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Special Libraries, April 1962

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SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION Putting Knowledge to Work OFFICERS DIRECTORS President SARAAULL EUGENEB. JACKSON University of Houston Research Laborarories, General Motors Corporation Houston 4, Texas Warren, Michigan LORRAINECIBOCH First Vice-president and President-Elect Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation ETHEL S. KLAHRE North Chicago, Illinois Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Cleveland. Ohio W. ROY HOLLEMAN Second Vice-president School of Library Science FLORINEA. OLTMAN University of Southern California Bibliographic Assistance Branch, Air University Library Los Angeles, California Maxwell AFB, Alabama PAULW. RILEY Secretary College of Business Administration MRS. JEANNEB. NORTH Boston College Lockheed Missiles & Space Div., Palo Alto, Calif. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Treasurer EDWARDG. STRABLE OLIVEE. KENNEDY J. Walter Thompson Co. Room 5600, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N. Y. Chicago, Illinois Immediate Past-President MRS. ELIZABETHR. USHER WINIFREDSEWELL Metropolitan Museum of Art National Library of Medicine, Washington, D. C. New York. New York EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: BILL M. WOODS Special Libraries Association 31 East 10 Street, New York 3, New York MEMBERSHIP Dues: Sustaining - $100 ; Active - $15 ; Associate - $10; Afiliate - $15 ; Student - $2 ;Emeritus - $5 ; Life - $250. For qualifications, privileges and further information, write the Executive Secretary, Special Libraries Association.

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Working with Special Libraries in Viet-Nam Special Libraries and Technical Information East and West Acquiring Soviet Literature A Selected Bibliography and Glossary of Missile and Rocket Literature Development of Performance Standards for Library Binding Library Technology Project Report Periodical Circulation in a Typical Paper Company Library This Works For Us: Requesters' Reference Cards Foreign Language File Library Name Badges Book Labels

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ERHARD SANDERS, Library Advisor United States Operations Mission to Viet-Nam

-HIS ARTICLE IS A condensation of a series with one, usually open, door leading onto a 1 of reports covering my assignments with backyard where motor bicycles were parked. several special libraries in Viet-Nam. My Along the walls stood book cases with dusty time there being limited, it was neither my glass doors in the upper sections, while the task, nor did I attempt to undertake a general lower sections, tightly closed, half served as survey of the many special libraries in that a sort of catch-all for periodicals, pamphlets, fascinating country. records and the like. A long-and little used In November 1958 I was engaged by the -reading table, a small desk for the li- International Statistical Programs Office of brarian, a steel file and a handful of catalog the United States Bureau of the Census for trays completed the interior. one specific task-to reorganize and develop I met several section heads of the In- the library of the National Institute of Sta- stitute and finally Mr. Cao, a secretary who tistics in Saigon, Viet-Nam. After a few was put in charge of the library. I began to weeks of training at the Census Bureau and look over the book titles and fingered some a brief orientation ~eriodat the International of the strange, oblong, handwritten catalog Cooperation Administration, I arrived in cards, which were held by a string in the Saigon on December 10. My initial assign- ancient drawers. Carefully, gently, so as not ment was for six months. to hurt anyone's feelings, I began to ask some Shortly after my arrival in Saigon, I had questions. I wanted to know, for instance, met the other two United States librarians in why volume I of a set was so far removed Viet-Nam at the time: Nance O'Neil, in from volume 11, or what was the meaning of charge of the sizable United States Informa- the many numbers I saw written inside the tion--Service librarv, who was warm-hearted books. There was some rapid and-it seemed and adored by he; 'staff and the large read- to me-excited discussion in Vietnamese ing public, and the pretty globe-trotter, among the gentlemen. Then Mr. Cao pro- Juliane Heyman, who was assigned as library duced some of those voluminous ledgers consultant to the National Institute of Ad- (inzteutai~es)the French seem so fond of ministration under the auspices of Michigan and which I was to encounter many more State University. They had been actively times during my mission in Viet-Nam. spreading the bibliographic gospel by giving It must have been a combination of things numerous library courses and by editing and -the oppressive heat, the poor lighting, the publishing the English-Vietnamese textbook dust, the staccato French, the whirling fans on Dewey Decimal Classification by Richard overhead-I saw white spots before my eyes. Gardner, a former Michigan State University Planting my palms firmly on the table in consultant. Through them I met a good many front of me, I shook my head a few times- Saigonese librarians, and I was always iA- and the room came into focus again. Yes, I pressed by their eagerness to learn and their must admit this first encounter was a bit respect for American developments. overwhelming. So much was to be done and so little time to do it! A plan of attack was The National Institute of Statistics drafted and submitted to the director of the I still remember vividly the first impres- Institute, charming, helpful Mr. Doi, on sion of the library I was to revamp. It was a whose quick understanding and complete smallish corner room without windows and cooperation I was always able to count.

APRIL 1962 My demand for more space was immedi- individuals. It explained briefly the organi- ately approved. A swarm of bare-legged zation of the library, its catalogs and the coolies appeared and moved the whole library shelf arrangement and gave a list of the within hours to an adjoining, larger room, books received during the month-with some which, however, had to be shared with some annotations-and a list of the periodicals. It other services, since office space was at a seemed advisable to present all notes as well premium. Some steel shelves, looking a little as the subject headings in two languages: in like giant Erector sets, were acquired locally Vietnamese as the language of the country and used mainly for the periodical collection, and in French to make them of use to foreign which was pulled out of its hiding place over personnel. the misgivings of Mr. Cao. Since this gentle- By that time the library staff of four had man had several other duties besides the li- settled down to a fairly smooth routine, and brary, such as paymaster and a sort of publi- contacts for exchange of publications had cations officer, I insisted that I had to work been established with numerous international with someone who could devote his entire statistical organizations and with 11 neigh- time to the library. This, too, was granted boring countries. A rather ambitious project within days, and I started work afresh with was then tackled. With the approval of the Miss Duc, who proved to be an intelligent, director of the National Institute of Statistics, conscientious apprentice. questionnaires were prepared and mailed to On the basis of discussions with staff mem- statistical services of Viet-Nam and the other bers of the Institute and of the replies to countries of Southeast Asia with the object questionnaires distributed to 44 government of obtaining biographical data for a directory agencies, universities and interested indi- of statistical personnel in the area. viduals. it was determined that the main When the end of my appointed six months areas of interest were censuses, statistical drew near, I found-somewhat to my sur- methodology, agricultural and vital statistics. prise-that there was indeed a functioning An ancient French classification scheme library, an organized collection and a grow- of six major classes with numerous subdi- ing circle of users. The success was due to an visions was available. The subdivisions had, unusually well-coordinated library staff, the however. never been followed. for lack of understanding and cooperation of Director conviction or subject knowledge. Instead the Doi, the rather autonomous position of the books were labeled and shelved only by Institute within the Ministry of Economic major breakdown, followed by an accession Affairs and the excellent relations established number. An adaptation of the classification by the United States Statistical Advisor, scheme devised by the Inter-American Sta- Newton Booth Knox, between the Interna- tistical Institute was therefore prepared in tional Cooperation Administration (now French and widelv distributed to potential Agency for International Development) and iibrary users to acquaint them with the sub- the Vietnamese Government. ject breakdowns. Work had by then begun on a new build- The style of the new catalog cards fol- ing for the Institute. I had obtained the lowed essentially that of the Library of Con- plans, drafted a layout for the new library gress, with certain modifications as conces- quarters and placed orders for shelving and sions to previous French usage. By the middle furniture. I reflected sadly that I would of May, the entire, already-existing book probably never see the fruits of my labors, collection (about 1,300 volumes) had been but, as it turned out, I was still in Viet-Nam reclassified and recataloged (after some care- when the work was completed. ful weeding), and the processing of newly received publications was kept current. The Library of the National Bank of Viet-Nam Toward the end of March the first issue Before I set out on my next assignment, of a library bulletin, Nozivelles Bibliopa- I was asked by Mr. Buu Hoan, the progres- phigues was prepared and distributed- to sive research director of the National Bank, numerous government agencies, libraries and to lend a hand with the improvement of his SPECIAL LIBRARIES The author and

his assistant, Miss

Duc, at the

library of the National

Institute of

Statistics's new

headquarters in Saigon

reference services. The request was led of whether it actually dealt with banking, through the official channels, and it was commerce or economics in general, or sta- agreed that I work there for about a month. tistics. Since my time was limited, we decided to There was no reliable listing of titles (the concentrate on the following objectives: I) latest mimeographed compilation enumerated to assess the present periodicals collection titles no longer received or omitted others and its degree of adequacy; 2) to develop added during the last six months), nor were broad policies for its more effective organiza- there any cards recording the receipt of indi- tion, arrangement and control; and 3) to vidual issues or holdings of previous years. reorganize the charging system for the loan No decisions had been made on which jour- of books and other library materials. nals to keep, which to discard or which to The library occupied a fairly large room bind. An additional complication was that on the second floor of the bank building. It most of the journals were first received by had a staff of eight, none of whom had any other sections of the bank, which might formal library training. The book collection route them on to each other before the issues of about 1,500 volumes was filed (by size) finally reached the library. (Some never did.) in glass cases along the walls. The periodicals We decided, after some lengthy discus- were arranged on wooden, non-adjustable sions, to abandon the "subject" arrangement shelves, about two feet deep. In order to and substitute a grouping by country and utilize this depth, two rows were filed behind under each country, alphabetically by title, each other, the front rows frequently ob- utilize a straight alphabetical title index. A structing the rear ranks. Neither books nor set of instructions was drafted to allow the periodicals had any functioning catalogs or library staff to familiarize itself with the indexes, although there were some mimeo- various steps to be followed and to make graphed lists and some unsorted cards in one certain preliminary arrangements. of the book cases. Each periodical was listed on a form pro- The arrangement of periodicals was al- viding space for title, publisher, address, legedly by subject, with letters assigned to country, present shelf location and some the classes, such as A for agriculture, B for other information. From these forms lists banking and C for commerce. This was, how- of periodicals under each country were pre- ever, only roughly followed. Thus, for in- pared. The journals were then reshelved on stance, any journal published by a bank was the basis of these "country" lists. usually "classified" under banking regardless In the meantime, permanent record cards APRIL 1962 had been printed, and the holdings were which comes rather early in that zone, till registered on each. Decisions to keep, bind 11 p.m. It was therefore quite a safari that or discard had been made and were noted on set out on August 3, 1959, consisting of a the cards. truck with my-belongings, a gas stove, two Other changes instituted included a re- containers of butane gas, kerosene lamps, vision of the charging system (for which a mosquito nets and various provisions-in- charge ledger had been used previously), cluding a snake-bite kit and malaria pills- routing procedures and the format and style and a USOM car which conveyed me and of the catalog cards. A questionnaire, dis- my Tonkinese cook. tributed to about 30 research workers, asking Upon arrival, I set out to take a good look about their fields of interest and biblio- at the library I had only briefly inspected graphic demands and soliciting their sugges- during my first visit. It had begun to rain- tions, brought a very gratifying and informa- up there it rains about nine months of the tire response. year-and I was glad of my big umbrella. A brief word about the book arrangement. Mr. Nhung, the secretary in charge of the I have mentioned that the books were shelved library, had taken the afternoon off, and a by sizetall, medium and small. Under each messenger was dispatched to fetch him. We size the same, somewhat haphazard, classi- bowed with folded hands in the Buddhist fication was used as for the periodicals, fol- manner, and I began my inspection. lowed by an accession number. Mr. Hoang, The library was a classroom with large the intelligent, ambitious librarian, who had windows in one of the school buildings. attended some of the courses given by Miss There was a collection of about 3,000 vol- Heyman, had prepared a new, rather detailed umes, a good many of them multiple copies classification based on that of the National of textbooks. Close to 90 per cent were in Bank of France and some features of Dewey. English, and their selection must have been On my last visit, the reclassification was well dictated by wishful thinking. (It had been under way. expected that the general English proficiency among the students would permit extensive The National College of Agriculture use of these textbooks forAreading assign- The National College of Agriculture, ments. I soon discovered, on examining- the Forestry and Veterinary Sciences in Bao-Loc charge cards, that this expectation was not had been established in 1956 with the gen- justified.) The rest of the books were in erous aid of the United States Operations French and-to a very small extent-in Mission to Viet-Nam. A modern campus had Vietnamese. There were approximately 50 been set up after the design of the French- periodicals, again mostly in English. No at- trained architect, To-Cong-Van, and a strik- temDt had been made to record them or even ing auditorium and semi-detached library arrange them systematically. were nearing completion in 1959. It was ar- Mr. Nhung and an agricultural research ranged that I reorganize the library and give worker had been given a few weeks' training a course in library management to a group in cataloging at the USIS Library in Saigon, of recent agricultural graduates. and one of its Vietnamese librarians had I was the only ICA employee and-for come up to Bao-Loc to start the work. The quite a while-the only American in the research worker had then been sent to the mountainous area. On a brief visit to the United States to receive further library train- campus, I had already met the director of the ing. He had, however, become homesick after school, Dr. Tan, a very fine veterinarian who a few weeks and returned to Viet-Nam, had studied and worked for many years in thereby losing so much "face" that he com- France. He graciously provided me with a pletely disappeared from the scene. Mr. neatly furnished faculty house and assured Nhung, without any knowledge of English, me of his complete cooperation. I had went to work with the Dewey Decimal Clas- learned that the school generator operated sification, a Sears List of Subject Headings only about four hours a day, from nightfall, and a big English dictionary. Considering all SPECIAL LIBRARIES the circumstances, he did an amazing job. He Just about that time, the Ministry made could hardly be blamed for such occasional different distmsitions. All four students were deviations as placing speeches of Ngo Dinh recalled to Saigon and given different assign- Diem on the Vietnamese constitution under ments, mostly as research assistants in various the subject heading "oratory," or the re- bureaus of the Ministry. My objections, ex- gional anatomy of the equides (pt. IV: Ab- planations and protestations seemed to no dominal and posterior anatomy) under "Ani- avail. Director Tan was as disappointed as I; mal Intelligence." Nevertheless, I thought it the Secretary General of the Ministry claimed advisable to revise the entire collection. that the matter was out of his hands. Only I made a good start on this job while after the personal intervention of the Chief waiting for my students to turn up. A slight of the USOM Agriculture Division with the hitch had developed. Four of the recent Minister of ~griculture,were we given the Bao-Loc graduates had been selected on the assurance that Mr. Dung would be reassigned basis of their scholastic standing and their to Bao-Loc. English proficiency to receive courses and Meanwhile the entire collection had been training in librarianship. One or two of these reclassified. the books relabeled and refiled. were then to remain at the College to assume a new set of cards typed and some order charge of the library. However, the four had given to the periodicals and pamphlets. The changed their minds and decided to stay in intensive revision had pointed up various Saigon rather than put up indefinitely with gaps. The answers to qu&ionnair& and in- the conditions (indeed somewhat primitive) formal discussions with faculty members of Bao-Loc. It took about a month to round provided additional information. Recommen- up other prospects. First arrived four young dations for the ~urchaseof books, additional men, followed by Madame Ngoc and, a week periodicals and various smaller equipment later, two more male students. The last were made to the Director or to USOM. A arrivals were the first to leave, for after about series of letters were sent to agriculture de- two weeks the Ministry of Agriculture departments of most neighboring countries, cided to assign these two very promising including Australia, asking for their free young men to different activities. A third publications, price lists and catalogs of their one, Mr. Thien, broke his leg in a motor agricultural schools. collision, as his classmates related with oc- Towards the end of December 1959, the casional giggles (a sign of embarrassment, new library building was completed. Furni- I was told)-and then there were four. ture and equipment, ordered from dealers in The course, which lasted about three and Saigon, arrived early in January 1960 and one-half months, covered the various func- were arranged according to plan. The shelves, tions of librarianship, with special emphasis with room for about 4,000 books, 80 peri- on cataloging and the classification of agri- odicals and a modest pamphlet collec~ion, cultural subjects. The Vietnamese half of were placed along the wall for maximum use Mr. Gardner's textbook on cataloging proved of space. (Allowance was made for the ad- a great help, especially since my students dition of nine double-faced shelves, which knew very little English and their French will provide space for about 2,700 more was far less fluent than that of my previous books.) The books were subsequently moved counterparts. By the middle of December, from the old library and distributed to allow a fairly good foundation seemed established, for the expansion of the most demanded sub- and I recommended Mr. Dung (pronounced ject classes. French shelf labels indicated in Yoong) AS the most reliable, mature and con- large letters the major subject divisions. Sev- scientious, for the College library position. eral posters explained the arrangement of He was given individual instructions, which the books, and a list of the subject headings dealt with problems peculiar to this institu- used in the catalog was prepared both in tion, the principles and methods of book French and in English. selection, work planning and establishing a Since Mr. Dung had not yet returned, it public relations program. was necessary to give a set of detailed instruc- APRIL 1962 tions to Mr. Nhung, who alone remained in aged remarkably well within the limitations charge." A list of r&ommendations. contain- of his subject knowledge and the deficient ing an outline of projects to be pursued in records. A supervisor from one or another the future and of tasks to be performed peri- service of the Ministry, perhaps the adminis- odically, was left with him and the dean of trative or legal section, served mainly as the school. interpreter and liaison man or handled some Early in February 1960, I left Bao-Loc, of the paperwork. with a heavy heart-not only because of that There had been no acquisitions program unhappy turn of events, but also because I at all. Most requests by-library users for had become attached to the little place, in certain books had been rejected for lack of spite of the hardship, the rains and the in- funds, although there once had been a very sects. I had grown fond of the gentle folk in fair library budget. As a result, requests be- the village, the shy students who dropped came fewer and fewer until there were prac- into my house on some evenings, the inter- tically none. This was probably the reason esting faculty members and the many French for the poor return of the questionnaires that tea planters of the neighborhood who had so I had Gain distributed to various services hospitably accepted "1'Americain tranquille." within and outside the Ministry and the gen- From Mr. Nhung I received as a farewell eral discouragement and dissatisfaction with gift a chunk of glutinated deer horn, con- the librarv service. sidered a very potent medicine for many ills. There was a classification outline, developed by the Institut des Recherches Agro- The Ministry of Agriculture nomiques de I'Indochine, that showed several Mr. Le-Van-Dong, the Minister of Agri- weaknesses. It made no provision, for in- culture, had requested an extension of my stance, to expand a class or division intern- stay in Viet-Nam in order that I reorganize ally. A new category or concept had to be the agricultural library in Saigon, and ICA squeezed into an already existing class or in Washington had concurred. There was a added at the very end of the list, thereby brief interlude of two weeks with the Min- losing its logical relationship. On the other istry of the Interior where I presented a plan hand, it was not feasible to use the Dewey for the dissemination of information to the Classification because of the language prob- Province Chiefs and made some suggestions lems involved, nor did time permit a trans- for the improvement of its small central col- lation even of the parts pertinent to agri- lection. Then I took stock of the library at culture. A fairly simple classification was the Agriculture Ministry. I had about three therefore compiled, which combined the ex- months for my assignment there. pandability of a decimal system with the

The librarv occu~iedI a room of 49 x 30 rather practical subject breakdown of the old feet on the ground floor of the Ministry. scheme. A detailed index was added. Most of its space, including three walls, was A recent graduate of the National College taken by open, wooden book shelves with a of Agriculture,- Miss Duong Thuy Van, was capacity of about 12,000 volumes, of which assigned to me as assistant and trainee, later L> over 40 per cent consisted of long runs of to take charge of the library. She combined, bound periodicals. to a rare degree, good subject knowledge For several years, since the termination of with quick u%derst&ding, an amazing 'a- the French regime, there had been no trained pacity for details and a charming personality. librarian in charge. A clerk-typist, who had With her help, I undertook a detailed survey no knowledge of English and only a smatter- of the col~ec~ion.Our inspection suggested ing of French, had been "classifying" the the follow in^ breakdown with a view to few incoming books, mostly gifts, and treatment: 17 bound periodicals, to be re- searching and charging out library materials tained and recorded but not to be classified; for the steadily dwindling number of pa- 2) books useless for current research because trons. Being gifted with :good natural ;n- of their age or subject matter, to be listed telligence and an excellent memory, he man- and stored in another building (we de- SPECIAL LIBRARIES cided, in general, to assign to this group of books to be processed and, even worse, in books published before 1940, especially closing the library during the afternoon. A similar danger threatens at the Ministry of those on outdated technology with, however, Agriculture: Miss Van, who has been selected for many exceptions in the fields of botany, the position of librarian, is proving to be an ex- tropical agriculture, genetics and others) ; cellent apprentice and shows great promise for 3) rare old books, classics in their field, in her assignment. As a graduate of the National Latin, German, Dutch, French, and so on, College of Agriculture, she has the added ad- vantage of clearly understanding the subject matter some dating to the seventeenth century, to be of the books she is to classify. While she is listed and perhaps appraised by an expert; relatively safe during her training period, she may and 4) books of more recent vintage, to be very well be asked later on to "double" as re- retained and reclassified. search assistant in one of the other services of the Ministry. Along with this sorting and weeding went In both cases, the salary is so low that it would instruction and training on the principles and not be surprising if they accepted another position the performance of the major library serv- were it offered. If there should ever be a scarcity ices: acquisitions, cataloging, reference and of research assistants at another service, I have no doubt that one or both of these persons might the compilation of a list of subject headings. even be obliged, under the conditions of their Since no further extension of my assign- contracts with the government, to fill these va- ment was granted, many features could only cancies at the expense of the library service. be touched on. However, several recommen- The reasons for this, as I have already men- dations were made in a memorandum to the tioned, are the lack of appreciation of the role of library service and the fact that there is no pro- Secretary General of the Ministry, especially vision for a professional librarian. Until now, to redefine the status of the library, to es- 1 understand, these positions were filled by clerks tablish a definite library budget, for which or "secretaries" at the corresponding, low salary an outline had been drafted, and to increase level. I therefore request that serious consideration be the library staff. given to the following suggestions: Towards the end of my stay in Viet-Nam, I summed up my experiences and difficulties 1. That the appropriate authority, perhaps the Education Division, USOM, in cooperation with in a memorandum addressed to the Director USIS and MSU, establish a Committee on Library of the United States Operations Mission. As Affairs; it points up some of the basic weaknesses of 2. That this Committee draft, with the Vietnamese the librarian's position there, it may be of Library Association, a plan for raising the status and standards of library positions; interest: 3. That this plan be submitted, with the support of the United States Government, as a proposal MEMORANDUM to the Viet-Nam Government for appropriate Date: 6 April 1960 action. For almost 16 months I have been trying, in the capacity of Library Advisor, to improve the Training for Rare Book Librarianship quality of the library service of this country. Dur- ing this period I have been training librarians for, Indiana University is offering two $5,000 and worked on the development or reorganization Lilly Library Fellowships in Training for of, five libraries. Rare Book Librarianship for 1962-63. The Two of the main difficulties in almost every case were that: 1) there is no sufficient understanding Lilly Library will be used as a training center, of the role of a library in a research organization and the program will cover bibliographical and that 2) there is no recognition of the librarian methods, the antiquarian book trade and the as a professional worker and therefore no provi- organization and management of rare book sion in the wage structure to allow for a salary and special collection departments or li- commensurate to the importance of the position. This led to a rather unfortunate situation in braries. Applicants must be graduates of an Bao-Loc: Mr. Dung, whom I trained for the posi- accredited library school and under 45 years tion of librarian, has to work one half of his time of age. Address requests for application at the chemistry laboratory of the College in forms or inquiries to Robert A. Miller, Di- order to maintain his status as a technician. This curtailment of his availability for the library serv- rector of Indiana University Libraries, ice has already resulted in a considerable backlog Bloomington. APRIL 1962 Special Libraries and Technical Information East and West

EVA WINTER, Research Librarian Scott Paper Company, Chester, Pennsylvania

ECENT SCIENTIFIC and technological ad- one hand and structural and organizational R vances in the Soviet Union have "given on the other hand. In the East. documenta- people in the United States an increasing de- tion services are not merely information sire to learn more about life and work in the tools ; because of the great emphasis on satis- Soviet Union and Iron Curtain countries. I fying the demands of the planned economy thought it would be of some interest to de- aimed at increasing industrial output, it is scribe my experiences in Hungary, since the also oriented toward the education of the practice of librarianship and documentation worker and alerting and stimulating the re- ;n Hungary after the war has been more or searcher. It is a well-known fact that Com- less based on Soviet models and the princi- munist governments stress the promotion of ples are identical. Since my work in Hungary libraries and information services very much. included association with centralized organ- There are libraries in everv enter~riseand izations for information and the Technical especially in factories and research institutes. Library and Documentation Service of the In fact there are usually two libraries-a sci- Technical Research and Planning Institute, I entific or technical one. and one devoted to hope I shall be able to give some insight into fiction and ideological works, i.e., "compul- the various phases of librarianship and docu- sory" Communist literature. These two li- mentation work. braries usually operate separately, except in I left Hungary during the time of the small companies. The library for fiction and 1956 revolt. During the five and one-half ideological literature is under rigid control years I have been living in the United States, as far as acquisition policies and information I have had the oppo&nity to become ac- services are concerned. There is a little more quainted with the organization and activities freedom in this respect in the technical li- of libraries and technical information serv- braries. There is, for instance, an avid inter- ices here. If I were to compare the Commu- est in the technical literature of the West. nist ~racticewith that of the West, I would To be able to fully appreciate this, you say tiat the problems and tasks of Hungarian must realize that the technical literature com- special libraries are not very different from ing from the free countries was the only un- similar libraries here-problems of lack of censored printed material that came ink the funds, trained personnel and space and of hands of scientists. Therefore, the Western the increasing -amount of pblications are technical literature received in the libraries common on both sides of the Iron Curtain. was important not only because of its tech- Efforts to give speedy and accurate service nical content but also because it represented are common both in the West and East. the only ties with the Western world. The advertisements and the news of industry were Promotion of Libraries and Reading practically the only sources of information about life in the West. (I might mention The differences in the systems of libraries that acquiring by any means a copy of the and technical information are ideological on Reader's Di~estwas a real treat.) Due to severe currency and political re- Condensed from a paper presented before the strictions, Western books and periodicals Paper and Textile Section, Science-Technology Division, May 29, 1961, at the 52nd Special could be ordered only within certain limits. Libraries Association Convention in San Francisco. The Ministries carefully coordinated the 194 SPECIAL LIBRARIES subscriptions and allocated certain quotas to The second reason has to do with the Com- each organization for foreign journals. The munist patent and innovation system. The organizations were expected to exchange the basic principle is that any idea based on for- information contained in the periodicals. eign literature and patents can be accepted I would like at this point to give credit to and rewarded as if it were original. This at- the librarians and documentalists, who with titude is unethical but contributes in a great devotion and effort, despite currency and measure to the popularity of foreign litera- other restrictions and many severe regula- ture. The third reason is the obvious effort of tions, were successful in seeing that scientists trying to indoctrinate the Communist ideol- and engineers were kept up-to-date on tech- ogy into peoples' minds by the use of every nical developments in the West. This was no form of literature possible and promoting little achievement, if one considers that for reading is the most inexpensive way to do it. years people were not allowed to travel behind the Iron Curtain. Organization of Communist Information The Soviet-bloc countries are propagan- Services dist states whose every effort is tinged with There is no single national plan that merits politics, and constant dynamic propaganda is adoption by all nations, since the organiza- directed at promoting reading and the use of tion of information services corresponds to libraries. In Hungarian factories and insti- the general pattern of the industrial and tutes, announcements on large bulletin boards economic structure of each country. In West- encourage reading and display titles of re- ern countries, individual organizations work cent acquisitions. In addition to this, exhibits independently, mostly without any or with devoted to certain subject fields are arranged only a small degree of coordination of ac- in glass bookcases, which can be found at tivities. Many times they overlap each other's frequented spots in the institutes. field, and sometimes important areas are neg- There are other manifestations of reading lected because the area of omration is not propaganda, one of which is the "Book- clearly defined by a higher central authority. Days." Book-days were also observed before Though there are duplications of efforts Communism, and the practice has continued. in the Western system, the existing patent Book-days were usually held in June and laws and the reluctance of companies and were the highlights of the activities taking organizations to share information provide place in early summer. In the cities and vil- stimulation and bring about the spirit of lages, tents and stands where books were competition that is so vital for a healthy sold for a low price were set up on streets economy. This is something decidedly lack- and at almost every corner. Famous authors, ing in Communist countries. actors and actresses appeared at the tents and The organization of information service gave out autographs and recited poems or in most Communist countries is highly cen- excerpts from the books sold at the tents. tralized. Since there is no private enterprise Loudspeakers dominated the streets, an- in the Soviet Union and other Iron Curtain nouncing the most recent editions and ad- countries, there are no privately sponsored vocating the importance of reading. Bands special libraries. There are central organiza- toured the various larger tents and performed tions administratively superior to the indi- there. Since the Communistic regime, book- vidual ones that coordinate activities con- days are held also in the factories and other cerned with writing, printing, publishing, places of business where books are displayed selling, utilizing and disseminating literature on long counters and are sold at discount in libraries and information services. prices. In the Soviet Union, the public, academic, It is vital for the Communists to stress research, medical and engheering libraries reading and to promote libraries and infor- are welded into nation-wide networks. The mation services more than others do. First of All-Union Institute of Scientific and Tech- all, it serves their chief goal of catching up nical Information. VINITI, directs and coor- with Western technological advancements. dinates science information work in acquisi- APRIL 1962 tions, bibliographical control, editing of all bill could not be paid by the accounting de- scientific abstracting journals and the print- partment without producing evidence from ing and distribution of material. the Central Registry that the translation was not duplicated i;y anyone. If previously trans- Hungarian Documentation Centers lated, the translation could be procured from Centralized agencies coordinated the li- the Central Registry, which received a copy brary and information activities in Hungary of all translations. A great amount of super- too. Since I was closely associated with a num- fluous and dudicateI work was eliminated bv ber of them, I shall give a few details about this method of registration and coordination. them. In 1950 during one of a series of cutbacks After the war, between 1947 and 1950, and mergers, some of the ODK's functions the National Documentation Center (ODK) were transferred to the National Library Cen- of the Hungarian Academy of Science (with ter (OKK) and some others to the National which I was associated for two years) was Technological Library (OMK) . The OMK responsible for policy-making in scientific is the finest technical library in Hungary, dat- documentation and for the coordination of ing back to the year 1883. The OKK main- information activities through a network of tained a central union catalog of books and four special Documentation Centers. There monographs and assumed the role of giving was a Technical, Medical and Economic Doc- uguidance and assistance to libraries and the umentation Center as well as one for Library responsibility for the training of librarians. Science. These special Documentation Cen- The OKK ceased existence in 1952, and ters were responsible for all the information the National Technological Library ( OMK) activities in their particular subject fields, took over most of these functions and is to that is, periodical subscriptions, analysis of this day in charge of the National Technical periodicals, translations, publishing of ab- Information Service. The Central Registry stract journals and communications with sci- of Translations belongs to Technological Li- entists and engineers. brary now. The Documentation Centers maintained a The Methodological Department of OMK central information file of periodical titles coordinates the activities of industrial li- and their location. In each enterprise or tech- braries, and the members of this department nical institute, the periodicals were assigned visit technical libraries and offer them as- to subject specialists, who analyzed, abstracted sistance when it is needed. and translated them. The information files of The OMK has several major publications the Documentation Centers included the and offers many services. It is a member of names of these so-called "Periodical Report- the State Library Council, and this enables ers." The abstracts were sent to the Docu- it to participate in international library or- mentation Center, which edited and published ganizations through FID. them in their abstract publications. The Doc- umentation Centers carried out extensive Library and Language Training translation activities with a smaller group of In recent years the OMK has also as- staff members and with a large group of out- sumed an important role in the training of side specialists. librarians and information specialists, a role The National Documentation Center which previously was played by the ODK (ODK) also maintained central catalog files. and OKK. Librarians are trained for four The Central Registry of Translations of years at the Pedagogical University in Buda- ODK gives a very good idea of the con- pest, but as the demand exceeds the number cept of coordination and centralization. Ac- of graduates, many special courses have been cording to a governmental decree, each in- organized. tended translation had to be reported to the At the time when I was associated with the Central Registry of Translations where it was National Library Center (OKK) , special checked to see if it had already been trans- three-year courses were organized. Staff mem- lated. According to the decree, the translators bers of the OKK and the special Documenta- SPECIAL LIBRARIES tion Centers and people from other enter- era, the Soviets were trying in every way to prises and institutes participated in these make Russian compulsory and to discourage courses. The lectures were given by profes- the study of the Western Languages. Since sors of the Library School of the University, in science the knowledge of languages is in- and their contents were identical to the dispensable, the Communist Government had lectures given at the University, except that to draw on people they considered "less re- some were more condensed and more special- liable" for translations. This work was done ized. The somewhat unique feature of this by the generation that obtained its education training was that members of the Center before the Communist domination of the were allowed to attend them partially during country and was well versed in languages. In working hours. Visiting libraries constituted order to replace these "unreliable" translators an important part of the training. and to train linguists of working class or Another phase of training offered to some peasant origin, a college was founded for the of the staff of OKK was the program in language training of translators and interpret- which these members were selected to work ers in the information service. (Concerning for a few months in big technical or univer- these language studies we said, "Optimists sity libraries and in exchange, members from learn Russian, pessimists learn Chinese.") these libraries went to work in the Center. I One interesting feature indicating how was fortunate in having been selected to go much stress is placed on the promotion of to the National Technological Library the language knowledge is the system of the (OMK), and the six months I spent there "Supplementary Language Income." If one I consider as a very valuable and worthwhile did translation or interpretation work, at experience. most places it was mandatory to pass a lan- In addition to the formal training, many guage examination (written and oral) before special courses in library science and tech- a State Committee at the University. If one nical information have been organized, which passed, this meant an increase of 8-15 per aim to give untrained personnel and library cent of the salary, depending on the grade assistants good working knowledge. This is received. some help in overcoming the problems of Many special language courses were or- the shortage of trained personnel. ganized at universities and other business Since I emphasized the great interest in enterprises. I myself attended a three-year foreign literature and mentioned the great course at evening school in the University, amount of foreign literature being abstracted which was comprised of language studies and and translated. a few words about the lan- technical subiects as well. The most interest- guage training may be of interest. Due to the ing and very commendable part of the course universal usage of the English language, was the field trips the class made along with American scientists do not have as pressing the instructor to industries. factories and a need to study foreign languages as do their laboratories to see, in practice, the technolog- colleagues in Europe. According to the Na- ical processes and the manufacturing methods tional Science Foundation, only two per cent studied in the theoretical, technical subject of United States scientists claim a reading lectures. knowledge of Russian, and there are only This commendable method of incorporat- five languages (German, French, Spanish, ing theory with practice is manifest in many Russian and Italian) read by more than one aspects of the fields of science and economy. per cent of scientists. This means that 30 For example, at the Soviet Union's VINITI per cent of the world's scientific literature is each professional worker is encouraged to produced in languages read by less than five spend one day a week in laboratories at the per cent of United States scientists. expense of VINITI. This program is planned In the Hungarian high schools, two for- to keep the chemists in touch with the prac- eign languages were taught besides Latin. tical aspects of science and to utilize the These were, in general, English and German, chemists' ideas generated while working in or English and French. During the Stalinist the information services. APRIL 1962 Technical Planning and Research Institute flooded with catalogs and folders and from In the last phase of my experience in Hun- these made lists and summaries that were gary, I was connected with the Technical forwarded regularly to research and planning Planning and Research Institute belonging institutes and factories expressing an interest. to the Ministry of Metallurgy and Machine When all these sources proved to be inade- Industry. The Institute was established in quate for the solution of a problem or when 1951, and I was charged in 1952 with the the scientists and engineers were interested challenging and pioneering task of setting in some kind of material, process or machin- up the Technical Library and Information ery that was not discussed in the literature, Service for the Institute. the import enterprise would approach a com- Though the libraries formed an integral pany in the West as if it intended to place part of these Institutes, the respective Min- an order and ask for detailed description, istry was entitled to supervision, which which then was forwarded to the interested mainly concerned financial questions, such person. as whether the library made good use of its I hope that I have succeeded in presenting allowance. some idea of the work which goes on behind The acquisition of books was simple and the Iron Curtain in the Hungarian technical systematic. The publication and sale of books and scientific libraries. We had manv difi- is centralized, and all books are sold in spe- culties and hardships, but our work gave us cial, state-owned stores. There are bookstores satisfaction, because in some ways it was for technical books, for economic books and through our activity that thousands of sci- so on. They send the books for selection, or entists and engineers could glimpse the free librarians visited the shops periodically to world from which they are cut off in such choose from the new books ~ertinentto their an insensible and cruel manner. interests. The distribution of books is even more centralized in the Soviet System, where SUGGESTED READING the so-called "Collectors" reserve the books BAKER,D. B. and HOSEH,M. Soviet Science In- for libraries after they are published. formation Services. Chemical and Enginee~ing News, vol. 38, January 11, 1960, p. 70-5. A. Thompson, who made a trip to Russia, BEYERLY,E. The Hungarian State Technical Li- reports on this in a very interesting article in brary (OMK). American Ducumentdion, vol. 11, Aslib Proceedings, June 1960. The appear- no. 4, October 1960, p. 296-304. ance of books is far below the Western SIGMOND, Judith Sz. Libraries and Informatim Services Behind the Iron Curtain. American Doru- standard, but the price is very low, since the mentation, vol. 10, no. 2, April 1959, p. 108-15. main objective is to produce as many books THOMPSON,A. A Report on Special Library Work as possible at the lowest price. in the U.S.S.R. Aslip Proceedings, vol. 12, no. 6, I was required to do a great amount of June 1960. p. 219-28. translation from Russian, English, German and French. Translations were sent out to translation bureaus only if they were in lan- Interlibrary Loan Postage Recommendation guages the staff could not handle in the In- The Association of Research Libraries, at stitute, or if the load became too big. The its Midwinter Conference, adopted a resolu- exchange of experiences with other libraries tion favoring the absorption of postage by a and information services was very much en- lending library when sending materials on couraged. I visited many industrial and uni- interlibrary loan to nonprofit libraries. The versity libraries and information centers, and intent is to simplify interlibrary loan proce- many people in the field visited our library. dures by eliminating a record-keeping bur- A general Communist attitude and a char- den. The University of Kansas Library has acteristic of the cooperation between the notified interlibrary loans librarians that it various enterprises is that valuable technical intends to follow the ARL recommendation, information material was obtained from the and as of March 15, it no longer collects or state-owned import firms. These firms were refunds postage on inter~ibrar~loans.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES Acquiring Soviet Literature

BEVERLY J. ARCHER, Information Specialist Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio

USSIAN SCIENTIFIC and Imported Publications and Products, 4 West 16th technical literature is Street, New York 11, New York R Victor Kamkin, Inc., Book Store, 2906 14th Street ' available to the West by N.W., Washington 9, D. C. subscription, by exchangk Moore-Cottrell Subscription Agencies, Inc., North and as gifts. A potential Cohocton, New York subscriber needs only Stechert-Hafner, Inc., 31 East 10th Street, New York 3, New York money and a little knowl- Universal Distributors Co., 52-54 West 13th edge of where and how to buy. Exchanges Street, New York 11, New York are usually made between United States libraries or other organizations which publish It is important that subscriptions be a periodical and are willing to exchange it placed early. Unlike United States publishers, for a publication of a library or institute the Soviets do not fill subscriptions at any within the Soviet Union. The Library of Con- time during the year, and acquiring back is- gress and Chemical Abstracts ~ibrariare two sues from them is practically impossible. For organizations that are very actively exchang- example, if a subscription is not placed until ing publications with the Soviet Union. Gift January, it may begin with the March issue, publications from the Soviet Union are rare, and the January and February issues may News- but one way they are acquired is by courtesy never be forthcoming. The publication exchanges at international conferences. papers and Magazines of the USSR for 196I may be obtained free from any of the author- Purchasing Soviet Scientific Literature ized dealers. This lists publications, their frequency and price. It is a comprehensive PERIODICALSAND NEWSPAPERS.Several hun- listing for publications available by subscrip- dred Russian periodicals are offered for sale tion, but the Soviets may withdraw any pub- each year on a subscription basis. Subscrip- lication they wish at any time. Publications tions must be placed during the fall of each are often withdrawn as "discontinued." year for periodicals to be received during the There are no guarantees on delivery, and following year. All subscriptions must be placing claims for missing issues is usually placed annually; renewal notices are not sent futile. out by the Russian publishers. Also, all sub- Once a subscription has been placed and scriptions should be placed outside the USSR paid for, Moscow will ship the issues di- with authorized dealers of the Soviet cen- rectly as they are published. Usually there is tralized dealer, Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga no transhipment from Moscow to the dealer (International Book). Subscriptions are not to the customer. It requires approximately likely to be accepted directly in Moscow. one month or more for deliverv since most Some of the authorized dealers are: are sent by ship. In cases of disaster, such as Central Books, Ltd., 37 Gray's Inn Road, London. the sinking of the Andrea Doria several years W. C. 1 ago, the subscriber can forget about delivery Collet's Holdings Ltd., 45 Museum Street, Lon- of lost issues or replacements for them. don, W. C. 1 Cross World Books and Periodicals, 333 South BOOKSAND MONOGRAPHS.With some ex- Wacker Drive, Chicago 6, Illinois ceptions, such as textbooks, books are usually Four Continent Book Corporation, 156 Fifth out of date the day they are published and Avenue. New York 10, New York are secondary source material. For these rea- Extracted from a paper presented at Western Re- sons, more emphasis is placed upon acquisi- serve School of Library Science, May 2, 1961. tion of periodicals than books. Acquisition APRIL 1962 methods for books are rerv different from tion is called Biulfeted Izobreteuiv (Bulletin 2 \ those for periodicals, because there is, basi- of Inventions), and it can be purchased by idly, no mechanism for automatic acquisition subscription. The U. S. Patent Office has an as there is for periodicals through sbbscrip- exchange program with the USSR and has tions. In the United States, Russian books are received some author's certificates. Copies for sale on a first-come-first-served basis by can be purchased from the U. S. Patent Office. dealers who specialize in them. ~resumabl) any book dealer can supply Russian books, Borrowing Soviet Scientific Literature but for best results it is recommended that The Library of Congress has the largest specialists be used. collection of Russian scientific literature in Many titles are printed in limited quanti- the United States. There are other smaller ties in the Soviet Union, and often a book is collections held by the Massachusetts Insti- out of print before it can be exported. Once tute of Technology, Brown University, Co- a printing is sold, there is very rarely a sec- lumbia University, New York Public and the ond printing. For this reason, it is very im- Battelle Memorial Institute Libraries, as well portant to get one's name on the dealer's as others. Many of these libraries are report- mailing list and order from the publication ing their holdings to the Ndtionctl Upzion lists without delay. Catalog, so a prospective borrower should The acquisition methods for books also subscribe to the Catalog. This will give him apply to ir;egular serials. It is common in the a fairly current guide to Russian books in the USSR for scientific institutes to publish pro- United States. Once a book has been located, ceedings, which are called "Trudy" (Works). standard interlibrary loan procedures can be This medium is used by most institutes to re- followed. Most libraries, including the Library port on current work, and the frequency of of Congress, will not lend periodicals, serials publication varies markedly. These "Trudy" or newspapers but will provide photocopies are not available by subscription from the for a fee. Soviets and must be purchased individually In order to speed copying service, one from dealers or acquired by exchange. should supply all the information possible concerning the materials he wants. For Rus- DISSERTATIONS.The acquisition of Russian sian serial publications, Library of Congress dissertations per se is virtually impossible. In- has published an excellent tool for this pur- frequently, a copy of one gets to the Library pose: Serial Pzrblicatiotzs of the Soviet Union, of Congress. It is generally believed that most 1939-1957: A Bibliographic Checklist, Wash- candidates for higher degrees in the Soviet ington, 1958, 459 p. This gives the full title Union are required to publish their disserta- and the holdings. The call number for each tions as "books," and these are distributed serial is given except for uncataloged items. and sold like any other book. If this is true, Other sources that may be consulted are then it is undoubtedly possible to buy these U~zionList of SeriaZs and New Serial Titles. "books." but there is no indication in them For bibliographic purposes, there is an- that they are dissertations. other Library of Congress publication that is Listings of dissertations are printed in very valuable. This is the Monthly Index of many technical journals, in Referativnyi Russian Accessions, which lists both books Zhunzal (Abstract Journal) and, until 1961, and periodicals newly received by the Li- a weekly list appeared in Ktzizhnaya Letopis' brary. There is a subject index in each issue. (Book Chronicles). This list has been dis- Until August 1960, this publication also continued in the 1961 issues. listed an English table of contents for most PATENTS.In the Soviet Union a patent is of the periodicals contained in each issue. called an "avtorskiye svidetel'stvo" (author's This service has been discontinued, and it is certificate). The Soviets publish an abstract now a far less valuable tool. Nevertheless, it journal of author's certificates, which could is highly recommended that any library inter- be called a counterpart of the U. S. Patent ested in Russian literature subscribe. Its cost Office's Patetzt Gazette. The Russian publica- is $12 per year. SPECIAL LIBRARIES A Selected Bibliography and Glossary of Missile and ~ocketLiterature

RONALD J. BOOSER, Specialist, Technical Information Research General Electric Company, Syracuse, New York

INDEXES 12. Rocket Reviews. Taylor, Michigan: American Rocket Company, 22634 Goddard Road, 1960- . 1. Air Uniz~ersitjPeriodical Index. Maxwell Air Abstract cards can be made into a very good Force Base, Alabama: Air University Library, literature searching file. 1949- . Quarterly. Contains a good review of Armed Services USEFUL BOOKS Literature. 2. Applied Science and Technology Index. New 13. UNITED STATESAIR FORCE. Handbook ot York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1958- . Monthly. Geophysics, rev. ed., New York: Macmillan Com- Very broad. pany, 1960. 3. British Interplanetary Society ]ournal. London: Very good compilation of data. British Interplanetary Society, 1934- . Monthly. 14. LANDEE,Robert W., et al. Electronic De~iglz- Besides being a very good magazine, it contains ers Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. a very well done review of literature. 15. HUGHES,L. E. C. Electronic Engineer's Ref- 4. Buriners Periodical Index. New York: H. W. erence Book. London: Heywood, 1959. 1587 p. Wilson Company, 1958- . Monthly. 16. ORDWAY,Frederick I., 111, and WAKEFORD, Very broad. To be used only with business type Ronald C. lntevnational Missile and Spacecraft questions. Guide. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. 5. Curwnt Contents. Philadelphia: Institute for A recently published source of statistics and Scientific Information, 1961- . Weekly. data. List of title pages. Best use is circulation among 17. U. S. Air Force Communications-Electro,lics engineers. Doctrine (CED-3900). Washington, D. C.: Gov- 6. Engineering Index. New York: Engineering ernment Printing Office, 1959. 857 p. Societies, 1894- . Yearly or Card Index. Very good dictionary. Useful in large literature searches. 18. Introduction to Ballistic Missiles. Los An- 7. Haru,ood's Missile Research Index. New York: geles: Space Technology Laboratories, Incorpo- Harwood Engineering Company, 1961- . Monthly. rated, 1960. Contains news items of interest. Indexed Four volumes unclassified, one classified. Part monthly. of a four weeks' course on ballistic missiles. Very 8. lntevnational Aerospace Abstracts. New York: useful. Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, 1961- . 19. LEGALLEY,Donald P., ed. Symposium on Monthly. Ballistic Missiles and Space Technology, 4 vols., Very useful in the aerospace field. Year end New York: Academic Press, 1960. 494, 441, 450, index will tell story. 422 p. 9. let Propulsion Laboratory. Pasadena: Califor- Unclassified sections are available. This is the nia Institute of Technology, NASA Contract closest people without a "need to know" can get [NASW-61, 1960- . Monthly. to classified information. A. Abstracts: Only good source of reviews of 20. Jane's All ihe World's Aircraft. London: available reports not actually published as open S. Law, Marston and Company, Ltd., 1960. 550 p. literature. Good all around reference. B. Open Literature Surve).: Good but format 21. Radiation Laboratory Series, 28 vols. (M.I.T. limits usage to subject area. Being improved. Series). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1948. 10. Pacijic Aeronautical Library, Unitevm Index. Excellent for background electronics. Los Angeles: Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, 22. LEE, W. Y. Statistical Theory of Conzmunica- 1955- . Yearly or Monthly. tions. New York: Wiley, 1960. 510 p. 11. Periodical Monitor. Pasadena: Periodical 23. JOHNSON, C. L. Analog Computer Tech- Monitor and Abstract Service, 1961- . Monthly. niques. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956, 264 p.; Contains an author affiliation index as well as and FIFER,Stanley. Analog Computation. 4 vols. a normal index. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. 24. MCCRACKEN,D. D. Digztal Computer Pro- Based on a paper presented before the Transporta- gramming. New York: Wiley, 1957. 253 p. tion Division, May 31, 1961, at the 52nd Special 25. LOEVE,M. Probability Theory. New York: Libraries Association Convention in San Francisco. Van Nostrand, 1960. 685 p. APRIL 1962 26. Apparent Places of Fundamental Stars. Heidel- 44. PROELL,Wayne, and BOWMAN,N. J. Hand- berg: Astronomisches Rechen-Institute, yearly. book of Space Flight. 2nd ed. Chicago: Perasta- 510 p. dian Press, 1958. 458 p. A yearly reference of particular interest in Useful in a non-missile oriented collection. calculating navigational positions. 45. BIJL, H. Kallman, ed. Space Research. Am- 27. American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. sterdam, North Holland: 1960. 1195 p. Washington: Government Printing Office, yearly. Proceedings of COSPAR Symposium, which is 514 p. international. Similar to 26. 46. HELVEY,T. C., ed. Space Trajectories. New 28. SMART, W. M. Celestial Mechanics. New York: Academic, 1960. 298 p. York: Longman's, 1953. 381 p. 47. VAN ALLEN,James A,, ed. Scienrific Uses of 29. CONN, G. K. T., and AVERY,D. G. Infrared Earth Satellites. Ann Arbor: University of Michi- Methods. New York: Academic Press, 1960. gan, 1956. 316 p. 203 p. 48. CHESTNUT,H., and MAYER,R. W. Servo- 10. MARTON,L., ed. Adoances in Electronics and merbanirms and Regulating System Design, 2 vols. Electron Physics. New York: Academic Press, New York: Wiley, 1960. yearly. 49. GOODE,H. H., and MACHOL,R. E. Systems This series is very helpful in keeping up-to-date. Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. 31. UNITEDSTATES AIR FORCE.Guided Mis~ifes 551 p. -Operatioas, Design and Theory. New York: A word should be said here about the use of McGraw-Hill, 1958. 575 p. the word "systems." In missiles and rocket jargon, 32. Principles of Guided Missiles and Nuclear "systems" is the complete engineering, design and IY'edpuizs (NAVPERS 10784). Washington: Gov- construction picture. ernment Printing Office, 1957. 50. FLAGLE,C. D. Operations Research and Sys- A Manual. useful for introductory ma- tems Engineering. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, terial. 1960. 889 p. 33. CHAPMAN,J. L. Atlas, the Storj of a Missile. 51. BELLMAN,Richard. Adaptive Control Proc- New York: Harper, 1960. 195 p. esses: A Guided Tour. Princeton: Princeton Uni- This particular book is a good guide to some of versity Press, 1961. 254 p. the problems encountered in a missile system. 52. KOELLE,H. H., ed. Handbook of Astronauti- 34. Dow, R. B. Fundamentals of Advanced Mis- cal Engineering. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. siles. New York: Wiley, 1958. 56q p. New and useful handbook. 35. MERRILL,Grayson, ed. Princtples of Guided 53. JOHNSON, F. S., ed. Satellite Ewironment Missile Design. New York: Van Nostrand, 1959. Handbook. Stanford: Stanford University Press, A series of volumes including very good in. 1961. 155 p. 54. SEIFERT, S., and BROWN, Kenneth. formation. H. Bal- listic Missile and Space Vehicle Systems. New 36. BOYD, R. L. F., and SEATON,M. J., eds. York: Wiley, 1961. 526 p. Rocket Exploration of the Upper Atmo.rphere. 55. BENSON,0. O., and STRUGHOLD,H., eds. In- New York: Interscience, 1954. 376 p. ternational Symposium on the Phjsics and Medi- 37. Progress in Astronautics and Rocketry, vol. 1: cine of the Atmusphere and Space. New York: Solid Propellant Rocket Research; vol. 2: Liquid Wiley, 1960. 645 p. Rockets and Propellants; vol. 3: Energy Conver- 56. JASTROW,Robert, ed. Exploration of Space. sion for Space Power; vol. 4: Space Power Sys- New York: Macmillan, 1960. 160 p. tems; vol. 5: Electrostatic Propulsion. New York: 57. JASIK,Henry, ed. Antenna Engineering Hand- Academic, 1960. Sponsored by American Rocket book. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. Various Society. paging. 38. ZACROW,M. J. Aircraft and Missile Propul- 58. SEIFERT,Howard, ed. Space Technology. New siotz, 2 vols. New York: Wiley, 1961. 538, 636 p. York: Wiley, 1959. Various paging. 39. ALPERIN,M.. and SUITON, G. P., eds. Ad- 59. AEROSPACEINDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION. Aero- vanced Propulsion Systems. New York: Pergamon, .space Yearbook. Washington: American Aviation 1959. 237 p. Publications, 1961. 490 p. 40. GANTZ, K. F. Nuclear Flight. New York: 60. BESSERER,C. W., ed. Space Technology Li- Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960. 216 p. brary, 50 vols. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, This seems to be the most complete book on 1961-1963. this subject. A new set coming out from Prentice-Hall, and 41. Advances in Astronautical Sciences, vols. I--. it looks very good. York: Plenum Press. Yearly. Excellent annual in the field. PERIODICALS 42. DRAPER,C. S. Inertial Guidance. New York: Aero.rpace Engineefing. New York: Institute of Pergamon, 1960. 130 p. Aeronautical Sciences, 2 East 64th Street. 43. MCCLURE,C. L. Theory of Inertial Guidance. Air Force and Space Digest. Washington, D. C.: New York: Prentice-Hall, 1960. 340 p. Air Force Association. SPECIAL LIBRARIES American RociEet Society Jouunal. New York: AFCAS Director of Administrative American Rocket Society, 500 5th Avenue. Services, USAF Astronautical Sciences Review. New York: Ameri- AFCCS Chief of Staff, USAF can Astronautical Society, 516 Fifth Avenue. AFCIG The Inspector General, USAF Astronautics. New York: American Rocket Society. AFCIN Asst. Chief of Staff, Intelli- Institute of Radio Engineerr: Proceedings and gence, USAF Transactions. New York: Institute of Radio Engi- AFCOA Chief, Operations Analysis, neers, One East 79th Street. USAF Missiles and Rockets. Washington, D. C.: 1001 AFCRF Asst. Chief of Staff, Reserve Vermont Avenue N.W. Forces, USAF Az)iatiotz Week. New York: McGraw-Hill. AFCSA Scientific Advisory Board, Space Aeronautics. New York: Conover-Mast. USAF Missiles and Space (Missile Design and Engineer- AFCSS Secretary of the Air Staff, ing). Manhasset, New York: Remsen-Whitney USAF Corporation. Engineers Building. AFDR Air Force Directorate of Re- Spaceflight. London: British Interplanetary Society. quirements AFIT Air Force Institute of Tech- SPECIAL SOURCES nology, Wright-Patterson AFB, 0. A. Natio,al aeronautic.^ and Space Adminislra- AFLC Air Force Logistics Command tion, Washington, D. C. AFOAC Director of Telecommunica- Unclassified Technical Notes; Satellite Situation tions, USAF Report. AFSSS Director Supply and Services, B. Space Log. Los Angeles: Space Technology USAF Laboratories, Incorporated. P.O. Box 95001. AFOCE Director of Civil Engineering, Information on satellites. USAF C. Spare Facts. Philadelphia: General Electric AFODC Deputy Chief of Staff, Opera- Company, Missile and Space Vehicle Department. tions, USAF Handbook of data. AFOMO Director of Manpower and D. Digert of Militauy Electronics. Camden, New Organizations, USAF Jersey: R. C. A. Service Company. AFOOP Director of Operations, USAF A handbook of military electronic terms. AFORQ Director of Operational Re- E. Air ForcelSpace Digest Magazine, April 1961. quirements, USAF Gallery of American Missile and Space Weap- AFPDC Deputy Chief of Staff, Per- ons; Glossary of Missile and Space Terms; Bibli- sonnel, USAF ography of Missile and Space Books. AFPR Air Force Plant Representative F. 1961 Missiles and 1961 Space Handbooks. AFRDC Deputy Chief of Staff, Re- Washington, D. C.: Government Data Publica- search and Technology, tions, 422 Washington Building. USAF Very good unclassified information on missiles AFRDP Director of Development and space projects. Planning, USAF AFRDR Director of Research, USAF GLOSSARY OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS AFRDT Director of Advanced Tech- AA&GMS Anti-Aircraft Guided Missile nology, USAF Sch., Ft. Bliss AFRFD Assistant for Foreign Devel- AA&GMC Army Anti-Aircraft Guided opment, USAF Missile Center AFRRP Assistant for Research and AAM Air to Air Missile Programming, USAF ABM A Army Ballistic Missile Agency, AFSC Air Force System Command Huntsville, Ala. AFSDC Deputy Chief of Staff, Sys- ACSI Assistant Chief of Staff for tems & Logistics, USAF Intelligence, Army General AFXDC Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans Staff, Washington, D. C. & Programs, USAF ADMO Air Defense Management Of- AFXPD Director of Plans, USAF fice AFXPR Director of Programs, USAF ADRG Automatic Data Routing AFXWH Assistant for Western Hem- Group isphere Affairs, USAF ADSID Air Defense Systems Integra- AGCA Automatic Ground Controlled tion Division, Hanscom Approach AFB, Mass. AGCL Automatic Ground Controlled AEC Atomic Energy Commission Landing AEW Airborne Early Warning AICBM Anti-Intercontinental Ballistic AFAAC Comptroller of the Air Force Missile APRIL 1962 203 AILS Automatic Instrument Land- D A Department of the Army, ing System Washington, D. C. AJ Anti-Jam DASA Defense Atomic Support AMR Atlantic Missile Range Agency, Washington, D. C. ANG Air National Guard DCSLOG Deputy Chief of Staff for AOMC Army Ordnance Missile Com- Logistics, U. S. Army, mand, Huntsville, Ala. Washington, D. C. APG Aberdeen Proving Ground, DCSOPS Deputy Chief of Staff for Aberdeen, Md. Military Operations, U. S. ARADCOM Army Air Defense Command Army, Washington. D. C. ARGMA Army Rocket and Guided DCSPER Deputy Chief of Staff for Per- Missile Agency, Hunts- sonnel (Army General ville, Ala. Staff), Washington, D. C. ARO Army Research Office, Wash- DEW Distant Early Warning ington, D. C. DOD Department of Defense ARP A Advanced Research Projects DOFL Diamond Ordnance Fuze Lab- Agency oratory, Washington, D. C. ASCCSS Army Signal Corps-Com- munications Security Service ECM Electronic Countermeasures ASD Aeronautical Systems Division EDP Electronic Data Processing ASM Air to Surface Missile EDPC Electronic Data Processing ASTI A Armed Services Technical In- Center formation Agency ERDL Engineer Research and Devel- ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare opment Laboratories, Fort ATCSS Air Traffic Control Signaling Belvoir, Va. System ESD Electronics Systems Division AUM Air to Underwater Missile EUCOM European Command

BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warn- FAA Federal Aviation Agency ing System FBM Fleet Ballistic Missile BRL Ballistic Research Laboratory, FBMS Fleet Ballistic Missile System Aberdeen, Md. FDC Fire Direction Center BSD Ballistic Systems Division FOC Flight Operations Center BuSandA Bureau of Supply and Ac- FSK Frequency Shift Keying counts BuShips Bureau of Ships GCI Ground Controlled Intercep- BuWeps Bureau of Naval Weapons tion BuWepsTLO Bureau of Naval Weapons GEEIA Ground Electronics Engineer- Technical Liaison Office ing Installation Agency BuYandD Bureau of Yards and Docks GFE Government Furnished Equip- ment CAB Civil Aeronautics Board GMSRON Guided Missile Service Squad- CDEC Combat Developments Experi- ron, Navy mental Center, Ft. Ord, GOX Gaseous Oxygen Calif. GSE Ground Support Equipment CIA Central Intelligence Agency GZ Ground Zero (Atomic Deto- CIC Combat Information Center nation) CINCLANTFLT Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet I AD International Astrophysical CINCPACFLT Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Decade Fleet ICAO International Civil Aviation CNO Chief of Naval Operations Organization COMDESLANT Commander Destroyer Forces, ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Mis- Atlantic Fleet, Newport sile COMSUBLANT Commander Submarine Forces, IFR Instrument Flight Rules Atlantic Fleet, New Lon- IOC Initial Operating Capability don CONAD Continental Air Defense Com- Joint Chiefs of Staff mand Joint Operations Center CONARC Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Va. LOX Liquid Oxygen CRC Control and Reporting Center CRP Control and Reporting Post MAD Magnetic Airborne Detection SPECIAL LIBRARIES MAG Marine Aircraft Group OSWAC Ordnance Special Weapons- MATS Military Air Transport Service Ammunition Command, MCAS Marine Corps Air Station Picatinny Arsenal, N. J. MDAP Mutual Defense Assistance OTC Officer in Tactical Command Program OWC Ordnance Weapons Com- MDW Military District of Washing- mand, Rock Island, Ill. ton, Washington, D. C. MOAMA Mobile Air Materiel Area PGANE Professional Group on Aero- MSTS Military Sea Transport Service nautical and Navigational MTI Moving Target Indicator Electronics PGMIL Professional Group on Mili- NADC Naval Air Development Cen- tary Electronics ter, Johnsville, Pa. PPI Plan Position Indicator NAMTC Naval Air Missile Test Cen- ter, Pt. Mugu, Calif. RAPCON Radar Approach Control Cen- NARTU Naval Air Reserve Training ter Unit ROAMA Rome Air Materiel Area NAS Naval Air Station NASA National Aeronautics and SAAMA San Antonio Air Materiel Space Administration Area NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organ- SAC Strategic Air Command ization SAFAA The Administrative Assistant, N ATTC Naval Air Technical Training USAF Command SAFGC The General Counsel, USAF NAVFORNORAD U. S. Naval Forces, NORAD SAFLL Office of Legislative Liaison, NDRC National Defense Research US AF Council SAFMA Asst. Secretary of the Air NEL Naval Electronics Laboratory, Force (Materiel) San Diego, Calif. SAFMS Office of Missile and Satellite NOL Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Systems, USAF White Oak, Md. SAFOI Office of Information, USAF NORAD North American Air Defense SAFRD Asst. Secretary of the Air Command Force (Research and Devel- NOTS Naval Ordnance Test Station, opment) Inyokern, Calif. SAFS Secretary of the Air Force NPG Naval Proving Ground, Dahl- SAFUS Under Secretary of the Air gren, Va. Force NRL Naval Research Lab., Anacos- SAGE Semi-Automatic Ground En- tia, D. C. vironment NSC National Security Council SAM Surface to Air Missile NSRB National Security Resources SBAMA San Bernadino Air Materiel Board Area NUOS Naval Underwater Ordnance SEAT0 Southeast Asia Treaty Organ- Station ization SETAF Southern European Task oco Office, Chief of Ordnance, Force U. S. Army (OC of ORD SHAPE Sup. Hqtrs., Allied Powers in also used on occasions), Europe Washington, D. C. SM Strategic Missile BCRD Office, Chief of Research and SMAMA Sacramento Air Materiel Area Development, Washington, SSD Space Systems Division D. C. SSM Surface to Surface Missile OCSA Office, Chief of Staff, Army, STOL Short Take Off and Landing Washington, D. C. STRAC Strategic Army Command ONM Office Naval Material SUM Surface to Underwater Missile OOR Office of Ordnance Research, SYSTO Systems Staff Office, Air Force Durham, N. C. OPNAV Office, Chief of Naval Opera- TAC Tactical Air Command tions TACAN Tactical Air Navigation OSA Office, Secretary of the Army TASR Terminal Area Surveillance OSD Office, Secretary of Defense Radar OSR Office of Security Review, TBL Terminal Ballistics Labora- Dept. of Defense tory, Aberdeen, Md. APRIL 1962 UOC Ultimate Operating Capability Support Agency, Fort Mon- USAAMA U. S. Army Advent Manage- mouth, New Jersey ment Agency, Fort Mon- USASRDL U. S. Army Signal Research mouth, N. J. and Development Labora- USACSA U. S. Army Combat Surveil- tory, Fort Monmouth, New lance Agency, Arlington, Jersey Va. USASSA U. S. Army Signal Supply USAEPG U. S. Army Electronic Prov- Agency, Philadelphia, Pa. ing Ground, Ft. Huachuca, USMA United States Military Acad- Ariz. emy USAFA United States Air Force Acad- USNA United States Naval Academy emy USNMDL C. S. Navy Mine Defense USARADCOM U. S. Army Air Defense Com- Laboratory mand, Colorado Springs USNPGS U. S. Navy Post-Graduate USAREUR Headquarters United States School, Monterey, Calif. Army, Europe USNUSL U. S. Navy Underwater Sound USASA U. S. Army Security Agency, Laboratory Arlington Hall Station, Ar- VFR Visual Flight Rules lington, Va. VTOL Vertical Take Off and Landing USASADEA U. S. Army Signal Air De- fense Engineering Agency, WDD Western Development Division Fort Meade, Md. WSEG Weapons Systems Evaluation USASCSA U. S. Army Signal Communi- Group (Dept. of Defense), cations Security Agency, Ar- Washington, D. C. lington Hall Station, Ar- WSMR White Sands Missile Range, lington, Va. White Sands, N. M. USASEA U. S. Army Signal Engineer- WSPO Weapons Systems Project Of- ing Agency, Arlington Hall fice Station, Arlington, Va. WSSCA White Sands Signal Corps USASESA U. S. Army Signal Equipment Agency, N. M.

COMING EVENTS IN MANAGEMENT AND LIBRARIANSHIP The 13th triennial INTERNATIONALMAN- winner will receive 4,000 Swiss francs (ap- AGEMENT CONGRESS,under the auspices of proximately $1,000), and runners-up will the Cornit6 International de l'organisation be considered for publication in the pro- Scientifique (CIOS), will be held in the ceedings of the Congress. United States, for the first time in 25 years, Contestants must be 35 years of age or at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York under, papers must be submitted in French City, September 16-20, 1963. The Council or English, and all papers must be submitted for InternationaI Progress in Management before September 1, 1962. In the United (USA), Inc. (CIPM), will act as host. The States entries and questions should be sent theme of the Conference will be "Human to Council for International Progress in Man- Progress Through Better Management," and agement, 247 Park Avenue, New York 17. leaders in business, government and educa- The 1962 CONFERENCEOF THE PACIFIC tion from the United States, Canada, Europe, NORTHWESTLIBRARY ASSOCIATION will be Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa held at Vancouver on the University of and the South Pacific are expected to attend. British Columbia campus, August 23-25. Write Congress Director, CIOS XI11 Inter- The Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of national Management Congress, CIPM, 247 the UNIVERSITYOF CHICAGOGRADUATE Park Avenue, New York 17, for details. LIBRARYSCHOOL will be held August 8-10, CIPM will hold a CIOS Prize Paper Con- 1962. Ten formal papers will serve as a test for young executives in connection with basis for audience discussion on "The the Congress. The purpose is to encourage Medium-Sized Public Library: Its Status and original thought and research in the field of Its Future." For information write the Grad- management throughout the world. The uate School.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES Development of Performance Standards for Library Binding

PAUL HOWARD, Librarian U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C. SLA Representative to the ALA Bookbinding Committee

OR THE PAST TWO YEARS Special Libraries Order Department, University of Michigan FAssociation and American Librarv Asso- Library, assisted by William J. Barrow, Res- ciation have jointly sponsored a project for toration Specialist at the Virginia State Li- developing performance standards for library, was employed. The team visited large brary binding. The first phase of the project, university and research libraries, small, me- financed by the Council on Library Resources, dium and large public libraries, school librar- was finished in the summer of 1961, and a ies, private special libraries and government report was published by the Library Tech- special libraries. Its visits were supplemented nology Project. by a mail questionnaire sent to an additional The second phase of the project is now 459 libraries (of which 333 responded). under way. It is supported by a grant of A detailed report of Phase I of the project $42,500 from the Council on Library Re- has been published by ALA, Development of sources and is to be administered by the Performance Standa~dsfor Librdry Binding. Library Technology Project. An advisory A summary of its recommendations follows. committee of librarians, on which the writer 1. Establish a continuing testing program in represents SLA, establishes policy for the Phase I1 of this project to develop testing project. A technical subcommittee composed equipment, performance standards, specifica- of Robert E. Kingery, New York Public Li- tions and acceptance tests for the categories brary, Frank Schick, U. S. Office of Educa- of binding described in Recommendations tion, Paul Howard, U. S. Department of the 1 and 3, implement Recommendation 2 and Interior, and Arnold Trotier, University of develop additional specifications as necessary. Illinois, will keep in close touch with devel- 2. Establish performance standards and spec- opment of performance tests. ifications for five types of library binding: Phase I of the project attempted Type I for heavily used material, Type I1 for "a. To assemble data, through visitations to material with a heavy format, Type IIIa for libraries, regarding the binding needs of li- lesser used monographic-type material, Type braries. IIIb for lesser used serials-type material, b. To identify and define, as a result of the Type IV for music, Type V for belles lettres. foregoing, the principal categories of library 3. Establish suggested practices for handling binding for which performance standards, difficult-to-bind material: narrow margins, specifications and acceptance tests are needed. poor paper. c. To make plans and estimates for Phase I1 4. Establish performance standards and spec- of the project, to be a testing program which ifications for three types of publishers' bind- will establish performance standards, specifi- ings: I) for general edition binding; 2) for cations and acceptance tests for one or more reinforced library editions of children's of the principal categories of library binding books; and 3) for two types of pre-bindings thus defined." for library books, heavy and light weight. A research team consisting of William Following the conclusion of Phase I of Foley, Manager of Printing and Binding the project, ALA and SLA together requested Services, University of California at Los a grant from the Council on Library Re- Angeles, and Stephen Ford, Head of the sources for carrying on Phase 11. The grant APRIL 1962 was approved, and work has started on de- durdnce tester, tear reaster, Ph tester and veloping performance tests. backbreaker among the devices to be used. A contract has been let to the W. J. Bar- "Of 130 books discarded from the Rich- row Research Laboratory for development of mond Public Library because of physical de- testing machines and a testing program. The terioration he found the following examples following extract from minutes of the Ad- of failure. visory Committee meeting of February 1, External hinge 52% 1962 will give an idea of the progress made Internal hinge 31% so far on the test program. Abrasive wear 8 yo "The Laboratory, located in the Virginia Paper deterioration 0.01% Historical Society, is financed under a two "These determinations indicate that flexing year contract with the Council on Library is the most important factor to consider in a Resources. The total production for this testing program. The question was raised by period is to be devoted to CLR projects, but Mr. Clapp as to whether the laboratory at the end of that time the equipment is to should not be interested more in measuring become the property of the laboratory. It is the results of failure than in the reasons for the only laboratory working solely on the failure. After discussion the consensus was physical preservation of books. that both needed to be studied." "Mr. Barrow then reported on some of the The Advisory Committee is optimistic equipment and progress being made. He said about the eventual success of the program that he is now convinced that with simple dnd feels that it will be able to develop spraying equipment the durability of paper meaningful performance standards and tests in books can be increased 8 to 10 times. The that will be satisfactory to librarians and time required for spraying would be approxi- practical for library binders. The Committee mately 30 minutes. The alkaline solution in will sponsor a Workshop on Library Bind- the spray would raise the Ph level, increase ing, June 16, in Miami Beach. Write Wil- flexibility, and slow chemical deterioration. liam G. Harkins, University of Florida, He listed a tumbling drum, MIT folding en- Gainesville. Library Technology Project Report GLADYS T. PIEZ, Senior Editorial Assistant Library Technology Project, American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois

Binding Project, Phase II ings, so that their performance can be Under the joint sponsorship of SLA and measured with some degree of accuracy for the American Library Association, Phase I1 conformance with established standards. of the project to develop performance stand- Before these standards and tests can be ards for library binding was started in Feb- developed, certain basic problems must be ruary 1962." Planned as a three-year study, solved. Testing equipment that will repro- to cost an estimated $100,000, the first year's duce in the laboratory the conditions result- work is supported by a $42,500 grant from ing from the wear and tear to which book the Council on Library Resources. Major bindings are subjected in actual use must be objectives of the program are two: I) the identified or designed. Numerical measure- development of performance standards for ments for such wear and tear must be de- the variety of book bindings recommended in veloped and correlated with those of the Deuelopment of Pevfovrnance Standards for. testing devices. And lastly, the amount of Libmry Bitzdifzg, Phase I; and 2) the devel- wear and tear on the binding under condi- opment of appropriate tests for book bind- tions of actual use must be correlated with numerical measurements for testing under * See ~lsoDevelopment of Performance Stand- ards for Library Binding by Paul Howard above. specific laboratory conditions. 2 08 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Both the Library Binding Institute and the special application to public libraries, it may book publishing industry are cooperating be of interest to some special libraries as well. with the program. The advisory committee for the project is composed of the Book- SLA Now Represented on binding Committee of ALA's Resources and LTP's Advisory Committee Technical Services Division, Paul Howard SLA is now represented on the Library representing SLA, and a representative of Technology Project's Advisory Committee by the American Library Association-Children's Gordon E. Randall, Manager of the Library Book Council Joint Committee. Arnold of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Trotier, Chairman of RTSD's Bookbinding Center, Yorktown, New York. LTP wel- Committee, heads the group. comes the addition of Mr. Randall to its Ad- visory Committee as a further way to broaden Protection of Library Resources its services to special librarians. LTP believes that special librarians will be interested in a preliminary report on the Guide to Book Copiers recently completed investigation of fire and Photocopying from Bound Volumes: A insurance protection of library resources, Study of Machines, Methods, and Materials which will appear in the May ALA Bulletin. (ALA, 225 p., $5) will provide librarians Emphasis in the article will be on the new with a basis for selecting proper book-copy- ALA-recommended Model Library Insurance ing equipment and with information en- Policy, which is believed to be superior to abling them to utilize such equipment most any other policy available for the protection effectively. of movable property in libraries. The new guide reports on a year-long project that investigated existing photocopy- Manuscript-Marking Ink ing procedures and evaluated 20 machines The Project has a formula for ink that can now being sold and designed primarily for be used to mark valuable documents when copying material in bound form. Cost studies an identifying mark is needed as a deterrent of operating times and materials are also to theft. Tests made for LTP show that ink included. Nearly 100 photographs are used made from this formula will not have in- to illustrate machines, operating techniques, jurious effects on documents, will not pene- processes and quality of reproduction. trate the paper unduly, will be resistant to William R. Hawken conducted the studv ordinary ink eradicators and will not fade. and wrote the report. He is a recognized Librarians who need this type of ink may authority on photocopying techniques. A obtain the formula for it from the Library $30,000 grant from the Council on Library Technology Project, or, if they themselves Resources financed the investigation. would like to test it, LTP will provide a sample on request. Annual Business Meeting Self-charging Transaction System As required by Bylaw VIII, Section 1, A prototype of a simple self-charging de- notice is hereby given that the Annual vice, based on the principles of transaction Business Meeting of Special Libraries charging, was demonstrated at the SLA 1961 Association will be held Wednesday Convention in San Francisco. Under a recent afternoon, 2:30 p.m., May 30, 1962, at the Sheraton-Park Hotel, Washington, grant of $19,380 from the Council on Li- D. C., at the Annual Convention of the brary Resources, a project has been approved Association. Included on the agenda to develop a completely integrated, self- will be proposed changes in the As- charging transaction system around this ex- sociation's Constitution and Bylaws. perimental equipment. The Library Technol- These proposals are being mailed ogy Project selected George Fry & Associates separately to the membership. to make the study. Although this project has APRIL 1962 Periodical Circulation in a Typical Paper Company Library

GEORGE A. MASON," Technical Librarian St. Regis Paper Co., Carthage, New York

OR SEVERAL years the Technical Division few vertical files and a small collection of F Library of the St. Regis Paper Company books cannot kee~much old material. It had been experiencing growing pains. The would seem that they rely heavily on current great accumulation of back issues from the periodicals circulated by the library. 113 periodicals and 57 house organs the li- With only about half of the 68 scientists brary received posed quite a space problem. satisfied with the *resent libraw service, a Approximately 24 standard library book number of possibilities had to be considered stack units were used to hold volumes of 14 to improve service. Each scientist spent an bound periodicals, 99 other periodicals and averaie of 45 minutes reading library mate- 1,400 books. rial each day. More than half indicated that To properly render the best possible serv- they could decide whether they desired to ice and make the materials readily accessible read an article by examining its table of con- to all, a comprehensive survey was made pri- tents. However, only solid full-length ar- marily to determine whether it would be ticles in periodicals of purely a scientific worthwhile for the library to offer Verifax nature could be evaluated by examining a copies of tables of contents as an additional table of contents. A Verifax table of contents library service and decide how many older service was indicated as a most important periodicals should remain in the library. function. Copies of periodicals older than Replies to questionnaires showed the fol- five years should not remain in the library. lowing facts affirmed by the majority: The periodicals presenting the greatest problem were the "news" periodicals of the 1. The library needed more room. paper field. 2. Needed information could easily be located. 3. Literature searches were greatly desired. The scientists overwhelmingly indicated 4. Of the foreign languages, German periodicals that house organs" seemed to be useless; no were most frequently used. space could be justified for even taking up 5. Up-to-date Verifax copies of pertinent changes display space for them. Because of such in- should be given daily to staff members. 6. A Verifax service giving the table of contents frequent use only the following periodicals of periodicals was much in demand. should be retained after five years: Forest 7. Copies of periodicals and current books should Products Journal, Pulp 6 Paper, Pulp 6 Pa- be ordered in quantity, so that time is not lost in 6 circulating a few copies among many of the tech- per of Canada, Southern Pulp Paper and nical staff. Tappi. 8. The library should publish a calendar of events Since the library had only one full-time and technical meetings. secretary, it was decided that additional 9. The library should be air conditioned. The nature of the work caused dust. This was annoying Verifax work in excess of making customary when books were handled. copies was impossible at that time. 10. Better lighting facilities were requested. Problems encountered with slow distribu- 11. Table space with comfortable chairs requested. tion seemed to be remedied only by multiple 12. An additional clerk was needed. subscriptions. When someone delays the From the replies obtained it is quite evi- forwar&ng of a periodical, diplomacy ap- dent that scientists who have small offices, pears to be the only solution. Limited budget and lack of space test the technical librarian's * Since preparing this survey Mr. Mason has become Librarian, North Country Library Systems, skill to utilize space, facilities and resources Watertown, N. Y. to please scientists and management. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Requesters' Reference Cards son in our organization performs for the When I am asked to obtain a report, pe- name of the club or town. The badges are riodical article or the like, I type on a 3 x 5 available from Blue Engravers, 902 South card all the necessary citation data including Averill Avenue, San Pedro, California. A source. Then on the back I type the name of badge 2% by 3/4 inches costs 65$. the requester and the date I request the item. EUGENEB. JACKSON,Research Laboratories This card is then filed by source in the "in General Motors Corp., Warren, Michigan process file." When the item arrives, I catalog it in the usual manner on regular library Book Labels catalog cards. The request card is attached to Our library has a hand-operated machine, the item, and both are sent to the requester. pictured below, that enables us to make low The requester keeps the card for his future cost embossed plastic labels for books, shelv- reference. Any additional notations he wishes ing and so on, right in the library as we need to make can be added to this card. them. We dial the letters or numbers desired MARIANS. VEATH,former Librarian on the Dymo Mite, close the hand grip and Sylvania Electronic Systems, Buffalo, N. Y. press the figures out of the tape. The labels (Reprinted from Western New YorL Chapter Bd- are one-half inch wide and can be any length; letin, vol. 16, no. 3, April 1961.) the letters are about 3/s of an inch high. The letters or numbers are white, and the tape is Foreign Language File available in assorted colors. It is backed with Since Air University has a large number of pressure-sensitive adhesive or may be ob- Allied Students, we have many requests like, tained without adhesive. The Dymo Mite is "What does the library have in the French made by Fordham Equipment Co., 2377 language?" We had no way to identify this Hoffman Street, New York 58, and sells for material written in other languages. Now our $34.95. The tape ranges in price from $1.25 catalog department makes an extra card for to $1.65 for a 12-foot roll. We find this these items. We keep them in a separate file method of labeling library materials easy to arranged first under the language in which do and easy to read. material is written and then by author within JOHNP. BINNINGTON,Head the language division. It has already proved Research Library to be very useful for us. Brookhaven National Laboratory FLORINEA. OLTMAN,Chief Upton, Long Island, New York Bibliographic Assistance Branch Air University Library Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

Library Name Badges We have a rather large number of visitors at our library and have used typed name tags for our staff for some time. I have come across a more legible device that some other librarians might find useful. It is a name badge that is commonly used among square dancers for identification. The badges are black, red, blue, green, yellow or wood grained plastic with white lettering, or en- graving can be colored with permanent color- ing. We substituted the function that a per- Dymo Mite and Labeled Books APRIL 1962 SLA Hall of Fame 1962 Three special librarians have been selected for the 1962 SLA Hall of Fame in recognition of their sustained service and many contributions to the development of the Special Libraries Association. President Eugene B. Jackson has announced: "All three have held important library positions, all three have participated in Chapter, Division and Associa- tion activities, and all three have evidenced pride in and devotion to their profession by giving unstintingly of themselves and their experiences to promote special librarianship. The late Rose Boots' belief in the value of special library education prompted her to propose and then support and work for the growth of the SLA Scholarship and Student Loan Fund. Mrs. Margaret M. Rocq's concern with improving technical research led her to participate on a number of indexing, abstracting and union list of serials committees, and recently she was chief editor of the Petroleum Section's U.S. Sources of Petroleam a?~dNatural Gas Statistics, published by the Association in the fall of 1961. Fannie Simon's long and active participation in the New York Chapter convinced her that special librarians benefited from subject-interest organizations, and she helped found the Publish- ing Division and also the Advertising and Geography and Map Groups within the New York Chapter, which were the forerunners of the Association Divisions." Hall of Fame medallions will be presented to Mrs. Rocq and Miss Simon on May 29 at the Association's Banquet. Rose Bmts served the Association as an officer or committee member every year since she became an SLA member in 1934 until her untimely death early in 1960. That year she was honored posthumously by receiving the Association's highest award-the SLA Professional Award-in recognition of her establishment of the Scholarship and Student Loan Fund and her work as a member and Chairman of the Scholarship and Student Loan Fund Committee, 1938-41 and 1951-54. After earning her library degree at Columbia University's School of Library Service, Miss Boots was Librarian of the Rose Boots Marvyn Scudder Financial Library until 1946, when she became the Research Librarian for erri ill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner 8r Beane. b olio win^ another library position with Standard Brands, she joined the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc. in 1949, as its Chief Librarian. Her many offices in the New York Chapter included President, 1938-39, Executive Board member, 1935-36, 1939-40 and 1945-46, and Con- sultant Officer, 1957-60. Miss Boots also served on many committees of the Association and the Finance and Publishing Divisions. From 1953 through 1956 she taught a course on "Special Libraries" at Pratt Institute, and she helped organize the Institute on Indexing Periodicals, held at Columbia's School of Library Service in 1959.

Mrs. Margaret Miller Rocq began her library career in the Los Angeles Public Library after receiving her A.B. degree from the University of California, but four years later, in 1929, she shifted to special library work when she joined the staff of three of the Standard Oil Company of California Library in San Francisco. In 1934 she became Chief Librarian, and when she retired in December 1958, she left a large, well-organized library with a staff of 15 persons. Mrs. Rocq became a member of SLA in 1930 and immediately became active in the San Francisco Bay Region Chapter in which she held all major offices, including President, 1934-35, and Con- Mrs. Margaret Miller Rocq SPECIAL LIBRARIES sultant Officer, 1957-62. In the Science-Technology Division she served as Secretary- Treasurer, 1950-51, and was Chairman of the Petroleum Section, 1955-56. She assumed leadership in the preparation of the Section's index, U.S. So~ircesof Petroleum ad Natural Gas Statistics, and has been a member of the Student Loan, Recruitment, Devel- opment of Promotion Techniques and 1961 Convention Committees. Since her retirement she has been Chairman of a Subcommittee of the Regional Resources Coordinating Com- mittee of the California Library Association and is currently working on its second edition of Califowia Local Hi~tor~:A Centennial Bibliography. Fannie Simon, who has attended practically every SLA Con- vention since 1942, is well known throughout the Association for her broad interests and enthusiastic response to new ideas and methods. A native New Yorker, Miss Simon has lived and worked there all her life and has been particularly active in the New York Chapter of which she was President, 1945-46, and chairman of numerous committees. She entered library work in 1931 when she became Assistant Librarian at McCann Erickson. Eleven years later she moved to iMcCall's Magazine where she was a Librarian and Associate Editor until her retirement in 1958. Not one to take retirement lightly, Fannie Simon Miss Simon has in the past three years been Librarian at the American Bible Society, set up a library for the Council on Economic and Cultural Af- fairs and most recently held the interim position of Assistant to Executive Secretary at SLA Headquarters. Her subject interests have embraced advertising, geography and publishing, and she was instrumental in founding all three of these Association Divisions as well as working on their committees and serving as an officer. An insatiable traveler, she has taken many trips to all parts of the world, where she always makes it a point to visit libraries and talk to librarians.

HONORS TO OTHER SLA MEMBERS The Special Libraries Council of Philadel- the first educational and experience qualifica- phia and Vicinity Achievement Award for tions for membership adopted by a library I962 was presented to MRS. MARIESIMON association in the United States . . . for the GOFF, Librarian, E. I. du Font de Nemours inspiration she is to us all." & Co., Inc., Wilmington, on March 6. Sylvia GEORGEE. PETTENGILL,Librarian, Ameri- M. Heyl, SLC President, cited her accom- can Institute of Architects Library, has been plishments as: "Her distinguished service in elected Honorary Member of the American behalf of the establishment of special li- Institute of Architects, for his development braries in industry and for her splendid work of the AID Library. This recognition is in creating good public relations for special granted "those esteemed persons who, though librarians and librarians with industry and not eligible for corporate membership, have the public as an author and as a speaker rendered distinguished service to the architec- on radio and television and in person . . . tural profession or to allied arts and sciences." for her enthusiastic promotion of the vocation MRS. VIRGINIAS. YOUNG,Head Librarian of special librarianship among students . . . of the Transportation Corps Library at the for her leadership and accomplishments as U.S. Army Transportation School, has been one of the Presidents of our Special Libraries awarded a medal and Department of the Council and as a chairman and active working Army Citation in recognition of meritorious member of numerous Chapter and Special civilian service from March 15, 1960 to No- Libraries Association groups and committees, ember 14, 1961. This is the second highest including the committee which formulated honorable award given civilian employees. APRIL 1962 Special Libraries Association 53rd Annual Convention Program

Sheraton-Park and Shoreham Hotels Washington, D. C. May 27-31,1962

SUNDAY, MAY 27 EXECUTIVEBOARD MEETING: 9.30 a.m.-5 :00 p.m. Sheraton-Park

Afternoon REGISTRATION: 1 :00-7 :00 p.m. Sheraton-Park METALSDIVISION, Executive Committee: 2 :00-4:00 p.m. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION, Executive Committee: 2 :00-4:00 p.m. LIBRARYOF CONGRESS,Open House: 2:OO-5 :00 p.m. Sponsored by Special Divisions in the Reference Department plus the Card Division, Copyright Office and Serial Record Division Evening RECEPTIONAND OPENINGOF EXHIBITS:6:OO-8:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Lounge, Sheraton Exhibit Hall OPENHOUSES: 8 :00 p.m. Division suites in Shoreham and Sheraton-Park Advertising (To welcome new members), Biological Sciences, Business and Finance, Military Librarians, Museum, Newspaper Picture, Publishing, Science-Technology (Sheraton-Park Continental Room), Social Science and Transportation (Shoreham)

MONDAY, MAY 28 Breakfast NEWSPAPERDIVISION : 7 :00-9:30 a.m. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION, Petroleum Section : 7 :30-9 :30 a.m. Includes Business Meeting Others to be arranged Morning Opening Session: 10:00 a.m.-noon Sheraton Hall Presiding: Eugene Jackson, President, Special Libraries Association; Research Labora- tories, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan Invocation: The Reverend Maurice H. Hopson, Rector, St. Clements' Church, Alex- andria, Virginia Welcome: L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress; J. Heston Heald, President of SLA Washington, D. C. Chapter; Deputy for Science and Technology, ASTIA, Arlington, Virginia Introduction of Convention Committee Chairmen and Announcements: Dr. Arch C. Gerlach, Convention Chairman ; Map Division, Library of Congress

214 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Summary of Exhibits: Joseph Freson, Chairman, Exhibits Committee; Catholic University of America Keynote Address: Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, President, National Academy of Sciences-Na- tional Research Council and President of The Rockefeller Institute

Luncheon 12:OO noon-2:00 p.m. ADVERTISINGDIVISION : Includes Business Meeting BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION: Rachel Carson, Matz and Nature in a Chemical Age. Followed by Business Meeting INSURANCEDIVISION: Glendon E. Johnson, General Counsel, American Life Convention, Whyand How Business Is Represented in Washington (At National Press Club) SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION, Social Welfare Section: Includes Business Meeting

Afternoon BUSINESSAND FINANCEDIVISION: See Documentation Division DOCUMENTATION,BUSINESS AND FINANCE,METALS, MILITARY LIBRARIANS and SCI- ENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISIONS: 2:00-4:30 p.m. Applications of the Large Computellr to Information Storage and Retrieval, a panel of four speakers. To be supplemented by group visits to IBM Exhibit Center with all types and sizes of computer machinery throughout the week (IBM to provide transportation) GEOGRAPHYAND MAP DIVISION:2:30-4:30 p.m. Business Meeting; 4:30-5 :00 p.m. Symposium on Criteria for Weeding Out Map Collections INSURANCEDIVISION : 2 :00-4 :00 p.m. Business Meeting. Shoreham METALSDIVISION : See Documentation Division MILITARYLIBRARIANS DIVISION : See Documentation Division MUSEUMAND PICTUREDIVISIONS: 2 :30-4:30 p.m. Library of Congress for a detailed account of the scope and services of the Prints and Photographs Division in the Library, to discuss the different uses made of pictures and to view a special exhibit. NEWSPAPERDIVISION: 2:00-4:30 p.m. How Can a Newspaper Librd~yBest Serve Its Organizrttion? William D. Chase, Flint (Mich.) Journal; Buildiag a Picture File, Audrey House, Birmington (Ala.) News; Preser.vrttion of Library Materials, Janey McConnell, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal-Star. Shoreham SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION : See Documentation Division SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION: 2:00-4:00 p.m. Municipal Reference Librarians Roundtable, Docume/zts Excha~zgeProgram, National Checklist of Local Government Documents; Fzuzction and Orga~izationof Municipal Refereme Libraries. Discussion Leader: Eu- gene Bockman. Division Suite, Shoreham 4:OO-5 :30 p.m. : Tea and Tour. Guests of the Roosevelt Four Freedoms Library (Divi- sion Members Only)

CONVENTION-WIDE EMBASSY TOUR 3:30-6:00 P.M. Sponsored by the Metals Division to Raise Money for the SLA Scholarship and Student Loan Fund Evening INCOMINGCHAPTER OFFICERS: 6:oO-8:00 p.m. Dinner and discussion PAST-PRESIDENTS'DINNER: 6:OO-8 :00 p.m. ADV~~RYCOUNCIL MEETING: 8 :00-9 :30 p.m. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION, Petroleum Section: 9:30 p.m. Cocktails. Sponsored by the Pergamon Press of Los Angeles (Section members only) APRIL 1962 215 TUESDAY, MAY 29 Breakfast DOCUMENTATIONDIVISION : 7 :30-9 :15 a.m. Includes Business Meeting NEWSPAPERDIVISION : 7 :00-9:00 a.m. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION Chemistry Section: 7 :30-9 :15 a.m. Includes Business Meeting TRANSPORTATIONDIVISION : 7 :30-9 : 15 a.m. Workshop on Evaluatiou and Retention of Company Publications Others to be arranged Morning General Session-c) :30 a.m.-noon. Sheraton Hall Research Sponsored by the Council on Library Resources of Particular Interest to Special Librarians Presiding: Verner W. Clapp, President, Council on Library Resources, Inc. Panelists: Ralph R. Shaw, Rutgers University, The State of the Library Art: Donald R. Swan- son, Manager, Synthetic Intelligence Department, Ramo-Wooldridge, Inc., Possibility of Bringing Machines to the Servicing of the Intellectual Opesatzom zn Librarie~; Edward Heiliger, Librarian, University of Illinois, Chicago Division, Appljcations of Data Processing Techniqzles to all Library Procedures Luncheon 12:OO noon-2:00 p.m. BUSINESSAND FINANCE,SOCIAL SCIENCE and TRANSPORTATIONDIVISIONS: Charles J. Zinn, Law Revision Counsel, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, How Our Laws Are Made MILITARYLIBRARIANS DIVISION : See Publishing Division MUSEUMDIVISION : Includes Business Meeting NEWSPAPERDIVISION (continuing as a panel meeting to 4:OO p.m.) : Most Used Refer- efzce Books atzd It"hdt You Can Find in Them, Ruth Braun, Detroit (Mich.) News; Advantages of a Newspaper Index, Clement G. Vitek, Baltimore (Md.) Sun; Value of Technical Books in a Newspaper Library, Bess Whitworth, Virginian-Pilot & Ledger Star (Norfolk) Sphinx Club, Almas Temple PICTUREDIVISION : Includes Business Meeting PUBLISHINGDIVISION: Book and Author Luncheon. Science in Fiction and Fact, L. Sprague de Camp. Co-sponsored by Military Librarians Division SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION: See Business and Finance Division SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION Engineering Section : Includes Business Meeting Paper and Textiles Section : Includes Business Meeting Petroleum Section: Philip W. Bishop, curator, Hall of Petroleum, Smithsonian Institu- tion, Occidental Restaurant Pharmaceutical Section: Subject Heading Work with IMEDLARS, Winifred Sewell, National Library of Medicine Public Utilities Section: Sponsored by Potomac Electric Co., Mayflower Hotel (Mem- bers only) TRANSPORTATIONDIVISION : See Business and Finance Division Afternoon ADVERTISING,BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, BUSINESS AND FINANCE,INSURANCF, PUBLISHING and SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISIONS: 2:30-4:30 p.m. A lecture by James L. Harrison, Public Printer, Government Printing Office, The Preparatzon and Printing of Public DOCII- nzents. Followed by a tour of the Government Printing Office BIOLOGICALSCIENCFS. See Advertising Division 216 SPECIAL LIBRARIES BUSINESSAND FINANCEDIVISION : See Advertising Division GEOGRAPHYAND MAP DIVISION:2 :30-5 :00 p.m. Albert Nowicki, Luna Mapping at the Army Map Service; Robert Rados, Goddard Space Flight Center, Project Ti~os;films on "Project Echo" and "Tiros 11" INSURANCEDIVISION: See Advertising Division METALSDIVISION : 2 :00-4 :00 p.m. Panel on US. Government Sources of "Materials" Information. Presiding: Robert E. Burton, Supervisor, Science and Engineering Libraries, University of Michigan. W. R. Tilley, Chief, Office of Technical Information, National Bureau of Standards, Science Informatzon Activities at the National Bureau of Stand- urds; Lillian A. Hamrick, Chief, Technical Information Division, Office of Technical Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, The Art of Progress; Owen C. Gretton, As- sistant Chief, Industry Division, Bureau of Census, The Role of Metals Data at the Census Bureau's Statzstics Program; Shoreham MILITARYLIBRARIANS DIVISION : 2 :15-3 :00 p.m. Business Meeting ; 3 :00-4 :00 p.m. The New Army Organnation, speaker to be announced MUSEUMAND PICTUREDIVISIONS: 2:30-4:30 p.m. Tours of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Archives PUBLISHINGDIVISION : See Advertising Division SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION Paper and Textile Section: 2:oo-4:30 p.m. Concurrent round tables: 1) Physical Aspects of Lzbraries (Moving and Space Problems). Leader, James Baker, Librarian, Chemstrand Research Center Library, Durham, North Carolina; 2) Technzcal Prob- lems of Libraries. Leader, Mary Emerson, Librarian, Institute of Textile Technology, Charlottesville, Virginia. Summaries will be presented by leaders of each group. Petroleum Section: 2:00-5:00 p.m. U.S. Department of Interior Auditorium Panel discussion on Expediting the Acquisition Process. Moderator: Lemuel Banks, Refer- ence Librarian, Department of Interior. Speakers: C. C. Anderson, Chief, Petroleum Division, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Bureau of Mines Publzcations; Legare Obear, Chief, Loan Division, Library of Congress, L. C. Loans and Photocopy Service; George K. Taylor, Acquisitions Branch, Technical Information Division, Department of Com- merce, Services of OTS; Alpheus L. Walter, Chief, Card Division, Library of Con- gress, L.C. Catalog Card Serwice. Followed by tour of U.S. Department of Interior Library Pharmaceutical Section: 2 :00-3 :30 p.m. Business Meeting SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION : See Advertising Division Evening PRE-BANQUETCOCKTAIL HOUR: 7:00 p.m. Sheraton-Park Annual Banquet: 8:00 p.m. Sheraton Hall METALSDIVISION: Open House after Banquet

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 Breakfast CHAPTERAND DIVISIONBULLETIN EDITORS CHAPTEREMPLOYMENT CHAIRMEN NEWSPAPERDIVISION : 7 :00-9:00 a.m. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION, Advisory Committee: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Others to be arranged Morning INCOMINGDIVISION OFFICERS: 8 :00-9:30 a.m. THECOPYRIGHT LAW REVISION : 9 :00-10 :00 a.m. Panel Discussion. Open to all APRIL 1962 217 BUSINESSAND FINANCEAND SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISIONS : 10 : 30 a.m.-noon. Specid Li- braries iiz Underdeveloped Areas. Janet Bogardus, Federal Reserve Bank Library of New York, Nigeria; Paul J. Burnette, Army Library, Burnzd. Shoreham GEOGRAPHYAND MAP DIVISION: See Science-Technology Division INSURANCEDIVISION: 10:00 a.m.-noon. Committee on Indexing Insurance Periodicals, Workshop Meeting. Shoreham METALSDIVISION: 10:00 a.m.-noon. Workshop on Library Psoblems. (Leader to be announced) MUSEUMAND PICTUREDIVISIONS: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Beaumont NewhaII, Director, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, Dagzlerreotype ia America; Gordon Hendricks will speak on his new book, The Edison iMotion Picture Myth. Shoreham SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION Chemistry Section, co-sponsored by the Engineering, Paper and Textile and Petroleum Sections and Geography and Map Division: 10:00 a.m.-noon. Congressman Joseph E. Karth of Minnesota will discuss space-age developments, and the NASA Project Mercury film, "Mastery of Space," will show Shepard and Glenn flights. Sheraton Hall SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION : 9 :30-10 :30 a.m. Business Meeting followed by joint meeting with Business and Finance Division. See Business and Finance Division. Shoreham SPECIALLIBRARIES COMMITTEE : 10:00-11:30. Discussion of content and policies. Open meeting Luncheon 12:OO noon-2:00 p.m. INSURANCEDIVISION METALSDIVISION : Includes Business Meeting MUSEUMAND PICTUREDIVISIONS: Joseph Patterson, Director, American Association of Museums, Survey of the Amevicarz Museum at Mid-Celztury PUBLISHINGDIVISION : Business Meeting and luncheon in Division suite TRANSPORTATIONDIVISION : Business Meeting and luncheon in Division suite SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION : See Translations Activities Committee TRANSLATIONSACTIVITIES COMMITTEE : Co-sponsored by the Science-Technology Di- vision. Report by Elizabeth M. Walkey, Chairman, The SLA Suwey of Translation Activities and its ImPlicatio?zs for Future Pkdmi?zg

Afternoon ANNUALBUSINESS MEETING: 2 :30-5 :00 p.m. Sheraton-Park Hotel

Dinner BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION: 6:30 p.m.-Social Hour; 7:30 p.m.-Dinner. Dr. Helen Trager, Peace Corps Officer, The Peace Co1.p.r. Co-sponsored by Pharmaceutical Section GEOGRAPHYAND MAP DIVISION:Informal supper MUSEUMAND PICTUREDIVISIONS: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Dinner. Edward Steichen, Director, Department of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, will discuss the function of the picture communication of the American image to the world. A panel discussion will follow, with representatives of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, the National Archives, a museum or historical society outside Washington, the Library of Congress and a user of those archives such as the Avzerica~zHeritage magazine. The topic will be The Present Statzls of Picture Archives in the United Stdtes SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION: 7:OO-8:30 p.m. Advisory Committee Business Meeting Pharmaceutical Section: See Biological Sciences Division

Evening INSURANCEDIVISION: Reception in Division suite SPECIAL LIBRARIES NEWSPAPERDIVISION: 7:OO-9:00 p.m. Problems of Reorganizing a Nezuspuper Librury, Marion Orgain, Houston (Tex.) Chronicle; What's New in Newspaper Libraries? Rex Schaeffer, Rochester (N. Y.) Times-Union; Problems of Moving a Newspaper Librar3; Mary Welch, Boston (Mass.) Globe SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION, Engineering Section : 8 :00- 10:OO p.m. Panel discussion on Education for Science lnf ormation Personnel. Moderator: Chris G. Stevenson, Man- ager, Technical Information Operation, General Electric Company, Richland, Washing- ton. Panelists: Mrs. Dorothy Crosland, Director of Libraries, Georgia Institute of Tech- nology; Dr. Ralph R. Shaw, Rutgers University Graduate School of Library Science; Dr. Mortimer Taube, Documentation, Inc. and Columbia University School of Library Services

THURSDAY, MAY 31 Breakfast NEWSPAPERDIVISION: 7:OO-9:00 a.m. Others to be arranged

Morning ADVERTISINGDIVISION : See Social Science Division BUSINESSAND FINANCEDIVISION: 8:30-10:OO a.m. Business Meeting; 10:30 a.m.-noon. See Social Science Division BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION: 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tours and talks at the National Agricultural Library, National Institutes of Health (both the research and hospital libraries), National Library of Medicine and Veterans Administration Library GEOGRAPHYAND MAP DIVISION:8:30 a.m.-1 :00 p.m. Tours of the Navy Hydrographic Office and Bureau of the Census (Suitland, Md.) INSURANCEDIVISION : See Social Science Division METALSDIVISION: All-day field trip to research laboratories in D. C. area MUSEUMAND PICTUREDIVISIONS: All-day field trip to Baltimore with visits to the Walters Art Gallery, the Baltimore Museum of Art, Evergreen House (rare book collection belonging to Johns Hopkins University) and the Peabody Institute Library NEWSPAPERDIVISION : 9: 15-11 :30 a.m. Rose Vormelker, Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio), Goals to be Reached through Standards, Standards Committee Report. Business Meeting PUBLISHINGDIVISION : See Social Science Division SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION: 9:30 a.m.-noon. Business Meeting SOCIALSCIENCE, ADVERTISING, BUSINESS AND FINANCE,INSURANCE, and PUBLISHING DIVISIONS:10:30 a.m.-noon. Raymond T. Bowman, Assistant Director, Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget, Federal Statistical Services TRANSPORTATIONDIVISION: Visits to transportation libraries in metropolitan Washington

Luncheon 12:OO noon-2:00 p.m. BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION: Jessica S. Melton, Assistant Director for Technical Serv- ices, Center for Documentation and Communication Research, Western Reserve Univer- sity, Report on the Communicable Disease Center--Western Reserve University Docu- mentation of Communicable Disease Literature Project BUSINESSAND FINANCEDIVISION: See Social Science Division INSURANCEDIVISION : See Social Science Division NEWSPAPERDIVISION: Luncheon and tour at Evening Star Building (Division Members only) APRIL 1962 219 SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION, Planning, Building and Housing Section, co-sponsored by the Business and Finance Division. William L. Slayton, Commissioner, Urban Renewal Administration, Urban Renewal Others to be arranged Afternoon ADVERTISINGDIVISION: 2 :30-4:00 p.m. Daniel J. Murphy, Bureau of Deceptive Practices, Federal Trade Commission, Legislatio?~involving Advertking GEOGRAPHYAND MAP DIVISION:3:OO-4:00 p.m. Woodrow Jacobs, Director, NODC, Collectiotz of Basic Scientific Information with Reference to Oceanog~aphy INSURANCEDIVISION : See Social Science Division, Social Welfare Section NEWSPAPERDIVISION: Tour and cocktails at the Washington Post (Members only) SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION, Engineering Section: 12:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Tour of the Scientific and Technical Information Facility operated for NASA by Documentation, Inc. (Section members only) Conducted tour of ASTIA: 12:30-2:30 p.m. (Buses will be provided, leaving on the hour and half hour. Tour will accommodate 300 persons at 50 per bus and will take about an hour and a half. Registration for ASTIA tour must be made by Wednesday, May 30. If interest warrants, additional tours will be scheduled for 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 on Friday. Lists for each tour will be posted on a bulletin board and as spaces are filled, the tours will be closed. No advance clearance or reservations will be necessary. Foreign nationals should, however, prior to the Convention, notify Mr. Franklin E. Jordan, Director, Government and Contractor Relations, ASTIA, of their desire to visit ASTIA) Conducted tour of NASA Document Facility. (Limited to 50 persons) SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION : 2 :30-4:00 p.m. Planning, Building and Housing Section. Panel discussion on Statistics Econotrzists Use. Chairman: Janice Babb. Panelists: W. C. Dutton, Jr., Executive Director, American Institute of Planners; Robert C. Colwell, Economic Adviser, Urban Renewal Admin- istration; Catherine Martini, Director of Research, National Association of Real Estate Boards. Followed by Business Meeting Social Welfare Section: Tour of the Health, Education and Welfare Department Li- brary, and talk by Wilbur J. Cohen, Assistant Secretary (for Legislation), HEW

Evening NEWSPAPERDIVISION: Buffet dinner at the National Press Club (Division Members only) FRIDAY, JUNE 1 EXECUTIVEBOARD: 9.30 a.m.-> :00 p.m. Sheraton-Park

Tours and Visits GEOGRAPHYAND MAP DIVISION:Visits to Army Map Service, U.S. Geological Survey and the National Geographic Society. Pre-registration will be required INSURANCEAND SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISIONS: Conducted tour of the Installation of the Bureau of Old Age & Survivors Insurance, Social Security Administration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Baltimore. Leave 9:30 a.m. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION, Engineering Section : Tour of ASTIA. See Thursday Tourist attractions in the Washington, D. C. area Colonial Williamsburg (4 days) Possible tours by air or sea to Bermuda and Western Europe A list of libraries that will be open to SLA members, with addresses and hours, will be provided in the registration packet 220 SPECIAL LIBRARIES SLA Membership Directory Survey MRS. MARY S. McDERMOTT, Senior Librarian Johns-Manville Products Corp., Research Center Manville, New Jersey

N THE SPRING OF 1961, the New Jersey Divisions and six Sections. The New Jersey I Chapter was prompted to conduct a sur- Chapter appreciates the cooperation of all vey of Chapter and Division membership di- who participated and believes that the sum- rectory practices as an aid in reviewing its mary of the results might be helpful to others. own situation. Publication of an annual di- Some of the information requested was im- rectory including a substantial amount of practical to compile and has been omitted information had become too time-consuming from this summary. for volunteer editorial and publication as- Forty-six of the 50 Association units re- sistance. turning the questionnaire publish a member- Chapter officers and members had always ship directory: 29 Chapters, 12 Divisions recognized the communication value of the and five Sections. members hi^I directorv. This had led to the The directories varied from a simple al- development of an annual publication of a phabetical listing of names reproduced from two-part directory. The first section, arranged membership cards as received from Head- by organization, included the names of staff quarters to directories with three indexes. members, address, telephone number, the Five Chapters publish lists of libraries in year the library was established, size of col- their respective areas whether or not they are lection, major subjects covered, interlibrary members of Special Libraries Association. loan practices and photocopying facilities. Following is the information as supplied The second section listed names of members, by the questionnaire: included home address and home telephone Name and address only ...... 13 number and was keyed to the appropriate SLA card used ...... 9 organization in the first section by a number Organization/library affiliation ...... 27 system. Telephone number ...... 11 The Chapter Membership Chairman ac- Home address ...... 7 cepted the responsibility for annually send- Home telephone number ...... 4 ing out the questionnaire, compiling the di- Preferred mailing address ...... 5 Membership class ...... 7 rectory from the returns, duplicating the ma- Division affiliation ...... 4 terial and mailing it out in October prior to Chapter officers and committees ...... 8 the first meeting of the year. Sustaining members ...... 3 This ideal plan was being abandoned with Library information reluctance in favor of a more practical pro- Holdings and resources ...... 5 Availability of material ...... 3 gram of issuing such a complete directory Interlibrary loan rules ...... 3 only once every three years. This is to be Subjects covered ...... 6 supplemented by a less detailed listing to be Outstanding collections ...... 2 published annually in the interim years. The Directories with cross indexing ...... 13 decision was reached on the basis that statis- By organization/library ...... 1 I tical data and policies with regard to use By personnel ...... 3 would not change perceptibly in the inter- By subject ...... 5 vening period. Before a final decision was By geographic location ...... 4 reached, it was decided that knowledge of By Division affiliation ...... 1 the practices of other parts of the Association Table I reflects the frequency of publica- would be helpful. tion. Approximately 54 per cent of the di- The survey yielded a 92 per cent return. rectories are issued annually. Twenty-one Replies were received from 28 Chapters, 12 Association units make corrections, changes APRIL 1962 and additions in their local publications. the practice among Chapters and Divisions. Eleven indicated that nothing is done until The exclusion of detailed library information a new directory is issued. in each annual issue also appeared justifiable. The information in Table I1 indicates It was interesting to note that responsibil- that in a majority of the cases the Member- ity for assembling and editing directory in- ship Chairman was responsible for the di- formation was variously assigned, which rectory. This was sometimes shared, but for suggests that a Chapter need not always this summary only one person was counted. depend upon the Membership Chairman to Table I11 shows that 81 per cent of the fulfill this function. It was also interesting directories were distributed without charge that work on 11 directories (whole or in to immediate members, 42 per cent do not part) was done by outside commercial firms. charge other SLA members and 30 per cent The foregoing aspects were of particular do not charge nonmembers. interest to the New Jersey Chapter. Others The survey results confirmed that the New considering or reviewing the matter of di- Jersey Chapter's decision to continue annual rectory publication may find assistance in the publication of a directory conformed with replies as summarized in the tables. Table I: Frequency of Publication ANNUAL 2-3 YEARS 4-5 YEARS IRREGULAR Chapter 14 5 3 5 Division 8 1 3 Section 2 1 - 2 Total 24 7 3 10

Table II: Responsible for Directory CHAPTER DIVISION Membership Chairman 11 3 Bulletin Editor 7 5 Directory or Publications Committee 5 2 President 1 - Secretary 1 - Treasurer 1 - Division Chairman - 2 Not specified 3 - -- Total 29 12

Table Ill: Fee Charged CHAPTERS:~ DIVISIONS Yes No Yes No Yes No Immediate members 5 2 1 2 10 - 4 Other SLA members 9 12 3 4 1 2 Nonmembers 13 8 5 4 1 1 * Three did not specify; ** One did not specify. SLA Sustaining Members The following organizations are supporting the activities and objectives of the Special Libraries Association by becoming Sustaining Members for 1962. These are additions to the Sustaining Mem- bers listed in "News and Notes," March 1962, No. 2.

CARRIERCORPORATION IDAHOSTATE COLLEGE LIBRARY ZEITLIN& VER BRUGGE 222 SPECIAL LIBRARIES National Science Foundation Activities John 0. Sutter of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council and are The Engineers Joint Council, New York titled Scientific Facilities alzd Information City, has received a NSF grant to undertake a pilot study on the problem of maintaining Services of the Republic of Itzdonesia, Sci- eztific Facilities and 1nfor.mation Services of current and useful information on engineer- the Federatioz of iMaluya aizd State of Siizga- ing technology from foreign sources. pore and Scientific Facilities and Information The International Federation for Docu- Serz~icesof the Republic of Viet-Nam. List- mentation (FID) is, with Foundation sup- ings of the published results of scientific port, distributing a questionnaire seeking in- research, organizations of scientific and tech- formation for a world inventory of abstracting nical importance and available science infor- services covering the pure and applied sci- mation services are given in the appendices ences, technology, medicine, agriculture and of each study. They are available from Pacific the social sciences. Findings will serve as Scientific Information Center, Bishop Mu- basic material for an international informa- seum, Honolulu 17, at $1 for the study on tion center on abstracting services which FID Indonesia and 504 each for the others. intends to establish. The Foundation has published Treasury The Battelle Memorial Institute, Colum- Department (NSF 61-64), the 11th volume bus, has a Foundation contract for an eight- in the "Scientific Information Activities of month project to prepare a guide to East Federal Agencies" series. Topics covered in European scientific and technical literature detail include types of publications issued, available to United States scientists. methods of maintaining bibliographic con- The American Society of Mechanical En- trol of publications and the media by which gineers, with NSF support, will set up and they are announced. maintain a library of films dealing<> with fluid mechanics. The service will be maintained Special Literature Searching Service in New York City by the Engineering Soci- The Office of Technical Services (OTS), in eties' Library and will be devoted exclusivelv cooperation with the Science and Technol- to flow visualization research. ogy Division of the Library of Congress, has With Foundation support, The Library of created a service offering literature informa- Congress will prepare-k analytical su;vey tion on their scientific, engineering and tech- and bibliography of directories, registers, nical literature holdings. OTS will compile guides and other sources on scientific institu- lists of relevant publications from its hold- tions and scientists throughout the world. ings of government research reports, unclas- The Battelle Memorial Institute, with sified and declassified Atomic Energy Com- Foundation support, will prepare a directory mission reports, technical translations and of approximately 2,000 selected scientific in- government-owned patents, and the Science stitutions in the Soviet Union. The directory and Technology Division of LC will provide will contain information on personnel, re- citations, with or without abstracts, to ma- search areas and publications. terials in the Library's science and technology The National Science Foundation is spon- collections. Two kinds of lists on a specific soring a series of "International Science In- subject may be requested: 1) a current aware- formation Studies," designed to examine the ness bibliography of new developments, on a major scientific publications, research facil- periodic basis, and 2) a retrospective bib- ities and information services of selected liography of material available at the time of countries of the world. The first three of the request. The fee is $8.00 an hour. Subscrip- four-volume "Pacific Scientific Information" tion forms are available from OTS, U.S. series, was published by the Bernice P. Bishop Department of Commerce, Washington 2 5, Museum of Honolulu. They were written by D. C. APRIL 1962 Summer Library Courses vision, Library of Congress, will, for the next The University of Miami Library will be host two years, serve as Director of the National to the SEVENTHSEMINAR ON ACQUISITION Atlas Project, US. Geological Survey, in OF LATIN AMERICANLIBRARY MATERIALS, Washington, D. C. He has also been elected June 14-16. The Seminar will cover prob- President of the Association of American lems in acquiring library materials from Geographers for 1962 and will take office on countries of Central America and Panama, April 26 at the annual meeting in Miami and it will assess current cooperative acquisi- Beach. tions programs carried out by United States CHARLESM. GOTTSCHALK,formerly Head libraries selecting materials from all of the of the Reference Section, Science and Tech- countries of Latin America and the Carib- nology Division, Library of Congress, has bean. For specific information write George been appointed Chief, Stack and Reader Di- Rosner at the University. vision at the Library. SYRACUSEUNIVERSITY'S School of Library MARY E. GRINNELLretired as Reference Science will hold a seminar, ~nformation Health Specialist in the U.S. Department of Systems in Libraries, August 13-24, on re- Health, Education, and Welfare Library on cent developments in information storage March 31, after 28 years of government serv- and retrieval, for practicing librarians inter- ice. Miss Grinnell is co-author of the chapter ested in new techniques in library service on reference and bibliographic services in and students who have had basic courses in the Haudbook of Medical Libt.asy Practice. cataloging and ~Iassification.The course will include lectures on classification, subject Letters to the Editor headings, coordinate indexing, telegraphic abstracting and the logic used in manual and It is good to note in the February number of Special Libraries a thoughtful article by Gordon mechanized information service. E. Randall on the subject of steel shelving for WESTERNRESERVE UNIVERSITY'S School of libraries. Perhaps it will be further profitable to Library Science will offer a course in Law bring to the attention of the profession a few additional ideas on the topic and to suggest some Library Administration, June 18-August 4. revisions in statements of facts or emphasis. It will survey and evaluate library resources On the point of bracket versus slotted (case) in the field of law, with emphasis upon bib- type stack, Mr. Randall implies (p. 98 top left) liographic sources, methods of legal research, that if the librarian spaces his shelves (for cur- acquisition program, cataloging and classi- rent periodicals) on six-inch intervals (vertically), he is limited to the use of "shelves which fit into fication and use of related materials. Further slots." A similar suggestion is made on page 100 inquiries should be sent to the School. top left. There is no good reason why bracket-type stack Members in the News cannot have shelves spaced vertically as close as MARGARETR. ANDERSONhas accepted a po- four inches on centers. It is merely a matter of sition as Supervisor, Technical Information reducing the height of the bracket. Since shelves spaced at such short intervals each will be required Center, Nortronics Division, Northrop Cor- to carry less weight than those spaced at 11 or so poration, Palos Verdes Estates, California. inches, the reduction in the strength of the shorter Miss Anderson, the current Sci-Tech Di- (lower) bracket will cause no problem at all. vision Chairman, was formerly Librarian, Better still: with bracket-type shelving, it is possible to have inverted brackets (supporting The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, either flat or sloping shelves) so that periodicals California. She has been succeeded there by or other flat materials may be shelved continu- HELENJ. WALDRON. ously, even overlapping the small gaps between sections. This plan saves considerable space as ROBERTE. BURTON has been appointed compared with slotted-type (case) shelving. Chief, University of Michigan Science and The error on page 100 should be noted and Engineering Libraries. He was formerly Li- corrected: the cut titled "A sample free-standing brarian, Union Carbide Metals Company, double-faced, slotted-type shelving" is really a pic- Niagara Falls, New York. ture of a section of bracket-type stack with end panels and no canopy top. (EDITOR'SNOTE: Mr. DR. ARCH C. GERLACH,Chief, Map Di- Broadus is quite correct on this point. The editor, SPECIAL LIBRARIES not the author, was responsible for this erroneous library building in which the metal shelves bow caption. ) three or four inches when used for runs of pe- Incidentally, an interesting note about trends in riodicals. The color is a far cry from that re- shelving style is found in Snead and Company's quested. 1915 publication: I'm afraid that both these specimens are prod- "For some time the bracket type of stack with ucts of manufacturers which Mr. Randall might narrow post uprights and projecting shelves was term "regular." Furthermore, there is a particu- popular because of its novelty and cheapness. larly great difference in the quality of periodical Continued use, however, emphasized its inconven- storage units and other such out-of-the-ordinary ience, ugliness, instability and lack of true econ- items as manufactured by the various firms. omy, so that it is now rarely considered in com- The Steel Shelving Subcommittee will, I am petition with Library of Congress standard type sure, render a valuable service to SLA members. I [cast iron uprights with open bar shelves]." (Li- hope these remarks will help stimulate further brary Planni12g Bookstacks and Shelving. Jersey thought on a problem that is not as simple as it City, N. J.: Snead and Company Iron Works, seems. Inc., c. 1915, p. 16) ROBERTN. BROADUS Yet now, over three-fourths of the steel library Associate Professor of Library Science stack sold in this country is bracket-type, and: Northern Illinois University, De Kalb "Bracket shelving appears to be the winner on points-far ahead in sales, usually less expensive, fully as stable and attractive, and much more As Chairman of the Committee on International flexible than case-type." (PIEZ, G. T. Bracket vs. Relations, I wish to call attention of SLA members Case-Type Shelving, ALA Bulletin, Nov. 1961, p. to the work of the Books for Asian Students and 894-6) to its program with which the members may wish But to continue with our work: Mr. Randall to cooperate. remarks (p. 101 lower right) that Globe-Wer- In the past seven years The Asia Foundation's nicke offers a book support working on a shelf special project, Books for Asian Students. has with "an interior, longitudinal slot." It is per- sent over two and three-quarter million books haps only fair to add that this basic type of book and journals to more than 5,000 universities, col- support was developed by the Library Bureau of leges, schools. libraries and organizations (civic, Remington Rand and that the most credit probably professional, cultural and other) in Asia. These should go to one of their library specialists, publications were donated by 2,000 university and W. Irving Phillips of Chicago, who took the college groups, publishers, schools, libraries, or- lead in working out the design with factory engi- ganizations (civic, professional, cultural and neers. Its first major installation was an 11-tier other) and individuals in the United States. The stack addition at the University of Illinois, Ur- great need continues, as evidenced by increasing bana, about four years ago. (The old open bar requests. shelf had, of course, a book support working on Contributions of books and journals will be a similar principle.) greatly appreciated. Books in every category on In my judgment, Mr. Randall is not entirely on the university and college level, in good condition, safe ground when minimizing the importance of published in 1948 or after, and works by standard carefully-drawn specifications for bookstack: "But authors regardless of date, are needed. Many if one plans to store regular library books and requests are received for library science books. journals on the shelves and to use them in a Five-year or longer runs of scholarly, scientific normal fashion, the product of any of the regular and technical journals are also welcome. Dona- manufacturers of library shelving will be ade- tions may be sent to Books for Asian Students, 21 quate" (p. 100 right center). The validity of this Drumm Street, San Francisco 11, California, by conclusion depends, in part, on the interpretations motor freight collect (not Railway Express or placed on "regular library books," "normal fash- moving van) or by educational materials postal ion" and "regular manufacturers." That there are rate in packages under 70 pounds in weight, for several firms manufacturing stack which appears which reimbursement will be sent on receiving much alike is true enough, but close inspection donor's postal receipt. All contributions are tax often will reveal differences which matter. Let exempt. me note a couple of examples: The Asia Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpolitical 1. In my office now is a section of slotted-type organization, founded by private citizens, supports shelving (not specified by me, you may be sure) individuals and groups in Asia who are working with unsightly "thick uprights having ugly wide for "the maintenance of peace and independence, slots in which shelves fit loosely. Books lodge and for greater personal liberty and social prog- behind the bends or bulges in these uprights. ress." The Foundation maintains 18 offices in Exposed shanks of bolts seem to lie in wait for Asia. any book cover they may damage. (In a word, it PAULKRCSE, Chairman is crude.) SLA International Relations Committee 2. I know of one otherwise excellent college Golden Gate College, San Francisco APRIL 1962 Book Review The form of entry is quite similar to that used in ASTIA's Technical Abstract Bulletiu and in AIR FORCESCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY, each instance is so complete as to satisfy the most 1950-1956, vol. 1 (AFOSR 700). G. Vevnon fastidious bibliographer. The usual order, wher- Hooker et al., comps. Washington, D. C.: Bibli- ever applicable, is corporate author, title, personal ography Section, Science and Technology Division, author, date, pagination, originator's report num- Library of Congress, 1961. xx, 1150 p. $6.75. ber, joint sponsors, AFOSR control number, con- Available from Government Printing Office. (L.C. tract number, U, ATI, AD or PB number (which 61-60038) at the same time indicate availability source) and With the release of this bibliography of abstracts security classification. If the item was a paper pre- of publications, emanating from research supported sented at a conference, this is indicated by citing by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research sponsor, place and date of meeting. The entry is (since 1955) and its precursors, the Office of Air followed, when applicable, by a "published in" Research and a staff office of the Air Research and or "also published in" note. Each entry is iden- Development Command, AFOSR discharges one tified by a code which may be used for possible of its responsibilities-to make the results of this machine searching. The contractor is designated by program available to the scientific community. a three-letter code. The two digits following indi- Volume 2, covering the years 1957 and 1958, is cate the contract and the next three the specific under preparation and is scheduled to appear in report under this contract. CAL.02 :0l8, e.g., refers 1962. Volumes for research up to 1960 will be to the 18th report of the second contract listed for published in similar fashion, but from then on the University of California. No abstracts are pro- bibliographies will be issued by the Armed Serv- vided for the relatively few confidential and secret ices Technical Information Agency. Dr. Harold reports. Wooster, Chief of the Information Sciences Divi- The arrangement is first by contractor, then by sion, supervised this project, which is part of a division, department or laboratory, then by con- continuing AFOSR research program concerned tract and finally by report arranged chronologically with improving ways of handling scientific infor- and/or alphabetically. Excellent indexes are pro- mation. vided: a contract index, an OSR control number in- The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is dex correlating an AFOSR-TN or TR number with one of four major field organizations of the Air an entry, a personal author index, an alphabetic sub- Force Office of Aerospace Research. Its primary ject index and, because of their predominance, a function is the support of basic research by con- specially produced classified index of mathematical tract or grant within or outside the boundaries of terms which bears a distinct resemblance to the the United States. The fields so supported are "subject classification" of Mathematical Rez/eu,.r. mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering and A code guide is inserted in three places, preceding the life sciences (excluding medical research). the text portion and sandwiching the indexes. This AFOSR support for the 1950-1956 period covered is a well-produced work with a double-column by this bibliography totaled $60,000,000. In com- page similar in appearance to the Trchnicul Ab- parison, during 1961 (up to November) AFOSR stract Bulletirz as it looked prior to February 1961. had awarded 139 basic research grants and con- The bibliography is particularly helpful for its tracts worth about $8,000,000. The 1961 budget abstracts of report material. A study by D. E. for basic research supported by the Air Force Gray and S. Rosenborg (Phytics Today, vol. 10, alone amounted to $42,000,000 out of a Federal no. 6, 1957, p. 18-21) concluded that 60-65 per budget of $883,000,000 for this purpose. cent of unclassified technical reports contain pub- The magnitude of this undertaking measured in lishable information, that for about half of this bibliographic terms is indicated by the fact that group all such information is published within the bibliography consists of over 4,000 basic re- two to three years and that for about a fifth of search summaries whose original sources include technical notes, technical reports, journal articles, these reports no information is published, at proceedings of symposia, books and other mono- least for several years. Further, the study con- graphs. The final compilation was achieved by cluded that a report may contain no publishable searching indexes and report collections of the information and still be very valuable. Librarians AFOSR Technical Library, of ASTIA, of contract can only endorse the prefatory remarks to the files in AFOSR Directorates and Divisions bibliography made by Dr. Knox Millsaps, Execu- and, finally, by cover-to-cover searches of 46 major tive Director of AFOSR, that "Despite the services journals and of proceedings of five conferences. of the Armed Services Technical Information There is a list of these journals indicating the Agency (ASTIA) and the Department of Com- time period searched whose lower and upper lim- merce Office of Technical Services (OTS), dis- its are 1950 and 1958 respectively. covery of such reports, particularly for the period 226 SPECIAL LIBRARIES spanned by this book, has not been easy." (p. iii) nadian depositories. A major portion of the book It is hardly necessary to stress the value of a consists of a union listing of bodies of manu- bibliography which permits retrospective searches. scripts in photocopy, including the location of The need for these reference works has always the original material. This 241-page work sells been recognized by librarians, even when at times for $5 and is available from the publisher in efforts to produce such aids fail to get the neces- Ithaca, New York. sary support and encouragement. In introducing a recent Senate report on the coordination of in- Cataloguing Report Issued formation on current scientific research and development supported by the United States Gov- A Preliminary Official Report of the IFLA Inter- ernment, Senator Humphrey said, "This report national Conference on Cataloguing Principles, concerns one phase of an activity upon which may has been issued by A. H. Chaplin, Executive Sec- hinge the survival of the free world. . . . The retary of the Conference, care of The National management of information may crucially affect Central Library, Malet Place, London, W.C. 1. how fast and how well successive aims are This mimeographed, 17-page report summarizes reached." The reasons which support this conclu- the meeting, held in Paris October 9-18, 1961. sion are equally applicable to coordination of information on past research, and in discussing the International Social Science Bibliographies dimension of time, Senator Humphrey stated in the sequel to the above report, "No longer can The Aldine Publishing Company of Chicago will take over publication of the we be content to have scientists and engineers International Bibliog- in the United States. 'suddenly discover' nonclassified, federally spon- ruphies of the Social Sciences The series consists of four volumes, published an- sored work-a year, 2 years, 3 years after the nually, which cite all materials in print in the work is completed, published, indexed and ab- fields of economics, sociology, political science stracted. Early visibility is crucial." The rapid pub- and anthropology. Two volumes, covering 1960 lication of the remaining volumes in this AFOSR materials in anthropology and sociology, are now series will be welcome contributions in this respect. available and the next two, which will be con- The fact that their common unity is solely cerned with economics and political science, in AFOSR support points up the need for like bib- May. The Bibliographies are treated as serial pub- liographies. An important step would be accom- lications and cost $35 a year for the set or $10 for plished if ASTIA could provide similar printed one volume. Orders should be sent to Aldine Pub- indexes for its report collection. lishing Company, 64 East Van Burm Street, Chi- GERALDJ. OPPENHEIMER,Library Supervisor cago 5, Ill. Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories, Seattle, Washington Israel Press Represented in United States

OAS Records on Microcards Western Periodicals Company of California is the new United States agent and distributor for the Microcard Editions, Inc. will prepare and distrib- Weizmann Science Press of Israel. Books and ute Microcard copies of the official records of monographs from the Research Council of Israel, the Organization of American States. The annual Ministry of Education and Culture, Hebrew Uni- editions, which will be reproduced on 3 by >-inch versity of Jerusalem, the Israel Institute of Tech- cards containing 90-100 pages of the official rec- nology, Weizmann Institute of Science and Bialik ords, will include treaties and agreements; docu- Institute are among the publications. Weizmann ments, reports and final acts of conferences and Science Press also publishes a Bulletjn from the meetings; minutes and decisions of the Council Research Council, which includes sections on of the Organization ; administrative reports and chemistry, zoology, technology, botany, experimen- directives of the General Secretariat. A yearly tal medicines, mathematics and physics and geo- index prepared by the Columbus Memorial Library science. The annual price of the Bulletin is $10 a will provide a complete listing of the records section. Further information is available from the produced during the year. For further information distributor, 5714 Tujunga Avenue, North Holly- write the publisher at 901 26th Street, N.W., wood. Washington 7, D. C. English-Language Books from Holland Cornell Publication Under CLR Grant The Dutch Book Center, recently established in Cornell University Press has published Guide ti, New York, will bring to the United States non- Photocopied Historical Materials in the United fiction English-language books published in The States and Canada edited by Richard W. Hale, Jr., Netherlands. The Center will serve as the exclu- under a grant from the Council on Library Re- sive American representative of 16 leading Dutch sources. It provides basic bibliographical infor- publishers and will offer books at Dutch list mation on microfilmed and other photocopied prices and guaranteed delivery within four weeks. manuscripts available in 297 American and Ca- For further information write the Netherlands APRIL 1962 Consulate General, Commercial Division. 10 RECENT REFERENCES Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, New York. Librarianship Western New York's Russian Holdings ENNIS,Philip H., and WINGER,Howard H., eds. The Western New York Chapter of Special Seven Questions About the Profe.rsion of Li- Libraries Association has published a second edi- brarianship: The Twenty-sixth Annual Conference tion of its holdings list, Russian Journals in Etig- of the Graduate Library School June 21-23, 1961. lirh Tmnslation, compiled by Mrs. Jasmine H. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1962. 104 Mulcahey. Gratis copies may be obtained from p. $3.75. Mrs. Mulcahey at the Lucidol Division, Wallace & Papers and discussions were originally pub- Tiernan Inc., 1740 Military Road, Buffalo 5. lished in Librury Quarterly, October 1961. ERICKSON,E. Walfred. College and University Li- New Serials brary Surveys 19.38-1952 (ACRL Monograph No. 25). Chicago: American Library Association, CONTEMPORARYAUTHORS, a quarterly, is pub- 1961, viii, 115 p. tables. $3.25. (L.C. 61-13095) lished by the Gale Research Company of Detroit. Designed to give librarian or administrator a It provides a continuing and up-to-date source of positive basis to compare costs of a survey in biographical data on current authors and includes relation to possible results. Data provided by 12 personal and family data, educational and profes- surveyed libraries; 17 tables detail expenditures sional background, pseudonyms, titles of current in various years and summarize experience of and previously written works and other literary survey teams, recommendations made and results. activities. Entries are arranged alphabetically by Coverage given to many phases of library service author's name, with a cumulative index provided and management. Bibliography. in the second, third and fourth issues. The cost is $25 annually. LAMONTAGNE,Leo E. American Library Classifi- cation; With Special Reference to the Library of SLA Authors Congress. Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press, 1961. x, 433 p. $9.50. (L.C. 61-15682) BONN, George S. Technical Books of 1961. Li- A history and description of classifications brary Journal, vol. 87, no. 5, March 1, 1962, p. schemes evolved since the 17th century. 897-903. PRITCHARD,E. P. Uniz,ersity Extra-Mural Libraries DOWNS, Robert B. Report on Farmington Plan (Library Association Pamphlet No. 2 1 ) . London: Program. College and Research Libraries, vol. 23, The Library Association, 1961. 32 p. pap. 784. no. 2, March 1962, p. 143-5. Aims, organization, methods and results in EVANS,Gloria. Make Technical Information Files England. Appendix. Work for You. Plant Engineeving, February 1962, p. 125-8. SHAFFER,Kenneth R. The Book Collection: Policy GRECH, Anthony P. The Development and Use Case Studies in Public and Academic Libraries of Microreproductions in the Libraries of the (Case Studies in Library Administration, Series Legal Profession. National Micro Newf, no. 55, 111). Hamden, Conn.: Shoe String Press, 1961. xxi, December 1961, p. 158-74. 147 p. $4.75. (L.C. 61-15046) LEIGH, Carma R. NLW 1963 and the State Li- Twenty-five case histories dealing with book brary Survey. Wilson Libvary Bulletin, vol. 36, selection, book acquisition and service problems no. 7, March 1962, p. 548-9. which occur at the administrative level. Appendix. MCLEAN,Mary P. Business Books of 1961. Li- VANN,Sarah K. Training for Librarianship before braq Journal, vol. 87, no. 5, March 1, 1962, p. 1923: Education for Librarianship Prior to the 909-13. Publication of Williamson's Report on Training MINDER,Thomas L. The EJC Engineering Infor- for Library Service. Chicago: American Library mation Symposium: A Review. Journal of Engi- Association, 1961, viii, 242 p. $7. (L.C. 60- vol. 52, no. 7, March 1962, p. neering Educdion, 11837) 434-8. History of period from 1887, the opening of the REID,de Lafayette. Library Services Act in Illinois. Columbia College School of Library Economy, to Illinois Libraries, vol. 44, no. 3, March 1962, p. 1923, publication date of Williamson's report to 173-6. the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Bibliog- SHARP,Harold S. Controlling Engineering Library raphy, notes, index. Costs. AMA Management Report No. 69, p. 79-83. SHERA,Jesse H. The Dignity and Advancement VISWANATHAN,C. G. introduction to Public Li- of Bacon. College and Research Libraries, vol. 23, brary Organization; with Special Reference to no. 1. January 1962, p. 18-23. India, 2nd ed. New York: Asia Publishing House, OnKeeping up with Keeping up: Recent 1961. 201 p. illus., photos. $4. (Distributed by Trends in Document Storage and Retrieval. Taplinger Publishing Co.) UhTESCO Bulletin For Libraries, vol. XVI, no. 2, New chapters on "The Library Building, its March-April 1962, p. 64-72. Planning and Architecture," "Library Furniture, SPECIAL LIBRARIES Shelv~ngand Equipment" and "Library Services LIBRARYLITERATURF 1958-60: An Author and for Children." Other chapters are expanded. Three Subject Index to Selected Material on Library Sci- appendices. Index. ence and Librarianship. Helen Thornton Geei, ed.; Stella V. Keenan, indexer. New York: H. W. Bibliographic Tools Wilson, 1961. xv, 687 p. Priced on service basis. (L. C. 36-27468) ANDREWS,Mary M. Management (Excludiug Per- Li~iof National Archiz,es Microfilm Publlc~tions ronrzel) (PACAF Basic Bibliographies). San 1961 (National Archives Publication No. 61-12). Francisco: Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Air Forces, Washington, D. C.: General Services Administra- ATTN: PFPPS-P, Command Librarian, APO 953. tion, National Archives and Records Services, 1961. iv, 49 p. Gratis. 1961. vi, 231 p. pap. photos. (L.C. A61-9222) Supersedes PACAF bibliography, Managemelit. Supersedes List of National Archisrs Micro- August 8, 1960, with new section on automatic film Publications published in 1953. 260 micro- data processing systems. Author-title index. film publications listed. Blanks for use in order- Ax, Paul. Exploration of Space (PACAF Basic ing microfilm are printed in the back of the Bibliographies). San Francisco: Commander-in- book. Appendix. Index. Chief, Pacific Air Forces, ATTN: PFPPS-P, Com- LLt of Russiaiz Scientific Journals Az'riluhlr in mand Librarian, APO 953, 1961. v, 48 p. Gratis. Efzglish (NSF 61-66). Washington, D. C.: Office Supersedes February 1, 1960 bibliography. Cate- of Science Information Service, National Science gories treated include rocket-missile history and Foundation, 1961. ii, 39 p. pap. Gratis. research, space flight, satellites, space medicine, Russian title, initial translation issue, frequency, the moon and interplanetary travel, government agency. sponsor and subscription price given. documents and periodicals. Author-title index. TILTON, Eva Maude, comp. A L'nion Li~tof B~hliograph? of Interlingual Scieritific and Tech- Pub1jcation.r in Opaque Micuofowns, 1961 supple- nicul Dictiunarier. 4th ed. Paris: UNESCO,1961. ment. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1961. viii, xxxvi, 236 p. pap. $3.50. 235 p. $5. (L.C. 59-6549) In Engli>h. French and Spanish. Language. Expanded to list European publishers. Index. author and subject indices. -- CLARKE,I. I:., comp. The Tale of the Future from the Begiiini?zg to the Prr.ren~Day: A Check-list of CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING those satires, ideal states, imaginary wars and Positions open and wanted-SO centr per line; invasions. political warnings and forecasts, inter- minimum charge $1.50. 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