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.. 1.. 2 _Z 57" RIpF- LIBRARY I OF CONGRESS INFORMATION BULLETIN Vol. 32, No. 25 June 22, 19 LC PUBLICATIONS AND SLIDES WIN FEDERAL EDITORS AWARDS Four Library of Congress publications and a slide presentation were cited for excellence of content, design, and presentation at the Tenth Annual Awards Banquet of the Federal Editors Association held on June 5. First place honors in the FEA Government-wide competition went to "It's All in the Cards," a slide presentation prepared by LC Interpretive Projects Officer Helen-Anne Hilker; The Development of a Revolutionary Mentality, a collection of papers pre- sented in May 1972 at the Library's first Symposium on the American Revolution; and the October 1972 Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, an anni- versary issue celebrating the 75th year of the Li- brary's Main Building. Second place in its category was "Volunteers With (Continued on p. 219) FIRST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH SELECTED BY BUILDINGS SERVICES Mrs. Louise Simms has been selected by the Build- ings Services Section, Buildings Management Office, to be the Section's first Employee of the Month, as part of a recently-established program to honor out- standing staff members. Nominations for the honor are submitted by supervisors and selections are made LIBRARY TO OBSERVE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY The Library of Congress will observe Wednes- day, July 4, as a holiday in accordance with the provisions of the law. All offices and reading rooms will be closed. Exhibit halls in the Main Building will be open from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. from the Section's 140 employees on the basis of contributions to the staff and to the community, and on recognized qualities of character. The Section plans to display a photograph of each honoree with a copy of the official citation for one month in an area adjacent to its office. In her letter of recommendation, Mrs. Simm's supervisor, Mrs. Beulah Washington, states that she "is a tribute to the position that she holds. She has an excellent leave record, is dependable, cooperative, conscientious, and has contributed ... to maintaining standards in the Buildings Services Section." Of her personal characteristics, Mrs. Washington said of Mrs. Simms, "You can always count on her to come up with something unique when it comes to remember- ing her friends and co-workers .. For 12 years she planned and supervised all the social activities for her co-workers at the Library." Mrs. Simms has been employed at the Library since (Continued on p. 221) I 7 /' )4 73 LC Information Bulletin . 223 . 217. 221 C .. 217 . 224-225 . 217. 219 . 220 . 225-227 . 218 . .. 220-223 ...... 218. 220 PL-480 ISRAEL OFFICE CLOSED With the termination of the Public Law 480 Pro- gram for Israel, the Library of Congress Tel Aviv office was permanently closed at the end of May. The office was established in 1963 by Harry R. Stritman, who served as Field Director for the duration of the Program. Under his imaginative and able leadership, the office acquired for LC, and for over 20 major U.S. academic libraries, more than 1,660,000 pieces comprising monographs, periodicals, and newspapers, and provided preliminary cataloging copy for virtual- ly all titles acquired. From 1964, the office compiled, produced, and dis- tributed the monthly Accessions List: Israel. which quickly became recognized as an indispensable guide to current Israeli publications of research value. The Program was perforce terminated when Israel was removed, in 1972, from the list of countries in which United States-owned foreign currencies were available for Program purposes. On May 14 Mr. Stritman was host at a farewell reception held in the American Embassy for some 200 guests, including the local LC staff, U.S. Embassy personnel. Israeli government officials, representatives of libraries and educational institutions, publishers, N O I , booksellers, and other friends and associates of the office and the Program. Among those present were U.S. Charge d'Affaires Ad Interim J. Owen Zurhellen, Jr. with Mrs. Zurhellen, and Dr. Roy Mersky, Interim Director of the Jewish National and University Li- brary, with Mrs. Mersky. In a letter of appreciation to Mr. Stritman, Dr. Mersky said, "All Israeli librarian- ship owes a debt of gratitude to you for the tremen- dous work you have done and the contribution you have made." A message of greeting and farewell from the Li- brarian of Congress, L. Quincy Mumford, paid tribute to the work of "an extraordinary Field Director and a dedicated, energetic staff. We have depended upon the cooperation and support of numerous friends in the American Embassy, in the Israeli book trade, and of many Israeli librarians. To all of you I wish to convey an expression of our deepest gratitude, and our best wishes for the future." VISITORS TO LC Four Burmese representatives of the Ministry of Information visited the Library of Congress on June 4. They were U Win Swe, responsible for directing the country's public libraries; U Saw Aung, General Man- ager of the Printing and Publishing Corporation; U Tin Maung Than, General Manager of The Working People's Daily; and U Maung Maung Sein of the Motion Picture Corporation. Foreign Librarians Joan Barry, serials librarian, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Rosemary Bloomfield, reference librarian for USIS, London. Michel Boisset, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. D. H. Borchardt, Chief Librarian, La Trobe Univer- sity, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia. C. H. Courtney, Director of the NUC Project, National Library of Australia, Canberra, and his wife. Enid Hallister, Swinburne College of Technology Library, Melbourne, Australia. Mrs. Mary Kimani, newly-appointed Law Librarian, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. Diana Kingston, cataloger, University of Sydney Li- brary. Hilda Lofthouse, retired Librarian, Chetham's Li- brary, Hunt's Bank, Manchester, England, and her sister, Marion. (Continued on p. 220) CONTENTS Chinese Journalists Visit LC . Employee of the Month Selected by Buildings Service . July 4th Holiday to Be Observed by L Library of Congress Publications . LC Receives Federal Editors Awards Life at the Library Presented in Song News in the Library World . PL-480 Israel Office Closed ..... StaI f News . . Viitor% lo Il.(' . . 218 June 22, 1973 The luncheon was followed by comments from Washington Post columnist Mike Causey and Con- gressman William S. Moorhead, who also presented awards to the first-place winners. Miss Hilker and the staff of the Publications Office were honored the following morning at a coffee given by Assistant Librarian Mrs. Elizabeth H. Kegan. Miss Hilker and Mrs. Kegan LC HONORED BY FEDERAL EDITORS (Continued from p. 217) Vision," a leaflet prepared for use by the Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and A La Carte, a collection of original and reprinted articles written by members of the staff of the Geography and Map Division, was awarded an honorable mention. Publications Officer Sarah L. Mohr. Wallace and staff member Fred Publications Office staff members (I-r) Mrs. Anne Rollins, Martha Erwin. Paula McDonough, and Mrs. Kathryn Burke. 219 LC Information Bulletin LC VISITORS (Continued from p. 218) Mrs. Barbara G. Mogae, officer in charge of acquisi- tions and cataloging for the Botswana National Library, Gaborone, Botswana. She is studying Ameri- can libraries on a grant from the U.S. Department of State. Lois H. Semmens, Baillieu Library, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. T. D. Sprod, Librarian, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. Three librarians from the University of Cairo, Egypt, participating in a training program at West Vir- ginia University. Morgantown: Ferdouse Dwidar, Central Library; Islam Afifi, Library of the Cancer Institute: and Shalik S. A. Abou Hassan. Library of the Engineering School. who were accompanied by Robert Murphy. Librarian of the West Virginia University Medical Center. American Librarians (olleen Campbell. Biomedical Library, UCLA, and four postgraduate trainees: Connie Bennett. Univer- sity of Wisconsin: Diana Slater, University of Illinois; Craig Elam. University of California, Berkeley; and Richard Paul. University of Wisconsin. Leslie Cole. Library of the Department of Human Resources. Chicago. Patricia Coulter. Jo Anne S. Cassell, and Sam Terra- nova. librarians at the National Institute of Educa- tion. Washington. D.C. Mrs. Robbye Henderson, Librarian, Mississippi Val- ley State College, Itta Bena, Miss. Susan K. Martin, Harvard College Library. Pat Matthias, Librarian for DOD Overseas Depen- dents Schools, Okinawa. Martha Meade, Washington County Library System, Greenville, Miss. Douglas O. Michael, Librarian, Allegany Com- munity College, Cumberland, Md., and the following members of the library staff: Phyllys Hager, Jeanne Schwarz, Franklin L. Fatkin, Jr., Kathy Fatkin, Shirlie L. Merrick. Rita Mowery, and Jo Anne Galli- more. Paul Weiss, cataloger, Georgetown Law Center Li- brary, Washington. D.C. Twenty-six students from the Department of Li- brary Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, with Roscoe Rouse, Head of the Department and University Librarian, and his wife. LIFE AT THE LIBRARY PRESENTED IN SONG The WRA Choral Society, will present in its latest production, "Lost on the Shuttle," a humorous look at various aspects of life at the Library of Congress. Written, produced, and directed by Al Cherry, Card Division, the program will be held in the Coolidge Auditorium on Thursday, June 28, at 11:45 a.m., and on Friday, June 29, at 1 p.m. All staff members are invited to attend. STAFF NEWS RETIREMENTS Charles R. Coppens, Senior Acquisitions Librarian in the Office of the Assistant Director for Library Resources, Reference Department, retired on June 8 after almost 14 years of service in the Library. A native of Belgium, Mr. Coppens served with the Allied Armed Forces in Europe and North Africa dur- ing World War 11. From 1948 to 1959 he worked as archivist and librarian of the Belgium Embassy in Washington, D.C., then came to the Library in 1959, where he served as a Records Analyst in the former Office of the Secretary before transferring to the Reference Department in 1964. Drawing on his experience in paperwork management, he designed a system for the rapid circulation of national bibliog- raphies in card form to Reference Department recommending officers in connection with the National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging, for which he was given an incentive award in 1968. His energetic and gregarious nature made him a well- known figure throughout the Reference and Process- ing Departments. Merton J. Foley, Contracting and Procurement Officer, Procurement and Supply Division, retired from Government service on June 1. A native of Portland, Maine, Mr. Foley attended Holy Cross College in Worchester, Mass., where he earned a B.A. degree. He began his career in 1936 as a supervisor with the Works Projects Administration in Portland. In October 1948 he joined the staff of the Library as a Reference Assistant in the General Refer- ence and Bibliography Division and was promoted to Assistant Secretary of the Library in 1949 and to Chief of the Buildings and Grounds Division in 1950. In January 1969, Mr. Foley was promoted to the position that he held at retirement. He was respon- sible for the contracting and procurement of all it 220 June 22, 1973 iJ I June 22, 1973 library materials except books and book-related materials. Mr. Foley is married and has four daughters. AWARDS M. Viola Bond, Secretary of the Children's Book Section, was presented with a 30-year Federal Service Award pin on June 11 by Paul L. Berry, Director of the Reference Department. With the exception of four years during World War II with the Signal Corps of the War Department, all of Miss Bond's service has been with the Library, most of it with the General Reference and Bibliography Division. Miss Bond joined the staff of the GR&B Adminis- trative Office in October 1946, where she remained until July 1955 when she transferred to the East European Accessions List Project of the Exchange and Gift Division. When the project was discontinued in November 1961 she returned to the GR&B Admin- istrative Office. Miss Bond has been Secretary of the Children's Book Section since April 1, 1963, at that time only one month in operation. She has worked on each of its bibliographies over the past ten years and is justly proud of her part in the Library's service to children's librarians and children's literature specialists. For Mary Boyle, Head of the Administrative Ser- vices Section, Central Services Division, the rewards of her years in Federal Service have been in knowing that Library staff can call on Central Services in time of need. "Our service is there when you look for it." Mrs. Boyle, who was presented a 25-year Federal Service Award pin on May 24 by Ida F.Wilson, Divf- sion Chief, has been with the Central Services Divi- sion for more than 12 years, where she has held progressively responsible positions. She began work- ing at the Library in September 1953 as a Correspon- dence Clerk Trainee in the Copyright Office, following service with the Army Signal Corps and the Bureau of Internal Revenue. After several promotions in the Copyright Office in 1960, she was transferred and promoted to Secretary to the Assistant Chief of the Order Division. In 1961, Mrs. Boyle was promoted to Administra- tive Secretary in the former Office of the Secretary, and following promotion to Assistant Head of the then Central Services Section in October, 1961 and a quality increase in January, 1967, Mrs. Boyle was promoted to her present position in 1969. She has been actively involved in the training of new clerical staff since being with Central Services and lists these experiences as among her most pleasurable. In addition to tending a seemingly ever-growing quantity of plants in her office and home, Mrs. Boyle concedes that "knitting is my middle name." With two grandsons to knit for and the garden to keep an eye on, her leisure time is limited. MRS. SIMMS HONORED BY BUILDINGS SERVICES (Continued from p. 217) August 1946, after having worked for the Ammuni- tions Department, District of Columbia Navy Yard, from 1942-45. She was also employed by the Y.M.C.A. from November 1946 until her retirement from that position in June 1972. Mrs. Simms is affiliated with numerous charitable organizations, including The Friendly Whist Club and The Bonanza Club, and attends social functions for the Heart Fund and Cancer Crusade. She spends her free hours at activities planned by the Senior Citizens Association and enjoys baking, a talent for which she is well-known. She is the mother of two sons, Ray- mond and Andrew, and has one grandson, Ray- mond, Jr. Mrs. Simms PERSONNEL CHANGES Appointments: Sylviane Easton, searcher filer. GS-5, Cat Publ, 4716; Richard H. Evensen, braille advisor. GS-11. DBPH, 4644; Melanie M. McVicar, clerical assistant, GT-3. Photodup. 3-100; Robert D. Naylor, programmer, GS-9. ISO. 4831; Kelly Rogers. clerk-typist. GS-3, Cop Exam, 5-200; LC Information Bulletin Marlha L. Yopc,. clerk-typit. (S-4. MSS. 4860. Temporary Appointments: Harry Oliver J. Barchdorf. relerenLe J.%%isni S-. -. (RS \. NP: F'anme L. Beasley. worker trainee. (S-l. Place & (Cljs. NP: Arthur Bufford. mail clerk. (S-3. CRS 1). 4735:.lohn J. Driscoll. research assistant. ;S-7. CRS 1 \P. \vJ I einer. research asitant, GS-7. CRS I NP: Miruns Roue Kraft. inquiries record clerk. GS-3. CRS 1). NP: D)enmn, Sherman. analyst in American national government. GS-12. (RS GGR. 4737; Vikki Adrienne Zegel. reference asi tant. (GS-7. CRS SPR. NP. Reappointments: Daniel P. Beard. analyst in environmental policy. GS-13. CRS I-P. 4809:Christopher H. Dodge, analyst in science & technology. GS-13, CRS SPR. 4764; Mary Kate Dugan. inquire recorder. GS-9. CRS D. NP; Frederick O. Land. mail Llerk. (S-3. CRS D. 4735; Jean Marcia Lirhly. reference clerk. GS-3. CRS Ed. NP. Promotions: Linda C. Bryant. to publications clerk. GS-3. (op ( at. NP: Barbara J. Davis. 1o secretaryy to the assistant director. (;S5. CRS 1). 48211; Michael L. Godwin. to motion picture lechnicin. (;S-7. P&P. 4736; Janes L. Golliver. to %upervi\or liIbrar Itechnician. GS-9. G&M, 4877; Waymon (risgg. IIn L-aid draILing clerk, (S-.;. Card. 11-5110: Josephine (. lljakmin. Iii vditii.il ajjsitant, US-7, Cup Re'. 4813: I)lane M Mrehlian., io publlc.iltjnn clerk. G(S-3. (Cp Cat. NI'. Transfers: IIIonna. M. Ilclin. I)L' Cat, to clerk-lypisl. (;S- %Sr Rer NP. Kalhryn M. HlmII. Order. to clerk-lypit. GS 1. Scr Rct. Ni'. Reasgnations: I clhei I Andcrorn. CRS 1-: Janel Hiantrolt. ( RS I I ind.i A. (Crulel. I &(;. Jamen Idward ('olher Jr.. ('RS \. ludith L. (ritenldenn. S&R Linn 1-. I orhan.CRS I.: John I (;algano. S&R: Carolyn L. Henderon. Place & Class; illiani R Iluldforth. CRS L. roini M. Jacquemin. Subj Cat: Pamela J. Miles. Photodup: Robert A. Robey. Photodup; Philip %. Savitz. CRS C: Sheldon Slavin. Subj Cat: Kurt F. \\ehlc Jr.. (op Serv. Frank J. Williams IIl. S&R: Mark R. %ollc. Cop Serv. STAFF ACTIVITIES Roy P. Basler has returned to duty as Chief of the Manuscript Division following a term at The Univer- sity of Auckland. New Zealand. lecturing on Ameri- can literature. While there he also represented the American Council of Learned Societies at the centen- nial observance of the founding of the University of Canterbury at lChrstchurch. on May 3-7. By invita- non. he visited the New Zealand National Library (Alexander Turnbull Library) in Wellington and the University of Hawaii Libraries in Honolulu. Mr. Basler is the author of a short article entitled "Taking Care of the Lincoln Boys' Horses" in the Winter 1972 issue of the Lincoln Herald, published in Harrogate, Tenn. by the Lincoln Memorial University Press. Robert L. Chartrand, Specialist in Information Sciences for the Congressional Research Service, served as a panelist for "Computers in the Congress," a session of the 1973 National Computer Conference and Exposition held in New York City on June 5. The discussion centered on the role of modem infor- mation technology in providing priority, selected data for congressional Members, committees, and their staffs. Ernest C. Baynard, former Staff Director of the House Subcommittee on Government Activities, pre- sided over the discussions with contributions from Frank Ryan, Director of the House Information Systems' group; Thomas P. McGurn, Staff Director, Senate Subcommittee on Computer Services; Ken- neth W. Hunter. Assistant Director, Financial and General Management Studies Division, General Accounting Office; and Raymond J. Pluto, Director, Data Systems Service, Government Printing Office. Janina W. Hoskins, Area Specialist in Poland and East Europe, Slavic and Central European Division, is the author of a book entitled Early and Rare Polonica of' the 15th-17th Centuries in American Libraries; A Bibliographical Survey. The book is an alphabetical union list of these materials, 1.230 entries in all, from the collections of over 150 American libraries and is the first study of its kind. The books and pamphlets listed are in a variety of languages and deal with the political and cultural history of Europe, particularly that of East Central Europe. Samuel Iftikhar of the Southern Asia Section, Ori- entalia Division, was the organizer and moderator of a meeting addressed by the Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court of Pakistan, Honorable Hamoodur Rahman. held on May 30 at the Smithsonian Institu- tion. The talk, entitled "The New Democratic Consti- tution of Pakistan," was delivered to a group of about 200 distinguished guests. Mr. Iftikhar also organized and presided over a meeting held May 20 in the International Hall of the Y.M.C.A., in which Justice Dr. Javid Iqbal, son of Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal, a world renowned scholar, dis- cussed the philosophy of his father. Paul Spehr, Motion Picture Specialist, Motion Pic- ture Section, Prints and Photographs Division, partici- pated in the Clarence Brown Film Festival at the University of Tennessee, May 27-29. The festival con- sisted of afternoon and evening performances of films directed by Clarence Brown, shown in the Clarence Brown Theatre for the Performing Arts, and several June 22, 1973 morning workshops, one of which Mr. Spehr con- ducted. His topic was "Preserving the Film Heritage," and he discussed both preservation of films and the documents related to films. Clarence Brown, an alumnus of the University (1910), donated the theatre in 1970. His films in- clude "The Eagle," with Rudolph Valentino; "The Goose Woman," with Marie Dressier; and several of Greta Garbo's films including "Flesh and the Devil," "Anna Christie," "A Woman of Affairs," "Ro- mance," "Inspiration," "Anna Karenina," and "Con- quest." Other well-known films directed by Mr. Brown are "Ah, Wilderness," "Of Human Hearts," "The Rains Came," "Edison, the Man," "The Human Comedy," "National Velvet," and "The Yearling." During the festival it was announced that Mr. Brown had donated to the University a collection of manuscripts, scrapbooks, scripts from 40 films he directed between 1925 and 1952, and still photo- graphs from fifty-two productions, all materials gathered during his long and distinguished career. The collection will be housed in the Special Collections unit of the Tennessee University Library. Dr. Hamilton B. Webb, LC Medical Officer, is the subject of an article in the June I issue of U.S. Medi- cine. Dr. Webb, the Library's first Medical Officer, discusses in the interview the health programs and the problems involved in keeping "the nation's-and perhaps the world's-largest library humming." John A. Wolter, Assistant Chief. Geography and Map Division, addressed the staff of the American Geographical Society in New York on May 23. His talk concerned the history, growth, and development of the Geography and Map Division with special emphasis on MARC-Map and related processing and bibliographic programs. ANNOUNCEMENTS Oney Newton Johnson and Ernest William Burton were married on Saturday, May 26, at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Arlington, Va. Mrs. Burlon is a member of the Arranging and Distribution Unit of Catalog Management Division and Mr. Burton is on the staff of the Order Division. I CHINESE JOURNALISTS VISIT LIBRARY Three members of a group of 16 Chinese journalists, touring the United States as guests of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, visited the Library on June 1. Their general tour of the Library was followed by a visit to the Orientalia Division where one guest was heard to remark that he was "overwhelmed" by the volume of material at the Library and by extent of its Chinese collection. Pictured during the visit to Orientalia are (l-r) Ping-chieh Shen, Deputy Librarian. New China News Agency, Peking; Ch'i-hsin Chang, People's Daily, Peking; Wen-ch'ing Hsieh, Official, New China News Agency, Peking; Warren M. Tsuneishi, Chief of the Orientalia Division; Interpre- ter Roy M. Hofheinz, Jr.. Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies. Harvard University; and Chi Wang, Assistant Head, Chinese and Korean Section. LC Orientalia Division. .4 LC Information Bulletin LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PUBLICATIONS Accessiims List. India. ISSN 0041-7734. Vol. I2. No. 3. March 1973. (pp. 133-198.) Continuing sub- scriptions free to libraries upon request to the Field Director. Library of Congress Office. American Embassy. New Delhi. India. Acrvssions List: Israel ISSN 0041-7750. Vol. 10, No. 4. April 1973. (pp. 65-85.) Including Author Index for Vol. 10. No. 1-4. January-April 1973. (pp. I-xxix.) Publication ceases with this issue. The Library of Congress office in Tel-Aviv which com- piled and distributed the List has been permanently closed as the result of the termination of the PL-480 Program for Israel. Any correspondence concerning the Accessions List should be addressed to the Chief, Overseas Operations Division, Library of Congress, Washington. D.C. 20540. Accessions List: Pakistan. ISSN 0041-7777. Annual Supplement: Cumulative List of Serials. 1972. (pp. 1-107.) Continuing subscriptions free to libraries upon request to the Field Director. Library of Con- gress Office. American Consulate General. Karachi, Pakistan. Books: A MARC Format. 5th ed. Addendum No. 7. June 1973 (1 p.). This addendum describes a minor change in the use of slashes in the suffix portion of the control number. Available upon request from the Subscriber Accounts Unit, Card Division. Library of Congress, Building 159. Navy Yard Annex, Wash- ington. D.C. 20541. Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions. ISSN 0012-2785. 93rd Congress. ist Session. Supple- ment No. 3 to Cumulative issue No. 1. 1973. (Various pagings.) For sale by the Superintendent of Docu- ments. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 20402, for $6.75 this issue or $90 a session, domestic, and $112.50 a session, foreign (LC14.6: 93-I / I-2/Supp. 3). Information on the MARC System. 3rd edition, 1973. (44 p.) Free upon request from the Library of Congress. Central Services Division. Washington. D.C. 20540. Prepared by the MARC Development Office, this publication contains a description of the MARC com- munications format, a summary of how machine- readable records are created and used, information about the MARC Distribution Service, a selected bibliography of publications concerning MARC, and a report on automation in technical processing at the Library, which summarizes the principal activities of the MARC Development Office. LC Classification-Additons and Changes. ISSN 0041-7912. List 169, January-March 1973. (139 p.) For sale by the Card Division, Library of Congress, at $20 a year. LC Science Tracer Bullet: Edible Wild Plants (TB 73-10). April 1973. (6 p.) Compiled by Constance Carter, this guide points to the literature dealing with "the identification, harvesting, and preparation of wild plants that may be used for food." Copies are available free on request from the Reference Section, Science and Technology Division, Library of Con- gress, Washington, D.C. 20540. Library of Congress Catalog-Books: Subjects. A Cumulative List of Works Represented by Library of Congress Printed Cards. 1971. (1972). Vol. 7: Leuc- Mz. (946 p.) Vol. 8: N-Pord. (968 p.) Vol. 9: Pore-Sd. (991 p.) Vol. 10: Se-Tham. (1003 p.) Vol. 11: Than- Z. 1020 p.) For sale by the Card Division for $375 for three quarterly issues and an annual cumulation. The National Union Catalog: A Cumulative Author List Representing Library of Congress Printed Cards and Titles Reported by Other American Libraries. Vols. 11-16. 1971. 1972. Compiled by the Library of Congress with the cooperation of the Resources Com- mittee of the Resources and Technical Services Divi- sion, American Library Association. For sale by the Card Division for $675 for the year's subscription. National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1971, and Index 1970-1971. 1973. (xxv, 722 p.) Compiled by the Library of Congress from reports provided by American repositories with assistance from the Council on Library Resources, Inc. For sale by the Card Division at $50 a copy. This volume is the Oth in a continuing series de- signed to bring under bibliographic control manu- script collections housed permanently in American repositories that are regularly open to scholars. It reports 2,044 collections located in 151 repositories and brings the total number of collections described to date to 29,356, representing holdings in 850 repositories. Suggestions regarding the compilation of the cata- log and inquiries about taking part in the program should be addressed to Mrs. Arline Custer, Editor of the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections in the Library's Descriptive Cataloging Division, Washington, D.C. 20540. Queries about the manu- script collections described in the catalog should be sent to the individual repositories. Press Release: No. 73-26 (June 1) Ninth annual guide to children's books published by Library of Congress. June 22, 1973 Library of Conress Regulations: The following regula- tions, published June 6, were changed to give correct titles: No. 218-2, No. 218-16, No. 315 (page 2), No. 317-2 (pages 1 and 2), No. 319 (page 1), No. 321-2 (page 1),and No. 515-5. Special Announcements: No. 566 (May 29) referred to the Library's computerized personnel data bank; No. 567 (May 31) concerned the Library-wide mail count to be made dur- ing the week of June 9-15; No. 568 (June 5) called attention to the temporary closing of the Main Building Health Room; No. 569 (June 7) announced the Fourth of July holiday; No. 570 (June 8) concerned optional life insurance premiums; No. 571 (June 8) announced the appointment of Frank Kurt Cylke as Chief, Division for the Blind and Physically Handi- capped, Reference Department. NEWS IN THE LIBRARY WORLD Sergius Yakobsen to Give Second Talk on Russian Art Sergius Yakobsen, Honorary Consultant in Slavic Studies to the Library of Congress and formerly Chief of its Slavic and Central European Division, will give his second talk in conjunction with the traveling exhibition "Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings from the USSR," which opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on June 15. On July 8, Mr. Yakobsen will discuss Ivan Morazov and Sergei Shchukin, the two wealthy Muscovites primarily responsible for building the collection of paintings now in the Soviet Union. Mr. Yakobsen spoke about the two collectors on April 26 when the exhibit was at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. [See the April 20 issue of the LC Information Bul- letin.] Ruth C. Smith Appointed NIH Library Chief Ruth Camp Smith has been appointed Chief of the National Institutes of Health Library, a branch of the Division of Research Services at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Smith has been Director of the Scientific Documentation Division at the Naval Ship Systems Command in Arlington, Va., since 1971, and has also served in various librarian capacities for the Naval Ship Research and Development Center. She holds bachelor degrees from Howard University and Hamp- ton Institute and a master's in library science from Columbia University. Joan Manley to Head Government Book Committee Joan Manley, Publisher of Time-Life Books, has been appointed Chairman of the Government Ad- visory Committee on International Book and Library Programs by the Secretary of State. Mrs. Manley suc- ceeds Ross Sackett, President of Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, who resigned upon his assuming the chairmanship of the Associa- tion of American Publishers. [See LC Information Bulletin, June 8, for Mr. Sackett's election.] Library Association Presents Library Awards The Library Association has awarded three medals for important work in librarianship. The Besterman Medal, given for an outstanding bibliography or guide to the literature, has been awarded to A Bibliography of British and Irish Municipal History by G. H. Martin and Sylvia McIntyre (Leicester University Press). The McColvin Medal, presented to an outstanding refer- ence book, was given to Music Yearbook: A Survey and Directory with Statistics and Reference Articles; 1972-3, edited by Arthur Jacobs (Macmillan) and published in collaboration with the National Music Council of Great Britain. The Robinson Medal, given for invention in library technology or administration, was awarded to the University of Lancaster Library Research Unit for the development of simulation- games in education for library management. The awards were announced and presented at a reception at the Headquarters of the Library Association, 7 Ridgmount St., London, on June 6. Report of Forum on Bibliographic Systems Issued Interactive Bibliographic Systems, a report on the proceedings of a forum held in Gaithersburg, Md., on October 4-5, 1971, has been published. Edited by Madeline B. Henderson, Chairman of the Federal Library Committee's Task Force on Automation, the 205-page document contains 18 papers presented dur- ing the forum at sessions devoted to user interfaces, system configuration, economics and performance, and future developments. The forum was hailed by L. Quincy Mumford, Librarian of Congress and Chair- man of the Federal Library Committee, as "a step forward by Federal agencies in working together to solve common problems." Copies of the document, which contains an index, are available at $7.60 each from the National Techni- cal Information Service, U.S. Department of Com- merce, Springfield, Va. 22151. The order number is CONF-711010. Washington State Library Produces Sample Tapes The Washington State Library has provided the LC Information Bulletin Library of Congress MARC Development Office with a sample tape of locally input records produced by the stale library in the MARC communications for- mat. The recently published Washington Library Net- work Resources Directory, produced by automated techniques, contains records from LC MARC tapes and from locally input records, including LC catalog- ing not appearing on MARC tapes, NUC cataloging which has been upgraded and matched to a book in hand, and original cataloging using LC standards. The state library followed the LC MARC format specifications. As a test of the completeness of the records, the MARC Development Office used the Washington State sample tape as input to its process- ing programs and produced sample catalog cards. RADAR Enters Second Year of Publication The Bibliotheque Nationale du Qu6bec is entering its second year of publication of the bimonthly indexed abstracts journal, Repertoire Analytique d'Articles de Revues du Quibec (RADAR). The bibliography contains the contents of 100 current periodicals published in Qu6bec. Each issue has two sections-an analytical part in which titles of articles are arranged alphabetically by personal/corporate author or by subject, and an abstracts section in which annotated entries are grouped by subject fields. The annual subscription for RADAR is $75 and requests may be made to RADAR, P.O. Box 2447, Qu6bec 2, Que., Canada. NEH Grants $92,000 to Film Project The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $92,286 grant to the Center for Under- standing Media in New York City for the filming of American short stories. The grant will support the production of Ambrose Bierce's "Parker Adderson: Philosopher" and the writing of two additional scripts. The project, entitled "Anthology: The Ameri- can Short Story on Film," is under the general super- vision of Robert Geller, Director of Educational Projects for the Center for Understanding Media. Biographical Directory on American Artists Issued Who's Who in American Art, 1973. has been pub- lished by the Jacques Cattell Press and R. R. Bowker Company (New York and London, 1973. $34.50, plus postage and handling from Bowker Order Department, P.O. Box 1807, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106). This is the Ilth edition of the standard biographical directory in its field. Comprising about 6.500 entries, Who's Who in American Art includes painters, sculptors, printmakers, craftsmen, photo- graphers, and cartoonists, as well as leading art educators, patrons, critics, collectors, dealers, and museum curators and officials. Indexes by profes- sional classification and by geographical location are appended, along with an obituaries section and a directory of national, regional, and state open exhibitions. Folger Institute Announces Fall, Spring Seminars The Folger Institute of Renaissance and 18th- Century Studies has announced its schedule of semi- nars for next fall and spring. The fall seminars, which will run from early October to mid-December, will deal with the topics "The World of Thomas More," "Early Printers and Cultural Change (1470-1570)," "Humanism and Philosophy in the Renaissance," and "Renaissance Palaeography in England." Applications for the fall series are due on September 1. Running from mid-February to mid-May, the spring seminars will deal with the subjects "Petrarch," "Editing Renaissance Texts," "Renaissance Latin," and "Seventeenth-Century France." Applications deadline for this series is January 1, 1974. The Institute is a cooperative effort of the Folger Shakespeare Library and American University, Catho- lic University, George Washington University, the University of Maryland, and West Virginia University, and the seminars are held at the Folger Library. Priority in enrollment is accorded to graduate stu- dents at work on dissertations and to post-doctoral scholars from the sponsoring institutions; as space is available, applicants from other universities and institutions are welcome. Applications are available from R. J. Schoeck, Director, the Folger Institute, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. 20003. Columbia Library School Offers Certificate Program The School of Library Service at Columbia Univer- sity this Fall will offer a formal sixth-year program culminating in the award of a Certificate in Advanced Librarianship, replacing the informal advanced study program which the School has offered since 1964. The Certificate program is designed to provide an opportunity for both the recent graduate and the experienced librarian to continue their education in librarianship in a sustained program of study. An intermediate stage between the master's and doctor's degrees, the program aims to provide both a general program in continuing education and a program to Iii ii .I ,1 I iiil i "4EEE June 22, 1973 prepare librarians for positions as subject and techni- cal specialists, and as administrators or supervisors of complex library operations and service programs. Application forms and further information about the new program are available from the School of Library Science, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 10027. Liverpool School to Hold Library Meeting The Department of Library and Information Studies of the Liverpool Polytechnic, with the sup- port of the British Council, will hold its first inter- national summer school from September 5-14. Speakers from seven countries will present papers reviewing and analysing common problems facing library and information workers in European coun- tries. Themes for the study are library materials, bibliographic control, information retrieval, and li- brary management. The program has been arranged in order to enable participants, who will be restricted in number, to discuss the papers in detail. All the pro- ceedings will be in English. Queries regarding the meeting should be directed to W. H. Snape, Director, Department of Library and Information Studies, Liverpool Polytechnic, Tithe- barn St., Liverpool L2 2ER, England. U. of Maryland Offers Micrographics Course The School of Library and Information Services at the University of Maryland will offer a course on Micrographics and Information Dissemination during its fall semester. Teaching the course will be Klaus Otten, Manager, Advanced Development and Plan- ning, National Cash Register Company, and Adjunct Professor of Information Science at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. Classes will be held on alter- nate Fridays, beginning September 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The objective of the three-credit course is to provide an introduction to micrographics and its use in the library through a series of lectures, discussions, problem assignments, and workshops. Additional information on the course is available from the Director of Admissions, School of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742. COLOR POSTCARDS AVAILABLE Six new color postcards of the Library of Congress, including views of the Main Reading Room and the Great Hall, are available at the Information Counter, Ground Floor, Main Building for 10 cents each or three for 25 cents. The Information Counter is open from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from I to 5 p.m. on Sunday. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IIIII11111 l11111 18 1111111111111 3 1262 08493 8777 *-I *^ )I |
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