College and Research Libraries A number of changes in classification have taken place in this edition, with heavy emphasis on a new listing, c'Area Studies." This classification includes 62 en- tries, which is exceeded only by 78 titles under "Education" and 108 under c'Gen- eral." "Area Studies" is subdivided into eight categories: General, Asia, East Asia, South and Southeast Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America, Soviet Union and East Europe. Another revision in classification puts "German" and "Romance Languages" under the heading uModern Languages" to allow for the inclusion of uRussian." Re- flecting the greatly increased interest in films and film-making, journals on these subjects have been combined with other performing arts under the heading, "Music, Drama, Film, Dance." This is an improve- ment over lumping them into the uGeneral" category which was done previously. How- ever, the c'General" category includes "Journalism," and the expansion in the area of communications might well warrant a separate entry for this subject in future edi- tions. This volume is an important one in the field of periodical selection for small lib- eral arts college libraries. The recommen- dations and selection information it con- tains have been distilled from earlier edi- tions, the personal experience of the au- thor, examination of lists of periodicals of various college libraries, faculty recommen- dations, and bibliographical literature per- taining to periodical publications. The uBibliography" section in this compilation cites the major sources used including Bill Katz's Magazines for Libraries which with its cosmopolitan inclusion and candid cri- tiques can be used as an important comple- ment to Farber's work. The Classified List of Periodicals for the College Library is a useful reference work for selecting period- icals as long as the limits delineated in the preface are kept in mind.-William H. Huff, University of Illinois Library, Serials Librarian, Urbana, Illinois. Hickey, Doralyn J. Problems in Organiz- ing Library Collections. New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1972. 206p. $9.95. The current trend towards realism in Li- Recent Publications I 227 brary Science education, bridging the gap between the sterility of classroom theory and the fecundity of real-world situations, is skillfully illustrated in these case studies dealing with technical services. Each study presents a realistic and vivid focus on a dif- ferent aspect of library practice. The im- pact of technical services on reader's ser- vices, staff relationships, the patron, and in- ternal procedures are clearly defined by ac- tual example. Each case study is followed by a series of comprehensive questions de- signed to stimulate discussion. The cases span a range of topics, and are set in a variety of libraries: college, univer- sity, public, school, and special. Within each study, the author has included infor- mation about the library system in which the case is set. There is a recurrent empha- sis on the human element and the person- ality traits of the people involved, with deep implications for management. Wit, empathy, and human insights are reflected in each of the cases, as well as a profound knowledge of the subject matter. Many of the studies emphasize the value of preplan- ning and analysis of all aspects of a system before altering or adding techniques. The use of the case study as a teaching device continues to be debated. An obvious drawback is the inability of the inexperi- enced graduate student to discern the un- derlying issues in a problem such as a back- log in a cooperative processing center, in- accuracies surrounding implementation of a machine-readable serials catalog, or the complexities of relationships between inter- dependent library procedures. Nevertheless, these are matters of concern to the profes- sion, and are often not satisfactorily re- solved by the professionals involved. The student should be made aware of these complexities, and should begin to develop problem-solving techniques to test flexibil- ity of judgment and breadth of solutions. Some of the cases are of such a complex- ity as to presuppose a large body of tech- nical information. There is a fund of com- pressed knowledge in statements such as "a volume could be pulled from the current shelves, checked, shelf-listed, and proc- essed for shipment" and "subject cross-ref- erences can be reconstructed from the check marks we've put in the printed sub- 228 I College & Research Libraries • May 1973 ject heading list." Such condensed state- ments imply an awareness of procedures and techniques not normally common to the graduate student. Nevertheless, for these very reasons, i.e., scope, technical complexity, and variety, this volume should have wide application. The cases present admirable organizing centers for instruction. The studies could be particularly valuable for in-service train- ing. A staff engrossed in its own particu- lar problems might well profit from en- gaging in problem-solving techniques using one or more of these cases. Discussion of hypothetical situations and development of model solutions by the staff could be a managerial tool in devising methods for problem-solving in the real world by the same staff members. The worker in the field can profit by reading the studies, if only for reassurance that his or her particularly pressing prob- lems are shared on a large scale by all sec- tors of the profession.-Gloria Terwilliger, Northern Virginia Community College, Al- exandria Campus. Tebbe!, John. A History of Book Publish- ing in the United States; Volume I: The Creation of an Industry, 1603-1865. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1972. 646p. $29.95. When Bowker made its rather low-keyed announcement that they would publish a multivolume history of American publish- ing written by John Tebbe!, the well known popularizer, we were skeptical and not a little alarmed at the audacity of both au- thor and publisher. However, it now ap- pears, if the first volume can be considered typical of those to come, that our skepti- cism was unjustified; for Tebbel has writ- ten a clear, well organized, and detailed synthesis of American publishing history to the Civil War, and while the whole project still strikes us as audacious, we feel com- pelled to compliment both the author and publisher for the remarkable success they have achieved with this first volume. Teb- bel has presented an enormous amount of specialized information on the subject in a readable fashion, and happily has broadly defined "American publishing" to include the history of bookselling, copyright, chil- dren's books, and a multitude of other sub- jects. Some scholars will be critical of the lack of a bibliography in this volume, and yet, the recent publication of Tanselle's Guide to the Study of United States Im- prints, really makes such pedantry super- fluous in a work of this kind. Scholars who have worked the major maimscript collec- tions relating to this period, ·such as the Carey, Thomas, and McCarty-Davis pa- pers at the American Antiquarian Society, will doubtless find fault · with various as- pects of this work, and it is lightly sprinkled throughout with those factual errors and stylistic slips which are to be expected in a work of this magnitude, but these mat- ters really become mere quibbles when measured against the high quality of the whole work. Tebbel's History of- Book Pub- lishing in the United States should be ac- quired by all libraries, large or small, which profess any interest at all in the his- tory of American publishing, and if the suc- ceeding volumes (two more are projected) are of equal merit, this work should easily become the standard history of publishing in the United States for years to come.- Michael H. Harris, Associate Professor, College of Library Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Trezza, Alphonse F., ed. Library Build- ings: Innovation for Changing Needs. Proceedings of the Library Building In- stitute conducted at San Francisco, Cal- ifornia, June 22-24, 1967. Chicago: American Library Association, 1972. Pa- per covers, photographs, floor plans, 293p. $10.00. My initial response to this book was neg- ative. I actually wrote a review which, if not truly scathing, was at least derogatory. Things I didn't like (and still don't): pa- perbacks that cost $10.00, books that have no index (especially reference books), books that are five years out of date the day they are published, and books that are cre- ated by direct transcription from tape re- cordings. This volume commits all those sins, but it does have its virtues. Academic librarians about to embark on a new building program can find help here. Although only eight academic library build- ings are analyzed they represent a wide '