College and Research Libraries have gotten slightly more than its fair share of space in the book. I am never quite sure whether the Yalu river should stand between the reviewer .of a book and the advertising claims made ·for it. Since naive book-buyers may be · guided by these, it seems only fair to point out that this is not "The first book in the specialized information center field that. ... " Pride of this place is surely occupied by the classic "Centralized Information Ser- vices-Opportunities and Problems," West- ern Reserve University Press and Intersci- ence, 1958 written, oddly enough, by Allen Kent and James Perry. The librarian, though, should derive some small consolation from this book- the same consolation derivable from one of Samuel Johnson's statements: "Commerce," said he, "can't be so difficult. Look at the class of people who succeed in it." Since the book defines an information center as any library or collection of documents, it not only bridges but annihilates "the exist- ing gulf between the librarian and the documentalist."-Harold Wooster, Air Fo-rce Office of Scientific Research. Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing. Proceedings. 1963. Ed. by Herbert Goldhor. Champaign, Ill.: Dis- tributed by the Illini Union Bookstore, [1964]. vii, 176p. $2. paper. (65-1841). This small volume serves as an excellent travel guide through selected data process- ing installations in libraries across the coun- try. Representing a broad range of libraries by type, all but three of the ten papers presented are case studies of operating sys- tems in various stages of development. As a result the collection is a practical dem- onstration of how mechanization and auto- mation can help rather than an excursion into theoretical advantages as yet untried. As such, the book is particularly valuable to the novice in the field, although a careful comparison of the variant methods of opera- tion will suggest adaptable alternatives to those librarians already in the systems plan- ning stage. Public librarians will be particularly in- terested in Lorin Burns' description of auto- mation in the public libraries of Lake Coun- ty, Indiana, and John Henderson's very Book Reviews I 409 full explanation of the production of the book catalog in the Los Angeles County system. For those librarians in smaller sys- tems who have justifiable qualms about the expense of mechanization, Burns' figures on the annual cost of handling acquisitions, book processing, registration, circulation control, and catalog card production will probably be a pleasant surprise. James Ja- cobs' paper on the possibilities of data proc- essing in school library systems appears to be valid enough, although for the most part it depicts planning rather than current op- eration. Ralph Parker's paper on the evolu- tion of automatic systems at the University of Missouri, on the other hand, represents more than fourteen years of pioneering progress which university librarians just now beginning to develop systems can ad- mire and envy. Special library systems are represented by two papers, Marjorie Grif- fin's history of the trial-and-error method of development at IBM's Advanced Sys- tems Development and Research Library, and Hillis Griffin's description of processing and circulation at the National Reactor Testing Station Technical Library in Idaho. In the final case study Seymour Taine dis- cusses the preparation of the Index Medicus and the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS) at the Na- tional Library of Medicine. In the three general papers, Burton Ad- kinson discusses trends in the library ap- plication of data processing, Donald Kraft describes Key Word in Context indexing and the selective dissemination of informa- tion, and Louis Schultheiss contributes a brief but useful exposition of How charts as the basic step in systems design. Includ- ed as an appendix is Edward McCormick's "Bibliography on Mechanized Library Proc- esses," which is an excellent starting point for further investigation. Two conclusions are inescapable in con- sidering the contents of these papers. First, it is apparent that with the exception of ·some efforts of limited scope in the special library field, all applications of data process- ing to date have been · in the area of the library's housekeeping operations, technical services, and circulation. The time is ripe for some significant experimentation in the application of machinery to general biblio- < Continued on page 420) 420 I College & Research Libraries • September 1965 ciety, 244 East Ogden Ave., Hinsdale, Ill. 60521. v. 1, no. 1, Feb. 1965. Bi- monthly. $21. 65-9881. 0 Nuclear Structural Engineering. North- Holland Publishing Co., P.O. Box 103, Amsterdam. v. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1965. Bi- monthly. $25. 65-9898. Papers in English Language and Literature. The Editor, Papers in English Language and Literature, Southern Illinois Univer- sity, Alton, Ill. 62004. v. 1, no. 1, Winter 1965. Quarterly. $5. 65-9899. Perceptual Cognitive Development. P.O. Box 35336, Preuss Station, Los Angeles, Calif. v. 1, no. 1, 1965. Quarterly. $5. 65-9895. Pesticides Documentation Bulletin. Super- intendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off. , Washington, D.C. 20402. v. 1, no. 1, Mar. 19, 1965. Biweekly. $12. A65-150. Pharmacology and Toxicology, Experi- mental and Clinical. Excerpta Medica Foundation, New York Academy of Med- icine Bldg., 2 East 103d St., New York 10029. v. 18, no. 1, Jan. 1965. Monthly. Price not given. 65-9897. Physics. Physics Publishing Co., 122 East 55th St., New York 10022. v. 1, no. 1, July I Aug. 1964. Bimonthly. $30. 65- 9874. Physiology. Excerpta Medica Foundation, New York Academy of Medicine Bldg., 2 East 103d St., New York 10029. v. 18, no. 1, Jan. 1965. Monthly. Price not given. 65-9913. Proceedings in :Print. Maurice Rahilly, Business Manager, Proceedings in Print, Avco Corporation, Research and Ad- vanced Development Division, 201 Low- ell St., Wilmington, Mass. v. 1, no. 112, Oct. 1964. Bimonthly. $20. 65-9856. Religious Theatre. James R. Carlson, Flor- ida Presbyterian College, St. Petersburg, Fla. 33733. no. 1, Fall 1964. Semiannual. $2.50. 65-9883. Science Journal. Associated Iliffe Press Lim- ited, Dorset House, Stamford St., London S.E.l. v. 1, no. 1, Mar. 1965. Monthly. $12. 65-9905. 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Consumer News Inc., 1029 Vermont Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. v. 1, no. 1, Mar. 22, 1965. Bi- weekly. $5. 65-9879. Verdict. Auric International Corporation, 150 E. 37th St., New York 10016. v. 1, no. 1, Oct. 1964. Monthly. $6. 65-9861. Ward's Quarterly. Powers and Co., Inc., 550 West Fort St., Detroit, Mich. 48226. v. 1, no. 1, Winter 1965. Quarterly. $15. 65-9880. World Aerospace Systems. Hanover Press Ltd., 4 Mill St., Hanover Square, London, W.l. v. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1965. Monthly. $8. 65-9868. • • Book Reviews ( Continued from page 409) graphical and reference functions of the type proposed for Florida Atlantic U ni- versity. Second, it is obvious that much pro- ductive mechanization can be accomplished by the imaginative use of unit record equip- ment without requiring access to a com- puter, and at a cost that is well within the operational budget limitations of many li- braries. Library administrators please note. -Carl R. Cox, University of Maryland. • • -