College and Research Libraries the data or specifications by which one de- veloped it, it may safely be assumed that the model will be found to work beautiful- ly. Further evidence can be found in the repeated misinterpretation of charts, data, and other authors' statements. Second, al- though the author is attempting to study library-related activities, she gives every in- dication of not knowing, and not caring to + find out, how libraries work, and what li- brarians see themselves as doing. Third, general presentation is inexcusably sloppy; we may pass over the simple grammatical errors with the comment that they are far too copious for a doctoral dissertation, and a commercially published one at that. Like- • wise a writing style which is pervasively lazy (figures are always 'very interesting' or the information explosion 'very serious,' etc. ) one can live with. The many lapses of sentential logic in the narrative, how- ever, become a real obstacle to comprehen- sion. An author's argument in one sentence • became "this fact" in the next; chemists are assumed at one point to be unconcerned with a journal's editorial policy, at another, to be consciously utilizing it, etc. Writing like the following should never have passed so much scrutiny: "Although much research has shown that the average chemist limits his reading to only a few hours . a week, there seems to be a prevailing idea that he • would be a more creative (or productive) chemist if he read more. Though many sur- ·veys show that the creative scientist reads on the average more than the noncreative scientist the occurrence of these phenomena gives no justification for assuming that what is being observed is a cause and ef- ~ feet phenomenon. There is no inherent knowledge in the printed or tlie spoken word. Creativity in the chemist, like crea- tivity in anyone else, takes place in the mind of the individual. That this creativity may be stimulated by colleagues, by read- ing the published literature, or by hundreds - ~ of other ways may very well be true; but it may not be true." (p. 112.) Kent, in his foreword, far from giving any support to a student who is in a thorny predicament at least partly, one must con- clude, due to a lack of useful guidance, leaves the unmistakable impression that his main aim is to disassociate himself from the whole embarrassing affair. He largely avoids discussing the work he is supposed Recent Publications I 321 to be introducing and what he gives us in- ~tead is self-serving reminiscence, abysmal punning, unrelated generalities, and bad grammar of his own variety. The whole production leaves a sorry im- pression of library and information science education at the Ph.D. leveL-Peter G. Watson, Head~ Center for Information Ser- vices, University of California at Los An- geles Library. Reichmann, Felix and Tharpe, Josephine M., Bibliographic Control of Micro- forms. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1972. 256p. $12.50. In acknowledgement of the need for im- proved bibliographic control of microforms, the Association of Research Libraries, un- der contract with the Office of Education, sponsored a study "to determine the ele- ments of an effective system of bibliograph~ ic control of microforms which would per- mit the expeditious selection, acquisition, cataloging and use of micropublication both current and retrospective." The book under review is the product of this study. Major findings include the following: cat- aloging, shelflisting, and classification prac- tices vary enormously; many libraries fail to report their microform holdings to the National Register of Microform Masters; analytics for microform series are not ade- quately represented in public catalogs. As the ultimate solution to these problems, the authors recommend that "a national, ma- chine-readable index to microform publica- tions should be established." Reichmann and Tharpe solicited informa- tion from "250 American libraries and scholarly organizations and about 150 foreign institutions through approximately 1,500 letters and scores of telephone calls." The results of this monumental enterprise are documented in thirty-three pages of text. Almost half of that space is devoted to a description of micropublishing activ- ities in some seventy foreign countries; ad- dresses of agencies engaged in production and sale of microcopy are given. Thus the bulk of the analytic study itself is limited to just a few pages. As much as the authors' aim of conciseness is to be applauded, it be- comes all too obvious to the reader that such a concentrated treatment cannot pos- sibly do justice to the complex and far- ·reaching subject matter. Significant issues 322 I College & Research Libraries • July 1973 are either ignored, or, at best, granted sum- mary attention. No attempt is made to iso- late the components of the existing biblio- graphic maze; nor are the expected benefits of the proposed machine-readable index de- lineated in any detail. To cite but one ex- ample: libraries' inability to cope with the filing of analytics is identified as a major problem in bibliographic control; and yet, the extent to which the proposed machine- readable index would alleviate the need to continue filing analytics in public catalogs is not discussed. . Four appendexes are added to the body of the text: 1. The United States Government as mi- croform publisher. 2. A machine-readable index for micro- texts, by Henriette D. Avram and Harry Gochman. 3. American university presses that plan to publish microforms. 4. A microform bibliography, with the cooperation of Suzanne Dodson and Laura L. Jennings. Appendixes 1 and 3 appear to be large- ly superfluous. Appendix 2 is a brief out- line, showing "a possible method of using the computer and associated hardware de- vices to produce one or more indexes to be used as a finding tool to the material con- tained in microsets." Appendix 4 represents the book's princi- pal contribution. Although the authors con- fide their misgivings at including the micro- form bibliography in their final report, being "woefully aware of its shortcomings both in admissions and omissions," the bib- liography does constitute a useful tool; 493 items are listed, subdivided in four cate- gories: 1. Catalogs and Lists. 2. Collections and Series. 3. Manuscripts and Archival Collections. 4. Reference Books. A good index, and a bibliography of re- lated literature, complete the volume. While Bibliographic Control of Micro- forms contains some valuable bibliographic data, nevertheless, the book in no way ful- fills the reader's expectation of a systematic examination of the subject under study.- S. M icha N amenwirth, Assistant University Librarian, Collection Development, Univer- sity of California, Berkeley. OTHER BOOKS OF INTEREST TO ACADEMIC LIBRARIANS A vicenne, Paul. Bibliographical Services Throughout the World, 1965-69. New York. UNIPUB, Inc., 1972. 303p. $9.00. Botetourt Bibliographical Society. Inventory of the Library of William Nelson, ]r. of Yorktown, Virginia. Virginia, 1972. Bote- tourt Publications Number 3. 17p. + The Bowker Annual of Library & Book Trade Information. 18th ed., 1973. Jeanne J. Henderson, managing ed. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1973. 548p. $19.00. . Brown, James W., et al. AV Instruction, Technology Media and Methods. New ., York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1973. 584.p. Carbone, Salvatore and Raoul Gueze. Draft Model Law on Archives: Descrip- tion and Text. New York. UNIPUB, Inc., 1972. 225p. $4.50. Cockhill, Brian and Dale L. Johnson. • Guide to Manuscripts in Montana Re- positories. Missoula: University of Mon- tana Library, 1973. $3.50. (Guide is available through the Montana Historical Society Library, Helena, Montana.) · Fessler, Aaron L., ed. Index to Current Ur- ban Documents. Volume 1, No. 1/ 2, July-October 1972. Connecticut: Green- wood Publishing Co., 1972. 184p. $75 • annual subscription, quarterly. Foster, Donald L. Prints in the Public Li- brary. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1973. 127p. $5.00. General World Atlases in Print 1972-1973, S. Padraig Walsh, comp. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1973. 2llp. $12.50. Hegener, Karen C., ed. Annual Guides to Graduate and Undergraduate Study, 1973. New Jersey: Peterson's Guides, Inc. $75.00 per set. ( 8-volume set, individual books also available.) Kase, Francis J. Foreign Patents: A Guide to Official Patent Literature. New York: ( Oceana Publications, Inc. 1973. 358p. $20.00. Keller, Dean H. Index to Plays in Period- icals: Supplement. Metuchen, N.J.: Scare- crow Press, 1973. 273p. $7.50. Kujoth, Jean Spealman. Best-Selling Chil- dren's Books. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. 1973. 305p.