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McGraw-Hill Reference Library Ralph B. Smith

Transitions in Library Services Chester M. Lewis

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Fifty Technical Library Bulletins Lucille Jackson

To Publishers: Suggestions from Special Librarians 7 AND EVERY ONE $4 VES YOU SPACE ond MOMY

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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements Fortsthritte der Chemie Organisther Naturstoffe Edited by L ZECHMEISTER Volume 10' 1953. approx. 290 pp.. illus.. bound. about $11.45

HOUBEN-WEY L Methoden der Organisthen Chemie Fourth edition Volume 2: Analytische Methoden 1953. approx. 1.000 pp., illus.. hound, $33.10 subscription price, $29.80 1 Stund~ngorder5 filled at ~zcb~cr~pttonprrces)

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Just published GMELIN'S HANDBOOK OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 8th Edition SULFUR PART A, Section 2 Occurrence, Technology of Sulfur and Sulfur Compounds. I, IX, 450 pages, 76 graphs. In wrap- pers ...... 35.30 PART A, Section 3 Elemental Sulfur. Physical and Chemical Prop- erties. 250 pages, 40 graphs. In wrappers. .$21.10 PART B, Section 1 Sulfur Compounds with Hydrogen and Oxygen. I, XI, 372 pages, 75 graphs. In wrappers.. . .$29.40 Part A, Section 1: History. 1942. 111, 11, 60 pages, 11 graphs. Reprint 1952. In wrappers...... $2.65 Part B, Section 2: Sulfur Compounds (continued). This volume completing the Gmelin Sulfur series will appear late in 1954. STECHERT - HAFNER, INC. FOUNDED IN NEW YORK 1872 The World's Lending In~err~atio~~al13ooksellers 31 EAST ~OTHSTREI:T, NEW YORK 3, N. Y.

Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION "Putting Knowledge to Work" THE FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SLA CONVENTION WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 1 7-20, 1954 AT THE NETHERLANDS-PLAZA HOTEL, CINCINNATI, OHIO

OFFICERS PUBLICATIONS President MRS. LUCILE L. KECK Aviation Subject Headings. 1949 $1.75 Joint Reference Library, Chicago, Ill. A Brief for Corporation Libraries. 1949 $1.75 First Vice-president and President-Elect GRETCHEND. LITTLE Classification Scheme and Sub- Atlas Powder Company, Wilmington, Del. ject Headings List Loan Col- lection of SLA. Rev. Ed. 1951 $1.50 Second Vice-president CATHERINEJ. CURRAN Contributions Toward A Special Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York Library Glossary. 2nd Ed. 1950 $1.25 New York, New York Correlation Index Document Series Secretary and PB Reports. 1953 $10.00 AGNES 0. HANSON Creation and Development of an Business Information Bureau Insurance Library. Rev. Ed. 1949 $2.00 Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio Directory of Special Libraries. 1953 $10.00 Treasurer EDWARDH. FENNER Fakes and Forgeries in the Fine Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Md. Arts. 1950 $1.75 Nicknames of American Cities, DIRECTORS Towns and Villages Past and KENNETHH. FAGERHAUGH Present. 1951 $2.00 Carnegie Institute of Technology Numerical Index to the Bibli- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ography of Scientific and In- HELENM. PYLE dustrial Reports, Vols. 1-10. 1949 $10.00 Sun Oil Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania SLA Directory of Members. 1951 $4.00 MRS. EUGENIAT. PROKOP 144 Elmwood Avenue Social Welfare: A List of Sub- Evanston, Illinois ject Headings in Social Work and Public Welfare. 1937 $1.00 MRS. NELL STEINMETZ Pacific Aeronautical Library Source List of Selected Labor Los Angeles, California Statistics. Rev. Ed. 1953 $2.00 EUGENEB. JACKSON National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics SLA 1950 Transactions. 1951 $5.00 Washington, D. C. Subject Headings for Aeronaut- CLARAG. MILLER ical Engineering Libraries. 1949 $4.00 Imperial Oil, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada Technical Libraries, Their Or- Immediate Past-President ganization and Management. 195 1 $6.00 ELIZABETHFERGUSON Institute of Life Insurance, New York, N. Y. Visual Presentation. Our Library. 1953 $10.00

OFFICIAL JOURNAL SPECIAL LIBRARIES,published monthly Sep- SPECIAL LIBRARIES tember to April, bi-monthly May to August, 0 by Special Libraries Association, Editorial Offices, 31 East Tenth Street, New York 3, SPONSORED PERIODICAL N. Y. Publication Office: Rea Building, TECHNICAL BOOK REVIEW INDEX 104 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Subscription, $7.50 a year ($8.00 Foreign) SUBSCRIPTIONS:$7 a year; foreign $7.50; MEMBERSHIPDUES SCHEDULE:Institutional, copies 75 cents. $30; Active, $10; Associate, $5; Student, MANUSCRIPTSsubmitted for publication must $2; Sustaining, $50; Life, $250. be typed, double space, on only one side of the paper. Mail manuscripts to Editor. For qualifications, privileges and further information, write to the Executive Secre- REPRINTS may be ordered immediately prior tary, Special Libraries Association, 31 East to or on date of publication. Send reprint Tenth Street, New York 3, N. Y. orders to Editorial Offices.

Entered as second-class matter February 5. 1947, at the Post Office in Pittsburgh, Pa.. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in the Act of February 28. 1925. authorized February 5, 1947. Special Libraries OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION

Indexed in Zndustrial Arts Index, Public Affairs Information Service, and Library Literature

CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES

McGraw-Hill Reference Library .

Transitions in Library Services . CHESTERM. LEWIS 363

Fifty Technical Library Bulletins . LUCILLEJACKSON 366

To Publishers : Suggestions from Special Librarians ...... 370

SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION

New Executive Secretary: Marian E. Lucius ...... 357

Division Subscription Bulletins ...... 378

DEPARTMENTS

Books for Gift Giving ...... 380 Calendar ...... 382

Editorial Board Chairman: ALMACLARVOE MITCHILL CHESTERM. LEWIS ERNESTF. SPITZER Ex Officio: LUCILLEJACKSON

Editorial Staff Editor: DORARICHMAN Business Manager: MARIANE. LUCIUS

Regional Representatives MIDDLE WEST: MARIONE. WELLS WEST: ISABELLAM. FROST SOUTH: MRS.LOUISE MARTIN CANADA: GRACEREYNOLDS

Papers published in SPECIALLIBRARIES express the views of the authors, and do not represent the opinion or the &licy of the editorial staff or the publisher. Contents, copyright, 1953, by Special Libraries Association, 31 East 10th Street, New York 3, New York. Executive Leadership An Appraisal of a Manager in Action

By CHRIS ARGYRIS,Yale Labor and Management Center. How and why do cer- tain kinds of leaders accomplish their jobs? What are their effects upon their associates? Here is the absorbing case study of how a highly successful industrial executive deals with the men around him, as seen from three different points of view. From a synthesis of these viewpoints, the author portrays an ideal pattern of leadership that will be of interest to all executives, as well as to those who hire and train them. Coming November 25th. $2.50

Social Responsibility and Strikes

By NEIL W. CHAMBERLAIN,Yale Labor and Management Center. In a period when "emergency strikes" are a matter of increasing public concern, this study of the nature and place of social responsibility in labor conflicts provides a helpful guide for constructive public thinking. The book indicates how an informed public opinion can exert more effective pressure on striking parties, as well as how social and legal sanctions can be invoked to strengthen the influence of public opinion in actual strike situations. $4.00

Philanthropy's Role in Civilization Its Contribution to Human Freedom

By ARNAUDC. MARTS, President, Marts & Lundy, Inc. An eloquent plea for the support and continuance of private philanthropy, and a book of guidance for all concerned with fund-raising for institutions. "A needed and useful guide to our understanding of voluntary philanthropy as an important element in the American way of life."-From the Foreword by DR. KARLT. COMPTON. $3.00

AT YOUR BOOKSTORE OR FROM -49 E. 33rd St. HARPER & BROTHERS New York 16, N.Y. - Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements Marian E. Lucius NEW EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Marian E. Lucius, the newly appointed Executive Secretary of Special Libraries Association, brings to her new position a splendid background which includes fifteen years of actual working experience in special libraries in the business and financial fields. Miss Lucius comes to SLA from Price Waterhouse & Co. where she served as librarian for seven years. Prior to that she was librarian at the Research Institute of America. Born in Rochester, New York, Miss Lucius' early schooling was re- ceived in the Middlewest. She returned to attend the University of Rochester where, in 1932, she received a B.A. in history, and in 1934, an M.A. in economics. This was followed by special business school training, and in 1938, by the course in special libraries at Columbia University given by Eleanor S. Cavanaugh, librarian at Standard and Poor's Corporation. A member of SLA since 1938, Miss Lucius has taken an active part in the affairs of the Association. She has served on various committees and has held ofice both in the New York Chapter and in the Financial Division. More recently she has served on the SLA Finance Committee. Miss Lucius enjoys the respect and admiration of her many colleagues and friends. They all join in expressing their confidence in Miss Lucius and in extending their sincere good wishes for a happy and successful career as Executive Secretary of Special Libraries Association. The McGraw.Hil1 Reference

RALPHB. SMITH Vice President and Editorial Director, Publications Division, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc., New York, N. Y.

HE LIBRARY that serves the Mc- information on everybody's business. It TGr a w - Hi11 Publications Division has been doing this, with a variegated (business and trade magazines), the history, since the early '20's. McGraw-Hill Book Company (books The library was first known as a unlimited),, . and the McGraw-Hill In- "statistical reference library," whose li- ternational Corporation (business mag- brarian was responsible to the "statistical azines and books unlimited for foreign adviser." The first annual report proud- readers), is something special among ly claimed a grand total of 9,680 items special libraries and almost as public -books, bound volumes of magazines, as the public libraries. It plays an im- pamphlets and loose periodicals -as portant part in our publishing opera- the library's holdings. From its begin- tions and in our public relations with nings in a corner of the old McGraw- outside customers. Significantly, its line Hill building at 10th Avenue and 36th on the McGraw-Hill organization chart Street, the library has consistently pre- leads to the post of vice-president and empted larger quarters to house an editorial director. ever-growing collection of reference ma- Librarian Rose Boots' operation in terials, manned by a staff that has in- this kind of an enterprise, and in this creased from one to nine persons. At particular company which has set it- present it is armed with an outrageous self up as a world headquarters for number of telephones to expedite an- business and industrial information, is swers to inquiries that get more numer- special, too. The vast job of providing ous, more complex, and more fantastic the vital information needed by the every year. In 1952, McGraw-Hillites world's working millions who read Mc- queried the library approximately Graw-Hill magazines and books, hinges twenty thousand times. From outside on the library just as it does on the the company came another twelve thou- magazine editors and book authors who sand inquiries. In addition, over thir- investigate and report on the newest teen thousand items were circulated to applications of the world's burgeoning borrowers. Although many questions knowledge. And the company's mag- can be answered quickly by supplying azines and books serve to send readers names of manufacturers and other pub- to the McGraw-Hill library for supple- lishers, some samples are offered here- mentary or antecedent information. with to illustrate the degree of com- This is something different from the plexity and fantasy which such ques- tions can reach: job of the special library set up by a Approximately how many technical books company simply to collect and to keep were there available to the engineer in available the special information need- 1852? Can you give me some material that ed to guide it in running its own busi- will show how industrial "know-how" has ness. That job is on Miss Boots' list, of expanded from 1852 to 1952? What was the origin of the term "psycho- course, but dispensing information is logical warfare"? the company's function, and therefore How much rayon does one pound cellulose the McGraw-Hill library must provide yield?

SPECIAL LIBRARIES What is the total hp. used in the U. S. by indexes are prepared semi-annually for all types of diesel engines? three weeklies and annually for nine What is the prevailing wet bulb ternpera- monthlies. The semi-annual indexes are ture in Casablanca? issued separately and the annual in- Reference demands have more than dexes appear in the December issue of tripled in the last five years. In 1952 the magazine, or separately. A cumula- more people used the library than ever tive card index covering approximately before-at the rate of 174 each work- twenty years, classified by subject and ing day. by author for each publication, provides Characteristic of the service provided answers to reference questions regard- in a number of special libraries is the ing articles which have appeared on monthly publication, Whaf's New in the numerous topics over a period of years. Library. This annotated list is distrib- What visitors to the twenty-second uted to approximately 240 executives, floor of the big green building on West publishers, editors, sales and business 42nd Street, New York City, find to- managers, and department heads to in- day-once they can get their eyes off form them of new library material the spectacular view over the Hudson which could be useful to them in per- - is a brand-new air-conditioned libra- forming editorial, advertising or selling ry. Newton P. Bevin, New York archi- tasks, or which has particular subject tect who designed it, worked closely interest or other pertinent content. with Miss Boots over months of careful The library is responsible, also, for planning to achieve a thoroughly func- the collection, filing, housing and pre- tional layout. Fellow librarians will see servation of the company's archives - a demonstration of what they, too, original company publications, papers, might do with carte blanche to create pictures, anniversary editions, and mis- attractive quarters for efficient library cellany on the history of McGraw-Hill. service. It is a happy combination of One of the most vital services which know-how, wherewithal and an unstint- the library performs is the indexing of ed expenditure of creative imagination. twelve McGraw-Hill magazines. Printed Librarians will recognize how assidu-

Reading Room in McGraw-Hill Library A I- , , ,a', , , ,I:' NEWTON P. BEVIN, ARCHITECT, NEW YORK CTTY McGraw-Hill Library Floor Plan ously McGraw-Hill has sought to com- ice and I know with the more efficient lay- bine the best ideas and features em- out greater things will be accomplished. We have every faith in your most vital and bodied in other special libraries. This necessary service to the company as a whole." report affords a welcome opportunity for the company to acknowledge a debt Interested inquirers will be informed to those libraries that Mr. Bevin and that the attractive modern decor fol- Miss Boots visited and studied. lows a color scheme of wheat gold, It might be pointed out that it was toast, dark grey and green. Furniture the late Curtis W. McGraw's under- and equipment is new throughout. The standing of the needs of a great pub- adjustable and special shelves and draw- lishing enterprise that made the new ers, coat closet, supply cabinet, filing library what it is today. cabinets, and desks for the staff are of Mr. McGraw's constant interest in metal. The catalog, reference desks, the progress of the company library display case, reading tables and chairs. can best be expressed in the letter are all of natural birch with a blond which he sent to Miss Boots up01 the finish. A soundproof ceiling and efficient completion of the removal to new qzar- fluorescent lighting were considered es- ters and which said among other things: sential. "My fundamental thought is and has been Library operations are carried on in for a long time that if we cannot have an a space which occupies 3,175 usable outstanding library, we really oughf to have none. I realize thaf during fhe lasf few years square feet divided into separate refer- you have all broken many records for serv- ence, work, reading and stack areas,

360 SPECIAL LIBRARIES with an adjacent microfilm room. In the entrance area there are two refer- ence desks where all personal and tele- phone inquiries are answered, a book bin for returns, a charge file cabinet, a card catalog, a bulletin board, a refer- ence table accommodating six people, and a large glass display case used for exhibits of McGraw-Hill archives. The library's 1,479 reference books are housed in this area. Here also may be found a special "Help Yourself" shelf, providing McGraw-Hill employees with self-improvement books on subjects relevant to their work and homelife. At the front reference desks a staff The pride and joy of the staff, says of four, three professionals and one non- Miss Boots, is a separate workroom, professional, take turns on alternate with counter, shelves, and supply cab- days. Opposite the entrance door, and inet. Here is done all the heavy and somewhat shielded by the height of the untidy work connected with prepara- periodical shelves, are three offices con- tion of acquisitions, incoming mail, structed of gray steel and glass, with maintenance and repair. bank-type partitions five-and-a-half feet In the aisle leading to the reading high. The librarian, associate librarian, room and backing the work-area shelves and reference assistant and cataloger is a specially designed counter and occupy these offices. Desks for the other shelf area. Here are shelved all heavy meGbers of the staff are located by the reference books such as atlases, Gnion windows overlooking the river and are List of Serials, Cumulative Book Index, separated from the reading room by a Standard and Poor's Services, Moody's row of steel filing cases in an arrange- Investors' Service, etc. They can be con- ment designed to minimize disturbance veniently consulted at the counter, un- and interruptions. derneath which are wide steel drawers An attractive reading room in the containing maps and current newspaper back-center section of the library pro- files. Last, but not least among librari- vides a quiet, secluded space for library- ans' dreams, are the neatly hidden users. The current year's issues of Mc- "wash-up" sink, water cooler, and um- Graw-Hill magazines and those of other brella rack. publishers, are shelved here around Some 16,000 volumes of books, mag- three circular tables accommodating azines and reference services, plus un- twelve readers. counted thousands of pamphlets and The main book collection, bound vol- government publications, make up the umes of magazines, back files of loose concentrated collection of source ma- magazines and of government publica- terial with emphasis on scientific, tech- tions, are housed in a separate stack nical, engineering, industrial and eco- area at the back of the library. The nomic data -all cataloged and classi- microfilm reading room, which contains fied according to the Dewey Decimal five file cabinets, a steel desk, a chair, Classification and ready for circulation and a Recordak reader, is off this area. as requested by all members of the (The hard-working library staff has McGraw-Hill organization, tenants of been engaged in a mammoth project of the McGraw-Hill Building, and other getting a storeroom-full of bound vol- special libraries. umes of McGraw-Hill magazines turn- Four professional librarians and five ed into microfilm.) non-professionals, with terms of service

NOVEMBER 1953 36 1 in the McGraw-Hill Library ranging one of them stands ready to dig out from one year to twenty-three, share the answer to any question, even if it with Miss Boots the task of satisfying takes them as far back as March 1866, the McGraw management's definition the first date in the library's valuable of the unique scope of a library in a collection of the progenitors of the Mc- publishing house. A staff manual has Graw-Hill magazines. been developed by Miss Boots and her Members of the staff assisting Miss staff of eight which provides a standard Boots include: Joan Plotkin, associate guide for library personnel and pro- librarian; Cynthia Saidel, reference as- cedures. sistant and cataloger; Cora Robertson The editorial director operates on the Skillman, indexer (hers the twenty- conviction that nine women is a formid- three year record); Ruth Abbadessa, able number, but nevertheless indis- senior reference assistant; Helen Schaef- pensable. er, assistant indexer; Elizabeth Velten, The McGraw-Hill management oper- records manager; Lynne Nagy, circula- ates on the justified conviction that any tion assistant; Anna Polizzano, secretary.

McGraw-Hill Library Custom Built Unit for heavy reference books, and a specially designed counter with drawers for maps and newspapers. Next Issue The December issue of SPECIALLIBRARIES will include: Five Thousand Years of Glassmaking; Corning Library Tells the Story ROBERTL. EDWARDS Public Relations Director, Corning Glass Center * * * Magpie's Law Bishop Museum and Its Library ROBERTKEITH LEAVITT MARGARETTITCOMB Writer and Advertising Counsel Librarian, Bishop Museum, Honolulu

362 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Transitions in Library Services4' Newspaper Librarianship Today

CHESTERM. LEWIS Chief Librarian, The New York Times, New York City

NE OF THE NEWEST and most use- tion of whether a newspaper is running 0 ful tools for a librarian has been a morgue or a powerhouse depends issued by the Public Relations Com- principally upon the incentive of the mittee of the Special Libraries Associa- librarian and the productivity of the ciation. This is a library staff toward achieving new types visual presentation of service. with the title, "Our Sometimes we do not stop to realize Library." In the the wealth of information contained in small hand book material that is routinely processed and which accompanies filed by the library. Such information it, these questions should be disseminated where it does are asked: 1) Are the most good and not left buried in you doing a creative files. This involves very little additional job? 2) Do you effort on the part of the library staff. N. Y. Times have definite objec- Besides being processed, material can CHESTERW. LEWIS tives for your libra- also be digested and circulated. Top ry? 3) Do you have management doesn't have the time to a sound public relations program for evaluate such literature and very often your library? 4) Are you making the is not even aware of it. Here is an op- most of your Association membership? portunity for the librarian to point out 5) Do you have sound objectives for accurate information on trends, competi- yourself? 6) Do you have a sound pub- tive products, and sources of potential lic relations program for yourself? 7) revenue, without waiting to be asked. Do you have a continuing program for progress? Library Services Recognition Let's examine some of the routine Librarians have long complained services that the newspaper library about their low salaries and lack of gives. The basic function is to provide recognition. They are beginning to find background information and verifica- out that there is a selling job to be done tion of given facts as quickly and as . . . that every library needs a public accurately as possible. This is supplied relations program in promoting the li- from existing information contained in brary and its services. Many librarians the library proper or from outside simply consider themselves as keepers sources and contacts made through As- of files and books. Still others think of sociation membership. In addition, some themselves as creators of ideas -ideas libraries attempt to obtain biographical that are productive for every depart- data to keep files up to date by sending ment of their organization. The ques- out routine questionnaires. Others at- tempt to reduce expenditures by acting :>Paper presented at the 44th Annual SLA as a focal point for purchases of peri- Convention in Toronto, Canada, before a joint meeting of the Newspaper, Publishing and odicals and books. Such mass buying Business Divisions, June 25, 1953. usually results in discounts. Greater

NOVEMBER 1953 economy in the use of book material is petitors. The difference between papers often made by routing ex-current refer- is the sum total of its staff contributions ence material to various departments, toward a better product. This concerns both within and outside the newspaper every employee of the newspaper and organization. These may be shipped it is from this viewpoint that the library regularly to foreign offices and corre- can do its part in a creative sense. Let's spondents or to local correspondents. examine one national periodical that A number of libraries issue accession comes into every library. The May is- lists on new materials. Some go still sue of Reader's Digest contained a num- further and offer cursory reviews of ma- ber of stories that might be applied terial that is of specific interest to in- locally, if called to the attention of the dividuals or departments. city editor or the editorial staff. Three Many newspapers have question-and- of the articles that concerned problems answer columns prepared and edited common to acy community were: 1) by the library staff. The library may "These Teen-agers Got Summer Jobs", be partly or fully responsible for com- an explanation of what the Iowa City piling "Futures." Women's Club did to relieve the sum- mer employment of youth. 2) "Drunk Bibliographies Trap- Alcometer for Drunks". A de- Some libraries prepare bibliographies vice for reducing accidents. 3) "We of available reference material for use Can Do Something About It", how a in forthcoming events, such as a na- neighborhood can keep from becoming tional election. Useful bibliographies a slum. While it isn't necessary to par- are often compiled of major reference rot the Digesf, these ideas might be a works that are particularly suitable for starting point for local drives. the use of specific departments, such as The same principle applies to books. a list of foreign "Who's Who" and A standard reference volume like Who gazetteers that are particularly useful Knows -and What, published by A. for a foreign desk. Tours for new and N. Marquis, contains a list of specialists old staff members are a regular part of in every field. Here is a fount of infor- the library program in a number of mation for regional features or even libraries, supplemented by instruction picture layouts. on the use of reference materials. This Pictures would be an excellent place to include the visual presentation, "Our Library," Greater emphasis is being made of by the Public Relations Committee of the use of pictures in all newspapers. the Special Libraries Association. How much does the library contribute One newspaper library devised an in the way of suggestions to the picture index which serves as a control for editor? If the indexer can be made to keeping all obituaries up to date. It think in terms of picture potential and can submit ideas based on indexed indicates whether the obituary is set, unset, galley and column number, iden- stories, it can prove to be a substantial tification of the individual involved, and contribution. This type of service by the date that the obituary was written. one newspaper brought the following It enables the city editor or obituary reaction: desk to keep them current. "During the four months this service has Many libraries are being featured in been in operation, it is my opinion that it can institutional ads which help to point be considered a success, for the following reasons: out why theirs is a better product. 1. "It has provided me, the picture planner, Creative Performance with additional eyes, assuring as far as pos- sible that every issue of our paper, and many The newspaper, like every other of the other local dailies, is read and appraised product, usually has one or more com- from the first page to the last.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES 2. "The checking of the killed material has advertising staff that are mentioned in turned up several items worthy of considera- other periodicals or newspapers. Very tion that otherwise would never have been often, the manufacturer of the new found. This means still another source of story material. We on the picture desk have never, product can be shown the sales poten- to my knowledge, had the opportunity to go tial of the paper. Eventually, the sales through the kills for stories that make pictures, staff hears about such products, but the even though the editors feel they are not good library can be ahead of the salesman. enough to run as text. If the library handles exchange papers, 3. "I would suggest that the service has trends in format and coverage can be given the indexers a greater sense of active participation in the production of the daily analyzed and pointed out to the man- paper. agement. State legislation in other states "The service has often produced ideas that might be applicable in your state. These have also occurred to the picture planner and can be pointed out to the editorial staff. the assignment editor. This is unavoidable and should not matter because in this sense, the Equipment service is a double check on upcoming news, In the housekeeping division of the making the scanning of the papers as air-tight as possible. library, new equipment can be intro- "Following are a few rough statistics on the duced that broadens the service of the ideas submitted: library, such as the quick photocopying (a) "Ideas considered good enough for the devices currently available, or it may picture editor's consideration, 45; (b) Ideas be the reduction of library space and approved and assigned by the picture editor, consequently the cost to the newspaper, 23; (c) Ideas published, 4. by microfilming clipping files on 35 or "This does not include upwards of six stories currently in process that have every 70mm. microfilm. These applications possibility of appearing in print. The disparity can serve other parts of the organiza- between ideas approved and assigned, and tion as well as the library. Photocopy- ideas published, is far more normal than it ing can be undertaken for other depart- appears. Because of considerations like space, ments, or the procedure explained to picture quality, the flow of news and the con- stantly changing value of stories, only a frac- them. The same principle applies to tion of all the photographic assignments made microfilming-auditing, circulation, by the picture desk every day appears in classified records can be microfilmed to print." reduce space. Very often the applica- tion has not even occurred to the heads Features of such sections. A number of national Constructive suggestions can be made magazines can keep one constantly for features. Ideas can be obtained from abreast of new equipment and tech- books such as the American Book of niques used in all fields. Days, the Brifish Book of Days, Festi- The librarian with his record-keeping vals, USA., Special Days, Weeks and knowledge and techniques, can point Months, published by Printers' Ink, or out to management the asset of a record a simple little book like Lost Men of department, and can assist management American History, by Stewart H. Hol- in setting up record retention schedules brook, published by Macmillan in 1946. and techniques for all newspaper de- This latter volume contains a wealth of partments. fascinating historical information that is little-known and seldom-used. The Conclusion librarian can make effective use of such These are but a few of the ideas in material. use in various organizations. It is ideas The library indexer is in a position like these that call attention of man- to note errors in the paper, i.e., typo- agement to the library as a creator of graphical errors, errors in spelling, fact ideas and not just a keeper of files. As and style. He can contribute directly a result, staff morale can be improved to the advertising revenue of his paper and consequently the salary level of by pointing out new products to the the entire library.

NOVEMBER 1953 Some Observations on Fifty Technical Library Bulletins*

LUCILLEJACKSON Librarian, School of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State College

T THE REQUEST of Industrial Re- job should best be done. Some bulletins A search Institute a study was made are highly selective and give informa- of fifty examples of library bulletins as tion in brief, while others are very com- a part of a project to prepare an exhibit prehensive. It is, however, difficult to of publications illustrating services per- compare them precisely because ac- formed by the libraries and informa- count must be taken of the fact that tion services of member companies. some are issued at more frequent inter- While this survey was made primarily vals than others, nor do the bulletins for the benefit of members of the In- always represent an organization's full stitute, some of the information gleaned coverage of the literature. In general, from so representative a sample of bul- there is revealed in this group of exam- letins was thought to be of potential ples a relationship between the extent interest to anyone at all concerned with to which a company watches the cur- such intramural publications. It hap- rent publications and the scale of its pens that the majority of the fifty mem- development enterprise; the larger busi- ber companies of the Institute whose nesses, active in broad fields of interest, bulletins were offered for the collection usually find it expedient to keep their are engaged in research involving some research staff members informed of all field of chemistry, with strong repre- possibly pertinent publications, at least sentation in the pharmaceutical, petrole- as many as may be read. There is a um, and food industries. point where selectivity should be exer- Sample copies of typical issues of the cised, however, and if a simple, restrict- bulletins were examined to determine ed bulletin prepared with a minimum and compare the kinds of publications of work will suffice, good judgment will covered by them, the styles of presenta- forestall a more elaborate effort. tion of material, systems of preparing, In the majority of the organizations and methods used for their duplication. represented in this group of fifty only Each of these aspects is discussed in one bulletin is issued, but in a few, ten this paper. precisely, more than one listing is sup- plied. The material may be divided General Observations either according to source or subject, or a distinctive feature such as a running The most outstanding characteristic calendar of forthcoming meetings of so- of these fifty bulletins is their diversity. cieties and associations may be issued Though there are many points of simi- separately. In some cases it is advan- larity, no two are alike, not even in the tageous to prepare brief listings of very coverage of material by companies in pertinent material to be distributed the same fields. They definitely reflect weekly or even daily in addition to the individual interpretations as to how the regular bulletin. As an illustration of the way in which material is divided :$ Paper presented before the American according to subject material, one com- Chemical Society, Chemical Literature Divi- sion, Buffalo, New York, April 25, 1952, and pany issues Scientific Abstracts and printed here through courtesy of ACS. Business Abstracts simultaneously.

366 SPECIAL LIBRARIES velopment fields. In four of the twenty-six Miss Jackson is the bulletins in which articles were abstracted the editor of "Technical Li- abstracts were signed or initialed. Two of braries: Their Organi- them list the names of the abstractors. zation and Manage- All possible types of periodical pub- ment." She is chairmarl lications are represented in the bulle- of the SLA Publica- tins, with emphasis upon the standard tions Committee. scientific and technical journals pub- lished by societies and independent Frequency of Publication publishers. Many trade publications are All of the fifty bulletins are issued covered also. From as few as twenty- at regular intervals, and forty of them five to more than two hundred individ- come out twice a month. Five are month- ual titles are reviewed in preparing ly, and five weekly. They all are dated; these bulletins, the scope of coverage many have volume and issue numbers, being dependent upon the range of the a new volume being- started at the be- fields of interest. The individual re- ginning of each calendar year. sources of a library are extended im- measurably by including among the pe- Literature Sources Represented riodicals reviewed the comprehensive Periodicals abstracting pub1 i c a t io n s, principally Several categories of original publi- Chemical Abstracts. cations are used as sources for material to be presented in the bulletins, and as Books is to be expected, foremost among them Books, newly acquired, are listed in is the periodical literature. Forty-seven a majority of the bulletins. They are of the bulletins cite individual refer- usually given at the beginning or at the ences selected from current journals in end of an issue. Three companies of one of the following ways: this group prepare an entirely separate 1. Titles of periodicals are listed under which Book List. a selection of articles from them are given. The most common practice is to cite This most simple system is used for six of this author, title, publisher, place, and date group of bulletins. of publications. However, in two of our 2. The individual references are cited fully. examples, reviews or contents notes, giving title of article, author, title of journal. volume number, pages, and date. These are particularly of highly pertinent mate- then grouped under broad subject headings or rial, are added. according to a classification system. In some bulletins each reference is assigned a topical Pamphlets dubject heading to reveal its content at quick Pamphlets are in most instances glance. treated in the same manner as are 3. Short annotations, giving only enough in- books, though some are incorporated formation to characterize the articles, may be with the periodical items. When there added to the fully cited references. This is done in ten of the bulletins. are several from one source they may 4. Carefully written abstracts of the articles be listed together; for example, a group may be provided, a practice followed in of translations might be listed under twenty-six of the fifty bulletins reviewed. This "Translations"; one alone would be in- method unquestionably provides the most in- formation, but there is a valid difference of cluded with other pamphlet materials. opinion as to whether it is economic to repro- Among the pamphlets represented in duce and circulate so large a volume of ma- the collection of bulletins are trade terial. In many organizations all publications publications, catalogs, price lists, gov- noted are abstracted and published in the ernment documents, unpublished docu- bulletin. At the same time copies are made to be added to a continuously accumulated card ments, translations, and the numerous file. Some companies, however, consider that items defying classification picked up only a selected portion of the material wanted by alert literature searchers. for the permanent reference files need be cir- culated. These divergent points of view are Patents met in companies working in the same de- A class of government documents of

NOVEMBER 19-53 unique importance to technical devel- phase of the literature as a means of opment interests is that of patents. informal instruction. Another includes They are sometimes treated in the same a running, reportorial account of newly manner as are periodical articles, and developed products and processes. interspersed with them in the listing. Format In some bulletins they are listed sep- The formats of the fiftv bulletins arately at the end of an issue. Four of show wide diversity within the inevita- the fifty companies have separate pat- bly narrow limits of possible variation. ent bulletins, prepared not by the libra- This feature, the planning of the style ry staff, but by the patent department. and make-up is very important as a de- Patents are represented in twenty-one terminant of the effectiveness of the of the fifty bulletins. publication. A neat, easy to read ar- Many of the bulletins show only in- rangement of material attracts readers. cidental coverage of patents such as is Information mav be all but buried bv achieved from Chemical Abstracts. a poorly planned make-up. Others reveal that they are selected Of the fifty bulletins, forty-five are directly from the several official patent issued on standard letter-size sheets. gazettes. It is significant to note that in Thirty-three have the lines typed across many organizations it is apparently the sheet. seven have a two-column ar- found to be satisfactory to confine pat- rangement. Two use the sheet length- ent attention to those issued in the wise. Some have distinctive covers, pos- United States only. Others extend cov- sibly colored and bearing a simple line erage to those granted in Canada and drawing suggestive of the library. Others Great Britain. In only one bulletin of have a colored first sheet bearing the the fifty was very broad coverage title of the bulletin either typed there- shown; this one included Switzerland, on or reproduced from a specially de- Australia, Union of South Africa, Italy, signed cut. The table of contents may and Japan. be typed on this first sheet. Miscellaneous Items Five bulletins are issued in sizes LABORATORYREPORTS. Only one of the adapted to the spacing of items in fifty bulletins includes the titles of cur- standard catalog card size areas. For rently issued laboratory reports. two of them, strips of standard width PUBLICATIONSOF COMPANYPERSON- are used, and three are published on NEL. In two of the bulletins, publica- sheets 7 x 12 inches in size, lined or tions by company personnel are brought perforated to accommodate eight 3.5 x to attention by putting them in a desig- 12.5 cm. size spaces within which the nated list. references are typed. This system is convenient not only for the individual BASICREADING LIST. One of the sam- who wants to remove items for a per- ple bulletins included (on a separate sonal file, but it permits duplication on sheet accompanying it) a list of publi- cards for library files from a single cations not of research value but titles typing. of articles helpful in providing back- A guide to the contents of a bulletin ground information concerning the in- is usually provided by listing the sub- dustry. Another one had as part of the ject headings with pages noted in a bulletin itself a somewhat similar se- table at the beginning of the issue. lection of items of collateral interest. Thirty-five of the fifty have some kind SUMMARYREPORTS. TWO bulletins pre- of table of contents. Only one of this sent information in a manner that re- group of bulletins was fully indexed by quires some organization and interpre- subject. tation rather than the usual straight In ten of the bulletins a form for re- presentation of fact. In one company questing items cited in the issue is in- each issue features a discussion of some cluded.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES System for Preparing Literature Abstract Bulletin In general, a bulletin is the responsi- Current Periodical Review Review of Current Literature Abstracts bility of the library, and one of the im- Library Digest portant duties of the head of the service Literature Reference Bulletin is to be its editor or else to see that Monthly Title Review of Current Tech- another staff member is appointed. The nical Literature editor may select material from the Technical Abstracfs Scientific Abstracfs publications reviewed, and either write abstracts himself or pass them on to Circulation other staff members to assist with the Circulation of technical library bul- writing. Several systems are described letins is usually confined within the or- in Chapter X of the book, Technical ganization. Of these fifty only one is Libraries: Their Organization and Man- known to be circulated freely to an agement, a publication of the Special outside mailing list. Three carry a state- Libraries Association. ment reminding readers that the bul- letin is for the use of company person- Methods of Duplication nel only. The ordinary office methods for mak- ing duplicate copies of typed material Conclusion are used for a major number of the The issuing of a bulletin of selections bulletins, the most popular being the from the currently published literature mimeograph and multilith. Two are re- is bv now a well established function of produced by photo-offset which is ad- libraries in companies engaged in in- vantageous because it allows a reduc- dustrial research, and the bulletins from tion in the size of ordinary copy. The which the facts for this paper were Vari-typer provides a means of varying gleaned supply strong supporting evi- the size of type. dence of the wide acceptance of the The following tabulation shows all of necessity for such a continuous service. the duplication methods represented: There is no other way of disseminating Carbon copy ...... 1 information quickly to those who plan Hectograph ...... 10 and execute programs of research. The Mimeograph ...... 22 bulletins show interesting diversity in Multilith ...... 12 Ozalid ...... 1 the details of their make-ur, and con- Photo-offset ...... 2 tent, healthy indication of a very active Print ...... 2 function of technical libraries in which Titles of Bulletins the general ideas and methods are It is of some interest to note the va- adapted to suit particular requirements. riety of the titles used to designate This sharing of ideas should lead to the these bulletins. The generic term, Li- inspiration of still other modifications brary Bulletin, suffices for many of to result eventually in even more effec- them. Some of the others are titled: tive bulletins.

THE DIRECTORY OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES The Ditec~oryo/ Special Libraries was issued September 15. Preparation and printing of the Directory consumed roughly six months. It was based on informa- tion in response to questionnaires sent to librarians as of February l, 1953. Where no response was received even after a follow-up, names of libraries were in- cluded as starred entries. For these libraries, an entry appears in the subiect index whenever the main subject covered by the collection is apparent in the title. Research workers will find the subject index a useful guide to material in specific fields. The Directory includes such further useful data as: description of the library, size, availability of the collection, date of establishment, etc., which should also help the researcher. ISABELTOWNER

NOVEMBER 19.53 369 TO PUBLISHERS:

Suggestions from Special Librarians

A summary of the panel discussion on "How Publishers Can Help Special Librarians," sponsored by the PUBLISHING DIVISION of the Special Libraries Asso- ciation, at the 44th Annual Convention, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada, June 25, 1953 . . . MRS. ANNE J. RICHTER, R. R. Bowker Company, program chairman and panel secretary . . . ROSE BOOTS, McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., Inc., moderator. Panel members representing SLA Divisions: Advertising, MRS. VERA HALLORAN, J. M. Mathes, lnc. . . . Business, ALICE J. LEVITON, Jewish Vocational Service . . . Financial, MARIAN E. LUCIUS, Price Waterhouse & Co. . . . Hospital, MRS. JACQUE- LINE FELTER, Memorial Center . . . Iusurance, MONA MARTIN, Great-West Life As- surance Co. . . . A'ewapaper, JOSEPH MOLLOY, "Philadelphia Inquirer" . . . Science- 'I'rchnology. MRS. MARIE S. GOFF, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

PECIAL LIBRARIANS would be "lost" ers. This panel proved the opening S without the publishers who print wedge for which they had been waiting, the books, magazines, pamphlets and and also gave other special librarians a government publications with which chance to air their views. From all in- they answer a multitude of questions dications the program was very well re- on a wide variety of subjects. Every ceived. Unfortunately, many people special librarian, however, at some time wanted to attend the meeting but found has been faced with problems created a conflict with other programs on the by current publishing practices which Convention schedule and there was not if corrected or eliminated would speed sufficient time for discussion from the many library procedures and help the floor by the one hundred members at- librarians to give better and quicker tending the panel. reference service to their library users. Because of the lively interest in this The question of cooperation between topic which affects all special librarians, librarians and publishers is far from it has been suggested that the program being a new area of discussion. Ten be repeated, if possible, at a general years ago the American Standards As- session of the 1954 SLA Convention. sociation issued the second edition of a Publishers could be invited in advance code on American Standard Reference to send representatives to participate in Data and Arrangement of Periodicals. the discussion, to answer questions, and This code first appeared in 1935 and to tell us whether or not it is possible was revised in 1943 by a committee of to bring about the suggested improve- librarians and publishers which worked ments for which we hope. three years on it. The SLA was repre- In the interim, there is presented sented on that committee by Ruth M. here an outline of the topics covered, Lane. Many of the self-same problems the problems presented, and the sug- apparently are still unsolved, for this gestions recommended by the panel. topic proved to be a favorite subject of Reprints of this article will be sent to several of the 1953 panel members who publishers throughout the country so had been accumulating material to il- that they will have an opportunity to lustrate their problems, hoping that study them and be prepared to tell us they would eventually have an oppor- at our proposed meeting in 1954 if it is tunity to present them to the publish- possible for them to make the suggested

SPECIAL LIBRARIES changes in their publishing practices. old circulars! A good librarian will The following suggested improve- check the actual date of publication be- ments were offered by the panel to fore ording but this takes unnecessary publishers of books, pamphlets, mag- time. azines and government pub1 i c a t i o n s, Another confusion develops in the with the hope that some standardiza- case of books published in England, say tion of practice will result. in 1952. An American publisher may bring out the same book with a change BOOKS of title a year later. When the book is Date and Edition ordered, it proves to be identically the It would save many hours of a libra- same as the British edition already in rian's time if publishers would include the library. Could this information be the date of publication and the edition given not only in the book but on all in their various advertising circulars advertising and promotion? and catalogs. Books in Print, the index Some titles are misleading in them- to publishers7 calatogs, could then give selves. Certain reference books, for in- the date and edition of each book list- stance, deal strictly with British sub- ed. The R. R. Bowker Company, pub- ject matter and yet nothing in the title lishers of Books in Print, has agreed to or in the advertising indicates this im- include this data if publishers will sup- portant fact. A recently-published dic- ply the information in their catalogs for tionary on banking did not indicate the Trade List Annual. If only this one either by title or in descriptive material suggestion were accepted, it was felt that it covered British banking only. that the June panel would have served its purpose! It was agreed that publishers in an- nouncing a new book should indicate Advertising more definitely when it would be avail- Every librarian has difficulty in per- able. Advertising blurbs are received suading those who use the library that saying "Coming," "Order Promptly," the book advertised is the same edition "Ready Soon," and yet the book may as that currently on the library shelves, not be shipped by the publisher for often a book which has been there for months. It would be most helpful if the several years. A case in point is a well- publisher could state approximately known financial handbook for which a when the book will be released. new printing was announced in 1951. One panel member reported that at Graphs and Illustrations least fifteen requests for the 1951 edi- A plea was made for better docu- tion were received. Actually, the latest mentation of graphs, statistical tables edition was 1943 and the contents were and pictures. To find a phrase such as unchanged in the new printing. Such Department of Commerce under a advertising material goes also to many graph or table is of no value unless the executives and causes considerable con- librarian knows from what publication, fusion. If the book happens to be one booklet or bulletin it was taken or what with which the librarian is not familiar, bureau of the department compiled it. a great deal of research is necessitated. Another important point is whether and even after a copy has been ordered, the information in the graph comes it may prove to be just a reprint, not a from the text of some publication or new edition, and then has to be returned. whether the graph in itself is the publi- A biographical dictionary was adver- cation. If the latter is the case, what is tised in a circular as a "brand-new edi- the source of its statistics? tion," yet this same circular was still in Many hours are spent trying to match use for a mailing two years after the graph material with figures from the new edition was actually published. same government department. Often a Please don't try to save money by using librarian is asked to extend a graph or

NOVEMBER 1953 bring it up to date and it is very diffi- Several librarians reported that some cult to do so unless the source of the publishers still omit relating their in- figures in the graph is made clear. voices or their monthly statements to As for illustrations, could there be the buyer's purchase orders. When the more uniformity of style as to credits? invoice is sent under separate cover, a When blanket credits are given for pic- notation "Your order number . . ." is tures, the librarian is unable to identify important. the source of individual pictures. Often The practice of a few publishers of in the same book some pictures will sending books accompanied by invoices. carry credit lines in the text while without prior purchase order, should be others do not. There may be a page of discouraged. This practice is especially acknowledgments of picture credits and annoying when customs duty is involv- yet other credit lines appear at random ed and the books are directed to a through the volume. number of officers as well as to the li- The comments on graphs and pic- brarian in a single organization. tures apply equally to pamphlets or periodicals as well as to books. Canadian Agents Canadian librarians order books Library of Congress Card Numbers through Canadian agents of both United The panel members stressed the im- States and British publishers. It is urged portance of including Library of Con- that all publishers keep The H. W. Wil- gress card numbers on the copyright son Company informed as to changes page of all books to speed cataloging. in representation so that the listing of More than 500 publishers are now co- Canadian agents in the "Directory of operating in this program, but if the Publishers" which appears in the Cumu- remaining publishers could be per- lative Book Index will be up to date. suaded to follow this practice it would be most helpful. All publishers issuing PAMPHLETS at least ten books a year are urged to Dates and Sources send a copy of each new book to the All material published in pamphlet United States Quarterly Book Review form should be dated and should state in advance of publication, to facilitate clearly the price, if not gratis, and the the preparation of LC cards. Libraries source from which the pamphlet may could then make use of the cards at the be purchased or obtained. time the books become available. If ad- Many special libraries have large vance copies are not feasible, the pub- pamphlet collections. The lack of date lishers should send a bound copy as on the pamphlet decreases its informa- soon as possible. tion value. Even if the library stamps it when it is received, the date of publi- Invoices cation is not known and it may not be Believe it or not, some publishers the same as the acquisition date by and many of the associations which many months or even by years. publish books still hide invoices inside Many pamphlet publishers print ab- the books. The usual practice in large solutely no information as to where companies is to have the package open- copies may be obtained. The pamphlet ed by the shipping department and the publications of societies are often most invoice sent to the accounting depart- difficult to locate. They cannot be or- ment. Sometimes the invoices get lost dered from either the society or the or are still hidden in the pages of the author. Pamphlets are often distributed book when it is charged out, and in by some organization or person inter- many companies the bills cannot be ested in the subject matter of the article paid without the invoices. If they are rather than by the author or publisher. put in the book, could it be just inside One panel member asked wistfully, the front cover or plainly attached? "Are we allowed to dream on this

372 SPECIAL LIBRARIES panel? Could a law be passed to have up the publication of the magazine. all pamphlets the same size?" Some Moreover, the inclusion of the index in- years ago at a luncheon at an SLA Con- creases the cost of publication. How- vention, a gentleman from a national ever, shouldn't subscribers really be en- association spoke on the subject of titled to the indexes without having to standardization. At the end of his talk, remember to write for them each year? a well-known librarian commented that Again we plead for wider margins on he was advocating standardization and separate indexes to facilitate binding- yet the publications of his own associa- and no six-page folds. tion were anything but standard as to Perhaps a notation could be put in a size. prominent spot on the cover or on the Reprints "Table of Contents" page to indicate It would be helpful to know if re- an issue that includes the index. A dif- prints of speeches or magazine articles ferent font of type might make the no- are available. Reprints should contain tation more readily apparent. source and date of article, price if it is Although it is not a common prac- not gratis, and state clearly "Available tice, it is most annoying when an index from -." Reprints, like pamphlets appears in a subsequent issue com- are often distributed by some organi- pletely stapled in with text and adver- zation or person interested in the sub- tising. In this case one must mutilate the ject matter of the article rather than magazine to pull it out for binding with by the author or publisher. Reprints the issues it really covers. There is no from psychological magazines are par- postal ruling that makes this necessary. If ticularly difficult to order. Professional labelled Part 2 it can be sent with any men often ask for reprints and give issue. At least, let it be a separate sig- only the author's name. It would be nature and one easily separated from most helpful to have the source and the issue in which it appears. For ex- price easily available on the title page. ample, one popular financial magazine used to issue a separate index. Now the MAGAZINES AND SERIALS index is included in the February or Indexes March issue which must be mutilated Indexing is another important aspect to remove it. That in itself is bad for librarians and improvements could enough, but frequently one finds that be made in indexing the contents of the index takes up three-quarters of a both books and periodicals. double page spread and then the page All non-fiction books should contain in- is filled with other important material dexes and if a uniform system of alpha- which should remain in the issue for betizing could be settled upon, (the tele- binding. phone directory style was mentioned) In technical magazines a cumulative it would aid greatly in quickly locating index is very valuable. Many technical needed reference materials. Some libra- magazines index material by subject, rians favor the index made by authors but apparently this is not common themselves as being more accurate and practice. The desirability of subject en- comprehensive than those prepared by tries as well as author and title listings professional indexers. Probably a combi- for a more useful index was empha- nation of the two is the ideal solution. sized. Could a way be found for publishers Since the "Table of Contents" doesn't of magazines to put their semi-annual always list the material by author as and annual indexes in the June and well as by title, could the annual index December issues or to send them auto- include author index? Most indexes do matically to their library subscribers? publish an author index, either as a We realize that putting the index in the separate or as a dictionary listing in the issue is often difficult without holding subject listing.

NOVEMBER 1953 Sometimes the covers come off before the magazines get back to the library Mrs. Richter is well- for storage or permanent binding. One known in the publish- ing world as editor of very popular weekly magazine, because the annual, "Literary it has no wrapper, often has lost its Market Place" and cover before reaching the subscriber. other Bowker direc- One oversize advertising magazine in tories. She is bulletin newspaper format is so poorly bound editor of the SLA Pub- lishing Division. that the cover (containing text) is often completely missing or partly torn off after being routed to library users. Li- brarians are disturbed by the trend to There are many demands in adver- bigger and bigger magazines. It makes tising agency libraries for an "Index to shelf space a real problem. More and Advertisers." Fortune, Business Week, more magazines are sneaking up to the Good Housekeeping and other mag- size of Fortune. azines offer this service, but many con- sumer magazines are offenders. Since Pagination and Contents much of the advertising comes in the Could there be some uniformity as to form of page cuts with no room for where the "Table of Contents" appears page numbers, it is understandable why in periodicals? Publishers were urged paging is often omitted, but could not not to omit it and not to publish it on a the other ad pages be numbered? page with text. In most magazines it Indexes for some magazines are very is literally hidden by the advertising slow in appearing. Can anything be pages. Is there any spot where one done about speeding their publication? could look at least for information as to where to find the "Table of Con- Format tents7'-perhaps on the cover, or with- The panel offered varied suggestions in the first four pages where the copy- for magazine publishers. First and fore- right notice appears. Technical men most was a plea not to change the size have stated they like the "Table of of a magazine in the middle of a year. Contents" on the front cover, others From a library viewpoint the changing prefer it on the back cover. We realize of the size of a periodical creates a that this is often impossible and also serious binding problem. The same is that the inside covers are valuable ad- true to a certain degree if the name of vertising space, but at least there might the magazine is changed mid-year. be a key to where the "Table of Con- And speaking of names, a definite tents" is located if it cannot be consist- title is most desirable. For example, the ently placed within the first four pages. new magazine of the American Chem- Not only should the "Table of Con- ical Society is sometimes referred to tents" be in a spot easily found, but it by ACS as the Journal of Agricultural should have the full title of the peri- and Food Chemistry, sometimes as Agri- odical, with volume, number, date of cultural Chemistry. How is a librarian issue, all in one place. Similar informa- to know what is the real name of the tion plus inclusive page numbers should periodical? It is also important to have also appear on the spine of the peri- the same title on the cover and spine odical if possible. Any change of title or of a magazine as that appearing on the frequency, any mergers, should be text pages. prominently stated with indication as Good bindings are extremely impor- to which volume numbering is to be tant. Magazines have hard usage in spe- continued. An English translation of the cial libraries, often being routed to "Table of Contents" of foreign journals many members of the organization. would be most helpful. Authors' names

SPECIAL LIBRARIES as well as titles of articles are valuable with annotations indicative of the text in the "Table of Contents," at least for of the article. This saves the reader's issues of 100 pages or more. time in choosing items to read. If titles Often one cannot find the masthead were more informative, abstracts would to ascertain the frequency of issue. If be less needed by libraries issuing ab- there is a summer gap in publication stract bulletins. frequency, notice should be clearly When an author's title and company given in each issue so that the number affiliation are given, it gives more au- of issues to be received each year is thority to the article. A short biograph- known. More detailed information in ical sketch and picture of the author the masthead would be of great value. add interest and information. If there is a Part 1 and Part 2 of a If the bibliography of an article is periodical, publishers should indicate not given on the same page as the refer- on Part 1 what each part covers. For ence, then it is preferable to list the example if Part 2 is the "Index" for the references alphabetically by author at preceding year, it should be so stated the end of the article. on Part 1. Could special features be located in Advertising the same place in the magazine each Librarians realize full well that the year? This would be a boon to all users. placing of advertisements is a publish- Running date lines and identification er's prerogative often determined by of the magazine on each page is a vital competitive considerations, but refer- need in every periodical. ring particularly to scientific and tech- As for continuous pagination for a nical journals, the current practice of volume versus pagination for each is- interspersing full page advertisements sue, there is a division of opinion be- between pages of text and then string- tween the scholarly and technical peo- ing the article out in a single column ple. In the medical field many magazine for several pages makes bulkier vol- citations give the volume and page and umes for binding, higher cost of photo- yet no mention of the month. This re- stating and more complicated biblio- sults in the librarian having to consult graphical references. the "Table of Contents" or index to lo- In the medical field, advertising and cate the item if each issue is paged informational articles do not mix on the separately. Continuous pagination for same page. Instructions are often given a volume seems the more satisfactory to binders to take out advertising pages method. at the beginning and end of a mag- If various paginations are assigned, azine, and they take the pages out this results in complicated references, whether or not it is a full page ad! wrong references and makes binding much more difficult. If it must be done, Subscriptions why not make definite separates, per- Two questions relating to subscrip- haps by the use of colored paper? Sup- tions create a real problem in many plements might be separated from reg- libraries: Who may subscribe to cer- ular pages in the same way. tain journals? And how long after the subscription is entered may you expect One more suggestion-librarians and copies to arrive? library users prefer the volume num- bers in arabic rather than in roman Certain journals restrict their sub- numerals. scriptions to people in the trade and charge prohibitively high prices to peo- Titles and Author Information ple outside the trade. One special libra- Do not spread the author and title ry had a call from a Philadelphia libra- over two pages; this complicates bind- rian asking to borrow an issue of a ing. But do present descriptive titles, specialized trade journal because the

NOVEMBER 1953 borrowing library could not subscribe swer to the question as to whether except at an enormous price. This prob- there is a charge for back issues. Are lem does not arise with publications there extra copies available of special that follow the normal practice of col- issues? And at what price? Are certain lecting uniform subscription prices, or guide books which formerly were avail- single copy prices, from readers and able as separate volumes now restrict- charging the libraries accordingly. Spe- ed to subscribers only? And if so, why? cial librarians feel that when some pub- Are there any limits to the time in lishers give copies away to certain peo- which a cancellation may be placed? ple in the field covered by the edi- It would help to have the one-, two- torial and advertising content, and then and three-year price, and the foreign charge exorbitantly high prices to all subscription price printed in each issue others, including libraries, this is unfair of all magazines. discrimination. Association publications should state Renewal Notices clearly whether their journal is sent to The panel favored only a first, sec- members without charge or at a special ond and final renewal notice rather member price. The Journal of Petrole- than seven or eight or nine! There is um Technology includes a page on the considerable confusion about renewal organization of the American Institute notices due to the requirements, we of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, understand, of the ABC, which recog- the publisher, which gives valuable and nizes only paid-up subscriptions. If a useful information and also gives the renewal is due in June, and the libra- Association an opportunity to promote rian begins getting notices in January, the organization and its publications. it means frequently checking on the ac- Other associations, please note. tual renewal date before entering the Some periodicals thoughtfully issue a renewal, unless a key to the date is statement as to how long it takes to plainly visible on the stencil. start a subscription. It often takes four And could renewal notices be ad- to six weeks to have a change of ad- dressed to the library subscriber rather dress processed, or if a subscription than to the person in the firm who pays agency is used, even longer. If a libra- the bill? rian knows this, the men interested in There is the practice of some pub- receiving the periodical can be told lishers who canvass officers for new that it will take such and such a length subscriptions to periodicals when the of time before they may hope to receive company is already subscribing to the the magazines. This saves considerable magazine. Inquiries then come to the telephoning and correspondence. librarian to ascertain whether or not a It was felt that subscribers are due special price offer is being missed, the courtesy of a notification in cases whether the subscription has expired, of suspension of publication. Often the etc. Many publishers also send many note of the suspension of publication notices regarding new subscriptions to appears in some spot hidden inside the those who are already subscribers and magazine. Unless one is looking for it who have been subscribers for years!! or is forewarned, it may never be seen. A subscriber should have an official Premiums notice from the publisher on anything There is the point of the bonus that affects his subscription, such as a premium offers made by many pub- change of nafne, or a change of fre- lishers to new subscribers, offering books quency which may extend his subscrip- and special studies which long-time sub- tion, as well as suspension of publica- scribers may wish to have but cannot tion. get. This seems quite unfair. Can any- It would be helpful to know the an- thing be done about it?

376 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Correspondence coming out more quickly as a general One of the chief difficulties librarians rule. Publishers certainly have been have with publishers is the problem of trying to be cooperative and our sug- getting replies to any correspondence gestions are made only to improve the addressed to them, particularly to the good relationship still further. business departments. Some librarians In conclusion, may we join with B. say it often takes two or three letters Agard Evans, chief librarian of the to get any answer at all. British Ministry of Works, in his de- lightfully witty piece "If I Had My Way Conclusion -With Publishers" (printed in the ASLZB Proceedings, February 1953), It is not the intent of the special li- and say with him, "We love publishers! brarians to completely condemn their Let us make that point crystal clear." publishing friends. There are many Mr. Evans points out that he is not un- things to praise. The present trend of mindful of the dangers besetting the articles in periodicals in the technical path of the "candid friend." "A friend fields is toward much more practical who becomes a candid friend is apt to material. Articles on processing, costs, find himself not a friend any more." etc. are most welcome. Chemical Engi- But we feel certain that special libra- neering is a good example of this trend. rians and publishers will remain friends On the whole, journals are much and that their friendship will continue more attractive, with good paper used to grow with the exchange of discussion and a good use of color. Indexes are on our mutual problems.

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380 SPECIAL LIBRARIES THE FUTUREOF ARCHITECTURE.By Frank cott, 1953. 456p. $4.95. Procedures for se- Lloyd Wright. New York: Horizon Press, lecting the proper freezer; care, mainte- 1953. 326p. $7.50. The famous architect nance and management; guides for food speaks of his work and credo in this beauti- purchasing and preparation. ful and definitive volume. Illustrated. DESIGNINGFOR TV. The Arts and Crafts in GUIDE TO COLORPRINTS. By Milton Brooke Television Production. By Roberf J. Wade. and Henry J. Dubesfer. Washington, D. C.: New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. Scarecrow Press, 1953. 257p. $4.50. A com- 216p. $8.50. A comprehensive work includ- prehensive and current listing of more than ing pictures and diagrams compiled as an 5,000 color reproductions available for pur- aid for the artist and art director in solving chase in the United States. production problems in commercial tele- vision. A MANUALOF HISTORICORNAMENT. Treating upon the Evolution, Tradition, and Devel- DICTIONARYOF GAMES. Outdoor, Covered opment of Architecture and the Applied Court and Gymnasium, Indoor. How to Arts. Prepared for the Use of Students and Play 458 Games. Compiled by J. B. Pick. Craftsmen. By Richard Glazier. 6th ed. New York: Philosophical Library, 1952. New York: Dover Publications, 1953. 184p. 318p. $4.75. $3.50. A new edition of this standard refer- THE HANDBOOKOF SKITS AND STUNTS.By ence text. Helen and Larry Eisenberg. New York: As- PRINTS AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS.By sociation Press, 1953. 254p. $2.95. More William M. Ivins, Jr. Cambridge: Harvard than 400 entertainment ideas for all kinds University Press, 1953. 190p. $8.50. A his- of gatherings. tory of printed pictures and their signifi- THE HANDBOOKOF TV AND FILM TECH- cance as a means of communication. Beauti- NIQUE. A Non-Technical Production Guide fully illustrated. for Executives. By Charles W. Curran. New 7 ARTS. Selected and edited by Fernando York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1953. 12Op. $3. Puma. New York: Perrnabooks (Double- Basic facts on the production of theatrical day), 1953. 210p. 50 cents. A pocket-size, and non-theatrical films. Includes charts, paperbound anthology of articles, poems and diagrams and glossary of motion picture pictures by outstanding exponents in the nomenclature. seven major arts. HOW TO BE A BETTER PARENT.Understand- THREECLASSICS OF ITALIANCALLIGRAPHY. An ing Yourself and Your Child. By Barney Unabridged Reissue of the Writing Books Katz. New York: Ronald Press, 1953. 258p. of Arrighi, Tagliente and Palatino. New $3. Common-sense methods in bringing up York: Dover Publications, 1953. 272p. children. The author is a clinical and school $3.95. A facsimile edition of the works of psychologist. three famous scribes. Includes special bibli- THE TECHNIQUEOF FILM EDITING. Basic ography. A useful reference work for mod- Principles for TV. By Karel Reisz. New ern letter artists. York: Farrar, Straus & Young, 1953. 288p. WORLDSOF MUSIC.By Cecil Smith. Philadel- $7.50. A committee of ten experienced phia: J. B. Lippincott, 1952. 328p. $5. In- film-makers survey the central creative prob- side information on the music business in lem of production, direction and writing. America by the former editor of MUSICAL AMERICA. Humor HOW- TO - DO- it "HEY, CAN'T YOU FORGETBUSINESS?" WALL THE ART AND SCIENCEOF STAGE MANAGE- STREET JOURNAL Cartoons. Selected by MENT. By Peter Goffin. New York: Philo- Charles Preston. New York: E. P. Dutton, sophical Library, 1953. 120p. $3.75. A crit- 1953. 93p. $3. Office humor. ical study of the aesthetic and technical HUMOURAND HUMANISMIN CHEMISTRY.By aspects of producing and staging plays. John Read. 2nd. ed. New York: The British CAREERSIN COMMERCIALART. By J. I. Bie- Book Centre, 1953. 388p. $4.50. An unusual geleisen. rev. ed. New York: E. P. Dutton, presentation showing the development of 1952. 255p. $4. Practical, entertaining and alchemy and chemistry. informative guide for those planning to LINCOLNIN CARICATURE.A Historical Collec- specialize in commercial art. tion with Descriptive and Biographical Com- THE COMPLETEBOOK OF DRINK. By T. E. mentaries. By Rufus Rockwell Wilson. New Carling. New York: Philosophical Library, York: Horizon Press, 1953. 327p. $6.50. 1952. 208p. $6. A guide to the buying, stor- This handsome collection of caricatures and ing, service and selling of all alcoholic cartoons, both pro- and anti-Lincoln, pro- liquors. vides new insight into the Civil War period. THE COMPLETEBOOK OF HOMEFREEZING. By Important for any Lincoln collection or Hazel Meyer. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin- reference shelf.

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Make your own photo-copies (up to 8',$" x 114%. Ames Stor-Mor Book Drawers are 1411) of anything printed, written, typed or drawn.. .without the labor, bother, errors easily installed, using the uprights of and time-devouring detail of long-hand copy- ing or typing and proofreading. Do it as your present freestanding or multi-tier onlv CONTOURA-CONSTAT can. steel shelving, or by making complete ~0thare compact, light, portable . . . fit in brief case. Use them wherever your source installation for new buildings. Drawers material is . . . library, office, home, any- where. Both fit in desk drawer when not in use. are adjustable and freely interchangeable CONTOURA, the only copier that repro- duces book or magazine pages as easily as with regular shelves. letters, without injury to binding. CON- STAT, the portable dry processor that de- velops without mess, darkroom, special Our helpful illustratedfolder will show you baths, or unpleasant fumes. Complete kits including a CONTOURA, a CONSTAT and how compact storage using Stor-Mor Book all necessary accessories from Drawers can substantially increase your $96.60 to $161.50 storage space. Write for a copy today. ' Trade Mark GUARANTEED! Write for NEW ILLUSTRATED FOLDER W.R.RmES CO. Established 1910 BOOKSTACK DIVISION 150 Hooper Street, San Francisco 7, California i! % Represrntatiws in Principal Cities

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Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements 388 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Magic-Mend - the wonder adhesive that repairs books and binds peri- odicals in a few minutes for only a few cents - is now available in a handy plastic squeeze bottle. To use, point spout . . . squeeze . . . spread adhesive with side of applicator top. That's all. Quick. Simple. Economical. No brush required. Half -pint of Magic-Mend in new plastic bottle . . $1.95 postpaid

Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements 8s the new Reader

NO EYE STRAIN, PAGE AFTER PAGE OF EFFORTLESS, EASY READING.

Libraries, public or private, throughout the country are adopting the new Micro- Latest design plus new knob card Reader for the quick, easy, convenient activated card moving mech- way to serve their readers. Books, charts, anism guarantees easy, clear records, documents, etc. previously pre- reads bility.Card holder auto- served by Microcards are enlarged 26 times matically opens for insertion, and centered on a screen 9%" x 10%". closes and holds Microcar* Focussing knob quickly brings type into firmly and always in "square. sharp clean focus, control knobs locate desired page with a minimum of movement. The Model 6A (illustrated) has fast F1.5 lens and wide angle screen . . . $255.00 The model 6 has an F3.5 lens for softer light, and Fresnel type screen . . . $245.00

For complete infor- mation and price lid THE MICROCARD CORPORATION of all models. READER DIVISION BOX 314B LACROSSE. WISCONSIN writeArrangements have been made with Kodsk Lrd at E..ngland to produce s similar reads. Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements