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CONTENTS FUR MAY-JUNE 1949

Speeiai Libraries Association 40th Annaal Convention Preliminary Program Sd5rnerged Source Material . . MATITANVm Pmrm "Sriangulax Training for rhe Technical Librarian * ROBERTH. WHITFO,~~ The Role of the Special Librarian! - . DONALDB. WOOBWA~ SkA Chapter Highfights SEA Gmug Highlights . Evema and Publications . Announcements .

-&MA CLARVOEMmcmu KATHLEENE3~om-z STEBBXKS Editor Advertising Maxmger The articles which. appear In Si%cuu,LERPL- express the views of the authors, d do not necessarily represent fb;e opinion or the pdiq of L?m editorial staff and publisher, - - SLA OFFICERS, 1948-49 ROSEL. VO~E-, Preaideni Business Ifomation Bmsau, Cleveland Public Library, ClevaIand 14, Oh15 'ibks. RUT= a. ECOO~~First Vke-Presidenf and President-Eid Xed Kesetirda Laboratory9 Washington 20, 94, C, MXLVIXJ. VoxGT, Second Vim-President Carnegie Institute 09 Teehriology, P&kdmrgh 13, ISt9umyiv&a DA- KIBSLXR~Treasurer . - Department of Public Relations, General *~otcrsCarporatkm, Detroit 2, Mi&. k&?j. UTH~.EEN8. STIDB~S, Executios SeaePnrp 31 East Tenth Street, New York 3, New Yak MRS. 1- M. STlUzBY, Immediate Past Bre~ident Eli Lay and Company, Indiaaapdis 6,Indiana DIRECTORS EEMA'F, Evms, ConreU Aenrmntical LEabar~ro~,Buffalo 21, New York &&s. Edm~mmMZ&EFt ROCQZ,Standard Oi! Company of California, Sna Francisco 20, Czlifor~ia. -MAHG~ XATCH, Metrapolitan_Eife Ins~rran~~mpany~San Francisco 20, Wif~+ SPECIAL LIBRARIES monthly Septe&t to April, with bi-rnanthly issues May la Aug~s:, by The Specid Libraries Association. iPubrice&ota Office, Rea Building, 704 Second Aye., Pitfabur& 19, Fa, Addresa dI co~u~icaticnafor pubIisaiion to editorial offaces at 31 East Tenth Street, New Yo& 3. Eu'. Y. Suhaaiptian price: $7.00 a year: foreign $7.50: single copies, 75 cents. -&teped a reeond-elms matter February 5, a'949, ct the Pod Ofice nf Fiikburgh, Pennsytvmia, nader aha Re< sf MmcR .% 6878. Accepfatacc far mailing cd apceld raie of postage provided for in thz Aci sf Febnawg 28, f9.25, authorized Febrebsumq. 5, E947, e MAY-JUNE

APPLIED PSY By &CPXAI;IB W. ECSSAXZ, fde~S@fof .&yChdCgySr,~WS ?%& &&g% Thi~ book establisF,es an a-dioxitative iatergiret~tionof horn psycboiogid howXedge can be applied to modem life, XOWrevised up to dare: it 3s a. sorrsld papular intmdxkion to the Uses 0% psychology is induslrjd sleiatiosls, ad~srtisingsaf selling, appfications to pprofessiond prnctkes, veeatiomI selection* and 6~ gslob- lems of ~~SUE~Idju~tmexr;. $am THE PRESIDENT3$ MESSAGE RE Executive Board has asked and if it is not met as set up, 1:: meam me to answer publicly for the that all the factors of expense and in- Tbenefit of our members, some of come were not known at the time or the comments appearing in the March that wishful thinking was used in esti- issue of SPECIALLIBRARIES. First2 may mating income. 1 say, that these comments indicate a Now that all the figures for last year most hopeful state of affairs in that our are in we can tell exactly where we membership is interested, alert and ex- stand for the year. The Treasurer's Re- pressi:w-three qualities that will as- port, read at the Spring Board and Ad- sure (3~rfacing the f~twerealisticallhv, visory Council Meeting (copies available rouragesusiy, arid with a determination on request), shows that we used $762 to progress, It is a heartening sign. more in 1948 than we received. Hoiv- Our Association, in common with ever, a substantial deposit was made to other library associations, is sfiering the Reserve Fund which now stands at right now from growing paics. Its frame- $42,739,56. Furthermore, half QE the work for more than 5506 members is Scholarship Fund, carried as a separate still r~bstantial!y the same as when we cash item in 1947, was deposited in the had 2000 members, Perhaps too much Reserve Fund. Had this not been done, emphasis has been gut on numbers and there would have been a fairly large too little on qualifications; too much on operating surplus. building a topsy-like orgsnization a~sd The Reserve Fund is set up to carry too little on our relations with other the Association through unum;.tasii ex- associations; too much on what we can penses and in years when its income get and too little on what we can give, may be way Mow par, It is not the These are some of the matters of place where cash for ear-marked cur- policy for which Ruth Savord pleads. rent needs should be placed, but rarher Tbey, however, are not matters any one it should be truly a Reserve Fund from Exec~tiveBoard can determine. The which withdrawals are made only for membership as a whole must- do that. unusual or "once in a life time" needs. Yon will have the opportunity to do so Naturally one asks from what source when the revised Constitution is pre- was the $792 deficit paid? The answer sented for vote. This should not be done 1s -from the Cash Account, which stood hurriedly but rather after careful study. at $24,74321 as of January 31. 1949. For %hisreason it is suggested that the We hear it said this is "just a matter of revised Constitution as presented by 'aoukkeeping" and that it doesn9 matter Ruth Saverd be made a matter of study too much whether an item is carried in by all Chapters throughout next year, a Reserve Fund or a Cash Account. in order that a thoroughly informed However, it does matter, and year may membership may be ready to vote at be sure this Board means to see that in the anaual Conference in Atlantic City the future the figures will fall in the 1950. proper columns! The question of overspending was It is with regret that we announce discussed in David Kessler's article in rhe resignation of Mr. Donald Clark as the January 1949 issue of SPECIAL%i- Director. Mr. Clark's keen mind and BRARIES where it was indicated that innate ability have made him an out- overspending a budget is by no means standing Board Member whose counsel the same as overspending income, hnaf was a tremendous help, We are fortu- rather that wrong guesses were made nate in having Mrs. Margarct ROCQ when the budget was compiled. The Librarian of the Standard Oil Company budget is a guide to what one expects r:f California, San Francisco, accept. the Saturday, Sum 3 H% REGHSTWATEBN. Registration Center, Hotel Biltmore. REGISTRATION: INF O R %E ATION and TIC=% OFFICES vzill be open as Folows: Saexday, Iune 11. -2: 00-5:00 P. N. Sunsay, J.s.-ae 12-2300-9:35 F. M. Mor.dzy, Juce X3--2:00-5:DE P, M. Tuesday, Jme 14---S:34 A. M.-5:OC P. M, iVe6nesday, 3me 15-4:00 A, %L5:OD Ff. M. T1*ursda& jxne 16---G:O0A. 34.-9:Of P. M. Friday, 33z2.e 17-9:DC A. M.-5:00 P. Me EMPLOYMENT OFFICE. Hotel silt- more : &foxday, Jcna X3-3:00-5:0O P, %I. Tuesday, June f 4---2 :0C-5 : 0.3 3P, M. $5iqdr,esday5 J.&-e 15-9 :OQ A. MA: 50 F. Mil, Tkxsday: June 16-4: 00 A, 34.-5 :00 P,MVX.

$:a0 A. M. FIXANGIAL GROEPBREAKFAST, 67I1aimm: Laura Xarqrzis and EEza- betla X3olcten. fiumey's End In Mese'i@s: We &Wee% Qursshss and the California %a& f38FJ BLUEPRINTS FOP ACTION

S:O0 A. M. 2:30-5.00 P, M, NEWSPAPERGROUP "EARLY BIRD:: Staff Room BRE~QKFAST.(No reservations) Loa Angdes Publib: Library SCIENCE-TEC.BNOI&Gy GROVP Chairman: Agnes Henebry, I3i:siness Meeting. 2O:Qdf-12:OO A. M, Chirman: Gretchen Little. Friday Morning Club FrRST GENERAL, SESSION 3:OQ-6:OQ P. M. MUSEUM *ZNP GEOGRAPHY AND MAP BtueprhFs for AcPEon GROUPS Welc~rneto Los Angeles, Tour : Welcome La Southem Calzfornia: Eva Art GaIIeries of the Beverly Mills area: Louise Robertson, President, Xo~th- Stea6ahl Galleries, Walter Axenshurg Noma, Modem Institutb of Edward G. Rabic- ern California Chapter, son Gallery, Ludingtan I-Iome, Associated Welcome to the West Coasi: Pky%is Arnerican Mscs Odlery. Antlerson, President, San Francisco $:00-10:00 P, M. Ray Region Chapter. Plammer's Park a'pltroduction of (;rresfs: Eva Louise 49EW RABBEQUE AND HOE DOWN Robertson, Tuesday, farm I4 ~nt~sducfionof the President of Specla! 9:40-21:38 P& M. Libraries Associat~orz,Hwe Vorme&- Eos Angeles Pub13e Library St& Room er: Guy Marion, One of the "Found- EXECUTIVE BOARD AND ADVISORY ing Fathers." COUNCIL OPEN MEETIMG Address: Special Librarianship T~dajr; I2:30-4:30 P. M. Blueprints for Action : President Tor- Institute of Aeronantical Sciences SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY GROUP. ENGI- nelkar. NEERING-BERORIAT.TTICS 5ECC.rX8N, 12:45-2:98 B. Al. LUhhCHEON MEETING Hotel Biitmare Bowl Hostess: Neil Steirunetz. GENERAL LL7XCREOK Symposium : Sfandsrrd Aeronautical f n- Wdcome. &xi@ System Versus Ofher Methods Special Librarres--An Asset to BmJ- of Indexing Lcierorrarrfical Bn&inei?ring ness, Eleanor S. Cavanaugh, Xtanderd Liferatme. 8e Poor's Corporation, New York. ParxA Participants: Speciai Gmfs: Business Represer,ta- Bisicary, Purposes and Preseni Status of tives of the Los Angeres Area. S.A.U., Leslie E. Netdie: Director, 2:3U-5:OO P, W. S.A.I.S. FINANCIAL GROUP MEETING Aplicat&m sf S.A.13. and Other Pn- Chairman : Laura Marqxis. Cgexing Spslezns .k the Cenfmi Air Shop '6alk. ;Library Statistics, Report Pa Document8 L%rary, Ezgene 8. jack- Man&emenf; Mow fo Wed;Reten- sm, Civilian Chief, Doc:imects Re- tion Records; Subject File-Bookq quirements Section, Central Aid Tmde Directories and SeLYices. Docuents O?'fice, Navy Ai-t Force, 2:30-5:00 P. M. Wright Patterson Air Force Base, 1NSURANCE GROUP -W&ETING Dayton, Ohio. Business Meeting. 14dvanta&es of Alphabetical Szbjeci Chairman: Elizabeth Fergmson, Headin& and Nz~rnsrx'cai e'lassifica- 2:30-5:80 P. M. tio~Systems of Indexing ~"Eaethorfs, Hotel Biltmore Marion L. Stute, Librarian, Eagineer- NEWSPAPER GROW MEETING if;g Library, Lockheed AircmEt Gor- ffIelh~d8,Robert Grayson, New York poratioa, Burbank, Calif, Herdd-Tribu Mefhad~ar?d Short-Cufs in One- a& BZ:30-5:OO P. M. Glendale Hotel Two-man Libraries, i?a%rs. Loraise SCIENCE-TECRM(2LB(;H GROUP, Bro:vn, Cleveland News, PHARMACEUTICAL, SECTION Chaizzlan : Elize5erh IiEx~kel. Enstess : Sherry 'Faylor, Maetlag 5s be folloxveB by a visit tc +he HFA- dentid Life Tnsursnce Compsny Li'srary, Pi'Tiracle ?&i;e. Tihe Business, AdveFAsing an3 7.oinancia: Grozps w311 join the Qrocp far a Sods1 How, 3:OC.5:00 32. &I. 5:OO-3:OO P. %I. 8:08-6:00F1, M. ADVERTISZRTG, BUSINESS AXD NEWS- &z ~24Lecture Room PAPER GROUPS EUMCHEISN MEETIXG Xdniversii.y nd Sorss'kepsa C&forn!a T:'NIV3R8TTy AND C85kEGE GROVZ' Chairmsr,: Arax OGabaahisn sad La- BULXESS 94EETiWG be& Frost, $.'hai~m..an: Dr. Jerroid Ome. X~QW to Ye2 Yom 5tsry to Bus~~ess,Program to be anrmxced. co Ee by 3 Meeting followed visit to PriidestaI Tea in Coioniai Rooms, De;henjr Memo- Life Insmaace Conpnay Library. Mirack Mile, for Social Eow, 3:00-5:00 2, M, risi %ibraqzr 4 :00 P. M.

3~86-8:OQP, M. Les Anpslss Mre~ieip;il Refereace Library City Mi&, Rarsaz 360 S'crCl-42, SCIENCE GQRBUP, 3FGPSICIPr%L REFERENCE DJVXSSON XEETTNG Chairman : J'csephine EIoIiisgowar'ch, Round Table: Psi>posed Plan far Inzrdex- in& M~fiicipiar'Reference Documexa5 ReSecca Be Rankis, XJbrarian, Naw Yo& Municipal Reference Library, Roranri Table : M:,cnicipX Refereme Li- 5sszr.y Stmwy3 f 948. Panel Discus&on of Findings with lmpl;o.-c;-G&aA3~:3. ,.. PmeB Parfi&pa&s : ddmi&frafi-sae Ws- Zafionshipg zane Wee'nenba~h~Cia- clnrzstri Municipal Reference Library. Fkmckzg of ?&ualcipal Reference ;&%- br71.arH.c~~Frederick C Aulet; St. Louis Muz5cipaE Reiere~csLibrary, Puurctims and Sewicea, f3eatriee Eager, Seattle 3tPaniclpeI Reference Library, Library Lacation and Mabri~Is;Ewlyn Benagh, Baa Diego Rate Govern- mental Reference w.:Asr,sry, FOR ACTION 171

730-9:OO P. &I. Neeticg followed by visits to newssaper libra- Staff Assembly Room ries. tos Angeles Public Library 12:30-5:OO P. M. GROUP AND CE4PTER RELATIONS MEETING SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY GROUP Chairmen: Kenneth H. Fagerharrgh, and other interested members of Croup Relations Committee; EEiza- SLA. hneheon at AL'iaener:rn, Pasa- beth W. Owens, Chapter Welat:ons ,dena, Calif, Meeting at California Committee. Institute of Technology following Projects and Publications, X:mcheon. P.B. Reports, 0. W. Hdo- Speakers: way, U. S. Department of Commerce, Group and Chtipfer Projects in Relation Washington, D. C. Sound motion pic- to Publications, Mildred Benton, U. tures of Monnt Palamar telescope. S. Department of Agricdture, Wash- Tour of Institute libraries, Tea at ton, D. C, 4:00 F" M, Visitors welcomed at m, PubllJcaCions Sponsored 1537 the Rssocia- Wilson Observatory Library. fkoq Lura Shorb, Hercules Powder IIastesses: Dorothy Armstrong, Acting Company Experiment Statiaxl, Wil- Librarian, California Institute of mington, Del. Technology; Elizabeth Confior, Lhra- .?Weehanics and Procedures of Crxoup rian, Mt. Wilson Observatory, Cali- and Chapfex Publications Projects: fornia Institute of Technclogy. wari ion B. Wells, First National Baak 1:OO P. M. of Chicago. Pasadena, Cdif. W~ydtiesfor SLA Publx'cafiom, Me1v.i~ GEOGRAPHY AND MAP GROUP LZrPaCH- EON and BUSINESS MEETING J. Voi& Carnegie Institute of Terh- Folhwed by -trip to Mt. 'MTilsort. Observato~~. nology9 Pittsburgh, Fa. Transportatmn provided by Pasadma Public Discussion Leaders : Anne Nicholson Library. and Agnes Nenebry. 1 :GO-4:OO P. M. Other speakers to be annornnced. Footc, Cone and BeIding Company Los Anples, Calif. Wednesday, June 19; ADVER'I'ISING GROUP MEETING 9:30 A. Ail. Chairrnax : Mabel. Adams, HWTINGTON LIBRARY TOU-R Speaker: Charles Melvin, Research Di- Chartered huses wjll leave the Hotel Biltmore, rector, Foote, Corx and Be'Iding Corn- West noor, at 9:30 A, M. Leave Huniing. ton Library at 11:30 A. M. for hsAngeles; PanY* for Disney Studios for Mwem Group; for 1:80-4:00 P. M. Pasadena for Science-Technology Group. RBSPITAL AND XTiBSIXG LIBRARIANS 18:30 I?. M. GROUP ~[NSLIKBNCE ~;ROUPLUXCHEON. (Ma LUNCHEON AND BUSINESS MEETXNG reservztions) 2:00-3:30 P. M. 12:30 P. M., Police Academy Disneg Studia Cafete~ia SOCIAL SCIENCE GROUP, SOCIAL Vi7EL- Burbank, Calif. FARE SECTION LUNCHEON MEETING MUSEUMGROUP LUNCHEON. Tour of Foilowed by s~ghtseeing in China.;owi~ and the Studios limited to two groups of Blvera Street with dinner at La Gotondrinn. Clvera Street. twelve each, 1:30-2 :30 P. M. Ibostess for the fours: Mrs. Konita 2:OO-5:OO P. M. Staff Assembly Room Roxby, Librarian, Disney Studios. Laa Angela Public Library 12:30-4:OO P. W. INSURANCE, BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL NEWSPAPER GROUP LLWCNEON GROUPS MEETING MEETING Work Sirnplication Clinic. Chairman : Agnes Henebry. 230-5:OO P. M, Clearing Photos and Clips, Ford Pet- SOCIAL SCIENCE GROW INDUSTRIAL titt, Detroit News. RELATIONS SECTION

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10:06-12:00 A. K SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY GROLT, ETOLOGICAL SCIENCES GROUP PUBLIC UTILITIES SECTION BUSINESS MEETING LUNCHEON AND BUSINESS MEETING 10:oo-12:00 A. M. Chairman: Alma C. Mitchill. GEOGRAPHY AND MAP GROUP Hostess: Mrs. Frances S. Davis, LitIra- MEETING rian, Los Angeles Bureau af Power Visit to United States Survey Office, and Light. Glendale, Calif. 12:30-3:00 P. M. 10:30-12:00 A. M. N)VERTISING GROUP IaUNC3HEON BUSINESS GROUP mNCTAL BUSINESS MEETING MEETING Television. 10:30-12:00 A. M. 12:30-3:OO P. M., Staff Assembly Room TRANSPORTATION GROUP BUSINESS Los Angeles County Psiblic Library MEETING AND WORKSHOP SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY GROUP, Chairman: Agnes Gautreaux. METALS SECTION MEETING Trade Publications in Transparfation Chainnan : Ralph Hopp, Technical Li- Libraries. brarian, Efattelle Memorial Institute, 12:JO-3:30 P. M. Columbus, Ohio. INSURANCE GROUP LUNCHEON Symposium : Foreign Metallurgical Lii- MEETING erature. Chairman : Elizabeth Ferguson. Speakers : Insurance Education and Insurance Col- 13 there an Iron Curtain in Metallurgical lections in Public and School Libra- Literature? Henry Brutcher. ries. Foreiga Mefallurgical Liferature Other Guests. than Russian, John Mdek.LTJNC~ON 1 :30 P. M. for BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES and HOSPITAL Translation Services Metallurgical AND NURSING LIBRARIANS GROUP Eiferalure, Wayne Kalenich. Visit to Veterans Administration Library, 10:30 A. M.-3:30 P, M. Van Xuys. Calif. Soutkwest Museum 2:OO-3:00 P. M. MUSEUM GROUP LUNCHEON MEETING University of California Buses leave the Hotel Biltrnore, West Door, at Los Angela at 10:OrJ A. ?vI. Business meeting at Mu- SOCIAL SCIENCE GROLT, PUBLIC seum at 10:30 A. M. Mexican Iunch at ADMINISTRATION SECTION MEETING Casa de Adobe, 12:OO noon, with Greetings Chairman : Mrs. Ione Dority, Librarian, from Dr. Frederick Hodge, Director, and Bureau of Government, University of Dr. Mask Harringtan Curator of Anthrop- dogy. Visit to Charles F. Lilrnmis House, Michigan. 2~30-3:30P. M. Panel Discussion : Methods and Pro- 12:OO noon-1:00 P. M. cedures. Dead Dodoes in Lise Libra- University of California ries; Uses and Costs of Library Publi- at Los Angeles cations; Continuations: Insuring sOcrG SCIENCE GROUP Promptness in Aquisifion and Un- 12:00 noon-3:00 P. M. broken Files; Cafaloging and Index- Glendale, Calif. ing Problems: Cost and Sfiorrcufs. GEOGRAPHY AND MAP GROUP : Evelyn Huston, California LLWCHEON MEEXIN@ Leader Address by Mr. W. W. Robinson, Cali- State Library, Sacramento, Calif. farriia author. Participants : Rebecca Ef. Rankin, Librarian, Pileu. 92:00 noon-3:00 P. M. h'EWSPAPER GROUP LUNCWEON York Municipal Reference Library. MEETING Mrs. Grace Weiner, Los Angeles Col- Cost and W(ork Simplification, Floyd E. lege of Optometry. Taylor, hsAngeles May Company= Barbara Hudson, Librarian, Bureau 12:00 noon-4:00 P. h%. of Public Administration, Univer- Los Angeles Bureau of Power and Light sity of California, Berkeley. TWXFU'STOXTBTION QRQLTS Visit tc Fairciliid Aerial Srarvep, he., 54s Af;geles2 Calif, Friday? dune '81 8:UO-1O:QO A, 9cf. Hatel Biltmare A2VERTISING GBQT1P BUSINESS MEETING 8:QQ-10:QO P. M. XEWSPAPBR GROUP BREAKFAST BUSINESS XEES6NQ --1 ne IrL'evspaper Group BezflefiqMilton Prmsky, Iaathfi~de~,Washington, %",, The Newspaper Group ~Vanual, Ford Pettitt, Bet:& A'aws, 10:OQ-P2:00 A, M. Leciure Room Los Angeles Public Library ANNUAL BUSINESS MZETINQ Predkfirrg : Presidezt Rose VormeBker. I2:Oca Noorz NEWSPAPER GROUP LUNGHEBK WEZYING (No reservations) 2:W-8:CM P. .%, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING 2:BO-8:OO P. M. STCDXO TOCWS Saturday, Jms 28 $:W A, M.-B:%O P, M.

3' should be a fundamental tenet cf Ay providing ana%gPtdieal enrfies of a referessce library work that the somewhat new type in its catalog, and value sf reliable lnfomatiaz is in in all libraries by the eompikatioa and ana way lessened by its source. This is to pub%icati~nof certain bibliographies paraphrase ar, old saying that '"old is which do zmt now exist, where you 5cd it.:' The particular materiai wkkb 1 have Every library, large or small, pos- in mind in eladea bc oh, na,-r,ph:lets, sesses rescaurecs which are likely to se- documents, n e svsp aper s, periodicals, main u*r&nov,m ts its staE and conse- broadsheets, zxmzscripta, letters, maps, quersfly unavailable to the users of its charts and music, when quoted in fu:l csflections. Ft as the thesis of this fsaFer or substantizily so in the text, or repra- that tkese su5merged resources are of duced in daesirnife as illustrations ia major importance, +&at &ey shssld be books, psv.phlets or periodicals, 'brought to fight3 and thar this may be 1%L undsubtediy true that so;l-,e ma- accsrnplished in the individual ilbrary teriaj. fz24ing intc these categories is covered by analytical entries in the catalogs of a few Xi%xariesJ but the practice is neither caraxon nor consistem, Breakfasts Morning Xanchcoas Afternoon Evening ...... 8:QO 9:00-12:QO 12:OQ-2:OO 2:OO-8:30 G:00~-31Q:BO ...... SUNDAY Toui I---- 'P(v3r 11-----j P. M. Srrne 12 10:CO A.M. a::d 11 :IS A.M. l.:xscntfve Errad Moatirra Welcome Tea.---.So. ~,aXifor&a...... Chapter MONDAY Advertising First General Session General Luncheon Financial 4% Barbecue and 1-Ioc June 13 b3iologicaI Sciences- Gcograpiry and Map-.-.Muse;im Dcvrn 1-fospital and Nuw ----joint Meeting kg----Joint Meeting insrrrance Business Newspaper Financial Science-Technology Newspaper ...... -...... -.--...... - ...... -...... - ...... -...... TUESDAY Exccutivo Woad and Advertising--Business--- Advertising----Business----Joint C;rorig and Chapter Re- June 14; Advisory Council Open Newspaper----jointMcet;ng Meeting lations Meeting Meeting Riological Science%--1i-10s- Biological Sciences (RII me:;;bers urger! to ~:lef?d> pirai and Nursing-Joint Financial Meeting Ckography and Map Financial I-J,cspitn[ and Nrrraing !nmrancc Insuran~e Science-Technology Newnpaper (Euyi~lee~i~~~--~(rr~~~tattiicfi)Science-'Yechnoiogy (Engineeriug---Ae~o~~autlca) Science-Technoiogy Science-TecBnoIogy (PhariiiaceuticaI) (Pharmece::ticzI) Sccial Scicnce (Muulcipal ReScxenc.c) University and College ...... - . . WEDNESDAY l-l'untington I..ii)rary l'our Geography and Map Advertising Newspaper June 15 I-IospitaI and Nursing Insnrance.....Busines~.....Financial Science-'TecXmoXogy !noura~co .--joiat Meeting (Chemistry) Muaenrn X-iosyitaI and Nursiliii Social Sciepce Newspaper Geography and Map ?'ransport;~t~xs Science-Technology Newspaper Muacum - Geography Social Science Science-Technology and Map ---- Reception (Industrial Relations) Social Science fox all S1.A members Social Science (Industrial Relations) (Social Welfare) Social Science (Social Weifarc) . . THURSDAY Newspaper Advertising Adver$i~i::~ Wialogical Sciences--E-lospital Buainees June 16 Biological Sciences Geography and Map and Nursing---Joiut Meeting Chapter Presidents Btiainess insurance .ijcience-Techno1ugy Geography and Map Fiuancial Museum (Public Utilities) Transportation Geography and Map Newspaper Socia! ScIencc

Mrrserin~~~ Science..?'ec!tnoloi;y Q%lic Adnrinistratioz) Scie:ice- I echrtology (Mttake) (PuUic tit%&] iitnvcxsity and i:oi2ege Science-Technology (Petroleaiii) Social Scierccc

...... Social Science ?'ransportation.. FRIDAY Advertising Second Genera1 Session Newspaper Executive Board June 17 Newspaper Annual Busiacss Meeting Studio '1-ouiu ...... -- --- ...... -..--...... -. -. .. .- ---...... - ...... SATURDAY Cstdina Xaimd 1 There is a six& voI.~-r.e(Seccion I, Ps3s 6) wXch vrss never cr;x.pleted. A few copies exist irrdrrdirg caw in zhe w.ri?er5s private library. The scores sf nx&cal carnpositior~s, serves only the users oE a particular li- many of which are rare asd diEcult to brary, There wcsuld be no need for these Xocete, frequently have been reproduced entries if adequate bibliographies caul$ in 'books, pericdicals and 130okseIkxs' be provided to rover sstlbnerged mate- catalogs, In Joseph Mulfer's Bibliogl-a rial, tk~smaking the informition ~VZII-.. phy sf Francis Scott Key's "The Stas able in every library wllich acqzirerrl the SpsnpIed BanneB' (Flew Yark, f 93 51, bibliographies in question. This is in I find facsimiles of five cornposita~~sline -with +he recognized weskness in w%.h other titles in addition to many the su'sject approach via tthe Iibraq versions of The Star Spar?&d Bamer. catalog as compsred with tile hibkgra- Although Richard Wagner's 035 Liebes- phical. approach. verbat had not yet benn prhted at the There have been a few biMicgr&ies time, I end a pians arrangement by of this End published. A11 of these, as Fraxz Xikorey inserted as a oeparatejy- Par as I can determine, are extremely paged supplement in Houston Stewat iimired in thek scope. They variously Charnbes2aLx's Richard Wagner (Mun- refer to the letters of a single a:.xhor, to ich, f 897). This has the caption title: maps of a limited area, etc. Unfortu- Das Eiehesverbcsf sder, Die Ravize vm nately many of these are ~exnse9ves Palemm Grosse komische Oper in mei submerged and consequently unkzown &rm awn Riclzd Wagner. (I. Akt: :a the majority sf reference 1:Srarians Finale; &sang der Isalselfa ) . and users of libraries. These are thousands of nxamuscripts, The biSlmgraphles far which these is letters and maps repruducecl in s great a real need incllbde the fc~llea~i~g: diversky of publications. Many of these 3, A Sibfiography of published Ietrers are ncjt cjtherwise availebb. Although and manuscripts exclusive of those in- there is a published volerme of .the let- cl~dedin collectism% of letters. This rers of 33" H. Lawrence, mazy irxqmrtanr: should cover American sources and in- letters are not included. Some of these chde material in beks, psmphlets, have been published ir: most unexpect- newspapers (excluding of course "bt- ed places, e. g;.,in a Chinese Iiterxy refs to the editor"), periodicalq bok- jounnaf and in r student publication rf se%?t-s9catakgs, aindio~rcatalogs. library &e University of California. repes, etc, Jt would probably be de- The necessary analytks to bring such sirable to compile such a. bibliwaphy material to life em be made In ccc- so that slngk v~lumesWQUM cover formity to tthe Library of Congress' decades beginzing, perhaps, with the Rules for Descriptive Cataloging and period, 1939-1948, and progressing in the Joifit.Code ~f the American Library both directions to eox~plei~n,Similar Association aid the Library Associative bibliographies are of course needed for (hadcn). There is no partiedar diffi- British, French, German and otber na- culty about the teclnnieal treatment of tional coverage, such entries. The increase in the nun- 2, A bibliography ~f published maps ber of such entries implies that our md. charts exclusive of those incIuded catalogers should be pernitted a much in atlases and separat ely published wider latitude in their treztment d ma- maps 2nd charts. This could confu"c3sm to terial. The time and expecse inzvoIved L5s prescripticn hs the bibliography of will be justified by the results. Such published letters and manuscripts as to snalytks aetxally place additional, hooks periods eovered, upon the shelves, witness the case cf 3, A bibliography of books, pas.nphl&s Visente Santa Maria's Refaciala His- and broadsheets reprinted in American forks. ~ubIications. The making of anafytics, of course] 4. A bibliography of facsimile^ and other ~eproductionsof newspapers and Vocabularies (dict~oaariesin ?;link- periodicals inclrzded in the ccrrtent sf ture), relating te; minor lan;gaagees &la- American publicati~ns. lests, sang txde jargms, etc.. are im- 5, A bibliography of musical cornpa- porra~t,These are urdinasily covered sitxcos included in Amxican publics- by analytics in Ilbraxy- catalogs as far flens exefusivz of 6120s~i~ co11ecti~ns9f as bsoks are concerned. 'IIwy are also music. no:ed, togeeher ~4thtliose published k~ The three bijlisgrayhies, mentioned jousaals, by Americsm Speech and by above, probably worafd not be too t9d- ether phloIagieal jourmis. Like bib% urnincus if rhey covered twenty-yeas ographies, vocabularies pz3iis3ed in un- periods. expected plzces are likely to he aver- Them are no Insr;t-sslouztable CrZifEcuX- looked. ties iz the cornpil~.'bioaof xcb Y:blicgra- AIL intereetixrg vocabuIary of Amex- phies, Access to large colkctions msdd can Negro words was published, sf ail he necessary and initial subsidies nzighr be required to cover the cost of com- pilation rz some iastznces. The sate of coples upozr a service basis should bring mect agency2 an excellent note m the Ir, enough revenue to give the projats iarzguage of the %sfandcf Yap accorn- coztinuity, panied by a somprehensive vocabtliary There are types of materiai, ather than those already referred to, &ikh are slready cowered by moderately adequate indexes suci-a as rhe Dranaaffc XI?- access. The extent ta svhicb srach rnate- dexy the Essay hkx, the P~rtms'f%TI= rial is scattered will become evident 9.0 dex and others. Tie BibL'n'ograp3&af %a- every reader of E-S, k,%exken's Ameri- dex covers bibliographies in 81%fields, Chamid Absftaefs an& B~cal's&ctiiAb- 2nd extensive footnotes, ~frilcis cote bibliographies separazely The resources oi even the largest Xi- pulstished ;;tr appended to books and journaj artides ia their respective 5eSds. he neeCs of a particelar sesearcta. prop Tt shocld be noted, however, ?bat ect. The inadequacy ~ithe sm:na'ller li- none cf these puhIications is coqkke braries is alsvious, Let us make the bast in its coverage axid that ell are l:&trel,v to rni-ss an iterzl, if it 2s published in an obscure or unexpected place. rum TRIANGULAR TRAINING FOR THE TECHNICAL LIBRARIAN 179

form, such as the framework of the ography, organization and administra- technical librarian's preparation, which. tion receive ample treatment in the rests upon a groundwork of experience. courses generally offered. Hut do these Its sides may be named: (a) librarian- vocational techniques crowd out intel- ship, (5) subject specialization and lectual content? Martin believes they (c) broad education. inevitably do so, for "i~trodaction of En that random sequence, kt us con- sufficient subject or interesearea con- sider these sides, aspects or facets of a tent into the one-year professional cur- technical librarian's training. Because of riculum to develop college graduates his own background of experience, the into specialists appears to be a forlorn writer bears particularly in mind the hope unless we are prepared to sacrifice science-technology libraries of colleges far mere of the training in library skills and universities, but the discussion xnay than now appears either practicable or well apply to a wide range of speciai advisable. Reduction of the technical libraries in scientific fields. courses by one-fourth or even one-third EIBRAflIANSHIP is not likely to leave enough time for d;:'b~ariansfu'pconnotes much more adding the many units of study neces- than mere completion of a specified pro- sary, This policy of 'save a little to add gram of courses at library school. Fae- a little' is likely to leave the content tors of personality, aptitude, character, courses as an accessory attached to the ability and intelligence are of such core of process cour~es."~ prime importance as to evoke the state- Tie acknowiedged fact &at intro- ment, "Librarians are born, not made? ductory library courses yield a large Accordingly, these attributes must not body of fundarnental techniques should he overlooked while we focus attention not: in itself be decried, for basic disci- on the r8Ie of the library schools in our plines and the accumulated knowledge training. Have these institutions kept of sound methodology rnust be passed pace with our special professional needs on to each suceessive generation of li- in this increasingly technological era? brarians. In Fair's words, he 'k7ho shall Danton states, "The picture today is of successfully recognize, organize and thirty-two accredited American schools, mobilize for use the information requi- ail institutionally associated, training li- site to an immediate piece of work must brarians . . . Twenty-one of the thirty- likewise have command of tect:~iques."~ two schools require 'a bachelor's degree' Second-year courses offer wider oppar- or 'college graduation' for admission; tunity to draw upon other departments tez schools offer work for the mastds of the university for special subject ma- degree: two--Chicago and Columbia-- terial. Moreover, enlightened library offer doctoral programs. The schools- schools have already begun t~ clothe all bl~tthe few named-are still in the this skeletal configuration in :I mantle basic tradition with respect to curricula woven from social, educational and &il- and approach that they were sixty years osophical implications of libr~rians~p, ago---&is in spite of the fact that they SUBJECT SPECIALIZATION are no longer apprenticeship affairs, their Srrbjecf specializafion, the second leg admission requirements are higher, their of ow hypothetical triangle, is of equal currienfa 'more academic,' their faculties importance to a technical librarian. Un- better and their standards improved in less he is sufficiently familiar with rhe every way?'l Hoole adds further criticism fundamental aspects of his chosen sub- that "the area of techniques is admitted- ject, he presents a sorry picture in his ly the only one that the library school dealings with workers in the field. The has rnasteredTz Evidently, problems of latter are seldom consciously interested cataloging, classification, selection, bibli- in library techniques per sex even &:?ugh they may at times register ap- velopment of the whole man rather pre@i%.tion:3i the spcial 'roois 2nd se?- than the p;areIjr practical sEde of exist- vices available in ifiraries. SeuSe 42- ence forms sxl exesllent fowda"ion For dares, . . the true mccsss of a library the specialized training ef the libmag is not measured in terms sf the nns-be~ of hooks cor~ecCLiyclaskfied, Rzt by the rate at whick satisfkd readers Ieavc kke front d~or."~lniormatkxl fux-nished, not b~biiogsaphical process, :s the user's chief esiterion. Very rnmger indeed ~t-ilZ be the transfer oE informatim ~iIre~the lnbrarian.a is nnfemiliar 5~iehthe subjeet about which his pztron is telling, Ever; If tke inquirer is at fault in no: st-t.a"Lng his problem wi~hs~E':cient clarity and specificity3the Ijbrasrarl with strong s&- ject bacfrgrolmd is able to narrow tke the several branches of engineering, search by jndicb..~questioning. Waen they ere orrgulfed in seas af economic, speck%sribjeci. workers sense that a 3. grnernzlzental and humanitarian ern- braria:; shares fkeir special, interests, siderations, Under such eooditioa$ sub- concerns aed knowledge at a reasona2:le ject cempar;~nentalizztio~is zntensble 4e1d of cornpcee~c~~~tbi Ere more in- snd broad preparation mandatory. Lam clines to concede him the professional gmge barriers to nrzderstanding, tech- status of feikow researcher tather thsn the menial pos;;9ion sf clerk, Ra-rmrt so stroyed by a working knowledge of far- estabEshsd greatly laciiicates e~ective9. eign tongues, pertacufar%yGerman and utitization of library resources, French. 3WOAB E1PUCATIOX Beiore Ieaving Broad aducafi~n~last The rezaining side cb the trainisg us viden it e~enfurther to inehade Edu- triangle has gee@ iabeled &road edaca- cation as it would appear, eapitafizcd, him. PhiTssophieaEly speakieg, one in the clxrricula of teackars5coleges. Brrr might interpret this term a0 anbsame total co~scionsexperience: b~tour present concern is life preparation derived from f~rrnalcourse work. RPBils h7o- uIty status in more and more cslfeges thirds of our library schools include ~31- lege ga:lera:ion as an admi;r;ian re- quxrement, recognition of the vahe of a college educasioz;, Is by na meam eon- :~urteaching rdiuitiss are but partly af fined.- to. onr profession, Standards are cBassmcm varleQ~sCeurses mi&% profit- rrszng rr; a!l 5elds as mass edncetios renders increaaiagly attainable tke demc.crkkic ideal sf maximum self. realizetion I:z&ed only by indiuiiskal potent.ialities and abilities. Ar~strong declares, The curric-&am of a liSersl promising pa& to the dustorate based am college with its possibilities FOY an camptent pro%w&xial pes-formenee consenrration ?n any rni~rhxof Eelds, rather than :upon narrowly specis%ked its sppartu~iksfor "he e~riclmsntof the cuftwa2 backgrorr:ld of &e sttadem, sntl 3s emphasis on the trainisg and de- 1942: TRIANGULAR TRAINING FOR THE TECHNICAL ZIBRhPUAN 182. inquke how we would actually proceed than to a modified traditional pro- to eanstruct our triangle. Several d- gram."3 Meanwhile, Wilson and Tauber ternatives are presented. A subject spe- suggest that "courses in special librari- cialist might receive library training. anship, as developed at CQEuxnbia Uni- Conversely, a general librarian might versity and elsewhere . . . will mate- undertake special subject stludy. The rially reduce the learning periods af li- question of librarian vs. specialist has brarians who serve clienteles with spe- been ampry surveyed by the writerr, cial demand^."^ Ortong, WilsonQnd others, to the effect To those who maintain that special thar a special librarian should be both subject profnciency may be just as easily librarian and subject specialist. The acquired through practical experience mute taken to achieve that desirable "on the we pose the rhetorical combination is relatively unimportant question, :'Why not close all educational From personal experience, the writer institutions, and let everyone learn by knows that it Is physically possible to experience?" undertake a Eve-year college program Cynics who examine the foregoing leading to a bachelor's degree in engi- references and particularly an article on neering* arid then to take two years of science librarianship by Euntx may iibrary school training acd courses rightfully declare that librarianship as towards the doctorate concurrently with a career demands an early orientation library employment, varying from a and extended training entirely dispro- part-time student assistantship to full- portionate to the compensatisn given2 time professional sewice. Fair4, Bauerl" but the correction of this unfortunate and others rite similar instances of at situation is beyond the scope sf the least four years' majarkg in science or present paper. On our part, however3 engineering prior to library school at- we must prove to be "educated librari- tendance. Martin would even 16. . . en- ans rather than trained bo~lrkeepers."'~ rolE students in library schools at an Thrsughout this article the word '%air,- earlier bevel-after the second year of ing" appears more prominently than colIege, for example, and . . . put them "education" merely because the latter thr~)~gha combined professional and term was preempted. subject program over a period of sev- Reverting to triangular nomenclature, eral years. Such a program dovetails the relative importance of each of the with the mounting notion of the first three sides-Xibrariamhip, subjecl sp- two college years as the capstone of ciakition, and broad educsfion-may general education, represented in the be considered more or less acute de- junior eolIege emphasis and in the low- pending on the various angles from er division units which have appeared which they arc approached, birf to ad- within universities. This arrangement vocate weakening any of xhesn beyond permits a selection from total university safe limits would be most obtuse! offerings that corresponds to both the RJ3FERENCEB inclinations of individual students and 1 J, P. Danton, Educaiion fot Librarianship. rfie requirements of library positions New York: Columbia University, School and opens the possibility for integrating of Library Service, 1946, pp. 4-5. library &ills with content by means of 2 W. S, Haole, "Of the Librarian's Education," American Scholar. 13: IZO-12 I. Winter sehduling courses from fie two sources 1943-1944. throughout the several-year period in 3 L. A. Martin, ed., Personnel Acfrf-u'mktration addition to new courses in the bihli- in Libraries. Chicago: University Press, agraphy of subject fields. While it has 1946, pp. 152-153. 4E. M. Fair, b'E?ehindthe Tools sf Industry;' not done so thus far, this approach SPEC:CIALLIBRAR~ES~ 28: 39-44, Feb, 193:. could lead to a new curriculum rather 5B, A. Soule, "Training for Efficient Service," .9F.E, OXkn: "*?h ~~8p;d~aX~~pZ~$93~fa?. Science an$ ~To&s.ologyI;lbr~risns," SPE- CIAL LLERA~LTZS,35: 11-15, 3831. 1944. 9 E. 'R. Wi:soc azd I&. 3'< Ta&ers Yha Ud%- vexs%j. Eirirmy: Its ilrpan2zziion, Adrn;~~.. 2sfr&on and Fzzscfioxrj-. Chicago: Ur,i~er- sity Press, 2945, pp. 244-245. 1" 1" CC,Bsuer, "A Xe:n; Field for Bdezi:+&s;" E&~caf.iom~Z Record, 27: 433-440, Qct. 1946. '1 J. W, E.mtP "Sc

By KPONALD B. &780DWARX) Second Wee Psesidenf, The Mu@uaILife Insurance Corngmn:;, Saw Yak, N, P.

IBWARIES 2x1s:. because of the firs:: &ass psactiCianer of megk conti:~ued dorsinatian of me&- Sec~ndXy~the librarian zxst be zwsre eval superstition. !5"cLen the print- during every moziect of his tife that he ing press was ~rxmked,?began to spell is the most unin~portantof persons, P'he good wF;i+e paper at such an :r,credible rate as to awe arl watchers. So filled with awe were they that -cry dared me do the OSV~USP~sensible thir,g and Ccer tia another reminding h1n1 of a lrarsk throw away tbis spcziled paper. 'Rey be: on last Saturday's baseball game. were fearftil thet if tbpsodwt sf this The nswest file cierir cares 5~-nlm-iemus monster were destroyed it might also oEciaI forzs, most sf which no am wjll S~XIthe destr~yers.$0 hst~ufi~ns,call- sver see ag&, The Jibrzrian merely ed libraries, were organized tcr preserve hmdlss printed rAateria:Lvhich, thsug'r . * trlre spoiled papas, 22.e superstiticn it canradzs slI the knowledge and wis- seems even more compelling to:lsy than dam of the ages, coataim no single sf- in the past3 ~ndany institution that 5cial company paper. Tke iafsrah-:ax~ does nsx keep quite a Ist of spciled white paper is out of ste~with the ,..+ +:LA./.ES. ,..+ A libsarien, the keeper of spoiled wkite paper; ~anustIx proficient in rnagle. I-& rmst keep 11% masses of spcied paper in a space not n?ore &a haXf as Xange as he needs--and frequerelg not more than nr qrrarpsr as large as he not possibly take the time ts r-ead----a- ought to Eave. Re ::xist operate, incl-rrd- cvs will have the tiEe to read. But fie ing adequate acquisitia?z of the massive .....~~~sr . pretend &a? he kzs-ws 3. all, He outpor of the p~iztirigpms 1~.0nste;~,02 must. appear so be the Easter cf every a budget far: srnaKer thaz can possibly subject fro^: all, editions of today% suZce, Faced wlrb &ese requirements, newspapem to thmust recondire ab- he will inevitably fail unless he is a stsaekic3~.Ee must persuade people that be has attri'rnrtes sf knowledge at his utmast competence in doubletalk. Ask- The importance of this rde can be ed about matters of which never in his seen by a glance at the requirsments life has he heard or even drezmed, he placed on any modern business execu- must reply with such skill as to per- tive. Let us look at him ia a life insur-, suade the inquirer that he knows ex- ance company. actly what is being discuss& even if Me must be up on economics----if only the inquirer is reaIIy an expert on the to know when to take his economist subject, He must be able never to seem seriously. He must know something %astall, or to be at a toss to answer any about politics, to foresee how it will af- question, fect life insiance and to have some Fifthly, he must be a truly accom- idea how to act in the next investiga- plished liar. We must borrow books, tion, He must not be short on psychology which he does not have, from anocher and psychiatry if he is going to uncler- library for an officer who, he knows, stand the people with whom he has to never relinquishes anything in less than deal. He must know about mathematics three weeks-and promise faithfully to ro be able to understand premium rates, return the book in two days. He mrust mortality rates, dividends, etr., and to convincingly tell urgent seekers for a be able to try, at least, to defend him- particular volume that ic is on inter- self from the actuaries. He must know company loan on authority of the presi- something about medicine in its rela- dent when in fact he has a!lowed his tion to mortality; enough about law to favorite officer to take it to the motm- keep the company out of tro.≤ about tairls for vacation. journalism to secure the right person to NOW,since we are taught to beiieve write the speeches he is occasionally that the deceptions practiced by ma- called upon to make; about education gicians, frauds and liars are immoral, to know how to train his subordinates; and since a good librarian must be a about investment to know how to invest master of these practices, we must, per- the company's money so that he may force, eonclude that a librarian must not lose money for the policyholders; have the requirements of a thoroughly about current events to know their ef- immoral person. feet upon his business; about history These requirements are, of course, acd sociology to give him a background very simple and easily filled. But you for evaluating current events; about may ask why they exist. The answer, I chemistry and physics to Inanow what think, is dear, new technological developments may The role, the real job of the librarian, eitl~eraffect his company's investments, is to panhandle. The businessman for or be a good field for future investment, vihom tbe librarian works has great re- Re must be prepared to answer endless sponsi5ilities. Re must have knowledge government questiomaires; must know at oncg or in a very short time, on an enough about agriculture to foresee good endleg* variety of subjects. Much of or bad times; about the international what he needs he did not learn at col- situation to know its effect on trade and lege? end so he must panhandle it from. therefore business conditions; and about somewhere-and fast-when he needs accountancy to read and evaluate finan- it This is the role of the libnirian: he cial statements. And last of all, he must must produce it from material be has, know about women, because they are or from material he obtains elsewhere. undoubtedly the most important people Panhandling is one of the most impor- In the world today. tant features of modern business life, There is a widely-held belief that and the librarian is and must be, the women are frail and delicate creatures, super-panhandler of all, with a tendency to fade and decline. No fi.ction was ever mre %tiona%,no na;v"i:i ever more mythical7 no EnbIe ever more fabslous, The truth is thatmen are tlae frail and ddiea~ebeings, and that women= are the tough brutes, At say age, the life expectancy of the female is sonecv21st greater than tke :male. Isr addition, they own 70% or' the wealth, eentro1 88 ts 8.5% 0% the buying puvie9; are beneficiaries of 80% of aur life ia- suraare palictes, and hold more thaa 40% sf the tikie To the coanbrg's homes. %r, order ta keep abreast al all this information, an executive must be educated continzeusly, so that he mag re- tain a sense 01' objectivity and avoid prerlilectictns, All this is possible ordg by panhandling and librarians are elect- ed to do the job, There is no more im- psrtznt role: and li5rarians are playing it superblyc But superb and magnificent as that job is3 it can be improved, %%s is a prsfessioaa9, mf an individud, probXem and for it 1 have thee sugges:ions. Firstly; libsarlans sfiauSd show more se2eetivity, Fcr exsmple, instead sf giving an exeel;tive all election polls last November, aa1y 'be right one sh~uld5ave been given Kim. This was

&eats end EmpXc.yn?cr.t Ch&men, please see C~etsn sz~?ual~epoxt is sent to iiesdqzirters at cnce, %ever& Cbapters have esked for snggessom fss 52eir surpl:xs P~nds. %%q not wetribzte to the 9LA Student ban Fur,& which hhas set its goal a? 55GOO zsiaixrsl~rc? Chicago me;& a substzntial cmtriburioa to tkilis w.c,,+-y Fwd ns a memahiat to Ms.rian bC~ppe3. CHAPTER SBRESSDEKTS Aea$e sand capiss aP YOUP mnud repmt to -%~6. Stebbins and kpa Xrs. Owens, Chapter Liaison OEcsc hy May 20. Cx~~szaNOT~ The Nz%- YORI C~TBBS~iiag hstitute vms a great s%;xesswith =are &an 595 regis- tsjred far Lb.e ws&ings. The SAX FW~XCISCOBAY W~aroxis doing ti sysfersdir? 305 of pubtic reIat!ons. '%B C~P~CBP exbiSIt at Eye Bay Aaae In6usl5d Zxp~sition is apl example of !ts efforts to make SLh acttvities kncmm Co the ;mbIic. ,Mimeographed maps showing various roxtes are always news, to *&e Esso Research Center were included in Gertrude Bloomer gives some excellent the NZW JERSEY CHAFTEERBrtllelim An excel- ahoilghts on recruiting in the CLTCTNNATIBd- lenr suggesi5on for other Chapters when a lefin. meeting is to be held in an unfamiliar low The INDIANA SIanf reports that Martha tion. Schaaf, of the Lilly Laboratories Library, re- KANSASCrr~ gives a timely warning: ceived an award of $113.50 from her employ- Those who have not paid dues cannot vote ers for suggesting that sub scrip ti ox^^ to map or hold oftice," mines and business services be for a two or SAX E"RANCISC0 and ST. LOUIS have hand- three year period instead of for a single year. some new directories, printed by murtesy sf Congratulations to Louise C, Grace of the two Institutional members, Pan-American MICHIGATChapter who was top winner in the World Airways, San Frmcisco, California, and primaries for a six-year term on +he Detroit Western Cartridge Company, East Alton, Ill. Board of Education. CONXECTPCLTVALLEY'S meeting on ''Per- Have you read: CLEVELAND'Ssymposium on sormel Practices" sounds like one which every Advertising Libraries? Chapter could include as part of its program. Haven't you all been enjoying that dever, SAW ~~XCISCOBAY REGIONheld its first breezy copy about Convention that comes from Institute on Techniques and Application of the desk of Sherry Taylor, Publicity Chair- Repor:. Writing." Another suggestion for pro- man? If you need anything to convince your- puns. self, or your boss, that you should go to Eos We enjoyed BALTIMORE'SNexf fo the Last &TGEI;F.S, re-read some of her tempting de- Round Up. It is interesting and tells us about scriptions, Remember. the dates--June 11-18. many members, ILLINOIS' Informaf carries a ELIZABETHW. OWE'NS, good 6'Personals Column." Why not similar Chapfer Liaison Officer and Chairman, mlumrs in other Chapter bu',letiras? Names Chapter Relations Committee.

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Final plans have been completed for .the sary to Division formation at 50, md would joint Chapter-Group Relations meeting to be require the Group to have functioned success- held ia? hs Angeles, This meeting will be fully as a Round Table for one year prior to devoted to e discussion of the birth and de- petition for Division status. Opinions from velopment of Group and Chapter projects, the Groups on these and related matters are discriminating betwees those which do and solicited; perhaps some discussion at Group those; which do not lead to publication; and of business meetings might be advisable, Any those which 60 lead to publication, discriminat- suggestions or comments should Isg sent to ing between those which are published under Miss Ruth Savord, Chairman SLA Constitu- Group or Chapter auspices and those which are tion Revision Committee, Council cn Foreign pub1isl;ed under Association auspices. Ways Relations, Inc., 58 East 68th Street, Mew in wkich projects ore instigated and developed; York 21, N. Y. pitfalls and difficulties besetting ceaperative The Pharmaceutical Section of the SCIENCE- endeavor; rechecking and editing; and other TECHNOLOGYGROUP plans to compile and processes will be considered. The possibility of publish a Union List of Pharmaceafid Peri- royaities as a means for obtaining more and adi'cals in 1949. Gertrude Bfoomer, Chairman better publications will be discussed. The .~fthe Union Lkt Commiftee, Gth the help granting of royalties would dso offer a soln- of Myra Spinning, has sent out instructions tion to Qroup and Chapter needs for more for the preparation of holding cards. money. This program should be of interest to The special supplement to the L2brary Jour- every active Chapter and Group member and nal being prepared by the GEOG~V~KYAND 5t is hoped that a large number will attend MAP GROUPon Maps in Libraries has been and present their experiences and problems for postponed until August at the earliest, accord- discussion, ing to Miss Yonge, Chaiman of the Group. In considering changes in the %A Consti- The time necessary to make contacts with the tztian ;md By-hws, it has been proposed various contributors is responsible for the that Groups be known as Divisions, as it is delay. believed that the term "Division" is more The March issue of the CLEVELA~CKAPTER descriptive; of our Group organization, and Bulletin contains a symposium of four artides more in line with terminology used by other on Cleveland advertising libraries, which will professional organizations. Present proposals be uf interest to all members of the Associa- *.voulld also set the number sf persons neces- <-ion's ADW~ISINOGROUP. The Bnsrx~ssGR'SUPS Exliefin has hen ourstandicg for its siaefa', and, psline~tarti- cles, its notes on recent bocks, and its very practical hew-to-do-% iten-:so A fezture an "Cwrterit Zvalu&or,s of Services" is 'being comp3ed for later inelueicn in the Bdisiisa. T3e appearance of the folir"21 issue of .the NEW~PAFZK.GECGP .Bz&?tin puts it amoxtg the cld-t-amers, This bulletin packs a great deal of %aterial int~a Sew pages, all written in a breezy ir~formai manner. Newqxiper men's tschniques have rubbed ob on their libr-,~,ans, .: for seasrsl articrles are invariably headlined on the &czt -,age with cont. or. p--- nstes. As '&is is the fioal colu~.-r,rt-~mpared far SPZCIALLIBX~?.~IES by :!a@ Group Rdzdsns Comn?ittre under my ch.aim~sn~& f wish zo fha& t%e vsrieus Group chairmen oi the Fast

Svaac~s05 ~SUSIHESSZNBO:~KATIOP: is writ- shenld be addrescad too: The Secretary. Geo- ten by Edwirt T. Csixan, 3.,Director of the era& ICAO, Dominior, Sqrzare Buiidirig >&a-. Qradrxate Schoni of Susinesv L.ihra;y* Stas- treal,, Canada. Availabk or. request also is ford Uaiversitgi. The pwpose of this hock is 5e Wee21y List oi XGA8 Boctz.mea:'s. to provide the bnsir,essnan prilch the means **% both of 1ocatir.g elusive statistics or esserstial 'Encouraged by wi

Life storres of 343 persons who figured in torical role in Americas democratic society is the rmvs of 194E appear in CURRENTBIO(~~W- written for mion members and representadvss PXY 1943. 13eca:rse much of t5e limelight of of industry, students of the h&or movement 1918 focused on our election, many new and CEe general public. (New York: N. Y., United States Senators and Represenbtives Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1'349. 402pp. are izcluded. Heads of state a.nd poIrdca1 $4.50) ieaders zbroad, among them Robert Sch.Jrr:an * a 9, of tAs French Republic and Chaim UTeiz;nann The April 1949 issue of the Bu2ePin of the of Israel, adwdd figures, su.ch as Rdph 2. Medical Library Association co~tabnsthe fol- Blrncfre and Albsrt Schweitzer. hppear in this lowing articles: "Army Medical Library Re- Yearbook, as do other persons important in +he search Project at the Wekh Medical Libra&' fidds of science, art, literatwe, music, Iabor by S. V. Larkey; "Classification for the Axxy and indtistry, the social sciences, educat!orr, Medical Library" by Major F. B. Rogers; and *e rest of the thirty-two dsssific&ons "Japanese Medical Literatwe" by 5. Gross- by prc,fession. beck; "Transliteration; a Ga=e for the 2brary In s0F.e instances those whose life storied Sleuth9:by E. P. Shaw; "New Pork University were rc the 1940 or 1941 Yearbook (now out College of Dentistry Library" by H. Wavac; oi prinf.), szch as Jawaharlai Nehru, Sir Staf- "Introduction to Medical TermlnoIugy 11. ford Cripps, Harold S'Lassen and Arthur Van. Terms Drawn from Modern Eangmges" by G. derCxrg, but whose added prominence war- L. Banay; "Personality of Library Service" by rants new sketches, are presented again in F. R. St. John; and :'rl?hcAogies as a Means @VPS(ENT' BIOGRAPHY1945. (New York, N. Y., of Building a Collection of Medical Classics TI. W. WTiJson Company, 1945). 763pp.) for SmaE hledieal Libraries" by E. Earriragton. * * * *** STATE ZAEORLEGISLATION, 1937-1947 by The Scientiiic Sestion of the National Paint2 Sanfoxd Cohen presents a concise and criticd Varnish and Lamuer Association new has analysis of state labor legislation, and state available bound volumes of the circulars is- judicial decisions (an hitherto negIected field) sued by them &dying 1948. This voltnme in- during the decade, 1937-1947. This period cludes, besides the circulars, abstract reviews represeQta a complete cycle in the attztudefi of 131-141 and supplements 9-17 $a the U. S. state legislatures toward labor unions. The ob- Government paint specifications. Some back iert of this book is to summarize recent treads issues are still available. The cost is Si6.00 3n srate Iabor law, to point out the geographic postpaid to non-members of the Pdnt Asso- sin?iIa?ities and differences, to show the simi- ciation. Address el! orders end iaquiries to larities to and contrasts with Federal labor National Paint, Varnish and Lacquw Associa- legislation and to analyze the current diree- tion, Scientific Section, 1500 Rkode Mand tzons of Ia'sor legislation and their implications Avenue, N.W., Washington 5, D. C. for ercployers, employes and the public at *** large. The book closes with a penetrating dzs- X'HO'S WHO IN INDUSTRIAL MEIIICINEis B cussion of the philosophy and ecanomic sig- biographical dictionary of the nxable phy- nificance af Iabm legislation in recent ywrs sicians and surgeons, hygienists and dentists in and suggests fundamental criteria for evaluat- industrial medical practice and related act;-r- ing the developing labor law. (Columbus 20, ities. Here will be found complete and ac- Ohio, Bureau of Business Research, Ohio &ate curate biographicd and career dafa* Lhe in- Uni versity9 19/19. 150pp. $2.50) dustrial affiiiations and the contsib.attions to *** their field of the notable and important p%y= LMOR rx AMERICAby Foster Rhea Dulls siciaris, surgeons, hyGenists and dentists, tells f5e full story of the growth of the or- who are engaged fuI! the, part t!mk or as ganized Inbor movement in the Uxiitod States consultants, ir. all the various kiwiis of mad- from cts colonial backgrounds t;mugh passage ical, stxrgical end hygiene work which indus- of the Taft-Hartley Act, It is written with an trial medicine requires o!' the professions. historisel objectivky that gives fd1 recognition (Cnfcago 11, Ill., IndustrPal Medicine Publish- t3 labo:.'s aim and aspirations without ignor- ing Co., 1948. 422p. $10) ing its responsibZIity in helping m maintain **7' naIjond economic and political stalAity, The A Cme TO TW, RESCZIRCESA&% SEXVICES suthor, who is Professor of American History OF BROOK*;YNCOLLEGE LXRRARY: edited by at Oh30 State University at CoIun~bus,has no Rose Zakarin Sellers ad 3.Iustratecl by Saul assocktion wfth either crganized Xabor or In- Lambert, depicts in a dever manner the plan sbstric;.l nlacagemenr. On the theory that of the library, its history and Tesourises, mad present-day problems of industrial relaticns its various services. Copies of this Zlanrkok, can be urpderstood only against the background which was prepared for studecrz, are available of the past, his interpretation of labor's Ms- upon requestfrom Mrs. Seilers, Chief Special Ser;ises Librarian, Brooklyn College, Wedford Avenue and Avense EX, Braoklyn 10, New Yeark.

Ba~aazaa LBW'I' Scmncz by S, R, Ran- ganaeim Is a zeries o: IecTures given to the 5rst dsss ia lilsrariasship ever held st the University of Ddhi-in fact, ever held any- where is, India, 3 attempts to mp the fie18 and point out bs& the go&s and ehe me&oda of attainkg these goals. Beczuse the as&w is both a pMosopher end a practising libra- riaxr, the lecferes con%& a mM-are of prac- ticality an& high spi-jitudism not commo~is suei-r eBorts. The questions discussed in "his book ares "'What is libraw sden~e?'~"1s "here a sdence of U&ra6'iaz~hip?' The laws of library science" and "The scope for pmw& of library science.'' Tnroxgho~t *e work, Dr. Ban- ganathan hdds b5a.t &ere is a science of lifara- rilinskip: that it is via to the wdfzra cf th new sat&% which G?e gztrk.4, Indian aa;tkior hails again and agdn, arid %kar the pwsuit of it will bring creative j';y to librarians, Five laws of library science are enunciated here: '%oaks me for use, Every reader his book Every book its reader. Save the time 0% tke reader, The library is grcwiag or- gaaaiz.&on." It is, of cows% \vi,vithi ihe && and fourth Iaws that tke special lfbrax%s of the west: and the Sgedal Lilrariee Psssociatim are particularly praised. A plan to provide library coverage fcz ail of Idis, envisaging more thn 35,600 tibrsdeo, exdusive of dementmy schsd oms, md iccluding abe;rZ 2030 special libraries, foIlows from these Ian-e, En s cow- try li'k India? where 857s of &he popuIatim ss illiterate, the scheme graposed is indeed s bold one, Tnoae American Hibrariaxis who are acas- tornad ta read only g:actfcal KT&S in their field might well pmEt by perusing this work, end gXsl;ssing the whole ioresl; of which their pwctiesll zsa only fho trees. 'E~STELLEBEDMAW,

RibPr's&a&es: CEXBCILLIST OF C'~,~EKTSEPPA~S IN ~6W VJELFA~ ELSMY~ %3ihliography No. 1. Compiled by Ma M. Otto* [New Yo&, Bus- s& Sage Fc~zdatiop.,194%) *&, 20Q @oxw~~asxs:Xow TO O~G-AKIZEAXD Ws T~M.Compiled by Business Infarmafion Burmc, Cleveland Public E~bra~~{h Sw&ess Parforration Sotnces, Jma 19483 2p. 10d BECIXIC&SZ§%ANCE wEL3X~& B~LIC~GE.AFEB-= Compiled by 3aarold %. Card, CC~evdanc?, Ohio, H&oId S, Car& 850 Eudid Am.) 22p. $2.00 regular exrhang~ program. Rehabilitattior* news, both of needs and of achievements, will be aoted, Occasional publications will be en- closed; the Erst issue, for instmce, incMe& in separate form, for easy reference, a set of rides for participants: ~s well as a leaset prepared fox general reference. The latter is available in quazztity for distribution. Address: U.S.H.E., Library of Congress, Washingmn 25, D. 6. Cumulat.ive Chiraga Undergraduate Library of. the University of nlinoia Receives Architectural GolIection "fhc CLicago Undergraduate LJjrary of the Book Index Vniversity of Illinois, David H. Xldeld, Librariaq has just received a gft of three tons of zcshitecturd books and portfolios. . . . Is a World List of all books Formerly comprising part of special library of the prominent Chicago architectural fim in the Engiish Language, by of Eolabisd b Root, the collection was rece~S1y author, title and sxbject or sub- appraised at approximately %13,OSO. It will be used as a nucleus for thz special depart- jects, published monthly in one rnemd reading mom for art and architer~me alphabet. which ffie Chicago Undergraduate Library is p1am:eg to put into operation next fall. . . . Complete buying inforrna- Additiorae to tHe ST. Bibliography Pool tion is given plus MS. Halph H. Kopp, TeckrAcal Librarian, LC. card num- Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus 1, Ohio, bers. announces the addition of the following bibli ographies to the Science-Te&riclo= Bibliogra- phy Pool: . . . MonthIy isscres are frcquent- Audornetra 1811-1946. ly cu-mulated. Berylli~irncopper alloys, 1938-1948. Blood substitutes, 1942-1948, Books on glass and related topics. 1695- . . . Bourid Annuals coatain up- f 942'. Chemical assay of aspirin, phenacetin and wards of 72,000 entries. eageine combinations, 1938-1948. Chemical assay of d, 1, desoxyephedxim. . . . Service was begun in 1898 1938-1948, Determination of benzyl alcohol and bem- and there has never been a cairre9 1922-1947. charge for listing. Hence, it is Nabt~raloccurrence of mamito: and sorbitd, l806-1938. the only camplete list. Pepsin, man~factureand uses, 1907-194% 'rKiop?~eae (thiufuran) . 1926-1947, Subscriptions axe on the ser- "ruxitity of &olesterol, 1938-1947, . . . Toxicity 0%nicotinamide, 1938-1947. vice basis. Zoofogy; A source list up to 1948. These biblfcgraphies aie available for I~sn We Quofe? for two weeks (fommrly me month, but due . . . . . May . . . . . to tile tmnendmxs demand resulting from C?dr widespread publicity, the loan period bas been 8 shorten&>. A charge of 15 mats is made for the loan of each bibliography. Requests and THE H. W. WlLSON CO, eontAbutions of bibliographies to the Pod should be made to Mr. Hopp. 950 University Avenue New Y~rk52, M. Y, hoposed Change in By-Law VII, Section 5: At the meeting of the Executive Board on March 27, 1949, it was voted that the Execx- Piease Mention Sfpecid Libraries rive Board rwcnxne~dsre-&sir,p By-.-Saw V3fj Sectioa 5, Drrss in &ears, to read: "The xsmSersh:,p of my perscz, Elrr- or orga5z-a- ';ion whose diles sha3 2- fkee ~-onthsin ar- rears, and who sh.zl'l ccat-inae SJ& ^Seliraquesxcy for one rr,onth after gotScaric;n of the same, shail automs:

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