ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries April 1 9 9 2 /2 7 1 Academic Libraries in U r b a n a n d M e t r o p o l i t a n A r e a s : A M a n a g e m e n t H a n d b o o k , edited by G erard B. McCabe (288 pages, N o­ vem ber 1991), discusses the N characteristics o f city living and their effect o n inform a­ tion-seeking behavior. This Publi h a n d b o o k sh o w s h o w th e use o f n e w technologies can assist the u rb an academ ic li­ George brarian in fashioning services for a n o n resid en t faculty as well as a usually o ld er stu­ dent b o d y co m p o sed o f m any international an d part-tim e stu d en ts. O th e r topics c o v e re d are resource sharing, setting fees, staff a n d collec­ tion secu rity , e n v iro n m e n ta l p o llu tio n , a n d space requirem ents. C opies are available for $49-95 from G reen w o o d Press, 88 P ost Road West, B ox 5007, W estport, CT 06881. ISBN 0- 313-27536-X. Cataloging of Audiovisual Materials by N ancy B. O lson (310 pages, 3rd ed., 1991), contains all recent ch an g es to th e Anglo- American Cataloging Rules. This h a n d b o o k pre ­ sents p h o to g rap h s an d 115 exam ples o f all the materials discussed, accom panied by a com pre­ hensive ex p lan atio n for pro cessin g a n d cata­ loging. T ypes o f AV m aterials in clu d ed are: maps, atlases, globes, feature films o n video, m otion pictures, co m p u ter softw are, filmstrips, so u n d recordings, transparencies, m icroform s, stu d y p rin ts a n d ch arts, kits, realia, slides, a c tiv ity c a r d s , d u p l i c a t i n g m a s te r s , a n d AV serials. C opies are available for $55.00 from M ed ia M a r k e tin g G r o u p , P .O . B o x 6 1 1 , DeKalb, IL 60115. ISBN 0-933474-48-2. The Chinese Language C atalo g of t h e C h ic a g o P u b lic L ib r a r y (D ecem b er 1991) is a co m p reh en siv e listing o f th e library’s 5,000 C h in e se -la n g u a g e titles. T h e catalo g , m a d e possible b y a g ran t from th e Illinois Library S erv ices a n d C o n s tr u c tio n A ct (LSCA), is available b o th in p u b lish e d form an d as an e x p a n d a b le d a ta b a se th a t can b e accessed through th e C h in ese/K o rean /Jap an ese OCLC terminal. A co p y m ay b e req u ested from th e Chicago Public Library, 400 S. State St., Chi­ cago, IL 60605. A History of Russian L ite r a tu r e b y Victor T erras (654 pages, 1991), surveys Russian literature as it w as e w p erceiv ed by Russian re a d ­ers from its beginnings in cations th e 11th century to the e n d o f the Soviet p erio d . The a u th o r exam ines th e politi­ cal a n d social events that sh ap ed an d w ere sh ap ed by th e w ritings o f th e time. Lit­M . Eberhart erary trends, authors, an d w o rk s a re p o rtra y e d n o t only as they m ay have a p ­ p e a re d to contem poraries, b u t also in term s of the u n d erstan d in g a n d sensibility o f later p eri­ ods a n d ou r o w n age. A copy m ay b e purchased fo r $45.00 fro m Y ale U niversity P ress, 302 T em ple St., N ew H aven, CT 06511. ISBN 0-300- 04971-4. Homelessness in Canada: A Selec­ t i v e B i b l i o g r a p h y c o m p ile d b y M a rg a re t A quan-Y uen (29 pages, 1991), exam ines the sco p e o f the p ro b lem o f th e 130,000-250,000 h om eless p e o p le in C anada today. T he focus o f this b ib lio g ra p h y is o n E nglish-language m aterials p u b lish e d after 1980 a n d in clu d es m o n o g r a p h s , jo u r n a l a rtic le s, g o v e rn m e n t reports, co nference proceedings, an d theses. C opies m ay b e o rd e re d for $10.00 from th e Uni­ v e r s i t y o f W a te r lo o P r e s s , D a n a P o r t e r Library, U n iv ersity o f W a te rlo o , W a te rlo o , O ntario, C anada N2L 3G1. ISBN 0-920834-15-9- L ib ra ry Use: A H a n d b o o k fo r P s y c h o l o g y , by Jeffrey G. R eed an d Pam M. B axter (177 pages, 2d ed., Jan u ary 1992), is d e ­ sig n ed for psychology stu d en ts w riting term papers, b u t others w h o n e e d to discover the joys o f Psychological A bstracts will also find this b o o k extrem ely helpful. N ew to this ed i­ tio n are descriptions o f PsycBOOKS, Test Cri­ tiques, CD-ROM sources, an d recent hand b o o k s a n d en cy clo p ed ias. E ach c h a p te r featu res a specific to p ic (e y e w itn e ss testim ony, aging, stress) th at provides a practical dem onstration of research techniques an d resources. The han d ­ b o o k costs $19-95 a n d is available from th e A m erican P s y c h o lo g ic a l A sso c ia tio n O rd e r D epartm ent, P.O. B ox 2710, Hyattsville, MD 20784-0710. ISBN 1-55798-144-2. 2 7 2 /C&RL News The Lotus Lovers, b y H o w a rd S. Levy (352 pages, Jan u ary 1992), is th e disturb­ ing history o f the form er Chinese custom o f footbinding, a painful practice th at deform ed w o m e n ’s feet a n d p rev en ted th em from grow ­ ing m ore th an a few inches in length. This prac­ tice m ay have b e g u n in the 10th century as a w h im o f th e Im perial court; b y the 12th cen ­ tury it h a d sp read to m any parts o f China as a w ay o f ensuring that w o m en d id n o t stray far from hom e. T he binding b ecam e tighter as a w o m a n m o v e d u p th e so cial la d d e r, u n til w o m e n at th e a p ex o f society w ere so crippled th a t th ey h a d to b e carried in sed an chairs or o n the backs o f servants. A sociological study th at sheds light o n h o w oppressive m ale stric­ tures can b eco m e if left unchecked. C opies may b e o rd ered for $29-95 from P rom etheus B ooks, 700 E. A m herst St., Buffalo, NY 14215. ISBN 0- 87975-687-X. M oons of th e S o lar System : An Illu strated E n c y c lo p e d ia , by Jo h n Stewart (244 pages, D ecem ber 1991), is a com pilation o f data a n d definitions a b o u t th e E arth’s m o o n a n d the 66 o th er k n o w n m oons o f th e solar system. P h o to g ra p h s o f m an y o f th e m o o n s are in­ cluded. H u n d red s o f large an d sm all lunar fea­ tures are identified in an alphabetical listing th at also lists eclipses, lunar spacecraft lan d ­ ings, an d th e nam es o f the p e o p le th at th e lu ­ n a r features are nam ed after. C opies are avail­ able fo r $45.00 from McFarland & Co., B ox 611, Jefferson, NC 28640. ISBN 0-89950-568-6. Off-Campus Library Services, edited b y B arton M. Lessin (242 pages, 1991), co n ­ tains 18 articles th at originally a p p e a re d in the 1 9 8 3 -1 9 8 9 v o lu m e s o f C e n tra l M ic h ig a n U niversity’s O ff-Cam pus Library Services Con­ fe r e n c e P roceedings. Specific to p ics include: prerequisites for off-cam pus services; regional accreditation standards; privileges for off-cam- p u s faculty; faculty perspectives; A ustralian, C anadian, an d British insights; the developm ent o f b ra n c h cam p u s services; in structional re ­ sources support; an d several m odel library pro­ grams. A nam e a n d subject index e n h an ce ac­ cess. C o p ies are av ailab le fo r $27.50 from Scarecrow Press, P.O. B ox 4167, M etuchen, NJ 08840. ISBN 0-8108-2512-0. The Oxford Dictionary for Scientific W r ite r s a n d E d ito r s (389 pages, N ovem ber 1991) is a com prehensive style guide for the p resentation o f scientific information. O nly very sh o rt d efin itio n s are p ro v id e d b e c a u s e this guide focuses o n usage. It contains tips o n how elliptical galaxies are d e n o ted , conventions for distinguishing gen e alleles at th e sam e locus, w h ich abbreviations use periods a n d w hich do not, spellings of th e nam es o f fam ous scien­ tis ts , a d je c tiv a l fo rm s o f s c ie n tific te rm s, g r a p h i c s y m b o ls u s e d in e l e c t r o n i c s , m o lecu lar diagram s, a n d co m m o n ab b rev ia­ tions. D ifferences b e tw e e n British an d Ameri­ can usages are identified. An essential refer­ en c e b o o k fo r an y o n e w h o w rites, edits, or re a d s sc ie n tific lite r a tu re . C o p ie s m ay b e ordered for $45.00 from O xford University Press, 200 M adison Ave., N ew York, NY 10016. ISBN 0-19-853920-7. Preferred Futures for Libraries, by Richard M. D ougherty a n d Carol H ughes (19 pages, D ecem ber 1991), reports o n th e outcom e o f a series o f w o rk sh o p s h eld o n six university cam p u ses in 1991. The w o rk sh o p s ex p lo red w ith small groups o f library directors a n d chief academ ic officers from som e 40 cam puses their vision for th e future sh ap e o f libraries a n d in­ form ation resources at their institutions. The re p o rt concludes w ith a call to action to ex­ p a n d discussions to a b ro a d e r cam pus com m u­ nity that includes faculty, inform ation technol­ ogy directors, com puting center adm inistrators, publishers, a n d o th er inform ation providers to achieve th e future vision they share. A free copy o f the rep o rt m ay be req u ested from th e Distri­ b u tio n S ervices C e n te r, R e se a rc h L ibraries G roup, 1200 Villa Street, M ountain View, CA 94041-1100. S a la ry S ettin g Policies in ARL L ib r a rie s, SPEC Kit #177 (123 pages, Septem ­ b e r 1991), com piled by the C om pensation Com­ m ittee o f th e L ibrarians’ C ouncil at A rizona State University, Tem pe, w as p rep ared as part o f th e ARL/OMS Collaborative Research/Writ- in g P ro g ra m . T h e O ffice o f M a n a g e m e n t Services co n d u cted a survey in Ju n e 1991 o f 103 ARL libraries to gather inform ation on how libraries determ ine salaries for n e w hires and salary adjustm ents for professionals. T he kit contains inform ation a n d d o c u m e n ta tio n o n policies a n d practices from seven ARL libraries a n d i n c l u d e s a lis t f o r f u r t h e r r e a d i n g . Copies are available for $33 00 (ARL members, $22.00) from ARI/OMS, 1527 New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036. ISSN 0160-3582. ■