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LIBRA ... OF CONGREB INFORM) BULLET ocurnum AmiPA WTr WlMUsVV Of #LuRIlLk UuM"U aMtluat wlt \TION S A Vol.31, No. 28 ' July 14, 1972 .,, CRS ANNOUNCES SEMINARS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Announcement of a first-time pilot series of seminars on public policy issues for Members of Con- gress, to be launched this summer by the Congressio- nal Research Service, has been well received by individual Members. Lester S. Jayson, Director of CRS, announced that the seminars, to be given cooperatively under an agreement with the Brookings Institution of Washington, have been planned as part of the implementation of the Legislative Reorganiza- tion Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-510), which gave CRS responsibilities for enlarging and improving the research and policy analysis resources it makes available to the Congress. The seminar program is designed to assist Members in their legislative functions by identifying and examing subjects and areas that have present and future policy implications. Subjects to be covered will be selected from public policy areas of broad interest among Senators and Congressmen, where new knowl- edge has been developed, and which are likely to be of emerging interest to the Congress in the future. Norman Beckman, Deputy Director of CRS, will serve as the Library's Coordinator and James Matlack Mitchell, Director of the Brookings Institution's Advanced Study Program, as the Brookings Coordi- nator for the cooperative project. Each of the series planned will consist of several sessions held at intervals of about a month in the Whittall Pavilion. A nationally prominent specialist in a given subject or area will meet with a small group of Members and give a brief summary of a policy problem. Members and the specialist will then explore together various current and emerging legislative implications of the issue. , The Library has. conducted occasional formal and informal seminars for Congress in recent years dealing with specific legislative developments. Examples are ad hoc briefings on such subjects as the environment, urban development, and., sources, of. energy. Brookings, in cooperation with the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science, has for the last 10 years offered a seminar series which deals with the policy implications of new scientific research. This pilot. seminar program, however, will be the first major series ever held for Members of Congress in which the relation of the social sciences to public policy has figured prominently. A second major seminar program will be initiated shortly for senior professional staff members of Con- gressional committees and Members' offices. The Library of Congress is playing its part in the ecology movement by having nearly 780 tons of waste paper recycled every year. A story on page 317 explains how this is'done. 1' 314 V CONTENTS CRS Announces Seminars for Congress ....... 313 Deaths of Two Distinguished Librarians Noted 314-315 Folklorist Helen Flanders Dies .......... 317 LC Acquires Korean Publicatiqns ......... 314 LC Surveys MARC Subscribers . ... 315 Library of Congress Publications .. 323 Library Plays Role in Ecology . .... 317 News in the Library World . ... 323-324 Order Division Continues Automation Project ... 314 Reserved Parking Assigned ... 317 Staff News .... . 318-322 Visitors to LC ...... ..... .. 317-318 Appendix-SALAM .. .. .. A-109-A-110 ORDER DIVISION INITIATES TASK 2 QF AUTOMATION PROJECT Task 2 of the Order Division Automation Project was implemented on June 1. The new system now automates the preparation and printing of regular and new continuation orders. It establishes and maintains various computer files containing data to assist in order preparation and placement as well as providing supplemental information for Order Division reports, and establishes a permanent computer file of orders processed by the automated system. Current information regarding any order in the system can be gained by consulting an In-Process List. The automated system monitors the progress of each order through a system of status codes. Status codes are recorded for each order through on-line terminals located in the Order Division. For orders not received within specified time limits, the system automatically produces follow-ups to be mailed to the vendor. Remaining tasks to be completed for the project are to automate the fiscal operations, statistical re- porting, and the control of purchase subscriptions for the Order Division. The design of the Order Division Automated System, as it is presently defined, does not allow for the processing of bibliographic data for blanket orders. The Order Division Automated System is being developed by the MARC Development Office. Project staff members are Justin M. Kniemeyer, Project Leader, Earl J. Ross, Thomas W. Synnott, and James D. Wood. Order Division staff members cooperating in the project are Robert C. Sullivan, Chief, Jennifer V. Magnus, Assistant Chief, Sandra A. Baumgardner, and Elaine S. Neal. LC ACQUIRES KOREAN PUBLICATIONS The Library of Congress has recently received from Japan positive microfilm reproductions of 15 North Korean publications which are held in several libraries in Tokyo. For some years, the Library has hoped to acquire these works in their original printed form, but has not succeeded in doing so. The publications pertain to Korean language, litera- ture, drama, architecture, and archaeology. Also included are translations into modern Korean vernacular-without Chinese characters-of four important Korean traditional works originally written in classical Chinese. A list of the items included is available from the Korean Unit, Orientalia Division. LIBRARY RECEIVES WORD OF DEATHS OF TWO DISTINGUISHED LIBRARIANS With the recent deaths of Dr. and Mrs. Werner B. Ellinger, the Library of Congress lost two distin- guished former officials and friends and the library profession two influential members. Mrs. Ellinger-Lucile M. Morsch-former Chief of the Descriptive Cataloging Division of the Library and a past President of the American Library Association was found dead in her apartment on July 3. Miss Morsch retired from the Library in 1965 after 25 years of service, first as Chief of the then new Descriptive Cataloging Division, then as Chief of the General Reference and Bibliography Division in a rotation program for about one and a half years, and then from 1953 to 1962 as Deputy Chief Assistant LC Information Bulletin July 14, 1972 Librarian. She returned to the Descriptive Cataloging Division in 1962 to serve as its chief and to represent the Library on the American Library Association's Catalog Code Revision Committee. As an undergraduate at the University of Iowa. she was a member of Mortar Board and Alpha Xi Delta and in 1928 and again in 1929 she received the Lydia C. Roberts Fellowship for graduate study at Columbia University, where she received a B.S. degree in 1929 and an M.S. degree from the School of Library Science in 1930. After five years in the Cata- log Department of the University of Iowa Libraries, Miss Morsch became Associate Head and later Head of the Catalog Department of the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore. where she was in charge of both cataloging and classification-a field to which she devoted most of her life. In recognition of her contributions to this field, the American Library Association named her in 1951 the first recipient of its Margaret Mann Award and in 1966 gave her the prized Melvil Dewey Medal for "creative professional achievement of a high order, particularly in the fields of library management, library training, cataloging and classification, and the tools and techniques of librarianship." An active member of ALA for many years, she filled the office of ALA Second Vice President in 1952-53, President 1957-58, and was a member of the ALA Council, a member of numerous committees, and an officer at the divisional and sectional levels. She was also Presi- dent of the D.C. Library Association in 1954-55 and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries in 1960-64. Known well beyond the borders of the United States as an authority in the library world, Miss Morsch undertook two foreign assignments for the Department of State: a 10-week tour of libraries in Latin America in 1949 and a 13-week lecture tour in 1960-61 to Cyprus, Greece, India, Israel, Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey, the United Arab Republic, and Yugoslavia. In 1957-62, she was a member of the U.S. National Commission for Unesco. She taught in the United States as well, at Louisiana State University summer sessions and at Columbia University's School of Library Service. A frequent contributor to pro- fessional journals, she was editor of Library Litera- ture 1921-32 (1934) and author of Check List of New Jersey Imprints, 1784-1800 (1939). Miss Morsch was married in 1944 to Werner B. Ellinger, the former Specialist in Law Classification at the Library of Congress, who died June 8 at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ellinger, who retired in April 1971 after serving 30 years with the Library of Congress. was born in Heidelberg, Germany, received a doctorate of law from the University of Heidelberg in 1934, and a degree in library science from Columbia University in 1940. He came to the Library in 1941 as a Cataloger in the Descriptive Cataloging Division and transferred to the Subject Cataloging Division in 1942 as a Subject Cataloger in the field of law. Starting in 1952, he was responsible for the development of the Library of Congress classification for law, Class K. As part of the groundwork, he prepared nine working papers, all but one being systematic arrangements of the subject matter of particular legal systems or the law of individual jurisdictions. From 1958 on, Dr. Ellinger was also instrumental in the preparation of Subject Headings for the Literature of Law and Inter- national Law, a specialized subject heading list first published in 1963 and later in enlarged form in 1969. Dr. Ellinger was active in the work of professional library organizations. He served as chairman or member of several committees of the American Association of Law Libraries and the American Library Association and chairman of the Potomac Technical Processing Librarians. Burial was private and it was Mrs. Ellinger's express wish that there be no memorial services. LC SURVEYS MARC SUBSCRIBERS The Library of Congress has sent a questionnaire to all MARC subscribers to determine how many wish to have a "Government Publication" indicator applied to MARC records, and to seek a solution to the vexing problem of how broadly or how narrowly to define "Government" publications for this purpose. The indicator has already been provided for in the MARC format for books, but the difficulty in defining which titles are to be considered government publications has prevented its being applied to MARC records. The "Government Publications" indicator would allow subscribers either to retrieve all government items on a given subject, or to retrieve from the MARC records all works on that subject except for government publications. The term "government" could broadly apply to all local, State, and Federal publications, including those, for example, of a State university press, or could be more narrowly defined. 315 LC Information Bulletin FRiling the bailing machine with 500 pounds of waste paper After filling the bailing machine up to the level of the floor from the Main and Annex Buildings are (l-r) Equipment the Equipment Operators sweep the loose waste paper into Operators Guy Ross, Samuel Houser, and Lonnie Taylor. the machine and pack it down until level with the floor. Mr. Houser closes the door and starts the machine. The floor begins to rise at the same time, compressing the 500 pounds of paper onto the top plate of the machine. With the doors open on opposite sides of the machine, Mr. Houser and Mr. Ross place cardboards on each side to con- tain loose paper; wire bands are then placed around the bail. Finally, Mr. Houser takes the waste paper out of the machine on a fork lift and brings it to the storage area where the recycling paper company will take delivery. 316 July 14, 1972 LIBRARY PLAYS ROLE IN ECOLOGY BY RECYCLING MOST WASTE PAPER by Robert Lisbeth Approximately 13,260 30-year-old trees have been saved by the Library of Congress by recycling its yearly 780 tons of waste paper. For more than 20 years the Library has been helping to save forests by providing waste paper to different recycling paper companies through General Services Administration (GSA) contracts. Each morning about 6,000 pounds of paper are collected in the Main and Annex Buildings from office trash cans, cardboard boxes, and discarded books, magazines, and pamphlets from sections or divisions allowed to discard such items. Wet coffee cups and similar waste are not collected for bailing. The collected paper is stored in the Bailing Room of the Annex Sub-Basement next to the North Shipping area where three times a week the paper is placed in a machine which compresses approximately 500 pounds of paper at one time. Under the supervi- sion of Theodore Brannum, Buildings Management Office, the compressed paper is padded with card- board and tightened with metal bands. Before 1964, this great quantity of discarded paper was compressed and bailed by hand. Once bailed, the paper is moved from the Bailing Room with a fork lift to a nearby storage area where the paper is picked up by a recycling paper company under contract with GSA. The paper companies recycle the paper into fibrous wallboard, cereal boxes, and rooting paper. The Library obtains most of the paper for its printing operation from the Government Printing Office. The GPO does not use recycled paper, and obtains very little "ecology paper," which presently costs more than regular paper. The photographs of the bailing operation were made by Ainsworth Johnson of the Photoduplication Service. RESERVED PARKING ASSIGNED A total of 59 applications for reserved street parking were received in response to Special Announcement 479 of May 24. The limited space available for this parking on East Capitol Street has been assigned to 45 Library staff carpools (a total of 207 staff members). Permits have been issued effective July 3 for a six-month period on the basis of the size of carpool membership (that is, the number of passengers that ride regularly to and from work with the carpool) and, when it was not possible to accommodate carpools of a particular size, the com- bined length of service of carpool membership. Spaces are not numbered and will be available to per- mit holders on a first-come first -served basis only. Permit holders have been requested to park their vehicles as close as practicable in order to obtain maximum utilization of the limited space. FOLKLORIST HELEN FLANDERS DIES The Library of Congress has lost a friend of long standing, Mrs. Helen Hartness Flanders, who died on May 23 in Springfield, Vt. Mrs. Flanders was widely known for her collecting of and her many books and articles on New England folk songs. Her husband was the late U.S. Senator from Vermont, Ralph E. Flanders, and her long stay in Washington increased her contact with the Library's Music Division. As early as 1937, she helped the Archive of Folk Song record traditional singers and musicians in Vermont, and she gave the Archive additional materials on the 1940's. On February 17, 1948, Mrs. Flanders delivered in the Coolidge Auditorium a lecture on "New England Balladry," to the accompaniment of music by three traditional singers from New England. The lecture, which was made possible by the Louis Charles Elson Memorial Fund, was recorded for the Library's collec- tions. VISITORS TO LC Rodolfo Echeverria, son of the President of Mexico, came to the Library of Congress on June 16 while his parents were being entertained by the Presi- dent and Mrs. Nixon. Mr. Echeverria, who was accompanied by Ruben Venzor Avellaro, an aide, had a general tour and talked with staff in the Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish Division in an effort to locate research materials not available to him at home. (See photograph on p. 318.) Two young librarians from South Vietnam came to the Library of Congress recently under the sponsor- ship of AID. Pham Thi Le Huong, who recently received her master's degree in library science from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia, visited the Library on June 12 and 13. Miss Huong was LC Information Bulletin especially interested in the cataloging of Vietnamese publications at the Library of Congress. She will be- come librarian of Van Hahn Buddhist University in Saigon on her return home. Lam Vinh The, who has been studying library science at Syracuse University, came to LC June 26. Mr. The, who is planning to teach librarianship to prospective high school librarians in the School of Pedagogy, University of Saigon, had tours of the Library's reference and processing services and visited the Southern Asia Section. Three young African librarians have been among recent visitors to LC. Mrs. Bimpe Aboyade, who holds a master's degree in library science from the Univer- sity of Michigan, was at the Library on June 8 to observe recent Library of Congress developments. Mrs. Aboyade is living temporarily in Washington while her husband is on assignment here; she is on Mr. Echeverria leave from her post as reference librarian at the University of Ibadan, lbadan, Nigeria. Another Nigerian, lbok Hogan-Bassey, a reference librarian in the National Library, Lagos, came to LC on June 5 during a month's visit to the United States to study the compilation of library statistics. He had a general orientation tour of the Library and visited the African Section. Mr. Hogan-Bassey received his graduate training af the Institute of Librarianship, University of Ibadan. Frobisher Kalibbala of Kampala, Uganda, who is a student in the Graduate School of Library Service. Columbia University, toured LC's Law Library on June 21. He had previously toured other parts of the Library with students from Columbia in March. On his return to Africa, Mr. Kalibbala will be Law librarian at Makerere University. Kampala. Mrs. Rose Toeg, librarian for the USIA in Tel Aviv. Israel, visited LC on June 20 during a training pro- gram. Mrs. Nira Naveh, Head of the Archaeology Library. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, spent June 15 at LC. Mrs. Naveh is on leave of absence to accompany her husband who is Economic Attache at the Israeli Embassy here. A Korean grantee of the East-West Center who has recently been awarded a master's degree in library science from the University of Hawaii. Tae Sook Chung, spent the week of June 13-20 in Washington. Miss Chung was at the Library on several different days, talked with staff members of the Orientalia Division, and observed operations in the Reference and Processing Departments. The librarian of the Institute of Latin American Studies in Stockholm, Sweden, Britt Johansson. visited a number of libraries in the Washington area beginning June 22. At LC, she took a general tour, and paid visits to the Latin American. Portuguese. and Spanish and Geography and Map Divisions, and various divisions of the Processing Department. During the rest of her week here, she went to the Columbus Library of the Pan American Union. the Technical Information Office of the OAS, the Inter- American Development Bank Library, and the World Bank Library. She will see a number of other Ameri- can libraries with special collections of Latin Ameri- can material before returning to Sweden. STAFF NEWS DEATH OF A FORMER STAFF MEMBER Mary E. Baldassare, a former employee in the Book Section of the Copyright Office Cataloging Division. died Thursday, June 22. Mrs. Baldassare. who resigned from the Copyright Office in September 1951, came to work in the Cataloging Division in March 1947. A native of Connecticut, Mrs. Baldassare worked in private industry there before coming to the Library of Congress. She is survived by her husband. Silvio F. Baldassare. 318 July 14, 1972 a retired employee of the Librar)'s Special Police Force, retired also from the U.S. Marine Corps. He lives in the Distnct of Columbia. Services were held at the Wilhelm Funeral Home in Suitland. Md.. with interment in Arlington National Cemetery. RETIREMENTS Thirty-two LC Employees Retire In June More than 40.000 Federal workers chose to retire on June 30 to take advantage of the cost-of-living bonus. Among the retirees were 32 Library of Con- gress staff members. The increase added 4.8 percent to the monthly retirement check. Since 1963, when the clause was written into the retirement law, there have been eight increases. These increases occur whenever the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increases by 3 percent, for three consecutive months, over the old base month. The following members of the Library's staff were included in the retirements of June 30. Several other LC retirements were reported in last week's Bulletin; additional names will be noted next week. Tracy Dunn, Library Assistant and Receptionist in the Rare Book Division of the Reference Department, retired on June 30 after 33 years of service in the Library. Born in Bluefield, W. Va., in 1912, Mr. Dunn attended Genoa High School, graduating in 1929. He continued his education at Tuskegee Institute in Busi- ness Administration, returning to Bluefield after grad- uation in 1934. In 1936, Mr. Dunn came to Washington and, after various positions, including an appointment as Historical Research Worker at Howard University, joined the staff of the Library in 1939 in the Stack and Reader Division, then known as Reading Rooms. He was consistently noted for his industry, depend- ability, and accuracy. Three years later, Mr. Dunn entered military service and served in campaigns in Algeria. and in Italy from Naples to the Po Valley. He returned to the Library in 1945 and ten years later, following a temporary assignment, he was appointed to the position in the Rare Book Room which he held at the time of retirement. Sadly, the last days of Mr. Dunn's service, were clouded by illness resulting from a heart attack. He is, however, recuperating normally at Misericordia Hospital in Philadelphia. His many friends among the Library staff and visitors extend their wishes for a speedy recovery. Marvine B. Stockton. Head of the Reference Search Section in the Copyright Oftice Reference Division. retired on June 30 after approximately 17 years with the Federal government. Mrs. Stockton began her government career on February 7, 1955, with the Copyright Ottice as a Library Assistant in the Compliance Section of the Reference Division. She transferred to the Releience Search Section in 1957 and became Assistant Head of the section in 1966. On July 12, 1971, Mrs. Stockton was promoted to Head of the Reference Search Section and served in that capacity until her retire- ment. She is a graduate of Cumberland University and did graduate work in library science at Catholic Univer- sity. Mrs. Stockton was the guest of honor at a luncheon given by 40 of her colleagues on June 15. Mrs. Leona O. Weaver, Secretary to the Assistant Director for Management Services retired on June 30, after more than 27 years of Federal service. Mrs. Weaver, a native of Walcott, Iowa, attended Browns Business College in Davenport. She began her Federal career in 1937 with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1949, she joined the staff of the Library as a Clerk Typist in the Cataloging Division of the Copyright Office and shortly after transferred to the position of Printing and Publications Clerk in the same office. In 1953, Mrs. Weaver was promoted to Library Assistant in the Register's Office. She was appointed in 1968 to the position she held at the time of retirement. Three Receive Service Awards In ceremonies in the Librarian's office on June 9, Mrs. Hilah J. Gaba, Samuel Bryant, and Calvin L. Clark received awards for their significant contribu- tions to the Library of Congress. Mrs. Gaba, Loan Reference Specialist in the Loan Division, was recognized with a Meritorious Service Award and a cash award of $175. She was cited for the cheerful and efficient manner in which she assumed the Congressional duties of the Assistant Head of the section during the period of September 1971 through April 1972 when he was detailed to another Library program. For her performance of these duties in addition to her regular duties, Mrs. Gaba's citation noted that "your acceptance of the exceptional responsibility reflects great credit on you and the Library of Congress." Mr. Bryant, Clerk in the Field Services Section of LC Information Bulletin the Division for the Blind and Physically Handi- capped, received a Meritorious Service Award plus a cash award of $100 in recognition of his initiative and diligence in the performance of his duties, his excellent attendance record, and his demonstrated interest in the total program of the division. He was cited especially for his "constructive efforts in training new staff members" resulting in the more effective operation of the section, excellent staff morale, and high productivity. Mr. Bryant and Mr. Mumford Mr. Clark's Incentive Award, plus a $50 cash award, was given in recognition of his work in the Cold Regions Bibliography Section of the Science and Technology Division. The award acknowledges his contribution to the work of the Reference Depart- ment through the part he played in developing several procedures which resulted in increased efficiency and in savings for the Cold Regions Bibliography Project. Of special note was Mr. Clark's adaptation of a surplus Library copier to the particular production needs of the project, thus avoiding the purchase of new equipment. STAFF ACTIVITIES Mrs. Henriette D. Avram, Chief of the MARC Development Office, participated in the 22nd National Convention of the Society of Women Engineers held in Cambridge, Mass., on June 22-25. At a technical session on the "Computer in the Busi- ness World," Mrs. Avram spoke on "Applications of Computers to a Large Library," discussing the function of a library, the need for control, compre- hensiveness, quality, and currency as well as the problems in achieving these requirements. Economic conditions and national and international implica- tions were also discussed. Robert L. Chartrand, Specialist in Information Sciences for the Congressional Research Service, is the author of a chapter entitled "The Governor and the New Systems Technology" which has been published in the recent book The American Governor in Behavioral Perspective (New York, Harper & Row, 1972, 305 p.) In commentary on Mr. Chartrand's chapter, former Governor Orville Freeman notes that "integrated forward planning, quantitative methods and man machine devices for the first time in American history make it possible for a governor to really direct, measure and control what takes place in his administration and thus to govern wisely, efficiently and effectively." Emphasized in this treatment of the governor's utilization of such innovative tools and techniques are the considerations in creating in-house expertise versus using contractor service, the degree to which systems analysis and data processing activities are funded by the various States, the extent of Federal agency support, and the responsibilities for planning and monitoring the use of systems technology both at the State level and where interstate exchange of infor- mation is important. Mrs. Gloria Hsia, Chief of the Catalog Publication Mr. Clark and the Librarian Division, spoke to a group of 70 professional librarians and post-graduate library science students at the National Central Library of the Republic of China in Taipei, Taiwan. on June 15. Her topic was 320 July 14, 1972 the preparation and use of the National Union Cata- log which some of the ( himese librarians atiendingl the session pointed out is very useful in their catalog ing and research work. The National Central Librax) is currently working on plans to establish its own national union catalog with the cooperation of 14 Nationalist Ciunese libraries After Mrs. Hsia's talk, Dr. Li Chih-chung, Director of the National Central Librar escorted Mrs. Hsia on a tour of that institution. Mrs. Hsia, a native of Shanghai. China, was vacationing in the Far East during the first three weeks of June. Choral Society Presents Musical Satire Members of the WRA Choral Society delighted their audiences as they frolicked through a program of both original and well-known numbers in "Let Us Howard S. Walker, Head of the Loan Reference Section, Loan Divis Mrs. Gaba, and Legare H. B. Obear, Chief of the Loan Division, ceremonies held on June 9. Story on pp. 319-20. All Hang Out (Together)" which was presented on Thursday, June 22, at 11:45 a.m. and repeated on Friday, June 23, at 1 p.m. in the Coolidge Audito- rium. This musical satire-written, staged, and directed by Albert Cherry of the Card Division- commented on a number of existing social problems ranging from "Bridge Over Troubled City" to "Dupont Circle Blues" and "Why Not Eliminate Men," all written by Mr. Cherry. More traditional tunes by such composers as Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers were presented with originality. Costuming for several speciality numbers rendered certain LC staffers almost unrecognizhale Mr. Cherry in a new coiffure as leader of a hippie group with friends Mrs. Jo Jarrette, Manuscript Division. Mr,, Elihabeth Giflord, Personnel Operations Office: Mrs. Kim Moden. Descriptive Cataloging Division: and Lisa Nickersun Congressional Research Service. In the numbers "Church of the Joyful Noise" and "I'm So Glad," spirits ran high with Sammy VH.ishingtn. Photoduplication Service, as Brother Sam and Reha Burruss, Catalog Management Division. as Sister Mary. Other Choral Society members featured in solos or duets were Mrs. Tina Connolly. Congressional Research Service; George Hobart, Prints and Photo- graphs Division: Harold Boyd. Shared Cataloging Division; and Mrs. Carmen Bukaty. Subject Cjtalolg ing Division. The final song of the program, was "Climb Every Mountain." was dedicated to Mrs. Bukaty who, because of her recent retirement, was per- forming in her last Choral Society program. Additional members of the company were Mary Grathwol. Serial Record Division: Ernest Sowers. Buildings Management Office; Bob Trbovich. Shared Cataloging Division: Huey Cole, Disbursing Office: Nancy Daven- port. Congressional Research Service: Mrs. Nadia Hamilton, Catalog Management Division: Cheryl Towne, Shared Catalog- ing Division: and Linda Umalas. S Serial Record Division. Those involved in the produc- sion. Mr. Mumford. tion were: musical arrangements. at Incentive Award Chester Hobson. Descriptive Cataloging Division: stage manager. Mrs. Hettie Prater. Information Systems Office; accompanists. Mr. Hobson, Milt Collins, Serial Record Division. and Regis Noel; rehearsal accompanist. Miss Towne: script typists, Mrs. Barbara Collins and Maxine Christian. Card Division; scenery. Mrs. Connolly and Mr. Cherry; costumes, Mrs. Jarette and Phyllis Tucker: and president and business manager. Miss Nickerson. Warnings on Dangers of Summer Sun Issued The American Cancer Society has made skin cancer the subject of its recorded telephone information LC Information Bulletin service (462-7000) for the period of June 21-September 21. Advising area residents to be sensible about exposure to the sun, the Society also urges people to call its number to learn the warning signals of skin cancer. While the most prevalent of all cancers, skin cancer is also the most curable form of the disease if detected and treated at an early stage. Today 90 per- cent of patients with skin cancer are cured, and physicians say that if all patients sought medical treatment early enough, the percentage of cured cases could be even higher. Prolonged over-exposure to direct sunlight will be the principal cause of skin cancer for more than 4,000 people in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area this year. The American Cancer Society is par- ticularly anxious, therefore, to remind people of the dangers of sun worship. Skin cancer occurs most often in people who have fair, ruddy, or sandy com- plexions and who are exposed excessively to sunlight. Those in occupations that keep them directly under the sun-sailors, farmers, construction workers-must exercise extra care. The Society advises using sun hats, long sleeves, and gloves as protective clothing against the sun's rays. Lotions and ointments can also be helpful tools. PERSONNEL CHANGES James H. Hutson, whose appointment as Coordi- nator of American Revolution Bicentennial Programs in the Library of Congress was announced in the Information Bulletin of November 18, 1971, assumed his duties on a full time basis the first of July. Mr. Hutson, formerly the Director of Publications at the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Va., has been dividing his time between Williamsburg and the Library since he was named to the Coordinator post. Appointments: Sidney D. Clemons, senior systems analyst, GS-14, ISO, 2640; Michael L. Cunningham, clerk-messenger, GS-1, CS, NP; Calvin M. Davis, Jr., assistant electrostatic print operator, GT-3, Photodup, 8-100; Sylvia Jane Dickey, library technician, GS-4, Desc Cat, 2865; Jerry F. Emanuel, music cataloger, GS-11, Desc Cat, 2601; Susan Faith Hussey, shelflister trainee, GS-5, Subj Cat, 2850; Curt J. Landtroop, clerical assistant, GT-3, DBPH, NP; Nancy H. McAleer, copy- right examiner, GS-9, Cop Exam, 2538; John T. B. Mayer, library aid, GS-2, S&R, 5-600; Conrad Ornstein, reading room assistant. GS-2, S&R, 6-600; Alfredda H. Payne, pre- liminary cataloger, GS-5, Desc Cat, 2671; Siti Aisah Prajogo. descriptive cataloger, GS-11, Desc Cat, NP; Michael H. Shelley, exchange specialist, GS-9, E&G, NP: Dean Strohmeyer, music cataloger, GS-9, Desc Cat, 2830. Reappointments: Eugene E. Burrell, clerk, GS-3, CRS D, NP; Eugenia Ann Koburger, caption assistant and searcher, GS-5, P&P, NP; James E. Chatman, cataloger-filer-trainee, GS-5, Cat Mgmt, 2690; James A. Sayler, assistant coordina- tor, GS-13, CRS D, 2858. Promotions: Earl O. Carter, to deck attendent, GS-3, S&R. 4-600; Barbara V. Dashiell, Share Cat, to shelflister-trainee, GS-5, Subj Cat, 2850; Minos Georgarakis, to visual informa- tion specialist, GS-11, CS, 2888; Cornelia 0. Goode, Cat Publ, to shelflister-trainee, GS-5, Subj Cat, 2820; Joyce B. Hamilton, to secretary to assistant chief, GS-6, DBPH, 2859; Alice I. McKay, Cop Cat, to secretarial and editorial assistant, GS-5, ALC, 2861; Barbara B. Maddox, to administrative secretary and staff assistant, GS-7, Desc Cat, 2836; Kathryn Morgan, Subj Cat, to assistant editor of catalog publications. GS-9, Cat Publ, 2768; Robert L. Neal, S&R, to shelflister- trainee, GS-5, Subj Cat, 2850; Violet H. Pagard, Desc Cat, to shelflister-trainee, GS-5, Subj Cat, 2850; Jeanette M. Poole, to fiscal accountant assistant, GS-7, FMO, 2931; Eileen G. Young, to continuations acquisition assistant. GS-5, Ord, 2744; Elizabeth B. Zach, CRS L, to reference specialist. GS-12, GR&B, 2854. Resignations: Patricia P. Jessen, FMO; Judith A. Kolberg, CRS E; Donald J. Wilson, Bldgs Mgmt. ANNOUNCEMENTS Mr. and Mrs. James A. Battle are the parents of a son, Arthur Bradley, born June 16 at Cafritz Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Battle is a Charge Records Assistant in the Loan Division. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greene are the parents of a second son, Andrew Merrill. He was born June 20 at Arlington Hospital, and weighed 7 lbs., and 1 oz. Mr. Greene is a Senior Programmer in the Information Systems Office. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Louallen are the parents of a boy, Alvin Gerell, born July 2 at Columbia Hospital for Women. Mr. Louallen is a Motor Vehicle Operator in the Motor Vehicle Unit, Central Services Division, and Mrs. Louallen is employed by the Department of Transportation. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thomas are the parents of their first child, Bret David. born June 23 at the Washington Hospital Center. Master Thomas weighed in at 9 Ibs.. 8 oz. Mr. ThomaN is a Programmer in the Information Systems Office. July 14, 1972 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATIONS Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series, Vol. 23, Part 1, No. 2, Section 1: Books and Pamphlets Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals, Current and Renewal Registrations January-June 1969. (ix, pp. 1-1319.) Section 2: Books and Pam- phlets Including Serials and Contributions to Periodi- cals: Title Index. January-June 1969. (pp. 1321-1584.) For sale by the Supenntendent of Docu- ments, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. at $7.50 an issue (in two sections) or $15 a year, domestic, and $18.75 a year, foreign (LC 3.6/5:23/1). The complete Catalog of Copyright Entries for the year sells for $50 a year, domestic, and $62.50 a year, foreign. Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions. 92nd Congress. 2nd Session. Supplement No. 1 to Cumulative issue No. 2, 1972. (Various pagings.) For sale by the Superintendent for 70 cents this issue or $50 a session, domestic, and $62.50 a session, foreign (LC 14.6.92-2/I-3/Supp. 1). Information for Readers in the Library of Congress. 1972. (12 p.) This newly revised guide updates an earlier edition issued in 1968; it is available free upon request to the Central Services Division, Library of Congress, Washington. D.C. 20540. Press Releases: No. 72-46 (July 3) Frederick Goff retires as Rare Book Chief of Library of Congress; No. 7247 (July 3) William Matheson is appointed Chief of Library of Congress Rare Book Division; No. 72-48 (July 3) Librarian of Congress appoints Robert L. Nay as Assistant Chief of American- British Law Division; No. 72-49 (July 3) Exhibit of Mahlon Loomis manuscripts opens at Library of Congress. NEWS IN THE LIBRARY WORLD NCLIS to Hold First Public Hearing in Chicago The National Commission on Libraries and Infor- mation Sciences (NCLIS) will hold the first of several regional hearings on September 27 at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. The hearing will give citizens of the upper midwest region an opportunity to present to Commission members their views on the present and future needs of library and information services on the national and local level. Other regional hearings are scheduled tentatively for San Francisco on November 29 and Atlanta on March 7, 1973. Interested persons may submit statements for the record to NCLIS, 1717 K St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 by mid August. Those who will be asked for oral remarks will be notified by September 8. The brevity of the hearing will make it impossible for all who submit written testimony to be heard and questioned orally. Testimony submitted, however, will be reviewed by the Commission and will become part of the official hearing record. FLC Hears Report on Environmental Design At the June 21 Federal Library Committee meeting, the Task Force on Physical Facilities reported on the contractual study, "Library Environ- mental Design." Frazer Poole, Coordinator of Building Planning at the Library of Congress, pre- sented the Task Force's recommendation that it pursue additional procedures to secure designs suitable for Federal libraries. In other action, the Committee discussed its plans to present a report to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science; it also accepted recommendations concerning military representation on the Committee and development of a Federal library service center project. Grant Given to Commonwealth Library Group A $70,000 grant has been made by the Common- wealth Foundation in Great Britain for the first three years of work in the formation and operation of a Commonwealth Library Association. At a meeting last September in London called by the Library Association of the United Kingdom, representatives of 20 Commonwealth library associations agreed to the principle of a Library Association. Since then a constitution for an association has been ratified by all 21 countries concerned. The $70,000 grant will be spread over three years, with an additional grant of about $2,400 to the British Association for the initial work involved in bringing the new body into being. A council and honorary officers will be elected and it is hoped to hold the first meeting of the council in November, possibly in Nigeria. One of its first tasks will be to decide on a location for headquarters. The Commonwealth Association is intended to help improve libraries in the Commonwealth, maintain and strengthen links between librarians of the various countries, support and encourage library associations in the individual countries, and concern itself with education for librarianship and common, reciprocal standards of qualification. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 3 1262 08493 0022 LC Information Bulletin United Nations Libraries Publish Annual Report The 1971 Annual Report of the United Nations libraries has recently been published. The document, Annual Report of the Headquarters Library, the Geneva Library, the Libraries of the Economic Com- missions and of Uniod, 1971, contains information about the administration, acquisitions, processing of materials, organization of the collections, services to readers, services and assistance to other parts of the Secretariat and other libraries, external relations, bibliographies, and statistics for the past fiscal year. Inquiries concerning the report can be made to Director, Dag Hammarskjold Library, United Nations, New York, N.Y. 10017. Univ. of California Plans Library Workshops The University of California Extension will sponsor four two-day library workshops in August at the University of California in Santa Curz. They are "Mechanization of Library Technical Processes," August 11-12; "Cost Analysis of Library Operations," August 18-19; "Contemporary Management Issues in Academic Libraries," August 22-23; and "Library and Information Services for Prison Populations," August 25-26. Tuition for each workshop is $95. Further in- formation is available from Donald Hummel or Jane York, University of California Extension, Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060. Book Conservation Seminar Is Scheduled A third Annual Seminar in Book Conservation will be held on September 25-29 at the Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, Ariz. Nancy and Colton Storm, book restorers and conservators, will lead the sessions. Among topics to be discussed are "Problems and Principles of Book Conservation," "Survey of Book Binding Methods as Related to Book Restoration," and "Survey of Binding Styles and Techniques." The fee for the seminar is $75 and is due by August 15. Checks should be made payable to Storm Bindery, Drawer L, Sedona, Ariz. 86336. |
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