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KV P OW) , THE LIBRARY OF THE JUL 19 1951 College andlvtRSll< ut Research Libraries • 3° The Administration of Intelligence Archives Yale Meets its Catalog Function and Color: Montana State College Library Remodel While You Work Problems Confronting University Libraries Circulation in the Divisional Library International Unification of Cataloging? The Subject'Departmentalized Public Library College and University Library Buildings, 1929-49 Teaching the Use of Engineering Libraries Federal Relations Policy of A.C.R.L. A.R.L. Brief of Minutes, Feb. 1, 1951 Vol. XII, No. 3, July, 1951 Association of College and Reference Libraries Association of College and Reference Libraries Officers for 1950-51 ' PRESIDENT: Charles M. Adams, Librarian, Librarian, Graduate School of Business Ad- Woman's College, University of North Caro- ministration, Harvard University, Boston, lina, Greensboro, N.C. Mass.; Donald Coney, Librarian, University VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT-EI.ECT: of California, Berkeley, Calif.; J. Periam Ralph E. Ellsworth. Director of Libraries, Danton, Dean. School of Librarianship, Uni- State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. versitv of California, Berkeley, Calif.; Wil- EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: Arthur T. Hamlin, liam H. Hyde, Librarian, Illinois Institute of A.L.A. Headquarters, 50 E. Huron St., Chi- Technology, Chicago, 111.; Frances Kemp. cago. Librarian, Reed College, Portland, Ore.; TREASURER: Thomas S. Shaw, General Florence L. King, Librarian. Wellesley Col- Reference and Bibliography Division, Library lege, Wellesley, Mass.; Jean F. Macalister, of Congress, Washington, D.C. Reference Department, Columbia University PAST PRESIDENT: Wyllis E. Wright, Li- Libraries, New York, N.Y.; Arthur M. brarian, Williams College, Williamstown, McAnally, Assistant Director of Libraries, Mass. University of Illinois, Urbana, 111.; Robert A. * DIRECTORS: Mary R. Kinney, Associate Miller, Director of Libraries, Indiana Uni- Professor, School of Library Science, Simmons versity, Bloomington, Ind.; Foster E. Mohr- College, Boston, Mass.; Guv R. Lyle, Direc- hardt, Director, Library Service, U.S. Vet- tor of Libraries, Louisiana State University. erans Administration, Washington, D.C.; Baton Rouge, La.; Elizabeth Neal, Librarian. John H. Moriarty, Director of Libraries, Compton Junior College, Compton. Calif. Purdue' University, Lafayette, Ind.; Ger- A.C.R.L. REPRESENTATIVES OX A.L.A. hard B. Naeseth, Associate Director in COUNCIL: Scott Adams, Librarian, National Charge of Technical Services, University of Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.; Wisconsin Library, Madison, Wis.; Louis S. Johanna E. Allerding, Librarian, Engi- Shores, Dean, School of Library Training and neering Library, University of California, Service, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mary N. Barton, Head, Fla.; Dorothy M. Sinclair, Head, History, General Reference Department, Enoch Pratt Travel, and Biography Departments, Enoch Free Library, Baltimore, Md.; Robert W. Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md.; Edwin Christ, Assistant Librarian, Duke University, E. Williams, Assistant to the Librarian, Har- Durham, N.C.; Donald T. Clark, Associate vard College Library, Cambridge, Mass. Section Officers, 1950-51 Agricultural Libraries Section mann; Secretary, Lottie Skidmore; Director, C. Law Chairman: Whiton Powell, Librarian, New York rence Lynn. State College of Agriculture, Ithaca. New York; Sec- retary, June Rieur; Director, Louise O. Bercaw. Reference Librarians Section Chairman: Milton Russell. Head, Circulation and College Libraries Section Reference, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Vir- Chairman: Eileen Thornton, Librarian, Vassar Col- ginia; Vice chairman and chairman-elect, Elizabeth lege, Poughkeepsie, New York: Vice chairman and Findlv; Secretary, Elizabeth F. Selleck; Director, chairvmn-elTt. Marv Elizabeth Miller: Secretary, Winifred Ver Nooy. Donald B. Engley; Director, Louise F. Kampf. Libraries of Teacher Training Institutions Section Engineering School Libraries Section Chairman: Marion B. Grady, Librarian, Ball State Chairman: Mrs. Dorothy M. Crosland, Librarian, Teachers College. Muncie. Indiana; Secretary and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia; chairman-elect, Wendell W. Smiley; Director, Donna Secretary, Jeanette Poor; Director, William H. Hyde. E. Sullivan. Junior College Libraries Section University Libraries Section Chairman: Frank A. Lundy, Director of University Chairman: Lola R. Thompson. Librarian. John Tar- Libraries, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; leton Agricultural College, Tarleton Station. Texas: Secretary, Mrs. Margaret K. Spangler; Director, Rob- Vice chairman and chairman-elect, Mary E. Kauff- err B. Downs. * Also includes the directors listed under Section Officers and A.C.R.L. representatives on A.L.A. 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WlflSL JhoTL THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY EXPERIENCE IN SERVING COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES REBINDING BOOKS and BINDING PERIODICALS f&M TfrMOv UxttA H^lMj TmMV) HERTZBERG ^ LIBRARY CRAFTSMEN BOOKBINDERS Des Moines, Iowa College and Research Libraries Contents THE ADMINISTRATION OF INTELLIGENCE ARCHIVES. By Robert Finley Delaney 213 YALE MEETS ITS CATALOG. By Jennette E. Hitchcock and F. Bernice Field .... 220 FUNCTION AND COLOR : MONTANA STATE COLLEGE LIBRARY. By Lesley M. Heathcote 230 REMODEL WHILE YOU WORK. By Neal Harlow 233 PROBLEMS CONFRONTING UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES. By Frank A. Lundy and Kath- ryn R. Ren fro 237 CIRCULATION IN THE DIVISIONAL LIBRARY: THE NEW PLAN OF SERVICE. By Patricia Marvin 241 INTERNATIONAL UNIFICATION OF CATALOGING? By Sigmund von Frauendorfer 245 A PLAN FOR CENTRALIZED CATALOGING. By Carl Bjorkbom 253 THE SUBJECT-DEPARTMENTALIZED PUBLIC LIBRARY. By Robert E. Maizell 255 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BUILDINGS, 1929-1949. By Robert H. Muller 261 THE PUBLICATION OF LIBRARY SCHOOL THESES. By Eileen Thornton 266 TEACHING THE USE OF ENGINEERING LIBRARIES. By William S. Budington . '268 FEDERAL RELATIONS POLICY OF A.C.R.L. By Eugene H. Wilson 273 NOTES FROM THE A.C.R.L. OFFICE. By Arthur T. Hamlin 276 BRIEF OF MINUTES, ASSOCIATION OF RESEARCH LIBRARIES, FEB.