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324 I College & Research Libraries • July 1971 

war has been included. A companion vol-
ume may be in order. 

The range of problems Lyle ·discussed 
with his colleagues is broad. Familiar ques-
tions about compact shelving, library hours, 
collection development, and cooperation are 
discussed, as are automation, the role of the 
emergent Young Turks in the professions, 
blanket orders, library unions, library gov-
ernance, and · relationships of librarians to 
faculty. Thr0ughout the book, often only 
implicitly, concern for the future of libraries 
as we now know them is apparent. The 
professional literature is, of course, rich in 
material on this subject and we are all not 
only curious about what's to become of us, 
as it were, but what role the rich collections 
we have developed down through the dec-
ades will play in tomorrow's higher educa-
tion. Most of us think, and most of Guy 
Lyle's sixteen librarians would agree, that 
the book is here to stay. Whether it will be 
acquired, processed, housed, and used as 
it has been in the past is another matter. 

From among Lyle's librarians, readers 
may identify and select their own charla-
tans, incompetents, or muddled sentimen-
talists as this reviewer has done. Those few 
excepted, this is a group of strong librarians 
deeply concerned about their profession. 
They are not, happily, intoning palinodes 
to a golden past, but, in spite of their de-
crepitude in the eyes of my students 
(whom I had read the book for a course I 
teach) , they have realistically evaluated the 
profession's successes and accepted the fact 
that not only is change inevitable, but that 
it is desirable. They are equally realistic in 
recognizing the economic problems of high-
er education, the development of changing 
educational concepts, the necessity of find-
ing more sophisticated technological solu-
tions to library problems, and .the need for 
a new kind of librarian, better trained, bet-
ter educated, and more intimately involved 
in the whole educational process than we 
have had heretofore. 

On the whole, a useful and interesting 
book. It is good to have the profession's 
leaders firmly on record and all of us can 
look forward to throwing their words in 
their teeth on occasion, but (and probably 
more frequently) also rereading them with 
pro£t.-Stuart Forth, University of Ken-
tucky. 

BOOKS RECEIVED 

NoTE: The titles listed represent books re-
ceived at . the editorial office that may be of 
interest to academic librarians. 

American Library Association, Alternatives 
in Print: An Index and Listing of Some 
Movement Publications Reflecting To-
day's Social Change Activities. Colum-
bus, Ohio: The Ohio State University Li-
braries, 1971. 168p. $3.50. (74-634067). 

Audio Visual Market Place: A Multim edia 
Guide. 1971 ed. New York and London: 
R. R. Bowker Company, 1971. 234p. 
(69-18201). (ISBN 0~8352-0418-9). 

Axford, Lavonne B. Educational P1·ograms 
for the Gifted. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scare-
crow Press, Inc., 1971. 282p. $7.50. (70-
142230). (ISBN 0-8108-0366-6). 

Baer, Eleanora A. Titles in Series: A Hand-
book for LibTarians and Students. Sec-
ond Supplement to the Second Edition. 
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, Inc ., 
1971. 509p. (64-11789) (ISBN 0-8108-
0356-9). 

Banks, Arthur S., assembler. Cross-Polity 
Time-Series Data. Cambridge, Mass. and 
London: The M.I.T: Press, 1971. 300p. 
$30.00. (78-13383,8). (ISBN 0-262-
02071-8). 

Bartran, Margaret. A Guide to Color Re-
productions, 2d ed. Metuchen, N.J.: The 
Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 625p. (74-
142231). (ISBN 0-8108-0343-7). 

Bell, James Edward. A Guide to Library 
Research in Psychology. Dubuque, Iowa: 
Wm. C. Brown Company Publishers, 
1971. 211p. $2.95. (ISBN 0-697-
06609-6). 

Bernal, J. D. Science in History. (4v.) 
Cambridge, Mass: The M .I. T. Press, 
1971. 1328p. + indices. $15.00. (78-
136489). (ISBN 0-262-52020-6). 

Better Teachers. Paris: UNESCO, 1970. 
212p. $3.50. 

Bode, Carl, ed. The Best of Thoreau's Jour-
nals. Carbondale: . Southern Illinois Uni-
versity Press, 1971. 329p. + index and 
bibliography. $8.95. (67-15321). (ISBN 
0-8093-0475-9). 

Borrello, Alfred. An E: M. Forster Diction-
ary. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow 



Press, · Inc., 1971. 20lp. $5.00. (72-
151091). (ISBN 0-8108-0392-5). 

Brown, Sanborn C., and Schwartz, · Bri-
an B., eds.· A Dilemma for Graduate Ed-
ucation. M.I.T. Report No. 22. Cam-
bridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. Press, 1971. 
180p. $6:95. (72-151154). (ISBN 0-262-
02082-3). 

Campbell, Gordon. Community Colleges in 
Canada. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1971. 
346p. $7.95. (ISBN 0-7700-3210-9). 

The CajJitol and the Campus. New York: 
McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1971. 
154p. $2.95; 

Cardona, George; · Hoenigswald, Hemy M.; 
and -senn, Alfred, eds. Indo-European 
and Indo-Europeans. Philadelphia: ·Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania Press, 1970. 
440p. $35.00. ( 68-21551). (ISBN 0-
8122-757 4-8). 

Chambliss, William J., and Seidman, Rob-
ert. Sociology of the Law: A Research 
Bibliography. Berkeley: The Glendessary 
Press, 1970. 113p. $6.00. (73-140068). 

Changing Concept of Service in Libraries: 
A Cenntennial Lecture Series and Sympo-
sium. Terre Haute, Ind.: Department of 
Library Science, Indiana State Universi-
ty, 1970. 57p. 

Debus, A. G., ed; Science and Education 
in the 17th Century. New York: Ameri-
can Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc. , 
1971. 239p. $15.00. (76-114270). (Brit-
ish ISBN 356-03329-5) . (American 
ISBN 444-19659-5). 

Editorial Offices in the West, 1970 ed. Los 
·· Angeles: SIMON/Public Relations, 1970. 
109p. (free) 

El-Hi Textbooks in Print 1971. New York: 
R. R. Bowker Company, 1971. 330p. + 
Publisher Index. $13.50. (70-105104). 
(ISBN·0-·8352-0400-6). . 

Fein, Rashi, and Weber, Gerald I. Financ-
ing Medical Education. New York: - Mc-
Graw-Hill Book Company, 1971. 279p. 
·$6.95. (72-132353). · ( 123456789MAM-
M798765432-07 -10020.:9). 

Fisher, Sir Ronald A. Statistical Methods 
for Research Workers, 14th ed. Darien, 
Conn.: Hafner Publishing Company, 
1970. 362p. $4.95. 

Fundaburk, Emma Lila. · Reference Materi-
als and Periodicals in Economics. Me-
tuchen, -N.J;: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 
1971. . 595p . . · . $15.00. (78-142232). 

Recent Publications I 325 

(ISBN 0-8108-0349-6). . 
Godden, Geoffrey A. Stevengraphs and 

Other Victorian Silk Pictures. Rutherford, 
Madison, Teaneck, N.J.: Fairleigh Dick-
inson University Press, 1971. 492p. 
$35.00. (71-144124). (ISBN 0-8386-
7880-7). 

Goldenberg, I. Ira. Build Me a Mountain: 
Youth, P overly, and the Creation of New 
Settings. Cambridge, Mass. and London: 
M.I.T. Press, 1971. 498p. $10.00. (78-
113725). (ISBN 0-262-07036-7) . 

Guide to National Bibliographical Informa-
tion Centres. 3d ed. New York: UNIPUB 
and Paris: UNESCO, 1970. 195p. $4.50. 

Gupta, K. Balasundara. Cumulative Index 
to the Proceedings of the BritiYh Acade-
my. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow 
Press, Inc., 1971. 210p. $5.00. (7-36968). 
(ISBN 0-8108-03·83-6). 

Hayachi, Tetsumaro. Robert Greene Criti-
ciYm: A Comprehensive Bibliography. 
Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 
Inc., 1971. 146p. $5.00. (79-142235). 
(ISBN 0-8108-0340-2). 

Hu, C. T., ed. A Russian Chinese EngliYh 
Glossary of Education. New York: 
Teachers College Press, 1970. 117p. 
$6.50. (73-108419). 

Hulbert, James A. An Introduction to Li-
brary Service. Jericho, N.Y.: Exposition 
Press, Inc., 1971. 140p. $5.50. (72-
146909). (ISBN 0-682-47225-5). 

Innovat'ions and New Programs of Special 
• Interest · in Foreign Student Education. 
Washington: The National Association 
for Foreign Student Affairs, 1970. 45p. 

Interlibrary Loan Procedures Manual. Otta-
wa: Canadian Library Association, 1971. 
25p. $2.00. (ISBN 0-88802-075-9). 

Jennison, PeterS., and Sheridan, Robert N., 
eds. The Future of General Adult Books 
and Reading in America. Chicago: Amer-
ican Library Association, 1971. 160p. 
$8.75 . . (79-122508). (ISBN 0-8389-
3105-7). 

Johnson, Harry Alleyn, ed. and camp. Mul-
timedia Materials for Afro-American 
Studies: A Curriculum Orientation and 

· Annotated Bibliography of Resources. 
New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 
1971. 353p. $19.95. (75-126009). 
(ISBN 0-·8352-0404-9). 

Keller; Dean H. Index to Plays in Period-
icals. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow 



326 I College & Research Libraries • July 1971 

. Press, Inc., 1971. 558p. (72-142236). 
(ISBN 0-8108-0335-6). 

Kennington, Donald. The Literature of 
] azz. Chicago: American Library Associ-
ation, 1971. 142p. $6.95 (cloth); $3.50 
(paper). (74-151831). (ISBN 0-8389-
0102-6) cloth; (ISBN 0-8389-0105-0) 
paper. 

Kent, Ruth K. The Language of Journalism. 
Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University 
Press, 1971. 186p. $5.00 (cloth); $1.95 
(paper). (71-100624). (ISBN 0-87338-
091-6) cloth; (ISBN 0-87338-094-4) 
paper. 

Knight, David, ed. Classical Scientific Pa-
pers-Chemistry. 2d series. New York: 
American Elsevier Publishing Company, 
Inc., 1970. 441p. $15.00. (74-122441). 
(British ISBN 0-263-51476-4). (Ameri-
can ISBN 0-444-19646-3). 

Kurtz, Paul. Language and Human Nature: 
A French-American Philosopherl Dia-
logue. St. Louis: Warren H. Green, Inc., 
1971. 251p. $17.50. (73-1087·82). 

Lawson, Lewis A., ed. Kierkegaard' s Pres-
ence in Contemporary American Life. 
Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 
1971. 299p. $7.50. (76-142237). (ISBN 
0-8108-0358-5). 

Lengrand, Paul. An Introduction to Life-
long Education. Paris: UNESCO, 1970. 
99p. $2.50. 

Lopez, Manuel D., camp. Bibliography of 
the History of Libraries in New York 
State. Tallahassee: The Journal of Li-
brary History, School of Library Science, 
Florida State University, 1971. 140p. 
$6.50. 

Mapp, Edward. Books for Occupational 
Education Programs. New York: R. R. 
Bowker Company, 1971. 308p. (70-
126013). (ISBN 0-8352-0410-3). 

Matthews, D. 0. The Design of the Man-
agement Information System. Princeton, 
N.J.: Auerbach Publishers, 1971. 221p. 
$9.95. (77-124629). (ISBN 87769-
049-9). 

Mignon, Molly R. Our Polluted Planet: A 
Bibliography of Government Publications 
on Pollution and t'he Environment. Bel-
lingham, Wash.: Molly R. Mignon, 1971. 
66p. 

Mitchell, Ruth K. Information Science and 
Computer Basics. Hamden, Conn.: The 
Shoe String Press, 1971. 101p. $5.50. 

(70-142596). (ISBN 0-208-01118-8) . 
Moberg, David 0., ed. International Direc-

tory of Religious Information Systems. 
Milwaukee: Department of Sociology 
and Anthropology, Marquette University, 
1971. 88p. $2.95. (75-156952). 

Moser, Gerald M. A Tentative Portuguese-
African Bibliography. University Park, 
Penn.: The Pennsylvania State Universi-
ty Libraries, 1970. 148p. $5.00. 

Noling, A. W., camp. Beverage Literature: 
A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: The 
Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 865p. $20.00. 
(70-142238). (ISBN 0-8108-0352-6). 

Olsen, Harold Anker. The Economics of 
Information: Bibliography arul Commen-
tary on the Literature. Washington, 
D.C.: ERIC Clearinghouse on Library 
and Information Sciences, 1971. 30p. 

Papers Delivered at the Indiana Univ ersit y 
Librm·y Dedication. Bloomington: Indi-
ana University, 1970. 68p. 

Parthasarathy, T., and Raghavan, T. E. S. 
Some Topics in Two-Person Games. New 
York: American Elsevier Publishing 
Company, Inc., 1971. 259p. $18.00. (76-
75524) . (ISBN 0-444-00059-3). 

Pemberton, John E. British Official Publica-
tions. Oxford: Pergamon Press, Ltd., 
1971. 315p. $9.50. (77-137136). 

Penna, C. V. The Planning of Library and 
Documentation Services. New York: 
UNIPUB, 1970. 158p. $4.00. 

Peters, Harry B., camp. The Literature of 
the Woodwind Quintet. Metuchen, N.J.: 
The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 174p. 
$5.00. (70-149999). (ISBN 0-8108-
0368-2). 

Photiadia, John D. , and Schwarzweller, 
Harry K. , eds. Change in Rural Appa-
lachia: Implications for Action Programs. 
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania 
Press, 1971. 265p. + tables. $15.00. (75-
122381). (ISBN 0-8122-7618-3). 

Pine, John C. 199 Ways to Review a Book: 
A Librarians Readings in the Novel of 
the Sixties. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scare-
crow Press, Inc. , 1971. 391p. $10 .00. 
('73-142239). (ISBN 0-8108-0365-8). 

Proceedings: Canadian Library Association 
Ttoe nty-Fifth Annual Conference. Otta-
wa: Canadian Library Association, 1971. 
85p. $3.50. 

The Rec01·dings of Beethoven. Great Bar-
rington, Mass.: The Wyeth Press, 1971. 



173p. + index. $6.95. (74-143935). 
(ISBN 684-12395-9) . 

Revelli, Carlo. Il Catalogo Per Soggetti. 
Rome: Edizioni Bizzarri, 1970. 245p. 

Salem, James M. A Guide to Critical Re-
views, Part IV (v.1 and 2). Metuchen, 
N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 
1420p. $30.00. (66-13733). (ISBN 
0-8108-0367-4). 

Schurr, Sam H., and Homan, Paul T. Mid-
dle Eastern Oil and the Western W 01'ld: 
Prospects and Problems. New York: 
American Elsevier Publishing Company, 
Inc., 1971. 206p. $16.00. (72-135059). 
(ISBN 0-444-00094-1). 

Scoby, Donald R., ed. EnvironrruJntal Eth-
ics. Minneapolis: Burgess Publishing 
Company, 1971. 239p. $2.95. (ISBN 
8087-1963-7). 

Shaw, Ralph R. Pilot Study on the Use of 
Scientific Lit'erature by Scientists. Me-
tuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Reprint Corpo-
ration, 1971. 139p. $5.00. (79-151090). 
(ISBN 0-8108-0346-1) . 

Sloan, Harold S., and Zurcher, Arnold J. 
Dictionary of Economics. 5th ed. New 
York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1970. 520p. 
$2.95. (70-118099). (ISBN 389-00237-
2). 

Smith, Adam. Lectures on Rhetoric and 
Belles Lettres. Carbondale: Southern Il-
linois University Press, 1971. 205p. 
$7.50. (72-145447). (ISBN 9-8093-
0502-X). 

Stevens, Norman D., ed. Libr{lry Humor: 
A Bibliothecal Miscellany to 1970. Me-
tuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 
1971. 427p. (76-149995). (ISBN 
0-8108-0379-9). 

Recent Publications I 327 

Thompson, Anthony, and Randall, S., eds. 
IFLA Annual1969. Copenhagen: Scandi-
navian Library Center, 1970. 289p. 
$12.00. 

Wasserman, Paul, ed. List 1971: Library 
and Information Science Today. New 
York: Science Associates/International, 
Inc., 1971. 397p. (71-143963). (ISBN 
0-87837-000-5). 

Whitt, Robert L. A Handbook for the Com-
munity School Director. Midland, Mich.: 
Pendell Publishing Company, 1971. 
133p. (70-129145). (ISBN 0-87812-
012-2). 

Whitteridge, G. William Harvey and the 
Circulation of the Blood. New York: 
American Elsevier Publishing Company, 
Inc., 1971. 269p. $12.75. (70-114271). 
(British ISBN 356-03699-x). (American 
ISBN 444-19663-3) . 

Widdoes, Eleanor B., comp.1971 Best Books 
for Children. New York: R. R. Bowker 
Company, 1971. 232p. ( 60-1536). 
(ISBN 0-·8352-0475-8). 

Williams, Sam P., comp. and ed. Reprints 
in Print-Serials, 1969. Dobbs Ferry, 
N.Y.: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1970. 
577p. $25.00. (67-30154). (ISBN 0-379-
00352-X). 

Yerbury, Grace D. Song in ArruJrica: From, 
Early Times to About 1850. Metuchen, 
N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1971. 
305p. $7.50. (79-149993). (ISBN 
0-8108-0382-8) . 

Ziskind, Sylvia. Reference Readiness: A 
Manual for Librarians and Students. 
Hamden, Conn.: The Shoe String Press, 
Inc., 1971. 310p. $10.00. (72-134871) . 
(ISBN 0-208-00992-2). 



ABSTRACTS 

The following abstracts· are based on those prepared by the Clearinghouse 
for Library and Information Sciences of the Educational Resources Infor-
mation Center (ERIC/CLIS), American Society for Information Science~ 
1140 Connecticut Ave., N.W.~ Suite 804, Washington~ D.C. 20036. 

Documents with an ED number may be ordered in either microfiche (MF) 
or hard copy (HC) from ERIC Document Reproduction Service,' National 
Cash Register Company, 4936 · Fairmont Avenue, Bethesda~ Maryland 
20014. Orders must include ED number and specification of format de-
sired. A $0.50 handling charge will be added to all orders. Payment must 
accompany orders totaling less than $5.00. Orders from states with sales 
tax laws must include payment of ·the appropriate tax or include tax ex-
emption certificates. 

Documents available from the Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and 
Technical Information~ Springfield~ Virginia 22151 have CFSTI number 
and price following the citation. 

Library Serials Control Systems: A Lit-
erature Review and Bibliography. By 
Elizabeth Pan. ERIC Clearinghouse · on 
Library and Information Sciences, Wash-
ington, D.C., December 1970, 49p. 
(Available from CFSTI · as ED 044 538~ 
MF-$0.25 HC-$2.55). 
The literature on automated serials con-

trol systems and related subjects is re-
viewed and conclusions are drawn on .the 
issues raised. As much as possible, the data 
reported in the literature are verified. A. se-
lected bibliography of documents published 
prior to the date of this report is prepared. 
In addition to descriptions of the major se-
rials systems, topics of concern include 1.1ser 
studies, technological developments, emerg-
ing national standards, and costs. 

Interlibrary Access: A Two-¥ ear Report 
of the F AUL Access Committee, 1968-
1970. By the Five Associated University 
Libraries, Syracuse, N.Y., September 
1970, 39p. (Available from CFSTI as 
ED 045 090, MF-$0.25 HC-$2.05). 
The report of the Five Associated U ni-

versity Libraries (FAUL) Access Commit-
tee describes procedures for increasing ease 
of access to FA UL holdings by its user pop-
ulations, as developed within the two-year 
period from 1968-1970. Brief descriptions 
of the activities of the committee covering 
in-person borrowing privileges; circulation 
system studies and I. D. card standardiza-

328 I 

tion; intra-FAUL loan studies; experimental 
document delivery system; reference ser-
vices studies; FAUL handbook compilation; 
staff visitation program; multimedia orienta-
tion; photocopy charge policy; directory of 
subject and language specialists; library 
publications survey; user busing proposal; 
and reserve room procedures are provided. 
Recommendations are made for each topic 
and supportive documentation is cited as 
appropriate. An inventory of sixty-nine 
working papers is listed. 

The Use of Information Files and Infor-
mation Retrieval Systems Within the 
University Environment. By Lorraine 
Borman. Northwestern University, Ev-
anston, Ill., Vogelbock Cortlputing Cen-
ter, June 1970, 20p. (Available from Na-
tional Technical Information Service, 
Springfield, Va. 22151 as ED 708 524, 
MF-$0.95 HC-$3.00). 
An environment is described in which in-

terdisciplinary scholars at a university are 
able to utilize for various purposes ma-
chine-readable bibliographic and other de-
scriptive text files. The information files in-
clude abstracts of social science and com-
puter and information science journal litera-
ture, descriptions of research activities in 
information retrieval, and propositional lit-
erahire in political and behavioral science. 
Two general purpose information storage 
and retrieval systems, TRIAL and RIQS, 



operating in both batch and on-line modes 
on a CDC 6400, are used. Search requests 
are posed as 'strings of English language 
and may incorporate any of the Boolean op-
erators. Output can consist of either full re-
ports or printed indexes to the information 
files. An operational SDI system for social 
scientists is also described. 

SCOPE in Cataloguing. By Ellen Tom and 
Sue Reed. Guelph University Library, 
Ontario, Canada, June 1970, 54p. (Avail-
able from Library Administration, Uni-
veriSity of Guelph Library, Guelph, On-
tario, Canada for $2.50; or as ED 045 
108, MF-$0.25). 
This report describes the Systematic 

Computerized Processing in Cataloguing 
system (SCOPE), an automated system for 
the catalog department of a university li-
brary. The system produces spine labels, 
pocket labels, book cards for the circulation 
system, catalog cards, including shelflist, 
main entry, subject and added entry cards, 
statistics, an updated master file in ma-
chine-readable form, and an accessions file. 
A preliminary cost study revealed an ap-
proximate saving of $19,000 per year based 
on 1,000 titles per week, with an approxi-
mate cost of $.80 per title. This cost, how-
ever, does not include the actual cataloging 
procedure. All programs are written in 
COBOL and the system is run on an IBM 
Model 50 computer equipped with eight 
tape drives, two 2,314 random access de-
vices, and 512K core. The system itself uses 
a maximum of four tape files, three disk 
files, and 160K core. 

Image and Status of the Library and ln-
fonnation Sef"Vices Field: Part of a 
Program of Research into the Identifi-
cation of Manpower Requirements, the 
Educational Preparation and the Uti-
lization of Manpower in the Library 
and Infonnation Profession. By J. Hart 
Walters, Jr. Office of Education 
(DREW), Washington, D.C., Bureau of 
Research, July 1970, 89p. (Available 
from CFSTI as ED 045 130, MF-$0.50 
HC-$4.55). 
The objective of this study on the image 

and status of the library and information 
services field was to learn something about 

Recent Publications I 329 

the attractiveness of an occupation and to 
determine, for example, how prestigious the 
library and information services profession 
is in comparison with other occupations. 
The status of different types of jobs within 
the field as perceived by employed profes-
sionals and students in training for profes-
sional work was · also investigated. The 
methodology of the study is described in 
detail in the appendix. In general, the study 
showed a relatively close set of correspon-
dence of attitudes of employed profession-
als and library students, but some decided 
dissonance between the aforementioned re-
spondents and nonlibrary students. Such 
evidence broadly suggests that the field 
will need to take positive steps to change 
its image if it hopes to attract the kind of 
people who, thus far, have chosen other 
professions. 

Technological Change and Occupational 
Response: A Study of Librarians; Part 
of a Program of Research into the Iden-
tification of Manpower Requirements, 
the Educational Preparation and the 
Utilization of Manpower in the Library 
and Information Profession. By Robert 
Presthus. Office of Education (DHEW), 
Washington, D.C., Bureau of Research, 
June 1970, 141p. (Available from CFSTI 
as ED 045 129, MF-$0.75 HC-
$7.15). 

This study aims to contribute to the un-
derstanding of the library occupation and 
its capacity to accommodate the pervasive 
changes now confronting the field, includ-
ing moves toward professionalization and 
unionization, a reorientation of its service 
role toward working-class clients, and pre-
paring itself for computer-inspired automa-
tion and attending reconceptualizations of 
the character of librarianship, its tradition-
al role, and the form of the materials with 
which it works. The study is presented in 
five chapters: (1) Theoretical Framework: 
Social Change and Organizational Accom-
modation, ( 2) Organizational and Authori-
ty Structure, ( 3) Social and Occupational 
Structure, ( 4) Occupational Values, and 
( 5) The Accommodation Potential. Appen-
dix A describes the methodology used for 
the study. Appendix B contains the ques-



330 I College & Research Libraries • July 1971 

tionnaires used and Appendix C gives job 
descriptions. 

The Relation of the University Libraries 
to Their Universities in the Federal Re-
public of Germany. Development and 
Tendencies. By J. Stoltzenburg. Interna-
tional Federation of Library Associations, 
Sevenoaks, Kent (England), September 
1970, lOp. (Available from CFSTI as 
ED 045 145, MF-$0.25 HC-$0.60). 
For the past twenty years, university li-

braries have shown a tendency toward con-
centration of the holdings of separate insti-
tute libraries belonging to the same field of 
study within one single library. There has 
also been separation of branch libraries 
from the main body of the central library, 
particularly in the fields of medicine and 
natural science. The influence of the new 
library systems and the growing conviction 
that a scattered library system is uneconom-
ical and unable to solve the needs of 15,000 
to 20,000 students have brought about a 
new approach to these problems. Librarians 
and the institutes are convinced that close 
coordination and continuous cooperation 
between the central library and the approx-
imately 125 other libraries of the university 
Will become a necessity. In 1968 the forty 
members of the Working Committee of the 
University Libraries of the German Federal 
Republic recommended that all libraries of 
a university form a comprehensive system 
aimed at a purposeful book collection for 
the university. It also recommended setting 
up a university library commission to func-
tion as a collegiate organ to determine the 
guidelines for the future coordination and 
cooperation of the various libraries. 

Statistical Sampling of Book R·eadership 
at a College Library. Final Report. By 
Robert J. Daiute and Kenneth A. Gor-
man. Rider College, Trenton, N.J. Jan-
uary 1970, 52p. (Available from CFSTI 
as ED 045 149, MF-$0.25). 
The general results of this statistical sam-

pling of book readership at a college library 
revealed that three times as many book 
readers were reading nonlibrary books as 
library books inside the library. About one-· 
half of the library books being read are 
classified as Social Science books. Business 

Administration majors read books in the li-
brary relatively more frequently than either 
Liberal Arts or Education majors. Library 
readers have higher cumulative averages 
than the student body as a whole. Com-
muters read more frequently than their 

. share in the student population; freshmen 
and sophomores make up two-thirds of the 
book readers; and men are found to read 
books twice as frequently as women. The 
chi-square ( X2 ) test applied in matrix anal-
ysis revealed that relationships exist be-
tween the reading of a library book or not 
and whether the reader is a student or not; 
between major field of study and the sex 
of the reader; and between place of resi-
dence of the reader, on the one hand, and 
the sex and class year of the reader on the 
other. Findings of this type should be useful 
in planning construction, layout, book ac-
quisitions, staffing, and other aspects of li-
brary administration. 

Trends in Information Handling in the 
United States. By Rowena W. Swanson. 
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, 
Arlington, Va. Directorate of Information 
Sciences, May 1970, 43p. (Available 
from National Technical Information Ser-
vice, Springfield, Va. 22151 as ED 710 
322, MF-$0.95 HC-$3.00). 
This paper discusses several of the trends 

in information handling for text-based stor-
age and retrieval systems that are prevalent 
in the United States. The paper considers, 
in particular, specialized information prod-
ucts, cooperative and networking activities, 
and work on standards. Information prod-
ucts include current awareness abstract bul-
letins, computer-generated indexes and bib-
liographies, scientific paper distribution ser-
vices, special-interest thesauri, newsletters 
for alerting purposes, microcard and micro-
film aperture card distribution services, and 
on-line access to computer-stored informa-
tion bases. Most of the cooperative endeav-
ors are alliances among groups having com-
mon interests as to function or subject field 
or both. The growing emphasis on com-
puter processing is accelerating the devel-
opment of format standards and computer 
program interchangeability. Concentration 
on computer processing seems to be obscur-



ing consideration of the quality of the in-
formation being processed. Greater use of 
behavioral science knowledge and methods 
is suggested in studies of user behavior and 
information How and transfer. 

The Legal Status of the Federal Copy-
right Law. Final Report. By Ralph A. 
Forsythe and M. Chester Nolte. Denver 
University, Denver, Colo., August 1970, 
64p. (Available from CFSTI at ED 044 
155, MF -$0.50 HC-$3.30). 
The historical and legal background of 

the Federal Copyright Law with special im-
plications for education was studied within 
five general areas of concern. The areas in-
cluded: ( 1) historicaf development; ( 2) 
copyright revision issues; ( 3) principles of 
copyright law embodied in state and fed-
eral statutes; ( 4) decisions of the courts 
pertaining to fair use of copyrighted ma-
terials; and ( 5) alternative solutions to the 
copyright revision impasse. The major find-
ings were: ( 1) there have been three gen:-
eral revisions of the law, but the law is ba-
sically the 1909 Act; (2) state laws in con-
flict with federal legislation would be un-
constitutional; ( 3) federal copyright stat-
utes do not support the fair use doctrine; 
( 4) the courts were not hospitable to two 
reported federal copyright cases involving 
educators; ( 5) the courts have held that 
fair use hinges on the circumstances of each 
case but there is a greater latitude for writ-
ers and others in scholarly pursuits; and 
( 6) fourteen proposals, centering on 
achievement of a fair balance between the 
rights of authors and those of users of copy-
righted materials, have been introduced to 

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alleviate specific deadlocks in the revision 
attempts. 

Abstracting and Indexing Rates and 
Costs: A Literature Review. By Charles 
P. Bourne and others. ERIC Clearing-
house on Library and Information Sci-
ences, Minneapolis, Minn., May 1970, 
68p., Review Series 3. (Available from 
CFSTI as ED 043 798, MF -$0.50 
HC-$3.50). 

The English-language literature since 
1950 was searched to gather published re-
ports of abstracting and indexing rates and 
costs, and cost figures for the complete 
preparation of secondary publication. The 
search located relevant information for 
twenty-four abstract journals and three cita-
tion services, eighteen abstracting cost fig-
ures, and forty-one indexing cost figures. 
These reported figures were extracted with 
text or other amplifying comment and tab-
ulated, with reference made to the included 
seventy-nine-item bibliography. Unit costs 
per bibliographic item were cited or com-
puted. These data were plotted to detect 
possible patterns or trends. The reported 
unit costs for preparation of the secondary 
services were adjusted for 1968 dollar value 
and were plotted by number of items cited 
annually. Abstracting costs and indexing 
costs were each plotted chronologically, and 
then in rank order with dollar value adjust-
ments. Abstracting and indexing _rates were 
plotted. The plots serve to illustrate the 
scattering of the data and emphasize the 
problem of drawing generalizations from 
the existing data.