Special Libraries, February 1979

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On Presidential Nominations Some members of the Association would be concerned about Ms. Regan's concept of a There seems to be a trend developing in special library and of a "special librarian." the nominations for SLA President-Elect These are very clearly defined in the which I can only see as unhealthy for our Association Bylaws, Article 11, Sects. 1 and 2. Association-namely, the nomination of A Member of the Association-very likely a librarians who are not currently employed person working in a special library, as as special librarians, but rather as academic defined-shall have the right to hold any or public librarians. I hope my concern will elective office. The Nominating Committee not be misconstrued. Nominees for cannot selectively eliminate prospective President-Elect are certainly of high candidates because of their place of professional and personal caliber, and I employment. Even using Ms. Regan's would in no way object to any of them if we narrow definition of a "special librarian" (a were an association of all types of nonacademic or a nonpublic librarian) it is librarians. difficult to see a trend upon examination of But we are an association of specialized the record. librarians, and while the inclusion of all Some members of the Association would types of librarians as members adds to the be concerned that Ms. Regan does not feel rich mix of personalities and interests, I feel SLA is "an association of all types of strongly that an association of special librarians." In fact, it seems to be such an librarians should be headed, and organization. represented, by a special librarian. It is only All members of the Association should be thus that I can feel that my interests and concerned about seeking out, concerns as a special librarian are recommending, electing, and then adequately advocated. supporting the best possible individual for If nominating committees are finding it each office of the Association. difficult to persuade special librarians to run Let me take this opportunity to solicit for the office of President-Elect because of concerns and recommendations for the time-consuming nature of the position candidates for SLA offices. The members of and the need for support from the the 1980 Nominating Committee are Jim nominee's company or institution, then Arshem; M. Elizabeth Moore; William C. perhaps the structure and implications of Petru; Julia Vance; M. "Jims" Murphy, the of&e should be re-examined. Chairman. Muriel Regan James A. Arshem Rockefeller Foundation Library Past Chairman New York, N.Y. 1979 Nominating Committee

The Committee's Reply

Ms. Regan's letter is representative of the Special Libraries welcomes communications types of concerns which are often expressed from its readers, but can rarely accommo- to members of the Nominating Committee. Each year these concerns include too many date letters in excess of 300 words. Light menlwomen, Easterners, academic editing, for style and economy, is the rule librarians, Anglos, Canadians, bank librarians, profit-making librarians; not rather than the exception, and we assume enough representation of geography and map librarians; and so on. Nominating that any letter, unless otherwise stipulated, committees have always seriously is free for publication in our monthly considered all concerns, as well as recommendations for prospective letters column. candidates. february 1979 After spending considerable time going through several sources, and you still can't find what you're looking for. . . where do you go from there? As many librarians and researchers on a certain time frame, the EBI deals have discovered, when you need with literature dating from the turn of the information about energy, and you need century to the current year on all energy it fast, the Ertergy B~blqyraphy& sources: solar, wind, water, coal, fossil Index is the most comprehensive source fuel, nuclear, etc. you can go to. The EBI lists and Each volume is really 4 indexes in 1. abstracts all forms of documents-books, You can locate material by title, subject, maps, periodicals, reports, government personal author, and corporate authors. documents, monographs and serials-not The bibliography section gives a concise only heavy technical, but also non- abstract of each document so you can technical related literature. Volume 2 easily determine the relevancv includes abstracts of of the document to your many of the recently ntvds. In addition to translated German fuel gi\.ing finger-tip documents of \V\V 11. inforrriation on what is I.nlike somv indexes a\.ailal)lv in energy, the that spcc'ialize in EBI is an excellent guidc ccrrain types of t3ncArgg, for acquisitions and or are based inti.rlil)rary loans.

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16A special libraries Motion Picture and Television Research Libraries In the Los Angeles Area

Sally Dumaux

Southern California Answering Network, Los Angeles Public Library, Calif. 9007 1

.This paper is based on firsthand observation of five motion picture and television research collections in the Los Angeles area. The work was undertaken by the resource specialist for the Southern California Answering Network in order to improve the network's familiarity with the contents of these unique special collections. The article discusses what has happened to the major motion picture research collections in the past fifteen years, describes the contents of the five largest collections that remain, and poses some questions about their future.

UPPOSE you were asked to dis- As the resource specialist for South- S cover whether the current U.S. ern California Answering Network Surgeon General smokes cigarettes (no) (SCAN), the author has had an opportu- or to find out where and when neon nity to examine the collections de- lights were first used in the United scribed here. SCAN is art of a commu- States (New York City in 1923). What nication and information network de- color is a squid's iris? (blue fringed with veloped in 1969. It is funded through orange). These and similar questions the Federal Librarv Services and Con- are answered daily by a dedicated struction Act and iiadministered by the group of professionals who work for California State Library. SCAN'S head- the motion picture and television quarters are in the LO; Angeles Public industry. The results of their work are Library; its northern counterpart Bay seen by millions of people every day, Area Reference Center (BARC) operates yet not much has been written about from the San Francisco Public Library. them. The collections with which they Together SCAN and BARC act as offi- work are some of the most specialized cially designated National Resource in the world, but in the past fifteen Centers for the State of California. years some have disappeared altogeth- SCAN has a staff of eight subject er, while others have changed form specialist librarians who handle "third- drastically. Only a few remain as they level" reference questions-those that were. This paper will examine the could not be fielded by a member remaining collections and some of the library system at either the local or personnel responsible for making pop- regional level. At SCAN the majority of ular motion pictures more accurate and questions are answered using the fine enjoyable. resources of the Los Angeles Public february 1979 Copyright e 1979 Spec~alL~brar~es Associat~on 63 Library. However, when necessary, ry, employing dozens of librarians and these librarians are free to contact any researchers to handle a workload of agency, both in the United States and forty to fifty pictures a year. With the abroad. In her position as resource advent of television in the 1950s, box specialist, the author may seek out new office profits dropped and multimillion collections, agencies, and information dollar pictures failed one after another. sources which might improve SCAN's whenever belt tightening is in order, ability to answer research questions. In libraries are often the first to feel the many cases, the technique used to pinch. During the 1950s, several impor- gather such information is the on-site tant collections were lost, or became visit. This method involves an in- completely inaccessible. person survey of any agencies located Bv 1969 Columbia Pictures Research in Southern California that are willing Library had been scrapped-literally to discuss their holdings. dumped out in the trash. Paramount's The on-site visit has definite advan- library was closed. The materials are tages over other methods of collection still on the lot, but they are locked data gathering. Those aspects of a away. The Samuel Goldwyn Collection collection that are unique to SCAN's was sold to a private researcher, Lillian specialties can be identified. When the Michelson, for $20,000. RKO was pur- agency is later contacted, SCAN can be chased bv Desilu. and the research quite specific in its requests. In this collection has been contracted out to way, SCAN builds good working rela- another private researcher, Kellam de tionships with other agencies. Directo- Forest. Rumors flew in the early 1970s ries are fine, but the information is that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was going limited by the format. The question- to sell its library. In fact, the license naire technique is the least valuable for plate collection and many fine books this purpose, because it leaves a great were taken to the Grand Hotel in Las deal to chance. Thus, visiting a collec- Vegas to be sold in the Nostalgia Shop. tion, measuring and counting special However, the library is still operating. files, observing the arrangement of the Warner Brothers donated its collection materials, and getting to know the to Burbank Public Library in 1975, and people who work every day with the Twentieth Century-Fox research special collections has become an library is currently staffed by one important tool to enhance SCAN's abil- person. The only collections as yet ity to tap the resources that were unchanged are those of Walt Disney previously unknown in the area. The and Universal City Studios, but even data presented here was collected over here the staff expands and contracts as a period of five years. Each library was demand dictates, and both in recent visited an average of five times. Addi- years have opened their doors to tional information was provided in contract work from independent telephone interviews, and the final production companies. rough drafts were sent to each head of Modern industry fiscal policy is research for corrections and comments. responsible for most of these changes. Hardly any films are made directly by the studios todav. Much of what is seen is the work of independent compan- Changes ies-many of which actually rent space Some background information about on the lots and sound stages of the the changes occurring in the important former industry giants. Although there motion picture studio collections in the are still some "big budget" films being past few decades would also be helpful. made, the hard truth is that not as much From the late 1920s to the 1940s, the goes into research as it once did. It costs motion picture industry had its heyday. money to maintain research staffs, to Every major studio had a research libra- buy new materials, to subscribe to all special libraries the periodicals needed for research. The are asked to assemble a whole package independents can buy research time, of research in a few hours or do tele- but do not want to maintain the collec- phone reference in minutes. Without a tions themselves. The Hollywood mo- decent amount of time, or an adequate guls are gone. The studios, with the staff, research institutions cannot func- exception of Disney, no longer have the tion properly. To their credit, these "family" feeling they once all enjoyed. librarians sometimes perform miracles. The studios are part of multifaceted Today, when a studio has a slack period, conglomerates. Now corporate account- instead of allowing the research staff to ing departments, far removed from the catch up, it lays off some of them. pulse of actual picture making, rule the When things are booming, researchers industry with their balance sheets. are too busy to do the copying, clip- Unfortunately, balance sheets cannot ping, indexing, and collection building properly reflect the heart of film that they know is necessary. Not one of making-artistic truthfulness, its crea- these researchers has adequate working tive and professional base. It takes years space and most do not have a budget to build a first-rate research collection. that allows them to hire enough staff In addition to long runs of indispens- and build their collections to be able periodicals such as Harpers Bazaar, prepared for future needs. Although McClure's, or Architectural Record, these collections are vital to the indus- unique card files and indexes have been try they serve, in the past few years the

It takes years to build a first-rate research collection . . . Anyone involved with this kind of research is disturbed to see collections sold, dumped, or locked up.

patiently created, year by year, involv- industry itself has shown little regard ing the care of a research staff. Illustra- for their future. The talents of those tion and photo files also take many who are professional research librarians years to build. Find a farm house in should not be expended in layoffs. Iowa from 1870, a German Army medal Collections that took thirty or forty from World War I, interior shots of years to build can suffer only so many Alcatraz in 1950. The resources that budget cuts before the gaps begin to make this research possible are ex- show. tremely difficult or, in some cases, The collections discussed in this impossible to replace. Anyone involved paper are still located on studio lots or in this kind of research is disturbed to on studio property, with the exception see collections sold, dumped, or locked of Warner Brothers. The people who UP. staff them are extremely knowledge- In addition to monetary considera- able. In addition to their understanding tions, time considerations have become of the special world of motion picture difficult. In the old days at MGM, the research, which takes years to learn, research staff went onto the set to help two have library degrees and all the spot errors in authenticity. At Warner others have had formal course work. Brothers, the staff sat patiently through These are all commercial collections. daily rushes to catch mistakes. Research All charge fees, either on a contract

books for a single- film could run to a basis or by the hour. Their clients are dozen volumes. Today some research- the studios, independent production ers never see a script. They frequently companies, television, and advertising february 1979 agencies. Again, Warner Brothers is the are indexed in fourteen volumes. The exception, but even here the public library's assets also include vertical does not have direct access to it. files, research books for most of the films made by Twentieth Century-Fox, Twentieth Century-Fox and specialized card indexes to subject Research Library areas such as World Wars I and 11. Kenyon thinks of his work as both This is the oldest collection in the demanding and satisfying. Choosing area and one of the largest. It contains from recent films, he mentions "Elea- over 100,000 volumes. The library is nor and Franklin" and The Other Side of shelved up from floor to ceiling in Midnight as being especially pleasant every room. The outer office is a clutter films to research. He knows that what of empty desks; a reminder of a time he does is special. He explains, "Every- when a staff of twelve worked here body thinks they can do research. It (Figure 1). Now Ken Kenyon works takes years of experience working with here by himself with no staff of any a collection. Everyone on the lot wants kind. to come in here and just help them- There are important titles and long selves, but this place is not a supermar- runs of periodicals in this collection. ket." Among these are American Architect and Building News, 1877 to 1928, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer McClure's, 1899 to 1938. These and other Research Library periodicals have been analyzed in the Not far from Twentieth Century-Fox library's extensive Index to Sources Found is another "grande dame" of research in Magazines. There are forty drawers of libraries, that of Metro-Goldwyn- 5 in. X 7 in. index cards, about 54,000 in Mayer. It began about 1925 (Figure 2). all, each with many entries. Brief analy- Its director is James J. Earie, one of the tics describe each source. The collec- kindest and most obliging people in the tion's strength in time is from the 1920s business. He has one assistant, and to the 1960s. Twentieth Century-Fox is between them they average forty recognized among the research librar- research projects a week. since 1969 the ies for its extensive holdings on World collection has been leased to indepen- Wars I and 11. One example, the Tichy dent researcher Kellam de Forest. As collection, contains official German well as serving MGM, they furnish photographs from World War 11, which research for motion picture production companies, advertising agencies, and Figure I. Fox Movietone Studios Re- the television industry. search Department, 1931. Seated at The collection contains about 20,000 volumes, not counting periodicals. It is center is Frances C. Richardson (cour- rich in art books, western Americana, tesy Marc WanamakerIBison Archives). architecture, costume, and interior dec- oration. There are also Montgomery Ward catalogs from the 1890s, as well as other old specialty catalogs for hardware, garden supplies, and household utensils. All research collections prize these. Their index to illustrations and information from magazine sources is outstanding. It dates from the 1890s to the present and is especially strong from the 1930s to about 1967. There are over 80,000 cards, many with multiple entries, to every conceivable topic. The special libraries Figure 2. Is It a Factory or a Penitentia- ers Research Library. In 1930 the library ry? Entrance to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had a staff of six and by the 1950s there Research Library, 1977. were fourteen people. Then came hard times. In 1975 an agreement was made with the City of Burbank to move the entire collection to Burbank Public Library. The research library is now a commercial research collection housed behind the library, serving Warner Brothers and the rest of the motion picture and television industry on a fee basis (Figure 3). The citizens of Burbank have access to its resources by applying through Burbank Public Library, although the stacks are not open to the public. Mary Ann Grasso, who heads this collection, is a vivacious and capable young woman. She was recruited from the Reference Department of Burbank Public Library. Besides Grasso, the cards also index foreign magazines and collection has its "secret weapon," include many periodicals not indexed Edith Hodson, a forty-year veteran of in any other source. Yet, the picture Warner Brothers Research, who moved files are the strength of the collection. with the library when it was trans- There are an estimated 250,000 items, ferred. To round out the staff there is a all indexed in notebook form with over library assistant. While the staff size is a 56,000 subject headings. Mainly they far cry from the early 1950s, they are photographs, but other kinds of manage and are even able to do some illustrative material are also included. It is strong for architectural detail from many periods, and for the military, as Figure 3. A Touch of Pizzazz: Entrance well as western U.S. cities. To give you to Warner Research Library, 1977. some idea of the detail, suppose you wanted to recreate a Paris restaurant of the 1940s. The photos start with the front door, the steps, the walls, ceilings, light fixtures, even the toilet. Earie began his career as a page at Los Angeles Public Library's History De- partment. Then he was "discovered" by the esteemed Frances C. Richardson, long-time head of research at Twen- tieth Century-Fox. He had tried other jobs in the motion picture business, but his real love is research, and his home is MGM. As he put it, ". . . I missed the gratification that you have when you answer a question."

Burbank Public Library- Warner Research Collection One famous collection that has "metamorphosed" is the Warner Broth- february 1979 67 clipping and photo reproduction for jammed to the rafters. The desks huddle their files. They can also buy new books together in the cramped space. Bright and continue periodical subscriptions, travel posters hide the pipes and peel- adding to their sizable book collection ing paint. Energetic and affable Robert of around 20,000 volumes. An inven- "Andy" Lee presides over all this with a tory taken before the move recorded staff of three. Historic films have been 446 periodical titles, many back to the researched here in this room; Airport, 19th-century. How many libraries are Jaws, The Sting, and To Kill a Mockingbird. there that have Journal Des Dames et Des Many familiar television series are also Modes from 1818 to 1831, or Grahm's done here. In fact, in terms of television Magazine from 1841 to 1849? series, the Universal research staff is Once again the heart of the collection busiest in the business-so busy that all are the picture files. They are rated as their energy goes into research, and the largest among the research libraries. there is little time left over to do cata- There are 450 vertical file drawers, an loging, clipping, indexing, and all the estimated one million pieces, all beauti- other tasks that prepare the collection fully indexed. Not only does the library for future needs.

Although these collections are vital to the industry they serve, in the past few years the industry itself has shown little regard for their future.

have general subject files, but also The library actually began in Carl special files for the United States. These Laemmle's day, so it is no wonder that are especially strong for police and this is another fine collection. It dates military illustrations from all periods. from around 1916. There are about There are wardrobe files and character 15,000 books, over 2,000 periodicals, files by type, i.e., bandits, gypsies, and 70 current newspapers and maga- witchdoctors. They also have files of zines. In terms of subject strengths, the actual license plates for the United collection is marvelous for crime and States. These are especially representa- for offbeat illustrations. If pictures of tive of the period from the 1920s to the seedy basements, cheap hotels, or back- 1940s. yards are needed, they can be found With their independent status, here. The index to magazine illustra- Grasso and her staff serve a diverse tions alone runs to about 162,000 cards clientele from advertising agencies do- with multiple entries. ing commercials such as Bow Wow Dog Lee feels that the libraries will Chow and Doritos to Columbia Pictures survive despite hard times. He points to and Lorimar Production epics. the basic issue of legal research; he feels that the research libraries "earn their Universal City Studios keep" by preventing law suits. He also Research Library thinks that continuing education is necessary within the industry to keep Except for the uniformed guards at studio -people - aware of the value of the door, a visitor would think the their research libraries. building was a motel. In fact, it was a motel, converted by Music Corporation Walt Disney Production Library of America some years ago into additional office space. The library is down This research library is located in the in the basement where books are Animation Building. Once inside, special libraries we can go to the files and provide them with the material that satisfies their needs. We are fortunate, here at Disney, because we have never had to justify the purchase of each book or magazine subscription, as so many of the others must do."

de Forest Research Library people in the hallways smile and even say "hello" to strangers. Right away We now come to what may be the this place seems a little bit different. future wave of motion picture re- Indeed it is. Harley Fortier,* the shy, search-the independent research firm. soft-spoken head of Disney Research is Kellam de Forest, a distant relative of an admitted "fat cat" by industry stan- Lee de Forest, was a history major in dards with a staff of six. However, he is college. After graduating, he was hired quick to point out that two positions to do research for a film being made by were cut in 1975. the National Safety Council. During Disney Research is the infant among that assignment he was amazed to find the research libraries, with a collection that there were so many places he had that only started real growth in 1950. to go to get the things he needed. He Just the same, they have been growing decided to go out on his own, and his at a rapid rate. The library has around timing was perfect. In the 1950s televi- 20,000 books and subscribes to 120 sion producers had small budgets and current periodicals which they clip and literally no research resources such as index. This is the best place to find those of the motion picture studios. natural history subjects, as well as illus- Kellam de Forest was there to help fill trations of animals and Victorian archi- the gap. One of his early clients was tecture. In addition, they seem to have Desilu Productions. When Desilu the most complete collection of Sears bought RKO Pictures, de Forest leased Roebuck and Montgomery Ward cata- the RKO research library and set up logs in hard copy of all the research headquarters on the Paramount lot. In librarys. 1969 he leased the MGM library as well, Fortier feels he and his staff work increasing his resources considerably. hard to meet the demands placed upon He is the largest independent research them. He said, "During the production consultant on the west coast. of Cat From Outer Space, the research Today the RKO collection is roughly requests rolled in as if they were twice its former size. There are more making War and Peace." The research than 5,000 books, 5,000 periodical titles, libraryalso works on educational films and 80 file drawers of photos and illus- and new attractions for Disneyland and trations. There is a staff of five that Disney World. Fortier says, "I think shrinks slightly when business is slow. research libraries have always been like When it comes to legal research, bastards at a family reunion-treated de Forest is an acknowledged expert with a little suspicion and disdain. among his peers. This field has always Industry people not directly concerned been demanding, but it is even more with production do not really know essential since the popularity of "docu- what we do, and those who deal dramas," a term coined to describe films directly with us do not have a clue as to and television shows based on the lives what goes on in the background so that of individuals. While working on the life of actor James Dean for a television film, de Forest was asked to check on *Harley Fortier died Apr. 21, 1978. The new the person who owned the car involved department head is Mary Joe Terry. in the crash that killed Dean. Who was february 1979 this person, and was he still alive? Even industry will learn to value what is left. more difficult to determine was the The future of research depends on it. color of the car. No one actually portrayed the man in the film, so there Bibliography was no legal problem involved there, but the color of the car was a real prob- Morgan, E. / Studio Research Libraries: Production Resources Threatened. Bulle- lem until de Forest and his staff found a tin of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts retired county sheriff who remem- and Sciences 2 (May / Jun 1973). bered. No one ever said this kind of Richardson, F./Twentieth Century-Fox research is easy! Research Library. Californja Librarian 28:94-96 (Apr 1967). Future Considerations You'll Find It In Sears. The Disney World 12 (Apr 1966). Are the remaining research collec- Service Supplies All Answers. Film tions in danger of being sold, either World and A-V News 19:206 (May 1963). piecemeal or to the highest bidder Research. Los Angeles Herald Examiner, whenever times are tough? Will there California Living Section 36 (Mar 5, come a time when none of these collec- 1970). tions remain in corporate hands? Will Stump, A./The Man Who Knows Every- thing . . . Almost. any other studio "donate" its collection Los Angeles Herald Examiner A-12 (Oct 22,1972). to a public institution? No one knows Handsaker, G./Mr. Answer Man For the answers. However, the librarians TV's Questions. Los Angeles Times pt. whose collections may be in jeopardy 5:27 (Jun 5, 1967). try not to be too pessimistic. Kellam de Lee, R.A./Role of the Motion Picture Forest, a man with an enormous stake Library In 1963. Special Libraries 54 (no. in all of this, says that research libraries 11):575-78 (Nov 1963). are viable as they are. He points out that Lee, R.A./ The Research Department of they were designed to be able to Universal City Studios. Special Library retrieve information quickly and effi- Association Southern California Bulletin ciently. He said, "When you do a film 28(no. 2):34-35 (Winter 1966). Lee, R.A. / Motion Picture Libraries To- such as Bound For Glory you have to day. Special Library Association Southern have the photographic resources of the California Bulletin 34 (no.l):9 (Oct 1972). 1930s. Where else but in research Harding, H./ Looking For A Pearl Peel- collections can they be found all in one er. TV Guide 12-14 (Aug 7,1965). place? There is just so much money and, Whitney, D./Can You Fill A Swimming in this business, time is money." Pool With Jello? TV Guide 17-20 (Sep 25, The motion picture industry has 1976). changed and there is no going back to Boldt, D.R./Film "Authenticators" Try the "good old days." But today, instead To Keep Hollywood Honest By Re- of a few corporate giants, there are search. Wall Street Iournal 1 (Dec 26, 1967). hundreds of production companies with research needs. These priceless Manuscript received Dec 8, 1977. Revised collections are potentially in as much manuscript accepted for publication Dec 15, demand as ever before. Hopefully the 1978.

Sally Dumaux is resource specialist, Southern California Answering Network, Los Angeles Public Library, Calif.

special libraries Management Conflict in Network Development

Vern M. Pings

Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. 48202

Networks are formed to convey information between libraries. Protocols, or rules, are needed to maintain the communication links which require a bureaucracy to administer. The leadership to bring about a network is always in conflict with the member organizations of the network because the latter resist the control of network protocols by the network managers. The tension in leadership responsibilities in network operations is a result of increased use of more comprehensive communication links.

HE technology of communication administrative responsibilities but T has expanded to the point at which even, in some areas, the functions of institutional functioning is dependent our library agencies, for example: upon electronic components operating Networks demand acceptance of proto- at a degree of accuracy impossible for cols or rules over which, as individuals, humans to replicate. Our ability to we have little control; store, manipulate, transfer, and dupli- Networks require acceptance of new cate information electronically has led kinds of communal responsibilities that to the creation of a new library agency, are different from simple cooperative the network. It is the author's conten- agreements; tion that this new interlibrary organiza- Networks are sophisticated structures tion is a response to communication and are necessarily complex (I). Many technology. It is a mistake to look at of us still think networks are a simplis- communication technology as if it were tic solution for information transfer (2); There is a new kind of manager a solution to problems when the tech- inserted in our library organizations, nology itself causes problems. Net- the network manager; works are necessary because the envi- There is tension among our library ronment in which our former libraries agencies over status, authority, and functioned is disappearing. responsibility in governance of net- Networks increase interlibrary de- works. pendence and change not only our The purpose of this paper is to bring attention to some of the processes which are stressful. Reynolds remarked This project was supported in part by a grant over a decade ago that little has been from the Kellogg Foundation. reported on the authority and responsi- february 1979 Copyright o 1979 Spec~alL~brarles Assoc~at~on 71 bility of network directors as managers. Apparently it is thought by some that changes being brought about by networks occur through the efforts of disembodied beings. Obviously, they are caused by real people who work within our social structure (3). The observations expressed in this paper are based on the experience of participating in the formation and administration of two library "networks." While a great deal of imaginative talent has been expanded on the technical aspect of library networks, little effort has gone into investigating social conse- quences. The expectation here is that better what the library now does. If a open discussion will help us arrive at network does not begin with the objec- new values which can serve as a base tive of reducing interinstitutional bar- for creating dependable library net- riers through the communication pro- work service. Sound generalizations cess, it will soon accept such an objec- about library network management are tive. The options to remove these not yet possible, but if we are aware of barriers are few: 1) change the inter- the points of stress, perhaps special agency political conditions and hope a libraries can make more of a contribu- new structure will result, 2) get rid of tion to the formation of the new library the present agencies and replace them organizations. with a new structure, or 3) add a new agency on top of our present library Network Formation system. A library which becomes a A library network comes into being member of a network accepts a commit- when information can be shifted from ment that cannot be abjured. A network one library unit to another. This is a less is not separate from its members and restrictive view than that proposed by hence the management of networks is a Stevens, which requires a network to part of every member agency's opera- make "joint use of . . . computer tech- tions. A library does not join a network nology" (4). Libraries need not use on its terms, but those of the network. It computers to be recognized as a is imperative, therefore, to have an network, but analogous to a computer appreciation of how leadership and network, a library network consists of decision making in library networks is independent agencies connected expressed. through a communication link. A library network is distinct from a group of branch or departmental libraries that Leadership Formation relate to each other in an administrative Many forces acting together, or more hierarchy. A network, because it is frequently opposing forces, set the composed of "independent" agencies, stage for group leadership to develop. has its own kind of governance organi- As Fetterman argues, man is a sharing zation and leadership. A network direc- animal. It is through sharing that self- tor has a set of responsibilities and realization, enlightenment, and fulfill- authorities quite different from the ment are accomplished (5). Reaching library director of a multiunit library the stage where the heads of separate system. library agencies can agree on an organi- The amende honorable to participate zation of work in which individuals in networks is to maintain an existing and institutions are equally workers library's ability to survive, that is, do and managers is an intricate process. 72 special libraries Martin feels that there are so many leader a change agent in a particular groups trying to solve the same prob- environment, but they are separate lems that no one will get anywhere. roles. The change agent does the tech- Her view is that only a very few institu- nical and organizational study to assess tions should be allowed to lead "in the logic, logistics, and values needed order to maximize the design and to accomplish network objectives. The development process" (6). This attitude leader, however, as an administer or is misdirected, if not antidemocratic. director, must meld the study into a Networks are new social institutions. If coherent bureaucracy. Leadership they relate to our existing resources, styles may vary the tone of network then we must search for common objec- development, but it is what the director tives that rise above personal and insti- does that determines how well the tutional preferences. The adoption of network functions. Libraries, whether network procedures, or protocols, is a they are members of a network or use more complex process than transferring services of a network, are implicated in money or technical skills from one the decisions and actions of the grow- place to another. Protocols have ideas ing cadre of network leaders. associated with them which impact on the larger social system (7). It is no Leadership Conflict accident that many networks have what The introduction of network technol- is currently termed governance prob- ogy with its protocols alters the librar- lems. One of the basic aspects of ies in which they operate. A new networks is that the legality and ulti- bureaucracy is thus inevitable, adding mately the power of continuance rests to the complexity of our libraries. One with the membership. While it is our of the most difficult tasks of the nature to share, it is also our nature to manager of complex organizations is to preserve until a better method of shar- make them visible to the members of ing is found. the organization and those outside the organization (9). A network office The Change Agent suffers the fate of all central bureaucra- How do library agencies, each one cies. There is a tendency to localize operating in its own domain with its decisions placing power in the hands of own interests, get to the point where a few. This reduces the significance of they accept group objectives? Networks participation of those actually main- do not get created by a committee. taining the protocols of the network Committees, at best, recommend. Some- (10). Network directors must have as one has to "sell" recommendations. their end to shift "power" and deci- There have to be "change agents" sions from member libraries to their within the group, or employed by the focus of operation. An astonishing group, to bring about the structure number of individuals are convinced which links the group into a network that it should be possible to join a organization. network without affecting their own Frequently, we equate change agents work organization. They seem unwill- with formal or administrative leader- ing to accept that network protocols ship. But there are formal leaders who must be managed and that a network are not emotionally committed to manager has the means to control and change. Change agents may have to enforce the protocols. work around formal leadership whose The situation can become tense bent is to protect rather than to change because network managers are removed or evolve. Social scientists only recently from the ultimate source of power, the have come to recognize that the change funding. If a network receives its fund- agent role can, and probably should, be ing from sources other than its mem- separated from formal leadership (8). A bers, for example from a foundation or change agent can become a leader or a a government grant, at best the february 1979 73 network staff are change agents. If the edge is power." We feel our bureaucra- funds come from the members, then the cies work best when there is a sufficient staff is forced to engage in management flow of information so that those procedures. Network staff are not involved, say in library networks, can producers of direct library services express themselves on decisions and themselves. They are subject to the criti- procedures. We often hear the com- cism that they have an unreal perspec- plaint in network organizations that tive of librarianship. If a network information is lacking. The complaint manager is to have responsibility to becomes expressed as a failure to have accomplish certain ends, then there clear objectives and goals. The admoni- must be a corresponding authority, but tion is to search out communication there is no way to define the scope of barriers, remove them, and the network authority of a network manager with- approach will automatically become out that authority overlapping into understandable. There is more to net- areas that are felt to be entirely the work building than clearly stated objec- prerogative of the participating mem- tives that can be communicated bers (3). through barrier-free mechanisms. The conflict of authority lies in part There are several areas in which in our professional reward system. network managers say one thing while Librarians gain their identity from the their members hear another thing: institutions in which they work. They It should not be assumed by network get their promotions for the tangible managers that technology is available products provided for their own do- and relevant. Because a system has been mains. The investment of effort for the demonstrated to be feasible in one future benefit of an agency is rarely environment does not make it applica- defined in work assignments. The staff ble throughout the library world. This

. . . a system . . . demonstrated to be feasible in one environment does not make it applicable throughout the library world. This understanding too often results in what are thought to be broken promises of electronic specialists. of member institutions have different misunderstanding too often results in purposes of action from network man- what are thought to be broken promises agers. In practice, librarians of member of electronic specialists. institutions are more concerned with The infrastructure to support network their own institutional output than innovation may not exist. It may take years to convince library users of the with developing continuing capabili- efficacy of using on-line bibliographic ties of an organization that is viewed as data bases. external to their own. Acquiring and Although technological innovation can using technology is more important increase productivity, it does not mean than searching for interinstitutional adopting it will enhance library ser- norms and supportive behavioral pat- vices in all environments. terns. The members are more concerned The promoters of network innovations with internal organizational matters often concentrate on "selling" individ- than with external linkages. Excellence uals, failing to appreciate the social of performance of network managers, structure in which the individuals work. Academic librarians see them- therefore, cannot be judged from the selves as different from special librar- measures applied at member libraries. ians. While the same technology can be used in both kinds of libraries, the Communications values about its use are seen as being different, and then for some reason the It is through bureaucracies that we technology appears different. have come to recognize that "knowl- Technological innovations, for the special libraries most part, arise and are tested in large 2. Press, F./Technological Optimists. libraries. It is often perceived that large Science 198:1022 (Dec 9, 1977). libraries are elitist institutions that 3. Reynolds, M.E./Authority and Respon- form a power group manipulating the sibilities of a Network Director. In, ALA less endowed to maintain their elitist Proceedings of a Conference on Interli- position. brary Communication and Information Communication in a structured envi- Networks. Airlie House, 1970. p. 277- ronment is a multifaceted process. 280. Information does not trickle down from 4. Stevens, C.H. /Governance of Library the innovative to the less innovative, Networks. Library Trends 26:219-240 from the rich to the poor in a single (Fall 1977). time sequence. A network requires 5. Fetterman, J./Resource Sharing in Li- individuals in each participating insti- braries-Why? In Resource Sharing in tution to be responsible. A network is Libraries, A. Kent, ed. New York, Marcel without corporeity if agreement is not Dekker, 1974. p. 1-33. reached among these individuals. 6. Martin, S.K./Too Much, and Yet Too Little. Iournal of Library Automation In summary, the process of convey- lO:3O4 (Mar 1977). ing information, if it is accepted and 7. Eaton, J.W./Planning and Develop- understood, changes individuals and ment: An Ideological Typology. In Insti- the environment in which they work. tution Building. Cambridge, Mass., Network development is more than a Schenkman Pub., 1972. p. 91-111. central office conveying knowledge or 8. Esman, Milton J./Some Issues in Institu- teaching people how to use technology. tion Building Theory. Institution Build- We are creating new kinds of library ing. Cambridge, Mass., Schenkmen Pub., agencies which need individuals with 1972. p. 65-90. 9. Parker, T./Models and Methods: The management skills different from those Tools of Library Networking. College G. in use in hierarchically organized Research Libraries 36:480-486 (Nov 1975). libraries. There are now and will 10. Nash, J. and N.S. Hopkins/Anthropo- continue to be for some years conflicts logical Approaches to the Study of in leadership roles in our community. Cooperatives, Collectives, and Self- The application of technology will not Management. In Popular Participation in resolve these conflicts; it only accen- Social Change. The Hague, Nouton Pub., tuates institutional differences. 1976. p. 8.

Literature Cited Manuscript received Feb 24, 1978. Revised 1. Jacobs, F./Evolution and Tinkering. manuscript accepted for publication Nov 21, Science 196:1161-1166 (Jun 10, 1977). 1978. Collection Overlap in Canadian Addictions Libraries

Susan Dingle-Cliff Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission Library, Edmonton, Aka. T5K 2J1

Charles H. Davis

Faculty of Library Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Aka. T6G 2J4

Collection overlap among eight Canadian addictions libraries was investigated using a random sample of monographs taken from the Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission Library in Edmonton. Participating libraries ranged in size from 500 to 10,500 volumes; find rates varied from 20% to 63%. These percentages are comparable to those found in similar studies performed in public libraries with collection sizes two orders of magnitude larger. The results also provide further evidence that collection overlap is not only a function of library size but also that it may increase linearly among libraries of the same type. Additional findings concerning sources and types of materials held by the libraries are also reported.

OLLECTION OVERLAP has al- networks have heightened that interest C ways been a matter of interest for by combining the effectiveness of libraries because of its implications for centralized processing with the bene- both technical and public services. fits of widespread availability of infor- From a technical services standpoint, mation through telecommunications. overlap is of interest because of the cost In anticipation of these networking benefits and efficiencies that are de- benefits, a number of preliminary stud- rived from cooperative acquisitions and ies of collection overlap have appeared cataloging; from a public services over the last decade. In 1968 Nugent standpoint, there is great potential for reported on collection overlap among interlibrary loan and other resource state university libraries in New En- sharing. Computer-based bibliographic gland (I). Altman in 1972 published a

76 Copyright o 1979 Specm L~brar~esAssoc~at~on special libraries study of collection overlap among New Jersey secondary schools (2). In 1975 ~niihtl~analyzed collection overlap among college and university libraries in Texas (3). That same year, Cooper, Thompson, and Weeks studied collection duplication within the University of California library system (4). Red- mond, in his 1971 discussion of incen- tives for interlibrary cooperation, based his description of an ideal network on an intuitive grasp of overlap among libraries of different sizes (5). More recently, Davis and Shaw have presented evidence that collection overlap is a function of library size, and that it increases linearly over a wide Methodology range of collection sizes. Furthermore, A random sample of eighty-five they have suggested that the relation- monographs was taken from the shelf- ship between overlap and collection list of the Alberta Alcoholism and Drug size may be universal for all major types Abuse Commission (AADAC) Library of libraries, that is, those dealing with and was sent to all other libraries listed the same kinds of materials (6). in the Canadian Addictions Library Direc- The Davis-Shaw prediction emerged tory (1977) (7). Fourteen of the original from a study comparing collection titles were later excluded from the overlap and library size among U.S. and study, because it was found that they Canadian public libraries. It was de- were atypical proprietary publications cided that Canadian alcohol and addic- available to iust one or two of the librar- tions libraries might serve as a repre- ies participating in the study. The sentative group of special librarie; for sample was taken from the AADAC testing the prediction in a different Library's shelflist rather than its catalog setting. so that each title would be represented only once. The AADAC Library was Nature of Canadian Addictions chosen for sampling because of its Libraries convenience to the authors and be- Addictions libraries in Canada in- cause, at 2,000 volumes, its size was clude seven government agencies, one intermediate to the other libraries federal government branch, and one being investigated. Other libraries were nonprofit agency. In practice, addic- not sampled for the following reasons: tions library holdings emphasize litera- additional travel money was not avail- ture dealing with alcohol, smoking, able; such additional searches would drugs, and addiction to or dependence inconvenience their librarians; and the on these. Secondarily, holdings include uniformity of sampling methodology interdisciplinary works on psychother- might have been affected. Subsequent apy, group counselling, social work, examination of the other libraries' health, recreational therapy, and pro- acquisitions lists suggests that cross- gram evaluation. Secondary coverage checks of samples would produce simi- tends to reflect staff interests and addic- lar results. tions agency programs. The addictions To reduce the scope of the sample literature is published in a variety of and to avoid bias due to the varying formats, including books, pamphlets or ages of the libraries involved, only reprint articles, and periodicals. This those items having a 1970 or later initial study has been limited to mono- imprint were selected. This was also graphic material. done to assure the relevance of the february 1979 findings to possible use of contempo- Figure 1. Scattergram of Percentage rary on-line bibliographic networks, Find Rate Plotted Against Library Size which first began operation in the late (n = 71). 1960s. Although normally associated with academic and public libraries, the OCLC network, for example, has provided access to special libraries since about 1975 and recently has removed the surcharge it assessed from profit- making institutions (8). The potential of OCLC for special library work in the addictions area has been demonstrated by the authors in an earlier paper, which showed that cataloging data for 65% of the AADAC Library's acquisitions over an eleven-month period were already available on-line through that network (9). found by Davis and Shaw (6) for Ameri- Allowance was also made for differ- can public library samples searched in ing acquisition and cataloging prac- Canadian public libraries, where the tices. In addition to items that were corresponding statistics are: clearly identical, some others were counted as hits if they were the same edition of a work but differed in publisher. In other words, the study bas intended to find the overlap in The similarity is all the more striking titles available for use, not to study the when one realizes that the libraries in overlap of compatible cataloging data. the two groups differ in size by two orders of magnitude; that is, the public Overlap as a Function of Library Size libraries were measured in hundreds of Figure 1 is the scattergram that thousands of volumes rather than thou- results when percentage find rate is sands. This gives greater credence to a plotted as a function of library size in possible hypothesis of universality for thousands of volumes held. The solid the relationship of overlap and library line represents the line of best fit from a size. It is worth noting in this connec- standard linear regression routine us- tion that the data from Nugent's origi- ing least squares, while the dashed nal study of academic libraries, when plotted in this fashion, also show a lines represent the 95% confidence similar pattern. levels-the range within which 95% of Caution must, of course, be exercised the observed values can be expected to in drawing inferences from relatively fall.* The correlation, equation of the small samples. Nevertheless, empirical line of best fit, and standard error of the results such as these are interesting and estimate, respectively, are as follows: invite future studies using either large samples or whole collections, perhaps with the help of on-line services such as OCLC, BALLOTS, WLN, or UTLAS. With respect to the regression analy- These results are similar to those sis itself, linearity has been assumed because of the findings for individual *All computations were performed first on a public library samples reported by Texas Instruments SR 51-11 calculator and Davis and Shaw, which were also then verified on the University of Alberta's linear. The statistics for one such Amdah1470lV6 computer. sample are as follows: special libraries Table 1. Titles Found and Libraries Table 3. Distribution of Monographs Holding (n = 7 1). Found Among Six Primary Topics (n = 71). Number of libraries Number Total Total owning of titles found (%) found Category Number (Oh) Alcohol 20 36 Drugs 17 3 1 Smoking 1 3 Social sciences 11 20 Health 3 5 General reference -3 -5 55 100

Table 2. Sources of Titles Found Table 4. Distribution of Titles Not (n = 71). Found.

Total Not found found Acquisition source Number (%) Category Number (%)

Trade publisher 26 4 7 Social Sciences 10 62 Government publisher 18 33 Alcohol 3 19 Research i society l Drugs -3 -19 Institutional 16 100

tions, society publishers, and other institutional sources was the third. With respect to primary topics for the monographs found, the fifty-five titles In the case of the addictions libraries, fell into the following six categories: however, it must be acknowledged that alcohol, drugs, smoking, health, social a nonlinear expression with a large sciences, and general reference. Works radius of curvature could also account for the observations, because there are on alcohol and drugs dealt with general no Canadian addictions libraries hav- information; treatment and rehabilita- ing collection sizes in the intermediate tion; medical accounts; psychological range of the diagram. analyses; dependency and addiction; and persona1 or lay-level accounts. Works on health addressed themselves Additional Findings to health promotion, alternative life- Of the seventy-one titles sampled, styles to drugs, and general informa- fifty-five were found in one or more of tion. The social science titles included the other addictions libraries. Of those general works on psychology, psychia- found 64% were held by one to three try, psychotherapy, counselling, and libraries; 31% were in four to six librar- sociology. The general reference cate- ies; 5% were owned by seven to eight gory included directories, legal hand- libraries (see Table 1). books, and dictionaries. Not surprising- Table 2 shows that trade publishers ly, most of the titles found were in the constituted the most frequent source of categories for alcohol or drugs, fol- the sampled titles. Government pub- lowed by the social sciences (see Table lishers were the second most frequent 3). and a combination of research organiza- For the sixteen (23%)titles not found Table 5. Comparison of Results Be- titles found in the largest library were tween the Largest Library and All Others found in all other libraries combined. Surveyed. Thus, there seems to be a fair degree of Total consistency and cohesion in the pattern found of collection emphasis, with the smaller Category Number (%) libraries having a substantial number of Largest library (10,500 volumes) titles that the largest does not own. Alcohol 17 38 Summary Conclusion Drugs 16 35.5 and Social sciences 7 15.5 Collection overlap has important im- Other plications for both cooperative processing and resource sharing. Canadian All others (9,500 volumes) addictions libraries seem to follow the Alcohol 5 1 38 same linear pattern as larger libraries Drugs 52 39 when one examines collection overlap Social sciences 24 18 as a function of library size. Seventy- Other -6 -5 seven of the monographs sampled were 133 100 found in one or more of the eight par- . ticipating libraries, with 64% of those in any of the libraries, the publishers found held by one to three of the li- were split between trade and re- braries. Trade publishers accounted for search / society / institutional; no gov- most of the titles, followed by govern- ernment publishers were represented. ment publishers and research/soci- Only three of the six categories were ety/institutional sources. The most represented among the titles not found popular categories seem to be those (see Table 4). dealing with alcohol, drugs, and the It is interesting to note that the social sciences in general, in that order. majority of the titles not found are in There seems to be considerable consis- the social sciences rather than in alco- tency among the libraries, with more hol, drugs, smoking, or other categories agreement on titles dealing with alco- specific to addictions libraries. A rea- hol, drugs, and smoking, than there is sonable inference would seem to be on titles of a more general nature. that there is more agreement among addictions libraries concerning subject- Acknowledgments specific titles than on general titles. In fact, one of the libraries reported that it The authors wish to thank their colleagues tended to acquire few general social at the various Canadian addictions libraries science publications because they were for their expressions of interest, support, readily available through interlibrary and cooperation throughout the project. loan; the library viewed as its principal responsibility the acquisition of dependency and addictions information on Literature Cited alcohol, drugs, and smoking. Nugent, W.R./Statistics of Collection Altman observed in her study that Overlap at the Libraries of the Six New even the smallest of libraries had some- England State Universities. Library Re- thing to contribute to an interlibrary sources and Technical Services 1231-36 loan network (2, p. 186-187). Judging (1968). from the comparison between the larg- Altman, E./Implications of Title Diver- sity and Collection Overlap for Interli- est participating library and all others brary Loan among Secondary Schools. combined (Table 5), this would be true Library Quarterly 42:177-194 (1972). for the addictions libraries as well. Knightly, J.J./Library Collections and Both groups of libraries had similar Academic Curricula: Quantitative Rela- proportions for the major categories; tionships. College and Research Libraries however, three times the number of 36:295-301 (1975). special libraries 4. Cooper, W.S., D.D. Thompson, and K.R. Special Libraries Concerned with the Collec- Weeks/The Duplication of Monographic tion and Dissemination of Addictions Related Holdings in the University of California Material. Vancouver, B.C., Health and Library System. Library Quarterly 45:253- Welfare Canada, Nonmedical Use of 274 (1975). Drugs Directorate, 1977. 5. Redmond, D.A./Network Characteristics: 8. OCLC Abolishes Surcharge. Library Jour- Catching Fish or Looking for Loopholes? nal 103 (no. 11):1122-1124 (Jun1,1978). Special Libraries 62 (no. 6):257-264 (1971). 9. Davis, C.H. and S. Dingle-Cliff/ Evi- 6. Davis, C.H. and D. Shaw/Collection dence of OCLC's Potential for Special Overlap as a Function of Library Size: A Libraries and Technical Information Comparison of American and Canadian Centers. Journal of the American Society for Public Libraries. Journal of the American Information Science 29 (no. 5):255-256 Society for information Science 30 (no. 1): (1978). 19-24 (1979). 7. Cockburn, J. and L. Minion/Canadian Manuscript received Aug 7, 1978. Accepted Addictions Libraries Directory: A Directory of for publication Nov 27, 1978.

Susan Dingle-Cliff is librarian, Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Commission Library, Edmonton, Alta. Charles H. Davis is professor and dean, Faculty of Library Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Aha. DINGLE-CLIFF DAVIS Business Information Sources on Asia

Alfred R. Junge

World Trade Library, Los Angeles, Calif. 9007 1

Thegreat economic diversity of Asia makes doing business there more difficult than in any other geographic area of the world. Businessmen hoping to succeed in the Asian markets require timely and concise business information. While the standard business information sources are useful, they require supplementation in the form of materials published by a variety of organizations. A large number of organizations-banks, trade organizations, and corporations-publish business information on the Asian nations. This discussion limits itself to periodicals published by these groups.

NY discussion of business infor- tion in Asia comparable in scope to the A mation sources on Asia must take European ~conomic~ommun6~ or the into account Asia itself, for it is a vast Latin American Free Trade Association. geographic area of great economic There is, therefore, less economic inte- diversity. The diversity of Asian eco- gration in the Asian markets; this fact nomic practices makes conducting busi- makes the task of developing those ness there different from, and more markets all the more difficult (1). difficult than, doing business in any Indonesia can be used as an example other area of the world. Economic to set forth some of the problems that development in Asia is characterized by can beset the businessman trying to such countries as Japan, a highly indus- develop an Asian market. Suppose an trialized nation with a per capita American manufacturer desires to sell a income of almost $5,000, as well as by product in Indonesia, an ample market Afghanistan, an almost completely of 136 million people. Since the agriculturally based economy with a company is foreign owned, the manu- per capita income of $150. Vietnam facturer cannot, by Indonesian law, remains closed to foreign investment import or distribute any product in despite recent overtures by the govern- Indonesia. Only Indonesian companies, ment toward liberalizing investment that is, those with at least 51% Indone- policies. The government of Hong sian ownership, can import or distri- Kong, on the other hand, is highly bute the product. The manufacturer supportive of free enterprise and pos- must therefore assign one of these sesses a liberal investment climate. Indonesian companies to act as agent. There is no well-developed organiza- Assuming that a reliable distributor is

82 Copyright o 1979 Specla1 L~braresAssoaatlon special libraries found on the first attempt, the business- the best chance of success at any given man must now contend with inade- moment. quate port facilities, poor roads, unreli- From where is this timely and precise able or nonexistent transportation, and business information to come? Much of great distances due to the geographical it, of course, will come from such stan- characteristics of Indonesian popula- dard sources as the publications of the tion distribution. United Nations and the Department of In spite of the problems that make Commerce. Other sources of informa- approaching the Asian markets diffi- tion of great value and practicality are cult, the area nevertheless remains an the publications of Business Interna- attractive site for business, trade, and tional and the various letters of the Asia investment. There are several reasons Letter Publishing Company. The Quar- for this interest on the part of business. terly Economic Reviews of the Economist Intelligence Unit are another primary Developing Integration source of first-rate economic informa- There has been some effort at tion on Asia. economic integration, notably in the All these, and numerous others, are Association of Southeast Asian Nations valuable, but they are less than (ASEAN), composed of Singapore, Ma- complete for the information needs of laysia, Thailand, the'philippines, and the businessman hoping to succeed in Indonesia. Development in integration the Asian markets. The diverse nature has been slow to date, but progress is of the Asian markets requires that the being made as the rate of development standard business information tools be increases. supplemented by a variety of other

The single most important factor contributing to Asia's attractiveness to business is the sheer size of the Asian market-a potential of more than two billion people.

The Asian Development Bank is sources in order to enhance their effec- involved in financing efforts to de- tiveness. Some of the business informa- velop infrastructure and agricultural tion sources discussed here are not well projects throughout Asia. Indonesia, known and, as a result, are little used. Malaysia, and the Philippines are These supplemental publications are blessed with abundant natural re- published and distributed by a variety sources. The single most important of organizations that can be classified factor contributing to Asia's attractive- into three main groups: banks, trade ness to business is the sheer size of the organizations of all kinds, and corpora- Asian market-a potential of more than tions. two billion people. This thumbnail sketch of a business venture in Asia points out that, Bank Publications although Asia does present many prob- The publications of banks of all types lems to the businessman contemplating are an invaluable source of business penetrating its markets, it remains and economic information on the Asian attractive because of its significant nations. On an international level, the potential. However, the business sector International Monetary Fund began attempting to approach the Asian mar- operations in 1945 with the primary ket needs timely and precise informa- responsibility of stabilizing foreign tion as to which of these markets offer exchange rates and helping its mem- february 1979 bers overcome balance of payments financing and assistance for develop- problems. To these ends the fund ment projects. The publications of publishes a variety of materials on development banks mainly take the international finance and monetary form of annual reports. The annual issues. The Annual Report of the Executive report of the Development Bank of Directors provides a survey of the world Indonesia, for example, details the economy with separate discussions of lending operations of the bank, pro- international liquidity, balance of pay- vides a description of the economic ments problems, exchange rates, and condition of Indonesia during the world trade. The Annual Report on previous year, and indicates the growth Exchange Restrictions contains descrip- of the paper, chemical, textile, transpor- tions of the exchange systems of most tation, and tourism industries. countries in Asia and the world, on a The central banks of Asian nations country-by-country basis. The IMF Sur- occupy a special place in the economy vey is published twenty-three times a of Asia; they. operate- in the areas year with an index and occasional between the governmental and private supplements. It contains texts of major sectors and the domestic and interna- statements, press releases, and discus- tional sectors. Most central banks pub- sions of broad economic developments lish periodicals in addition to their in member countries. annual reDorts. A good example of a central bank Regional and National Banks periodical is the Monthly Bulletin of the On a regional level, the Asian Devel- Bank of Thailand. A recent issue opment Bank attempts to foster eco- contained an economic review of nomic growth and cooperation and to money and banking activities during accelerate development in Asia. The the previous month, a survey of the bank publishes a number of periodicals movements of principal agricultural containing useful and timely business products, an article on industrial activi- information on Asia. The ADB Quarterly ties, and a statistical annex providing Review reports on regional activities, data on money and banking, public loans granted, and technical assistance finance, foreign trade and payments, provided. Feature articles focus on industrial and agricultural production, particular aspects of development. A wholesale and consumer price indices, recent article, for example, outlined and rates of exchange. practical approaches to fisheries devel- By far the greatest amount of material opment. The semiannual Key indicators available on- the economies of Asian of Developing Member Countries supplies nations is published by the large data on area and population, national number of commercial banks in Asia. accounts, production, transportation, The Bangkok Bank Monthly Review is money supply, and foreign trade. The fairly typical of the type of information annual Trends in Developing Asia pro- likely to be found in the bulletins of vides statistics, graphs, and charts Asian commercial banks. The August supplying data on Asian population, 1978 issue is fifty-five pages in length. national accounts, transport, money An editorial discusses Thailand's grow- supply, consumer prices, as well as ing tourist industry. In the section enti- social indicators. A variety of papers tled "Topic of the Month," the growth have been published by the bank under of industries related to tourism is the title Occasional Papers. A recently discussed. This is followed by a section published paper was entitled A Compar- called "Economic Digest" in which two ative Study of National Income Statistics in brief articles describe Thailand's for- Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Nepal, and Sri eign trade and recent inflation. The Lanka. "Commodities" section provides a mid- On an individual country level, year review of rice, maize, sugar, tapio- national development banks provide ca, rubber, tin, and kenaf. The "Laws special libraries Trade Organization: Two Examples

In addition to banks there are a large number of trade organizations that regularly publish business information on Asia. These organizations include trade promotion groups, chambers of commerce, government agencies, feder- ations of industries, and associations of importers or exporters. There are far too many of these organizations publishing material to discuss many of them in detail. A description of two such publications should give an idea of the kind of information and Regulations" section lists those published by these various groups. industries which are eligible for promo- Natural Rubber News is published by the tional privileges by foreigners. Finally, Malaysian Rubber Bureau, a unit of the a seventeen-page statistical appendix Malaysian Rubber Research and Devel- provides data on Thailand's foreign opment Board with United States head- trade, wholesale and consumer price quarters in Washington, D.C. The indices, average wholesale price of September 1978 issue contains brief commodities, production of selected articles on worldwide rubber consump- manufactured goods, money supply, tion and the future of the rubber indus- international reserves, and tourism. try, while a feature article relates the Not all of the bank bulletins pub- development of thermoplastic natural lished by Asian commercial banks are rubber. A separate section details the as extensive as the Bangkok Bank natural and synthetic rubber consump- Monthly Review, but most follow the tion and production estimates for same type of format and provide similar various countries as compiled by the information. International Rubber Study Group. A Many of the large commercial or statistical annex provides figures on international banks in the United States consumption, production, import and have economic research departments export of natural and synthetic rubber. that compile data on Asia and publish it Keidanren is a private federation of in the form of bank bulletins or Japanese economic organizations that reviews. Chase Manhattan Bank pro- seeks to find practical solutions to Japa- vides a periodical entitled international nese economic problems. They publish Finance. It contains current information their findings in Keidanren Review on on world interest rates, exchange rates, Japanese Economy. A recent issue of this central bank rates, consumer prices, and bimonthly bulletin contains a summary balance of payments for countries report of a year-long Keidanren study around the world. Articles in recent on the problems of the changing Japa- issues discussed the brighter economic nese industrial structure. It includes outlook for Thailand and the temporary capsule reports on oil, electric power, recovery in the slide of the yen. The steel, aluminum, copper, petrochemi- Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco cals, soda, fertilizers, textiles, cement, publishes Pacific Basin Economic Indica- paper and pulp, shipping, automobiles, tors. This quarterly publication supplies and machinery. The next issue of the statistical data on money supply, con- review highlighted the changing of sumer prices, gross national product, the industrial structure of eight more imports, exports, and international re- industries. Keidanren's recent visit to serves of selected Asian countries as the People's Republic of China is well as Canada and the United States. briefly reported on. Some of the periodicals issued by work interspersed among the charts trade organizations concentrate on one and graphs. But what about the aspect of the economy. For example, contents? separate publications are available that Any discussion of the value of the deal with Korean business (Korea Busi- information contained in annual re- ness), Taiwanese industry (Taiwan Indus- ports reveals two basic opinions. One is trial Panorama), Malaysian tin (Tin that the information is of little use and News), or Hong Kong tourism (Hong may even be misleading, while the Kong Travel Bulletin). other is that annual reports can fulfill a useful function. George Benston, professor of business administration at the The Value of the Annual Report University of Rochester's Graduate Corporations are another source of School of Management, has conducted business information on Asia. Some of studies on annual reports. One of his the larger corporations in the more industrialized Asian nations vublish periodicals that contain useful information on their country's economy. The Toyota Motor Sales Company publishes a quarterly entitled The Wheel Extended. The Spring 1978 edition has four articles devoted to Japan's concept of findings indicates that the news con- technology transfer and technical coop- tained in annual reports is not news by eration To developing countries. A the time it is released. By the time special supplement, the first of four to financial statements are published, the be issued in 1978, discusses the commu- earnings information they contain is nication gap that exists between Europe already known by the market and and Japan and the attempts made to therefore no profits can be made by increase mutual understanding. potential investors. Michael Johnson of The basic document issued by the Arthur Andersen disagrees. He states corporation is, of course, the annual that report. An article in the Wall Street Jour- . . . since reports are produced periodi- nal once described annual reports as the cally they must be considered periodic ". . . flashiest and least informative art decisions. It is a fallacy to think that the form of our time. They tend to be char- news in a report is old news by the time it acterized by foggy prose, total omis- reaches an investor. Annual reports take sions, and unsubstantiated claims" (2). into consideration the changes that could The article then goes on to say that happen to a company by the time the many recent annual reports tend to be report is published. . . (3). more straightforward and honest than Benston maintains that corporate those issued in the past. financial statements are ignored by the What about the value of the informa- market because they do not reflect real- tion contained in the annual reports of ity; that is, they do not indicate recent Asian corporations? Hong Kong annual governmental regulations affecting the reports can serve as an example. All industry, nor are changes in senior public companies in Hong Kong are management mentioned. Johnson required by law to publish annual states that anyone active in the market reports. Therefore, each year there is a is aware of these shortcomings and veritable mass of slick, graphically takes them into consideration. He also beautiful reports available. The single makes the important point that it is not most striking feature of annual reports only investors who are interested in is their appearance. Many of these annual reports. Labor, for example, is reports are visually stunning, with interested in knowing if it is receiving dramatic graphics, photographs, or art proper participation. Banks that lend special libraries money to corporations certainly have a maps, pamphlets, and audiovisual ma- need for details of corporate function- terials. For instance, the Malaysian ing. Insurance companies looking to Rubber Bureau, in addition to publish- invest accumulated cash are also in ing three periodicals, also provides need of financial statements (3, p. 9). maps, wall charts, photographs, book- The governments of several Asian lets, and movies. All of these materials nations are now beginning to demand are usually available free of charge. more reliable information in annual One important feature of the periodi- reports. This request should be re- cals mentioned here is that most are flected in more accurate and substan- available on a complimentary basis. tive information in the future. At the There is a miniuniverse of business present time the annual reports of information on Asia available free for Asian corporations probably raise more the asking, a fact which should not questions than they answer. However, escape the attention of the librarian the questions that they do answer and operating on a restricted budget. There the useful information that they do are, of course, similar organizations contain are often not readily available publishing complimentary material on elsewhere. business in Europe, Africa, the Middle Annual reports do, for example, list East, Latin America, and Oceania. Thus names and addresses of both the Asian it is possible to acquire, at practically no and foreign subsidiaries of the parent cost, collections of materials on a single corporation. They also provide the country, on all the countries of a single names of members of the board of geographical region such as Asia, or on directors and senior management, geo- an entire international region. There is, graphic distribution of sales, predic- indeed, a world of free information just tions of next year's corporate perfor- outside your door. We challenge you to mance, five or ten year summaries of open it. past performance, overviews of the economy, and descriptions of company Appendix products or services. In supplying this type of information the annual reports This representative list of organizations of Asian corporations can perform a and their free publications will provide valuable and useful function. some idea of the types of institutions There are some problems involved in publishing such material as well as the type of information contained in the publica- collecting periodicals published by tions. All of the periodicals listed here are banks, trade organizations, and corpo- available free of charge from the publisher. rations. Many of these publications are The numerals appearing in parentheses not indexed in the standard indexing after some of the entries refer to listings in services, although some are indexed in the Bibliography from which names and FDS lndex International. Some of the addresses of other publishers of free mate- organizations publishing this material rial may be obtained. tend to exaggerate the positive aspects of their country's economy and sup- Banks press data that reflects the economy in a The Secretary, International Monetary negative light. Fund, Washington, D.C. 20431. Summary Annual Report of the Executive Directors. Surveys the world economy, interna- While this discussion has limited tional liquidity, balance of payments itself to periodicals published by banks, problems, exchange rates, and world trade organizations, and corporations, it trade. should be noted that these groups also Annual Report on Exchange Restrictions. Coun- publish information on Asia in the try-by-country descriptions of the ex- form of monographs, industrial directo- change systems of most countries of Asia ries, lists of importers and exporters, and the world. february 1979 Summary Proceedings. Annual record of the Bangkok Bank Ltd., Public Relations Bureau, Fund's meeting, with the statements of 23 Surawong Road, Bangkok, Thailand. the governors, committee reports, and resolutions. Bangkok Bank Monthly Review. Editorials, feature articles, and statistics on the econ- IMF Survey. Published 23 times a year with omy of Thailand. index and supplements. Includes press releases, texts of major statements, and Australia and New Zealand Bank, 351 discussions of broad developments in Collins Street, Melbourne 3000, Australia. Asian (and other) national economies. ANZ Quarterly Survey. A recent issue Finance and Development. Quarterly. Articles contained articles on banking policy, deal with trade and exchange systems, imports, caravan parks, consumer credit, national monetary policies, problems of and fishing limits. Statistical indicators. economic growth, and assistance given to developing economies by the fund. Intercommercial Bank of China, No. 15 Chung Shan Road (N) 2ns Section, Taipei Asian Development Bank, Information Of- 104, Taiwan. fice, P.O. Box 789, Manila 2800, Philippines. Economic Review. Bimonthly. Recent articles Annual Report. Reports on economic devel- include Sino-American economic cooper- opments and banking operations in the ation, public housing information, irriga- region for that year and provides a statis- tion management, with statistical tables. tical annex on member nations. ADB Quarterly Review. Contains reports of regional activities, loans, and technical assistance, plus articles related to a particular aspect of development (a recent article outlined practical approaches to fisheries development). ADB News Release. Irregular. Announces loans, technical assistance, and development projects currently approved by the bank. Summary of Proceedings. Annual. Record of the bank's meetings, containing state- Fuji Bank Ltd., Research Division, 1-5-5, ments of the governors, committee Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku; Tokyo, Japan. reports, and resolutions. Fuji Bank Bulletin. Monthly. The April 1978 Central Banks (4, 5, 10) issue describes Japan's economy on the road to adjustment, industry reports on Almost all central banks publish periodicals medical engineering equipment and die- in addition to their annual reports. One sel-powered cars, with statistical tables. such publication is listed as an example. United Malaysian Banking Corporation, PO Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Economic Box 2006, Kuala Lumpur, 01-33, Malaysia. Department, P.O. Box 2498, Wellington, UMBC Economic Review. The most recent New Zealand. issue contains eight substantial articles. Bulletin. Monthly. Data on private savings Sample: The implications for Malaysia of banks, money supply, finance companies, the new international economic order; exchange rates, and treasury bills. Articles the determinants of ethnic inequality in highlight various features of the current peninsular Malaysia, and the Danish economic situation. experience with external advisors. Statis- tical appendix. Asian Commercial Banks (1, 2, 5, 9) Key Indicators of Developing Member Countries. These banks are the largest publishers of Semiannual. Supplies data on area and information on Asian countries. The publi- population, national accounts, pro- cations listed below are typical of the type of duction, transportation, money supply, information published by these banks. foreign trade, and international finance. special libraries Trends in Developing Asia. Annual. Statistics, which are trade promotion groups, consul- graphs, and charts on developing member ates, embassies, government agencies, countries provide data on population, chambers of commerce, stock exchanges, national accounts, transport, money commodity exchanges, tourist organiza- supply, consumer prices, balance of tions, and so on. payments, and social indicators. Korea Trade Promotion Corp., P.O. Box 1621 Occasional Papers. A variety of papers have Central, Seoul, Korea. been published. Example: A Comparative Study of National Income Statistics in Fiji, Korea Business. Bimonthly. Each issue con- Papua New Guinea, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. tains business news in capsule, feature articles (e.g., Korean machinery industry), National Development Banks (4) reports on popular export products, and The publications of these banks are mainly cultural news (eg, traditional embroi- restricted to annual reports and statistical dery). pamphlets. They generally describe the bank's activities, report on the country's Malayan Tin Bureau, 2000 K Street, N.W., economy, and describe growth in various Washington, D.C. 20006. industries. Tin News. Monthly. Accurate information on world tin production, prices, marketing Domestic Banks (1, 3) developments, and new uses and applica- Many of the large commercial or interna- tions of tin. tional banks in the United States have economic or public information depart- Japan Information Service, Consulate Gen- ments that compile data on Asian countries eral of Japan, 235 East 42nd Street, New and publish it in the form of periodicals. York, N.Y. 10017. Several of these are listed below. Japan Report. Semimonthly. Information on Bank of America, Asia Representative marketing, culture, laws, trading regula- Office, St. George's Bldg., 2 Ice House Street, tions, economy, agriculture, transporta- Hong Kong, B.C.C. tion, and so on. China Spotlight; Indochina Spotlight. Month- New Zealand Embassy, 19 Observatory lies. General, economic, and trade news Circle, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008. on the People's Republic of China and Indochina. New Zealand Economic Bulletin. Monthly. Brief articles on recent developments, Chase Manhattan Bank, 1 Chase Manhattan economy, finance, trade, and industry. Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10015. Industrial Development and Investment International Finance. Biweekly. Statistical Center, Ministry of Economic Affairs, 5th survey of business and finance, tables of floor, Hwaining Bldg., 53 Hwaining Street, world interest rates, and topical articles Taipei, Taiwan. on various aspects of the world's econo- Taiwan Industrial Panorama. Monthly. Brief mies. news articles on Taiwan's industry and foreign trade. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Public Information Section, P.O. Box 7702, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, IC San Francisco, Calif. 94120. Vulcan Insurance Bldg., Veer Nariman Pacific Basin Economic Indicators. Quarterly. Road, Churchgate, Bombay-20, India. Data on money supply, consumer prices, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce Newslet- GNP, exports, imports, international re- ter. Monthly. Articles on trade, economy, serves, and foreign exchange rates for the industry, and trade fairs. Pacific Basin nations. (Includes Canada.)

Trade Organizations (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) Corporations (9) Trade organizations of all kinds exist in all The main item published by corporations is, the Asian nations (China, North Korea, and of course, the annual report. Many compan- Vietnam have different systems) among ies do publish periodicals that are available for the asking. Some of these are listed Provides names and addresses of below. development banks and other financial institutions around the world. Sydney Morrell & Company, 152 East 78th 5. The Far East and Australasia. London, Street, New York, N.Y. 10021. Europa Publications Unlimited, annual. ~istsbanks, trade organizations of all Australia Newsletter. Monthly. Articles on kinds, and governmental sources of such topics as business, tourism, econo- information for Asian nations. my, industry, and investment missions. 6. Exporters' Encyclopaedia: World Marketing Guide. New York, Dun and Bradstreet, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, and Company; annual. write to office nearest you. Lists foreign consulates in the United International Tax and Business Notes. Separate States, chambers of commerce, and series published for Africa, Asia, Europe, governmental sources of business infor- Middle East, North America, Oceania, and mation. South America. 7. Importers and Exporters Trade Promotion Guide. US. International Marketing Co., 17057 Bellflower Blvd., Suite 205, Bell- Literature Cited flower, Calif. 90706. $5. Lists foreign chambers of commerce 1. Business International / Investing, Licens- in the United States, American cham- ing, and Trading Conditions Abroad-Asia. bers of commerce in foreign countries, New York, Business International Corpo- foreign publications offering free list- ration, 1977. p. 1-3. ings of trade opportunities, and foreign 2. Kleinfield, N. R./ An Annual Report Is trade organizations that promote world No Comic Novel, But It Can Be Fun. Wall trade. Street Journal, Apr 15, 1977. p. 1. 8. Executive's Guide to Information Sources. 3. Annual Reports; Clever Covers . . . But Detroit, Business Guides Company, What's Inside? Hong Kong Amcham 7 (no. 1965. 11): 8 (Nov 1976). Lists more than 2,000 business-related subjects with listings of organizations, periodicals, directories, and bibliogra- Bibliography phies concerned with each subject. - 9. F6S Index International. Cleveland, Pred- The publications listed below provide icasts, Inc., monthly with quarterly names and addresses of banks, trade organi- cumulative indexes. zations of all types, and other institutions Each quarterly cumulation provides that publish information in one form or information on free materials from a another on the national economies of the variety of sources both domestic and Asian nations. Possible sources of further foreign. information appear endless since many of 10. International Finar~cialStatistics. Washing- the publications sent by these organizations ton, D.C., International Monetary Fund, themselves list other materials available. monthly. 1. The Bankers' Almanac and Yearbook. New For each country listed there is an York, IPC (America) Inc., annual. indication of the standard sources used Lists international and commercial in the compilation of the statistical banks on a worldwide basis. charts. 2. Polk's World Bank Directory. Nashville, R. L. Polk and Co., annual. Lists all known banks and their branches throughout the world. 3. International Activities of US. Banks. New Manuscript received Sep 27, 1977. Revised York, American Banker Reprint Service, manuscript accepted for publication Nov 21, annual. 1978. Lists U.S. banks and their international banking policies, their US. subsidiaries, and representative offices overseas. Alfred R. Junge is director of informa- 4. Financing Foreign Operations. New York, tion services, World Trade Library, Los Business International Corp., annual. Angeles, Calif.

special libraries A Retrieval System for Engineering Drawings

Carol Tenopir and Pamela Cibbarelli Cibbarelli and Associates, Huntington Beach, Calif. 92646

Thedesign and implementation of a complete, computerized retrieval system for the engineering and architectural drawings of several large Southern California land development firms has been undertaken by Cibbarelli and Associates, library consultants. The problems encountered and the processes followed in developing a specialized cataloging system and format, a customized thesaurus, computer software, and mana- gerial procedures for the first system are detailed. The adaptability of this system to other engineering and architectural drawing collections is discussed.

NGINEERING and architectural physical features and show which areas E drawings cost hundreds of dollars are best suited for various land uses; to create, yet once created they are general plans ensure the organized and rarely organized or cataloged effec- lawful growth of an area; boundary tively for retrieval. A survey of engi- plats pinpoint exact boundaries of proj- neering firms and land development ects; planning studies record for the corporations in Southern California architect and designer the development revealed no completely satisfactory of a structure's design; and blueprints scheme or effective computer-assisted guide actual construction. retrieval system for their maps and Local, state, and federal regulations drawings. However, the importance of require the filing of numerous draw- these plans and the necessity of having ings and maps before developments are access to them was recognized by all. approved. Access to plans of approved Maps and drawings cover all phases projects is required to deal with of land development; access to them is changes in ownership, natural disas- essential to many departments in a ters, lawsuits, or when planning neigh- company, to landowners, and to gov- boring communities. ernment agencies. These plans are in To provide access to these important constant use in the planning process; but often neglected collections, the each type of drawing must be consulted design and implementation of a com- before the next type is drawn. plete, computerized retrieval system for Aerial photos reveal the appearance the engineering and architectural of the land and what has been built in drawings and maps of several Southern the past; topographic studies locate California land development firms was february 1979 Copyr~ghto 1979 Specla1 Ltbrar~esAssmallon 91 undertaken by the library and informa- company's planned communities. A tion consulting firm of ~ibbarelliand wide variety of maps, drawings, and Associates. plans are essential in all phases of this mammoth planning activity. The lrvine Company The Plan Vault The initial development of this retrieval system was for the Irvine The consultants were asked by the Company. The Irvine Ranch is a 130 planning department to study the reor- square-mile combination of three old ganization of the rapidly expanding Spanish land grant ranchos in the heart plan vault. An initial inventory re- of Southern California. In a 1974 publi- vealed some 10,000 drawings as diverse cation, the Urban Land Institute offered as the planning process and the compa- this descriptive synopsis of the impor- ny's operations. Numerous haphazard tance of the Irvine Company: and unrelated "retrieval systems" had been initiated, no one of which was The 130 square-mile Irvine holding is complete or satisfactory. Retrieval gen- the site of the largest and most diversified privately-owned, master planned new erally relied on the excellent memory community currently underway in the of the ten-year veteran file clerk. Many United States. It is not only its 83,000-acre of the drawings had been stored years size that gives Irvine its unique status, it is ago and not used again. Extensive its location. The property straddles weeding was required. Other drawings Orange County at its center, occupying that might have been important for 17% of the county's 782 square miles. future development or legal proceed- Irvine lies in the path of the population ings had become "lost" in the uncata- push from Los Angeles, 40 miles to the loged vault. north, to San Diego, 80 miles to the south. The overburdened file clerk rarely Riverside and San Bernardino are 40 miles east. It is becoming the hub of Orange could enter new items into her plethora County at the center of Southern Califor- of notebooks, file cards, and Termatrex nia's five major metropolitan areas, where systems. Too many new or revised older over one-half of the state's people live.' drawings were filed daily, too much time was spent searching for drawings The Irvine Ranch stretches twenty- filed in the past, and too many rush two miles from the Pacific Ocean requests for prints of existing drawings through the Santa Ana mountains and were received. The rapid growth of the includes parts of the many Orange company's planning and building oper- County cities. Only fifteen years ago ations had clearly outpaced the opera- this area was primarily agricultural or tion of the plan vault-yet it was such a recreational; it now includes industrial, center of activity that there was no time commercial, academic, residential, and to develop a better system internally. A multifamily developments as well. The professional and comprehensive retrie- population of Orange County has val system that required a minimum of doubled three times between 1940 and clerical upkeep time was clearly 1970. It is expected to double again by needed. 1980. Nearly two million new people will have arrived in Orange County Retrieval System during this period. Careful planning for an increasing Determination of the elements to be population and for all types of terrain, retrieved in each drawing, design of an activities, and living are the basis of the easy-to-use cataloging system, and determination of the user's and cataloger's needs were essential first steps in the *Griffith, Nathaniel M.llrvine: The Genesis of design of an effective retrieval system. a New Community. Washington, D.C., Urban Extensive meetings with departmental Land Institute. 1974. p. 6. personnel led to the identification of special libraries information necessary for inclusion in the cataloging system and identified numerous areas of concern. It soon became clear that such collections have unique needs and present unique problems to the cataloger. Each collection is limited in geographic scope to the land owned or developed by the firm; types of maps or drawings vary greatly; and each collection has its own specialized vocabulary and iden- tifiers. Generalized cataloging systems or established subject headings are virtually useless in such highly local- ized and specialized collections. Access to every identifiable concept in each drawing is essential in the effective retrieval of items in such collections. A review of systems in use in similar situ- assigned a first code letter based on ations revealed none that met all of the their size. This code letter indicates special needs of these collections. where the drawing is physically filed. A list of information elements to be Similarly sized drawings were filed included in the cataloging of every map together to maximize use of space and and drawing was determined. These storage equipment. A second code letter elements included the following: assigned indicates the "type of drawing." Thus, improvement plans of the title (what was actually lettered on the drawing plus further identifying de- same size were filed together, as were scriptions in parentheses); architectural drawings, topographic type of drawing or map (i.e., topo- maps, and so on. Since many patrons graphic map, improvement drawing, generally use only one or two types of general plan, and so on); drawings this scheme speeds retrieval originating authors or agencies; time. Each drawing set is assigned an material (blueline, Mylar, or sepia, for accession number to uniquely identify example); it. scale; Patrons can easily retrieve drawings size; themselves or phone requests to the date of drawing and revision dates; number of sheets in a set; plan vault coordinator. Older materials location of drawing (to allow for future are checked out and refiled by the coor- cataloging of materials throughout the dinator, however, to maintain inven- company); tory control of the collection. work request number; Microfilming was not considered a block or section numbers (these pertain cost justifiable option at the time, since to a geographic grid system thit iden- many of the company's drawings are tifies areas of the ranch); originals or still subject to revision. multiple subject headings. Revisions are made directly onto the original drawing. In collections that Classification scheme include many drawings from closed As drawings are cataloged, they must jobs or copies of drawings that are used be refiled in a manner which ensures primarily for reference, microfilming is quick access and best utilizes limited a viable option. Any drawing that will space. A classification scheme was be microfilmed must be cataloged first designed that combined the most effec- and should be assigned a call number tive use of limited space with a logical which fits into the overall classification grouping of materials. Drawings were scheme. february 1979 Computer-Generated Catalog experienced file clerk approximately The lack of clerical support hours ten minutes for each map set. The cata- available and the need for an easily loging process follows the orderly updated system led to the early decision layout of the "Request for Filing" and to make this retrieval system a comput- coding forms and includes assignment er-generated one. An on-line system of geographical and numerous subject was decided against at the time because thesaurus terms. A maintenance man- of the greater expense and the compa- ual offers step-by-step cataloging in- ny's lack of appropriate hardware. A structions to ensure continued success computer-produced catalog, to be fre- of the system. quently updated and with the flexibility to add special searching capabilities The Thesaurus in the future, was decided upon. The The most important element of any programs were written with extensive retrieval system is the subject headings programmer-librarian interaction, re- assigned. The creation of a customized sulting in a product that fully reflected thesaurus and the decision to include a the needs of the cataloger, clerk, and combination of geographical and sub- user. Developing software to fit the ject terms to describe the maps and information needs rather than bending drawings make this system unique. information needs to meet existing soft- Most existing map retrieval systems ware is an essential key to the success of emphasize geographical access. In a this information retrieval system. collection of maps, engineering draw- Essential elements of the company's ings, and architectural plans, such a plan vault software include: easy maintenance procedures; user-oriented, easy-to-read format; lengthy data fields so data need not be abbreviated; use of natural language instead of codes; controlled vocabulary with unlimited addition of cross references; flexible number of subject headings for each drawing; inclusion of all important elements; ability to allow additions and changes to the system. limited approach is not effective. Engi- The original programs were written neers and architects need to retrieve in COBOL to operate on an IBM specific subjects (e.g., sewer plans, 3601370 computer. A FORTRAN ver- street improvement plans, and so on) in sion for both an IBM 3601370 and a addition to items pertaining to a minicomputer have since been devel- geographical area. The company's plan oped. vault retrieval system includes a combi-

With the completion of the -programs, - nation of geographic and subject terms a single final coding and keypunching to cover effectively any aspect of any form was developed. Cataloging could type of drawing in the vault. All sewer then be done directly onto this form. plans for a certain job or geographic Another form was developed to facili- area can thus be retrieved. If one tate entry of a new drawing into the specific plan in a specific area is retrieval system. This "Request for needed, the patron does not need to Filing" form asks the author of the scan multiple pages of entries with the draw& to supply information about same broad subject headings. each map or drawing. This greatly Cataloged items are always assigned speeded the cataloging process. Cata- the key geographic area depicted in the loging now takes a librarian or the drawing. The Irvine Ranch is devel- special libraries oped with a village concept, where all Other Applications development is carried on in separate Before cataloging the drawings in a villages. Plans are always identified firm's collection, the needs of the with the village name. Each subject that specific firm must be studied carefully. pertains to the item is also listed. Terminology used will vary, geograph- subject headings are then subdivided ical breakdowns may be planning areas geographically by village. For example, or cities instead of villages, and the size a topographic map for a future shop- of each collection may be different, but ping center site that will be located in the basic retrieval needs remain the the village of Harbor View Hills may be same. Refinements to the prototype retrieved by the following subject system may be made, and the software items: 1) Harbor View Hills; 2) Shop- can become flexible enough to allow for ping Centers-Harbor View Hills; and future changes and to meet the needs of 3) Topography-Harbor View Hills. If any collection. In this connection, the other things are shown on the plan, or consultants designed their own soft- an agencf other than the company ware for the retrieval of engineering drew the plan, they too will be carried and architectural plans. as subiect terms. The combination of a customized Several useful by-products are also a thesaurus, standardized cataloging part of the system. Complete listings of rules, and software developed specifi- all drawings done for each village, of cally for engineering and architectural all drawings created by a certain agen- maps and drawings has made this a cy, and of all types of drawings are highly successful retrieval system. The generated. ability to combine he^ system's built-in flexibility will ensure subject terms with Boolean operators to its adaptability and success as a wider generate a specialized search has also variety of collections are cataloged. been added.

Timing Bibliography The design and implementation of Buffum, CharlesIMap Cataloging: an this retrieval system for the company's Informal Review. Special Libraries total collection combined the services Association Geography and Map Di- of two librarians, one programmer, and vision Bulletin 88:35-39, 54 (Jun three support personnel from the 1972). consultants with the daily services of Christy, Barbara / Map Classification: the Irvine Company's file clerk and the Basic Considerations and a Compari- occasional input of engineers, archi- son of Systems. Western Association tects, and administrators. Close interac- of Map Libraries lnformation Bulletin tion with the future users of a system is 29-42 (Apr 1969). essential, but must be combined with Cleland, Robert GlasslThe lrvine Ranch. the knowledge only information pro- San Marino, California, Huntington fessionals can provide. Library, 1966. The consultant's staff members Drazniowsky, RomanIThe Need for worked two to three days per week for Map Cataloging. Special Libraries 61 approximately one year to complete the (no. 5):236-237 (May 1970). project. This schedule could have been Fink, Mary Ellin/A Comparison of Map accelerated if the company wished. Cataloging Systems. Special Libraries Maintenance of the system is simple Association Geography and Map Di- and is handled almost totally by the one vision Bulletin 50:6-11 (Dec 1962). full-time experienced file clerk. Con- Fox, HerbertIA Classification and Cata- sultation on problems and help with loging Scheme for a Small Map Li- work backlogs in provided by profes- brary. Western Association of Map sional staff as needed. Libraries lnformation Bulletin 40:24-33 (Nov 1972). Library Trends 4:123-139 (Oct 1955). Gerlack, Arch C./Geography and Map Stevens, Stanley D./Planning a Map Cataloging and Classification in Li- Library? Create a Master Plan! Special braries. Special Libraries 52 (no. 5):248- Libraries 63(no. 4):172-176 (Apr 1972). 251 (May 1961). White, Robert C./The Ideal Arrange- Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug 1977, sec. 9. ment for Maps in a Library. Special Neddermeyer, Gail N. /Cataloging of Libraries 50(no. 4):154-161 (Apr 1959). a Map Collection. Western Associa- tion of Map Libraries Information Manuscript received Apr 24, 1978. Revised Bulletin 4:18-25. (Mar 1973). manuscript accepted for publication Jan 5, Phillips, B. F./The Computer-Produced 1979. Map Catalog: Some Considerations and a Look at Operating Sys- Carol Tenopir and Pamela Cibbarelli are tems.Drexe1 Library Quarterly 9:71-79 library and information consultants, Cib- (Oct 1973). barelli and Associates, Huntington Ristow, Walter W./What About Maps? Beach, Calif.

special libraries Supersaver, Excursion Fares, Freedom Fares-these are Special some of the special airfares that have been appearing throughout the media. Each airline has a different name for Airfares the fare, but the service is essentially the same. These fares are indeed available for passengers travelling to Hawaii. Group Travel Unlimited, Inc. (GTU) has provided the to Hawaii following information that may clarify the details of these special fares.

Limited Seats The number of seats available on each flight is extremely limited on these special fares. For example, there are approximately seventeen seats set aside on a 747 flight (numbers differ for each airline). Some seats could be available the day you call an airline to see if a special fare is available on a desired flight. But when you call the next day to make the actual reservation, all the reserved seats might be filled.

Special Rules and One rule to remember is that the lower the fare is, the Regulations more restrictions apply. This rule is especially true for these special fares. Some of the major rules are as follows:

Reservations must be made, paid for, and ticketed at least 30 days prior to scheduled departure from home;

Any changes in reservations must be made 30 days before departure if the change requires a new ticket to be written;

Tickets may be revalidated up to 30 minutes prior to departure providing no change is made in the origin city, destination city, or stopover points and new flights are booked at least 7 days in advance;

Minimum stay at the destination point is 7 days or at least until the first Sunday after your arrival at the destination point;

Maximum stay period is 30 days after leaving your origin (home city).

Note that rules and regulations may differ slightly with some airlines. There are also other minor rules which are not listed here; check with the particular airline when you inquire about tickets. Special Fares GTU can use these special fares for your trip to Hawaii for the SLA Conference. However, since there is always a limited number of seats available, they may not be open when your reservation forms arrive at GTU. In order to make reservations with GTU for special fares, one of the two following options may be used:

Send your reservation form to GTU with a note indicating that you want to use a "Supersaver" airfare for your trip to Hawaii. Depending upon availability, GTU will base your airfare on this special fare. If this fare is not available on the flights required for your trip the next most economical fare will be used. Since GTU cannot book your airline reservations until they receive your reservation form, you might want to contact the airlines locally and book the seats on this special fare while they are still available. When you submit your reservation form, tell GTU that you have booked a particular flight and that the seats are booked on the special fare. GTU can then "pick up" your reservations from the airlines (make sure you tell the airline that GTU will write your tickets) and include these reservations as a part of your overall trip arrangements. This way, you will know right from the start what arrangements are confirmed for your trip flights.

Any additional questions should be addressed to Group Travel Unlimited, Inc., 1025 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 304, Washington, D.C. 20036 (2021659-9555).

Some Examples Sample cities (Others Airline most likely available) to be used* Airfare Atlanta Braniff or Northwest $399.1 1 Boston United $417.86 Chicago United $370.38 New York United $417.51 DallasIFt. Worth Braniff $339.45 Washington, D.C. United $3 17.03

*Remember that different airlines have different rules and fares. Therefore, the fare may differ slightly if an airline other than those shown above is used.

special libraries The Employment Clearing House is a service for SLA SLA members and for organizations with openings for information personnel. Limited interviewing facilities will be avail- Employment able at the Hawaii Conference. The hours are as follows: Clearing House Sunday, Jun 10: 12 noon-4 p.m. ~onda>,~un11: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Conference Tuesdav, Tun 12: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Members must complete and return Clearing House registration forms on or before May 11, 1979. The deadline for receipt of job opening announcements is May 25, 1979. To obtain the necessary forms and additional information, write to the SLA Employment Clearing House, 235 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. 10003.

CHAPTERS & DIVISIONS Pittsburgh-In a joint meeting on Jan 9, setting for a Nov 15 meeting. Members Chapter members and members of ASIS toured the library and the planned museum heard W. David Penniman, manager, before the general meeting. A panel discus- research department of OCLC, Inc., Colum- sion on statistics collection by libraries was bus, Ohio, discuss the research functions at held later in the meeting. his company. Penniman explained the activities of the newly organized research group San Diego-The Jan 25 meeting was a of OCLC and gave plans for future research. combined effort of the Chapter and the National Micrographics Association. The Princeton-Trenton -The Chapter's first focus of the meeting was on integrated meeting of the new year, held in Princeton, information management. Speaker Charles focused on management of special libraries. Koppa reviewed the history of information The speaker at the Jan 16 talk, John Hall, transfer systems. An equipment display was Drexel University, Philadelphia, empha- included. sized the practical application of management by objectives in special libraries. San Francisco Bay Region - The Chapter is discussing possible alternatives to the SLA Rio Grande - Members met on Nov 3 at the scholarship program, because of the de- Rio Grande Historical Society Collections, creasing job market and the changing located at the New Mexico State University demands of employers. The Chapter has Library, Las Cruces. Austin Hoover, director traditionally sponsored an annual fund-rais- of the collections, gave a tour through the ing event in order to contribute to the Asso- papers, records, recordings, and memoirs of cation scholarship award. However, some historically prominent individuals from members feel the money could be better New Mexico. The tour was followed by spent in such ways as: Chapter support of dinner at the Double Eagle Restaurant in local continuing education programs to Mesilla. train MLS holders in needed scientific/ technical matter; funding of employment search Rocky Mountain - Members toured the workshops; a program in which the Chapter Marston Water Treatment Facility, which would subsidize members while they are cleanses 80% of Denver's drinking water, as actively seeking employment; or possible part of their Nov 14 meeting. The group reduction of the SLA award, so that more then traveled to the headquarters of the people could benefit from the award. American Water Works Association to visit On Nov 30 the Chapter held a workshop the library there. on Chemical Abstracts Subjects Index Alert (CASIA), at SRI International, Palo Alto. St. Louis - The International Library, Ar- The Jan 16 meeting was held at the chives, and Museum of Optometry was the Elegant Farmer Restaurant, Oakland, and focused on "Operating a Bookstore." Fred velopment Program, and Melvin Eagle, an and Pat Cody, retired booksellers, discussed independent consultant. their twenty-one years in business in the Bay Area. Washington, D.C., Picture Group - The Group was invited to ARLISINA to a discussion and tour of the National Collection of South Atlantic - Members were introduced Fine ArtsINational Portrait Gallery to the methods of assertiveness training at (NCFAINPG) research facilities. William B. their Jan 18 meeting at Emory University, Walker, NCFAINPG librarian, described Atlanta, Ga. Shirley Gash, College of Urban the collections. Life at Georgia State, spoke. Joseph Di Dio, chief of the Photographic Section of the National Education Associa- Southern Appalachian - The Chapter cele- tion, hosted a Nov 2 tour by the Group. brated its twenty-fifth anniversary with a luncheon in Oak Ridge, Tenn. SLA Presi- Washington, D.C., Social Science Group - dent-elect Joseph M. Dagnese was present The Group discussed current issues in hous- for the festivities. Several charter members ing legislation at a Nov 14 meeting. Dennis were special guests. O'Toole, Federal Legislative Counsel for the American Bankers' Association, was the guest speaker. Southern California - A fashion show and raffle were part of the Chapter's annual Washington, D.C., Military Librarian's fund raiser, held Dec. 8. The theme was a Group - The Group hosted "Fort McNair Hawaiian luau in San Gabriel. Revisited" on Oct 26 in the Fort McNair Officers Club. Washington, D.C. - Helene Ebenfield, research economist at the National Science Wisconsin - Members convened on Oct 17 Foundation, was one of the speakers at a for a discussion of "The Use of Standards Nov 29 meeting. The speakers discussed and Specifications in the Special Library." current library surveys as they apply to Vendors of microfilm/microfiche read- manpower, networks, and federal libraries. erlprinters greeted members by Clark Humphrey from Harley-Davidson. Mem- bers discussed the evaluation and selection Washington, D.C., Documentation of the equipment. Group - "Contracting Pitfalls: Views from Members visited the Milwaukee Public Both Sides" was the subject of the Group's Museum for a Dec 2 meeting. Those attend- Nov 28 meeting. Speakers were Vinita ing were given a tour of the museum's Mathur, program director of the General library and time to see the museum's ex- Accounting Office's Document System De- hibits.

special libraries MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

Mary C. Berger, education and training specialist, Alice C. Hudson . . . appointed first assistant to Cuadra Associates, Santa Monica, Calif. . . . the chief, Map Division, New York Public recipient of ASIS Watson Davis Award 1978. Library, New York City.

Frances L. Carey, associate director, Naval War Hubert H. Humphrey . .. recipient of post- College, Newport, R.I. . . . recipient of Navy humous ASIS Special Award. Civilian Superior Service award. James Humphry 111, vice-president, H. W. Joe Ann Clifton, manager, Technical Libraries, Wilson Company, Bronx, N.Y. . . . named to the Litton Industries, Woodland Hills, Calif. . . . executive committee, Board of Trustees, New recipient of ASIS Watson Davis Award 1978. York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, New York City. Shirley Echelman, chief librarian and assistant Madhu Kapadia, formerly information sewices vice-president, Chemical Bank, New York City, librarian, Stevens Institute of Technology, and former president, Special Libraries Hoboken, N.J. . . . now librarian, The Chemists' Association . . . appointed executive director, Club, New York City. Medical Library Association. Gene Kennedy . . . appointed assistant librarian, Morton H. Friedman . . . appointed director, Engineering Library, Carnegie-Mellon Tobacco Institute, Washington, D.C. University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Constance M. Gloy, formerly librarian, Safeway Brigitte L. Kenney, formerly associate professor, Stores, Oakland, Calif. . . . now assistant chief Graduate School of Library and Information librarian, Standard Oil, San Francisco, Calif. Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa. . . . Nancy Greer . . . appointed director, technical now chief, Database Systems Branch, Solar services, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colo. Colo. John Kok, director, Information Center, Foote, Cone & Belding, Chicago . . . appointed Audrey N. Grosch, associate professor, Library vice-president of the firm. Systems Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. . . promoted to professor. Mildred Langner, director, Louis Calder Catharine Heinz . . . director, Broadcast Pioneers Memorial Library, University of Miami, Fla. . . . Library, Washington, D.C. . . . reelected retired. vice-president-secretary, Broadcast Pioneers Herbert B. Landau, formerly on the staff of the Educational Fund, Inc. R&D Division, Auerbach Associates, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa. . . . appointed assistant director Vivian D. Hewitt, president, Special Libraries for information serices, Solar Energy Research Association, and chief librarian, Carnegie Endow- Institute, Golden, Colo. ment for International Peace, New York City . . . appointed member of the National Advisory George Lewicky, H. W. Wilson Company, Bronx, Board of Center for the Book, Library of N.Y. . . . begins term as member of the Board of Congress. Directors, American Society of Indexers. Jeanne Maiden Holmes, chief, Resource Josie Leone, formerly technical librarian, Development Division, National Agricultural American Science and Engineering, Cambridge, Library, Beltsville, Md. . . . retired. Mass. . . . now librarian, Sohio Petroleum, Rocky Rebecca Ann Holsinger . . . now attending Mountain regional office. University of South Carolina, Columbia, College Gretchen D. Little, librarian, ICI Americas, Inc., of Librarianship. Philadelphia, Pa. . . . retired after 35 vears with ICI. Ben-Ami Lipetz, formerly senior research associate, Computer Science Department, Yale University . . . appointed dean, School of Library and Information Science, State University of New York at Albany. Dorian Martyn . . . now interpretive services librarian, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta. Maureen McCrea . . . appointed librarian, Kent- KOK LANDAU worth Truck, Kirkland, Wash. february 1979 101 Scott P. Muir . . . studying at Emory University, Judy Sindel . . . joined computer operations staff, Division of Librarianship, Atlanta, Ga. Rockwell International-Space Division, Cor- porate Information System, Downey, Calif. Nancy Mary Panella, librarian, St. Luke's Hospital Center, New York City . . . begins term as member of the Board of Directors, American Molly Skeen . . . joined library staff, Fireman's Society of Indexers. Fund Insurance, San Francisco, Calif.

Marjorie Rattray, catalog librarian, University of Marilyn J. Stone, formerly library services Washington Libraries. . . retired. coordinator, Westlake Community Hospital, Melrose Park, Ill. . . . now staff specialist, Yolande 2. Reeder . . . appointed technical index- collection department, American Hospital er, Xerox Corp., Webster, N.Y. Association library, Chicago. David Reich, formerly commissioner, Chicago Public Library . . . resigned. Nancy L. Thoman . . . joined corporate research department, ICI Americas, Inc., Wilmington, Del. Rosalie A. Reichenbach . . . named head librarian, National Bank of Detroit, Mich. Barbara P. Vandegrift, librarian, George C. Marshall Research Foundation, Lexington, Va. . . . Robert Repp 111, special projects coordinator, elected president, Virginia Oral History Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pa. . . . recipient Association. of 1978 August Alpers Award for scholarship, leadership, and outstanding contribution to Grad- uate School of Library and Information Sciences, Carmine Varano, pharmacist, Jersey City, N.J. . . . University of Pittsburgh. subject of an Arnerrc-an Pharmacy article concerning his fight to ban the sale of camphorated oil. Phyllis A. Richmond, School of Library Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio . . . recipient of 1977 Margaret Mann Cita- Alice Sizer Warner, president, Warner-Eddison tion in Cataloging and Classification. Associates, Cambridge, Mass. . . . elected delegate to 1980 White House Conference on Small Walter W. Ristow, chief, Geography and Map Business. Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. . . . retired. Paul Wasserman, professor, College of Library and Information Services, University of Barbara Robinson, formerly director, Informa- Maryland, College Park . . . appointed chairman, tion Center, Public Technology, Inc., Washing- Education and Training Committee, International ton, D.C. . . . named chief of library programs, Federation for Documentation, The Hague, Library Planning Office, Metropolitan Washing- ton Council of Governments, Washington, D.C. Netherlands.

Thomas T. Rogero;formerly with Science-Engi- Lucille Whalen, professor, School of Library and neering Library, University of Tennessee, Knox- Information Science, State University of New ville . . . appointed science-engineering librarian, York at Albany and chairman, SLA Research University of Miami, Fla. Committee . . . named member, advisory board, continuing Library Education Network and Murray Rogofsky, formerly chief librarian, US. ExchangeIUnited States Office of Education Naval Oceanographic Office, Washington, D.C. Institute, Washington, D.C. . . . named head, Library Division, Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic Center, Wash- Herbert S. White, professor, Graduate Library ington, D.C. School, Indiana University, Bloomington . . . elected treasurer, International Federation for Jesse Hawk Shera, dean, School of Library Documentation, The Hague, Netherlands. Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio . . . recipient of Kaula award for outstanding contributions in the field of library Leslie Wilson, former president, Aslib, London, science. England and honorary member, SLA . . . elected honorary member, Aslib. Linda Siler-Regan, formerly head, Documents, Microforms, and Maps Department, University of John A. Wolter, formerly assistant chief, Texas Library, El Paso . . . now administrative Geography and Map Division, Library of assistant, Universal Serials and Book Exchange Congress, Washington, D.C. . . . promoted to chief Inc., Washington, D.C. of the division. special libraries on the south, Poland on the north, and 44th IFLA Congress Austria in the southwest. The Poprad-Tatry -Airport is the closest and Council Meeting connection by air to Strbski. Pleso. Czecho- slovak Air Lines using Ilyushin L1-18 In 1978 the International Federation of planes from Prague have an intermediate Library Associations and Institutions met in stop at Bratislava, the capital of the S.S.R.- the High Tatra Mountains of Czechoslo- with unexplained stopovers much longer vakia. The meeting was held Aug 28 than those scheduled and with endless through Sep 8, 1978. Although this meeting checking procedures both on deplaning and drew fewer attendees than the Congress enplaning. Finally, buses provided trans- and Fiftieth Anniversary celebration held in portation for the last leg of the trip to Brussels in 1977, several special librarians Strbski. Pleso in the mountains. were on hand. The following report is a Three official hotels were located in compilation of the contributions of M. Noel ~trbski.Pleso: Panorama, Patria, and FIS-in Balke (National Gallery of Canada), Maria order of their increasing altitude. All three Calderisi (Music Division, National Library are of striking modern architecture largely of Canada), David K. Carrington (Geogra- based on triangular modules. The Patria phy and Map Division, Library of Con- Hotel is named for the nearby Patria Moun- gress), Margaret Cressaty, Ruth C. Smith tain (elevation 7,160 ft.). But many regis- (US. Public Health Service, National Insti- trants-after the high altitude walks from a tutes of Health), and Clara Steuermann program session in one hotel to another- (Arnold Schoenberg Institute, University of were at times too breathless to consider Southern California). hotel architecture or even to admire the towering mountain backdrops. The spectac- The Geography of a High Altitude ular mountain and forest scenery was avail- Conference able only when the fog dispersed on three The Slovak High Tatra Mountains, the out of the eight days of the meeting. The only alpine range between the Alps and the snow cover in the High Tatras is reported to Caucasus, are an important center for winter last from December to April. sports. The sessions wefe in and around the More than 600 registrants overflowed resort community of Strbski. Pleso at an into hotels as much as 20 km. (about 12% elevation of 1,350 meters (4,163 ft.) in the miles) away. Some late comers had to be Tatra National Forest of the Slovak Socialist housed in Poprad (approximately 15 miles Republic-and about 6 miles from the away) and had to use the electric trams each border of Czechoslovakia and Poland. The day. Some meetings were also scheduled at S.S.R. is the eastern part of the two federa- distances outside the three primary hotels. tive parts of the C.S.S.R. (Czechoslovakia); Perhaps fittingly, meetings of the Biological the other part is the C.S.R. (Czech Socialist & Medical Science Libraries Section were Republic). The countries bordering on Slo- scheduled in the Helios Sanatorium for vakia are the U.S.S.R. on the east, Hungary disorders of the respiratory tract. february 1979 The Science and Technology Libraries Section meeting officers. The late Dr. F. E. McKenna, chairman (U.S.A.) and E. Vajda, secretary (Hungary), discuss a point with M. Slajpah, Standing Committee member (Yugoslavia), at right.

Dreams and ~edok-~i~htmares Because the local language is primarily ~trbski.Pleso, on the shore of Great ~trba Slovakian, communication with waiters and Lake, is in the "Area of Dreams" of the Tatra maids depended largely on a fractured National Forest. Many registrants could pidgin-German-English. One apparently in- well have considered the travel arrange- soluble problem was a word for "ice" (as for ments to be "bad dreams" ic attempting to beverages), because "Eis" seemed to mean cope with the ineptness of Cedok, the offi- only "ice cream" with real whipped cream cial Czechoslovak travel agency. Three on top. A very tasty local beverage, boro- months and more elapsed between mpiling vifka, which is served ice cold-but which registration forms and receipt of the Cedok is quite warming-seems to be an interme- invoices and visa applications. Some visa diate between gin and vodka. applications were received so late that they hah to be sent by courier to the ~zechd- slovak Embassy in Washington, D.C. A Plenary Sessions member of the SLA Board of Directors did The formal opening of the 44th IFLA not receive her visa application and there- Congress took place on Monday, Aug 28, fore could not attend. Many invoices were 1978, in the Congress Hall of Hotel FIS in not mailed by Cedok in Prague until well ~trbski.Pleso. IFLA President Preben Kirke- after their deadline for payment. Almost gaard (Rector of the Royal Danish School of simultaneously a letter was mailed threaten- Librarianship) presided. The delegates were ing to cancel for nonpayment. Who-wrote welcomed by M. Lucan, vice-president of the letter? The general manager of Cedok, the C.S.S.R., and by Mr. Tokarcik, president Dr. Jaroslav ~acourek,who apparently has of the National Committee of the High an anxiety for hard currency, but who Tatras. Mr. A. Wysocki brought greetings cannot manage ~edokso as to extract the from the Director-General of Unesco, Mr. hard currency as painlessly as possible. M. Bow. Mrs. H. Kolarova, Chairman of the Czechoslovak Organizing Committee, also greeted the registrants. She spoke of the Hospitality without ~edok founding of the Charles University in The inept Cedok procedures unfortu- Prague in the 14th Century. She referred to nately tended to overshadow the hard work the first library law of Czechoslovakia and planning of the Czechoslovak librarians (1919) which specified that a public library organizing committee, primarily members must be established in every village; she of the Association of Slovakian Librarians. stated further that the best conditions for Once untangled from Cedok's fumbling the development of Czechoslovak librarian- bureaucracy, IFLA registrants found again ship were, however, created since February that the basic concepts of library services 1948 on the introduction of the socialist have a commonality that is worldwide. state system. There are approximately 45,000 Hospitality was warm, and the efforts of the libraries of various kinds in the C.S.S.R. local librarians were untiring to answer with a total of 150 million volumes or 10 questions of the IFLA registrants. volumes per capita. special libraries President Kirkegaard referred to the The Social Science Section discussed the global economic recession while at the same Section's economic bias and decided that time noting that there is an increasing there was no reason to change the text of the demand for library and information service. Section's Terms of Reference. However, it He emphasized that the materials with was agreed that mention should be made of which librarians work reach far beyond the following subject fields in letters of national boundaries. He stated that addi- other forms of communication that emanate tional IFLA programs will need additional from the Section: sociology, politics, law funding, and that increased costs of commu- and related subjects. This would be an nications and administration will arise in added incentive to interest and perhaps the IFLA Secretariat in The Hague. The 1978 recruit other associations, libraries, and Congress theme, "Universal Availability of personal members to the Section. Publications (UAP)," represents a new pro- A recruitment letter is planned and will gram in addition to the already existing be made available to the Section members so program of "Universal Bibliographic Con- that they, in turn, can use it in their promo- trol (UBC)." tion of IFLA. The letter is to include infor- The second plenary session of the Council mation about the program planned for the took place on Friday, Sep 1, 1978. Resolu- 1979 qeeting in Copenhagen. tions from Divisions, Sections and Round In a paper, jointly prepared by Vivian D. Tables were presented. No elections were Hewitt, librarian, Carnegie Endowment for scheduled for 1978. At the agenda item enti- International Peace, and Muriel Regan, tled, "Statements by National Associations," librarian, The Rockefeller Foundation, ti- only one statement was presented-and tled, "New Initiatives for the Social Science that from ALA. After a lengthy prelude of Section," the promotion of new members appreciations to Czechoslovak librarians, for the section, as well as the subject fields the ALA statement referred to the Helsinki which should be included in the section,, agreement in which signatories pledged were discussed and provoked a lively debate "respect for human rights and fundamental among those attending. Elizabeth Morris- freedoms, including the freedom of sett, Auraria Library, University of thought, conscience, religion or belief." The Colorado, Denver, an SLA member, is a statement continued, in part: member of the planning group. IFLA can hardly conduct a conference with the Geography and Map Libraries Section theme "Universal Availability of Publications" Standing Committee members and ob- without recognizing that many people of the servers of the IFLA Geography and Map world are denied access by governmental Libraries Section attended four official action to information and publications otherwise generally available throughout the meetings during the 44th Council Meetings world.. . . Librarians everywhere ought to be at ~trbski.Pleso. in the forefront in the fight to implement the The first open meeting of the Section was principles of the Helsinki Accord. . . . convened by Section Chairman Dr. Helen There were no comments from members of Wallis, Map Curator, The British Library, on the Council. Monday afternoon. The session was led by Dr. E. H. van de Waal of the Geographical Social Science Section Institute, Utrecht, who conducted a sympo- Until now, the Social Science Section has sium on the function and purpose of carto- been strongly oriented toward economics, graphic documentation in the international to the exclusion of other disciplines in the field with special attention to UAP. His social sciences. This is reflected in the publi- paper described the relationships of and cations of the section which, for the most between the user and the document and part, are directories of economic libraries in how the bibliographic control of that docu- different countries: Economic Libraries in ment plays a critical role in the success of Canada 1977, edited by I. Lackner and the interaction. G. Prodrick; a listing of economic libraries The second open meeting on Wednesday in Czechoslovakia, 1978, by Mr. Prochazka dealt with the progress made by the various from the Bratislava Central Library of working groups within the framework of Economics (available free of charge for the Medium-Term program. The activities those interested); a revised edition of the were described by the respective Group Polish Directory of Economic Libraries to be chairmen and/or secretaries as follows: Dr. published in 1978 and anticipated publica- Hugo L. P. Stribbe (Canada) reported that tion of the same kind of directory for the the task of the UNIMARC Cartographic Netherlands. Materials Working Group has been com- february 1979 Social Science Libraries Section members, left to right: SLA President Vivian D. Hewitt; K. Ruokonen, Finland; R. G. Prodrick, Canada; Derek A. Clarke, United Kingdom.

pleted and that the proposals are now await- proposals, suggestions, and criticisms con- ing acceptance and formal adoption; cerning the present and future work of the Dr. Anna V. Kozlova (USSR) in her capacity Section. Some realignment and expansion as chairman of the Working Group reported of existing working groups was agreed on the continuing progress made toward upon by the body, and proposals for at least the development of an international Glos- two additional groups (Working Group on sary of Cartographic Terms; Dr. E. H. van de Physical Planning for Map Libraries, and an Waal (The Netherlands) in the absence of Inter-associational Liaison Working Group) Dr. Lothar Zogner (Federal Republic of were enthusiastically accepted. Germany), chairman, Working Group for the Training of Map Librarians, reported on Biological and Medical Sciences Libraries the progress made toward convening a Section seminar, whose purpose would be to offer The Standing Committee of the Biological assistance and training to map librarians and Medical Sciences Libraries Section met and map library curators from emerging at the Sanatorium Helios on Sunday. The nations. The host for the Seminar may be a chairman, Irwin H. Pizer, announced that third world nation. Discussion then turned the provisional officers will remain in office to the desirability of beginning work on the until the next meeting in Copenhagen in second edition of the World Directory of Map 1979. During the year, the IFLA Secretary Collections. It was agreed that the Working General will conduct an election by mail Group, chaired by Dr. John A. Wolter ballot. Also announced was the acceptance (U.S.A.), would immediately begin consid- of the Section's Terms of Reference by the eration of methodology for preparing the Professional Board and the Division of new edition, tentatively set for publication Special Libraries. The agenda for the busi- in 1980. ness meeting on Tuesday and programs and Following these formal Working Group projects for the section were the principal reports, Dr. Wallis asked that a vote of items of discussion. appreciation be made by those attending to The chairman reported on the meeting of Dr. Stibbe, chairman of the ISBD (CM) the Standing Committee on Sunday at Working Group, and Working Group mem- which the decision was made to concentrate bers present for their major and signi£icant efforts on a short-term project and a contribution in the development and publi- proposal for a long-term project. The short- cation of the International Standard Biblio- term project is an "Inventory of Data Bases graphic Description (Cartographic Materi- and Information Systems," and how one als). gains access to them-. The Section anticipates , Two standing Committee meetings were that the Medical and Biological Sciences held at which were discussed a number of segment will be completed by September 106 special libraries 1980 to coincide with the meeting of the industralized countries. He observed that Fourth International Congress on Medical some of the problems faced by these librar- Librarianship (ICML4) in Belgrade, Yugo- ies are the lack of trained personnel; poor slavia, in 1980. The long-term project telephone, mail, and other communication proposed to the membership was the compi- facilities; insufficient external currency; and lation of a "World List of Biological and inadequate indigenious book trade for effi- Medical Libraries." Letters to Mr. A. L. van cient book purchase. Librarians in these Nesemael were read proposing the Section's countries should suggest to their respective participation in these projects. The Section governments the acceptance of the two members accepted the projects and will Unesco Conventions of 1958 on the Interna- await answers to the letters. tional Exchange of Publications and Gov- Other projects discussed by the members ernment Documents between States. included the proposal that the Section ask to A most pertinent suggestion in relation to take the responsibility for the 5th Interna- the theme of the Congress and Mr. Vanwijn- tional Congress on Medical Librarianship; gaerden's paper was made by Mr. 8. P. the exchange of publications among mem- Kanevsky, head, Department of Interna- ber libraries; and the improving interlibrary tional Book Exchange, The Lenin State loan services. Library, Moscow Centre, USSR. He pro- A progress report on ICML 4 was read. posed that IFLA publications be made avail- The theme for the meeting is "Health Infor- able to libraries in developing countries. mation for a Developing World," with sub- Art Librarians' Round Table themes for invited papers and panel discus- Though nature was more in evidence sions: "Health Science Libraries: Infrastruc- than art at StrbskC Pleso, 12 art librarians ture for Information Services," "Modern managed to overcome all hurdles in order to Technology Applied to Health Information get to the meeting of the Art Librarians' Services," and "Cooperation through Round Table. This was considerably fewer Health Information Networks." Suggestions than were at the founding meeting of the were solicited for the Section program at the Round Table in Brussels in 1977, mainly Copenhagen meeting in 1979, where the because of those hurdles mentioned earlier theme will be "Library Legislation." There and the remoteness of the conference site was a suggestion from the Coordinating from art galleries and art libraries. Howev- Board of the Special Libraries Division that er, many of those who did reach the final the copyright laws and how they affect destination allowed themselves the reward interlibrary loan be the subject of one of the of visiting the beautiful buildings and major plenary sessions. art collections of Prague en route to or from Ritva Sievaanen-Allen, Central Medical the conference. Library, Helsinki, announced that the medi- Seven countries were represented (Cana- cal librarians plan to have a continuing da, U.S.A., the United Kingdom, France, education program next year at the meeting Poland, the German Democratic Republic, of the Finnish Research Library Association. and the USSR), as well as six library associa- IFLA will be asked to support this meeting tions (ARLIS and ARLISINA, the Special as a regional program. Libraries Association, the Canadian Library Association, lfAssociation des Biblioth6- Session on the Exchange of Publications caires francais, and the Library Association Mr. Frans Vanwijngaerden, secretary of of the UK), and individual institutions in the Section, presented a thoughtful paper Winnipeg & Ottawa, Lodz, Weimar, Los on "Exchange of Publications with Develop- Angeles, London, Moscow and Paris. Mme. ing Countries." He referred to a passage Jacqueline Viaux, chairman, reviewed the from the report of the Belgian International year's activities, primarily the continuing Exchange Commission to the BElgian House efforts to contact art librarians in as many of Representatives on Jan 19, 1887, of the countries as possible with the aim of Brussels Convention of Mar 15, 1887, that increasing the representation at the Round stressed the need for the exchange of the Table and of faciiitating work on the main results of research and collaboration of project in hand, that of compiling an inter- scientific effort. Exchange of publications national directory of art libraries. It was should be based on a code of ethics and decided that immediate efforts should be mutual generosity. made to compile a directory of European art Mr. Vanwijngaerden also noted that libraries to be ready by the next meeting in many libraries in developing countries are Copenhagen. This will be the first of a series comparable to those in wealthier and more of regional art library directories, for Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the considered productive. The following Pacific and Australasia, and North and points emerged. South America, one of which will appear 1) The basic idea of the Round Table is to each year and which could eventuail; be establish a forum where music librarians updated and cumulated into a worldwide and general librarians can meet to discuss directory. matters in a general library context rather Plans were outlined for the 1979 pro- than to set up another body where music grams in Copenhagen where it is hoped that library matters are discussed among music papers will be presented on art library librarians. resources in Denmark and on the organiza- 2) It was agreed, therefore, that the name tion of art libraries in Scandinavian coun- of the group henceforth should be: Music tries. Since the meeting was to be held in an Round Table. area rich in art museums, the possibility of 3) It was also agreed that high priority arranging group visits to art museums in should be given to apprising library associa- Copenhagen will be explored, and an effort tions in third-world/emerging countries of will be made to prepare a list of other insti- the existence of a Music Round Table in tutions in Denmark which art librarians IFLA and its Terms of Reference during the might be interested in visiting privately. coming year. There was some discussion on the possibil- 4) Areas of interest upon which to plan ity of input into a general session or a the program for next year's meeting in Special Libraries ~ivisionprogram on copy- Copenhagen were identified. right since this affected all types of documents in art libraries. Future IFLA Meetings Election of officers for the Round Table The IFLA Executive Board has decided will take place in Copenhagen. For the that, after 1979, the IFLA Council will meet interim period Noel Balke was appointed in odd-numbered years with a Congress in secretary and Peter Anthony financial offi- even-numbered years: cer. The final item of business was a decision on the frequency of the meetings of the 1979 Copenhagen (Aug 27-Sep 1) Round Table. It was agreed that the Round Council & Congress Table will meet at least every two years. A 1980 Manila meeting can be scheduled more often only Congress if the IFLA Conference is held in a place 1981 Leipzig where it is possible for a number of art Council & Congress librarians to attend and where a useful 1982 Montreal program can be arranged. Congress 1983 Munich Council & Congress Music Librarians Round Table The first open meeting of the Music The theme of the 1979 Congress is "Library Librarians Round Table took place on Legislation and Management." Thursday morning, Aug 31. Nineteen people from ten countries were present, Social/Cultural Programs including one representative each from the The 44th IFLA meeting was a qualified IFLA Universal Bibliographic Control Of- success in spite of and because of the loca- fice (UBC); IFLA Special Libraries Division tion and accommodations provided in (of which the Round Table is a part); and the Czechoslovakia. Once over the-hurdles of Special Libraries Association. Although the bureaucratic red tape of Cedok, one recorded sound seemed to be an issue of could settle down at night to sleep under a common concern, the agenda was open, and much needed feather tick and the confer- except for a paper on "Universal Availabil- ence life then became the good life. Isolated ity of Printed Music in U.S.S.R." by G. B. as conference attendees were, they grew to Koltypina, chief of the Music Division of know and appreciate each other in a way the Lenin State Library, Moscow, which was which had not been possible in former presented in much abridged form by a years. There were the usual formal meetings colleague from the same institution, the to attend, where work and plans for the discussion moved freely over a broad range future stance of IFLA were put forward. of topics. Forced companionship developed into good The tempo moves slowly in international working- relationships. SLA was the benefi- organizations; however, the session was ciary in every instance. special libraries One session by which SLA benefited A picnic with folksongs and dances had immensely developed from the most popu- been scheduled in the Bear Meadow, but lar and well-attended meeting of the because of cold fog in the mountains the Congress: the slide show presentation of festivities were transferred to the ice hockey Hawaii given by Frank McKenna at a meet- rink in the Winter Stadium in Poprad. ing of the Special Libraries Division. Dr. Sheep's cheese was the appetizer, followed McKenna was besieged by questions after- by a marinated barbecued meat. Local culi- ward, so great was the interest generated by nary experts differed about the meat: bear or the slide show and the plans of the Special vension or veal with pork. Yet, even with- Libraries Division to meet with SLA in out a clear definition of its origins, the Honolulu in June 1979. barbecue was tasty. Then unsuspecting Since there was little to do outside of the "IFLA-ites" were bused to Bear Meadow- scheduled sessions, attendees met fre- thinking that they were returning to warm quently and informally in the hotel bars, hotels. The sky had cleared, bonfires were coffee shops and lounges for more talk on lit and more barbecued meat served. Unfor- considered projects. In the evening of Aug tunately, the ground was cold and wet 29, folksongs and dances were presented at underfoot. Even copious drafts of borovicka the Factory Club of the Enterprise Vog6nka and beer did not thaw out the collective cold in Poprad. On the same evening, the Kdsice feet which had to wait for a mass movement Quartet performed at Strbske Pleso. of the buses to the hotels.

by Project LOEX. For Registration, contact: COMING EVENTS Carolyn Kirkendall, director, Project LOEX, Center of Education Resources, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Mich. Apr 27. Special Libraries Association, 48197. Southeast Regional Course . . . Atlanta, Ga. Topic: Micrographics in the Special May 6-18. Library Administrators Devel- Library. Contact: Dr. Mary Frances opment Program, Summer Session . . . Hoban, manager, Professional Develop- University of Maryland, College Park. ment, Special Libraries Association, 235 Contact: Effie T. Knight, Administrative Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. Assistant, Library Administrators Develop- 10003 (2121477-9250). ment Program, College of Library and Infor- mation Services, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742. Apr 29-May 2. National Information Con- ference and Exposition (NICE 111) . . . Sher- May 8-11. National Micrographics Asso- aton-Park Hotel, Washington, D.C. Theme: ciation, 28th Annual Conference and Exhi- Managing Your Information Crisis, in A bition . . . World Conference Center, Atlan- Multidisciplinary Approach. Contact: Infor- ta, Ga. Theme: "Confluence of Technolo- mation Industry Association, 4720 Mont- gies." Contact: John R. Bidwell, Conference gomery La., Suite 904, Bethesda, Md. 20014 Director, NMA, 8728 Colesville Rd., Silver (301 1654-4150). Spring, Md. 20910 (301/587-8444).

May 3-4. Eighth Biennial Library Insti- May 9-11. National Federation of Ab- tute . . . Richmond, Va. Cosponsored by stracting and Indexing Services, Indexing SLA Virginia Chapter and Virginia in Perspective Seminar. . . San Francisco. Library Association Region IV. Contact: Phyllis Cox, collection development May 12-15. Canadian Association for librarian, Tompkins-McGraw Library, Information Science, Seventh Annual Con- Box 667, MCV Station, Richmond, Va. ference . . . Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alta. 23298. Theme: Sharing Resources, Sharing Costs. Contact: Ronald F. Peters, Publicity and Publications Chairman, c/o Environmental May 3-4. Library Orientation/Instruction Design unit, University of Calgary Library, for Academic Libraries, Ninth Annual Calgary, Alta., T2N 1N4 Canada (4031284- Conference . . . Ypsilanti, Mich. Sponsored 6828). TOWARD NEW HORIZONS FOR ACADEMIC LIBRARIES:

IMPRESSIONS OF THE FIRST NATIONAL ACRL CONFERENCE

Over 2,000 librarians gathered in Boston, when, to the dismay of a seated majority, an probably the most unexpectedly beautiful indulgent conference chairman preferred to city in North America, from Nov 8 to 11, delay the proceedings until the stragglers 1978 for the first national conference of the could also find seats. Association of College and Research Contributed paper sessions promised Libraries (ACRL). much but delivered painfully little, a Attendees listened to eight major problem common to such sessions at most addresses and heard from over sixty authors conferences. Speakers, practically without in twenty-two different contributed paper exception, read through their papers with a sessions that attempted to demarcate "new plodding disregard for audience interest. horizons for academic libraries," the phrase When there were questions, they seemed to adopted as the theme for this conference, fulfill the questioner's needs alone, and ACRL's celebration of its fortieth an- took the actual topics nowhere. niversary. Once the theme sessions were allowed to Those present also visited over 160 begin, usually with a detailed recitation of conference exhibits, were entertained by the speaker's curriculum vitae, the talks Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s peremptory wit during proved interesting in their variety, but only a standing room only banquet, and had the the nonlibrarians in the cast demonstrated opportunity to view and even visit some of any real sensitivity to the audience as an Boston's many architectural gems, including audience. One skh speaker was Fritz the Boston Public Library's blend of new Machlup, professor of economics at New with old, and the semi-underground Pusey York University. The man who coined the Library deep in Harvard Yard. term "knowledge industry" and author of Librarians demonstrate an enduring faith knowledge industry publications such as in the effectiveness of conferences as Education and Economic Growth and The devices for information transfer and as Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the opportunities for learning. They meet United States, Machlup gave a witty tour de periodically and, with increasing frequency, force of the state of his research, and then in large groups to sit in passive silence sought questions. while familiar figures present what are "The Role of Technology" was treated billed as new ideas before them for effectively by Joe B. Wyatt, the vice- approval, possible revision, and president for administration at Harvard. reinforcement. Some of the speakers and Dick Boss, former Princeton University many of the conference participants arrived librarian turned consultant, held the from the NCLIS White House Conference audience's attention with a short seminar on preview held in Pittsburgh, which videodisc technology. concluded on Nov 8, and still others would By Friday afternoon, when ACRL head straight for New York and the annual President Evan Farber announced that over ASIS meeting when this gathering had 2,600 people had registered (as many as finished. most SLA conferences), the topics covered One had to search intently and listen included network development, White closely to find the new ideas in Boston. House Conferences, resource sharing, Unfortunately, there was an absence of budget support, new technology, and opportunity for substantive debate between risk-taking in academic libraries. audiences and speakers during the This attendee's primary recommendation conference sessions themselves. The large for future conferences - is that audience theme sessions were also spoiled by a comprehension should be the goal rather tendency to start ten to fifteen minutes late than mere passive participation. This could special libraries be achieved, in part at least, by 1) distribut- If there is another conference, we also ing conference papers well in advance, 2) hope the organizers will break precedent by expecting conferees to have read the ones holding it in Boston again. This native San that interest them, 3) using presenters in Franciscan, who always felt the city by the lieu of authors reading their full texts, and Golden Gate was the greatest, wants a 4) using the bulk of the sessions themselves rematch. for audience participation through informed questioning. Robert B. Lane

The eleven brief but comprehensive REVIEWS chapters are as follows: Networks For Libraries: An Evolving Resource; The Scope Of Networking; ~m~ficationsOf ~etwoik- 1978-79r Susan K' ing; The Computer Utilities; Network Orga- Martin. White Plains, N.Y., Knowledge nizations; Suppliers To The Market; Prepa- Industry Publications, Inc., 1978. 143p. ration For Networking: How To Do It; $24.50.ISBN 0-914236-18-0. Network Management: Issues And Prob- lems; National Efforts; The Necessary Step: Susan Martin's book is good and worthy Merging The Technological And Tradition- of purchase; it would be a valuable addition al; Network; Networks And The Future. The to any professional collection. There is no Appendix is highly valuable. For each "bib- book similar to it except for the earlier liographic utility" and "regional service edition of the work, which is updated by the agency," the author gives pertinent infor- present volume. The book is not perfect, but mation including some note on plans for the it will probably be used widely until it is future. superseded. As stated earlier, the test is not flawless. Martin, distinguished author of this Too much of it is taken from the earlier volume and the earlier edition with nearly edition without the changes that two years the same title (Library Netumrks, 1976-77), would warrant. Some, but only a few, chap- has done a considerable service for her read- ter titles are changed. Even the preface ers. From the preface through the brief contains no new thoughts. The book is a index, the author has provided a book that valuable revision of the earlier work, but will meet the needs of many audiences. the reader should not expect to find the text Furthermore, she has done the task with new or revolutionary even though the foot- skill, balance, and a sense of excitement notes and bibliography have been updated. befitting the topic. The publisher should be complimented The topic and title, Library Netzclorks, is in on the improved binding, typesetting, and vogue in this decade and will probably design of the book. It is much better than continue to be in fashion into the next. Even the CBC bound edition of two years ago. the directors of our largest libraries have Martin, an authority in her field, has been discerned that their googol-volume re- head of the Library Systems Office at the sources are not wholly adequate to meet University of California, Berkeley since every information need. They too must join, 1973. Earlier, she was a staff member of the or even sponsor, networks. How especially Harvard University Libraries. A graduate of true this is for the special library that is Tufts University, she holds an MLS from faced with requirements that go beyond its Simmons College. She was editor of the predetermined fixed focus. Special libraries \ournal of Library Automatior1 and is the are urgently needed as full participants in author of a number of professional publica- the multitype library networks that are tions. emerging to meet diverse needs. Martin's book supplies all the necessary information Charles H. Stevens to those who wish to enhance their capabili- SOLINET ties by network participation. Atlanta, Ga. 30308 PUBS (79-010) The Marketing of Information Services: A guide to current LC subject cataloging practice. Proceedings of a Seminar Held by the Aslib Part one explains the principles of LC subject Information Industry Group on 11 May 1977. headings (e.g., forms of heading, subdivisions, Raffin, Margaret, ed. London, Aslib, 1978. 59p. cross-references); part two demonstrates how the $12.00 ($9.75 members). ISBN 0-85142-109-1. principles are applied to special types of materials Paper discuss identification of user needs, pric- and to selected subject areas. ing, sales methods, advertising and promotion for commercial information services. Each paper is (79-016) The Information Society: Issues and followed by a discussion. Answers. Josey, E.J., ed. Phoenix, Arizona, Oryx Press, 1978. 133p. $11.95. LC 78-17708, ISBN O- (79-01 1) Special Delivery: a Collection of Papers 912700-16-5, 1974-1977.(Alberta L. Brown Lectures in Special Papers presented at ALA's Presidential Commis- Librarianship.) Kalamazoo, Mich., Western Mich- sion for the 1977 Annual Conference. Eight essays igan University, School of Librarianship, 1978, deal with the impact on libraries of technological, 90p. $3.95. social, and economic change; they are supple- Lectures on special libraries in banking, chemis- mented by five literature review papers. try, health sciences, and environmental sciences. Two lectures explore the position of special (79-017) Two Centuries of Federal Information. libraries in academic institutions. Available from Adkinson, Burton W. Stroudsburg, Pa., Dowden, School of Librarianship, W.M.U., Kalamazoo, Hutchinson & Ross, 1978. 235p. $26.00. LC 78- Mich. 49001. 7294, ISBN 0-87933-269-7. Recounts the development of federal research (79-012) The Library Public Relations Recipe and development information services, empha- Book. Moran, Irene, comp. Chicago, ALA Library sizing the period since 1942; discusses their Administration Division, 1978. 81p. $4.00. impact on non-federal information programs. Miscellany of p.r. ideas: preparation of news Distributed by Academic Press, 111 Fifth Avenue, releases, newsletters, graphics, displays and New York. N.Y. 10003. annual reports; general principles of p.r. planning, budgeting, and evaluation. A reading list is (79-018) Planning for the Future of the Card included. Available from: ALA, Library Adminis- Catalog. Washington, D.C., Assn. of Research tration Division, 50 E. Huron Street, Chicago, Ill. Libraries-Office of University Library Manage- 6061 1. ment Studies, 1978. 171p. SPEC Flyer/Kit no. 46. $7.50 for ARL members and SPEC subscribers, (79-013) To Know a Library: Essays and Annual $15.00 for others. Reports, 1970-1976. Gore, Daniel. Westport, Compendium of 17 documents collected from Conn., Greenwood Press, 1978. 379p. New Direc- academic and research libraries. The documents tions in Librarianship, No. 1. $18.95. LC 77-84769, focus on general planning, technical services ISBN 0-8371-9881-X, Series ISSN 0147-1090. planning, readerluser service planning, staff The director of Macalester College Library participation and education. Two bibliographies describes his efforts to maintain library services are included. Available from SPEC, Office of when confronted with financial cutbacks. Management Studies, Assn. of Research Libraries, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, (79-014) A Practical Approach to Serials Catalog- D.C. 20036. Prepayment required. ing. Smith, Lynn S. Greenwich, Conn., JAI Press, Inc., 1978. 424p. Foundations in Library and (79-019) The Copyright Dilemma. White, Her- Information Science, Vol. 2. $27.50. LC 76-5645, bert S. Chicago, American Library Assn., 1978. ISBN 0-89232-007-9. 199~.$8.50. LC 78-5929, ISBN 0-8389-0262-6. Introduction to serials cataloging, treating choice Proceedings of a conference held at Indiana of entry, added entries, descriptive cataloging, University Apr 14-15, 1977. The 14 papers deal classification and subject cataloging, holdings with issues arising from the enactment of the new statements, treatment of monographic series and copyright law and express the views of libraries, microforms, automation and standardization of government, publishers, authors, and secondary serials records, and other topics. Available from: information services. JAI Press, P.O. Box 1285, 321 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich, Conn. 06830. Marie Dooling (79-015) Library of Congress Subject Headings: Principles and Application. Chan, Lois Mai. Lit- tleton, Colo., Libraries Unlimited, 1978, 347p. Research Studies in Library Science, No. 15. $17.50 U.S. and Canada, $21.00 elsewhere. LC 78-9497, ISBN 0-87287-187-8.

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