ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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Publications
NOTICES

•  The University of Toledo announces the p ub­
lication of the Ohio Academic L ibrary Innova­
tio n ‚ A D ir e c to r y ‚ p re p a re d  by D ulce D iD io 
McLean, G. Robert McLean, and Alice Weaver 
of the university libraries faculty. It is the third 
publication in the university’s Tower Series.

The directory publicizes innovative activities 
from academic libraries surveyed within the state 
of Ohio. T he 76-page volume includes 101 re ­
ports listed u nder the name of the reporting in­
stitution. A general introduction analyzes the sur­
vey, and a subject index facilitates the identifica­
tion of projects in special areas of interest. Indi­
vidual e n trie s provide nam e of institution, r e ­
source personnel, source of funding, name of in­
novative activity, objectives, and description.

Copies of the directory are available at $3 from 
the authors.

•  An exam ination of library instruction pro­
grams at a variety of universities across the coun­
try is presented in a new ARL M anagem ent Sup­
plem ent, L ib ra ry  Use In stru ctio n  in Academic 
and Research Libraries.

The emphasis is on program implementation, 
adm inistrative issues, cooperative efforts, and 
unm et needs, with an in-depth look at c u rrent 
developments and uses of instruction. The sup­
plem ent is based on information and docum enta­
tion obtained from a survey of the 105 Association 
of Research Libraries mem bers and 30 additional 
libraries.

Based on the survey data, library instruction 
activities fall into three broad categories: library 
orientation, general bibliographic instruction, and 
specialized instruction related to subject or disci­
pline, re fe re n c e  tools, or specific u se r needs. 
Examples of each of these types of instruction are 
described based on docum entation supplied by 
surveyed libraries. A select listing of main infor­
mation sources of library instruction is also pro­
vided.

It is available for $5, pre p ay m en t required, 
from the Office of U niversity L ibrary M anage­
ment Studies, Association of Research Libraries, 
1527 New Hampshire Ave., N .W ., Washington, 
DC 20036.

•  The C e n tre  for R esearch on U ser Studies 
(CRUS) at the University of Sheffield, England, 
has recently published a wide-ranging review of 
research on u se r studies. E d ite d  by Geoffrey 
Ford, it is titled User Studies: A n Introductory 
Guide and Select Bibliography.

Taking a broad definition of information users, 
Ford has correlated the findings of a wide range 
of user studies into a generalized description of 
current knowledge of user behavior and of how to

approach the study of users. T he field of user 
studies is not confined here to surveys of library 
borrowers b ut includes a host of o ther questions 
concerned with in-library use of m aterial, what 
use is actually made of borrowed material, and at­
titudes towards the purchase of books and jour­
nals.

The motivation for seeking information is seen 
as a m ajor influence upon the user’s behavior. 
The types of user (and nonuser) cover the range 
from academics and researchers to the general 
public and schoolchildren and include users of all 
kinds of information systems.

The relevance of these studies to the design 
and im provem ent of information systems is em ­
phasized. This review is based upon the intensive 
reading of available literature done by the staff of 
the C entre during the first year of the C entre’s 
program, and it contains a select bibliography of 
the most illustrative work of the previous decade.

The price is £3.75 (including postage in UK) 
and $7 (including postage overseas).

CRUS also publishes a newsletter, reporting its 
own research findings and providing a forum for 
other research workers to disseminate and discuss 
their work.

A b ro c h u re  is also available, d e sc rib in g  the 
aims and objectives of the C entre, and the ad­
vice, education, and information services it offers.

Orders and enquiries should be addressed to 
C entre for Research on User Studies, University 
of Sheffield, W estern Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, 
England.

•  L ibrary Automation: A  View fr o m  Ontario 
by William Ready and Tom Dryhan, Occasional 
Paper no. 14 of the Dalhousie University Librar­
ies and Dalhousie University School of Library 
Services, is now available for $2.50 from Norman 
Horrocks, School of Library Service, Dalhousie 
U n iv e rsity , Halifax, Nova S cotia, B3H 4H 8, 
Canada. O f particular interest is its discussion of 
such su p p o rt system s as D O BIS (D o rtm u n d er 
Bibliothekssystem) and CATSS (Catalogue Sup­
port System).

•  Mimi Stein, inte rv iew e r for th e  Regional 
Oral History Office, is one of the authors of a re­
cent publication of the Bay Area Reference C en­
ter of the San Francisco Public Library. Entitled 
Collecting Local History‚ it contains the proceed­
ings of a BARC workshop of that name held on 
M arch 16 and 17, 1977, at th e  San L eandro 
Community Library C enter. T he workshop and 
its proceedings provide information to Northern 
California librarians about the processes involved 
in collecting local history and oral history, a grow­
ing interest among libraries.

The first day’s papers focus on how-to-do-it in­
formation. Papers from the second day concentrate



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 in tw o a reas: local h isto ry  re s o u rc e s  in 
California; a bibliography and union list of library 
holdings and oral history, including a discussion 
of the creating, processing, and cataloging of oral 
history collections.

A p p e n d ix  m a te ria l in c lu d e s illu s tra tio n s  of 
catalog en tries and cards and bibliographies on 
local history, oral history, and the care and pres­
ervation of photographs.

Copies are available from the Bay Area Refer­
ence C enter, San Francisco Public Library, Civic 
C enter, San Francisco, CA 94102.

•  The year-long process of updating the first 
edition of th e  Oklahom a Union L ist o f  Serials 
(OK ULS) h a s b e e n  c o m p le te d , a c c o rd in g  to 
Norm an L. N elson, supervising e d ito r for the 
project. The second edition is now available in a 
5-volume, 3,900-page co m p u te r p rin to u t o r in 
microfiche format.

Produced at the Oklahoma State University Li­
brary, the second edition contains an alphabetical 
listin g  o f m o re  th a n  32,000 title s  o f jo u rn als, 
new spapers, annuals, and o th e r serial publica­
tions held by 23 participating academic, public, 
and special libraries in Oklahoma.

Because of th e  increase in the n u m b er of titles 
liste d  a n d  th e  nom inal cost o f th e  m icrofiche 
copy, it is anticipated that the second edition may 
prove to be a m ore valuable and heavily used 
in te rlib ra ry  loan re fe re n c e  tool th a n  was th e  
3,500-page first edition. The first edition, com­
pleted in January 1975, was purchased and used 
extensively by libraries thro u g h o u t the U nited 
States as well as in Oklahoma.

Libraries wishing to purchase th e  new  edition 
of the union list in hard copy, which is available 
at cost for $85, or in the microfiche format for $5, 
may correspond w ith Norman L. Nelson, Assis­
ta n t L ib ra ria n  fo r A d m in is tra tiv e  S e rv ice s, 
Oklahoma State U niversity L ibrary, Stillwater, 
OK 74074.

•  T h e  S o u th w e s te rn  L ib ra ry  A sso c ia tio n  
(SWLA) a n n o u n c e s  th e  p u b lic a tio n  o f T H E  
L e a r n e r ’s A d v i s o r y  W o r k s h o p  Se r i e s . The 
five manuals detail a step-by-step m ethod to pro­
duce workshops that cover all aspects of imple­
m enting and operating learner advisory services.

The series, w ritten by workshop designers at 
T ulsa C ity -C o u n ty  L ibrary and e d ite d  by the 
SWLA C o n tinuing E ducation for L ibrary Staffs 
(CELS) Project, includes five training manuals: 
(1) U nderstanding the A dult Learner, (2) In ter­
viewing, (3) Decision Making, (4) Creative Use o f 
Library Resources, (5) Com m unity Resources. An 
overview by Peggy O ’Donnell, CE LS project di­
rector, accompanies the series.

T he manuals may b e ordered from the SWLA 
Office, 11300 N orth C entral Expressway, Suite 
321, Dallas TX 75243. The set o f five manuals 
costs $16. Single manuals cost $4 each.

•  Looking for ideas? News N otes o f  California 
Libraries, vol. 71, no. 2, 1976, describes 140 Library

 S e rv ic e s a n d  C o n s tru c tio n  A ct (LSCA) 
funded projects in California and th eir outcomes 
over the last two decades. This is a treasure trove 
for all kinds o f cooperative projects and outreach 
services, w ith evaluation of successes and failures.

•  A directory of m ore than 150 W isconsin book 
publishers has b e en  included in the recently p ub­
lished proceedings o f th e  C onference on Book 
P u blishing in  W isconsin, w hich was h eld last 
May.

The booklet, entitled Book Publishing in Wis­
con sin , w as p u b lis h e d  by th e  U n iv e rsity  o f 
W isconsin—M adison L ibrary School, one of the 
sponsors of the event, along with the State His­
torical Society of W isconsin, Wisconsin Academy 
of Sciences, Arts, and L etters, and Alumni As­
sociation of th e  Library School.

It contains c om plete tran scrip ts of speeches 
given by W alter S. Hamady of Perishable Press 
L im ited, R obert E. G ard of W isconsin House, 
Ron B o ttre ll o f W este rn  Publishing Company, 
Howard W. M ead of Wisconsin Trails/Tamarack 
Press, and Paul H. Hass of the State Historical 
Society Press.

E d ited by James P. Danky of the State Histori­
cal Society Library, Professor Jack A. Clarke of 
th e  L ib ra ry  School, a n d  Sara Z. A slakson of 
U W -Extension Library Service, the booklet costs 
$4 and m ay b e  obtained from th e  Publications 
Com m ittee, Library School of th e  University of 
Wisconsin, 600 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706.

RECEIVED
(Selected item s will b e  reviewed in future is­

sues of College i t  Research Libraries).
A n n u a l r e v ie w  o f  in fo r m a tio n  sc ien c e  an d  

te c h n o lo g y , v o lu m e  12 / M A R T H A  E . 
W IL L IA M S , editor. —  W hite Plains, N.Y. : 
Published by Knowledge Industry Publications 
Inc. for American Society for Information Sci­
ence, 1977. (LC 66-25096)

Czechoslovak national bibliography / L u d m i l a  
Sa k . —  N e w  B ru n sw ic k , N .J . : G ra d u a te  
School of L ibrary Service, 1977. 58p. $3. 
" O c c a s io n a l p a p e rs  —  R u tg e rs U n iv e rs ity  
GSLS ; no. 76-4”

Encyclopedic dictionary o f  mathematics / by the 
M a th e m a tic a l S ociety o f Ja p a n  ; e d ite d  by 
Sh o k i c h i  I y a n a g a  and Yu k i y o s i  Ka w a d a  
; translation review ed by K enneth O. May. — 
C a m b rid g e , M ass. : M IT  P re s s , 1977. 2v. 
l,750p. (LC 77-1129) (ISBN 0-262-09016-3)

An introduction to quantitative research methods 
fo r  librarians / TA V E R E K ER E SR IK A N TA IA H  
and H e r b e r t  H .  H o f f m a n . —  2d ed. — 
S a n ta  Ana, C alif. : H e ad w ay  P u b lic a tio n s , 
1977. 223p. $8. (ISBN 0-89537-002-6)

Library budgeting : critical challenges f o r  the f u ­
ture / e d ite d  by SUL H . L e e . —  Ann Arbor, 
M ich., : Pierian Press, 1977. l l l p .  $10. (LC 
77-85231) (ISBN 0-87650-083-1)
“L ibrary m anagem ent series” ; no.3”



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The Melbert B. Cary, Jr. graphics arts collection
—  (R o c h e s te r, N.Y.) : School o f P rin tin g ,
Rochester Institute of Technology, 1977?. 15p. 

Studies in library m anagement, volum e fo u r  / 
e dited by G I LEO N  H O L R O Y D . —  Ham den, 
Conn. : Linnet Books, 1977. 178p. $9. (ISBN 
0-208-01547-7)

S tu d ie s in m ic ro p u b lis h in g , 1 8 5 3-1976 
docum entary sources / e d ite d  by A L L E N  B. 
VEANER. — W estport, Conn. : Microform Re­
view Inc., 1977. 489p. $22.50. (LC 77-6720) 
(ISBN 0-913672-07-6)
“ M icroform  R eview  r e a d e r s e rie s  in m i­
crographics management ; 2”

User studies : an introductory guide and select 
bibliography / edited by G E O FF R E Y  FO R D . — 
Sheffield : University of Sheffield, 1977. 92p. 
(ISBN 0-906088-00-3)
“Occasional paper — University of Sheffield ; 
n o .l, 1977” ■■

W IC H E  Is Not WILCO

W ILC O  can be d ropped from librarians’ 
acronym-bespattered vocabulary! At a m eeting 
in Salt Lake C ity, U tah, th e  W e s te rn  In ­
tersta te  L ibrary C oordinating Organization 
voted to retire W ILCO as the name for their 
interstate coordinating activities. T he group 
henceforth will be titled the W estern Council 
of State Libraries.

The state librarians have called themselves 
the W estern Council during the ten-year his­
tory of th eir m ultistate cooperative program 
that has been housed at W ICH E (W estern In­
terstate Commission for H igher Education). 
The name W ILCO was selected last year to 
replace the W IC H E  library program ’s title: 
“Continuing Education and Library Resources 
Program.” T he multiplicity of names and ac­
ronyms has occasioned some confusion on the 
part of observers; one re p o rte r announced 
th a t W IC H E  its e lf  h ad b e e n  re n a m e d  
WILCO!

D ata M anagement System 
Inform ation Requested

Gary Pitkin, coordinator for library systems 
at Sangamon State University, is requesting 
descriptions of in-house library data manage­
m ent systems, defined as an autom ated sys­
tem supporting two or more library processes, 
i.e ., c irc u la tio n , accounting, acquisitions, 
check-in, cataloging, etc. The information will 
be used to h elp SSU develop its own data 
management system. The goal is to have all 
technical processes and circulation in one sys­
tem. Full documentation will be given in SSU 
reports. Please send descriptions to Gary Pit­
kin, Coordinator for Library Systems, Sanga­
mon State University, Springfield, IL  62708.

 Classified Advertising

NOTICE

Respondents to advertisers offering faculty "ra n k" and 
"status”  are advised that these terms are ambiguous and 
should inquire as to benefits involved.

All advertisements for the Positions Wanted and the Posi­
tions Open classifications will be edited to exclude direct or 
indirect references to race, creed, color, age. and sex as con­
ditions of employment.

lassified advertising orders and copy, and cancellations, should 
e addressed to the Advertising Department, 50 E. Huron St., 
hicago, IL 60611, and should reach that office before the second 
f the month preceding publication of issue desired. Copy received 
fter that time may be held for the next issue.

Telephone orders for classified advertising, while not encouraged 
ecause of the increased risk of copy error, will be accepted. Calls 
hould be directed to Leona Swiech at (312) 944-6780. A confirm­
ng order should be mailed to the Advertising Department as soon 
s possible following the call, along with typewritten copy to be 
sed in proofreading the ad.

Rate for classified advertising is $1.80 per printed line.

FOR SALE

HINA— General Collection— reasonable. All topics. 1,000 vols. 
lus. Write M. Frazin, ERAC Box 110, Farmington, CT 06032.

EARCH SERVICE. Ex-librarians locate titles or subject plus
5,000 indexed stock. PAB, 2915-17 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City, 
J 08401 Phone (609) 344-1943.

POSITIONS OPEN

CQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN. Acquires materials, evaluates and 
rocesses gifts, assists with collection building and evaluation. 
nowledge of OCLC and MARC format highly desirable. Assists 
art-time at circulation/reference desk. MLS from ALA-accredited 
chool required. Knowledge of foreign languages helpful. Faculty 
tatus, TIAA. Salary: open, dependent on experience. Position av­
ilable June 26. Deadline for application: February 28. Send letter 
f application and resume to Dean Andrew R. Eickhoff, MacMurray 
ollege, Jacksonville, IL 62650. An equal opportunity/affirmative 
ction employer.

CQUISITIONS LIBRARIAN. Processes and approves payments, 
tanding orders and does bibliographic searching including use of 
CLC terminal. Assists department head with total workflow of de­
artment and special projects. Increasing responsibilities to super­
ision of some functions is expected. Other responsibilities include 
ibrary committee work and outside conferences and workshops. 
ccasional evening and weekend hours may be required. Qualifica­

ions: Fifth-year library science degree from accredited library 
chool; previous acquisitions experience preferred, especially with 
CLC operations. Salary: $11,200-$17,560, depending upon qual­

fications and experience. Fringe Benefits: TIAA-CREF retirement 
lan; social security; health, hospital and life insurance partially 
ubsidized; liberal sick leave. Wayne State University is an equal 
pportunity and an affirmative action employer. Write to: Robert T. 
razier, Associate Director of Libraries, Wayne State University, De­

roit, Ml 48202.

ATALOG LIBRARIAN. Responsible for supervising the Support 
ection of the Catalog Department, consisting of two para profes­
ionals, 9 clericals, and as many as 15 student assistants. The 
upport Section is responsible for book and card preparation and 
atalog maintenance. Librarian expected to write policies and pro­
edures and to participate in administering the Catalog Depart­
ent. Required: fifth-year library science degree from an accre­

ited library school. A minimum of two years' experience as a 
atalog librarian and knowledge of at least one foreign language is 
equired with supervisory and OCLC experience highly desirable 
ut not essential. Important are the ability to teach, write clearly, 
nd direct a group and the ability and willingness to learn OCLC 
n-line cataloging. Salary: $12,500-$15,500, depending upon qual­

fications and experience. Fringe benefits: TIAA-CREF retirement 
lan; social security; health, hospital and life insurance partially 
ubsidized; liberal sick leave. Wayne State University is an equal 
pportunity/affirmative action employer. Write to: Robert T. Grazier, 
ssociate Director of Libraries, Wayne State University, Detroit, Ml 

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