essenger
Oregon State University Libraries
Volume 3, Number 2
A Docent Program
at Kerr Library
COULD WE HAVE A DOCENT PROGRAM AT KERR? Docent programs have
existed in museums as part of the
educational effort for many years and are
usually carried out by volunteer members,
who offer informal talks to the public.
Volunteers become docents by completing
a training period and then maintaining
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Mr. Jean-Marie Paul
Kerr Catches French Connedion
For the first time since its founding in
c.1880, the OSU Libraries are hosting a
foreign librarian for six months.
Mr. Paul, who is a French science
librarian at the Bibliotheque Nationale et
Universitaire of the University of Strasbourg,
France, joined his OSU counterparts on
April 1, 1987. His exchange partner, Ms.
Linda J. Rober of the Science-Technology
Division of Kerr Library, is working at his
library from March to September.
Mr. Paul and Ms. Rober are participating
in a Fuibright Commission exchange
arranged through the cooperative efforts
of the Commission Franco-Americaine
d'Echanges Universitaires et Culturels in
Paris and the [American} Association of
College and Research Libraries in Chicago.
Mr. Paul is learning about Kerr Library's
operations and procedures as well as
contributing to them from a French
perspective. Since one of his great passions
is the clarinet, he hopes to be able to
explore U.S. music collections in his free
time.
Mr. Paul is accompanied by his wife,
Michele. The participants keep the salaries
from their respective institutions but
exchange residences, cars, bills and high
hopes.
their knowledge of the collection through
attendance at regular lectures.
Docent programs have been enormously
popular. They form the type of venture that
is certain to succeed because everyone
who comes in touch with it gains from it.
The general public is pleased with the
unexpected welcome and attention; museum members are delighted to have an
opportunity for deepening their understanding of the collection; docents feel
richly rewarded as they reach new levels of
self realization and exercise their generosity;
the museum stengthens its ties to the
community in the exchange and discussion
of ideas with the public, the members, and
the docents.
Is it too optimistic to hope that a program
that works for a museum will also work for
a library? The Friends of the Library Board
of Directors has given some thought to this
and concluded that it could work very
well.
Although a library is a collection of
books which are treasured first for the
ideas and information contained in them,
there are those books that are so beautiful
or rare or old that they are treasures in their
own right. In libraries, however, more than
in museums, these treasures are often
hidden, protected in special collections
and closed vaults. An interpreter is needed
to point out the treasures on the shelf and
unlock the door to the vault.
Such beautiful and rare and old volumes
exist in the collection of Kerr Library.
Innumerable lovely butterflies are waiting
to be set free from the twenty-one volumes
of Macrolepidoptera of the World; a limited
edition of The Works of Charles Dickens
printed on handmade paper, bound in red
morocco can be admired; a first edition of
Sir Walter Scott's Quentin Durward is an
extremely rare volume; a handprinted and
illuminated Flemish manuscript, an antiphonal, composed of Gregorian chants, is
probably the oldest volume in the collection.
Summer 1987
Beyond the beautiful, rare, and old are
other secrets that bear unlocking such as
the map room, the tile mosaic on the
second and third floors, and local history,
tucked away in microfilmed newspaper
files.
Museums draw on their members for
volunteers to operate a docent program. At
Kerr, we look to the Friends of the Library
to find people who want to be part of this
exciting project. A training program is a
considerable investment by the library.
Docent trainees should be highly motivated,
dependable people. We know we can find
them among the Friends of the Library.
The Board of Directors has asked a few
of the members to form a Steering
Committee for the project and to begin the
planning process. At the February board
meeting, a member of the Docent Council
at the Oregon Art Institute in Portland
made a presentation and answered
questions. The selection of docent trainees
and the organization of training sessions
are the first steps to be taken. There will be
a brief report on the project at the annual
meeting in April and a call for applications
to the docent training program.
Could we have a docent program at
Kerr? Why not?
Friends of the Library Luncheon
April 18, 1987
Some 50 Friends of the Library gathered
in the Forum on the Saturday of Easter
weekend. Punch and conversation was
enjoyed from 11:30am until noon when
we were welcomed by President Freya
Hermann. She thanked Alice Doty, Charlotte Thompson and Jean Harman for the
organization of this 1987 luncheon and
annual meeting.
After an enjoyable meal, President
Hermann began the business meeting with
the introduction of special guests, Vice
President Spanier and Associate Vice
President Fullerton. Also welcomed were
OSU President and Mrs. John Byrne and
Dr. Melvin George, Director of Libraries,
and Mrs. George, all of whom are staunch
FOL members.
Board members who were retiring were
thanked for their years of service. Hal Moe
has served as chairman of the Fund Raising
Continued on Page 3
Dr. Marvin George, Director of the Library
Notes From the Director of
Libraries
During the past year, the University has
been engaged in the development of a
strategic plan which President Byrne has
described as a "guide for change and a call
for action." The preliminary plan which
was released in early February identifies
ten programmatic goals for Oregon State
University, and ten functional goals. Goal
five in the "functional" list relates to the
improvement of the libraries of the
University. "Massive infusion of resources,"
the report says, "will be necessary if the
Kerr Library is to meet its responsibility to
OSU as a comprehensive research university." The basic assumption of the goal is
that a research university ought to support
a research library. What is a research
library and how does it differ from other
libraries?
Of course, a research library has all of
the characteristics which spring to mind
when we think of libraries generally, but
there is a difference between most libraries
and a research library. Most libraries
devote their energies primarily to serving a
particular constituency at a particular time
for a particular purpose. A research library
is char.cterized by an unusual concern for
service which reaches beyond the time
and place in which the library is located.
Research libraries are investments in the
future and have the same faith in future
improvement which pervades the whole
notion of education and research. The
arguments in favor of support for research
libraries are similar, therefore, to the
arguments in favor of support for research
and education, and especially for the
support of basic research. Basic research is
supported, not because one can identify a
specific or immediate result, but because
one believes that the future will reward
today's efforts even though the nature of
the reward is impossible to anticipate.
Genetic research has led to new plant
strains and bioengineering; anthropological studies have led to organizational
theory and work in group dynamics.
Development of research libraries is one
equivalent of basic research. They are the
basic component upon which scholars
from every field build. The Renaissance has
been credited for the existence of monastic
libraries which preserved the learning of
ancient Greece and Rome. According to
the Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "the most
spectacular and far-reaching scientific
development during the Renaissance was
the heliocentric theory advanced by
Copernicus." Copernicus found hints
about Pythagorean cosmology in ancient
works which had been preserved in
monastic librariesperhaps the first research libraries. Thus, research libraries
collect today what may be useful tomorrow.
The most visible result of the research
status of the libraries of Oregon State
University is the new Linus and Ava Helen
Pauling collection. It is difficult to predict
what use scholars of the future will make of
the Pauling collections. Perhaps they will
be the starting point for innovation in
molecular chemistry or crystallography or
medicine or one of the many other fields in
which Dr. Pauling has worked. Or perhaps
material in the collection will produce an
insight into our search for peace among
nations.
A research library is also dedicated to
providing service beyond the confines of
the place in which it is located and the
people who are its primary clientele.
Comprehensive collections, even in limited subject areas, are expensive to
develop and maintain. Society can afford
only a few such repositories of information.
Consequently, a research library must
serve the broad interests of society.
Collections which have been developed at
OSU often are not duplicated elsewhere.
Thus scholars within the state, across the
region and throughout the nation and the
world are dependent upon what is
collected and preserved here. If the OSU
libraries do not collect and preserve
materials in certain subject areas, those
collections will not be available anywhere.
Below in this newsletter appear paragraphs from two letters received from
library users crediting the OSU libraries
with aiding them in their businesses. The
library materials which were used in both
instances were collected primarily because
they might be of interest to students or
faculty of Oregon State University, but
such materials serve a much broader
constituency. In these cases, the constituency included the business community in
Oregon. Direct relationships between
library collections and commercial benefits
are often difficult to establish, but many
times libraries serve as the catalyst for new
ideas and economic development.
Research libraries perform an important
service to society but they are rare. In the
United States only 104 such libraries have
been identified to qualify for membership
in the Association of Research Libraries.
That is not many institutions upon which to
stake our future. Yet, the efforts of those
libraries to preserve recorded knowledge is
likely to be as important to our future as
the collections of ancient scholarship were
to the Renaissance and to our own stage of
enlightenment. The institutions which
undertake to support research libraries
commit themselves to a purpose and a
tradition which lies at the very heart of the
preservation and development of civilization.
To the Interlibrary Loan Staff
Your office has always been more than
helpful to us and we believe that you have
played a large part in our success in
receiving government awards. You have
given us the capability of having access to
recent scientific research which we could
not otherwise receive in our geographicallyisolated location. Bend Research is considered one of Central Oregon's leading
businesses, and your service has boosted
our success and the economy of Central
Oregon. If you've never thought of
yourselves as an important link in this
educational/governmental/private enterprise chain, then perhaps this small
"thank-you" letter will help you realize
your importance to us.
Nola Weber
Research Librarian
Bend Research
To Hatfield Marine Science Center
I was reflecting upon my small successes
over the last two years and once more
reminded myself of the increasing reliance
our society is placing upon the use of
information, my next thought was of you
and the important role you have played in
helping me over the last two years. As
you know I have been involved in a
number of areas associated with the
commercial harvest of marine fish stocks.
Having a resource library of the quality
of yours has made my efforts much more
productive.
Fred E. Van Noy, Ph.D.
Newport, Oregon
Continued from Front Page
Committee, and Alice Wallace has been a
provocative member of the board and has
given invaluable editing help for the
"Messenger." Alice Doty, whose term on
the board had expired, agreed to remain
for another term. Susan Dyer, from
Hewlett-Packard, asked to be excused
from the remainder of her term of office. In
her place she recommended Megah Shyam,
also of Hewlett-Packard. The Board of
Directors, at its last meeting, accepted the
recommendation. The nominating committee received acceptance from three
nominees, Professor Darold Wax, Professor Emeritus Berlan Lemon, and Yvonne
Lee, past librarian at Linn-Benton Community College. Chairman of the nominating
committee, Charlotte Thompson, moved
and it was seconded that these nominees
be accepted as new members of the Board.
The meeting approved the proposal
unanimously.
President Hermann then introduced her
successor, Sheryl Bennett, who has accepted the position of incoming President.
Mrs. Bennett is Assistant Director of the
Corvallis-Benton County Economic Development Partnership.
For the final item of the business meeting
President Hermann introduced Dr. Melvin
George, the treasurer for Friends of the
Library. The financial report reflected a
remarkable increase in members of the
organization this year. Dr. George explained that this was due to the new
method of solicitation of the alumni by the
OSU Foundation. Suggestions for allocation
of gifts had been given to donors, and the
Friends of the Library was one of these.
The result has been a substantial increase
in the FOL income, which should reach
$28,000 by the end of the fiscal year, June
30. From this, the Board of Directors has
already allocated $18,000 to be spent for
the annual project, the augmentation of
the Linus Pauling Special Collection.
Certain expenses already incurred such as
the "Messenger," mailing costs, stationery,
and some funds for early activity in
1987-88, made up the balanced budget.
President Hermann then introduced Dr.
Graham Spanier, saying that with the influx
of "new" vice presidents on campus, she
felt it was important to meet and hear the
ideas that are planned for OSU. The Vice
President for Academic Affairs and Provost
said he was pleased to be considered
"new." He outlined some of the plans for
Oregon State University and stated that the
OSU Libraries are high on the priority list.
Increased staff, increased funding for
acquisitions, and special collections and
increased space are the ultimate goals.
Dr. George then came to the podium.
He reflected on his first three years at OSU
and his association with the Friends of the
Library and their Board of Directors. He
indicated that some have shown great
dedication and concern and that it was
appropriate to recognize these individuals.
This year he presented the second Director
of Libraries' Award to one who has been a
member of Friends of the Library for many
years. She served on the Board and was an
important part of the expansion of the
organization. For the past three years she
planned the Annual Meeting and arranged
other activities such as last year's summer
picnic. Dr. George was pleased to present
this award to Alice Doty, better known to
many of us as "Chickie."
Dr. George then introduced the speaker,
"a man who dedicates his life to the
preservation of the past so that it may form
a continual part of our future." He is a
preserver of important historical artifacts
which will enable new generations to look
at the original works and perhaps make
different interpretations.
Mr. Jack C. Thompson is owner and chief
conservator of the Thompson Conserva
tion Laboratory in Portland. Since 1976 he
has worked to preserve materials for the
Oregon Historical Society, Mt. Angel
Abbey Library and for many other private
individuals and organizations. Mr. Thompson also trains volunteers in the complex
processes of conservation and is doing
research to develop new preservation
methods. He has published widely in the
field of ancient books and the materials
from which they were made.
At present Mr. Thompson has an
intriguing assignment as the conservation
consultant for the "Magna Carta in
America" project. A copy of the Magna
Carta from Lincoln Cathedral, England,
written in 1215, is touring the United States
as part of the celebration of the bicentennialof our Constitution. Mr. Thompson is
responsible for the safety and security of
the exhibit and its transportation.
Mr. Thompson made an interesting
presentation, illustrated with excellent
slides. His repair and conservation work is
confined mostly to books from the 12th to
16th Centuries. These have paper of more
durable quality and are more valuable than
later works, thus the high cost of repair
makes expenditure worthwhile. The state
of repair of valuable books around the
country is of great concern. Mr. Thompson
estimated that in the Library of Congress
there was a loss of about $40,000 per day
due to deterioration of historic materials.
This is taxpayers' money!
Turning to the work of repair, Mr.
Thompson remarked that the leather used
in book binding long ago was of better
quality than today's products. Wherever
possible the original materials are incorporated in the restoration. Often the stitching
of pages does not need attention. Sometimes when torn or broken covers are
removed it is found that repairs have
already been made, perhaps in the 18th or
19th centuries. Many such repairs were of
poor quality. The glue was of lowest grade.
Often the pages were reduced in size,
perhaps to remove tears or irregular shapes
or so that the edges might be gilded, or
perhaps to reduce the cost of restoration.
In reviewing bindings, Mr. Thompson
showed how earlier repairs could be
identified. Some string bindings were
poorly set; these he replaces, frays and an
overlay is applied to protect the external
leather. Leather bindings were sometimes
set with iron pins; these he replaces with
brass pins and the leather is recessed in the
boards and covered. Some boards were
split by the pins of the clasps. Such boards
are glued and then held more firmly with
butterfly inlays of wood. New leather is
used to cover the boards but remaining old
leather is then replaced on top.
When present, the original clasps of
large books are replaced. Sometimes
books which need repair have no clasps.
Either they never had them or they were
not replaced during earlier repair work.
This may have caused distortion of the
pages which, without the pressure of the
boards, absorb moisture or dry out. Mr.
Thompson designs and makes new clasps
for those books which need them.
One slide showed a book of so many
pages that it was almost cuboid. This
structure created damage to the spine in
two places where the opened book had
broken into thirds. In this case the
conservation of the pages was more
important than the original form of the
tome; hence when repaired this book
became a three-volume set.
Finally, Mr. Thompson described some
of his work with the safe-keeping of the
Magna Carta. He discovered that there
were few regulations ascribed to the
transportation and exhibition of the
document. Thus he designed the special
configuration of the exhibition case such
that control of the humidity and temperature could be assured. An electronic 'eye'
was also installed close to the parchment
so that excess light immediately sets off
signals, which have frightened some
museum guards! The packing case, which
encloses the exhibition case and its
controlled environment, has caused some
problems with vans that were not large
enough and with doors of buildings or
elevators which were not wide enough!
Mr. Thompson remarked that until January
1988, while the exhibition travels around
the USA, he is on call day and night
because there may be failure in the
protective system. The schedule of the
exhibition on the West Coast was not
known.
Some questions followed, reflecting the
interest of people present, and President
Hermann thanked Mr. Thompson for
giving us a better understanding of his
work and its value to our heritage. She
then relinquished her place as President to
Sheryl Bennett who in turn thanked Mr.
Thompson and then adjourned the meeting.
John V. Byrne
President
Oregon State University
As I have thought about the books, I
have tended to think about those periods
of my life during which I was most
susceptible to influence. The books which
stand out are not exceptional books in
some cases, but for me they were
influential. They were books that I read as
a child, as a teenager, as a college student,
as a graduate student. In several cases I was
pleased to discover that I have kept the
original versions of those books and still
have them in my library.
Clifford S. Mead, Head of Special Collections
Editor, OSU Guide to Special Books
Oregon State University
Guide to Influential Books
Recently published, in commemoration
of that university's 350th anniversary,
is The Harvard Guide to Influential
Books. The editors asked more than one
hundred prominent faculty members and
administrators at the university to name,
and if so inclined, briefly to reflect upon
the four or five books that had been
most influential in their lives and careers.
We wished to repeat this experiment at
Oregon State University (albeit on a
slightly smaller scale). Herewith you see
the partial results of the survey, with the
remainder of the participants' responses
due to be published in succeeding issues
of the Messenger.
We hope you enjoy discovering that
which has influenced the OSU scholarly
community. Perhaps it will cause you
to reflect upon those books which have
had an impact upon you. If so, we would
certainly enjoy hearingfrom you.
C. S. Ballantine
Professor
Department of Mathematics
These are "books" I have read which
proved very influential to me.
Arsove, Maynard C. Calculus (course
notes)
(unpublished)
Very influential to my career.
Struik, Dirk Jan. Differential Geometry.
Cambridge, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Press,
1949.
Also very influential to my career.
Reti, Richard. Masters of the Chessboard.
New York: Dover Publications, 1976.
Very influential in my short but intense
chessplaying "career."
Shirer, William 1. Berlin Diary: the Journal
of a Foreign Correspondent.
New York: A. A. Knopf, 1941.
Heavily influenced my thinking about
current history ever since 1939.
Meader, Stephen W. The Will to Win.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, & Co., 1936.
This is a book of short stories usually
involving teenagers who are underdogs for
one reason or another and who surmount
obstacles to actually win sporting events or
possibly to demonstrate to themselves that
even in losing they can be winners. It was
an important book in my early life and was
read and re-read many times.
Kyne, Peter B. The Go Getter: The Story
That Tells You How to Be One.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp.,
1921.
This very short volume stresses in
dramatic form the value of persistence and
maintaining high standards under trying
circumstances. It is a motivational book
which was important to me as a teenager.
The Arthurian legends.
These were important to me probably
because my father read them to me when I
was relatively young. I have always had
fondness for the Arthurian legends although it is difficult to indicate or even to
surmise as to how they have been
influential. Nevertheless, they are memorable and are an important part of my literary
background.
Dumas, Alexandre. The Three Musketeers.
Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1888.
This book stands out because it was the
first "classic" I recall reading as a young
teenager, It is difficult to indicate how it has
been influential other than to alert me to
the values of classical literature.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby.
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1925.
I read this as a graduate student and can
recall being awakened to the beauty of
prosethe importance of how words are
selected and put together in creating a
narrative of some value.
Barzun, Jacques. Teacher in America.
Boston: Little, Brown, & Co., 1945.
This book was influential. I read it as a
graduate student. It focused attention on
those things which were important to meat
the timeideas, writing, teaching, and the
completion of the doctorate. I have used
this book many, many times with graduate
students and have directed their attention
to chapter 14 entitled "The Ph.D. Octopus."
This chapter more than any statement I
have ever read, puts into proper perspective the time, the effort, and the value
involved with obtaining the doctorate.
Emery N. Castle
Professor and Chair
Economic Graduate Core Program
Graduate School
Marx, Karl. Capital.
New York: Humboldt, 1886.
Your request resulted in my reflecting for
some time about Karl Marx's Capital. I
have included it although, as I can tell, it
has not influenced me intellectually to any
great extent. But it has affected my life and
career because it is one of the most
significant books of all time. It changed
human history and influenced the social
environment for everyone who inhabits
our globe in this century and undoubtedly
well beyond.
Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature
and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776.
Adam Smith's An Inquiry Into the Nature
and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
established my academic discipline of
economics and, more importantly, had an
enormous effect on social and economic
policy, especially in this country. It was
published in 1776, a significant year in the
United States indeed. Even though I do not
agree with many of the policy implications
and recommendations of The Wealth of
Nations, Smith's insight into economic
events and developments for marketoriented societies was a truly remarkable
intellectual achievement.
Keynes, John Maynard. General Theory of
Employment, Interest & Money.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965.
This book has influenced my discipline
in a most significant way by creating two
main branches of economicsmicro and
macrothat have persisted since 1936 when
this book was published. The book has had
an enormous effect on the way modern
market-oriented societies manage their
affairs. While I believe it is possible to go
too far in trying to manage the performance of complex economies, the fact that
major depressions have been avoided
since the 1930's is due in no small part to
the influence of Keynes, in my judgment.
Marshall, Alfred. Principles of Economics.
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1980.
In my judgment my discipline took a
wrong turn not heeding the insights of
Marshall as to the hazards of a mathematical,
mechanistic approach to economics.
Marshall believed that economics was
more like biology than physics. We
economists may now be discovering he
was correct, but at the cost of a great deal
of relevance to contemporary problems.
Donald W. Claypool
Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Science
Here are five books that represent
"mileposts" in my intellectual growth.
Wylie, Philip. An Essayon Morals.
New York: Rinehart & Company Inc.,
1947.
This book caused me to re-examine my
beliefsin lightofthefactsthat knew.
Wells, Herbert George. Outline of History.
London: Newnes, 1920.
This is a good overview of the history of
man with enough analysis to make one see
the cause and effect of human action.
John Domini
Grass, Gunter. Cat and Mouse.
New York: New American Library, 1963.
I read the letter when I was 16, the
former three years later. Between the two
they impressed upon me that the high
dreams of past culture could still be
embodied in present workindeed, those
earlier aspirations could be carried forward
and made part of new work, without
sacrificing spunk and the drive to discover.
* O'Connor is the only writer I know of to
have used certain aberrant but persistent
facts of recent American lifelike the
psycho in the woods or childhood
suicideand work them up into transcendent art.
* * My prose translation of The Odyssey
had an unforgettable first line: "I tell the
tale of a man who was never as a loss."
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Frank Dost
First, three authors who specialized in
short work.
Professor
Kafka, Franz. The Complete Stories.
New York: Schocken, 1971.
This is the imagination of the century,
worked out with a rigor and colloquial ease
that makes it all the stranger, and at the
same time all the more penetrating.
OConnor, Flannery. The Complete Stories.
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1971.
The terrors of exquisite realism. O'Connor
is the great figure of the American Southern
/ school, with all due respect for Faulkner.
Her imagination is far more wide-ranging,
too, than she's usually given credit for.*
Barthelme, Donald. Sixty Stories.
New York: Putnam, 1981.
SixtyStories, plus maybe thirty more.
Barthelme has singlehandedly reshaped
the American short story, and in so doing
been the first to respond to the rest of the
world's call for something more in tune
with the times. I've been captivated since I
was 16.
Now, three longer works.
Homer. The Iliad and Odyssey.
New York: G. Routledge, 1872.
These were the two books, read in prose
translations at the age of eleven, that
resulted in my first writing. The bigness of
the heroes lingers with me, and the furious,
ultimate nature of every act. * *
Joyce, James. Ulysses.
New York: Random House, 1934.
The inescapable corollary to the last two. I
read this at 18 and fell for the music, the
depth, the hilarious strangeness of the
everyday. Extreme sensitivity and brainy
muscularity have rarely coexisted so well,
and with such vitality.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. One Hundred
''ears of Solitude.
New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
I am interested to see that you are
attempting a survey of books that have
influenced us as faculty. My problem is that
I can't answer properly, because everything I read early on was only a step to
something else. Through high school and a
few years after, I read voraciously in every
imaginable area. Descrates or De Hartog, it
really mattered little. As I moved into
college and professional school the time
dwindled to the point where most nonprofessional reading was very light, with an
occasional history sneaking in.
have been riding on my early reading
since, and though little remains in mind, at
least in detail, it surely has shaped the way
I express my profession and the social
service I have undertaken over the years.
When and if I get around to retiring, I will
just start all over. The only problem I will
have is controlling my tendency to read old
books again rather than start new ones.
Otherwise, The Medici, The Armada and
The Menorrah Men will simply become
Bukowski, Charles. Notes of a Dirty Old
Man.
North Hollywood, Calif.: Essex House,
1969.
Also a sort-of autobiography Ham On
Rye, a book of poems Love is a Dog from
Hell, and a long list, altogether a true
counterpoint to the Nm Diary. Burowski
polarizes. He writes plainly and uses all the
words that make some people uncomfortable.
Kazan, Elia. The Arrangement.
New York: Stein & Day, 1967,
To young people this may seem as soap
opera, but to some in mid-life the realities
depicted can be all too true. This was also a
great movie.
Maslow, Abraham Harold. Motivation &
Personality.
New York: Harper, 1954.
Maslow, Abraham Harold. Toward a
Psychology of Being.
Princeton, N.J.: Van Nostrand, 1962.
Maslow has more to say about human
potential and the qualities of a healthy
person than anyone I've read. His idiosyncratic style will appeal to many who have
strong opinions of their own.
Robert L.. Krahmer
Professor
Forest Products Research Laboratory
The Bible.
Flo Leibowitz
Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Danto, Arthur Coleman. The Trans figuration of the Commonplace: a Philosophy of
Art.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University
Press, 1981.
Camus, Albert. The Plague.
New York: A.A. Knopf, 1948.
rags.
Beauvoir, Simone de. The Second Sex.
New York: Knopf, 1952.
J.G. Johnson
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence. A Coney Island of
the Mind.
New York: New Directions, 1958.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Geology
"Influential books" means, to me, books
Ire-read and also enjoy talking about to
others. Also, I've found that, in making
such a list, I'm compelled to cite several
books by a single author because they
stand as a body of work. They are as
follows:
Nm, Anais. The Diary of Anais Nm.
New York: Swallow Press, 1966-80. (7
volumes)
Insightful, beautiful, and often intense
writing about the human condition,
sustained throughout a long adult life.
TheodoreG. Lewis
Professor
Department of Computer Science
Knuth, Donald E. TheArt of Computer
Programming.
Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.,
1968.
This has been the fountainhead of
computing science since 1968.
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