College and Research Libraries Review Articles German Source Books Deutsches Biicherverzeichnis 1941-1950. B e a r - beitet v o n d e r D e u t s c h e n B i i c h e r e i . L e i p - z i g , V e r l a g des B o r s e n v e r e i n s d e r d e u t s c h e n B u c h h a n d l e r , 1 9 5 2 - . F a s c i c l e 1 - . ( T e n f a s c i c l e s o f f o r t y - e i g h t issued thus f a r . ) Die Schliisselliteratur. B a n d I I I : E n t s c h l i i s - s e l u n g a u s l a n d i s c h e r R o m a n e u n d D r a m e n . B y G e o r g S c h n e i d e r . S t u t t g a r t , H i e r s e - m a n n V e r l a g , 1953. 189P. D M 2 4 . 0 0 . Lehrbuch der Bibliotheksverwaltung. B y W i l h e l m K r a b b e and W i l h e l m M a r t i n L u t h e r . S t u t t g a r t , H i e r s e m a n n V e r l a g , 1953- H 3 P - D M 1 0 . 0 0 . A t the risk of s u b j e c t i n g A C R L t o a c o n - g r e s s i o n a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n , this r e v i e w p r o p o s e s t o p o i n t o u t the a d v a n t a g e s of the Deutsches Biicherverzeichnis 1941-1950, p r e p a r e d by the D e u t s c h e B i i c h e r i e in L e i p z i g , o v e r the Deutsche Bibliographie 1945-1950, p r e p a r e d by the D e u t s c h e B i b l i o t h e k at F r a n k f u r t a m M a i n . T h i s r e v i e w is n e c e s s a r y in o r d e r t o p r o t e c t A m e r i c a n l i b r a r i e s w i t h l i m i t e d m e a n s f r o m i n v e s t i n g in a less u s e f u l r e f e r e n c e w o r k w h e n a m o r e u s e f u l o n e i n c l u d i n g the s a m e i n f o r m a t i o n is a v a i l a b l e . W h e n it b e c a m e a p p a r e n t that the p a r t i t i o n o f G e r m a n y w a s t o be m o r e o r less p e r m a n e n t in late 1946 the w e s t G e r m a n s quite p r o p e r l y set u p a l i b r a r y w h o s e p u r p o s e w a s t o c o l l e c t e v e r y t h i n g issued in that j u r i s d i c t i o n . A c - t u a l l y , the p u r p o s e o f this l i b r a r y , the D e u t s c h e B i b l i o t h e k , w a s e x p a n d e d t o i n c l u d e the c o l l e c t i o n o f all p r i n t e d m a t t e r in G e r m a n , m u c h as the D e u t s c h e B i i c h e r e i . T h i s t o o is a l e g i t i m a t e p u r p o s e in a j u r i s d i c t i o n w h i c h i n c l u d e s 5 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 inhabitants, a l t h o u g h o n e m a y p r o p e r l y q u e s t i o n the w i s d o m of setting it up in F r a n k f u r t r a t h e r than in M u n i c h o r e v e n in H e i d e l b e r g , T u b i n g e n , o r S t u t t g a r t . A s the D e u t s c h e B i b l i o t h e k g r e w , it f e l t c a l l e d u p o n t o d o e v e r y t h i n g that the D e u t s c h e B i i c h e r e i d i d . T h i s is a p r o p e r f u n c t i o n o f the n a t i o n a l p r i n t e d b o o k d e p o s i t o r y o f the B u n d e s r e p u b l i k , the l a r g e s t o f the f o u r G e r - m a n - s p e a k i n g c o u n t r i e s of E u r o p e . H o w e v e r , w h e n b o t h l i b r a r i e s o f f e r s i m i l a r s e r v i c e s f o r a p r i c e t o f o r e i g n l i b r a r i e s and b o o k s e l l e r s , the n o n - G e r m a n g r o u p m u s t m a k e a decision as t o w h i c h s e r v i c e it w i l l s u b s c r i b e . I t is r e a d i l y a p p a r e n t f r o m the title o f the Deutsches Biicherverzeichnis 1941-1950 that it is indispensable, r e g a r d l e s s of its q u a l i t y . E v e n if it w e r e an i n f e r i o r w o r k , l i b r a r i e s w o u l d h a v e t o p u r c h a s e it as a s t o p g a p until the D e u t s c h e B i b l i o t h e k p u b l i s h e s the Deutsche Bibliographie 1941-1944, and this l a t t e r is m o s t u n l i k e l y . B u t is it m e r e l y a s t o p g a p ? W i l l it, o n the o t h e r h a n d , s e r v e any needs w e m a y h a v e f o r a G e r m a n n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h y f o r the p e r i o d o f w a r and the r e c o n s t r u c t i o n ? I f y o u c o n s u l t y o u r W i n c h e l l o r y o u r M a l c l e s , y o u w i l l find that the lineal a n c e s t o r s o f the Deutsches Biicherverzeichnis g o b a c k t o the b e g i n n i n g of the eighteenth c e n t u r y . I f y o u a r e l u c k y e n o u g h t o h a v e the t h r e e v o l u m e s of the Deutsches Biicherverzeichnis 1936-1940 ( f o r w h i c h as m u c h as $ 2 5 0 has been paid r e c e n t l y ) , y o u w i l l see that the n e w d e c e n n i a l c u m u l a t i o n simply c a r r i e s on the set. T h e Deutsches Biicherverzeichnis I94T~ 1950 is indispensable i n a s m u c h as it lists all p e r i o d i c a l titles published d u r i n g the p e r i o d it c o v e r s , i n c l u d i n g all p e r t i n e n t d a t a a b o u t c e s - sation, suspension, and r e s u m p t i o n of p u b l i - c a t i o n and c h a n g e s o f titles. N o such d a t a are i n c l u d e d in the Deutsche Bibliographie 1945-1950, a l t h o u g h s e p a r a t e b i b l i o g r a p h i e s o f Deutsche Zeitschriften 1945-1950 and Deutsche Zeitschriften 1941-1944 h a v e been a n n o u n c e d . T h e 1 9 4 5 - 1 9 5 0 b i b l i o g r a p h y can p r o b a b l y be e x e c u t e d at F r a n k f u r t ; b u t the 1 9 4 1 - 1 9 4 4 list m i g h t h a v e t o be c o m p i l e d in T u b i n g e n , H e i d e l b e r g , S t u t t g a r t , o r M u n i c h , w h e r e the m a t e r i a l is a v a i l a b l e . Q u i t e n a t u r a l l y b o t h L e i p z i g and F r a n k - f u r t p a r t i e s a r g u e that the o t h e r b i b l i o g r a p h y is less c o m p l e t e . S u p p o r t e r s o f the F r a n k f u r t b i b l i o g r a p h y ( e . g . , B e r t o l d H a c k in the Frank- furter Borsenblatt fiir den deutschen Buch- handel f o r 16 J a n u a r y 1 9 5 3 ) h a v e j u b i l a n t l y p o i n t e d o u t that c e r t a i n titles, m a i n l y f r o m 1950, w e r e o m i t t e d f r o m the Deutsches Bii- cherverzeichnis 1941-1950. T h e s e titles w e r e listed in the Deutsche Nationalbibliographie ( t h e w e e k l y c h e c k l i s t o f n e w l y p u b l i s h e d titles, p r e p a r e d b y the D e u t s c h e B i i c h e r e i ) , 1951, n o . 21, et seq. H o w e v e r , o n l y t h o s e entries b e t w e e n " A " and " B l " ( c o v e r e d b y the first t h r e e of the f o r t y - e i g h t f a s c i c l e s o f the Deutsches Biicherverzeichnis 1941-1950) w e r e JANUARY, 1954 115 o m i t t e d . S u c h an o m i s s i o n , c o v e r i n g o n l y a f e w h u n d r e d titles, is h a r d l y a m a t t e r f o r g r e a t c o n c e r n in the c a s e o f a b i b l i o g r a p h y i n - c l u d i n g s o m e 3 1 0 , 0 0 0 titles. M o r e o v e r , the m i s s i n g titles w i l l be i n c l u d e d l a t e r . I n a b r o a d s i d e d a t e d 2 2 J a n u a r y 1953 issued by the B i b l i o g r a p h i c a l D i v i s i o n o f the D e u t s c h e B i i c h e r e i in r e p l y t o H a c k ' s a r t i c l e , the F r a n k f u r t b i b l i o g r a p h y is c r i t i c i z e d f o r i n c l u d i n g c e r t a i n r e l a t i v e l y i n s i g n i f i c a n t p u b - l i c a t i o n s ( e . g . , such t w o - p a g e titles as " B l u s e n m i t s t o f f g e b u n d e n e r s t i c k e r e i " o r " S y s t e m - U b e r s i c h t d e r R e k o r d s t e n o g r a p h i e " ) . T h i s r e v i e w e r is n o t at all c e r t a i n t h a t a n a t i o n a l b i b l i o g r a p h y s h o u l d n o t b e a b s o l u t e l y c o m p r e - h e n s i v e , i n c l u d i n g e v e n titles w h i c h a r e a p - p a r e n t l y o f l i m i t e d i n t e r e s t and a r e d a t e d . W h e r e is the line t o be d r a w n , and w h o is t o d r a w i t ? B e t h a t as it m a y , w e c a n still b e q u i t e c e r t a i n t h a t the Deutsches Bucherver- zeichnis 1941-1950 i n c l u d e s all s i g n i f i c a n t w o r k s p u b l i s h e d in G e r m a n a n d in the G e r - m a n i e s d u r i n g the d e c a d e it c o v e r s . A l i b r a r y w h i c h o w n s it n e e d n o t s u b s c r i b e t o t h e F r a n k - f u r t b i b l i o g r a p h y u n l e s s it is o n e o f the h a l f d o z e n o r so A m e r i c a n l i b r a r i e s w h i c h h a v e a c o m p r e h e n s i v e a c q u i s i t i o n p o l i c y in the f i e l d o f b i b l i o g r a p h y . T h e t h i r d a n d c o n c l u d i n g v o l u m e o f Die Schliisselliteratur d e a l s w i t h key l i t e r a t u r e by n i n e t y - s i x F r e n c h m e n , f o r t y - s i x E n g l i s h m e n , e i g h t e e n A m e r i c a n s , t w e l v e S c a n d i n a v i a n s , six R u s s i a n s , f o u r I t a l i a n s , t w o L a t i n w r i t e r s , t w o D u t c h m e n , t w o S p a n i a r d s , o n e R o u m a n i a n , a n d o n e a n c i e n t G r e e k . S c h n e i d e r m a k e s n o e f f o r t t o b e c o m p r e h e n s i v e b u t his s e l e c t i o n s a r e , in g e n e r a l , r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f the v a r i o u s n a t i o n a l l i t e r a t u r e s . A s e x a m p l e s t o i l l u s t r a t e the first v o l u m e , the e n t r i e s in the t h i r d v o l u m e a r e w e l l c h o s e n and e l u c i d a t e d . S c h n e i d e r r e v e a l s an e x c e l l e n t k n o w l e d g e o f F r e n c h l i t e r a t u r e , and his s e l e c t i o n s a n d analysis o f F r e n c h litterature a clef a r e c o m - p a r a b l e t o his t r e a t m e n t o f G e r m a n l i t e r a t u r e in t h e s e c o n d v o l u m e . I t is u n f o r t u n a t e t h a t the l i m i t a t i o n s o f s p a c e did n o t p e r m i t h i m to g i v e m o r e e x a m p l e s f r o m R u s s i a n and I t a l i a n l i t e r a t u r e . S c h n e i d e r s u f f e r e d f r o m the s a m e h a n d i c a p as this r e v i e w e r (C&RL 1 4 : 1 0 9 ) f o r n o t h a v - ing c o n s u l t e d E a r l e F . W a l b r i d g e ' s Literary Characters Drawn from Life ( N e w Y o r k , H . W . W i l s o n , 1 9 3 6 ; Index and Key, ibid., 1 9 3 8 ) . H i s t r e a t m e n t o f E n g l i s h and e s p e c i a l l y A m e r i c a n l i t e r a t u r e w o u l d h a v e b e n e f i t e d s u b - s t a n t i a l l y f r o m u s i n g this w o r k . M r . W a l - b r i d g e has a l s o p u b l i s h e d a s o r t o f a " p r e - s u p p l e m e n t " t o S c h n e i d e r ' s t h i r d v o l u m e , u n - d e r the title of " K e y N o v e l s , A m e r i c a n and E u r o p e a n : a S u p p l e m e n t t o ' L i t e r a r y C h a r - a c t e r s D r a w n f r o m L i f e ' , " BSA Papers 4 7 ( 1 9 5 3 ) : I 6 I - I 9 I . S o m e titles a n d n a m e s in E n g l i s h a r e s p e l l e d i n c o r r e c t l y , b u t this is f o r g i v a b l e in a f o r e i g n w o r k w h e n w e r e c a l l w h a t m a y h e m A m e r i c a n p r i n t e r s c o m m i t o n any l a n g u a g e b u t E n g l i s h . H o w e v e r , J o h n L o t h r o p M o t l e y ( " M o t h l e y , " p . 1 0 9 ) and D . H . L a w r e n c e ( " L o r e n z , " p . 8 0 ) d e s e r v e b e t t e r t r e a t m e n t . N e i t h e r c a n a c i t i z e n o f t h e h o m e state o f E l i z a b e t h R o b e r t s , A . B . G u t h r i e , J r . , J e s s e S t u a r t , a n d R o b e r t P e n n W a r r e n a g r e e t h a t W i l l i a m F a u l k n e r is the o n l y g r e a t m o d e r n S o u t h e r n n o v e l i s t ( P . 5 4 ) . I t w o u l d be p o s s i b l e f o r a n y o n e f a m i l i a r w i t h the l i t e r a t u r e o f t h e v a r i o u s c o u n t r i e s n o t r e p r e s e n t e d , as w e l l as F r a n c e , t o find s i m i l a r p o i n t s t h a t m i g h t be c r i t i c i z e d . A s a w h o l e , this t h i r d v o l u m e is as g o o d a s e l e c - t i o n as m i g h t be e x p e c t e d f r o m any s t u d e n t o f key l i t e r a t u r e w h o did n o t h a v e a c c e s s t o W a l b r i d g e . T h e s e l e c t i o n is r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , the c r i t i c a l c o m m e n t s r e s t r a i n e d and o b j e c t i v e , and the style h i g h l y r e a d a b l e . A s y n o p s i s o f s t a n d a r d p r a c t i c e s in the m a n a g e m e n t o f a g i v e n type o f l i b r a r y is a l w a y s a u s e f u l b o o k . I t is n o t o n l y v a l u a b l e f o r p r a c t i t i o n e r s in t h a t p a r t i c u l a r b r a n c h o f l i b r a r i a n s h i p , b u t it is a l s o u s e f u l t o o t h e r s w h o m a y p r o f i t b y ideas c u r r e n t o u t s i d e o f t h e i r o w n s p h e r e o f a c t i v i t y . T h u s a t e x t - b o o k o f G e r m a n l i b r a r y a d m i n i s t r a t i o n c a n h a v e its special p l a c e in the A m e r i c a n l i b r a r i - a n ' s p r i v a t e c o l l e c t i o n o f p r o f e s s i o n a l r e f e r - e n c e w o r k s . I n 1940 c o - a u t h o r K r a b b e p u b l i s h e d the s e c o n d e d i t i o n o f his Kurzgefasstes Lehrbuch der Bibliotheksverwaltung, and the p r e s e n t v o l u m e is a c o m p l e t e r e v i s i o n a n d e x p a n s i o n o f this e a r l i e r w o r k . K r a b b e and L u t h e r h a v e , t o be s u r e , d e p e n d e d i n s o f a r as p o s s i b l e o n the s e c o n d v o l u m e o f the Handbuch der Bibliothekswissenschaft b u t t h e i r b o o k is b a s i c a l l y d i f f e r e n t in t w o r e s p e c t s o t h e r than l e n g t h . I t t a k e s into d u e c o n s i d e r a t i o n all o f the r a d i c a l c h a n g e s t h a t h a v e t a k e n p l a c e in G e r m a n l i b r a r i a n s h i p since 1 9 4 5 ; and, p e r - h a p s e v e n m o r e i m p o r t a n t f o r its u s e as a t e x t b o o k , it p r o v i d e s s t u d e n t s o f l i b r a r i a n s h i p w i t h m a t e r i a l f o r t h i n k i n g t h r o u g h p r o b l e m s 116 COLLEGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARIES t o w h i c h t h e r e is n o r e a d y a n s w e r . T h e r e a r e eight m a i n sections, viz., d e f i n i - tions and types o f l i b r a r i e s , b u i l d i n g s , a c q u i s i - tion, c a t a l o g i n g , p u b l i c service, statistics, office m a n a g e m e n t , finance, and p e r s o n n e l . T h e r e a r e also n o t e s o n l i b r a r y o r g a n i z a t i o n s and an a l p h a b e t i c a l i n d e x . 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" J e a n A n k e r , d i r e c t o r o f the U n i v e r s i t y L i - b r a r y in C o p e n h a g e n , and S v e n d D a h l , state l i b r a r i a n o f the R o y a l L i b r a r y w h i c h is also in C o p e n h a g e n , h e a d a staff c o n s i s t i n g of t h e m s e l v e s and a p p r o x i m a t e l y t h i r t y c o - e d i t o r s f r o m m a n y d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r i e s . Libri, a l - t h o u g h h a v i n g a definite s c h o l a r l y l i b r a r y o r i e n t a t i o n , d e a l s w i t h all aspects o f l i b r a r i a n - ship i n c l u d i n g the h i s t o r y of b o o k s and p u b l i s h - ing. I t consists of o r i g i n a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s , n e w s and i n f o r m a t i o n o f l i b r a r i e s t h r o u g h o u t the w o r l d , b o o k r e v i e w s , and a c u r r e n t list of r e c e n t p u b l i c a t i o n s . T h e t e x t is in E n g l i s h , G e r m a n , o r F r e n c h . T w o o f m a n y q u e s t i o n s that m i g h t v e r y w e l l c o m e t o m i n d w h e n the p u b l i c a t i o n of a p e r i o d i c a l such as this is a n n o u n c e d a r e w h e t h e r the p r o f e s s i o n c a n supply w o r t h w h i l e articles t o still a n o t h e r j o u r n a l and w h e t h e r a r t i c l e s o f sufficiently i n t e r n a t i o n a l interest can be f o u n d . Libri, in v o l u m e o n e , n u m b e r o n e , g o e s a l o n g w a y t o w a r d d i s p e l l i n g these d o u b t s . I n it a r e T o n n e s K l e b e r g ' s " B i b l i o - philes in A n c i e n t R o m e , " a p a p e r by S. R . R a n g a n a t h a n o n the " D a w n o f L i b r a r y C o n - s c i o u s n e s s , " a d e s c r i p t i o n of the F a r m i n g t o n plan by K e y e s M e t c a l f and E d w i n W i l l i a m s , " D i e d e u t s c h e b i b l i o g r a p h i s c h e S i t u a t i o n d e r G e g e n w a r t " by H a n s W i d m a n n , and, finally, F r a n z U n t e r k i r c h e r ' s " E i n e H a n d s c h r i f t aus d e m B e s i t z e J e a n G r o l i e r s in d e r O s t e r r e i c h - ischen N a t i o n a l b i b l i o t h e k . " L a t e r issues c a r r y such o u t s t a n d i n g a r t i c l e s as " G e n e r a l U n i o n C a t a l o g u e s in the N e t h e r - l a n d s " by L . B r u m m e l , a n o t h e r p a p e r by R a n - g a n a t h a n in w h i c h he d e v e l o p s his c o n c e p t i o n s o f d o c u m e n t a t i o n , " K a t a s t r o p h e u n d W e i d e r - a u f b a u d e r d e u t s c h e n B i b l i o t h e k e n " by G e o r g L e y h , and " C o n r a d G e s n e r et les d e b u t s d e la b i b l i o g r a p h i e u n i v e r s e l l e " by P a u l - E m i l e S c h a z m a n n . O f possibly even g r e a t e r i m p o r t a n c e in gain - ing an a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h the activities o f l i b r a r i a n s and l i b r a r i e s a b r o a d is t h a t type of a r t i c l e w i t h the " s p e c i a l " interest, such as the p a p e r o n the c a t a l o g u i n g of m u m m y l a b e l s by H e r b e r t K l o s , E r n e s t W i c k e r s h e i m e r ' s " J e a n H e r m a n n et les insectes e n n e m i s des l i v r e s , " W i l l i S t a u d a c h e r ' s a c c o u n t o f the b o o k - s t e a l i n g f e a t s o f the f a m o u s m a t h e m a - tician, G u g l i e l m o L i b r i , and " U l t r a v i o l e t t e S t r a h l e n im D i e n s t der B i b l i o t h e k " by E r n a K n o f e l . Sufficient p r o g r e s s has b e e n m a d e in the past in i n t e r n a t i o n a l l i b r a r y c o o p e r a t i o n t h r o u g h such agencies as the I n t e r n a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n of L i b r a r y A s s o c i a t i o n s , the F e d - e r a t i o n I n t e r n a t i o n a l e de D o c u m e n t a t i o n , and the U N E S C O L i b r a r i e s D i v i s i o n t o s u g g e s t that it is a p r o f i t a b l e field o f e n d e a v o r . W h e t h e r Libri finds f o r itself a p e r m a n e n t p l a c e in this p a t t e r n r e m a i n s t o be s e e n ; h o w - e v e r , that it has m a d e a p r o m i s i n g b e g i n n i n g and that it d e s e r v e s o u r s u p p o r t g o e s , I b e - lieve, u n c h a l l e n g e d . — J a m e s Ranz, University of Illinois Library. JANUARY, 1954 117