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VOLUME 14 NO. 1does the se-nalone.Ten insti-ns re- that the library purchases software, and in addition four 0thmadecommene indicating that they plan to do so in the future ar '5f need bew. The librarieswhich do purchase &ware are Baston University, Bryn Mawr College, Clarkson university,Clemson University, Dartmouth Cdege, Flcarida Institute of Technalcgy, State uniersity ofNew Y ark at Stony Brook, University of Chicago, University of Fh&, 2nd Wayne Stateuniversity.pr-t e n s are maintained in physics and/ar astronomy at twenty of the repurtinglibraries. Some uf these adledions include reprints. The University of Wisconsin andCalifornia Instiute uf Techndqy repart cdectbns uf obematury publications, and HarvardCdege 0-bry Library and University of California at Santa Cruz both indicate thattheir cdlltxtjDns uf okervabry phkations date back into the 1800s, The University ofCalifornia at Santa Cruz has the Lick 0-tury collection including very dd andvdLrable ma-, and Clark University has materials dating kom the 18th and 19thten-. History of *ce is a spiality at the Unidty of Minngota, of opticsat the University of Rochester, and history of scientific instruments at Dartmouth College.Duke University lists a Microwave Catalog from the University of Ulm. The University ofMaryland has pbtogmphic surveys and California Institute of Technalcgy has a dhction of35-mm slides &om wd.dwi.de sources. California Insti- of Techndgoy also lists an inhousedatabase uf askonomid. literature in their Astrophysics Lkary.The last quedim on the survey farm asked how contact is maintained between the libraryand the academic departments, far example through committee meetings, newsletters, and soforth. Responses indicate that there is much informal contact, and that most instituthnsemmy more than one method uf maintaining mcre formal contact Contact through alibrarian bihkqapher assigned to these subjects, and contact through faculty librarycommittee a faculty lhaq vntative, are each used in apprcndmately 50 uxkhthns. 'Inaddition, 33 hdhtions use a written news* a new book list put out by the lkary.Other contacts are through monthly selective &mination to faculty members from thelibrary, and routing of plblishers ads to faculty. Only one lkaqreported no contact.TABLE I: RESULTS OF SbRVEY OF BUDGETS FOR PHYSICS LIBRARY MATERIALSInstitution A B C D LBayl or (Mace, TXI 4 6 524 924 40,330*Colorado State (Ft. Col l ins, CO) 19 21 1120 3,344 la,000*Indiana U. IBlomrngton, IN) 35 43 1355 6,134 95,004Oklahoma St. U. (Stillwater, OK) 45 21 920 3,000 51,OOirStanford (Palo Alto, CA) 30 20 1218 5,200 171,duOrState U. NY (Stony Broou, NY) 83 52 893 3,469 63 ,{JUOTemple (Philadelphia, PA) 22 24 3200 8,300 57,001)rU. of California (Berkeley, CA) 145 68 2000 8,743 112,000U.of Caliiocnia (Los Mgeln, CA 73 42 3100 11,252 182,000U.of Cal ifornia (Santa BarOara) 55 32 1700 2,000 150 ,OW*U.of Chicago (Chicapo, IL) 87 37 1043 5,938 88.0150U.of Cincinnati (C~ncinnati, OH) 18 25 1857 4,951 80,003+U. of Colorodo (Beuldw, CO) 42 40 1050 3,364 83,000U. of Florida (Gainesvrlle, FL) 25 35 3205 4,714 37,OCnjU. of Michigan (Ann brbor, MI) 41 52 2763 9,172 100,000U. of Navada tHmo, NV) 8 9 822 1,741 42,000U. of H.* Hampshrre (Durham. NH) 23 19 SO0 1,000 55,000U.of S. Cal ifornra (Los Mgeles) 16 27 1600 4,400 70,000U. of Texas (Austin, TX) 97 55 2200 11,000 69,000U. of Virginla (Charlottesvil la) 50 34 I654 5,412 99,063U. of Uiscmsin (Hadison) 84 44 218s 9,283 110,000W. Virgrna U. (Borqantoun, WV) 6 15 1 W 4,757 W,0WUorcester POI y . Inst. (MA) 1 14 203 500 34,261~A: No. of Ph.Ds in physics in last 5 years.B: No, of physics faculty.C: Total faculty in university.D: Total grad. students in university.*: Budget stated as being for physics and astronomy materials, but Departmentand Ph.D. degree is in physics only.,