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Access to Information:
Materials, T ech nologies, 
and Services for Print-Im­
paired Readers, by Tom
M cN ulty an d  D aw n  M.
Suvino (1Ó2 pages, March 
1993), examines the ways in 
which computer technology 
can increase access to print 
materials for the blind, visu­
ally impaired, and learning 
disabled readers. Chapters 
cover the use of braille text, 
audio output systems, large- 
print and large-screen tech­
nologies, standard library programs and ser­
vices, and specifications for creating a library 
access center. Appendices provide information 
on relevant agencies and associations, prod­
ucts and vendors, resources for locating texts 
in accessible formats, and selected accessible- 
format reference sources. Copies are available 
for $28.00 from ALA Publishing, 50 E. Huron 
St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-7641-7.

Community College Libraries: Centers
for Lifelong Learning, by Rosanne Kalick (204 
pages, 1992), brings together ten essays on 
excellence in community college librarianship. 
Contributors include Camila A. Alire and Alice 
Beverley Gass, William V. Costanzo, Antoinette 
M. Kania, and Gloria B. Meisel. A noteworthy 
chapter by Alan Dyment assesses learning re­
source centers in Canada. A copy may be or­
dered for $27.50 from Scarecrow Press, P.O. Box 
4167, Metuchen, NJ 08840. ISBN 0-8108-2607-0.

Continuity and Change in Brazil and
the Southern Cone: Research Trends and 
Library Collections for th e Year 2000, ed­
ited by Ann Hartness (361 pages, March 1993), 
contains the papers presented at the 35th An­
nual Meeting of the Seminar on the Acquisition 
of Latin American Library Materials held in Rio 
de Janeiro, June 3-8, 1990. Topics include a 
statistical survey of Latin American collections, 
Argentine popular theater, Brazilian political 
publications from 1978 to 1989, trends in the 
economies of Uruguay and Brazil, index cover­
age of Latin American materials in the Southern 
Cone, and a checklist of materials on the transition 
from authoritarianism to democracy in Chile. Cop­
ies are available for $50.00 (plus $2.50 handling)

New
Publications

George M, Eberhart

from the SALALM Secretariat, 
General Library, University 
of New Mexico, Albuquer­
que, NM 87131. ISBN 0- 
917617-30-4.

Culture o f Com plaint:
The Fraying o f  America,
b y  R o b ert H u g h es (210 
pages, March 1993), best­
selling author of The Shock 
o f the New and The Fatal 
Shore unleashes some sting­
ing social criticism of Ameri­
can political and cultural 

values. Based on a series of lectures given at 
the New York Public Library in January 1992, 
Hughes’s essays portray current obsessions with 
family-values rhetoric and political correctness 
as opposing extremist poles of an inability to 
accept nonideological multiculturalism. He calls 
for a return to the fruitful middle ground of 
acceptance and compromise that has been 
America’s strength in the past and should con­
tinue to be its strength in the future. A passion­
ate yet scholarly work, Culture o f Complaint 
will engender lively debate and considerable 
controversy among students of American cul­
ture. A copy may be ordered for $19.95 from 
Oxford University Press, 200 Madison Avenue, 
New York, NY 10016. Copublished by the New 
York Public Library. ISBN 0-19-507676-1.

The Elections of 1 99 2, edited by Michael 
Nelson (192 pages, March 1993), consists of 
eight essays that address the dynamics of the 
1992 presidential and congressional elections. 
Election analysis from the earliest caucuses and 
primaries through the potential achievements of 
the Clinton administration, with close scrutiny given 
to the effect of Ross Perot’s candidacy and the role 
played by the media. The book costs $25.95 and 
may be ordered from CQ Press, 300 Raritan 
Center Parkway, P.O. Box 7816, Edison, NJ 
08818-7816. ISBN 0-87187-937-9.

From Sails to Satellites: The Origin and
D evelopm ent o f  Navigational Science, by
J. E. D. Williams (310 pages, April 1993), ex­
amines the art and science of knowing exactly 
where one is on the sea or in the sky. Williams 
describes dead reckoning, astrolabes and cross­
staffs, the development of spherical trigonom­



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etry and logarithms, the “Great Pursuit” of ac­
curate measures o f longitude and the chronom ­
eter, b u b b le sextants, m agnetic com passes, 
lighthouses, gyroscopes, radio direction-find­
ing systems, radar, and geosynchronous satel­
lites. T e c h n ic a l e n o u g h  to  b e  a c c u r a te , 
Williams’s style is nonetheless informal and 
filled with entertaining anecdotes, illustrations, 
and diagrams. A copy may b e purchased for 
$35.00 from Oxford University Press, 200 Madi­
son Ave., New York, NY 10016. ISBN 0-19- 
856387-6.

Internet Prim er for Inform ation Profes­
sion als: A Basic Guide to  In tern et N etw ork­
in g  T ech n o lo g y , by Elizabeth Lane an d  Craig 
Summerhill (181 pages, March 1993), is a con­
cise introduction to the Internet networks, how  
they work, and w hat they offer to users. In ad­
dition to descriptions of Internet services and 
network protocols, the authors provide an over­
view of the significant policy issues facing the 
network—including the transformation of the 
academic community through access to network 
information. A g ood supplem ent to Ed Krol’s 
“The Whole Internet ”(C&KL News, December 
1992). The b ook costs $37.50 and is available 
from Meckler Corporation, 11 Ferry Lane West, 
Westport, CT 06880. ISBN 0-88736-831-X.

Mysterious Realms: Probing Paranormal,
H istorical, an d  F o ren sic E nigm as, by Joe
Nickell and Jo h n  F. Fischer (221 pages, Febru­
ary 1993), delves into ten different historical 
and scientific mysteries, including the ghost 
haunting a historic landmark in Frankfort, Ken­
tucky; a forged Harry Truman document; En­
glish crop circles; spontaneous hum an combus­
tion; eyeless sight; the identity of Lee Harvey 
O sw ald ; a n d  th e  liq u e fy in g  b lo o d  o f St. 
Januarius. Written as a casebook in detective 
w ork an d  critical thinking, this collection will 
supplem ent courses in docum ent analysis and 
criminalistics. A copy may be ordered for $23.95 
from Prometheus Books, 700 E. Amherst St., 
Buffalo, NY 14215. ISBN 0-87975-765-5.

The 1 9 9 2  ARL A nnual S a la ry  Survey,
com piled by G ordon Fretwell (92 pages, Janu­
ary 1993), is based on data covering more than 
12,000 professional positions in the 120 mem ­
ber libraries of the ARL. Tables display aver­
age, median, and beginning salaries; salaries 
by position and experience, sex, and race; and 
salaries in different geographic regions and sizes

of libraries. Additional tables cover law, medi­
cal, Canadian, and nonuniversity research li­
braries. The survey is available by prepaid or­
der to ARL m em ber institutions for $20.00 and 
to individuals an d  nonm em bers for $60.00. 
Write to ARL, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., 
Washington, DC 20036.

Research a n d  Evaluation fo r In fo rm a ­
tio n  P rofession als, by Robert M. Losee Jr. and 
Karen A. Worley (239 pages, January 1993), is 
an introductory textbook on information sci­
ence research methodology, analysis, and pre­
sentation. The authors have em phasized the 
appropriateness of selected tests for particular 
hypotheses and the p roper interpretation of 
results rather than the mathematics itself, which 
is often perform ed with the help of statistical 
software. A copy may b e ordered for $45.00 
from Academic Press, 1250 Sixth Ave., San Di­
ego, CA 92101-4311. ISBN 0-12-455770-8.

Russia a n d  the Independent States, by
Daniel C. Diller (481 pages, January 1993), 
places the vast changes in the former Soviet 
Union in historical and cultural context. Gives 
an account of Russian history from its begin­
nings; describes relations am ong the newly in­
dep en d en t states, the economy, foreign policy, 
and relations with the United States; and p re­
sents geographical and political profiles of each 
of the 15 former republics. Includes a detailed 
chronology of Russian history from 1900 to the 
present, biographies of 50 influential Russian 
leaders, a bibliography, and selected docu­
ments. Copies are available for $34.95 from 
Congressional Q uarterly Books, 300 Raritan 
Center Parkway, P.O. Box 7816, Edison, NJ 
08818-7816. ISBN 0-87187-862-3.

Serials Cataloging: M odem  Perspectives
an d  In tern ational D ev elo p m en ts, edited by 
Jim E. Cole and James W. Williams (415 pages, 
February 1993), covers developm ents in seri­
als librarianship over the past five years. Top­
ics include cataloging policy for microform re­
productions, education for serials catalogers, 
the usefulness o f uniform titles, the origins of 
the International Serials Data System (ISDS), 
and the Linked Systems Project and serials cata­
loging. This volume has b een  published simul­
taneously as The Serials Librarian, vol. 22, nos. 
1-4. Copies are available for $75.00 from the 
Haw orth Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, 
NY 13904-1580. ISBN 1-56024-281-7. ■