would appeal strongly to a man who was about to erect a silo, and if he could get the material he almost surely would be glad to read it.

It would probably require something in the nature of a parcel library to supply the material that would be referred to in this way. The question sheet would of course need to bear a statement as to how and where the material to answer the questions could be borrowed.

In like manner topics for discussion could be furnished with references to material in the manner that briefs for debate are now distributed. These topics might be used in programs for meetings of the local institute organizations in those states where such organizations exist. In other states the formation of farmers' clubs to promote such discussion could be advocated. Many a man might

be induced to read in preparation for a formal discussion before a club, who would never get around to do so just for his own information.

Let me say in conclusion that it would seem to me that there is here outlined a profitable opportunity for coöperation between our libraries and the farmers' institutes and short course. How the suggestions will work out in practice I am frank to confess I do not know. We hope, however, to give some of these propositions a chance to demonstrate their usefulness in our state during the coming year.

The chairman then called on the Hon. W. A. Lloyd, to tell something about the "Smith-Lever bill" which is before Congress and which is intended to assist in the work being done by the county agents. Adjourned.

Officers for 1914-15-President-E. J. Lien, State Librarian, St. Paul, Minn.; 1st Vice-President-C. Will Shaffer, State Law Librarian, Olympia, Wash.; 2nd VicePresident-Mrs. M. B. Cobb, State Librarian, Atlanta, Ga.; Secretary-Miss Gertrude E. Woodard, Law Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; TreasurerEdward H. Redstone, Social Law Library, Boston, Mass.; Executive Committee: President, 1st Vice-President, 2nd VicePresident, Secretary, Treasurer; O. J. Field, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.; F. O. Poole, Association of the Bar, New York City; Frederick W. Schenk, Law Library, University of Chicago; E. O. S. Scholefield, Provincial Library of British Columbia, Victoria.

Official Organ of the Association-Index to Legal Periodicals and Law Library Journal, published quarterly and cumulated annually. Subscription $5 per year, including the annual cumulative number. Managing editor, Frederick W. Schenk, Law Library, University of Chicago. Busi

ness managers, The H. W. Wilson Co., White Plains, N. Y.

The ninth annual meeting of the Association was held May 25-26, 1914, in the red parlor of the New Ebbitt House, in Washington, D. C.

At the preliminary session on the morning of May 25, the reports of officers and committees were read and problems connected with the publication of the Index to Legal Periodicals and Law Library Journal were discussed. Suggestions for the improvement and extension of the latter were made by Mr. F. D. Colson of the New York state law library, in a paper which, owing to his inability to be present, was read by Mr. Hendrickson of St. Paul, Minn. The business management of the periodical has recently been taken by the H. W. Wilson Co., of White Plains, N. Y., who publish it for the Association.

A letter from Secretary L. Stanley Jast, inviting our members to attend the an

Mr. G. E. Wire, Worcester,
Mass., and Mr. A. J. Small,
Des Moines, Iowa.

Library of Congress Cards.

Is it expedient for the small law 11. brary to use the Library of Congress cards?

Miss G. E. Woodard, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Mr. E. H. Redstone, Boston, Mass.

Law Librarians.
What should be their training, in busi-
ness efficiency, knowledge of library
science and of law?

Miss E. M. H. Fleming, Fort
Wayne, Ind., and Mr. E. A.
Feazel, Cleveland, Ohio.

Law Annotations.
The importance of annotations and in-
dexing.

Miss C. H. Smith, Springfield, Mass., and Miss N. Louise Ruckteshler, Norwich, N. Y. The County Law Library from the Law. yer's Point of View.

Mr. W. H. McClintock, Springfield, Mass.

The County Law Library from the Bookseller's Point of View.

Mr. E. W. Hildreth, Boston,
Mass.

Jottings, Thoughts and Suggestions.
Mrs. M. C. Klingelsmith,
Philadelphia, Penn.

The two formal sessions were held in the morning and afternoon of May 26, at which times the following addresses and papers were listened to:

The Functions and Jurisdiction of the Court of Customs Appeals, by Hon. William L. Wemple, Assistant Attorneygeneral of the U. S.

Some Auxiliaries of Statute Revision, by Mr. Arthur F. Belitz, Assistant Revisor of Wisconsin.

English Law Libraries by Mr. George F. Deiser of Hirst Free Law Library of Philadelphia.

Legal Literature of Central and South America by Mr. Charles E. Babcock, of The Pan-American Union, Washington, D. C.

The Monthly List of State Publications, by Dr. H. J. Harris, Chief of the Division of Documents of the Library of Congress.

The Promulgation of the Acts of Congress, by Mr. Henry L. Bryan, Editor of Laws, State Department.

Bill Drafting, by Mr. Middleton Beaman, in charge of Legislative Drafting Research at Columbia University, New York.

All the papers, addresses, reports, discussions and proceedings will appear printed in full in the July and subsequent numbers of the Law Library Journal.

At the conclusion of the program some unfinished business was disposed of; a vote of thanks was extended to all who had contributed to make the sessions so successful and pleasurable and the meeting adjourned sine die.

was to have read entitled "Methods followed and results achieved by 'International notes and queries' and similar enterprises," was omitted.

Mr. A. G. S. Josephson, secretary of the Index Office, of Chicago, presented a paper entitled "Index office, its nearer purpose and its larger aim." 2

This was followed by a paper entitled "The Boston coöperative information bureau in the light of three years of service," by G. W. Lee, of Boston, president of the bureau.

After informal discussion from the floor Mr. R. H. Johnston, librarian of the Bureau of Railway Economics, Washington, D. C., read a paper entitled "Coöperation and the special librarian: Can librarians themselves coöperate in ways that will be helpful and at the same time practical? Can coöperation be reduced to a simple system which will work itself?"

At the close of this paper a motion was made by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mr. Meyer, that there be a Nominating committee appointed to bring in nominations for officers for the ensuing year at a subsequent meeting. Motion carried. Motion was made by Mr. Macfarlane, and seconded by Mr. Lee, that the chair appoint this Nominating committee. Motion carried. The chair appointed: Mr. John A. Lapp, chairman; Miss O. Z. Massey; Miss O. M. Imhoff; Mr. G. W. Lee; Mr. F. N. Morton. The meeting adjourned at 4:37 p. m. SECOND SESSION

The second session was called together May 28 at 10:20 a. m. on the mezzanine floor of the New Willard Hotel by Mr. D. N. Handy, president.

The first paper presented was "A national center for municipal information," by Mr. John Cotton Dana.

The question of whether or not discussion should take place regarding Mr. Dana's paper being raised by the president,

motion was made, seconded and carried, that we proceed with the reading of the papers.

2 Special Libraries, June, 1914, p. 98. Special Libraries, June, 1914, p. 92.

Thereupon Mr. Edward A. Fitzpatrick, secretary of the Committee on practical training for public service, of the American Political Science Association, presented a paper entitled, "The special library and public efficiency." *

The president then announced that owing to the delay in the appearance of Mr. E. C. Wolf, of the Curtis Publishing Company, his paper would be presented at the evening session.

Then Miss Orpha Zoe Massey, librarian of the Retail Credit Company of Atlanta, presented a paper entitled, "The business library-A means for developing employees."

Brief discussion followed the papers.

On motion of Mr. Marion, duly seconded and carried, the meeting was resolved into a brief business session.

Upon the call of the president, Mr. Lapp read the report of the Nominating committee. The following list of officers was submitted:

Mr. R. H. Johnston,

For President: Washington, D. C. For Vice-President: Dobbins, New York.

For Secretary-Treasurer: Marion, Boston, Mass.

For One Member of Executive Board (to hold office for two years): Miss Marion R. Glenn, New York.

On motion of Mr. Morton, duly seconded and carried, the nominations were closed.

On motion of Mr. Morton, duly seconded and carried, the secretary was instructed to cast one ballot for the nominations made by the Nominating committee. The secretary did then cast one ballot for the above-named officers.

Meeting adjourned 12:18 p. m.

THIRD SESSION

The third session was called together May 28 at 8:43 p. m. in the gridiron room of the New Willard Hotel by Mr. D. N. Handy, president.

Special Libraries, June, 1914, p. 89.

Motion was made and seconded that the secretary purchase a gavel for use of future presidents in conducting the meetings. Motion carried.

The report of the treasurer was then called for. The secretary read the same, and motion was made by Mr. Brigham and seconded by Mr. Chamberlain that the report of the treasurer be accepted, audited and filed. Carried.

Motion was made by Mr. Macfarlane, and seconded by Mr. Campbell, that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to audit the books. Carried. The chair did then appoint Mr. C. A. Chamberlain, of Boston, Mr. F. N. Morton, of Philadelphia, and Miss S. A. Halliday, of S. Orange, N. J., as members of this committee. They, thereupon, withdrew from the room with the treasurer's records.

Motion was made by Mr. S. H. Ranck, and seconded by Mr. H. O. Brigham, that a honorarium of $25.00 be paid to the secretary and the editor of Special Libraries for services for the current year.

On call of the president, Mr. G. W. Lee reported the results of the round table conference held the preceding evening devoted to the discussion of classification systems for special collections. Motion made by Mr. Lee, and duly seconded, that a committee be appointed by the Special Libraries Association to consider the various schemes of classification as to their applicability to special library collections with the purpose of evolving through cooperation some uniform system which may be adapted to the different special fields of library work.

Mr. G. E. Marion then reported the results of the discussion at the round table on the preceding evening devoted to clip. pings and magazine articles in a special library.

Motion was made by Mr. Marion, and seconded by Mr. Lapp, that the Clippings filing committee, under the chairmanship of Mr. Jesse Cunningham, be continued and asked to report at the next annual meeting.

The president then called for other round table reports, but the leaders being absent, business was proceeding, when Mr. H. H. B. Meyer entered the room and reported the results of the round table held the preceding evening under his charge upon the subject of "Coöperative analytic indexing of a selected number of engineering societies' proceedings." At the close of this round table Miss Frick offered a motion that a committee of five be appointed by the chairman of the meeting (Round table No. 4), Mr. Meyer, to consider the indexing of technical literature and see if it is feasible. This motion was adopted by the round table and the following committee was appointed by Mr. Meyer: Mr. W. P. Cutter, chairman; Miss E. H. Frick; Mr. R. H. Johnston; Mr. W. B. Gamble; Mr. F. N. Morton.

Motion was made by Mr. Campbell, and seconded by Mr. Lapp, that the report as made by Mr. Meyer be adopted. Carried.

Mr. Campbell, of New York City, then presented the following resolution:

Whereas: It is the consensus of opinion of the membership of the Special Libraries Association that there is a strong and growing demand for more and efficient coöperation among those engaged in municipal reference work, and

Whereas: A national center for mu nicipal information seems best fitted to meet the demand, and

agreement

Whereas: There is no as to where this work can be most advantageously done, now therefore

Be it resolved: That the president. appoint a committee of five to investigate and make recommendations to the Special Libraries Association on or before the next meeting of said association as to the existing sources of information and the condition under which this information may be obtained, and if it appears desirable, to establish a central organization to report as to the location, support, organization and management of such national center for municipal information.

Motion was made by Mr. Campbell, and seconded by Mr. Macfarlane, that the

above resolution be adopted. This was discussed at some length by Mr. Ranck and Mr. Lapp. Motion finally carried. The chair did then appoint the following gentlemen to constitute this committee: Mr. John Cotton Dana, chairman; Mr. H. E. Flack; Mr. John A. Lapp; Mr. Samuel H. Ranck; Mr. R. H. Campbell.

The secretary then read the minutes of the meeting of the Executive board held at 1:30 p. m. of that day. Motion was made by Mr. Macfarlane, and duly seconded, that this report of the Executive board be accepted and adopted as a whole, with the exception of the item relating to the appointment of a committee to have charge of the publication by the Association of a book descriptive of the special library movement. Motion was

carried.

Motion was made that we now take up the matter of the training of special librarians. Mr. O. E. Norman, who was the chairman of the first committee to collect data upon this subject, then briefly outlined his views upon the subject. Motion was made and duly seconded that a new committee of three be appointed by the chair to continue the work upon training for special librarianship. Motion carried. The president announced that he would defer his appointments until a later date.

Motion was made by Mr. Brigham, and duly seconded, that a committee of three be appointed by the president to publish a book devoted to the special library movement. This motion was discussed by the secretary, Mr. Bell of Illinois, and Mr. Chamberlain of Boston. An amendment to the above motion was then offered to the effect "that the action of this new committee should be subject to the authority of the Executive board" and was accepted. The original motion was then put and carried.

Mr. Handy then relinquished the chair to the vice-president and reported as chairman of the Publicity committee appointed by the Executive board at Kaaters

kill. Motion was made by Mr. Handy, and seconded by Mr. Marion, that the present committee as constituted be continued. Motion was carried.

Mr. Handy then reassumed the chair and introduced Mr. E. C. Wolf, of the Curtis Publishing Company, who presented a paper entitled, "Collected information in print and the training of employes of the Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia." Motion was made by Mr. Lee, and seconded by Mr. Lapp, that this paper be accepted and filed. Carried. Very free discussion followed Mr. Wolf's paper regarding the appointment of a committee to work out the ideas which he had presented in his paper. Awaiting the presentation of this motion in good form, business proceeded as follows.

Motion was made by Miss Glenn, and seconded by Mr. Lee, that the exhibits displayed at this convention be sent to Boston where they should be held subject to the call of the exhibitors themselves. Motion was carried.

Announcement was then made of the Executive board meeting to be held on Friday morning, May 29, at 11 o'clock.

At this point Mr. Wolf, after conferring with Mr. Lapp, presented the following resolution:

Whereas: The reference or technical library in the corporation meets the needs of a few, enlarging the information of those few along highly specialized lines, there is a great need for a library which will reach all employes in every business organization. A general business library, established and developed to increase the knowledge of each employe in his particular line of work and to fit him for the job ahead, will be a definite factor in increasing human efficiency and thereby advancing industrial progress,

Resolved: That a committee of three be appointed by the president to investigate the business library problem in corporations, for the purpose of making such an institution a factor for increasing the efficiency of ALL the employes; and to develop concrete methods to be furnished to those corporations which desire to establish libraries for that purpose.

* Special Libraries, June, 1914, p. 96.