GLEETT - University of Washington

for the Stixy of Rossians en the West Oast ard Rourdtable: Slavic
Librarianship en the West Cbast.
Barbara A. Ga]JJc
University of Washintca Libraries
Rocky )kiuntain Association for 83.avic Sies
1he Rocky Wountain Association for Slavic Strd.tes held its
meeting April 24-27, 1985 in brt Worth, Texas. Patricia Polaneky
presented a paper entitled "lbs leenid Shur (llection at the University of
Alaska".
Patricia Polansky
Uhiversity of Hawaii
A -AGXN J1M. SOUNUS IU*'S 'lx) WI }IZC*
by Gregory Wai)cer, 1eian Library, University of Oxford
Scab American librarians will already Ja SOW&, the "little
megazine" of Slavic librarians in Britain, 'ithose twentieth issue aWsared
early in 1986, twenty years after it. fourdatic*i by the Slavic specialist
group within the Starding fsrenoe of Natienal arzi University Libraries
(SUL). SOLANUS was produced for Slavists within the library
profession, aid was notable for the meny descriptfra of British aid other
libraries' Slavic oollecticms thich it carried over the years,
suplerentirq the data given in the group's directory of library resources
(The 2rd edition of thin directory apeared as: BCX PrR scvn"r,
EP.r 113l)WAN AND SLAWVIC S'1UDIN IN PrISH taWARnS, ad. by
Gregory Walder with the assistanos of Jerw Brine (Univ. or Birmingham,
1981).
Th 1985 the group ( SWLs Advisory Ozsnittae en Slavonic ard
East Eurtçean Materials) agreed that there was an ccening for a journal to
carry articles aid revi.in en all aspects of the printed word in Eastern
P2irope ard the USSR, provided that it had a rare aid stardard whic.t
would attract a1ojars in the field at least as nud, as librarians both
as readers aid as trihitiors aid provided also that its appeal was
explicitly international. With 80*IUL'B suçort, it was decided to
re-latincii SOLANUS as an r"c journal designed specifically for this
field of st*dy, conprising the history aid present state of publishing, the
book trade, printing, the book arts, reader stidieg, censorship,
bib1iogra*iy aid libraries in Rossia, the USSR aid Eastern Ebrepe.
(MaIiscrlpt aid artthive sbxues are ee,1rdal). A enall, Ulc-based itorial
Board has been cxgtittzted, aid the journal's international dirensici'i is
ernxidiad in an International Advisory Panel recruited fins sc*iolars aid
librarians with special expertise in the subjects covered. Orrent
tiership of the EB aid lAP is listed below.
The twenty-first vol'. (or "ni series 1") is planned to appear in
late 1986. lt of the ortitent is still in course of preparation at this
tire of writing, but the articles we bcpe to see iii it include: Polish
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