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Vol. I1 M 4Y, 1920 No. 5

The Special Library and the Corporation School Little h~sbeen written In the past upon tl~e Nntio~lnl As~ori~ltionof Corpor,~ti.lll the value of the special libriiry iri aiding cor- Scl~ools011 the "Librnry AIethod " Speci,tl poraliou schools. To be sure specinl lil)r:lries 1lbi'nri:ins should 611c1tbis relwrt reprinted iu nre in u certain sense of the word nil educn- l'cll of considerable interest. tior1:tl rortw, let few slbec4:~l lilmtries 11:lw :~~ll~lll~~t~~l:lllytllin~ Ill ill1 ol-g:Llllzed JVtl!.' THE LIBRARY METHOD to either nid the many corporntiou schools (Sntfonal Association of ~orporationSchoolS, iinw esis:ing, or to present uny rending 1!)18, 196-8.) course dlreclilg bearing ul)oii the work of the There nre only three sources of informa- organiz:ition iu which they exist. 1:oll: Teachers, exl~erienceand boolts. It is Public librnries through so-cnllecl estelislon aol nccessnry to cliscuss which of these is the \vorli have attelnpteil to aid the worlier by n.o&t il~il)ortrult,but since a very large part providing specinl rooms with special attend- of' 1111 north-wllile lino\rledge is gut into nnls iu charge. Through this agency much llrintrcl form, the iliq~ortnnceof 11 library in has lwei1 clone to aid the nagweurner, but tiny educntionnl plant is npparent. It is through the very genernllicss of their charge ilecessnry Lo determine whether the corporn- public libraries cn~iuot gel nt sgccific cm- t ion 1111s n coupnuy library or whether it ployees nnd meet the specific prublerlls of tlcl~endson outside institutions for its boolis. ench plnl~l. The specin1 librnry is the only Tlie reports collectccl, however, sliow that ngellcy Lhnt is lo~icnllysitnnt~d lo fill1 111 few corporation ~~1iot11share nnything 11lce liuc with corl)orntion school metllo~ls. titiequtite librclry fncilities. This condition Corpor~itlon schools nre 1111 cst~~blished niny be due lo the fact thnt our schools de thing in runny of our lnrgest concerns, as is ~)cndvery lnrgelp upon esperlence ns the wilnussccl by the estcl~tof their work sliow~ vleans of educ:ition, but to depaid upon ex- iu the 1):lges of the Anilunl Kcports of the pwicnce nncl te:icliers a lone is n nnrro\v view. KaLlonnl Assocint~onof Co~'po~~iLionSC'L~OOIS. :III~ it is reconlri~e~itleilthat librnry facilities The signilicnnca of tlils for~uof eclucntion 1)e supgliecl wherever possible. is of very great importnnce at tliis the in A definilc idea as to horn the Iibrnry is our i~iilrist~inlfabric. Its rrsnltu are Lwo- I~uiltup. whelher by gifts, loms or purchase, fold. Vir.;t is the direct edncnlionnl gnin of v,ould clctcrlnirle in n wny the stnbilib of the "jtd) in hnnd," nnd sec011d is ilie genernl this method of instruction; whnt portion is educ,itiol~nlfeature which leads men to the strictly technicnl and mhrit general, would larger IIIIIIS~S of their worlc and lndfrectly to ilirlicnte the relntion of the number of boolcs the larger phW3 of life. which atre used for purely compnny service IYiili onr crer-lncrensing large scale pro- ;11111 tli~sewlli~.I~ are cultural in extent. The duclim rind consequent spccinlized opelabions hours cluring which books in the coupany emplo.\ ces' 11ii11dsbccon~e nlluost as nutomatic library nre svnilable should be as long ns c~ncllimited ns the operntions they perforlu. ~1osu1l)le.Business hours ~urlyliot be ns ad- As Mr. IYadlin has s:~id, "No nlnn wlinse ~~intngcons:I% \vo111il ap11etu on the surface, time is princil):llly occupied in work can. bo- ;IS unless illc enlpol.vee htls free time to n~nke collie interested in the boolis whlch the ~scof the lilrnry no direct benefit Is re- library furnishes without ha~illg his lile ceived. bro~~~ltwtl.Onc of the industrial erils of The bnslc princigles which cuter into the the kiy 15 the tcutlc~ic*ylo reduce eurners to T.lbrnry JIcthod are : :I ('0illU011 level, to n ulcrely routine perform- 1. Boolts ro~~slituteone of the chief Illice of f1ut.v. Tile iiiliueuce of the 1ibr:lry sources of knowledge. cou11ter;lcts this terldciwy. 2. Tcsi-books n1u1 lesson sheets should al- There is :I co~~sitle~ablefield here for 111- nays I)@ snl)ple~nentedby required reading crcnsetl activity ancl au opporluuity to help ullon assigned Lol~ics. lr~borhelp itself. 3. Pnrt of the rcc1t:ltion period should be That llltle or nothing has ~J~CUclone nloug given to reports on this sulq~lcn~entai~yrend- tliis line Lq sl~own by the report made by ill& 2a SPECIAL LoIBRARIES May

4. Assignment of supplementary reading aurely juet as important that the students srhould be by emot topica and exact page be well read as it Is for them to be trade citations. lenrned. Good cultural rending will open 5. Speclal reading assignments of impor- the student's mind to a larger fleld, resulting tant topics should be made to capable stu- advantageously for himself as well as for the dents, according to their nbflity and indi- company. To gain this end, it would be a vidual interests. good thing to have the educational depart- 6. In such investigations, studenta should meat of the corporation arrange to secure be trained to pursue standard bibliographicnl general literr~ture for tlie employees' use. methods. Furthexrnore, there will certainly be some A compnny llbrnry which keeps ml index ambitious students who may wish to pur- record of magazine articles and clippings will ckse their own text-books in order mat certainly make available specific dntn which they may be resdily available for reference. would otherwise be out of the q~lestioll. Thsis sliould be encouraged, but not to such Careful indexing of important infol'mntion t~nestent as to flnnncially embnrrnss them. eliminates the ~mssibility of students' omis- Should the educational 11-orlr be conducte(1 sion of ~nnentire magazine. In the student's on 11 suficicntly large scnle, it would be best zeal for the rnlue of renl first-hand experi- lo have a trained librarian who could devote ence, he overloolts the fnct that 11rolitillg 1)~his entire time to the WOI*~. In smaller or- the eslwrience of others is equnlly ilnportnnt, gmiizntions probably some one of the oiflcinls mid books nnd periodicals are the storehouse or a member of the offlce force could devote of other men's espellence ; l~enceany tencher pnrt of his lime to the library. Ful~dsshould is neglectiug his duty who cloes not kecl) iri be nvnilnble for the maintennnce Of the 11- touch \\-ith the 1iter:iture of his subject nntl Imrg nnd for tlw propngntion of its ex- C:llls to tencli 111s st~~tlentshow to find and lencled we in connertion 1~1ththe Libmrg utillze this literatilre. Methocl of instruction. 1Iowewr good ally test-book or mngazine FILM~JI~RARIIX~. luny be, there nre alwi~gs opportunities to The picture fllni has come lo hlilg, for it vitalize the lessoim with sul)plement:~rymnte- is meeti~~ga real nceil. It sul~lilicqwhat 13 rial, nlmn which specin1 reDorts are nlnde on the hole, good tuniuscmenl :~t:I renson- IQ-those stndents \vh~~seinteresls lead them :11)le pricc. It has high e(lncniionil1 vnlue. in this direction. There is no doubt but that It can convey Icssons \vith clireclness, pre- assigned r~dingsnot only for cnch clnss sub- cision :lud emotionnl al~pcal. It ci11 record ject, but also for each lielcl of morl:, will vhat is not for a d:ty but for all time. The be of avnilnble nssist:lnce in comcrging the governlilellts of today are using it to register ideas of the student-en11,loyee's mind to tlie war scenes. Horn vrtlunhle these will be Ill particular work at hand. It will tend to tllc future! IIow niuch one \vould now give focus )his thougl~tsnnd prevent the possibil- for n 131111 of the historic rcview under the ity of waning interest In a conglomeriition of IVashi~~gtonElm on C~unb~idgeCommon! hcts. It is well known thnt n student will How greatly will the British Phipire treusuru learn llluch more when a lesson is assigned that film of Americn's soldiers, milrching to hlm than when he is permitted to rend across \Trestmiuster Bridge last year-em 011 his own responsibility. It should be borne 1)lem and sen1 of a grent reco~icilintiorl! in mind that next in imlmrtance to lino\viiig But thc film needs to be mocle public prop- thing is the ability to And out and &re to erty. It has been commercinlized, itnd Proljer training in the use of technical b001ia though regulated, has not berome the prop :Is :I source of ~nformation. This is not the erty of the 1)eople. Tet it is esseutinlly ":I least important part of A tenchsr's taslr. collective commoclity." It can only be mnde Points to be kept in miud in administering nrnilnble to ii group. An individual inuy bny this phase of the \vork are : a book and go nxay in solitude to read it, 1. A clearly defined topic or problem uwn but a film must be enjoyed in conmon. Even which information is desired. the millionaire of or Baclr Bny 2. Independent search on the part of the who builds n picture thentre in his mnnsio~~ student for printed discussion of the assignecl for a bobby has to invite his friends to nlalre topic. the disylny enjoyable. 3. The necessary sorting of relevant ma- Hence, just as we hare public librnries of terial from the irrelevant. books, we need public libraries of films. 4. Indewndent organization of this rele- The best fllms. The best films, or selectlons, vant ,msaterial in the form of extra& or dealing with subjects of social welfiire could briefs. be collected and made nvnilable for schools, We are now more or less acquainted with churches and other agencies. By this means the class of students usually met in corpora- there would be prepared a great instrument tion 8chools. Class, however, is not the for the Americanization of the foreign-born, termining factor in the matter of guicliag the inculcation of democratic sentiments and the Wneral reading of the employee, ~t is the furtherance of a flner civic life. May SPECIAL LlRRARIRB

Summary of the Eleventh Annual Convention

The flrst Convention in the new decade Secretary-Treasurer Iry every method he or has come and gone. That it was a auccess- she can. ful convention no one wlll deny. From the D'ollowing the Secretary-Treasurer's report opening of the Reception to the close of cnnle the report of the Chairmnn of the Cen- Saturday morning's sessions everyone was sus Committee, by Mr. \lrUliarn IT'. Jncobs. enthusiastic, hluch credit is due to Mr. Jacobs for the Despite strikes, mqmbers of the Asswia- Inunching of n "drive" that has nlready tion began to arrive on Monday, so that by brought much interesting Infol*mation and the evening of the reception we had one that has given this Associntion consideruble hundred and eleven members present. publicity. Our genial "Judge RedBtone" and his hos- For the lbeneflt of those not present we re- pitable Reception Coumittee korkccl with st.ate Mr. Jacob's urgent request thnt 1Wn- a vim, and in short order good fellowship rians themselves coopmnte ,with hitn in fllling reigned supreme. out the information desireil for their Ovll Promptly at eight-thirty nlIl 'marched into libraries and for any others that nre thought the Banquet Hall where a never-to-be-for- to be unknowii to this .kssocinhion. gotten banquet was served. Surely no one The bnsis of a well deflned publicity cam- can say thnt special lilbrarinns nre not n live paign was given by the Ul~nirmnn of Lhe body if actions at the bunquet mean any Pululicity Committee. Alllong the inctors men- indication of the vitality of this body of tioned for gootl gublicity sns' the indexing workers. One hnd to but lwntch the Grnnd of good spenlcers and the desiminp of a hhrch and the dancers dancing to one of ~uodelportable special libmivy,illustrative of "Doc Johnston's" waltzes to see that Hbm- the nccepted methods of trenbment for library dnnship had been left in the various librnries material. This esl~ibitshould also be m- nnd the good folks mere in for n good time. compnnied by a com1)etent lecturer and a& The flrst session on Thursdny morning visor. opened in the attractive Winter 'Gnrden. Perhaps of most interest to all members Over one hundred members were present of the Associntion is the report of the elec- when the President took the chnir. For n lions. The results are to be found in the fol- moment the President was embarrnssed, .as lowing oficers: President, Mr. Dorsey she mdd flnd no gavel to convene the meet- EIyde ; 1st Vice-President, Miss IIemphlI1 ; ing with. The ernbnrrassment was momen- 2nd Vice-President, Ralph L. Power; Swre- tnry only, for before the President could cnlll tnry-Trensurer, Bliss Estelle Liobmann; for a gnvel 9Mr. Marion stepped fouwnrd and Assistant Secretnl-y-Treauui*el*, miss Wells. with a very appropriate messnge .presented The Executive Board ncw members are Ed- the President with n gavel, the gift of the wnril 1-1. Redstone, to serve for tmo ycnrs; past presidents. Wbnt more fltting gift could Miss M. A. Dambin, for one yenr, and Mis~ have been given at this tlme; our flrst meet- N,orris, appointend to tnke the phce of Mr. ing in the new decade, aud our drat meeting McClelbund, resigned. held ns a separate body? Scarcely less importnut than the elcctlon With the bsuocintion's own gavel the meet- of officers for our own Associntion rmns the ing was cnlled to order and the business of election of tlic Specin1 Libraries hssocin- the morning proceeded. tion's representntlves on the American The President's rnmessnge is printed in full Irar Association's Enlarged Program in this issue. !Chis ,message is one th,at all Committee of Seven. 1'11e Special Ltbrnries' librnrinns, not only special 'librarians, should choice was Willitm I?. J,acobs, Miss Dlizn- read. Its messnge should go outside the pro- beth V. Dobbins, J. $1. Friedel, and the fession us it points the way to new o.ppor- scvenlh member, hlr. lhrsey IIyde. tunities for wide nwnke and fnr-seeing young The reports of the other corumiltees will men ancl women in a nm field .as yet, with be printed in the June issue of Special i(s great potentinlities scnrcely developed. Libraries. The Secretary's report was of great inter- The various exhibits held were reported est to ns f~ll. The amount of ,work handled to hnve been very profitable rind 5nLeresLing. through this office is clearly Inclicntive of The hlininture Inclustrlnl I;ibimi.y, organized whnt a responsible position it is. Thip Asso- nnd displnyed by the generosity of the Gen- ciation hns been fortunnte, indeed, in having eral Electric aompany, mas unique. The the secretaries it has had, for it must be method of extrnctinl: the subject matter out remembered that ,all the work done for this of books was cleverly carried out by enlnrg- Association is entirely voluntary ,and must ing R portion of "hlnchinery BJncyclopedin" be done, for the most part, outside of busf- and printing same on nn enlarged dummy ness hours. Everyone should support the book. From the pamgrnph heads red rib- Mny bons mere run to the cntalog card thnt Science Room of Prntt Institute Frce Li- showed the stnndnrd method for briilging out brnry, and the Los .hgdes Techliology ne- minute inforruntion in books. lku selected partment collections shown by the lantern books were plnced ul~onL11e sbtllvev in this slides contril~uted by tllcse libraries. The i\liniature Ili(lustri,nl Li,brury and fully cata- mugnitudc of thc orgnnizntions served by loged. Tratle catalogs nnd gumplilets were these librnrie;; was show11 by nclclitional exhibited, showing the proper way in which slides of the various plniits owned nnd oper- to handle these two c~~ss&%of materinl. nted by the nlbove companies. This ,machine Pictures of representutive industrial lbbrnries contributed mucli to the meeting. were shown in this booth. Through the generosity of the various lbrough the cooperation of Miss Draper, members of t.lie Associntion, lantern slides of the Bureau of :Chemistry, n group of gov- were made up for advertising this Association. ernment publicntions of interest to busine+s Unrler the direction of Mr. Marion, pcrhnent was cxhib~ted. piiritgraphs were reproduced on slides and In the Engineering Librnry booth the three clis~laped at the Convention. These slides libraries of the E. I. MI'ont de Nemours are on iile at tlie Mnnaging Editor's offlce exhibited mi~iiaturecollections showing llow nnd )c borrowed by uny member of the this class of materid is handled. These three Association for l~ublicitypurposes. euhil)its were further augmented by the in- The last session iii the now decnde was teresting exhihit of the Western Electric fittiugly licld in the .lssenil~ly Room of the Company's Engineering Library. Merclinnt's Associntio~lof Sew York, on the The Model Fina~icialLibmry was contri- 9th floor of tht world-reiiowned Woolworth buted to by the National City Bunk, Ka- Bu~ldin:: for in thc Assembly Room of the tional Bnnk of Coninlerce in N. Y., the Clicmi- Mercht~ntsAssociation of N. Y., back in No- cal h'ntionnl Bnnk, The Gunranty Trust Co., vember 5th, l!H)!), the first "cnl,ledWmeeting the BIercnntile Bunk of the Amerlcn, the of this Associntion was held. 3lnny went Ihnlcers Trust CO., and the J. 1'. Xorgnn Co. nwng feeling that our growth 2nd worth The n~uterinl on file nt this es11il)it nns fins 11eeii ns n~oiiu~i~entulin proportion as visiterl frequently, nnd ~umylm~ple bcne- has been tlie clinnge in tlie Merc~liantsAsso- fl led materially. cintiion quarlcrs. The Stn~idnrd Stitt1,stics esliibited tlieir I'TIESIDEST'S .iDDRESS services fonnd useful to the businqss 1n1111. This qtlenditl reqlonsc to the conve~lltion Much interest was nlso sliuwn in the ex- c:ill of tllc Sl~etialLiOrilrics Associntion is hibits of the Lefns people nnd the I'rentice- highly gratifying. .\I] csnminatlon of the Ilnll's vnrious services. nttei~rln~iceregister will sl~urwthat the librury The forms gatlicred by Miss Cos, fur es- profession lins sent forth some of the "best hibiting at the Convciition, were iliq~l:~yed ye 1)reccl." R;wh person here in nttendnnce in n most nttrnctive mnnncr tind provctl to symholi~cs:I vote of coiifidcncv in this .isso- LIP one of the i1nport;uit csliibits of the Con- ciu limi. Mrms ant1 individuals of nll lmts ~entiou. Tliese forms ure now 011 filc at the of the T.hitecl Stn tes csprrss 1 heir confidence I'rntt Institute School of 1,ibrnry Science, i11 the -\ssocinlion by their very nct of en- under the mre of Miss Goocli. They will he coui~ag5ngyon niid me to ~tt~iiilthis conven- kept tliere for the bcnc~fitof Ihc studmls am1 tion. for lil~rilrlausin gc~icrnl, All tliose who did In the shadow of this supc~11 trust, il seems not contribnte to this exhihit and who have quite fitling that this ~nernliershippropow to special forms, arc earnestly requested to for- itself the FIIICS~~IJIIS,"~~l~itlier is 1111s .isso- wnrrl caples to JIiss Qoocli, where they will eintion tc~~fiiig'JWhnt sl)e13ic tlii~igsis it be kept permniwntly 011 Ale. :tilning to :it liicrc this ye:tr? .Lnd what, nest JIr. 1-1. W. IVilwn tt~hibitctlsome of his genr? I\'licn tlic next epoch lins rollctl "stock in tmdc," Gaylord Brothers hncl a t~roun(1.\oli;~t 111:ly we see, in retrospect, to goodly ili.cpln;v, tlw Librrlry Rurenn rontri- hnve 11em :~ccomplished by the Spccinl Li- lmtctl to tlie exhibitions, the Snfetg Institute I~raricq.\s,wc.i;~ tion '!" p1,'~c~tln \err illtcrcsli~~::tlispliiy in the Wi~l- Our c.onstitntloli slates thni we esist to ter G:~rdcii. .\111011:: tlic publi~h~rsesliihiting prniiiote Llie intercrts of cerluin types of wrre: D. Tnn Sostrniid, Wiley, hicGrnw- spcci:tl lil)r:li5cs. Hut w1i:lt of n cl~iinitena- IIill and thc Bniikers 1'1lhIisliiil~:Coinpany. ture nre me, as an org:tiiizntion, doing for This .\ssocintion is fnrtlicr ind(~bte(1to the the technical, or tlic industrial, or the other Genernl Electric Coulpang for tile use of types of Ii1)rarics rcprcwntcd in our mem- Stcrcinotngr:~ph .\ided by this ulnclline nll bership? Our dlnaller and newly organized thoW 7~110visited the Convention rivere ell- 1il)rnrics mny clerirc, to bc sure, orgnniza- nl~led to visit tho lihrnries of the Gellcral tlonal nid from o11r lnrscr nnd firmly estab- IClectric Conlpnng, Scovill Mnnnfacturiag lished older librnries ; but whnt of substnnce Con111ans. Enstmnn Iiodali Company, Detroit- is this Association nble to give to #theseolder Xdison Company, Nnrshnll Field Compny, librnries whose interest in physical cqlup- Sew Jersey Zinc Co, of Pn., National city ruent and roiltine methods is their lenst con- nnnlc, \vestern Elcctric Company, Applied cern; and, what seems to me the most legiti- iuate tind weighty chnllcnge of dl, what is Wlrs that in elltcriug upon the second epoch this organizution doing in the interest of the of its existence, this Association shoulcl business which each of us repre.wntu? (I hcnk tliru the walls of its own immediate use the word "business" iu nn elastic sense, mvirolls and direct its efforts towar(1 effect- regardless of whether the business be wol- illg 11 more intimate amalgnl~natiouwith the fire, legisliltive, commercial dr ,what not.) Wrious C~SS~Sof basliless typified by its In auccint form, the question which is gro- membership. pounding nud pounding itself right into the Business ~-eswrch groups nre at every consciousness of ,lo its 1l1clul)ers, to its fellow rc%jccl them if policy dictates. This Asso- orgnni~n~tions,nu1 to the genernl public? cicltioii is ill such n position that it may de- What we its chnrncter lines? vote nn entire year, if nced bc, to assembling Ihirhlg the past few ~uoiiths,1 have hecu ant1 edwilip nuthentic originnl opinions and bnlnucing these questions in the light of n cslwricntes upon the status of a single sub- vnrletl mrm of cridence. I do not wlsli, ject; nad tho we lint1 done only one piece however, to inlgose my yeisonnl co~lclusions of worlr in that ycar, and it Bore the stump upon 'this n~eml~ership.WI:~ t thls Associa- of iinnHty, thoroness and dcpendat~llity, we tion should he, 1111cl where its s~~b,b,wtnlcturc ~houldhnve performed n genuine and effec- needs strengtl~eiiing}use questions which will tual sorvice to every business toucher1 by that provoke n clirer,~enceof opinion, nncl should ~iirticulnr sulijcct. Is it not within the dram their nnswers ,from the counscl nntl provincc of sensonnblencss thnt the business cxl~erienceof tlie entire membership. constitrlmts represented in Mlis momhership It is my person:ll feeling that we have In mity look to this orgnnixation for service of this orgnnixntioli nil unespkored, unchnrtercd this clcscription? scn in which there ~'eslcles n wualth of usc- In thc wrious rescart'h groups which this fulncss; nnd thnt, by proper co-ardinntjon mcinbrrsliip represents, we possess feeder of tnlerlt 1m1 orgi~iliz;tlin~lnlgeni~~s, its re- lincls of hpecinlized informntion which mrig sources cmi bc tlcveloped mcl Ihrmvn into thc 11~cr~i~sctl Lo iliscliarge into a co~nrnolireposi- chnnncls of tlusll~esswill1 n telling cffect. tory. Thru this sy.;tem we hnre means of OUI.I(iATIOIVS TO 11['SIXESS ASD RESEAIII'TI IN ~~scorl~~inin::on ow li~lnclwllnl reaenrch nnil GlSNEnAI, t11c hcsl lliinlters tlic nntion over have nc- If tin nl~nlysiswere mltdc: of the caocnposlte colul1lisi1c(l m* are nc~~ltingupon in the way nspisntions w7'111(.11 c*lia~~ilct~~rizethis II hsoci R- of sllcrifiy ~oritl'il~utio~~~to filly particulnr tion, T llclieve it wonld ye~-c:tl tllnt tlie prc- nrl; 011 [hc ot11er 11i1nA. we hnw the rnenrrs pontlcrant ilcmtuld of thc 111elnbcrsl1ipis thnt of ktlowinp clcflnitcly what rcsearcb gronps this nssocialioa rntcr upon whtlt migilt l)e leclc in tho wily of specific informntion. termed nn "extra-mural" policy. For the Fnrtllcr, rind this is tlie point I wish to st~ss, pnst tcn yenrs this t~uembcrsllip has eon- ])nj?e thc ngencies which can make for cerncd itself, nml rigl~tlyso, with becoming lmproyemcnt upon the present insufficiellt and conversant with the character of the nu- il>nCleqn:~temcnns on the part of publhhel'~ merous ~ecinlIibral-ies of the country, and for nscert:liinug the needs of resenrch. Be- with exchanging ideas upon methods of or- yond that, we hnve the instruments whkh gnnization nnd procedure ,within these li- ciln oyercolnc the inertin and ;~~l~~llyuncon- braries. The flctivity of the Association llus scious ~cIfishnceson the part of investim- been largely nn ,intrn-murnl one. It now tip- tors in relensing results of in~escigatiolk~klOW f~cccssil~leonly to limited, closely oircum- partly not) "Library work is nll right for scribed groups. In melaphoricnl Inngurtge, women ; their excellence in detail work and this organimtion thru its vast network of the fact thnt they are sntisfled to do It over trnnsn~ireon lines, able to know wbnt in- n long pcriorl 02 time. mnkes it n work ad- formntio?l is in existence on the positive side mtirahly suited to their capacity. Women of the system, able to know what inforrnntion lil)rarians, however, never can hit in the is lacking on the negative side, should take pinchee. When you fltld n man in library its stand in the region of the two poles and work he is generally one of two tyges: he throw the witch thnt completes the circult. Is either doing that work temporarily and It should .rstnnd as a positive force at that just long enough to tide him aver an emer- gap between publisher and scholalr, now so gency, or he is a round peg in a squnre hole fnnAequntely brldged, and exert n positive and wouldn't flt nny where el* In the pressure in shaping and rlmproving the scheme of things. The average 1libra;pn quallty of published matter. rarely comprehends your point of vlew. OUR OBLIQATIONB M BUBIREBB AND RESEARCH This is ruther a drastic diagno&, but if AT THE ANNUAL CONVENTION its publicity constitutes a contribution to 11- Back of every special library rep~sented brary surgery, its indeldcncy may be me- In this membershtp there etunds n research what palliated. Doubtless, each of you have depnrtment of some description, concerned henlvl nnd resented similar derogatory com- with some or nll of the conditions pecuMnr ments. Stripped of their outer integument to ench Individual bwiness. The total mem- they may serve to stimulate ho lines of bership of this assochtion .symbolizes a thought. Firstly, they reveal in part the hlghly different%ated and speolalized species formuln hy which the ,men quoted would con- of etudents. struct the ideal librnrlnn. They would hnve It is my opinion that in the delikratlons librarians cnpnble of fuller and more sgrm. at our annunl conferences and in our gub- pntnthetic comprehension, they would have lications we tend to disregard our obliga- them less concerned with the detail and tions to the real lsubstnnce of special library more wEth the substance of their work, they work, our obligntions to these research de- would hnve them "pinch hitters." Secondly, partments. So fnr ns the chronicles of oar tmhe refletions cited sliould stimulnte us b~ annunl conventions record, it is irnpo@ble to inquire into the contributory causes of this deduce from nny of the proceedings what impression. Does Ii~brarianshipmake the in- technicnl quesbions 'are the particular con- clividunl n misfit? Or, does the misfit gmvl- cern of the stonm power plant resenrch units, tn te to librarinnship? Does the prepmation the vacuum tnbe units, the income tax units, for lihrnrianship so prune nnd stullfy him as nnrl so on. Wllen higher stenm pressures 6n to make of him a ne~ntivefactor, a revert Stenm turbines has been the absorbing hpic from the nccepted social tutd budness type, Q nmong the power plnnt men for the pnst yenr, person for wholn innny nllowanres should be or cinder concrete nmongst the builders, or mnde? The interrelated reaction of the 11- b,ntik tnpestries nmongst the nrtidts, here in I~rarinnupon the pntron, nnd of the profes- this assembly shol~ldwe find groups discussing sion Lipon bhe librnrinn is one which this higher stenm pressures, cinder concrete and lmdy may well tnkc cognlxnnce of, wibh a bntlk tnnpstries, In plnce 'of the venemble view to ascertain the fncts land enndi- themes of cnialogs, pamphlet binding and cnting undesirnble tendencies. disposition of clippings? A HIGHER CONCEFTION OF TIIE PIIOFESSION DETTER LIBRARIANBHIP In conducting such a survey it occurs to Thi~genernl condition introdnces me to me to suggest thnt we inquire whether, with an allied point, namely, whether lihmrinn- lihrnrinns, the tdrn of service has not be- ship ns we know it today is capable of n came distorted nnrl rsn~ggerntcd. Have me thoroly sympathetic appreciation of the groh- by conce~~terl?\dl1 ,I)ecome servile instead of Ienm which it purports to assist its patroqs serviceal~le? Mny we not catch a new and in solving. higher coi~ccptionolf our profeesioa, namely : I have made it a point, nt different times, service wit11 scholarship, service with poise, during conversation with wbat might be ac- service which commnncls recognition, service cgtorl ns a fnirly ty~lcalclass of men, to in which is lodged not alone a knowledge of learn their attitude tmnrd Wbrnries nnd li- the "smwces" but n knowledge of the sub- hrarianism. One person was an engineer of jects t11emselvesl The specid librarian, to some nntionnl repute; another was ,a physi- command the proper sort of recognition from cian, a one-time cornmissloner of health in the best thinkers of his constituency, should one of the first six cities, nnd a smiological strive for the privilege of studying and authority of some parts; another wns R de- knowing the intricate problem's which con- pnrtmentnl chief In a 1tar,ge chemicel @nu- cern every deparbment of his 'business. And facturing house. All mere men ,whose edu- thid same should be true of every librarian cation consisted of no *I- than seven years whether he be chief d a divlbion in a large of college or university. Their composite librnry, or library esecutive in n smaller vlew wns: (quoting partly verbatim and library unit. The responsible chief of any scclion cnn not at one ;uitl the same tinle, hI)I!CATION BOB 1.illllhR1hNS'IIP do the nctunl work of the department nnd An n~inlysls of t,lle etlncutionul trrtl~lillg lreep 111s co~iceplions on the ,broad plnne wl~lchlie< 11wk OC lil~rnrinnsllip111ight ctem- necessary to direct n librnry creditably. It onstrate Lhnt its pri~ivil~lcsundergo revision. luns been my observation tlmt this is the very The etlncr~tioni~l~)rercquisites mlght be11r rc!- ihi~igthnt a large majority lof the specinl van~pi~ig,nwl spcciliclllio~~sfor lndivtdunl 1j1>rnry1)rofcs~io11 is .fiLr~~:',Rlng to do. Ant1 fitl~cssgrnfted on to them. In co-o~e~Yltion it Is my further conjecture., lhnt this is true, with the scliool ~ystcruof the country 11 pliul n.)t becnuse their employing orgnnizntiolls of guidnnce ti nrl counsel might be inauguratctl, c~'e:~tethe conditions, but thnt they them- which Sl~ould dip hack into llie fresh111ntI selves nre so lnclrlng in sclsf-nssurance rind yenr of the lib~nryncolyte's hlgh scllonl life huslncss tnctics ns to be unal~leto surmount untl assisl in clirecling his devclopnlent. \VO them. The more n lbrnry executive romnins mny well consider the development Of nn ill his nnrrow conflnes, the more completely npprcnlicc or half-time scl~oolfor ns'plmrits his nsbilit!: nnd desire to know the circles to lilwnry work ,which sl~nllbegin wlth 11id1 concentric with his own, atrophies. Cnn you school nge? Slrnll we not tnlcc steps that conceive of nnythi,ng more discordant than the nspirnnt, from nctunl conbnct wit11 librnry n busiiless librarian nttnched to a corprn- work, mny he able to Iruow when he enters tion and totally untutared in the unlwritten college whnt brnlrch of the llbm~ry service code of bushes& tnctics, business decorum his especinl proclivities incline him? Do we nnd business finesse? Can you sense nny- not owe it to speclnl librnrinnship thnt tho thing more inconsistent than n librnrinn, libpitry student know frou nctual coribact knowing itnperfeclly or not nt nll the com- some of the demands peculinrly ollarncter- ga-4tion d brnss, the structure of the bur- istic to specinl llbrnrhnsl~lp: business ncu- nnces, nnd the tendency of the zinc com- men, ability to cnrry thnl nn entire invcstl- ponent to vnpoirize, attempting to supply bhe gation from Inception to completion, skill in wants of n representative brnss manufnc- the Selection and direction of n working sbnfl, turer? 'Nhnt would your estimate of la phy- slcinn or surgeon be, when you laid your case OPPORTUNITIES AQJXlUDED IN TIIE AMERICAN before him, if he instnntly made n rush LIBRAUY BYSTEM won a meclicnl variety of Zndu8tr.ial Arts We nrc further prompted to spccnlnte just Inden nnd assembled before you an imposing how much of the short-comhgs of tho vast collection of references dernling with your army of library workers is ~attril~utnbleto gnrticu1,nr nil? The kind of intelligent ser- nutwmcy withln tho librnry system. Does vice you expect of the professional surgeon, the Americnn library system bred n spirlt lilrrnry patrons In the mnin would like to of genuine good iellowshlp? Is It ~brond espect of the profession'nl librnrinn. They enough to nccord us tall tho rlgllt to brenthc? would like to be ~bleto nppronch the libra- Is it large enough to afford us nll a glnce rian with a ",what do you knw" air mbher to sbnnd and grow? 18 it high-mlndml cnou~ll thn,n a "cnn you tell me where I can flnd" to be aloof from clemnmmerY ant1 dlctntor- air. They would like to feel the paise which ship? Is initintive nnri amblfion encoumged springs from depth, scholnrsMp, land n genu- by the system, or does it interpret those ~unll- ine grnsp of the subject. They would like ties ns belng n mennee, n dnn~erousoutcrop- to be spnred the prouincinlism, the superflci- ping, n mnrk of inclpicnt ins~~bordl~~ntlon? ality whicrh resulls from brying to be "rill Does its ethienl code snnction the 1)~cticeof things to all men." It is time that our li- plgeon-holing nnd crnnplng the ilcvelg- hrnry systems undergo a "differentintion of mentnl proccsms of llle nsplrin~? the species" and that pntrons may go into We nre tempted to cnntemplnte the rnnk our grent public librnries and look on tmhe and flle of libmrinns nlltl inqulrc! wl~rtlior bulletin bonrd and And the recognized the system hals plnccd them in somewhnt the Slunlrespenre anthority, the Tennpson servant, onrne plight as the serfs of tlic fcuilnl era; the co~~stitutionnlhistory scholnr, and the whetlicr, once the 1il)rnrinn succnceds in nt- chemical expert; it is tin~ethat patrons may twhinq lii~nself to {he RYA~CIII,11~wltlitlrn~s go into our specinl libraries nnd consult the lliuwlf from the ninln Clll'l'CH~ of nctlvity, c1,lrector of the textile librnry who hows tltw~rnrsn g1wtrP111 rcdpicwl of r~llhet~cflt,~, the textile busincss nnd the power plnnt 11- nnil gives himself up to nscc!rLnining the brnrilc~n who lu~onrs the gonrer generntion lile~~sureof the OV~I~IOI'I~nlld mvvorkii~gtllll- gnme. There should come n time in the gently in the nlnnnor prescril~ctl by him; drrelol>ment genrs of the librnrinn when he whelhcr his life rBle is tllrlt o,C a sul)mcrgc~l, s11o111tl st011 plnying with the genernl knowl- a~ibmissise,ultrn-obli~ntil~g crcnturo, n mctl- edge nnd nccrue iutensive knowledge of a ley of "nll things to n11 men," his Itlcntlly specific character. Until this condition is ~ugpressed, nnd eueipc fro111 his cnslc 111- conceivable. nttnincd librnrinus mill never enjoy even In sunumalion, this Associnlinn shoul(1 con- an ~nppronclu to the couflclence of the best cern itself at its elevclulh nnnunl convention thlnkers of Chis nation. Con~inund on Pwc 31. SPECIAL L-IBRARIRS May The Educational Standard of Librarianship in Relatlon to Technology

Up to the present, no nttelllpt has been seem desirnble to inslitute, under the made to fix n standnrd of l:llo\\-lecke for nuspires of tbc Library Associalion, tm es- libmrians ill ring' specin1 sphere eSCel)t th:lt nl~~in:itionin gencr;~l I:~io\vletlge of Sciencc oe iliterary history, tu~d tllnt subJecl rlln nnd Technology, in two grndes witli three hardly be regarded as special, reDroselltiW sections in ench. as it does the I)ulk off the mnss of 1fter:ltllre with which the ayernge llbrarinn 1lfl.q to dclll. Lo~vcnGRADE KO claim hns been m:tde that he should she\\. (11) Subject cntnllogui~~:.,and cli~ssiHcntion special aptitude in the spheres of religion, ol' :L certn~nnumlrcr of scbieuti8c and tech- geography, history, art, science or tecllllolo~~, rlicul ~ork~sill English, together witli a nnd any qunlific;~tious 11e mng DoSSess ill knowl~tlgeof the chief tlivis~ousof the Dewey these respects are certified by lmdieu who nnd Librnry of Congrew Clnssifications. examine aud certify to his Icnowledge witliont (b) A ptlper clesigned to test the cnndi- any reference to its co~~~~eclionwith, or ad8a1)- cli~tc's knowle(1gc of gencrnl scientific facts tntioll to, his possessiou of 1ibr:u-innship. nllcl technicnl processes and machines, to- Such certificates vouch for the possessiou 01' gether with his nbilily to i~irlicatethe clnss laowledge ; they nre 110 gu:~rnuteeof ability of 1,001; to which lie would rcfer for further to clnsvify ant1 l~~desspecin1 litcmltwe or lnformntion. indicate sources of ~nformntioii. Brondly (c) Tra~~slationout of French or Germnn, speaking, the student is especletl lo cnrry the pnssages set being easy gnmgruphs frolki f:lcts in his br:~in;the librnrian's duly is to clcmcnt!lr~.tecl~riicnl lcst-boolis. lniow where those Cwts are recorded in 1rint. Librnrinnship must therepore remain the I-Ircr~snCRAI)E fon~idntioliof nll qunllfici~tion,rind librnrinns (0) Subject cntaloguil~gand clnsvificntlo~~ in speciolize(1 lilxnries should be qunlifie~l of Euglisli (50 per cent), Vyeuch (25 per pri~nnrilynccording to the Syllabus of tl~c~nt) nud Gernx1n (26 pcr cent) tccl~nicnl Library Association Educntionnl Course, that :11ic1 scientific worlcs, n cert:~inproportion of is to say, the staff for a sl~ecialisedlibrnry, them being pnrnlhlrls, theseh, and trnde c:~ta- or the specinlizerl br~nchof :I geueral libri~ry logiies. C:ig,lbilily to u~inott~lcshould be should be dram from those nlrexly qunlifietl essential. in library routine :~ndcntnlopning; a selec- .\ ll~orouglilaio\vletlge of the scientific :~nd tion being mlide of thoqe 11nviog l)e~'sonnl111;- tecl~uicnlsec.tlous of the Dewey, Brussels, nnd ing arid nptitude for the special sul)jr.ct. In- Lilmcy of Congres Cl:~ssiHcntio~is,together stend of trying to turu n stncleut into :l wit11 the subject henclings of the latter llbrnrinn, a librnrlnn should be euconrngcd to lib~xryslloultl be required, also n Ii~~~vi.leilg$ ~lualil'~i~i:i~self in the slierinl subjccl re- of sl)oci:ll esl):~nsions. quired. The cnnrlidt~teshould lw nl)le to esplniu the Iu this ~imtter,Technolo~y, with n neces- scope oi snlectcd Bencli~~gr,to cliffcrclilinte In sary :tccompnni~nent of n liuiitetl nluounl, of nllotlncnt, criliclsc sclcctcd setatio~~s,n11c1 sug- Purc Science, prescuts greater dlflic~~ltics gcsl ex~)iillsio~is. t hail no st athcr branches of spccinlixc?d (b) h ge~leri\llmowletlgc pnller, of now 1<11owledge. The field is wicle, nnd 111s re- c1el:liled chnmctelU tllan tl~tin tlie lo\ver quirements of librnr~esvary grcntly, nln~ly ~ri~de,which should also test tllc. c:~urlidate's libraries haye, and indeed c:ul ncvcr afford to lc~iowlcilgc of technival bll~lic~gr:~~~l~icsnncl sllave ni~~lthingmore tlitin, n very ,mcngcr w- pc.riodichnl~nrl(hses, ant1 111s:icquamt:1nce wilh kction of technical test-bool;~; whl le others, ~)c~'iotlic,~lnntl society iiter;~t~~re,incduding tl though denling witli ouly one branch of tccll- rccognitio~~of the litlp al)l~rwi:~lio~iscorn- nology, such ns electl'icily or chemistry, con- 111oru1y en~ployetl To this might he :~cldeil;I tain n wenllh of detnilea liternlure. Ob\.i- li~lo\~letlgeof the Iliu1111!I of Science nnil ously ;L uniforul qunWlcntiou is not nec*es- Tedinology ns tlistirwt Pisolii nc.tu;~l teclinlcnl snrg, nor indeed possible ; a graded schc~aeol' lcnowletlge. This subject ~ulglltwith ntlvnn- clualificntiori would probably encourage n sys- tnge forin n set'tion by ilsi?lf, nntl ralil; er1u:~l tem of :~dmncement froni the less to 1.11,: lo, or as n su1)slitute lor, litcr~ryhisto~~g, 111 more specinlized appo~otl~lents. rvl~iclicase it shoultl i~wlude;\n ncilunlntnl~ce Benriug in n~iuclthat the need 1s net to \v~t11 the okler liternlure. test a cnudid:ltels scientific and teclinicnl (c) Ti~mslntiono,flt of Botlr. b'rcnch nnd knowledge, but rnther his cnpal)ility (leal C:erfunn, piissngcs set bei11g selectctl fro111 with the liternturc of the sul)je(bt, it ~~oul(1rliore nclwncetl I~terature t1in11 tllc lower May SPECIAL LIBIZAIZIES grade, e. g., disscrtntlons, pnpers rend before llceds to be kel~t contlnunlly up-to-dntc. socielies, etc. Advnnced lili~\~l~dg~of wiy one subject, R~nr~itrcsON ~O\ESGGGL~TIONS nu nllnrt from linowleclgu of its liternlure, Section A In the lower grnde is cleslgued is oilly required, incleccl only possible, in 11 to test merely tlie nplitudc \rliicli tlie c:rudi- slwciulizecl lil)~.ary. Whothcr the spccinl ante exhibits in Technology, In the higher su1)jeot be llbillillg, clectricily, agslcullure, grutle he is esyccted to grasp the ~iowl:cud or chemistry, no more tlim n general t;uoml- essential points ol' the clocuiiteutu seL I~et'ore cdge of other brunches 1s likely to bc re- him, and to show this in his nnuotntions. quired, nor ix tin:e ~liliely lo I)(: nvnilnble rS'cction B in the lower grade is desigued to in which to keep Lhoroughly nbrenst of gen- test his abllity to undcrstnntl such questions ern1 current rasenrcli rmrl litcrnture. as rcnclers might put to him; in the l~iglrer For this renson the nbore scheu~c,adapt- grttde his ability to nid detailed senrch for able to nll gr:ldcs, niitl nlloming grnduitl informalloll should be tested. In this scctioll, seloclioll of the marc nl~t,is 8uggc?stcrl, :1ll11 especinllg 111 the higher grade, tlic nssistmce it must be Coaceded that n 1ibrari:lu who hns of some grol~~inw~tm:lnuf;lctnrers iuiglll bc pnsscd from a gellernl libriiry Lo one with of valoc in setting tlic questions. Intlced, a :I large techuicnl scction, and fro111 that to further step would appear c1esiml)le. If onc detniled rind specinliaef, who hns 1)rooreIl n~a~miacturcrscould be lliduceil to 1)crmit the ellwie~il111 prucllcc, ;u~lhits studiccl in one visit of selected cnndldnles to their worlrs or more spc'inll l~ranches, will he entiLlccl It would not only assist in tlie trnining of to ::n ailequntcl remuneration, certninlg higher the hitter but might help to crente nnd thnil that which obtains todny. foster lhat reciprocnl mterest betnyecn miu~lu- fncturers and librri~y which is es~entinlto the success of any technical lil)rury sclicnle. Memorandum on the Organization of Scctiou. C. This sectloll is mercly dcsigrieil to test the nbility of thc canclldatc to iiiter- l~retcorrcctly the booli~,etc., lxlssiirg through his 111incls; for this purpose tr:u~rlntioninto, or literary Imowledge of, u foreign Inligunge nre not reqoirerl. A 1itcr:lry lino\~lcdge, though rL clesiriible ndtlition, cloes not guw- nntee, in itsell', t11:it the aulclitlatc will un- derstuncl n lech~ticaltrcatrst.. The tcst should be of his Iinowledge of terminology, not only in foreign, but in his o~ru11iiig~1:tpe. The nbow scheme would insure thnt com- binntion of 1ibrari:ui~sliip with tet~li~~icnl Icnomleclge which is nbsolutely neccssnry to a Ilbrnrinn in n techillcnl librnry. Beyoud thls the Librnry Associntion need not go. Encll librnry, according lo its speci::l re- qniremcnls, might call 011 members of its stnff to obtain one or luore of lhc recognized Bonrd of Educntion Certificates mcntionecl in the "Rpgulatiolis and Syllnbuses for Ex- aruil~ftllonin Sciclice and Tecluiology." In tlic snmc way :uisr recoguixed certificate, such us those ot' the Clininber of Commercal, uight bc rcquircd in foreign I:~ngunges. It must, I~owerrr,be repenfecl, that such cerlilicates nrc n nlattcr of gc~~cr:iled~icntion nil11 slminl 1il)rary rerlnircci:cwl, in n71iich 110 rulc :ID- lM1nblc to nll 1ilw:u.ies cnn bc laic1 clo\rn. The suggestions nbove nrc mnde stricMy in connection with lil)mr~nnsl~ip,mtcl e111l)ody the Ininirnm~r\rlii(~li sl~oulil Iw rcquircrl from those denling wllh technical boolrfl nncl tech- nical renders. If carried out, tlicg talglil ellcourage the l~rogrcssireirni1)ing of tech- nicnl librtiri:tns, :uid grndunlly bring to the front those of speclnl ability. The field of lrnowiedge is so great that to corer it en. tirely to :illy depth woulcl rcquire nn lrumense amount of study, ant1 n'heu ncquired it SPECIAL L.IBRz4RIE.S May Interim Report of the Council of the Library Association on the Provision of Technical and Commercial Libraries I. The question of the best methods of list of cnrrent l~criodicnls to be found in developing the scieutific and technical de- public :uld professional librnriee of the United partments of publ~clibraries hns been unrler Kingclom. corniderntion since October, 1916. The ficope PATENTPUDLICKIIONS. of the inquiry was afterwards widened by 0. The Council have nscertnined that including the collateral subject of commercial moat libraries l~owsessinga full set of speci- libraries. fications prefer to continue to receive nll 2. This Report describes the work of the rather thm a selection of clnsses. Some Council to the date of rellorting, and iu- otller librnries, not receiving the full grnnt, cludes some recommendations which are sub would be glnd to obtniu the clnsses of iuost rnitted tentntively for discussion rather than service to the Industries of their ;wens, but an instalment of the 5nnl report. the Patent Office authorities, for reasons MEMORANDUMTO DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFI~ stilted in the Memoranclum on Pnterit Li- AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH. brnries printed in the "Librnry dssocintion 3. The Council have laid before the De- Record" for May, 1017, clo not recornmenti partment of Scientiflc and Industrial Re- this course; for the present then these li- eearch n Memornndum advocating :- braries must rely upon the Abridgment Series (a) The removal of the existlllg limit to nnd the Illustrated Journi~l. Few librnries, the libary rate, so that local nuthori- however, possessing the Abridgment Serjes ties mny be free in future 10 eSlWnd receive either the advance sheets of the upon their libraries the sums neces- pc-riod in course of publication, or the series snry for th~irgrenter efticiencs. of the Fifty Tenrs' Subject index. Both of (b) .\ closer union bctwecn State and these publirntions nre of 1nnteri:ll vnlue for Copyright Libraries on the one hnncl senrch purposes. They mag I)e obtnined on and 31unicipnl Libraries on the other, ripplicatton to the Comptroller-Gencrnl of so thnt the resources of the former Pntents. $(JIUP es])cndilnre and clerical may dircctly or indirectly be mule Ir~l~or,hon'ercr, nre invol.r7ed in c:lsiilg and svnilnble for scieniific rind techl~ical filing these sheets in clilss order, and in some studcnts in the provinces. cases it might be ndvisnblc to apl~lyfor :I (c) That funds should be provided for selection of clr~ssesn~ost in request in a given some State-supported Library, such '1s district. the Scieilce Librnry of South ICen- INQUIRYPAPER. sington, or a library controlled by the i. An inquiry palwr has been circulated Department of Scientific and Inclustrial to librnries to obtnin statistic:~l and other Research, to purchase books rqulred informatlon for the Council's use, especially for research and to make them avnll- in support of their >Ieruoranclum to the Do- able for loan to public librnries. partmcnt of Scientilic and Industrial Re- BRITISH MUSEUM. search. 4. The Council are glad to report that JIEM~RAXLIAPREPARED FOB THE COUNCIL. the British Museum Librnry, through tho 8. Nemornnd:i by n~embershnre also been Keeper of Printa Boolw, is prepared to act considered on :- as a clearing-house or centre of flnnl refer- Patent Publications ("L.A.R.," hhy, 1917). ence for nll bibliographical inquiries. 'Crade Catalogues ("L.A.R.," May, 1917). After the war the Department of Printed Directories and Code R001is ("L.d.R.," Books hopes to co-operate with public li- June, 1017). brnries by supplying photogra~hicnlly-rc1)re Orgn~~lzi~tio~iof Co1umercin1 Libraries ("L. duccd copies of articles and illustrntions in AIt ," May, l'Xi). foreign books :1nd journals, at a pricc cover- The C'olumercinl Aluseum. ing the cost. (The value of such co-opera- Training of Librnrinns for Technical Work. tion may be gauged by the fact thnt Joseph Library Exchange Areas. Hunter's "Chorus Vatuu Anglic:ii~or~~m,":I Publicity. famous collection of MS. material running Local Depot Areas. to 3500 yagcs, is now being copied for the CO-opern'tion of the Boilrd of Trade Com- Newberry Libraty, .) It also hopes mercial Intellige~~ceDeportment with to be able to print cat~loguecards of acccs- provincial conmercial libraries. sions to the British Museum Llbrnry for sale to other libraries. RECOMMENDATIONS. UNION LIST OF PEBIODIOALB. SCIENTIFICAXD TECHNIOALLIBBARIEB. 5. The Council have agreed to co-operate 9. Certnin recommendations are implied With the Panizzi Club in preparing union in the above account of the Council's work. AH in Inlurc pul)llc lil)rnlniesnlust l~rol)nl~lg ol)ell ilk Glnsgow rind Iirerpool. Such n devote n 1:lrgt~rImporti011 of their rcsulrrccs librnrp slioulil include :- to work luore directly usefnl to inclustrp and commerce, thc Coullcbilnre of ol)inion that it Con~nacr.ciu1 an17 Itrtl~rst~inldntu (regorls is of urgent n:~tioll~llin~portnnce to incrc:~sc of tllc Ronrds of Tr,lde nnd Agricr~l- the supplp of scientific n~rtltcehnicnl books Lnrc. :uid Fisheries, Consular ruurl Colon- mtl pc~~iotlin~ls,the csisllng snpply being in1 reports, pnrliu~u~ental~gpublicatious quite i~i~lileclnnleFor higher research, nucl, relntlng to conunerce, trnde periodical^ in 11it~lyj)luces, ilisnllicient for the require- and cntnlogues, reports of Chn~ubers ~ncr~tsof the student :mcl the r~rtisiul To this of Commerce, stntisticnl ~uhlicntlons). fmcl It Is strongly urged. Cfeo.rlmghical i?~fol')t~atwn(atlases, mnW, gasetteers, clirectorics, booiis of trnvel ((I ) tl1111 lo~lll ~illtllorilies shoulcl aft'orrl \wittell from the staudwlnt of com- more gcnerous sul)l)ort to public 11. ~nercinlclerelopment) . 1)r:lries for tlic ~~ro\~isiouof scie~ltific Trair8lroi.t awl co?~u~nriiicatloi~(shipping, Rntl te~.Ii11icnIliterature; rnPmay, and post:~l guides, telephone (b) tlln t 111unic.ipitl tuid other lilwary directories, telegrnphic codes). nuthorities and institutions should co- F'i?ia~icinlinfoiwation (tarifes, foreign el- opernte ill isrninq union cntnlogues of chnnges, banking, company reports). techulcnl holis, nnd adopt such other Conmo'ciol and Industrzul Law. ('0-opcrntire methotls as will make B~minessorguniaafio~l (office methods, ad- their resources nvnilable over wider vertising, salesmmship, works mall- ilCCnS ; agement, accountancy, cost keeping, (c) tht 11 Stnte sc1eutiIic or technicnl li- etc.). brnry shoulcl publish periodically n de- Worlcing collection of general and special scriptive list ol' selected books in reference book8. Science i~uclTechnoIogy ; Jozwnale on Uommerce, lndmtry and Fi- ((1) that a more extended use should be ?tancc. mtde of ~rlotlicnl literature by^ the Increased provision of current iudexes Useful lists of books for n commercinl li- rmd digests. brnry are to be found in "Directories and Codes in Guildhall Librnry," liiudly con- If the rute li~nit is removed and lf tributed to the "Library Associati011 Record," nlewures of co-operntiou belween libraries, by Mr. Bernard Kettle, and in The Purpose, wholhcr State-or locally-supported, can be Equipment aud Metliods of the Commercial devised, together with better methods of Library," by Mr. S. A. Pitt. selecll'ng boolcs, nnd wlch an extended use of l~eriodicalsnud their indexes or digests, 11. In certain libraries where it may not the Coullcil nrc of opinion that libraries wkll be practicable tq establish separate com- be efiiciently equipped with the means oP mercial libraries, printed catalogues, revised assisting research worlrcrs and studenla at frequenl iutervnls, business books mould tllroughout the United Iiiugdom. serve n very useful purpose. Examples of such catalogues hnvc been published by the Coamrnc~n~LIBRARIES. BdLon and Rochdnle Public Librnries. 10. I11 the luterests of the domestic and RELATIONSWITH GOYERNLIENT DEPA~TUENTS. forcigu tmcle of this country, it is desirublo 12. The Governlvc~~t~wllect and print iu- to estublish columercinl departments in li- brnrier in trading aud industrinl centers. formation on com~uercial subjects which Only the lnrgest towns can support libraries ought to reach iilost of the people for wholu it Is illte~ldedif thc expenditure on it is to so extcnslve and highly organized as those be justifled. One obvious way of doi~lgthis of the Institute of Commerce, Antwerp, and would be for the Board of Trade Commercl~l of the Commercial Museum, Philndelphin. Intelligence Branch to send to provincial com- But the Council ballere it possible, in tho mercial librarie's all British oElcinl publica. librmy of every trade ceuter, to form special tious on commerce, as soon as published, sections which will provide business men wilhout applicallon and free of cost. rind others with much lnformntlon valuable to them in business. All librnriev contain 13. The same Department has formed n books useeul to busi~less Illen, some bnve colIection of foreign trade cntnlogues, and large numbers of such books. The practice >;a puolished a IISC and imkx 0-e them. IIVleSe hns been to store them wth the genei~tlcol- catalogues are lent to manufacturers in 1k Lectlon. As brrsiness men, however, are, as provlilces on application; and the same fa- n rule, imperfectly traiued in the use of cilities might well be granted to ~ublic genernl reference llbmries, the Coullcil rec- libraries on the disclosure of the applicant's ommend that, wherever possible, these col- name. A better plan woulld be for the De- leclions be brought together to form sl~cinl partment, when collecting for its own use, llbmrles, ns in Wlc case of the libraries now to obtain additional copies fo'r the lnrge and

Libri~ry.i~b:~cl~lLloil t~1111 by iiicludiiig u sec- (1) To issue n coml~letecurd-hides of tion in the ~~ECOIIU011 Spc~'i~11Librtlries (to all ynblislled works, which coulil serve the ljurpose of the American journal 1)e repc~ltcd for the chief pro- of tlxil nalue), the n~embersl~il~of the Asso- \iucicll centres aid be available io cintion might be IIICPC:IS~~1111~1 the interest sectioiis for :illy ow who desired of Illembers geriernlly awtlliened to the :~l- pirticu,lnr rel'ereuces. villittlges of sl)ecl;~l~xution. (2) To i1u1.c 11 tn~iliccl stnW: ready to ---- sul)yly infornlntio~i or relerellces JJI~I~II~TCO-OIWIXATION IN ENOLAND. oil nnq brn~ioh of nork, As u The followi~~gcltrnct IILIS been col)leil trow 1)rcl1mi1iary step it would be thc Jourllill oP tlic Socicty uf Clie~i~ical111- iieccssnry to cre:lte n College of ilustry's rcllorl oC lhc Fllradyit Suciety Meet- Libr:iriu:s, or School 01" Librn~~y ing lie111 Jhy 7, 1918. ThnL n untter of this Scie~icc. xlllture shunld coiilc l'ron~ the well li110\vu i111d highly csteeiilcd Pilis:~ili~ySociely is uC iuillwl t~ilil.I~nerieil~i So~ietics n~iglit do me11 to 1:lltc hce(l :\ud the slwciui libraries of thc courltrs bhonltl I)rcpilre theluselvcs to meet tlic illuvililblc co-ortli~iation that must needs cu111c ill t ii1.1.. rl'~~~~~'AI~AIIAYSOCIE~Y UE~~IXG, 7, 1918. I. C'o-~,rtli~iutio~~in the rcacliiig of pi1 1)crs. 11. (:o o~~ili~~utio~~in llie publicution of ~1:ll)PI~s. 111. C'e~ilr:lliz:~Lio:~of :tbstracthlg n11d In- dc'sing. (:I) Ow i(!~~tiv~Ibody only, such LLY tlie Colljui~~LBo:vil, to nn~lcrtakethe pub- lici~t~o~iol' itbs1r;wts null to sell them :It cusl in scctio~~sto ~neiiibersof ullili- ateil soclctics. (I)) Abslr~icLiiig lo be inter~lfitionalieerl, cdcli conritry being reslmisible for ab- str;tetiu:: its om1 work and for trails- lating 1i1)str:~tssuyplieil by forcign cclltcrs. (c) Sorielles to grin~ythemselves together f'or the pulyuse uf ~lbstrcwting. IV. Go-opcr:itio~~betnveeil the socictles 1111d tlwir libi'tlries. (:i) '1'11~ socielics to be federilterl into groups, l)liyslcnJ, clieiuical, cngineer- ing with its sub-groups, each group 1)cing liousccl in n coiiiiuoxi buildiiig, will1 n conlplcte library dewtcil to the particulnr brolioh of scienci. repre- willed 1)~. tl~c group. The lilrrnriea could i)cx coii~lectcrl \villi niiolller by tulol~l~o~ic?. (b) 'rhc l)ri~i~.ipillsocieties to l~ilrepro- r1iici:ll br~~iiel~cs,which should fetleriltc :111il he liouseil in one buildiiig in every i~iil)o~L:~~~t~UWII. (c) Ulolcr cu-oper:\lion or frclerntion be- tjvuc~~csisli~g Lo~ldon nllil ljroviilciill sociclie.:. (d) Tlic errelion o1 one great cc11tr:ll builcl- ill:: i~iitllibrwy in Loii~lonSor nll the pri~~c.~lr~ilsocii~ties nnil tlioir books, ou the l):ll~c~~lof tlic Centr~llCii.r$leeriug buil(li11g cnilo\vcil Iiy Mr. Cariicg~eill Sew l'orlc, rl111011~ the fuiictions of such n 1ibr:lry mould be May

partment nncl of this branch of science with Special Libraries other br:rncl~es. 2. The doculi~ent:~tionof literntare mould be one of the functio~isof this organization. Pnlllished Monthly ewcpt July elld August Erlltorinl Oflice 1\11 internntionnl omce for this pnW3se 1fL1-.. Front- - St.. Sew York City. sl~oulcl be created wlllch should be relntrrl Entelecl at the Post office c~tSew l'alrk, N Y.,ns lo the nntion:ll offices, which 111 turn sl~oulil second cluss mntler uuder the Act of 3Inrch 3, ISiO. be In touch with such 1oc:ll centers as Inl~ol'il- Subscriptions (10 issues)...... $4 00 n yeclr tories, universities nnd factories. Single coples ...... $O.GO 5. Tlint the rlocwnentntioa of chemistry Edltor-in-Chiof ...... J. H. I'RIEDEL should be composed of- Mnnaglng Editor ...... I<. C. \Y.lLICElZ (n) Biblio. of titles by nuthor nad subject. ASSOCIATE EDITORS (b) A select~onof abstrncts trnnslnted in- dgriculturnl and Governnlent Libr:lries to the rnrious lnngunges. Clnribol, R. Bnrnett (c) Thnt this material be brought up to Business nncl Colnmerci~ilLibrnries..nfnry B. Dny Finanrial Libr;iries ...... Ella M. Cenung dtltc nnd be continued by a periodical 'rechnolog~cnl and Engineering Lil~r:~ries including lists of books, perio[licnls nnd Edmnrd D.. Greenmnn- patents nncl the annual cumulntion go Tllcologlcnl nud Fiue Arts ~lllI%iies Mary A. Plllsbury into the coastructlon of an Internn- Low 1,ibmrlcs ...... Ed\vnrd II. Rcdstone tionnl Library of Chemistry. A11 meiubership nnd subscri]~tion clues (d) That there be nn Inter~intional Li- should be mncle out to the Associatio~innd brary of Chemistry centrnlizi~~gthe u~niled to Miss IBstelle I.ieb~nt~nn,Iiontilil chern. pub, in all countries. Pres~,20 T'eseg Street, Sew Yorlr. 4. Thnt this bibliography bc made with cumulntive inJeses (5 or 10 yrs. 1. RDITORIATJ 3. Thnt this Internatiol~nloiEce for the Few special Ilbrtirinns hil\'e seen the In- clocument~Lio,~of chenlistry be nttnched to teriui Report of tlie Comlcil on the Prorision the I~iternntiotnnlInstitute of Bibliogmphy. ol: Technicnl mid Coliimerclnl Librtiries put The following extract wns talien from F. out by The Library Associntion of , 3. Webner's book on 'Tnctory Costs" nntl I311gl:unil. It hns Ilern tllol~ghtworth while will be found 011 pages 230-231. to print this report in full in this issue of "TECHNICALLIDIL~Y. Special Librnries to show tlie extent of tlle This mny ~ncludeboth bound \wlullles intwcst in sl~eciallilmry work in Pnglanf. and ctirrent perioclicnls. In solne cnses tbc Of 1)articulnr interest is the lnst section cle- cost of the library may be treated as an v~tcdto the "Training of Special Librnria~~s." assct, but tlie better glnn is to nbsorb its 111 co~nrlectionwitE this subject me nre t:~king cost in o~erlieaclexpense as time proceeds. the liberty of reprinting in full from the Where the librnry is mnintnined for nny i,ii,r>i~*j hbsociation Record n pnper by hlr. or nll of the employe& iudiscriminntely- Henry V. I-Iopmood on "The Educntionnl ns is very genernlly the practice in motlerii Stnndnrd of Llbrarmship In Relation to institutions-tile cost may be sprenil over Technology." he subject of certiflcntiol~be- departments on the basis of the nuunber of i~ixulqlermost 111 our llllncls, #theset,wo papers emplogces in each, ns compnred with the rellecting the British point of view slnonld be t,otnl number of employees in the plnnt. of interest. The prol~rietp of debiting grocluct~on costs with the expense attached to n tech- R~oxsos THE TIMES. nical librnry in hnrdly open to question Pnper by 11. Pml Otlet, Director of the I'lw in~portnnraof such a 1tbtqnl'~camol I~itcrn~~tionalInbtiLute of Bibliogr~l])llvgiven bc c~II]II~(LsI~cBtoo stro~~gl~,not 0111~ for nt the Intcrnlly Che~n. Conference held in its direct technical vnluc, but also for its Pnris, in April of this yeiir (IOlt)), upon hl- gc~iernleffect on ~iroduction;i.e. the new 1em:ttionnl bibliogmphical u.orlr m1A ~mleses idens more or less directly (1evelol)ed from n~~dthe gnrt cl~cmicnl cornpanics an8 eo- its use 11-liich insurc to the beneflt of proc- cicties can glny in this 1~0r1i. esses nncl proclnction. ITe cxl~lninsthe clerclol~ment,ptirpose ant1 Tcc1inic:ll librnrics nre becoiuing more work of the hit. Inst, of Ribliogra[lhy, ctc., nncT lnorc n feature oi the modern plant, etc. n?td llre investment in 811cA a libraru is Co~lcludcsby submitting the follomiug sng npt io p?~~ducCrlreater rctzmzs, dil'ect and gestions : indirect, than almost allu other investnwnt 1. That the chemicnl interests hnre n cell- of egual amount in the plant." tml, international orgnnization, nssocintiou Non-members t:llie notice ! Membership or union which would control as in one de- nnd suhscripiion lo lten numbers, $4 00 ; to pnrtment all general functions pertaining to non-members ten numbers rind NO member- this science and emtnblish the necessnry re- ship, $4.50. TT'hich do you prefer to be? lations between various members of the de- Help us incrense our membership. xay IAL Lsli3RAR1ES 16'1 United Engineering Societies Library Annual Report 1919 The 1919 report of this Cibri1r.V is an in- teresting ~ublicntlon from ae~eralpoints of view. AS this is the hrgcst ellgilleerillg 11- brary i11 the worlil iL mensurea to n large extent the interest in this cl:~ssof litcrntnre, und intiirectly the iiuporl:~rite of slwcinlizcd I~uo\vleilgc. The totnl resources of this r~ibrarywerib, nt the end of 1910, ns foilo~w: T'olnmes, 115,934 ; pnrnghlets, 32,818 ; maps nnd plum, 148; senrc.hes, 3,221 ; total, 152,091 'I'hc receipts during the yenr :~ntcunlo(lto 6.993, inclncling girts nnd ~nwcbnsesof hooks, pnrnlrl~lets,ni:~l)s and ldnnr, nncl srnrches. A key to the uscfolncss of this institulion is to be found in the nttcndnuce register. Ihriiig 1919 thcre were 22.0-42 visitors, an iwrease of 6,979 or 40% over 1918. Rlore sig- uiflc,ult is thc hct that wli~lethc above fig- ures repre~nlservice renderefl to visitors this Librnrg nns~~credover 2,000 telc~hoi~e inquiries. 3Inn.y specin1 librnri:\ns nre fnrnilinr with the Service Bureilu of the Engineering Ili- brory n11d n-I11 be inteiSested in the fallow- ing extract. "Duriug thc yens 552 scnrchc8, chic4g biblio,~ml~hic,wcre prcparecl in nil- s\wr lo s1)e~ilicinquiric~. . . . Tile uUll1- ber of trnnslntiol~smnde wns 71, colltnining 557.200 words." l'crh:~lrs librnrics outsick Xcw Pork nlld to iI Inrge cxtcnt in Ncw Pork hn~ebelle- fit4 ruwt by the photostnt herl'icac ren- dcred by the Engiueerlng Librnry. Some iden ol' the cstiwt of this brnnchh of the Libmry's stmice nnny be gnined w11e11 ~vcIcnrn Ihilt thc orilers ":uliounteil to 2,319 nnd required 23,951 prints. . . . This incrcnse of 101% in orders shows the wide al~plwlntionby our mc~~~l)ernof this for111 of nsslslnnce." 011 Jnly 1st JIiss hIargnret RInnn, for- 111erly of the C':~rnegicT,il)mry of Pittsl)urgh, cme to the Engiiiecrir~gLibrary to recnt:l- log this collec~tion. Estc~lsivc plnns hhrc bce~made to reratnlng illis eyer incrensingly ~:llu:iblcc.ollec~tior~, S]wci:il librnrinns nbont tlre country will iincl the description of t11c Id)lioji~:ll~lipof thc Inslilrlt Intcw:~tionnlile l3il)liogr:1l)hic nppcnring i11 this tq~ortin con- ncction \vlth the rccl:lseify~ngnnil recntolog ing of this collection of i~lterest, This "Bms- ~~1s"clnssificntion shonld be bettcr Icnown nbout this: country, and for thxt senson we nre reprillting in full Dr. Crnvcr's swu1nnr.v. Spctiill li1)r:lrlnns nil1 nlso find nn nlplinbetic guidc to this clnssiAcntion in English as ilcvelopecl hy the Technology Depnrlmcnt of tlrc Cnrncgie Library of Pittsburgh of value. to sepnmte the stntistichnl n'orlis 011 n sub- jcct froiu the technicnl ones. Thc Brussels clnssiflcnlion lmvides for such neeils by [he ndclitioil of ccrlnin S)'nl- bols to csprcss l'clntior~snnil of delnilecl gcn- crnl inblcs of usunl relntions, ~vhichcnll be nddcd to tiny subjecl 1)y nico~is of tllcse mnrlrs. The symbols ililol)tfcl :1rc few, their jlositioil in tllc nrrni~jieuent of Items is dearly sl~cciiierlnnil thcir usc cnref'ullp ex- phinerl. They lire outlillccl bclow in the ndopted suqnencc. Acwclio~~Big11 : Thc sign of nrldition, +, is nseil to inclicnt~tl~t a honk trc:lls ol' nll the subjetat numbcrs coilllcrted by it : c. (-/., f?Ll.X2+(i2l,:C, 11 11ooIi on ~lcctri(~lightillq :ml clcctric t~xction. C'o~~plir~~Nlyr~: The I~yphen,-, is nscrl in ccrl:iin spec.i:ll c~~scsto cnnl,le ow subdi- vision n-i!hin n clnss to bc co~nl~inctln-it11 niioll~n'in thc same vli~sswithout confnsioll. 'l'11e class 111111iberfor tlg~*iculturnllilntl dl'lull- :~gc is (i3.11 nut1 for I'orestry (Y3.49; !hc i1~111l)iv(i3.4!)-11 (YII 1)e con~po%?(lto ilicli- c.:tte works on tllc clrninnge of fore::ls. i':cloiioit Siilrr: The mosl illlportnl~t of tl~csynil~ols ndopted is the rcl;~tionsign ; the colon, :, When nspd in the clnsssificnlion to join two 11u1111)ersit intlicaates th,lt tlic sub- jects reprcseoteil 11s thcin arc considered in rclntlon to each otllcr. It cnnbles us to ex- tend the c1:isrificntion to pent lcngtl~s in orilcr to esllrcss relations, without linring to ~rrn~idethe upp:mtus in ndrnnce. Tnk- ing. for csnmple, the nunlbcr for rolliiig n~ills,(2l.77, nnd the 1iurnl)cr 310, st:~tistics, we cnil lorn thc combinntion (2177 :31 rep- rcsciiting the stntistics of rolling ~nllls. 1'1112 Ilroccss c:nl be rcl~eotetlin~lcfl~~itcly. I i:Divisions of the literntnrc Thrl 1:riisst~Is t InsriRc:~tlo~~tlilTers i'l'oiu of :I ~~~~~~~~~t 11y forin :Ire mnd~by' using n tllc Dtw-cly clnssifici~t~nnill two in11)ort:Int pnrcntlletic i~ninbcr I~egmni~lgwith zero ~)itrticl~lnrh.OIIC oC wl~ivll is :I 111:ltle~ of (0Tbis is further clividecl into form ~l~inntcnehs,the otllcr (I€ form. As sercr~rcls ilirislons \vhich cnu be 11scil 11t :1113' pl:we tllr hvht (1lfferwce, it is prol1al,ly sullitient nncl clivisionu restricted to speci:ll subjects. to .t;ltcl tht lllc ])ul)lidlecl tnbks (.over Tlwe forms cnnlde the cltls~iiicr lo es. 2.2.i!) lr,!ctB-:.111 cnl~llclriwi~n it11 the SO8 pngcy press such cliffc~rc~wes111 the form of nln- c~ftli~h I:~tcvt rditioil of Dc\vcsy This cs- terinl ns nrc representer1 by trcntises, dic- rtwim of the tnl~lcslicrmith n 111ucli closer tionnries, periocllcnls, histories, etc. .i 110- 11iwc t c-l.lssific:i tiau oC m:rtcrii\l. riotlien1 on metifilnrfiy h!ls llic ~iulnber '1'1111 c~thwcl~:lllrc ih mu(+ illare 1111l111rtnnt. (i(;!5(0.?!, n 1listor.v of t lin t sul~jcctis GOD (09). OIIP or thc cllicf dcfrcts of the originnl Esaml~lcsof the ~llecinl for:^^ Airisiol~:ire Ivycl:ic:~tin~i i tlt I to the TiS1.314 (008). Patents 011 dyn:l~nos; 021,325 f,liat that it nil(; I~lilllneil ~~rln~nrilyI'or the (003),sperificntloiis for clcctric arc lightiilg; ;lrr:ln~c~lllclliof ~)ooli~,it hcks cerlnili ill>- :ui~cllj2(00'i) iuining law. 11nlxtus 11c~cc1c.dill clnhhed cntnlogs. Ii is I'ltrce ~Fiyr~:Plnce is inclicnted by nmn- not sufli~icntlyminnlc for tlic lntter 1)nrpose bers which are written in pnrenthcscs nncl :~nrlit I:l(.I

Notes on Industrial Library Planning

lt~vslti~~gI )PII,I 1-1 IIICII~,wl~i(*l~ II:I$ to (lo ~vltll o111y :;I1 IICT (,(SIII. 01' lli~IIII~~IIOSS :l(~liviliw, 11111 \vI~ilI1 III~IXIIS(~ 01' l11(%;11tiI11rlt1 ol' llitt IYIIO ol'-tllr~llllr:~lnl lllenscclevo~c~l to the s],;~cc~ for atleclli:~tclvhous~ng the 1il)l':ll'y ~b:~ttilt> :~cco~unliilr:dc~~~lrtill~nt reccivc*:' ,\ I)n.;ii,t~.;s llollho 111~1)' tillilk il~t.hillfi,illl(1 111 f;l(t. 110:~hl of its $7,111111, tllrcr ~0101' :)(I 111 ti lc;~tli~lfi wecltly ~rtvio~licnl,but which m;~y01. 111;~~]lot, hing iri a giir.11 nrnomnr ul nlolicy lol. ll~c OM? ihblltl tll;lt, il i1pl)C:lrS 111, is faol~si(leretl :I 1c::ilim I~P~?rpPnse l111t if t11~1 11,11-:1ri~l~~ asks for $400 for eqnigmenl that is to house given town, will roba ably have a given num- records bearing upon "70 per cent. of" the ber of volumes as rt snitable ~~~'liingcollec- org.anization's worlr, he is considered un. tion, will require a staff of n given number, business lilco and extravagant. with ;L working space of ti given number &Iappi,ly this attitude is dying out as is of square ,feet. Yet to be able to al~proxl- witnessed by tlhe library of the Insurance mate your needs from 11 study of similar Association of , the Arthur D. L,ittle organinati~ons mould nni1onl)tctlly place library, the Kotlali Park library and the New special library planning out of tlic realm of Jersey Zlnc Company libraries. guess work. Guess worlr should not enter Not many business librarians are given into a. business or specinl library neld, for the opportunity lo plnn for new libraries if we am n Business 1Ibrmy we are not or reconstruct esisting rooms. It is more businesslilce If we guess. often that the libmrinn is Forred to rede- TJnlilco our public lihrary brothers our sign quarters in m111ch the libral-y already locntlon Is usually decided I)g those "higher exists. up" before we arrive on the scene. As wns In any planning worlr for a library many semarlred In tho hcginning, tl~elmsincss 11- of the points considered In public library brnry most freilucntly h:1d its origin in some planning may be used in special library individual's offlce. Our loci~tim~,then is planning. UnCortunately rccorils of esisting chosen for us. If some tlep:~rtmont he:ld libraries in business houses have not been deems it advisnblo to have ;L 1il11-nryTor Ills accunlulated and digested Cor library plan- department's work again our lmition is dc- ning the may they have been in public lib- cided for us. Seldom it is that the Hbrmkn rary planning. If 1110re floor plans and pic- has a choice in the matter. Yet who bears tnres of exisling special libraries were avail- tho fruits of an illogically situilted librnry able and statistics of accessions, cliscards, hnt the librariim? Pot ara we in :L l~osilion etc., were available lor a period of yews we as n body, to speak antl~orltativelyon the would be, presumably, better able to plan subject? Do we, as a body, lr~iowwhat the new roonls more intelligently. esperience of the several hundred specid Of course, it is no1 best to say that, bnsed libralrles is? Is it a safe thing to say that upon past records, an orgnni2ation of a if an Engineering departlment feels the need given nature, and a given staff, located in a of a library that the library should be housed in ,Me Engineering department? Because Naturally, in any library, the first con- the mngineeriag department fin,ds a need tor stderstbon is shelving. Here we can follow a libraly does not say that that depart- general library rulings to a large extenst al- ment will use bhe library the most. Use is, though in plotting for the shelving in a and always should be, the sole reason far special collection allowance must be made the library's existence. The wrlter knows for pamphlets, i. e., if a libra~andecides of an instance where a library was organ- to place .all his pamphlets on khe shdves ized under one department and yet monthly then the number of volumes to a running statistics showed that another department foot wiM be altered. Ordinarily in a special used the library some 38 to 40 odd per cent. colleotion it is best to allow #tenbooks to the of the whole, whereas the department for running foot where pamphlets are not which the library existed used the library housed on the shelves. If pamphlets are only to about 12 to 18 per cent, of the whole. bound in individual binders and placed on And so it goes! We are as yet far from the .sheilves 16 volumes to the running fmt scientiflc or business like. ought to permit a good factor ,of safety. A

FI~.2 book collection Lhen, or 5,000 volumes, 111- (4) The proportion of 1)oolis a size larger clnding parnphlcts, will require 3331A feet, than the average. or 1G three-foot sevcl~sl~clf book cases, or (5) Tho ])roportion of empty spaces 2 donl~lehcc 9-Tool rxws with one 12-foot needcd for i~uulediatcylncing 01 new r4lngle facts r:isc. IVherc a. library has a lmohu ~n their order large proporLion of bol~rld pcriotlic,itls it ((i) The pro~ioslio~lof e1npt.v sgitces shoulil cou~il nbout eight volnnlos to Lhe ~ieedcdfor col~venienlclass ar'lange. rurlning fool. menl., [incling and ha~ldllng01 boolrs. lGastrn:111, in his l~ttlepamphlet 011 the (7) T11c propol tion ol sllelves needecl for ‘'Lilrm'y 13uildIr1g" gives the following in- spcclnl uses, :ts new a~~rlvnls,books fornmntiou lor 11lottiuq the ~~cccssiwyshelf in ~~rnrcwof ~ircpnration and for ~-equircnicnts. speci:d collections (1) Thc ])I-c~s(~I~~~~ulnlrcr of volunlos Rrhilc thr abovc. ~wles apply to gonor:rl (2) l'hc J o:u'ly ;~ddiliou. Iib~.i~riesthcy WITC ns iI very qood goido 13) T~P).(1;11'1y loss or r81110~:11. to the sprci:~lli1)1';11') AS :I SIIPC~:~~Iil)s~ry

May is scldonl under the ~~ecessityof preserving within a reasonable margin, the cost Of material that is out of date the collect~on "boarding" J'OIII'I>oolis. is far more likely to stay nearer a glrren Having plotted the required shelvlng for figure than i~.ouldbe the case in a general the imniediato collection and a twenty years' 1il)r;~ry. I11 hct it is n-ell to lceep, as far growth, you are in a yoslt~onto decide upon the lcincl of cases you will have. The kind :IS possible, nn tlccnrate account of your roIlectioll I)ased upon the nbove rulings as oC case will (legend upon sgecificaLions in you will then be in a position to determine lorce in your organization. If steel equip-

Fig. 4 ment is required, your cases will have to he After having hanrlled yonr shelving to oC steel. The Library Bureau, Art Metal your satisfaction yerhaps the next most im- Construction Company, Snead C,om,pany are portant piece of library equipment is the among the leading manufacturers oC libraiy card catalog. In determining upon tho shelving. The finish of the cases will rle- proper size for this part of your equipment pend upon the sgecificat~onsin force. T,hree you ciln, i1 flgures are available, plot your feet shoulcl be allowed between cases il ar- cabinet's capacity in somewhat the same ranger1 in pnrnllel arrangements. Parallel manner you chd for the s..elving. It will arrnngemel?t wlll be found, in most cilses, he tlecessary for you to estimate the npproxi- nlost econoiliicnl. It is seldom that office nlate nun~ller01 cards to i~ 1?00k and with wall space, or any other space, mless spec- this faclor figure out yonr tctnl number of ially built, will acconlinorlate the standard trays, countinr: 800 merllmn weight cards three-foot unit Iioolc cnse arranger1 ?long to n tray, includ~uggulrle cards. IC pur- the mnlk specially constructed shelv~ug chasing from a. standar? l~brarysupply, or is to be frowned upon. \!%en purchasing ofice furnishing house you find that the wooden cases it is best to purchase the number of trays needed does not come even Zi11r:lry Burcau unit case. Thc standard with the styles for salc alvays pul'chase the shelf usually measures 8 inches wde. SVider nest larger size. In porchas~ngcard cnb- shelves may be purchased if the collection incts be sure that your trays will ~nter- warrants. Standard 11brary cases are ar- chnilge with ease and that the rods to lock rangccl with shelving adjustable every inch. your carcls in are for library puncliad cards. The usual Dractice is to place the shelves JInny of the cabinets purchased from office for the arerage size books 10 inches apart. snl)ply honses have rods that are for com- Larger boolre are usually placed on slielves mercial cards and will not fit into library from 12 to 20 inchcs apart Many librarians punched cards arrange the two lower shelves for over.. The desks in e business library usually size hooks and the remainder for the aver- conform to the stnndnr~lsin force in the age size books. organization. It is well, however, if a li- br:u.~:ul 11:lntllcs a lot of perio~lic.:~lstlixt will watt lamps placed at snit,~!)ledistances !)e- 11e lcllt in his crvc over 11lgl11,to have a desk twen cases dependlug upon length of the that. has ir 1-crticill filc rlrn\vcr in thc right aisle, provided with mctal pnrnbolic shades 11:ind pei1cst:~l. This filc i1r;twc~r inrn~s:I and separate chain pull sw~tcli~s very convcnicnt ant1 S:L~Crecegl:wle for all The ~llnstrat!ons in Lhis artlcle (figs. 1 perioficnls, The li11rari:tn will also want a all11 2) sllow two views in n temgornry loca- slylc desk tht hns facilltics for filing the tion for a librilry thnt v:ns to niove into standard 8 x 5 c:vils in olic drawer or two new quarters within a year's time. Fig. 3 ;IS the case nin)' be. As 111:ln)' 11l)rarlans --om corner of new quarters The pro1:lm arc called upon lo do nlore or less typing of providing shelving and other equipment and yet at the saltle timc rcqul1'1nq a large for thesc two quarters was conlplicxted by worliing y11rCfice 011 Llieir desk the type of tho Pxct that equipment was to I)e pnr- cleslc thnl provi(1es for it st:~n[lardtypewriter chased at the outset to supply ~0n~id~rallk to be placer1 In the left getlcslal of the desk, growth and yet have the equipment fit eco- is an essential departure fronl office stand. nomically into both rooms Atter ninch norlc nrds. Sonlcwllnt the smnc end m:ly he on blueprints niade from drawings made to obt:tined 11y using a slnnd on rollers similar scale and cardl~oardfurniture the desircd to the st:mtls for adding machines, particu. ends were prnctically nlet Additional in- lnrly where one typewriter has to do serv- terest was added to the problem in view ice for marc than one person. of the fact that in tlie room shown in fig. If a lil)r:uy, anrl most special libraries do, 1 and 2 it was inlpossible to arrange shelv- n~~intains:In exte~islveclipping flle, most ing in alcoves as the floor load would not librnriaus find thnt llle "Cap" size vertical permit the additional weight with safety, flle is vory economical. Particularly is this Whereas in the new qunrters' alcove ar- trnu if tho 1il)mry files its panlphlets in ver- rangement was to I)e the order or the day tical fllcs as t11c average palnphlet is cut It was necessary, therefore, to avoid pur- wide enough to permit oC two pamphlets chasing extra anel el led ends that would being illcd side by side In n vertical posi- have had to be cliscarded when shelving tion Wliilc I.he vertical position is, per- was moved into the new location. Note the haps, a ~ninorconsidcralion, all mill grant specinl shelving for current periodicals. thnt il is much easier to pick out a yalnphlet This style has worked out very well in tlie filed vertically than one filed lengthwise, time that it has been used. neces:sitating, thereby, nddilionnl lal~orin Figure 4 sliows arrangeinent ot cases in a sclectlr~gLlw p:trticular pnnlghlet from the large ofice I~uilding lilc. I)mwers for vertical files shoald, l~lte ST'henerer a libra~~nu1s called upon to the card cabinet, be interchangc:tble. Sleel plan the eq~~iplnent,he sllotlld always ir.orlr eqnipn~e~~lis bcst, for besides its fire re- from a scnlerl drawing and use cardbo~rd tarding qmlities, it is noL affected by forn~tnredrawn to scale weather condil~onslike the woodcn cases. LIBRARY WORK, 1919 Fam spec~nl11l)rarles arc fortunate enougli Note:-This llst includes articles in to have a roal rending room. This is un- American library gcriodm.1~and the Eng- lortnnate, for an attractive reatling room is lisi~library pcriodici~lsIlliely to be of in- n great stimnlator lo nlaiie people use lhe twest to the specinl 1iI)rarim. Iil)~-:~ry.If the librnrlnn 1s called upon to L~brarvJournal, Se~t..1919. f~~rnislla, re;~dins rooni, cue should be ~riedei,J. II: ~rahii.sfor I~bmrianship. t.altcn to see that the rending tables are Walter, F. I<. Tnining for the lilrrnrinn of oblong, ;~ndunless for some speciul re:rson n business libraiy or a I~osinesshranch. bllollld 1~ :! Ct. s 6 It. and ::I inches high. ICeogh, A. Advanced llljrars trninm_r for Dr:\wors arc lint essential. Chnirs for me at research worlters. the tal~lesshould l)e s1r:tight baclc, rrrmless, Library Assocration Record, July, 1919. sntl(1le I)ottoni chn11-s oL 11ght mood. Tf Tccllnical library develo])mr~ltin Germany. lonngiiig or rei~tlinj:ch:rirs are to be pro- Library Association Record, August, 1919. vitlcd, the \V~ndsorlllotlcl is :). very conifort- Teclin~cillanrl co~nmercial1ibr:u.y movement :tl~lcnntl liglll chair. I-1env.y furnilure should in South Africa. not he tolerated. It is cumborrome, n0fW C111To1~(1,F. W The 1il)r:lr)' of the chc!ll- ;u~dunsightly, All chairs shonld have 1~11- ical society, a recorll ol' a reccnt attempt ber or metal c;~pson the I~ottorils of the ;~tco-operalion. legs. The Llbrarran, July, 1919. Ligl~lingis nrnong the mans other thing? Commerc~alant1 business 1il)rnrles. that n speci,~l 1il)r:uian hns yreg~u'ed lor The L~braryWorld, July, 1919. him. It is seldom that ceiling lights are suit- Ollet, Ptrul. Pour une clnssiflcation uni- ably wrnnged for gi\*ing su?iicient. light to verselle. eilhci- wnll cases or floor cases. Floor cases The Llbrary World, Sept., 1919. nrrangctl in parallel sl~onldh:l.ve, if ceiling Clnrlte, E. P. The qunlifications of the light cloes not provide adequate light, GO- \l:orlts' librarian 2Ga SPELfIAL LINIi.-IIZ/BLS >lay Libraries in City American Baulcera Association, 5 Nassau FederLtl Reserve 13ank, 120 . Street. Ford, Bacon and Davis, 115 Broadway. American Exporters Translation Bureau, 17 For~1Ii:m University, Pelha111 Aveuuc, oppo- Battery Place. site . American Geographical Society, 16 West Foreigu Mission Library, 156 Fifth Avenue. 8lst Street. General Electric Company, 120 Broadway. American Hard Rubber Company, 11 Mer- General Society of Mechanics and Trades- cer Street. men, 16-24 West 44th Street. American Institute of Electrical Engineers, General Theological Selnlnary, 175 Niu th See Library of the Engineering Socie- Avenne. ties. Grand Lodge, F. and A. M. of the State of American Institute of Mining Engineers, See New York, 49 West 23rd Street. Library of the Engineering Societies. , 29 East 32nd Street. American International Corporation, 120 Guaranty Club, 140 Broadway. Broadway. Guaranty Trust Company, 140 Broadway. American Museum of Natural History.-. 77th Haslcin & Sells, 469 Fifth Avenue. Street and Central Park West. Hispanic Society of America, West 164th American Numismatic and Archaeological Street, corner Broadway. Society, West 156th Street, near Broad- Imbrie, Wm. Morris, & Co., 61 Broadway. way. Institute of Musical Art, 120 Claremont Ave- American Society of Civil Engiueers, 20 me. West 39th Street. lngurance Society of New York, 84 William American Society of Mechanical Englneers, Street. 'See Library of the Engineering Socie- Jaues Black Temperance Library, 3-5 West ties. 18th Street. American Telephone and Telegraph Com- Jewish Tlieological Seminary of America, pany, 195 Broadway. 531 West 123rd Street. Asaocintion of the Bar of thc City of New Kidder, Peabody & Compnny, 17 Wall Street. York, 42 West 44th Street Law Library in , Court House. Association of Life Insurance, 165 Broadway. Library of the Engineering Societies, 29 Association of Railway Executives, 61 Broad- West 39th Street. way. Long Island Historical Society. Pierrepont, Bankers Trust Company, 16 Wall Street. Corner of Clinton Street, Brooklyn. Barrett Manufacturing Company, 17 Battery McGraw-Hill Company, 10th Avenue and Place. 36th Street. Bonbright & Company, W. P., 120 Broadway. Manufacturers Association of the U. S., 30 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Church Street. Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. Medical Society of the County of IUngs, Bureau of Vocational Information, 2 West 1513 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn. 43rd Street. Mercant~leBanlc of the Americas, 38 Plne Chase National Bank, 57 Broadway. Street. Chemical National Banlc of New York, 270 Mercantile Library Association of New Yorlr, Broadway. 13 Astor Place, Chemists' Club, 52 East 41st Street. Mel.chant's Association of New Yorlr, 233 Cheney Brothers, 4th Avenue and 18th Broadway. Street. hfet.hodist E-Iistorical Society, 150 Fffth Ave- City Library, 10 City Hall. nue. College of Pharniacy of the City of New Metropolitm Lifc Insurance Company, 1 York, 115 West 68th Street. . College of Physicians and Surgeons, 437 Metropolitnn Museum of Art, Central Park, West 55th Street. opposite East 83nd Street. College of the City of New Yorlc, St. Nicho- Missionary Resewch Lilmry, 25 Madison las Terrace, corner West 139th Street. Xveuue. Columlh Unirorslty, 116th Street and hIont11ly Meeting of Friends of New York, Brondnn): 228 East 16th Street. Community Motion Plcture Bureau, 46 West Afunicipal Research Branch, MunicipaI 24~11Street. Bulld~ng,Room 512. Corncll University Medical College, 477 First National Banli of Co~nmerce111 New Yorlc, Avenue. 31 Nassau Streel Erio R. R, 30 Church Street. National T7'0rltmen's Comyensntion, Service Farmer's Loau and Trust Company, 16 Wil- Bureau, 1:: Pnrli Row. lianl Strwt New Jersey Zmc Comp~tny,1l;O Front Strect. New York hc:l(lcmy of RIedicine. 17 Wese Roclteieller L~oun(iit:ov,C1 Driat'rn~v. 4::rtl Street. Rockefeller Institute for Rlcdical Research. New York Bot:ullcal Galdens, South Eoule.. Foot East GCth Strect. vnl-11, rorner Wobster Avenl~e. Hon~ldPress, 20 Vesey Strcct. New Yorlc Gcne:~logicnl and Biographical Rursell Snge FouVldltion Library, Lexing- Society, 2% West 58th Strect ton Avcnue, corner East 22nd Street. Ncw Yoric 13listoricnl Society, 170 Central Safety Institute of America, 261 Madison Piirk West. Avenue. Now York 11il~Institule, 118 Post Office Sinclair Oil Company. 120 Broadway. Building. Typothetae of the City of New York, 45 East New York Public Library, Avenue and 17th Street. . Union Carbide Company, 30 East 42nd New Yorlr Society Library, 109 University Street. Place. Union Theological Seminary, 120th Street New York State Chamber of Commerce, 65 and Broadway. Liberty Street. U. S. Rubber Company, 1790 Broadway. New Yorlc University, University Heights. Western Electric Company, 196 Broadway. Pennsylvania Hotel, Seventh Avenue and Y. M. C. A. Library, 318 West 57th Street. 32nd Street. This list has been compiled rather hur- Pennsylvania Society, 249 West 13th Street. riedly to meet the convenience of the Con- Pratt Institute Free Library, 220 Ryerson rentlonites. There are, no doubt, many Street, Brooklyn. omsisions and probably some errors. Read- Price, Waterhouse and Company, 64 William ers of Special Libraries mould confer a Street. favor upon the Managing Editor it they Prison Association of New York, 135 Elast would forward new names and correctione 16th Street. so that we may have an accurate and com- Public Service Commission Library, Room plete directory of libraries fn New York 1418, 154 Nassau Street. City. New Foreign Technical Books Barbet, Emile. Carri, Pierre. Rectification de l'air liquide; separation PrOck de chlmie industrielle. 464 pa ct purlflcation des pas de I'atrnosph&re. 1018. J. B Ba.llli&re, . 139 p. Dunoil & Pinat, Paris, 7 fr. 20. Bulletln de la Soci4te d'Encouragement, hloniteur scientifique, Jan., 1919, sup. p.4. Sept.-Oct., 1918, p.303. 21% p. 5; col. Chantbonnaud, L. Batardon, Lion. Les affan,es et la methode scientiflwe. Cours pratiqne do comptabilltb. v.1: Li! $64 p. 1018. Dunod & Pinat, Paris, 18 fr. conlptnhilit6 on g6nernl et la comptabilith Bnlletln de la Socibte d'Encouragement, commercinle. 399 p. Dunod C Pinat, Paris, Scgt -Oct., 1918. p.300. 2 P. 10 tr. 80. Le GBnie civil, Dec. 28, 1918, p.520. J/J col. Coffignier, Ch. Lc lith~pone, historique, fabrication, Borel, Emlle. nnnlyse, avemr. 64 p. Librairie de l'Ecola Lecons sur les fonctiolls monoghnes unl- ~enkdb,Parls. formes d'une vnriabla colnplexe. 165 p. Moniteur sclentifique, Feb., 1919, sup. p.8. 1917. Gnuthier-Villars, Paris. r/, col. Bnlletin of the American Mathematical Society, Feb., 1919, p.230 4% coi. Dargon, Jean. Caviation de demain; son avenir indus- Bronlewski, Wltold. tr~elet commercial. 184 p. Berger-Levrault, 230 p. Paris, 9 fr. 60. Introduction B 1'8tude cles alliages. 1-e Genie civil, Dec. 14, 1918, p.480. 2/3 col. 1918. Delagrave, Paris, 18 fr. Bulletin de la Socfbt6 dlEncouragement, 2/3 page. Dor~geot,E. Jan.-Feb. 1919, p. 223. La nlkcanique appliqube, thborique, num- 6rique et graphique. 613 p. 1918. Dunod & Bugat-Pujol. Pinat, Paris, 39 fr. Statique graphique. 237 p. 1918. Dunod Bulletin de la BociBtB d'Encouragement, L Pinat, Pads, 24 fr. SepLOct., 1918, 1x299. 1 P. Bulletin de la Societ6 d'lncouragement, Revue g6nbrale des sciences Pures et aR- pliquhs, NOV.30, 1918, p.650. r/a ~01. Dubrisay, Rene. Paris, 2 f1, La clinn~e6ldnientaire dcs ingen~eurs,clcs J.e Mnic civil, Sov. 30, 1918, 1) -110. !/Jcol. industr~els cr des constructeurs. 307 1). I)uriod 8 Pln,lt, Paris, 12 I'r. Ga~n,Edmond. blonileur scientiliilu~,SOY., 1918, sup. p.44 PrBcis de chiniie agricole. Ed.2. 510 P. g col. 131S. J. B. BailllEre, Pnris, 12 fr. Revue gdn4ralc (IPS sciences pures et ap- Revue gdi16r;1le des sciences pures et ap- pliclu6cs, Dec. 30, 1!)18, 1).i14. col. pliquees, Jan. 30, 1919, 11.56. p. Escard, Jean. Grandmougin, Euglne. L'aluminium dam l'industrie. 272 p 1918. L'enseigncment Ae la chimie inrlustrielle Dunod & Pinat, Par~s. en France. 181 p. 1917. Dunorl & Pinnt, Bulletin de la Soci6t8 Francaise des Elec- PH~IS,3 fr. 85. tric~ens,Nov., 1918, p.380. 2/3 p. Revue gen6rale de chinm pure et appli- quhe, Agril-June, 1918, p.lG. I,g p. Escard, Jean. Les fours Blectriques de laboratoire. 72 p. Grandmougin, EugZne, and Grandmougln, P. 1918. Dunod & Pinat, Paris. La r4orgnnlsation de I'industrie chimique Bulletin de la Societe Fran~aisedes Elec- en France 277 p. 1918. Dunod I& Pinat, trir~ens,Dec., 1918, p 123. 1 D. Paris, 15 fr. Bulletin de la Socidth d'Encouragement, Escard, Jean. Jan.-Fell., 1919, p.226. p. La nouvelle Industrie de verre; emplois sp6cinus: fabrication dlectrothermique; ver- Granjon, R., and Rosemberg, P. res de quartz et ~uartzPondu. 120 p. 1918. Manuel prntique de soudure autog8ne. J. Iiey, Grenoble. Ed..?. 379 a. 1918. Office Central de Revue gh8rale ties sclences pures et ap- iAc~tylBae,Paris, 7 fr. 50. !)liquees, Nov. 15, 1918, p.621. 1 col. Bullctin de In Socidtd d'Encouragemcnt,

FauchEre, A. Grlllon, Ph. Guide pratique rl'sgriculture tropicale. Teclin~que radlologique 320 11 1919. 158 p. 18.18. Chnll:~mel, Paris. RIaloine, Paris, 2 fl'. Rerne gdn6rnlc tlrs sciences llures et ~p- Revue gen6rale de 1'8lectricil6, Jan 29. pliqudcs, Jan, 15, 1919, 1x27. 1 p. 1919, p.122. 1 col. Fayol, Henri. Gulllet, Lion. 1,'dveil de I'esr~r~tnnblic: administration L'enseignement technique supdrieur ?L ~nd~~striclle~etg&n6rnle. 289 p. Dunod & l'nprfs-guerre. 392 p. 1918. P:lynt, Paris. Plnat, Pnris, 4 fr. SO. 4 fr. 50. I,e Gdnie clvil, Jan 11, 1619, p.40. col. Revue gdn6rale clcs sciences gures et ap- phqn8es, Nov. 30, 1918, p.653. 5 p. Firasson, Louis. L'industr~edu fer 219 p. 1918. Pnyot, Henderschott, F. C., and Weakly, F. E, Paris, 4 fr. 50. Emplopnient department and employe Brllleiin clr la Socibte d'Bncouragement, relations. GO 11. La Salle Estension IJni- Sor.-Dec., 1918. p 502. % p. versity. 1.e Genie civil. Nov. 30, 1818, 1) 140, 7; col. 130th sides, Jan., 1019, 12 27. 1 col. Rcvnc ~811dralede l'dlectricit6, Dec. 7, "Descril~csthc orfinnizntion :~ndclutiec of 1918, p S59. ?; col. ;\I eml~loymcntclcpartment, thr function of I 11r employment m:tnnger, his rel;i tions to F&sson, LOUIS. other departments, tlie sources of tlie labor La question ilu fer: le prohlfmr frnnc.0. supply, and the scientific mcthod of selecting ;~llem;tncl(In fer. 167 g. 1918. P:~yot, Paris, people for their jobs." 3 fr. Revue genernle 110s scimces pnres et np- Jauriguy, Pierre, and others. pliquB~s,Nov 15, 191 8, p.621. 1 pol. 1,'inAustrie nllemande et In finerre. 1G0 p. llunod & Piuat. Paris, 7 fv 20. Flagey, Etlenne. I,e Genie civil, Dec. 14, 1018, p.480. %, coI. Comment devonir inghieur? 245 p, T,'Inclustrie Blectrique, Dec. 10, 1818, g.457. Payot, Paris, 4 fr. 50. $8 col. Le Genie civil, Dec. 28, 1918, g.520. yj col. Revue g6ndrale cle 1'8lectricit6, Jan. 18, 1919, p 82. % col. Fournier, Lucien. La 11arolc; comment on parle; comment Lartigue, Alfred. on t616phone. 112 p. La Bonne Fresse, Lettrrs % l'dcaddmis des Sciences sur l'unification des torces et tles ph6nornEnes Perr~go,Oscar. cle In nature. 480 g. Doh, Pnr~s,6 fr. IXY tours; translated from English ed 2 Le GOnie civil, Dec. 28, 1918, p.520 $4 col. 1,y Maurice Varimois. 419 p. 1918. Uunod L'Industrie Blcctrique, Jnn. 10, 1919, p.18. IG IJinat, IJaris, 30 fr. % P. Rullct~n de la SocietB d'Encouragement, Jan.-Peb., 1919, 11.226. 1 p. Lecornu, Leon. La m0c~niqnc;Ics idBes et lcs faits. 304 Picard, Alfred. p. 1918. Flainmarion, Paris, 4 fr. 75. Ides chcmins de fer. 856 p. 1918. Dunod Bulletin de la. SocidtB dlEncourngement, & Pinat, Paris, 30 fr. Jan.-Feb., 1919, p.221. p. Bulletin de la Soci6t6 cl'Encouragement, Lycett, John. Jan.-FeL., 1919, p.221. I/, p. Dictionnaire technique de I'aviatioa; Rlghl, Augusto. Anglais-Frangais et Fran~ais-Bnglals. 180 p. 1 fenorneni elettro-atomici sotto l'azione Dunocl & Pinal, Paris, 7 fr. 20. del mngnetlsnio. 435 p. Zanichelli, Bologna, I,e GBnie civil, Nov. 16, 1918, p.400. % col. 21 tr McNlcol, Donald. L'Indnst~leBlectrique, Dec 10, 1918, p.456. La tBlBgraphie en AmBrique. 278 p. lrn P. Gauthier-Villars. Paris, 11 fr. Revue gBn6rale de l'Blectricit6, Dec. 28, Rodet, Julien. 1916, p.986. !,$ cola Notions d'acoustique; instruments de musique; le t,Blharmonium. 96 p. 1917 Malatesta, G. O;~ntl~ier.Villars,Paris, 3 fr. 50. Le goudron et ses d8tivBs; extraction, dis- Revue ghdrnle des scicnces pures et np- tillation, nnalyse; tr, de I'italien par J. A. pliqu6es, Jan, 15, 1919, p.26. 1/5 col. ~Monlyellier. 164 11. Dunod & Pinat, Paris, 33 fr. Rouet, H., and Cotto, F. Moniteur scientifique, Nov., 1918, sup. p.44. I,e contrBle technique 3 I'usine (mhteaux). col. Ill1 p. Dnnorl & Pinnt, Paris, 5 fr. 40. 1.e Genie clvil, Kov. 30, 1918, 11,440. col. Masmejean, A., and BErEhare, E. J.'lnilustrie Blectrique, Dcc 10, 1918, 11.4~57. Les moteurs B esglosion clans I'aviation. % c0l. v 1: Etudes prBlirni~ir~ircs. 389 g. 1918. Revue g6n8n1le de 1'6lectricit6, Feb. 22, Dunotl C Pinnt, Pnrls, 15 ir. 3919, p.282. 13 1. Bulletin ilc la Soci6tB d'Encouragement, ,Tan.-Feb., 1919, 11.228. % p. Sart~ri,G. L'Industrie Blectrique, Feb. 10, 1919, p.58. La technique pri~tiquedu courant alter- P. niltif. Etl.4, v.1, translated by J. A. Mont- v5 pelllcr 1918. Dunod & Pinat, Paris. Montgolfier, Pierre de. l.'Intiustsie Blectrique, Nov. 25, 1918, p.457. La tourbe et son utilisation. 179 p. 1918. 1 P. lXinoc1 & Pinnt, Paris, 9 lr. Bulletin cle la SociBtB d'Encouragcment, Serieye, Emlle. Septa-Oct., 1918, 11.305. r/, P. L'econo~nie du charbon dans les cliau- Monitenr scientifique, Dec., 1918, sup. p.46. dilres 105 D. Dunod & Piriat, Paris, G fr. IA col. Le (:&lie clvil, Dec. 2S, 1918, p 520. 1/, col. L'lntlustrie Blectrique, Feb. 10, 1919, p.59. Pawlowski, Auguste. Le sous-sol rle la li'rnnce, Berger-Levrault, Puns, 2 fr. 40. Iron nnd conl tixtles revicw, Fell 1.1, 1030, 11 204. %, col. Shuey, Herbert Stanley. "CollecteA ncwspnper articlcs wrltten a Riblio~raphyof foreign traclc publications. fcw years ago I)y Prolessor Pawlowslti on 77 p, I918 Ten Bosch. the subsoil of France.. .First two chapters ni;lnulacturers record, Dec, ?G, 191P, p 79. deal with Iron and conl resources . .Other col. chapters deal with the other nlinernls to be found in lhe country, including the rick Soubrier, Maurice. bauxite beds in the South of Prance." Les industries Blectriqnes d'hier et de demain. 214 p. 1918. Dnnod & Pinat, Paris, Pecheux, Hector. 12 fr Les courants Blectri~lresalternatifs. 250 Bulletin de la Soci6tB d'Encouragement, g. Delagrave, Paris, 12 fr. 50. Nov.-Dec., 1918, p.503. r/z P. Revue gBnBrnle cle l'Blectricit6, Dec. 7, Le GBnie civil, Nov. 30, 1918, p.440. %, c01 1918, p.869. r/, col. L'industrie Blectrique, Dec. 10, 1918, p.457. 1,; col. ol 10 a clay for the six months' perlod. It shows that 17.797 pieces 01 literature on salety, sanitation rind other closely relnted Suess, Eduard. subjects were distributed by the Library La face de la terse; translateti aud an- outside of the office of the National Safety notated under the dlrectioll of Enmanuel Coullcil, an average of 114 pieces of safely de Margerie. 1918. Colin, Paris literature a day. v.3, ~z.4. p.1361-1724. During the six months' period, the SJ- Tables g6n6rales de l'ouvrage. 258 P. tional Safety Council's lihrary received American journal of sClenCe, hlarch, 1919, lO,LGG books, pamphlets, Illue prints, clip- glngs, photographs, trade catalogs and charts, all devoted to some phase of acci- Swyngedauw, R. dent prevention worlc, nn average of 65 :1 Le courant alteruatif. 564 P. Beranger, day. Of the latler numl)er, 1,0Li2 were mng:l- Paris, 17 fr 50. zines, trade journals and uciler periodlcnl Revue a6n6rale de 1'6lectricit6, Feb. 8, pul~lic:itions containing inforlnntlon on safety. The Council has received 1)oth in~uiries Szarvady, G. regarding methods of preventing ncclrlents ThBor~edes enroulements des machines b and Information on this s111)ject from vari- courant~~ . continu.~~ 137 1). 191S. Dunod Q ous points in Great Britain, Netherlands, Plnat, Pans, 10 fr. 80 South Africa, South Americn, Jnpnn, Russl:l Bulletin dc la Societb d'Encouragcment, and France. But even more i~nyressivethan Nov.-Dec., 1918, g. 502. 1 P. the widespread interest in safety evidcnced 1-e GBnie civil, Dec 14, 1918, p.480. col. by these iuquirles is the great mass of In- L'Industrle Blectrlque, Dec. 10, 1918, p.456. formation on all sorts of accltlent problenls I/, col. that is constantly cleveloping through the contributions of the 7,500 indnstlbial plants Valbreuze, R, de. constituting the National Safety Councll. Notions sommaires d'dlectrotechnique. 180 Sou~eidea of the extent of thls informn. p Houille Blanche, Paris, 6 fr. tlon may be had from a statement in the Electrician, Jan. 17, 1919, p.105. 3/l col. report of the 1,ibrarian indicating that it "May be comn~endedto the notice of all took 140 hours, or seventeen and one-half engineers and students who wish to ol)t:~in days, of the whole time of n lihrnrlnn to a concise treatment of the elementary theory I)rep:Lre an index to the groceeilings of the of the act~onof dynamo-electric mnchin. l'Il9 Congress ol the National Safety Coun- ery.. .Is of no use to those desire simply a cil The proceedings are now on the presses descriplive treatment with details of con- and will be ready lor dIslril)rrtion to mem- struction." A. E. Clayton. bers of the Council and others interested in acculent prevention wlthin the next few Vigreux, Henrl. eeli is. Le soufflage due verre dans les lahora. toires scientifiques et indnstriels. 250 p. 1. .\ tl'fii~itt~~)oli(~y of at~hie\*ernc~~tsl~oultl 1918. Dunocl & Pinat, Paris, 12 fr. 1)cr ontlinrtl. Tlw n~e~nl)ersl~il~.shoultl clccluc Annales des falsifications et des frandes, Itself for tlw ruiAn~wcof the inco~ni~~gtld- Nov.-Dec, 1918, p.391. 1 p. minidm tion. Bulletin de la SociBtd d'Encourngement, 2. The .\w)c.i:~tionshonld i1cl)ute wtiys nnil Jan Jeb., 1919, p.222. 1 p. rncnns for effecting n closer nlllon wit11 tllc l~osii~i~ssinlerp.slx of tllc rountry. nntl n mow "Abstracted from March, 1919, issue of undr~~slnntlinggrasp of the prol)lun~sof tly. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Technicn1 11:1rn1c I)usi~~css. Book Review Index" 2. It slioultl colltemplntt~ils ohligations to the resc:trc-h bntlies of I)usiness, nnd its ca- ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL pnclly for co-ord~rlntingthe results of rc- SAFETY COUNCIL LIBRARY. w~rchinvcstigntions. The seriousness of America's accidmt 4. It shonlf rmsitler t,~l;lng the I~CCPSSI~I~ prohlem and the resultant interest in safety rteps toward 1)rconling the intermetlinry hc- worlc are reflected in a report of the worlc tween Ihc! l)rof~lrers1111d consunlers of p111)- of the Llbrarg- of the National Safety Coun- lishetl information. cil over the six months' period of Septem- 5. Its annual convrntioa program slloultl ber, 1919, to February, 1920, incluslve. which reflect more concretely the rescllrch ~1rol)- has just been made by Miss Mary B. Day, lems which concern our various librnries. Chief of the Library staff of the Council. 6. It should satisfy itself Ihnt thc stnnt1:rrds This report shows that 1,790 letters seek- of lil)rarinnship whirl1 obhin nrcr ndequnte ing information on accident prevention to invest tllc profrssion with proper tliqnlty were received by the Library, an average nnd recognition. May SPBCIAL LIBRARIES

7. It should determine whether libwrian- Milne, 117. D. Airlblnne i\fnnuPncture (17nde~'- ship and librarians are #anachronisms as writerrr' Bureau of N. E. Report 171. judged by the stnndrirds of contemporaneolis April, 1019). husiliesses nnd professions, and whether they Kntional Underwriter. Aircraft Insurnncc can be made more accgtnble to the epoch in Developing Rapidly. Februnry 23, 1020. which they exist. Quinlnn, W~llterI. rirlatiol~nnd Insurllnce 8. It should consider the opportunities for (Weekly Underwriter, Fehruury 24, 1!)20). clevelopment offered by the librnry profession, Snow, Elbridge G. Letter to nge~ltsT-lOlllC and mbnt ,intiuences it may exert to the end Insurance Coin~mng. December I, 19113. thnt every librarian IUU~reasonably nsplre to U. S. Forest Service. ziirglluie foreAt fire becoming n super-libi-nrion in some fleld, con- pntrol in Cnlifornln for 101!). Pam. spicuous for superior tnlents aud superior Weekly Underwriter. Europe lcndti in Avin- sc~l~olnrship. tioil Ilisurnnce. Fcbrnniy 7, 1020. Re1)rinted from Insnrnncc Societies of Scw Yorlc News Letter for Mnrcli, 1920.

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