ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


March 1983 / 91

PUBLICATIONS
RECEIVED

(Selected items will be reviewed in future issues 
of C o lleg e & Research L ibraries.)

•The Bibliographic Control o f  O fficial Publica­
tions‚ edited by Jo h n  E . Pem berton (Pergamon, 
1982, $2 5 ), contains eleven articles concerned with 
the establishm ent of a comprehensive system for 
classifying and arranging official government pub­
lications. T h e  em phasis is on British Com m on­
wealth countries, but other foreign documents are 
covered as well as U .S. and international publica­
tions.

•Those who catalog cartographic m aterials deal 
w ith a wide assortment of inform ation, authority 
problem s, and m aterials o f unusual shape. Carto­
graphic Materials: A M anual o f  Interpretation f o r  
AACR2 was prepared by the Anglo-American C a t­
aloguing Com m ittee for C artographic M aterials 
and is a vailable from the Am erican L ib rary Associ­
ation (1982, $40). T his book includes all necessary 
rules for description, either repeated from AACR2 
or elaborating on rules from it. It indicates prefer­
red ap p lica tio n s o f A A C R 2, to g eth er w ith  th e 
practices o f the national libraries and archives of 
A ustralia, C an ada, New Zealand, G reat Britain, 
an d th e  U n ite d  S t a te s . All ru les a re  cro ss- 
referenced with A ACR2. Nine appendices cover 
topics ranging from determ ining the scale o f a map 
to treating m ap series and geographical atlases.

• C om puting in LASER: Regional L ibrary  C o­
operation‚ by Jean  M. Plaister (Oryx, 1983, $15), is 
not about laser printing, but is an account o f the co­
operative services of libraries in the southeast of 
England (London and South Eastern L ib rary R e­
gion). This publication describes L A S E R ’S devel­
opment and their projects to “take advantage of 
com puter technology as it becam e a realistic tool 
for the library user.”

•Managing the Serials Explosion: The Issues f o r  
P ublishers an d  L ibraries, by D av id  C . T a y lo r 
(Knowledge Industry, 1982, $ 3 4 .5 0  cloth , $27.50 
paper), examines some questions of serials m anage­
m ent, why they are considered difficu lt, and some 
of the choices librarians have in dealing with serials 
as a form o f com m unication.

•Online Search Strategies, edited by Ryan E . 
Hoover (Knowledge Industry, 1982, $ 3 7 .5 0  cloth, 
$ 2 9 .5 0  paper) contains practical tips and hints on 
the effective use o f bibliographic databases and

search systems, written by a collection o f sixteen 
authors experienced in the search techniques of 
various disciplines. T he book does not claim  to be a 
text on the basics o f searching and assumes th at the 
reader is fam iliar with the topic and has a back­
ground in library or inform ation science. I t focuses 
on the publicly available databases o f four m ajor 
A m erican services— B R S, D IA L O G , M E D L A R S , 
and SD C . Sam ple searches illustrate database and 
search system features.

• O ptions f o r  the 80s‚ ed ited by M ich a el D . 
K a th m a n  and V irg il F . M assm an (JA I, 1 9 8 2 , 
$ 1 2 5 ), is a tw o-volume set containing the proceed­
ings o f A C R L ’s Second N ational C on feren ce in 
M inneapolis, O ctober 1 -4 , 1981. T h e  five them e 
papers by Thom as Patrick M elady, Robert M. Ro­
senzw eig, D aniel Sullivan, Paul A. L a cey , and 
Beverly Lynch are printed in full, as well as the 56 
contributed papers and the concluding panel dis­
cussion. Abstracts of the contributed papers ap­
peared in C &R L  N ew s, July/August 198 1 , pp. 
2 2 9 -2 4 1 .

•Planning the Library Instruction Program, by 
P atricia Senn Breivik (American L ibrary Associa­
tion, 1982, $10 paper), offers step-by-step proce­
dures designed to articu late and support a program 
of library instruction appropriate for academ ic, 
school, or p u blic lib raries. Stressing the im por­
tance of shaping the instructional program to fit 
the needs of the groups to be served, the author de­
tails methods for quality instruction that are easily 
accessible.

•Reference Service and Library Education, com ­
piled by Edw in S. Gleaves and Jo h n  M ark Tucker 
(Lexington Books, 1982, $ 2 9 .9 5 ), is a festschrift in 
honor o f Frances Neel Cheney. P art I of the book is 
devoted to personal perspectives o f Cheney’s life; 
Part II deals with current trends in reference ser­
vices; Part III is a history of library education; and 
P a rt IV  c o n ta in s an extensive b ib lio g ra p h y  of 
works by and about Frances Neel Cheney.

•W hat books and m aterials should a novice li­
b rarian  select for purchase? Selecting Materials f o r  
Libraries‚ second edition, by Robert N. Broadus 
(H .W . W ilson, 1981, $16), focuses on collection 
development in the small to medium-sized library, 
and provides basic inform ation on how to evaluate 
and select materials.

•Access to inform ation services has changed d ramatically



92 / C &RL News

 with the introduction o f com puter hard­
w a re  and s o ftw a re  and new  c o m m u n ic a tio n s 
equipm ent. T h e  fifteen articles contained in Strate­
gies f o r  Meeting the Inform ation Needs o f  Society in 
the Y ear 2 0 0 0 ‚ com p iled by M a rth a  Boaz ( L i ­
b ra rie s U n lim ite d , 1 9 8 1 , $ 2 2 .5 0 ), address th e 
problems of changing technology and suggest plans 
for supplying inform ation to an increasingly com ­
plex society.

• The W elco m in g Address in Women an d  L i­
b r a r y  M a n a g em en t, e d ite d  by D a r le n e  E . 
W eingand (Pierian Press, 1982, $1 6 .9 5 ) is a salute

to participants at a conference on library m anage­
ment held at the University o f Wisconsin-Madison 
campus. T h e  address, presented by Joy ce M. E rd ­
m an, points out findings o f the Task F o rce on the 
Status of W om en that clearly indicate th at women 
have not been fully integrated into the academ ic 
structure. T h e purpose of the conference was to ex­
plore the benefits that women can bring to the field 
of acad em ic lib rarian sh ip  and lib ra ry  m anage­
ment. Peter G . Hamon spoke on the m ale point of 
v iew , w h ile th e  o th er featu red  speakers w ere 
women. ■  ■

M arch
3 1 — A cadem ic Libraries: “Partners in Education: 

New Roles for the A cadem ic L ib r a r ia n ,” the 
1983 Spring Institute o f the L ibrary Association 
of the C ity University o f New York, to be held at 
Bronx Com m unity C ollege. T h e  program  in­
cludes presentations on bibliographic instruction 
and library-classroom  faculty cooperation in the 
establishm ent of a local history archive. C on ­
ta c t: Ju lie  Skurdenis, U niversity Avenue and 
W est 181st S t ., Bronx, NY 1 0 4 5 3 ; (212) 220- 
6076.

April
7 — Maps: “Maps and Atlases in Libraries: An In ­

trodu ction ,” a workshop sponsored by the New 
York M etropolitan Reference and Research L i­
brary Agency at the W ilkie M em orial Building, 
New York C ity. C on tact: M E T R O , 2 0 9  W est 
23d S t., New York, NY 10011.

1 1 - 1 2 — F e d e ra l G ra n ts : T h e  2 7 th  In s titu te  on 
F e d era l F u n d in g  sponsored by th e  N atio n al 
G raduate University, W ashington, D .C . A spe­
cial session is scheduled for discussion of the new 
F e d e r a l A c q u is itio n  R e g u la tio n . C o n ta c t: 
Donna Sm ith, N ational G raduate University, 
1101 N orth H igh land S tre e t, A rlin gton , VA 
22 2 0 1 ; (703) 527-4800.

1 2 — N e tw o rk s : “ N e tw o rk in g — W h e re  fro m  
H ere?” , a symposium to be held at the R am ada 
Inn Convention C enter, Cham paign, Illinois. 
Speakers include Jim  Ed gar, Illinois secretary of 
state; Frank Grisham , executive director o f S O ­
L IN E T ; B a rb a ra  Markuson, executive director

o f IN C O L SA ; Laim a Mockus, executive director 
o f N E L I N E T ; R ich a rd  M cC o y, p resid en t of 
R L G ; Rowland Brow n, president o f O C L C ; and 
T o n i C a r b o  B e a rm a n , execu tive d irec to r o f 
N C L IS . Fees: $25 for Illinois residents; $40 for 
non-Illinois residents; $20 for library and information

LIBRARY PRESERVATION
T h e  A d m in is tra tiv e  C h a lle n g e  

April 29, 1983 
Library of Congress

Sponsored by the A LA  Resources and Technical 
Services Division with the cooperation of the Library 
of Congress National Preservation Program.

This program is specifically designed to provide 
an administrative overview of the preservation of li­
brary m aterials and is aim ed at top level library 
management. The program will define and deline­
ate the field of library preservation; explore possibil­
ities for fitting preservation into the library organiza­
tio n ; assess lib ra ry  p re s e rv a tio n  c h a lle n g e s ; 
suggest approaches and priorities; and discuss fis­
cal realities and possibilities. Fee: $ 1 9 8  RTSD m em­
bers, $ 2 1 3  A LA  members, $ 2 2 8  non-ALA mem­
bers.

To reserve space or obtain information, please 
contact Bill D rewett, A LA /R TSD , 50 East Huron 
St. ‚ Chicago, IL 60611 ‚ or phone (312) 9 4 4 -6 7 8 0 , 
ext. 3 1 1 .