V. 1, no. 10 of the U.B..C. Library Staff Newsletter August 1965 |t's Holiday Time - Abroad It's not that Spanish Banks and Lighthouse Park are particularly tacky BUT Lapland and Europe do possess a more colorful "aura". Read on with green lights flashingl From Lapland, With Love by Eleanor Mercer Yes, I've been to Lapland; yes, I saw lots of reindeer; no, I didn't see nomadic Lapps, In fact, it's rather difficult to make an impressive report on the tour, because so much of the area was very like Canada. Although we crossed the Arctic Circle (and I have a touristy certificate to prove it), we did not go to the very north, and we saw no tundra. There are Lapps there, of course, but they are not in evidence on the highways nor in the towns; and we'didn't go hiking off to find them. Now back to the beginning. All this was brought on by a general Invitation, via the Canadian Library Association, to attend a Swedish-Canadian conference on library service in remote areas. It was intended, of course, for public librarians; but the chief qualification was to get our- selves to Stockholm and to Lulea at the north end of the Gulf of Bothnia. Then for eight days we were guests of th< Swedish government, touring by bus through the chief towns and visiting the local libraries. At every stop we were greeted and fed by the local commune officials, and we really did get a good sampling of Swedish food— salmon smoked, poached, baked; reindeer the same (reindeer tongue, breaded and grilled is delicious); herring in many varieties of sauce; tasty breads; even rose-hip soup. Beer appeared automatically, and I soon learned why: the food is very salty. But I'm afraid we didn't look like VIP's; bus travel in warm weather means, naturally, comfortable and crushed clothing; and many a festive luncheon was delayed because of washroom lineups. Also mosquitoes were plentiful, so that our deportment at the table was not always gracious. With the fifteen Canadians on the tour came a like number of Swedish librarians, mostly from the south, and we had plenty of time to make-friends and to learn about each ©Jihers customs. In fact, by the time we started the two-day conference, we were largely talked out. We visited libraries in the various towns, and these were extremely interesting; attractive use of color, textiles, and interior design. Special treats were an evening boat trip through the archipelago of Lulea, where we saw the almost-midnight sun ( a bit late in the season); a brief look at the Finnish version of log-rolling on the very fast river which forms the border between Sweden and Finland at Overtornea, The Lapp handicrafts of reindeer horn and curly birch are very lovely, and quite sophisticated in design. Come October or November I'll have a couple of fine examples you may see if you wish; and meanwhile, I have a profusely illustrated book which depicts and explains them. During the rest of my six-week trip it rained almost constantly; in England, in Stockholm, and on the Gotha Canal (very cold). Copenhagen was rather better, almost warm when I left. Notes from the Diaries of the Journeys of a European Bibliographer. Expurgated Edition. by Hans Burndorfer & Dear Wife May 20: Was informed this day by my revered boss that I might extend my journeys in Europe to include divers publishing establishments. Evening: Was informed by my dear wife that after careful consideration she felt it wise to accompany me on these journeys. June 8 - June 16: Ried/Austria. Holidaying. Mostly wine- drinking (Details expurgated by my dear wife), June 17 - June 21: to Vienna by fast train (which means it took only a little longer than flight from Montreal to Zurich). Two wonderful opera performances: "Rosenkavalier" and "Meistersinger" (Viennese wine helped my dear wife to survive 5 hours of Wagner). June 22: Leaving for Florence tonight. Had supper in a lovely garden-restaurant where my dear wife was amazed by the excellent English of the young bus-boy who took our order. Asked him - in German - where he had learned such excellent English. With genuine Scottish accent he answered: "It's naw sae verra surprisin'. I'm frae Glasgo". June 23: Arrived in Florence ready to keep my appointment on June 24 with Sanson!, the Italian publisher. My dear wife and I wondered about the decoration and music in streets but passed it off as a manifestation of the merry nature of the Tuscan people. We knew it could not be a holiday as my dear wife - an excellent reference librarian - had checked all the Italian holidays and had planned my appointment to avoid all of them (no mean feat). But Florence and the hotel desk clerk disagreed with my dear wife, although must add In my dear wife's defense that Florence Is the only Italian city which celebrates St, Giovanni's day, June 24: Had to waste day with superb Italian food and excellent Tuscany wine in a restaurant in Fiesole watching fireworks. June 25: To business. Many apologies from Sanson!: Had been expecting me on the 24ths had my name on his calendar, but since It was a holiday he had not gone to work! Discussed business for 3 hours In English each one trying to place the other's accent. Finally discovered that he was originally from Leipzig, Concluded deal in German - he in a Saxon and I in an Austrian dialect (May the daughters of the Canadian revolution never find out), June 28: Wiesbaden, Found hotel management somewhat unfriendly. This may possibly be explained by the fact that my dear wife, when we first walked into the very ornate lobby, exclaimed in a too audible aside and lack of inhibition common to most Canadian women: "Good Lord, it looks just like a picture of a French courtesan's bedroom". (Actual words used expurgated by my dear wife), June 29: At Harrassowitz. German thoroughness combined with American efficiency kept poor Austrian stunned. The German economic miracle In miniature. July 1: The Hague. Alarmed again by music and dancing in the streets. Another holiday? But no, only Princess Beatrix' engagement and the Dutch, unlike the Italians, seem to work and celebrate at the same time. This charming efficiency of the Dutch people made dealing the Nijhoff a real pleasure. July 6: Barcelona. Tried to phone publisher, nobody seemed to know anything. Asked hotel desk-clerk to phone for me. Same result. Desk-clerk merely shrugged and tried to book us on a city sight-seeing tour. But I, with Austrian efficiency, said Goodbye to my dear wife and took a taxi to the publisher. After 15 minutes of determined argument in English and German (plus French and Spanish words) finally persuaded one of the three staff-members that he should at least take my name up to Senor Porter, At last I met Senor Porter who turned out to be both a bibliophile and a business man - somebody worth waiting for. READ THE SMALL PRINT ELSEWHERE To provide more room for Catalogue's vast backlog which is in the process of being moved into the old microfi&i room, the readers are presently housed in carrells at the south end of the Government Publications stacks. They include 5 for microfilm, 1 microprint and 1 microfiche. The newspapers and serials on film are shelved on 3 bookcases (1 more is on order) and the theses, separates and short series are filed chronologically by reel, numbers in metal cabinets. Instead of having the users sign in and out as they did in SSD, the readers are available to everyone and users are encouraged to help themselves. Any assistance needed is given by the Government Publications staff. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS REPORTS... PROGRESS' During Suzanne Dodson's trip back east for the C.L.A. Conference in June, she spent considerable time visiting various libraries in Ottawa gathering helpful tips for her embryonic division. One aspect she was particularly impressed with was their use of the Kardex instead of drawers containing 3x5 check-in cards. The Library of Parliament was most helpful in explaining their system and providing examples of series and separates cards. Upon her return a rush order was placed for a set of Kardex files. In a surprisingly short time (for the library) 6 file cabinets were delivered. These wi11 hold the records on 5 x 8 cards for all government publications received from January 1965 on. The pre-1965 publications wi11 be recorded on 3 x 5's as before. We have ordered and waited... and waited,,, for a set of 60 check-in drawers similar to those in SSD. When they arrive, and the cards transferred, we will be able to serve the public efficiently, we hope! Although the publications must now be checked out through SSD, once we -6- have all the files we wi11 be able to take over. For the first time most material will circulate. However, it will be serviced by the staff as no one wi11 be allowed into the stacks to rummage for themselves. Besides eventually relieving SSD of our files, we are gradually taking over the government series from Serials. We now handle the ordering and renewing of the subscriptions, Therefore, they will be coming directly to us instead of via Serials. To add to the collections of Government Publications, al1 governmental guides, bibliographieSj etc, which are presently scattered throughout the library will be eventually housed together. Repeat after me five thousand times: "I must not file the following in with "I". I contemporanei. I classic! Rizzoli. I Delfini, I piu famosi libri moderni. I gemelli della Vald'aosta. NOW! PLEASE NOTE I READ THISi NOSY! Rather than hold you ill in that attitude of suspended suspense two seconds longer, BIBLOS finally, and thankfully announces the POETRY CONTEST winner. It was a difficult - very - decision to reach, but top rating passes to Pat (the rat) LaVac of Acquisitions. BIBLOS promised a prize and a prize there shall be; moreover, Wednesday, September 8th, 1965 at 3:00 p.m. in the Acquisitions Division, BY THE CLOCK, there shall be a brief, but dignified official presentation. All and any are invited to attend. The poetic masterpiece of Mrs. (the rat) LaVac is hereby reprinted. -7- "It's a masterpiece" IT'S ALL IN YOUR POINT OF VIEW Help! the library's going mad. There's money in the pot. Roll the orders, hire more staff, spend the blinkin' lot. Mail room, cartons on the floor, wagons piled on high, customs howling on the phone, see our Julius fly. Acquisitions, requisitions, search the titles fast. Push the Profs, and prod .the Depts. and let the orders blast. Continuations, circulation, cataloguing GottJ Who's the vendor? What's the entry? Which fund pays the shot? Make hay you miscellaneous divs., we're really in the chips. Mac is watching manpower, and Melva's watching BIPs. Jjivoices and credit notes and filing piled on high. Budget slips and order cards and funds to verify. Letter to a vendor, spend ten thousand there — please spare a little something to circulate the air. J_oad the booktrucks, push unbounds, Fryer's in a fog. Who cares if Gerry's understaffed, we've always got back-log. Administration, what a howl. Audre on her knees, "Where's ~~ the Loan Desk?" "What's a file?" Information please. NUTSJ What's the cause and reason for this hectic atmosphere? Well read the letters down the page and GIVE A MIGHTY CHEERJ (weep a bitter tear) Pat (the rat) LaVac -8= And we asked, we did, "Why did 215 staff members not enter our poetry contest?" And perhaps you said, you did... REPLY TO AN EDITOR after Theodore Roethke Sweet staff of Biblos, I am pleased of course That you should desire my-yerse, ,., But my secrets are the colour of a different horse And you can't have my poetR,called Poem. In my division it's all jokes and fun; The staff are a bunch of good sports. But I'm down the aisle and off at a run If I show them my poem called Poem. ■, My Head runs the place the way a Head should. With a laugh and a song and a little black book. Who's that standing behind me (touch wood!) While I scribble my poem called Poem? The library's-generally the most friendly place, And you'll last forever i-f- you keep your nose clean - Unless by some chance you fall flat on your face, As I might with my poem called Poem. So you see, Biblos staff, ltes not that I've nothing about which to write. But he lives the longest who has the last laugh And burns all his poems caRed Poem. THIS YOU'RE RIGHT! BIBLOS IS LATE urtimj MONTH, There was the beer strike; the grain strike, the printer's strike and the stencil debacle. May our trespasses be forgiven!! Promotion - Definite Ture Erickson formerly of Woodward Library, has been appointed Head of Sedgewick Library as of September '•'«;. 1st, Recent Changes in Name On August 28th, Joanne Johnston of Government Publications became Mrs. Al Hayden. Recently, Margaret Wallace of Serials Division became Mrs. Cameron. On August 20th, at 10 o'clock in the morning, Susan Hand of Humanities became Mrs. Bert Port. The Library is Losing or has Lost Marjorie Howel 1 Circulation Aug, 20th Mike Matthews Circulation Aug, 27 th Cherryl Slater Circulation Aug. 31st Bern ice Ashton Ci rculation Sept . 3rd Emma Plett CIrculation Sept . 17th Dorothy James Circulation Sept . 17th Si eg!inde Steida Cataloguing Aug, 20th Gennis Walcott Catalouging Sept . 3rd Linda Hanson Cataloguing Sept . 3rd Cathy Daws Fine Arts Sept . 1st Sally Marriott Acquisi tions Aug, 27th Anne Bolton Acquisitions Aug. 6th Herbert Drow Serials Aug. 6th Chuck Forbes Special Collections Sept , 20th Rudolf Plasser Sedgewick Library Aug. 31st Ann Brennan Social Sciences Aug. 27th BIBLOS extends a particularly sad farewell to Mike Matthews, Our future poetic offerings are bound to be of inferior quality without his superior touch. 10- Losses to be Replaced by In Circulation Frances- Johnson Judith Shark Genla Davidiuk Joyce Chu Janet She1 drew Catherine Taylor Heather Anders in Cataloguing Susan Weber Katherine Kerr Greta Jones In Serials Richard Landon Teresa Sin Bronson Little In Acquisitions Marina Dos Santos Susan Gifford (nee Yuill) In Woodwa rd Catherine Hayley In Social Sciences Jo-Anne Smith In Fine Arts Diane Edwards In Law Library Assistaht Library Assistant Clerk II Clerk I Clerk I Library Assistant Clerk I Library Assistant Library Assistant Library Assistant Library Assistant Library Assistant Clerk I I Clerk I Library Assistant Clerk I Clerk I Clerk I Shirley Balon Clerk I Valerie Roddick Library Assistant (Transfer from Serrals) Aug. 20th Sept. 1st Aug. 23 rd Aug. 16th Sept. 1st Sept. 20th Sept. 7th Aug. 23rd Sept. 7th Sept. 7th Aug. 11th Sept. 1st Aug. 16th Aug. 16th Sept. 1st Aug. 9th Aug. 26th Sept. 1st Sept. 7-tfr Sept. 1st -11. In Special Collections Blair Cowan In Prebindery Solahn Faulkner Library Assistant Clerk I Sept, 21st Aug, 30th They Always Come Back A recent visitor to the library was Hilda McLean, former secretary in the main office. She left in I962 to go to McGill Library School and is now librarian of the medical library of Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. We've Arrived BIBLOS received its first piece of outside mail recently in the shape of a postcard from our touring beauty critic, Pat O'Rourke, Book of the Month Keiser, Marjorie B Fifty years of laundry writings; an annotated bibliography, by Marjorie B. Keiser and Betty J. Saneholtz, Chicago, American Home Laundry Manufacturers' Association [1964] 16'0 p. 28 cm. —Clean, clean, clean! or, What goes into the wash comes out in the bibliography, js ' -12- !ntroducing..,MORE I LLUSTR.LOUS LI BRARY STAFF The vivid brown eyes and dazzling smile you often see as you pass- the Humanities Division desk belong to Maria Horvath. After learning of some of her experiences prior to coming to Canada in 1959, you might wonder that she can sti11 smlle. She comes from Hungary, was educated in a convent school and had, in addition, commercial and language training (English, French, German and Italian). Before the war nothing too untoward happened to her, except that she was working in Vienna at the time Hitler took over Austria, and was forced to make a rapid departure. She was married in 1941 and spent the war years in Budapest "like everyone else, waiting in the cellar for a bomb to fall". One did, ruining her house, but fortunately it did not explode. The only thing which blew up was the toilet bowl; during a clear-up of rubble It was thrown Into a ravine, and hit a mine. After the war Maria lived in Rumania, Turkey, Italy and France where her husband was posted with the Hungarian legations in those countries. In 1949 they were recalled to Budapest, Thereupon her husband disappeared, without trace, and she lost all her property a second time. Maria and her infant daughter were deported from Budapest, along with 70,000 other people unpopular with the regime, to the remote countryside. She was confined to a six mile area and had to support herself by whatever work could be found in the neighbourhood. She learned to grow wheat, corn, peanuts, melons, and became something of an expert in the raising of fat swine (pigs, that is, not people). Payment for this work was usually in produce, with the employers being almost as badly off as the workers. During her enforced sojourn in the country, Maria began to write on the subject of her special interest - the history of Central European ceramics, in particular those of the Anabaptists of Hungary, She was able to -13- return to Budapest after Mr. Kruschev's advent to power (1935); her husband also being released from political prison at this time. In Budapest she worked with her father on a book about Haban pottery (this book can be found in the Fine Arts Room), in Canada, after starting her life for the third time, she has published a number of articles In Europe and the United States on her findings as a connector of Anabaptistla, both ceramlcal and historical. She remarried In 1962 but still finds time to work on an annotated catalogue ("catalogue raisonne") of pottery, and on the most recent ramification of Anabaptist studies: the Doukhobors, Her experiences as a farm worker in Hungary have left her with a life-long hatred of peanuts but an enduring interest in the problems of fat swine, as witness the following bit of British Columbiana, discovered in a Vancouver antique store: "An Act to prohibit swine and goats from running at large in the Town of Victoria; and to prohibit goats from running at large in the settled Districts of Vancouver Island".., " James Douglas " And then there are those who prefer their version of their life as opposed to the BIBLOS version of "their life". C'EST MOI by Diana Cooper (Fine Arts Room) The beginning: Mother, father and myself all born in Vancouver. - some years apart , of course. -11+= I'm "passionately" (cough, blush) fond of Vancouver. love her many moods and sea changes. Couldn't bear to live away from the sea and mountains. The 'in-between' years: Studied ballet from Mara McBirney and took Royal Academy of Dancing exams; studied painting from Charles Stegeman, a well-known Dutch painter and former Vancouver resident; spent long hours at the piano; became a vegetarian in early teens and, turning from the Christian church, became interested in oriental philosophy especially; hurried through school (thankfully) on an accelerated program; spent an important summer at Theosophical Society headquarters in Ojai Valley in California. Later: Spent a terrifying year in Education Faculty at UBC and was active in student council, finding solace in painting and climbing sojourns with Father who is a true blue B.C. Mountaineer, Switched to Fine Arts and for next three years crammed in as much English, Classics and Fine Arts as possible; favourites were Greek Art and Oriental Art; new interests were folk dancing, modern-day Vikings and even writing poetry. Graduated in 1964 from UBC with BA and a year later from Library School, after two smashing weeks field work this spring in San Francisco and Berkeley. What do I do? What do I 1ike? I like the paintings of Morris Graves and Rafael; the poetry of Walt Whitman, Shelley, and especially Edith Sitwell and Rabindranath Tagore, the music of Bach and Frederick Delius, the sea, all ships, Indian philosophy, writings of Plotinus, champagne, late dinners and old books. I I'm sketching, painting, writing poetry (shudder ), dancing, playing the piano, reading a lot (naturally - blush!), designing clothes, helping to establish a -15- center for study and research at Theosophical headquarters on Orcas Island --and dreaming about studying art in Europe, teaching at Kalashetra Art Centre in Madras, India and learning to play my guitar... Incredible Capitulations Department All these people who said (probably) they never Would, are now about to enter one of the most CHALLENGING?x*! years of their career - Library School, All have worked at some time or other In some capacity in the library. Lotsa luck! To U.B,C. Library School Brebner, Mary Buchanan, Joyce Cha, Karen Clay, Frances Damtoft, Finn Fish, Jeanette Forbes, Chuck Haughian, Terry Howell, Marjorie MacLeod, Sheila Munro, Katherine Stieda, Sieglinde Szepesi, Jane Curriculum Laboratory Ci rculation Cataloguing St. Mark's College Ci rculation Law Library Spec i a 1 Co 11ect ions Woodward Library Circulation Circulation Map Room Cataloguing Acquisitions To McGi11 University Library School Piddington, Pamela Circulation To University of London Marriott, Sally Acquisitions ">^<7F*£iZ.
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