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by libraries, one could add the use of a special 
endpaper (Newberry Library and Cornell 
University) (p.244). Xerography, which 
may well be in the near future one of the 
most widely used methods for card repro-
duction, deserves more space (p.247, 392). 
Tauber has slightly revised an earlier esti-
mate of the cost of recataloging. I fully 
agree that the expenses of recataloging are 
slightly higher than new cataloging because of 
the many added activities. His figure of 
approximately one dollar per volume is on the 
conservative side. I am more accustomed 
to think in terms of titles recataloged; here I 
would suggest a figure of from two to two-
and-a-half dollars per title. Although 
Tauber has undoubtedly the greatest ex-
perience in recataloging, I question his un-
conditional advice of starting a new catalog 
during the process (p.279). The best I 
could say about a new catalog is to call it a 
necessary evil. An important item in the 
administration of the catalog department, 
about which I would like to get more advice, 
is the question of statistics and reports. The 
short paragraph which th,e book devotes to this 
aspect could be expanded in a later edition. 

Special attention should be paid by all of 
us to the chapter on binding. The relation of 
binding to the over-all program of book con-
servation and the advisability of recognizing 
the importance of this work by giving it full 
departmental status is clearly brought out. 
The final chapter on machine operations care-
fully weighs the two sides of the question. 
It boldly points out the fact that few studies 
in library service give cold facts; we all are 
much too often satisfied with opinions and 
guesses. On the other hand, we cannot just 
borrow studies of scientific management in in-
dustrial organization and apply them to 
libraries. 

None of the above critical remarks are 
fundamental; the laudatory remarks could 
fill the entire issue of this journal. I there-
fore would like to summarize the gist of my 
opinion on the book under review in one short 
sentence: No librarian can afford not to read 
Technical Services in Libraries.—Felix Reich-
mann, Cornell University Libraries. 

Challenges to Librarianship 
Challenges to Librarianship, edited by Louis 

Shores. Tallahassee, Florida State Uni-
versity 1953. I56p. $2.00; paper $1.00 
(Florida State University Studies, No. 12). 
This volume presents separate papers on 

eight "challenges to librarianship," represent-
ing a series of lectures in 1952-53 given to 
students of the Library School at Florida 
State University. The central theme of these 
challenges, in the eyes of the editor, was to be 
the library as a critical force in the current 
world conflict. The lectures begin with two 
papers that fit the theme rather closely: Dan 
Lacy's "The Challenge of International Under-
standing" and Luther Evans' "The Challenge 
of Censorship." Lacy lucidly summarizes 
the sociological-political situation which de-
mands far better international understanding 
than we have. He then proceeds to indicate 
the obstacles to the flow of information, 
especially in relation to Asia and the Near 
East—and the obstacles are exceedingly for-
midable. Finally, he summarizes in broad 
terms the efforts made thus far toward pro-
moting international understanding. Mr. 
Lacy makes it abundantly clear that, while 
much has been accomplished, far more re-
mains to be done. Dr. Evans' paper deals 
with the risks to a democracy of overt and, 
especially, hidden censorship, and the obliga-
tion of libraries to provide the materials 
through which the public may ". . . learn 
. . . what is to be said for and against all of 
the proposals made on the great public issues 
of the day. . . ." 

The six remaining lectures are not quite so 
obviously related to the general theme of the 
series: Fremont Rider on "The Challenge of 
Microphotography," Charles H. Brown on 
"Librarianship and the Sciences," Edgar Dale 
on "The Challenge of Audio-Visual Media," 
Frances Henne on "The Challenge of School 
Librarianship," Louis Round Wilson on "The 
Challenge of Library Literature to Educa-
tion for Librarianship," and Wayne Shirley 
on "An American Librarian's Heritage." 
Though the relation of some of these papers 
to international understanding seems some-
what remote, they present in an interesting 
way important problems in a number of areas 
of librarianship. 

The extent to which the papers represent 

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the general position, attitudes, or knowledge 
of some major segment of the profession, as 
distinguished from the personal views of the 
author, varies from paper to paper. But the 
collection as a whole reflects the profession 
of librarianship as a dynamic one, aware of 
important obligations and concerned with 
finding the best solutions.—Herman H. 
Fussier, University of Chicago Library. 

Methods of Research 
Methods of- Research: Educational, Psycho-

logical, Sociological. By Carter V. Good 
and Douglas E. Scates. N e w York, Apple-
ton-Century-Crofts, 1954. xx, 920p. $6.00. 
"This book has been written for field 

workers, graduate students, and members 
of the senior division of the undergraduate 
college who would evaluate the quality of 
conclusions, either as producers or consumers 
of research." This is the first sentence of 
the preface of this volume by Drs. Good and 
Scates, who represent two-thirds of the writ-
ing team which produced the useful The 
Methodology of Educational Research. T h e 
new volume is a more detailed analysis of 
methods in research on a wider scope than the 
work of Good, Barr, and Scates. Librarians, 
library school students, and members of li-
brary school faculties should find it a most 
helpful guide. As the authors further point 
out in the preface, the work is not intended to 
be a "recipe book," "cookbook," "rule book," 
or a series of "lesson plans" for problem-
solving. Rather, it discusses concepts, prin-
ciples, and procedures in educational, psycho-
logical, and sociological investigations. 

Although the entire volume will be of in-
terest to librarians, chapter 3, "Survey of 
Related Literature and Library Technique," 
and chapter 5, "The Descriptive Method: 
Classification," are worth particular attention. 
Chapter 3 emphasizes the need of searching 
the literature prior to starting on a new in-
vestigation, and, within the subject limits of 
the volume, suggests the many bibliographical 
and other aids useful to the researcher. In 
some instances, the detail is unusually full. 
For example, specific topics treated in the 
Review of Educational Research are traced in 
the various issues of the journal (pp.136-37)-
It is perhaps understandable that the authors 
would be intrigued by the "automatic elec-

tronic library" described by Fred L. Walker 
in the Scientific Monthly for February, 1951. 
Some attention is also given to national and 
international cooperation in library service, 
but, except for a number of citations to li-
brary literature, there is no discussion of the 
part played by subject specialists and refer-
ence librarians in assisting researchers. 

Librarians will find chapter 5 a provocative 
discussion of classification as a fundamental 
basis of research. While the problems of 
classification in a research study are of a 
different order than those in organizing a li-
brary collection, the authors call attention to 
the several library classifications and lists of 
subject headings which are suggestive to stu-
dents in the pursuit of their investigations. 

Chapter 10, "The Reporting and Imple-
menting of Research," summarizes in concise 
form the steps that should be familiar to re-
search librarians. Included are details of 
presentation of data, bibliographical and foot-
note form, and style. Librarians who are 
interested in reporting on projects or writing 
for the library journals should find this dis-
cussion instructive.—Maurice F. Tauber, 
Columbia University. 

Junior College Books 
Books for Junior Colleges: A List of 4.000 

Books, Periodicals, Films and Filmstrips. 
Compiled by Frank J. Bertalan. Chicago, 
American Library Association, 1954. 32ip. 
$7.50. 
Here is the long awaited and much needed 

list that will be helpful to all junior college 
libraries. Since Mohrhardt's list appeared in 
1937, and many of its entries are now out 
of print or out of date, librarians and teach-
ers of junior colleges have been requesting a 
current compilation. Entries in Mohrhardt's 
list were not included here unless they had 
been revised or enlarged. 

This volume represents the work of junior 
colleges all over the country, the American 
Association of Junior Colleges, the American 
Library Association and its Junior College 
Section of the Association of College and 
Reference Librarians, the United States Office 
of Education and a few senior colleges. 

The subjects included and the number of 
titles in each area were based upon an analysis 
of 115 junior college catalogs, and the advice 

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