LIBRARY STAFF BULLETIN

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY STAFF ASSOCIATION 1 — •'" ' —' : "

VOL. 32, No. 3 URBANA, ILLINOIS MARCH-APRIL, 1975

ISSN 0024-256X

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Lucien W. White, University Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign died on March 6, 1975, after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, Lois, and two children, Elizabeth and David.

Dr. White was born November 16, 1914, in Hillsdale, Illinois. He received an A.B. in French from Angustana College, an M.A. and Ph.D. in French and an M.S. in Library Science from the University of Illinois. Additional academic work was done at the University of Iowa, the Sorbonne, and the University of Grenoble and he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa,

Dr. White was a language professor at Angustana College from 1939-1953. He became Head Librarian of Augustana in 1954 and held this position until 1958 when he became Associate Director for Public Service Departments and Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,. In 1965, he was appointed Director of Public Services and in 1968 was made Associate Dean of Library Administration. In 1971 he became University Librarian.

Dr. White will be remembered for his many contributions to the University and to his profession. His participation in University affairs included the Facilities Planning Committee, the University Building Program Committee, the Historical Manuscripts and University Archives Committee, and the Classical and European Culture Museum Advisory Committee.

Among the many professional activities with which Dr. White was involved were the Publications Board of Library Trends, a member and subsequently President of the Champaign Public Library Board of Trustees, and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Research Libraries. He was a member of several teams which surveyed library resources in various educational institutions in the United States and Canada and was also active in the field of library consulting. Dr. White was a member of numerous committees of the American Library Association and the Illinois Library Association, as well as President of the latter organization 1963-1964. He also served on the Illinois State Library Advisory Council from 1965 to the time of his death.

Dr. White was instrumental in the design, development, and construction of the University of Illinois Undergraduate Library which received an award for excellence in architec­tural design in 1969. In 1970 the fifth stacks addition was completed under his guidance.

Dr. White held memberships in many scholarly and professional organizations. He was the author of numerous articles on Library Science and in the area of French literature.

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In addition to his professional endeavors, Dr. White supported a large number of university, church, and community activities and on the lighter side was an avid bowler and an enthusiastic recorder player.

He will also be remembered by his colleagues as a man . possessed of many talents and virtues, not the least of which was the ability to make friends. He was a person of patience, tolerance, and a high degree of fair-mindedness who provided calm, wise counsel. The Library world and the University Community have indeed lost a valued friend and companion.

—William H. Huff Jan E. Seifert

STAFF ASSOCIATION FLOWER FUND

The Library has traditionally maintained a flower fund to send flowers to library staff members who are ill or when there is a death in the immediate family. However, there have been so few contributions to the fund in recent years that the money for flowers has come directly•from the Library Staff Association treasury. The Staff Association has now paid out over $250 since the last contribution was received. We would like to have the separate flower fund built up again to relieve the drain on the treasury. Any contribu­tions will be welcome. Contributions may be given to Connie Fairchild, Reference Department, 200 Library.

STAFF ASSOCIATION SALE

The Library Staff Association is planning a spring sale of plants and baked goods, tentatively scheduled for April 24. If you can donate plants, baked goods, or some time to help organize and run the sale, please contact Margaret Webb in Serials Cataloging.

HOLY WEEK & EASTER: SOUND RECORDINGS IN THE MUSIC LIBRARY

For Holy Week and Easter Sunday, the Music Library invites your attention to its treasure of sound recordings. The variety is small compared with what was offered for the Christmas season, but nevertheless large enough to suit different tastes for various occasions during Lent and Easter time.

Most of the music represented on the list below evolved from Protestant church traditions. It is one of the points in which Protestants differ considerably from their Roman Catholic brothers. In the Middle Ages the Catholic Church started to omit organ playing and the ringing of the bells during Lent. Good Friday itself became the strictest fast day in the Roman Catholic world. The Protestants, however, made it one of their most important holidays of the year which is still reflected, for instance, in Germany today where Good Friday is a legal holiday. It

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is needless to say that nothing better than music could embellish this solemn but still very grave anniversary where any exterior decoration would be out of place.

Although the recordings do not circulate from the Music Library you are welcome to use its excellent listening equipment. One or two sets of stereo headphones may be used in each of the 48 listening carrels. Small groups may wish to use the listening rooms with speaker systems. Regular hours of service for the Music Library are as follows:

Monday -Friday Saturday Sunday

i music -

Thursday f 8 A.M. 8 A.M. 9 A.M. 1 P.M.

contemporary

- 11 P.M - 5 P.M - 5 P.M - 11 P.M

D614 C551E

Distler, Hugo Choral-Passion. Op. 7. Cantate T72 083-084 L.

L817 J58Z

Lockwood, Normand Jesus the King KB 1024 A.

sP397 P288C2

Penderecki, Krzysztof St. Luke Passion. To the victims of Hiroshima. Philips PHS 2-901.

SP397 P288C3

Penderecki, Krzysztof Passion according to St. Luke. RCA Victrola VICS 6015.

P423 P288S

Pepping Ernst Passionsbericht des Matthaus fur Chor a cappella. Cantate Can 1101-1102.

sAlll Perosi, Lorenzo M985 Saint Mark Passion. 871S-73S MHS 871S-873S.

sS523 L367

Sgrizzi, Luciano Laudario 91 di Cortone. Nonesuch Records H 71086.

S782 C955C

Stainer, Sir John The Crucifixion. RCA Victrola VIC 1403.

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Passion music - before 1800

Alll A673:9d ARC 3045-47

Bach, Johann Sebastian Passio secundum Joannes. Archive Production ARC 3045-3047.

B121 J65r

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Passio secundum Joannem. Archiv Produktion APM 3228-3230,

sAlll M985 542S

Bach, Johann Sebastian St. John's Passion. MHS 542S-543S.

sB121 J65B

Bach, Johann Sebastian St. John Passion. Nonesuch Records He 73004,

B121 J65F

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Johannes-Passion. Odeon E 80 668/70.

sB121 J65G

Bach, Johann Sebastian, Johannes-Passion. Telefunken SKH 19.

B121 L954B

Bach, Johann Sebastian St. Luke Passion. Lyrichord LL 110 A-F.

sB121 M436K

Bach, Johann Sebastian St. Matthew passion. Angel SEL 3599

sB121 M436G

Bach, Johann Sebastian St. Matthew Passion.

Angel SD 3735.

B121 M436M

Bach, Johann Sebastain St. Matthew passion. Columbia SL-179

sB121 M436J

Bach, Johann Sebastian St. Matthew Passion. Philips PHS 4-999.

B121 M436L

Bach, Johann Sebastian St. Matthew passion. Vox DL 6070.

B121 M436S

Bach, Johann Sebastian St. Matthew Passion. Westminster WAL 4402.

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DISC M2020 B88M4

Buxt^hude, Dietrich Membra Jesu nostri MHS 982

sD271 D486V

Demantius s Chris toph St. John Passion Nonesuch Records H71138.

B121 Handel, Georg Friedrich C32:51E Arias and duets from Johannes-Passion,

Long Island Recording Studios C7428.

H415 S571S

Haydn, Joseph The seven last words of Christ Westminster XWN 19006.

sL348 P288G2

Lassus, Orland de St. Matthew Passion. HCR-ST 7268,

L348 P288G

Lassust Orlando de St. Matthew Passion, Vox DL 400.

S285 P282B

Scarlatti s Alessandro The passion according to St. John. Overtone Over. 1.

S385 P288JG

Schutz, Heinrich The Passion according to Saint John. Renaissance X-26.

Alll Schutz^ Heinrich A673:6a St. Matthew Passion. ARC 3172 Archive Production ARC 3172.

S385 P288mG

Schutz$ Heinrich The Passion according to St, Renaissance SX 203.

Matthew,

B121 Schutz, Heinrich C32:61F The Seven Last Words on the Cross,

Cambridge CRM 417.

sT268 Telemann, Georg Philipp P267Ma:R St. Matthew Passion (1730)

Philips PHS 2-994

T268 Telemann, Georg Philipp P267M:R The Passion of Jesus according to Mark.

Philips PHM 2-530.

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Easter music - contemporary

E13 Am Easter Mattins. M444 Argo RG 120.

DISC Church of England. Liturgy and ritual. M047436 An Easter matins*

Eclipse ECS 680.

Alll Catholic Church. Liturgy and ritual. Missal, A673:lb Missa in Dominica resurrectionis. Easter ARC 3001 Sunday mass.

Archive Production ARC 3001.

sH846 T836aA

L817 J58Z

Hovaness, Alan Scott Easter cantata. Composers Recordings CRI USD 221.

Lockwood, Normand Jesus the King KB 1024A

DISC Perosi, Lorenzo M) 42100 La Risurrezione di Cristo

MSH 111-1114

Easter music - before 1800

DISC M002127

Gregorian chant. MHS 915.

M044338

S385 H6731S

sS385 H6731H

Motefs of the 15th and 16th centuries, Lyrichord LL 52,

Schutz, Heinrich. The resurrection story (1623) Mercury Classics MG 10073.

Schutz, Heinrich. The Resurrection. Music Guild MS 125,

Alll Schutz, Heinrich A673i6a Historia of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. ARC 3137 Archive Production ARC 3137.

B121 Bach, Johann Sebastian C32:31P Seven Easter chorales.

Bach Guild BG-512.

B121 085G

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Easter oratorio. Angel 36322.

B121 085P

Alll A673:9a ARC 3063

Bach, Johann Sebastian Easter oratorio. Bach Guild BG 507.

Bach, Johann Sebastian Christ lag in Todesbanden Archive Production ARC 3063.

c B121 Bach, Johann Sebastian G32:31B Easter cantata

Pirouette JA 19017.

SB121 085M

Bach, Johann Sebastian Easter oratorio. London OS 26100.

sB121 C32:1R

Bachs Johann Sebastian Kantate am Osterfeste Archiv Produktion SAPM 198 465.

ALLAN M, WILSON 1927-1975

Allan Massingale Wilson, a member of the Library staff for twenty years, died February 22, 1975, in Houston, Texas, closing a library career which had begun in 1948.

Allanfs first positions, as Junior Cataloger and then as librarian of the Institute of Science and Technology at the University of Arkansas and as Order Assistant at the Univer­sity of California Library preceded the receipt of the Masterfs degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois in 1955. He was afterwards for four years a Bibliographer in the Acquisition Department. In 1959, he transferred to the Catalog Department, where his exceptional ability to work with materials in a wide range of European languages was of particular value, especially in organizing and cataloging books received on the Farmington Plan. Much of what he learned was shared as he directed and supervised the work of those who had less experience or knowledge of bibliographic details.

Colleagues remember Allan as a dedicated librarian, who prepared complicated or simple catalog records with infinite care for details. They remember him, too, as a person with a wide range of interests and an unusual breadth of general knowledge and ability.

Friends and colleagues have contributed to a memorial which will be added to the Endowment Fund of the Ozarks Regional Library, the public library in Fayetteville, Arkansas, the hometown to which Allan had intended someday to retire. Others will now enjoy and benefit from the volumes to be purchased in his name.

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—Betty Croft

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THE ALLAN WILSON We have now received a letter from the librarian in MEMORIAL Fayetteville. This is the pertinent section:

"Any gift (even if checks are made to the Ozarks Regional Library) can be added to the Fayetteville Endowment Fund, a trust fund from which we spend the interest for non-fiction books of *high quality and lasting interest1. Often this money is spent for specialized or expensive books we would not otherwise purchase. The name of the person honored is listed in our memorial book with the names of persons making gifts. If the gift should reach $250, Mr. Wilson's name would be added to the memorial plaque. Books purchased with this fund do not have an individual's name on a book plate, but the book is marked as an Endowment Fund purchase."

I am pleased to report that we have now collected $245, so we will certainly meet the $250 figure mentioned by the librarian. We would like to send the memorial gift to Fayetteville by April 15. We would therefore appreciate it if anyone who still wishes to contribute would do so before that time.

—Arnold Wajenberg Catalog Department

BOOK PURCHASE The Alpha Delta Phi Foundation awarded the University of FUNDED Illinois Library a grant on Friday, December 20, to be used

for the purchase of books to be selected by the Library.

Arthur R. Wyatt, partner in the international accounting firm of Arthur Andersen 6c Co., Chicago, presented a check for $500 to Chancellor Peltason.

Wyatt, a member of the fraternity, was graduated from the University in 1949, earned his doctorate at Illinois in 1953 and was a member of the University's accountancy faculty until he joined Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1966.

ffIt is gifts like this," said Librarian Lucien White, "that help us to maintain the margin of excellence."

At 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 3, Ms. Clara Jones, Director of the Detroit Public Library, will speak at the Library School colloquium in Room 66 Library. All interested staff are invited to attend.

LIBRARY SCHOOL COLLOQUIUM

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EXTRA SPECIAL SERVICES

About twenty years ago Albert Uken caught a badger on the John H. Sage property near the Salt Fork River at St. Joseph, Illinois. He donated his catch to the University of Illinois Natural History Museum, which has preserved the skin. At the time the badger was caught, these animals were not as common in this area as they are now.

Mr. Uken visited the Geology Library several times recently and made the staff aware that he desired to see his badger skin. He was directed to the Museum but soon returned to say that he would be back, as the Museum people had consented to take a picture of him with his badger. Mr. Uken informed the Geology Library staff that he wanted fftwo pretty girls11

to have their picture taken with him. When he returned for the photography session, Susan Yugo, assistant Geology Librarian and the only pretty girl available at the time, generously consented to have her picture taken with the badger and Mr. Uken. Unfortunately, he was not satisfied because the pictures were in black and white. He returned the following week and again asked Susan Yugo to pose with him and the badger for a color picture. She consented; the story ended happily with Mr. Uken rewarding all involved with homemade candy.

IN TIME FOR SPRING

Therefs a new weather information service offered by a Rantoul bank. The telephone number is 1-893-1776.

SENATE ELECTION RESULTS

The following people have been elected to the University Senate in their respective units:

Acquisitions: Beth Stafford Serials: Pat McCandless Special Languages: Bob Sewell Departmental Libraries: Marty Friedman* Marge Chaplan Reference and Circulation: Frankie Mosborg

The Catalog Department, which comprises the other library unit, is fully represented and did not need to elect this year. Senate terms are two years in length and representa­tion is based on unit size. Because of this, Departmental Libraries and the Serials Department elect senators to staggered terms every year. Other units, with one senator each, have elections every other year.

LETTER TO THE LIBRARY FACULTY

As a retiring member of the Executive Committee of the Library Faculty, I wish to urge faculty members to seek office on the Committee or membership on one of its standing committees. Only through wide participation can the faculty have an effective voice in matters that are of concern to it.

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Experience either on the Executive Committee or on any of its committees can be time-consuming and at times frustrating, but it is always interesting and educational and can be thought-provoking and creative. Hopefully it is beneficial

( not only to the Library faculty and staff, but to the Library itself, both inside and outside its walls.

The procedures are different this year and require active seeking of nomination for committee positions through petitioning rather than the previous, more passive, method of not removing onefs name from an original ballot. Peti­tions will be available from Beth Stafford, Room 220A, in early April. Please give "running" serious consideration, then pick up your petition, have it signed, and return it by the appropriate date which will be announced.

—Peg Frampton Vice-Chairman, Library Faculty

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... A Catalog Department staff member noticed an unusual dedica-in a new book being cataloged: ffl...find no one to whom this volume should be dedicated. Nor do 1 think it is necessary to dedicate everything that is published in marketing. Who started that practice anyway? I have often wondered how the person to whom the book was dedicated reacts if the book turns out to be a bomb!

The book, Models of buyer behavior, is by UI Research Professor in Business Administration Jagdish N. Sheth.

RARE BOOK ROOM American humor, from The American Jest-Book of 1796 through EXHIBIT Beadle?s Dime Book of Fun to M^ Life and Hard Times by

James Thurber, provides the theme for an exhibition in the Rare Book Room scheduled to run through the end of March. Works on display are from the Franklin J. Meine Collection of American Humor. Meine (1896-1968) was a prominent Chicago editor and publisher who spent more than forty years accu­mulating what was probably the largest collection of American humor materials in private hands.

The Exhibit contains 70 representative items, including cartoons and comic magazines, many rare first editions, original manuscripts and photographs. A descriptive catalog, published by the UI Library Friends, accompanies the exhibi­tion. The exhibit was arranged by Prof. Jeffrey Swanson, Department of English, who is currently working on several research projects involving materials in the Meine Collection.

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AMERICAN ISSUES The American Issues Forum is a national program for the FORUM Bicentennial, uniquely designed to engage the direct

participation of every citizen nationwide, as well as others beyond the borders of the United States, during the bicentennial year*

Although developed under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-sponsored by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, the Forum has been designed by a small group of private citizens, and initially presents only a framework for other programs. Its success as a national Bicentennial program will depend upon the degree to which the nation—through its organizations, institutions, corporations, foundations, communities, neighborhoods, groups, families and individuals—develop programs upon the calendar of topics which the Forum affords.

The basic idea of the Forum, originally suggested by Walter Cronkite, consists in the publication of a calendar or schedule of nine monthly issues, divided into thirty-six weekly sub-topics, to be addressed in a wide variety of ways and employing diverse media and formats over the Bicentennial year—from September, 1975 to May, 1976. Taken together, the nine central issues and the thirty-six sub-topics constitute a comprehensive program for examina­tion and discussion, leading ideally to a !?unifying community of discourse across the whole nation.ff

The American Library Association will use its network of 22,000 libraries to bring the Forum to local communities. It has asked state librarians to take the lead in stimulating Forum activity state-by-state, will highlight the Forum in special bulletins and publications to members, and will feature the Forum at its annual meeting in the summer of 1975.

The American Library Association has also developed two reading lists—one for adults and one for young readers— upon each of the weekly Forum topics. A minimum of 20,000,000 reading lists, embracing audio and visual materials as well as books, will be distributed to all national organizations, to the ALAfs own library distribution network, to school systems, service organizations, bookstores, and will also be distributed through banks, post offices and transportation terminals during the life of the Forum. In addition, 150,000 special copies suitable for duplication will be available as well as 536,000 posters promoting the Forum and the reading lists.

Mr. Oram, who chaired ALA committee which developed the adult Forum reading lists, expects that the lists will be available for distribution by ALA meeting time this summer.

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THE GADFLY: GOADING TOWARD EXCELLENCE BY LOUISE CLARK

The truly beautiful human beings I have known personally are few. Lucien White was one of these. At Mr. White's funeral* the Rev. Ralph Nast characterized him aptly as "the personification in his daily life of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit,ft In secular terms, 'the indwelling of the Holy Spirit' might be expressed as 'loving kindness toward others.1 The name 'Lucien' is from the Latin root 'luc-' meaning 'light'. The adjective 'lucidus' means 'full of light, shining, luminous, beautiful'. Lucien White was all of these, a person illumined with kindness and concern toward others.

At the Library, his concern for others showed itself in his having coffee with the staff and getting to know them personally; in calling them by their first names, a practice which made each of us feel that he was important to Mr. White; in instituting Library Office Notes, which expanded communication between administration and staff; in his prac­tice of seeing people immediately, without an appointment. Each of us has his own fond memories of Mr. White's kindli­ness. I treasure my few conversations with him and often picture his radiant smile as we met in the hall.

To lose such a beautiful example for the conduct of one's own life is hard* The only way I know of to transcend such a great loss is to try to carry on Lucien White's work, to try to bring to fruition his hopes for the Library as one understands them* This will mean hard work beyond the thirty-nine hours per week on the job* I remember a conversation with him regarding promotion. Mr. White said that those faculty members who get promoted to associate professor or professor put in sixty-hour weeks, not forty-hour. Working hard to upgrade one's qualifications as a librarian, and thus, the quality of the Library, would be a fitting tribute to Mr. White.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK 1975

National Library Week 1975 will be April 13-19, The theme is "Information Power," and focuses the program on vital information services provided by all types of libraries.

The NLW program was very recently turned over to the American Library Association by the National Book Committee. Picking up the program at a late date for 1975 planning, ALA is placing major emphasis on a campaign to increase the visibility of libraries at national and local levels. This campaign will include a "clip sheet" of stories on library progress and problems to be mailed to over 3,000 newspapers, radio spot announcements featuring personalities such as Valerie Harper and Carroll O'Connor, and placement of features in national media.

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FOUR-CQLQR I, Dough SHAO-MAI

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup boiling water 1 egg ^

II. Filling

10 oz. ground pork 1/2 cup chopped bamboo shoots (or water chestnuts) 1/2 tablespoon soy sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1 tablespoon cooking sherry (optional) 2 oz. fresh shrimp, chopped (optional) 1 tablespoon sesame oil

III. Four-color toppings

2 tablespoons dry black mushrooms, soaked and chopped 2 tablespoons cooked ham, chopped 2 tablespoons cooked green cabbage, finely chopped

(or raw Brussels sprouts, finely chopped) 2 tablespoons dry shrimp, soaked and chopped

1* Place flour in a bowl; add boiling water. Mix thoroughly with chopsticks or a fork. Add egg, mixing again. Knead the dough until smooth*

2. Mix the ingredients for the filling*

3. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough, and divide into 20 to 30 small pieces. Press each piece flat with hand, then roll out until it is 2 1/2-3 inches in diameter. Place 1 tablespoon of filling in center. Lift opposite sides of dough and pinch them in center. Then pinch the remaining opposite sides to center. This will form 4 pockets. Pinch the adjacent sides of the pockets together.

4. Put a little mushroom in one pocket, a little ham in the second, a little green vegetable in the third, and a little dry shrimp in the fourth*

5. When the water in the steamer is boiling, place shao-mai's on a damp cloth in the steamer. Steam for about 15 minutes over high heat. Serve hot. (

Adapted by Amy Seetoo Wilson from Pei Mei?s Chinese Cook Book. (Fu, Pei Mei. Pei Meifs Chinese Cook Book. Taipei: Chinese Cooking Class Ltd., 1969. p. 253)

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The more I read of Gary Wiggins article on documents handling in the fall issue of the Staff Bulletin, the more I shuddered to think that anyone would suggest discontinuing the policy of having documents cataloged as an integral part of this Library collection. One of the many things that makes this a great Library is the fact that the government documents are a part of the collection and not shunted off into a unit unto themselves as if they had the plague.

It seems to me that all of the printed knowledge on any given subject should be in one unit, and it should not be divided by any artificial consideration of format or source. When I asked the Geology Librarian at the University of Texas how much geological literature they had from Latin America, she said she wished she knew; it was, and probably still is, in the Latin American Collection!

Our only regret here is that the various departmental libraries donft have space for all subject literature in their units* We are fortunate, however, that all literature is available and none is in MdeadiS storage. We should all thank Mr. Arnold Trotier, who, I am told, saw.to it that the documents are an integral part of the total collection.

—Harriet W. Smith Geology Librarian

FACULTY PUBLICATION Wolff, Ernst, "Tientsin**, in the China Handbuch. Dussel-dorf, Bertelsmann Universitatsverlag, 1974.

LIBRARY AUTOMATION The Graduate School of Library Science will hold its 12th CLINIC annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing

April 27-30, 1975, at the Ramada Inn, Champaign. The theme of this year?s clinic is "The Use of Computers in Literature Searching and Related Reference Activities in Libraries." There will be eleven papers in all, including a report by Sally Bachelder on the New York Times Information Bank, by Roger K. Summit on the Lockheed experiment in some California public libraries on information retrieval services for the general public, and by David M. Wax on the use of machine-readable data bases by the Northeast Academic Science Information Center.

In addition to the formal papers, there will be demonstrations at the clinic of at least two on-line systems for searching machine-readable data bases, A detailed brochure giving the program for the clinic is available in the Library School Office.

DOCUMENTS HANDLING: A RESPONSE

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Academic members of the UI Library staff are welcome to attend both formal presentations and demonstrations and need not register before doing so.

ENVELOPES? The Acquisitions Department has an overabundant supply of small, medium, and large and very large manila and campus mail envelopes. Pick them up anytime in Room 220A, Main Library,

COUNTY LIBRARIANS COME TOGETHER

The Champaign County Librarians held its first meeting at the Ramada Inn on February 6, 1975. The group of 58 special, public, school and academic librarians met and talked over cocktails, and later continued their discussions during the buffet dinner. The evening was a success, and another dinner is being planned for late spring. The informal organization has successfully provided a relaxing atmosphere for librarians in Champaign County to meet other librarians with somewhat different perspectives on libraries and library service. Everyone is welcome to attend the next meeting, including those who couldnft make it to the first.

LIBRARY FORUM Spring is in the air, and the next Library Forum will offer some ideas on how to enjoy spring in Illinois. On Tuesday, April 8, Ann Kief, assistant to the head of the University Department of Recreation and Park Administra­tion, will speak on HLeisure Locations in Lincoln Land." For a change, the luncheon will be held at the Spice Box in Bevier Hall.

The entire Library Forum committee is to be congratulated for offering diverse and imaginative programs during the past year.

1975 ALLERTON INSTITUTE

The 1975 Allerton Institute, the 21st in the series sponsored by the UI's Graduate School of Library Science, will be held November 9-12 at the University Conference Center, Monticello. The topic will be Major Classification Systems, selected for the 1976 centennial of the first edition of DeweyTs classifi­cation system. Forest Press, Albany^ N.Y., publishers of the decimal classification, will be co-sponsor. A detailed brochure showing the whole program will be available in June 1975.

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BICENTENNIAL EXHIBITS The Library Exhibits Committee announces the formation of a Bicentennial subcommittee to organize and coordinate library exhibits related to the American Revolution Bicentennial celebration. Subcommittee members are Susan Ariew and Lynne Blair. They will appreciate any suggestions or ideas for exhibits relating to the celebration.

WHAT? Linda Boxer, Library Personnel Office, reports that a new student assistant walked up to her desk and asked: "Is this where I turn in my check 'misplacement' form?11

NEW TITLE ADDED On Saturday, March 8, Derek Albert Nievergelt was born to Teresita and Jurg Nievergelt. Derek weighed in at seven pounds, two ounces. Both mother and son are doing fine.

ARCHIVES NEWS Mr. Richard Szary, graduate student assistant in the University Archives since February 1973, has accepted an appointment as archivist (GS-9) with the Smithsonian Institution Archives in Washington. There he8 will join Mr. Alan Bain on the Archives staff. Mr. Bain was an archives assistant in 1969-70.

LAW AND ORDER If you want to give a child a little chick or duckling this Easter, you'll have to settle for the stuffed variety. And if you like your rabbits colored blue, green or pink, you'll also have to settle for a doll.

An Illinois law states: f,No person may sell, offer for sale, barter or give away any rabbit or baby chick, duckling or fowl, which has been dyed, colored or otherwide treated to impart an artificial color thereto. Baby chicks or ducklings shall not be sold, offered for sale, bartered or given away as pets and novelties."

Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture Robert J. "Pud" Williams said his Division of Meat, Poultry and Livestock Inspection would be keeping an especially watch­ful eye out for violations of this act during this Easter season. L

CONSERVATION COURSE OFFERED

The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science will offer its course E450U, "The Conservation of Research Library Materials," from July 7 to August 1, 1975, at the Newberry Library, Chicago, in cooperation with the University's Office of Continuing Education.

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Paul Banks, the conservator of the Newberry Library, will conduct the four-week course. He will cover four main areas: the nature and technology of book materials, enemies of books and manuscripts, methods of care and treatment, and the ethics and aesthetics of book treatment. Emphasis will be placed on the printed book, but manuscripts, maps, prints, drawings, photographs, and other related materials will be covered. The emphasis is on decision-making, not "do-it-yourself" treatment •

The course carries one unit of graduate credit and will cost $88 for tuition. Course enrollment is limited to fifteen.

For additional information on the course, write the Graduate School of Library Science, 329 Library Building, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (217-333-3281). For information on housing and registration, contact Mr. Richard F. Casper, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, Box 4348, Chicago, Illinois 60680 (312-996-8560).

NEWS OF THE LIBRARY Mr* Bonn has completed a two-year assignment as Library SCHOOL FACULTY, STAFF Consultant to the newly published McGraw-Hill Dictionary AND STUDENTS of Scientific and Technical Terms....Among those mentioned

in the Daily Illini*s "Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students" in spring 1974 were Mrs. Henderson (LS 407 and LS 408), Mr. Krummel (LS 450L), and Miss Thomassen (LS 304)....The American Society for Infor­mation Science Council has confirmed the selection of Martha E* Williams, Director of the University of Illinois Information Retrieval Research Laboratory, as the new Editor of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology beginning with Volume 11....From January 6-10, Mr. Lancaster attended the Third International Study Conference on Classification Research in Bombay, India, where he read a paper and chaired one of the four main sessions. On January 13-14, he presented a seminar on information storage and retrieval for the National Science Council of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka....Ms. Krieger conducted a three day seminar (December 30-January 2) in Israel for the Israel Society of Libraries and Information Centers; the seminar covered recent developments in serials control, methods of handling serials and union lists. Ms. Williams presented a paper on "On-Line Terminal Searching: Perspective and Practice," at the Pratt Institute Conference in New York on January 20. She also presented a paper on "Interactive Bibliographic Data Base Services—Criteria" at the Symposium on Interactive Bibliographic and Data Retrieval at Western Kentucky University on January 23.

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PUBLICATIONS OF THE LIBRARY SCHOOL FACULTY AND STUDENTS

Walter Allen, "Services," in G.A. Marco and W.M. Freitag, eds., "Music and Fine Arts in the General Library,11 Library Trends 23 (January 1975), pp. 361-70,

D.W. Krummel, com., Guide for Dating Early Published Music: A Manual of Bibliographical Practices (International Association of Music Libraries, Commission for Bibliographical Research, 1974)

D.W. Krummel, "Qualifications of a Music Librarian,11 Journal of Education for Librarianship 15 (Summer 1974), pp. 53-59.

F.W. Lancaster, "Assessment of the Technical Information Requirements of Users," in Alan Rees, ed., Contemporary Problems in Technical Library and Information Center Management: A State of the Art (ASIS 1974), pp. 59-85.

F.W. Lancaster, "A Study of Current Awareness Publications in the Neurosciences," Journal of Documentation 30 (September 1974), pp. 255-72.

William B. Rouse, James L. Divilbiss, and Sandra H. Rouse, A Mathematical Model of the Illinois Interlibrary Loan Network; Project Report No. 1 (Report T-14, UI Coordinated Science Laboratory, November 1974)

Arthur P. Young, "Generating Library Goals and Objectives," Illinois Libraries 56 (November 1974), pp. 862-66.

GRADUATE ASSISTANT APPOINTMENTS

BRITTLE, Janet A., Catalog Department, Graduate Catalog Assistant, 50%, February 17, 1975

BUDDENBAUM, Nancy, Undergraduate Library, Graduate Undergraduate Library Assistant, 50%, January 11, 1975

JOHNSTON, Barbara Christine, Catalog Department, Graduate Catalog Assistant, 50%, January 6, 1975

KUCK, Pamela, Undergraduate Library, Graduate Undergraduate Library Assistant, 50%, January 11, 1975

MERCANTE, Mary Ann, Catalog Department, Graduate Catalog Assistant, 50%, January 6, 1975

OWEN, Martha, Undergraduate Library, Graduate Undergraduate Library Assistant, married Dennis Eller in May, 1974

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NONACADEMIC BUTLER, Mary, Serials Department, Clerk Typist II, NA100, APPOINTMENTS January 30, 1975.

DAVIS, Ruth, Undergraduate Library, Library Clerk II, NA100, December 16, 1974,

ELLIOTT, Carol, Modern Language Library, Library Clerk III, NA100, February 5, 1975.

ELLIS, Mary, Commerce Library, Clerk Typist II, NA100, January 30, 1975.

FELTMEYER, Tenny, Music Library, Clerk Typist II, NA100, February 10, 1975.

FISHER, Ralph T., III, Acquisition Department, Library Clerk II, NA100, March 12, 1975.

GERSTEIN, Sandra, Serials Department - Documents Division, Library Clerk II, NA100, March 10, 1975.

HORATH, Carolyn, Catalog Department, Library Clerk I - Learner, NA100, February 18, 1975.

KUNTZ, Paula M., Biology Library, Library Clerk II, NA50, January 28, 1975.

LANTER, Janet M., Circulation Department, Library Clerk II, NA50, February 18, 1975.

MEECE, Patricia, Serials Department, Library Clerk II, NA100, February 24, 1975.

MINNICH, Saraona, Chemistry Library, Library Clerk II, NA100, December 23, 1974.

MONCRIEF, Charlene, Serials Department, Library Clerk III, NA100, December 30, 1974.

PITTS, Sandra, Acquisitions Department, Library Clerk III, NA100, February 11, 1975.

SCHROER, Mary, Serials Department, Binding Division, Library Clerk II, NA100, February 11, 1975.

SEBOCK, Stephanie, Illinois Interlibrary Loans, Library Clerk II, NA100, February 3, 1975.

SHAW, Patricia, Serials Department, Library Clerk II, NA100, February 25, 1975.

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WHITE, James, Photographic Services, Clerk II, NA100, February 7, 1975.

YAPP, Betty J., Education and Social Science Library, Library Technical Assistant I, NA100, February 17, 1975.

NQNACADEMIC PROMOTIONS COBB, Delores, Circulation Department, Library Clerk I, AND TRANSFERS Learner, to Library Clerk I on December 9, 1974.

GERACI, Ann, Special Languages Department, Library Clerk II, to Library Technical Assistant I, NA100, March 24, 1975.

LATIF, Shahab, Serials Department, Binding Division, Library Clerk II to Acquisitions Department, Library Technical Assistant I on February 10, 1975.

MORRIS, Bonnie K. from Clerk II Photo Services to Clerk-Typist II in the same department, January 12, 1975.

KRAMER, Peter, Acquisitions Department, Library Clerk III to Health Sciences Library, Library Technical* Assistant I, NA100, December 31, 1974.

OSTERBUR, Doris, Catalog Department, Card Division, Clerk-Typist III to Chief Library Clerk effective February 23, 1975.

WILLIAMS, Violet, Undergraduate Library, Library Clerk III to Chief Library Clerk effective January 26, 1975.

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CO-EDITORS

Pat Hausman

Harold Leich

PROOFREADER

Pat McCandless

ARTIST

Jean MacLaury

TYPIST

Peggy Kobe

PRINTER

Patricia Roberts

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