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The article itself should be concise, simply written, and as free as possible of jargon. Citations should be brief, easy to understand, and consistent in form within the article. Ed.itors: Material published in LRTS is not coplrighted. When reprinting, the courtesy of citation to the original publication is requested. Publication in Z1??S does not imply olficial endorsement by the Resources and Technical Services Division nor by ALA, and the assumption of editorial responsibility is not to be construed neces- sarily as endorsement of the opinions expressed by individual contributors. ltt/0(/tur6 Blanket0rder Plan For College & Uniuersity librades A new concept in collegelibrary book selectionand acquisitionenabling you to receiveall pertinentU.S. titles as published, This plan provldesthe following: . Automaticselection and shipmentof new tJ.S.titles according to your predeterminedgu idelines and selection criteria. Automaticpreparation of your multiple-copyorder slips . 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Nil l.|@ t.E b .dd $e ft eb- lbtu of ft rd .dbtr b lm._ MIDWESTLIBRARY SERVICE 11 400 Dorsett Road MarylandHeights, Misouri 63042 For additlonal information, call us collect in St. Louis at 314-845-3100. ForLibro r;::l;;y;;, Qv aritv Gt.IcKBtltlltBINDING CORP. Speciolisfsin the Binding ond Rebinding of Books and Periodicols ServingInstitutionol, Public And ReseorchLibrories Sincet9O5 32-15 37|/r.Avenue Long lslond City, New York lll0l 784-5300 In Nossouond Suffolk In New Jersey Areo Code 516 483-9534 Areo Code 201 642-5374 TheBibliographer in the AcademicLibrary* Rosrnr P. Heno Institute of GouernmentalAffairs (JniuersitY of Calif ornia, Davis L useof bibliographers. characteristics that institutions of higher education have in common, to the various academic libraries falls the imposing task of securing and making available the materials necessaryto supPort all the instructional and research programs undertaken by their respective colleges or uni- versities. How the necessarylibrary materials are selected and, of equal importance, how information concerning the arrival and availability of these materials is disseminated can most effectively be accomplished by a bibliographer.l I * This paper, and the reaction paper by Helen welch Tuttle which follows it, were presented at the joint program meeting of the Reference Services Division and the Alquisitions Section of the Resources and Technical Services Division, on Monday, Association, Kansas June zt, 1968, at the annual Conference of the American Library I I Volume t3, Number z, Spring t969 . 163 why should _ _- a librarian be responsible for book selection? Herbert s. white provided a brief, but exiellent, rationale for the ribrarian as selector when he wrote: The remarkable increment in the pace, intensity, and activities of modern academic life which leaves mosr faculty members wiih little time or inclination 2 Herbert s. white, "operation of Libraries without Library committees," special Libraries, L fiuly rygg), z4r-g, ' 16+ Librarry Resourcesdt Technical Seraices for book selection;the great growth in the sizeand complexity of library col- lectionsand of world publishing,to the baffiementof the "old-fashioned,"part- time faculty book selector;and, if it is chieflypoverty that makesdedicated book selectorsof faculty, he becomesdisinterested and unconcernedwhen his library nearsthe million volume figure.3 It is into this situation that the injection of a bibliographer's talents can best promote systematicpolicies and programs for the orderly enrichment and development of the library's collection(s). Already many of the major university libraries, including Columbia, Cornell, Flarvard, Indiana, Michigan, Stanford, UCLA, and Washington (at Seattle), have trans- ferred considerable book selection responsibilities to area or subject bibliographers. Indiana alone has a staff of fourteen "subject specialists" -bibliographers for my purposes-who devote about 7o percent of their time to book selection duties.a UCLA has nine full-time bibliographers who devote all of their time to book selection duties. The bibliographers at UCLA are quite well paid, some with salaries equivalent to those of major department heads. They come in close contact with various faculty members and research staff on a regular basis, and often travel abroad- at library expense-for lengthy periods of time in pursuit of their duties. At this point, there are many who may be thinking, "Yes, all that you have said is fine, but what about faculty opposition?" That is a very good point. Faculty opposition to book selection by librarians has been the r experience and may continue to occur at many academic libraries. How- ever, their support for the programs at Indiana and especially at UCLA indicates a growing willingness by faculty to be relieved of book selection responsibilities. Closely related to this is the question of book fund allo- cation. Will the library control funds, or will the faculty? To secure fac- ulty cooperation in these matters, they must first learn to confide in the abilities and talents of the bibliographer, ancl to abide by his decisions. Fully realizing the necessityfor faculty cooperation and confidence in any program of book selection or library book fund allocations by li- brarians, I believe that such confidence can most easily be achieved when predicated upon librarians with specialized backgrounds, either through education or other experiences and training, and a well-defined collec- tion policy. The question of a collection policy will be discussedlateq of more immediate concern are the bibliographer's qualifications. fn discussing a bibliographer's background, there is a greater need to devote attention to matters orher than the Master of Library Sciencede- gree. A subject background demonstrated by meaningful graduate study, an advanced degree,proficiency in one or more foreign languages,and an intimate knowledge of the book business,market, and out-of-print tade n can be some of the necessaryqualifications. I would like to stress the a;. 7 Periam Danton, "The Subject Specialist in National and University Libraries," Libri,XIII, no. r (rq67),42-58.