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PITTSBURGh REGIO~AL L~ARY d
Beatty Hall, Cha'th,am c~
Pittsburgh, pennsylvariia 15232
hrea Code 412 441-8200
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l~EWSLETTER No. 4 FEBRUARY 1970
CROSS-UTILIZATIOi~ OF LIBRARIES
The collectJ.ons of the academic merilbers of the Center are
available for the use of all persons associated with other members
of the Pittsburgh Regional Library Center. According to a newly
~9pted statement of policy and guidelines approved by the Board
of 'i'rustees, more comprehensive borro~ling privileges are now
extenaed to faculty, graduate students, and cross-registered
students, ~lith other under-graduates permitted ,to use materials
by complying with local regulations~ ' No change has ,peen made with
respect to the public accessibility to the collections of the
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. '
UNION LIS~ OF PERIODICALS
The master tape containing 'the data and prefatory material
for the Pittsburgh Regional Union List of Periodicals has been
forwarded to Automatic Graphics of~ York for production of a
limi ted number of copi'es of trle first, editorial edition. This
edition, which contains over 18,000 main entries and 13,550
cross-references, will indicate holdings for 56 academic, public,
and special libraries in tile Pittsburgh area. The current
scheaule calls for ,distribution to participating libraries late
in l'iarcil.
:(jI?O;'i receipt of their copy, each participating library will
oe ai;ked to verify their holdings and notify the Center of any
changes. Subsequent changes ~lill be submitted in accordance ~lith
maintenance instructions 'to be distributed with copies of the
editorial edition. A second edition is expected to be published
approximately six months after the first. Since the first edition
is being produced in a limited quantity, it is not expected that
more than a few will be available to other than PRLC memhers.
l"IEMl:lERSHIP
Changes in the center's by-laws now provide a more flexible
arrangement for encouraging new mel~ership in the Center. The
four types of merllbers provided for are votiny, associate, affil­iate,
and sponsor. The level of participation in Center activities
ana the level of support of the Center for the various classes
of members is determined iJy the l:;xecutive Council. Additional
information regarding tne four classes of Center membership or
about J.)ecol<ling a I,lember may be obtained by contacting Kenneth
Fagerhaugh, Uembersnip Committee chairman, in care of the Center
office.