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The Documentation Division is pleased to present the following papers that have been selected by the Special Libraries Committee from the Division's Paper Session held in New York at the 1967 Convention. The papers are indicative of both the actual and potential practices currently being applied by members of our profession. Whatever opinion one may have, the fact is that mechanization and automation are here to shy. The question is merely one of degree and speed of conversion as applied in individual circumstances. To this end, the Documentation Division has been and will continue to address itself to the practical problems of HOW,and will it work operationally at satis- factory cost and efficiency. This quest will again be taken up and reviewed at the forth- coming Los Angeles Paper Session, ~cheduledfor Thursday afternoon, June 6, 1968. We hope to see you there. HERBERTHOLZBAUER, Chairman Documentation Division

Computers, which have become widely available in industry, can constitute a valuable resource for special libraries. One potential use is computer-as- sisted instruction. Experimental work with three different types of pro- grammed sequences for teaching correct bibliographic style, indexing, and other library processes is described. Such instruction can be quite valuable for staff members of many organizations. The programming language is easily learned, making it possible for programs to be prepared by the librarian.

Computer-Assisted Instruction For Library Processes .I ELIZABETH THORNE JERNIGAN

OMPUTER-ASSISTEDINSTRUCTION (CAI), figuration of a typical IBM 1440 system, C a comparatively recent development, is with four basic elements. Components include growing rapidly and constantly changing. the processing unit, with console, printer, Computers have been used in elementary and card read-punch. This directs the opera- and secondary schools for instruction. They tion of all components and houses the logic have also been used extensively by univer- units and program instructions. Disk storage sities. It is common for industries, govern- packs, removable and interchangeable, can mental agencies, and commercial establish- store nearly three million characters of in- ments to have computers of their own or to formation each and provide direct storage have access to others. access. This is necessary for storing course The Center for Computer-Assisted Instruc- material and later making it quickly acces- tion at State University (FSU), Tal- sible to students. This system may have as lahassee, is used for research and the devel- many as five 131 1 storage drives in opera- opment and testing of programs in many tion at one time. The transmission control subjects. The installation follows the con- unit permits student and author entries on any of the twenty-four possible 1050 terminals function was outlined, partially written, and attached to it. FSU has three storage drives tried out at FSU by a few faculty members and five terminals. one with random access and working scientists in order to test its tape recorder and random access slide pro- feasibility and acceptance. The work was jector attachments, completely controlled by done by a graduate assistant who was an un- the computer. Other computers can be used trained prcgrammer and educator, but an ex- for instruction, but this system was used at perienced librarian. Many uses that libraries FSU for the work here described. make of computers are well known. They The CAI programs consist of instruction frequently employ the computer for acquisi- or queries in the form of short frames, using ticn, catalcging, circulation, current aware- formal or thematic prompts. The responses ness, or information retrieval. Some use the can be of several types, in;luding repetitious, computer to prepare catalogs or compile selective, constructed, true or false, or filling bock lists. Less common is the use of a com- in a blank. Writing the frames and sequenc- puter to teach "how to do" a variety of li- ing a program is-not easy and cann.t be brary processes. This first experimentation done well without care, study, and experi- with a program for library science began at ence. Writing a program that will teach and FSU about one year ago. The language used achieve the intended goals involves more is Coursewriter I, which provides logic to lead than mere technical proficiency. Such a pro- a student through the material. Coursewriter I gram must meet the needs, produce expected permits the author to write in natural lan- results, and be validated. However, having a guage, using control words which direct the subject specialist write the courses may make student to material based on his responses. them more meaningful. If he writes enough An author can override the normal sequence of them to become proficient, the programs of instructions by inserting a branch wher- should be effective while the time of prep- ever he feels it would be best. An example aration and cost should also be reduced. of this would be after each one of several In-service training is provided by many different responses to one frame, according organizations. Representatives of all aspects to the author's evaluation of the worth of of the business community-industry, com- each. Use of several functions makes for merce, and government-are subject to pro- flexibility. The program on bibliography is fessional or occupational training, frequently branching, both because of student responses through use of a computer. Many firms di- and of the nature of the subject matter. Gen- rect in-plant programing efforts. For all of eral instruction is first given. This is fol- these, it is essential to utilize procedures lowed by specific details required by any one made possible by the new technology. Such of thirteen different bibliographic author- educational programs can be formal or in- ities, the selection being made by the stu- formal, structured or nonstructured. Train- dent. The computer then automaticalIy ing may be given to employees to prepare branches and immediateIy begins instruc- them for added res~onsibilities. to train tion. Counters keep a tally of the responses them in the use of new and complex equip- to problems and questions, with the results ment or procedures, or to orient newcomers. displayed to the student at the end of the At the least, interest within the organization may be stimulated. lust so, a library or information center may use the comp;ter for training courses Mrs. Jernigan is curricu- which give to the professional staff (the lam lihrarfan with the patrons of the library) added knowledge of Florida State Department its resources and increased ability to use of Education, Tallahas- them. A specialist, called upon to write a see. Her paper was first paper or report, may count on the librarian presented at the Docu- for editorial help, a common service, which mentation Division meet- may involve explanation of the correct form ing on , 1967, in for footnotes and bibliographic citations. New YorL City, during the annual SLA Con- A computer program to perform such a vention. initial instruction period. Then he is auto- is unfamiliar to the programmer, since it pro- matically branched to review, further instruc- vides accurate information. tion, or end of the course, according to his The other type of library patron, the one performance. This program is an attempt to who uses the library, depends on it, and follow the parameters of a section of a grad- needs to be kept up to date on its most recent uate course in library science and also to fol- tools and services, counts on the librarian to low the content and sequencing as presented supply this information. Experience with by the authorities whose rules are taught. patrons' interest in the microfiche of the These factors both help and limit the pro- Educational Research and Information Cen- grammer. ter (ERIC), together with the accompany- Personnel of an organization served by a ing index, inspired the program on types of special library may be classified into two indexes. This enumerates their characteristics types. There are those who, preferring to and how they meet different needs. This has keep their own office collection of materials, worked out especially well because almost depend on it and on communication with simultaneously two additional kinds of in- their colleagues for their current awareness. dexes for the ERIC collection arrived from They may feel the need to arrange and index sources other than the U.S. Office of Edu- this collection properly. Instruction prepared cation and so offered comparisons with its by the librarian explaining types of indexes, coordinate index. This last program differs correct selection of headings, and anticipated from the other two described-instruction in usefulness may be of help to these individ- bibliographic form and selection of index uals. Also, such a course may be used by the subject headings-in that it uses no pre- organization as a training course for those viously outlined material as a basis. The who will actually perform such work as part content and organization of material follow of their duties. For experimental purposes, the verbal instructions given a number of material from a different kind of source was times by the librarian to different groups used as a starting point for the next com- and individuds. puter program. This material was in pro- Since these programs are not yet opera- grammed form, on slips of paper, when re- tional, positive conclusions cannot be pro- ceived by this programmer. The objective was mulgated. However, the consensus would to see how amenable the program might be to seem to be that librarians can use the com- changing from a text format to a computer- puter, when available, to assist them in based system. Several authors were generous teaching use of the library and thus free enough to give permission to use their ef- them for other needed professional duties. forts, but so far time has not permitted The librarian remains available for consulta- work on any but the one entitled Training tion, but the computer can take care of the Program for Subject Indexing of Chemical repetitive aspects and make the program Literature, General Instructions for Heading both individualized and personalized, ac- Selection. The blanks and correct answers cording to the needs of eaih patron. Those were provided, but wrong and unanticipated trying out the programs were not as offended by the format as by the slowness of the typ- responses, as well as comments, had to be ing input and the printer presentation. These added. Also, some of the frames had to be deficiencies, along with some others, will be redesigned, but this was kept to a minimum. overcome when the 1440 is replaced by the This program is suitable for use by any- 1500 system, a system which provides gddi- one wanting to work with Chemical Ab- tional features, capabilities, and capacity. Be- stracts or by anyone planning to index a li- cause of the intended audience of these three brary of chemical literature. It demonstrates programs, tests have not been formulated for that if a program is available in some other them. Successful use of the library will prove medium, it can be reworked for computer the best endorsement for the programs. It use. This procedure may be especially useful will also prove that human beings can in- if a program is available for a subject which struct, but that computers can assist. A system which controls some 1,600 subscriptions, about half of which are received in the library, provides efficient means of utilizing routing and sub- scription control as a two-pronged current awareness tool: routing library titles plus control of all other company-paid subscriptions. Features include printouts from the master file which generate title lists by receiving organiza- tion and individual; expiring subscriptions by vendor number for purchase order issuance, including self-adhesive mailing labels for renewal audit; mas- ter routing list with self-adhesive routing slip for each copy routed; subscrip- tion deck for check-in and claims; and library list of titles.

Computerized Subscription and Periodicals Routing Aerospace Library H. W. JONES

NE OF MANY problems perennial to the potation is located in Hawthorne, California 0 special library, or any library for that (part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area). matter, is the paper work of periodical sub- We are currently producing the F-5 and scriptions and the resultant periodicals them- T-38 aircraft for the USAF, as well as being selves, and some compound it by adding the a major subcontractor to on the 747 routing function. A survey at Northrop Nor- and SST programs. Our library is typical of air made in 1963 among seventy-five aero- our industry in its objectives and modus space companies revealed that 45 per cent of operand;. A staff of sixteen provides library their libraries route current periodicals auto- service for a company population of approxi- matically to pre-established lists, and 58 per mately 8,700, of which some 4,200 are pro- cent maintain control of subscriptions that fessionally or administratively classified. go directly to individuals within the com- As early as 1960 we had developed and pany. Our library does both of these things, implemented a relatively simple program on and the resultant maintenance and control punched cards which helped in the control problems of an increasing number of sub- of subscriptions and provided useful reports, scriptions and [outings were getting out of primarily for the benefit of the acquisitions hand. It seemed natural. therefore. to investi- process. In 1965 we redesigned the system gate the computer as an aid or possible solu- to add a routing capability, and at the same tion, not only because subscription records time included a few other additions and im- lend themse1;es easily to sud; application, provements. but more importantly, the company has com- Today, the system controls some sixteen puter capability. hundred subscriptions, of which approxi- The Norair Division of Northrop Cor- mately eight hundred are received in the library, The result is an efficient means of Mr. Jones is supervisor utilizing routing and subscription control as of technical information, a two-pronged current awareness tool: rout- Northrop Corporation, ing copies received by the library, plus con- Norair Division, Haw- trol of all other company-paid subscriptions. thorne, California. His The program generates printouts in a papev was presented orig- number of formats and in sufficient copies inally at the Docurnenta- for use by those staff members needing them. tion Division meetinn, The "master list of subscriptions" (figure May 31, 1967, during the annual SLA CO~1) contains all information about each sub- vention in New York City. scription. As can be seen, the alpha arrange- Figure 1

RZPORT NO. LW054.065 MSTER LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS MARCH 15 1967

MAG TITLE CPY SEQ FR ANN D AVG START EXPIRE ADDRESSEE ORGH ZO ADD VENDOR CODE NO. NO. EQ CST U CST MO YR MO YR NO. NE CDE CODE

OilW AMERICAN MACHINIST 01 00 BW 3 3 2 01-67 11-69' TECH INFO 3343 - 32 343460 HOLDINGS--CURRENT PUBLISHER--MC GRAW-HILL PLACE--NEW YORK

b51W AMERICAN MACHINIST 02 W BW 3 3 2 01-67 1269 TECH INFO 3343 - 32 343460 10 B GAlENNlE 5150- 16

20 F V LINDQUIST 3430 - 32 30 C M HIGGINS 3743 - 60 40 R A HACHTEN 0170 - 64 50 R J HOUSE 5220 - 32 05100 AMERICANMACHINIST 20 BW 3 1 3 01-67 12-67 V L BOLAND 5145 - 40 343460 051M) AMERICAN METAL MARKET--AIR MIL 20 D 125 1 125 01-67 12-67 J C GlLLlBRAND 0190 - BH Z 389190 HOLDINGS--N/A PUBLISHER--THE MARKET AUTHORITY PLACE--NEW YORK

GI00 AMERICAN SCIENTIST 01 00 Q 4 3 3 01-67. 12-69 TECH INFO 3343 - 32 389190 HOLDINGS--V4S 1957i B PUBLISHER--SIGMA PLACE--NEW HAVEN, CONN. 10 W W WATSON 3741 - 64 30 L R FOWELL 3614 - 31 Ci38 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR METALS-JEE ASM TRANSACTIONS QUARTERLY

CSSOl AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS-SEE ASME TRANSACTIONS

C130 AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 01 W Q 10 1 10 01-67 12-67 TECH INFO 3343 - 32 389190 HOLDINGS--V4O 1945 PUBLISHER--AMERICAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY PLACE--WASHINGTON

20 T MCSWEENY 3435 - 32

Ciao: AMERICAS!-ATlSTlClAN 01 00 Q N/C 1 N/C -ND -NO TECH INFO 3343 - 32 FREE UOLDINCS--CURRENT PUBLISHER--AMERICAN STATISTICAL SOCIETY PLACE--WASHINGTON

20 T MCSWEENY 3435 - 32 Master List of Subscriptions

ment of titles is maintained by assignment through 99 are available for assignment in of a five-digit magazine code number. Orig- numerical sequence to individuals to whom inally, when the list was compiled, each title a basic copy may be routed. A maximum of was assigned a number at intervals of 100 seven names may appear on any copy routing to allow for adequate expansion. This has list; the spread in sequence numbers allows proven entirely satisfactory in terms of the for changes without altering the whole list. slowly growing number of different titles The routing slip itself (figure 2) is a spe- controlled by the library, now some 825. cially designed, self-adhesive form which is The title field is next and provides forty- prepared in duplicate, one for attachment to four spaces, sdcientfor complete title of most the routed periodical and one for record and periodicals. Note that an additional copy of follow-up, as necessary. Periodical title, copy the same title carries the same magazine code number. and names to whom it is routed. number but has its own copy number. For are imp;inted on the form with the final ad: reasons explained later, copy numbers 1-19 dressee always being the library; the routing are reserved for titles received by the library; slip acts as a self-mailer in the company in- copies 20-98 are reserved for titles which are ternal mail system. A complete master rout- not received by the library, but go directly to ing list is also printed for check and control. individuals. Copy number 99 is a code re- The next field (in figure 1) is frequency served for a see reference or other single- of publication. This code determines the line note, and is not confined to the master number of routing slips to be produced per list format. (See Mag Code 05500, figure 1.) copy of a title. Since the program is updated The sequence number, following the copy monthly, enough routing slips are produced number field, is tied in with the routing sys- each ~eriodto take care of at least one tem and is used only with library copies month's accessions; e.g., five for each weekly, (numbers 1-19). Sequence number 00 iden- two for biweekly or semimonthly, one for tifies a basic library copy, and numbers 01 monthly.

NOVEMBER1967 Figure 2 orders. Similarly, with the exception of sub- scription cost, a label is printed one month LIBRARY ROUTING after a start date and &xed to a self-mailing FORM 20-2238 (R-8-65) .- - TITLE "subscription receipt audit" form. In this AMERICAN MACHINIST. 1 way we determine whether or not a subscrip- tion is being received. For check, control, ISSUE DATE. and follow-up, a separate list is also pro- O2 I duced of all records for which labels were DATE ROUTED: printed. - The addressee field of figure 1, showing ORGN ZONE NAME * who receives the subscription or routed copy, 5150-16 18 GAIEYNIE provides an alpha sort on the third column in order to print a list of subscriptions and routings by last name of addressee. The or- ganization number and zone is the internal address of the recipient, and a separate print- out is received in this numerical order. These lists are extremelv useful for cross-reference. 5220-32 IR J HOUSE i I statistical, and other administrative purposes. Next, the single-letter address code keys to facility addresses of those individuals who are located at other than our "home" facil- ity. Currently there are eleven such addresses 3343-32 TECH INFO being used worldwide. Approximately 75 per cent of all subscrip- PLEASE EXPEDITE tions are purchased through one vendor on DRAW A LINE THRU YOUR NAME AND FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO NEXT ON LIST a blanket-purchase order,-and renewed an- * FOR REVIEW AT A LATER DATE nually at the end of the year. Another 10 per cent are placed with five publishers. As one Library Routing Slip of its ma-in features, the system provides the annual list of renewal subscriptions for at- Annual cost refers to a one-year subscrip- tachment to the purchase order, a function tion; Average cost is the average for one which saves a great deal of clerical time. year when a savings is realized from a two- This brings us to the vendor code field, which once a vear ~rovidesbv vendor num- or three-year subscription, as indicated in , I the duration column. The cost columns ob- ber a list of subscriptions due for renewal at viously are the same when the duration is 1. the beginning of each year. Timing becomes But savings can immediately be seen if dura- im~ortanthere. since renewal audit for these tion is 2 or 3. Cost figures are to the nearest must be completed, the program updated, dollar. and a list produced early enough to renew The start and expire dates each offer an for the following year. This is accomplished interesting feature for those titles going to by getting the audit forms out four months non-library addresses (copy numbers 20-98). ahead of expiration date, as explained earlier, In order to determine whether or not sub- which is August 15 for our December ex- scriptions are to be renewed, four months pirations. The up-dated vendor list is pro- prior to an expire date a self-adhesive label "grammed at that time for two months later for each copy so affected is printed with the on the October 15 print-out, and we have title, addressee, organization/zone number, our major purchase orders placed before and cost. This label is affixed to a "subscrip- November. tion renewal audit" form (figure 3) and is The second-line entry for each title record a self-mailer both to and from the addressee. on the master list includes holdings, pub- In this manner, information needed to proc- lisher, and place (of publication) ; this entry cess renewals of specific subscriptions is re- appears- - only once per different title. Hold- ceived in time for preparation of renewal ings information, of course, is only appli- cable to titles received in the library, and The problem of determining what issues allows for volume number, "from year," and of any -periodical are not received is taken whether it is continuing and bound. care of by a monthly deck of IBM cards each Each quarter a "library list of titles:' is imprinted with a title representing a library printed out on a multilith master in a format copy. As a given copy is received, its title for reproduction on 8% x 11 stock. In addi- card is removed from the deck. At the end tion to title, holdings, publisher, and place of the period the remaining cards represent are listed. Several hundred copies are repro- titles not received, and appropriate-- - action duced from this master for distribution and can be taken. general availability. The program, which is written in COBOL Figure 3

This is a self-mailer--see other side

SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL AUDIT

3 TG 1050/31 W R PODES - .FROM: Technical Informatis2 3343-32 TITLE AVIATION ChlLY DATE: REF: 12-5 ANNUAL COST $163 SPP i J

As subscriptions become due for renewal, an audit must be taken in order to determine which are to be renewed. You are listed as recipient of the publication noted above; therefore, please answer the questions as .appropriate and return this form by . If the audit form is not returned by this date, the subscription will not be renewed.

1. Should this subscription be renewed? yes rr] NOO

2. Is subscription being received? yes NO

'3. Are addressee, organization and zone correct? Yes i?~ No Crj If no, indicate change

4. Do others use your subscription? yes NO If yes, how many? 5. Instead of this subscription, would you utilize a library copy either in the library or by having it rated to you? yes NO U

Signature of recipient

Approved by : Mrector or higher

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-- - Subscription Renewal Audit Form and run on an IBM 7090, currently provides in the handling of all company-paid sub- 180 characters or columns broken down into scriptions. And finally, it provides useful sixteen fields for each periodical copy rec- information and reports not formerly avail- ord. Changes to a record are made by field, able, both in the acquisition and circulation and each change must be addressed with functions and for administrative purposes. magazine code number, copy number, and Actual cost savings are virtually impossible sequence number, if any. This has proven to determine from a system whose effective- to be a satisfactory method of updating. ness is not measurable in dollars. However, However, in our company, and I suspect in if we use the one criterion of clerical time most others, organization numbers ate fre- saved or replaced by the system, and we quently changed and individuals move or ate save 50 per cent of a $500-a-month clerk's transferred to new locations in the company. time, then the system is saving us $250 per Also, each year at the same time a large pro- month before deducting its cost. portion of start/expire dates must be changed Recurring costs have averaged about $125 as subscriptions ate renewed. Consequently, per month, including key punch, machine the program provides for blanket changes to time, and all the other data processing costs be made in these two fields in order to avoid charged against the system, leaving us a net excessive and repetitious clerical input effort. savings of $125 per month. The initial non- Obviously in evaluating a system such as recurring cost for design and implementa- this many things must be considered, and tion of the present system was approximately foremost perhaps is "economic feasibility." $6,000; therefore, at $125 saved per month Are the results we get worth the cost? We we will have it paid off in four years. know, for instance, that it has eased the cler- Of course this kind of calculation is not ical load in typing and record keeping by at entirely realistic, but the advantages we have least 50 per cent, thereby releasing these gained from the system are quite realistic in hours for other tasks formerly neglected. terms of improved library operations and Also, it has provided a far more efficient, service. So we can say, without reservation, orderly, and rapid means of routing period- that we ate getting more than our money's icals. Additionally, it effects positive control worth from the automated system. As a part of the new programs development in the Douglas Aircraft Company libraries. a book-form ~rintoutca~abilitv has been introduced. Our mecha- nized information retrieval system has been operational for six years, with the library bibliographic output produced in the form of 3 x 5 cards. Utilizing the same basic retrieval program, the output is now reformatted to generate a book-form printout. This printout provides six reference points-the cot- porate author index, personal author index, title index, report number index, contract number index, and accession number index. The procedures followed in developing this format, as well as some of the problems created by the change, are discussed. Retraining of both the users and the library personnel was accomplished through a gradual introduction of the new methods. The rec- ord files for acquisitions required the 3 x 5 cards so we have retained the card printout capability to use in conjunction with the book-form printout. The economics of book-form printout as compared to 3 x 5 cards are examined, along with an evaluation of the new program and its interface with the ex- isting mechanized system. Cards Versus Book-form Printout In a Mechanized Library System F. R. SMITH and S. 0. JONES

NE IMPORTANT RESULT of the widely catalog cards. Machine generation of these 0 heralded information explosion has catalog cards was a tremendous improvement been the recent rapid development of mech- over having to type them out manually. We anized retrieval systems. Those of us fortu- record on the 3 x 5 cards both bibliographic nate enough to have developed a computer- information (corporate author, report num- ized retrieval program early in this decade ber, COSATI category number, contract congratulated ourselves. We felt we had the number, document control number, security situation well under control, with mechanical classification, personal author, title, date, ac- capabilities suitable for most of our long- cession number, and number of copies) and range needs. descriptive information (uniterms, descrip- Indeed, we found that implementation of tors, or key words), but we utilize only some the Douglas Mechanized Information Re- parts of the bibliographic information as fil- trieval Program in 1961 did give us access ing points. Thus we are able to have separate to a much larger store than was previously cards for all desired filing points, which available, and, with computer assistance, we greatly increases our access to documents. were able to add to this store at a hitherto Multiple corporate entries, multiple per- impossible rate. All was rosy, or so it seemed. sonal authors, or multiple titles for a single But one fad soon became obvious-you put document no longer required excessive typ- a lot in, you get a lot out! ing, once we became mechanized. The com- puter simply prints a separate card for each Rationale for a Book Printout entry that we identify by a code. It will print One big part of what we got out was 3 x 5 as many as we need, each neatly labeled

Dr. Smith is manager, technical information, Corporate Engineering and Research, and Mrs. Jones is corporate librarian, both with Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, California. Their paper was originally pre- sented at the May 31, 1967, Documentation Division meeting at the 58th annual SLA Convention, New York City. across the top. The card is divided into sev- found that to be pretty expensive. Having eral fields: 1) accession number, 2) corpo- turned to the computer for clerical assistance rate author and report number, 3) title, 4) initially, we again began exploring computer personal author, 5) date, G) copy number alternatives to relieve us of this filing bur- and notes, and 7) descriptors. Our computer den. We concluded that a book-form printout creates a file card for each entry which begins rather than 3 x 5 cards was the most prac- at the left margin in the first four fields (fig- tical solution. ure 1). From the sample in figure 1, seven file cards would be generated, each with its filing point printed across the top of the Development of the Book Printout card. The computer automatically sorts and In order to develop our new printout, we prints the cards, which are then burst and de- had to do two things: define the desired file livered for insertion into the files. content (the responsibility of the libraries) With an average of five file cards per doc- and teach the comDuter to ~roducethis con- ument and around thirty thousand documents tent (the responsibility of the programmers). per year input, the computer was generating Meetings of all the company librarians a basic minimum of 150,000 cards a year. In eventuallv defined the file content we now addition, we needed multiple copies of some use, which gives us six indexes : 1) corporate of the cards so that we could supply branch author, 2) personal author, 3) title, 4) re- libraries with the necessary records of our port number, 5) contract number, and 6) document holdings. That caused the figures accession number. for card generation to jump to over 300,000 Not all of the indexes reflect the complete per year. Interfiling alone therefore cost us bibliographic and descriptive data. We did over three thousand hours annually. We not feel that it was necessary to duplicate all

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re we "of-the-rocks"? As the Board of ship and increased numbers of extra &ha- A Directors studied the proposed budget tions even though there will be a slightly for 1967-1968, it was felt that we were not smaller allotment per cent. The Board ap- "on-the-rocks" ; with appropriate fiscal con- proved a per capita allotment of $1.80 per trols our voyage should be secure. During three member (9 per cent) for Divisions instead strenuous days of meetings by the Board on of the $2.00 paid in 1966-1967. The per September 25, 26, and 27, every aspect of capita allotment for Chapters for 1967-1968 the Association's proposed expense budget was set at $2.70 (13.5 per cent) instead of and income budget for 1967-1968 was care- the $3.00 paid in 1966-1967. (These per fully analyzed and evaluated. During the capita allotments are determined each year summer proposals for operating economies by recommendations of the CLO and DLO. and for increased income in 1967-1968 had It is hoped that the allotments can be re- been prepared by the Finance Committee, turned to their former amounts in 1968- Headquarters Operations Committee, and 1969.) Publication Program Committee. In addi- 6. An important decision by the Board is tion, five-year comparative tables for all line that Cha~tersand Divisions will receive their items of the budget had been prepared so annual allotments in one payment rather that trends could be evaluated. Similar tables than in two payments as in past practice. The had also been prepared for membership sta- one total payment is to be based on the Sep- tistics and for publications statistics. tember 30 membership count (end of the fis- Some of the more important decisions by cal year). Because the September 30 count is the Board include the following: higher than the April 30 count, this change 1. To maintain constant control of current will be to the advantage of the Chapters and spending, the Board instructed Headquarters Divisions. The total annual allotment will be staff to issue prompt monthly financial state- payable to Chapters and Divisions near the ments in place of the former quarterly finan- beginning of the 1967-1968 fiscal year. cial reports. In Mav 1966 the Board had exmessed its 2. Economies in operations at Headquarters concern ;egarding the need to iiprove the (and directly controllable by st&) will salary ranges of Association employees. As a amount to about 10 pet cent of the same result of several studies and iecbmmenda- line items in the 1966-1967 budget (without tions SLA has, for the first time, a pay plan discontinuing member services). for New York Headquarters employees. The 3. In spite of external increases in printing salary ranges in the seven of the pay rates (about 15 per cent) the actual in- plan will allow SLA to be competitive in the creased costs will be held to 5 per cent by cut- labor market for ex~eriencedI and trained ting the print orders to satisfy realistic sales personnel, both clerical and professional. An demands, and at the same time to minimize important aspect of the plan is that salary storage costs. increases are to be related to an em~loveeI z 4. Subscription rates for 1968 will be in- evaluation program to be administered by creased so as to provide more realistic earn- the Executive Director. The Board also rec- ings from the Association's serial publica- ognized that the salary ranges now adopted tions. must be evaluated every two years if the pay 5. The total dollars paid to Chapters and plan is to be meaningful. Divisions for their allotments will remain Even though the present emphasis has about the same because of increased member- been on decreased costs, the Board author- ized salary increases totaling about $7,000 of Special Libraries. for New York Headquarters st&. These The Board rescinded its earlier action to authorized increases are to bring the present increase the fees from $4 to $6 for filiation st& into ranges of the new pay grades, and with extra Divisions or Chapters. It was felt will also allow existing vacancies to be filled that members who wished to participate in within the new salary ranges. The Board felt such cross-fertilization should not be dis- strongly that other operating economies can couraged. be best achieved by well-motivated employees. The occupancy costs for the new Head- he Board approved the distribution of quarters offices (rent, electricity, and so on) TsP ecial Libraries to all Student members have been held to the limits defined by the without charge during the calendar year Board in June; that is, $25,000 as compared 1968. The ten issues of Special Libraries to $10,000 in the old location. The one-time will replace the quarterly issues of News . costs associated with the move were also and Notes, which had been sent to Student maintained within the Board's defined limits. members during past years. In this action During the New York Convention, Board the Board noted that there had been recom- and Council discussions were concerned with mendations in this matter from Chapters the need to withdraw money from the Gen- and Committees in the past. An earlier Board eral Reserve Fund to meet increased costs up action provided for the distribution of Spe- to December 31, 1968. The budget predic- cial Libraries to Student members after the tions now suggest that it may not be neces- proposed dues increase for 1969. Again, sary to make any such withdrawals from the even though our present emphasis is on econ- General Reserve Fund. Two uncertain factors omy, the Board felt that the additional cost could cause a change in this picture: of these copies of Special Libraries for 1968 would be offset by their value to the Associa- 1. The challenge from the Internal Revenue tion's recruitment and membership programs. Service regarding "unrelated income" from Convention exhibit income and from ad- he Board noted with sincere regret the dressing service income is not yet resolved. T inconvenience to users of the Placement The IRS challenge could affect the income Service-both to members and to employers from the fiscal years from 1962-1963 to due to the temporary suspension of the date; the amount is estimated by the Asso- Placement Service Lists because of staff va- ciation auditors, Price Waterhouse, to be cancies. St& replacements in the Member- about $7,000 per year. ship and Placement Services Department are - 2. The exact status of income and expenses to have a high priority in the immediate in 1966-1967 will not be known with cer- future. tainty until the annual audit is completed. The Board also noted with regret the de- During the year 1966-1967, changes in per- layed handling of orders and of membership sonnel plus vacancies in the Fiscal Services applications during 1967; it is believed that Department have contributed to delayed fi- these services will have been returned to a nancial reports. current basis before you receive this issue of Because of these uncertainties, the Board News and Notes. may have to consider further revisions of some budget items at its meeting in New systems study of the membership rec- Orleans in . A ords, addressing service, and fiscal serv- To insure the growth of adequate reserve ices had been authorized by the Board in funds to offset continued increases in ex- June. This systems study was postponed until ternal costs, and to establish a sound base the Headquarters offices were relocated; the for worthwhile programs in the future, the study by Price Waterhouse will be under- Board reaflirmed its action in June to pro- taken in the fall and early winter. The Board ceed with a dues increase for 1969 as re- hopes that procedures will be improved to potted in News and Notes (). increase efficiency of Headquarters opera- Further discussions concerning the need for tions-and thus directly to give improved increased dues will appear in future issues services to members of the Association. he official membership count as of Sep- experts in January and February of 1966, T tember 30, 1967, is 6,884 including 188 sponsored by SLA. The report, Mutual Ex- Sustaining memberships. Chapter and Divi- change, includes sections on the structure of sion breakdowns are shown on page S-20. the Soviet scientific information system; standards, patents, and technical reports; LA President Mrs. Elizabeth R. Usher flow of information to users: research in li- S has completed most of her visits to Chap- braries and information centers; education ters in the United States and Canada. Her and training; and library equipment and itinerary included : tools. Appendixes cover the libraries and in- October 9 New Jersey stitutions visited by the SLA delegation, the October 11 Virginia itinerary of the Soviet delegation, the mem- October 17 Connecticut Valley bers of the two delegations, and a brief October 18 New York summary of courses for technical and sci- October 21 Washington, D. C. entific workers in USSR information or- October 27 ganizations. The six members of the SLA Boston delegation who authored the report were Dayton Mr. Binnington, Irma Johnson, Winifred Sewell, William S. Budington, Dr. F. E. McKenna, and Gordon E. Randall. Copies of December 4 Princeton-Trenton Mutual Exchange are available from Associa- tion Headquarters at $2.00 a copy. President-Elect Herbert S. White's sched- ule of Chapter visits included these: hapters, Divisions, and individuals are September 30 Heart of America C invited to present nominees for the October 2 Greater St. Louis SLA Professional Award and SLA Hall of October 3 Indiana Fame. Nominations must reach AIleen October 4 Thompson, Chairman, Library, MC 328, Southern Appalachian Nuclear Energy Division, General Electric Company, 175 Curtner Ave., San Jose, Calif. South Atlantic 95125, by January 8, 2968. Nominations should be submitted in as full detail as pos- he Board has also approved a recom- sible on forms available from Association Tmendation from the Placement Policy Headquarters. Recognition may be awarded Committee to request the U.S. Employment posthumously. By definition, "The SLA Pro- Service to staff and operate, on a no-fee fessional Award is given to an individual or basis, the Placement Service office at the group, who may or may not hold member- 1968 Los Angeles Conference. ship in the Association, in recognition of a specific major achievement in, or a specific utual Exchange in the Scientific Li- significant contribution to, the field of li- M brary and Technical Information Cen- brarianship or information science, which ter Fields, a report from the SLA delegation advances the stated objectives of SLA. The to the in 1966, has been pub- timing of the Award shall follow as soon as lished by the Association. The report, edited practicable the recognized fruition of the by John P. Binnington, head of the research contribution"; "SLA Hall of Fame election library, Brookhaven National Laboratory, is granted to a member or a former member summarizes the observations of seven special of the Association near the close or follow- librarians from the United States who vis- ing completion of an active professional ited technical libraries and information cen- career for an extended and sustained period ters in the Soviet Union in . of distinguished service to the Association in Their visit was sponsored by the USSR all spheres of its activities (Chapter, Divi- State Committee on Science and Technology sion, and national levels). However, pro- and reciprocated a similar twenty-five-day longed distinguished service within a Chap- visit to US special libraries and information ter, which has contributed to the Association centers by seven Soviet technical information as a whole, may receive special consideration." ACTIVE (Paid ASSOCI- AFFILI- Sus- EMERI- HONOR- for Llfe) ATE ATE STUDENT TAINING TUS ARY Alabama 9 Baltimore - 10 Boston - 60 Cincinnati 1 9 Cleveland 17 Colorado 1 17 &in. Valley - 14 Dayton - 9 Greater St. Louis - 16 Heart of America - 12 Illinois 1 49 Indiana 1 11 Louisiana 1 12 Michigan 4 37 - 22 Montreal - 43 New Jersey 3 49 New York 8 192 North Carolina - 5 Oklahoma - 10 Pacific Northwest 1 3 3 Philadelphia 5 49 Pittsburgh 1 36 Princeton-Trenton - 6 Rio Grande 1 13 San Diego - 6 2 43 South Atlantic 4 26 Southern Appalachian 8 Southern California 1 56 Texas 32 33 Upstate New York 1 27 Virginia 1 9 Washington, D. C. 14 51 - 11 Unafiliated U. S. & Canada - 2 Outside U. S. & - 7 Canada - - 51 1051

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Division Membership Advertising and Marketing Pharmaceutical 136 Aerospace Picture 189 Biological Sciences Publishing 178 Business & Finance Science-Technology 2091 Chemisty Documentation SECTIONS : Engineering Pa r & Textile 120 Geography & Map PuEc Utilities 140 Insurance Social Science 619 Metals/Materials Military Librarians SECTIONS : Museum Planning, Building & Newspaper Housing 202 Nudear Science Social Welfare 232 Petroleum Transportation 106 S-20 Nominating Committee Report

The Nominating Committee presents to the Board of Directors the following candidates for office, all of whom have accepted nomination:

President HERBERTS. WHITE,Executive Director NASA Facility Documentation Incorporated Post Office Box 33 College Park, Maryland 20740

President-Elect ROBERTW. GIBSON,JR., Librarian MARGARETE. MADDEN,Librarian Research Laboratories Technical Information Center General Motors Corporation Central Reports R229 12 Mile and Mound Roads Monsanto Company Warren, Michigan 48090 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63166

Chairman of the Advisory Council Mm CHARLO~TES. MITCHELL, Librarian Miles Laboratories Myrtle and McNaughton Streets Elkhart, Indiana 46514

Chairman-Elect of the Advisory Council ELIZABETHM. WALKEY,Manager HELENJ. WALDRON,Librarian Library Services The Rand Corporation Bell & Howell Research Center 1700 Main Street 360 Sierra Madre Villa Santa Monica, California 90406 Pasadena, California 91 109 Directors (elect one) BURTONE. LAMKIN,Chief DAN T. BEDSOLE,Acting Dean Library and Information Retrieval Staff of the Faculty and Director of Federal Aviation Administration Library and Teaching Resources 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Austin College Washington, D. C. 20590 Sherman, Texas 75091

ROSEMARYR. DEMAREST,Librarian HANNAFRIEDENSTEIN, Head Price Waterhouse and Company Technical Information Service 60 Broad Street Cabot Corporation New York, New York 10004 38 Memorial Drive Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

Members continuing to serve on the Board of Directors for 1968-69 will be the Immediate Past President, Elizabeth R. Usher; Treasurer, Jean Deuss; and Directors, Charlotte Georgi, Theodora Andrews, Gloria M. Evans and Efren W. Gonzales.

Further nominations, accompanied by written acceptance of the nominee, may be entered by petition of twenty-five voting members and shall be filed with the administrator of Association Headquarters at least four months prior to the annual meeting. Respectfully submitted, DR. ARCH C. GERLACH,MARJORIE GRIFFIN, VERN HUTCHISON, MARIANG. LECHNER,and WILLIAMS. BUDINGTON,Chaifman DIVISION BULLETINS

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MCCLURGAND COMPANY MCGIUW-HILL,INCORPORATED MCKIN~EY& COMPANY, INCORPORATED MANSELLINFORMATION/PUBLI~HING LIMITED MARATHONOIL COMPANY W~FQRTPusuc LIBRARY ~~ARQU~EUNIVERSITY MEMORIAL LIBRARY MAXWELLSCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL, INP,RPOMTW JOHNWILEY AND SONS.INCORPORATED MELLONNATIONAL BANK AND TRU~COMPANY H. W. WI~NCOMPANY MINN~TAMINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY WoRcurrea FREEPUBLIC LIBRARY MISSOURISTATE LIBRARY WYETH LABORATORIW,INCORPORATED NATIONALAWCIATION OF ENGINEAND BOAT XEROXCORPORATION MANUFACTURERS ZEITLINAND VER BRUGGE information for a document under all index does not know or care what kind of infor- entries, but rather that we should limit the mation we include as part of a field-it just entries to only enough information to pro- waits to be told that now we are going to a vide some basis for selecting or locating a new field. For example, within the corporate document. Complete bibliographic and de- author field, we can enter up to twenty-two scriptive data appear only in the accession lines of thirty-three characters each. As a re- number index. This index, arranged in nu- sult of this planned flexibility, we have been merical order, is the one in which specific able to expand the scope of a field far be- entries are most easily located because every yond that implied by its title; we include document is unmistakably identified by a one or more citations that are not actually a unique number. The corporate author index part of the field in order to accommodate lists the corporate source, title, report num- additional information that was not required ber, and accession number. The personal five years ago-COSATI numbers, for in- author index gives the personal author and stance. the title and accession number. The title in- However, using the corporate author field dex consists of the title and all corporate for items that are not actually corporate au- sources, report numbers, and accession num- thors has created some problems. One of ber. The report number index correlates the these, for example, was in the establishment report number and the accession number. of the contract number index. The contract The contract number index correlates the numbers were input as an entry within the contract number and the accession number. corporate author field. To produce a separate Thus, some of the indexes provide a little contract number index, then, it was necessary additional information about a document, to give the computer a list of the common but all indexes refer the searcher back to the contract number prefixes and ask it to check accession number index for a complete de- for these in the corporate author field. scription (figure 2). Much the same problem arose with our After being told what we wanted, the pro- document control numbers, which are as- gramming staff reformatted the program to signed to all classified documents. These produce the required indexes. Since all the document control numbers are also input information that would be required for the within the corporate author field. However, indexes had been a part of the input pre- because the document control number listing viously, there was no need to alter the library was to be used only by library personnel, we input procedures for the new printout except decided against creating a separate index for for a few minor changes for clarity and in- them. As a result, the document control creased capability. The basic problem that number entries appear together, arranged the computing programmers had to cope alphabetically, but within the corporate au- with was to rearrange the input: it was lim- thor index. ited to thirty-three characters per line for The corporate author entries were another card printout, but fifty-eight characters per source of difficulty. We do not use a code line would give maximum concentration of for the corporate names, but input the names information per line in a book. Then by directly. For consistency, we rely on our condensing the format into two columns per corporate authority book. However, there is page, we were able to cite as many as twenty- no computer verification of these entries, and four documents on each page. occasionally some unauthorized variations creep in. For example, even the addition of a period after an abbreviation will change Development Problems the computer sorting. These small variations In designing the program we defined a caused no great problem when we used 3 x 5 field for the computer by telling it that cards, because it is a relatively simple matter any time we have two carriage returns on to adjust the filing manually. With book- the flexowriter, we are going from one field form printout, however, there is no oppor- to another. This procedural definition has tunity to make adjustments. We are pres- given us a great deal of flexibility in the con- ently developing some standards which tent we can include in a field. The computer should reduce the catalogers' need for refer- Figure 2

Computer Generated Book-form Printout ence to the corporate authority book, but we name and in its report numbering system, cannot hope to achieve complete accuracy. operators of information retrieval systems Standardization of the entries is a com- cannot eliminate all discrepancies in citations. mon problem, and one which we also en- As with any new system, there was a lack countered in the report number index. As of interest among some of our users in this long as an agency which generates docu- new catalog form. Some of the people ac- ments continues to produce variations in its customed to using the card files felt that they preferred them. We were able to overcome book. A planned program for mechanized this feeling to a great extent by asking the acquisitions will probably eliminate this users to make a direct comparison. Since we process, but until we get the program devel- have not yet gone back into previous years' oped, we will continue to use one set of 3 x 5 accessions to generate book-form printout, cards in acquisitions, and the book-form we still have a number of card files. So we printout elsewhere. asked them to check the card files for older Publication is on a two-week cycle, the material first, then the book printout for re- same schedule as when we used 3 x 5 cards. cent acquisitions. Once we explained the for- The main libraries, which have large quanti- mat of the book to them. most accetded it ties of input, do not receive a cumulative readily. One of the most persuasive advan- printout each time. Their cumulative issues tages of the book-form printout, they find, are produced quarterly, semi-annually and is that it is portable. Taking the volume to a annually. This timetable, incidentally, is the table and shing down is much easier than same as that for TAB and STAR. We had standing at a file. And reading down a page found earlier that using DDC's and NASA's of entries is much faster than raing through indexes with their cumulation schedule was card drawers. Also, without a doubt, the quite satisfactory. However, with reduced users' familiarity with NASA's STAR and input from the smaller library, it is econom- DDC's TAB Index greatly aided acceptance ically desirable to cumulate on each input. of our book, which is purposely quite similar Probably the greatest beneficiary of this to these publications. To be truthful though, program has been the user serviced by a we designed our book to resemble those in- branch library or at a remote location. Before dexes as much to assist the library staff who we had the book-form printout, we could are accustomed to working with STAR and supply only a minimum of cards to branches. TAB daily as to aid the user. Now each branch and field location can have a complete holdings record at hand. Benefits The problems of reformatting the input and reorienting the library system users ap- Now that the pilot program is completed, pear quite small when compared to the over- the book-form printout has become the prime whelming benefits: substantial cost savings, index within the company libraries. The faster distribution of information, and more basic 7094 mechanized information retrieval complete distribution of information. We program has not been altered in any way ex- feel confident that the user is now better able cept to generate a different print tape, which to utilize the library holdings, and that, after is run on an SC 4020 to create microfilm. all, is our continuing objective. This microfilm is then enlarged and repro- duced on 8% x 11 sheets in as many copies as necessary. Bibliography Some of the more obvious savings occur in the elimination of card filing and check- 1. HAYES,R. M., and SHOFFNER,R. M. The ing time, the reduction in the use of card Economics of Book Catalog Production. Hughes Dynamics, Inc., May 31, 1964. stock, and the reduction in the requirement for expensive card file equipment. The esti- 2. KORIAGIN,G. W. Library Information Re- trieval Program. Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., Re- mated savings in clerical time alone for the port No. EP 1269, . first year was $23,500, which more than paid 3. SMITH,F. R., and JONES,S. 0.Five Years in for the system's development cost. Focus: The Douglas Aircraft Company's Mecha- This does not mean that we have com- nized Information System. Douglas Aircraft Co., pletely eliminated 3 x 5 cards. On the con- Inc., Report No. DP 4027, . trary, we found that a very real need for 4. YOUNG,E. J., and WILLIAMS,A. S. Historical them existed in the acquisitions department. Development and Present Status-Douglas Air- Without the flexibility afforded by the use craft Company Computerized Library Program. Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., Report No. DP 3453, of single cards, the acquisitions staff would . find accurate record-keeping extremely dif- 5. Douglas Mechanized Library Program Panel ficult. Fortunately, the program is still capa- Presentation. Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc., ble of supplying the cards as well as the Report No. G-36444, . Information retrieval satellites, located at San Jose, California, and La Gaude, , have become part of a corporate-wide natural-language retrieval sys- tem known as the IBM Technical Information Retrieval Center. The hub of the system, which is situated at IBM Headquarters, Armonk, New York, up- dates the satellite files by teleprocessing current information to them. At San Jose, information retrieval is integrated with reference service. Here, an en- gineering library is provided with a computer retrieval system which searches over a hundred thousand documents and selects information in terms of the user's own vocabulary. Since the title, entire abstract, and descriptive terms are searched, relevant documents can be pinpointed very readily. This service is extremely beneficial to the scientist and engineer in that it provides him with the information that may help to avoid duplication of research and de- velopment effort.

An Operating Informati Retrieval Sate1lite KAREN G. TAKLE

ow MANY TIMES have you located in- locations in San Jose, California, and La H formation for one patron while you Gaude, France. San Jose serves the West were actually serving another? How often Coast installations, La Gaude the European have you used an index and found that the laboratories, and ITIRC the satellites and all abstract you really wanted was located above IBM locations not serviced by the satellites. or below the one you sought ? Teleprocessing equipment links the two satel- Situations such as these can now be elim- lites to ITIRC (figure 2). inated by using a new reference tool devel- oped at IBM. This tool, capable of perform- Reference Tool Organization ing the work of one hundred literature ITIRC processes four data bases monthly. searchers reading every abstract in a file These include IBM documents, non-IBM simultaneously, does not take the usual for- documents, IBM inventions and disclosures, mat of a book. Rather, it consists of a group and non-IBM journals. Authors or publica- of computer programs, technical literature tion departments mail copies of IBM docu- abstracts stored on magnetic tape, micro- ments to ITIRC, and librarians throughout fiche copies of the entire documents, abstract the corporation select non-IBM documents bulletins, and an IBM 7094-1460 computer of interest to local clientele for inclusion in system or an IBM System/360 (see figure 1). the non-IBM document data base. Article Presently, three of these tools are in abstracts from approximately one hundred operation. The largest is located at the journals make up the non-IBM journal data IBM Technical Information Retrieval Center base. Permission must be granted by the (ITIRC) in Armonk, New York. Smaller publisher before the journal data is entered ones have been implemented at the satellite into the computer file. To speed up the Miss Takle, whose paper process of updating the file, some abstracts was originally presented are teleprocessed to ITIRC from England, at the Documentation Di- France and San Jose. vision session, May 31, Each week, as ITIRC updates one of the 1.967, at the SLA Con- four basic data bases, it produces monthly vention, New York City, abstract bulletins for each of the fifty-two is reference and systems libraries within the corporation. The bulle- librarian, Systems Devel- tins include subject, author, category, and opnzent Division, IBM Corporation, San accession number of indexes. In addition, Jose, California. ITIRC provides, within copyright limita- 644 SPECIALLIBRARIES Figure 1

A New Reference Tool tions, the total document file on IBM card- cards which are mailed to the patron (see size microfiche (see figure 3). figure 4). The patron retains the abstract As ITIRC updates the data bases, it tele- portion and returns the right-hand side. The processes the new information to San Jose port-a-punch order/response card indudes and La Gaude. It also compares the new the option of ordering a microfiche copy of data bases against the profiles of individuals the document. This selective distribution in the U.S. who subscribe to the corporate- service, known as CIS (Current Information wide current-awareness service (La Gaude Selection), has become a popular and ef- handles the European laboratories). When a fective method in keeping the user currently match occurs, the computer prints out the aware of the latest developments in his field abstract together with the patron's name and of interest. address on port-a-punch order/response Users may also request retrospective NOVEMBER1967 Figure 2

BRITISH JOURNAL ABSTRACTS NEW DATA ABSTRACTS

Telecommunication Links searches from ITIRC or its satellites. These bibliographic description, the descriptors, and searches cover the total file, from the first the entire abstract (see figure 5). The document to the last, to satisfy a question or search-question logic may be structured to a request. search for one particular word, a group of Since the library patron and the author synonyms,. - several related terms, adjacent commonly use similar vocabulary, it seems word strings, or any combination of these. logical to apply their language in making a Figure 6 illustrates the search-logic capabil- search. To adopt technical language for ities, and figure 7 displays an actual search computer use, an information specialist or logic, showing its structure and how it func- reference librarian translates the questions tions. posed by the patron into a search-question Note that the search-question number for logic. the example in figure 7 is TR0581. This number serves as identifier, tying together Search Logic the information on a group of logic cards A special computer program enables the in the computer. It also serves as the number logic to be compared word-by-word with the index of &e abstracts and significant terms

Figure 3

67A 00110 TR-00.1548. Library Information Processing IBM Dee. 1955 Using an On Line Real Time Computer ITIRC Card1ofI System

Microfiche SPECIALLIBRARIES Figure 4 .... = 61~'i12h8 I f H.0-0290-C. MATHkMATICAL I 6Tb 01268 ACCE5510W IIUWLI 8 2 CCNTRCL LANGUAGE USERS P.4 \ I AVAILABLE 6dCM MECHA Abstract of interest. document not needed ...... 8 THIS MANUAL IS ONE GF b Send MICFKJFICHE copy d document I- USE JF THE 184 *ATHEPATICAL2 ...... rn iI j MANUAL DESCRIBES THE ORGANIII. Printed copy required, reason given blow...... 8 Abstract not relevant to my interesls ...... 8 SOLUTION STdATT;GY FFR SOLVI~G. ,~Comments. questions, w addrass changas...... I i MPS, 360. AND THk US, 360 .J68 il '70 EKECUTE ,PSI 360. 37,. 7 \turn \ i nmflu IBM TECHNICAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL Cel'TER ) ...... \ \ .... P. 0. &= 118 Yozhlorn H.I.L...... Now To* 1059. .... ABSTRACT ORDER/RESPONSECARD Current Information Selection Card related to a particular search on both the 1. Match either one word string from Fam- statistical and answer tapes. The match cri- ily F (such as Information Processing, In- terion for question number TR0581 has been formation Systems, Information Dissemina- set at three. Before any abstract can be se- tion Key Word or Key Words) or a single lected from the original input tapes, it must word from Family F (such as Keyboards, meet this specified match criterion. In this Keyboard, Retrieval, SDI, KWIK, KWOK). example, the search-question logic must: 2. Match either a word string from Family Figure 5

TECHNICAL LITERATURE - ABSTRACTS

SEARCH QUESTION LOGIC

11

COMPARED WORD- BY- WORD

STATISTICAL

ABSTRACT' STAT- WORD MATCHES .ABSTRACTS ISTICS PER DOCUMENT (ANSWER REPORT) PRINTOUT -u The Reference Tool in Action Figure 6

TYPE ~SE EXAMPLE OR FOR SYNONYMS, SIMILAR SLA, ASLIB, FID, AD1 TERMS, OR VARYING FORMS AND COMBINATION OF TERMS PUBLIC AND SPECIAL NOT NEGATION--USED TO EXCLUDE NOT SCHOOL MATERIAL YES IMPERATIVE OR ABSOLUTE ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING ON DOCUMENTATION ADJACENCY WORDS IN CONTEXT OR SPECIAL LIBRARIES ORDERED WORD SEQUENCE OR WORD STRINGS FAMILIES GROUPING WORD STRINGS AND SPECIAL LIBRARIES SINGLE TERMS TOGETHER S LA } :%LY MATCH CRITERIA NUMBER OF FAMILIES OR* COULD REQUIRE 1 FROM EACH OR 02 REQUIRED OF THREE FAMILIES

Search-Logic Capabilities

K (such as Real Time or On Line) or a Processing in the title. The computer found single word from Family K (such as Termi- five matches for Family K in the title and nal or Terminals). abstract and one match for the word data. 3. Contain the word "data" in the title, ab- These matches are sufficient for the abstract stract, or descriptors. to be selected from the input tapes. Arithmetically, 1 from Family F, plus 1 from Family K, plus 1 for data, equals three, Computer Search vs. Printed Index the match criteria. If we had used only the Abstract Bulletin Figure 8 depicts one of the abstracts and its related indexes, we might not have printed in our answer report. This abstract located this document because we or the meets the match criterion, illustrated by the patron would have been required to think in underlined terms. One match is recorded for the indexer's mode. The subject index terms Family F with the word string Information for the document illustrated in figure 8 are

Figure 7

TR0581 DISSEMINATION)

510581

TR0581

TR0581 WORD STRINGS

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QUESTION MATCH NUMBER CRITERION STRING INDICATOR

Actual Search Logic listed under the abstract: ATS (Administra- with the aid of a microfiche reader. The en- tive Terminal System) and Library Informa- gineer or scientist may, in this way, examine tion Systems. Terms for the category index, prior research and development efforts and a broader subject grouping, are also listed thus avoid costly repetition of such work, under the abstract: 05-Computer Applica- tions and 03-Communications. (The cate- gory index terms for the ITIRC system are Search Requests listed in figure 9.) Terms suggested by the When a patron from San Jose or any West patron and used in the search-question logic Coast installation wishes to interrogate our were not used to index the document in fig. files, he simply calls us. As he poses the ure 8. However, they were used in the titie search question, an information specialist and abstract. Had we searched only the in- structures the preliminary logic for searching dex terms, we might have had to examine a the files. The specialist then structures the large number of irrelevant documents. With final logic by examining thesauri and other the use of our search logic capabilities, the reference tools for related terms. This final computer looks for our three related topics logic, after being keypunched, goes in batch andseeks abstracts which contain the m&er mode to the Computation Center for com- 4 1 words or phrases, In addition, the computer parison against the files. produces a printed list of the terms or Over the past two years, approximately bhrases mat&ed within each document entrv two thousand searches have been made (statistical report), together with a copy of against our files. The current rate is more the entire abstract (answer report). With than 150 per month. the list of abstracts thought" to-be relevant. The character of the searches varies widely. the library patron may choose the exact docu- Some patrons look for state-of-the-art bib- ments of interest and examine that document liography, some for unique ideas. Others try

Figure 8

TR-00.1548. LIBRARY JNFORMATION PROCESSING USING AN ON LINE. REAI COMPUTER SYSTEM. DECEMBER 1966. SDD- POUGHKEEPSIE

BOLZBAUR, FW FARRIS, EH TR-00.1548

DIRECT MAN MACHINE COMMUNICATION IS NOW POSSIBLE THROUGH LINE, REAL TIME TYPEWRITER TERMINALS DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO COMPUTERS. THESE TERMINAL SYSTEMS PERMIT THE OPERATOR. WHETHER HE BE ORDER CLERK, CATALOGER, REFERENCE LIBRARIAN OR T;/PIST, TO INTERACT WlTH THE COMPUTER IN MANIPULATING DATA STORED WITHIN IT. THIS PAPER DETAILS THE INTE~IONOF SUCH EQUIPMENT, CALLED THE IBM ADMINISTRATIVE TERMINAL SYSTEM, WlTH MORE COMMON COMPUTER TECHNIQUES TO PERFORM LIBRARY PROCESSING SERVICES FOR A MULTlLlBRARY SYSTEM IN A SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT. WHILE THE TOTAL SYSTEMS CONCEPT IS STILL BEING DEVELOPED, ATS HAS BEEN OPERATIONAL IN LIBRARY PROCESSING FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS IN IBM SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT DIVISION LIBRARY AT POUGHKEEPSIE. THE PROGRAM PACKAGE, USED FOR INDEX CREATION AND 3x5 CARD PRINTING HAS SEEN OVER THREE YEARS OF SERVICE. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON ACQUISITIONS AND CATALOGING FUNCTIONS BUT OTHER APPLICATIONS SUCH AS CIRCULATION AND ANNOUNCEMENT PREPARATION, ABSTRACT AND TEXT WRITING AND EDITING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND STATISTICAL RECORD KEEPING ARE DISCUSSED. 45P.

05-COMPUTER APPLICATION 03-COMMUNICATIONS -Category Index Terms LIBRARY INFORMATION SYSTEMS fi -Subject Index Terms

...... Sample Abstract from Answer Report NOVEMBER1967 Figure 9

In this section, each document in the Bulletin is classified by its content into one or more broad subject headings. This is not an index in depth like the Subject Index, but is intended for browaing. It is a way for the reader to scan the contents of the Bulletin for just those documents in his primary fields of interest. The list below indicates the kind of subject matter covered by each category. The Category Listing section gives the title and accession number for eaclidocument.

01 - AEROSPACE... aircraft.. . flight equipment... satellites.. . support 02 - CHEMISTRY 03 - COMMUNICATIONS.. , common carriers.. ..data transmission.. . terminals.. . coding 04 - COMPONENTS.. . device evaluation.. . analysis. . . applications 05 - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS.. . systems.. . information processing.. . planning. . . installation 06 - COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT.. . logic, design, hardware.. . tapes.. . printers.. . unit record 07 - COMPUTERS.. . logic, design, hardware.. . central processing units.. . memories.. . power supplies 08 - EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 09 - ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY.. . circuit design.. . parameters.. . packaging.. . uses 10 - HUMAN ENGINEERING.. . psychology.. . human factors.. . industrial design.. . programmed learning 11 - IMAGE PROCESSING.. . displays.. . reproduction techniques.. . character sensing 12 - INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL.. . instruments.. . measurement techniques.. . servomechanisms 13 - MANAGEMENT SCIENCES.. . personnel.. . administration.. . planning.. . operations research 14 - MANUFACTURING.. . fabrication.. . production techniques.. . automation.. . numerical control I5 - MATERIALS.. . analysis.. .. properties. .; testing.. . uses 16 - MATHEMATICS.. . theory... . application.. . scientific computation 17 - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.. . design.. . devices.. . analysis 18 - MEDICINE AND. BIOSCIENCES 19 - NUCLEAR SCIENCE 20 - PHYSICS. .. solid-state. .. magnetic6 ... acoustica. .. fluid mechanics.. . optics. .. cryogenics 21 - PROGRAMMING.. . programs.. . languages.. . programming systems.. . software 22 - RELIABILITY AND TESTING.. . quality control.. . measurement.. . 'performance.. . safety 23 - MISCELLANEOUS

J Category Listing

to identify a partial reference; still others ter what makeup the search has, it can be search for all the work published by a par- readily and effectively carried out by our ticular individual, area, or location. No mat- ITIRC satellite operation. Bylaws Special Libraries Association

Adopted August 9, 1962; Amended August 9, 1965; Amended August 23, 1967

Article I :Name and Objectives d. Has had at least ten years experience in in- formation service work of which at least five SECTION1. The name of this Association, a mem- years has been professional experience in a spe- bership corporation organized and existing under cial library or information center. the laws of the State of New York, shall be Spe- cial Libraries Association. Active membership shall also be accorded to an individual who holds an academic position in a SECTION 2. The objectives of this Association university, college or technical school of recog- shall be to encourage and promote the utilization nized standing and who is engaged in educating of knowledge through the collection, organization students in disciplines related to the professional and dissemination of information; to develop the aspects of information service work. usefulness and efficiency of special libraries or in- formation centers; to stimulate research in the field An Active member shall have the right to vote, to of information services; to promote high profes- hold Association, Chapter and Division office, to sional standards; to facilitate communications affiliate with one Chapter and one Division with- among its members; and to cooperate with organi- out further payment, and to receive the official zations that have similar or allied interests. journal free. SECTION3. Should dissolution of this Association SECTION3. An Associate member shall be an in- become necessary, its property shall be distributed dividual who, at the time of application, holds a to an organization or organizations having similar position in a special library or information center objectives. and who fulfills one of the requirements set forth in a or b below: Article I1 : Membership a. Holds a degree from a university, college or SECTION 1. The membership shall consist of Ac- technical school of recognized standing; tive, Associate, Affiliate, Student, Sustaining, Emez- b. Has had at least seven years experience in in- itus and Honorary members. Eligibility for and formation service work of which at least two privileges of each class of membership shall be years have been professional experience in a spe- within the provisions of these Bylaws. The Associ- cial library or information center. One year of ation committee concerned with admissions shall be higher education shall equal one year of non- the authority on the eligibility of membership ap- professional experience. plicants. An Associate member shall have the right to vote, SECTION2. An Active member shall be an individ- to hold any Chapter or Division office except that ual who, at the time of application, holds a profes- of Chapter President and President-Elect or Divi- sional position in a special library or information sion Chairman and Chairman-Elect, to affiliate with center and who fulfills one of the requirements one Chapter and one Division without further pay- set forth in a, b, c or d below: ment, and to receive the ofiicial journal free. Upon qualification for Active membership, an Associate a. Holds a degree from a library school of rec- member shall become an Active member. ognized standing and has had three years profes- sional experience in a special library or informa- SECTION4. An Affiliate member shall be an in- tion center ; dividual who holds a professional position in en b. Holds a degree with a major in library science organization other than a special library or infor- from a university, college or technical school of mation center and who has knowledge and experi- recognized standing other than a library school, ence that qualify him to cooperate in furthering and has had at least four years experience in a the objectives of the Association. He shall have the special library or information center, including right to aftiliate with one Chapter and one Divi- three years of professional experience; sion without further payment, to hold any Chapter c. Holds a degree from a university, college or or Division office except that of Chapter President technical school of recognized standing other and President-Elect or Division Chairman and than a library school, and has had at least five Chairman-Elect, and to receive the official journal years experience in a special library or informa- free. An Affiliate member may become an Associate tion center, including three years of professional or Active member upon qualification for Associate experience ; or Active membership. SECTION5. A Student member shall be an indi- and participate, without the right to vote, in meet- vidual who is enrolled in a library school of rec- ings of the Board except executive sessions. They ognized standing either as a full-time or as a part- shall represent Chapter and Division interests in time student. A part-time student may not hold relationships with the Board and shall inform this class of membership for more than two years. Chapters and Divisions of decisions and policies A Student member shall have the right to affiliate affecting their interests. with one Chapter. SECTION4. The Board shall hold at least four SECTION6. A Sustaining member shall be a firm, meetings annually and may hold additional meet- an organization or individual desiring to support ings upon call of the President or upon written the objectives and programs of the Association. A request of any three members of the Board. Meet- Sustaining member shall not have the right to vote ings of the Board, except executive sessions, shall or to hold office. With these exceptions, the privi- be open to members of the Association and by in- leges and benefits of this class of membership shall vitation of the President to nonmembers. Swen be determined by the Board of Directors. members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. SECTION7. Status as an Emeritus member may be SECTION5. A vacancy in the membership of the requested by an Active member who has held As- Board of Directors by reason of resignation, death sociation membership for 20 years, including any or otherwise shall be filled by a majority vote of years as an Associate member, and who has reached the remaining members of the Board. This ap- age 60. An Emeritus member shall have all the pointee shall serve until the vacancy is filled at rights and privileges of an Active member except the earliest annual election permitting orderly the right to hold elective office in the Association nominations. or to be a Chapter President or President-Elect or Division Chairman or Chairman-Elect. SECTION6. The term of office of President, Pres- ident-Elect and Past-President of the Association, SECTION8. An Honorary member shall be an in- Chairman and Chairman-Elect of the Advisory dividual elected to this honor by the Assocation Council shall be one year. The term of office of membership. At the time of his election, a candi- Treasurer and Director shall be three years. All date shall not be a member of the Special Libraries members of the Board of Directors shall serve Association. Nominations shall be presented in until their successors are elected and assume their writing to the Board of Directors and may be pro- duties. The term of office shall commence at the posed by one or more Assocation members. Upon adjournment of the annual meetlng or if there is endorsement by a two-thirds vote of the Board, the no annual meeting on July 1 following the elec- nomination shall be submitted by the Board to the tion. membership for election at an annual meeting. The total number of Honorary members shall not ex- ceed 15 at any one time and not more than two Article IV: Officers may be glected in any one year. An Honorary SECTION1. The President shall be the Chief exec- member shall enjoy all the rights and privileges of utive officer of the Association and, subject to the an Active member except the right to vote and to Board of Directors, shall have general supervision hold office. and control over its affairs. He shall serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall pre- Article 111: Board of Directors side at all meetings of the Association and the SECTION 1. There shall be a Board of Directors Board. He shall recommend to the Board such that shall have power and authority to manage the measures as he considers desirable to further the Association's property and to regulate and govern objectives and broaden the effectiveness of the As- its affairs. The Board shall determine policies and sociation. At the annual meeting he shall report changes therein within the limits of the Certificate for the Board on the general state of the Associa- of Incorporation ahd the Bylaws of the Associa- tion and shall present for information or consider- tion, shall take such actions as it considers neces- ation any matters of policy or program that he or sary to carry out the objectives of the Association, the Board desire to bring to the attention of the and shall such other functions as the members. He shall be a member ex-officio, without membership may direct. vote, of all Association committees except the Nominating Committee. SECTION2. The Board shall consist of 12 Directors elected by the membership: the President and SECTION 2. The President-Elect shall perform President-Elect of the Association, the Chairman such duties as the President may assign. In the and Chairman-Elect of the Advisory Council, the event of temporary disability, absence or with- Treasurer, six. Directors and the most recent Past- drawal of the President, all his duties and obliga- President. At its first meeting the Board shall elect tions shall be assumed by the President-Elect. one of its members to serve as Secretary for one SECTION3. The Chairman of the Advisory Coun- year. cil shall preside at all meetings of the Council SECTION 3. The chairmen of the committees re- and shall direct and coordinate its activities. He sponsible for Chapter and Division liaison with shall communicate to the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors shall 'be entitled to attend to the Council such matters and suggestions as may, in his opinion, increase the usefulness of the SECTION4. A quorum for the transaction of busi- Council. ness shall be 100 voting members in good stand- ing. SECTION4. The Chairman-Elect of the Advisory Council shall perform such duties as the Chair- SEcnoN 5. When not in conflict with these By- man may assign. In the event of temporary dis- laws Robert's Rules of Order Revised shall govern ability, absence or withdrawal of the Chairman, all deliberations. all his duties and obligations shall be assumed by the Chairman-Elect. SECTION 6. Whenever, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, a question arises that should SECTION5. The Treasurer shall perform the usual be put to a vote of the entire membership or can- duties of the office and those assigned by the Board not await the annual meeting, the Board may sub- of Directors. At the annual meeting he shall report mit the question for vote by proxy or by mail un- to the membership on the financial status of the less otherwise required in these Bylaws. The closing Association. date for the return of proxies and mail votes shall be established by the Board. The question pre- SECTION6. The Secretary shall perform the usual sented shall be resolved by a two-thirds vote, pro- duties of the office and those assigned by the vided at least 40 per cent of the voting members Board of Directors. have voted.

Article V :Advisory Council Article VII : Chapters SECTION1. There shall be an Advisory Council SECTION 1. Chapters may be established by the that shall advise the Board of Directors on matters Board of Directors upon written petition of 25 or pertaining to the general policies and programs of more voting members of the Association who re- the Association and that may initiate proposals for side or work in the geographic area defined in the consideration by the Board. The Council shall re- petition. ceive and may request reports from its members and shall cnnsider matters referred to it by the SECTION2. Membership eligibility in Chapters Board of Directors, the President or the adminis- shall be in accordance with Bylaw 11. An eligible trator of Association Headquarters. member may affiliate with more than one Chapter upon payment of a fee determined by the Board SECTION2. The Advisory Council shall consist of of Directors and approved at an annual meeting. each Chapter President and President-Elect and SECTION3. Bylaws for its own government shall Division Chairman and Chairman-Elect. If unable be adopted by each Chapter. These bylaws shall to attend a meeting of the Council, the Chapter not be in conflict with those of the Association President or Division Chairman shall designate an and shall be submitted to the Association Bylaws Active member of his respective Chapter or Divi- Committee for review. sion to represent the member unable to attend. Members of the Advisory Council shall be Active SECTION4. Groups within a Chapter may be es- members of the Association. tablished by the Chapter. Groups shall request needed operating funds from the Chapter and shall SECTION3. The Advisory Council shall hold at submit to the Chapter an annual report including least two meetings annually, one of which shall a financial statement. Upon dissolution of a Group be held during the annual convention. Additional its assets shall revert to the Chapter. meetings may be held upon call of the Chairman or upon written request of 20 members of the SECTION5. Each Chapter shall submit an annual Council. Meetings of the Advisory Council shall report on its activities and a financial statement be open to all Association members. to the chairman of the committee on Chapter liaison. Article VI : Association Meetings SECTIONG. Funds for the operating expenses of a Chapter shall be provided by allotment of a share SECTION1. An annual meeting shall be held at of the annual Association dues paid by its mem- such time and place as the Board of Directors bers. Each year eligibility to receive an allotment determines. shall be determined by the Board of Directors on the basis of the Chapter's financial statement for SECTION2. Special meetings may be called by the the previous year. Requests for additional funds or Board of Directors. Notice of a special meeting loans may be submitted to the Board of Directors shall specify the business to be transacted, and no and may be granted by the Board at its discretion. business other than that stated in the notice shall All funds received by a Chapter shall be used for be considered. purposes incident to fulfillment of the Associa- tion's objectives. SECTION 3. Notice of meetings in writing or printed in the official journal shall be sent to each SECTION7. Dissolution of a Chapter, when its voting member at least 30 days before a meeting. usefulness has ceased, may be authorized by the Board of Directors. All assets of the Chapter shall SECTION2. The President shall appoint the mem- revert to the Association. bers and designate the chairman of all committees except the Nominating Committee. Appointments to standing committees shall be made to provide Article VIII :Divisions continuity of membership. No member may serve SECTION 1. Divisions relating to areas of interest in excess of six consecutive years. actively represented among the members may be established by the Board of Directors upon written SECTION3. Each committee shall submit to the petition of 100 voting members of the Association Board of Directors a written report of its activities who desire to participate in the activities of the throughout the Association year, together with any proposed Division. recommendations considered necessary or advisable. Additional reports may be submitted by a com- SECTION 2. Membership eligibility in the Divi- mittee or requested by the Board or the President. sions shall be in accordance with Bylaw 11. An eli- gible member may affiliate with more than one S~cno~4. Funds for committee expenses are au- Division upon payment of a fee determined by the thorized by the Board of Directors upon sub- Board of Directors and approved at an annual mission of an estimated budget. meeting. SECTION 5. Standing and special committees may SECTION3. Bylaws for its own government shall establish subcommittees to assist in their work. be adopted by each Division. These bylaws shall Subcommittees may include nonmembers of the not be in conflict with those of the Association Association. and shall be submitted to the Association Bylaws Committee for review.

SECTION 4. Sections relating to definite areas of Article X :Nominations and Elections interest within a Division may be established by SECTION1. A Nominating Committee for each the Division. Sections shall request needed operat- election of members to the Board of Directors ing funds from the Division and shall submit to shall be elected by the Board at least one year the Division an annual report including a financial before the closing date established for the com- statement. Upon dissolution of a Section its assets mittee's report. This committee shall be composed shall revert to the Division. of five Active members, no one of whom shall be a member of the Board. The senior two of the SECTION5. Each Division shall submit an annual six Directors shall present the names of candidates report on its activities and a financial statement for election to the Nominating Committee and to the chairman of the committee on Division shall designate the chairman. liaison. SECTION6. Funds for the operating expenses of SECTION 2. Nominations for membership on the a Division shall be provided by allotment of a Board of Directors shall be presented as follows: share of the annual Association dues paid by its The Nominating Committee shall present each members. Each year eligibility to receive an allot- year two candidates for President-Elect of the As- ment shall be determined by the Board of Direc- sociation, Chairman-Elect of the Advisory Council tors on the basis of the Division's financial state- and two Directors, and every three years two can- ment for the previous year. Requests for additional didates for Treasurer. The names of nominees and funds or loans may be submitted to the Board of their written acceptances shall be presented to the Directors and may be granted by the Board at its Board of Directors not later than October 15 and discretion. All funds received by a Division shall subsequently printed in the official journal. Fur- be used for purposes incident to fulfillment of the ther nominations, accompanied by written accept- Association's objectives. ance of the nominee, may be entered by petition of 25 voting members and shall be filed with the ad- SECTION 7. Dissolution of a Division, when its ministrator of Association Headquarters at least usefulness has ceased, may be authorized by the four months prior to the annual meeting. Board of Directors. All assets of the Division shall revert to the Association. SECTION 3. Election shall be by secret ballot mailed to each voting member at least six weeks prior to the annual meeting. The candidate who Article IX : Committees receives the largest number of votes for an office SECTION1. Standing and special committees of the shall be elected. In event of a tie, election shall Association and special committees of the Board be by a majority vote at the annual meeting. of Directors shall be established by the Board. These committees shall be responsible to the Board SECTION4. TeIIers shalI be appointed annually which will delegate such powers and functions to by the President to count the ballots and report them as the Board finds desirable for the conduct the election results. These tellers shall also count of its business and for carrying out the objectives and report the results of other mail votes of the of the Association. membership. Article XI :Publications shall perform such other duties as the President or the Board may assign. He shall be appointed by SECTION 1. The Association shall publish an offi- the Board of Directors and shall have such title cial journal and such other publications as the as the Board determines. Board of Directors may authorize. Control of all Association publications shall be vested in the Board. Amcle XIV :Association aliation and Representation SECTION2. The Association shall not he respon- sible for statements or opinions advanced in its SECTION1. The Association may have as an affili- publications or in papers or discussions at meetings ate or become an affiliate of any society having of the Association or at meetings of Chapters and objectives ailied to those of Special Libraries Asso- Divisions and their subunits, or for statements by ciation. If affiliation becomes undesirable it may any of its members, officers or staff, except those be cancelled. Affiliation or disaffiliation may be au- authorized by the Board of Directors or those re- thorized by the Board of Directors. flecting duly established policies of the Associa- tion. SECTION2. Association representatives to joint boards, joint committees and meetings of other societies shall be appointed by the President and Article XI1 :Dues and Fees are responsible to the Board of Directors. At least S~cno~1. Dues shall be payable in advance and once during the Association year, each representa- annually, except that an Active member may elect tive shall submit to the Board a written report to pay at one time the sum prescribed for life dues. which may include recommendations. An Honorary member shall be exempt from pay- ment of dues. Article XV : Amendments SECTION 2. Dues for Association membership and fees for additional Chapter and Division dliation SECTION 1. These Bylaws may be amended by a shall be determined by the Board of Directors sub- two-thirds vote of the returned mail ballots sent ject to approval by two-thirds of the voting mem- to the entire voting membership. bers present and voting at an annual meeting. SECTION2. Amendments may be proposed by the provided that written notice shall be given to all Board of Directors, the Bylaws Committee or 25 voting members at least 60 days in advance of the voting members of the Association. Proposals meeting. Initial dues may be prorated as deter- originating in the Board of Directors or in the By- mined by the Board of Directors. laws Committee shall be approved by a two-thirds SEC~ON3. Membership shall cease when dues are vote of the Board before submission to the mem- one month in arrears. Reinstatement is possible bers. Proposals originating by petition shall be sub- only within the following eleven months and upon mitted in writing to the Board of Directors and payment of dues for the entire year. After one shall be presented to the members with the recom- year, reapplication for membership is required. mendations of the Board. SECTION3. Notice containing the text of any pro- Article XI11 :Association Headquarters posal shall be sent to each voting member at least 30 days before the annual meeting at which it is to S~cno~1. The location of Association Headquar- be discussed. If approved by a majority of the vot- ters shall be determined by the Board of Directors. ing members present and voting, the proposal shall SECTION2. The administration and management of be submitted to the entire voting membership for Association Headquarters shall be the responsibil- mail ballot and final decision. A proposal not ap- ity of a salaried staff administrator who shall direct proved at the annual meeting may be referred to the functions and activities of the headquarters and the Bylaws Committee for review.

Bylaws Vote Results The results of the mail ballot amending the Association's Bylaws were : Yes No Article X, Section 2 2,374 123 Article XII, Section 3 1,693 843 Government and Libraries

PECIAL LIBRARIES generally, but especially with other libraries in the area. Toronto, S those in touch with the Toronto facil- like other university centers, is feeling the ities, may be interested in the appearance of pressure of the rise in the number of students a new report recently released by the Toronto looking for help. So the Bibliographic Cen- Public Library, entitled "The Scope of To- tre with its Telex service finds the number ronto's Central Library."* This was pre- of requests doubling within a year. pared at the request of Toronto Public Li- NO; we go to Saskatchewan, where ex- brary Board, by Lee Ash, Library Consultant, amination of public and regional library fa- New Haven, Connecticut, with the assistance cilities began in 1966, with a view to making of David Pierce-Jones, head, Social Science improvements. The Library Inquiry Com- Section, Toronto Public Library. mittee, under government authority and with Apparently, the collections in Toronto's Judge Peter S. Deis as chairman, began work Public Library System were first amalgamated, in June of that year. Their progress was and then subject sections were set up and halted by the death of Judge Deis, but was developed, constituting important necessary continued under Judge John H. Maher, who changes for the central circulating and ref- was appointed in November. An interim erence libraries of Toronto, to meet the ris- report was issued in December with recom- ing demand for information in specialized mendations to meet immediate needs, but fields. The results promise much needed designed not to conflict with the final report. additional resources for special librarians in The final reDort is now available+ and the area. Mr. Ash and his associate were makes very good reading. It is clear, crisp, asked to examine the whole situation result- and logical and blessedly free from the so- ing from these changes and to report on it called professional jargon, behind which with suggestions for future development. even the best of us sometimes try to hide our The report states that Canadians are be- confused thinking. In Saskatchewan they did coming" more conscious of the need for better not talk about the "construction of a series library facilities in the educative process, of hypotheses which at the outset anticipate and that there is a willingness, at least in the purposes of the proposals." Instead, we Toronto, to make greater amounts of money find them saying: "Great changes have taken available for meeting this need. Mr. Ash place in Saskatchewan since the Second World goes on to recommend $450,000 as a grant War. The people and the government are for the acquisition of books, new serial pub- aware of the changes. It was felt existing lications, back-runs of serials and so on, to public libraries were not designed to take improve the collections and broaden the the strain of modern demands." and that is service in the years to come. This figure, he the reason for having the ~ibrar~Inquiry says, would be over and above the cost of Committee. You may not agree with the con- servicing and housing the new acquisitions clusions, but you will be able to understand (a great amount of money, indeed!). His them. target date for completion of such planning This report recommends that the Provin- is 1980. cial Library be the key to the development of Meanwhile, Toronto's Metropolitan Biblio- high quality library service in the area. It graphic Centre becomes increasingly active. suggests greatly strengthening staff, facilities, This report has statistics showing cooperation and finances so that it can provide central services to ~ubliclibraries wherever such * ASH,Lee. The Scope of Toronto's Central Library. services are feasible and practical. Further- A review of the nature of the book resources of the Central Division . . . by Lee Ash, Library more, it advises the provincial library to Consultant, New Haven, Conn., with the assistance of David Pierce-Jones, Head, Social Sciences Sec- + SASKATCHEWAN.Library Inquiry Committee. Li- tion, Toronto Public Library. 1967. 145 p. illus. brary Service in Saskatchwan. Report . . . Re- $15.00. gina, The Provincial Library, 1967. 134 p. $2.00. initiate and develop avenues of cooperation - between public libraries and all other li- STATEMENT of ownership management and circulation (Act of October 23,' 1962; Section 4369, braries, a recommendation of some impor- Title 39, United States Code). tance to special librarians. 1. Date of filing: September 27, 1967. This committee speaks of the many briefs 2. Title of publication: Special Libraries. it received in the course of its inquiry deal- 3. Frequency of issue: Monthly except May-June and July-August, which are combined issues. ing with various developments in the li- 4. Location of known office of publication: 73 brary field. The committee members were Main Street, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont 05301. 5. Location of the headquarters or general busi- reminded of the new techniques of modern ness offices of the publishers: 235 Park Avenue South, electronic devices. They investigated them New York. N. Y. 10003. 6. Names and addresses of publisher, editor, and "to a limited extent," and concluded that managing editor: Publisher, Special Libraries Asso- clatlon, 235 Park Ave. South, New York, N. Y. there is a great deal of promise here, but the 10003: Editor. Guv R. Bell. Soecial Libraries Assoca- tion, 235 park A& ~outh,'~'ewYork, N.~Y.10003; application of computer techniques for li- Managing Editor, Guy R. Bell, Speclal Libraries As- sociation, 235 Park Ave. South, New York, N. Y. brary purposes is still in the development 10003. stage. They recommend that the Provincial 7. Owner (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately librarian keep fully informed about progress thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total being made here, and be prepared to intro- amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual owners must duce any procedures as they become appli- be given. If owned by a partnership or other unin- cable. corporated firm, its name and address, as well as that of each individual must be given.): Special Li- There is some talk in this report about braries Association, 235 Park Avenue South, New York, N. Y. 10003. books and librarians having priority over 8. Known bondholders, mortgagees, and other buildings in the future. The Committee security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages or other seems to feel that fine new buildings, seri- securities: none. 9. Paragraphs 7 and 8 include, in cases where the ously short of staff and books, are not the stockholder or security bolder appears upon the best solution to their problems. They speak books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corpo- of a library school in which staff could be ration for whom such trustee is acting, also the statements in the trvo paragraphs show the affiant's trained to carry on the work involved in full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and secu- future plans. rity holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities One recommendation suggests that "the in a capacity other than that of a bona fide Provincial Library encourages library coop- owner. Names and addresses of individuals who are stockholders of a corporation which itself is a eration on inter-provincial and national stockholder or holder of bonds, mortgages or other securities of the publishing corporation have been levels." This is commendable, since it is an included in paragraphs 7 and 8 when the interests of such individuals are equivalent to 1 percent or attempt to make use of all existing and avail- more of the total amount of the stock or securities able resources. Incidentally, if you are still of the publishing corporation. 10. Extent and nature of circulation: with me at this point, you might like to Single Avpraee no. mue know that the interim report made by this co&i&h nearest issue during to committee in December 1966 is included in preceding 12 filing months date the final report as appendix H on page 119. A. Total no. copies printed (net press run) ...... 10,045 9,500 OLIVEGOUTHREAU B. Paid circulation Library of Parliament 1. Sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors Lecturer, University of Library School and counter sales ...... none none Ottawa, Canada 2. Mail subscriptions ..... 8,624 8,912 C. Total paid circulation .... 8,624 8,912 D. Free distribution (including samples) by mail, carrier or other means ...... 53 45 E. Total distribution (sum of C and D) ... .:...... 8,677 8,957 F. Office use, left-over, nnac- counted, spoiled after print- ~ng...... 1,368 543 G. Total (sum of E & F- should equal net press run shown in A) ...... 10,045 9,.500 I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete. GEORGEH. GIVADER,Executive Director Illinois Chapter H. W. Wilson Company Chapter Award Entrv

ow DOES the Chapter provide a frame- definition of committee goals, functions, H work in which the officers, the execu- and interrelationships, and, in essence, in- tive board, and committees can work most volved the entire Chapter in a good, hard effectively for the benefit of its members, the look at itself. Chapter, the Association, and the profession ? When a draft of the entire manual was How does the Chapter maintain a record nearly complete, copies were sent to the cur- of valuable past experience for future officers rent (1966-67) executive board and to five and committees ? former Chapter presidents for their com- How does the Chapter stimulate and en- ments and suggestions. These emendations courage a creative and forward-looking con- were considered and incorporated into a final duct of its officers and committees? draft of the entire manual. Finally, the entire These were the Chapter needs which manual was edited for uniform organization. seemed evident to the 1965-66 executive Copies were reproduced and sent to each board of Illinois Chapter. incoming (1967-68) officer and committee A procedure manual existed which had chairman. A supply of additional copies was been prepared to meet these objectives. But deposited with the secretary who would han- it was nearly fifteen years old, was out of dle distribution to future officers and chair- date, was not a functional document, and men, if they failed to get one, so that the was not in the hands of those who should manual would be in the proper hands. have it. The test of the manual's effectiveness will As a first step to meet these expressed be in the Chapter's activities in the coming needs, the executive board decided to initiate years. Officers and chairmen are encouraged a complete revision of the procedure manual to consider the manual to be a working -a revision which in fact proved to be a document and to make additions and correc- totally new document. tions for the benefit of their successors. A committee of four senior Chapter mem- An important result of the cooperative ef- bers with varied Chapter committee and of- fort devoted to preparation of the manual is fice experience was appointed. Work was be- already evident in a heightened awareness on gun early in 1966. Each manual committee the part of officers and chairmen in their role member took responsibility for certain offi- in the evolution of the Chapter and its con- cers and committees according to his Chapter tribution to the profession. experiences and interests. Indirect costs were in the manv hours The cooperation of the three most recent spent by the manual committee members in chairmen of each standing and special com- addition to those members who were asked mittee and three most recent officeholders to review draft copies. The committee met was enlisted to review current and recent nineteen times, each after a working day, in procedures against the appropriate 1953 sessions normally lasting two hours. Two manual section-if one existed. The manual longer meetings were held on Saturdays. In committee then began drafting manual sec- addition, each member probably worked tions which would describe the composition, twice as many hours on his own-revising, function, responsibilities, and procedures and writing, and typing successive drafts. Direct reports required for each committee. As each costs to the Chapter were in the typing. new draft was completed, it was referred printing, and binders for the preparation of 150 copies which amounted to about $400. back to the committee chairmen for further review and consideration. Thus, well over a Chapter Manual Revision Committee hundred Chapter members were involved. ELIN B. CHRISTIANSON,SHIRLEY F. HARPER, This continued dialogue with the officers ANNEC. ROESS,STELLA M. BRUUN, and committees provided a great deal of re- Chairman 658 Have Yon Heard. . .

Information Science Display which is part of the Library. According to for New York SLA Frederick S. Moseley, Jr., president of the The Documentation Group of the New York association, the new library is the only one Chapter of SLA has received a grant of of its kind in the world where blind Dersons. $15,900 from the National Science Founda- alone, may drop in and browse. It contains tion, to create a current literature display of a circulating collection of braille and large- materials on information science and tech- type editions ; talking books and regular ink nology. The assembled materials were dis- print books for all age groups; a reference played for the first time at the AD1 (Amer- book and periodical collection and a reserve ican Documentation Institute) Convention at collection of professional materials. The mu- the New York Hilton, October 22-27. The seum collection contains many reproductions collection is based on volume two of the An- of important sculpture pieces and some orig- ntul Review of Information Science and inals. These are displayed so that visitors Technology, published this fall. It is avail- may handle them at their leisure, and even able on loan to library schools as an up-to- borrow them. date and evaluated collection of recent in- Three decorated conference rooms are formation science literature. Library schools available for blind students working with interested in borrowing the materials should readers, or for listening to talking books. write to SLA for information. Tape playbacks, talking book machines, a brailler, typewriter, and recording and dupli- cating facilities are also available. This Training Program in Medical " unique library and museum will be open to Librarianship all clients served by the Lighthouse, its staff, The Biomedical Library, University of Cali- and all blind and visually handicapped per- fornia, Center for the Health Sciences, Los sons in the community. Angeles, is offering four traineeships in med- ical librarianship for the year beginning GRANTS September 1, 1968. The program provides THEUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINhas awarded a year of planned work combined with en- fellowships for advanced studies to fourteen rollment in a limited number of courses: bio- professional librarians, under a new program logical sciences, history of science, informa- supported by the U.S. Office of Education. tion science and foreign languages. It has The fellowships of $5,000 each have the ma- been approved for level I1 certification by jor goal of producing much needed, fully- the Medical Library Association and is sup- qualified faculty for schools of library and ported by a grant from the National Library information science. These fellowships in of Medicine. Qualification information and the Library School at Madison, the only application forms should be requested from: school in the state which offers advanced Louise Darling, Librarian, Biomedical Li- study programs in library science, were made brary, Center for the Health Sciences, Uni- possible by a $122,060 grant from the U.S. versity of California, Los Angeles, Califor- Office of Education, authorized under the nia 90024. Deadline for applications is April Higher Education Act of 1965. 1, 1968. THE INTERNATIONALFEDERATION OF LI- BRARY ASSOCIATIONSreceived a $3,500 A Library and Museum grant toward the support of a conference at for Blind People the French Ministry of Education, Paris, The Lighthouse, the New York Association October 16-20, to complete the drafting of for the Blind, formally opened the Light- an international library statistics standard, house Library at its headquarters at 111 East which would also serve as draft for a Unesco 59th Street, New York, October 26. Cere- Recommendation Concerning the Interna- monies included the dedication of the Vir- tional Standardization of Statistics Relating ginia Morris Pollak Museum Collection, to Libraries. Twenty members of the Statis- tics Committees of the International Federa- tion Act. She was formerly head of Reader tion of Library Associations, the Interna- Services at the Johns Hopkins University Ap- tional Standards Organization, Technical plied Physics Laboratory. Committee, and representatives of Unesco RALPH A. ULVELING,director of the De- and the Fedkration Internationale de Docu- troit Public Library, an internationally rec- mentation participated in the meeting. ognized library authority, retires November 30 after a career of forty years, which MEMBERS IN THE NEWS spanned the growth of the city's modern li- brary system. Mr. Ulveling innovated pro- RICHARDBENEDICT has been appointed chief cedures which were adopted nationally, and of the Systems Division of Air University he became a sought-after consultant on li- Library, Department of the Air Force, Max- brary construction. He was appointed asso- well Air Force Base, Alabama, with respon- ciate director of the Detroit system in 1934 sibility for acquisition, cataloging, indexing, and director in 1941. He is the third person and automation services. He comes to Air to hold that position since 1885. Mr. Ulvel- from the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory of ing developed a simplified plan for charging the University of California. books, known as the Detroit Self-charging ALFREDHODINA has joined the University Plan, which became used throughout the of Maryland, School of Library and Infor- country. He pioneered a method of classify- mation Services, as lecturer and director of ing books according to reader interest. A Admissions and Student Affairs. He had former president of both the Michigan and . been assistant professor and assistant to the American Library Associations, he received director of libraries at the University of the Joseph W. Lippincott Award for Distin- , where he directed a systems anal- guished Library Service in 1956. ysis of library procedures and operations. RICHARDS. HULEATThas joined the Gen- eral Dynamics Electric Boat Division of IN MEMORIAM Groton, Connecticut, as chief librarian of the ARDISC. ENGLE,biology librarian at West- Technical Information Center. Before com- ern Reserve University, Cleveland, died re- ing to GD, Mr. Huleatt was technical infor- cently. She had been a member of SLA's mation manager for the Laboratory for Elec- Cleveland Chapter for ten years. tronics, Inc., of Boston. PHYLLISP. WHALEN,a member of the EUGENEB. JACKSON,director of Informa- Cleveland Chapter since 1948, was librarian tion Retrieval and Library Services, IBM, at the Clevite Corporation Research Center Armonk, N. Y. headquarters, recently gave Library, Cleveland, until her recent death. a lecture on Technical Information in Indus- try at the Japan Information Center for Sci- ence and Technology, Tokyo. On September LETTER TO THE EDITOR 21, he also participated in a round table dis- CHAIRMAN,NOT PRESIDENT cussion with SLA of Japan, Division of Sci- It should go without saying that I was both ence and Technology. surprised and pleased to find my photograph, LOUISA. RACHOW,librarian of the Walter not once but twice, in your excellent September Harnpden Memorial Library, The Players, issue just received. New York, has been elected President of the However-not as a correction but for future Theatre Library Association, 1967-70. reference-you may wish to note that Leo M. Weins is now president of the H. W. Wilson MARGUERITESOROKA, formerly head of the Company, while I remain, Catalog Department of the Engineering So- Sincerely yours, cieties Library, has been appointed head of HOWARDHAYCRAFT Technical Services of the library. Chairman of the Board SARAHM. THOMASwill serve as director of Maryland University's School of Library and EDITOR'S NOTE: Our apologies to Chaivma?~ Information Services Program in Continuing Haycraft, but, in partial explanation, we as the world's most avid detective story fan are always Education, including the Postmaster's Fel- tempted to identify him foremostly as author of lowship Program under the Higher Educa- The Art of the Mystery Stovy. Off the Press . . ,

BOOK REVIEWS with the assumption that I) the present con- cepts and organization of higher education The Interuniversity Communications Council and libraries is basically good, and 2) the (EDUCOM), EDUNET: Report of the large integrated network or system can make Summer Study on Information network^. significant improvements in the over-all in- New York: Wiley, 1967. 440 p. formation handling problem. The first six The Interuniversity Communications Coun- chapters also contain valuable source material cil (EDUCOM) was founded in 1964 by for those anticipating the development of in- forty-two institutions. Its purpose is to "bring formation systems of a less ambitious nature. about collaboration among institutions of One would expect that a conference aimed higher learning in the effort to utilize the at the whole higher education system and in- communication sciences." Within the member formation/communications fields would con- institutions internal committees have been es- sider the library in a somewhat modest fashion. tablished to coordinate internally all informa- This is not so. The needs of libraries are tion processing activities. These committees singled out for special consideration. Points of are each called INTRACOM. In , view of librarians are expressed over and over EDUCOM conducted a four-week conference again in every chapter. Finally, the chapter on at Boulder, Colorado, "to assess the desirability a proposal for EDUNET was written by of an educational communications system. The Joseph Becker. He places the design of an im- assessment entailed the identification of edu- proved library system among the first items cational needs, . . . a survey of applications, to be developed. . . . a study of organizational relationships, EDUNET is not without 'criticism. No at- . . . an establishment of the scale, time sched- tention was given to the definition and fun- ules, budgets, and arrangements needed for damental concepts of information. Just as in the establishment of a useful educational in- other conferences, this has led to the uncon- formation system." scious acceptance of the traditional relationship EDUNET is the analytic presentation of between the teacher, curriculum, student, and the ideas expressed at the conference-not the library. The library is still the ivy-covered proceedings. EDUNET is also the name given building across the mall. The function of in- to the network to be established. It is a prin- formation and communication in the educa- cipal tool to be used by EDUCOM in realizing tion process is not seriously questioned. But its purpose. EDUNET also appears to be a now we have a supersystem with exotic tools cohesive bond between the information user, superimposed upon these traditions. Also we INTRACOM, and EDUCOM. have computers, terminals, and switching net- works behind these ivy-covered walls. Ap- EDUNET is divided into seven chapters: parently it is assumed that the teacher, student, background and history, current network con- and practitioner will have few information figuration, the identification of needs, appli- problems if the information is supplied faster, cation of communication networks, organiza- more completely, and more accurately. tional configurations, network design problems Admittedly, the development of informa- and coordination, and a proposal for tion handling tools and techniques has not kept EDUNET. In essence the book brings together pace with user's demands. Yet one cannot help all the essentials needed for the initial con- but wonder to what extent EDUNET would ceptual design of a communication network be needed if much of the proposed ten million between universities. This network would han- dollars for 1967-70 was spent on the develop- dle all kinds of information, such as toxico- ment of an educational system to teach the logical data, directory of on-going research, user to use effectively information and com- computer assisted instruction, and major bib- munication facilities already available. liographic services. It would minimize the turn- EDUNET appears to be an attack on the around time between the user's request for information problem through the development information and its delivery to him. Many of a new system based on theoretical concepts tools and techniques commonly used in other rather than the evolution of existing systems disciplines, but new to the information field, toward the same goals. This leaves some would be used. questions almost impossible to answer. Is a Each chapter is in itself an excellent com- large, national network the answer to the in- mentary on the state-of-the-art if one begins formation communication problem? Will the user take advantage of the system once it has the author of any reports resulting from such been built? Will EDUNET, once it is opera- research should be allowed to negotiate with tional, be worth all the effort? Perhaps private publishers when it is in the public in- INTRACOM will provide the mechanism to terest and when the Government Printing answer these questions through the evolution Office cannot do as good an editorial job. of existing facilities toward the EDUNET Reservation by the government of limited goal. This evolutionary approach was not ex- profits and the copyright may be a solution. plained in the book. However, one cannot entirely agree with the author's caclusion that if a publisher is al- EDUCOM, EDUNET, and INTRACOM lowed to copyright a report that he will be will most surely receive severe criticism in the happy or satisfied with the fact that it may months and years to come. Regardless of the also be issued by the government or by some future, it must be said that this book is an other source in a microfiche form. invaluable contribution to the current study One of the chief controversies in the field of of the information problem. EDUNET tells copyright law is the right of libraries to re- us how far we might go in the next decade or produce copies. Professor Marke reviews the two. It tells us what is technologically and various solutions suggested by the publishers. managerially possible. This we need badly so One of these suggestions is a clearinghouse we can realistically evaluate our traditional similar to ASCAP. Another of the suggestions methods and immediate plans in terms of long- by the author is that publishers experiment range ideals. Yet the whims of chance and the with computers and their application to the present lack of adequate design data suggest printing business, thus getting into the com- that the ultimate system will probably look puter program field and improve their own much different from the one presented in the methods of publishing. The author concludes book. that the photocopying of a material does not The participants at Boulder, Colorado, were injure the sale of a book. Because of the eco- obviously awed. by the thoughts of the large nomics involved, librarians would not choose network concept. Perhaps the next step should photocopying if the publishers met the needs be a "devil's advocate" grant by NSF to of users and kept material in print. evaluate the EDUNET concept. This little book is recommended reading for THOMASMINDER, Executive Director those concerned with the three problems dis- Pittsburgh Regional Library Center cussed by the author of placing the materials Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania developed by federal grants in the public do- main, photocopying, and the use of computers. MARKE,Julius J., Copyright and lntellectual Although the conclusions of the author will Property. New York, Fund for the Advance- not be acceptable to all, they certainly merit ment of Education, 1967. 111 p. consideration by all informed librarians. The resolution of conflicting interests in in- KAPLAN, Benjamin. An Unhurried View of tellectual property is indeed very difficult! In Copyright. New York, Columbia University theory, one cannot argue with the theory that Press, 1967. ix, 142 p. $5.00. any reports which are the result of federal The author begins this excellent volume by research grants should become public property, tracing the history of copyright law from its free for use by all. This present book is a beginnings as an attempt by the Stationers' study supported by the Fund for the Advance- Company in London to protect its members, ment of Education, of the implications of the to the Copyright Act of 1909 in the United statement of policy by the U.S. Office of Edu- States. The second chapter is entitled "Pla- cation which declared that all materials pro- giarism Re-examined" in which the subject of duced by a grant from the Office of Educa- enfringement is fully examined by reference tion would be placed in the public domain. to the cases decided in the American court. Such a policy, if adopted by other agencies, The fact that the interests fully protected by would have wide effects upon scholarship. copyright are difficult to define becomes ap- The author, Julius Marke, of New York parent from this discussion. One of the au- University School of Law, examines the rea- thor's concerns is the introduction of statues sons, both pro and con, for such a policy, and and other works of art into the copyright area. the arguments opposed to such a policy are Bills have been introduced in Congress to ex- equally as convincing as those in favor. The tend copyright protection to wearing apparel, author opposes an inflexible public policy be- but the author describes this as being a "curi- cause of the technological changes which af- ous form of supererogative folly." fect policy. Professor Marke concludes that The final chapter deals with the proposed Copyright Bill now pending in Congress and Information Scientists, which replaces the In- is the most important for the librarian. The stitute's Bulletin. Contains high quality papers author comments on some of the proposed of Institute members. Published three times changes and for this reason, this chapter annually, the subscription rate per yearly vol- should be required reading for every member ume is 30 s (about $4.50). Single copies 10 s of the Congress. A most pertinent observa- (about $1.50). Order from John R. Day, 85 tion is that more and more titles are the prod- Upr. Elrners End Rd., Beckenham, Kent, Eng- ucts of joint effort which will diminish the land. emotions of copyright. As a beginning primer on the Copyright SLA AUTHORS Law, this volume is highly recommended. ASHEIM,Dr. Lester. Librarianship in the Develop- However, when reading it, one should make ing Countries. 1966. vii, 95 p. Chicago, Univer- frequent references to the cases cited so that sity of Illinois Press. he may understand the author's comments. ATHERTON,Pauline A. Physics Bibliography. Li- However, librarians can read the final chapter brary Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, , p. 847- with profit, for certainly the present revision 51. of the Copyright Act will adversely affect the BLANCHARD,J. Richard. Agriculture Bibliography. interests of libraries. Library Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, p. 880- PROFESSORERWIN C. SURRENCY 95. Temple University School of Law BROADUS,Robert N. Library Science and Liberal Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Education. Journal of Education for Librarianship, vol. 7, no. 4, Spring, 1967, p. 203-9. BRODMAN,Dr. Estelle. Medicine Bibliography. Can't Recall the Name? Library Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, p. If it is that of a librarian engaged in government 896-908. documents work try the Directory of Docu- CASEY,Genevieve M. Michigan: Opening Up Re- ments Librarians in the United States. Con- sources. Library Journal, vol. 92, no. 13, July tains more than '1000 entries, arranged by 1967, p. 2523-5. name and geographic location, and can be or- CLAPP,Verner W. Retrospect and Prospect. Li- dered from the Reference Services Division brary Trends, vol. 16, no. 1, July 1967, p. 165-75. Office, ALA, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, COLLINS,Ruby L. Education Bibliography. Li- Illinois 60611. Per copy price is $1.00. brary Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, p. 648- 69. on a COMAN,Edwin T., Jr. Economics Bibliography. Report "New Species" Library Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, p. A definitive statement entitled Library Tech- 601-15. nicidns: A New Kind of Needed Library CONRAD,Dr. Carleton C. Coordination and In- Worker is the report of a conference on li- tegration of Technical Information Services. Jour- brary technology sponsored by Catonsville nal of Chemical Documentation, vol. 7, no. 2, Community College and held in Chicago, May , p. 111-4. 26 and 27, 1967. Copies of the report are COOPER,Marianne (co-author) . Interpreting Re- available at $0.75 per copy or $0.50 in quan- sults of Statistical Studies. College O Research Li- tities of ten or more from: Communication braries, vol. 28, no. 4, July 1967, p. 266-8. Service Corporation, 1629 K Street NW, DAY, Melvin S. Factors in Building an Opera- Washington, D. C. 20006. tional Information Program. Journal of Chemical Documentation, vol. 7, no. 2, May 1967, p. 107-9. DRAZNIOWSKY,Dr. Roman. Cartography Bibliog- JOURNAL NOTES raphy. Library Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, CANADIANNEWS FACTS, introduced January p. 710-7. 1, 1967, consists of three parts: the digest, FELLAND,Nordis. Geography Bibliography. Li- published bi-weekly; the index, appears every brary Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, p. 704-9. month; and the cumulated indexes compiled FORMAN,Dr. Sidney. Education Bibliography. Li- on a quarterly basis. It indexes the news alpha- brary Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, p. 648- betically by subject, people, locations, and or- 69. ganizations. Annual subscription rate in the GARFIELD,Eugene and SHER,Irving H. ISI's Ex- U.S. is $95.00. Send orders to Canadian News periences with ASCA-A Selective Dissemination Facts, 62 Richmond Street, W., Suite 505, System. Journal of Chemical Documentation, vol. Toronto 1, Ontario. 7, , p. 147-53. HAMLIN,Arthur T. The Library Crisis in . THE INFORMATIONSCIENTIST is the new of- Library Journal, vol. 92, no. 13, July 1967, p. ficial publication of the English Institute of 2516-22. HAVILAND,Morrison C. Loans to Faculty Mem- Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 1, September 1967, p. 85 bers in University Libraries. College & Research and 104-5. Libraries, vol. 28, no. 3, May 1967, p. 171-4. SHIPMAN,Joseph C. General Science Bibliog- HAVLIK, Robert J. Law Libraries at the State raphy. Library Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, Level. Law Library Journal, vol: 60, no. 1, Feb- p. 793-815. ruary 1967, p. 64-8. SHORES,Dr. Louis. Our Quiet Force: The Chang- HERNER,Saul and WOLFE, Molly A. SDI Sys- ing Role of the Librarian. Catholic Library World, tem for the U.S. Public Health Service, Office of vol. 38, no. 9, May-, p. 587-92. Pesticides. Journal of Chemical Documentation, TAUBER,Maurice F. Introduction. Library Trends, vol. 7, August 1967, p. 138-41. vol. 16, no. 1, July 1967, p. 3-5. HIATT, Peter. Cooperative Processing Centers for TAUBER,Maurice F. and STEPHENS,Irlene, edi- Public Libraries. Library Trends, vol. 16, no. 1, tors. Library Surz~eys.1967. New York, Columbia July 1967, p. 67-84. University Press. HINES, Dr. Theodore C. Salaries and Academic YOUNG,Gifford A. with WENTE,Van A. Selec- Training Programs for Information Scientists. tive Information Announcement Systems for a Journal of Chemical Documentation, vol. 7, no. Large Community of Users. Iournal of Chemical 2, May 1967, p. 118-20. Documentation, vol. 7, August 1967, p. 142-7. HOEGBERG.Erick I. Symposium on Administration of Technical Information Groups. Introductory RECENT REFERENCES Remarks. Journal of Chemical Documentation, vol. 7, no. 2, May 1967, p. 110. Librarianship HUMPHREY,James, 111. Bibliopegy. The Library CAMPBELL,H. C. Metropolitan Public Liblzrv.? Binder, vol. XV, no. 1, May 1967, p. 25-32. Re- Planning Throughout the World. (International printed from The Rub-off, Jan.-Feb. 1966; pub- Series of Monographs in Library and Information lished by Art Guild Bindery, Inc. Science, vol. 5). New York: Pergamon Press, ' KEPPLE,Robert R. Serving Readers in a Special 1967. xi, 168 p. tables. $8. (L.C. 66-29370) International Library. College & Research Librar- This volume written for civic officials, local ies, vol. 28, no. 3, May 1967, p. 203-7. government education administrators, librarians and KRAFT,Dr. Margit. An Argument for Selectivity national education planners, presents a survey of the planning that is being carried out in order to in the Acquisition of Materials for Research Li- adjust public library services to the new conditions braries. The Library Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, of metropolitan urban growth in all countries. De- July 1967, p. 284-95. scriptions of library planning activities are con- LIVINGSTON,Frances G. A Semiautomated Jour- cise and fairly current, with much material cover- nal Check-In; or Variations on a Common Theme. ing the period 1960-65. Index. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, vol. 55, no. 3, July 1967, p. 316-20. HOUGHTON, Bernard. Technical Information Sources, a pide to Patents Standards and Tech- MULLINS,Lynn S. New Periodicals of Geographi- nical Reports Literature. London: Clive Bingley cal Interest. Geographical Review, vol. 57, no. 3, Ltd.; Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1967. 101 July 1967, p. 434-7. p. $4. OHTA, Miwa. Medicine Bibliography. Librarj Explains the nature and evolution of patents, Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, p. 896-908. standards and technical report literature. Written PHELPS,Ralph H. Engineering Bibliography. Li- partly for library students learning techniques of brary Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, p. 868- information practice, the book may also be of in- 79. terest to management executives in manufacturing industri,es. References at end of chapters. Index. POWER,Ruth T. Chemistry Bibliography. Library Trends, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1967, p. 836-46. LADLEY,Winifred, ed. Federal Legislation for Li- braries. Papers presented at an Institute conducted SCHICK, Dr. Frank L. Recent American library by the University of Illinois Graduate School of legislation. Unesco bulletin for libraries, vol. Library Science, November 6-9, 1966. (Allerton XXI, no. 3, May-June 1967, p. 146-9. Park Institute, no. 13). Champaign, Ill.: Illini SHACHTMAN,Bella E. Other Federal Activities. Union Bookstore, 1967. vii, 104 p. $3 hard cover; Library Trends, vol. 16, no. 1, July 1967, p. 112- $2 paper. 26. In the belief that a major factor in the library SHAW,Ralph R. Quo Vadis? Library Jowmal, vol. development has been and will continue to be 92, no. 15, September 1967, p. 2281-4. federal legislation for libraries, The Graduate School of Library Science decided to review, in its SHERA, Jesse H. Librarians against Machines. Thirteenth Institute, federal legislation directly Wilson Library Bulletin, vol. 42, no. 1, Septem- or indirectly related to libraries, with a view to ber 1967, p. 65-73. evaluating past benefits and formulating guide- SHERA, Jesse. Without Reserve: An Aslib for lines for the future. Throughout the Institute America. Wilson Library Bulletin, vol. 41, no. participants were reminded that, whether or not 10, June 1967, p. 1063-4. librarians approve, libraries have become a part SHERA,Jesse H. Without Reserve. Wilson Library of the political process, with emphasis upon money as the essential ingredient of all progress in li- through 1963. Divided into two parts, the first brary service. covers books and the second articles. Both are "Sometimes Students do really Outstanding Pa- divided, chronologically, into the same forty-three pevs which ought to be Published . . ." edited sections. Index of personal names. with an introduction by Betty Martin Brown. COAN,Otis W., and LILLARD,Richard G. America (Drexel Library School Series, no. 21). Philadel- in Fiction, an Annotated List of Novels that in- phia, Pa.: Drexel Press, 1967. 124 p. map, tables. terpret Aspects of Life in the United States. Can- pap. $4. (L.C. 67-15323) (Available from Book- ada, and Mexico, 5th ed. Palo Alto, Calif.: Pacific store, Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Books, Publishers, 1967. viii, 232 p. $5.50. (L.C. Pa. 19104) 66-28118) In the fall of 1965 Drexel's Graduate School Newly enlarged and revised edition of this stand. of Library Science announced a contest to select ard reference guide to fiction depicting various the best student papers prepared for courses during aspects of life in North America. New sections past few years. This collection of papers contains on Mexico and Schools and Colleges have been the nine best of the seventy papers submitted to added. The entries include both old and new the Committee. The papers represent varied ap- works. There are brief summaries of trends in proaches to the subject material including surveys, interpretation at the beginning of each classifica- a bibliographic essay and critical book reviews. tion and subclassification. Index of authors. WOOD, D. N., and HAMILTON,D. R. L. The DINSTEL,Marion, comp. List of French Doctoral Information Requirements of Mechanical Engi- Dissertatio~zs on Africa, 1884-1961, Boston Uni- neers, Report of a Recent Survey. London: The wrsity Libraries. Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co., Library Association, 7 Ridgmount St., Store St., 1967. 334 p. $19; $20.90 outside U. S. 1967. 35 p. illus., tables. pap. 12s.; 9s. to Library 2.918 dissertations titles listed, includes an Association members. author index, and a subject index confined to A committee of the Library Association has topics not limited by national boundaries, such as recently been studying scientific library services in agriculture and land use, anthropology, education, the United Kingdom. This paper is an account of etc. There are forty African states represented as one such investigation into the information re- well as material on the continent in general and quirements of mechanical engineers. It reports on the former British, German, and Italian areas. the results of a survey carried out in the early part of 1966. DUIGNAN,Peter. Handbook of American Resources for African Studies. (Hoover Institution Biblio- graphical Series, XXIX). Stanford, Calif.: The Bibliographic Tools Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1967. xvi, 218 p. tables. $6. BROWN,Sanborn C. Basic Data of Plasma Physics, (L.C. 66-20901) Cambridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. 1966, 2d ed., rev. The handbook attempts to describe all materials Press, 1967. 320 p. figures. $8.50. (L.C. 67-15601) relevant to African studies-not just archives or In essence, a new book since the first edition of manuscripts dealing with Americans in Africa. 1959. New edition is one of the first implementa- Describes the holdings of 95 library and manu- tions of computer-based information transfer in script collecfions, 108 church and missionary li- which the basic data was searched out by means braries and archives, 95 art and ethnographic col- of a remote console tied into a central disk library lections, and 4 business archives. Index. containing an extensive collection of bibliographic information on physics literature. Author, Subject ERDELYI,Gabor, and PETERSON,Agnes F. German and Index of Chemicals. Periodical Publications, a Checklist of German Language Serials and Series Currently Received in ENGINEERINGSOCIETIES LIBRARY, comp. Bibli- ography on Flow of Granular Materials from Bins, the Stanford University Libraries. (Hoover In- stitution Bibliographical Series: XXVII) Stanford, Bunkers and Silos. (ESL Bibliography no. 16). . Calif.: The Hoover Institution on War, R~holu- N,ew York: 1967. 34 p. pap. multilithed $4. (L.C. tion and Peace, Stanford University, 1967. 183 p. 67-24366) Lists 187 selected references, most of them pap. $5. (L.C. 66-28530) (Available from Publica- tions Department, Hoover Institution) annotated, provides extensive coverage of gravity The checklist is a union catalog of German flow of granular materials from bins, bunkers and Language serials (publications that appear fairly silos, including mechanical methods for increas- ing the flow. The references are to books, reports, regularly and are intended to be continued in- definitely) and. monographic series currently re- bulletins and periodical articles published from 1929 to 1966. ceived in any one of the Stanford Univetsity Libraries. Includes German language continuations CHAN, Wing-tsit. Chinese Philosophy, 1949- in all subjects published all over the world. 1963, an Annotated Bibliography of Mainland Entries are arranged in one alphabetical listing, Publications. Honolulu, Hawaii: East-West supplemented by a subject index and a list of Center Press, 1967. xiv, 290 p. pap. tables. $7.50. newspapers. (L.C. 65-20582) The bibliography includes 213 books and 756 Fifty Years of Petroleum Technology, a Guide to articles published in Mainland China from 1949 the Scientific and Technical Publications of the Institute of Petroleum, 1914-1964. London: The Intended as a serious scholarly tool to facilitate Institute of Petroleum, 61 New Cavendish St., the study of Stalin's career. In addition to the 1967. 30s. bibliographical listings, the work also contains This guide lists chronologically over 2000 papers substantial analytical essays by the compiler con- published in the Institute's Journal over a period cerning the authenticity of material attributed to of fifty years, complete with author and subject Stalin. Index. indexes. It also covers the 14 volumes of Reviews OBERHOLTZER,Betty L. 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