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5 February 1952

BOBEBT B. DOWNS Various staff members report that

B«B*D* did a highly commendable Job of conducting the second Council Meeting at the Midwinter A»L*A. meeting* Local staff members might be biased, naturally, but they insist there was a wide and gen­eral appreciation of Mr* Downs1 humor *md efficiency at that meeting*

On February S, Mr* Downs attended the second meeting of the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee* The Commit­tee was set up by legislation at the last session of the Illinois State Legislator* The meeting was devoted primarily to consideration of recommendations by the surveyors of the Illinois State Library*

A three-day meeting of the Air University Library Advisory Committee met at Maxwell Field, Alabama, beginning February 10*

There are seven members serving on the committee, and four are librarians, including Maurice Tauber, Jack Dalton, Louis Shores, and Bobert B* Downs*

Dean Achesori, Secretary of State, recently appointed Mr* Downs to the Department of State for a two-year period as a member of the Advisory Committee on Books Abroad of the United States Advisory Commission on Educa­tional Exchange*

PBOFESSOB BOYD Professor Anne Morris Boyd,

Bnerita, officially retired from the Library School Faculty on January l1** Miss Boyd had previously been on dis­ability leave since 19^9 •

THE LIBBABT PBESENTS March 1952

March 5 - Architecture and Landscape Mr* Walter M* Keith, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architec­ture and Mr* C* B, Loocker, Assis­tant Professor of Architecture*

March 1? - The Exploration of Space -Dance and Design Miss Margaret Erlanger, Assistant Professor of Physical Education for Women and Mr* A* J* Pulos, Assis­tant Professor of Art*

March 19 - The Hew Look in Books Mr* Balph E* Eckerstrom, Art Editor, University Press*

March ?6 - Direction of Contemporary Art Dr. D* W* Gotshalk, Professor of Philosophy and Chairman of Depart­ment} Mr* Nicholas Brit sky, Assis­tant Professor of Art? Mr. Ned Donahoe, Assistant in Speech? and Mr* Burrill Phillips, Associate Professor of Music*

FABMINGTQN PLAN The Association of Besearch Librari*

ans at their recent meeting January 26 in Iowa City decided to add additional countries to the Farmington Plan*

Under the plan the University of Illinois Library has received more books than any other participating library with a total of 3,1^7 volumes, out of a total of 1S,9U6 volumes distributed to libraries in the United States. Next in order, Harvard, Minnesota, the New York Public Library, and the University of Chicago, each of which received more than a thousand volumes*

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Ifflitors: Madeline Eiffey and Kathryn Luther

IKeporters: Sam Iden, Helen Knights, Jean Lokke, Myra lytle, Leli& McLaughlin, Nancy dinger,

f Lucy tumble, and Bobert Sloeum j

STAFF PUBLIC 4TI0*TS Two articles by Thelma Eaton,

Associate Professor of Library Science, were published recently. "Who Uses Your Catalog and ¥hy?,f appeared in the Wilson Library Bulletin for January 1952, and "Unfolding the Wealth of Books11 was published in the January issue of Illinois Libraries*

Helle SiOTor, History and Political Science Librarian, has written "United Nations Versus League of Hations Documentation" for the February issue ^f Special Libraries*

Harold Laneour. Assistant Director of the Library School, wrote the article, "The Junior in America," for the current issue of Library Assistant*

The December issue of Hospital Topics included an article en KSpecial Training in Medical Librarianship" by Wilma Troxel, librarian of the Illinois Library of Medical Sciences*

A short article, "Training for Map Librarianship," by Bill M. Woods, Map Librarian, appeared in the December Bulletin of the Geography and Map division of the Special Libraries Association*

LIBHABY HOUR March 5

Mozart1s Marriage of Figaro (with music) - Ludwig Zirner

March 19 Artists of the Year (illustrated) -Mark A* Sprague

April 2 The Contemporary Craftsman (with exhibits) ~ Arthur Pulos, Roy Ginstrom, Bacia Stepner

PERSONNEL CHANGES The Acquisition Department has

three new half-time Assistants, all students working for graduate degrees in the Library School* They are Sidney E. Matthews, Jr*, who has been a quarter-time Assistant in the Circulation Depart­ment* Seymour Schneider, and Louise Goines*

Other professional appointments given to Library School students includet Neva F. Hudson and I* T. Frosio, both quarter-time in the Circulation Depart­ment, and Mrs* Miriam Ridinger, half—time in the Chemistry Library*

Mildred A» Novosel has been assigned to the Engineering Library as a Library Clerk-II, and Mrs, Patricia Tabler, a recent graduate from the Library School1s Undergraduate program, h*>s been appointed Library Clerk-II in the Library School Library*

EXHIBITS touring the month of February an

exhibit entitled European Pottery and Porcelain and JTheir M^rks will be shown in the East-West corridor of the Library* Pictures of some of the most famous pieces produced during the 17th and 18th centuries may be seen* The exhibit will also include dictionaries of potters1

marks and books on collecting pottery* The Classics Department prepared

the exhibit which will run from Febru­ary 11-2H in the North-South corridor* The exhibit, entitled The Codex, is planned to illustrate a lecture to be given by Colin Boberts on February 21. Papyri and other material from the Classical Museum will show the develop­ment of the codex, or modern book form, from the papyrus roll*

The first of a series of exhibits featuring Contemporary Cartographers is now in the Map Library* The work of Erwin Baisz is currently on display. L^ter the work of Bichard Edes Harrison, Louise Jeff arson, Kenneth Thompson, Ernest Dudley Chase, Hal She!ton, Armin K* Lobeckj, and Srne&t C* Cleggj, and others will be shown*

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LIBRARY SCHOOL February Graduates - M.S* Candidates:

Mrs* Helen M* Baker, 2502 West Glendale Ave., Milwaukee 9, Wis*; Mrs* Nancy Terrell Brewster, Clerical Asst., Illinois State Geological Survey, Urbana, 111* (part-time); Edgar Chamberlin, Asst*, Business and Technology Dept*, Public Library, Kansas City, Mo*; Barbara Connell, Army Librarian, Overseas Per­sonnel Branch (Europe); Lois M* David­son, Librarian, Union Theological Seminary, Matan2ai» Cuba; Janet Donald­son, Binding Asst*, University of Illinois Library, Urbana, 111*; Basil Dzugan, Circulation Asst* (part-time), University of Illinois Library, Urbana* 111*, Cosette Foglesong, Asst*, Public Library, Topeka, Kansas; Libby Hala, Asst*, Public Library, Topeka, Kansas; Anamarie Johnson, Junior Librarian (bookmobile), Erie County Library, Buffalo, F.Y*; Carl Johnson, Head, Audio-Visual Services, Public Library, Topeka* Kansas; Jo Ann Johnson, Army Librarian, Overseas Personnel Branch (Europe); Philip Leslie, Librarian, Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Shirley Lottich, Children1s Cataloger and Asst*, Lincoln Library, Springfield, 111*; Eugene Lysiak, Teacher, Elementary Schools, Chicago* 111*; William F* Morse, continuing toward advanced degree in library science; Susie Theis, Asst., Acquisition Dept*, University of Illinois Library, Urbanat 111.; Jo Ann Wiles, Cataloger, Catalog Dept*, University of Illinois Library, Urbana, 111* B.S. Candidates:

Mrs* Lois Ferguson Chambers, with Honors, continuing with courses in Library Science; Louise Hughes Goines, with Highest Honors, continuing study toward Master1 s Degree in Library Science; .Anna Mae Hart; Muriel Kuhn; Irma Nelson Tinmons, xvith Honors* Enrollment:

Enrollment in the Library School for the second semester totals 121* Students in the B.S* program number ten, in the M.S. - 95, and in the Ph.D. - lU. There are t^io unclassified students*

Extension Courses; Extension courses being taught by

Library School faculty for the second semester 1951-52 are: C. ¥. Stone - Educ, E35U, Audio-Visual Materials and Prob­lems, Peoria; Marie K* Hostetter «• L*S* E303, Library Materials for Childrent Centralis; Viola Janes - L.S. B30lf, Library Materials for Adolescents, East St* Louis, Mt* Vernon and Olney* Hew Staff:

Mrs* Aim Campo, a member of the Master's candidate group, has been appointed successor tc Jo Ann Wiles, former Assistant in Library Science who is now working in the Catalog Department following completion of her studies for the M*S* Degree* Mrs* Campo has been enrolled in the program since September, 1950, and has been working part-time as a student assistant in the University Library*

Mrs* Gloria Hamilton has been appointed to a half-time position as Editorial Assistant in the Library School* She has held several library positions since her graduation in February 19^7, from the University of Pennsylvania* For the past year and a half, Mra Hamilton has served as librarian and editorial assistant for the .American Osteopathic Association* Her husband is teaching in the U. of I* Mathematics Department* Stammer Faculty:

Eegular members of the Library School faculty who will be teaching during the Summer Session 1952 are* Miss Eaton, Miss Hostetter, Miss James, and Mrs* Jenkins*

Visitfeg faculty will include Ernest J* Reece, present Visiting Pro­fessor in the School; Kathryn Oiler, Instructor, School of Library Service and Training, Florida State University* Tall&hassee, Josephine Tharpe, Refer­ence Librarian, Cornell University, Ithaca, Hew York; old Mr. Roy Stokes, Head, School of Librarianship, Loughborough College, Loughborough, England*

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LIBRARY SCHOOL EACULTY ACTIVITIES On January 9t Harold Lancour spoke

before the Chicago Library Club!s Janu­ary meeting on "Training for Library Work in Gre^t Britain*" The following morning he talked to the Racine, Wis** Public Library staff association on "Tho Public Library in England.*

As President of the AALS, Rose B. Phelps presided at its meeting at the A^L.A. Midwinter Conference*

Thelma Eaton was one of the speakers at the Friday program ofAALS dealing with "Problems and Methods of Teaching Cataloging.11 Miss Baton also was one of the speakers at the Friday meeting of the Cataloging and Classi­fication Division*

While in Chicago for the A.L.A. Conferencef C« Walter Stone spoke before a general meeting of delegates to the Illinois Council on Motion Pictures, Radio, Television, and Publications, etc*, at the Hotel Sherman, on Thursday, Janu­ary 31* His talk had to do with a report on the study conducted by the students in the Library School to determine the con­tent of motion pictures, radio programs and comic books which were available in the Champaign-Urbana area during the sample week.

Mr. Stone recently completed a report to the Adult Education Board on Master1 s papers which had to do with adult education in librarianship* Latest report on action taken by the Board is that they are considering suitable channels for publication of the report.

Alice Lohrer served as discussion leader for the talk given by Dr. Harold Hand, Professor of Education of the University of Illinois^ before the gen -eral meeting of the Association of .American School Librarians.

Miss Lohrer has been asked to speak before a meeting of the Eastern Kentucky Educational Conference on April 5 at Morehead State College, Morehead, Kentucky*

&3W STATISTICS Statistics for College and Univeiw

sity Libraries for the fiscal year 1950-51 collected by Princeton Univer­sity Library show Illinois still ranking third in size. The first ten libraries in order of size are:

1. Harvard 5,5^2,67^ vols* 2. Tale k9056,276 » 3* Illinois 2,1*76,95** n

K Columbia lt936,923 n

5* Chicago 1,862,071 « 6* Calif. Berk. l,jkk$JSk » 7« Minnesota l,606f3l6 » g. Cornell l*509»72g « 9. Michigan 1*^72,S37 • 10. Pennsylvania l,237,27g ,f

A.C.R.L* The A.C*R.L. membership chairman

for Illincis, Mr. Maxfield, reports that 79 Library staff members belonged to this professional organization last yea*v and that additional memberships are now being solicited. A.C.S.L. membership may be specified at no extra cost when A.L.A. dues are paid.

ACRL MONOGRAPHS An interesting study by Dr. Louis

Kaplan, Associate Librarian, University of Wisconsin, on ,fThe Growth of Refer­ence Service in the United States from 1S76 to 1S9311 constitutes issue number two of ACRL Monographs. This issue, which is priced at twenty-five cents, is now available from Mr, David K. VLaxfield, Business Manager of the recently inaug­urated series.

WOODS IB CHICAGO Bill M. Woods, Map Librarian, spent

time on January 31 at the Denoyer Geppert Company in Chicago discussing establishment of processing procedures for their map collection* He also visited briefly in the Map Library of the University of Chicago.

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BECEFT HOT ABLE ACQUISITIONS The Music Library has recently-

acquired several important additions to its collections of music and hooks on uusical subjects. The following are representative items only:

A compleat collection of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven symphonies in score, most respectfully dedicated by permission to HRH the Pri&ce of Wales* No. XXTlIt containing first editions of Beethoven's first and third symphonies*

Bach, C^rl Phillip Emanuel, Yersuch \iber die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen mit Exempeln und 18 Pro-* bestucken in b Sonaten erlautert. Berlin, In Verlegung des Auctoris, gedruckt by G. L« Winter* 1759-62* 2v. in 1 plus exempeln.

Hameau, Jean Philippe. Traite de l!Harmonie reduite a ses principes naturels, divise en quatre livresT Paris, 17??.

Musical Antiquarian Society, London* Publications. 19 vols., lgUO-^7*

An item of special interest is the Johann Sebastian Bach, Clayierubung bestehend in Praeludien, Allemanden, Couranten, Sarabanden, Giguen, Menuetten, and andern^Galanterient dinen Liebhabern zur Semuths Ergoetzung verfertiget. Leipzig, In Yerlegung des Autoris, 1731, a first edition of one of the three works of Bach published during his lifetime, the other two being Schubler Chorales and the canonic variations on Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her. This is a notable acquisition for it represents the first, first edition of this period in the University of Illinois Library, while adding an important item to a growing Bach collection, which includes a large proportion of the first editions of works published after Bach!s death.

Two important geographical works added recently are Pieter Goo's* L1Atlas de la mer, or monde aquaticque published by Pieter G-oos in Amsterdam in l6o7t containing several early maps of Americ@£ and Louis Hennepin1s Description de la Louisjane published in Paris in 16S3, a first edition.

Several collections have been added to the Library recently, largely through the efforts of Dr. Gordon Ray, head of the English Department• Two of these are Trollop collections, being notable not only for containing many first editions of Anthony Trollop1s works but also for the beauty of the uniformly bound volumes. The second Trollop collection is important in that it was purchased from Trollop1s grand­daughter and therefore many *f the works have association value. Included in this latter collection are a number of the works of other members of the literary Trollop family, and in the processing of the collection, a family tree had to be constructed in order to keep the relationships straight when putting through the books. The third interesting collection consists of 109 volumes by or about Sj ren Kierkegaard, including 25 rare Danish first and early editions, and 20 English first editions, besides much important related materials.

OCCASIONAL PAPERS Ho. ?6# Jackson, William. The Develop­

ment of Library Resources at Northwestern University. S^b_~5_

This report, prepared during the centennial year of Northwestern Univer­sity, presents a brief historical survey of the development of library resources on both the Evanston and Chicago campuses of the University.

Mr. Jackson, a 1951 U. of I. Library School graduate, is now in the Special Recruiting Program at the Library of Congress.

Copies of Mr. Jackson1s report and other Occasional Papers are available in the Library School ftffice.

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PHOTO-CLERK After months of delay, a "Photo-Clerk"

was finally delivered to the Library in January. The new equipment a special copying camera and automatic processor, has been installed in a north room of the basement. Last Monday, February U, the equipment was inspected and tested by representatives of the manufacturer, Remington Hand, Inc., and now the Library is ready to begin experiments with practical applications of the "Photo— Clerk" to certain clerical operations of the Library.

The "Photo-Clerk," developed by Ralph S. Shavf Librarian of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Library, is designed to substitute photography for copying by typewriter or by hand whenever the "Photo-Clerk" can do this work more efficiently and more economically.

During the next year or so, the University of Illinois Library will be cooperating with eleven other selected libraries to carry on a project for discovering as many useful applications of the "Photo-Clerk" to library clerical operations as possible. The funds for the cameras nd automatic processors needed by the cooperating libraries for this project were furnished by the Carnegie Corporation.

All staff members are encouraged to pass on to their supervisors or the Associate Director for Technical Depart­ments any suggestions for possible applications of the "photo-Clerk" in this Library.

STAFF LOUNGE S0$8S A flooring of mottled gray asphalt

tile has been installed by the Physical Plant in the Staff Lounge. The floor is now being waxed.

Contributions to the Staff Lounge Fund total $578.26 to date*

TEXTBOOKS GO TO MILC On February *U the MILC truck

picked up the last of 76 boxes holding the University of Illinois Library textbook collection*

CATALOG DEPARTMENT Georgia Coffin, Cataloger, resigned

February 13 tc accept a position at Cornell University in Ithaca, Hew York. She will organize end have charge of the Hare Book Collection there* N

Mrs* Bernice Lee Brightwell will begin work as a half-time Junior Library Clerfe-II on February 1st in the Catalog Department. Mrs. Brightwell is a gradu** ate of the University of Illinois in 1930, and the University of Illinois Graduate School in 193?# Her father was for many years Chief Clerk in the Presidents Office of the University.

Mrs. Nina H. Sieben is now employed as full-time Library Clerk-II. She began on January J9 1952. Mrs. Sieben attended the University of Illi­nois in 1950-51.

Mrs. Teneta M. Culotta resigned as a Library Clerk-II on January 17.

COFFEE HOUR AT A.L.A. The coffee hour held by the Univer­

sity of Illinois Library School Associa­tion Wednesday afternoon, January 30, at the A.L.A. Midwinter Conference in Chicago proved a successful occasion. More than a hundred alumni and faculty dropped in the Sheridan Boom of the Sdgewater Beach Hotel to chat over coffee and punch.

MEDICAL LIBRARY EWS The University of Illinois has

received an additional amount of $1,200*00 from the Chicago Community Trust-William A. Pusey Fund. As in the past, this amount is to be used by the Library of Medical Sciences for pur­chasing rare books and periodicals in the field of Dermatology.

Miss Elsie Bergland, Circulation and Reference Librarian, spoke on "Medical Librarianship" to students at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School on December 7th and to students of the University of Illinois Library School in Urbana, at the Library School Colloa uium, on December l3th#

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DAVID CRAPIST A seven«*pound boy was born to Mr.

and Mrs, Richard Chapin on Friday, January 25. The baby has been named David Bryan. Dick, a Circulation Department staff member and doctoral candidate, is taking a short vacation to become acquainted with his new son and to study French*

MAP WORKSHOP The University of Illinois Library

School will sponsor, through the Divis­ion of University Extension, a Map Workshop from June 9 through June 25* 1952, in Urbana. Lectures and discus­sions on the interpretation, history, bibliography, classification, catalog­ing, and use of maps will be given by the faculty of the Library School, Library, and the Department of Geography. Bill M. "foods, Map Librarian and Instruc­tor in Library Science, will direct the Workshop.

The Workshop will be a non-credit course for both geographers and librari­ans who hs»ve the responsibility for organizing and supervising a map collec­tion* It will be offered for a minimum of six persons and for no more than twenty* Advance registrations should be made by April 1, 1952. A registrar tion fee of ten dollars will be charged.

A folder describing the Workshop will be ready for mailing by February 15. 1952. Further information can be pro­cured by writing Byron E. Fulk, Confer­ence Supervisor, Division of University Extension, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

HOHACADEMIC JAMBOBEE Patricia Jeffries of the Circulation

Department served as general chairman of the Uonacademic Jamboree held January 26 at the Illini Union Building* Eileen Lyons of the Periodical Division was a member of the Hosts and Hostesses Committee.

©YERIIOES Hew forms have been nrdered for

the processing Sf overdues in all Public Service Departments. They will facili­tate immediate payment of fines and pro­vide a serially numbered receipt for each fine paid. Fine notices will be mailed in window envelopes excepting those sent through Campus Mail which will continue to be postcard notices.

WEDDIFG BELLS Patricia Philipak, of the Card

Division, was married to Donald Simpson on December ?S, 1951, at Mayfield, Kentucky. Donald is a Junior in Engineering.