were largely disseminated by the spoken Now York and San Francisco. Since there word. With the growth of population, of is now no physical linlitation to the num- the newspaper and of transportation, print- ber of people who may be addressed by a ing gradually displaced speech. Since the single speaker, whether they be gathered conling of the telephone, the human voice has araclually regained its advantage in con- in one audience and listening to loud spcak- veyinmg ideas betwecn individuals until now ing telephone, or whether they are scattered the telephone carries over 31,000,000 mes- the length and breadth of the continent, lis- sages every day, more than all other forms tening by radio, it is now worth men's while of comnlunication combined. That a tele- to develop their oratorical powers in sway- phone, which would comnlunicate with more ing the intellects of these tremendous au- than one listener, early imagined by the diences." May, 1923 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Safeguarding Librarians in Reclassification DOPSEY W. HYDE, JR. President, District of Columbla Library Associatlon Enactment by Congress of "The Classifi- The second speaker was Senator Thoinas cation Act of 1923" marks the highest point Sterling of South Dakota, author of the yet reached in the gradual developm.ent of a Sterling Reclassification bill. Senator Sterl- constructive policy of personnel aclminis- ing Look as his subject: "Reclassification: tration irf the government of the United What Good Will It Do Librarians?" and he States. This law, which becomes effectwe made a particularly strong address which July 1. 1924. at one stroke sweeps away the was widely reported in the local press and crazy struckre of uncoordinated, unrelated in national library publications. Senator governnlental positions and compensation Sterling made a very forceful plea for "defi- Fales developed-in response to varying needs nite recognition of the p1,ofessional charac- without plan or intelligible purpose-an ter of the work of the trained librarian." unscientific system which has been a con- The address was published .in full in "Pub- tinual cause of discontent and dissatisfac- lic Libraries," issue of February, 1923, and tion and which has rcndcred efyective ad- was printed in leaflet form by the District ministration a11 but impossible. of Columbia Library Associati,on ~vhichbody Wnshington librarians have exerted them- will gladly supply copies to interested selves for several years past to the end that readers of SPECIALLIBRARIES. the rofessional interests of librarians may not Be sli: .hted or undervalued in the re- Help from the A. L. A. classification of the ewplopees of the fed- As intcrest in reclassification increased eral government. The efforts of the late in Washington ancl elsewhere, it was de- Eunice R. Oberly, ably seconded by Dr. cided that the problem was one of import- George l?. Bowernlan and otl~ers,did much ance to all nle~nbersof the library profes- Lo demonstrate the high degree of training slon. A letter was sent therefore to the required in the library profession. The American Library .4ssociation asking for results of Miss Oberly's worlc are yet in the aid and bnclclng of that body. The re- cridence and her data are still being used sponse canic back at once. Acting upon in ccnneclion with library reclassification the recommendations of the A. L. A. Execu- studies. tive Board at; the Deceml~crmeeting, Presi- dent Ulley appointed a Washington rcpre- Washington Librarians Organize sentative on tlw Committee on Salaries of Aiio~llfiftren montlis ngo the District of the American Library Association. In this Columbia Library Association rtppointed a way both local and national libmrg inter- Comn~ittceon Professional Problems (re- ests have since been kept in intinlate con- ferred to hereafter in this article as the tact with current developments in the field Reclassification Co~nmittee) with Miss of reclassification. C:!n~ihcl R. Barnett, Librarian of the De- Tomarcl the end of last year it became partment of Agriculture ns Chairman, and apparcnt that competition bctwcen rival adopted a systematic progranl to educate reclassification factions wns threatening. oflicials, lihrarians and the general public the possibility of enacting any 1wlassificn- as to certaln fundmnentnls in the reclassifi- tion law before the close of the current ses- cation of librarians. These fundanlentals sion of Con~ress. Faced with this pos- n7ere: the value of efficient Iibrary ser- sibility the sponsors of the vnrions bills vice pe,. se, the professional character of aqrc~dto compromise certain points relat- library work, ancl the need for more ade- ing to general rates of cotnpcnsation and quate ratw of compensation. To aid in the the nqcncy to be responsible. for ca~ryin~: accolnplishment of this task two outstancl- out the actual task of reclasslfic:~tion. The ing exnonents of different viewpoints in re- compromise plan cnllrcl for consicle~rnblc clnqsificntion were asked to address special modification of nroposed c!assificntion sched- incetinps of the District nE Col~nibiaLi- ules and the D. C. L. A. ItcclassiScatmn hrary Assnciation. Mr. Herbert D. Brown, Committee was kept bu?~ drawing up Chief of the United States Bureau of Effi- recommendaf;ions and spcc~ficationsto meet ciency, mnde the first address and during chml~eclconditions. the course of it he invited thc Association Finally the reclassification lam wns en- to draw un recommendations to aid him in acted. As passed. however, thc act does the task of reclassifying library positions. not refey specificably to 1ihral:ians or mcn- In accordance with this request the Assorin- tion the grarles to mhicll librarlnns arc to be tion's Reclassification Can~inittee, under allocated. As soon as announcement was Miss Barnctt's l~adership,drew up a de- ~nad~of the make-up of the Personnel Class- tailed classificat~on of libyary positions ification Board created by the act, the As- o-liich was duly snbn-~ittedto the Bureau of sociation's Rrclassification Committee en- Efiiciency. tered into correspondence with Judge W. SPECIAL LIBRARIES May, 1923 W. Warwick, Chairman. As a result of thc plan. Librarians generally are in debt to letters which were exchanged, the Per- the D. C. L. A. Reclassification Cominittee, sonnel Clasification Board has intimated Miss C. R. Barnett, Chairman, which in- that it will be glad to make use of sched- cludes: Miss Anne G. Cross. Librarian, ules and supporting data cmnpiled by the Department of Comnnlerce; Miss Clara W. Reclassification Committee of the District Herbert, Assistant Librarian of the Public of Columbia Library Association when the Library; Miss Laurn R. Thompson, Libra- ~Iassification of librarians comes up for rian, Department of Labor; Miss Helen C. consideration. Silliman, Chief Cataloguer, Superintendent of Documents' Office; Mr. H., H. 13. IiIeyer, Work w,ith the Classification Board Chief Bibliographer of the Llbrary of Con- The Reclassification Committee is now gress; Dr. George F. Bowerman, Librarian ergaged in developing a schedule and defini- of the Public Library; and Mr. Joy E. Mor- tions (with examples) for the allocation gan of the National Education Association. of librarians to particular professional and The association is also indebted to Dr. Her- sub-professional grades set up in the new bert Putman, Librarian of Congress, for reclassification act. This task, which is his sympathetic advice and support. by no means easy, it is hoped to complete in the near future. The detailed schedule Thanks to Miss Barnett for the classification of librarians, when A tribute to the work performed by the conlpletcd will be held ready to turn over Reclassificatian Con~n~itteeis contained in to the Personnel Classification Board when the annnal report of the Salaries Committee that Board copes to consider thc classifica- of the American,Library Association. This tion of librarlans. It is hoped that, as a report states: 1W.uch crcdit is due to the result of this work, librarians in the gov- District of Columbia Library Association ernment service will be given a proper p~o- and to Claribel R. Barnett, the Chairman fessional ranking and an adequate com- of thc Committee on Professional Problems, pe-;l.sation rate. in particular, for the efforts which they Every librarian in Washington has given have made to gain due recognition for li- thought Lo the problem nf reclassification brarians in the reclmsification of federal and ~rc.~tnumbers have devoted hours of employees. The en~ctmentof such a law slrenunus work to help to a proper soh- should mean a great dcal to librarlans as a tion of the many hard knots invdvcd in whole in pl~cingthem on a higher profes- thc dcvelopmcnt of a fair and adequate sional standing." A. L. A. Meeting at Hot Springs Dr. John T. Tigcrt, U .S. .Commissioner schools, state librarians and library workers of Education and Mr. Joy Elmer Morgan. with special groups. Editor of Publications for the National Mr. Mogan will bring to the annual Education Association, addressed the con- mcctina oC the Special Libraries Associa- ference of the American Library Assocla- tion, at Atlantic City, May 22-25, an ac- tion at JIot Springs, Arltansas, during the count of the A. L. A. conference at Hot wwl; of April 23-28. Dr. Tigert spoke Springs. For the information of those li- on April 23 on libraries in relation to the brarians who have not been able to attend wholc educational system and Nr. Morgan the gathering of the parent organizatiun, spoke on dnril 25 on the school library there will also be a spcaker at thc first scs- movement. Commander Alvin M. Owsley sion of the Atlantlc Cltg meeting to report of the Amcricnn Leqion rliscussecl the on the A. L. A. sessions. interest of the American Legion chap- The National Association of State Li- ters in Ihe establishment and improven~ent braries also held its annual conference at of libraries. Wednesday, April 25, the Hot Springs. Meetings were held through- day on which Conlnlander Owsley spoke out the mcelz and a very interesting pro- was devoted to a discussion of methods gram was enjoyed. Thc general theme of evtending libra~yservice to the many was "The library and the state," based millions of persons who are now with- upon a survey by Mr. George S. Godard. out it. Two meetings of the Trustees' Interesting topics discussed at the meet- Section merc held on that day, in addi- ing of the Agricultural Libraries Section tion to the General session. During the of thc A. L. A. at Hot Springs were week of the A. L. A. conference there Library Extension, Standardizing Agricul- were mectings of law librarians, children's tural Publications, Training the college librarians, college, university and reference freshman in thc use of the library and The librarians, county librarians, library com- relation of Agricultural library extension mission workers, public school librarians, tp the work of the public library commis- thcolopical librarians, instructors in library sion. Special Libraries LEONORE A. TAFEI,, Editor, 125 WasI~ingtonPlace New Torlc City Associate Editors CLARIBELR. BARNETT ABBIEG. GLOVER ALTA B. ~LAFLIN JOSEPRI?. KWAPIL REBECCAB. RANKIN HERBERT0. BHIGHAV Rates: $4.00 a year; sllig-ie copies 50 cents. EDITORIAL What Are You Going to Do With It? TIrc are all hoping for a successful Convention. We like to feel, when we set out on this Spring holiday, that everything has been aixmgecl for our convenience and comfort. It wasn't hard to conrincc the general man- ager of the value of our attending the National Convention-he has becn sold on the sales conference idea for a good many years. Annual confer- elms have flourishecl in every walk of life because it has been found that they pay dividends. So we are hoping that there vill be some clefinite return that we can take back and sell to the iirm. There is something re- assuring about the Hotel Chc:lsea. They have known us iuncl our library ways for so many years and we arc conficlcnl- there will not be the crowd- ing and the delays incident to Convention IIendquarters. So we settle back in our Pullnlnn chair, ~viththe progsam and some press notices that promise well, ancl languicllg hope to be entertaii-ied am1 instr~~clecl. The Con~reiltionmachinery has been set up and well oilecl and work- ing behind the scenes these many months. Inclcecl it has been so xell oiled and working so silently-with only an occasio~lalspurt of recognition now and then on publication clates-that we hare long since ceased to worry about it. Eut oh! the ambitions, and the rebuffs, ancl the further ainbi- tions of the little group working on the program; the constant planning and re-planning of the Social committee; the lay-outs and thc fry-outs of the Publicity Committee, and the tons of mail going over thc Presi- dent's desk all the while! Small bits of n~achinery,to be sure, but power- ful and highly efficient ; concentrated, far-sighted work on the part of a few. Yet they realize that the results to be achieved depend not on them- rci-c), hut on you. The final success of the program will be the extent to which gou take part, ancl give of your experience; the success of the social events, the extent to which jjoz~enter into them and make yourself accessible; the success of the Publicity committee the extent to which yo24 help spread the library idea. The preliminary skirmishing has been clone, now This is your convention. We put it into your hands. Wlzrrt nw yn71, noiqg to do with if? SPECIAL LIBRARIES May, 1923 li; ------. 111 The President's Page -1 I! - - LAST MINUTE NOTES ON THE S. L. A. FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION, HOTEL CHELSEA, ATLANTIC CITY, MAY 22-25, 1923 Plana for our Annual Convention are afternoon, Mr. Dorsey W. Hyde, Jr., will develapillg nicely. We anticipate a large preside. The spcalccrs are: Mr. Elmore attendance at Atlantic City on May 22-25. Leffingwell of Leflingwell & Scott, "Pub- You can not afford to miss the annual mcet- licity Methods for the Special Library;" illg tllis year; in every way it will be at- Mr. Bruce Barton, "Serving Humanity;" tractive. The place is ideal, the Hotel Dr. David Friday, "Business Prophesies;" Chelsea is delightful, the program bids fair and Miss Anna Burns, librarian of IIas- to be lnost interesting and profitable, and lcins B Sells, "Business from thc Special most of your library -friends will be in at- Librarian's Standpoint." Friday evening, tendance. Conle and enjoy at least three Mr. John Lowe, assistant librarian of clays of goods meetings. Broolclyn Public Library will speak on Lhe ~h~ greater nun1ber of ellthubiastic li- "Public library and its servicc to ~US~~~CSS brarians we can have in attendance the men-" better will be Convention. Please tell Thursday evening we are to bc rnter- all your library co-workers and friends tained hy Ellis Parker Butler, of "Pigs is about it and urge thell1 to co,llle. Write at Pigs" fame. The Social C011111littee is also once to ~~t~lchelsea for your rescrva- furnishing othcr amusing featurse on their tions, if you have not already done so. program for that evening. We arc n~ost The Business Meeting of the Associatioll fort~lnatein securing hlr. Butler. on Friday morning will be mighty interest- Reference is wade on another page of ing. You may be astonished to find how this issue to the worlc of the spccial Con- much your Association has accomplished vention Coninnttec The Committee is during the year; at any it should please planning to display various special library you. RIuch important business is to he data which has been col?ectecl by the As- transacted, principalIy the c11angc.s in the sociation's Comrnittec on Methods and a constitution, gcneral policy and the walc- study of this material should .prove bdh ing of a #budget, and discussion of future instructive and interesting. Fnjoy it at odd worlc. Do not fail to come to this wee tin^. mo1nent.j during the Convention. Therc will be some changes in the pro- The New York Special Libraries Associa- gram as printed In thc March-April num- tion and both Philadelphia and Washing- bcr. At our first general session me ex- ton, D. C., hare made arrangements to en- pect to have the National Education As- tertain the special librnrinns, and will sociation represented by Mr. Joy E. Mor- gladly recelve thcin at their libraries on gan, editor of their bulletin ; Mr. Morgan the appointed days : New Yorlc, hlonday was formerly a librarian. :tnd Tuesday, May 21 ancl 22; Washington In additisn to the other group meeting, and Philadelphia, Saturday, May 26. Avnil on TVednescla~ afternoon, there will be a yourselves of this opportunity. WouP meeting of newspaper librarians led Poursfor an illteyestillK 11~Joseph Kwnnil, librarian of the Phi1~- Convention, May 22-25, 1923. delphia "Pu?llic Ledger." At the second general session, Thursday REBECCAB. RANKIN r- - - - - Association Activities -- [------d S. L. A. Nomlnat~ng Committee Reports aslced to serve. President, E. H. Redstone, The S. L. A. Nominating Committee, Boston; Vice Presidents, Dorsey W. Hyde, con~posed of Helen Hemphill, Chairman, Jr., Washington; Ruth G. Nichols, Chicago; Margaret Mann, E. II. Reclstone, Helen Secretary-Treasurer, Laura R. Gibbs, Bos- Rankin, Mary B. Day, Kenneth SVallccr, ton; Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, Ger- and Claribel R. Barnett, presents the fol- trnde Peterkin, New Yorlc; Executive lowing two tickets of officers to be voted Board, Cha~latteNoyes, Wilmington; . . . . on at the annual meeting at Atlantic City...... Second ticket: President, Alta A few places have been left vacant because B- Claflin, Cleveland; Vice Presidents, Mar- the Committee has nut yet received in writ- garet Reynolds, Milwanlcec; Carlos C. ing the consent of candidates who have-- been Ho~ghton,Ncw Yorlc; Secretary-Treasurer, May, 1923 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Emma Boyer, Cleveland; Assistanl Secre- department of our Governlllent is not our tary-Treasurer, ...... ; Executive only responsibility. In a very real may me Bo:~rd, E. 1-1. McClelland, Pittsburgh, Maud can, and should cooperate. Holv nlay we A. Curabm, Detroit. i'iIiss li-sn!rm, as re- cooperate? tiring President, becomes 21 mr.mher ex- Fiwt: Each of us may be a publicity oficio of the Executive Eoard. agent for the Departmcnt. The general ~u~blicis alnlost unaware that an agency Program for Atlantic City Convention is ~naintaillcc! through \vhicll all data es- The full program Fur thc Annual Conven- sential to thelr needs is avnilablc. tion of the Special 1,ibrarics Association at Sccoltd: An important feature of the DE- Atlantic City, May 22-25, was given in the partment is the publication of reports- March-Apriml issue of SPECIAL LIBRARIES.both ~ene~aland special. We can, by sub- The program as there given has been fur- scribing to Commerce Reports, The RIollth- ther enhanced by certain last minnte ly Sunlmnry of Current Business, and the changes given on "The President's Page" various reports issued by the Bureau of the in this issue. See if you can't per- Census, extend thc usefulness of the De- suade one or two more special library partnlent to just the extent to which we friends to come. Make your reservations ourselves take advantage of the oppor- directly with the Hotel Chelsea, Atlantic tunities offered us. City. Third: We often have the opportunity to play the part of the Mouse, opposite the Classification and Catalog Convent~on Lion as played by our own government. Group We receive, from time to time, information The following notice has been received from personal sources, which would be from Margaret hlann Cha~rlnan: "We gratefully acknowledged by the department, want to make the classhation and Catalog if sent before it has become stale. If we Round Table discussion at Atlantic City procure information from one of the Euro- a really practical meeting and in ordcr to Dean or South American commercial agents do thls we need the cooperation of all in- in this country, on any subject of possih!e terested in these subjects. A Question Box interest to even a snlall public, that infor- will be one of the means used to answer mation should he forwarded to Washing- your individual problems. Will you Icindly ton, or to the office nearest our own scene forward questions on any topic which you oE action. wish to have discussed to me, at thc Euqi- Fo~i~tl~:The various Chambers of Com- neering Societies Library, 29 Wcst 391'1 mcrce nrovide reports very pertinent to Street, NCWYorlc City, befose the meetine? those of the Depwtment of Commerce. A Come prepa~edto take part ancl to givc of parallcl index of snch reports, freely cir- yuur esperience." cnlatcd, would serve to tie the two toqether, ancl would be of very tangible assistance S, L. A. Convention Exhibit Committee to the inquiring puhllc. This is submitted The Exhibit Conlnlittee of the Special as a tentative pro~raln,rather than as a Libraries Associahon is planning to show report. Your chairmnn mill welcome sup at Atlantic City the material sent in .to gestimis fro111 other librarians, and will be Ruth G. N~chols,Chairman of the Assocla- narticularly glad to learn of any special tion's Conmitlee on Methods in response instances of direct, personal cooneration. to the questionnaire sent out by her corn- Adr1~'e~s.NSS Grace Carstensen, Institute mittee. They are collecting additional ma- of American Business, 50 hlatlison Ave., terial to show publicity methocls used hy New Yorli. special libraries to advertise the service which they are able and desirous of givins. Special Llbraries Associatlon of Boston It is hoped that those in attendance at the The April mecling of the S. L. A. of Bos- Atlantic City Convention wlll make a study tnn is lrrcinr held at the I\Iassacl~usettsHOT- of the exhibit and ask questions of those ticulturt~l Society Library, on April 23. in charge of it. I1 is believed that nluch RIr. Willlanl P. Rich, librarian, will address of value can be derived from it. the meeting ancl there will a170 be a talk by Mr. R. M.East of the Busseg Institute of Committee on Cooperation w~thDepartment Aplied Biology on the Inctitute and its of Commerce worl;. Tn order to zet sonw Idea of a basis In a very special way the daily routine 011 wllich to work. the Comm~tteeon Spon- of the Special Librarian brings him into sorship for TCnowledge is asking members of close touch with the Department of Com- the Association to keen account for one merce at Wa~hin~gton,or with representa- mqntll of ~qeqtionswhich they are unable tives in other cities. The librarian In an to nnswey fl.olll their own resources. BOS- industrial organization particularly saon ton is planning n generous delegation to finds his work infinitely aidccl when he has the National Convention. learned to avail himself of the inany ser- vices at his disposal by the Department. Southern Californla Special Llbrarles It would be superfluous to enumerate Associatlon these services in this report. But the in- The April meeting of the Soutllern Cali- telligent ntilization of the service of this fornia S. L. A. was a dinner lneeting in the SPECIAL LIBRARIES May, 1923 As~cniblyTea Rooms with an attendance ~nwtjngwas under thc auqices of tlie li- of fifteen members. The regular Xay brarlans ol' the American Telephone 6 Tele- gathering will be ill the form of a trip to graph Company and the Western Electric the top of Mount Wilson, a mile high, with Ccjmpnny. A table (['hote dinner was served a visit, to the world-famad obscrdatory ill the new cnfcleria. Grace A. Child of which is under the direction of C~rnegic thc Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Com- Institute. While soiw of thc ~nemberswill pany, Fhrtford, asked members to sent1 return to the city the same evening-, others in material for the Convention cshihit on will conlinuc on a two days' trip. how busincss librar~ans sell the Iihary itlea to thclr firms. SIary de J. Cox, Chair- Pittsburgh Special Libraries Association man of thc national S. L. A. Menll)ership The March 15 nlceting of thc Pittsburgh Csmlmttcc, explained the drive for 11ew S. L. A. was held at the Allegheny County 111ell~b~~~.T11c meeting was then coniinucd Law Library. The ~nectingopened with a in Ihe 4sseml1ly Roo~nof the buildinz, where very intcrestinp. tallc by Mr. R. Z. Virgin, Paul D. Findley, technical reprcsentntivc editor of thc Coal Trade Bulletin. He es- of the Wcr-tern Electric Coinpang, j:'a7:c! an plained the nlany things that haye to be ilifere?tlng and illuminatinp. talk on "1-Iow considered in preparing a niagazlne, how r:~dia unitcs the nation." Hc csphinerl the some fornli: of type and ways of seYmg up ~orinland tl~col-cticalsiqnificancv cf ?lie incrcase thc coat, how thc wkhc.; o1 the ~~cwtdcvclopn~ents in radio and loud bpealc- atlvertiscrs ulyrt be consitlcred, and finally in? tdephoncs. Thc tallc moa illcstrated how to obtam cinthoritativic? articles on tl1rouc~~Ii0~11w 1;intcnl hlit!e~jfind 7137 a 1110~- subjects wanted. He enl:~'na~izcdthe im- in picture fill11 "The butlion." pclhnce of verifying thc sourccs of fizurcs The nest ineetin~of tlie Association will ailtl statcmcnt:.. Mr. G. E. Clarlcson of the Iw licld on April 24 at thc Mctrol~olitanLife Pitt3:burgh Safctp Councjl cave an intcr- Jnsurance Company. Tllei-e will he n busr- estinx and :at times nmusiiix a;cou~lt of ness meeting at 5 p. in. and clinner vill he the -:cope, activ~ti~sand l~ublicatiimsof the wwd in the Assembly Rooni at 6.30. The Council, and displ~cyed an exhibit of the li:rclit;y will he undcr the tlirnction of the publications. Ill'. J. Oscar E1nric11, 1ihr:i- S~Cl~l;l~i~fil~roup, and speakers or the ria11 of the Alleyhcny County ~TVLlbr:wy, cveninrr will bc I-Iastings 11. Harl.. Director ccntlacted a tour of iiispcction GC the li- ('.hild-Hdpinq Department of 1111: Russel bmry. Th~s~~~~~~~estin~ collcctio~~was be- Sage Foundation and Pisesident of the Fun about the year 18G7, and now c;ntaiw American Prison Association in 1922, and 50,621 va!umes. Tl~cseare tl~oroughlycross- TI-OIPBShIott Osborn, fom~erlyW:irden of indcserl in n card cntaloeae; the arrange- Sing Sing. ment on tlie shelves is nlpl1abetjc~1to frcili- tate hantlling by untrained assiqtants. The Aq invitation to all Members S. L. A. matcrial is pronpcd tc a certain oxLent in The Xcw lrorlc Spccia! 1,ibrnries As- fivc rr sjs large fi.roul)s, but witllit! the swit~tionco~*clially invites a11 men~bcrq of group the arrangement is puwlg al~111nbct.i- the S. L. A. to attend the final ~nonthlydin- cnl. Xo !ihinary marlting appears on the nor ~iiectinaon Monday, May 21st. Dinner oulsicle of the books. Thcy arn acccssioned 11-ill bc sewed in the asscnlbly hnll of the on cnl-ds, the color of thc card *lesi~natinq nIetropoliltnl 1,ife Tnsurance Comnany, 1 ono oC the five or iis group9 meutioncd. Rtatllson Avc., at 6.30 D. in., at a charge of 311.. Fmrich says that nr, inconvenience is $1.35 21 ~1r1t.e. Hnnry D~nerc,am of the fe!t in not having the books arranger1 by rice-presidents of the 3Tctropolitan Life subject nnd it has the advantage !>f dis- Tnwrnncc Co~~i~wny,and l'ormerly Cliam- ]>cnslng with tlie espcnse oC catnloglnp. bcrlain of the City of New Ynrk, mill be t1>c spenltel. OF the evenin?. This will be Rochester Special Libraries As~ociation fdlowed 11v nlrrsic and dancinz. An op- Thc Rochester Special I,ihl*aries Associa- nwtunitv will he p;iven to those who desire tion will ho!d a meeting on the cvcnina of it to vi~itthe library of the BIetropolitnn F~I-1127 in the Buqiness a~dJInvicipnl I.ifc Insurancp Company. Will you please Eranch of the Rocheste~Publiz Library. rnserve your place hy notifying the sccye- Jtxtters of i~nportance to +ha Rxhester t,-rv, hIaryarct Wells. Xmcricr~n Tnterna- Snecial Libraric~Association wil! I,c con- t:ntinl Corporation, 120 Broadway, New ~iclereclat that time and :mv special librar- vork Citv. before May 18, that you will ions passin? throngh the city at that time be prescnt? aye cordially invited to lie prcsenl. Roch- Washington Librarians Meet ester is cxpectinq tcl send several d~l~qates The increas~nginmorttlnce of library ser- to the National Convention at +ktlantic vrce in the economic devel7pmcnt of thr City. cammunitv mas stressed at a 1iie:ting of the District of Colulnhia Lihrary Assncia- New York Special Libraries Association tim held M,n.ch 23rcl last. Dr. E, A. Gold- The 3arch ineet,iny of thc Association enlrelser, Statistician of the Federal Re- was held at the Amcricnn Telephnne W Tcle- serve Board said: "The conception of n li- graph Bnilding. The Engineering Group brary has changed from that of a collection mere the hostesses of the evening, al:d the of hooks to be jealously guarded to th~tof May, 1923 SPECIAL LIBRARIES a means of hringing the student in touch ti letter fro111 President Utleg of the A. L. A. with dl available inf~~n~ationon any sub- .rcl~nowleclging receipt of the D. C. L. A. ject. This tlcvelopn~enthas shifted thc ein- contribution to the A. L. A. Headquarters phasis from the library per se to the li- Building Fund, in which he said: "On be- brarian." Dr. Levin Glen Swiggett, of the half 01 the American Library As~ocia.tion, Unitccl States Bureau of Education said: let nle express to your membership sin- "Like highly organized basiness, the li- cercst appreciation and tl~anks. It is the brary must becolnc the ~nennsof coordinnt- be~inningof a movenient which, if we all ing all conmlunity data. In a word the get behind it, wlll continue until the A~neri- library must pmdrcer." The President of can Library Association has an adequate the Association, Dorsey W. Hyde, Jr., read headquarters building." Special Library Field Doings A newspaper librarians group is being Albert Shnw. editor of the "Review of Re- organized by Joseph F. Kwapll, librarian views," will he the Commencement speaker for tlic Public Ledger Philadelphia. A on June 15th. group inceling will be held at thc national convcl?t~un,at which time thc question of Thc library of the Los Anpeles Railway organmng as a section of the S. will Cunipnny has n~o~~edfro111 the sixth floor L. A. to the thircl in thc rai1wa;v building where, bc considered. accorcling to Librnrian,W. B. Rees, the col- The Laiura Spclnlan Rockefeller Memorial, lcction is nlorc readily accessible alt,hough on April 4th, passcd n resolution appra- occupying smaller floor space. yrialil~gthc sum nE $10,000 to the American The New Yorlc Public Library Staff AS- Library Xssociation to be used as a fund ?ociat~onis planning to give a play-The against which foreign libraries may il~aw Chauve Souris-at the I-I~clcschesTheatre, In the purchase of A~ncrican boolrs and Fifth Avenue and 105th Street, on :\lay 16 periotlic?ls, under such regulations as the and 16. Assilciat~onmay establish. Sir No~manVallrer has presented to the The Eunice R. Oberly Me~nor~ulFund, University of Iowa Library, Iowa City, established 1922, has now reached $1,000 Iowa, his valnal~le collection of 1tierlical according to news receivccl from its chair- books and pamphlets. imn by Edward D. Tweedell, treasurer The collection of famous boolrs on Cnth- Anlcrican Library Assoc~ailon. The fund ulicism, which has been accumulated throu~ll was be~~~nby the friends of Eunice R. a ~rcatmany years in thc arcl~rlioceseIn Oberly, late librarian of the Bureau of Baltimore, has been pyescnterl to the Cath- Plmt Tndustry, U~itedStetcs Department olic University, Washington, D. C. It was of Agriculture, as a n~emorialto her. The felt thnt the collection would be morc useful income is to he used as an annual rewar11 if housed in thc University. to the compiler of thc best bibliography of John Baille has presented to McGill Uni- the year in the field of agriculture or tlic versity Library, I\Ioittreal, Canada, a dona- natural sciences. The award mill be made Lion for the establishment of a refel-en~e by a stsndlng coimnittee appointed by the library in c.hernistry, in 111rniory of 111s A. L. -4.Executive Board. eon, Irvine Baille, tl st~~dcnlin chemical Thc Insurance Library Association of engineering, who was killed in nct,ion in Boston. of which D. N. Handy is librarian, 1918. It is planned to iilalce thls collection is la mom clurlnr April f~omits prcsent the most contpletc in Cnnncta. qua~*te~sat 1-11 dIillc Street to 18 Oliver The Los Angeles Lihrnry Cluh has been Street. Space has been taken on the ninth reorganized and two ~ncctingsheld since floor, which allows larger facilities than January, under thc diwction of Professor are now provided. The Library wll be in R L. Power of the University of Southern the same buiIding with the Ncw England California. The temporaq committee is to Insurance Exchange and other lrinclrcd OY- present a constitution and a list of nomina- g:~nizations. tions. A hospital library service was opened by The recent rep~rtof the Bnrlow Medical the Minneapolis Public Lihixry on Febru- Library issued by Mrs. Ida D. Fellows, the a1.y 1. During Ilosl~ildBook Week, held Librarian, enunzerates 59 new members recently, citizens donated 5000 books for during the years, which brings the total use in the hospitals of the city. nlc~nbership list to 100. The Ciurnegie Institute of Technolo~p, Personal Mention Pittsburph, will g~aduatea record-brealrmg Beth Paslro resigned from the Southern class of 600 men and women this year. Dr. California Edison Cotnpany Llbrary mrly SPECIAL LIBRARIES May, 1923 in the year to return to Palo Alto where Mary Rebecca Lingenfelter has been she is now with the Public Library. Rose transferred from Philadelphia to be chief Moire Russel is the new librariar. of the librarian of United States Veter.ms' Hospi- Edison Company. tal Number 81, The Bronx, New York. Miss Gladys Willard of Los Angeles is now Lingenfelter was in the A. L. A. war ser- with the magazine "Pacific Ports" as li- vice and has served in the Army, Navy and brarian and research chief. Veterans' libraries. She was fornlerly in Emily Van Dorn Miller ha9 bee., charge of the Fou~thNaval District. pointed Editor of the "A. L. A. Booklist,aq; Ruth Eliot formerly librarian 01 the to succeed May Massee, resigned. Miss New York Sun and Herald, has gone abroad Miller will begin her connection with the for a trip. She will spend most of her time Boolclist on September first. in England. Alice Rose has been inv~tedby President Carolina Spalding, director of the educa- Penlieher of the American Bankers As- tional department of the Joseph Horne Com- sociation to give an address at the Educa- pany, Pittsburgh, recently addressed the tional Symposium of the Executivz Council Carnegie Library School of Pittsburgh on of the American Bankers Association which the subject of training new employees in meets at the Westchester-Biltn~or~.. Club, that store. Miss Spalding emphasized the Rye. N. Y., April 23-26. Her address is value of the library in this work. entitled "The Service which a Financial Li- brary can Render in a Modern Bank.'' Charles K. Bolton recently received con- Elmore Leffingwell of the firm of Leffing- gratulations from members of the Boston well and Scott, Publicity, 15 East 40th Athenaeum and felhow libraries on the Street, New York City, has generously con- twenty-fifth anniversary of his appoint- sented to act as our Publicity Man for the ment as librarian of that institution. S. L. A. convention. In addition, Mr. Lef- Louise Richardson of the Research De- fingwell will address ns at our second mect- partment of the Ilibernia Bank & Trust inq on "Publicity Methods for a Special Con~panyof New Orleans has planned to Library." attend the Convention at Atlantic City in Eleanor Frick, who was librarian and is May. We are happy to welcome our South- at present Assistant to the Secretary of ern friends. the American Society of Civil Engineers, has ,just co~nplelecl twenty-five years of Vladimir Tuma, Technical Librarian of servlcc. The Society has granted her a four the B. 3'. Goodrich Coinpany in Akron, Ohio, months' leave of absence, durlng which time is inquiring about the Convention. We she will go abroad to study architecture and kope there will be a good delegation at the tvill spend some time visiting cathedrals. Convention from Ohio. Theodora Abbott, librarian of the Na- Harriet E. Dart, formerly of the Safety tioiial Bank ol' Commnerce, New York City, Institute of America, is serving as librarian has resigned her position to return to her of the Public Library at Soutl.ington, Conn. home in the South because of illness in her She will attend the Convention at Atlantic family. City. W. Daw5on Johnston, librarian of the Mrs. Caroline Williams Foote, librarian American Library in Paris, Inc., was ap- of The Barrett Company, New Yorlc C~ty, pointed by President George B. Utley of has resigned her position to go to the the American Library Association to rep- Philippine Islands for two years. resent the Association at the Congress of Harriet E. Howe, President of the Special Librarians and Bibliophiles, held in Paris, Libraries Association of Boston, has been France, April 3-9, 1923. granted a Sabbatical year durin~: 1923-24 Nargaret Nellis is organizing the li- by Sinnnons Col1en.e where sne is instructor brary of Pennie, Davis, Marvin & Eclmonds, in the Library School. patent attorneys, in New York City. Grace Leonard Todd, who recently re- Caroline L. Jones, formerly library su- signed from the Tobacco Merchants' As- pervisor of the Veterans' Hospital Number sociation Library, is now with the Chas. 81, New York. has becnlne librarian of the Gehring Publishing Company, New York Wallingford, Conn., Public Library. City, in charge of their hotel directories Grace Lanedon, librarian of the United public a t'ions. States Public Health Service Library at Mrs. Ada Pratt Pillow is acting as li- Stapleton, S. I., has resigned to accept a brarian of the United States Public Health position in charge of the new cafeteria in Service Hospital Number 68, Minneapolis, the Central Building of the New York Pub- Minn. lic Library. Ruth Malmar, formerly ass~stantin the Charles A. Nelson, we are very sorry to Boys' High School, Brooklyn, has hcen qp- learn, has met with an automobile accident pointed librarian of the New York Tram- in which he fractured a leg. Mr. Nelson, ing School for Teachers. now with the Merchants' Association, New May, 1923 SPECIAL LIBRARIES York City, and formerly with Columbia John Cotton Dana is in the South at University is undoubtedly our oldest mern- present recuperating from a recent illness. ber but one of the liveliest. Xetmeth C. Wal!:cr of Pittsl.urgh vlsit~d Zana K. Miller of the Library Bureau is somu special libranus in New Yorlc kist one of the party which will enjoy the Post month. Conference trip to Panama after the A. L. A. Convention at Hot Springs. Mary P. Billingsley, librarian of the Fed- eral Reserve Bank of Kansas City, expects Maria V. Leavitt, library candiclate in the to attend the Convention at Atlantic City Good Will Election, has gone "over the top" in May. with 80,000 votes. She sails on May 23 Grace A Child, librarian of the Phoenix with the Delegation for a seven weeks trip. Mutual Life Insurance Company, Hartford, The Delegation will visit the devastated Conn., made a trip to New York to hold a regions and be brought into touch with the meetingf of the S. L. A. Exhib~tCommittee. work now being done by the American She has charge of the exh~bitfor the Con- Committee. Through Miss Leavitt, Ameri- vention and will appreciate the assistance can librarians wiIl send a message of greet- of any nlenlher who can give it. ing to the libraries of France. New Publications [- - - -!I Ii The "New Guide to Refeyencc Books," time covered, Approximate lag-time elaps- by Isadore G. Mudge, published by the ing between date of information and date of American Library Association, is based on publication, Information first published- the third edition of "Guide to the Study and shows years which can be covered from Use of Reference Books" by Alice B. Kroe- each source, Information given, Name of ger. The new Guide, while following the publication, Publisher. (2) Price statistics; form of the earlier editions, is practically Shows Unit, Market quoted, Period covered, a new work. New selection of titles has Approximate lag, Name of publication, Pub- been made and the entries revised to brlng lisher. The librarian who has'had to delve the work in line with Library of Congress for current statistics will appreciate this practice. The annotations, with a few ex- ready reference tool. The book is published ceptions, have been rewritten, and there by Prentice-Hall. have been new additions especially in the classes of General Encyclopedias, Biog- A very definite contribution of the Uni- raphy, Geography and History, where new versities to business research is represented sectlons for European and Latin American in the journals recently inaugurated by countries have been included. In National Harvard and the University of Chicago. The first number of the "Harvard Business Bibliography, lists for thirteen countries Review" (Quarterly) was issued last Octo- have been added. Entries have been checked ber and the first issue of the "University for changes in titles, publishers, editor, etc., Journal of Business" appeared in February. as well as cases of suspended, discontinued The last mentioned is published by the or revived publication and prices checked University of Chicago and cooperating in through 1921. The book now lists about the work are the students of the schools 2100 titles, 500 of which are new additions. of business of the University of Illinois, The A. L. A. has also recently issued in Indiana University, University of Minne- pamphlet form a selection of books pub- sota, University of Nebraska, University lished in the "A. L. A. Booklist" during P Wisconsin, and Ohio State University. 1922. It appears quarterly, in November, Febru- ary, May and August. Of interest in this The "Source Book of Research Data" pre- connection is the account of the Round pared by the Bureau of Business Research Table Conference on Aim and Methods of of New York University under Dr. Lewis Bureaus of Business Research, held at the H. Haney, is an important contribution to annual meeting of the American Economlc the reference ahelv%s of the special Ii- Association in December and minted .in the brary which deals with any form of cur- rent statistical inlforrnation. It is a list March, 1923, issue of the "Econoinlc Re- of reliable current sources for statistics of view." quantity and price. The commodities are A selection of the best one hundred books arranged alphabetically, in two sections. in science which are popular and at the (1) Statistics of quantity and physical vol- same time reliable, has been made by a ume: Shows Unit-whether reported by committee of the Washingtan Academy of pound, ton, bushel, etc.; Area, Period of Sciences, working in cooperation with mem- 88 SPECIAL LIBRARIES May, 1923 bers of the Acadenly and with public li- the Insurance Library Association of Bos- braries. The resulting list-which is lim- ton in 1922, have been published by that ited to books in print-has been published organization. The book includes Auto In- by the American Library Association. The surance, Engineering Insurance, Burglary Committee states that it has done its best and Theft Insurance. to select one hundred boolcs which it feels are scientifically reliable and which it be- An interesting article on library service lieves to be readable. in a tuberculosis hospital, by Louise Sing- ley is published in "The Modern Hospital" A graphic analysis of the Census of for P pril. Miss Singley is Library Super- Manufacturers has just been published by visor of U. S. Veterans Hospital No. 55, the National Industrial Conference Board, Fort Bayard, New Mexico. 10 East 39th Street, New York, N, Y. Changes and present conditions in character A reading list on the American Federa- of ownership, power, persons engaged, vol- tion of Labor, compiled by David J. Saposs, ume of production, fuel, prevailing hours instructor at the Brookwood Workers' Col- of labor, etc., are shown by a series of lege, is published in the Library Journal colored plates. for April. This is one of a series being prepared for labor college classes by the A new magazine for the users of ex- Workers' Education Bureau of America. plosives, entitled "The Explosives Engineer" has been issued by the Hercules Powder The Minneapolis Public Library has been Company, Wilmington, Delaware. An edi- in consultation with 'ndio experts as to torial in the initial number, phich is dated the best books to meet the demand for March, 1923, states that thls IS the only popular works for radio fans. A list of trade paper devoted exclusively to the in- seven boolcs which the library has decided dustrlal use of explosives and closely related to duplicate is given in the April issue of subjects. Ilarry Roberts, Jr., and M. S. "Public Libraries." Greensfelder are the editors. Celebrating its fiftieth birthday, "Rcaders' An address before the Interstate Mer- Ink," the publication of the Icclianapolis chants Council on "The Store Library as a Public Library, gives in its April 'number Valuable Aid to the Retailer" by David an interesting history of the library fronl Humphrey Foster appears in "Chicago its organization on April 8, 1873, to its Conmerce" for March 3. Mr. Foster em- fiftieth anniversary April 8, 1923. phasizes the value of books on salesmanship which he defines as "teaching your sales- A bibliography of the books on foreign people to sell the merchandise the people trade in the Business Library of Rochester do not know the value of and letting the and the Library of Foreign Trade of the people buy the inerchandise they do know Rochester Chamber of Commerce has been the value of." compiled. Couies may be obtained from Gladys Love, librarian of the Busine~sT,i- Lectures on casualty insurance delivered brary, or Sherman Peabody of the Cham- before the evening classes in Insurance of ber of C3mmerce.