College and Research Libraries T h e n e w ZBB (if w e may coin this ab- breviation on the model of the time-honored ZfB) is edited by H . W . Eppelsheimer of F r a n k f u r t , G . H o f m a n n of M u n i c h , and H . T i e m a n n of H a m b u r g . E d i t o r i a l c o m m u n i - cations should be addressed to D r . H . M i d - dendorf a t the B a y e r i s c h e Staatsbibliothek in M u n i c h . T h e publisher is V i t t o r i o K l o s t e r - mann of F r a n k f u r t , and f o u r issues per annum c a r r y a subscription price of D M 33-50. A r t i c l e s in the first issue are by Eppels- heimer on libraries and documentation and by F . A . S c h m i d t - K u n s e m u l l e r on planned periodical acquisition by the D e u t s c h e F o r s - chungsgemeinschaft. I n the second number C . K o t t e l w e s c h w r i t e s on problems of inter- l i b r a r y loan in G e r m a n y , K . L e l b a c h on the B o n n student l i b r a r y , H . F u c h s on the l a t e H u g o A n d r e s K r i i s s , and Eppelsheimer on the c u r r e n t status of G e r m a n l i t e r a r y bib- liography. In each issue there is a checklist of c u r r e n t bibliographical l i t e r a t u r e w h i c h may w e l l t u r n out to be c o m p a r a b l e in scope and extent to that in the ZfB. T h e r e are, of course, r e v i e w s and n e w s notes. C O L L E G E A N D R E S E A R C H L I B R A R I E S e x t e n d s a cordial w e l c o m e to the ZBB into the f a m - ily of l i b r a r y periodicals and w i s h e s it the same distinction attained by the old ZfB.— Lawrence S. Thompson, University of Ken- tucky Libraries. Communication of Specialised Information The Communication of Specialized Informa- tion. Papers Presented before the Seven- teenth Annual Conference of the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago August 11-15, 1952. Edited by M a r g a r e t E . E g a n . C h i c a g o : A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y A s - sociation, 1954. I28p. $4.00. The Papers Presented before the Seven- teenth Annual Conference of the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago August 11-15, 1952, previously published in American Documentation I V , nos. 3 and 4, 1953) are n o w a v a i l a b l e in a monograph edited by M a r g a r e t E . E g a n . E x c e p t f o r a p r e f a c e by M i s s E g a n , the content of the papers is identical w i t h their first appearance in Ameri- can Documentation. T h e topic of the C o n f e r - ence w a s the communication of specialized i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m w h i c h the book takes its title. B y this term is meant those research records, articles, essays, and the like w h i c h u s u a l l y appear in n e a r - p r i n t f o r m a t in re- stricted editions, p a r t i c u l a r l y as to distribu- tion or use, and w h i c h take significance because of their timeliness and are especially v a l u a b l e to s u b j e c t specialists in technical fields of k n o w l e d g e . T h i s m a t e r i a l , the l i f e - blood of the highly specialized l i b r a r y , f r o m the t r a d i t i o n a l l i b r a r y point of v i e w , is con- sidered ephemeral. O t h e r w o r d s w h i c h have been used to describe this kind of i n f o r m a t i o n and its o r g a n i z a t i o n are documentation and technical i n f o r m a t i o n . T h e titles of the papers of the participants in the conference w h i c h f o l l o w , indicate the v a s t area in com- munications w h i c h this type of i n f o r m a t i o n encompasses: " T h e P r o b l e m of Specialized C o m m u n i c a t i o n in M o d e r n Society," V e r n e r W . C l a p p . " N e w P a t t e r n s in Scientific R e s e a r c h a n d P u b l i c a t i o n , " E u g e n e W . Scott. " T h e D i s t r i b u t i o n - A c q u i s i t i o n P r o b l e m in T e c h n i c a l R e p o r t i n g , " E u g e n e E. M i l l e r . " O r g a n i z i n g a n d S e r v i c i n g U n p u b l i s h e d R e - p o r t s , " D w i g h t E. G r a y . " R e s t r i c t e d D i s s e m i n a t i o n of I n f o r m a t i o n a n d I t s Social I m p l i c a t i o n s , " R o b e r t T u m b l e s o n . " I m p l i c a t i o n s f o r P r o f e s s i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n a n d T r a i n i n g , " M o r t i m e r T a u b e . " C o n t e m p o r a r y T r e n d s in t h e P r o d u c t i o n a n d U s e of Social D a t a , " M o r r i s B. U l l m a n . " T h e U s e of Social D a t a by Business, F i n a n c e , a n d I n d u s t r y , " M a r g a r e t E. E g a n . " I n d u s t r i a l R e l a t i o n s — A C a s e Study of Spe- c i a l i z e d C o m m u n i c a t i o n I n v o l v i n g S e v e r a l G r o u p s , " F r e d e r i c k H . H a r b i s o n . " E m e r g e n c e of a N e w I n s t i t u t i o n a l S t r u c t u r e f o r the D i s s e m i n a t i o n of Specialized I n - f o r m a t i o n , " J e s s e H . S h e r a . A s seen at once, the conference posed seri- ous questions f o r the l i b r a r y profession. T h e v e r y n a t u r e of the m a t e r i a l under considera- tion, its handling and o r g a n i z a t i o n , challenges the traditional techniques and practices in use in libraries today. B u t there is too much here to attempt to a n a l y z e in detail. T h e papers are all w o r t h r e a d i n g and should become an essential p a r t of professional l i b r a r y l i t e r a - t u r e . T h e f o r m a t of this monograph, h o w e v e r , distributed by the A m e r i c a n L i b r a r y A s s o c i a - JULY, 1955 323 tion for the University of Chicago G r a d u a t e L i b r a r y School, is an unhappy one. T h e text has been reproduced from typewritten copy by off-set printing, a commendable procedure for small edition publishing; however, in the de- sign of the pages of this book, the long lines and the extensive reduction of the typescript has produced a page which is very difficult to read. F o r the purposes of this review, it w a s necessary to go back to the 1953 volume of American Documentation and there, in more readable typescript, study the essays which resulted from the Chicago conference.—John H. Ottemiller, Yale University Library. Books Received The Catholic Booklist, 1955. Edited by Sister Stella Maris. 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