ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries January 1988 / 47 PUBLICATIONS • Birding: An Introduction to Ornithological De- lights for Blind and Physically Handicapped Indi­ viduals (1987) has been published by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically H and­ icapped as the first in a projected series of leisure activity booklets. This handbook describes the im­ portance and variety of bird sounds, a selection of recorded and braille books available through a net­ work of regional libraries, and sources of commer­ cial recordings of bird songs. A free copy may be requested from the Reference Section, National Li­ brary Service for the Blind and Physically Handi­ capped, Washington, DC 20542. • Directory of Periodicals Online: News, Law & Business, edited by Maria S. Sims (389 pages, 3d ed., 1987), locates more than 7,700 periodicals on 200 databases. Subject area and databases are given for each title listed, while a separate subject- to-title index identifies appropriate periodicals and databases when specific titles are not known. Cop­ ies may be ordered for $75 from Federal Document Retrieval, 514 C Street, N .E., Washington, DC 20002; (202) 628-2229. • The 1987 volume of Ethnic Forum: Journal of Ethnic Studies and Ethnic Bibliography presents papers on ethnic studies delivered at ALA’s 1987 Annual Conference in San Francisco. Among the articles in this volume are: “Ethnic Research Issues Facing Academic Libraries,” by Robert Haro; “Ethnic Research at the American Folklife Cen­ te r,” by Alan Jabbour; “Library Services to Black Americans: In Rertrospeet and Prospect,” by E.J. Josey and Marva L. DeLoach; “Research and Re­ sources in Ethnic Genealogy,” by Jessie Carney Smith; “Ethnic Research and the Human Relations Area Files,” by Jo Kibbee; “Multicultural Educa­ tion: A Guide to Reference Sources,” by Lois But­ ler. The jourjial, edited by Lubomyr R. Wynar, also provides articles on ethnic press, educational and historical studies, ethnic information and ref­ erence sources, and book reviews. Annual sub­ scription rates are $20 for institutions and $15 for individuals. Contact Ethnic Forum, School of Li­ brary Science, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242. • Friends o f College Libraries, com piled by Ronelle K.H. Thompson (134 pages, November 1987) for librarians who w ant information on or­ ganizing and running a friends of the library pro­ gram at college libraries, is the latest addition (#9) to the CLIP (College Library Information Packet) Note series published by ACRL. The book reports the results of a survey of small college and univer­ sity libraries that collected basic data and sample documents about their friends programs. Constitu­ tions, bylaws, membership brochures, program ideas, newsletters, and publications are some of the topics covered. Copies may be ordered for $17 ($14 to ACRL members) from the ALA Order D epart­ ment, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-7171-7. • Getting the Books Out: Papers on the Chicago Conference on the Book in 19th Century America, edited by Michael Hackenberg (197 pages, 1987), contains papers presented on October 18-19,1985, at a conference sponsored by the University of Chi­ cago, the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and the Illinois Center for the Book. The focus of all the papers are on how books, publish­ ing, and the book trade influenced the growth of 19th-century America. The authors included are: Michael Hackenberg, Terry Belanger, James W. Green, Robert D. H arlan, Michael H. Plarris, Bruce L. Johnson, AliceD. Schreyer, Madeleine B. Stern, and Michael Winship. Copies may be or­ dered for $10 from the Superintendent of Docu­ ments, U.S. Government Printing Office, Wash­ ington, DC 20402. Stock no. 030-001-0012101. • A Guide to Drug Information and Literature: An Annotated Bibliography (42 pages, 4th ed., 1987) was prepared for use in library orientation programs for medical and pharmacy students at the University of Southern C alifornia’s Norris Medical Library. The bibliography surveys se­ lected drug inform ation sources in the areas of guides to the literature; indexing and abstracting services; computer databases; textbooks; general drug information including drug names, official and semi-official sources, commercial sources, in­ ternational sources, chemical and physical data, an d new drugs; e v a lu a tiv e an d c o m p a ra tiv e sources; therapeutics; adverse reactions, drug in­ teractions and toxicology; laws, regulations and news. Annotations describe the scope, arrange­ ment, content and use of each source. A guide to abbreviations and an alphabetic index are also in­ cluded. Copies may be ordered (prepaid) for $10 from the Reference Office, Norris Medical Li­ brary, University of Southern California, 2003 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033. 48 / C&RL News 9 Performance Evaluation in Reference Sources, SPEC Kit #139 (November/Decem ber 1987), ex­ amines ARL libraries’ qualitative and quantitative evaluation efforts in four areas: overall reference services, reference desk service, online database services, and instructional services. The kit con­ tains policies and standards for overall reference services from 3 libraries; evaluation forms, survey results for reference desk service from 2 libraries; evaluation procedures, forms, reports for online database search services from 2 libraries; proce­ dures, forms, survey results for instructional ser­ vices from 4 libraries; and a selected reading list. Individual SPEC Kits are available for $20 (plus $5 postage outside the U.S.) or through subscription, prepaym ent required, from SPEC, Office of M an­ ag em en t Studies, 1527 New H am p sh ire A ve., N .W ., W ashington, D C 20036. 9 Preservation Microfilming: A Guide fo r Librar- ians and Archivists, edited by Nancy E . G w inn (212 pages, D ecem ber 1987), follows each step in the production of microform masters, including over­ all planning, selection and preparation of m ateri­ als to be filmed, provision of bibliographic control for m icrofilm ed m aterials, and storage and care of m aster negatives. The guide gives instruction on such m atters as contracting for film ing services, es­ tablishing good quality control routines, and esti­ m ating costs. The developm ent of this m anual was sponsored by the Association of Research Libraries and the Northeast D ocum ent Conservation C en­ ter, w ith funds from the Andrew W . Mellon F oun­ dation and the N ational Historical Publications and Records Commission. Chapters w ere drafted by experts in preservation and m icrographics and reviewed by a group of 16 librarians, archivists, adm inistrators, and preservation professionals be­ fore publication. Copies are available for $40 from ALA Books & Electronic Products, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611. ISBN 0-8389-0481-5. 9 Sexual Landscapes: Why We Are What We Are, W hy We L ove Whom We L ove, by Jam es D. W einrich (433 pages, D ecem ber 1987), is a socio- biological exam ination of hum an sexuality in all its forms. Intended for a popular but enlightened au ­ dience, the book is w ritten w ith a w ry sense of h u ­ m or th a t extends even to the footnotes. The author, a sexologist at the University of California, San Diego, incorporates a wide knowledge of popular culture into his explanations for all types of hum an (and some anim al) sexual behaviors. C h ap ters cover the gender transpositions (homosexuality, bi­ sexuality, transvestism, transsexualism), thes*x ta ­ boo, th e tw o m ajo r types of sexual a ttra c tio n , plethysm ography, child abuse, sex and violence, and courtship behavior. Historical, political, and literary aspects of the subject are treated in addi­ tion to the purely scientific. Copies m ay be ordered for $19.95 from Charles Scribner’s Sons, 866 T hird Ave., New York, NY 10022. ISBN 0-684-18705-1. • Technology and U.S. Government Inf ormation Policies: Catalysts fo r New Partnerships, prepared by the ARL Task Force on G overnm ent Inform a­ tion in E lectro n ic F o rm a t (29 pages, O ctober 1987), asserts th a t technology, moving faster than policy development, has left U.S. governm ent in­ form ation program s resting on uncertain founda­ tions. The report addresses five issues: challenges to U.S. governm ent inform ation policies; the roles of the private sector and governm ent responsibilities in m aking inform ation available; models for analy­ sis of the distinctive characteristics of inform ation in electronic formats; a changing fram ew ork for li­ b rary services; and th e consequent influence of Soviet manuscript service As a joint project of the American Council of L earned Societies and the Soviet Academy of Sci­ ences Commission on the H um anities and Social Sciences, adm inistered by the International Re­ search and Exchanges Board, a special exchange has been established betw een the Slavic and East E uropean L ibrary at the University of Illinois at U rbana-C ham paign and the L ibrary of the Insti­ tu te for Scientific Inform ation in the Social Sci­ ences (INION) of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. Under this exchange the University of Illinois re­ ceives from INION microfilm copies of selected So­ viet dissertation abstracts and deposited m a n u ­ scripts in the social sciences and hum anities. Soviet dissertations themselves are not available for ex­ port, b u t these substantial abstracts, often around 30 pages in length, sum m arize the au th o r’s hypoth­ eses, discussion, and conclusions, and include b ib ­ liographical references. The deposited m anuscripts are refereed scholarly articles and m onographs which, for one reason or another, w ere not p u b ­ lished. A list of titles received to date is available on re­ quest from the Slavic Reference Service, 225 L i­ b rary , University of Illinois, 1408 W . G regory Drive, U rbana, IL 61801. These items m ay be bor­ row ed through the Slavic Reference Service or p u r­ chased. (If you are considering p u rch ase, you should know th a t the cost of an item will rarely ex­ ceed $10, including service charge and postage, as film-to-film copying is extremely economical.) If a scholar knows of a particular Soviet disserta­ tion abstract or deposited m anuscript in the h u ­ manities or social sciences needed for his or her re­ search, the inform ation should be sent to the Slavic Reference Service; they will be happy to include such requests in the project. The requester will be notified w hen the item is received. ■ ■ 50 / C&RL News these issues on the Depository L ibrary Program . Also included in this report is a d raft statem ent of principles th a t specifically addresses th e public availability of U.S. governm ent in form ation in electronic form at. Members of the Task Force are: D. Kaye G apen, Nancy Cline, Malcolm Getz, Jean Loup, and B arbara von W ahlde. Copies are avail­ able for $5, prepaid, from the Association of Re­ search L ib ra rie s, 1527 N ew H am p sh ire A ve., N .W ., W ashington, DC 20036. • Through the Corridors o f Power: A Guide to Federal Rulemaking, published by OMB W atch w ith funding by the F ord Foundation (116 pages, September 1987), examines the political and social implications of regulatory rulem aking and how the process has been changed in recent years by the President and the W hite House Office of M anage­ m ent and Budget. The book explains how the Ad­ m inistrative Procedures Act, Executive O rders 12291 and 12498, the Paperw ork Reduction Act and other authorities interact w ith congressional oversight and judicial review to affect federal rule- making. Case studies illustrate how the process ac­ tually works. Copies are available for $10.50 (plus $1.00 handling) from OMB W atch, 2001 O Street, N .W ., W ashington, D C 20036. ISBN 0-9618808- 0-5. • The Trade Card in Nineteenth-Century Amer- ica, by Robert Jay (112 pages, October 1987), is the first historical treatm en t of the advertising cards produced in great q uantity and variety during the last th ird of the 19th century. The author traces the history of the cards by showing their developm ent in th e 17th and 18th centuries in E n g lan d and America, their high point in circulation and repro­ duction quality from 1870 to 1900, and their de­ mise w ith the increasing use of advertising in n a ­ tionally circulated magazines. The book m ay be ordered for $30 from the University of Missouri Press, 200 Lew is H all, C o lu m b ia, MO 65211. ISBN 0-8262-0619-0. * University Copyright Policies in ART Libraries, SPEC Kit #138 (118 pages, O ctober 1987), repre­ sents the results of an ARL survey conducted in 1986. Many of the responses indicated th a t copy­ right policies were being reviewed and revised in the light of changing needs since 1984 w hen the last ARL survey was done. The kit includes tw o in tro ­ ductory brochures, four comprehensive or general copyright policies, three specialized policies (per- form ance/display, software, music), tw o general ownership policies, and tw o ownership policies for specific m aterials (com puter software, university- sp o n so red e d u c a tio n a l m a te ria ls ). In d iv id u a l SPEC Kits are available for $20 (plus $5 postage outside the U.S.) or through subscription, prepay­ m ent required, from SPEC, Office of M anagem ent Studies, 1527 New H am pshire Ave., N .W ., W ash­ ington, DC 20036. ■ ■ CALENDAR March 7—L ib rary profession: A nnual Spring C onfer­ ence, L ibrarians Association of the University of N orth C arolina, Chapel Hill. Theme: ‘W h a t Is a L ib ra ria n : E xp lo rin g Roles an d R e la tio n ­ ships.” Speakers include E van F arber, Susan K. M artin, Robert Berring, and Kathleen Heim. Fee: $35 for non-mem bers ($15 for students) be­ fore February 16. Contact: D ana Sally, Brauer Library, M ath D epartm ent, Phillips Hall, UNC at Chapel Hill, C hapel Hill, NC 27599; (919) 962-2323. 16-18—H ealth Sciences: Florida H ealth Sciences L ibrary Association and the Georgia H ealth Sci­ ences Library Association joint m eeting, Jack­ sonville, Florida. C ontact: Bettye Stilley, M edi­ cal L ibrary, Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, FL 32214; (904) 777-7583. 28-31—Serials: 11th Anniversary Conference of the U.K. Serials G roup, Bodington Hall, Univer­ sity of Leeds, G reat Britain. Fee: £110. Contact: Anne Hillier, U.K. Serials G roup A dm inistrator, 4 Ashcroft Close, Oxford, E ngland OX2 9SE. April 5 - 6 —P ublic im age: 97th A n n u al C onference, C o n n e c tic u t L ib ra ry A ssociation, T re a d w a y H artford Hotel, Crom well. Theme: “As Others See Us: Building a Positive Im ag e.” Contact: A rlene B ielefield, E ast H a m p to n P u b lic L i­ brary, 105 M ain St., East H am pton, CT 06424. 28-30—Archives: Spring Meeting, M id-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, “D ocum enting C u ltu re in a Technological A ge,” A llentow n