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vol. 5, no. 2Summer 1983

ISSN 0192-5539

SAlumnus Crees Endowment for Librs Specil CollecionsUI Alumnus Creates Endowment for Library's Special CollectionsThe University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign hasreceived a major endowment gift for its collections.

Dr. E. Kenneth Gray, who received his bachelor's degreefrom UI in 1922, has made a combination of lifetime andtestamentary gifts to benefit the Library's Rare Book Room andspecial collections. Currently a resident of St. Petersburg,Florida, he has been a longtime supporter of the Library and isone of the charter members of Library Friends, joining theorganization when it was first established in 1972.

Provisions of the gift, which is in excess of $450,000, specifythat the income from the endowment is to be processedthrough Library Friends. The fund is one of the lead giftstoward establishing a $5 million Library AcquisitionsEndowment, which is part of the UI Foundation's $100 millionCampaign for Illinois fundraising drive.

Over the years, Dr. Gray's concern for the sustainedexcellence of the Library's resources has expressed itselfthrough a variety of types of support. In 1980, he enclosed anote with his contribution to Friends stating that he received"more pleasure in doing this than anything else during the

Dr. E. Kenneth Gray

year." He became a Life Member of Friends in 1981, and isalso among the first members of the University Librarian'sCouncil, a group within the Friends organization thatrecognizes individuals who have donated at least $5000 inLibrary support.

Dr. Gray has also been a responsive reader of Friendscript's"The Library is Looking..." column, which lists particularLibrary needs. In the autumn of 1980, he forwarded to Friendsa substantial gift to purchase the 9-volume folio catalog TheWinterthur Libraries Collection of Printed Books. The title, asignificant addition to the holdings of the UI Ricker Library ofArchitecture and Art, had recently been published but wasbeyond the Library's budgetary means.

Ricker Librarian Dee Wallace notes that items in theWinterthur Libraries collection, which covers a broad range ofearly Americana, are not allowed to circulate. "Thus, theadvantage of having this catalog among the UI Library'sholdings," she said, "is that the student or scholar here atIllinois can research the scope of the Winterthur resourceswithout the necessity of a trip to Delaware."

The Mathematics Library-and the University as a whole-also enjoy benefits of Dr. Gray's generosity. A subscription toMathematical Modelling was purchased for the Library with agift Dr. Gray made after he read about the need for the newjournal in Friendscript. The title could not have beenconsidered for acquisition with available Library funds when itappeared, because of budget restrictions on new journalsubscriptions.

Mathematics Librarian Nancy Anderson explained thedifference Dr. Gray's gift has made: "Each departmentallibrary collects in relatively specific subject areas, and mustoperate with curtailed funds while striving to meet the needsof its primary clientele. Because of this, MathematicalModelling, as an interdisciplinary journal, would probably stillbe on a 'wish list' if it weren't for Dr. Gray. What is reallygratifying is that, once we subscribed to this journal, acampus-wide demand for it surfaced from all disciplines.There have also been frequent requests for its articles receivedthrough interlibrary loan from library users throughout thestate."

Dr. Gray's continued generosity will benefit the Library andits countless users in many ways over the coming years. Hisgift will enable the Library to take advantage of opportunitiesto acquire special and notable items, which often becomeavailable without warning and must be spoken for quickly. Ifthe Library is to continue to keep pace with other researchcenters and to enrich its outstanding collections, it must havethe means to act promptly when such acquisitionopportunities arise. Dr. Gray's support will create a much-needed and valuable advantage here.

Prior to his retirement in Florida, Dr. Gray had a medicalpractice in the Kankakee area for many years. The Library istruly fortunate to enjoy his continuing interest in itscollections, and appreciates the opportunities for sustainedexcellence which his generosity affords.

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UI Scholar Solves a Mystery

Obscure Library Manuscript Sheds New Light on Eighteenth-Century British Artist

Because Professor John Dussingerrefused to be stumped by a mystery, hefound out that a famous 18th-centuryBritish artist and intellectual leaderknew how to read French.

By doing so, he also made an obscurehandwritten manuscript in theUniversity of Illinois Library a uniquedocument much more valuable than itsmodest purchase price.

Mr. Robert W. Rogers, dean emeritusof UI College of Liberal Arts andSciences, recommended the Librarypurchase a manuscript identified by itsseller as a rejected draft for TheAnalysis of Beauty, Hogarth's onlypublished book. Money for thepurchase came from Library Friendsfunds donated to honor Dean Rogerson his retirement by establishing theRobert Wentworth Rogers Collection ofEighteenth-Century English Literature.

Mr. Dussinger, Associate Professor ofEnglish at UI, said he has foundconclusive evidence that WilliamHogarth, the artist who ridiculed 18th-century British social life with satiricaletchings, could read and translateFrench.

Mr. Dussinger's discovery makes theHogarth manuscript much morevaluable than assumed when it waspurchased for the UI Librarycollections.

"Scholars have studied Hogarth's lifein detail ever since he died in 1764, andthey never found any reason to believehe could read French or any otherlanguage besides his own," Mr.Dussinger said. "Instead, they assumedhis friends were mainly the source ofhis knowledge of ideas coming fromthe Continent. The discovery of hisremarkable ability in French and hisliteral translating of a work on the artof painting, published in 1761, raisesfundamental questions about his wholeintellectual development from thebeginning."

Hogarth, a self-educated artist whostarted out as an engraver, set forth hisideas on art after years of conflict withcritics in The Analysis of Beauty,published in 1753. In the book heexplained the basic principles ofcomposition, especially his famous "lineof beauty," the serpentine curvesHogarth said were found everywhere innature.

Late last year, Mr. Dussinger beganpreparing the manuscript for a facsimileedition to be distributed this spring tothe Johnson Society of the CentralRegion at its annual meeting, held thisyear on the Urbana-Champaigncampus.

Prof. Dussinger searched through centuriesof treatises on art before he made thestartling match of Watelet's essay withHogarth's translation manuscript.

"At first the main difficulty with themanuscript was in reading it," Mr.Dussinger said. "With some assistancefrom Ronald Paulson, professor ofEnglish at Yale University and a leadingauthority on Hogarth, I deciphered thefaded scribbling and completed thetranscript.

"My only remaining task seemed tobe identifying a reference in themanuscript's opening paragraph-areference to an unnamed book. On theassumption that the manuscript was infact a draft of The Analysis of Beauty, Ichecked all the books mentioned in thepreface to Hogarth's treatise, andlooked through scores of books on artpublished before 1753.

"After finding nothing that matchedthe reference in the manuscript, Iproceeded in vain through more than50 treatises on art and paintingpublished from the Renaissance,beginning with such 15th-centurymasters as Leonardo da Vinci andRaphael, down to 1753," he said.

The fruitless search led him to decidethat the manuscript at the Library musthave been written after Hogarth's bookwas published and during his last years.

Next, Mr. Dussinger examined workson the theory of beauty, which he saidincreased in number and importanceby the 1760s. He then discovered thatHogarth had not referred to anotherbook at all, but had translated intoEnglish a passage from an essay writtenin French. The essay had beenpublished as a supplement to the 1761edition of The Art of the Painter,

written by French art critic Claude-Henri Watelet.

"The tortured cancellations andchanges in the manuscript reveal almostwith certainty Hogarth in the throes oftranslating a French text. This is the firstbiographical evidence of his ability inany foreign language," Mr. Dussingersaid.

"We may safely assume now that hisknowledge of French aesthetics did notdepend upon English translations orconversations with his more scholarlyfriends. Untranslated works by Frenchwriters associated with the greatAcad6mie Frangaise probably had a realinfluence on The Analysis of Beauty.

The UI scholar said French thinkerswere leaders in the study of art duringthe 18th century. They wrote influentialsystematic studies of drawing andpainting, while the English wrote almostnothing until Hogarth came along.

Dussinger said the British painter andengraver scorned the academicconnoisseurs of his day and made apoint of cultivating a reputation as anatural genius whose ideas were hisown. From the evidence of themanuscript, Professor Dussingerdecided that Hogarth actually may haveowed a debt to French writers he didnot acknowledge.

"In doing this translation of Watelet,Hogarth seemed to be preparing a newtreatise on art, something to answer thecritics of his The Analysis of Beauty. Hemust have felt threatened by the newwave of aesthetics emphasizing organicform, and probably intended to refuteit with his own principles of lines. "Watelet, "in the spirit of Rousseau,praised childlike spontaneity andprimitive inspiration for painting,instead of adhering to the canons ofform in the neoclassical tradition,"Dussinger said.

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Recent FriendsAcquisitionsFunds of more than $55,000 fromScontributions to Library Friends duringthe past fiscal year have enabled theLibrary to make notable purchases forits large research collections. Theseacquisitions, which could not havebeen obtained without the continuing

*• support of Friends, help to maintain acritical margin of excellence in theUniversity's research resources. Listedbelow are some of the items whichhave been acquired recently:

Applied Fibre Science, 3 vols. (London,1978-79)

Charles L. Dodgson, Through theLooking Glass (West Hatfield, Mass.,1982)

Early English Children's Books from theEdgar Osborne Collection, TorontoPublic Library (35 facsimile editions),Margaret Crawford Maloney, ed.

Gabriello Faerno, Centum Fabulae exAntiquis Auctoribus Delecte (Venice,1572)

Thomas Hill, The Gardener's Labyrinth;or a New Art of Gardening...(London, 1651-52)

Henri Hogard, Coup d'oeil sur leterrain erratique des Vosges (Epinal,1851)

Adam Lonitzer, Naturalis historiae opusnovum, in quo tractatur de natura...(Frankfurt, Egenolph, 1551-55)

Joseph Milner, Gibbon's Account ofChristianity Considered (1781;facsimile, West Hatfield, Mass., 1974)

Molecular Physiology (journal sub-scription)

National Genealogical Society Quarterly(journal subscription)

On Taxation No Tyranny I (1775;facsimile, New York, 1974

Marcel Proust, autograph letter, signed,to Jacques Boulenger, Paris,September 1921

East Asian collection, NorthwesternUniversity. Approximately 13,000 vols.

Herbert George Wells, 25 autographletters, signed, to George Meek,1908-10

Josephine L. Harper, A Guide to theDraper Manuscripts (Madison, 1983)

The silver punchbowl, ladle, and trays pictured above have been presented to the Library as aspecial memorial to Mary Lois Bull, who served in various positions at the UI Library for fourdecades before her retirement in 1967. These lovely serving pieces and a set of punch cupswere purchased with donations to a special collection taken by friends and former coworkersof Miss Bull in her memory. The punchbowl has been engraved with the words: "LibraryFriends; In Memory of Mary Lois Bull, 1982." The silver serving pieces were first used at thespring program reception sponsored by Library Friends and held in late April in the RareBook Room.

Miss Bull's dedication to the Library is symbolized by her return to the Library two yearsafter she retired to help piece together 15,000 partially destroyed catalog cards, a labor of 390hours. Her collection of cartoons about libraries and librarians has been donated to the UILibrary. The Library Friends has established a special Mary Lois Bull Memorial Fund,contributions to which will purchase needed titles for the Library collections.

The Library is Looking...For funds to purchase a magnificentfour-volume limited edition ofCervantes' Don Quixote. This edition,which has been made available throughthe Barcelona firm Industria de laMadera Navarro, S.A., is 1440 pages andis limited to 400 numbered sets. Thework, printed and registered in thepress of Heraclio Fournier, is printed onheavy, handmade paper and includes92 hand-retouched original colorillustrations by Henri Lemarie with 100other black-and-white reproductions ofartists' sketches and designs. Thevolumes are handbound in leather andcarry gold plaques. The work wouldmake an outstanding addition to theLibrary's holdings on Cervantes, andcould be purchased with a donation of$1350.

For gifts of music materials to enrichthe research and study resources of theMusic Library. Over the years,basements, attics, and piano bencheshave yielded some interesting andimportant resources, including copiesof popular sheet music, early jazzrecordings, and piano rolls, to mentionjust a few categories, along with musicbooks, scores and recordings. Friendscan help by alerting the Library to thelocation of various music resources and

encouraging the owners to donatethese materials. Some of the types ofresources often overlooked includesongbooks (hymnbooks, tunebooks,school or community songbooks), localdirectories of musicians, newsletters,music magazines, catalogs of musicpublishers, publications of local musicorganizations or clubs, and pictures ofmusicians and music organizations.

For donations to purchase badlyneeded equipment for the UniversityArchives. The Archives resourcesinclude materials in many differentmedia, but without the properequipment, access to these resources isdifficult. The Archives needs a cassettetape recorder/playback module; aheavy-use type can be bought forabout $300. Among other equipmentneeds are a projection screen ($100),and a copy and light stand forreproducing photographs (about $200).Contributions to purchase any of theseitems will facilitate access to theArchives holdings.

If you can help the Library with adonation or gift, please contact SandraBatzli at the Friends Office, 415 Library,1408 W. Gregory, Urbana, IL 61801(phone 217/333-7480).

friendscriptAppears quarterly in April, July, Oct.,and Jan. Editor: Linda Hoffman. Officeof Publication: Library Friends, 415Library, Univ. of Illinois, 1408 W.Gregory, Urbana, IL 61801. (POST-MASTER: Send Form 3579 to thisaddress.) Second-class postage paid atUrbana, Ill.

Scholars Named to Receive First Honorary CuratorshipsThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has instituted a newprogram honoring outstandingcontributions to the enhancement ofthe UI Library by facility members. Thefirst two emeritus faculty named toreceive the special title HonoraryCurator are Dean Robert Downs andProfessor George White.

Dr. Robert B. Downs, dean emeritusof Library administration and directorof the Graduate School of Library andInformation Science for 28 years, wasnamed Honorary Curator ofBibliography on May 10. ChancellorJohn Cribbet presented Dean Downswith a certificate at a special luncheonin the Rare Book Room. During hisyears as head of the Library, DeanDowns played a major role in buildingthe Library's collections to a leadingposition among the great researchcollections of the world. Since that time

Chancellor Cribbet (right) congratulatesDean Downs on his new title HonoraryCurator.

he has pursued his interest in greatbooks, as well as in the documentationand bibliographic control of guides andother library resources both in thiscountry and throughout the English-speaking world. Among his importantcontributions to the UI Library inrecent years have been his publicizingof its holdings through publications andspeaking engagements, his gifts to theLibrary of numerous presentationcopies sent him by librarians near andfar, and his constant availability as aconsultant about desiderata for theLibrary's acquisitions.

Dr. George W. White was honored ata luncheon on May 17. Because of Dr.White's poor health, Mrs. Whiteaccepted the certificate naming him

Honorary Curator in the History ofGeology on his behalf. Prof. Whitecame to UI as professor of geology andhead of the Department of Geology in1947. Since that time he has constantlystudied bookdealers' catalogs to selectboth source and secondary materials inthe history of geology. These resourceshave ranged from 16th- and 17th-century books of Agricola and Steno, totravel accounts from the 1700s and1800s that include topographicalinformation. Dr. White was alsoinfluential in obtaining the antiquarianstock of the New York firm of Stechert-Hafner for the UI Library.

On several occasions the Library hasenhanced its own holdings withmaterials from Dr. White's private bookcollection. Dr. White recently madeanother in a series of important gifts tothe UI Library. The volumes donatedinclude the two-volume manuscriptnotes of Samuel L. Mitchill's Course ofNatural History (New York, 1813) andthe accompanying typescript. Aresearcher's delight, the volumes willbe housed in the Rare Book Room andaugment the Library's excellentholdings in the history of science.

The University takes substantial pridein the eminence of its Library. With theestablishment of the honorarycuratorship program, the UI recognizesthe key roles individuals such as DeanDowns and Dr. White have played inbuilding the resources at the UI Libraryinto research collections respectedthroughout the world today.

The curatorship titles awarded toemeritus faculty members Dr. MarianHarman and Dr. Henri Stegemeier willbe featured in upcoming issues ofFriendscript.

Dr. George White has been influential inbuilding the Library's excellent holdings inthe history of science.

Good NumbersLCS, the Library Computer System, hasbeen working hard for patrons. LCS is astatewide system serving 23 academiclibraries in the state. The data bases ofthese libraries total over 6 millionrecords representing over 10 millionvolumes. Using a network of over 400terminals, LCS provides access to all 23collections from each terminal. LCSanswers two questions often asked bypatrons: Is the item I want owned bythe library? Is it available forcirculation? Once an item is "found"on a data base, a charge transaction canbe initiated so the item can be sent tothe patron through the statewidedelivery service.

You need not be affiliated with anacademic institution to have access tothe UI collections through LCS. All 18public library systems in Illinois haveLCS terminals, and any public library inthe state can borrow from us throughits regional library.

Recent figures show that LCS has hadrecord activity this year. Interlibraryborrowing activity figures for the firsteight months of this fiscal year show118,557 interlibrary circulationtransactions-an increase of 47.8percent over the same period a yearearlier. During the same eight months,the overall transaction rate (all inquiriesprocessed by the system) reached16,995,023-an increase of 29.25 percentover the same period in 1981/82.

Southern Illinois University atCarbondale will have its collection on-line in July of this year. At that point,the total size of the combined databases will leap, as will the amount oftransactions processed by the system.Fiscal 84 promises to show more recordfigures for LCS use.

Chicago BankDonates ResourceThe American National Bank and TrustCompany of Chicago has donated $250to the Library Friends for purchase ofSheshunoff's The Banks of Illinois forthe Commerce Library. The title is onerecommended as a valuable referencefor students in the UI businesscurricula. Assistant Professor of FinanceEdwin Scharlau noted: "We are veryfortunate to provide this educationaltool to our banking students throughthis contribution....I am very pleasedthat this acquisition is made possible bya donation from a bank that hasemployed many of our Universitygraduates and has also supported theUI in many other ways."

Thank you, American National Bank!

Collecting from the Collectors* Research centers must build to

strengths and collect those resourcesthat will augment their existingSr holdings, while meeting the needs ofpresent and future scholars. It has beenan operating principle that the best wayto strengthen research collections is tocollect from the collectors, i.e., to relyupon the specialized skills and detailedknowledge of persons who invest theirtime and money in building uniquecollections. Whether the term is"acquisitions policy," "appraisal ofprospective holdings," or "collectiondevelopment," the idea has been tocapitalize on the expertise of subjectmatter specialists. These specialists maybe collectors, investors or agents forpersons of wealth who collect or investin materials of research significance.

The acquisitive characteristic has along history. The ancients collected artand silver plate. Though worldly goodswere sometimes interred in burial plots,the more common practice was tobuild a family hoard that could beretained in a muniment room or privatearchives. Investments in land, art, plate,manuscripts, and books often providedprotection against the dangers ofdepreciating currencies.

The development of the Americanuniversity in the last century hasprovided new opportunities forcollecting from the collectors. AsThomas Jefferson's books provided thenucleus for the huge collections of theLibrary of Congress, private benefactorshave turned over their documentarycollections to academic researchcenters. Among the great collections atthe UI Library are those of AveryBrundage, Antonio CavagnaSanguiliana, Stewart S. Howe, ErnestIngold, Franklin J. Meine, CarlSandburg, George P. Stauduhar, LoradoTaft, Herbert G. Wells, and YMCAworkers Paul Anderson and DonaldLowrie.

Other institutions provide examplesof the powerful influence of collectorsand their collections. At the NewberryLibrary in Chicago, the Edward E. Ayer,William B. Greenlee, Everett D. Graffand John M. Wing gifts are among the

S"uncommon collections" described in apublication of the Newberry LibraryAssociates. At the University ofMichigan, the William L. ClementsAmericana collection formed a modelfor the effective influence and supportof a private collector upon a university.

Librarians, manuscripts curators andarchivists encourage collectors to buildtheir collections for donation to aresearch center. The collector obtains alifetime benefit in the collecting, andheirs may deduct the fair market valueof gifts from their tax liability.

Mr. Avery Brundage, '09, gave the UniversityArchives books and artifacts relating to hiscareer as a Chicago financier and presidentof the International Olympic Committee.

The collecting of books, manuscriptsand other research materials that willhave lasting or future research value isstill a problematic activity. Alljudgments are time bound.Contemporary appraisals of value maynot impress future researchers.Contrary to popular opinion, greatcollections are not the results of a largeendowment and the serendipitous"dropping of plums." A successful

collections program requiresexperienced leadership; aggressivesupport for adequate funding toacquire, describe, preserve, and usecollections; and a delicate awareness ofresearch potentials and trends.

Today, we also have a newphenomenon in that leisure has createda large class of popular culturecollectors. The collector of classic firsteditions and literary manuscripts hasbeen joined by the collector ofSuperman comics and baseball cards.Catalogs contain prices. Auctionhouses, exhibitions, flea markets, andgarage sales provide markets. Whilelittle of the documentation of the 20thcentury will possess the aesthetic orresearch value of incunabula, modernculture and technology is equallyattractive to researchers. Popularcollecting may seem far removed fromthe activities of a university researchcenter, but there are commonmotivations.

Each generation must identify,organize, preserve, and interpret itscultural heritage. The university thatfails to collect and study the past is ill-equipped to shape the future. Noinstitution has the resources to collectcontemporary documentation without aworking partnership with privatecollectors. The UI Library welcomesopportunities to discuss collecting withalumni, benefactors and friends.

-Maynard BrichfordUniversity Archivist

Friends Gifts Enhance Agriculture CollectionsThe UI Agriculture Library has beenenriched through the establishment ofa new endowment fund by Mr. andMrs. Kenneth Oberholtzer. The incomefrom the fund will be used for theacquisition of books, periodicals, andother appropriate resource, learningand study materials for the AgricultureLibrary. Mr. and Mrs. Oberholtzer, ofDanville, California, completedarrangements for the fund this spring inorder to benefit the University Librarycollections.

Endowment funds such as thisimportant assistance to the agriculturecollections enable the Library to ensuresustained growth of its collectionsduring the years ahead. Friends such asthe Oberholtzers are highly valued fortheir continued interest in the Libraryand for their recognition that privatesupport will allow the Library to remainin the forefront of research centers inthe United States.

The Agriculture Library has also beenthe beneficiary of another importanttype of support for its acquisitionsbudget. Professor and Mrs. Ari vanTienhoven of Ithaca, New York, haverecently designated a memorial gift forsubscription costs for the Journal ofAnimal Science. Mr. and Mrs. vanTienhoven made the gift in memory oftheir friends and colleagues, Dr. andMrs. W.E. Carroll. Dr. Carroll, whoreceived his Ph.D. from UI in 1914, washead of the UI Department of AnimalHusbandry (1939-46) and served asacting dean of the College ofAgriculture and director of theAgricultural Experiment Station.

The memorial gift will guarantee thatthe Agriculture Library will be able tocontinue to receive this importantprofessional journal. In times of soaringsubscription costs, this type of supportis particularly appreciated, and the vanTienhovens are to be counted amongthe Library's very special Friends.

The Fine Art of Browsing

The Illini Union Browsing Room,tucked away in the northwest corneron the first floor of the Illini Union, is alibrary where students and staff mayfind the latest issue of a magazine, anew best seller and current recordalbums.

Established in 1941, the BrowsingRoom is one of 37 departmentallibraries in the UI system, and originallywas located in the back room of theIllini Union Book Center. In 1964 itmoved to its present location, 133 IlliniUnion, an area previously known as theWedgewood Lounge. The blueWedgewood decor, antique chandelierand vases have remained unchangedsince then, the only additions being thebook and record shelves and thecirculation desk that were designed tomatch the decor.

Anne Martel, who has served asBrowsing Room librarian since 1967,issues an annotated new acquisitions listevery few months for the library'spatrons. These titles are held on the"new books" shelf for three months,and then shelved with the rest of thecollection. Except for nonfiction, themore than 4000 volumes held in theBrowsing Room are arranged accordingto subject matter rather than by callnumber.

In addition to the four newspaperssubscribed to (Wall Street Journal, TheNew York Times, Daily Illini and VillageVoice), the Browsing Room serves as acentral holding location for severalprivately subscribed internationalnewspapers. As a result, the library isespecially popular among international

students and staff, who can catch up onnews from Turkey, India, Greece, andother nations.

The library also subscribes to 43periodicals. Among the most popularmagazines are Time, Newsweek, Life, HiFidelity, National Geographic, People,Scientific American, Sports Illustrated,and National Review.

The Browsing Room's recordcollection consists of approximately1000 albums, including a variety ofclassical, folk, rock, and popular music.A small number of records featurepoetry, drama and humor.

A few years ago, Ms. Martel made asurvey of the student and facultypatrons' reading tastes. She found thatfaculty who use the Browsing Roomare, in general, real mystery buffs;students, on the other hand, preferscience fiction, and there is highcirculation turnover of these titles.Because some of the Sunday New YorkTimes readers are crossword fans, Ms.Martel photocopies the puzzle toensure its repeated enjoyment.

Browsing Room hours are 9 a.m. to10 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 11a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 p.m. to10 p.m. Sundays. Records may bechecked out five at a time for a one-week loan period. The loan period forbooks is two weeks, and for back issuesof magazines, one week. (The latestissue is reserved for use in the readingroom.)

The Browsing Room is a lovely placeto indulge yourself for a while with thepleasure of reading for pleasure; try tostop in soon.

Executive CommitteeNotesIn the fall of 1982, the UndergraduateLibrary Friends came into being as aspecial subgroup of Library Friends.Kicked off by the Susan Dunn concertlast September in Krannert's Great Hallafter almost a year of planning, theUndergraduate Friends has steadilygrown. Although composed primarilyof undergraduates, the organizationalso counts among its members anumber of graduate students, facultyand others who have a particularinterest in the Undergraduate Librarycollection and services.

The Undergraduate Library Friendswas established as a distinct group toreflect the special library needs andconcerns of the substantialundergraduate campus population atthe Urbana-Champaign campus of theUniversity of Illinois. It was anchored inthe larger Library Friends structure toreflect its role as part of the overallvolunteer effort dedicated to improvinglibrary services and collections on thecampus. As founded, the UGLF assiststhe Undergraduate Library in threeprimary goals:

1. to inform the undergraduate com-munity of the functions, resourcesand services of the UndergraduateLibrary;

2. to procure information enabling theUndergraduate Library to respondmore effectively to undergraduateinformation needs;

3. to provide appropriate supplementalsupport to enhance the Undergrad-uate Library's ability to supply qualitylibrary and information service.

Although it is still in a formative stageas an organization, the energy andenthusiasm of the UndergraduateLibrary Friends is remarkable. AlreadyUGLF members have taken it uponthemselves to assist with the springMom's Day library tours, and are wellalong in developing plans for a postercampaign to reduce the loss andvandalism rate of UndergraduateLibrary periodicals. A number of otherprojects are under enthusiasticdiscussion.

Clearly, there are undergraduateswho are interested in the quality of theUndergraduate Library collection andservices and concerned about passingon a strong resource to others.Provided an appropriate opportunity,they are proving more than willing tojoin with the Library Friends to helpdevelop and maintain the quality ofone of the nation's great libraries.

-David KohlUndergraduate Librarian

4En Alums Begin DriveAlumni of Ul's Psi chapter of PhiEpsilon Pi are going into the collection-building business. This spring, thealumni voted to donate $1000 to the UICommittee on Jewish Culture andSociety of the School of Humanities.The gift will be used in part to purchasematerials to stengthen the Library'sholdings in Jewish studies.

The fraternity has initiated a five-yearfund drive for the advancement ofJewish studies on campus. Chairman ofthe drive Mr. James M. Boruszak ex-plains that individual support will helpUI to enrich its programs, encouragefaculty research, and strengthen libraryresources. A 1981 survey concluded that"in order to improve the Library's basicand useful collection in Judaica,...thekey to acquisition of current books andretrospective purchases is supportthrough private gifts."

The first Library acquisition withfunds donated by the alumni is alimited facsimile edition of the Baby-lonian Talmud. Mr. Boruszak explained:"The earliest complete manuscript ofthis text, called Codex Munich, datesfrom 1343. It is the basis for modernJudaism and a key document in re-search being conducted at UI." Thisbook, as well as all Library acquisitionsmade with these funds, will carry aspecial bookplate displaying the frater-nity's crest.

The Friends share in the excitementabout building Library resources inconjunction with the growth of Jewishstudies at the University. The efforts ofthe Phi Epsilon Pi alumni typify theindividual involvement necessary forthe continued excellence of Ul's pro-grams and its supporting Libraryresearch collections.

Kilpeck Anthology Donated

Prof. Suzanne Griffiths, UI Classics Librarian,looks at The Kilpeck Anthology, which hasrecently been added to the holdings of theRare Book Room. This lovely book, number43 of only 50 copies produced, was recentlydonated to the Library by Prof. Griffithsthrough Library Friends. She purchased thebook while visiting her daughter in Wales.The beautifully illustrated anthologycelebrates the architectural details of the12th-century Church of St. Mary and St.David in Kilpeck, Herefordshire. It is also awork of art in itself, designed, hand set andprinted on heavy handmade paper by GlennStorhaug at Five Seasons Press near Madleyin the same county.

We Need Your HelpYou can ensure the UI Library'scontinued excellence by:

* telling others about the LibraryFriends and encouraging them tojoin

* sending us lists of potential membersand contributors

* helping the Library solicit grantsfrom foundations

* obtaining your company's ororganization's participation in amatching gift program

* passing the information aboutLibrary Friends membership on inyour newsletter or publications.

The Benefits of MembershipAs a Friend of the University of IllinoisLibrary, you receive:* Special circulation and stack privileges for

Library materials* Friendscript, the quarterly newsletter* Non Solus, the annual bulletin* Invitations to exhibits, lectures and

receptions* A 30% discount on University of Illinois

Press publicationsThe Friends welcome everyone interested inthe continued excellence of the Universityof Illinois Library. There are now over 1000members of Library Friends.

YES, I/We wish to become mem-bers of the U of I LIBRARYFRIENDSo University Librarian's Council at UIUC:

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Please make your check payable toUniversity of Illinois Foundation/LibraryFriends, 224 Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St.,Urbana, Illinois 61801. All contributions aretax-deductible.

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State & ZipMr. Boruszak (left) accepted a certificate of recognition for the alumni's efforts from UniversityLibrarian Hugh Atkinson.

CalendarExhibitsThrough August 31"Samuel Johnson and his Circle." Rare BookRoom.July 1-31"University Bands." University Archives.August 1-31"Student Government 1883-1983." UniversityArchives.August 19-September 6"Champaign County Sesquicentennial." MainCorridor, UI Library.September 1-30"Treaty of Paris Bicentennial." UniversityArchives.September 7-29"Historical Perspective of ChampaignCounty Schools." Friends Case and MainCorridor, UI Library.September 15-"Notable Acquisitions, 1982/83." Rare BookRoom. To continue indefinitely.September 30-October 16"Emblem Books." Main Corridor, UI Library.October 1-31"Memorial Stadium." University Archives.October 1-31"Memorial Gifts." Friends Case, MainCorridor, UI Library.October 17-November 7"The Illinois Contribution to City Planning:Education and Professional Practice." MainCorridor, UI Library.

EventsOctober 10"Renaissance Emblems: Proverbial Wisdomin Speaking Pictures." Barbara Bowen,speaker. Illustrated lecture, withaccompanying exhibit. Refreshments, 3:30p.m.; lecture, 4 p.m. Rare Book Room.

VolunteerRecognition CoffeeThe Friends volunteers havecontributed valuable service to theLibrary over the past year through anumber of different projects, fromcleaning and oiling rare books, toserving as tour guides, to researchingcatalog cards. This spring Mrs. SarahBalbach served as hostess for a specialvolunteer recognition coffee andprogram in her home. Volunteers werepresented with silkscreened scarvesfeaturing the anchor mark/design of15th-century printer Aldus Manutius.The recognitions and presentationswere made by Volunteer Servicescochairperson Donna Follmer and UILibrarian Hugh C. Atkinson. After therecognition and awards, Mrs. LorenaNeumann presented a book report onThe Anatomy of Bibliomania byHolbrook Jackson. To the delight of thegroup, Mrs. Neumann also readexcerpts from some of her owntreasured old books.

On behalf of the Library, Mr.Atkinson summed up the Library'ssentiments about these volunteerefforts: "Keep it up; we need you!"

Mr. Atkinson and Mrs. Follmer congratulateMrs. Lois johannsen (right), one of 29Friends volunteers honored.

Automoting FriendsWhen Library Friends was founded in1972, it wasn't too difficult to keep tabson our 366 members. Today there aremore than 1600 members, and Friendsare a geographically diverse and verymobile group. Keeping track manuallyis no longer an easy job.

Sometimes the Friends Office needs alist of the names of members inalphabetical order, sometimes in zip-code order (to mail Friendscript to youas cheaply as possible). Sometimes theneed is to know who volunteers time atthe Library; or who has madecontributions to particular funds. Forthese kinds of needs, automation is justwhat the doctor ordered.

So, the Friends Office staff have putin countless hours of encoding andprogramming effort to put our LibraryFriends membership roster oncomputer. The computer will make "listmaintenance" a comparatively easymatter. But the conversion task hasbeen immense, and now that we havereached the proofreading stage, weneed your assistance.

Please look over your mailing labelbelow very carefully. Is your name theway you want it to appear? Is youraddress correct? If there are correctionsto be made, please notify the FriendsOffice right away. (The best way is tomail your label with corrections markedon it to Library Friends, 415 Library,1408 W. Gregory, Urbana, II 61801.)Thank you-we appreciate your help.

P.S.-Always remember to include theLibrary Friends Office among thefriends you notify of your change-of-address-if we don't know where youare, it costs over $1 in postage returncharges, corrections labor, andforwarding postage in order to sendyour mail (by then, outdated) to theproper address. Thanks.

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