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PROCEEDINGS of the TWENTYdTHIRD ANNUAL CONTERENCE At Cleveland, June 10#12, 1931

A Museum Director Looks At His Library By HAROLD L. MADISON

Newark Museum Library By RACHEL T. BENSON

Proceedings of the Croup Sessions

Membership Report and PIans for the Year Membership Map Publications of the SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION in print July 30, 1931 other than the monthly ieeues of the official organ, SPECIAL LIBRARIES, 1910 to date

Serial number arbitrarily 18 Directory of Special Libraries in amigned for use in California. 1930...... $ -20 Secretary's Office. Price members...... lo 1 Workshops for Assembling Business 19 List of Members of Special Libraries Facte by D. W. Hyde, Jr. 1921 . $ .20 Assoc. 1930...... 1 00 2 Cumulated Index to Special Libra- members...... 50 ries~~~.1 to 13. 1910-1922..... 2 00 20 Handbook of Commercial and 3 Commercial libraries and the De- Financial Services. 1931...... 2 $00 partment of Commerce; a report members. .... J 50 to Herbert Hoover by the Com- 21 Statistics on Commodities. A mittee on Cooperation with De- Chart. 1931 ...... 1 00 partment of Commerce. 1922 .30 22 Trade Directories for First Pur- 4 Preliminary Report on Findings of chase. Supplement to May-June the Committee on Methods. 1923 .15 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES In- 5 Employer Selects a Business Libra- formation Bulletin no. 10 .... .50 rian by Louise B. Krause 1924 Free 23 Bibliography of Bibliographies in 6 Special Libraries Directory. 1925 . . 2 .oo Electrical Engineering, 1918-1929. 7 Recent Technical B~bliographies. 1931. Inf. Bull. no. 11 ...... 1 50 1925. Information Bullet111 No. 1 .25 24 Bibliography on Illumination 1929- 8 Foreign Bureaus of Information in 1930. Inf Bulletin no. 12...... 25 New York City. Inforn~ation SPECIAL LIBRARIES-~IO~~~I~issue .50 Bulletln no. 2. 1925. .25 .... Annual subscription U. S. 5.00 9 Bibliography on Illumination 1924- foreign 5.50 1925. Informatlon Bulletin no 3. .25 10 Cun~ulatedIndex to Special Libra- ries. Vol. 14-17 1923-1926 .50 Pvbli~afionfcompded by Commitlees 11 Bibliography on Illumination 1926- and Local Asso~ialions 1927. Information Bulletin no 5. .25 Special Libraries Dlreciory of the New 12 Bibliography on Electrical Litera- York Metropolitan District 1931.. .. 1.50 ture 1928. Information Bulletin members...... 50 no. 6...... 50 Union List of Periodicals in Special Li- 13 Bibliography on Rubber Tech- braries of Metropolitan New York. nology. 1928. Informatlon Bul- 1931 ...... 4.00 letin no. 7...... 1 50 Union List of Periodicals in Southern 1927- 14 Bibliography on Illuminat~on California Libraries. 1931. 5 00 8...... 28. Information Bulletm no. .. .25 Water Transportation Bibliography. 15 1928- Bibliography on Illumination Vol. I. 1931...... 10 00 29. Information Bulletin no. 9. . .25 16 Directory of Special Libraries in Any of these publications may be secured Boston and Vicinity. 1928. ... .50 upon order to I7 Descriptive List for use in acquiring and discarding U S. Government SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION periodical mimeographed state- 345 Hudson Street ments. 1929...... 1.75 New York, N. Y. CONTENTS

CONFERENCE A Museum Director Looks at His Library-Harold L. Madison...... 297 Newark Museum Library-Rachel T. Benson...... , ...... 303 Proceedings of Group Sessions: Civic-Social...... 305 Financial...... 306 Insurance...... 308 Museum ...... 309 Newspaper...... 31 1 MEMBERSHIP Map Showing Distribution of Membership...... 314 Report oi the Membership Committee, 1930-31...... 316 Program, 1931-32...... 318 Associate Members-Welcome...... 318 One Way That Built Up a Local Chapter--J. A. Conforti...... 319 Introducing- ...... 319

NOTES AND DEPARTMENTS Editorials...... 320 President's Page...... 321 Digest of Business Book Reviews ...... 322 Personal Notes...... 325 Classification and Indexing ...... 326 Events and Publications...... 329

PUBLICATIONS NEWS Publications of 5. L. A. in print ...... Inside Front Cover Water Transportation...... 328 New Publications of S. L. A ...... 332 Trade Directories ...... , ...... , . , . , ...... 333 A Chemical Dictionary ...... ,...... 333

S. L. A. ORGANIZATION ...... Back Cover

NEXT MONTH The October issue will be a special COMMERCIAL-TECHNICAL GROUP number under the editorship of Marian Manley. In addltlon, we will inaugurate new departn~entsdevoted to the interests of each Group.

- Special Libraries Publlshed Monthly September to Aprll, bimonthly May to August by THE SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION Publication Office, 45 Richmond Street, Providence, R. 1. All payments should be made to Special Libraries Association. 345 Hudron Street, New York, N. Y. .2'3 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931 Institutional Members California Jackson & Moreland, Boston hlassachusetts Institute of Technology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco Library, Cambridge Calilornia State Library, Sacramento Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco Springfield Standard Oil Company of California, San Massachusetts State Library, Boston Francisco *Dr. B. Stepanek, San Francisco Metcalf & Eddy, Boston Technical Book Company, San Francisco Social Law Library, Boston United Fruit Company, Boston

Connecticut Michigan Hartford Public Library, Business Branch, Detroit News, Detroit Hartford Detroit Public Library, Detroit Phoenix Mutual Life Inaurance Company, General Motors Research Corporation, Detroit Hartford University of Detroit, Detroit Yale University Library, New Haven Miesouri Delaware Kansas City Power & Light Company, Kansas du Pont de Nemours, E. I., Wilmington City

Illinoie New Jersey Byllesby & Co., H. M., Chicago Bakelite Corporation, Bloomfield Chicago Tribune, Chicago Combustion Utilities Corporation, Linden Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago Montclair Public Library, Business Branch, Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund, Montclair Chicago New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, Newark Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Chicago Newark Public Library, Business Branch, Illinois State Library, Springfield Newark Insurance Library of Chicago Public Service Corporation of New Jersey, Middle West Utilities Company, Chicago Newark Museum of Sc~enceand Industry, Chicago R C A Radiotron Co., Inc., Harrison People's Gas Light and Coke Company, Standard Oil Development Co., Elizabeth Chicago United States Rubber Company, Passaic ,

Indiana New York Lincoln National Life Insurance Co., Fort Alexander Hamilton Institute, New York Wayne American Bankers' Association, New York Maryland American Electric Railway Association, New York Consolidated Gas, Electric Light & Power Co. American Geographical Society, New York Baltimore American Institute of Accountants, New York Maryland Casualty Co., Baltimore American Museum of Natural History, New York xnlerican Telephone & Telegraph Co., General Baker Library-Harvard School of Business Library, New York Administration, Boston American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Law Boston Elevated Railway, Boston Library, New York Boston Globe, Boston Association of Life Insurance Presidents, Christian Science Monitor, Boston New York Edison Electric Illuminating CO., Doicliester Baker & Taylor Co., New York Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Bankers Trust Co., New York First National Bank, Boston Batten, Barton, Durstine & Oaborn, New York Insurance Library Association of Boston Bell Telephone Laboratories, New York 'New Membern joined alncs laat hue bf Spsn'al Libtoria. September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

New York Ohio Blackman Co., New York Ohio Oil Co., Findlay British Library of Information, New York Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati Brooklyn Edieon Company, Brooklyn Brookmire Economic Service, New York Oklahoma Child Study Association, New York Cleanliness Institute Library, New York U. S. Bureau of Mines, Bartlesville Consolidated Gas Co. of New York Doherty, Henry L. & Co., New York Electric Bond &Share Co., New York Penneylvania Engineering Index Service, New York Federal Reserve Bank of New York Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster Ford, Bacon & Davis, New York Franklin Institute, Philadelphia General Electric Co., Main Library, Houghton, E. F. & Co., Philadelphia Schenectady Jones & Laughlin Steel Company, Pittsburgh Goldnian Sachs Trading Corp., New York Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh Grant Co., W. T., New York New Jersey Zinc Co., Palmerton Grosvenor Library, Buffalo Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia Guaranty Company of New York Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Haskins & Sells, New York Philadelphia Industrial Book Company, New York Philadelphia Company, Pittsburgh Industrial Relations Counselors, New York Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia International Telephone & Telegraph Co., Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, Phila- New York delphia John Price Jones Corporation, New York Provident Mutual Life Insurance & Trust Co., *Lehman Corp., The, New York Philadelphia McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New York School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsyl- Merchants Association of New York vania, Philadelphia Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New Westinghouse Electric Research Library, E. Y ork Pittsburgh Municipal Reference Library, New York Wyomissing Trade School, Wyomissing National Aniline & Chemical Co., New York National Auton~obileChamber of Con~merce, New York Rhode Island National City Financial Library, New York Rhode Island State Library, Providence National Investors Corporation, New York New Jersey Zinc Company, New York New York Telephone Company, New York Wisconsin New York Times, The, New York North American Company, New York First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwaukee Port of New York Authority, The, New York Hardware Mutual Casualty Co , Stevens Point Price Waterhouse & Co., New York Kimberly-Clark Corp., Kimberly Putnam's Sons, G. P., New York Marshall & Ilsley Bank, Milwaukee Railway & Utilities Investing Corp., New York Municipal Reference L~brary, Milwaukee Remington Rand, Business Library Division, Sentinel-News Company, Milwaukee New York Russell Sage Foundation, New York Canada Selected Industries, Inc., New York Sinclair Refining Co., New York Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Standard Brands, Inc., New York Toronto Standard Statistics Company, New York Imperial Life Assurance Co. of Canada, Time, Inc., New York Toronto Western Union Telegraph Con~pany,New York Insurance Institute of Montreal, Montreal White & Kemble, New York Royal Bank of Canada, Montreal Wjlson Co., H. W., New York Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, Montreal

*New mnrnbera joined slnm lut hue ol ,Sprcld Libradu. Special Libraries

A Museum Director Looks at His Library*

By Harold L. Madison, Director, Cleveland Museum of Natural History

While the following address was written from the standpoint of a Museum Director and with the problems of the Museum library in mind, it presents many ideas applicable to any field and discusses questions of Interest to all special librarmns -EDITOR.

is a library? The late William published in 1833 ; Ross' "Narrative W E. Foster, long Librarian of the of a Second Voyage in Search of a Providence Public Library once told Northwest Passage" in 1835, Audubon's me a library is a collection of typo- "Birds of America" in 1840; and in the graphical errors. I am inclined to define same year, Edgar Allen Poe published a library as the background of knowledge "Conchologists First Book, 2nd Edition" against which succeeding generations which R. W. Griswold states to be a build their pictures of life. We might copy nearly verbatim of the text-book also define a library as the foundation of "Conchology" by Captain Thomas of accumulated knowledge on which Browne printed in Glasgow in 1833. succeeding generations raise the super- Can this be the first act of plagiarism structure of civilization. However we in America? regard typographical errors, I hope my definitions will give emphasis to the Of the fourteen thousand accessions esteem in which I, personally, hold in our Library it appears that a negligible libraries. number were printed prior to 1840. To me the year 1831 has always marked The oldest book in our Museum the beginning of a new era of human Library, "A Voyage to China and the knowledge, the search for truth on East Indies" by Osbeck, bears the date a new basis of rigid observation, rather 1771. I find that Oliver Goldsmith than on speculation. To be sure, there wrote "A History of the Earth and had been observation before that date. Animated Nature" which was published Aristotle, Galileo, Linnaeus, Lamarck, in 1795; that Eaton's "Manual of Cuvier, and Lyell, had pointed the way, Botany for North America" came from but most of the explanations of natural the press in 1822 ; that Agassiz's "Recher- phenomena had, up to that time, been che~sur les Poissons Fossiles" was based on speculative thinking rather

*~ddroeabefore the Muaeum Group, Clevelmd Convention, June 10, 1931.

20f 298 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931 than on observed facts. This was re- and has been, scientific societies, uni- flected in the writings of the times. It versities, museums, and special research will perhaps be recalled that in the foundations. It is to the serial publica- famous discussion between Cuvier and tions of these great educational agencies Geoffrey St. Hilaire in 1830, the latter, that we turn. A natural history library a disciple of Lamarck who had died the without the publications of the Academy previous year, "was wrong in his fact of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, The and right in the principle which he Boston Society of Natural History, the advocated," while his opponent "was New York State Museum, The Smith- correct in his fact and wrong in his sonian Institution, The United States principle." It was the conflict between National Museum, The California Acad- two schools regarding the aims of emy of Sciences, The Chicago Academy science-the one by Linnaeus, cham- of Science, The Museum of Comparative pioned by Cuvier, who held that science Zoology of Harvard University, The should deal solely with the exposition National Academy of Science, and The of facts; the other by Buffon, champ- American Museum of Natural History, ioned by Lamarck and Geoffrey St. is no library at all. The researches of Hilaire, who believed that while science these organizations covering a period must first observe and describe particular somewhat less than one hundred years, facts, it must go beyond this to general- constitute the backbone of scientific ize and determine causes of observed investigation and knowledge in America. conditions and phenomena. It is Pursuit of knowledge in America went significant that two years after hand in hand with the clearing of the Lamarck's death in December 1831, land and the establishment of local and Darwin, then a young man of twenty- national political units, of church, and two, embarked on his voyage round the of school systems. The earliest library world with Captain FitzRoy in the in America was established by the ship "Beagle." He entered upon this Colonies of Virginia in 1621, fourteen voyage of five years' duration filled years after the first settlers landed. It with the scientific spirit and point of was destroyed in 1622 at the time of the view acquired from readifig the "Prin- massacre. Harvard University Library ciple of Geology" by Lyell. Through the was founded in 1638, New York Public eyes of this teacher he saw in living Library in 1700, The Charleston (South things the slow working of nature which Carolina) Museum, in 1773, The Library Lyell found in the surface of the earth. of Congress in 1800. Of the early What this voyage did for Darwin is scientific societies we should mention the expressed in his father's first exclama- establishment of the American Academy tion upon his return, "Why the shape of Arts and Sciences at Boston in 1780, of his head is quite altered," and today, The Connecticut Academy of Arts and as a result of this voyage and all it Sciences in New Haven in 1799, The afterwards led to, we may, in looking Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- back, exclaim with equal surprise, "Why delphia in 1812, The Boston Society the shape of man's thinking is quite of Natural History in 1830, The Kirt- altered." Actually that momentous land Society, at Cleveland, and the voyage is directly responsible for thou- University of Michigan Natural History sands of volumes on our library shelves Museum in 1837, The Smithsonian today, so profoundly did "The Origin Institution in 1846, The American of Species" and "The Descent of Man" Association for the Advancement of change and stimulate scientific investiga- Science in 1848, The California Academy tion: of Sciences in 1853, and The Chicago The source of America's scientific Academy of Science in 1856. All of ~ublicationsand, in fact, of the scientific these had been spreading the gospel of publications throughout the world is, scientific------investi~ation- in the new world Ssptcmber, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 299 before "The Origin of Species" was pub- it compensate for the hours he must lished in 1859. travel down "Citation Lane" before he finds the buried treasure? Of course It has been my extreme good fortune I understand how this matter of pub- to have counted as personal friends such lishing the results of scientific studies men as Alpheus Spring Packard, Edward in serial form has come about, and I S. Morse, Robert H. Jackson, pupils recognize that it is the best vehicle of Agassiz in those early days. Thereby, yet devised for their publication. I am in a sense, I have been privileged to also aware that many such papers, I absorb a bit of .pioneer spirit and almost said "most," are unintelligible scientific outlook of these early students to the general reader. I am inclined to and teachers. Particularly do I cherish think that the Special Libraries Associa- the memory of my associations with Dr. tion might be of invaluable help to Packard with whom I worked as student budding scientific institutions that aspire and associate, and the hours spent with to make a place for themselves in the Dr. Morse in his library at Salem, where scientific firmament through the pub- I was permitted to see and handle letters lication of their investigations, profound and autographed copies of the works of and otherwise, by explaining in very such men as Darwin, Wallace, and Hux- certain terms when a bulletin is a ley. It is these, and others whom I have bulletin, how it is admitted to the known less intimately, but whose works dignified position of a scientific treatise, we have in our Museum Library, that what sort of subject matter one may called forth the statement which I expect to find entombed under such repeat here "they are members of our ambiguous titles as "Annual Reports," staff in absenfk" It is to them we go llPr~~eeding~,'land "Transactions," for for background, for special facts, for assuredly in their present state they in keen analysis. It is they who make our no way reveal the nature of their library. How often, in asking for a book, contents. The Association might con- we say, "Give me Dana, Cope, Gray, ceivably cause the newly born to con- Jordan and Evermann, Chapman." sider the designations under which its publications should be issued. Of course, As an ordinary layman I should like I am aware that the "old timer" will for a moment to turn the limelight of not respond to this suggestion, replying, criticism upon the serial publication. "What's in a name, and what does it To such an individual they are literally matter if 99% of an Annual Report is oubliettes of knowledge. In most technical papers?" Some of us know of libraries I have found them relegated, a certain Annual Report which, since dusty and unused, to the dungeon floor, its inception, has carried technical in fact, actually entombing some of the papers, and that the reason for their most interesting reading and most inclusion in this Annual Report is that valuable knowledge possessed by the if they were issued as scientific publica- library. I know of an annual report in tions they would have to be paid.for by which there is an enlightening article the institution's private funds rather about Chinese bronze, and another which than, as now, by government funds, hides the story of pipes and smoking because the Annual Report constitutes customs. In a volume marked "Pro- a government publication. I would make ceedings" and containing desiccated a plea, therefore, that new scientific technical papers is a fascinating story publications bear designations which will of Hopi Indian baskets, with symbolism indicate as exactly as possible, in general in designs, with glimpses of the customs terms, the character of the paper, or and practices of these primitive agri- papers, printed within. cultural people of the Southwest. There is, of course, the joy of discovery when Right here may I say a word about one finds such long lost efforts, but does citations, although I have a suspicion 300 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, .I931 that librarians have used all permissible a cataloged library is an expensive and exclamations and epithets. Some years unnecessary luxury. I can understand, ago we made a rather careful study of however, how this opinion may be scientific publications for a museum, justified in the case of a private library and came to some rather definite con- of a scientist with a phenomenal memory clusions concerning the matter of desig- and a remarkable sense of orderliness. nations and their intimate relationship Same of the best scientists I have known with citations. We ended by finding have consistently refused to depend ourselves in favor of directness, sim- upon their memory either in their in- plicity, and clarity. We believe in vestigations or in their writings. Too precedent as a smoke screen, but have often has the brief announcement of the little regard for it when it leads to discovery of a new form been overlooked unnecessary labor and tends to confuse. by the second discoverer. To function We believe in short titles that clearly at its highest efficiency a special library define the contents of a book or paper. should be exhaustively cataloged and We believe in consecutive paging of should be so well organized that the papers which are to constitute a volume. Librarian in charge is in a position to We think such designations as "Zoolog- supply the investigator in any field with ical Series," "Botanical Series," "Geo- a bibliography of the particular subject logical Series," may be avoided even he might be investigating. To librarians though papers are later published in this may seem to be a trite statement, separate volumes. We think it greatly but to one who has had occasion to dig helps in citation if volume number into many fields and to discover in the and publication number, date, and title, digging how easy it is to overlook or are placed at the top of each page fail to find the very item that would couplet. The scientists who give at- clarify a particular point, this matter tention to these matters have not of cataloging seems important enough hesitated to express their opinions about to be emphasized and re-emphasized. them. Naturally they do not agree. For myself, personally, and for the I am inclined to think it very desirable Museum which I represent, I can not to approach uniformity in designation make the assertion too strong that a and citation. What have the special well cataloged library constitutes one librarians said about the matter? Their of the most important corner stones combined opinion should be of inestim- in the scientific work of a museum. able value for future practice. They It may be of interest to you to know should not hesitate to express it. what sort of service the Museum expects Fifty years ago it was a safe hypo~hesis of its librarian, or, perhaps it might be that a scientist knows his literature. better to say, what sort of service the Today it is a different proposition. Museum Librarian expects to render. The number of angles to every scientific Put it as we will, the fact remains that problem have been squared and cubed. the Museum Library is essentially for The corollaries have multiplied Where the Museum Staff and only incidentally a shelf list may have answered, a cross for the public. It is my expectation, for reference catalog is now necessary even example, that if our librarian were for the "dyed in the wool" specialist. asked for the date of the first publication I have no means of knowing the pro- of Darwin's "Voyage of the Beagle" cedure of special libraries that are being she would not follow the usual practice operated on the shelf list plan. I do of producing all the books in the know, however, that there are executives Library pertaining to Darwin and his who believe that a shelf-listed library works, but would somehow, and the is adequate on the assumption that each "how" does not matter, produce the specialist is so familiar and up to date precise information wanted. It is, I with the literature of his specialty that think, a reasonable expectation that September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 301 our Museum Librarian shall, from been through a period of absorption time to time when called upon by the which has developed habits that have members of the Staff, prepare bibli- made her expect to do her duty to her ographies on any special subject in the employer and her profession. A librarian Museum field. This, I realize, is no with personality-the right kind of small task since bibliographies may personality-will be able to fit hers with range from a general subject to some other personalities; she will be tolerant, obscure specific topic. Unquestionably, courteous, helpful, tactful, and efficient; preparation of a satisfactory bibli- she will not joke with her job, nor will ography rests upon the clear under- she take herself too seriously. standing of the exact use to which it is to be put. In fairness, therefore, to the An individual meeting these require- librarian, an obligation rests upon the person requesting the information ments is one capable of taking re- to make clear exactly what he wants. sponsibility, and on whom responsibility If he fails to do so, the obligation rests should be laid. Her position in a upon the librarian to get it anyway. Museum should be one of curatorial capacity, for is she not the care-taker You see, I am thinking of the service of the accumulated resources of the the librarian expects to render instead of the service she is expected to render. special subject with which the Museum is concerned? Is not the researches she I once met a librarian who did not know; who did not think the library may do in the compilation of bibIi- had anything on the subject; and who ographi'es and source studies as im- made no move to find out. Such a person portant to the function of the Museum is indeed rare among library workers. as that of any other departmental head? In biological parlance she is a "mutant," not a "type specimen." Ideally, a This leads me to comment on in- special librarian should know her li- stitutional organization. Broadly speak- brary and her patrons; she must be a ing, there are two types. The first, courageous person, e,ver willing to take in which the Director, or in business, a sporting chance to reqder every con- the Manager, carries all loads, assumes ceivable service against heavy odds. all the responsibility, and makes of his departmental heads mere tools to carry out his plans and orders. The second is In this connection it may not be that type of organization in which the amiss to say something more about the librarian of a special library. She head selects departmental officials cap- should not be regarded as a mechanical able of planning departmental activities contrivance for the sole purpose of and assuming responsibility for them. putting books on shelves, taking them The latter type is a creative machine in which, if any single cog, even the head, off when wanted, and returning them to their proper place after used. Neither drops out, the machine will continue to function with a minimum loss of should she be regarded as a mere mes- power and efficiency. For,my own part, senger. Rather, she should be a person I want a librarian who is willing to take with three outstanding qualifications- responsibility, and who accepts praise training, experience, and personality. and blame with equanimity. A well-trained librarian will know library methods such as shelf listing, cataloging, reference, designation, citation, and lend- 1 find our Museum Staff calls upon ing. She should also be trained in the our librarian for all sorts of information, subject matter of the special library- the promptness of the receipt of which law, business, art, and natural history. is often an important factor. It may be An experienced librarian will know what for something as trivially important to do and how to do it. She will have as the spelling of the name of a scientist 302 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Scptcrnba-, 1931 or of a dinosaur, or as seriously sig- might escape his attention. For popular nificant as a bibliography of the family as well as academic reasons he should Falconidae. The fact remains that all know of the investigations described requests within and without this range by the author, since they concern them- are given the same painstaking and im- selves with the matter of precipitation mediate attention, and this without of the mineral substances which have definition of duties by our Library Com- mittee or dictated demands from the gone to form our great deposits of lime- Director. Our Librarian now has an stone. This is not an isolated example, assistant, and I think it will be generally but rather a typical one of how a conceded that a cataloger should be Museum Library could employ a re- added as soon as our budget will permit. viewer of the many special and tech- nical publications which it receives, in There is another function which we order that, at a minimum amount of are planning for our Library at some effort and expense, its working Staff may future time. I would call it "Review" be kept up to date. I am aware that or "Digest" Service, with the possible one may subscribe for Biological Ab- title of "Reviewer" for the person em- strack but its possession does not ployed to do the work. We know, for example, how many professional men fully meet the requirement of the employ secretaries whose chief duty is to Museum. We are concerned with read current books and magazines and astronomy, geology, paleontology, and make abstracts of the subject matter of ethnology, which are not biological. value to their employer. If our Museum Library could have such a reviewer, would not her service be of inestimable I know I have asked you to think of value in keeping Staff Members in- the library of a Natural History Museum formed of what is going on in the in such a disjointed fashion that scientific world, and especially in par- a ticular fields? One may argue that a summary is in order. First, such a specialist reads all the literature in his library has been written since 1840 special subject, but my observation is by a corps of scientists whom we may that papers often are not published in rightly regard as members of the staff the periodicals in which one might expect in absenlia. Secondly, we wish the to find them, and frequently it is papers results were easier of designation and touching more than one aspect of a citation, and that the Special Librarierr subject that are the most valuable to the Association would do something about Museum worker. For example, there appeared in a current number of Science it in an advisory capacity. Thirdly, an article by Werner Bavendamm we think every adult-sized special library entitled "The Possible Role of Micro- should be cataloged exhaustively. organisms in the Precipitation of Cal- Fourthly, we believe a special library cium Carbonate in Tropical Seas." calls for a librarian who has the courage It is one of a number of papers that to take a sporting chance, and the train- resulted from the International Ex- ing, experience, and personality to take pedition to the Bahamas in 1930. It responsibility on the basis of the service is of interest to the bacteriologist, the she expects to render, rather than on chemist, and the geologist. Its author tells us that a more detailed discussion what her employer expects her to render. of the whole subject matter will later Finally, we regard our library as a be published in a German periodical. department of the Museum of equal Unless our Curator of Geology is a rank with its scientific department, and regular reader of Science this article our Librarian as of the rank of Curator. September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 30.1 The Newark Museum Library*

By Rachel T. Benson, Librarian

HE Newark Museum library, be- Public Library staff in searching for T cause of the circumstances con- information needed in the preparation nected with its organization, is an excel- of exhibits. The Art Department of the lent illustration of the successful func- Public Library is equipped not only tioning of a museum library in co- with a fine reference collection of books operation with a public library. In and pamphlets, but also with countless 1910, John Cotton Dana, Librarian of pictures and plates which are invaluable the Newark Public Library, founded the aids in Museum projects. This depart- Newark Museum; he directed its ac- ment sends regularly to the Museum tivities, and watched it outgrow its Library typed lists of new books which quarters on the third floor of the may be of interest to the Museum staff. Public Library, until in 1926 it moved The list is circulated and the books to a new building of its own two blocks borrowed for examination if requested away. Mr. Dana continued to be the by any staff member. unsalaried Director of the Museurn as well as Librarian of the Public Library The Museum Library is essentially until his death in 1929, since which time a working library for i+e staff, with no Miss Winser, for many years Assistant definite program of reference work with Librarian and Assistant Director under the public. All indexing is done and all Mr. Dana, has continued the adminis- records made with the needs of the tration of both institutions. staff constantly in mind. The cataloging is extremely close, with numerous analy- Since the Museum library has always tics for books and periodicals. In had at its disposal the resources of the addition to a book collection of about Public Library, it has not needed to 3,500 volumes, there are more than develop a complete and exhaustive refer- 6,000 photographs, 5,000 pamphlets ence library of its own. In fact, it was and large files of cuts, dramlings and not until 1925 that a librarian was ap- blueprints. There is also an information pointed, and an initial collection of file of clippings, programs of exhibits books designed to meet the needs of the and other current material. Reports Museum staff in installing exhibits, and handbooks of other museums as was purchased and cataloged. The well as sales and trade catalogs are cataloging was based on Newark Public carefully filed. Library methods and has continued to conform to the general system in use While the Museum Library does a there. All Museum books are repre- comparatively small amount of reference sented in the Public Library catalog by work with the public, its resources are an author card made at the Museum available to Museum visitors, and the library and stamped with the words staff are of frequent assistance in the "In Museum Library." identification of objects, such as old silver, pewter, textiles, pottery, coins, The ~uskumlibrary enjoys all the medals, etc. The library has charge of privileges of a Public Library branch- the sale of post cards and photographs daily messenger service with delivery of Museum objects as well as of Museum of books, reference requests answered publications, all of which make another by telephone, and the assistance of the contact with the public.

'~ddresa before the Museum Group, Cleveland Convention, June 12,1951. 304 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931

An interesting special feature of the responsible for the sale of photographs type of indexing done by the Museum and for recording their distribution to Library is the Dealers' File. Here are newspapers and periodicals. The li- kept cards which list under various brary also supervises the making and subject headings the names of individ- keeping of cuts. uals and firms specializing in material of interest in museum work. Notes are Pamphlets, trade catalogs, sales cat- added describing the work done by each, alogs, museum reports and handbooks with the recommendations given by are color-banded and kept in special other institutions and individuals. Often ,the library is asked for the name of bookcases which are divided into sections someone who can mend old lace, or approximately the size of pamphlet restore an old painting, or make a boxes and vastly more convenient. Mr. miniature model, and such questions Dana devised a system for the care of are answered by this file. Another special pamphlets by means of color-banding index lists periodical references not according to the Dewey classifications found in the Readers' Guide or Art which greatly simplifies the shelving Index, and still another lists information of such material. By means of the color- about New Jersey institutions and New bands it is possible to tell at a glance Jersey artists. the location of each ~ubdivisionof the Library routine includes the distribu- Dewey classification on the shelf, and tion of current periodicals to the staff. one may detect immediately if a pam- New issues are held for one day where phlet has been incorrectly shelved. Trade each staff member may examine and catalogs are filed by a very simple sign for those which she wishes to have arrangement whereby one color desig- sent to her. At the end of the day they nates a certain type of merchandise. are sent out in the order of signing. In this way the staff members are as- Likewise with Museum reports, a single sured of seeing the periodicals in which color in a certain position indicates the they are interested, and much time is name of the city in which the Museum saved for library and other staff mem- is located. Incalculable time is saved bers by not routing every periodical to by this method of filing, and the time every department. The Librarian ex- spent in preparation is more than amines each number before it circulates warranted. and checks items which are of definite interest to the Museum, taking note of Specially built cases care for large Newark Museum publicity. mounted pictures which have been used with Museum exhibits. These are A scrapbook of clippings is kept as a arranged numerically by accession num- record of publicity; the Museum sub- ber and are carefully shelf-listed and scribes to one clipping bureau, and the cataloged. While the Museum is not Public Library sends all Museum notices which are clipped from the daily news- building up a picture collection, with papers by the Library staff. Duplicate the collection of the Public Library clippings are filed in the vertical file so near at hand, it does keep such for distribution as the need arises. material to use in future exhibits. The Museum library has a staff of A member of the Museum Llbrary staff works with a professional photogra- three who find that an average day is pher making all arrangements, ac- all too short in which to clear away the cessioning and cataloging all photo- great amount of routine and detail graphs as soon as received, and checking necessitated by the variety of material bills. The Museum Library is also to be incorporated in museum records- September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Group Meetings

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We present here the Proceedis of the Croup Sessions of the Cleveland Conference, with the exception of those of the Commercial-Technical Group which will appear as a special issue in October.

Civic&xial Group emphasized the key position of librarian6 and the significance of coaperation in mating the project a success. Discussion followed. The first meeting of the Civic-Social group At the Thursday luncheon meeting elections opened with a talk by Mr. Raymond Clapp, were held. Miss Grace A. England was unan- Director of rhe Cleveland Welfare Federation, imously re-elected as Chairman and Miss on "National unemployment relief statistics: Constance Beal as Secretary. the registration of social statistics of the United States Children's Bureau as a source of social service data" giving as illustration the welfare activities of Cleveland in the present The subject for special consideration at the unemployment emergency. He considered the Friday session was the report of the Com- problem of financing relief expenditures and mittee on Municipal Documents. The sum- presented statistical charts showing the month- marized findings of the committee showed that: ly record of expenditures in Detroit, Cleveland Public libraries in most cases have asumed and Chicago. The facts presented gave a very responsibility for the collection of municipal graphic picture of the relief practice of different documents; chambers of commerce, municipal cities and threw an interesting light on the research agencies and societies have a limited question ol the relative merits of public and interest in municipal documents; few cities private relief agencies. Mr. Clapp then ex- have organized methods for issuing and dis- plained the activities and organization of the tributing their publications; a monthly check- Committee for the registration of social sta- list would be of great value but only to a tistics. He concluded with the hope that relatively small and select group. The com- through this agency standards of relief work mittee recommended that: the assistance might be established which would enable of the Library of Congress be solicited in the welfare agencies to operate more effectively building up of a collection of documents and and efficiently. in the publication of a checklist; c~tiesbe a granted a free franking privilege in sendtng Discussion followed. documents to the Lihrary of Congress; the American Library Association be asked to Mr. Louis Brownlow, student of municipal assist by encouragtng local libraries to co- government and Director of the Public Ad- operate in the collection of documents for ministration Clearing House of Chicago was specified areas; such organizations as the the second speaker. He considered the aims American L~braryAssociation, National Muni- and projected activities of his organization. cipal League and similar bodies be asked to The Clearirig House, he explained, was formed coaperate with local agencies in building up in the hope of serving students and administra- this reporting area. tors in research and in the establishment of Mr. Rex's paper on the "Distribution of standards of efficient government by acting municipal documents" was then read. Mr. as an exchange through which information Rex pointed out that few cities have any concerning research in public administration adequate method of distributing their docu- - can be distributed. Mr. Brownlow especially ments; that the number of copies of each iasue 306 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931 ' was limited and that where distribution was Financial Group possible it was usually taken care of by the department publishing the report. In Chicago and Cook county the medium of distribution The official sessions of the Financial Group is the Municipal Reference Library which began with a luncheon Wednesday, June 10. acts as an exchange for the collection of docu- in the Rose Room of the Hotel Cleveland. ments. Each department issuing reports is This furnished a pleasant introduct~onto the required by ordinance to send their reports sessions and an opportunity to make and renew to the library through which they are then acquaintanceships. drstributed. The library holds the list of depository libraries. Such planned distribution Following the luncheon the Group met in the was rmperatlve where the number of copies for Emp~re Room with the Chairman, Miss distribution is limited. Virginia Savage of Halaey, Stuart & Co., Chicago, presiding. Miss Rankin was called upon for hcr report. She considered first the problems of the New The report of the Investment Bankers York Municipal Reference Library in the Association Exhibit Committee was read by publication of its monthly checklist of docu- Miss Savage who has so ably carried on the ments. She traced In detail the very elaborate affairs of this Committee for the past two check-up of sources which is necessary in order years. The report wvas accepted and in com- to insure a fair degree of completeness for pliance with the Committee's recommendation, such a list She pointed out that few public it was voted that we do not have an exhlbit libraries can undertake so careful a check-up at the I. B. A. convention at White Sulphur for city documents, that many libraries are Springs in 1931. not authorized by ordinance to act as de- The report of the Committee for the library positories for their city documents, and further, exhibit at the American Bankers Association that were there such an ordinance, enforcement was read by Miss Emma Boyer of Cleveland would be an added difficulty. She concluded and accepted. From the sale of booklets pre- that the problem is gigantic, that it involves pared for this exhibit $26.80 remains, and Miss more than the building up of a distributing Ferguson said that approximately $200 was agency or of an up-to-date checklist; it in- left from the previous exhrbit. Miss Reynolds volves a program of education of the city suggested that these sums be put in the S. L. A. officlal to an understanding of the situation. treasury with the understanding that they Discussion followed. It was agreed that the belong to the Financial Group. The matter of Committee on Municipal Documents be ac- conducting another exhibit in 1931 was dis- corded the hearty commendation of the Group cussed; Miss Boyer stated that the A. B. A. for their painstaking work on this preliminary takes rt for granted now that we shall have an report, that it be continued with power to exhibit each year. It was therefore voted that take such steps as further study and develop- we continue the A. B. A. exhibits and that the ments may warrant, and that it be asked to incoming Chairman appoint a committee for report again at the next convention. it. It was suggested that the exhibit be varied The Chairman then called for discussion somewhat this year with perhaps a smaller conterning the program for the coming year. collection, giving special attention to the 7es Mr. Brlgham pointed out that the future of books. the group depended upon its re-establ~shing A report made by Miss Curry of New York its membership. Iie indicated that many was read summarizing suggestions received formerly interested had fallen away from the from questionnaires on future act~vitiesof the Civic-Social Group and suggested that an active Group After discussion MISS Reynolds sug- membership committee be organized to draw gested that we edit the November 1931 issue these groups back into membership. This of SPECIAL LIBRARIES aa a Financial suggestion together with continued work on a Group number On later consideration it was checklist of municipal documents and co- voted that we distribute information through- operation w~ththe Chicago Clear~ngHouse for out the year instead of in one issue of the Public Adniinistrat~on were agreed upon as magazine, Miss Bowman and Miss Robie, the work of the group for the coming year. the incoming Secretary, being directed to The meeting was adjourned. prepare the proceedings of our sessions lor this RUTHFINE, purpose. It was also decided to appoint people Secretary firo-lem in various cities to report news to Miss Nichola, September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 307 the incoming Cltairman, each month. Miss Library," the booklet issued once a year. It Wagner was appointed for New York and Miss was voted that a committee be selected by the Wuchter for Chicago. incoming Chairman for a permanent book Miss Manley of the Commercial-Technical committee to evaluate current financial litera- Group presented a chart which they have ture. recently compiled showing the sources of A report was read by Miss Wagner covering statistics on commodities-production, prices, several financial services in New York Ctty, and some other items with the suggestion that describing their scope and their refiability. the Financial Group make a stmilar one for A similar paper, covering some aervices in financial statistics showing brokers' loans, Boston, which had been prepared by Miaa money, etc. This was discussed at the second Robie, was read. session. Miss Savage reported that the A. L. A. is The second aession of the Financial Group preparing one of its "Reading with a Purpose" was held Friday afternoon, June 12, Misn lists, on the subject of investments, and had Savage presiding. submitted the manuscript to her for criticism. Miss Nichols of Chicago spoke on "Uniform Miss Savage and others who had seen the subject headinga for financial literature" and manuscript cr~ticizedthe selections, and it was presented a tentative list which she had com- reported that the A. L. A. is now circularizing piled. She stressed the fact that this list should special libraries for opinions on books to be be considered only a beginning to be studied, recommended. and invited criticisms and suggestions. It The decision of the Commercial and Financial was voted to continue the work on subject Chronicle to discontinue sending a free copy headings. Copies of the list were distributed of its magazine to the H. W. Wilson Co. to be with the admonition of the Chairman that we covered by the Industrial Arts Index was dis- study then1 during the summer months and cussed. A number of librarians reported having write to Miss Nichols about them in September. written to the publishers urging them to re- Several members agreed to do this. Copies of consider, but no replies have been received. the list are available for thoae interested. The Chairman asked that we continue to The subject of authoritative sources of in- write to the publishers, and also approach our formation in English on foreign countries wan advertising managers asking that they take taken up. Miss Ginsberg of the League of the matter up. Nine members indicated their Nations' Library, whom we expected to have willingness to do this, including Miss Ferguson, as a speaker, was'unable to come, but Miss Miss Henderson, Miss Lammers, Miss Wuchter, Savage said that she would forward any Miss Alexander, Miss Schneider, Miss Boyer, questions regarding specific publication8 to Miss Wagner and Miss Bowman. Miss Ginsberg. An announcement in the American Banker Miss Cavanaugh spoke on the subject that the A. B. A. will have an exhibit demon- although she declined to present a paper. strating the progress of banking within the The Standard Statistics Company, for which last century at the Centennial Fair to be held she is librarian, feels that it will have to in Chicago in 1933 was introduced with the broaden the scope of its work to include more suggestion that this Group cobperate by show- information on foreign countries, and she hae ing the work of libraries in banks; no action been investigating sources of information for was taken, however. them. She mentioned the "ZeiLungs Catalog" A paper, read by Miss Ferguson of San published by Rudolph Marcy in the Graybar Francisco, showing the need for a Permanent Building; also a list, being compiled by Miss Book Committee in our Group evoked much Cross of the Department of Commerce, on interest and discussion. Miss Claflin suggested foreign prices which is to be issued as a govern- a monthly mimeographed list, to be circulated ment document. In a few months Miss Cava- only among our members, in which we could naugh hopes to have some sort of a list to be warned against poor and misleading pub- distribute to us. lications as well as advised about the good It was reported also that a Survey of Current ones. However, Miss Ferguson suggested that Business in Foreign Coutrtries is to be issued the Committee be considered an advisory one by the Statistics Division of the U. S. Depart- to which we could refer questions; which would ment of Commerce as soon as they begin to conduct a list in SPECIAL LIBRARIES and receive the information regularly. It will be would edit the list of books in "The Bank published monthly and have a base book 308 SPBCIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931

almliar to the Survey of Current Business for by Miss Savage, regretted that she would not the United States. In this connection Miw consent to aerve again and expreased the hope Savage read a letter from Mr. Dorneratzky that in the coming year the Group could carry of the Division of Regional Information, U. S. on as effectively and loyally as it always has Dept. of Commerce done. The meeting was then adjourned. It was also auggestcd that we investigate This report would not be complete without the information available in the Kemmerer mention of the delightful tea at the Federal collection on foreign countries at Princeton Reserve Bank which wae given Thursday University. afternoon for the Financial Group and guest It was voted that we work towards a list speakers. of foreign sources of information and ask Miau Manlo~BOWMAN, 'Cavanaugh to begin such a 1st. Secretary. Mirrs Wuchter presented a most interesting chart entitled, "A Calendar of Busineas Insurance Group Statistics" which she had prepared for this meeting and which the Investment Bankers' Association is publishing in July as a supple- When Miss Mabel B. Saerig, Librarian of ment to Investm~nt Banking. The Calendar the Insurance Society of New York, and shows in very aimple tabular form the sources Chairman of the Group, called to order the of important business and financial statistical first meeting of the Insurance members at series, the special features, times of publication 2 p. m. Wednesday, June 10, everyone present and length of time each series has been ap- was spurred on by the renewed enthusiasm pearing. Miss Wuchter illustrated her talk these annual conferences instill in us. with a collection of the actual sources of these atatistics. Mr. Charles W. Hippard, Chairman, Educa- tional Committee, Cleveland Life Under- In view of this work, the incoming Chairman writers' Association, outlined the work of his was directed to comn~unicatewith the Com- Association in this field, emphasizing the fact mercial-Technical Group and offer them the that it was the first organization of its kind to information in Mien Wuchter's compilation for establish the office of paid Director. This charting in the form proposed by Miss Manley they did about 10 or 15 years ago. The Under- at the first session. writers are looking forward to the time, which Miss Ferguson spoke briefiy on the Silberling they feel is not far off, when a circulating Reports which are now purely an investment library will be organized and a trained librarian counsel service. She considers them honest. placed in charge. It was decided that hereafter the Financial At this point, Mr. C. A. Cutter asked to be Group shall have all of its publications copy- allowed to discuss his classification scheme righted. which is about completed. The subject of Miss Wagner mentioned the index, kept by classification being one that is always of keen Dow, Jones & Co., to the Wall Street Journal. interest to insurance librarians, the members They are very glad to have people use it by present were more than glad to have the oppor- communicating through their representatives tunity of hearing Mr Cutter. in various cities. Mr. Clayton G. Hale, a fellow-member of the Miss Billingsley read the report of the Insurance Institute of America, was intro- Nominating Committee and the Secretary duced by Miss Swerig, and after a few brief was authorized to cast a unanimous vote. remarks, he, in turn, introduced Mr. S. J. The following officers were elected: Horton, Secretary of the Insurance Board of Chairman, Ruth Nichols, Federal Reserve Cleveland, who presented a history of the Bank, Chicago Association which has been in existence since Vice-chairman, Lyda Broomhall, Irving 1846, and which sponsored educational work Trust Co., New York before the organization of the Insurance Society Secretary, Mildred Robie, Lee, Higginson of Cleveland. Mr. I-Iorton is affiliated with the & Co., Boston Chartered Insurance Institute of Great Britain. Miss Savage, in closing her term of office, We also had the pleasure of hearing Mr. spoke gratefully of the assistance she had John W. Barrett, the tirst President of the received. Mias Nichols, as incoming Chair- Insurance Society of Cleveland, and Mr. man. referred to the splendid activities initiated Robert A. Oswald, the present President. September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 309

At the request of Miss Leona Kohn of the The members attended the general sessions Industrial Arts Index there was a spirited which were held each morning. At the lunch- discussion of the insurance magazines now being eon and group meetings held each afternoon indexed and of the subject headings used. there was an average attendance of 21. The consensus of opinion seemed to be that Because of its special interest to Muaeum those being indexed are the ones most used Librarians the address of Lewis B. Williams, and the inclusion of these magazines had been President of the Board of Trustees of the of extreme value. Cleveland Museum of Natural History and The remainder of the meeting was devoted also a member of the advisory council of the to discussion of the booklet, the compilation Cleveland Museum of Art, should be mentioned of which has been the chief interest of the Group in this report. Mr. Williams' address, given at since it was first suggested at the Washington the first general session, was a scholarly ap- Conference In 1929. At that time, the many preciation of the value of libraries in general requests for material on the organizat~onof and especially of the invaluable aid that an insurance library had brought home to the Museun~sreceived from their libraries. Group the real need of some organized in- The first meeting of the group was a luncheon formation on the subject. Hence, it was in the attractive dining room of the Museum decided to assemble data for this much-desired of Art where we were guests of the Museums work Since d~stanceprevented a number of of Art arid of Natural Hlstory. Before the the Committee, of which D. N. Handy was luncheon a brief visit to the Library was made. Chairman, from attending the 1930 Conference At 2.30 p. m., the group assembled in a in San Francisco, it was necessary for us to small lecture hall of the Allen Memor~al defer our plans for another year. Practically Medical Library with Miss Etheldred Abbot, every member of the Group was assigned a Librarian of the Ryerson Library of the Art specific piece of work necessary before the Institute of Chicago, presiding. Miss Abbot manuscript could be prepared. The members presented Wm. M. Milliken, Director of the were most entbusiast~cin their praise of the Cleveland Museum of Art who spoke of the fine work of Mr. Handy in the preparation of hbrary problem in his Museum and the way the text of the tnanuscr~pt. in which it had been solved in order to give the The meeting was adjourned to Friday to maximum of quiet and at the aanle trme an enable members to join the party, invited by efficient service for the loan department of the Akron Beacon-Jourmd to vlew the giant slides and photographs. Mr. Milliken stressed U. S. dirigible, Akron. the fact that librariee in Museums should be The second meeting on Friday afternoon planned for normal expansion and also with continued the d~scuss~onof the booklet with sufficient stack room for many years' growth. particular reference to the lists of recon~n~ended He emphasized the necessity for quiet, and at books to be included. The corrected manu- the same time that of easy accessibility. Books script was given Miss Glover for transmittal needed as tools should be at hand for the use of the staff. to Mr. Handy, and the remaining reports to - be included in the appendix were to be car- Harold L. Madiaon, Director of the Cleve- rected and to be forwarded by the members land Museum of Natural History, next read to whom the work had been assigned. a paper entitled "A Museum Director Looks Before adjournment the following officers at his Library," which appears elsewhere in were elected for the year 1931-32: Chairman, this issue of SPECIAL LIBRARIES. Mr. Laura A. Woodward; Secretary, Helen D. Madison's conception of a Museu~n Library Hertell, Librarian, Connecticut General Life is a comprehensive and scholarly one, showing Insurance Company. intimate and first hand knowledge of library LAURAA. WOODWARD, methods and problems. His picture of a Secretary. libraria~iand his or her duties is an ideal toward which one may reach with every expectat~on of success, for it is neither impractical nor Museum Group unattainable. Miss Mary B. Day, Librarian of the Museum of Science and Industry at Chicago, showed The Museum Group of the Special Libraries blue prints of her new library with a capacity Association met with the general Association of 50,000 volumes. The library is a centralized in Cleveland, Ohio, June 10th to 12th, 1931. collection from which books are loaned to the 3 10 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931

members of the staff for an indefinite period, museum libraries, unless known to have a tho they are checked every two weeks to see separate museum library, as at Fogg, Wcllesley, whether or not they are in active use This etc. library has a valuable collection of prints on It was voted that the report of the survey early transportation, also drawings of early committee be used as a basis for the work during locomotives, and is particularly interested in the coming year with the understanding that the history of the development of industries. such corrections or additions to the question- Old material on these subjects is most welcome. naire as seem advisable be made. The same A letter from E. Louise Lucas conveyed committee was asked to continue with this her greetings and sincere regrets for her in- work and if necessary, additional members ability to be in Cleveland. It also brought a were to be appointed by the Chairman. In cordial mviiation to the members of the group order that the objective of the survey might to attend the Art Reference Round Table at be in concrete form, Mr. Cowles moved to the American Library Associatron's meetings continue the work of the committee with a in New Haven. view to eventually printing a report, if possible, On Thursday, June llth, after a luncheon within one or two years. The chief purpose of at Guild Hall in the Builders' Exchange Build- the report should be the enhancement of ing, the members went to the Cleveland Mu- museum library service. seum of Natural History for the afternoon After a luncheon on June 12th there was an session. The topic of discussion was the Report informal discussion of library problems. The of the Committee on the Survey of Science making of the exchange list was found to be and Art Museum Libraries in the United States. the duty of the librarian in most cases, which The personnel of this committee is as follows: eliminated or minimized the loss of bulletins Susan A. Hutch~nson,Librarian of the Brooklyn by incorrect delivery. Miss Hutchinson stated Muscum, Chairman; Thomas Cowles, Asst. that a card file, checked once a month, was Librarian of California Academy of Sciences; useful in keeping track of missing numbers. Mary B. Cobb, Librarian, Boston Society of The disposal of duplicate numbers of bulletins Natural I-Iistory; Nell G. Sill, Librarian, Cleve- was found to be a problem settled in different land Museum of Art; Paul Vanderbilt, Penn- ways. In some cases these were kept for ex- sylvania Museum of Art. The report of this change or sale, in others used for circulation committee was accepted with thanks and ap- or private collections of curators. preciation of the pioneer work which it has Mr. Cowles suggested the Magazine De- accomplished. This comprises two definite partment of the Musewn News would be pieces of work: a good place to publish an article on Museum First-the outline of a questionnaire to be Libraries sent to the Museum libraries, coveringinforma- The scope of the research work done by the tion as to: history, resources in books, period- librarian was discussed and found to be as icals, photographs, and other reprqductions, varied as the types of libraries represented. including lantern slides; character and amount In some cases the librarian made bibli~~raphiea, of service rendered, class served-museum in others the assistants of the curators did thin staff or general public; organization of library work, wh~lea few did exhaustive research for staff; endowment and budget; publications. the staff members. Each subject was considered in detail by the As a constructive program for the group, Group and useful suggestions wereincorporated. Mr Cowles moved that a committee of three Second-a tentative list of museum libraries be appointed by the chairman to study the was compiled. This proved to be so difficult feasibility of the compilation of a manual of an undertaking that the need and usefulness standard works for Sc~enceMuseum libraries. of such a list was amply demonstrated. Through A paper on the Newark Muaeum library the cordial cooperation of Mr. Coleman, Serre- by Miss Rachel Benson, Librarian, was read tary of the American Association of Museums by Miss Raymond. John Cotton Dana founded and the use of his unpublished "List of Mu- this Museum which outgrew its first home on seums in the United States," a beginning was the third floor of the Public Library and in made, wlth addlt~onsfrom the 1930 edition 1926 moved to its own new building. Because of the American Library Directory. It was of its close tie with the Public Library, a com- decided to omit the following: historical plete reference library was cons~dered un- societies' libraries, medical libraries, museums necessary and the initial collection of books in public I~braries,school libraries, university was designed to meet the needs of the Museum September, 1931. SPECIAL LIBRARIES 311 staff in installing exhibiis. While it is essentially This was followed by a symposium on the a working library for the staff, its resources Cleveland newspaper libraries by L. Schrieber are available to Museum visitors. of the Cfevdand Press and Winifred Clark of The following motions were pasned: That N. E. A. Miss Clark, who files 1500 clippings a vote of thanks be given the Cleveland weekly, urged revision of the filea every 20 Committee of the SpeciaI Libraries Association years, and warned against discarding photo- for their hospitality; graphs. "Nevcr throw them away." In the That the members of the Museum Group discussion which followed D G Rogers of the of the Special Libraries Association appreciate New York Herald-Tribune said that his de- the kind invitation to meet with the American partment throws nothmg away. Museum Association th~syear and hope that A paper by Florence h.1. Walsh of the it will be our privilege to meet with this As- Seatlle T$tircs on its lnfornlatiori service was eociation from time to time. read by W~llinm Alcott, Librarian of the The following officers were chosen for the Bostou Globe. In the d~scussion, emphasis ensuing year: was laid on the fact that the newspaper library's service to children was a good-will Chairman, Minnie White Taylor, Li- builder. brarian, Cleveland Museum of Natural William C. Waugh, director of the Russel1 History, Cleveland Soundex System, Remington Rand Business Vice-chairman, E. P. Allen, Univereity Service, Buffalo, gave a chalk talk on filing Museum, Univers~tyof Michigan, Ann names by sound rather than by spellmg. Arbor He called his talk "A New Alphabetic Dwer- Secretary, Eugenia Raymond, Librarian, sion." It was the opinion of the newspaper Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati. librarians that this system would not be CLARAH. JOSSELYN, practical for the newspaper reference I~brary. Secretary. On motion of Mr. Alcott a vote of thanks was given Mr. Waugh. Newspaper Group On motion of Mr. Alcott, seconded by Mr. Rogers, a message of good cheer, and flowers, were ordered sent by wire to Agnes Petersen On June 10, an informal Breakfast Con- of the Mdwauhee Jorrrnal, who was prevented ference in the Rose Room of the Hotel Cleve- from attending by reason of a personal injury. land opened the activities of the Newspaper The financial report of the Secretary- Group. Ford M. Pettit, the Chairman, pre- Treasurer was received and adopted, as fol- sided and reviewed the events of the year in lows: the Newspaper library field. There was general RECEIPTS discussion followed by the report of the Secre- Dec. 1, 1930, bnlanceon hand ... $18.68 tary-Treasurer, Joseph Sheridan of the Akron March 31, 1931, received from Beacon Journal. S.L.A ...... 5000 . The first formal session took place at 2 p m. - on the same day with Mr. Pettit presiding. Total...... $68 68 Paul Bellamy, Managing Editor of the Cleue- land Plain. Dealer spoke extemporaneously on DISDURSEMENT~ Dec. 8,1930, stationery. $18 00 "The Practical Development of the Newspaper ...... May 25, 1931, printi~~gand post- Library." The "high spots" in his address age ...... 19 20 were these. The development of the library - will rest more and more on facts. There is Total $37 20 danger in creating a fet~shout of the size of the ...... June 10, 1931, balance. $31 48 library. It should not attempt the work of a ...... general library. Detail is not needed in research At the second formal conference held in the work which is the function of the public evening of June 10, a paper which had been library; but it all must depend upon the size prepared by Agnes J. Petersen of the Afilwaz~lce of the paper. The newspaper library should Jour~lalon "Indexing Newspapers" was read disclose the defect of the newspaper. He closed by Mr. Pettit. He followed this by a brief by praising the motive of the Newspaper Group, statement of the indexing work done on the urged its development in usefulness In thk work, Detroit News, where they have worked back to the end that it will be professional. to 1873 and at the present time are working 3 12 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931

on 1918 in addition to indexing the current S. L. A. in the Hotel Cleieland ballroom at issues. I p. m. Joseph F. Kwapil, Librarian of the Phila- The third Breakfast Conference, in charge delphia Pirblic Ledger, described the indexing of Mr. Alcott, discussed equipment for a work in h~soffice, saying that the card Index newspaper library. At th~sconference, Mar- has taken the place of the loose-.eaf system garet Reynolds, Librarian of the First Wis- for doing it The work as done on the New York consin National Bank, Milwaukee and Presi- Times was related by Marie A. T. Walker who dent of Special L~braries Association, was stated that the Times has been indexing since present. She brought up the subject of a 1905, and also files clippings. Miss Walker newspaper group magazine which had been also told of the Times' system of filing college proposed, ~nformally, during the year. She catalogs, publications, pamphIets, reports of stated that she had opinions adverse to the foundations and hospitals, army and navy proposition, based on advice given her by an registers, government reports, bank reports, attorney. A general discussion followed but etc. Letters to the editor are indexed. The no action was taken. It was the sense of the Times conducts a circulating library for its meeting, however, that the Newspaper Group employes. In the discussion followmg, Herbert would benefit by having a special magazine 0. Brigham, Rhode Island State Librarian, of its own. It was also the opinion of the group told of thc system he uses in filing pamphlets. members that masmuch as the magazine Mr. Pettit stated that the Detroit News files SPECIAL LIBRARIES was to undergo a pamphlets in the reference department. change in management, and probably in policy, the Newspaper Group might be latored Mr. Rogers of the Herald Tribiine brought with special consideration of special interest up a discussion on "Getting Rack Loaned to its membership. In thm event it was thought Material and the Penalties for Failure." He probable that a special magazine for the stated that he has discovered that "star re- Newspaper Group might be avoided. porters" are "as temperamental as opera At the formal session on Friday afternoon singers." In eight years his department has a letter was read from Mrs. Irene S. Zorek, lost 200 envelopes containing clippings and former librarian of the Camden (N. J.) Courier- other material. Some were lost on elevated Post expressing regret at her inability to attend trains, some were left on desks and swept away. the conference. On motion of Mr. Alcott the A second Breakfast Conference on June 11, Secretary was instructed to write her an ex- at which Joseph F. Kwapil presided, gave the pression of the regret of the Newspaper Group members an opportunity for discussion of at her inability to attend. "Classification" especially attempting to answer Mr. Alcott read a paper on "Value of a requests for help in filing material on proliibi- Newspaper Library as a Maker and Saver of tion, aeronautics, legislative b~lls,etc. It was Money" sent in by Prof. Robert W. Desrnond, necessary to defer the completion of this dis- Department of Journalism, Univers~ty of cussion to the afternoon session of the next Minnesota. This was loIlowed by a short day. discuss~on upon the subject-how reference In lieu of an afternoon session the men~bers libraries help a newspaper financially. The of the Group, upon the invitation of the Akron ch~efmethods mentioned were. some sell copies Beucotz Jownal and Goodyear-Zeppelin Cor- of photographs; advertising departments ohtain poration, left in special busses from the Hotel help from the reference library; money is Cleveland at I p m. for Akron, 30 miles south saved on telegraph and cable tolls; time and of Cleveland. This trip included a visit to the telephone calls for reporters are saved; the Akron airport and dock where the U. S. S. paper is protected from libel suits. Akron, world's largest dirig~ble,in course of Floyd J Mlller, publisher of the Trrbline construction, was viewed. Several members of at Royal Oak, Michigan, and former Director the party took advantage of the opportunity of the Detroit News Reference Department, to take short trips in the Goodyear bhmps speaking without a paper, presented the view From the airport the members of the party of the publisher on the vaIue of the reference were conveyed to the plant of the Beacon department. He said there are two main Journal where its new building, including its purposes of the Newspaper Group-to im- reference dcpartment, was inspected. The prove the technique of its members, and, the visitors were greeted by John H. Barry, Busi- larger aim, to benefit the profession by the ness Manager. Cleveland was reached on the establishment of standards and technique. As return In time to attend the annual dlnner of a publisher he said he found that the reference September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 313 department was valuable in the eaving of of prominence are never eliminated. The money. He regretted that more of the news- Herald-Tribune regards these as very valuable paper publishers were not cognizant of the fact for all time. that the Newspaper Group is an aid to them. Harry Pence of the Cincinnalr Enpurrer He also stated that the small newspaper can said that he IS very conservative when it have a reference department on a small scale. comes to elimination. The bottom drawers Some publishers have not established the de- in his files are reserved for historical material. partment because of the fear of expense and The Group wan honored by a visit from bliss complications. He urged the adoption of a Eastman, Librarian of the Cleveland Public stnndard of classification, saying it was of Library and former President of American very vital importance to the reference depart- Library Association, who announced that she ment and the newspaper. In the discussion was interested in the subject or problem of following Mr. Alcott suggested the distribution collecting biographical material of a leaflet on the subject of reference libraries Joseph Sheridan, Reference Librarian of the to interest the publishers of smaller news- Akron Beacon Jaurna2 read a paper on "Suc- papers. cessful Ways of Obtaining Biographic Mater- Mr. Rogers, discussing classification, sug- ial." Lack of time precluded a discussion of gested drawing up a plan of simplified classifica- the subject. tion in vital subdivisions. Prof. Edward F. On motion of Mr. Alcott a resolution was Mason of the School of Journalism. Iowa State adopted ihanking the Akron Beacon Jorrrnal University, stated that he was seeking ideas and Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation for the for classification to use in his department. courtesy of the trip to Akron. Mr. Kwapil, who has made classification one of the chief aims in his work, voiced the opinion On motion of Mr. Alcott it was ordered that that a simple scheme can be worked out for Paul P. Foster of the Pkiladelplria Inquirer newspapers in small cities. Mr. Pettit cited and Mr. Kwapil send greetmgs to the British some examples of classification and the group- newspnper librarians who have evinced an ing of subjects, especially on the subject of interest in the Newspaper Group, and invite prohibition. Mr. Kwapil promised to go into them to attend future annual conterences. the subject further and have something to The elect~onof officers for the ensuing year propose at the next annual conference. followed with this result: Mr. Pettit opened the discussion of problems Chairman, Joseph Sheridan, Akron Beacorz of elimination which was also discussed by Mr. J0~4rnn1,Akron, Ohio Alcott. Mr. Kwapil reported that he has Vice-chairman, David G. Rogers, ~Vcs YorA periodical weeding out of clippings of temporary Herald-Tribrtne, New Yorlc City value. Mr. Rogers stated that his system is to Secretary-Treasurer, Marian IEoch, She- "star" all clippings of a temporary value. using boygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisconsin a rubber stamp of a star when the clipping is Members of the Executive Committee, cut for filing. After the lapse of a certain time William Alcott, Boston Globc, Boston, these clippings are el~minated. Massachusetts; Joseph F. Kwapil, Phila- Mr. Pettit, distuesing the elimination of delphia P~rblicLedger, Philadelphia, Pa. photographs of deceased persons reported that On motion of Mr. Alcott the support of the the Detroit News preserves at least one photo. Newspaper Group was pledged to the new graph of a deceased person, and in the case of officers, and a vote of thanks accordecl the persons of prominence more than one. Mr. retiring officers. Alcott reported that the Boston Globe has a Many of the members attended the dinner "purgatory" for old photographs which are at 8 p, m. aboard the Dctroit steamer and went permanently preserved. In the case of baseball to Detroit where the Detroit Chapter was host players the Globe preserves one of each player on June 13. The various libraries were visited; and presents the others, if any, to the public noon dinner at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, library or such other places or persons who a sight seeing bus trip through the city, might value them. vimts to prominent buildings, garden party at Josephine Fahey of the S/. Louis Globe- the Detroit Public Library, theater party Democrat preserves all old photographs of and buffet supper in the evening completed a deceased men. Mr. Rogers reported that the delightful and profitable annual conference. Herald-Tribune considers its obituary file an JOSEPH SUERIDAN, accurate as can be had. Obituaries of persons Secretary-Treasurer. 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Report of the Membership Committee 1930*1931

New Members Total Members we cannot offer to pay travelling expenscs of Institutional 13 149 speakers who might come a reasonable distance Active 71 429 if invited That the magazine barely pays its Subscriptions 59 358 own way. That we have not enough revenue Associate 154 578 from publications The* are the sad facts that an incoming President has to become reconciled to in the first flush of election. The above figures are the result of some Indeed we are very poor-and mainly be- years of very hard work on the part of our cause we hesitate to do what other national Association. May I dare to make the following groups are doing and finance ourselves in a obsewations-that the Associate memberships modern up-to-date manner, drawing upon our and the magazine subscriptions more or less firms for a reasonable financial support. Surely sell themselves with a normal amount of we are the "timid souls" of the business world1 encouragement of local chapters, committees and -groups; that the Active memberships How many of us remember the beginnings come through the hard work of local presidents of our present scheme of memberships? As and local membership chairmen; that the I look back it would seem that Membership Institutional memberships are for the most work as a clear cut activity of the Association part due to the work of the Executive Board began nearly ten years ago at a Lake Placid and especially of our Presidents. Excellent meeting of the New York State Library As- work this has been in the past, but for the sociation when one or two Boston people, future it is not enough. Mr. Cady, and two or three from New York were there. On several occasions our little It seems to me that it should be the duty of group seemed to form a special libraries session the Membership Chairman to point out to the all our own and whatever we discussed always general membership that the financing of the ended with the one big question-how are Association through the Institutional tom of we going to finance S. L. A.? hlembership was membership should be much more of local obviously the first point of attack, and tho we responsibility than it is-not added to ad- talked of increased membership we knew that ministrative duties that are already far too what was facing the Association really was heavy to ask of unpaid officers. Do we all increased dues. As I remember it, we all agreed realize this or do we take our officers for that the membership at large would not support granted? $15.00 dues. Yet in the next breath we would each admit that of course our own individual It might be a good thing if each one of us firms would not object, until we began to gather pictured to ourselves what it would be like courage and say that surely if our firms would to find oneself elected President of this As- agree, others would too. The result was that sociatlon. At first there would be an immediate the Executive Board of 1923 took the daring eagerness and inspiration to try out many step and launched a campaign for the three splendid ideas for bettering the Associatlon- kinds of membership. enlarging the magazine, increasing comrnitree undertakings, visiting local associations. But While there was some confusion and protest no-immediately there comes the blighting at first, many doubt'ers were won over. But discovery that we are overworking the members the time has now come when we must warn the of our Board by expecting them to pay their rest that they are weakening the cause of the own way to Executive Board meetings-three, Association. The absence from our Institutional four, or five meetings a year. That when we list of the names of certain firms, banks and plan the programs for our annual convention associations makes them conspicuous. Is it September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 317 really true that a librarian in charge could not their annual report they show a record for enter a $15 00 item upon her magazine sub- Institutional memberships. Out of a total of scription list without a challenge from her 36 members, six are Institutional and 1: auditor or treasurer? How much do we pay for Active. Spccial attention may also be called financial services, memberships in statistical to Baltimore's first annual report as June 13th associations, industrial boards or research marks their anniversary of affiliation with the committees? Why do we discount the value National Association. of our own professional body? In March I suggested to the local presidents The failure to produce more than 13 new that we attempt a Membership drive. I did Institutional members for the year 1930-31 not know whether we would defeat our own must be a warning to the whole Association. ends by trying anything so obvious but we Not at this moment, but two years from now had never attempted a national drive before, or possibly one year from now, I believe we and it seemed that we needed something in may have to reckon with the question of advance of the meetmg at Cleveland that would whether our financial status makes us a national give us a specified time and a definite reason association in the true sense of the word. Look for concentrating on this vital spot of oar at the new folder of Institutional members organization. Before the week of April 27th and see which are the few local associations that are contributing the bulk of income and very interesting replies had come from every see if you are satisfied with your own. Perhaps president or n~embershipchairman reassuring Philadelphia is right-to belong to a national me. The excellent results of their work appear cramps the rights of the individual-why in the chapter reports, and should serve should not California, Chicago, Boston and new oficers as an excellent basis for next New York retain their autonomy and their year's work. The highest increases of member- own dues? ship for the year were Detroit, 176 percent; Milwaukee, 128 percent; and San Francisco. Do we want a fine magazine? Do we believe 56 percent. in the promotion of new publications? Do we take pride in an Executive Board that is drawn And what are we going to do for next year? from New York, Pittsburgh, Detroit and It seems to me that first of all we want to think Milwaukee? Is there any refreshment to be had nationally. In planning the work of our chap in a perfect Convention such as this one? ters we want to assure ourselves of mod sup Can't you see that if we are to go on, we port as well as financial support in the further- I lust pay? ance of our profession. National pride must be added to individual conviction if we arc Now enough of this criticism of the general going to fit into the modern business world. membership. Let us consider the shortcomings If there are any who do not understand the ,)f the Membership chairman's record. The necessity of these points nor sympathize with 'itst outstanding failure of the year has been .he formation of no new chapter within the them perhaps they will raise their voices in date of Con~~ecticutin spite of the fact that protest here at this meeting. If I can answer here is an increasing group of interesting objections or clear away confusions, so much msiness librarians and heads of departments the better for our whole Association, but let .n public libraries. Also, there is only chagrin there be none who do not care. Above all, let n the fact that Philadelphia stdl stands there be none who resent the more format sdatnant in ita claim that there would be aspect and necessity of a Membership policy. nothing gained and possibly much lost in We fortunately-or is it unfortunately-have becoming a chapter of the nat~onalassociation. grown so this last three years that the informal Now that we have an active Advisory Council way of muddling along is inadequate. If we provided for by the Constitution, I wonder open our eyes to a future whose foundation is if such a large group of members will not research work, we will know that S. L. A. really miss having the privilege of representa- must grow accordingly and that a truly nation- tion within this body when matters of national policy are at stake. It was with deep apprecia- al S. L. A. is our only goal. tion -and thankfulness that I received word FLORENCEBPADLRY, from our President that Milwaukee had decided to organize as a local chapter. In Chairman. 318 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September. 1931 Membership Program who have had Executive Board experience would make the ideal Counsellors. 1931*1932 Write your President what you think of this suggestion, adding your own ideas to fit your Evcn at the risk of starting out as a hard- own section of the country. Since our Con- boiled and calculating Chairman, I must ask ventions in California and at Cleveland we are you to consider finances. If you have not feeling much more largely acquainted-people read the Treasurer's report for last year, please seem at closer range, and things are going to turn to the table of 1930-31 Membership totals affect us more intensely. It is under such and do a little multiplying. Then see what you conditions that people develop. We must can do to help solve the following questions: cherish our S. L. A, and make it flourish for 1931-1932. How many new members can we bring in thi year to S L. A.? How many Associate members can we turn into Actives-converting ones into fives? How can we be assured that every group of Associate Members- Actives is covered by its proper Institutional membership? Welcome How many holders of Institutionals have also their personal memberships? I suppose we may not exactly pat you on the heads as our "younger generation" and How can we guard against lapses? offer you Felicitations as we open the new The Membership Chairman does not admit year's work. Some of you are Associates of that hard times are going to reduce our finances, long standing on whose loyalty and moral bccaua we need S. L. A, and each other more support we depend, but for various reasons now than ever before. Local associations that you have held slightly aloof from us by re- have not been particularly active formerly maining Associates. We regret that you do are going to discover that there is employment not see our magazine nor take part in Con- work for them to do as never beforelhat ventions nor assume the right to vote along members must demand, and officers must with other privileges of Active members. provide. Meetings must be made more vital in evay way-that is more dtverting or more While we look upon the Active members practical according to local predicament. The as the workers of the Association who bear magazine must fill the needs of its readers most of the responsibility, we count on you as and people must mean more to each other. much needed friends of the Association. We hope you will attend all the meetings you can, Now what will bring these things to pass? become acquainted with the people who will Our President has answered in her usual calm help you most. Then perhapa at the end of the and direct way by asking a question-why year you will feel that further investment in do we not try regional Membership Counsellors? an Active membership will pay. What would you think of some such a liaison person who would thtnk in terms of states and Friends of the business library world are to groups of states? who would plan with local be found in special departments of public membership chairmen so as not to duplicate libraries, in university libraries, in book shops work, but try to bring remote members under and the publishing world, in laboratories and some tangible influence of locals? who might all research groups. If you know of others who be able to reach company executives who have might value association with us it might add never heard of a business librarian, thus emphasis to your own interests at meetings creating new openin~sl In fact, the newer to bring them with you. Your local Association phast of work for such an officer would be that is what you make it-as, in turn, our National of thinking nationally and interpreting locally. S. L. A, is what the Active members make it. Needless to say, that implies that members F. B. September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 3 19

Holds the record for brtngmg every firm One Way That Built Up she works for into the fold nith never anything a Local Chapter less than an Institutional membership. While we do not wish Goldman, Sachs any bad luck Granted that the Program Committee has such as losing a librarian, especially when they provided an interesting and attractive program have never had one before--still, we must for the year. Then the task of securing new admit to a little curiosity as to who might be members should not fall solely upon the mem- her next contribution to S. L. A. bership committee, national and local, but (Institutional Member -Financial Group) upon every member of the chapter. The records of the chapter should include DR. B. STEPANBK two actlve lists-members and prospective San Francisco, California members. To those on the prospective list This new member, formerly Czechoslovak as well as to the members, minutes of meetings Minister to this country, is making a study and an invitation to attend each meetmg should of the practices of American insurance com- be sent throughout the entire year. panies. He has just discovered S. L. A. and After two or three meetings have been held, writes in that he is "embarrassed by the rich- members should begin to follow up these ness" of all the Association offers, only he invitations to prospective members, preferably wishes we would hurry and publish Mr by personal call or telephone. The newspaper Handy's new pamphlet on the "Organization member should invite the newspaper non- of an Insurance Library." We think we will member to the next meeting; the public ut~lity have to hold another Convention in California member, the public utility non-member, and very soon! o on. Yes, even an invitation to a luncheon (Institutional Member - Insurance Group) or a dinner prior to the meeting is an excellent means-if conditions so permit. At the meet- ALICEM. WATTS,Librarian ings, the prospect member should be introduced Aetna Life Insurance Company, Hartford, and made to feel at ease. Connecticut After a few meetings, non-members should When introducing this member it is not be cordially invited to join the association, enough to say Miss Watts of the Aetna, but in fact, an intensive drive for new members of the Aetna Life, as Hartford is just full of should then be conducted. Aetnas. She was sent down to New York a The Illinois Chapter used this method very year ago by her firm to take special courses at successfully to secure many new associate Columbia but only to discover that she knew members. This success was due chiefly to the everything there was to learn about the personal contact element. library job because she has lived for years with Associate members were sent a letter ex- a librarian. By being a good listener she had ~lainingthe many advantages of an active absorbed it all and now she is organizing a fine membership. The Special Libraries magazine, insurance library for a company of men wise and vote in the national association were enough to invest time and money in proper emphasized. The results were most gratifying trarning for specialized work. Almost the first and many new active members obtained. thing she d~don returning to Hartford was Active and associate members were told to send in her dues to S. L. A. that further aids in bibliographies, consultation (Active Member - Insurance Group) service, et cetera, of particular value were avaiIabIe from the national association by ISADELLAK. R~ODES having their organizations become Institutional School of Library Service, Columbia Unl- members. The larger the number of Inst~tu- versity, New York City tional members, the more the benefits to the Thcre are those \rho think it was a joke on associate and active members, the libraries the Membership Chairman that she worked and to every one directly or indirectly in- for a \\hole year on the Classification Com- terested. mittee with Miss Rhodes without ever asking JOSEPH A. CONFORTI. her if she was a member of S. L. A. Finally some one invited her to become a member Introducing- and she was delighted1 No cataloging or MILDREDLEE, Librarian, classification question phases her, even for a Goldman, Sachs & Company, 30 Pine Street, business library New York City (Associate Member-Classification Committee) SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931 Editorial Board EDITOR, Ruth Savord, Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., New York City.

Department Editors Elizabeth 0.Cullen, Bureau of Railway Economics, Washington, D. C. K. Dorothy Ferguson, Bank of America, San Francisco, Calif. Louise Keller, Independence Bureau, Philadelphia, Pa. Marian C. Manley, Business Branch, Public Library, Newark, N. J. Emilie Mueser, Engineering Societies Library, New York City. M. E. Pellett, Port of New York Authority, New York City. A. A. Slobod, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.

ADVERTISING MANAGER, M. Dorothy Howard, Standard Statistics CO., New York City.

E announce a partially re-organized Editorial Board this month and hope to W complete our staff by the time the October issue goes to press. It was with real regret that the Editor received the resignations of D. N. Handy, Charlotte L. Cannody, Ethel Cleland and Thomas Cowles who have served so faithfully under Mr. Brigham. The Association extends its thanks to them for their splendid work in the past.

VERY member of the Association, who has its interests at heart, should read E and ponder the section on Membership printed elsewhere in this issue - the Report for 1930-31, and plans for 1931-32. Having read, let each of us consider himself or herself an unofficial member of the Membership Committee in competi- tion with other members for honors as to the largest number of new names added to our roster. You will be doing new recruits a favor by introducing them to the Association; you will be doing the Association a favor by adding to its funds; and you will be doing yourself a favor because with more funds the Association can do more for you.

E print elsewhere a list of new officers of the National Association, of Groups W and of local Chapters. These members have accepted these positions-honors, if you like - to serve you. Each of them thereby sacrifices a certain amount of leisure time and devotes much thought and energy to your interests. Are you doing your share to cooperate with them? We must not forget that mere numbers never made an association outstanding nor of value to the individual-only in- dividual effort can do that. If your Association is to take its place on an equal footing with similar professional organizations every member must be actlve- locally, nationally, in group undertakings or in all three - so that we may build an organization into which everyone is pz~tlingsomething instead of one from which everyone is taking something. Scptembw, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

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OTHING tells a story more clearly than a map, and the Membership Map in N this issue shows better than anything else how concentrated in four or five centers is our special libraries profession. The task of the Membership Committee is a very heavy one, not only to secure the membership of librarians of existing libraries, but to knit the libraries in the various territorial divisions more closely together, and to demonstrate to important organizations which have not yet realized it, how valuable an asset a library-and above all, a properly qualified librarian-can be. We trust Miss Bradley, our Membership Committee Chairman, will be overwhelmed with offers of assistance in the arduous duties which we have thrust upon her. *** merican Library Association, under the chairmanship of Mr. Carl B. THERodenA of the Chicago Public Library, is already making active preparations for demonstrating library service, in both general and special fields, at the Chicago Centennial Exposition in 1933. Your President has been invited to serve on this committee as a "member at large." In our own Association, Joseph A. Conforti has been appointed by the Executive Board chairman of a similar committee to co- operate with the A. L. A. in every way possible.

MPORTANT Special Libraries Section meetings will be held in connection with I the State conventions of the Michigan and Pennsylvania Library Associat~onsin October. The Pennsylvania Library Convention will be held at Pittsburgh, and the Special Library Section meeting, in charge of Miss Adeline Macrum, will take place on Wednesday, October 21. Miss Grace England is arranging the Michigan Special Libraries Section meeting at Battle Creek for Friday afternoon, October 9, and much effort is being made to bring together as many special librarians of Michigan as possible. In that connection strong arguments were presented for a meeting of the Executive Board at Detroit on Saturday, October 10, thus making it possible for some members of the Board, at least, to attend the Battle Creek meeting on ilie previous day. The suggestion has been approved by the Board, and the offer of a conference room at the Hotel Statler in Detroit on October 10 has been accepted. Members of the Advisory Council, as agreed at our Cleveland convention, are also eligible to attend (without voting power) all Executive Board meetings. It is hoped that as many as possible of those who attend the Detroit Board mect~~tgcan also be present at Battle Creek. ***

MONG the items of business for Board attention at this meeting will be deci- A sion as to place and time of the 1932 Convention. We have had many in- vitations and many more suggestions. Your President will welcome whatever in- formation Any member can give which kill help us to make the wisest decis~on. 2 2 ALTA B. CLAFLIN. 322 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931 Digest of Business Book Reviews Compiled by the Staff of the Business Branch of the Public Library, Newark, N. J.

American Inatftute of Accountants. C. P. "Practical suggestions are made for economic A. laws of the U. S. Century, 1930. and personal betterment." System, July 1931, $3.00. p. 44 35 words. "The text of each law has been verified by W. B. Business adrift. Whit- competent authority in the state of orirrin and tlesey House, 1931. $2.50. every possible effort has been made to avoid inaccuracy." Business Law Journal, January "This book provides stimulating reading 1931, p. 76. 150 words. matter lor those who are interested in under- standing the causes of our present depression "The book is a compilation, without com- and in preventing a repetition of it." Dartnell ment, of those sections of the state laws de- Reference Index. 120 words. ' fining the qualifications of a Certified Public "The Dean, having been an ex-banker and Accountant." H. P. Dutton. Factory and business man, knows the value of epitomiza- 1931, Industrial Management, January, p. tion and agreeable presentation of his subject." 69. 35 words. R. L. Smitley. Business Briefs, April 1931, "Ample marginal notes prove the accuracy p. 555. 60 words. of the book and the care with which its material "This swift review of world-wide forces is ac- has been prepared." Lefax, January 1931, complished in 165 pages of vigorous, non- p. 26. 130 words. technical English which reada itself." H. P. Accounting Review, March 1931, p. 79. Dutton. Factory and Industrial Management, 50 words. A. W.Hanson. May 1931, p. 807. 530 words. "There has already been more controversy Chase, Stuart. Nemeeie of American over this book than over any other business business. Macmtllan, 1931. $2.00. book in some time . . . Dean Donham die- "This time he goes into some forecasting cusses the problem, 'How can we as business concerning the future profits of general busi- men, within the areas for which we are re- ness." R. L. Smitley. Business Briefs, April sponsible, best meet the needs of the American 1931, p. 555. 45 words. people, most nearly approximate supplying "There is scarcely a page in it that does not their wants, maintain profits, face the Russian have some message for the business man, challenge, and at the same time aid Europe and contribute most to, or disturb least, the particularly if the B. M, takes time off oc- cause of International Peace.' " Donald. casionally to think about people, habits, trends W. J. 1931, 253. and possibilities." F. A. Fall. Credit and Management Review, August p. 550 Financial Management, May 1931, p. 40 words. "The author would still prefer capitalism 670 words. "Economic disarmament among nations, because it includes values that he prizes highly. reorganization of the credit structure, an These are personal liberty and individual initiative." William Feather. Nation's Busi- economic planning commission like the War ness, June 1931, p. 84. 570 words. Industries Board, revision of the Anti-Trust laws, national housing programs, outlawry of Dowrle, G. W. American monetary and stock-gambling, maintenance of the wage banking policies. Longmane, Green, scale, are discussed." John Carter. Forbes, 1930. $3.00. 15, 1931, 62. 110 May p. words. "Chapter I1 deals with policies relating to "The chapters in this book have appeared the banking structure." American Bankers separately in various periodicals." Manage- Association Journal, May 1930, p. 1096. 64 ment Review, July, 1931, p. 222 55 words. words. "He wonders whether somebody will not "Of the many monetary and banking prob- exploit the profit that exists in cleanliness and lems before the country today practically all beauty." William Feather. Nation's Business, are discussed at length, and in every case the July 1931, p. 82. 580 nrords solution recommended is tested by its social September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 323 desirability." C. S. Tippetts. American phasis on a plan of analysis of causes which Economic Review, June 1930, p. 325. 990 will permit intelligent diagnosis and remedy words. of faulty industrial practice." H. P. Dutton. "Since American banking policy is treated Factory and Industrral Management, March from a non-technical view-point, i't wdl serve 1931. p. 426. 75 words. the business man as well as the uninitiated "The author states the 'incidental' cost of college student in banking " I.. L. Ecker. accidents is four times as great as compensa- Harvard Business Review, July 1931, p. 507. tion and medical payments." William Feather. 950 words. Nation's Business, May 1931, p. 84 160 "Emphasrs is placed in this text upon public words. policy rather than upon mere descriptions of "Industrial accident prevention principles institutions." Management Review, June are first explained in this book by H. W. 1931, p. 189. 180 words. Heinrich of the Travelers Insurance Company, followed by data on causes, costs, and remedies Elkind, H. B. Preventive management: of accidents." System, July 1931, p. 45. 25 mental hyglene in industry. Forbes, words. 1931. $3.00. "The book shows how imoortant - f-Hoover, C. B. Economic life of Soviet ment in industry has become and how the Russia. Macmlllan, 1931. $3.00. concept of management has changed in the "Professor Hoover considers . . . lhat not last few years " Dartnell Reference Index. only docs the Sovret order depend upon force 120 words. . . . but also this force is almost eniircly "Wh~lewritten in a style mtended to appeal divorced from any form of den~ocraticcontrol " to the shop man and foreman, the book is Paul Haenscl. American Economic Review, obv~ously intended for major executwes." June 1931, p. 295. 900 words. A H. Mogensen. Factory and Industrial Man- "This study is by a Fellow of tlrc Social agement, June 1931, p. 1001. 85 words Science Research Council of the United "It is intended to strmulate interest and States." Darron's, June 22, 1931, p. 30. 150 research in mental hygiene." Management words. Review, July 1931, p. 222. 150 words. "I-lis statrstics are those employed by thc "The volume describes the newest methods Soviet and its economic organs in the plann~l~~ in management and personnel work." System, and direction of the economy, and in sonre March 1931, p. 214. 35 words. instances he feels that they are subject to d~scount." Empire Mall, April 1931, p. 222. Handbook of commercial and financial 130 words. information services. Speclal Librarics "Professor Hoover has made a thorough iact- Association, 1931. $2.00. finding study of the Russian economic system." "The introduction contains a functional John Carter. Forbes, Febrtrary 15, 1931, p. analysis and an appraisal of the services by 61 280 words. experts." R. L. Sni~tley. Business Briefs, "He writes of Soviet pollcies and their June 1931, p. 716. 85 words. results, the suppression of the private trader, "The cost, and frequency of publication are the Five-Year Plan." System, April 1931, given." Food Industries, June 1931, p. 268. p. 301. 45 words. 75 words. ' "This new handbook lists 214 important Jamlson, C. L. Management of unit services, describing the type of information banks. Univ. of Michigan, Bureau of each offers." Lefax, February 1931, p. 32. Business Research, 1931. $1.00. 160 words. "The study is significant in showing that "A valuable help in planning and preparing size is not essential to profitable bank opera- advertising campaigns, new business cam- tion " F. A. Bradford. American Economic paigns; a guide for brokers, bankers and Review, June 1931, p 360 300 words others." System, March 1931, p. 213. 50 "Among the questions considered in the words. study is how small may a bank be and still earn satisfactory net profits? This question Heinrich, H. W. Industrlal accident pre- is of particular interest at the present time in vention. McGraw-Hill, 1931. $4.00. view of the current tendency towards bank "The various causes of accidents are sys- mergers and consolidations." Bankers Month- tematically treated and analyzed, with em- ly, May 1931, p. 304. 75 words. 324 SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931

"This is a serious study especially for the "A great American economist and editor banks in smaller communities showing what presents the most thorough study of the the proportions of bank loans to local business American business cycle which has yet ap- should be . . . " R. L. Smitley. Business peared." John Carter. Forbes, May 15, 1931, Briefs, April 1931, p. 556. 50 words. p. 62. 110 words. "This work should be of immediate interest. Lockley, L. C, Vertical co-operative ad- In addition to going thoroughly into present conditions, the author goee into past records." "This particular contribution to the subject Industrial Digest, June 1931, p. 39. 170 words. is timely, since it oozes common sene and de- "Figures on production and trade, loans, bunks wasteful red-tape methods of the investments, time deposits, bills bought and inflation period." R. L. Smitley. Business discounted by Federal Reserve Banks all help Briefs, April 1931, p. 555. 60 words. adequately to forecast probable conditions." Syatem, May 1931, p. 388. 60 words. "It is a thoughtful, pioneering study which "The second part contains carefully prepared attempts to throw some light on a perplexing indexes and charts." Nation'a Business, July marketing problem." Journal of Retailing, 1931, p. 98. 135 worda. Ad1931. . D.. 28. 455 words. "The volume contains a survey of existing Spahr, W. E. Federal reaerve aystem and practices among manufacturers and retailers the control of credit. Macmillan, 1931. and explains its advantages and drawbacks $1.75. under varying circumstances." System, May "The writer examines the mechanism of 1931, p. 389. 25 words. credit control in the United States, and later in England, France and Germany; he then gives McNair, M. P. and Gragg, C. I. Problems a brief historical survey of ho\O the Federal in retell diatributlon. McGraw-Hill, Reserve system has used this mechanism." 1930. $5.00. Anglo-American Trade, July 1931, p. 369. 350 words. "One hundred and forty-seven major prob- "He believes in stabilization through credit lems encountered by retailing executives in control within the limits of a safe reserve their work are described by the authors." structure." The Banker (London) May 1931, Advertising Federation of America, 1931 p. 167. 75 words. Series, No. 4, p. 12. 150 words. "A discussion of the fundamentals of credit "The present volume is devoted largely to control." Bankers Monthly, May 1931, p. cases which bear on types of retail mstitutions 304. 25 words. and the external problems of operating a retail "The subject is highly technical and the institution." H. H. Maynard. Journal of academic background of the author commends Business Education, February 1931, p. 41. it to the American Economic Association 480 words. rather than to the 'man of the street.' " R. L. "Teachers in secondary institutions may Srnitley. Business Briefs, June 1931, p. 716. find the book to be of value as a source of 50 words. material for illustrating certain phases of "He aims to present the various conaidera- con~mercialcourses." H. H. Maynard. Journal tions underlying questions of credit control of Business Education, March 1931, p. 43. in terms that present no difficulties to the 430 words. general reader." F. A. Fall. Credit and Finan- "By means of selected cases, current man- cial Management, March 1931, p. 42. 560 agerial policies and methods, particularly words. those affecting relations with customers, com- "If cyclical fluctuations in busmess are to be petitors and manufacturers, are brought out." minimized, then both the knowledae of business System, July 1931, p. 45. 30 words. men of the banking forces motivating the credit mechanism and the banker's knowledge of the kinetic forces driving the industrial machine W' Forecasting businese will have to be broadened. This book ie cal- cycles. Wlley, 1931. $4.50. culated to expand the elementary knowledge "The most delightful element to the book of our bankinn and credit svstem bv buainesa is the pleasant logical presentation of the men. The book has an -adequate index," subject." R. L. Smitley. Business Briefs, Frank Parker. Management Review, July May 1931, p. 635. 110 words. 1931, p. 221. 245 words. September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 325

Sunley, W. T. and Pinkerton, P. W. lawyers and bankers." System, April 1931, Corporation accounting. Ronald, 1931. p. 301. 50 words. $5.00. "The problem been looked from the vaeusch, C. F. Policy and ethica in ecientific point of view, with full recognition new. McGraw-Hill, 1931. $5.00. of the importance of the conventional account- "The author has made a straightforward, ing procedure and yet with a clear understand- scientific study of some of the most vital and ing of the changes which are taking place in far-reaching problems faced by American accounting practice." W. S. Krebs. Account- business today." F. A. Fall. Credit and ing Review, June 1931, p. 155. 60b words. Financial Management, May 1931, p. 40. "This work, a true instance of the value of 500 words. specialization, covers almost everything in "The author seems to think that business regard to corporate accounting." American ethics are affected by relativity, varying with Accountant, April 1931, p. 122. 600 words. usages and conditions." F. W. Thornton. "The volume devotes its pages mainly to analyzing not only the accounts peculiar to Journal of Accountancy, July 1931, p. 63. 600 words. corporations but also to conditions giving rise to thone accounts." W. H. Lawton. Journal of "History of business law and ethics traced Accountancy, April 1931, p. 307. 420 words. and interpreted." System, July 1931, p. 44. "Intensive treatment of the subject and clear 35 words. thinking has produced this book." E. C. Grim- "The book is in a sense, a social history of ley. Management Review, May 1931, p. 160. business thought, reviewing the growth of 450 words. industry prior to the Sherman Law, and the "It is a working manual of modern policy subsequent relation of that enactment to and procedure to cover the needs of corpora- business." Textile World, May 2, 1931, p. 117. tion treasurers and secretaries, accountants, 200 words.

Personal Notes

Flora Lilienthal, Librarian, Business Library Mrs. Hester A. Wetmore is now Reference Division of Rcmington Rand Business Service, Assistant to Mrs. M. G. Smith at the General is organizing the library of the Connecticut Laboratories of the U. S. Rubber Company, State Board of Education at Hartford. Passaic, New Jersey, replacing Miss Downey who has returned to her home in Buffalo. *** Isabel Jackson, formerly assistant to Miss Audiene .Graham, formerly Librarian of Ferguson at the Bank of America, San Fran- Price, Waterhouse & Company, has accepted a cisco, gave the course of lectures on special position as assistant in the Business Informa- libraries at the summer session of Riverside. tion Bureau of the Cleveland Public Library. *** Mildred L. Joy, a graduate of Boston In the announcement of the honors con- University College of Liberal Arts, 1930, and ferred on the occasion of His Majesty's Birth- of Columbia Unwersity School of Library day, we find the name of Angus S. Fletcher, Service, 1931, is now Cataloger under Miss named a Commander of the Order of the Barmore at the General Education Board British Empire. We are proud to record that Library. *** Mr. Fletcher, who is Director of the British Library of Information in New York City, Katherine 0. McCarthy has accepted a is a member of the Executive Board of S. L. A. newly created position in reference work at the and a past President of the New -York Associa- Washington Square Library of New York tion. University. SPECIAL LIBRARIES September, 1931 Classification and Indexing Louise Keller and Ernilie Mueser. Department Editors Advisory Council: Florence Bradley, Constance Beal, Harriet D. MacPherson, Isabel Rhoda Kathrine Malterud

It has sometimes been suggested that special 3) When you work out a classification hbraries have conferences on classification anew, how do you record the result? and so stimulate mterest and contribute 4) On what have you based classification toward an eventual solution or unification of which you have worked out? Has your method this many-sided problem. There are an been to search for the best existing scheme? infinite number of classifications in use in to copy the scheme of major treatise? of some special libraries, yet the keynote of this bureau or library? to sit down and think generation is simplification and standardization. through all the possible ramifications of the Everywhere we see men gather to discuss sim- subject at hand, arrange them and assign plification of ways and means, of commodities, number? to arrange the material itself to the of service. What are you, reader, do~ngin your extent to which it is at hand, and then assign field of mfluence to throw light on present day notation? classificatlon problems that eventually they 5) If you have gone to published sources, may be solved for yourself and for others? how did you find them? by asking an authority? Philadelphia has taken a step that some other by acceptance of a form which you had long communities would find interesting to follow. considered excellent? From what, if any, official If you have a classification conference or offices have you received help? meeting in 1931-1932 please send a report of it What form of published material do you to the Classification and Indexing Department. 6) consider to be of practical assistance in the The conferences on the methodology of solution of the problem? treatises on the theory classification in which half a dozen Philadelphia of the divisions of knowledge? actual schedules special librarians participated in the Spring of with notation which can be studied? 1931 resulted in an approach to the problem wh~chmay be of intercst to others. It was felt 7) Have you at hand any completed, that, if the points for discussion could be tested system for the classification of your thought out in advance, less time would be specialty which could be published, or which spent on generalities regarding the basic has been published? Do you contemplate theories and instead, clear statements of publishing it? what each one present had before him and 8) Do you read books on classification? ahead of him in the problem of classification 9) Do you know of any plans, existing or could be called forth. What was actually being contemplated, for collecting together all the done in the libraries of each one of the par- worked-out systems for any given subject, ticipants? What dld each one want to have so that the collective effort of libraries and done for him? What help to what method could organizers can be consulted and studied mutually be exchanged? Accordingly, a few comparatively? days before the first conference the following As a result of this first conference a start set of questions was mailed to those who pro- was made toward an organized inquiry into posed to attend: the problem, it being found that In your library, are you in the process 1) all present were actually making clas- of inventing classificatlon? of extending an A) sifications, and that In some cases the present existing system? of rationalizing an existifig librarian was respons~blefor a large percent- systeln wh~chyou cannot change? age of the classification now in use; In what form is the document which 2) ordered records of the new or extended you use daily for classifying? one of the stand- B) classification were regularly kept; ard printed schedules? interleaved and filled with manuscript additions? a typewritten C) our problems were immediately con- scheme? the file or shelf itself? cerned with subdivisions and special sectiohs, September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 327 not with the logical classification of the main based on the answers to each of the questions: divisions of knowledge; What is the subject? place? tme? form? lan- D) practical outside sources were freely guage? Can you suggest, in the form of specific drawn upon in the new classifications, but that questions, other possible or necessary con- difficulties were often met in combining several siderations? eources, or the ideas of several experts; 9) If a universal class~ficationwere devised E) the arrangements of contents of standard and put into general use, would you be willing books, when amended to suit a classification to adopt that part of it which applied to your of books rather than of the subject itself, often library? Doubtless your answer would only provide excellent suggestions in d~fficultsitua- be qualified. Please list in detail qualificalions tions; other than "if you found it applicable" which would influence you. What importance would a depository of all unpublished as well F) you attach to its universality? as published classifications, from which material could be borrowed for comparative study, 10) Is the answer to your classification would be welcome; problem one which can be given in terms of information? of logic? by an individual? G) most correspondence asking for advice on how to proceed with any certain classifica- The findings at this second conference tion is ineffective. were as follows: At the second conference it was assumed, A) A classification is never complete. for purpoaes of diecussion, that a tentative B) Much of the science of classification con- new claasification or extension had been drawn sists in knowing where to leave space. up, derived from a) another library; b) the co- C) Accurate anticipation of operation of experts. a) Literature which will be published How should the tentative classification be b) Subjects which will become more made final? The following questions, like important than they are now those drawn up for the previous meeting, were c) Points of view which will be llent out to nerve as a point of departure for stimulated diecussion of a practical nature, in the same d) Questions which will be raised direction: in the widest applications IS essential to the 1) Do you feel that a system ought to be intellectual side of classification. complete before any of it is applied? D) Much can be done by experimenting 2) To what tests have you submitted with a sample section of the shelf, and applying classification which you have made before the principle to the whole division or library. actually applying it? E) The new classification should be tried 3) If and when you feel that your classifica- on 10,000 volumes before assuming that it tion is "Good if it works," what do you con- will work for all literature; on 50 books before eider the test of its workability? assummg that it will work for the next ten 4) What faults do you find outstanding in years' acquisitions in a specialty. classification which you do not like? P) Tests can be made by taking titles from 5) Do you approve of tables of geographical bibliographies and applying the proposed or topical divisions, intended to be applied system. When the material which is not obvious under different circumstances, at intervals becomes difficult to place, the incipient faults throughout the classification? in the classification will show. 6) Have you any valuable ideas on notation, G) Actual comparison, line for line and sub- or do you feel that this matter is a) not im- division by subdivision, of different classifica- portant; b) already adequately solved? tions of the same subject-matter yields excellent 7) Do you feel strongly concerning the data. Other effective tests suggest themselves grouping together of books according to the as obvious. form in which they are written or published: H) A classification approximately con- directories, glossaries, reports, histories, pamph- temporaneous with the publication of the books lets, etc.? classified is often best. Early works are as 8) The introduction to the published difficult to fit correctly into a classification classification of the International Institute intended for this year's publications as the of Bibliography (Brussels Classification) gives latter are impossible to arrange according to a table for plotting classification graphically, primitive conceptions. 328 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Septembei, 1931

I) Special libraries are often in an especially Dewey claasification either for a special or for a advantageous position to experiment with new larger general collection, even if this did not methods in classification as well as in other contain material on optics, light, etc., for Dr. matters, and to take radical action, In the Pollard has included the tables of common interest of efficiency, from which large libraries, analytical subdivisions which, perhaps, form the supported by public funds, are forced to re- most valuable part of this system, vastly frain, but by which they often benefit later on. increasing its possibilities. Instructions are given, too, on how to build the classification It has been said by persons having much numbers. There are general form divisions, experience that no classification can be tested like those in Dewey, for history, theory, etc., with less than 10,000 pieces of literature. All but usefully expanded. Enclosed in curves of our "special subjects" are but a part of a they may be applied anywhere. Geographic whole, e. g. advertising is not merely advertising numbers are treated the same way. These methods but advertising applied to every indus- tables among other things, also provide try and commodity, profession, trade and divisions for various aspects of a subject like manufacture. Everywhere special libraries planning, research, .001; production, realiza- are struggling with inadequate special classifica- tion, ,002; financial and economic aspect, tions-what can we do about it? .003; and so on. These general divisions might even be used with systems not based on the Classification of Optics and Cognate Dewey decimal one. The book may be ob- Subjects tained from the Optical Society, South Ken- sington, London. Readers' attention is called to a small book, "The decimal bibliographical classification of The translator, who has sewed on the the Institut International de Blbliographie," technical staff of Siemens Brothers Dynamo of which the section devoted to optics, light Works and has been Chief Physicist of the and cognate subjects, including photography, Nobel Explosives Co., will give one of the has been translated by A. F. C. Pollard. It courses for special librarians beginning next should be useful to any library using the year at the University of London.

Water Transportation: A Bibliography

There has recently come from the press the It is impossible in small compass to present first volume of the important bibliography an elaborate review of this initial volume deal- on Water Transportation* which has been ing with Harbors, Ports and Port Terminals. prepared by M. B. Pellett, special assistant It is divided into three parts, the first covering connected with the Port of New York General Works; the second, Geographic Sub- Authority. While Mr. Pellett has had the divisions; and the third, Periodicals, Proceed- assistance of many librarians, shipping experts ings and Transactions. Separate author and and other persons interested in the subject, subject indexes complete an unusually fine the burden has fallen largely upon him and the bibliography. The general typographical entm credit for the inception and compilation appearance is most excellent. oi this extensive bibliography should be given to him. The succeeding three volumes of the five In the preface, Mr. Pellett outlines the planned will include Inland Waterways, Ocean history of the project and the assistance given Navigation and Travel, Shipbuilding and by many people. The compiler expresses Marine Engineering, Shipping and Waterborne indeb~ednessto the Port of New York Au- Commerce, with a concluding volume on thority, the Standard Shipping Company, the Sources containing a consolidated index to the Firemen's Fund Insurance Company, and five volumes. The entire bibliography covers Ford, Bacon and Davis for their financial aid the period 1900 to date and an extensive intro- in meeting pre-publication expenses. duction describes the acope of the work.

*Pellett, hI. E. Water Tr~nepartation. H. W. WhnCo. 1931. $10. September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Events and Publications

K. Dorothy Ferguson, Department Editor

Those interested in the thirteen month cial, diplomatic and consular representatives year should read the article by R. H. Matthie- concerning the countries in which they am wn in the Metropolitan L~feInsurance Com- stationed. pany Executive Service Bulletin for July "This report on the United States is of 1931, entitled "The Thirteen-month Calendar particular rnterest. It is a very comprehensive has Governed 'Westclox' Production for 39 and well-rounded survey whose value is en- Years." hanced by the objective manner in which the *** data is handled. This is seeing our economic The report of the President of the New selves as others see us-and very nearIy as we York Stock Exchange for the year ended May are." I, 1931 has interested many students of present- *** day business conditions. For those a110 wish to know more of the *** much discussed subject of evolution, Sir J. The report of the California Oil Survey Com- Arthur Tliomson has prepared a reading cowsc mittee is unusually concise and readable. which has just been published by the American The Committee is composed of a group of Library Association. Dr. Thomson, who re- business men not actively connected with the tired last year from the chair of NaturaI His- oil industry. Its objectlvc is to suggest a tory at the University of Aberdeen which he program for solution of the difficulties now had held for 30 years, tells the story of life's confronting this industry. development without unneccsaary scientific *** terminology. A study course is included in Dr. Thomson's booklet which is one of the "Reading Bulletin No. 38 of the Bureau of Business with a Purpose" series. Both the pamphlet Research of the University of Illinois, published and the books recommended for further reading September 1931, is a "Market Research may be obtamed at public libraries. Bibliography." The purpose of this "Market *** Research Bibliography" is io help eliminate In view of the present re-evaluation of duplication of research projects, by listing all institutions of higher learning in the United reports on specific studies which have been States, the discussions of the progress and made in the last few years, under the following standards of scholarly libraries in the "College headings: Marketing Markets Com- - - and Reference Library Yearbook No. 3," just modities- Administration. published by the A. L. A, are particularly In the preface, mention is made of the vital to those who wish to see how newer "Handbook of Commercial and Financial trends in educ~tionare effecting libraries and Services" prepared by the Special Libraries what changes in library service are most apt Association. *** to result. The "Yearbook" covers some 114 pages, is bound in heavy paper and priced at The International Institute of Bibliography $2.00. will hold their tenth conference August 25-29 * + *. in the Knights' Hall at the Hague, after a A notc from Miss Lacy informs us that the preliminary visit to Brussels on August 24th. Index to Agricultural Economics Literature *** for Volume 4, 1930 has been finished and The Manlaattan Monthly gives the following is available for distribution. I1 will hr senf only fcpon req?des!. review: "Economic conditions in the United *** States of America-British Department of Overseas Trade, March, 1931. An exceedingly The World Power Confercncc, recognizing valuable series of concise, factual studies of the need for a comprehensive and authoritative economic and financial conditions in all quarters survey of current information on power, fuel of the globe is published by the British Govern- and related subjects, has arranged for the ment. These reports are compiled by commer- publication of the first international biblio- 330 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Scptcmber, 1931 graphy in this field. The British section of the state, a complete set of 48 marketing centers Bulletin will be published on the 25th of each maps, size 17" x 22" can be secured on paper month. The first number, for January 1931, or cloth, or one map for the United States, was published February 25, 1931. The Bulletin size 44" x 64". will aim at providing selective and up-to-date *** abstracts of books, papers, articles, etc., on The United States Department of Commerce, power and fuel, published in Great Britain Bureau of Foreign and Domest~cCommerce. and grouped under the following main head- issues a Domestic Commerce series No. 47 ings: (a) Sources; (b) Generation; (c) Distribu- on Knitted Outerwear Machinery in Cleveland. tion and storage; (d) Utilization. Germany, It is an analysis of equipment and proposes to Japan and the United States are preparing assist manufacturers who wish to study their similar bulletins, and it is expected that the own plants to see if their machinery is equipped other member-countries will do the same. The to produce what they would like to have it bibliograph~eswill be in one of three official produce, and at the minimum cost. languages of the World Power Conference, * * * ms.. English, French or German. The extracts America's future prosperity is more closely will be indexed in accordance with the Universal linked with the Far East than with Europe, Decimal Classification system, which makes it according to J. B. Condliffe, research eccretary possible to amalgamate into a single index of the Institute of Pacific Relations, in his all contributions to the bibliography, ir- reading course, "The Pacific Area in Inter- respective of the source and language employed. national Relations," just published by the The abstracts will be printed on one side of the American Library Asnociation. paper only, and will be suitable for mounting While the United States is trading less with on 5"x 3" (12.3 x 7.5 cm.) cards. Alternatively, Europe and more and more with the Orient, they can be bound annually and an index and China and Japan are also buying less from title sheet will be provided. (From a circular Europe and arc instead purchasing and selling issued by the British National Committee, more in North America. Japan's exports to World Power Conference, 63, Lincoln's Inn Europe, Mr. Condliffe points out, have dropped Fields. London, W.C.2.) from 71 to 54 per cent of her total exports. *** Australia and India are exporting lese through The fifteenth decennial census of the United the Suez to Europe and are dealing more with Stat-1930, is coming out. Volume I, Num- North America and Japan. "Trade is panning ber and Distribution of Inhabitants, is the from the Atlantic to the Pacific." bat of the 20 volumes to appear. Many of the As this trade bringe into closer contact later ones will not be ready for publication widely different cultures and conflicting ambi- before the latter half of the year. tions, Mr. Condliffe indicatee that problernr *** are resulting which are so new that many Two recent Harvard business reports may Americans do not even realize they exiat. These be of interest. Volume VIII includes 66 cases are discussed in Mr. Condliffe's booklet which on the business aspects of the motion picture is available at public librariea. industry; Volume X, cases on marketing of * * aeroplanes. Both volumes are published by The Asmciation of Special Libraries and McGraw-Hill Book Company. Information Bureaux ie holding its Eighth *** Conference at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford The Legislative Reference Library at Balti- during the week-end September 18th-Zlst, more, Maryland, is responsible for a "Synopsis 1931; the Conference will begin on the Friday of Laws enacted by the State of Maryland, evening (September 18th) and will end im- Legislative Session, 1931." This is an excellent mediately after breakfast on the Monday legislative index of which Mr. Horace E. Flack, morning (September 21st). the librarian and compiler, should be proud. *** *** The Montgomery Library of Accountancy The Hagstrom Company, map publishers in Columbia University, generally accepted of 20 Vesey Street, New York City, are issuing as the most valuable collection on this subject, a series of maps, "United States Marketing is available to special librarians through the Centers," based on 1930 Census, prepared two check-lists of the collection published by under the direction of Dr. Ernest S. Bradford, Columbia. The first one issued in 1927 contains Director of Business Research of the College titles of books printed before 1850 and the of the City of New York. One sheet for each second check-list supplements it. "Facts and figures relating to the American of the present issue is the prospect that this money market," by the American Acceptance information will be "published annually or in a Council is a revision of an earlier edition, being current service." more comprehensive in text, graphs and tables. *** Including one of the most chaotic periods of The Investment Bankers Association has re- American money market, 1929-1930, this cently issued a supplement to ~ts"Source8 of study presents facts and figures relating to all Investment Information" rn which is assembled the important and interdependent factors in the princ~pal sources of business statistics. the discount and moncy markets. Many tables The pamphlet deals with certain recognited on bankers acceptances, commercial paper, business agencies which present indices showing bank loans and investments, brokers loans, trends of production for basic industries, money and acceptance operations of the Federal price fluctuations, employment, business fail- reserve banks and several charts are included. *It ures, foreign trade and banking statistics. A reflex of the librar~ans'share in the World Since the effectiveness of these indices War is found in the latest volume in the depends largely -upon their timeliness, the University of Missouri Bulletins entitled supplement is designed as a calendar to indicate "Missouri in the Library War Service" edited the earliest dates In which certain figures may by Dr. Henry Ormal Severance, Librarian of be expected and their sources. For instance, the University of Missouri. On account of the automobile production figures are iasued wide range of activity of the Missouri librarians, monthly by the Bureau of the Census and may the volume itself takes up many phases of be found in outstanding financial publications library war service work. generally between the 21st and 27th 01 the *** month. All this information is assembled in "Las Siete Partidas," the latest addition of tabular form, classified as to subject material, the Commerce Clearing House, Inc., is of where published, frequency of publication, unusual interest to law students and firms and where previously found. dealing with Latin American countries. It is This pamphlet is published as a supplement largely a comp~lation of Roman Laws, the to Isvestmeat Banking for July 1931 and adoption of which by Spain in the Fourteenth copies may be procured at 10c from the In- Century, involving the displacement of the vestment Bankers Association, 33 South existing customs largely of Germanic origin, Clark Street, Chicago. makes them the foundation oi all laws in countries originally colonized by Spain. The Credit is due Miss Virginia Savage, Sue M. publication in the English language of these Wuchter and Ruth G. Nichols, financial old custom laws should result in cr closer under- librarians of Chicago, for this exceptional and standing between the English-and Spanish- useful "Calendar of Business Statistics." speaking Bars and should help to make the new epoch in Pan-American business develop- ment A new publication in which the Special I** Libraries Association codperated is "Recent Articles on Petroleum and Allied Substances." In "Federal and State Tax Systems 1930," issued by the U. S. Bureau of Mines and dis- the first publication of the tax encyclopedia tributed by the Petroleum Field Office, Bureau or encyclopedic service proposed by the New of Mines, 506 U. S. Customs House, San York Tax Commission, charts for the Federal Francisco, Cal. The bibliography was compiled Government and for each of 29 states, as well by the Bureau w~ththe cooperation 01 our as a series entitled "Status of Certain Tax Association and the American Petroleum Matters in the Various States, January 1, Institute. 1930," portray in a well organized form the many details of these particular tax systems. I*. It is a pamphlet of 53 pages, prepared under the A new and completely revised edition of direction of the New York Tax Commission "The Mines Handbook" was issued in June with the collperation of a number of professors In two volumes to sell at $25. For more than and officials in the various states and published 30 years this has been the standard refemme by the Commerce Clearing House, Inc., of work on metal-mining companies, listing over New York City, under an agreement providing 14,000 companies. The work is issued by the that 4,000 copies be gwen to the Con~mission Mines InCorniation Bureau, Lafayette Trust for free distribution. Adding to the high value Building, Suffern, New York. SPECIAL LIBRARIES Septemba, 1931 New Publications Announced by Special Libraries Association

Statistics on Cornmoditlea that the bibliography may well serve as a model list of subject headings for an electrical "Statistics on Commodities" is a chart pre- engineering library or file. Similar publications pared by a sub-committee of the Commercial- have long been available to the chemist and Teclinical Group under the direction of Marian the physicist; this book offers time-saving aid 'Manley of the Business Branch of the Newark to the engineer for the first time. It is interest- Public Library. The work on this chart was ing to know that the Massachusetts Institute begun by Mr. Cutter of the Baker Library at of Technology has already ordered 100 copies Harvard and through their courtesy, S. L. A. for the use of thew entire electrical engineering was allowed to complete the work and publish faculty. The price is $1.50. the chart. It is a master-key to the current statistics published regularly in 77 of the important magazines. It shaws at a glance A New Directory where one may find current figures on pro- duction, sales, prices, exports and imports of There has just been published a 1931 104 basic commodities Since magazines are edi~ionof the "Special Libraries Directory of the backbone of most special library reference the New York Metropolitan District." It is collections, the use of th~skey to their statis- the work of a committee of the local associa- tical resources will make for grcater speed and tion headed by Rebecca B. Rankin, Chairman. efficiency in the service we render. Every The list of special libraries includes three hun- library will need at least one and probably dred and twenty-five, each one fully described several coples. The size of the chart is twenty- as to subject content, methods used, personnel two by twenty-two inches so that it may be employed, address, and, for convenient daily placed under the glass on your desk or pasted use, the telephone number 1s given. on the wall near the magazine files The price The Subject Index is of most use because it is $1.00. serves as a guide to the contents of all the special libraries and to any special collections therein. A Personnel Index containing the A Bibliography for Electrical Engineers names of all persons, whether cataloger, order clerk or librarian and indicating if they are OurAssociat~onisproudto announce the pub- members of the New York Special Libraries lication of "A Bibliography of Bibliographies Association is hkewise of value. in Electrical Engineering, 1918-1929," a note- The Directory is classified roughly into worthy contribution to research. It is the Groups as financial, legal, technical, etc., and result ol several years' work of a special com- a tiile index answers any question if only the mittee composed of ten experts in the field of name of the Company is known. The Past electrical engineering, among whom were the Officers and a History of the New York librarians of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Special Libraries Association adds to the General Electric Company, Engmeermg Soci- Directory from the standpoint of the members. eties Library, and Westinghouse Lamp Com- Within the ninety pages of this 1931 "Special pany under the chairmanship of Mrs. Kath- Libraries Directory of the New York Metro- arine Maynard Vad, Librarian, Massachusetts politan District" you can easily find any in- Instituteof Technology. The bibliography con- formation you wish about special libraries or tains some 2,500 subject entries pointing the the subject content of their collectionsand way to more than 25,000 references in books it is bound to save every librarian time and and periodicals published during the last twelve energy if she will have a copy on her desk years. European authorities are extensively near at hand. The price is $1.50 per copy. cited, about one-third of the references being Order through the Directory Committee of in French or German. New York Special Libraries Association, 2230 The headings selected were so carefully Municipal Building, New York, N. Y. To checked to determine the best current usage members the cost is only fifty cents. September, 1931 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 333 Trade Directories for First An Important New Dictionary Purchase +HACKH,INGO W. D. A CIIEMICALDICTIONARY. A sub-committee of the Commercial-Tech- Containing the words generally in use nical Group of S. L. A. under the chairmanship in Chemistry and many of the terms used of Ethel Cleland of the Indianapolis business in the related sciences of Physics, Astro- branch has prepared a list of trade directories physics, Mineralogy, Pharmacy and Biology for first purchase, which means those titles with their pronunciations. Philadelphia, essential to all librar~ansinterested in building P. Blakiston's Son & Company, 1929. $10.00. a directory collection. The committee got the opinions of business librarians in various fields The first edition of thls Dictionary has as to the directories most valuable to them, brought to those who work with chemical and the resulting list is presented in four parts. terms an invaluable aid. The chemist finds Each sectlon forms a model collection for accurate information in brief form, orten a libraries of various size budgets, that is, if one most useful guide for a further search lor can afford only a few director~esthey should complete chemical information. The librarian buy those titles in section one; if one can finds in it an answer to many a question which afford more, section two should be tapped otherwise would involve a search through and so on through the four parts. A total of 96 half a dozen Handbooks. The stenographer directories are listed. The publ~sherarid price finds it an aid to the correct spellmg of chemicak or each is given and many are annotated. Those terms, many of which do not appear in standard librarians who already own many directories dictionaries. will want to check their judgment agalnst th~s The explanations are necessarily brief but pamphlet. The list was first published in nevertheless they are clear and accurate. SPECIAL LIBRARIES for May 1931. The The volume is decidedly worth the price to reprint may be ordered from the headquarters those who work with chemistry or chemical office at 50c a copy. terms.

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PRESIDENT-Aka B. Claflm, In., Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland. VICE-PRESIDENTS-Joseph A. Conforti, The People's Gas Light & Coke Co., Chicago; Mn. Louise P. Dorn, In., The Detro~tEdison Co., Detroit. T~~as~~e~-Elizabeth0.Cullen, ref. In., Bureau of Railway Economics, Washington, D. C, DIRECTOR~A~~U~Fletcher, In., British Library of Information, N. Y. City; Eleanor S. Cava- naugh, In., Standard Statistics Co., Inc., N. Y. City; Fred A. Robertson, Hydro-El&ctric Power Commission, Toronto; Margaret Reynolds, In., First Wisconsin National Bank, Milwaukee. EDITOROF Spccial Libraritx-Ruth Savord, In., Council on Foreign Relations, N. Y. City.

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Clvrc-SO~~~~-Chairman,Grace A. England, Civics Division, Detroit Public Library, Detroit; Secretary, Constance Beal, Russell Sage Foundation, N. Y. City. C~~MERC~AL-TEC~NI~AL-C~~~~~~~,Miriam N. Zabriskie, In., Western Electric Co., Inc.. N. Y. City; Vice-chairman, Ed~thMattson, In., Commonwealth Edison Co., Chicago; Secretary, Marion Mead, In., Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Chicago. FI~~~cxA~-Chairman,Ruth Nichols, In., Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago; Vice-chairman, Lyda Broomhall, Irving Trust Co., N. Y. City; Secretary, Mildred Robie, In., Lee, Higginson & Co., Boston. INSu~A~c~-Cha~rrnan,Laura A. Woodward, Maryland Casualty Co., Baltimore; Secretary, Helen D. Hertell, Connecticut General Life Insurance Co., Hartford. MUSEUM-Chairman, Minnie White Taylor, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland; Vice-chairman, E. P. Allen, University Museum, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Secretary, Eugenia Raymond, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati. NEws~A~~~--Chairman,Joseph Sheridan, Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio; Vice-chairman, David G. Rogers, N. 1'. Herald-Tribune, N. Y. City; Secretary-Treasurer, Marian Koch, Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Executive Committee, William Alcott, Boston Globe, Boston, and Joseph Kwapil, Public Ledger, Philadelphia.

LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS BALTIMORECHAPTER, S. L. A-Chairman, Laura A. Woodward, In., Maryland Casualty Co.; Vice-chairman, William S. Hamill, In., Maryland Development Bureau; Secretary-Treasurer, Ella S. Hitchcock, Legislative Reference Bureau. BOSTONCIIAPTPR, S. L. A,-President, Loraine A. Sullivan, Executive Assistant, Special Librari~ Department, Boston Public Library; Vice-president, Raymond L. Walkley, In., Tufts Col- lege: Secretary-Treasurer, El~zabethS. Downes, In., School of Education, Boston University; Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, Mildred Robie, In, Lee, Higginson & Co.; Executive Com- mittee, Miss Blake Beem, ref. In., Boston Medical Library, and Abbie G. Glover, insurance Library Association of Boston. CINCINNATICHAPTER, S. L. A.-President, C. Edythe Cowie, Chamber of Commerce; Vice- President, Mrs Lillian M. Gruber, Chamber of Commerce; Secretary, Margaret Downing, Procter & Collier Co.; Treasurer, Katherine Strong, Cincinnati Public Library. CLEVELANDCHAPTER, S. L. A.--Chairman, Elizabeth W. Willingham, In., Y. M. C. A. School of Technology; Vice-president, Mrs. Alfa Gambetta, Cleveland Electric Illuminating CO.; Secretary-Treasurer, Helen G. Prouty, In., Research Service Corporation. DETROITCHAPTER, S. L. A.-Prebident, Frances Curtiss, Detroit News; Secretary-Treasurer, Mary Giblin, Detroit Edison Co. ILLINOISCHAPTER, S. L. A.-Marion Mead, In., Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Chicago: Vice- President, Etheldred Abbot, In., Ryerwn Llbrary, Art Institute, Chicago; Secretary-Treas- urer, Mrs. Mary M. Wells, In., National Safety Council, Chicago. MILWAUKEECHAPTER, S. L. A,-President, Ethel B. Slattery, In., The Three Schuster Storea; Vice-President, Margaret Bellinghausen, In., Wiscoesin Telephone Co.; Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Zilla R. McClure, In., The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. NEW YORRSPECIAL I.IDRARIES ASSOCIATION-P~~S~~~~~, Gertrude Peterkin, In., Legal Library, American Telephone & Telegraph Co ; Vice-president, Mary Ethel Jameson, In., National Industrial Conference Board; Secretary-Treasurer, Mabel R. Crowe, Chase National Bank, 11 Broad Street; Executive Board, Marguerite Burnett, In., Federal Reserve Bank, and Walter Hausdorfer, School of Business L~brary,Colunlbia Univers~ty.

SPECIALLIBRARIES COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIAAND V~c~~~T~-Chairman,Alfred Rigling, In., Franklin Institute; Vice-Chairman, Richard H. Oppermann, In., United Gas Improvement Co.; Secretary, Helen M. Rankin, head, Municipal Reference Division, Free Library; Treas- urer, Ann Harned, Library Company of Philadelphia. PITTSBURGHSPECIAL LIBRARIES Asso~I~~~o~-President, Adeline Macrum, Tuberculosis League of Pittsburgh; Vice-President, Edith Portman, In., Koppers Company Laboratories; Secre- tary-Treasurer, Esther E. Fawcett, College of Fine Arts Library, Carnegie Institute of Technology.

SPECIALLIBRARIES ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRANCISCO-President, Annette Windele, American Trust Co.; Vice-President and Editor, Elizabeth H. Holden, Federal Reserve Bank; Secretary- Treasurer, Dorothy L. Krisher, Shell Oil Co.; Executive Board, W. A. Worthington, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. SOUTUERNCALIFORNIA CHAPTER, S L A. of LOS Angeles-President, Marjorie G. Robertson, In., Bank of America, National Trust & Savings Association; Vice-President, Olive M. Ryder, Principal, Reference Department, Las Angeles County Free Library; Secretary, Blanche McKown, Principal, Periodical Department, Los Angeles Public Library: Treasurer, Albert Althoff, In., General Petroleum Corporation of California.

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