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Special Libraries Association 43rd Annual Convention Preliminary Program

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Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Adverfisements Special Libraries Association 43rd Annual Convention

May 26-29, 1952

Headquarters - Statler Hotel, New York, N. Y.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

NE NEEDS only to glance over the The New York Public Library, w 0 convention program to realize how storehouse of knowledge with its numer- much thought, time and work the va- ous departments and collections, is plan- rious chairmen and committees have ning special tours during your visit. put into planning such a well-rounded The many library visits that have program. It has much "solid stuff." New been arranged for your interest are techniques and ideas will be discussed really something "to talk about," and by those who have special know-how. are being widely publicized. They cover The diversity of subjects offers a wide a great many categories in a wide sub- selection for choosing, and the speakers ject range and are of many types- should be interesting and stimulating. small, large, the newer good-looking BUT what has New York to offer ones, technical and special subject col- that is different-and to be found only lections, information services of foreign in New York? Here are a few of the countries, and a great many others. special attractions: For the early history of New York If you admire color, beauty and price- City, be sure to visit the New York His- less art treasures, you will find pleasure torical Society which is featuring open and excitement in visits to the famous house for convention visitors, on Wed- Morgan Library, the Cloisters with its nesday afternoon, May 28. The delight- world-famous tapestries, the Metropoli- ful Museum of the City of New York tan Museum of Art and the Museum of will also be open to visitors. Modern Art. They all know you are AND what else do you want to do in coming and will welcome you. New York "on your own"? See the view from the top of the Empire State OPEN HOUSE or RCA Buildings, visit Radio City, eat For all convention visitors. Statler in several different languages, or at the Hotel. Planned as a get-together so "full-of-atmosphere" places, cocktails at that one may meet SLA officers, com- the Rainbow Room and the gay Wal- mittee members and members of dorf-Astoria, walk up Fifth Avenue in one's own and other Divisions. the early evening and "window shop". Evening go to the theatre, shop in the big stores, ENTERTAINMENT explore the specialty shops - not a Radio and television passes will be chance for a dull moment. available. Meet your old friends and make new acquaintances at the SLA Convention. CONVENTION PROGRAM NEW YORKINVITES YOU! Monday, May 26 RUTH M. CRAWFORD,Chairman, Morning 1952 Convention Committee. 8:30-9:30 Registration Announcement FINANCIALDIVISION Advance mail registration does not Breakfast. seem practicable for the 1952 conven- 9:30-10:30 tion because of the extra expense in- OFFICIALOPENING OF THE CONVENTION volved in printing special registration Greetings from New York City and forms, mailing and the additional cler- library officials. ical work it imposes on the Registration Committee. 1 1:00-12:OO Noon Registration facilities at the Hotel GEOGRAPHY& MAP DIVISION Statler will be well planned to avoid Meeting at Regional Planning Asso- delay and confusion, and the mechanics ciation offices. Special speaker. of registration will be simplified. NEWSPAPERDIVISION Advisory Council meeting of the Di- PRE-CONVENTION PROGRAM vision. Friday, May 23 SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION Morning and Afternoon Section meetings. OPEN HOUSE Education : Helen Greer. SLA Headquarters. All visitors wel- Industrial Relations: Esther Levin come. to discuss Indexing Project. Saturday, May 24 International Relations: Marie TOUR Carroll. For members of the Biological Sci- Public Administration: Olive ences and Science-Technology Divi- Braughton, Municipal Research. sions to Brookhaven National Labora- Social Welfare: Subject Heading tory, Upton, Long Island. List. Sunday, May 25 Luncheons Morning 12:30 P. M. EXECUTIVEBOARD MEETING ADVERTISING.NEWSPAPER AND PUBLISH- Open to members. ING DIVISIONS.Joint luncheon meet- Luncheon ing. Toots Shor Restaurant. DELLA ROBBIAROOM, Vanderbilt Ho- Speakers : tel (For all SLA members.) Arthur Hays Sulzberger, president Afternoon and publisher, New York Times. EXECUTIVEBOARD MEETING Marion Harper, Jr., president. Mc- SIGHTSEEINGTRIP Cann-Erickson, Inc. Upper Manhattan, Fort Tryon Park, Otis Lee Wiese, editor and publish- and the Cloisters. er, McCall's Magazine.

118 SPECIAL LIBRARIES BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION man of the Conservative Co- Buffet snack, Brooklyn College of ordinating Committee of Govern- Pharmacy. (Bus leaves hotel, 10:45 ment Agencies. Reference Mate- A. M.) rial-a Tool for Conservation. FINANCIAL.DIVISION Engineering Design Data, Stand- Luncheon Panel-Library Operations. ards and Specifications Relating Speakers : to the ~ilitaryand Commercial Margaret Siegmund, librarian, Fields. Bankers Trust Company, New James T. Kemp, metallurgical en- York. Training Non-Professional gineer, program and planning di- Assistants. rector of the Defense Materials Rose Boots, librarian, McGraw-Hill Procurement Agency, General Publishing Company, New York. Services Administration. Tech- Library Manuals. nical and Scientific Papers and Janet Bogardus, librarian, Gradu- Publications of the British Isles. ate School, Business Libra~y. Captain George N. Robillard, U. Columbia University, New York. S. Navy, patent advisor for the Classification for Financial Li- Department of Defense. Impor- braries. tance of Publications in Patent GEOGRAPHY& MAP DIVISION Law and Reference Tools Per- Luncheon at Regional Planning As- taining to Patents. sociation offices. 2:30-5:30 HOSPITALDIVISION STAFF ASSISTANTS'PANEL DISCUSSION Luncheon, Presbyterian Medical Cen- The Assistant's Role in the Library. ter. Moderator: Robert E. Kingery, New INSURANCEDIVISION York Public Library. Invitation luncheon. Panel Assistants: MUSEUMDIVISION Bonnie Lou Richey, assistant libra- Luncheon. Essex House, as guests of rian. J. M. Mathes, Inc. Adver- Metropolitan Museum. tising Agency. NEWSPAPERDIVISION Harold L. Roth, assistant librarian, Joint luncheon with Advertising and Editorial Reference Library, Publishing Divisions. New York Times. PUBLISHINGDIVISION Jeanette Sledge, librarian. Nation- Joint luncheon with Advertising and al Industrial Conference Board. Newspaper Divisions. Ernest F. Spitzer, head, Technical SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION Inforn~ationService, Chas. Pfizer Luncheons and business meetings for & Co. Inc. Chemistry, Engineering - Aeronau- Audience participation and "question- tics. Petroleum, Pharmaceutical, and and-answer" period. Public Utilities Sections. BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION Afternoon Business meeting, Brooklyn College 2:OO-5:00 of Pharmacy. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION - EN- Speaker: Dr. Philip Blank. GINEERING-AERONAUTICALSECTION Visit to library, school and speclal ex- Foreign Reference Tools in the En- hibit of "Ancient Pharmacy Jars." gineering Aeronautics Field. Each FINANCIALDIVISION speech will be followed by a Discus- Guests of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. sion. Visit to library. Tour of new building. Speakers : Talk by Meril A. May, vice-president Howard Coonley. director, Conser- in charge of sales. Tea. vation Division, Defense Produc- GEOGRAPHY& MAP DIVISION tion Administration and Chair- Field Trip by private cars around

APRIL, 1952 New York and environs under guid- Gertrude Schutze, Pharmaceutical nance of Triboro Bridge and Tunnel Societies and Trade Associations Authority. Contributing fo Data Exchange. HOSPITALDIVISION J. Alan MacWatt, librarian of the Meeting and discussion on Cerfifica- Lederle Laboratories, Division of tion and Library Standards. Talks by American Cyanamid Company. representatives of Medical Library Technical Publications of Phar- Association, Joint Commission on maceutical Concerns, Their Value Hospital Accreditation, American as Sources of Information and Nurses Association, Joint Committee Reviews; an Index to such In- of Hospital Library Standards formation as a 1952-53 Secfion MUSEUMDIVISION Project. Gallery Talk at Metropolitan Mu- Claire K. Schultz, librarian of Sharp seum of Art. & Dohme. Mechanized Punch Speaker : Stuart Shaw. Card Systems for Recording and Visit to Art Reference Library and Searching the Literature. Costume Institute Library. Museum SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION- of Modern Art. PUBLICUTILITIES SECTION NEWSPAPERDIVISION Panel Discussion. Services of the Pub- Meeting at the New York Herald- lic Utility Library. Tribune. Moderator: Josephine I. Greenwood. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION- librarian, Consolidated Edison CHEMISTRYSECTION Company of New York. Joint meeting with the Pharmaceut- Panel : ical Section. Harvey Bumgardner, supervisor of Speaker: Gretchen D. Little, techni- the library, Detroit Edison Com- nical librarian, Atlas Powder Com- pany, Detroit, Michigan. pany, Wilmington, Del. Technical Mildred E. Stone, librarian, Ebasco Services Spotted on the Librarian's Service, Inc., New York, N. Y. Desk. Richard Green, librarian, National Visits to chemical libraries. Association of Electric Compa- SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION- nies, Washington, D. C. PETROLEUMSECTION Catherine Sims, librarian, Institute Joint Round-Table Discussion with of Gas Technology. Chicago, Illi- the American Petroleum Institute. on nois. Petroleum Libraries. TRANSPORTATIONDIVISION Speakers : Meeting. Thelma Hoffman, librarian, Shell Speaker : Ruth Tegtmeyer, secretary, Development Company, Emery- Policy Administration Board, Trans- ville, California. Refining. portation Association of America. Sidney Bragg, librarian. Continent- 5:30 al Oil Company. Ponca City, STAFF ASSISTANTS'PARTY Oklahoma. Transporfation. Especially for staff assistants. but all Clara Miller. librarian. Public Re- are welcome. lations Department. Imperial Dinners Oil, Ltd., Toronto, Canada. Pub- 6:30 lic Relations. CHAPTERPRESIDENTS' DINNER Industry speakers to be announced. DIVISIONCHAIRMEN'S DINNER SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION- PHARMACEUTICALSECTION Evening Joint meeting with Chemistry Sec- 8:30-1O:3O tion. STAFF ASSISTANTS Pharmaceutical Section Papers : Entertainment. Square dancing.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES SCHOOLFOR INCOMINGDIVISION OFI'I- Speakers : CERS Dr. Benjamin A. Cohen, assistant secretary-general, Department Tuesday, May 27 of Public Information. United Morning Nations. 8:30-12:OO Noon Dr. Solomon V. Arnoldo, director, FINANCIALDIVISION New York Office, UNESCO. Breakfast. Speaker: John M. Whitbeck, vrce- Afternoon president, Blair Rollins & Corn- 3:OO-5:00 pany, New York. Municipal Sta- VISIT TO THE UNITEDNATIONS tist~cs. Several Divisions will also visit spe- HOSPITALDIVISION cial libraries at UN. Programs to be Breakfast announced. Speaker : Helen Hlavac. The Medzcal 3:OO-5:00 Library Scene in New York. ADVERTISING,MUSEUM, NEWSPAPER and 9:30-12:OO Noon PUBLISHINGDIVISIONS PANELDISCUSSION PROGRAM. Open to Joint program' all members. staff problems. H~~ to Fhlxma Javitz, superintendent obtain and retain good personnel; Zn- Picture Collection, New York Pub- service training; Professional vs. non- lic Library. Picture Research: A professional staff. Job Classification. growing field, new sources and Salaries. Relations with Management. methods-First step forward in an Public relations. exchange of ideas. Other speakers Moderator : Eleanor S. Cavanaugh. to be announced. librarian, Standard and Poor's Cor- BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION poration, New York, N. Y. Library visits to Cornell Memorial Panel : Center Memorial Hospital and the Mrs. Marie S. Goff, librarian, Tech- Rockefeller Institute. nical Library, E. I. du Pont de BUSINESSDIVISION Nemours & Company, Znc., Wil- Meeting, with speaker, at New York n-iington, Delaware. University. Refreshments. Mrs. Louise T. Jackson, librarian, s c I E N c E -TE c H N 0 L 0 G Y D I v I s I o N- Geophysics Research Library, METALSSECTION Humble Oil & Refining Corn- Papers on Metals Statistics. pany,, Houston, Texas. Government Statistics-Types and Caroline W. Lutz, librarian, Re- Sources. search La b o r a t o r i e s Division, Trade Statistics. General Motors Corporation, Society and Association Sources of Detroit, Michigan. Statistics. Isabella M. Frost, librarian, Lan- ~~~i~~~~ ti^^. sing Service, Safeway SCIENCE-TEC~~O~O~yDIVISION- Stores, Oakland, California. PETROLEUMSECTION Dorothjr Bemis, assistant librarian, Joint Round-Table Discussion with Penns~l- the American Petroleum Institute, on vania, Philadelphia, Penna. Petroleum Libraries. (Continued dis- Audience participation and "question- cussion from Monday afternoon). and-answer" period. Production. Speakers to be announced. Luncheons Marketing. Speakers to be announced. l2:3O SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION- LUNCHEON PHARMACEUTICALSECTION Statler Hotel. Visits to Pharmaceutical libraries.

APRIL. 1952 5:OO tour of their new building, and a visit PUBLISHINGDIVISION to their libraries, with mid-morning Meeting at McGraw-Hill. Refresh- refreshments. ments. ADVERTISINGDIVISION Dinners Discussion meeting. Evaluation of 6:30 Research Services Used in Adver- BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION tising. Dinner. Moderator: Cara Haskell Vorce, Di- Library visit to NYU-Bellevue Med- rector of Research, Hanly. Hicks ical Center. & Montgomery, Inc. Evening BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION 7:30 Visit to Boyce Thompson Plant Re- EXECUTIVEBOARD and ADVISORYCOUN- search Laboratories, Yonkers, N. Y. CIL MEETING Dr. Zimmerman will show three short movies: one on growth and develop- Wednesday, May 28 ment of plants and two on the effects Breakfasts of hormones on growth and develop- 8:30 ment. Special exhibits. EMPLOYMENTCHAIRMEN'S BREAKFAST FINANCIALDIVISION FORUM Meeting on Official Sources of Finan- Speaker : Jane Krumacher, adminis- cial Information. trative assistant, Bureau of Ap- Speakers : pointments, New York University. Ruth von Roeschlaub, attorney. (Open to all interested members.) Federal Reserve Bank of New BUSINESSand PUBLISHINGDIVISIONS York. Law and Regulation. Breakfast. Methods Meeting on Ver- Ethel S. Klahre, librarian, Federal tical Files, Public Relations and Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Do- Weeding. mestic Sources. Speakers : Martin L. Loftus, librarian, Joint Jane L. Almert, librarian, National International Monetary Fund, Association of Manufacturers. International Bank for Recon- Vertical Files. struction & Development Libra- Josephine J. Williams, librarian, ry, Washington. D. C. Znterna- General Motors Public Rela- tional Sources. tions Library. Public Relations. Edward H. Fenner, Enoch Pratt GEOGRAPHYEZ MAP AND MUSEUMDI- Free Library. Weeding. VISIONS Open discussion will follow speakers. Guests of Washington Heights Mu- Announcement of awards for the seum Group : Hispanic Society; Competition on Forms used in Libra- American Numismatic Society; Ameri- ries. Competition is open to all mem- can Geographical Society; Museum bers of the Business Division, regard- of the American Indian; American less of convention attendance. Busi- Academy of Arts and Letters. ness meeting. HOSPITALDIVISION NEWSPAPERDIVISION Business Meeting. Breakfast at Columbia University, INSURANCEDIVISION followed by a meeting at the School Business Meeting. of Journalism. Annual business meet- SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION ing. Annual Division Business meeting. Morning SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION- 9:30-12:OO Noon PUBLICUTILITIES SECTION MUTUALLIFE INSURANCECOMPANY Visit to Public Service Electric and Invites all convention members for a Gas Company Library, Newark. N. J.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION Informal party with a movie: Strange Annual business meeting and elec- Interview featuring employee re- tion of officers. lations. TRANSPORTATIONDIVISION FINANCIALDIVISION Annual business meeting. Visits to libraries in the financial dis- trict: Bankers Trust Company, Cham- Luncheons ber of Commerce of the State of New 12:30 York, Chase National Bank, Federal LUNCHEON Reserve Bank of New York, Hanover Sponsored by the Insurence Division Bank (Philanthropic Library), Leh- and under the joint auspices of the man Corporation, Merrill, Lynch, Advertising, Business, Financial and Pierce, Fenner & Beane. Transportation Divisions and Chetn- Guests of the Institute of Life Insur- istry Section of the Science-Technol- ance and the Life Insurance Associa- ogy Division. tion of America at the Institute. Tea. Speakers: GEOGRAPHY& MAP DIVISION Mrs. Virginia T. Holran, director, Guests of the American Academy of Division of Statistics & Research, Arts and Letters at the presentation Institute of Life Insurance. of annual awards to outstanding Sources of Statistics. Americans of the year in these fields. Dr. Roy Soukup, Research Divi- sion, du Pont de Nemours Corn- HOSPITALDIVISION pany. Commercial Intelligence. Meeting at New York Academy of Medicine. Medical Motion Pictures BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION and the Hospital Libraries. Luncheon at the Rock House on the Speakers : shores of the Hudson. Dr. Davis S. Ruhe, Medical Film HOSPITALDIVISION Institute. Luncheon at the Tavern on the Frances Moak. Nurses' Libraries Green. and Films. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY-PUBLIC UTIL- Margaret Kinney. Patients' Libra- ITIES SECTION ries and Films. Invitation luncheon. Dr. G. Larrimore, New York State Department of Health. Regional SOCIALSCIENCE DIVISION Libraries and Films. Luncheon. Speakers on Municipal Records Management. INSURANCEDIVISION Guests of the Institute of Life Insur- Afternoon ance and the Life Insurance Associa- 2:30-5:30 tion of America at the Institute. Tea. ADVERTISINGDIVISION NEWSPAPERDIVISION Business meeting. Tour of The New York Times facil- BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION ities. New York Botanical Gardens, with PUBLISHINGDIVISION a visit to Rose and Rock gardens. Visits to United Nations, New York Speaker : T. H. Everett, Horticultur- Public Library, Bowker Company. ist. Place of the Library in the Bo- SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION- tanical World. CHEMISTRYSECTION Movie, library visit and tea will fol- Joint Meeting with ENGINEERING- low. AERONAUTICSand PETROLEUMSEC- BUSINESSDIVISION TIONS. Management and Research Guests of the Institute of Life Insur- Look at Special Libraries. ance and the Life Insurance Associa- Speakers : tion of America at the Institute. Tea. Howard K. Nason, director of Re-

APRIL, 1952 SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION - PRELIMINARY CONVENTION PROGRAM New York, N. Y. - May 26-29, 1952 -- - Breakfasts Morning Luncheons Afternoon Dinners Evening ------FRIDAY Ooen House Open House MAY 23 SLA Headquarters SLA Hegqufiers ------. ------SATURDAY MAY 24 - -- -- SUNDAY Executive Board Meeting , Luncheon Executive Board Meeting Entertainment MAY 25 I I FUIall mernbels Sightseeing Trip I Ooen House

-- - .-- .- - MONDAY Ftnanc~al Staff Assistants' Panel Discussion Chapter Presidents Staff Assistants' OFFiCiAL OPENING OF $?,"~t~~~?ghIenCei~~~l~~~~~l Sciences Sclence-Technolog\ Division Chairmen Entertainment MAY 26 CONVENTION Financial Chemistrj School for Incoming Gcograph~ & Map Geographj & Map $,","Az?:l Metals Newspaper I Hosp~tal 1 Geography & Map Petroleum Division Officers Soclal Science Insurance Hospltal Pharmaceutical Mu5eum Museum Publlc Utllitles i Newspaper Transportation

I ------Executive Board and TUESDAY F~nanc~al Discussion Program Luncheon United Nations (Open to members) For all members Advertmng Science-Technology Advisory Council MAY 27 1 Hospital (Convent~on-wide) Museum (Individual and Meeting Newspaper combmed Scctlon Publishmg - meetings)

~- ~ - - -- Biological Science! Mutual Life lnsurance Advertising WEDNESDAY Employment Biologlcal Scicnces Financial MAY 28 Chairmen's Company Tour Business Science-Technol- Breakfast Advertising Financial Geography & Map Forum Biologlcal Sciences Financial Hospital 1 Business Geography & Map Insurance Newspaper Hospital Muscuin Insurance Science-Technology Museum Chemistry Science-Technology Social Sciences Social Science Transportation Section meetings) Transportation Transportation New York Historical Society Reception ------. - . - F~nanc~al Mutual Life lnsurance Hospital Annual SLA Business Meeting Boat Ride THURSDAY Publlshlng MAY 29 Newspapet Comoanv Tour ~dvertisin~' Financial Geograahv & Ma))

FRIDAY Executive Board Meeting Executive Board Meeting t Continued) MAY 30 Biologlcal Sciences Science-Technology Science-Techn~lopp search, Organic Chemicals Divi- Thursday, May 29 sion, Monsanto Chemical Com- Morning pany, St. Louis, Mo. The Tech- 830 nical Library in an Industrial FINANCIALDIVISION Organization. Breakfast and business meeting. Other speakers to be announced. Note: Visits to the New York Stock SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION-- Exchange are being planned for out- PHARMACEUTICALSECTION of-towners. Reservations required. Tour of pharmaceutical libraries in NEWSPAPERDIVISION Manhattan. Breakfast. SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION-- Symposium on methods and current PUBLICUTILITIES SECTION problems. Speakers and subjects to Visit to Bell Telephone Laboratories, be announced. Murray Hill, New Jersey. TRANSPORTATIONDIVISION MUTUALLIFE INSURANCECOMPANY Guests of the Institute of Life Insur- Invites all convention members for ance and the Life Insurance Associa- a tour of their new building, and a tion of America at the Institute. Tea. visit to their libraries, with mid- 330-5:30 morning refreshments. ADVERTISINGDIVISION RECEPTION Meeting. Subject to be announced. New-York Historical Society. Library GEOGRAPHY& MAP DIVISION visit, exhibits and refreshments. All Panel Discussion: Keys to Map convention visitors invited. Evaluafion. 5:OO-630 Speakers : PUBLISHINGDIVISION Richard Edes Harrison, cartogra- Meeting at Time and Life Library. pher. Modern Maps. Refreshments. Mrs. Clara LeGear, Library of Congress. Historical Maps. 5:30-630 Bill Woods, University of Illinois. BIOLOGICALSCIENCES DIVISION Classroom Maps. Reception preceding dinner at New Panel Discussion: Map Procurement. York Academy of Medicine as guests Speakers: of the Academy and Hoagland Li- Ena Yonge, American Geograph- brary. ical Society. Dinners Helmuth Bey, Rand McNally & 6:30 Company. BIOLOGICAI,SCIENCES DIVISION Ernie DeWald, Army Map Service. Buffet supper at New York Academy HOSPITALDIVISION of Medicine. Visit to libraries. Visit to Lederle Laboratories at Pearl River, New York. FINANCIALDIVISION INSURANCEDIVISION Dinner at historic Fraunces Tavern. Business meeting. Speaker: August Maffry, vice presi- Movies at Metropolitan Life Insur- dent, Irving Trust Company, New ance Company. York. Ferment in Asia. PUBLISHINGDIVISION SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION Annual business meeting. Division Dinner. SOCIALSCIENCES DIVISION Speaker: Albert S. Davis, Jr., resi- Visits to libraries of the New York dent attorney, The Research Cor- School of Social Work, H. W. Wilson poration. Legal Aspects of Machine Company and the Municipal Refer- Documentation. ence Library.

APRIL, 1452 Luncheons I-y; Accountability Record for 1 2:oo Security; Classified Reports. HOSPITALDIVISION Exploiting Report Literature. Ref- Guests of Lederle Laboratories, Pearl erence Use of the Collection and River, New York. Its Catalogs; Integration of Re- PUBLISHINGDIVISION port Literature and Journals: Luncheon. Ways and Means of Reaching the Consumer; Reports of Li- Afternoon brarian : Requirements and Op- 1 :30-4:30 portunities. ANNUALBUSINESS MEETING __f__ Special Libraries Association. A detailed program of the Science- Evening Technology Division Post-Convention 6:OO Institute appears on page 140. BOAT RIDE New York Harbor and East and Hud- Cost of Meals and Trips son Rivers. Box supper. MEALS Prices include tax and gratuities: Sunday, May 25. Luncheon at the POST-CONVENTION PROGRAM Vanderbilt Hotel, $5.00. Friday, May 30 Tuesday, May 27. Luncheon at the Morning Hotel Statler, $6.00. 9:OO EXECUTIVEBOARD MEETING TRIPS SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION Sunday, May 25. Sightseeing trip to Institute on the Administration and the Cloisters in chartered buses Use of Unpublished Research Re- starting from the Vanderbilt Hotel ports. and returning to the Hotel Statler, Symposium on Technical Reports. $2.00. Technical Reports: The New Lit- Thursday, May 29. Boat trip, two erature of Science. Genesis of and one-half hours, includes box Report Literature; Producers and supper, $3.50. Sources; Acquisition : Channels All SLA members are cordially in- and Techniques: Building a Col- vited to participate. lection. Processing and Cataloging of Re- ports. Bibliographic Identifica- Convention Travel tion and Organization: Housing and Storage; Cataloging in a SLA members planning to attend the Large Reports Organization; SLA Convention in New York, May 26-29, Cataloging of Reports in a Li- 1952, are urged to make their travel brary. reservations early in order to secure desirable transportation. The New York Afternoon Central System warns that Pullman travel 2:oo is heavy and that advance reservations EXECUTIVEBOARD MEETING should be made. SLA members who SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION would like information or accommoda- Symposium continued. tions on the New York Central may write Controlled Distribution. Factors to Mrs. loan V. Beckman, assistant to Affecting Availability of Reports; assistant vice-president, New York Cen- Confidential Company Reports; tral System, 466 Lexington Avenue, New Security Problems of the Libra- York 17, N. Y.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES LIBRARY of thc UNITED NATIONS

HE UNITEDNATIONS Headquarters TLibrary occupies a seven-story building at First Avenue and 42nd Street, New York and adjoins the secx-e- tariat skyscraper. It is a private research library intended primarily for the use of the delegations, the secretariat staff and other official users. Holdings The holdings of books, periodicals and official government documents now number approximately 150,000 items selected on the basis of need in the subjects actively considered by the United Nations. Emphasis is upon basic materials in the fields of international relations, international law, economics and social problems. The collection is in- creased at an annual rate of 7,500 volumes obtained through purchase, gift or exchange, and an intake of over 100,000 pieces in the categories of official documents and gazettes from seventy-two governments, and a large number of current periodicals. The main library houses the largest ?art of the collection and offers reference and loan services through a central loan desk and reference room in also, maintains an active reference and addition to special collections on differ- loan service. ent floors. A selection of about 10,000 The fourth floor is devoted to the volumes forms the basic reference col- Woodrow Wilson Memorial Library, the lection in the main reading room. Cur- gift of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation rent issues of approximately 2,000 peri- in 1950. It includes sets of documents odical titles and back files of 150 news of the League of Nations and books papers are available in a periodical dealing with the League and the peace room which maintains a separate loan movements and international relations service. during the period between the two The entire third floor is devoted to World Wars. the library's collection of the documents A collection of about 40,000 maps and publications of the United Nations and 3,000 geographic reference books and the specialized agencies, together (atlases, gazetteers, guides, etc.) is lo- with books, periodicals, pamphlets and cated on the ground floor with a special- ephemeral material concerning them. It, ist in charge.

APRIL, 1952 127 Other special collections of interest are those of microfilms, clippings, bibli- ASLIB ographies and pamphlets. Services The services of the main library are As a further step in its work of assist- supplemented in the secretariat building the establishment and development ing by four branch libraries in substan- of information services and special li- tive departments : Economic and Social braries, ASLIB has introduced a con- Affairs, Security Council Affairs, Legal sultancy service in its 1952 program. Affairs, and Trusteeship and Informa- The purpose of the service is to pro- tion from Non- Self -Governing Terri- vide on a fee basis, authoritative advice tories. These libraries contain small col- on any matter affecting the economical lections of the most-used reference books running of these services ranging from and highly-specialized portions of the a specific process in an existing estab- library's holdings in appropriate sub- lishment to the planning and installa- jects. Professional librarians conduct tion of a completely new information or special library from its beginnings. The reference and loan services and act as consultancy service draws upon the en- liaison officers between members of the tire resources of ASLIB headquarters departments and the main library. Com- and goes hand in hand with research munication is maintained by telephone, into library and information techniques, and an underground pneumatic tube so that clients may have the benefits of from the library building rapidly de- the most up-to-date and economical livers library materials to the secre- methods. The service covers layout and tariat building where they are trans- use of premises, equipment, staffing, ferred to a conveyor belt which deliv- book selection, loan systems, circulation of information, records of all kinds, ers them to the appropriate floors. interlibrary cooper atio n and outside Because of the comparative newness services. of the United Nations Library and the limitations imposed upon the acquisi- No charge is made for the initial con- tion program, much use is made of the sultation beyond incidental expenses. resources of libraries in the metropoli- The consultant estimates the probable cost of the project to the client, the tan New York area through interlibrary amount of time involved and its feasi- loan. bility. Charges are kept to a minimum The United Nations Library is unique and reduced rates are available to among special libraries, both in the na- ASLIB members. ture of its collections and services. Its clientele for the most part consists of highly-specialized research workers Additions to SLA Loan Collection studying international problems of every conceivable type: its collections empha- The following items are available for loan from SLA Headquarters: Subject Classification size official sources of information, and for Filing Office Management Material its services are adjusted to the exten- (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company) : List sive and varying interests of the or- of Subject Headings Used in Card Catalog at ganization. Esso Laboratories Library (Esso Standard Oil Company); Classification Scheme of the La- mont Library ( Harvard University); Classifica- tion of the Library of Union Theological Senl- The January 1952 issue of SPE- inary; Library Classification System for the CIAL LIBRARIESis out-of-print. Any Literature of Industrial Hygiene and Allied copies of this issue will be grate- Subjects (Lorraine Sullivan and W. C. L. fully received at SLA Headquar- Hemeon); Dewey Decimal Numbers Assigned ters, 31 East Tenth Street, New to Trade Catalogs, Sample Expansion of Dewey Decimal System. Subject Headings (Interna- York 3, N. Y. tional Harvester Company).

SPECIAL LIBRARIES BRITISH LIBRARIES and Information Agencies

Dr. Louis Shores is dean of the School (committees to us) engaged in signifi- of Library Training and Service, Florida cant investigations. The range of sub- State University, Tallahassee, Florida. jects indicates a diversity of interests as varied as ours. RITISH LIBRARIANSHIP is deserving My field of interest over here is refer- B of closer study by us. I have the ence. Already I have come to appreciate uncomfortable feeling that they know the profound influence the last great much more about our professional prac- war has had on the fundamental con- tice and thought than we do of theirs. cept of the reference function British They respect and admire the tremen- librarians now have. This concept should dous innovations that have come from interest us especially in the special li- the United States and they most gra- braries field. ciously acknowledge the debt libraries Perhaps the best way to indicate this owe to American enterprise. concept is to observe that there appears But they have, also, reservations about to be more cooperative reference activ- much that we are doing and thinking. ity here than in the United States. Part- Chiefly, they believe we place an over- ly this is due to the shorter distances reliance on quantitative research. They between centers and the centralization fear we have developed a generation of of so much effort in London. But also professional investigators who believe this cooperation is the result of a greater that all they have to do is to count feeling of urgency and the initiative of something -books, readers, circulation. certain agencies. The urgency is stimu- questions, money -indeed anything. lated, of course, by the proximity of the and the resulting figures, formulae or war locale and the experience during tabulations will impress a considerable the blitz. Overpowering is the feeling portion of the profession. British libra- that somehow the vast collection of in- rians are skeptical about our excessive formation must be disseminated in such number of surveys, our universal adop- a way as to reach the right places at the tion of the questionnaire, our accept- right time. ance of the new-type tests as a measure Of the various agencies active in de- of students' professional competence. veloping cooperative reference, I should Nevertheless, British librarians read all like to mention three because of the im- of our surveys, quantitative studies and plications of their activities for SLA. other writings, take our tests experi- and indeed for the whole library pro- mentally and try our techniques open- fession. mindedly. The first of these agencies is the De- On their own, British librarians have partment of Scientific and Industrial matched our investigations with ap- Research, referred to as the D. S. I. R. proaches that appear more old-fashioned. It was established during World War I, The Library Association, for example, in 1916, about the same time as our has a number of "working parties" National Research Council, "to promote

APRIL, 1952 129 and organize scientific research, with a specialist translators, a documentary review especially to its application to production service, an index to univer- trade and industry." The Department sity research theses and microfilms of has fourteen research organizations wartime enemy technical journals, just which cover the entire range of natural to mention a few. It publishes ASLIB and applied sciences, except medicine Information, ASLZB Proceedings, ASLIB and agriculture, and aids some forty Booklist, and the Journal of Docu- industrial research associations. mentation. Memberships and a subven- Among its most important missions tion from the D. S. I. R. finance ASLIB's is dissemination of information. The activities. American libraries, and par- D. S. I. R. in a recent bulletin quoted ticularly special libraries, will find my good friend, Dr. Larkey, who wrote ASLIB membership profitable. in the Bulletin of American Medical Li- The third agency is the national pro- brary Association as follows: fessional organization, the Library As- "It has been estimated that about a mil- sociation at Chaucer House. In its head- lion useful scientific articles are published quarters it maintains a distinguished yearly in some fifty thousand scientific reference service for libraries and libra- journals and yet about half of these are never indexed or abstracted anywhere. To rians. The L. A. Library with its out- all intents and purposes half-a-million ar- standing collection in librarianship pro- ticles are lost and the research might just vides an incomparable clearing house as well not have been done . . ." on professional matters. Publishers and The D. S. I. R. following through on booksellers, no less than librarians, turn that statement has proved that eventu- naturally to the L. A. for information on ally nearly ninety per cent of the useful subjects relating to the book trade, to scientific and technical papers are ab- libraries and to peripheral areas. But stracted somewhere but that it is diffi- libraries and librarians also seek help cult to find the abstracts through exist- from the L. A. on fugitive questions, and ing indexes. Through its library refer- the L. A. Library has a remarkable record ence facilities, which the D. S. I. R. calls helping libraries to help their patrons. "Intelligence," the Department is under- L. A. does it in a self-effacing way, too. taking to act as a reference clearing It turns the answer over to the library house for scientific and industrial re- so that the library will get the credit search on a large scale. with its patron for the service. A second agency with a reference Besides the Library Association Rec- concept in advance of present practice ord, the L. A. publishes many important is ASLIB, the British counterpart of professional books and serials. More our SLA. The Association of Special American Libraries would do well to Libraries and Information Bureaux was become members in the L. A. They can founded in 1924. It aims to be the "mas- save money on L. A. publications that ter key to the world's information and way as well as on the Record. research." Primarily, it is a reference clearing house for libraries and infor- These are merely some random pro- mation agencies. It is, so to speak, the fessional impressions. The key implica- reference wholesaler for libraries. In tion for us is more inter-library refer- most instances, ASLIB does not itself ence cooperation. answer the question but it directs agencies and libraries to the best sources for these answers. This is an excerpt from a letter writ- Today ASLIB offers some twelve im- ten by Dr. Shores in London where he portant services. Those include an in- quiry bureau covering all specialist is spending a year on a Fulbright award. fields, an index to unpublished transla- The letter appeared in the Louisiana tions of important researches, a panel of Chapfer Bulletin, February, 1952.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES An lndustrial Catahst

Mr. Granfield is records administra- government and private research firms tor, Aeronautical Division, Minneapolis- or in the universities. Honeywell Regulator Company, Minne- Technical Men Write apolis, Minnesota. Fortunately, scientific men such as professors, engineers and researchers UST AS A CHEMICAL CATALYST serves record the fruits of their work. They to accelerate a reaction between J are very conscientious about writing various chemicals, the library of today and publishing papers, articles, books serves to accelerate the reactions of in- and reports on their findings. In gen- dustrial research and design. In the eral, the rewards of science are not as years gone by, when technical literature lucrative as those of many other pro- was lacking or meager, engineering de- fessions, and recognition is often the velopment meant laboratory investlga- sole reward for many months or even tion above all else. As Charles R. Ham- years of hard work. As a result, scien- mond, librarian at the Naval Ordnance tific men write voluminously. There Laboratory once said, "Discoveries in are more than 30,000 different scientific science may be made in two ways, One and technical journals published either method is to start from scratch and use monthly or quarterly, to say nothing of trial and error learning, experimenta- other publications such as reports, books, tion and straight mental work; the other pamphlets and memoranda. begins by reading what others have However, knowledge, as represented done, profits by their discoveries and by such prodigious writings, is of no errors, and applies original thinking dur- value unless it is properly promulgated. ing new experiments or in formulating The acquisition of knowledge is impor- new ideas suggested by reading." tant; however, the judicious dissemina- The aeronautical industry has been tion of knowledge is equally important. characterized by rapid growth and ap- It is apparent that today, scientific plication over the past twenty years. literature has attained tremendous pro- Equipment becomes obsolete very quick- portions, and the volume increases at a ly. It has been said that a newly-con- much faster rate than it is digested and structed aircraft being flown for the first efficiently utilized. time is obsolete compared with the new one on the drafting board. There is con- The Industrial Library tinual pressure on research and design The industrial library was born of engineers to invent, devise and develop such a condition. As the very existence new instruments. The designers obvious- of SLA will testify, special industry and ly do not have the time available to try public libraries are designed to aid in everything in a given field themselves. efficiently utilizing the scientific litera- nor do they have the money available to do so. They must take advantage of * Paper presented before the Science-Tech- nology Division, Engineering-Aeronautical Sec- the work of others elsewhere-in their tion, on June 18, 1951, at the SLA Convention, own company. in other companies, in in St. Paul, Minnesota.

APRIL, 1952 ture that is produced ir. such large will mirror the latest research and de- quantities. sign projects which are in process and In terms of dollars and sense (spelled even contain material which will be S-E-N-S-E), industry today just cannot used in contemplated projects for the expect to do an efficient job of research near future. and development without the ready and The librarian is the key factor in a easily accessible material that company successful library, and raises the caliber and community libraries can offer them. of his library in proportion to the ser- At first, it might seem that the relative- vice he gives. The constant users of a ly small collection of printed material library, awaken to the realization that which makes up the average industrial the librarian is not only rendering im- or special library would be far too mediate aid, but is anticipating many limited to supply all the information of their future needs. needed in the development of a new product. But the effective library is Library Research more than a depository for books. To The industrial library must be a dy- be an industrial catalyst and provide namic force in the research and design the reactions that aid, stimulate and process if it is to be an industrial cata- generate new engineering developments, lyst. Rapid progress occurring in all the modern industrial library must pro- fields of science, as well as economic, vide not only an up-to-date collection, social and legislative changes, has in- it must bring to the attention of inter- creased immeasurably the amount of ested people such new materials as will information necessary to the successful be of value. The industrial library must functioning of an organization. also follow the emphasis, or shifts in The library's part is to acquire and emphasis, that take place within its or- to disseminate this information as rap- ganization, so that the library material idly as possible. The service given by the library is not limited; it extends to every department and individual as MICROFILM COPIES well as to some outside the organization. Because of contacts with other U. S. PATENT GAZETTE libraries, knowledge of where elusive information may be found and cognizance NOW AVAILABLE.. . . of source material, the library is the Complete microfilm copies of the Official logical clearing house for all requests Gazette United States Patent Office, for for factual matter. the years 1943 through 1951, are now ready for immediate shipment. As an example of the importance of 1948 through 1951 copies, $50.00 the library to a large industry, consider per year. the DuPont Corporation. To expedite 1943 through 1947 copies, $35.00 per year. fact-finding, the DuPont organization 1952 copies, issued on a bi-monthly maintains twenty-seven libraries con- basis, $50.00 per year. taining approximately 100,000 books All copies accurately processed on and bound magazines pertaining to the 35 mm film to permanency limits ex- ceeding those set by U. S. Bureau of chemical manufacturing business. In ad- Standards. dition to these organized libraries, col- Inquiries also invited regarding lections of technical publications are microfilmed Gazette copies for 1934 through 1942. maintained at those plants and offices For further details, write . . . where a formal library is not needed. "A complete microfilming service" DuPont activities cover broad areas MICRO PHOTO SERVICE BUREAU in this field. The company consists of 4614 PROSPECT AVE., CLEVELAND 3, OHIO ten industrial departments, each a separate business unit, functioning inde-

SPECIAL LIBRARIES pendently, with eleven auxiliary depar-t- magazines and technical writings give ments serving the entire group. us the vital information on what has The library organization, too, is de- been done before, what new materials partmentalized, each with its own staff are available, etc. In other words, as- of librarians, even though in practice suming that time and money are vital their services are highly interrelated factors, before you can invent an auto- through a cooperative system of inter- pilot, before you can patent it, before library loans and dissemination of intra- you can write advertising copy for it. company information. Special material before you can devise the psychological on file in one library can be and is made test to get the best type of personnel to available to the others. design, advertise and produce your auto- Hence, it is apparent that the re- pilot-you must do some detailed research or design engineer these days search and study in your library. The should spend much more time in the trial and error alternative ~sn't much library, and correspondingly less time help if there is a six-months contract in the laboratory, than is the general deadline to meet. custom. In tackling a new project, research The Engineering Design Process and design engineers plan first to learn The design engineer's starting point as much as possible about the subject- at Honeywell is the engineering project the prior art as the patent attorneys say. specification or the "design spec." From Otherwise, they might waste months this specification the design engineer working on a problem only to find that obtains his first, formal written descrip- their experiments had been duplicated tion of the requirements that must be years before. The initial work starts in met to complete a production specifica- the library with a study of all the facts tion for a salable finished product. that may have a bearing on the project. The design specification is the fruit Has the product been made before? By of preliminary engineering analysis, and what methods? How close to it have study and investigation by the Sales, other technical men come? What meth- Research, Experimental and Design En- ods did they use? What will compete gineering Departments. These depart- with the new development? What ma- ments, with the aid of the engineering terials are best? What do competitive library, consider the general nature of products cost? How large is the mar- the specific problem involved, and gath- ket? What about cost and availability er all available pertinent information. of raw materials? What equipment is The design specification represents the required? What about patent coverage? best attempt to establish the engineer- Library research will overcome t.wo ing parameters of the system, compon- serious errors often made by scientists ent or device that will accomplish the and engineers: duplication of work de- desired function. After receiving it, the scribed completely and failure to ap- design engineer's first task is to study preciate inventions described almost and analyze all of its details. These in- verbatim in the literature. The library clude administration and cost informa- is unsurpassed in importance as the tion and references listing sources of source of knowledge. further information for the design en- I see evidences of this method in gineer. Other questions will crop up in operation every day because I happen the design engineer's mind as he studies to work for a scientific research and de- the design specification, and will re- sign establishment. But this method is quire further investigation before he can applicable in all industry-in all fields begin his actual design work; consulta- of endeavor. Before one can create, one tion with his design group leader, proj- must have the proper background and ect engineer, or design supervisor will knowledge in our complex society, books. help clarify these points.

APRIL, 19.52 As an understanding of the whole Thus, it is evident that all throughout problem begins to take shape in the de- the engineering design process the ser- sign engineer's mind. some methods of vices provided by the engineering li- attack will suggest themselves to him. brary are a vital gear in the opeiation. He should investigate, study and con- The library provides the source of sider each of the likely approaches to a knowledge which saves untold hours of satisfactory design. Here it is likely he experimentation, trial-and -error -testing will find the facilities of the library of and design delays. value to him. Then, at the earliest prac- Summary ticable moment the design engineer should decide upon the approach to the Thus, the library serves as a cata- design problem that offers the most lyst; by obtaining, maintaining and pro- promise and begin what is known as viding information that saves valuable the design layout. time in the design or development of new industrial products. However, here Upon completion of the design lay- at Honeywell, and in practically every out, in addition to carrying the main industrial organization, the library is load of the continuing design process, more than a catalyst. The chemical the design engineer begins to function catalyst remains unchanged at the end as a directing and coordinating member of the reaction which it aided; in a of a "production design team," and technological reaction, the catalystic li- ceases to be a one-man operation. This brary receives the fruits of the reaction. production design team consists norm- For as the engineering design process ally of representatives in the Test De- is completed for a particular project, partment, Materials Section, Drafting the research and design engineers write Department, Model Shop and Methods reports that record their objective tech- Group. All of these members use the nical findings and conclusions. These design engineer's finding as a point of reports are the pioneer documents of departure for their contributing func- scientific and technologic a 1 progress. tions. Here again, the use of the library They are the manifestations of the di- is of prime importance. The Materials vision of the modern design process in- group must keep up with all the latest to innumerable yet interlocking com- developments in metals, plastics and partments. They are the raw materials fabrics, while the Methods group must of books and of later articles in jour- be aware of the latest techniques for nals, the embryos of new processes, new fabrication such as powder metallurgy, products, new machines. As source ma- unionmelt welding, hot and cold injec- terial, they are often the only record of tion molding, investment casting and a man's achievement. And equally im- machinery methods. portant, these reports help make the industrial library self-perpetuating. Hence, Conferences for the production de- we have a library stimulating the design sign team members are held periodic- process as a catalyst and receiving the ally during the parallel development benefits of that stimulation in the form work carried on by the various team of further technical information and members. These conferences provide a literature. vehicle for the exchange of information that is acquired by one group and is of value to another group. For example, the Methods group needs to aid design SLA Featured in acquiring best possible know-how regarding the limitations of existing ma- A story about outstanding special libraries in the New York area appears in the March 15 chines and methods, keeping in mind issue of Library Journal. The author is Harold that new tools and methods may be L. Roth, assistant librarian, The New York needed to meet new design requirements. Times, member of SLA's Newspaper Division.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES THIS IS NEW YORK

EW YORKmay seem to have an course. The lasting satisfactions come "Nexcess of people, buildings, and from the variations, great and small, other things, but Nature herself sets made possible by the everchanging pat- just such an example with her exces- terns of existence. One may enjoy great- sive production of flora and fauna to er privacy in New York than almost insure continuity and the survival of anywhere on earth; yet most of the the fittest. Most important in the pro- city's facilities, private as well as pub- cess, however, is adaptation to the en- lic, may be used and enjoyed by every- vironment. This is one of the secrets of one. Inside their apartments, homes, or the city's thriving, and the process is private offices, individuals and families twofold: people are constantly adjust- may have all the exclusiveness they de- ing themselves to one another and also sire or can afford. But nearly everything to their continuously changing surround- else in the city is dedicated to public use. ings. A new kind of freedom emerges "Elevators and corridors in buildings from this process, a freedom unknown are merely continuations of streets and in the country or in smaller commun- are as freely used, and practically all of ities, where people are bound by the New York's outdoors is free. Moving slow procession of the seasons and the about the city, from home to work, to strictures of nature and there is less the theater, library, or park, in and out change both in people and in their sur- of all kinds of buildings, and in all sorts roundings. There is much routine in of places, one is seldom conscious of New York, but it is flexible. There are where public and private properties be- wide choices and maximum opportun- gin and end. Most private values depend ities among those variables which break on public use. Individuals may buy or monotonies and provide stimuli. lease a little space for their exclusive "That is the real difference between use, but the rest of the city is shared. the large city and smaller communities. "Although they are not fully aware of To New Yorkers, adjusted to the scale it, the people actually own most of the and pace of their town, most of the city. The really big things are owned by city's wonders are taken as a matter of little people. Most of New York's three

APRIL, 1952 hundred square miles consists of water, receive benefits from all the rest. streets, and public places. The streets, "And people in New York get along subways, and other transit lines, the well together. All kinds of people, going docks and airports, public buildings, about their business, have somehow parks, city hospitals, schools, colleges, learned common decency, good will. public housing, fire and police stations, and the spirit of mutual tolerance and water and sewer systems, and hundreds consideration. They are orderly and of other facilities belong to the people. have a code that is quite as effective as "There are large groups of buildings written laws in keeping the peace. Police and facilities that are nominally in pri- work consists largely in giving traffic di- vate ownership and control, but they rections and in hunting down the rela- also represent the savings of multitudes tively few vicious individuals and or- and are dedicated to public uses. No ganized groups in the city, leaving the wonder New Yorkers feel that they masses of New York in the main to own their city and are at home almost police themselves. If democracy means anywhere, indoors and out. And every- a way of life in which the maximum one contributes in one way or another number of persons, of every race and toward making the system work. We creed, live in close daily contact with a may not know what the men or women maximum of freedom, then New York next to us in the subway do for a living, is an outstanding example of applied but, no matter what they do, all derive democracy based on mutual interests some mutual benefit from the separate and self-imposed discipline." activities of each. A tired-looking woman clinging to a subway strap may not This is an excerpt from hew know it, but the bank in which she is Y osk : 7'kr Worlrl'.~(:til)itnl (,'i/y by putting her weekly savings may hold a Cleveland Rodgers and Rebecca 6. mortgage on the office building where Rankin (Harper, 1948). Miss Ran- she mops floors, thus making her one of kin is librarian, New York Munici- its owners. The butcher, baker and can- pal Reference Library, New York, dlestick maker not only exchange goods N. Y. and services but also contribute to and

Rodgers, Cleveland and R. B. Rankin Morris, Lloyd New York: the world's capital city; Incredible New York. High life and its development and contributions to low life of the last hundred years. progress. (N.Y.: Harper, 1948. 398p.) (N.Y.: Random House, 1951. 370p.) A present day picture of the city against A cultured man of the world cultivates a background of its history and economics, his predilections for Manhattan-recollec- featuring its remarkable development from tions of all facets that are spectacular, the- the days of the burgomasters to its present atrical, flamboyant and mundane. His distinction as a world's capital. The chapters suavely written social history contains a on commerce and shipping give one the mass of information on the rites, customs sense of an island city and a great port. and shibboleths of society. Harry M. Lydenberg describes the book as Through facts and tables the author a "worthy picture of a dynamic city" and shows what has made the city famous (or comments, "Name a better summing up of infamous). Lloyd Morris puts the emphasis the essential elements of the city than is on the adjective in his Incredible New York given in the chapter on "The quintessence and stresses the high life and the low life of New Yorkism'." of the last hundred years in Manhattan. Rothery, Agnes New York today. (N.Y.: Prentice White, E. B. Hall, 1951. 279p.) Here is New York. (N.Y. Harper. Demonstrates the special attractions New 1949. 54p.) York holds for the author. She affectionate- An urbane essayist distills the very es- ly portrays its best known aspects from sence of being a New Yorker and tells what Ellis Island to the United Nations. the city is like-and why.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES STORY OF A Famous Theological Library

NE OF THE MOST agreeable build- City parish of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, 0 ings of the Gothic revival in Lon- who among his many benefactions for don looks across the Thames from Vic- the advancement of learning, charged toria Embankment. It was designed by his executors with the setting up of a Sir Arthur Blomfield in the 1880's to college for the clergy of the City of grace the embankment which had been London to help them "to show more completed a few years earlier. When clearly to the people in general the the visitor is told that it is the home of light of their unity, their orthodoxy and Sion College he invariably wants to know the uprightness of their ways." what manner of college that might be. The first home of the college was in Today Sion College is chiefly renown- another part of the City in the remains ed for its library which is maintained of an ancient religious foundation which for the benefit of the clergy and stu- had from 1331 to 1530 served as a hos- dents of theology and cognate subjects. pital for the poor and blind. Soon after Though originally restricted to the clergy its foundation, the Rev. John Simson, of the City of London, it now welco~nes rector of St. Olave, Hart-treet, one of not only members of the clergy from White's executors, planned the addition home and overseas but also young men of a library. What is more, he raised the in training for the ministry. necessary funds to build and furnish it. Just now the college buildings are As it has turned out, the library has be- nearing the end of their restoration after come the most important feature of the the damage by bombs during World college. Simson is regarded as a second War I1 which destroyed many books. founder, and his name was embodied in Not all the stained glass in the hall and a revised charter which was confirmed library has yet been made good, but by Charles I1 in 1664. some fine windows depicting the most Within two years the Great Fire of illustrious English poets are in place in London destroyed the buildings and the library, which has been handsomely many of the books. Nonetheless. with redecorated and provided with new the help of gifts and loans the City lighting. clergy rebuilt their college, and the li- Sion College owes its existence to Dr. brary began to take on the character Thomas White, the incumbent of the which today makes it one of the most notable in England, particularly on its As the Rector of St. Vedast, a City of theological side. London church. Canon Mortlock is a Fellow In 1682 it acquired about half of the of Sion College, the subject of this article. He is a member of the staff of the London Daily library of Sir Robert Cooke. Soon other Telegraph, and under the name of "Urbanus" valuable collections were given or be- he has for over thirty years been the author queathed, and by 1710 the college had of a personal column in the Church Times of attained such eminence in the world of London. He has toured the United States books that by the Librarians Act, passed and many other countries as a preacher and lecturer. He it; a Canon of Chichester Cathedral that year by Parliament, it received by in the English county of Sussex. right a free copy of every book printed

APRIL, 1952 in London. This privilege continued un- til 1837 when it was surrendered in exchange for an annual money grant from 7,477 Major Contributions the Treasury by which the college is To Humun Knowledge enabled to buy new books, but not. un- (ire Recorded in fortunately to the extent desirable, ow- ing to the shrinkage of money value. DOCTORAL Library Treasures The library now contains some 200,000 DISSERTATIONS volumes. Thanks to a generous grant from the Pilgrim Trust the vast work of Accepted by recataloguing has been made possible. American Universities: 1 950-1 95 1 Among its treasures is the only copy of a York Breviary of about 1330, consist- Compiled for ing of 450 vellum leaves; the only per- THE ASSOCIATION OF fect copy of the first book printed in RESEARCH LIBRARIES London, a work of Aristotle issued in 1480; the first book printed on English- by Arnold H. Trotier and made paper in 1495; a 15th century Marian Harman * 266p. $4.50 copy of the Canferbury Tales; and a fragment of a manuscript of the Gospel This is the eighteenth annual edition written in Greek about 1050. of this essential tool for researchers. The college is governed by a court Under seven broad subject headings, consisting of a president, two deans and the results of countless hours of study four assistants who are elected annually and experimentation are recorded by the Fellows of Sion College. These and briefly described. Where and Fellows are the rectors of the C~tyof how to obtain these findings are de- London parishes and those of parishes tailed; obviously sound insurance contiguous to the City. against wasteful duplication. Subject Throughout its history the connec- and author indexes, charts and other tion of the college with the Royal Fam- lists present a comprehensive picture. ily has been maintained, as, for instance, when it presented the young Prince Charles of Edinburg with a specially bound copy of the Book of Common LIST OF COMPILATIONS Prayer as a christening gift. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE: No. 3. 1935-36. xvl, 102p. $2 i No. 4. 1936-37. xiv. 105p. $2 No. 5. 1937-38. xvii, 109p. pa. $2 I No. 9. 1941-1942. 128p. cloth. $2.50 Torrey, Raymond H. and others. No. 10. 1942-1943. ll0p. cloth. $2.50 New York Walk Book. (N.Y.: Amer- No. 14. 1946-1947. 100p. cloth. 52.50 ican Geographical Society, 195 1. 336p.) No. 15. 1947-1948. 157p. cloth. 53.50 The book is directed largely to walks No. 16. 1948-1949. 176p. cloth. $3.50 within reach for one-day outings. Descrip- No. 17. 1949.1950. 235p. cloth. $4.50 tions of the country covered and notes on No. 18. 1950-1951. 266p. cloth. $4.50 its geology. flora, history and folklore ac- companying the walk directions. Pen and ink sketches reveal scenes and features to be looked for. Topographical trail maps in THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY colors and location maps showing roads and railroad routes to parks and observations 950 University Avenue New York 52 are included in this walkers' manual. ------

Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements SPECIAL LIBRARIES President's Message: The Real Strength of SLA

N THE UNITEDSTATES there are now develop contacts among them that help I twenty-five different national libra- in one's daily work. SLA, through its ry associations, a Council of National regular local chapter meetings several Librarv Associations that includes a times a year, gives you this. large number of these associations. at It is advantageous to know all the least sixty-two different state and re- librarians who are working in the same gional library associations, besides nu- subject field. This is possible through merous local chapters of several of the your SLA division, its bulletins, projects larger national associations, county and annual convention meetings. Learn groups, city groups, etc. "what's new" among fellow librarians Why so many? and how problems similar to yours are And how valuable are they-to you, being solved. and to the library profession? On the national and international In a paper read recently before a level it is vital to have the support and meeting of the Texas Chapter of SLA, aid of a strong organization that can George Bonn (associate librarian, Rice speak for one to legislative bodies, to Institute) offered some answers to these employers, to library schools and that can questions, based on a survey question- help set and define professional library naire sent to all SLA chapters and all standards. A central source is essential state library associations. One point in for job information, for data drawn the survey stands out clear and strong: from libraries all over the world, for Special Libraries Association holds a publicizing service of special librarian- unique and valuable spot for all libra- ship. You want the benefits of research rians, everywhere. and publications that only an interna- As a professional librarian, one wants tional organization, through the co- to meet socially and professionally with operative effort of many members, can offer. other librarians nearby, to exchange general library experience with them, to You obtain all this help and support through the prestige and power of the Special Libraries Association. Notice of Annual Meeting These points, and others, are empha- As required by By-Law VIII, sized in Mr. Bonn's report, plus this Section 1, notice is hereby given comment: "SLA is designed from the that the Annual Business Meeting bottom up. The organization, for what- of Special Libraries Association ever need, goes from local to national." will be held Thursday May 29, It concludes: "Perhaps here we have 1952, at the Statler Hotel, New the secret for any strong, active, pro- York, in connection with the An- gressive organization: Great local nual Convention of the Associa- strength and interest. Perhaps also, we tion. have here the start of real unity in the GRIEG ASPNES, President library profession as a whole: strong KATHLEENB. STEBBINS, local groups organized around a com- Executive Secretary mon interest."

APRIL, 1952 POST-CONVENTION PROGRAM Symposium on Technical Reports

HE SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGYDIVISION and highly specialized problems of li- Tof SLA has organized an Institute brary administration. on the Administration and Use of Tech- The program will be of particular in- nical Research Reports which will be terest to all librarians and technical presented as a post-convention feature information personnel who are con- of SLA's Forty-third Annual Conven- cerned with technical reports and the tion to be held in the Statler Hotel in problems in handling them. It will at- New York City. tempt to answer the basic questions about this new body of scientific and A symposium is planned for May technical literature: What is this re- 30-31, 1952, to present the facts about port literature? What brought it about? technical reports and their importance Where does it come from? How is it in library service to scientific personnel. distributed? Where does it go? Where More than 150,000 unpublished re- is it kept? What limitations and secur- search and development reports relat- ity restrictions are placed upon its use? ing to national defense alone are issued Speakers on the program will repre- annually in this country at the present sent government agency, university, and time. These reports, prepared by numer- industrial libraries which are active in ous industrial and university contrac- the dissemination and control of tech- tors and by government laboratories nical reports of major research organi- throughout the country, present new zations. PROGRAM Friday, May 30, 1952 Technical Reports: The New Literature of Science 9:00 A. M. - 10:30 A. M. 1. Genesis of Report Literature E. Eugene Miller. deputy chief. Armed Services Technical Information Agency, Baltimore, Maryland 2. Acquisition: Sources and Techniques Eugene B. Jackson, chief. Division of Research Information, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington. D. C. 3. Building a Collection John H. Hewitt. documents librarian. Research Laboratory of Elec- tronics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. 4. Maintenance and Reduction of a Collection Jerrold Orne, director. Air University Library. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama Processing and Cataloging of Reports 10:40 A. M. - 12:30 P. M. 1. Bibliographic Identification and Organization I. A. Warheit, chief, Reference Branch, Technical Information Service, Atomic Energy Commission, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 2. Housing and Storage Saul Herner. librarian, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Maryland

140 SPECIAL LIBRARIES 3. Cataloging in a Large Reports Organization Mrs. Eleanor J. Aronson, head, Catalog Unit, Navy Research Section, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 4. Cataloging of Reports in a Library Edith Francis, librarian, Northrop Aircraft, Inc., Hawthorne, California, and I. G. Carlson, head, Document Analysis Section, Naval Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, California Controlled Distributions 2:00 P. M. - 3:30 P. M. 1. Factors Restricting Availability of Government Reports Louis Cantor, supervisor, Technical Reports Files, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland 2. Security Problems of the Library Lt. Comdr. J. Heston Heald, documentation consultant, Office of Naval Research, Washington, D. C. 3. Availability of Industrial Research Reports Kenneth H. Fagerhaugh, assistant librarian, John Crerar Library, Chicago, Illinois 4. Reports Service to Industry Mrs. Dorothy Graf, chief, Library Section, Office of Technical Services, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. Exploiting Report Literature 3:40 P. M. - 5:15 P. M. 1. Reference Use of the Collection and its Catalogs Elma T. Evans, librarian, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory. Buffalo, New York 2. Integration of Report Literature and Journals John Bennington, head, Research Library, Brookhaven National Lab- oratory, Upton, L. I., New York 3. Ways and Means of Reaching the Consumer Charles K. Bauer, assistant chief librarian, Technical Information Service, Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C., and Robert S. Bray, assistant chief, Navy Reserve Section, Library of Con- gress, Washington, . C. Harold E. Wilcox, Field Representative, Navy Research Section, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 4. Reports Librarian: Requirements and Opportunities Ruth H. Hooker. coordinator, Naval Libraries, Washington, D. C. Saturday, May 31, 1952 Documentation and the Special Librarian 9:00 A. M. - 10:30 A. M. 1. Special Librarianship and Documentation Mortimer Taube, deputy chief, Technical Information Service. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 2. New Methods in Reproduction and Publication G. Miles Conrad, documentation specialist, Navy Research Section. Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 3. New Developments in Distribution and Dissemination Earl Lee, chief. Document Service Center (CADO), Dayton, Ohio What's Ahead in Technical Reports and Documentation 10:40 A. M. - 12:OO Noon Audience participation -questions and answers -clearing house for personal experiences.

APRIL. 1952 141 CNLA Committee Report able space to be included in a questionnaire to be set out by the Office of Edu- IGHTEEN MEMBERS attended the cation. E second meeting of the Joint Com- 4. The Executive Committee will mittee on Safeguarding of Library Ma- establish relations with interested gov- terials in an Emergency, Council of Na- ernmental agencies. tional Library Associations. 5. The Executive Committee will ob- Some discussion was given over to tain appointees to the Joint Committee what had been done in this field in from organizations in the four constitu- World War I1 and the current activities ent groups. (This will be in addition to of General Services Administration. those organizations already represented). "Dispersal" of material is one of the 6. The secretary, Scott Adams, will methods used to aid in preservation of prepare a release for publication in the printed matter. An example of this is professional journals of the groups. microfilming of records for storage in a 7. The Executive Committee will ex- place distant from where the originals plore possible and desirable sources of are located. support for a secretariat. Three factors which might aid libra- BETTY JOY COLE, rians in determining the degree of dan- SLA Representative ger to their libraries are: concentration CNLA Joint Committee. of population, proximity to war indus- tries, and proximity to military installa- tions. SLA DIVISION HIGHLIGHTS After discussion of the functions of The Workbook of Division Procedures was the committee and its relation to fed- approved in its present tentative form at the eral agencies concerned with similar March meeting of the Executive Board and Advisory Council in Chicago thereby providing problems, it was agreed that the Joint a text for the school for incoming officers. An- Committee would proceed as a non- other recommendation made by the Division official group working with interested Liaison Officer and passed by the Executive agencies but not affiliated with any one Board concerned the various committees close- agency. ly associated with Divisions. The D.L.O. will now serve on the Publications. Public Re- The present membership of the com- lations and Convention Advisory Committees mittee will be expanded so that it will in order to represent Division interests. consist of four major groups: i.e., Li- Articles in Division Bulletins brary Associations, Society of American The February Bulletin of the Business Di- Archivists, American Museum Associa- vision includes a Supplement to the Bibliogra- tion, and National Research Councils. phy of Sources of Trade Names and Trade Marks, included in the Trade Names Index The chairman was authorized to ap- published by Special Libraries Association in point such committees as are necessary 1941. The Supplement was prepared by to further the work. Membership on Agnes 0. Hanson of the Cleveland Public these committees will not be restricted Library. to that of the Joint Committee. Other interesting articles appearing in this issue are "Evaluation of a Service" by Janet Action will be taken as follows: Bogardus, Columbia University, and "High- 1. The chairman, Dr. Burton W. Ad- lights of Business Reference Sources" by Edith W. Finch. Temple University. kinson, will set up an Executive Com- MRS. ANGELICA BLOMSHIELD, mittee. Division Liaison Officer. 2. The Executive Committee will draft a statement of objectives to be distributed to members of the Joint Clara Heck Committee for comment. Clara Heck is again serving her country, 3. The Executive Committee will this time as civilian librarian with the Army draft a series of questions about avail- at Bremerhaven, Germany.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES SLA Chapter Highlights

On studying the semi-annual reports there based on a talk given at the February meeting comes a wonderful feeling of pride in the by R. W. Batchelder. The March meeting of work done throughout the association. Every the chapter was devoted to "The New Jersey Chapter has its own problems and goes about State Library and Its Services," with the di- solving them and completing its projects. rector, Roger McDonough, as speaker. Heavy personal schedules, distances between Philadelphia's annual banquet in March officers, slight declines in membership, wide, honored the new librarian of the Free Library separation of libraries-these are among the of Philadelphia. Mr. Emerson Greenaway, and recurring problems. The impressive list of Mrs. Greenaway. The council has recently projects in last month's issue of SPECIALLI- completed the revision of its Manual. BRARIES is some indication of our vigor and Pittsburgh's Education Committee announced vision. Now for some of the highlights. a change from the scheduled class on periodic- Cleveland reports that Agnes Hanson~ has als to a series of lectures on parliamentary communicated with all the high schools and procedure. William S. Tracy, associate pro- colleges in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County in fessor of speech at the University of Pitts- an effort to interest young people in library burgh, conducted the classes, held during work as a career. She has made about seventy March and early April. contacts, and a number of speaking engage- In his semi-annual report, the Puget Sound ments are planned. president, Lawrence P. Murphy, wrote: "We Illinois announced plans for a tour March still must face the perennial questions of how 27 of the new Midwest Library Institute which to increase the membership and how to main- was opened last fall. In April the members tain a more active chapter in an area which travel to Racine, Wisconsin, to visit the li- has a limited amount of big business and brary of the S. C. Johnson Company which which has an extensive geographical obstacle. has attracted such wide attention. High mountain passes divide the members in The Indiana Slant carried in its January the eastern section of the state from those of issue a short history of the chapter and also the western section and make travel difficult a membership list. during winter months. Even the members in Louisiana's February Bulletin carried an the Puget Sound area itself are separated by enlightening letter from Dr. Louis Shores, long ferry rides." Mr. Murphy also comment- chapter president, who has been spending this ed on the five or more other library associa- year in England under the Fulbright program. tions to which members must belong, in an He described both the philosophy and prac- area of high living costs and low average tice of British librarianship and its associa- salaries for librarians. tions. The chapter's winter meeting featured San Francisco's members heard Mme. Suzanne a panel discussion on the merits of subject Briet, of the Biblioth$que Nationale, Paris. specialties vs. library traininq for special speak on library training and libraries in librarians. France at their January meeting. Milwaukee's president has forwarded an Southern California plans to sponsor, at least article from the Milwaukee Journal for Febru- in part, an institute on problems of technical ary 10. Calling company libraries "answer reports, indexing, etc. The chapter's constitu- factories," a Journal staff writer recounted tion is in the process of being revised. some of the services of special libraries and Toronto reports: "This season . . . seems described a number of Milwaukee libraries. to be one of stock-taking. In other years, we Mention was made of both SLA and the Mil- either venture abroad to visit other chapters waukee Chapter. and hold joint meetings with them, or we Montreal's Publicity Committee is once again welcome to our own gatherings visitors from divided into French and English, and coverage other chapters, either individually or en bloc. for all three meetings is reported to be par- This year we seem to be keeping ourselves to ticularly successful. ourselves. New Jersey has joined the ranks of chap- "This is being done for a two-fold reason. ters showing a new bulletin format. The Feb- First, we are mustering our strength and re- ruary issue carried interesting historical mate- sources to prepare for the annual convention rial on SLA and its chapters. Most of the when it meets in Toronto in 1953. And in March issue was given over to an excellent order to do this properly, we feel we should report on "Understanding the Microcard," concentrate this year on ourselves-learn to

APRIL, 1952 know our own libraries, our library resources, and, above all, our librarians, so that we can * give you a united and royal welcome next * * year." Washington, D. C., proudly presented in * Second Printing * the February Chapter Notes its list of life members, reported by Headquarters to be the longest list in the Association. Fourteen names appear, include Pauline Whitlock, association TECHNICAL LIBRARIES chairman for life memberships, who evidently practices what she preaches. THEIR ORGANIZATION Boston and Kansas Cify bulletins included material from Margaret Kehl's article on reference work which appeared in the Philadel- phia Bulletin, January issue. HELEN MARY PYLE, Chapter Liaison Officer and Lucille Jackson Chairman, Chapter Relations Committee.

Award Announced Here is the answer to lucati~~gei- The Caroline E. Robinson Memorial Schol- vntial technical i r~ f o r mat i on juit arship for hospital librarians has been awarded whru it ii moit ncrtletl. This luanual to C. Helen Henry, student at the Western pinti out hob a epcxc.ial lil)rar\ of Reserve University School of Library Science, trchical I)ook* and othc.~ 1)ul)lic.a- Cleveland, Ohio. tions is a11 i11\a111a!)lea=set to Miss Henry has been a member of SLA organi/atior~. since 1935. She was vice-president of the Boston Chapter in 1950-51. and was a delegate to the SLA Convention in St. Paul in 1951.

lr~valuahleto all prr~or15cwr~c:c.rrred with twhnical i~~fort~~ation.I-seful Ford M. Pettit Ior rrsrarch 1alwratoric.s. public,. co1- Ford M. Pettit. a member of SLA since Irp. universit\. and sprc.ial 1il)raric.s 1928, died Monday. March 10. at Harper Hos- ar~das a t1,~1IIOII~ for lil~rar! pital, Detroit, Michigan. He was sixty-three. s~~tlools. Mr. Pettit served for twenty-five years as director of the reference department of The Detroit News. Before coming to The Detroit News he had worked on a number of news- papers in the midwest. He was born in Flushing, Michigan, and graducted from Kalamazoo College in 1910. Mr. Pettit was extremely active in SLA and gave devoted service on the Executive Board June, 1951 as director for two terms, in 1934-36, and Extensive bibliography again in 1943-46. He was chairman of the Michigan Chapter in 1929-30 when it was Illustrated 200 pages known as the Special Libraries Association of Navy blue cloth binding $6.80 Detroit, and he was a member of its executive committee in 1945-47. He was a faithful and untiring worker in the Newspaper Division, holding various offices from 1928 to 1933. He was a regular attendant at conventions and Special Libraries Association was held in great esteem and effection by his 31 East Tenth Street colleagues. New York 3. N. Y. The association is grieved at the loss of this generous and public-spirited member.

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Grand Library Tour of Europe Illinois Chapter Gerard L. Alexander, Map Division, The An unusual exhibit of library promotion New York Public Library, will personally con- materials was shown at the meeting of the Illinois Chapter, March 7, in the Drake Hotel, duct the Grand Library Tour of Europe for Chicago. The items displayed were submitted the American Travel Company from August in a survey of library public relations activities 16 to September 16, 1952. The thirty-two in one hundred libraries. The survey, con- day tour, which has been especially planned ducted by Marion Wells, librarian, First Na- for librarians and their friends, includes the tional Bank of Chicago, and Edward Strable of following eight countries: Scotland, England, the Chicago Public Library, disclosed that Holland, Belgium, Germany. Switzerland, Italy most librarians report directly to management, and France. Among the libraries visited will usually to the head of the company, using a be the British Museum, the Bibliothhque variety of techniques. It was revealed, how- Nationale as well as other famous libraries. In ever, that there is a great need for more wide- spread action in publicizing library activities. Edinburgh, the music festival will be an extra added attraction. The all-expense tour priced Catalogers' Meeting at $1,096 includes the return air fare by regular scheduled tourist flights of the Royal The Ohio Valley Regional Group of Cata- Dutch Airlines (K.L.M.) Those with more logers will hold its annual meeting, Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, at Ball State time at their disposal may plan to go by Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana. The con- steamer or may extend their stay in Europe. ference theme is "Continuing Crises in Biblio- Mr. Alexander is a life member of SLA and graphic Control." The speakers for Friday is also the author of the recent SLA publica- are Rudolph H. Gjelsness, University of Mich- tion: Nicknames of American Cities. For full igan; Margaret M. Sullivan, Purdue Uni- details of the tour and for a descriptive travel versity; Pierce Butler. University of Chicago; foldel- write to Gerard L. ,4lexander, c/o and John H. Moriarty, Purdue University. American 'Travel Company, 11 West 42nd Members of the open-panel discussions on Street. NCWYork 36, N. Y. Saturday include David J. Haykin, Library of Congress; Henrietta Howell. University of Cincinnati; Mrs. Rosamond B. Wetmore. Ball Medical Librarianship State Teachers College; and Nellie Mae Coats, State Library. Indianapolis. Edith Scott. Ball It 1s proposed to hold an international Con- State Teachers College, is vice-president of the gress on Medical Librarianship in London in group and the chairman for local arrangements. July. 1953. Sir Cecil Wakeley. K.B.E.. C.B.. Henrietta Howell is president of the group. president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, has kindly consented to accept the honorary presidency of the Congress. The program will include formal sessions for read- I RESEARCH LIBRARIAN ing and discussion of papers, visits to medical libraries and social functions. It is hoped New multi-million dollar company, now also to have in connection with the Congress building extensive research facilities in north an exhibition of medical books and periodicals Alabama, has immediate opening for ex- perienced librarian. Applicant should have and library equipment. All those actively ell- degree in Chemistry, training in Library man- gaged or interested in medical librarianship agement, and should be able to read French throughout the world are invited to participate. and German. Experience in sett~ng up a Requests f0.r further information may be ad- chemical library desirable. Apply g~vingcom- dressed to the Honorary Secretary. First In- plete details to Department 400; Box 2, ternational Congress on Medical Librarianship, Special Libraries Association, 31 E. 10th St., c!o The London School of Hygiene and Trop- New York 3, N. Y. ical Medicine. Keppel Street, London W.C.I.

Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements APRIL, 1'952 145 Metals Publication Editor Literature on Rehabilitation Featured in the March, 1952 issue of Metal Earl C. Graham, librarian of the Natiol~al Progress is Mrs. Marjorie R. Hyslop, who has Society for Crippled Children and Adults. just been appointed as managing editor of that Chicago, is the author of a comprehensive ar- publication. She is also the editor of Metals ticle on "Sources of Information on Rehabili- Review. tation" published in the April, 1952 issue of Mrs. Hyslop is a member of the Metallurg- the Wilson Library Bulletin, in the 'Special ical Section of SLA's Science-Technology Di- Librarian" section. vision and was instrumental in the preparation Listed are the national voluntary health and of the metallurgical literature classification welfare agencies distributing pamphlets, leaf- devised jointly by the American Society for lets and reprints suitable for a vertical file Metals and Special Libraries Association. collection, and included also, are the titles of official periodical publications. Mr. Graham lists professional organizations Picture Story who publish. reprint and distribute literature A picture story on "Special Libraries" ap- on the rehabilitation of the handicapped. peared in the Cincinnati (Ohio ) Pictorial Federal agencies distributing pamphlets giv- Enquirer, March 16. 1952. ing basic information are listed and titles "Tucked away in industrial, commercial. given. educational and governmental establishments in and around Cincinnati are many libraries SLA Award which the general public seldom sees but from The SLA Award Committee will be glad to which it derives innumerable benefits. receive any suggestions from SLA members "Members of the Special Libraries Associa- that will be helpful in selecting the winner of ciation, a national organization incorporated the 1952 award. Any SLA member who has in 1928, these libraries are guardians of litera- made a substantial contribution to the further- ture of a highly specialized nature. Their con- ance of the special library profession maybe tents vary from up-to-the-minute information considered for the award. on aeronautics to centuries-old Biblical scrolls.'' In order to aid the comm~ttee, send the Photographs of special libraries in the Ohio name of your candidate and specify the reasons Chapter included the Procter and Gamble meriting the committee's consideration to the Technical Library, the United States Air chairman of the Award Committee. Mrs. Ruth Force Institute of Technology Library at H. Hooker. Librarian, Navy Department, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. Washington 25. D. C. the National Cash Register Company Library and a number of others. The Library Public Relations Council's Annual Award Library Publicity May first is the deadline for receipt of entries for the Library Public Relations Coun- Reprints of an excellent article on Publicity cil's Annual Award. Entries are to be sent to for Technical Libraries by Ernest F. Spitzer. Harriet R. Forbes. Orange Public Library. head of the Technical Information Service. Orange. New Jersey. This year the Award Charles Pfizer and Company, Brooklyn. New will be given to that library which carries on York, are available without charge from SLA the best program for publicizing the work and Headquarters. activity of its individual staff members. En- The article which appeared in the Wilson tries may include newspaper or magazine copy. Library Bulletin, March. 1952, is based on a photographs, publications and stories. A few talk given by Mr. Spitzer before SLA's Sci- suggestions will clarify the intent of the ence-Technology Group in New York. In it. Award. What is done to give credit to the he discussed the value of a good publicity staff member who plans and executes exhibits? program. the means by which it may be de- to the individual's contribution to good library veloped and achieved, how it functions as an service in each department of the library? integral part of library administration, and Any library-public. special, school or college fundamentally, the importance of good human --may send entries whether or not it belongs relations as the basic element in good public to the Library Public Relations Council. Mem- relations. bers of the Award Committee include Mar- garet M. Kinney, librarian. Veterans' Admin- istration Hospital, New York; Paul Wasser- paid members are dropped March 31. man of the Brooklyn Public Library; VioIa R. 1952. as specified in the Constitution Maihl, director of the Linden. New Jersey. and By-Laws. Public Library and Harriet R. Forbes, director of the Orange, New Jersey. Public Library.

SPECIAL LIBRARIES Exchange Librarians The lnternation Relations Committet. of SLA, working jointly with the ASLIB com- CONVENTION 1952 mittee performing a similar function in Great SLA Placement Service Britain, is gathering such information as will assist in effecting an exchange of librarians in Conference Room 4, the two countries. Hotel Statler, New York. N. Y. SLA meinbers who are interested in ex- changing positions with librarians in England May 26 for a period of six months or a year, are re- quested to specify their particular interests 11 - 12 Noon and backgrounds and to state whether they 3-5 P.M. would be w~llingto pay the costs of their own transportation. It will be necessary to ascer- May 27 tain a;:o whether the exchange will be finan- 9 - 12 Noon cially equable and whether members will be prepared to receive the salaries of those libra- 2-5 P.M. rians whom they are replacing. May 28 Of further interest is such information as woull permit placement of English colleagues 10- 12 Noon for limited study periods in American libra- 2-4:30 P.M. ries where im exchange of librariam was con- tcmplated. Mrs. Kathleen B. Stebbins, Execu- tive Secretary of Special Libraries The purpose of this mformation is to de- termine whether or not it woulcl be necessary Association, will be assisted by the to seek government help, and to create, if following members of New York possible, a good working arrangement. There Chapter: Dr. Margaret Berry, Lu- is no obligation of any kind in sending replies. cille Graveler, and Mrs. Mary D. Kindly send all pertinent information to: Paasch. KATE C. ORNSEN,Librarian SUNOIL COMPANY

Map Workshop The University of Illinois Library School Hands-Across-the-Seas will sponsor a map workshop, June 9 through 25. 1952 as part of its program to train libra- A. W. McClellan, director of the Borough rians in the field of special librarianship. The of Tottenham (England) Public Libraries and workshop will give no college credits. It will Museum. has compiled an unusual bibliogra- he open to both to geographers and to libra- phy representing "the most comprehen,sive rians interested in organizing and maintaining single bibliography on the subject at this mo- map collections. ment." It is a Bibliography on Electronic Musical Inst~~umenfs. Lectures and discussions will be conducted by members of the faculty of the library school The introduction gives thanks to the libra- and of the department of geography and will rian of the New York Municipal Reference cover the history, interpretation. bibliography, Library. Rebecca B. Rankin, for supplying a care. classification, cataloging and use of maps, typescript of a bibliography from an American stlases, and aerial photographs. technical journal. Bill M. Woods, map librarian and instructor in library science, will direct the workshop. Requests for additional information should Free Map Service be addressed to Mr. Byron E. Fulk, Conference Supervisor, Division of University Extension, Members of SLA who plar. to drive to New university of lllinois, urbana, lllinois, York for the convention are advised that they may obtain Free maps showing all the main approaches to the city by writing to: M. 1. A. Meeting The Medical Library Association will hold THE 'ORT OF NEW ~tsfifty-first annual meeting at the Lake 111 EIGHTH AVENUE Placid Club. Essex County, New York. Tune NEW YORK 11, NEW YORK 24 through 27, 1952.

APRIL, 19.52 147 Library Service Courses The introduction of four courses in pre- professional library service was approved re- SPECIAL LIBRARIES cently by the faculty of New Jersey College for Women, the woman's college of the State University. Completion of the 18-hour pro- ASSOCIATION gram, to be offe~ed for the first time at the opening of the 1952-53 academic year, will qualify those students specializing in library studies for a Limited Library Certificate in New Jersey and equip graduates for s~mi-pro- iessional library work.

March 10, 1951 Social Science Research A project has been started for cataloging recent and current non-government social r , I lrr Direclory oj Mcmbcrs of Special science research on countries and areas out- Libraries as so cia ti or^. a must useful side the United States and its territories. This is a cooperative project initiated and co- list, is now available ill two sections. Section I contains an alphabetical ordinated by the External Research Staff of the Office of Intelligence Research, U. S. De- list of ~nelnh~rstogether with ad- partment of State. University staffs. faculty dresses and the special ~neinbership and graduate students are participating in this code designating type of rnember- enterprise and the results are available to all ship. Chapter and Division affiliation. scholars who feel that the assembled information will assist them in their research. ,. Research lists have been prepared incor- Ihe second sect if^^^ of this handy porating the information catalogued and sup- lists in alphabetical order plements are being planned to include new the thousands of organizations. with information and changes of information ap- addresses. where members are rm- pearing in previous lists. ployed. Through numbers nsed as c.ross referenc~. yo^^ can Ioratr quickly th~husit~rss affiliation of thosc PICTURE CREDITS Ncw York skyline, page 117, by coolies): persoIIs who use a 11o11iratldrcss f(~r of I /,I 1'01 1 01 \ ClI, \ 111 1,. n~ailinppurl)osc.s. U~iited Nations Secretartat and hbl-aty Bu!dtiigs / 1 ~I(I/;oII.\ {>/JOII> 1. page 127, hy Planographed. 296 pages. courtesy of 1.1hr11r1 .IOIIIIJII/. 195: New York skyline, page 135, by courtesy of thc Ncw~Yol-kHistorical Societv. Price: $4.00

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Please Mention Special Libraries When Answering Advertisements 148 SPECIAL LIBRARIES Early. Eleanor New York Holiday. (N. Y.: Rinehart, 1950. 376p.) Explores Manhattan-as it is today, from museums and churches to night-clubs. Sprin- ling the story with history, legend, anecdote and scandal. Both for the seasoned New Yorker and the visiting firemen. New York City Chamber of Commerce New York City Guide 1950; a de- scription of the great city of New York . . . what to see and how to see it . . . its history and development. 1950. 90p. A compact booklet of facts about New York with hints and directions for seeing important parts of the city, distributed without charge by the New York City Chamber of Commerce. Weintenkampf, Frank Manhattan Kaleidoscope. (Scribners, 1947) Informal chatty reminiscences of New York City from the 1870's to the present. Dr. Weitenkamp has been actively interested in the cultural concerns of his day and a keen observer of the life around him; he enlivens his narrative with amusing anec- dotes. This book is enjoyable reading about life in New York City in an earlier, more leisurely day, and about The New 'York Public Library with which he was assoc~ated all his life. Wilson, Rufus R. and 0. Bruckson New York in literature, the story of landmarks of town and country. Elrnira, N.Y. Primerva Press, 1947. 350p. Tells the story of landmarks where liter- ary persons have lived and worked. 0. Henry, Walt Whitman, Mark Twain, Alex- ander Woollcott, Washington Irving and Horace Greeley.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY IN AN AGE OF SCI- we have every reason to believe that it may ENCE, by Louis N. Ridenour, Ralph R. provide the answers to our immediate prob- Shaw, Albert G. Hill. Urbana, Illinois: Uni- lems. This joint effort by a librarian and two versity of Illinois Press, 1951. 90p. $2.50 scientists is a step in the right direction. Technology, advancing at a tremendous rate, is the major cause of the dilemma in which THE LAW OF FREEDOM AS THE REM- our libraries now find themselves. Material is EDY FOR WAR AND POVERTY, by accumulating much more quickly than any Emil Korner. Translated by H. Leigh Far- library is able to handle it; storage costs have nell. London: Williams & Morgate, Ltd.. risen; the cost of cataloging continues to in- 1951 (Distributed by the British Book crease; and, worst of all, it is ever more diffi- Centre, New York.) Two vols: 562p; 568p cult to place material in the hands of a bor- $9.50 rower. Expounding the doctrine of laissez-faire and It is fitting, therefore, that science, the prin- calling for the protection of individual free- cipal cause of these problems, should be called dom, Dr. Korner decries state planning and upon to provide the answer. In this volume the abolition of free economics. He attacks of the Second Annual Windsor Lectures, two and refutes Marxist theory and Communist scientists, Louis Ridenour, dean of the Uni- propaganda, stating that "in common interest versity of Illinois graduate college, and Albert lies self-interest." Hill, professor of physics and director of the Volume I is an analysis of politics, ethics Research Laboratory of Electronics at M.I.T., and psychology as the foundations of political join with a distinguished librarian, Ralph economy; Volume I1 discusses specific prob- Shaw, director of libraries in the U. S. De- lems of economic theory and political practice. partment of Agriculture, in reevaluating the The work as a whole is a theory of the philo- bibliographic function of the library. We are sophical and economic foundations of the world living in an age of science. Scientific progress state as the only means of wiping out the has provided the answers to many problems; threat of war and the abuses of poverty.

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