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d o u b t e d l y p r o v e to be a u s e f u l bibliographic 
t o o l . A t h o r o u g h reading of the chapter on 
the bibliographic approach w i l l p r e p a r e seri-
ous students, both of physics and of l i b r a r i a n -
ship, f o r effective use of physics literature. 
W h i l e one may find it difficult to decide j u s t 
w h i c h approach o r c o m b i n a t i o n of approaches 
w o u l d p r o d u c e the best results in his quest f o r 
literature, the b o o k has a virtue in being brief 
enough to a l l o w one to read any part d e e m e d 
pertinent in a short time. T h e b o o k ' s v a l u e 
as a ready r e f e r e n c e guide may be s o m e w h a t 
hindered by this b r o a d approach a r r a n g e m e n t , 
except to those w h o use it f r e q u e n t l y . 

T h e a u t h o r has been t h o u g h t f u l in his 
selection of titles. In this w o r k he surveyed 
f o u r extensive technical library collections. 
M o r e o v e r , he w a s guided by k n o w l e d g e gained 
as a science librarian. O m i s s i o n of titles does 
not indicate that they lack merit. Selectivity 
in r e f e r e n c e guides is b o u n d t o o f f e n d the 
personal opinions of users at some point o r 
another. I t w i l l not be difficult, using this 
b o o k as a guide, t o develop bibliographies and 
readily to fill in titles w h i c h have been omitted 
to keep the b o o k c o m p a c t and live. D r . W h i t -
f o r d ' s c o m m e n t s , t h o u g h brief, are pertinent 
and filled w i t h clues t o additional u s e f u l l i t e r -
ature on b o t h physical science and b i b l i o -
g r a p h i c w o r k in physics. 

T h i s b o o k does fill a m a j o r gap. I t is n o w 
the only suitable b o o k that can be used as a 
text f o r prospective physics librarians. I t 
brings P a r k e up to date by listing b o o k s p u b -
lished in the last seven years. I t a n s w e r s a 
need f o r an effective guide t o literature, a r -
ranged t o p r o v i d e a m a x i m u m a m o u n t of in-
f o r m a t i o n on all phases of physics ( i n c l u d i n g 
teaching, philosophy, p o p u l a r i z a t i o n and in-
dustrial applications) f o r a variety of types of 
users.—Russell Shank, Columbia University 
Libraries. 

Document Reproduction 
I n t e r n a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n f o r D o c u m e n t a t i o n . 

Manual on Document Reproduction and 
Selection. F . I . D . P u b l . N o . 164. T h e 
H a g u e , F . I . D . , 1953. $7.10 plus $2.50 f o r 
Suppls. 
In the last chapter of the Manual on 

Methods . . . R o b e r t Binkley w r i t e s : " I t has 
seemed almost impossible to close the b o o k , b e -
cause the rush of innovation makes a chapter 

o u t of date almost as soon as it leaves the 
typist's h a n d s . " ( J o i n t C o m m i t t e e on M a -
terials for Research. Manual on Methods of 
Reproducing Research Materials . . . by 
Robert C. Binkley . . . Ann Arbor, Edwards, 
1936. p. 183.) T h a t w a s in 1936. T h e n o r -
mal p r o g r e s s to be expected in eighteen years 
w a s accelerated by the f o r c e d e f f o r t s resulting 
f r o m a w o r l d - w i d e w a r . T h e r e has l o n g been 
a need f o r a study t o bring Binkley up to 
date. 

T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n f o r D o c u -
mentation has published w i t h assistance f r o m 
U N E S C O a m a n u a l that is by no means a 
revision of Binkley, but an entirely n e w ap-
p r o a c h t o the p r o b l e m . W h e r e a s the earlier 
r e p o r t w a s limited to practices and p r o c e d u r e s 
native to the U n i t e d States, the n e w p u b l i c a -
tion is g l o b a l in scope. In o r d e r to be as uni-
versal as possible, it speaks w i t h t w o tongues. 
M o s t of the e x p o s i t o r y material is presented 
in both English and F r e n c h . T h e editorial 
b o a r d , under the leadership of F. D o n k e r 
D u y v i s ( S e c r e t a r y G e n e r a l of F . I . D . ) p r e -
sents as international a gathering as does the 
U n i t e d N a t i o n s . 

R e a l i z i n g that d o c u m e n t a t i o n m e t h o d s and 
equipment are not of a static nature, the 
editors of this m a n u a l wisely decided to bring 
it out in a loose leaf f o r m . T h e first mailing 
consists of t w o t h r e e - r i n g binders filled t o 
about one-half of capacity. T h e pages are 
not n u m b e r e d consecutively, but sections and 
sub-sections are given expandable classifica-
tion n u m b e r s , and the pages are n u m b e r e d 
w i t h i n classes. T h i s w i l l facilitate the inser-
tion of supplementary material as it is r e -
ceived. 

A t present P a r t I is all that has been issued. 
It consists of sections o n : R e p r o d u c t i o n , 
D o c u m e n t R e p r o d u c t i o n M a t e r i a l s , T h e C o s t 
A n g l e of D o c u m e n t R e p r o d u c t i o n , S t a n d a r i z a -
tion f o r D o c u m e n t R e p r o d u c t i o n , and a G e n -
eral B i b l i o g r a p h y on D o c u m e n t R e p r o d u c t i o n . 
P a r t I I , w h i c h is due t o appear later in 1954, 
and w i l l be sent a u t o m a t i c a l l y t o buyers of 
P a r t I , w i l l contain sections o n : Selection, 
T r a i n i n g of P e r s o n n e l f o r D o c u m e n t R e p r o -
duction, and an I n d e x to both parts. 

T h e largest section of P a r t I is that on 
R e p r o d u c t i o n . I t is divided into sub-sections 
o n : R e p r o d u c t i o n by H a n d o r M e c h a n i c a l 
M e a n s ( e . g . typing, relief printing, offset 
printing, e t c . ) , P h o t o g r a p h i c R e p r o d u c t i o n , 

OCTOBER, 1954 477. 



E l e c t r o n i c and P h o t o - c o n d u c t i v e M e t h o d s 
( e . g . X e r o x ) , and T h e r m i c , C a t a l y t i c and 
O t h e r M e t h o d s ( e . g . T h e r m o f a x ) . 

In g e n e r a l the chapters of each sub-section 
consist of a descriptive text that is c o m p l e t e 
yet concise. T h i s is f o l l o w e d by illustrative 
m a t e r i a l if available. N e x t c o m e s a bibli-
o g r a p h y , and then a listing of m a n u f a c t u r e r s 
and apparatus by c o u n t r y of origin. A f t e r 
this appears a section of descriptive l i t e r a t u r e 
f r o m c o o p e r a t i n g m a n u f a c t u r e r s , g e n e r a l l y 
in the f o r m of reprints of the specification 
pages of advertising b r o c h u r e s . A t present 
this section p r o v i d e s only a m o s t i n c o m p l e t e 
c o v e r a g e of the firms listed in the division 
b e f o r e it. I t is h o p e d that o t h e r m a n u -
f a c t u r e r s w i l l heed the invitation m a d e in the 
editorial n o t e : " A n appeal is m a d e t o all 
r e a d e r s and users to supply the editors w i t h 
c o m m e n t s , additions and c o r r e c t i o n s so that 
g r a d u a l l y the m a n u a l w i l l b e c o m e less tenta-
tive in f o r m and c o n t e n t s . . . 

O n e m u s t c r i t i c i z e this m a n u a l f o r the 
difficulty of interpreting the i n f o r m a t i o n in 
the listing of equipment. I t is an a r d u o u s 
task to tabulate the inconsistent i n f o r m a t i o n 
supplied a b o u t their p r o d u c t s by the m a n u -
f a c t u r e r s of r e p r o d u c t i o n equipment. I t can 
be d o n e h o w e v e r , as exemplified by the tables 
in the U N E S C O S u r v e y ( U N E S C O Survey 
of Microfilm Use 1951. P a r i s , U N E S C O , 
J u n e 5, 1952. 43 PP-). 

I n t e r e s t a b o u t and c o n c e r n o v e r the p r o b -
lems of c o m m u n i c a t i o n s appear t o be issues 
f a c i n g all libraries t o d a y . T h e universality 
of this m a n u a l makes it a necessary r e f e r e n c e 
t o o l f o r all but the smallest institutions. 
R a l p h S h a w in his i n t r o d u c t i o n sums it up in 
this m a n n e r : " I t is, t h e r e f o r e , an attempt t o 
e n u m e r a t e the m e t h o d s f o r r e p r o d u c t i o n and 
selection available so that these m e t h o d s can 
be studied in relationship t o all the o t h e r 
c o n d i t i o n s in reaching a decision as t o w h i c h 
is the best m e t h o d f o r r e p r o d u c i n g any given 
publication, at any given time, in any given 
place."—Hubbard JV. Ballou, Columbia Uni-
versity Libraries. 

Foreign Medical Periodicals 
Union List of Foreign Medical Periodicals, 

1941-1952. J a p a n e s e M e d i c a l L i b r a r y A s -
sociation. T o k y o , J a p a n , K o k u s a i S h o b o 
L t d . , 1954. 124 p. 

In 1942, the third edition of the Union List 
of Periodicals in Medical Schools was pub-
lished by the Japanese M e d i c a l L i b r a r y A s -
sociation in keeping w i t h its policy of c o n -
tributing to the d e v e l o p m e n t of J a p a n e s e 
medical science and the facilities f o r research 
in the field of medicine. A l t h o u g h a n u m b e r 
of the A s s o c i a t i o n ' s subsequent p u b l i c a t i o n s — 
Union Catalogue of Medical Works in Med-
ical Schools ( s i x v o l u m e s published, three in 
process), Catalogue of Japanese Medical 
Periodicals (1941), Classification of Medical 
References (1936), and the General Index of 
Foreign Medical Works for the Last Ten 
Years ( 1 9 5 1 ) have in s o m e respects had 
f e a t u r e s w h i c h served the 1942 list in a s u p -
p l e m e n t a r y capacity, the first direct descendant 
and a c c u r a t e i n d i c a t o r in the true sense of 
being a union list, is the w o r k r e v i e w e d in 
this statement—the Union List of Foreign 
Medical Periodicals, 1941-1952. 

T h i s w o r k , h o w e v e r , is distinctly d i f f e r e n t 
f r o m the p a r e n t publication in several r e -
spects. F i r s t its l a n g u a g e m e d i a m a k e s it a 
t o o l of value not only f o r the J a p a n e s e m e d i -
cal p r a c t i t i o n e r and research specialist, b u t f o r 
m e d i c a l men and w o m e n the w o r l d o v e r . I n 
addition t o the publications being listed by 
title in the l a n g u a g e of a p u b l i c a t i o n ' s origin, 
the l o c a t o r device ( s y m b o l s ) and its key are 
in English, rather than in Japanese c h a r a c t e r s 
as in the 1942 edition. T h e one e x c e p t i o n 
n o t i c e d in the m a t t e r of titles being listed in 
l a n g u a g e of origin is the Russian Arkhiv 
anatomii histologii i embriologii (Archives 
russes d'anatomie, d'histologie et d'embryol-
ogie). In the 1942 edition the main entry w a s 
in R u s s i a n w i t h a F r e n c h translation. 

P a u c i t y of Russian titles n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g , it 
m a y be said that the scope of the w o r k , in list-
ing the libraries' holdings, is universal in 
c o v e r a g e . T h e r e are 1734 titles listed. T h e s e 
are l o c a t e d in the holdings of the 77 c o -
o p e r a t i n g m a j o r m e d i c a l libraries o f Japan. 

W h e r e the 1942 periodical list w a s c o m p i l e d 
w i t h several parts and sections, m u c h of it 
entirely in Japanese, the present smaller, m o r e 
c o m p a c t w o r k , is in a single alphabet by title 
a r r a n g e m e n t . T h e pages are d o u b l e c o l u m n e d 
w i t h the first w o r d of each title in h e a v y 
b l a c k type w h i c h stands o u t clearly, p r o v i d i n g 
a means f o r rapid finding. P r e c e d i n g each 
first w o r d in the m a r g i n is the title's n u m b e r e d 
listing in fine type. E a c h entry lists the title 

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